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attack he witnessed, but he said
there was . great need for mission
airy aid to war refugees on Oahu.
1--WE want to ask Southern Bap-
lists for a Christmas offering of
500 900 for world relief instead of
the $4,000 originally set for the
goal" he said. Half of this larger
sum could be used in Hawaii alone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-20
Backyard Hens Get
Government Housing

King George has ordered that all
members of his staff at Sandring-
ham and Windsor who want to keep
backyard hens" shall receive an
advance Of money for purchase Of
houses and equipment. Already egg
production on the estates is en-
couraging and is likely to pass all
records soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-20
Nicaragua Adds 3 Foes

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Dec. 20
R.-Nicaragua, already formally at
war with Germany, Japan and Italy.
declared war yesterday against
Hungary, Rumania and Bulgaria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-20

India's new automobile factory at
Mysore has machinery for an an
nual output of $4,000 cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-20

India plans to improve and sur
face over 300 miles of arterial roads.
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Won Stumpf Reported Killed

LONDON. Dec. 20 (P.-The Rome
radio reported last night the dep
uty chief of the Nazi Press Bureau.
Won Stumpf, had been killed on the
Russian front.
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Chile cannot get enough tin plate
to make cans for all its fruit.
Evening star., 1941-01-19
THE MAN WHo CAME TO LIFE
Continued from preceding poge

the poor devil doesn't have any visl-
tors except his wife"
Jameson was taken to room cut IN
half by heavy mesh reaching from
floor to ceiling. And it seemed some
how as if the wooden bench on which
he sat were a trapdoor at the sheer
edge of an abyss, and that when Lloyd
Beebe appeared at the other side OF
the mesh, the trap would fall, and he
would plummet down into the past.
In fact, even now he was David
Hampton Jameson again, and not the
man who had gone under another
name for eight years. Now that his
future was gone, the past was very
close. He had his bushy hair again.,
his horn-rimmed glasses were gone;
he was young and husky and in
ecstasy to be engaged to Daphne.
DAPHNE was blonde, the belle of the
town, and he'd been proud and bit
awed to have won her, for she was one
of the Turner's, and that meant lot
in Blissville. The Turner'S ran the
town and just about owned it. He
never thought he'd win out over
Lloyd Beebe, because next to the
Turner's, the Beebes we're the best
family in Blissville. In fact, the
Beebes once had owned the town, but
a certain irresponsibility and fond
ness for liquor had caused them to lose
almost everything.
The Beebes were inclined to be reck-
less and bit wild, and some of them
were rather strange. Old Colonel
Beebe, who had founded the Blissville
branch of the family, had killed three
men in duels. One of his daughters,
Tilted by her fiance, never spoke an
other word during the forty years
until her death. One of his sons,
Lloyd's father, had fabulous temper
as a young man. There was legend
that in rage he'd killed bull with
claw hammer.
But in spite of all this the Beebes
had a certain charm and dash, and
everybody thought Lloyd Beebe was
going to marry Daphne Turner, until
Continued on pose ~
Evening star., 1941-01-19

ton of thirty days nagged at him.
This was the twenty-ffth day since
the date line of the paragraph he had
seen this morning, and he wondered if
Lloyd Beebe had just five more days
to live.
Reaching the office, he found that
same feeling of warmth towards the
place and its routine. He'd worked
hard in eight years, and now he was
head accountant with the Realwell
Company, which manufactured an
amazing variety of items. They'd re-
Gently built new wing and gone into
prefabricated houses. The company
was booming, and he was growing
with it, He wasn't going to give his
job up. He told himself that all morn
ing. He was positive about it as he
walked the two blocks from the car
line to his home that afternoon.
But as he entered, swung Marjorie
on his back and went into the kitchen
to see what was on for dinner, he knew
he'd have to do something. Whatever
kind of fool it made him. he could
never again enjoy the small pleasures
of this existence if it meant mans
life would be on his conscience. He
would not let Lloyd Beebe be executed
for his murder, when in fact he was
alive. He'd lose everything he held
precious by revealing his identity;
but mans life was at stake. The
decision gave him a certain desperate
relief, and he ate good dinner -.
He reached the prison two days
later. He'd been little amazed at the
ease at which Jane and the company
accepted feeble excuses and let him
go. At the outer prison gate he signed
a book, and then he was questioned
by man in cubbyhole off the en-
trance to the main building.
Relative of Beebe's?" the man
asked.
mo-" Jameson said. He wanted to
say, I'm David Hampton Jameson"
but he couldn't. He said, 81 used to
know him as kid"
You're supposed to have good
reason to see a man in death row."
the guard said. Then he said, "Okay;
Evening star., 1941-01-19
THEIR NAMES BECAME
LANGUAGE

record of the other men who were in
charge of Tyburn during its long and
grisly history. and although Tyburn
itself went out of existence as a place
of execution in 1888. Derrick, the
seventeenth-century hangman, still
lives on in our language. 1t would
doubtless bring a wry smile to the
face of the Tyburn executioner if he
could know that his name now iden-
tifes hosting machines and cranes
that operate on principles he once
understood so well!
"A CERTAIN musical instrument owes
its birth to question that perplexed
an inventor about a hundred years
ago. This was the question: Does the
material out of which tube is made
determine the sound of air vibrating
through it? Or is the shape of the tube
more effective? After careful expert
Evening star., 1941-01-19
HOW'S THIS RECORD?..

HOW'S THIS REcORD?. 80.
226N HOURS for Eleanor
Saymon, secretary."Th stock
ing test came at a perfect time.
Iwasreducing. l walked,walked,
walked! This one pair of lovely
Aircraft stockings took a beat
ing every day. l wore them
walking, working, playing. And
each night l washed them with
Ivory Flakes. They just wore
and wore! am very enthusiastic
about the stockings and Ivory
Flakes. Buying a good brand
of stockings and taking care of
them with Ivory Flakes is worth
while"
ALL Photographs POSED az sooGLs
Evening star., 1941-01-19
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

mentation, Belgian Antoine. Joseph
Sax found that shape far outweighed
material in importance; and it was this
discovery which enabled him to give
to the world that instrument OF torture
or delight depending on how you look
at it, winch bears his name - the
SGxoph0ne.
lHE little bearlike doll that was first
seen over thirty years ago still tops
the list of children's favorite play
things. Why should it be called a
Teddy bear, of all things? When the
doll began its long and popular career,
America had a President who was
famed for his bear hunting. Theodore
Roosevelt was affectionately known as
Teddy. The doll received its name
about 1907, in humorous allusion to
the Presidents hobby; and though
Theodore Roosevelt is long since gone,
tuuyOcU II Will uiiuOuDtSuiy toiilhiiS
to be called as long as children play
with toys and people speak the English
language.
BEFORE 1714, thermometers were
scarcely noted for accuracy, and a
twenty-eight-year-old German physi-
cist wondered if the alcohol used as
indicating fluid might not be to blame.
On hunch, he substituted mercury
for the alcohol and was amazed at the
great increase in uniformity that the
new substance offered. Since that day
thermometers have not been the same,
for the physicist also devised an
entirely new scale of temperature
readings.
The winter of 1909 had been the
most bitterly cold in his memory. So
for the foot of his scale the physicist
chose the lowest temperature recorded
in that icy year. To determine the top
of the scale he plunged his new
thermometer into pot of boiling
water. The intervening space he
divided into two hundred and twelve
equal parts.
And that is why two hundred and
twelve degrees is the boiling point
on the scale invented by Gabriel
Daniel Fahrenheit, the physicist to
whom the modern thermometer owes
both its name and it's existence.
-NORAAk LEWIS
Evening star., 1941-01-19
Do you know the odd
stories behind these
everyday words?

|" HOSE members of the English
populace who felt that there was
Il no spectacle to compare in thrills
with good hanging used to pay fancy
prices, many many years ago. for
seats around the Tyburn gallows. On
this famous gibbet, which stood for
hundreds of years near the northeast
corner of Hyde Park in London, were
executed some of the most notorious
criminals of the time.
At the beginning of the seventeenth
century the gallows was under the
personal supervision of a certain hang
man whose name has survived the
centuries. For while there is little
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9 She hadn't meant TO say IL
Not really. The words had just
popped out. And even while
they were tumbling with liquid
venom from her lips. she knew
She was off base.
She knew this was all wrong,
that she shouldn't be speaking
this way at all. But she couldn't
stop the words. They kept rae.
ing out-and then, suddenly, IL
was too late
She looked at him and
watched him grow still. Saw
the deafness come into his eyes.
Noted the sag of the lean pale
jaw. Felt the shoulders sag.
And she stood mute as he
grabbed his hat and walked out.
Mile wanted 10 scream. She
wanted TO shout:
on. Tom, come back Please.
dear Tom. don't walk out like
that, didn't mean what /
said Tom. ! swear"
Yes, she could have fallen TO
her knees and begged forgive.
moss But he never glanced
back. He merely closed the door
as quietly as nc had opened it,
fifteen minutes before.
SO now she sat alone, hoping
and praying that he would come
back. She cursed herself; called
herself ten thousand kinds of
fools for having said il. For
having said what? Why, for
having blurted out:
What a chump | vas for
marrying an eX-convict"..
Those were the words. What
a chump ! was for marrying an
eX-convict." She knew she was
wrong before the first word was
out of her mouth. But she
couldn't stop.
She wished she had bitten her
tongue off. Clean off, so that
she could never again utter a
thing like that TO guy so grand
as her Tom. When they were
married, only two years before.
they had vowed to each other
that they'd never again mention
that subject. They swore they'd
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and smooth direction. Sock
movies are rarities, but we do
have one at the moment in
BLOOD AND SAND" latest
and best Of Tyrone Powers
starring vehicles. Comparisons
with the old Valentino film of
the same name are out of order.
because the two ventures are in
different leagues. This is 1911
film-making at its very best;
combination Of action, heart
interest, and the last word in
Technicolor. Tyrone is excell-
ent here, and there are fine
performances by Linda Darnell.
Nazimova, Laird Cregar, and
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Th0S
oLM@

we got tossed out for being
noisy. Out on the sidewalk, he
and ! began TO fight. Some peo'
pie came along and said: Go on
home, you DRINKS l was 60
ing to fight these strangers, too,
when a cop came along.
1.-THE cop grabbed me by the
coat. l got fresh and he told
me / was under arrest. l strug-
gled and he punched me in the
chest" Tom took deep breath.
II plugged him, Mile"
His wife stifled a scream.
us he"
mo, dear" Tom shook his
head. Hes not dead. | shot
him in the arm. He'll be all
right-but l won't. Half the
cops in this city are after me
right now. And they'll be after
me tomorrow. And the next
day. Until they get me"
She didn't move. She mulled
those words. Over and over.
She used her head. And after
awhile, she spoke.
Two terrible things have hap
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jam you don't deserve.
We'll, there's only one solu-
ton. We must leave town.
Now. Immediately. Wen have
TO pack up and scram." She
slapped his knee smartly. Lets
| 60"
They went, although Tom pro.
tested a bit. He was sure the
bus terminals would be watched.
But Mile was sure they'd make
it-and they did. They made il,
even though Tom WINGED in his
seat every time the bus crossed
a State line or pulled into a
town.
Next afternoon, they were
fairly safe. For the moment,
Mile had her man out of
trouble. They'd use new names
now, and start life anew. AS
they stepped from the bus, both
were smiling.
In a corner OF the terminal,
they sat for a moment to de-
termine their next move. Idly,
as Tom looked over the local
newspaper, she thought back to
the stupid words she had ut.
tered; the words that had
started the evil chain of circum.
stances. And she sighed heavily.
Why, she wondered, do we al
ways hurt most the ones we
love the best? Why had she
hurt Teni,- whom she loved so
dearly? What had caused her
to wound Tom who had never
done a wrong thing since he
came out of prison? What had
She
Suddenly, she gripped his
arm,
Il just thought OF something,
Tom" she cried. Where
where did you get that gun you
uSed?"
He snapped his fingers.
Gee, Mile" he replied. II
forgot to tell you about that
angle. That's why | was late
for dinner, see? l broke open
a cheap little pawnshop on the
way home-but everything was
locked up except the gun. So l
stole that.
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q The gcntlCman'S name is James Cagney. He
never goes hunting because ne hasn't the heart
TO Kill any living thing. As hobby ne collects
guns Most actors like 10 talk about them.
selves. CaEncy is the best listener i'm Holly.
wood lie - thoroughly Irish When ne was
40 vaudeville he played Jewish boy and ne
still speaks Jewish fluenty He boxes daily
with sparTine partner and is famous for his
physical toughncss. He dabbles in antique
furniture. reads poetry and attends the ballet
Jimmy is one of the most charitable men in
The picture gar;e. giving away thousands and
thousands Of dollars every year. He hates to
waste anything like paper, string, etc. He can
remember with uncsnny accuracy most peopls
ne has met but once; their names, where -
met them, and the circumstances He gener
ally iorgets appointments, remembering about
one out OF ten Cagncy owns two dozen pipes.
ITO never smokes Tho only type OF music nc
lEls 9 classical music The only music ne
etor sings D., cd hockey vaudeville songs His
iavorlte food IS cookies, he prepares his own
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forget that Tom had ever been
in Jail.
And they kept that vow, too
- until tonight. Until FTom
walked i'm exactly one hour and
ten minutes late. A fine time
10 come home. with four pork
chops curled up dry like old
shoes in the frying pan!
If only he had given her some
kind OF an excuse. Any old
thing at all. IL he had said he
worked late. Or that he missed
his bus. Or that he walked
home. Anything.
But no. When she asked what
had kept him, he told her il was
none of her business. That was
when she let loose with the
flow Of words.
What a chump | was,"' she
had cried, "for marrying an ex.
convict"
Well, it was too late now TO
unsay the words. Her only hope
was that he'd be big enough to
forgive; that he'd realize she
was only an angry wife with a
cold dinner and a hot temper.
Oh, if he'd only forgive her
Just this once. 80.
II was almost dawn when he
came home. He walked in with
little noise. She heard the click
of the door, and she leaped up
in the semi-dark and threw her
arms around him.
Tom" she kept saying over
and over. "Oh, Tom dear, I'm
so glad you've come home. Oh,
Tom"
He pressed her TO him and
kissed her hair.
Il didn't mean what / said"
she went on breathlessly. I've
been sitting here calling myself
names and wondering how /
could find you TO tell you how
rotten l feel about all this" He
put a hand over her mouth, but
she talked through it. mo, Tom
dear. I'm to blame and I'm
sorry"
He sat down beside her on the
sofa.
Look, Mile" he said evenly.
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DRAWING BY JACQUES KAPRALIK
tea, he hates womens screwy hats he always
applies his own makeup. he rarely raises his
own voice, he always wears either gray or
brown; he wears puovcr sweaters because he
doesn't like buttons, he has a habit OF holding
his right hand in his jacket, he diskcs people
with slow minds. he likes to sing while driving
his car, and his middle name is Francis He's
never seen the Grand Canyon or Niagara Falls
because he hates to travel. Several times a
year, to get TO his country home in Martha's
Vineyard, he travels three thousand miles
Cagney has probably played prizefighters on
the screen more than any other actor Because
he considers them unnecessary exhibitions of
brutality, he never goes to prizefights He
never gees to night clubs, because he claims he
doesn't like TO stay up late at night You'll
often see him in some restaurant Ginning
with pals Pat O'Brien and Frank McHugh. AT
three o'clock in the morning He often speaks
Of retiring from the screen in order 10 study
medicine. He can't stand the sight of blood.
MARK H.
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Odds and Ends

Odds and Ends n,the Entertainments Besliked little
lady nit Hollywood Bruce recently Of Broad
way Universal ha big plans for the Bruce
to achieve something like ardom very picture a.
James Lewis Next her schedule untitled opus
George Raand If she clicks world is hers IN
cdcnaly TO show you how she in Holly
wood five weeks has
gagged TO Francho Tone. Record liked this
bye Now and Were in the Army Now
Masters and his Milton Bere telling very sad
story about Ubang savage complete failure in life
Seems though the poor fellow couldn't a lip!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-08

die eVer-mprOvng Rita HaywOrth "BLOOD AND
SAND is enthusiastically recommended to all audiences
everywhere. Nothing lavish about SHE KNEW ALL
THE ANSWERS and have a notion the critics aren't
gong to praise too generously. But Joan Bennett
FranchOt Tone and John Hubbard are all good the
laughs frequent and the entertainment values are
much above average from start to finish If YOU don't ex
pect too much, you'll have good time at SHE KNEW
ALL THE ANSWERS
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pened in your life, Tom," she
said. "One: You were a good,
clean kid - and you went out
with a gang of roughnecks and
robbed a store. You went to
prison. So. with all your good.
ness, you have a record.
Rotten break number two: |
lost my temper tonight and said
something swore I'd never
say. You're no cop fighter; you
never were. But what | said
was enough to make you drink,
and drink got you into another
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EseDOI<S

In the Ionl drldy ajtenlG u tell tho story Of
% Sf3r2 IN the fe o Glnese ipraat 10 Ap,o.sd docs
swell jon It is WIEN THE LIVING STRIVE by Richard La
Pierre In his account of Lew Gam the youngster
san FRANCISCO m 1919 from Village the Jaws
author covers thoroughly the life the great
Chinatown its abors ITS aspirations problems
a readable fast paced fiction be
books printed in long time is Sally
JUNIOR MISS, sketches OF
practically unique in modern ction) child preoccupied
growing up In New York Here craft
story telling Also recommended "A YANKEE DOCTOR IN
PARADISE by $ NJ Lambert thoroughly
by physician of his work among South islanders
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one OF us
claimed that
the m 10 d y
was the heart
and the soul
another that a
mediocre tune
could be car
ried If the
Y lie s were
C o n I a & ious
enough. Some
one said that
more impor.
TAM " as a
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That's over and forgotten.
There's something worse. Much
worse. Now don't get excited.
Just sit here quietly and I'll tell
you all about IT,"
She suddenly went cold. Ice
cold all over.
when / walked out on you
before" he continued, 81 was
sore. Like a fool kid. / went
TO a saloon and / met a guy.
don't know who he was.
I'VE got palsy. l bought
drinks. He bought drinks. Then
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-08

% hltch-hIke thcir way % California,
starting Immediately
The first drunk extended his
hand The second stew grabbed il
unsteadiy.
''lt'sh bargaiy,' hiccoughed
the first drunk Were goin' to Cali
fornia right now. Hitsh-hikersh, thaS
us. Am | right"
Right, grunted the second stew.
Right
SO the two men took up their
stand right in the heart of Times
Square. That it was four a. m. meant
nothing at all to them. They stood
there some ten minutes, waving their
Z hmm llS III thn StrnA. cn,.n al - 49,. i
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Sports

Here and There in World Sports way collegiate
sport NORIHWESIERN should take CHICAGO in their golf
match Monday while CORNELL should VIRGINIA
about three their baseball game Tuesday,
Spring Maiden Steepechase
nesday give you STROLIANG ON win, SEARCH run
second and BOLD STROKE to take the show money The
UNAVAILABLE takes place Saturday New
London and while lis the daddy
1t still manages plenty HARVARD
should win this don't say didn't tell you MARK
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My4eMs.A
~ LOUIS
SOBOL

SUNDAY PORRiD Dee: We
drifted from war talk to a dis
cussion of songs and song-titles.
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BEST BETS
OF THE WEEK

RANDOM NOTES ABOUT PICTURES YOU'RE SEE
ING: sock movie is piece of entertainment that has
color excitement hard hitting writing. fine performances
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Ii four o'clock m the morning. Arm i'm arm the
two df4Rks staggered down BrnadWaN-- At 12nd ST.
they reached feneHteHs decision TAe-pere going
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-08

Suddenly a car pulled up the street. One of
the DRINKS Immediately staggered make in0uir-
les while the other stew supported himself against
lamp post In moment or two the investigating drunk
stumbled back to his partner
"WaSsa natter" demanded the waiting stew
'Somethin wrong"
The other drunk shrugged.
mo luck" he drooled. That guy wash only gon'
ash far as DenVer!'
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o EVERYTHING EVEN

certain actor hired to make an afor-dinner
speech at banquet and he fell down terribly the Job
The next day, the agent who had hired him gave him
terrific bawling out
You cali yourself after-dinncr speaker" he
sneered why, that was the worst speech ever heard.'
The actor shrugged.
Well he replied that the worst dinner |
ate -.
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. HOT STUFF

The chlorine was telling the other girls all about her
birthday party
You should have seen'the cake" she told her COM
panlons 1T divine. There seventeen candles
it-one for each year"
One of her girl friends smiled
Seventeen candles Ell ~ she purred. "What did
you do-burn them at both ends ~. -.
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} MODERN YOUTH

Grandma putting her four.year-old grandson to
sleep by singing lullaby.
Rockabye baby" she crooncd in the tree top "
The youngster squImcd.
Say. grandma he said, don't YOU know any hot
numbers like Beat Ne Daddy, Eight to the Bar
4 ~ h,i 1850 III lhe r. o. I'd sy ~. 4qai
sla - my tullafJy Songs 49,
NAN p1atested tlG~kldg =" They ssat me. ~
sleep
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. BETTER OFFER

The bum walked into the pawnshop lie removed
has lagged topcoat and placed it on the counter
Ito" much, he asked can get ON this coat p"
The paVnbIoEor eyed the filthy garment from
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-08
. GL0SE M0tfHf6

The cub reporter dashed up the city editors desk
Hey, chief, he cried Dreathlesly Two gangstcrs
just bumped each other off III q gun battle" q
Did s0u get their names ?' shouted the editor
No. admitted the cub "TheY wouldn't talk 2, -.