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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-05-08

motionlcss among the hsnginS
clothes. then she tiptoed back.
Il heard click" she whispered.
Exactly like the click of a gun he
ing cockcd!"
Nonsense" But Agatha was
whispering. too. There are a thou
sand sounds like that-and n hum
drcd different kinds Of guns"
Where is that % revolver of
yours? ?" "a
Il suppose it's still down.
stairs. where Willard examined II.
/ was too excited about the radio
tube TO :"
=, listen! She's walking across
the room"
The fat girl next door must have
stepped on a squeaky board. Aga
ina heard IL. plainly.
i never realized how sounds
carried through that open closet"
Ciemantinc whispered. "Auntie. do
you suppose she's the spy"
Agatha thought. "Evcryone's
been looking for a man. Maybe
mats why the spy has escaped.
Maybe she's n woman." Agatha
wasn't even able TO whisper. The
possibility that their enemy was
coming at them from the next room
was loo much for her.
ihc door into the hall opened
from The fat girls quarters. The
STAIRS squcakcd. The fat girl was
descending.
Agatha brcathcd deeply again.
shes probably just going out to
supper. Chances are we imagined
The Gun-and everything"
Clcmantinc opened her own door,
quickly and silently, sped out on
the carpetcd landing and learfed
over the balustradc. She was back
IN flash. mo" she whispered.
Her face was white. I'VE didn't
imagine anything. She has a gun in
her hand. Do you realize, at this
hour of the evening we're I'm the
house alone with her. She's gone TO
latch the front door. She'll be
back"
Good heavens! What will we
do?"
They heard the chain latch rattle
into place In the front door. Then
the door of the parlor below them
crcakcd open.
shes not going to take any
whispered Clemantine.
Shes going TO lock lie back door,
too"
Have we time to summon
hclp?"
"Ycs. Quickl Wen telephone
Hans to come. and pick up one Of
those federal men on the way"
Clcmantine remembered the teIe-
phone number. but apparently
else answered the phone.
Agatha waited breathlessly while
he click Of the back door locking
zane up the stairs. .j
~ -. :. 40 Be Contiaueal MS
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-05-08
CHAPTER FCRTY-FOUR

"IF THAT krcck didn't come
from the door. ii came from behind
wall of this ROOM" Clcmantinc
asserted. Someone's been listen
ing"
willard shook his head. You arc
mistaken" The smile vas gone
from his face. Are you accusing
me OF hiding an accomplicc ?"
II don't know what to think"
Come. Clrmantinc." Agatha or
oered firmly. She stood. her face
stern and mosklikc. as best she
could make il 50 ready to leave.
Iicman.ine hcsitatcd a moment,
uncertain. then picked up her suit
vase and led the way GrnE.iairs.
Agatha cast ore look lack, saw
WIZARDS siGhtlcsG face staring
'it.r her. r'."rc was gomcthin"
ABOUT III" deep lines in his checks
mt "'fuck her heart. Yes. Willard
probably knew or suspected the
run about her. and VAS debating
"n',il'r or not he should tell,
Good night, Willard" she said
sottiy. And thank yor" She shut
' 'oof NJ the foot OF The stairs
ana n'illc! 1t tight 10 make sure il
i''cILod. She didn't want any spics
o,'c'kihE III ON the blind boy. As
Oh" looked up from the Sidewalk;
Du'SiIr. the light in the upstairg
Mihu"W went out and the rattle of
nc typewriter resumed.
'irmantirc observed. "vhoto,or
,a' hh"ckinE was. Willard was not
h'Pri3cd And yeti can't believe
me IS guilty of anything wrong. lie
sacriiiccd himself for us once. He'd
do it again" Wv @ "
agatha shuddcrcd. II hope not"
,.,,, now on earth can he know who
, nneu Professor Haldcr. and how it
was done ?"
Maybe he doesn't. Perhaps he
n" s nccn reading too many cheap
ae'ective stories. He has a mania
lot detecting"
=. hc can't read, as VIC do-and
nay wouldn't print cheap detective
"'i IN brnillc. He must know
don't believe it," said Agatha
bp.ra'eiy. IF he knows. why !
, masn nc gone to the police? That's |
ra at l can't understand - why |
or ne gone TO the police ?"
loud 1t be possible he doesn't
,,,n NC police? The FBI man said
II =. police have bun2lcd. Perhaps
"n Moise than bungling.'
o,ol'scnsc. Don't tart accusing
en-, ",Snaat Larkcy of being the
b by we've already made too many
'au gucSscs."
nrn, wonder? One o. the guesses
must be right"
., ncy reached the gate In front
int we rooming house and turned
vn,, Vie yard. Agatha'c eyes ner-
uuasy searched the deep shadows
eAsef the shade trees on the far
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-05-08

side OF the street. "Ciemantinc
someone is standing there" sh
whispered.
Probably one of orr FIJI guard
ianS." said Clcmantinc. but 81,
needed no urging 10 hurry.
| When the door shut and Clickc,
behind them. Agatha reminded her
Were supposed to be bait for IL,
spies. We have everyone watching
iS now! We can't tell if they ar,
friend or foc!"
She was sorry Immediately that
she hadn't kept he: fears to her.
self. ClCmartine vas CbviOuSI,
frightened. SHE did what collcg,
girls usually attributed only In old
maids - she looked urdCr the bed
in her room as soon as they had
reached IT.
"Goodncss. child" protested
Agatha, trying to express conf
d"uCc she didn't feel. with the
federal men watching The building
were safer than cvcr.'
81 wonGcr? suppose the person
they're watching for Is already IN
side this house," She opened her
suitcase aHd started urpacRing.
Tin III favor of sitting up all
night"
we can't do without rest"
81 wont get any rest. ny minds
too full, DO you suppose that wal
lard is right THAT Professor Hal
der wasn't killed for his invention
at all? | wonder what nc meant
aEc;!t the professors working on
another invention for the first
World war? What happened then?
You were here"
Don't f.1y too much attention to
what willard says. Hc has a wild
Imagination" Agatha removed her
hat and looked at her guilt face in
the mirror.
Just the same, I'm going to do
some investigating tomorrow. The
files of World war days
ought to give us hint of what
Willard was talking about. Mr..
l'clzcr can help me look it up"
"You won't find any mention of
Ottos invention" Agatha snapped.
"Thc Ccnsors wouldn't let the pa
pers print a thing. And I wouldn't
fiattcr willard by paying that
much attention TO his theory"
Goodness. auntic! Just because
Willard limited there was some dark
secret IN "our husbands life is no
reason you have to take it out OH
Willard"
"Bc limited nothing of the sort"
"Ic certainly did. Listcnw She
,cld up hand. What was that
loisc ?"
81 heard nothing" The girls
vide eyes made Agatha's heart
,eat faster. but she tried not to
how IL.
Clcmantinc tiptocd into the closet
nd put an ear against the wall.
FOR q long minute she stood there
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-05-08

TARGET OF ATTACKS Oh his syn,hct-
&C rubber program, William M
letters is shown as sc appeared be-
ore the Senatc's Truman Commit
ee to deny that his program had
mpeded production Of high octone
Jas Tor The army. He told the COM
nlttee that the only accusp,ion
made against him is that 81 have
lone my job we'll" Qn;crnafionaD
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-05-08

HAVING WON the privilege of
wearing the shoulder patch of the
Army Air Forces. WAAC Marjorie
NJ. Gailney smiles proudly as the
patch Is Scwed on. Miss Gaffney, of
Nattituck. N. Y, is u member of
the WAAC company at Maxwell
Field, Ala. International
Evening star., 1943-05-16

~ENIcILLIN Mark that word we'll 1t is
0coming into medical vocabularies today.
. 1t will be in the layman's vocabulary
tomorrow - word of hope and promise.
Penicillin is new drug; the most potent
weapon against bacteria ever found It is
ifesaver that does almost anything the sulfa
drugs will do - and goes on from there It
works surely and swiftly against one of the
worst soldier-killers - gas gangene - and
against many other battlefield infections.
Men, women and children are alive today
only because of its miracle-working. Another
point: the drug is life insurance against some
of the worst microbes of the battlefield.
Admittedly, this sounds extravagant,
to say the least. Penicillin is that kind of
a drug.
Take the boy of Is, admitted to British
hospital. He had a horrible infection of the
hip - the aftermath of an operation. For two
weeks doctors fought the infection with sulfa
drugs, TRANSMISSION and other weapons. But
fever persisted. The youngster was wasting
rapidly. Then he got penicillin. Within two
days temperature was normal and discharge
from the wound had nearly stopped.
Or take the six-months old baby with
persistent urinary-tract infection, against
which sulfapyridine failed to work. Promptly
Evening star., 1943-05-16

and surely penicillin attacked the disease. The
baby was quickly cured
Other cases might be cited, but for the
moment let's get back to penicillin itself. The
story of this wonder drug begins in 1929.
That year Alexander Fleming. professor of
bacteriology at the University of London,
was going about some routine business in his
laboratory. He was examining culture plates
- the little glass dishes used for growing
bacteria. There was spot Of mold on one
of the plates.
The plate was contaminated Ordinarily
he would merely have thrown it away, but
by some chance he decided to examine it.
The plate was murky with millions of bac-
terra. But around the tiny heck of mold there
were no bacteria - just halo of clear liquid!
It looked as though something in the mold
was fighting bacteria! 1t was phenomenon of
chemotherapy - the combating of bacteria,
or curing of disease, with chemicals.
Followed Ehxlich1s Lead
lH1s was in 1929, remember, and interest
in chemotherapy was tagging. Paul Ehrlich
had pioneered the field, and found the sal
varsan which killed the corkscrew microbe
of syphilis. Other researchers rushed in. They,
too, would find chemicals to kill microbes in
Evening star., 1943-05-16

human beings. But as often as not, the chemi-
Gals were more lethal than the microbes they
were supposed to destroy
1t was not until some years after Fleming's
discovery - when the sulfa drugs came along
- that the dormant science sprang into new
life. Research men examined old literature
for new leads. Flening's notes were hauled
out. A team of crack research men at Oxford
- headed by Chain and Florey - set to work
the mold.
This group, working in the Sir William
Dunn School of Pathology, duplicated
Fleming's work. They saw the halo of
death - death to microbes around the
little blobs of mold on culture plates.
Then they set to work on the mold itself.
Their job: to find what chemical it secreted
that was lethal to microbes Maybe it would
be mild enough to be tolerated by man.
Maybe it would be razor-edged weapon
against disease. Maybe, maybe, maybe. 1.-The
only thing to do was find out.
At this point We'll cut across months of
hard laboratory work. 1t was work with
no JOY to it: just morning tonight searching.
And at the end of the labor the researchers
might have nothing to show for their work.
No one was sure that the chemical - if they
found it - would work.
In the end the Oxford men got minute
pinch of yellow-brown crystalline stuff -
which they called penicillin. This should be
the microbe killer. They would try it's muscle.
As little as one part of this crystalline stuff
in Is million parts of water would stop the
growth of bacteria! Concentrations as weak
as one part in 16O million would partially stop
reproduction! Draw parallel 1t was like
Evening star., 1943-05-16

one man holding off the entire population
of the United States in free-for-all fight!
This was anti-microbe action of degree pre-
viously undreamed Of; of degree surprising
the sulfa drugs hundreds of times
Still, Florey, Chain and their colleagues
had taken place in glass - in test tubes -
and not in living creatures. Perhaps living
creatures couldn't even tolerate the crystals.
1t was tried first in the laboratory on mice.
Results were very encouraging. But. still,
a mouse wasn't a man. Meanwhile, the re-
searchers accumulated precious stock of
the yellow-brown crystals. With enormous
pains, they grew the molds, extracted the
yellow magic After while they were ready
for the first clinical trial 1t was the type of
case that saddened even case-hardened physi-
cians The patient was 43-year- old police
officer. His difficulty had started with a small
wound at the corner of his mouth. 1t became
infected and the infection spread - over his
face, scalp, body. Even his lungs were in
volved. Against this massive infection, sulfa
drugs were helpless.
Supply Used Up
] HEN doctors began to shoot penicillin
into his veins at tmee-hour intervals. War
began in the mans body: penicillin VS.. billions
of microbes, Within "a hours there was strik-
ing improvement. Within five days fever was
gone. the patient was eating normally.
1t would be nice to report that this first
patient made rapid recovery: that penicillin
won its first joust with death. But things
didn't turn out that way After five days the
minute stock of penicilin was gone. And
death wouldn't wait while more was prepared.
For 10 days the condition of the patient re-
mained stationary, then he died.
However, in the long series of cases that
followed, results we're happier. Penicillin was
used chiefly on patients for whom there was
little hope. Almost without exception they
Please turn TO page II
TW-s-16.k3
Evening star., 1943-05-16
HERE'S MEDICAL MAGIC!

Meet one of the most powerful nicrobe desroYers
drug that will save thousands of soldiers lives
bV j. D. Ra4cli8
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-24
TuIburt
Takes
SIlOOfOff

Walter Tulburt, 53-year-old
Detroit manufacturers TepreSen-
tatiye. who two years ago put
NJ chi gan on the trapShootinC
map by winning the Grand Ameri-
can Trapshooting championship.
stepped over into another shooting
sport today and beat 81 skeet
shooters at a registered meet held
at the Blue Rock Gun Club.
Tulburt. shooting with dead-eye
precision. went through 80 all
gauge targets without a single
miss only to be tied by George
Webster of Wayne. The two then
met in a shootoff. Tulburt win
ming % out of %, Webster get
ting p.
The win gave Tulburt first place
in class A and Webster the run
nerup honorS.
Sgt Paul Slack OF the Detroit
Police department was a m d
winner in the class IA division,
breaking as. DIP. (BootS) Allen,
who also broke AS, was declared
second when he failed 10 Shootoff
for first place after tying Slack.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-24

on the grounds. Not one COM
plant on change and only one
complaint by a fan who said he
had received the wrong ticket.
You can't beat that"
II looks like these jobs are gone
forever as far as men are con
cerned. Because the women are
more efficieAt.
I'VE had two woman sellers
who punched out $50 and 400
tickets q race, where a good man
used to sell 40 to AIS on a busy
day." said j. c. Stone, one Of the
bosses.
And get a few comments from
the other side Of the wiekets -
Buying a mutuel ticket now
Is just like walking In a down
town store and buying a pair of
stockings" said Randall Ham,
one of the press telegraphers.
GETS A THANK YOU
81 walked up TO the So com
bination window, laid down a So
bill. The girl picked up the bill.
punched out my ticket and laid
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-24

II WAS In the bag after Hank
Greenberg broke his wrist slid
ing into Gabby at the plate"
Hartnett was the Cub
catcher in that exciting series.
Incidentally, the baseball
mig Maple Leafs seem headed
for their biggest season In
many years, IL not in history,
from an attendance stand
point" DeGeer resumed. which
would indicate that sports in
Canada, as in the United
States, are enjoying a wartime
boom.
''Burleigh Grimes has what
looks like the class Of the 1. l..
unless the squad loses more
players Ia the war Grimes
has the best pitching staff in
the loop and good all-around
club. Herb Crompton il a good
catcher. Harry Davis is still n
classy first SaCker and clutch
hitter despite his age. Charley
Betches, 6eorgia huy uf
Greek parentage. j. doing well
at second and frankie Yak fills
In at short capably In fact,
Yak looks like the best short
stopper in the circuit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-24
Pitchers
Rule for
l3 Innings

Thirty-Six strikeouts and occa'
sional hitting mark today the l3-
inning tug-of-war put on yeSier-
day by Battalions Two and Ter
of the Firemen's Midgets League
at Jayne Field. Two sneaked in
winner. 3D., as Ed LubanSkI
famed 20 in a four-hitter
Dick Caroselli had l6. Seven OF
the nine hits off him came from
the bats Of Don Mas. who had
three. and pitcher Lubanski, four
ICaroselli met i'll luck in the thir-
Iteenth when he released a wild
pitch after Gene GramZa' $ two.
base error. A single produced the
decisive run.
Twelve dumped Six by the same
score. Six led 10 until the seventh
when Twelve scored their three
runs on a single. pitcher Bot
Cucchi's double, and two stolen
bases.
Left fielder John KNITTED OF
Eleven. defending champion. saved
the game by two remarkable
catches. One, a shoeStrlng. with
two on base. the other a one
handler with a single runner wait
ing. Thus Eleven stopped Seven,
by 6-3.
Battalion Nine was whipped.
1911 by Three in the ninth. Nine
three hits with four
passes. and two errors 10 tally
six and win out, 17-16
Four had seven runs in the Soc
ond and three IN the third 10
slipper Eight by l4-6 John Piskorz
let an easy fly fall safe in right
in the second on which the side
should have been retired Four
had three hits with two passes to
get two ahead of the slip. Behind
il they made another FIVE.
Five had little difficulty in
spanking One by 1872.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-24
Belmont Stakes
Count S Next

NEW YORK, May "a up
Count Fleet. who holds one
horse monopoly on current turf
laurels. today was being pointed
for the Belmont Stakes-third leg.
on racing's coveted triple crown
as racegoers faced the prospect Of
a banner week at Belmont.
The Hertz hot-shot romped TO
victory in Saturdays $4,000
WitherS Stakes at the Long Island
course and needs only to register
in the traditional Belmont Stakes
to become the second steed in rae
inG history TO win the Kentucky
Derby. Preakness. Belmont Stakes
and Withers. The Canadian horse,
Sir Barton, was the only other
horse TO win all four-fn 1873.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-24
sports
Toronto Letter
Combines Hockey
and Baseball L
By LEO MACDONELL

This column is ln receipt az a
confidential document on winch
Vernon pCGGcer tho cN-NWd-
S1rfc Whaa> now sports editor
a. tho Toronto Globe and Maj
wants % know II Dr. Charles
J. Ballard. The Detroit dentist
is wearing the shirt which no
lthc 5cntSfI Vor from HIM
,pcGgcr1 on tho last game Of
The Red Wings and Maple Leafs
Stanley Cup series.
1T was lovely Colorcd wool
taneta shirt" DcGCcr explained.
and am sure II would look well
on the doctor. My great fear Is
that he may have cut IL up and
used il for filling teeth
The writer iWaClncS DeGeor
was Just trying 10 be facetlouS
when he cracked about Dr. Bal
lard using the cloth for filling
teeth - or have dentists got
around 10 that? Materials are
scarce. even things that 60 into
filling teeth. we have been told.
Any way. We have our agents
out watching for Ballard and
the shirt
DcGrcer also would like 10
know what John Chick The
hockey tycoon OF Windsor, did
with the goose found in his
Chicks hath-tuh ar the Royal
York during the series.
at was a live goose" DeGeer
wrote. every cultured and good
company"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-24
WINS Is GAMES

OF the 40 games Crimmins wor
only l3 and five Of these were ir
fourth block yesterday afternoon
when neither did anything excep-
tional in the way of scoring. Grim
MINIS made the $40. 4-7-10 and
ST in the first three games and
Norris caught a three and five
bagger in a PAS game 10 highhght
the performance
Three Of Crimmins' other game
victories came last night when he
and Norris gave their best exhibit
ton Norris dipped below 200
only once, 1856 in his second game,
in fashloning his best 10 games.
2249. 'Crimmins went under three
times in the 1905 with his 236
finish the standout. Norris high
in this set was 252 in the fourth
When he opened with five and
closed with three.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-24

II down. As I picked II up she
said. That's So and one Ii 81
and one il SIS. Thank you, sir
I almost hit the floor when she
gave me the Thank you and
tossed I'm a polite smile. But I
managed TO stagger away"
The press box Information Kid, +"
who always has deep, secret dope
on his bangtails, piped up with
the clincher.
what I like about the womena
Sellers" said he, "is that ever
time you go and ask for a tickle =
on some long shot the girls don't
press their noses up against the
wicket. You like that horse:
You know something in here
What relief. Those girls are
all business, earning that $3.50 a
day."
That's when the press box cvnic
spoke up,
Lets wait and see what hap
pens after they see someone
collecting a 81 500 Daily Double.
That's when I'll make my deck
SION"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-24
Criimnins Co(ky
Despite Norris
516-Pin Lead
nv HAROLD KAHL

Riding on the crest Of a Sl6-pin
lead Joe Norris. popular captain
of tho Stroh team. champion Of the
Detroit Times All-Star Classic. is
2 heavy tavorite today 10 defeat
John CrimminS OF PariSclean when
the pair start the last 40 games Of
their S0-game home and home
series for the state individual
match game championship al Hall
podds Recreation next Friday
night.
Norris, through exceptionally
smart bowling, is the choice with
everyone except Crimmins. The
later admits his rival has an ap-
parent commanding margin. one
that Is going 10 be hard 70 over
come. but he still feels If Norris
can grow that much wood on
his own drives ne can cut il down
on the PAIR that suits him at Hall
DoddS.
Norris gave Crimmins a thor
ough and sound trouncing in the
first 40 games concluded at the
Palace Recreation last night. He
averaged 21l 32-4O IN tumblinC
S,472 pins 70 Crimmins' 1873 1910
IN tipping 1856. With gallery
that was against him most Of the
time Norris played them right and
with the aid OF Lady Luck" got
results
CrimminS, on tho other hand.
outfought himself. which is charac-
teriStic Of him. He couldn't hold
the line on alley No. IL and with
out the track he was experiment.
ing continually.
In the matter Of strikes there
wasn't much difference between
the pair considering Norris lead
The latter had "a more with 21S,
10 1874. but his were punched
Crimmins had POP spares. 80 splits
and six errors 70 Norris lS4, %
a mi -SpVpr7-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-24
Briggs, Robinson
Clash TONIGHT

Briggs Bombers, Detroit cham
plonS, and Robinson, only teams
still unbeaten in the Detroit Soft
ball Association tournament for
the Servicemen's trophy, will clash
in one of three games tonight in
Mack Park. The game is sched-
uled for s p. m. Briggs remained
in the unbeaten class after defeat
ing Continental Local $50, 10,
last night.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-24
Split Depriues Tigers of Tie for End Place
FOdOr'S Three-Hitfer
is SandIOt Feature

Federation members note with
pleasure today their first full card
of the season. But the boys had
a constant reminder of home in
the threat of rain TO avoid feeling
lonesome.
Auto Club had a three-hitter
from Bert Fodor in taking the
Police. Al. as James Stevenson $
right field homer into Grand River
avenue in the first stood for the
Police effort. The Autoists drove
the needed rivet in the sixth when
Leo McKenna doubled Bill Ebranyi
home after the latter made first
on an error.
Relief Pitcher Fred Hrdlicka'S
mighty swat over the right fence
at Wallace Field sent in Hank
Vartagnan ahead of him and gave
PepSi-Cola the nod over Team
sters. rs.