Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 December 1940 — Page 16

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Christmas Rush

.By TOM HORNER

_ MONDAY, DEC. vu, 140 By Williams

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YESTERDAY — The family discover Valerie really has an attractive perscnality. welcome her into the circle. At an “engagement party” the doctor announces he has found a job for Jerry at $25 a week, and a little house for the newlyweds. Jerry is happy. Valerie is obviously disturbed. That salary won't even buy her clothes.

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CHAPTER SEVEN “VAL WILL understand after I talk to her tomorrow,” Jerry told his father as they sat before the dying fire. “All this has come rather sudden. It will take a little time for her to get her feet on the ground. But you can count on Val. I'm sure of that, Dad. Isn't she wonderful ?” Hugh Connelly nodded, puffed his pipe in silence. They were alone. Martha had led Valerie upstairs, to stay in the guest room. Mary had moved in with the twins for the night. Valerie might have preferred to remain with Jerry and his father—perhaps| to continue the discussion of > ; i finances that had almost precipi-| #] .. : = <S tated a quarrel—but Martha had . By [ been insistent, suggesting that Jerry

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might enjoy ‘“man-talk” with his father. And since Jerry had not objected— “Yes, you won't have to worry about Val,” Jerry continued. “It'll be difficult for her for a while, getting used to living on a salary —my salary—but we'll make it. “She has never been taught to economize. Her father and mother have lots of money, and Val is an only child. Why, Dad, her spending money allowance at school is more than my salary will be.” “You won't be able to support that big ear,” the doctor suggested. “We'll keep it, since it belongs to Val,” Jerry agreed. “But I can walk to work, and we won't be going out much.” “your mother and I will buy your share of your car—the one we gave you and the girls for Christmas,” the father went on. “That will give you a little cash reserve. You'll have to watch the pennies, though, Jerry. Once you're married you're entirely on your own. You'll have to budget every dollar. Your insurance is all paid for a year, at least. So you don’t have to worry about that.” Gee, Dad, there's a lot more to think about when you get married than just finding the right girl, isn’t there?” “There is, son—a lot more to think about.” 2 8 = THE HOUSE on Front St. was everything the doctor had predicted and more. Front St. was not the best residential district in town, but it was entirely acceptable. Most of the wealthier families lived father west, in the newer additions, but at some time or other a wise contractor had built this little home, apparently for newlyweds. The owner was waiting for them when they arrived, the doctor and his wife in Dr. Connelly’s car, the twins in their Christmas present, Mary, Valerie and Jerry in Val- - erie’s coupe, Mary had not wanted to come but Valerie would not let her stay away. In fact, Valerie seemed to cling to Mary as her sole ally against the family. It was strange that she should choose her rival in love as her champion, but it might have been that she felt a common bond in being not entirely accepted into the Connelly inner circle. At any rate, Mary was definitely on Valerie's side, whether she enjoyed the role or not. And if she did not like it, she did not reveal it. “It's adorable,” Mary enthused as they entered the cottage. “Val, you'll love it. It's a dream house.” Val refused to be impressed. “It’s so small—so crowded.” “But we won't have much furniture, at first,” Jerry reminded her. “And no dining room!” “But this breakfast nook—it’s big enough. Besides you won't be dqing much entertaining.” : “We'll set the table in the living room when we have company.” “There’s hardly room to turn around in the kitchen.” : “You'll never get lonesome here, not like you would in a big house.” “Our first ‘apartment’ was over a store,” Martha recalled, laughing. “Can you ever forget it, Hugh? Your office in the front, and the kitchen and bedroom in the back. I had to go to bed every time Hugh had a patient.” “Which wasn't added. “You should have seen: our quarters in the flood zone in China,” Mary put in. “Shanghai was all right, but when Daddy was ordered up the river—and Bill and I refused to stay in the city alone. All the discomfort of a home.” The owner led them downstairs. “Nice furnace . . . plenty of laundry space.” : “You'll have plenty of chances to get acquainted with this furnace, Jerry,” Dr. Connelly said. “And you, too, Valerie. Place shouldn’t be hard to heat, though.” 2 2 =n VALERIE HALTED on the stairway, stared down into the basement. A furnace—built-in laundry * tubs—an ironing board. : The. voice of the owner droned on, in a sing-song monotone. “Nice location, too. Off the main traveled streets. Lots of children on the block. Plenty of place to play, and not much danger of automobiles. Soon get used to the trains, too. Of course, they're a good four blocks away. After you've been here a week youll never notice them—" Children . . . trains . . . This horrid, tiny, cramped house. Then she was talking to them— almost screaming at them. “I hate it! I hate it! I wouldn’t live here—" “Vai—Vall” That was Jerry, but he couldn’t stop her. . “1' think you planned it all. ‘A ‘ big surprise’ . . . You knew I wouldn't stand for it. You don’t want me to marry your son. All right—I won’t. If I have to live in a crackerbox—if I have to fix a furnace, wash clothes—I won't -.

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him” val, you don’t know what you're » Mary tried to calm her. “Dr. and Mrs. Connelly were only g to help.” : “I won't! I won't!” Valerie was screaming. now. She turned on Jerry. “You can have. your, doll house and your $25-a-week job. But I don’t go with it!” . She turned, ran up the stairs. They heard her heels pounding over the bare floors, the slam of the + front door. Dr. Connelly was thé first to break the silence that followed. ‘wyalerie is mistaken, son,” he

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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30 (U. P.).—The three-year. Vigil of Jue Tsi Chow and Wang Kee Fook aboard the Chinese schooner Kwang Yuan to keep her cargo of scrap metal from falling into Japanese hands ended today. The Kwang Yuan was sold to Sir Walter Carpenter, Sydney, Australia, shipping magnate, for the Pacific Coast-South Sea trade. A Japanese shipping firm bought the 2000-ton schooner Edna Christenson in 1937, loaded her with $64,000 worth of scrap iron consigned to Japan and changed her name to the Kwang Yuan. The firm signed on a crew of 23 Chinese under three Japanese officers.

clear the ship, which tied her up in U. S. customs barriers. For seven months the 23 Chinese and three Japanese remained on hoard, while their countries warred. Finally, the crew mutinied, and the Japanese sought warrants for their arest, but San Francisco courts disclaimed jurisdiction. The Yokohama Specia Bank started a court fight for release of the vessel. The case finally reached the U. S. Supreme Court, which ruled that the Chinese Government could expropriate the ship and the Japanese had no right to board her. The Kwang Yuan. lay in San

said. “Your mother and I had no intention of hurting her feelings. This is a good house, as good as you can afford. You could be very happy here—as happy as Mother and I were in our three rooms. “If Valerie marries you, she will have to learn to live on your salary—unless you are willing to live on your wife’s income. That means cooking, doing housework, even taking care of a furnace and doing her own washing. If won't be easy, at first—" = 2 »

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Francisco harbor, gathering a fourinch layer of barnacles. One by one, the crew drifted away, until only Jue and Wang remained. They stayed on the ship alternate weeks, living on the charity of Chinese shrimp fishermen and Chinese merchants. Now the vessel will be transferred to Panamanian registry; her cargo probably will be moved to a local smelter. Jue and Wang did not know where they would go.

Girl Pupil at Tech Honored

MISS FRANCES I. SCOTT, 17-year-old Tech High School student, has been given an honorary mem-= bership in the American Associa= tion for the Advancement of Science, which meets this week in annual session at Philadelphia. The announcement was made by Dean Howard E. Enders, of the Purdue University School of Science, who has been one of the active sponsors of the Indiana Junior Academy of Science, of which Miss Scott is a. member. Miss Scott is president of the Tech Nature Study Club.

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