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The Coolidge examiner., 1941-08-08
Desert Beach To
Have Race Track

Work started Thursday on a
race track at Martins Desert
Beach that is planned to be a
half mile track. A grandstand
that will seat approximately 500
people is being erected, and stalls
built for horses. The track will
be west of the pool.
Leveling is also being done on
rodeo grounds and it is hoped, say
the owners, that work on these
additional sport and amusement
features will be completed by fall.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-08-08
Car Overturns
At Road Dip

Two hundred dollars damage to
his car and a moment of terror
lied suspense to the occupants re-
suited Friday night on the old
Coolidge Florence Highway three
miles east of here when Gerald
Hammond, budget manager, Cool
idge Aoto Sopply, driver, realized
to tune a radio to another station.
At that precise moment the car
which was travelling approximate
ly As to so miles an hour accord
ing to local highway patrolman,
hit a dip in the road and turned
over.
The occupants, including Ham
mond, Dutch Martin, and two girl
companions, were given first aid
at Coolidge Hospital. All escaped
with minor scratches and bruises.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-08-08
Odd Fellows And
Rebekahs Picnic

Approximately so persons were
present at the joint Coolidge Odd
Fellow-Rebekah picnic Thursday
night near the Chuck Wagon east
of Florence.
Families and friends of the two
groups enjoyed weiners roasted in
dutch ovens and ice cold water
melons eaten In the "wide open
spaces" under the desert stars.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-08-08
Woman Invites
Chicken Thief
To Come Back

The thief who stole a dozen of
Mrs. Louise Clements best fryers
from their coops at her home in
east Coolidge Friday night, is, ac-
cording to Mrs. Clements, pretty
well known"
Whether or not the marauder is
planning a chicken in the rough
party, Mrs. Clements wants him
to know that the rest of her chick
ems will be ready in about two
weeks and, she said, he is "cor-
daily invited" to come and get
them.
She didn't say what kind of re-
ception she had planned.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-08-08
Aged Negro With Unusual War
Record Lives Quietly On Desert

in the Philippines and PRINCIPAL
Musician, Band 25th United States
Infantry. In 1903 Brass" applied
for a commission in the Philip-
pine Scouts and his application
was indorsed by a personal letter
tc the Secretary of War from
Brigadier General A. S. Burt of
the United States army, in which
he said: Sergeant Thompsons 8
history as a soldier is exceptional.
| believe he would be a singularly
valuable man to the government IN
this position (scouD because of
his experience in the Islands. He
speaks Spanish like a native and
speaks Tagalog fairly well. He
knows the Mergritas tribes and
has. 10 an exceptional degree, the
faculty of location. Having once
followed a trail it seems to be en-
grayed on his mind 1t was
through his influence / was en-
abled to have an interview, and
make a compact with Anoot, a
celebrated leader of these noun
tain tribes"
The Brigadier General also gives
an account of Sergeant Thomp-
sons service in the battle of San
tiago in Cuba, when under heavy
fire he carried ammunition to a de-
tached company, for which the
Lieutenant Colonel commanding,
in the presence of the regiment,
is reported to have said, "Serg-
cant, the act you have just per
formed is one of the bravest |
have ever seen. | wish to thank
you in the presence of the Regi-
ment"
His request for a commission
however, brought Sergeant Thomp-
son face to face with a dramatic
incident that had its inception in
a happening that took place years
before.
While his troop was camped
near Sibony, Cuba, in 1898, the
sergeant was cooking flapjacks for
breakfast and went to a nearby
creek for water as a cavalry bri
gade OF the 9th and 10th regi-
ments and Rough Riders passed
When he returned his flapjacks
were gone. Sergeant Thompson
was furious. An officer nearby
heard him "cussing" and enquired
what the trouble was. A glance
told Thompson that the offic 9r
was eating his flapjacks! The $40
gold piece he handed the sergeant
enraged him still more. Thompson
told that officer exactly what he
thought of him.
In 1905, when Seargeant Thomp
son went with the three senators
who were sponsoring his applica
ton. for an audience with Presi
dent Theodore Roosevelt-they
recognized each other. Thompson
stood stiffly at attention, while the
President told the senators that II
they would like good education
in "cussing' he would recommend
Sergeant Thompson. Having heard
cowboys, roustabouts, mule skin
ners, and others noted for thei;
ability to use profanity. he knew
Thompson was the best, the Presi
dent said, for he had once cussed
hin. out!
But"Brass" Thompson got his
commission.
Today, this aged negro smiles
reminiscently as he remembers
The proofs of past valor and reco
gnized service are in his posses
sion, but those who have not seen
them would never know that a
solGier, bearing a record of which
any possessOr might be proud
lives in the frail body of George
Thompson, who works quietly and
perhaps a little slowly on his
ranch near Apache Junction.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-08-08
NOW PLANNING
1912 INSURANCE
FOR COTTON CROPS

Machinery for application OF
the United States Department OF
Agriculture's cotton crop insur-
ance program to the 1912 cotton
crop is being perfected by the
Federal Crop Insurance Corpora
tion in Washington, according TO
]. X. Storey, chairman of the Pin
al county conservation committee.
Details will be worked out in
plenty of time so that all cotton
growers in Pinal county can apply
for insurance on their next years
crop before seeding. Growers will
be able to insure so percent or 70
percent of their average yield, 1t
was explained. The insurance will
protect them from all unavoidable
hazards, such as drought, insects,
including boil weevils, flood,
plant disease, wind, fire and hail.
Guaranteed yields will be fig
ured in terms of pounds of lint
cotton. as will premiums. Prem
iums, Storey pointed out, will be
based on the crop-loss history of
individual farms, adjusted to re-
fleet the crop-loss experience OF
the county. Both yields and crop
loss averages will be figured on
the basis of historical or apprais-
ed productivity over period OF
years. Premiums for individual
growers also will be figured on a
lint cotton basis, although pay
ment of premiums will be made
with a commodity note. All ap-
plicants for cotton crop insurance
will sign a commodity note guar
anteeing to pay their premiums
on or before the date. of maturity.
This maturity date will approx
mate the time that cotton general
ly is picked in each State or about
the time the indemnities usually
are paid.
Payment of the note may be
made in either cotton or the cash
equivalent on or before maturity.
If the note is not paid when it
natures, the cash amount of the
premium will be deducted from
the indemnity paid the grower, if
any, or from the first Government
payment he receives, such as a
cotton loan, parity payment, Oh
A. A. A. payment.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-08-08
Mrs. SOuthWorth Is
Honor Guest At Tea

Mrs. C. H. Southworth of Wash
ington was guest of honor at a
tea given by Mrs. F. P. Jameson
Monday afternoon in her home.
Guests were: Mrs. Paul LOucks,
Mrs. C. ]. Wells, Mrs. Karl Fish
er, Mrs. Paul Hannah, Mrs. N. G.
Murray, Mrs. w. r. Elliott, Mrs.
r. w. Taylor, Mrs. C. j. Moody,
Mrs. Jack Garrett, Mrs. A. L. Now
ell. Mrs. Virginia Boilin and Mrs.
&. A. Clements.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-08-08
Baby Taken BY Death

A baby daughter born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Word of Ell Paso,
Texas, Sunday morning passed
away Monday night.
Mrs. Word Is the former Martha
Jones, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. ]. Jones. The baby was their
first grandchild.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-08-08
Two Coolidge
Men Get Fines

Johnny Pool plead guilty to
fighting in south Coolidge Sunday
night and was fined $500 when
he appeared in local justice court
Monday. He paid his fine.
Clayton Ross plead guilty to
disorderly conduct Saturday night
and was fined $1,000 in local JUS
tice court, Monday. He paid his
fine.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-08-08

. Mrs. Albert Hardaway and
daughters Helen and Harriet left
Thursday for two weeks visit to
the coast.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-08-08

. r. E. Palmer underwent a ma
jor operation in Florence Hospi-
tai Monday, from which he is re-
ported to be convalescing splen-
didly.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-08-08

. Ronald Wyllys of Tempe was
the guest of James Alexander ov-
er the weekend.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14
Jury Sees Test
With Phosphorus

From the container he probed
a small lump of phosphorus
which he held up for the jurors
to see. 1t was, he explained,
phosphorus which he had OK
tracted from the pills.
For several seconds nothing
happened; all eyes were focused
on the tiny piece of poison which
tho witness held off at arms
length.
Then from the diminntive
cube. curlS Of smoke arose. Then
flame shot upward in a blaze
higher than the tallest man in
the room.
Vorteg held the flaming phos-
phorus for several seconds, I'M
Ill the exclamation Of wonder
from the courtroom made him
certain the virulency OF the poi
son had been proven.
Leaving the witness stand he
rushed toward an open window
and threw the flaming agent Of
death out of the window OF the
courtroom
The awed exclamation OF fur
ors and spectators alike proved
that telling point had been
won for the prosecution.
The jury returned with a YER
dict of guilty. Emil Balsn-
escue was sentenced 10 from one
TO 20 years in the Ohio State
Reformatory at Mansfield.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14
" oman Says Youth
Posed as Physician

Was he slender and young ."
asked. Clark.
eyes, and short" the woman
asserted. 81 mistrusted him for
the strange hold he had over
Dorothy"
How did you say she met
him ?" queried Clark.
AT church" Then the woman
fell 10 musing. 1--WE wondered
why II was that when Dorothy
WAS always in such perfect
health. she should begin 10 lose
II Immediately after meeting
him. and him doctor, too.
81 asked her 10 see doctor
hut she wouldn't; she kept say
ing, Frenchy will prescribe for
me.
when was Frenchy here at
the house LAST"
Friday. Dorothy WAS sick In
bed when he telephoned and l
told him she couldn't get mp 10
talk to him. Then he came
around TO call on her. She came
out then and sat on the porch
with him for a while. The next
morning. yesterday that was, 1
found she WAS gone.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14
Bundles of Letters
From Frenchy Found

Most important Of all the lc'-
t1S found boz "a drawer 10 Dor
ofbV> dresser was one which
painted HIM as = martyr who
had bluudcred in an attempt 10
bring her happiness y was 50
tr1c picture of Tho inner mind
ri Frcnghy that 10 is reproduced
here Ncriabum.
Dearest. Midnight.
! am ycry swrY that You ttcre
rot az houc .tcp 7 caUcd this
st,Hrg just M iprL. You sec
! had orruHg,d toI banquet
u potr bouor and ! intended 10
hare y u The fashion 81 a sur
yusc t0r V05t az IN o'clock and
brWgt u doctors. nurses. friends
oFd mother. uhom Y hdrp neg
tettrdNor % lthyic-N\ a.
No' iar,Hg the icost ider that
po4 piN br0pt, ! JrcHt 10 thc.cr-
ftsHf ud tJcd % make ~ the
bfs' patta / cJ,r g0yr. / adm1t
5.4r that ! oIs5 f00t - bIg
,Lanrc brf Fu not Bat SORRY
bfrrwc than orc iorHg Qood
fur md crerVbodB fseis .hoppu
tack mother home nbopt
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14
Directed Dorothy
On Taking of Pills

II was Detective Clark who
read the letter aloud and upon
reaching its conclusion muttered
a disguised
"Humph. He took his mother
home ut 4:3O. Dick Is here now
but u Is almost 3 o'clock and
Dick has not returned" The guy
must be nuts"
A great deal OF Frcnchy'S cor
reSpondence was concerned with
explicit directions for taking the
colored pills with which she had
been so generously provided
one dated five days before the
girls death read.
"A fake doctor II ever heard
OF one" agreed the officers.
Detectives at headquarters
were astounded when "A hours
later a small, dark, Swarthy
compleXioncd youth Of - walked
IN and said ncrVouSlH
II hear you're looking for me.
I'm Emil Balanescue"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14
Unable to Name Man
Seen in Hospital

The physician was unable 60
give them the name Of the man
He was described as being young
and slender
lie gave the pills 20 Sergeant
Ryan
The police FASTENED 10 head.
quarters 10 report 60 Tho crcl
Of detectives, who suggested that
they check the one Hundred
Forty-frst street address found
in the girls purse
The house proved 20 be a mpd-
est family-type home and a mud.
dle-aged woman answered the
door.
A worried look stole over the
womans face.
TELL me-" she demanded ave
idly. something's happened to
Dorothy, hasn't it,"
Ire two nodded affirmation Of
her fears.
The woman burst into tears.
"Oh, ! just knew ~ was going
20 happen" shc cried n just
knew n. And FrenchN's TO
blame"
"Frenchy WIN
EYES a Noung doctor. rs-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14
Autopsy Proves Girl
Died of Poison

II introduced as Doctor VIII
liamS.' he had been too busy in
his attendance Of the stricken
girl TO notice the use OF the
name.
81 ordered the girl 20 the hos
pltal Immediately" the doctor
told the police.
And French, he declared,
after he had been pointed out 10
him at the Jail, was without a
doubt the man who had called
him TO attend the girl.
The autopsy report proved
that Dorothy Kirk had died a
victim of the strange drug.
Large deposits of both sodium
phosphate and magnesium phos-
phate were found in her body.
Dorothy Kirk was victim OF
phos horous poisoning" an
nounced Coroner Hammond.
ITS the phophorous that gave
her that CHASTITY color
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14

"Frcnchy, huh" demanded
one OF the desk men,
The man nodded.
Round mp Ryan and the
boys" roared tho officer. "We're
going 10 bat"
City Chemist Noreg was called
In As was John p. Wall. federal
narcotic agent, to join Ryan and
Clark. They began interrogat-
ing the youth.
No. Frenchy insisted. he had
never given Dorothy Kirk any
kind of pills. In fact he hadn t
even heard OF the girls death.
This, detectives felt certain,
was an impossibility as the news
papers were full of the caseD
He pretended 10 be deeply
grieved at her passing.
II was learned that Frcnchy
lived in a one-room walkup on
Woodland aNpHHe.- where more.
Of the vari-colorcd pills were
found.
Many Of them were in boxes
or bottles whic h flagrantly
boosted that they were love po-
tons. Yet those labels didn t
warn OF the cumulative trail of
phosphorus which would accu-
mulate in the body through their
use, Sapping strength and vital
ity. Turing death through lin
gering yellow curse with every
dose
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14

All evidence was placed in the
hands of County Prosecutor K.
{. Stanton.
Emil Balanescue was formal
ly charged with causing the
death of Dorothy Kirk while
committing an unlawful act; that
of practicing medicine without
qualification or license.
At the trial the court room
was packed with women. avid
for a sight Of the anaemic-look-
ing Frenchy. "the great lover"
But the most dramatic feat
ure came when City Chemist
Noreg arose and took the stand.
Noreg told in detail how the
drug acted on the human SyS-
tenn through tho medium OF the
cerebral spinal system.
IT'S n highly volatile poison"
began Noreg rs he produced
container from his pocket. cit
must he kept moist by contact
with other elements for when
ever II dries out IL will burst
into flame"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14
Locates Dorothy
At Home of Friend

II was worried sick. knowing
how IN she'd been and all, so |
started out TO look Tor her." The
woman continued.
She told of trailing Dorothy
and finally locating her al the
home of a friend on East Sixty
sixth street. The girl was lying
on the davenport in the living
room. attended by Frenchy.
"Nhy did you drag Dorothy
over here when she was 80 sick.
she shouldn't even have been
ups ." the woman had demanded
of Frenchy who retaliated by
saving that Dorothy had begged
him to take her some place.
you've got TO call COM
petent physician" Sho insisted,
making the inSinuation so plain
II was unmistakable. Finally
Frcnchy went out and returned
with a Or Williams"
Upon orders Of this physician,
Dorothy was rushed 10 the hos
piial
a checkup with hospital rec
ord> showed that no DR. VIII
ham, was connected with ST.
John Hospital IN any way nor
was he listed m the city direc-
tory. Nor was Frenchy known
al Lakeside Hospital
Monday the autopsy was be-
gun and George Noreg, the city
chemist. was given the pills for
analysis.
4 bundle Of letters from the
amorouS FrenChy as well AS his
picture taken with his sweet
hoart ucwp located
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14
Case Hints Poison,
Doctor Orders Probe

This strange case suggests
poisoning" Doctor Catlana said
evenly. IL must demand an
autopsy and immediate investi-
CATION"
Dorothy Kirk died at about
4 a. m. on Sunday, August 8,
1897.
Curious TO know more about
the 20-yesr-old girl who was the
victim Of such a mysterious
death, Doctor Catlana carefully
went through the girls belong
ings.
At first he thought her purse
would yield nothing Of impor-
tsnce, but in the bottom he
found a slip of paper on which
was scrawled an East One Hun
dred Forty-first street address.
and four pills. One of the pills
was reddish pink in color.
The doctors suspicious as 10
the nature of the poisoning were
Immediately aroused.
At $50 he sat in his Office in
the hospital facing two men who
had been sent TO investigate the
strange death. They were De
tecuve Sergeant Patrick Ryan
and Detective George Clark two
OF the shrewdest men on the
force.
They asked the doctor their
routine questions. why he Sus-
pected murder and who had
brought the girl TO the hospital
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14


fiction anything like the flight of Rudolf
Hess for sheer unsolved mystery?
We get kick out OF fiction. then,
not because il is stranger than life but
because Of the authors way of arrang-
ing and relating what he has 10 tell.
However, he can tell nothing that is
not found somewhere in life. either ac-
tually or imaginatively tour imagination
is as much part of our actual life as
is our job.
Nature. too, IS stranger than fiction.
I feel this thrilling "strangeness" when
! look at a tree. at the ocean, at fish,
at animals, at birds, at the stars or OBJ
serve through a microscope the wonders
of the insect world or when l look
through a microscope at the incompre-
hensible workings of the intestines and
the heart of human being.
At such moments / am aghast with
wonder-far more so than when ] read
Victor Hugo, Conan Doyle or II. G..
Wells, whose "art." as great as ii u.s. is
merely q trick
John y. Beatty thinks so, too. He
has written in Mature Is Stranger Than
Fiction" uipDinCotO one OF the most
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14

$50 and then rCi0uod n mn
rooms. Dict is here ,oT trying
10 take me- back to the croiCd--
bat / can't %. I roeId rather
be alone and think Of yoV, the
one I love so dcdrlV.
MS nor almost > o'clock and
Dick has not retUHcd--W maybe
he 'front.' shoW mp ~ 0jii
Dearest, this incident taught
me lesson-Uhich descrrc--
ouy fool ,oould. IRE looked for
,rard for this might, bit there
arc others 10 come. / hope yoa
had q tCondcrfW time tCheroUcr
you arc and I 'cish Il ,Cere
me TO gee II to goH Just the
same remain, yours icith SIN
ccre loro ERMIL.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14

II didn't" Frenchy cringed.
IL didn't give her the pills, eN-
cept for one time, and then
didn't tell her TO take any"
"And this idiotlc letter." put
in Ryan, thrusting 1t forward.
For a moment Frenchy swal-
lowed nervously, then slowly he
scanned the scrawled pages.
"Yes," Frenchy admitted
slowly. T wrote IL because I
loved Dorothy. She'd been
plenty wild. I wanted to keep
her for myself. that's why 1
took this way OF doing IT,"
He admitted he was not a
doctor and that he had never
worked in a hospital in any
capacity.
From the yellow hue ~
Trenchy's own skin the officers
knew that he, too, was n user OF
the drug.
And wasn't n reasonable 70
suppose that more Than one gifl
had become cnslaved. through
Frenchy. TO the yellow curse?
Others will die. like Dorothy
Kirk. II we fall to convict this
fiend." spoke up Sergeant Ryan.
Efforts were redoubled in the
search for Doctor Williams"
and resulted in finding a physi-
clan in the East Sixty-sixth
street district who recalled go
ing 10 the residence TO attend
the girl upon the insistence Of a
slender, nervous man who had
hurriedly sought him out at his
nninn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14
Frenchy COnfesSes
He Care Her Pills

These pills were found In
your ROOM" Narcotic Agent
Wall told Frenchy later. "They
are the same kind we found In
Dorothy Kinks room and are
the same as she carried In her
purse when you took her TO the
hospital TO die
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14

"The female Of the European
f'eld cricket will not allow her
mate TO WOO another maiden.
The wooing Is done by use OF "A
fiddle which il part OF the
males wings.
after a female has accepted
him, she tears the wings OF her
lover and breaks his fiddle so
that never again can he play
for the enticement OF another
female cricket. That's an effec-
tive way TO keep her husband at
home evenings"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14
by
TERRY McSHANE
G0THERE'S nothing else any
Il of MS can do. She's dead -

"THERE's nothing else any
Il OF MS can do. She's dead"
Doctor Catlana OF the staff
OF ST. Johns Hospital, in Cleve-
land, pronounced the verdict.
Deep pity was mirrored IN ms
kindly face as he looked down
upon the still form lying on the
white bed in the Immaculate
hospital ward and there was un-
certainty and bcwlldermcnt m
Doctor CHuana'S eyes, too, for
the white pillow was stained
with tears which has streamcd
from the eyes Of tho once.bcau-
tlful Dorothy Kirk.
lie was AT a loss to under
stand their significance for those
tears were not merely damp
blots on the white linen; they
were brilliant yellow splotches.
1t seemed incredible. yet there
il was, before his very eyes.
The velvety skin Of the girls
face and body was also yellow
OF a terrible hue.
wasn't II yellow jaundice?"
an inferno asked him.
Doctor Catlana had considered
that possibility but dismissed IT
promptly from his mind. The
girls Jaws were tightly locked.
Her temperature, during the
u hours she had lain IN the
hospital, had stood at 10l her
pulse at $50. The girl had been
in a coma when received A. the
hospital and she had not rallied
before death.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14

$ 7 COIerIdge
tMr above before the days Of the auto
mobile bob and dodge through that
SUNDAY traffic Sunday day like stay Off the auto high
ways as S possible END)
As TO women becoming mothers is 43year-old
Il Mrs Louis Brcnnccka Hebron H. who already the fond
parent recently became mother the eighteenth
Scotch whisky be produced in the United States a
Connecticut making Scotch whisky has been
produced Japan for time Dorothy klgaen says
Eddie knitting tiny garments Must be inter-
csne TO sec Eddie Arcaro knitting tiny garment jockeys
room "Smarte Of all the German shepherd
dog client German shepherd is smart dog but not
nearly as smart aodae boxer dobemann pnscher
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14
NV Loue Has Turned to Hate

SVOU bring the question of wages for wives
why you stick to writing about horses dogs left
handed basement Brooklyn and breakfast? writes
Chcagoan husband what said and the Impression
darling Immediately Now have TO tals
doing all right otherwise with nus
band who has noticed what spend on myself
husband will get together some evening
figure would be salary for and TO do
I spend personal needs oh, we'll may
he the household allowance But anyway.
mo- NJ ms Ioye turned 10 hate"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14

planned the woman. AT least
he SAYS he Is. He's supposed 10
he staff physician at Lakeside
Hospital. I'm sorry that ] can't
even tell YOU his last name, hut
his first name IL Ermil."