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Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15
WHAT IT MEANS:
DDT's Failure To Kill 1913 Flies
BY RORERT IL GEIGER


WASHINGTON - That super ly
killer, DDT, is having trouble kill
ing flies. Flies apparently are build
ing up a resistance to it. DR.. P. N
armand, chief Of the Bureau of En-
tOmOlOgy and Plant Quarantine of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture
says reports have come from sever
al parts of the country that DDT
isn't killing the 1948 crop of flies.
This is what the fly experts have
feared. Apparently the flies are Civ
ing a good demonstration of the old
jungle law of the survival of the fit.
But the fly experts have several
aces up their sleeves.
Dr.. Armand says this is the situa-
tiOn:
Flies are killed by coming in con-
tact with DDT, sprayed on surfaces.
It works through their nervous
systems. Apparently a fly gets a
"hOOt foot" after he alights in an
area sprinkled with DOT. Some
flies already have received a killing
dose Of the poison by the time their
feet begin to tingle.
Some other flies apparently can
take more DOT and live to tell their
grandchildren about it. After escap-
ing they breed. And they -pass. on. TO
their offspring this ability to take a
dose of DOT that would be a knock
out punch to another fly. Possibly
their feet are more sensitive to DDT.
too. So it turns out the weak flies.
or ones with inseusitive feet, are
killed. Other flies, with sensitive
feet, or of strong physique, survive
to breed a super family.
Scientists long ago suspected
something like this might happen
and they went to work in labOratOr-
1es. They sprayed flies, in cages.
with DOT. They allowed the sur
Elvors of each spraying to breed. In
the 43rd generation, with all the
Weaklings eliminated, they produced
9 fly that could take three times as
much DOT, without curling up his
toes, as an ordinary fly. Department
Qf agriculture scientists see these
gWo leading possibilities:
4 /. Possibly the surviving flies de-
VelOp more sensitive feet through
each generation. They get the ''hot
foot" quicker than other flies when
they land on the poison and fly awav
before they get a killing dose. 2. Or /
they are just all-arOund better flies.
with more health and more vigOr. At
least they have more DDT-resis- +
tance. That's the most likely theory. /
DR.. Armand says.
He and other department scien-
lists aren't too worried about the
situation. In their laboratories thew .
have been 43 jumps, or generations. Z
ahead of the wild flies-the kind
that are getting harder to kill in
your kitchen or stable.
They have found that if one or
two generations of flies aren't
sprinkled with DOT, the offspring
lose some of their resistance So
they wait a couple of generations
and then shoot such heavy dose
It wipes out the whole fly genera /
ton, with none escaping to breed
bigger and better flies.
Another ace up the sleeve is
combination poison, mixing DDT
with other insecticides. In some I|
tests this has proved to be lust the
haymaker the doctor ordered.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15

Classified Ads get results.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15
Girl Gets Biggest
PeniciIlin Dose

NEW YORK IT. (P) A 19-year-
old girl here may hold the record
for the greatest amount of penicillin
in concentrated period of treat
ment. She was given 450,O0O,OOO
units of the drug during AZ days.
The girl was suffering from sub
acute bacterial endOcarditis, a dis
ease in which a damaged heart
valve continually throws infectious
bacteria into the bloOdstream. The
gigantic doses of penicillin cleared
up the blood condition, and is hasn't
returned.
Doctors of Bethel Hospital.
Brooklyn, where she was treated.
said they believed the total dosage
of penicillin was the largest or one
of the largest ever given to one per-
son in a short period of time.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15
Health Board Issues
"SnifLes" Warming
Continued from nrsr maze,

symptoms of the common coId
Also, early medical treatment ic
often the most effective as the Sc
verify OF the disease may be infiu-
enced by prompt medical care ne
laying to call a doctor while wait-
ing to see if it is going to he sar-
iOus, may result in a really serious
outcome.
However, parents can help to
protect their children from some
of the diseases of childhood re~
minds the State Board of Health
by having them immunized aoaine+
smallpox, diphtheria and wboonino o.
cough, preferably before entering
school, and by having them cyan
ined by physician regularly.
In addition, dental examinations
should be a part of a chiId's ron
tine from the age of two wears
says the State Board of Health. i'm
order that any cavities found. even
in the first teeth, be corrected De-
fectiVe teeth can be the direct
cause of many diseases of the body
A child who complains about
frequent headaches may be suffer
ing from eye-strain, but in child
hood the eyes deserve an examina-
tiOn even tho no signs of eye trou-
bic are present.
Both the physical and mental
health of children are safeguarded
through adequate nutrition as well
as through the periodic medical
supervision and medical care dur
ing illness, says the State Board
OF Health. Proper diet, plenty of
rest and guidance in recreation
will help prepare children for
school and life in the community
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15
Trophy Grange Notes

Trophy Grange had an especial
ly interesting meeting last Monday
night. Capitol Grange met with us
and presented a very fine histori-
cal program, consisting OF original
papers pOrtraying events in the
past and several vocal numbers
we had guests from Smyrna, Fruit
land and Bethesda Oranges. We
were especially pleased to have
with us our State Master, Paul Nit
chelI and Mrs. Mitchell. Al the
close of the program. refreshments
were enjoyed by all.
AS Trophy Grange will be at
tending the visiting program at
Frultland next Monday night there
will be no meeting in our hall
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15
GuerrillaS Smash Rice
Mills

SAIGON-P)-Nationalist guer-
rillas in the Saigon-Cholon area Of
Southern Indochina in the three
years since VI Day have destroyed
nine Chinese-Owned rice mills val.
ued at $2,50O,OO, an official of the
Chlnese Chamber of Commerce said
recently.
Indicating that guerrilla activity
mad proved increasingly effective
this year, this source said 1948's
damage to the ChOlOn rice process
ing industry-which handles prac-
ucally all of IndOchina's export
crop--totalled six mills worth U. S.
$1,5O0,O0O.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15
War Bonus Breaks Hong
Kong

HONG KONG-P)-The Govern
dna iIleilc OF Hong Kong faces a budget
Genclt OF $4,625,OOO in U. S. money
GuTlng the current fiscal year, Act
my secretary of Finance A G
Gia[he ;gi[i warned members of the Leg
The secretary, speaking in de-
IelSe OF a proposed stamp tax said
an estimated surplus of S375 000
was wiped out by an ALLEGATION Of
$5,OOO,OOO to cover salary navmont
10 government employees who re-
NAMED on the job during the Jap
anese occupation.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15
AP Newsfeatures

AP Newsfeatures
A One-and-a-half story home
combining the compactness of
the small house with spacious
features of larger dwellings.
This is Plan No. 724 by Walter
T. Anicka, architect, of 617
Forest St., Ann Arbor, Mich.
The house covers an area of l.
278 square feet and is "A feet
wide without the garage. The
architect suggests wide white
cl9pbOard siding in horizontal
and vertical lines, asphalt shin
giles for the roof colored to
harmonic with the brick Chin
ney. A semi-circular breakfast
nook is a feature.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15
Yankees Move West

CHICAGO = (F) - The Chicago
Rockets of the All-America Foot
ball Conference have been bolstered
this season with the addition of five
players from the New York Yank-
ees of the same circuit. The quintet
which has changed uniforms is
composed of FUllbacks Eddie Pro
kop and Dewey Proctor, Tackles
Nate Johnson and Chuck Elliott and
End Harry Burrus. Johnson was an
all-cOnference selection with the
Yanks.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-04-22
Timely Topics From the Extension
Offices on Farming and ~Homemaking
TWO -WAY TREATMENT
FOR GRASSHOPpERS

A double barreled program
for combating grasshoppers has
been proposed by the state en-
tomologists office, according TIC
N. A. Jacobsen, county extern
sion agent.
Both the new organic insect
icideS and the standard form
ula mixed bait are used in the
plan.
The new poisons, such as
toxophene and chlordane, have
proved most effective early in
the season, when the foliage
on which the grasshopperS feed
is still green and Succulent
During this period, bran mash
bait does little good.
On the other hand, when
plant foliage becomes more
mature, the organic insecticides
have not given good results.
but the mixed bait has proven
excellent for late season use.
The state entomologists's Of
flee says chlordane and toxo-
phene are most valuable for
controlling grasshoppers in al
falfa. Since hoppers usually
hatch on field margins, these
insecticides should be applied
to those areas just as soon as
the hopperS' hatch appears to
be completed. BY busting OF
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-04-22
SPRAYING CATTLE
PROTECTS r o FLIES

Spraying cattle to protect
them from the attacks of horn
flies, deer flies and horse flies
which torment the animals
during the summer months is
a worthwhile practice, accord
ing to N. A. Jacobsen, county
extension agent.
Protecting the cattle from
these pests means more pounds
of beef, he said, and it also
prevents overgrazing since the
animals viii feed out in the
open instead of seeking cover
IN an attempt to get away form
the flies.
For spraying cattle the en-
tomology department at Mon
tana State college recommends
using a solution madeIup of 4
to 8 pounds of so per cent wet
table DOT mixed with 100 gall
Ions of water. Put the cattle
in a corral and spray until
their backs are wet. Only one
or two quarts of solution will
be needed for each animal.
One spraying should give the
cattle good protection for two
or three weeks, jacobsen said,
and two or three treatments
should protect them for the
entire fly season.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-04-22
Workers on Bureau
Reclamation
Projects Needed

Spring weather has permitted
acceleration of construction act
ivities on the Riverton and
Shoshone Reclamation projects
in Wyoming and has increased
the need for personnel to car
ry on the Bureau of Reclama-
tionS full-speed program to
make irrigable farm units avail
able for homestead settlement
by veterans of World War II, it
is announced by Ralph II.
Workinger, manager of the
Bureaus Big Horn District,
Region 6, with headquarters in
Cody, Wyo.
The principal personnel needs
Mr.. Workinger added, are for
materials and construction en-
cheering inspectors and engin-
eering aides. The inspectors are
required for the construction
program now in force on the
two projects to complete GER
tain irrigation systems in time
to permit further homestead
openings this spring and sum-
mern it was pointed out by the
district manager. Engineering
aides are required for surveys
in connection with the con-
S%truction program.
At the present time there are
approximately $780, 900 in con-
Struction contracts in force on
the Riverton Project, located
in central Wyoming near Riv-
erton, and others are soon to
be awarded, Mr.. Workinge1
said. Contracts totaling more
than 100000 have bee n
awarded for construction of ir-
rigation features on the Heart
Mountain division of the Sho-
Shone Project near the towns OF
Cody and Powell, Wyo., he adj
ded.
Since the end of World War
III, two homestead openings
have been conducted on the
Heart Mountain division and
one on the Riverton project
Most Of the ia farm units
containing approximately 11,00t
acres of irrigable land, on the
Heart Mountain division, and
the SIS farm units, containing
about $500 acres of irrigable
land, on the Riverton project
have been settled by the vet
Grams who received homestead
units.
If work progresses as SEIZED
uled, an additional $4,000 acres
contained in more than 10(
farm units, will be opened this
spring on the Heart Mountain
division and about 5000 acres
will be made available for set
Element on the RiVerton pro-
ject.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-04-22

spraying the field margins be-
fore the young hoppers leave
those areas, it may save having
to treat the entire field later
on. About five days to a week
of warm weather nearing 30
degrees is necessary to complete
the hatch of young hoppers.
Both toxophene and chlordane
can be purchased commercially,
The mixed bait will be available
at the county mixing station
at the fair grounds as soon as
required by demand. The in
~Secticides should not be used
on any crop intended for live
stock forage, whereas the mix
ed bait is harmless to warm
blOoded animals.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-04-22
South Hdrdin

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Torske
and son, Gerry, were guests at
the Walter TorSke home Sum
day afternoon and evening.
Miss Jeanne Bowers spent
Tuesday night as a guest OF
the DeWald girls.
MI. and Mrs. Glen Gustaf-
son were Hardin shoppers on
Monday.
James and Charles Scabery
returned home ) recently, after
spending two weeks with rela-
tives and friends in Seattle,
Wash.
Jake Lachenmeier was a Har-
din caller Friday.
a group of IL young people
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-04-22
Lodge Gross Greek

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wilson
visited with Mr.. and Mrs. Car
roll Graham Monday evening.
Earle Miller called in Lodge
Grass Monday evening.
Bob Miller called at the Bill
lie Miller home Monday.
Wayne Bond is doing some
remodeling at the George Glib
son ranch on Lodge Grass creek.
Billie Miller was a Lodge
Grass caller on Tuesday.
Ritchie Hults spent several
days last week visiting with
Roger Ball.
Mrs. Earle Miller and chill
dren called on Mr.. and Mrs
Lee Keller Tuesday afternoon,
Jack and Mary Stevens stay
ed in town Tuesday evening for
band practice.
Laura Ruth Miller visited
with her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Keller.
Jack ClaWson, with the help
of Frank Mason, has painted
the ClawSon residence this
past week.
Ned Bailey and Jack Claw
son helped with dehorning
and branding at the Billie Mil
Ter ranch Thursday.
Mrs. Wayne Bond and Mrs
Billie Miller attended the We'd
nesday afternoon bridge club
at the home of Mrs. Schooner in
Lodge Grass.
Mrs. Jack ClaWson and Mrs
Curley Wells spent Thursday
in Sheridan having dental work
done.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Bond
made a business trip to Sheri-
dan on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hults, Mr.
and Mrs. Irwin Hults and chill
dren attended the band con-
cert at the high school Friday
evening. Others attending were
MI. and Mrs. John Gibson, Mr.
and Mrs. John Stevens, Mi. and
Mrs. Wayne Bond, Mr.. and Mrs
Steve Walker and boys, Mrs
Billie Miller and Mrs. Earle
Miller and children.
Mr. and Mrs. @. Z. Lohmaiel
former residents of Lodge
Grass, were weekend guests o1
Mr.. and Mrs. Billie Miller.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-04-22

Carroll Graham made q
business trip to Hardin Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wilson
drove a new Chevrolet deluxe
sedan from Hardin on Satur-
day.
Billie Miller was a WyoAa
and Lodge Grass caller Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gibson
called at the Earle Miller home
Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Hults, Mr..
and Mrs. Carroll Graham, Mr..
Earle Miller attended the school
and Mrs. Harry Wilson and
board meeting Saturday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earle Miller
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-04-22

representing the Baptist Youth
Fellowship drove to Billings on
Saturday evening where they
were guests Of the Billings Bap-
fist Youth Fellowship at a roll
Ter skating party.
Leo ColStad transacted bust
ness in Hardin Monday.
Mrs. Fred DeWald was a Har-
din shopper Saturday.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-04-22

entertained a group of friends
Saturday evening at cards.
Those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Donald Clawson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Wilson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Irwin Hults and Mr.. and
Mrs. Carroll Graham.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gibson
became members of the Little
Brown church at services held
on Sunday.
Legumes, such as beans and
peas, restore nitrogen to the
soil.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-04-22

Shop in HardinI
Evening star., 1948-04-30
Budapest Quartet
Gives Notable
Program Here
By Alice Eversmon

The Budapest String Quartet
gave the third of the series of spring
concerts in the Library of Congress
last night featuring, as is the in
tention of these particular pro-
grams. one of Beethoven's last
quartets Listing the Quartet in B
fiat major, op. l30". the artists
chose for its companions Haydn's
Quartet in B fiat major, op. 76,
No. a." Mozart's "Adagio and Fugue
in c minor XIV. 546' and Mendels-
sohn's "Andante and ScherZo".
In combining these numbers, the
Budapest players provided one Of
the most delightful programs they
have given. The prevailing mood
was of lightness and charm and
when greater depths were touched,
it was without too tragic an utter
ance. Haydn's quartet, named the
Evening star., 1948-04-30
S969,O5O,OOO Funds
For Security Agency
Approved by House
BY the Associo'ed Press

The House voted 1863 ,O5O,OO for
the Federal Security Agency yes
terday in an appropriation bill that
would shake up the Social Security
Administration.
The bill passed by a 27l-to-35
roll-call vote.
The measure, which goes to the
Senate, also would:
l. Bar from Government Jobs the
members of any union whose off,
GERS do not sign the non-Com-
munist affldavit required by the
Taft-Hartley Act. This provision is
new in appropriation legislation.
2. Switch the United States En-
ployment Service from the Labor
Department to the FSA at once,
and set it up with the present un-
employment compensation division
in a new bureau of employment Sc
curity.
S20,673,000 Reduction.
The bill would provide operating
funds for the fiscal year beginning
July l. 1t is s20,673, 900 below the
total requested by the FSA for the
activities it covers. These include
the Public Health Service and the
Food and Drug Administration.
The only heated debate of the
day centered around the non Com
munist affidavit section, which Rep
resentative Fogarty, Democrat, of
Rhode Island said was written into
the bill after hearings closed. No
witnesses were called to discuss it,
he declared.
Representative Keefe, Republi-
can, Of Wisconsin, chairman of the
subcommittee in charge of the bill,
said, however, it was fully discussed
by committee members.
Representative Dingell, Democrat,
OF Michigan, a member of the In
ternational Typographical Union,
said the provision would keep him
from holding a Government Job
after leaving Congress. ITU off,
cials have not signed the affidavit,
he explained.
Section Aimed at UPWA.
Mr.. Keefe said the section is
aimed at the United Public Work
erS Of America (CIO), and the
unions president, Abraham Flax
ner. The union, Mr.. Keefe said. is
absolutely Communist dominated,
and its officers have not signed the
non-CommuniSt affidavit"
The House voted down, 108 to %,
an amendment by Mr.. Fogarty to
strike out the section. 1t also de-
feated, 81 to 81, proposed change
by Representative Smith, Democrat.
OF Virginia to limit the section to
unions "of public employees"
The bill includes $1,000000 for a
Nationwide campaign to train den
lists in the use of sodium fluoride
to check tooth decay. The money
would finance so mobile demonstra-
ton units to teach correct pro-
cedureS for applying the sodium
fluoride to children'S teeth.
Evening star., 1948-04-30

Sunrise, with its plastic delicacy
was a proper Introductory number
before the beautiful "Adagio" by
Mozart. This, with the "Fugue"
originally written for two pianos,
forms an exquisite unit where the
composer offsets the melodic lowell
ness and rare warmth of the
"Adagio" by one of the most fell
citous examples of his contrapuntal
skill. Toscannini, considering from
the evidences found in the manu-
script of the Fugue that Mozart
intended it for string orchestra,
introduced in into the New York
Philharmonic repertoire some 20
years ago.
The artists forming the Budapest
group, Joseph Roisman and Edgar
Gutenberg, violinist, Boris Kroyt,
violist and Mischa Schneider, cellist
bent their united forces to a su-
perlative reading, remarkable in
Evening star., 1948-04-30
Senators Agree to Vote
On NoturoI Cos Bill
BY the Associated Press

The Senate Commerce Committee
has agreed to vote next Wednesday
on the Moore Ridley bill to amend
the Natural Gas Act.
Chairman White told reporters
the committee discussed the meas
ure at length behind closed doors
yesterday. The bill, passed by the
House last summer, would revise the
standards which the Federal Power
Commission employs in fixing natu-
raj gas rates.
Censorship of public library books
Is advocated in Northern Ireland.
Evening star., 1948-04-30

finesse of shadings. They matched
it in the Mendelssohn selections,
Nos l and 2 of Opus 81. Here
again was tonal painting from
composer whose serenity of mind is
reflected in the songful style of the
"Andante" and the gay whimsical
ity of the "Scherzo".
These works led logically to one
of the most beautiful of Beeth-
ovens chamber works. There are
movements with shadows in them
but not too darkly colored for
Beethoven was in one of his lighter
Evening star., 1948-04-30

moods, in spite of increasing wor-
ries. He jests, but it is not the
heavy humour so often found In
his writings but something of more
charm and elegance. It is the bub-
bling of his resilient nature ex-
pressed with that uncanny power
of invention equally facile in re-
spending to his every mental
Evening star., 1948-04-30
ADVERTISEMENT.
BACKACHE,
LEG PAINS May
BE DANGER sign
OF Tired Kidneys

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miserable. don't just complain and do moth
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II the Is miles of kidney tubes and filters
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nagging backaches, rheumatic pains. leg
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Don'twait Ask your druggist for Doan's
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Evening star., 1948-04-30

stimulus. The performance was
notable for sharply defined nuances
and dynamic subtletries although,
at times, the ensemble tone was not
so warmly tinted as it can be. AS
always, there were numerous re-
calls of the gifted foursome@ after
each number. The same program
will be given tonight.
Evening star., 1948-10-31

Manor Park - Whittier School,
Fifth and Sheridan streets NV,
8 pm. st:.
Minnesota Center - Benning
School, Minnesota avenue and Ben
ming road NE, 8 pm.
National Gateway Avalon
Heights Church of Christ, Twenty
eighth and Douglas streets NE,
I8 pm.
Progressive of Georgetown-Christ
Church Parish Hall, Thirty-first
and o streets NV, 8 pm.
Stanton Park - Peabody School,
Fifth and c streets NE, 8 pm.
Takoma, D. C.-Takoma School,
IPiney Branch road and Dahlia
street NV, 8 pm.
Tuesday.
Southeast Council -- Anacostia
High School, Sixteenth and r
streets Sc, 8 pm.
Wednesday.
Association of Oldest Inhabitants
Old Union Engine House, Nine
teenth and H streets NV, 7:30 pm
Crestwood Roosevelt High
School, Thirteenth and Upshur
streets NV, 8 pm.
Washington Highlands-Patterson
School, South Capitol and Daring
ton streets, pm.
Thursday. e
Arkansas Avenue Community
Burdick School, Thirteenth and Al
lison streets NV, SPIN.
Connecticut Avenue-An Souls
Memorial Church, Cathedral avenue
and Woodley place NV, 8 pm.
Northeast Council-No. II Police
Precinct, Seventeenth street and
Rhode Island avenue NE, 8 pm.