Summer Mosquitoes Link to Sleeping Sickness Highlighted
The article explains that sleeping sickness is a form of encephalitis spread by two main Texas mosquitoes, culex tarsalis and culex quinquefasciatus. It notes 57 summer cases last year and offers home prevention tips such as eliminating standing water, cleaning containers, sealing tanks, draining water in pet containers, filling tree holes with cement, refreshing vase water, screens on doors and windows, and using residual spray for outbuildings.
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State Department of Health
Texas
State Health Department
Ten Commandments For Good Sleeping
A humorous list from American Mercury on bedtime habits and sleep routines. It offers ten tips for regular hours, avoiding late snacks, and calming the mind before sleep, with a digressive stray note about Pony Express rates from New York to San Francisco.
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The
Pony Express
New York
San Francisco
Tomato Diseases New Publication Guides Management
COLLEGE STATION. Tomato diseases can be controlled if management practices are followed. A new extension leaflet, Tomato Diseases, recommends crop rotation, disease resistant varieties, testing soil, disease-free transplants, and staking in moisture areas. Local agents have copies. request L-475 from Agricultural Information Office College Station.
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College Station
Harlan Smith
Texas
Smith
Agricultural Information Office
New Distress Signal Approved for Sailors
The Coast Guard approves a distress signal for small-boat sailors: slowly raising and lowering the arms outstretched. Lt. Harry J. Hayes says many distressed mariners have waved for help and received only cheery responses from shore.
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New York
Coast Guard
Harry J. Hayes
The
Coast Guard Merchant Marine Council
Tyler Advertisement Promises Honest Service With A Smile
A Tyler telephone directory ad for Christian Funeral Home touts Honest service with a smile. The note mentions a whippoorwill feeding at night, catching insects in flight during the day.
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Tyler
Christian Funeral Home
Advice on GI life insurance and World War II VA loans
The VA warns not to cash permanent life insurance as surrender ends coverage and cannot be restored. Borrow against the policy instead, with up to 94 percent of cash surrender value available. The July 25, 1960 cutoff for WWII veterans to apply for GI loans is clarified, with an extra year to process and close the loan. Switching to the new payment system is final and irreversible. Beneficiary rights: GI policy proceeds are protected from private creditors and cannot be seized to pay debts.
Mental patient hearing set in Milwaukee robbery case
Milwaukee judge ordered a mental examination for Lindsay Harris 18 charged with holding up a nine year old girl with a cap pistol and attempting to rob her of an ice cream cone yesterday.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lindsay Harris
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