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P-17'S ACTIVE N BURMA-INDIA

Jap Fliers Reluctant To Engage In Aerials With

thunderbolts Bearing a large part of the

of the Allied air offensive the Japs in Burma, Repub-

F-47 Thunderbolts of the Tenth Air Force. Eastern Air Command,

iy proving that these nig­ral ichter-bombers are highly ef-'*rt - f and versatile, it was an

ed by the headquarters of 6 army air forces of the

-Burma theater. In the faraway India-Burma

iter, where enemy aircraft are arid exceedingly reluctant to

aerial combat, ^P-47 it pilots of the Tenth

•: m a position to build up e scores. These fighter

- • most of their satisfac-m furnishing some of the

r * accurate ground support ; none in any theater of war.

those planes, carrying bombs ECS, blast Jap positions

i front of the advancing ed troops. However, this does

.• thai the P-47 Th under­used m combat when-aii craft appear. Only ic* patrolling the slries

Lieut. Samuel Hammer as, and his wingman,

Steadman L. Howarth, Den-C - . ran into the Nips' latest

I fighters, and after a brisk oattle. all four marauding Japs

">yed. Hammer knocking three and Howarth the fourth.

P-47 Is Versatile

iity of the P-47 is the --ding feature of its per-

T Burma. Its mission ,ded direct ground sup-

fferoive fighter sweeps over eld airfields and installa-

dive bombing and strafing lines, rivercraft and sup-

dumps, and providing escort mbers and transport air-

Recently a Thunderbolt flew an L-5 Liaison plane

• g to rescue an American e hundred miles behind

igh the P-47 was designed as a high altitude fighter, some

• r pUota of the Burma Ban-a Tenth air force fighter have -eldom flown the P-47

It higher than ten t. One pilot, Lt. Whar-

r Mailer, Los Angeles, Cali--ia. ha« Down 135 combat rhis-

P-4Ti and. excepting for has only been

er than ten thousand feet five

• g the recent battle for the Banshees furnished md support to the Chi-mg to take the town,

presented to the pilots in-^ngly fortified Jap pill-

machine gun nests, bunk-dual buildings, housing r important Jap installa-

u d troop concentrations. during the course of a mis­

al igned target had been "«*d by ground troops and the

re given another target Many times they bombed

. 25 yards in front of To get the best re-

released their bombs w altitudes. Sometimes •fl were hit by frag-

• their own bombs. Ma-< Sin and hea\ ler antiaircraft

illy encountered dur-nbing runs. Often P-47"s

Und at their home basts bullet holes.

•itage Vicious Attacks During one period of 36 days.

P-47 Thunderbolt fighter of the Tenth successfully

ut 39 bridges behind the nei These vicious attacks

iously with Japanese munira' <>nv routes over which

,<ere brought up to the t.aer- of the Bhamo and Ka-ireai Faced with the problem

bit these bridges, which not exceed 50 feet in

cth and four feet wide, the developed a special

;ue known as "buzz bomb-

» idea of the activities In Republic P-47 Thunder-

•-een engaged over Burma gleaned from excerpts

a weekly operation sheet of E .• -na Banshees:

of the Banshees dropped J I tons of bombs on the brist-

of Bhamo during the n close -upport of the Chi-

. and ranged far and win- *ack Jap supplies, equip­ment' and personnel »n the rear

Japs Are Blasted 7 bolts were over Bhamo

f the daylight hours all week, blasting Jap positions as

1 by air-ground radio. Frequently the thanks of individir-ai ny and battalion com-

r smacking them right H was broadcast to the

erhead and followed by a = : the Chinese had oc-

i smoking Jap positions. eg the Burma road, Jap

dumps were handed a 90 ng. leaving two dozen own up or burned

: e Bolts also visited six bombing Nip supply areas

g concentrations. These : - • - > seided fires burning with

and grey smoke which rose 5.000 feet. In other parts

Burma, daily nights bombed ipport for the British Thir-

division. -endous explosions were in a supply area in central

and supplies awaiting were dealt three missions included

eps over enemy-held - dc traction of five bridg-

Ls over active areas."

'Somewhere In Burma

Three Republic P-47 Thunderbolts of the "Burma Banshees"—famed Tenth air force fighter group—line up on a forward airstrip "Some­where in Burma." The P-47 in the foreground, the "Burma Yank," is all ready to take off, while the pilot in the Thunderbolt at the far right gets

Photograph section -Headquarters of th« Tenth »ir tote* performance information from his crew chief. These P-47s are carrying the air war far and wide over Jap-held Burma, sweeping airfields, bombing strategic enemy installations and rip­ping up Jap lines of communications.

Guarding Your Health > By DR. LOGAN CLENDENING

The Joys of Old Age « \ T O U have to get used to old» morning and eighteen in the after-

I age," my friend, Dr. Adrian noon. That leaves a good deal of Gibbs, admonished me. [-time to be consumed.

"Another great difference be­tween the change from adoles-

"Just as you had to get used to childhood and adolescence. The child emerging from the stage of infancy, begins to walk and run and talk and satisfy curiosity and he runs into plenty or grief.

"The adolescent begins to have a lot of juices spurting into hi.* tissues and he nas all sorts of new feelings and he begins to notice girls from a new angle. It often makes him very mournful,

"You are beginning to have just the opposite. All your juices arc drying up, you are having fewer! feelings all the time and the new angle you have on women is, you | wish all of them would go jump in the lake and quit ordering you around. Well, all that is what makes your mournful.

"You have to get used to it and in the course of time you will get used to it, so df>n't try to rush the progress of the procedure. Take it easy and in the course of time you will be the same old kind of fuddy-duddy all the rest of us are. Just now you i.re rebellious and belligerent.

"I Know it hasn't got quite as much future as getting used to be­ing adolescent, but there is a good deal of satisfaction in it just the

' same. Done About Everything

« / \ N E of the things you have to V get used to is that you have

done about everything. The ado­lescent has still before him the pleasure'of reading Pickwick Pa­pers and Mark Twain and Sher­lock Holmes. Now you have read all those and Plato and Aristotle too."

"Is that so?" I said. *'Yes—and Descartes and Hume

and J. S. Mill." "Is that so?" I said. "The adolescent is just getting

steamed up about ballroom danc­ing. Now you know all about ball­room dancing."

"Is that so?" I said. "You gave up or quit doing all

those things you used to do so well. That is probably the tough- dropsy? est thing to face except that you have so much time on your hands. You now play nine holes of golf on Saturday afternoons whereas

cence to manhood and the change from manhood to old age is that the adolescent is making new friends all the time, while you are losirijs them or getting indifferent to them. This you have to combat actively. You have all the money you need—"

"Is that so?" I said. Indifferent To Work

« C O you are indifferent about •^ work and people naturally

turn to your younger associates for advice. With all this time on yours hands you probably are thinking of doing a lot of reading or writing your memoirs, but I think you would be happier learn­ing to do something your your hands—like whitting little toy boats for the children." -

"Whittle little boats—is that so?" I said.

"Oh, you'll make adjustment some way. _ I'm not afraid about that. And come out on the hap­piest period of life. You'll have to, because, my friend, if you don't they'll probably take you to some sanitarium and turn the key on you and a long-nosed guy will find out you have the Oedipus complex —that means your troubles are due to the fact that you were in love with your own mother, and were jealous of your father."

"Is that so?" I said.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS R. L. L.:—Is it a known fact

that tuberculosis is hereditary? If so, what are the Chances of having a normal child when the father is an arrested case and the mother pretty healthy?

Answer: Tuberculosis is not hereditary, but it gets the reputa­tion of being because it can be transmitted from one parent to the children. If, i s in this case, the father is truly an arrested case there is no danger of the child catching it.

E. M. P.:—Does albumin in the urine mean liver trouble or

HtCKSVILLE PUPILS CONTRIBUTE $222

Pupils in the schools canvassed by the Hicksville committee in charge of ihe local March of Dimes campaign contributed 4222 toward the fund for infantile par­alysis victims, Mrs. Leo F. Svan-drlik, chairman, disclosed today. The boxes placed in the schools by the committee for the collec­tions were removed yesterday.

The sums donated were: Beth­page grade school, $41; Hicksville junior and senior high schools,

»*82; Nicholai street school, $18; East street school, $17; Plainview grade school, $3; St. Ignatius R. C. school, $40, and Locust Grove school, Syasset, $21.

Approximately $500 has been collected to date in the Hicksville area. "Our drive was-late getting started and the bad weather han­dicapped us somewhat, but we hope to go over our donation of $1,000 last year," Mrs. Svandrlik said. The drive throughout the county has been extended until February 15.

Mrs. Anthony Arnone is secre­tary of the Hicksville committee and William A. Duffy is treasurer.

FOUNDERS' DAY PLAY AT BETHPAGE

A Rlay commemorating the 48th anniversary of Founders' day was seen at a meeting of the Parent-Teacher association of Bethpage, Thursday night, with Mrs. Albert deBeaumont p r e s i d i n g . Mrs. Emma Kassinger, program chair­man, directed the play, and Mrs. Avery Carter was the announcer. Mrs. Harry Leslie was at the piano.

Participating were Mrs. Joseph Ellinger, Mrs. Richard McCallum, Mrs. Henry Gerhard. Mrs. Harold Moulton, Mrs. Leslie Johnson, and Miss Ina Stalter.

Howard Kroll was welcomed as a new member. Winners in the miscellaneous club include Mrs. J. H. Fox, Mrs. Mary Koph, and Mrs. McCallum. The next meet­ing will be March 1, at 8 p. m.

MRS. ROBERT HORN TO SPEAK FOUNDERS' DAY

Answer: As time goes on it has come to mean less and less to the experienced doctor. It accompanies dropsy usually, hut is simply a

STARTS SERIES

you used to play eighteen in the' part of the whole picture.

TO MEET IN HOMES •Iph Hems, president

Aid society of the enan church of New nnounced at Thurs-

meeting that future sessions :>e neld at members' homes

m the church, as for-. Plans were made for a sil-

"ebruary 21, at 8 p. m., to the home of Mrs.

es Zsbber, North Twelfth

MINEOLA DRIVE TO I LAST TWO WEEKS

A membership drive had been launched today by the Mineola Chamber of Commerce, according to Harry F. A.shcr, president. The drive will continue for two weeks.

Letters are on their way to all business men in Mineola, and to others eligible for membership.

Newest members of the organi­zation are George Davis, Nassau hospital superintendent, and Peter Katavolos, of the Court View ho­tel. An application for member­ship has been received from'- the Nassau County Trust company.

The next meeting will be held at the Court View hotel, February 14 at 12:15 p, m.

DISCARDED CLOTHES Central Hi-Y G i r l s Sponsor

Bundle Day The Hi-Y girls of Valley Stream

Central High school are sponsoring a drive for discarded clothing, shoes and blankets in conjunction with the national children's cloth­ing crusade of the Save the Chil­dren federation, according to an­nouncement of Miss Evelyn W. Hallpck, in charge of the project at the school.

An appeal is made to wrap all kinds of clean, usable clothing or shoes in good repair, in bundles covered with paper, and deliver them at the school February 8 and 9, or turn them over to some high school student who will see that they get there. Clothing also will be collected at all the elementary schools, Wheeler avenue, Brooklyn avenue, Franklin avenue and Clearstream avenue, and at the local churches.

The clothing is to be used to aid children in both America and overseas. In America the assist­ance will be given to underprivi­leged children in isolated rural areas, where many children are unable to attend school for want of clothing and shoes. Overseas, the clothing goes to refugees from occupied countries.

TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Kurt E. Knabe, 23 Walnut street,

Farmingdale, is a patient at St. Luke's hospital, Manhattan. His condition was described as "good" last night by the hospital authori­ties. Mr. Knabe is master of the Bethpage lodge of Masons. Farm­ingdale, and was installed Janu­ary 5.

BRANCH TOLD OF WORK OF JUNIOR RED CROSS

Miss Helen Hennessey, execu­tive director of Junior Red Cross for Nassau county, spoke before teacher-sponsors of the organiza­tion from schools of the Five Towns at a meeting in local head­quarters, 682 Central avenue, Ce-darhurst. She gave a complete pic­ture of the work done by the Ju­nior Red Cross.

Mrs. Norris Konheim, branch chairman, announced the new plan of having parents serve as aides to the teacher-sponsors in order to enlarge the scope of junior activi­ties. New emblems will be award­ed to children who contribute five hours, and three hours work a month is expected from each member to retain the privilege of wearing the insignia.

Mrs. Konheim praised the work of the teacher-sponsors, who have inspired the juniors to participate in first aid, surgical dressings, the making of various articles, blood bank aid and in caring for chil­dren.

Mrs. Konheim closed her meet­ing with a plea for scrap material. "Through such contributions," she said, "the juniors are able to turn cut the myriad of articles in their vast sewing program."

MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR DEAD HEROES

Plans were discussed for the an­nual World Day of Prayer at the meeting of the Wdmen's Society of Christian Service of Grace Meth­odist church in Valley Stream, Thursday afternoon, in the church hall. Services for members St all Valley Stream churches will be held at Grace church, February 16 at 2 p. m. Mrs. Mabel Wright and Mrs. Walter Wolrab are in charge of the program.

Announcement was made that memorial services will be con­ducted at the church February ll-% 8 p. m., for the four men from the church who have died in serv­ice.

A report was given by Mrs. Francis Muller on the fourth an­nual meeting of the East New York conference of Women's So­cieties of Christian Service, which she attended in Brooklyn, January 12.

Final plans for a Founders' Day celebration, February 14, were discussed Wednesday night at a meeting of the Central Council of Parent-Teacher associations of school district 15 at the home of Mrs. Theodore Pincus, Pine street, Woodmere.

Mrs. Pincus, program chairman, announced tha t the meeting will be a social one at the Lawrence High school cafeteria at 3 p. m. A birthday cake will be cut and presidents of the various P-T. A.'s will perform in • skit.

Mrs. Robert Horn of the Law­rence High school guidance de­partment will speak on "What the P-T. A. Has Done in This District Since Its Inception." The national organization was founded in 1897 by Mrs. Alice M. Birney and Mrs. Phoebe A. Hurst.

TROOP PREPARING FOR SCOUT WEEK

Boy Scout William Parr re­ceived his first year service star during the regular meeting of Boy Scout Troop No. 64, Hicksville, last night in the East street school. Alex Sezecody became a first class Scout and Lawrence Reinhardt, Jr., and William Prohensie passed their second class reviews, accord­ing to Fred Hohsfleld, Scoutmaster.

Roll call showed 36 boys ipres-ent. Hohsfield discussed the signi­ficance of BoyYScout week and told the Scouts what is expected of them in commemoration of the founding of the Scouts. The boys were urged to wear their uniforms during Scout week, February 12 through 17.

On Sunday, February 11, the members of the troop will attend the morning service at the Metho­dist church, Hicksville, as a group.

THREE ORGANIZATIONS IN SALVAGE DRIVE

< -Wastepaper d r i v e s will be

staged in Mineola during.the next three months under the direction of three organizations in the vil­lage, it was revealed by Trustee Christian E. Dick, village salvage cneirman at a meeting of the board of trustees at the village hall, last night.

The Roger Williams Patterson American Legion post will take over the collections this month, with February 25, designated as pick-up day.

During-March, the drive will! be handled by members of the Min­eola Police Boys' club, under .the supervision of Patrolman Louis Wagner, and the Adolph Bloch post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will he in charge of the collection, in April.

Reverend Otto Brand To Open Sermon Series

In Garden City - • —

The Rev. Otto Brand, pastor of the Merillon Neighborhood Re­formed church, Garden City Park, will start a aeries of eight lectures, tomorrow, on the theme, "Land­marks of Human Progress." The sermons will be given each Sun­day through Lent.

His sermon at the worship serv­ice tomorrow at 11 a. m. will be given . on the topic, "Character Transformation." Other lectures will be g|ven on "Promotion of World Unity"; "Democratization of Reverence"; "Power in Spiritual­ity, Not Number"; "Broadening Political Relationships," and "Loy­alty to the Bible."

Attendance Increases The Rev, Mr. Brand, who was

retired last May, took over his du­ties at the church, where there was no constant pastoral adminis­tration, several months later. Since then attendance and collections have increased. The choir has been reorganized and the church school is growing. Miss Maxine Miller is superintendent of the school. Rob­ert S. Emslie, Jr., is the volunteer organist.

The Rev. William N. MacNeill, pastor of the Hempstead Reformed church, as moderator, is collabo­rating with the Rev. Mr. Brand in the church work. The church is debt-free. It was organized by 29 charter members in December 1926.

CORSON DISCUSSES POST-WAR PROJECTS

Postwar projects planned by the Nassau county administration were discussed by Forrest E. Cor­son, director~of public relations at Republican headquarters in Min­eola, at a meeting of the Lake-ville Estates Republican club at the Polish National hall in New Hyde Park.

Two of the major projects, Mr. Corson stated, are a sewerage dis­posal plant In Nassau county and a public park for the exclusive use of Nassau residents at the Salisbury cfuntry club grounds. Baseball and football fields will be established and also golf courses, according to the plans.

Mr. -Corson also explained the bureau of information which has been set up in Mineola for the assistance of returning servicemen in obtaining their old jobs or se­curing new ones.

Albert Hlavac, president, an­nounced nomination of officers at a meeting of the club at the hall February 28 at 8 p. m. and elec­tion March 28 at 8 p. m.

2 IN NASSAU SHARE IN AUNT'S ESTATE

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«Sp»fi«l f ike N«i»«n D»ilr. B*»i«w-8Ur) NEW YORK, Fob. 3.

A share in the estate left by the late Mary Wood Blain, chairman of the Westchester county Recrea­tion commission, and resident of Port Chester, goes to her nieces, Leida Cowlan of 178 Second ave­nue, Mineolg, and Emma E. W, Brittsn of 37VVirgin|a drive, Man-hasset, unde* the terms of her will filed for probate in surrogate's courtuof Westchester county. Each is left a diamond ring and $5,000.

Mrs. Blain died January 11 pi a Port Chester hospital Her age was 73. Bom in Roslyn, she was a school teacher - in New Jersey communities before her marriage to Thomas J, Blain, Port Chester editor. She lias been a member of the Westchester County Recrea­tion commission since its forma­tion in 1924.

The estate of "more than $20,-000," will go to a niece and two nephews after the payment of spe­cific legacies.

LT. JOSEPH HUNT, 26, TENNIS CHAMP, KILLED

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Feb. 3 — (/P) - —• Lieutenant Joseph Raphael Hunt, U. S. N., 26, naval aviation student and winner of the national amateur tennis sin­gles championship in 1943, wis killed yesterday when his plane crashed;;atfjsea 19 miles east of Daytona Beach.

Th« naval §Jr station here said Lieutenant Hunt was on a gun­nery practice flight.

DESSERT BRIDGE Davison Avenue P-T. A. Has

Card Party At School Some 22 tables of bridge were

in play, Thuraday afternoon, at a dessert card frarty given at the Davison avenue school, Malverne, by the »arent»Teacher association. Mrs. Jack Feller won a special award of a man's leather belt, made and donated by Francfs Springer.

Mrs. Herbert Heineman and Mrs. John Adams were in charge of the affair, assisted byvthe Mes-dames William Z. Taylor, John O. Wincks, Harry Dryden, Jack Fel­ler, Harold Wendel, Clifford-Peter­sen, Charles Pradenhauer, William Hilms, Jack Livy. Frank Schaefer, Donald Swift end Walter C. Arl-fors.

The executive board will meet February 26 at 3 p. m. at Mrs. Springer's home on Hart street, Lynbrook. i

TO SPEAK MONDAY Mrs. Eiehelberger To Address

Temple Sisterhood Mrs. Clark Eichelberger, direc­

tor of Freedom Forums of the League of Women Voters, will speak at an open meeting of the Sisterhood of Temple Beth-El, Ce-darhurst, Monday at 1 p. m. Mrs. Eichelberger will discuss "The Dumbarton Oaks Conference."

An open forum and discussion period will follow her talk. There is no admission charge and a so­cial hour will follow,

KENNETH V. HALL Second Lieutenant Hall, son

. of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Hall ef 41 Clinton road. Gar­den City, recently won his commission upon completing the officer candidate course at the Infantry school, Fort Ben-ning, Ga. The new lieutenant will report to Fort Meade, Md.. today after spending a short leave at his home. He joined the army in 1942.

NASSAU POULTRY RAISERS WIN HONORS

Nassau county poultry raisers won high honors at the 96th an­nual "Boston poultry show, which had more than 5.000 entries and a record - breaking attendance, Paul Ives, show chairman, an<-nounced today.

A best of show award went to Edward M. Price, Wantagh, cham­pion waterfowl. Price won 12 firsts, seven seconds and two third prizes.

Other Nassau winners were Samuel and Albert Price, WaA-tagh, winners of three firsts, one second and two third prizes; John M. Gaver, Greentree Estate, Man-hasset, winner of a second prize; Gus Wolfram, Manhasset, 'winner of a third prize; Herbert Kivli^hn; 352 Linden place, Westbury, win­ner of two first prizes and one second prize; James K. Rice, 382 Fulton street, Farmingdale, win­ner of a second and third prize; Clifton T. Alden, 148 Elm street, Roslyn Heights, winner of one first and two second prizes, and George K. Possell. 46 Somerset drive, Seaford Harbor, winner of three first prizes.

ROBERT GRAEB NOW A LIFE BOY SCOUT

About 300 persons attended the parents' night program given by the Mineola-Williston area com­mittee of Boy Scouts at the Mine­ola village hall, last night.

Many awards were distributed during the court of awards. Rob­ert- Graeb of Troop 130, Williston Park, received the highest award for the night. He became a Life Scout.

First class awards went to Rob­ert Zimmerer, Robert Neifling, Charles Stadtlander, Anthony For-gione, Richard Butterworth, all of Troop 130, and to David Seabury of Troop 218. all of Williston Park. Fifteen Cub Scouts were advanced. C. Raymond Ross, commissioner of the Mineola-Williston area, made the presentations. »

STAIRS FALL FATAL TO ELDERLY BAKER

Leo Herrmann, 65. of 32 Wash­ington street, Franklin Square, an employee of Seel's bakery at 381 Rockaway avenue, Valley Stream, is dead today as the result of a fractured skull received yesterday afternoon when he fell six steps on the cellar stairs, according to report of Patrolman George D. Ruether and Detective Kenneth Bailing of the fifth precinct, Val­ley Stream.

After treatment at the scene by Dr. Henry N. Bear of Valley Stream, he was -removed to St. Joseph hospital in an ambulance and was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. He is survived by a wife, Martha, who was notified by police.

MINEOLA COLLECTIONS REACH A NEW HIGH

Tax collections in Mineola had reached an all-time high, today, it was revealed by Dwight Hunt, vil­lage clerk, at a meeting ot the village board of trustees at the village hall, last night /

Collections, so far, have totalled $19.7,732.88, according to Jturit, to­ward a tax levy of only $192,-407.99. However the collections represent paymeftt of back taxes, as well as payment of current taxes for 1944. Actually a-total of 96.5 per.cent, of the tax levy for 1944 has been paid. The dead­line is February 28.

BIRTHDAY DINNER Mrs. Haeke Is Surprised At An­

derson Home A surprise dinner party was giv­

en for Mrs. John Hacke of Wilson avenue, Lynbrook, on the occasion of her birthday, Wednesday eve­ning at the home of Mrs. Cathe­rine Anderson, John street, Far Rockaway. She received many gifts.

Guests present were Mr. and Mrs. George Anderson, Mrs. Vio­let Budgen, Mrs. Burton Copsen, Mrs. Jack Besiano, Mrs. Ida May Warren. Mr. Hacke, the Misses Agnes Walsh, Aileen Hacke, Mary Hacke and Joyce MacNamee.

PARENTS OF DAUGHTER Mr. and Mrs. Frank Donally of

87 Cedarhurst avenue, Cedarhurst, have announced the birth of a daughter, January 30, at St. Jo­seph's hospital, Far Rockawayr Mrs. Donally is the former Miss Helen Reilly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Reflly of Spruce street, and the baby was bom on the birthday of her maternal grandmother.

-A SIX-DAY SERIAL-

SILVER MOON By Allan Barron

Part VI: Phillip And Dick 8he«4 It O u t . . . To A • Ending For Laurie .

Laurie stood up s i o w 1 y, watched Phillipl walk toward her, felt him examine her clothing for a gun. For a fleeting instant all she thought was that Dick wasn't the killer, and for that she wanted to sob with relief.

Then Phillip turned to the. desk and snapped on the light. He sat down in a chair and turned to her.

"So you killed my father? And Avarreza? Laurie's words came through pressed lips.

Phillip nodded. "In • remote way I killed your father. You might say I arranged his death."

"But why? What reason did you have to kill my father?"

Phillip shrugged and looked at the metal box full of money. His lips curled back in a weird smile. "I like that stuff. I've wanted money all my life. I sweated down here for years, taking little chunks of it from the tremendous amount this mine makes.

"Soon I would have had enough. But your father had to sneep around and find out about it. I don't know why, but he made good ail that I had taken. He was almost too kind. All he wanted from me was to leave here by the end of the month. Nobody would know about it and his reputation as a mine manager would stay good." '

Again Phillip shrugged. "But it was too risky for me. Sometime he might talk, and then they'd come after me. So I had to make sure he wouldn't talk."

"How did he find out about you?"

Phillip smiled. "L turned in the metallurgy report that this section of the mine was played but. He didn't swallow it and found me down here one night counting my money."

Laurie looked t at the walls. "Why the costumes?"

"Your father couldn't drive at night because of his eyes, and in order to get rid of him it was im­perative that he lose all his young chauffeurs. It was easy to scare them away from the car at night with those getups/'

"What about Avarreza?" Phillip's smile narrowed. "He

deserved what he got. He was blackmailing me for more money. I had him look over the forged books and sign a notarized paper that your f a t h e r embezzled the money.

Lauried leaned against the re­cording box, her knees weak. She looked down at the box, hex eyes puzzled.

Phillip smiled. "That's connect­ed with a microphone planted in the mine office. That way 1 al­ways knew when your father was ready to leave the office at night —while I supposedly was in town. Then I could go up and scare" the drivers away. See? And he reached over and, flipped on a switch, adjusted a dial. "I can hear everything that goes on in the Office.

There was a brief silence in the room while the machine hummed. Then, a voice poured through the loudspeaker. It was Dick's.

"She's not in here," Laurie heard him say. "She must have gone into the mine."

"You fool!" It was Julius Jones. "Why did you let her leave that room. It was the only way we could protect her from James."

There was a scuffling sound from the loudspeaker. "Well,"

Dick-was saying, "why didn't you tell me what was up?"

"I didn't know until I opened the letter Avarreza left with me." Julius muttered. "It wasn't to be opened except in the event he was killed. He said—"

"All right, all right" Dick cut him off. "Let's get down in the mine.*'

And then there was only silence from the loudspeaker. Phillip stood up quickly, knocking the chair over. His face was white and he swore softly.

"Were getting out of here." His lips trembled nervously. He gripped his gun until his knuckles turned white. "You're going with me. I'll neeii you—in case start shooting."

Phillip pulled her out of the room and into the dark tunnel. In the distance they could hear the rumble of an elevator cage.

"They're coming down the back shaft," Phillip muttered. And Lau­rie knew then that that was how she had gotten lost. She had missed the main shaft Phillip laughed brittely. "Well, we'll fool your friend*. We'll go out the main tunnel and up the tipple shaft."

They stumbled through the darkness in the opposite direc­tion of the back shaft.

Laurie tried to pull back, hoping she could delay their flight long enough to give Dick and Julius a chance to catch them. She heard Phillip curse when they reached the boarded entrance of the "dead pit." Then he began to kick the rotten boards loose.

Finally she heard the boards break away. Phillip grabbed her hand and started to pull her through the entrance when he saw the flashlight flicker on and off near the sharp turn in the tunnel.

When the light went on again Phillip's gun glinted in the glare. There was a sudden flash of sparks and the loud retort of gun­fire. Then there was the thud of a. body and silence and darkness again.

Phillip pulled her back into the "dead pit."

But suddenly another flashlight glared at them and Phillip fired again, wildly, several times until his gun clicked with the shallow sound of emptiness.

A figure lurched past her and she herrd Phillip grunt, heard the sickening crack of a gun butt against hard flesh and bone. And then there was again only silence deep within the mine. . . .

Laurie limped out of the little Mexican hospital, her knee tightly bandaged. Turning around she looked at a lighted window. Inside lay Julius, chiding himself for fainting in the mine with only a flesh wound. Her glance traveled to another lighted window. In there* Phillip, guarded by the po­lice, was getting his head ban­daged . before being removed to jail.

T h e n again the dizziness choked her and she waivered. At her side Dick took her into his arms.

"Everything's all right . now, Laurie."

And for her answer, Laurie turned her face up to him end felt his l i p s pressed possessively against hers.

(The End.)

MINEOLA PRINCIPAL ANNOUNCES COURSES

William G. Valentine, principal of the Mineola Vocational Train­ing school, today announced the organization of new groups for comprehensive courses in various subjects offered by the state edu­cation department.

New classes are underway in precision instruments, elementary blue print reading, blue print reading and sheet metal layout, elementary mechanical drafting, aircraft mechanics, aircraft me­chanics refresher, basic mathe­matics, descriptive geometry, air­craft hydraulics, 'aircraft electri­cal, shop mathematics for auto­motive industry, welding, preci­sion instruments and testing ma­chines, and auto mechanics.

Applications for an the subjects may be placed on file day or night at the school or by calling Garden City 5444. Sessions are held after­noons and nights, four days a week.

QUEEN OF ANGELS WILL STAGE PARTY

Plans for a card party, Febru­ary 13, at 8:30 p. m., were dis­cussed at a meeting of Court Queen of Angels, Catholic Daugh­ters of America, Thursday night, at the Knights of Columbus club­house, Hicksville. Prizes and re­freshments will be featured. Mrs. Joseph Froehoefer was named chairman of the event, which will be held in the clubhouse.

Mrs. Theodora Reidlinger pre­sided and announced the next meeting, March 1 at 8 p. m., at the, clubhouse.

DISTRIBUTE GIFTS

VILLAGE OFFICIALS JOIN SQUARE CLUB

Seven members were admitted to the Valley Stream Square club at a meeting last nfght in the Corona avenue ft rehouse, Valley Stream, with Charles Otten, pre­siding. Three village official?. Trustee George Bechstein; Clerk Fletcher Chalmers and Plumbing Inspector Albert Langlotz was among them. The others were Claus Kucks, John W. Edwards, Fred Fastenau and William Hen-shall.

Lewis F. Huttonlocker. a mem­ber of Marsh lodge, Brooklyn, and past grand lodge officer, was guest speaker. He is a practising attorney and discussed "Trial Practices." He gave examples of criminal court cases, explained how they were prepared for trial, the method of selecting jurors and restrictions during the conduct of a trial. He did not cite any par­ticular case or names.

Adolph Block Post Members Visit S t Albans

Capsule friends will exchange gift.?* at the annual birthday party of.the auxiliary to Adolph Block port; Veterans of Foreign Wars, February 15, according to plans announced at a meeting of the auxiliary at the clubrooms in Mineola Thursday night with Mrs. Harry Beardslee presiding".

A basket of groceries will be awerded as a special prize at the birthday party also, Mrs. Beards­lee announced, On a visit to St. Albans last Sunday the unit dis­tributed 80 combs. 60 ashtrays, 50 tooth brushes, 148 cakes of soap, 60 washcloths, 20 packs of cigarettes, 36 razor blades and four boxes of chewing gum in 14 wards of "the hospital.

Mrs. Adeline Gardner was the winner of a sped a r prize and re­freshments were served by Mrs. Germaine Anabel and Mrs. Mary Mieczkoweki.

HICKSVILLE FIREMEN TO GET DINNER REPORT

George De Riso, chairman of the installation dinner and dance sponsored by Company No. 5 of the Hicksville fire department, January 20, will report the results of the affair Monday night at the firehouse.

Howard Heberer, secretary, an­nounced that this will be a routine business meeting with committee^ reports and a financial report by George J. En gel. treasurer.

Officers of the company are; Andrew Costello, captain; Joseph Hanley, first lieutenant; John O'Malley, second lieutenant; Ho­ward Heberer, secretary; George J. Engel, treasurer.

ALL INVITED Fire Towns Girl Scouts Meeting

February 13 Leaders, council members, troop

committees and friends have been invited to attend the annual meet­ing of the Five Towns Council of Girl Scouts on February 13 at the Scout house, Cedarhurst avenue, Cedarhurst,, from 12:30 to 2:30 p. m. Dessert- and coffee will be served. Reservations should be in by February 7 with the secretary, Mrs. Katherine Steinflrst, at the clubhouse.

At a regular meeting of the leaders this week the following were invested after completing their training course: Mesdames Mort Auerbach, Harold Engle-bardt, May Factor, Al Katz, Charles Lapp, Elveta Manning, Maurice Mayer, Ethel ZoeJler. Catherine Baker. Dorothy Charl­ton and Miss Patricia Lapp.

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