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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-01
START TO SMOKER
"Ny, YOU look fine"
ONCE CO\FIDA\TE

smoker rose IN me circle
of the man hunters about me
Their faces were taut with
expectancy The smoke from
their cigarctS curlcd upward
IN many columns.
The Elite Guard with tho
whip went 10 a table by the
window. He raised the whip
until It's tip touched tho coll
ing Then he crashed il
down on tho table. The inn
pact sounded like a rifle shot.
l WINGED.
II am Inspector kraus." the
short man said languidly
Again the trooper smashed
his whip on the table,
This il Inspection g." In
speCtor krauS continued. 1.-The
anti Comintern division of the
Geheime Staatspnlizei. Among
your friends i'm Moscow this
inspection has a rather bad
reputation"
a GeStapo man CutfaWcd.
The others nodded vigorously.
Hcrtha JcnS thrust her lips
forward until they looked
broad and soft Inspector
KrauS regarded mo steadily
will YOU he sensible ."
"yps."
"Remcmhcr this-if YOU lie.
YOU won't bive. l. that clear
10 you ."
That Is clear Ia me"
WHO SENT YOU"
"Whom did YOU meet to-
night at the Botanical Gar
dens?"
II met no one" | said. II
took walk"
"Nho sent YOU to Ger
many ,"
II came on my own initia-
tive"
where are your living
quarters ."
Il arrived in Hamburg this
aftcrnoon. and | was about to
take "A room in hotel"
Three questions" the. in
SpCctOr said, land three an
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-01

JERE pleasant little game that will you
every day 1t numerical puzzle designed to spell out
your fortune your If the number
If the number less than
The your number the upper left
of the of key
right message letters under
the checked figures you 81
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-01

.swcrs.. All year three answers
were lies"
was silent. My knees
were trembling. I wanted 10
stop the trembling. but |
found II Impossible 20 dos
Inspector Kraus demanded;
"Who taught you to lie ."
Nobody"
did your mother teach YOU
how Ia lie" ."
NO. SIR"
do YOU lie because YOU
think that'Il save your hide y"
Il don't lie" ! said thickly
"Nou lie 10 save yonr or
ganization from being blown
sky-high:'
NO"
WHERE'S WOLLWEBER -
Tell me. my friend. where
Is Ernst Wollweber:"
II don't know"
"You do not know Ernst
WOllweber
II know him by name, hut
| never met him personally"
"Who gave you the Danish
passport we found In your
pockets"
The consul in Antwerp re-
fused Ia give me German
passport" | explained. II had
M papers. SO l bought the
passport from "A stranded
Dane
Who are your feIIow-con-
Spirators What are their
addresses
II have no fellow-cOn-
Spirators.
where are Hans kippen-
berger. Heinz Neumann. Bella
kun: Where are Hermann
schubert. Adolf Deter. Man
tlrich. kommissarenkO and
the whole lot Of other inter
national scoundrelS who in
Tested this country? Where
are they: Where do they
live: Under which names ."
II don't know"
"Nhere il kuus linen:
Where Is Remmele Where is
willy Muenzenberg: >"
IL don't know"
Sullenly Inspector Kraus
said:
II can make YOU wish YOU
were dead. However. I shall
first ask you few things l
hope you do know"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-01

Cal The question often comes mp. An
iaf e+ris tt4ri+sent than small girls
This nigh, be settled 10 some extent
by an intelligence test contest between the
Chicago Tall Girls Club and the Cute
Little Tricks Of Santa Barbara
THERE are now 157o1l0 civilians on the
= United States federal Pat Fells These
are happy days for deserving Democrats"
This latter designation was originated by
William Jennings Bryan when. on Aug
20. 1919 he wrote 10 receiver general
Walter W Wick asking:
"Can YOU let me know what positions
YOU have al your disposal with which 10
reward deserving Democrats"
"TheoretiCallN, men admire women Of
common sense" said Myrtle Reed but II
Is tho woman ~ caprice. the sweet.
illogical despoi Of thousand minds. who
Is most often and most tendcrly loved,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-01
CHAPTER 20

Y ttEAI Il ~
The girl smiled. She had
fine teeth. She was large.
with wide blue eyes and a
rhiCk TAKEN manc. ficr arms
were folded. recognized
tho girl Her name was
IIcrtha JcnS.
She was tho daughter Of a
wealthy peasant in the marsh
lands. she smiled at me and
said:
IVY. YOU look fine"
ONCE CONFIDANTE
Less than year before
llcrtha Jcns had sill hcen the
confidante of Hermann Schu-
bert. n RcichSlaG member. and
one of the leaders Of the Com
muniSt Party She had had
access 10 confidential files and
had taken part IN consplrative
meetings
Because OF her printing
plants had been raidcd and
hundreds OF comrades had
gone into the dungeons. Many
of us had liked llcrtha Jen>,
She had seemed so reliable
and so generous. And then
We learned of her deceit and
the S-Apparat had for some
time regarded her as overdue
for execution
Some maintained that She
had been litlor'S spy for
years Others thought that
she became a traltrcSS TO the
cause when Hermann Schu-
bert abandoned her and fled
10 Paris. In tho end. that did
not matter. Since May al
ready. iIcrtha'S name had
been on the GPU list OF
traitors scheduled for "liquida-
ton.
llortha JenS saw my stare
Her smile became ieer.
The Sunkcn eyes of the
short man IN front Of me III
up as # he had switched on
an electric bulb inside his
head. lie spoke quietly.
II know Of many things |
can do with YOU" he said. 1T
il not often that we catch II
fish like Berlin VIII he
delighted"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-01
HIS SENSES REEL

Waves OF ICE and fire shot
through my body Out of the
ring of watchers sounded a
low whiStlIng sound. The
room seemed 10 reel about
me and the shapes of men
were blurred.
Inspector krauS purred Sar-
donically:
la. mcin Freund. the
ghosts of the past can he
damned diSagrccahle NJ times.
NIGHT wahrs ."
There was nothing | could
answer An animal caught IN
trap and seeing the hunter
approach must feel As / felt
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-01

THE spirit at each of these camps is
swell. The interest of the officers in
their men and concern over their welfare
was apparent everywhere.
Al Camp Ham | think one Of the
boys expressed the sentiment OF all when
he said
"I didn't ask feF-this- and naturally VI
and my folks But now that I'm here,
I'm going To make the most Of II and do
everything I can 10 he a good soldier"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-01
REFERS TO RECORD

REFERS TO RECORD
He sent Hcrtha Jcns into
The adjoining office 10 get
some papers. A young man
who had come into the room
spoke 10 Inspector KrauS-in
whispers. krauS nodded. The
young man FASTENED away
My intCrlocutor took the
Sheaf Of papers which were
handed 10 him by Hertha Jens.
"Now then" he said, YOU
are member Of the Com
munist Party"
NO, sir"
You were n member
Eyes, sir"
"How long"
"From 1923 until the
National RevOlution-until the
Reichstag Fire"
and YOU dropped out after
Hitler came 10 power ,"
'Yes, l dropped out
"Were YOU such weakIing
that YOU deserted your party
after the situation became
dangerous ."
II dropped out" I said. II
went abroad To find a berth
on some foreign ship"
KRAUS SNEERS
Inspector kraus curved his
lips in contempt
"Oh. you're such n harmless.
such "A lovabIe creature. But
80 are we. To he sure. Now
listen: have here some eN-
cerpts from your dossier.
Let's see il you're the gentle
lamb you'd like TO he in the
present situation. You have
been ships officer >"
II have ships officers
ticket"
at one time YOU engaged
in building mp n Communist
ship officers organization. and
edited weekly sheet called
The Bridge. II that correct >"
That's correct"
'In 1923 YOU took an active
part i'm an armed insurrection
against the government of the
German republic. You were
then "a detachment leader in
the second prOletarian hun
dred of the Red Marines. You
were arrest ed. but YOU
escaped. II that right ,"
YES" ! admitted.
Inspector krauS went on
There's gap Of a few
years. But now we come To
1926. In 1926 you murdered
"A man i'm California"
II have never murdered a
man." | interrupted vehe-
mently.
"Oh. no: I have here"
Inspector krauS said, ian
official report. checked by the
German consul i'm New York.
This report states that YOU
were sentenced by superior
court In Los Angeles Ia 10
years Of penal ser,itude for a
crime which involved the use
of a deadly weapon"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-01

me The Old Professor" but while visiting
the camps | was certainly "stoodent"-
and | learned plenty.
These camp tours took us about 1900
miles.
We entertained soldiers, sailors
marines and men in the Air Corps.
We rubbed elbows and conversed with
all types Of American youth.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-01
the Side


No true lore there cop be
Without rs dread p0oIty-jcolousy.
Eu-,r Nfovodifb
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-01

WHATS tho cure for Dead
w End Kids More recrea-
ton -. or more reSponsl-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-01

a di>co,erer. not beauty which holds him
but charm"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-01
By JAN VALTN

We stared at one another
without a sign of recognition.
do you know her now ."
Inspector Kraus demanded
harShlV
Evening star., 1941-02-16

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The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-11-07
[l|QZ|!EE

w. R. Last week my boy friend carried me t.; a dance
When 1t was over, he asked another girl if she didn't
want to walk home along with She did They took me
by my house first and don't think this right What
does it mean?
Ans In all probability means that he is little fond Of
THIS girl The rumors you have hearing about them
TINS past week end doubt true Don't sit around
ana sigh Make dates with the other boys show him
that you aren't to be Tilted You too can be popular
M G. had two years of college wasn't able to go
back this year At the present time don't have lob Tell
me what must do to pass off the time 1.-Two
Ans You would make fine nurse Whv not enter nurse
framing? Don't continue to waste your time sitting around
nome dong nothing If you don't think nursing appeals to
you take business prepare yourself for some
particular type of work
W. R. Would we'll for me to make this chance Of iob
that have contemplated for long? Are the new Read
ings ready yet?
Ans The new job will pay money and so far as you
are able to find out is going to be permanent Yes take
1t. Yes the new 1912 ASTROLOGY READINGS are lust
off the press. The price Would like to have YOU
send for today Be to send your full name
correct birth date and address You may also ask my free
opinion three questions
G. We were such good friends and had talked seriously
about getting married She goes one week end to visit
girl friend IN another city and three weeks later she re-
turns and marries boy up there Should wait on her?
Ans No. young man, don't wait She fell madly in love
and married quite suddenly doubt if she will be back
~ your Guy soon be good sport and forget bygones
nd another girl If she does visit in your city with her
new husband, by all means offer her congratulations
H. j. Would it be better for me to sell nv home and pet
entirely away from this part of the country?
Ans Feeling like you do am sure that it would be the
pest thing for You unhappy and dssatesfied so
why stay there longer? Your property should bring
good price and easily establish yourself in the CITY
A change is recommended
r. w. T. married good man but he is stingy He bIvs
enough food and keeps nice place to stay but he
just won't give me any money. If | ask for money he
gives me SOC or Now woman and want little
money IN my pocket. Tell me what to do W.
Ans Your husband loves and gives you necessities
that he feels that should have although he is tight
with his money and will consent to turn over his
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-11-07

purse to any else Do condemn him too Sc
verely In case like would suggest that you get
half day job and little money. Stick 10 your
band for you will always have plenty to eat and he is
good man and has proven that he loves you.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-11-07

mississippi Annual Conference at ST. Paul Methodist Church
great program is in progress at ST Paul Method
list Church. The by Dr. M T. j. Howard on Tues
day night outstanding event of the Conference
The Conference proper opened Wednesday with Bishop
Jones presiding DR.. j. w. E. Bowens, Jr heard over
WCOC Wednesday in radio address, The Conference is
largely attended with many interesting addresses being de-
hvered by outstanding ministers and aymen of the Method
list Church Sunday will be high day with Bishop Jones
preaching the II 100 O'Clock sermon
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-11-07

A Street & 18th Avenue
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-25
!H!0U(EHQLD


Never scrape kitchen utensils
with knife. Use stiff brush
dipped in securing powder to re-
move stains and burns.
For best results in painting a
new brick wall, use a paint made
with a Portland cement base. It
comes in powder form and is
mixed with water.
Nut meats may be removed
from the shell without breaking
the kernel if hot water is poured
over the nuts and allowed to re-
main through the night.
Winding wool is difficult if there
is no one to hold it. Put two fiat
irons on table at sufficient dis
lance apart to allow the wool to be
tightly stretched. Then wind over
the irons, just as if someone was
holding it.
When running rods through your
curtains put a thimble on the end
of the rod. 1t will run through
more easily.
If short of eggs when making
scrambled eggs for the gang, add
a tablespoon of fine bread or
cracker crumbs for each egg short
up to half eggs and half crumbs.
When washing white silk
blouses, dresses, ties, ETC., for the
first time, put a dessertspoonful
of powdered borax dissolved in
enough cold water to cover the
article, leave it soaking for half
an hour, then wash in the usual
way. This prevents the silk from
becoming yellow.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-25
WHO'S TALKING?

Father, Frank has something to-
say to you tonight"
well, and what have you and
your mother decided ! must tell
him?" assD COY aaeAasa sas &
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-25
More Money Wanted

Employee would like an in
crease in salary, sir, as am going
to be married.
Employer-And ! suppose you
would like to have a little bigger
fund to draw upon for your house
hold expenses?
Employee-No, it isn't that. My
future wife knows exactly how much
get, and / would like a little extra
for my own, use that she doesn't
know about. ssael2 a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-25

them and they know it. George is
the all-important head of the house;
he comes home to warmth, light,
welcome, comfort. If there is good
news, Ann loves to tell it. She has
a pleasant little custom of bringing
him cup of hot soup as he reads
before dinner.
If there's worrisome news, either
from his end of the partnership or
hers, Ann has great way of mini
MIXING it. A sick child is either al
ways better, or '''just reaching the
peak, George, it's got to 60 up to
60 down." Ann has dozen amusing
anecdotes of her day to relate; if
she is tired, it is just being "com-
fortably tired" Dishes take about
ten minutes in the Brown house aft
er supper; Davy clears the table and
Nancy brushes the floor. George
comes into the kitchen to help not
because she exacts it, but because
he likes to share so much pleasant
activity and chatter. Sometimes he
and Davy work out arithmetical
problems with beans on the kitchen
table.
Domestic Cooperation.
The Browns go to the movies once
week and look forward to it as a
treat. On Sundays they always pic
mic, in bad weather taking their
sandwiches to a big museum or gal
lery and buying hot drinks in the
cafeteria.
Because with all the pleasure of
their lives the Browns are solvent
and are saving. Seven years ago
Georges father died leaving him
debts totalling more than $4,000,
and AIMS mother, a helpless
cripple, came to live with them.
They had an eight-room house in the
suburbs then.
When he realized that their house
Of cards was coming down around
his ears, George hated to 60 home
and tell Ann. Her mother needed
medical care and nursing, new
baby was coming, and he was over
whelmed with a debt that represent
ed his entire income for a year and
a half.
Ann went over to him, where he
sat despondently finishing his story
and knelt down and put her arms
about him and said, "Why, George,
shame on you! Well move right into
the city, I'll have my baby for moth
ing, in a ward, we'll cut out fur
mace and Communication and taxi ex-
penses and live right near the office,
and We'll pay that all off in five
years. We have each other and the
babies, and ! CAN take care of
Mother and that's the great bless
ing, so you and I'll 60 househunting
tomorrow, and start all over again!"
Typical American Success Story.
Well, you know the rest. It is
the story of SO out of every 100 Amer
lean stories of success. AIMS moth
er was the only one who minded,
and George and Ann, strong in con-
fidence and laughter and their mu-
tual love, stood that heroically for
the remaining few years of her life.
The debts were paid off in less than
four years, for saving became a
sort Of game, and an unexpected
commission swept away the last
third of them in one glorious wave.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-25
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
BELL syndicate-wNu Service,

WV IIlGu, UOLu LII Tile early
thirties, were going home
= in the subway last night. 1t
was a bleak dreary night, streets
were dark and slippery with
slush and the underground train
was filled with weary homego-
ers, who occupied seats or hung
on straps with the tired express
sions of men and women whose
day had been dull and hard.
One man was Tom Smith, who
rents four rooms in the Bronx
for $32 a month. A parlor and
kitchen on the street; two bed
rooms on air-shafts. Bathroom,
some heat, hot water included.
The Smiths have one little girl,
Eileen, who is 8.
Jean Smith is pretty, nervous, dis
satisfied. She is tired of cooking for
Tom, caring for him and Eileen,
and doing without furs, trips, down
town meals, theaters. She lives by a
jealous and minute comparison of
her affairs with those of her friends;
she has no code and no standards of
her own. If some woman friend
and most of them are some years
older than she, and all of them in
better circumstances-if some friend
has new blouse, a new hair-do,
a new dining table or car, Jean is
wretched.
Cold Reception.
When Tom gets home she is often
lying down reading. Or perhaps the
house is cluttered from bridge aft
ernoon; the air thick with cigarette
smoke, the women finishing the last
rubber. A daintily wrapped prize
goes to somebody, the guests depart
with many kisses and thanks, and
Jean YEARLY begins to straighten up
the room. Tom has cold mutton,
beets, sandwiches and cellars for
supper, good enough meal if Jean
had any appetite or any interest in
it. To his kindly inquiries she re-
spends vaguely; she isn't disagree
able, but she simply doesn't care
what Tom eats or feels or says or
wants any more. Half the time her
answer to his remarks is ''What?"
If things are uncomfortable for
Tom he accepts them in silence.
Any criticism rouses Jean to an
angry summary of the situation. She
has given Tom Smith the best years
of her life! She has drudged along
in this rotten little place, when Ethel
has moved into those new flats and
Glad and Billy are buying house.
This can 60 on for long time.
Tom and subdued little Eileen have
learned not to invite it. So Tom
reconciles himself to a damp dis
orderly bathroom, sits cheerfully
reading the paper in the cold dusty
parlor when meals are late, trots
down to the delicatessen for forgot
ten butter. or coffee, takes Jean to
movies night after night. Tom
doesn't complain, but one day he
revealed more than he knew of the
situation to his friend George Brown,
when he said hesitatingly, "You see,
l have to sort of think out the effect
of what say to Jean sometimes.
have to kind of feel my way"
Browns Are Happy.
George Brown, the other home
going man, lives in the same crowded
block with the Smiths. He and Ann
pay the same rent for the same
space. But there the similarity be-
tween the two families ceases. Ann
has girl and boy; and she and
their father rejoice in them and love
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-25
WRONG WAY?

Does cooking for your husband bore
you? Are you angry because Tom says
you can't afford a ne,o fur coat9 Are
you tired Of constantly having to make
the pennies stretch? Then you
should read Kathleen Norris answers
to Viues ,Ulo are going the ,Urong way.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-25
INDIGESTION

may anect tne f1eaft
Gas trapped In the stomach or outlet may act like
on the heart At the first sign Of distress
smart men and women depend on Bell-ans Tablets to
set gas free No laxative but made Of the fastest
acting medicines known for acid Indigestion II the
FIRST DOSE doesn't prove Bell-a better. return
bottle to Us and receive DOUBLE Money Back. Csc.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-25
Real MOdeSty

When one remains modest, not
after praise but after blame, then
is he really so.-Jean Paul Rich
ter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-25
NEVER THINKS

do you think Bobby Frank ever
thinks?', S8n
III he does, he takes pains to
hide IT," -
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-14
EYE VICTORY

DR.. Harold r. Simmerman, presi-
dent OF the New Jersey Optometric
Association, maintains that Ger.
many will lose the war because her
people, in the main, have blue eyes.
II is scientific fact that the more
pigment in the eye the. better the
sight at night.
DR.. Simmerman, explaining his
theory, says. Once Hitler's oppo-
nents can match plane for plane and
the various other weapons that are
used under the cover OF darkness
the human element behind these
mechanical tahgibles will become
the deciding factor, and Hitlers in
ferior and lightly pigmented night
operators will be no match for the
sharpshooting British and other
more deeply pigmented peoples.
So now that the outcome OF the
war is definitely determined, we are
free to turn all speculation TO other
subjects.