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A Grand Old Year Begins To Bow The days of our years are the chroniclers of our conscious existence; the record keepers of the past, and as they go by, they inspire the soul for future ventures of other dramas on the stage of life. As we near the end of December, there are those reactions which suggest on every hand the closing of a year, an era, and on epochal annotation of the highlights of a profitable year. While we add to our years at each succeeding close, we nevertheless become participants in its blisses and are engulfed in the charm and the tidings of its goodwill. So, we begin the stretch for the last curtains of the old year. As we enter upon the round, we are reminded of the eventful happenings the year has brought us. The beginning was heralded in amid the stir and the romance of peaceful relations for all mankind. Much was being said about the implementation of that immortal court decisions which had recently struck blows against the barriers which divided citizens in first and second class categories. And while the year is nearly gone, the full populace affected has not come into the full realization of what the court decisions vouched for. Time marches on. The great champion of human equality and that mediator of liberty, President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a heart attack. The prayers of the nation could not have more intense had a Lincoln fallen. The President was finally restored to his full vigor and was able to go through a rigorous campaign. Not only did he do this, he won an unprecedented victory and comes January, the nation will again expect four more years of a service which promises many enactments on the front of liberty. The old year bows out on an era of prosperity. The people of the nation are in the midst of a bountiful harvest. Industry is going at full tilt and this year saw planted on this front additional unemployment insurance meant to remove those fears of sudden shutdown or a surcease because of overproduction. The rural areas are reaping the benefit of the excellent program of crop production and marketing and those benefits derived from the turn from the old one crop idea to a more modern process of cattle raising and diversified farming. We saw in the middle of the year the graduality of school integration in a few of the states affected. While there were violence and threats in some sections, the evolution continued. The crisis was probably reached when after so many gestures of evasion, delaying tactics and willful attacks on the decision, (with boasts that to sue out a writ county by county would still forestall for a long time the activation of the directive). Attorney General Herbert Brownell took the "bull by the horns" in the bus decision and brought to Washington the various Federal district attorneys in fourteen states for a review of their respective laws transportation. This remains possibly the master stroke of the year on the front of the crisis in this bus question. We hope all citizens of both races will recognize these changes brought about through orderly court proceedings and adjust themselves accordingly with any unpleasant and needless incidents. An Ugly Christmas Gesture As the old-world sang its way through its accustomed Christmas carols into the hearts of its countrymen, there appeared among the sermons and scriptorial quotes on the front pages of the newspapers, an account of a Negro girl being beaten in the streets of Montgomery, Alabama, a southern city, by those who desired to make an expression against the Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation on the buses. Surely the cities of Montgomery, Alabama and Tallahassee, Florida would take no pride in the disservice they are occasioning in this bus riding debacle. While there are equally as serious incidents in other places contingent to a determination of circumventing or openly defying a court order, the headlines are making ugly spotlights of these two Southern cities. Those who are guilty of the infractions carried on the front pages of the newspapers hardly realize that it will take years for these people to live down what is being carried on through heated passion, initiated by the desire of inflicting punishment upon law abiding citizens who seek to enjoy a franchise for which they have paid. This America is a Bible land; its citizens are proud of the traditional reference to religious freedom being the basic principle upon which this government was founded. It is today paying out billions of dollars belonging to its taxpayers for freedom of Other people in other lands, it has twice in a single generation engaged its sons in shooting wars for the safeguard and establishment of those relations long observed in our Constitution. It is unfortunate that this country must hand its head in shame, as it proceeds upon its Christmas journey, with the press carrying on its front pages along with Bible quotes, Christmas carols, stories of the Christ-child, the sad account of a Negro girl kneeling in the street, with her hands uplifted as her only protection while she succumbs to a beating at the hands of human beings! So, Christmas Day Carried Its Toll As has been advanced before, the manner in which our feast days are observed is no contribution to the fervor and patriotism occasioned by these periods. The suffering, privation and deaths are poorly compensated in what some might call fealty devotion and loyalty to some ideal or principles we wish kept alive. The casualty list set up for the beginning of the week is astounding. A list running up in the thousands would almost be unbelievable. In proportion, this figure is in excess of the usual week-end casualty record. Our feast days are those annual affairs without which much of our citizenship identity would mean little or nothing. They need come for the accellerating of those historical incidents in the framework of our civil and religious institutions. Our children must have from first hand, how the impact of religious, civic and National affairs affect our being; they must soon come upon the scene to keep alive for their posterity what have made the people and the nation great. But when they are called upon to analyze what the cost has been in this patriotic endeavor, they might turn the picture around and ask if the occasions are really worth what we paid for them. The Christmas holidays are just beginning; they are now heading into the already risky week-end liabilities. In that it can be expected that the mounting toll will still be on its way to a new high. It is to be regretted that educational driving projects and standing highway patrol are affecting so little on the front of safety on the highways, the frontier from whence come the major portion of our holiday casualties. Apparently the proper seriousness of the manner in which we celebrate is not taken. Those engaged in precision engineering and the implementation of modern labor-saving and more productive facilities, might strike a vital chord if they would take life saying with equal concern. CARE FOR VICTIM SALK VACCINE POLIO MEALTIME MELODIES! BY LEODA GAMMON And so you have a huntsman in your family. Lucky you. Those less fortunate can't serve wild duck for their family dinner neither can they invite friends in for this rare treat. Just between you and me though when you start out to pick these wild ducks using the regular old method you won't feel so lucky. But cleaninig duck with paraffin is a right smart idea to clean wild duck Clip the wing tips and remove the coarse guard feather, leaving the duck covered with down. Melt 6 cakes of paraffin roll the duck over in the melted paraffin covering the entire surface of the bird with hot wax. Allow the paraffin to harden and then pull it off. It will carry the feathers with it. Duck is sometimes strong flavored Stuff it with sliced apple, celery, onion or a raw potato Remove and discard the stuffing before serving the duck as it will absorb the strong flavors. Then roast us follows and watch that hunters chest expand while family and friends feast his kill. Have ducks at room temperature. Dry them thoroughly inside and out. Rub the inside with salt. Place the ducks in an uncovered roasting pan. Brush the breast with: Butter. Roast the ducks in a moderate oven 325: rare duck. 10 to 12 minutes to the pound: Well done, 15 to 20 minutes to the pound. Baste frequently with the fat in the pan. Another school of thought advises roasting duck in a hot oven 500 for a total twice of 18 to 20 minutes. Baste every 5 minutes with the fat in the pan to which you may add: Dry red wine. This method seems to be the hunter's ideal. The juices are red and flow freely when the duck is carved Thicken the drippings with: Flour (about 4 T stirred, until blended) Stir in: Extra stock (for amount of gravy) until gravy is smooth and boiling Add: Sour cream (very good) about 1/4 cup Serve the Duck with: Currant jelly or cranberries or with overlapping: Slices of small oranges, each topped with a dab of bright jelly. A good apple and sweet potato dressing baked m a separate pan is real good served with wild duck. Just use your favorite recipe. Alphas Complete Plans For Meeting In St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The Christmastide Season will find Alpha men from over the nation in St. Louis. Mo., attending the "Christmas Convention" of the Midwest Region Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternty, Inc. This convention will observe the 50th Anniversary of Alpha with the theme: "Freedom Through Truth." The Rev. C. Anderson Davis Midwest Vice President of Bluefield W. Va. will preside over the December 28-30 session. Registration will begin Friday, Dec. 28th at 9:00 a. m. at the Pine Street YMCA, headquarters for the convention. The Regional council will meet at 11:00 a. m. and the Vice President's Luncheon will be held at 1:00 p. m. The first general business will be held at (2:0) p. m. when the assistant Vice President and the Regional Directors will report to the convention. The Annual Message will be delivered by the Vice President. The Anniversary Banquet will be held Friday evening at 7:00 o'clock Atty. W. N. Lovelace of Cincinnati, Ohio will act as toastmaster; addresses will be delivered by Dr. Howard H. Long, Dean of Central State College and Dr. Frank L. Stanley, General President of the Fraternity. The Closed Dance will follow the Banquet. Two Workshops will be conducted Saturday morning: Fraternity Housing and Chapter Programming. Coordinator will be Prof. J. Herbert King of Chicago; T. R. Mahaffey a student at Ohio State University will chairman the first group with Mr. Walter H. Williams, insurance executive of jackson, Miss., as consultant: Dr. Milon S. J. Wright of Wilberforce University will chairman the second group with Dr. James E. Huger General Secretary of the Fraternity as consultant. A special fraternity Exhibit will be in charge of Prof. James Jeffress of Kansas City. A Round Table Discussion: Alpha Looks at the Future, will take place Saturday afternoon with Atty. Billy Jones as moderator A formal dance will be held Sat., evening. The annual Public Services will be held Sunday morning at Union Memorial Methodist Church. The Message will be delivered by Bishop Matthew W. Clair and the chairman of the Awards Committee, Mr. S. E. Broaddus of Harrods Creek Ky., will present the winner of the Achievement Award. The Executive Council Central Committee will meet in the Statler Hotel at 2:00 p. m. The Alpha Wives and Sweethearts of St., Louis will furnish lots of activities for the ladies. Chairman is Mr. Clifton E. Bailey and co-chairman, Mr. Fred T. Simms, both of St. Louis. Mrs. E. M. M. Wright She was suffering greatly and called her druggist that she was coming right over to pick up her medicine She had not been gone but a matter of minutes when the word came back to the house about her death, Miss Jackson stated. A native of Little Rock Arkansas, Mrs. Wright was the daughter of the Late Mr. and Mrs. John Peyton Winfrey pioneer residents of that city. She was educated at Union Training School and Tuskegee Institute, the latter institution from which she was graduated in 1905. In 1907 Mrs. Wright was married to John Kelley, Sr: and from this union two children were born They were John Kelly, Jr., and Ann Rheba Kelly, both of whom survive. Her marriage to Father E. M. M. Wright in 1917 offered Mrs. Wright opportunity to utilize her talent as a writer and speaker in the promotion of various activities sponsored within her church circles. The E. M. M. Wrights came to Memphis is 1929 when Father Wright was assigned as rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Subsequent assignments took Father and Mrs. Wright to Muskogee, Oklahoma and Omaha, Nebraska Father Wright died at Omaha in 1937 while in the pastorate of St. Phillips Episcopal Church. Following his death Mrs. Wright returned to Memphis to be near her daughter who had become the wife of Lewis H. Twigg, Jr. a young insurance executive. Mr. Twigg. presently is president of Union Protective Assurance Company. Mrs. Wright made an outstanding record as a case worker with the W. P. A. and was frequently called upon to discuss this government agency before club groups. She was an ardent member of the Hiawatha Art and Social Club and the Elite Social Club, both organizations representing a cross-section of Memphis most prominent women. In recent years Mrs. Wright had resumed poetry-writing, a literary hobby she developed in her early life aMny of her poems were published by the local newspapers. The best ones are now being compiled for possible publication into a booklet. One of her favorite poems, entitled THY MERCY SEAT appears here: Oh come and bow down at His feet today. Pour out your sorrow in your own humble way: Be ye in earnest and tell of your grief. He'll surely have mercy and send you relief. He sees everything from his high dwelling place. And will pour down the riches of his heavenly grace. He ever stands ready to hear when your call. His mercy is great and His is for all. Oh how can we doubt such a God who's true; And ready always to pour blessings on you. To give courage and strength for each task every day. And forsake not — but keep you all of the way. Oh God! What does thou see in us here. That then shouldeth continue thy love so sincere? In remorse of conscience we fall at thy foot. And lead for a place at Thy Mercy Seat. Besides her son and daughter Mrs. Wright leaves five grandchildren Louis Harold Jr., and Clara Twigg. John Tanya and Kenneth Kelly, and Mrs. Mai Perkins all of Los Angeles, two brothers Messers. Robert C. Win Tenn. and Ear Winfrey of Little Rock, and one sister. Mrs. Mattie Winfrey Bradford of Little Rock Arkansas. Two Citizens Arrested Over Segregation In Birmingham Two prominent figures in Birmingham's community life have been arrested on "disorderly conduct" charges in connection with using the general waiting room at the Birmingham Terminal Station. Carl Baldwin, business man and his school-teacher wife. Mrs. Alexinia Baldwin, were scheduled to appear before Recorder's Judge Ralph E. Parker at 9 a. m. Wednesday, Dec 26 on charges obviously growing out of Birmingham's determination to enforce local travel segregation laws in the face of a recent Supreme Court ruling that such laws are unconstitutional. Meantime the Interstate Commerce Commission has issued a directive calling for the ending of all forms of segregation in interstate travel. The Baldwins through their attorney, Demefrius C. Newton, asserted that they had purchased tickets and had made reservations to Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the crack passenger train, "The city of Miami" Which was scheduled to arrive at the local Terminal Station at 5 a. m. Saturday Dec. 22. While using the general waiting room, a squad of five policemen, Newton said his clients told him, came to the terminal station and said the "police lieutenant gave them 20 seconds to get into the colored waiting room," When they did not go to the Jim Crow. waiting room, they were hustled off to City Hall and then to City Jail Newton's statement said. The desk sergeant at police Head quarters last Saturday said that Lt. J. R. Davis was in charge of the shift that worked the Terminal Station area. The Baldwins were taken to City Jail where they were released on $100 bond each. Records exhibited by Atty. Newton indicated they were released around 7:50 a. m. last Saturday. Meantime the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights on Dec. 20 addressed a letter to the three-man Birmingham City Commission suggesting that "the Birmingham statute on segregation on buses and street cars is invalid, and should be immediately repealed at your next Commission meeting." However, no number of the City Commission has made official comment on the request from the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights The ACMHR letter sent to City Hall was signed by the Rev. F. L. Shuttlesworth. president and N. H. Smith, secretary. In a follow-up comment Rev. Shuttlesworth said that should the Commission ignore the ACMHR request the silence would be the signal for bus riders to seat themselves in accordance with the nonsegregation decision of the United States Supreme Court. In a lead editorial last Saturday, The Birmingham News said, in part: "It would be helpful, in our view, if action were not pressed at this time to end bus segregation at once here in Birmingham. But apparently action to that end is going to be pressed. If it is, city officials, we believe, should strive to obtain as much time as they legally can in dealing with the resulting problems." The letter to the Commission asking repeal of segregation statute on buses stated in part: "It is well known all over the world now that the U. S. Supreme Court has affirmed the judgment and decree of the Federal Panel in Montgomery that the segregation of passengers on local public carriers because of race is a violation of the U. S. Constitution, and must be halted Neither should anyone be under any illusion that this ruling will be changed or otherwise construed, for it is most clearly expressed in Article XIV, Section I of the Constitution: "No state shall make or enforce any law which abridge the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States ...nor deny to any person within Its Jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.' "It is also clear that Invalidated laws of the State cannot forced: and City laws of the purpose and intent become null and un-enforceable. Thus, the Birmingham Statute on segreation on buses and street cars is invalid, and should, we feel, be immediately repealed by you at your next Commission meeting. "There is no better time than during this Christmas season, when we are reminded of the fact that the angels chanted from the unscaled heights, 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth Peace and Goodwill toward men." "We have no thought but that you will immediately act in accordance with the laws of the land. And we shall hope and pray that only goodness and Justice will forever prevail in this blessed land of ours." MAKE ARREST Two prominent figures in Birmingham's community life have been arrested on "disorderly conduct" charges in connection with using the general waiting room at the Birmingham Terminal Station. Carl Baldwin, business man and his school-teacher wife. Mrs. Alexinia Baldwin, were scheduled to appear before Recorder's Judge Ralph E. Parker at 9 a. m. Wednesday, Dec 26 on charges obviously growing out of Birmingham's determination to enforce local travel segregation laws in the face of a recent Supreme Court ruling that such laws are unconstitutional. Meantime the Interstate Commerce Commission has issued a directive calling for the ending of all forms of segregation in interstate travel. The Baldwins through their attorney, Demefrius C. Newton, asserted that they had purchased tickets and had made reservations to Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the crack passenger train, "The city of Miami" Which was scheduled to arrive at the local Terminal Station at 5 a. m. Saturday Dec. 22. While using the general waiting room, a squad of five policemen, Newton said his clients told him, came to the terminal station and said the "police lieutenant gave them 20 seconds to get into the colored waiting room," When they did not go to the Jim Crow. waiting room, they were hustled off to City Hall and then to City Jail Newton's statement said. The desk sergeant at police Head quarters last Saturday said that Lt. J. R. Davis was in charge of the shift that worked the Terminal Station area. The Baldwins were taken to City Jail where they were released on $100 bond each. Records exhibited by Atty. Newton indicated they were released around 7:50 a. m. last Saturday. Meantime the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights on Dec. 20 addressed a letter to the three-man Birmingham City Commission suggesting that "the Birmingham statute on segregation on buses and street cars is invalid, and should be immediately repealed at your next Commission meeting." However, no number of the City Commission has made official comment on the request from the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights The ACMHR letter sent to City Hall was signed by the Rev. F. L. Shuttlesworth. president and N. H. Smith, secretary. In a follow-up comment Rev. Shuttlesworth said that should the Commission ignore the ACMHR request the silence would be the signal for bus riders to seat themselves in accordance with the nonsegregation decision of the United States Supreme Court. In a lead editorial last Saturday, The Birmingham News said, in part: "It would be helpful, in our view, if action were not pressed at this time to end bus segregation at once here in Birmingham. But apparently action to that end is going to be pressed. If it is, city officials, we believe, should strive to obtain as much time as they legally can in dealing with the resulting problems." The letter to the Commission asking repeal of segregation statute on buses stated in part: "It is well known all over the world now that the U. S. Supreme Court has affirmed the judgment and decree of the Federal Panel in Montgomery that the segregation of passengers on local public carriers because of race is a violation of the U. S. Constitution, and must be halted Neither should anyone be under any illusion that this ruling will be changed or otherwise construed, for it is most clearly expressed in Article XIV, Section I of the Constitution: "No state shall make or enforce any law which abridge the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States ...nor deny to any person within Its Jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.' "It is also clear that Invalidated laws of the State cannot forced: and City laws of the purpose and intent become null and un-enforceable. Thus, the Birmingham Statute on segreation on buses and street cars is invalid, and should, we feel, be immediately repealed by you at your next Commission meeting. "There is no better time than during this Christmas season, when we are reminded of the fact that the angels chanted from the unscaled heights, 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth Peace and Goodwill toward men." "We have no thought but that you will immediately act in accordance with the laws of the land. And we shall hope and pray that only goodness and Justice will forever prevail in this blessed land of ours." by KELLEY ROOS Connie Barton's suspicious were aroused by her husband's clumsy excuses for his regular Wednesday night absences She trailed Steve to a private dance studio and then realized he was taking dancing lessons as a pleasant surprise for her Keeping herself unnoticed. Connie watched the door of the studio till Steve left. and went in for a private word with his teacher She found the instructor. Anita Farrell sprawled on the floor —sot dead. In the corpse's hand was a paper silhouette of herself Confusd. Connie's first thought was to cover up for Steve She grabbed the silhouette and the appointed book at the unattended reception desk outside and went home to confront Steve. She had to believe his assertions of his innocence. Police promptly got the names of all Miss Farrell's pupils and began checking to identity the 7 p. m. Wednesday Steve his lesson time. Steve said o'clock Saturday From the stolen appointed book Steve took the lesson time of a Ralph Tolley whom Bolling hasn't contacted vet. Using the name Hester Frost, and with a plan in mind to save Steve Connie gets an interview with Oliver Bell. the proprietor of the dance school. She lands a teaching job. "I don't actually remember this Waltzer," said Mr. Bell. "But when I interviewed him I accepted him as a normal human being who sincerely wished to improve his dancing, not as a monster who was using my school to meet attractive young women. Being a most attractive young lady yourself, I'm sure you appreciate my desire to protect my teachers." "Oh, I do, Mr. Bell" I wondered if the monster was still asleep or if he had started worrying about me. "Are the police getting close to him?" "Unfortunately, he had the cunning to steal Our engagement book and none of the stall can remember at the moment who Miss Farrell s seven o'clock pupil was. But the police are working on our bookkeeping records and, by a system of elimination, they will soon figure out who it is." "I hope so," I said, but unfervently. "This tragedy has naturally thrown us into a turmoil. But the police expect to cause us very little inconvenience. They know who the killer is, and it is simply a matter of finding him. They are anxious to have us go on here as If nothing had happened. Now, Hester ..." "Yes, Mr. Bell?" "I hope I have put your mind at ease, because I am going to ask you to do something at which a person of less character might balk." "I'll try not to balk." "I am anxious that our usual schedule be interrupted as little as possible. I want all my teachers to take their regular pupils. Therefore I am asking you to take Miss Farrell's place." "Oh," I said. I tried riot to sound pleased that I Kid accomplished my mission. So I said it again, working in Just a touch of distaste. "Oh," I said. "Does that upset you, my dear? I believe that I can assure you that the Waltzer will not return to the scene of his crime." "I'm not upset," I said. We then discussed terms. That is, Mr. Bell told me what my pay was to be. He gave me some fatherly advice, some professional tips and a rather timid pat on the back. He pressed a button on his desk and in a moment the door swung open. The reception. ist said, "Yes, Mr. Bell?" "Leone, this is Hester Frost. Hester. Miss Leone Webb." "How do you do, pleased to meet you," we girls said to each other. "Leone," Bell said, "will you help Hester to become acclimated? She is one of us now. She's taking Anita Farrell's place. Show her to Studio K and explain . . . well, everything, please." I saw the receptionist's shoulders stiffen and her head move in protest, but Mr. Bell was already attacking a stack of correspondence. We had been dismissed. Leone Webb looked silently at him for a moment, then beckoned to me. I followed her. She led me to the locker room and assigned me to a locker. She was no small-talker; she was brisk and efficient. She took me through the reception room and down the hall that led to the door marked Studio K. She pushed it open. I closed my eyes for a second. Yesterday these mirrored walls had shown a thousand figures crumpled on the shining floor, had reflected a thousand blouses growing crimson. Now they mirrored nothing but more mirrored walls. The room was bare, cold and impersonal. I was suddenly cold, too, with a seeping wave of fright. Perhaps I had been wrong to do this. Perhaps I should have told Steve my plan, so he wouldn't have let me do it. Leone said, "Is 'something wrong?" "No, It's nothing. I'm a little nervous, about teaching." "The first day is tough. After that, you'll enjoy It, I'm sure." She stepped past me through the doorway, and moved quickly across the studio. She stopped before a row of small black dials. Above them was a black grilled loud speaker, below them, in a niche, a telephone. "The music is piped in here," she said. "This dial is for foxtrot, this is for rhumba, this for waltz, this is for samba." She touched another dial "You control the volume here. You understand?" "Yes," I said. "The telephone is an Inside one . . . it's connected to my desk. If you should need any help, if there's anything you want to know about, call me. Don't hesitate, it's my Job to help you. All right now?" "All right," I said, "and thanks." She started for the door, then turned back. "One more thing, and please don't be offended. If I were you, I'd tone down my lipstick a little. You look a bit too provocative." I doubted that, so I didn't waste any time taking her advice. I barely waited for her to close the door before I started my Inspection of the studio. I looked first for a concealed door, a camouflaged window. Then I searched for a crevice large enough for an arm to rea through, then for a hole lar enough for a bulllet to enter. Foot by foot, inch by inch. went over the gleaming walls. There was nothing. There was no way for a murderer to enter this place except through the studio's only door. Once again I had proved conclusively to myself that only Steve could have murdered Anita Farrell. Yet my new career began; I was a teacher of the dance. But I didn't let that interfere with my mission at the school. While I waltzed and fox-trotted, rhumtaed and sambaed, I delved into the life of the late Anita Farrell. Each of her ex-students was, of course, full and overflowing with the killing. They talked readily about Anita, but it was just a kind of macabre ode to the departed. "... what a girl, too bad." "... that Waltzer, I'd sure like to get my hands on him." "... beautiful, exciting you lady, remarkable person." "... brother,' she had something." None of the gentlemen seemed really to know anything about her. Apparently Anita hadn't discussed her private life during business hours. None of these students had got to know her well but, for academic acquaintances, they certainly were a fan club. During my rest and lunch hour, I neither lunched nor rested. I tried to locate Steve by phone. He wasn't at home. He had been in and out of the office several times, but nobody knew where he was at the moment Hoping he wasn't too worried about me, I went back to the grind. By late afternoon I was on the ropes. At two I had had a two hundred and fifty pound fox-trotter who was dancing to reduce. It was I who did the reducing, Then, in succession, I had two young athletes who thought that dancing was something you did to win. I lost Rapidly I was becoming a stretcher case. Then, while I was working on my final pupil of the afternoon session, an enthusiastic, cube shaped pixie named Ed, I something that might turn be my first break. Ed short that the top of his pointed little head tickled me under the chin. He held me so tight that my head was forced up and back so that I was looking at the ceiling. It was uncomfortable, it was painful... then, suddenly, it was fine. It was, perhaps, the answer to my prayer. In the center of the ceiling was a three-foot square of grillwork. It was evidently the ventilator for this windowless room. I couldn't see through the grill. I couldn't see if there was space enough above it for a person to crouch, to aim a revolver, to shoot a dancing teacher who stood below. But it might be possible; it had to be possible. BUT IS it possible? Connie's suspicious take a new turn in tomorrow's exciting installment of "The Blonde Died Dancing. SYNOPSIS by KELLEY ROOS Connie Barton's suspicious were aroused by her husband's clumsy excuses for his regular Wednesday night absences She trailed Steve to a private dance studio and then realized he was taking dancing lessons as a pleasant surprise for her Keeping herself unnoticed. Connie watched the door of the studio till Steve left. and went in for a private word with his teacher She found the instructor. Anita Farrell sprawled on the floor —sot dead. In the corpse's hand was a paper silhouette of herself Confusd. Connie's first thought was to cover up for Steve She grabbed the silhouette and the appointed book at the unattended reception desk outside and went home to confront Steve. She had to believe his assertions of his innocence. Police promptly got the names of all Miss Farrell's pupils and began checking to identity the 7 p. m. Wednesday Steve his lesson time. Steve said o'clock Saturday From the stolen appointed book Steve took the lesson time of a Ralph Tolley whom Bolling hasn't contacted vet. Using the name Hester Frost, and with a plan in mind to save Steve Connie gets an interview with Oliver Bell. the proprietor of the dance school. She lands a teaching job. "I don't actually remember this Waltzer," said Mr. Bell. "But when I interviewed him I accepted him as a normal human being who sincerely wished to improve his dancing, not as a monster who was using my school to meet attractive young women. Being a most attractive young lady yourself, I'm sure you appreciate my desire to protect my teachers." "Oh, I do, Mr. Bell" I wondered if the monster was still asleep or if he had started worrying about me. "Are the police getting close to him?" "Unfortunately, he had the cunning to steal Our engagement book and none of the stall can remember at the moment who Miss Farrell s seven o'clock pupil was. But the police are working on our bookkeeping records and, by a system of elimination, they will soon figure out who it is." "I hope so," I said, but unfervently. "This tragedy has naturally thrown us into a turmoil. But the police expect to cause us very little inconvenience. They know who the killer is, and it is simply a matter of finding him. They are anxious to have us go on here as If nothing had happened. Now, Hester ..." "Yes, Mr. Bell?" "I hope I have put your mind at ease, because I am going to ask you to do something at which a person of less character might balk." "I'll try not to balk." "I am anxious that our usual schedule be interrupted as little as possible. I want all my teachers to take their regular pupils. Therefore I am asking you to take Miss Farrell's place." "Oh," I said. I tried riot to sound pleased that I Kid accomplished my mission. So I said it again, working in Just a touch of distaste. "Oh," I said. "Does that upset you, my dear? I believe that I can assure you that the Waltzer will not return to the scene of his crime." "I'm not upset," I said. We then discussed terms. That is, Mr. Bell told me what my pay was to be. He gave me some fatherly advice, some professional tips and a rather timid pat on the back. He pressed a button on his desk and in a moment the door swung open. The reception. ist said, "Yes, Mr. Bell?" "Leone, this is Hester Frost. Hester. Miss Leone Webb." "How do you do, pleased to meet you," we girls said to each other. "Leone," Bell said, "will you help Hester to become acclimated? She is one of us now. She's taking Anita Farrell's place. Show her to Studio K and explain . . . well, everything, please." I saw the receptionist's shoulders stiffen and her head move in protest, but Mr. Bell was already attacking a stack of correspondence. We had been dismissed. Leone Webb looked silently at him for a moment, then beckoned to me. I followed her. She led me to the locker room and assigned me to a locker. She was no small-talker; she was brisk and efficient. She took me through the reception room and down the hall that led to the door marked Studio K. She pushed it open. I closed my eyes for a second. Yesterday these mirrored walls had shown a thousand figures crumpled on the shining floor, had reflected a thousand blouses growing crimson. Now they mirrored nothing but more mirrored walls. The room was bare, cold and impersonal. I was suddenly cold, too, with a seeping wave of fright. Perhaps I had been wrong to do this. Perhaps I should have told Steve my plan, so he wouldn't have let me do it. Leone said, "Is 'something wrong?" "No, It's nothing. I'm a little nervous, about teaching." "The first day is tough. After that, you'll enjoy It, I'm sure." She stepped past me through the doorway, and moved quickly across the studio. She stopped before a row of small black dials. Above them was a black grilled loud speaker, below them, in a niche, a telephone. "The music is piped in here," she said. "This dial is for foxtrot, this is for rhumba, this for waltz, this is for samba." She touched another dial "You control the volume here. You understand?" "Yes," I said. "The telephone is an Inside one . . . it's connected to my desk. If you should need any help, if there's anything you want to know about, call me. Don't hesitate, it's my Job to help you. All right now?" "All right," I said, "and thanks." She started for the door, then turned back. "One more thing, and please don't be offended. If I were you, I'd tone down my lipstick a little. You look a bit too provocative." I doubted that, so I didn't waste any time taking her advice. I barely waited for her to close the door before I started my Inspection of the studio. I looked first for a concealed door, a camouflaged window. Then I searched for a crevice large enough for an arm to rea through, then for a hole lar enough for a bulllet to enter. Foot by foot, inch by inch. went over the gleaming walls. There was nothing. There was no way for a murderer to enter this place except through the studio's only door. Once again I had proved conclusively to myself that only Steve could have murdered Anita Farrell. Yet my new career began; I was a teacher of the dance. But I didn't let that interfere with my mission at the school. While I waltzed and fox-trotted, rhumtaed and sambaed, I delved into the life of the late Anita Farrell. Each of her ex-students was, of course, full and overflowing with the killing. They talked readily about Anita, but it was just a kind of macabre ode to the departed. "... what a girl, too bad." "... that Waltzer, I'd sure like to get my hands on him." "... beautiful, exciting you lady, remarkable person." "... brother,' she had something." None of the gentlemen seemed really to know anything about her. Apparently Anita hadn't discussed her private life during business hours. None of these students had got to know her well but, for academic acquaintances, they certainly were a fan club. During my rest and lunch hour, I neither lunched nor rested. I tried to locate Steve by phone. He wasn't at home. He had been in and out of the office several times, but nobody knew where he was at the moment Hoping he wasn't too worried about me, I went back to the grind. By late afternoon I was on the ropes. At two I had had a two hundred and fifty pound fox-trotter who was dancing to reduce. It was I who did the reducing, Then, in succession, I had two young athletes who thought that dancing was something you did to win. I lost Rapidly I was becoming a stretcher case. Then, while I was working on my final pupil of the afternoon session, an enthusiastic, cube shaped pixie named Ed, I something that might turn be my first break. Ed short that the top of his pointed little head tickled me under the chin. He held me so tight that my head was forced up and back so that I was looking at the ceiling. It was uncomfortable, it was painful... then, suddenly, it was fine. It was, perhaps, the answer to my prayer. In the center of the ceiling was a three-foot square of grillwork. It was evidently the ventilator for this windowless room. I couldn't see through the grill. I couldn't see if there was space enough above it for a person to crouch, to aim a revolver, to shoot a dancing teacher who stood below. But it might be possible; it had to be possible. BUT IS it possible? Connie's suspicious take a new turn in tomorrow's exciting installment of "The Blonde Died Dancing. CHAPTER 8 by KELLEY ROOS Connie Barton's suspicious were aroused by her husband's clumsy excuses for his regular Wednesday night absences She trailed Steve to a private dance studio and then realized he was taking dancing lessons as a pleasant surprise for her Keeping herself unnoticed. Connie watched the door of the studio till Steve left. and went in for a private word with his teacher She found the instructor. Anita Farrell sprawled on the floor —sot dead. In the corpse's hand was a paper silhouette of herself Confusd. Connie's first thought was to cover up for Steve She grabbed the silhouette and the appointed book at the unattended reception desk outside and went home to confront Steve. She had to believe his assertions of his innocence. Police promptly got the names of all Miss Farrell's pupils and began checking to identity the 7 p. m. Wednesday Steve his lesson time. Steve said o'clock Saturday From the stolen appointed book Steve took the lesson time of a Ralph Tolley whom Bolling hasn't contacted vet. Using the name Hester Frost, and with a plan in mind to save Steve Connie gets an interview with Oliver Bell. the proprietor of the dance school. She lands a teaching job. "I don't actually remember this Waltzer," said Mr. Bell. "But when I interviewed him I accepted him as a normal human being who sincerely wished to improve his dancing, not as a monster who was using my school to meet attractive young women. Being a most attractive young lady yourself, I'm sure you appreciate my desire to protect my teachers." "Oh, I do, Mr. Bell" I wondered if the monster was still asleep or if he had started worrying about me. "Are the police getting close to him?" "Unfortunately, he had the cunning to steal Our engagement book and none of the stall can remember at the moment who Miss Farrell s seven o'clock pupil was. But the police are working on our bookkeeping records and, by a system of elimination, they will soon figure out who it is." "I hope so," I said, but unfervently. "This tragedy has naturally thrown us into a turmoil. But the police expect to cause us very little inconvenience. They know who the killer is, and it is simply a matter of finding him. They are anxious to have us go on here as If nothing had happened. Now, Hester ..." "Yes, Mr. Bell?" "I hope I have put your mind at ease, because I am going to ask you to do something at which a person of less character might balk." "I'll try not to balk." "I am anxious that our usual schedule be interrupted as little as possible. I want all my teachers to take their regular pupils. Therefore I am asking you to take Miss Farrell's place." "Oh," I said. I tried riot to sound pleased that I Kid accomplished my mission. So I said it again, working in Just a touch of distaste. "Oh," I said. "Does that upset you, my dear? I believe that I can assure you that the Waltzer will not return to the scene of his crime." "I'm not upset," I said. We then discussed terms. That is, Mr. Bell told me what my pay was to be. He gave me some fatherly advice, some professional tips and a rather timid pat on the back. He pressed a button on his desk and in a moment the door swung open. The reception. ist said, "Yes, Mr. Bell?" "Leone, this is Hester Frost. Hester. Miss Leone Webb." "How do you do, pleased to meet you," we girls said to each other. "Leone," Bell said, "will you help Hester to become acclimated? She is one of us now. She's taking Anita Farrell's place. Show her to Studio K and explain . . . well, everything, please." I saw the receptionist's shoulders stiffen and her head move in protest, but Mr. Bell was already attacking a stack of correspondence. We had been dismissed. Leone Webb looked silently at him for a moment, then beckoned to me. I followed her. She led me to the locker room and assigned me to a locker. She was no small-talker; she was brisk and efficient. She took me through the reception room and down the hall that led to the door marked Studio K. She pushed it open. I closed my eyes for a second. Yesterday these mirrored walls had shown a thousand figures crumpled on the shining floor, had reflected a thousand blouses growing crimson. Now they mirrored nothing but more mirrored walls. The room was bare, cold and impersonal. I was suddenly cold, too, with a seeping wave of fright. Perhaps I had been wrong to do this. Perhaps I should have told Steve my plan, so he wouldn't have let me do it. Leone said, "Is 'something wrong?" "No, It's nothing. I'm a little nervous, about teaching." "The first day is tough. After that, you'll enjoy It, I'm sure." She stepped past me through the doorway, and moved quickly across the studio. She stopped before a row of small black dials. Above them was a black grilled loud speaker, below them, in a niche, a telephone. "The music is piped in here," she said. "This dial is for foxtrot, this is for rhumba, this for waltz, this is for samba." She touched another dial "You control the volume here. You understand?" "Yes," I said. "The telephone is an Inside one . . . it's connected to my desk. If you should need any help, if there's anything you want to know about, call me. Don't hesitate, it's my Job to help you. All right now?" "All right," I said, "and thanks." She started for the door, then turned back. "One more thing, and please don't be offended. If I were you, I'd tone down my lipstick a little. You look a bit too provocative." I doubted that, so I didn't waste any time taking her advice. I barely waited for her to close the door before I started my Inspection of the studio. I looked first for a concealed door, a camouflaged window. Then I searched for a crevice large enough for an arm to rea through, then for a hole lar enough for a bulllet to enter. Foot by foot, inch by inch. went over the gleaming walls. There was nothing. There was no way for a murderer to enter this place except through the studio's only door. Once again I had proved conclusively to myself that only Steve could have murdered Anita Farrell. Yet my new career began; I was a teacher of the dance. But I didn't let that interfere with my mission at the school. While I waltzed and fox-trotted, rhumtaed and sambaed, I delved into the life of the late Anita Farrell. Each of her ex-students was, of course, full and overflowing with the killing. They talked readily about Anita, but it was just a kind of macabre ode to the departed. "... what a girl, too bad." "... that Waltzer, I'd sure like to get my hands on him." "... beautiful, exciting you lady, remarkable person." "... brother,' she had something." None of the gentlemen seemed really to know anything about her. Apparently Anita hadn't discussed her private life during business hours. None of these students had got to know her well but, for academic acquaintances, they certainly were a fan club. During my rest and lunch hour, I neither lunched nor rested. I tried to locate Steve by phone. He wasn't at home. He had been in and out of the office several times, but nobody knew where he was at the moment Hoping he wasn't too worried about me, I went back to the grind. By late afternoon I was on the ropes. At two I had had a two hundred and fifty pound fox-trotter who was dancing to reduce. It was I who did the reducing, Then, in succession, I had two young athletes who thought that dancing was something you did to win. I lost Rapidly I was becoming a stretcher case. Then, while I was working on my final pupil of the afternoon session, an enthusiastic, cube shaped pixie named Ed, I something that might turn be my first break. Ed short that the top of his pointed little head tickled me under the chin. He held me so tight that my head was forced up and back so that I was looking at the ceiling. It was uncomfortable, it was painful... then, suddenly, it was fine. It was, perhaps, the answer to my prayer. In the center of the ceiling was a three-foot square of grillwork. It was evidently the ventilator for this windowless room. I couldn't see through the grill. I couldn't see if there was space enough above it for a person to crouch, to aim a revolver, to shoot a dancing teacher who stood below. But it might be possible; it had to be possible. BUT IS it possible? Connie's suspicious take a new turn in tomorrow's exciting installment of "The Blonde Died Dancing. Attorney Walden In Washington For Civil Rights Meet Attorney A. T. Walden left Atlanta Wednesday for a trip to Washington, D. C. where he will attend a meeting of the National Demorcatic Committee, today. Mr. Walden said the committee would discuss the current civil rights program. Meeting with Mr. Walden will be Earl Brown of New York and other top Democrats of the country. The Georgians, in addition to sporting the best defensive average in the country, are oaded with top notch backfield men. At quarterback, Dodd has Wade Mitchell, a slick ball handler and passer. The fact that Toppy Vann will probably see much of the game from the Tech bench is all that has to be said in regard to Mitchell's capabilities. Vann could probably hold down the No. 1 signal caller's job with any other club. Dodd is knee deep in halfbacks. too, with Paul Rotenberry, .Stan Flowers, Johnnie Menger George Volkert and Jimmy Thompson. The fullback slot is manned by workehorse Ken Owen, while Dick Mattieson backs him up All are seniors. But Pittsburgh cannot be lightly regarded. All-American left end Joe Walton, on the receiving end of quarterback Corny Salvaterra's accurate passes, looms as a constant threat to Tech's defensive back. No less than 35 players — 19 from Georgia Tech and 16 from Pittsburgh - will close out their college careers as seniors. The yellowjackets allowed a meager 33 points in ten games during the regular season, tops in teh nation. In addition, the longest touchdown run made against the Techsters this year was a scant two yard effort. STRAIGHTER LONGER HAIR APPEARANCE AT ALL DRUG STORES WLOK 5 a.m.-7 — "Gospel Prince" 7 a.m.-8:30. — "Hunky Dory" 8:30-9 — "Spiritual Sunbeams" 9-9:30 — "Southern Wonders" 9:30-11:00 — Rev I H. Gordon 11-11 05 — News 11:05-1:30 p.m. — "Hunky Dory" 1:30-3:00 — Rev. 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