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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1940
Page
6
Instructions describe turning a box into a smart ottoman by adding a three inch thick cushion, matching or contrasting cover, and decorative feet from drawer pulls. It includes corded seams, a slip cover, and inner cushions with ticking or muslin for kapok or down fillings, plus note about purchasing related sewing booklets.
David Mallory, seeking newspaper work in New York, becomes a switchboard operator at a stylish apartment building run by Higgins. He meets Agatha Paget and her niece Allegra, and a scream from the Ferriter flat leads to a murder discovery. David is drawn into a web of family intrigue and a possible prisoner, while police suspect Lyon Ferriter and pressman Jerry Cochrane recruits him to aid in the investigation.
In a tangle of hospitality and suspicion Miss Agatha and family debate ethics while Lyon Ferriter arouses doubt. A basement encounter ends with the narrator recovering a suitcase and a faint trail of an intruder. Jerry Cochrane joins, confirming Lyon's presence upstairs and hinting at a hidden path and a Seattle contact.
The narrator recalls a dim basement scene after being tripped by Higgins who left the narrator's suitcase in the hall. Higgins mocks the mishap then locks the door as the narrator, bruised and shaken, wonders who else had been present. A mysterious intruder had fled, leaving a heel impression.
The piece profiles John Van A. MacMurray born 1881 Schenectady Princeton Columbia educated diplomat. It notes his posts as secretary in Siam 1907 head of Far Eastern division minister to China 1925 minister to Estonia Latvia Lithuania 1930 and minister to Turkey 1937. It praises his grim fact chasing and diplomacy style.
Captain Henry Harwood who defeated the Graf Spee near Montevideo last December is praised as a career naval officer and is tipped for the post of assistant chief of the naval staff and board of the admiralty. His decades of service include WWI torpedo boats and duties in South America, China, and the Mediterranean. In New York, Dr. James Ewing receives a cancer campaign medal for leadership at Memorial Hospital.
A veteran New York reporter recalls advice from a seasoned editor to chase what people discuss, capturing controversy to engage readers. The piece notes the harsh economics of writing, cites Lord Leverhulme on literature as a crutch, and mentions Paul L. Weiller and wartime aviation aid plus a Maine political shift, all framed as a bustling, uncertain journalist’s life.
The Village News-Press reports on theatrical feuds and casting frictions in New York as George Abbott Marcy Wescott and Sam Raphaelson clash over productions The piece also notes Betsy Berkeley and Bill Kelly in Washington, a new baby Abigail Alice Graf ton, a Nazi spy fired by Goebbels, Guth McClintic’s anti extremist stance and a salute controversy at schools Joé Kennedy’s London posting and a forthcoming expose of yeed by a banker writer subscribers read truthfully
Practical tips on garden care and housekeeping. Improve soil with rusty nails near hydrangea roots and recycle roast bones into soup by simmering long with vegetables. Oil carpet sweepers to quiet squeaks, catching excess oil on paper. Clean fur collars with toasted cornmeal rubbed into the fur and brushed out after two days.
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