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"1 THE GAZETTE AND DAILY, YORK, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, Cockroaches Killed Observe Their 70th In North Africa TUNISIAN FRONT (Continued from First Page) Wedding Anniversary By Touch Of Poison UNITED STATES IS AT WAR Scrap Metal, Rubber, Rag and Fata are Needed Turn Yours In Today Catholic Seminary Destroyed By Fire Oconomowoc, Dec. 25 UP) A 40-room society showplace of the gay nineties era, now a seminary operated by the Augustinian Fathers of Chicago, was destroyed by fire of undetermined origin today. The loss was estimated at $100,000 by Fire Chief Henry W. Wessel. The huge house, purchased in August, 1941, by the Catholic organization and named St.

Monica's seminary, was built by the late John Dupee. Waterloo, Dec. 25 UP) Mr. and Mrs. Harrison A.

Crawford of Waterloo, 89 and 88, today celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary at a family dinner at the home of a daughter. The youngest guest was their great-great-granddaughter, Nancy Lee Morgan, 7 weeks old. Seventy years ago yesterday, with the temperature 25 degrees below zero and roads snow, blocked, Crawford, then a young farmer, walked 11 miles to Waterloo for the marriage license. 1 SK -an. 4 white leaflets exhorting the French to "stop this useless and with passes permitting the French to enter the Nazi lines on the promise that they would be treated as friends and allowed to return home.

The French answer, floating down on German-occupied Tunis-it, responded that the French were raising an army of 500,000 which would be armed by the United Nations and would help the Allies "throw the Germans into the sea." There still were no signs of a major clash on the Libyan front, where the fleeing Rommel would not stand and fight, and the Cairo communique said there was "nothing to report" from the forces pursuing the Axis around the Gulf of Sirte coast. (By Science Service) Ames, Iowa An insect poison that kills cockroaches if it touches the outside of their bodies, though they can swallow it without harm, is described in the current issue of Science by John W. Zukel of Iowa State College here. The compound is phenothiazine, which has been under test for some time as a promising fungicide and killer of parasitic worms as well as an insecticide. It also has some uses in human medicine.

When it touches the outside of the cockroachs shell, phenothiazine passes through and is apparently converted into another compound, known as a conjugate of thionol, which is what really does the killing job. Size of the particles of phenothiazine seems to have much to do with its fatal effect. The finer the particles, the smaller the size of the deadly dose needed. SALVAGE Will Win The War Throw Your Scrap Into the Fight Importance of the experiment Js in the information it provides about the handling and storing of the explosive. That TNT could be used as a light-sensitive substance, was discovered by Dr.

Snelling incidentally as he was studying the effect of light in darkening TNT. He found that when light acts on the TNT, it produces, in addition to the previously known reddish brown decomposition product, a volatile pink reaction product, the composition of which is unknown. This goes completely through filter paper and can be deposited on an underlying sheet of paper. Dr. Snelling was successful in coating a suitable paper with a layer of TNT left by the evaporation of a solvent and used this as a photographic printing paper to produce the "sepia" portrait.

William H. Osborne, Noted Lawyer, Dies Newark, N. Dec. 25 UP William Hamilton Osborne, noted author and authority on copyright law, died at his home, 213 Highland avenue, today after long illness. He was 69.

Osborne was author of five novels and about 500 short stories. He was counsel for the author's League of America and the Dramatists' Guild. Walter Stuart, Aged Carlisle Banker, Dies Carlisle, Dec. 25 UP) Walter Stuart, 86, former president of the Farmers Trust company, died today in the Carlisle hospital after long illness. He had retired nine years ago after serving the bank for a half century.

Says Japanese Admit Air Force Has Been Materially Weakened (By The Associated Press) New Delhi, India; Dec. 24 (Delayed) "The Japanese air force everywhere has been materially weakened" and furthermore the Japanese admit it, Brig. Gen. Clayton L. Bissell, command of U.

S. Air Forces in India, Burma, and China, declared today. Bissell's statement was made in response to a question whether the Japanese air force was showing signs of deterioration in Burma. Not only in Burma but also in occupied China, Bissell said, enemy planes have been forced to "move rapidly from one airdrome to another as airdromes get too hot." He added, repeating his previous declaration, that as more of our planes move up to the combat area the intensity of the attacks will increase." He added, Bissell reviewed a week of intensive bombing and reconnaissance by the Tenth Air Force, including two attacks on both Lashio and Rangoon as well as scouting missions into China and French Indo-China, in which not one United States plane was lost. Asked if these attacks were coordinated with the British land drive down the Bay of Bengal coast from India toward the Burma port of Ak-yab, the general replied that "all our operations are always coordinated." TORK.V MARTET LAOIE HOP Local 'Plane Spotters To Hear Radio Talk Personnel of the Aircraft Warning System in the York, Adams and Franklin district has been urged by District Director James W.

Heffernan, York, to listen to a broadcast over an East Coast network from 10:45 to 11 p. Tuesday by Brig. Gen. Willis R. Taylor, new commanding officer of the First Fighter Command, New York.

Enemy Planes Turn Back From Malta Malta, Dec. 25 UP) A small number of enemy fighter planes, flying at high altitude, turned back today without attempting to cross the coast. Their appearance caused the only alert in 24 hours. GEO. A.

WOLF SONS "The Place to Shop (or a Home" Curtli Woodwork-Lumber-Paint-Coal-lnsulatior-Hardware John Kieran Quits New York Times New York, Dec. 25 UP) John Kieran, writer of a sports column for the New York Times and a regular participant on the "Information Please" radio program, announced tonight that he had resigned from the Times and would begin January 4 to write a column five times a week for the New York Sun. He said his column for the Sun would be on general topics, and that he "imagined" it would be syndicated. The reason for his resignation, Kieran explained, is the pressure of demands made on his time for radio appearances in behalf of the War department, the Treasury department, the Office of War Information and various relief societies and other organizations devoted to the war effort. 2 Men Trapped In Car Drowned In River Paterson, N.

Dec. 25 UP) Two men drowned in the Passaic river today, trapped in their car which had crashed through the guard rail of the Broadway bridge after colliding with another car. Police identified the victims as Walter Broutillier, 54, of 324 Hobart avenue, Haledon, and George Zoppi, 45, of 74 Avenue Haledon. Main Office Mount Wolf, Pa, 465 Prospect York, Pa. N.

Sherman St P. R. York, Pa. 3 Men Killed When Trucks Leave Highway Silver City. N.

Dec. 25 UP) Three enlisted men of the Deming. N. air base were killed and twenty were injured as two trucks returning men to the base from a dance left a highway early today. Boy, 16, Admits Killing His Schoolmate, 15 Chinook, Dec.

25 (JP) Sheriff C. B. Reser said Leslie Sciefers, 16, of Harlem, confessed today that he shot and killed his 15-year-old schoolmate, Elaine Allen, in his Harlem home. January Clearance Sale Luxurious Fur Trimmed Coats Fur Coats Silk and Wool Dresses Sport Coals Entire Stock Drastically REDUCED DANIELS 136 East Market Street Guard Your Health by Saving the Vitamins Do It with modern Gas Cookery YORK COUNTY GAS COMPANY Increase In Price Of Fuel Oil Of 0.3 Newport News Street Car And Bus Strike Ends Newport News. Dec.

25 (JP) A two-day strike of bus and street car operators ended early today after the Citizens Rapid Transit corporation agreed to reinstate without prejudice two union members who had been suspended. Former Chicago Newspaperman Dies Chicago, Dec. 25 Edward S. Beck, former managing editor of the Chicago Tribune for "26 years and later assistant editor in chief until his retirement last January, died today in Passavant hospital after an illness of several months. He was 74 years old.

Private Charles B. Olewiler, 134 East Hope avenue, who has arrived safely in North Africa, according to word received by Mrs. Effie Gladfelter. Private Olewiler was inducted into the armed forces June 27, and as stationed at Fort Meade, Fort McClellan, Fort Bragg, X. and at one time in Scotland.

He was previously employed by the Paul S. Martin Coal company. Clarify Amount Of War Bonds Person May Hold Because of the numerous queries received by the War Savings staff on the calculation of amount of War bonds that any one person may hold, the following questions and answers have been designed to clarify the matter: Q. What is the limit of Bonds which may be purchased under co-ownership in any calendar year, including any bonds owned individually A. $10,000 in maturity value.

Q. Does this include other types of co-owners than husbands and wives A. Yes, it includes all types of co-owners. Q. In figuring the limit which a person may hold, is it necessary to consider bonds on which he is listed as a beneficiary? A.

No. The holdings of a person as beneficiary need not Be considered in figuring the limit- on his total purchases as registered owner or co-owner for any calendar year. Q. Can the present beneficiary of a bond be changed and designated as co-owner? A. Yes, at the request of registered owner.

Q. Can the beneficiary of a bond be eliminated A. Yes, at the request of registered owner and with consent of present beneficiary. Q. Can the present beneficiary be eliminated and another person named as co-owner? A.

Yes, at the request of owner and with consent of present beneficiary. am Washington, Dec. 25 CP) The retail ceiling price on fuel oil in the 30 rationed states will be increased 0.3 cent a gallon next Tuesday, the Office of Price Administration announced today, "to defray additional costs being incurred by dealers as the result of emergency contingencies." At the same time Administrator Leon Henderson issued a statement emphasizing that supplies in the east were strictly limited regardless of flexibility in the rationing. HOSPITAL NOTES Patients admitted to the York hospital yesterday included: Samuel Leonard King, 357 West Market street, and Carrie Tracey, Woodbine R. D.

1, surgical Gene Crone, 537 Vander avenue, and Oscar Mitzel, 1229 Mt. Rose avenue. Among those leaving the hospital were Lee Brydia, 300 East Philadelphia street, and George D. Smith. 528 Girard avenue.

TNT Used In Making Novel Photograph (By Science Servicel Sandusky, Ohio. TNT can be used to shoot photographs as well as in blowups with high explosive bombs. The odd fact that TNT can be used as a light-sensitive coating for paper is reported by Dr. Walter O. Snelling, director of research for Trojan Powder company, in the PBOW News, a pub- lication issued at the Plum Brook Ordinance Works.

Dr. Snelling made the first photograph produced with TNT instead of the usual silver salts a beautiful sepia-appearing portrait of Major Lewis K. Kallmyer, commanding officer. It is not expected by Dr. Snelling, however, that TNT will be commonly used in photography.

Buy Yourself a Berks County's Last Civil War Veteran Dies At 95 Reading. Dec. 25 (JP) Captain Samuel B. Becker, 95, last Civil War Veteran in Berks county, died at his home in Strauss-town on Christmas eve. In 1861, Captain Becker journey to Philadelphia and enrolled as a drummer boy.

He was then 14 years of age. He served throughout two enlistments and the entire Civil War, including the Virginia campaign and the three days fighting at Gettysburg. Gift with a Future eoimebeirgs the bonds you buy today will pay returns in happier living long after Freedom's won SLHIOII Starts Monday, December 28th LADIES' SUEDE LEATHERS Blacks Browns Wine Green k'i Democratic Club Gives Yule Treat The Twelfth Ward Democratic club, 929 East Market street, yesterday distributed nearly 700 boxes of candy and oranges to children of the neighborhood and inmates of the York County jail. The Dallastown Boy's band and the Gingerich Boy's and Girl's band furnished the music as the gifts were distributed in front of the club yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. Santa Claus was enacted by Clark Lindsey, William Smith and Edward Horn.

PACIFIC FRONT (Continued from First Page) most of the Allied troops were given an opportunity to rest from the arduous assaults of the past few days and to attend divine services in the jungles. A spokesman at Allied headquarters explained that yesterday's thrust toward the Buna government station gardens placed the Allies in a better position to destroy the enemy in a triangular defense pocket about 1.500 yards inland from Buna which Australian and American infantry already have invested. For the far-flung southwest Pacific air front, where Gen. Douglas MacArthur's bombers have dealt death blows to the Japs, and for the jungle fox holes of New Guinea where Allied troops have the enemy pinned in narrowing pockets, there was only one word in today's noon communique Christmas. The communique was brief and to the point: "On Christmas day, our activities were limited to routine safety precautions.

Divine sendees were held throughout the command where possible." That was all. That was enough. Use that Christmas money for fhe real Gift wifh a Future-Buy War Stamps or War Bonds VITALITY $4.45 and $5.45 CHARM STEP $4.45 COLLEGEBRED and W. B. COON Slender Arch Fitter $7.95 DR.

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