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FOURTEEN NEWARK COURIER-GAZETTE 'AND MARION ENTERPRISE, NEWARK, N. Y. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, TELEPHONE 7|| HOUSE O F H AZARD S B y Mac Arthur l>< Ii*1 r l l it i ■v > (1 DON'T\ GET IT/ \ r QNLY TAKES THESE MAGIC 'w o r d s : i m o a i-tin - E CHANGE-AH? HERE'S MIES, T H E By ELLERY QUEEN Chapter 11 .. At a quarter After four Drury Lgne was alone in the DeWitt library. In the center of the room was a large walnut desk. Lane went through It, sorting *■ papers, examining documents. Then he went through tier up- • ph tier of boobs, his eyes on the ■wall-safe. He opened the door of the library, sought out Jor- gens and learned that only De- .Witt and Brooks knew the com bination. The lawyer stroked his chin When asked to give Lane the combination. “I don’t know that ethically I have the right to give you the combination. DeWitt told me he didn’t want a rec ord kept about the house ahd if anything should happen to him he preferred that the safe be accessible only through official channels.” \You know, of course, that I • possess the requisite authority. Would you prefer the District Attorney?” He was smiling. “I thmk you had better giveme the combination.” Brooks hesitated then, with a ■shrug, murmured a series of numerical symbols. Lane watch ed his bps,'nodded, arid retreated into the library,, shutting the door m Brooks’ face. Fifteen minutes later he closed the safe, twirled the dial and returned to the desk. In his hand was a small envelope ad dressed m long-hand to John DeWitt and post-marked Grand Central Station, four months earlier. It contained a single sheet of common notepaper, bearing the message: •■Jack! ■ This is the last time you will ■ hear from me by letter. • “Every dog has his day. Mine will come soon. \Get ready to pay. You may be first “MARTIN STOPES. On the threshold lay th e pajam a -clad figure of M ichael Collins; by 'his right hand a dull-black revolver. She glared at him. “There you go, spilling the beans like a scared brat. We' didn’t do any thing wrong, did we?” “But Cherry—” Pollux spread his hands. Thumm let them bicker. For some time he had been eyeing the evening bag on the table. Now he hefted it speculatively The bickering stopped as if by magic. “Give me that.\ Cherry said thickly. i “Pretty heavy upholstery,” grinned Thumm. \I wonder . . .\ He flipped the bag open and dipped inside. Pollux took a spasmodic step forward. Bruno quietly left the wall and went to Thumm’s side. The inspector’s fingers emerged with a diminu tive pearl-handled revolver. Three chambers were filled. Thumm wrapped a handkerchief around a pencil and swabbed the barrel: the handkerchief emerged clean. He- held the revolver close to his nose and ----------- ----------- sniffed, then shook his head Sergeant Duffy was at the and threw the weapon on the —eading J1-~ into Cherry talking guaxd- door l Browne's suite, edly tot the hotel detective when Inspector Thumm, District At torney Bruno, and their men strode down the corridor. \Anything?” asked Thumm. \Not a peep out of them,” said the sergeant. \All set, boys?” Thumm rap ped on the daor. There was a ■ delay, then a murmur, and the door opened a scant two inches. \Who is. it?” Thumm wedged his shoe into the crack, placed his hand agamst the panels, pushed, and the door gave grudgingly. Cherry uttered the ghostliest gasp. ■’Why, it’s 'Inspector ■ Thumm! What’s the trouble?” \No trouble at all,” said Thumm heartily, but his eyes were roving. The sitting-room was m • some disarray: on the - ■sideboard an empty gta-bottls and an almost empty bottle of Whisky: a litter of cigarette butts, a pearl-beaded evening bag on bhe table. Her eyes wid ened at the sight of Bruno anti the silent men in the corridor outside.. - Thumm smiled. \Let’s go, D.A. i -■-you men stay outside.” Bruno walked into the room, shutting ' the door. ■ Grinning, Thumm crossed to ■ the bedroom door. The actress table. ‘I have a permit to own a revolver,” said the actress. Thumm turned to Pollux: “Let’s have it. You were- tailing the DeWitt party. What for?” “I—I don’t know what you're talking about.\ Thumm’s eyes strayed to .the revolver. “You know this gun makes it look bad for Cherry, don’t you?” “What do you mean?” Pollux’s mputh sagged. “John DeWitt was -shot— to death on the West Shore local tonight.” They looked at each other in a dazed, horrified way. “Who did it?” whispered the Woman, her full lips beginning to. quiver. Pollux leaped to the table and snatched up the revolver. Bruno lunged aside; Thumm’s hand shot to his hip-pocket; the actress screamed.' But Pollux held the weapon gingerly by the barrel and shoved the grip to ward Thumm. “Take a good look at those bullets inside, inspec tor! They’re blanks!” Thumm took the ' weapon. “Blanks they are.\ “I changed them myself last week,” Pollux’s words tumbled over each other in his eagerness. \Cherry didn’t know until just now. I didn’t like the idea of her carrying a loaded gun around. A by Bruno and the detectives, and the man said: \Collins’s still up stairs, Chief.’’\' On the eighth floor another detective significantly pointed to a door. “Cover everything,” said Thumm in a matter-of-fact voice. “He’s liable to be ram bunctious.” He pressed the bell- button. Instantly they heard the scuffle of feet and a man’s voice cried hoarsely: \Who is it?” Thumm bellowed: “Police! Open up!\ \You’ll never get me alive!\ Another scuff ling of feet, then a shot and the sound of something heavy falling. Duffy and another man step ped back with Thumm and the three crashed into the door. Un der the fourth assault it gave with a grinding scream and they tumbled into a long dark hall. At the end was a room, fully illuminated. On the threshold lay the pajama-clad figure of Michael Collins; by his right hand a dull-black revolver. Thumm landed on his knees beside Collins. “Hs’s still alive! Get him into that room!” Collins’ lips were drawn back in a , wolfish snarl. Along the right side of his head nothing but matted -hair and dripping blood was visible. Thumm’s fingers touched the wound and were Instantly crimson. “Didn’t even penetrate his thick skull,” he growled. “Just .plowed along side his head. Fainted from the shock, I guess. Lousy aim. Get a doctor, somebody . . . Well, Bruno, it looks like the end.” He picked up the revolver. “It’s ' a .38, all right.” Then his face fell. “Only one shot fired, though.” A detective_ came in followed by a man in pajamas and robe, carrying a black bag. Five min utes later the physician rose. \He’ll need further attention soon, but this will do temporar ily. He’S- have an ugly headache and a good dear o f pain.— He’s Longstreet’s bum tip. I—I need ed that dough. DeWitt wouldn’t listen. I almost got down on my knees, but it was no go. Wie were pulling out of a station, so I opened the door and jumped j down. I saw him push the door ! to and go in the rear car.” \ “Did you have your revolver with' you?” “No.” “Well, I guess that’s about all now. How do you feel?” “A little- better. Head aches like fury.” “I sure.am glad,-’ said Thutnt “That means we won’t have ‘ to call an ambulance. Get up and get dressed now. You’re coming back to headquarters with us.” (To Be Continued) The Newark Courier-Gazette has arranged with the Office of Information of the-New York State Colleges of Agriculture and Home Economics to answer questions about problems of farm and home. If you enclose a self-addressed,, .stamped., en velope, and mention the .name of this paper, you will receive a direct reply to your query from the colleges. Bo not ask more than one question in one tetter or on one post card. Ask as many questions as you like, but make each one a separate com munication. • Canning* Milk Miss M. S. asks: “Do you have a recipe for canning milk? My family has done this successfully in past years, but our recipe has been misplaced.” Prof. Lillian Shaben of the College of Home Economics answers: “Strange to say, I-do not find any records of experi mental work at the college on the home canning of milk. “I Would recommend, however, that a pressure cooker be used for the milk canned, using the same method our canning bulle tin E-261 recommends for any non-acid food. “I know many persons can non-acid foods without a pres sure cooker, and because of popular request time-tables are given for this hot-water method in the bulletin sent to you. We recommend the pressure-cooker method, however, as most exper iments show this is safer.” I k intercepted him and. flashed: woman’s careless about those things. We weren’t on that train tonight either,. We got as. far as the pier, then took the next ferry back to New York.” Thumm rifled the bag again. Did you buy tickets?” “No. We didn’t even go near the ticket office.” But you were following the DeWitt party?” A little nerve in Pollux's left eyelid began to jump, but he snapped his mouth shut like a turtle. The woman stared atethe rug. . Thumm went into the dark bedroom. He came out again, empty-handed, and searched the sitting-room with ruthless effl ciency. No one said anything Finally, he clumped heavily/ to the door. “Be on call at any time. No funny business, either of you.” hi As they went to the elevators Bruno askrid: \Why didn't you take the revolver?” “What good would that do us?” Thumm said grumpily. “The wound was made by a .38. hat place is a .22,’’ ' — As the police car slid to the curb ori West Seventy-Eighth street a man detached himself from the shadows of thr house, Thumm jumped cut fSilriwiid ■Where's your warrant?” Thumm brushed her away as the door opened in his face and . . Bollux stepped out, saying: “No sense m getting nasty. What’s up?- - \Now suppose you two love- r birds tell me where you were to- i-, night.\ said Thumm. ?- Cherry sniffed. “Suppose you tell ua why you’ve suddenly . taken such an interest iri my af fairs .\o ’ / Thumm thrust his hard red face close to hers, “Now listen,’'’ ! ' he said without heat. “Answer me and cut the society stuff!” She giggled. “Well , . . After the show tonight Pollux met me . and we—and we came here.” That's hooey,” said Thumm. Biuno saw Pojlux was frowning, ; • trying to signal the woman across Thumm’s shoulders. “You got m around 2:30. A little Jie- for-e midnight, you were both seen in the “Weehawken ferry landing on the Jersey side.\ - Cherry and Pollux looked at each other in a kind of despair. Wrong iff that?” \Plenty growled the inspec tor. “Where were you going? “Oh, just taking a. ferry-ride.’ Bollux muttered: “We’d better give it to ’em straight, Cherry. . It's the only-aay” ... .......... coming to now, A hoarse groan and Collins’ eyes rolled open, filled incredi bly with tears as intelligence slowly crept into them. One bloodless hand strayed to his head, felt the bandage, dropped helplessly to the divan. “Collins,” began the inspector, sitting down beside the wounded man, “why did you try to com mit suicide?” Collins panted: \You've got me, haven’t you? I'm ruined anyway . . . ” * \ \Then you admit it?” Collins began to say some thing, stopped, nodded. looked startled, and raised his eyes suddenly: “Admit what?” T h u m m laughed shortly “Don't play the innocent victim stuff. You killed John DeWitt!’1 Collins strove to sit up, but sank back again under the pres sure of Thumm's hand on his chest. \Are you crazy?” he cried. , Thumm looked puzzled. Bruno .said soothingly: “Now look here. Evasion, won't do you a bit of good.\ “But I didn't kill DeWitt. I tell you!” “Then why did you seem to expect the arrival of police and try’ to commit suicide?\ de manded Thumm. • \Because . . Collins caught his underlip. .“That’s my busi ness. The last time I saw DeWitt- he was very much alive.” “Then you admit seeing De Witt tonight?1’ ' “Sure I saw him.” ' “How’d YOU. ..happen -tor-b? on ,Ahe Newburgh local?” “I followed him all evening. I've been trying to see him for a j long time.” , “What happened after two went. out,, on the platform?\ I \I atked him .to ''ip.l'c Damage by Chipmunks H. V. A. asks: “Can you bell me any way to rid our cellar and woodshed of chipmunks? They are very destructive.” Prof. W. -J. Hamilton. Jr., of the zoology department an swers: \It is not difficult to era dicate chipmunks when they are causing damage. A half- dozen snap-back rat traps bait ed with walnut meat or a pecan, placed near the burrows of these animals or ift your woodshed, will prove effective. “As soon as we have a good cold spell, the chipmunks Will hibernate and not appear again until late winter or early spring when they can be .controlled by the ftjethod mentioned.” Fri. - Sat. Dec. 19-20 FRED MacMURKAY MARY MARTIN “NEW YORK TOWN” —Plus— “HENRY ALDRICH FOR PRESIDENT” STARTS SUN. — 4 DAYS Death-Defying .Adventure f M*G*M pratarit* Keep One Foot on Ground economics students. Martha Scott and Fredric March in “One Foot in Heaven”, one of the outstanding pictures of the year, which appears at the’Capitol Theater Sunday and Monday. Expert Lists Special Care For Baby in Early Months By MRS. CATHERINE C. EDWARDS Associate Editor, Parents Magazine “One Foot in Heaven,” the Frederic Maroh-Martha, Scott co-starring film which appears at the Capitol Theater Sunday and Monday, Dec. 21-22, has something brand new to offer in the way of screen entertainrprint. Based on the best-selling novel by Hartzell Spence, it tells the stOTy of a “practical parson” and his family in the first part of the century. Spence’s own fam ily are the characters in the real-life story, and they have been brought to life delightfully By the able cast of players. There* is humor, warmth and the spirit of abiding faith in the story of the man who served God nobly, with one foot in heaven and the other very sol idly on the ground. His was no Sunday job, but an all-week' job of solving the problems, easing the sorrows, sharing the joys of his congregation. In his tasks he was ably assisted by his wife who stood by him in all times of stress dnd subtly engineered him injto the right decision in many of his problems. To their three very human youngsters fell the task of serving as models for the children of the congre gation, and the job wasn’t al ways an easy one. Romance and drama and rich'humor were in tegral parts of the Spence fam ily life and they are integral parts of the rnotion picture, Besides March and Miss Scott the'talented cast includes Fran kie \ Thomas, Elisabeth Fraser, Harry Davenport, Beulah Bondi, Moroni Olsen, Vera Lewis, Je rome Cowan, Ernest Cossart, Nana Bryant and Roscoe Ates. ----------- o- --------- Wise selection of new furJ tqre is more important than ever, say housing sneckl ,irt8. Tips on buying f u S J are given in Cornell Bulletin 1 297, “Your Money’s Worth i| it pays. to I read ' thp I COURIER-GAZETTE WANT A ll H e a l t h y H a ir Needs a . H e a l t h y S c a lp You can’t have healthy hair I with dandruff or itchinu scalp! These are the m - motors of falling hair. pre- vent it now with, massages! T O M M Y ’S , B a r b e r S h o p WEST UNION ST. Newark! Opposite Parking Station A baby leaves the most com fortable and most protected state he will ever know when he is born into the world. ’Some physchologists say that all our lives we'unconsciously .long for the security of the prenatal months. Yet in spite of this re luctance to face the business of living his own life, the baby within four months manages to almost double his weight, learns partial control of his muscles, acquires habits, either good or bad, of eating and sleeping, gets acquainted with the' members of his family who give him daily care, and often develops a sense of humor. Quite a program of growth, | your baby proper habits. But you do have to be faithful about feeding and putting him to bed on time so that it will become second nature for him to eat and sleep regularly. This doesn’t mean that your baby's schedule is a dictator that should rule your life and your home. The very tension created by such a fearful attitude may do your child more harm emo tionally than the .benefit he will derive from regularity, because a child soon senses when he is the object of hurried, do-or-die ministrations. All your'efforts to have your child take routine for granted, which is the object of education, social adjustment and j tra*ning'. are defeated n e r s n n n lit.v d e v e l n n m p n t H e r - through your own lack of a re- personality development. Cer-, tainly anyone so intent on help ing himself as a young baby, deserves our most intelligent co operation. The first thing is to see that he gets food which agrees with him. Breast feeding for the first seven or eight months of the baby’s life gives him his best chance to develop into a healthy, strong youngster. There: are, of course, a few circum stances under which a mother should not nurse her child, most of which have to do with the state of her health. A cow’s m ilk m ixture pre scribed by the p h y s ician , to gether With orange juice and cod liver oil w ill supply the re-' m a inder of the .baby’s diet for the first four m o n ths. A fter that, cereal, egg and vegetables are gradually introduced into h is fare. - ' The second step (though all these important- things are really happening to the baby at once) is to establish good habits of sleeping and eating. Mothers have been so impressed with the importance of habit formation that some of them have gone slightly schedule mad. Habits are really very -simple to build up. As proof of this think how easily bad ones are acquired. You don’t have to be clever or learned in psychology to teach laxed and matter of eoutse ac ceptance of your part as teacher and example setter. So fit your baby’s schedule into your day as conveniently as possible—not into your neighbor’s day or a professional nurse’s day—and then be faithful to it. Johnny Weismuller Maureen O’Sullivan John Sheffield k~ SPECIAL XMAS SHOW Also Fri. - Sat. KAYKYSER AND HIS BAND JOHN BARRYMORE LUBE VELEZ “PLAYMATES” pH E L P S THEATRE A M o d e r n , C o m f o r f n B T e a n d A t t r a c t i v e T h e a t r e . S h o w n s t a r t n i g h t l y a t 7 a n d 0 o ’c l o c k . S a t u r d a y & S u n d a y C o n t i n u o u s f r o m 3 p . m . A d m i s s i o n : A d n t t s B O e j C h i l d r e n l i e . P h o n e 1 3 7 , Physique of Women American women have a less uniform physique than the wom en of the more stabilized na tionalities. They more frequent ly have the narrow pelvic struc ture which makes a Caesarean necessary. T H E NEW Fri. - Sat. Dec. 10-20 ‘HARMON of MICHIGAN’ W i t h T o m m y H a r m o n h i m s e l f in t h e l o a d i n g r o l e . A l s o «‘i l c n e l i - i n g f o r t h e S u n ” , a t h r i l l i n g d r a m a w i t h J o e l M c C r e a a n d K U o u P r o w . A n d “ C o l l e g e p o n g s ’’ Sun.,. Mon., Tues., Dec. 21-23 i SONJA HENIE in “Sen Vallejo Serenade” S o n ja is m o rn m iw ite h in g e v e r in h e r la t e s t m u s ic a l a n d s k a t i n g d r a m a . © n r G<nng C o m e d y . - C a r to o n Newi T t M S . «fc W E D , I<Tt E R AMI A S G i P t S A S P l U f c H H I Wed. - Thurs. Dec. 24*25 OUR GALA XMAS SHOW! DEANNA DURBIN in ‘IT STARTED WITH EVE’ M a tinee Continuous from 3 p. m. ■ on C h r is tm a s Day. EXTRA! Free — Children’s Matinee on Wed. Afternoon— .2 & 2:30 P. M. All' Cartoons :and Comedies. Free Candy! i Thur. - Fri. Dec. 18-19 Alice Faye - John Payne —in— I “WEEKEND IN HAVANA” Carmen Miranda Cesar Romero In Technicolor Saturday Dec. 20 “DRESSED TO KILL” Lloyd Nolan .Mara? Beth Hughes —Plus— “PRIVATE NURSE” Jane Darwell Sheldon Leonard' -and- -Chap. 2 “Holt of the secret Service” Dec. 21-22 JON S>un. - Mon. DOROTHY ‘AL0MA Of The SOUTH SEAS’ with Lynne Overman' In Gorgeous Technicolor Crime Does Not Pay I Strand News (Japan) Cartoon ! Tues. - Wed. Dec. 23-24 LAUREL AND HARDY —in— “ G R E A T G U N S ” with Sheila Ryan I Your Merry Christmas Enter- tainment Gala Holiday Show Thur. - Fri. Dec. 25-261 “NAVY BLUES” Ann Sheridan, Jack Oakie, Martha Raye, Jack Haley T A X I PHONE 9 3 0 NEWARK TAXI Formerly Bilotta’s Homespun Yarns Dishes used by persons with a cold should be boiled before washing to prevent the spread of disease-carrying bacteria, health authorities say. Infants should be allowed to creep in preparation for correct sitting and standing, as creeping develops the right muscles for this. H A R D E R T H A N A ^ HkM $ 4 T H R I F T Y A S Slip covers for leather chaff s seldom fit and wear well unless an undercover is made to hold the cloth and to make less sharp the edges of the frame.. Care should be taken t© re- , move mineral deposits from | aluminum utensils. To do this.1 soak them in clear water and i rub them lightly with fine steel ■ wool after each washing 1 H a r d e r than a knot, means it’s thrifty as a Scot. T h e one b ig fea ture that makes O ld Company’s Anthracite the thriftiest fuel I you can burn—is its super-1 hardness. Millions of years I ago N ature put her heaviest] p r e s s u r e on the Lehigh] P a n th e r V a lley deposits, created tjje hardest of hard I coal. And because it’s so hird it b urns slower, longer, gives you m ore heat per dollar. I The first trial will convince you. Why not call us | right away? ANTHRACITE Every hour, every day during Cornell’s Farm and Home Week, February 9-14, the preparation of soy bean products, dried fruit and wholewheat dishes, and soups will be shown by home- DOYLE - FYNAU1 George Kuncy, Mgr. 131 E. Union St. Phone 55| c • 11 E III H R K — FRIDAY — DEC; 19 ONE DAY ONLY D O O R S O P K N 0 : 0 0 1*. M . FRIDAY NIGHT IS THE NIGHT OF THE BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS PRESENT DELUXE ON THE SCREEN ----- LLOYD NOLAN and CONSTANCE MOORE in “ B U Y M E t H A T T O W N ” Added - Musical “HAPPY FACES” - Glacier Trails - C a r t o o n SAT. DOUBLE FEATURE RONALD REAGAN —IN— “INTERNATIONAL SQUADRON” ELLEN DREW DEC. 20 CHARLES RUGGLES —IN— ‘PARSON OF PANAMINT” SUN. - MON. DEC. 21-22 M A N ! W H A T A M A N I S F A T H E R ! IT’S THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO HAD ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN — AND THE OTHER IN HOT WATER! Fredxic MARCH Martha SCOTT With Frankie THOMAS • Beulah BONDI • Gene LOCKHART ADDED — WORLD NEWS - , - fcARTQOg TUES. - WED. * - DEC. 23-24 DON AMECHE and JOAN BENNETT in “ C O N F I R M O R D E N Y ” .............. - COMEDY NEWS — REVIEW. . Give Schine’s Xmas Tickets or
