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posing as poet. He had bottle of beer
in front of him, which he had evidently been
nursing along for hours to hold down his seat
Jescott was just one of the regular cafe fire.
quenters who talked the golden hours away
but he was amusing and companionable, and
as Guys French wife had gone to Tours for
the week end to visit her sick mother, he SIM
ply had to gloat over his good luck with some
body. So in high good humor he scraped out
an iron chair and sat down.
He told Jescott his story and gave him
hurried. stealthy peep at the $1,000 bill
How wonderful Jescott exclaimed. 1t
must have occurred to him, as it would have
to any of the cafe loafers, that this might
be an auspicious occasion to borrow few
francs So he inquired with a great show of
solicitude about the health of Mrs. Trafney,
who was never ill.,
Guy summoned waiter and ordered
bottle of champagne to celebrate the occa-
sion, and Jescott began to prattle and feel
pretty good, too. After while he put a
friendly hand on Guys knee. "See here,
Trafney," he said, IN give you tip, Don't
be fool and break into that bill before your
wife gets back. She'd be furious. If you keep
looking at it, the first thing you know you'll
blow it in on something silly"
Guy said, "Oh, no. l know what to do with
it, all right" But after some talk he decided
that perhaps Jescott was right. He even con-
fessed reluctantly that he had, in fact almost
made up his mind to meet his wife at the sta
ton in one of those new-fangled horseless
carriages. But yes. Elise would want to have
something to say about spending that money.
'I'll tell you what, old man." Jescott said
and he took up one of the cafe envelopes
on the table why not seal it up in this?
Then you'll know it's safe, and it won't be so
much of a temptation"
So Guy put the bill, folded in sheet of
paper, into the envelope. Then Jescott said,
Here, let me write on it, Not to be opened
till Christmas She'll like that
They both laughed, and Guy called the
waiter and ordered another small bottle. He
took the envelope and tucked it into an inside
pocket After that as man of means, and it
being payday to boot, he could hardly refuse
JeSCOtt small loan.
That night, Guy had an expensive dinner
in a restaurant he'd never dared to enter
before, then went home and sat down to work.
Bread and butter. you see, came to the
Trafneys by way of Guys job as bookkeeper
for the American Medical Milk Company.
Guy had considerable talent though and he
had really come to Paris to study art, as soon
as he could afford it. He had the idea that
lam for their bread and butter might be
wangled by comic drawings for American
periodicals, and had already sent some to
New York
Eyery little while he took ont the Drecious
Evening star., 1945-10-21

their first kiss. Elise frowned up at him. "A
man gave you one thousand dollars, cheri?'
She laughed. How perfectly absurd" Then
she asked Guy if he'd been drinking "A
strange man, cheri? Quelle blaguel" which
means, You're kidding me. J." Then she buried
her face in the flowers and drank their
fragrance. ''If you really got thousand dol
lars, why don't you show it to me? Oh, just
smell of these lilacs! Aren't they sweet?"
Guy explained that he didn't like to carry
so much money around with him and maybe
have his pockets picked, and that he'd hid
den it safely in the big Larousse dictionary at
home And when he told her about the Sena-
never left his face. She was only nineteen and
a provincial French girl, and she hadn't yet
got acclimated to the humor of these crazy
Americans. She was incredulous, and yet so
excited that she consented for once to the
extravaganza of cab to get home and
see if Guy was just fooling.
AS they went into the courtyard of their
house the concierge, thick old lady with
a mustache, stopped Guy and gave him
package of laundry. for which she said she
had paid eleven francs and fifty-five CEN
times, and she held out her hand. 1t took
some time to make the change and then,
when Guy looked round, the concierge
told him that Madame had gone on up
stairs and she had seemed to be in great
hurry.
Guy ran up all those five flights of old.
well-worn stairs and burst into the living
room. "Elise!" he cried. Elise, where are
you? Did you find it? Isn't it great? D'you
believe me now?" And then as she came
out of the little bedroom he said, why,
what's the matter . Are you crying?"
"Oh, Guy!' she said, brokenly, I'm so
excited l can hardly speak. Oh it's Won
derful, cheri, perfectly wonderful" and she
threw her arms round his neck. 'Oh, can
hardly believe it! Why, I've never seen so
much money before in all my life! Think of
it. cheri! And it's ours - it's ours" She was
almost hysterical. "Oh, I'm SO happy don't
know what to dor'
But Elise was French - and she did know
what to do To an American boy the fun of
having money is in spending it; but every
French girls instinct is only to save it. When
Guy asked her for the bill, she pulled herself
out of his arms and grew serious. mo, cheri, 4"
she said firmly, I'm not going to take any
risks with our fortune. I'm going to take care
of it myself You know, cheri, it was good
thing you told that Monsieur Jescott about
it, because otherwise you might have spent
it foolishly. Oh yes, you would know you
extravagant Americans. You might even
have bought horseless carriage"
Now if Guy had married an American girl,
there would probably have been an argu-
Evening star., 1945-10-21

fought during the succeeding years to save
the Trafney Fortune When Guy came down
with tonsilitis and his salary stopped, she
supported the family during his convalescence
by getting job in store.Even when they
got down to their last ten francs and had to
live on Medical Milk, she refused to open the
sacred envelope Instead, she nailed it into
cigar box and sealed it with blobs of red seal
ing wax
lHEN, in 1914, the war broke out, and
American expatriates began scuttling out of
France. Guys drawings were selling so well
that they managed to get to New York, and
Elise's smile even wheedled the Customs In
spectors into passing the precious package
But living in America was much more ex-
pensive than they had expected, and it took
Guy several years to get on his financial feet
again. 1t was in their little ground floor
back studio in Greenwich Village that the
hardest test came. 1t was no question of
selfishness or indulgence this time, Guy
declared Doctors and nurses and mater
nifty hospitals cost lot, and his wife was
going to have the best care money could
buy 1t was time for the Trafney Fortune
to pay for it.
Elise might have been descendant of
Joan of Arc. mo, cheri, don't worry about
me. I'm well and strong - nothing will
happen to me- My French grandmothers
never had these modern scientific ideas.
and they had good lusty children. Oh,
cheri, don't spend that money! It'll be
such wonderful nest egg for the baby"
She saw something in Guys eyes,
though, that impelled her to have that
cigar box soldered into a cracker tin, and
that something was like a spur to her wits.
Before long she had thought up a wonder
full idea for comic strip for Guy to draw,
writing the scenario out of her own clever
head. BY the time Junior had begun to fill
their home with his peremptory personality.
that comic strip, 'The Jigglies," was appear
ing in big New York newspaper, and being
distributed by syndicate to score of others.
Guy Trafney was becoming so famous that
he soon got to be as superstitious about the
magic Trafney Fortune as Elise was; it was
guarded like the Crown Jewels in the Tower
Of London.
1T WAS safe enough now though, except for
the curiosity of small boy steadily growing
bigger, who spoke English when he was calm,
and French when he was excited. 1t was
French, with lots of mon deus, he spoke when
he was old enough to ask embarrassing and
questions, one of which was,
Say, maman, what's in that tin box in the
cedar chest, under the Navajo blankets?"
"It's your wedding present, cheri, when
you are married"
Evening star., 1945-10-21

NEXT WEEK: Back from
war, unscarred except
for a secret knowledge he
dared not reveal. A deeply
moving short story by
Mona Williams. Don't miss:
"NOW / LIVE AGAIN!''
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04
DARNAND SENTENCED
TO DEATH BY FRENCH
COURT OF JUSTICE

PARIS, Oct. 8. -U.H- Joseph
Darnand, who founded the dread
Vichy militia and became the
''most hated man in France" was
condemned to death by high court
of justice in a one-day trial today.
Pierre Mongibeaux, president OF
the High Court, announced at the
opening of Darnand's trial that the
trial of Pierre Laval would begin
tomorrow.
Darnand, whose militia tortured
to death members of the French
resistance movement, also was
sentenced to national degradation,
confiscation of his property and
remuneration of his decorations -
the Legion of Honor and the Mill
tary Medal.
A few minutes later, however, he
was smiling and chatting with his
lawyers through whom he is ex-
pected to appeal to Gen. Charles
DeGaulle who alone has the right
to commute sentences of the High
Court.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04

$4,000 STUDENTS
DEFY PRESIDENT
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last weeks "Who's Who' roundup
that Jailed several hundred leading
Argentines. Most, including Lau-
rencena, have now been released.
Two educators still held were ex-
pected out today.
"a Montevideo dispatch quoted
the Argentine radical leader. San
[tiago Nudelman. who fled Argen-
tina, as saying the military gov
ernment's Secret Police; had a list
of 500 opposition leaders who were
not to be permitted to leave the
country.) .
The Buenos Aires university siege
produced one minor clash today
outside the law school, as police
stopped friends trying to carry food
to students, but nothing so serious
as last nights incident at the en-
gineering school when pro-govern-
ment civilians attacked some 100
girls inside with bullets an rocks.
When faculties and students Of
the universities protested the State
Of Siege and the wave of arrests,
President Farrell told them, in ef-
feet, to stay out of politics or have
their schools closed.
Students occupation of the Buenos
Aires building and the nationwide
strike followed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04

Standard Time, or $3.50 am. East
ern Standard Time.
The tentative schedule called for
the flight to end at Washington
D. c., at pm. or in 148 hours
instead of the originally planned
Isl.
Total distance flown by the
Globester since it left Washington
at 5 pm. last Friday will be 49,
147 miles.
Nine passengers are making the
entire flight, the first of weekly
round d-the-world air service by the
ATC.
The crew which flew the leg from
Kwajalein to Hickman Field in
cluded co-pilot First 1t. Joseph
Hayes, Is, Harrisburg, Pa; Ma
vigator First 1t. Warren Sletten,
%, Wegdahl, Mimi; Flight Engine
er T. Sgt. Jay Johnson, %, Pitts
burgh, Pa; Radio Operator S. Sgt.
George Broderick, 29, Lindenhurst,
Long Island, N. Y, and Flight Traf-
fic Clerk Pfc. Phillip Harrison IS,
st. Petersburg, Fla.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04
u. S. TAKES SLAP
AT FARRELL REGIME


WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-(P-
The United States led the Western
Hemisphere today in delivering
new diplomatic slap at the mill
tary clique which is governing
Argentina.
In touch language, this govern
ment told its good neighbo-s to
the south that the present Argen-
tine regime was a bad neighbor,
and recommended:
/. That the 1nter-American
conference scheduled to open Oc-
tober 20 at Rio De Janeiro-with
Argentina participating-be post.
poned.
2. That the other American
republics proceed without Argen.
tina to draft a hemisphere de.
fense treaty-the object of the Ric
conference-and to sign it at the
Brazilian capital "at the earliest
possible moment"
3. That the other American re.
public carry on consultations
lin respect to the Argentine situa.
ton
Reaction from south of the Dor.
der was immediate, A dispatch
from Brazil said the conference
had been postponed. It was also
learned there that President
Getulio Vargas had abruptly post
poned a scheduled visit October
IL with General Edelmi-o Farrell
president of the Argentine regime.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04
Legion Plans Big
Victory And
Thrill Events

The second annual American
Legion Victory Celebration and
Thrill Circus which will be staged
at the Legion Stadium during the
week of October 15th-till Oct. 20
promises to be the outstanding
amusement event of the outdoor
season in Wilmington according to
plans outlined by the committee
from Wilmington Post No. 10 OF
which William L. Farmer and
Thomas B. Hughes are co-chair-
men.
Jimmy" Raftery, local show.
man, who is again director-general
of the event was in town yesterday
conferring with the committee and
Walter O. Nealand his local man
ager, regarding the plans and an
nounced that signed contracts with
the All-American Hell-Drivers'
would bring that stellar attraction
here on Thursday night Oct. 18th
and on Saturday afternoon-Octo-
ber 20-the final day as an extra
added attraction of the thrill Day"
program. Seven of the best stunt
drivers in the country will be here
on these days with a program +
IA events in front of the grand
stand. Lucky" Lee Crosby, fam
GUS Hollywood stunt man, is =
star of the troupe and will perform
his sensational Leap for Life in
an automobile over a huge bus.
Grand stand attractions will con-
clude the Hollywood Thrill Girl =,
Captain Jimmy Jamison, world S
champion fire diver; ERIC the
Great" 128 feet high pole act; Will
H. Hills performing elephants,
dogs, and horses: and other great
circus acts.
''Childrens Day. will be held on
Wednesday October 18th with all
school children in Wilmington and
Hanover County in attendance and
there will be fireworks displays and
special events during the entire
week.
The Marks Shows and R and S
Amusements will combine for this
engagements on the midway with
thirty shows, rides and attractions.
to entertain the crowds at Legion
Stadium Field.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04
MISSIONARY TELLS
OF JAP PRISONS
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was comprised of approximately
500 persons, were tortured, he said,
but in spite of difficulties, police
and judiciary system was set up
with recreational facilities provld-
ed and grade school for young
internees established.
A few of the Jap captors inter.
ceded for the prisoners and reli-
gious worship was carried on, Mr..
Junkin said.
Shortly before the arrival OF
Americans in the islands, the pri-
soners from Baguio were moved to
Bilibid prison in Monila in late
1914 and were. finally liberated
from that place.
The Rev. Mr.. Junkin is schedul-
ed to speak at Tileston school FRI
day morning and Emmanuel Pres
byterian church Friday evening.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04
RUSSIA DEMANDS
MACARTHUR SCALP
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financial, to solve which it is in.
dispensable to create an Allied or.
gan whereby all Allied powers that
played decisive part in the de-
struction for Japan could carry out
its policy and bear analogous re-
sponsibilities.'
Moscow said the letter had been
delivered to Byrnes on Monday. In
a press conference today, however
Molotov declared. that the subject
did not appear on the agenda of
the five-power Foreign Minister'S
Council before it adjourned.
Unfortunately the Council did
not discuss the question of an AL
lied Control Commission for Japan
Molotov said as he prepared to re-
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04
USED TO COINCIDENCE

Lafayette, Ind. -U.H- Richard
B. Mantle discharged veteran, is
firm believer in coincidence. He
was sent overseas on Friday the
18th, returned Friday, April 18th,
and was given a medical discharge
from the Army, July 18th. When
he applied recently for an Indiana
automobile license he was given
780-280, the same number he held
before he entered the service in
1914
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04
TOO MUCH SPIRIT

HELENA, Mont. -W.D-The po.
lice officer on the desk pondered a
moment at the violator before him,
then charged Charles Donovan
with drunken riding" Donovan,
with true cowboy spirit, had gal
loped his horse up the station
driveway, across the lawn and to
the door of the chiefs office.
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1.-THE CL0BESTER"
ENR0UTE TO COAST
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stairs until the scheduled arrival
time.
Music, girls and leis greeted the
passengers when they hurried
down the planes steps for two
hour layover.
Service crews Immediately began
putting The Colchester in shape for
its 2,399-mile hop to San Fran
cisco, and the big plane took off
at II am. 4:30 pm. Eastern
Standard Time). 1t was scheduled
to arrive at 2:30 am. Pacific
Standard Time Thursday (5:3O am.
Eastern Standard Time).
There will be three-hour stop
at San Francisco an dthen into the
air again at $50 am. Pacific
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04
THREE ARMY men
GIVEN TEN YEARS
Bv HAZEL HARTZOG
limited Press Staff Crrespndent)

l. =
TOKYO, Oct. 3.-Three U. S.
Army sergeants today were sen
fenced to 10 years at hard labor
and dishono-able discharge for
the Staying of a Japanese civilian
and his son after a wild "sake
party in the home of the Jap.
| aneSe.
Convicted of manslaughter by
general court martial were Sgt.
Ray J. Oroark, 25, Los Angles
and formerly of Kansas City;
S-Sgt. Sherman E. HUFFMAN, 49,
Pittsfield, ILL.,, and Sgt. John
Nimits, "a, Wilmoce, Pa.
The men, recently transferred
t the famed First Cavalry Di.
vision, were charged with first
degree murder-the first against
member of the American Oc.
cupation Force since the Japanese
surrender-but the curt fund
them guilty of manslaughter af-
ter two days of testimony.
/ Japenese witnesses, civil autho-
rites and ccupatin fficials ap-
peared on the stand to testify con-
cerning the death of Katsuzi Ia
Inaka and his 16-year-old son,
Osamu, who apparently had in
vited the three soldiers into their
home in Yokohama for drinking
party after the trio went AWOL
from their camp at Keio Univer-
sity, near Yokohama.
The findings of the court mar
tial, headed by Trial Judge Capt.
Anthony Constantine, Dunkirk, N.
Y, are subject to review by the
Division Judge Odvocate, Maj.
Gen. William c. Chase, Of Provi-
dence, r. l., the division COM
mander, and Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur.
Chase said today the men had
been given the fairest trial pos
sible. He said he had been order
ed to insure an orderly occupation
and to see that "any infractions
were stamped out ruthlessly."
Neighbors of the Tanakas said
they saw the soldiers running to-
ward railway station on the
night of Sept. Is about two hours
after they entered the home.
Tanaka's body was found in the
kitchen-he had been beaten and
shot. His son, bullet in his back,
was found on the sidewalk out
side, apparently shot while run
ming for help.
Witnesses said Oroark and Huff
mann then commandeered a
train at gunpoint from a JAP
anese station master to carry
them back to camp. Ninits hid
in bushes near the Tanaka resi-
-dence all night and surrendered
the next day.
None of the defendants took the
stand. Defense Attorney Capt.
Herbert B. Brill, former New
York lawyer, based his case on the
contention the prosecutions evil
dence was circumstantial and
quoted the three sergeants as tell
ing investigators the Japanese had
attacked them from behind.
Huffman lost a finger from
gunshot wound. 1t. Philip Mat
thews, Bridgehampton, N. Y, di-
vision judge advocate, said the
younger Tanaka apparently had
returned the soldiers shot while
running for help.
Officials disclosed that Oroark
had been dishonorably
discharged from the 7th Corps
and was a parolee from the Fed
eral Penitentiary at Ell Reno,
Okla.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04
AWARD n YEARS LATE

NEW Observation-Disclosures
P. Malone, New Orleans newspap-
erman, recently received word
from the War Department that he
had been awarded the Silver Star
for gallantry in the first World
War. The award was made q years
and one month after he earned it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04

Eternity Cape, lofty headlana
on Saguenay River in Canada has
an altitude of 1000 feet, and tbo
water at its base has a depth of
about two-thirds that figure.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04
SOUTHERN STYLE

FORT SMITH, - W.D - A South
ern soldier at Fort Francis E. War
rem recently was assigned the role
of Jap" for maneuvers and told
to make Nip-type suicidal charge
with all the sound effects. He
charged, yelling, "Banzai, you all.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04
SHADES OF BEN FRANKLIN

Sf1AOES UT BEN FhANAL1N
BOSTON - WR - Thrigty Ben
Franklin would be pleased wi h
this news about his native state
Savings bank deposits in Massa-
chusetts have reached an all-time
high of $2,7oo, 100000, according to
President Charles j. Bateman, Jr.,
of the Savings Bank Assn. OF
Massachusetts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04
DONATES EGG COLLECTION

CHICAGO - U.H - A collection
39,317 North American specimen
eggs was presented to the Chicago
Natural History Museum through
the will of the late R. Magoon
Barnes, a Lacon, ILL.,, lawyer.
Barnes started collecting eggs in
1876 at the age of IA. He was made
curator of zoology by the museum
in 1925
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04
HERoP ~, IN LEGION POT

z5H1
BATON ROUGE, La. - W.H -
The new acting assistant adjutant
of Nicholson Post No. 38 of the
American Legion here is Alex
Bourgeois, %, who holds the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross, the Air
Medal with three clusters. and
six campaign stars. He was dis
charged from the air corps on
points.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04

DRUGGIST TO 'CULTURED'
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - W.H - A
Cambridge drug store, mindful OF
the city's distinguished liberty
history, still labels its prescirp-
tions: Garter to the Cultured"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04

The state of Wyoming has ap-
proximately 10000 miles of fishing
streams and 100000 acres Of fish.
ing lakes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04

Yellowstone National park has an
area of approximately 3,472 miles,
or about $4,000 acres.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04

Wild horses are rounded up an.
nually in Wyoming by airplane.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04

More than 40 rodeos are held an
nually in Wyoming.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04

FORMER wPB OFFICIAL, Edwin A.
Locke, Jr. OF Boston, Mass, has
been named by President Truman
as his personal representative in
China to assist in the industrializa-
ton Of that country. Locke will
work with Generalissimo Chang
: Kai-shek. lInternational)
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-04
How To Relieve
Bronchitis

Creomulsion relieves promptly be-
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in
famed bronchial mucous men,
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulsion with the I'M
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-06-07
Whose BREAD WE ~

For many years we have been telling the
world what a fine place the South is; of
its great natural and its favor
able factors for economic growth. 1t is in
truth a goodly land.
But of all the assets possessed by this
favored region, the O valuable are its
people. Representative of the best that is
America, the people of the South by their
self>reliance, energy and intelligence have
demonstrated their capacity for economic
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-06-07

Eased Quickly With BE"

Agonizing headaches and an
noying neuralgia pains usual
ly yield in a hurry to the
quick-acting ingredients in
the BIC" formula. &c" is
also effective for the relief