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Show Quick Answer to Outdoor Appetites Sardines from Maine ft . Ready in an instant, hearty Sardines from Maine taste extra good on summer outings. Delicious "as. is" or sandwiched between crackers or bread. Deli- cious because Maine Sardines arc lighter, I s '1 h tangier-flavore- d. Never heavy or oily! Penny for penny, thrifty Maine Sardines have more energy-buildin- g pro- ; tein than expensive steaks or or cans chops! Reg. 3 4-o- z. pack in pocket space ! Perfect on fishing trips! Good for every hungry occasion! Next time you shop, choose from tOO brands of Sardines from Maine! Choose them packed in pure oils, mus- tard or tomato sauce. Buy six cans right now! by WHUaa T. Iraasoi. author of Vround 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 1, 1951, Dr. Richard Reeser, prominent physician, visited his widowed mother, Mrs. Mary Reeser, 67, in her comfortable first-flo- or kitchenette apartment on Cherry Street, in the fashionable northeast section of St Petersburg, Florida. She was seated in an overstuffed chair, reading. She told her son she had taken two sleeping pills and planned to retire soon. Her bed was a few feet from the chair, and the covers had been turnecLdown. Mrs. "Yellow Kid Weil: America's Master Swindler" which established these facts: There was no stench and only a faint odor of smoke. Above the almost-eve- n four- foot line, the walls were smoke -- blackened; below it, they were unstained and undamaged. The paint on the wall near Mrs. Reeser's chair had not peeled, the sheets and pillows on the bed had not been stained or damaged. Plastic switches above the smoke line had melted; those below the line were undamaged and worked normally. The electric clock, plugged into an outlet above the line, had stopped at 4:20. It ran again when it was plugged into an outlet below the line. The electric refrigerator was still running and appeared undamaged. The toaster, stove, and iron had been turned off, but worked normally when they were turned Reeser planned to leave for a Northern visit as soon as she received a wire from friends in Pennsylvania. When the landlady went to deliver the telegram at eight the next morning, she grasped the doorknob, which was almost red-ho- t. Two carpenters who had been working across the street opened the door, on. Two electric fans also discovered that the walls of worked when they were the room were pluggedTrito outlets below the from a point about four smoke line. feet above the floor. A dinette table and chairs, Near the bed, the rug had a table lamp and radio, a secbeenburned away in a circle ond bed, a magazine rack conabout six feet in diameter. taining newspapers all were Within the circle was a pile undamaged, though they were of ashes and, nearby, the coil near the charred circle. A springs from an upholstered plastic glass in the bathroom chair. Just outside the circle had melted, but below it plaswas a human foot, severed at tic toothbrushes were intact the ankle. This was all that reThe windows were all open mained of Mrs. Mary Reeser. and there was no smoke stain Fire and police officials on the frames or sills. made a thorough investigation - Hundreds of people who smoke-blacken- ed v -- had passed the apartment bescorched everything for yards tween 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. around. The FBI suggested were questioned. None had that the fatty tissues of Mrs. seen a fire; none had smelled Reeser's body had kept the smoke. The landlady had been fire going; but its origin was near the apartment at 5:00 unknown. a.m. when she had turned off The police were swamped the electric water pump, but with answers to the riddle noticed nothing wrong. Nor from the public: A ball of did the newsboy who delivfire had rolled in the window; ered the morning paper at it was an act of God; the 6:30, the carpenters who started work at 7:30, and the dozens of people who passed on their way to work. How had Mrs. Reeser's body, as well as the chair, been so completely consumed without starting a fire, without the odor of smoke or burning flesh? St Petersburg police and the FBI sought the answer. Crematories advised that a temperature of 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit is necessary to cremate a body; but such, an intense heat would have End the annoyance of loot maps on all kinds of clothing. Now you can make old inapt grip like new, Ins tantty. with jcat a squeeze. Wa guarantee E to save you many timet Its cott. Send just J 1.00 for SNAP-Ppd. plus written guarantee. Available only from CHAftUS J. SAUItR CO. 10 E. Main St. Virgil, III. SNAP-- E. with FREE MAN IT body had been soaked in chloroform and ignited; it had been destroyed by lightning. This last was ruled out by the weather bureau; there had been no lightning that night History records 50 cases of human bodies catching fire cumulation of fatty Mrs. tissue Reeser's death, it lata-locu- (o) LQ)uyingfs good when you patronize the dealer who provides the brands you know. BRAND A NAMES FOUNDATION iNconroTio EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION YORK 19. N. Y. 37 WEST 57 STREET. NEW is 10, e teed-craf- ItchJtch agreed by everybody familiar with the circumstances that it is one of the most puzzling mysteries of all time. JULY ClUB it . (Mrs. Reeser weighed 170). In all recorded cases, the bodies were completely destroyed except for some extremities (Mrs. Reeser's left foot did not burn). All these deaths have been attributed to spontaneous human combustion an inner fire that starts from the right combination of gases inside the body. But there is wide disagreement in medical circles about this;, many assert that there is no such thing. 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