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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
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Island to make new homes. Victory
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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.
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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
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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.
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in this fascinating hobby plus
a design and specifications for a
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SONG WRITER DIES
Hollywood, Dec. 24 (U.R)
Byron Gay, 59, the song writer, '
died yesterday. Gay wrote j
nearly 500 songs, including
"Avalon," "The Little Old Ford
Just Rambled Right Along,"
and "Song Of The West." The
song writer accompanied Ad
miral Byrd on an Antarctic
expedition. He was a classmate
of Byrd's at Annapolis.
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It's a real old-fashioned
Christmas we're celebrating
again this year. And what a
warm, happy glow it puts in
to our hearts to know the
war Is over, peace reigns su
preme once again. This
Christmas as we go to
church to worship in free
dom the birth of the Christ
child, let us offer a prayer
of thanks to Him for the
Peace and Happiness In our
hearts. It is with much
gladness that' we wish you
the Joys of the holiday tea
ton and a New Year In which
all your hopes and detiret
will come true. Thank you
for your patronage and co
operation during the war;
we tincerely hope to con
tinue serving you in the
years ahead.
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vnrisrmas mar we cele
brate this year the
first in five years for
the war is over and the
Yuletide this time finds
the world at peace and
victory achieved. It is,
indeed, a time to give heart-felt thanks to
Him who has sent to us the most precious
gift of all Peace! All of us who make up
th Copco family extend the sincere wish
that this Christmas will be the happiest,
most joyful you have had in many years.
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