davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07

he saw that silky little rodent nestled
beside several bronze sisters the old
man felt Lady Luck had smiled on him
at last.
Now he'd raise a lot Of grass-green mice to
complete his rainbow menagere-an and con-
found his fellow scientists But he didn't
know that old Dame Fortune isn't as partial
to green as he.
With great care a cinnamon and chinchilla
colored mouse was chosen a mate for the
green favorite.
Then the green and cinnamon mouse went
on honeymoon.
In few weeks time those two prize mice
were the proud parents of six tiny mousengs.
But not one wore the colorful green coat of its
mother
Just the Same. the little green lady was
still a favorite People came from far and
near 10 see the freak of nature" and marvel
at the other members of the pastors varl-
colored collection.
But il IS rumored that some of the village
wine bibbers and ebow-benders couldn't be
convinced that the pastors peculiar pets didn't
come out OF bottles along with pink Gle
plants. Dazedly these fellows would walk
away, it seems, swearing never to touch
drop AGAIN.
The fame of the little green mouse stretched
across the Atlantic.
one day knock came at the Rectory door
A burly man who talked Of glamour and star
dom for the prize mouse waved fabulous con-
tracts under the Reverends nose. He repre-
scented one Of the largest crcuses in the
United States.
All the parson had TO do name his
price and the tiny green favorte would be
starred The whole United States would be
at her feet
But there was no price that could induce
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07

the Rector of Hust-
monceaux 10 relin-
quish all rights to the
prize he had dreamed
and schcmed so hard
TO obtain.
So the wee green
mouse stayed home.
A big pink rat fire.
quently annoyed her
by eying Mrs. Green
NJ ouse with what
S @ e IN @ d to be con-
tempt, and maybe a
little bit Of jealousy.
The two lady rodents
sniffe d and high
hated each other
for all the world like
a couple Of disagree
able women.
The climax came
when the green mouse
showed up one day
with a IA mily Of
really green babies.
Not, TO be sure, eX-
actly what the Fec
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07

is called a handsome pair.
"Ha-ha!" chucRled the 71-year-old Rector
Of HustmonceauX as he looked lovingly at
them, I've done it at LAST
And he had.
The aged British parson-scientst is an eX-
pert animal breeder in his spare time. Deve-
oping furred and feathered pets of bizarre
color is his great specially.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07

His remarkable
gra S s. gre e n
mouse was the
answer to a fifty
year old dream
and maybe a few
prayers thrown
in. Scie n t i SITS
more than once
had scoffed at the
idea of such a
creature as pure
fantasy.
But laughs and
sneers didn't de-
ter the Rector of
Hustlnonceaux.
AS a wee lad
r o Gslyn Bruce
had shown an I'M
usual interest in
animal oddities.
He carried tad
poles baby rats
and spiders in his
poe k cts, hiding
I h e S @ crawling
things in his ink
,,,oI1 apd dpclK at
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07

L " o s G w n ] / g
mice naturally had
had many white
offspring but as
they m ult iplied,
generation a t er
g IN Q a ton, un-
usual color strains
in r crit e d no
doubt from some
long forg o tt G n
granddad - began
to crop out. DR..
Bruce took advan-
ia & e of I h g s e.
Pairing one yellow
tinged white with
another he finally
got pure y How
mice, Dusty pinks
and smoky blues
were next IN line.
Pink. blue, red.
yellow and CHINA
mon are as COM
mon today in the
mousery at Hust-
mOnccau as ordi-
nary tabby cats or
Plym o nth Rock
hens are in the
average barnyard.
They've all been
developed by gen
crations of cross
breeding
But the in e
that truly set the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07

could she Know
that
The pink rat
bided her time,
and CRASHED her
teeth in secret.
Maybe she kept
her paws crossed
while she waited,
for it's just pos
sible that she
knew of the
green m Gus c s
stupid, but UNI
avoidable, m s
take on her we'd
ding day. Wear
ing green-of all
things.
La dy Luck
would pass the
retribution sooner
or later
And retribu-
ton came soon,
at the handS or
a careless keeper
OF curse, he
may have been
color blind.
The lady rats
and mn ice had
been out Of their
cages for the ro-
dent equivalent
OF facials, body
m assag es and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07

p a [ lie mt ars on
scratching his head in
encouragement was
producing the coveted
grass green mouse.
An artist can mix
blue an d yellow
paints and get green,
but years of expert
menting proved to the
Rector that a blue
mama and a yellow
papa don't necessarily
pre- S e n I green Off
spring to the world.
Crossing and recross-
ing the members of
successive & e n G r a
tions first with yell
low, then lilac and
then blue of a smoky
cast, he always met
disappointment. He
had plenty of olive
and other dull shades
of green but what he
wanted was a real
grass-green mouse.
And one day a most
marvellous gra s $
green m GU sc W a s
finally born at the
mousery. The day
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07

tor had hoped for because they were dNl
bottle and olive green, but at least they
weren't yellow or blue.
And the pink rat had no offspring, pink or
otherwise. This was because the Rector was
hoping to find her a real pink mate-but how
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07

school and in his collar box back at home.
But as the years passed the green mouse
became an obscsson with him she was the
one thing ne wanted more than anything else.
Finally with a pair of Japanese whites as
his initial investment, Dr. Bruce started the
experiments which led 70 his present sorrow
and the troupe Of rainbow rodents more fan
tastic than any drunkard's dream.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07

LONDON.
-HE bride wore green!
1t was a most unluclSy
y thing to do, as every woman
knows, and maybe that's why
things went the way they did out
at the Reverend DR.. Rosslyn
Bruce's place at HustmonceauX,
Sussex.
But what could she do about it,
poor thing! 1t was the only garb
she had. In fact, she'd actually
been born with her green coat.
For, you see. this was no ordi-
nary nuptial, but the wedding of
a pair of colored mice.
"Colored mice ?" you say, rub
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07

ping your eyes anu
wondering who's had
one too many, and at
what bar.
But the rainbow ro-
dents are no inebriate's
dream.
The bride was the
only green mouse, Of
her coveted hue, in the
whole world. The
groom had a sleek coat
Of cinnamon mike
with chinchilla. They
were what commonly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-24
HENRY

at ~ sharp? They'll be having
refreshments then Well, I'll meet
you out by the driveway and
smuggle you upstairs. The wall
safe is in Mrs. Channing's bed
room behind a picture of the Mona
Lisa :"
IT knew a dame wit dat moni-
ker onct," interrupted the Cracker,
reminiscently. Mona Murgatroyd.
She usta woik in a one-arm jernt
in Brownsville. Her an me. ~
"Now this" said Meath, a fair
interrupter herself, sis just the
moment when I'm dying to hear
about your love life. AS I was say
ing oh, skipt it! I'll show you
the safe myself. And it's got plenty
in it. But if you make noise, I'll
tear your head off,"
RELAY, sister," said Mr.. Slyn-
cniski confidently. IT kin crack
crib so soft an easy it'd put a
baby to Sleep"
well. see that you do. Now
don't forget! The driveway at IL
sharp"
IT got IT," said the Cracker.
"If you have" said Meath, "it's
the worlds eighth wonder"
But she did him the honor of
comparing watches.
Left alone again. Joe the Cracker
was loath to return to the rhodo-
dendrons. He had almost two hours
10 wait, and with all this magni-
iicence around him. he saw no rea-
son to put them In sitting amid
dew-soaked foliage.
As q preliminary step In solving
the housing problem. he drew forth
q bottle. Entirely counter TO Miss
Meathis injunctions. the Cracker
had provided himself with this bot
Tie against his lonely vigil, Now,
shiyeFing. he blessed his foresight,
He tilted the bottle and took q
Herculean drink.
lTe De COntlnued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-24

"Aw. lay on, ooitie." said fho
Cracker iineasiiy,
well. stop beeflng thep. Nov,
oFaekeT, ! came q eee 4 Fou'Fe
get Il straight You nIaeFNlanq
you're y qplae e 80 hpane
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-24
BY EDWIN RUT
VANISHING TIARA

within the Charming house there
was now O sound Of revelry by
night. Soft music filtered through
the open windows. Bright evening
gowns swished and rustled. The
black and white Of dinner Jackets
and boiled shirts were sharp sill
houettes. Mr.. H. L. Channing's ver-
sion Of a victory ball was IN full
swing.
On the fringes Of the festivities
lowered Miss Meath. Miss Meath
had made herself very useful In
the preparations for the party
No detail had been too small to
escape her attention. Voluntarily
and with a spirit that bespoke
undying devotion to her employer,
she had attended to everything.
At the moment Miss Meath was
lowering unobtrusively in the
semi darkened dining room. Here
a great feast was in readiness
Tables and sideboards groaned
under comestibles that would
have brought a tear to the eye OF
Lucullus. But, as Meath slipped
past the huge family board toward
the living room, she forbore to
snag even a tidbit of Special Yer
mont Turkey. Turkey, tonight,
was Just peanuts to Meath.
On the threshold of the living
room she paused and ran an APP
praising eye over the assembled
multitude. Unerringly the eye
picked out Mrs. Charming. Mrs.
Charming was chatting with a
covey of guests. And upon her
grazing and patrician head there
reposed, to all intents and pur-
poses, 10000 bucks worth Of dia-
mond tiara.
Behind their utterly useless
pince-nez the eyes of Miss Meath
cleaned. Ad Miss Meath spake
unto Miss Meath, inaudibly
"Okay, dearie,' muttered Miss
Meath. Heres where Gertie
Swan takes a weight of your Golf
feur."
Two minutes later Miss Meath
gained the privacy of Mr.. Henry
L. Channing's den. There, after
causing a low light to burn, she
did q peculiar thing. She tied a
handkerchief over her mouth and
picked up the house phone.
Out In the hallway another
phone tinkled. From his position
OF Importance near the front door
Corby the butler moved maJesti-
cally 10 answer It.
Mrs. Claiming Is wanted on
the telephone In M. channings
once" sounded thickly In Corbys
bntlerian ear. "Some beiated
guest. Il appears"
Then, back In the den. Miss
Meath put down the house phone
and took the receiver from the
instrument that connected Mr..
Channing's sanctunl with the out.
nlda world. After which she
stepped swiftly behind one Of the
mulberry -eol0Fed drap0s 90 the
window, the drape reached %
he fooT. u completely ObliteFated
ahe had but q ahoTt vigll. Pres
entity footsteps sounded, Ana Mehih,
nesplng cautiously from the nrFns,
YES grateful 10 see MgS. Charming
enlsF the dlmly~ilf den and make
1aigilf foF ne feeuinbent sele'
l2no receiver.
Ifllo, Nh. Chanting AID, n
MoflN N0icn DOCS N0HlNNNN
~ sah - met
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-24
NSERlAL STORY
THETERRIBLE EYE

COPYRIGHT, SoA9,
MRA SERVICE, ING

Even as she spoke, an arm, like
long white snake, issued from
the mulberry drape. For a second
1t wavered in mid-air. And then,
as far as Mrs. Channing's diamond
tiara was concerned, 1t was case
of "now-you-see-it, now-you-
don't"
"Oh," gasped Mrs. Charming,
suddenly aware Of a disturbance
in the region of her hairdo. What
on earth :"
She dropped the phone and
turned. The next instant she was
entirely enswathed in mulberry
draperies. Gasping and choking,
she fought the clinging fabric,
vaguely aware Of soft retreating
heel-clicks. Then the light in the
den went out.
Mrs. Charming, fighting coolly,
won a decision over the mulberry
drape. She backed of, put a hand
to her head. It touched nothing
worth $4,000.
ooh, dear" said Mrs. Charming,
shaking her head in annoyance.
what a silly joke to play! Now
I'll have to go and do my hair all
over again."
Miss Meath's time for the journey
from Mr.. Channing's den 70 a GER
tain tree some 200 yards from the
house had been a neat nothing fiat.
In the tree, well within reach of a
tall girl such as Gertie Swan, there
was an aperture.
Miss Meath hesitated not. She
put the diamond tiara in the
apertupre."
ar. I. p, honey" she whispered
to 1t lovingly. You're just one
little trinket that Mr.. Joseph Ba-
boon Fave Slyncniski won't get
his hands on.%G
When it came to double-cross-
ing a pal, Miss Meath ranked with
the first 10.
But, as she slipped elsewhere,
Meath did not stop to congratulate
herself on her proficiency as a
double crosser. Instead, coldly bus
inesslike, she gained the site of the
summerhouse, lately RACED by the
mysterious fire. Putting two fingers
to her lips. she achieved a low whis-
tie.
Instantly there was an upheaval
In the rhododendrons
us that you, Cracker?" Meath
called softly.
Who" came In a throaty growl.
"d'ya tink II Is, Fiorello La.
GUARDIAN" And Mr.. Slyncniski
converged upon Miss Meath, like
the mountain upon Mahomet.
Miss Meath surveyed the indis'
tinct bluk and laughed, ehilllngly.
How very very funny" she
said. what q gift OF reparteel"
Then her tone changed. well,
what's biting you now, you heei9
You seem annoyed"
who wouldn't be7" said the
Cracker aggrlevediy. TITS damp
IN dem bushes"
Nov Isn't that last too bad"
The edge IN Meaths voice could
have shaved the prophet. "but
never mind. MuyveF VIII run In
side and Get her little darling Q
annggle.bunny."
"Aw. lay or, uoitie." said he
Cracker tileasliy,
@weIl. stop beeflns thep. Nov,
- fss@-..
Evening star., 1943-12-19
What'. Y our Preference in Peerless Sofas?

Whotever the style Of your
room, Peerless hos exoctIy the
right soto to go with it or.
tor thot matter, to supply
decorative stimulus for ON en-
t'reIy new furnishing scheme,
Every piece made in the Peer
less tradition see them ond
you'll be thrilled,
Evening star., 1943-12-19


embo hos
Silver
Nedo Oak le Clusters
~ enemy ndteHtor
It. Kelley ~ WiE Of
l94l thesp OIL
rejecting highest Of
The Silver
nnued to perform his duties sf
fierce otoeks by fighter ''
Representatives the Air Forces Spring
soH '"s ''''o'
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-10

was halted until the mud cries
sufficiently to let crews and
equipment in. Most damage was
expected to be suffered by the early
lettuce although hay also was ex-
pected to suffer damage. Cattle
feeders were forced to pen their
stock and feed them in lots for
several days.
Center of the storm was in Ell
Centro where streets were under
water, easements flooded, stores in
vaded by flood water and the drain
age and sewage systems taxed to
the limit.
Between p. m. Thursday and
6 a, m. Friday the irrigation dis
trict at Imperial reported a rain
fall of l.27 The total for the storm
was 1.37. This week the precipi-
tation was 191, the district water
gauges showed at Imperial.
In Ell Centre up to midnight
Thursday the water gauges stood at
1.35.
A good day Saturday was prom
ised by vyeatherman Roy Simpson.
He said, however, that valley resi-
dents could expect rather high
winds. He said more rain fell. in
Ell Centro than in San Diego 1872
Continued on page 8, col a.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-10
Hershey Assumes
McNutt's Duties

fathers-those with children born
before September. Is, 1912, who
maintain bona fide family relation
ships with their wives and children
until all non-deferred eligible
non-fathers and single men through
out the nation have been taken.
Selective service spo,;esmen, how
ever. have said this clause will have
virtually no effect inasmuch as that
policy has been employed now with
out legislative direction.
The legislation eliminates the
present statute under which regis
trantS mush change jobs to essen
tial work or face induction, and
establishes a five-man medical board
to examine military physical stand
ards with a view to reducing the
number of 4-F's.
Another clause requires review OF
occupational deferments by appeals
boards in the locality where the
registrant works, rather than by the
appeals board where he is register
ed, in cases where man has moved
from the place where he originally
registered.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-10
Newcomers Have
Say on Rain

Newcomers who may or may not
have had proper pre-information
on rain in the valley, but who had
been basking in sunshine, had some
cryptic remarks and inquiries for
oldtimers as all alike waded the
streets. Humor tinged both queries
and replies, with complaints just
plain out.
One newcomer laughed at "the
idea of a mud-holiday for schools" p"
Officers at the Marine base de-
scribed the condition graphically
when one of their members said,
Gosh, this mud" And old-timers
went on their way smiling to them
selves. TT never, well, seldom ever,
rains in the valley, but, brother,
when it does, you've got to take
the bad along with the good, "
quoted Ben Herring Of the Ell Gen.
tro Chamber of Commerce.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-10
President Pays
Visitto Malta

transport, escorted by ID Light
ming and four Spitfire fighters, and
landed at the islands heaviest
bombed airfield.
Only two days earlier, he had
completed the third of round of
historic conferences at Cairo and
Tehran involving, besides Churchill,
Premier Stain of Russia, General
issimo Chang Kai-shek of China
and President Ismet Inonu of Tur-
key.
A British delegation headed by
Marshall Lord Gort, governor of
Malta, greeted the guests at the
airfield. Mr.. Roosevelt inspected the
guard of honor in jeep while the
stars and stripes were unfurled and
the Royal Malta artillery band
played the Star Spangled Banner.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-10
Farm Machines
Quota Arrives

An Imperial county farm machin-
cry quota of 422 equipment items
was received by the War Board
Thursday and the Farm Machinery
Rationing Committee met with i'm
plement dealers to discuss the ra-
tioning program of these pieces of
equipment as they concern the
county.
The new 1914 quota of Schedule [
equipment included: corn and cot
ton pickers; Listers with planting
attachments; grain drills; manure
spreaders; power sprayers (orchard
type); combines; mowers; side de-
livery rakes; hay leaders; pickup
hay balers; ensilage cutters; and
wheel tractors,
OUTLINES SETUP
The committee was Informed by
Charles Small, secretary of the
war board, that all former purchase
certificates have been automatically
cancelled. There are two new forms
replacing the previous forms of
both applications and purchase cer-
tificates. thus making new forms
mandatory anyway.
"All purchase certificates hereto
fore issued, none of which had an
expiration date later than Novem-
ber 30, automatically have expired" )"
Small said, land cannot be extended.
Therefore new applications on the
new form MRl20 are required be-
fore new purchase certificates on
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-10
REDS CAPTURE UKRAINE RAIL JUNCTION
Germans Yield
New Ground
On Italy Line
Yanks and Canadians
Gain New Heights;
Beat Off NaZi Horde

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al
giers, Dec. 10. (UP) - American
capture of heights north of the
main road to Rome and a success
full storming of the Moro river by
Canadian troops accelerated the
Allied offensive in italy Friday amid
signs the Germans may be aban-
doning their tattered winter line.
Smashing German pillboxes with
bazooka rocket guns, American
forces of Lieutenant General Mark
w. Clark's fifth army swept the
Germans from 3000-foot peaks on
Mount San NIcro across the road
from the conquered Camino-Mag-
giore SUBMITS.
Thousands of shells from quick
firing U. S. artillery battered the
heights before they were stormed
by infantry. Reynolds Packard,
United Press correspondent who
watched the assault from an OBJ
Servation post, said smoke and dust
from the huge barrage enveloped
the entire mountain within Is min
utes after the firing began.
This thruf completed the moves
to dominate the road from Mignano
into the Liri river valley while
Clark's British troops moving into
the flat plains cleared the south
bank of the Garigliano river near
its junction with the Liri.
Fighting hand to hand amid
cloud-covered rock masses, the
Americans pushed out southwest OF
Venafro to win heights overlooking
the villages of San Pietro and Sar
Vittore along Mignano Gap. They
firmly controlled Mignano, although
they had not formally taken tht
town.
The Canadians smashed forward
Wednesday across the Moro with
tank support after the German de-
fenses were given what was de-
scribed as a Every intense" artil-
lery and aerial drubbing.
REPULSE ATTACK
Thrusting out Gin an eight mile
front, they beat eff a strong Naz
counterattack and firmly establish
ed themselves on the Moro's NORTH
bank.
Inland from the Moro river from
near the Adriatic, the Nazis were
setting fire to the villages of Tori
celia, Re5cocastanzo, Rivisondoli
and Rocca Raso, probably indicat'
ing they were ready to give then
up. A similar "scorched earth
policy has been followed by tht
Germans all the way through Italy
It appeared General Sir Bernard
L. Montgomery's eighth army pusf
threatening to pocket Rome more
and more of the central Italy de-
fenses along with the fifth's drive
was making the German line use.
less.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-10
Bu!gary Defies
Nazi Threats
In MobiIizing
Observers Forecast
Decision Within
Space of 48 Hours

LONDON, Dec. 10. CUP)-Bulgaria
has ordered general mobilization
and is shaking up her cabinet in an
attempt to quit the Axis orbit de-
spite German threat of counter
measures, European dispatches said
Friday, and one report predicted
a showdown within 48 hours.
Balkan sources in Cairo said the
r'o"ino of Turkish-Bulgarian border
was accompanied by an exchange
of shots between Turkish and Ger
man troops, but added without elab.
o,atlon Juat there was no confir-
nation of number of casualties
on both Sides"
A Swedish press report from
Bucharest said Marshal Fevzi Chak-
max, Turkish chief of staff, who
accompanied President Ismet Inonu
to the conference at Cairo with
President Roosevelt and Prime Min
lister Churchill, had offered to re-
sign because of his opposition to
Turkeys entry into the war on
the side of the allies.
n NdZl WdIillilS W bulgaria IlOU
to change her course was reported
by the Stockholm newspaper lid
ningen in a Bern dispatch which
said Herbert Won Richtofen, Ger
man minister at Sofia, presented a
note to Premier Dobri Bojilov at
a two-hour meeting yesterday.
I'm case Bulgaria, from opportun-
ism, should change her course with
out consulting her German ally
this would be considered an un-
friendly step which would cause
counteracts," the note was quoted
as saying.
Allied sources in Cairo said that
If Bulgaria could be extricated from
the Axis grip, she would provide a
bridgehead into the Balkans, espe-
cially should Turkey enter the war
cThe German DNB agency said
that persons spreading rImors would
be ordered to leave Sc "a