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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
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NEA SERVICE, INC.

Oh glass IN direct linz with the
block G. the new 1..oness and the
coffee table. In that way it could
nave been made to appear that
a shot had been fired through the
broken window at Pat, instead OF
from the lioness."
He was not himself. He was
mad-but cunning!" Hugh NUT
tered.
Adam intended to tell the po-
ice that Pat had looked up at the
open window and had recognized
the thief, that the thief had fired
at her. Uusually the lamp in the
driveway is lighted just back OF
that window so that a person could
be seen. Last night, for some rea-
Son, it was not lighted, but Adam
did not realize it.
Using a penknife, he short-cir.
culted the lights in the smaller
room, and he had switched off the
lights in the larger room before he
sent Togi for bulbs. When it was
dark he mounted the block, took
aim and even had pulled the trig.
ger of his revolver. So much Nella
saw"
did Gundrum tell you this, Sid,
or did you reason it out for your.
self"
"Gundrum! Did he see the
shooting, Hugh?"
He saw everything. He KEEP
silent for obvious reasons. He tolo
Pat what he saw and persuaded
her not to tell what she knew. ]
hope you agree?"
Then only two of us we're really
in the dark?" Sidney unused.
Three. You forget Togi."
Thank God enough of them saw
what happened. We shall need
their testimony, old man. Henry
Barkes has been arrested for the
murder"
The big engineers face withered
at the announcement. For an in
slant he remained silent and then
he said slowly, ARRESTED that limp
chauffeur? Does Plowman really
believe him guilty, or is he trying
to force Jul hands?"
Il can't say. But can we afford
to take that chance?"
I'm common decency, no, Sid.
How did you know who shot-in
Pats defense?"
Given similar circumstances
any one of us might have done it,
Hugh, but there is only one who
had the instant aim and courage
to act. And only one man tall
enough to hide the Lilliput in the
appraised hand of the ape without
standing on the block. There were
no marks on that block"
Yes, I did it," Hugh said
calmly.
There was only one load in the
gun I'd taken from the rack, SO
slipped the Lilliput into my pocket.
It would have shown Adams own
fingerprints as well as mine had l
not wiped it off. Unless, of course,
he'd cleaned it after using it that
afternoon. I'd used the n bullet
shooting the lock, SO I'd slipped the
gun into my pocket ano had hold
of the Lilliput.
Then came the terrific lightning
when the women say they covered
their eyes. Nella, apparently, did
not cover hers. I turned to tell
Adam to remain with the women.
In the flash 1 saw him stand.
ing on the block. He had raised
his gun and aimed at his wife. He
looked exactly as Nella described
him."
Hugh paused a moment before
continuing. IT knew then that he'd
lost all reason and I shouted,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03

While droves of would-be writer's
quit their native soil and set out
While droves of would-be writer's
quit their native soil and set out to
find the world, Green strengthened
his North arolina roots and became
the leading folk dramatist of the ma
ton. Since 1927, when he achieved
widespread recognition for his Ne
gro play "In Abhaham's Bosom"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
DOUBLED

The quota of enrOIIees for the
CAA flight training program be-
ing sponsored by the Whining
ton Junior Chamber of Com
merce has been doubled, j.. Z.
Anderson, Jr., aviation commit
tee chairman, was advised yes
terday by Ed Nilsson, of Atlanta,
superintendent of the OPT for
region two.
The program will now provide
for about 100 enr0Ilees. instead
of 40, for ground instruction,
with flight scholarships to be
increased from 5 to 10, incIud-
ing at least one girl, Anderson
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
THE KILLER CONFEssEs
CHAPTER xxi.

-.,;ra as if he had aged 10
rev. Sidney Brentwood slowly
year, Soa the stairs, went to Hugh
cl ln,~' bedroom. The big en-
hsr was in a chair, before the
slns dan a stubby pipe clenched
in his teeth. c;a,, ho cold
.rp pn keeping you up so late?"
S e;Jney sank into a chair, With
'lu unsteady hand he lighted a
al a.,ret and for a few moments the
t .go men pulled in silence.
w" God knows why the cards were
,.,(+ Nv as they were last night"
f ataL, said finally. I'VE played
n sDr hands according to the die
.s+as of the moment and cid Adam
bst.'
bonds and the players can under
s+snd all the plays, Hugh Sidney
s.nI;od When a man is faced
-,;+b q tragic alternative he"
~ aua does what he believes right
..d hn does it at once" Hugh
said grimly'
Wicked up a bit from Togi. Be-
iore dinner Nella told me what
IN had seen-an instant before
tFe shot was fired
HUGH Langdon's lips hardened
aver the stem in his mouth.
I'm sorry Nella saW-what she
saw, It was a rather terrible sight.
Il will be an indelible memory for
her, Sid"
Brentwood nodded. Here's the
story. Hugh. Correct me where
I'm wrong" he said.
Pat had threatened to have Adj
am declared incompetent. His
mind had really begun to break,
though he had lucid days. He had
the coffee table laced under a
shelf on which his porcurine stood.
He sent the electric percolator
away so that the old-fashicned one
would be used. It burned a flame
in front of his wife.
Then he counted the buttons
on his vest so that he would know
just how high to hold his elbow
when taking aim in the dark-ex-
cept for the target of that tiny
flame, he had planned darkness.
In the afternoon he had %practiced
a shot using the Lilliput, because
it made little noise"
Hugh Langdon got up and poured
himself a drink of brandy.
Go on, Sid
Adam had even provided an
abb by docking the door SO that
it would appear to have been lock-
ed from the outside by a thief.
And he had also broken a pane
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03

used. Those one-act plays of his
student years-'The Last of the
Lowries' was one of the first-por-
tended the great talent which began
to be fulfilled with In Abraham's
Bosom" 1.-THE Field God," The
House of Connolly" Roll Chariot
Roll" 'The Lost Colony and THE
Highland Call"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
House OF Connolly Will Be
Staged Here On November II

Paul Green, author of 1T he
House of Connolly" which the
Carolina Playmakers' will present
here the evening of November IA,
at $3.50 o'clock, under the auspices
OF the High school P. T. A. and
the county council, has won lasting
distinction in the American theatre
by staying at home away from
the bright lights.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
WINS FIRST A

LEXINGTON, Va, Nov. 2.-LR-
Greenville High News, published by
the students of Greenville IS. c.
High school, was awarded the first
place trophy tonight for Class A
newspapers at the banquet closing
the annual convention of the South
ern Interscho1astic Press %associa-
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
ACT, HEARING

RALEIGH, Nov. 2.-P-The
utilities commission today set for
hearing November IA the applica-
ton of Western Union Telegraph
company for permission to discon-
tinue service at Hoffman, and an
other application by the telegraph
firm and the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad for authority to drop their
facilities at Sh~arpsburg.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
EPILEPSY .EPILEPTICS!

Detroit lady finds relief for hus-
band. She will tell you how. All let
tiers answered. Mrs. Geo. Dempster.
Apt. G-37, $500 W. Lafayette Blvd.
Detroit. Mich.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03

araay: PIowman lines has
lfaainst Barkes. He believes
case aufreur worked with a con-
the atc, planned to steal Mrs.
tedt's, pearls, as well as the
lans sidney goes to Pat, asks If
DloDe. could have known of the
Barhe' pat says it is impossible,
stranu, not warn them in New
she when Brentwood asks if she
}olh, Guudrum for protection, Pat
cal'eu Il Int denies Gundrum shot
adn'nS Il know it," Sidney
ADAM
2QsNo- 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
JAM RT,ANKFTS

BLANKETS of jam" are made by
the Syrians of the Holy Land. They
form apricot jam into yard square
and dry the squares in the sun.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
CUD CHEWER

The giraffe belongs to the family
of cud-chewing animals, and when
he brings up his cud, the bulge
can be seen moving along he
eight-foot neck,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-01
Russia's Friends Desert

The last of Russia's friends among American liberals have sent their regrets that they are no longer just like that with the Soviet Republic and wondering how they ever got that way in the first place. One of the most devoted friends of the U. s. S. R. in the days before the courtship of Adolf Hitler was Reverend John Haynes Holmes, pastor of the Con- munity Church, New York. Getting up before his congregation in Town Hall, New York, Dr. Holmes figuratively bowed his head and confessed he and his fel- low liberals had been horribly wrong about Russia "If we liberals were right on certain single aspects of the Russian Revolution, we were wrong, disgracefully wrong, on the question as whole,' he said.
 Most sympathizers were jolted off by the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression treaty. Even fellow travellers and party members fell by the wayside in alarming numbers, a little confused still, but aware that their attitudes toward Russia had undergone a definite change. A few stuck by Joe Stalin, perhaps hanging on to the faint hope that this was all delusion or that the pact was preliminary to brilliant diplomatic coup against FaSciSm.
 III NOVeInDer, F[eu CTOOpS u1VdueQ F. H. land. There wasn't much left for sym pathizers. Those Americans who had somehow stood by Stalin through the days of the purgeS, the Spanish civil war duplicates, the counterfeiting rings, the inner espionage of the Kremlin - these American friends, who had swallowed hard but had accepted all atrocities as unpleasant means to desired end, were now sold out by Boss Stalin. Clipped of their theology, built up around the Soviet experiment, it wasn't easy for American liberals, who were not Com muniStS, to flick off with the snap of a finger all the things in which they had believed for 20 years. They were left out in the cold. Like Dr. Holmes, they feel they deceived myself as well as been deceived"
 Dr. Holmes did not spare himself. He recounted all the horrors which liberals like himself and thousands of others who have preferred to remain silent were once able to justify. The deSpoiling of the kulaks, enforced collectivization, concen- tration camps, purges - they all become real RusSias ex-friends know now that they do exist Dr. Holmes points his own moral What can we learn from this ghaStly experience - not only we liberals but everybody? That immoral means can never lead to moral ends. That power invariably corruDts and ruins those who use it arbitrarily and unre- strictedly for, however, good a cause. v
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-01

It is quite likely that precious few will quarrel with the very recent report of the Cardinal Prinlate of Poland. Eventu- ally, maybe, few fanatics will say that the reports as printed in the papers are exaggerated, but no right thinking per son will be of any such opinion. Doro- thy Thompson in a condemnation of the Eazi system says regarding the atrocities in Poland that this terror rule that orig mates in the mind of Hitler, or in the mind of someone else and passed on to Hitler, describes "a criminally insane inn agination or perhaps it is only criminal imagination. But she also calls to our attention the fact that these atrocities in Poland are Hitler and Nazi inspired, not the inspiration of the Ger man people as whole. It would be a remarkable thing if one could know today the thoughts of the average German per son who does not see things the Hitler WaV.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-01
Edward s. Harkness

The inherited fortunes that were Ed ward s. HarkneSS's were used by him dur ing his lifetime according to a pattern of his own designing, and distributed wisely. He was an example of wealthy man who deserved to have wealth. We have had such persons among us, but none more distinctively and unselfshly generous than Edward s. Hardness His death the other day brought to close an admirable life. While the name Edward Stephen Hardness was familiar one comparatively little was known of the man beyond the fact that he was uncom- monly generous, that he distributed his wealth steadily all his life in wise fashion.
 MT. Hardness was not limelight man, for he was unaSsuming and modest, retir- ing by nature, and one who would, no doubt, have preferred his gifts to be anon ymouS: a man of deeds not words, an exemplary citizen His collegiate gifts went not alone to Yale, his alma mater, but to many other major colleges. He had personal ideas and theories about a college system but did not lessen his con- tributions when and where they were not accepted He usually stipulated that his names should not designate any partic- ular building but that certain members of his family should be perpetuated in memory as, for instance, the Hardness Memorial, part of a hospital unit in New York, to honor his father, and the lovely Hardness Quadrangle in nearby New Haven to honor his mother.
 It was in such very grand but unas- suning way that MT. Hardness planned his many benefactions. In short, he was man of straight thinking, who could afford much and who could afford to be unselfish, the very highest type of Amer ican citizen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-01

We become repetitious on this subject but it is difficult to avoid it with editor ials and so on from our leading news papers staring one in the face. Concern ing this same subject the New York Her aid repudiates Hitler's so-called "lebens- raum" (room to live) and in an editorial, Todesraum, sums up the situation and expresses it rather with the words, room to die This editorial states: "This in- dictment cannot be brushed aside as mere propaganda The head of a great church in Poland reporting to the church in Rome does not fill his pages with lies, with trivialities, or with misrepresenta- tions. 4. The lesson to the rest of the world is clear - that the success of Ger man arms is menace to the very safety of mankind; that Germany is prepared to impose destruction and desolation on those people who oppose her. The report to the Vatican is at once warn- ing and an indictment, warning of what German victory would mean. :"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-01
A City of More Than Silver

Meriden has been aptly termed the Silver City, but events in the political world of recent years make one wonder if perhaps the bustling little community on the other side of Southington Noun tain may not earn itself new nickname. Meriden today may boast that she IS home to the states two United States senators = the Honorables Francis T.. Maloney, Democrat, and John A. Danaher, Re publican. Any one of the larger cities of the state would boast long and loudly of such fame as this. But her honors rest modestly on the Silver City.
 And now political winds bring tidings of a new year and new political order. Republican big-wigs for months past have sounded the praises of Governor Ray" Baldwin, but not through the hills ot Litchfield County nor up and down the fertile reaches of the Connecticut Valley. They feel the good-looking chief execu- tive is we'll enough known in this, the state over which he is temporary ruler. They cast his shadow elsewhere. His Suc- cessful joust with "Uncle Toby" Cross and Mayor Jasper McLevy entities him, they insist, to a niche III natlonal pollIl- cal halls. And so he is groomed for higher things.
 Which brings to the fore as a poten- tial political threat in COP circles, hon. est, upright, likeable Cornelius J. Dana her, State Labor Commissioner. He, too, claims Meriden as his home, as do his sons, the Senator and the Mayor. It may not come to pass that Governor Baldwin will step aside this fall. Events in the national ring may not treat him kindly. But should he remove himself from the gubernatorial ring, there will be defi- nite trend towards Commissioner Dan- aher, who, as he himself puts it, would accept if the office sought him out.
 And if this isn't enough to make Meri- den an object of study by those who study the cradles from whence spring our Amer ican politicians, what is?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-01

a McHaleite, and with Coy out of the picture saw to it that the reformers did not get the ear of McNutt and Townsend.
 The recent disclosure of fed- eral income tax investigation has given new life to the s'pur- ists'" campaign, and they are rallying their forces for big showdown. One of their first demands is the removal of Hell Ter as patronage dispenser.
 NOTE-Although John L. Lewis blasted McNutt, Governor Town send was informally invited to address the miners convention. He declined on the plea that he was too busy with state affairs. RHODE ISLAND
 WIRE-TAPPING
 A true detective story that rivals the best imaginative yarns will be related to congressional com- mittee if Senator Green of Rhode Island gets support for his pro- posed investigation of wire-tap- ping.
 Green is sponsor of resolution which calls for an expose of wire tapping in three Eastern states Rhode Island, New York and Pennsylvania.
 The investigators would be told the astonishing story of how the attorney general of Rhode Island and the mayor of Pawtucket had
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-01
Views of The Press
CIVIL SERVICE
(New London Day)

Washington officials are watching with interest to see what comes of the recent spurt of activity on the part of the civil service commission; they wonder, particularly, whether the merit system is finally to be- come an important factor in the government rather than just an afterthought. Many new deal agencies, for instance, in building up their staffs or expanding them, have been able to ignore the com- mission, at least in part, by getting large number of jobs removed from the civil service classification. This can usually be done quite readily when 1t can be claimed that there is little time to organize a staff, etc.
 One of the Straws which indicates the direction in which the wind is blowing is the addition of a million dollars to the budget of the coin- mission; this, it is explained, is needed to permit the commission to catch up on its work. Even more money is going to be needed for civil service work, if it is admitted, if the national defense plans of the government employees, as now seems inevitable. Meanwhile, one of the reasons for the reawakening of in- terest in civil service requirements is the likelihood of report very soon from the Reed committee on improvement of the civil service the Reed" being Associate Justice Stanley Reed, now on the supreme court.
 This committee has made an ex- haustive study of the merit system. or civil service, and will recommend sweeping changes in the present hap-hazard system. At present many of the government agencies hire their help through separate personnel offices, with or without reference to civil service require mentS, and the committee is ex- pected to recommend that this be changed, which is exactly what the civil service commission has long held. That fact that the president has, in several recent instances, se- lected career men for important posts, including William H. McRey- holds, Harold D. Smith, etc., en- courages some of the advocates of civil service reform to hope that the day is not far distant when worth- while changes will occur. Mean while, the civil service ofIicials are trying their best to cut through a maze of red tape. and to clear the decks for the day when they may play a much more important role in government.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-01

their wires tapped by representa- tives of a New York detective agency.
 This is stated flatly as fact by the U. S. District Attorney for Rhode Island, who has pre- pared advance material for the proposed congressional probe.
 Mayor Thomas P. Mccoy of Pawtucket requested the telephone company to investigate wire-tap- ping last November, and it was disclosed that his home telephone had been tapped, the tap leading from a pole outside his residence into the home of prominent Republican of Pawtucket.
 Mayor Mccoy is Democrat. In this home, a room had been rented by the detective. who lis- tened in.
 The telephone company,s inves- tigation also showed that similar arrangements were made in Provi- dence, where detectives had a private room near the home of the attorney general. with a telephone tap leading from the one house to the other.
 In the Rhode Island phase of the Investigation, the principal aim of Senator Green will be to discover who hired the detec- tives.
 Copyright, 1940, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-01
Whats Your I. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
What is a micrometer?

1. What is a micrometer?
 2. Under the Constitution of the U. S., where is the power to declare war vested?
 3. Name the capital of French Guiana.
 4. Does the human heart ever rest?
 5. What is the name of the twin bright stars in the constellation Of Gemini?
 6. Who defeated John L.. Sullivan for the worlds heavyweight boxing title?
 2. Which country lies north of Belgium?
 8. What relation is Charles Edi- son, recently appointed Secretary of the Navy, to the late Thomas Edi- son?
 g. What is the principal alkaloid of tobacco?
 10. What is the current nautical terms for the middle of a ship?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-01

trians and one car occupant were killed at such protected" intersec- tions during the six month period; and 175 pedestrians and "A car oc- cupants were injured; a grand total of 1,453 accidents at the protected" and controlled" intersections of the cities.
 The six-months record for New Britain indicates that this is tough city for pedestrians (the first six months of 1939). Accidents at the traffic light intersections were 10 pedestrians and 3 occupants of cars; and two bicyclists. Along the through routes in this city the oc- cupants fared worse than pedes- trians, as they did where officers controlled trafic. It is clear from this that the best protection for pedestrians Is where 8 policeman '.in person" controls trafic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-01
PROTECTED" CROSSINGS
(New Britain Heraldl

A protected" crossing has either a traffic policeman, stop-and-go light or stop sign. But they are not fool-proof. The latest statistical record issued by the motor vehicle department shows that in six months Hartford led the state in reportable accidents at. such pro- tected crossings, all due to persons ignoring the signals. The Hartford total was 325. compared with 173 in New Haven, 158 in Bridgeport and 52 in New Britain.
 In all the Connecticut cities, though, the cause of intersection crashes is the same. The leading causes as given (with figures) are: Following vehicle too closely, im- proper left turn, failure to grant right of way, skidding, adult pedes- trianS crossing against lights.
 Throughout the state, ten pedes-