davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18
THIRTY
MARIE


THEY WERE standing in the
hall. d%iscarding coats and hats and
Win was saying, This is our
bousekeeper. who has been with
+be family longer than Eric.
Minerva. this is the new Mrs.
Adams" Halle thought she wasn't
.,,,b q new one, not after three
wars. but she took the thin hand
Of the elderly housekeeper with a
warm smile. 1t was not returned.
we kept supper Waitin',' Min
erva said. IN see about h~eatenin'
i. " She disappeared through plush
,o,tieres to the back regions
whence came the luscious smell of
hot gingerbread and baking beans
and spices.
Would you like to go right up
n your room? Or have supper
first ." Win asked.
II lust want to look at every
thing. I wish l had more than one
Sc. of eyes. want to see your house
at once, Win. May L"
Lets have some food first
Eric INTERCEPTED.
Eric thinks of food first, al
vays. Halle said to Win, who was
leading the way into the dining
room. Was he always that Way?'
Minerva had come in and was
putting a handsome soup tureen
down on the table.
Hes never satisfied" she said in
her dour voice. always wanted
what he didn't have"
Eric laughed and tied her apron
s"trir.s into a knot.
Same old Minerva. aren't you?"
"Avah. Reckon you haven't
changed very much yourself"
Minerva said. She brought a steam
ING loaf of brown bread from the
sidcboard to the table.
The table was laid with a shining
linen cloth. Worn thin with many
launderings. The silver was thin.
too. but it was handsome silver and
in fitting company with the fine
WedgeWoOd china. Like the Worn
linen and thin silver, the furnish
ings of the dining room were shah
by. but showed their quality; there
was a patina on the woods and, al
though the colors had long since
faded from rug and damask cur
tains, Halle knew they We're good
to the touch.
They went into the parlor after
supper and sat around the glowing
coal fire in the old-fashioned
hearth.
It was very different from the
drawing room at the house in Wor-
burn, but it was a nice room, COM
Portable. and showing still the hand
of the gracious lady who had been
EriC's mother. There We're needle
point covers on the mahogany
chairs. q lovely faded old rug with
delicate colors, on the floor, soft
curtains at the windows that came
to the floor, and Letitia Adams
piano, a rosewood square" design
with yelloWed ivory keys stood
open in one corner Of the room.
On a table, beside a low rocker
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By/JAN VALTM

wire a heavy voice said: "AlI
right. We shall discuss the
matter. Call us again In "a
hours"
Twenty-four hours l waited.
The expense for "a hours in
port ran close TO a hundred
marks. Then / called Berlin
again.
This II the master of the
Pioner speaking. How about
a towline:"
"Oh. yes, "A tOwline. We
have communicated with
Hamburg. Hamburg informed
us that there Is a good tow
line aboard the PiOner. Please
make use of it,"
There il no t0wllne," /
yelled IN a rage. There's a
line-as short as a dogs tail
no good for towing
L want IA real tOwliHe. ,.----.----.
"Oh, line for towing ."
"Yes, n line for towing"
"Please have patience. We
cannot decide Of-hand."
| then telephoned Captain
kostin in Bremen. His secre-
tary said that Captain Kostin
had been called to Berlin
about some business concern
ing a towIine.
Another day went by. An
other hundred marks of Rus
sian money went 10 the devil.
Early next morning l called
Berlin again.
This II the master of the
Pi0ner and LOsOsi. need
tOwline TO :"
THE comrades are not In
yet" a female voice Interrupt
ted. "Call again at 10 o'clock. +"
Il called at
How about that tOwline ."
| ranted.
Exactly" the thick voice l
had heard two days before an
sWered. Yes, the towline. We
are sending man tomorrow
to establish the fact that
there's really no towIine
aboard the Pioneer"
"YOu crooks" | barked into
the telephone. "You are sabo-
tagging the Five-Year-Plan. If
1 have no tOwline by tonight.
I'm going to take the PiOner
to sea and leave the Lososi
behind
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duct" they protested. I'VE
shall appeal 10 the Party"
Get off my ship" l said,
"Or I'll have you arrested as
mutineers."
They refused 10 bulge. Fire
lei and my engineer, who en-
ioyed a somewhat macabre
sense OF humor, connected the
fire hose and the engineer set
the pumps working.
"Get of my ship" ! COM
manded again.
you'll answer for this be-
fore the Party Control Com
mission" the Kultur KommiS-
Sar clustered.
"Douse them"
F'irelei and the engineer
turned the squirting hose on
the recalcitrant comrades, pur-
suing them around the deck
and into their cabin with A
Jet of oily harbor water.
Finally. all four escaped TO
the wharf. The engineer. Com
rade LauSen, stood guard with
a monkey wrench to prevent
them from coming back
aboard.
/ sped 10 the Communist
Port Bureau in taxi and
hired four new seamen. Then
| modified the Party news
paper truck and sent the four
men to Bremen 10 get their
visas from the Soviet consul.
Within eight hours they were
back.
In the meantime. a courier
from Captain Kostin arrived
in Bremerhaven with this
message:
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In Bremen, Captain PyeHss,
director Of the Nautical School
cpd the North German Lloyd
captains, Won ThuricR and Pant
hocuig, urged Jan VditiH ip ram
10 abandon communism. A the
age Of p, V0itm Wos girea COM
maHd Of the SoUiet ship, Pioneer,
and set sail cith an U-rdiHCd
crc,o for MurmORsk. FWeiei ros
aboard as the ships cook.
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Walter
WincheII
Experimenters Busy
in Country Theaters
BY WALTER WINCHELL
THE FIRST NIGHTS: The

THE FIRST NIGHTS The
experimenters were busy
in the backwoods theaters.
Most of the dailies covered
La Belle Helene" at West
port, Conn. They liked some
of the players of the all
Negro cast, and they voted
Offenbach's music, arranged
for SIND st. feet. applaudable.
But the yarn, in its present
shape. was rated too frail for
the Manhattan Winter.
broadway, l94l." A re-
write Of the best show that
ever mirrored the sinfu ]
street, has labor racketccrine
for its theme instead of fire.
water peddling, as in 1926. II
was tested in Indian Neck,
Conn. and will repeat in n. Y.
if it shows the right kind OF
WhammO.
The Paper Mill Playhouse,
across the Hudson, presented
the first production OF Sierra.
phina." The lass of the title
Is female coiufnnfst who
pushes her fellow citizens
around. Some of the scouts
gave it maybe some
"nh-nh."
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MUST TOW SHIP


please proceed with SIS Pioneer
TO Kiel to take I'm tow SIS LO-
SOsi. Eososi- -HeeFed- at the
coal hulk In Kiel ford, and
must be towed to Murmansk
nv SIS PiOner. shall meet
YOU at Kiel. With interna-
tional greetings. kOstin.'
Pioner was soon under way.
Once in open water, / turned
eastward between the islands
of Heligoland and Scharhoern,
ran into the Elbe estuary,
passed Cuxhaven, and entered
the locks of Brunsbuettel on
the North Sea end of the klel
Canal.
When the CuXhaven coast
guard station ran up a signal:
what ship" reptile d
proudly. "Pioner, Bremen to
Murmansk."
Much dangerous water lay
between Kiel and the North
Cape, but ! was determined
to bring my ship to Murmansk
or never show my face again
10 any living creature! Before
we left the BrunSbuettel
locks. with the Canal pilot
aboard. / received telegram
from Bremen. i knew imme-
diately that it was a telegram
from the Communist Party,
inspired by the Kultur kom-
miSsar and the provisions
commission I had so rudely
driven off the Pioneer. 1t read:
"You are herewith expelled
from the Communist Party
for gross opportunism and un-
proletarian conduct. Leave
ship Pioner at once. Nickel
1 called a Shipchandler'S
runner and asked him to send
wire for me to the Com
munist Party in Bremen.
go to hell" I wired. II and
Pioner on way to Murmansk."
We passed through the kiel
Canal at night. 1t was like
steaming along a brightly III
highway. At dawn. churnlng
in the opposite direction, a
hotilla of destroyers passed
by. Politely / dipped the red
Soviet flag when the low gray
warships were abeam. and |
had the satisfaction of seeing
units of the German navy dip
their ensigns in return. thus
taking notice of ship OF
which I was commander
On the giant locks of Holte-
nau. at the Baltic end, stood
dapper little CAPTAIN Kostin,
grinning a leone. He
boarded the Pioner before we
proceeded TO the roadstead
where, moored 10 an ancient
coal hulk. lay the high seas
trawler LosoSi, newly built in
the Germania shipvards OF
Kiel. The Lososi. l saw at
first glance. was one Of the
most modern trawlerS afioat.
She was more than twice the
size Of the Pioneer.
The Lososi had no crew.
Captain Kostin maintained
that no crew was necessary.
since the Pioneer was going TO
take the trawler in tow. /
said that l needed at least
three men to man the Lososi.
even if we towed her. A ship
in tow had nevertheless to be
steered. particularly in the
rock-infested waters off the
Norwegian coast. Captain
KoStin explained in his effer-
veScent manner that Sovtorg-
flot had made no arrangements
for manning the Lososi
"Well, In this case" |
argued. you are SovtorgfiOt.
therefore YOU can give me
power Of attorney TO hire
three more men,"
That's utterly impossible"
Captain Kostin protested. II
cannot take such a response
bility."
He handed me the Lososi's
papers, and grudgingly I
signed receipt for one new
trawler.
by the way" Captain Kos
tin said. "have you a chart OF
Trondheim Fjord?"
mo"
MUST GET CARGO
by all means. get n chart
of Trondbeim FIord." he said.
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NXXIX

off BremerhaVcn, the Gus
toms launch came alongside
TO take the seals off our stores
which we had bought in a
free-port zone, They included
several cases Of cognac and
some thousands of cigaretS.
To my CONSERVATION. the Gus
toms Inspector came raging on
the bridge.
The seals in your store.
room are broken" he yelled.
who gave you authority To
break customs seals before
leaving Germany's waters"
l went below. the Inspector
Tuning at my heels. | found
that the comrades Of the pro-
visions commission, not know
ing the freeport regulations,
had broken the seals in their
eagerneSS TO plan the provis-
ioning of our expedition. Now
they stood there sheepishly.
Some grumbled about "bour-
geois provocation' on the part
of the customs officials.
"SNhe- broke these-seals2 >"
the Inspector continued 10
rage. "H0w MANY cigarets
have been Struggled ashore
between here and Bremen:
How many bottles of cOgnac,
how many pounds Of timed
butter, have been struggled
ashore l have To confiscate
the ship. l order this vessel
to put into Bremerhaven for
investigation"
All protests were futile
Three customs guards were
put aboard the Pionel, which,
at n snaiPs pace. craw lie d
toward Bremerhaven where
other guards tied her uncere-
moniouSiy to a pier.
Ten hours of pickering and
negotiations followed. At the
customs house, l was interro-
gated as if l were a pirate.
The Pioner was searched from
stem TO stern. Every bottle of
cognac, every cigarette, every
pound of butter and coffee and
rice was accounted for. While
/ answered questions and
signed declarations 10 satisfy
the authorities, my comrades
aboard took the opportunity TO
launch a series of flying meet
ings among longshoremen and
wharf policemen.
The Weser pilot, after hav-
ing sworn that nothing had
been struggled hore, de-
parted with the remark:
Young man, you'll never get
to Murmansk."
FINED FOR BROKEN SEAL
"We fine you 800 marks and
90 marks for COSTS" the GUS
toms official, who had con-
Quoted the investigation, an
nounced. "You can pay the
fine and clear out. You can
also contest the fine. In the
latter case. this ship will be
detained until the court de-
cides the issue"
With crashing teeth | paid
the fine. Ii almost emptied
the Pioneers cash box. Then /
returned TO the ship and told
the Kultur KommisSar and the
three comrades of the provi-
sions commission that they
were fired.
you have no authority to
fire u.s." they objected. I'VE
shall call n meeting of the
crew to pass upon The matter"
you are fred without pay"
l snarled. you're fired! Pack
your bags and get Oft my
Ship
I'VE refuse 90 leave the
ship"
get Oft"
This Is unprolctarian con-
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the Side
By E. V. During
q. rbcrcforc orr age be rCreaiWg?
Lcore that 70 me registry books!
4 man Is as old rs nc IS feeling,
4 lromar as old as she looks.

= COLLINS.
d generally conceded for some time man Is
feels general do take much
interest do their looks. In fact
man took his health woman
docs looks would probably feel about ~ years
younger.-EVD>
HOW can a man make stay the side of his head?
II don't SO nwch this myself but girl friend
always saving way hat doesn't make me look
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World
Dorothy Draper, Astute career woman Is an interior
decorator but prefers stylist She
has three children When she became divorce she decided
look around Tor career rather than another husband NO" has
fancy vegured annual income Recently became grand
mother II would that gandmothers such Mrs
Draper young grandchildren
call them something grandma" l can't think of
substitute ofhand but will give the matter thought and
report later
TIVE is mentioned the Bible while the dog mentioned
1S times.
Did say had a cousin Kely:" asks Boston
subscriber named Dan Kelly Yes sir Lieut. Maurice Kelly of the
Royal Air Force.
York City Board of Education weight
regulation permits herself
TO BECOME too plump she is fired
dog the market today than baby
foods An Australian now negotiating shipment
million pounds of owgrade beef this TO be used
for dog feed.
UGUST u s Petroleum Day Aug. ~ 1859 Co. T.. L.
"a oil Titusvlle Pa This the beginning
of the petroleum industry Many have become mlonaires
because petroleum. Colonel Drake died
beneficiary old age pension.
Salt Lake City, is considered ireproof by
its they taken fire insurance it,
automobile drivers than accord
ing o American Automobile Association
This because hear concentrate have control and
park better than
Many ong-lived residents of England lusy
old famous -four browns diet which
bread baked beans brown eggs and brown
sugar.
In family relief dog.
stupid unfeelng ruling dog luxury,
anyway, but a necessity.
priced $4,000 That's what Manhattan
sale. 1t S abno mink coat
California client he 1S feet tall That's
good But still Iowa where the tall Worlds
cornstalk height is 5a inches held by Scott
County, Ia.
HAVE you writing ambitions? Try to create character you
- carry through of stories books Think of the
money Sherlock Holmes Charlie Chan
DR.. Kildare Hopalong Cassidy Cappy Kicks Then there
to make around $500000 from
Claudia the film rights of CaudaS adventures
Sbp pra0in And
previously about Claudia for $500 each
Also collecting around $1,000 week royalties from the play
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-16
THE MAGIC LANTERNS :


L The releases were bottle
necked when most of the
temples elected to stand pat
"Manpower" was a week
end arrival, and turned out To
be a good example Of the up
and-at- em drama. G.. Raft
and T.. G.. Robinson slug and
scowl and take risks among
the high tension wires, the
livest of whom is NJ. Dietrich,
responsible for all the fuss.
Time Out for Rhythm is
enjoyable because OF Ann
Miller's gamboling gains R
Vallee and Rosemary Lane
eaper for Cupid, bat that
Miller's hooflng is better than
love.
What makes so many thea
ters repeat on news reels ?
Sometimes you get three YER
Sions of the same item, all by
different movie companies.
Are they making the news
shots a double feature. too?
And there are too many
animated copy cats living off
Mickey Mouse. 1t wouldn't be
so bad If they really knew
how 10 steal.
If you missed il on Broad
way. you'll have fun at Love
Crazy" which is making the
neighborhoodS.
THE WIRELESS: One of the
l. reasons the news from the
new war zone is yes-and-no u
because the transmission from
Moscow is haywire. The re-
lays hit the Axis areas. and
they change the bad news or
just loose il.
Leland Stowe jeered at the
alarmists who cried Sur
prise" when our troops
reached Iceland. Mr.. RooSe-
welt prepared US for IT. he
reminded, when he declared
the emergency. Then he said:
1T would he stupid 10 allow
the enemy To get n foothold."
Jan Yandrich. guessing on
I'VE the People, reported
that the people of Tobruk
where he's been. have other
things besides war TO murder
their sleep. They've got a
sister of the Hut Sut song,
called Laughing Mathilda."
Who's the new announcer
with the divine falsetto? He
can lisp words with no lisping
letters in them. and he's got
walters in the saloons hutter-
ing up tiptoe during his broad
casts.
The way some of the bras
sier bands swing the classics.
you'd think they were trying
to take evenge on the
listeners.
The N. Y. Daily News and
the n. Y. Post radio historians
report that the latest Hooper
radio survey shows Bob Hope
still leading the national popu-
larity poll, but still tied with
his severest critic. a New
York radio commentator. Tee.
hee.
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''rakiSh" enough, that l should wear II on
the side OF my head.
put i, on that way but it won't stay
that way very long
Maybe l haven't the right kind
of hat for the "raksh" angle. Then
again maybe l haven't the right kind of
a head.
Patricia Winter. Cosmetic business
genius. She created the first deodorant
and the first liquid nail polish. Her business
so prospered because of these creations she
was able in 1929 to sell it for 100000 in
cash.
COL. JOAQUIN ZANETT1. Member Of
~ Columbia University faculty and also
of chemical warfare reserve of United
States Army. Has been recently called TO
active duty. He is an authority on poison
gas. Did you know Ty Cobb was in the
chemical warfare branch of the United
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MEETS WITH CREW

After that l called meet
ing of my crew TO consider
what to do Comrade Lausen.
my engineer, suggested that
we sneak alongside some tug
after dark, and steal a line
We rejected this proposal for
fear that il might end in the
confiScation of our ship.
| went ashore 10 a ship
chandler and bought the best
towline | could find. ! did not
pay cash, but told the man
ager of the firm to present the
note | signed TO the Soviet
Trade Mission in Berlin. Re-
turning with my towline in a
water taxi 10 the Pioneer, |
found three Stony-faced Rus
slams on board. They said they
had Just arrived from Berlin
TO man the trawler Lososi!
! divided the Russians into
three watches. one man per
watch. and convinced myself
that they could steer. That
done. all hands turned out 10
secure one end of our precious
towline around the Lososi'S
forecastle and foremost, and
late in the afternoon we
cleared the anchorage of Kiel
and headed out into the Baltic.
Luckily the weather was
fine until we had n gotiated
the Sound between Denmark
and Sweden. We did not make
more than six knots an hour
In the Kattegat, between
Gothenburg and the Cape OF
Skagen. we ran into stiff
north-wester. The Pioneer. with
a draft Of less than five feet.
pitched wildly in the seas.
off Skagen l changed
course to the westward. max
ing for the southernmost tip
of Norway. In the reddish
rays Of setting sun / saw the
three Russians leaping up and
down on the dancing fore
castle head of the trawler
astern, and gesticulating
m a dly Frantically they
pointed toward the towline.
Through a pair of powerful
glasses-the Pioneer had he
best possible equipment
discerned that the towline was
chatting through where IT
entered the Lososi's hawse
pipes. At any minute the line
threatened TO part and set the
trawler adrift.
I hove 10 with the Pioneer
and lowered a dinghy and sent
three men into the dinghy.
The towlinc hung slack. The
LosoSi turned slowly and wal
lowed in the beam sea. The
three men in the dinghy rowed
over to the Lososi, and to-
gether with the Russians they
heaved in some Of the tow
line. Since there was no steam
on the trawler. this work had
10 be done by hand. The back
breaking job took all OF four
hours.
The damaged spot in the
line was hauled in, the line re-
fastened and the points of
friction guarded against fur
Their damage by wads of can
vas and burlap. When the
three men returned TO the
Pioner. the dinghy capsized.
All three, however, could,
swim. and we hauled them
aboard with heaving lines. So
pronounced was our eagernesS
10 safeguard the interests Of
the Soviet Union that we
lowered another boat and set
out 10 salvage the overturned
dinghy!
ITO pa Eontinuodl
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PHONES FOR TOWLINE

PHONES FOR TOWLINE
I went ashore and tele-
phoned Derutra. the Soviet
shipping company, in Ham
burg. A cheerful voice with
thick Russian accent an
Swered.
II need a towIine," I said
II need a full-length towline.
otherwise cannot leave for
Murmansk.
"A towline: Please. com
rade, explain"
At length | explained the
nature and the purpose of
towline, and after that l eX-
planned why | could not sail
without il.
II need a good. long tow
line" / concluded II need II
nj once"
The voice at the other end
OF the wire paused. | heard
sounds of an argument in
Russian. Then the voice an
Swered:
"YOu may need a tOwline.
comrade. am sure you do.
IL is serious expense. / can
not--well, you better talk 10
the cOmrade I'm charge of for
eign purchases"
The comrade in charge Of
foreign purchases reportd his
presence.
IT need n tOwline ="
Again | explained my problem
from beginning to end
every we'll" said Comrade
Foreign Purchases. But what
guarantee do we have that
the towline will be shipped
back TO us once II il I'm Muir
mansk? We shall never see
IL again. We"
"But i need a towline," !
groaned into the telephone.
"Of course. Of course, but
cannot make a decision
on the spur of the moment,
comrade. I shall connect you
with COmrade Vice President.
He will be pleased TO arrange
the matter :"
Comrade Vice President was
at the telephone.
81 need a towIine :" l,
reiterated.
Certainly, comrade
only permit me 10 have my
Comrade Secretary consult
the PiOner inventory list
Have an instant's patience,
please"
81 need a tOwline," / barked.
without a towline can't
sail. A towline costs 800
marks. IL Is cheaper to buy a
towIine now than to waste
money on port taxes"
I'VE understand perfectly"
the other replied suavely.
But suppose a towIiDe IL
not really required. 1 cannot
buy q tOwIine without possess
Ing myself Of all the pertinent
facts"
'Comrade Vice President
I need n towline E"
yes, yes" And then. dis
consolately: please walt. I
cannot personally take the re-
sponsibility."
/ waited. ] called again. I
was on the telephone for an
hour. Finally Hamburg an
swered. I'VE have no power
10 buy a towline for you. Our
inventory shows that there's n
good towline on the Pioneer"
/ wrangled some more. De-
rutra in Hamburg told me 10
take up the matter with the
Soviet Trade Embassy IN Ber--
lin. | phoned Berlin.
II need a towlIne," j said,
"to bring two new Soviet YES
sells 10 Murmansk. without n
towline, both ships Will be
msrooned In kieI."