The Clinton News Record, 1942-07-09, Page 2PAGE 2
THE CLINTON. NEWS -RECORD
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by DOLAN BifltKLEY
CHAPTER XXXII After a short wait, they heard Kay
When Joel and Janet resumed their1 come in with Corcoran: Her high
listening post beside the pantry door, heels tapped across the floor. Janet
they heard Loring dismissing Bobbie Peering through the crack in the door,
limpsed' her as she sat clown,
and Jepperson from the next room%.
Them he said to Corcoran, "Get Loring cleared his throat. "Miss
Miss Feldman in here;" Feldman, I regret having to question
Joel leaned close to Janet and whis- you further, but S'want to find out
pored, "He's going to cheek up: on the more about that flight of young Mc
conversation you overheard between Lead's that your aunt backed.
Ray'and Arkwright." i "Then I can't help you," Kay said
coolly. "That was, my aunt's business,
and. Is had nothing to do with it."
The Ul nton e\s-.record ! "Did you know McLeod?"
"Yes—I knew loin before my aunt
with which is Incorporated` did. It' was I who introduced them."
THE NEW ERA 1 "Hmmm' Luring paused. "Do you
TDRIVIS OF SUBSCRJPTION' think he was whole-heartedly in favor
$1.50 per year in advance, to Can- of making the flight?".
adian addresses; $2.00 to the ,U.S. or 1 "Of course he was."
other ,foreign Countries. No paper "He didn't show any signs of worry
discontinued until all arrears are or strain toward' the end just before
paid unless at the 'option of the pub- he took off?" ,-
lrsher... The date to which- every sub- i ' Kay hesitated before she answered
sorption is. paid is denoted on the Y nswet d
label. , that one. There was the rustle of her
ADVERTISING RATES Transient dress as she shifted her position.
advertising 12c per count. line for j "I think you know that he did," -`she
first insertion. 8c fon each 'subse- said finally. "You might as well get
quent.ihsertion. Heading counts 2 to the point"
lines. • Small advertisements not to "Did you—ah—try to relieve his
exceed one inch, such as "Wanted," .y y
"Lost") "Strayed", etc., inserted once apprehension in any way?"
for 35e, erjch subsequent insertion ( Kay was quick. "Such as?"
15c. Rates for display advertising "Well—a good luck charm, a token
made known on application. to take along with. him?"
Communications intended for
pub- I{a be
lication must, as a. guarantee of good T Y gun laughing. "Your little
faith, be accompanied by the nacre spy works pretty fast. Captain Lor -
of the writer. ling!" she said bitterly.
G. E. HALL P.raprietor 1 Janet felt her cheeks burn. It
wasn't pleasant to be called a spy.
H. T. RANCE Joel pressed her arm, as if in word -
NOTARY PUBLIC ' less comfort for the embarrassment he
Fire Insurance•Agent
knew she must be feeling,
Representing 14 Fire Insurance I Then Loring dropped his bland tone
Companies and said harshly, "I want to know
Division Court Office, Clinton what you gave Danny McLeod before
. he took off."
Frank Fingland, B ., LL.B. I "Alnd PcI be a fool to tell you,"
Kay snapped. •
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public "You mean that what you gave
Successor to W. Brydone, K.C, him caused hi& crack-up?" --
Sloan- Block . , .. -- .... Clinton, Ont. "I mean nothing of the sort?"
1 • "Two of the clippings• about his
DR. G. S. ELLIOTT fight mentioned a certain suscep-
tibility ,to liquor on McLeod's part;
vetCrlllarjT Surgeon You knew him. What about it?"
"Susceptibility?" said Kay, "He
Phone 203 — Clinton,
H. C. MEIR
Barrister -at -Law
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of
Ontario
Proctor in Admiralty.
Notary Public and Conunissioner
Offices in Bank of Montreal Building
Hours: 2.00 to 5.00 Tuesdays
and Fridays.
Ont. wasn't a drunkard if that's what you
mean."
"That isn't what I mean. The clip-
pings mentioned a scrape he'd been in
for reckless driving a month or so
before his flight. It seems that he
had only two drinks on that occasion
but was drunk as a lord on them.
That's what susceptibility means -an
unusual -weakness for anything. Ap-
parently, McLeod was one of .those
people' whose systems have no resis-
tance to liquor." -
"I—I wouldnit Icnow about that."
"If you, had known, of course' you
wouldn't have passed hima bottle of
whiskey as a farewell gift?" Loring
asked smoothly. '
Kay made no answer.
"For a man eonsituted as McLeod
was, liquor and flying would simply
add upto suicide — or murder. De-
pending on whether he bought the
liquor or received it as a gift."
Into Janet's mind sprang the words
Rodman Arkwright had said to Kay:
You might as well have handed him
a gun.
"Of course," Loring continued, "the
limier might have been some com-
fort to him when, he was forced down
in the middle of the sea, to roast un-
der the sun without water or food—
that is, providing he had not already
drunk it and se got off his course.
Sobering up in the fix he got into
would have been pretty ghastly."
Still no word from Kay.
What do you think of your aunt's
attitude would have been toward any
one who had given him liquor?"
Kay finally spoke. "If she—if she
knew that he had; no head for it nat-
urally she'd have been furious. How-
ever, I want you to understand that
none of us knew it .until after Danny
was lost. Then there was a question
raised as to whether he might have
liquor with him. Thequestion was
never decided."
"I can answer it for you now, Miss
Feldman. My men have interviewed
McLeod's mechanic, who stiliworks at
the Los Angeles' airport. He was on
hand under the plane and •out of sight,
when you .saw McLeod just before he
took off. We've known for some
hours that you gave him a quart of
whiskey for, good luck."
Kay stood' up and came into Janet's
range of vision, leaning toward Lor-
ing across the table. Her face was
flushed.
"I deny it!"
Loring continued relentlessly..
"Your aunt finally found, out about it
in some way. She- planned... the dinner
to expose you. You killed, her ta.save
t'o'ur skin,and incid'entelly,,,tpp get the
money you thought she;liail,;in that
flowerpot." • c
"I thought you shad. better secs'e,.
.
Captain -Loring ,than to put out your;
ands like that.
D. H. McINNES
CHIROPRACTOR •
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west of Royal"Bank)
Hours—Wed. and Sat., and by
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by Manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment.
Phone 207
HAROLD JACKSON
Licensed Auctioneer
Specialist in Farm and Household
Sales.
Licensed in Huron and Perth
Goenties. Prices reasonable; satis-
faction guaranteed.
For information ete. write or phone
Harold Jackson, R.R. No. 4 Seatorth,
phone 14-661. 06-012:
THE MCKILLOP MUTUAL
Fire Insurance Company
Head Office, Seaforth, Ont.
Officers: President A. W. McDwing,
Blyth; Vice -President, W. R. Archi-
bald, Seaforth; Manager. and See. '
Treas., M. A. Reid, Seaforth.
Directors; Wan; Knox, Londesboro;
Alex, .Broadfoot, Seaforth; Chris.
Leonhardt, Dublin; E. J. Trewartha,
Clinton; Thos Moylan, Seaforth; W.
R. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex McEw- I
ing, Blyth; Frank McGregor, Clinton;
Hugh Alexander, Walton.
List of Agents; •
J. Watt, Blyth; J .E. Pepper, Bruce-?
field, R.R. No. 1; R F. Mc'Kereher,'
Dublin, R.R. No. 1; J. F. Platter,
Brodhagen.
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 insur-
ance or transact other business will
be promptly attended to on applioa-
tion to any of the above officers ad-
dressed to their respective post offi-
ces. Losses. inspected by the director.
I
AP1AQi101--NATWN iL,R,IA [WAYS.
TIME TABLE
Trains will arrive at and depart from
Clinton as follows:
Buffalo and Goderich Div.
Going East, depart 6.43 a.m.
Going East depart 3.00 p.m.
Going West, depart 11.45 a.m.
Going West, depart 9.50 pan. I
London --Clinton
Going south ar. 2.50, leave 3.08 p.m. c
•
Janet saw Kate bite her lip.;"Well
what elsehave you?"
"Now I would be a fool to tell you
that, wouldn't I?"
"You're just bluffing!"
Kay jerked away from the table,
"I haven't put them all out"
out of Janet's sight. from the sound
of her steps., :she seeined to be making
rapidly for the door.
"Just a minute, Miss Feldman,"
said Loring, bringing her to a halt.
_"Did you ever stop -to think just how
McLeod might have died? ,His; plane
didn't necessarily sink` as soon as it
hit' the water. He may have floated
about for a. long time—mayhave
spent long agonizing hours hoping
that a ship would find him gradually
getting a little mad from thirst, a
little crazed' by` the heat of the sun,
ending up by drinking sea water and
getting sick on it, drinking more, get-
ting sicker, stiekng his head) into it,
cursing it." .
Loring stopped and, for a moment,
there was a heavy silence.
Then, he added slowly, "I would
not' want to be in the shoes of the
person who had caused all that."
There came the sound of the door
to the hall being pulled open. Then,
it slammed. violently : as Kay passed
through it.
•
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CHAPTER XXXII' _
As. soon as Kay was gone, Loring
came to the pantry door, opened it,
and gestured for Janet and Joel to
come out into the dining room.
"Well, Miss Cooper?" he said.
"What did you think of Miss Grain's
story and Miss Feldman's?"
"Of course, I heard very Little of
Kay's conversation with Rodman
Arlcwright, but what I did hear siould
have meant what you said—that she
had given young McLeod liquor to
take with him on his flight," Janet
answered. -
"And Miss Craine's story?"
"It checked with everything I saw
of her actions."
"What about the ax? You didn't,
by any chance, find that under Mark -
ham's bed after you routed her out?" ehern.
"If Janet had found it," Joel put "Joel? Is that you? I just want to
in,"she would have told/ you before tell you that I'm moving to another
now." room for tonight. You seemed so
uneasy about me that . , . Ohl" She
broke off and laughed in seeming em-
barrassment. "I'm sorry — I thought
it was Joel,"
"Quite all right," said - Rodman,
stopping beside her.
THURS., JULY 9, 1942
den, Then, suddenly; Janet caught
her breath, as a bold idea came to her. Unemployment Insurance Commission
There was a Way—a`way of baiting
the murderer! Dared she •rislc such al SEMI-MONTHLY STAMPS FOR Those `earning $43.33 but less than
plan'? UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE $56.33 in a semimionth; ($1.21
Joel reached aerose the table and stamp): employer contribution 59c.
put a Shand on hers: 1 Employers of insurable' workers employee contribution 65c.
"Promise' me, `dear, that you won't who operate ors a semi-monthly or Those earning $56.33 but less than
do anything reckless while I'm with monthly pay period will beable to $83.33 hi a semi -month; ($1.37
Loring after:dimther,' he said, almost buy insurance stamps in higher de- stamp): employer contribution 59c,
as though he had read her thoughts.
"This; personwere up against isn't
fooling. By now, he or -she mutt be
getting pretty desperate. Promise
rite you won't go poldng about into
odd comers or anything."
"Yes," said Janet, without looking
at him.
"I may get an answer to that wire
I sent East sooner than 1 expect,"
he went on. "Perhaps this evening,
if my : friend in New York was able
to act quickly. Pm hoping that the
answer may be very. revealing."
Janet scarcely hearth him. She was
too busy planning what she would do
as soon as dinner was over. Her Flan
might not work' but, then again, it
might
When she and Joel left the dining
room, Kay and Rodman had already
gone, but Bobbie and Jack were ling-
ering over their coffee.
"I think Pll take a little walk, then
go to my room," said Janet.
"All right. No telling how long
Loring will keep are.",
Joel. bent -to give her a quick kiss,
then• strode off.
Janet wandered out onto the ter-
race:- She crossed the flagstones and
descended a short flight of steps to a
graveled walk that led through the
gardens.
Out in the center of the gardens
was a pergola upon which roses were
trained. .A. light that hung from its PIANO
ceiling revealed the figures of two
Lstanding just outside the en
trance,
Janet saw that they were Kay and
Rodman. As she watched, they star-
ted back toward the hotel, their fig-
ures merging with the darkness. She
went forward along the gravel walk
to meet'them•
When they were about a dozen feet
away, she stopped and peered toward
nominations than have, in the past. employee contribution 78c,
been obtainable. I I -•i- Ita
Mr. R. N. Watt, Manager of the was pointed out by Mr.' R. N.'
Local Elmpleyment and Claims Office Watt, that these stamps will be oli-
tainable from Post Offices in the same
of the Unemployment Insurance Gom- way as stamps of lower denomina-
mission, said today that the Commis- tions. They will not be available at
Commis-
sion is putting> into ehculation local Post Offices until June 22nd and
through the Post. Offices four denom-
inations of semi-monthly stamps val-
ixed respeu9tively at $1.00, $1.11,
$1.24 and $1.37.
These stamps, said Mr. R. N. Watt,
will be used by employers to record
contributions in insurance books of As for the affixing of the stamp
employees' in the following earning' by the employer in the employee's.
insurance book, Mr. R .N. Watt said
it should be placed in such a way
that it covers the space for the last
day of the pay period for which the
contribution is made. It was felt, he
added, that the 'circulation of these
stamps would be a convenience to em
ployers who operate on a semi -mon -
52c. thly or monthly pay period.
only the larger Post Offices will carry
them. Employers in ,smaller centres
desiring to use these stamps will have
to make a •specificrequest to their
Post Office to stock them.
categories: '
Those earning $26.00 but less than
$32.50 in a semi month; ($1.00
stamp), employer contribution 543/ac,
employee contribution 45%A.
Those earning $32.50 but less than
$43.33 in a semi -'month; ($1.11
stamp) : employer contribution 59c,
employee
contribution
Music Examination Results
The following is a list of success-
ful candidates in, practical examina-
tions held recently by the Toronto
Conservatory of Music in Clinton.
The names are arranged in order of
merit:
"I'm not sure of theta. She seems
c e o We g • er information be-
fore she passes it on. She might
have thought the ax was put into
your room to incriminate you, and
might have moved it somewhere else
while you were shaving, without tell- I+ "Please don't tell any one what I
ing you about it." !said — not even Captain Loring, It—. '
Joel shook his head.
."You can't 'it's supposed to be a seoret" -
complain of Janet's actions. Through "I won't tell a soul," Rodman prom -
her, you've obtained some of your best ised solemnly.
Kay said nothing, but she threw a
glance over her shoulder as she and
Rodman moved on. -
When they were away, Janet turned
with the idea of diverting suspicion and hurried across the lawn to the
from you." He paused,_ then added rear of the hotel.
gruffly, "As a natter of fact, it was
a plant. It's an old helmet, but the
ink initials in the lining are new."
"Then it must have been planted
by the murderer," said Joel. "Certain-
ly, Janet wouldn't do a thing like
that!,, •
Loring shrugged, "I don't really
think she did;I was just pointing out
the possibility. Well, that's all for
now but, Markham, I'd like to see
you again after dinner. There are
some things I want to talk over with
.,i
evidence—the money, and also that
flier's helmet"
Loring gave him a sidelong look.
"She could have planted the helmet,
I
Joel and Janet, leaving the room
and going to the lobby, were sur
`prised to find how much time had
elapsed. It Was already •dinnertime,
After going to their rooms to fresh-
en up, they met again and went to the
main dining room.
As they entered,. Janet saw Kay and
Rodman seated together at a little
corner table. Kay looked white, :but
Rodman seemed at ease., He glanced'
up, caught Janet's eye, and gave her
a faint; mocking smile.
Janet flushed, suddenly hating the
ole of spy that she„had played,' And
et, it has been forced'. upon her by
the frightening possibilities of the
tuation. Two persons had been
illed. Until the murderer • was
Caught, no one:was safes'and every
ne must be, viewed with suspicion.
y
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k
0
. While she and Joel were ordering,
Bobbie and Jack came into the room.
Bobbie had dressed for dinner but, in
spite of this brave front, there was no
hiding the evidence of recent teats.
Her eyes were redrimmed.
An air of restraint -seemed to hang
over the room. Though most of the
persons there had no connection with
the murder ,ease, every one seemed
subdued and watchful, as though fear-
ful of some new shocking , develop-
ment.•
Janet found that she had little ap-
petite. She was conscious of a feeling
of terrible apprehension. If only that
missing ax gourd' be found! Of course,
that wouldn't reveal the murderer but,
somehow, its recovery seemed all-
important to her.
- There must be a way to find it --
to discover who wa 'cesp ; it hid -
Entering the little courtyard out-
side the servants' entry, she came
upon Mae and Jepperson. The assis-
tant manager was giving the janitor
instructions about a job he wanted
dane. -
Janet approached them. "Mr. Jep-
person . . . will it be all right if I
sleep in Room 220 for a few nights?
After all that's happened I—I•'nm a lit-
tle bit nervous and would feel safer
in another room. P11 reimburse the
maid for her extra wont?
"Is this Lor-ing's.idea?" Jepperson
asked quickly.
"Oh, no! It's my own. I suppose
I'm silly to be afraid but I cant
help it. Room 220 is just down the
hall from mine, and is rarely used.
A11 I want to do is to clove a few of
my things into it and sleep there."
Jepperson pursed his lips. "Well, I
guess it will be all right''
"Thank you."
As Janet moved on across the
courtyard, she had a feeling that old
Mac's eyes followed her.
Entering the hotel, she headed to-
ward the lobby. Now there were only
two more persons to be informed of
her intentions to be out of her room
tonight.
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SC
Grade X
Honours—Doris McEwen.
Pass :Floyd McAsh.
Grade IX
Reid; Tessie L. Currie; Doreen A.
Currie; Ferne E. Pollard. .
Pass—Mary I. Thompson.
Grade Itis
First Class Honours — Mona M
Reid; Monica Graham.
Honours—Mary E. Beatty, Mari
Peck (equal); Marie.Raithby; Mary
Anderson.
Pass—Catherine Fingland, Ardon-
na Johnston (equal).
FROM
FBANKS • POST OFFICES
DEPARTMENT STORES • DRUGGISTS
GROCERS • TOBACCONISTS
BOOK STORESandether RETAIL STORES,,
the Army have a wet canteen?
Now this is the way I see it. .A
lot of the church members, that did
not help in the last war, that won't
help in the• war, surprise me in the
number of ways they can find that
makes a soldier unfit, undecent. I
think that if. a man eau have a -drink
at home then go to church a soldier
can. have a drink and go en church
parade. The soldier has. the same
right as a civilian. You will find a
soldier honest enough to say "yes"
or "no," if asked to have a drink. Bet
• there is nothing so ridiculous as to
Mario see a church member in a beverage
room ,then taking part in the ser-
vices the following morning. Some I
am not saying all, will be seen in both
places. Now, I would like to see
Ontario dry, and the only way,to do
this is to keep the church members out
of the beverage rooms. Then you
may haveyour say as to what a sold-
ier should do .
There is a place in the army for all
if you can bake, cut hair, shovel coal,
or sell tobacco. So let us hear less of
conscription about a lot that will not
; join to do the same kind of work that
they are now doing. In civilian life
these orb the people that have been
yelling the loudest since the last three
War
I will admit I am a little bugs, but
will somebody please try to put things
right so I can understand if 2 am
right or not.
WILLIAM C. BEZZO.
Grade II
First Class Honours—Margaret A.
Jaekion.
Honours ban A: Killough.
Pass --Doris Shiell; Annie Hasty;
First. Class Honours—Allen Chap-
pel; Barbara A. Outt. SINGING
Honours—Sheldon Baxter. Grade VIII
Grade VIII Honours — Alice L.
Katherine C. Agnew.
Honours—Barbara J.. Lancaster;
Ruth M. Wilson; Leslie M. Wall.
Pass—Eileen Sutter; JoAnne C.
Cunninghame; Norma Daer, Phyllis
Herman (equal).
Grade VI
Honours,—,Tames G. Hall; Mary E.
Lane; Marjorie E. Grant, Mary L.
Johnston (equal).
Pass—Mary L. Porteous.
Grade V
First Class Honours—Eunice Milne.
Honours--Dawna Wacker.
Pass—Alice L. Thompson.
Thompson
•• Grade VI
Pass—Grace L. Parker.
Misses Doris McEwen and Monica
Graham, are the pupils of Mrs, John
Hartley of Clinton.
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In The Letter Box
Clinton, Ontario,
July 3rd, 1942
Dear Editor•— •
Will some one please put me wise
to these few 'questions'?
Grade IV' Why are the churches making such
Honours -Doris A. Klein; Mary a fuss because the Canadian boys in
CUT COARSE FOR THE PIPE
CUT FINE FOR CIGARETTES
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French River and Devil's Gap Highlight Ontario Holidays
silleknom
One of the surest ways of main-
taining a proper perspective
of things is to take temporary
leave of the cares of a troubled
world and get back to nature for
a while ... a trend that should
be particularly popular this sum-
mer at French River Bungalow
Camp, near Georgian Bay and;
Devil's Gap Lodge on the Lake of'.
the Woods, where all the com-
forts of a metropolitan hotel are
combined with the freedom and
informality of the great outdoors.
Located in the heart of On-
tario's loveliest lake and forest
country, yet conveniently served
by Canadian Pacific' Railway
lines, both resorts offer such pop-
ular vacation pursuits as fishing
— and that includes 'matching
wits with the giant muscalunge—
hunting, canoeing'', yachting, bath-
ing and hiking, with the contrast-
ing. "city" delights of golfing,
tennis, and dancing, in a setting
that might well be a hundred
miles from nowhere.
Consisting of attractive, elec-
trically-equipped cabins and cen-
traI community lodge. French
River Bungalow Camp is one of
the few resorts in the world
where big game fishing can be
enjoyed within earshot of the
whack of a golf club. This mira-
cle was achieved by carvinga
sporty nine -hole` course from the
woods surrounding nearby Dry
Pine Bay, where golfers move-
ments are frequently studied
through the wide eyes of a wild
deer. ,
Fashioned along similar lines,
Devil's Gap Lodge, an exhilarating
boat ride from Kenora station,
provides unlimited opportunities
for the summer sportsman or.
vacationist, whether his tastes
run to stalking "muskies", pick-
erel,. bass or trout, or simply ac
euixung a golden tan from a div-
ing -float or lazily drifting canoe.
Excellent boating facilities are
maintained by the Lodge where
guests have access to'•a nine hole
golf course and fine tennis courts.
Fishing is a major attraction
at French River Bungalow Camp
and Devil's Gap Lodge, handsome
trophies being awarded for the
largest muscalunge, bass and
pickerel fished from their respec-
tive waters. Guides, boats, tackle
and bait are also maintained'for
the guests' convenience.
Pictures show upper left a
glimpse of a cozy Frrench River
Cabin and right a view of Devil's
Gap. Other pictures show golf
ing, fishing, canoeing - in thin
glorious holiday country