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Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-09
CHAPTER NINETEEN

As the littl" circle Of light plavcd
~ the various objects in SYRIA
N,rnc'S living room. Argus wh..tl,J.
"!Somr spot he murmurrd admir-
iurly. Look at that painting over
there" He concentrated HIS flash
un Il huge canvas in Il heavy rilt
frame. 1t WIS Il Van Goyh. The rur
beneath their feet felt thick ,rI
soft. Built-in bookcases lined ,rc
end of tn" room. reaching from the
ceiling down to about four feet
from the floor. There were book.
eases also on either side Of tho
French windows.
In one corner, its back and one
side surrounded with books was -
satiny, square mahogany table. On
it was Il telephone. TO tn" left WAS
lamp. In tho spar" directly u-cr
its smooth surface and set in fin.
bookcase was II machine that looked
like a radio except that 1t had no
dial.
According to the diagram in the
paper" said Argus. Syria WAS
found lying face down at the hasr
of that table, with the telephone
in her right hand"
lit gives me the crccps!" whis-
pcrcd Ellen, her teeth chattCrin.e
Argus crossed the room and
turned on the lamp. Soft light filled
the room. Ellen looked around.
That bcttcr?" Argus asked.
"Gcs,' Ellen agreed. "Whnt =
lovely apartment! Id ima"incI
Syria rs living in a modern sort Of
place with white RUGS ami lots of
mirrors. But this room is So COM
Portable. so we'll done. The pieces
III here are the sort Il person of cy-
ccllent taste would spend wears in
collecting"
"lt as ont Of character at that.
I'll lay you a bet that Syria didn't
furnish the place herself. If she
had thered be more chaiS" lon"ucs,"
Look at thcs" purc"lains on the
mantclpiccc." ELLEN picked up two
figurincs. a shepherd and his
ShcphcrGcss. She turned one of
them over. Stamped on the Bottom
was the word Limoges"
Then the detective directed Ellen
to "start over there by tn" entrance
To this room and pretend you've
just come home. You hear the phone
ringing. You come over and AN
swcr it. Just as you get the receiver
~ your ear there's II shot. You fall
down ut the base Of this table. Got
it?"
ayes. but don't like it very
much"
Ellen followed instructions.
Argus watched her carefully. She
stepped Off the distanc" from the
door 10 the telephone and picked I'D
the receiver.
"Bang!' exclaimed Argus.
Ellen fell To the floor.
Stay where you arc n minute.
will you. darling? Anything strike
yon as strange about that shot"
1T was IAN exceptionally peace
ful bang"
NO, seriously. I'll show YOU what
] mean. This table is in a corner,
flush against the wall and the book
cases, which surround two sides. To
III" left is the lamp. Now. the only
waT tG answer that unonc was the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-09
Period Of Danger In
Whooping Cough

u"n - when Johnny brings
wh"oping cough home from school
vino Is most likely to get it's
answered.: Grandpa"
Use of Naccincs
Substantial protection against
whoopng cough is given By the
lis" Of vaccincS. They do not op-
crate in the hHmdrcd per cent
fashion Of smallpox, Typhoid and
dlphtHcrla. but they are good
enough 80 that most pcdiatricians
add them 10 the list of these old
standby "must&." Since vhnopinp
cough is most dangerous in very
young children. they should be
given II at tn" age Of six to nino
months. lmmuni2ation is eStab-
liEhcd before bh.h ii the mother
Is given vHccin"<.
WhoopinC cough is prc-cminent-
~ til" disease that is spread by
an air-hOrnr infection by drop-
lets. It's spread through the civil
lied world is an interesting study
IN cpid"mioIogy. First definitely
described in France. in 1913. it
spread 10 the then next most civil
lied country. ENGLAND. and an cpi-
dcmic was described by the great
Syd"rHGrn, in 1910. (Civilization
here implies lack Of isolation. free
social intercourse between village
and village. town and country. Ii
did not appear in Germany until
lIl2. and soon after that in
America. New Zealand had its
first case in 1917. and Australia
not until 1890.
QUESTIONS iND ANSWERS
NJ. {. D.:-Pl"asc tell me Sonir-
thing To use for sweating feet.
Answer: Baihc the feet night
and morning in Il %pcr cent form
alin solution. The most permanent
results come from exposure to mild
doses of the X-ray.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-09

DIR. Clcndcniug will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-09
AMnMal@MuAdEtM~B BABs LEE


w"T You did--walk directly I'D to il
ana piek 1T up"
res but
stand IN front of this table
;'Sain and hold that receiver in vour
i;,hd Tor Il second" Ellen did so,
.''cmember that Syria was shot
through the chest as sbo CO.
there. Look around YOU. Wbrro
'"u'h the murderer have stood in
order to have shot her through the
'h"%t? You're facing the bookcase
;; ana inns bmilt.in machine that looks
conditioner. To your right arc moro
po"''c''S%s. To your left is u lamp
aHH cnair. From the position the
""'y Was IN when she was found,
we SNOW that some one must've been
,,'i','E n directly IN front of her.
"", Wh"rc'
nat $ right. Unless the mur-
nrr"r was standing on the table
hrrc* no room any place else"
f'Nactiy. And the murdcror
WIS" I standing on the table be.
'""Se tHc arrle at which the bullet
tn'.rTd ,.d the body shows that. So
ilaL l..ti i'av's two other possibilities.
,ir r'i'hcr mere must be Il hidden panel
behind the bookcase through which
Wv ""r"erer !Ir"d, or some sort of
,irt,'thi'ai nv, ',"'. Gadgct must'vc been
.'',."''' "','ihd the books or--wait a
"inn,,-, ..,i
But how--if it was somc mo-
,ii r.,',','Ai device. how would the
,,'"'"r'r hh"w that the bullet
".uH ..,.i. h'' Hyria?' Ellen asked.
:. -, w &u' II! Yep! That must be
u" ..ur,
..I,,: W nat must b" IT."
ri ms ;ur-'"ndiiioming machine.
mriIiwn,,I. ''IT A. ''t'S holrs IN tho
b,IT -, i,,' ''' "'''5 were about
formed a rirruI,r ra,,",',' ,.''r an" m
face Of ti.,. machine. ..Th,r " .o'.,.s .ne
as vcutil:,torS and th.w.r. ;rn,
about th~ right sizc for a bullet r.
pass inr"r sh."
You m"an--"
Il mean that III find 4 gun in
.,'i tN'S machine. It's in the
P'or.' position. just over tn" table
80 80 ''""t '""t any on" Picking up the
P!''.''' ".HiH come an direct range
VI mot.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-09

when it is at its height i'm the
southern States and the period of
ConvalcsccnCc is on in the north,
want to discuss the contagious
ness OF that period. CorvalcSccncc
is the most important stage of
whooplnG cough for the rest of
the community because that is the
Tine it is spread to others.
Long Convalescencc
Whooping cough has n long cor
Nalesccnce. And the best place for
the whooping cough patient is the
open air. Ard if he goes into Il
PARK or on the street to play. other
children come around. 70 protect
mem Is by no means easy. DR..
Bauer. of the American Medical
Association. tells an amusing sto-
~ which illustrates the fat" Ui the
best laid plans. He conceived the
idea that if Il child who was al
lowed to 20 into the park during
the convaIcSccnt stage, wore Il vel
low piacard labelled "Whoopiug
cough the other children would
Dc warned. But what actually hap
pehcd was that the curiosity Of all
the other children was aroused and
they crowded around the whooping
cough convalcsccnt.
| agree with DR.. Bauer that
There is altogether too much cx-
bosure of babies in public places"
Ihcy are exposed to who0ping
cough, colds. measles. scarlet fever
ana chicken poy. Babies belong
at home. This time of year the
movies is no place for baby. lC
inc parents cannot exist without
amusement. they must get some
one to stay with the baby at home.
Nelghbors can take turns with
each others babies.
The prime reason for this is that
whooping cough in n baby under
1,our. years Of age is no joke. The
death rate is high. And there arc
othcr dangers. The vomiting
which comes at the end Of par
oxysm can weaken the child so
mat its nutrition is seriously un-
dcrminod. In young babies. loss Of
water from the body from the
dlarrhoCa and vomiting may pre-
sent a grave complication. The
coughing may produce hernia, or
hacmorrhagc into tho cycball or
even the brain, and pneumonia
from extension Of the laryngitis
and bronchitis takes its toll. From
Tour to nine it is less dangerous.
AND after nine it is rare. hut no
age IL immune from contagion.
Even old age. The old catch gucs-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-09
KEEP YoEa Wr7s asufT

YOU MUSF Keep your wis
about you when sou are up
against players who may bid
short suits Waiting to see wha,
Will develop is not always tn" hes,
course when one ui them has bid
the suit you expected To call
yourself. Frequently the best pol
icy preScriheS pOSltlv" action o,
some kind. If your hand Is pretty
strong. so that your partner viii
have enough confidence To- Ills
close his distribution.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-09

might '.i.s.:ol ,t iLls-u' 100 ~
iurnatory double. and would hld
spades. in which he WAS blank. So
he decided To pass. lis pair hap
pcncd Ia take all but four tricks.
setting the contract four. for Il
paltry score Of 200 points.
II West had doubled or bid
clubs IN" first time. Il game void
have been a virtual certainty. No
matter what North did then. East
would have been willing To hid his
spades opposite him. even though
vulnerable. West could have kept
1t open then with 3-Clubs. where
upon East could huv" hid -
Hearts. and WcS, could hay.
ch2nc"d ;fIcartS. There was a
I'm" ci!hnc" TO make that contract.
worth " lot more than Il mere 2UD
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-09

Is the blackcycd pea pea or
bean? Botanically II is neither. but if
you say "pJss the peas" We will
know what you mean.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-09
LENTEN REDUCING DIET
BY DR.. CIendening
Fri5oy-5oo coiorics
BREAKFAST

bRtdkFASI
- cup apple sauce - no swcctcn-
ing.
| sIicc zw2iback. no butter or sub.
stituic.
| cup ColTcc--no cream or sugar.
LUNCHEON
l cup cream Of carrot soup made
with milk.
. stalks raw celery.
. soda crackers or slice whole
wheat toast.
no butter or substitute.
1 raw apple.
DiENts
Average helping Of any baked,
brcilcd or boiled fish.
. tablespoons atcwcd celery.
= slice whole wheat or graham
toast-no butter.
q cup snow pudding.
Il cup clear soup may be added IL
dcsircd)
:.:.:..::.!:":...::::::::3;::$SS,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-09
Wife preservers
copyright. b Bats Lee:
Distributed hy HIrs Features Syndicate. In.

~ Nou ha,cr't stored you. ITIl,L,--
ha'nlng shoes carefully for Tho, >,olI
months. and ind they arc stuck ;Src,b.
tr. wash them carefully. diy and row.
ocr 'hcm with ta!yHm. Wrap each one
separately and sloI> IN hoScs IN dt,k
ccol r'hcc. s" UIa, they viii bc ready for
summer wear "
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-09
By LOGAN CLENDENING. MD.

IN JANUARY. when wi;oopinc
cough is at its height in the North
en- States, | discussed the new
treatment Of the disease with
"dIrnal cortcX. Now, in March,.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-07
Taylor Finds Tangier World Capital
Of Spies, Smuggling And White Slavery
,neeodes Add Light Touch To Sinister Scene

has been dumped in here for a
song. Because of conflicting juris-
dictions which defy any control. the
international currency black mar
ket of Tangier is today the larg-
est of any in the world.
HOARDERS HARD HIT
Pre-war German hoarders Of
British banknotes, for example,
were caught fiatfooted when Brit
ain prohibited the repatriation of
any Of its money to England.
The German hoarders, therefore
they could, dumped their Bank
abandoning their hedge as best
of-England currency here. The
result is that you can see four
dollar British pound notes SELL
ing in Sianchins Square here for
$3.50.
Local smugglerS working between
here and Algiers are making 800
per cent on their dealing in French
francs-if their contacts work out.
But they're always trying some
thing new" the American cap
tain Of a Greek coastwise tramp
steamer told me on the docks to-
night. He then brought out and
showed me tray Of a thousand
cleaning swiss" watches. The
boys are putting a lot Of these into
Tangier," he said. They we're
stored in Naples before the Ameri-
cans attacked, and they come very
cheap. They were made in Osaka,
Japan"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-07
|JUDGE TO WAIT
FOR TOP OFFER
Sale Of North Main Street
Property Delayed By
Spirited Bidding

Further complications in the
Merchants Trust Company's efforts
to sell premises at 4T4-478 North
Main street arose in superior court
today when q third bidder appeared
to top the two previous tie-offers,
and two still higher tentative bids
were reported. The original offer
was for $4,000, with only $4,000 in
cash. An official bid Of $4,000
in cash was made. today and when
It was indicated the other bidders
were ready to go still higher, Judge
Frank p. McEvoy continued the mo-
ton for another hearing next FRI
day.
At the suggestion Of Assistant
Attorney General Robert Bowling,
who represented the state bank
commissioner and successor receiv-
er Of the bank, Judge McEvoy or
dered all interested parties to sub
NIT bids in writing. He said he
would continue the case to see if
anyone else would offer more money
since it was to the interest of the
bank to obtain as much as possible.
Attorney Michael Ciano. who rep
resentS the first bidder, Pietro Boo
caccino, North Main street grocer,
pointed out that the original bid
was for $4,000 but that when a
second bidder, Doinenick Margiot-
ia, Orange street grocer, made a
bid Of $13,500 his client raised his
to the same amount. The second
bid was made after hearing end
ed and while Superior Court Judge
John A. Cornell had the motion
under advisement. The lawyer
said his client would like an OPP
portunity to top the highest bid
made.
It was indicated that Mr.. Mar
giotta, who also was in court, would
be willing to top his original bid,
and then a third person, Jacob Ku-
nofsky of II Woodlawn terrace, who
is in the meat business at AS
North Main street. stepped before
the bench and made the offer Of
$4,000 in cash. He said the prem
ises were next door to his current
business and he would find it con-
venient to own the building.
The unofficial bids. one for $14.-
500 and the other for SIS 500, but
involving a five per cent brokers'
commission, were reported by At
torney Bowling. He said that If
the latter offer materialized the net
price for the bank would be $l4,-
TBS. Neither of the two bidders ap-
peared in court, however.
Judge McEvoy stated the bids
should be put in writing and the
case continued week SO that no
one interested in the premises would
be foreclosed of an opportunity to
be heard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-07

wonder what awful conspiracy in
the affairs of men could have
brought all this together.
BASE FOR SMUGGLERS
This is the capital of the white
slave market linking Europe, Africa
and South America. 1t is contra
band headquarters from which our
German and japanese enemies work
into and out of Allied occupied
French North Africa. Arab espion-
age agents, constantly moving with
our North African forces, report to
the German consulates here, while
German middlemen use Madame
Portes' pastry shop-which is also
on our blacklist-or large depart
ment store known as Rolney's.
Overlooking the Spanish narrows
between the Atlantic and the Strait
of Gibraltar, this Is an enemy OBJ
servation post for the spotting Of
every convoy going In or out of the
Mediterranean. Also, until 1t was
destroyed by bomb one night, the
Germans maintained a shoreside
wireless near the harbor's Cape Es-
partel lighthouse.
AS for how the horde Of ex-
patriate sharpshooters live, Tangier
is currently a SPECTATORS para
disc. Anything can be bought here,
and in any money from Shanghai
dollars to Brazilian silver coins.
There are enormous arbitrary per-
centages for blocked money which
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-07
Splendid I testimonial
Given Joe" Sullivan
Former Local Director Of National Housing Leaving to
Prepare for Priesthood; Speakers Laud Character I

In Catholic effort and an exemplary
business man. Rev. James A. BTcor
erick, pastor of st. Francis Xavier
Church praised Mr.. Sullivan as =
public champion OF Catholic truth
and said that he was delighted that
the guest of honor was entering
st. Bonaventure's College where
"tradion was rich in the background
of Catholic education.
Mayor Monagan spoke briefly SAY
ing that there could be no doubt Ct
the future success of Mr.. Sullivan
whom he pointed out as a model
Of essential goodness which nothing
can change.
Rev. j. oliver Cronan, curate Of
st. Margaret's Church and chap
lain of the Knights Of Columbus
declared he always admired zoe
Sullivan" and often wondered why
he had not entered the priesthood
before. Joe has made the right
decision" Father Cronan declared +"
and tonight's tribute is something
he fully deserves"
Joseph Moran, national housing
agent at Hartford stated that it
would be difficult to appoint sue
cessor to Mr.. Sullivan. He praised
the guest of honor's tireless and
unstinting work as director Of the
local MIA.
Mr.. Sullivan was presented with q
substantial purse and when called
upon to speak thanked everyone
present for their kindness and gem
crosby and expressed the hope thst
II may return here some day as
success in my chosen field and
qualified to bestow my blessings
upon you"
Among other speakers were Rev.
Hillary Sullivan OF the franciscan
order who spoke of the road ahead
and asked the group to lend their
announcement to Mr.. Sullivan
Edward Munson, district field agent
for the national housing authority
in Springfield, Mass; william Nc
Cue, New Britain, Of the Hartford
office, and Former Mayor Joseph
F. Dutton of Bristol, national hous-
ing director in that city.
Miss Betty Cassidy sang a 500.
accompanied by Miss TheresS
Flanagan, and Harry x. Casnir )
quartet sang two selections. Ii
charge Of arrangements vera
Roger Walsh. representing the
Knights of Columbus and Manresa
Refreshments, and Mrs. Alice
O'Neill, the Franciscan Mission
Club.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-07
MARTIN BOvEY
FORUM GUEST
Adventurer to Show Col
Ored Films at Second
Church Sunday

Martin K. Bovey, adventurer and
lecturer, will present one Of his new
est all-color lectures entitled wings
from the North" at the forum of
the Second Congregational church
on Sunday evening, January 8, at
7:30 o'clock.
Dawn and sunset over the James
Bay marshes, where flock after
flock of ducks and gese drop on set
wings toward the mud decoys Of the
Indian hunter; Cree women pluck
ing the geese and smoking thine for
winter food-these are some Of the
things one finds in the film made
while Mr.. and MRS. Martin Bovey
were living with Eve Indian FAM
lies in their "wavey" camps. Three
trops to Hudson Bay and six weeks
Of color photography were needed to
make these unique pictures.
Mr.. Bovey was educated at An
dover, Yale and the University Of
Minnesota, and for five years taught
English at Harvard and Radcliffe.
In 1885 he abandoned pedagogy for
wildlife photography and an old
hobby became q new profession with
him. He Is a member Of the Ex-
plorers club and is a widely known
lecturer. Martin Bovey has served
with the Biological Survey In the
Arizona deserts, hunted big game in
the Canadian Rockies, wintered in
the fur posts OF Manitoba. made
many trips to Hudson Bay, and
canoed thousands of milese on little
known northern rivers He Is a pho
tographer with a keen eye for the
beauties Of the regions he travels.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-07

Beginning with John Smihert and
closing with a selection Of plates
by George Bellows, one Is able to
trace the development of painting
in America. To aid the layman and
the student Of art. the editors have
included a complete narrative Of
the artists and their contributions
to the field.
The book is richly done, and Is
a valuable possession for anyone
attempting a study of American
artists and their work.
NOW STUFF is OLD
MADE available to the American
public for the first time ar the
military teachings of the late, great
Polish leader, Gen. Wladyslaw ST.
korski in his book Modern War.
fare" (Roy: $3.50. Although writ
ten in 1934-five years before Ger
many attacked Poland-the volume
Is an expert treatise on the type of
warfare now being fought, and con-
tains many prophetic words about
the conflict destined to come.
E. ARNOT ROBERTSON, author
of -Four Frightened People," and
Themes Portrait" has come forth
with a new novel, THE Signpost"
Macmillan: $3.50. Miss Robertson
tells the moving STORY OF a con-
valescent r. A. F. pilot who meets
young French woman aboard a
ship bound for Ireland. Tom Fair
burn is nursing neurotic fear that
has outlasted his wound. which Is
cured by his love for the girl. who.
too, has deeply seated reasons for
being desperately unhappy.
THE Signpost" fathons human
experience. and paints an unfor-
gettable picture Of a quiet Ireland
seemingly removed from the war
by thousands of miles. Understand
ingly and wittily written, It's good
heading.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-07

More than two-hundred persons
attended the testimonial dinner last
night In honor Of Joseph M. Sullivan
former director of the local nation
al housing agency who Will leave
for st. Bonaventure'B College TO
begin studies in preparation for the
priesthood.
1 The dinner which was given I'M
der the auspices Franciscan Mis-
sion Club, Knights Of Columbus
and Mount Manresa Retreatant
group was held at the knights hall,
where william r. harrington, city
editor Of The Waterbury Democrat
acted as chairman.
Many speakers honored the past
efforts of Mr.. Sullivan as a leader
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-07

Book deals with the adventures
of a small Irish boy and his grand
father and relates with convincing
vividness their journeys into Sec
ton Of the moors that, apparently
through imagination, develops into
a tropical jungle overnight. The
plants and creatures that become
the playmates of the boy and the
old man include a dragon, a sea
monster, and other monstrosities
that Guido the imagination Of even
the most imaginative Irishman-and
the author Is Scott
Book is a bit Alice-in- Wonder
landish, and all the better for it.
AVALANCHE" (Simon & Schus-
ter: $3.50 is Kay Boyle's latest
novel. The gal has made name
for herself as a short story writer.
This one is a pip!
Story revolves around Fenton
Ravel. daughter of an American
mother and French father, who
returns to France, land of her birth,
after the Germans overran and
oppressed 1t. Bastineau, the man Of
the mountains who taught her the
story of the Alps, who rescued her
from a frog pond, who bore her
broken young body down the deep
SHOWS on skis after an accident,
is the other half of the romance.
And a Gestapo agent. posing as a
Swiss. is the dark william.
Plot Is a good one built around
the efforts Of the French patriots
to smuggle Free Frenchmen out OF
the country so they can join forces
Of the Allies. Methods are particu-
larly interesting. especially the use
Of knitted mittens.
ART AMERICANA
AMERICAN painters, by their
works portrayed in "Great Ameri-
can Paintings" by John Walker and
MacGill James, don't take a back
seat for anyone. Maybe the works
Of the artists in this book don't
ranks with the old masters due to
leak of hoary age, but the stuff
really Is there.
The book. by oxford University
Press. SIS, provides history of
American Art from 1729 to 1924.
Authors have selected what they
consider the greatest works from
the American collection. Each OF the
l04 paintings in the book appears
individually, affording the critic
ample spread to study.