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ebriated. But in her present state, she was a marked contrast to the tmidi, nervous little v'oman Cilly met on Monday morning.
 "No, perhaps I'd beCUer not stop now" Cilly demurred. "1t was nothing important ."
 "Of course you're coming in!" MT. Corbett had her other arm now; it was useless to protest.
 'Tom," Mrs. Corbett ordered, fix Miss Pierce drink. She needs 1t, poor dear. This is the young lady I was telling you about, Tom, the one from across the street. It was her friend who was mur. ."
 Shut up!" Tom ordered. Evi- dently he did not like the word murder"
 "Oh, mamal" Mrs. Corbett called across the living room, un- concerned by her husbands rude ness. Mama, come here a minute, Here's Miss Pierce. Come, Mama, come meet Miss Pierce ." But there was no reply.
 To Cnly, she explained: Mama is asleep, I guess. She's like that falls asleep early"
 MT. Corbett entered, carrying a tall drink for her.
 "No, no, thank you," Cilly begged. T can't drink doc tors orders, you know"
 LAW, never mind that. Have a little drink with me. Come on, be 8 sport, baby!"
 Cilly took the glass and slipped at it. It would be easier if she appeared sociable.
 "I'm sorry to stop in at such an hour" she apologized. q wanted to ask you something, Mrs. Corbett." Whatever excuse she offered, it would not be impor- tant. Tomorrow morning the Cor betts would probably not even re- member that she had stopped in.
 (TO Be Continued)
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A, the Hunters in 6-A. She could looks, unsuspected, into the vacant apartment of the Carruth- CTS who were in Bermuda, and into the recently deserted 4-B, where Mrs. Wheeler had lived.
 The longer she thought of the idea, the more it absorbed her. The roof across the way was dark, too, and just as terrifying as the one above her. Amy's shriek of death still rang in her ears. It would be an ordeal to finger on that black roof long enough to catch a glimpse into the lives of the tenants. Cilly's mouth felt dry; her hands were clammy. But she brought her teeth together decisively and swallowed hard. If she could discover just one tiny clew, it would certainly be worth the trip.
 She went into the bedroom and loked for the old pair of opera glasses which had been her mo- ther's. They would not be as good as field glasses, but they would do She put on dark coat and slip ped the glasses into the pocket.
 A few minutes later she was at the door of the St. Ann Apart ments. She tried the door. It was locked. To get into the house, you rang the apartment bell and the tenant pressed the buzzer in his apartment. The front door clicked and while 1t was clicking, you could open it.
 To get into the house, therefore, to reach the stairway to the roof, Cilly had to ring somebody's bell. She looked at the name plates. Mrs. Corbett of course! She might stop for a moment just to inquire if Mrs. Corbett had seen Sergeant Dolan. Without hestitation, she rang the bell. Almost instantly, the front door clicked, and Ciliy entered. She walked up the five flights to the Corbett apartment hoping she had not disturbed them as they were preparing to retire.
 
 But no. The sounds emanatine from the Corbet apartment gave no indication of retirement Cilly, halt ed on the stairway. Were they hav- ing a party? All the better, she de- c1ded. She would have an excuse not to stop in; she could continue immediately up to the roof.
 Even as she decided this, the door opened wide. A man ap- peared on the threshold.
 Who's doin' all this ringing :" He stopped, seeing Cilly. He was an enormous, uncouth sort of per- son. Preliminaries to retirement had apparently been considered, for he was in his undershirt, and only one half of his suspenders supported sloppy pair of slacks. He held g tall drink tightly in his hand.
 "oh-h-h-h! Hello, sister. Come right in"
 He lurched forward and with exaggerated gallantry held open the door. Cilly noticed that he was drunk, very decidedly drunk. She heSitated.
 Come on in, baby. You're just what we need to make this a real party"
 At that moment Mrs. Corbett in the hallway. "Why It's Miss Pierce!" she beamed. Come right in, deary, I do want to get better acquainted with 7ou."
 Graciously she took Cilly by the arms. Mrs. Corbett was less in-
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CHAPTER XVII

{. At home in her living room, Cilly paced the floor. In her right hand she held Amys locket; again and again she looked at the picture 1t held. There was no doubt about it now. This was Jim's father. The likeness was unmistakable. This was James Allan Kerr a convict. And Jim Kerrigan, whom she loved above all else in this world, was the son who had run away and deserted him!
 "You1l believe in me, no mat ter what?"
 Over and over, his words echoed In her brain. She prayed for faith In 8 man so callous. A man who could run away
 Jim could be back. She was sure of that. Just as sure as she was that tomorrow morning would bring another surprise. Dolan knew criminals; that was his busi- nes. What he didn't know was that there are still men so fine that they ca nonly do the right thing.
 Sch man was Jim Kerri0an. and a thousand Police Sergeant Do- laIls could never make Cilly believe otherwise.
 Jim would be back.
 A treasured Priscilla Pierce strengthened her shoulders.
 Jim would be back. If not to- day, then tomorrow. If not this week, then the week after. Sooner or later, Jim Kerrigan would be back, and he would explain each startling circumstance.
 Still to nervously excited to think of sleep, Cilly went into the living room and sat down by the window, The night was cool, and the breeze from the bay delightfully."- refresh ing. She looked across the street at the St. Ann Apartments, into other living rooms where people gathered for the evening.
 All normal zcommonplace neo- pie, each living his or her own private life secure in a tiny cubi- Gle. Cliff dwellers, crowded to- geCher under one roof, vet each q stranger to the other. That is fiected.
 Just as easily could those across the street sit at their windows and look at the tenants of the Bayview. They could watch these people carry on their normal rou- tine of existence, private and indisturbed. They could overlook the doings of each person in the house - and one of these persons was murderer.
 Suppose I were across the street." Cilly asked herself, what would I see in this house? Would I see people playing bridge, and listening to the radio, or could I see clearly where a cloud of sus- picion hung over one apartment? Over there, could see these peo- pie as they actually are, and not as they pretend to be while the police are questioning them"
 The more she thought of it, the stronger became the urge to get across the street and regard the different families in the Bayview But how?
 The only windows which fronted on the street were apartment win dows; she could not go over there and ask someone to let her sit in the front window for a while. She could lak across the street and stand there, but standing in the street, you could see nothing about the first floor. You had to be up high, where you could look down into the rooms. Her eyes travelled slowly upward; the dark roof of thet house opposite held her gaze hypnotically. Up there, on that roof, she could look down into the Bayview Apartments. She could watch every family: the Smiths in 2-B, the Downeys in
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STORES IN 5 S.s Y \ AMP \: ]
.~ouHcED'A 1t.eore
foRL.ovE

SUDDENLY, one night in 1918,
 Prince Carol disappeared from the royal palace in Bucharest. Then it was learned that the 25. year-old heir to the Rumanian crown had eloped with. the daugh- ter of an army officer. The royal parents, Ferdinand and Marie, were furious.
 They ordered Carol placed in a monastery under arrest, then sent him for a trip around the world while the marriage, although en- tirely legal, was declared an- nuled. A son was born several months later.
 Meantime Carols parents had selected bride of "equal birth" for him, Princess Helen of Greece. The two were married with great pomp in Athens in 1921. The union was. however, brief. A red- haired young stenographer, Mazda Lupescu. crossed Carols path, won his attention.
 The prince abandoned his fam- fly and journeyed with her to Paris, subsequently, renouncing his right to accession for her. Helen divorced Carol in 1928. She bore one son.
 Then in 1880 Carol unexpected- ly claimed and won the throne,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-04
Answer to Yesterday's TwizxIer

AMDWer 70 YeSteFuAys TWIz1IeE
 AGr. A retired with fortune of He0O O,OOO.OO but don't let it tempt you. Ne had played for nine seasons Dhile MT. B had put in twenty-one lsmsons for 5000 (at the time MT. X retired) and MT. 0 had put in thirty years for $500,OOO.
 gCopyright John ?. bile Col
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ms I a tn c r having died in 1927. But Mazda Lu- D c s c u re- t u r n d to Buch are S t W ith Carol and is still his favorite. Carol B pic- t u r c d on
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Brain TWizzIers By Prof. ). D. Flint

Ahl A beautiful vase of flowers These freshly-cut posies are pretty to look at if you succeed in unmask- ing them but you must devote few moments to unravelling the mystery of their identities. Here they are:
 1. E544RE5YG
 2. N743K
 3. 56YE3B
 4. J9MN76N37H
 5. K63II65NAC
 6. P354CN
 '. J96Y3NGM7M 8. B03MR
 g. DC69J37H
 10. B9JBC435J Now, we say a pretty bouquet of sixes to you if you can find the name of each of the flowers in f1f- teen minutes but whole bunch of tens to you if 1t takes rclf an hour U. more.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
.ArmyO Orders

Current Army orders Include the toI-
lowing:
APPOINTED CHIEF or CHAPLAINs
William R. Arnold. ch., apptd. ch. of
chaps, with rank of COL for I yrs, Dec.
3d. rank from Dec. 20.
APPOINTED TEMPORARY MAJOR
Capt. Courtland NJ. Brown, A. C..
OTHER ORDERS
MAJORS
Philippines; sail from New York March
20.
Philip C. Clayton, cav, Ft. Brown,
Tex; to Philippines; sail from San Fran
cisco April 10.
CAPTAINS
Thomas B. Murphy. M. c.. detailed
mbr. med prom. exam. nd: apptd: by
KY. during temp. absence of Lit. Col.
Levy s. johnson, NJ. C.
Zachary W. Moores, cav, Philippines
to 18th Cav, FIT. Leavenworth, Kan.
pines: to LIST Cav: Div. FIT. Clark, Tex.
Norman NJ. Winn, cav, FIT. Riley,
Kan; to Philippines, sail from New York
March 25.
FIRST LIEUTENANTS
John ]. La Page. cav, FIT. Ringgold.
Tex, to Philippines, sail from San
Robert L. Cook, inf. New York: to
soth Inf, Preside of San Francisco,
sail Jan. s.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE
Maj. Cen. Leon 3: Kroner. ch. of
Maj. Edward s. Johnston Unf.).
Capt Donald J. Bailey, c. A. c., II
days. Dec. %.
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Thank

Belatedly, but sincerely, this de.
partment wishes to express its ap-
preciatic1 of Christmas greetings
received from the following folk
well known along the Triangle:
Henry Colby Her, AFGE; Mrs.
Carrie Hoban, GAO; Bernice B.
Heffner, AFGE; Duane Darling,
GAO; Edna Prater, GAO; May
and Mary Dexter, Edith and
Maury George, Mrs. Lucille F'os-
ter McMillin, Mr.. and Mrs. Luther
C. Steward, jr, Marguerite l..
Krenek, FSA; Millie and Ernie
Allwine, Henry K. Holman, Agri-
culture; Mary Hoover, Maurice H.
Calker, Pearl W. Smith, Ralph
Faulkner, Senate Secretary's OF
flee (the well-known artist); Vir-
ginia Lewis, Ssh; Luther c. Stew
ard and Gertrude M Nal1ey,
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
Your Opportunity

Folks 1Dho mail or phone
"neUS tips" about GoUern-
m1ent affairs or conditions
are frequently GDGrded free
thenter tickets. Their names,
of course, are kept highly
confidential, and thus it is
advisable for those With
JUICY information to adopt q
"pen name" for identified
tion in case they Din q
ticket. General items about
"tolks in the office" mag
also loin, and often GWGrds
are made merely as q good
tDiH gesture from The Times.
(PALJ beside your name
or "pen name" entities you
to call at this desk for tho
passes to Locus Palace, no10
shouting Nelson Eddy and
Eleanor Po1DeU in "RoSGtte."
Those aUith (CAP) can head
for the Capitol, Dhich boasts
MyrpG Log, RoSGlind Russell
and FrGnchot Tone in MAN
Proof" fCOL) means t10o
passes to see Jeanette Mac
Donald in "The Firetly" at
the Columbia.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
FtUe-Day Emphasis

Flash: According to indications,
the Forthcoming report on posi-
bilities and costs of putting the
Government on a five-day week
will be FAVORABLE Figures
have now been collected from all
Federal agencies by those compil-
ing the report One indication
Is the tacit admission in some
quarters that publication Of the
study not only will bring smiles
to rank-and-filers but will reduce
some of the Administrators
growing opposition.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
Frank, Crawford

Civil Service Commission en-
ployes, by vote, awarded the
NFFE's trophy to Robert T
Frank, jr., for submitting the best
photo collection to the recent art
and hobby exhibit James S.
Crawford, who also was grand
prize winner, won the AFGE
trophy for the best submission out
side of photography drawings =.
Runner-up to Frank was Mary M
Smith, and Stanley Kinchen was
narrowly beaten by Crawford.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
Best Cough Remedy Is
Easily Mixed at Home

lehial membranes.
Put the Pinex into q pint bottle, and
add your syrup. Thus you make q full
pint of really better medicine than you
could buy ready-made for four times
the money. 1t never spoilS, and chill
dren love its pleasant taste.
And for quick, blessed relief, it has
no equal. You can feel it penetrating
the air passages in \ way that meas
business. It loosens the phlegm, soothes
the infamed membranes, and eases the
soreness. Thus it makes breathing
easy, and lets you get restful sleep.
Just try it, and If not pleased your
money viii be refunded.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
Navy Orders

Navy orders of the week include
these:
MEDICAL CORPS
Lieut.. Thomas @. Harbour. det. Nav.
Hosp. Charleston, s. c., Dec. Is: to U.
g. s. Salinas.
DENTAL CORPS
Cdr. Logan A. willard, on disch.
trtmt. Nav. HOSP. Washington, to home.
rel. all active duty.
SUPPLY CORPS
1t. Cdr. william r. Calvert, deG
Yard, Washington. In Dec: to U. 9. 8.
Wyoming.
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No Heat, Landlord
Gets 9O-Day Term

UNION CITY, N. j., Dec. 20.
Benjamin Newman, 80 years old,
manager of a four-story, 16-family
apartment house at 447 New York
Ave-, was sentenced to 80 days
in the Hudson county Jail in de-
fault of a 500 fine by Acting
Recorder Mervin HerZfield in po-
lice court on a charge Of violating
the city health ordinance, by fail
ing to provide proper heat.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
It's So Easy! Makes a
Big Saving. No Cooking.

TO get the quickest relief from coughs
due to colds, mix your own remedy at
home. Once tried, you'll never use any
other kind Of cough medicine, and it's
80 simple and easy.
First, make q syrup by stirring 2
cups grRnulated sugar and one cup Of
A child could do it. No cooking needed.
Then get 21S ounces Of Pinex from
any druggist. This is a concentrated
compound of Norway Pine, famous for
its prompt action on throat and bron.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
Like Annuity Bill

Local 372, NFFE, within Adju'
tant Generals Office is strong
for the retirement program backed
by the national office, comprising
in essence the Ramspeck- Civil
Service Commission bill for re
tirement at go after 80 years OF
toll President Marie Mazourek
points out, approximately A per
cent of the employees subject to
the retirement act entered the
service at between ages Is and
25, and therefore have to theil
credit a period Of service Of from
25 to Is years upon attaining age
so" Second in the locals de.
sire, she declares, is the five-day
week hope.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
GPO Shift Begins

Postal card and money order
section, Government Printing Of
flee, soon will be in new quarters
Will move to new warehouse
building of GPO when it is open
for business soon after the New
Year Much new machinery
to be installed The groups
are moving from the old GPO
structure because it is to be de-
molished to make way for a new
building,
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
By ]. EARLE MOSER

"Overtiming by twomng" is appropriate term for a
situation rampant within Agricultural Adjustment Admnlstra-
ton Thronesers AAA invited to investigate policies
of ntv chiefs and supervisors who for the past year have
inveiged workers overtime the promise of time off at
future date Now with many hours piled clerks are being
told it's against department regulations to receive the prom
grant the time they wsh for other agencies keep their
ord in
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
News Tip Prize Today; Nv
dering" (CAP).
A Long Study

Arno C. Feldner, Bureau Of
Mines, heads committee that has
studied the problem of classifying
and standardizing the various
grades If coal for II years, the
current meeting of the Geological
Society of America reveals.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
Three for NFFE

Three new locals have been
formed by the fast-growing NFFE
. No. 627, Indian Service, is at
Winslow, Ariz., No. 628, National
Park Service, is at Petrified Forest
National Monument, Holbrook,
Ariz., and No. 629, War, Is at
Watertown, Mass
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
The Qualification

One Of the more humane off
cials within Social Security Board,
and thereby an able executive, Is
a gentleman by the name OF Viii
liam Kilcoin, his subordinates re
port He's in charge, local
regional office.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
YuIe With Parents

Katherine Johnston, AAA, was
one of those lucky out-of-town
Federalites able to spend Christ
mas with her parents Her
home city is Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
Let Us Knou

AAA clerks are invited to send
this desk names of chiefs, sections
and divisions reneging on over
time promises -. Your anonym-
ity assured.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
All Settled NouD

One Year Ago Today: Credit
union enthusiasts were worried
over the GAO edict that such or
ganizations could not use space
in Government buildings.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
Still A-flutter

Flash: Frank Krause, popular
within AAA's Time Unit, and his
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
The Calendar

Today: Evelyn Weinberg's Mod,
ern Dance" class for beginners
will be held at UFWA headquar-
ters, 532 Seventeenth st. N. W.,
5-6 Also, 9-10, group sing
ing will be led by Jean Brown
(COD Today's the final
chance to apply for electrician
refrigeration mechanic, $3.50, at
Civil Service.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29

News Tip Prize Today: "GustO'
(CAP).
The Washington times., 1937-12-29

NFFE; Thelma Bills, AAA, and
many others.
" = VT1saH
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
Speaking of
Government Workers
Rv EARLE MOSER

. November bride, the former Del.
phine Camp (COD, are still aflut-
ter over each other.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29

News Tip Prize Today: "PreSs
Ament" (COL).
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
NeuU Year Wedding

Flash: George Burns, better
known to folk in AAA Mails and
Files section as Jerry" will lead
the beauteous Bernice Dunlop
(COL), down the aisle New Year
Eve She's in Personnel Sec.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29

sCandlewick Marquisettes thickly dotted with
twotone coored tufts and 81 inches wide to the
pair and 1/6 yards long Choice of several colors.
Madras Weaves are in soft ivory or ecru colors
have deep ruffles and perky tie-backs. Each pair
2 1/6 yards long and "a inches wide.
Evening star., 1937-11-29
You Alarays Look for
LUXURY i'm FURS

In the fairy tales of centuries ago, the
princess was always described in terms
of fabulous gems and glamorous furs;
in fashion circles of today, the Woman
wearing smartly y-designed, soft. rich
furs Islands OUT; carefully selected
furs create an appearance and an atmos.
phere of fneness and regality. There.
fore, when you buy furs today :. {. you
look for an expression of luxury.
Experienced advertisers hare proved
that 'it pays to aduertise"; that's ,uhy
they advertise. They buy space in ne,rs-
papers to deliver their messages to the
public; they make sure that these mes.
sages produce a justi fable response by
incorporating ne,us of mutual benefit.
They measure the raIue of all adpertis.
ing by the returns they receive from
advertising. No other factor is really
essential.
You always look for luxury in furs;
it's just as important to look for
RESULTS from your advertising.
Evening star., 1937-11-29
NEW FRIENDSHIP
HOUSE DEDICATED
Famed Briggs Mansion Is
Opened as Social Welfare
Settlement,

The Briggs Mansion at 6lo D street
Sc, once described by George Wash
ington Is a fine house in the woods
between Capitol Hill and the Navy
Yard" was dedicated yesterday as the
new home OF Friendship House. Near
ly 900 persons attended the services
1t the social welfare settlement.
The Rev O. F. Blackwelder of the
United Lutheran Reformation Church,
the Rev. Francis Sullivan of st. Peter S
Catholic Church, Louis Gutenberg and
Miss Lydia Burklin spoke on the dedi-
catory program. The Friendship Glee
Club Of 80 children sang. Henry P
Blair. chairman Of the board, presided.
The house, generally considered the
Oldest in the city, was originally a
pioneers cabin. 1t was rebuilt into a
frame house by William Mayne Dun
cason Of the British Army in 1895.
Soldiers wounded in the battle of
Bladensburg during the War of 1912
were quartered In 1t.
Francis Scott Key, who bought the
mouse in 1915, lived there for many
years. Later, it passed into the hands
OF Mrs. Emily Edison Briggs, one of
the first woman journalists, who COW
cred the Civil War for the Philadelphia
Press. Mrs Charles Hoover, a mem
Der Of the Briggs family, served on the
committee arranging yesterdays cere-
monies.
George Washington, Lafayette, Dam
lei Webster, Henry Clay, Charles CAL
Evening star., 1937-11-29

he gave false testimony while appear
ing before that group.
Questioning Tackett about the story,
Assistant United States Attorney
David A. Pine brought out that the
witness could not use . typewriter,
could read very poorly and did not
know the meaning of many words
used In the article.
Most Of the mornings session Of the
trial was devoted to an effort by At
torney Leahy to discredit Jackets S
statements that he was afraid Creech
would have him killed because of the
testimony he had given in Washing
ton. Mr.. Leahy clashed frequently
with the witness
At one point he brought out that
Tackett had posed with the newspaper
woman for photograph while he was
signing his life story" Mr.. Leahy
then thrust the photograph toward
the witness SO vigorously that he
knocked glass Of water over on
Tackett.
A little later, Mr.. Leahy asked the
witness if he knew what it meant to
take an oath to tell the truth.
DO you know what it means in
Harlan County when they tell you to
sign a paper or else?" the witness re-
torted.
Evening star., 1937-11-29

am ready now to pick out piece of
ground and compel the Health Depart
ment to build the center on it."
Mr.. Collins also announced he had
received from the Budget Bureau .
portion Of the District budget estimates
for the coming fiscal year and would
start hearings on the appropriation
bill the latter part OF this week. Prior
to the hearings. he plans to inspect
number of municipal institutions.
In preparation for the hearings, Mr..
Collins has written to half q dozen
District department heads to learn
how far they had proceeded in carry
ing out provisions in the current ap-
preparation act. In some cases, he
indicated, sufficient progress has not
been made
The officials involved are to be ques-
toned when they appear before the
subcommittee.