As a last resort, I destroyed my ant colony. I even went so far as to pour boiling water on the four ant hills in my yard. Still ... the bell tone persists. I can stand it no longer! Perhaps if I were to dig ... again in the yard ... in the soothing earth, I could forget.... * * * * * (News Clipping: From Philadelphia Banner) RADIO COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEER DEAD Howard E. Edwards, Suicide _Philadelphia, Feb. 18._ The body of Howard E. Edwards, B.S., PhD., Member I. R. E., eminent authority on Radio Communications, aged 56, was found this morning in the back yard of his residence, 1427 Raines Avenue. The body was almost completely buried in a long narrow hole in the ground. At first, foul-play was suspected, but later it appeared that Edwards had dug himself into the ground and died of suffocation, as his nostrils and mouth were filled with dirt. Dr. P. A. Hofner, who examined the body, found no wounds, stated that Edwards had been dead for about two days, and pronounced the death as a clear case of suicide, the strange means employed probably due to an unbalanced mental condition. Elaborate radio apparatus upon which Edwards had been working had been smashed to bits. Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from _Comet_ July 1941. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and typographical errors have been corrected without note.