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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-12
CHAPTER FORTY

WILLARD WAS right" Agatha
said. Its not safe for you around
here. That spy merely followed me,
but If you had happened to take
that letter to the mailbox, you
might not have come back
But you were the one he kid
mapped frst. How do you know he's
after me? ?"
Who was the man."
IT couldn't tell. He wore a hat
pulled low, and from this second
story window I was looking down
so couldn't see his face"
1T must be someone who over
heard what Hans said to us in the
lunchroom."
What did Hans Putnam say
that would :"
Have you forgotten already?
You must be upset! He was sus-
picious because we were so sure the
radio tube In DR.. Hills office was
the wrong one. He limited we might
still have the one that's wanted. II
a spy overheard him :"
But Their, was no one else In
the lunchrooni No one could have
overheard-except Mr.. Marsh"
Mr.. Marsh! Clemantine, he
looks like a foreigner! And that
wire from the microphone in your
closet-it led toward the lunch
room. What better place for a spy
to make his headquarters Why, he
would hear every bit Of gossip or
the campus"
"Oh dear" Clemantine sat down
on the bed. do you suppose that's
why he had a blind dishwasher-
because there's something that
shouldn't be seem"
1T all adds up so logically. What
other answer could there be ,"
"But-but why hasn't someone
thought Of that before? I'm sure
the police and federal men have
gone into all the possibilities
They're swarnling all ever the
place"
Agatha's hands went to her face
as she burst into tears with emo
ton she could not control. "Oh
Clemantine, come home with me
I'm so afraid-and you will b.
dragged into it,"
"Auntie!" The girl sprang from
the bed. Agatha felt her warn
arms around her. Don't go e
pieces now. You've been such Q
brick. You're tired. There's nothing
to be afraid Of"
Agatha drew deep breath. She
wiped her eyes with the hand
kerchief Clemantine handed her
You're right. The federal mer
probably have their eyes on tha
spy. They're probably waiting fol
him to trip himself up-as they ar,
waiting for the murderer to triI
her-himself up! But there's M
need for you to stay here today
You're not going to classes Come
home with me. Clemantine. /.
need you."
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-12

AN right. I'll telephone 10 the
railroad station and and out when
the next train leaves for Bards-
dale"
Clemantine went out into the
hall. Agatha looked in the mirror.
Her eyes were sunk in dark cir
Giles. She looked so haggard she
shocked herself. How could anyone
look at her and not guess the
truth? She must leave this place
Immediately!
Clemantine returned. The ticket
agent says there's no train until
noon. Four hours TO wait"
Us It a through train? ?"
mo. There will be another wait
Of about two hours in Braxton, Re-
member, that's the place where you
couldn't make connections.
IN never forget"
1t was that long walt in Braxtor
five hours on the night schedule
that had made 1t possible for her
to do what she had to do-that had
given her the flimsy alibi no one
had yet seen through. But had they
seen through it? How about the
blind man? He seemed to possess
sixth sense. He did not need Ia
see. Was he trying to help her or
trap her?
E,,,ar,tL;,, ,,-as 40 nopf,,saJ Che
could not think.
Better lie down" suggested
Clemantine gently, Try to get
some sleep"
Sleep"
They waited. Clemantine packed
her things slowly into a small suit.
case, one Of those absurdly light
and sensible things Agatha hac
heard described as airplane lug
lage.
The girls in the rooming house
noisily went to breakfast anc
classes. Agatha, for want of any.
thing else to 90, watched then
from the window as they crossed
the street. She noticed a man sit
ting in a parked car at the oppo
site curb, reading a paper. At least
he tried to make out he was read
ing the paper. From the way III
turned his head at intervals sh'
knew he was watching the house
From where the man sat h,
would be unable to see the rear o.
the house, or the side entrance. Die
that indicate there was another
watcher on the side street?
When the fat girl was gone, anC
Clemantine stepped downstairs t.
inform her landlady she'd be away
overnight, Agatha slipped into The
adjoining room, whose window
looked out on the side street. Yes
man was hoeing weeds along thu
gutter, and Agatha felt sure HI
didn't belong there. No one woul'
dare work so slowly for wages.
She and Clemantine would hav,
no chance to get away through tn
front door-not when the guarC
there had an automobile. But per
haps they could trick the fellow a
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-12
Sports Roundup

Orlando FaUP-victory edition OF the 2hoe Flor
open belonged Ensign Willie "
today rurnesa STAYED off
VILE and with fveunderpa aggregate OF 2s
Cooper took the runnerup position with 2s1
Louisville KyUP-Byron Nelson playing out OF Toledo o. peck
today reward for winning the Kentucky
Nelson turned SIS the final round
terday tally bet
Mich, bond
$500.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Hollywood movie col
today planning The Swedish
homeland and then Sunday
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$50 loon for t3.B4

Payments shown in the table below
include principal and interest. Charges
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Yesterdays star-Veteran Tom
my Bridges, who won his sixth vic.
tory by pitching a three-hitter 10
bring Detroit 30 triumph over the
AS
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Casualties

Washington, July - -lNS-The
names Of two Michigan men were
included in the list OF 9S United
States soldiers who are prisoners
OF war OF Germany and Japan,
which the War Department made
public today.
Sergt. Frank r. Koch is a pris'
oner OF Germany. his wife, Mrs.
Norma l.. Koch lives at 120 West
Genessee in Lansing.
Pfc. Some A. lorna is interned
in a prison camp in Japan. HIS
father, Adolph lorna lives in Re
public. Mich.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-12
Split Games
With Millers

The Indianapolis Indians were
back on top OF the American ASS
ociation today after splitting a
doubfe-header with he Mipneapo-
lis Millers while Milwaukee vas
losing two games 10 the Toledo
Mudhels.
Indianapolis lost the first game.
: 10 l, but came back 10 win the
nightcap. 10 .. on the pitching
and hitting Of Southpaw Jim Trek.
Ter. who registered his 18th vic.
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NO POSTMASTER AVAILABLE

VALLEY FALLS, Lake County.
Ore up Manpower shortage
took a new serious turn when Mrs
Bessie Jennings resigned as post.
master They had TO close the
post office because there was no
one else in the community to han
die the Job
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flames behind leader.
Sundays Results
Pittsburgh 81 Brooklyn %.
ST. Louis 50. Boston 0-f
Cincinnati III. Philadelphia -
New York As. Chicago 81
Today's Games
No games scheduled
Saturdays Results
Brooklyn %, Pittsburgh s
ST. Louis 6, Boston q
Cincinnati s, Philadelphia ?.
Chicago lA-2. New York ~.
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-28
Unity East Coast
Raid Regulations
Eostevn Defense
Commend Issues Order

NEW YORK. Jan. "a R -
The Is eastern states and the
District of Columbia will have
uniform air raid regulations and
a new set of signals beginning
Feb. II under an order issued
by Lieut.. Gen. Hugh A. Drum,
commanding general of the
eastern defense command and
the first army.
The regulations, issued yes
terday under the authorization
of a public proclamation, titled
number four, provided for three
audible signals. They were de-
vised after study, the army
said, to permit earlier blackout
and civilian defense mobiliza.
ton with a minimum Interior
ence with vital war production
and transportation.
The public alarms will be:
/. A preliminary audible
blue" consisting Of q steady
blast for approximately two
minutes, which means enemy
planes are approaching the area.
1t calls for mobilization of CIV
ilian defense personnel and an
almost complete blackout. War
production and transportation
may continue if precautions have
been taken.
2. An audible red" consist
ing of a series of short blasts on
air raid horns or whistles or
warbling notes of the sirens, will
indicate that enemy planes are
almost overhead. All remaining
lights, except designated emer-
gency lights, are to be extin-
guished, traffic will be halted
and persons will take shelter.
8. A second blue" will al
ways follow the red" after
danger has passed, preparing
the community to return TO
il the raiders return.
No audible "all-clear" signal
was prescribed by the army.
Designated radio stations on Sc
lected frequencies will remain
on the air to broadcast official
bulletins during the blackout
periods.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-28
Teacher Convicted
for Furnishing Pupil
Strep- Whipped Boy 5.
Relatives Charae

PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. % -
(P) - Mrs. Susie Lorimore, 36,
teacher in a Phoenix denomina-
tional school, was convicted OF
aggravated assault after admit
ting she had strap-Whipped a
five-year-old pupil because OF
his defiant attitude"
Mrs. Hazel Fay Schulze told
the court yesterday her son,
Jimmy Hoffman, bore at least
IS marks on his back after the
alleged beating.
The boys grandmother, Mrs.
Maude Jane Combs, testified
she heard the sound of the
whipping from outside the
school building. Her grandson's
screams, "Oh, please quit. l
won't do it," brought her into
the classroom where Mrs. Lor-
miore, the mother of six chill
dren. told her the child had been
guilty of misbehavior, she said.
Mrs. Lorimore was released
ON. her own recognizance pend
ing sentence February 8.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-28
State Department
Has No Information
on Reported Talks

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S-(R
The State Department and the
Russian and Chinese embassies
said today they had no informa-
ton on published reports that
Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek
of China and Marshal Semyon
Timoshenko of Russia were
comforting, or had conferred,
somewhere in the Far East while
President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill were meeting
at Casablanca.
These reports. attributed to
diplomats Of the foreign corps
here, gave no details but said
that some agreement had been
reached between the Chinese
and Russians on q program Tor
the future Of the Far East.
Questioners at the Russian
embassy today were told that
the last the embassy staff had
heard of Timoshenko was that
he had taken over on the north
east Russian front.
The State Department said 1t
had not heard of the reported
meeting.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-28
liked Because President
Keeps Them in the Dark
Claim FDR Doesn't Consult Them
on Domestic Problems

mittees into a confidential con-
ference within IL hours after
American troops landed in
North Africa and explained to
them, from 1t. Gen. Dwight Eli
senhower's dispatches. why Eli
senhower was cooperating with
the late Admiral Jean Darlan.
AS result, he said, there was
no criticism in Congress of this
cooperation with a former Vichy
French official.
Vandenberg recalled that he
had proposed a liaison commit
tee to the President some months
ago and that Mr.. Roosevelt re-
piled, in a letter, that he would
welcome cooperation of this
nature if 1t was in the wisdom
of Congress. But he said the
President doubted il 1t would
have legislative support because
of what Vandenberg called
'jealousies."
Afterward Chairman johnson
(D-Colo) said the subcommittee
would study the record of the
hearing, particularly since one
member, Senator Chandler 3D.
XVI, was absent. Others at the
hearing besides Johnson were
Senators Hill DALAI, who is
majority whip in the Senate,
Quincy (R-SD) and Lodge (R-
Mass).
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-28
Port Moresby
Hit by laps
Slight Domoss
Done in Roid
BY VERN HAUGLAND

BY VERN HAUGLAND
SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUI-
NEA. Jan. 81 -(Delayed)-(R)
Jap bombers ra d d Port
Moresby early today met night
interception for the first time in
103 attacks on the New Guinea
capital.
The three raiders dropped q
number of bombs, causing some
damage but inflicting no casual
ties. One bomber was hit by an
American night fighter and pos
sibly failed to- reach its base.
Pilot Robert Faurot of Cape
Girardeau, Mo-, husky brother
of Don Faurot, the University of
Missouri football Goa C h, was
among the Americans to chal-
lenge the enemys night assault.
IL saw my bullets hit one
plane in the wings" he said. 1T
fell out of the formation and
started losing altitude. 1t had
dropped 5000 feet by the time
l lost it in the darkness. There's
a good ance it never got
home
The Japs came in at extreme
ly high altitude, but searchlights
pinpointed them TO help our in
Perception. The bombers fired at
the interceptors but failed to in
flict damage.
During the day Allied planes
bombed or strafed Lac, Mala-
hang, Mubo and Finschhafen on
the Japanese held coast of north
ern New Guinea and Gasmata on
New ritain Island.
Ground forces in the Sananan-
da area continued to mop up
Jap stragglers from the enemy's
defeated Papuan army. In the "A
hours ending at 6 p. m. today,
the Allies killed % Japs and i'm
prisoned six, mostly between
Coma and Samantha.
Mitchell medium bombers had
more than usual success In raid
ing Lac and Malahang on what
has become known as the milk
run, a routine daily bombing
flight.
Capt. A. G.. T h mpso IN OF
Washington, D. c., the lorna
ton leader, said all bombs drop
ped at Lac landed in the air
drome target area, starting q
particularly big fire, apparently
fuel dump.
Other Mitchell pilots partci'
pating included Lieuts. BOYD
Herman of Cleveland, William
Lett of Danville, Ind. Howard
Paquin Of Friendship. N. T., ane
John Tuohy of New York City
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-28
Would Split
German Forces
Americans Believed
Driving Wedge

MOON, Jan. % - An
American attempt to drive a
wedge between the converging
armies of Marshal Rommel and
Col. Gen. Jurgen Won Arnim in
Central Tunisia was suggested
by Axis reports today as the AL
lied air arms resumed lethal
sweeps from the North African
battle lines to Italy.
The Vichy radio said last
night that the United States
forces originally concentrated in
Tebessa, Algeria, $50 miles
southwest of Tunis, had begun
an offensive.
A Berlin military spokesman
was quoted by the German radio
this morning as saying the
Americans were planning a
major offensive" Presumably
such a drive would be toward
the Gulf of Gabes, relatively
vulnerable sector on the line of
Rommels retreat.
PRESSES DRIVE
The British Eighth Army con-
tinued its drive toward Tunisia
and its patrols were reported in
contact with the enemy in the
Sabra,ha are, Al miles west of
Tripoli and less than 60 miles
from he Observation-Disclosures
frontier.
From the landing fields of
both Tunisia and Tripolitania
Allied planes roared to the at
tack.
A United States communique
issued in Cairo said that dur
ing the night of Jan. 1921 Lib
orator heavy bombers of the
Ninth U. S. Air Force success
fully attacked Italian and ST.
Gillian harbors. and all re-
turned.
Although partially obscured
by cloud conditions, bomb bursts
were observed in all target
areas" the bulletin said.
From British middle east
headquarters came the report
that successful attacks were
made on enemy rail communica-
tons in southern Italy,"
SERIES OF RAIDS
The Italian high command &C.
knowledged a series of raids
upon Sicily and southern Italy
in which several towns, railway
stations and trains were bombed
and machine-gunned. Its COM
munique, broadcast from Rome,
mentioned two dead and more
than Is persons injured.
British, French and American
air forces made a series of at
tacks on Nazi ground forces,
blasted anew at the Bizerte
naval base and bombed two
Italian destroyers 100 miles off
Tunis, leaving one burning and
in sinking condition a spokes-
ma announced at Allied head
quarters in North Africa.
American BIS Mite |
bombers, escorted by P-38
Lightnings attacked the de-
stroyers and scored two direct
hits on the one, the spokesman
said. He reported that the stern
of the other was probably dam
aged by four near misses.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-28

ALBANY, Ore. Jan % Up
- A first degree murder charge
which authorities said was based
on circumstantial evidence and
reported confession, has been
brought against a dining car
cook in the Staying Of a Navy
bride aboard a California bound
passenger train last Saturday.
District Attorney II rlow
Weinrick filed the charge in
Justice Court yesterday. naming
Robert Folkes, 20, Los Angeles,
second cook aboard a unit of the
Southern Pacific's West coast
Limited as defendant. He is held
in Los Angeles, where. Weinrick
was informed, he made a state
ment admitting the killing.
FANTASTIC CASE
The charge against Folkes con-
stituted the first important de-
velopment IN the fantastic case
since the morning, five days ago,
when the oody of Mrs. Martha
Virginia James, 81, of Norfolk,
Va, was found in the aisle of a
sleeping car on the speeding
train.
The comely young woman,
fc:lr months bride of another
Virginian, Ensign Richard F.
James, had heen slashed across
the throat as she lay in lower
berth l3 of Sleeper d.
In Los Angeles Detective
Capt. Verne Rasmussen said
Folkes admitted the killing, say
ing he had stabbed Mrs. James
with sharp boning knife at the
instigation of an unidentified
man.
Rasmussen said the admission
was contained in a signed state
ment which the cook made after
first giving several conflicting
versions of his actions on the
night of the killing, later begin
ming a confession, contradicting
it and eventually repudiating it.
There is now no doubt what
ever in our minds that Folkes is
the slayer" the detective de-
clared.
$1,000 DEAL
Rasmussen said Folkes' state
ment told OF a deal made with
man on the train who assertedly
informed the cook he had to get
Mrs. James "out of the way
and offered him $1,000 to do
the job"
Folkes said the man first as
serted he was Mrs. James hus'
husband, Rasmussen reported
but later the Negro cook referr'
ed to him only as 1.-The other
man." Ensign James was not or
the train with his wife.
The detective quoted Folke'
as stating he didn't get any mo
ney from the man. but that HI
entered Mrs. James berth strad
died the upper portion of hel
body and stabbed her with the
knife.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-28

WASHINGTON, Jan. % up
- Complaints that President
Roosevelt doeJ not confide in
Congress often enough were fol-
lowed today by renewal of pro-
posals that a bipartisan "Liaison
Committee" be set up.
Four members of a Senate
Military subcommittee W O
heard criticism of the White
House yesterday took the plan
under consideration without
comment and with little outward
display of enthusiasm for it.
Both Senator Maloney Cd
Comm and Senator Vandenberg
(R-Mich) criticized the Presi-
dent for sending down" legis-
lation from the White House
without previous consultation
with Congressional leaders.
They also criticized him for
what called his failure to keep
Congress informed on domestic
problems.
They disclaimed any inten-
ton of interfering in military
strategy. For that reason, Van
denberg suggested that Maloney
change the proposed title from
committee on war problem"
to committee on war coopera-
tion," with its principal func-
ton ito channel mutual conf
dence from the White House to
Capitol Hill and from the hill
to the White House."
Vandenberg cited the State
Departments recent white paper
on relations with Japan before
Pearl Harbor as showing why
some such committee was need
ed.
1T disclosed that neither the
country nor Congress had any,
thing like an adequate under
standing of foreign relations for
six MONTHS Vandenberg said.
He added hat when members of
the Foreign Relations Commit
tee saw the report they were
reading fresh news"
Vandenherg disclosed that
Gen. George c. Marshall, chief
of staff, had called members of
interested Congressional COM
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-28
Sarah Law|ess
Passes Away
Illness FotoI to
Lifelong Resident

Miss Sarah Lawless, II, life
long resident of Macomb county,
died yesterday at a Detroit hos
pital following an illness of one
month.
She had lived ut % Eldredge
street for the past 40 years and
was born on the old Lawless
farm on Wolfe road at Gratiot.
Besides a sister. Mrs. Lucy
Nicke, of Mount Clemens. nieces
and nepheWs survive. Prayers
will be said tonight at 8 o'clock
at the LaCroix & Groesbeck Fu-
neral Home and at 8:45 p. m,
tomorrow, also at the funeral
home.
Funegal services will be held
Saturday at 8 a. m. from the
funeral home and at $50 from
st. Peters Catholic church. Bur-
ial will be IN st. Peters Catho-
lie Cemetery.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-28
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On

CreomulHon relieves promptly be-
cause IL goes right to the seat Of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm. and aid nature
70 soothe and heal raw, tender, In
famed bronchial mucous mem .
braneg. Tell your druggist to sell you
z bottle Of Cyeomulsion with Tn I'm.
derstanding you must like the Way it
quickly allayS the cough or you are
% have your money back.
CIRCUMCISION
Tor Coughs, Chest Colds. Bronchitis
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-28
Negro Held in Staying
of Naval Officers Wife
Los Angeles Police Claim
Confession from Cook, 20

Before Folkes signed the state
ment, Rasmussen said, a psyohi-
artist, DR.. Paul De River. was
called in TO examine the Negro.
DR.. De River pronounced him
san tubeotf Ofrpy NJ -&lS
sane but of the emotional, brag-
CART, exhibitionist type"
Rasmussen said the text of
Folkes' statement would not be
made public at least until after
il has been submitted to Oregon
authorities. Folkes is to be
brought to Albany. seat of the
county in which the killing &C.
Cured.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-28
Bipartisan Iiason Committee Sought by Congress
Seek S,ooo
Fire.Fighters
I'm Mich19an

LANSING, Jan. 20 - Up, 80
County and local defense coun.,
ellis will attempt to enroll up
wards of 5000 men and women,
forest fire fighters in three.i
weeks recruiting program to
start Monday.
Durward Robson, chief of the
State Defense Council Forest
Fire Fighting Service, announc.
ed the starting date Wednesday.
asserting lit is more important
than ever that there be an alert
fire fighting force, because Of
the ever present danger of sabo-
tage in the woods"