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closely set valve tappets leave too
little room for expansion. The valves
start to hold open, compression leak
age develops and the engine becomes
poor check on the cars momentum.
Brakes Vary With Weather.
In spite of the fact that modern
brakes are sealed against the elements,
their Innings often are sensitive to
weather changes. You will notice
this by their increased effectiveness
following rainstorm or on a damp
day. After the brakes have been used
vigorously, or If the weather is ex-
tremely dry, they will not be as effect
i've. The extent of such variation
depends largely on the kind of lining
used as well as on the swing" of the
weather. Out of this the driver should
be able to pick up the idea that if he
wants to avoid abrupt stopping in
damp weath he should use the
brakes more frequently. Reverse this
if the weather is dry.
Two Ways of Saving.
Perhaps more drivers would observe
the newer rules in safety if they could
be made to see that security awheel
also saves the car. A case in point
concerns applying power while one
of the rear wheels is going over a
stray patch of ice. If the wheel spins
there will be terrific strain on the
rear axle and the propeller shaft,
even if the car does not go into skid.
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out to other bureaus wherever any
one of his description is suspected, or
for identification elsewhere.
An effort always is made to get a
confession from the prisoner if the
detective is sure he is guilty. Con-
trary to the popular belief that third
degree" is always resorted to- this
is not the case Brutality of any kind
or eliciting confessions by force or
threat is not permitted in the Dis
trict, and every member of the staff
is emphatic in the statement that more
can be secured by the use Of kindness
than was ever gained by force Adroit
questioning, trapping the prisoner in
his own tale, are often the means of
causing him to break down and con-
fess, once he sees the loop holes in
his own story. But physical violence
is tabu
In this respect interesting accounts
were given of young men who some
times telephone in that they have
been found gagged and bound and
later report elaborate tales of attack
by hold-up men. Under questioning,
the stories of these cases were found
to be too perfect.
When you are under the great
emotional strain and nervous strain
entailed by hold-up, you don't notice
what color necktie your assailant is
wearing" said one of the detectives,
the trouble with these fellows who
think they can get away with company
funds by reporting they have been
robbed is that they cook up too good
story. They prepare every detail
in advance, down to the color socks
the robber wore. We can always spot
story like that, but we let the fellow
talk himself out and then confront
him with the weak spots in his own
story. He usually breaks down and
tells all when he sees we have him
fair and square"
Curiously enough, the detectives
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Remedy Now Cheap.

CALCIUM GLUCONATE, a com.
pound which finds a great en-
ployment in the treatment of various
human and animal diseases in which
calcium deficiency is a contributing
factor, has been SO reduced in cost
Of production that now the expense Of
this preparation is no bar whatso-
ever.
Ten years ago, calcium gluconate
cost $3.50 pound to produce. Now
the cost is down to so cents a pound
and a still further improvement in
procedure indicates a reduction to
25 cents pound.
The preparation is manufactured
from a solution Of corn sugar which is
treated with special mold and CAL
cium carbonate. AS a by-product,
gluconic acid is produced and this,
finding greater application in indus
try, will still further reduce the costs.
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Thug gCatclners

Continued from Fourth Page)
underworld but not part of it to an
extent that justifieS their imprison-
ment. There are no specific crimes
for which they can be indicted, yet
they live in an atmosphere of crime
and among criminals. They often can
be prevailed upon to furnish informa-
ton that is invaluable in running
down criminals. They are not always
paid for this information. Sometimes
getting something out of "hock" for
them or providing good meal will
suffice to elicit the desired informa-
ton. In other instances these indi-
viduals are indebted in subtle ways
to the officers of the law and do not
dare do other than furnish the in
formation requested The detective
has his own ways of keeping these
contacts alive, and often they are all
he needs to discover just where x was
on certain night or if Y had any,
thing to do with a recent sensational
hold-up
When the offender is brought in
the first step is to flngerprint and
mug" him. 'Mugging" is another
way of saying he must have his picture
taken. The squad states that crimi-
nails do not offer resistance to either
of these processes. This is perhaps
explained by the fact that the gang
ster or hardened criminal knows that
once he is caught there are certain
routineS he must go through, and all
his resistance is put up against being
caught in the first place. Once he
is actually under arrest he seems to
take these steps for granted. Occa-
sionally a prisoner will resist, especially
if he has been connected with recent
larger crime with which he does not
wish to be identified. for well he knows
his fingerprints and picture will go
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say person VINO mas just Deen held
up or attacked by thugs can almost
never give details of the attack The
human mind functions in a concen-
trated effort to devise means of pro-
lection or escape and consequently
very little mental expression is re-
tanned of the details of the crime it
self. Sometimes the victim is unable
to say whether the men who held
him up were colored or white, six feet
tall or a midget. His impressions are
invaribly confused and faulty.
THE age Of criminals has altered
with the times Modern youth is
the most active criminal, according to
the records of the robber. squad here.
The appalling fact is that between the
ages of 18 and 25 are the groups
who are now being aprehended in con-
nection with hold-ups and similar
crimes. A few years ago the middle
aged man or woman was the chief Of
fender, and detectives are a a loss
to account for this change in age.
They suggest the depression may have
had something to do with the older
age group, and its conclusion meant
the return of these middle-aged men
to honest work. Youth commits crime,
on the other hand, for no apparent
reason other than a desire for a
thrill" After questioning hundreds
of young men who have committed
crimes in the last few months, men,
bers Of the robbery squad state that
practically every one of them were
youngsters with good or at least COM
Portable, homes, and that one of the
most heartrending things in connec-
ton with their work was to talk to the
parents who came in pleading for their
sons release or another trial for boy
they never even suspected of criminal
tendencies.
The 'red-haired bandit"-the young
boy recently arrested with a gang in a
series of hold-.lps in, the District, is an
example of this type of youthful GRIM
inal, and members of the much-pub-
lcized Boots and Spurs gang 2
other examples.
The present robbery squad was or
ganized December l6, 1881, the per-
sonnel chosen from members of the
Detective Bureau. The first members
were O'Dea, Brass, Talley. w ,, Jones
and Smith. Before organization of the
squad robberies were taken care of by
the bureau in the same way as other
crimes, with no special experience or
information taken into account. The
greater efficiency of the specially Or
ganized unit has been amazing
1t is. in fact, a far cry from the
early days of the metropolitan police
force. when a small staff of general
policemen watched over the safety of
District residents and a high-stepped
buggy was the Black Maria" that
carried offenders to the city jails In
those days the police wore fierce mus
tachioS. and there was -.ot so much
distinction drawn between the men
on the beat and the plain clothes men
as is drawn n the highly specialized
units of today's staff.
But crime, too, has grown more
complicated, and, as one detective SER
geant puts it, There just can't be a
finished investigator. Crime is as new
as every new day. You've got to be
on your toes every minute to be up to
the latest tricks or you can't hope to
run down the criminals"
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WHILE Washington struggles along
with its single, privately owned
airport. Berlin, which for years has
had the World-famous governmental
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Continued from Fourth Page)
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1t is estimaed by the Air Trans
port Association of America that prl-
vate capital totaling around S125 ,OOO,-
600 already has been invested in COM
mercial aeronautics in the United
States. although the industry still
is regarded as in the non-profit max
ing pioneering stage.
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Diversion of Revenues
By Far the Worst Aspect
1884 Hayden-C Cartwright Road Act May
Prove Needed Preventive-Spring Over
hauling Suggestions and Production Notes.
Bv G.. Adams H0avard.

unacceptable strike only
automobile
fair but the existing idea to keep passing and more burdens people
highways
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MOTOR TAXES HELD UNREASONABLE -: AVIATION I
Plans for Ocean Routes
Mark New Aviation Era
Services Across North Atlantic and to
Australasia Expected to Be in Opera
ton This Year.
ton This Year.
By Joseph S. Edgerton.

NE or the greatest
is at final arrangements
airline
States and Australasia. expected opera
O
of gap service of Pan American
Evening star., 1937-06-06
CATHOLIC BOYS CAMP
TO OPEN ON JUNE 27
Nanjemoy Resort on Potomac
Will Be Directed by Via
torian Brothers.

Camp Nanjemoy, Summer resort for
Catholic boys Of Washington and vi
cinity, will open its season on Sunday,
June 81, under the direction of the
Viatorian Brothers of Washington.
The camp is located in Maryland,
on the banks of the Potomac River,
about so miles from Washington.
Rev. T. L. Sullivan, who has been
director Of the camp since its reorgan-
ization three years ago, will be assisted
by the same corps of counsellors from
the Viatorian Seminary.
The camp is open to Catholic boys
from to II years of age. It will be
operated for eight weeks.
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George Stromme Honored,

George Leonard Stromme. son Of
Capt. and Mrs. j. L. Stromme of 2800
: Ontario road. was one of IS cadets
to receive commissions and warrants
from the New York Military Academy
Yesterday.
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It's boast that you could and select every dress you'd
need for round cruise without leaving the spot these 8
dresses occupy Qs good large spot oohere
opening day of the sae Polka dots and sheer cool with
sparkling white jackets! Twin print redngoe cool and
hot weather. Twopece styles with scads of plea Made we'll
you wonder how they could be priced little All of them
made to sell for much higher prices they look it, Sizes from
II to So and plenty of half sizes!
Evening star., 1937-06-06

From one of the makers Of our more
infants dresses Daintily
made s.. yet sturdily made, too, with
lots of wear in their tiny seams and
sheer fabrics! In sleeveless or prac-
tically sleeveless styles, so they'll stay
cool and happy on the hottest days.
Gay and colorful and all colorfast.
Sizes 3 to 6.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-06
CHAPTER VIII
drive.

You're an idiot, Jimmy!" Kay
said with emphasis and a notice
ably cross expression.
Thank you," Jim said serenely.
The statement had become tire
some reiteration. Kay had made it
many times during the progress Of
an early supper out of doors at
Dutch's.
1T is a little idiotic, Jim," Le-
more said with small laugh, quick
ly stilled. Surely you can get
away for three or four days.
should think you would need va
cation" Her enormous dark eyes
plead with him from under the shGd-
owy brim of her hat.
Il had vacation for four years."
Jim said trile grimly and then,
making an effort to appear politely
regretful, Get thee behind me, Sa-
tan! / have d job"
Kay turned her pleasantly plain,
becomingly tanned face toward the
accompanying gentleman. "You
see, Wally," she said with ges-
, ture of affectionate exasperation.
''He's as stubborn as a mule"
The gentleman's name was Beres-
ford. He was tall and incredibly
thin with indefinite features and
pale blue eyes that popped slightly.
His hair. thinning above the tenn
pies, was of silver fairness. He
looked, Jim thought, like a cod
fish, an aristocratic Goldfish, of
course, pallid, limp, impeccably
dressed and groomed. Where had
Lenore acquired him? 1t made no
difference, really. 1t was merely a
| passing thought.
| (TO BE CONTINUED
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OF INTEREST TO
THE HOUSEWIFE

Garbage as a COmpOst-Gar-
bage and vegetable matter of all
sorts buried underground will in
time rot into excellent compost
for use on lawn, garden or field.
Dust-PrOOfng Pictures-Has the
dust got into your picture frame?
1t should be examined periodical
ly and new brown paper backings
should be stuck on to make it
dust-proof.
ColOrful Apples - If apples
are put in water containing little
lemon juice a few minutes before
cooking, they will keep their color.
Angel Cake - One cupful of
white of eggs, one and one-quarter
cupfuls of granulated sugar. One
cupful of flour. One-half teaspoon
cream of tartar. A pinch of salt
added to whites before whipping;
flavor to taste. Cook in a very
slow oven. Yolks of the eggs may
be used for mayonnaise.
When Washing Paint-Add a lit
tie turpentine to the hot soapy
water. 1t greatly simplifes the
job and makes much less "elbow
gre S e" necessary, especially
when the paint has that rather
greasy film caused by the fumes
from fires or gas stoves.
Bechamel Sauce-Melt quar-
ter cup butter in saucepan, add
one-quarter cup flour, stir until
smooth. Add gradually one and
half cups of highly seasoned chick
en- stock while stirring constantly.
Add one-half cup of hot cream
and beat until smooth and glossy.
Season with salt, pepper and fine
grating of nutmeg. If a yellow
sauce is desired, remove sauce
from range and add the beaten
yolks of two eggs diluted with
one-quarter cup warm cream.
Do not allow sauce to boil after
adding egg yolks.
Cleaning Reed Furniture - A
stiff brush dipped in furniture pol
ish is good for cleaning reed and
rattan furniture.
Stuffed Celery-Prepare inner
stalks of celery. Fill them with
equal parts of creamed ROGUE
fort and cream cheese, mashed
till smooth with paprika, and
serve side by side on a boat
shaped dish, or diced, in place of
celery and cheese. Or if preferred
use creamed cream cheese for
the filling after fiavoring it to
taste with pepper, salt, paprika,
chopped chives or shallots and
pimiento. A touch of tomato cat
sup can also be added.
@-WNU Service.
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the jumps and the practice oval in
the meadow. Jim called a man to
hold the horse and went with her
on a tour Of investiga .icn. closely
shadoWed by Susan.
You should cut another window
in the harness-room," Cecily said.
making her way through shavings
and old shingles, saw-horses, dis
carded beams. a sea of litter and
debris. Green blankets. Jim. The
shade you are going to paint the
roof. That nice moss green. I
think"
Whose job is this?" Jim asked.
pretending to be injured, pigeon
holing the suggestions for further
consideration.
Yours ana you're doing it splen-
didly." Her amber eyes were ad-
miring. But I'm interested, too"
"Jim!" Susan called shrilly. Jim
look at me walk on the beam! Jim!
Wait for me! l want to go with you.
tool"
Yes, there were moments when
Jim deeply regretted his conquest
of Susan.
Cecily's interest continued. After
her visit she came frequently. rid
ing Lady" or driving her car.
Cecily's interest was pleasant but
it was disturbing as well. Jim did
not stop thinking of her. He found
himself watching for her, actually
going to the gate and looking up
the road. If she didn't come, he
felt depressed and out of sorts. II
she did appear. he felt depressed
and out of sorts after she had gone.
One morning a shower came up
while she was there. They ran for
shelter into the house. The air was
musty, suggestive of spiders, cob
webs, mice. Jim raised windows
and opened shutters. Subdued light
replaced the gloom. They explored
the house, exclaiming over the fire.
place in the kitchen, the stairway,
tn. chimney nook and the wainscot
ing in what might have been the
dining-room.
ITS nice, isn't it?" Cecily said
1--WE should do it over for a club
house"
We! Jim's heart leapt and sank
again. We! Cecily and Jim.
Sitting in a deep window-seat
looking out at the rain, they
did over the house.
Rough pine furniture" Cecily
said. Handmade and waxed."
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exiled to Siberia. He worked in
dustriously for an hour. After thai
he dipped and splashed with en-
thusiasm only when Jim was near
at hand. Jim, amused and sympa
thetic, raised his voice or called a
direction when he approached the
new recruit. 1t wasn't to be expect
ed that Tommy should overcome
his natural dreamy Incidence in a
moment. Besides, Jim had Tommy
on his conscience. He might have
lifted the burden of anxiety from
the suffering exile's mind.
Susan, too, frequently visited the
scene of the new operation. She
arrived in the truck driven by Will
fred's father. She coaxed Jim to
take her back with him in the small
second hand roadster, supplied
by Mr.. Vaughn on those days when
it was possible for Jim to return to
the farm for lunch.
why do you want to go there?"
Miss Parker asked, more than once,
trying to keep her at home.
Its fun!" Susan would attach
herself like burdock to the small
secondhand roadster.
Sue likes activity" Jim would
remark.
"She likes to tag after you," Miss
Parker said once, exhibiting un-
characteristic penetration. And
very often, But I'm afraid she'll
get hurt. She told me she was on
the stable roof yesterday helping to
nail on shingles"
"Jim's stronger than anybody" "
Jim overheard her boast to languid
youth from the village, indifferently
swinging a scythe. He could do
that with one finger. You're not
very strong, are you? Or maybe
you aren't feeling we'll"
Jim smiled and groaned. She
was bossy and always under foot
and he was afraid she would break
her neck.
No, he had not escaped the
Vaughns. Cecily came to the riding
academy, too. The moment Of Ella
ton which Jim felt the first time he
saw her ride in through the open
gate on Lady" was followed by a
feeling of depression. He had
thought that the new job would re-
move him from any contact with
Cecily. II he didn't see her dozen
times day, he would stop thinking
CT her.
She was friendly and interested.
She wanted to see the stable and
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the jumps and the practice oval in
the meadow Jim called a man to
hold the horse and went with her
on a tour Of investiga .icn, closely
hadOwed nv Susan
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knowledge

WE GREED1LY ask of a
w man, Does he know
Latin or Greek? Does he write
poetry or prose?" But whether
he has become better or worse
we never care a straw. We
ought to ask, not who knows
the most, but who knows the
best. In true education any,
thing that comes tosour hand is
as good as a book. So ex-
anime every mans talent, a
peasant, a bricklayer, pass
erby. You may learn some
thing from all, each in his own
line, of the real affair of this
earth-how to live and die well.
-Montaigne, 1533-1592.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-06
Old Timers on the Wabash.

Glimpses of the Wabash as you
ride south to Vincennes make you
think of the French voyageurs, and
the wild, haH-naked coureurs de
bois.
The voyaguer had a license to
trade. But the "bush loper" was an
outlaw in that long war for fur be-
tween French and English. Like the
honest traders, the renegade offered
knives, beads, axes, guns, and
blankets for the red mans pelts.
but cheated when he could.
Traders and boats of all kinds
used to swarm on the Wabash. John
Parsons, a young Virginian who
came here in 1910 to buy land.
wrote: I'm the fall, 1000 flatboats
will pass down the river, the ma
jority loaded with flour, pork. &.
lard, cattle, horses, oats, cornmeal,
and corn on the ear. They told
me of a fiatboat. .. carrying a load
of hickory nuts, walnuts and veni-
son Mains.
You can't ride along the Wabash,
with all it's traditions, historic sites,
old graveyards and monuments,
without thinking of its part in max
ing America.
On a Wabash tributary near Peru
is the grave of Frances Slocum,
stolen by the Indians as girl in
1778. She spent her whole life with
them, refusing, when finally visited
by her own white relatives, to leave
the tribe. Pioneer John Parrett
of Whitley county advertised that he
had paid Indians $3.50 to release a
six-year-old white boy, and that he
would keep the boy "till his par
ents, if living, and chance to see
this notice, may find him."
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ITO BE CONTINUED
Presidents Decline Invitations

Because it would be impossible
for them to attend every recep-
ton, ball and dinner given by the
numerous embassies and legations
in Washington each season, United
States Presidents and their wives
have, for many years, diplomatical.
ly declined all such Invitations
Golfers Weekly.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-06

Things grilled in the kitchen fire.
place" Jim continued. "Oysters
and steaks and chops"
Walters in jockey costumes"
Costumes! Hold on. This isn't a
musical comedy"
Il like you, JSm."
Cecily!
All at once they were silent. The
gaiety splintered into crystals.
merged with the rain, was lost.
Cecily looked out through the VIM
dow, curtained with sliding beads
of moisture. Jim looked at Cecily,
her hands lying motionless in hee
lap, the soft hollow at the base Of
her throat, the lovely curve of her
cheek turned against her shoulder.
If he should touch her hand-If he
should press his lips against the soft
hollow in her throat where a pulse
stirred and fiuttered- The rain
drummed a melody on the roof,
drummed in his ears, drummed out
reason and caution. Ceciiy!
She turned to him as though he
had spoken her name aloud.
"Yes?" Her voice was not quite
steady. Her eyes met his in long
questioning look, family startled.
For moment something trembled
between them, an evanescent emo
ton, fragile, tenuous, confusing
Cecily stirred, glanced away, out
through the window again.
'Look!" Her laughter shook
THAT child"
Jim's eyes moved reluctantly
from her mobile face, followed the
direction of her glance. Susan, in
her fathers fishing-boots and SOU
wester, was sloshing through pud-
dies, making her way toward the
house. She saw Jim and Cecily in
the window, waved, broke into a
stumbling run across the lawn.
Cecily and Jim exchanged a
glance of amused evaporation. The
emotion had vanished before it
could be held by word or a ges-
ture. Perhaps it had never existed.
But it had. The moment had passed,
was gone.
No, he had not escaped the
Vaughns; the new job did not termi-
nate Jim's contacts with Cecily.
She was at the riding academy the
day that Kay and Lenore arrived.
1t was an afternoon late in Aug
ust with suggestion of autumn in
the air and the sunlight. Jim sat
straddling the low limb Of an oak
tree at the upper edge of the drive.
He had been saving off dead
branches when Cecily rode in on
Lady" and he dropped down on
the low branch to talk to her. She
sat on the horse only a little below
him. Suddenly Lady" began to
make restive movements. A car
was turning in at the gate.
Customers" Cecily said. her
voice interested and a little excited.
OWdIlh CuSIOlIleIS!
Jim hitched himself along the
limb for clearer view of the drive.
The dark cherry colored phaeton
shining with chromium, and driven
by an impressively uniformed
chauffeur with a small waxed mus
tache was creating stir among
the Workmen about the place. Jim
shared the general excitement. His
first instinct was toward escape,
| for on the back seat of the car,
closed in by folding windshield,
like a rare exotic bloom in a for
lists display case, between Kay and
gentleman Jim did not know, sat
Lenore.
who is it," Cecily asked, look
ing up at him.
Friends and relatives" he said,
answering Cecilys question. He
heard her soft exclamation as he
swung down from the limb of the
tree. I'm in for dressing down.
What about little moral support"
always obliging!" Ce cily
slipped down from the saddle, and
{ leading the horse by the loosened
reins walked with Jim down the
drive.