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Evening star., 1940-04-23
BY JOHN ]. DAILY.

Nicol Smith, youthful explorer,
who at 80 has probably been in
more lands than any other man
on earth, is in Washington after
his latest exploit in China-a round
trip in a f1ivver the length of the
Burma road.
What's more, this young rover
has a book-"Burman Road
which has struck the best-seller
lists.
In the home of his mother-in-
law, Mrs. Anne Archbold, an ex-
plorer in her own right, the man
who knows as much about Rangoon
and the road to Mandalay as did
the late Rudyard Kipling, tells of
doing the impossible; first, getting
permission from the Chinese gov
ernment to make the exploit and,
then, accomplishing the feat.
Two obstacles confronted the
man who followed the footsteps of
Marco Polo of Venice before he
could journey into the heart of the
East. 1t was the rainy season and
the Burma road is the guarded life
line of the Chinese government.
So a lot of red tape had to be
cut; but that was done, too, and
Nico Smith left Hong Kong in
plane with his flying Kansas friend
H. l.. Woods-Woody to everybody
from Pekin to Annoy and back. At
Running, the adventurer Joined
forces with Paul Meyer, the Amerl-
can consul, and with a native boy
as companion they went off on
Burma road.
Signed Up for Lecture Tour.
That sounds mighty simple in the
telling, but it's only the beginning
of the tale that Nico Smith has to
tell-a tale that takes a book of 1888
pages to recount, and even then the
entire story is not told.
To do the whole trip justice, Mr..
Smith-aside from his writings
signed up with the lecture agent of
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, man
named w. Colston Leigh of New
York. This resulted in a tour of
the United States and Canada in
which the explorer visited 38 States
and the principal cities in the north
country.
Like glimpse into a lost world,
Mr.. Smith gives his hearers-and
they are always eager for more
little insight into an exotic land of
which there is no counterpart on
this side of the globe. He tells the
sinister story of the city of Kochiu,
whose gates are closed to the curious
outsider, where there are no women
or children-only tin miners. And
Evening star., 1940-04-23
McNun Denies Gettinq
Government Aid Is
Sian Of Weakness
West, He Says, Was Built
With Federal Help as q
Cooperative Enterprise
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GUTHRIE, Okla, April 23.-Fed-
eral Security Administrator McNutt
said last night that ut Is not an
indication of weakness to accom-
plish through government what in
dividuals are incapable of accom-
plishing alone"
In an address prepared for the
51st celebration of the Guthrie
land run of '89 he said:
II believe the eighty-niners and
the people of Oklahoma ever since
have been fully aware of the rela-
ton between politics and eco
nomics. And it never occurred
to these two-fisted pioneers to ex-
pect anything more than every
democratic government owes to its
citizens"
Mr.. McNutt, candidate for the
Democratic presidential nomination
If Mr.. Roosevelt does not run, as
serted that while the people of
Oklahoma do not forget, there are
those in some parts of this country
whose memory of history is de-
fective.
"These people have forgotten
completely the role which the Gov
ernment has played in the develop
ment of a great empire on this
continent.
They don't know that this busi-
ness of conquering the West and
building railroads and developing
natural resources is a big job-so
big that the hardest of pioneers
had to have the good sense to do it
as cooperative enterprise. = 8
These rugged, modern individ-
ualists today talk as though every
body who came out West bought
and paid for his own land-at $500
an acre, 1929 prices-and proceeded
at once to get rich. No subsidies,
no benefits. no Government assist
ance! Just hardy, rugged group
OF pioneers, each one making his
fortune single-handed and develop
ing the wealth of the country as
all lflulVlQual, private enterprise.
Their theory implies that all the
transportation facilities of the West
were the heroic achievements of in
dlvldual men, working alone.
with such quaint and naive no
tlons, these Wall Street frontiers
men now conclude that the Nation
has gone soft. Americans, they say
have lost their hardihood and spunk
because they ask the Government
to help them stop the winds from
blowing their lands clear to the
Gulf of Mexico They think we've
lost our heroic qualities because we
think it right for the Government
to help us plant few billion trees
to create shelter belts.
"The one thing they don't seem
to grasp is that the real genius of
the American people has always
consisted largely in their ability to
cooperate, and that Government
is the greatest cooperative enter
prise ever devised by the mind of
men"
Evening star., 1940-04-23

board member who did not believe
in the wisdom and feasibility of the
act, and cannot conceive of the
Senate confirming such an appoint
ment," Senator Norris said.
Senator Mead said it would be to
the interest of T. v. A. employees to
have civil service status when the
work there ran out, SO they could
transfer elsewhere in the Govern
ment, pointing out they would have
had long service by that time. Sem
ator Norris said he would have no
objection to amending the law to
provide for that.
Evening star., 1940-04-23
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Evening star., 1940-04-23
PIosterer Is Injured
In 20-Foot Fall on Job

Wilbert Beuchling, "a, of 1929 Ben
ming road NE, was in serious condi-
ton today in Emergency Hospital
with spine injuries received in a fall
here yesterday.
Mr. Beuchling, a plasterer, was
working on the new municipal center
when he fell from ladder, 20 feet
into the basement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-17

Americanized Japanese Ronica had helped capture in strange gun bat tie. These things had no earthly conenction at all, that he could see.
 And yet-strange incidents have habit of collecting in a fellows mind; they just seemed to congre- gate in Wesley'S consciousness, and he mulled them around there.
 Before he left his friend. Tip he had, with careful casualness, bor- rowed Tips pistol and his rifle as well. Tip had joshed him, but Wes explained that Lona Montoya liked to shoot and they just might get to shoot and they just might get in some practice cracking at jack rabbits and gophers and prairie marmots.
 He took the rifle from its saddle scabbard now, to inspect it. It was powerful thing which Tip used to get deer and bear in fall. Wes saw that it was loaded. A quick flip of the wrist and he could have it in action.
 The pistol was a type more fa- miliar to him. It was a new high powered automatic, shooting .22 calibre long-rif1e shells. The car- fridge clip in the handle held 10 rounds but the barrel was empty. Holding the handle in his left had, he jerked back the carriage with his right thumb and fore finger, thus pumping the first car- fridge into chamber, ready to fire. Only a slight trigger squeeze was necessary now. He Tipped the little safety lever into shape, and re- holstered.
 He had no idea what he ex- pected to do with these guns. He had just wanted them. Something told him that the secret cache in Rainbow had been put there by men who would kill on the slight est provocation.
 The fact that the United States Army was known to be planning bombing tests in that area, and that a landing field had been set aside on the desert for temporary army use, all seemed to add up ito something. Maybe, with that cache of clothing and canteens and guns, that powerful two-way ra- dio outfit
 He didn't draw any pat conclu- sions. He just rode on. Soon he had to be extra cautious lest he ride too fast and overtake Lona. If Lona were riding with a bulky box tied to her saddle, she wouldn't be riding very fast, he reflected. And what, come to think of it, was in her box? Some
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-17
TENSION DINNER
 FOR KIWANIANS

A venison dinner, through the courtesy of pr. Charles Brown, will be served members of the Kiwanis Club at their annual Christmas par ty tomorrow noon at 1915 o'clock at the Hotel Elton. The entertain ment committee, made up of Arthur Purinton, Barlow Heminway, W.. Richard Upson, Harry Leonard, Norman Neale, William Vsoburgh and George Haynor, are keeping to- morrow's program as dark secret, but promise to make it good and lively.
 The annual Christmas party for the poor children at St. Johns Par ish House will be held Saturday of this week.
 There will be no regular meeting of hte club Christmas week, but there will be a directors meeting Friday, December 27, at 12:15 o'clock at the Hotel Elton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-17
thing to add to the secret cache?
 What would it be?
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thing to add to the secret cache? What would it be?
 Plain curiosity, driven by a mounting sense of responsibility in view of all that he knew, caused Wesley finally to plan definite spying attempt on Lona. Again, said he, he would hide his horse be- fore entering the canyon, then con- ceal himself and watch for her on foot. When she left the canyon cave and when any other person with her there departed, he would go again to the cave and investigate. He felt this was the very least he should do. And the safest.
 He had no more than reached that decision, however, when a motion caught his alert eye. The motion was not on the ground, not amid the Spanish dag ger or the mesquite trees or the cacti or the rocks but was an extraordinary whirling black spot that lifted up into the sky itself. He refined his horse in automati- cally.
 "An autogiro!" he breathed "One of the new Border Patrol planes!"
 He stared at the fantastic thing. However near the ground, ma- neuvering like some gigantic hurn- ming bird dipping into this blos- som and that, the ship dropped to earth a half mile ahead, stayed a minute or two rose almost straight up, then dropped down near him.
 This time, though. it did not touch earth. Apparently the two men in it recognized him, for they just waved greeting and lifted on away; its queer horizontal pro- peller whirring. He thought one of the occupants was Inspector Starr of the Border Patrol, whom Ronica Bailey had helped cap ture five Japanese few weeks ago.
 He stared. at the plane in awe for some five minutes and when he turned down the Rainbow Can- yon trail again he saw Lona Mon- toya riding back toward him.
 (TO Be COntinued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-17
} STAMP NEWS

INTERNATIONAL airmail serv- K ice, symbolized by the Austral- ian stamp above, celebrates an important anniversary, the com- pletion of five years of trans Pacific service. Since establish ment of the U. S.-Honolulu- Manila-H Hong Kong route in 1895 the entire globe has been circled by regularly scheduled service. North and South Atlantic routes from U. S. were inaugurated in 1889.
 The England-Australia route, for which the stamp above was issued, began in December, 1884. IU. S.-Australia airmail was in- augurated last July.
 Trans-Pacific Clippers, flying the U. S.-Honolulu-M Manila Hong Kong route have flown 3,715,553 route miles, transported 13,480, ,000i letters and 6481 passengers since 1885. The 442nd North Pacific, crossing was completed during the anniversary week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-17
Csn AaaalJM CRACKERS
ELECTION FACTS

The 1940 presidential election generated more interest than any similar contest in years. How much do you remember of the resultsI Here are five questions to test you
 l. The Republican ticket carried 10 states. How many of them can you name?
 2. How was the electoral college vote divided?
 3. Approximately how many vot- CTS cast ballots in the presidential election?
 4. Which of the four major party candidates for president and vice. president carried their home states?
 5. The presidential inauguration will be held January 20. How many presidents have been inaugurated on that date?
 Answers on Back Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-17
IONA GOES RIDING
CHAPTER xxv

Because the road from the Rock | Ing R Ranch swerved right by the University stables, Wesley thought to stop by there. He saw the horse wrangler, a friendly fellow, all { ready out working a young lilly even though it was but little after dawn.
 Morning, Dr. York" the man greeted. "You been to the f1re?"
 eyes, Tip, thought I'd drop by and tell you. Whole house burned. Everything but little furniture. NO one hurt much, though"
 The man drowned in sympathy. s'Miss Ronica home? Glad she wasn't trapped or something, and her folks"
 ''She has only a father. Mother died years ago. Both were home, both all right now. They have moved into the cowboy bunk shack until they can rebuild. Other ranch CTS had brought in beds and things even before the fire died down. Just like the Baileys were poor folks"
 The wrangler nodded. That's how come I like the west, MT. York. Folks are democratic out here. People don't see no money line. What'd the Baileys have to say?"
 Wesley smiled a bit. Bonnie was overwhelmed. Cried like a little girl, although of course the fire itself had upset her tremen- dously Tried to say thanks, and choked up. Well, I haven't had any sleep myself, Tip; I'll be go- ing. What're you up at daybreak for? No riders this early"
 -~Sure thing. One just left. The Montoya girl"
 Yves had stepped on his starter and had the lever in low gear; but at that name, he looked at the Wrangler again. "Hunh?" "Sure. Early bird, that gal. She taken good hoss and lit out be- fore daylight. Said she aimed to do some painting, or something. Had her a big package; paints and brushes, reckon"
 ..sThat fact?" Wesley eyed him. (Which way'd she go?"
 "Why <. off that way. Toward the Canyon. But not many artists ever git as far over as Rainbow, so I don't reckon she'll"
 What sort of package was it, Tip"
 why. uh, sort of square, Dr. York. Roped up, with a rope handle Gawky thing to tie on. Heavy, too. Had to fasten it on her saddle horn. But she don't mean mo harm, I reckon, even if she is student. She's right purity"
 "Oh, no Tip! I'm sure not. I, uh 4- we'll. to tell you the truth, we're pretty good friends, and we'll, I like to ride SO"
 Tip grinned q git it, Doc! You git outen your car, if you want to. I cn have another hoss sad- dled up quicker'n a owl c'n hoot!"
 Down trail ahorse 10 minutes later, Wesley told himself that he was being foolish again. Why had he acted on impulse to follow Lona Montoya a second time? What bus mess was this of his? True, the sec ret cache in Rainbow Canyon need- ed explaining, but
 He refused to consider it all s'none of his business" Too many mysterious things had come to his attention of late. As he rode he sort of recapitalized them again. Trhay cti1l didn't d0Vptail bllt they held mounting importance in his mind, individually and collectively.
 To the group of unexplained events now was the matter of last nights fire - that, also, was mys- tery. It had no logical relationship with Lona's strange doings, or with Andre Girardeau's meeting Lona in clandestine fashion, or with Andres apparent love mak- fxan %n RnrinQ nr with fha five
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-17
SIDE CHANGES

Answers on Back Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-17

YESTERDAY: MT. Bailey is overcome by smoke; Wes saves his life, then joins the other men trying to save some of the house furnishings. The house Is doomed. As ROnnie watches her home burn, she clings to Wes.
Evening star., 1940-08-04

her face in his shoulder as the plane
bounced on the rough sod and the
night rushed at them through the
spinning propeller. Then the wheels
were off and the fiery guidepost
dropped swiftly beneath and behind
them as Fuentes zoomed. They were
clear! And Asunci6n was only two
hours away.
The landing at Asunci6n was almost
an anticlimax. The night watchman
at the Pan-American port heard the
motor overhead and switched on a
small floodlight which Illuminated the
windsock. Fuentes circled once more
and set the ship down in a bumpy
landing. Repeated cranhng of the
Evening star., 1940-08-04

try itr' He clicked his heels, bowed to
the girl, and raised his glass. "Salud!
I'll see you at the field"
Precious moments licked away
while Curtiss paid his bill and made
specious explanation to the hotel pro-
prietor of an emergency which rem
dered immediate departure necessary;
more minutes while a carriage was
summoned and they raced to Mer-
cedes's home. John could not guess
how long Meinhardt would remain un-
conscious, but they could not leave
without the girls birth certificate and
her fathers passport and other papers
as proof of her citizenship. An old
Indian woman - Mercedes called her
nsamocita - jabbered voluble pro-
tests in badly-broken Spanish which
trailed off into shifting sobs as Mer-
cedes made partial explanation and
promised speedy return.
Then - with the driver standing
in his seat and fogging his bony nag
- they were jouncing over rutted
roads to the landing field, where the
warming motor banged noisy salu-
tation. Fuentes had searched the field
for distractions and had built small
fire near the end of his runway. If his
wheels were off the ground when he
passed the blaze, he said, he would clear
easily the trees beyond the pasture.
Mercedes clung tightly to Curtiss.
1T is dark. so very dark, out there"
she whispered. "Are you sure that -"
'Of course. 1t is strange to you,
the idea of flying, and that is why you
Evening star., 1940-08-04

telephone reused a sleepy operator,
who promised that she would dis
patch, Immediately, an automobile.
THAT is a telephone, said Mer-
cedes shyly. Il know, although I
have never seen one, nor have seen
an automobile. Two hours ago was
in Caacupe and now l am in Asun-
ci6n. the capital of all Paraguay. All,
Juan, this has been a night of many
wonderful things, and tomorrow"
John patted her shoulder awk-
wardly and she turned to him; but
Fuentes and the watchman were
standing almost beside them, and
Curtiss let his arm fall to his side.
(Continvsd on pogs 15)
Evening star., 1940-08-04
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

are afraid. Do you think, chiquita.
that l would let you 60 if there was
any danger?"
No-No-No. l am not afraid. 1t is
only -"
81 know" Her grasp frightened and
he stopped on sudden impulse and
kissed her.
''Ah, Juan - you have been so
brave; now you must still have cour-
age for two!' Her firm arm passed
around his neck and she returned the
kiss - to him who had known few
girls and fewer kisses. Curtiss knew
that girls of Mercedes's caste gave
their kisses neither casually nor cheap
ly. For the second time that night he
heard the blood pounding in his ears
- then Fuentes's voice spoke from
the darkness.
Everything seems okay. We can
shove off. You'll have to hold her on
your lap for a couple of hours. Too
bad'' - his teeth flashed in the
gloom - ''but it can't be helped un-
less you want to trade places with
me-"
With the girls kiss warm on his
lips, Curtiss felt sudden stab of fear.
what shall I do about the belt?"
he asked. This take-off might be
rough and the belts not long enough
for us both"
Forget it." The pilot snapped his
fingers airily. "If anything goes wrong
on a night take-of from an unlighted
field, Seiior, all that a belt does is
make you q little easier to find"
Nothing went wrong, although
Mercedes's arms frightened once more
about Johns neck and she burrowed
Evening star., 1940-08-04
BAD NEIGHBOR
Continued from pssesdins poss

hich related to Mercedes's property.
nd hurried from the house. =.
as he dead, that Meinhardt?" the
ri painted as she trotted beside Cur
SIS through the dark street. She did
BIT wait for an answer. "Ay! Don
aan, you are very strong and very
rave. have never known -"
"You must call me John. not Don
lan."
"Zhon Zhon," she struggled
ravely with the English J. mo. l
annot. l must call you Juan until l
an speak English. Tell me, Juan.
hat shall do now?"
1--WE been thinking" Curtiss halted
the corner of the Rua Hernandez
rancia and looked back. No sounds
alarm or of pursuit came from the
rect behind them. 1--WE - both of
must leave Caacupe."
Leave Caacupe! But this is my
ome! have never been away from
ere."
1--WE must co." he repeated.
Listen, Mercedes, how far away is
be nearest telegraph or telephone -
here is none in Caacupe, know"
1T is -" Her brows puckered.
There is a military telegraph at the
hillary post of Santa Ysabel. on the
yer. That is eighty kilometers from
ere. The line runs to Conception. but
is not always working"
Good. Eighty kilometers is long
ay's trip, even with motorboat and
pilot who knows the river. Before
deinhardt could get there you and l
bill be in Asunci6n, the capital. where
|e will file your deeds in the proper
flee, so that there can't be any ques-
Jon of your title to that land. The gov
Fnment must be told of Meinhardt.
DO, and then you must 60 to the
american minister and establish your
citizenship"
WHAT are you talking about. Juan?
lsunci6n is more than three hundred
ilometers from here. To 60 there
means many days of travel"
at is matter of perhaps two hours.
We will fly. you and l, in the ooi6n."
The asi6n! Oh, Juonito milo -"
Are you afraid. Mercedes"
You will be with me. Juan? Then
am not afraid. No, never"
Her hand stole into his; she swayed
'owards him. 1t seemed to Curtiss
hat the 'dobe walls on either hand
|choed the sudden throbbing of his
cart. 1--WE have little time" he said
hickly. LET US 60 to the hotel first
nd find my pilot. Come"
Fuentes, the pilot, was slipping
Ehiskey-and- in the sala of the
Hotel Grande. He waved his hand,
hen rose hastily as he saw that his
Employer was not alone.
Ramon" said Curtiss, could you
lake off now. with two passengers,
nd fly to Asunci6n?"
The former military pilot did not
(sk why. "Sure we could take off,
|ut landing is something else - the
(eld at Asuncion isn't lighted. you
now. Still, following the river will
live us check on any drift. Well see
ksunci6n when we get there, and
|here'll be couple of red lights on
|he wireless masts and - l don't
now if it can be done or not. Let's
Evening star., 1940-08-04

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Evening star., 1940-08-04

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suggestions.
Evening star., 1940-08-04

HALF OUR FAMILIES now get too fen vitamns and
minerals to enjoy radiant we'll being, says the U. S.
Department of Agriculture. Women who value their
charm, men who seek success, children who are to
be we'll developed all commonly need more of these
essentials Authorities advise
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-10-10
ARGUE OVER EGGS

When William Powell consents to
be hit over the head with plate fill
ed with scrambled eggs. he at least
demands that the eggs be scrambled
to his liking.
In the new comedy ~ Love You
Again. eo-starring Powell and Miss
10y. and ccming to the Columbian
Theatre Sunday for an engagement
of three days, Powell insisted that the
eggs with which he was crowned be
scrambled with dash of cream.
This request started a good natur'
ed argument between Powell and Dir
ector Van Dyke II concerning the pre-
rfration of this delicacy. Powell con
tended that all scrambled eggs should
be prepared with cream and Van Dyke
that the eggs were better undiluted
Cook books were introduced on both
sides to prove points but the debate
ended in draw.