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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
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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.
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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
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Most of County
Schools Closed
Because of Mud
The condition of rural roads !
in Guilford county, waterlogged
uy sustained periods ot rain ana
snow, Thursday morning brought
about an announcement of the
suspension of activity- in all except
four schools in the county
system.
' Eugene D. Idol, superintendent
of county schools, stated that
all county schools utilizing buses
would close Thursday and Fri- ,
day because of rural road conditions
and that the schools
would reopen Monday if road
conditions permit. Proximity, (
Ceasar Cone, Edgeiville and East ,
White Oak schools, which do |
not use school buses, will remain j
open. Idol stated. (
The superintendent pointed
out that county roads are now
so bad that buses are being dam- I
aged In an effort to drive them ]
ind that the roads, in turn, are 1
suffering from the passage of I
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When He
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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
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