ADAM- NORTil. voting l;arl:c)or who
i«m cntly «i'n\vMt«| :,n «>i«i 1 «iti\ ill*>
buggy factory into a war plant. I...
n.fiics n ••lill-in" .<innd-l>> f..i tli-»
towns party Kiwi."*, am.n- them
being
SI'S AN POTTKR. whoro ho band. Kill.
]ioh lately been l»i<;iUinr.
dates t«> a i• nl «. tat.:
deal willi
ALICIA CARTER, a wily, flirtatious
widow. Ailnni. unkm win; l>. |..\»«|
by lils secretary.
RUTH aiOOUK*M»rSR. who nt proyvnt
is having «l itll* nit > <li:-vua'liiiK ih«*
Qlf«M!tiO!IS of
JAt'K VINTON, a mei hanlo In flu*
plant. A (lain, not I . im: awate of
Ruth's feelings. is jurt l»« < <»iiiins in
trigued with
JiKKNDA I-KimI. who Is now enjoy
ing ail «ixh,ii'lf(| vacation in Uuville.
which rho left several >*••:»»•'? :iu<> to
lauin h a Journal: t»<- i nn . r in New
York City.
TESTKRDAY: Adam is hurriedly :-uin
inoio d front mi am:i*. ur play re
hearsal to his war plant, wh. i. ho is
shown a note found l»y the ntaht
wat< htnan whi<li warns that the fac
lory is |{oiiur t• • be blown up. 1 »»*»:?«•
<1 lately. Adatn gathers :i < t« \v to
search the buildings for any Iwtoli
that may have bc«>ti planted.
CHAPTKK KJRTKHN
THEN. KKI'AKATINC, Adam
ami a crow of worker:: hefan :i sys
tematic ami thoimit;h of tl«>*;
factory ami the ;• rounds for tin
bomb tlicy thought might In- hid
den.
It took hours, since no crack or
crevice was ovci lot>!;<•<I. Tin- stack
ers were in ami out i.r buildings
up ami down stairs under sheds
und outhouses, ami on too oi" tin ni.l
They had workers open their lock- ]
ers ami even their lunch boxes,
meals they had hrouglil with lli-m |
to cat at midnight. They worked
silently and dclcrmincilly, with:
workers asking few questions, hut j
glancing at tiicm with interest.!
There was a ijuiet tension. 1ml no
indication of pnnic or fear.
And when the search was over,
nothing had been fouml.
"There's always some person
around," said Ailam, when I hey
had returned to his oiiiec, "who has
an urge to send anonymous mes
sages or letters. Just another type
of pest folk have to put tip with."
"You mean you think that's
what it was?" said Jack.
Adam nodded. "What else could
It lie ? We didn't find anything, did j
wo?"
"No sir."
The foreman rubbed his- ehin and!
looked troubled. "Anyway, I thinl;
we .'*11011111 increase the gitan! j
around the factory." he sail. "i •
trust the men. lint ill \vc can't he |
too cautious."
"And maybe we ought to have
an VBI man on the joh. too," said i
someone else.
"Maybe you're right," Ailam ]
saiil thoughtfully. "I've an idea
that, the whole tiling!, a new kind!
of sabotage, purely psyi hn'ngieal
in its approach."
'T don't p<! yon," the foreman j
said.
'I nifan." Adam evplaincd, "that |
if it. i: n't jii.-t a rana'ie at werk. It |
11' v ■•in- • ■ !n hen no iv.'en- I
tiiin rf | lar,*;-.f: a ' o:nh. but inly j
| wants to create a sense of feai
among the workers, thus stowing
| up work. A saboteur could work
from that angle, you know—am
ilo a heck of a lot of damage."
"Sure!" said Jack "He conH
drop notes like the one found to
night. and keep the workers or
edge never knowing when tlu
thing would turn out to be some,
thing besides the cry of 'wolf
wolf like in the fable."
"Exactly!" agreed Adam. "B>
the way," he said, addressing tin
foreman, "I didn't sec Otto at
work tonight."
"No, he had a day off coming t<
him. and asked if lie could have it
today. lie wanteil to so up to Rich
mond on a little trip."
"What sort of trip?" Adam
asked.
"i didn't question him," the fore
man replied. "I don't like the guy,
hut he is a good worker when he
puts it's minil to it. Besides, ws
can't pick on him just because his
name is Otto ur.tl he speaks with
a queer .soi l or accent."
-Of course not." said Ailam. He
rcnicmlM-n-d Otto's sullen ncss, his
reyeiilmcnl over being questione<i.
"Ain! yet." hit added, "strange
things happen during these hectic
times. Maylje I'd heller go over his
papers more thoroughly, and —"
"And hand Vm over to an FBI
man." said Jack.
Adam smiled at the liny. "I'm
afr aid you've 'nceii seeing too many
movies about saboteurs," hit said.
"You've a sort of KI5I complex."
"Movies?" said .lack. "Tin-re's
darneii little time for reeing movies
these day;--. Ami when I do go 1
lake Kulh, and she won't see any
thing hut romances and comedies.
Sh>- rays there's enough trouble in
real lit.- without watching it on the
screen."
"She's darne l right, too." said
the fore-man.
Adam looked at his watch, "flood
I.orel!" lie exclaimed. "It's 2 o'clock
in the morning! You fellows can go
now."
"Aren't you coming?" Jack
a.«kod.
"No. I'm going ,0 spend the
night hero. This i.= the sort of
emergency for which I hail a cot
installed."
"You mean you're going to
sleep on that thing?" the foreman
said, pointing at a narrow canvas
rot in the corner of the office.
"Yes," answered Adam. "Don't
forget there's n lot of fellow.1:
sleeping on far worse these days "
"l.et nic slay here with you."
Jack .said.
"No. you go home and get a few
hours' sleep." Adam raid. "You're
a worker in tools, my hoy—and
tools are more important than any
tiling else just now."
The men started tiling out.
Adam called the foreman hack.
"See what you can loam about
Mln's trip to Richmond." he said.
Tint do it in as diplomatic a way
is you can.'1
I "You mean you suspect him,
boss?"
"I wouldn't so quilt' as far as
that. And yet i think it xvouhl be
a good idea to out everything
we possibly can."
"Sure," tl»<* foreman said. "lint
the fail that Otlo is in Kiehmond
sort of leaves hint out of the pic
ture, seems to nie. I mean lie
wasn't liere to drop the note or
throw it over t!»«■ fence."
"But he could have arranged for
someone else to do it, couldn t he?"
Adam asked.
'l'he foreman frowned. "I reck
on you're right." he admitted. "He
could be working: with someone on
tin- outside." He shook hit h-ad
slowly. '•Sherman was sure right."
When he had gone. Adam sat
down and lit a cignret. Sl"<'p was
impossible. He was far more dis
turbed about, the words on the slip
of paper than he would want any
one to know. lb- hail hearil and
read too much about the various
ways in which saboteur:: worl:i d to
treat thi' matter of the anonymous
note lightly, lie blew a smol.i- ling
and watched it lloat up again 1 the
ceiling, his thoughts trouli!.inn
fused.
I Then siiM.nly lie rent' mlHieil
I'etcr I M il IV- j.lay iir.<l tin- it nlinj;
| Brentia hail j-iveti Hift • v<-ning.
I Huw in tin- vil was In- _'.in;r to
' tin*I tin- lime fop foil' irsin;;" l\'5|ie
Idally now that troufafc* wenied to
: lie crecpinjf neare r at:-! nearer th«»
i factory? Maybe im-hl hi 1.-11
Mrs. l'latt tlial la- v.i.nM have to
•.vitlnlraw from tl»«* >.> !, tli.it :-ho
. vvoulil lisivo to j!ei someone elsi*.
I Hilt In- liati'il t<> flu thai. Mi- knew
, how much the woman's heart was
sol upon having: li'-r hi' ', play pio
ihiceil. anil tlii- |iti>i.••••!:: tinned
over to the organization llmt was
helping men like l'i t r to I'.c'nl on
Ito their morale. lv:.iii>s, even ill
times of war penjit" \vi re !-iiopi«e«|
I to live as normally as pe:.;il>le. lie
cause it hclp -il tii keep an • lenient
of 'hi erf nines .s in the tr.r-iness of
j daily existence.
I ri<- poL up, walked l'> tlie col ami
■ sat down upon its edge. There he
,took off hip shoes. pondering this
and poiulrri'ijr lint. finally he <5e
'eided that lm'd try !<> an "n with
litis part in the play. It wouldn't bo
! lair to Mrs. Pint', and tin- ntIter: to
hack out. HeWdes. it mifjit he fun
to ilo something that would tako
hi.", mind oil the factory, althciijh
|lllose love si-ines with Susan Pol
iter hoth. red him. II.- Iv'pe.l Mill
Potter wmild have --ense < i;<ni;,h -
he broad-minded eronsh '<• real
j ize it v on'v i .I.t-a that
land nothing more. Onlv ' •• t hone lit
as he stretelied out. : u in Potter
was .1 l;i?snl)lr so! '. !"*on, i-s
• peeially now that 1 • • s tnkinif
| an Interest i" he r person! nnpetr
anee. Me rlosed V eye* and lie;;.in
to drift off to I' -p (It'ly to he
haunted hy ilreanis that just missed
heinjr iiightninre-t. in
whleli he -'irni a lot or time ilodg
•r\'.c Hill Potter :rvl bon«ln.
(To Re Colliinucil)
NORFOLK AIR STATION BLAST IN WHICH 17 DIED
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Twisted wrerkasc of Mannars at (hp Norfolk Naval Air Station was s!ill burning and rrv.ie workers liad
hardly be»un their task when tins picture was made of thp disas'er scene in Virginia. Aniinir ilinn in transit
was the source of the original explosion. Naval authorllies estimated that about scventcii poisons were
killed and some 25 < injured. Damage was caused to a number of buildings. (Iuternatior >1 Soundphoto.)
YANKS SET STAGE FOR PARATROOPS AT IAS
111 I'E n in ^
VVIIIIE GEN. MacARTHUR WATCHES from a Flying Fortress above, a Boston bomber !:iv.; one of th.« many
smokescreens that protected Allied paratroopers taking part in the action which cut olT 20,000 .Japs at La«,
New Guinea. Almo. t before the Japs knew what was happening, the 'chutists had landed and attacked.
Thia Army Air Kurco photo is one o£ the Jlrst picture! of the lighting at Lae, (Inlciniilioiial)
Germ > Lause Trench Mouth
liy I.(Ma AN t !.l NIM NINC. V. |).
FOR A white it was called
"trench mouth." and it mav |K<
called ac-.ito pyorrhea. Technically
it is called Vincent's infection
after the French bacteriologist
wl'o discovered th« germs which
Ur. ClcndenirK xvill answer
question-- of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
cause it. ll is an intlammation of
the gums, especially near the
tooth margin and beginning with
redness and swelling and a little
pus formation; it can go on to
local gangrene arnl considerable
tissue loss.
It is caused by two germs which
arc nearly always found together
—0110 is a bacillus ami one :i long,
curly spirillum. One of them or a
combination of them is a natural
gangrene producer and that is
where the trouble begins.
When it is said that the condi
tion is due to infection with these
germs, the statement leaves out
another factor, pet haps two that
are really more important than
the presence of the germs them
selves. llecause from everyone's
moulh—no matter how clean and
healthy—it is possible to culture
some Vincent germs. They are on
tin* surface o{ the gums or teeth
and do no harm until they pene
trate the tissues and this penetra
tion i* due to a lowering of bodily
resistance, perhaps poor diet. The
other possilile factor is that you
are used to your own Vincent
germs, but if you happen to get
someone else's in your mouth you
are liable to trouble. Lowered
bodily tone then and cross infec
tion an- the important factors in
acquiring the disease.
Increase in Disease
It would he natural in view of
these factors to .suppose that at
the pro-flit time there would be
an increase in tht amount of eases
with Vincent's infection. Great
numbers of the population are
crowded together in war plants,
they are livinsr in cramped quar
ters, they are subject to fatigue,
they jr<t what I:in is of food they
can, they eat «.IV plates and with
Knives*, forks and peons that are
often not adequately cleantd after
t!-e last eustoiiu • was served. Low
ered bodily resist a nee anil cross
il> feet ion are present eve I y when-,
,iu<» a ; they were in the trenches
v-1 en the condition KOt its name of
trem-h mouth.
If taken early when the kuiiu
are just bciriimint; to be acutely
red and swollen, it can be success
lully stopped in four or five days
by an experienced dentist. Later
on when destructive changes have
occurred, restoration is not so
easy.
Rules for Treatment
A dentist connected with a large
industrial plant has these rules
for treatment:
1. Observe complete dish, glass
am! silverware isolation. Boil
dishes for three to live minutes in
soap and water.
'J. Eat and drink only from
paper dishes and cups in public
restaurants.
3. Throw away toothbrush and
do not brush teeth until told to
do so.
4. Eat plenty of green leafy
vegetables. Force lluids, juices and
milk.
5. Use a mild, antiseptic mouth
wash every hour.
0. Use a cathartic or an enema
to keep the bowels regular.
7. Make regular visits to dental
clinic.
8. Permit no girl with Vincent's
infection to handle food or dishes
in the kitchen.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
J. E. Y.:—Is taking Epsom salts
and lemon every day safe in re
ducing weight?
Answer: It is safe, but if that
is all you do—if you do not kerp
to a diet—it will not reduce
weight.
B. T!. C.:—T love raw garlic, but
have been told it is not ftood for
me. Is oatmeal harmful if eaten
every morning?
Answer: liarlic is perfectly
harmless. Oatmeal is a stood, nu
tritious food and can be eaten
every day with benefit.
| M. G. F.:—Is the iron content
of beef, pork and lamb liver the
same as calves' liver? If so, why
the higher price for calves' liver?
| Answer: There is very little iron
in any kind of liver. You may he
j thinking of its use in anemia, but
j the (rood liver does in anemia is
not due in Ui*; iron coutciiL.
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