Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1934, Page 11

DAILY SHORT STORY-: GOLD STAR SPY Mud-Ball Hand Grenades Brought Forth a Barrage of German, and the Children Thought: “A Spy!™ BY ELOISE LERNARD. l’l‘ ‘WAS back in the World War days when mili- = taristic patriotism : ran high; when children paraded the street singing “The Star Span- gled Banner” (al- though no two of them sang the same words), with 3 wooden guns on their shoulders and wooden bayonets stuck in their belts. We kids played in the alley. It wasn't paved in those days, and the fast- est thing that went down it was old Frank the Ped- ler's wagon. There were Joe, Greg, Frances, Vera, No- reen and myself. ‘We were, of course, an “army.” The boys were both enerals. g One day we were gathered together, looking for something to do, when Vera had an inspiration. “There's an enemy reg'ment five miles to the south of us” she re- ported, saluting stiffly. That was all we needed. “C'mon. Make some hand grenades,” Joe hol- lered, jumping up and down in a most ungeneral-like manner. “We're go- ing over the top.” Six pairs of eager young hands dug into the soft clay of the alley, and for & few minutes there was little said. A pile of mud balls grew. Ina short time there were about 10 or 12 aplece. This was considered a large enough supply of “hand gre- nades” to capture the enemy. With a neat stack of them beside each sol- dier the army stoed at attention, eyes sparkling, awaiting the command of the two “generals.” “Over the top,” the boys cried in unison. The air became thick with flying muddy missiles, all aimed at one little old dilapidated house, set far back on its lot, whose rear wall, being a win- dowless expanse of wooden shingles, made a lovely target. Suddenly a witchlike figure was before us, seemingly out of nowhere. The very abruptness of her appear- ance was like a dash of cold water on our spirits. She was tiny and with- ered, scarcely bigger than ourselves. Yet the rapid and unintelligible stream of English and German that poured from her lips could not have frightened us more had she been one of the giants from out of our fairy tales. All we understood of the tirade was her disgusted “Ach! Bad kinder!” as she turned and thumped back into the “courtway” of the little house. For a time we were struck dumb. ‘We looked at each other with wide, frightened eyes. “Gee!” Noreen whispered, coming out of the daze. “She talks Ger- man!” “ACH! Little Frances moved closer to her | brother Greg. “D—do you think we'd better tell the police?” The tears started to her eyes as Joe tauntingly called her a ‘scardy cat.” “Well, m—maybe she's a Ger- man spy,” she half-sobbed back at him. A cold shiyer went through us all. A spy, a real, honest-to-goodness Ger- man spy, right here behind our own BAD KINDER!" | as we had expected it. back yards! We thrilled to the pos- sibilities of it. “I betcha I know what” Joe ex- claimed, excitedly. “I betcha she’s a man in .disguise, like in the. movie last week. And — and she’s — he's the leader of a nest of German sples!” “Yes, and the old house is headquar- ters. 1 always did think it was sorta mysterious 1oo0k- in’.” Grieg chimed in, not to be out- - done by Joe. We all admitted that although we had never men- tioned it before, we had always been suspicious of that house. For one thing, none of us had ever seen the front of it. (The kids living on that side of the alley were tough. We didn't dare go around in front.) We talked, horrified. Something Solemnly we just had to be done. laid our plans. There were tall barns built close on either side of the little house, the courtway being a part of the structure itself. High on the east wall were two windows, opening out onto the roof of one of the barns. We would climb up on this roof and throw in notes warning the spies that “The game is up. We are onto you and will report you to the Government unless you surrender at once.” Finally, on the Fourth of July, our patriotic efforts reached their height. We decided that more drastic steps must be taken to rid our country of this terrible menace—that nest of German spies. All the firecrackers, son of & guns and such that possibly could be were packed into a large glass jug. On top of these we placed the biggest “cracker” of all, its extra long fuse extending from the neck. Prepared with our “bomb,” we stole silently to the courtway of the “spy headquarters.” “I think we better. wait till it gets darker,” Joe decided. “We don't want those tough kids to see us.” Soon it was deemed dark enough. We started stealthily through the courtway. Around in front at last, we stood in an awed, bewildered group. Everything was wrong. Nothing was ‘Where were the high, thick, concealing shrubbery, the drooping trees, the drawn shades, hiding the wicked activity inside? What met our surprised eyes was not at®ll the regulation “nest of spies,” a la movie. We were standing in the prettiest garden we had ever seen. The little old lady was sitting on the porch, in a rocking chair, fast asleep. A large American flag, neatly folded, lay on a table beside her. In the middle window was a lighted candle. Above it hung a service flag, from whose center a lone gold star caught and reflected the feeble rays of the can- dle: We stole away as quietly as we had Tomorrow—*Spinster Guile,” by Ida R. Gleason, is the account of Miss Amelia Puff, whose ingenuity belied her title of “old maid” and won for herself & husband. THOMAS DELIGHTED BY PRIEST’S ATTACK Socialist Says Heart Warmed by Father Coughlin’s Criticism of Cardinal. By the Assoclated Press. BOSTON, December 11.—Norman Thomas, former presidential candi- date of the Socialist party, last night said Rev. Charles E. Coughlin's com- ment on William Cardinal O'Connell yesterday “has warmed my heart to Father Coughlin as it has never been ‘warmed before.” Speaking before the Harvard Liberal Club, Thomas prefaced an attack on President Roosevelt'’s economic policies by a brief reference to the recent ex- «change of words between the two clergymen, He said, however, he still did not 7722, FREE % son who attends. Stage Dem Izz>7%00770 Zizzz%; think Father Coughlin “knows what it is all about.” “Of course, he does some good,” Thomas said, “but he also does con- siderable harm. One of the main things wrong with Father Coughlin is his strong tendency toward Hitler.” He did not elaborate.” $ HELD IN MAIL FRAUD SEATTLE, December 11 (&).—Se- cretly indicted on a mail fraud charge in connection with operations of the Seattle Metal Exchange, of which he was president, Pierce Lonergan, prom- inent attorney, surrendered yesterday. John R. Walsh, a broker, indicted with Lonergan, was released on his personal recognizance. Lonergan was released in $1,000 bond. Both denied having committed any unlawful acts. Last Summer, the indictment charged, the two deliberately depressed the price of silver here to far below its legitimate value, and demanded of in- vestors large additional sums to pro- tect their accounts. TONIGHT ‘To Each Person Who Attends Tonight and Tomorrow Nigth Tonight, free food to cleanse the skin given to each person who attends. Tomorrow night, free food to make & sour stomach sweet given to each per- Tonight Also—Colonial Hotel 15th and M Sts.—8 P.M. 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C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1I, 1934, |“INPERIALISTWAR” 1S SEEN BY STALIN} =% Communist Secretary Gen- eral Predicts End of “Bourgeois Fascism.” By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 11.—A pre- diction that “Bourgeois Fascism is coming to an end and that capitalist countries are preparing for an “im- perialist- war” is made by Joseph g Stalin, secretary general of the Com- munist party, in the December issue of International Conciliation, published by the Carnegie Endowment for In- ternationai Peace. Stalin’s prediction of war was made in a report of the work of the Central Committee of the Communist party of the Soviet Union up to this year, and reprinted by the Carnegie Institution. Lists Important Events. Stalin listed as important events of the period under review: 1. The conflict between Japan and China in the Far East. 2. The victory of Fascism in Ger- many and what Stalin called the tri- umph of the idea of revenge. 3. The withdrawal of Japan and Germany from the League of Nations, ‘Wwhish; Stalin said, has given a new lmmtoflumflldm&l and fo'the preparation for an “im- »oo 4. defeat of Fascism in Spain, which, Stalin held, showed that the revolutionary that Fascisni is not enduring. “It s not surprising that Bourgeois- Fascism is living its last hours and that the trend toward disarmament is openly and directly being replaced by a trend toward arming and rearming,” Stalin declared, He . concluded that capitalism is moving toward a aew “imperialist wz;nnmouto( the economic cl “The intensified struggle for the Pacific and the growth of the naval armaments of. Japan, the United States, England and France represent, the results of increased acuteness,” he “It is not surprising that idle talk about disarmament is being replaced by ‘business-like’ talk about arming and rearming. Four years of indus- trial crisis have exhausted the work- ing class and reduced it to despair.” ‘War Policy Compelled. Victory of Fascism -in Germany, Stalin stated, must be taken as symptom that the bourgeoise govern- ments are no longer able to find a way out of the present situation on the basis of a peaceful foreign policy and are compelled to resort to a war policy. “Of course, there are no grounds for assuming that the war will pro- vide a real way-out. It will certainly unleash revolution and put in ques- YOUR DRUGGIST ORDERS WADREX [ CE CREAM FOR HIS CUSTOMERS Your druggist is partioular about the kind of ice cream he serves you. Cream—because he knows of its A Product of COLONIAL LOCALLY OWNED For Your N t D To appease all tastes he recommends Wadrex Ice superior quality. APPROVED BY ICE CREAM COMPANY AND OPERATED ler Call ATlantic 6000 Results of such wars, Stalin said, based upon similar wars in the past, ent “revolting mess,” he dec! 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