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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-18
Wolf in Mans C|othing

stairs with c heavy and c troubled
heart.
Drue was sitting by the bed when
| entered Craig's room; her eyes
leaped to mine. Craig was asleep,
| thought; his pulse was all right;
the wound hadn't opened and she
had sterilized and dressed the
bloody bruise on his temple so q
neat patch Of surgical dressing and
adhesive adorned 1t. / beckoned
Drue into the dressing room and
told her everything, except that the
syringe was gone quickly whis-
pering, hating to see the color drain
out Of her lips.
Her hands went out to grip mine,
hard. Sarah, do they know | ;"
mo. l hid the hypodermic. I
didn't tell them that you we're there
before me. I-oh, my dear child.
don't look like that. You didn't
mean it -"
Il gave him digitalis. Sarah,
had to. He was sick. His medicine
was gone. | thought he was dying.
| hurried TO my room and had some
digitalis. l had it left over from
old Mrs. Observation-Disclosures, We
nursed her together 49,"
nodded. A nurse either destroys
or boards for an emergency drugs
that are left over from case and
had nursed old Mrs. Jameson with
her. Every nurse, l imagine lat
least | always had done sol accumu-
lates slowly kind Of frst-aid,
emergency kit Of her own. | had
then in my bag enough sedatives
to bring upon me the highly un-
favorable attention Of any police
man who happened to discover it
$50 you gave it to him ?"
"Yes." There was horror in her
eyes. "You see, I'd been talking to
him. Then he / saw he was really
sick. He said to get his medicine;
he gasped horribly. He told me
where it was, but l remembered.
He's always kept it there in the
right-hand drawer Of his desk. l
looked and it wasn't there so l.. :"
"You opened the drawer?"
Eyes, Of course" Il thought,
then, of fngerprints; yet Drue's
fingerprints on the drawer couldn't
be made to prove anything. Or
could they?) She went on quickly:
But there was no box of pills. Then
he begged me for something; said
even if | hated him I'd have to help
him, and II got my syringe from
the bag in my room. | sterilized it
quickly with alcohol and prepared
the hypodermic and hurried back to
the library. He rolled up his sleeve
himself and told me to hurry. So
did. gave him what thought was
the right amount -"
How much?"
She told me. | nodded. Conrad
hadn't taken any Of the pills he had
ready for emergency during the few
moments that he was alone while
Drue was preparing the hypoder-
mic. That was obvious, for if he had
done so he wouldn't have permitted
her to give him the additional medi-
cine. go on" | satl.
That's all, Sarah. He :" She
took her hands from my wrists and
put them to her throat. "He died.
Then. Just-just died and | couldn't
stop it"
ITO be continued)
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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

~Noise? What was it," ques-
toned the Lieutenant.
81 don't know. II sounded as II
the house was coming down." | was
anxiously making a clean breast Of
everything / could and hoping des-
perately to divert his inquiry from
Drue. Peter Huber ran upstairs
TO see what it was. | ran after him,
but when | got upstairs he had dis
appeared and | was afraid that
that something had happened to
my patient :"
Something had happened 10
him? What do you meant"
"N-nothing. Naturally he was
on my mind. And | was right, be-
cause when ! got to his room he
wasn't there. Miss Gable had found
him, though; he had apparently
got up and put on a dressing gown
and started downstairs and fallen.
We got him back to bed"
Where was he when you found
him."
told him briefly.
But thought he was drugged."
"He was" said DR.. Chivery sud-
denly. "He is. But nothing is so
variable as a drug plus a bit of
temperature with a man like Craig.
He probably got some fuzzy notion
of something going on and tainted
on the way downstairs"
The Lieutenant (Nugent his
name was, | learned later; just
Nugent; if he had Christian name
he kept it secret) looked at Claud
Chivery. HE had had a quarrel
with his father, hadn't he. Doctor?"
DR.. Chivery looked up quickly
and uneasily; he looked terribly
tired, his eyes swollen and the nerv-
Gus lines deep and gray in his
troubled face with its receding chin.
"Why-why, no." he said. THAT
is, in the past perhaps, yes. But
not :"
YOU'D better know, DR.. Chivery,
Just where we stand" said Nugent,
suddenly. "You-and everyone here
told me story about that shooting
business the other night that frank
~, Doctor, was phony."
Lieutenant Nugent e. :" began
Claud Chivery, rising Indignantly.
well, it seemed so to me- But. as
things were. my hands were tied.
II Craig Brent died | intended to
start an investigation into muir
der -"
Murder :" stressed DR.. Chiv-
cry in high protesting voice, his
little hands tremulous.
-. If he didn't die I intended to
insis upon his preferring charges.
But yesterday, while he was so
heavily drugged as to be entirely
unconscious, there was nothing
could do. l couldn't even question
him. Now, you see, I'm going to-"
"But-but it wasn't Craig that
died. It's Conrad. :"
Exactly" said Lieutenant Nu-
gent, cutting off Chivery's futter-
ing expostulation. Gould Craig
Brent have walked down here to the
library, poisoned his father and
walked back upstairs and collapsed
there in the storeroom :"
Linen ROOM" said.
.. where he was found?"
"PoiSoned." cried Chivery shril-
ly, his uneasy face turning gray.
That's horrible! tell you Conrad
diad perfectly natural death. III
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STAGE and SCREEN

satisfied The camera was smok--
ing by then. The little dream was
finally over.
Tufts hopes that the filming Of
TOO Good to be True" will go
rapidly.
I'm already lined up for an
other picture as soon as this one
is through" he explained. But
IL we so fast, l might get a day
off"
We asked what he meant, isn't
off on week ends?
We'll, not exactly Saturday
night ! had to make some added
scenes for my last picture. Sunday
there were some extra scenes for
the picture before that"
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Miqnon @. Eberhar

60 IN autopsy. And your medical
examiner can help me. But mark
my words well find he died of a
heart attack-and anyway :" his
nervous eyes darted about the libra
ry, toward the desk, toward the
sofa, anywhere but at the Lieuten-
ant. Anyway, Craig shot himself !!
Accidentally. Why-even you can
not believe that there are two muir
derers here in this house ;"
"Unless Craig shot himself for
that very reason" suggested Lieu
tenant Nugent watching Chivery's
frightened, uneasy face.
"Shot himself - oh, seel To
make it look as il somebody else
tried to kill him and then succeeded
in killing his father? To establish
kind of alibi before the deed!
Why, that's preposterous, Lieuten-
ant! That's absurd! Ha, ha, ha, !"
again it was meant TO be a laugh
and sounded like anything else in
the world.
And l said, "But he does have an
abb. Craig, | mean. | am it." Both
men looked at me. II was in the
room. | would have known if he had
moved. He didn't"
There was a moment Of silence.
Chiver-. hadn't looked quite at me,
just at my left ear. Nugent jerked
his head toward one Of the two
waiting - and intently listening -
policemen. Telephone DR.. Mar
row." he said. Get him over here
at once" One of the troopers van
ished
Claud Chivery said slowly, "Con-
rad must have just got back from
his walk. He went for a walk every
night. About eleven. Said it made
him sleep. Walked very slowly IT,. :"
Nugent said abruptly, That's all
now, Nurse" He was bending over
Conrad again when | left, trying
not to run.
No one was in the hall. DR.. Chiv-
cry, think, closed the door behind
me. At the stair landing | stopped,
looked quickly around, saw no one
and plunged my hand under the
ferns. The syringe was not there.
looked and looked and still it
wasn't there. The only possible con-
clusion was that someone had seen
me hide it and had taken it away.
There's no use in trying to de-
scribe my feelings. Naturally, it
wasn't myself | cared about; it was
Drue, whom ! had delivered into the
hands of her enemies-if, that is,
Alexia or Nicky had taken the
syringe. Or even Maud; there was
look in her dark eyes that sug-
gested depths and no way to tell
what kind of depths.
All three Of them-Alexia, Nicky
and Maud-had passed that fern on
their way upstairs; Peter Huber
also could have taken it. Or Bee
venS, presupposing eyes in the back
of his head, for he certainly had not
turned while T-hid it.
The library door was visible from
the landing, and it had been open
when came downstairs; but l had
seen no one, for l had looked.
Eventually, hearing steps coming
from the end of the hall beyond the
stairs (where there proved to be a
tiny telephone room. and a hall 90
ing to the back stairs and kitchen
regions) and guessing correctly
that it was a trooper. had to give
Up. l trudged up the remaining
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Pfc. Fred d. Parks
Missing in Action

Ann Arbor, Mich. Jan. 1S-Nrs
Grace Parks, 223l w. Liberty St,
has received word from the War
Department that her son, Pfc. Fred
d. Parks, is missing in action in
Germany. He had been overseas
since October.
He was indicted into the Armv
at Fort Custer in April. 1913. and
trained for almost a year at Aber.
deem. Mo. After further training
at Atterbury, Ind, he was sent over.
seas.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-18

The Belgian city Of Licge was
attacked and occupied by the
Germans at the opening Of the
World War !, and was one Of the
major points to fall before the Ger.
man drive in May, 1910.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-18

NEW YORK-TNS-The brown
derby that the late Alfred f. Smith
made famous as a political symbol
occupied the most prominent spot
today in the Alfred r.. Smith me.
mortal exhibit which is on display
at the museum OF the city Of New
York.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-18
Hall Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

New officers elected Signal Corps Auxiliary meeting AZ the
home OF Mrs William Webb president Mrs Frank Tfllo:
vice president Mrs William Putnam secretary Ray Cotton
treasurer, Mrs William Bergin
Miller is in his location corner OF Pearl and
y. Adams ST.
Births To Mr. and Mrs Donald searns esther BurreD De.
tro girl; to Mr. and Mrs Raymond Augustus girl Ngnon
June at Boyer Hospital; Mr. and DAWSON hov
William Cole at Boyer Hospital Mr. walter Herts
boy, Henry.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-18
Fifty Years Ago

Postmaster T. W. Carpenter has succeeded iu getting
provemeut In the mail service to Ann Abo points north
on the Toledo and Ann Arbor Road far Mt Pleasant
Dr. d. d. SALISBURY Three Rivers. arrangements TO
open the Van Fossen Dental parlor SALISBURY broth
Of Duane Spalsbury.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

S. P. BIN a recent article
you said Thomas Addison de-
scribed pernicious anemia. have
Addison's disease. Is it the same
thing, and would liver extract
help?
Answer:-Thomas Addison de-
scribed both diseases. Liver ex-
tract does not help Addison's dis
ease, but plenty of salt does.
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Detroit evening times., 1945-02-03
! DefrOiters
NdziiCdptives

A half dozen telephone calls
from complete strangers and a
flood Of more than 60 post cards
from short wave listeners in
formed the 20-year-old wife and
the mother of Pvt. Douglas Nc
Gee, listed as missing in action
Nov. Is, that he was alive and
prisoner of war in Germany.
His mother, Mrs. Hannah Nc
Gee, was the first 10 hear the
news as she sat by the telephone
in her home at 3776 Whitney. His
wife. Helen, was at work in the
N. A. Woodwork war plant.
"When a stranger telephoned
that he had heard Douglas
speak over shOrtwaVe from
Germany. i thought some one
was kidding me-" Mrs. MCGEE
said But when others tele-
phoned with the same message
began 20 believe IL and called
Helen with the news"
Then the post cards began 10
arrive from all over the coun-
try" Mrs. MCGEE said. Many
were directed 10 wrong addresses
in fact only yesterday the re-
eipient of ore of them appealed
TO the Times 10 help find a Mrs.
MCGEE whose son Douglas might
have been listed as missing.
Mrs. Bodin Scott is keeping
that card for the McGees. A puz-
zled mailman left it at her home,
1876 Richmond.
Another Detroit family heard
from an imprisoned soldier under
even more roundabout eircum-
stances.
A shortwave listener in New
Haven. Conn, heard a message
from Pvt Rudolph Proxop, ad-
dressed 10 his father-in law. Pat
Clinch of 25ll Labelle. Detroit.
The New Haven resident tele-
phoned Patrolman Noel Lawson
of the Highland Park police. who
relay the message 10 the Clinch
home by a police cruiser. Proxop,
who has been a prisoner for some
time. wanted the Clinch family
TO know his address.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-03
D. Roy Priingle
Taken by Death

d. Roy Pringle. vice president
and general manager of the Prfr1-
gle Furniture Co, 1890 w. Grand
Blvd, died today in Grace Hos
pital after an extended illness.
Mr.. Pringle had been interested
in the Pringle Co. for more than
80 years.
He was a member of Detroit
Commandery and Red Run Golf
Club. The family home is at 25515
York road, Huntington Woods.
Surviving besides his wife, Cas-
sic, is son, James. and a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Joseph Champion. both
of Royal Oak; a brother, Frank.
of Pittsburgh, and two sisters,
Mrs. Albert Ruustetler of Detroit
and Mrs. Herbert Gates of Flint.
Services will be held at 2:30
p. m. Monday in the chapel of the
William r. Hamilton Co Burial
will be in White Chapel Cemetery.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-03
10 Michigan
Men Rescued

Ten Michigan men. three from
the Detroit area. were among th'
heroes of Bataan. Corregidor ant
Singapore rescued from the stock
ade of a filthy Jap prison neaI
Manila.
They are:
CAPT. ROBERT K. WHITE
LEY, doctor in David Whitney
Building.
PVT. ROBERT J. BODY of
1884 Brooklyn, Detroit
CAPT. DONALD S. ROBINS
of "a Farrand Highland Park.
PFC. WILLIAM c. RIECK.
Utica.
1T. BUERLY r. GIBBoN,
Marshall
1T. ISAAC NEWTON La
VICTOIRE, Pigeon.
PVT. JOSEPH LIMBAUGH.
Oswego.
CPL. FRANK POTYRAJ,
Grand Rapids.
LIT EDWARD (. THOMAS,
Grand Rapids
PFC FRED S. VINTON,
jackson.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-03
Dr. WhiteIey Rescue
Gives Harper Thrill

"Dr- Whiteiey is safe" went
ringing through Harper Hospital
today and doctors and nurses
thrilled to the good neWs as did
=zrLeral offices in the DAVID Whit
ncy Building
The news was about DR.. Robert
K. Whteiey Of Palo Alto. Cat,
listed among the heroes of Bataan
whose rescue by a Yank raiding
party in the p Philippines has
amazed the world.
AA4--4A4iitt-Iess- eape-4f-a btiSy prae-
tice in Detroit in the fall of 1910
10 answer the call 10 service. A
Detroiter's phone call 10 his par
ents in California left no doubt
that II was the rising young doc
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-03

tor now 81. who had come back
from The living dead after three
years.
Only word received by the par
ents after Batdan= =tcit= =came in the
cryptic form Of Jap postcards, on
which could be checked of Alive,
health good or fair
Bob Whitelcy was graduated
from the medical college al the
University Of Michigan in 1888.
He came 10 Detroit as one of the
famed Or George Kamperman s
residents OF Harper Hospital. spe-
cializing in gynecology and obSte-
RIGS. After his lnternship was fin
ished IN 1896. he entered practice
in the Whitney Building with the
late Or. John Bell
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-03
Peace Draft
Discussed

Compulsory military training in
peacetime will be the subject Of
a discussion by representatives
from veteran. labor and civic
groups meeting at the Rackham
Memorial Building Auditorium at
IS o'clock tonight.
The meeting, the first co-ordi-
mated attempt az discussion Of
this question in Detroit, is spon-
sored by leaders in civic and
national groups in Detroltr-
Among the groups 10 be repre-
sented are the Veteran of Foreign
Wars. American Legion, Detroit
Council Of Churches, League of
Woman Voters. Detroit Fedora
tion of Teachers, Michigan Com
monwealth Federation.
National Association for the
Advancement or COfOTed People,
Jewish Community Council,
State CIO Council, Archdiocesan
Labor Institute, Association Of
Catholic Trade Unionists. Detroit
Committee on Postwar Problems.
UAW-CIO Women's AuXiliaries
and the University of Michigan
Extension Service.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-03
Episcopal Fund
To Support Clinic

The Michigan Episcopal Diocese
meeting in its 18th annual con-
vention, yesterday established an
SS5 900 Bishop Page Foundation
to support clinical training Of
clergy and laymen.
The convention also admitted
81. Timothys and ST. Peters mis-
Sions in Detroit into the diocese
and approved fair employment
practice legislation.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-03
Navy Production
Suffers in Fire

Valuable electrical manufacture
ing equipment used in making
transformers for the navy was
destroyed today in a three-alarm
fire at the Naro Manufacturing
Co.'S electrical division above the
Club Casanova, 2i67 Grand River.
An early report that one of the
20 employees had been suffocated,
was proven untrue after A check
by Alfred D. Benson, chief en-
gineer.
The fire, originating in a rear
packing room on the second floor
shop, was confined to the top two
floors. No estimate OF the dam
age could be made Immediately,
company officials said.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-03
High PointCos
Of Meat Fought

High point values on porter
house and round steak which
have restricted the sale Of those
cuts Of meat VIII be protested
Monday at a meeting of 200 men,
bers of the Detroit Retail Meat
Merchants Association.
The meeting was called by Mar
tin Bonkovich. association presi-
dent, who said that many dealers
were grinding these cuts into
hamburger to prevent them from
spelling.
Hamburger is worth IS cents
and four points. Porterhouse is
worth 81 10 "a cents and Is
points and round steak 48 cents
and u points.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-03
THE WEATHER

Detroit and vicinity Partly cloudy tonight
and Saturday Not much change N tem0cgs-
ture Lowest tonight about S. Moderate
winds
shippers forecast. protect shipments dur
Ing the next 36 hours for North. 10 de-
Erees west 1 o CaSf IA south. 10.
DETROIT DATA
Temperatures Thursday Highest, 2S de-
EreeS lowest Il mean. 20.
Departure from normal temperature Thurs
day -3 degrees.
Departure from normal temperature since
Jan lee degrees
Temperatures one year ago today. Highest.
81 degrees lowest % mean. 80.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-03
Jr. Farm Bureau Dates

BAY CITY. Feb. Doris
Burch has been elected director
of activities of the Junior Farm
Bureau in Bay, Saginaw and
Arenac counties. Alvera Neu-
meyer is regional Secretary-treas-
urer. The group is planning a
banquet for March 20 and a bowl
ing tournament for Feb. Is.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-03
Tires Made in Europe

WASHINGTON. Feb. . up
Col-LaWrence l1-4llliHGeH=1h 1hair-
man of tine. Alfred rubber control
committee N Paris. revealed today
that the army Is IN high gear
on a tire production program in
France and Belgium.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-03
Flint Bandit Freed
To Enlist in Army

FLINT. Feb. 2-Circuit Judge
Philip Elliott today released James
Welch, Is, of said Morrish, who
had pleaded guilty TO burglary. in
order that he might attempt to
enter the army. His sentence had
been deferred until Feb. 13.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-03
FifzsirnnnOns
Gets ; Years
Promoter Posts Appeal
Bond Of 81, oooCesh
BY FRANK MORRIS

MASON, Feb. 2-Sentenced to
three years in Jackson Prison for
offering a bribe 10 a legislator,
Floyd Fitzsimmons, 5J, Benton
Harbor fight promoter, today
looked TO the supreme court in his
fight for freedom.
FitzSimmons was found guilty
late yesterday by a jury of nine
women and three men who de-
liberated an hour and a half, and
was sentenced Immediately.
When the verdict was an
nounced by the jury foreman.
Howard Gould, Judge John Simp-
son ordered the fight promoter To
arise. Fitzsimmons showed no
emotion as the judge pronounced
three years"
THE maximum penalty is
four years." Judge Simpson
said. II am making no recon-
mendations."
SECOND SIGLER SCORE
Mrs. Fitzsimmons and a niece
were among e1e few spectators in
the room and remained as calm as
the usually jaunty fight promoter,
It was the- -seeef4tf tf-tsft sttccess-
fully prosecuted by Kim SIgler
since he joined the grand jury
staff a year ago last month.
Sigler and FitzSimmons did not
exchange words or glance after
the sentence. Earlier in the day,
Sigler remarked 70 the defendant =
"Well, FitZ. we went the full
Is rounds, eh?"
FitzslmmonS turned away with
out replying.
Afien Sentence Q. he provided
$4,000 cash appeal bond from his
own pocket.
$500 OFFERED
The Jury agreed that former
Rep Gail Handy of Benfon FIar-
Dor was telling the truth when
he testified that Fitzsfmmpns
offered him $500 during the 1871
session 10 help Kill a bill regu-
fdting horse racing.
The fight promoter long a pal
or Jack Dempsey and for many
years the lobbyist here for dog
track interests, had denied the
accusation.
His appeal viii be flied soon By
his attorneys, Fred +. Walker Of
Detroit and Charles Gore Of Ben
ton Harbor.
The Lincoln times., 1945-01-29

Is that soldiers subscription to the
Times paid up to date?
The Lincoln times., 1945-01-29

wanted their marriage to be perfect.
She lay there beside him on the beach,
his head pillowed on her arm, and
dreamed the dream women in love
have always dreamed. Darling! Dar-
ling" She whispered, because it was
not difficult to say sentimental words
when Tony was asleep. Il love you
so! 1 love you SOL"
Yet when she told Tony about her
fathers last illness and what dread
full time she had had, meeting the
responsibilities alone, it was she
whom Tony treated as a little girl,
holding her close in his arms, smooth
ing back her tumbled hair, kissing
her quivering lips. "No wonder you
have a serious streak" he said.
"Think of you going through all that
by yourself. You've got backing
from here on, sugar, may not be so
good at it, but I'll fight your battles
after this"
1t was queer how it pleased Tony
when she betrayed any characteristic
of the clinging vine. He was like that
when they went into the ocean the
second morning. Barbara had learned
to swim at the Y. w. c. A. at hime.
She swan well, just as she did every
thing she attempted efficiently, but
she was not used to the surf and it
was very rough that day. She lost
her footing, foundered, went under,
and came up choking and terrified.
Tony laughed until he hurt. Neverthe-
less, he kept firm clutch on her after
that and he was careful not to let her
have another mishap.
Hang on to me, Skeezicks." he ad-
vised. "I'll see that you don't drown,
s'help me-" He teased her about the
encounter, yet he liked it when she