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CHAPTER XVI

"Did ! win2" Sherry turned IN
anxious face 10 Wharton,
ne was frowning, II think -
look, ita q photo finish - the light
N flashing lie indicated the
board. We'll know In minute"
He became calm, judicial, you
had the best horse, sherry but he
carried too much lead In the pad,
Maddens n great little rider, but
he's too light You ought TO ride
Q heavier boy In the Derby one
nearer the weight for that race;
aa0 pounds"
"I'm thinking about this finish
now, abe said, never mind the
"Well, II was awtuly close,
Think you got II, oh, thundorl''
lIls words were lost In The wild
ahouts that rose from thousands
who had bet on the fnVorite,
Sherry sat up Stitfly, tried 70
keep her lips fro mtrcmbling, The
numbers were going up
The winner; No, /, Monitor,
Second: No. ,. Castancts,
Third; No. 10, Pepper Boy,
"it took q picture 10 separate
you from the winner" Wharton
tried 10 console her, wasn't more
than q noee win"
"Nose ahead good as u mile
ahead" Sherry said,
Another shout from the crowd
this time q roar Of admiration, A
new track record had been setl
Wharton whistlod, seized her
arm. "Know what that meansp"
no asked. The old record was
beaten q full second And since
o horse travels 30 feet IN n Sec
ond, and since your colt was only
about two inches behind the win
ner why, your colt cracked the
record, tool You've got u fine
"syes. inded,S said sherry, her
mouth going dry, I'VE won all OF
eb0--running third"
'But think OF the next time
she started 10 say, "Maybc
therNl be no next time" but she
caught herself, Now the horses
were coming back 10 the finish
Madden was sliding Of, Pepper
hoy 10 weigh out: Sam was
throwing q blanket over the colt,
she'd take q look at him In the
stable - later, sam would cool him
out. -.
"see you later, Paul." she said,
managing bright smile, "and
thanks for tho box seat"
ITO caught her arm, and drew
her close on they stood there by
the box railing, "YouTe game
one, Sherry" no said, his gray
eyes looking dep into her blue
ones, land YOU know how feel
about you-"
stop 10, stop ~" she said, smil-
ang and then looking away, "From
now on, till the Derby's run, be-
hold the hardboiled racing woman
II anything 10 sentimental aS n rose
Petal floats across my pathway be.
fore that time, I shall crush II, Tell
me after the Derby, PAUL"
She turned n gay face up 10
him, lifted an imaginary glass In
her hand, "To Sherry Bonds
dauntless Pepper Boy and his VIC
tory In the Kentucky Derbyi"
She laughed and before Wharf
Con could stop her she was out OF
Ms box and down the steps, He
Jaw her meet ahep Grant after
the latter weighed out, Saw the
rider take her arm-walk with her
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CR AMluM
CRACKERS
SIGNIFICANT DATES

The men whose birthdates and
birthplaces are given below all had
Cor still have) n hand In changing
the course Of history. See II you can
identify each person from the data
given.
/. Born April 20, 1889. at Brau-
nau, Austria.
2. Born August IS. 1850 on Cor
Gca.
3. Born December 20. 1855. at
etaunton. Va.
4. Born July 20. 1883. at Predap-
Mo. italy.
8. Born February IL. 1882, at
wakefield. We.
Answers On Rack Page
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AGRICULTURE:
Exit Wheat

Hearing rumors that U. S. wheat
exports would diminish this year
(see DOMESTICJ, the department
of agriculture and Commodity
Credit corporation decided to un-
load while the chances were good.
simultaneously came two announce
ments:
O CCC announced all farmers
having 1888 wheat sealed under gov
eminent loans must redeem it by
paying their obligations or surren-
der the grain when the loans expire
March 81. Since the domestic wheat
price is higher than the world mar
ket, it was estimated that in most
cases loans, storage charges and in
terest would total less than the cur
rent price. At the same time the
corporation limited loans on 1899
wheat, maturing April 30, probably
will not be extended.
(2) To unload this unleashed sur
plus abroad, the department of ag-
riculture announced it would re-
sumo subsidy payments on exports
of wheat and flour from Pacific
coast ports to China and .Hongkong.
Though subsidies were abandoned
January 3 in the face of poor winter
wheat prospects, worry over con-
gressional action on the farm prob
lem probably induced the depart
ment to get rid of all the wheat it
could, while it could.
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N A NJ E. S
In the news

IN LOUISIANA, Reform Candi-
L date Sam Houston Jones
(above) began campaigning to de-
feat Gov. Earl X. Long in the
February runoff primary. Follow
ing his late brother Huey's tactics,
Long called a special six-day leg
islature, ordering it to pass 20
new bills, and repeal several 9TH
ers. Commented Jones: cts too
late now to try to fool the peo-
ple."
q In Rome, Foreign Minister
Count GaleazzO Ciano cabled
good wishes to Wang Ching-Wei,
whom Japan is establishing as
puppet ruler of conquered China.
Next day the government of Chi
ang Kai-shek considered break
ing diplomatic relations with It
ally.
q In New York, Communist
Earl BrOwder heard two COM
rades George E. Powers and
Nicholas Dozenberg) testify
against him in the governments
passport fraud case. Next day
the U. S. rested its argument.
q In Kansas City, 32-year-old
Mary McElrOy, once a kidnap
victim, daughter of the late City
Manager H. F. McElroy, killed
herself.
q At Paris it was learned Ignace
Paderewski, famed pianist and
former Polish statesman, has &C
copied presidency of Poland-in-
exile.
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bust. Darts at the waistline mold
it into your figure, smooth silken
sheathe beneath your fitted
dresses. You can make it either
strap style or with built-up Shout
ders. Pattern provides for both.
You'll want a whole wardrobe of
such slips, light and dark, and
now's the time to make them, when
you can get grand values in the
fabric sales-luxurious pure dye
satins and lingerie crepes. You
can afford long-wearing luxury
fabrics, when you make your own
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1821-B
is designed for sizes SO, 38, 40, ~,
A, 46, 48, so, and So. Size 38
quires 27s yards of 39-inch mate
rial for built-up shoulders; ga
yards with straps; yard ribbon
for straps.
For pattern of this attractive
model send Is cents in coins, your
name, address, style, number and
size to The Sewing Circle Pattern
Dept, Room 1924, I'll w. Wacker
Dr., Chicago, Ill.
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One of many problems.

better in conserving these strategic
materials" the board threatened
new restrictions.
Agriculture. Contrary to expecta-
tons, Europe's war has given the
u. S. farmer bad time of it. Both
France and Britain, anxious to &C.
ment their ties with neutrals (see
THE VARS are making trade pactS
nearer at home. Choice example is
Britain's decision to buy all her
tobacco from Turkey, eliminating
$50, 900, 900 annual market for U. S.
growers. This month Britain ceased
large orders of U. S. cotton as pro-
Vided under a special barter treaty.
To bolster her foreign exchange and
save shipping space on her boats for
more important munitions, Britain
had almost eliminated purchases of
u. S. wheat, fruits, pork, etc. Said
the agriculture department: "This
situation is likely to continue through
much of 1940."
Mails. For two months British
vessels have stopped and searched
European-bound U. S. vessels, often
Seizing mail in violation of the 1907
Hague convention. After repeated
protests, Secretary of State Cordel
Hull finally got an answer-curt al
most to the point of hostility: ellis
majesty's government finds them
selves unable to share the views of
the United States :" Two days
later. hearing that Pan-American
clipper ships were being searched at
Bermuda for contraband mail, Mr..
Hull warned the planes may soon
skip Bermuda altogether, jumping
from New York to the Azores.
Whether by coincidence or because
Britain is trying furiously to icin Italy
ai0ay from the Ronle-BerLin axis, the state
department figured Italian vessels halted
by the British at Gibraltar toere detained
an average of four days; U. S. ships: l2.4
days.
Safety Zone. After considering for
one week Britain's refusal to rec
ognize the 300-mile zone around the
Western hemisphere wherein bellig-
erent acts are forbidden" the PAN
American neutrality committee
meeting at Rio de Janiero found it.
self stymied.
Japan. AS the abrogated U. S.
Japanese trade treaty lapsed, con-
gress and the state department felt
heavy pressure (much of it church.
inspired) for imposition of an en-
barge against munitions shipments
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QUOTES
SIR RONALD CAMPBELL, British

SIR RONALD CAMPBELL, British
ambassador to France, telling
Americans about the war: eve
ask you to believe that this war is
no more and no less than struggle
between right and wrong. This is
not a phoney war"
DIR. ALEXIS CARREL, French
scientist, on the path to peace:
humans must really try
to understand each other. If we (the
allies) knew what was in the hearts
of the Germans now things might
be different"
MAURY HUGHES, Jack Gamers
campaign manager, on prospects:
81 am positive that with Mr.. Roose-
welt not running, Mr.. Garner will
be nominated"
w. GIBSON CAREY JR., presi-
dent of the u. S. Chamber of Com
merce, on budget balancing: Child
ish references to the impossibility of
effective control of expenditures
are evidence of lack of will and
lack of character. Is it not silly to
say that the richest and most pro-
ductive nation on the globe cannot
pay its way?"
SEN. JOHN E. MILLER of Arkan-
saS, on the farmers plight: History
does not reflect that any nation ever
long enjoyed prosperity where any
considerable portion of its population
received such an inequitable share
of the national income :"
POPE Plus XII, writing to Presi-
dent Roosevelt about peace pros
poets: "Only men of such (high)
moral stature will be able to create
the peace that will compensate for
the incalculable sacrifices of this
war and clear the way for comfy
of nations :"
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field, ILL.,, where he once ran away
from home to join a theatrical
troupe, the folks mourned. They
did likewise at Boise, capital of the
state he had represented for 33
years.
Who would follow William E..
Borah to congress was a matter of
conjecture; it might be his longtime
friend, Idaho'S Gov. A. c. Bottolf-
sen. But for the moment there was
a strange dearth of conjecture on
this point. Democrats and Repub-
licans, politicians and statesmen,
congress and the nation paid tribute
to one of its elders.
Also in congress:
q The house having hacked $1O2,-
100000 from President Roosevelt's
appropriation and deficiency bills,
responsibility for economy now rest
ed with the senate. Colorado's Alva
Adams, head of the senate appropri-
atoms committee, promised to un-
dercut the budget on treasury and
post Office items by Sill 900, 900. Also
forecast was an even greater slash
in the defense deficiency bill (the
house had already cut 100000
This looked encouraging to the econ
omy bloc, which hoped now for no
new taxes.
q The house rules committee unan-
imously approved continuance of
Rep. Martin Dies un-Americanism
investigating committee.
q Opposition was freezing fast
against loan to Finland for pur-
chase of agricultural SURPRISES and
other non-military products.
q Secretary of State Cordell Hull
told congress he was again on the
proposed Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
waterway agreement with Canada.
q The house learned that 20 exist
ing reciprocal trade pacts will re-
main in effect even If the trade
treaty act is not extended.
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THE WARS:
Britain GrotUs Bold

Each one hopes that il he feeds the
crocodile enough, the crocodile iUiH eat
him last"
Thus warned Britain's Winston
Churchill in radio address urging
Europe's neutrals to join the allies
in united action" against Germany.
1t came when dark clouds fioated
over Scandinavia, the Lowlands and
Balkans. But Winston Churchill
missed the boat. Commented a
Brussels paper: Belgium does not
feed the crocodile, and is ready to
defend herself against invasion"
(ChurchiHs admiralty ,oas not doing so
,OeH either. Chaiked up Was Britain,s
tt0enty-frst acknowledged naval loss. the
l,485-tOn fotiIIa leader Crenpille.)
All Scandinavia was meanwhile
going overheard for the sake of Fin
land, but that did not mean Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark wanted
to gang up with the allies against
Joe Stain and Adolf Hitler. Nor
did Italy wax enthusiastic about
British-French overtures designed
to encourage II Duce's formation of
strong neutral bloc in the Balkans.
Of these latter states only Rumania,
which has the most to lose in
war, hoped for strong alliance to
ward off attacks.
(Rumania had another iUorry. Several
German divisions iUere stacked against her
northern frontier in the Russian section
OF Poland, ostensibly to police the Ger.
nan-Rumanian railroad. This, plus reports
that German technicidns Uere operating
oil tOells in Russian Poland, gaze founda-
ton to runrOrs that Poland may again be
partitioned, giving southern lands to the
Reich.J
While the western front remained
stalemated, while R. A. F. fliers
struck at Sylt and Helgoland air
bases, the British lion showed un-
mistakable signs of renewed bold
ness. Heaped atop Churchills
speech and the curt rejection of
American notes (See DOMESTIC)
came seizure of 81 Nazi seamen
from japanese boat in the Pacific.
Finland's war enjoyed only tenn
porary respite before the Russians
launched a sudden five-front attack
which (according to the Finn high
command) was repulsed readily
with several thousand Russian casu-
alties. On land they were still tri-
umphant, but the Films lacked
power to combat the Soviet's most
effective weapon-bombing raids.
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MISCELLANY:
rs and rs

q At Bombay, Mohandas K. Gandhi
indicated he favored an honorable
compromise" with Great Britain
over Indian independence demands.
But: MANY is have to be dotted
and many is crossed"
q At Washington, Secretary of the
Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr.
said he was opposed to using U. S.
funds to take over holdings of Brit
ish-held American securities to in
sure orderly liquidation.
At Athens died Greek Prince
Christopher, 81, uncle of Britain's
duchess of Kent and former hus-
band of the late Mrs. William B.
Leeds, widow of Americas ''tin
plate king" whose fortune he in
herited in part.
@. At New York, the Rev. Charles
E. Coughlin, radio priest, called
himself a ''friend of the accused"
II Christian Frontiers arrested by
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton. FIJI Chief ]. Edgar Hoover
claimed the defendants had been
training to set up a Hitler-like, Jew
batting government in the U. S.
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Hudson Bay Route Is Doomed for Shipment of Grain

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA. - The
war at sea and timely report by
DR.. Alexander D. Bajkov, Russian
scientist at Churchill, Man., on Hud-
son bay, will, it is believed, popu-
larize the Hudson bay shipping
route.
Many grain men are convinced the
northern route from Canada will
prove the safest if the war is of
long duration. With DR.. Bajkov's
declaration that the port can be kept
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PHILIPPINES:
Choice

Unless something intervenes, the
Philippine islands will gain their in
dependence from the U. S. in 1916.
Then, as every Filipino knows, ag-
gressive Japan may step in to snuff
out their long-cherished independ-
ence. Hence, since Japan went to
war in China, many Filipinos have
back-slided on independence, seek
ing extension of U. S. control until
oriental waters are still again.
Faced with such indecisiveness,
fiery President Manuel Quezon de-
cided something had to be done.
Opening the national assembly he
told startled audience that the is
lands must choose now: either risk
the dangers of independence or re-
sign themselves to permanent reten-
ton by the U. S.
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never freeze in winter" DR.. Bal
kov's report adds. The ice from
Fox channel, considered in some
quarters the chief menace to the ex-
tension of the Hudson bay route, is
not determining factor.
''The local ice condition at Church
i'll determines the closing date. The
open water during the severest part
of winter is only one-half to three
miles from Churchill, and I can see
the possibility of navigation for
nearly all the year."
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DOMESTIC
Il NeutraL's Woes

In Washington, both executive and
legislative branches had their hands
full with rapidly increasing foreign
complications. U. S. neutrality had
come home to roost, bringing with it
the problems of war in Europe and
Asia. Among them:
Defense. The munitions board
warned there was too much crude
rubber and tin being shipped to Eu-
ropean countries. In January's first
u days, for example, 1000 tons of
tin were exported against stocks on
hand of only $500 tons. Unless deal
ers and manufacturers co-operated
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to Tokyo. japan was worried, be-
cause the U. S. is both her best Gus
toner and the chief foreign source
OF her war supplies, without which
she could no longer fight in China.
U. S. cotton farmers meanwhile
feared a trade breach with Nippon,
heaping insult on the already deep
wound created by loss of British
trade.
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CONGRESS-:
In Mourning

Senate page boys placed a calen-
dar of bills on his desk as usual;
it would be unthinkable to do other
wise. Missouri's Bennett Clark stat
ed for the record: Last night at
8:45 p. m, remorseless events tran
spired to take from us our beloved
friend and colleague" At tiny Fair
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DISASTER:
Ship In Flames

Out from Genoa with SAB passen-
gers and crewmen sailed the II $685.
ton Italian motorship Orasio, bound
for Chile. One day out, off the
French Mediterranean coast, she
suddenly exploded and was en-
veloped in flames. All lifeboats but
two were burned. Orazio's passen-
gers jumped into the sea while her
radio sent a desperate and final
SOS. Twenty-four hours later first
rescuers arrived and by nightfan
all but five crewmen were safe.
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open almost the year around, grain
men are hoping the bay route will
get its first real break. Plans are
under way for campaign to put
these views before the public.
DR.. Bajkov, graduate of the Uni
versity of Czecho-Slovakia and a
prominent hydrologist and biologist,
has made an extensive study of the
Hudson bay district from his private
research station at Churchill.
Hudson bay and Hudson strait
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Slip Is Dart-Fitted
To Slenderize One

DESIGNED especially for large
- sizes, this slip (l821-B) as
sures a perfection to fit that you
can't otherwise achieve. Not that
it is difficult to make. In fact,
it's very simple. But skillful de-
signing has placed darts under the
arms, to give ease and not a trace
of looseness or bulkiness over the
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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBINE
Europe's Emergency Measures
Hit u. S. Economic Structure;
Allies Link Trade, Diplomacy


palea dv Wesern Nusnan rI1.iaa
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(( UoftS 81
FAITH

HT EFT us have faith that right makes
IL might, and in that faith let us to
the end dare to do our duty as we UNI
derstand it."-Abraham Lincoln.
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Mother of Misery

Employment, which Galen calls
natures physician" is so essen
tial to human happiness that in
dolence is just considered the
mother of misery.-Robert Burton
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CHAPTER XII

On an evening within a week OF
the time set for Autumn's depar-
ture, Florian Parr telephoned from
Hector Cardigan's place and invit-
ed her to go with him to the Hos
pital Benefit Ball that night in Kam-
loops.
Linda is here with me-" Florian
said. ST had to come up on business,
but see no reason why we shouldn't
mix in little pleasure with 1t. We
brought our duds and we're all
dolled up. We haven't seen any
thing of you for two weeks. I'll
run out in the car for you if you say
so. How about it?"
81 don't know, Florian," she tenn
porized. "I'm not much in the mood
for it."
"Oh, come on!" he urged her.
where's your community spirit?
The natives will never forgive you
If you don't support the cause. Hec-
tor has promised to chaperon u.s."
Florian laughed in a meaningful
naivete which nettled her dispropor-
tionately.
Even you think I ought to have
someone to look after me-" she re-
piled.
Lord, Autumn, what's come over
your" Florian reproached her. "You
need a shaking up. I'll be out for
you around eight"
"Wil Lin be along?"
mot on your life--not with me, =
Florian replied. "She has made 9TH
er arrangements.
''Of course"
Bruce is coming in to look after
her. Wen make it a nice little four
some when we get together. ANY
objechons?"
None whatever" she replied
lightly. "I'n be ready when you
come"
: When she mentioned the affair 70
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Beaverdam

DR.. Clifford Bassett of Oklahoma
was Thursday visitor of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ellie Gierhard.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Stettler of
Findlay visited Friday with the
latter's mother, Mrs. Mayme Yant.
Mrs. Mary Zeiders returned home
Friday after spending the Holidays
with Mr.. and Mrs. Print Kilgore at
Columbus.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Youngberg
and daughter Beverly, John and
Betty Kemph of Lima were Friday
dinner guests of John Patterson.
Bud Lombard spent the past week
with Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Neuen-
schwander at Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Virgins of
California are spending the week
with Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Van Meter.
Betty Jane Rowland of Mcclure,
Ohio, visited the past week with Mr..
and Mrs. Everett Rowland and
daughter Irene.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wingate and
daughter of Detroit, Michigan spent
the week end with Mr.. and Mrs.
Jake Wingate.
Miss Betty Nelson of Ft. Wayne
Ind, is spending the holidays with
her brother, Leo Nelson and family
Junior Hoover of Lima visited the
past week at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob Amstutz.
Mrs. Calvin Bailey and daughter
Louella were guests the past week
of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Walters anC
family at Findlay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Michael anc
family, Mr.. and N frs. Russell Augs
burger were Thursday evening din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Pugh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Manahan Of
Illinois spent several days the pas
week with the formers mother, Mrs
Lille Manahan.
Doris Ann Binkley of Lafayett,
visited over the week end with he
grandmother, Mrs. Emma Bassett.
Mrs. Cynthia Elliott entertaine,
Mr.. and Mrs. Don RAIDER and famil,