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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-01-29

why should he dictate the note to
his secretary and send it by mes
Senger?
If she ignored the note she would
always feel uncomfortable by her
window in the future and she would
always be plagued with curiosity to
know what it had all meant. II
she accepted the invitation to go
and see him what could she lose?
He might offer her job at an in
crease in salary. She didn't like
the idea of going into large office,
but she could use an increase in
salary and she certainly would not
leave her present job unless it was
worth her while.
At pm she powdered her nose
a little nervously and walked across
to the other building She was
ushered respectfully into the pres
ence of the little old man. He rose
from his desk to greet her and drew
a seat near to his desk.
Please sit down, Miss Vane'
He took his time in going round
to his own chair again and Verify
felt that he was taking opportunity
to appraise her at close range.
Il am sorry my note was not a
little more explicit. but the matter
on which I wished to see you was
rather private and difficult to set
down in a letter. I thought you
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So, that's it. thought Verify with
a slight feeling of disappointment
Somehow she had keyed herself to
expecting something else, something
out of the ordinary. But he was
still speaking and she listened.
Il have taken the trouble to watch
you closely at times. You have good
taste in your clothes, in your ap-
pearance. You have the good sense
to use the freshness of your own
youth instead of hiding it under
the hardness of too many cosmetics
. that, of course, may be only
old-fashioned prejudice on my part
II don't think I noticed much
more until you went away a few
weeks ago during that hot spell We
had. Then. I realized I missed you
I missed you for an indehnable
quality. cool, restful quality"
His shrewd eyes met Verity's and
held them. 1t seemed to her that
there were two distinct personalities
behind those eyes. one as hard as
the steel he controlled and the other
tired old man. Verify felt that the
hard side Of his nature repealed her
but that the other side drew from
her an almost motherly sympathy
She almost smiled at the absurdity
Of that latter feeling. because he
was at least 20 years old, she felt.
An Exciting Offer.
That fact impressed me-" he con-
tinued. 1T is not often that one is
conscious of missing people, espe-
cially If they merely work in an office
across narrow street. What
clinched the matter in my mind was
that when I returned to see you back
in your place I felt sense of relief.
To me. emotionally, it meant MOTH
ing. I am an old man. But it meant
that you had some quality of per-
sonality that cannot be ignored. that
can impress itself on man unob-
trusively and that, to my mind, is
the key to the power of a woman
over a man"
He paused. Verify waited but he
didn't seem in hurry to continue.
This was all very fattering but he
wasn't telling her what he wanted
her to do. She was just about to
ask him when he began to speak
again.
mo doubt this all seems very mys-
ferrous to you but I assure you there
is no mystery and that this preamble
is essential to my purpose. I have
told you I want to offer you a job.
1t is no ordinary job. 1 need some
one whose head will not be turned by
the prospect of a very high reward
and an unlimited expense account
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-01-29

Verify felt a sudden thrill of ex-
element run through her veins.
High reward and unlimited expenses.
What could it mean?
1T is a job that I am sure only
one woman could do. I have been
successful throughout my life be-
cause l always had the knack of
choosing the right person for the
right job. I am prepared to gamble
on you, but I warn you that because
it is a job only one woman can do 1t
is also an exceedingly difficult job.
I will give you one year in which to
do the job. I will give you S. ZOO in
your expense account and as much
more as you need. I will give you
$4,000 if you are successful. Men
like myself do not offer such high
rewards to such young people If the
odds against them do not make it
worth it. Miss Vane, want you to
find my son and bring him back
to me-"
(Copyrlsht, 1941, Chicaso Daily News, Inc)
Tomorrow Verify hears the details
Of Mr. Danforth's offer.
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any alr-cOndltlOnlng system simply
because they didn't have one in the
old building where she worked. 1t
didn't seem to make great deal
of difference because apparently air
conditioning was not very popular
with the Office across the way from
her window. Every morning, just
when the sun was leaving her VIM
dow, the tenant of the Office across
the way would arrive at his desk
and his secretary would open his
window wide.
Every morning Verify smiled at
her. 1t had grown to be habit.
Then she would see the small, gray
haired old man sit down at his desk
and begin his work. He never
seemed to stay more than a few
hours in his office. Verify thought
that was pity, because 1t was
large private Office that would have
done credit to a movie set. Every
morning when the old man came
IN he would 60 through a pile Of
correspondence with his secretary
without any apparent hurry but
with a remarkable speed. Then
there would be furry of subordi-
mates, all very respectful. After
that. oddly enough, he would walk
to the open window and gaze across
the street, apparently lost in
thought.
Verify could not help noticing
all this, because the narrow side
street that separated the buildings
was Only Is feet across and her open
window was directly opposite the
other. Even without looking she
absorbed the habits of the other
Office during the brief summer
months.
Feels Old Mans Gaze.
As far as she knew, the elderly
gray haired man who sat at that i'm
portant desk across the street had
never noticed her But that didn't
concern her: she'd never given the
fact a thought. She was 10 and
had worked in the Office for two
years. She had come to take many
things that happened every day
with an emotional dizziness in keep
ing with the dizziness of the routine
itself.
And then she went on her vaca-
ton. and when she returned the man
across the street had gone on his
She missed him vaguely, and the
day he returned she was esneciallv
observant of his breaking his old
routine Verify saw him wave away
the secretary with the pile of cor
respondence and saw him come to
the open window and gaze across
the street. She bent over her type
writer, but she flushed because she
felt that for the first time he was
gazing directly at her.
But the first real warning of
something unusual came when she
received the note. The envelope
itself told her that it was important
because it had a crinkly bank-note
feeling that only the very best quail
itv envelopes have.
She opened the note with a nerv-
GUS curiosity. Something told her
1t was important. But there was
very little inside.
Dear Miss Vane," it read Would
you kindly call and see me after
ONCE hours today?" 1t was signed,
John Danforth."
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Beverley Hills Credit Union
Meets Tomorrow Niqht
Special Dispatch to The Star.


ALEXANDRIA, Va, Jan. 20
Offlcers will be elected and plans
for the year outlined at the an
nual meeting of the Beverley Hills
Federal Credit Union at pm to-
morrow at the Beverley Hills Com
munity Church. Reports OF the
unions activities since its organiza-
ton the latter part of last year
will be submitted by committee
chairmen.
c. r. Orchard, director OF the
Credit Union Section, Farm Credit
Administration, will be speaker at
the meeting, and colored pictures
taken in the Philippines will be
shown by Chaplain and Mrs. Joseph
o. Ensrud.
A quiz program has been ar
ranged, at which a panel will an
swer questions on the accomplish
ments and aims of credit unions.
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Verify stared at it. John Danforth;
the name was familiar. Then she
looked across the road and into the
open window opposite. John Dam
forth was the president of Danforth
Steel Corp, and those were their
offices across the way. The elderly
little man must be John Danforth
himself.
V
Verity's Curiosity Aroused.
She showed the note to none of
her friends in the office. She read
it at least two dozen times during
the day. What could it mean? Was
he going to offer her job? If so,
why didn't he say so? Was there
something fishy behind it all? If so,
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Sherr's side. He touched her.
II love you," he said softly. She
looked up at him. There was 9
steady, strong tenderness in her eyes
And I love YOU" she answered
Their shoulders brushed. That was
their caress.
There was landing field behind
the ODian mansion. Sherr said
Uncle has been flying for years. He
has said that 1T keeps him young. y
That was an incongruous note.
Crouch was Ticking a light over
the short-cropped grass. Suddenly
the grounds were flooded by a
startling brilliance. Huge flood
lamps outlined a red, sleek mono
plane drawn up before single
hangar. John ODian was walking
toward them.
What can we do?" Sherr whis-
pered. IF move they will shoot
you. II you move they will shoot
me. But I am willing; Kelly. There
Is more to this than Just r. two"
James Crosley said, Kelly can't
do anything. His hands are tied.
They would only beat him"
Edna Mannon said softly, Were
all in this, remember. If you've
never prayed, practice now"
Ordered in Cabin.
John ODian had a parachute
strapped upon his sholders He mo-
toned them to the side Of the air.
plane. Sherr stepped toward him:
Uncle, can't you take me and leave
the rest?" she asked pleadingly.
MY dear, this is necessary. 1t
has all been explained. Please step
inside" John ODian's voice was
short, the CLEAN in his eyes had
frightened.
May I kiss my husband good
by?" Sherr stepped toward Kelly,
not waiting for a reply to her re-
quest. Her lips were soft and yield
ing. 1t was then that Kelly felt a
terrible rage mount within him. But
he knew the uselessness Of 1t. The
pressure Of a finger would mean
death. While he breathed Kelly
held hope.
John ODian directed Sherr to
enter the cabin first. then James
Crosley. followed by Kelly and Edna
Mannon. Their wrists were still
bound.
O'Dian edged himself behind the
controls. The starter ground once
twice The motor coughed. sput-
tered, held its beat. Silence held a
firm grip on the four victims.
I'm leaving you all alone in the
sky That's nv plan. I have a
parachute, which I shall use. Then
you are on your own" A laugh
started down deep in John ODian s
chest, erupted into his throat. Kelly
shuddered.
John ODian leaned out the side
window In here. Crouch" Crouch
leered through the window at Kelly
Its yours now. wise guy. You won t
interfere again" Sticks dry chuckle
cracked in Kelly's ear. Crouch
passed a can to John ODian. This
will do credit to the best jobs I've
seen" Crouch said.
John O'Dian opened the nozzle of
the can. The odor of gasoline per-
meated the small cabin.
Sherr Has No Hope.
Then John ODian pushed the
throttle lever. The motor roared.
Kelly was thinking desperately. John
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-01-29
By Barbara Bell

II you take a misses size, here's a
charming way to make your most
important new spring costume-the
frock-with- jacket that you wear
more often. probably, than anything
else In your wardrobe. Without the
Jacket, it's perfect afternoon frock,
with heart neckline, corselet waist
line, f1lling-out bosom gathers and
graceful, flaring skirt. With the
jacket, it's a smart little suit, and
one that you'll repeat, come sum-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-01-29
BroziIion Novelist to Speok

(THE END.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-01-29
Garden Club Plans Dinner

The fifth annual dinner of the
Woodbridge Garden Club will be held
Monday at $50 pm. at Sherwood
Hall, Twenty-second street and
Rhode Island avenue NE. Reser-
vations should be made through Mrs,
George Target, 2948 Carlton avenue
NE, before Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-01-29

Erico Verissimo. Brazilian novel;
list. will speak on The Contempo-
rary Novel in Brazil at 4:3O pm
tomorrow at the Pan-American
Union. Mr.. Verissimo's lecture will
be given in Portuguese.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-01-29
Marriage by m b,
NppOulCI1lC1I Storm
CHAPTER XIV.


He
the
Slick and Crouch worked quickly silently Now that
upon Them their faces qunted
through the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-01-29
CHAPTER I.

On the whole Verify Vane had very little to gumble about The
ONCE worked
building
shone through window
the off we'll
In
Evening star., 1941-07-14
Three Italian Ships
Are Sunk by Subs,
British Claim
Two Vessels Destroyed
In Air Raid on Convoy,
Cairo Command Says
n the Associated Press.

BS the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 14.-The Ad-
miralty reported tonight the sink
ing of at least three Italian YES
sells, including one carving troops
and supplies, in the Mediterranean.
All were credited to submarines of
Britain's Mediterranean fleet.
The 5,232-ton Italian tanker
Strombo. which previously had been
damaged by torpedo, was sent to
the bottom While on her way to
Italy for repairs. the Admiralty said.
1t reported also the sinking of a
b500-ton supply ship. heavily laden,
which was in a convoy escorted by
an armed merchant cruiser and a
destroyer; large sailing vessel
loaded with troops and military
stores, in the AEGEAN Sea, and the
probable sinking of two other YES
sells in Libyan port.
Another submarine. finding no
enemy shipping on the high seas,
attacked by gunfire the enemy
anchorage of RaS Tayones, near
Bengasi," the communique related.
In this attack supply ship of
about l.500 tons and an armed traW-
Ter were certainly damaged and
probably sunk"
Evening star., 1941-07-14
| Boy 6>oHero
Bolt Kills
His Parents
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AUGUSTA, Ga, July 14.-Slx-
year old Charles Chavous became q
hero yesterday in the tragedy which
took the lives OF his mother and
father.
Cleveland Chavous. 50-year-old
farmer, and his wife, Thelma, stood
on the porch of their home during a
storm watching the lightning. A bolt
struck the porch, killing both, but
Charles, standing nearby, was un-
injured
Grief stricken. Charles went into
the house and bundled up his 2-year-
old sister, Josephine, and trudged
nearly a mile through the woods to
the home of an aunt for help. No
one was at home.
Rain was coming down in torrents,
so Charles and his sister crawled
into truck When the rain
slackened, Charles took Josephine
in his arms and trudged another
mile and half to a neighbor's home
and told his story.
I've never seen a child who
showed so much intelligence" said
Acting Coroner S. Herbert Elliott,
who investigated. Many adults
couldn't have done 30 good"
Evening star., 1941-07-14
ItoIy Lets Americans
Go on Reciprocal Bosis
he Associated Press.

P, the Assoc ated Press.
ROME, July 14-The Italian au-
thorities informed the American
Embassy today that United States
citizens would be allowed to leave
Italy on the basis of reciprocity for
the departure of Italians from the
United States.
The Foreign Ministry assured the
Embassy it had sent instructions To
the Ministry of the Interior to per-
NIT such departures, with special
consideration to be given certain
urgent cases. Some time was eX-
pected to elapse before the exit per-
mits actually are granted because
of routine work involved.
Italian authorities also are under
stood to have said they would give
consideration to requests of Amer
leans in Greece, numbering about
150 who wish to leave that present
ly is-occupied country.
Evening star., 1941-07-14
Mrs. Mills
Continued From First Page.)

lay under the oxygen tent Friday
In St. Joseph's Hospital
The couple had been engaged for
years but North Carolina laws for
bid the marriage of tuberculosis
victims. 1t was only when the end
was apparently near that the mar
riage was permitted.
Mrs Mills, who was 81 years old
and red-headed, was for many
years secretary to the late Louis
McHenry Howe, longtime secretary
and confidential adviser to Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Affectionately dubbed rabbit"
BY Mr.. Howe, Mrs. Mills worked
with him in the 1880 Roosevelt gu
bernatorial campaign and in 1882
assisted former Postmaster General
James A. Farley at the national
convention in Chicago.
During the campaign she worked
In New York with Mr.. Howe and
continued to work with him when he
came to Washington with President
Roosevelt.
Mr.. Mills had also come to Wash
lngton as assistant to the then Sec
retary of Commerce Daniel c. Roper
and the couple became engaged in
1896. After Mr.. Howe's death In
1888 the former Miss Durand be-
game James Roosevelt's secretary.
For some time she had been
coughing but paid no attention to
1t until she lost ten pounds IN ten
DAYS. Then she went to Rear Ad-
miral Ross T. McIntire, the Presi-
dents physician. and the following
day he sent her to Ashevllle.
Her White House friends called
her every Sunday and frequently
visited her. She had gone up from
lis to $50 pounds during the past
six months and they were hopeful
for her recovery. She lost con-
sciousness yesterday and died at
am. today.
Her body was to be sent today tC
Astoria for burial Thursday.
Evening star., 1941-07-14
| Tydings' Uncle
| Marks Golden
Anniversary
By tie Associa ted ~

BY tf e Associated ""
BALTIMORE, July 14.-Fifty-si,
descendants yesterday helped Mr.
and Mrs. Basil Tydinss celebrate
their 50th wedding anniversary.
One of their grandchildren, Chris
ton L. Ehrman, celebrated the occa-
sion by marrying Miss Claudia Lee
Ziegenheim
Present at the anniversary cele-
bration were Mr.. and Mrs. Tydings
six children, 80 grandchildren and
18 great grandchildren Not pres
ent was Mr.. Tydings' nephew, Sen
ator Tydings, Democrat, of Mary
land.
At IS, Mr.. Tydings still is active
as a boilermaker. He and his wife
who is II, have lived in Baltimore
all their married lives.
Evening star., 1941-07-14
Two British ATTEMPTS
To Break Tobruk Siege
Smashed, Italy Says
English Have Paid Dearly
For Thrusts, Stefoni
News Agency Reports
Ry the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
,, ROME, July 1.-two British at
tempts to break the three month
siege of Tobruk have been shat
tered by the Axis besiegers, official
Italian reports said today, and the
position of the besieged grows more
painful, unbearable and precarious
every day"
Stefani, the official news agency,
outdid the high command in its ac-
count of thrusts by the British i'm
perial force to break out of the
Libyan coastal town, ringed by the
sea, the desert and Axis lines-an
island of British conquest remaining
| from the Libyan retreat.
The British paid very dearly" for
the tnruSts, the agency said. Sys-
tematic bombardment by Italian
! and German planes and incesSant
artillery fire have destroyed supply
dumps and the equipment with
which the British distill sea water
to stave off the desert thirst. 1t
went on. Axis forces also keep a
close watch over supply ships trying
to reach the harbor.
Tried to Smash Ring.
Late last Friday afternoon, Stef-
ami said, British infantry patrols
felt out the Italian-German lines
and followed this with an attempt
to break the siege ring at any
cost, with the use of larger and
more powerful forces"
The British started mass attack
Friday night with intense artillery,
machine gun forces and a consid-
cradle number of tanks in the zone
of the Tobruk-El Adem highway"
the agency went on, adding that
after the sharp clash the British
had to fall back, leaving dead
wounded, prisoners, arms and tanks
on the field of battle.
Trying for surprise, the British in
the early hours of Saturday struck
again in the same zone with even
heavier forces, but, according to
Stefani, failed again, the Axis troops
hllllIplllS VI tllCl SOliouo AoSSCS III
men and material in the violent
combat"
Communique Is Brief.
Todays communique of the high
command said simply: In North
Africa, on the Tobruk front, an
enemy detachment was put to flight
by the fire OF our artillery"
Several places on the Island of
Rhodes were bombed by British
aircraft and slight damage was
caused, the daily communique
added.
In an exchange of bombing raids
the Italians claimed to have set fire
to depots at Matruh and hit artil-
lery emplacements, harbor installa-
tions and motor vehicle concentra-
| tions at Tobruk, while the British
attacked Tripoli.
Evening star., 1941-07-14

vers and preparation of scripts for
pictures dealing with the work Of
air and tank corps are among sub
jects to be discussed.
"Maneuvers in Louisiana this Sep
tember will be particularly pictorial.
with half a million men in battle
there" said Gen. Richardson. We
want the people to see how their
money is being spent and we want
no secrets other than those which.
if told, might endanger the lives OF
Ollr soldiers"
Evening star., 1941-07-14
New Pact With Soviet
Accepted as Alliance
By British Public
Officials Position That
Russia Is No More Than
Co-BeIIieerent Derided
By tic Associated Press.


LONDON, July 14-The new
Russian-British pact against Ger
many, regarded in semi official cir
cles as an association to carry on
the war" was accepted today by
the British press and public as a
full -f1edged alliance.
The pact. signed Saturday in
Moscow by British Ambassador Sir
Stafford Cripps and Soviet Foreign
CommisSar Vyacheslav Molotov,
pledged the two countries to give
each other assistance in the war
against Germany and not to ne
gotiate or sign a separate armistice
except by mutual agreement"
Informed sources said the precise
diplomatic language of the agree
ment made the British and Rus
slams 'co-belligerents' with a
shadowy difference between that
and formal alliance
British newspapers and the public,
however, viewed the pact as making
the countries allies in fact.
Britain has other formal al
liances with Turkey, now non
belligerent; the Netherlands and
Norway, whose eXiled governments
are in London: Poland, Egypt and
Iraq. Britain's oldest formal al
lance is with Portugal, dating back
TO the 18th century.
The Laborite London Herald de-
clared fatty Russia becomes our
ally and derided some official
pedant who produced the astonish-
ing dictum that We and the Rus
slams are not allies but 'co-bel-
ligerents.
The Daily Mails political cor
respondent predicted Poland soon
Evening star., 1941-07-14
RESORTS
ATLANTIC CITY. n. J.

ROOMS - NICELY FURNISHED. TWIN
and fun beds, innersprlngs; elevator serv-
ice. square from beach central MRS.
RAYMOND KING, Apt. 20a. Santa Rita
s S. Carolina Ave
Evening star., 1941-07-14
British Planes Attack
Convoy OFT TripoH

CAIRO, Egypt, July IA (P)-Twc
ships were destroyed and another
was set afire yesterday in a British
air raid on a convoy outside Tripoli
Libya, the R. A. F. Near East COM
munique reported today.
Bomber aircraft of the R. A. F
carried out successful attacks on an
enemy convoy outside Tripoli yester-
day it said.
"A 7,OO0-ton ship was hit, set afire
and destroyed. Huge columns OF
black smoke rose to a great height
from the vessel
"One three-master schooner, ap-
parently carrying oil or munitions
blew up when hit by bomb and
another 100-ton vessel was hit and
seen burning steadily. Several large
bombs were also dropped on ships
inside the harbor."