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Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-06-04
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FoUoaCino q lChirl1Oind romance SO
Shanghai ichere he is attached TO a
4. 4. OuUbodt, Cdfefree Lieutenant
Valentine Preston SaddeNtU mGTTicS
6id GdrsHne, Gn American south
grneT lCho is clone IN the ICOrtd &c
ce2t Tor on aunt ia Peipino and a
tGtheT ln the Gobi desert lChOm she
ESS not seen tor years when PdI
sS transferred to PUGET S0Hnd NGUy
IGSd Liza IS greatly disappointed at
6Fs ENG China At Bremerton Va!
NEdS janice EddinO, daughter 1f
Captain EddiHO lOh0 is also stationed
tEsre. HiS childhood St1eethedft, he
bsfI her al u huH as she sailed from
Shanghai and thdt same dag first met
Lie. The Prest0Hs meet Maurice
CcrdTGV, an dlidri0n eEecat1Ue, tCho
d;SEIdVS an uHaSUdI interest in Lila.
ArfeI buSiHeSs trip TO Seattle lCtfh
Captain EddiHU. Val retarHs 10 fHd
40 0iriHp 0dp party. II trSt in
S<RSed, he later j0inS in, SUFFERING
III effects nom the pdrtU, the nert
06V Val sends the lCroHO rSfKeifn0
orders ia code to the fleet prdCt!CiH0
CT the coast 4 serious oHeHsS, Fc
tears u cO"rt-ddrtidi ReprimGHded
81 Captain EddiH0, Val is tOid .e
IM Teostue Dad fitness" report
SRd is tcGIUed thar his CoHduCt maSt
change. When ne returns home. Val
J5TdS Lia mas Httle sy0tpathg 10 Offer
R;m
tEOb 60 on WITH THE STORY
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-06-04

and had pulled that stupid line about
her shady ancestor. To cap the
climax. though they were honor
guests and she knew perfectly wen
it was only good manners to post
pone their departure until the ad.
miral and other seniors had made 9
move to go, she had let every one
hear her continual naggins whispers
that he shove off for the Norrises.
In the flashlights dim glow he saw
her red mouth pull down into a dole
ful curve. Suddenly she put her
head against his arm and broke into
low sobs. No matter how hard She
tried, she couldn't remember all their
silly old conversations. she mur-
INJURED unhappily. Perhaps she was
not adept in social amenities hut
shut away in garden most of her
life, what chance had she had? Now,
he was angry; he said she had dis
graced him. And she was utterly
mis- -rable-
No use. He couldn't hold Qua
against her tears. He stopped the
car abruptly and slid from beneath
the wheel to lift her up in his arms
There. there. honey. I'm sorry" he
whispered against her wet cheek.
Il shouldn't have scolded the poor
baby"
She hadn't meant any harm. She
had been tactless because she hadn't
stopped to think. Even as he argued
with himself he knew he was beaten.
She stopped her weeping only when
he started the car and set out for the
Norrises. Then in no time at all she
nestled against his shoulder to sigh
softly. He himself felt like signing.
She had defeated him. turned him
aside from his purpose. However,
there was bound to be plenty of good
liquor at Brad's. Sue always saw to
that And Lord. how Preston could
use a few drinks!
On late afternoon, few days
after Brad Norris return from his
business trip. Val received an unex-
nected visit from his friend Dycer
had gone out so that the two were
alone in the office. and as they sat
talking of inconseQuential things Val
noted Brad's nervous, uncertain
manner and was convinced anew
there was something he wanted to
Contlde.
Could it be Sue he was worried
about? There had been. Val had
noted, a disturbing change in her
lately. She drank too much and her
former lush beauty was showing
blight On more than one occasion
lie had marked defiant, almost hys.
terical quality in her actions. On
the night of that last party he had
glfmpsed her face when she deiber-
ately jerked loose the electric con-
nection from the radio. She had
said it was an accident but Val knew
better Cordray. too, had been aware
Of her ugly mood When the music
was interrupted he had been dancing
with Liza and the black look he had
flung his employees wife shouted his
exasperatiOn.
ITO BE CONTINUED
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-06-04

, Maurice Cor0Tay ALSO look nlmseiT
out Of circulation.
During this hegira Jan Edding
must have realized Lia's loneliness
since she took the opportunity to
plan a dinner ia the Prestons' honor,
Liza apparently was delighted and
spent the ensuing time in eager
anticipation of the event. But when
the day arrived Val came home in
the late afternoon to find a sullen
eyed, rebellious wife awaiting him.
The joy had been stolen from her
evening. it appeared. when, an hour
earlier. Sue Norris had telephoned TO
announce her return 20 Bremerton
with trunkfu of new clothes and
the account Of an exciting trip to
Victoria with the Fields, Maurice
Cordray also had happened to be in
the quaint British Columbian city.
she reported. and had returned with
them. Brad had landed a marvellous
contract for the Cordray company
and was flying in tonight about
seven. And she was collecting the
crowd for a grand binge to welcome
him home from his business trip.
While Lila dressed for JAMS dinner
with only a perfunctory interest in
her appearance. sne dwelt on Sues
good luck in having Brad out of the
navy where he could make lots of
money and they could do as they
pleased. But when they finally set
out for the Edding quarters. she ell
into a sulky silence that filled Val
with apprehension.
Once within the house, he kept
anxious eyes upon her Despite her
mood she was bewitchingly pretty
tonight, in her frock of cherry Chif-
ton and with cherry heels on her
tiny silver sandals She wore almost
no makeup and her blue-black hair
was brushed back into the soft waves
that Val liked. The very lack of
care she had expended on her
toilette. he thought. made her more
ravishingly lovely than usual.
When she Conversed pleasantly
with the other guests he relaxed
little and gazed about him at the
charming home Jan had created
This, he recognized, was what he had
vainly hoped his own place might
be like. 1t was comfortable. restful,
gracious; he admired the old ship
prints framed in red, the mellow
Claret tones of the draperies: CHEEKY
Goals burned on the hearth; there
were flowers and books ana shaded
lamps In jnst the right places.
AS Lila remained on her good be
haVior. he dared to slip upstairs for
a moments visit with JAMS small
sister, Mimi; and at dinner, seated
next Jan, ne gave an amusing ac-
count of the meeting. Then. as he
laughed and chatted happily. he was
struck to silence by a glimpse of his
Wife's sullen little face. She was
placed. he saw. between Captain Ed
ding and Commander Cromwell, two
attractive but undeniably middle
aged men; and with a sinking heart
Val saw that she played with her
food and registered complete disin-
terest in their efforts to engage her
in conversation.
She might, he thought grimly.
have remembered that this dinner
was a concession on Captain Ed
ding's part. Jan, too, had exerted
herself SO that the PrestOns might
have another chance TO redeem
themselves with the powers-that- he
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-06-04
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WRITE" foS sENTR4. Press
BY E. Y. SHEPARD
CAN EAST PREVENT

CAN EAST PREVENT o,
SATURDAY WE saw 0O0'
pretty squeeze, after West hSa ,s'y
= diamond trick. South had t@o 80, "0n
me second lead of diamoDd. m '0Hsa
East had Captured d1nr,''r 1''o> aid
nearts with his Ace. East led y - u
trump and declarer won Al "%tk -
cenla'ning tricks, The oIssT:a- -. '':s
can East make another 't''. lss5 IS
oreXenE the pending sQusg-sq ~@'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-06-04
ToRM8Y !;::'!;7 F a! k0XD :: ~:

| OF course the reason FOR Lta's had
manners was all too clear to him.
! No cocktails had been served; the
other guests We're the senior and
most conservative people in the
Yard; and so by very contrast Sue
! Norris party was growing momen-
tarily more desirable. His blue eyes
grew hard Admitting his wifes
youth and lneNperience, yet it was
difficult to oondone her attitude in
dulGsd in because she must miss b
wild brawl given by girl he didn't
even like
Jan spoke to him then and as RS
turned to answer he thought how
understandable, how dependable she
suddenly seemed. Tonight she was
radiant in white lace frOCk with
tiny puffed sleeves that droopad
from her smooth shoulders, HS
| liked her quick smile, the way she
! held her proud golden head. Sne had
dignity ana nice Difference for her
elders who in turn seemed to rcard
her as .well-(oved child II was
pleasant to see her here surrounded
by her own Kind. presiding al her
fathers table that was deCked with
the old silver presented to her
grandfather. the commodore, by the
officers of his last COmmand
Val eazed along the board and tea
an upwelling of pride to remember
that, however he had ignored them
until now, JAMS BACKGROUND and
traditions were also his. These were
his people. He belonged here.
Until this shore duty his contacts
naturally had been with other jun
iors of the navy. Now it was good
to he seated at table with men of
his profession who had accomplished
things: Admiral POmfret, a fine Old
| sea-dOg. a wise executive in three
major campaigns; Cromwell. blond
viking with two important technical
books to his credit and a navi9ationaI
device for air craft recently turned
over to the navy: HCskett. just back
from duty on a South American
naval mission where by his fair and
able efforts he had stimulated good
feeling and trade for his own cGun-
try. Men of distinction all wh6so
weather beaten faces above the stiff
linen and blue broadCloth of their
uniform evening dress were etched
and rugged with strength.
When they went into the living
room for coffee Vai's anxiety re-
turned to see Lila standing before
the fireplace balancing a cup III a
lackadasicaI hand while she talked
to the admiralS wife and Mrs. CrOm-
well. Mrs. Cromwell he recalled,
was the lady with the bitter mouth
who on the night of the Bal Masque
had received snub from Liza she
had probably not forgotten Vow
again. in her present mood Liza Nas
quite capable of saying any out
rageous thing that cam into her
head.
He should he thought, join them
at once. Liza had turned 70 gaze
over her shoulder at portrait that
hung above the mantel and as VaI
approached ne heard the admirars
wife ask with a kindly smile: Are
you admiring JAMS handsome ances-
tor, Mrs. Preston? He was Captain
Richard EddinS who fought his king
for his adopted country. | am sure,
my dear, he would return your sd-
miratlOn."
ITO EE G0RTINUEJ1J
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4ne squeeze was made because
west could not retain his ] Of H.
monds' to guard against the ia h.T5
IN dummy and also his J-9 of hearts
20 prevent the declarers Q-1O Of tb.-
suit from winning two tricks vh.,
aummy led its last spade At rfs
eleventh trick. Suppose East lead,
back heart, to force the play ~
declarer's @, instead of leadirs
trump, when East wins the third
trick
Seeing his chances for sousszs
gone, South must win the seconS
heart lead with his @. Lead a haart
and ruff in dummy. Have south
ruff a return lead of diamonds
East's last red card has gone. Lean
the 2 of clubs. Win with dummy.
K. Forget declarer's cards. All bs
needs to win 5-odd is to rid dummy
of its last diamond, then pull trllm0s
Lead the last diamond from dummy,
Ruff with the @. Lead the Ace Of
spades. Lead the Ace Of clubs
Have dummy ruff a club and pull
the last opposing trumps, leaving
dummy with no losers, and making
S-odd.
If East leads back either diamond
or club, when he wins the second
trick for his &side with the Ace of
hearts, declarer can make his squeeze
for 5odd, as he did with the return
~ N,,l-
heart lead will prevent the squeeze.
Had declarer chosen to do SO he
could have made 5-odd against the
return lead of a spade Cor any other
card) by the simpler process of
crOSs-ruff1ng losers. Suppose South
wants to play the hand in the
simplest manner, when East leads
back the spade, after winning the
second defensive trick with his K of
hearts. Win with declarers @ of
spades. Lead the Q of hearts. Lead
the of clubs Win with dummys
K. Have declarer ruff the 8 Of da-
mOnds. Lead the Ace of clubs. Have
dummy ruff heart. Ruff dummys
last diamond with decarer's last
trump. Lead club and ruff in
dummy. The North hand holds
nothing but two good trumps with
which it will pick up the last two
tricks.
AS stated last Saturday, South
played practice squeeze when he
could have made 5-odd as readily by
croSs-ruffing,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-06-04
CHAPTER 80

CHAPTER. so
THE ADMIRAL'S wife had asked
Val whether he was admiring the
picture over the mantel Of JAMS
handsome ancestor.
" Conversation around the room had
.suhsided suddenly so. that Lias
sweet, drawing voice carried to
every corner when she replied. 81
adoah family portraits. There are
some very interesting ones at Azalea
Hall. my old home near Charleston
My father is Stephen Garenne, the
anthropologist. you know. Just now
he is on an expedition into the Cobb
The Garennes have always been
important and my mothers kin were
noteworthy. too. My mother was a
first who came to settle in the
Ca'linas, was a real parsonage. He
was royal bastard. you know"
The unexpected word exploded like
q f1recracker beneath Mrs. Pomfrets S
conservative nose: her button eyes
olinked once. Liza had everyone's at
fentiOn now and she made the most
OF The spotlight You see." she cast
guileless smile about the ROOM
my forebear was called Fitz-JameS
because he was the natural son of a
king The famous Kings Neck
lace. of which you have undoubtedly
neard, is the string of canary dia-
monds His Majesty gave to my an
cestor's mother and she passed it on
TO their son After my mothers
death, my father loaned the necklace
80 the Metropolitan Museum where
Il still is" she paused suddenly as
II significant thought had just Oc-
CURED to her. why. ! suppose that
now | am of age. the necklace comes
to me-" she said slowly. She smiled
at her audience again. "It really is
very thrilling to know one has royal
blood in ones veins" she confided
Il often just stop whatever l am
doing to think about it."
Good LORD, Val thought wildly
what a thing 20 be Dragging about
IT was not so much the fact itself
that mattered but rather Lias bad
taste in boasting of it the way she
had He was grateful to Jan when
Ehe went close TO Liza and in no time
al all had deftly switched the con-
versation away from ancestors. Lila
however neither appreciated the in
eerruption nor surrendered the stage
with good grace When Jan said
I've been wanting to ask you when
we .cCu1d' have some tennis together. "
the smaller girl lifted an insolent lit
tie shoulder and draWled. Tennis
But do you evan really have a
chance to play in this disgusting
place? For a whole week I've stared
at rain falling into puddles, and
gloomy old cedars waving in the
wind. Really. | thought l should go
mad. Not a SOUL" she gazed coldly
at the group around the fireplace,
came near me in all that time"
How can such things be?" Val
heard Mrs, Cromwell murmur with a
:auizzical lift of one sandy, eyebrow:
he was TO see both shoot Jap into ex-
@asperated curves when Lila went
on
t'And then, after I'd been bored
70 distraction for days, Sue Norris
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-06-04
NTORMY LOVE =
yo1Nc MANS ROMANCE BELLE GEoMER
A YOUNG MANS ROMANCE
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AhHAD THIS CAhSAS
F0I1ol0ino O IOhirlacEasd FOVaSmce "a,
SHANGHAI 1here he is .GttGc1ed to a
q. s, 0anboGt. cGretres LseAtenant
Valentine Preston suddenly neorries
ksd GdreHHe, G0 American south
sTneT lcho is alone ia the 100TId eT-
.csPf tOf an 0unt in Peipimo and q
father IA the Cobb desert lChom she
hos not seen fer yeIrS. When Val
IS transferred to Puget Sound Macy
Yard, Liza is 0reGtly disappointed ii
.iedVino China At Bremerton Va!
tn6S Janice Eddino. DAUGHTER Of
Captain Eddin0 lcho is also stationed
there. His childhood Sweetheart. he
teft her ia a huf as she sailed from
Shanghai and that same dag first met
L7G, The PTestons meet Maurice
COrdraU, an GUidtiOn eTecutiUe, l1ho
displays an unusudi interest in Lila
After business trip to Seattle acith
Captain Eddino. Val returns to find
Liza 0iu1n0 gay pGrty. At first in
cenSed, he later Joins in. Suffering
III effects from the parry. the neTt
dag Val sends the lCr0nO Tefuelin0
orders in code to the feet prdcticin0
m the coast. A serious oDenSe, hc
Hears q couTt martial Reprimanded
~ Captain Eddino. Val is told nc
eiTl receiue bad fitness" report
dnd is 10drned that his conduct mast
change. When he returns home. Val
fnds Liza has little vmpathu to oft,,r
him, A Jan5ce'S home for dinner.
LA GnnoDS Val lCith her diScONr-
teSieS and bad manners.
? NOW GO ON WITH THE Story
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-25

Moran, coach of the Wilby debat {. Ing teams. Debates will start tho second week in March, the exa ct date to be determined later.
 The question this year will be: |''Resolved: That the Federal Gov ernment Should Adopt tho Policy of Equalizing Educational Oppor- tunities throughout the Nation by Means of Annual Grants to the Several States for Elementary and Secondary Education" There will be 21 teams In the league, repre- senting high schools from all sec- tions of the state.
 Crosby, Wilby and Litchfield are matched in the first triangle" The other teams are matched as fol- lows: Commercial high school. Milford and Wallingford; Darien. Greenwich and Norwalk: East Hartford, Bristol, West Hartford: {: Pennington, Enfield, Plainfield: {: Manchester, Meriden. Middletown: Groton and Danielson. The affirm ative team will debate at home In each match.
 Judges decisions, according 10 information received by MT Moran. are to be based on comprehension of the subject, effective presenta- ton and strength of rebuttals. As was the case last year tho pudges will vote for the best individual speaker.
 Members of the Wilby teams are: negative. Joseph DiPietro, Yo. landa Calabrese and Dona q Noonan: affirmative, Henry Kaliss. Mary Moss and Elizabeth Berardls.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-25
'RAH RAH SPIRIT
 IN COLLEGES HAS
 BEEN DEFEATED
Scholarly Attitude Has Re- placed It, Says Car-
 negie Institute

New York, Feb 25-(UP)-The "rah-rah" spirit in colleges has been dcfated and scholarly atti- tude has replaced it, the Carnegie foundation of teaching said today in It's 29th annual report.
 "The student on the campus is no longer the blase, sophisticated student of the 20s," said Walter A.. Jessup. president of the foundn- ton. He Is hard working, se- rious minded person who demands moreof the college library. the laboratory and the instructor than did his brother of a decade ago."
 The report foresaw an acute struggle for existence for many colleges. It pointed out that there were more than 800 institutions of higher education in the United States, of which 100 receive aid from the public treasury, contrast ed to fewer than 25 such institu- tons in England. Scotland, Wales and Ireland combined.
 Survival" the report said, twill be conditioned by intelligent lead ership, high morale and the cour- age to be sincere with the students by selecting and educating them only in the field of institutional competency. and in that field doing genuine and significant job.
 An honest inventory of re- sources in view of the obligation to students might well suggest to some institutions the wisdom of narrowing their fielid. Some insti- tutions, bearing the name of col lege, have so little to offer that they should disband."
 The report observed that every serious minded experiment to at tain n new level of educational eff fectiveness was being met by stu-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-25
D. A. V.PLANS FOR
 ENTERTAINMENT

Plans for an entertainment and dance to be presented March 22 nt Buckingham hall were announced today by Commander Leon Ham of the Waterbury chapter of Dis abled American Veterans. Pro- ceeds will help defray expenses in. cldental to the participation of the local chapter in the national con vention which will be held at New Haven in July and the state con- vention, to be held in New Britain.
 Complete arrangements will be made at a meeting in Knights of Pythias hall. II East Main street. March 5. at 8 D. m. Tickets have already been placed on sale. and all members of the chapter are urged to attend the meeting in or der to assist with plans for the event. James Martone and Will liam Murray are in charge of the ticket. committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-25
FEDERAL AGENTS
 MAY TAKE CASES
Government Interested in Counterfeit Bill, Speak
 easy Arrest

Continuance till Saturday was given in city court today to Patsy Stango, 25, of 23 Floyd street, who was arrested late Saturday morn- ing in an emergency squad raid on al alleged speakeasy at 324 Bank street. Charged with keeping liquor with intent to sell, Stango Is free on bonds of $l,000. Federal men may enter the case before Satur- day.
 Charles Kumpls, 33, arrested on q charge of passing counterfeit money, obtained continuance to Thursday. Bonds in his case are also $1,0OO and the case will be turned over to federal authorities. Kumpis was arrested in an East Main street lunchcart yesterday when he proffered a bad $10 bill in payment for meal. Kumpis said he had been given the bill by a stranger.
 A one-day postponement was given Anthony Strelkauskas. 34, of 147 Washington avenue, charged with breaking and entering into a Lafayette street mans rooms last week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-25
Postmaster Puzzle
 "Very Simple "--Snnith
Only Candidates Fail to See SOIntiOn-If Three Fac.
 tiOns Agree Appointment Will Follow

that most of those interested in the fight over the postmastership D cannot see 1t that way. It is just as simple as in invention he said. After its patented everybody says: Why it's very simple"
 However, Senator Lonergan when asked about the postmaster ship, said: Its up to Mir Farley" Senator Maloney, the junior sena- tor, when questioned about the postmastership, he being virtually the head of the Al Smith forces in Connecticut and naturally also in Waterbury, retorted: Ask Senator Lonergan.
 Lonergan and Maloney, when to- gether after lunch, meantime hay ing conferred with Smith, changed their story to "See MT Smith," and then Mir Smith gave the above ex- plantations.
 However, this was barred. Post master General James A. Farley has given instructions to the dem- ocratic moguls in Waterbury to get together. All three factions, the New Dealers, the Al Smith clan, and the straight democrats. such as the group to which Homer s. Cummings, the attorney gem eral, belongs, will have their con- fab, and settle on one man 10 be endorsed by all of them for the postmastership.
 With the senators apparently failing to arrive at n definite de- cBion, the choice may be left to Postmaster General Farley. In that case, the outlook is very favorable for Acting Postmaster Kelley.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-25
Crosby, Wby Litchfeld Matched in Triangular Debat
CROSSMAN DEATH
 SHOCKS FRIENDS
Body Found in Gas Filled
 Room Had Been Dead "A Hours

Naugatuck. Feb. 25.--Local resi- dents were shocked today to hear of the death. apparently by suicide, of Julius Crossman, 52, of 53 Spring street, who was found dead in his gas-filled room Sunday night at 10 o'clock by Patrolman George Smith. Grossman, who was well known in Union City and Nau- gatuck. had apparently been dead at least 24 hours for q fire fin an oil stove had gone out, police say.
 Officer Smith had been asked by Grossman's landlord, Frank Bur kus, to learn why Grossman had not answered the door earlier. Smith found the room filled with gas. He called Dr Harold John- son, medical examiner, who pro- nounced the death n suicide. No reason for Grossman's act has been given. He was not married. He was a foreman in the Eastern Malleable Iron company plant here for many years and was working as moulder up to the time of his death. He was capable of speaking severla languages, being able to in :. terpret In Polish. Lithuanian and Russian. He leaves two brothers. Fred of Naugatuck and Gustave of Bristol.
 The body was taken to the Bailey funeral home, 52 Oak street. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.