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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13

time spying on Canyon &
Co.
See what we mean?
BUT if Steve Canyon is con-
fusing, Kerry Drake, that ace
detective on the same page,
can always straighten things
out.
Right now he and JuIep
Frost, the gal Treasury agent,
are on the point of cinching
the evidence that will prove
DOT, the disc jockey, killed
Julep's uncle in a robbery.
The big news in the Times
for boxing fans this week was
the close victory Of Joe Louis
over Jersey Walcott? - Nav,
who cares about him? - Joe
Palooka's capture of the gambl-
ing gimboes who tried to make
him lose his fight by beating
him up just before he climbed
into the ring.
4 4
ALL in all, it was a bad week
for the wrong 'uns. Mumbles,
the incoherent killer who has
been chased by the Trib's Dick
Tracy for weeks, was drown
ing day by day-a very long
drown out affair, this-as the
gal he tried to kill, the fair
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13
Abortion mill

The largest abortion mill since
the Ada Martin case of 1912, was
reported by police to have been
smashed here Monday, when po-
lice raided an apartment build
ing, under surveillance for 10
days, at 1895 Beawyn av.
Arrested were Helen Stanko, AZ,
and her son, Robert, "a.
Police estimated the abortion
mill has been netting $4,000 to
SAC, 200 a year.
No estimate was made by po-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13
Cobbie hunt

Vehicle License Conn. Edwa ard
J. German expects to chase from
500 to 800 cabs off Chicago streets
by Jan. 1.
Germans one man drive will at
feet, for the most part, vet cab
bies.
German said he intends to check
the approximately 1,400 men who
drive vet or independent cabs to
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13
Traffic trap

Municipal court judges are
rubbing their hands in gleeful
anticipation Of the more than
100000 traffic violators they ex-
pect to run through Cafeteria
Court in Soldier Field next year.
Chief Justice Edward S. Schef-
her of Municipal Court, Franklin
M. Krema, consulting traffic ex-
pert, and Aid. George D. Kells
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13

DIR. Dean Wild
erness, and Hap
py Easter to the
u. S. : controlled
islands in the
Pacific, where
Canyon is sup
posed 10 spy on
Someone It h e y
don't identify the
"enemy'o, who
is at the same
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13
oh, teocherl

Juvenile officers We're busy this
week rounding up and returning
seven teen-agers who escaped the
Juvenile Home last Thursday and
fled to Troy, O., and South Ha-
ven, Mich.
The seven broke out Thursday
after locking their school teacher
in a closet and scaling a 14-foot
wall.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13

IF THE plot in the Suns
lSteve Canyon comic strip
gets much deeper, they'll have
to change its name to Grand
Canyon.
This week, for example, car
toonist Milton Caniff managed
to send Canyon, his girl friend,
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13
Tuohy man

From st. Joseph's Hospital,
where he is recovering from two
heart attacks, States Attorney
Tuohy on Monday announced the
appointment of Richard B. Austin
as his first assistant, succeeding
Wiibert F. Crowley, now Su-
perior Court judge.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13
Handy cops

Chief Albert johnson of the
County Highway Police issued an
order last week forbidding his
deputies from passing tirne play
ing gin rummy.
johnson suggested his men keep
busy by taking each others finger
prints.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13
Ask end TO Jim crow
in East Chicago

Al Restitution was passed by the
East Chicago common council
this week asking that the local
board OF education abolish segre-
gated activities in the schools.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13
Fares> please

If you think you've escaped
street car and sI" fare hikes by
riding the Illinois Central or the
North Western Ry@think again.
This week both outfits peti-
toned the Illinois Commerce Com
mission for a 80 per cent increase
in suburban fares.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13

see if they really are veterans,
if they have proper licenses and
safety stickers, if they have police
records, if they're clear of any
complaints about overcharging.
German did not say whether he
would check to find out If vet
cabbies approve of his checkup.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13
s. a pound

So a pound
Who says beef prices aren't
soaring?
The grand champion steer Of
the international Live Stock ex-
position here sold for So a pound
at auction last week, bringing
$1,000 to its owner, Claude Mill
wee, Is, of Fl. Cobb, Okla.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13

lice of the human suffering that
forced women to the abortionist's
operating table.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13

(28th, chairman of the City Coun-
Gil traffic and public safety COM
mittee, announced TINS week they
are laying out plans for the new
court.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13

cent raise offer coupled with a
A hour week for all now working
40 hours.
The unions originally asked a
10 per cent wage hike for all city
employees now earning less than
$4,000 annually.
At the same time, pay raises
totaling $1,5O0,O00 for 5000 coun--
ty employees were approved by
the county board at a luncheon
meeting at the Bismarck hotel
Tuesday.
Increases will be incorporated
into a final budget to be submit
ted to the board, Dec. 16, by
Daniel Ryan, chairman of the
boards finance committee, and
Richard j Daley, deputy county
comptroller.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13
City employees wage hike
near; county ups pay

CETTLEMENT of city employees wage demands was
y expected this week. Is man committee, headed
by Joseph Keenan, secretary of the Chicago Federation
of Labor studied Mayor Kenneys eight and one half per
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13

aaeonx Is ssve,. sesy.
Evening star., 1947-12-03
Woman Starts Term
In Staying Of Father
By the Assoeioted Press

LACONIA, N. H. Dec. 3.-A
pretty 21-year- -old woolen mill work
er today began serving 3-to-5-yeaI
reformatory sentence for man
slaughter in the 1946 Christmas sea-
son slaving of her father. apparently
more concerned over her young
brother than herself.
Barbara Roberts and her brother
William, II, pleaded guilty in Su-
perior Court yesterday to man
slaughter after the charge had been
reduced from second-degree murder.
The State charged the girl shot
her seaman father Sylvester, 81
TO death last December 81 during
an argument in their farm home
at nearby Gilmanton Iron Works
and, with the aid OF her brother
buried the body in a sheep pen,
where it was discovered eight
months later.
William was placed on probation
for four years.
Barbara, who has taken care OF
William since their mother died II
years ago, expressed the hope that
everything will be all right with
him.
The State indicated that it woulC
he will be sent to the Colder
Rule Farm at Tilton. Barbara viii
serve her sentence at the Vernon
Womens Reformatory at Rutland
VT, under an arrangement New
Hampshire has with the State to-
the incarceration of women.
County Solicitor William W
i Keller said there was strong cir
Evening star., 1947-12-03

plain how funds for this fiscal year
are being spent.
Bureau officials were asked to ap-
pear at $3.50 pm. with figures on
how expenditures in the year which
started July l compare with a
monthly pro rata disbursement
scale fixed by Congress, Senator
Gordon, Republican, of Oregon told
reporter.
Chairman Bridges Of the full
Senate Appropriations Committee
and Chairman Wherry Of the Sen
ate Subcommittee have said the
Evening star., 1947-12-03

cumstances which prompted the
State to reduce the charge of man
slaughter.
He quoted the girl as saying that
she fired the fatal shot after her
father had grabbed her by the
throat because she failed to meet
him at a railroad station on his
return from a voyage.
Evening star., 1947-12-03

bureau has not followed congress
sional orders. Michael Straus, rec
lamation commissioner, denied that
the bureau was disregarding the
law.
Evening star., 1947-12-03
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Evening star., 1947-12-03
Reclamation Bureau Asked
To Describe Expenditures

BY the Associated Press
Senate and House Appropriations
subcommittee called on Reclama-
tion Bureau officials today to eX-
Evening star., 1947-12-03

Christmas Gift Boxes
FREE for the Asking!
AT your request your soIesperson will
wrap your purchase in one Of our eoy
red-white n'eold gift boxes.
Evening star., 1947-12-03

Scenic, HoroI and oeoretrie
potterns in multicoIored prints.
z.s5
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
Comrades In Death

Two 69-year-oId New Workers
who had been friends for years
were found dead at the same time
in their separate quarters in the
same rooming house. Both men ap-
parently died of natural causes, po-
lice said, but autopsies were order
ed The bodies were found by the
caretaker, who Investigated when
the William Miller and Emil
Muller-failed to take their Gus
tomary walk together.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
World Wide Briefs
OF The Past Week
Senator BiIbo Succumbs

Senator Theodore G. (''The MANI
Bilbo, Mississippi legislator, passed
away on August 81, ending a two
weeks fight for his life and shilling
his strident claims to seat in the
Both Congress as his States senior
Senator. Aged SO, the vinegar
tongued, wizened politician, who
won election in 1916 on a platform
of white supremacy" succumbed
suddenly at Foundation Hospital,
New Orleans, La.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
Frustrated Love Ends In Suicide

When his former 31-year-old Sec
rotary failed to return his love,
Claude A. Adams, 81, prominent
Hollywood bank president, stilled
his broken heart by putting a bullet
through it, ending his life Twice
married, Adams was divorced from
his first wife and lost his second
wife, Mildred, in a traffic accident
in 1912.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
Hard To Lie Right

William M. Evarts, the distin-
guished lawyer and statesman, was
once riding on a Pullman car with a
friend. When bedtime came the lat
= ter, who had always found it diff
cult to sleep on trains, remarked:
'Mr. Evarts, to sleep well, do you
think it best to lie on the right side
or the left side?"
"If you are on the right side, my
friend" said the brilliant lawyer,
st usually isn't necessary to lie at
all"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
One In Every Neighborhood

Little Mary was in the habit of
visiting a neighbor, Mrs. Jones, the
proud owner of some fine pieces of
antique furniture. At one of these
times, as an outlet for her energy,
Mary started jumping up and down
on one of Mrs. Jones choice pieces,
which caused the Mortified lady to
say Don't do that, Mary, my period
furniture is old and can't take it!'
To which Mary replied, "You must
not say don't jump up and down
on my period furniture you must
say don't jump up and down on my
furniture, period"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
The Eternal Triangle

Joseph A. Bray, 81, father of 10
children, was picked up by police
recently in Phoenix, Ariz., after
running off with his baby sitter, 16-
year-old blonde Betty 10 Robert.
Bray admitted that he left his fam
lily packed in the trailer at Bell
Gardens, Cal, and went away with
the young girl. He took most of the
family relief check with him.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
wOman's SO Cats Cause Complaint.

To say that Mrs. Eva Craft, r.
year-old widow of Los Angeles,
likes cats is putting it mildly Her
less enthusiastic neighbors COM
planned to the City Health Depart
ment when the total number Of
felines at her house reached So. In
spector Harry S. Smedley, Jr., sug
gested she find other homes for
some of them.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
Concert A Success

Margaret Truman, daughter of
the President, on Sunday night,
August "a, made her concert debut
before $4,000 curious music fans at
the 20,000-capacity Hollywood Bowl.
The 23-year-old soprano won hearty
applause from these fans and from
the music critics who praised her
courage and poise as well as her
talent as a singer.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
Not Accepting Property

Because of the complications in
volved and because she doubts that
she could possibly make a wise
choice" as to the disposition of the
property, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt,
wife of the late President, has an
nounced that she will not accept the
150-acre Tennessee farm left her
by the Rev. A. B. Starnes.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
EdisOn's Widow succumbs

Mrs. Nina Miller Edison, 80, wild
ow of inventor Thomas A. Edison,
died on August "a. Mrs. Edison,
who was the inventors second wife
and mother of Charles A. Edison,
former Governor of New Jersey,
passed away at Hardness Pavilion
of the Columbia Presbyterian Med
ical Center where she had been a
patient since July Is.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
New Speed Record

A Navy jet plane, the sleek, bril-
liant, scarlet D-558 Skystreak,
flashed across the western Mojave
Desert the other day at 65O.6 miles
an hour, the Navy Department an
nounced, claiming new world
speed record. Plotting the craft
was Marine Maj. Marion Carl, of
Hubbard, Oregon, and Patuxent
River, Md.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04

town will tax its citizens down to
the quick, to match an equal amount
donated by the Govt to build an
airport, but would lock up a guy if
he would suggest that the commu-
nifty build new roadhouse, a depot,
or spur track for the railroad. And
the town itself, until the railroad
came, it was patch of weeds or
maybe a pee-wee trading-post.
And the money donated by the
Govt, it is our own income tax
dinero, and the matching" money
that some club or other wrangles
from the town or county commits
sioners, you will find that right
there, each year, in the tax state
ment covering your house and lot.
And for poor reading matter, the
tax statement is champion-and the
most head-achy kind
Free money from the Govt, sisters
and brethren, there is no such ami
mal-no more than there is a pea
under the shell that you are sure it
is under, but which has evaporated
when the man lifts same, and you
are left to blink your eyes-scratch
your dome-and' feel sheepiSh.
Yours with the low down,
10 SIERRA
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
Exasperating Noise

A noisy card game was going on IN
a hotel. A guest in an adjoining
room couldn't sleep because of the
racket. He pounded with shoe on
the wall. The card players paid no
attention. After lot more wall
pounding. one poker hound said;
This is a heck of time of night
to be hanging up pictures"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
Purple Hearts Offered For Hook

According to the Seattle ''Times,"
pawnshops in that city are begin
ming to get requests for loans on
Purple Heart medals, although vir-
tually all requests have been reject
ed. One pawnshop owner did lend
former CT money on his purple
heart, because, he said, Il was a
soldier myself and 1 just can't turn
away guy like that" The CT, he
added, didn't come back for the
medal.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
How Could He Know?

When Florence Finch Kelly, pio-
neer newspaperwoman, visited Yose-
mite Valley in the late eighties, she
had an opportunity to talk with one
of the pioneers who had discovered
it. She asked him about his reac-
tions when he and his party came
upon the beautiful valley which has
since attracted so many hundreds OF
thousands of visitors. The man
looked about refiectively for NOM
ent, then answered:
well, I'll tell we, If I ha' knowed
it was going to be so famous, I'd ha'
looked at it."
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
Tortures Estranged wife

A 190-pound husband, Robert
Eugene Lewis, rs, of Kewanee, Ill,
tied his estranged, 9O-pound wife to
Ia Jacksonville, Fla, hotel bed, then
in drunken fury beat her and
carved crosses and his initials on
portions of her body for eight
hours ito show she was still mar
ried to him."
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
Funeral ARRANGEMENTS

On Tuesday a-maid asked her mis-
tress for permission to be absent on
the coming Friday She explained
that she wanted to attend the fun
eral of her fiance. The mistress
gave the requested permission sym
pathetically.
But you're not wearing mourning,
Jenny" she remarked.
"Oh no, ma'am," the girl replied,
"You see, ma'am, he amt dead yet.
The hanging amt till Friday"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
Not Worth Seeing Over

Walsh: Did you go to the show"
Macdonald: Il sure did,
Walsh: Gosh you're back early"
Macdonald: We'll 1 looked at the
program and it said '4th Act same
as Act + and I beat it out after the
third act. Didn't want to see the
same one twice"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
"Riding The Rods

A desire to run away from his
marriage" repeatedly prompted
Francisco Carvalho, young Portu-
guese, to ride the rods" on a
transatlantic airplane. The youth
chung to a landing gear of a Dutch
airliner on a 32-hour flight from
Lisbon to Natal, Brazil.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
Presidential Aspirations

An elderly man was taken into
custody recently at the Capitol in
Washington by police who said he
was armed with a revolver and
told them he had come up from
Tennessee to take over the Office Of
President" The man was taken to a
hospital for observation.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
In A Rundown Condition

The train came to sudden, grind
ing stop, causing the passengers to
jump.
What has happened, conductors"
asked a nervous old lady. Nothing
much. We ran over cow"
why, was it on the track?"
NO." replied the disguised con-
ductor. I'VE chased it into barn"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04

Prime Minister Clement Attlee in
tends to resign the premiership in
the near future because of i'll health
and that he will. nominate Ernest
Bevin, British Foreign Secretary,
as his successor.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
Barometer Was Correct

"A man on the coast of Florida
wrote to a New York store for a
barometer. When it arrived he un-
packed it and discovered that the
instrument was set at Hurricane.
He tapped it, and it did not bulge.
He hung it on the wall, tapped it
again, and still it did not bulge.
Very angry, he wrote strong
letter to the store, and then went
out to post it.
When he returned his house as
we'll as the new barometer had
been blown away.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
Moot Question

She: Where is Jimmy this after
noon?"
He: IF he knows as much about
canoes as he thinks he does, he is
out canoeing, but if he doesn't know
any more about it than 1 think he
does. he's swimming"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
No Trouble At All

COra-How did you sleep las
night?
DOra-Oh, lying down, as usual
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
THE LOW DOWN
HICKORY GROVE.

l am on another
big research-try-
ing to discover
why sauce for
one outfit is not
sauce for the
other, like every
body knows it is
for the goose and
the gander. l got
in mind how a
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04

A man who has committed a mis-
take and doesn't correct it is COM
hitting another mistake.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04

When a man has birthday he
takes day off; but when a, woman
has birthday she takes a year off
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04

Attlee To Resign-RepOrt
A veteran political correspondent
for the London Daily Mail reported
in a recent front page story that
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
Really Tickled

Marine-Thanks for the wooden
underwear
Pleased?
Marine-Tickled to DEATH
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04
Funny Stuff?

Couldn't Hold The Line
Il draw a line at kissing"
She said in accent fine.
But he was football hero
And so he crossed the line.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-09-04

This is your town-boost it!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-01-19

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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14

Blue Triangle and Business
Girl Club.
Everyone will participate in
carols inging and members and
friends are invited to join us in
this YWCA celebration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14

Miss Maryce Justice, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. JUS
tice of this city and Clark Brad
Shaw, son of Mr.. and Mrs. T.
J. Bradshaw of Burgaw were
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14
Ten Ounce Steak
Cooked In 40 Seconds
By New Equipment

NEW YORK U.HFive hundred
exhibits demonstr ating modern
perfection in restaurant service
took up four acres of floor space
in Grand Central Palace when
tn National Hotel Exposition
had its show.
Guests were able to saunter up
to stove known as a radarange
and help themselves to portion
of a 10-ounce steak which was
cooked in 40 seconds, a h M
burger with a slice of onion in
20 seconds, or a whole lobster
in two minutes.
At the same stove, a three
compartment platter of froz en-
food - lamb, sweet potatoes and
peas went nto the oven and
came out again in two minutes
and Is seconds, thoroughly cook
ed. Printed folders told how mi
crowaves heat the center of food
almost as fast as the surface.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14

the division, said the st,,.
try to channel the actir;.' 'ts0snts
Boys" o0ys INTO athletics and ~ No
"healthful" pursuits ''hs