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Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-04-11
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as the police were through ran
sacking Margot's possessions for
evidence.
Also. they agreed that the house
service, as it was now, didn't afford
sufficient protection
Inspector Barry promised that
from this hour on. no n would be
| able to enter, or leave, the Lincons-
field without the knowledge of tho
law. Tho premises were to be
watched, in three shifts. the clock
around and, to make the presence
Of the police less obvious, door
mems uniforms were to be procured
for the watchers. At the expense Of
Richard Pearce, Sr.
After all this had been decided,
Dick, his father. Inspectcc Barry
| and Hunt all left in a bunch, and
Claire and I sat down before the
fireplace, too exhausted to utter q
word. until, after a while. Ro-a
came in to inquire If we wanted
our lunch In the dining room or to
have it brought to us on q tray.
Talking of food. after the trag-
edy Of the morning. actually
seemed a little indecent. But the
very word lunch" had a reviving
effect and soon we were eating.
Afterwards, when Rosa had re-
moved the trays, we both kicked
Off u shoes and curled up-Claire
on the sofa, I in the deep chair op-
posite it. trying to relax and rest
up for the next instalment of the
in the afternoon.
mice, refined way to torture, u
police SYSTEM" Claire said drowsi-
| ly. Did you break down and tell
all while I was dining into the
boys what they ought to write
about Margot?" i,
II did not" I boasted. Hell and
Deane yer to them. And neither
will Hunt Berwick" ,
Him, yes. Hunt. Appropriate
name the led has," Claire yawned.
"Also a swell physique and a face
you'd love to touch"
1t sounded funny from Claire.
I'm surprised! YOU falling for our.
psychological sleuth!" l teased her.
with a weak chuckle. and then.
ashamed of being amused by any.
thing under the circumstances, cud-.
died deeper into my chair in search
of the ideal position. .
Something cracked as l moved.
I put my hand down between the
loose cushion and the back Of the
chair to see what had made the
sound, and suddenly sat up straight.
my stockinged feet on the floor and
every trace Of droWsiness gone.
In my hand was a thin sheaf OF
letters, held together by an ordi-
nary rubber band. Letters in Mar
got Ingalls, familiar hand, written
on her equally familiar thin, stiff
notepaper.
(To Be CCntinued)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-04-11
CHAPTER FOURTEEN

POLLY REMAINED stubborn
end kept twittering about his hon
or as a gentleman" and "discre-
ton" and ended with more tirm-
ness than Id given him credit for:
Il am deeply distressed that one
OF my best clients has been muir
dercd. almost ct my door. But I
refuse to be dragged deeper into
this crime. l won't say another
word. no matter what you do to
me. Please let me go back to my
apartment. l do not feel very we'll"
In a little WHILE" the inspector
promised. After you've had a last
look at the deceased. Seeing you
knew her so well l should think
you'd want to-"
The prospect made Polly shake
with horror. mo! Please! I'd rather
mott" he assured his tormentor. lis
she still-in there?"
He cooked his head in the direc-
ton of the guest room when he
asked the question. And Inspector
Barry answered.: mo. in there!"
~ Mig IIo ltilllO IoNNAlu .
room and grabbing poor little Pol
ly's arm with his other hand at the
same time. Come along. say good
by to your late customer"
Polly came along. But only be-
cause he couldn't help it. Dragging
his feet like an unwilling child. he
protested: But l don't want to
roo IocJs NJ ava, o-o tol,;~~ NM
to Mademoiselle Tarrant's room.
Why? Madame Ingalls, couldn't
have been kiNed in there. why
should she?"
That's what we all would like
to Know" Inspector Barry threw
the door wide. Remove the sheet"
he told a policeman stationed in
side.
Hunt and l had followed him,
and the four Of us stood silently
looking at the dead Margot. who
was still clutching the ro%se-colored
pillow.
Polly made a choking sound and
crossed himself. How was she
killed." he gulped out at last.
stabbed with q paper knife
from the desk there" the inspec-
tor said tersely.
"But-but there isn't any blood"
Happens that way sometimes.
Internal bleeding" Hunt vouch-
safed. a shade less colby than be-
fore.
"Oh! And why is she hold
ing that pillow?"
Polly was asking all the ques-
tons that were puzzling me.
"A Accident" the inspector
shrugged. Must have grabbed it in
falling. They'll pull it out of he1
hand when they-er-take her
away"
Grabbed at the pillow in falling
My eyes went to the bed-divar
with its heaps of cushions. Nea,
didn't like rose. That's why she hac
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-04-11
C.. II. Finch
Rites Held

Funeral services FOR Clifton II.
Fir,h. who died Of suffocdtiun early
Yesterday morning when his bed
caught fire and burned, were held
at Mt. Carmel Methods, church this
afternoon at 4 o'clock. conducted by
Rev. Paul Carru1h. pastor. Inter-
ment was in the family cemetery
about one mile from the church.
Active p~allbearers were Wills
BlaclNan, Dorsey Evans, Stewart
Finch, Clyde Fin n, Garland Green
way and j. p. Hamm.
Honorary, Ben Brown, James FL
lington, Raymond Marston, CraW-
ford Daniel, Bill Hight, Blannie
Hight, DR.. r. 7. Upchurch, George
Holden, Jack Parks. Horace Robin
son, w. O. Ellis, Willie kittrell. Asa
Wright, A. NJ. Wyune. Bert Moore.
Fred Register. c. d. Rose, G. M.
Hight, c. B. Finch. Jr.. J. M. Baity,
Frank Wortham, A. A. Bum. G..
Badger Harris, Emmett Mitchell, w.
T. Hearne, S. w. Knott, Harold
Stone, E. O. Falkner, c. j. Fleming,
Harold Anderson. Andrew Finch, B.
NJ. Rowland, Arnold Harris and c.
c. Shaw.
A host CT friends attended the
services ;nd many flora, tributes
were offered.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Jewel Mundy Finch; three brothers.
three sisters, a number of nlcccS and
~nnheWs. and his mother.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-04-11

given me ore OF the deep rose pill
lows. and kept the other hidden
well Underway back in a corner.
To my intense relief Inspector
Barry had no immediate chance of
taking up his Comfortable talk"
with me again after Polly. and with
him the remaining press, had left.
First. poor Margot's body was
being removed. Then Hunt pro-
duced Claire, who went into a
graphic recital Of the murdered
woman's past, which led to much
jotting down of addresses, facts
and approximate dates by Mullins.
And later, just as I thought 1 was
in for it again. Dick arrived. sur
p%risingly. accompanied by his IA
Their.
The old gentleman was in a tow
ering rage and quite plainly re-
garded Margot Ingalls, murder as
a direct attack against the exist
ence of his expected grandchild.
Anyway. he demanded no less than
complete suppression of all public
ity concerning it, and came near
having apoplexy when the inspec-
tor Informed him calmly that the
press had already been there and
gone. and the violent end of the
popular authorizes would most like
~ be headlined in the afternoon
papers.
In the end his wrath turned
against me.
1t was all my fault. The sister
Of his sons wife had no business
to live, all by herself, in this mis-
cradle tenement without dOorman
or elevator attendant. where any
one could walk in from the street
and murder people.
II won't allow it any longer" he
stormed at me. Pack your things
and come out to Elmpoint with us.
At once! And stay there till this
incredible scandal blows over.
III throw a Gordon of guards
| around the estate. l won't let a
newspaper or a reporter through
it," he promised the Inspector, anG
then threatened me: And I'll kill
you, SO help me, if you breathe a
word about all this to Dita."
After a good half hour Of raw
ing he Gained down and listened tc
reason. The outcome was the de-
cision that Dick should return tC
Elmpoint at once, break the news
to Dita as gently as possible, ant
induce her to call me Oh the phone
| so that l could take over his gooC
work by acting cheerful and I'M
concerned.
My leaving town and hiding Out
in Elmpoint was, of course, out OIL
the question. The police needed me
Inspector Barry and Hunt assured
the worried old gentleman.
However, they shared his objec.
ton to my staying in the apart
ment alone with Rosa, and greeted
with enthusiasm Claire's offer t.
move I'M" re guest room, as soor
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-04-11
Tired Kidneys
Often Bring
SIeepIess Nights

When disorder OF kidney function permits
poisonous matter to remain in your blood. it
MISUNDERSTANDING backache .rheumaticp pains.
leg pains, loss of pep and energy. getting up
nights. swelling. puftiness under the eyes.
headaches and dizziness. Frequent or scanty
passages with smarting and burning some-
your kidneys or bladder.
Don't wait! Ask your druggist for Doan's
Pills. a stimulant diuretic. used successfully
by millions for over 40 years. Doan's give
happy relief and will help the Is miles Of
kidney tubes flush out poisonous waste from
your blood. Get Doan's Pills.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-04-11

rg fixtures head the list OF most
wanted farm home features, d. +.
Forst, chairman OF the councils res
idcntial construction committee, re-
Nealed. One in five farm families
throughout the nation plan bathroom
Improvements, he said.
Expenditures in the county will
be part Of a S66, 1897 900 program to
be undertaken by North Carolina
farm ed rural home owners in the
next five years, the study revealed.
An estimated 1924, 900 900 on SIM
liar improvements to present cleo
trio service viii be spent in the ma
ton during the period, it was indl-
Gated.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-04-11

The average sports IAN doesn't
mind discussing the 'tcrnaIiGnal
situation and the food shortage these
days. It's { good way 10 Kill Time
tutll The baseball season starts.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-04-11

Those postwar planners ought TO
10 something about extending the
traWberry shCrtcake season.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-04-11

Star Pitcher Bobby Teller has re-
ceived an offer Of 100000 from the
Mexican league. Is that greenbacks
OF dollars Mex?
Evening star., 1946-03-03

he is not for the American Red Cross
There remains for continuing responsibility in
the greet tosks Of maintaining morale among the
in the occupation forces service to hospitulized troops
and help and counsel to veterans whose normal pot
tern of life hos been disrupted by the wurs impuct
Moreover. the peuce-time role Of our 1854 chapters
is expanding one. involving wide range Of human
itorim and educational services pointed towmd q
better America.
is to these great detectives that the Red Cross is
dedicoted-for them. the Red Cross must carry on.
BASIL O'cONNOR. Chairman
The American Notonol Cross
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-26
BOAT WRECKED;
 W0MAN'S BODY
 FOUND AT SCENE

U. s. Commissioner Felix Gray announced that the body of a wo- man and a wrecked boat was dis covered yesterday on Sentinel Is- land by the lighthouse keeper of the Island Another body is still believed to be missing from the wreckage, which has been identi- fled only as boat bearing the number 31-D-972.
 The tragedy was discovered ear- ly yesterday when a stray dog ap- preached the lighthouse residence in search of food. The lighthouse keeper and his wife walked around the island in search of the boat and found the woman's body and boat had been washed ashore but time of the drowning was not inn mediately known.
 Judge Gray revealed that Coast Guard craft will probably be dis patched to bring in the body and conduct a search for other possi- ble members of the ill-fated boat.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-26
85 PERSONS KILLED IN PLANE CRACkUP{{
Fire ai Fairbanks Destroys
 Telephone Exchange When
 NC Office Building Is Burned

FAIRBANKS, Dec. 26 = Officials of the fire -razed Northern Com mercial Company pressed efforts today to obtain surplus equipment from the Army to establish a makeshift telephone exchange and restore at least partial service to this city of 5000
 The two-story structure which housed the Telephone Exchange, Company garage, Northern Com mercial Utilities office, Alaska Ar chitectural office and the Quist Jewelry Shop, was leveled by fire Tuesday night.
 Damage was estimated at $300,- 900.
 Officials said unless surplus equipment is made available it may be months before communica- tion can be restored completely.
 City firemen, aided by fire fight cIs nom nearby Ladd Field, battled the blaze for four hours and were successful in halting it's spread to an adjoining building housing the cltN water pump plant.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-26
C0hIMUNIST GUERRILL.hS
 TAKE TOWN

PEIPING, Dec. 26.-Chinese Com munist Guerrillas, in a surprise move, captured a village only seven miles north of Peiping today and provoked the government into an about face in it's policy.
 The Communists unexpected at tack from the north elicited a state ment frcm 11th War Zone Head quarters that National troops would begin a country purge" to crush guerrillas threatening the Peiping- Tientsin railroad.
 Previously, government military leaders consistently maintained the guerrilla attacks were not serious and dismissed them as nuisance tactics.
 Government reports said 1000 to 1000 Communists captured the vil- lage, Lutung, Christmas Day after a 15-hour battle and still held it today although they once were driv- en off by government reinforce mentS.
 The local press said guerrillas were harassing National garrisons in other villages around Peiping and also have begun attacking the southeast section of the railroad.
 The Communists also stepped up their attacks around Paoting, capi- tai of Hopeh Province.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-26
Man Has Hard Time Giving
 AwayS150Oi inN. Y. Bowery

NEW YORK. Dec. 26. - Joseph Bonavita, came down to the Bow cry yesterday bearing gifts-real bright, green dollar bills.
 But unlike Santa Claus, the 39- year-old ex-fighter turned restau- ranteur, had a hard time disposing of his presents, for the Bowery resi- dents are a cynical and disillusioned lot.
 When police finally gave their stamp of approval that the bills were authentic U. s. coin of the realm and assigned a detective to persuade the more difficult cases that this was so, the money flowed like water.
 Bonavita gave away nearly all of the $500 he came down to th' Bowery with from Brooklyn.
 He teld police This is the fifth Christmas I've done this, but not on such a scale before"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-26
JUST NEWS
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE

The retired international com mander of the Salvation Army General Evangeline Booth, has cele- brated her 81st birthday. General Booth, who resides in Hartsdale New York, had to forego her GUS tomary horseback ride on her birthday, because her mare was ill
 It is announced in New York that Baron Robert de Rothschild former leader of the famous bank ing house, died yesterday in Laus- anne, Switzerland. He was 66 years old. Rothschild had lived in the United States following the invas- ion of France until early this year.
 The wife of film producer, Mrs Howard Hawks, has been named the best dressed woman in the world by 150 fashion editors, sty- lists and social celebrities. But Mrs. Hawks is not too much i'm pressed. Informed of the news, she commented:
 Most of the judges have never seen me-mavbe that's why they selected me. If they ever saw me running around in my blue jean: and wild shirts, they might change their minds"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-26
SCORES DIE HOLIDAY
 ACCIDENTS
Christmas Gdiety Turns Into Sadness in Many
 Homes in Nation
(By Associated Press

The gaiety of the Christmas holi- day turned to sadness today in scores of the nations homes where black crepe replaced the greeia hol- ly as a mounting toll of violent deaths, most of them in traffic accidents, were recorded since early Christmas Eve.
 Generally fair weather through out the country lured thousands Of motorists to the highways, many in their new Christmas automo- piles, and the number of traffic fatalities totaled 199
 Violent deaths by miscellaneous oauses - fires, plane and train crashes, asphyxiation, drowning accounted for 37 victims. The 236 total this Christmas compared to IA in 1945, which included 219 traffic fatalities.
 The l99 traffic deaths were far in excess of the 150 estimated by he National Safety Council from 6 pm. Tuesday through Wednesday A Council spokesman said the eventual death toll in highway ac- cidents for the period would be considerably more than 300."
 More than one-fourth of the traf- fic deaths-55-occurr in Calf ornia. The heavy toll in highway accidents was blamed by police traffic official on 8 combination Of wet streets and drinking" For ty-three of the 55 deaths were re- ported in a 10-county area near Los Angeles. Rain and fog were re- ported in the area.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-26
CHINESE AIRLINERS
 GO SMASH
Wrecked in Fog -BIankeied Ared-Fourth Transport
 Missing, 12 Aboard

SHANGHAI, Dec. 26-Three Chi
 nese airlines, loaded with more than
 100 persons anticipating gay Christ
 mas parties here, cracked up in the
 fog -hlanketed Shanghai area last
 night, killing or lujuring 85 pc s~ns
 One American pilot was kil,eu and
 another injured
 A fourth transport is missing
 and feared lost with at least 10 persons aboard.
 Yesterday was the blackest in Chinas civilian aviation history. The American- owned Shanghai
 Evening Post and Mercury reported 62 passengers and crewmen were killed and 10 were injured, some so critically they may not survive. A Chinese woman was killed and her three children were injured when one of the transports crash ed into her farm home near Woo-
 sung.
 Shanghai papers earlier had re-
 ported 76 were killed aboard the ! three planes, but revised their fig ures downward.
 The Post and Mercury said two of the victims were Americans Capt. J. M. Greenwood, who was killed, and R. B. Preus, injured
 seriously. Their home addresses
 were not given.
 f Greenwood and Preus were pilot ing two of the crashed planes,
 Loth owned by the Chinese Nation
 al Aviation Corp, the country's
 leading airline It employs many
 Americans as pilots. The third plane was owned by the Central Air Transport Corp, also a Chi
 nese company.
 , Another American. William H.
 Byrne, wing flight surgeon of the U. s. Air Transport Commands
 Tokyo headquarters, nearly lost his life in hero's role. He went into the burning fuselage of one of the
 planes in search of survivors. Over come by fumes, he was pulled to safety by another American officer, who was not identified. Byrne is 1 from Cookville, Tennessee. All three of the crashed planes were from Chungking, loaded with
 passengers planning Christmas
 night in Shanghai
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-26

 T0MURDER

TACOMA. Wash, Dec 26.-De- tective Capt. Al Farrar said today James Mitchell, 20, had signed a confession to the fatal shooting the night of December Is of Dr. John R. Thompson, 78, a physi- clan and optometrist
 Dr. Thompson was found dead in his downtown office by his daugh- ter.
 Farrar said Mitchells confession stated he had shot the physician while in a drunken Stupor."
 He was linked with the case when ring, stolen from Dr Thompson, was found on his finger after his arrest Tuesday night in connection with the shooting and knifing of a cab driver, Farrar said
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-26
PRESIDENT WILL HAVE
 } MESSAGES
Wifi Appear in Person on Capitol Hill 10 Give
 Talk on Nation
(BY THE ASSOCIATED psEss)

President Truman is paying a farewell visit to his 94-year- old mother before he starts back to Washington. 1he chief executive declared that he will call upon Mrs. Martha Truman at Grandview, Missouri before taking off in his special plane at p. m. Eastern Standard Time. Upon his return to the White House, MT. Truman will resume work on three sep arate messages to Congress-on legislative, financial and economic affairs of the nation.
 The President still has under consideration the administrations course of labor legislation. Some of his friends are urging sweeping changes in the Wagner Labor Re- lations Act, but others are advising him to leave the problem of such legislation up to the new Republi- can controlled congress. The chief executive likely will make a final OcClolOIl dlVCI lACiCliSCo ilSnV WSSn> with members of his cabinet and other officials.
 In addition to the important State O. the lhilCn message, MT. Truman will make statement on the new budget and another on em- ployment which will be based on a confidential report submitted by his new economic advisory council.
 The President is said to have de- cided to go to Capitol Hill person. ally with his State of the Union message. Before leaving for Mis- souri, Mir. Truman told friends in Congress that he would use vigor- ous language in dealing with labor management relations. However, the best guess of friends-and they emphasize that it is only a guess-is that the chief executive will take a middle of the road ap- proach and recommend that con- gresS establish equal responsibility under the law for both labor and management. But whatever his recommendation are, most Demo- crats expect the President to be specific in calling for the kind of legislation he thinks necessary to remedy the labor situation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-26
ALASKA FROM WEST
 HERE GOING SOUTH

Steamer Alaska arrived in Ju- 'neau southbound to Seattle at 5 a. m. yesterday. and sailed at TAO p. m. Passengers disembarking here were John McInnis from Seward, and " Lihoon and George Sund- borg from Cordova.
 Southbound passengers to Ketch- ikan included J. K Johnson, Mar garet Horwath, Jack Holland, MT. and Mrs. William Race, Jared Race, Barbara Taylor, Elinor Will jams, Stanley Aaksmith, Robert Gore and Martin Hansen.
 Passengers for Seattle were MT. and Mrs. Robert Winters. H P, Middleton, Ernie Pasquan G A. Schnatel. J. J. Schnabel, c. E. Mattson, John Whittier and Peter. Hansen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-26
CONSPIRACY IS REVEALED THIS NATION
Chief Counse for Undmeri. can Activities Makes
 Formal Report
By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAsT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-Eriie Adamson, chief counsel for the House committee on un- American activities, says there is a con spiracy" afoot to foment a revolu- ton in this country, through a general strike or otherwise.
 The matter is dealt with in a formal report which Adamson has given the committee. The docu- mert summarizes information as- sembled by his staff during 1946.
 Although printed by the govern ment printing office the report has not yet been approved formally by the committee.
 Besides referring to the revolu- ton conspiracy" the report (A) contains critical references to rep resentatives of foreign governments attached to the United Nations (B) claims that IT important la- bor unions are controlled by Con- munists and co calls the Library of Congress a haven for aliens and foreign-minded Americans"
 Of the general findings, Adamson wrote:
 This committee cannot empha- size too strongly to the House and to the country the danger from this fifth column within our gates which follows with blind obedience tht dictates of Moscow. They must be recognized for what they are-the agents of a foreign government and enemies of our American sys- tenn "