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Evening star., 1942-11-01

did not quite succeed in keeping the fear out of her
face.
The soldier bent his head to hide his grin. Unless,
of course, inconvenience you, Froeken." he said.
Unless, for instance, it is for some other guest that
you prepare this good stew"
NO." she said quickly. There is nobody"
He hitched the stool nearer to the stove. He had
no intention of staying He knew there would surely
be some signal by which the fugitive could be warned
not to approach the hut. But would be good sport
to let her think he meant to stay. He pretended not
to watch her, but every time her eyes glanced at the
door, he knew it.
AHRE was a long silence, except for the chuckle of
the fire and the bubble of the stew The silence lasted
so long that even the soldier was little startled when
it was broken by a thin voice from the bed.
He turned quickly toward the sound. The old
woman had lifted herself on an elbow. Her faded
eyes were wide, like chld's eyes, One of the snken
hands pointed unsteadily at the rife between his
knees. "A gun! You are not afraid of it?''
He laughed. 1T is for Others to be afraid"
That is what Thoglild Arnessen said" She shook
her head slowly. He was not afraid of his gun. And
because be was not afraid it almost killed him. Your
gun is like Thuld's gun. You should be afraid of it.
1t will 60 off and hurt you, as Thorkld's gun hurt
him. 1t might even kill you"
The soldier laughed again.
Evening star., 1942-11-01
Q>@n@lle 3! nd

III is good to be ready for whatever comes: That
was the old woman's advice-and il bore fruit
by Hugh AGacNaix Kahlex
BY Ls~vsse hoy.as
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COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

lect of work" and Sinking" is con-
stantly increasing, he said. But this,
he continued, seems only to further
embitter the workers.
The informant emphasized that his
opinions were based on his own obser-
vations and those of relatives.
Private advices reaching the United
Press from other sources, which
seemed equally reliable, said that the
number of German soldiers deserting
and fleeing into neutral Switzerland
was increasing. 1t was not pretended
the increase which was considered
significant.
Most of them come from unoccupied
France, though some come directly
from Germany. The Swiss intern these
deserters and keep discreetly silent, it
was said.
These reports from Hamburg, Ger
many's major port and big indus
trial center, and from other places in
Germany, may or may not indicate a
real and growing spirit of rebellion
among German workers. They may
or may not indicate state of mind
which will force the Nazis to end the
war, perhaps much earlier than is ex-
pected by even the most optimistic of
Germany's opponents. But at the same
time it should be remembered that
similar reports heralded the end of
the first World War in the fall of 1918
Then the German armies were giving
ground but were still capable of a
bitter and prolonged resistance if they
had been supported by a fighting spirit
in the civilian population.
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WHAT NEXT?

To camoufage it's new buses, the
White Motor Company is painting
roofs with a new infra-red-r
olive-drab paint developed by the Arco
Company, Cleveland. Arco says the
paint is the first to achieve heat-re-
Election without corresponding light
reflection, which would aid enemy
bombers, particularly at night. The
American Transit Association has rec
commended all bus and street car roofs
be camoufaged by use of lustreless
olive-drab paints.
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Indeed the time is nearly here when
not only large proportion of women
will be employed in factories and jobs
producing war materials, but the coun-
try may even be confronted with Sc
rious shortage of labor, both skilled
and unskilled.
What must and is being done for
war purposes can and must equally be
achieved in times of peace. The only
difference is that instead of devoting
more than half of the nations energy
and resources for war, the nations
productive effort will be concentrated
on making goods needed for civilian
use.
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- THE -
CHERRY TREE
Where with eur Little Ratchet We tell
the truth absut many things, sometimes
profoundly, sometimes sippsntly, some
times reckIe6sly

John L. Lewis and Brother Denny
aren't having exactly smooth sailing
these days.
Now these two men could be swell
fellows, if things had gone bit diff
ferently.
But Napoleon, too, could probably
have been a swell fellow if things had
gone bit differently.
So, for that matter, could Marshal
Petain.
But perhaps those are poor COM
parisons.
Nobody, for instance, could possibly
think of Pierre Laval as being a swell
fellow, no matter how things might
have gone.
For Pierre Laval was filled with a
tremendous ambition for himself, from
the beginning g-and there never was
anything else.
| don't know whether Pierre Laval
has a brother, but memory seems to
have the hunch that he has daughter
and that she doesn't live too hard.
Pierre Laval started as poor boy
But he came to know things about how
to get what he wanted to get.
And he wound up being very, very
rich, owning many things of great
value, some of which, so some people
believe, came to him by virtue of his
high Offices
Many people like to kow tow to per-
sons of power and to bring them gifts
as well as myrrh and frankincense and
pretty posies.
But power doesn't always stick for
ever; nor does it bring happiness that
always lasts forever.
Pierre Laval seems to have power
today, but actually he doesn't have
much.
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NEWSPAPER reports of rebellious
IN manifestations in Fl m b u + G
against the Nazi regime are strength
ened by private advices from Europe
which said the Hamburg workers were
in a state of incipient revolt, promis-
ing openly the time would soon come
when they would have their revenge.
The advices came from an Aryan
German, who, until very recent date,
lived in Hamburg. He said that
hardly anybody" there believed in an
ultimate German victory; that the
presence of many manned and mutt
lated soldiers from Russia had had a
depressing and demoralizing effect.
The Hitler stiff armed salute is en-
tirely out of vogue, he said, and an
official propaganda campaign has been
started to restore it. Nazi party mem
bers no longer wear their badges.
Reichmarshal Goering and Propa-
ganda Minister Goebbels are spoken
OF with the greatest dlsreSpect, even
ridicule.
The German asserted that a great
part of the population of Hamburg
would be glad to lose the war if only
the present state of things could be
ended and the Nazi regime abolished.
The German said dissension is
the most rife among the Hamburg
working population, where, before the
Nazi regime drove all liberal and left
wing organizations underground, la
Dor unions and the Socialist and Com
munist parties had large member
ships. Workers complain that there is
too much work and not enough food,
display sullen passive resistance.
The number of sentences meted out
by the Nazi Peoples Court" for meg
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And when the war ends he won't
have any at all.
Pierre Laval is a puppet, ruling a
puppet state, beset with tragedy, pow
erty and loss cf soul.
But there are people in the puppet
state who haven't lost their soul and
they will join in the dethroning of
the destroyer who nests in Berlin.
There are many spots in the long
history of humankind where great evil
forces have risen up to punish and de-
file the race, subjecting men and
women to ignominy and suffering.
But every one of these has come to
an end and the world has gone on to
be better and better.
We have a resurgence of the great
evil forces in Berlin, in Rome, in ia
pan. And these brazen centers of evil
have swirling strings and gobs of
lesser evil whirling about them.
And they have black apostles in all
lands.
But the evil things will be destroyed
A better world, again, will follow.
We are seeing what twisted egotism
can do to men and through men to the
world
We are seeing what vast greed and
mad selfishness can do Look upon
Pierre Laval, not as an author so much
as tool, though mayhap he would
have been an author if Hitler had not
beat him to it.
Well, this discussion started out to
be discussion of John L. Lewis and
1t became comment upon Pierre La
val, dumpy Frenchman whose life
has been one of fat hands being drawn
inward, each time bringing with them
something wanted by the possessor of
the hands, either material things or
power over men,
Well, be that as it may, something
is going to happen to this power of
men over men as the result of this
great war. c. M. w.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1912.
NO TIME FOR ARGUMENT

In a detailed and fact-crammed
statement, read before a Congress
sional committee, President William
Green of the American Federation of
Labor showed beyond question the
necessity for more housing in centers
of war production. His statements
presented conclusive evidence that
lack of housing is already seriously
interfering with production.
President Green cited reports from
many centers telling of production de-
lay due to shortage of housing. He
pointed to ways in which lack of
housing hampers production, by ere
ating artificial labor shortages, by
making employment unstable and by
affecting the physical condition of
workers, resulting in inefficiency and
lower output.
The A. F. of L. head urged approval
of $600,OO0,000 war housing program
recommended by President Roosevelt
but pointed out it would by no means
meet the need. He emphasized the
urgent need for speed, saying:
"As simple matter Of war produc-
tion requirements alone, adequate pro-
vision of war housing is imperative.
1t is the sole and direct responsibility
of Congress to provide the funds nee
essary to supply war housing essen
tial for war production. This respon-
sibility must be discharged without
delay.
There is no time for exhaustive de-
bate, leisurely deliberation, or argu-
ment over details. Every day lost in
the provision of war housing is a day
lost in the supply of shells and guns
to the men standing face to face
against the enemy, in their faith that
Americas industrial might will be
ready to back them up on the crucial
day of battle"
President Green has ably presented
the need for quick action. The next
move is up to Congress.
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1T CAN BE DONE

Achievements since Pearl Harbor
have proved that the productive ca
pacity of the nation can be mobilized
for war. With the exception of some
unemployment or dislocation of en-
ployment caused by the conversion of
number of industries from civil to
military production or by shortages
of raw materials, the working pop
ulation of the United States is now
almost fully employed in producing
the airplanes, guns, ships and tanks
needed for the effective prosecution Of
the war.
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Legion Studies Plan To
Recruit Reserve Pilots

Middletown, Ohio. = The executive
committee of the Middletown Ameri-
can Legion Post took under immediate
consideration Monday plans for re-
cruiting candidates for army reserve
pilot training, scheduled to begin
July l.
Commander William J. j. Miles said
the request to begin promotion cam
paign here for men 18 to 81 years old
was received today from Lynn u.
Stambaugh, national Legion COM
mander.
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Issued Weekly at s2s Market Street
Telephone 1895 Hamilton. Ohio
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Expect $4,000 At Picnic

Middletown, Ohio.-Plans to enter
tain $4,000 employees, families and
friends of the American Rolling Mill
Company at the ninth annual picnic
July 25 at LeSourdsville Lake were
announced this week by Walter Stamp,
vice president of the Armco Associa-
ton. "A share -the-ride" transporta-
tion plan to replace the usual special
railroad train service will be organ
lied, Stamp said.
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Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second-Cla Mail Matter.
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WISDOM

All experience hath shown that
mankind are more disposed to suffer,
while evils are sufferable, than to
right themselves by abolishing the
forms to which they are accustomed
Thomas Jefferson.
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Advertise in The Press.

A LKA-SELTZER Is unusually
~ effective in the relief OF Head
ache because its analgeslc
(painrelieving contenD Is made
more positive by alkaline buffers.
Alka-Seltzer being combination
of painrelieving and alkalizing in
gradients has gained wide usage
and popularity for the relief OF
Acid Indigestion, Cold Symptoms,
"Morning After" misery and Mus
cuIar Pains. And be sure to try
Alka-Seltzer for that tired feeling
following hard work or strenuous
exercise.
A. eL x,o,,r dr,,ppiSt
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INVEST IN VICTORY!

Our boys can take the War to the enemy if we back them
up with ships and tanks and guns! But that takes monev
Help your Government to put the tools of war into the
hands OF our soldiers by purchasing War Savings Bonds and
Stamps. And remember Just one Bond can't lick tbo
Axis any more than just one gm 1t takes millions Of
Americans buying War Savings Bonds and Stamps every
pay day!
Bonds cost $18.75 and up and they pay you back
one-trd more in only 10 years Stamps cost 1O 25e and
up total the price of Bond if bought regularly
Help boys the fighting fronts wherever thew NAV
bel Buy War Savings Bonds investment for yourself
and your country.
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And when the war ends he won't
have any at all.
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REWARD OFFERED

Liberal reward: Union labor will
pay any amount you ask for informa-
tion leading to the discovery of any
federal law which says thou shalt
not wofk more than 40 hours per
week. "A. F. of L. Metal Trades
Bulletin.
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ItaIian-American Picnic Big
Success, Committee Reports

The picnic given by the Italian
American Society of Hamilton, at the
fairgrounds last Sunday, has been re-
ported by the members as a big sue
cess. The attendance was large all
day and evening.
FOR VICTORY: BUY BONDS
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-30

Mary obedlently went ahead Of him
out TO the car. AS they waited in
the tunneled entrance, she felt his
to be of, and when once
he had the wheel under his hands
he drove with absent fury.
Down through Hollywood again,
down Wiltshire boulevard. But the
enchantment had dropped. They
were empty streets now, as dis
tant, as strange as Bruce had
grown. Mary found herself think
ing the old, worn phrase, The
party's over. The partys over"
Toinette Vaughn had made her feel
like an overdressed child. She hat
ed her. And yeti was an alb
stract hate. There was no sense OF
rivalry. She hadn't even been on
the stage when the drama took
place. The triangle was between
Toinette and the two parts Of
Bruce Martin that were putting up
the struggle.
I'm sorry" Bruce muttered at
her door later. Afraid I've been
somewhat on the dopey side. Not
used to this night life" He tweaked
her ear; he tried his old smile, but
it didn't come off. He turned quick
~ and started off, calling, Bye,
Redhead. Be seeing you" But not
so quick that she didn't see his
eyes, black and burning and tor
tured, or the bitter, hard line of
his mouth.
She was not surprised when he
didn't turn up at the NordeX lunch
room the next evening. Or the next.
But when the third evening passed
and the fourth, she grew frantic
And then Fran hid the morning pa
per. Mary guessed the reason and
demanded II. She found the small
item in a chatter column. Bruce
Martin and Toinette seen together
at Ciros.
So that was that. Fran tried to
pass it off lightly, to explain, tc
soften the blow. But Mary knew
He had not wanted to. But he had
gone back. He would always &c
back to her. He had always be-
longed to her really. She, Mary, had
been the usurper. Not even a
usurper-only a passing fill-in.
"A stand-in, don't they call it ir
the movies ?" she cried a little hys.
terically to Fran. II was just g
stand-in for her before the cameras
started grinding"
Fran followed her around the
apartment, finally cried, Mary, fol-
heavens sake, snap out Of it. Shout
Throw things. Swear. Or cry. Can't
you bawl your eyes out? You'll fee
a lot better"
mo" Mary said.
She was still in the cold, dazec
state when she went to work that
afternoon. She scarcely understood
what the girls said to her, went
through her tipping automatically
The whole tempo of her life seemed
to be broken. 1t had been quicken.
ing, building during the last weeks
to a speed she had never known be-
fore. Now it had snapped like fine
spun watch spring. There was M
momentum of feeling to carry hel
on. Only an empty series Of hours
an automatic reaction to the habits
of her usual activity.
Her fingers moved over the key
board Of her typewriter, but her
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-30

war. are temporarily out OF bust.
ness.
Institutional Possibilities
There are hundreds OF thousands
Of men. from automobile statesmen
to house wives. who for the dura.
ton are out OF business. II Is a
wonderful opportunity for them to
use the next year or two In secur-
ing the education OF which they
have always felt the need. For the
benefit OF such men and women all
colleges should be kept open, al
though run more or less on a Skel.
eton basis Let me further add that
such mature students should get
much more out OF their work when
a member OF small student groups
say 20 per cent OF normal enroll.
ment Hence. the next year or more
presents a golden opportunity for
business men too old TO enter the
war and TO women otherwise too
busy.
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Babson Advises Colleges to
Give Nation First Attention

structors whose courses are not d.
rectly oontributory to the war
work.
Some college presidents and
deans will argue regarding being
ready for carrying on after the war.
| am not advocating the closing OF
any institution however small or
week. Let every institution continue
TO keep open; but let Il confine IL.
self for the duration to subjects
which will directly and today help
win the war. This means running
more or less on a skeleton basis and
especially soliciting for students,
older persons who are not capable
OF doing war work. but, owing TO the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-30
CHAPTER SIXTEEN

TOINETTE VAUGHN was pho
togenic. Every cameraman in Hol-
lywood acknowledged 1t. But she
was more than photogenic. She
was dazzling, magnetic. Mary real
lied it with a sinking heart as she
watched her approach up the aisle
between the booths Of the Brown
Derby. She was not in evening
dress. but the slim lines OF her
black afternoon gown beneath her
short fur coat revealed her perfect
figure as we'll as any evening dress.
An odd-shaped tam of black velvet,
caught with a diamond pin, was
angled intriguingly on the high,
soft masses Of her black hair.
She was talking desultorily to
the man with her, and was almost
to their booth before she saw
Bruce. She stopped short, and
stayed perfectly still a minute as
she stared at him. And then she
gave a small cry, soft, cooling cry
and darted to the table.
But it's you, darling!"
Bruce stood up. Hello" he said
stifiy, and turned to introduce her
to Mary.
Toinette smiled brilliantly and
blindly in Marys direction, intro
duced Link Jackson, her publicity
agent, and continued to hold tight
to Bruce's hand and pat it! Her
voice was low, brusque, with a
slight accent, and her violet eyes
roamed Bruce's face as she talked.
How had he been? It had been so
long. Shed been so very busy.
Always her life now 1t is business.
Always 1t Is Jackson she must be
talking business with. Is that to be
her life? What BLACKBOARD, fate. "
Thanks" Jackson said laconi-
cally.
They all laughed politely. TOM
cite said, 81 hope to see you-both
again"
Mary longed to echo Jackson's
sarcastic, Thanks" But she only
nodded politely and watched TOM
cites violet eyes searching, search
ing Bruce's scowling face for her
answer. She turned after an agon-
izing eternity and went on with
Jackson. And she had the gift of
seeming to take all life with her.
Their waiter brought Bruce's
cheesecake and Mary's hot milk.
Mary slipped, not tasting it, and
watched Bruce's attempts to eat.
The cheesecake choked him. He
gave it up finally, gulped his cof-
fee, then suggested they shove off.
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Road To Romance

mind began a game OF pictures
playing back every scene OF her
meetings with Bruce. And as feel
ing slowly returned with the pass
ing days, a painful, probing eye
dwelt. on every scene to see II 1t
could have changed, altered in any
way to avert the final outcome.
That night in the lunchroom
when he had almost fought. II she
had been wiser. II she had laughed
at him and not worried over him,
would it have all been different?
Would he
May l sit with you, Nary"
With a start, Mary's eyes re-
turned to focus. Connie was stand
ing, tray in hand, beside the lunch
con table in the crowded lunch
room. Mary swallowed the bite Of
her sandwich she had forgotten to
chew, and nodded.
"Of course"
Connie sat down. I've been
wanting to talk to you for a week
or So" she said. Briskly she put
out her dishes and took away her
tray, then returned to sit down,
and shake out her napkin. your
works falling off. Mary"
Mary swallowed another bite and
gulped her coffee I'm sorry" she
said miserably. She didn't want to
discuss 1t.
Comics sharp eyes probed her
face. Il like you, Mary. I know
what's wrong. l read the papers"
oh" Humiliation and anger
kept Mary silent, beyond her star
tied exclamation. But Connie had
not earned the title Of Martinez"
for nothing.
I'm sorry" she said. "oh, not
because of these last incidents, but
because you picked him in the first
place. He's a smart aleck and
spoiled brat"
Hes not-he's not at ALL"
Mary fiared abruptly. "You--no-
body around here-knows anything
about him."
do you?" said Connie.
Mary caught her breath, but
Comics gaze was relentless. Slow
ly Mary found words. II know he's
been hurt-I know what he's going
through. And I Knowles playing
the game straight"
Connie shrugged. We'll, I hope
he is" She pushed back her plate
and leaned across toward Mary.
You're thinking it's none of my
business. But you're wrong. Any
thing that interferes with the run
ming Of my department is my bust
ness. And, frankly, your present
state Of mind is not conducive to
efficiency. II you'll stop plying
yourself for a while, you'll see
you're wasting a lot of valuable
time that's not yours to waste"
Mary flared, IF, you want to
have me fired, go ahead, but I don't
care to talk about my state OF
mind"
IT'S not the year to play os-
trich," snapped Connie. We've got
too much work to do. 1 don't want
to fire you. I won't unless I have
to. But remember this. There are
two things that get you nowhere
in love as we'll as in war. Ones self
pity-the others day dreaming
Think it over"
ITO Be Continued
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SYNOPSIS


Following her mothers death. red
haired. slim
MARY DEXTER leaves Omaha 10 take
a Job In the Nordex Aircraft plant
IN California She shares an apart
ment with
FRAN BOND, night club singer and
dancer. Friendship develops between
Mary and
KEN GRANT, young mechanical en-
gineer, also newly employed az Nor
dex. Mary has been attracted 10
BRUCE MARTIN, Nordex. test pilot,
over whom . dark cloud seems 10
hover.
YESTERDAY: In the midst OF their
evening out, Toinette Vaughn; MIN
beauty TO whom Bruce once had been
engaged. enters the night CLUB In
which Bruce and Mary are sitting.