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Evening star., 1941-11-09

The Inspector took in the whole long length
of Detective Sergeant Tucker, slightly stopped
as if he habitually walked with his lean nose
pointed at the ground and dressed in con-
servative serge Sometimes" the Inspector
sighed II wish you d gone into the F.B.I., or
become history professor, or lawyer, or a
Brain Truster, or almost anything except
come into my bureau to plague me. Some
times think should put you in uniform and
let you pound cemetery beat, nights. out in
the Eleventh Precinct. Now what d'you know
about the Freelander Memorial Library?"
"A LITTLE" said Tommy. 1T contains a
million, two hundred thousand volumes. and
one of the largest collections of rare books and
first editions in the world. They specialize in
American firsts, and they have an enormous
endowment, and some excellent examples of
Shakespeare folios.
And murder" said the Inspector.
And murder"
IF the friends of Willie the Nope wanted
to knock him off, why did they have to do it
in quiet, respectable place like the Free
lander Memorial" the Inspector groaned.
"He wasn't exactly the literary type. "
Tommy mentioned.
WELL" the Inspector ordered. Get going.
Homicide Squad will give you everything
they have up to now, which isn't much.
They've picked up all Willie's pals of course
They've got alibis enough to last 'em year. "
Did you mean start now" Tommy asked.
The Inspector half rose from his chair. His
mouth opened, but no words came forth.
81 was just wondering" Tommy unused,
because Joan called and asked me to find
her some raw rhubarb. Puzzles me. She
doesn't like rhubarb. l don't like rhubarb
either"
Please" the Inspector pleaded, get out!'
Tommy left.
He ambled into the homicide squad room
and inquired, politely, into the details of what
had happened to William Mullaney, alias
Willie the Nope, age 35, height Sc, weight
1872, knife scar on right side of face. and a
record planted with conviction at l6 for
bootlegging. sprouting with arrests for assorted
varieties of larceny, and finally blossoming
into forgery, blackmail. and counterfeiting,
but with no convictions for these crimes.
Il didn't ask for the job," Tommy ex-
planned to the homicide squad chief. The
Inspector wished it on me.
Strangely. Captain Yates didn't appear
irritated Ordinarily he guarded the rights of
his homicide squad, where murder was in
volved, as jealously as if each clue was an
authentic map to buried treasure. Captain
Yates put his feet back on his desk top, smiled
sweetly, and said: The Bull told me you d be
down. I'm glad you're taking this baby off
my hands"
bad one?"
"Mmmm Sounds simple enough. The clerk
in Deck 35 - that's where they keep some of
their best books - found him. The clerk -
name of Altmeyer - was turning out the
light when the library closed at nine, and he
found Willie the Nope just lying on his back
between the shelves. Strangled."
Guess Willie had few enemies" Tommy
suggested.
"As far as we've found out, he didn't have
any friends He was a little guy with big
ideas and liked to throw his weight around
Evening star., 1941-11-09
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1IH wo things would like to know"
groused B. M. (Bulldog) Bullock,
- Inspector of Detectives of the Metro
politan Police. why is it my slice always
comes back this time of year, and what was
Willie the Nope doing in library in the first
place." The Inspector raised his chin from
his shirt front and advanced it, formidable as
the PROV of battleship, an inch across the
desk
I'm sure can't tell you," said Detective
Sergeant Tommy Tucker, his eyes vacant and
inattentive behind his spectacies.
Il might as well quit golf in the month of
October" the Inspector detained, and then
seeing that Tommy wasn't listening he
Evening star., 1941-11-09

Ind came up with his automatic
Dutch Kraft - you know. the gambler -
sliced him up couple of years back"
That's interesting" Tommy said. Have
you found out how Willie got into the library
stacks?"
There were only the two of them in the
squad room. but Captain Yates peered over
his shoulder, as if he feared someone would
overhear. Then he rose and shut the door.
Finally he whispered: He had note from
Judge Palley You know who he ISL
We'll he's a millionaire, and a retired
district Judge" Tommy said, land he's sort
of lobbyist, and something of philan-
thropist, and he gets on boards"
And one of those boards is the librarys
the note"
1t looked genuine 1t was done on the excel
lent stationery of the Hon. Robert Hobart
Palley, Public Relations Counsellor 1t was
neatly typed. and Judge Paleys signature
was bold and plain. 1t read simply:
Please admit Mr. William Mullaney, who
is doing research for me, into the stacks"
Tommy tucked the note into an envelope
and put it in his pocket. What's Willie been
doing recently?" he inquired.
Don't know. Been living in Philly and
coming down here once in while. Philly cops
are working on it.
Thanks" Tommy said He drifted out of
the shining limestone pile that was Head
quarters, stepped into his roadster, and
pointed its battered nose towards northwest
Washington.
! HE thought came. as he drove, that it
might be wise to do something about Joans
raw rhubarb. She'd been 50 insistent about
it. She has been acting strangely. he decided.
Last week it was dill pickles. and usually she
couldn't abide them, and this week raw
rhubarb. Married year - less ten days
and she'd never asked for either pickles or
rhubarb before.
He detoured two blocks to the c Street
market, selected what he believed to be
nice bunch of rhubarb, ordered it delivered,
and then stepped into phone booth and
dialed his apartment.
Joan answered, and he said, Hello, darling.
that rhubarb's on the way"
Aren't you bringing it yourself Tommy"
she asked, and there was plaintive little
girl quality to her voice that made him wish,
suddenly, that he wasn't cop on assignment,
because hecould imagine her sitting in the big
chair with her knees drawn up almost to her
chin in the way she had, and her bright hair
piled in curls on top of her head - lonely
Sorry, honey" he said Got to go to the
Freelander Memorial Library and browse
around"
Library? Why, Tommy"
Its job just a little job" he said
lightly. That was all he told her, because for
the past few weeks she'd seemed nervous, and
distraught, when he said words like murder, or
holdup, or shooting.
You'll hurry home, won't you please,
Tommy"
Certainly" he promised
"And Tommy, when you come home will
you bring me an avocado? Goodby"
He climbed back into the roadster. Avocado.
That was new one What strange eating
habits she was developing. He guessed women
(Confinved on puse 1O)
o.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Nye Raps Aid Bill
And Calls Wilkes
Views on II Cheap
Measure Gives President
Power to Go to War,
Senator Asserts
BY the Associated Press.

Q
BELLEVILLE, Ill, Feb. 15.-In a
double barreled attack on Wendell
Willkie and the lease-lend bill. Sen
ator Nye, Republican, of North Da-
Kota reclared tonight the British
aid measure is a package of con-
cealed dynamite giving the Presi-
dent power to go to war without
declaring it."
Addressing Lincoln Day Re-
publican rally here, the outspoken
critic Of much New Deal legislation,
bitterly denounced Mr.. Willkie for
his stand in favor of the bill
1T was Wendell Willkie who on
last November 4 declared: Let us
remember that dictatorship always
begins by asking the people to give
up some law or tradition for some
special reason, Senator Nye as
serted
How does Mr. Willkie explain his
attitude now with his attitude
then?" he asked.
He merely says it was a bit of
campaign oratory.' Senator Nye
continued. His attitude is not funny.
1t is cheap. He says in effect not to
believe presidential candidates. He
betrays party =. He helps in
this drive to establish a dictatorship
here that we might fight dictator
ship abroad
Mr.. Willkie. the defeated Republi-
can presidential candidate, recently
returned from a personal inspection
trip of the British war zone.
The lease-lend bill," Senator Nye
said, sis a package of concealed
dynamite-poWers for the President
to get us into the war;
He labeled the measure "the most
astounding grab for power of all
time"
1T is not a defense bill, it is not
an aid-England bill. 1t is a bill to
let the President do things that the
law will not now permit him to do.
Under it he would be empowered to
give away our Navy to make
war alliances, to go to war without
declaring it"
The speaker asserted the choice
is between saving America or saw
ing England at the expense of what
is worth saving in America"
Evening star., 1941-02-16
WASHINGTON D.
U. s. Sugar Rationing
Appears Inevitable, :
Company Head Says
Bases Belief on Fact
70 Per Cent Of Supply
Comes From Islands
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BATON ROUGE, La, Feb. 15.-
Mounting war hazards mean the
Government must eventually ration
sugar and fix prices" Clarence R.
Biting, head of the United States
Sugar Corp, said here today.
Such steps appear inevitable" he
said in an interview. because we
depend upon offshore producers to
fill 10 per cent of the American
consumption"
Much of the imported sugar
comes from the Philippines. Hawaii
and Puerto Rico, and shipping costs
from the Philippines have doubled
in the past 18 months, he explained.
T Possibly it won't bring sugar
costs up as much as 25 or 80 cents
a pound as in the World War, but it
hardly would sell for less than a
dime pound in the stores" he said.
Mr.. Biting said present world
conditions find the United States
sugar supply worse off" than in
1918 for the reason Cuba. compara-
lively safe and close by. has lost
part of its American market to the
distant islands.
He said Cuba probably could sup
ply within two years half the 2.O00.-
900 tons we would lose annually
from the other islands.
Like all mainland producers, Mr..
Biting long has advocated unre-
stricted domestic production to meet
national demand as much as
possible.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

of the Garden Committee, which is
composed of Mrs. Greger, DR.. F. w.
Lathrop, Mrs. Guy w. Leadbetter,
Mrs. Lynn R. Edminster. Comdr.
Walter S. Diehl, Mrs Charles H.
Pardoe and DR.. and Mrs. Thomas
L. Furbershaw.
The real estate firm of w. C. &
A. N. Miller has contributed a Sec
ton of land adjacent to the Horace
Mann School grounds to be used
for experimental purposes, and the
garden will become an outdoor class
room during the spring and sum-
mer months.
Tickets for the lecture may be
purchased at Hurst Hall or at Hor-
ace Mann School.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

seven months as an instructor, sta
toned at Lincolnshire Field. with
the rank of pilot officer He Joined
the R. A. F. as a fight instructor
at Ottawa, Canada.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Pecori-Gira|di, Italian
World War Leader, Dies

ROME, Feb. Is (P)-Count Gug-
lielmo Pecori-Giraldi, 30, one of
Italy's six marshals, a friend of
Premier Mussolini and commander
of the italian first army during the
World War, died today of pneu-
monia.
Born in San Lorenzo, he was edu-
Gated in Turin Military Academy
in preparation for his lifelong work
in the Italian Army. AS . young
officer, he went to Africa in 1879
with early Italian colonizing ex-
petitions and served in the Colonial
forces intermittently until the
Tripoli campaign of 1911.
In 1885, during a campaign to
collect precious metals for a state
fund, he stripped his uniform of
his many military decorations and
sent them to Mussolini.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Revenue Men Puzzled

When the collector of taxes in
Glasgow, Scotland, received an
anonymous remittance of $3.50, in
land revenue officials could not
determine whether it was conscience
money or a patriots contribution
to the war effort.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Minister With 5 Sons
In Clergy Dies at SO

BY Int HS6UII LtU HISS,
PINE CITY, MINI, Feb. 15.-An
unusual family lost its oldest men,
Der today in the death of the Rev.
John J. Parish.
The 88-year-old minister was the
father of five sons, all ministers,
and he is survived by two brothers,
also ministers. one of whom is the
Rev. Lewis Parish. Saskatoon, Sas-
katchewan, Canada.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

For distributing Nazi propaganda
among college students Fernando
Sanchez Gomez is serving 180 days
in Jail in Cuba.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Lincoln U. Alumni Hear
Talk by Col. COOPER

Col. Wade H, Cooper. Washington
a director and vice president of Lin
coin Memorial University at Cum
berland Gap, Tenn. was the princi-
pal speaker last night at the annual
dinner of the alumni association
Woodrow A. Baumgardner of the
Justice Department presided.
Col. Cooper gave the only formal
address, and it consisted principally
OF anecdotes concerning the Civil
War President. Others in attendance
at the dinner spoke briefly, remi-
nlscing over experiences while at
tending the institution.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Group Being Trained
To Test Army Tools

Eight ordnance reserve officers
and 40 civilians are being put
through an intensive course of in
struction at the Aberdeen (Md)
Proving Ground, the War Depart
ment said yesterday, to fit them for
testing the Army's fighting tools.
On completion of the course, they
will be assigned to supervisory
duties at the three new ordnance
proving grounds at Radford, Va;
Madison, Ind, and Lacarne, Ohio.
Maj. Gen. Charles M. Wesson,
chief of ordnance, said it is neces-
sary to give the Army's fighting
tools tests as rigorous as severe COM
bat conditions. Men in, charge of
this work, he pointed out, must be
highly skilled in specialized fields.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
13 Alarms Turned in
As Blaze Sweeps
Baltimore Plant
Worst Fire in 18 Years
Brought Under Control
After Three-Hour Fight
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Feb. 15.-A spec
tacular fire, said to be the worst the
city has experienced in 18 years
tonight swept through three build
ings of the Maryland Sanitary Man.
ufacturing Co., on the Philadelphia
road
Thirteen alarms were turned in
before the flames were brought un-
der control about 1890 o'clock, three
hours after it started. No injuries
were reported
The company was understood to
have been working on defense con-
tracts for stoves and sanitary ap-
pliances for the War Department.
The plant formerly was owned by
A. Weiskittle & Sons Co., who have
a smaller factory behind the one
swept by fire
Attracted by flames shooting hum
dreds of feet into the night sky, a
huge crowd gathered at the scene.
Origin of the fire was not immedi-
ately known. T. F. Terrell, machine
superintendent, said it started in a
small stove building, spread to
another. then roared through the
three-story main building, which is
two blocks long.
All flremen off duty were ordered
to report to their stations before the
blaze reached its peak, and more
than so policemen were called out to
keep back the crowd.
At one point, three quarters of a
mile of hose was strung through the
streets. Other hoses carried water
to the blaze through an emergency
tunnel beneath the main line tracks
Of the Baltimore & Ohio and Penn
sylvania Railroads.
The large plant was reported
gutted and the two smaller buildings
razed. Firemen prevented the blaze
from spreading to adjoining struc-
lures.
No estimate of the damage was
available at midnight.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

Mexico will start compulsory mill
tary training shortly.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

q a y feDruary
25. The lecture
IS sponsored by
the G ar d e n
Committee of
the P are n t =
Teacher Associ-
alton of tn e
Horace Mann
School and is
for the benefit
of the school
gardens.
Landscaping
of the school
grounds already
is in progress
under direction
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Oklahoma Alumni Honor
President, Successor

The retiring and the Incoming
presidents of the University of Ok
lahoma were honored last night by
Washington alumni at dinner at
the Jew Colonial Hotel. Several
members of Congress and govern
mental officials also were present.
Paul A. Walker, member of the
Federal Communications Commits
sion and an alumnus of the univer-
sity, was in charge of the dinner
and acted as toaStmaster.
DR.. William B. Bizzell, who will
retire as president on July /, spoke,
as did Joseph A. Brandt, the presi-
dent-elect.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
La Plato Women Urqe
Better Post Office


LA PLATA, Md, Feb. l5-A drive
for a better post offce has been
started by members of the La Plata
Garden and Woman'S Club.
The Postmaster General, Senators
Tydings and Radcliffe and Repre-
sentative Sasscer have been ap-
preached on the matter, according
to Mrs. Nita McGervey, Garden
Club president.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
-D-r $40 WORTH OF LESSONS IN THIS
FNEE ARTHUR MURRAY DANCE BOOK

II the instructions in this book were
given in private studio lessons it would
cost $40 The book if offered free to
prove to you how easy it is to become
a good dancer through Arthur Murrays
new. simplified method of instruction. In
addition to teaching YOU the Fox TTOt.
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you the 10 most important pointers on
how to become a good dancer. Send for
this book and mail coupon TODAY. Please
enclose !5c TO cover printing, mailing and
handling charges. Address ARTHUR
MURRAY. Studio SIS, IlOI Conn. Ave,
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Evening star., 1941-02-16
First American Eagle Flyer
Killed Chasing Nozi Plane
Californian, p, Dies
After Accident
In Bad Weather
By the Associated Press.

bN lEt ASSOCldleu fItSS.
LONDON, Feb. 15.-The Amer
iCan Eagle squadron has suffered its
first fatality in action in the death
of 23-year- old Edwin E. Orbison OF
Sacramento, Calf. it was an
nounced officially today.
Bud" Orbison was the third
American flyer to die in British wal
service. Howard Lekrone, also of
the American Eagle squadron, at
tached to the R. A. F., was killed
recently in flying accident not
connected with combat action, and
William Mead Lindley FiSke, Sd
Olympic bobsled champion, was
killed in fight last August while
flying in a regular R. A. F. fighter
unit
Actually, Orbison still was techni-
cally in training when he died. The
Eagles now are reported on ad-
vanced operational work which in
cludes going up in fighters to watch
veteran British pilots show how
German planes are doWned.
He was said to have been killed
as the result of an accident" on
such a flight when he was in on the
chase of Nazi plane in bad
weather A reliable source said
neither Orbison nor his plane had
been hit by a German bullet.
An adjutant of the Eagle squadron
called Orbison one of its best men
and said there is no doubt that
he had future as a really brilliant
pilot"
He had been buried in a village
churchyard near his flying station
and near Lekrone's grave before his
death was announced.
Orbison's father. c. E. Orbison of
AltuS, Okla, said the Air Ministry
had informed him by cable of his
sons death and that he hoped to
have the body returned to the
United States for burial.
The flyers mother is Mrs. D. v
Clark of Oklahoma City, Okla
He had been in England about
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Horace Mann P..T. A. Unit
Sponsors Benefit Lecture

Mrs. Herbert Greger will give a
benefit lecture on Flower Arrange
ment in the American Home" in
Hurst Hall on the American Uni
versity campus at $3.50 pm. Tues
Evening star., 1941-07-19
By GAIL FOWLER.
Asxnciated Press Snorfs Writer

INDIAN CANYON. Spokane,
Wash. July 19-An insurance clerk
and an oil equipment firm toolroom
employe who goes to night school to
study law met today in the 36-hole
final of the Goth annual National
Public Links Golf Tournament.
The insurance clerk is slender, g.
foot Jack Kerns of Denver. He de-
feated Art Pony Of Detroit, and 4,
to reach the final.
The toolroom worker who wants to
be lawyer is William WEIGH. jr, of
Houston. Tex. He reached the final
with a 4 and victory over cigar
smoking Pete Doll, Kentucky State
amateur champion from Louisville.
Ordeal for skipper"
1t will be battle between couple
of fellows nobody here had ever
heard of when this tourney started.
Kerns had qualified with $50 strokes
and WEIGH was one of II who had
to play off at ISL for 13 match play
places.
Todays match will be another
36-hole-or less-ordeal for Skip
per That's Welch's bride of
year. Blond and attractive, she has
Evening star., 1941-07-19
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Out of negotiations now in prog
ress between Al Jamison, Bradley
Hills Country Club pro, and a group
of Montgomery County business
men may come within couple of
months the biggest professional
links affair of the year.
AS explained by Jamison, the
tourney will carry purse around
thousand dollars, which isn't pre-
cisely pin money in this neck of
the golf woods. So far the negoti-
ations are in the preliminary stage,
but Jamison says the businessman
group is considering staging the
affair at Bradley Hills in August
or September under the banner of
the Middle Atlantic P. G. A., and
with the financial backing of con-
siderable number of men operating
in business in Montgomery County
in and around Bethesda.
First money probably would reach
$3.50 (perhapS more and the tour
new would be a pro-pro and amateur
amateur best-ball affair AS JAM
ison sees it, the tourney would not
be an amateur-pro event, but if
amateurs play they would have to
have amateur partners. That in
itself would be worth viewing. We
can't think of better match than
to see BOBBY Brownell and Ralph
Bogart, the top amateur duo around
town, matching shots with such pro
stars as Al Houghton and Lew
Worsham or Cliff Spencer and
Witty Cox
The lads summering at the Naval
Academy have flung a def for an
Evening star., 1941-07-19
Spectacular Win by Trail Bird
In Olympic Test Tops Start
Of Ropp0honnock Show

winner. Placing in every class in
which he was entered, the 9-year-
old chestnut gelding amassed total
OF 10 points and should be challeng-
ing for top scoring honors today.
The highly favored Troop. owned
by Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Randle of
Washington, won the working hunter
class from a crack field of 10 fox
chasers. Under the able hand of
Frost Anderson, the big bay son of
Golden Bloom Marching On showed
the way to such fast company as
Mrs. M. E. Whitneys Strong Tea,
which placed second. Repulsion.
owned and ably ridden by Miss
Couzens, placed third.
Norman Haymaker rode Strong
Tea to a well-earned victory in the
conformation class that was run
over the outside course. With this
win the Llangolen 7-year-old chest
nut mare started her quest of the
conformation hunter championship
and turned the tables on the Ran
dies Troop. which took the red rib
bon. Another Whitney horse, The
Bear. placed second, also ridden by
Mr. Haymaker, nosing out Repulsion
with Miss Couzens up.
Besides the fine performances Of
Strong Tea, the Llangolen Stables
were up in the ribbons with other
entrants The Bear won the model
hunter class, and under the fine
hand of Roland Ridgeway won a
close decision over Repulsion in the
road hack class. Cherry Bounce,
another Whitney hunter of repute,
also came through with a double
win, taking the important light
weight hunter class and repeating
in the hunter hacks.
Spanish Oak Stands Out.
There are equine personalities
that stand out in any company and
Spanish Oak handsome 3-year-
old gray gelding, owned by J. Ed
ward Barker, is that type. The son
of Lost Cause-Spanish Custom, ably
ridden by Alex Calvert, won the
lightweight hunters in impressive
fashion, defeating Pine Brook
Farms f1ashy ODoc, which in the
3-year- -old hunters bested Spanish
Oak, taking second place.
Punch, little 47-inch bundle of
superior attainments and good
looks, owned by Miss Terry Drury
and beautifully ridden by Jack
Payne, dominated the pony classes
with two victories. The little chest
nut son of Stormy Weather-Lassie
won the saddle pony class over Billy
Prim's Bobby Shaftoe, in second
place, and Barry Hamilton's Noun
tain Music, with the third ribbon.
Punch came right back in the pony
jumping class to win over Mrs. r. c.
Winmill's Happy Boy. ridden by
Everett McClanahan, and another
Winmin Pony, Silver Heels took
third under Peggy Leach.