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.GAINESVILLE DAIY REGISTER, GAINESVILLE, TEXAS.
Washington
By JACK STINNETT
TOUNDED
Published
Bill asked
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WEEKLY REGISTER
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right now—
(ration, will
vorable reaction to the idea than
further than the amount received by
them for such advertisements.
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probably prevent ome traffic acci- giants that have bewitched the
and one day better;
kingdom of the good, gray Queen.
and this is true despite the high
world war,
I am
better.'
city as ours, but since most of our
walk.
of the young men examined.
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Then,
derweight
2372—George Warren Gann
Mortuary
neither to right nor left.
So he
didn’t know Eric had been gone.
Smile Awhile
MRS. MARTHA ANN BROWN
giant
funeral rites for Mrs. Mar-
Final
a lower incidence of serious im-
and with
passes by.’
Home in Greenville.
face ‘
died in
But ;
pie. They looked unhappy.
they were bewitched and couldn’t
Short
Rev. W. Harrison
asked Lieutenant Gregory.
"Would there be fingerprints on
as fresh as when he started. Eric
benefitted from better nutrition
4
The
Story c f the Chris Child,” written
Chapter 32
Grilling Kirk
Anderson re-
’LL show you,”
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For local Pageant
the belie
desirable
will see
observed
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Fred
Calif.;
streaked the sky with pink
was riding again behind the
the
ever
plied, disappearing through the
door and returning a few mo-
by Dr.
and to
The story so far: Eric, a fisher-
man’s son, sets out to defeat three
L. H. Hubbard of Denton,
be presented by the stu-
from rheumatic fever, the death rate from]
which, together with that for heart disease
among the younger ages, has shown a con-
9:15 a.
Leazer
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half .
at a
handle the electric light used by
Americans, it is estimated that it
would cost as much as fifteen bil-
lion i lollars more to produce that
James
ager;
mem-
able
Sherwood Ander-
son, the novelist,
in close conver-
sation with
nity which
physicci d
Addresses the Giant
Then Eric took off his cap and
bowed to the tower where he
knew the good, gray Queen had
imprisoned herself. And then he
mounted his fine new horse which
flew through the air to the moun-
tain top where the giant who
thought he was the sun was sitting.
"Sire. I have come with news.”
shouted Eric at the ugly giant,
who blinked in surprise. Eric told
the giant what the locket had said.
The giant looked very interested.
seems to
tion will
ficiated.
The
Memphis, Tenn., statisticians es-
timated 59.600 persons attending
520 conventions in the city during
1938 spent nearly $3,000,000.
AMERICAN YOUTH IN GOOD
PHYSICAL SHAPE
rate of rejection of recent volunteers in the
army and navy.
2359— Lee Harold Stiles
2360- Virgil Davis McKenzie
2362— Ovilia Quest Menzie
2363 Edward Atlee Morrow
2364— Elisha Hugh McElreath
2365—Howard Perkins
2366—Fred El by Solomon
2367—James Lee Harp
2368—William Richard Renfro
2369—J. W. Owensby
2370—Clifton Grimes
thing you haven’t told?
incredulously.
AP Feature Service
Chapter Ten
Quickly Refreshed
When the sun was up, the
leave the roadsides.
Eric saw one man look
THE SIDE CAR
By HERBERT ELDRIDGE
it?” I asked.
"Wouldn’t show up.”
#0N when they wanted me to portray
With Judge Bean, that fine old west
mind’s eye fromieM
merely reading his books.
“Power” and the “Oppermans” in Texas dictator of an earlier day.
Volume "
Customer: “Have you a book called ‘Man the
Master of Women’?”
Salesgirl: “The fiction department is on the
other side, sir.”
Girl, Friend: Did any of your friends admire
your engagement ring?
Bride-to-be: Admire it! Two of them recog-
nized it! ! .
Baker, town. Come back and tell me the
’ news.”
New York
By GEORGE TUCKER
Il Duce is bound to admit that not only fame,
but the Italian army, is fleeting.
I know how all of those felt
you prove that? With ladies of indeterminate age,
that has been a question that g—
has provided more Joe Millers g48BBh
than has the mother-in-law or-2-
i
stay here by the road. I’ll make
some toys for the children in the
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Who didn’t vote for Roosevelt:
If I could only sell some doggerel
I’d take the wife to the inaugural.
pairments than the draftees of 1917-1918,
This is not to say that .the proportion found
to be physically unfit to serve will be small,
but that the rate of serious impairments
will be substantially lower than it was
among young men examined in the pre-
vious draft,” they added.
The statisticians base their conclusions
upon what “the medical and public health
and allied professions have done to reduce
the incidence of serious defects which were
major causes of rejection in 1917-1918.
Young men of the draft ages today grew
Eri 2
gian &
2317—George Willis Mossman
2318-—Robert Floyd Greer
2319—Leo Robert Myers
2320—James Newton Burnett
2321—Edward Frank Eugster
2322—Troy Virgel Reeves
2323- Lucian Reynolds Moore
2324—Joe Bridgefarmer- Cowling
2325—Allen Alford Pettigrew
2326—Samuel Wood row Cain
2327—George Edward Perdue
2328—Elmer Macklin Clack
2329—Vernie Elmo Wilson
2330—Roy Sanford Porter
2331—Herbert William Meurer
2332—J. C. Evans
2333- Theodore Mat Neu
2334—John Benjamin Sherwood
2335-an Colbert i(c)
2336—Adelbert Ignatias Kubis
2337—Art Dan Morris
2338—Albert Louis Rohmer
2339—Roy Levi Atterberry
2340—Marvin Lorene Morrison
2341—Miles Thomas Clark
2342—Moran Stone (c)
2343—Francis William Gruber
2344—Floyd Carlton Higgs
2345—Jesse Harold McCormick
2346—Charley Lee Moore
2347- Lamar Preston. Mitchell.
2348—Wesley Griffith
2349—Robert Joseph Swirczyn-
ski
2350 William Claude Hackler
2351—Yerbie Benton Carr
2352—George Mason Kirby
2353— William R. Wilson
2354—Andrew Jackson Paschal
2355—Elbert Wayne Bloodworth
2356—Jacob Ernest Craven
2357 Chester LaRoy Arendt
2358—James Adolphus Spurgeon
“Hear. Rastus, is that quarter I borrowed
from you two years ago.”
"Y’all might just as well keep yo’ money. It
ain’t wuth two bits for me to change mah opin-
ion o’ you.”
merit. Wie are not abashed if the
idea is not practical and is rejected
by the time it gets into print.
SOMET I M E S SUGGESTIONS
or desirable to train most of our young
men for some part in national defense, the
statisticians assert.
“Even in advance of detailed findings on
medical examination of draftees today, it
is safe to predict that they will be found to
be healthier, better developed physically;
KXJASHINGTON — What’s your nationality?
VV Now, stop and think. Can you prove it?
What’s your age? Stop and think again. Can
Business Office, 303 B. California st
the Gainesville, Texas, Postrfice-
as Second-class Matter.
self, as a matter of fact. late one
night here in New York, and an
hour or so later he wandered
into the office and, surrounded by
friends, began talking about' it.
“I made one bad slip,” he con-
fessed. “After all, people from *
Boston sometimes say things a
little differently than people from
other sections of the country. I
knew I hid a job on my hands -
Jobs Threatened
Not only in the government, but in private m-
dustry, there -is a house-cleaning move to purge
all aliens. Of the thousands of letters the Census
Bureau is receiving, asking proof of citizenship,
by far the greater per cent explain that the writer
MUST have this information immediately to hold
his job. For one reason or another (accent or ap-
pearance, to name only two), the author writes,
he is suspected of being an alien. He knows that
the Census Bureau can clear this up. Will they
please do so at once, so he won’t get fired ?
Just what percentage of these requests come
from private industry or from the government,
where law’s already passed forbid employment of
undeclared aliens in many departments, has not
yet been determined, but it is certain that lots
of private employers are scanning their payrolls
and weeding out the foreign-born who have not
taken out papers.
An even greater number of letters fall into
. the Census Bureau mail baskets from persons
trying to find out how old they are. Most of these
came originally from persons seeking old age
pensions. But the draft swamped the bureau. The
compulsory filing of birth certificates is com-
paratively recent and even where it has been a
pi actice for years, hundreds of communities have
seen their records lost through carelessness and
indifference or destroyed, by fires, floods or
winds.
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Bl months, in
advanee ______
We merely isek to crystallize
thought into action if the idea has picture
thor
light.
Tell your merchant
advertisement in The
ments later with a"dark blue llama-
cloth topcoat. Bill and I looked at
it and then at each other.
“I take you recognize the coat,"
Lieutenant Gregory observed.
"Certainly,” said Bill. “After all,
there were only two coats besides
my own and both worn by men
I see frequently.”
"Then it is not your coat?”
“It i Kirk Pierce’s coat,” Bill
told him. “Naturally I am aware
that you ould easily establish this
fact without my telling you."
- “Anderson?’ Lieutenant Gregory
instructed, “please ask Mr. Pierce
to step here.”
Kirk came in. looking puzzled,
but interested too. I suppose it had
been pretty boring, just sitting
around waiting or trying to make
conversation with Alice. He glanced
about the room in that quick way
of his. "Sally,” he said, nodding in
my direction, then sat down in the
chair Anderson pushed forward for
him His eye caught sight of the
coat thrown over a chair slightly
in the background “Looks like my
coat,” he observed casually, "but
I guess not.Hung mine in the
closet."
"It is your coat," Lieutenant
Gregory told him. “We brought it
in here because of something in
one of the pockets. Would you have
an idea what that would be, Mr.
--1.
WuR CHEST, punagtt
kYOUR CHEST WHERES
CHEST
B3entA
are made here,' that apparently do
not arouse the "powers that be" to
action, that nevertheless have the
approval and commendation of
many people, and thus really war-
rants considertion.
For instance, at the suggestion
of a reader, we recently called at-
tention to the fact that a traffic
light would be very beneficial at
the Lindsay-California street in-
facts and figgers might never #85 #6
porvencomensussrgau.Mes division of the gov-
ernment, which is charged with enumerating the
' peoples of our nation, is discovering that if it
takes an army to enumerate, it takes at least a
sizeable battalion to answer the questions: How
old am I? Where was I born?
At the rate of 1,500 to 2,000 a day, letters
have been pouring into the Census Bureau for
weeks asking verification of these two facts. The
flood has been such that there has been no
chance yet to analyze it—to separate the queries
into classifications that might define just what
is going on. But on the basis of superficial ob-
servation, there are some things that can be said
was worried." He wondered
he would do at the end of
one days and nights if the
didn't weary.
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History I'p to Date
Teacher: “Jane, who was Anne Boleyn?”
Jane: “A flatiron, sir.”
Teacher: “What do you mean?”
Jane: “Well. our history book says that
'Henry having disposed of Catherine, pressed his
suit with Anne Boleyn.’ ” '
turned to watch the giant.
So it went day and night until
Eric had counted up twenty-four
their examinations.
Causes lor recent rejections or army and
navy volunteers, it is pointed out, were
chiefly dental, eye, or foot defects, or un-
cast for the pageant, “The
2373—Frank Pringle Crump
2374—Theodore Aloysios Raus-
chuber
2375— Raymond B. Beard
2376— Raymond Lewis Brown
2377—R. D. Morris
2378—George Victor Gehrig
2379—Orie Lee Barnes
2380—Lesley David Sherrill
2381—Emerson Hagood Kelley
2382—Sidney Milton Lee Cook
2383—W. J. Magers
2384—Ferris Dale Gandy
2385—James Richard Reuther
2386—Eldon Lee Langston
2387—Gooden Cecil Honeycutt
2388—Elmer Lawrence Hassen-
pflug
2389—Max Kenneth Alexander
2390—Jesse Warren Atcuson
2391—William Earnest Wooten
2392—Walter Monroe Parnell
2393—Tom Arnold David (c)
2394—Arthur Webster Potts
2395- Grady Alexander Wyatt
2396—Herschel Joe Lewter
2397—Nathan Leroy Biffle
2398—J. C. Jackson (cl
2399—Clarence Ross Matthews
2400—Willie Pogue (c)
2401—Walter Benford McClinton
2402—Charlie Anderson Hobbs
2403—Jasper Henry Cogburn
2404 - Cecil Bullard
2405 -James Madison Roberson
2406- Cyle Franklin Taylor
2407- William C. Patterson
2408—Troy Maurice Burks
2409—Ralph Lovis Sailing
2410—Cecil Weldon Dennis
2411—Tine Tipton Lackey
2412- Grady Leon Poilard
2413- Carlton Modestus Davis
2414—Harry Joseph Otto
2415—Hubert Stewart Roberts
2416- Caster Eugene Blanks
2417—Joe Baldwin, Jr.
2418—Ocil Hubbard (c)
2419- Lester Odell Hedrick
2420- Walter Robert Bezner
2421—Charles Henry Love (c)
2422—William C. West
2423 — William Oryille Spring-
field,
2424—Randolph Roberson (c)
2425—Wiodrow Russell (c»
2426 James Ruby Evans
2427—Wilbur Clabourne Chisam
2428—Alvin Garcia Davis
2429—Muriin Elzie vans
2430 — Raymond Jpseph Fuhr-
mann. •
2431—Thomas Eugene Mosley
2432—David Rudolph Hodges
Tomorrow: Eric defeats tie first
giant. .
other advertisements or of emissions on scheduled
date, the publishers do not hold themselves liable
for damages
Montgomery, stage man-
James McCollom, lights;
a hypodermic injection to quiet
Validity Established
Through the courts, validity of the Census
Bureau statistics has been established. It has
been proved that army papers, passports, civil
service records and other official papers filed un-
der oath sometimes lie, but Census Bureau rec-
ords, checked and double-checked over the years,
rarely fail to disclose the truth. Private employ-
ers, the government and the courts all have
come to recognize the authenticity of Census Bu-
reau reports, accounting for the demand.
To meet this demand, the Census Bureau has
prepared regular forms for answering these ques-
tions—but don’t try to get one of those just by
writing in for it.
Census Bureau information on individuals is
available only to those individuals. The bureau al-
ready has had its round and around about the
secrecy of its information on individuals, and not
even J. Edgar Hoover and his G-boys could get it
without the permission of the person involved . ,
which is sort of tops in hush-hushing.
------------------------4----
LegalRecords
COUNTY COURT
Probate Docket
Applications to establish birth
records for Nora Ruth Whitaker,
Joe Tapley Farrell and Nylia Le-
Roy Ely.
Auto Registrations
Passenger Cars
N37-434—Renne Allred, Jr., 411
South Grand. Oldsmobile sedan.
37-435 — William J. Zeidlik,
Gainesville, DeSoto sedan.
N37-436—Ted Wickens, St. Jo,
Oldsmobile sedan. . ’
Farm Car
144-003—W. H. Endres, Muen-
Stef, Chevrolet pickyp.
may be important?"
“Yes, something like that.”
No Help
Dr. Bates told me that he left
Thomas's house at exactly fifteen
minutes after nine Saturday eve-
ning. “I looked at my watch,” he
said, “because I was expecting a
call at any time from an obstetri-
cal case, and I remember remark-
ing that is was later than I had
thought Ephraim’s temperature
registered one hundred and three
a few military experts. But no Since that season of happy
Maugham. ory Mr. Yokel has been u n
an au-
in one's
longingly over his shoulder___
herd of cattle. But then ths man r
just shrugged his shoulder, and )
“To, what do you attribute your start on the
read to success?”
The self-made man pondered: “I think,” he
said. “it must have been the fact that when I was
an office boy I laughed louder than any of the
other boys at the manager’s jokes.”
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
By MEDORA FIELD
■ - ‘. IT” ■ F I ■ I
“You mean you know some- Pierce?"
and better conditions of environment. Be-
cause of these facts and the phenomenal
dents. , kingaom or me gooa. gray vueen.
We know that they are needed He- has a magic locket to help him,
as much in other sections of the All Rights Reserved
__ ... ..DAILY REGISTER
wBY.MAIL9UTSIDE OF Cooke, Grayson, Denton,
Montague, Wise counties, Texas, and Love county.
OKlahoma:
out tiring. Tell him she has so
many faithful subjects that all
through the 30 days and n i g h t s
there is never a vacant place
and he was delirious. I gave him gtqthetorder list when voluntary
enlistments fail to meet the
tersection.
Whether the city administration
plans to do anything about it or
not, we do not know. But we do
know, that we have had more fa-
Draft boards may well disregard many
of these nnor defects .if it is necessary
fallacy of
trying to!
dents of the Gainesville Junior col-
lege Friday evening has been an-
nounced byMiss Jane Fuller, direc-
tor.
get to. Then all this other sort of Might even find a cigar.”
— knocked me silly. Lieutenant “No,” said Lieutenant Gregory,
Gregory, would you mind going "Guess again."
with me to the telephone?” < Kirk turned to me, "Not the clue,
I tried to explain briefly about Sally?”
Ephraim. "I know he was here yes- “Qh, no,” I answered. "I only
terday afternoon. But Dr. Bates wish it were.”
came to see him last night—” (Copyright, 1939, Medora Field
“You mean you think the time Perkerson).
the Gainesville sanitarium than a lady-bug. Then it was a
at noon Tuesday. ' ’ beautiful big horse with large
funeral rites were held at gray wings.
tn. Wednesday at the J. L. Eric s a i d bood-bye to Santa
Funeral Home. The Rev.
Fleming, pastor of Whaley luck, my boy,” said Santa. “I shall
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 12, 1940.
________ : |________ 1
and watch. Then you can ride i
back arid tell the Queen who |
thinks she is the sun that I am ?
Actually, according to the statisticians,
the draft will prove a blessing in disguise
for many of the young men examined,
whether they are accepted for service or
not, if the]’ take advantage of the opportu-
him. In my opinion it would have
been impossible for him to leave
his bed and go to Wisteria Hall at
the time you mention."
"It's so important to be sure
abouit it,” I insisted. "You think
he couldn’t possibly?”
“I couldn’t swear it, of course,
if that is what you mean. But in
my opinion it is just about the last
thing that was likely to happen.”
I replaced the receiver forlornly.
“I—I had wanted you to talk to
him,” I said, "if it seemed that
Ephraim might — have been the
one.”
“We’ll look into it, anyway," he
said. “Why didn’t you tell me this
before?”
“But I hadn’t a chance. Besides,
you would have learned of Eph-
raim’s presence when you ques-
tioned Lindy. That’s why she left
home.”
“Guess we’d better look into
that before we go on with the
guests. Ah. here’s Anderson. Found
anything else?”
“This,” said Anderson, holding
out the piece of telephone wire.
“Oh. so it was you who removed
it from the telephone? I mean from
where I had hung it over the tele-
phone box.”
Anderson and Lieutenant Greg-
ory both regarded me with puz-
zled expressions. “What do you
Hugh Sparks, curtain: Beth Sims,
program; Marjorie Weiss, prop-
erties and Pa uline Jennings,
pomp er.
Mu lie will be furnished by the
college choir under the* direction of
cemetery in reenville.
Surviving are two daughters,
Miss Mary Bell Brown, and Mrs.
Owens, South Pasadena,
one son, Harvey Brown,
“Very well, sir," said Ere po- 1
litely. The giant heaved himself
to his feet, and set out to walk.
driving is done on certain streets
in the fifth ward, we have two to The Magic Locket
Alice Fleming, Elizabeth;
and Morynne Hopson, handmaiden.
be most anything. I
should think," grinned Kirk.
“No, not exactly. I tried to tell “Gloves. Cigarettes. Papers. Hand-
you just after lunch, but didn’t kerchief. Roll of camera film.
] NOTICE TO THE PIBLIC
Any erroneous reflection upon the character, repu-
tation or standing of any firm, individual or cor-
up at a time when organized efforts to im-
prove chilid health were much better de-
veloped than a generation ago.”
The young men of draft age today, it is
explained, 1 ’ f----l -----x-—'
reduction in childhood diseases and espe-
cially their complications, fewer young
men today have serious impairments. As
tuberculosis mortality has dropped 75 per
cent in the last 25 years, the disease in its 1
active form undoubtedly is much less prev-
alent among present-day draftees than
among those of the world war. There also
will be found to be proportionately fewer •
men with heart impairments, for these de-
fects among young people usually result;
Kimbriel. The pro-
gram will begin’at 8 o’clock.
STATISTICIANS of an Eastern life in-
15 surance company declares American
boys of draft age are in better physical
shape than the youth of any previous gen-
eration, including the draftees of the first
r i j- F
days and nights. The giant seemed ,
Greenville, and two stepsons,
John and Jim Brown. Greenville.
print them. " From the locket came a voice
Then, perhaps the city traffic de- which said, “Take this horse and
partmen; will investigate and de- set him on the ground. He will
2371—Emmett Johnson. Jr., (c) termine, f the need is as acute as it become big enough for you to
us and if so, we know at- ride. Then go to the giant who
be taken. f thinks he is the sun and tell him
you have come from a Queen who
thinks she is the sun.
“Tell the giant that the Queen
can walk 30 days and nights with-
______. _____ be gladly corrected upon being called
the publisher’s attention.
mou nad me omer--aw O -f--
the ’ traveling salesman. But asg ■ ? 0
strange as it may seem, there... _
are thousands of Americans A.aei
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If the type of equipment avail-
is afforded them to correct any
fects detected in the course of
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ALIENS WHO FAIL" TO REGISTER
FACE DEPORTATION
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Gainesville Daily Register
A-. « AND MESSENGm
-SMNESS Aainesville Signal, February, 1939.)
PublsheaYEAST •A1820,BY JOHN T. LEONARD
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.--H-GAINEmaLLE, COOKE CO, TEXAS
•ditorial and
Follow me
across the way.
one recognized .
p. m. Thursday at the Stringer pie gather to admire her as she
Funeral Home in Greenville. passes by.”
rMembperao tltheAasocrated Press, United Prean.
lotion M^aetTAj^^ International Gircu-
» matt <1 «KGISTER '
Wtoe counts Fooke, Grayson, Denton, Mpntague,
WI —--.J e.8> Texas, and Love county, Oklahoma:
Jvanetinad- 50, Siqmontha,‛ipaa-,,2
a months, in advanee36 vanee----- 2259
Qme Near, in advanee_____________________'H'S
When subseription is not pai in advance or
newed.with in oDe week after expiration, straight
>flce of a<j cents per month will be charged.
refreshed after washing his
that Eric was astonished. They set .
Mrs. Brown, who lived in the So E r i c did as he was told,
home of her daughter, Miss Mary He set the tiny horse on the
Bell Brown, 1108 East Broadway, ground. First it was no bigger
On several occasions we have
suggested boulevard traffic stop
signs should be place at certain
intersections. These signs are com-
parative y inexpensive and would
perinter dent, assisted by Rev.
Jacksor. Greenville. were in charge
of the services in Greenville.
Burial was made in East Mount
(Here is an installment of the
official draft order list for Cooke
county registrants under the se-
lective service act. Men subject
to draft will be called up accord-
BY MAIL, in Gainesville or in Cooke, Grayson,
Denton, Montague, Wise nounties, Texas, and Love
county, Oklahoma:
WEEKLY REGISTER
BY MAIL, In all other counties of the United
Mates:
mean?” Lieutenant Gregory asked.
“I mean that Bessie found that
piece of wire that had been cut, and
gave it to me,” I explained. "I had
to answer the telephone just after-
ward and left it hangirg in the
closet. Later, at lunch, I sent Bes-
sie to look for it and she couldn’t
find it. I suppose you had already
picked it up." I suggested to Mr.
Anderson.
“No, I found it in a pocket of one
of the overcoats in that closet,” he
told us, pointing to the little room.
“Suppose we finish this discus-
sion in the other room,” said Lieu-
tenant Gregory. “Come along, An*
derson.”
But, of course. I first had to ex-
plain to Bill about Ephraim and
what I had hoped to learn from
Dr. Bates.
“Roberts, suppose you telephone
in an see what they’ve got on him.”
said Lieutenant Gregory, after in-
quiring Ephraim’s full name. "If
he’s got much of a record, have
an ambulance come out and take
him to Grady Hospital, where we
can keep him under observation.
And now about this telephone wire,
Mrs. Stuart—”
“Bessie found it in one of the
wastebaskets upstairs.”
“You mean in one of the guest-
rooms?”
I looked at Bill and then at Mr.
Marshall. “Oh, this is dreadful,” I
said. I
"Might as well not try to shield
anybody,” said Mr. Dodson.
"But—” I hesitated.
"Was it in your husband’s room?”
NEW YORK—There was a tea for W. Somerset Maugham and Bette
- Davis, and it was an interesting first meeting for so distinguished
an author and so able an actress. Miss Davis is starred in “The Letter."
a film based on a play made famous by the late Jeanne Eagles and one
of Maugham’s best known dramas. Mr. Maugham, after a harrowing
escape from Flanders, is now a British agent in this country. The re-
lease of “The Letter" made it inevitable that these two should meet.
Gazing about the room I recog- —__-_______________
nized Lion Feuchtwanger, who . ...
was talking to Fannie Hurst and pression of his manufactured
----- - ’ Texas drawl, and what he thought
of himself when he first caught a
glimpse of the film. He saw him-
mind, I had imagined Feuchtwang- “And I did okay, except in one
er to be of imposing stature. On place. That’s when I come riding
the contrary, he is a little man, into town with my old Civil War '
rising barely an inch or so over outfit on. .
five feet. In contrast, Anderson “‛Aain‛t had this uniform on
and Van Faassen towered loftier since Chickamaugy.’ I say - but .
than usual, it still looks right smaaht.’ ... It
i was that ’smaaht’ that tripped
Later, in Maugham’s rooms. I me. That was Boston. Soon as I
was able to note the titles of more heard it I knew nobody would
than 50 books that he had brought ever take me as belonging west
with him. Although he is him- of the Pecos.”
self the author of scores, none
was present. Ernest Hemingway Back in 1935 Alex Yokel made
was represented, also Hartzell a lot of money on a play
Spence, Oscar Levant, and quite called “Three Meri on a Horse.”
who can't prove their national-# *"3 24
ity and hundreds of thousands A"n. -d
who—if they know how old theyRUEL 2
are—can't prove it.
In spite of the fact that this 1
is probably the most statistical 1
era of all time, this great void i
in the American knowledge of :
The Word of God
Believes and Trusts: God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son, that who-
soever belies eth in him should not perish, but
have everlasting life.—John 3:16. 1
Shenman, district Methodist su-
who had been watching. “Good
• I to get his head out of the pad-
According to his own accent, dock. A few days ago he turned
most that have been advanced here. Walter Brennan always pahks his up on Broadway with yet another
and man y people have expressed cah ne ah the bahn. As Mr. nag opera. “Horse Fever.- Before
that such a light is very Brennan is a Bostonian who went the end of the first two act" the
We hope the city council to Hollywood and recently theft- critics had voted it a unanimous ‘
t that way; ed most of the honors from Gary vote of No confidence. And as one
Cooper in a story about old Judge aisle-watcher summed it up. “In
ANOTHER SUGGESTION, or Bean in Texas, The Westerner,” pulling this one on the boys, Alex .
rather si verar suggestions we have I would like to relate his own im- is trying to ride a dead horse."
made, semingly have not caused
any comment or action either, but
personal y we. still believe cthem
worthwh ile. ,
He walked all day and ha f the
night. Eric followed on his winged- ’
h o r s e. But when the midnight .
bells tolled, the horse turned off
into the woods.
There Eric found an old man
waiting for him with a feast .
spread on a White table cloth. Eric
ate and then slept. At dawn the
horse woke him by nudging 'him
with his soft nose. The old man
and the fas were gone.
Eric mounted the horse again ,
and they flew off through tie air
so fast that before the sun has *
“Humph!" said the giant. '“That
is nothing. I can do just as well.
Town Topics
By A. MORTON SMITH
MANY SUGGESTIONS that are
IVI made in this column from time
to time never avail anything.
Sometimes, we know, the ideas
may be far-fetched or impractical.
Some are our own, others are sug-
gested by readers of this column.
If the idea has any merit at all,
whether we agree with it or not,
we print; it, even though the one
who suggests it desires to remain
anonymous. ’
Occasionally, we suggest some
course of! action that is followed by
those in authority having to do with
the particular idea we discussed.
Sometimes, the suggestion merely
coincides with ’ previous ideas held
by those^who do the work. Thus,
we do not claim for ourself or the
reader who makes the suggestion,
any credit.
stopped at a lake and wshed his
face. He splashed around so that
several fishing boats had to put
into harbor. The giant looked so
"Then I suppose it doesn’t mat-
ter. Bessie says she saw it in the
wastebasket "in Mrs. Benedict’s
room.”
"But of course,” said Mr. Mar-
shall, “whoever cut the wire in the
first place naturally wore gloves.”
Bill looked at Mr. Marshall and
grinned suddenly. "Getting to be
a pretty good criminal lawyer
yourself,” he suggested.
Lieutenant Gregory chose to ig-
nore the interruption. “Anderson,
which coat did you find the wire
in?” he asked.
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of ill news dispatchs
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper a'hd also to' local news appearing herein.
I case of errors or omissions occurring in local or
out again at a fast pace. Every-
where they went stood silent peo-
who thought he was the sun. The
giant plodded ahead stupidly. He |
had walked all night, looking
At Tailor and Main streets. opened his magic locket to ask for
We irhagine there are a dozen He snapped open and whisper-
intersections in town that warrant ed "Give me help little friend I
these stop signs, and we feel cer- want to take prisoner the giant
tain there are citizens who have who thinks he is the sun.”
their need. If they will Right'under his eyes, in the
-------cate their suggestions as locket, he suddenly saw a tiny,
to locati ons, we will be glad to tiny horse with a pair of wings.
Memori al Methodist church, of-
Green, wise men: Charles
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-STRICTLY PRIVATE
All Rights Resrsed by TheAP FeatumeSehice
Santa and Giant Killer
, One year, fa
----$1.00 advanee____________
tain of their status as citizens, or afraid
. that registration may bring up the ques-
OrE than 3,100,000 ailens haveregis-Tne
believed that theAtg 8 oddOther *8 iagistmtipnabuttnenurintoaomply,cithia
must meet) the deadline before the closing; if was officially stated ’
date, the day after Christmas. Representative Celler, Democrat of New
Stating that there will be no extension York, introduced a bill in the House to per
of time limit,, the Justice Department and mit ailens who entered the United States
postal officials charged with carrying out; lawfully as visitors, but who are unable to
Uncle Sam s first registration act are doing ^um to their homes because of war con-
all possible in every part, of the country to ditions in their countries, to remain in this
remind the delinquents that they are risk- country and be charged against quotas of
ing conviction as felons subject to deporta-: their nations
tion. All aliens must register, including Mr. Celler’stated that a majority of
children under fourteen, who will not be; aliens in this country are under a cloud of
fingerprintedland can be registered by par- distress. They can neither remain in the
ents or guardians. i ,___J United Stats nor go to their countries. In
It is believed by the officials charged the status of a visitor they cannot seek
with enforcement of the act, that only aemployment. “Many of these men and
small percentage of the aliens are deliber- women are hard-working and distingusshed
ately avoiding registration. The apparently' and would add to the commercial and in-
large number remaining are either uner dustrial wealth of our nation ” he stated
Participating will be Frances
Richter, Mary; Robert Solomon,
Joseph; Marjorie Weiss, angel;
Gene Montgomery, grandson :
Jeannette Lohn, granddaughter;
Howard Anderson, Simeon:
Charles, Milburn, Earl Ward, and
Ray West, villagers; Charles Wal-
ker, inn keeper; H K. Lde, Byron
Johnson and Noe Bieg, shepherds;
Jim Mirabel. Gordon Nelson, and
what
thirty-
giant
sen.
Looking att
F e u c h t wanger
brought home
Mx months, lit One yearin
ndvance -----—- 7Be advanee___
tha Ann Brown were held at 2:30 along the roads. Hundreds of peo-
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