davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-26
Farmers Market

FR.lTs Apples. Baldsin' So 81
s 81 Uu Delicious. no 4 81 ~ Mc!nirsh'
so - 'og. s ea 10 r., e -
s. northern spies. fancy s. 50 ~ No
s. s. 5u-1t No 2 S412 30 WaEe1er'
SO /. S3G350 rg; n 81 80. steele 3
Rsd ~ s. sog' ~ - s. 81.
celery cabbage 80 J. 81 ?5ui nu
E44.ye. fancy, s. .hu. 80. : 81 Is p
% Escsro!s, fancy, 81 80 hl, -.
vEsETABLE GREY&s- csbesr. gr.sa'
10 ]. sgeg 81 el. c9..s "a, no. l. ''-a
tiFf. BhFs Aif-ev-.Esesi. -,--5.f.As
No y $40 2 50 0gi n 2. 40 b-ocscaN
81 5og2 b.: No. 2, SIS red 1abtss'
csbbags 30. /. 81 25Gl 50 bu: -. ?. 81
CARROTS topped. 30. ], s2.25u27 bu. NJ
81 IS Cauiihover 30. J, 81 " . ~
NJ 2, s? celery roo, No, :. s. - hu
CeI'rS fancy. SO - do1 oest 70
squares ~. l. 81 Hors, rsdish. No. l.
- 73u 3 80 peck bake, kohlraoi. No J
1se uii 0ot. bchs. Lseks No. 81 y ~
toz bchs Onions dry. fancy. s. 50 sob
sack No !. s. 75u 90. Parsuips fancy
tpci MOI 81 u 50 don bchs Potatoes.
SO T. S27sa3 100 lbs No. 2 81 50.
Radi'hes, red hothouss. No 81 Dor
brh' Rutshagas No 81 = 90 D.
squash. Delicious. No ]. ~ % = ba No
2 ti25 Hubbard No !, 81 80 Q IS bu
No 2 81 IS TAbl. Queen. fancy, 81 so bG
30. j, sal Is. Tomatoes dollhouse, No
g. 81 IS ia haskef No As r.
Turufps topped No. -. 81 2sfri IS ou
50 2 s. NsgstAhis oysters So J. 81 p.
FGGs LarI. IIssi7 sa-ao, case. me
fum 9i6Nis
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-26
1913 Rayon Output
To Set Record
Totals $50 Million Lbs,
4 Per Cent Over I942

NEW YORK. Dec. United
States production of rayon in 1943
totaled approximately $4,000 900
pounds. representing a 4 per cent
gain over last years output and
establishing a new record for the
industry. according 10 William G.
Appleton. president OF American
Vlscose Corp.
Output in 1912 amounted n
633, 100000 pounds and in l94l 10
573, 100000 pounds. Production
has more than doubled in the
past five years, the output in 1898
having totaled 28S, 600, 900 pounds.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-26
1T Permits Issued
Al Cost Of S688,038

One hundred and seventy-seven
permits at a cost of 1855, 038 were
issued for new buildings and adj
ditions and alterations to existing
buildings for the week ending
Dec. Is, 1913. Building Commits
sioner Wolff announced Saturday.
The totals for the same period
In 1912 were 211 permits at $685.
7e2. One hundred and three single
and two-family dwellings included
in the above 1943 total at cost
Of s551 800, against 109 atS593, 500
in 1912
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-26
Detroit Realtors
Win State Posts

John s. Spencer Of II r Holmes
Inc, Detroit. was chosen vice
president 0f The Michigan Chapter
Of nc institute Of Real Estate
Management. and Clarence W
Treadwen. Detroit secretary Of
the group, II was made. known
Saturday
Clau1e O Darby Of Flint. is the
1874 president Of the organization
and directors are:
Howard Bliss Of Homer Warren
e. Co. Detroit; Norman c Scud-
der If the Lamhrecht Realty Co,
Detroit. and Floyd Kent Of Pom
tiac e--
The Institute OF Peal Estate
Management IS composed OF mem
berS of member boards or lndivi-
dual members of the National
Association Of Real Estate Boards,
and concerns itself with the main
tenance Of standards and advance
NEST Of knowledge in the field Of
real estate management.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-26
Dept. Store Sales
4 Per Cent Under AZ

Wv YORK, Dec. - '7r--r--'IC-TT-'a1tt
Reserve Board reported depart
ment store sales last week were
! per cent lower than IN the cor
responding week of 1912 New
York district sales were of II per
cent Sales in the four weeks
ended Dec. Is totaled 3 pcr cent
last wear.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-26
loan institute Meets
In Chicago Feb. 21-22

The American Savings and
Loan Institute will hold its ma
tional midwinter conference in
Chicago. Feb. 21-22, it was an
nounced Saturday by Charles L.
Plumb, New York City, national
president of the organization, the
national educational group of the
savings and loan associations and
cooperative banks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-26
CLEAR PICTIRE

FVen though ihe Qfc-8,. pc
ture is clear particular groups
of workers are concerned with
protecting their relative position
In the economic merry -go-rouna
Tho concessions 10 he coal
miners have irf others 70 feel
that they arc entitled 20 similar
consideration
Usually the boosting ~ costs
IL shifted 10 otheF-p 49, - 4sno
are the customers IN war
economy. 10 which ~oue COM
panlcS serve only tre -o'srn-
nent the added cost b, Suited
10 other workers ~4-0 are The
taNpa yerS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-26
Realty Folk Told
To Aid Drives
By Henderson

The primary duty Of real estate
men and women IN 1914 Is full CO.
operation with every phase OF the
war effort, Walter L. Henderson.
vice president of Homer Warren
&, Co. Detroit realtors, said Sat-
urday in a yeaT-end meeting OF his
companys officials.
ct happens that right here In
Detroit, housing still continues
10 be major problem and that
any thing we real estate people
can do towards encouraging
and facilitating better housing
i'm 1914 will be a direct contribu-
ton 10 the war effort he
-SLatad.------------
Encouraging all vital war
themes such as saving OF fuel:
conservation OF food; gathering
SCRAP, fats and paper and the
Encouraging OF all talk about
troop locations and war produc-
tion figures, will help win the
war"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-26
EIsea Sales $Io3,3oo

ElSca Realty and Investment
Co Saturday reported 10 sales for
rhe first half of December, 1913,
including nine flats. nine singles
and one business frontage for a
tc,t.rt~'1Y 81 ~S1O3 200
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-26
Tool Shipments Show
Drop in November

NEW YORK, Dec % Machine
tool shipments m November to
tailed ST. $4,000, decline of
about SLIPPER cent from $7S.3l2-
600 Ocinher tntal. WIPE reported
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-26
Sees Rising Costs
Reducing u. S.
Tax Receipts
By STANLEY lRUKEYsER

II steel. rail and other work
ers succeed IN getting higher
wage rates, who viii pay the
bills?
Although ordinarily A strike
or wage demand Is commonly
regarded as thrust against the
management or the ownership
II ultimately levies an added
cost on the customers who buys
the goods.
In peacetime. the customers
are for the most part other
workers or gainfully employed
persons, whether organized into
unions or not.
In time Of war some COM
panles, instead OF serving many
customer serve only one,
namely Uncle Sam.
II I'M "A war industry. IN which
the government is the sole GUS
toner, government policy should
permit wage costs or other costs
10 rise, then the government is
affected directly in one OF two
ways.
If a cost-plus arrangement IS
in effect. the manufacturer
passes on the added wage bill
through a higher selling price.
ON the other hand. If the sell
ing price is fixed by contract Or
otherwise. the govern IN O. n /
nevertheless is affected II some
thing is added 10 the cost, the
effect is 10 reduce the ratio Of
gross corporate income which
can be converted MO net IN
come. which is taxable In SIM
pie terms. additions 20 The cost
tend 10 effacc or reduce the
so-called excess protits most Of
Which<ls recognizable ~ taxes
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-26
League Points
To S79,5OO,OOO
Dividends Paid

BY the close Of this week the
semiannual distribution Of earn
ings by savings and loan associa-
tons and cooperative banks Will
be complete with dividends total
ing approximately $40, 500 900 be
ing, paid by these institutions
located all over the couptry.
This was pointed out Saturday
by the u. s. Savings and Loan
League. nationwide organization
OF the business, through it's execu-
live wee president. Morton Bod
Ash. Chicago.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-26
BUILD UP FUNDS

Thousands OF the recipients OF
lhe- dividends are membecs- ot-the
armed forces, many of whom have
been adding 10 their share ac-
counts regularly out OF Their
service pay, and many others oil
whom already had substantial ac-
counts before they went AWAY.
In majority of the cases
where dividends are paid 10 these
men, they were credited on their
share accounts 10 help build up
me funds available for their de
sireS when mustered out
Combined with the DIVIDENDS
paid on July ] this last half
S-aI's melon cutting by the thrift
and home financing institutions
VII bring their total distribution
for 1913 Up 10 $50, 500 600.
INCREASE NOTED
AN Increase of some $3.50
600 In the current disburSe-
ment. compared with that ~
mid-years. Is noted because OF a
substantial increase In the
share-capital OF tn = institu-
tions during the last six
months" BodfiSh sald
Thus the total distribution
spite Ithe-!aueEed-
dividend rates OF some OF the
associations due 10 greater en-
phosis upon reserve positions,
and to lowered earnings now
that larger percentages of AS
sets than ever before are In
vested In government bonds
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-26
Detroit Stocks
A WEEK IN THE MARKET

NEW YORK, DEC IS
ilvity on the New York; 81
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-02-23

kakor novo padlim snegom
posuto, tn in tam S krvjo o.
skropljeno. Pc vsem hribu da-
lee doll pod hiso je cvetelo DIRE
vie v dodge, pravilne vrste "a
sajeno. Zrak je bill poln toplega,
veselega solnca in poln disave,
poln medu. ~
"Kaj Tinica, ali nj lepo pri
nas?"
Bill je Ivan.
" zadrego jo je sprawl, ko
Sc je oglasil tako nenadoma IL
"a plota kraj ceste. Kri il je Ia
plala v lica cd hoda navzgor
Ifoznato razgreta. A ko mu je
pogledala v dobri, prijazno Sc
smehljajoei' obraz, jo je zadre-
ga precej minila. Veselo Sc je
nasmehnila, S srcem in topic
besedo potrdila:
"Pa res lepo. Nisem Sc vide
la toliko drevja obenem v cve-
tn. Kako cudno lepi cveti!'
'Tako kakor tt, Tinica. Tudi
tt 81 sam sneg in kri!"
Sc bolj so il zardela lica, "a
gorela j v cudni neznani vroci-
nj.
lie norcuj sc, Ivan"
"Kaj bi Sc norceval. lie sveto
resnico govorim.'
Ne dolgo potem so Sc dogo-
vorili in so dolocili, da bo poro-
.ka v predpustu.
Priblizala Sc je jesen. z MO
je nenadoma prislo. povelie, da
mora Ivan V vojake, ogrozeno
domovino branit. Kmalu .je pi-
sal, da SO ga poslai ma mejo, a
jim obecali, da bodo Sill Gez
kratke tedne domov. L. tednov
SO postal meseci, IL mesecev
vecnost.
In zdaj ga ne DO vee. Nikoli
vec. V tujini, dalec cd ME, brez
nje je odSel v vecnost.
Plasne oci so il z grozo be-
gale naokrog in iskale, kje bi
bil kdo,. XII bi j V tel strasni u
ri dal pomoc, podprl jo 2 lube
co, tolazeco besedo.
Mixer nikogar. LIE breze su-
me pritajeno in zalostno.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-02-23

lin deklet, moskih in zensk "a
pristine delo, poslednji zracni
napadi mad Berlinom - vse to
ne tvori primernega ozracja "a
Iproslavo.
Goeringov govor je bill zakas-
Injen "a vec kot emo uro, ker SO
angleski "komarji' spuscai
svoje bombe mad Berlinom raw
no OBJ casu, ko Sc je Gez radio
pricakoval govor marsala "raj-
ha" Hitler Sc sploh nj prikazal,
ker je bill proved zaposlen ma
'front.'. Goebbels, XII ga je nado-
'mestoval, je igral zalostno vlo-
go ma velikem shodu v berlin
skem Sportpalastu. Naproti o.
bicajni navadi nacijskih govor-
nikov, XII zadrzujejo svoje grow
niske rakete "a drugi del govo-
ra, zacel jih je spuseati v brzem
tempu ze zacetkom govora.
Morda je cutil, da je bill zrak
pretresen, in moral dati takoj
odduska. Zaeel je z opraviceva-
MEM Hitlerjeve odsotnosti in
obljubil, da mesto tega precita
Hitlerjev proglas. Mesto pa, da
bi poslusalce pripravljal ma Hit
lerjev proglas S kratkim uvo-
dom, drzal je sam dolgo govo-
ranco, pa je potem Hitlerjev
proglas prisel brez pravega po-
udarka, kot nekaj postranske-
ga. Nasproti ustanovljenemu
pravilu v nacijskih ljudskih
zborih, da nikdo ne govori, ko
je Fuehrer spregovoril, je Goe-
bibles potem zopet govoril ma
dolgo, potem ko je preeital Hit
lerjev rokopis.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-02-23

koli in nikdar takega. Sc faj-
Imoster ga nimajo kadar umre-
jo. Vendar Sc mi je siromak ze-
10 ,smilil. Tezko je umiral. Pred
smrtjo mi je narocil, maj ii pi-
sem in ii posljem cez hribe in
doline, cez vode in gore cd te
proklete granice in iz ten stras-
nih barak, XII piha skozi ME We
ter ponoei in podnevi bolj ka-
kor skozi mas razklopotani in
polpodrti skedeni tisoe in tisoc
pozdravov cd umirajocega zeni-
ma vojaka. Povem ii tako med
mama, da Sc, ce+bi, me Sc kdaj
kanili poslati v te kraje, da Sc
rajsi donna obesim; ma hrusko
pred hiso Sc bonn, tista je zelo
mocna, me DO ze drzala.
|, Zelo hudo mi je bio, da Sc ne
bosta mogla v predpustu vzeti,
kakor ste imeli dogovorjeno.
Pa kaj hocemo, je re bozja
VOLTA TAXA. Dal mi je tudi lep
prstan, Xxi ga maj. tebi izrocim.
&c Sc kdaj vrnem liz teh pogan-
SIKH krajev, ii ga prinesem. Ce
pa tudi JAZZ tukaj poginem, ga
ze komu zanesljivemu izrocim.
Je ze komanda, pa gremo spat.
Zato ne morem vec pisati, pa
tudi papirja nj vec. Mic proved
ne jokaj, Tinica,, re, mora tako
biti. Pozdravljam vas vse donna
in pravim vsem -- lahko noe.
Tvoj zvesti bratranec,
:, Pavel Skalar.
Brez moci so il povesile ro-
ke S pismom. Oci so il zaplale
naokoli, kakor bi v veliki stiski
iskale pomoei. A je Cd. nikoder
nj bilo. LIE breze so mad njo su-
mele v pritajenem socuvstvu.
Bilo je pred letom, spomladi,
" MAIDEN maju. sla je k teti
gori v goro. Pot jo je vedla mi
mo Smrecnikove hise. Skoro
povsem skrita je bila hisa in
vse poslopje med sadnim drew
jem. In vse drevje je bio belo
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-02-23

'sano z velikimi, neokretnimi
pismenkami. Pred uro ga je pri-
nesel postni sell
Sama ,je bila donna, prala je.
vsi drugi so bill ma polju. Nj ma
nah umela, kaj pravi pismo,
XII ga je pisal Skalarjev Pavle
z Rebra, njen sorodnik, Ivanov,
sosed. Ko pa Sc je zavedla vse
grozne resnice, je popustila Pc
rilo in dom. Zdelo sc j je, da
jo zadusi donna in v ozki doll
nici.
Kakor bi jo tirala in suvala
nevidna moe, je hitela gori ,po
pespoti, XII ga je po njej sprem-
ljala v jeseni, ko je odhajal.
Ma vrhu, med brezami, naslo-
njena ma vitko belo brezo, je
razgrnila pismo. Pocasi, zakaj
oci SO bile polne solz in misli so
Sc il mesale v bolnem neredu,
je brala:
"Draga Tinica. - V zacetku
svojega slabega pisanja te prav
lepo pozdravim cez hribe in do
line in ii eez vode in polje po-
dajam roko. o tel bi tt mogel
sporoeiti, da mi je' v zimi ma
strait hudo zebla. A ker 81 O
tenn morebiti ze slisala, ne pi-
sem O tenn, pisem samo O drugi,
Sc boljsi zalostni nesreci. Da
ne bonn dolgo govoril, ker pa
pir je drag in Sc zelo majhen "a
TAX denar, je stvar taka-le: l.
van Sc je pred kakimi desetimi
dnevi prehladil in je moral leci.
Spet drugi pravijo, da je bila
bolezen IL vode, XII je tukaj res
paste slaba in Sc malo je je. Pa
maj bo kakor hoce, stvar je ta-
kale, da je Ivan legel in nj vec
vstal. Danes popoldne smo ga
pokopali. Pogreb je bill zelo lep.
i. Pri mas donna ne hi incl nj
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-02-23

Us. rnsssry DszA
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-02-23
Oh sumeniu brez,
Ksaver MeSko:

Pritajeno otozno so sumele
breze -. s..
Tinicat je stopila ma vrh. Glas.
no 81 je oddahnila, zasopla, ske-
70 zastokala. Zakaj pot Sc je
vzpenjala strmo navzgor. Vozna
costa je bila pac zloznejsa, a
villa Sc je dalec naokoli. Tinici
pa Sc je nudilo. Dihala je tezko
= in magic, da so il prsi valovile
ko Sc je vzpela ma rob in je OBJ
stala.
z naglim pogledom je pome-
rila pot po hribu navzdol, koli-
kor je nj zakrival in skrival
gozd, vozno cesto, vso dolino Cd
konca do konca, veliko belo ce.
sto, XII je tekla po dolini kakor
lep, vessel potok. Vse poljske po-
ii, vse steze je premerila hire
penecim zeljnim pogledom.
Videla je voz, XII je hitel po
dolini, bel konj Sc vprezen vanj.
A je drcal nevzdrzno naprej,
magic Sc oddaljeval. Videla ie
drug voz, XII je pocasi lezel doll
proti vasi, visoko je oblozen z
deskami, XII Sc veselo in preser-
no belle v mlacnem majniskem
solncu. Mixer pa nj zagledala
MEGA, XII ga isce plasno, hre-
penece oko, kopajoce Sc V sol
zah, XII SO il mocile lice vso pot
in so il polzele zdaj Sc gosteje
po' zardelih licih.
"Nikjer ga nj. Ali res ne pri-
de nikoli vec?"
"Nikoli vec!" je zasumel v
brezah, tih odgovor.
Zamajala Sc ,je proti bliznji
brezi in Sc naslonila nanjo. "a
kaj noge SO j omagovale in
omahovale, vse telo Sc j je tre-
slo kakor v silni mrzlici.
L. neder je izvlekla pismo, pi-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-02-23
sIobo vprizorieno

Fanfare zmagoslavja MISC ma
mestu, ako nj image, ampak
poraz. Da bi tega ne bio, bi Sc
bila proslavila desetletnica Hit
lerjevega nastopa ma oblast kot
prank prve vrste. Rusi in r..
A. F. - ali pa usoda, kot pra-
WHO Nemci - so pac drugace
hoteli. Popolni polom seste nem-
ske armade pri Stalingradu, u
spehi ruske ofenzive drugod oh
vzhodni 'FRONT.', Sauckelove maj
novejse naredbe @ popolni mo-
bilizaciji komaj doraslih fantov
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-02-23
Mali oglas;
JUNIOR CHEMIST

Laboratory assistant. High
school graduate. Apply be-
tween 8 and IL m. at LAKE
CITY MALLEABLE CO., 5000
Lakeside Ave.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-02-23

1t takes both !. Management and
Labor. working in harmony and CO.
operation to keep the assembly lines
going in our factories--to produce
the necessary implements Of war.
II takes both IS. War Bonds and
Taxes to pay the cost Of these vital
tools Of war to keep our lighting men
supphed. y. S. Treasury Detarimsst
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-24

You need take only two capsules
daily as dietary supplement. They
provide Vitamins A. C, D, the B.
Vitamin factors Obi, G, BE- niacin
amide, calcium pantothenate. liver
fraction), as well as iron.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-13
Sunday in Ypsilanti Churches
First Church Of Christ, seIensIs,
EGO a. m.-SMnday SCHOOL.


10:45 a. m-Morning Service.
Soul" will be the subject OF the
Lesson-Sermon in all Christian
Science Churches throughout the
world on Sunday. Feb. IA.
The Golden Text (Psalms 1929
is: My soul shall make her boast
in the Lord. the humble shall hear
thereof. and be glad. o magnify
the Lord with me, And let us exalt
his name together
Among the Bible citations is this
passage psalm 66:s,9: 20 bless
our God, ye people, and make the
voice of his praise to be heard:
Which holdeth our soul in life, and
suffereth not our feet to be moved"
Correlative passages TO be read
from the Christian Science text
book, Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures" by Mary
Baker Eddy. include the following
IN. 273) Man is harmonious when
governed by Soul. Hence the i'm
portance of understanding the truth
Of being, which reveals the laws
of spiritual existence.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-13

white face caused him to stop and
exclaim, What's the matter with
you?"
81 don't like trouble on board"
Don't be silly. It's exciting. You
know they've had a No Visitors
rule while we've been in port. It's
been a difficult procedure to go
ashore, too. And I'd swear / was
followed this afternoon when I did
get off. I went into all the water
front dives and the same guy
trailed me into everyone Of them"
He grinned as he turned back to
look down the side OF the ship. I'VE
probably have either fifth columists
or thieves on board"
Thieves? echoed the girl in a
faltering voice.
Restwick Carnes stated, "The
creme of crime in some line or they
wouldn't be putting a bunch Of in
vestigators on board. Golly, but it
takes a lot Of expert wiggling and
prodding to get one Of these babies
back to pier He had been watch
ing the maneuvers beneath them,
but now he turned again to his wife
and exclaimed, Come on over.
Maybe" he added with joyful an
ticipation, someone will fall splank
on his face in the ocean. Come on
over" he repeated, and made his
invitation imperative by reaching
out and pulling her over beside him.
Still she did not lean over the
railing as Rusty was doing. She re-
manned upright, even bending
backward a bit. All the same, she
had a view OF the activity detain-
ing their sailing. Undeniably the
men were important. Clothed In
somber colors, their actions were
equally serious. There was an as
suredness about them that drew
attention. Although they must have
felt the scrutiny Of dozens of pas
sengers, they never once glanced
up.
They simply stood, untalkative
and practically rnotionless, while
waiting for the captain to coerce
his vessel into an obliging position
alongside the pier. An ominous hud-
die, those men, thought Paige and,
for some unaccountable reason,
shivered.
They're opening up the loading
DOORS"
| Rusty's remark brought Paige
nearer. She peered over his Shout
der and watched a small wooden
planking being fitted from the
wharf into that opening In the low
er regions Of the boat. Still the men
were not permitted aboard until a
ships officer had demanded their
legal papers and given them thor
ough examination.
Restwick Carnes' voice held dis
appointment. Il still wish they had
tried to jump IT or come up a rope
ladder. Wed have had some real
action"
The girl shook her dark head and
managed to make a little cluckins
noise Of grandmotherly chastise'
ment. Poor lad. You must have LED
a thwarted childhood. You SHOULD
! have seen more custard pie come
dies"
II Her raillery brought no response
The procedure that had held then
up suddenly was over. The si'
. plainly dressed men had fled OF
: board and the wooden bridge wa
, being tugged away.
Rusty said, I'm going out for
, while to do some expert shopping
! He leaped instantly from his poin
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-13
CHAPTER TEN


TWENTY-FOUR hours later
Paige and Rusty leaned on the rail
OF the Mazatan watching it leave
Los Angeles harbor. Passengers
had lazied the entire day while
workmen loaded the ship. Now all
the ropes and cables had been re-
leased and the vessel had begun
that swiveling that is impercepti-
Bile until one looks directly beneath
at the water.
Paige said, "Ive always wanted
to see someone miss a boat and l
think I'm going to right now
Restwick Carnes trailed her gaze
TO a half-dozen men standing on
the pier. Il hardly think they've
missed it. l think the captain Will
shove back for them and think
there's good reason. I'm pretty
sure they are federal investiga-
tors
When Rusty's remark struck
Paiges ears she drew away from
the rail, then walked still farther
back on the lanai. Her forehead
lifted in a distressed fashion.
What makes you think they are
federal investigators?"
Because I'm wise like an owl.
Paiges retort was fully as irrele-
want. IAN owl Is not wise. 1t merely
wears a pouuficai care that makes
it appear learned. like a bishop or
a Judge"
Rusty interrupted her speech
that was Of no pertinence and
strangely breathless, for some rea-
son. THAT is neither here nor
there. Let the owl worry about
that" He leaned still farther out
over the rail 1T looks" he re-
ported, "as II they're going to put
down an emergency gang-plank, sc
1 know it is someone Of impor.
tance."
But you don't know they are
federal agents"
The girls persistence caused
Rusty to turn around and regart
her with a confused glance. "Natur'
ally don't know they are, but Tn
pretty darned sure. Heaven know,
they lock the part. I think l know
one OF the men. And besides, ther'
is something cooking on this boat
Paige asked quickly, What d.
you mean?"
Some sort OF crooked work. Tv'
made the trip TO the islands a
least a dozen times on this SAM
ship and I know most OF the crew
we'll enough 10 get in on most o
the dirt"
Pages reply was spiteful. "Yo'
mean from bartenders and salooi
stewards p
what difference does II max
who is my grapevine system so lont
as I have one? A grapevine u yer.
important. my child. They hav
them everywhere From palaces Z
prisons. The girls disconcerte'