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WON'T BE LONG NOW
Macon Reed, ex-Washington news-
man, now a private in the army,
has this to say about the new mili-
tary machines which Uncle Sam is
so swiftly whipping into shape:
"How is it to be in the army?
There is a breath-taking exhilaration
in swinging across a parade ground
and seeing and (eelmg the other col-
umns moving in the effortless,
smooth, free march step of the
American army—marching, march-
ing, marching to heaven knows
where. At such a moment, and
only at such a moment, one gets a
flash perception of the true strength
•of America, a boundless sweep ol
irresistible power—and I chuckle to
myself and think 'What is everybody
in Washington in such a fret and
worry about?' Mandalay? Lashio?
Trifles, boys, mere trifles. We h«ard
the news of their fall with a y'awn
and got on with our work. Just
wait till we get started. It won't be
long now!"
• • •
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER
THE WAR?
At six one morning, Henry Wal-
lace woke up and began thinking
about the speech he was going to
make in New York. Ideas kept tum-
bling into his mind. Quietly, so as
mot to disturb Mrs. Wallace, he
reached for the dictaphone and be-
gan speaking into it.
He dictated to the length of one
cylinder, Mrs. Wallace still slept.
Next morning, he woke again at
six, and did the same thing. On
the third morning, he woke at 3:30.
This time, he dictated the remain-
der of the speech, which ran to 3,000
words. Mrs. Wallace slept on.
The vice president still had tv/o
weeks to spare before the speaking
engagement, but the thoughts had
been simmering in his mind, and he
wanted to get them down. He want-
ed to say—not in words hurriedly
thrown together on the way to New
York—what he felt about fighting
the war to a finish, then making
a peace that will stick.
People's Revolution.
The general applause to that
speech is still reverberating in
Washington. Because it was one of
the most important speeches of the
war. Titled, "The Price of Free
World Victory," it was a forecast of
world freedom after victory.
Wallace has turned out more
words than any other member of
the Roosevelt family, including
the President. But none of his words
have been more significant than this
speech before the Free World asso-
ciation in which he said: "Every-
where the common people are on the
march."
It included words of dire warning
to Hitler, and also words full of
meaning to the future of imperial-
ists, such as: "No nation will have
the God-given right to exploit other
nations" . . . "The march of free-
dom of the past 150 years has been
a long-drawn-out people's revolu-
tion."
But especially significant were
the words: "Those who write
the peace must think of the
whole world. There can be no
privileged peoples."
• • •
ENEMY ALIENS
Some significant things are going
on behind-the-scenes in the justice
department. With the savageness
of a commando attack, Attorney
General Biddle has now launched an
offensive against all enemy agents
in the U. S. A., has given the green
light to Big G-Man Hoover to move
wherever he wants.
This came after Biddle had been
prodded by the White House for
dawdling. Now, however, he has
gathered large dossiers of sensation-
al and incontestable evidence, and
it looks as if several U. S. Fascists
would end up behind the bars.
Biggest .problem Biddle now faces
is German and Italian nationals
along the Atlantic seaboard. Army
brasshats have been demanding that
everyone born in Germany or Italy
and still unnaturalized be moved
west of the Allegheny mountains.
However, this would mean a mass
trek numbering perhaps a million.
And along the Pacific coast, even
the movement of 100,000 Japanese
proved a terrific headache.
Therefore Biddle is working
on the policy of picking out the
dangerous groups among Ger-
mans and Italians, but leaving
those whose loyalty seems OK.
Many of them are oldsters who
left Europe before the days of
dictators. Many even have sons
in the U. S. army. However, the
job of sorting the loyal from the
disloyal' is going to be one of
the toughest jobs the justice de-
partment ever faced.
1 * * *
MERRY-GO-ROUND
U. S. farmers are doing so well
that government credit agencies re-
port taking in more money in mort-
gage payments than they are lend-
ing out. Also, many farmers are
building up reserve funds against
debts in the post-war period.
The marine corps has quietly
abandoned its high-powered drive to
recruit siar athletes. Reason: Many
of ihem didn't measure up to the
high physical standards required of
marines; had flat feet, bad knees,
enlarged hearts.
SHI HMD-SPY
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THK STORY SO PAR: In love with
her employer, Karl Miller, night club
owner, Joan Leland, secretary, is horri-
fied and disillusioned when he shoots bis
partner, Eric Strom, and threatens to
Implicate her unless she remains rilent
and continues her work. He confesses he
has a wife In Germany and Is a member
of a Nazi spy ring. Paul Sherman, his
manager, reveals to Joan, he Is really
Paul O'Malley, FBI agent. Joan's sister,
Sybil, is missing, and she agrees to help
Paul secretly. Paul's sister, Patricia, in-
nocently betrays his Identity and Joan
and Paul are imprisoned on a boat as
they discover Karl's stolen bomber plans.
They find love in each other as a sub-
marine appears. Karl tries to murder
Paul and Joan shoots him. They es-
cape with Thomas, another victim of
Itarl*s, to Mexico, where Joan meets Ar-
thur Mulford, a previous employer, who
offers to fly them to the U. S. and salety.
He Is recognized by Paul as the real
head of the espionage system but ie-
malns silent, hoping to be led to the
main hideout of the gang. Mulford flies
them to a ranch. The wounded Miller U
there. Karl wants Paul to Join the spy
ring.
Now continue with the story.
CHAPTER XVIII
"I can't bear having anything hap-
pen to Sybil," said Joan.
"How do you think I feel?" Paul
answered. His face was grim.
"Oh, darting, don't blame your-
self," Joan comforted, taking his
hand. "We'll think of some way
out."
"Karl's clever," Thomas remind-
ed them. "He always wins in the
end."
"But he can't go on like this."
Joan insisted. "As Paul has told
us, even Karl must make a mistake
sooner or later."
"Why don't you do it Karl's way,
Mr. O'Malley?"1 Thomas urged
"After all, what else can you do?"
For a moment Paul looked as
though he would strike him and
then, sinking into a chair, he
groaned. "There are some things
you don't understand."
"I understand!" Joan cried. "You
mustn't consider me, Paul. You
must do what you feel is right. I
became involved with Karl through
my own volition. It was no fault of
yours. And I don't want you to feel
responsible."
"But I love you," Paul said quiet-
ly. "You do believe that, don't
you?"
"Of course I do, darling."
Thomas retired to one of the bed-
rooms so that they were alone now.
"I didn't expect Karl to arrive
so soon," Paul said. "Ive got to
play for more time. If I c&n do
that without making Mulford suspi-
cious, my plans may come out all
right."
"All right? Oh, Paul, then you do
have a plan?"
"Of course I have, honey. You
don't think I'd walk into a trap like
this without planning some way out
of it, do you?"
"Then what are you worrying
about?"
' It's the time element," Paul ex-
plained.
"By the way, how did Karl get
here anyway?" Joan asked curious-
ly-
"Probably landed up the coast and
flew."
"I have a hunch everything's go-
ityg to be all right," Joan comfort-
ed, and Paul, kissing her tenderly,
wondered at the supreme confidence
of a woman in love. It was true
he had made arrangements before
he left the ship for a message to
get through to his superiors, but
Joan knew nothing about that. The
message would not be received
until tomorrow, which meant that
help could not come until the fol-
lowing day. How long could he stall
Karl and Mulford? If they suspected
anything, they would make him
pay through Joan, his only vulnera-
ble point.
"She's so brave," he thought,
holding her close. But she didn't
realize the horrors that might be in
store for her. She had a childish
faith in him that wrung his heart.
What if he should fail her after all?
What if the message didn't get
through? If flying conditions were
bad, that would mean another de-
lay. And each moment she was in
danger—she and Sybil. Even Thom-
as would pay if his plan went wrong.
Three lives depended upon his judg-
ment.
"What are you thinking about,
darling?" Joan asked.
Holding her closer, as though she
were something very precious, Paul
replied, "I was thinking that I love
you now—more than I ever have be-
fore ..."
The next day dawned bright and
cold. Joan, Paul and Thomas wait-
ed in the living room. Paul was star-
ing out at the other house.
"I'd like to know what's going on
over there," he said.
"Probably just as well you don't
know," Thomas told him as he
spread out a deck of soiled cards on
the table.
Joan went to Paul's side, said,
"Don't worry, darling. You said
last night that you had a plan."
The cards fell from Thomas'
hands. "A plan? Why didn't you
tell me? What is it?"
Paul frowned and Joan knew that
he had not intended to tell Thomas.
"I'm sorry," she said.
"It doesn't matter. He may as
well know."
Thomas' face was lined with emo-
tions—"Tell me!" he begged.
.
"Do you remember the radio op-
erator on the ship?"
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Paul was staring out at the other house. "I'd like to know what's going
on over there," he said.
"Sure. He didn't speak a word
of English."
Paul smiled. "He's played his
part well; But, he is a government
agent just as I am."
Joan was as surprised as Thomas.
She remembered the night Paul
went to the radio room, not heeding
a warning from Thomas, but she
had not thought about the incident
since.
"From the papers I obtained on
the ship," Paul continued, "I
guessed where this hideout was. I
told Jim—that's the radio man's
name—to send a message for help
stating our location here. I had to
guess the time element—how long
we would be in Mazatlan and when
we would arrive here. So the mes-
sage didn't go out until today."
"Then they'll send someone after
us?" Thomas asked eagerly.
"Yes. But help can't possibly
come before tomorrow."
"Why did you tell him not to
send the message until today?"
Joan inquired.
"There was no use of their arriv-
ing before we did. In that case Karl
and Mulford would not have been
here either."
"But we're safe," Thomas insist-
ed. "If help is coming, there's
nothing more to worry about."
"It isn't as simple as that," Paul
said. "Karl may have been suspi-
cious of Jim, in which case that
message did not get through. Even
if it did, we must stall until tomor-
row. There is still time for Mulford
and Karl to close up this place and
escape, or worse than that, take us
with them."
"So now we must wait again,"
Joan said.
"If things look too bad," Paul
told them seriously, "I'll have to
make Karl think I am accepting his
proposition to turn traitor. That
will hold him for awhile."
"But if help didn't come, how
would you get out of it?"
"That's something I'd rather not
thi«k about! The important thing is
to get through this day."
But the day passed peacefully
enough. Lunch and dinner had been
brought, and now fresh logs were
heaped upon the fire as the long
shadows of night fell.
"If this goes on until tomorrow,
we'll be safe," Paul commented.
But Karl Miller had no intention
of letting it go on until tomorrow.
It was shortly after eight o'clock
when he arrived for his answer.
"You have been thinking over my
proposal?" he asked Paul:
"I've been thinking about it, yes."
Karl rubbed his hands together.
"Good. Then I suppose you are
willing to come in with us."
"I haven't decided yet."
Joan and Thomas watched him,
knowing that upon this intervie*
depended their safety.
Karl's attitude changed immed'
ately. "I've had enough of this
Make up your mind right now
There are important things to b
done. We will not waste any mor
time, Mr. O'Malley."
"Suppose I do join you?" Pai
parried. "Will you assure me <
Joan's safety?"
"Safety, yes. But if you want he
sent back Vo San Francisco, you ai
asking the impossible—for obviot
reasons. You are not buying Joan
release; you are merely saving hi
from . . ."
Paul silently clenched his hand
"Let us stop stalling," Karl sa
impatiently. 'In a few simp
words, this is the situation. If y(
do not give us your assistance ai
the information you have about yoi
government's activities, Joan ai
Sybil, too, will be taken to the coa
tonight and put aboard a ship f
another country. Is my meanii
clear?"
"AU too clear," Paul said. "Y
leave me no choice but to accept
Karl bowed slightly. "Congrat
lations! You have courage, M
O'Malley, and sense enough to kne
when you are beaten."'V
Paul's face was expressionless
he said, "One thing I must be su
of and that is Sybil's immedia
release."
Karl laughed. "That is quite sir
pie. She is waiting on the port
now. You see, I anticipated yoi
decision.
"Sybl" Joan cried as the doc
opened to admit her sister.
Laughing and crying, they were
in each other's arms. Joan did
not even see Karl and Paul leave.
Thomas was listening as intently
as if it were his personal concern,
and Joan felt sorry for him. He
had nothing, nobody, to care about,
So the three of them sat before the
fire smoking and talking, explaining
the chain of events that had taken
place since -the sisters were sepa-
rated.
Thomas told how he had come
from Germany and obtained a job,
hoping to save enough to send for
his wife. How Karl had put an end
to his hopes by telling him that she
would be put into a concentration
camp. Thomas was sure now that
his wife had died. As he talked,
Joan was surprised to note that he
was a man of more intelligence and
education than she had thought. Be-
fore Karl Miller had broken his
spirit, Thomas undoubtedly was a
different person. He was an exam-
ple of the havoc Karl had wrought
in the human soul. Could he con-
tinue to dominate and destroy the
lives of others? Tomorrow that ques-
tion might be answered.
• • •
Joan and Sybil continued talking
long after they had gone to bed.
They could hear Thomas' shuffling
about the living room, apparently
too restless to sleep.
"He's really pathetic," Sybil said.
"Karl has made him that way.
Oh, Syb, when I think what a fool
I made of myself over Karl Miller!
How could I have been so dumb?"
"You were just inexperienced,"
Sybil said. "And now that you
love Paul, you mustn't think about
the past."
Joan wondered what Karl and
Paul were doing. What was happen-
ing in that other house? "I wonder
if he's all right now," she said un-
easily.
"He can tell Karl almost anything
tonight. Karl won't have a chance
to find out before help comes wheth-
er it's true or not. And tomorrow
we should be out of here."
But Joan's uneasy feeling pre-
vailed long after she heard Sybil's
regular breathing at her side. Mov-
ing cautiously so as not to disturb
her sister, she slipped into her coat
and went into the living room.
•So you can't sleep either," Thom-
as said.
"No. I wish I knew what was
going on. I'm so worried about
Paul. Karl might do anything if
his suspicions are aroused.
Suddenly there was a sound.
"What's that?" Joan cried, step-
ping back.
Thomas stood motionless, listen-
ing. The sound came again, fol-
lowed by a soft clicking noise at
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By VIRGINIA VALE
PARAMOUNT'S "Wake Is-
land" ran into unexpected
trouble the other day. Some 150
Filipinos, engaged to portray in-
vading Nipponese troops, were
to charge a machine gun nest
manned by Robert Preston and
William Bendix. "Half of you 1
fall dead," they were told. When |
the smoke cleared all 150 were |
stretched corpse-like on the ground.
The scene was shot again, after the
same instructions were given. Same
result. They'd play Japanese sol-
diers only if they could play dead
ones, so Director John Farrow had
to give in.
—*
Kate Sfnith recently signed a con-
tract to make a series of shorts for
Columbia under the collective ti-
tle of "America Sings With Kate
KATE SMITH
Smith"—for one dollar as total com-
pensation. All profits over that sum
go to the USO.
Five years ago Tim Whelan, of
RKO Radio, saw a Spanish picture
in Seville, and began looking for a
dark-eyed young actress who ap-
peared in it. He finally found her;
she's Mapy Cortes, of Puerto Rico,
and will appear in an important role
in his new musical.
If the surface of your stove looks
rough, it probably is due to an
accumulation of stove blacking.
Sandpaper rubbed over the sur-
face will make it as smooth as
when new.
* • •
Have a brush especially for
scrubbing pastry boards and ta-
bles. Wash and wipe dry, and be
careful not to allow the dough to
accumulate in the cracks.
• •
A stick of cinnamon broken into
the milk beaten into custards
gives the custards a faint cinna-
mon color but does not darken
them.
. . •
When pressing or ironing, keep
a damp sponge in a saucer, close
by. It can be used for giving ex-
tra dampness to articles, for open-
ing seams or sponging collars
and cuffs.
* • •
Try cooking beet greens with
bacon. After boiling, the bacon is
crisped in frying pan and served
with slices of hard-boiled eggs as
a border around greens.
HOOLMD
Flavors
Fortune Is Visible
Therefore if a man look sharply
and attentively, he shall see For-
tune; for though she be blind, yet
she is not invisible.—Bacon.
Marguerite Chapman was a mem-
ber of the Navy Blues Sextette be-
fore Columbia upped her into the big
time last January. Now another
member of it, Lorraine Gettman,
steps out. Re • christened Leslie
Brooks, she's been given a long-
term contract by the company, as
the result of her outstanding work in
a supporting role in "Talk of the
Town," co-starring Jean Arthur,
Cary Grant and Ronald Colman.
—*—
The route that led Jack Trent into
the movies is a curious one. For-
merly a Montana schoolteacher, he
became Shirley Temple's body-
guard, and wound up as an actor;
you'll see him in "Silver Queen,"
the 1870 drama starring Priscilia
Lane and George Brent.
No one has viewed C. B. De-
Mille's "Reap the Wild Wind" with
more interest than did Rear Ad-
miral William D. Leahy, U. S. am-
bassador to France. The Techni-
color sea saga, starring Ray Mil-
land, John Wayne and Paulette God-
dard, deals with America's fight to
wipe out a nest of pirate wreckers
in the Florida keys years ago. Lea-
hy wrote DeMille that he "got the
last of those wreckers" back in the
year 1905.
*
Ransom Sherman finally has dis-
covered the haunt where Dix Davis,
13-year-old who plays "Stanley," the
bellhop, spends the half hour before
broadcast time It's the Shirley
Temple studio, across the hall—he
just stands there and worships from
afar.
*—
Ann Miller's been saying that she
was 18 ever since she was 12. Tall
for her age, she did it then to keep
the prize—two weeks' work as a
stage attraction—at the Orpheum
theater, At 14 she danced—and
fibbed—her way into a night club
engagement in San Francisco. That
year RKO signed her up, then Co-
lumbia borrowed her; at 16, and
still saying she was 18—she landed
on Broadway. RKO again, Colum-
bia again — then Paramount, for
"True to the Army." On April 12
of this year she celebrated her 19th
birthday, on the "Priorities of 1942"
set.
—*
Now that the "Are You a Missing
Heir" radio program has restored
its millionth dollar to rightful lega-
tees, you'd think the program exec-
utives would sit back and relax, but
—there are still 77 million un-
claimed dollars buried in probate
court records as a goal for the pro-
gram to shoot at.
ODDS AND ENDS—The goofy sound-
man who used to heckle Jack Uenny on
the Sunday night broadcasts has joined the
army air corps ... Ed Murroui and Wil-
liam L. Shirer, news commentators, first
met at a I'aris cafe . . . Now that Ronald
Colman has finished "The Talk of the
Town" he can shave, for the first time in
months . . . Rosalind RusselTs been signed
to make "Stand By to Die" for RKO—a
story of a woman flier working for the
government in Japanese-held islands of the
I'ncifiic . . . Madeleine Carroll reserved 14
front row seats for her army and navy boy
escorts at her latest broadcast in New
York.
J. Fuller Pep
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