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Evening star., 1949-12-04
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Jimmy" said ElleIy, certain things are
inseparable. Shoes. for instance Love birds"
He took Shelley's TYolean bride from the
bookshelf; the marble base was heavy and he
hefted it smilingly. What was missing was
this bas-relief lady's husband. Whoever heard
Of a bride sgithosd groom?'
Jimmy stared. Say. There sees pair.
But where's the other one?''
EIlery hefted the little lady again and then
be hurled her, straight and true, at Cookie
Napoli, who was thoughtfully edging toward
the door. The Tyrolean bride caught Big T's
tigger-man on the chin; Cookie landed on the
floor. Jimmy landed ON Cookie. and Ellery
landed on the roscoe. when we found
Cookie outside your door we assumed he was
waiting. Actually, he was leaving. But he
had to hrazen it out. +. All, sack of fudge
squares, and what's this in his other pocket?
The missing bridegroom. Felt's loose. metal
bas-relief is hollow, and I believe yes
you'll find your ten-thousand-dollar bills in
side. Cookie heard us coming and pocketed
the works for future reference"
But Shelley said -" Mr. Browne splut-
tered as he tore at the metal bridegroom,
e. Shelley said she hid it in book"
Ellery hefted the bas-relief thoughtfully.
Poor Shelley passed out before she could fin
ish her sentence. What your wife meant to
say" said Mr.. Queen, grasping -tle roscoe
more firmly as Cookie stirred. was In a
bookesd? The End
Evening star., 1949-12-04

decided something is missing in this room"
Sure, twenty grand
At 4:53 the telephone screamed. Cookie
almost dropped macarom. 1t was the hos
pital. Mrs. Browne was still unconscious, but
the prognosis was suddenly good. She would
live Jimmy promised again. "And what
good viii dead husband do her? Queen,
was leveling - III look for that job" Wildly
he eyed the door. Just find my dough!'
BIC rs dough, believe" said Cookie
cowteouslY. and when his hand emerged this
time it grasped am inedible roscoe.
And then, at 5:13, Ellery sprang from his
bed of PAIN. II was nght!''
About what?" asked the Boy Wonder
duly.
There is something missing m this room.
Now know where Shelley hid those billsr'
Evening star., 1949-12-04

Because all that Shelley said was, Then I'd
better get back. Jimmy will be needing that
twenty thousand and he won't find it in his
socks because hid it in the apartment in a
safer place. Thanks. MIR. Queen. III take
care of this myself"
And she would have done 50, ElIery felt
sure, had not a coal-tIuck driver ruled other
wise. As Ellery handed Shelley Browne into
taxi the truck careened to avoid pedes-
trian and crashed into the cab. The truck
driver biubbeIed. the cab driver ragged, and
the girl lay in broken heap on the taxi floor.
HE ambulance doctor said it was concus-
sion and possible internal injuries; he looked
grim. Ellery felt sudden gripe of respon-
sibility; he knew Big T.. So he stopped over
her and he said, distinctly, In follow
through, Shelley. just tell me where you hid
Jimmy's nest egg" Shelley whispered back,
In book 80"
Then her violet eyes slowly closed and the
ambulance took her away.
Later that day Jimmy Browne stumbled
from his wife's room at Floral Hospital into
ElleIy's embrace. They won't know for
hours, Queen" He was haggard, blackly boy
ish. and he shook. She's still unconscious
"And it's 3O7," mused Ellery. Jimmy had
dropped twenty seven Gs to Big T, he had
had with him only seven Gs in cash. and Big T
had politely requested the balance by pm.
Wed better start looking for those two ten
thousand dollar bills"
Queen, she's going to die"
mot necessarily, but you're sure thing.
Big T lives by the code, and you know the
subparagraph on welshers. Come on"
As they trotted down the hospital corridor
Jimmy promised. Queen, if Shelley and
pull out Of this swear III quit the racket for
good. won't even play Bingo Ill get job!
Where did Shelley say she hid that dough?"
In book"
Book" Jimmy stopped. In ossr apart
ment?"
That's what she told me"
why, we just took the joint. There isn't
a book in it!'
To complicate matters, when they reached
the doorway of the Browne suite at L'Aiglon
Towers, they found Cookie Napoli's back
wedged into it. Cookie Napoi was the size
and shape of a Macy's Thanksgiving Parade
balloon, and his affection for sweetmeats and
mayhem were legend in Manhattan's sinks.
Whats the matter, Moby Dick?" snarled
Jimmy. Doesn't Big T trust me?"
Believe it or not" said Cookie, probing
Evening star., 1949-12-04

among his massive molars for fragment of
lady finger. I'm just waitin' for payoff."
Three twenty-nine, muttered Mr. Queen;
and he followed the Boy Wonder and Big rs
emissary into an apartment all squares and
curves and violent pastels, furnished with
pieces Of vast rhomboidal furniture and ele-
gantly bespattered with art.
But of literature no sign. Ellery scowled
at the booksheives. They were mighty and
might have borne the worlds weight of print
ed wisdom, but they were merely crammed
with souvenirs.
In the lunacy of their honeymoon Jimmy
had lavished on his cover girl all the wealth
Of the tourist Indies and beyond - bazaar
brassware, a teakwood Sacred Cow, Chinese
od-men ivories. jade Buddha, a Tibetan
praya-wheel. a Grecian urn. a Tyroleap bride
in metal bas-Telief attached to the back of
felt-bottomed marble base, plaster minia-
tme of the Colosseum, china shepherd and
shepherdess from Dresden
Don't bother with that stuff" cried
Jimmy, crawling around inside the amphi-
theater of the imitation Italian fireplace.
She said book"
KNOW what she said, - mumbled Ellery:
but while Cookie devomed half dozen lady
fingers he examined each otiet d'omour pains
takingly to convince himself that no c1evice
or secret recess concealed the two images of
Secretary Chase. AfteTward, E1lery looked
thoughtful. He removed his Jacket.
At 406 the eminent sleuth raised dusty
nose to announce: There is NO book IN this
apartment. not so much as memo or phone
book. There are NO n-thousand-d dollar bills,
either. Still, Shelley said -" And he threw
himself on the sofa and closed his eyes.
mo change yet. said jimmy Browne hol-
lowfy, dropping the phone Cookie reached
into his buiging pocket, and Jimmy blanehed.
But the fipper came out clutching bag of
coconut macaroons.
At 4:3l Ellery raised his head from the
angular couch on which he labored. 1--WE
Evening star., 1949-12-04

TERTAlN things should come together, for
~ example one shoe and another or one
love bird and another. So when Ellery OBJ
served on the fourth finger of his beautiful
young petitioners left hand an obviously new
circlet of entwined golden roses, he g1asped
at once the missing object: groom. probably
young and almost certainly fool or a rascal.
Only folly or worse explained a newiywed
husband who left such bloom mtended.
Her name was Shelley. she confessed to
Ellery in his Office, she was New Yorker
from Evanston. model BY profession, and
the fellow having seen her pictured in four
oolors on magazine cover had pursued her
with such wolfish purpose that she found her
self one day in the City Clerks Office being
made Mrs. Jimmy Browne. On their honey
moon they had cruised the world, madly rich
in love and lesser goods, too. Young Mr..
Browne seemed bottomlessly supplied with
the vulgar commodity by which lovers satisfy
their appetites for giving, and he was an in
satiable giver.
On their return to New York three DAYS
before, Jimmy had set his bride up in a
princely furnished suite at L'Aiglon Towers
Then he had excused himself for few hours
on little business matter" kissed her pas
sionately, and she had not seen or heard from
him since. 1t then occurred to Mrs James
Browne. a little tartily, that she knew nothing
whatsoever about her tall, handsome spouse.
Accordingly she had hunted through his
things and found in his bureau drawer, rolled
up IN pair of cashmere hose, two specimens
OF United States folding money bearing the
rare portrait of Salmon p Chase - appar-
emily Mr.. Brownies golden umbrellas against
rainy day. Mrs. Brownies $4,000 question
was: Who, why. and where was her husband?
ELLERY gioomily excused himself and went
into his study to telephone one or two ruffians
of his acquaintance. On his return he said
sadly: "As suspected Mrs. Browne, your
husband is professional gambler known to
the fraternity as the Boy Wonder The two
ten-thousand- dollar bills are undoubtedly his
emergency poke. He shot the rest of his roll
on your courtship and honeymoon. and he has
been closeted since Tuesday in hotel room
of Times Square frantically trying to replen-
lsh the exchequer at the expense of gent
known as Big T. I'm afraid love has forced
jimmy to go out of his class. Big is large
time and he played poker when Jimmy was
playing Red Rover"
AT this point Ellery made mental note to
find out more about girls from Evanston.
Evening star., 1949-12-04

SCOOP! Here is Ellery
Queens first shOrt-short
mystery - and first of a
series by the famous fic-
tiOn detective which will
appear in THIS WEEK.
Evening star., 1949-11-03

HOLLY WOOD.
Jack Dempsey had wanted an
unknown actor to portray him on
the screen. But" says Partner
Sam Stiefel. well end up asking
for Burt Lancaster" Their next
production is a biog of Joe Di
Maggie. They'll be crazy If they
don't use Joe.
Arlene Dahl gets only seven
days in New York before report
ing back to Hollywood for Three
Little Words" Archduke Otto,
now the toast of the town. is
swooning for the pretty-as-a-
picture Arlene.
Enrol Flynn's new deal at
Warmers, starting January /. is
on the fabulous side. For the
next IA years, Enrol has to make
but one picture a year for them,
for which he'll receive close to
$4,000 a week, So weeks of the
year! Enrol, by the way. be-
lieves the Princess Irene Ghika
has talent for acting. He's going
to try to land her a job in Holly
wood.
If Bette Davis really does di-
vorce William Grant Sherry,
which I doubt, it will be interest
ing to see If her press agent, Bob
Taplinger. becomes husband num-
ber four. Bob was madly in love
with Bette when she made "All
This and Heaven Too"
x X II X
Lou Costello at the Sophie
Tucker premiere at Ciro's, stands
up to show me how thin he
has become - seven pounds
lighter than Abbott I ask,
when does your next picture
start?" December 1st," Lou re-
plies. But I don't like the script
of Abbott and Costello in the
Foreign Legion Well do some
thing else
Ronald Colman, who always gets
a percentage of his pictures, is
smart enough to hold out for a
guarantee of $175,000. Profits
Evening star., 1949-11-03

Wells performances at Constitu-
ton Hall.
There are some seats for one
performance. the specially added
one for Tuesday afternoon. The
demand is hot and the supply is
limited by the number of seats in
Constitution Hall. The number
left diminishes almost from Sec
ond to second and before the end
Of this week the total supply
should be exhausted.
1t was this frenzied demand
which resulted in the company's
agreement to do an extra per-
formance, Tuesday matinee.
Seats for the originally scheduled
performances on Monday and
Tuesday nights were completely
sold out 10 days ago.
But don't keep on trying to get
tickets by calling the Snow Concert
Bureau on the telephone. Even
If the line were not busy. telephone
orders are not being taken.
Incidentally, what with the So
cial events in their honor. plus
the three performances, Margot
Fonteyn. Moria Shearer, Robert
Helpmann and others of the COM
pany should find their Washing
ton engagement their most
strenuous in America.
They will be entertained Mon
day night after the performance
by Marion Venable, on Tuesday
night by the British Ambassador
and Lady Franks at the Embassy.
After which presumably the
community will settle down TO
normality. awaiting the day when
Washington has a legitimate
theater and South Pacific" comes
to town.
Speaking of legitimate theater
in the usual rueful tone Of voice
the Theater Guild announces
that the first Of its five-play series
in Baltimore will open November
%. The attraction will be the
musical, 'Brigadoon," which ran
for 600 performances on Broad
way and half as many again on
the road last season.
It gave the public it's first
glimpse of what the critics call
"an idyll" in several years and
the public showed it had an
enormous hunger for idylls which,
no doubt, will be the case in Bal
timore.
Later Guild attraction at Ford
Theater in the Maryland city will
include 1.-THE Silver Whistle" and
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Falls Church Play
Is Polio Benefit

Norman Krasna's S comedy. John
Loves Mary" is being presented
tonight. tomorrow and Saturday
nights at Madison School in Falls
Church by the Falls Church Com
munity Theater. The production
is to be benefit for the Fair
fax County Chapter Of the Ma
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis.
The cast is headed by Isabel
Ray and Alonzo Allison in the
title roles. The comedy is being
directed by John Flynn. whose
amateur and professional expert
ence includes silent movies. vaude-
vile, the legitimate theater on
Broadway and little theater work
in New York and Dallas. Tex
His last professional work was
with Walter Houston in THE Easy
Mark"
Evening star., 1949-11-03

tbe said of the Sadler's Wells Ba
] The town is completely ballet
more widely known mental malad
! In this condition. precisely as
s'Oklahoma!". it is likely to do
anything, but most of all to call
the nearest newspaper drama de-
partment.
How do get tickets to the Sad
ler's Wells?" is the question that
has worn the insulation off the
drama departments telephone
lines.
You call the Snow Concert
Bureau" the even more hysterical
drama department says.
But the lines busy" the COM
munity keeps saying.
We'll. then you go down to the
Snow Concert Bureau" the drama
department says.
But I can't" at least so per
cent of the callers insist.
isn't it awful, neither can we,'
says the drama department. II
does not mean to be rude. On the
contrary, it is trying in a kind OF
wide-eyed desperation to escape
4 misapprehension that has existed
ever since drama departments
were created; namely that they are
branches Of boxoffices.
The best they can possibly do
Is what this department has just
done-f1nd out If there are any
seats left for any of the Sadler's
Evening star., 1949-11-03

THE Madwoman of Chaillot,
both popular attractions from
Broadway. Dates for these have
not been announced. Tickets fol
the entire series may be purchased
locally at the Guild Office. National
Theater Building, between IL noon
and $50 pm. on Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays.
Bess Davis Schneider, happily
enough, is still the woman happy
to serve old and new Guild sub.
scribers.
Memoes: Although she is not in
the cast, Anne Baxter might
easily prove the brightest attrac-
ton among the Hollywood cele-
brities coming here next Wednes-
day for the premiere Of M-G-M's
battle-ground" Miss Baxter
making her first Washington visit
will come along as the wife of
John Kodiak. who is in the pic
ture. The Arlington Civic
Federation will sponsor It's second
Barter Theater attraction of the
season in "You Can't Take 1t With
YOU" at the Washington-Lee
High School auditorium on No.
vember II. :. What with all the
other candidates now out Of the
way, as they were bound eventu-
ally to be out Of the way. James
Stewart will play the lead In the
film version Of Harvey" AT
one time or another, the names
mentioned for the role included
nearly everybody except Groucho
Marx, Bette Davis, and Abbott and
Costello. It was always bound
to end with Stewart. however
after his success with it on Broad
way.
Evening star., 1949-11-03

Peter Brooke. Hedy has changed
her mind about living in New
York. Peter might be the reason.
Mrs. Dick Haynes is sure the
baby expected next July will be a
boy. She has two daughters by
her marriage to Enrol Flynn. And
Dick had two daughters and one
son with Joanne Dru.
Deanna Durbin's friends were
really startled by those candid
photographs of Deanna in court
last week. The chin line seems
to have completely disappeared.
I guess nature is taking it's course.
tReleased by North American Newspaper
Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1949-11-03
To Stage Comedy

Papa Is ALL" the comedy about
the Pennsylvania Dutch family
with the strict father, will be
staged tomorrow and Saturday
nights at $50 by the Foundry
Players in the dramatic hall OF
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Hollywood Diary
Burt Lancaster May Get Dempsey Role
3v Sheiloh Graham

, sometimes have an odd way Of
failing to materialize.
Montgomery Cliffs price pei
picture is spiraling. He received
100000 for THE Heiress." Fol
1.-TWO Corridors East" Monty cor
rallied $125, 900. Now I understand
another $25 900 will be added fol
all deals outside of his Paramount
pictures.
Hedy Lamar at the Beverly
Hills Tropics again with Writer
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showina

Ambassador Beyond the
Forest" lis. 3:20. 5:25. 1880 and
9:35 pm.
Capitol-"That Midnight Kiss"
II am, las. 4:30. 7:15 and 10
pm. Stage show: 1855. $40. $50
and 9:15 pm.
Columbia-"My Friend Irma."
11:15 am. 1875. 3:35. $40. 7:50
and 10 pm.
Dupont - Lost Boundaries. "
1920 am, 1:20. 3:25, $50. 7:35
and 9:40 pm. .s~
Hippodrome-"Dear Octopus y
3:45. $50 and $50 pm.
Keiths-"She Wore q Yellow
Ribbon" 11:l5 am, lis, 3:15,
5:25, 1880 and 9:40 pm.
Metropolitan "Jolson Sings
Again." 11:25 am, 1:25, 3:25, $50,
1885 and $40 pm.
Little Animal Crackers, %
1918. $40. sos and 9:05 pm.
National-"The Red Danube, ~
II am. ITO, 800, 5:25. 1885 and
$40 pm.
Palace-"Everybody Does It."
II am, los, 3:15, 5:25, 7:35 and
9:45 pm.
Pix-"The Mad Monk" $40,
6:55 and 1905 pm.
Playhouse-"Passport to Pim-
lico," 11:15 am, 1:05, $3.50, 4:35,
$40, $40 and 10 pm.
Trans-Lux-"The Fallen Idol"
11:10 am, /, 2:45, 4:35, $40, $40
and 9:55 pm.
Warner-"Beyond the Forest -
11:10 am, lis, 1928, $50, 7:40
and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1949-11-03

Foundry Me thodist Church.
The cast includes Marion Beas.
ley. Gayle Harmon. Vivian Elliott,
Jim Sheriff, Neeva Sanders and
Roy Bartachy. The play Is heiiig
directed by Jane Plummer Rice.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. c.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, le4e
Sud|er's Wells Local Date
Recalls |OkIuhonou' Duvs
By joy Cormody

like the old "Okahoma!"
the fortnight and revealing
rbe said Of the Sadlers Wells Ballet
The town completely baethappy cultured variation OF the
widely maady slaphappy
this precisely brought
Evening star., 1949-11-03
PTA Holds Hobby Exhibit

The Langdon Elementary
School PTA is sponsoring hobby
exhibit at 8 o'clock tonight In the
school, Twentieth and Evarts
streets NE.
Arizona sun., 1949-07-22

Fifteen girls, en- tel ID in the
Spring Class of st. Monica's Nurs-
ing School, Phoenix, have success
fully completed their probationary
training, and are now wearing
white caps, traditional symbol of
the professional nurse, nd III e
schools official blue and white stu
dent nurse uniform.
Presentation of caps was made in
an impressive candlelight ceremony
at the Nurses Home Saturday even
ing, July 18th. Music for the oc-
casion was furnished by the 30
voice Fellowship c. orus of the
Young Womens Christian Associa-
ton, directed by Julian McCreary;
the Bar-None Quartet, and Mrs.
Emmalyn Collins, soprano. Mrs.
McCreary served as accompanist
and piano Soloist.
Address of welcome was given by
the hospital superintendent, Emmett
Mclaughlin, and senior class presi-
dent, Mrs. Dorothy Muse, addressed
the freshman students. Freshman
president, Miss Ruth Mitchell, re-
sponded on behalf of her class.
Nurses were capped by Superin-
tendent of Nurses Amelia Trus, as
sisted by senior students, and the
passing along of high traditions of
the nursing profession was symbol
lied by the lighting of candles and
the recitation Of the Florence
Nightingale Pledge.
Students receiving caps include:
Donna Bloss, Philadelphia, Pa;
Mary Colby, Yuma; Welton Davis,
Dallas, Tex; Iva Eggleston, To-
peka, Kans.; Dorothy Fegan, Los
Angeles, Calf; Ruby Fegan, Los
Angeles, Calf; Dorothy Hallibur-
ton, Prescott; Dorothy H b k,
Tucson; Sallie M ason, Ell Paso,
Tex; Anita Martinez, Espanola, N.
M; Ruth Mitchell, Detroit; Bever-
| ly Moulton, Glendale; Dolores
Spratt, Phoenix; Barbara Stauffer,
Phoenix, and Ignacia Valdez, Glea-
son.
st. Monica's Hospital ursin G
School, which is non-Sectarian and
makes no exclusions on the basis
of race, trains young women for
Arizona sun., 1949-07-22
Former Marine
Assigned to 24th
Infantry Regiment

WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY AT
ATOSAKA, Japan-Lieu tie ma
Colonel James B. Bennett, 116O
South Harmosa, Chicago, Illinois,
former instructor with the Illinois
Senior Organized Reserve, was re-
Gently assigned as executive officer
of the 24th Infantry Regiment at
Camp Gifu, Japan.
Lieutenant Colonel Bennett en-
tered the military service in 1924
with the United States Marine
Corps in China. He participated in
the Marine Expedition and Yangtze
River Service while in China and
upon return to the United States
he left the Marine Corps to serve
with the Illinois, Indiana and Texas
National Guard Units of the Army.
At the beginning of World War
II Liutenant Colonel Bennett was
assigned as a student at the Infan-
try School at Fort enning,
Georgia. In March, 1914, he was
sent to the Mediterranean Theatre
of Operations where he served as
battalion commander in the 3rd
Infantry Division during the Rome
Arno &C m p a gn and the Anzio
beachhead operation. He returned
to the United States in November
1915 and served as an instructor
in the Illinois State Senior Organ
lied Reserve at Chicago.
Arizona sun., 1949-07-22
To Secure These
Victories
BY Steve Charter

SAN FRANCISCO, California
Almost a year ago Denny's Bar
relhouse in the Fillmore got into
truble when a customer Illegally
was refused service because he was
Negro.
Elihu Scott, active member of
CIO Warehouse Local 6, went back
second time. Again he was re-
fused service.
Scott and his friends fought back
with a legal suit and picket line,
supported by the Civil Rights Con-
gress, Local 6, and the National
Assn. for the Advancement of
Colored People.
Finally the case was taken up
by the court. Scott won his fight
and was awarded damages.
Scott had no doubts as to where
the money should go.
Part of it went to the Civil Rights
Congress in recognition for it's ac-
tive struggle against discrimination
and other organizations who helped
to win the case.
Arizona sun., 1949-07-22
CHURCH news
Wesley Women's Society Of
Christian Service

Wesley's Woman Day, Sunday,
July "a. Worship service, 11:00
A. M. Woman's Day Message by
Evangelist Lillian B. Washington.
There will be an Evangelist Feast
at 800 P. M. Sermonettes by five
lady Evangelists of the city: L. B.
Barnett, Bessie Glass, L. Davis, E.
M. Smith and L. Lucas. There will
also be Gospel Singing. The public
is invited.
Arizona sun., 1949-07-22

was child's play compared to the
Boer war. The hot sun beating at
your brain; the sand burning up
your feet; the fuzzy-wuzzies at
tacking you night and day. Why,
in one day alone, I had a hand-to
hand encounter with ten of the
blighters. Killed eight of them. The
other two impaled me with a spear
through my chest to a rubber tree.
Hung there for three days."
One of the pilots said politely,
"Gad sir, that must have been pain
full"
"Not particularly" answered the
colonel. "Only when I laughed"
Pathfinder
Arizona sun., 1949-07-22

Energy and time are saved by
keeping equipment and supplies
near the place where you use them.
Two members of the toad family
of central and southwestern Europe
toads because the male helps bear
the young. According to the World
are called obstetrical, or midwife,
Book Encyclopedia, the male toad
carries the eggs like a bunch of
grapes attached to it's back.
Arizona sun., 1949-07-22
British Humor

The world could use more tough
old birds like the retired British
colonel who was seated in his usual
chair at a London club, listening
with growing irritation to the
boastful "reminiscences of a group
of RAF pilots, "It's all very well
for you whippersnappers to talk" I"
he rumbled finally, "but your show
Arizona sun., 1949-07-22

Supplies of lard are piling up
again as they did before the war.
Oak Creek Canyon is said to
have been the setting for the Zane
Grey's famous novel, Call of the
Canyon"
Arizona sun., 1949-07-22

positions in industry, private medi-
cal offices, the armed services, pub
lie health work and nursing educa-
ton, as well as private and hospital
service,