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He/p The *f Red Cross 'SA1AM T SERIAL STORY LUCKY PENNY BY GLORIA KAYE THE ST RY: Wealthy Penny Kirk ha returned from Parit to Kirktown to learn something about the great steel mills she owns and the people who work in them. Under the name of Penny Kellogg she tikes a job on the newspaper run by Jim Vickert. whom she had met in Paris but who doesn't recognize her. One day a bridge at the mills gives way, killing two men. Money had been appropriated to fix the bridge, but had been stolen by a crooked city govern- ment dominated by the C.-stros, a gang of gamblers. * PENNY KIRK AGAIN i ll-UTKR VII Rinilivlii had a way of soften- ing IVn-iy resolutions. She had determined Jo be ;incry. and to raise the roof nhrn s!io visited the Kirk offices. Now. with the sun's rn>s Mri'iuniiiK across her bed, sb> rmildn't find a frown tn herself. "What's the smart ai<{ iKicli?" she asked tiorself, slultiK up to rreet f!if day. "I know. They'll naturally think I'm dumb. I'll Just play dumb." S:IB jiii-kwl a well-tailored u.t from her wardrobe. To it. she added her furs. SlumliiiK before ih- mln-or, slip practised a few suitable facial expressions. She laughed at herself. SiHiie.iow. *he felt overdressed. 8b would never visit Kirktown dr*SM-<l thus. At the.-KIrk ofllcss, tbous'". >lie would be expected to look the iurt she planned to play. What a, vrist world of difference *eivara.i <1 Penelope Kirk and Penny ellogg, ghe reflected. The leva tr lifted her swiftly to the 14ili floor. A pleasant re- ceptionist smiled a cheery "Good morn'ne. May [ help you?" Kroi'i her reportolre, Penny elected a bored look. She managed to tilt her nose a couple of notches. "Tell Mr. Stimson that Penelope Kirk In here to see him. And please hurry." she nald. The surprised receptionist jump- ed to hfi' feet. "Yes, Miss Kirk. Won't you please be sca.<ed?" She flew to Mr. Stlmson's office with the fltartling news. Penny examined the elaborate and ex-pens! ve.ly decorated recep- tion room. Its rich carpeting and maroon-leathered easy chairs were luxurious Mr. SMniHou, perfectly groomed M Ix-ntted the Bupervisor of an inuiiM: . go vast as .he Kirk steel etHorpriw*. hurried dow: (he cor- ridor to greet Penny. "My. my, Miss Kirk." he t -d. out of hroarh as a. result of his isnununl pxerllon. "Thin In *. most HEADACHES KILLED DY THE THOUSANDS IN BRITAIN In a survey recently made among British women, these home-front workers revealed they consider Aepirin one of the three drug items moBt needed for health and morale. With more thousands, each month, in war plants . . . making the planes and the guns for fighting men . . . there's no time for pain. Si at tlie )j i. .- ii'ti of headache, neuritic or neuralgie pain ...Hritisli women naturally turn to Aspirin. They km>w Aspirin won't "let them down." It's proven itself for generations . . . ea-cd literally bil- lions of beadachM . . . effectively, dejiendalily, fust. Aspirin is rated aaone of t he af eHt, analgesics known . . . and costs less than I <* n tablet in the economy bottle. Make Bure you have Aspirin on hand, for relief of pain. Aspirin is made in Canada . . . and " \- |.n in ' is the trademark of The Bayer Company, Limited. Ixxik fur the Hayer cross on each talilet. If you don't see tho cross, you're not getting Aspirin. IsSUENo. U43" pleasant surprise. I had no idea you were anywhere near hero. I thought you wore in New York." "Ne-w York." Penny said, "Is such a bore." "Yes. Yes. It Is, isn't It?" he said. "Won't you vonio into my office?" Deferentially, he led the way. "Are you staying at the estate?" Stimson asked. He- didn't wait lor an answer. "Yes. Yes. You must be staying there. Are you quite comfortable? Is there anything, at all I can do to make your st.iy niore pleasant?" "You might give me a cigaret, old dear." Slimson was obviously flatten*! by her intimate saluta- tion. He fi-lt. more at wise. He smiled as he offered her his cigaret case. "Well, now that 1 am here, I suppose I should make the best of IL" Then, reflectively, she said, "There Is something yon cnn do for me, if you will." "Just ask, Miss Kirk," he said, eagerly. "I'll be glad to do any- thing I can." "My era nd fa; her certainly had some unusual Ideas about build- ing a house. I want to make some changes. Could you recommend the best, architect in town?" "Why, yes, Miss Kirk," said .Stimson. "I'd recommend Johna- ttoaa and Jones. They're the archi- tects who designed my home. Shall I call them?" "No, thanks. I'll drop l,n and tee them. Just something to do, you know." She rose from the ohair that enveloped her. "Thank you. so much. I really must be going. By the way. Mr. Stimson, please don't mention my visit to th newspapers or to anyone else. I'm here for a rest. I'll call you again." He bowed low, regretted her refusal to have diunrr with him. and promised to care for her every whim. She knew he- would breathe a alyh of relief the t ient the elevator door se-paraled them. Penny had learned what MI*- wanted to know about the execu- tives of the Ktrk mills. Even this short visit revealed hon- little they knew or cared about Kirktowu. Penny smiled softly as se thought of tile surprises which she was planning. She had spent, many thlughtftil hours on an Idea that was now beginning to tak- form. She found the offices of Johna- than and Jones, arehitev's. The reception room was small and practical. The girl at the switch- board doubled as a typist. Tier greeting was business-like, brief. "Mr. Jonee Is in. Would you like to see him? Mr. Johnatlian Is out of town," the busy tele- phone operator said. Penny nodded. "Walk right In. I>ast door to your right." * Pe-nny liked Charlie Jones the mlDiitn she saw him. He was in his shirt sleeves, studying two sets of drawings offered to him by two youtitf men. "Sit down. I'll be with you in a minute," he told Penny, without interrupting his study. He sug- gested a chanRp, askej a question, and sent his assistants hack to their desks. "Now." he wild, smiling pleas- antly, "what can I do for you?" "I'd like to order a model vil- lage," Penny said. Oharlie Jones was struck dumb. "What . . . what wns that you .said?" Pemny laughed. "I Just said I'd like to order a model village." Then she continued, eagerly. She introduced herself, assured him he wasn't dreaming, and outlined briefly her plan. From her purse she extracted a clipping. "Here's a story," she said, "about the model defense village of 300 homes built by am airplane plant to house Us workers. Tho village was biuilt s<> swiftly that it was ftnlHihed before people in the vlcln- Ky knew what was happening. I want BOO houses, built the same way, on the plateau nbove the present site of Kirktown." When ho had suffliently recov- ered his senses, he rauKht and enlarged upon. Penny enthusi- asm. This, rimrlie Jones assured her, had always betMi his greatest amblition in life. To plan, to build, to work out tihe details of Jut iiirh a project, was the Jones Idea of heaven. They tnlke.'l nbout euinioi tnble. low-cost bouse*. They talked boot pleasant, shady streets They located stores In a convenient rfii>ppiiig center. They found room for a swimming I and play- grounds. They were playing an exciting game. "Only one thing I mus' Insist upan," said Penny. "I want abso- lute secrecy. Nobody Is to know Just what we're doing until it's all done. I want a good Job. I want it fast. I want no publicity." Oharlio Jones assured her he'd respect her wishes. His eyes were dancing for Joy as he shook her hand. She hadn't been out of his office a miiirte before all his young assistants poured from their cubbyholes to crowd into his tiny work-room. She knew .she had come to Hi" right place ;ind to the right man. * Ponny's drive back to her estate was relaxing. She visualize 1 ! Jim'n nrido and pleasure wlio.ii ho should seo the new village of Kirktown for tho lirtst tune. She, was pleased as punch, she told herself. Shi bad done a nood day's work. A taxi took her to the bus stop. The slow-moving Kirktown "ex- press" dropped her In front of the Courier olHcc just as tho whistle blew for the 4 o'clock turn. She skipii, ;1 happily down t.hp steps. "Hello, Jim," she. greeted cheer- fully, sailing her straw hat accur- ately toward a nail on the wall. 'How's tricks?" "Hya, Penny," Jim smiled. Jim watched her admiringly as Penny swung easily Into the rou- tine of her work. He wanted to toll her how in itch he had' missed her. even for a few hours how mn oh he needed her. Instead "By the way. Penny, t almost forgot." he said. "You start on your story assignment at the Kirk mills tomorrow. Everything's arranged, provided you promise to he good." "I'll be good," she answered. "Good and scared. Heaven help the poor working girl alone In a steel mill with :),000 men." (Continued Next Week) Chiang Studies Western Thought Friends of Madame 'Jhmng 'ai-Shek tell of her interesting the Generalissimo in Western thought, and -of the university which then was organized for the education of this one man, writes Leonard Lyons in New York Post. The Chiangs selected the 10 most eminent professors in such subject, as sociology, His- tory, economics and political science. These men gave a thor- oug-,i, 10-week course, consisting of two-hour lectures followed by questions put to them by the Gen- eralissimo. And when the 10 weeks were over and the profes- sors and Chiang Kai-Shek \\<>re satisfied, the "university" u~as tli hamlet! and the professors went home. SLIMMING SHIRTFROCK By Anne Adam* For full-time service these busy days, you neeil a trim shirtwaister. The front buttoning of Pattern 422!) by Anne Adams is conveni- ent as well as slenderizing, for it lets you in and out in jiffy. The inset waistband and soft bo- dice flatter! The collar may match or contrast. Pattern 4229 in available in wo- men's sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48. Size 36 takes 3% yards 39-inch fabric. Send twenty cent* (20c) in coins (stumps cannot be accepted) for this Anne Adams pattern to Room 421, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. Write plainly size, name, address and styl* number. BABY BUGGIES BLITZED I tjilcnt symbols that mo.lern war affects all ages are these peram- bulators among the rubble o_f an English town. Nazi bombers raided the area by daylight under cover of clouds. Britain Receives Food Education Lord Woolton Claims Knowl- edge Will Not Be Forgotten Food education is one of the most important contributions Ix>rd Woolton and the Ministry of Footl have made to the nation and in the opinion of the Minis- ter it will have a permanent effect. Lord Woolton cited the case of children to whom proper foods are available to enable them to grow to manhood and ivomnnhood, free from the ailments of umler-nour- ishment. Before the war, he says, well- to-do parents knew what foods to give their children, but this knowledge was not common among: working class parents. Since the war, an>l its consequent food control, all families have been on more or less the same diet and the Ministry has made available to parents not only the food but the knowledge neces- sary to bring up healthy children. "And this knowledge," he says, ''i not something which will be forgotten." In the future, he predicts, chil- dren will be more scientifically fed than in the past, and he ex- pressed the hope that the limited pre-war program of feeding chil- dren at school only if they were under-nourished had been replac- d for all time by the modern idea that all children at school need hot noon-day meals. British restaurants and factory canteens arc another war develop- ment Lord Woolton expects to re- main. They have brought "lux- ury* meals within the working man's means and their benefits are such that they must continue after the war. Black Market Chief Has A Conscience Soft music came from a radio as New York police quizzed the suspected leader of a gasoline black market gang about theft of coupons for 111,000,000 gal- lons. The strains were interrupted by the voice of a news commentator. It waa a faked news report broad- cast by a police officer in another room : ''Horrible news. A terrible slaughter of American troops in Africa." Capt. Kichard Fcnr.elly said Louis Mongno sat ns though daz- ed. The report continued. Men were ambushed and .slain because of insufficient gasoline to bring up relief troops and supplies. The prisoner and police listened in- tently. Mongno suddenly jumped to his feet, Fennelly said, and ihouted: "I didn't realize this when I tole those stamps. I'm a traitor. I'll take you where tho stamps are. Come yith me. Give me my coat. Shut that off. I can't stand It." Fennelly said Mongno led po- lice to an apartment and produc- ed three potato sacks filled with thousands of ration coupons. Future of British Accent In Danger The influence of Canadian and American accents on the spe*ch of British children is becoming worrisome to GeoftVy Whit- worth, director of the British Drama League. So ninny N'orth American sol- diers arc stationed in the Knglish country districts that the tradi- tional British ninnner of speech i being affected, Whitworth said. The league has begun the mak- ing of phonograph records of the tradition*] Uriti.th accent in order to preserve iU Axis Ship Losses In Mediterranean Allied forces in the Mediter- ranean, including United States planes, sank or damaged 248 Axis ships totaling 026,000 tons be- tween September 1, 1942, and January 31, 1943, A. V. Alex- ander, first lord o" the admiralty, said in a recent address. The loss to the Axis he said, 'included hundreds of thousands of guns, tanks and other supplies consigned to German and Italian troops in North Africa. He said 13C Axis ships had been destroy- ed, 44 seriously damaged and 68 damaged. 3 Rescued After 81 Days Adrift One American and two Nether- lands survivors of an Allied (hip have reached Brazil, weak and thin, after 81 days in a a lifeboat from which two ol their shipmates were washed to their death by waves. The boat contained a few rusted fish-hooks they had used with strips of their clothing as lines to catch enough fish to prevent starvation. Also the survivors said, a few flying fish jumped into the boat. When rescued by a warship they had gone five days without water. One of the Hollanders lost 70 pounds. THE CORN SYRUP with the TABLE TALKS SADIE B. 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