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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-31
SERIAL STORY

THE STORY: Two murders st Paradise Lake renew the old TO- xaAxsce between school teacher Mary O'Connor, vacationing there with her mother, Maudie, and re porter Dennis Flynn, sent down from 9he city to cover the story. RuAsce are convinced sophisticated Serbert Cord was killed by gang star Stush Veretti, although Cords death at first implicated Jeanie Morris, whom he had cOurted for two summers only to bring Margie Dixon to Paradise this year as his faancee. Second mysterious death was that of Miss Millie Morris, Jeanie's stern sDinster aunt, who kept locked i'm her heart the secret of a girlhOOd romance with some enc who signed his letters "Kit." Other characters in the story are Liza Holmes. Miss Millies maid who stays on with Jeanie; elderly innkeeper Chris Gordon; local ed- itor Tod Palmer, in love with Jeanie, Tod, Mary, Jeanie, and Dennis spend 2 pleasant evening in the city. The next day Jeanie and Mary find Lixa's body hanging in the attic of the Morris home. She has been murdered.
 MAUDIE ACTS!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-31
BY MARGUERITE GAtlAGAN

1 thing damaging about the Cord murder she'd have spilled it be- fore she was knocked of. Stush vereth was in the custody of the police before she was killed" He rested on the oars and we drifted along.
 "If 1t weren't for my conviction { that Veretti's guilty might think there was something to this talk about Jeanie Morris. Oh, I know what you're going to say" he told me before I could more than start to argue. Sure, she's a swell kid. The picture of innocence; a nice girl, and tops with Tod Palmer.
 But I've seen some funny ones in my life. That little blond that stuck knife between Tony Ram moff's ribs was the kind that could model for young mother ad. And Sadie Robins looked like a gentle old maiden auth, yet she did a good carving job on her sister"
 "Well, don't talk like this to Maudie," I warned. She's had about enough of your crime de- auctions"
 She's got her own ideas about these murder" He threw his cigaret in the water and we headed back for shore. T get a kick out of the way hse figures things out. I'd like to know how cha einar +I,ie b,,civ,aec 1YV lyxnxx, she hasn't expounded her theories and that's not like her, but maybe you were right. I mean, she prob ably doesn't want to stick her chin out with any wild. ideas. But I bet they'd be honeys. Maudie's detective story reading should make this field day for her."
 
 We had a field day sooner than we'd expected. In fact, things seem- ed to have hit their peak the next noon when Officer Antler arrived. Quietly and no arguing, he an- nounced he had come to see Miss Morris. He was taking her with him, he explained.
 you're under arrest, Miss Mor- ris. Sorry 1t has to be this way, but the police aren't satisfied with your answers" He wasn't too hardboiled and I think the sight of the girls helplessness and the way her shoulders sagged made him dislike his errand. Its just a legal move" he added. ''Your
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-31
CHAPTER XXI

It was a good thing that Jeanie had a full nights sleep because from then on we seemed to live Ill ] nightmare.
 v Liza's death went down on the record officially as murder and the next day traffic was heavy around Paradise Lake, with curi- 0sity seekers driving up and down the roads staretching their silly Inncks to look at any of us who happened to stick our noses out side.
 pr. Orway shook his head in despair. He'd dropped in that morning with a tonic for Jeanie, who looked so pale that Maudie nad called him. She had gone out Co his car with him after he'd Seft . prescription and they had m long talk.
 *Shell probably stuff you with sGastards, beef broth and eggnogs, :" g& said. Anyway she's been out there talking to him long enough Co come back full-fiedged nurse"
 But it would have taken more chan food to help Jeanie. The police were always there, either asking her questions, taking her back to the Morris house, or to tthe State Police Post.
 And nasty rumors were going around. Denny confessed that, miserably enough, one evening when he took time of from chas- ing around with the forces of law and order to go rowing on the lake. Oh, yes, there was 8 moon and Q perfect setting, but recent events didn't make for romance.
 There's so much damn gossip Gn little communities" he pointed sout. And so many things do look bad for the kid"
 But the police say that Stush Veretti killed Herbert Cord" I reminded him. Crime didn't fit in with the peaceful quiet of the lake. There was scarcely ripple on the path made by the moon- Aght. Except for the gentle swish pf the water made by the oars and ehe occasional soft squack of the ducks feeding over in the marshy section, there was no other sound.
 'It,s the veretti angle that's knocked the whole picture cock eyed," he admitted. We're sure Etush knocked Cord oil. He hasn't confessed, but he'll go the hard way once the trial starts. He hasn't 8 chance to beat this rap.
 "But then these others as Maudie so sweetly points out they aren't the work of the num- bers boys. At least they shouldn't be because what harm could these two old women do them? Ger tainly if Miss Millie knew any,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-31
CRANluM CRACKERS
TIMELY TOPICS

TIMELY TOPICS
 Time and tide wait for no man, but they make good subjects for quizzes. There's no time like the present to clock yourself on this one.
 l. What time is it in Moscow when it's 10 8. m. Standard t1ne) in New York2
 ?. If your clock was & com pass with 12 north, what time would it be if the hour hand was pointed southwest and the minute hand east?
 3. What is the usual cause oi a tidal wave?
 4. What is the difference be. tween flood tide and ebb tide?
 5. What time is it aboard shir at three bells, six bells and eight bells?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-31
MURDER IN PARADISE 5s
COPYRIGHT. gSSs. NgA SERVICE. INC.

I attorney will handle things. It won't be SO bad"
 Personally, I didn't see how it could be any worse. Maudie was of no help. She sat there and wept. Because we didn't know how long Jeanie would have to stay in jail, I managed to pack Q few of her things in an over- night bag.
 But Denny and Tod will get you out" I kept repeating. You musnt give up. This really means nothing"
 Tt means everyone thinks ] killed them. It means people have been staring at me and talking about me all these days and think ing I'm guilty"
 She chung to me in the bedroom while I tried to get her to put on some rouge. You -- you don't think so, do you?"
 ''The ones who know you don't think so. -I think the police just have to arrest someone They've messed these cases up so horribly. They haven't uncovered a single clue and you know peo- pie are demanding action. The prosecutors probbaly running for office this fall and he wants a chance to start something. It's always that way, Jeanie. But your attorney, he'll know what to do."
 She looked lone and forlorn as sch left the cottage.
 T certainly hope her attorneyll know what to do," I repeated to Maudie while we stood looking after the car.
 well, I'm not going to wait I'm going to do something right now" she said, while I stared at her open-mouthed. (TO Be COntinued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-31
Sport QUESTIONS Answered

Have you 3 spor:s question you want answered? Write your queS- tion clearly, sign your name and address and mail your query to Sports Fan Question Man, Sports Service Bureau, The Waterbury Democrat, 1913 18th St, Wash ington, ID. C., enclosing Scent postage stamp for personal reply.
 e. What were the team batting averages of the Detroit Tigers and the Cincinnati Reds in the 1940 world series, and which club scored the most runs?
 A. Detroit scored 28 runs on 56 hits, and their batting average was .246. Cincinnati scored 9 times on 58 hits, and their average was .250
 e. Were both of Gene Tunney's parents Irish?
 A. John, his father, and Mary Lydon his mother, were both bolu in Ireland, but were married in the United States.
 @. With which minor league teams did Grover c. Alexander, fa- nous baseball pitcher, play before joining the majors?
 A. Galesburg (Ill.-Mo.) and Syra- cuse (N. Y. State).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-31

(To Be Continued)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-27

Brownsville. Tex. Scheduled stops
en- route were Washington, At
lanta. New Orleans, Houston and
Corpus Christi, Tex.
The plane crossed over the field
and headed south. apparently to
circle back. But indications were
that motor trouble developed and
the liner was unable to reach the
airport.
The crash occurred about 10
miles south of the airport, and
the plane was boring northward
when it crashed into the timber.
w. p. Matlock of Jonesboro,
who sighted the plane a few min
utes before 1t crashed, said that
it was flying very low and the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-27
TWO STRUGGLE FREE

Two of the survivors struggled
free of the wreckage and one
whose name was not Immediately
obtained. started out to get assist
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-27
Cathedral Killer
Bdres Jealousy
Copyright BY Detroit rIm.. All right, reserve,

GRAND RAPIDS. Feb. 27.-
Willis J. Mccarthy. on trial for the
Staying of his wife at the altar
steps of ST Andrews Roman Catho-
lie Cathedral, is expected to con-
clude his testimony today.
On the stand yesterday he told
of meeting the woman he killed
while he was still married TO his
first wife. He said she had urged
him to obtain a divorce.
He also said that after their
marriage, he became violently
jealous of her and a man who
worked in the same office with
her.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-27

motors sounded like they were
having trouble"
Matlock said he was leaving a
dance about midnight when the
plane flew overhead and his atten-
ton was attracted by its low alti-
tude.
Asked how the motors were
sounding he said:
Like a truck with a cut-out
open and with the motor not
running smoothly"
Jim Hunt, a farmer~living near
the scene, said he heard the crash,
but he thought it was a blast on
some construction work few
miles away and did not investigate
il Immediately.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-27

the children and grown-ups like
that
The project sends out five new
styles a month. These of course
are not all frocks. They include
all kinds of childrens and infants
Clothes.
The undre ds of workers
throughout the state who turn out
the garments make mems clothing
too-oNeralls and mackipaws-and
womens coats. All of them are
carefully tailored
The project has large donations
from automobile and manufacture
ing plants of scraps of materials
which may be utilized. Some of
these are turned into excellent
Winter garments.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-27
Block Promised
Protection, Graft
Witness States

Sam Block. confessed go-be-
tween for the prosecutors Office
and Wayne County gamblers. def
nitely promised protection from
raids by the prosecutors STAFF in
return for monthly graft pay
ments. II was testified today at
the county graft trial.
The testimony was given by
Fred Eichbauer, Wyandotte hand
book operator and prosecution wit
ness whom the defense cross-ex--
amined in an effort to adduce
testimony supporting its claim
that Block was an extortionist
operating without the knowledge
or consent of the prosecutors
Office.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-27
Fashions by WPA
Seruing Project Workers viii Make Their Goods
in Production-Line Quantity Come Spring
By VERA BROWN

Step right up. ladies and gentle
men, to see the 1871 Spring WPA
fashion show.
1t is part Of the giant sewing
project which in 1910 turned out
1,470,000 garments for the states
needy. Yesterday az WPA sewing
headquarters, 1850 West jefferson
avenue. SO directors of SO projects
throughout the state came to see
the new styles which their work
ers will put on the production line
this Spring.
The clothing. made from ma
terials furnished by the federal
government and by state sponsors,
is turned over to the surplus
marketing administration. whence
it goes to welfare agencies and
state Institutions.
SIMPLE AND WEARABLE
Said Edward w. Hare, head of
the sewing project:
1--WE want to make simple,
well-designed, wearable clothes
of good taste, in a variety of
colors, styles and materials"
That is just the kind of clothes
which Paul L. Frost. head pattern
maker. has produced and put on
view for the SO supervisors. who
p. Jmptly will start turning out
the clothing.
There's a smart Summer suit of
plaid gingham which is especially
good. The project is using corduroy
in a variety of colors. finds il
eninently satisfactory. The frocks
have trick pockets, utilize a variety
of nice Spring colors. Their length
is medium. Some of the corduroy
frocks are two-piece affairs.
One dress of crepe is done in
mother and daughter sizes. Both
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-27
FUSELAGE A MASS

Both motors were torn from the
plane and hurled a distance away.
and the fuselage was torn and
crumpled INFO a misshapen mass.
Captain Rickenbacker, the World
War hero and president of Eastern
Airhnes, was among those seriously
injured. He was carried on an i'm
provised sire cher from the
wrecked fuselage in a dazed con-
dition. Semi-consciouS, Ricken-
hacker and the other injured were
carted by rescuers over the hilly
pine-dotted terrain, across two
shallow creeks that had to be
waded and placed in vehicles
which rushed them into Atlanta.
The ship sheared off eight or
ten trees, some a foot in diameter,
in its plunge.
AMONG SURVIVORS
Among those listed as survivors
were:
CAPTAIN RICKENBACKER.
J. S. ROSENFELT of New
Orleans. La.
ROY SEWELL, Atlanta.
GEORGE FINEBURG, New
York City.
II. A. LITTLEDALE, Short
Hills, N. J.
MRS II. A. LITTLEDALE,
Short Hills, n. j.
P. L. BRADY, Hollis n. Y.
C. NJ. TAPPEN, New York
City.
Mrs. tittiedafe is nationally
prominent in education circles
and is editor-in-chief of Parents
MagazineD.
TWO STRUGGLE FREE
Two of the survivors struggled
free of the wreckage and one.
whose name was not Immediately
obtained. started out to get assist
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-27
QUIZZED BY DEFENSE


battery of defense counsels ques-
tioning Eichbauer about graft pay
ments he had said he made to
Block. asked:
isn't IL true that Block didn't
promise YOU anything In return
for the money you paid him:"
HE told me he would give me
protection from the prosecutors
Office" the witness replied.
MCREA OBJECTS
Duncan C. MeCrea. who was
prosecutor during the time re-
ferred to by Eichbauer. and
Thomas c. Wilcox, who was
sheriff. are among the 3 on trial
before Visiting Judge Earl c.
Pugsley.
McCrea objected strenuously as
Special Prosecutor Chester p.
OHara. questioning State Police
Corporal Helmar Carlson. brought
out that following a series of
handbook raids March 25 1899,
in Crosse Pointe. warrants were
not issued by the prosecutor S
office until April 5.
Carlson said he did not know
why the original charge of posses
sion of gambling equipment was
reduced to disorderly person, or
who did it.
EX-BOOKIE ON STAND
Ernest Mitchell, another former
handbook operator in Wyandotte,
yesterday testified how he and his
brother-operators had arranged to
pay Block $50 a month.
at came about -when=we
heard there were going to be
some raids" Mitchell testified.
81 went to see William "Slicker"
Page "a defendant), and asked
II IL couldn't be Strengthened
out. He gave me Blocks teIe-
phone number. (Sam Block,
already a witness, testified he
was q bride collector for the
prosecutors office.)
REDUCE 1T TO $50
Block wanted 500 a month
from each of us but we told him
we couldn't pay that much, and
he said he'd see the prosecutors
office and see what could be
done. II was reduced to $50"
Under cross examination by
McCrea, Mitchell testified he had
operated handbooks in Wyandotte
Is years and was not bothered by
the prosecutors office before or
after he started paying protection.
81 could not see that I was
getting anything for my pay
ments,". he said in reply to
McCrea's question.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-27
7 Killed in Crash,
RiCkenbaCker,
I Injured
CONTINUED from Page One)

NSonthhuCu rum NnbO OucJ
New York-to-Atlanta plane came
over Atlanta Airport heading
south, circled TO the east and
headed back north preparatory 10
coming in for its landing about
AS the plane roared over the
hamlet of Morrows Station it
trouble and crashed.
One resident living near the scene
said lit sounded like the plane
was having motor trouble"
The ship plowed into a densely
wooded hillside, blowing through
the trees for at least 100 yards.
Both wings were sheared off. and
the wreckage of one was hanging
suspended in a tree.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-27

ance from the nearest dwelling,
a half mile away.
Rescuers rushed caterpillar
tractor to the scene TO pull apart
the planes shattered cabin and
fuselage to free the survivors.
II wasn't until the fuselage was
moved that the bodies of Captain
Perry and Co-pilot Thomas were
recovered from the wreckage.
There was no fire, indicating
that Perry had cut his motors
before the crash.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-27

The plane, en- route from New
York. was due in Atlanta at 11:55
o'clock last night.
The planes destination was
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-08
FiYsi Performance 0i School Play Seen
 Al Matinee Today

Headed for Eden selected as Ju- neau High Schools annual spring play, was presented at a matinee this afternoon for grade school stu dents. Teachers and students who saw this afternoons performance agreed that the three-act comedy was well-worth seeing, and is an entertaining and amusing play.
 Broadcasting over KINY tonight at 9:l5 o'clock, several members of the cast will present short selec- tion from the play. Players in the broadcast will be John Lowell Bob Helgesen, Shirley Davis, Shirley Olds, and Frances Paul.
 Tomorrow night a public perfor~ nance of Headed for Eden" will be given at 8 o'clock in the High School gymnasium. Tickets are sell ing rapidly. and large audience is anticipated
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-08
MYSTERY PLAY 8' ENDS TONIGHT
 AZ LOCAL HIT
Phantom Raiders" on Screen of Capitol The
 atre = Good Cast

Nick Carter, in the person of Walter Pidgeon, again plunges into lurid adventure in Phantom Raid ers.' second of the series built about the famous detective of fic- tion. ending tonight at the Capi- tol Theatre This time the scene of adventure shifts to the Panama Canal Zone, where Nick exposes the machinations of an espionage ring, aided by pretty Florence Rice and Donald Meek, the eccentric bee keeper who carried the come dy load in the first of the series.
 Ships are being mysteriously sunk offshore. A mysterious raider is suspected. Carter, on vacation, IS asked to handle the case, and after look at Miss Rice. playing the secretary of the shipping firm head, agrees He discovers a for mer Chicago gangster running a cafe, in the person of Joseph Schildkraut, which puts him on 5he trail not of a raider but a racket in which ships are wrecked oy short wave radio and explosives hidden in their cargoes. Walter Pidgeon plays the leading role with just the right breeziness. He makes the hero a thoroughly likable persons and conveys that
 
 quite at home in the midst of dan gers which are essential to a good detective on the screen.
 Florence Rice, as the pretty sec retary, is, as always. a welcome addition to any picture.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-08
"CHIlD lyB0RN" FEATURED AGAIN
 AT 10TH CENTURY
Geraldine Fitzgerald Has Lead in Picture Now
 Showing Here

"A Child Is Born" the Warner Bros. production with Geraldine Fitzgerald sensational discovery of Dark Victory and "Wuthering Heights Jeffrey Lynn, Gladys George and Gale Page in the lead ing roles. ends tonight at the 20th Century Theatre.
 The setting for the film is the maternity ward of a city hospital. This does not mean, however. that the setting itself is the matter of main interest in the screen pro- duction. It was produced as a dra- matic entertainment, and like any good piece of drama, it's chief con- cern is with the fates of the vari- ous characters who people its story.
 It is really not so much one story as a group of stories given cleverly devised unity by the fact that they all run their course with in the confines of the maternity ward of a big hospital and each depends for its drama upon the birth of a child.
 Of chief interest is the tragic tale of the devoted young couple depicted by Miss Fitzgerald and Jeffrey Lynn. The wife has been sentenced to a long term in prison for a murder of which she is le- gally though not ethically guilty but she was an expectant mother at the time she was sentenced. and now she has been sent to the hos pital to have her baby.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-08
Rainbow w-DeMoIay Installation to
 Be Held Saturday

Joint installation will be helc Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock in the lodge room of the Scottish Rte Temple by the Order of Rainbow Girls and the DeMolay's
 Miss Elizabeth Tucker, retiring Worthy Advisor, will be installing officer for the girls. Miss Gather nie Torkelson will be installing marshal; Miss Maydelle George, ln- stalling chaplain and Miss Bernice Mead, installing musician. Miss Doris McEachran will be installed as the new Worthy Advisor.
 Bob Scott. retiring Master Coun- cillor, will be installing officer for the DeMolay's. Clifford Furuness will be installed as Master Council Tor for the next term.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-08
Chamber Will Donate Money
 To Iron Lung
Merchants Vote 10 Send Check for Purchase of
 Machine for Juneau

Another $50 donation for the pur- chase of an iron lung for the City of Juneau was received today as the Juneau Chamber of Commerce voted to write a check for that amount and present it to the Iron Lung For Juneau Committee.
 Dr. William M. Whitehead, mem Der Of the Committee, explained to Chamber members at their noon luncheon today that the machine was to be the property of the City of Juneau and not the hospital so that it could be used or borrowed by other towns. Members of the Chamber have already responded to the call for funds very well, it was reported, and E. F. Clements said that already one-half of the needed funds have been received with a very sizeable sum already promised by the miners union" Ap- prcximately $500 is needed for the purchase.
 Reports from the executive board indicated that the City Council would be asked to either enforce a present ordnance or pass another to force dog owners to keep their animals either on a leash or off the streets of Juneau
 Other action of the executive board was to take action forcing the condemnation and removal of the old, decrepit buildings on Frank lin Street from the entrance of the saw mill to the power plant of the Alaska-Juneau mine.
 M. s. Whittier gave a final re- pert on interference with Juneau radio reception and said that con- ditions are something the Juneau ties must accept stoically. because apparently nothing can be done to correct the problem in spite of the efforts of experts hired by the Alaska Juneau mine, other radio ex- perts and by men of the Federal Communication System here.
 Guest of the Chamber today was Max Trymucha.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-08
Miss Godfrey Guest
 Al Linen Shower

For Miss Sybil Godfrey, bride elect of Harry Maxwell Jr., a linen shower and dessert bridge party was given last evening by Mrs. Ro- bert Bowling, who entertained 20 guests at the Distin Avenue home of her parents, MT and Mrs. M. S. Whittier.
 Miniature candles in gum drop holders centered the individual tables and yellow shower un1brel- las were selected as place cards for the occasion.
 Honors for bridge were won by Miss Jeanne VanderLeest, high, and Mrs. Harold Brown, consola- ton. Mrs. Kaarlo Nasi was given the cut prize.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-08

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