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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-26

delightful suppers. In fact II Is
her faVorite way OF entertaining
her close friends. They gather
for a chat or game OF cards in
the afternoon and stay on for a
buffet supper. Another dinner
that night was one in honor OF
Bruno Walter. given by Mrs.
John S. Newberry. who invited
a few guests to meet the famous
conductor in very informal
way.
Tuesday night, Mrs. Thomas
II. Simpson gave a delightful
dinner in her lovely home on
Burns avenue. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Lane asked guests to dine
with them on Thursday. Friday
night Mrs. Gilbert Lee had one
of her beautiful dinners in that
lovely new home Of hers on Lee
Gate lane.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-26
will leave soon 10 return to her
home in Kalamazoo.
Mrs. Browning Back

Mrs. Macpherson Browning is
back from a stay at Atlantic
City and expects to remain, in
Detroit now for the Winter. AS
you may know. the Brownings
have moved from Rivard boule-
ward to Devonshire road.
DR.. and Mrs. Fred T. Murphy
asked guests to dine with them
informally last Thursday, and
another hostess that same night
with Mrs. Butler Higbie.
The Fall season at Metamora
soon will be over and by the
first of November most Of the
lodges will be deserted and the
social. ranks in Crosse Pointe
will be enlarged. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilson w. Mills have been out
there every weekend and so
have Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick AL
ger and Mrs. Harold Boyer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-26
IShun ak Of Business
at Social Affairs,
Dowo8er CounseIsUAI.
The DoWAGER'S DoGMAS

IT'S really moSt bad taste,
4 you know.
Though il is often done
BY those who do NOT stop 10
think
They should such matters
Shun.
T/HEN you are dining
w our, my dearS,
Talk other things instead;
To bring up business mat
terS then
Is really quite W-bred.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-26
Retdiners
Softly Bless
Lou Moxon
BY BILLY THE BACHELOR

BY BILLY THE BACHELOR
THIS little tidbit comes, all the
l. way from Bermuda where Lou
Maxon frequently goes for re-
Taxation and where he dispenses
largesse generously among the
hotel employees:
With the closing bars of God
Save the King" many a waiter,
porter and busboy is heard to
whisper softly:
"And God bless Lou MaxOn!"
Mary K. Martin Wsds
Miss Mary Katherine Martin,
, besuteous brunei daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester M. Martin.
became the bride of DR.. Aaron
Robinson Edwards of Ithaca,
N. Y. son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dwight d. Edwards of Cleve-
land. Saturday afternoon at st.
Jeseph.sr the Rev. William r.
Kinder officiating.
The bride appeared in crepe
CONNECTION Of Raj blue. tailored.
with a large-ish blue felt hat. a
gray kidskin jacket and cor
sage bouquet of white orchids.
Brothers Ushers
Miss Ms cousin, Miss Mary
Madeleine Kehrig, was her sole
attendant and wore brown In an
almost-taupe shade with flashing
topaz buttons a brown felt hat,
lush mink muff and green
orchids.
DR.. Kenneth A. Berkaw was
best man, and the brides two
brothers. Archibald Martin and
Lieut.. Jamie Martin ION leave
from Fort Leonard Wood
seated the many guests.
Mrs. Martin chose for her
daughters wedding a costume in
slate blue with matching feath-
cred hat. black accessories and
several orchids.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-26
Stranded in Viehy

Laura Corrigan feels she
could better carry on her work
from London. But il is almost
impossible to get to the British
capital from Vichy, where
Laura now has headquarters at
the Majestic Hotel. So she is
arranging TO come to the
States uncut the red tape,
secure supplies and -theh en-
bark for London from here.
Not entirely recovered from
her recent motor car accident.
Mrs. Corrigan still is lame and
goes about the various prison
camps (the Germans grant her
complete freedom in visiting
prisons and internment camps
in occupied France) on
crutcheS!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-26
Supper at Mrs. Ayers

Then there were Mrs. Austin
Wing, Mr.. and Mrs. Burt Keane,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Gambler and
q host of others.
That night there were several
smart supper parties. One was
given by Mrs. Russell A. Alger
IN her home on Provencal road.
Mrs. Alger has many of these
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-26
Fill Dia Panda
Set Dinner Dance

THE MEMBERS Of the Fill
Dia Panda are planning a din
ner dance for Saturday at TaSsie
Tavern.
Committee members are:
MISSES
PHYLLIS DAv claire Beaudete
suzanne Van Be Ruth Brabant
celaere Grace Grassel
Pearl Franz Marian Piche
Lenofa Zeisei Donna UppIegger
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-26
NEW YORK, Oct. Is

NEW YORK, Oct. %.
XxIEEK-ENDING in Mayfair
w Personally, I'm inclined to
the opinion Mrs. James w. Cor
rigan will be back on these
shores ere long.
In recent weeks Mrs. Cor
rigan has written friends in
New York confiding that 1t is
becoming more and more diff
cult for her to carry on her
relief work among the French
and British prisoners in
occupied France. due to her in-
ability to secure food, ciga-
rets, medical supplies, etc.
Ever since the war began
the American millionairess who
formerly devoted her life-and
income-to society, has toiled
untiringly to ease the suffering
of victims of Hitlerism. Her
record of good works Is one that
will form heroic chapter
when the history OF this CHASTITY
war is written
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-26

DON'T ever speak of
Il business
At a social AFT air.
It's a most obnoxious habit.
!. One for which we do not
care.
DON'T seize a chance az
L. parties
To get some free advice
About a certain stock or else
Some order 70 entice,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-26

The week was crowded with
small dinner parties as we'll as
bic ones. Last Sunday after
noon from 5 to 7 o'clock, Mr..
and Mrs. Griffith Ogden Mills
asked a number of friends TO
come TO their home TO meet Mrs.
Frederick kellogg and Lady
Ashfield.
Among their guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Lynn McNaughton. Mr..
and Mrs. David Moreing, Mr.
and Mrs. George Davis. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Lane. Mr.. and MRS.
Harrington E. Walker, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Atkinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Hobbs were
there. chatting with Mr.. and
Mrs. Colburn Standish: Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Butzel were in a cor
ner with Mrs. Thomas II. Simp-
son, Mrs. Simpson looking very
smart In black velvet with rose
pointe lace collar; Mrs. Herbert
Rich came In with Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Munger. Mrs. Charles
Mor1ana had on a very chic hat
With a red wing on the side.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-26
Mrs. Staples Due Home

MRS. GEORGE A. STAPLES
of the Towers will return at the
end Of the week from a stay At
White Sulphur Springs, w. Va.
Evening star., 1941-03-09

their home in Sentinel Butte,
N. Oak.
Miss Phyllis Moore
Goes to Staunton.
Miss Phyllis Moore is spending the
week end at Staunton. Va, attending
the Panhellenic dances at Ran
dolph-Macon College.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Belcher are
again in their apartment in Arlng-
ton Village following a two-week
Florida tour.
Mrs. Roland M, Cocker of Am
herst, Va, is spending some time
with her son and daughter-in-laW,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack R. Cocker, in
Westover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Wine have
as their weekend house guests in
their home in Lorcom lane, Mr..
and Mrs. j. Kenneth Faulkner of
Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs Harrison Christie
have returned from months we'd
ding trip to Florida and Cuba and
are at home at 2120 North Brandy
wine. Mrs. Christie is the former
Miss Kathryn Klinge.
Mr. and Mrs. j. C. Beebe in Lee
Heights have as their house guest
Mrs. Beebe's mother, Mrs F. P.
Douglas of Turner's Falls, Mass
Mrs. J. c. Koon of Baltimore, who
has spent the last two months with
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Carlos Campbell, in Arling-
ton Ridge, left yesterday to spend
some time in Charleston, S. C.
Evening star., 1941-03-09

and by its light surveyed the stones.
Carefully she moved around the
room striking match after match.
Then in front of her she saw what
she sought-a crevice in the stones.
1t was through this undoubtedly
that the cat had come to save her.
An Avenue of Escape.
Again, the cat rubbed against her
trim ankles and stopping, she
picked it up and held it against her
breast for a moment, joy stirring
within her
Thank you, pussy" she breathed.
Thank you so very much!"
But she wasn't out yet. She had
only found hole in the wall of her
prison-large enough for a cat but
not large enough for woman. Yet
it must lead somewhere-and it
might lead to freedom.
Brinda thrust a slender hand into
the opening gingerly. Her fingers
touched smooth, polished wood. She
felt the wood move beneath them,
and draft of mouldy air suddenly
aSSailed her.
She frowned. What could it be-?
She tried the stone with her fingers
and WINGED as nail broke. But the
stone had moved. Exerting all her
plant strength, she pulled again,
and this time it yielded. She lit her
last match, and gave a quick gasp
of delight.
She knew now. The moving board
was the opening to walled-up
dumbwaiter shaft Evidently, this
room had once been the kitchen of
the house on the moor. The shaft,
no doubt. connected with an up
stairs dining room.
She was reckless now of her care
Evening star., 1941-03-09

die. Or perhaps it wouldn't be as
pleasant as death. She shuddered.
Sandy had been right. She should
have kept out of it. She should have
followed his advice. But how could
she keep out when hearing impor-
tant information?
Brinda Takes Hope.
1t wasn't sensible, she thought. to
get depressed. There was still hope.
She hadn't seen Dick die after all
And maybe there was a way out of
this place. She found a handker-
chief in the pocket of her coat and
wiped the tears away. She funbled
in the pocket and found cigarettes
and packet of matches. The
match famed as she Lit cigarette
and, looking around, she saw her
prison, a square room with stone
walls and stone floor. There were
no windows. Hope died again.
Then instinct, quick and alert,
told Brinda there was another pres
ence in the room. She held her
breath, listened. Over there to the
left Something moving very
softly. Should she light another
match? Fear made her tremble.
Then something brushed against
her leg. She repressed a scream.
Then she wasn't afraid any more.
A cat! Only lovely cat
Her hand found the cats warm
body, and she took comfort from
the animals presence. The cat was
purring contentedly. They always
adored her. She lifted it into her
lap and scratched its ears. my
sweet" she said aloud MY kittenl
Where did you come from?"
She asked the question idly. Then
froWn wrinkeled her forehead.
Where had it come from? Not down
the stairs, surely. Had 1t been in
the room when the door had swung
behind her? No. She had surveyed
her prison thoroughly when she lit
the match. There must be another
entrance then, an entrance large
enough to admit the cat. Perhaps
it would be large enough to permit
her to escape from this place.
Getting to her feet, Brinda
crossed the wall and taking the
! paper of matches out, struck one
Evening star., 1941-03-09

fully tended nails. Swiftly, she
pulled the stones away. Then, with
infinite care, she slid open the long
disused door of the shaft.
She bit her lips to suppress a cry.
For, down the shaft, came the sound
of voices talking in German. And
the insistent "sput-Sput-sput of
wireless key.
Crawling into the dusty shaft she
felt over her head until her fingers
encountered a rope. She lifted her
self by it a little way and, straining
her ears, she listened.
A Spy Nest.
All her fears were gone now. She
forgot that Dick might be lying in
jured by the roadside -. forgot, too,
that the leader would soon come
and that her doom was probably
sealed forgot everything but
those muttering voices and that
wireless key sending messages into
space, messages that undoubtedly
would affect the lives of millions of
loyal Britons There was no terror
left in her. She was self-less.
Slowly she pulled herself upward,
praying the ancient rope would
hold. Inch by inch she moved to-
ward those voices and that sharp
rapping sound, trying TO make no
noise that would betray her pres
ence. Then she was looking through
a crack into smoke-filled room. A
man was hunched over a table. his
fingers caressing brass key, send
ing sharp spurts of sound into the
ether.
Beside him were two other men.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Arlington County
Social Notes of Interest
Mr.. and Mrs j. York Welborn Entertain;
Miss Joan Williams Hostess at Party;
Mr. and Mrs. Klinge to Give Dinner

bridge party
supper birthday anniversary
Weborn. Their guests Inbody,
A Carpenter, Capt William Himan K
Norman Kenneth Ableer
Klinge
evening their home, in Golf Club Manor.
Williams entertained cocktails last evening her week
guests
vile, Md.
have returned stay
Worth They joined
their nephew Mack Rucker and their daughternlav Mrs
who accompanied them to Arlington.
Evening star., 1941-03-09

cCLDCA 4lCA al liz
"Out!" the man beside her said.
mo tricks now or you die"
He spoke in English.
She stumbled out. let the cold
night air clear her mind. Looking
at the dark structure she knew what
fear was for moment. fear for her
own safety. Then another fear took
its pIace-fear for Dick! Was he
dead? 1t was his voice that had
called to them. She shuddered, re-
membering the sound Of the shots,
the smash of glass and the screech
of tortured metal. A sob fought its
way up into her throat and she
stif1ed it.
"Inside!" her captor said gruffly.
She was pulled up the stairs and
across a stone porch to heavy door.
Some one raped three times on the
panel. There was the sound of foot
steps coming toward them. The door
swung open and she saw the dim
form of man in the doorway.
another one?" the man asked in
a monotonous voice, speaking in
German. ITO hquidate?'
"Not yet" Brinda's captor re-
piled 1--WE are to wait" He laughed
without humor. wait for the lead
er! Such folly!"
Brinda Is Terrified.
The other stepped aside Brinda
was pushed inside and the door
swung to behind them. The hallway
was so dimly lighted that she could
not make out the features Of the
men. Both were big, with heavy
shoulders and their voices we're
deeply pitched. She found herself
led down the hall to a door and
through it down flight Of steps.
Then the door slammed and she was
alone in total darkness.
Terror returned. For little while,
she was not the assured young
woman who had plunged thought
lessly into the heart of terrible
danger. She was child, shut up
in a dark, musty smelling cellar
for she knew by the clamminess
of the place that she was under
ground-and tears sprang into her
eyes, coursing down her cheeks.
Brinda sat on the bottom steps and
put her head in her arms and sobbed
bitterly. What was she to do? Dick
was dead. no doubt. And pretty
soon she would be dead, too.
Soon, the man they called the
leader would come. And then they
would drag her out of this dark
place and she would stand before
him and hear herself sentenced to
Evening star., 1941-03-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Ashton c. Jones, jr.,
who occupied the home of the for
mer's parents during their absence,
have taken an apartment in Buck
ingham.
Miss Golda Mae Sutton is spend
ing the week end with her brother
in-laW and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Will
liam MengeS, in Newark, Del.
Miss Sally Whatley of Sulphur
Springs is spending some time with
Miss Lelda Carroll, who makes her
home with Mrs. R. D. Kelly on
North Utah street.
Mr.. and Mrs. McGuinness
Return Today From Miami.
Mr.. and Mrs. John R. McGuinness,
with their daughter katherine Ann
McGuinness, will return today to
their home in Country Club Grove,
following a months stay in Miami.
Mrs. B. B. Barrett is leaving to-
day for an extended trip through
the South and will visit in New Or
leans and points in Texas, then con-
tinue to San Francisco where she
will spend several months with her
sister, Mrs. J. R. Kemp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Groome Eareckson
and Mrs. William Payne are spend
ing three weeks in Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Lewis Hy-
land, with their children, Richard
and Dell Hyland, moved last week
from Buckingham to their new
home near Silver Spring.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Reed, who
have been guests of their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs j. Ken
meth Ableiter, left yesterday for
Evening star., 1941-03-09

stored them in her mind, said them
over and over to herself so she would
not forget them. But what was the
"agreed" ship?
The thin fingers touched the key.
1t spoke sharply and the room was
silent save for the sound of the dots
and dashes speeding toward some
other station to be relayed abroad.
Then-another sound intruded-
the bark of gun. The door burst
open and an excited voice cried in
German:
Quick! We're in danger! Smash
the wireless and get out! The Eng
lish dogs are here!"
(To be continued
Copyright by Maurice Dekobrs and Leyla
Georsie; Distributed by King Features
Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1941-03-09

sage. Then the set spoke back TO
him. There they are!" he said and
there was relief in his voice. Again
his finger caressed the key. Again
it replied.
What do they say?"
They want to know what is
wrong"
Tell them that young English
fool has been interfering. Tell them
there has been trouble with the mes
sages at this end"
That alp"
Tell them it is too risky to send
the list of agents by wireless That
We will send it Friday with a trusted
agent on the agreed ship and that a
submarine should intercept the ship
at
He gave the longitude and lati-
tude, the hours and minutes. Brinda
Evening star., 1941-03-09

Their backs we're to her, so she
couldn't see their faces.
1t was large room, handsomely
paneled, but it had been stripped al
most bare of furniture. A small
stove stood in the corner, and the
stove, the table and some straight
chairs were all that was in the room.
The two windows were heavily cur
tanned, so no light could seep
through and betray the presence of
these men who were betraying a ma
ton. Blackout rules favored spies,
she thought.
One of the men groWled at slim
fellow bending over the key.
Hurry" he snapped. Get into
contact"
The other snarled back at him.
They won't answer. Can I help
that?" He raped out another mes
Evening star., 1941-03-09
MATA HARTZaNlzez6z
II MAURICE DEk0BRA .~< lEYlA GEORGE
CHAPTER XIII.

Gradually the darkness of
without lights
banketed the
stabbed her eyeb She closed and leaned back
of
struggled with the words translated them Then she knew they al
a
her
rough hand
Evening star., 1941-12-22

Weekly concerts for soldiers are
being given in South Africa.
Evening star., 1941-12-22
British Fire Sinks Soviet
Ship, Japanese Report

TOXIC, Dec. % Official broad
cast P).-The Japanese alleged to-
day that the 2,282-ton Russian pas
senger liner Krechet, formerly the
Polaris, had been sunk by British
gunflre from Hong Kong.
A spokesman said three other
Soviet vessels-one of them believed
to be the 2,696ton passenger liner
Simferopol-had taken refuge in
the Japanese-won harbor at Kow-
loon, opposite Hong Kong, and were
undamaged.
According to this account, the
Krechet foundered before reaching
the harbor, and 38 men and women
taken off the sinking ship were
placed under japanese care.
1t was reported authoritatively
that japanese forces engaged in the
Kowloon Hong Kong operations had
rigid instructions to avoid firing in
the vicinity of ships flying the
Soviet flag.
(Aneta. official Netherlands
Indies news agency, reported last
Saturday that II japanese
Evening star., 1941-12-22
Hong Kong Garrison
Still Is Holding Out
Against japanese
London Not Hopeful,
However, Thot Grown
Colony Con Be Soved
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 22.-The Japanese
were being held" at Hong Kong up
to late yesterday afternoon despite
furious assaults, the Colonial Once
said today.
The brief announcement was
based on a message from Sir Mark
Young, Governor of Hong Kong,
which was issued in the embattled
island at $50 pm. yesterday, Hong
Kong time.
The Colonial ONCE said its infor-
nation was based on excerpts from
this communique which said "the
enemy has been very active all day"
but lis being held
A Singapore broadcast said Hong
Kong's defenses apparently still
were holding today.
(The Chinese drive TO relieve
pressure on Hong Kong is being
intensified, according to the
latest news from Chungking,"
said a British broadcast heard
in New York by N. B. C. today0
No Hope Held, However.
With all the resistance that weary
British Empire soldiers can put up
against overwhelming odds, however,
no hope was held here that the
crown colony could be saved.
(The conquest of Hong Kong
virtually has been completed,
Domei, Japanese news agency.
reported in a broadcast from
Toxic. 1t said British resist
ance now was confined chiefly
to street fighting and guerrilla
warfare.
("The wiping out of the last
vestige of British imperialism
in China is in its final stage"
Domei said. The agency claimed
the Japanese controlled the is
lands main communication CEN
ter and all strategic military
points)
Messages of praise from King
George VI, Colonial Secretary Lord
Moyne and other officials were sent
to Gov. and Commander in Chief
Sir Mark Young at Hong Kong.
The governor himself exhorted his
men to hold fast, saying "the eyes
of the empire are upon you! Be
strong! Be resolute and do your
duty!"
Evening star., 1941-12-22

planes bombed and sank the
clearly marked 4,200-ton Russian
freighter Perekop in Dutch
waters)
British Guns Declared Silenced.
BERLIN, Dec. % (Of1icial Broad
cast R-Japanese planes have
silenced several British batteries in
heavy bombing raids on positions
on Victoria Peak in Hong Kong,
where the beleaguered garrison is
making a last stand, the German
radio said today.
The assault on Hong Kong was
continuing with undiminished fury
according to reports from Toxic re-
ceived here this afternoon.
The Toxic newspaper Nichi Nichi
said. however, that a British gar
rison of about 10000 men still was
resisting despite land and air as
saults and a Japanese naval block
ade.
Mount Davis Bombed.
Meanwhile, fighting ragged across
Happy Valley race course east OF
Victoria in beleaguered Hong Kong
island. the Japanese dispatches said
Japanese planes bombed Mount
Davis. a stronghold at the western
end of the island; Mount Cameron
which f1anks Victoria peak on the
other side to the east; the settlement
Of Aberdeen on the south side.
Artillery, aided by naval guns,
shelled British shore batteries and
Notifications.
Japanese accounts said one after
another British strong point was be-
ing reduced on the rockbound
island and that complete fall was
only matter of time.
Japanese army planes from a
mainland base swarmed down on a
concentration of British gunboats
and ships in Deepwater Bay of the
mainland part of the colony yester-
day morning and caused great havoc
with their rain of bombs, Domei
news agency dispatch said
Asahis correspondent said more
than 100 ships were trapped in
Hong Kong and that approximately
half of them had been sunk in the
last few days since the Japanese
occupied the mainland.
He said the vessels included three
destroyers. four gunboats. four mine
layers, eight patrol boats, two
tankers and two transports.