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Evening star., 1941-06-28
Finland Army Broced
For Expected OnsIouqht

HELSINKI, Finland, June % LP).-
Finlands comparatively small army,
assured of German aid, was braced
today along the vast frontier from
the Gulf of Finland to the Arctic
for defense against an expected on
slaught by Soviet Russian forces
officially estimated to number more
than 100000 men.
In contrast to air raid alarms in
cities back Of the line, all was quiet
along the Finnish front as the Ger
man-Soviet Russian war neared the
close of its first week.
German troops from Norway were
permitted entry and the Firms we're
ac,ive in concentrating defenses
against Russia, which dictated the
peace after the Russian Finnish war
of 1939-40.
A Soviet bombing of the town of
IyOyiiSa was repOrted
Evening star., 1941-06-28
F. 7. {. 10 Investigate
Furniture Industry
For Henderson
Prices, Costs and Profits
To Be. Probed os Sequel
To New so Advance

Striking back at several furniture
companies that raised prices de-
spite his request that no increases
be made without consulting the Gov
ernment. Federal Price Administra-
tor Leon Henderson today declared
an investigation of prices. costs and
profits in the furniture industry will
be undertaken Immediately by the
Federal Trade Commission.
Mr.. Henderson urged the inquiry
after 5 per cent price increase
was announced by several manu-
facturers
IF such price increases continue
in the furniture industry and in
other industries" Mr.. Henderson ad-
vlsed the F. T c., the result will
be imitation and Generalization not
only of the furniture industry. but
of the economic system generally.
Wants Data on Actual Need.
80 If the recent price advance
Is not III fact justified, we wish to
know it, and we think that Congress
and the public should know it, If,
on the other hand, increases in the
price Of materials have been such
that furniture manufacturers can
not absorb them. we wish to know
what these increases have been and
/ the extent TO which they may be
justified"
The statement recalled that on
Tuesday Mr.. Henderson wrote to Al
| of the largest furniture makers not
| ing their prices had been increased
substantially in recent months and
| asking that no further advances be
made.
/ Three days later the statement
added. it was learned that Haywood
/ Wakefield Co. and certain other
manufacturers in the industry were
increasing their prices an additional
) per cent in defiance of the o. P
/ A. c. S. request
The Trade Commission investi-
/ cation will be directed initiallv at
these companies the announce
ment said.
Cloth Maxima Fixed.
At the same time, Mr.. Henderson
! announced that maximum prices
have been fixed on six leading types
of cotton cloth used as the base fol
finished textiles constituting a major
portion of the material used in both
military and civilian clothing.
( The maximum prices fixed aver
age about Is per cent below current
levels. Mr.. Henderson asserted that
during the last year, prices on these
types of cloth have risen an average
of So per cent.
The schedule establishes a top
price of 80 cents pound on print
cloth. carted broadcloth and to-
bacco cloth; 3032 and 33.5 cents
per pound on three classes of sheet
ings; 25 cents a pound for part
waste osnaburgs and 81 cents q
pound on combed broa dcloths
Evening star., 1941-06-28
Bookniga Testimony
Ended, Jury May GET
Case on Monday
Justice Let's Overrules
New Motion to Acquit
Two of Defendants

Three weeks of testimony In the
trial Of three former officials Of
Bookniga Corp alleged distributing
concern for Communist propaganda.
ended in District Court today and
the case is likely to go to the jury
Monday or Tuesday.
Presentation of evidence termi-
mated when Norman Weinberg, one
of the defendants, completed testi-
mony he began yester lay. Mr..
Weinberg, Raphael Rush, former
wee president, and Morris Liskin,
former president of the firm. are
accused of conspiracy in failing to
register with the State Department
as agents of foreign principal.
Renewal of motions for directed
verdicts of acquittal fsvoring Mr..
Weinberg. former secretary treas
urer Of Bookniga. and Mr.. Rush
were overruled by Justice F. Dickin-
son Let's.
The jurist took under advisement,
however. a like motion favoring Mr..
Liskin, who previously pleaded
guilty of failing to register and is
on trial only on the conspiracy
charge.
The Motion for Mr. Liskin vas
argued by David A. Hart. who told
the court there was not "one scin-
tilla of evidence" that Mr.. Liskin
was involved in the alleged con-
/ spiracy.
After hearing Mr.. Hart, Justice
/ Let's began considers ton of prayers
| to be presented to the jury. Gov
eminent counsel said they expected
the case to go to the jury Monday
/ or Tuesday, depending on the
/ length of arguments
In his concluding testimony Vein
berg continued the story of fnan-
cial transactions of the concern.
Evening star., 1941-06-28
German Forces Plan
Murmansk Attack,
London Hears
Nozi Planes Reported
En- Route to Bomb
KoIo Peninsula
b. the Associated Press.


LONDON, June %. German
troops from Norway are marching
across Northern Finland to attack
the Soviet Arctic port of Murmansk,
Reuters, British news agency, said
in a dispatch from Stockholm today.
The dispatch quoted Swedish press
reports from Berlin.
The dispatches also said German
planes had taken off to bomb the
Kola Peninsula. which juts eastward
from Murmansk to divide the White
Sea from the Arctic Ocean. The
Soviet air force was reported to
have built underground hangers on
this peninsula.
1t was reported from Helsinki
that Finnish artillery had begun
a bombardment of Soviet defenses
at Hanko, important naval base
guarding the entrance of the Gulf
of Finland. This base, in Southwest
Finland, was leased to Russia for
30 years as part of the agreement
ending last years Russo Finnish
war. The Russians consider it vital
to the defense of Leningrad. which
lies at the head of the gulf.
Evening star., 1941-06-28
B.19,Biggest Bomber,
Ready for New Tests
After First Flight
$500, 900 Ship Hops
To March Field in
Successful Triul
BY DEVON FRANCIS,
Associated Press Aviation Editor.

MARCH FIELD, Calf, June 90
It's maiden flight completed, the
Douglas Bic, described by the Army
Air Corps as the worlds biggest
bomber, was groomed today for a
long series of test hops which prob
ably will determine whether this
country will build feet Of super
dreadnaughts of the air.
Such a feet, based on the expert
mental work which went into the
$500 900 monster, with fully
loaded weight of 80 tons, is more
than a mere possibility.
Responsible military opinion has
held ever since the start of the Euro
pean war that with air powers COM
ing of age larger, faster and more
heavily armed battle planes inevit-
ably will follow.
For comparison with the big
bomber which yesterday was flown
from the factory at Santa Monica
to March Field. distance of IS
miles, the standard American
'heavy" bomber in production to-
day weighs about % tons.
Navy to Have Ship as Big.
A Navy flying boat, also expert
mental in nature and expected to
have approximately the same weight
as the BIG. is under construction
at an Eastern seaboard factory, and
1t was disclosed for the first time
yesterday that a contract for a
bomber of about so tons has been
signed by the Air Corps with an
other aircraft factory.
Where the second monster bomber
for the Army will be built was not
stated.
1t was an uneasy, keyed-up group
OF factory and Air Corps officials
which watched the propellers of the
B-19's four 2,000-horsepower Wright
engines suddenly begin spinning at
takeoff power at the far end of the
Glover Field runway.
Engineers had figured what the
plane, with its 2l2-foot Widespread,
would do when the power was poured
to it, but the proof of the pudding
was the eating. Donald Douglas,
president of the company which
built it, had been so harried by last
minute details that he had lost a
pre-takeoff manuscript of his speech
In Air in Nine Seconds.
The huge craft nosed into the air
nine seconds after Maj. Stanley H
Umstead of Wright Field, Dayton
Ohio, gunned the motors 1t re-
uuired only 1900 feet of the $500
foot runway for the surprisingly
quick takeof
Maj. Umstead, the Army's chief
test pilot, admitted after the flight,
Maybe I was little nervous" He
over controlled on both takeoff and
landing, because, as he put it. the
ship responded so sensitively.
Maj. Umstead was highly en-
thusiastic about the ships per-
formance. however. and declared il
did everything asked of it.
Any nervousness" he explained
"was not because of the way she
performed, but because of the gen.
eral situation. We gave her gentle
banks and turns and her maneuver-
ability was good. She ballooned a
little because she was loaded so
lightly"
Maj. Gen. George H. Brett. chief
of the Army Air Corps, declared l.:
"Such triumph. the fight of the
Big, is dream that has come
true. Today We stand not at z
but at A in the aviation alphabet.
In other words, we feel we have
Just started"
Evening star., 1941-06-28
LeoffIer Will Send
Morris to Golf Meet

S. G. Leoffler, sr., public links
concessionnaire, announced today
he will pay the expenses of Robert
Morris to the national public links
championship at Spokane, Wash.
next month.
Mr.. Morris, municipal golfer anc
employe of the Social Security
Board. was the only Washingtoniar
to qualify for the national cham.
pionship in sectional trials yester.
day at Baltimore. He scored 76
76-l54.
Evening star., 1941-06-28
R. W. TruIIineer Gets
Agriculture Medal

r. w. Trullinger, assistant chief
Office of experiment stations, Agri-
culture Department. returned yes
terday from Knoxville, Tenn, where
he was awarded the John Deere
gold medal by the American So
ciety of Agricultural Engineers.
Evening star., 1941-06-28
Firms Reported Landing
On AoIond Islands

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June %
DP). - Dagens Nyheter. Peoples s
Party newspaper, reported today
that Finnish troops have landed on
the Aaland Islands. off the southern
tip of Finland. which were demili-
tarized last year by agreement with
Soviet Russia.
The newspaper said s Soviet con-
suls and 80 staff members stationed
on the islands probably have left.
Finnish authorities denied last
night that German activities in
Finland menace the Soviet Union
and officially branded as "a ma
hcious lie" Moscow declaration
that Russian attacks in Finland
were aimed against Russian OBJ
jectives. The Firms charged devas-
tating, raids we're made against
civilian centers, vessels and coastal
bases.
Evening star., 1941-06-28
Crack Train Jumps Track
In Heart of Ohio Town
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MASSILLON, Ohio, June 28.-
-Four cars of the New York Chicago
bound Manhattan Limited were de-
rallied in downtown Massillon today
Two express cars and two day
coaches of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road train left the rails, tearing ul
500 feet of track, but remained up
right.
Two women injured in the wreck,
which occurred about 6:15 am.
were taken to City Hospital. Mrs
Frances Dogostina, IS, of Milwaukee
and Mrs. Rose Wolman, 46. of New
York, were shaken but suffered nc
broken bones. the hospital reported
The derailment was believed
caused when braking apparatus or
one car fell to the ties.
Fifty miles northeast of here near
Niles, Engineer c. G. Brown of New
Castle, Pa, and Fireman K. e
Forester of youngstown, Ohio, were
killed when freight locomotive
jumped the track on curve Four
teen loaded cars piled up behind
the engine.
HERKIMER, N. Y, June % (P.-
A New York-Chicago bound New
York Central freight locomotive left
the rails near here today. ripping up
100 feet of road bed and disrupting
main line freight traffic nearly six
hours. 1t had been detached from
a train to remove a disabled car.
The engineer and fireman escaped
injury.
Evening star., 1941-06-28
Mark S. Joffe, Artist, Dies

NEW YORK. June % lP..-Nt7rk
S. Joffe. rs, Latvian-born artist 10
taught at the Academy Of Aired
Arts here and whose work hangs in
the Library of Congress, died yes
terday.
Italy now has more than 10000
workshops run by craftsmen.
Evening star., 1941-06-28

Unemployment in Switzerland Is
much less than a year ago.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1941-12-17

germ, als mir alIf Ser 5arm 5lllam=
men lppbnten. Ses Nbenos Dor Dem
Sero nabm er ieinen iungell 5ris,
nod &ins, auf oen S6oB nno lang
oalut bic idonen Suloateitlieoer: Mls
id 1870 nit mad 5ranfrei6 bin mar
ihiert ilp.;; Seer Mill 1mter oie Sol
oaieu, ser nu,B baben elm @eluebr,
oas muB er nit Eulper laoen lmo
nit einer &ugel idlpcr. @inen
S6nurrbart unter ser 9tole (uno
Damn Itrid er ieinen lalgen, biden
@ilbelms Sbne,B), auf benl &ppfe
einen Selnl uIu llno labte uto
ider5te babel. 9anu aud: ,,Steb' id
in finlterer Mitterna6t 10 eilIam altf
ser Itillen @a6t; ooer: @enn oltrd
sic Stoot sic 5oloateu morIdieren
uno amoere befomnte Shlllieoer:
Mprgenrot, &b batt' einen &amera=
ben, Sie Sonne ianf i'm @elten nod)
Seoans beiBer S6ladt, es fniet' a,l
ieiuer Seite Iein teuerlter. 9ameroo
uilu, anb nod piele mebr, sic er alle
ol,sipenoig selernt bate. ~gos mor
Sic idonlte Seit neines Sebens"
Iprah CT oft. Gr ipar gelui6 eiu ici=
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@ebanfem lano @rinmernmgen
gon Heu 6raus Guertses

ser Sdltfe lernte er fleiBig 5ur Sc
numbering leines SebrerS. so fonn-
ie ct idon friib idon gnfidse auf-
ieben, i6reiben, ol,spenoig lernen
l:no altfiasen. sll1h lparen oieielben
mlliterboft, FORFEIT 9eIhrieben; baum
10 fein idl16erlid lpie Steinorud.
Seine Sprade lmo Musorild paren
ltilnlGBig. sluh luar ct iportlib at
eelegt lmo bate Hconertalent. Sm
ipdteren 2eben bat er feline 6dbigs
feiten oft eebruudt. 90 perfoBte er
sic Statllten Ser llntcrltiisunes- lno
@eianguereinc bon gudingbam ,tnb
Corning, 3. Sellte nod leie id) tie
gerne, belonoers sic bonn ct. sobon=
nes ltnterItiielugsuerein, baum bonn
ct. s(mbrolius &ir1enbor, unb bon
oem goncorbia @eiangperein, goru.
ing, >. 9rieie an Batter Setting uno
beionoers an Ieinen Sobn Mep. gbeos
oor SSsel be5eugen feline sdbigfeiten.
Ct iuar geipobnlib Sefretdr in allen
Gereiuen. Muh ein 8etpeis, baH sic
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ner ltran1ner Sol0at gelpeien, benn
ludbreno Ieiues ean5en 2e6ens bebielt
er ben SolbatenItri6. Go beiBt es
lpeiter bon ibm: CT tparb Soloot
uno oiente treu bent Gailer uno bem
Oelttl6en Heib. 9rei Sabre lang
mar er Soloat iln pre,lbilden Seer
bel Sag luo Nodt> ols m1lterbaiter
S1fantriit, erprobt mo ausgebiloet
5og ct na6 Sals anf lange 0riit,
oenn feline 3eit mar aus. 9ann ioate
er lb: iest pflea' id MIDI bis ooB sic
Mtinne5eit anbridt." Mud biele 3eit
fam balo, oo6 bate ct iid) 5upor
our6 arbeit etIuas 5uriidgelest uno
10 lpar CT Dorbereitet. gr ldaute lid
un.> 10 cr5dblte er ielbit, uno fano,
mas ibm eefiel. uSSn Seintrop fano
er feline 6rau nit id6nem Saus 1mo
@ut, oa5u orei 8uben Itorf gebal,t.
SIR Mann mar sluei SSSabr' tot. St
iprad iie an, iie fano ibn nett, 10
gao's ein nelles gbebett." gr ladte
oft berslid oariiber, tpie CT 10 leidt
eine quite Srau nit lold Itarfent
geadlpllds fir ipdtere Silfe erobert
bate. gs ipar meine Eante, Srdl.
@itpe Seinrid Sael NIT ibren orei
Sobnen: Sbeobor, Bernard, Seinz
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Golfsld)ule, sic ct bis ID Sabreu be-
luhte, gut luar.
slls er aus ser S1ule mar, lernte
er ein Sonoluerf, nouli6 sic Shu-
lterei; bieles 9ono,uerf bot ct aber
lpdter nidbt betrieben, neil es ibnt
nidt redt suiaete. Gr sins lieber iu
sic 3ed)e (coal mine) neil ct bort
mebr @elo uerbieuen founte. Sdu-
iter aab cs oa iiberba1pt eee.ig. .So
beiBt es: "Nuh lernte Ct sic Sd,u=
lterei, bod 5os er ireieS Seben Dor;
ging lieber auf Sic 9auerei, bis emo
lid CT Sic @rltb' erfor; henn sort
ueroieute ct piel @elo, tponit er rel
lte ourh sic SHclt. 9o1 als sic
Siel,it5eit faltt, beran Itellt ct iid,. frei
oils oeutlder Maun'. Nus oieier Belt
er5dblte er au liebIten. Die Soloaten-
seit, brei Sabre lang bel 0fek in 60
t6ringen, bas nod 1871 81 9eutl6=
lano fam. Die bel,tlden &esimenter
famen oabin> uno sic clioiiiiden nmo
lotbrin9ii6eu 9eute lpuroen nad
NorooeutIdlano eeididt, oamit 1ie
luieoer c6t beutId lpiiroen. Nud. er-
5ablte cr, iuie lie nab StraBbilrg
fantea, iuie er int Dom lpar llno iber=
al 0aber,tm 8eIonoers er5dblte er
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@r ipar eiu altsgc5ei6neter 2cbrer
uah alter itranlmer @eile, als oie
@irfenrute nod boS &ommanSo bielt.
Snfel Srib bate bos ltramme @eielt
tpobl bon ibm gelernt lmo iih OH
geeiguet. @r tpor ein gelpcfter, to-
Ientierter Slnae aelpcier, babel etspas
beql,ent, 9eniitlid mo freubie. er
tuar INNER b0flid, bem 2ebrer &C.
fd0ig uno leutielig nit onoeren.
Sein al.sge5eihnetes Solcnt itad Dor
uno balo itano er in alien ssGd)ern
an ser Spise Ieiner Glaiie> bcIonoers
tpar er Wcilter i'm &ehncn, 2elen ,mo
Gortragelt, Damn i'm 3eidnen llno
Nulen. Seine Stinne ober iibertrof
aue, 10 oaB er ipoter in alien Sc
ianespereinen 0en Idoniten mo tief>
iten 8oB lane. llno ipie es beibt pon
tbm: uSa, Ser quite Snfel Gris mar
tnuner lieb rno ipert, INNER better
uno bon 8is; i,1dte itets, luas Girl
ften eDrt. God idon BON &inobeits=
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taeen muBte er picles lel6it ertrasen.
@eboren emit in S6onebed, getouft
int olten Gorf 8or6ed. @ing er flei=
Zig in sic S6ule, uno fiirbtete nur
Die &ube. @ar talcnticrt mo ironn>
Der SSlmae fiirlnbr nidt b,um. CT
tuor cin Ncdcuuciltcr, lerut' Molcn
Seibucn, S6reiben - i'm Siugeu -
iibertrai er lel6lt sic @cilter - orrut
mollt' man ibn benci>eu. s(ut) mar
iein @co16tnis 9rpB -. @eldlbte
lernte er iamos' @as mau bo 81,
feinem @auoi,,m ant Ssn6ilGlustag
5ulmunlenaeoihtet, lit olleS budltdb=
Ii6 mar ST lpor ein alter Sclelulsrnt
. 1uo muroe nie lniioc oooon. er las
oen aanseu Gag in Sen Sele5in'mcrlt
Ser St0ote lmo 5u 9allle. Seioer
iuur>e ct longiam blino, bis ct stleet
nibts nlebr ieben tomte, iuie mir
feline &inoer cr5Gblten.
3u @onie mtbte CT ldon iriib bel
fen orbeitelt luic es ounlals luo beltte
nod alf Dem 2anbe Mooe lit, oeun
sic Grneren Gltern broutten oie
&inoer Su Dieleu niislideu Nrbeiten,
bau,it lernen lie Sic Mrbeit lluo &c.
boriom fenneu.~ Sung setpobnt, all
eetan - lit 90 ser alte 5pru1. SSu
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- sn einer 8eoe Dor 1900 2lt6.
frauen in Neiu 0orf bat oie eeliilg.
Jam befannte Gorotbp SbompIon 49,
ipie ,,Iime' ant 3. 9fopelnber 1941
bcridtete - erflGrt: uSreie Heoe,
freies Gerlanmltngsreht unb cine
freie Hreiie baben oas oel,tide @olt
nidt Dor bem Nasisnnls beludbrt.
@eraoe oaourd eelansteu Sic Nu5t
sur Ma1t." "
@enn es iuabr tudre, 10 befanoen
mir lns al1f Dem ii6erlten 8ege ra6
einem Sotalitarianism,.s biel Idltm.
nerer s(rt, als Ser, popn ipelden1 Die
unsliidli@en |atieuen europas be-
berridt lino.
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sn geiuiune,t, lpus iGn. oH.l 5ienlth
gillette, muir ols lic Aro6cr mr -,
id)icuen Iie f1lter SIT inn 5u ,pcrocr.
Sic mcinten notiir1ib nit ser Mllt.
ter, ooB ibr rihtiger Go:er ser bel.
lere lei. @ci ibm nbcr bGttcn tic eS
iroenfaaS nidt 10 gut gcDabt als
hcim gcnliitlidcn Sribobmc, Scr iln.
mcr leidt nit ibncn mar. 9nB luciB
ib politip: oeuu mir bcihe (S6coopr
&gel lmo iN) orbeitcten 5ulollnteu
nit llnlcrn &1tcru in ser @rubc;
ieoer &atcr buttc ieincn Sllngen bel
litb in ser s(rheit. @eil mir bcioe
nod nid)t II Sabre alt morcr, iuor
ole s(rbeit bart lmo ihpcr. Ser ga.
ter nulBte beinabe fiir 5lpei 0idnner
orbeiten. Mcin Batter .Dielt mid felt
nuo id) lnltBte nlles burdnlohclt, al
les Ariinblih 1ernen. Eater. lonte:
,.gs tut ibm feiueu Shoben; id ,per-
Sc 'thon fir i'm ior9en, boB CT es
Fousbolttn fnnn. Ssb ba6e Sen idluc-
reu Sell luo laile ibu tiun mos er
tonn.'' Snfel aSrib bagegen fonb es
5t ihmer fiir lid uno Sbcooor uuo
lieB i'm 5u oollc uno nabm lid ei.
men unocrcn &onlpel ober 8ueop.
9as aeldob in Sda6t 19, oahn
Shodt 81 uuo in Souilter SNnht
Nl. 10; mir in 9tew StroitSpille
III oer Nlo Srpp Mine bat er 5luet
Sabre bclfcn miillc1 neil. sic 9tot
anfs bo6ite geItieaen mar So bate
ser Setter S6eoopr es piel 1eihter
beim Stiefpater> ais id beim redteu
Batter.
80 luGre es ibm ald s,,m red)ten
Tater gegangelt, 1penn Der ON 2eben
9eblie6en lpire, oenn ser mar ein
sHeltfale pom 8iiren, 100 lopiele ei,t.
| iige 2el,te Dertontnen, wie audi ntein
auoerer Sufel, slnton 5iQmnun, ser
feline Slngen all6 ni6t ibonte Sd
bate Snfel 6rik in 9elttl6lano
falnt feunen eelernt ,,no batte ''i6n
nnr eil,i9emole eeIeben, ebe er mad
Nnerifa ging nod Dor nus.
(Scrtieklug folst)
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Mitt,uodj, Sen II. 0esem5tr 1871

rid; alle orci felte, gelnnoeI gnrld)en.
bie ibrem guter, eiuen 8abnluarter.
friib perloren butten burb sen SOB.
So iaB oie Sante Diiua, gaters al-
teite S1meiter, allein in ibren gi-
aentim in Seintrop nabe BEL Der
Stride mo Sdule. go fam Snfel
6ris in ein polles Salls un6 bate
sleid 5ra,l lmo ainoer. Sic moren
bcioe eliidlib lno Snfel 5ris tot
iein 9c'+"s, Sic 2iebe ser brei Sunget
Evening star., 1941-08-14
CHAPTER 18.

The big brownstone building with
its neat half-curtains in the win
dows, the inevitable sign of q fe-
male establishment, looked somber
and quiet as we climbed the steps.
Halfway up JEFF stopped and looked
at me with a puzzled frown.
'Is this the Rehearsal Club?
The Rehearsal Clubp"
Yves. 1t isn't swank, it's economi-
cal"
"Oh." I reached for the bell
and JEFF touched me on the arm.
But why does Alice live here?"
Where do you think she should
live. Jeff?"
IT mean hasn't she any family?"
mo. She's all there is of the
McDonalds, there isn't any more.
And like real troupers, they died
broke"
That's tough"
Sure, but don't you go loaning
Alice any money" I pushed the
bell and in a moment a maid
answered the door, then went to
fetch Miss Mcdonald while jeff
and I waited in the hall. A little
blond ingenue whom I had never
seen on the stage but often in the
Penn Astor drugstore fitted past.
She said hello to me with her eyes
on jeff.
Guess I look all right today,
don't I, Haila?" jeff said.
He watched Blonde 60 up the
stairs. At the top she passed Alice
who came shuff1ing down in a pair
of old fuzzy bedroom slippers that
threatened to fall of at every step.
She wore a pale yellow smock that
covered all but few inches of a
dirty tweed skirt and there was a
brown backed manuscript under
her arm. She was holding the place
with one finger. Alice was always
readings the works of weird young
dramatists who wrote plays about
the Bronx in blank verse. She
stopped on the landing.
What do you want?" Her voice
was chilly.
JEFF beamed at her. I'm Detec-
tive Troy now, you know, Alice, and
I'd like to ask you few questions.
No third degree stuff, just some
nice friendly little questions"
II must finish this script. The
author wants my opinion on it as
soon as possible"
Was Promised Part.
"Mr. Bowers told me he was sure
every one in the cast would CO.
operate with me. Let's sit down
and have a cigarette"
IT don't smoke" she didn't bulge
from the landing.
II wanted to talk to you this
morning when we met in Bowers
ONCE, but you seemed in hurry"
She looked at him sharply and
her teeth bit into her pale lip. "Oh!
You you overheard me then.
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opened the door then, went out on
the stairs and looked down. There
was such a crowd by that time
couldn't see what had happened
Then some one stepped back, Mr.
Peterson I think, and saw Ewes
body. That's all I saw or heard OF
know. Satisfied"
Not quite. Do you know any
thing about this Lee Gray?"
Mr.. Peterson's little Sir Echo
aren't your" she taunted. mo,
don't. Until Peterson asked me I'd
never heard the name. Apparently
nobody else has either. I'm begin"
ming to doubt that there is such
person." She laughed suddenly
This is a productive interview. isn't
it? Is that all? May I 60 now?"
, Alice Won't Tell.
mo. there's one thing more. Why
did you rush out of the theater on
opening night?"
The laughter died in her face
That's none Of your business"
Il think 1t Is. 1t might be very
important to know why you would
throw up a chance you'd waited
years for at the very last minute
Why did you do 1t, Alice?"
Il tell you 1t doesn't concern you
1t wasn't anything at ALL" She
turned to me. IF you and Tommy
hadn't got hysterical it would have
been all right. I was back in plenty
of time"