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MAY, 1940

ERNEST Y. HEYNExecutive Editor

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Listerine likes nothinFIGHT INFECTIOUrr 'HAT should be good oews to you if youi have any sign of this condition.

That's the kind of a case Liscerine Antisepticreally wdcomes the infectious type in which


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Now! CAMAY bringsNew Improvement inLet Camay help you to a Lovelier Skin aa More Radiant Complexion . . with thethree Wonderful Aids to Beauty Cleansin


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were on records, and tha t they had tobe worn, or listeners wouldn' t hearthem at all. Seems as i f the producers of JoyceJordan, Girl Interne, on CBS, justcan't keep an actress in the serial'sleading role. Rita Johnson playedJoy ce two years ago when the program began , but a movie talent scoutcame along and packed Rita off toHol lywood with a contract in herpocket. Helen Cla ire was the nextJoyce, but sh e went to work and be ca":'le a Broadway star in t he h it com-~ y , "Kiss th e Boys Goodbye," and

/ ' had to give up most of her radio work.Next was Elspeth Eric, who followedin Helen's foots teps by g etting th eonly girl's part in another Broadwayplay, ' 'Margin for Error." Now AnnShepherd is playin8 Joyce, andeveryone connected with th e program Even rred Kirby, W


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capitalize on whatever there was intheir girli sh pret tiness that wouldmake for mature beauty and distinction. Paulette's lovely figure isthe result of rigid discipline. Wouldthese other girls have made likesacrifices? All those attributes ofhers, other women envy now theymight have had, may sti ll have, ifthey will follow he r example. I tisn't easy, but it can be done.Nor is Paulette's professional success the result of the "breaks".Throughout the country, as inHollywood, the misconception existsthat Paulette was a straggly kid,down on her luck, when Charlie


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THEY'RE Hollywood's gayest and most devoted couple.To s ee t hem t og et he r, y ou 'dne ve r k no w t he y were married.There is a youthful boy-friend-girlf r iend quali ty about them that youdon't often see in married folk an. . 'InSOUCIance, a spicy freshness and


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"I could have bought you a presant." he explained, anxiously, "butyou always say you have everythingyou wan t. And so I wrote you an a .ler song. It isn't such a much bu t-heck, you know how I feel. "And (1 wasn't there, bu t I canimagine what happened) he kissedher and the evening was a success,after al l....Yes, maybe you have guessed....I t was Gene Autry who played th ephonograph record, and hi s wife.Ina, who was hurt because shethought he had forgo tt en the ir sev enth wedding anniversary. ButGene had only wanted h is new song,which he had barely finished in time

Chicago to spend"Miss Spivey; Mr.Long made th e intro

mally. Then he triedoff to th e piano to resong.But he didn't makestood there and loopretty, dark-hai redquiet-spoken.UMaybe we could gthis evenin'," he suggUHey, we have toprotested, but Gene br"Maybe you have toMe-I 'm gain' to ayoung lady is willing.She was willing. A


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th e pale peach satin ofher slender legs, shmustn't listen, I mustnI listen I'll cry. I mustI mustn't think. Athasn't mentioned Phil,pened l as t night-wanight? I t seems yearsuHarry must havefather was saying, "theof the situation. Vedecided that the best tto go away.""Bu t don't you seaway that proves heAnd he didn't even knmy engagement to Phgone and I'll never se


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they'll expec t you to be different.Won't you, please?"HOf course, if you want me to,"he said s imply.How long her mother had beenstanding in the doorway, watching

them, Joan didn't know. But suddenly, there she was, saying in avoice that dripped with disapproval,uJoan! Phil has been asking foryou."Harry Davls jumped to his feet,and Joan performed sketchy introductions, which her mother acknowledged briefly and without undue cordiality.

"I'll go down and see Mr. Field,"he said, "and then come back.

thing that had happenedafternoon, had happenedwell.But, because i t had hahad run away. She wasobligations to Phil; thathey had had it all outhad agreed to release herways love you," he had sa"Always. But I don't wanyou if you don't love mwouldn't make any annabout the engagement beithey had decided; inswould simply le t it be ka few weeks, among the


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tomorrow, Mother?" he called.S in ce t hi s at least settled thequestion of whether Henry cared toaccompany his older sister and her

self to the picture show, Mrs. Aldr ich c lo sed the cel lar door againand left Henry to resume h is musing.Several times Dizzy looked upfrom his task, watched Henry id lyturn a nut on the saddle the wrongway, s ta rt ed t o sp eak an d thenshook his head compassionately.To say that Henry Aldrich waslove s ic k w ou ld b e as much of anunderstatement as to tell a manwith mumps that his jaw l ooked a

HN-RY! Henry Aldrich!!"His mother's voice, pouredwith practiced p it ch d ow nthe narrow basement stairs, summoned the chubby young man fromthe s il ence of a day dream whichhad already begun to vex his compan io n, a t hi n boy about his ownage, who was industriously oilingthe sprocket of a tandem bicycleupended on the cellar floor."Yes, Mother?" Henry's reply wasalmost automatic."Mary and I are going to themovies. Do you and Dizzy want tocome along orare you going to workon that bicycle all night?"

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Cut Off My Heels And Call Me ShortyAs gay as "Well All Right" and amusing as "A-Tisket-a.Tasket"here is a grand new novelty song fa r our music:-Iovlng readers.s tar r ing the famous Andrews Sisters on their CIS br_dc:C1sts

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The story:T E was s t ~ a n g e . n e s s in Helen Trent 's first meetingwIth Drew Smclau, the dynamic young productionhead of Sentinal S tu di os . H e h ad s ee n t he costumes shehad d e s i g n ~ for "Heaven on Wheels," an d now, monthsafter. that pIcture b e ~ n released, he was offering he rthe Job of costuming h i s own n ew film "Fashions of1939." It was o nl y t ow ar d t he e nd of their conferencethat a chance remark m ad e i t p la in t ha t h e h ad b ee n tryi ng t o g et in touch with he r fo r weeks , a nd h ad b ee n ledto b el ie ve b y his secretary that she w as o ut o f t own.Helen told th e t ruth- that s he h ad b ee n i n H ol ly wood a ll the tlme-and he summarily dismissed the secretary, who made no explanation of her conduct. SandraSinclair's wif e, a ls o made an a tt em pt t o war n H e l e ~against taking the job, but Helen disregarded her. For at ime Helen 's rela t !ons with S ~ n c l a i r were very friendly,al though he remamed somethmg of an enigma to her h e w as so different from a ny o th er m an she had eve rknown, and particularly different from Dennis Fallon thegay and zestful young Irishman she had loved undl hedied of heart disease. Then, ou t o f a clear sky, Drew accused h er o f negligence i n l et t ing an enti re sequence of"Fashions of 1939" be shot wit h t he w ro ng costumes.

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"Do you remember Hiida Lawson,the secretary you had before I camehere? You le t he r go--""I fired her," he said succinctly,"because I found out she had liedwhen she told me you were no t inHollywood."

"You-fired her, yes," sheamended, disconcerted by his directness. "Well, she came to see me,the day after one of the t rade paperscarried th e story that you'd ... fired... me. She was almost dead fromhunger. She told me Reggie Peabody had forced her to tell youthose lies. He go t her th e job asyour secretary in th e first place-"Sinclai r gave an almost impercep


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Bess Johnson, heroine of Hilltop House, isa busy woman. ye t she's never too tired tolisten to her daughter Jane's young confidences_


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pose you wouldn't have been fooled,too, Lewis!" he said hotly."I?" The little man, too , wasshowing signs of anger . "Don' t bes il ly ! Why, you remember how Iexposed that gang of fake mediumsi n Nashv il le ! But you w ere allready to--"Montague threw himself back soheavily his chair creaked. HLewis,"he stated, "you're a fool!"Collins held up a placating hand.HGenUemen, gentlemen!" He smiledaround at h is guest s. "That 's theway it's been with the se two , Mr.Queen , f or twenty years. Bitterenemies. Yet they'd cut the throatof anyone else who attacked either'sreputation!"Sue Coll ins said: "You know, Mr.Queen, Mr. Montague has probablyt he l ar ge st a nd most valuabl e l ibrary on psychic phenomena in theworld."

ULucky dog!" Lewis grumbled."He's got books I'd give my right

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themselves overwhelmed by thebouncing hospi ta l ity of ProfessorCollins and his wife, and almost bef ore they knew it were installed int hr ee superbly comfo rt ab le gues trooms. For Nikki 's reports of thecasua l acqua in tances who hadwhisked her away from TecumsehLodge in the m ids t of her vacationwere not exaggerated; they maint ained a mountain cab in that morenearly resembled a French chateau.

It was when, just before dinner,everyone gathered in the spacious,many-windowed main room, thatthe first fantastic note was struck.Colin Montague and Alex Lewis, itseemed, intended to make a scientific investigation of the hauntedcave.uGhosts!" rumbled Sergeant Velief rom beh ind an upr ai se d c oc kt ai lglass. "Nuts!"Laura Montague, with the seriousintensity only eighteen-year-oldscan summon, cast a disapproving

ADVENTURE

, T was a strange kind of violence-seemingly w it hout m ot iv e o rpurpose, and disturb ingly surr ounded by a sort of theatricality,as i f the legend of the cave had suddenly s t ru ck back at unbelieverswith proof of i ts real i ty .But nothing had been quite normal about t ha t w eekend , e xc ep t,perhaps, the perfect ly natural malereason for Ellery Queen's presencein Professor Coll ins' luxurious andisolated mountain cabin. Nikki wasthere, had been for nearly a week,and what good i s a beautiful secretary when sh e is u p in the m ou ntains, writing let ters to you ahout acave fu ll of ghosts who moan atn ight unti l the very pine trees shakewith apprehension?Ellery had, therefore, s topped al lpretense of doing any work withoutNikki's inspiration a nd s et out tos pe nd t he weekend near h er an dt he n br in g h er b ac k t o N ew York.His father, Inspector Queen, and theS er ge an t V el ie h ad

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into the cave and strangled them fortheir money. More than a hundredyears ago, all this happened. Thenhe threw the bodies into the l ake you'll see that there's a naturalopening in the wall of the cave, likea window, looking ove r the lake. ""Yes, sir," Gabe said. "An' eversince them folks he murdered keepmoanin', like you heard ."uNonsense, Gabe!" Professor Collins beamed cheerfully. "It's simplythe wind blowing t hrough the natural formation of the rock, makinga moaning noise."Gabe sImply looked at him; andLewis and Montague snorted.Ellery, followed by the rest of the

It was a matter ofEllery never to getfore he had to, so itfew minutes beforemorning that he andNikki joined the oleaving the Collinsand threes and stagup the path toward t"Well ," Ell ery potwo scienti st s won 'tdown the clearing icave, at any rate. Iduring the night a ndcoming down like thNikki shivered.afraid I 'd hear tha t m"Probably just as


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Continuing the fascinat.ing series of pen portraits ofradio's most popular family,


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Facing the Music(Continued from page 43)

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(Continued from page 53)Miller, Dance music th e way you wantit , t hough somc morc violent Miller devotees may pout over his lack of swing.Out of Nowhere: Body and Soul (Royalc 1836), Johnny Green, Excellentrend iti ons by the coml>oser himself.Noteworthy piano solos.Balalaika (Co lumbia 17173 ; 17172),Nelson Eddy. Rich, romantic and Russian ar e these two records that reveala morc relaxed Nelson Eddy.Do I Love You; Indian Summer (Columbia 35337), Kay Kysel'. Easy onthe ears are these two Hit Parade holdovers.One Cigarette for Two; Rosary ofBroken Dreams (Bluebird 10554), Freddy !artin. \Vhy this band is consistently nCR'lected a source of worryto this reviewer. Eddie Stone, an IshamJones alumni, sings well.

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"I'm glad of that." She h ad mean tto speak l ight ly , bu t rea] sinceritycrept into her voice unawares, andhe heard it."Thank you, my dear," he said. " I fonly-"" I f only wha t?" she asked when hepaused."Nothing. I was just wondering

could you come to dinner at my placetomorrow night? I' d l ik e to show youmy-our- l i t t le boy. I think you'dget along together. Now that hismother's away, he's lonely, natura l ly - I'm puttinr: this very badly,but what I'm trymg to say is thatthere ar en 't many people in Hollywood I' d c ar e to bring into my home,to introduce to Peter. , . ,"A S simply as that did Helen enterth e personal as well as the profes

"I haven't done any thshe protest ed. "He' s sucBut she didn't go on to sin her mind- that she locause he was a part of DYes, it was true. Shnow. In their few meeoffice, in more frequent onhome or the ranch, hemean more to her thamore even than friend.strange, changeable charatrigued her, and to somdid still. Perhaps shefully understand him-fearing him, a little, forshe always sensed, heldcheck, beneath his occaof moodiness and rese

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drive ou t and pick me up, after I"vebathed and dressed. Yes! I want todress up- I want to feel gay again!"So i t was arranged. Until nineo'clock, they ate and danced. andDrew even f or go t fo r a whi le , Helenthought, th e f ai lu re o f "Fashions of1939," the absence of Sandra.And then a \ ...aiter was s ta nd ingo\'cr Drew. saying. "I beg your pardon. Mr. Sinclair. you're wanted onthe telephone."Drew's and Helen 's g lances met.with onc thought-Pcter ! -and thenhe was on his feet, hur ry in g a ft erthe waiter.After a few minutes that seemedi nt erm inab le to Hel en . he was back."Peter's al l r ight-stil l s leep ing," hesaid quickly. "But th e Coast Guardjust called th e house to sa y Sandra'syacht is twenty miles outside San

vanished. All r i ~ h t ~ "A moment's delay wSan P ed ro and locatedto t ake them out-and thd riving through th e fod ( ; ' ~ e r l e d , ghostly docks.In th e boat, the wtheir faces as they plublank, opaque wall ofhour the y forged aheawondered how th e pilohis bearings in such unness, Then, with dazzledness, they had left thand were skimming ovin bright moonlight.away t he yacht rode atgleaming from every potheir boat was wit hi n aher, th e pilot shut ofT hcoasted, and in the silenof dance music rose, sw


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One Man's Family(Continued from page 37)

Down a cliff from the Barbour~ o m e , and s tand ing 3ainst th e surf,IS a sea watl. Atop thi s sea wall Cliffand Clau dia as ch ildre n s pe nt m an yafternoons wat ch ing t he ships steamtoward t he o pen s ea whi le they talkedover the m any mysteries which confront a boy and girl in pre-adoles

~ n c e .. H u ~ d r e d s of subsequent eventsIn their lives had their Inception inconversations on the sea wall andlikewise. many of their problems' havebeen solved t!lere. They go there evenyet, .when thmgs are no t going well.Cliff did not d is tingui sh h imse lf inhigh school, except for his gaudy I


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on th e opening night: 'Finally. th e big night cBarbour s were al l therethey ha d nevcr dressed bFather B arbour seemcounter some difficulty ison's name on th e playLook." said Claudialacquered nail to th ename in the program.'Second Burglar-ClifforCliff was unable to liblow to his pride. Aftefamily in suspense for wbeen billed as a "secoFather Barbour made theoppcrtunity to ridiculc areer of th e son he sowanted to become a mbusiness finn.HE invited Cliff to retu

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How to Sing for Money(Continued from page 31 )

direct comparison with t he s in ger justbefore or just af ter you. I'd say sel ec tone of th e coming hits which fits theprospecti\"c environment. has an arresting opening, and gi\"es you th ebroadest opportunity to display yourstrong points.Above al l. avoid hackneyed numbers. Unknown songs ar e risky, butif you must use one (maybe yo u fea-ture "special material"). make surethat it is striking, and simple enough10 be easily comprehended on firsthearing.Your first, or feature, number mustreveal not only your voice and it sstron&, points, bu t your facility ofphraSing, the c le ar a tt ra ct ivenes s of


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playing biologi ca l a ff ab iother obvious way.A word on gestur es. Ugestures you feel, bu tdown and see that theystagey or rehearsed. Swia bi t if you f eel that wahelps you drive over a nbe car eful not to bob or wthe beam of t he mike, andble foot-tapping or fingerWell, you 've sung yoube r and t he listening Fatesto le t you sing your seconEventually th e peopleyou are auditioning willyou very much." You l isly, bu t they le t it go aar e now free to leave aYou can, if you wish, ffor the chance to sing an

those judge s s top talking about thefifth race and begin to look at eachother with lifted eyebrows and nodsof surprised approval.Self-consciousness is t he worst hurdle at an audition, and also th e hardest to lick. The stage is bare andcold, there's no heartening illusion,and the whole atmosphere is one of"show me!"-or worse, of inattention.Under these circumstances th e amateur invariably "plays down" his delivery; when asked why he didn'tthrow himself into it and put on his3ct, he says "I'd f ee l l ike a foo l. " Well,they won't. Remember "they" are in,how business: they are looking atyou through th e eyes of their customers whom you may enter ta in . andthey want your act done with thesame fire and fervor you'll put into it


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voice after another tookof code-like instructionwas opened through toThen suddenly a cracklear and the humminglenced unt il the Centercame back on th e wirewas rat tl ing."What? The c h a r ~ e s ?to be reversed. ThIS isernment. . . .""I'm sorry. your paraccept th e charges," ththe keyboard announcwish to pay fo r th e cal"What's it got to doThis i sn 't an election," a"I said th e govern . .

serial which occupied him through aninch of his a ft er d inner cigar everynight, when Henry entered ."Father, could you give us a littleassistance down in th e basement?"Hen ry 's t one was guileless."I n what way?""We 'd l ike to have you look overthe back tire and see whether youcan figure what should be donewith it.""All right, son," he said good humored ly. "Come on.""You go ahead, Father. Dizzy iswaiting fo r you. I ' l l be there in aminute."

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to your houseparty."And listen, th e Centis going to cover the racstation. I f Dizzy and Imaking a speech afterwaget the chance, I'll sayto you."From the ce ll ar stairs,hear Dizzy whistling. T"Here Come the British,"nal could have been nDizzy had shouted a waEdging closer to theHenry lowered his voicesay good-bye now, Kathseeing you," He had harreceiver on th e hook whjoined Dizzy in th e hall"Where have you bequeried Mr. Aldrich.Adroitly, Dizzy cov

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ploit the Empor ium for a retainer of$2.50. But in addition to airing a radioplug for the store, Henry and Dizzywere to ride in the race attired insamples of th e two articles th e Emporium was fea tu ring in it s currentsummer sale. On their bicycle was tobe tied a sign reading: "ClothingFurnished by Bishop's Suit and CoatEmporium.""What a re th e specials you want usto wear?" inquired Henry when th edeal was completed. Mr. Bishop fittedthe contrasting figures before himwith an experienced eye."Heavyweight, high leather bootsand f all top coat s! " answered Morris.IT was noon before Henry and Dizzycompleted their canvass of the MainStreet merchants and then the p ra cDizzy insisted that they halt


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Kendall Hill. Aldrich and Stevens aredropping to third place. In factthey've dropped to fourth place. It'supgrade now and obviously the tandem terrors are not moving so easily.Here is an i nt er es ti ng b it of news.Aldrich has just removed his coat andis throwing it in th e ditch. Stevens isfollowing his example. Dave Merceris moving up on Bigelow. Aldrich an dStevens are now in twelfth place, andstill dropping back."Aldr ich has just dismounted andis running back to th e coat he threwaway. Through our glasses it looksas if he is getting a letter from th ecoat and running back to rejoin hisfrantic teammate."Instead of coast ing, as th e othersare doing, to gain a rest, Aldrich andStevens are now travel ling at terrificspeed. They ar e now riding fifth.

us know how they di d iand Stevens ar e now upening Bigelow's lead. Tabout a hundr ed yardand Bigelow is swervAldrich and S tev en s, apass. I t doesn't look aon th e tandem will be aThey're going to try,Bigelow swings over dirof them. They try on th"Bigelow is doing ablock t hem and so fa r hbeautifully. Whoops! Bigand fo r one momen t theactually touched. Herethan twenty-five yards tFive . . . Two! Bigelow iAnd Bigelow crosses th eThere was a cannonand then over the radvo ice of a race committ


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gest bargain-or it staysOccasionally. as on theHallet Russe, Paulettemake an appearance.spares nothing to obtaicostume. Money is nowHI stand tirelessly thof fittings. When she eher dress ing room onportant night, she is perA half-dozen such goPaulette's welJ-stocked cwith he r furs, shoes, andof real jewelry, they ronly impressive cxpendiin he r wardrobe.Her beau ty , then, is nclothes must be " righ t. "poured hours into the seBu t her figure! Certainthat mus t be God-given.roll on the Ooor for we

provided they are interested in them-the most attractive, the most vitalwomen you know?"Work and stay young," saidPaulette, laughing like a child at mysurprise. "You don't seem to spendmuch of your time powdering you rnme," I said.We had s tumbled IOta th e subjectI h ad come to discus.c;, 50 we quicklygot down t o cases. We began withcosmetics. since the topic had comeup. Except for lipstick and a litpemascara, Paulette uses cosmetIcssparingly and picks them w ith care.U] stay tanned all year," she ex plained. "Why cover up a nice healthybrown?""And if th e t an leads to dry skin'"I asked her ."Dry skin tI Paulette says philosophically, .lis dead skin. I scrub it


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if a l it tle ruefu lly.At th e noon recess she hur ri ed outof th e court room and through th ehall door of th e anteroom into whichHarry had gone. There was no hesitation, no faltering about the waythey went to each other's arms.Though they had never exchanged oneword of love. though they had notseen each other for weeks, it wasright that he s houl d hol d her close.kiss away the laughter on her lipsand th e tears on her cheeks."And I thought you'd gone awayand left me!" she managed to say."I meant to. But just as I wasleaving I saw Professor Kilpatr ickbeing carried off th e train. He'd cometo Stanwood to se ttle th e estate ofDouglas McDonald. but he had an ap pendicitis attack on his way , and hadto go to th e hospital. He would havea rgu ed thi s case today , if he'd been

talking about. And ybeen used to everythingSh e silenced his doubtagainst his lips. "I'veused to having everythinNow I've got you, andoesn't matter."Unknown to them. aback into town, Evethem-not that theycared. But Eve told Phithe next day, when thJoan came up in conversaPhil and his father, th ewas passed along.Confirmation of his suHarry was th e man wbetween Phil and Joan mStanley. already furiousdefea t o f th e Paper Milltermined to do somethinting th e yount:{ lawyerDouglas McDonald's


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Joan, busy with plansding, hardly r ec ogni zeHarry Davis, b urn ing wintensity, a selfless zeal.know how bitterly he b lfo r Far ley' s dea th .Ye t th e hit-and-runnever have been foundbeen for young Tommylived across the streetJunior G-Man. I t is swith Junior G-Men tocense numbers of cars,had pe rformed this ducally on th e night of AThe car, thanks to his qutraced to a man namHogan, a foreman atPaper Mill.Hogan was arrested. atof his claim that he hadin the country al l that af

said eagerly, happily.Phil's runaway marr iage s truck hisfathe r s ti ll ano ther blow. He turnedPhil out of th e house and threa tenedto disown him.And th e process server whom Harrysent to see Stanley repor ted: "WhenI handed the summons to him Ithought he wa s going to jump on meand break me in two, he was so mad."Harry was jubilant, that night whenhe saw Joan. "With Farley's proof,I can make Stanley back down andcinch the pract ice fo r good! And. darl ing-" hi s arms held her c1ose-"thenwe can get mar ri ed ."Joan rubbed her cheek against thelapel of his coat. She too had news."Daddy's going to give us a weddingpresent , Harry .""To make up for your mother's disapproval?" he asked w it h a chuckle.

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I had to turn th e caturned it too far." Hpasty-white face in hisnever forget his facehit him as long as I livField stood up . " I'l lto Stanley ," he said heThe man raised histwisting. "Bates has rume to take th e rap. Teme he's got to me o

"I ' l l tell him."He told Ralph Stanlthat. He told him hehi s position as th e p a ~yer. And he told him. . . so much that when h~ t h men were trembWIth fear and anger,sick disgust .Stanley sat at hi s desafter Field had left, w

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giv en by th e Los Angelepress in honor of the newwas waiting his time to bMcCarthy ou t of his suihe had leaned on the wallA waiter acc identa lly ksuitcase to th e floor andth e echo of the crash d iedou t of th e sui tc ase camr"fin g voice. "Lemme oye led th e dummy. "Whado to me, Bergen, kil l me?here!" So realist ic was

purchased the title, "Ivorce." in which Joan BDick Powell will be co-

Jean Hersholt, known to listenersas "Dr. Christ ian," acting in hi s ca pacity as president of th e Motion Picture Rel ie f Fund , wil l soon start looking fo r a site upon which th e homefor aged and disabled actors will beconst ruct ed . The funds for thi s homewill come from the motion pictureindustry' s own program, The ScreenGu ild Show, to which they donatetheir talent.May Robson gave Cecil de Mille asample of what th e Radio Theaterwould be li ke if it was ever televised.Miss Robson, 76 years old. memorizedth e entire r ad io adapt at ion of th escreen play, "The Young in Heart,"and in addition, a short interview


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He took out an insurahis life to t he amoun tthousand, five hundreexact amount of his deLaura Montague wascolor drained from her"You kil led my fathe r"Laura!" snapped Mrshe turned furiouslyQueen. "How dare yohusband kilIed-"At thi s point Inspectoh is l argest and most unof th e morning. "But hMrs. Col lins?" he askedyour husband knowColin Montague werewife? That you ran awtague, leaving your baand then marr ied ColliShe stared at him."So ifs ou t -a t last."

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"And that is how itEllery said, fac ing them"Montague s imply carrderer on his back into thth e only way th e m u r d ~ rcrossed t he mud withoutprints!"The inspector said sudand th e prints of thfingers!""Yes Dad ... theystrangler was behind Motime of th e crime, thus cother deduction. But groru n around th e Adirondath e morning playing p iwhy was Montague carryderer? The on ly reasonwas that the murderer hried.""Had to be carried, EQueen asked in bewil de"I have reed th e book INFANTCARE, published by th e lovernmeDl,which yo u len t me. Every mother $bould

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note from another."I noticed a couple of rtionaries on h is desk, andthat he uses them a lot.plum' out," he confided.For books in general Gdoesn't care much. He rstories because he's a lwfor p ic ture and, now, raBut besides those andpers...." He grinned. "before I could ask himread 'Gone With the Whaven 't r ead 'The GrapeDon't suppose I ever wilread Dale Carnegie, thoumires him tremendously.of ou r personal friends,"with pride. "Kinda helpsstraight...."In a came in about th

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(Continued from page 29)whom they felt they coconfidence. They did nparents would understachose death instead.""But how is a motheconfidence?" I asked."By always being anever being too tired olisten, by always comwith better reason, andto be always a l i tt le wisbetter balanced than h"With Jane, it is usuaof th e week when thoscome. Those nights I comto relax, usually havingShe'll come into my rooin bed with me. We'll tferent things, and befor

a big job to do in thi s wor ld, andwhose l ives were too full to includemarriage to each other. They partedgreat friends, and both understood.Now Bess is working for her daugh-ter. her whole life is centered onbuilding Jane into capab le woman-hood."Respect in a child," Bess continued,"is someth ing you can 't demand, i tmust be warranted. One of the sur-est ways to lose th e respect of yourchildren is to allow them to c all y ouby your first name. For this puts youin th e s ame posi tion as th e littleg irl n ex t door. Your opinions. ideas,and advice soon carry little mOTCweight than i f they had been pre-sented by some childhood play-

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They made the old. old, tragic-comicmistake. Thc)" forbade th eir d au gh ters to go out w it h th e men they hadchosen. and opposition strengthenedthat choice.Maxene and Lou. Patty and Vic.began to meet secretly. The girlswould leave th e house together, thenpart to meet their dates. then meetagain at a pre-arranged spot so theycould return horne together.

I t was all. r('ally. so innocent. AllCour might Co to a bowling clubthey'd organized with te n other youngpeople. Or to a night club to dancefor a while. or just talk music withother musicians. When you're young.and half in love. i t doesn't matler

(Continued from pwhen they were willinlive he r own life.She didn't leave alone.with her.That would hav e beena family of five had assedependence and no oneimmediate c ircl e wou ld-if there hadn't been achance. A woman whoapartment next to t he Aplained to th e police toverheard raised voices.drews making certainpolice. i nve sti ga ti ng, c lfound an unlicensed revAndrews apartment.Minnesotan who had no t


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