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Although Plump Mrs. Smith Is Supposed to
Have EnsIoved fhe Girls Who Lived in Her
Garage. The Victims Really Hypno+zed
Themselves. Dr.. Laird. Psychologist. Explains
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around $50 a week-and, &C
Cording 10 the FBI men,
turned all the money over 10
Mrs. Fay II. Smith.
The girls said the enchan-
tress forced them 70 sleep in
a basement garage, on beds
improvised from orang G
crates. Their bed sheets, they
said, had not been washed in
two years. Mrs. Smith lived
in luxury in a large modern
brick mansion.
The girls wore one dress
for a year-but Mrs. Smith
had a large closet Of expen-
sive clothes-and more than
100 pairs of shoes.
Mrs. Smiths power over
these girls was said 10 be so
complete that when Willetta's
mother died the girl refused
TO attend her own mothers
funeral.
And Virginia later said she
was influenced 10 write cruel
letters 10 her own mother
Although the two girls
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many or these instances,
too, one old maid has the
other under control. In
most Of these instances,
thank fortune, the domi-
neering member of the duo
is not as cruel or completely
selfish as Mrs. Smith is
now accused of being.
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and Lecturer
IT might still be a secret II one OF
the girls had not applied for work
] in a war plant. When the FBI
agents investigated some discrepan-
cies in her application for employ.
ment they uncovered one of the most
amazing stories OF modern times.
The Federal men reported that they
found that a middle-aged Tulsa, Okla,
widow had two young women so com.
pletely under her power that they
were virtually slaves TO her. slaves in
body. mind and pocketbook.
The girls. Virginia Evans and Will
eta Horner. were proficient, we'll
paid business girls. Each earned
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-18

DR.. Richard NJ. BrickneI
has recently published a
study which shows that
Adolf Iitler's power over
the people of Germany is
essentially that Of a Sven
gall. Like Mrs. Smith in
Tulsa, Hitler took his
domination of others by
easy stages, until he fl
nally had broken down all
appreciable resistance.
We see the same thing,
on a smaller scale, in
many families we know.
There are the husbands,
for example, who meekly
let their wives boss them
and, of course, there are
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them OF sum approximating $1,000.
Before Virginia and Willetta fell
under the influence Of their jailer-en-
chantress, they had been just regular
small.town girls.
Each met Mrs. Smith separately,
and accidentally. The widow with
the mansion pretended 10 have a
motherly interest in them. She took
them into her own quarters, treating
each as a favorite member of the
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an exaggerated susceptibility which
makes an individual yield to the au-
thority Of another.
Those persons who yield easily are
usually the victims Of some aggres-
sive, dominating Svengali. Mrs.
Smith was domineering, and she
found two business girls who appar-
entity yielded like putty in her hands.
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control she seemed TO have over
their minds was essentially the
same as hypnotism.
DR.. Sander Lorand, chief of the
Mental Health Clinic OF Mt. Sinai
Hospital. in New York City, has
shown that hYpnotism is merely
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-18

And Did Their
Bathing i'm a Laun-
dry Tub While Their
Mental Jailer En-.
joyed Their Earnings
I'm Luxury.
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not have been
more completely
in her power If
she had made a
few mcsmeric
passes In front
OF them and cast
them into an out
right hypnotic
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spell. AS a
m attic + of
( ac I n g
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family = at INST.
Gradually the kindly treat
ment faded and she became
the stern, demanding. cruel
leader, the girls declared.
Then they apparently had
become her mental slaves.
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For Over Two Years,
the Girls Say, They
Lived i'm IA Damp
Garage, Slept on q
Bed of Orange
Crates. ..
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BY DONALD A. LAIRD, Ph.D., Sci ID.
internationally Known Psychologist
and Lecturer
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-18
BETTER HEALTH

HNOsT high schools have
vi intensified their physical
education work because of the
war. Some have Installed com
mando courses. How will the
adolescent heart stand up under
these demands:
The question asked here really
comes down 10 the old subject
Of athletes heart. We used to
hear about athletes who had
exercised so much in youth that
they had an abnormal enlarge
rent Of the heart and then
later in life when they got soft
this was too big for their body
and the heart muscle fibers got
replaced hy faI-and this caused
heart failure and a breakdown
in health.
This conception Of athletes
heart is mostly a myth There
Is no evidence that a hearr ever
enlarges too much for the lndl-
vidual body's needs
ftStfstie- hat the AFa-ltdaAAn-
L which affiictS many men in
middle age and early old age
is due 10 hardening or changes
In the arteries and that this
condition centers on a form of
heart failure, and that athletes
are Just as subject 10 arterial
degeneration in middle age as
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One Word Led To Another
BY Arthur Bugs" Baer-

In the annual spring cleaning, up jumps letter from
Anders Kruskopf who runs a column on the Denver
Western News
The News is the successor TO the Westerns Nyheter
and is devoted TO the interest of the
in the Anders classes me with Doderhutaren
the greatest wood carver of all time.
Doderhultaren could carve man with broad should
ers out Of toothpck and that's carving He left Sweden
kneepdeep in shavings But when he wasn't working he
was AZ lazy straight eel
Whenever Doderhuaren had sold few tovskilngs
he pounded the sack for weeks at clip. tolvskillng
is the price of carving But when he was working his
slogan was, Cor Diet nu." That do it now.
Anders says that American slogans are picked UP
and become medium of classical exchange in Sweden
Denmark, Norway and northern Europe. And that my
slogans are quite popular there
That's good news even if cannot unzipper it. Anders
likes that paragraph about old boy Morgenthau Il claim
Morgenthau is greater treasurer than Hamilton Did
Hamilton ever make penny that looked like dime ?"
wouldn't call that slogan though helps TO
while away the innocent hours of second childhood
slogan is wise crack the wall that workman stops
work TO He discovers that the slogan advises him
to go back 10 work.
Copyright iaii Features.
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BY DR.. Logan
Clendening

were not used for measuring
the sTxe or the heart, and the
electro cardiograph was un-
known. Nor was the importance
OF certain types Of infection
fully appreciated In relation to
their predisposition To cardiac
damage.
In other words q certain
number Of aspiring athletes
with already damaged or other
wise abnormal hearts were al
lowed to participate In sports
which added insult Ia injury and
set tho stage for . cardiac
breakdown later in life"
SO thfnF~e =disn1ixx
the fears that the strenuous
training high school pupils are
now getting viii cripple them or
their hearts IN after life.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A. A. Rs heart murr,ur
durable ? What are It's signs and
symptoms? Does it affect the
life span Of the individuals
-AhsHeE-IsheEe= aEe-ahe.iA
kinds OF heart some
durable, some not. The sign OF
a heart murmur is heart muir
muir Some murmurs shorten
life. some do not.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-18

OUR Constitution is not the
" dixie against dictatorship,
totalitarianism (fascism or COM
munisrnt that we aA-se fondlsy
believe il is.
There are three invitations 10
dictatorship and revolution in
that document which we have
called our shield and buckler'
land other nice things) against
Hitlers. Stains, Caesars, Mus
solinis and juntas of do-goodies.
First of all - and l have
pointed this out before - read
-nver-the preamble TO the Gonsti-
tuition.
II has been said that the pre-
amble is not part OF the Constl-
tuition proper.
1t is. in fact, the very reason
for being of the Constitution,
the very essence OF II.
You will find the invitation TO
seize power in the words pro
mote the general welfare That
is given as one Of the reasons
why this nation was founded.
Well. what's TO prevent some
one Selling power TO promote
the general welfare ,"
Every form of totalltarianism
from the Cae Sars and the
Pharaohs has been put over on
the people TO promote the gen.
eral welfare"
That line, / believe, should be
taken out Of the preamble.
NOW turn 10 the Sixteenth
" Amendment of the Consti-
tution-the income tax amend
mcnt." ratified in 1913. II reads:
THE Congress shall have
power 10 lay and collect taxes
on incomes from whatever
source derived. without appor-
tiOnment among the several
states. and without regard 10
any census or enumerstions."
That gives Congress the
power. by a majority vote, to
ConhScate all income. turn the
country into Fascist or Com
muniSt nation and abolish states
rights.
II opens the way for a
majority Of the people 10 en-
slave the minority and destroys
all hope of redress, for the
Supreme Court could not pro-
nounce part Of the Constitution
unconstitutional, could it
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here about an inspection in
which an officer was trying 10
discover If men had been mis-
assigned tbus drivers on wards,
medical students in tanks. cooks
az carpenters, ETC. and his
stock question was
What would you rather he ?"
He quit asking II after a while
because the stock reply was "a
civilian"
However. II they up and greet
you. let me give YOU slight
piece OF free and unaSked for
advice Don volunteer for any
thing and don't be afraid 10 say
you have had speaking acquain-
lance with a typewriter; that is,
assuming that you have no
fierce desires 10 become a hero.
II they work you into a spot
where you have 10 be a hero.
okay. hero away, but il is not
an occupation favored by insur-
ance underwriters
Advice No. ? Behave thyself
in such a way that the first SER
geant has TO wrinkle his horns
10 remember which one of his
beavers you are. The better you
are doing the least he ought 10
be seeing you,
Stay as far from the orderly
room as you can without going
over the hill.
For a third piece. I would ad-
wise you not TO give your equip
ment away to some guy who lost
his in a crap game. They will
not be interested in your state
ment that somebody borrowed
your equipment and that is why
you don't have 1t displayed at
inspection.
IL you progress normally you
will be bewildered for two
weeks, so mad the steam will
come out every pore for the
next six weeks. resigned 10 your
lot the next two weeks, and
after that a veteran.
You will not like corpOrals or
sergeants. except the bad ones
who aren't doing their Jobs.
Crab all the responsibility
you can-that's what they pay
off on. The more YOU can relieve
the next guy OF responsibility
the sooner you will be rated
with him. On the other hand
you may have nothing but tough
luck ratings gone before
you arrive. We're waiting for a
new table Of organization before
issuing any promotions" etc,
etc, etc.
There are those who contend
that the best job in the army is
pee-eff-cee; you're private
with no responsibilities. but you
are GOOD private.
Pickering did good job in
that column. II is the rockies
life TO T. I think he will
change some OF his preconcep-
tons. but he would be an odd
rookie IL he didn't feel exactly
as he does. JOHN.
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but II I asked that question he
could deny II until he was blue
In the gills. A lot OF suckers
would still believe. there was
something hshy about him and
Waterbury,"
4 fftR a=FeeeHtFafd= M Italy
~ according 10 Irv Hoffman,
an army surgeon told the chap
lain that one poor fellow was
beyond hope. The chaplain
leaned over the wounded man
and said;
MY dear fellow. you are
badly hurt. Have YOU anything
10 say or any word for your
family: ."
my inside coat pocket"
mOaned the soldier, painfully.
The chaplain felt the pocket
and removed a wallet.
lis this what you want" he
asked.
yes" whispered the soldier.
'J'Il bet YOU THAT that am
not going Ia die"
And he didn't.
THE attorney for a wealthy
Il client advised him 10 change
his name from Katowsky 10
Kay.
Under the Civil Rights Act"
said the lawyer, you have the
right 10 change your name"
Fine client said ne couldn't do
that.
'.supposing." he said. my
family In Europe, all refugees,
were Ia come over here some
day: They wouldn't he able TO
hnd me-"
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WASUVIN(TAN& HENE BY George
w OAN Dixon

WASHINGTON, April II 4
w was up in The Capitol TO-
day, making faces AZ the
statue of Huey. Long. when a
friend came along. lie looked
Gliding
"You should not be frittering
AWAY your time up here he.
said. "YOu should he down st
the Washington Hotel. Score
tAry Of Agriculture Wickard il
there talking To a lot Of farm
ers."
This IL indeed news OF great
Interest" l said. II did not
know that Secretary Wickard
knew any farmers--Or that he
would speak TO them IL he did"
We'll" said my friend, "they
are not exactly farmers. They
are farm editors"
you mean they 20 about
their farms editing things" !
asked. II would dearly love 10
see one IF them editing a cow,
or maybe rooster. II must he
fascinating work"
NO" said my friend, "they
are editors OF farm journals. II
anybody writes piece about
what TO do on n farmland I
will thank you 10 refrain from
any cracks-they edit II. But
you should 20 down there right
away, because IL IL quite an
event when Secretary Wickard
does any talking these days;
possibly because he has had
such a good example set for him
by Vice President Wallace who
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the rest OF the population, but
NO more. -
To rake such conspicuous
examples as Walter Camp, foot
ball star and later athletic di-
rector. and Theodore Roosevelt.
who led the strenuous life, both
OF whom died before the scrip
turaI age limit and TO ascribe
their comparatively early deaths
TO the exertionS OF their youth
is not an argument supported by
the facts.
Dr. Allen &. Johnson, an
authority on such subjects, writ
ing IN Hyeeia. the h lth
magazine, says
There Is no convincing evil
dence that healthy heart is
damaged strenuous ey-epea
violent exercise. Fatigue causes
ane 10 quit before one can iniure
the heart Itself. Hut 80 year.
ago prospective athletes were
forced To undergo little, II any,
physical examination tn deter
mine their fitneAa- for Atrenuous
competitive athletics.
" this era the blood pres
sure apparatus was Just an
intriguing gadget; the x-rsys
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MARCH OF EVENTS
BY Benjamin De Casseres-

THIE third invitation TO per-
u sonal Caesarism will be
found in Article Two, Section
Two OF the Constitution. Here
il is:
1.-THE President shall be COM
mander In chief of the army
and navy OF the United States
and OF the militia of the several
states when called into the
actual service OF the United
States"
What is TO prevent an Amer
lean MasSoiini. Hitler. Stain
or Huey Long proclaiming a
crisis, raising an army OF
millions, Seizing the capitol at
Washington. mpr soning all
congressman and proclaiming
himself dictator for life? Those
soldiers who refused to obey
him would be shot.
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used 10 have the agriculture
job before him"
The first words / heard Sec
rotary Wickard say as / Joined
the gathering made me gasp
and gurgle because this IS what
he said
Both President Roosevelt
and myself agree that We are
not very good forecasters
My goodness, / whispered 10
a horny handed old farm editor.
THAT Is the most significant po-
litical statement Of the year. IL
IL probably the first time the
New Deal ever admitted IL vas
not gifted with complete clair
voyance."
The honest tiller Of the adjec-
tives grunted a pastoral grunt
and said i-
HE is not talking about fore
casting political trends. IL is
about forecasting the weather"
Secretary Wiekafd then went
on TO say that he and F'DR had
been sailing down the Potomac.
The President remarked that he
could usually tell by the sunset
what kind Of day II would he
tomorrow. Wickard said he did
not go by the sunset but by the
wind and clouds.
However" he said, II told
the President would he fair
with him and would wait until
sunset so we could make our
predictions together.
I'VE made our observations "a
the SslH sank and agreed ~
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On the
Side

and beekeepers ? You have men,
toned nearly everything else.
including your celebrated dis
cussion as 10 the best way TO
put a crab TO sleep.
A--Ali I know about bees In
what makes them busy. The
bee extracts nectar from flowers
and from this makes honey.
The reason bees are 50 busy
Is that IL takes $1,000 beeloads
OF nectar to make one pound Of
honey.
II have also heard that when
a bee stings IL Is because he In
In bad humor and has some
family trouble that morning.
Copyright, 1871, by King Features
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would be a beautiful day tomor-
row. We got back To Washing
ton about an hour later-and
got drenched with rain getting
off the boat"
The audience laughed like
anything Life can't be much
fg;n= for the farmer.
DEP. SOL BLOOM CD ~
IL New York came huStling
into the House press gallery the
other day bearing a large cab
met photograph. He covered the
lower half of the face with a
newspaper and asked;
"WhO does this look like 2"
Always ready to do a favor
for a congressman. / studied the
half kisser and then rendered
opinion.
why, Mr.. Bloom" I said, fig
uring 1t was the right answer.
'it looks like you"'
III does not. Sol eontradicted
sharply. 1T looks like George
Washington
why, so IL does" I said.
"And an excellent picture Of
him, too"
well. II isn't" he said. ut
happens 20 he picture Of my
sister, Mrs. l.. Abrams OF San
Francisco. She IL 49,"
l guess that will teach me not
to go around calling Rep.
Blooms sister George Washing
ton.
Reproduction in whole or In part
strictly prohibited.
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COME Of the men from re-
~ distribution center were en-
tcilaining at the Latin Quarter
the other midnight When they
finished they tipped the walters
lavishly and called over a busy
busboy 70 hand him a few dol
lars.
Thank You. Lieutenant" he
l said, but couldn't accept any
gratuity. Just waiting on YOU
has been n pleasure. yOn see.
was wounded in your sector.
discharged. and I'm now hack
helping the war effort by serv-
ing you and all other men In
the war"
Then he opened his white coat
and displayed his campaign RIB
bonS.
fffr officers stood and SaIuted
the busboy. II was all very
lumpy-in-the-thrpat and thrill
ing,
4 GROUP Of landowners were
"A Eabbing about charges OF
"innuendo" and a veteran re-
called this Jimmy Walker story:
During his first campaign for
mayor Of New York. LaGgardia
charged the popular Walker
with all sorts Of corruption, and
Walker never answered.
"Why should I make his cam
paign for him." he said TO a
pal. II won't build him mp. IL
would he Fun, though, In AK
him one question. What was he
doing in Waterbury on july is,
1922"
WAS LsGuardia there then :"
asked the friend.
IL dunno" replied Walker,
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He said:
"More than two years have
elapsed since the United States
entered the war. On May 8,
1912, nearly two years ago, 1
introduced bill to classify all
men subject to draft into seven
classes based on age and family
status, with definitely assigned
priorities. On June Is, 1912, 1
presented a complete analysis
Of the different groups and
made more definite suggestions
Of classification. Power to clas-
sify by age groups was given to
the director, but not used. In
1943 I proposed n definite de-
ferred classification OF fathers
over 80. 1t was rejected because
of q completely illogical letter
from Gen. Marshall. Now the
administration has come q long
way toward one Of my proposals
with a distinction at age 20. But
how long will they stay there:
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mer uniform worn by WAVES
has great influence on enlist
mentS.
Contemporary says before the
war the women of Paris were
the best dressed in the world.
II looked 10 me that while
the average PariSiepne- wore
clothes that fitted her better
she was usually somewhat over
dressed.
The best dressed women in
the world are those Of the mid
town section of Manhattan.
queries from clients. O.
W Why have you failed 70
mention anything about bees
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Quick Answers

! One-ffth.
2 Composer.
Al (,hree.toed Sloth) eau
Noilet-waterl. ~ IAN inter
iection--expression Of ioy).
4 700 times.
She is entitled 10. il against
all persons except the true
owner.
s From Charlestown toLincoln.
Mass. He was intercepted
before reaching Concord
Crqsrshf. 1885, - King Features
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children than 10 he taken con-
stantly into all discussions of
important family affairs.
Answer 10 Question No. 8
II depends on the cause and
the sort OF enemy YOU are fight
ing. In war YOU have TO hate
your enemy and all he stands
for. but in the battles Of peace
for such things as good gov
eminent. better education, pre-
vention OF cruelty TO children.
old folks and -nimalS, cleaning
up slums. pure milk. free lunch
cons for school chiIdren-in-
deed. all the processes Of gen
uine democracy. you fight with
the eXaltation OF love for your
fellow men. desire n prevent
suffering and promote the gen.
eral welfare.
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THERE are many amusing
Il stories about the Stork Club
management barring undeSir-
able DRINKS and others, but this
tale is the one that gets the
biggest laughs.
Some seasons ago war CORE
spondent Frank Commit came
from Danbury, Conn.
He landed on an afternoon
paper as night club editor.
That day hefty shipment OF
goodies arrived with the compli-
ments OF Sherman Billingsley.
Commit, unfamiliar with the
traditional Billingsley generos-
ity was overwhelmed with
gratitude.
He hurried 10 the Stork that
night 10 express his appreci-
alton 4. And they wouldn [ let
him in
TNHE Orchid Garden: Kitty
L Carlisle'S Merry Widow"
Decca album.
Paramount'S four-reel techni-
color epic: The Memphis
Belle" the saga of the famed
bomber.
Gertrude NiesenS show-stop-
ping in Follow the Girls. f"
Jerry Walds rhythms at The
New Yorker.
Billy Eckstine's bluesinging
at the Yacht Club. He rocks
like the Bronx express.
f.. Haywood Jr.s swingphonic
crew at Cafe Society Down.
town.
Paul a Eva Reyes at the
Havana Madrid - an exciting
Latin team.
Harrington and Hyers hilari.
Gus fun at Club 81.