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Play, "Our Town"
Enjoyed By Audience
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to return again to the living was
simply, yet expertly, enacted.
Donald Graft, playing the sup.
porting lead of George Gibbs, gave
a convincing Interpretation of
"gangling youth" His treatment of
comedy lines was especially worthy
of comment
Billie Lou Brazewell admirably
sustained her Characterization of
Mrs. Gibbs, sharing honors with
Jimmy Sherrow, who played the
part of Doctor Gibbs.
Jack Mitchell was convincing in
the roll of Editor Webb. His natur-
alness in the makeup of this per-
son was remarkable.
Delbert Teeters, playing a minor
roll as Howie Newsome, milk de-
liverer, stole every scene in which
he entered. "Ah," said Delbert
when complimented, "I just acted
natural. I've been delivering milk
in Laurel for nine years!" Other
noteworthy characterizations were
those given by Lois Crawford, who
played the part of Mrs. Soames, and
Leo Wagner, in the part of Simon
Simpson, the town drunk.
Other characters in the play were
Dale Dyer as Joe Crowell, ST Gro
well as WalIv Webb. T,enore Rarr
as Mrs. Webb, Trevie Barr as Re-
becca Gibbs, Albert Hodges as
Professor Willard, Rita Deryckere
as dead person; Dick Moran, as
man in the audience, Neil Sandaart
as Constable Warren, Johnny Ost-
walt as Sam Craig, Fred Ross as
Joe Stoddard, Marvin Bait as
dead man, Pat Allen as a dead
woman.
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ROtana Club Serves
Tamales At Meeting.

The Rotana club met Monday at
it's club rooms for tamale dinner
at $50. Hostesses we're Miss Stel-
lavee Wooters and Mrs. Kathryn
Royalty. They were also chairmen
of the evenings program commit
tee.
Guests were Mrs. D. H. McCauley,
Mrs. T. L. Wilkins and Mrs. w.
H. Hatfield.
Mrs. McCauley gave an informal
talk on the work of the canteen
for American Red Cross and nutri-
ton classes. Mrs. Wilkins spoke
on pioneer days and gave a vivid
description of the early days in
Montana.
After the program a business
meeting was held to discuss plans
for a dance Dec. II. Miss Wooters,
president, appointed Miss Rosella
Fritz as chairman of the committee
on arrangements.
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Former Red Lodge
Boy Is Killed In
Action In Europe

Harold CASTOR, former resident
of Red Lodge who as boy often
played in basketball games here
when the Miners came to Laurel,
was killed in action Sept. 13 over
Germany, his uncle, James Dix,
learned in the past week. His par
ents are Mr.. and Mrs. Perle CASTOR
who formerly lived at Red Lodge
and now are residents of Seattle.
AS youth he was much inter
ested in athletics and sometimes
represented the Red Lodge Elks
club in pugilistic bouts.
He is survived by his widow and
parents.
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Mrs. Ray Holtry was hostess
Wednesday evening to her pinochle
club and Mrs. Jack Wiechert, a
guest. Mrs. Holtry entertained at
the home of Mrs. Harold Leach
Scoring honors were won by Mrs.
Lloyd Giles and Mrs. Hubert Wal
ton, who tied for first place; Mrs.
Walton also won the travel prize,
and Mrs. Leach made low.
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IT. Auxiliary
49, s@n,la Activities

The American Legion Auxiliary's
Christmas party will be at Frances
Fenton's home Tuesday, Dec. 10.
Don't forget that we will exchange
gifts, and bring jelly.
We would be very glad to re-
ceive used cards or puzzles for the
veterans at Fort Harrison.
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Announce LegiOn's
New Years Dance

Announcement was made this
week by Laurel post No. 123, Amer
lean Legion, that the post will spon-
sor a New Years dance Saturday
evening, Dec. 80, at Riverside park.
Net proceeds from the dance will
be for the posts civic and veterans
service, spokesmen said.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our thanks
for the many kind words and deeds
during our recent bereavement.
Mrs. Daniel J. Foley,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Foley,
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Foley
and family.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Rex B. DeAtley
were dinner guests Sunday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Geiger
of the Spring Creek community.
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Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Morris left
Sunday for Arcadia, Calf, where
they will spend some time visiting
with relatives.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gowen and
Mrs. Jennie Love were dinner guests
Sunday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Platz.
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MALVERN
Jas. l.. / tanning


Mrs. c. Y. Stinson is home
after several months in Phila-
delphia, Pa, as guest of her broth
err, Rev Walter Stewart and
wife, Mrs, Stinson is matron of
Shorter College, Cpl. James
Elliott has returned to camp in
Louisiana. Mrs. Katie Hill is
home after year in Shreveport,
La. Mrs. Mildred Wilburn
visited here this week. Miss
Exelyn Smith is visiting in Little
Rock. Mrs. Matte Jones is
living on Vine st. again to the
delight of her neighbors. Mr..
and Mrs, Sam Watts and daugh-
ter of Little Rock attended the
funeral of Miss Bette Lou Elliatt
here. Mrs. Elizabeth Yancy
end daughter, Mrs. +. M, Mays
have returned from Waco. Texas
where the latter attended sum.
mer school. Bethel AME
Church is progressing under the
pastorate of Rev. W. 2. Wedding
aon.
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services for w. NJ. ilankston who
died in Chicago hospital was
held at 10 A. NJ. with Rev. j. NJ.
Brown, pastor of Shafy Grove A.
NJ. b. Church in charge, Those
who accompanied the body We're;
Mrs. Matte Bankston, wife OF
deceased, Mrs. Vernia Dotes and
eammie Phillips OF st. Louis; Ad-
son CODE and Willie Ford of
Pine Bluff; Mr., and Mrs. Alpha
BaHkstoa of Woodson and Alpha
Bankstou on Pine Bankston of
Pine Bluff Mrs. Sophronia
Griffin left Tuesday for Detroit
to visit her son and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs, Thomas Griffin. She
stayed overnight in Little Rock
with relatives. Mrs. Savanna
Lee, Mrs. Mary Parker, Vernon
Griffin, Agatha Carey and Lee
sern Wilder attended the S. s.
Convention at Thebs. Those
who motored to Rison to attend
the funeral of Charlie Caldwell
who died in Washington were;
Mr.. and Mrs. Caldwell, brother OF
the deceased; Mr.. and Mrs. Willie
Caldwell, VIM. Griffin; Willie
Brown. Jim Mayo and Miss Mary
| A. Walker. . Mrs. Willie Brown
of Bastrop. La. Is visiting her
brother Arthur Brown and fam
lily also the Caldwells and Jessie
Reed. =. Mr.. and Mrs, Odell
Jones are the proud parents of
fine baby boy. e.. Mrs. Della
Gray left for Crossett to be With
her sister, Sara who has returned
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MMN,
AGRICULTURAL
FRONT -
with the <
us. DEPARTMENT ~
Of AGRICULTURE I
.kkk&k{1A
By r. X. Betton

Cotton leafworms are the cas-
FIST clifton insects to cVntrol.
Charles G.. Lincoln, Extension
Entomologist states that calcium
arsenate is the most commonly
used poison and may be used for
spraying or busting When
used as a dust, three to five
pounds Of straight calcium arse
nate are applied per acre. 1t may
be diluted with lime, tale, sulfur
or flour, but enough Of the mix
ture be applied to get at least
three pounds Of pure calcium
arsenate per acre. In spraying,
use three pounds of calcium in
ffift gallons Of water. This solu-
ton is sufficient to spray one
acre.
Lead arsenate is another poison
which is used at the same rate
as calcium arsenate. Lead arse
nate is preferred for spraying
and calcium arsenate is preferred
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1944-08-25

Curn, Cordella Montgomery
Magnolia Simpson of Little
Rock, Hurley Montgomery of Lyn
and Bob Smiley. Mrs. Sophie
Johnson of Kansas City arrived
Saturday to remain with her
sister Mrs. Stella Barnes.
Mrs. Anna d. Finley left fol-
Morrilton where she will meet
her brother and join him in d trip
to Kansas City and Detroit.
Mrs. Virginia Smiley and daugh-
tier, Katherine returned from
little Rock after a week end with
Their aunt, Mrs. Edna Burroughs
Pvt, Mack Brown left Fri
day for Camp Cleborne, La.
Mrs. Mobile Gibson is visiting
friends in st. Louis. Scout
master Johnnie Brown and Prof
A, M. Miller accompanied boy
scouts to Hoot Springs to spend
a week at Camp Clear Fork. :.
Mrs Quindora Harper and sister
Junior Mae left for their home
in Washington. ID. c. after tive
weeks here with their mother
Mrs. Margie Harper.
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Don't stick 10 hard and fast rule
about homiiln toHglh. s1ys Miss
Horne Take your general appear
ance into consideration, and re-
member. at whatever point the
graceful line is achieved, that's the
place TO start turning up all around.
Now watch Miss Horne, the
smile is very important. you take
your needle and thread and sew
the hem by hand, using light
feathery stitch that viii not show
on the right side Of the fabric
Then. with the finished product
back on the dressmakcr's form, try
for different effects Miss Horne,
as you see. has turned out a basic
dress which can be changed In
appearance with the addition OF dif.
ferent accessories Tack on lovely
collar OF eyelet embroidery, or, II
you have a spray OF orchids handy,
and who hasn't tuck them into
the waistline.
The only Disappointing thing
about our interview with the golden
Horne. Is that we didn't get to
see her wear this one.
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to sew for themselves and their
families, yet hold back because
they think they haven't the talent
for It. In all probability you're like
us; you don't know much about
sewing. but we pass on some point.
ers we got from Miss Horne which
make It sound easy to do
First" says the star, forget all
you've ever heard about sewing re.
curing special skill It doesn't.
Buy yourself simple. inexpensive
pattern, Pin 1t to the material and
cut, Notch and tack the pieces to.
gether. as the pattern directs. Fit
the garment on and adjust IL. II
necessary Then haste It. remem.
berine to press 1t as you 90 along
so that the measurements will be
accurate. Making a frock is as
easy as that"
II you have a dressmaker's form
made to your own measurements.
hitting and marking the hemline are
greatly simplifed. too Take a
ruler. as Lena does. and measure
the height from the floor at which
you'd lipe YOUR homline to be
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to the hospital TO receive treat
ments after an operation some
time ago. Those who are ill
in the community are Mrs. Matte
Metcalfe. Mrs. Lorene Martin,
Miss Ruth Davis and Bud Woods.
Total collection received dur
ing revival at Shady Grove A, NJ,
Il. Church was $4,000.
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VOU never would guess in a mil.
i lion years that the smart frocks
and gowns which Lena Horne dis.
plays so beautifully were made by
the golden girl herself. would you ?
Well, we have proof that MGM's
honey brown queen is an excellent
designer and dressmaker We dis.
covered during an interview with
Lena at her beautiful California
home that her interests extend be.
yond her successful career. In
many directions. Like every wo.
man. she has very keen interest
In acquiring something new to
wear After seeing some of the
little numbers Lena has designed
and made lately, we're inclined to
think that after she tires OF the
movies---heaven forbid-she might
even set up her own little dress
shop
However. that's neither here nor
there. The important thing la that
the lovely Lena has an encourag ing
sord Tor oil women who would like
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Batesville


The Society Girls Club was en-
tertained with picnic Sunday in
Lovers Lane, overlooking the
White river. Present were Mr..
and Mrs. Mack Brown, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hershel Finley, Norine Val
entine, Elise Locke, Essie Lex
ion, Ada. Valentine, Callie Nc
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Menifee News
C., X. English.

Mrs. Altha Hill has been selected
as chairman of the local Gene
terry Committee, with Mrs. Eli
zabeth Mitchell, secretary, Over
0Eirts, treasurer and other mem.
bers are Mrs. S. b, Woods, Mrs
Emma Reed, Mrs. Adner Wilds
Nj. Elizabeth Garrett, A. Reese
j. .. Edwards, Joe Davis, c. r
English, s. II. Greenlaw, Do
nations are being accepted by
Mrs. Hill at Conway.
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for busting.
Other poisons recommended by
Mr.. Lincoln when calcium arse
nate are scarce are as follows
Paris Green, sryolite, Magnesium
Arsenate and Zone Arsenate and
London Purple.
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USO
Coffee and Doughnut.

Coffee and Doughnuts were
served Sunday morning by Mrs
Ruthie Mccoy, Miss oneal Die.
Payne, Mrs. Alberta Hamilton
and Mrs. Margaret Rieks.
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WHMOT
Susie Lowe

Rev. r. n Williams pastor of
John Wesley A. NJ. +. Church is
in Mississippi conducting a ten
day revival meeting. -. Funeral
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Card of Thanks

We wish to thank our many
friends for the many condolences
durig the recent death of our
and floral offerings extended US
sister ard brother Fred G. Hervey
and Mrs. Matte Mills Of Detroit,
Mich.
Signed:
Sisters,
Mrs. Flora Richardson,
Austin, Texas.
Mrs. Sylvia Adams.
Los Angeles, Calf.
Mrs. Blanche Williams,
Texarkana.
Brothers,
Rev. l., II. Hervey and
Egbert Hervey of Tex
arkana.
Mr. Molten Hervey, De
troit and other rela-
tives.
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Vacations.

Miss Bernice Whitmore, com
petent secretary of the Ninth
Street USOO Club, has returned
to her desk after an extensive
vacation tour ofn the cas-.
Dewitt chatham, custodian Of
the Ninth Street uSO Club, is
vacationng in the Windy City.
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Cookies and Flowers.

Mother Josephine Pankey and
the Mothers Club sent cookies TO
the USOO this week. Mrs. FloFa
Frierson and Mrs. Hattie John
son sent flowers. The staff and
servicemen are grateful for these
courtesies.
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Trip to Hot Springs.

Trip to Hot Springs.
The servicemen and hostesses
will go a sight seeing trip to Hot
Springs. Sunday, September 3,
Girls please inquire at desk fot
information.
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Ball Game.

Ball Game.
The lS3rd Combat Engineers
and Carver Branch YMCA will
play game Of soft ball Satur-
day, August rs, We are pulling
for 1.-THE lS3rd.
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Birthday Party.

Birthday Party.
A special Birthday Party will
be given honoring all service men
who have birthdays in August,
Saturday night, August Goth.
Birthday cakes will be furnished
by the Monthers' Club.
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Picnic.

A large number of soldiers and
girls enjoyed a picnic at the Sun
day School Picnic grounds Sun
day, August 20 Baseball. horse
shoe pitching and badminton
were the sports of the day
Lunch was served by the hostess
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Barnyard Dance.

Barnyard Dance was gala af-
fair Saturday night. The girls
were costumed in wash dresses
and socks. The b. ]. Jumps were
in charge.
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VI ADA N 4 LEONARD
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-09
New Haven

NEW HAVEN-Mr. and Mrs.
William Leroy announce the
engagement of their daughter
Alice Elaine to T Sergt. Daryl
B. Bentley of Meade. No we'd
ding date has been set.
Sunday visitors at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Bennett
were Mr.. and Mrs. Neil Bennett
and sons of Mount Clemens.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Jones en-
tertained on Sunday Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Wilson and family
and DR.. and Mrs. James E. Mont
gomery and son of Detroit and
Mr.. and Mrs. Karlton Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Judson Waite
and son were guests of Detroit
friends over the weekend.
Out of town friends and rela-
tives who attended the funeral
of the Rev. Herbert Davis were
the Rev. and Mrs. l.. II. Cone of
Monroe, DR.. w. G. S. PellOWe of
Port Huron, Rev. Pryor Of Rich
mond, Rev. Joseph Gregory,
c. A. Saxon, Miss Betty Sigler,
Miss Irene Austin, Mrs. Jane
Peabody and Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Wheeler all Of Detroit and
Mr.. and Mrs. James PoWley of
Deckerville.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Bull at
tended an Ordnance Vehicle
Demonstration at the Tank Ar
scnal Proving Ground at Utica
on Sunday.
Mrs. Marshall Johnson Jr. and
son, accompanied by Miss Ethel
Johnson, left Sunday to visit
the formers husband who is
stationed at State Island, n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. William VIII
entertained at dinner Friday
evening, Mr.. and Mrs. Alton
PoSey, Rose Marie Job, William
Harms and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
SticSloff and son. The occasion
marked the birthday anniVcr-
saries of Mr.. Will and Mrs.
PoScy.
At the regular dinner meet
ing of the Rotary Club Wcdncs-
day evening the program was in
charge Of John L. Tesch. w. j,
Krocll and J. ScratonIe Of the
Chryslcr Corporation Expert
mental Department spoke and
showed movies of the test runs
Of army tanks. Other guests
were Howard Bauer OF Rich
mond and Edward WaluniCas of
the SeaBees.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-09
Adchen Surrenders
to RoseviIIe Officer

| Gustav Dabringhaus, the for
mer Krupp worker, now en-
ploys his mechanical talents at
the Westinghouse Naval Ord
nance Plant, Warren Township.
Excerpts from a war CORES
pondent's story of Aachen's sur
render feature the Roseville
man. In part, the correspondent
wrote:
Col. Gerhardt Wick, the
German commander of Aachen,
surrendered formally and UNI
conditionally today to a small
group of American soldiers, and
later at a prison cage he broke
down and sobbed.
LOSES RESERVE
The reserve which had boil
stored the slender commander
all through the humiliation of
capitulation deserted him en-
tirely.
1t was embarrassing to see
the guy" said Capt. Erhard Da-
bringhaus, of Roseville, Mich.
He said he knew he was get
ting a hot potato when he took
over the defense of Aachen, and
that he wanted to surrender, but
had no other choice as a soldier
than TO fight. "
The dramatic situation con-
fronting interpreter Dabring-
hauS is we'll illustrated in the
correspondents report:
There an American brigadier-
general waited to receive the
commander, who was told he
must surrender Internationally.
WRITES SURRENDER
Reluctantly, the officer wrote
out the seurrender Of his troops
and ended the document by say
/ ing "AaChen is in American
hands and therefore everything
belongs to the Americans that
was German"
But when the silver-haired
American general had the sur
render translated he was not sat
isfied because it did not say I'M
conditional.
The German officer, a profess
Sional soldier for % years
asked for five minutes TO think
it over. He said his reluctance
was caused by the falt that if
he signed unconditional surren-
der terms he was afraid for his
family in Germany.
There was silence in the little
room as the German pondered
with the Americans watching
him intCntly.
Finally the German colonel
turned, picked up the pen and
hurriedly wrote another docu
ment. This time he said:
"AaChcn-the defending Ger
man garrison ran out Of food anc
ammunition. l am forced to give
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Meade

MEADE-Nr. and Mrs. Fran
els Furton were in Detroit on
business Monday.
The Methodist Mems Club
will meet with Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Furton at 8 o'clock on
Thursday evening.
Mrs. Henry Bentley and chill
dren are visiting at the home
of her parents in Decatur, Ill.
Mrs. Ansome German has
moved to Ferndale TO live with
he: daughter, Mrs. II. Wight.
There will be choir practise
at the Furton home at Z o'clock
Thursday evening.
Ma. and Mrs. Martin Bantle
has received word their son
Warren is still safe somewhere
in the Pacific.
Several of the men around
here are leaving on hunting
trip the last of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bantle
have son Frank Jr., stationed
at Camp Robinson, Ark, at pre-
sent.
Mrs. Benjamin Kubic and
baby daughter returned home
from the st. Joseph Hospital
Saturday.
Mrs. Joe Kubic is reported to
be improving at a hospital in
Detroit, where she had an oper-
alton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Ball Of
Detroit was a Meade visitor on
Sunday.
Mrs. Nellie Bates and Mrs.
Stanley Bates are nicely settled
in their home in Meade which
they purchased from the Sarah
TubbS estate.
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Modern Maid of Orleans
Revered by French Moquis
BY TOM WOLF
NEA Staff Correspondent


ORLEANS-This is the story
of a modern Maid of Orleans-a
complement 10 history which
must not be lost in the back
wash of the martial riptide
which has already left Orleans
far behind.
Like the famous st. Joan, this
modern Maid Of Orleans rode N
the vanguard Of the resurgent
French forces which refused to
accept enslavement. She, too,
won her greatest victory here in
this castled city on the banks of
the Loire.
Helene, as we will call her,
is much more than the wife of
= leader of the Marquis for
q large region of France - al
though she is that, too. One
small episode illustrates the i'm
portance of her leadership in her
own right.
While ! was talking with her
in handsome apartment in the
shadow of the Norman towers
of the Cathedral where St. Joan
knelt to thank God for a similar
victory more than five centuries
ago, a captain Of the MaquiS in
terrupted our conversation. His
men were fighting the Germans
a few miles away and they need
ed some instructions. Was Nine.
Helene's husband available? He
was not.
Very WELL" said the cap
tain. My instructions are to
ask your orders in case Of your
husbands absence.
Most of Helene's story can
now be told with safety, for the
gestapo already knows many of
its details. The Germans have
had a handsome price on her
head for three years one
which, according to friend who
recently slipped through the
lines, has been considerably in
creased now that Helene is safe
in Allied hands.
CHARM AND VITALITY
Helene is a charming, vital
brunette, now probably in her
middle thirties. Her husband,
French regular army officer, re-
fused to sign a pledge of loyalty
to Petain in 1910, so he was rel
egated to a desk job in the sup
ply branch. For two years after
the armistice he used his job to
build up a secret arsenal of ma
terrell which he managed to
"misdirect" to Morocco in an
ticipation of the Allied landings.
In December, 1912, his mis-
sion accomplished, he left the
Army and went underground.
Helene went with him. During
the next two years Helene lived
in dozens of places, under doz-
ems of names, always only one
step ahead of the Gestapo or