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4 Black Handkerchief
Mtrigues McCale

She looked at him bleakly.
He began to 60 through the con-
tents of the trunk, swiftly, urgent
ly. It was apparent that Sybil had
stored her keepsakes there. Writ
ten labels were pinned to a number
of articles. There was a girls white
dress with a card that read: "Vic-
toria's graduation" SYPHILIS own
wedding gown. Two envelopes con-
tanned locks of Stephens and VIC
toria's childhood curls. There were
several schoolbooks.
AS he removed other souvenirs
from the depths of their hiding
place, a brand-new picture of Sybil
flashed across his mind. She was
revealed, not so much as the wom-
an who chung so desperately to her
fading youth, who made vapid, silly
conversation, who bolstered her
empty middle-age with sherry, but
more as a doting mother secretly
keeping alive the brighter moments
of not too easy life.
McCale unfolded a large black
silk handkerchief. the last thing in
the trunk.
"This?"
A puzzled look came over her
face. She struggled with memory.
II don't know. can't place that.
Could it have been my brother's7"
Il hardly think So"
ITO BE CONTINUED,
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SILK uduukcECulcIs
the cold, dark February night and
walked toward him.
THAT you, Mr.. McCale?"
eyes, officer-or-hello, Hum
phrey. If I'd known it was you I'd
have invited you inside long ago."
Hell, so you knew the office had
tail on you. And me thinking it
was real mysterious job I was
given. That Donlevy! Tells me I
wasn't to bother you, but to stick to
your door like it was me Mothers"
A taxicab slid up to the curb and
McCale got in. He held the door
open.
"Come on, Humph. You'll get a
busting from the lieutenant if you
lose your quarry"
McCale gave the Beacon street
number as Humphrey clambered
in. The big red-faced officer set
tied himself with sigh.
"We going for long ride, Nc
Cale?"
mo. Just over the hill, and
can't take you in. Too bad. The
house is full of beautiful women"
YOU'D better let me come in"
Humphrey gibed. "You can't do
your best work with that arm in a
sling"
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Someone Strikes
Do,Un Sybil

At six o'clock Rocky came in
from the bedroom where he had
been getting some sleep. He pulled
the curtains over the dark windows.
McCale sat wrapped in thought,
staring moodily into the fire. His
face clouded and grew bright again
and again, as if his mind had
reached out and just missed very
elusive memory.
"You've got to go out for me,
Rock" he said, his voice packed
with excitement. Somehow, you
have got to get into the Lynn girls
suite at the Baysreuth. Bride the
officer if there's one on guard, or
the desk clerk, if there isn't. If the
rooms are sealed up, get in some
other way"
''What do you want there, boss?"
"A list Of the pictures over the
desk in the living room. Just a
description. There's one missing"
"Where'll I look for that one?"
Il don't want it. want the 9TH
ers. If you can't get them out,
make list. Get back here as soon
as you can"
"Right YOU are"
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The Murderer Must
Be in the HOuse!'

"You don't know me. Besides, the
lady I'm going to see is in a worse
condition than yours truly. Some
one tried to bump her Off"
my God. Who is it, Mata Hari?"
McCale laughed and lapsed into
silence for the rest of the ride.
Adelaide Bigelow seem ed
changed. Like the house, she was
enveloped in tragedy. To be sure,
tragedy had touched her life more
than once in the last hours, had
crouched on her own doorstep. But
now it had entered the very house,
the room. 1t was this fact that
seemed to have shattered the last
remnants of her courage. She sat
huddled in an armchair like para
lyzed person, powerless, watching
death like slow-burning flame
creep toward her across the floor.
"Oh," she said, seeing him stand
ing before her, noticing his arm in
its hammock. "Your arm. knew,
Of course. you were hurt, but-oh,
shouldn't have called you" Her
voice was dull, hopeless.
'I'm sorry had to come in my
dressing gown. but I had no one to
help me dress. I didn't want to
waste the time it would have taken
me to do it by myself. I hope you'll
excuse it,"
"Of course"
"When did it happen?" His tone
uas mora lilo docfor'S than a do
tective's.
about five o'clock. She must
have lain there a good hour"
"Where?"
"In the attic
An eyebrow shot up. 1.-THE attic?
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Mmhe:&;;:5:9S*!5?!% rs

Duke McCaIe, private detective, 10 In.
vestigating the murder Of Curt vallain-
court, who was about to marry Veronica
Bigelow, heiress to thirty million dollars.
She IL the principal suspect. McCale
learns Of deep plot, to keep control Of
the great fortune In the family through
deal with vallaincourt. Shari Lynn,
Vallaincourt's former wife, Il shot to
death, apparently to silence her. Some.
one fires at McCale, wounding him in
the shoulder. Then Veronica calls, tell.
ing him that the police have arrested
Christopher Storm, noted architect, and
former sutton Of veronica's. McCale
phones police lieutenant Donlevy, in
charge Of the case, and asks him to
hurry over.
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CHAPTER XIV

him badly. Not only was he not
making progress, he almost seemed
to be going backwards.
I'VE gathered in Christopher
Storm" he began.
Il told you to tail him, not ar
rest him." McCale interrupted sour
ly. His arm was giving him pain,
and besides that, his thoughts were
not encouraging.
HE swears he didn't shoot at you
last night"
II didn't think he did. Did you
let him go?"
"Had to. No real evidence. And
the lads too damned honest to suit
me-"
"Ah-
HE came right out and admit
ted he was the one who was follow
ing Vallaincourt around the last few
days, however. Said he had the
itch either to get his hands on him
and tear him to pieces, or to get
something on him that would influ-
erce Veronica"
"True to type, don't you Think"
"Hahvahd, Hahvahd, rah-rah-
rah." This from Rocky.
The officer gave him a cold stare
before he continued. "Oh, quite.
Darned if he didn't meet up with
the glamour boy and have a heart
to heart talk with him, though. VAL
laincourt convinced him that he
was going to do right by our gal,
SO Storm took himself off to his law
yer's and like boy scout signed
over the Love Nest or whatever
he calls it."
Very civilized. l knew all that"
"Then why in the name of the
Father and the Son did you give
me that cryptic message just be-
fore you were blitzkrieged last
night? Why did you want me to
put tail on him?"
Because, my good friend, I be-
gan to suspect that the lad thinks
a lot. that he has more than a glim-
mer as to what this mess is all
about. l was sure that eventually
his elephantine mind would hit on
something important. Would he
come to me with it? Oh, no. As
you say, the naive honesty of the
lad is amazing. I was almost sure
he'd start digging around by him.
self. A dangerous game" He pat
ted his bandage. II wanted to avoid
another catastrophe.
Donlevy muttered to himself
glumly.
"Instead of that" Rocky put in,
"they had the mark on you for the
next victim, boss"
1T won't happen again." the lieu
tenant said. I've put a man on
this house,
"Oh, Lord" said Duke, ill humor
covering his voice.
"All right. You may not like it,
but he stays just the same" He got
up to 60.
Anything new besides that?"
McCale inquired.
mot thing, unless you think
Karen is the girl we're after. I've
got man on every last one of
them now. She drew $500 from the
bank this morning."
''She did,"
eyes. Looks more like she was
going to pay blackmail again,
what?" He studied McCale's ex-
preston closely, but got no visible
reaction. He shrugged. "Well," he
looked his chagrin, "glad to see
you're breathing. If you think of
anything"
Eyes," McCale's eyes were far
away.
He finally persuaded Ann to 60
home. She wouldn't admit how IA
tigued she was until he callously
called attention to the droop of her
shoulders and the dark circles un-
der her eyes.
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By VIRGINIA VALE
Released by Western Newspaper Union

By VIRGINIA VALE
trace MATTHEWS, the
" new "Big Sister" star,
began her radio career with a
bang; a graduate of the Royal
Academy of Dramatic Art, in
London, she was accustomed
to the stages broad gestures,
and in one expansive sweep she
knocked the script from the hands
of her fellow actor at the mike. Last
year she won three Of Canada's top
awards to radio actors; played OPP
posite Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph
Bellamy and Charles Boyer, among
others. Her first part on an Ameri-
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-04-25

GRACE MATTHEWS
can program was on CHS sustain
ing show; Ted Huston, the "Big
Sister" director, heard a general
addition she had then, and ten
months later she got her present
role.
Warner Bros Treasure Of the
Sierra Madre" may be known as
the father-and-son opus. Humphrey
Bogart is starred, of course, but
Jack Holt and his son Tim, who has
a leading role, appear in it.. And
Walter Huston is featured, and his
son John not only wrote the story
and directs the picture, but also ap-
pears in one sequence. May be the
start of a Dad-and-Junior cycle;
after seeing his sons debut in "Pur-
sued" Henry Carey began writing
a screen play of early Nevada days
for his offspring.
When Jane C"The Outlaw'') Rus
sell did a guest singing appearance
on the Kay Kyser show she
launched her new career. She's
signed for Is weeks with him, and
several sponsors want her for a
half-hour program of her own. She
says she's developed her singing
style by listening to 1--WE recordings
had signed up to do an album Of
songs for major recording COM
pany.
The largest mob scenes photo
graphed since D. W. Griffith made
Intolerance" were made for
Keeper of the Bees" at Columbia's
Sunset studio-where Griffith shot
those Babylonian sequences. But
the mob John Sturges directed was
$4,000 bees!
Columbia equipped complete
ships galley for Assigned to
Treasury" fed more than $50 ex-
tras with food cooked there, and
then burned the whole set to the
ground for one of the climaxes in
the Dick Powell-Signe Hasso star
rer.
Anne Baxter, who can act rings
around most of the Hollywood ac-
tresses, certainly deserved that
Academy Award for the best sup
porting actress. She'll be in goth
Century Fox's Letter to Five
Wifes," and will probably walk off
with the picture.
Now that little Marlene Aames
"COokie Bumstead" on the CHS
Blonde" show has appeared in
the last two Academy Award pic
lures, she hopes she's started ON
her third. With "The Lost Week.
end' and 1.-THE Best Years of Our
Lives" on her list, Ray Milland
asked for her presence in "The Big
Clock" starring him, Charles
Laughton and Maureen O'Sullivan.
Burl Ives has wandered over the
country collecting folk songs; now
Maylia, Hollywood's new Chinese
actress discovery, is teaching him
some of her native ditties. Burl's
stealing a march on flmdom's pro-
ducers, who don't know Maylia can
sing.
When Jack Barry invited little
Robin Morgan to join his Juvenile
Jury" he didn't know that she is the
busiest child model in one of the big
model agencies. Candy Jones dis
covered her last year and gave her
expert training.
ODDS AND ENDS-Tbe SPONSORS OF
ladies Be Seated" "Gipe and Take" and
Meet THE Missns" are considering anotb-
er radio program of THE same general type.
:. Jack Temple, brother of Shirley. ,oas
assistant director on the Glenn Ford
thriller, "Frsmed"; hes learning tbs
nuopis business. John Loder says bis
role in "Disbonored Lsdy" Was ono Of bis
oldest; be made love to bis Vits, Hedy
Lamar, then lost Der to Dennis O'Keefe.
Elliott Reid, handsome young actor
recently freed from bis Paramount con-
tract. bas become regular member Of tho
"Snsbenss" cast.
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The largest mob scenes photo
graphed since D. W. Griffith made
Intolerance" were made for
Keeper of the Bees" at Columbia's
Sunset studio-where Griffith shot
those Babylonian sequences. But
the mob John Sturges directed was
$4,000 bees!
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Evening star., 1947-06-27
Bill 10 Reyamp District
Insurance Code introduced

Representative Simpson, Repub-
Ilican, of Illinois has introduced in
the House a comprehensive bill te
bring the District insurance code
into line with a Supreme Court de-
cision.
The measure was referred to the
House District Committee and is
expected to come before the Simp-
son Subcommittee on Public Utili-
ties. Insurance and Banking.
Mr.. Simpson said he had drafted
the bill in an attempt to meet the
views of several witnesses who had
appeared at a hearing before his
group. He recently conferred also
with House members who have in
troduced bills for the same purpose
Need for, a. new District insurance
code grows out of the Supreme
Court decision several years ago in
the case of the Southeastern I'm
derwriters' Association. The court
held insurance was Interstate COM
merce subject to antitrust statutes
This upset legal interpretations OF
long standing.
To prevent confusion in the in
surance field the Seventy ninth
Congress enacted a stop-gap meas
ure granting the States and the
District a moratorium until jan
uary l, 1948, to bring their insur-
ance laws into compliance.
Evening star., 1947-06-27
Chino's Initiation
Boosts Air Mail
Cost to Sd, 900

A letter, the back of which Is cov-
cred entirely with high-denomina'
ton stamps, bears mute testimony
to the ravages of imitation in bat
tered China.
Received this week by Mrs. F. S
Browne, 1901 Farragut street NV.
the air mail letter carried stamps
worth $4,000 in Chinese money tt
pay its way from Fochow to Wash
ington.
The writer. Miss Eva M. Asher
formerly of Brookneal. Va, and now
treasurer of Foochow Christian Uni
versitly, told a graphic story of what
soaring imitation means to the fixed
salary white collar worker.
Sugar, Miss Asher wrote, costs
$4,000 per pound. All meats are
$4,000 a pound; fruits, $4,000 to
$4,000; eggs, $3.50 apiece; and milk
$4,000 a pint. On one occasion the
price of 150-pound sack of rice
jumped from 100000 to 100000 to
$500. 900 in a single day.
Evening star., 1947-06-27
South Lane 10 Reopen
Above Dupont Circle

Connecticut avenue above Dupont
Circle will be opened to south
bound traffic tomorrow afternoon
but northbound driving is not ex-
pected to be resumed until Monday
District engineers said today.
The block between Dupont Circle
and R street NV was closed Tues
day when an ancient underground
sewer caved in and caused a four
inch depression in the paving of
Connecticut avenue.
H. A. Kemp, District sanitary, en-
gineer. said workmen have dug
IL feet beyond the break area to
make sure there are no void spaces
in the ground that would cause
another cave-in. The excavations
now are being filled in. New sewer
lines for the area already are in
use.
Mr.. Kemp said there is "a remote
possibility" that heavy rainfall
within the next day or so could
cause an overflow of the sewer but
that there is no danger of the area
being flooded.
Meanwhile, northbound traffic
around the circle has been routed tc
r street via Nineteenth street NV
Southbound drivers are using Twen-
tieth street as a one-Way route from
Connecticut to Massachusetts ave-
nueS.
Evening star., 1947-06-27
Loyalty
Continued From First Page. J

Peurifoy, in charge Of administra-
tion. Secretary Marshall was said
to have reviewed two or three of
the cases, confirming Mr.. Peurifoy's
action.
Officials refused to disclose the
names Of those discharged or to give
exact information about their
duties.
The FBI has been informed of the
dismissals, it was said, with any
possible prosecution of any of the
individuals being left up to the JUS
tice Department.
Ofhcials said this weeks action
was believed to have taken care OF
able ground to suspect disloyalty
among State Department employees
but they emphasized continuing
investigation is going on. Secretary
Marshall has asked the FBI to
double-check on every person work
ing for the State Department., it
was pointed out.
Most of the 10 fired this week
were said to have come to the State
Department during the last two
years through absorption of war
time agencies.
In some cases, it was said, factors
other than disloyalty entered into
the dismissals. Some of them were
just not good workers." one official
commented. He made clear, however
that disloyalty suspicious entered
into all the cases. Some of those
fired, he said, have been accused by
reliable sources of being members OF
the Communist Party while others
have shown Communist sYmnathies.
Evening star., 1947-06-27
Defeat Is Conceded
For Efforts 10 Curb
Foreign Wool Imports
BY the Associated Press

Chairman Hope of the House
Agriculture Committee conceded
defeat today in the congress
sional effort to write foreign i'm
port curbs into a domestic wool
support price bill.
Thus President Truman was as
sured 2-to-1 victory on his major
yetoes of the past two weeks.
Mr.. Hope said the House will string
along with the Senate and pass a
measure minus the controversial
tariff quota features which brought
the Presidents disapproyal, but pro-
viding for revival of the Govern
ment's wartime support prices.
Just when this would be done re-
manned uncertain.
House Shelved Price Bill.
AS long ago as last April, the
House Agriculture Committee ap-
proved a measure similar to the
Senate's new bill, but it was pigeon
holed to give right-of-way to one
giving the President the tariff quota
powers.
Mr.. Truman turned thumbs down
on that bill yesterday with mes
sage contending that the new pro-
visions would be tragic mistake
during the administration quest for
freer world trade and that they
would be interpreted abroad as a
step on the road to economic
isolationism.
Within a few hours after the
veto message reached Capitol Hill
the Senate Agriculture Committee
approved and the Senate passed by
voice vote measure restoring the
support price for domestic wool
through 1948. This will mean re-
sumption of Government buying
through the Commodity Credit Corp.
which had been suspended since
April.
CCC Extension Advanced.
The House Banking Committee
late yesterday approved a measure
to extend the life of the Commodity
Credit Corp. through June 80, 1913
The measure already has been
passed by the Senate.
The Senate's decision against try
ing to override marked the Presi-
dents second victory on major
vetoes this session. He was upheld
in the House on his rejection of the
tax bill, but defeated in his effort
to block the Taft-H Hartley labor bill.
Evening star., 1947-06-27
u. 5. Sues Firm Here
'0n S525,0OO Profits

The United States Government
yesterday afternoon brought suit
in District Court to recover nearly
$525 900 under the Renegotiation
Act from the Aerodynamic Research
Corp, whose address was given as
the Tower Building.
The suit is based on charges that
excess profits were made on Gov
ernment war contracts by three
concerns, which the suit said were
taken over by the Aerodynamic
company. Filed in behalf of the
Government by United States At
torney George Morris Fay and As
sistant United States Attorney
Daniel B. Maher, the suit contends
that, in taking over the concerns,
the Aerodynamic company acquired
their assets and assumed their liza
bilities.
The suit says that excess profits
were made by the three concerns
the OK. Tool Co. of Shelton, Conn
during the years from 1912 to 1945;
by the Air-Track Manufacturing
Co. of College Park, Md, during
1943 and 1914, and by the Hall Man
ufacturing Co. of Toledo. Ohio, dur
ing 1914 and 1945
Last month, Attorney John Lewis
Smith, former president of the Dis
trict Bar Association, was named
receiver in District Court to con-
serve assets of the Aerodynamic
Corp. to aid the Government in
collecting a tax lien of more than
$2,C00,000 against the corporation.
Evening star., 1947-06-27
Iron to Act on Oil Rights
For Soviet, Prince Firoux Says
By the Associated Press

MONTGOMERY. Ala, June 81
Maj. Gen. Mohammed Hosein Fir
oux of the Iranian air force said
yesterday a proposal to grant Rus
sia oil rights in Iran would come
before the next Iranian Parliament
which meets in three months.
At a news conference here, Gen.
Firoux said Russia was seeking oil
rights along the same lines Great
Britain and the United States now
enjoy.
Referring to the Russians as good
neighbors at the present" the gen.
eral was asked what he meant by
the word present He replied
"One never knows what effect a
world situation may have on any
country"
Evening star., 1947-06-27
Marshall Plan Indorsed
By Lord InverchapeI
BY the Assoeiofed Press

ST. PAUL, Mimi, June 27.-Loro
Inverchapel, the British Anbassa
dor. said last night that Britain sup
ports the Marshall plan for Euro
pean recovery because she cannot
live a tolerable life next door to a
European slum."
Lord Inverchapel discussed the
plan advanced by Secretary of State
Marshall for American aid on self
help basis in addressing the st. Paul
Foreign Policy Association.
He said Britain's recovery from
the war has been rapid, "but it is
being checked by other peoples mis-
fortunes" and our existence is seri-
ously threatened if we can not find
customers for the goods we manu-
facture"
''If the rest of the world were to
sink still further into poverty
bringing with 1t political unrest and
dictatorship, this North American
continent would become econom-
ically isolated, with consequences
which it is not difficult to forecast.
The Ambassador acknowledged
that there is some point" to the
opinion of some Americans that
"the United States will become
impoverished through expending
much of her resources in helping
the world to recover"