HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1939-12-27, Page 2OUT of the NIGHT
I$Y MARION /HiTE Copyright, 1937, NEA Service, Inc.
CAST Cf CHARACTERS
PRISCILLA PIERCE, — heroine,
young woman attorney,
AMY KERR—C!1!yet roommate
and murderer's victim,
JIM KERRIGAN—Cfl1Y'a fiance,
• HARRY HUTCHINS -- Amy's
strange .visitor.
SERGEANT DOLAN officer
as0Igned to solve the murder of
Amy Kerr,
Y e ,4
Last week; When Cfliy reveals
that Mr. Hunter can walk, Corbett
counters that Cllly was In no con•
ditlon the night before to testify,
Gllly realizes now she should hails
told the offioers alone,
CHAPTER XX
Sergeant Dolan proceeded with
his investigation.
"Mr. Smith," he said, addressing
the young moa in 2-8, "I under-
stand you were not at home when
the murder occurred?"
Mr, Smith repeated his wife's
explanation to Detective Martin,
They had spent the day in Ruttier -
ford, N.J., with relatives, not leav-
ing there until 1:20, They did not
hear of the tragedy until the fol
lowing morning. Dolan looked to
Martin for confirmation at this,
Martin"nodded. Evidently the alibi
of the Smiths had been checked,
Dolan turned again to the Hunt-
ers. "Whore did you five before.
Ifunter?" he demanded.
"In Brooklyn, sir. Down ou IIer-
kimer street, 1 was raised in Brook-
lyn. Never lived anywhere else."
• "And you, Mrs, Hunter?"
Oilly looked at the woman as
she rose to answer the sergeant's
question. She appeared visibly sha-
ken and nervous. Without doubt,
she had been frightened by CJlly's
revelation. Would the sergeant no-
tice that, she wondered? His very
ewd eyes, glancing over Mrs.
ter, were unfathomable. •
rye lived-in Brooklyn, sir, ever
ne my marriage — 25 years age.
fore that I lived ou Long Island,
Farmingdale."
You were married, therefore,
en your husband became para -
zed?"
Mrs, Hunter's lower lip trembled
and she fumbled in her bag tor a
handkerchief.
"Yes sir,"
"Was b,e in an accident?"
"Yes, sir... , that Is — oh, don't
ask me to talk about 111" She burst
into tears, "You tell him, George!"
she pleaded. "You tell him about it
It's better If you do , .. "
"Hush, Nellie!" Mr. Hunter ad-
monished, not unkindly. "You see,
sergeant;' he explained, "my wife
grieves about it. It gets her upset
to talk about
"I see, It was an accident, flute
tee?'
"Yes, sir. I had a fall, and then
the doctors didn't treat it right, I
guess, The old doctor down in Her-
e kimer street who took care of me
is dead, and I went to a couple of
others, to please my wife, but they
couldn't do anything tor me."
Mr. Bunter on the Roof
Sergeant Dolan rubbed his onin
thoughtfully for a moment, but his
eyes never left the man's face, '
"Hunter," he said finally, "It
strikes me as queer that a man
like you — tied to,a, wheel -chair --
would
would want to live oa the top floor
of a walk-up apartment;'
Cllly named. eagerly fon Hunt-
er's reply. Why hadn't she realized
that before?
• W'ell, f. guess it seems queer,"
Hunter admitted. "Wo can't afford
au- expensive. apartment, in an ale
(rater building. 1 can't work, you
see, -and we just live -en a small
income, Wo took the top floor be •
cause 1 like to get the air, and I
don't llko to sit out on the street.
People stare at me, Being up high,
I can get out on the root and sit
there, Johnson always helps mo
UP!'
Sergeant Dolan looked inqu[rlug-
1.y at the superintendent, "That is
right, Johnson?" he asked.
"Yes, sir, that's right. ;Rime-
'. times in the afternoons, Mrs. Hea-
ter gives ale a buzz and I take Mr.
Hunter up in the wheel -chair.
Sometimes in the evening, it the
weather isigcod." '
"Did you ilebp him up there last
Sunday?"
"Yos, sir; About 1 o'clock last
Sanely afternoon. Then just about
4, before t wont out for the after-
noon, L brought him town again,"
"0, 1K„ Johnson. Now tell mo U118
-- diad Mrs, Wheeler say anything
to you about going away?"
"No, air, she didn't, 11 was a big
surprise to- me When 1 Wont W)
Chao yeaterday afternoon with Des
teotivo hfh.rtii , it certainly looked
as if she'd cleared out,"
Where Slit Game Prom
"How Jong did alio live In the
Bayview Apartments, Johnson?"
The superintendent matched itis
head thoughtfully for a monient
Olt, I. gem Jere, Whe lcr'a boon
there three or Lour years,"
'Remember where •rho came
front?'
Rowe place in Manhattan, Pin
euro, She tined to joko a lot about
costing 10 live h1 Brooklyn, Rho
said seteetbing about never living
more Than two doors .trout lamed -
way alt hor life, and what a Milner
down Brooklyn was,"
"Did elle over• aay why E,1 t i -nee
' rid lc Brooklyn?"
v-
r
No, s11e didn't .A. good many
folks come over from Manhattan
lately to save money. Rents are a
lot olleaper in Brooklyn."
Dolan nodded, He looked over
the Bayview tonants again, Iiia •
eyes rested on the a011oo1 teacher
!a 4-A.
"Masa I^,Owney," he said, "what:
can 701) tell me?".
'' Miss Downey, Prim and precise,
rose to her feet, smoothing out her
skirt as she did so. She hold her
head meet, •,
"Not a thing, Sergeant Dolan,"
she stated. "We can't tell you a
thing. We heard the 'scream, 02
course — mother and I. And we
rushed to the window to see what
had happened. Other than that, wo
know nothing."
"I see. Have you always lived in
Brooklyn, Miss Downey?"
yes. 1 graduated from Eras-
mus High and Adolphe We've al-
ways lived In Brooklyn. Mother
was born down in 17th street, near
Fourth aYenne."
"Thank you, Miss Downey. And
now, Mrs. Downey, is there any-
thing you can tell me?"
What Her Mother Hoard
Before Mrs. Downey oould rise,
her daughter answered for ser
"Mother can tell you nothing
More than [hate, sergeant."
The sergeant smiled courteously.
"Suppose you let your mother also
speak for herself„ Miss Downey,
Did you hear or see anything un-
usual on Sunday night, Mre. Dow
nay?"
Mrs. Downey rose hesitantly to
stand iboside her daughter. She
was a tabby, round -faded person;
you thought as you looked at her
that here was a woman who would
always have a great deal to say,
on gay subject. Obviously, how-
ever, she was just a little La awe
of this school -teaching daughter.
She stood still for a, moment, rub-
bing her hands together,
"It's as my daughter says, ser-
geant," ate replied, hesitantly, "I
guesa I didn't hear a thing , .. "
"What do you mean — you
'guess' — Mrs. Downey? Aren't
you euro?"
"Welt — I don't know "
."Mother is very nerroue, ser-
geant," Miss Downey interrupted.
"Please believe mq'•ehe has noth-
ing to tell you."
"Mico Downey," the sergeant
said sharply, "you will sit down, 12
you please. L am questioning your
mother, 'and I want her to speak
for herself."
Miss Downey sat down, decided-
ly annoyed.
In a more gentle tone, Sergeant
Dolan turned toner mother.
"Now, Mrs, Downey, he said,
"now just what did you. hear?"
"I was going to tell you." Kra.
Downey began at last, "that the
moment I heard that poor girl
scream I jumped out of bed. Lucille
got 02, 200. Well, it was tho moat
awful thing, She must have fallen
right past our window. It was ter-
rible. I toll you, never in my life
have I had ouch a shock, I thought
L was going to faint My heart's not
SO good, sergeant . , ' She paus-
ed for breath and la1.d a Plump
hand over her bosom.
"Well, I wont out Into the kitch-
en for my tablets — I keep them
over the sink where they will bo
handy — and just as I 3'ot to the
kitchen I beard someone running
. down the stales. I'm sure of it, ser-
geant. I hoard those stens just as
well as I hear your voice. now. it
,was a man running downataira
YOU.. know liow heady a man'a'foot,
steps are., It was :the murderer;
sergeant. L knew IL.."
Cally stiffened. Mrs. Downey's
Words brought the case close to
reality,
"Can you tell me how far down -
Matra the man went Mrs, Destiny?
To the third floor, the iioeond, the
first?"
"I'm not so sure 02 that 1 think
he went below Lilo third floor . , .
At least I. didn't hear him atop at
the landing below us."
"Thank you, Mrs. Downey. You
Imo done right to tell us , , , "
Mrs. Downey stepped a pace for-
ward. She lowered her voice con-
fidently,
on-
fidently,
"But that all, aergeani," nho
said, "That heat all"
(To Bo Continued)
The 'Things off Horne
The things of Home today•,:cern
newly blest,
!:o beautiful these pimple joys
can be—
A: room that: apeakv of quietness
and gest,
A garden, with a table set for
tea.
11014 on an oaken cheat, flowers
in a howl,
Cruets curtains billowing ngainnt
the breeze,
I A roW of books, well read; a knit-
ting basket,
Why is there magic in the night
of these?
Perhaps they lift my pearl:' and
npehlr to Me -
0f' all the love with which our.
home is pleat,
And joys far greater than our
cyce can 000,.
Vldhicir
in such stall ;m ":moron
i:3 emprea0cd.
Mary Rvereley.
Brilliant Girl
Canadian Makes
Aviation History
Elizabeth Gregory MacGill.De-
signs, Builds and Tests A
Primary Trainer Airplane
Elizabeth Paste) Gregory Mee -
0111 8,80., M.Sc., Ph., D., has add.
ed another triumph , to the tong
string Of (11111ngalslied "firsts" that
characterize her career, She was
tho tirst woman In the world to re•
mire a master's degree In amnia*.
teal engineering, the first (and as
far as we knonivI the only woman
in Clarinda to hold a position in th'tt
profession, the first on this contin-
ent to beepme chief Oe,'onauticat
engineer with ,any company, and
now she has become the first wo-
man to design, build and test her
own airplane. .
Controls Are ',Beautiful"
Tito 'plane was designed tor a
Mexican contract but now that the
war has, started it is hoped that
Canada will also take it over, It is
a primary tralning machine on.
which you learn to fly before you
go into an advanced "Trainer,"
The pilots who have flown it all
say that the controls aro "beauti-
ful"
It is silver»colored with. black
appointments, i.e,, struts, 'eta„ aro
black. It has a Chinese -red nose,
and the black stripe down the side
is now edged . with Chinese -red.
There is a. maple leaf insignia now
painted on the tin and it is called
the Maple Leaf Trainer. It has a
Warner engine 145 horsepower at
Sea Level,
Food takes 33 cents out or the
.ypieal city worker's dollar in the
United States, while housing and
fuel take almost 25 cents.
Linen Will Come
Here From Ulster
Northern Ireland's Linen Indus-
try Will Concentrate on Ex-
pods, to Canada and the U.S.
Northern Ireland's linen indus-
try; by agreement with the British
department of overseas trade, has
decided to concentrate es fat' as
possible on exports of linen to
Canada and the United States, it
is announced.
There is good news for the Uls,
star linen industry in assurances
given that there tv1)1 be sufficient
flax supplies to enable it to carry
on the whole of its normal linen
export trade," a communique sa:sl.
The Supply Looked After
It added;
"Flax supplies have caused some
anxiety, tint the department of
overseas trade has been able to
plan ahead' so that the Belfast linen
manufacturers need fear 'no frus-
trations or difficulties with eon-
trollors, as flax is available and
they will be able to get delivery.
"Ulster's linen exports eonsttl-
tute the second largest single it-
em of trade of the United King-
dom with the United States, and
they average about £2,750,000 an-
nually."
Many Irishwomen
Hold Positions
Census Shows They Are In °Jar-
iety of Jobs in Emerald Isle
Census returns just issued at
Dublin, show that 1,339,085 per-
sons (987.178 men and 361,367
women, or 45 per cent of the to-
tal population of 2,975,000) are
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Table Talks By SA.Dl1E B. CHAMBERS
A happy New Year to one and all,—and as we say: farewell to the
old year, which is leaving us with a good deal of sadness .and anxiety,
let us hope together that there may be "just around the corner" the
turning of the road where all. the sign -posts point to an assured high-
way,—where all the dear hopes and bright promises will be fulfilled.
— NEW YEAR'S, DINNER MENU —
CREAM 00' MUSHROOM SOUP
ROAST DUCK FItUIT DRESSING
SWEET POTATOES (Southern Style) STRING BEANS
RED CURRANT JELLY DINNER ROLLS
LETTUCE SALAD CHEESE STRAWS
MOCK IYIINCEMEAT PIE
COFFEE
GRAPES SALTED PECANS
DIVINITY FUDGE
MOCK: MINCEMEAT PIE
1'% cups seeded raisin
8'medium-sized tart apples
Grated rind and juice of
orange
14, cup grape Guice
14, cup cooked sweetened, cran-
herrlcs
.14 cup sugar
Ms teaspoon cinnamon.
14 teaspoon cloves ' '
3 tablespoons finely crushed..
cracker; "crumbs
Chop the .r..aininn).pare, •cote and
alie0 the apples, Combine raisins
and apples, add orange rind; juice
grape juice, Cover in sauce pan
and simmer until apples are soft.
Stir; addsugar spices and man -
berries and cracker crumbs; blend
well. This recipe fe sufficient for
one 9 -inch pie, which can be
mode with double crust or sigle.
--i)•--' .
TWEET POTA.TO'BS
(Southern Style)
Boil of steam potatoes (scram.
ing ix preferable as it retainsall
the flavor of the vegetable,) After
they are thoroughly Cooked, mash
well, being sure ell bumps are re-
trieved, Grease .a baking dish or
'aesercl0 well; plire in it a lay -
one
er of potatoes, then a layer of
brown sugar dotted with butter
and sprinkled with salt and pep-
per; then another layer of pota-
toes. On the ,top put a layer of
marshmallows (whole).
Cookin a moderate oven for
about 20 minutes or until marsh-
mallows are e. light brown.
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FRUIT DRESSING
Rice: and ;Aprleet Stuffing
• 3 cups of flaky cooked rice,
14 ib, dried apricots, 3 tablespoons
butter, 1 cup chopped celery and
tops, 1 small oaken e, sprig of cel-
ery and 2 tablespoons green pep•
per chopped, and 14 teaspoon of
poultry dressing. Wash the apri-
cots, dry and cut In strips with
lino acisoors; then mix with rice
and seasonings.
GOOSE AND DUCK
FEA e'tilERS MANTEL)
111rrl,r 1 11.1e9,, Pohl,
tmn,edin le 1ten111tasee
CA0AUA t%•St eWn'r14,t CO, .'•
Ile lel,abne A1)"IsIdo 1.121
7311 11"ntl1,9 54, 11, -- Teroste
"It DOES taste good in a piper
HANDY SEAL.TIGHT p00CH - 15f
1/z.LB. "LOK-TOP" TIN 6O
also packed in Pocket Tins
at work in Eire. There 'are 537,-
242 males
37,-242,males anti "106,723 females
engaged in agriculture, a drop of
20.111 since 1920. One woman is
returned as a coal miner, and an-
other tinder the classification of
"lighthousemen and crews of
lightships," There is a woman
chimney. $weep; 12 women are
carpenters, and five are motor
mechanics,
In Religion Work
Religious statistics are as fol-
lows: professed clergymen and
nuns, 5,083 males and 10,040 fe-
males; Christian brothers and oth-
er monks, 1,216 males (no fe-
males); religious lay brothers and
lay sisters, 507 and 560; theo-
logical students, 3,319 and 668;
itinerant preachers, Salvation
Army, etc., 48 and 40; church and.
cemetery officials, 650 and 226,
Canada's Army
Eats 8 Tons
Beef Daily
Soldiers of One Division Con-
sume Equal Quantities of
Bread and Potatoes
Eight tons each of beef, bread
and pota'.oes, one ton of jam, an-
other of huttor — these are tue
major items in the daily issue for
a Canadian army division of 15,000
men, as outlined in .the sixth radw
talk by a defence department'
spokesman.
The taik showed the amount of
work involved in orgen!zing, a di-
vision for war. Living aceom,moda-
tion, clothing, food, and war
equipment have to be provided on
short maice, the spokesman said,
and this has proved a huge task,
because 1u Canada no unit was
maintained at war strength in
Peacetime.
Clothing, Cquipmmtt
Clothing and equipping the
troops has been an "intricate and
highly' technical matter." said the
spokesman. The litany changes that
have taken place since the last war
Including the mechanization of the
equlpmont and instruction of AM
types of armameut, .ammunition,
tecanicnl equipment, clothing, have
increased,`"
Worsen In Army
Make It Costly
Britain Finds Out How Expen-
sive It is to Supply Them
With Clothing and Footwear
\Yemen` are an expensive pro-
position even if they're in the
army.
Lord Woolton, director general
Of equipmentstores at the British
ministry of supply, disclosed re-
cently that footwear requirements
for women in the army are great-
er than that of the whole army
in peacetime. t
Lord Woolton ` announced some
.astronomical clothing figures.'
Great Britain last month deliv-
ered 1,250,000 yards of cloth for
army overcoats, compared with the
annual peacetime produetion . of
600,000 yards..
Astronomical Figures.
Last month the army received
500,000 battle dress outfits against
the normal annual production of
175,000. The Yorkshire woollen,
mills are producing more than
200,000. army blankets weekly.
More than 183,000 pair ofarmy
boots are being turned out week-
ly, an increase of 10,000 pair
over the annual pre -War demand.
Since June more than 2,500,000'
gross of buttons for uniforms
were manufactured.
U. S, Ports Store
Canadian Wheat
United States Atlantic Coast
grain' eletiators hold more than
15,000,000 bushes& of Canadian
wheat, the most of which prob-
ably will be shippedto the Units'..
ed
Kingdom. '
The Dominion B9reaa .of Sta-
tistics visible supply'' figures 'foe
the week ended December 1 show-
ed there were 6,033,000 bushels
of Canadian wheat in store at
New Y'prk, 5,386,000 bushels at
• Baltimore,' 2,862,000' bushels , at
Philadelphia and 1,035,000 bushe
ole at Boston: I1 is believed these
figures have increased since Dec-
et'nber 1 with the movement of
more wheat fa: aeahoard.
Monastic Mode
Invades Fashion
Paris Is Showing Air -Raid
Clothing Topped by Hoods
and Girdled at Waistline
P,AR1S—Air-raid swank now
calls for clothes patterned or -
monks' costumes. Hoods tap them
and heavy cords girdle them in
true .monastic fashion.
Moro than one cord ties knots
around models in Lanvin's new
collection. One descent -to -cellar
suit has dark green flannnel trous-
ers Mod a hooded blouse Of green
and yello)v ' plaid';tbelted with a
thick green cord,
The mechanician' one-piece suit
with, tight -ankle trousers still is
the favorite garb for possible gas
encounters. New Ones are of honey
colored flannel with a gold fast.
ener.
Blouse And Trousers
Capes and coats are often' hood -
ad. Belted coats suggest army of-
ficers. Small pillbox hats are
flanked at sides with fringed"ep-
aulets."
Greys, hydrangea blue, dark
browns and almond and vivid
greens are most popular shades.
Shaved lamb dyed vivid green
makes a fitted coat and forms
yoke and lower sleeves for an aft-
ernoon coat of the same color.
Red frequently accents black and
a cape ensemble combines poilu
blue with legion red.
Soviet Girls
Fly Bombers
More Than 500 Women Pilots
In Russian Air Force, Many
of Them "Suicide 'Squad"
Parachutists
Soviet women, pilots arc believ-
ed to have participated in the
bombing of Finnish cities.
(A dispatch from Helsinki said
that a woman aviator had been
captured there after being shot
down by Finnish anti-aircraft
guns.)
Women pilots form an integral
part of the Soviet air force. They
live in special sections - of the
regular mens barracks and range
in age froin 18 to 30. Aside from
a skirt and a beret, they wear
the same uniform as do the men
—a brown tunic, a Sant Browne
belt and a grey greatcoat. The
majority have bobbed hair, which
they frequently marcel.
The exact number of military
women fliers -was not availnble,
but it was estimated, that teen
are more than 500, including, some
"suicide squid' parachutists who
are trained to drop behind enemy
lines, blow up bridges and do gen-
eral reconeoitel'ing work.
The women are spread through
all branches of the air forceand
several have u rank equalling that
of a generic).
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I would sail'upon the seal
fI,hada' gen
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Then a soldier I might be;
• If, I had'a'horae
I't 'go hunting; but tnatead,
.As I've only got a candle,
I' am going ep to bed.
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