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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-08-22
ALSO A PSYCHIC BID

EVERYBODY knows that bid
made by a player who has no.
Where near the holding indicated
by 1t is a psychic bid intended to
mislead the opponents. BY the
same token. a pass with n hand
containing plenty of strength for
a bid. plus perhaps some addition.
a Is also psychic. for the purpose
Oh misleading the opponents into
thinking the hand is weak. A
player who uses either of these
measures must be careful in the
'ater bidding to protect his own
eiuc from the consequences of his
action. 1 he can.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-08-22
pSJPS(S

'rEN WISTEk former actress.
mi, nj oil T. widow AT y. when her
b.u'i lies. Il,r only friend IN the
mai ;"wn OF South WintridGc.
.'h'r. lie lives. il
:rR. TONY BRADSHAW. l young uhv-
tcimn. owner Of the towns only big
e. mess j.
~ EnCRAS. whose daughter.
! "Nr.lN. ma wife,
.-IHIitk. -r2 naughty. cold and selfish.
YESTERDAY: Barbara goes 10 sleep
thanking Ot .he opening Of her library
LuNt day.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-08-22
MORRISON-DiscuSSior -, >,

Observation-Disclosures of nrob
able success of the Republican tickle,
IN New York this fall brought, for.,,
comment that the situation in Nor,,,
i.troiina'S new congressional dis,r;r,
IS not entirely satisfactory Ia The
Democrats. Cameron morrison fn,,,,,
CT ovcinor and former senator. .,s-
lily wen Democratic nomination fn,.
Congress. He will 20 up anoir,.
Charles a. Jonas. former con"rr.,
man. as The Republican NOMINEE,
l"mr"Si," comment among State a.
i!rlalS might be condensed tu this.
"M"rrlS"n will win. but"
ENEt tTION-ThiS columniSt Wit
messed Friday for the first limo -,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-08-22

execution al State prison. T. is ncvc.
pheasant I" see 4 m.u die. There i.
SucA utter iInality in il. IN this i'll
stance there WAS none OF ;hu horror
winch sob-SiStcr writers have at,r;-
Ouied 10 legal executions. Walter
Smith walked into the death cham.
Der with firm stride. seated himself
calmly. and remarked 10 Il quart.
You are more nervous than I am"
There WAS nothing in the event "a
change anybody'S opinion abou, CAP
tai punishment. II was no, "horribly"
but if 4 mistake were made +, is ir-
rcNucablc. Tine discussion may pro-
coed
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-08-22

Electric locomotive v--. .r.0N
Of 20 l;ilomCtcr> an r... ..E ., ..-
'"!r rail cars capable o. r.....s ITO
Eilnwctcrs an h0u" ARE ..... ...'.
'nr 'hc NOrwrgipn SIT. '..,.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-08-22
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
BY Shepard Barclay
1.-The Authority on Authorities"

pass OF his good hand. East. think.
ing nun weak. stuck in a psychic
ofcrcall. which West should later
nave read. after his vulnerable
opponents vent on TO gamS, But.
WIN ms own strength concealed.
nc reckoned he was in ambush
una so made a very dangerous
""ublc "A very costly one, when
coupled with tn" playing he did.
East led the heart 4 to the q
q and A. TIL" spade a won. the 7
was duck"d by West. the heart 10
was fin"sscd. the spade o fell tn
the X. and West had chance now
TO try one Of his top diamonds. He
dld not, however. but led tho OF
the suit. which dummy'S 10 won
The spade Q and ; were now pood
t"r tricks. also the heart X ana
TOUR clubs finished tho MAY piv-
ing North thrc" extra tricks don
blcd.
Where West made his natur,,
opening. OF either n spade or q
diamond as shown at Table .
North and South also got into
S-Ne Trumps AMI made their game
without any difficulty. but scored
nothing comparable, rs they yvcrc
not doubled and lid not take all
OF thoS" surplus tricks
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-08-22

Observation-Disclosures Rcddcn of
llcndCrsonvIllc. state chairman of
TN" Democratic party and also chair
man 81 the committee ip carry tnr
education board amendment. has an
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-08-22

i'rr"hi!"an TIM does no: indicn,..
. n' IiibAtrSt lacl; OF iull supper, ,nr
III" Presidents war leadership,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-08-22
Your Weekend lesson

IL Your lcft-hand opponent
mAk"S a takcout or informative
""uoi1 over your original suit bid.
your partner rcdoublrs. and your
riEht-hani opponent then bids a
Snlt. what principle applies to the
'C'i"n You now should take? In
o'hcr words. What is the message
conveyed Ia you by Your partners
r"d"nbl"" What does it tell YOU to
90 with respect to bid bv tho
player on your right?
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-08-22

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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-08-22

ENEttTION-ThiS columniSt Wit
"Ns"d Friday for the first limo -,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05

befOre-but I know who did this
horrible deed
AS the official stared in frank
disbelief Dennis Kelly continued:
"Maybelle had been infatu-
ated with Reverend Newton for
several years, and 1 knew how
intimate were their relations
.. but I loved her"
1t was an astounding, incredible
thing, this accusation!
Col. Ellsworth Newton was
more than just another minister
of the Gospel; he was virtually an
institution throughout central
Missouri, having devoted his en-
tire life there TO his pastoral
duties.
He co-operated by speaking
freely:
81 knew Mrs. Kelly for more
than 10 years. She was very
helpful and n devoted Christian
woman. She told me many times
of her marital unhappiness, and
1 continually advised her 10
make the best of things. al
ways addressed her as Maybelle.
and she called me Brother New
TON"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
By TERRY McSHANE

verify that the serial number on
the bill was identical with one
drawn from the bank by Mrs.
Kelly.
The sheriff ordered Colonel
Newton locked up.
The officer hurried to New
tons home. In the minister's
room he found a freshly washed
pair of summer trousers and
white shirt that bore a crimson
stain.
The minister's car had been
recently scrubbed. Lifting a rub
Der floor covering. Wilke found
a wet blotch of blood.
AS the crime had obviously
been committed in Illinois,
murder warrant from that
state was sworn out, and the
suspect, still smiling enigmati-
cally, was thereupon removed
TO the Jail in Pittsfield, Ill.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05

reason why Mrs. Kelly should
leave her husband
Discouraged, Wilke returned
to his office, where he tele-
graphed ahead 10 all major
points between the Mississippi
and California.
After all his efforts, il might
turn out 10 be one of those all
too common family squabbleS
and the woman might return
home penitent. in a few days.
Late that afternoon Sheriff
William J. Schneider of Marion
County-which includes Hanni-
bal-phoned that the body of a
white woman, believed to be that
of Mrs. Dennis Kelly of Paris,
Mo, had been found floating in
the Mississippi near Louisiana,
Mo-, 80 miles south Of the Mark
Twain Bridge.
"But how do YOU know It's
Mrs. Kelly" inquired the aston
iShnd \Nilkp
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
No Lore Affair,
Kelly Asserts

Wilke asked Kelly whether he
suspected his wife of a clandes-
tine romance. The mail carrier
shook his head:
mo, can't say I ever noticed
anything like that. About the
only thing she was ever inter-
ested In Ia church. She taught
Sunday school until about q year
and a half ago, Mt which time she
left when n new minister was
appointed"
The detective decided to make
the rounds OF the congregation.
But he learned nothing from this
source
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Then Remembers
Package in Safe

Tonight I couldn't sleep, and
as I lay awake thinking about
this terrible thing I remembered
the package. ran to the office.
opened the safe and looked into
the package. And I came d.
rectly-" the sentence was COM
pleted in a burst of incoherent
Sobs.
When the preacher heard that
the money had been recovered
he decided 20 talk.
A stenographer. having taken
the oral confession In shorthand,
made a transcript which New
ton signed with no reluctance.
Newton occupied his subse-
uuent time In the cell at Pitts
field by smoking cigarets, drink
ing beer. reading one OF his
three Bibles and continuously
washing his shirt.
The minister was duly tried
and on Nov. "a. 1887. sentenced
IN life imprisonment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05

VNfiE toll collector on the two
u mile Mark Twain Bridge
across the Mississippi between
Hannibal, Mo. and Shepherd,
H., rubbed his sleepy eyes in
credulously. He peered intently
through the early morning mist
Of July -, 1887.
A ghostly automobile had
slowed to a halt several hundred
yards away. and specter
seemed to have stepped from it
carrying an inert, human body.
The wrath hoisted his gan
Cling burden high above his head
and heaved 1t into the dirty fog
that obscured the swirling.
muddy waters a hundred feet
below.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Mailman Reports
His Wife Missing

Sheriff Russell Wilke OF Mon
roe County, Mo-, listened to Den
mis- Kelly's story sympathetically
as he sat in his Office in the lit
tie town Of Paris, as miles south
west of Hannibal.
Kelly, a 52-year-old rural mail
carrier, had lost his wife the
previous night-she had run
away.
Maybelle was IS, but she re-
tanned the face and figure of
woman IS years younger.
He had always treated her like
a baby, a spoiled, lovable child.
And now she was gone.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
orphans, Here Gomez!

SCVOU about who have been good to their
mothers marriage always making good husbands"
writes Seattle subscriber.
married OF that type He kept being
his mother but actually to finally had
o him. the rat!
contention that orphans make good husbands be-
when they appreciation good
which had before. Orphans hero conner
SO a much
writes young woman of Manhattan
why anybody who would complain Of 70hour week h
sissy.
m weaker work IL hours day, -
a a
would consider a 70hour q vacation"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Sheriff Weakened
At 200 in Morning

Five days after the commits
sion of the crime, at 2 o'clock
in the morning, Sheriff Wilke
was aroused from sleep at his
home by an insistent knocking
at the front door. His sleep
drugged eyes flew wide at the
sight Of the minister's 29-year-
old foster-daughter.
Here" she said, as what you
have been looking for" And she
thrust a large manila envelope
into the officers hands. Open
ing the envelope, Wilke gasped
IN ainazement as he beheld a
bulky pile OF nov bills.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
A TRUE DETECTIVE STORY

A check Of the family luggage
at the house revealed that two
suitcases were gone, along with
most of the wife's clothing.
The officer was informed that
she and her sister had inherited
a house which they sold. May
belle banking her share of $4,000.
At the Paris bank the officer
was not surprised to learn that
Mrs. Kelly had, the day before,
withdrawn 81, 950-all in $40 and
$50 bills.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Crimson Stain
Found at Bridge

"Well, first we got call this
morning from n bridge attend
ant who saw something tossed
into the river from the Mark
Twain Bridge which he thought
was n human body.
"My men and I inspected the
bridge and found a large Grim
son stain Mt about where the
attendant claimed the body had
been thrown.
about n mile and a half east
Of the bridge approach, at Shep-
herd, we found a second pool of
blood.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Serial Number
Vital Evidence

The officer pushed the minis
ter gently but firmly back in his
chair and ordered him 10 empty
his pockets on the desk.
Newton managed a mirthleSs
laugh and deposited the contents
Of his pockets as ordered.
There, sticking out like sign
post. was a new. crisp $40 bill.
II was n matter 81 seconds 20
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05

"Where on earth" he began.
Reverend Newton gave mo
this envelope Tuesday morning"
broke in the girl, "a few hours
before the report Of Mrs. Kelly's
death was announced. I was st
the office Of the county farm
bureau, where I work, when my
foster father came In and asked
me to put this package-which
he said contained some import
ant legal documents-in our
vault for safekeeping. I forgot
about IL. His arrest has broken
us up completely
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
The Astounding Case Of the Preacher
Who Was Truly a Devil in Disguise

"Near by were woman's
purse and a pair of shoes. The
ground was churned up as
though n terrific struggle had
taken place there, and the soil
was matted with great hand
fuls of a wOman's hair.
IT opened the purse and found
Cancelled checks with the en-
dOrsement Of Maybelle Kelly on
them, drawn on the Paris bank.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05

Shortly after this the report
came in that the body OF a
woman had been found. and
figured II must be Mrs. Kelly"
At the coroner'S mortuary in
Louisiana, Dennis Kelly identified
the mutilated remains of his wife.
He then drew Sheriff Wilke
aside and whispered in a hoarse,
choked voice:
IL was ashamed 10 tell you
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Home Town Of Teller Lilac Center

ITO soldiers sing dolefu ditty You're
Il n Now"
But why hasn't the similar Or the marines?
The hamlet Van Meter la celebrated because OF two
things. the Teller the pitcher has
which PA varieties of acs Did walk
down lane in New England Iowa in lilac time with your
sweeie of the moment clnging to arm?
Writes Angeles subscriber:
miss Harriet Linovz blue glamour girl
born Mothers Day. she would BE-
lighted o YOU She is years old"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Sheriff Hopes
She May Return

The former pastor, the Rev.
Col. Ellsworth Newton, was a
tremendously busy man with
four rural churches to preach TO
regularly. He was interviewed
at HE home but could give no
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
important Military Analysis

IN THE book world don't fail TO read important piece OF
military analysis has yet been prinedDefense VIII Not
War; by Col W. +. Herman Colonel Herman has
a bold mind and he calls for bold action; attack,
He defensive lost and has always
comfortable the contrary His brief work
challenge that must be answered
Victim o. a defensive Bessy Myers British
somewhere behind the Magnot Line
prisoner when the Germans circled the Magnet
prisoner In Cap
tued The story another in the patchwork OF our history
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Two Sides to Every Question

MORE proof sides question Is that
M kindly subscribers undertaken defend photo
graphed likeness.
Says a Los Angeles client:
f. vi think face II cute"
And artists model of Manhattan writes:
Gable Eddie got something In face
like" Most encouraging.
consideration Of the
Of Francisco of yesteryear Poppa Coppas
oveworked and underpad that of the substitute
office of City These work from go 20
70 hours week for 65 hour straight day work and ia
hour night work.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Future in His Thumb

TIVE weary roadstaned htchhker entered the office OF gypsy
fortune Chicago The gypsy moioned TO chair
and then opposite the hitchhiker.
"Now my friend gypsy "iet examine the palm
~ your what the future holds for you"
The tired hiich-hker shook his head.
"Never mind hy palm" sighed. look
thumb and tell me when he IN gonna
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05

ERE pleasant little game that will give you
every day 1t numerical puzzle designed to spell out
Count the letters in first II the number
subtract II the number is less than
number Start at the left
Of ereotange and check Of key
numbers left 10 right Then read the the letters under
the checked figures give YOU
ccryrlrh, i,, =, William Mn nl.susA nv
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Tell These Without Snickerine!

IIERE couple Of laughs which making the rounds
The the witness chair. The
ecng pointed finger at her which bad etiquette but
good prosecuting
"yyhere you" Numbered ION the night Of Febru
airy firsts"
to returned the blonde hap
PLY ooh, party"
you" attorney ION the night of
February seconds"
enjoying swell party" replied the blonde
n did fun"
persisted the attorney ION the night
February third"
ITO wild penthouse party" enhused the blonde And boy
a
attorney lost his patience.
goed 20 tell this court that
a do IL 10 q a different party every night"
The blonde looked up nnocently.
never thing" she cried modesy This
party"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
CHICAGO Seen as u. S. Capital

accuracies Of the prophecies Of William Ku-
"A gaen of Atascadero CAL not in position to stare
Kulgaens predictions least and thought
provoking. Says he:
"After this capital United States win b
Chicago"
One divorce marriages the United States aver
1910 there divorce for
This bear the claim that the Pa
cc is the difficult place in the country stay married
Expert there nothing to the claim that
age always be told by looking her hands She
their twenes who have old looking
their ortes and ffes who have young look
ing hands
skim poor circulation lack Of vtamin hands this
claims And she also states that hands more easily
rejuvenated by treatment than faces.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05


II is too.
holds few surprises for the movies have been
screening this yarn for years in form another
But always work. and 1t certainly turns out
trenely well In this
ITO the Shores Of TrpoI" magnlfcenty filmed in Tecn
color splendid job Of movie making timely punchy,
slice OF entertainment.
Another gather plenty of coin Is
Rita" old Zegfed Those OF who loved the
original musical apt to be somewhat stunned by this version
holds little Of the beauty and charm that Zegfed It,
What todays however Is the team Of
Abbott and Coselosnce that's about all that TO matter
audiences everywhere will be than
satisfied Personally could have done with little OF the
A lesso oil
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
In The Entertainment World

ODDS and Ends the Entertainment World Outstanding cafe
" today Joe Lewis who starts
Hollywood contract this month.
entertainers, hilarious when they perform a night
floor registered Importantly the screenbut
bunch that Lewis TO break the
ink
only because he Is a swell
very these days the additional
laughter this fine comedian provide.
liked this week The Lamp OF Memory and
Down Among Sheterng Palms" played by Dick Kuhn
md his orchestra
Milton a strange movie about German
ersl who meets most unnatural He dies Of old
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
To the Shores Of Tripoli'
Zanuck's Salute to Marines

~ ANDCM Notes About Pictures You're SEEING An abso
lutte cinch In the box office sweepstakes is TO the Shores
Of Tripoli" starring John Payne, Maureen OIIara and
v Randolph Scott
This baby is Daryl zanuck's salute to the marine
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
on The SIDE.
(. T. sNu,&ng
Nothing Seems Sacred
TO S+atisticians Today
think there is NOT
a KISS choose
Who another best.

(To atsans nothing sacred One statstician who has
studying married love only in IA married couples
be 10 with each other. For every
his wife the stascian there are three
wives their hlSbands-E V. d.
NNETTE KELLERMAN, Sarah Bernhard and Marie
vegetarianS. So claims vegetarian
IN to this before accepting IT as
~ think Sarah Bernhardt vegetarian
Il N Chicago a patron of tavern yeled Hell
Something him suddenly. And hit him hard because he
died
The but nobody present admitted any
hit the but all agreed ne cred
Hitler
public is dynamite. Toalarfans and
their satellites beginning to find this out
that little trick Of the
of cinema, Louise Huff. Remember her?
Cbicaoo Seen as ii E Cani+al
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-10-08
ReadJ. Glenn Bea11'S Business Record

attitude towards his financial obligations and which
his friends like better.
When the great depression rpened into the banking crisis
1888 stood the endoser of large amount
mortgage unmproved land located in and around Sill
Spring Montgomery County, bank notes where the
money had been loaned against holdings in umproVed land or
equities in other real estate
holdings sufficiently sound and valuable
even after general depression destruction of real estate val
that from their sale largely through Brooke Lees continued
per per cent of this total debt has been qui
dated.
depresson-hit building firms, real estate holding
es or for that matter industrial plants merchants other
American citizens banks that engued in the great
depression paid that we'll Even fewer of the
caught this national disaster have devoted much Of
for the decade to trying to their old debts
without receeShp OF the other projections
afforded by the law or the
Today Brooke still about $150000 judgments that
are recorded Circuit Rockville all of which
TALLY secured by the pledge of property All these judgments
Lees endorsements notes of development
written the usual Maryland form of confessed
judgment 95 per of which notes bank notes.
He continued to work and to pay his debts
Certainly this is not the way Glenn Bea treated his debts
his creditors
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-10-08
Brooke Lees Business Record

Consider the business record Of Brooke Lee compared with
that of Glenn Bea Certainly Brooke Lee has shown different
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-10-08

more, is spending several weeks at
her cottage here.
Frank Bishop, of Morgantown, was
a business visitor here over the week
end.
The Neighborhood club will meet on
Wednesday, October ID in the home
of Mrs. w. B. Love at l O'Clock
Hostesses will be Mrs. C. w. Schoup
and Mrs. Timothy Moon. Any men,
bers who cannot be present are asked
to please notify one of the hostesses
not later than Tuesday.
Mrs. Chauncey Miller is a patient
at Cumberland Memorial hospital for
medical observation. Mr.. and Mrs.
Miller accompanied by C. w. Burk,
went to Cumberland on Monday, at
which time Mrs. Miller was admitted.
Harry Turney, Jr., who is stationed
at the Army Air Base, Salt Lake
City, Utah, is home on a ten-day fur
Tough with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Turney. Today they motored
to Hagerstown, where they will visit
Richard (Dutch) Turney, who is at
tached to the Personnel Department
of the Fairchild Aircraft.
The Woman's Bible class of the
Bethel Methodist church is sponsor
ing a Rummage Sale to be held on
Saturday, October 18th, in the old