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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-27
TOMORROW EVENING

should know fully that Louise
is in no way responsible for
whatever stories she may have
told about DR.. Gordon, and that
she has been confined in safe
keeping. ! have sent note to
Miles Jackson which / have
worded discreetly, but clearly.
l have also written TO certain
friends and acquaintance who
will, am sure, make mention
of these late sad events and
thus, in some measure, set wild
tales at rest.
Let me assure you again of
my gratitude for your efforts in
behalf of my poor child. For the
rest l can only trust in the
Maker of all things who holds
us all in the hollow of His hand.
Very truly yours,
Harriet Gordon
Paris turned back and read
the letter a second time, care
fully. The word confined"
stood out on the page as If writ
ten in red. He could guess a
large part of what had hap
pened in Florida. 1t could not
have been difficult for Mrs.
Gordon to drive Louise to vio-
lence. That Mrs. Gordon could
deliberately make use of this
event as she was now using 1t
filled him with horror.
It was pretty clear that Mrs.
Gordon was touched with re-
ligious fanaticism. IL Louise's
stories could be depended upon
- and Paris was sure that
they could be - DR.. Gordon,
too, had had more than a trace
of the same fanaticism. The two
of them must have worked up
some sort of misdirected fervor
against what they considered
evil-doing.
Paris tried desperately to d.
rect his own attention away
from certain dawning convic-
tons. Sadism was c o m m n
enough in many forms. but
sadism coupled with religious
fanaticism was particularly
dangerous. Such a person with
4 surgeons knife in his hands
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-27

reversed and he was caught in
the same way on the other side.
But he wasn't run over
Strange. l thought he was.
He never talked to me about
it,"
He doesn't know"
Il see."
Paris. I've got something
else to tell you. / made some
Inquiries - after l heard those
terrible stories this winter. Sam
Winters helped DR.. Gordon.
Eyes, l know"
$50 / got Sam Winters to
talking about it. He said"
Randy stopped and twisted
her hands together.
Go on, Randy. You have to
get it said"
Sam Winters said DR.. Cor
don was a wonderful doctor
and must have seen something
he himself - Sam, 7 mean -
couldn't understand. He said ii
looked to him like Drake was
just badly bruised"
ooh, Randy! / can't quite be-
licve that"
Sam was sure of one thing
-"
"Yes?" Paris said the one
questioning word with diff
Guilty.
Sam was positive that there
were no bones broken"
Paris Strengthened himself.
Now, listen. You've got to
listen carefully. Sam Winters
testi mony doesn't mean a
thing"
Are you telling me the truth,
Parris?"
Yes, Randy. Absolutely. DR..
Gordon must have done q crack
job, or Drake wouldn't have
live d. We have d. Ike, and
Drake is in a way adjusted.
It's all over and done with. DR..
Gordon is dead. We've got to
forget it,"
"Parrisl'
Yes, Randy. ,What?"
II love Drake - better than
anything in the world. I didn't
marry Drake out of pity. He IS
always will be - the only
man in my world"
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his own advices were added,
Mrs. Gordon agreed.
Paris did not realize how tir-
ed he was until DR.. Nolan or
dered a reorganization of his
schedule. There were times when
he felt too much outside of the
life Drake and Randy shared in
the little white house. They were
happy; their business was sue
cessful.
Paris and Randy walked out
toward the Old Cemetery one
afternoon. Randy was troubled,
but he waited for her to speak.
They crossed the stone stile and
came presently to small square
enclosed with evergreen that re-
minded Paris of the thickets
where he used to play with Re-
nee. Severe granite slabs in the
square had only names and
dates: ALEXANDER @. TOWER
and CASSANDRA TOWER
Paris was surprised that the
plot was SO carefully tended,
with some sort of shiny-leafed
vine covering the ground. u
He loked at Randy. She color
ed and looked a little embar-
raised.
"I've been taking care Of these
graves, Paris. Drake told me
that Cassie and her father meant
|a lot to you"
They went back through the
little green alley and across the
cemetery to the slope where the
sunshine was warmest.
well, Randy"
II don't know how to begin,
Paris. I've been hearing some
stories that I don't understand
|so ! thought I'd better let you
know"
Paris felt q curious chill of
|opprehension.
|.~Well, itoahead."
- oooms that talk sort Of runs
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around and around and takes on
first one meaning, then another.
When / first heard Louise's name
mentioned, they said you were
going with Louise"
Paris nodded. He remember
ed his talk with Dr.. Nolan.
Then came the old stories
again"
"Just-what were the old stor-
ries, Randy?"
1T was said that Louise said
her father performed unneces-
sary operations just-well, just
because he liked to, and that he
did too many of them without
chloroform."
"Um." Paris nodded again.
people began to remember
You ought to hear the long lists
of operations DR.. Gordon did
without an anesthetic! It's al
ways the same story. The pa
tents heart was weak"
"Strange."
But Parris-have you ever
counted up the number of terri
bly, disfigured people he left be-
hind him."
She had gone deathly pale.
"Drake!" she w n iSperc d
"Drakew
Paris held perfectly still.
Randy shook his arm violently
Paris"
Eyes, Randy?"
you've got to tell me-"
He shook his head.
"Then the stories are true?"
Listen, Randy: there are
strange cases i'm medical his
tory - like this. But il doesn' I
follow that every operation DR..
Gordon performed was or could
have been unnecessary. Do you
know any Of the details of
brakes injury?"
HE wasn't run over, il that's
what you mean"
HE wasn't?"
mo. He was caught by the
train - some cars we're being
switched. He was under the car
- between two of them. As
near as know he was sort Of
II guess you'd have to say
pinched by a wheel that didn't
pa1 over him. The cars sort Of
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-27
Escaped Escort
And Beck Again

Paris shook her hand. ut
would be just like some med
d!esome fool to drop some hint
of this story about DR.. Gordon
to him some day.
Il know, Paris. I've thought
of that"
1T must never happen. ]
think the whole structure
would topple down again, and
that time we couldn't rebuild
it. He'd be gone"
Paris thought for few
minutes.
ITS strange, or curious, or
something, that wherever there
is a CHASTITY or a grotesque trag-
edy in this town, you'll find
DR.. Gordon somewhere in the
story"
You do believe"
"Hush Neither you nor / can
ever know about Drake. There
no possible way. It's better we
don't know. I've got to believe
that it was a necessary ampu-
tation. So must you. We must,
Randy. Don't you 7re that? He
had no reason"
Yes, he did! Louise!"
He had separated them, any
how. That was over.
When Paris reached home
he found a letter waiting for
him. He opened it hastily and
read:
My Dear DIR. Mitchell:
| am writing in order to make
a rather melancholy report on
Louise. Her general condition
did not improve here and | call
ed in the doctor recommended
TO me by DR.. Saunders.
1t has seemed best, in his
judgment, TO keep Louise un-
der close observation for an in
definite period of time, and we
have accordingly removed her
for the present to a private san
itarium where she can have the
best of care. You can imagine.
l am sure, my own great per-
sonal suffering when ! saw my
own child attempt to besmirch
the memory OF a great man and
a great physician.
1t is my wish that Kings Row
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-27

Above all he must keep Ran
dy from guessing what he - he
stopped and looked squarely at
the question. Yes: it was true!
Of course it was true.
He remembered Willy Mac
intoshs father and the screams
coming from that upstairs room
as DR.. Gordon Operated-with-
out chloroform. He remember
ed Ludie S m m S, a harmless
enough libertine, and the Cor
don operation that paralyzed
half her face.
How in the world had this
man managed to go through a
whole career in Kings Row
without ever being called into
question?
(TO Be Continued)
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WJR-Masterworks Of
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re MIDNIGHT
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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-27
DURRANCE ENTERS

SUN VALLEY, Idaho, March
27-LR)-Unable to resist the
lure of a possible fourth vic
tory, Dick Durrance filed his
entry last night for the Harri-
man Cup ski meet.
Durrance previously had in
dictated the press of business
would cause him to pass the
competitic,. He has won the
cup the last three years.
Fifty-one men and 18 women
are entered in the classic, which
this year is combined with the
international Open Downhill
and Slalom meet.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-27
RANDY HEARS TALES
CHAPTER Xxx
DEL AktA.NN8

Kings Row, too, was beginning
to hear highly favorable things
about DR.. Mitchell, but the more
they heard, the less they saw of
him. Someone said that he was
q fine pianist. Everyone had
heard more or less about his de-
votion to the unfortunate Drake
McHugh. It was thought very
fine Of Dr.. Mitchell to maintain
Z loyal friendship for . boyhood
acquaintance.
Just lately there had been a
bit Of gossip about Louise Cor
don. Kings Row knew that
Louise had had . very bad nerv-
ON breakdown. DR.. Mitchell
frequently walked In the late
afternoon with Louise. and ii
w1s noticeable that Louise had
come out" amazingly.
One startling piece Of infor-
nation emerged from Louise's
chatter. Il eoncerned the Towers.
4 puzzled Paris . little that
Io1Eise should be able to recall 50
unneh q Whist her mother had
1G1A pears ago Of other people.
~ heouGht himself quickly to
4 ontloa q the first mention of
TOvtDe and Cassie. Then
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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-27
MounfCemens
High Notes
BY Tom 8 Dick Donaldson
EACTER SEALS

EACTER SEALS
Each teacher was given 40
Easter Seals to sell to the stu
dent in their class. When q
student buys Lr sells 10 seals he
receives absolutely free without
charge bunny pin" to show
he has done his part.
TIN DRIVE
The Speech Council in its
drive for tin sent three members
of the Speech class around to
second hour classes today. They
did fine job and should help
the cause 100 per cent. Mona
Joy Noe, Barbara MacLachlan,
and Bernice Shea were the
speech members who gave the
pep talks.
9TH GRADE
The ninth graders had i.
chance TO do little rug cutting
today during seventh hour. They
danced to sweet melodies Of a
photograph hooked up in the
speech room. ~ l
-
READERS DIGEST
Any student who wishes q
copy of the new April edition
of the Readers Digest can get
one from Miss Rogers In Room
100. They are selling for the
small price of Is cents.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarship notices were post
ed today on the front bulletin
board. The Juniors or Seniors
who are interested in the schol-
arships offered this Spring
should look them over.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-27

ATLANTA, March 27-R)-
The Atlanta hotel mems associ-
alton has sent kilograms to Ell
mer Layden, professional foot
ball commissioner, asking con-
sideration of Atlanta for the
All-Star professional football
game next New Years Day.
Governor Eugene Talmadge and
Atlanta Mayor George Lyle
were among those signing tele-
grams directed to Layden IN
New York.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-27

Half Dome. rising above the
floor Of Yosemite Valley. Calf.
10 said 10. be The largest single
roek n The world.
Evening star., 1942-04-17
Dutch Will Reorgonize
Indies Air Force in u. S.

MELBOURNE, April II P,-
Dutch leaders disclosed today that
the Netherlands Indies air force
would be reorganized In the United
States under the leadership of Maj,
Gen. Rudolph van Oyen.
Wan Oyen arrived at San Fran
cisco yesterday with DR.. Hubertus
van Nook, lieutenant governor gen.
eral of the Indies. They came from
Australia.)
Many pilots and student flyers left
Java before the Japanese invasion
of the Indies, 1t was said, most of
them remaining in Australia but
others going to America, where the
new force will be built up.
The Dutch also are selling to Aus
tralia without profit large supplies
of planes, tanks, machine guns, rifles
and ammunition ordered from the
United States and paid for but not
delivered in time for use in the
Indies.
Evening star., 1942-04-17
Van Nook, En- Route
To D. C., Lauds Work
OF Gen. Macarthur
Dutch Eust Indies
Governor Arrives
In San Francisco
By the Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 17.-Dr
H. ]. Won Nook, Lieutenant Gov
ernor General of the Netherlands
East Indies, arrived yesterday en-
route to Washington and London
with high praise for Gen. Douglas
Macarthur and the opinion "thai
we all should concentrate on the
present" to win the war.
II entirely agree with public
opinion in Australia that the ap-
pointment of Gen. Macarthur as
allied commander in chief for the
Southwest Pacific is an exceedingly
happy solution of the problem OF
unity of command in the conduct
of the war" DR.. Van Nook said In
an interview.
Sees Macarthur Offensive.
"I am convinced that Gen. Mac
Arthur surely won't let himself be
guided exclusively by defensive con-
siderations. The general personally
has made a very deep impression on
me, the impression of q man who is
able to view strategic problems In a
broader scope than the limits of his
command comprise"
DR.. Van Nook said his main OBJ
ject was to go to London and con-
suit there with the Netherlands
government.
These discussions will also bear
on my future mission and plans, u
he explained.
CAS- for my opinion on the future
Of our effort, believe we all should
concentrate on the present.
Neither will 7 look back. We
have job to do and we must do ii
as well as we can. For this we can
follow no better example than that
given by our fighting men.
Cites Illustration.
'I think, as one illustration among
many, Of that Dutch pilot who
brought party Of my colleagues
in his transport plane from Ban
doeng.
"The plane was attacked when
landing in Australia. The pilots
first thought, when everybody was
brought in safely, was of the i'm
portant papers which were still in
the plane.
He got them at the peril of his
life. Then the thought struck him
that there was still machine gun
Evening star., 1942-04-17

immediate investigation. He reported
one Of the fires started In about 20
points at the same time.
Volunteer fire crews, State fores-
ters and wardens, along with stu
dents from Mount Alto Forestry
School, succeeded in bringing under
control one blaze which covered
some 1000 acres of the vicinity of
the summer resort at Laurel Lake.
Other conflagrations at Gray
Ridge, Pigeon Roost and Tumbling
Run roared through the night,
prompting dispatch to the scene of
60 soldiers from Carlisle Barracks
and 10 volunteers from Dickinson
College. Housewives in the area fed
the fighters, some walking long
distances to carry food.
The fires were described as the
worst in the Micheaux district deer
country in IL years and the first
major outbreak in the State this
| season.
Evening star., 1942-04-17
Hoffman, 10 Be Called
Again 10 Testify in
Propaganda Probe
Michigan legislators
Secretary Also Slotted
For Second Jury Quiz

William Power Maloney, special
assistant to the Attorney General.
announced today that Representa-
tive Hoffman,. Republican, OF Mich
igan will be called again to testify
before the additional District grand
Jury tnquiring into enemy propa-
ganda and agents.
On the House floor recently, Rep
reSentative Hoffman, charged that
Mr.. Maloney boasted he would de-
feat Republican members Of Con-
gress in three months. This Mr..
Maloney emphatically denied.
Miss Helen Boyer. Representative
Hoffmann's secretary. who has pre-
viouSly appeared before the grand
jury, also will be recalled, Mr..
Maloney said
Baxter and Ahearn Called.
Scheduled to appear before the
grand jurors today were David Bax-
ter of San Bernardino. Calf. re-
ferred to by the Government as the
chancellor OF the Social Republic
Society, and Michael Ahearn, re-
search specialist associated with
Miss Catherine Curtis. president of
the Women Investors In America.
Mr.. Baxter is slated to give fur
ther testimony before the grand
jurors this afternoon.
The grand jury questioned him for
more than an hour yesterday after
noon in what apparently was an un-
productive session, because the wit
ness was suddenly taken before jus
tice r. Dickinson Let's in District
Court and threatened with a con-
tempt of cour. citation unless he re-
vealed certain information.
Seek Name Of Leader.
Mr.. Maloney took Mr.. Baxter into
court because, he said, the witness
| had refused to disclose TO the Grand.
jury the name of the leader OF the
Social Republic Society of America.
The court was told by Mr.. Ma
loney that the grand jury. after re-
peated questioning, had been ugable
to learn from Mr.. Baxter the Aane
Of the society's head.
Mr.. Baxter, the court was In
formed, admitted he had written
and distributed mimeographed
broadsides for the society In Which
members we're urged not to "fdrget
your arsenal" and to keep a flesh
supply of ammunition available,
none Of which should be more than
a year old.
Reported to Have Answered.
In the courtroom, Justice Let's
admonished Mr.. Baxter he could
be held for contempt Of court and
the witness quickly agreed TO answer
the grand jury's questions. The jury
then reassembled and heard the an
swer. Mr.. Baxter is reported to have
admitted he was the leader Of the
organization.
In the courtroom, Mr.. Maloney
said Mr. Baxter. after repeated q,ies-
| tioning, declared O chancellor"
headed the society, but he refused
to identify the chancellor"
Mr.. Maloney revealed he asked
Mr.. Baxter In the grand jury room
II the chancellor" was Adolf Hitler.
The reply, he said, was that Hitler
had no connection whatever with
the society, but under its rules and
bylaws, he was not at liberty TO
disclose the name of the "chan-
cellor."
Evening star., 1942-04-17
BIockout Including All Virginia
And Maryland Considered

fetal report from the civilian de-
fense services, he said he believed
they would show need for better
basic training for all services, better
systems for operation of emergency
vehicles during blackouts and
speedier handling Of air-raid warn
ings and signals through the COM
munication relay system.
On the latter point there had
been reports that the communica-
tions signals did not reach some
sector wardens fast enough. The
blackout was so effective that police
and other officials could not quickly
identify emergency vehicles. They
have been identified by windshield
stickers, and these cars frequently
were halted by police to see if they
were emergency vehicles and en-
titled to operate.
Evening star., 1942-04-17

A civilian defense test that would
entail backing out all lights
throughout Maryland. Virginia and
the District of Columbia is being
considered by civilian defense off,
cials, Col. Lemuel Bolles said today.
Col. Bolles said no definite de-
cision had been made, but that State
and District officials are considering
the test for sometime within the next
two or three weeks. Maryland and
Virginia, the District and Pennsyl-
vania constitute the third defense
region, but it is not contemplated
that Pennsylvania participate in the
suggested blackout test
Col. Bolles said he hoped to be
able to correct errors disclosed in
the test here last Tuesday. While
he has not received a complete Of
Evening star., 1942-04-17
Weather Report
Furnished !

(rurniSne by the
CoumbisSome likelihood OF brief shower late this
tonight gentle moderate
night: becoming in the interior tonight
VrgnaA widely scattered showers this afternoon ending early
tonight; becoming somewhat cooler by morning.
Evening star., 1942-04-17
Volunteers Vanquish
Gettysburg Area Fire;
Incendiarism Seen
Four BIuzes Burn Over
1000 Acres of Timber
On South Mountain
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GETTYSBURG, Pa, April ia
devastating fire that burned over
more than 2,000 acres of brush and
timberland on nearby South Noun
tain was brought under control to-
day after an all-night fight. District
Forester Thomas Norris said four
separate blazes were of incendiary
origin.
Damage to State and privately
owned forest lands mounted into
thousands of dollars, hunting lodges
in the Tumbling Run area were be-
lieved lost and the community of
Wenksville, with a population of
several hundred, was threatened.
Declaring that the blazes which
broke out In an Smile section within
three hours were incendiary Mr.
Norris summoned State police for an
Evening star., 1942-04-17
Soviet Purchasing Unit

A Soviet purchasing commission
has been established In this country
to facilitate contact on lend-lease
matters, it was announced yester-
day. The announcement was made
by Maj. Gen. A. I. Belayev, chair
man of the commission.
Evening star., 1942-04-17
Bruzil Diamond Prices Set

Best quality gem diamonds,
finished but unset, have been valued
at as high as $3.50 a carat in Brazil
while industrial diamonds are quoted
at less than $3.50 a carat.
Evening star., 1942-04-17
IL Planes Claimed by Naxis.

BERLIN From German Broad
casts. April II R.-The German
high command said today Nazi
fighters shot down IL planes in air
combats yesterday over the Channel
and south coast Of England.
Evening star., 1942-04-17

in the plane. He got that, too. put
1t to his shoulder and actually sue
ceeded In bringing down one of
the two attacking enemy planes,
Then there was the problem OF get
ting the wounded away to a safer
spot. The pilot went up in another
plane and kept flying for IS hours.
He Just kept on the job in hand"
Evening star., 1942-04-17
luyettes to Poor Denoted

Havana's Rotary Club donated
layettes to all poor babies born there
on January %, the birthday an
niversary of Jose Marti. a Cuban
hero.
Evening star., 1942-04-17
Communiques
Landings on Ponoy
By Jops Reported

The tert OF the War Departments
con,munique No. 1914, based on re-
ports received here up to S pm,
Eastern war time, yesterday, tollotUs:
Evening star., 1942-04-17

ern France and the Low Countries
ARE responsible for keeping half
of the fighter strength of the Ger
man air force away from the Rus
sian front"
Evening star., 1942-04-17

The tert of the Nary COM
n,uniQue iSued late yesterday tell
ing OF the loss OF the minesDeep-
er Finch tollol0S.
Far East:
l. The United States mine
sweeper Finch has been sunk as
a result of enemy bombing at
tacks on Corregidor during the
past few days.
2. There were no casualties TO
personnel.
3. There is nothing to report
from other areas.