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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-20
CHAPTER XIII

Hope Kildare arose at o'clock on the morning following the visit" with Luis Barro in Mexico.
 He went outside his landlady's house and, surprisingly, put up 8 ladder that gave him access to the roof. But even with his powerful field glasses he couldn't see the Montezuma Hotel in Juarez, be- cause of nearby Instructions. The Two Republics Building in down. town Fl Paso seemed to be directly in the way. Anyhow the light was stiil dense at that hour.
 He got into his own swift sport coupe then and drove hurriedly around in large half circle, com- ing out on the Mount Franklin Scenic Drive, a long hill that gave him altitude quickly. He stopped at Lockout Point, several hundred feet above the city, and focused his field glasses again.
 That's the Montezuma, right enough" he murmured. And that's sure as shootin' the northeast room on the fourth floor. But the window is blank"
 That disturbed him. He watched the window in the haze for several minutes, wondering if Betty Mary could have forgotten to put up her promised signal. Or maybe she didn't mean to hang out the two handker- chiefs until some time this morning anyway. After all, she only sug- gested it last evening. She would hardly be awake yet.
 He envisioned her asleep. Would she have the sleeping beauty type of daintiness? Fragile, and ex-
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nuisitely colored, her dark eye lashes dropping in little curves, her little ear-oh, gloryl He wished he had taken a poke last night at Luis Barro. Or just up and shot him while he could.
 Betty Mary had saved his life a few nights ago, he would be eter- nally indebted to her. And there was no use kidding himself about it, he loved that girl as he had never loved any other person any, where. He wished he might tell her so. But
 We'll, there was Sheridan. She had given Sherry the first date. She had given Sherry the note last night. Obviously she favored Sherry. What did Sherry have made him preferable? Frankly, he didn't know. But certainly he cared! Hope sighed.
 Abruptly, he touched his starter and rolled back toward town. He was deeply unhappy, miserable and sick at heart without very strong cause. He didn't recognize it as such, but the truth was, he was jealous, thoroughly jealous. But he would not have admitted this.
 He stopped at the house where Sherry lived but learned that Sherry had already dressed and gone to town. It was still not 2 a. m. Hope drove down to Border Patrol head quarters. The men on night duty greeted him cordially. Kildare and Starr were popular team" among the Immigration and Naturalization officers and the customs fohce.
 Sherry Starr been around this morning?" Hope inquired.
 Yep. He went up the tower, to take a two-hour shift and relieve the regular man a little. He's up there now"
 Yeah? We'll"
 So Sheridan also was looking for Betty Marys signals. Hope realized. But then-why not? She was work ing with both of them; they both felt responsible for her, justly so. He went inside the building and tele- phoned up to Sherry.
 See anything?" Hope asked, with out preliminaries.
 You up already?" Sherry greet ed. Nav, not thing. She musta overslept. It's after q"
 Listen, you mug, girl doesn't have to get up at unearthly hours like a flatfoot federal cop, see? Maybe she thinks o'clock is the crack O dawn. Can you see her win- dow?"
 Sure, plain as day now. It's open, but the shades pulled, against the morning sun guess"
 "Um. Well, when you going to eat?"
 T talked the man out of half his shift up here, so I'll have to perch here until 8. Wait for me-"
 "Okay,' said Hope, and hung up.
 
 At 8 Sherry came down looking glum, and the two men ate break fast in silence at a nearby restau- rant. When they drifted back to the office at 9, a special delivery let ter, postmarked Fl Paso, was wait ing for them. It was addressed to Sherry! But inside it said:
 Dear Boys:
 we made no arrangements for communicating with each other, ex- cept the window signals, so shall cross back to Fl Paso in a taxicab at daybreak and mail this letter to you.
 "Barro escorted me to the Monte- Zuma Hotel at Il p. m. He told the Mexican maid to take special care of me, and the way he presumed to order her-almost fiercely-made me suspect that she might be one of his band. When she came to help me go to bed, I managed to display my .22 cartridge to her, and again it worked!
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. SERIAL STORY
 BORDER ADVENTURE .....,. sx os.N s A AeNo5o s!? ,.

"She is one of Barro's spoilers. Being in a hotel, she can watch for aliens and others who might be his customers, and tip him oil to lot of things. He pays her well, she says. She never questioned my status at all. Naturally she wouldn't, since Barro himself brought me there, and I had the secret token. So I pumped her all I dared, posing as a worker also. learned this-that narcotics are going across the river every day, in broad daylight. She, and all oI Barro's gang who know about It, are elated with the success of the newest dodges, she revealed. pre- tended to be one of those in the know, so I didn't learn everything. But I do know that a woman IS bringing some of the rope over. II is cocaine, and somehow there IS a child in the plan, too. That's all the hints I could pick up.
 Don't try to answer, or see me. (unless you want to pose agalnD I'll communicate with you somehow. Love-Betty Mary"
 The two officers read the letter together, then Sheridan read It aloud.
 "Whew!" Hope breathed.
 Could that be the Tafoya Wom- an? With her kid?"
 "No, don't see how, Sherry. Shes been arrested twice already, she and her daughter, and both of them searched by the jail matron. l was there the last time myself. In fact I held the little kids doll while they took her inside. She's a cute kid. No hint of smuggling there."
 "They had a clean permit to cross?"
 "Yep. Proved she was just visiting relatives over here in Paso."
 Why'd they pick her up in the first place? Her and the kid"
 Just on suspicion. They cross nearly every day, visiting"
 Let's go look at the window now" Hope said then.
 They walked a block to a point on the American bank of the Rio Grande where they could see the Montezuma Hotel in JuareZ, and at once both men discovered what they sought.
 They're up!" murmured Hope. 1.-TWO white cloths. She's okay."
 Well, so much for that, for the time being" Sheriden agreed. But we got work locating a woman bringing over MT. Barro's cocaine!"
 (To Be Continued)
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CR ANsuM CRACKERS

Suppose you're applying for job. The boss asks you three things. One slip and you're out of the running. 1. He asks you to show him a hendecagon. Would you:
 Draw a plane figure, having II sides, II angles?
 Do a forward somersault and land on your feet?
 Go to the nearest library for a seven volume series?
 2. He asks you to make a pastel drawing Would you:
 Ask him if he had some colored ,crayons?
 Take water-color set out of your brief case?
 Get down to work with some oil paints?
 3. He asks if you engage in ster- torous activity at work. Would you:
 Tell him yes, absolutely?
 Tell him only between the hours of three and five?
 Tell him at night, maybe, but never during working hours?
 Answers on Back Page.
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BOND ISSUE FOR
 CITY SANCTIONED
Special to The DemocraD

State Capitol, Hartford, April 20. With the rules suspended, the senate and house yesterday passed bill allowing the city of Water bury to issue $70,000 in funding bonds. The measure was introduced by Senator J. Howard Roberts, of Thomaston, and was reported favor ably by the finance committee.
 The money realized from the band sale will be used to retire an old issue of school bonds, which bear interest at 1-2 per cent. Inter- est on the new bonds will be per cent.
 The new bonds will be retired at the rate of $10,000 a year.
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. STORIES
 IN STAMPS
Fur Troders Opened Conodo's Wheat Country

Conodo's Wheat Country THE prairie Canada the British
 king and queen will see this year was barren wilderness just 100 years ago when the first white explorer in the west, La Veren- drye, camped one night at the junction of the Assiniboine and Red rivers. But La Verendrye saw the spot might prove impor- tant in the future, SO he erected a crude fort.
 It was not used, however, for the fur traders were yet to come. They arrived in a pack, some 68 years later. Two packs, in fact: the Nor'-Westers of Montreal and the Hudson's Bay company. Im- mediately there was bitter con- test for the control of the west and both companies built outposts, Fort Gibraltar and Fort Douglas.
 Then came Lord Selkirk, ag- gressive head of the Hudson's Bay company. It was Selkirk who saw that the country opened by the fur traders was farming country as well, so from l8ll-15 he brought hundreds of settlers into the fertile Red river valley from his native Scotland. And, despite all manner of hardship and danger, they stuck it out.
 The fur traders, meantime, car- ried their struggle to a bloody end that brought the merger of the Nor'-Westers and the Hudson's Bay companies. With peace, Fort Gibraltar was renamed Fort Garry. It became a vital trading post and settlers depot. Meanwhile, a set- clement was growing up outside the fort itself and the pioneers called it Winnipeg, from the Cree words, Win, meaning murky and Nipiy, water.
 Thus Canada's plains were opened, Old Fort Garry is shown above on a current Canadian stamp. tcopyright. 1899. NEA Service. Incl !,
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SKILL WITHOUT SIGHT WON

Exeter. N. H., tUP)-Fred C.. Carver had never handled a tool previous to becoming totally blind, but he is now so expert with the hammer, knife, chisel and saw that dealers keep him busy filling orders for his fine work.
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CAST OF CHARACTERS

BETTY MARY yORDAN-Pretty young Border Patrol service sec retary.
 SHERIDAN STARR-Handsome Border Patrol officer.
 HOPE KILDARE-Starr's fel- low officer, also 8 bachelor.
 LUIS BARRO-Mexican snug gler.
 Yesterday: The officers pose with Barro for Betty Mary, then return to Fl Paso with her note. They warn the patrol watch tower to keep constant lookout on her hotel window for further signals.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-11-25
MISUNDERSTANDING
Roosevelt Proposal
OF Tax For Defense
"Pay-as-You-Go" Ba-
sis Proposed by Presi-
dent; But Senator
King Of Utah Fears
Proposal NJ e an s
Greater Spending in
End.

Washington, Nov. 25.-(AP)-
Senator VandenDerg, Republican,
Michigan, gave qualified endorse
rlent today to the idea preached by
President Roosevelt of levying spec
ial taxes to pay Tor emergency de-
sense costs.
At his press conference at Warm
Springs, Ga, yesterday, Mr. Roose-
welt posed for public discussion
whether such OUTLAWS should be
placed on pay-as-you go basis
with special taxes to pay for them,
or met by further borrowing, with
no new taxes.
Senator Vanderberg, member Of
the Senate Finance Committee,
which handles tax legislation told
reporters he agreed enphatically
that extraordinary defense cxpendi-
lures should be on a "pay-as-yOu-
SO" basis. Such outlaws, he added,
should be 'rarallelcd by special
taxes to pay for them" because Of
the "obviOus reason that sound pub
lie credit is the greatest national
defense necessity Of all"
But Senator King, Of Utah, rank
ing Democratic member of the
same committee, said he opposed
"enormous expenditures for the
army and navy and any plans to
"compartmentalize' the budget lest
it lead to larger appropriations.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-11-25
Increased Federal Pensions
To Aged By Congress Sought
Governments Contri-
button Toward Pay
ments i'm Low Income
5 tates to Be Re-
cuested; Amendment
Is to Be Offered.

Washington, Nov 25.-(AP) =
Chairman Harrieon, Democrat. Mis-
souri,, disclosed today that Congress
would be asked again to increase the
Federal contribution toward old age
assistance payments in low income
states.
Harrison said he thought that an
amendment to the social security set
similar to that proposed by Senator
Connally, Democrat, Texas, and APP
proved by the Senate last session,
would have strong support in Con-
gress.
Under the Connally amendment,
which was rejected by joint Sen
ate-HOuse committee, the Federal
government would have contributed
So for every 81 put up by the states
in paying the first SIS a month to
INDECENT needy. Above the SIS total,
the Federal government would have
matched State funds dollar for dol
lar
Congress changed the law last SEES
sion to permit the government to
match state funds, equally up to a
point where the state contribution
was $40, thus authorizing total pay
ments OF $40 beginning January l.
The Federal government now is con-
triDuting q maximum of $15 a month,
which has been matched fully only
bV California;
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-11-25
Romeo and Juliet
Romance DWindles
To Guessing Game

New York, Nov. 25.-(AP)-The
Romeo-Juliet romance Of Alien Her
rick and George Lowther III, whose
names are separated by only 81 pages
of the social register and front
page dispute, turned into a guessing
game today.
The chief point of conjecture was
the whereabouts of Juliet, because
she had left the hospital, where
Judge Isidor Wssservogel had ord
cred her to stay for ten days rest
and meditation upon natrimony.
All of the guesses centered about
the twilight hour at 5 p. m.-the ex-
piration hour for the ten-day love
affair truce, ordered by the justice.
After that, Alien will be free to flee
into the arms of the waiting George
or stay home with papa and mama.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-11-25
Schooner Is
Missing OFF
Wilmington
Two-Masted Pleas
ure Craft Reported in
Distress hurs d a y
Night Is Hunted by
Coast Guard A n d
Planes.

Norfolk, Va, Nov. 25.-(AP)-
-2t coast guard cutter Sepago to
day continued searching the waters
81 Cape Fear, N. c., for the two
ndsted pleasure schooner Pinta, last
reported in distress Thursday night
II party of six.
The steamship Brazos notified
,ae coast guard the Pinta was in
ctlculty but gave no details
Coast ard officials here today
'c plane from Charleston, S. c.,
ooa9ly would be sent to help in
ce earch today if weather per-
Reported aboard the 58-foot
ooner were the owner, Austin
G-1a,H 80, former Richmond
paper man; Mr.. and Mrs
vance Goddard, Of California; John
" Graot Richmond artist, and his
He and Robert Young, Richmond
neH.
Iac ata sailed from Hampton
y for Jacksonville or
Intended as a round-the-
q oyage.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-11-25
Ship Losses
Almost Equal
To 1917 Toll
(By The Associated PresS.)

(By The Associated PreSS.)
The increased rate at which Brit
ish and neutral shipping has been
destroyed by mines in the last week
affords a parallel to the German
navy's mine offensive OF 1917, which
threatened Great Britain's sea life
line by sinking ITO ships.
SO successful was the 1917 mine
laying that during April the Allies
lost mine sweeper day attempt
ing to clear the shipping lanes.
BY comparison, the current out
break of submarine and mine &C
tivity has sent q ships to the bot
tom since last Saturday, raising to
1853 vessels the losses of belligerent
and neutral nations SO far in this war.
Of the total, Britain has lost 80,
Germany Is, France nine, and neu-
trail nations as Forty-siX ships have
been reported sunk this month, 60
were destroyed in September and
Al in October.
At least 2,033 persons have been
killed or drowned in the war at sea,
and 100 more are missing.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-11-25
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
I'm the ST. " Alter Hotel.

Raleigh, Nov. 25.-Raleigh's poll
tical gossip mill, moving into high
gear shortly after the Monday morn
ing quarterbacks had finished their
discussion of the big game at Dur
ham, has ell this week been grinding
out the report that Lieutenant Gov
erncr Wilkins P. Horton, one Of the
six or more suspected candidates for
governor, will never announce.
So far the subject Of this specula-
ton and reporting has had nothing to
say on the subject, no doubt held
back by the fact that he never had
said he is going to run Chat is, he
never has said it for publication),
and therefore hardly feels called Up
On to issue a formal statement derry
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-11-25
To Continue
Seizure OF
EnerrnyCoods
London Holds to De-
termination to Inten-
sify Economic War on
Germany; Trawlers
And Minesweepers
Patrol Trade Routes.

London, Nov -(AP)--Mount-
ing neutral protests failed TO sway
Great Britain today from her de-
termination to intensity her eco
nOmic war on Germany by Selling
German exports.
The list of countries which have
made or plan to make representa-
tons against the British decision
Include The Netherlands, Belgium,
Italy, Japan, Sweden and Denmark.
The last three were added today.
The only great powers among The
neutrals VINO nave not indicated
their attitude are the United States
and Soviet Russia.
There were indications that Brit
ain would reply that protests should
be addressed to Germany, whose
mine campaign, the British asserted,
called for The export blockade.
Great Britain, striving to protect
her shipping against German often
sive sea warfare, appealed to her
fishermen to aid in the hazardous
task Of sweeping English coastal
waters clear Of mines.
While a fleet of trawlers and
mine sweepers combed the sea
lanes for explosives the British said
Nazi Warplanes planted the royal
navy issued an urgent call to deep
sea fishermen between the ages Of
10 and As to volunteer their ser
vices. The call was issued as the
government prepared to deal with
the expressions of concern from
neutral countries over the decision
20 seize German exports.
lin Tokyo, the Japanese foreign
office today threatened counter
measures against the British pro-
gram, which it said violated assur-
ances given Japan by the British
government.
(The German press, exploiting
recent sinkings Of merchant vessels,
warned that no free shipping lanes
to England now exist, and sought
to convince neutrals of the advis-
ability of hating commerce with
Continued on Page Eighty
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/ fayetteville Will
Open School After
Paralysis Fright

a.ettaviile, Nov. 25.-(AP)
- fayetteville schools, closed
s'rce November IS as the re-
>"ll = two eases of infantile
paraiTsis, viii reopen Monday
m1o,rning, and st the same time
al ofhor restrictions imposed on
Ea1nerinrs Of persons under Is
YEARS ~ are viii b. rescinded,
pr. ! 7. Foster, county health
U'ii'ef said today There have
oean no oaees other than the
of'Final two. and it has been
mere tan t'vo weeks since the
las! case developed.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-11-25
u. S. DESTROYER AT
NORFOLK AGROUND

Norfolt, Va, Nov. 25.--fAP}-
The destroyer Yarnall. one Of
the re-cOnditiOned navy vessels
assigned to Norfolk as part of
the Atlantic squadron, drifted
a"round early today while living
at anchor inside the Virginia
capes. The ship was said to be in
no immediate danger, but was
unable to operate her engines
after grounding in mud. Officers
at the naval operating base ex-
pressed belief that ships stand
ing by would be able to pull the
destroyer clear.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-11-25
Illness Growing
From Large Party
At THANKSGIVING

Cincinnati, Nov. 25.-(AP)
The number of persons stricken
by illness after attending the
nations Largest Thanksgiving
party" rose to 46 today after ad-
mission of Ia more patients to
Cincinnati hospitals. DIR. Carl
Wilzbach, city health COM
missioner, ordered chemical
analysis of food served to $4,000
guests at the 39th annual dinner
sponsored by Gods Bible
School. DR.. Wilzbach said none
of those stricken was in serious
condition,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-11-25
Chrysler Strike
Negotiations Are
In StaIemate Now

Detroit, Mich, Nov. 25.-
(AP) Formal negotiations
seeking a settlement of the pro-
tracted Chrysler labor dispute
were in adjournment today, but
State and Federal cOnciiiatOrs
continued their search for a
peace formula that would re
turn some 10000 autOmOtive
workers to their jobs.
The negotiations are dead
locked on the issues of union
wage demands, and a stipula-
ton by the corporation that the
request of CLIO fOreman's
union for a bargaining con-
ference will not be renewed.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-11-25
Germany's Planes
In English Raids

London, Nov. 25.-(AP)-
German bomber appeared over
the Shetland islands today for
the ninth time in four weeks,
and air raid warnings also
sounded near the important
Clydeside shipbuilding center in
southwest Scotland.
Anti aircraft guns in the
Shetlands fired on the bOmbers.
An aH-clear signal sounded in
the Clyde area, 400 miles to the
southwest, 81 minutes after the
warning.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-11-25
Raleigh Hearing Horton
Is Out, Broughton Leads

ing he'll do something ne never has
announced he would do.
Behind the reports that the Num-
Der Two Tar Heel will not try to
step up to the Number One slot I'M
doubtedly lies in the general impress
sion among politicians that it now
appears definite that Horton will not
get the organized and vigorous sup
port from the State administration
that it had previously been assum-
ed he would get.
The reasoning runs about like this:
Horton never would have thought
Of running unless h expected adj
ministre ton support, and now that it
does not seem likely he will get that
Continued on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-11-25
ALL Unions
May Tie Up
Movie Land
Industry Refuses Ten
Percent w a g e In
crease Demand; I'm
ions Point to Huge
Salaries Paid Stars
Compared to Their
Own.

Hollywood, Cal, Nov. 25.-(AP)
The motion picture industry braced
itself today for the shock Of strike
call, which ALL union leaders said
would close every film theatre in the
United States and Canada.
Failing to Wrangle ten percent
wage increase for $4,000 studio tech
nicians, William Bioff, chairman Of
the conference of studio unions, an
nounced that he would call today a
general strike throughout the entire
motion picture industry" The hour
of the Walkout was not announced.
Bioff's declaration followed a con-
Continued on Page Five)
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Kuhn's Wife
tolerant On
Love Affair

New York, Nov. 25.A(AP)-
Fritz Kuhn, the German-American
hund leader, may have fancied
himself another great lover when
ne wrote imprisoned letter to Mrs.
Florence Camp, but his wife, Elsa,
sees nothing but comedy" IN the
situation.
"But then" she said today in an
interview, maybe I have a too
broad sense OF humor."
Trial Of Kuhn, who is accused of
stealing $1,127 of the bund's funds
CONTINUED on Page Seven.)
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Rebel Police
Cleaning Up
w. Va, Town

Huntington, w. Va, Nov. Is
(AP) Spectacular raids by eight
"rebeP' policemen operating without
orders and on their own time today
clamped the lid on vice in West Vir-
ginia's largest city.
State police, sheriff's deputies and
liquor commission agents for nearly
a month have tried to clean up the
city without help Of police, but not
until the self-appointed vice squad
revolted against lack Of leadership
did gambling halls, unlicensed
saloons and book establishments bar
(Cnntin1ied on Page SeVenl
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-11-25

Berlin, Nov. 25.- (AP) The
German high command said today
a British auxiliary warship Of 1000
tons, camouflaged as a Netherlands
merchant man and used a "U-boat
trap, bad been sunk by a German
submarine
The press, recalling Britain's
World War use of such mystery
ships, termed this particularly de-
CONTINUED on Page Five)
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HfoaEhQa

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
A@-t'v cloudy tonight and
'oaiaN with light rain in in
.sl,or tonight, probably mixed
YIN loW in tie mountains and
=" "sIlh central portion Sunday:
''0' much change in temperature.