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1 A L .tJINGISS and I managed to
A Aet our .first relief visit to Cal
cu'a at the same time) and It was
' o-A that- trip that -we met "the
.Greet White Trader of the East,"
Xpny Mercede, of Blue Island, IU.
,) How. Tony, came by his lmpos--jng.
title was a mystery tor a little
. less than 10 minutes, at which
point, as we stood at the bar of
the 300 Club on Wood Street, he
:f urtively pulled a tiny package
. jifrom his trousers' pocket. -With
i ! thick but amazingly deft fingers
.the 240-pound, black-haired little
giant opened the package and re
. vealed a .sparkling .bottle of
' Chanel Number. S, a female luxury
-'which we later found was about
, ai-rare In Calcutta as a snowdrift,
j "With this little prize, boys,"
Tonv said, "you can make a hit
' 'with any girl In all of India, It's
yours for 100 bucks.'? . i
- Ginglas and I stared at the man,
..Then Qinglss. turned to me. "He's
craiy,": Al said. , . ,
,.' "Cray . as a loon," I agreed.
-,- "Crazy Ilk a fox," Tony said,
laughing boisterously.
. His laugh attracted the startled
'attention of the tall and dignified
Englishman standing next to him,
-And then, as Tony much less fur.
; tlvely started to put the perfume
..bflck .in his, pocket, .the Britisher
, touched him on the arm. "I beg
youf pardon," the fellow said,
' "but Is tbat a bottle of, Chanel
i Number 5 that I ahh saw in
; your; hand?" The man's face was
. .Hushed,, but his eagerness over
rode his embarrassment. '"Rude
of m, ,1 know," he said, "but
well, after all, sir Chanel Nura
' ber SI" ;
. - 1 i 'Copyright, 1945,
By MRS, ANNE CAMOT .
If the kitchen is beginning to
got on your nerves because of iu
soiled and worn paint Just "get
ambitious" and give it an over
hauling. There are any number
of inexpensive, quick-drying
paints on tho market which you
can use. Then make it a . real
decorator's . job by using gay,
colorful flowers and peasant mo
tifs on cupboards, chairs, tables.
The motifs can also be used as
appliques on cloths, towels, chair
scats. , ,
To obtain instructions for the
decorators kitchen tricks (pattern
I U. S. Naval Leader
HORIZONTAL
1 Pictured U. S.
naval leader,
Vlco-Adrk
Richmond
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7 Ho is com
VERTICAL
1 Strip
2 Gems (Bib.)
3 Flower
4 Subtlety
8 Electrical unit
8 Color
7 Entreaty
8 Bronze
9 Company
(ab.)
10 Put in
1 1 Command
12 Peruvian
Indian
13 Tax
mander of
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i Amphibious
! Forces
14 Awaken
15 Majestic
16 Italian city
17 Expires
IS Pouches
30 Revise
33 Natrium
(symbol)
18 Within
II Period
Urn
of
S3 Greek letters 23 Serpent
24 Calcium
(symbol)
29 Either
26 Currency
S Book of maps
13 Consumed :
31 Man's name
35 Olierved
38 Made free
40 Parent
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Decorate Kitchen!
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41 Concerning
42 Rescued
4Note of s.Ule
147 Mohammedan
officers
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55 Remit
57 Take note of
59 Came In
60 Conveyed
by deed
Tony winked at Glnglss and me
as he gave his attention to the
Englishman. "It cost me a fortune.
I don't know why I ever bought
It. But that's what it is Chanel
Number 5. Maybe you know
someone who'd like to take it off
my hands for. 1180."
The Englishman looked around
nervously as , if to ward off any
further bids as he dug into his
pocket. Then .quickly be turned
over the money, pocketed the per
fume, and after gulping down his
Scotch and soda dashed out of the
bar.
"Amazing!" Olngiss exclaimed,
staring at Tony.
TONY MERCEDE has been one
first day we met. He is back .in
the States now, a traffic expert
witn a nationwide trucking con
cern, but how he can reconcile
himself to such an uneventful life
as .that after what he went
through In China and India for
two years is a mystery to me. He
started In the trucking business as
a greaser and mechanic when , he
was 18, coming up the hard way
to the point where, in 1941, he
was loaned to The United States
government by hlB employer. The
government, having received the
Arnsteln report on the Inefficient
use' and 'handling of Lend-lease
trucking equipment on tho Burma
Road, Immediately sent Tony to
China as a transportation adviser
to the Chinese government.
Tony was well on his way when
the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor:
ho cleared Manila 12 hours before
the city foil. Ho was a transpor
tation engineer on the Burma
Road , when the Japs Invaded
Burma in the spring of 1942, and
ho was working with tho Chinese
troops dynamiting bridges and
fighting of! guerrilla attacks
throughout tho long campaign
which finally left tho road a use
less ribbon of bomb craters and
J. C. Vitulon Co.; DUfributcd NBA
No. S7S3) motifs and explanations
on how to use, send 15 cents in
coin, plus 1 cent postage, your
name, address and the pattern
number to Anne Cabot, La
Grande Evening Observer, 700
Mission St., San Francisco, Calif.
City News
: -In Brief
J. H. Peare returned today
from Albany and Portland where
he attended the state Elks con
vention, and a state board of
watchmakers session as an exam
iner. The La Grande fire department
wns called at 8:20 o'clock last
evening to the New Foley build
ing where an awning was ablaze.
Damage was confined to the
awning.
Alfred Edgar MeMnnus, transi
ent, was arrested last night on a
charge of being drunk and was
placed in the city jail pending a
hearing in the municipal court.
Official Records
Wator turned off, June 18:
Mrs. Kenneth Zollman, 210G
Fir street; Clay Rinchnrt, west
end M avenue; Mrs. Carl R.
Stoop, 2403 Birch street; - Mis.
Edith Hulse, 2907 Fourth street.
Water lurnod ons
George Deeds,. 002 C avenue;
Mrs. Kenneth Zollman, 2812
Fourth street; Millie Schumann,
2007 Oak street; M. J. Dolton,
1223 U uvenue; A. E. Hoe, 1501
W avenue.
Building pormitsi
lmogime Russell, repair two
slory frame dwelling, 1802 Third
street; $500.
K. Tyler, nllcr and repair
onc-slory brick building, 1113
Washington street; $300.
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form )
38 Seine
30 Falsehood
31 Exist
32 Sorry
36 Come forth
37 Paient
41 Green (her.)
45 Ran away
46 Thus
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40 Spice
50 Snow vehicle
5- Day before
53 Terminal
56 Iridium
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58 Whirlwind
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rubble as far north as Laihlo en
the Chinese border. After that he
till worked to keep the road clear
and traffic moving between lashio
and Kunming and on up to
Chungking, and for many months
before he returned to the States
with Qinglss and me in the sum
mer of 1943 he was in charge of
a construction gang on the new
Ledo Road more commonly
called the "Road to Tokyo."
'! .' . - : , :
"TONY wasn't the only trinket
trader among the American
lads in China and India, but he
was by far the most famous of
them. Most of the trading among
our officers and engineers and
ground crews and pilots was done
haphazardly. A fellow newly ar
rived would have an extra elgaret
lighter In his baggage, and he
would soon find a purchaser will
ing to pay 10 times its original
cost because elgaret lighters are
unobtainable. Another would have
some fancy lipstick, or a bottle of
perfume, or a pair of nylon stock
ings. Such stuff would be brought
along -for very obvious reasons,
but when : the boys discovered
there was a good- cash market for
it, they would try to sell their
little prizes. ":. "
At that- point, Tony would
usually be on hand. And because
his job took him .all around the
country-J-from Chungking in the
north all the way to -Calcutta in
the south he could usually find
a market for anything he picked
up. He would take along a bag
full of female trinkets when he
went t6 Calcutta and sell them
es ho did the Chanel Number 5
to some anxious swain In' the city
of high-priced romance. Then hoi
would shop around among the
native stores and shops, .picking
up some 'liquor or tobacco or
knives to' take back with him.
He was a gambler of great abil
ity and infinite nerve. He got into
a 10-day poker game at Kunming
on one occasion with a buneh of
Flying Tigers arid was over $5000
in the hole when his luck changed
on the last day. Ho lost 16 pounds
during that session, but when the
game-was over and the "chips were
counted Tony was $12,000 ahead.
(To Be Continued)
SERVICE, INC,
Party Dress
By SUE BUHNETT
She'll look us sweet and dain
ty as an be in this adorable little
button-shoulder frock woth pan
ties to match. Use soft summery
fabrics and trim with bright ric
rac. Pattern No.-. 8856 is designed
for sizes 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 years,
Size 3, dress, requires 1 yards
of 35 or 39-inch material; panties,
Vt yard.
For this pattern, send 20 cents,
in coiris, your name, address,
size desired and the pattern num
ber to Sue Burnett, La Grande
Evening Observer, 7K) Mission
St., San Francisco, Calif.
Send for your copy of the new
spring is.suc of Fashion just off
the press. Book full of smart,
up-to-the-minute styles. 15 cents.
FORMER OREGONIAN DIES
PORTLAND, June 19 (UP)
Charles E. Newton, 67, former
Oregon state geologist and dean
of the Oregon State college, school
of mines from 1011) to 1028,' died
recently in Cuperstown, N. Y., it
was learned today.
Hold Everything
"He'd rather play the piano but
hit folk think he needs excr-
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