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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12

simply and plainly forgot II, Mr..
Tuck. I had no thought Of II again
until you mentioned II just now"
"And your servant didn't come
across this box Of poison and ask
IL you wanted It? In a years
time ?"
'Hazel has strict orders against
tidying my den Ever since 40
pages Of final draft vanished into
the incinerator."
Tuck again looked at the coffee
table while he thought His next
remark puzzled Victoria Il seem
to have the notion from something
you said yesterday that you are on
a diet, and are using no sugar"
That's right"
II also seem to remember that
your husband used two spoonfuls
Of sugar In his coffee"
Eyes, he did. Albert was terrin-
cally fond Of sweets"
That's what killed him." said
Tuck quietly.
She stared at his long, solemn
face. She jumped to her feet and
walked to the center Of the room,
from where she could see the side
board In the dining room. The silver
teapot and the coffee pot and the
creamer were there on the tray, but
the silver sugar bowl was gone.
Il took 1t downtown with me
yesterday" said Tuck. Il learned
from Hazel that was the bowl
which was always used on the din
ner table. I thought I noticed some
thing wrong about that sugar when
I lifted the lid and looked into the
bowl. ! took It to the police chem
ist- He recovered about six tea
spoonfuls Of sodium fluoride. This
had been mixed casually in with the
top sugar. so that anyone using
sugar from that bowl would pick
up about so per cent poison"
The morning sun completed II,
struggle with the mist and glowed
sudden and warm through the
orange curtains Just at the momen,
that the realization Of how Albert
had come to die burst through the
fog Of her puzzlement and glowed
In victoria's brain. She felt her
certainty shining on her face as she
said to Tuck: II know how Albert
died."
She took a step toward him a.
though physical nearness could EN-.
phasize what she was going to say
She realized that for the first time
she was looking down at Mr.. Tuck.
MY servant Hazel keeps q large
Quantity Of ant powder in a can In
the kitchen. II Is between the one
containing salt and the one contain
ing sugar. A month ago she
reached for the wrong can and
filled the sugar bowl with salt
When she filed that sugar bowl
this time, she made The same mis-
take, but In the other direction She
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12
Wings

Plans for a model airplane meet
during the coming summer are
under way at the Ann Arbor Air
port, and Don Gridley has been
appointed by the Junior Chamber
OF Commerce TO serve on the avia-
ton committee which will conduct
the meet. No definite date has
yet been set for the meet.
Richard Roeder, a member OF
the Gridley Sky Club. Ia the newly
elected president OF the Mems
Union at the University OF Mich
igan.
Charles Gabbard, former Ypsi.
lantian, now of Oak Ridge, Tennes-
see. writes that he expects to al
tend the National ModAi Airplane
meet at Chicago this summer. While
residing in Ypsilanu, Mr. Gabbard
was member OF the Hornet Mo-
del Club. His father, who was
formerly a faculty member OF the
chemistry department at the Mich
igan Normal College. was a mem
Der Of the group working on the
Atomic Bomb project at Oak Ridge.
Adrian Airport was the desig-
mated port for the Dawn Patrol
Sunday. and 80 planes were flown
In from all parts of the state as
well as many from Ohio, Indiana.
and as far as Chicago. All pilots
participating received ham and
egg breakfast ION the house,. A
prize was given to the pilot com.
ing the farthest distance and also
to the pilot who was first to arrive.
Ypsilanti pilots flying to Adri-
an Sunday were Orval and Harlan
Throne, Ormal and Ralph Rowe,
and from Ann Arbor. Lillian Mac
CURE and William Carr.
New students at the Gridley Sky
Club are Professor Allan Sherzer,
Warren Curry, and Norman Bar.
nett.
Ormal Rowe and Harold Wartv
flew to Wyandotte Friday where
Mr. VANITY signed up for period
OF service with the Marine Corps.
Messrs. Manners and Roush land.
ed at the Ann. Arbor Airport Sun
day evening at shutdown after an
eight hour trip from Grand Island,
Nebraska.
Don Gridley flew to Lansing on
business Monday.
The Argus Flying Club plane
which was sold recently was flown
70 Bloomington. Indiana this week
en- route TO Texas. The new own
er. cattle rancher. plans to use
the plane for herding cattle and
general transportation about his
ranch.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12
The Birthday Murder

flied the bowl with poison. Mr..
Tuck"
Mighty careless" was Tuck's
only comment.
1T wSs the carelessness born Of
trusting too much to habit I've
watched her at work In the kitchen
from time to time and she reaches
for the canister she wants without
really looking at it. She reached for
the wrong one again"
Tuck rose. I'D like to have a
look at that can of poison" There
was something guarded In his
voice.
They crossed the black and white
squares of the kitchen linoleum to-
gether, he In three heavy treads,
she In five short ones. The common
place, everyday look OF the room
itself, of the row Of Identical green
canisters on the sideboard was in
finitely reassuring. Tuck's big hand
closed on the can between the one
labeled sugar and the one labeled
salt. He pulled up the lid, which left
the can with a faint, hollow twang.
He stood looking down into the can
and then tilted 1t toward Victoria
It's bright tin interior was empty.
She took it from him and turned
it around. The red-edged label
reading ANT POISON" which
Hazel had pasted to its side was
also gone. Tea" said the black
letters now. There was nothing to
indicate that the can had ever con-
tanned poison.
The moment Of silence was brok-
en- by the sound Of the service door
opening at the far end Of the room.
Hazel entered. carrying a brown
bag of groceries against her nat
little chest. She smiled at Victoria
and said. Il found some dandy
corn, dear. Small kernels, like you
like" Her gaze then shifted to
Tuck and then To the green can
Victoria was still holding stiffiy be-
fore her.
Hazel" said Victoria, what
happened to the poison that was In
this cam"
1T Just ran out, dear. ! used the
last of 1t a week back"
Victoria continued to stare al
her. Hazel added. as she c-me for.
ward, Il noticed II was gone last
Saturday. just after you took Hsg-
gis TO the vets"
The calm. absurd irrelevance OF
the event which placed this fact In
Hazers mind had a curious quality
OF hnslity to II. Victoria took the
lid Tuck was holding. replaced II
on the can. put the can back In It's
place between the others. She could
feel Tuck looking down at her. She
felt her throat construct as she
swallowed. She put her hand to her
throat.
Outside, in the sunlight. a bird
sang merrily
| fTo Be ContInuedl
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12

which was followed by prayer. The
assembly sang Faith of Our Faith
ers". Mrs. Max Miller. program
chairman, introduced entertainers
who played the following selec-
tons on the violin and cymbolam.
Summertime, THE Indian Love
CALI. THE Irish Wash Woman"
and kiss Me Again. Little Janice
HARDWOOD repeated two nursery
rhymes. Mary June Fortney sang
Make Believe" and Somewhere a
Voice is Calling. accompanied by
Mrs. James Wynn. Ann Lurkins
favored with two piano solos. "Ths
First Waltz" and THE County Gar
den" Jerome Lamb gave an inter
esting talk on the atomic bomb and
told some OF his experiences while
over sea.
The afternoon came to a close
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12

futile Hill, Mich.-The regular
meeting OF the Friends Church Mis-
sionary Society was held Wednes-
day at the parsonage with more
than thirty attending. Dinner was
served by committee number one.
Plans we're completed for the an
nual birthday dinner to be held at
the church Feb. 90 at 1890.
Quite number from the local
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12
AUTOMOBILE STRIPPED

Ann Arbor, Feb. William Ill.,
OF 424 Soule Blvd, told police the
car he was using was stripped Of
both headlights. the carbuetor
the distributor and the gas line
Monday night while It was parked
at the rear of the Congregational
Church on State st. Mr.. Illi told
officers that the vehicle. a model
A. Ford. belonged to Richard P.
Reule, also OF 424 Soule Blvd.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12
WEEK PROCLAIMED
By STANLEY

Lansing-AP-At the request OF
the Michigan Junior Chamber OF
Commerce, Governor Kelly has pro-
claimed the period from Feb. IL to
% as "Americanism Week. III
we are to continue the progress
and advancement of our state and
nation. It is OF paramount import
ance that we make Americanism a
living, positive force in our lives
Kelly said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12
Friends Hear
of Ceremonies

Ann Arbor, Feb. 12-Friends
here have learned OF the marriage
Of Miss Alice Hsrral. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs Ivan f. Hsrral, Twin
Falls, Idaho, TO 1t. Milledge d. Bull
lard. Jr.. son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Mill
edge D. Billiard. Burson Pl.. at the
ogden. Utah, Arsenal, with a till
military guard.
The couple will honeymoon In
Chicago and Ann Arbor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12
Begole News

Begole, Mich.-The Pittsfeld La
dies Aid Society. with their hus-
bands as guests, had very delight
full annual meeting Thursday in
the Congregational Church dining
room. Places we're laid for SO at
long tables tastefully decorated
for st. Valentines Day with red
tapers and cupids.
The president of the society. Mrs.
Mabel Budd. introduced Mrs. LeBa-
ron, who told of worthy family
that was in need, and collection
OF $27.70 was taken. In leading
the devotlons, Rev. Gordon Speer
took for his text when You Pray
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12
DON'T FALL FOR 1T

AN OLD gag. among players
who keep striving for everything
possible. is making a cue-bid OF
the opponents suit in order to
convey the impression that they
are blank in 1t or else hold the ace.
Their purpose, Of. course, Is to pre-
vent the suit being chosen for the
opening lead. A wise leader will
ordinarily lead some other suit. II
the rest Of the bidding made an
other suit seem like a good lead
anyway. But II the bidding indt.
Gated all other three to be ques-
tionable leads. helpful to the de-
clarer, then usually no attention
should be paid to the cue-bid.
That suit should be led just be-
cause the declarer seems to be
trying to prevent It.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12
CHAPTER NINETEEN

TUCK WAS silent for q minute,
looking at the coffee table as
though he were reading something
on its dark surface. Then he looked
up at Victoria and she noted irrele-
vanity that the sockets Of his eyes
were outlined with flesh q little
darker than that Of the rest of his
face, which gave him a weary look
He said: The autopsy has been
made. Your husband died OF O
lethal dose Of sodium fiuoride. The
poison was found In tire stomach
and large intestines along with the
remnants OF the last meal he ate
This means that the poison was In
gested not more than half an hour
before or after that meal It was
not taken before; witnesses have
testified to that"
That was when Victoria had the
nrst sharp sense Of trap closing
about her. You mean that he was
poisoned In this house, at dinner p
HE must have been"
But that's impossible"
He looked at her with that puz-
zled. curious look. MY assistant
Mr.. Froody, In searching your den
found box Of ant powder pushed
far back on the shelf Of the closet
This had been at some time opened
Some Of the poison had been re-
moved"
As he spoke, recollection smots
Victoria like a lash Of a whip. Con.
trolling a desire to expostulate, tc
rise and pace the floor and speak
loudly and defiantly. she said: my
explanation Of that poison Is going
to sound thin. 1t happens to be true
A year ago I began work on INA
Hart" It involves murder by poi.
son."
IT KNOW" said Tuck.
IT asked DR.. Mailer for the name
and properties Of a poison which
would not act for about six hours
He let mo read a book on poisons
he has In his Office. picked sodium
fuoride. The bo,k said It was the
chief basis Of most commercial ami
powders. had to know whether II
was necessary to sign the poison
register when you bought IL Tt
find that out, I bought box. ] also
had to know whether II was solu-
bic In water. used a small amount
Of the powder to End this out II
did not entirely dissolve In cold
water. l tried It In milk and coffee
These were better: they hid the
milky look Of the dissolved powder
and the dregs which did not dis.
solve. Why I didn't throw II away
i really can't tell you. That cup
board In my den has been a catchall
for odds and ends for a long time
] put II far back on the top shell
90 no one could get into II acci.
dentally and then forgot II. ] Just
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12

MOBILE. Ala.-INS- Injections
OF rare drug flown TO Mobile from
Chicago brought two OF three chill
dren, described by physicians as
dangerously i'll OF influenza menin-
gifts, safely past the critical stage
today. Attaches at City Hospital
said the third child had shown inn
provement.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12

NEW YORK-AP-Western IN
ion employees in the Metropolitan
area returned to work Monday, end
ing a fve-week strike which Grip
pied New York City's Geographic
communications and hampered the
nations cable service to Europe.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12

unpleasant surroundings. A wealthy
patron hears her and sends her 10
college. She has great success
and a charming romance.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12

Margaret and Marie McMullen,
Ann Arbor, were guests over the
week end OF their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William McMullen, Ellis Rid.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12
Fine Points IN Bndqe

suit to open. He finally decided
that the lesser Of the evils con-
fronting him was the second suit
bid by South, Diamonds. So he led
the 7.
That enabled South to get an
extra trick. The J. Q and A went
on II, a spade was led to the X, the
club A was used for q discard OF
South's oply heart. and then
spades and diamonds finished the
hand for an unbid grand slam.
West should have seen that
South had a motive for cue-bid-
ding hearts even II he had a card
or two in the suit. It ought to have
been apparent from the bidding
that there was a grave danger that
South could take all the tricks,
once he got the lead. that all los
ers In side suits might be discard
ed on either clubs or diamonds. In
that situation. West should have
led a heart whether South made
that cue-bid or not. As 1t devel-
oped. that would not have endan-
gered the contract, but 1t would
have prevented the extra trick.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-12

by all singing God Be With You
Till We Meet Again.
Evening star., 1946-02-15
By Harry Macarthur

Not having come across Maisie
Xavier, the ex-chorus girl, for sew
eral years now, we can only report
after seeing her again that 1t Is q
pleasure to see her looking the same
something less than a pleasure tc
find that the routine of her adven-
lures hasn't changed much either
Miss Xavier, as she scrambles about
in "Up Goes Maisie," now on the
screen at Loew's Capitol, is up to
her same old tricks, solving problems
in gay and straightforward man.
ner and proving that her heart OF
gold makes her far superior to
those who attempt to awe her with
a hoity-toity manner.
Though she looks the same and
faces problems as she always has
there Is subtle change to be noted
in Maisie, however. Love has come
along and softened her wit, dulled
the former sharp edge Of her wise
cracking approach. She even be-
comes engaged in "Up Goes Maisie'
and casts Moony glances at her
boss. This Is not the Maisie we knew
few years ago, the one who knew
men for what they were and
wouldn't entangle herself perma-
nently with one of them.
| \ \ n n
Maisie, who seems to have become
an arc welder during the war, Il
engaged in this current adventure
along with some former air force:
boys, in great postwar work, the
construction of a helicopter, which
will make them all rich and famous
Before success is achieved, tn,
young lady is drugged into a wile
escapade that is supposed to pas
for drunkenness ESQ she won't b,
good enough for the boss and viii
get out of the way, leads the chas,
Evening star., 1946-02-15
B-16 - THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. c.
'Cornered,' a Dramatic Chase,
With Dick Powell as Hero
By jay Cormody

Dick Powell recently took morbid
instinct
which opened yesterday the Metropolitan OF its
boiled bareknuckled of with considerable
dramatic effectiveness And the forefront Of RKo cast which
that his old of him They little
Evening star., 1946-02-15
By SheiIoh Grohom
HOLLYWOOD,

HOLLYWOOD.
Betty Hutton has simmered down
to the subdued point. And her
friends are worried. They think she
/ is sickl But it isn't that at all. The
NATURALLY bouncing Betty is trying
/ to please Husband Ted Briskin, who
lis a bit on the shy side and who
definitely does not want his wife
to be "the life of the party" Her
Inew way OF life is quite strain
for Miss Hutton and I'm wondering
how long 1t will be until she reverts
to her usual boiSterousness.
Lois Andrews Street can stay In
New York long, long time-as fan
las her former husband, George
Jessel, Is concerned. With Lois
AWAY, George breakfasts every
morning with their four-year- -olc
daughter, Jerilyn. And he gets ur
at Z to do it! II. Lew Ayres, still
sensitive about that 1912 publicity
| Is not giving any interviews about
his time in the army. Ee'll talk
about anything else, though. Ir
"The Dark Mirror" Lew plays q
psychologist, which is more or less
along his line of work as medical
unit man with Uncle Sam.
Talking about not talking, Stirling
Hayden, who returns here after his
Reno divorce from Madeleine Car
roll, has already put in a request
for no publicity on that subject
or on anything that has to do with
the female sex!
Jack Beutel starred with JANE
Russell in "The Outlaw" for Howard
Hughes four years ago. Then hi
went into the service. Now he i.
out on terminal leave and his pic.
ture is still unreleased, with tht
exception of San Francisco! "Bui
I've been promised another picture
right away" he tells me-"in the
next Preston Sturges movie" That's
Evening star., 1946-02-15

on the nasties trying to steal the
helicopter, finally takes off in the
thing for wild ride through the
streets OF downtown Los Angeles.
This latter affair gives mobility,
If little else, to that old Harold Lloyd
gag, whereby audiences are supposed
to be frightened out of their wits
by the thought of clinging to a
building and looking down at the
street in the cavern below.
Ann Sothern, of course, Is Maisie
In her latest more or less comic
adventure. And she plays the role
with all the assurance you might
expect of q girl who has been play
ing the same part since 1889. George
Murphy Is the lad who softehs her
heart with love and a girl named
Hillary Brooke pops in now and
then to exhibit a nasty manner and
a fascinating pair Of eyes.
While Maisie may not have many
new tricks, the same can not be
said of Sharkey, the seal, who with
an ordinary seal it should be which
but not with Sharkey) headlines
the Capitol stage show. Sharkey
now has a couple of impersonations
that are very fine, especially one
of a politician making a speech just
before election. That's a master
piece. Sharkey also contributes some
balancing, juggling and music, by
way of a set of electrically operated
bells, proving again that he is one OF
the top-notch vaudeville performers
around right now.
Johnny Barnes, local-boy-who-
made-good, is back once more or
the stage where he got his start
several years ago in a Going
Native" revue, tap-dancing nimbly
as usual. Others are Doris Faye
a clever ventriloquist, and the Lam.
bertis, whose balancing turn is one
of the better ones. Talented Violin
list Marian Burroughs Is featured
in the overture, with the Sam Jack
Kauffman-conducted orchestra.
Evening star., 1946-02-15
|Maisie Up to Her Old Tricks
In New Film at the Capitol

up GOES MAIsIE." an MGM picture
produced by George Haight directed BY
Harry Beaumont, original screenplay by
Thelma Robinson. At the Capitol.
Evening star., 1946-02-15
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

and Time Of Showing
Stage.
National - '"The Hasty Heart:
$3.50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"Up Goes Maisie":: IL
am, lao, 4:25, 7:05 and $50 pm.
Stage shows: /, 3:45, 6:25 and 91o
pm.
Columbia-"The Harvey Girls:
II am, /, 3:05, Sis, TBS and 9:35
pm.
Earle MY Reputation: 10:45
am, l, 3:15, 5:25, TAO and s:55 pm.
Hippodrome-"My Name Is Julia
Ross: 2, 3:10, 4:50, $50, $40 and
$50 pm.
Keith's-"Scarlet Street: u, 2:25
Ass, 7:20 and 9:45 pm.
4 Little-"The Last Chance: ILLS
am, lis, $40, $40, TBS and 9:35
pm.
\ Metropolitan - "Cornered":: 11:2(
am, 1:25, 3:25, $50, 1885 and 9:4s
pm.
Palace-"Spellbound":: 10:45 am.
1880, 8, $40, 7:30 and $50 pm.
Miracle of Morgan's Creek;
$3.50, 6:45 and $50 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts
Continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1946-02-15
impersonated by an extremely skill
full lot-Seyeral of them old Grnlln |

impersonated by an extremely skill
full lot-several of them old Group
theater actors.
Most constantly about the prem
ises Is mysterious gent played
by Walter Steak. A corpulent, per-
spring sort, there appears to be
virtually nothing he does not know
about everybody's business, an in
fternational information bureau
whose menace is always implied but
confusing. The women who also
get mixed up in the affairs of the
vengeful young pilot include a
harassed, pretty French refugee and
one of those dark, glittering danes
who obviously are designed by ma
ture for no good end.
When the hero is not being con-
fused by one of these, there are
the members of a group who ap-
parently are on the same side but
whose methods are so different that
mutual distrust is inevitable. Nor
ris Carnovsky, an old Group per-
former, turns up among this smooth
set and toward the end of the film