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Custodians Wince
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WASHINGTON, March 13 —
{AP)--The Pentagon’s custodians
of military secrets winced today
2: they read a Navy Admiral's tes
timony before a conggressional
ccmmittee at a public hearing on
g new and hitherto hush-hush
guided missile.
A Navy spokesman, queried to
day about the testimony of Rear
Adm. John B. Moss at a hearing
of a Senate subcommittee on small
business yesterday, asid Moss
“was under the impression that
he was in a closed sesion.”
' Therefore, the spokesman added
to this reporter, “No disciplinary
action will be taken” against the
admiral, who is assistant chief for
materiel and services in the Bu- |
reau of Aeronautics.
Moss, in his testimony:
! 1, Identified the missile as “The
Sparrow.”
f. Claimed it can track down
and destrov an enemy plane three
or four miles away,
3. Said the present version is
for firing from a plane, but a
ground-to-air (anti-aircraft) type
is being worked on.
There was no immediate ex
planation of why the Admiral
thought the hearing was closed to
fimhhc A reporter, after the
hearing, asked him a question and
was told the missile is “about
balfway”™ between an experiment
al and & prodyction-line stage.
Mew Drug Ueed
T Rouse Rats
In Oregon City
By NEA Service
! HALSEY, Ore. — (NEA)— The
Pied Piper of Hamlin has nothing
on this little Oregon town — ex
¢ent his musical ability.
Like Hamlin, Halsey is rat-free,
but nobody used a flute. The new
tug. warfarin, did the trick. It
as used in a six-month field test
gnder the auspices on the Oregon
tate Board of Health and the
U. S. Public Health Service.
. The experiment was to deter
gine {# complete rat riddance
ould be obtained by using war
farin as bait. Now that the answer
Se‘:mr" both health agericies be
eve it could be used by other
communities in the nation, as well
ag business establishments.
Rats are estimated to do more
than $100,000,000 damage yearly.
Somebody or something has to
stop them, or soon rats wounld |
over-ruw the eacth. Milton H.
Buehler Service; who conducted
the successful experiment here,
says a female rat at four months
will start having littlers of six to
ten young. And she can have from
six to eight liturs. yearly,
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Mathematically, 250,000,000 rats
could stem from a determined pair
in three egears, providing none was
destroyed.
Rodent control men are elated
over results here with warfarin.
It is a drug first obtained from
di-cumoral by the Wisconsin
Alumni Research Foundation (the
foundation’s name supplies the
first four letters of WARFarin). |
It's chiterf use, medic:ilxliy, is to keep |
aood from eon:uh g. Given to
’rats is strong doses it does that,
and more, too.
Buehler says it is the safest rat
bait so far found. Chickens and
animals are not susceptible to its
action. He adds, “The drug in rats
keeps the blood from clotting and
then four or five days after the rat
eats it, the smali blood vessels
start to leak. Eventually he dies of
internal hemorrhage. He gets
weaker and generally goes back
_to his burrow to keep warm and
then die.”
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Halsey had lots of rats when
Buehler arrived on the scene with
his warfarin bait. This village of
400 persons had rats in 147 out of
181 buildings. Then the campaign |
began.
Warfarin ,in a five per cent solu
etion, with one part of the drug
to 20 parts of meal, plus a quart of
cooking oil mixed in with each
100 pounds to keep the pison
from dusting off.
A buffer strip was placed around
this farm shopping center, with
bait stations under all outside
buildings. Seven old barn were
bildings. Seven old barns were
torn down, a big blackberry patch
was grubbed out, and rubble piles
and other hiding places for rats
were cleaned up. |
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At the end of the first month,
only one rat was sighted. By the
end of six, none was seen for sev
eral months.
Rat-free Hasley, however, re
mains vigilant. Before leaving,
Buehler set up a system whereby
if anybody here sees a rat, he noti
fies one of the town's three grocers
or Mayor L. D. Taylor, who also
is bank president. They immedi
ately notify the watchman and a
new spot is baited .
The warfarin-cornmeal method
is economical. Buehler says bait
costs between S2O and $25 per
hundred pounds, and a little goes
a long way. The campaign here
used a bit more than 400 pounds.
Only about 80 man-hours, just
enough time to lay out the bait,
were needed.
So now Halsey, laying claim to
being the only rat-free pise in
the U. S., keeps an eye op7h for
any rats in town.
COMMISSIONERS EXTENTION
HAILED
SINGAPORE, —(AP) — Lead
ers of all communities in Singa
pore and Malaya the British gov
ernment’s decision to extend the
term of office of Commissioner-
General Malcolm MacDonald.
“We hope that Mr. MacDonald
will stay with us until the emerg
ency and the crisis in the Far East
are over,” said Dr. C. J. Paglar,
Ngislative councilor, who cabled
anks 10 Prime Minister Winston
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submarine and shipboard utility use, take off after government took possession In Philadelphia.
Mefropolifan Insurance Workers
Honored At Dinner Here Friday
| Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company Representatives of
’Northeast Georgia gave a dinner
{ Friday night, March 7th at the
Georgian Hotel in observance of
service anniversaries of Manager
Lester N. Quattlebaum, of Athens,
and FKepresentative Herschel W.
Smith, of Winder.
Mr. Quattlebaum began his
service with the Metropolitan in
Gainesville, Ga., March 7, 1932.
He has served the Company as
Agent, Assistant Manager, Field
Training Instructor and Home Of
fice Supervisor. He was appoint
ed Manager of the Jacksonville,
Florida District in 1944 and as
signed to the Athens District in
early 1949. This occasion marked
his twentieth anniversary, and in
duction into his company’s Veter
an Field Organization, |
Mr. Quattlebaum is a member |
of the Emanuel Episcopal Church, |
where he is very active in all its
activities and holds the office of
Senior Warden of the Vestry. He
is also a member of the Kiwanis
Club; Elks Club; and the Athens
Country Club.
Mr. Quattlebaum is President of
the Managers Association for the
Southeastern Territory, Metropol
itan Life Insurance Co.
This dinner also recognized Mr,
Smith’s twenty-fifth anniversary
with the Metropolitan. He began
his agency in Winder, Georgia, on
February 7, 1927 and has served
continuously as representative in
Winder and Lawrenceville. During
this quarter century Mr. Smith
has made for himself a host of
friends in Barrow and Gwinnett
counties.
Mr. Smith is a member of the
Christian Church and the Kiwanis
Club, where he is very active in
the affairs of his church and com
munity,
High tribute was paid Mr.
Smith by the speakers for his long
period of superior service,’
Mr. Smith, presiding at the din
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Assortment of 1000 New Books in selection
of 100 titles consisting of Novels, Fiction,
History, Childrens and Educational Litera
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Special Close Out Sale!
— STREET FLOOR —
Gallant-Belk Co.
Athens’ Leading Department Store.
ner, introduced Assistant Manager
Howard B. Higginbotham, presi
dent of the Georgia Chapter of
Metropolitan Veterans, who offi
cially welcomed Mr. Quattlebaum
into the organization, and pre
sented him with the emblem of
membership. Manager W. R.
Cleaveland of Columbia, S. C.,
assisted in the induction and
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sSA TURDAY, 10 A. M. TO 2 P. M. guessan s
spoke briefly.
A delightful musical program
was presented by Byron Warner,
head of the voice department of
the University of Georgia. This
program consisted of excerpts
from “The Mikado”; “Carousel,”
and “Der Fledermaus,” sung by
Sibyl Seymour, Mary Jo Andrews,
Joan Yow, W. C, Owen and Carl
ton English, Mrs. Martin Goode of
Covington, played the ‘Quartet
from Rigoletto” arranged by Liszt,
as a piano solo
At the conclusion of the dinner,
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THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
Nathan Acker of Elberton, &r:-
sented Mrs. Quattlebaum and Mrs.
Smith, each a dozen American
Beauty roses,
Methodist Men's
Present Weddi
A womanless wedding is on tap
for the citizens of the Colbert
Community Friday night, March
14, at 8 o’clock. The “wedding”
will be presented by the Colbert
Methodist Men's Club and will be
held at the Colbert School Audi
torium.
Admission for the event has
been set at 25 cents for students
and 50 cents for adults.
Below are the characters who
will appear in the “womanless
wedding”:
Characters
First Usher—Theo Coile.
Mr. Henry Wheathearts, uncle
of the bride—Harold Patton,
Mrs. Wheathearts, aunt of the
Gallant - Belk Co.
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Miss Übika Seratchfeed, jilted
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Miss Needza Mann, a guest —
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Sis Eatzer Oats, the baby sister
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Aunt Hominy Grits, a colored
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| =—J. H., Wood.
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| bearer—H. L. Palmer.
- Miss Muddie Ricefield, maid of
honor—S., W. Patten.
l Mr. Percy Birdseed, best man—
|C. R. McElroy.
Mr. J. Flivverton Barley, groom
) | —J. K. Brookshire.
] Adam Turnipseed, official splic
er—Oscar Adams.
Tiny Oats, bride — Billy
Meadow.
] Mr. Knowziz Oats, father of the
bride—Jim Hitchcock.
> Kate and Duplicate Cornsmut,
train bearers—M. R. Leard and
R. A. Faulkner,
Bridesmaids—L. A. Wilson and
D. B. Patton.
Flower Girls—Kerry Faulkner
and Buddy Hart.
Pianist—Mrs. J. C. Hardman,
Director—Mrs. C, R. McElroy.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1952,
U. S. NATURAL WONDERS
The six natural wonders es the
United States are the Grand Can
yon, Niagara Falls, Yellowstona
park, the giant redwood trees, the
Rocky mountains, and the Pali
sades along the Hudson river.
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