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The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06
By TOM GILL

Like the shock OF an electric
spark, something within Colin sig
nailed danger. Doves face had be-
come more masklike, and the eyes
not quite the friendly eyes Of 4
moment past. Silently Rae followed
him out into the sunshine.
Dove led him q few feet down the
path; then suddenly he whirled.
"Do you still believe ! killed Van
Downep
The question came with the jolt
ing force of q physical blow; but,
when he answered, Collins voice
was quiet as Doves, and even more
cold.
"If ! were sure you killed Van
Downe, you would be dead now.
Van Downe was my friend"
"That means you haven't de-
cided."
at means that il l had been on
the jury, / would have done exactly
what they did-exonerate you."
"I'm glad" Doves voice seemed
a shade less tight. "Then that
brings US back to our original ques-
ton. Why are you here?"
This is my home. was born
here"
Again that searching scrutiny,
while Dove buttoned his coat, and
now, as if he had dismissed the sub
ject, he said: "Come over TO the
school Wednesday. Whether the
work am doing il important or
not, only the future can say. But ]
know this: it is the work intend
to carry on in spite Of any opposi-
ton. So, il the company sent you
here to fight me, ! can premise you
a fight TO the last ditch.'
Dove took q few steps down the
path, then glanced back, and Colin
saw that he was smiling. you're
wondering how / got to Learmonth
so soon, aren't you?"
"Yes. How did you?"
The smile broadened. "Ever
thought of taking 4 night train to
The Pas and chartering, a plane
there! It's a pleasant fight"
Prey 10 a dozen unanswered ques.
tions, Colin watched Dove walk
down the path. What had Dove
learned? For himself, Colin felt
he had learned nothing. Rousing
himself, he turned back toward the
bungalow, where, eyes wide with
wonder, Trina ran up to him. "How
did he ever get here?" She was
breathless with excitement.
"Said he chartered a plane from
The Pas" Then, to Selkirk, "Car
we check on that?"
"I think So"
Lets do" Colin closed the door
"Well, how did Mr.. Jonathan Dove
strike you?"
Selkirk's sensitive face reflected
his indecision. 81 still can't believe
that man is q murderer. And hi
certainly didn't seem unfriendly tc
you. II doesn't make sense, Colin
Yesterday he tries to do you in
today he invites you to dinner al
the school,"
81 think it makes perfect sense,
Colin answered. "Don't forget it,:
easier to do away with people in .
city than it is here. And besides
Dove 10 puzzled. He's been working
on the conviction that l was bring
ing information to Winnipeg. Moth
ing less than that could have STAN
peded him into following me dowr
from Wolverine. But now he find,
I only wanted to come here. So he,
uncertain about me, and he realize.
he has nothing to lose, and maybe 9
lot to gain, by being friendly unit
he finds out what I'm up to. Mean,
while, I don't intend to go the way
Van Downe went"
Selkirk laid . hand on Colin.
sleeve. "You're not letting your
imagination do things to your"
MAYBE. In a game like this the
man with the best imagination
stays alive longest" Rae glanced
his watch. If Miss Meredith il
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06
Scouters' Event
Attended by 80

More than $50 persons attended
the annual gettogrther OF scouters
and their ladies Wednesday eve
ming at Waldenwoods, 26 miles
north OF Ann Arbor
Included among the guests were
scout masters, troop committee.
men. commissioners. executive
board members. and wives OF the
scouters from Willow Run. Ypsi.
lanti, Ann Arbor, and surrounding
towns
Wallace Christensen. field exec
utive OF the Detroit Boy Scout
Council spoke on Being Prepar
cd for Future Horizons stating
that volunteer leadership is the
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CHAPTER TEN

Collins first impulse was to reply
that the company had nothing to do
with his coming to Learmonth. But
that might be precisely what Dove
wanted to know, and, instead Of an
swering, he asked, "Why should !
want to interfere with your"
Because l threaten the virtual
monopoly Of your company in the
fur trade here. You don't relish the
prospect that this winter most OF
the trappers will bring their pelts
to me. The profits that would 60
into your directors pockets will 60
back to the trappers themselves.
But you"
Doves eyes had shifted to the
opening door, and, following his
gaze, Colin saw Trina step from the
inner room.
"It's so quiet" she began, then
catching sight Of Dove, she stopped
short, and Colin read the question
in her eyes: how had he reached
Learmonth!
Selkirk introduced them, and
Dove bowed over the girls hand.
"You are very lovely" he said
simply. "Here in this bleak north
country we should be grateful for
beauty" Smiling, he looked up at
Selkirk. III was on the verge Of
quarreling with you when this lady
saved me. I keep forgetting that
nothing is ever solved by argument
Here is q better suggestion: bring
Miss Meredith and Mr.. Rae over to
the school for dinner" Dove paused
"Let's say Wednesday, when the
last boat comes in. Then I can show
you what / am trying to do. You
may not agree that my work IL
good, but we can at least be enemies
on a basis Of understanding"
Dove looked toward the girl
"You persuade them," he urged.
With growing wonder Colin
watched the little man struggle into
his overeoat. He was beyond pre-
diction. The very thing Rae wanted
most was to get inside the school
and now Dove himself was offering
that opportunity - but not until
Wednesday. Too much might hap
pen before Wednesday, aud Rae
had Just decided To find some reason
for an earlier visit when he heard
Dove call his name.
"Could l speak with you outside,
Mr.. Rae" Dove was asking.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06
Rural Events
TODAY

TODAY
Willis
Young Married Peoples Glass an.
nual harvest festival sale and
chicken dinner, Methodist Church
annex, 8 D. m.
SATURDAY
London =.
Harvest Festival Saturday and
Sunday at London Methodist
Church.
SUNDAY
Whitaker
Homecoming OF Seybert Evangel-
icsl Church. 3 p m. at the church.
Rev. Otto c. Knechtcl. pastor at
Ferndale. will speak Special mu-
sic.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06

Mrs. Annabell Bundy mother. Mt
Pleasant.
Byrne, Pfc. Woodrow j. Mrs.
Lucy Byrne, mother, Pinconning.
Callebaut, Pfc. Joseph F. JOS
eph Goosens, friend, 1852 Beacon
field Ave, Detroit.
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SYNOPSIS

craving helped Colin Rae, of the
Hendrik's Bay Company. to escape
mysterious pursuers at Winnipeg,
the youthful Trina Meredith went
no, tn to meet her elderly hance,
Rodney Selkirk, At Learmonth.
Colin is investigating the seeming
ly frail, mild hammered Jonathan
Dove, head of two Indian schools
and q power among trappers.
"Onee I heard him called the most
dangerous man in Canada" Colin
told Trina. Eluding Dove, left be-
hind in Winnipeg, Colin and Trina
few in a small plane. owned and
piloted by Blair Benedict. former
schoolgirl chum of Colin. Heavy
snow forced her to make an emer-
gency landing at Trappers Lake
where the veteran Alec Gum
sheltered the trio. Next morning,
Alec and Blair started on foot for
Learmonth, Trina and Colin soon
following. The meeting between
Trina and Selkirk seems most hap
py and romantic. Later, Colin told
Selkirk what he knows of the
murder of Van Downe, another
Company agent, and why he still
suspects Dove though the latter has
been cleared officially. He shows
Rodney a 1917 photo. found behind
Van Downe's desk, featuring q
group of R.C.A.F. flyers, and thinks
one of them is Dove. As they are
talking, the latter arrives, and soon
asks Colin, "Is il TO be q finish
hsht7"
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North To Danger

going to the inn, III take her dowa
| may stay there myself for . few
days"
"We1l all 20 together" Selkirk
picked up Irina's bag. you're
about to meet Ma Corrigale," he
told her. "She runs the inn, and
she's one Of the grandest women in
the North"
"only." Colin cautioned. don't
mind what she says"
A twenty minute walk took them
to q long rambling building that
fronted the river; opening the door.
Selkirk led Trina into large COM
bination living and dining room
where q blazing fire cracked. There
was comfort and cheerful welcome
in that warm, well-lighted room,
and at sight Of the fireplace Trina
gave q cry Of delight. Running for
ward. she held out both hands.
"It's like the big fireplace ut
home," she called back to Selkirk.
Remember"
Footsteps sounded from the kiteh-
en-; . hearty voice doomed, "It's
time you were back, Colin, you
tramp!" and, wiping her hands on
her apron, Ma Corrigale entered
the room.
A vigorous, middle-aged woman
with graying hair, Ma Corrigale
was undoubtedly the most respected
woman in Learmonth, and perhaps
the most feared. She knew every
one - breeds, Indians, and whites.
She entertained few illusions, either
about herself or others, and this,
combined with her outspoken frank
ness, had earned her more than one
enemy.
Wife Of q Hendrik's Bay trader,
she had opened the inn after her
husbands death and in fifteen years
made it famous throughout north
ern Canada. Later, with her saw
ings, she began to branch out rs .
"free trader" buying furs from the
Cree Indians, travelling alone with
her dog team in winter weather
that often fell to fifty below. She
knew the value of furs, and more
important still she knew the per-
sonalities Of the men she traded
with; the result was she often drove
a sharper bargain than many Of the
Bay men.
The years had won no major vie
tories over Ma Corrigale-she was
too busy to grow old. Her eyes were
still alive with interest; the quick,
firm step had lost none Of its resil-
fence.
And now, taking Colin by the
arm, she marched him to the near
est window and very deliberately
looked him over. At length, as II
satisfied, she nodded. "You1l do"
she decided. "You had me worried
when / heard you were down in
Winnipeg, working for a magazine.
What kind Of tripe is that for =
man your size to be playing With"
Colin laughed. at only lasted .
year"
"Well, can't see that it's hurt
you. You've always been going of
at half cock on some outlandish
business. When do you settle DOWN."
"Never, hope"
Ma Corrigale snorted, but Selkirk
interrupted. "Ma, this is Trina
Meredith, the woman I'm going to
marry"
Slowly Trina turned from the
fireplace, and slowly she ap-
preached, saying no word, as il
awaiting judgment, and to Colin it
/ seemed that either by instinct or
design Trina had chosen the one
best way to win the older woman's
friendship.
Then he saw Ma Corrigale smile
and knew that judgment had been
passed.
Ito be continued)
Copyright By Ton OH:
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The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06

land, the country OF her birth and
early education.
After the wars outbreak in 1899
she returned to this country and
made her home with Miss Florence
Potter, former music teacher In
the Ann Arbor public school sys-
tenn, who Is living in Cambridge.
Mass.
Miss Osterholm's cremated re.
mains will be sent to Finland for
burial when world conditions per.
NIT.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06

OTTAWA-AP - The Interna.
tional Joint Commission has
opened its semi-annual meeting
here with attention centered on
one OF the most important jobs the
Canadian-United States organiza-
ton has tackled in It's S3 years-a
broad survey OF the economic use
OF the Columbia River in the two
countries.
Evening star., 1944-03-18
Religious Freedom Appraised

Not long ago the subject of Catholic
disapproval Of Protestant missionaries
In South America became an item OF
news in the American press. Later a
Protestant protest against the Catholic
attitude was also published. Since then
very little has been printed about the
issue.
However, the end is not yet. The rea-
son for the entire controversy, If it can
be called that, is not easy to under
stand. If the principle of religious lib
erty means anything at all. it means
that men and women have the privilege
and right to believe, preach and teach
the principles of religion which they be-
heve to be true in any part Of Gods
earth. Now and then ,dictators arise
preventing the operation Of the prin-
ciple, but that fact does not change the
principle in the least. Religious free
dom always has triumphed eventually,
and always will, despite the schemings
OF men who desire power and prestige.
The church Of Christ in the Dark Ages
proved its mettle. The banner Of truth
was often stained with the blood of
martyrs who stood firm on the Rock of
Christ upon which Christianity was
Dullt. We owe an 1ncalculable debt of
gratitude to the Waldenses and AL
bigenses who preserved the truth of the
Bible through centuries of the most
severe persecution.
Today we have freedom of worship.
Tomorrow will we still have it or some
thing else under the same title? Time
and again prospective national Sunday
law bills have been defeated in con-
gressional committees, without the pub
lies ever being aware that such out
moded things as Sunday laws were still
being dreamed Of by religious bigots who
seem to believe that God desires to force
His will upon mankind.
The principle of freedom Of worship
Is closely linked to that of freedom Of
the press. Let one be lost and the other
Will be lost. w. F. ADAMS.
Evening star., 1944-03-18
Prairie Peace

A lou 10ind speeps across the prairie
land
And 1Ohere its fingers touch, the ,Dheat-
fields surge
Like 1UdterS OF q riUer cEurned to cold.
Against the SloaDly spreading sunset
stain,
CroDS, black as fragments broken from,
the edge
OF night, call hoarSely, each to each.
Sleek cattle dnlble to the milking stalls
And lou for 10eanling calues.
So short space of time and yet so lono
1t seems, the train bore him beyond this
peace
The gray smoke curling backward on
the lDind,
With yearning fingers ,oriting tareueu.
God grant he find q solace in his dreams
OF summer nights and moonlight on the
The Gind'S proud footsteps bending
prairie grass.
And grant that smoke OF his returning
train
Write propheSies OF hope against the
sky.
And let his sickened heart be cleansed,
refled
With dreams this prairie peace can help
him buildi
1NEz CLARK THoRsoN.
Evening star., 1944-03-18

AS to Japan, that country could
hardly get drop of oil without the
consent of the sea powers or the col
laboration Of the Russians; indeed, it
is In the rationing of Japanese in
dustrial imports of all sorts that one
OF the best hopes of restraining q Jap
anese comeback attempt is to be found.
y ~.
Surely we Of the United Nations can
never again commit the frightful folly
of sitting idly by while the instruments
for our destruction are being prepared
with materials furnished largely by our
selves and transported across seas which
our navies command. OF the essential
ingredients Of conquest, Oil Is one of
the most important. 1t Is, therefore,
hardly cause for wonder if-as we enter
the decisive phase of this war-we begin
to look ahead, and seek by one means
or another to assure ourselves of our
ability to deny to any possible disturber
OF the future peace Of the world access
to the oil supplies without which he
cannot hope to carry out his criminal
designs.
This article should by no means be
taken as defense of the Arabian pipe
line project now under discussion. This
writer lacks the technical and detailed
knowledge which would enable him to
analyze the merits Of that proposal to
any useful purpose. But-pipeline or
no pipeline-it is assuredly high time
for the governments of the United Ma
tions to be giving thought to a concerted
and foresighted policy for controlling
the oil supplies Of the world in the In
terests Of the peace of the world COM
mllnifv
Evening star., 1944-03-18
Gould Lincoln

ments has been that the South will
fall in line and vote for the President,
notwithstanding Its feeling of resent
ment and the vocal outbursts of some
of its political leaders. No one, how
ever, has been able to check accurately
the real extent Of the anti Roosevelt
feeling below the Mason and Dixon line.
y \
Once, and once only since reconstruct
ton days, has the South kicked over
and given some of its electoral votes to
a Republican presidential candidate.
ernor of New York, AL Smith, was the
which the South had acquiesced, for the
two-thirds rule was then In operation.
The revolt was due to the religious and
the prohibition issues. The rank and
file Of the people refused to follow their
leaders, and four States, North Carolina,
Florida, Texas and Virginia, voted for
Hoover.
Few persons in 1928 were able to esti-
mate correctly the strength Of the anti.
Smith feeling in the South. For ex-
ample, the virginian Pilot (Norfolk) on
October 20 of that year, Just before the
election, said: I'm the States below the
Potomac Mr.. Hoover cuts very little
figure in the political contest" And on
September Is, the late Senator John
Sharp Williams Of Mississippi said:
Personally, am not uneasy about the
outcome in the South. The Indications
are that Virginia will give safe and
substantial majority to the Democratic
party. believe this Is the situation In
nearly all Of the Southern States" !"
These expressions Of opinion In 1928
sound very much like the expressions of
some of the Southern Democrats TODAY.
Evening star., 1944-03-18

ance pOncy OF the United Nations, there
fore, might be to see to it that no such
supply of oil can be counted upon by
any potential disturber of the peace
that must follow the forthcoming VIC
tory.
When Germany went to war in 1899
great effort had been put forth to assure
her Oil supply. Reserves had been as
sembled, access to Rumanian oil as
sured, and at great expense number of
plants for converting oil from coal had
been built. But even these, plus the
loot from the conquered nations, was
not enough. The high tide of German
conquest was reached when the twin
drives for Caucasian and Middle East
ern Oil were beaten back at Stalingrad
and Ell Alamein Not since then has
Germany been able to launch a major
offensive either by land or air or sub
marine. Lack of Oil Is not the only
reason but 1t is one reason.
* X
When Japan went to war in 1941
her leaders took care that their first
drive should give them the oil supplies
of the Netherlands Indies. Japan, too,
had assembled reserves largely by i'm
ports from the nations which were to
become her victims. These had to be
sufficient to bridge the gap between the
declaration of war Cutting off all i'm
ports from America) and the time when
Netherlands Indies production could be
restored by Japanese engineers.
Evening star., 1944-03-18

IN recognizing q government which she
believes is doomed to short life anyway,
by historical necessity, Russia is giving
little, perhaps getting much Italy is
Catholic. and Poland is Catholic. An
unparalleled friendly gesture toward the
Cathoiic government Of a Catholic
country may reduce, In some degree,
catholic opposition to the Russian re-
absorption Of Eastern Poland.
Russla's recognition OF Badoglio and
Victor Emmanuel would thus be some-
thing thrown In to make it harder:
1t does become rather awkward for con-
seryative Italians to continue to regard
as their chief enemy the same country
which has become the chief of1cial
friend of their organs of state.
T. Russia may be pushing her policy
OF persuading the world that she is not
interested in fomenting Communist M
rlsings. Last week President Benes of
Czechoslovakia, who is close to Stain
staked his reputation on the fat state
ment that Russia is against Communist
organization of the Balkans. Recopni-
ton OF Badoglio fits into this picture.
Ii Russia regards the Badoglio regime
as temporary anyway, nothing Is paid
out, and something is gained.
D. Russia has never been for the over
throw of Badoglio and Victor Emman-
uel. Her press has been almost silent
on these two men. Russia Clike Com
munism around the world has been for
a unity policy. The Moscow declara.
lions, you will remember, called only for
broadening" the Badoglio regime by
ehe inclusion OF democratic elements.
Such broadening may be In the cards.
Evening star., 1944-03-18
Samuel Grafton

and recognition Of Badoslio may be
preparatory step. For while q liberal
government In Italy might be useful to
Russia, unity" government, of both
liberals and conservatives, so organized
that the conservatives could not pro-
mote an anti-Russian policy, would be
even more useful.
+
italian conservatives can make less
trouble for Russia II they are In such a
government, and committed to It's unity
policy, than If they are out of 1t, and
independent.
This new Russian policy, which might
perhaps be called the Policy of the Bear
Hug, is extraordinarily strong, and ex-
traordinarily hard to counter, for the
not-very-extraordinary reason that 1t
makes lot Of sense.
The above are speculations, and I
nave, OF course, left moral values (such
as the unabated antipathy which lib
erals around the world must continue to
feel for Badoglio) out Of them, seeking
only to understand the Russian move.
Seven times seven Russias cannot purify
Badoglio. If this move, in the end,
helps him, and keeps the italian people
out OF the Italian government, it will be
one of the most cynical gestures of our
time. We shall see what we shall see.
The test is what happens now to the
Badoglio government. -
Editors note: Mr.. Graftor'sr
column was written before Secretary
HulPs announcement that the Rus
sian government did not consult the,
United States before recognizing the
Badoglio regime.) -
Evening star., 1944-03-18
Maj. George Fielding Eliot

Japan begins to feel shortage OF oil
now. Not because production is not
going on in the Indies, but because of
the shipping shortage, which whittles
ooWn the movement of oil from the
Dutch wells to the japanese refineries
and other points of industrial consllrnn-
ton.
Inc point to be made is this: The
United States and the Soviet Union
nave ample domestic supplies of oil.
which can be distributed and refined
by their own internal facilities. Great
Britain and her principal dominions
nave access to oil in the Middle East
ana South America, by reason of the
TACT that British sea power assures the
overseas communications of the British
nations. But neither Germany nor
Japan, nor any other large power, Is so
fortunately situated
In this fact lies one possible means
OF preventing another war which NAV
we'll be used by those whose interest it
is to establish and maintain a Just and
lasting peace. When this war is won,
the United States and Great Britain
Will have about all the sea power worth
speaking of. The great oil fields of the
world-aside from those within the
United States and Russia-are in the
Middle East, South America, Mexico
and the Netherlands Indies. They are
accessible only by sea, for all practical
purposes of transportation Of oil in bulk.
Therefore they are accessible to other
states only on the sufferance of the sea
powers.
II the German conversion plants are
dismantled-and surely this should be
among the conditions of German dis
armament-it would be quite possible
to ration Germanys oil imports so that
no scheming German government could
ever hope to assemble any war reserve
OF oil The output of the Rumanian
fields is known, and could be watched;
the whole of it would not be enough for
ordinary German industrial needs. Any
surplus. any reserve-building additions,
must come by sea. Such controls would,
of course, be immensely simplifed If all
the shipping ports and original sources
were under either British or American
control, as far as the Middle East Is
concerned.