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MD SOONERS
ONCE AGAIN
Oklahoma's Two Top
' Cage Clubs Clash Tonight
At 8 O'clock In Oklahoma
City
OKLAHOMA CITY March 31
—(11B—The Oklahoma A & M
college and University of Oklaho-
ma basketball teams ring out the
1a12 season here tonight with the
fanciest finales in years ail for
the sake of charity
The showdown meeting of the
state's top two teams will occur
In the municipal auditorium All
the gate receipts will go to the
navy relief fund whose coffers
currently are being filled by a na-
lionwide drive with a 'goal of $5-
600000
The Aggies from Stillwater
and the Sooners from Norman
--eo-champions of their respec-
tive conferences the Missouri
and the Big Six split two
gamesin the regular season
Although it isn't in the con-
tract the winner tonight proba-
bly will lay claim hereout to the
Oklahoma championship for 1942
In the two regularly scheduled
meetings each team won on its
own Hoot The Aggies stunned the
Sooners in spacious Gallagher hall
at Stillwater 27 to 19 before 8000
persons At Norman before a
crowd conservatively estimated at
6500 the Sooners got revenge 39
to 32
Tonight's game is expected to
jam the big auditorium hue A
crowd estimated at 3000 paying
eustomers—judging from advance
ticket sales—is expected to look
on Incidentally the paying (us-
tomers really will be 'paying cus-
tom:Is" The game a chitrity
cunlest in the truest SMS0 of the
word and navy relief director Neal
Barrett has limited complimentary
passes to four
Principals in tonight's game
will be four despite the fact
that it takes at least 10 players
and two coaches to stage a con-
lcsL The four principals are
Bank Iba and Br u ce the
coahees and Lennie Eggleston
anJ Gerald Tucker two of the
brightest players produced in
the southwest in many a season
Iba the Aggie coach is particu-
larly proud of Eggleston his high-
scoring senior star and early this
season labeled him the greatest
Agate player in years
Down on the Sooner campus
'Tucker is the basketball man of
Lie year Possibly the nation's
rannber one sophomore baketball
player of the year he i‘hove d con-
sistent ability in Lae liast season
and Drake built his teams entire
offense around the big center
from Winfield Kan
Fundamentally whenever the
Sooners and Aggies get together
it's a case of defense vs offense
Ilia gets his biggest enjoyment
from watching thwarted opposi-
tion players as they try vainly to
pancture the stiff Aggie defense
Drake has always geared his five
to high speed believing that
makes for high score
The game will begin at 8 p m
A broadcast of the affair will be
eartied by seven stations affiliated
with the Oklahoma netwois
The evening's entertainment
will not be limited to mere bas-
ketball Before the first tossup
the Central high school Okla-
homa City) band will serenade all
branches of the service as uni-
formed representatives of the
army navy coast guard and ma-
' rifles form a color guard for
presentation of the flag
At halftime Gov Leon Phillips
will join preMdents of the schools
in making short addresses
The probable lineups:
Aggies: Sooners:
Eggleston f Reich f
Newman I Roberts f
Steinmeirc Tucker c
Millikan 4 McCurdy g
Taylor g Heal) g
V
Grain Prospects
In State Bright
Barley and Oats Making
Favorable Showing In
State Is Report
OKLAHOMA CITY March 31!
— UP —An agricultural state-
!mint issued by the Santa Fe rail-
way company concerning farm
conditions along its routes said
today that spring planting is well
advanced and that wheat barley
and oats are making a favorable !
showing in Oklahoma
An infestation of greenbugs has!
hindered the stand of wheat!
However the rapid growth of the!
crop was offsetting the damage !
dime by the insects according to
tho agricultural bulletin
Coin planting has begun in the!
southern counties and cotton !
lands were being prepared the me-
port said An increase in potatot
acreage was reported and most
of the StatAt's potato cron is MI-
ready in the ground Orchards
and pastures were not seriously
damaged by recent frosts and are!
expected to show favorably dur-
ing the coming season the Santa
Fe report forecast
The report which corresponds !
In part with a recent announce-
mcnt issued by the U S depart-
ment of agriculture said that in-
creased production of every major
crop in the state bad been pledg-
ed by farmers Increases ranged
from seven to approximately 100
per cent Only crop not expected
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dtIOLLYWOOD
-- By HARRISON CARROLL
King Features Syndicate Writer
HOLLYWOOD—After reducing
45 pounds William Hoover for
years stand-in to Edward Arnold
is going into the
r''''"'ut4r17:- Marine&
-''fft When ' t hey
(1( )"!: - were the same
: :e :i weight Hoover
6 and Arnold
looked more
alike than any
other Hollywood
1 ' star and stand-
i
i N'' n Across a set
t t
one
be easily could
u to moitshteark en for
Between Ar-
Harrison Carroll
nold pictures
Hoover works as an actor He's
over at Paramount now in "The
Forest Rangers" and the company
is going to throw him a farewell
party before he enters the service
Thanks to being in the llth Cav-
alry in World War I Hoover will
be a corporal in the Marines
On location recently Susan Hay-
ward got very chummy with a Wis-
consin soldier named William Hew-
itt Since the Paramount company
came back to town numerous boys
from the same outfit have visited
the set on three-day leaves But no
sign of Susan's admirer
From one of his buddies the
starlet just learned the reason why
Hewitt went A W O L to tell
Susan goodby the night she left
Santa Cruz He's been doing K P
duty ever since
—
Between Marlene Dietrich and
Katharine Hepburn Hollywood just
about put over the slacks-for-women
craze Looks as if it soon may
lead feminine styles in the opposite
direction
Columbia was going to use lots
of slack suits in the picture "Par-
achute Nurse" After a check with
the latest bulletin of the textile di-
vision of the OPM Studio Designer
Holly kill put all the cuties in
skirts and jackets instead
Slack suits take five yards of ma-
terial skirts and jackets only three
At Universal I questioned Diana
Barrymore about her new movie
contract
"I'm signed for three pictures a
year and an option for a fourth if
I'm not too tired At least I think
that what it is" said Diana "I
don't know too much about all the
details of my contract I looked
mainly at the number of zeros"
Diana is going to do a brief imi-
tation of Papa John in her next pic-
ture "Love and Kisses Caroline"
When she tried it out on him he
arched his eyebrows and said
"Marvelous!"
Hear that Lionel Barrymore is
writing two hot numbers for Bob
Crosby's band
Casting of Cobina Wright Jr
as a nightclub singer In "Strictly
Dynamite" harks back to her real
start as an entertainer Her first
job was as a blues singer in a Palm
Beach night club She got $2250 a
week
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While Bob Young and his fiveyear-old
daughter Barbara Queen
were horseback riding a formation
of planes roared low across the sky
The youngsters's pony bolted and
tossed her to the ground Bob
leaped front his horse and dashed
to her side She was daied for a
moment and then she said:
Are you all right daddy ?"
Since she's been in the hospital
Ida Lupin° has received a letter
from her father Stanley a London
air raid warden He tells her that
he is writing a screen story for her
"I guess Father must really think
I have a chance as an actress"
says Ida "if he actually is putting
in his time writing me a story"
HOLLYWOOD PARTY LINE:
Ann Gillis' new step-father Alan
Marston is in the Air Corps sta-
tioned at March field Leslie
Howard who looks as young as
ever in "The Invaders" may be a
grandfather by the time you read
this Baby is expected in the family
of his son Ronnie who's been in
the British mine-sweeping service
since the beginning of the war
Bette Davis arrived in town with-
out Husband Arthur Farnsworth
buthe is due here in a short time
Arthur Lake is doing active
Coast Guard duty three (lays and
two nights a week out of the base
at San Pedro Marie McDon-
ald and Bob Oliver at the Trouville
Jerry Bergen doesn't know
whether to be flattered or not Title
of his picture has been changed
from "Nightmare of a Jerk" to
"Nightmare of a Goon"
SOVIET FORCE Connally Says
He Will Keep Up
LñIIIh MORE I
Anti-Strike Plan
Repor t 2500 Germans
Dead Prisoners and War
Materials Captured
By WILLIAM R DOWNS
'United Press Staff Correspondent
I LONDON March 31--WP)--
The Russians attacking fiercely
1
and unceasingly to crush German
lines around Leningrad claimed
r today the annihilation of at least
2500 of the enemy and the cap-
! ture of an important strategic
point on that front and it was re-
' ported that they had rolled the in-
vader still farther back north and
south of Vyazina
! Besides killing 2500 Germans
! in !wo days around Lenitgrad
last midnight's communique as-
serted Soviet forces took "some"
prisoners and a great quantity
of war material RaAllo Lening-
rad announced the capture of
the strategic point saying the
Germans tried to recapture it
but were beaten back
The successes in the Vyazma re-
gion were scored despite fierce
resistance of German infantry
tanks and planes it was said!
Moreovir Russian tiarachutists
had solidly set themselves in im-1
portant positions behind the Ger-
mans and remained despite fierce t
:attempts to dislodge them
A Russian communique today
reported the capture of another
!important German defense point!
in an undisclosed sector and the
killing of 500 enemy officers and
men by Soviet infantry There
was no material change in the
' front as a whole it asserted
A radio Moscow report re-
layed by radio Berne said the
Soviet Black Sea fleet had
masted five enemy batteries on
the shares of the Crimea killing
"hundreds" of Germans The
air arm of the fleet has been
steadily bombing Germans posi-
tions ai:d vehicles it was as-
serted Diplomatie reports from Rus-
sia to Ankara said German res
istance was stiffening because
plans for the touted spring of-
fensive already were being put
into effect The number of Ger-
mar tanks between Kharkov
and Taganrog was being in-
crewed daily it was reported
By the end of April or by early
May the Germans hoped they
would have enough tanks and
the mud would be dry enough
to take the offensive it was
rPid
There reports said the Germans
were obliged to try to take the
offensive gradually instead of at-
tempting to repeat their blitzkreig
because the Russians had fought
NAZIS BLASTED
to be increased is sorghum Ac-
cording to the department of
agriculture sorghum acreage was
expected to decrease Mx per cent
Promises To "Keep On
1
1 rairing Hell" Until Senate
1
- Acts On His Bill
WASHINGTON March i
(UPI —Sen Tom Connally 13!
Tex promised today to "keep on
a-raising hell" until the senate
acts on his bill authorizing the
government to seize and operate !
strike-bound war plants
"At least" said Connally "I'll !
give them a chance to vote whe-1
they they want to take it up"
Connally thought he might get
an opportunity today if senate
disposes of its pending business a'
bill to set up a $100000000 small-
er war plants corporation tinder
the war production board to act 1
as a prime contractor and help
small business get war production
contracts 1
Connally's bill long on the cal-
ender with a favorable report I
from the senate judiciary commit-
tee would extend the govern-
ment's present plant seizure to
cover mines and facilities 'freeze'
existing closed shop and other industry-labor
relations and put
wage adjustments in charge of a
board The seizure power would
have the effect of outlawing
strikes when it was exercised
Connally attempted to call It
up yesterday but could not get
recognition His action caused'
senate democratic leader Alben
W Earkley of Kentucky to charge
on the floor that an organized at-I
tempt is being made to "intimi-
date browbeat and insult" con—
gress into passing labor legisla-
tion by a campaign of "canned I
threats" of political defeat
V
State Barber
1
Dies Of Wounds 1
After Shooting
OKLAHOMA CITY March 31
1112i—Police said today that
Floyd Whittenberg 59-year-old
retired fireman had signed a
statement admitting that he shot
and fatally wounded Mark Dean
au-year-old barber
Dean (lied in a hospital late last
night with a 32 caliber bullet
wound in his chest Police had
I ound him in Whittenberg's
apartment after receiving a call
from the retired fireman
Whittenberg's statement said I
that Dean appeared at the apart
ment and aeked to see Whitten-II
berg's step -daughter Dorothy'
Walker 34 When he was refused
admittance the statement said'
Dean attempted to force his v‘ay I
in and the shooting followed
No charges bad been filed
against Whittenberg
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READ THE CLASSIFED
AzwEartsEmwm
so fiercely through the winter it
was impossible for the Germans to
withriraw any great - number- of
troopa rest 40b
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PROBLEM IS
STILL FACED
BY ftrARTHIJR
He Is ' Getting Coopera
LON But Ha Must Form
a Supreme Command
By DON CASWELL
United Press Staff Corresponlent
E N MacARTHUR'S HEAD-
QUARTERS Australia March 31
—tUP)--Gen Douglas MacAr-
thur is getting the unqualified
cooperation of all United Nations
officials and services but still
faces "perplexing problems in
forming a supreme command for
a major offensive
The MOUlltakt of detail in-
volved in preparing for defense
of Australia and an eventual
offensive against the Japanese
cannot be eliminated in a day
altheugh the work bi being
speeded But in addition there
are three major problems that
must be solved to achieve 001121-
plete unity and authority:
MacArthur's command does
not govern allied naval forces
So far this has not been im-
portant but it will be most es-
sential that naval strategy be
closely integrated with other oper-
ations in the offensive which Mac-
Arthur envisages
O The now separate organize-
& ton of the royal Australian
air force must be integrated with
American air forces which are a
part of the army
Some high Australian and
American air officials have said
that they were frankly uncertain
how the integration of widely
scattered and diverse organiza-
tions can be achieved
O There is considerable confu-
e sion a to the extent to which
MacArthur might countermand or
supersede orders of the allied gov-
ernments and forces
These problems admittedly are
serious ones in the United Nations
effort to match the axis system of
complete centralized and unified
command for swift smashing
operations but it is felt here that
they will be solved
One bright spot is the reorgani-
zation of the Australian forces
with greater responsibility for the
tou gh hard - hitting veterans
brought home from Libya and
other foreign battlefields They
are being regrouped and distri-
buted throughout the Australian
forces weaving experience and
ability into the allied set-up
Many younger overseas officers
are being promoted
1
High Officials
May Gather For
War Council Meet
WASHINGTON March 31—
(UP IThe new Pacific war coun-
cil which will decide strategy in
the Pacific area today was expect-
ed to bring to Washington an im-
posing array of high officials of
the powers involved
Diplomats who have been in-
strumental in the creation of the
council said it was their under-
standing that the new body would
be composed of members of the
cabinets or war cabinets of the
powers represented — Australia
New Zealand the N2therlands
Canada China Great Britain and
the United States
The first meeting to be held to-
morrow at the White House will
be attended by Australian Foreign
Minister Herbert Vere Evatt New
Zealand Minister Walter Nash
Netherlands Minister Dr Alexan-
der Loudon China's Foreign Min-
ister Dr T V Soong Counsellor
of the Canadian Legation Hume
Wrong and British Ambassador
Lord Halifax Mr Roosevelt will
preside
This group is regarded only as
tentative
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See Favor For
Plan To Ease
Income Tax Load
Would Reduce Payments'
By Parents Who Are Pay-
ing Medical Expenses for
Children
By' JAMES SHEPLEY
United Press Staff- Correspondent
WASHINGTON :March 31—
(UP) --House ways and means
committee members today looked
favolably upon proposals to ease
the income tax load for families
who are educating children or
who are paying unusual medical
expenses
There was less enthusiasm for
a third treasury suggestion for
giving a tax credit to families in
cases where both the husband and
wife work
Chairman Robert L Doughton
D N C viewed coldly adl propos-
ed relaxations of the income tax
laws
"Everyone wants exemptions
and more exemptions" he said
"That's not the way to get $7600-
0001300' in new revenut"
Treasury tax expert Randolph
Paul yesterday askecd the coin-
mittee to revise the personal ex-
emption laws so that families
with children between the ages of
18 and 21 inclusive attending
school could claim the $400 ex-1
emotion now authorized for chil-
dren under 18
He also suggested that families
be permitted to deduct' from their
tax liability "extraordinary" med-
ical expenses that exceed a fixed
percentage of taxable income He
suggested that the percentage
might be five That would permit
a family with a taxable income of
$1000 to deduct annual medical
expenses that exceeded $50
Paul proposed furthei that
some allowances be made for
household and other incidental
expenses resulting in cases where
bot h husband and wife work Pre
quently working couples with chil-
dren are required to emoloy serv-
ants to take care of their chil-
dren Paul suggested that a tax
credit of 10 per cent of the wife's
earnings in tio case more than
$100 be allowed these couples A
tax credit is a deduction from the
amount of the tax not just from
tax liability
The last proposal received the
most chilly remotion
Rem Harold Knutson R Minn
who has urged the other two pro-
Inosals for several years said that
since the depression the trend in
I the United States has been
!against working wives and the
treasury's proposals would be an
!Inducement for wives to get lobs
I Rep Frank Carlson R Kan
believed "we'd better look that one
over carefully"
Carlson thought medical ex-
tenses should be deductible but
insisted that if children in school
be allowed as exemptions all chil-
dren at least up to the age of 21
should be in the same class
"Just because families can't
send their children away to col-
lege" he said "is no reason they
have stopped contributing to the
support of children who have not
reached their majority"
V
' DPI'
Jesse Jones reports that com-
mitments of the Defense Plant
Corporation have provided for
more than 700 plants to produce
aluminum airplanes guns ships
ordinance aviation gasoline steel
and other implements of war
V
Ickes orders steps for card ra-
tioning of gasoline
Tulsa Painter
Claims Hoyt's
Renewed Health
Hoyt's Compound Brought
Relief From Stomach
Misery After Nervous
Breakdown Says M
Haddock
Mr R R Haddock 448 East
!Seventh St Tulsa Oklahoma
says: 'T had a nervous break-
! down last June My apNite was
gone and what little I did eat
It
iiromix04!"
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MR R It HADDOCK
Rave me misery I couldn't sleep
and I lost weight I became so
run-down that I could hardly
work and being a family man
that was no good
"After taking Hoyt's Compound
I am able to eat anything I want
without ' discomfort In fact I
can't get enough to eat! That aw-
ful stomach misery is gone No
more nervous spells or constiptt-
Lion I sleep all night and rm
gaining back my weight and I
feel 100 better I know that I
will roon be back in good health-
ily thanks go to Hoyt's!"
Hoyt's Compond is recommend-
ed and sold by the Vee Drug
Store and by all other druggitits
in this arca
r-t
No They Are Not Hopping All Over The Place
Yanks In Australia Must' Go To The km
Or Else They May Not See A Kangaroo 1
THEIR punishment was to
move camp cots during their
li Arty hours working together
"Hell" laughed McMahon
the army teaches you to fight
and then when you do a little
they make you tote cots But I
haven't got any complaint Ev-
erything is fine and there's
plenty of mutton"
The resemblance of pound
notes to dollar bills was the chief
complaint of Pvt Jim Buckley
oi Johnstown Pa
"Doggone if some of the boys
Cidn't start shooting craps with
tiose pound and half pound
votes" he said "And then they
wondered how they got cleaned
out so quickly It doesn't take
long to lose your plants when
you are shooting like that"
A LITTLE more ice on their
beer coils will end another
hommmoomms
By HAROLD GUARD
A MERICAN ARMY CAMP IN
AUSTRALIA March 31 --
(UP) — The biggest complaint
that Pvt Charles Kostenbauder
iJA' Altoona Pa has about Aus-
talla is that ha had to go to a
?oo to see a kangaroo
I always figured that If I
trer got to this place I'd see
!item hopping all over the
place'" he said "but I get here
and what happens? I ask where
are the kangaroos and they
send me around to the zoo It
was just like °Ling tit home"
That is typical of the Ameri-
can soldiers complaints There
aren't any serioils (hies
Pvts George Malahon and
John Boone of Vscuri discov-
ered that the army wants fight-
ers to do their :Atiff against the
enemy but ilot alpinist each
other They tied into each other
the other mornIng tbnct were late
Lor duty
CHAPTER TWENTY
A cold breeze raked the deck of
the "Vandam" as it crept through
the darkness Brinda Duncan lean-
ed against the rail glorying in the
good feel of wind and fog drinking
in the damp salt air The thought
that somewhere aboard was a Ger-
man agent who held the fate of Sir
John in his hands filled her with an
excitement Oat verged on fear
Could she sees him out and wrest
from him that list of agents before
he made contact with the enemy?
Could she find him in time?
- She stared into the darkness for
a little while then turned from the
rail and started toward the dining
room
Her course took her along "B"
deck Near the head of the stairs
a cabin-door opened and a man
stepped out He almest bumped in-
to her
"Forgive me—the darkness" he
apologized His English was slightly
accented As he stood aside to let
her pass she had a startling sense
of having seen him before From
the corner of her eye she noted the
number of his cabin 210
As she continued to the dining
saloon she had the feeling that he
wu watching her
While sitting on deck before din-
ner Brinda waa approached by the
tall blond who reiterated apologies
for the recent bumping accident and
introduced himself as Kurt Larsen
of Copenhagen He said he was en-
gaged in civil engineering that took
him throughout Europe including
even the countries at war And he
stressed his 'sense of strict Danish
neutrality
Larsen seemed amused by Erin-
da's series of naive remarks
"You must know considerable about
conditions in Germany and France"
"Do the German people approve
Hitler's alliance with Stalin?"
"And the food shortage
With an ironical smile the hand-
some stranger interrupted: "Let's
have a cocktail Miss Duncan
and after dinner may we play ping-
pong? Let's not discuss the war
Your eyes are too disturbing for a
serious conversation Have a cig-
arette?" Larsen held out his massive silver
case Before taking one Brinda
hesitated for a second—she looked
at the masterly giant He had been
her companion for the past half
hour had she forgotten her
mission—and Dick? It looked as
though she had been magnetized by
the clear light blue eyes of the Nor
clic engineer
She took a cigarette and arose
Later Larsen Joined her at din-
ner The steward served the hors
d'oeuvres
'This butter is excellent isn't
id" exclaimed Larsen preparing a
roll for Brinda She didn't answer
but a smile played around her lovely
lips
That evening Brinda sat in her
deck chair watching promenading
passengers - If only luck were
with her She had three (lays left
to succeed in her mission The Van-
dam would reach Naples then and
the lost list of the British secret
agenta would be on its way
She supposed that there were
English secret service men on board
the "Tandem" Was she not mad
to attempt this capture—wits such
professionals around her?
Who wee the Caucasian who
called himself a prospector of oil
wells in Baku or the Norwegian
banker with the smiling eyes?
She kid danced !lin a supposed
and almost universal complaint
for as Pvt Ferdinant Adameik
of Saint Claire Pa pointed out
rio-American likes warm beer
Ineidentally there is very little
hard liquor drinking among the
hoops and few cases of intoxi-
cation Some of the older sol-
diers though have a taste for a
locally-produced concoction
called potato whisky which is
a good deal like rye
The Yankees are discovering
that they aren't the first Amer-
icons who came to Australia in
force for there still are traces
here of the days when California
gold miners arrived in the 50's
One of the landmarks that has
held over from) that day is
"American Joe's Bar" which the
popular drink still is the "South- I
erly Buster"
The old American custom of
signing the guest register also
is in vogue and at the local
museums Pvts James Eshelman
of Lancaster Pa: Charles Web-
er of Chicago Dominic Cicero
cc Pine Bluff Ark and many
others have listed their names
PSHELMAN was a radio an-
nouncer at station WCAL
Lancaster He hopes to broad-
cnst from here to the folks back
home soon A couple of other
Pensylvanians I met were Corps
Curtis Shomq of Robinson and
Richard Hoffman of Pittsburgh
"I have no regrets about be-
ing here" Shomo told me "for
I realize there are bigger things
than teaching high school the
thing I had my sights set on
when I was graduated last July"
V
PARAGUAY
I Thc government of Paraguay
has initiated a program aimed at
complete substitution of cotton for
jute or burlap bags
MITA HARI1SVx4
MURICE DEK01111Vand YEA liE(
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MAURICE DEKORRAIma YEA GrEORGIE
South American senor and though
his tangoing was perfect where did
he really come from?
And why waste her time thinking
about men? She might look for a
woman spy
The atmosphere on the liner was
tense—more like in a mental ward
at Bellevue than on a luxury liner
It was one of those wartime voy-
ages when those who are-not worry-
ing about what may be happening
to their homes or to their business
sit up all night with thetr life belts
on dreading mines or submarines
Brinda's meditation was inter-
rupted by a strange looking elder
woman She looked more like a me-
dium priced fortune teller on a va-
cation with her colored scarves and
ridiculously rouged cheeks than the
school teacher she said the was
With five mystery novels under her
arms she stopped to talk to Brinda
about the weather
A beautiful platinum blonde
walked by She was a refugee from
a stranded musical comedy com-
pany which had toured Central
Europe returning to her native
land The heels on her shoes were
so high she could hardly balance
herself Nevertheless there was
inexplicable sadness in her baby
blue eyes Was her conscience both-
ering her or did she worry about her
next evening dress?
This was the kind of woman who
would succumb to the fatal charms
of "Ajax" the master Nazi spy
Brinda thought But the platinum
blonde gave no sign of wanting to
talk to anyone Brinda arose She
would find a pretext
The middle aged woman imme-
diately occupied the deck chair she
vacated Brinda had almost reached
the blonde when the interesting
"perpttoom motile" the eternally
walking dark Russian woman who
wore a mannish suit and spoke with
a slavic accent approached her
"Miss Duncan won't you make a
fourth at bridge with us?" She tip-
ped the end of her small cigar
"I'd love to but I wouldn't dare
Thanks just the same" Then she
added "My game is awful"
Brinda nodded and hurried en
The platinum blonde had disap-
peared in the meantime
"You still owe me a game of ping
pone It was the pleasant voice of
Larsen interrupting her unsuccess-
ful search Brinda hesitated then
asked "What do we play for?"
"Perhaps a kiss?"
She smiled—obviously pleased:
"Good a kiss it shall be!"
They began the game after put
ting their evening coats aside
Brinda was winning when suddenly
an idea struck her She started los-
ing deliberately Soon Larsen
counted the score: "Nineteen—
twenty—twenty-one! I win and now
the prize!"
Pouting like a little girl Brindsi
kissed his left cheek after murmur
ing "A debt of honor must be paid"
Then she exclaimed: "Oh I've
messed you all up with my rouge
so sorry!" And she started
scrubbing his cheek violently with
her chiffon handkerchief His face
thoroughly cleaned she smiled at
him mischievously
Just then the platinum blonde
passed by Larsen greeted her "Oh
you ladies haven't met? This is Miss
Duncan Miss Olin"
Brinda was delighted to talk to
the girl at last
"I've won at ping-pong from Miss
Duncan" Larsen announced proud
ly With a thin little voice the
blonde replied: "I have never
played pig-pong 0'4'1 a!tppd It"
HOLLYWOOD
ROUNDUP
TIOLLYWOOD March 31---(UP)
"—Film star James Cagney and
his brother William capitalized
at $6000000 announced today
they had signed a long terra con-
tract with United Artists to pro4
duce at least two movies a year
The Cagney brothers are the
sole owners of the new firm
James will be star of their pic-
tures William who has been a
producer and James' managerm
will be president of the company
to be known as Cagney Produc-
tions Inc
Actor Cagney's affiliation with
his brother ends a 13-year asso-
ciation with Warner Brothers
Signing w it h United Artiste
brought them into association
with some of Hollywood's top pro-
ducers The first picture will be released
next November and the second
next March 1 they said
Dixie Lee Crosby wife of actor
and sportsman Bing Crosby was
'recuperating today from an ap-
pendectomy Miss Lee was taken to Cedars of
'Lebanon hospital yesterday anik
Dr Arnold Stephenson operated7
He said her condition "appeared
to be excellent"
—
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Brinda looked at her the expres-
sion on her face seemed sedately -
sinister
"Rave a drink with us in the
bar?" Larsen invited
"Thanks but I am awfully tired
Will you excuse me?" She nodded
to Larsen and left
"Strange girl isn't she?" re-
marked Brinda
Larsen shrugged his shoulders:
"Average show girl that's all"
"Have you another of those clea-
rettes you gave me earlier today?"
Brinda asked suddenly changing
the subject
"Certainly!" Larsen opened his
case "I'm glad you like them they
are mild"
Brinda smiled: "They are strong-
er than you think"
Upon returning to her cabin
Brinda was in high spirits She had
danced till three in the morning
with Larsen and others
In her note sent to Dick before)
boarding the Vandam she had prom-
ised to send him a wire in simple
code which wouldn't be suspicious
If she had been unsuccessful the
wire would be worded:
"Crossing calm fondly—Dun-
can" If however she had been able to
discover something important she
would say: "All my thoughts with
you darling—Duncan"
She meditated for a little while
Which one should she send: Raving
decided that problem she entered
the wireless room
Dick's answer came next morn-
ing: "Thanks for good wishes
kisses Aunt Emma" -
Nothing could have pleased
Brinda more -It meant that Dick
would take measures to help her
perhaps in Gibraltar where the
"Vandam" would be stopped and
subjected to British inspection
Good old Dick! Her heart was G
filled with tenderness She forgot
all her previous anger and jeal-
ousy Brinda entered the large salon
Tired she sank down in a large com-
fortable armchair The platinum c'
blonde appeared apparently in a
more friendly mood with the sug-
gestion: "I'm dying for some
American coffee—aren't you?"
Brinda called the steward and
asked "Any possibility of getting
some real American coffee?"
"I'll try" he smiled as Brinda
looked at him and wondered where
she had seen his face before
"Perhaps Mr Larsen will join
us" the platinum blonde murmured
hopefully ordering service for
three
"Have you known Larsen long?"
Brinda asked the girl who hesitate&
for a while
"No not very long but he lit
charming" i
Brinda agreed to this and Larsen
came in a moment later Ile joined
them delighted to notice that they
had anticipated his presence whoa
service for three arrived
The blonde made a dissatisfied
face after tasting the coffee but
Larsen drank it in large gulps ex-
claiming: "Wonderful! The coffee
is good!" -
Brinda 'looked at him silently
then took a sip It wan mediocre
coffee indeed
All at once Brinda recalled where
she had seen the steward He had
been waiting on her that night In
the "Red Cat" Why wail he on
board this Dutch steamer?
(To he continued)
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