Word: basement
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ayen in bedraggled St. Germain, France, stands a bright, pink, three-story schoolhouse. In its library are $25,000 worth of books. Its music room has an electric phonograph and a big collection of classical records. Its basement hums with lathes and its upper floors are alive with the clatter of typewriters and sewing machines. Last week the school awarded its first graduation, certificates-to WACs, for their proficiency in beauty culture...
Jake is Home. Mulling over Denton's strange disappearance, detectives had the house searched again. Finally they found a neatly plastered crypt under the basement stairs. In it was Jake Denton's body, shot in the back...
...last week the school janitor went down to the basement to rinse his mop, found windows smashed, wastepaper containers upset, paper scattered everywhere. Catching a flash of yellow disappearing up the stairway, he gave chase. Just as the boy was about to be trapped, he pulled a handful of stones out of his pocket, let fly a barrage. Dodging, the janitor slipped and fell on the wet floor. The boy disappeared...
Next day, the janitor smelled smoke, rushed down to the basement to find a pile of paper blazing. Yellow Pants went bounding up the stairs. Quickly dousing the fire, the janitor followed. Several boys were already in hot pursuit. Through the first floor and up to the second, more & more pupils joined the chase until the whole school was in an uproar. This time they thought they had him. But almost before their eyes he vanished again...
...situated in the cellar of the commuters' center, with an entrance at the side door, WHCN has set itself up by the labors of 15 members who have been working since the beginning of April. Taking over the basement in mid-March, the radiomen were forced to sand, paint, and refinish the entire station...