anaheim-bulletin 1955-07-27

Total Victory Over Insects Remains Long Way off Despite Insecticides By GAYLORD P. GODWIN United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON — “Do what we can, summer will have its flies. If we walk in the woods, we must feed mosquitoes.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson. Although Emerson lived, swatted and scratched in the pre-DDT era, his rueful comment on summertime's plague of insects still holds true. Despite all the wonders of modern insecticides, hot weather brings out bugs by the billions to chew on man and his children, destroy crops, harass housewives and frazzle tempers. Government entomologists, a mild-mannered group of scientists who dedicate their lives to wholesale slaughter of man’s prolificorous insect enemies, admitted today that total victory is still a distant dream. But they said that you can at least achieve tactical supremacy in your own home if you bring the latest weapons to bear in the battle against bugs. Here are a few of their tips: The best method of killing mosquitoes and flies is through use of a pyrethrum solution sprayed from a hand or power sprayer, or aerosol bomb. Pyrethrum is harmless to man and beast, but deadly to mosquitoes and flies. The pests have never developed resistance to pyrethrum, as they have; in some areas, to DDT. Allethrin, a synthetic for pyrethrum, also is a good base for sprays. Effective Sprays Other effective sprays are those containing DDT, toxaphene, TDE, Iidane, methoxychlor, and chlordane. All are on the commercial market under various trade names. Look for the fine print on the label where the active ingredients of the spray are listed by their scientific names. Dry sugar baits containing one or two per cent of organic phosphorus. Good a job of fly-killing as it ever did. Some insects now wreaking damage are new. The Khapra beetle, a stored grain pest, has appeared in three Western states. The entomologists don't know its origin. The yellow clover aphid, which until last year was a minor pest in clover in limited areas east of the Mississippi River, has appeared in Arizona, California, and the Southwest and is doing heavy damage to alfalfa. Osage Indians' Collect On 'Worthless' Land PAWHUSKA, Okla. (UP)—The Osage Indians stood to collect $2,399,900 today in "one of the greatest tricks ever played on the Caucasian race." More than 500 oilmen paid that sum for 390 oil and gas leases yesterday in the richest sale in 22 years. The money goes to the tribe, which has shoved off into some seemingly worthless scrub oak hill country by a treaty with the white men about 70 years ago. Newspaper Writer Pauly By Setting Aside Sum By ALFRED LEECH United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO (UP)—Richard Frisbie is one “average man” who seems to have solved the problem of paying for an automobile. If you're worried about financing your car, you can try his system. All it takes is a steady income and some will power. Frisbie, a Chicago Daily News staff writer, figures it costs him $15 a week to operate and maintain his present low-priced car and to accumulate enough for a new one when the time comes for a trade-in. So, he merely sets aside that $15 from his weekly paycheck. Simple? Frisbie drives a Plymouth. If you wanted to apply the plan to a Cadillac, obviously you'd have to raise the ante. Frisbie began his “car funding” plan in June, 1950, when he paid $579 down, including trade-in allowance, on a Plymouth. Thereafter he funded $20 per week. The $15 a week figure applies only if you already own a car, paid up. Frisbie didn't, but he does now. All Expenses By the end of 1950 he had funded $380. But he had spent $359.27, for a balance of $20.73. The expenditures included all gas, oil, grease, repairs, washing, licenses, loan payments, taxes and insurance. In 1951 he funded $1124.96, but spent $1139.36. The net loss cut his balance to $6.33. He paid for the car in 1952 and continued funding. At the end of the year he had put in $1076.13 and had paid out $870.56 to increase his balance to $211.90. In 1953 his expenses totaled $344.16, and his balance zoomed to Effective Sprays Other effective sprays are those containing DDT, toxaphene, TDE, lidane, methoxychlor, and chlordane. All are on the commercial market under various trade names. Look for the fine print on the label where the active ingredients of the spray are listed by their scientific names. Dry sugar balts containing one or two per cent of organic phosphorous insecticides also are highly effective against flies when scattered around garbage cans on outside window ledges, or around doorways. A teaspoonful will do the job. Repellents such as ethyl hexanediol, dimethyl phthalate, or dimehyl carbate give several hours of protection from mosquito bites when sprayed on exposed parts of the body and on clothing. The repellents are sold both as single compounds and in various combinations under different trade names. For ants, a two per cent oil-base chlordane solution is fatal. While these and other chemicals make it possible to control the worst of the insect nuisances, entomologists admit they are hard pressed to keep the upper hand in the never-ending struggle between man and bug. New Problems "We never claim we can kill them all," said one scientist at the Agriculture Department's big research center at Beltsville, Md. "We keep trying. But it seems that as we solve old problems, new ones appear." Some insects build up resistance to former tried and true insecticides. At Beltsville, there is a strain of flies which thrive in cages coated with DDT. Scientists don't know why or how they developed their resistance to DDT. Yet in some areas, DDT does as PAWHL SKA, Okla. (UP)—The Osage Indians stood to collect $2,399,900 today in "one of the greatest tricks ever played on the Caucasian race." More than 500 oilmen paid that sum for 390 oil and gas leases yesterday in the richest sale in 22 years. The money goes to the tribe, which has shoved off into some seemingly worthless scrub oak hill country by a treaty with the white men about 70 years ago. The area later developed into one of America's greatest oil strikes, described in Edna Ferber's novel, "Cimarron." "Those poor Indians were shoved off on the most worthless land in the territory, and then they struck oil," Dr. Charles Evans, Oklahoma historian, laughed today. "It was one of the greatest tricks ever played on the Caucasian race." Yesterday's sale was the richest since one in July, 1933, that netted the Indians $3,900,000 in bonuses. There have been numerous other sales totaling millions of dollars. Oilmen, from shoestring operators to millionaires and major company representatives, jammed the little Kiheka movie house all day yesterday to bid at the public auction. The Osage Indians, making money at $300,000 an hour clip, scheduled a tribal council meeting immediately after the sale to approve the transactions. Approval was expected to come quickly. The government holds all mineral rights to Oklahoma's largest county under lease is put up for auction if an oilman so requests. Bidding is in terms of cash bonuses which are distributed among tribe members. The buyer also pays a fixed royalty on any oil produced. Scientist Says He May Have Produced Duplicates of Primitive Cell Life PASADENA (UP) — A noted scientist of the California Institute of Technology says he has produced in a laboratory what may be duplicates of the first primitive cell life that appeared on Earth. Dr. Stanley Miller told a Pacific Division meeting of the American mixture, incapable itself of supporting or starting life, was slowly changed by cosmic ray bombardment and produced; in the process, organic compounds that started in the form of plant life. To investigate the theory, he said he exposed a mixture of gases penditures included all gas, oil, grease, repairs, washing, licenses, loan payments, taxes and insurance. In 1951 he funded $1124.96, but spent $1139.36. The net loss cut his balance to $6.33. He paid for the car in 1952 and continued funding. At the end of the year he had put in $1076.13 and had paid out $870.56 to increase his balance to $211.90. In 1953 his expenses totaled $344.16 and his balance zoomed to $857.74. By July, 1954, his balance had mounted to $1135.38. In August he traded the car in for a new one. This left him with a deficit of $62.95 at the end of the month, but he was back in the black a couple of months later. Frisbie belongs to what is often called the "middle income bracket." He lives in a ranch house, neat not gaudy, in a new development in suburban Arlington Heights. He has a wife, four youngsters and a mortgage. Cheated Once "The only time we ever cheated and took money from the car fund was when we bought the house, in November of 1953," he said. "And we put it back as soon as we could." As a youngster, Frisbie appeared on a couple of "Quiz Kid" programs. Now he gets his mental exercise keeping an elaborate household budget with nine separate accounts. With a fine disregard for sub53,000 Move to L.A. County Since May LOS ANGELES (UP)—A total of 53,795 new residents settled in Los Angeles county during the last three months and boosted the population to an estimated 5,085,864, the Regional Planning Commission said today. The commission said the current record figure is nearly one million higher than the number recorded in the federal census of 1950. Los Angeles was the largest city in the county with a population of 2,189,128. Long Beach was next with 292,107 residents. Population figures for the other 44 incorporated cities were Alhambra 55,007, Arcadia 35,186, Ava lon 1,441, Azusa 15,235, Bell 17,513, Beverly Hills 30,977, Burbank 92-782 Claremont 8,894 Compton 4- Scientist says he may have produced duplicates of Primitive Cell Life PASADENA (UP) — A noted scientist of the California Institute of Technology says he has produced in a laboratory what may be duplicates of the first primitive cell life that appeared on Earth. Dr. Stanley Miller told a Pacific Division meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science yesterday he created his duplicates by developing a mixture like the early Earth's atmosphere and bombarding it with electricity for a week. The Caltech scientist said his experiments have been submitted in a report to the Botanical Society of America. Dr. Miller said that when the Earth was a gaseous ball, slowly cooling and developing into a planet capable of supporting life, it had an atmosphere composed of methane, ammonia, water and hydrogen. He stated that one theory as to the origin of life in this gaseous mixture, incapable itself of supporting or starting life, was slowly changed by cosmic ray bombardment and produced, in the process, organic compounds that started in the form of plant life. To investigate the theory, he said he exposed a mixture of gases similar to the Earth's early atmosphere to electrical discharges for a week to determine if change could be brought about by electrical action. Dr. Miller said he found a startling series of events. At first, he said, the electrical discharge formed aldehydes and hydrogen cyanide, but later these compounds reacted with the water to form life sustaining amino acids. "The experiment shows," he said, "that not only would the formation of organize compounds be easy, but that a significant fraction of the carbon on the surface of the earth would be in the form of organic compounds of the ocean." He said these organic compounds probably were the forerunners of ocean cell life in the form of plants. Later, the plant life underwent other chemical changes and evolved into living mobile organisms, he added. If It's News You'll See It In The Anaheim Bulletin Loma Vista Memorial Park Fullerton, California Cemetery — Mausoleum Columbarium Phone: Fullerton LA 5-1575 Res. Anaheim KE 5-3811 Endowment Care Provided HILGENFELD MORTUARY Faithful. Courteous. Service. 120 E. Broadway. Anaheim PHONE KE 5-4105 The commission said the current record figure is nearly one million higher than the number recorded in the federal census of 1950. Los Angeles was the largest city in the county with a population of 2,189,128. Long Beach was next with 292,107 residents. Population figures for the other 44 incorporated cities were Alhambra 55,007, Arcadia 35,186, Avalon 1,441, Azusa 15,235, Bell 17,513, Beverly Hills 30,977, Burbank 92,782, Claremont 8,894, Compton 4,002, Covina 9,656, Culver City 30,603, El Monte 9,128, El Segundo 11,973. Gardenna 22,277, Glendale 115,057, Glendora 9,446, Hawthorne 26,815, Hermosa Beach 15,030, Huntington Park 30,973, Inglewood 55,358, Lakewood 55,083, La Verne 5,447, Lynwood 29,545, Manhattan Beach 29,105, Maywood 14,301, Monrovia 25,468, Montebello 28,007, Monterey Park 29,354, Palos Verdes Estates 5,915, Pasadena 117,057, Pomona 50,166. Redondo Beach 38,717, San Fernando 15,730, San Gabriel 22,052, San Marino 13,119, Santa Monica 77,981, Sierra Madre 8,767, Signal Hill 4,587, South Gate 52,962, South Pasadena 19,580, Torrance 63,467, Vernon 389, West Covina 30,756 and Whittier 32,205. Polio Case Decrease 25 Per Gent in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (UP)—Polio cases decreased approximately 25 percent during the first half of the current year; figures released by the city Health Department showed no day. A total of 125 cases was reported in the same period last year. In 1953 at the same time, 135 cases were on record. TRAIN PUFFS PEACE DALE, R. L. UP—Residents of this quiet village hold an annual train race. They use toy electric trains. Paper Writer Pays for New Car Rating Aside Sum From Paycheck FRED LEECH Staff Correspondent (UP)—Richard Frisbeaverage man" who is solved the problem for an automobile. worried about finance you can try his system takes is a steady income will power. Chicago Daily News figures it costs him to operate and maintain low-priced car accumulate enough for a ten the time comes for merely sets aside that this weekly paycheck. Drives a Plymouth. If he to apply the plan to obviously you'd have ante. began his "car funding" late, 1950, when he paid including trade-in al-na Plymouth. he funded $20 per $15 a week figure ap if you already own a p. Frisbie didn't, but now. All Expenses End of 1950 he had fund- he had spent $359.27, price of $20.73. The ex-included all gas, oil, airs, washing, licenses, cents, taxes and insurance. he funded $1124.96, but $2.36. The net loss cut to $6.33. For the car in 1952 and funding. At the end of he had put in $1076.13 paid out $870.56 to in-balance to $211.90. His expenses totaled his balance zoomed to urban mores and social customs, he rides a bicycle from his house to the railroad, station, padlocking it to a telephone pole. This solves the parking problem and lets his wife have the car while he's at work. "It's cheaper than driving," he said. "So it doesn't hurt the car funding program any." "And I figure the bike will pay for itself in three years." By H. D. QUIGG United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK (UP)—Here's the pilot who took the first commercial flight across the Atlantic 16 years ago. He says if you had told him that day that 2,000 persons a day would be winging the same stretch this summer, he'd have told you to come down off that dreamy cloud. And so ... says Harold E. Gray, he's just scared to predict what might be happening 16 years from now. However, he's pretty certain that in less than five years we'll be hopping to Europe in less than six hours. And as for the future day when they get atomic power into airplanes: "It'll be possible to fly anywhere without stopping. There'll be no reason to stop. Why, if you were going to Timbuktu and they had bad weather there—so what? Gay someplace else—or just wait in the air." Gray squinted his blue eyes on a world map on his office wall. He barnstormed with Floyd Bennett in an old Ford trimotor in the 1920's and in 1928 he was th $2200 $1800 $1600 $1450 $1250 For You 1954 FORD 1954 CHEV 1954 PLYM 1953 FORD 1953 CHEV 1953 PLYM 1952 FORD 1952 CHEV 1952 PLYM 1951 FORD 1951 CHEV 1951 PLYM 1950 FORD 1950 CHEV 1950 PLYM $1250 We Will Continue to Make Deals on Allowances on New 1955 Pontiac 37 More Cars Must Go This Month Orange County's Oldest and Largest HARRIS POINT 2nd & Sycamore Santa Ana Atlantic Pilot Tells Thoughts on Future to Europe in less than six years for the future day when atomic power into airbe possible to fly anywhere stopping. There'll be no stop. Why, if you were Timbuktu and they had there—so what? Go else—or just wait in squinted his blue eyes at map on his office wall. Stormed with Floyd Benan old Ford trimotor in the and in 1928 he was the youngest trimotor pilot (at 23) in the country. He had 15,000 hours of commercial piloting time—that's nearly two full years in the air if you put it all together—when he became desk-bound in 1947. Now he's executive vice president of the Pan American World Airways Atlantic Division. Gray commanded the Pan American 42-ton Boeing Flying Boat that took off from Port Washington, N.Y., June 24, 1839, for Southhampton on the industry's first transatlantic passenger flight. They flew at 8,000 feet, cruising at 150 knots. Four days, and four stops, later they made it. They had had to anchor in a bay in New Brunswick, Canada, for three days in bad weather. HARD OF HEARING MEN ON HEAD MAICO-ANAHEIM Hearing Service 124 E. 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