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THE CLINTON
ei Case
by S. S Van Dine
FINAL INSTALI'IENT eo easy to dispose of through iliegiti-
mete channels. A ohuily transaction
"I want you to go home and have cf this nature yould naturally require
good sleep .. Arid, by the by, time, and the now -defunct henchmen
Sergeant, how' about rounding every who were waiting fox settlement were
body tip and' invitin' then to the l bocoming annoyed. Most of the reall
Purple house tottorrow, around y
valuable stones, which I am sure the
noon?" he asked, "I'nr speakin' of collection contained originally, were
Fleel,, Kenyon Kenting, and. Quaggy. no lonier there when I glanced over
Mrs. Fallowav and her son will, I'm the cases the other morning. I am
sure, 'be there, it any event, quite certain that the bolas -roll;,, I
found in .the poor fellow's dinner coat
was brought back because the pur-
We 'arrived at the. Keating .rest- ,chaser would not give him What he
knee, Vance driving us there in his thought it was worth—Kaspar pro-
er, fifteen minutes oetore noun bably nrtstook'tlre stone for a real
Weem took our hats and made a surly ruby: There were black opals missing
gesture toward the drawing -room. from'tl 11 ti
Sergeant Heath and Snitkin were a1- jade, which Karl ICentine must im=
to co ec on, also exhihits of
ready there. doubtedly have included in the col -
A little later Flee' and Kenyon lection and yesterday morning' the ab-
rd
ICenting arrived together, followed sense of a large piece of alex
! g andrite
almost immediately by Porter Quag- was discovered—"
gy. They had barely seated them Fraim Falloway suddenly leaped
selves when old Mrs. Faltoway, sip- to his feet ghat•anat Vance with the
ported by her son Frain, came clown eyes of a maniac.
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the droit stairs and ,joined us
g
Frank Fingland, B.A., LL.B.' - I'm so , anxious about Madeline," "I didn't do it!" he screamed hys-
terically. "I didn't have Kasper kill-
MrsMr Vance?" ed! I tell you I didn't I didn't
Successor to W. Brydone, LC..
Sloan Block .... — ..., Clinton and you think I'd Inlet- Madelaine!
, Out. "Mrs. ICentntg is doing even better yeieee a devil I didn't do it I say!
H. C. MEIR
Barrister -at -Law
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of
Ontario
Proctor in Admiralty.
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today than I would have .expected. 1 You have no right to accuse me." He
can assure you that she will be reached down quickly and picked a
home in two or three days, fully re- small, but heavy bronze statue of
covered and in her normal iniad,. Antinous on the table beside hint.
i "And I imagine she will have a En`tkin,standing just behind Fraim
Most interestie tale to unfold. Y' know i Fafoway's chair, leaned over and
is vas not intended that she return 'deftly manacled the youth,
I "The truth is, this was not a kid -1 "Really, Mr. -Falloway," Vance ad -
napping ease at all. The authorities
i "you
in a soothing voice,
,were expected to accept it in that shouldn't handle heavy objects when
light, but the murderer made too you're in that frame of mind. Fright..
manyerrors—his fault lay in trying fully sorry. But just sit still and re
to be excessively clever.
"There is no doubt whatever that la•«
II was sayin',
Kaspar Kenting made an appointment
anee of the stones from the collection
for the early mor•ning hours, after ho was an indication of the identity of
had returned from his evening's en- the murderer, for' -the simple reason
tertainment at the casino with Mr.
that the r;,,t ; of thugs __d the
_-
Quaggy.
the disappear -
underground . disposal of these gems
"When Kaspar left this house early quite •obviously suggested that the
Wednesday morning he was met at same type of person, was involved in
the appointed place not by the person both endeavors; to wit, both proceed -
with whom he had made his -appoint- ores implied a connection with under.
meet, but by others whom he had cover characters fences and assas-
never, . seen before, They struck him sins. The two notes yesterday were
over the head before be so much as highly'enlightenin'. One of theta was
,realized that anything was amiss, obviously concocted for effect, the
threw hien intoa coupe, and then other was quite genuine. But bold
drove off with him to the East Riv- ness usually a good technique—was,
er and disposed of hint, hoping he in this case, seen through.,
would not lie found to soon, It was "Referrin' again to the various ran -
straight brutal murder,' And the per- sem notes, they were dictated by
sons who connutted that min er had the plotter of ICaspar's murder—that
been hired for that •purpose and had is, all but the one received by Mr.
been instructed accordingly. Yon will
ERNEST W. HUNTERFleel .yesterday-, and they were con-
understand teat the plotter at the
an motto vie t
67 Bloom Gtr. W. Toronto Oat to side-track suspicion #rem the tic-
thereryas grave risk in letting hint
live to point an accusing finger later tual culprit and at the sime time int
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT source never intended anything less shed in such language that they could
th 1> for thetm—suite be shown to the authorities in order
THE McKILLOP MUTUAL;
Fire Insurance Company
Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. !
OFFIOERS—President, Alex McEw-
ing, Blyth Ont; Vice President, W. R.
Archibald, Seaforth; Manager and
Secretary Treasurer, M. A. Reid, Sea-'
forth, Ont,
DIRECTORS — Alex Mcfwing,1
Blyth, One, W. R. Archibald, Sea -
forth, Ont., Alex Broadfoot, Sea-
,
forth, Ont,, Chris Leonhardt, Born-:
holm, Ont,, E. J. Trewartha, Clinton,
Ont., Thomas Moylan, Seaforth, Ont.,'
Frank McGregor, Clinton, Ont., Hugh
Alexander,Walton, Ont., George
Leitch, Clinton, Ont,
AGENTS—john E. Pepper, Brum-
field, Ont,, R. F. McKereher, Dublin,
Ont., J, F. Prueter, Brodhagen, Ont.,
George A. Watt, Blyth, Ont,
Any money to be paid may be paid
to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of
Commerce, Seaforth, or at Calvin
Cutt's Grocery, Goderich.
Parties desiring to effect incur-
anee or transact other business will
be promptly attended to on applica-
tion to any of the above officers ad-
dressed to their respective post offi-
ees. Losses inspected by the director.
ANAth Ni '10
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p ss . enyon en ng t . e
The s:ender Chinaman—the lobby- urgent necessity of raising IFie fifty
gow of the gang—then returned to the thousand dollars. I . had two state-
house here, placed the ladder against
the window—it had been left here Pre-
viously for just that purpose—enter-
ed the room through the window, and
set the stage accordingto instructions
taking the toothbrush, the comb, tho
pyjamas and pinning the 'note to the
window sill, generally leaving mute
hut seurtous indications that Kaspar
heating had kidnapped himself in
order to collect the money he needed
to straighten out his debts,
"So far the plot was working nice-
ly. The first set -back occurred after
the arrival in the mail of the ransom
note -with the instructions to take the
money to the tree, The. scheme of the
murderer to colleet the money from
the tree was thwarted, making' nec-
ess'ry further steps. The same day
Mrs. Kentitig was approached for an
appointment, perhaps with a promise
of news of het husband—obviously
by some one; she trusted, for she went
out alone at ten o'clock that night to
lkeepthe appointment. She was await-
ed—possibly just inside Central Park
._ .. 1—by the saute hard gentleman who
. TIME TABLE had doneawaywith her husband. But
instead of meeting with th,,e same
fate as Kasper Kenting, the was tak-
en ;to the, house On Lord Street 1
visited last night, and held there as a
sort of hostage. T rather imagine,
don't y' know, that 'the perpetrator
of this fiendish scheme had not yet
been able to pay the price demanded
for the neat performance of Kasper's
killing, thereby, irking the hared ass-
assins, The lady was, so to speak, a
n criminal anoth
Ithreat held over one by
er criminal wino was a bit more clev-
er.
Trains will arrive at and depart
from Clinton as`follows:
Toronto and Goderich Division
Going East, depart 6.48 a,m.
Going East, 'depart 3.03 pan.
Going West, depart : • .'L , 12,04 p.m.
Going West, depart 11.10 p.m.
London and Clinton Division
Coining North, arrive 11.20 a.m.
Going South, leave 3.10 p.m.
Associated Press Photo Shows —
tier Majesty, The Queen, chatting
With two officers at a U.S. Army
Air Corps Station -Captain Jacob Ftp-'
ting of Tupero, Miss., (left) and Cap-
tain K. G. Herbert, Bell City, Lousi-
ana.
mends as to the amount of money
which Kaspar himself was demanding
for Itis debts -one, an honest report
of fifty thousand dollars the other, no
doubt a stupidly concocted tale of
thirty thousand collars—again ob-
viously for the purpose of diverting-
suspicion
ivertingsuspicion from the person connected
with the crime."
"The second note received by bit.
Fleet, was not, as I have already in-
timated one of the series written at
the instructions of the guilty num—
it was a genuine deceunent addressed'
to hint, and the recipient -felt that he
not only could use it to have the
ransom money paid over to him, but
todisarm once more any suspicion
that :night be springing up on the
Minds of the authorities. It slid not
beam to him that the adth•ess, cryp-
tically written in for his eyes alone,
could be interpreted by another,"
He turned slowly to Fleel again
and met the other's smirk with a cold
Smile:
"When I suspected you, Mr. Fleel,"
he said, "1 sent you 'from the District
Attorney's office Thursday before Mr.
Markham and I carne here, in order
to -•verify my . expectation that you
would urge Mr. Kenyon Kenting to
request that all police interference
be eliminated,. This you did, and
when I learned of it, .after arriving
here with Mr. Markham, I definitely.
objected to the proposal and counter-
acted your influence on Mr• Kenting
tl:
hat
so, you coud notget the money
safely that night. ,Seeing that 'part
of your plan hopelessly failing, you
"Poor Kasper! He. wasa weals cleverly changed your attitude and
ehappie, and the price for his own agreed to act for es—at my request
minder was being wangled out of through Sergeant Heath—as the per -
him without his realizing it. Through son to place the money in the tree,
the gem collection of old Karl Kent- and ',went through with the fano in
ing•, of course. He was depleting that order to prove that no'comiection ex-
collection regularly at the subtle in- istedbetween, you and the demand
stigation of some one .else, some 1or•'money.'One of your, henchmen bad
g come .to Central Park to ick up, the
one who took the gems and, gave trim1r
practically nothing compared to what ,package if , everything'' went. accord-
. they were actually worth hoping,, to leg. to your pre -arranged schedule.
turn them over at an outrageous pro- Mr.. Van Dine and I both saw the
fit, But semi-precious stones are not man. When he learned that you had
NEWS -RECORD
Experilnental Farms
Pay Dividends
not been successful with your plan
he undoubtedly reported your tailor
thereby throwing fear into your hire
limpthat' they might not be paid•
which accounts for their keeping Mr
Reating' alive as an effective Ureato hold over you till payment wa
forthcoming,"
Fleel's expression did no` change,
"A very pretty -theory, Me, Vence,
he commented, "It shows reniarkabl
ingenuity, but it -entirely! fails to tak
into consideration the fact that I my
self was attached by a sub machin
gunner on the very night of Mr
Kenting's 'disappearance, Yoe hav
conveniently forgotten that little ep
sode, since it would knock the eni•ir
foundation from under yotr nelusin
little house of carcls."
"No. Oh, no, Mr. Fleel. Not ece
veniontly forgot — conveniently re
metnberisd. Most vivid recellectio
don't y' know. And you were jot
well frightened by the attack. Surel
you don't believe your 'escape fro
any casualty was the resu,t of a mit
acre. All quite simple :really, . Th
gentleman with the machine gun ha
no intention whatever of perforatin
you. His only- object was to frighte
you and warn you of exactly what t
expedt if you did not raise the mon
dy instanter to pay for the dastard
services rendered you. You were neve
safer in your life than when, tha
machine-gun was sputtering away T
your general direction."
The smirk slowly faded from Fleel'
lips.
"Your theory, Mn. Vance," he sat
angrily,'"no longer has even' the mer
it of humor. And I wish you to kno
that I greatly resent your remarks."
"i don't regard that fact as dis
concertin' in the least." Vance re
turned with a cold smile. "The fact i
Mr. Fleet, you will- be infinitely.
more resentful when I inform you
that at this very minute certified-
public accountants are at work on
your books and that the police are
scrutinizing most carefully the con-
tents of your safe."
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For two seconds Fleet looked at
hint with a serious frown. Then he
took a swift backward step and,
thrusting his hand into his pocket,
drew forth a large, ugly looking au-
tomatic. Both Heath and Snitkin had
been watching him steadily, and as
Fleel made this movement heath, with
lightning like speed, produced an
automatic from beneath the black
sling of his wounded arm. The move-
ments of the two men were almost
concurrent...
But there was 110 need for Heath
to fire Ins gun, for in that fraction
of a second Fleet raised his anthem -
tie to his owtemple and pulled the
trigger. The weapon fell front his
hand immediately, and his body 3111111
ped down against the edge of the desk
and fell to the floor out of sight.
Vance, apparently was little mov-
ed by the tragedy. However, after o,
deep sigh, he'rose listlessly and step-
ped behind the desk. Vance bent
down.
"Dead Markham -quite," hie an-
nounced as he rose, a moment or so
later. "Considerate ehappie- what?
Has saved you legal worry neend.
Most gratifyin'."
Snitkin unlocked the handcuffs on
young Palioway, -
"Sorry, Mr. Falloway," nnu'mur
ed Vance. "But you lost your self-
control and became a bit annoyin' . ,
Feelin' better?"
The youth stammered: "I'm all
right." He was alert end apparent-
ly his normal self' now. "And Sit will
be home in a couple of daysi"
THE END
V
Live Poultry Sales
When the prices of dressed poultry
to the public are at ceiling levels it
is naturally expected that producers
should veceive appoxirnately the
ceiling prices for their live; quality
birds, according to F. S. Grisdale,
.deputy foods co-ordinator for. the
� Wartime Price and Trade Board. He
made the statement in answer to pro-
tests from poultry producers regard-
ing prices they are receiving for poul-
try. Maximum prices have been
set for .live birds and according to
Mr. Grisdale, "poultry' producers in
fall parts of Canada -should make
I themselves fully acquainted with these
live poultry ceiling prices le that th'e''
it ay be better able to judge whether!
or not they are getting proper prices.
I Wholesale ceiling prices foe live poul-
!try for November are as follows for
l chickens, (roaster's and fryers) over
;three pounds 28 cents in Ontario;
for fowl, (old hens) all weights 24%
•
cents.
V
No educational standard is laid
down for entry into the R. C. AF.
Those suitable for enlistment who'.
lack sufficient education' are given,
the necessary academic training, afe
ter enlistment, before commencing
specified courses of study,
(Experhnental Farms News)
Since the establishment of the isys-
tem of Dominion Experimefttal Farms
in 1886, it, has been abundantly dem-
onstrated that these farms and sta-
tions constitute one of Canada's soun-
dest investments. They pay dividends
in many different ways throughout the
year. The amazing quantity and qual-
ity of produce raised on Canadian
farms during the war is diminlarge
measure to information provided by
these farms and stations. The range
of projects conducted is very wide,
extending froth methods of enriching
the soil to methods of ensuring high
quality in produce at the time it
reaches the consumer, says R. C. Pal-
mer, Superintendent, Dominion Ex-
perimental Station, Sunnnerland, B.
C.
The benefits of experimental work
are usually accepted by •the public
without much thought as to where
they conte from; for instance people
who enjoy the Iuscious Vedette, Val-
iant and Veteran•peaches from the Ok
anagan Valley may not realize •that,
they are, in fact, collecting a divid-
end from: the Experimental Station
at Vineland, Ontario, where these
varieties originated.
The Dominion Experimental Sta-
tion at Summerland, B. C., also de-
votes special attention to problems in-
volved in the production of high qual-
ity fruit.
ua1-ityfruit. This station. has devised.sim-
ple and effective maturity tests to
facilitate "harvesting fruit at the pro.
per stage of maturity. When you bite
into a crisp juicy Mclntosh^or De.
lieious apple you are in a way col-
lecting a dividend. The high quality
of 'these products is evidence that
they have been picked at the proper
stage of maturity.
Experiments have revealed that
storage and ripening conditions ,have
an important effect on the flavour
and texture of apples and pears. To
collect full dividends in this connec-
tion consumers should make use of
the fact that apples retain theirerisp-
ness and characteristic flavour for a
long time when held at temperattues
just above freezing, where as pears
develop finest texture and flavour
when ripened at temperatures 'be-
tween 60 and 70 degrees F.
The work of the Sumtnerland Sta-
tion extends to problems concerning
the processing of fruits and vegetab-
les. The objective is to devise' prac-
ticaI methods of canning and dehydra-
tion which yield attractive products
rich in vitamins and other health pro-
moting substances. At the present
time some of the information secur-
ed is being utilized on a large scale
by commercial factories dehydrating
vegetables for use of the armed forces
-a very substantial dividend.
THIiRS., NOV. 11, 1943
weer --•teat
Newpapers Said Bank Advertisers Choice
Would Select Them Over Other Media
Boston, Nov 6.—Lewis F, Gordon,
president of the National Financial
Advertisers' Association and vice-
president of 'the Citizens and South-
ern National Bank of Atlanta, Ga.,
said to -day that if he had to choose
a single medium for bank advertis-
ing "that choice wouldbe the news-
papers."
He said "even as bank service ex--
tends creel' a cross section of people
so likewise does the newspaper
blanket the public."
"There is, however," he said, "an-
other good reason for using news-
papers. 'Good newspapering,'- as
newspapermen use the expression,
is essentially constructive. In the
crisis of -the past few years, good
newspapers have worked very co-
operatively with the banks where the
banks, have been willing to work
with them.'
FLOWER OF REMEMBRANCE
By Winifred O• Brass
I am the scarlet symbol of Faith and
Remembrance,
Springing• from soil, deep -scarred by
the travail of War;
1 blaze on the Stone enshrining our
heroes immortal,
I breathe of the Valour that lives
through -the years evermore.
Does it matter to you. who pass by that
my chalice uplifted
Beckons you back to the Past, with
•
its burden of pain?
Let it shine on our breast as a star;
Let it teach you its message;
Let it cry to your heart from the far
still graves of the slain.
1 am the Flanders Poppy! I speak of
the living.
Blinded and maimed, striving yet in
the Battle of Life.
I am the mystical troth that we keep
with the fallen;
I am the Peace that must come at the
end of all strife.
Your Estate —An Asset
or a Liability ?
CHANGES in Succession Duties and
Income Tuxes have created some real
problems in the administration of estates.
A revision of,your will may be advisable.
By naming The Sterling Trusts Corpora-
tion as executor, you have the personal
attention of a senior estute officer assisted
by a staff familiar with current legislation
and the rulings of the various taxing
authorities:
THE
STERLING -TRUSTS
CORPORATION
Sterling Tower, Toronto
32 years In Business
Arvida Recreation Centre
Officially Opened
(Above) The Recreation Centre at Arvida where the Inauguration Ceremonies were broadcast to the CBC French
Network. (Lower left) "The Arvida Quartet",. under thedirection of Sylvestre White,who in their first appear.,
ante weir heard over an entire network. (Centre). Private Leciair, whose ambition has been to sing on the air,
realizes that ambition by singing with Allan McIver, a top•nameband, on a provincial•wide network. (Lower
rishr,t The Slovak Choir, under the guidance of Marie -Louise, Tremblay, the only organization of its kind in the
Province, made their debut in this provincial.wide broadcast.
A t. impressive inaugural eere-
monies recently held at Ar-
vida, the new modern recreation
centre built by the Aluminum
Company of Canada, Limited, was
officially handed over to the Ar-
vida Athletic Association, Inc.
Designed by Fetherstonhaugh
and Durnford, this centre is one
of the finest in Canada. It con-
tains an auditorium seating 500, a
well-equipped stage and dressing
rooms, reading, meeting and game
rooms, a restaurant .:bowling al-
leys, pool and billiard hall, curling
rink and lounge, 'dressing rooms
for hockey teams, and general
skating, and a band room all fully
equipped. Rhea a splendid public
address.' system. Radio or pro-
grammes of records can be played
throughout the branding.
The Arvida Athletic Anode -
tion, Inc., will now: operate this
community centre in the interests
of the several thousand members
who for 500 a year enjoy all the.
privileges of membership, The
centre will be the focus for some
70 different community organiza-
tions, such as the Arvida Curling
Club, the Arvida Concert Associa-
tion, the Arvida Amateur Drama-
tic Society, the Arvida Bowling
Club, ere.
Gaston Dufour is President . of
the Arvida Athletic Association.
The centre is managed by Stanley
Rough, Secretary of the associa-
tion, and widely known through-
out Canada for his experience to
sports and community organize
teens.
The opening ceremonies were
broadcast over the French net-
work for one hour, local talent
supported by Allan Mciver and a
top name band. The occasion
marked a number of 'firsts' in Ar-
vida history. It was the first time
that the Arvida quartet and the
Slovak Choir sang on a provincial
network, or for that matter on
radio at all. Private Lecl'air of the
local garrison realized a long
standing ambition to sing on the
air and did so splendidly for the
first time with Allan McIver's
band, the entire network as his
audience.
Marcel Sylvain and Roger
Beide front the CBC announced
the programme and interviewed
,.umbor of workers.