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THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1932 The Bismarck Tribune |¢” *e why, if the wets are suc- An Inde cessful in North Dakota next month, M4 pendent Newspaper i THE STATE'S OLDEST £ NEWSPAPER Established 1873) SS sheeted a Published by The Bismarck Tribune » Bismarck, N. D., and en- tered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher. a, Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year. -$7.20 Daily by mail per year Daily by mail per year (in state utside Bismarck) .............5. 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(Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER ~ -(Ipeorporated) citfcado NEW YORK BOSTON North Dakota in Limelight Regardless of how it votes on any other issue, North Dakota is going to get a lot of publicity throughout the nation as the result of the decision to be made in November on the prohibi- tion clause in the state constitution. ‘What North Dakota does with its four votes in the national electoral college is likely to prove insignificant in the presidential picture. Never since North Dakota has been a state would a shift in its electoral vote have changed the decision on the Presidency. Although this state has usually been on the winning side in| national contests, its small block of votes has been overshadowed by re- turns from more populous districts. ‘With regard to the prohibition issue, however, the situation changes, for North Dakota is far more important there than its relative voting strength dustifies. i In the first place it is the most com- | pletely agricultural state in the union. All states have mining, manufactur- ing, logging or other industries to bol- Sber the income received from tilling ‘the soil but this state has them in smaller measure than any other. The hibition decision in North Dakota “1, therefore, give the nation the best possible evidence of what the farmers on the farms are thinking about this troublesome issue. Another factor is the standing of | North Dakota among the bone-dry states. Whatever may be said about bootlegging within our borders under existing conditions, th2 fact remains tt North Dakota is the only state the union which has never been hything but legally dry. It came ito the union as a dry state in 1889. In addition to this unique distinc- ftion, it is the third state in the union gin’ dry chronology. Kansas went dry Din 1880 to show the way for what was ef become first a great uplift move- ment and then one of the bitterest tical issues which the nation as a ‘wit6le has known. & Maine followed in 1884 and then! Tt was | Said that a change is necessary. North Dakota in 1889. pl& years before another state joined this list, Oklahoma falling into line in 1907, West Virginia went dry in 912 and constitutional converts be- t}zan hitting the sawdust trail in quan- Priez7/in 1914, when Arizona and Colo- 3rado followed suit. oc By 1919 the total number of states yun prohibition clauses in their state weonstitutions was 19. That is the fig- ure today. Meanwhile prohibition was being 2gestablished in other states by a dif- ferent route, that of statutory enact- ment. The effect was the same. ia went dry by this means in vA 908, North Carolina, Tennessee and | BoMississippi in 1909. Alabama went dry Sn 1915 while Arkansas, Iowa, South DeCarolina, Virginia and Washington Pere into line in 1916 as the dry wave Do'Wept the nation. For each of these! Edstates the effective date of the statute He given. In most cases they allowed Hwix to ten months between the adop- Kazion of the law and the effective date, Kay that the time when the decision Mewas made usually is the year before Mitnat listed. Mo By November, 1922, 45 states had Novnacted prohibitory measures. Massa- Okbnusetts and Nevada joined the pro- Prigession in 1923, leaving Maryland Qulpne among the states in her resist- Bbnce to prohibition. In Nevada, how- St.2ver, the supreme court held the St. tatute unconstitutional because of a a itive title. Seattl ear 1923, therefore, represent- Sherie’, ue) ited States. peak of prohibition in the Swii That same year, however, saw the defection from it, New York with repeal of the Mullan- enforcement law. Montana re- prohibition by initiation in (926, Wisconsin in 1929 and Massa- tts eliminated its “Baby Vol- Depitead Act” by referendum in 1930. Pay As it stands, therefore, 42 of the 48 tes either have prohibition clauses their constitution or prohibitory {earing these facts in mind, it 15} nouse. |and vitally that of a state. ; themselves the very best sponsors to |—and that group certainly numbers repeal of North Dakota's prohibition Clause will be regarded by the nation as a whole as an act of vast signifi- cance. Forces seeking repeal would capitalize upon such a decision. If it remains dry persons espousing that cause would point to the fact with pride and would not overlook the argument that a state with such; long prohibition experience still fa- vors it. Yes, regardless of the outcome, North Dakota’s vote is going to re- ceive a lot of attention this fall. A State Problem Hoover's recent address on children and the home bristled with platitudes. It is to be hoped that the states are not going to unload child welfare problems on Washington too. If there is any problem which is a solemn and sacred duty of the state government, | it is to look after the child without trying to shunt that obligation upon | the president’s shoulders. One senses janother high-pressure federal bureau with payroll and appropriation to per- form a function which is essentially Those well-meaning and distin- guished women who met in the As- toria hotel recently to worry over the! child and the home have within correct conditions of which they com- Plain and for the remedy of which they have repeatedly besieged an al- ready over-organized and unwieldy federal bureaucracy, If we are going to put the govern- ment in loco parentis, then let us utter a prayer for God to protect the home. If federal bureaus bungle that Job as they have others, the well- meaning mothers gathered in New York have a rude awakening in store for them. One of Hoover's many conferences has had the child and home under the social microscope and there is a plan and program in print for this too, If encouraged, the federal gov-} ernment, which now sends out pat- terns for Willy's pants and points out strategic places for the buttons, will give mothers more leisure for those things which lie outside the home. In most instances, it is not the child that should cause the worry, but the parents in whom a deeper re- sponsibility must be aroused. That cannot be done by even a Hoover bu- reau of home efficiency. Those who would waste time on demonstrations before our vice presi- dents must have that famous Broad- way burlesque in mind, “Of Thee I Sing.” We should allow our vice presidents to enjoy their political in- nocuity. Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors, They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's policies, Farmers Forsaking Dry Law | (The Country Home) Public opinion in the small towns! and in the rural districts is now | shifting away from existing prohibi- | tion laws. The Country Home is the first of the important farm magazines to recognize this situation and take a! definite stand for prohibition reform. | The politicians, I think, have already observed the currents of agricultural opinion, for if they had not done 60, it ts certain that both Republican and Democratic platforms would read very differently, and President Hoover in his acceptance speech would not have | Since both political parties have abandoned prohibition, friends of temperance in the agricultural dis- tricts must now bestir themselves, not against the overwhelming tide of pub- lic opinion, but to see that the prohi- | bition experiment is not followed by chaos and confusion. After a trial of a dozen years, many farm leaders who were formerly of the belief that the cause of temper- has worked out. But there is always the incontro- vertible fact that human nature is so constructed that unrestricted access to alcoholic beverages is bound to be @ great social menace. Therefore the great necessity for farm leaders at present is straight thinking. We are going to have a change. But it is of supreme importance that the original objective should not be lost in the confusion and excitement of the change. The great agricultural Population of the country wants the nation to go forward with its eye on temperance, not backward to de- bauchery and the saloon. When the present experiment is abandoned, we should be ready to Substitute something in its place; a better plan than the scheme we are giving up. The friends of temperance nine-tenths of the rural population— have a superb opportunity to plan for the era right ahead. The saloon was a blight; the boot- legger and the speakeasy are a curse. What will come after the bootlegger and the speakeasy depends upon the intelligence and public spirt which can be focused on the problem. Neither political party has offered a plan for liquor control. Both are for turning control back to the states, Why, therefore, should this important sheen remain any longer in poli- ics’ No matter which party wins the forthcoming election, farm leaders want the next congress to lay aside all thought of partisan advantage and name a joint committce, made up of all shades of opinion. Let that com- mittee formulate o plan under which dry states may remain dry if they like, and wet states may have sane lquor control. This is a reasonable nation. It is ready to move forward. But the farm voters will insist on see- ing where it is going. In China, if a man cannot. pay his IOTER REFUSING TO SWALLOW BALONEY IN EFFORT TOMAKE POLITICIANS GET DOWN! O BUSINESS! EAGUE OF NATIONS GOES AND BE PALS! FORCING CHINA AND JAPAN To KISS | If Only ‘Hunger Strikers’ Could Solve Some of Our Other Problems! | EATING TILL WORLD Seep SCRAPS EXCESS ARMAMENT! (WOULDN'T THAT GE NEWS the big mid-Broadway draw and was the only place to survive the hot months. Floor show girls have suffi- ciently few clothes to please even vis- iting buyers. With this advance directory, you can pay your money and take your choice. This department, as usual, will tip you off wheh and if anything new shows up. § * Meanwhile, just to show you how old-fashioned we're getting around here—Paine'’s fireworks shows “The Last Days of Pompeii” at the bali par! ‘k. Where have I been all these years? BRITISH SMASH THROUGH On Oct. 3, 1918, the British broke the German line on an eight-mile front from Sequehart to the Scheldt canal north of Bony, taking many small towns and 5,000 prisoners in a five-mile drive, The French advanced east and south of St. Quentin after completing their victory in the city the preced- ing day. They cleared the enemy from its positions north and west of Rheims. American, British and Italian war- ships anchored at Durazzo after de- stroying the Austrian naval base there Oct. 2. Bulgarian troops evacuated Serbia. The British admiralty announced that in the second quarter of 1918 the world’s merchant shipping loss was 932,556 tons—a reduction of 58 per cent from the figure for the corre- sponding period in 1917. lic opinion the newspaper today is in- dispensable in all public affairs as long as the principal function of the state, the church, the home, the school and business are dependent upon public action the press will ad- vance as @ profession—Carl W. Ack- erman, dean of Columbia School of Journalism. *x* * Despite its tributes and sympathy, America has never been really able to understand the psychological needs of the veteran. — Major General James G. Harbord, U. 8. A. * * * though partially disarmed, Ger- iaany, ‘ hy opinion, is still the strongest power in Europe —Winston Churchill, British cc * The arrival of good times depends on the number of people who have the foresight and courage to take ad- vantage of present opportunities.—A. ‘W. Robertson, chairman, National Committee of Industrial Rehabilita- tion. . * OK Today, American popular music may truly lay claim to being the most vital of contemporary music.—George Gershwin, New York composer. oF Barbs | _——+ Now what tne country needs is a good joke, President Hoover tells a comedy team. If we can get the drummers back into the Pullman cars, the jokes will take care of themselves. % % ¥ Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm, we hear, is tak- ing @ vacation at a Dutch coast re- treat. And all the time we thought his vacation started back in 1919. o * * * Calvin Coolidge and Al Smith are on the railroad commission. The two great quiet men ought to get along pretty well together. % % % The election will help the unem- ployment situation anyway, for those who are elected. ee PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self- addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ance would best. be served by national | constipation and diarrhea, associated Prohibition have become dissatisfied | with the condition above mentioned. with the way in which the experiment | ink. Address Dr. William Brady, BANANAS FOR BABIES A mother writes: I am curious to know whether others have noticed the efficacy that I have observed from ba- nana feeding for infants. Not only do the babies thrive, but a | certain type of eczema disappears | as if by magic when bananas are | introduced into the diet. All three | of my babies had weeping eczema. | With the first I had a dreadful | time. The trouble did not seem | to respond to any treatments pre- scribed by competent physicians. Not until the baby was 14 months old did I learn from your column of the value of ripe banana in in- fant feeding. Then in a very short time the eczema cleared up. With the second child the eczema ap- peared at the age of two months. I followed your instructions in feeding banana, and had the same successful results. Eczema ap- peared on my third baby at the age of three or four weeks. To the horror of my relatives who thought it almost infanticide I administered banana. Again it worked. All the children now have beautiful skins frequently com- mented upon by strangers. Of course, in the case of the last baby I gave only minute quanti- ties of well ripened banana pulp and at intervals of several days. But it always agreed with her perfectly. In the Brady Baby Book, copy of which will be mailed on request if you inclose a dime and a stamped en- velope bearing your address, I ad- vise— At the age of four months begin feeding the baby banana... Be sure the banana is quite ripe ... At first give only a spoon- ful or less a day... Whether banana feeding will cure infantile eczema I don’t know. Per- haps other mothers of young infants so afflicted will try it out and tell us whether it is as efficacious as the correspondent believes. A trying state of undernutrition in infants and young children, variously called chronic intestinal indigestion, celiac disease, marasmus, malnutri- tion, often responds remarkably well to a liberal allowance of ripe banana. Perhaps there is no other remedy so valuable in the treatment of the For some unknown reason there is) @ popular prejudice against banana as a food for infants or children. Probably this prejudice is due to the unpalatability and the unsuitability {of green banana, All bananas are {harvested while green and shipped | before they are ripe. Only when the jbanana is thoroughly ripened is it really palatable and as digestible as it is nutritious. When a banana is ripe enough to feed a baby the skin is brown with some spots still golden yellow; the pulp is soft but not ; mushy. Ifsthe skin is not quite brown No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. in care of this newspaper. bearing your address. Do not expect any quackery about diet for high blood pressure, however. (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) with Gilbert’ Swa HOPEFUL SIGN? New York, Oct. 3—The daze of night life is wearing off! Along Broadway the notion obtains that much easy money has been made in the stock market by fellows who know how to spend it. And will have to spend. There is another theory that persons of average income, weary of sticking home and saving their dimes, will want to cut loose this win. ter. who always seem to have moncy to spend. At any rate, night clubs are ready- ing for a new season just as though last year hadn't left the worst head- ache in a generation. And the sum- mer season provided pains for which there were no anodynes. Road houses were taken for a ride and managers threatened to leap from the roofs of the roof gardens. The most famous orchestras played, many a night, to fidgety waiters and self-conscious scatterings of cash customers. * Oe HARDY PERENNIALS Still, it is written that there must be lights. And so there shall be. To be sure, many may not burn long. But the hardy annuals which sur- And then there are those folk} vive good times and bad already open their doors, These, for the most part, are non-couvert charge resorts or have established themselves as town institutions, Such as the Village Nut club, for instance, which was first to get under the season's gate. This has become a rendezvous for radio and theatrical folk. Weekly celebrity nights bring out the big name folk to @ spot tucked away in Greenwich Village. And which is crazier than even that, Harry Barris, who came out from Cocoanut Grove in Holly- wood, is this year’s master of cere- monies. The Village Barn runs a bit to the collegiate and slummer trade. “Cliff and Meyer,” night spot characters long ere this, run both places. A tur- tle race on a slippery dance floor was one of their more recent stunts. Of the swank, society resorts, Ra- mon and Rosita’s El Garron has sur- vived best. And reopens soon, with Francis Maddux, who chances to be this department's favorite floor show songstress. The El Patio is a Spanish-flavored rendezvous, which has also lived and | thrived in lean times. Cobina Wright, |former actress and society woman, ‘hurries back from Europe to her Sut- ton Club. Up in Harlem Cab Calloway goes on year after year, at the Cotton Club, with Dan Healy as showmaster, and Connie's Inn operates summer and | winter. Will Oakland's remains the home-folk and drop-in institution. | All of these are on the regular Man- | | hattan list of places to go and have been for several seasons. They are to be recommended to all visitors and guaranteed to be free from gyppery. i“ | + *& NEW ONES, TOO Of ‘the newcomers, about The Montparnasse which will | I hear most move into the Fifties. It has gained advance chatter because of the pres- ;ence of Charles Lucas, for years a | well-known figure in swank club cir- jeles. It will be the sort of place : {where the gals may be observed in French gowns. Central Park Casino is another. So is the Garron. This | is a higher priced trio; evening clothes required and plenty of scciety folk usually on hand. The Hollywood continues to have 17 Affirmative. it is not yet ripe enough. If banana is used when the skin is only yellow, it should be boiled or baked for feeding an infant or invalid. But if it is thor- oughly ripe it is most effective when fed raw. With ripening, the starch in banana is converted to sugar, and this change is not complete until the banana is golden yellow flecked with brown spots, or almost entirely brown. Of course, the black marks from bruises should be distinguished from the brown spots of ripening. The excellent results from feeding banana to puny, malnourished in- fants and children are probably in part due to the vitamins (A, B, C, E, and even a limited quantity of D) in this nourishing, strengthening food. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS High Blood Pressure Please give the name, publisher and price of some good book on high blood pressure telling about the diet, ete— (PF, M.) Answer~I cannot recommend any of the books I have seen. High blood pressure is not an ailment, but merely ne sign or effect noted by the phy- sician in his examination, in various ailments. For that reason I consider it unwise for the layman to attempt to interpret it, and I consider it mis- chievous and unwarrantable for an al- leged physician to offer the laity a book about it. I am glad to give you some general advice in @ monograph if you ask for it, tell me your physi- debts, the door is taken from his cian says you have high blood pres- | sure, and inclose a stamped envelope 18 Toward. circle. VERTICAL 34 Stabbed with | 19 High class inn. 34 Magician. 1 Into what horns, 20 Elevated. 36 Night before. ocean does the 35 What country 22 Growing 37 To perform. Mackenzie ranks first against a wall. 38 Recipient. Ri flow? among wheat 23 Payment de- 39 To revoke. 9 Senne? exporting mand. 41 Writer's mark. ? 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STICKERS ic) Can you cut the above triangle into two pieces that will fit together to form an oblong which, when the proper two lines are drawn int, will show two triangles of fone shape and two tangles of another shape? 3 FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: his parents would have scolded him for watching a parade on the Sab- A home may not be complete without a man, but a kitchen is. “I by TOM —_~ SYNOPSIS ' Bob Harkness, one of the most} ‘ respected ranchers on the Mexican border, is “El Coyote,” the masked bandit, who has avenged the wrongs inflicted upon the peons by Paco Morales. Ted Radcliffe, the son of Bob’s dead friend, Ann Reed, an entertainer at a disreputable resort, and Dr. Price are the only ones who know “El Coyote’s” identity. Mo- rales would pay well for this infor- mation and, not knowing that Ann loves “El Coyote” and is his spy, asks her to secure it. He also em- ploys her to entangle Ted and kill his beautiful niece, Adela’s, love for the American. Ann goes to warn Bob and brings Ted the news that| a large tract of land controlled by Morales rightfully belongs to him. Back in her room, as Ann informs Ted of Morales’ proposed trap for Lim, the door opens and the Span- iard enters with Adela. His purpose accomplished, he apologizes and 1-.ves with his lusioned niece. Downst.irs, Ted receives an insinu- ating message from Jito, Morales’ ward, who is insanely jealous of him. The inevitable clash has come and the two men battle for life or death. CHAPTER XLV They were motionless now, those two grotesque, hulking bodies, be- neath the glare of the lights, Their clothing hung in tattered shreds. Their breathing came in agonized sobs, and already one of Jito's eyes gard, his jaw had dropped, and the blue veins on his forehead stood out like cords beneath his wet hair, Yet in this last supreme effort his aching muscles knotted as he forced Jito’s captive hand still higher, still nearer the breaking point. Once more a low groan was wrung from the Mex- ican's lips as Ted forced his arm up- ward inch by inch in that killing hold. Jito's shoulder was on fire. Flinging his head back, he tried to batter the man’s face with his great skull, and once his head crashed on the point of Ted’s chin with a sharp crack, For an instant the American's hold weakened, then, with a last ef- fort, strengthened, and again the merciless hammerlock tightened. Al- ready the Mexican’s great sinews were cracking with the agony and strain of it. His neck had swollen, The great head lolled from side to side in a very ecstasy of pain, but still the dark giant fought on. One gripping hand had caught Ted by the shoulder, and in a last frantic, effort tore the skin with clenched nails. No sound. It might have been a place of death except for the sob- bing breath of those two forms, hor- rible now to look at, savage, beyond all thought and all sensation except for the blood lust that rioted in both their brains. They were no longer men. They were two primeval forces of the world, symbols of clashing destinies. They were hate incarnate. And still, head down, eyes closed, sweat pouring over bloody skin, they struggled on. “Mother of God,” one murmured hoarsely from the crowd, “never be- fore have men fought as these men fight. They are wolves, these two, mad wolves. Look, in God’s name! Now the Americano strangles him!” * For, still holding Jito’s wrist in his teft hand, Ted had wound his right arm closer about the Mexican’s neck and little by little was tightening his hold, Jito’s eyes bulged. Once a stifled gurgle rose from his torn lips. Shifting his weight to his left foot he whipped suddenly about with all the force of his right leg, in a frantic attempt to maim Ted, but he was too close. Like a dying man his free arm rose high in the air, his fingers opened and clutched horribly The man’s life was being forced from his very body by this merciless antag- onist. Once among those silent specta- tors a form moved. One of Jito’s vaqueros whipped a knife from his belt and stepped forward, but the click of a cocked automatic sounded unmistakably loud in the silent room. He looked up to sce the gray eyes of Don Bob watching warily. Bob said no word, but the heavy Colt had shifted ever so little toward the Mex- ican who held the knife. Quickly the man dropped back into the crowd, Then, suddenly, it was ended. Once again the great fist of Jito raised impotently into the air, but the jerking, mighty fingers clutched nothingness, and now his knees bent and his head fell limply forward. It was over, The giant of the border was down. One last moan of agony rose from those tortured lips, and his eyes closed. As he slid to the floor, Ted threw his arms about him, raised him and carried that great, uncon- scious form across the room. On the bar he laid his fallen adversary and stood for a long moment watching him while his own heart pounded wildly in his breast. For a moment the room swayed, His chest rose and fell, gasping for air. Then he raised his head toward Bob and tried to smile, The older man had turned toward the watchful little knot of vaqueros. “This man,” Bob said to them in Spanish, “gives you back your chief. If he had chosen he might have killed him. We go now, but let none of you move until we are away.” Once more Ted looked at the crumpled hulk lying so strangely quiet across the bar. All hatred, all bitterness had gone out of him—he felt only a great weariness, a desire for sleep. Don Bob threw his coat over Radcliffe’s shoulders and led him out into the night, Next morning Ann Reed sat in her room smoking a late after- breakfast cigarett:. Downstairs Men- doza’s was still afire with the tale of last night’s encounter ‘Through the desert ranches and toward the foot- hills men were spreading the tale as they rode out in the early dawn. Twice already Mendoza had thrust his dark face into the singer’s room to repeat to her some word of that night’s memorable battle, but now, as she looked up from beside the sunny window, Mendoza had differ. ent news, t GAY BANDIT of the BORDER COPYRIGHT 1931, BY INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE CO, INC. ~~ DISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES SYNDICATE,INC. i GILL had closed, Ted’s own face was hag-| A®4 still, head down, eyes siceed, sweat pouring over bloody akin, they on, “A sefiorita asks to come up." There was a quaver of excitement ir his voice, “It is the Sefiorita Mo rales.” For a moment the little man was silent. “It must be about that fight of those two mad giants. Qué va? All the border will know of this by night. And then what will those swaggering vaqueros of Paco Mo- rales sa} The long lashes of the girl lifted, She smiled and dropped the cigarette into a bowl before her. “Ask Sefiore ita Morales to come up.” And she was still smiling when the door opened and Adela Morales Stood in the doorway. Their eycs held each other with a long, questioning look. To the older woman Adela seemed enviably young and splendidly alive as she stood there hesitant in the doorway. A shaft of light from the window touched the coppery hair curling be- neath the broad-brimmed Panama. pee fuk ot det winds was in ier cheeks. She entered closed the door, sat acteey “You know who | am,” she said. Ann Reed nodded, “And I know, too, why you came. Please sit down.” As Adela pulled off her driving gloves the singer saw her lips quiver, and knew that tears were not far from her eyes. A sudden wave of sympathy for the girl caught her, She broke the silence. “You were taken in last night by what you saw here, weren't you? Just for a mo- ment?” Adela nodded, i ii igen a her eyes still bright “Your uncle is stupid, But al are stupid, so why veastnap The singer lighted a cigarette, “And yet that was a dangerously cruel thing todo, You know, I had to hold back that big giant of yours, or he might have Made Paco Morales very sorry for himself, But you don't need me to tell you who this gringo giant of yours really loves, do you? Of course you don’. You only came to me to make sure. It was a courageous thing. { wonder if any man is worth Chen slowly, dispassionately, but with relentless accuracy, Ann Reed told of Morales’ carlier visit and of the offer he had made. (To Be Continued) =