Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 2, Number 37, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 18 August 1939 — Page 7

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Easy for the Trained German Mind By IRVIN S. COBB 7 V7EARS ago when I was a reporter on the New York Evening World, the body of a young woman, expensively dressed, was found in a thicket in a lonely and remote part of Long Island. She had been murdered —shot through the'head. Harry Stowe of our staff, since deceased, was the first reporter to reach the place. The body had not been moved; and in searching about it Stowe happened upon something the local coroner had overlooked—a scrap of discolored paper, bearing printed and written words in German upon it. Stowe quietly slipped the paper into his pocket and caught the first train for town. He couldn’t read German himself, so he took his find to the office of the German consul. There he met an elderly, spectacled, exceedingly serious-looking under-secretary, who translated the printed and written inscriptions for him. Then the secretary wanted to know what it was all about. Stowe told him, explaining that the identity of the murdered woman was still a profound mystery—that nobody could guess who or what she was. Hertdescribed her clothing in some detail. 18“ Pooh I” snorted the German. “Stupid fools that these American policemen are! To the trained mind the whole thing is simplicity itself. By a process of elimination and deduction it js possible to ascertain beyond question exactly what manner of woman this was.” “Could you do it?” asked Stowe hopefully. . “In one little minute!” said the under secretary impressively. “Go ahead then, please, and do it,” lagged Stowe. “Very well,” said the German. “My young friend, please foPow me closely. This paner shows that some woman bought at a store in Leipsic certain small articles, kitchen utensils—a breadknife, a potatomasher, a coffee-grinder. No woman in Germany, unless she was a housewife, would buy such things, So! “On the other hand, this woman, you tell me wore forty dollar corsets. No woman in Germany, unless she was an actress, would wear forty dollar corsets. “No actress would buy common household utensils. That would make her a housewife! No housewife would wear forty dollar corsets. That would make her an actress! And there you are!”

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3-DAY POULTRY SCHOOL PLANNED AT PURDUE The 3rd annual training choo] for flock selecting and pullorum testing agents, who expect to cull and test hatchery flocks under the National Poultry Imp- ' ment Plan in Indiana, will be held at Purdue University, Aug. 29, 30, and 31, 1939. This announcement was made recently by Wm. Kohlmeyer, secretary of the State Poultry Association of Indiana and Purdue Extension Poultryman. Hatchery participation in ibis poultry improvement program has grown rapidly. Two years ago there were 39 Indiana hatcheries operating under its provisions and this past season 75 Hatcheries took part in this wore. Present indications a further increase for 1940, according to Kohlmeyer. The first two days of the training school will be used for the study and practice of flock selection and testing for pullorum disease, The final day will be occupied by a review and examinations. Those who have obtained certificates in the past years need only attend the last day. Hatcheryoperators or employees who have not attended previous schools will need to attend all three days if they wilsh to qualify for permits to conduct official culling and testing. At the close of the school appropriate certificates will be issued to those successfully com-

pleting the work, if the hatchery they represent expects to carry out this supervised improvement pro gram. Detailed information may be obtained by writing Wm. Kohlmeyer, Purdue poultry department. Arthur Wagner, charged -with killing another Negro, escaped from jail at Macon, Ga., and fled to Atlanta. Then he hopped a freight for Birmingham, h e thought, • ut wound uP back in Macon. Police vrere waiting for him and returned him to jail. HAY FEV|R Test This Quick Relief Try one dose “Dr. Platt’s RINEX Prescription.” Relief usually begins in a few minutes. A physician’s internal medicine in convenient capsules, tasteless—a boon for sufferers from Hay Fever, Rose Fever, Head Colds, Catarrh, Asthma. Not habit-forming. Sneezing, wheezing, itching eyes, running nose quickly relieved. Satisfaction within a few hours guaranteed or money back. Four druggist recommends RINEX, SI.OO. Ax' 17/, MEN LOVE GIRLS WITH H 2t3 H If you are peppy and full of fun, men will invite you to dances and parties. BUT if you are cross, listless and tired, men won’t be interested. Men don’t like “quiet” girls. When they go to parties they want girls along who are iull of pep. So in case you Heed a good general system tonic, remember for 3 generations one woman has told another how to go “smiling thru” with Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It helps build up more physical resistance and thus aids in giving you more pep and lessens distress from female functional disorders. You’ll find Pinkham’s Compound WELL WORTH TRYING!

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