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The guardian., 1940-08-10
Naming the Housing Project


This column carried the first sug-
gestion for a suitable name for the
housing project on LenoX Street. l
felt then, as feel now, that it should
be named for some distinguished col
ored person who attained a definite
place in the history of the nation.
Therefore, the inevitable choice which
came to my mind as l wrote in those
days last autumn, while the ground
was still being dug up for the founda-
tions, was William Monroe Trotter
(1872-193N, late editor of THE
GUARDIAN. Mr.. Trotter's place in
the history of the colored peoples
struggles for equal rights and equal
opportunities is secure and unchal-
lengeable. He was singularly con-
sistent champion of all the people, an
inveterate and uncompromising foe of
every form of discrimination and Sc
gregation, a true-born American i'm
bued with the spirit of the Founding
Fathers.
Since Mr.. Trotter was Democrat,
and the administration with the au-
thority to name the project is cur
rently controlled by the Democratic
Party, there are not even the usual
party considerations which only too
frequently make it inexpedient and
inadvisable sometimes to carry
through a laudable act quickly.
The guardian., 1940-08-10

Flung far and wire should be the
announcement that the patriotic de-
fence photoplay "God Bless America"
will have its premiere opening Mon
day, September 9 at the Repertory
Theatre, 260 Huntington Avenue.
The colored people, through the
committee sponsoring the film, have
selected Thursday, Sept. 19, as special
Attucks Day. The whole picture in
cluding the Attucks scene will be pre-
sented five times daily at 2, 4, 6, 8 and
10 pm. The patronage of all churches,
organizations, ETC., is especially in
vited. The committee urges that the
young people make every effort to see
this movie. God Bless America" con-
tains essential information concerning
New England colored people in the
Revolutionary Period. This historical
portrayal has never before been at
tempted on such a stupendous scale
as will be run off in the Attucks
Boston Massacre scene and other col
lateral but less significant happen
ings in which our ancestors were i'm
portant actors.
Popular prices: Adult tickets, 55
cents (taX included) Juveniles up to
16 years old-28 cents (tax included)
are on sale for September 18th
Thursday at the office of DR.. R. A.
The guardian., 1940-08-10
Councillor Sullivan's Idea

Councillor Sullivan's Idea
Commendable indeed is the call of
Councillor Daniel F. Sullivan of Ward
9 for suggestions of names of re-
nowned colored citizens of Boston for
whom streets included within the area
of the Lenox Street Housing Project
may be named. All suggestions should
The guardian., 1940-08-10

CPlease Patronize Our Advertisers)
The guardian., 1940-08-10
Biblical Fifth Columnist

Biblical Fifth COlumnist
The President of FRIDAY, that
liberal weekly which "dares to tell
the truth, made a memorable point
in the July 26 issue:
Judas Iscariot, the greatest Fifth
Columnist in all history, was not an
outsider. Judas Iscariot was one of
Jesus's closest disciples. Judas ate at
the same table with Him, and it was
Judas who betrayed Him."
The guardian., 1940-08-10

be addressed to the Councillor at Citv
Hall, in care of the City Council.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-08

There Ii a definite trend In
Hollywood away from the half
starved movie actress. In 9TH
er words, film executives are
getting smart -. they are
going In for curves because
most men like women who are
well developed who look
not only beautiful but healthy.
A recent survey among pro-
fessional and business men re-
suited In n distinct "thumbs
down. on the ultra skinny
movie star those lean and
hungry looking danes who
don't weigh a hundred pounds.
They argue that no woman Ii
truly beautiful who IL so thin
she doesn't look like n woman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-08
Escape From Stun
In Primrose Path

The drama which follows when a
friendless girl Ii so ashamed OF
her disreputable family that she
tries to disown 1t, weaves into q
pattern of fascinating complica-
tions In Primrose PATH" cur
rently starring Ginger Rogers and
Joel McCrea at the Roxy theater.
Miss Rogers Is cast as the
ashamed daughter of a sordid
family living across the tracks"
When she suddenly falls in love
with gay young man who oper-
ates a hamburger stand down near
the fish canneries, she does not
let him know anything about her
kin. She deserts her home TO
marry the boy, and 1t Is not until
after their marriage that he learns
Of her unsavory background.
The inevitable separation. the
return of the unhappy girl to her
disgraceful family. the tempta-
tions which confront her when
her mother dies and she II faced
with becoming the breadwinner Of
the motley group. lead the heart
soaring climax of this down-to-
earth drama.
Marjorie Rambeau. Henry Ira
vers. Miles Mander. Queenie Vas
sar and Joan Carroll have import
ant supporting roles In Primrose
PATH" which Gregory La cava
directed and produced for RKo
Radio.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-08

Remember this little girl? -.
25-year-old Rochelle Hudson who
has given the Hollywood formula
\ peculiar twist by becoming a
glamour girl after IL years of dra-
matte roles.
She had appeared in rs pictures
and is one of the real veterans of
the film capital, Notwithstanding
her tender years. She doesn't have
to work any more because she is
married to Hal Thompson, but will
continue to grace the screen in
sophisticated society parts just be-
cause she likes her profession.
She and her husband plan long
vacation in South America just as
soon as she completes her work in
"Babies For Sale"
The Technicolor company
which used lot of red Ink
when IL first began to make
pictures has finally arrived at
the point where IL is now pos
sible for II to reduce Its price
to the studios.
A cut of one cent a foot has
been put into effect which will
result In more technicolor be-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-08
NOW PLAYING At
LOCAL THEATERS
FIRST SHOWING

MUSIC Box-Mickey Rooney end Pay
Banter in Young Tom Edison.
1855. 400, 7:o5. 1910. also
Victor McLaRien and Jackie Cooper
In The Big Guy" ii.3o, ass. $40,
s.45.
RIALTo-Jean Arthur. Pred MacMur-
ray and Melvyn Douglas in Too
Many Husbands" IL 80. 2:io. 4:60
7:30. 1910; also Ellen Drew and
Robert Paige IN Women Witnou'
RIyIERA-James Newill and Warren
Hull in yukon Flight" ii 80, zoo,
ASS. TAO, 1923; also Jack Holt and
Patricia Ellis IN Fugitive At Large.
1880. 3:35. gas, e:lo.
RoxY-Ginger Rogers and Joel
Mccrea in Primrose PATH 90
400. TOO. 1000: also Sidney Toler
and Jean Rogers In Charlie Chan
In Panama" IL AS. 2.45. 5.46. S:45,
RETURN SHOWING
BEyRRLY-Bing Crosby and Bob
Hope in The Road TO Singapore .:
also Richard Dix and Chester Nor
ris in Marines Fly High"
CAPITOI.--Cary Cooper and Andrea
Leeds IN The Real Glory" also
Dick Forar and Anita Louise In
Hero for a Day"
Blue MOUSE - James cagney and
the Dead End" Kids In Angels
With Dirty Faces. also MelYyn
Douglas and Virginia Bruce IN
There's That Woman Again"
Adoiphe Menjou in That's Right,
You're Wrong. also Warren VIII
liam and Joan Perry IN The Lone
Wolf Strikes Back"
KAY sTREET-James Stewart and
Marlene Dietrich In @Destry Rides
Again. also Wendy Barrie and Ec-
mund Lowe IN The Witness Van
ishes
LAKEWOOD - Ronald Colman. Ida
Lupino and Waiter Huston IN the
Light That Failed
PARK-P2ul NUM- and Jane Bryan
in We Are Not Alone, also John
Wayne in Ride EN- Cowboy"
PR0CIoR-Robert Taylor and Greer
Carson Ia Remember also Sid
ney Toler IN Charlie Chan In the
City Of Darkness"
REALART-Paul Mum. Jane Bryan
and Flora Robsson IN We Are Not
Alone"
REx-Paul Num- and Jane Bryan In
We Are Not Alone. also Charles
etarrett IN Stranger Prom Texas. ("
sHELL,-Ray Afiliand and Isa Miriam
da In behind the Russian Line :
also Kent Taylor and Rochelle
Hudson IN Pirates Of the SKY"
sUNsFT-Wallaoe BeSry and Lionel
Barrymore IN Treasure Island /,
also JOHNNY Downs and Mary Car
Isle IN Hawaiian kignts.s
TkAPLE-AaTgaTet Sullivan and Jas
Stewart in The Shop Around The
Corner. also Lionel Barrymore and
Lew Ayres n The Secret Of Doc
tor Kildare
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-08
Jack Holt in
Fugitive Role
Thrilling Story Now
AT the Riviero

Framed BY : dame he had never
seen--for 4 crime he had never
committed, Twenty years on the
chain gang-until fury made him
= Fugitive 1t Larger The
flaming drama Of = man who
came hack-for revengei
There's a double-harrelled blast
Of thrills from fighting Jack Holt
In Columhia's Fugitive at Large, .
now at the Riviera thcater. The
two-fisted action star plays = dual
role In the new melodrama with
the main emphasis on his portrayal
of an engineer whose resemblance
to a gangster chieftain makes
him the victim OF frameup.
Patricia Ellis. Stanley Fields and
Quinn big Boy) Williams all play
prominent roles as the embattled
engineer smashes the conspiracy
in series of sensational screen
sequences. Lewis d. Collins d.
rected the production and others
in the cast include Arthur Hohl.
Leon Ames and cy Kendall.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-08
Real Snow Used
In TempleF eature

II cost Ernst Lubitsch money
when he insisted on real snow for
a Budapest winter street scene in
THE Shop Around the Corner"
current Temple theater attrac-
ton.
Lubitsch, who directed Margaret
SULLIVAN and James Stewart In the
new comedy-drama, ruled out
Hollywood snow" because II
lacked the authentic atmospheric
quality he sought.
After working on the street for
a day, decorated with several tons
of powdered ice which soon
turned into slush. Stewart and
several members of the company
came down with the sniffles.
Finding that there were only few
pairs of rubbers in the studio,
Lubitsch sent messenger to Hol-
lywood and purchased forty-five
pairs, one for each member of
the cast and crew. To get that
many rubbers he cleaned out the
stocks OF three shoe shops.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-08
Kelvin Mccarthy Plays
In Support of Massey

Kelvin Mccarthy. who appears
In support Of Raymond Massey. In
ABE Lincoln in Illinois," coming
to the Temple theater on Wednes-
day night. May Is, used 10 be
newspaper man. After graduating
from the University OF Minnesota
he went TO work as a reporter for
the Minneapolis Star. He did po-
litieal news and this may have
fired his ambition to enter the
diplomatic corps. At any rate
Mccarthy went TO Washington
where he entered Georgetown uni
yersity and later the School Of
Foreign Service. While there he
was bitten by the stage bug and
that deprived the government Of
a possible Chamberlain.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-08


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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-08

Jeon Arthur poys little mother" 10 Fred MocNunoy,
much TO Meyn Douolos indignation in this from,
Coumbio's TOO Many Husbands" Wesley Ruooes'
comedy the Roto theoter And Melyn hos right 10 be
mod because Jeons his we MocMunoy the other hond
has right TO Jeons sympohy because she's his wife too.
It's oil of of the seasons funniest comedies originally
penned for the stooe by w. Somerset Mouqhon = !
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-08
Road to Singapore" and The
Marines Fly High" at Beverly

high. wide and handsome ~
ring bandit in that RK0 Radio
X. Chester Morris and Lucille
Beverly theater.
countryside 20 that cocoa pianta-
ton owners are unable 10 get
workers To pick their crops. which
means bankruptcy. Into this sisua-
ton comes the u. y. Marines 20
train and lead a native army 10
capture the bandit and restore
peace and safety 10 the little
country.
BlnK Crosby and Bob Hope are
also TO be seen in The Road 10
Singapore"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-08

Do you remember Mickey
Anderson who was cashier ut
the Temple theater a couple of
years ago: She Is now Mrs.
George Grayson and, what Is
even more important, she Is
also q mother. An 8 lb. 5 on.
baby boy was born TO her
April Goth. The fabily now re-
side In Long Beach, Cal.
Orson Welles is trying to sell a
radio program in which he would
read the Bible and biblical charac-
tiers would be introduced at inter-
walls for dramatic effect. For his
addition program, he does Genesis.
An actor and an actress represent
Adam and Eve while Welles, to
the establishment of nobody, plays
God.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-08

longer than other picture the famous heater
opened Out of 260 attractions which have played there
only 20 of them stayed three weeks only Snow White and
"Rebecca" played five weeks and only "Rebecca. has
nj adsxw
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-08
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1M 1hYIy"NllJl 1ilaaASNNNW
/ Haze II Straight.

1t may interest the readers of this
column to know that "Rebecca."
which comes to the Music Box thea
ter tomorrow, has played at the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-08

Ing used. One cent doesn't
sound like much Of q cut but
when IL Ii considered that 10
now has contracts for 100, Ooo,-
900 feet of color film. well
that's more money than You or
L win ever see or In IL.
Real liquor never Ii used In
film drinking scenes. Studios
actually ban intoxlcants from
the lot. But stars all have
preferences for the substitutes
they have TO drink. When
Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy
and Frank Morgan did ire
union" scene In Boom Town."
the setting made possible .
collection of bottles. so each
had his own with his individual
"likker." Gable drank cider,
Tracy soda pop and Morgan
unsWeetened tea-
Some time ago this column car
ried a story that Barbara Stan
wyck intended selling her rancl
home due to the fact that she ant
Robert Taylor had decided to liv'
in Beverly Hills.
The other day, Barbara rente,
the establishment to a movie com
pany for use in making "One Cam
Home" The place has never beei
used for motion pictures.
Did you read valley of the
Sun" when II appeared In Sc
rial form In the Saturday Eve
ming Post not so long ago?
RkO has purchased the
story and viii make IL into a
motion picture.
1t Is a story Of life In the
rugged Arizona waste lands
more than 20 years ago, and
will serve as RkO's big out
door feature In 1940-41.
Bette Davis got her start as ar
usherette in little theater in New
and now she plans q
similar project near her home In
New Hampshire. Her aim will be
to develop fresh talent for the
screen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-08

The Marines Fly High
to capture a mysterious and d
picture co-starring Richard /
Ball, which opens today at the
Landing of a plane In the mid
die of a street TO pick up the
wounded during a raging gun bat
tie. pursuing = bandits car by
plane. and shooting of the villain
from the planes cabin while both
are In flight are some OF the diff
cult flying maneuvers = couple Of
courageous "leathernecks" engage
in.
The Marines Ely High" has for
It's locale an unnamed Central
American country where = thiey-
ing desperate has tsrrorizsd The
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-08

II you're not using n. sell n with
= Fast Actinn Tlmss Want A.
Phone Main ainI.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
CERTIFICATE OF BUSINESS
Eicfitin,,S Firm Name


The undersigned does hereby GER
tify that he is conducting an Elec-
trio Appliance and Refrigeration
business at 1247 Main Street. Ell
Centro. California, under the ficti-
tious firm name of
SHELBURNE REFRIGERATION
COMPANY
and that said 1lrm is composed of the
following persons, whose names and
addresses are as follows, to-wit:
r. A. Shelburne, 69l Olive Street,
Ell Centre, California.
Witness his hand this 7th day OF
Oct, 1910.
R. A. SHELBURNE.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA;
)Ss.
COUNTY OF 1MPERIAD
On this 7 day of october, A.D.i
1910, before me, w. w. McEUEN, a
Notary Public in and for said Coun-
ty and State personally appeared
R. A. SHELBURNE, known to me
to be the person whose name IS
subscribed to the within Instrument,
and acknowledged to me that he
executed the same.
In witness whereof, have here
unto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year In
this certificate first above written.
w. w. McEUEN,
Notary Public in and for
said County and State.
(O10-17-24-3D
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31

ATTRACTIVE newly decorated
air cooled apt Electric refrigera-
ton. Parkview Apis, GOA Adams.
10-19tf
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31

1881 FORD Coupe, good condition,
new battery, packless pump and
generator, $125. Anderson Ma
chine Shop. 1O-15tf
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31

FURNISHED front apartment. Pri-
vate bath. $17.50 per month. Rear
furnished apt, $3.50. Alb S. 9Th.
Ill
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31

HOUSE TRAILER BARGAINS
SITS up. IL to Is mo. contracts
PAVNYS TRAILER MART
Trailer Brakes and Equipment
Phone 7342 PALM SPRINGS
o.lTt1
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31

FLORENCE Apis. furnished, private
bath, electric refrigeration, large
yard. 737 Commercial. 11-2
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31
Business Services

With Fir Tex a beautiful room
make,
Over broken plaster caused by the
quake.
No more cracked plaster to be seen,
A Fir-Tex job is nice and clean.
1t keeps out cold, also heat,
AS an insulation it's hard to beat.
Ell CENTRIC LUMBER g.
TRADING co.
1409 Adams st. Ell Centro Ph. 1892
f. N. D. HATCH
Public Accountant
auditing-bookkeeping service
Phones 1234-1465 1873 No. 5th st.
BETTER be safe than sorry. Re-
roof now, pay later.
S. l.. HARTZELL & SON
Phone 251, w. FL Centro
1O-10tf
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31
Furniture for Sale

BARGAIN-Equity in Cold Spot
Refrigerator, steel baby bed with
coil springs. q mi. east Sllsby
school. ll-4
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31

FOR RENT Nov. I, room furn.
house, 3 screen porches. 626 Ham
ilton. Phone 1884. 10-24tf
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31

NEW 5-room house for sale. Stucco.
Modern. F. H. A. term. Tyler ms.
Agency, 500 Main. Phi. $50. 1O-10tf
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31
Wanted To Rent

4 ROOM furnished house for rent.
Inquire 535 Olive. Ill
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31

SMALL, NICELY furnished apart
ment. Electrically equipped. IN
quire 622 Brighton or Phone 345.
10-8tf
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31

WE MANUFACTURES RUBBER
STAMPS. Free delivery any place
in I. v. McCoy's Office Equip
ment, 673 Main ST., Ell Centro.
Phone ,l153. 11-6
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31

NOTICE YOUR FLOORS. It's pro-
badly termites. Call us now for a
free inspection. Anywhere in I'M
perial Valley. Phone $40 or write
558 Broadway, El Centro. West
Coast Termite Control Co. 11-2
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31

AUCTION Saturday, Nov. 2, 10 a..
m. One 48 locker storage box,
with compressor, controls, etc.,
at 615 State, El Centre. ILL
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31

UNFURNISHED One bedroom
house near high school. Can use
electric or gas. Inquire 1404
Brighton. Ill
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31
I3 Business Opportunities

WANT RENTABLE FARM LAND
Imperial Valley for story 40
room hotel on lge. lot, Main St.,
Coronado, Calf. Val. $4,000.
Clear of debt. Fur mostly house
keeping combinations. Operator
last 20 yrs. died, heir unable to
give attention. Will also sell. Send
legal description of land. F. Da-
Wis, room 206, P. O. Bldg, Santa
Ana, Calf. 11-4
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31
% city Property - Sale

FOR SALE des1ran15, modernized
Q bed room house al 627 Wensley.
Can be purchased from owner at
attractive price. Call 634 from
9 to 4. 8-27t1
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31
10 Help Wanted

MAN to operate service station
in Winterhaven. Small capital
needed. Phone 1185 daytime,
1343R evenings. 10-30tf
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31

WANTED-Capable white woman
to do housework. Phone SOL. 11-4
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31

GOOD LARGE house on small
acreage. Running water, nice bath.
/ mile oul. Marie Land, 120 No.
9Th. 9-25tf
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31

WANTED TO RENT at once: house
with small acreage near Holt
vile, Will be permanent. Write
Phillips, Box 148 Holtville. 1l-2
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31

Business Services

FURNITURE moving, packing and
storing. Ed Royce, 666 Broadway.
Phone 123W.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-05-30

"What business was that Of
yours?" Mrs. Carscadden demand
ed unsympathetically. you'd do
much better to kape out Of police
stations as things are"
"Well, if I don't think I'm in a
bad dream!" said Sheila.
"The Nc Cams reported it to the
police" her sister said.
"The Nc Cams didW
eyes, they were so worried about
Peter. He had half dozen appoint
ments for Saturday and he didn't
keep one of them. And there was a
big party Saturday night"
81 know. The Cahills."
"Well, wherever it was. And when
he didn't get home to dress for that
they all got perfectly crazy and
they telephoned around everywhere.
And at about ten o'clock Mr.. Frank
Nc Cam came out here"
Crank Nc Cam did!"
eyes. Because it seems that Pc
ter had told his mother and Ger
trude that he had known you up at
Tiller's Beach last summer, and he
had even talked to them about you
after he got home"
''And we didn't know anything, of
course, except that you weren't
home. Ma didn't take her clothes
off that night-did you, MAJ"
II did not" said Ma.
'Mrs. Nc Cam talked to Ma
Saturday afternoon about our may
be living over in Astoria or some
where, where Ma could have vege-
tables and everything!" Angela la
mented. "And now-now they'll new
er want to see us again! She seemed
so different yesterday, so sad and
quiet, and she'd been crying, and
he looked as if he had been, too, and
everything was terrible-Joe got so
mad, and he stood up for you"
"Well," Sheila said with irony,
'you all had swell time"
"You wouldn't think it was so fun
ny, Sheila Carscadden, Angela re-
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-05-30

wished that it was over. She dread
ed the explanations
It seemed odd to see the night
streets busting as usual, down I'M
der the train; curb carts surrounded
by shoppers, children racing and
screaming in the dirty snow.
II get out at One Hundred and
Twenty-fifth, Peter"
He reused himself from sort of
dream at the window.
"Nix!" he protested. 'sWe've got
to go home first. We've got to turn
in report at police station"
IT DON'T" she said. "I'm going
straight home to my mother"
"I'll get out with you, it's just as
near for me. But we've got to 60 to
a station, right off the bat!"
"What for?"
ITO catch them. The police won't
want to lose minute
"You don't think for one minute
you can catch them!"
II know darned well we can catch
them. We know where they started
from, don't we? We can send 'em
right to that fake studio where we
found 'em, can't we? It'll only take
a minute, and then I'll run you
home in a taxi" Peter argued.
In the end she actually did find
herself in the Monday evening
quiet of a police station, answering
the questions of a kindly sergeant,
with only another old officer for
audience, except for a sympathetic
young man who observed excitedly
that he would bet it was Olla's gang,
and who, with a sort of tinseled
light globe held aloft, took a snap
shot of the latest victims of gang
mystery.
And then the familiar streets were
rushing by Sheila's taxi, and her
heart was humping harder and
faster, and Ma, and home, and safe