Stocks Stage Slight Rally New York. July 29.- ■ \P) — A handful of stock- \vifh steels and nu»tut> in front put on ;i is} ief rally ing flurry pi today's market alter pronounced earlv he>itancv. Transfers for the five hours were around L'.wuioti shares. st:il one ot the low volumes ot the past 22 years. American K.idi;itor American Telephone American Tobacco I) . Anaconda Atlantic Const Line Atlantic Refining ... . Bendix Aviation Bethlehem Steel . . Chrysler Columbia (>;is <S: Klec Commercial Solvents Consolidated < >il Curtiss Wright DuPont Electric Pow & Light . . General Kiectrie General Motors Liggett & Myers P> Montgomery W: d & Co Reynolds Tob 11 Southern Railway Standard Oil X .1 U S Steel 155) 3-4 75 19 1-4 12 21 28 5-8 79 70 1-2 3 7-8 9 1-4 i; 1-4 (5 3-4 r»7 3-4 5 1-4 33 44 5-8 9t> 1-2 4") 31 3-4 11 5-8 33 1-8 52 3-4 Cotton Closes 1 To 3 Lower Nfu' York, jmy U!*. (AFM—Cot ton futute> ujH ik'.l LM>> 4 lower. Xoon prices v.ito unchanged t<> L* lower. Octi'l-vr March •». July 8.65. Futures closed 1 to 3 !<;\vor. Xew ivntracl>: October i* y.3(? December 9.23 Januarv —— y. KI March ».i>9 1V02 May 8.K3 July . . . . 8.«»4 CAROLINA TIGERS DEFEAT FRANKLIN The Can I na Tip r.« turned on the. Franklin. Y.i . Givys here Sunday afternoon 13 to 7. Alston pitched the victory for the Tigers. with Keilv behind the plate. i Tre next pea o c."n:e:*enco should be held «•:*. 'in- .o >: whero the most . •unburied dead lie or else in a big hospital :' ;!i of crippled, shot and shelled. On Good Will Tour Leopold Stokowski Conductor Leopold Stokowski pictured as he and his all-American youth orchestra sailed from New York for a good will tour of Latin American countries. The orchestra has been hailed as one of the v,'orlo'c great, following its debut zt Ntf' York's Lewisohn Stadit CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN WHEN LINDA r.pened the door into the outer room of the Baglev Models' agency, where she had her desk, she expected to sec Clarabell Ackerman working at her desk, a desk she had boon occupying while Linda was getting something to eat. Clarabell was n.t the desk. But she was rot working. She never would work again. Her body slumped over the desk and her arms hung hmp at her sides. The green eyeshade was shattered and her' face was half eoverevl with rod blood. Fresh blood, Linda realized in that first moment of panic. She wanted to run. To scream even louder. But some instinct drew her nearer. Maybe Clarabell wasn't dead. Maybe if she called her. there would be a sign of life. "Clarabell! Clarabell!" She was so near that body now that she could see the blood on her clothes. And she could see the bullet hole in the girl's head. Shot! Clarabell had been shot while she stooped over to work. ' ' \i . 4.v»t on her blouse must oe another wound. But who would kill her? Poor, simple, un exciting Clarabell Ackerman, who had telephoned for a milk shake only five or ten minutes before. Why, this just had happened! Maybe the murderer was some where near. She shivered and turned back to the door. She must get help. But where? 'rhe elevator operator was down on the first flooF and it would be a long time until he could get the signal and come up. Usually he stood at the entrance at night and only occa sionally turned his head to see if a signal was flashing. Oh, if this were only daytime .when all the elevators shot up ana down, instead of night with just one operator on hand. With a trembling hand she reached for the telephone. She must get the police, Caroline, Mr. Baglev. Then two things happened. A man's voice had been talking on th< radio. Now it stopped and a woman's came on. Mina Nevins. Yes. that was the role Mina was playing. So Clarabell had died to the intonations of a voice she wor shiped, never knowing about the woman who had that voice. Bui the other disturbance was so startling that she let the tele phone slip to the floor and roll away. Distinctly, clearly, subtly she caught the odor of the perfume that Mina Nevins used. Suddenly it seemed to be everywhere. She was being upset, excited, she whispered to herself. That perfume was in "..or mind and tragedy brought it back, that was all. She ran. then, down the hall. She heard steps and paused, aghast. The murderer! But where could she hide? Where could she .so? There was another corridor, not so wide, and darker, leading away. She ran down that hall, faster and taster, though it seemed to her that her legs were weak and filled with water. Oh. this was a nightmare, one of the kind <>t" dreams where you tried ta run but your legs wouldn't work. Then she was aware of heavy stops coming after her, running. Hut she had reached the end of the narrow hall and there was no place to go. She tried a door which said "Exit," but it was locked. She tried another which led to someone's dark office, but it did not open. At last, she cowered against the wall, waiting. There were' two people coming. Two men. One of »hem called and she rec ognized the voice. It was Joe, the elevator boy. Quietly she slipped to the ground, her legs refusing to support her further. She did not faint, though, and when the men hau helped her up she looked at the other one. It was the night watchman. "Oh. I was hoping you were around!" she panted. "I was so afraid. It's Clarabell—I went in, and she's dead ..." Her voice died away as she remembered the white face, blood spattered, under tin1 broken green lamp shade which had protected the girl's eyes. "We know," Joe said. "I was bringing Mr. Parrish here up when we heard a scream. We went down the hall and saw it, then we saw someone running and followed. We thought we had the crook." Linda explained her actions and went downstairs with the elevator operator while the watchman sum moned the police. She waited with the elevator man until police offi cers. detectives and the coroner came. In the midst of the hurrying arrivals, Mr. Bagley appeared and she told her story again. At last she was taken to the room where the dead girl lay across the desk. Nothing had been changed. Some of the detectives were examining the blood through pieces of glass. The men wore gloves and Linda noticed that they touched nothing. "She hasn't been dead long or the blood wouldn't be red," the commissioner said. Someone else was sprinkling powder on the desk in a quest for fingerprints. "Dragon's blood powder," Mr. Bagley explained to Linda. "It will show up any marks." "Humph!" the man snorted. "Whoever was here was mighty smart. No prints around except what must belong to Miss Acker PStiUMOXT LEAGUE Durham 2-2: Richmond 1-5. Charlotte 11-1: Portsmouth 2-2. Rocky Mount 7: Asheville G. Only games played. AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston 3-13: St. Louis 1-10. Cleveland 6-1: Washington 3-9: New York 10-4: Chicago^ 9-8. Philadelphia 9: Detroit 5. NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh 5-7: Boston 2-3. Cincinnati 7-1: Philadelphia 2-4. New York 8: Chicago 4. Brooklyn 3-7: St. Louis 0-4. The Yorkshire Penny Bank Ltd., with headquarters in London, and dep'wits of some 200 million dollars, has 160 town branches, 751 village branches, and 3.000 banks tor school children. Schedule mMmmmsmms) PIEDMONT LEAGUE Asheville at Rocky Mount. Norfolk at Winston-Salem. Charlotte at Portsmouth. Richmond at Durham. AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia at Detroit. Only game scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at New York. Chicago at Philadelphia St. Louis at Boston. Britain's Queen Eliza'ueth of more i than 300 years ago, with all her j wealth and power, with all her am bition and pride in display of clothes, | and even, with the 3,000 garments i that she left behind, was, in some respects, more poorly and less heal- | thiiy dressed than the humblest! woman of today. POWELL HAS FUNNY UMPIRE EXPERIENCE Ed Powell, who is culling them in the Bi-State league this year, had an unusual experience the other day. an experience that usually leaves a baseball arbiter reeling. Let's let the Reidsville Review tell about Umpire Powell's experience. E. W. Powell, Bi-State league um pire, thinks he has one for the book, and maybe it is about the first such instance in organized baseball. He said several days ago he was calling 'em over at Mayodan when Deacon Fogleman was on the mound. At the conclusion of the game the deacon told the umpire: "You gave me two inside pitches and didn't take one from me," he said thankfully, "What did you say?" asked the umps. The thanks were repeated. Powell thinking the compliment from such a source, called the base umpire and asked Fogleman to repeat his words. "The incident was so unusual," said Umpire Powell. "I thought the world ought to be told about it." "David Harum" is still being print ed and sold 46 years after its first publication. irUUI ctiUI muty uc sat here first, you say?" "Yes." She said it briefly. "Then she wanted to use my desk." "Sorry, miss, but we batter get you fingerprinted, too. Will help us to distinguish if there should be a third party around." Some of the men were finger printing Clarabell and Linda looked away. It was dreadful to see those limp hands raised and the lingers pressed against the blotter. Some of the detectives went away. Some more came and v.illi them some reporters. "Miss Avery, you were alone here all evening with Miss Acker man?" the commissioner of police asked. "Oh yes, ever since Mr. Bagley left." The man turned to Joe, the ele vator boy. "Joe, you said you heard a scream and saw Miss Avery running. Any chance it wasn't Miss Avery's scream you heard?" He paused and asked in a softer, beguiling voice.. 'Could it liave belonged to the dead girl?" Joe shifted from one foot to an other. "I don't know, sir. I never heard any of them scream before. But Miss Avery wouldn't do it. She just wouldn't." Linda sprang to her feet, her eyes black with anger. "You mean you think I did this? That you want to pin it on ME?" "There, there, Miss Avery. No one wants to pin anything on any one. We just want to find the guilty party. This girl w^is murdered and someone did :t." "But I didn't. I just came in. Joe brought me back and the sandwich shop people saw me a few minutes ago. I won't be treated like a crim inal!" Wasn't Ronnie's show ever clos ing? Wouldn't he ever come? Or hadn't anyone called him, she won dered wildly. Her hair was loose and the curls were tumbling around her face and she knew the pink linen frock, so crisp that morning, was crushed and tired looking now. "Did Miss Ackerman have any enemies?" somebody important in detective circles asked. The commissioner went on, dis regarding the interruption. "Miss Avery, could it have been that that shot, two shots, were intended for you? The green eyeshade would hide your face, this girl is about your build, and the room is in shadow. It's a quite possible mis take. Could anyone have wanted your life?" At that moment Unda had stooped to pick up a fallen hand kerchief. She thought it was her own until she caught that whiff of scent, exotic, beguiling, and, yes, treacherous. She turned the linen square around, searching for an in itial. Yes, there was one. (To Be Continued) Nazi Bonus Harass British Convoy Fleet Flashed to New York by cable, this photo passed by the London censors shows an actual German air raid on British merchantmen and a convoy ing warship in the English Channel. The Nazis are intensifying thes< C. P. Cablephoto raids as they seek to halt Britain's commerce and starve her to her knee* as a prelude or alternative to invasion. Greatly reduced activity in adverse weather indicates the big push must come before winter's storms^ FIEDMONT LEAGUE Club Ashevillo It ielimond . . . . Durham Charlotte Kucky Mounl . Norfolk Portsmouth . . . 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She claims the road is her property because neither she nor her ancestors were paid for the property. Aoah Numskuu. FEE 8-3 DEAR- NOAM» IS A MAN WHO COU LE.CTS FEE.". A FEE /V^LE ? ctno e. PIE.CC, CAl~\r. DEAR. NCAH-IF YOU MAefar /, wc/van on A EEDUCINS DIE.T, PCE.S IT MEAN SHE WILL always be willing TO (^!VP: up HE.R. WELK3H v A M McnPOC., w c cuu> Ai l ir vm'O nA^,:u PA K»7 J2- j ■ ——a—M Paid Git Mrs. Grover < The government':- 1 Grover Cleveland !' War draft dodger i.< years in prison, is clo leaves the Departnv : Washington, after •< per cent of his imp< . of more than Wife Preservr I f: t,c<q.^.x '7-31 - if: It is a i>l» a. wh< sti-|>-l:i'Mer t"i <i<> voik . to ust* all itc-i'i alt siii' - ■ uii'li-r the lV<t of tin from slicing. Los Galos. California "or "the cats," so-named ,vild cats in the vi«-ini: jlace was founded. The world's large.-i <; •al, that at Seville. Spa if nearly forty cluster!!:... iependeneies about it. Vivien Leigh, who pi... if Scarlet O'Hara. is !•' ■ ler father and Irish '. nother. DOLLARS that reach to next week People who make a study of such things say there are three ways to make money STRETCH. First-—Budget. Plan your expenses and keep a record of what's spent. Second—Watch the pennies. It's the little savings that mount up. Third—P>uv carefully. That's where advertising comes in. Printed news in this paper, from store and manufacturer, keeps you advised of the best buys of the day. Read the advertisements—carefully. They'll give you the kind of information that makes this week's dollars reach over to next week! Read the Advertisements IN THE

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