davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1941-04-17

ITO crime?"
ITO crime" Dick repeated slowly,
looking intently at his brother re-
laxed and contented in front of the
fire. Il wonder what will be the
solution of the one and only crime
I ever came in close contact with.
I missed being an eyewitness to
it, am convinced, by a margin of
minutes
What are you talking about?"
Charles, his mind on other things,
was only half listening.
"Sandra Starr, and the shooting
of DR.. Starr"
With stif1ed exclamation
Charles sprang to his feet and
faced his brother. His voice was
shaken as he exclaimed: You're
out of your mind! You never saw
the girl before this evening" For
an instant his words burst on an
echoless silence. Suddenly he looked
at his brother with Mortified eyes.
Far back in the hidden recesses of
his memory an idea stirred and beat
upon the dull, resisting surface of
his numbed senses.
Yes, that's it." Dick said. you're
getting it. I am the man with the
scar Only, fortunately for me, she
thought it was a scar and not a
birthmark. Birthmarks are COM
mon enough and in this case mine
=, l..
police, especially as I was not a
native of Kansas City and in no
way connected with the Starr
family"
Charles moved away from him
with an unsteadiness that made his
brother put hand on his shoul-
der and lead him back to his chair.
Take it easy, old man." he said
quietly II am going to tell you
Evening star., 1941-04-17

saw llldI Ilc lldu liO SSd1 dI oil
What she had taken for one that
terrible night as he stood outside
of the window, was dark BIRTH
mark under his eye. Her panic and
fear at the moment had been re-
sponsible for her mistake.
Mrs. Starr" his voice was low
very much like Charles. Il am
Richard White, Charles brother.
did not know that I should ever
see you again, anywhere. But you
must not be afraid of me. I an
your friend.
The incredible words rang in her
consciousness, bringing a blessed
sense of relief. Looking at him,
she felt haze drifting away from
her.
II can't believe it," she said at
last. Its just miracle, that's all"
He smiled. Il am afraid there Is
nothing very miraculous about me,
he said. But I know it's shock to
you to realize that I am Charles
brother"
Her head was bowed, her eyes on
the table in front of her. He had
to lean down to hear what she said:
What must you think of me?"
MY dear Mrs. Starr-only what
any gentleman would, under these
terrible circumstances" He turned
quickly as another man came up to
speak to Sandra. Her voice de-
tanned him an instant longer.
You must come to see me-soon
tomorrow.
He smiled down at her, and there
was security in the matter-of-fact
way he took it for granted that they
must meet at once.
"Of course. When may come and
where do you live?"
Tomorrow a 2 at the Savoy
Plaza"
Il shall not keep you waiting"
1t was after o'clock that same
morning when Richard took Charles
to his apartment in an old brown
stone front in the early Cos just off
the avenue. His living room well
coined the men with a warmth of
subdued color. Great leather chairs,
book lined walls and the comfort
able smell of tobacco smoke in the
air gave an innate sense of we'll
being. Charles sighed contentedly
as he piled his coat and hat on top
of his brothers and strolled over to
the fireplace.
You start the fire and we'll have
a spot before we turn in," Richard
called out, busy with glasses and a
bottle that he quickly brought back
to the fireplace.
Charles gasped when he saw the
bottle. For heavens sake, Dick.
Have heart. You haven't the cour-
age to open that bottle, not after
all we've been through this eve
ning!"
His brother grinned and carefully
poured two glasses, quite full.
What you need, my dear fellow, is
3 o'clock in the morning courage.
Napoleon said it was hard to find.
Very rare indeed" He held out the
tray.
"What-the courage or the cham
pagne?" Charles laughed as he
picked up a glass of the pale gold
wine.
Both. Here's to crime!"
Evening star., 1941-04-17

men. "But, my dear Mrs. Starr"
he finally protested as her meaning
became clear to him, The first, last
and only time ever saw that pistol
was when you slipped it into your
handbag. never took any gun
from you the next day. I had no
reason to and, besides, at the time
OF its disappearance I was hundreds
of miles away flying to New York"
The silence that filled the room
as he finished speaking struck deep
into her heart. So endleSsly it
seemed she must &C on. She had
thought this man would bring her
freedom from fear. Instead, he had
brought an even greater fear, one
that filled her life now with chaos.
The mans eyes were filled with COM
passion and complete understanding
as he finally rose to leave.
Il must 60 now" he said. But
Evening star., 1941-04-17

stood in the shadows of that We
randa I knew two things were pos
sible. Either Starr had shot him
self, or the woman had shot him
1t turned out in the morning paper
however, that 1 had shot him.
Charles groaned and Dick heard
him say in an agonized voice: San
dra, Sandra!"
Then I saw her do a curious
thing. She picked up the gun
slipped it into her handbag and
turned toward the door. That's
when she saw me staring at her
through the window. Something
snapped inside of me and 7 started
running. I ran, I tell you, as if all
the devils in hell were after me
and I swear I thought they werel
Il got a taxi some blocks from
the house, raced back to the club,
caught o'clock plane that morn
ing to Chicago and was safely back
here for dinner in this apartment
the next evening"
But the thing I can't bear"
Charles suddenly cried out, lis that
Sandra told the police, told every
body, that the man with the scar
at least, she intimated that YOU
that he-might have shot Joe. How
could she accuse an innocent MANI"
But she did only what any per-
son frantic with fear would have
done, Charles. Think minute. She
saw stranger at the window. She
had heard a shot. She certainly
told part of the truth. She may not
know right now any more than I
do who actually did shoot her huS-
! band. Her statement about me was
frantic effort to save both her
husband and herself. But she would
never have let me suffer in any
way. OF that I am sure"
I'm not so sure" Charles said,
standing up and striding across the
room. "A woman capable of put
ting the blame for murder on an
innocent bystander would not de-
fend any one on the witness saind."
The door slammed behind him,
leaving LICK puZZleQ ana amazed
at his brothers anger. The first
faint streaks of dawn were coming
in around the edges of the windows
as he finally turned out the lights
and went to bed.
The curt note of farewell which
Charles left was a poor introduc-
ton to Richard Whites short talk
with Sandra the next day. Briefly,
he told her how he happened to be
watching her that tragic night. He
could see that Charles anger had
hurt her more than she even tried
to conceal from him, and as they
talked of the events of that night
he became more and more impressed
with the tremendous sacrifice San
dra had made to save her husband.
That it was also futile only height
ened his respect for the girl. FL
nally she asked him why he had
taken the gun from its hiding place
the next afternoon and what he had
done with it.
He looked at her in blank astonish-
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Ghosts DeverDle
BY Rufus Heed

The story thus Fpe months after the unexplained
Dr. Joseph Starr his friend Mark Cotton advises
police that Starts Sandra
special testimony
coroner Starr murdered although hapng found beside
her husbands body herself beeDeS
She hid the to protect his and having
ith outside the study WndoD at the
the fact to bolster claim Stars
assistant alone persists in the belief suicide
the night of Mark Coons pi the City police
attends White husbands
and meets his brother Richard instantly
"the Uith the scar"
Evening star., 1941-04-17

shall always be within easy calling
distance If you ever need me. You
are one of the bravest women have
ever known"
The telephone began to ring in
sistently after he left. Finally,
Sandra became aware of it and list
leSsly went to answer the call. {.
A friend wanted her for luncheon
the next day-luncheon and a style
show. Before Sandra could answer
her the operators voice cut through
their conversation.
Il am sorry to interrupt you, Mrs.
Starr, but you have an emergency
police call from Kansas City-here
1t is Go ahead, Kansas City"
Copyright, 1941, Chicago Daily News, Inc)
Continued tomorrow
Mark Cotton has important news.
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Maryland Legislator
Volunteers for Army
R1 the Associated presr

BY Ute hSSUCIHItu fTtSS.
PRINCE FREDERICK, Md, April
17.-Delegate George w. Owings,
jr, Calvert County Democrat,
yesterday volunteered for Army
service at the draft board here.
Mr.. Owings, who waved exemption
as a member of the General As
sembly, said he wanted to enlist
because think it the patriotic thing
to do"
He is believed to be the first Mary
lano legislator to enter Army service.
Mr.. Owings lives at Owings, Md,
with his parents.
Evening star., 1941-04-17
CHAPTER X.

The shock him completely
terrible
forehead For the of frantic heabas
utterly incapable of motion almost of thought.
What Heavens matter?" whispered
You look as if you'd seen ghost"
al inan Sandra
Evening star., 1941-04-17

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and it is stiff and has no feeling.
Tell US what happened.
Ans: Your husband should 60
to a medical doctor at once and
have his foot examined. There is
no way for me to determine what
happened. l assure you, if he gets
the proper medical care at once,
his condition will improve.
B. L. P: I am very much in
love with a man 1 went with for
about two years and he used to say
he loved me. Tell me if what l
hear about him is true?
Ans: The rumOrs out about this
boy are true. :. He's engaged to
marry another girl. The boy did
take an awful lot of interest in
you some time back, but that is
over now and you must give him
up and look around for someone
else. -.. o..
B. H.: Would it be advisable for
me to take the trip to see this per-
son / have in mind? Would it be
all right if 1 should stay there?
Ans: Take the trip but don't
let the boy you have in mind know
that your sole purpose is to see
him. Get you a place to stay and
hunt for a job. If you are success
full in getting work, stay there
if you like, but if you don't find
work }. go back home.
Lo-Lo-Lo: My husband has start
ed acting strange. We have two
boys and I am sickly and always
complaining with one thing or an
other so tell me if he is going with
another woman, the reason he is
acting as strange as he does late
| ly?
Ans: No, not yet. But let me
assure you of one thing :. if you
do not stop gripping and complain
ing every second he spends al
home, you will drive him away. Go
to doctor and get yourself well,
Hold your feelings to yourself and
try to make your husband content.
ed while he is home. No man on
earth wants a woman sitting
around all of the time telling how
bad she feels, etc.
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Shell Company
Promises To
Remove Signs

A poster depicting a small col
ored boy eating watermelon adYer-
Using Shell Oil Co. products has
received a storm of nationwide
criticism.
The poster was first attacked by
the ST. LOUIS CALL. Following
the CALLS lead, many other pa
pers and individuals attacked the
poster as propaganda intended to
show by burlesque the American
Negro as the chief consumer of
watermelon. Newspapers found
that these burlesques show Ne
groes as lovers of pork chops,
chicken and watermelon.
C. E. Rucker, S14 Aldrich av-
enue north, Minneapolis, in letter
to local Shell authorities, protest
ed about the sign.
He received letter on June "a
from c. w. Shugert, manager of
the Shell marketing service, saying
that the Shell firm sincerely re-
GREETED the incident" and that the
offending signs would be removed
within a week.
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B. L. O.: Have been married Is
years and my husband started act
ing funny. Tell me what to do
about it.
Ans: Keep him away from his
old hangOut for it seems to me
that this is the root of all your
trouble" There are too many gals
that like to hang out around this
place, too.
G. S.: If the girl 1 like comes
back this summer, will any of the
boys take her away from me?
Ans: They sure will, boy. One
old boy in particular has already
beat your time" by -. writing
her passionate love letters. Don't
let it get you down for you will get
your share of the dates.
E. B.: wish to thank you for
not answering my question which
1 sent you. Although I waited pa
tiently for an answer, none came.
Thanks. Perhaps my whole letter
seemed foolish to you, but to me
my whole existence was in that let
ter. I always had bad luck in ev-
cry undertaking / pursue so why
should you be an exception to the
rule? l suppose 1 will always go
through life feeling sorry for my
self. Signed: "Born 100 years too
soon." l was born 3 a. m. before
the doctor arrived.
Ans: The answers to your ques-
tons have already gone forward
under separate cover and private
ly. Your trouble is that you take
life a little too seriously. There's
lot of folks in this world who
would gladly trade places with you
and let me tell you, sister, you
would be getting the worst of the
bargain. You just have too much
time on your hands. If you try
hard you can contact a job within
a few weeks time. Forget about
your looks and shortcomings and
concentrate on getting a job. You
weren't born too soon just
"tOo picayunish."
]. A.: Ny husband left home and
went to work and he didn't work
but one day and his foot got bad
on him and it feels like it is dead
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-07-04
Musicians and
Entertainers Show
For Glen Lake

A group of Minneapolis enter
tainers and musicians, organized
by Rock CAM, put on a show last
Thursday, for patients at Glen
Lake Sanitarium.
The group included Ted Crock
EFT, who served as NJ. c., CAM,
Oscar and Ira Pettiford, Kelly
Stone, Jack Strange, Adolphus
Alsbrooks, Harold "Popeye" Book
err, Harold rail" Walker, Howard
Brown, David Hunt, Bill Neeley,
Frank Hines, all musicians.
Entertainers were Tom Lewis,
Jack Meridith, Tiny Marshall,
Charley and Ray, dance team, and
Maestro"
A group of Minneapolis men ac-
companied the musicians and en-
tertainers. The show was enjoyed
by the patients and sanitarium Of
ficials invited the group to come
back for another performance.
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SECRET BALLOT ELIMINATES
FRIENDLY PEPSI-COLA


Some Negro members of the
Sumner Field Housing Tenants AS
ISOLATION exhibited a peculiar psy-
chology, Monday night, by voting
to exclude Pepsi-Cola from being
sold at the annual Fourth Of July
celebration the tenants association
holds this year jointly with Johnny
Baker Post.
The concern which got the eXclu-
sive contract has until this year
been known as an anti-Negro out
fit. Last year in Kansas City the
Negro merchants boycotted its
product for several months because
the firm vas unfair in its policies.
Recently, because of the friendh-
ness of Pepsi-Cola, the other con-
Germ has begun to show interest in
the Negro market-but not enough
to warrant the consideration given
it by the Summer Field committee
which used a secret ballot to elimi-
nate Pepsi-Cola.
Negro members present were
William Bowen, vice president of
the Tenants Association, who sug-
gested the secret ballot and was
strongly in favor of giving the
rival firm exclusive over Pepsi
Cola; Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Seaton,
VIM. Mccoy, Miss Bernice Brown,
Mrs. NJ. Craft, Mrs. Mary Crump.
In addition six white members of
the committee were present. The
vote on the proposition by secret
ballot was 8 to 6 in favor of giving
the exclusive soft drink business
to the firm which is a rival to
Pepsi-Cola.
The Pepsi-Cola Co. has a large
Negro personnel including a ma
tional sales manager.
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Bright" Shadow!

The talk of the town these days
is the mellow Les Hite's Dance on
the shores of White Bear Lake at
the Plantation Mite Club, Monday
night, July 21st.
Tin Pan Alley, Here We Come!
He's a local St. Paul musician
who is always dabbliRg around try
ing to write popular compositions.
No one has much faith in his abil-
ity but just a selected few. Even
his girl friend, who treats him as
cool as an ice cube, laughs at his
feeble efforts along the sOng-writ-
ing line. He's going to have the
last laugh soon, for one of his
songs seems to have gone over
with one of our most popular race
band leaders. This band leader in
tends introducing it in a big New
YOrEnight spot soon and if it goes
Over-Our local musician will be
on his way to the top. (And will
there ever be a lot of wood ticks"
who ignore him now, hanging on
as he goes up0
Love in Bloom!
'Tis said STEVE MAXWELL of
St. Paul and BETTY RODNEY of
Duluth are kinda sweet on each
other. You know Steve has been
up Duluth way quite a bit of late.
This HOWARD MASON of
Texas thinks CLARISSE WILSON
is awful nice, too.
Vacationers:
BOBBY MURPHY and IKA-
LINE MOORE are telling friends
they intend to do a little vacation
ing in Chicago in the none too dis
tant future. MILLICENT and
CRYSTAL BURGESS of st. Paul
plan to include New York on their
summer vacation itinerary soon.
Men About Town:
AL HARRIS and FRED POT
TER looked quite stylish" cruis-
ing round and round one of St.
PauPs streets last Saturday after
noon.
Kinda Steady Duets:
The KENNETH STOK ES-
"DICKIE" BRADSHAW duet
seems to be keepin' quite in tune
these days. Ditto for BOO"
VASSAR and CARL WADE.
Well, friends, l guess that's enuf
for this week, but I'll be lookin'
your way again about the same
time next week.
Your Pal,
SAL.
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What l. 4 Bottleneck?

We have come to know the bottle
neck since we began franticalIy to
arm ourselves last May. 1t is a
point at which production is stalled.
1t may be lack Of machine tools.
It may be due to political interior
ence. 1t may be because of high
taxes. 1t may be due to innumer-
able other causes. The word bottle
neck covers a multitude of deficien-
cies. The bottle peculiar to our own
situation has a corollary in the
world picture. The Panama canal
is a world bottleneck. So are Gil
braltar, the Suez canal, the Darda-
nelles. the Burma road, Singapore,
and the Straits Of Dover.
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Pilgrim Junior
Choir Concert

On Sunday, July 6, at 4:3O p. M,
Pilgrim Baptist Sunday School will
present the Junior Choir in a twi-
light hour concert.
For the past nine months this
choir of more than 25 young voices
has been under the dictatorship of
Mrs. Arlee Harris Slaughter.
A splendid program is promised.
The public is cordially invited.
Remember the date and time,
July 6 at 4:30 p. m.
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Five Thousand See
Monarch Lose to
Ethiopian Clowns

The Jacksonville, Florida, Ethio-
plan Clowns baseball team defeat
ed the famed Kansas City Mon
arehs 2 to / at Lexington Park, st.
Paul, last Friday.
Satchell Paige, famous pitcher
who has been slightly i'll, took the
mound for the Monarchs in the 9Th
inning and got credit for the loss.
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NOTICE TO PUBLIC

1t was definitely agreed Sunday,
June %, 1871, at a special COM
mittee meeting of the Sumner
Field Tenants Association and the
Johnny Baker Post, 291, American
Legion, that the Pepsi-Cola Com
pany would not be Disseminated
against at the Fourth of July cele-
bration to be held at Summer Field
in North Minneapolis.
(Signed) Harry Lewis, Post
Commander and Committee Chair
man; Martin Brown, E. NJ. Fas-
sett, Chas. Smith, and J. W. Pate.
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Inquisitive Sal
Hello, Folks:

Hello, Folks:
Well, the Tennis and Golf Tour
naments are not very far off and
from the looks of the number of
people seen on the tennis courts
and golf links, the contests this
year are going to be mighty ex-
citing. Reliable sources are saying
that quite a few fine imported"
shieks will be in town for the golf
tournament. $50, gals, you had
better be on hand.)
Faces Along the Avenues:
JIMMIE GRIFFIN of St. Paul,
over in Minneapolis busily engaged
in squirting a Nashville, Tenn, lad
round to the popular meeting
places. ANITA MASON stroll
ing down the avenue looking quite
cool despite the intense heat. q.
THERESA JAMES of Homer G.
Phillips Hospital, st. Louis, look
ing as fine as ever visiting her
family in Minneapolis and attend
ing the University summer ses-
sions. ELIZABETH MOORE,
sweet and refreshed after having
returned from an Eastern vaca-
ton.
Out-of- Town Tidbits:
HENRY THOMAS, who has
been out East visiting various in
teresting places, brings back quite
a bit of news of some of our for
mer Twin Citians. ELMER
HARRIS, who is in Washington,
D. c., with the Government Print
ing Department, is looking well
and quite happy. EARL
SHAMWELL of Washington, D.
c., is still dashing merrily about
and breaking hearts. He is now
in the Real Estate Business. &.
MRS. AUDRE MCCULLOUGH is
still radiating charm in New York
on her job with a New York Or
phan Asylum. MISS W. GER
TRUDE BROWN, who was visit
ing in New York, was telling
friends she planned to pay Mime
apolis a visit in July. CHAR
LOTTE CRUMP, who is with the
N. A. A. C. P. in New York, was
getting ready to dash down to
Houston, Texas, to cover some sort
of convention.
Double Trouble or Double
Paradise?
C. of Minneapolis you'll know
him by that sharp WORMSER'S
hat that he wears) has two fine
Chicks" in tow and each one thinks
she's tops with him. One drives
his sharp car all day long and the
other makes all the parties and
evening and Sunday dates with
him. Do you know the individu-
ais in question? If so, which gal
do you think will win out? (Me-
thinks Uncle Sam-in the form of
the draft-will be the WINNAH
mighty sOOn.)
Coming Event That Casts Its
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IA cons ;. In bottles. Ion
Tap. the superior qudl-
itY Of Schmidts City Club
Beer is GlwGYs uniform.
Consistent Improvement Ii
q motter Of routine dt the
Jacob Schmidt Brewing
Company. But the City
Club flavor you like so
well Is GlwGYs the some
80. ddY in Gnd day out 90.
Yer in and year out.
Every drop is slowly. core
fully Aged to Perfection.
Enjoy the EXTRA qualitY
Of the Northwests most
populGr Beer Schmidt's
City Club.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-10
Chinese Wealth
In us. Eyed
International New. ser,ie. Cable

SHANGHAI. March 10. - Re-
ports that the Chungking govern
ment of Gen. Chang Kai-Shek
planned an attempt TO gain the
use of more than 100000. 900 de-
posted in the United States by
wealthy Chinese families were
current in Shanghai today.
At the same time, it was re-
ported that Chi ang Kai-Shek
accused his Communist Chinese
allies of holding up a counter
attack against the japanese by
their disputes with Chungking. and
accused them further of Selling
the international crisis as an
excuse for establishing a private
army.
Chang Kai-Shek's plan to seize
Sine funds deposited in the United
States would provide that those
whose funds are seized would be
reimbursed with Chungking gov
eminent bonds to be redeemed in
cash after the war. The plan could
be worked only with American APP
prevail il was pointed out. This.
Informed circles said. was unlikely