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The pnwident says he iiolils Senator Barkley in highest regard and esteem and the senator insists he holds no annimosily. Let’s get together boys. —o Only a couple of more days in which to secure your 1944 automobile liceuse. And the state police will be looking for those cars that curry yellow tags. —o Spring is near and there are signs that make it look as though .we may enjoy an early break. It won’t be long now until we hear of "obins. blue birds and violets. —o The Hoy Sc uts and the city force inder commissioner Phil Sauers gathered the scrap paper and tin cans today. They did a good Job and we hope the people did by having ready a g-od supply of the badly needed items. —o It you happen to meet a business man wh > is considerably out of, humor these days, don’t take it too Seriously. He has probably been trying to figure out how much he owei Uncle Sam and when and how he has to pay it. Congress should now settle down and proceed to perform the business for which they were elected. That branch of government can go a long ways in preserving unity in this country if they work at it and let the ocming c ampaign take care of itself. —o The tcasketbali sectional finals tonight will dispose of sone neven hundred teams and leave only < jlxty four to battle for the regional. semi-finals and the championship You will bo thrilled with the closing game of the Decatur sectional if you attend -0 The Yanko are within 1.300 miles of Tokyo in their attack on the Mariana bases. That’s probably getting too dose for comfort for the followers of Hirohito and Tojo "who are shuddering as they realize fte ever increasing power of their enemies and their own tepidly dwindling reseources They planned for a hundred-year war but it looks like they will mins it ebcmt ninety-seven years. O O— We are again publishing Lenten Meditations, a front page feature, with the short sermons written by pastors of the various chan hoe They will, an usual, contain words from students of the Bible ao Ru-

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ing at thia seasou of the year. Read them carefully and give thought to the expressions. As Rev. Moser said in the opening meditation: "Draw nigh to God and He will draw night to you." We need ouch suggestions these days aa perhaps never before. —o There was a time not so long ago when a mention of the name c< Secretary Harold L. Ickes to some folks wao like waving a red flag in front of a bull. But a lot of those folks are beginning to realize that Mr. Ickes isn't such a bad administrator after all In fact, so evident has It become that Mr Ickes was right and his critics were wring that he was given what amounted to a vote of confidence In the House the other day. And anyone who gets a vote of confidence from the House these days must have something. Anyway, the secretary needed a new assistant, and the prop, sit ion came up in the House, where it itassed IM to 150.

"Two weeks vacation coming? Why not go to Palestine or Egypt?" The.-o- are post-war probabilities for the man who likes to travel. Whatever damage the war lias done, It will leave behind it great developments in aviati n. A Clipper trip to the farther end of the Mediterranean will take only 24 hours, including stop*. There is no reason why the busy man who can get away from work for only two weeks should not spend that time in seeing something ( the world. Before many yeans, routes will be regularly established, taking him all the way around the globe in his vacation period.—Van B'ert TuneBulletin. —o The veto message of President Roosevelt wa- dynamite and it exploded when Senator Barkley resigned as majority leader after a speech in which he defended the sr» tax measure. Barkley's reelection by a unanimous v< te of his colleagues was as great a compliment as could have been paid this 67-year old statesman who for seven years has taken the heat and 1 steered the course (or the administration. He is sincere in his attitude and has the respect of every one. The president proved his bignees by immediately urging his old friend not to withdraw hte resignation and declared his hope that K he persisted that he should be reelected. as be was. It is not so much what the break means politically as what it mesne for the nation. We have faith In our leaders of every political party and believe they will kaep in mind that we must win the war and the peace.

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I Household Scrapbook I By ROBERTA LEE ♦ —♦ Rusty Knives If a knife is rusty, plunge the i blade into an onion and leave it [ there for an hour or two. Then polish In the usual manner. Laundering Clothes will wash easily if they are soaked over night in cold, soft water, into which one tablespoon of ammonia to each bucket ot water has been add'-d. Pies The bottom crust of fruit pies wb not ailetorb so much juice, it it is brushed with flour or the while of an egg. o — Dog Is Big Help Blytheville, Ark — (UPI —R H Green of Huffman baa a dog which apparently feels a sense cf responsibility toward hte master. He hasn't I yet brought home the bacou, but ' the other day he brought home a ( *5 bill, and the next day. obviously understanding tbe food shortage, he returned with *b.su worth of chickens. - »■ — ■ o From 1934 through 1940, packaged beer consumption increased by 2*7 percent, comprising 50.9 percept of total sales.

»bj By MAJOR e I #» ;/ij l &&& Dmw MMIMMa ON tosesestsd ia w«Mt to eeawMaiy cwßsd As Am pestsa •< tow »«y •»• •* *• essspKes 0» As it st As Isis. ■■■bwi «f os •ogmf bedy-Ao Saaata Ciawtown M Ao MWesy. AT TWf LIFT li, u we said, an obaerwr but not a layman: The Hon. Hatton W. Sumner*, of Dallas. Texas, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, enjoying a busman's holiday. We d judge from the look that he ia thinking the house body can do every bit as well as the Senate in matters legal. THtff of the eighteen members of the Senate Committee are seated to ihe right of Judge Sumners. First is Senator Warren R. Austin, of Vermont, who’s been a lawyer some forty years, was once a slate's attorney and mayor of St Albans, his home town. He s been in the Senate since INI. THf STUDIOUS GWTIIMAN in the center is Homer Ferguson, of Michigan, recently sent from his home state to the Senate, but an adept practitioner of the law, having served in the Circuit bench in Detroit with such an eminent legal tight as Associate Justice Frank Murphy, of the Supreme Court A DtMOCIATIC STALWART is Joseph C. O Mahoney, ths gentleman from Wyoming and a transplanted Yankee. Bom in Chatham, Mass., he studied at Columbia and George* town, once edited a Cheyenne newspaper, was a first assistant postmaster general, and hM been in the Senate for somewhat more than ten years. *■ ‘ _

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ifk' ■ ? ■ MR * VERNA W. MACE, Baltimore divorcee, shows how she said she hid in husband's auto trunk for five hours to watch him make love to another woman. Her story was part of testimony in her *IO,OOO labcnaUon of affections suit against the woman, (lutneatioiul)

1 ESH. w SRXUM it 1 W © VjXe Safdn‘)AatLjf/)> Rome people have the mistaken Idea that most of our automobile accidents occur on bad roads, under adverse weather conditions, und on curves and hills. It is true that some of our most serious accidents occur at these spots and under such conditions, but here are some facts that have been developed by the National Safety Council on » W t tonwide basis:? Four out of five accidents occur on a straight stretch of road. Four out of five accidents occur on dry roads In clear weather. Borne of the causes for these accidents are: 1 Exceeding the speed limit or driving too fast for existing conditions. 2. Driving on wrong side of the road. 3. Disregarding stop sign or signal. 4. Cutting in. 5 Passing on curves or hills. Chock these five causes. How Often have you been guilty of these violations? ! Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE | Q When attending a formal tea, io it all right for guests to speak to one another without an introduction? A. Yes, this te -permissible it the tea is a large affair. Q. What are the subjects that should l>e avoided in general social conversation? A. Politics, religion, illness, operations. death. Q. Does it show good form to give a wedding reception in a hotel? A. Yes; this is often done. —■ '■ o — — 1 ► • ♦ Twenty Years Aqo > Today Feb. 26 The new Zion Reformed church building will Ik> dedicated 1

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CHAPTER FORTY-TWO | Again ha hunted among his papers. This time producing a long wire. It read in part: RE rout INQUIRY BURNS LORING HISTORY. ITEM IN BREVITIES, JULY 17, IMu. READS : QUOTE TWO WEEKS HONEYMOON OF HURNS X LORING. JAM MILLIONAIRE AND SCENIC ARTIST. CLOUDED BY CLAIM OF ALLEGED PREVIOUS WIFE WITH SIX-YEAR-OLD SON FILED BY NIDAROS, HEDEMARK. AND PAULSEN, ATTORNEYS FOR HELGE LAKEN, KNOWN ON PARIS STAGE AS CHERIE DULAC. HJAL* SAR PAULSEN. HER SPOKESMAN. EFUSED TO DIVULGE ANY BETA ILS OF FAIR CLIENTS CLAIM UNQUOTE. HEADLINES READ: QUOTE HONEYMOON JAM BURNS LORING T UNQUOTE "And more like that." The Inspector put down the telegram with ebvious distaste. “Rest of the dirt don’t count This wouldn’t either, only for the name of the lawyer: Hjalmar Pauhen. That detail made me spend more money. Could saved it of course. Could ask Mr. Loring. But I figured he’d be mum. That he'd come to me of his own free will if he wanted to talk, and tell the truth—which he did, sure enough, yesterday. “Anyways, I found out this here Hjalmar Paulsen and Helge Laken got married two months after she loot out with Mr. Loring, and her boy was called Orne Paulsen from that time on, 'stead of Kynar Lor* ingeon. Also, that Mrs. Paulsen had died, and the boy become an actor when he growed up. AU come to me in bits, from here and there. It’s a caution, how much you can learn these days, quick, if you spend enough. "But the real proof I was waiting for—attested papers from Wash-ington-only come this morning. "As to the talk going around of how Mr. Loring was due to cash in soon—l’m glad to tell you, ain’t nowheres near so. M “Finally, I put together the picture: Os Paulsen's mother and stepfather dinning into him —from small up—■how he been done out of his share of the Loring money. Till he wanted it the worst way. Enough to plot and snoop, and watch Mr. Loring's life like a cat a mousehole. I’m saying that, because he must known about Miss Linda, which was nsore'n her father did, and about Miso Marshall trying to marry Mr. , Loring. Guess it warn’t just happenstance either, him getting that big part in Mrs. Turner's play. Or wan it, Mrs. Turner?" 21 "I don’t know. He might have arranged for its being offered to him,” I suggested. “He was beginning to have a name, and could easily tell some frteade he’d like to play the part, so that they would mention him to Mr. MeV-na.” 1 "Ayah. Sure. .That's It!" Inspector Peltengiil beamed at me. ; "He made Mr. MeVane ask him. And I guess be alee made his ' Mends hare ask him to share their cottage. It’s nice and dark, much safer to get in and out of than the inn. And then he come here, as an innocent outsider, all set to kill off the Loring heirs. The daughter in 'particular. Hie stepfather could put ia a claim for tha *wronged era.’ once Mr. Loring was dead. And get I a couple of millions oat of the exof hto will-tor Bytov Lee-

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| The Inspector sighed and tipped back his chair. “Anyways, that’s how I figured it out Only trouble was: it didn’t help me make an arrest. I hadn’t any proof. You heard Paulsen in the theatre this morning: Admitted who he was, and said he'd come to Fern Covs to make friends with his supposed father. That didn’t prove him a murderer, no matter was Sheriff Weymouth’n me convinced he was. We tried hard to catch him. At aomething. Had deputies behind every tree almost. Hoped he'd go to old Mack's farm for the rest of the clippings, seeing he couldn’t know I had ’em. But we had no luck. What with the grounds being pitch-dark and paths running all over in every 'direction, seemed like he was the invisible man. For instance: we don't know to this minute how did he get into the inn, and how did he know his way inside so good to find Miss Linda’s room right away." “I can tell you that,” I said. “I

asked him upstairs, Wednesday before dinner, for his help and advice about Linda. After she’d been so—well—rude to her father. I remember it took him quite a while to get there, and that he said he'd lost his way twice before finding my room.” “Meaning he looked around first, for a good way in and up,” the Inspector assented. “Found it too. They’s a stair right near them rooms, goes down to the laundry. We figured he might used that, and left his light overcoat there, before he forced Miss Linda’s door. Which reminds me: Some ways you are an observant woman, Mrs. Turner. But you didn’t catch on a-tall, when 1 asked you that night, had all them men wore light suits? Just said, they had. Except Mr. Paulsen had on a light sweater under his light coaL You never seen his panto was dark. Dark brown. And that he did wear a eoat, folded baek ao it wouldn't show, because it was dark brown too. I'm sure, though. Miss Marshall noticed it That it was one of the things made her suspect Paulsen—him being so careful to look all light “Well, likely he left the light topeoat on them backstairs and grabbed it up when he lost his head and run, no he eould be all dressed up light when He went to the Hutch to get himself an alibi. With Mho Marshall, as it happened, after he met her’n Mr. Linwood, and bamboosled 'em. The one into denying he been there, the other into juggling the time they met, no’s to make his alibi ironclad. But that’s to one side. Main thing I want to make clear to: He panicked easy. He rwa. One minute he played »p, cool’s a celt* and clever’s old Nick htoself. The next be went hegwild and had no head a-lail. Rim, ia a blind scare, after hr killed old Mack. Likely beard that Stray growl, and the two ladies walk around overhead. Run when Mrs. Turner come in, while he was strangling Miao Linda. And. well, when a man acts thetaway twicet, he’s apt to do it a third time. That’s why I figured, maybe If the pop he thought was dedd come to nfe and made a rush for him. he’d go out of hu mind again and give himsotf away. I figured right. He did." inspector Pettongill stopped, oat ■“W »« - WBrSkS ♦ - » *• • -

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