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WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1942.
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and Joe Cook, at a dance be became exi
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him he
ex- Anytime you see
Rosen,
MARYSVILLE
DIRGE
By Robbin Coon
she cried and started to
“No!”
Preston Sturges
$1.50
We gave to the USO-
-$2.00
on.
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Henderson, last week, where
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for the Brook-
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tion
thing.
major premise as I
specific individuall
that Bridges is or
of the Communist]
But even thougi
enjoying the reled
don’t think that fl
party is going ud
by the party at I
sympathizers. The
"Let’s go get coffee, M. V. C
it best M. V. C.” . .. George (
ve a hunch the
there when the
Irving Berlin,
next July 4th.
mean V i c t o ri
Moore, the actor.
cause it always
ends up in two
questions:
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City, Okla., visited Win Richey
last Tuesday.
Mrs. Violet Neal returned home
' protes
deportmet
Because I
admission
and I Are Budda
My Heart at the!
teen.” They’ll pool
the benefit of th
Organizations, an
to buy a ticket!
this corner. It’s
of conversation a
talk of the bars a
restaurants.
Not only are th
fathers present. 1
senic and Old I
member Tony Ro
.meet him.
ly, of that
question mark whicJ
was so obvious.
“If he was, I didi
I don’t know anyl
name.”
W. L. Young and Mrs. B. G. Lyons.
Manning Weseman of Wichita
Falls was a visitor here Wednes-
the hod in the verbal 1
Bridges here.
As for the answer
B
pendous, not Gi-
gantic, but Par-
mount—as its lo-|
c a l e, is showing*
the studio as it is.
features of studio
or'o
glass, ____
r face. J Have you subscribed to USO ?
“Who
“Kent?”
“Yes.”
FIRE, TORNA
And All Kinds
INSURANC
The name of George
on your Insurance 1
is like Sterling on S
GEO. M. GRI
11614 S. Dixon Pho
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tKer advertisements or
because you saw.
mesn he shot Pei
“Hello,” a drousy voice
back to him.
“Okay,” Bacon said. “You don’t
'' Maybe Hestor does.
depot. You do it yourselves
pass them by.”
All of which means that, i
interest of realism in
with today, the studio train
will loom large in the ro
spotlight, and studio vailro
quite remarkable in thems
will carry an extra load “
associate conduct
lyn symphony, ;
George Abbott’s
are in the compa
I stations and
hat hehat m5.
y, of course,—
Getting jittery about what might happen won't
help any. The one thing that will help is to roll
up our sleeves . . . off of us . . . and hit the line
harder. That’s the American way, and we have
not the least doubt that is just exactly what we
are going to do.—American Business.
♦
I
The Word of God P
You Are Well on Your Way to Widom When
You Recognize Your Follyand Turn From It: I
have played the fool and have erred exceedingly.
"-I Samuel 26:21.
m
to make yourself
k deciding blunt-
ote effective than
pe,” you’ll re-
i, who was the
cop in that deliAtful opus but
who has now beef gobbled up by
the Army. Mils" -
for d
them
I
will receive treatment for kidney
trouble.
‘ Their sons wild
be there. That's]
why. Alan Ande
Moore, Philip Trul
Jr.
These sons of I
are a part of th]
adventure that h
Broadway in ma
Irving Berlin con
The vision of victory must be strong enough
and stubborn enough.to live and grow and go on
growing when the voice has been cut off the ra-
dio and the carefully balanced plan has gone up
in smoke. It must be as good in defeat as it is in
victory or in peace.—Fortune.
Denton, Montague, Wise covnUes, Texaa, and
county, Oklahoma:
This writer knows nothing about
engineering and wouldn’t venture
an opinion as to how the disastrous
floods, which have occurred three
times in the past five years, in- (1) Why hasn’t
volving city property and farm _ the Communist
property adjacent to Elm creek in
the western section of Gainesville,
ard park. i _
Some have taken the position
that the dam should be blasted out
of the stream, many others have
opposed such procedure.
scene involving screeching brakes of this in Irving Rapper's ii
and burning rubber was merelv tions to the extras: "Don
pointing the way
for things to
could be prevented.
But we have listened to many ■
and varied explanations of the sit-
uation, some of them set forth by
reputable engineers of high stand-
ing. . • *
And without vouching for the
final results of the recommended
procedure we do offer a symposium
of the best thought apparently set
t if ASHINGTON -
V want in Wa
days—and eve
you can get a coni
about the deport
Harry Renton,
Bridges, the west!
coast longshore- ■
men s union and ■
CIO leader. j
The argument I
Shock
"I ISTEN, darling," Joyce said,
11 words like weights she had to
lift. “There's something you’ve
got to know.” She hesitated, grop-
ing for some easier way to explain,
then plunging ahead with Delia’s
eyes upon her. “Kent just told me.
Perry Clarke was found shot to
death in his apartment.”
Delia’s eye widened slightly and
her lips parted. That, in that
first instant, was her only out-
ward reaction.
“But—I just left him, a little
while ago—”
Then the true enormity of the
situation struck home; her reac-
merely tions to the extras:
... at them. You see that in
.Oli ■
to go anywhere nowadays. And
that brings us to the pleasant
thought that the 'tire scarcity is
going to do a lot for tender love-
scenes. ■ - v<M
Bette Davis and Paul Herreid
I 11THY did he die? Well, you see at first he
, V thought his business would go along all right
'without any advertising. People were buying
freely anyhow.
• So he didn’t advertise and his competitors got
' almost all the business. He thought it wasn’t
worth advertising then, because there wouldn’t
be much business for a while anyhow.
War? First he.thought there wouldn't be any
war unless some of those war-mongers brought
i it out of a hat like a rabbit. When it struck, he
thought that was nothing much, it would all be
over by May. "
It didn’t occur to him to revive himself and
his business with a little tonic of good advertis-
ing. He just thought he could get along without
• breathing, too.—Corsicana Sun.
the Army.” The place, The
way theatre. The time: J
and every day thereafter, i
Make a note of this if y
to keep tab on little oddit
of real life—for a paragra
novel, perhaps, or a scene in
The scene is a court rod
magistrate looks the del
squarely in the eye and
“What’s the matter with yd
you CRAZY?”
Off to one side a girl la
the defendant coldly.
She whispers to her lawy
lawyer snaps out a snappy ;
What-has the defendant
their all, they say, W
their most important
ers has been booted
country by one of the
ficials of the United 3
Some of these first 1
from persons known t
bers of what the Dep
As soon as he heard his voice
Murdock was annoyed for letting
so much irritation creep into his
reply. Seeing Allen’s name on
that paper had given him alsolid
jolt because the implication of the
forth on the subject:
1. Flooding of business estab-
lishments, residences and Fair park
on West California street and ad-
jacent streets, can probably be
prevented only by the building of a
levee north from the waterworks
• now every locomotive and every car will
be needed hauling things for every minute
they can be put into service. Pullman cars
will all be needed to haul troops. Maybe
some Pullman cars will be hauling express;
yes, freight.”’
Answering the Washington correspond-
ent’s prediction that conditions may nec-
essitate the government taking over the
railroads, the News concludes: “We be-
lieve the railroads have proved their abil-
ity to meet even the extraordinary require-
ments of the war. We’d rather trust our
• lives and our property in transit to rail-
roads handled by railroaders than by ‘of-
fice holders.’ And we don’t want to see
any more of our democracy side-tracked.”
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RETAILERS FOR VICTORY
DURING THE entire month of July, a
• “Retailers for Victory” campaign will
take place. The purpose is to give War
Bonds and Stamps the biggest promo-
tional push ever extended to any cause by
American retailing.
A bulletin issued by theJnstitute of Dis-
tribution, an organization representing
16,000 stores serving 26,000,000 consum-
ers, tells the story. The Treasury believes
that from July on, $1,000,000,000 worth
of War Stamps and Bonds can be sold
each month, on a purely voluntary basis.
American retailing is expected to make up
a large proportion of the total sales. As
the bulletin puts it, “Objective of this
month-long campaign will be to push
Bonds and Stamps so hard through win-
dow and inside store displays, through
salutes and messages in newspaper adver-
tising and radio programs, through ex-
panded efforts to sell Bonds and Stamps
to employes and to stimulate these em-
ployes. in turn, to sell at least Stamps to
consumers that, as a result, each retailer
will sell Bonds and Stamps aggregating as
close to four per cent of stores sales dur-
ing July as possible.”
"-July will simply mark the start of this
gigantic endeavor. Each month there-
after, for the duration, retailers will con-
tinue to promote Bonds and Stamps, ad-
vertise Bonds and Stamps and sell Bonds
and Stamps. Independent stores as well
Hollywood
man is boss. C
was that?” she asked.
tires.
It follows, then, that everybody in the Valley
ought to pitch in and help.
And at the same time, Valley people can give
voice to their objections to the gasoline ration-
‘ ing which is threatened for this state.
The restrictions on truck operations are to be
enforced, it is explained, to save tires.
The gasoline rationing is to be enforced, if fi-
nally saddled on Texas, to. save tires.
The two conflict drastically.
Either or both of them threaten to hamstring
regular business operations in the state, and par-
ticularly here in the Valley.
The Herald suggests that every resident of the
Valley interested in keeping the economy of this
section moving on something approaching normal
conditions make his wishes known.
Write the Office of Defense Transportation.
Join the jobbers in appealing for a change in
regulations which will permit delivery of food-
stuffs and other vital commodities in this area.
Write congressmen, senators, and every one
else in position to do something.
Join in the fight to bring about a more logical
and sensible solution to these problems.
All of us here in the Valley want to help in
every way possible to conserve tires and to save
gasoline.
We're willing to cut down on mileage, to give
up luxury trips, to walk when necessary, .to cut
down on deliveries and other services which cause
wear on tires.
But we can’t stand by and see our system of
economy disrupted with regulations which are
impossible to meet.
And we should not stand by and see the fi-
nancial structure of this great oil state thrown
into a tailspin just so the people on the Atlantic
seaboard will feel, that we are going short along
with them.— Brownsville Herald.
By old man
M. V. C. Dept.: George Seh
is a composer and conducto
For a number of years h
hired by Stalin to arran
musical programs broadci
the official radio of the
Union. . . . George likes coff
at would be a nounced decision of Bri
that Biddle's torneys to fight the order,
ipplied to this goes to the federal co
Lm right — maybe even to the Unite
was a member supreme court. It isn’t U
arty. dle has passed the buck; i
they still are that ONLY by ordering*
B of Browder, deported, could this count
is slap at the Bridges get a final dec
oticed, if not this controversy which h
ast by party kicking around on the A
i’ll be a flood scene for too many yean
mmemsmeenmeemimt
ainesville Huilg Regisker
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(Absorbed Gainesville Signal, February, 1M*)
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ness Office, 308 East California St.
"You'r going
sick,” Joyce said
ness might be m
sympathy, “and
“Promise,” Delia said. She re-
in a southeasterly direction to the
southwest corner of the city,
eliminating several bends, where
the overflows occur.
Even with these precautions
taken, there would likely be somel
occasions when cloudbursts occur,
that flood conditions would result.
THERE WERE COOKE county
citizens driving their atomobiles
in violation of federal regulations
Wednesday, but it was no fault of
theirs.
Automobiles were supposed to
have auto use stamps costing $5
each at the post office, attached to
them before they were driven Wed-
nesday morning, July 1.
But the post office ran out of
stamps early Tuesday afternoon
and did not get another supply un-
til noon Wednesday. . And there
were many applicants for stamps
Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday
morning who had to be turned
away.
A similar situation existed in
Dallas, where thousands of auto-
mobile owners were unable to get
stamps Tuesday.
. As a result, a relaxing of en-
forcement undoubtedly will be nec-
essary until all automobile owners
have been given opportunity to
buy their stamps.
PLLYWOOD — The preview that a girl who couldn’t be
11 audience that hissed and anywhere else would kiss in
groaned over a movie chase tion. There was open reco
come.
For instance,
"Star Spangled
Rhythm,” the
comedy with a
mythical studio
named Para-
mount — not Co-
lossal, not Stu-
AEW YORK—I
I% old man will t
U. S. Army, led 1
invades Broadwaj
By old man I
mean Maxwell
Anderson,
is confused
of errors or omissions occurring in local
L.L-.SL- _2 omhissions MB schhedulet
the pubiishersdo not hold themselves liable
amages further than the amount received by
for buch avertijemnet.
Misses Margaret Troutt, Odette Young.
Whaley and Jane Dickerman sang _ L T. Henderson was taken to
several numbers, including Wichita Falls by his son, ~
to a point near the city dump
grounds in northwest Gainesville.
And it seems quite evident to the POSS
experts that the Elm creek dam
has little or no effect so far as
flooding of that section of Gaines-
ville is concerned, because the
flood waters which cover that area
come from the stream north of
the dam and north of the bridge
over U. S. highway 77.
2. The dam must be repaired,
and probably extended eastward
some distance, or removed entire-
ly, to prevent washing away a con-
siderable portion -of the southwest
comer of'the park. This is the ob-
servation of a reputable engineer
high ranking in a state depart-
ment. He pointed out that be-
cause of the straight channel north
of the bridge and the sharp bend
_ at the southwest corner of the
park, the stream would undoubted-
ly cut a new channel across the
southwest corner of the park, as it
has given evidence of doing by
washing out the east end of the
dam, unless the dam is strength-
ened and extended.
Six months, in
vance-----------
ige manager, mind telling you what the M 0
_____ stands for, if you ask hi r
The name of thT show, “This is means "mit vip cream.” ■
is visiting her daughters, Mrs.
Communist party
States, to 14 mor s, thereby re-
on both glasses and the bottle, arranged her hat and stood up.
but there are a couple of others on in the entryway ‘ " -
one glass—a woman’s.” hands on Joyce’s ____ _____
"That’s always a help,” Bacon about Kent? You won’t tell him?
said drily; then bending a brow About me or Ward, I mean?”
"Breathless," “Boy of My
Dreams” and a patriotic medley.
Guests at the meeting were D.
Kinney and Hal Organ.
Ross P. Reagan will be chair-
man of next week’s program, it
was announced. <
By this order and
the playwright.
I ine’fsemssrdtzasy: —HS
was heard to versed it by his order) w
party pr trst d " S I Eg
12 sW Attorney ( nerai Francis
Biddle do it, espe Uy in view
the fact that Pre lent Roosevelt
dian.y old manB
is m a n t JoeM
Cook; the comic.
heir talents for musician's wife arose and te
[United Service that he had never done an;
if you are able, crazy like that before.
i will surprise He was a sober young 1
be main theme can tell you, when he walls
teady. It’s the of the judge's chamber.
I the cafes and
“I don’t think so.”
“Then no one knows that you
were there, do they? I'll keep the
envelope for you — no one could
know about that either, now that
Perry Clarke is .dead. Probably
you were the only one to notice
Ward’s car. Unless he was actu-
ally seen they can't prove he was
there.”
“It doesn’t sound so bad, does
it?" Delia asked.
. “Of course it doesn’t What time
did you get home?”
"After nine. I’m sure.”
■ t^nd you simply stayed there
—went to bed early. That’s your
story, and don’t you change it for
anyone.”
“All right."
“Promise?”
and Mrs. W. L.
Washigton BvddedSti
wTh tenswennungt party chiefs, (2) it is simple Aside
Fanaddd mance.
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-pans the globe several U
And one of the , any given year.
‛e nowadays is Today it is a a station in
tide the execu- but yesterday it was the 4
rthical produc- Lyon in Paris, with the
B. G. DeSoto,” Marseilles express rumb
e resemblance and refugees from the nM
Ruction chief, sion swarming over The P
Fe‛s an impos- . . _____________—
Im that shows T aopa QapA
have a sense AAVEOA A•VV
Sturm
ec^B. Denk# and Annaanna cun ninghae
VI play tpem- Locke, John Alexander DI
ture,an rorara- Leon Johnson. Ruther
ake parttosuch Comer, Irene Catherine Ke
he.P otparriers liamMarvin Copeland, sa
Eddie, Eraken, 068 Edgar 1
ay have to fight Little, Kathryn Ardella
Henry Valentine Parkhill,
k to movie real- ick Valentine Pierce ant
: to the tram, Berlin Click
o go if you have _____________—-
n the considered the ones’ v
“Yes, I know,” she said. ‘Tm sorry
I was such a goose but—"
She broke off, her eyes tortured
but a gradual firmness coming
about the mouth and chin.
“All right,” she said. “I guess
I'm in for it What should I do?"
“Let’s see.” Joyce went to work
re-assembling her facts. “No one
saw you leave your apartment?
Noygo in Perry Clarke’s build-
MARYSVILLE, June 28.— Miss
Eva Lois Cochran of Fort Worth,
is visiting relatives here this week.
Tom and C. B. Binford of
Gainesville attended the Masonic
lodge meeting here Saturday
night.
Miss Billie Pearl Tuggle has re-
turned from a visit with her
grandmother, Mrs. R. H. Cole, at
Krum.
Miss Evelyn Young, who is at-
tending college at Tyler, spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Young.
Miss Ruth Travis, Leo Doughty
and Mrs. Jewell Richey of Denton,
spent the weekend with home
folks.
Mrs. Murdock Takes a Case Town Topics
By dEORGE HARMON COXE 5- By £ MORTON SMITH
A- CONSIDERABLE PORTION
A of the citizenship of Gaines-
ville, and some few people in other
towns, have become aroused over
the proposed dynamiting of the
Elm creek dam adjacent to Leon-
nv tie you of letters to congre
g-.n these other government o
Sou don’t— testing the order. J
d argument A trickle has alrea
order of and if some of these i
L0 dication, the tub-th
* going to-be to the tun
D ‘ die is just a legal pm
by ordering Bridges I
Ead to his native Au-trali
q botaging the uin id r
EaE effort.
. N How can war we
those four names that were on that
piece of paper...You don’t know
any Raeburn, do you ?”
Joyce said she didn’t. Later, in
bed. she spoke across the darkness.
"Why didn’t you tell me the
truth about Hestor?”
“Huh?” Murdock muttered
sleepily.
•Tve always pictured her as a
little crude and loud and obvious."
“She was.”
“Well, she's certainly stunning
now. Her body is magnificent
She’s not crude, or if She is she
does not show it”
To be continued
Musical Program
For Kiwanis Club
Members of Kiwanis club met Mrs. Violet Neal returned home selves in the pi
in the Masonic hall at noon Tues- last week after spending two mount stars will
day, for their weekly luncheon and weeks in Gainesville with friends. an extent that
musical program. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Reeves and (Victor Moore,
Jack Bell was program chair- Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Reeves Betty Hutton)‘n
man and introduced John W. Nay, have moved to Gainesville to re- for marquee-spa
high school band director, who of- side. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Mur- But getting bi
fered three coret solos, “Sleepy rell have moved south of Gaines- ism, we getbac
Lagoon,” “When the Roses Bloom ville. where you have
Again," and “Johnny Doughboy Lucien Bone of Gainesville, is
Found a Rose in Ireland." visiting Mr.
sons of famous
you saw “Ar-
were kissing farepwell in “Now,
Voyager,” parting, never to meet
.The old oaken bucket is coming *hen‛ungesustt amesxp. "etd
back: WPB is encouraging manu- opined that railro: -----
facture- of wooden pails and tube the kiss always g<
not requiring more than 15 per and Paul observed
centmetal. • -
3. The flooding of the south-
west residential section of the
city might be prevented by the
cutting of a straight channel from and Ernest
the southwest corner of the park Truex, the come-
was a visible, frightening
B
2
K.
NOTICE TO THE PLBLIC *
The Associated Press is egclusively entitlea to
the use for republication of all news dispatchee
credited to tt or not othewise credited in this
paper and also to local news appearins herein.
divan. “Come here a minute,” she
said, and when Delia stood in
front of her: “Sit down.”
“I really should run,” the girl
said, “and I’ve decided about those
clippings.. I’m not going to trans-
late them. Now anyway. But
you'd better keep them for me
until—until we know what we
should do with them.”
She spoke thoughtfully, and
without seeming to realize it,
perched on the edge pt the divan.
Joyce reached out and took her
hand. She still felt weak from
Kent’s announcement, and for all
the icy hollow at the pit of her
stomach, her mind was smothered
by the hot flood of doubt and dis-
may. She wanted time to get a
grip on herself to be alone until
she could think things out, and
■ yet, in the light of what Kent had
said, she had no choice.
Chapter 12
arms. “What
Paul Young and children, of Ty-
ler, and C. B. Binford of Gaines-
ville, visited Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey
Sapp at Duncan, Okla., Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sapp are parents of
a new daughter, born June 24.
Mrs. Paul Young, who has been the bike-rack. Ou
- visiting her sister, will remain for five offices of a n
a longer visit. tion head tagged '
Mrs. L. T. Henderson had as her who bears a defin
guests Sunday, her son, Wiley, to Paramount’s p
and brother, Jim Bailey, of Durant, B. G. DeSylva t
Oklahoma. , ing bike-rack to M
Mrs. Millie Sapp of Gainesville, This is movie red
movie executives d
of humor, for not
a character called]
mont” appears in ]
day. < at a non-mythica]
Red Thompkins of Oklahoma Paramount where’
light coming from the living room
told him Joyce was waiting for
him. b
“Hi,” he called, hanging up his
hat and coat in the entryway
closet.
tossed a burning cigarette]
mous fathers the front of the girl's drel]
nost discussed girl was a singer. She su
happened to painful abdominal burns,
months. This called the cops. That's wh
ised show has judge demanded, "Are
a cast of 300— alloldiers. They’ll Crazy?”
sing such ditties | “My Sargeant They gave him a tongue
and “I Left ing, and a sentence, hh
age Door Can- suspended — but only afte
What’s her last name? Losado?
Hmm. Well it loks like this lad
was lining up some customers.
Maybe we can find out for what."
He summoned the fingerprint
man. “How you doing, Harry?”
“There_ was a dame up here
sometime,” Harry said, a round
sad-looking fellow with rimless
glasses. “I got a slice of a print
on the bedroom doorknob and I
think it might match with the
ones on that glass.”
He pointed to a tray which
stood in one corner. A cheap, lac-
quered affair, it held a bottle of
Scotch, partly full, glasses, a bowl
of ice, mostly melted now, and a
pitcher of water.
“He brought somebody a drink,”
Harry went on. “His prints are
। The question left Joyce at a
momentary lose, because she had
not thought about her husband.
Now her eyes grew thoughtful.
Kent had had-a lot of experience
in such matters. If Delia’s part in
[ the affair could be handled aa
simply as she hoped there would
be no need to confide in him until
things were settled. But if there
was trouble, if there were other
complications, he would know
what to do. Her first impulse was
to tell him the truth, just as she
always turned to him when she
. needed help and understanding.
Joyce put her arms around the
girl and hugged her gently. “All
right,” she said, talking past the
thickness in her throat. “It’ll be
our secret."
Much Later
It was nearly two o’clock when
Kent Murdock let himself into the
apartment, and the amount of
" a*
ztetm
at Murdock: “How do you figure
it?”
“I don’t figure it,” Murdock
said. “I’m going home—after I
stop, by the office.”
“Lucky you.”
“Yeah,” said Keogh. “If I could
be a photographer.”
“We haven't got a hell of a
lot,” Bacon said. "But maybe we
will after we’ve checked up on
your cocktail party crowd. We’ll
probably go calling in the morn-
ing. Maybe you’d better figure on
being there; you’ll have plenty of
company.”
Murdock stopped, his hand on
the doorknob, his grin wry and
without much humor.
“Whatever you sa. Just as long
as you don’t forget who gave you
your start tonight.”
New Problem
Joyce Murdock put aside the
telephone. Delia had finished with
her coat and was putting on her
hat.
RAILROADING TO VICTORY as chains will participate. And every
THIS FINE tribute to the railroad indus- store will be doing it without a cent of
I try recently appeared in the Southside profit to itself.
Virginia News, Petersburg, Va.: “Much This campaign is your campaign—it is
has been said and heard about ‘produc- part of the job of financing a war for your
tion’ in this war. There has been a ter- freedom and your (very existence. When
rific drive to stir ‘industry’ and workers you shop, take all or part of your change
to manufacture war materials of al kinds in Stamps. Buy as many Bonds as you
—a public drive which all of the people possibly can. Each sale made means more
have listened in on—and these groups bullets, planes and ships to fight the en-
have won praise from the government for emy.
their splendid performances. * --------V-----7—
“Not much has been said about the With higher taxation and higher prices,
railroads . . . Perhaps that is because the the experts are nowsaying all of us ought
railroads required no beseeching. Of their to sawe,too., The little fellow meekly ask-
own volition, evidently, they have tackled ing. What. might be just another white
that part of the war job which they and coklar man. Bostonsderald.
they alone could do—and done it! Increas- V
ing their rolling stock, improving tracks, AnAA--AyAy
subordinating all other traffic, they have UVAIUUIIIHULOIY
given right of way to the war, moving men trucks, tires and gas
and supplies to the training camps and ryHERE was a flurry of excitement in the'
then out to combat stations or points of | Valley yesterday when it appeared that
embarkation, moving raw materials to fac- amendments to Office of Defense Transpor-
tones—then, yanking finished war ma- tation regulations would ease the problem of job-
chines, munitionsand equipmenttout of bamsettxmngconeomrlzowperregulations and at the
factories, have rushed them to their des- The flurry was short lived. •
tination in the states and piled them up on A call by The Herald to the ODT office in San
wharves faster than ships can get them Antonio revealed the fact that this amendment
aboard 1 . was put on the books largely to cover trucks from
"The way this has been done is a fine wbig imerohendise is sold as the truck moves
testimonial to the ability and spirit of rail- I does not. The Herald was informed, cover
• roaders, for it has required extraordinary jobber trucks delivering merchandise already
work of officials, engineers, trainmen, sold.
dispatchers, station agents, freight This is a hairline decision.
handlers and trackmen. This is not a new , Why the regulations should permit a peddler
emini Ancna..a L. 1. ... i+ +1. truck operating over a hundred miles or more
spirit .engendered by the war, it is the of distance to return without a load,'and require
traditional spirit of railroaders, turned to jobber trucks to do so. is difficult to figure out.
good account in this emergency. If there But the fact remains that the situation is un-
had not been railroads, and railroad men changed, and that unless there is an additional
ke .:.:4 ...1.4 1.1 „ .. 2.00..1 • amendment by July 1, effective date of these
of such spirit, what a hole we would be in regulations, a critical situation will develop in
now that gas and tires are short! the Valley.
“And the railroads’ job has but begun. Jobbers state flatly they cannot operate. They
‘The country is leading into what will can not develop a 75 per cent return load in a
probably develop shortly into the greatest manner which will be either legal or logical. They
.:c:0 Ac-.i :..7 » +. - could return with a load of rocks or gravel or the
transportation crisis of all time, writes a like—which would violate the spirit of the regu-
Washington correspondent. ‘A year from lations and place still an additional burden on
Joyce was on the divan in her
dressing room, head and shoul-
ders propped up by pillows. She
had wrapped a blanket around
her knees, and held a book face
down across her stomach. He
went over and kissed her.
“I told you not to wait up.”
“You knew I couldn’t sleep aft-
ter what you told me over the
phone.”
“I was afraid you wouldn't. I
almost didn’t tell you.”
“Well, I’m glad you did,” Joyce
said. “Now Tve got to have the
rest of it.”
"I was afraid of that, too.”
Murdock stretched. "I’m tire d,”
he said, “and thirsty. Is there any
beer?”
“I think so.” Joyce-started to
rise.
“I’ll get it.”
“No, I’ll get it. I’m tired of sit-
ting here.”
She threw aside the blanket and
stood up, hitching the' drossing
gown over her hips and tightening
the belt. He went over to the man-
tel and filled his pipe, and by the
time he had it drawing well she
was back with a tray. For him
there was the glass of beer and a
plate of crackers and cheese; for
herself she had a glass of milk and
a cookie.
"I don’t know what I’d do with-
out you," he said grinning.
Murdock laid aside his pipe and
drank deeply. His dark hair was
tousled now and a it h o u g h the
stamp of weariness was upon his
angular face,, there was no slop-
piness about him and his qiuet
tweeds hung neatly.
"That hit the spot,” he said fi-
nally. “Now what do you want to
know?”
“Everything.” *
And he told her.
“Do the police suspect anyone?”
she asked when he had finished.
“Not yet, they don’t.”
. “No ideas?”
“I don’t know about that, but
it’s a cinch they'll be doing some
questioning tomorrow especially
j silly. Just
car doesn’t
Clarke. Go
r, drink some iore of that.
An} then we’ve, got to Decide what
do. The police ar® bound to
question you. And you’ye got to
has e a story you can stick to;
otherwise you’ll get confused and
say something you shouldn’t."
“or Seeret* V .
Qelia put down the em
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rise, all color fading from her
face. Joyce yanked at her hand
and shook her as roughly as she
could.
"Delia! Listen!"
The girl’s voice came in a
frightened whisper. “It couldn’t
be! Not Ward, Joyce. Not Ward!”
“Of course it couldn’t,” Joyce
said. “But I had to tell you. We
all may hav to be questioned to-
morrow. It’s pretty awful, I know,
but—"‘She rose and put her hand
on Delia’s shoulder. “You stay
right there."
The girl huddled there, her face
rigid and chalky. “It couldn't be
Ward,” she said Again.
“I know, darling,” Joyce said,
and hurried .into the dining room,
aware that the words she uttered
had no basis in fact.
She poured brandy into a glass
and went into the kitchen to add
a little water. ■ There was no es-
caping the overwhelming weight
of circumstances but she tried to
present a front of confidence and
assurance.
“rink this,” she said.
Dlia shook her head.
“I don’t want it” i
“A ltle, anyway," Joyce said.
“Come now."
Della tqok a swallow, the tears
welling in her eyes.
"I know he was there,” she
said. “But he didn’t dd it. He
couldn’t kill nyone, Joyce. Not
Ward.” \ '
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