CATTLE LOST.
RUSSIAN WORKERS TO DIE. MOSCOW, Feb. 22. Eleven veterinary workers were sentenced to death at Ordzhonikidze today for causing , the deaths of 90,000 cattle since 1932 by spreading typhus bacilli, resulting in the mass poisoning of civilians and soldiers. Two others were sentenced to death, but this was commuted to 25 years’ imprisonment owing to full confession and the fact, that they can still be useful as specialists.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 73, 23 February 1938, Page 9
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70CATTLE LOST. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 73, 23 February 1938, Page 9
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