davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1941-02-23
Weddings of Interest
To Capital Society
Continued From Page D-1)

and granddaughter Of the former Secretary of
became the of
former cabinet unable
daughter who is the first of their grandchildren marry
Wedding o Miss Ellis
Impressive.
The arrangements for the wedding of Ellis
particularly impressive The place
AS the awaited the
entertained with
Evening star., 1941-02-23

Gerrity and Miss Anna Gerrity, his
sisters; Mr.. Dominick Barrett and
Mr.. Michael Barrett of Centralia,
Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. James K. Manley
and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Manley of
New York, and Miss Anna Walsh of
Bloomsbury, Pa.
The bride attended the Washing
ton School for Secretaries and the
bridegroom attended st. Charles
College in Catonsville, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerrity left after
the ceremony for New Orleans. The
bride wore a beige wool dress with
beige and brown camers hair coat
trimmed with brown fur. Her &C
CeSSorieS were brown. On their re-
turn they will make their home with
the brides parents at POLL H street.
Evening star., 1941-02-23
Miss Willard Is Wed
To MIR. LOffier.

The Incarnation Lutheran Church
was the scene of a pretty wedding
Wednesday evening, February 10,
when Miss Irma Louise Willard,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Willard, was married to Mr.. William
Ernest Loffler, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Russell LOffler. The officiating
minister was the Rev. J. Harold
Mumper, pastor of Keller Memorial
Church.
The church was decorated with
ferns, palms and white baskets fes-
tooned with bows and streamers of
tulle and filled with carnations,
jonquils and white and pink gla-
dioluses Mrs. j. H. Fahrenbach, or
ganist, played the wedding music,
and several solos were sung by Mr..
Richard TittloW.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, wore a
gown of white lace-trimmed satin
fashioned on princess lines, with
square yoke, long pointed sleeves
and a long train. Her veil was
fnger-tip length in tulle, lace
trimmed, and caught by coronet
of calla lilies. She carried a large
bouquet of white roses and gar
deniaS.
The bride had her sister, Mrs.
Albert Merry Of Dunn Loring, Va,
for her matron of honor. She wore
a dress of power blue lace with puff
sleeves, a headdress of net and
pink roses and carried a bouquet
of pink roses. There was no other
attendant
Mrs. willard, mother of the bride.
wore a gown of heaven blue lace
and corsage of pink roses. Mrs.
Loffler, mother of the bridegroom
wore a gown of rose taffeta with
long sleeves, and her corsage was
taliSman roses.
Mr.. Loffler had his brother, Mr.
Richard Loffler, for his best man.
and the usherS we're Mr.. Orbra
Willard, brother of the bride, and
DR.. Daniel Willard, uncle of the
bride.
A reception after the ceremony
was held at the home of the brides
parents. 538 Madison street. which
was attraCtively decorated with
baskets of flowers and lacy green
cry. A feature of the wedding cake
was top tier Of fruit cake, to be
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-11
orr Story
Butcher Boy

her married off soon-and suit
ably.
For the Stevers had a family
tree, but no money on the
branches. except what came
through Mrs. Simms.
That snobbish lady had married
rich, and as a widow luxuriated
between homes at New York,
Palm Beach and the Massachu-
sets shore.
Cynthia always liked the last
of these best-largely because of
Alan Haig, the handsome. long
legged lad her aunt scathingly
called Butcher Boy"
AS niece and aunt breakfasted
now in the sunroom of Mrs.
Simms' East River penthouse,
that lady said sternly:
eff I find you running after
that Haig boy here l."
But Cynthia burst into giggles
this time instead of tears.
"BoOw she said. Don't you
know every girl In this bemused
town Is running after him? He's
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-11
II E N r Y
d r AT T l E

Cynthia as the older pair danced
off 10 rhumba.
Terrific! She's discovered he's
a widower and has set her cap
most shamelessly for the poor
old boy"
Alan grinned.
as he a Hartford Walker
or the COOL old New Bedford
branch?"
81 don't think shes even
asked"
"You ask" said Alan and
winked.
When they came back Cynthia
inquired innocently:
"Ares you from New England,
coIoneI?"
what me n Yankee ."
whooped the army man. "No,
little lady. I'm from Bucatunna
- way down In Mississip',
though it's been long time
since I've lived there"
"a southerner- Mrs. Simms
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-11
By Chic Young
By Hof
By Billy De Beck
By Carl Anderson
Paul Fogarty

Carnegie: (c) William Borahf
s-Who wrote: (a) The Spoilers;
tb) Anthony Adverse: (c)
"Beggar on Horseback?
Where are these famous won-
ders: (a) the Blue Crotto; tb)
the Colosseum; (c) the Eiffel
Tower?
Sin what lines we're these
American women famous: ta)
Mary Cassatt; (b). Emily Dick
inson; (c) Amelia Earhart?
;-Who was: (a) the chief sponsor
Of the Erie Canal; tb) the
man whose name was given %
America; Cc) the composer q
Don Giovanni?
What is the first word In each
Of these quotes: (al 80.
weeping for her children: Dbl
-. your treasure Is. there
will your heart be also; tcl
-. the lilies OF the fieldrf
ANSWERS on Page sd.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-11
Daily Quiz
By THE ACE ANsWERMAN

~ HI MI shANt' w
Distributed by King Features synd., Inc,
If you are asked to give the
age of the average American
passenger ship in operation in
1871 what answer would you
give?
Sir Henry Stanley ultimately
found Doctor Livingston. What
is it that Doctor Livingston
is credited with having dis
covered?
Slow many days were you
home from work due to illness
.. If you represented the average
industrial worker in the United
States in 1910?
There are at least Is water
falls in the United States
which are higher than Niagara
but only one has the distinction
OF being called the Niagara
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-11

gushed. II suppose you were
brought up on a big planta-
tion?"
mo, ma'am." The colonel
doomed with laughter. "My dad
ran the village coal yard. After
school my job was delivering
the stuff. I swear I never had a
clean face I'm my life till I ran
away from home and joined the
armyw
Aunt Florence caught her
breath. She flinched under her
niece's fixed gaze. But the colonel
was such an irresistible man .
in spite of his beginnings.
She caught Alan watching her
with a sly grin. Suddenly she
bestowed her most beaming smile
upon him and the colonel both.
How I admire YOU self-made
men," she gurgled.
THE END.
Tomorrow's short story: TRY
II Once Anyhow" by Charles
McGuifk.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-11
By HOLLIS sTARNEs
IsCYNTHIA. II 1 find you run

0CYNTHIA, IL 1 find you run
ming out to the kitchen
again when that butcher boy
comes, / shall send you straight
home"
When her Aunt Florence Simms
first made this threat, Cynthia
Stevers was going on 7. She had
red-gold curls, a turned up nose
with freckles on 1t, big blue eyes
and a trigger tongue.
"He's the incest boy I ever
saw" she flared. 81 like him
best, tOo-and you can send me
home IL you want t0-so there"
She stamped her foot and burst
into tears.
That was a dozen years ago
Cynthia still had the same curls.
nose with freckles, eyes-and
trigger tongue. She was a debu-
tante of the previous season.
hailed as beauty queen in her ma
tive Boston. She was spending
her post-deb Winter in New York
with her aunt, who hoped TO see
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-11
of the West" whss it?

of the West" Wha Is it?
BY dropping a single letter
from the word roadster" we
derive the name of a young
chicken. Can you?
o-What country would you visit
in which the inhabitants are
called Riffs?
7--How many stars does the naked
human eye actually see on q
clear night!
(AnswersNon Page SD
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-11

Answer to yesterdays puzzle.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-11
knowledge Test

By DIR. SABINA II. CONNOLLY
Copyright 1871 by King Features
What is the middle name of:
ta) Ernest Hemingway; tb)
Robert La Toilette; tc) Robert
Lee?
2-Where we're these people born:
(aD David Belasco; ANDREW
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-11

pet of the starchiest hostesses,
rage of the best coming out
parties. He's a successful actor,
darling-nO longer your butcher
boy"
AS SUCH" said Mrs. Simms
stiffly. IL still regard him. i
won't have you seeing him"
Anyhow he saved my life last
night at Patty Byrne's dance"
said the girl lightly. "All evening
i Rugged the wall-just the
big-fOOted girl from Boston that
the boys passed by.
"When Alan arrived from re-
hearsals Of his new show, you
should have seen the local debs
and dOwagers flock and fit
around! Into this mob i boldly
barged, hoping Broadway's
Dream Prince would remember
me-"
Remember youw her aunt
snorted. Remember your
He did, all right" the girl
smiled. "And did his attentions
step up my stock"
Her aunt shifted.
He was the incest man
there" said Cynthia. Her long
ago words echoed in her mind:
81 like him best, too" and the
rest. But she had learned with
the years when to hold her
friOUnr TONGUE
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-11

81 like him best, too" and the
rest. But she had learned with
the years when to hold her
trigger tongue.
ALWAYS POLITE
Is seemed hopeless, she was
thinking. for woman like her
aunt TO appreciate Alan Haig. Tc
Cynthia he had always been diff
ferent, exciting--her hero.
He went 10 public school anC
worked after hours delivering
meat from his fathers market. He
was very polite TO her. The boys
her brother knew went to private
school. learned rough games, and
teased their sisters.
That first Summer. when she
was going on z and Alan was IL
she had asked him:
what are you going to be
when you grow up?"
"An actor" he had replied
gravely.
All the boys she had heard OF
wanted TO be bankers, lawyers or
governors.
NY. She said. That's won
derful. / think I'D like 10 marry
you when you grow up"
Every Summer after that when
she visited her aunt, she had lit
tie talks with him in the Kitchen
or on the back porch. The season
he graduated from high school he
told her:
I'm going TO work full time
at the store till j earn enough
TO study I'm New York"
What are YOU going TO
study 2" she asked.
Acting"
THE first time YOU told me
that 1 proposed" she said. Re
MEMBER"
Il remember" he nodded.
Some day / might take you up
on It"
But she cried herself 10 sleer
that night because he laughed as
he said IL. She was only 13.
After that he didn't came home
any more Summers, but she
learned from his young brother
the new butcher boy-that he was
making progress in New York.
She wrote 10 him, and whenever
he got in show after that he
would let her hear. II was slow
work. he said-but he liked il.
Then in all the whirl of her
coming out year, he crashed
through the seasons big Broadway
hit. The most promising discovery
in years. critics called him.
Cynthia" Her aunt brought
her to with a start. Whatever
are you dray-dreaming about?
Not that Alan Haig! He's no
more suitable now than he ever
was. Only one actor in 10000
earns his salt"
HE could always GO back to
the butcher shop" SAID the girl
wickedlly. I've could live on
choice cuts"
CYNTHIA
ALWAYS ONE-SIDED
"Don't worry, darlings he
hasn't asked me. The proposals
have always been on my side"
"Cyn-"
But her niece was answering a
phone call.
1T was Alan" she reported
rapturously. He hoped we'd be
free to lunch with him and a
friend"
"We." bristled Mrs. Simms.
"What impertinence. And who,
may I ask, is-the friend ."
An army colonel I met last
night, simply loaded down with
stripes, medals and decorations"
what is this colonies name ."
walker"
as he one Of the Hartford
Walkers: None of the Boston
Walkers are army. Or perhaps
the New Bedford branch"
lyon can soon find out" said
Cynthia. "Alan's bringing him
round at o'clock"
During lunch the daShing colonel
kept the widow so enthralled with
tales Of army exploits in France
and the Far East that she forgot
all about which Walkers he
Stemmed from.
When he invited her and Gym
thia 10 dinner and the theater
that night, she accepted instantly.
"Most fascinating man I've
met I'm years" she told the girl.
$50 distinguished, too-such a
thoroughbred"
Alan caught up with them later
at night club.
Flows IL going:" he asked
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
Continued on Next Page. Col. 81
Iran Reported
Calling for Aid

BERLIN, Aug 26 Iran has de
manded immediate application of
the four-power Saadabad pact.
calling for consultation among
Iran, Turkey. Iraq and Afghanis-
tan. Arabian advices via Italy
quoted by the German wireless
said today.
The Saadabad treaty calls for a
meeting among the Signatories
once any one of the four is at
tackled. and provides that none
shall give assistance 10 the enemy.
tlraq also invoked the pact
during this Summers British
invasion. but the three other
SignerS refused Bagdad's request
for consultations
German adviceS also said that
fighting for the Iranian port of
Bandar MaShur. where the Brit
ISh landed troops yesterday. con-
tinues
In addition to Bandar Mashur
the German wireless said in a
message from Tcheran. Iran. Brit
lSh ships yesterday Sheled tho
lranlan ports of Bandar Diem and
BuShirc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
EWaId Defense
ChaIIengesCo Court
Copynght b, Detroit Times All riqhts re,sr
WYOMING AND MICHIGAN

The Jurisdiction ~ Recorders
CourS IN The case OF Robert G.
EWaid suspended councilman ac-
cuSed Of accepting a 5000 bride
in the Herman Gardens housing
project. was attacked today by
attorney Edward \. Barnard AT
EWald> arraignmcnt on The states
information before Judge John j.
Nahcr.
Barnard asked for al least two
weeks dC.ay in arguing the urs-
dIciIonal point 90 allow him 10
leave on variation. bu chief as
>lS.ant prosecutor J4han G.. Nc
lntosh SAID The request was Gust
another example of dIlatory tac-
ucS prartccd by the defense.
Barnard vigorously denied at
toWptS 10 delay the case Judge
Ndhcr cu' short the arguments
and Get tine hearing for tomorrow.
\ plea of not guilty WAS then
entered by the court Tor Ewald.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
Tank Output 10 Triple
Keller Says Production in Chrysler's New Plan
Van Dyke Is NouO S Day

The Chry>lcr Corporation is
manufacturing army tanks IN lis
new plant on Van Dyke avenue
at the rate of nearly five day.
and within a very short time"
production viii be trippled. X. T.
Keller. president Of the corpora.
ton revealed today,
Speaking 10 uewspapermcn and
ChrNSler. executives AT program
entitled Assembly Lines Of De
Tense which replaces the firms
yearly press prcyiew of new mod
els Keller said that Is 0OO mon are
now employed i'm tho plant and
that the numbcr is being increased
on an average of go a day.
Keller said that he was forbid
den by army regulations to reveal
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26

how many tanks have been pro
duccd 10y the corporation.
"All can say officially il that
we are operating near our pres
ent capacity, but that we will
soon expand and triple produc-
ton" Keller said.
a group of Chrysler engineers
have returned from a tour OF
army camps where they have
witnessed the operation Of the
defense equipment we are man
ufacturing. and a. n, result Of
this tour We will probably make
several changes and improve
mentS IN design" he added.
Keller spoke 10 ncwSmen anc
executives at breakfast al IIo.
tel Statler The party went Il
he tank plant 10 view the pro.
iucuon Of the land battleships.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26

Young, Unidentified Woman Killed Instantly Ate
Hurting From Skyscraper

4 note was found in the victim
purse IL read
This j. no ones fault hut my
own. This j. my own fault. Dad,
don't think its Arts fault. M
mind was getting worse. The
thought wouldn't leave me"
Inc opposite side az the note
saIl
Gus and Art--it is too bad
hut il couldn't be helped"
The note wa, signed "A0dio.'
The WOMAN was about - year,
old and WAS wearing glasses a
badge indicating she was employed
as I'm office worker at tho Dodge
plant was found in her purse.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
Six Soldiers Flee
Pennsylvania Camp

1NDIANTOWN GAP. Pa Aug
IS GNS) SIX soldiers Of tn q
2Stf Division. including three
military prisoners. escaped from
tho military hospital early today
Officials of tho camp disclosed
The break and said military police
and civil authorities have be n
warned 10 he ON the lookout for
the men. who escaped in an auto
mobile
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
laps, j. S. Negotiate
On Oil for Russia

TOXIC, Aug. 26.-GNS) Koh
I>hii Japanese foreign office
spokesman SAID today that Japan
would welcome negotiations for a
fair and amicahle settlement Of
Far Eastern questions and ad-
mitted the United States and
Japan are negotiating regarding
American shipments of oil to
Russia.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
Reject Menzies' Proposal

CANBERRA. Australia. Aug
Is. tINS) - Representatives OF
the Australian Labor Party today
rejected a proposal by Prime
Minister X G.. NcnLioS for for
nation of a national government
Tho LaboritcS demanded rcsig-
nation Of the Menzies government
and formation of labor adj.
minlstration.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
Duchess Of Gloucester
EypeCtant Mother

LONDON. Aug. &C. 49, INS) 90
Buckingham Palace today an
nounced that the Duchess oil
Gloucester SiSter.in-law Of King
George VI. would not make any
public engagements during the
next few weeks"
The Duke Of Gloucester. third
son of the late King George V
married Lady Alice Montaeu-
DougIaS-Scott in 1885. The child
VIII be their first.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
Ns1is Shut Mexico's Offices

BERLIN. Aug 26. -GNSl-The
German government today an
nOWnCcd closing of all Mexican
ConSulaics in this country The
German consular staff in Mexico
will he Withdrawn.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
Lewis Stone Heads
Station Wagon Corps

HOLLYWOOD. Aug. Is -GNS)
It's Col. Lewis Stone now. The
-Nclcran- acinr-tnda1- NaS-namnd
head of motorized brigade for
use IN emergencies Goal Of the
now unit is 500 wagons equipped
with two. StretcherS. each So far
lS9 vehIcles have been slonatcd.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
20 CLIO Men Walk Out as DSR Votes
Germans
Mop Up
I'm ESlOnia
BY PIERRE J. HISS


BERLIN. Aug. 20. - German
forces today pierced Russian po-
sitionS outside Tallinn tReNan,
tic Nazi high command an
nounced, IN furious battle mark
ing the final EStonian sweep.
Russian troops in the EStonian
capital were trapped between Ger
man land forces and a powerful
German feet in the Gulf of Fin
land Mhieh-Shelled -TalliHH- and
battled Red warshipS, the an
nouncement said
Eight Soviet ships were reported
destroyed IN a single day as the
German land and sea forces
closed in.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
IN THE
NEWS
n HR. LESLIE 4. CLAY
W POOL has interviewed

lV POOL has interviewed
\ Senior Alfredo Chavez
> governor of the great Mexi-
can state of Chihuahua, for
the Hearst papers.
The distinguished governor
has just left the United States
to return To his own lovely
and beloved land.
His visit to California has
been mainly a tour of good
will, but to a certain degree a
matter of business as well,
because the, governor is not
only a statesman but an able
and experienced business
man.
He was graduated as all
agricultural and a mining
engineer and has his degrees
from the University of
Juarez, but his economic
competence led him at an
early age into a business ca
reer.
He has long been noted a.
one of the most scientific and
successful cattle raisers in
Mexico.
His herds are among the
largest and best bred in the
republic, and his constant en-
deavOr il To improve the
strain Of all the cattle in the
immense area of his state
and TO bring farming and
ranching and mining 10 an
ever higher degree of Pcrfcc-
ton.
He makes very practical
and valuable contribution,
therefore, to the material "a
well as the political welfare
OF his community.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
SHELL 3 WNRSHIPS

The announcement said German
artillery shelled and sci afire one
Soviet cruiser and two smaller
warcraft Off Tallinn.
! In addition, the German wire
less said five Soviet craft were
blown up in an attempt 10 break
through the mine barrier in the
Gulf of Finland yesterday.
The craft were listed as three
merchantmen. one destroyer and
one tanker which were torn to
pieces by the explosions and sank
within a few minutes.
German troops while
pressed on toward Leningrad from
the South-SouthweSt. and the high
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
7 Axis Ships
in
Persian Gulf
Raj Planes Drop
Leaflets; Berlin
Says Teheran
Received Bombs
International News service Cable

-SfAlLAr IHdiarAHgg- 226-AfaeFt-
can built air transports. larger
than the giant troop carriers used
by the Germans in Crete, today
flew British forces deep into Iran,
where they formed lines for the
protection Of British colonies and
10 guard oil wells in the rich Per-
sian fields.
The headquarters Of Gen. Sir
Archibald Wayell also announced
the occupation by seasoned In
dian soldiers of the oil installa-
tionS AT Naft-I-Shah. near the
Iran-Iraq frontier. and the small
Iranian town of Quasrie- EIirin.
Dispatch Of the flying troops to
guard British colonies in widely
separated oil regions stretching
for 500 miles in the western part
of Iran was taken as proof that
the British were far better pre-
pared for the campaign than they
were for the successful push
through Iraq.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
$500 Stolen from Bakery

Burglars entered the Eagle Bak-
me Company 2lSl Watson street
last night and took $500 from a
cabinet IN the office police re-
ported Entrance vas gained
through a skylight.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26

II H"'fkft Wtfh NJ
bor. zee hare oo
qpoVci wjb coptoI, rom
tipucd Gorcuioi' Cleec..
Nc ctpcct cocd to coo-
dpct tscG pyopcrjg and to
think mt oAlg of its arm
interests bUt of Hc u7tCr-
oStS Of the Stotc and ~ the
Uejfotc Of the rholc pcopic.
"Mctico r0utS Hcithor
fosciSm NOR communism.
ond docs MT propose to tol-
erdte them,
I'VE W0Hf c0ayciDttiouS
Work, coHSidCroto c0-0pcra-
ton, n1d Stcody progress
toWord constructive goals. -
We hare u grcot Siote IN
q great CoUHtr9.' said the
gorcrHor proHdjy, "bW it
can be orcH greater and the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
.Bedverbro0k
Hopes j. s.
Enters War
Supply Minister,
Back in England,
Hits 'Muddled'
British Production
By KsrHrErN HvRRIM1N

Init News Service star Correspondent
LONDON. Aug. 26.-In the most
outspoken statement on tho con.
troNerSial issue yet made by Brit.
iSh cabinet officer, Lord Beaver
brook admitted today he would
Hike 20 see the United States in the
war.
Britain's Canadian.horn minister
of supply talked TO the press soor
after his return from Washington
where he discussed all angles ri
American war production with
United States officials.
After a detailed summation oi
the production situation in tho
United States and Great Britain
Lord Beaverbrook continued:
II would like To see the
United States taking greater
part in the war effort and to
higher measure.
But American entry must he
determined by the people of the
United States. "
Lord Beaverbrook frankly adj
mltted that American supply could
never fulfill all Britaihs demands.
and he acknowledged that after
two years of war British produc-
ton was still muddIed and mum
erouS mistakes made.