W}:- : |'V- s t | Ktey Up With th* Tim~s! | FUTURI VOLUME 5, NUMBER 8 * UREENSBOi , * , Naked Se At Benn< ? ' % * ?THE LOl iO, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY xMa ett D If.itv k Ilrnpd i To Take Action For Bat Control , Greensboro board o? health, meeting in special session Thursday night to hear a state health board representative's report on rat conditions in the city requested the city council to take immediate steps to eradicate rodents in Greensboro and to adopt a1 model rat ordinance. Before the actibn of the board, J Dr. E. A. liain, city health offijcer. said that presence of one"rat | with typhus fever in a city is abI normal according to health standards, and that "an epidemic of j typhus may occur at any time." ! "We can wait," Dr. Bain warnjed, "until' the epidemic comes, jln at least one instance, 13 or 11 'persons affected by typhus germs spread by rats died. But I would advise steps which ' would prevent the possibility of infection by removing the source and cause?rats." Health board meipbers advised Dr. Bain to recommend to Mayor C. M. Vanstory, Jr., and City Manager Henry A. Yancey that tVirsxr Inirlto. "C T. Ulninn A* Hit/ ill WkU U. XX. I11UI.UI1, Ull tv< tor of typhus control -work of the state board of health, apd C. R. Brown, sanitarian who eoniducted the recent rat tests here, to appear before the city council at its meeting next Tuesday when the city health board's recommendations relative to the adoption of a model rat ordinance for Greensboro will come before the council. I Action of the board followed Dr. Bain's presentation of Mr. Brown's report which estimatedi Greensboro rat population as i 140,000, of which 13.33 per cent may be Infected with ty- i phus. The ^anjtarian's report also stated that estoparasftes < (fleas) found on the bodies ot i rats trapped here early this month indicated that the insects i "are heavy for this season of i the year" and might multiply three or four times during the , summer. , The report slated that 73 No. i O steel traps, placed' In five, areas In the city, caught 26 rats i ^n Shot When He 'o Break In A S. J. Johnson,' Negro, about 30, if corner of Gilmer and Gaston streets, was fatally shot early Thursday morning as he attempted to break into Pfeitfer hall at Bennett college, clad, only in a pair of shoes. Police who .investigated the case, sairl JVIiss Estelle AVatSon. 20, of Suffolk, Va., a senior at lire college, fired a .38 caliber pistol through a closed door as the man attempted to. break into the dormitory about 5:40 a. m. Badly wounded, he was found on the other side of a brick wall / from the college grounds air*' was taken to L. Richardson Memorial hospital where he died at 8:40 a. in. Miss Watson was not placed under arrest pending completion of the investigation and was freed of all charges after an inquest by Dr. W. \V. Harvey, coroner, who termed the shooting justified. Had Police Record Police said the man, who had a police record for vagrancy and assault on a female, had caused great excitement at the dormitory during the early morning hours. Someone, presumably the same num. appeared at the dormitory at 3 a. m., and attempted to break rn but left when the students awoke. Later the excitement was created anew when the mail appeared the second time. Police were told the man broke out a window on the south side of the dormitory, then went around 10 me norm side wnere again he tried to get in a window. Failing to succeed, there, he went to the door and was trying to force it, police were informed, when Miss Watson, using a pistol belonging to the dormitory matron, Mrs. M. C. Laurln, ftred through the closed door. ' Clothing hound The man's clothing was found in front of the door and when ' police found him he wore only tils shoes In the cold early morning air. He was thought to have (Continuodi On Page five) f '