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Died. "Jacques Mederic," French underground leader accredited by the Algiers Assembly (on which he served until recently) as the movement's No. 1 Nazi-killer; when he was captured by the Nazis in France; by his own hand (poison), lest he be tortured into talking...
...Other suggestions for industrial crops: japan wax and lacquer from the poison oak of southern swamplands; sugar and byproducts from the neglected southwestern maple tree; storax for perfumes and flavors from the sweet gum tree; yellow dyes from the Osage orange or hedge apple...
...trouble began with politics. Said Jimmy: "You know ... I have always been a good New Dealer. I persuaded Mrs. Cromwell to contribute $50,000 to the Roosevelt campaign in 1940. Her attorney ... is a good old Republican reactionary and I am sure he helped to poison Mrs. Cromwell's mind against...
...Army's tragedy was that of Honan's tall, patient peasants. After years of famine, this year's crop was rich and fat, all but ready for the harvest. Just before the Japanese struck, plans had been completed to move 1,000,000 Ib. of poison spray into Honan to check the inroads of locusts. Now the plans lost meaning: what the locust spares, the Japanese will take...
Death behind the Door. Deadliest weapon with which U.S. police have to cope is the shotgun: "It seems that nearly every farmhouse in the country has a shotgun behind the kitchen door and these frequently become involved in crimes. . . ." Dr. Snyder debunks some common notions about poisons: arsenic and strychnine, for example, though often used, are very dangerous to a murderer, because their presence in the body can be detected for some time after the murder. Strychnine, one of the surest, quickest killers (sometimes within 15 minutes), can be detected three months after death. One of the hardest poisons...