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Show HITCH-HIKING FLY SPREADS DISEASE The common house fly Is a 1 I tch- I''''-hiker. I''''-hiker. However, the fly doesn't both! r to jerk a thumh and ask a rlae : It flies Into moving autos or even ' a-alns or airplanes without perrai,. lion and often travels hundreds of ' r' ulles before leaving Its chosen ve- ' llcle. This habit of files traveling grea, I ';. ' distances on other power than their nvn has made local fly eradication ; ;' .anipalgns less effective than th& ?fmpalgners hoped. Cases have been ! ' found where a fly carried disease- i ' jerms on Its legs and body for nil'?. ! ''K-ind ''K-ind Infected people In the community ,vhere It settled. No previous cases f the disease were In existence la V Jie new community and health ao. Choritles could And no other source '' jf infection than flies. Repeated warnings of physician,, ind health oflicials have apparently railed to Instill a proper fear of the i'' house fly in the average mind. How-sver, How-sver, a more thorough knowledge of the habits of a fly would increase O ;he respect for this tiny insect, as f wording to authorities on the subject. Decent cleanliness In any hom requires protection against the men-ice men-ice of flies. Whether a fly Is home j Dorn or a hitch-hiking visitor, he 1 I i l danger. Fortunately, an effective .''-': fly-killing program can be conducted j : in any home by the use of a reliable ' ' 5y spray containing an ample quan. " " tlty of Pyrethrins, a product derived from Pyrethrum flowers, which l death to flies, when sprayed In a flnj ' mist. |