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MIscL. FOR SALE tcent. !,

PIANO, mahogany grand; excellent
eenoitioni spIs gH apPaaFFtgment paFg size; reason
MI. 6565, Apt. ,7O4. 29s
ss5. FIR. a743. soe &C SR0s Il St. Goao'e-os n.e. Msi
PIANO. Acrosopic spinet and console
models. built by Baldwin; embodies
right. full resonant tone, responsive
action. durability and eye-appealing
case designs IN mahogany. walnut.
SsonIy: SoIS:,v ignt oak I,G and nps maple finish:
& n.W. EstabiisSed 5 1873. ioA' 'N0
PIANOS-After Christmas inventory
bargains in floor samples. AL sold at
great reductions with new guaran-
tees. Spinets and consoles, full key
boards, IN choice OF woods. mahog-
any. ebony, bisque. and bleached ma
hogany. VIII accept your old piano
on trade. Long term payments II
desired. LUBAR, INC. 1900 6 st.
PIANO FOR SALE by prA; Apt.
stane Ct s1sefes ssReo sshe MsyHe ye
hwy. during school hours. Cash
PIANOS o FOR REHr-Are you inter-
essted in starting your child in music?
with. We deliver any piano in our
on our rental-purchase basis. The
cost is less than what you would
pay for the average old piapo: 70:
to you in detail. CAMPBELL
MUSIC CO." HOS G st. NV, DI.
PIANO. small "antiaue-like" ebony
aieS' antique N mirror. irro sCSS s.. ' vi. 5515
PIANO-Mason & Hamlip. mahog-
right; $3.50. Wo. 7541. 50o7 44th
rISNo5as1s issS IKEA s7so s5anq Mo in sO5s ssaut
pfaS6Pupright, fSpaj pthpr 0stt,en; exeel. eond
sacrifice; sos or best offer. Call
PfANos@knabs baby grand, wal
nut, handsome Queen Ann nm Styie: ICnes
iIRe This PiSRo nsT splendid md 0d pisno and
Priced to sell quick; Also fine
knabe mahosany grand, and otnefs, o
PIANO PIANO SHOP. sS5 Bonifant s., 81
Silver Spring, Nd. sH. 3O39. 20
PIANos-we have a fine selection
Of reconditioned uprights. studio
and other sizes at bargain prices.
Knabe, Stief1. Kimball and others,
These are guaranteed to be IN
aei deiivefs s9nGaIiSa anSRhere aeo open ntFhts
and Sundays. SCHAEFFER' PIANO
SHOP, s25 Bonifant ST., Silver
pfSRaE1 f2EIaf MA NMxcaINEs aR 3oSg With CLIPPERS
Rocket; Rexlses $50 sSoossvSa' each. uN SoiS,
ditches or Springs; slightly dam
e HFef & boNHhDgoN Be Al gS Z PuRGa5 sRo. llsS isth
PIPE, I"VoiS ssiv., black. t. cast iron. new.
sTocKs, so56 M st. NV. No, 1908.
sIo 4sIo Bslt9'Te teu ave WA ases 5se1 55e1ettas
Lugers, ortgies, $50 each. LYNCH
GUN SHOP, 904 18th st. NV.
PLASTER BOARD
New 90 Axe s1,osi So sx7 4Si0l shle; 81 4zS. zS
AAEk1HL mNISoiN6 CO. 4o6s Minnesota ave
ne. LU. 1857.
PLYWo0D-Hardwod and sottwooHd5
in large and small sizes. GRUVER
MFG. CO., s001 Conn. ave, Chevy
Chase, Md. OIL. 5525;
PRINTING EQUIPMENT. Miehle yer.
seen asal IN n-SS, operasion ao any % day. includ-
ing Saturday. Reasonably PRICED.
pRISTiSG PRESS, new Heidelberg,
on display, January 80 to Fe6Tu1aSy 6p1E
4, at 1904 9Th st. NV. Mr.. IooN'
pRfNTISG PRESS WANTED, 14x22
Gordon press. Box 306-S, Star.
PRINTERS sUPPLIEs-Foundry type,
borders, leads and slugs, galleys.
type cabinets, paper cutters, saw
trimmers, etc. ALEXANDER PRINT
ERS SUPPLY CO.. 1904 9th st: NV.
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PARACOAT PAINT

Marine Rubber Enamel. Glossy, hard,
tough, elastic, waterproofs, rust
proofs. Easy to apply, less drag,
your boat beautiful new rubber
overcoat." Phone today. FOUNDRY
RUBBER, INC. (Mfrs). Oliver $500.
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coal, WOOD. FUEL OIL

SEASONED SPLIT OAK WQOD-Will
cords. Call ALASKA COAL CO.
rNA, 5Ss5 or OF. 1900;
remove from basement. WI. S524.
OAK, $40 Der cord. IA. 25os. - z.
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MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT

HOSPITAL BEDS. IDEAL BEDDING
AND FURNITuRE CO.. 6e3 E st
NV National 4094
Make economical photocopies in
your own Office of anything written
printed, drawn, typed or photo
graphed. Will rent or sell complet,
equipment. EMBASSY SALES
SERVICE Co. ST. 1897. 81
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LOCUST POSTS

New locust posts sawed for board
fences on your own specifications al
fair prices; posts, z TT; long ano
wire fences. z It. long, about AKA
in. Csc each. delivered on paved
highway about 4 miles from Brandy
wine, Prince Georges County. Md.
Can deliver at your place tor rea-
TURNER. Randolph 0sS5.
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DOGS. PETS. ETC.

DOGS, PETS. ETC.
COCKER PUPPIES, reg. Axe cham
pions in both lines, adorable pets.
Call FA. 6S17. go
TWO FUZZY-WUZZY black female
pups. small breed, cheap. Three g.
Brandywine 3147. -29
DACHsHUND PUPPIES, thorough
bred, not registered; see both par-
ents; $25 to S35. Falls Church 1851.
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I4Iu ST. u.Ws go
SEWING MACHINE. portable, 5 mos.
old; best offer. DU. 1920 between
SEWING MACHINES 4 - Sewing ma
chine clearance sale, 1 week only
See complete line Of domestic Free
Westinghouse and New-Home ma
chimes. Some floor samples at saw
console $50 SO; other portabies
S37 so UP. OK. 1896. 291S Wilson
SEWING MACHINE. Singer elect.
portable, S39; Empire; S24; Rem.
typewriter. SIS; or will trade. ME
SEWING MACHINE, rebuilt late Sin
ger, $40 80. 10-yr. guar. and att.
EX. 6s44. 915 10th st NV. 81.
SHOES ladies'. 10 pairs; sizes 1C
to II AAA; pumps: sport snoes' rIa all
SHOW CASES "a; 8 it.. 5 it.. 2 it.,
9 ft.: reasonable; need space. 10.
silver ON COPPER. e-pc: large tea a
apt si2 0n foas lsfs Conn very ave-
SIMMONS DAY-BED. 5000 10th St
SINK SINK caBINET. AHsis s7s; manufactaser. 5
sample, $54; regular retail slo7'
fuOu6 AQdLl6 OSu1.
s2FA GaAson noeSlstsFsf ssps IA in o E4He taDe''r,
SOFA, attractive. aqua, original 1885,
good condition; s46. Call sH. o415 osn15
SOFA, excellent condition, tufted;
VII sacrifice at $3.50. Call dE,
SOFA, gray. full size, down pillow,
like new, orig. cost S395; blue
lounge chair. good cond. 6513 Maple
ave, Chevy Chase. Md. WI. 6s5s.
SOFA, SOFA. S-pisce oenS CIRCULAR sectional rose
SOFA. Duncan Phyfe. mahogany. ma
room figured tapestry upholstery,
like new. S75. Falls ch.' .5o72:
SOFA. Duncan Phyfe design. S12'
exceeet cell ss,S senditgs sae1 red sso KID
best b t.. offer; io m matchins 7oss END tables
SOFA, Lawson, and matching chair,
greet green. gSod goo sendf. eend.; will sell for best
SOFA AND CHAIR. Kroehler. cheap.
22o T st. ne, Apt. 3.
SOFA BED. maple. 2 chairs, like
RsE Hssr sTs sSo sBs Sst Gaf sps sin FL sGs
soIL PIPE, Ain, XII. s4.15 18th.
sO1 v NV. No. 1921.
STAMPS, q. S. Commemorative, Min
sheets, face value plus 10 per cent
CHI. 1000, Apt. 942.
STEEL TId "a GABINET. 5N5I. upper and lover
STENOGRAPH
Excel. eond.. $50. VI. 7796.
STENOGRAPH, excellent condition
With carving ss case; ,,,,gpapp ggaTsptssd 4
EXCHANGE, 912 D st. NV, RE
sTENOTYPE. late model. recondi.
toned. guaranteed. S42.60. RE
sTTEENoTYPE MACHINE, PRACTICAL,
news good condition $50. Du
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MISCELLANEOUS For SALE

STOVE, white: tabletop gas range
40 in: 9ther controls; sood condi-
sph,S tlqn; S2s; GoiH shina cieset; GE' 4SS6 5SS
table, S15. RE. 1865, Apt. 706.
bench, Sc: coffee table, 81: : beds
single: new coil springs. UN: 3O16
STUDIO COUCH. slip covered. S25
sun LAMP. GE. perfect condition
Sl5. AP. 1905 between 2 and
Sun LAMP, sperti, mercury arc bulb
3-way. adjustable stand; excellent
5aa fs seA ALrPApE ess5o TArhh Eaa4 I'll FL
SWINGS. see-saw, gym set with rings
ladder. a7sa ginning bar; metal SIS
iSesa zas solid 81 'nfhsi Walnut aeHs se5o nsh5: 5o
TABLE, unpainted, gateleg, SIS deliv.
bath scale, 50 deliv.; satin WOO
comfort. S5 deliv. WI. 5213.
TABLE, handsome, carved, oval, ASH
$50. Phone Michigan 226s, go
TABLES, ! pr. small, French satin.
each GE. O99i.
TABLES-Modern blonde mahogany
dining and 3 occasional, Emerson
table radio phonograph, mirror
kitchenware. Reasonable. AP. 1888
rAEsE eass4sa sHELF Fsa Or d50Dfa sa0 linen Pasi
by IS in; simple installation; idea
for kitchen or, recreation room
selling. below cost at Ss,25: QuantitS
limited. LANK WOODWORK CO.
lst snd x sts;. Sc, Il: 3-1soo; 81
TELEvIsION-Floor samples at re-
duced prices; some at wholesale;
good makes. JORDAN PIANO CO.,
corner 18th and G sts. NV. -3
TELEvIsION, traded in sets. AL
have. been completely reconditioned
admiral nd ad,p. 10 in w walnut ~s,n S9nsols
table model, 500; Dumont STRAIT
1SSI' neW' OF o2isinaily inaIS; s5a5, now $500; 90
Admiral, 7 in, new, originally
S119.95, now Ss9.95. Many other
big bareains in television. YOS1
HEcTRoNIcs' 7oa4 Wis. ave. n NV
TELEvIs1oN. Admiral c.edenza. 10;
in. screen; AM-FM radio, 2-speed
ph9no yr yacrds Gld perfect PsJfs ~ coPd besi
TELEvIsIoN. new 1850 models only
Cash buyers see us last. PARA
NV. Hudson 1900,
TELEVISI0N-Tran overseas,
want to sell 1850 RCA 16 in. S344
OV 2TS4. -3l
TELEVISlON-See US for the best
deal in town. Plenty of floor sam:
pies at savings of S25 to $3.50 of
list We knowingly will not be un-
dersold. Take 8 years to pay. AL
PERSTEIN'S ELECTRICAL VII
LACE bA 224 81 GarrSll Saoo aves sH Tak8m1a k811s
Open Mon. Thurs. Sat. Till 8:
TELEVISION
A new low on 1850 TV sets. 81 SO.
in TV formerly sold for S259 9b,
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FURNITURE BOUGHT
Bedrm.. din. rm.. bric-a-brac, glass
ware, antiques. office furn., musical
instruments, stoves, tools, etc. Il
you are ready to sell at once, cal
Mr.. MOORE, ST. 143S or RA. 1922
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TELEVISION

A new low on 1850 Tv sets. 81 SO.
in. TV. formerly sold for S259.95,
reduced to S17995, and 81 So. in.
to S12495. Large 12Ia TV with
electronic magnifier, list $3.50 90.
our price, S19995. Large 16-inch
TV in Honduras mahog. cabinet, list
S49995, our price, S37495. Folks,
don't be misled, We do not quote
prices on demonstrators or re-
posed models. We have none. But
all sets in this are 1850 models and
many other national brands at
deep-cut prices EZ terms Out of
the high-rent district saves you
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DIAMONDS, gold, old 1ewelry and
silver. Cash paid. ERNEST BURK.
INC, GA 18th st. NV
DIAMONDS, silver. gold. We pay
highest prices. Ask for MR.. OPEN
HE1MER. 917 F st. NV.
FURNITURE-Wiil buy entire con-
tents or odd pieces. Also old china.
bric-a-brac. Buying and selling for
55 years. HOPWOODS. 9Th and Z
SITS. NV. ME-. 5287.
FURNITURE, good, used: also cut
glass, hand-painted china and other
good pieces. MRS. GAY, RE. 1904.
FURNITURE wanted at once. good
furniture Of all kinds: entire home
or. odd pieces; pay cash. Please
call MIR. JAMES. phone MA. 1920
FURNITURE-We buy furniture. Pay
Cash. Call Ii. 3-5702 any time.
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20 #. x 100 ft.-$425

These buildings are clean and invit-
ing. Ideal for homes, tourist cabins,
storehouse, general farm use, etc.
Double floors, doors, windows and
completely insulated. Most buildings
have clapboard siding buildings have
clapboard siding. Easily dismantled
and re-erceted.
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We can supply any length prefabri-
Gated building in 2o-ft. width at
equally low prices.
Also available complete buildings,
partially prefabricated.
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PREFABRICATED
ARMY BUILDINGS

vINT HILL FARMS STATION
Warrenton, Va, q. S. Route 1921.
Complete buildings, bolted, OF. finest
quality Government-approv ma
terials.
20 #. x "a ft.-$295.00
20 #. x 80 ft.-$365.0O
20 #. x 100 ft.-$745.OO
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PLASTER BOARD

New. Axe. s1.o2; 4x7. S1.19; 4xs.
Si.36; 4x9. S153; 4x10, S1.70.
ACE WRECKING & BUILDING MA
TERIAL CO.. 4002 Minnesota ave.
- q III 4.RR17 j
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ROOMS FURN.-N.W, (cors, ]

ROOMS FuRN.-N.W. tcons.)
1903 N. H. AyE.-Nicely furn,, we'll
heated single rm-, next bath; $50
sifo i 18th ST. NV. - Studio rm,
Ink, Frigidaire; detached house.
in quiet neighborhood. CO, 1l7s.
$500 IDAHO AVE, two single rms.
with PVT; bath; h;o garage; for sentle-
LGE. MASTER BEDRM,, pvt. bath.
furnished. kit. privil. GE. 52sl.
WARDMAN PARK AREA, 1891 2sth
st. NV; Front single room near
girls or empl. couple: closed-in
porch. unlim. phone; laund. and hot
plate orivils. CO. 1905. 81
sTREETCAR AT DOOR, attrac.
front rms. next to bath and phone.
fer 2 Govt. girls. CO. 6624. so
coll KALoRAMA RD.; sgle rm.. End
f.. next bath; attrac. home; reas.
Call DE. 243l after Sunday.
u BLK. CONN. AND NEB. AVES.s
master bedrm., twin beds, 2 closets,
attractive rm.. dble; bed. share. bath
l young man; nr. shopping and best
NEAR WARDMAN PIX, 1912 cathe-
dral ave-; large, comb. furn. room
and porch, for gentleman; $40. co.
74l5 -31
CLEVELAND PARK-cozy double or
single room. adj. bath; cow. transp.
1927 Allison ST. NV. for couple.
$50 mo-; with kitchen privils., $50
LARGE AZ; Ri RAAri4RAcrrvE fslfv furnished. room
for 2 employed girls; privilssses.
RIA. 6O34 81
m WIDOWS HoME-Furn. rm. for
cple. or quiet gentleman. 4407 5th
sov St 81 GE; X, ssyS ysc ao,o x,,ncis I2s rd
Lovely rm,, home, location; shower
bath; gentleman; S42.50. Wo. 5l76.
30
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MACHINES SALES

l more wk.; some real bargains-
Portable elec.. Wilcox & Gibbs.
S34.50: new Home, -$29.5Q; Singer,
elec. console. $3.50. No phone
see them. Open ewes. till 9. 3d0e
11th eft n W %
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REUPHOLSTERING
Sofa and chair reupholstered,
labor and material, 500. Workman
ship guar. % yrs. In same establish
ment LA FRANCE UPHOLSTERING, !,
2509 14th st. NV. CO. 1881.
Evening star., 1950-01-29

TYPEWRITER, Underwood standard
good condition; $50. $3.50 North
ampton st. NV. WO. 0290.
TYPEWRITER, brand new. Smith
Corona. silent portable and case
latest model: SIS. 10. 2-6623. !
Evening star., 1950-12-03

car The sheriff ended his eight-block tour
parked in front of Dudley Dudas' electric
shop one-half block from his starting point.
She's a small town." he thought as he
plodded toward the bank, but we've got all
the inconvenience of a big city, If he set
out to rob bank, he reflected, it would close
for the day before he found a spot to park.
Twenty steps farther the sheriff stopped,
looking happier. He went back to his car
and drove to his Office in the county Jail. The
space reserved for Official Business was taken,
but now he didn't mind. For he was ponder
ing fine, infuriating bit of Illustration for
Messrs Malta, Wilkins and Horgan.
HE sheriff dispatched Ed Shull, his deputy,
to explain things to the bank, and phoned
Glen Bretherton, the Commissioner of Streets.
Next he called Marshal Suanaghan, the
county commissioner of highways, remember
ing too late to hold the receiver eight inches
away Stranaghan was hearty, enthusiastic
man who forgot he was not talking above
the roar of Diesels.
"Just name it," he shouted Hospitality,
when the sheriff said he'd like to borrow
piece of equipment Stranaghan liked the
plan at once, but was for making it memora-
Bile, and insisted on starring role.
Got just the thing" he shouted. Nice
strong 5OO-horsepower caterpillar - she's
big bruiser. I'll run over there with it now.
Evening star., 1950-12-03
II ONG DISTANCE was on
- the ball. What she
A SHORT STORY

wanted was the chief of
police, and nobody was going to palm off a
sheriff on her.
ASK if the acting chief will do" Sheriff
Waldo Wallings suggested meekly. In the
tinny distance he could hear somebody say
ing he would speak to anybody wearing blue
suit, let alone a badge. Long Distance re-
turned to say with disapproval that Chicago
would speak to the acting chief, was he there?
I'm the acting chief
Il thought you were the sheriff"
1--WE spell each other, for vacations. Next
month the chef'll be the sheriff
There were clicks; then voice material
lied May have some business for you,
Sheriff" Chicago's Lieutenant Devers had
that sunny tone in which native tells a tour
ist there is an l8-mile detour ahead. You
got bank called the Security National?
Well, you better 60 get your pennies out OF it.
I'm overdrawn a dollar eighty, but thanks
anyway. What's up?'
"A lad we picked up for the Indiana police
thinks we were tipped off by some pals and
wants to get even. So he tells us they figure
on taking bank in some one-horse town, and
it turns out to be yours. Two of the three we
want anyway, and we may have them all on
ice by tonight. But there's chance we won't,
so we thought we'd pass the word"
The Lieutenant didn't say lust in case the
forces of law and order had planned to hoe his
garden. but he did go on to suggest that the
men who thirsted for the Security Nationals
liquid assets were gentlemen to be reckoned
with
''lHEY'RE pretty handy boys, Sheriff, and
expect you've got art on them. If you haven't,
the bank should have their pictures, because
they specialize in taking small-town jugs.
One of them's Stanley Malta. You may know
him. Another's John Hayden Wilkins and the
thirds an old-timer, Frank Horgan, they call
him Shoes They're going to hit the bank at
ten O'Clock tomorrow morning if our boy is on
the level and we think he is. Thought you'd
want to know"
well, thanks" said Sheriff Wallings.
After hanging up be drove around to the
police station, where Walter Endriss, the day
time police force, got out the available data.
Horgan and Malta both had done time for
armed robbery Wilkins was newer, and was
moving up from filling stations to banks or
down, depending on which has more money
Evening star., 1950-12-03

Too big? How about small steam roller?
| got little six-ton baby that's charmer."
The sheriff said modest little four-ton
cinder truck was more what he had in mind.
Stranaghan urged crawler tractor with
bulldozer blade. which reminded him that he
had beautiful new grader. Grading was
passion of Stranaghan's; this county would
soon have the most picturesque sunken roads
this side of Normandy The sheriff said he
felt sure truck would be enough. Stranaghan
Evening star., 1950-12-03

said we'll, all right, but he was disappointed
Walter Endriss came back and reported
that the plan would take lot of cars. So at
four that afternoon the sheriff gave three
automobile dealers brief thrill by telling
them he'd take anything and everything on
their used-car lots - but only as loan.
Bank Robbery Day dawned fair and cool.
The sheriff saw it dawn through the wind
shield of 1881 Buick. He and Shull and
Endriss, with the night policeman, CORTLAND
Mott, had been parking used cars since four.
Even at that hour the slots along Main Street
weren't all vacant But there were no cars
in front of the bank. They put five used cars
beside the bank, so badly parked as to occupy
the space of eight, and six in front.
AT SIX AM Commissioner Bretherton ap-
peared with two truckloads of his most anti
social men. They had never been allowed to
foul up so much of Main Street at one time
and fell to work with enthusiasm. On the
bank side they painted all the white lines on
the parking spaces and then blocked the area
with sawhorses, rope, and Fresh Paint signs.
Bretherton had brought a truckload of
unused traffic signs, ranging from Low Bridge
and Slippery When Wet to stylish No Bur-
den Vehicles. Residents coming downtown at
seven were enraged but not surprised to find
that 11th Street had become One Way, for
east-bound traffic only. though the No Park
ing - Bus Stop sign across from the bank
did annoy them, the town having no buses.
They would have been additionally indig-
nant if the sheriff hadn't cmbed Bretherton,
who was for setting up series of three-foot
intervals all marked No Parking Between
Signs. About the only sign Bretherton didn't
post, the sheriff observed, was one saying
Out Of Bounds for Enlisted Men.
To make sure the opposite side of Main
Street was occupied the sheriff parked his
last three used cars there. and his own and
Shull's. Then for hundred feet he hung
signs on the parking meters reading 'Out of
Order" The thrifty natives would keep those
spots filled with no further conniving.
Stranaghan reported at eight, said he had
a few errands to run, and would be back. He
was splendidly mounted for combat in his
newest truck, powerful giant with wheels
almost as high as the sheriff's chest. Across
the radiator there was grill somewhat more
substantial than any door in the county Jail
and there seemed no doubt the truck was
rugged enough But it was dazzling red. If
Stranaghan had to trail the bandits much, to
engage them in minor accident, he was
going to be pretty conspicuous.
BE careful, will you?" the sheriff
pleaded. 'If we don't surprise these
babies, we're cooked
They'll be surprised" Stranaghan
said
AT NINE cars were circling Main Street
like angry bees looking for stolen hive.
The sheriff phoned Lieutenant Devers.
The bandits hadn't been netted, and
vi might consequently be expected.
80 They better get here" the sheriff said,
Evening star., 1950-12-03
illustrated BY Richard Hook

these days. They all looked smart and able.
Well, before doing anything else, the sheriff
would have to warn Lyman Golf, the bank
president He hated to do it.
Golf would insist on doing something brave,
like getting shot. 1t was ironic, the sheriff
thought, how this advance notice heightened
the danger. The robbery would probably
have gone off with no harm to anything but
the bank s resources Now the sheriff would
have to try an ambush - and the bank was
at Main and 1lth Streets, the towns prin-
cipal corner. The bandits would shoot, and
somebody would get killed very probably
a high-school senior, a 4O-year-old father of
five, and one of the towns three doctors.
1t was bad trade - the lives of decent
citizens for those of three no-goods. A happy,
nervous anger began to glow in the big sheriff
at the men who posed this problem. 1t would
be pleasure to welcome those buns. But his
good common sense took control almost i'm
mediately. "All right, sonny" he told HIM
self You're a big hero. You're the Lone
Ranger But not on Main Street at ten am"
Could the battle be transferred? Could he
set up a phony road block of some kind,
searching cars for plants bearing the striped
Australian petunia weevil, or welcoming Deer
Hunter Number 1000, 900? Too fancy. That
was the right idea. though - to prevent, to
neutralize, to stop things before they started.
The sheriff climbed into his old weather.
beaten sedan again and set off for the
bank 1t was only three blocks, but he no
more thought of walking than he thought
of hippety-hopping. He was true son of
the Goth Century and regarded walking
as an odd emergency measure to be taken <
only if the car broke down, and quaint
practice of the Infantry.
A block from the bank there was a
parking spot in front of Eversons Hard
ware but surely he could get closer than
that. He couldn't, 50 he went on across
l1th Street, past the bank. There were
three or four vacancies in the next block,
but all on the wrong side of the street, which
is the nature of parking spaces
The sheriff turned around at the Carnegie
Library two blocks beyond the bank, and
cruised back slowly. A woman climbed into
a car in front of Encke's Bakery and the
sheriff waited hopefully, but she wasn't leav-
ing. Honked into motion again, he tried 1lth
Street. There was a spot, and right beside
the bank, but the space turned out to lack
perhaps five inches of being long enough for a
Evening star., 1950-12-03


AT NINE, cars were circling Main Street
like angry bees looking for stolen hive.
The sheriff phoned Lieutenant Devers.
The bandits hadn't been netted, and
:, might consequently be expected.
They better get here, the sheriff said,
y ''or there will be lynching by two hum
dred angry motorists. Probably with
towing chain.''
yeah? Who's getting lynched?"
'The Acting Chief" said the Acting Chief.
Across l1th Street from the bank, and above
the supermarket, the corner Office was the
farm advisers. The building had an ornate
turret and here the sheriff took up his watch.
Stranaghan appeared. backed his truck into
the alley behind the bank, and joined the
sheriff He had one of his men with him,
short young man with the kind of arms you
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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-03
Reed Sisters
Trio Here FRIDAY

The Reed Sisters Trio of Day
ton will be presented in a must
cal program at Linden Center on
Friday, May S, 1850, at 8 pm.
They will be sponsored by the
Blue Star Mothers.
The sister trio is we'll known in
thise area, having appeared on
numerous program and affairs.
They have always been warmly
applauded, and it is expected that
they will present an interesting
and enjoyable program Friday
evening.
The donation is fifty cents.