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FAKE JUNGLE 1 TO fl Pittsburgh (U.R) The war against the Japanese was fought on tropical Islands In Pittsburgh as well as the Pacific. Hundreds of tiny tropical Is lands moss, rotting vegetation, bacteria, steaming Jungle heat and all were created under glass by Dr. Peter Gray, biolo gist at the University of Pitts burgh. With Dr. Gray's tiny replicas of the unusual conditions of Pacific Islands at their finger tips, Westinghouse Electric Corp. scientists were able to de velop electrical equipment that would function in a tropical cli mate. Simulated Climates Radar, radio equipment, switchboards, transformers and other apparatus that went to the Pacific war theater were made to stand up under as saults by fungi and bacteria, ex tremes of temperature and hu midity, all simulated in the artificial islands. In explaining how the Islands were developed, Dr. Gray said that room temperature was maintained at 90 degrees Fahrenheit. The bottom of each jar was covered with moss and kept saturated with water to at tain a humidity fluctuating be tween 60 and 80 per cent. Then, small chunks of bread were placed atop the moss and an airtight lid was affixed to the jar. The mold that soon formed on the oread was Infect ed with other types of organic growth and the "gardens" were allowed to germinate. Tested Materials Daily After fungi, bacteria, mites and other organisms common to flits and more much more Comes now the time of year when 1c is the custom to say "Merry Christmas". . . all of us t . . one to another. A fine custom! A glorious custom! To you we say, as In other years: "A Merry Christmas." Vet, on this, the finest Christ mas siuce the first, we want that greeting to mean some thing more than it says some thing more than it ever meant before. We want It to have some quality of that deep joy felt by those mothers who, Ibis Christ mas, know that their sons have been spared. We want it to comprehend that silent thanksgiving which fathers feel this Christmas in the sure knowledge that their boys, though perhaps still over seas, have come through. For somehow, this Christmas seems to belong to them and their families a Christmas once more aglow with the present ot anticipated warmth of reunion. This first Christmas in so long when the carol rings true in the heart as friendly voices sing "AH is calm, all is bright." This first Christmas in so long that seems the true feast day of the Prince of Peace. This first Christmas that v.e know our dead did not die in vain. Too, It Is once more a Christ mas when mankind may dare think upon that wider reunion of hearts which is the promise of Bethlehem's bright star of a new kinship between them who slept in their fox-holes and Him w ho slept in a manger. It Is a wonderful Christmas . . . a Christmas drenched in splendor ... a Christmas when Tiny Tim could say "God bat blessed us, every one !" May you know the full joy of it Itll .art, vert H Mr U4mm4 bfewy Ll. .-f-.' '.-1 V'V-.l.'f-l- , BONDS for theVIGTGR Officii Nary Phof Relocation. Southern Okinawa na tives being transferred in truck to LST for trip to northern section of Island to make new homes. Victory Bonds help speed such relocation. U, S. Trtotur Dtpartmtwl FIRST PARIS COAL that hot, humid atmosphere reached a robust stage, Dr. Gray placed samples of equipment in the Jars. Daily examinations fol lowed, and dejailed records of the damage occurring to each sample of material were kept. Since the hostile climates are represented at their exaggerat ed worst in the "Junior hot houses," a month on one of Dr, Gray's artificial islands Is esti mated to equal six months to a year in the Panama Canal Zone. Results of the tests have been invaluable to the armed forces in determining which materials and protective coverings would stand off the ravages of the tropics. Scientists found that varnishes of the phenolformal dehyde group possessed great resistance to attack by fungi and bacteria. SUICIDE TRY FAILS San Francisco, Dec. 24 (U.R) M r s. Helen Thompson, 37, mother of a five-month-old baby, was recovering today from minor Injuries suffered when she drove her car through a guard rail near the summit of twin peaks. In an attempt, police said, to end her life. Mrs. Thompson was thrown clear of the car as It careened down the steep, muddy hill overlooking San Francisco and burst Into flames. NETS DISSENSION Paris (U.R) The first coal Pa risians have seen since libera tion is causing bitter dissension instead of the expected thanks giving. Coal already Is finding its way into the black market. Fash ionable apartment houses are being heated while in poorer quarters the Inhabitants' teeth are chattering. Last winter coal caused no bitterness because there Just wasn't any even on the black market. Rich people who could afford big meals in black-market restaurants had to shiver with the poor. Now coal has reached the black market at 10,- 000 francs a ton, which is 5300 at the current exchange rate This year there is an official allotment of 200 kilos of coal per family of two persons, with supplements for houses with babies or old people. As 200 kilos Is only about one-fifth of a ton, Parisians are hoarding their ration in anticipation of six bitter weeks in January. But in fashionable apartment houses managers are collecting contri butions from the wealthy resi dents and a fortunate few nre warm. Winter has hit the capital, and the people are worn down after five years of undernourishment and under-heating. French friends of Americans who live in hotels heated by the United States army are now dropping by frequently "just to warm our selves in your room." The coal shortage Is made more dangerous by the increas ing difficulty In finding clothes. GOATS IN HOLLYWOOD Hollywood, Dec. 24 (U.R) B. C. Andrews, 69, and the goats which pulled him and his little wagon 7,500 miles, were await ing hopefully for a movie con tract today. After a 15-mile-a-day tur from South Dakota's Black Hills, winding through 10 western states and British Columbia, the "boatmobile" pulled into Hollywood yesterday. The return of 1,000,008 prison ers and deportees drained the last clothing stocks. Now many mothers try in vain to get even a coupon which a coat requires. They are told there are no more An overcoat on the black mar ket If one could be found would cost about $600. PLAN MEMORIAL CENTER Cushing, Okla. (U.R) The citizens of Cushing, Okla., have approved plans for a $420,000 postwar project which would In clude a spacious memorial recreation center. The initial phase of the plan would cover two years, calling for the recreation center, foot ball stadium, new city hall struc ture and fire station. Expendi ture for the four projects would call for a bond issue of $420,000. Use Mall Tribune Want Ada. Racketeers Set To Drain Savings Of American Public New York (U.R) A host of racketeers are getting set to pinch off a substantial share of the $130,000,000,000 in war sav ings accumulated by the Ameri can public, Allen E. Backman warns in the November issue of Today's Woman. The racketeers, who normally take $2,500,000,000 yearly in sucker money, will resort to every trick in their bag to fleece the gullible public, the director of the National Better Business Bureau cautions. They will pay particular attention to the re turned serviceman with his mustering-out pay and access toj GI loans, and will offer him and! his family Innumerable "oppor-1 unities" to turn fast dollar. One of the racketeers' favorite devices is the "boiler room" tele phone, used to ferret out Infor mation on savings and to sell worthless stock and schemes to the unsuspecting public. A crooked operator or one of his employees, selects names at ran dom from the telephone book for this type of scheme, and 'phones his prospective victim informa tion abort "opportunity" to make money. Backman's advice Is Investi gate before you Invest, and to Monday. Dee. 24. 194S MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREH read and keep a paper you sign. copy of any DELAY GRANTED San Francisco, Dec. 24 (U.R) Defense attorneys for Thomas Henry McMonigle, charged with the kldnap-murder of Bobby Soxer Thora Chamberlain, today requested and received a post ponement of arraignment pro ceedings until Dec. 28. Closing time tor classified Ads 8:30 a.m. Too Lata lo Classify 12:15 pm. CHICKEN and STEAK DINNERS KING S CAFE Owned by OTTO and WAVE KINO Highway 89 at llent Com Out and See the Bears' BIG SALE of GROCERIES Starting Dec. 26th At Shady Nook Grocery 827 NO. 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