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Evening star., 1941-12-10
Charles A. WheIan Dies;
Founder Of Cigar Chain

By the Associated Press.
EAST ORANGE, N. j., Dec. TO-
Charles A. Whelan, rs, co-founder
president and board chairman of
the United Cigar Stores Co. OF
America, died yesterday Of a heart
attack.
A native Of Syracuse, N. Y, he was
in the wholesale cigar business there
before going to New York Cnty in
1901, when, with his brother George
he opened the first United Cigar
Store, on Nassau street.
That store was the initial unit OF
chain which in 1929 consisted OF
$500 stores throughout the United
States and Canada and put tobacco
merchandising on "Quick-sale
basis.
Following the chain-store idea OF
their father and uncle, two of Mr.
Whelan's sons, Albert and Francis,
launched the Whelan drugstores In
1928, but it was not until two years
later when their father purchased
the enterprise that it, too, blossomed
0l1t
Evening star., 1941-12-10

GATHER, MARY. In memory OF our
mGshef fbt fs MAsY NAE SAiTaEE Who dspa1sed
10. 1898.
Gone, but not forgotten.
HER DAUGHTER, IDA LONG.
NAUGHTON, MARY A. In, sad but low
NARY a 81 o9E who dear 9hs ss
s nass eight aER Sc sesS TO-
PETERSEN, NICOLINE M. A tribute OF
love and devotion to the memory Of our
dear mother. NIcOLINE NJ. PETERSEN,
cember 10. 1910.
Desb %shn toSE ogr bonn where M ssh
Each E;e hour we miss your smiling face
You fought life's battles bravely
And patiently stood every test;
You will always be loved and remembered.
Because you were one Of the best.
Peaceful swt be thy nrsst,. rest dear mothsr
In life we loved you dearly,
In death by We TovhrEn DO ths ssms Eur n,rr
SCOTT, J. ELIZA. In loving memory OF
our dear aunt, j. ELIZA scoTT. who
December 10, 1910.
Dearest thoughts of you shall always
STERLING HARRIS AND FAMILY.
SMITH, LAVINIA PACK. In sad but
loving memory Of LAVINIA PACK SMITH,
who entered into eternal rest six years
ago today, December 10, 1885.
Treasured thoushts OF one 30 dear
Often bring . silent tear;
Thoughts return to scenes long past,
Time rolls on. but memory lasts.
HER BROTHER AND NEPHEWs, WALTER.
Sr.; WALTER, Jr.; ALOYSIUS AND
CHARLES PACK.
WATERS, FRANCIS A. In loving mem
DRY of our husband and dad, FRANCIS A.
WATERS, who departed this life two years
ago today. December 10, 1899.
You have crossed the raging sea OF time,
But left us in the storm.
The angry pillows around US roll,
By faith we're sailing on.
With only one last hope in view.
And this we know is true.
You never can return to US.
But, husband, we can come to you.
And when life's storm has ceased
And the mist has rolled away,
We will fold our earthly tent OF clay
And meet you. husband, some sweet day
HIS WIFE. MARY, AND SON. JOHN.
Evening star., 1941-12-10
Mrs. Mary c. Carlisle
Is Buried at Bethesda

The funeral Of Mrs. Mary c. Car
Isle, 70, widow Of Thomas M. Car
Isle, who died at the home OF her
son-in-law and daughter, DR.. and
Mrs. A. B. Crawford, 6676 Thirty
second street NV, Sunday after q
long illness. took place yesterday
from the funeral home of w. Reuben
Pumphrey, Bethesda.
The services were conducted by
the Rev. Claude A. Brubaker, pastor
Of Mount Zion Baptist Church, and
burial was in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Carlisle is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Grover Linthicum
Ceuar Grove, Nd, and Mrs. Craw-
ford, and a sister. Mrs. George w
Mills, Fulton, Md.
Evening star., 1941-12-10
Dispatcher Sentenced
For Wreck of Train

Two years in prison and a fine Of
$4,000 was the punishment meted out
by the Circuit Court in Guadalajara,
Mexico, to F. A. Avila, train dis
patcher, held responsible for the
wreck of two passenger trains on the
AguaScalientes division of the Ma
tional Railways.
Five persons were killed and 80
injured in the wreck, which occurred
near Lagos de Moreno.
Evening star., 1941-12-10
Robert M. Miller Dies;
Was Marine Enqineer

Robert M. Miller, so, marine en-
gineer for the G. w. Forsberg Co.,
died early today at the home Of his
sister, Mrs. G.. w. Forsberg, 4907
Fourteenth street NV, after two
month illness. He had been in Ill
health for two years.
A native of this city, he made his
home at 642 F street S.W., and was
educated in District schools. Besides
Mrs. Forsberg, he leaves two other
sisters, Mrs. Agnes Janecek and Miss
Mary Miller, of this city. Funeral
arrangements have not been COM
pleted.
Evening star., 1941-12-10
Lawrence Grotton, II,
Actor and Writer, Dead

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-Lawrence
Grattan, II, playwright, actor and
author Of vaudeville and radio
sketches, died yesterday at St
Luke's Hospital.
Evening star., 1941-12-10

matron, VIOLA B. THOMPSON.
LILLE MCKENZIE. Secretary.
HoLTz. RUTH E; On Monday, Decem;
daughter Of Ralph and, Beatrice Holtz.
Services at the Chambers funeral nome
de@bet 1a09 chapn at st. 10 nam s on
Lincoln Cemetery.
HITCHCOCK, MABEL E. On Tuesday
DfcsRpeT = g4d BGeW Bsyesy Of Edwin
G. Ritchcock and mother Of Mrs John T
hitchcock Of Beverly, N. j., and Lyman H
Funeral services at west Haven. Conn
on Friday. December IL. IL
aUGHEs MATTE Aasb'0ntos On satH5dsy p q
late George W. Hughes.
homer aR47 tRs M5on s. va the Arnsoh Izss Ss
nesday, December 10, at 8 pm. Inter
ment oakwood Cemetery, Falls Church. Va
INGALLS,, NELLIE GRUNWELL.. Or
srd as hS SELEE Ii lsd n Eli
INGALLS, She also. is survived by foul
0'chai at chambeFs Der i0 Georsetown funeral home
31st and NJ SITS. NV.
fs s an ID st. Pans 5DcsfSPs ces
and friends invited. Interment Roci
creek cemetery. IL
JONES, ALICE. Departed this life Mon
6hy Ss s She at eaSes to
their loss three daughters. one son, ont
son-in-law, five grandchildren and hos
of other relatives and aanSs. friends; :, -
pm. from Rollins funeral home. ABB!
Hunt. pl. ne, Rev. A. H; s.. johnson Of
ficiating. Interment Lincoln Memoria
Cemetery.
JONES. NINA F. On Wednesday, De
JONES (nee shawen), beloved wife of Mar
in Jones m9hsr EsIpR EssIs MsTin s;s nns }ons
Chester Smith. Mrs. Lesley Thompson. an
Miss Frapces Shaver sns three brothers
home, 2s47 Wilson blvd; Arlington, Va
where funeral services will be held Friday i'd
Hill Cemetery, Oakton, Va. IL
,.bsT K5DwELL ELSIE eanssP on MGndag agspE Rf
ELSIE KIDwELL. devoted wife of charli
Kidwell and mother of Floyd kidwel. Re
mains resting at the home of her mother
funeral services on THURSDAY. Decsmbe
II, at pm, at the Herndon Methodls
Church. Interment Chestnut Grove Gem Cen
etery, Herndon, Va. 10
KING, MARY CECILIA. Entered int
ssdt Md %ARY M PsceRefI KN ased 81
beloved daughter of the late Thomas an
Sophia KING; E,,, tho boue of ber niec
Mrs Tupsrar emma f1sm g. Hahn 44e %aira M
Baltimore, Md, on Thursday at II an
Friends may ea at the and Mais Mam ave. Lee r.
sfer / pm. Thursday. Funeral service
at pm. Interment Congressional CENT
terry.
Evening star., 1941-12-10
1n Mrnturiat11

mother, MARY GATHER, who departed
this life three years ago today. December
10, 1898.
Evening star., 1941-12-10

HAHN, LOUISE c. Special meeL eLlng OF
~ III Lebanon Chapter, No. rs. o. E.
VII S., is called for Wednesday,
NGX December 10. 1941, at 6:15
A&/N O'Clock. at the Masonic Tenn
A-1N pie 18th st. and New York
W ave. NV, to attend the fu-
neral of our late sister. LOU
ISE c. HAHN BY order of the worthy
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time or only a moment; she never
quite knew. -.
But at last her mind cleared a
little and she remembered to be
ashamed Of her complete lack of
self-control. She pulled0 herself
erect and stood very still for a long
moment, her hands over her white
lace, drawing a long, hard breath.
Snap out of it, my good girl
she told herself, with a hard-fought
steadlness that left her faint and
weak. You've been uneasily sure
for a long time that it was your
bank account that he loved. And
now that you've had a showdown
and brought the truth out into the
open, what are you going to do
about it? Stick out your chin and
take it? Or run sniveling into a
divorce court and have all YOUR
bosom enemies and your bitteres.
friends laughing up their sleeves at
you?"
She walked ove to the bedside
table, selected a cigaret with a
hand that did not shake too much,
and lit it. She curled herself up
against the pillows, the thought of
sleep farther away from her than
1t mad ever been in all her life.
She had found a measure of calm
IN facing facts, in refusing to run
away from them any longer. She
had a choice to make; the easy, cow
ardly way of walking out on her
marriage and facing the u
ment and malicious gossip of her
%so-called friends; or the more diff
cult way of facing the sober, not
too-pretty truth and trying to sal
wage something from her marriage.
That would be the harder, the more
painful way; because she adored
Brooks and to live with him, know
ing that he had married her simply
as a means of achieving luxury and
ease, would be bitter and painful.
But she realized that to give
Brooks up, never to e him again,
would be even more bitter and
much more painful.
She was a little ashamed of the
barely acknowledged hope lodged
deep in her breast, that if Brooks
came to know her as she really
was, and as he must come to know
her in the intimacy of marriage, he
might learn to love her. Her heart
gave a little surge of hope at that
thought, but she pushed it back
deep down into the inncrmost re-
cesses of her heart. She dared not
give it the light of day, to let it
grow strong and eager and throb-
bing, For if nothing came of it
She shivered and set her teeth
hard, and suddenly her hands were
clenched together and she was say
ing scarcely above her. breath,
please, Cod" But it had been so
long since she had desperately
wanted something her wealth could
not buy, she had almost forgotten
to pray.
(To BE C%ontinuedl
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-15

"EROOKS, l have to ask you a
ouestion and l want the truth
ILEASE!" Natalie a SO terribly
N earnest that she did not know
her voice shook just a little.
If | answer the question at all,
Won NAV be cutie sure that it will
ba with the TRUTH" Brooks assured
her with a certain hint of grim
ness. as the tenseness between
them reached a climax.
"Then-Brocks, why did you
marry me?" asked Natalie.
There was the tiniest possible
silence; almost it seemed to her a
hesitation. an uncertainty in his
manner His eyes were upon his
plate, upon the fork that he was
pushing aimlessly about his plate.
"Why?" he asked then. and
smiled at her, a rather taut-lipped
smile that had no faintest hint of
mirth in it. Why else than because
you are SO lovely, and so desirable,
and"
She managed a thin smile. MY
dear! You re not gong 10 pretend
it was love-just after going to
such pains to convince me there is
no such thing?'
Brooks jaw stitfened a little and
his eyes chilled.
"On, no, l wasn't going to pre-
tend that it a love-though of
course I'm very fond of you, and l
admire you because you are really
lovely and very sweet, and you're
grand company"
Shall we just say that it was
because the Schuylers have always
been good businessmen and l in
herited rather a lot Of their
m~oney?' she suggested. Her voice
vas so cold, so controlled, that each
separate word seemed to fall into a
pit ofe silence between them, like
small Jumps of ice.
For a long moment they sat per-
fectly still across from each other;
as though the small, crowded table
were a gulf that was widening be-
tween them: a gulf across which
their hands and lips and eyes 1ould
n longer reach.
Brooks said after a moment that
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WHEN BROOKS aWoke and
called his Wife's room to find if she
was ready for breakfast, there was
no answer. He dressed and knocked
lightly at her door. There was no
answering sound from within, SO
he decided that it was much too
early for her to be aWake-it
wasn't quite ten, his watch told
hm-and he Went on down to the
dining o in search of breakfast.
He was halfway through the
meal when he saw her come in.
Slim and radiantly lovely in her
honey-beige tWeeds, her fur coat
carelessly over her arm. her eyes
bright and eager. She looked for
nm IN the dining room, saw him,
and came swiftly toward him.
Brooks, rising to greet her. was a
little dazzled by her radiance.
The dining room, save for them
selves, was deserted. A waiter hur-
RED to take her order and vanished.
Natalie leaned on the table toward
Brooks, very gay and animated
and lovely.
i've been to the hospital" she
told him. Johnny had a reasonably
comfortable night and his chances
are a little better. Coralie is COM
ing along nicely, too. She vas NV
FULLY pleased with the trousseau !
took her"
Brooks grinned, a curious look in
his eyes.
= a readily imagine-the loot
or Fifty-seventh street and Madi-
son avenues ritziest shops" he
said lightly.
She hesitated for a moment. OBJ
Vlously there was something she
wanted to say and wasn't quite
sure Just how to say it. Brooks
waited, a little chill settling sudden
~ about his heart.
hrooks-about last night"
she said suddenly. Hot color burned
l'er face and she could not quite
meet his eyes.
"Yes-about last night. You, of
eourse, want a divorce"
she looked up at him swiftly. us
mat what you want, Brooks? ?" she
But see here, Natalie, l want
whatever you want. You must
'" mat Your happiness. your
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-15

about" Brooks demanded, bewil-
dered and still angry.
Il mean-let'S leave our car and
my fancy clothes here for Coralie
and Johnny" she explained eager
ly, b%reathless and radiant again be-
meath the excitement OF this plan
that had grown in her mind during
the empty, sleeplcss hours of the
night. Let's take their car and
their baggage and go to Halcyon
Island for a month. When they get
We'll, they can have III tickets and
u hotel reservations"
You mean you want to mas
qucrade as Coralie. the pride of the
overall factory? Marie Antoinctte
and the milkmaids. eh?"
Natalie lifted her chin proudly.
That's a nasty crack" she told
him holly. But it is what | want
to do and l think it would be fun!
Wed get clear away from newspa-
per reporters and people spying on
us, and we could sort of-well, have
a chance to get acquainted. The
sort of life we've both lived, and
the way we've known each other,
has been-oh, all cluttcred up with
non-cssentials. And you don't
know. you might even like nc"
She set her teeth hard, for she had
said more along that line than she
had meant to say.
Brooks studied her for a long
moment and then he nodded.
II have to admit it sounds a bit
screwy. but if you think it would
be fun
1T mustn't be like that, Brooks"
Natalie cut in unexpectedly, her
voice shaken a little, a look in her
eyes that he had never seen be-
fore-a look that if he had not
known her SO well he might have
called a pleading look. MOT just
because | think it would be fun
but because you think SO. too"
She drew a long. hard breath.
Her hand closed or the table un-.
til it was a small, hard fist, a1d
she said, her voice still shaken,
Don't you see, Brooks? It's got to
be not you or me, but US! It's
what WE think, not what you
think, or l. If we don't share
things, then how al we ever find
any happiness together?"
Brooks put out his hand and laid
1t over that small, closed fist.
Sorry. darling" he said quietly.
"Of course you're right, And I DO
think it would be fun-grand fun.
a real lark. But what about John
ny and Coralie? Have you told
them?"
"Oh, mol wouldn't until l
asked you" said Natalie. Il
thought maybe you'd go over to the
hospital with me. Wen have to
make u plans with Coralie. John
ny still is unconscious and the doc
tor says it will be several days be-
fore he can have visitors"
Brooks nodded and signaled to
the waiter for the check. Outside in
the crisp golden sunlight they
drove to the hospital, the hand
some imported roadster creating
considerable at -ation as they
went.
Go Be Continucd)
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seemed to them both an eternity,
Wei. yes. suppose We lust say
that married you because you are
loVely-and so very rich"
Natalie nodded, white to the lips.
She stood up, her lovely chin tilted
a little, and said crisply, In that
case yoln be glad to know that be-
lofe leaving New York l had my
attorneys establish a trust for You.
income viii be, | think, quite
ample pocket honey. a million dol
lars, l think it was"
Brooks bowed politely. How
very generous of you, my dear. |
am enormously grateful, of course"
She turned toward the door
bllndly. But before she reached it.
Brooks said coolly, Since we are
having a session Of truth talks,
suppose you tell me why you mar
ried ME! That. l imagine. is the
thing that puzzles our friends"
Natalie stood very still, her
hands clenched upon the door knob,
while she fought for some faint
shreds of composure. 1t would be
unbearably humiliating if she we're
to break down now; to turn, as she
ached to do, and fling herself into
his arms and beg for his love, for
his caresses-for his lies. She had
asked for the truth, and he'd given
it to her, straight and hard and be-
tween the eyes. She must stand up
to it. Anything else would be un-
bearable.
After a moment she had herself
we'll enough in hand to turn and
survey him coolly-though the look
in her eyes was sick with pain.
why did I marry your" she
repeated. well. perhaps l was
tired of being a spinster girl. Per-
haps l wanted a more formal estab-
llshment than is considered proper
for an unmarried girl. Besides, you
dance divinely and-well, you are a
very decorative sort of person. Nice
to know one has a permanent part
ner who can always be counted on
to be amusing and intelligent, as
we'll as devastatingly good look
ing"
He took that with his teeth set
hard, a little ridge Of muscle leap
ing along his jaw, and he took it
without %f'inching and without pro-
testing. But Natalie knew she
couldn't endure the scene any lon
ser without breaking. SO she
swung open the door and said
crlsply, And now, if you don't
mind, I'm going to ask you to run
along. I'm rather tired"
"Of course. my dear. I hope l
shall always be the obliging, agree
able husband for whom you felt
such a large price was justified.
Any time l fail to give satisfaction,
be sure to tell me, and III try to
remedy my failures" he said cour-
~teouslv as he walked out.
Natalie all but flung the door
shut behind him and slid down on
the floor, where she remained for
what ma have been a long, long
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-15
comfort. your well being

comfort, your being"
"Then-we wont be Having a di.
v%orce,' said Natalie quietly. Al
least, not just yet, Ii seems to me
that-eVcn though we don't love
cacn other-We ought to be able
10 salvage something out of be
ing together. We arc good friends
good comrades. We enjoy being to,
~gether-or am l taking too much
for granted?"
Don't be an idiot You know
you've always been my favorlte
girI friend" said Brooks almost
han SHY.
ITS just that. being moderns
we don't believe in love" said Ma
tale with a lightness whose effort
vas so we'll done that he complete
lv missed it. But we can have a
lot of fun being married. If We arc
careful not to ask too much"
Brooks grinned unmirthfully
That's a thought" he agreed po-
litely.
Il thought that maybe if for just
a little while we could get away
from being young Mr.. and Mrs.
Brooks Marchbanks' who've al
ways had the world on a string
and mortgage on the moon, if we
could get away from all the fuss
anC feathers and just be two young
people on a honeymoon-Well, we
might find out a lot Of things about
each other that would make for
something family approaching
happiness
Natalie was having trouble put.
ting her thoughts into words, the
chief trouble being that she must
be so desperately careful not to let
him see that she was pleading fol
q chance to win his love-that love
he didn't believe existed.
Suddenly she looked up at
Brooks and asked unexpectedly
DO you look forward with much
excitement to honeymooning in the
Caribbean, the way we planned
ito"
MY dear, as I've said before,
want whatever you want"
"Oh, for heavens sake"-the
thin thread Of Natalic's sclf-control
snapped suddenly-"stop sounding
so much like a hired husband, and
give me a straight and sincere an
sWer."
Brooks colored with anger and
| resentment. But after a moment he
said, his tone cold. controlled,
though the veins in his throat and
the ridge of muscle along his jaw
indicated that her taunt had struck
home. Then, my dear. since it's
the u~nvarnishcd truth you want
the honeymoon we've planned will
bore me-"
She took that as she would have
taken a physical blow for which
she had asked and which she had
expected; on the chin, without
ninching, drawing a little sharp
breath. her hands clenched hard at
her sides. Then she nodded, a trltle
pale beneath her expertly applied
makeup, and said quietly. That's
what l wanted to know. l feel the
same way about it. suppose we
trade honeymoons with Johnny and
Coralie 2"
What on earth are you talking
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-15
SYNOPSIS

ION AND BETSY FORMAN inherit
llaIcyOn Island from invalid jordan
Markham. who was found shot TO
death. Markham had established the
spot as a 'hOncymOOn isle but ms
ideas a been opposed bitterly by
crooked business associates who
wdutcu to i.akc II a base tor SNUG
CLING aliens INTO tho United States,
NATALIE SCHUYLER, moneyed soci-
ETY. Glri. and
BROOKS MARCHBANkS. possessor O.
hlgR social position. but not much
money. are married. Starting on thcl'
honeymoon. they fni "A wrecked car
IN Which are an injured boy and gIt!.
Dls. oloriuG that they are without
funds. Natalie secs to 1t that the
HcWy-malIltd couple.
CoEALlE AND JOHN SIMPSON,. are
provided ton. Corallc says that they
were bound FOR liaicyun Island to
spend thtli honeymoon.
Ia a truth" session. Brooks admits
that he has married Natalie for her
money.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-15

TOM AND BETSY rOkMAN inherit
U1I,vun Island from Invalid Jordan
Markham, who was found shot 10
J'ath Markham mad established the
su,t AS , honeymoon isle, bat ms
Tf,ts had been opposed bitterly 10y
r,,,kat BUSINESS associates who
u,utsd TO make 1t a base for Snug
sHng aliens INTO h United States.
NATALIE SCHUYLER. moneyed soci-
city girl. and
prpOkS MARCHBANkS. possessor OF
rlsh social position. but not much
uInn,y are married Starting on their
rnncymoon, they find a wrecked car
,n winch are an injured boy and girl.
discovering that they are without
fInds Natalie sees to 1t that the
newly-marrIed couple.
C0RALIE AND JOHN SIMPSON. are
nrovidCd for. Coralic says that they
uurrr bound Tor Halcyon Island to
.urnd their honeymoon.
Brooks tells Natalie he doesn't be-
h.\c IN love.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-15

With the Senate engaged in a battle
Oven the question of mail subsidies
for a second transatlantic air line.
Senator Josiah W. Bailey, Of North
Carolina. is leading the fight against
the subsidy. He charges it would
permit a shipping company, Ameri-
can Export Lines, to enter airmail
competition in violation of congress
slonal policy. Bailey is the Scnate's
commerce. chairman
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-15

Sought since January in the shoot
ing Of Percy Whittlescy in Nyach,
N. " Walter Groebli, Is, was ar
rested in Minneapolis, Mimi, when
he appeared at the post office to
pick up a letter sent to trap him.
Whittlesey says Groebli, his house
boy, shot him six times after an
argument over Grocbli's playing
Of L record of Sailing Against
Enp1andH