Poison Gas led to odenticide discovery during war
Polish chemists in wartime research accidentally found a potent rat poison later named 1080. After testing across agencies, it was distributed to field operatives for rodent control. The article also notes a Rochester obituary for Annie Owen, aged 100.
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WY Harrison Humphries
Washington
Oland
Germany
England
United States
United States Fish and Wildlife Device
Grants Fom
Office of Scientific Search and Development
Ray Treichler
Fish and Wldlife Service
Tretchier
Walter Kirner
National Defense Hesearch
Poland
Dangerma
Distover
OSHD
Fish and Wildlife Service
Public Health Service
Army
Navy
Holson
The Young Idea Det 31 Election Report
Mossler reports a local race where Baker defeats Howard with 3988 to 210 HYAT. The piece notes town officials and Democrat opponent details amid a short aside on chocolate candy spoilage in extreme heat and wartime confectionery progress led by Philip P Gott of the National Confectioners Association.
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Baker
Howard Jersey
Hes Democratie Alp
Hyat Resistant Candy Boston
INS
Philip P Gott
National Confectioners Association
New England Candy Makers
Wins Election But Law Bars Him from Office
Ithaca Republican city judge Bert T Baker, age 73, won reelection but cannot serve the new term. A 1945 amendment to the state judicial law requires retirement at 70, prompting the mayor to appoint a successor after Baker’s birthday deadline. The change was brought to county election officials last week too late to remove him from the patrol.
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Ithaca
Bert T Baker
Tompking
Beker
British Flyer Sets World Speed Mark
Eric Greenwood piloted a Gloster Meteor over a 186 mile course near Herne Bay to an official average of 406 mph, attempting an unofficial world air speed record. RAF Group Capt H J Wilson earlier achieved 613 mph on a separate run, with an official record speed of 481.94 mph set by Fritz Wendel in 1939.
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Herne Bay
England
Eric Greenwood
RAF Group
H J Wilson
Wilson
Morentuy
RAF
Berne Bay
Big Meteor
Fritz Wendel
Luftwaffe
Wilsons
Lockheed
US Army
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