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THURSDAY. OCT. 10,1940 ‘
(Editor's Note: Below is one in-
stallment of a aeries of questions
and answers on the peacetime mil-
itary training program which has
been prepared under the direction
of the State Director of Selective
Service. J Watt Page.)
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It was nearing five o'clock when
but he hadn t mentioned . «he ^’rdd<x>r^lt1 r‘^llT‘un^ |
I ing that Betty or Mias Dill would j
j answer it; she went on with her
.’witFrrln a few minutes, however,!
E- * 11 when the bell rang again, this time '
long and vigorously, she decided !
she had better answer it herself.!
She hurried to the front door1
and had barely opened it, when an
man impatiently pushed 1
registrants be considered Mr elan-1 A-Nn. To Insure the most com-
sification and induction into serv-iplefe impartially in the admmm-
> act.
another drawing will be held. This
time only one nurilber wfll b«-
drawn possibly by the President
of the United States This number
might conceivably lie Nuftiber
3033. gild Will be known as the key
number. This will be the number
of the first man called in each*
area for classification.
5 Q After the numbers have
^v-rtoi.bi
extra good rnr its age vv
It is too early to take too much encouragement from BriL'
ain’s unexpectedly gallant stand against Nazi invasion. Thh
is no time to be shouting bawdy insults across either the
Atlantic or Pacific ocean.---------- ' — ,L ___
It is one thing to take a firm stand on matters of world
policy and domistic security. It is another to invite, through
gratuitous utterances, trouble we can’t meet at equal terms.
Evolution of hatreds towhrd any other peoples is not neces-
sary to our defense. All we need to do is insist that we be
allowed to mind our own business—and keep arming, just
in case. J i
Uncle Sam's
Selective
Service
to harm you?"
"You know,-don't you. that my
husband w**- a very wealthy !
man?"
"Of course. Josiah MHHn was
well known.", '■
"Very well! His will, the gist of
which he had revealed to Philip.
_ left pr.u tn ally everything t_<> m> .
but with the stipulation that, upon
Jane Parker Angel OQ«
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an active interest in the various Trv ‘•Rnb-Mv-THm" • Wondrrfal Uniment
Publisher
, .2 « Editor
Sports Writer
Cashier *
. .. Mechanical Supt.
one week 15 cents; jnonth 50 cents;
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accumulated. .After breakfast, she
spent a couple of hours giving dic-
tation to Leslie. She seemed quite
cheerful and made no reference to I
the conversation of the night be-
fore
When the-dictation was finished.
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ST. LVWES LUTHERAN’
CHl'Rf H
New Wehdem
,H T FlaChmeier. Pastor
9:00 a m. Sunday School with
special address on missions. I United I
— !♦» (io a1» MMelon Ka Uy Ser v- . cuiuv _a
German language. Rev. G.J
I anntfal 'Convention i f the church
2:30 p. m Mission Service. Eng- ■
lish language. Rev. S. T Schr< e- i
det of Rockdale. Siie^kgi 4
Members and friends of the I
chur.ch are uiged to attend.
and to give him her promise to > However, she couldn't
9. leading j cooperate with him. 'without revealing she 1
: .Now, she was being told he was
The World Council has Its head- | n murderer!
quarters in Geneva.“Switzerland,i
and-is organized to facilitate com-
mon action by the various church-' Millin'? Have you any proof?”
es which are’members. ■ —>■ •_
Bishop William T. Manning of but enough for
New York City, chairman cf the I man snapped. -
Episcopal Church's Commission on
Faith and Order, has recommend-.
ed that the church join the World
„ , J should he wish to
Council • — •
■' The-Episcopal General -Conven-
tio nalsb will be asked to approve j
. ! agreements reached at Bonn, Ger-,
many, in 1931 between representa-
tives of the bld Catholic churches n
of Europe and of the churches of
the Anglican cojtnmunion.
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"What's
evfery one
brightened up at j'brusquely.
He glared at Leslie with such
ccld blue eyes that she felt sud-
frightened. If this, she
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Fresh Shelled 1 figs
Pecans, 4 oz. pkg. I vC
| Camel Pitted
Cold Stream Pink 1 E
Salmon, tall can I UC
— i - For one
i room seemed to spin before Les-
; lie's ey<^J$H'P T -f-W it? Unless he were in desper-
ilere-!° It couldn't ?»■”’ ' ate straits, why would he take
She 'aaw- M**, again as hr had sueh a risk?" ' ' i
stood before her only two hours. "You don:t know Philip! He’s
ago, urging her to trust him- to like his mother -scheming and
take his word for it that she would grasping Moreover, he's hard up.
be acting in Mrs Millin's best in-j He teaches for a Jiving, apd his
terests by coftfealing from her and salary is too'small for his needs," •
Leslie thought that the words j
i "scheming and grasping" certainly
■ didn’t describe the impresston she
nrhis id the danucu-us era This is the period when Amer*
1 icans find the temptation to “talk back”’to the dictator*?
almost irresistible. During these days, the government and
private buV influential citizens must be more careful than
ever about what they say.
When Norway. Belgium, Holland, Luxemburg and fuially
France fell to the Axis. Americans were plfflnb scared to
death. They still said nasty things about Adolf and Benito.
but sometimes they trembled a little’’and made the cracks
behind the palms of their hands They realized that with a .
paltry, badly equipped army and a geheral defense system of
almost no effectiveness, it wasn't smart to make too many
threats.
So Congress got busy—feverishly busy. Funds were ap-
propriated in sums unparalleled in the country’s financial
history. Bills to increase the size and strength of the navy.
to provide for war equiptRent and to draft a large army were
passed Aimnst nvermight, the country became defense-con*—
scious and tackled the grim task with vengeance.
• • « j
What was done is all very well. It was the only tiling
Congress could have done, under the circumstances. But
remember this: With negligible exceptions, the defense sys-
tem that exists today ifi precisely the same we had when
France fell.
The United States is not prepared fm-war. Ships cand»e •
built on paper wdthin a few weeks—even days—but it takes
months and years to get them in the water. Equipment can
be ordered with a stroke of the pen. but it requires years to
build it. An army can be mustered by an act of Congress
but it takes 12 long months to provide even the basic train-
’nK \
We have provided for defense; we have not yet accom- ■
plished it. We have started the bail rolling, but it has onl* I
started. I
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KANSAS (TTY Mn.d'I'l The
Protestant Episcopal <hurch in the'! (,thers his presence on the island.!
States -probably -Will lie—There had been something so hon-j
-.ineiubei uL Lhg_ World. .dm hm even same thing that;
B * • iliMii i a »••»»*• VOOIVII
( of Chuu ht'.s f<•!Ipvin£ tHt find iiupvllvd her to hclisvt* him j h«tti formed of Philip Herewwrd.
1 a,u' ,o give him her promise to However, she couldn't protest
had seen
have to know* but I can trust her
I to say nothing."
Leslie stared Incredulously. "You
’ are afraid of being murdered in
your bed and so yoU ask me to
■ sleep in It ?”
Mrs. MilUn
j ‘mbarrassed. "There will be
i danger for you. Philip er if he
1 i ame iwould see that it wasn't I.”
"Suppose he struck in the dark,
i without investigating ?” L”e site
said acidly.
Though she didn't believe for
i one Instant that any such event
j would iKCUr. she was amazed at
I her employer's cool way of asking
1 hcr^o take the supposed risk. She
| remembered that Mr. Sorter had
said Mrs Millin had "queer ideas"
j and tfat it would be part of her
registrants be coiulilcted for clas-|
ftnicaiuHi nna hmmivuuh *«».»' — —•
loe, * tration of the selective service
, , , . . * —__ ...ill .... k.ul.1 '
A—One of the basic principles
of a selective service system -is
I that all registrants shall be treat-
ed on an equal basis. The order
in which individuals will be con-
sidered for classification and pos-
sible Service will tie determined
by lottery a national drawing.
. 2 Q -Will each local registrant local
receive a definite number? ... ". ,
A Yes. After the registration j been drawn in the national lottery,
is complete in each local area, the what will happen then?
registration cards will be shuffled! A—A list of numixtTs, in the"
and mixed before numbering Each I order in Which the men will be
person will then be assigned a ! called for consideration, will then
serial number, and a list of these be posted in each arfq so that all
numbers In each locabarea will be i may know how soon he may ex-
posted for public Inspection. It is | pect to be called. Each man w ill
-contemplated that there .will not then be assigned what is known
be more thap 3,50o registrants in
anv single area. So the serial
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considerable correspondence had or
3. Q -Will Number 1 in each I
area be the first man called for .
classification ?
A— No. Numbers correspondinr 1
to the numbers in each local arei
— probably from 1 to 3506—-will
Leslie repaired to a small.Hbrary * P>««d m a container in Wash-
ot the ground floor which con- D. C„ and a drawing fpi
order will take place. For example, .
dumber 2875 may be drawn first,
then Number 147, then Number
3033, and so on, until all num-
bers have been drawn. The order
in whicji they were drawn will
then be matje into a code list.
4. Q -Will tha. first number on
I the code Hst—tay Number 2k?& -
what Mrs. Millin had said ’ ! «* the numb*r of the fi”1 ™n ln
. , . , i each local area to be called?
The housekeeper frowned. "The j
others think it's Just
2^170
“She—rfleiTTTO !. ........
What makes yqu think that, Mrs. | tlons u’by ] need a guard My before she could sleep. There was
! life is in constant danger" ’, 'something rather eerie in playing
•J'Verhaps n t enough for a .court, LesHe was far fronvready to be- humaP_ .du‘P.n?y. for. * murde"r-
me! the old wo- ar>y such’ thing, but she
thought she had better not antag-
"B'ut why should Mr. Herewaad I onize her employer by expressing
have killed your husband. and~why her .scepticism.’
“If you really feel you are in
peril.” she said, "you do indeed '
Mrs Millin continued. "You see
speak catmiy. • n<vvhy I have to take precau- | Lhal iu«ht- 11 wa“ a lon« llln'
why 1 need a guard. My , r----
"■----•—• "------
" . .' . | human dummy for
even If he didn't exist?
The Following morning, she was Misery of
relieved to find that she had not
been hired solely as a guard, and i
that she woiild have secretarial |
duties, after all. [
need a boiyguarli-, hut I'm afraid I
I can't qualify. You should have
hired a strong huajcy man."
Mrs Millln leaned forward and]
whispered tensely, "Strength is no
Weapon against Philip. Cunning is I
the only thing!" - |i
A little shiver ran through Les- '
mv death., the estate was to’be! She wondered again whether I
to Philip. That's cer-! ?!»« woman were crazy
tainly ample motive for murder!" "Cunning? she said. “What'
I cunning could I use? Just what do
,ou expect me te do?”
"I'll not ask much of you. Miss
■ Pritchard. For one thing. I want
'"ou to ■’Terp In this room Sup-
’ '• ily. you will, share it with me,
hut that will be only a ruac I'll
y iave a cot set up in your room
, every night and sleep there No
iibiliMT
tained a desk and typewriter and
which had been assigned to her as
a workroom. She spent the rest of
the morning typing letters, and
tried to forget the less agreeable
aspects of her job.
At lunch, hmvever. She ventured
to ask Miss DiU about Josiah Mil .
Hn’s death, referring guardedly to]
! each local area to be called?
others think it's Just a crazy idea
In an old woman's head, but I’m
not so sure JtJs? There was some-
thing que^i "At>out Mr MUlin’S
passing."
"What was the supposed cause
of his death?" Leslie asked.
“Heart trouble. He died in his /
' sleep." Miss Dill said tersely.
—f She wouldn’t say. however, what
had been “queer" about it.
, After some hesitation. Leslie i
i said, "Mrs. Millin seems suspicious
i of a nephew named Philip Here-1
. ward, and seems to fear he now '
has designs on her life "
"She’s wrong about that," Miss'
Dill said emphatically "There may
be more danger for her in living
than in dying!" ■ . i
With this cryptic statement, she ‘
closed the subject, refusing to say
-F^MR***---——-*——
----The afternoon passed quickly
for Leslie. After finishing her
work, she remained at her desk to
] write some personal letters.
job to satisfy the woman’s "little
, but he hadn t mentioned
awful* moment, the think your uephlw so impatient to anything like this!
Mrs. Miliui sakL uervouaiy.
you feel that there Is any riKft'. ...
dlouble your salary." $
Leslie was tempted for a mo-
ment to accept the offer, but' re-
sisted the •temptation. After all,
this was merely a whim, and she elderly
might as well satisfy it. -j his way in.
j "Tltat isn't necessary," she said. "What’s the matter here? Is
"I'll sleep here if you wish me to.” ) evfery one deaf 7 he demanded '
Mrsv Millin t"-—---• -
once! "Thank you There really
isn't any danger—-for you.
Leslie was sure that there was denly
not any danger at Ml, except ini thought, was one of "the others"
I him. and so she held her tongue. | Mrs. Millin’s head. ' Miss Dill was expecting, she wish-
Nevertheless, when she went to! Plt he had stayed away!
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