Evening star., 1942-11-26

fear his head
= will come of.
Henry MeLemore. its military
secret" he says, bumming a cigar
cite of you. "A military secret.
I'd get corner room in Leaven-
worth, with hot and cold running
wardens, if I disclosed such infor-
nation"
By now you must be pretty curious
about the professor. I don't blame
you.
The professor and I met only
today. He's vice president, treas
urer, secretary and sergeant at
arms Of the Florida State Astral
Scientists Society. This body Is
holding a State convention In my :
home town Of Daytona Beach. I was .
tipped off on the important gather.
ing by Frank Winchell. director OF
the Florida Convention Bureau.
Frank came down from Jackson
vile and was little leery about
being able to get room In the
hotel which served as convention
headquarters. =
He came loaded with literature
and was determined to get the next
convention for Jacksonville. He
suspended banners in the hotel lobby
which read, Jacksonville wants the
next convention" and went about
distributing pamphlets which re-
vealed the advantages OF that city.
You know the stuff-rainfall l inch,
mean temperature 80, abundant tar
pom and mackerel fishing, good
dance bands in every hotel, and a
palm tree for every palm stuck out
at you.
He found only two men at the
State convention, one was lecturing.
and the other was listening. Later,
they took vote as to the site Of
their next convention. Prof Tesch-
ner held out for Jacksonville. Prof.
Adrian ziegler held out for Miami.
At the moment no one knows where
the next convention Of the Astral
Scientists will be held. Every hotel
in the country with an extra room
is bidding for it. It's the only con-
vention that can be handled on Q
cot.
Being q sucker for the stars, I
pumped the very daylights out Of
Prof. Teschner and the other men,
Der of the convention. Daringly.
and without moment of pause. the
professors predicted that Amelia
Earhart would never be found.
"She made the fatal mistake"
Prof. Teschner said. "of taking of
in a solar eclipse in Geminini, whose
path Of totality lay across the
Southern Pacific"
Whetted by this hot bit Of news,
I urged the professors to keep on, to
continue this flow Of astral knowl-
edge.
Chang Kai-shek Is in a most
favorable position" said Prof. zieg-
ler.
IT said that in Denver two months
ago." remarked Prof. Teschner. "He
was born with Jupiter right over
his head"
The professors got into a very
smart argument when I asked them
the names of the next Democratic
and Republican presidential nomi-
nees.
Prof. Teschner felt that Dewey
would be the Republican nominee
and that the President would seek
fourth term.
Have you taken q look at TAU
rus?" Prof. Ziegler inquired OF his
colleague. Then you better had.
There will be no presidential nomi-
nee In 1914. The United States will
elect q business manager. This
country will never again have a
President.
Perhaps you are right" said
Prof. Teschner.
This prompted me to ask the pro-
fessors how they could possibly dis
agree, the stars being so beautifully
| flxed.
Human frailty," they answered.
"The stars are never wrong. Some
times we err"
They both agreed, after a glance
at the Big Dipper, that on February
rationing would decrease, and that
by June /, 1943, there would be no
rationing In the country.
told them they could get q good
bet out Of me on this prediction.
They said they weren't betting men.
P. s.]acksonville got the next
convention.
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