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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23
Stimson Office Booking Of Austrian Archduke
Stirs Up Wosps' Nest in Buikuns and Russia

ton Of the future organization Of
this part Of the world. Further
more, the underground Italian
movement is profoundly inter-
ested In the question. Every con-
ceivable democratic or national
ally that we could find in this
territory, from the national
democratic elements in Italy to
Gen. Mikhailovich, leader Of
the Serbian guerrillas, to the
Croat guerrillas, the democratic
forces in Hungary and Rumania,
the democratic and nationalist
forces in Poland, and every liv-
ing Czech, and also all the pro-
British, pro American, pro-
democratic forces in Austria it.
self regard the Austro- Hungarian
monarchy and its pretender as
anathema.
Furthermore, such under
ground movements as exist In
Germany are against the Haps-
burg empire. To play with 1t
is to play directly into the hands
OF Hitler and his new order.
Now I am not suggesting that
any agency Of our Government
is backing the Archduke. But I
am suggesting that the War De-
partment's project, and the Arch
dukes association with it, has
created an unfortunate political
climate. Unfortunate, also, in
Britain, where long before our
entrance into the war, Prime
Minister Churchill had welcomed
to the banner of liberation the
republican governments Of the
succession states, who have their
own legions, fighting under their
own leadership.
Area Important to Russia.
Furthermore, this area-Cen-
trail and Eastern Europe-is Of
the greatest Importance to Rus
STA. Russia, Czarist or Socialist,
Is interested in the power struc-
ture Of that region, and never,
under any circumstances, whether
for theological reasons or reasons
of security, would Russia counte-
nance restoration of the Haps-
burg monarchy as a result of this
war. The Hapsburgs have no
popular roots anywhere in the old
area; they are supported ex-
clusively by the remnants Of the
old feudal mentality.
That the Archduke and, for
that matter, every other political
group, should attempt to draw
the greatest possible advantage
out of the situation created by
the war is not even censorable.
Otto has built up all his social
and political contacts for such an
opportunity. He is a personable
and, in many respects, modern
minded man, we'll educated, with
an extremely iron willed and
politically gifted mother, Zita.
But these personal considera-
tions cannot becloud the fact
that the Hapsburg dynasty has
never abandoned Its divine"
rights. And I think the Ameri-
cans are the last to wish to re-
establish an historically expan-
sionist and imperialist house in
the center of Europe
Every single action we take to-
day has international political
repercussions. 1t is impossible to
divorce military expediency from
political expediency. The proc
esses Of history are not revers-
ible. What is done today Gre
ates q problem for tomorrow.
Released by the Bell Syndicate, Ine)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23
This Changing World
DorIon's Motives for Aiding Allies Seen
ImmuterioI in Light Of North Afrieon Coins

can divisions would suffer heavy
casualties.
A determined French resist
ance doubtless would have given
the Nazis sufficient time to rush
by air additional land and air
forces from nearby bases in
Sicily to bolster their forces.
Gen. Henri Honore Giraud,
who threw his lot with the Allies
before the actual invasion, could
do little to gain over the Army
of North Africa and that Is why
Gen. Giraud-a strong anti
Darlan man-urged Gen. Eisen-
hover to accept the admirars
cooperation as the best means Of
clinching Allied control.
These are the cold facts which
are behind our acceptance Of
Darlan's cooperation. What
ever his past activities may have
been, and it is pointed out that
after all the admiral had refused
to turn the French Navy to the
Nazis-military necessities did
not permit us to think emotion
ally about his past.
We have to win this war and
the number of lives which will
be lost before the victory is ours
is too appalling to ponder over.
Just Begun to Fight.
High military Washington
quarters deeply deplore the &C
tivities OF those who want us to
give up the best bet we have in
Africa.
1t is, of course, understandable
that the Fighting French should
be exercised over the fact that
the man whom they have con-
sidered their arch enemy should
have obtained a position of i'm
portance with the Allies. But
while Gen. Charles de Gaulle
has unquestionably substantial
following, he was not in a posi-
ton to deliver us one beachhead
in North Africa.
What the military men cannot
understand is that so many vo-
ciferous politicians thought that
they needed "prodding" to start
second front. The new front
was opened and these same lead
ers who had been so severely
criticized came in for more de-
nunciation from the emotional
lists" because of a deal made with
a Frenchman who had sufficient
authority to hand over Africa to
them, thereby saving thousands
of lives.
Darlan, the men on the spot
say, Is collaborating Loyalty. The
causes which led him to join our
side are immaterial. But there
is no question that too much
vituperation and too much poll
tics in purely military affair
can only make more difficult the
already difficult task of the
American and British COM
manders.
We have only begun to fight
In Europe and the road ahead is
a very hard one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23

ray Oh Vic viz
t ere are so
many Of them
and they are on
so wide q variety
Of subjects that
they make less
and less impress
sion. He covers
much too much
territory.
Mr.. Murray's
latest outburst
concerns the poll
tax hlibuster.
IJrpinp the adOp-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23

BrOtnernOOO Oh
! the A Sticker.
| 1t W ould be
: unfriendly and
;un-American for
. us seasoned old
petrol rationers
not to tell you
n e W corners to
the shelter Of
l. con Hender-
sons wing, some
of the rigors and
some of the de-
lights of the A
ror6
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23

the Allies by
Admiral Jean
Darlan, for
m e r CO m =
m a n d e. in
chief of the
French armed
forces W h o
in e d our
side soon aft
er we de-
cided to &C.
cupy French
North Africa.
The armies
IN Nv fho
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23

navy has lost
but what it still
retains.
Unfortunately
the basic infor-
nation needed
for such a COM
munique at pres
ent is lacking,
for in all candor
1t m u S t b e
confessed that
despite the hon.
e S t b e Ii f of
commanders on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23

rails e the
most delicate
political ques-
tons and al
r e a dy h a S
stirred up a
wasps' nest.
1t is unfor-
tunate h a t
t n e q n
n o u ncement
of this prof.
ect, coming
from w ar
S e CT e t airy
Cks--~~,1 &c
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23
Friends Honor Cupt. Hand

A farewell dinner to Capt. WAL,
ter G. Hand OF the 18th Montgomery
County Company Of Maryland Min
ute Men will be rendered by . group
Of friends on tomorrow evening at
the Normandy Farms. Capt. Hand
will enter the Army with the rank
Of major.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23
On the Record
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON,

The decision OF the War De-
partment to form a battalion of
Americans Of Austrian birth to
fight for the liberation of Austria
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23

opinions OF the oers this page their oon not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented The
Stars effort to gue all sides OF questions OF to Its
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23
BY FRANK r. KENT,

One thing is to be said Of the
bombastic, exaggerated and fire.
quently absurd statements which
flow so freely from Mr.. Philip Muir
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23
McLennore-
Pities the Owner
Of Big Limousine
Nv HENRY McLEMORE.

To those Of you in the States who
haven't had gas rationing, greetings.
Greetings from us Of the original
States as we welcome you into the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Reports from 1t. Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower show clearly that
thousands of American lives were
spared as q result Of aid given
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23
Jopon's Fleet
Power Still
Is Unknown
America Faces
Grim Struggle
Yet in Pacific
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

The American people ought to be
made familiar with a new kind of
official communique which would tell
them not merely what the Japanese
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-10-16
TRINEROVO HORKE VINO
DBA 0 SVE ZAKAZNfKY.

Kdyz je zaludecnf prostre-
dek We velke oblibe obecenstva
55 let, musejf k tomu byti "a
vazne dGvody, nebot verejnost
media Sc klamat pres pGl stoletf.
Trinerovo HoFk6 Vino je INA
mo V ceskych a slovenskych ro-
dinach jake s~polehlivy zalu-
decn1 a m1rn6 procistujfci pro-
stredek, ktery nikdy nezklame.
Nyn1 pfidan byl k nemu Vita
min B., d6lezity pro chut k
jldlu a traven1, a tim Sc Trine-
rovo HoTk6 Vino podstatne
zlepsilo. Ale ono Sc take zlev-
milo, ably dokazalo, jak pecuje
o sv6 zakazn1ky. Vratilo Sc k
pdvodnf velke 18 uncove lahvi
a tax dostanete "a stejny OBJ
nos vice nez drive, coz dnes "a
rostoucf drahoty mnoho INA
mena. Kazdy lepsi l6karnik
ma je ma sklad6. Ale nemGze-
tell je dostati We SVEN soused-
stvl, poslete $1.25 nebo $3.50
ma JOS. Triner Corp, 1888 S.
Ashland Ave-, Chicago, I'll. a
dostanete jednu nebo sest lah-
vi Trinerova HoTk6ho Vina s
Vitaminem B-1 poStou vypla-
Gene. Advt.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-10-16
Udelal ma sebe DOZEN.

Vynikaj1ci americky spisova-
tel Eric Knight fecnil pred ne
davnem v listen mens1m mes
te v Pennsylvania We prospech
m1stni nemocnice a ambulanc-
nj sluzby a d~okazoval, re vsi-
chni musime prinaseti obeti, a.
bychom zvitezili. 0 nekolik
dni pozd6ji Sc setkal s pflte-
lem, ktery jej ujistoval, re rec
byla opravdu krasna a p1sobi-
va. Knight Sc usmal a odpo-
vedel: "Uplne s vami souhla-
sim. A vfte, ma koho ucinila
skutecny DOZEN? Ma mne.
Kdyz jsem byl hotov Sc svoj1
reel, byl jsem tax dojat, re
jsem dial ambulancn1mu sboru
svGj novy automobil."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-10-16
cekal 40 let ma odpoved.

Guverner Griswold v Ne
brasce obdrzel dopis cd byva-
leho Nebrascana, nyni v Oak
land Calf, usazeneho, jenz
chce vedeti, co Sc stale S dopi-
jejz pred ctyricfti roxy
zaslal guvernerov6 1Tadovne.
Bylo to "a span6lsko-americk6
valky, kdy Sc v Nebrasce orga-
nisoval tretf pluk pechoty, je-
hoz plukovn1kem byl William
Jennings Bryan.
"Psal jsem tehdy," pravi
zadatel We SVEN dopise, "ze Sc
hlasfm jake dobrovoln1k a po-
slal jsem svoji prihlasku gu
vernerovi. Jak to pride, re
jsem nedostal zadnou odpo-
v6d?"
Guverner Griswold nev1, jak
to Pride, a pravil, re pc ctyri-
c1ti letech by bylo tezko to Wy
setTovati.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-10-16

tezstvf Dude nase dix nadlid-
lskemu odporu slavnych armad
|Sovetskeho Ruska, nasf drahe
lslovansk6 sestry, dix obdivu-
hodne vytrvalosti naseho spo-
jence Angle, dix zazracnemu
dsil1 Spojenych Stat1 severe
americkych a vsech s%pojencG,
sjednocenych v myslence osvo-
bozen1 a v1tezstv1 Spravedlno-
sti.
Vskutku Ouch svobody a O.
beti jest zakladem bratrstvi a
vzajemne lasky: tento duch
povede Slovany k jednote a
vzajemnemu porozumen1.
Zaslepen1 vladci Nemecka,
ltalie a JapOnska vyvolali silly
svobody, ktere tax spatne INA
Ii. Nevedeli, re jednou probu-
zeny, silly tyto nemohou byt Vi
&c rozdrceny, nebot jejich "a
klad i ell je nesmrtelny neb
jsou samy o sobe ~podstatou Vi
tezstvl: v1tezstv1 spravedlnosti
a NejvySs1ho Dobra.
Tyto silly prave ozivujf dive
ky odpor utiskovanych marc,
dG: Drazi Mihajlovice, "cetni-
XII" a "partisanG", tyto silly
prave vedou k slavnemu vitez-
stv1 neznicitelne armady Soviet
skeho Ruska a vsech s~pojenc1.
V1tezstv1 Sc bl1zf, a mic je
nezastav1.
Sjednocen1 Slovan6 Dude ma
dale nejjistejsf zarukou m1ru.
Bogomir Dalma,
Laureat de L Academic
Franchise.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-10-16
PODZIM.
Jaroslav Vrchlicky:

V alej1, ktera ztemnely park
stTez1,
CO asi lei zluteho list1,
a pada stale, jake kdyz snezi,
jake kdyz hvezdy Sc cist1.
V pole a lada pada a pada
a z pole stada jdou v davu =
IDA Sc, re vid1s, jak zeme zada
do list1 slozit mdlou hlavu.
Pres nivy k lesu pavucin site
pc zvadlem vresu zlehka Sc
neSOu :
Zde S tebou chtel bych stat,
mole d1te,
kdyz nebem hvezdy Sc tresou,
Dfvat Sc v lesy, kterak V Mich
lima
CHA a zdviha mlh ebony =
divat Sc v oci tive, kterak V mich
drfma
prfstf maj sladky a vonny!
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-10-16

c1lem je = dokonale znicit vo-
jenskou moe Nemecka, Italie a
Japonska, tax dokonale, ably
nemohly Ease "a jednu gene
raci ohrozovat mas a ostatni
Spojene narody. Jsme spoje-
nj We snaze O takove v1tezstvl,
ktere zarucf, ably nasi vnukove
mohli rust a S bozf pomoc1 lit
svobodn1 cd neustale hrozby
vojenskeho vpadu, destrukce,
otroctvl a nasilne smrti.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-10-16
Vydrzel.

Nekdy clovek nesp1 celou
noe a nekdo vydrzf i dive noci
nespat, ale takovy vykon, jaky
proved Hilmer Steinquist do
kaze malo KIDD. Ten byl "a
mestnan u elektrickeho spajo-
vacfho stroje v Hallock, Mimi,
a prace nemohla byt pferuse-
ma, ponevadz mnoho farmaf-
skych stroll muscle byt pospra
veno a bylo nutno pracovat
pres cas-. Steinquest vydrzel u
stroje Ga hodin v jednom tahu.
Potion 81 Sci lehnout, spal 6 a
pGl hodiny a vratil Sc ku stroll
a pracoval II a pul hodiny. il
ste to zvlastni vykon.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-10-16
Psi armada.

Prvni zasilka psi pro arma-
du, jez havana Dogs for De-
fense'', vyjela z Chicago a do
dvou rokd 10000 psi z Illinois
Dude slouziti v armada. Psi
prod6laj1 vycvik We Fort Robin
son, Neb., a pax budou pride
leni k armada k r1znym vyko-
MIN, n6kteTi budou patrati pc
ranenych, JIM ponesou depese,
budou nositi naklad a JIM bu-
dou cleny odd1lu, jez ma sane
k disposici. Vsichni psi byli po-
drobeni tuhym zkouskam nez
byli do armady pfijati.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-10-16
62lety Indian We vazbs.

V Pueblo, Col, John Lujin,
62lety plnokrevny Indian kme-
ne Cherokee, ma nynf 30denn1
lh1tu k zadosti O probaci We
spojeni S obzalobou, re smenil
eek, aniz by byl mel V bance
dosti pence.
Ralph Sayer, u nehoz Lujin
smenil svGj bezcenny eek,
svedcil pri vyslechu, re India
now Lujinovi casio menil jeho
ceky a re vzdycky byly dobre.
Teprve tento posledn1 ma $149
pfisel z banky zpet, re tam Lu-
jim nema dosti penez.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-10-16
Move Lidice i " Uruguay?
(Tiskova sluzba Csl. N. R.

Jak Sc dov1dame z Uruguay,
je nadeje, re i teto jihoame-
ricke republice ktera velmi ak
tivn6 spolupracuie Sc Spojeny-
mi Staty vsemi Spojenymi ma
rody, budou vzkrfseny Lidice
jake We Spojenych Statech Sc
veroamerickych a v Mexiku.
Dne 26. zaT1 oznamil ma ra-
diu Ell Espectador V Monteve-
du p. Juan de Aragon vzkrfse-
nj Lidic Uruguay jake v6c
t6meT jiz jistou a lie ocekavat,
re pTi pine podpore vsech de-
mokratickych zivl1 navrh ten
to Sc uskutecn1. Bylo by veru
krasne, kdyby 0 mem bylo roz-
hodnuto do %. r1jna, svatku
ceskoslovenske neodvislosti.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-10-16
II zabito a 18 poraneno v
srazce trucku S busem.

Jedenact osob bylo usmrce-
no a 10 poraneno, nektef1 vaz-
ne, pri trojnasobne srazce til
vehiklG: busu Queen City Trail
ways, gasolinoveho trucku a
povozu. Nestest1 Sc stale ma
ceste 16 mil severne cd Lum-
bertonu, N. C.
Robert Taylor hlasil, re ga
solinovy truck odrazil povoz,
stocil Sc prudce a vrazil do
pTeplneneho busu. Gasolin ma
trucku vybuchl okamzite pc
srazce. Mrtvoly II Zabitych
byly ohoTele k nepoznan1.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-10-16
Hractvf je nekdy vynosne.

Americti hosi v Australia, If
sku a .jinde v ciz1ch zem1ch ne
mohou 81 stezovati, re by Sc
Jim dobTe nevedlo, nekterym
dokonce i financne. Vysv1ta
to z tohoto kratkeho dopisu,
ktery postal serzant Harold
Monaghan sym rodicGm V
Lexington, Ky: "Uc1m zdejsi
domorodce hrat pokra. Zasi-
lam yam poukazku ma 5000"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-10-16
Darebaci.

Vandalove povaleli asi 80 al
40 pomn1kG, z nichz nektere
vazily tunu ma Tiffinskem hfbi
tove, mill a ctvrt ma zapad cd
mesta Tiffin.
Vysetrujfcf drednfci soudl,
re je to Gin bud opilych muz1
nebo lidf, kteri chovaji East k
dGvernik1m hrbitova.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-10-16
AlOiS POkOrny

a nyni spankem vecnym dffma
ma Narodn1m hrbitove. S poci-
ty meme lasky a vdecnosti pfi-
stupujeme ku hrobu Tvemu, co
d1kaz, re stale ma Tebe vzpo-
mfname, drahy obraz TvGj u
stavicne v srdc1ch svych chova-
me a pamatce I've 1techu HE
dame. Spi klidn6 a bud ujis-
ten, re We vzpomfnkach naslch
ziti budes ma vzdycky.
Venujf I've pamatce:
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-10-16
Vanocnich stromkH Dude letos
niho roku nedostatek.

Nedostatek vanocn1ch strom
XII pfedpov1da E. S. Keithley,
supervisor v Bike National Fo-
rest. Ten pravil: Stromkd a
stromG .je Size les1ch dosti, a.
lie neni lid, ably je vysekali a
upravili ma trh."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-10-16
Napajel jine So roxy.

Steve Kelly v Chicago v mist.
nostech Union League Club OBJ
sluhoval nalevnu a napajel Ii.
znive pc So roxy, aniz sam "a
celou tn dobu vypil jeden Ii.
hovy napoj.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-10-16
Zlatodoly budou uzavFeny.

UTad pro ~valecnou vyrobu
naT1dil, ably Sc prestalo tezit
zlato v 800 zlatodolech We Spo-
jenych Statech. Zlato Sc Dude
t6zit pouze potud, pokud je
potTeb1 primo pro valecnou w
robu. Zlatokopove budou po-
slam do iinYch dOlG.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-10-16
v z P 0 NJ / N K A .

Jiz opet nadesel pro mas ten
smutny den IL. f1jna neb Dude
tomu SO roku CO S nami Sc
rozloucil mas milovany manzel
a Otec
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-10-16
Ia CO ~bojujeme.

Oslavujeme dnes Gin odvaz-
neho a dobrodruzneho ITALIA,
Kristofa Kolumba, ktery S po-
moci span6lG objevil novy svet,
V nemz svoboda a tolerance a
ucta k lidskym pravGm a d1-
stoinosti opatfily asyl pro po-
tlacovane stareho sveta. Ones
bojujf synove Noveho sveta v
zemich vzdalenych Americe.
Bojujf, ably zachranili cele lid
stvo - i mas v tom - a zasa-
dy, kter6 zkvetaly v novem
svet6 svobody. PamatuJeme 81
ma ony nescetn6 miliony je-
.iichz budoucnost, svobody a
sam zivot zalez1 ma trvalem vi
t9zstvf Spojenych narodu.
,Je tn v nasf zemi 'nekolik IL
df. kterf jakmile Sc osa zacne
hroutit, budou nam flkat, re
isme opet v bezpec1, re NIUE,
me ponechat cely svet, ably 81
sam snedl co 81 ukuchtil", re
uz nikdy "nebudeme tahat CT,
Il kastany z ohne", re pokud
ide O mas, niue celou budouc-
most civilisace wit cert.
Ale je zbytecne vyhrava1
bitvy, kdyz Sc ztracf vec "a
kterou Sc bojuje. Nema smyslu
vftezit We valce, kdyz vltezstv
nen1 trvale.
Proto bojujeme "a nastolen
a zachovani vfry, nadeje a mi
ru v celem svete. Dnesni CT
je jasny a realisticky. Timt'
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-15

il the jacket. The shirt too, was
beyond hope and he peeled 1t
off. and thus far disrobed deCid-
ed to complete the Job and take
a shower.
Strange, how soundly Mac
Dowell slept. Lucky for Mac
Dowell; in his condition, sleep
was the only thing that could
help him.
Talcott had found his robe
and was at the door when foot
steps sounded in the corridor.
Moved by and stopped before
Webber's door. A loud, double
knock. The pitch of the snoring
changed imperceptibly. TIL g
double knock was repeated and
the snoring ceased. Yes" in
Webber's voice.
"A wireless message for you,
sir"
"Oh. It's my wife l guess.
About the busincss-JuSt a mo-
ment-" The click of a light
switch; faint sCrape of the door,
and footsteps sounded again in
the corridor.
TalCott opened his door and
pcered out. The room steward
was walking away. Strange, he
could have sworn that Wcbbcr'S
voice sounded from outside the
door. 1t had sounded as if the
steward WIS on the insi But
there was the steward, turning
into the Companionway at the
end of the corridor. He could
have been mistaken.
In the exhilaratiuE needles OF
the shower his body relaxed, but
his mind leapCd to double speed.
Things had been happening fast;
almost too fast. First, Wcbbcr
the hairless, caught flat-footed
eavCSdropping Was he just
curious about his ncighbors or
did he fit i'm the picture some
where? Talcott wished nc could
remember that vaguely familiar
face Too ugly TO be forgotten;
yet il remained in a haze, defy
ing recognition and rcmem-
branCC.
Then there was the business
Of the blank paper. Had Halsey
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ESCAPE n MURDER
CHAPTER Xxx


Talcott paced the length Of
tn deserted boat deck again
and turned in anger. "MacDow-
ell" he called harshly.
From the depths of gloom by
the davits beyond the funnel
came a scrape of sound, and a
hollow voice answered Here
Still hanging your head!
What's SO Internally important
that you couldn't tell me in the
cabin, that you had TO send that
steward just when Il He was
in the darkness then, cropping.
"MacDowell! Where the dew
j ."
A dipping shudder came into
the ships movement; a forward
pitch into a deep trough of
waves. And with il his answer,
a crushing blow sweeping in a
wide arc from behind. 1t glanc-
ed from the side of his head
with enough force TO hurt but
not enough to cripple. Had his
assailant been less solidly pois-
ed when the vessels sudden dip
came, Talcott's skull would
have been smashed like a paper
carton.
He gasped with pain and turn
ed, graphing blindly. Another
blow dropped him TO his knees.
Strong, wiry arms wound about
him and he felt a solid, straining
chest against his face. He held
himself limp ad the other drag
gei him to the rail. And when
the attackers arms slackened TO
lift him up, Talcott suddenly
Strengthened his legs, driving
the other back and against a
davit.
The counter attack had been a
complete surprise. Pressing for
the advantage of time, Tslcott
moved in too hurriedly and an
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ny Of a pair Of old ladies
brought him to an abrupt halt.
Struggling, he brushed himself
and smoothed his rumpled cloth
ing.
Inside the cocktail lounge he
saw Halsey and June Paterson
playing bridge with Martha
Swenson and the ships doctor.
He avoided the door and moved
around to the other side, pass
ing the huddled figure Of Pro-
fessor Constantine, asleep in a
chair.
Passengers were there, lean
ing against the rail, C]onversing
or looking at the water. A stew
ard came past, bearing a blank
ct Talcott stopped him. Did
you see a man run by here?' he
asked.
Conversation at the rail was
suddenly hushed. mo sir, cant
say as l did" the steward an
swered.
Talcott became SUI d denly
aware of the fixed starcs.
"Must've been mistaken he
grunted and unhurricdly walk
cd by the gauntlet Of eyes.
He was in c desk corridor
when abrupt suspicion caused
him to stop before the door f
the ugly bald-head who called
Webber. Pressing his ear
against the polished wood he
was rewarded with a deep, reg
ular snorc.
No man who had been
through what the attacker had
been through could snorc like
that. Baffled, he entered his
own cabin.
He switched on the light Mac
Dowcll was apparently asleep;
a blanket covered him 10 his
chin and his face was turned
TO the wall. Talcott glarcd in the
mirror A nasty red welt showed
in front Of his car, his face was
smudgcd with SCOT, his collar
was torn, and his once-immacu-
late jacket was wrinkled and
grimy.
a towel end and powder re
paired the damage 10 his face,
the collar he removed, and with