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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01

someone else wanted TO kill
Norma, suppose that pcson know
she was always apt 10 gallop up
the drive, and knew that, with
the taxi after her, she'd gallop
twice as hard. Suppose that
person stretched the wire and
just neatly twisted the taxi
drivers set-up around 70 suit his
own purposes"
4 WAS becoming infected with
] his excitement now. / forgot
that this threw my original
treory entirely into the discard
This something,
Think how ingenious that'd
be, Westlake! The whole set-up
was prepared for him. All he
had 10 do was to stretch that
wire and let the taxi driver and
Norma do the rest" He went on
quickly: "Of course. his first
hope would have been that we'd
accept Norma's death as an acct
dent. That's why he tried TO re-
move the wire But once that
failed he was still pretty safe,
because he knew that sooner or
later we'd get on the trail of the
taxi driver knew we'd get
around 30 assuming his guilt. just
the way we did" He paused
Think back TO everything that
taxi driver said Before We go
ahead on this we've got TO be
absolutely sure ne didn't tell you
anything that cancels all this
As | stood there with Cobb in
thot rambling musiX harn--Xith
Tie httc sprawled body at our
feet, something suddenly came
back 10 me something the taxi
driver had said and which had
been entirely hanished from my
I'D ~ Oh" dramatic appearance
II Juolr Saltcr. IN my memory
l could see his little face, its
bcady eyes incandescent with vim
dictivencSs; could hear the rasp-
ing Tilt Of his voice saying:
"IhcH girls weren't the only
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
Will Cobb's New Clues Lead to the
Taxi Drivers Mysterious Murderer?

And that's how il would have
happened. if It had been left to
me-" / said rejecting how, in
the light of this current theory,
l emerged as the original sucker.
Makes sense, doesn't it, West
lake ," Cobb unused. Every
thing fits in. But there's one
thing l still don't quite get.
That attack on Karen. If the
taxi driver did that ."
There's no reason TO believe
ne did" l said Karen told me
she never saw the person who
pushed her Of the edge Of the
quarry. Probably the real muir
dcrer made the taxi driver de-
liver that note TO lure Karen up
the mountain Then he did
the rest"
That's possible. Yes"
Now that everything had been
fitted neatly into place, l felt a
slight let-down. Were still no
nearer to figuring out who's
guilty" l said
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01

"N'ope Cobb paused 'rut
II that attack on Karen was
genuine, Francis Hale gave MS
the motive. didn't he? The Row
lcys and the Salters all stood 20
benefit II the last two Shipton
grandchildren died before tAcy
could set married"
You saId If the attack on
Karen had been genuine e"
Yeah. was just thinking
ANYWAY. Wostlake. we know ono
thr-. r. Norma vas murdered
that way it was by someone who
knew the whole Jimmie Saltcr-
Libby Brompton saga. Which
Of them was likely to have
known that p"
I thought of the grim wall of si-
! lence with which both the girls
had guarded their secret.
II guess someone might have
stumbled on Norma's diary or
Oliver Church was "ngagcd
TO Norma. It's possible she
might have told him though I'm
pretty sure Karen didn't"
Church. Cobbs voice
sounded rather far away. He
was the one who found the taxi
drivers body here. wasn't he?
At least, he said he found it"
cobb, you don't think ="
II was just thinking that no
ones paid mitch attention 10 that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01

young man, Westlake. Yet, he's
worth thinking about. I'm no
psychologist, but it s&kes me
as pretty strange that a young
fellow should be in love with one
Identical twin and then decide To
marry her sister and. az the last
minute, switch back to the first
one and jill the second one.
That's why I said IL the at
tack on Karen was genuine ="
He tIuCd TO me Know any
thinc a1Dpt CD4v,h's financial
situation
Nothing at all How does
that connect up anyway"
Just an idea" Cobb's voice
was silky now, ! knew that of
Old as "A sinister EIn Listen,
Westlake, this Church guy was
engaged to marry Norma. If
he'd gone through with it, i'm
mediately after the ceremony,
he'd have gotten Norna's twenty
thousand a yer plus half OF
Jiumie's. In o-hcr words thirty
thousand year would have
come with Norma. Right ?"
Right" / said
"NoW that's a tidy enough
SUM for even the hungriest for
tune hunter. But there is a snag
AS old Shipton's will left things,
Norma could never get at the
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01

ones. There's some cone else
worsc'n them And then. his last
words before the Saltcrs broke
in& Getting mp on that ladder
and fixing that wire. | saw f.. p"
At the time / had assumed. If l
assumed anything, that he had
been referring 10 himself climb
ing the ladder and stretching the
wire. But now
| repeated the words to Cobb.
'He said that, Cobb. He said:
L saw He broke off there.
Maybe he was going 10 say that
Lu'd actually seen the murderer
putting the wire up across the
drive. Maybe that's what he
meant about someone else being
worse than the girls. That !"
Hey, don't let's run ahead of
ourselves" CObb's voice was
firm. Figure it out a bit more
from the taxi drivers point of
view. Assume he came here to
try and get money out of Norma
and Karen. Okay. He picked on
Norma. He started his war Of
nerves. creeping after her with
the yellow taxi. all that stuff. IT
was all going swell for him;
then he chased her home when
she was on horseback. She
Ealloped up the drive and ne
saw her fall off the horse and
crash down onto the drive. Okay.
So what did he do He was
scared OF course he was. He
must have been scared silly He'd
ueVcr meant TO -de-htf' any
physical harm and now she'd
fallen off her horse, probably
even killed herself, although he
couldn't be sure.
The same thing that hap
pencd with Libby BromptOn had
happened all over again That
makes two girls he'd chased with
a yellow falkland both Of them
dead! He wasn't a very bright
sort Of guy. What would he
think? The yellow taxi. of
course, If ever the two acct
dents got tied up. it might easily
come out that each of the girls
had been chased by a yellow
taxi. That taxi was just too
damn hot He couldn't risk hav-
ing himself linked up with 4
any mnrc--An- he-got INTO a
panic He drove way off INTO
the country and burned the taxi"
THERE was something most '1-
prrrfvo about Cobb's low
de-.rG th,.nYuE
- r;'tt5kc. Then a.. I?
H. q burned the taxi q y ybc
right after he'd done IT, ne rea-
lized he'd been dumb and stuck
himself with no means of getting
away from the neighborhood.
But there he vas. And. while
!" burned the TAN. he'd managed
20 burn his bonds pretty badly
too he remembered having
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01

HEhI jit CT. r'Ht. p o.
" man who played the
y" Eun-torin hero IN the
screens first motion picture. The
Great Train Robbery" is still
living and quite appropriately, IN
ll"''y'"ood His unique position
n 1'n history unknown 20 all
bat a few of present-day movie
fans, he has for many years been
making comfortable living,
not by acting. but by supplying
horses and burros for the movie
makers. Now 73 years Of age.
Ne oyeratcs the Ben Hur Stables.
~ Culver City. California. where
he has been. in business for the
past Is years.
Thirty-six years ago Cameron
played the sheriff in the first
storytelling motion picture ever
made This picture. The Great
t.Ur Z, hhcry was the feature
nat started tho film industry on
~ uay 10 million-dollar produc-
lions
Before this there had been
Gov short films that were re-
E1rdcd more or less as photo
c.apIic curiosltics. II was this
uail-hlazinE little crook story
that turned pictures from an ex-
p"r mental novelty INTO medium
81 theatrical entertainment.
In those early days, when no
one could predict how a movie
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01

seen a Doctors shinglc down in
the village. He had 10 get his
bands attended 20. He trudgcd
across country to- your house.
Then he didn't have the nerve
To go in. He snoopcd around,
found your hay barn and spent
the night there. "
Go on" sad
Next day. his hands still hurt
him like the devil. He couldn't
do much of anything until they
were fixed. He lay low and then,
when he finally plucked up
courage, he went TO your office.
You weren't there but Dawn
was. And he had a certain kind
Of smartness. He rcaliZ re d
Normas death would be the
gossip Of the town. He pumped
Dawn and found out that the
police suspected murder because
a wire had been stretched across
the drive"
II was fitting in beautifully.
Here's where your point
comes in, Wcstlake. suppose. as
you say. Just before the murder,
he HAD seen the real murderer
fixing the wire across the drive.
At the time ne hadn't thought
much about it, Why should he
And after that maybe nc forgot
it. But when Dawn came Out
with il, he realized, bingo, that
Norma had been murdered and
murdered by the person he saw
stretching tho wire"
There someone else WOr.o
than the girls | quoted.
uCXACTLY." One Of Cobb's
- feet poked at the scattered
hay. What would ne do then ?
That's pretty obvious He'd failed
twice when he'd tried to black
mail Libby and Norma. But here
was a real, rip-snorting chance
for successful blackmail. He knew
who the murderer was-and the
murderer could be made TO pay.
So he went OYER ee.-I iioHf1t.iyit,
confronted the murderer with
his guilt and said: How about
coming across.
And in fact, he playe d
straight into the murderer's
hands" cut in THE real muir
dcrcr WAS al get TO make the
taxi driver the scapcGoat. He
probably stalled him off. gave
him shelter here in the barn
and then waited He knew
sooner or later, we'd get onto
the whole taxi driver saga and
assume that The taxi driver was
guilty Then. just at the right
moment, when we were all out to
arrest the taxi driver, he MUIR
dered him and faxed a suicide
With any luck, the whole case
would have been considered
solved then and wiped off the
records"
Precisely"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
Continued from Page IA

fore it's only reasonable to sup
pose he was even more i'm need
OF cash when he started on
Norma. Norma was a better
financial proposition than Libby.
There was far better chance
of holding her up. Why should
he kill golden goose when he
could easily have squeezed a
couple of golden eggs out of her
while she was alive"
He paused. i could see his
jaw, very firm and purposeful
in the freight.
"Westlake. think. This evening
when he came TO you TO have
his burnt hands bandaged, lid
the taxi driver actually admit
he'd killed Norma? What were
his actual words?"
thought back. ! was getting
Cobb's point now. NO" l said.
He talked about having fixed
Libby. He talked about having
scared Norma silly. He gloated
over that. And / assumed ne
meant he'd killed them both.
But he never actually said il. In
fact, now l come TO think Of il,
he mumbled something about;
Everything was going fine and
then-something happened Yes,
] remember. At the time | was
sure he was guilty and too
het-up TO figure out exactly what
words he used but :"
TOBB'S eyes were very keen
NOV. There you are Westlake.
Something happened, Suppose
he'd come here after Norma and
Karen with exactly the same
idea he'd had when he went after
Libby. He figured those three
girls had ruined his life-aHd he
wanted 10 make them pay. not
with Their liVcs, but with hard
cash. He tfsctf- the same tech
nique in each case. He waited
till he got them in lonely places
and then chased them with the
yellow taxi Hi& dra was % pct
them we'll scared and then when
the time Was ripe. sock the fInan-
rig1 Hat,ta Thorn -
He paused. suppose that's
exactly what he was doing here
IN Kenmore. And suppose some
ul" else got wise TO IT. Suppose
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
You have q Date with loneliness!
Go on the comoy MiId-Soop Diet
bosed on advice Of skin speciolistsl

"J'M so PROUD of my lovelcr complexion
L since | changed to Camay and the Mild
Soap Diet" says this charming bride, Mrs.
f. c. Illusion, Jr., of Birmingham, Ala.
You, too, may gain thrilling new loneliness
with the Mld-Soap Diet. For, like so many
women, you may be cleansing your skin i'm
properly or using beauty soap that isn't
mild enough. Remember, skin specialists
themselves advise a regular cleansing rou-
tine with fine mild soap. And Camay is not
just nild-it's milder than dozens of other
popular beauty soaps tested.
The Camay Mild Soap Diet is so easy. Try
il for 30 days Faithfully, night and morning.
give your skin thorough beauty cleansing
with mlder Camay. A more lovely complex
ion may be yours, sooner than you think!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
The Movies First Hero Still
on the Job

.vr... tim cut rr actor Of any
-app+e4-i Ole professional standing
could bc induced 10 appoar in
them. Thus when this FIRST film
went into production Walter Ca
mcron was picked 10 portray the
sheriff. not FOR artistic reasons
but bccauzr he hai been de-
putty u. :. marshal in Oklahoma
Territory. The producer. Edwin
S. Porter. was also author and
director Of the film. and he used
incidents from Camcron's own
two-gur career 10 bolster UP his
simple story or holaIp and a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01

Continued on Page I8)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01

oI9r by Amef6an wcekly, Inc. Grclt BFi'an
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22
L0F Forms War
Housing Unit
Ottawa, Ill.,, Plant TO Make
Prefabrieated Homes

TOLEDO, O.. Nov. Forma-
ton of a neN- Mar housing tAit1t -it-ior
TO "Strcamline' the Libbey-Owen.
Ford Glass Company'S production
Of prefabriCated homes for wal
workers. was announced today by
company executives.
In an effort TO assist the gov
eminent 10 meet an acute housing
shortage resulting from the I'm
precedented employment of work
ers in war plants all over tho
nation, Libbey Owen Ford ha,
formed the new housing division
under management of Richard {
Carr, former Toledo building anc
construction expert.
The company has converted part
OF its Ottawa, Ill, plant from the
making of automobile glass 20 thu
manufacture OF prefabr icat {
homes and many one, two anc
three-bedroom houses have already
been produced for erection al the
governments ordnance plant near
LaPorte, Ind, IT was revealed.
According 10 Carr, the Ottawa
plant will now produce severa
hundred four-family dwelling UNITS
for a second government project
and is also prepared 70 turn Out
other types OF prefabricated struc.
lures. including army barracks
for military. and war housing
purpoSeS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22
America Tolerate
A New World
C. Of G. Head Forecasts
Bright Postwar Era

HARTFORD, Conn, Nov. ..
(UP) Eric A. Johnston, Spokane
Wash, president of the Ghambel
Of Commerce of the United States
declared last night that Americ;
stands "on a threshold of The
worlds most magnificent adven
ture'-creating a new world.
There are too many among
u.s." Johnston told a meeting of
the local chamber, "who view
the future as hopeless project.
These prophets Of pessimism see
unemployed millions roaming
the streets like the buffalOs once
rOamed the western prairies;
they picture huge factories
which have become cObwebbed
with disuse; they see catas-
trophic. overwhelming national
debt that will surely tear our
economic system out by the
roots.
"This Is not the future OF the
United States Instead, we I'm
America stand on the threshold
of the worlds most magnificent
adventure. Great as the grim
challenge OF this worldwide
war, which is an adventure in
destruction. is the inspiring chal-
lenge of the future, an adven-
ture OF construction"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22
Reynolds Spring
Net S1.16 Share

Reynolds Spring Company II
the . fiscal year ended Septembel
30 reports a net profit of 337,23t
after provision of Sal SIS for fed
eral income taxes and $S5, 425 for
excess profits taxes, under the
1912 Revenue Act, equal TO $l.1t
a share
This compares with $500 S85 OF
S2.77 a share in the preceding
fiscal year, when a tax reserve OF
S324,9l was set up under the
1910 Revenue Act
Charles G.. Mum. president
stated that during the period un-
der review the company's sales
were retarded by the conversion
Of the plant 10 war production
The company now has a large
bank of orders on hand in both
the spring and plastic divisions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22
On the
Business
Front
By " ARD SCHULTZ
Times Financial Ititor

WITH THE DRAFT sEs limit
reduced 20 Is wears The cnl.1r-
tunity FOR patriotic Nr,y.ce even
at younger years lS great lo ,ae
wartime tempo Of Detroit
High school students e-ls rs
well as boys this year have am
opportunity 10 enlist or 'Hc
civilian .at for so0lce nearly
as essential. even though less
specrcGar. as that on the bate
tie lines
Men called 70 war and mon
and wom,o mced 10 war plants
have lctt great sap, IN The s.r'-
ice trades.
SOLDIERS cam, hrfrt wr-7uUt
bullets. War plant workers
can't make bullets without pork
chops. bread. Cl.tblrc and the
other essential cIh3D goods
Yet these goods can't be pro-
Nded without help
Recognizing thlS need tho
Detroit Board OF Education and
other school authorities this
year are releasing high school
students with acceptable grades
and the.r parents consent,
earlier than ever before IN order
10 take temporary employment
over the holidays.
Always before, the job appli-
cantS Were far greater IN num-
bers than the Jobs. This year
the very opposite is true 10 an
extent where a serious man.
power shortage threatens in the
next few weeks. Several thou
sand more holiday jobs are open
than there are student appli-
cantS. Charles r. Boyd. Secre-
tary of the Retail Merchants
Association tells me.
Placement bureau officials say
that many jobs are open not
only in selling and nonselling
positions IN stores, but in the
post office. working as wait
resses where tips bolster income.
and in banks and offices. Fur
Their. they say that temporary
Christmas jobs often lead 10
permanent positions when school
days are over.
Students with "A" or "B"
grades may. with parental con-
sent, be released for the holiday
recess on December 4 those
with c. or average scholar
SHIP" grades. on December
So here's a tip for the better
students: Get in line through
your placement bureau for a
Christmas job. and help keep
the home front firm.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22
.2-3-Cent Coins
Asked in Senate

WASHINGTON. Nov. 81 OUP)
Senate action on a bill authoriz
ing the treasury 10 mint coins al
two and three-cent denomination
today awaited the next call of the
calendar.
The bill has been approved by
the Senate banking and currency
committee and has been placed OF
the calendar but the week-lons
poll tax filibuster has prevented
consideration of other legislation
The bill also will permit the
treasury 10 substitute other ma
terials for copper and nickel in
coins, to conserve those strategic
metals for use in war plants
During 1871, it was estimated, Ale
tons of copper alone were used in
mining one-cent pieces.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22
Shortened!
Mercantile lex" Cuts Trade
Period by One Hour

CHICAGO, Nov. 21.- Governors
OF the Chicago Mercantile tx
change have restricted trading in
November butter to liquidation,
established a new ceiling price of
S295 per 100 pounds for the
November Idaho potato future
and voted 10 shorten trading
period in produce contracts and
spots by one hour, it was an
nounced today.
Restriction of November butter
trading follows increasing talk
recently in trade and government
circles Of a possible rationing Of
some dairy products in view of
tight supply situations and unusu-
ally wide demands.
Shortening OF the trading period,
reflection OF whitening trading
under governmental price restric-
tions, will delay the opening, be-
ginning Monday, TO 10 o'clock.
Heretofore activity started at 9
a. m. on a staggered schedule.
Closing hours remain unchanged.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22
Medical Corps Buys
100000 Sheets

NEW YORK, Nov. 2l.-United
States Army Medical Corps in the
last week has purchased in the
neighborhood OF 100000 sheets
from mill inventories and in addi-
ton has bought large quantities OF
pillow cases and towels.
Stocks on hand are dwindling,
and it's believed in textile circles
that many large department stores
will have difficulty in putting on
their usual January white sales
this year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22
Tested by The Rats

REICHHOLD CHEMICALS
new synthetic rubber, announced
Saturday, has great possibilities.
But the one that really floored
me was TO learn that an execu-
tive of one of the largest chew
ing gum manufacturers already
has samples and they are under
test TO see whether il can he
used as a substitute for chicle in
Chewing gum.
Chicle comes from South
America and transportation diff
-heuities have cut the supply
drastically.
Because agripol has soybean
oil base and is non-toxic, il may
be the perfect answer. In any
event, the chewing gum research
ers have rats chewing agripol
and Wei know some day how
the rats liked II.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22
End Christmas Club

BECAUSE THE directors Of
the United Savings Bank EEL
that Christmas Clubs, organized
10 provide funds for Yule spend
ing. are not in patriotic accord
with wartime savings. William W.
Slocum president OF the bank,
regretfully announces that they
will be discontinued. ~
Mr.. Slocum suggests that
members, as an alternative buy
war savings stamps regularly M
the same amounts formerly
saved IN The Christmas Club,
and that they be caShed in the
war bonds as albums are flied.
Or as "a second alternative, he
proposes systematic saving 10
cover 1913 income taxes .n the
banks Income Tax SavnEs Club.
The bank WIZ Supply charts
showing the amount which must
be saved 20 cover your tax bill
Both are grand IDEAS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22
List the Leaders

Those in attendance were: Free
A. Bargman, Paul r. Bollinger
Mcpherson Browning, Frederick
w. Campbell Joseph NJ. Dodge
w. S. Gilbreath Jr.. John l.
REMOVER, Harry w. Kerr, Cyrus
III. King, Joseph j. McFawn, vii.
liam Moore, Howard p. Parshall
William c. Roney, Henry II. San.
ger, Edgar r. Thorn, Clark c
Mickey, Ben +. Young, of Detroit;
r. +. Reichert OF Ann Arbor; Os-
car Rodgers of Bad Axe; Donald
Pilkinton OF Flint; John r. Scher-
mer of Grand Rapids; S. Rudolph
Light, Elwood III. Schneider of
Kalamazoo. Ray O. Brundage,
Fred Marin of Lansing; Oscar c.
Olsen Of Muskegon; Glen c. Town
send of Petoskey; r. Perry Shorts
of Saginaw.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22
Steel Firm Hit
On PriOritieS

WASHINGTON. Nov. 81 CUP).
The War Production Board to-
day penalized Harry G. Fingerqtc,
Philadelphia steel warehouse oper-
ator, for alleged violations Of .pri-
Iorities regulations.
The order states that Fingerote,
who does business as the Chrome
Iron and Steel Company, accepted
deliveries of plate ends and re-
iects substantially in excess of
his established quotas for the sec
.ond and third quarters of this
year"
He is denied the right TO accept
any of the steel products to which
he would be entitled during the
first quarter Of 1913 and only so
per cent of those in the second
quarter.