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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25
Natures Impossible Lakes

- HEMISTS who have analyzcd
the waters OF the River Rhoui
@ that flows through Algeria say
1t is pure ink. The stream combines
two tributaries. one of which origi-
mates in soil impregnated with iron
and the other in peat swamp filled
with tannin. The resultant mixture
Is black iron tannate AN iron ink.
Nature occasionally surprises man
kind with her lavish bounty. Most
people have heard Of the wonderful
lake OF pitch in Trinidad. from which
a quarter Of a million tons of ready
made asphalt are exported every
year 1t is one Of the wonders OF the
world. for no matter how much of
the thick sticky mass is cxcavated,
the hole fills up almost at once and
the supply seems inexhausUble.
But that is by no means the only
ready-made storehouse that Nature
has given the world There is an
equally wonderful lake, Magadi. not
far from the extinct volcano Of Kill
manjaro, in British East Africa. This
lake, Of which few people have heard
is l6 miles long and eight wide. and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

graphs at the bottom of the One shows two Camp
Fire Girls in Tulsa, Oklahoma looking down the
ton of their peaceful community The little
old girl who submitted this picture wrote "the homes
Europe burned blown to bits by bombs The
children Europe taken away from their mothers
and fathers Some children have bandages differ
eht parts of then and they feel terrible glad t
live in America"
Doris Monctte, who has just turned ten and who lives
the nations capital to be very bomb
Youngster too Her contribution to the picture exhibition
portrait Of little girl sleeping peacefully It's title
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

standing citizens Of Pullman.
Washington, elaborated on the
picture of the Liberty Bell. They
apparently are aware that the
men at the head of this govern
ment have no intention of send
ing another A.EF. abroad. They
wrote, in the story to go with
their picture, when VIC see our
soldiers marching. what a relief
it is to know they are not march
ing to war and what a thrill
It must be to see the Liberty Bell
and know that there is liberty and
justice for every American"
Further pictorial proof that the
country's patriotic army Of Camp
Fire Girls understands the hor-
rors of war and the booms of
peace is found in the two photo
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

ance a n d good
citiz enship are
two of the cor
nerstones of the
Camp Fire Girls
movement, and
there are no dis
tin c tons as to
class, race and
religion.
If this country
goes 70 ear the
Camp Fire Girls
can be counted
on TO make a ma
lor contribution
TO the American
way of life.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

Miss Monette who evidently knows
what is going on in England and else
where abroad, pointed up her picture
with the following comment you do
not have TO get a few of your belong
ings and go sleep in tunnel you
may sleep in your own house in your
own bed, and you may sleep contently"
These amateur photographers and
their 100000 sister Camp Fire Girls
have given timely lesson in patriotism
to many Americans who may be for
getful of the privileges of living where
they do
Since the Camp Fire Girls were or
gained back in 1912 more than 1000 600
youngsters between the age of ten and
Is have learned by doing" Their lead
ers have taught them to do thousand
useful and constructive jobs ranging
from the simple tasks OF homemaking
to painting and writing poetry Toler-
~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

NO FOTelSH
Wars
Is the Tag Line
for This
Imaginative
Little Poster
Photographed by
Betty Webb and
Nancy Roberts,
Who Live i'm
Pullman,
Washington, and
Think It's the
Best Place i'm
the World.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

Americans Who May Be IneIir
to Forget How Fortunate TT
Are Can Learn Some
thing From the coun-
+ry's Comp Fire \
Girls Who Took
the Pictures on
This Page to
Illustrate Their
Procfic a
Patriotism
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-24

Finally he took another girl to a
picnic and paid so much attention
to her all day, although ] was at the
picnic with my brother, that I told
him would hold out no longer.
"Ours was a deep devotion and
for few weeks our secret love
kept us both in heaven of happi-
ness, but then, in his anxiety to get
married, Phil told his mother Of our
affair. He said she did not seem
shocked, but told him he must go
to a business college his uncle runs
in Springfield and take two shorter
courses that would fit him to earn
his living.
! "Phil's father is dead. Phil and
his mother then moved to Spring
field, and although he wrote me four
times Immediately, his letters then
stopped. / think now his mother
hoped all along it would be like this.
But She Still Loves Him.
+ Anyway, Phil did not come home
for the long vacation; he and his
mother and an old school friend of
hers motored to California and had
a wonderful time. Now he is at
home; he has been here three
weeks. I telephoned him at once
and he sounded all right; later he
telephoned and said he would see
me soon. We then had clam bake
on the river. He accepted, but did
not come, and sent me no explana-
ton. Now I hear he is going with
very rich girl here, taking her to
things and is at her house with her
brother all the time.
''If he told his mother about us /
am sure he would tell this girl,
Mimi, too, and I feel as though I
could not bear it. / suppose that
despite all this / still love him; GER
tainly there is no other boy in town
half as attractive. If / 60 out with
anyone else it seems to me so fiat
that I hardly can make myself speak
or seem interested. MF ~t
''My brother cut his foot this sum-
mer playing tennis, and the doctor
gave me some tablets to soak in
water to wash it. He said they are
deadly poison. I have hidden three
of them, and I feel sometimes as
though that would be the way out
for me; only would hate to give a
girl like Mimi the satisfaction of
knowing that ! would kill myself.
Can you and will you help me?"
No. Madelon. my dear, / cannot.
But time will. Time will make all
this hot young furry of passion and
jealousy and weakness and shame
like only a dream. It is cruel
enough dream, and hard enough to
bear now, but get through the next
year somehow; get through the ago
MES of seeing him married to
pretty, devoted and morally strong
err girl, and the worst will be over.
Then the future win hold for you q
soberer and wiser happiness.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-24

TEE STORY so FAR: Buck Hart
the sherin's brother, has been "dry-
gulched"-shot I'm the back. So has Jim
Tetlow. Both were supposedly rustiers.
The rustlers and small eattlemen don't
like Calhoun Terry, manager Of the Dia-
= =
s'Not a chance for us to win the
election. You know that. Why fool
YOURSELF"
II don't think well win," Terry
agreed. "But we'll have made our
fight. After that, my suggestion is,
the first time we catch rustler red
handed we go to court with it. When
we don't convict him, I'd get the
story in Cheyenne, Denver, and Salt
Lake papers, with a review OF the
whole controversy. think then that
public sentiment in the West would
back us in fighting back the only
way we can."
TITS ready to back us now IL we
have the nerve to act" Ellison said
bluntly.
"Not the way you PROPOSE" Ter
ry differed. 1--WE don't want the
Governor calling out the militia
against us, or government troops
being sent in to stop u.s."
emo chance Of either. The Gov
erncs 5 cattleman himself. We
have a big pull with the Administra-
ton. Wen be locked after. Don't
worry about that. I've talked with
John McFaddin. He's with me. So
are the Antelope Creek and the Two
Star ranches. All the decent cow
men will throw in with u.s."
mot many of the little fellows"
Terry disagreed.
you've got them wrong, Cal. A
lot of the small cattlemen are afraid
to say anything now because the
thieves are in the saddle, out they
will be with us when they ino out
we're going to stand up on our hind
legs and fight. They don't like this
condition any better than we do"
maybe not, but they would op-
pose US if we tried armed insur-
rection. The TIME isn't ripe yet,
Clint. Let's give the rustlers lit
Gle more rope to hang themselves
with"
no." Ellison said grirnly, bring
ing his closed fist down on the top
fence rail. Lets hang them now.
while we still have a chance to
win"
"It would be a mistake" Terry
insisted.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-24

TEE STORY so FAR: Buck Hart
the sheriG's brother, has been "dry-
gulched"-shot I'm the back. So has Jim
Tetlow. Both were supposedly rustiers.
The rustlers and small eattiemen don't
like Calhoun Terry, manager Of the Dia-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-24

ers are the leaders of the whole
mess Of thieves"
The cool gaze Of Terry swept the
room slowly. Gentlemen, you are
proposing to take in too much terri
tory. Maybe we can round up most
of the known thieves and get away
with hanging them. I think we will
be lucky if we do. But we can't
kill the duly elected sheriff and COM
missioners Of county and expect
not to pay too high a price for it..
Right then we would lose the sup
port of the public all over the
country"
Doctor Porter gave his support to
Terry.
Ellis name goes off," Ellison an
swered.
The roll call went on.
Ellison read the next name q lit
tie reluctantly. It had been handed
in by one of the stockmen present.
Jack Turley, the name was.
The No, By Joe superintendent
ran pencil through it. known
not to be q rustler," he said.
ssWho knows it?" Terry asked.
HE spends most Of his time with
Lee Hart and JEFF Brand. If he
isn't a rustler, why does he run
with thieves?"
Ellison hesitated.
81 can give him clean bill Of
health" he said at last.
Glow can you do that?"
s'All right Ellison threw up q
hand in surrender. Hes a detec-
tive for the association. We sent
him into the Buck River country
two years ago to get information
about the thieves activities
The meeting broke up late. Be
fore anybody had left the room the
man on watch outside came in with
q telegram just arrived for Doctor
Porter.
ssJust q moment, If you please"
he said. 81 have q message with
important news sent me by my sec
rotary"
The hum of conversation died
down.
ssJaclxman wires me that yester-
day meeting Of small cattlemen,
including rustlers, no doubt. was
held at Round Top to form an indie
pendent ranchers' and stock-grow-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-24
INsTALLMENT FIVE

"He's only kid" John McF addin
said. after we string up a few
he'll light outa the country pronto.
I say, let him co.
It was voted not to include him.
"Jeff Brand"
"a bad man from Texas" ex-
planned Tod Collins of the Antelope
Creek Ranch. Zone of the worst OF
the Hart gang"
Others corroborated this. Brand
went on the death list.
"Roan Afford"
'No"-Terry spoke with sharp de-
cision. "He's a rancher, not rus
tier. I've known him all my life"
A score or more of names were
read and discussed. Some were put
on the black list, and others par
doned because of insufficient evil
dence or extenuating circumstances.
Lee Hart"
eve all know where he belongs" "
a redheaded cowman replied. "Put
him on the list to be hanged and
pass on to the next"
No voice was raised in his behalf.
The next name was read.
SHERIFF Nate Hart"
Terry broke the long silence that
followed. "It's known that the Harris
are enemies of mine. don't get
along with Nate any better than I
do with the rest of them. But that
doesn't make him a rustler. Folks
in the Buck River country do not
consider him one"
A dark brown man sitting on the
bed in his shirtsleeves let the match
with which he had intended to light
a cigar die out. 'Not rustler him
self, but a politician who uses cow
thieves for his advantage. He's
worse than they are. I say, rub
him out"
McFaddin ripped out an oath. "He
and two Of the county commission
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-24
PRICE OF INDEPENDENCE

FOR many years women n0Oe
struggled for freedom from stuff
~ conventions, for equality soith
men, for the right to plan their
osun Iiues. Today they study
medicine. They run for political
office. They fight side by side
,Uith men on the battlefelds of
the World. Then ,Uhy should
they be tied do,vn by tohat looks
like old fashioned standards Of
morality? Lots Of ,Oomen, some
Of them claim, haze gotten a,Uay
NTH illicit Ioue affairs. Young
girls risk their future happiness
in moments careIessness. They
really mean to be good, but they
just can't resist temptation. Read
,chat Kathleen Norris has to say
about the price women pay for
the ,Urong kind of independence.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-24
CHAPTER x

Calhoun Terry went to the meet
ing of the Western Cattlemen's As
sociation at Denver knowing de-
cision would be reached as to the
best way of dealing with the rus
tiers operating in his territory.
"You know why we are here, gen.
tlemen," Ellison began. ''It is very
important that what we say should
be and should remain secret. Well
hear from Doctor Porter first"
Doctor Porter had been an army
surgeon during the Civil War, and
later had moved West and gone into
the cattle business.
Briefly Doctor Porter outlined
what was planned. A list Of more
than a hundred names of rustlers
had been submitted by their field
detectives and by individual ranch
men. He proposed that before the
meeting adjourned this list be gone
over name by name and voted on
by such of the men here as knew
the rustlers.
''Al this has been talked over
with each Of you Individually" Por-
ter explained. cat the present time
Sunday Brown, whom some Of you
know, a famous deputy United
States marshal from the Indian Ter
ritory, is busy enlisting about sixty
fighting men in Texas and Arizona.
He is choosing tried men, all Of
them officers who have fought as
marshals or sheriffs against despe-
radoes. In the course Of two or
three weeks Brown and his men
will reach this city. From here they
will be sent by special train to the
scene of action. In addition to
these, there will probably be fifty
cattlemen and their friends in our
party. Our intention is to move fast
and secretly, SO that nobody will
know what we are about until too
late to stop us. We expect to meet
no organized opposition. The rus
tiers whom we trap win fight il they
get chance, but that is to be an
ticipated. If everything goes well
we ought to be able to sweep through
the country, wipe out scores Of rus
tiers, and get back to the railroad
with our Identities unknown"
A big wide hated stoclman
named Kinnear took the floor.
"Fine," he said, eff everything
goes right" His gaze swept the
room leisurely. s'But hell, boys,
chances are you can't pull it off.
Don't get me wrong. I'm with you
till the cows come home. Still, q
hundred armed men on horseback
can't 60 galumphing through the
country without plenty Of people get
ting wise to it."
Terry was Of the same opinion.
The names of those on the list to
be rubbed out were taken up for
consideration. All the men at the
meeting felt the tenseness when FL
lison rose with q paper in his hand.
They were about to condemn scores
of men to death.
Ellison read the first name. It
was that of q notorious bad man
known as Black Yeager. Nobody
had anything to say in his favor. His
name went on the black list. The
second ons read was unknown to
Terry.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-24
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
(Bell syndicate-wNU Service. ]

By KATHLEEN NOKRfS
THIS is still a mans world.
Women have made mighty
Il strides in the last hundred
years, to establish certain rights
for themselves and to do away
with certain hoary old injus-
tees. But you can't change
matters as deep-rooted as mas
culine privilege and superiority
in any one lifetime, and women
still have a long way to go.
One reason why the males can
assume the quietly-assured posi-
ton of lordship is because many
a woman isn't happy until she
has convinced some man that
he is little short of god, and
that she is a complete fool.
About once a week I get a
letter from some woman who
is worried because she fears
Harry is looking at some other
woman, usually an Office associate.
She neglects home and children,
grows critical and fearful, listens in
at the telephone, drops in at the
office, reads letters, becomes nerv-
ous-in short, she does everything
she can to show Harry that she has
no individuality, no character, no
reserves within herself; that she is
just one more clinging vine, hang
ing on to the fawless male for COM
fort, love, life, everything. Sweet
Alice who wept with delight when
Ben Bolt gave her smile, and
trembled with fear at his frown, did
not disappear with the Victorian
era.
A More Pitiful Girl.
Even more pitiful than this mar
ried slave, who cannot build a life of
her own, is the sort of girl who
writes me that because a boy told
her he would stop loving her if she
didn't do what he asked; and be-
cause she loved him so terribly, she
has wrecked her self-respect for life.
Believe me, although girls are
much more independent than they
used to be, and much careless talk
goes on about the very low per-
centage Of young women who pre-
serve their chastity, it is an ex-
tremely unpleasant and dangerous
thing for young wife to have in
her background the memory Of an
illicit love.
Besides the burning humiliation
of discovering that her generosity
has rather cooled than heightened
his ardors, the girl has another
price to pay. Her love for a man
doubles when once she has given
herself to him. She Is plunged in
stantly in horrible misgivings for
fear she will lose him. And in each
successive instance her charm for
him lessons. M
Oh, there are sirens, Of course,
experienced married women who
can play fast and loose with lover
until he is driven to distraction and
suicide. But girls Of IS and 20 know
nothing of these arts, and the boys
who take advantage of them know it.
A Tragic Experience.
This is ''Madelon's" letter:
"A boy, who is fine in every way,
and I had been going together for
q year." she writes. 1--WE love the
same things, and although am only
10 and Phil three months younger
than I, we talked Of marriage and
felt that ours was a serious affair.
Five months ago he talked to me Of
the long time we should have to
wait until he is out Of college and
making some money, and asked me
to seal our devotion and our engage
ment by giving myself to him. 81
"For some weeks ! would not
hear Of this. but he became sad, and
reproached me for not loving him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-24

speak against Calhoun. The sheriff has
q talk with him. He had found Tetlow's
body. Tracks show another person had
been I'm the vicinity. Ellen Carey, the
postmaster's daughter, declares she
was the second person.
~ a
ers' association. They voted to hold
their roundup about the middle OF
May, three weeks before the legal
one set by us. Other branches OF
this association are to do the same"
Every man present knew what
this meant. BY means Of these
roundups the enemies Of the big
ranches would collect and brand the
mavericks before the wagons and
men Of the large outfits could get
into action. ALI calves not follow
ing their mothers closely would be
assigned to the small cowmen and
to the rustlers who had started herds
of their own.
Doctor Porter waved his telegram
for a cessation Of talk.
There's another piece of news in
my wire, gentlemen. Jackman says
that early this morning the body of
Pete Tolman was found in front of
his cabin. He had been shot through
the forehead by a bullet from a
rifle"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-24

Arm Properly
One should never put on ones
best trousers to 60 out to fight
for freedom.-Ibsen.
Evening star., 1941-11-05
Didn't Get Enough Flying Time,
Ferry Pilots Who Quit Soy

and spent all but 38 hours on the
ground. he declared.
Thirty EIGHT hours. That's less
than I'd have got in week at my
old job in Kansas City" He was an
instructor.
Equally bitter about the expert
enCe was 23-year-old William Eng
lander. He resigned after six weeks
brought him only four hours in the
air.
we complained about not being
given flying time" Mr.. Englander
said. The answer was that they
were too busy to check us out. They
always said they'd get around to us
sooner or latter. But some men had
been waiting year for that to
happen"
Evening star., 1941-11-05
Private Construction
Just 10 Create Jobs
Opposed by 0. pm.
Defense Production Is
Only Concern, Newcomb
Tells Conference

The Government is not interested
in giving employment at the ex-
pense of the defense program and
will not approve private building
projects just to create jobs, Robin
son Newcomb, director of research
and statistics for the Office of Pro-
duction Management. told the
Structural Clay Products Institute
at the Mayflower Hotel today.
Mr.. NeWcomb, addressing one OF A
series of national conferences of
construction industry representa-
tives in progress here this week to
discuss the defense crisis, made it
clear that the o. P. M. regards de-
fense production as its only concern
and that unemployment which may
result from curtailment of private
construction must be met in some
other way.
Neither will the Government give
prioritieS to private projects, how
ever meritorious, that used metals
needed in defense manufacture, Mr..
Newcomb declared.
Question From Floor.
Asked from the floor about the
problem of large numbers of un-
employed IN non-defense areas, Mr..
Newcomb said: They can go on
w. P. A. The Government is not
interested in giving employment at
the expense of the defense pro-
gram
He suggested that the producers
OF bricks and other clay products
develop substitutes for the steel,
copper and other scarce metals
which ordinarily go into building
construction along with bricks and
tile; that i'll this way they could
carry on large amount of private
building without detriment TO the
intensive defense drive.
Mr.. Newcomb said that even if all
non- defense construction were elm
mated in 1912, which, of course, was
not contemplated. the construction
industry still would have its biggest
market since 1880 in competing for
defense projects.
Mr.. Newcomb emphasized that the
defense construction program was
not more than one-third complete
He saw no reason to believe that it
would be finished by the middle of
1912 nor any certainty that it would
be over by the middle of l943.
Two-tliirds Curtailment.
Mr.. Newcomb estimated that non
defense construction would be cur
Evening star., 1941-11-05
Giant Martin Flying Boot
Is Officially Named Mars

mately $4,000 pounds, fully loaded,
and will be powered by four Wright
Cyclone duplex engines capable of
an output of 8,000h horsepower.
These motors will drive the four
largest propellers ever fitted on an
airplane The craft has capacity
of approximately a railroad tank
carload of gasoline.
1t is designed to carry a normal
crew of IL men in its interior space
of about 1865 square feet, which
is approximately the same space as
a 10-room house. AS a safety de-
vice Mars will carry a collarsible
motor boat TO be powered by a
portable motor.
Mrs. Artemus l.. Gates, wife Of
the Undersecretary of the Navy for
Air, will sponsor the ship at the
launching,
Evening star., 1941-11-05

Pousecau's ideal Of education was
a cross between the Indian and the
Spartan
Evening star., 1941-11-05
Bedroom Intruder Robs
Policeman S Wife Of S24

The 2S-year-old wife of Capitol
policeman lost s24 early today to
an intruder who broke into her
bedroom.
Mrs. Dean Reasoner, 5746 Colorado
avenue NV, reported she was
aroused by sounds of some one
moving about in her room. She
was confronted by neatly dressed
man who approached the bed and
seated himself on the edge. Mrs.
Reasoner said she made no outcry
but ran for help. When she re-
turned the man had fled through a
window, taking her purse.
Mr.. Reasoner was on duty at the
time.
Two colored bandits. one of them
armed with a pistol. took $40 from
the cash register of an ice cream
store in the 1000 block of Fourth
street NE. last night, police were
told by Mrs. Ruth Lee, 258 Ken
lucky avenue Sc, a clerk
The holdup men tarried long
enough to pick up total of $l79
in change from two customers, Will
liam I. Page, 1913 c street NE.
and James B. Murphy, 318 K street.
NE,