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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
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ever, could she have thought snnugly to recommend that two courageous officers be discharged. just because they had been unable to capture picturesque criminal who had perhaps dozens of hench- men, and who himself never ven- tured onto their side of the inter- national line?
 Toward mid-morning she went 1 to The Place of the Sleeping Monk. It was the hour when most 1 likely to be free of customers, and her fat sociable friend Pablo could talk to his hearts content He was excited when she arrived, but fortunately not suspicious.
 They break opp the submarine!" 1 he declared hoarsely to her. You have see the paper, senorita? You have see? Don Luis - he is black with anger, that one! He come here and snap at everyDody. He is danger when is sol"
 "Goodness!" Betty Mary was truly alarmed.
 "It was make him most money of all, that submarine. He will surely have that Peralta kill when he leave the Americana jail. Peralta he get the great head! He make money, so he show of, hah! Los federals, they watch every thing. They see him. Now Don Luis fix. He may have the off, cers kill too, for his revenge. You will see"
 "Don Luis is very angry about it?" she probed sympathetically.
 "Si senorita! You alone might comfort him, who can say? But he is very rush. He have the big business, and it grows-so!" Pablo indicated with spreading arms that it was expanding, whatever the business was.
 Getting much bigger, no doubt?'' Betty Mary tried not to appear too interested. But she was striving also for every tiny detail.
 "Seguro si! Is great number nex' time. Estranjeros. If los federales work hard to break his narcoteek business, Don Luis he is smart, he is change to estranjeros again. You see, senorita? Is smart man. First one, then the other one. Keeps los federales on the quick jump. He is outsmart them, hahl"
 We must help him with this = uh-next big job," she encouraged
 "Si. He is black angry today Now he is make the small army of his own. He would like to kill los federales with his own hands.
 (T0 Be COntinued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
Hints to Gardeners by Gordon Morrison
 Vegetable Expert
 Ferry Seed Station
Tips in Brief

VOU need not delay planting just ! because soil seems too dry to promote germination. After form' ing the trench in which seeds are to be placed, pour into it about two gallons of water to every 10 feet. Place seeds on the moist bed and cover lightly with soil.
 Don't be in too big hurry to get your garden started. In planting three weeks before your neighbor you may get crops three weeks later than he does, because the cool weather of spring can set back plants severely. Plants thus dam. aged are spending their energies recovering from cold.weather shock while those planted later are be. ginning to mature.
 For house bouquets of. petunia of greatest beauty. pick petunias in the bud. This protects the opening blossoms from damage from insects, wind, rain and dust. When the bios. sons open slowly. in the quiet cool. ness of the house, they are as beau. tiful as nature can make them.
 Handle Heavenly Blue morning glories similarly. Pick those with long stems and some leaves, arrange in a vase and set in a cool. dark. place in your house. Usually they will open in 6 to 12 hours; and you will find them far more lovely than the wind-blown blossoms out.of. doors. They will last from 3 to 10 hours, depending upon the light and temperature in your house.
 At summers end, do not throw away dead tomato vines. Use them as mulch for perennial flowers. for they are far superior to some other materials often used for mulching. Vines do not pack as leaves and straw do. Air and light can penetrate them and snow can sift through, forming an effective seal after the first snow. Just as with other mulches, the vines should not be laid until after the ground has frozen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
. SERIAL STORY
 nADnED ARNEMTllpE BY oREN ARNOLD Mc

"There's another one" Sherry whispered presently. Keep fool ing with the bolt, though"
 "Tt's a sack an right" Hope agreed in a moment. It's being pull ed by a wire or something. Let's make run for it, huh?"
 "Okay. You dive for the bag I'll go in the front door,"
 In that instant they dropped their tools and ran.
 Hope bounced on the muddy bag as would a dog. It was, indeed, a a bulky, object, about two feet long and half as thick, and was dragged by a wire. It was lumpy and hard.
 Sheridan Starr burst into the front door of the shack with no ceremony.
 "Manos arribap He command ed. Los federales aqui!"
 Four men in the Peralta kitchen dining room were on hands and knees. They turned to him in con- sternation.
 Instantly one drew 8 pistol and fired it, but Sherry had kept in motion. He grabbed the first object at hand-a chair.
 Crashl
 It swung in a terrific arc, floored one man and knocked another cold. The pistol skittered across the floor.
 Hope burst in then and few quick fist blows gave him and Sherry mastery of the situation. All the fight was gone out of the four men, and it was easy to tie them with strands of their own wire.
 When the prisoners had been taken to jail for normal booking, newspaper reporters, of course, were eager for details.
 "Why, uh, this Peralta," Sheridan explained, to their questioning, "he works for the city as a street clean CT. And he began showing signs of more affluence than his salary jus tified. We got suspicious of him watched his shack, saw him operat- ing his submarine. That's all"
 They had the cocain sealed in- side tin buckets and these inside the burlap bags. Is that right, MT Starr?"
 "Yes. The bags were weighted with rocks, so they would slide on the river bottom. That way nobody had to show themselves. The bags could be pulled right to Peralta's dor, from some bushes across the Rio. He's probably been doing it for months. Normally nobody would mo- tice it, especially at night"
 "Who was sending it across from the other side?" the reported asked.
 Well, probbaly Luis Barro. His dope is always wrapped in the same kind of little capsules, so it can be easily retailed. I'm sorry Barro wasn't in the bag himself"
 Betty Mary read with so much interest that her coffee and her hot cakes became cold. Then she hur- riedly ate them lest she arouse sus- picion. When she had finished she took her sketching pad and pencils and went out on the street. She wanted to sit in the plaza sunshine and think.
 For one thing, she was discov- ering more and more that Wash ington headquarters could not possibly realize what tremendous odds were faced by the federal of- ficers along the Mexican frontier Even with the friendly Mexican government cooperating as best it could with Uncle Sam, such elu- sive, clever swindlers and snug glers as Luis Barro could function virtually unmolested. The bound- ary is too long, with too few men to guard it., Topography, climate, and general circumstances are ut- terly foreign to Washington's knowledge and way of thinking. Betty Mary told herself now. How
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
CHAPTER XVI

The morning daily from Fl Paso was as usual on the streets of Juarez at dawn, and as usual Betty Mary bought a copy when she came down to breakfast. She had even acquired a pet newsboy by now, dirty but likeable "muchacho" who came into the hotel dining room. The page l banner headline this morning in- stantly caught her attention:
 Border Patrol Cracks
 Submarine Dope Smuggling
 She left her grapefruit and mint leaves untouched and read every word of the article, which ran more than two columns.
 About 6 p. m. the day before, so the story ran, two laborers in dirty overalls, carrying wrenches and other tools, had begun work ing on the railroad trestle near the Rio Grande river in Fl Pasos smelter district. Apparently a section of track near the squalid abode home of one Ernesto Peralta needed repairing. Many cars passed on the highway there, trains roared over, life flowed on normally The laborers kept busy into the night, tightening bolts and making general repairs"
 At 10 D. m. one of the laborers, who was really Inspector Hope Kill dare of the U. s. Border Patrol serving temporarily on the customs force, told his fellow laborer, h. spector Sheridan Starr, that something" was leaving the muddy waters of the Rio Grande river.
 Tt looks like a dog or maybe a burlap sack. Sherry, see." Hope mur- mured, still welding a large wrench.
 Sure as shootin'," Sherry agreed "It just crawled out of the water, and it's slipping right up to Peral- ta's kitchen door!"
 Keep on acting, but let's edge down nearer the ground Maybe we can make run for it."
 
 In 10 minutes they were quietly tightening bolt on one of the trestle standards, apparently deep III their work. But they were on the ground, several feet nearer the Per- alta shack. Other people were con- stantly passing within a few feet of them on the road and sidewalk as usual in this industrial district of ths city. Their presence could ex- cite no suspicion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
PROSPECT CHURCH
 TOHOLD CARNIVAL

Arrangements have been completed for the presentation of an entertain ment by St. Anthony's church group of Prospect on the parish property, May 20. The program was postponed from an earlier date because of the condition of the roads. Consideration is being given plans for carnival in June or July.
 Jack (Kid) Barrow, Bridgeport boxer and wrestler, will give in- struction in boxing and wrestling once each week to boys and men of the parish. Barrow's pupils are ex- pected to appear in sports pro- gram for men in September. H. L.. Berger, entertainment committee chairman, has arranged for Bar rows services.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
PEARL LAKE ROAD
 HAS MINOR BLAZE

Five brush fires and one shack blaze were extinguished by firemen yesterday.
 The blazes were reported as follows: At 10:20 a. m., Waterbury Savings bank at Pierpont Heights; 11:30 a. m., city property at 2O3 Lincoln street; at 2:47 p. m., Eras- mo Minicucci property, 2 Carmel street; 3:58 p. m., J. E. Smith and w. Simson property, Pearl Lake road: 8:15 p. m, Mayor Frank Hayes property, Plank road.
 Three pieces of apparatus were called at 9:23 p. m. to extinguish 8 fire in a shack at 354 Tudor street. Responding to the telephone alarm were Engines 1 and 2 and Truck 2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
CR ANiuM CR ACKERs
Who, What, When Where, Why, How

"HU, "udt, "HCH
 Where, Why, How
 To be completely informative, a news story must tell the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the situation it covers. If you've been reading this newspaper com- prehensively you should be able to supply the required element in the following:
 WHO was the 72-year-old U. S senator who died after a train trip to Washington?
 WHAT did Marian Anderson Negro contralto, sing in her capi- tai debut from the steps of the Lincoln memorial?
 WHEN did Pope Plus XII de- liver an appeal for peace of jus tice and charity"-
 WHERE did King Fog of AL bania go when Italian troops in- vaded his country?
 WHY did Argentina's govern ment start an investigation of Nazi activities in the nation?
 HOW did Irving Feigen die on Break Neck mountain?
 Answers on Back Page.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24

The government of Chile is buying its farmers wheat to steady prices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
WOLOZIN DELEGATE
 TO BALTIMORE, MD.

Samuel Wolozin will represent the Waterbury Chapter of the Work mems Circle at the national con- vention in Baltimore, Md, April 30 to May 6. The group will visit Washington, D. O., May 4.
 MT. Wolozin is active in local Jewish and Socialist organizations. The local group was organized in 1903 and has a membership of more than 100. MT. Wolozin is member of the circles district committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
CAST OF CHARACTERS

BETTY MARY yORDAN-Prctty young Border Patrol service sec refary.
 SHERIDAN STARR - Handsome Border Patrol officer. HOPE KILDARE = Stars feI- low officer, also a bachelor. LUIS BARRO - Mexican smug- gler.
 
 Yesterday: From a restaurant proprietor, Betty learns of Bar rO's ranch where he keeps smug- glers, and of other plans. But she knows she might be killed at once if her identity is discovered.
Evening star., 1939-05-08
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

Fish need water to breathe. From
the water they take the gas known
as oxygen. This gas goes from the
water through the gills and reaches
the blood stream.
Air also has oxygen in it, but a
{1sh's gills are not fitted to take
oxygen from air. That is why all
common kinds of fish die when they
are brought out of water and are
kept In the air for some minutes.
An exception is the lungfish. This
fish can curl up in mud ball, with
air holes in it, and get what oxygen
1t. needs from the air during a long
dry season. This is possible only
because 1t has a lung.
What happens to water when fish
: use up oxygen in it? The air gives
the water more oxygen! This comes
about as the air strikes the sur
face of the water. 1t happens most
swiftly when there are waves.
Oxygen is the breath of life to us.
We have no gills to take it from
water, but our lungs take it from the
air. Going into the nose, it passes
down the windpipe and into the
lungs.
. The windpipe divides into two
parts, and each part feeds air to a
Jung. The air tubes branch time
and again inside the lungs, very
much as a tree branches. At last
they end in little "air sacs."
:. The air sacks are close to tiny
Evening star., 1939-05-08

/. Not quite strong enough for a
bid of two in one of his very weak
four-card suits.
2. Correct.
3. Mr.. Jacoby intends to invite a
slam in the event that his partner
can rebid her heart suit.
4. The positive slam try.
5. Mrs. Evans now realizes that
her partners club bid showed the ace.
Even though she is void in that suit,
she realizes it will give her a place
to discard her losing diamond. Now
her partner has either the king of
hearts or the ace of spades, and as
he certainly would not have invited
the slam without one of those cards,
Mrs. Evans sees that the slam is
practically certain.
A club was opened. When dummy
went down Mrs. Evans saw that her
analysis had been correct. She won
with the ace, discarded the losing
diamond, drew the opponents
trumps and conceded the ace OF
spades.
Saturday you were Merwin Maier's
partner and held:
AAQxx
~JXX
<AKXX
AK
The bidding:
Maier. Burnstone. You. Schenken.
Pass Pass CD
Answer-Your correct bid Is one
spade. BY opening with one spade
you are prepared to raise response
of two hearts to three. bid two dia-
monds over two clubs or pass raise
to two spades or take-out to one
no trump.
Score 100 per cent for one spade,
IS per cent for one diamond, for
any other bid.
Question No. 1877.
Howard Schenken is your partner
You are the dealer and hold:
vAKQJXx
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Evening star., 1939-05-08

tubes which contain blood, and the
blood is able to take oxygen from
the air sacs. On the average an
adult uses about Is ounces of fresh
oxygen each day.
The air loses part, but not all,
of its oxygen while it is in the
lungs. Air which is breathed out is
not so good for breathing again,
but even so there still is oxygen
in it.
1t has been figured that q man
who is at rest breathes in from 8
to 7 quarts of air in one minute.
Only about one-flfth Of the air is
Evening star., 1939-05-08
The Breath of Life

oxygen. When person is exer-
cising he needs far more ARA man
who is running or swimming may
take in from Is to 80 quarts of air
each minute-perhaps even more
If working extremely hard.
AS I said the other day, the nose,
not the mouth, is the organ fitted
to take in air. In hard exercise,
however, there are times when it is
well to use the mouth for an extra
supply of air. If we work our mus
cles overheard we need to add quick
ly to the air going into our lungs,
and that helps save the heart from
too much strain. Swimmers some
times and advised to breathe
through their. mouths. There isn't
must dust over the water, so there
is not so much need to strain the
air.
In general, however, it is well to
remember the old Arab proverb:
HE who keeps his mouth closed
doesn't swallow flies"
(For general interest section Of your
"Cities Of Europe" may be had
by sending . Scent stamped re-
turn envelope in care Of The
Evening Star.
G~e& @a
Tomorrow: The Arm and the
Funny Bone.
Evening star., 1939-05-08
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.
East Meets West


Today's hand, taken from the
Masters Individual Tournament.
was bid by Mrs. Eliot Evans of Chi
cago and Oswald Jacoby of New
York, who were playing together for
the first time
South, Dealer.
Mr. Jacoby.
AJ9
vKJ5
<Q432
4A432
A74 AA52
1858 ,,,- v87
>KJ8 >10976
&QJ975 +K1086
KQ10s63
VAC 1042
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Mrs. Evans.
Evening star., 1939-05-08

bidding: Co
Jacoby. bid?
Evening star., 1939-06-10
0verton Bill 10 Base
Lump Sum on Land
Urged by D. {. Heads
Commissioners Show
Need for Plan
To Fix Payment

Passage Of the Overton bill to Ak
the Federal share of the expenses of
the National Capital on the basis of
the land acreage required for ma
tional purposes was urged by the
Commissioners in formal report to
Chairman King of the Senate Dis
trict Committee today
The Commissioners told the COM
mittee, however. that the Budget
Bureau advised them the proposed
bill is not in accord with the pro-
gram OF the President" This Is
the customary Budget Bureau
phrase when approval is withheld
from a bill
The Commissioners show how the
Federal share of upkeep and de-
velopment of Washington has di-
minished steadily under the lump
sum practice. which began in the
fiscal year 1925 as a temporary de-
parture from the 60-40 substantive
law. and continued annually since
that time. In the District tax law
of last year Congress repealed the
60-4O law, leaving the Federal Gov
ernment without any fixed statutory
obligation toward the Capital City
for the first time in 81 years.
The report of the Commissioners
showed that the first 50 900 900 lump
sum in 1925 was equivalent to % l
per cent of the S30908,700 appro-
priated that year. The percentage
declined steadily each year as the
total required to run the city went
up, while the lump sum went down.
Accordingly for the current year,
the $5,00O000 lump sum was only
1913 per cent of total appropriation
of more than s50.00O,OOO.
The Overton bill, under which the
Federal land area would place the
national obligation at 20 per cent.
or about $1,000 900 for the coming
year, has been approved by a
special subcommittee Full COM
mittee action has been awaiting this
report from the Commissioners.
A few days ago, however, the
House District Committee tied the
fiscal relations problem in with the
tax issue by providing in the revenue
bill that the Federal payment could
not exceed the present $1,000 900 fig
ure. Senator Overton, Democrat. of
Louisiana. announced yesterday that
If the tax bill reaches the Senate
in that form he will move to sub
stitute his formula for the House
S5, 900 900.
Evening star., 1939-06-10

Mr.. MaWSon was a passenger in
the car OF George E. Walter, "a. of
Rockville, Md. according to police.
His skull was fractured and the glass
cut deep cash in his neck.
Special Deputy Sheriff Frank
Soper passed the scene a few mo-
ments later and summoned the
Bethesda rescue squad, which took
Mr.. Mawson to Georgetown Hospital,
where he died without regaining
consciousness.
Mr.. Walter was held by Mont
gomery County police and charged
with manslaughter and driving while
drunk. He will be given a hearing
Monday before Justice of the Peace
James c. Christopher. He and Mr..
Mawson were employed as drivers
for the Meadowbrook Market. in
Bethesda, police said
Truck Crashes and Burns.
A Baltimore truck driver and his
helper barely escaped with their
lives today when a truck loaded
with merchandise left the Baltimore
boulevard in Riverdale. Md, and
overturned, breaking off filling
station gasoline pump.
Albert C. McCord, Al. of Balti-
more, the driver, and his helper,
Theodore Nietzwick, 18, also of
Baltimore. scrambled from the cab
of the truck as flames from burning
gasoline enveloped it. Neither was
injured.
When the fire apparently had been
subdued and approximately 500 per-
sons, including women and children,
crowded around the scene, gasoline
running on the driveway caught fire
the second time and spread toward
the crowd, causing several persons
to have to run to escape the flames.
Fire companies from five Prince
Georges County towns answered the
alarm and spent more than 20 min
utes to extinguish the burning gaso-
line and merchandise on the truck.
Corpl. J. F. Blackstone of the
Maryland State police summoned
McCord to appear in Police Court
at Hyattsville at 10 am. Wednesday
to answer a charge of reckless driv-
ing. McCord said his wheels locked
when he attempted to 60 around an
other truck, forcing him into the
filling station driveway.
Although one of the pumps on the
gasoline tanks in the garage was
sheered off, the gasoline in the o.
COOS gallon tank did not catch fire.
M. v. Norris, 80, of 2116 o street
S.W., driver for the American Oil
Co., who was unloading from L.
00-gallon tank truck at the side
walk, probably prevented more Sc
rious fire. As soon as the accident
occurred he shut of the flow OF
gasoline from his truck.
Evening star., 1939-06-10
Cruiser Captain Sees
Faint Hope for Halliburton
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN PEDRO. Calf, June 10
The captain of United States
cruiser which searched 152 900 square
miles of the Pacific Ocean for
Richard Halliburtons IS foot
Chinese junk saw only faint
possibility today the adventurer is
alive.
Capt. Richmond K. Turner of the
Astoria, which hunted the Sea
Dragon and its crew of Is on a
voyage from Japan, declared:
Our planes and the ship herself
combed huge area around Mid
way Island. I am sure we would
have sighted any bit of wreckage
large enough to sustain human
being The Pacific is vast area.
however, and there is faint pos
sibility Halliburton and his crew
still may be alive.
Ashes of Hiroshi Saito, former
Japanese Ambassador to Washing
ton, were taken from Annapolis to
Yokohama by the Astoria.