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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-28
BY MORRIS ktARKeY

state of Washington which ray
yield valuable deposits. I have
convinced myself that you can be
OF help TO me. But IL is necessary
for me To conduct my examina-
tions with the greatest possible
discretion. Again. the reason does
not matter. And so / make you
a proposal:
you and will go to this eoun-
try / speak OF. and explore its
possibilities. And you will be
written in for one-third OF any
thing we may find"
Which was a generous thing to
do. indeed
John Frye was pleased--im-
mensely pleased. He was not a
man of force and he had never
been seasoned to many of the
stern realities. Life had accommo-
dated him to a philosophy of
acquiescence. and to a slight shock
of surprise when any fortune fell
his way. If Norman Tinker had
offered him a decent weekly wage.
he would have been satisfied. How
wonderful TO become a partner
1t would not, perhaps. be exag-
geration to say that John Frye
was a weak man. Not morally, of
course. but temperamentally. lie
was easily led by stronger men.
But, like all people who are called
weak, he had a perverse alloy of
the thing which is known as stub
hornness. And now this stubborn
ness took fire in condition which
he offered to Norman Tinker.
He was overjoyed at the oppor-
tunity. But he would not think
OF going on the expedition unless
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he could take his family with him.
This was not in Norman Tinkers
book, and he seoffed at the notion.
IL was absurd. and furthermore II
was dangerous, he said. John
Frye said, In reply, that his wife
and children were absolutely nee
essary to him after his year in the
war.
SO the strong man and the
stubborn man wreatled the mat
ter, and the strong Wan surren-
dered because he also possessed
Of stubbornness though Of a diff
ferent weave, was determined that
John Frye was his man.
! remember that cabin as If a
precisely detailed painting Of it
were upon the wall before my
eyes at this moment. 1t was like
paradise. The Douglas frs that
reached their magnificent spires
toward the sky, the swift cold wa
ter, the beasts that came down to
stare at US, the trout and the sal
mon that smelled so fine against
the smell of coffee in the evening.
And l remember as wildly that
night John Frye came in, very
tired, with a sack full of new sam
pies. They were, he said, from a
rather curious outcropping in the
next valley. He and Norman Tin
ker went to the workbench which
they had built in the end of the
room, and got down vessels and
tools and bottled chemicals. while
at the other end of the same room
Martha Frye hummed to her baby
girl and the kissing of the frying
Continued on Page la
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. SERIAL STORY
IAN A MURDERER

certain disabilities Of the body
which would not be helped by the
resumption of his job In the ana
lytieal laboratories of a northern
smelling company. His doctors
told him TO look out OF doors for
health and a long life. People
told him-one man here and an
other there-that Norman Tinker
was the fellow fo- him TO see.
Tinker was a college man like
himself, they said, but with a
crazy passion for prospecting in
new fields-gold. silver. platinum.
anything. He had found some
success. here and there, too. At
least he was not working on a
shoestring. He was the very man
for John Frye to look up.
So John Frye did look him up
and found him in Chicago: found
a keen-cyed. quict-voiced man
somewhat older than himself. a
man who was cool, and distant
and a little difficult to know
Their first talk together was not
greatly productive. Norman Tin
ker said that he had no new p-oi-
ects at the moment. He might. II
he found one. find II useful to en-
gage assistance. And in the mean
time he would examine John
Frye's record and attainments. in
his own way. and privately.
Within a month. John Frye was
summoned to another meeting.
Norman Tinker wasted neither
time nor words arriving at the
point;
81 have learned--it doesn't mat
tor how-of certain lands in the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-28
PRELUDE To TRAGEDY
CHAPTER XXI
l q

Thus you have been a witness,
good people one and all, to the
accomplishment of my life's pur-
pose. You have seen the manner
of it. Perhaps you would care to
hear the method of 1t. Perhaps,
too. to understand the reasons for
its undertaking.
1t follows. then, that you must
listen yet awhile:
And 60 to day not long after
the ending of the First World War
Ito a snug cabin in the soaring
forests of the Cascade mountains
In the State of Washington. It
was a beautiful cabin. set beside
a rushing river. And there were
five people living In 1t. One Of
these was John Frye. Three others
were John Frye's wife, and his
growing boy. and his infant daugh-
ter. The fifth and last was Nor
man Tinker. John Frye and Nor
man Tinker were equal partners in
q lustrous enterprise.
Norman Tinker was the man
whom you have met In my w-iting,
and seen die therein, under the
name of Wesley Hope Merri-
wether--called Colonel.
John Frye and Norman Tinker
were different sorts of men, al
together. Their partnership had
come about In a manner which
was, at least to John Frye, sur
p-ising.
Frye had come back from the
war in France to his wife and
his son and his very new daugh-
ter, and he had brought with him
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-26

PATRICIA ANN DUNLEAVY. born Sept IS to Mr..
and Mrs. John Dunleavy Sally Duncan.
JAMES LAWRENCE COSTELLO. d. born Sept. IS to
Pvt. and Mrs. Lawrence Costello Adele Shinn).
CAROL RUEGER HERSHEY &C. born Sept 10 TO It.
and Mrs. Richard Gongwcr Hershey charlotte RuegerJ.
MARIAN JANE CURRAN. born Sept 20 to 1t. and
Mrs Paul +. Curran Marian Warrck)
FREDERICK ISLER SUTTON III born Sept. p to 1t.
and Mrs. Frederick lsler Sutton Jr Helen Morrison
GAYLORD LANCE WEST. born Sept. 10 to Sgt. and
Mrs Roy f. West Eeanore Youngerman)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-26
convene at
wv osddy

A n ALL-DAY school of infor-
"a nation" for presidents, Of
ficerS and ChalrmCn of the local
groups Will be- held By the De
trOlt Council of Parcnt-ToaChcr
Associations Tuesday AT the
downtown YWCA
Mrs. Wayne MOhT Will preside
and conferences Will be con-
Quoted by council Chalrmcn.
Or Herman J. Browc. deputy
superintendent Of schools. viii
address the group AT the after
noon session on Preparing the
Children and Youth 10 Play
Their Part Both Military ami
Nonmilitary.
Following the talk. q discus
sion on the publications of the
STATE and national associations
will he led by James Baird He
will he assisted by Mrs. Chester
Tuck, district ] chairman. Mrs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-26
Allied Youth Meet
To Be Held Oct. 8

TIE FIRST fall meeting for
Allied Youth, Inc. viii be held
oct s at the downtown YWCA.
The Rev. Harold Paul Sloan
IN. Of the First Presbyterian
Church will be guest speaker.
A dance Will follow.
Mrs. Ford Ballantyne. Mrs.
James Atkinson and Mrs. viii
lard Worcester OF the Allied
Youth executive committee have
offered prizes in war bonds
and stamps 10 members obtain
ing the greatest number OF
new members.
a card partywill be sponsored
hV the executive committee
Monday eat the Metropolitan
Building 10 raise funds for
Christmas gifts for mon IN
service Mrs. John r Sicfert
IS chairman assisted by Mrs
r y Moule and Mrs, James
DOWncV.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-26

William rs, DcVoc. FIRST vice
president of The Michigan Con-
GreSS OF Parents and Teachers,
Mrs Ward J. Lyons, council pub
LEGATIONS chairman and Mrs Guy
DeBcll. first vice president Of
the Detroit council.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-26
Macdonalds Coming Home

MRS. CHISHOLM - Mae
DONALD of Mlrabcau place
VIII close her summer home at
East Hampton l. l., about the
middle OF OctObcr.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-26
Virqinio Markhoff
Engagement Told

MR. AND Mrs EMIL {.
MARKOFF Of DickerSon ave-
nue.. announced the engagement
of their daughter Virginia, 10
Pfc Charles Z. Wendell son of
Mrs. Katherine Wendell OF
Hollywood avenue.
Pfc. Wendell is stationed az
-Snda4la- An Field -AAle,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-26
Club 70 Meet in Ferndale

THE HIGHLAND PARK
BUSINESS AND p ROF T. s
SHONAL W0MENiS- CLUB witt
meet at the nome OF Miss Louise
Willis in Ferndale Wednesday
ut 8 SO u clock
Evening star., 1943-03-31
B. the Associated Press.


BLOOMINGTON. Ind, March 81.
The Cincinnati Reds are having
left-flelditis again. The spot has
had some 80 occupants since 1888
and was allotted to Frank Kelleher
for the coming campaign.
But Kelleher has looked bad on
recent curve ball pitching by Ray
Starr, Elmer Riddle and Johnny
Wander Nicer and now Manager Bill
McKechnie is moving Eric Upton
into the position.
WALLINGFORD. Conn. - Phil
Masi's improved hitting this spring
has won him an outf1eld berth with
the Boston Braves should Catcher
Ernie Lombardi decide to return to
baseball. II the big catcher stays
with his war work. Mast will become
the first-string backstop.
Mast says he cured his hitting
slump by swinging from the left side
IN practice, but from the right side
in the camp games.
LAKEWOOD, N. 1.-THE New
York Giants, who hope their pitch
ing staff will make up in part for
the loss of Johnny Mize, have 13
hurlers In camp. with Ace Adams
and Sal Maglie still to report. Both
are expected momentarily.
Phils Get Physical Exam.
HERSHEY, Pa-Trainer Harold
Bruce herded all the Philadelphia
Phil athletes to a doctors Office to-
day for check Of their hearts,
lungs and blood pressure. They will
Evening star., 1943-03-31
Ortiz Listed in Fort Worths Big Ring Plans
Two Daughters of B. c. Tenpn Press Agent Duckpn Addc

who lives in Baltimore. displayed
her average card-in a duckpin
league; then Max, a corporal in
the WAACS at Boston, admitted
that she also had become a duck
pin bowler.
Shorts and shells-Prexy Frank
Shaughnessy of the International
League figures his umpires will
have to work for their dough this
year with Pepper Martin, Gabby
Hartnett, Burleigh Grimes and
Fresco Thompson managing clubs
in the circuit. Did you know that
Henry Armstrong took part in the
last finish fight in ring records2
He and Alton Black fought ito a
finish" at Reno, New, in 1886
and Hennery finished Black in
eight rounds. Hard Luck" Edgar
Smiths luck seems to have
changed since the White Sox
landed at French Lick. Ind. He
hit the hotel slot machine for
$20.75 jackpot the other night.
Today's guest star-Art Cohn,
Evening star., 1943-03-31
Six Mines Area Service Baseball Has Major league Trimming
Left Field Trouble Swuts Reds
Aquin as keiIeher Looks Bad
Catcher Mosi May PIoy 0utfeId for Braves;
PhiIs Get Complete Physical Examination

undergo eye, ear, nose and throat
tests later.
Told that the examinations were a
baseball innovation, Bruce said do
you think I would pay $4,000 for a
player and not have him examined
physically? Not by long shot"
BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. Y.-Carl
Kerkam, New York City schoolboy
who came here to walt on tables at
the Brooklyn training camp, has
been signed to Dodger farm con-
tract.
Kerkam spent his spare time prac-
ticing with the National Leaguers,
getting private lessons from Augie
Galan and Billy Herman. He is II
years old and is feet tall and prob
ably will be sent to Olean of the
Pony League
The young first baseman now eats
at the same table he kept supplied
as the season got under way.
Cards Ace Rookie Ill.
CAIRO. Iu-Physicians finally
have decided that Pitcher George
Munger. 24-year-old rookie up from
Columbus, is suffering from chicken
poX. He is isolated in his hotel
room and will miss at least a week S
training. Many of the observers at
the st. Louis Cardinal camp had
previously tabled him as the team s
rookie of the year.
Evening star., 1943-03-31

all sportsmen, whether those buying
them expect to find time to use
them or not. as a patriotic duty to
insure adequate conservation and
restoration measures by game ad-
ministrative agencies"
1t was advised also that we share
our guns, ammunition and trans
porta ton and continue the activi-
ties OF sportsmen's clubs, particu-
larly by smaller meetings where
distances and lack Of adequate
transportation prevent larger gath
erings.
Therefore, if heads of Government
agencies and national conservation
organizations recognize the need to
continue peacetime practices as near
as possible, the rank and file NAV
accept hunting and fishing as le-
gltimate forms OF recreation.
Evening star., 1943-03-31

Oakland (Calif) Tribune: "Bay
Meadows put on quite a show
opening day. Dragged out horses
and wagons and all the trim
mings. The praise agent called it
the tallyho meet. That's the first
time I ever saw ballyhoo spelled
tallyho.
Driving 'em batty-Pat McCul-
Tough. who served as bat boy for
the Athletics and Phillies for 10
years, is managing the soldier
baseball team at Camp Living
ston, La. because, he says. I'm
the only one in camp with any
sort Of major league experience"
And Bill Bendix, who used to lug
timber for the Giants in the Nc
Graw era, will appear on the
Stage Door Canteen" radio pro-
gram tomorrow. Just shows where
a boy can get by starting with,
instead Of in. the sticks.
Evening star., 1943-03-31
War Bonds for Special Prizes
Spice City Bowling Tourney
Alley Operators to Sweeten WCDA Kitty;
District Loop Roce Reaches Hot Stoqe

Besides their own dough, bowlers
competing in the 33d annual WASH
mgton City Duckpin Association
tournament which opens April 20 at
Columbia will be shooting for an ad-
ditiona minimum Of $500 in War
bonds as special prizes donated by
the bowling alley operators and
newspapers.
Given this extra financial support
Harry Dixon, new secretary of the
ASSOCIATE who already had been
the guiding spirit back OF the asso-
citation adopting a new handicap
system of classifying the bowlers in
the forthcoming event, today re-
newed his efforts to make this years
affair one Of the biggest in Capital
duckpin history.
Handicap System Explained.
Dixon, in making his rounds of the
alleys digging up entries. found some
confusion over the new classification
rule in regard to the four -fifths
handicap as applied to the three
classes. The entire setup Is based on
the same idea as used in the many
handicap tournaments For instance,
a bowler rolling in Glass A singles
whose average is 113 and scratch 1873
would receive II pins per game or 36
pins for the three-game set. A
bowler with ia will receive IL pins
per game and 50 on. Team and dou-
bles handicaps are based on the same
principle.
The complete list of new classifi-
cations follows: Glass A teams, 56l
to GIL; doubles, 225 to 256: singles,
113 to 1928; Class B teams, $40 to $50:
doubles, 203 to 224; singles, 1o2 to
l12: Class c teams, SIG and down:
doubles, 202 and down; singles, 101
and down.
Due to the handicap system which
will be used for the first time since
the WCDA was organized in 1910,
there will be no extension for entries
after the. deadline date of midnight
April 10. Secretaries and scorers of
leagues are asked to send in all
averages up to and including April 3
Entry blanks are available at all
alleys and should be sent to either
the Columbia or to Secretary Dixon,
1903 Lawrence street NE.
Evening star., 1943-03-31
BY HUGH FULLERTON, Jr-,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK. March 31.-Fort
Worth, Tex, is the latest town
to hop aboard the boxing band
wagon. which has been making a
lot Of noise in various other
cities lately. Plans call for
Manuel Ortiz to defend his ban
tam title against a still-unnamed
opponent in a benefit bout April
28 and the committee in charge
has scaled the house to gross
100000, which would be record
Texas gate.
The Yankees will be the main
attraction at sports night" for
1000 soldiers from Fort Mon
mouth, N. j., and its subpost at
long Branch. N. j., tonight. Base
balls autographed by the players
will be used as door prizes. Bep
Guidolin and Don Gallinger, two
of the Boston Bruins hockey
sprouts would like tryouts with
the Boston baseball clubs.
Better duck, paw-Eh Whit
hey, who sends out all the news
about tenpin bowling from A. B.
G. headquarters in Milwaukee,
still is trying to bleach out the
bushes that have afnicted him
ever since his two daughters
Came home for visit couple Of
weeks ago. First daughter Ruth,
Evening star., 1943-03-31
Wit. BILL 4cxz.u4p

Patriotism Of those who continue
to hunt and fish during wartime has
been questioned in some quarters.
Just why any one should find ex-
cuse for doing SO Is hard to under
stand, for the part sportsmen have
played during the past year In the
production of food is important.
Proof of that is In the figures of
the United States Fish and Wild
life Service for the 1912 game kill.
Taking only the top 10 of game
birds ard animals, more than 141.-
100000 pieces. dressing in excess of
250,000,00 pounds, were contrib
uted to the Nations meat supply.
Anglers, according to DR.. Gabriel
son, assistant co-ordinator of fish,
cries, produced approximately 3O0,-
100000 pounds of fish.
How can any one shrug off those
figures as being unpatriotic?
At a meeting OF conservation
leaders in New York last month it
was recommended that we continue
to enjoy hunting and fishing when
ever possible while insuring per-
petuation of both for the future BY
continued purchase of licenses by
Evening star., 1943-03-31
Pinmen Honor Beatty
And Meade With x,
Special Events
Race in N. 6. Women's
League Tiehtens os
Leaders Stumble

Following Sundays second annual
Moe Meade Handicap at Convention
Hall. tribute will be paid another
veteran Capital bowler when the
Bill Beatty tournament Is staged
at King Pin on April II and 18.
Out to make the Beatty event a
big affair, Ed Hutchinson, new King
Pin pilot, last night staged a pre-
liminary in the Rhode Island Avenue
Business Mems League, with three
National Beer rollers gaining their
SO entrance fees as Jerry F1annigan
fired 1926, W. Hamilton 800 and
Los Yates 376. These lusty counts
enabled the beer outfit to sweep Lo
Jacono BARRIERS with scores of 626
and 1926
Buck Buckner who the night be-
fore cut loose with 404 to lead the
Silver Spring Georgia Avenue loop
for the fifth successive week, came
back with las and 397 as Mann Co.
whiteWashed Kronheim. Buckner,
however, failed to enter the competi-
ton for a free ride" in the Beatty
event. The league matches also wit
messed De Perini sweeping Mullins S
Cafe with a $50 high. while the pace
setting Windsor Shop increased its
lead to two games with 81 win
from Brookland Post Office when the
Jock All-Stars nicked the second
place House OF Rouse twice.
Leaders Take Shellacking.
New interest was stirred in the
National Capital Ladies' League flag
chase at the Lucky Strike when the
pace-setting Commerce quint was
handed a surprising 80 setback by
Production and the runnerup Mis-
cellaneous outfit swept Shops to
move within a game of the leader
Led by Margaret Miltner's 126 and
342 and Ann Smiths 1856. the third
place Standards busted of R. g. S
to stay at the heels of Miscellaneous
Mrs. Miltner boosted her top aver
age to 10l-64.
Jack Talley's 148 was the high
light as Columbia No. clinched the
Odd Fellows League championship
with a 81 win from Eastern at
Brookland Recreation.
Bill Mitchell of Faith Lutheran
bagged hig honors in the Arlington
Church League with lat and 1853
Friendship sets the pennant pace
with tWo-game lead over Presbies
No. l.
Star in Church League.
A 158 Wallop gave Crawford OF
Anacostia top single In the East
Washington Church League. while
Felabaum of Sven Glass bageed
high set with $50.
With the Americans only one
game ahead of the Ramblers and
only two more matches before the
season ends. fight to the final
game looms in the Takoma Com
mercial loop Bob Haig of the Ram
blers posted highs of 1874 and 1862.
Charley Hughes sparkled with 157
and 383 as the Tastets trimmed the
Ed Jeffries, 81, in the st. Martin S
Club loop. Across the drives at King
Pin were Bill RoZicer of Big Print
Shop with 160-366 and Buck Jones
of Graphic Arts Press with 365 as
the top shooters in the Graphic Arts
League.
Evening star., 1943-03-31
Caps See Even Chance
Opening in Buffalo
Split Regular Contests
Where Title PIoy Opens
By the Associated Press.

BUFFALO. N. Y. March 31.-
Judging by the record, the Buffalo
Bisons' home ice won't mean a thing
to the red-hot Indianapolis Capitals
when the teams meet tonight in
the first game of the playoffs for
the American Hockey League title
and the Caulder Cup.
The Caps won two of their four
encounters with the Bisons here
during the regular season. The four
games at indianapolis also were
evenly divided
But otherwise the Bisons, in the
playoffs for the first time in ther
three seasons in the loop, get the
nod over the defending champions
The Caps will be shooting for
their l4th victory in Is starts with
out the services of Forward Adam
Brown, second highest scorer in the
league. and Hal Jackson, stalwart
defenseEan. They were called up
last week end by the Detroit Red
Wings, parent club of the Caps.
Evening star., 1943-03-31

With only IL more games sched-
uled the District League champion
ship still may be a tossup among at
least six teams If the visiting Chevy
Chase Ice Palace pinmen can repeat
their early season sweep tonight
against the pacesetting Clarendon
quint at Clarendon. Ice Palace, in
cidentally, is the only club to hand
the league leaders 80 setback this
season.
-Four games behind, the runner
up Anacostia Spillways engage
Arlington, at Arlington, while no
little interest also will center around
the outcome of the battles involving
Lucky Strike. Brookland and Hyatts-
vile. The three are deadlocked in
third place. a game back of Spill
way Lucky Strike engages Alex
andria. which still Is within hailing
distance of Clarendon, at Lucky
Strike, while Brookland visits Ross
1yn and Hyattsville will be at home
against Convention Hall
Other matches starting at 7:30
will see King Pin at LAFAYETTE,
Bethesda Bowling Center at George
town and Arcadia at Hi-Skor.
Hi-Skor Women on Spot.
Holding two-game lead, the
front-running Hi -Skors will be host
to the strong Chevy Chase Ice
Palace pinettes in one OF the i'm
portant Ladies District League
matches tonight starting at 7::3o
The second-place Lafayettes, aiming
to catch Hi-Skor, visit Red Circle
at Lucky Strike.
The third-place Rosslyn ouint
bowls at Bethesda Bowling Center,
Brookland at Clarendon. .Anacostia
Spillway at Arcadia, Arlington at
Rendezvous and Takona at King
Pin.
With SO games won out Of IS. Local
No. IS won the Electrical Utilities
League pennant over Local No. a
by 2-game margin. The hag-win-
ners also copped season honors with
624 and 1.735. Bill Via was tops
with 176 and Ordie Brown best with
427. Dick Kraft's 81 strikes were
high while Ed Meredith and B. New
man tied for the most spares with
178 each.
Evening star., 1943-03-31
Wilson Tossers Dined
And Given Letters

Woodrow Wilson High Schools
basket ball team was feted at din
ner in the school cafeteria last night
after six members of the team and
the manager were awarded letters
In a special assembly yesterday at
the school.
Stu Brown, Russ Keith. John Van
Deusen, Jack Ogle. Bill Tanney and
Bill lavish were players who re-
ceived letters along with Manager
Eden Hartshorn.
Evening star., 1943-03-31
12-Foot-High Baskets
Still Allen S Remedy
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LAWRENCE, Kans., March 81
NO" plus lots of other words con-
stitutes the vote of Coach F. c.
Allen against the proposed NCAA
ruling to prevent touching a basket
ball on its downward curve into the
hoop.
why should altitudinous defensive
players be designated as mezzanine-
peeping goons simply because they
can reach the basket-when a tow
ering offensive player is allowed to
dunk the ball into the basket or rap
1t through when it's on the rim?"
inquired the Kansas University cage
mentor.
He's still plugging mis- own remedy
for under-basket congestion: Raise
the hoops to IL feet.