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Show lhiudd. December JO, I!l, I'M' v . Bui the gSjfi.All Ovqt Richard Powell bllOOtlM an mystery FMI II Auric lb ltluYtd ttiit a fctrnnn spv rinf, his working out of hi r h ul siiriliid Antic bonding house Join s' honst m irbv, and found si me Tin B1 S I Old THIS tko and lus cult ecuUnre YYhuli lie turiitd otr to III Litir Anb hii t rid the gills tint she bad givin endime of loose tilk to Amlv and that he Has kt ping it in lus home to deln i r to Int lligi nee. Knowing tiny woirid lie fulloned they Hent to Andv s borne, h ht re tlu v read and sot ti d out the nott s They htard the windoH open and i saw Renee ered and cellar for Arab were follow. I vv i climb ln Slit was ovtrpow tied and tiken dimn to the s iff kt eping Roth Andv and certain tbit Jones would soon o V a t, ihjNCR "STARRING ARAB N c. ANDY lie1s une e v i 1 Tit BLAKE hd Irf'" si t1 t r eimv n f tie SI e v am v c u d n t sitiu i thr kevlole, aid said 'The has a st If tinker action to k ck to ' i homes a biem who cal I tn u h he it CII PTI R I deiritr Renit hte 1 g il tin ht he said got your dame, ask her to coax vou, but we On the drav ng boaids I mutLut tl ey re coming now tered I Row it is tuo late for me maue rr y cl ice two ye irs ago 'A d you those the Germans How woul you line to st irve for four n nths7 How would you like your parents thieatentd witn the co eentr. tion camp if you d dnt obey orders7 How would you like to have lost ail hope? Tliev wanted me to w oi k for them I held out for almost five months How long would you have I eld out7" She shivered "The Germans cannot be beaten They would kill me They would kill my people in Brittany You know wl at all this excitement is uQout, don't you7 Yes Landings in North Africa It s the first step toward bringing France bat k to life The Gern ans will kill your troops "Has your gang f got word out yet7 Not vet We did not see the patIt takes time to tern until today arrange to send a message Either there must be a contact, or the message must be sent by short wave direct to Germany. Arab picked up the Smith & Wes"I want to make sure, she son said She crept up the steps and croud el at the locked cellar door Then she tuned and whispered down to me, "Get the derringer from my ockelbook " I went to tl e ping pong table, dumped t e sa ved off howitzer from her haidlug at d picked It up be- I tween thur u ard ft refinger went back to tl e bo'tom of the cel-,r sta.rs to see w at Arab Wonted w h tre f c "i gun The s' i "wo v vv js e1' p'y I wert up tie s'e s t ree at a t n e J , as I rcr ' "d He top a mv cl t j tn Fe omer s de The r was k cr ad, a"d Arab had i Arab. bh ied a fact cre cn me 1 1 t f c tr t t it vv i i It is tl t t i t ) uitlcv r v i i f v e r s t tew - A She climbed in slowly. r 'L , tLl c I 1 S tr Vh1' M r U t t s t v t I 1MII MIm 141 1 t K I IK s b A 0 n N I t tp If t i Ai It I I v c r , I I I a. MilIlf IT It ull x I N I If v l i $ U jivsxnonss roi--y jcuyIK I S'' A' S',-- As y ') ' riwm'tV -- 'I yg a iy h 111 go- i oi in t v til ! ( t i v t i n h a t '1 II T ipivirj ,vci 4 n I t tR Flos '? 1 11 j f nil J jin elf i i r 1 LOCK ti to THIS LABEL coa rou f mm oiiii h(iiist uar, truer c.od irosu nuts II ' y and iirtorious Into tin ro is The Baking Powder with the BALANCED Double Action I Clobber Girl is today's baking powder . . . the natural choice for the modern recipe. Its balanced double action guarantees ust the right action in the mixing bowl, plus that final s nimh snrrou, this is the lust ( liristmas for most people in a (trig. Iona time In our uladnt ss uo should not lose silit of those U ss I lit ro art many uliose sad days uo toiild Urt tilth ti a littlt I ho so in hospitals anil homos for the afltd, orphans and tripplts, most of all those for liom uo tan mur do ettoitpi, the uoundttl i itirans of this and the otlur uars If possible, uo tan ini ito some of those nun to our homos It least, uo tan uo and iisit them and ptrhajis fine tin in small rise to light and fluffy flavor the oven. in for-tuna- ti anal . Let us solve the Christmas prob by an extended hospitality an! 'V ingenuity m planning for the reat family d ty This shouldn t he ets fast-actin- im save extiavagant Christmas, our money for the long pull of the eir or two immediately ahead, utes are high just now oc nmodi-e- s are scarce and oftn inferior m inlitv Small inexpensive presents nd a plotted Christmas progrim ill be in far better taste and much n nore fun MotherJmis a gift'. mv sister made to a fi it nd of he l s for manv sucussive y c its It iy.u the gif' di) Marguet manied hi foie mv sis ter did and pic south hid a b iby Or, the Situidiv lx f it ChiMtriis P1V sister w is at hi r hi use at nine cli ck and M a sw ilh w for u O ping lunch with i ne r vv th ht r 1 tl h t tender skin Remomhor, vour child a skin is thinnr, more dflu itc t h in yours U pf ds a h st rub th it s pool and trtntlc (,ft the prompt, n ill v rfftdive results you uant the b Kithing modtrn viy . just rub on w is off h e in tow ti Sh i fruni o it c tl chest rub g that will cat irritate childs of a Mentholatum, With no irntition to ddicate normal skin, Menthol itum helpseasi aw iv sor ik ss tnd tightness fromcoutfh wru k( d u h int; host mus- c s, vapors rise high into n isal down into irnt ited bronchial tubfs ( ouRhimt sp isms juu t down our child rests Lutur (lit gentle Mcnthoiatum today J irs, tubes 30. Ies . . ills dm nt vy v n jerked away Costumes for Children. and a ltisurelv rctim wire Mir "Please, she whimpered I am If there are small childien and garct s f r hit oi t d iv Next trying to make it look like a bullet-hol- e leaven help tne firmly wnore there year tl ere is urn tier bih and Please let me hurry. If they re not' remember how they love the Vy r after thit mv sisUr ever find me doing this . o diess up and make costumes for biou it her ovn an prtstntlv her She pulled me back closer, and I hem all Cowboy and i Herman own two And alw ivs it w is Marfelt something pressing against my mts are simple cooks and pirates tlx d iv of a m- garet s miracle d chest It was her left arm The m ler still The girls adore hoop f ee ' m f m it ' u v at d r plete handkerchief had been pulled down kirts and ballet ruffles but a poke as a resi t ft tt Tt t sponsil il t from Fe deep spl nter cut shortened es t nrict, a grownups The last wmp of control snapped kirt and a shawl will ktrp any girl To put th it soi t i f r n mu di n suddenly and she began to scream torn 4 to 10 absorbed for delightful and tcidcritss u the hi hi tv I screams Long, shuddering lurs on Christmas Dav Small can-i- s thit remind-- , us all of tie infinite I had never dropped to the floor traveling cases at a cost tf love of God for in, in is t athuv felt sicker or more scared In my tiout 50 cents apuce add greater several all im oi t int t' t .s One is life but I had to go through with it larrour to any costume that indi the Jinutrv bills will rut he i Fat A light fingered the cellar now ites the tourist and to name the mg' tnxire Another is tint steps, prebed toward us I squeezed ttirg room as Italy and the p'av sint uisttvcries ,,s t the po r my eyelids shut and then rememmm as China adds s n e zest Pen qt ditv of t vs and fnis will be bered that deid men don t close il games for voung ard old are al avoided And the n st i poitut if their eyes and opened them and avs good charades or a hr mown all will be that tr idi'i ts of Intro tried to roll Fe pupils up as far n play, home movies or the manu-ic- t fun home service ftasng plivmg as possible The light glared into iring of a home record to sei d laug' ter liome five will be built Feet drummed on the stairs i someone far away are all them into the he irts of evtn one who and the fat man yelled at Renee to and don't cost as n uch as ci ri es within reach cl th it warmth shut up ne modern tov and sorr e of the sadi t ss and change She babbled, I fainted and then One old man I used to know would rf these strange d ivs will be tuned when I woke up and got my hands o into our small to vn post office into sweetness light loose and I touched him and it was erv div during the week before slippery and he didnt move and to hris'mas, pay Fe postage on Crack' That was a hand slapping nail packages held for postage Good Drew Pattern Helps to sob convulRenee She began hortage Scores of thesp went on To A laid Homemade I could see vague forms Look sively teir way because of his generous rising up to giant heights beside me pint, and he rever was thanked No'hmg gives a dre-- s that unand I turned my pupils up still farwanted hr nicmade fi k anv more nd never wanted to be ther to show nothing but Fe whites nr fit (he of the One rich woman here went to the defir itciv than I tried not to breathe of my eyes Id peoples home beet Wdvs if being sue vour dress a wepk before My stomach was solid lead and I hristmas a few years ago found will fit is to s'art vour dressmaking could feel sweat chilling my face and venture with a good pit'ern But a it there wire 118 inmatfs Somebody's foot was touching mv iid down her check f r $154 I good patltrn is onlv a start be side If he looked closely he would i men most hive arit every one of them to hive a ca g ire know that dead men dont sweat that rtqtire chiris spa Sud itt e money for gifts t n or basti d Joey Raeder said, Look here A kindly aunt of mv acquaint-tnc- e in et ht r i g , r it t nt chief I got him right in the ticker sent a niece at boarding school for e rfect fit The esier mureeeo-nerricd- l and he had just enough left to crawl ler usual wav is to alter the pat'ern present But a wees behere and Farners B illetln Be 8 ' P ittern lt re Fat she sent this same niece We will make sure, the harsh a box containing five or six small Alteration, gives c irr lete lnfor-matvoice said, and Fen before I could wrapped g.fts, for the niece to give n on buvirg tie right size of move a parachute flire burst inside to her friends con rrercial pattern and t xplains to measure how A Day of Freedom. the figure and my head It went drifing down and down and getting smaller and dimAnoFer gift that always has ta-ta'tern corrtstondng mer until it was merely a pinpoint seemed to me a marvel of thoughtalb wing fir extra width it out and Fen flickered of light and fulness and sweetness was the one or length where It is needed there was nothing but a ringing Meth ids for altermg various pat blackness and then quiet. done c an had artist Renee job on me In Fe dark Over my heart The cloth was was a ragged tear darkened and wet ard sticky Tie button over Fe pocket wasnt bright gold It was red My fingers were red, too, and back v here I had been lying Fe fiorr was splas'ed with th s 8 s a iridp n c cki tFod It Inked as if I ought to f s Kr i s far d f rf)p( r ' ol-dl find a spade and save Saendy U rr s c rn ur ,r Fe trouble of bryi g me Lf t'e I r j ,,2 a ro pp k worst a"y coc'or cou d say was Fat as s Klder, ar dri otn year I reeded a tain or suaurdl tv e nes (! d, ke home laughter, "Feasting, playing, E (TO CONTINUED) i moie, ur oj rra cv j fae in s ze Irnt , , . i A ! i For Safety Invest in Your Own Country Buy United States Savings Bonds! A X . ...VAVaV 4x6 Zr. . AV AA jss VEST POCKET un-pl- c ,.b X Av.v.vy1L 3 POWER l, -e ii j ' ii neas-uremen- Kx, n s mouth, It sou' ded Like Af&v hid I 4 -- 1 Aa ETrcily "Mini-Ma-r" Bamrr. aa Hash g'ic Lvefeatly" Barery, 1a tSe palm of a hansl uki fl EiertaJf Tbert bMten dMed to 3. sure frtitmtit Frb batteries I'jt longer! 1 i ootov. ELECTRONIC experts have lately outdone Femstlves in giving us evest pocket reception. Tliej have made possible hearing aids easily concealed in Fe palm of the hand. They ave dcs gned radios Fe size of a cigarette case Now they give us a postwar edition of Fe Handie-Talki- e famed GI sending and receiving set. A key amazing to Fise accomplishments xs Eveready" batteries. One of these storeounces. rooms of power, Fe M.xu Max battery, weighs only 1 Yet, size for size, it is the most powerful "B battery ever made. r 1 e f S ( r.u k(.i, soi tr i int B ke nd over Renee put a raised 0 lilt I three-cushio- Ccm-- t i Mill yv you gonna It w rmreiv cclay events up tie scjs w.th jour har.as il t TT lz?t- re I had to part her hair with a loaded rubber hose and she won't come to for a while She was heeled with a Smith and Wesson ard one of the boys didnt want to have any words with her about It Look, Jack, are ug u ( L Us I using I got It and handed It to her After all. Fere wasnt much to lose As she had said, she could easilv have laid me out with the hatchet Maybe this was a chance She fumbled with my House and I felt her fingers tugging at the right breast She was using both hands pocket and making small sobbing noises The gash from her splinter must be hurting Suddenly the knife blade touched the skin over my heart, and is no use in s C canteen taking part pital preparations. There that you will trust me My muscles relaxed a notch mustnt be a single bed, Trust you about what7 among all our thousands of You have no chance fighting lewly filled hospital beds, that They will merely come down with has not its heap of jiailv flashlights and shoot you Your only beside it vrapped packages chance is if they think you are dead Give me Fe knife you were m Christmas morning. s ier d Jn t Pla n Mr Jores Tiere He cal ed w Ni Iln yp j So ! Wj J ffii-- Why7 I H A y, LVvvaaA whats an Cmrr- - I5riihlan tha Homa i t had Fe hatchet m her hand I shud- mind our discharged servicemen that we ha ent forgotten dered, started to turn The edge of the hatchet drew a what they did for us. chilly line on my forehead, and she Get m touch with the nearhissed, Hold still' I froze The edge of the hatchet est Red Cross or service club left my head but I knew it was or government hospital, and poised there, inches away I tried ask planned and to guess where her rieht wrist was vv Build up needed hats When I grabbed, I had to connect I am not going to hit you she Christmas by having a few I just wanted to piove strangers at your table, or gasped Fat I could have done it " or hosm 1 ur A its I yanked both triggers of tl e derringer and the explosion almost caved in my eardrums My right Two arm jerked back, tingling black holes sprouted in the cellar doe r and J cy beg in yelling that he Tl ere was enough was murdered rage in his voice to tell me he wasn't realh hurt and to warn me to get out of the way I jumped aside just in time Wood began spraying from door Sound blasted into the and st.iirs cellar tremendous stutters of sound tl it seemed to make the foundations sway One buffet smashed the electric light bulb In the darkened cellar the air became a live vicious thing scorching my lungs and jabbing knives into my ears Joey had turned loose a tommy gun I startand ed to dive into a corner I had forgotten Renee screamed her She was out in the middle of that traffic jam of bullets, tied in the chair. I made a drunken lunge across the black cellar The timing was right My shoulder hit her chair at seat level. I kept on driving low and hard at the chair until the opposite wall smacked me flat For a moment I lay there, unable to think of anything except that Roper would rever have thrown me off the squad if Id played defensive end like that Anything get you7" I whispered In my left Yes, she chattered It feels arm. Above the elbow like fire Are they going to kill us7 Are Take It easy They cant hit us I ran my fingers lightly up here htr arm A splinter quivered in the She flesh above her left elbow moaned, and I snapped, Keep n quiet' Thev might try some stuff if they locate us And don t forget that bullets don t ask who you re working for I will be quiet Lieu-teA arsh voice called down, t( s es t !! It 1 i giv e t I I - p net v 1 i mi t i OUR 1 UU i es jo) 1 they7 Sm i S ( ol no songs. 1 used to know a swell guy, too A big kid fiom Daitmouth, named Bob f leluing He manied the prettiest girl who ever walked into He was killed in Siam. I Zcllis thought he was killed fighting Ger- Hus n isht be a good time to see how the Germans like being k lied For the n oment there was a bite What good is a dead in her voice German to n e Why should I help you7 Where were you when Bob was killed in Spam7 Where were you when France was stiangled7 Do you remen ber June of 19407 Do you ren ember Reynaud crying for An e, lean glai es For clouds of W hei e Ame.iean pla ies7 weie I Ihout Cluistnui s You reil'y ha.e no c'oce hive you7 ifu are muill chiLlren, r mrmhtr th Ion t ln ns up, and mil ro, "Tl ey rrav get tired cf laving turn s for th m all ( ou boy and p lu t in m su and pitaft s are unpl , with me if I pat a couple of them sunphr still (,trls adore hoop flirts and hulUt ruiib s, a hA Ixmtut or u w th that ha'chet groun up s short rud shirt You have been very gu erous ti I will repay you so e wav me By KATHLEEN NORRIS i: n si i tm I grunted, and went on trving to first peace t the handkerchief tigl get jimt This ( hriytmas should ho in a long time is Her free hand touched mv enough the ars toward us, and hair and stroked it I could feel the for many the tlarh yinrs oi tips of two of her fingers str iking my to do something ijttr time cheek and lingering at my r eht temand the nnpitished about it. Do something to reple and suddenly I realized that she haio snddt soars of it I took away my hand, and Renee said huskily, Why should I scream7 When I do not come out, they will know something has hapf ened They will come after me What does a half-hou- r more or less matter7 Th it burned me I used to know a swell song, I said "It was called the Marstiliaise. Its funny, I never used to think it sounded like the Hoist Wessel song Are they both the same now7 She looked at me wih old, sleepless eyes "I have forgotten the tune We of the New Euiope have ery tl ing e e she mur i ired You made too muil no'se kept losing count of Fe s'ugs ing past g mans vv i for me, would be Staying with us for a while Now, Arab said to our package, will you be good if we dont gag Renee nodded all right, you You may have your hand Andy. back Mrs Fielding, If you scream I 11 probably hit you with come-tilin- voice, lit ntud didnt answer mans " ' Every thing, IM, bid chair. I lifted Renee, still keeping my hand over her mouth, and carried her to the cnair Arab jted another length of roj e to tie her to the chair, and it began to look as if Renee she said in a flat &ets killed 0htmg the GerEvMy husband Prance Po Somethin: i itr We Id ru.i; sc ln M! 1 Kal lilccn Norris Sax lne -- I t oi th n a n lc vv e e w tet It Ivy a mo been fi om the ce ir tin A i er I witched it cmfil'v cl ck It w is tl e M o, all r t, e I had seen it turn t it tin o S bodv had tile it one wav t en the otie r Iieoci beitdtnitt e e was a kcvhcle ar d t at t e ce ltr was d n lv lilted I toe k a step tew ard the li t bu'b Joey Ratders veice chanted leeringly, "Five ten Lie itenant and Mrs Fiel ding1 I move! sh htlv to one side out of line with the KeG ole 'Come on, Jack he said "We Unlock this door or got you cold we 11 do it with a few slugs hive Net at all If you have at a to do, fe c free to go ale id with tr eni " I wattled her fl nee aioid the cellar unfastemrg a t'otl oline she dug into a tool cl cst, found a kn fe, and cut the clt tl esl re into lc ,hs She cane back and begin p icriag-inRenee's wrists witi a not to beeper Oristmas sk 11 She had finished with tie wmts and started to pass the free et d of the rope around Renees wa M And kindly move back, she said, jabbing her finder into my ribs You needn t thit h I m going to tie hei to you. Will it make you less plus Id if I remaik that she piob ibly has a few friends waiting outside for htr7 I was trying not to think of that Well, somebody better She bent down, tied Renee s ankles and sa'd, Bring her over to this straight erraids whispered T e c mffa i 1 1 t d quietlv and li t vu e pouncing tin oi h t1 i h me He wasn t lea !y g ving n t li i i i utes bciause it woild ti e th t t long fi r his g mg to se rch v u is Wen I was sure th it n trvng to sre ik down tie ce Ur R s ms I wl is i red to Ft i i , n c till u 1 slid iU lot a ki g whc'e mi'c i ie i 1 s I m gur g to fix v ol r a i l t i y I ut I a sihn'er a prettv bu om think it 11 con e out clt r v 7 e li; a cr She chiked ter came out ea fly It i i i t 1 to t her have n eked a vein, Lee aim was getting wet at s m 1 whipped Fe handkt re' f tlie spot and began ty t g it "I don', k' ow why you did all th s the 1 I ei S W to point the o en end away Burn Good by, d ul ng " ye u Arab1 V ou e in t go' Wien I A' b' " get )' J c f y ou 1 e i e w as no ai sw ei it S n ething cl ckt ' uj .tins ' u I M II V fU.ui, fuTUr,fS Nobo h shots ' o edttr t' W'.L s NTWs. 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