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Newspaper Page TextROSEBURS NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1939. FIVE SERIAL STORY ' 5 WOULD KILL BY TOM HORNER COPYRIGHT. 1939, NBA SERVICE, INC. CAST OF CHARACTERS ARNOLD HKNTIIORNE Five persons wished lilin dead. HELEN BENTHORNE His chunuing young wile. WILLIAM ALSTON Ben t home's father-in-law and busi ness associate. JOEY Dl TORIO Night club owner mid gangster. ARA JOHNSON The mystery i girl. JOHN DOUGLAS A young mining engineer, in lovo with Ara. CAPTAIN DAWSON A detec tive who likes to listeiii i Yesterday: Douglas pleads for a chance to talk to Ara alone. When DawBon arranges it, Doug las shows the girl a button from her dress! "I found it in Ben- i (home's study. Were you there?" she admits she saw nenthorne but insists it was early in the evening, long before he was killed. CHAPTER XI Helen Benthorne led Dawson to-ward- the baci st:;irs. "You asked how my father got Into the house," she said, pointing to the doorway across the kitchen. "He came in there, met Jameson In this hallway, and then came up the stairs to the left. Jameson's quarters open off the kitchen to the right." Dawson glanced backward for a moment. On the other side of the swinging door ho had just passed through was the dining room, and beyond that the study. If a man hurried ran He followed Mrs. Benthorne up the stairs. "Here is the landing where father paused to catch his breath Noting Dawson's quiz zical look, she added. "Oh yes, X'aptain. I forgot t tell you. 1 fin Iked to Father after he had seen you. He told me all that he had said." She hurried on, her hluck gown swishing about her trim ankles. Dawson hesitated as he reached the top of the stairs, eyed a small door recessed in the wall. 1 he clothes chute,' Helen Benthorne explained. "A most convenient place to hide a gun." "I'd thought of that already, Mrs. Benthorne."- Dawson smiled. "Krone emptied it fully two hours ago." ,.,,..11., t hi, .I.- ft ,wi that gun here in the house, Cap- lain?" Helen Ilenthorue seemed amused at the thought. "I should think you'd he searching the grounds, undoubtedly the mur derer of my husband went out the window. While you waste time here, he's probably miles away.' "Mr. Benthorne had many ene mies?" "Arnold had no friends." She opened a door. "This is the guest room" and nodding at the figure "on the rumpled bod. ... . "My father is sleeping. . . . Poor Dad! The detective pushed past her through the doorway. He took In the disarray of the room; the spread tossed back over the foot of the bed; the mutiny snoes, sine by side; the black raincoat in a heap on tho floor; the hat, on the highboy, and the little line or water' down the front of the drawers: tho figure of Alston Htietched full length unon tho bed, lace down, outlined undor tho blanket. The man's breathing was sLcadv. unaturally loud. "The sleeping pills," Mrs. Ben Ihorne explained. "Must you dis turb him now? This has been an ordeal for him. Won't you let him Kiomi Mini come back later? Dawson nodded, backed slowly from the room. Alston stirred sliuhllv. then relaxed again, sinning his quiet snoring. Dawson turned to Mrs. beninorne s suae. Twenty minutes later he was I ready to admit that if Helen Ben Mhorne had over kept a revolver hidden In hor room, she had left no trace of it There was no tell tale outline on flimsy underthings in nny of tho dressed drawers; closets, filled with hundreds of dol- WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILE- fVilhwt Calomel And You'll Jump Out of Bed in the Mori Ruin' lo Gs t The liver BrtouJfi pour out two poundi of fiquid bile Into your bowel dailr-1 this bUo la not flowing freely, your food docan t diRctL It jut decays in the bowels. Gas bloats op your Btomach. You cot constipated. Your whole system is poisoned and you feel tour, unk Bnd the world looks punk. i A mere howcl movement docan t Bet at the cause. It tnkes those Rood, old Carter a Little Liver Pills to net theno two pounds of bile flowinir freely and mako you feel up and up." Harmless, ucntle, yet amarlna; in maklntr failo flow freely. Ask for Carter Little Liver Pills by name, ltr-nmr. anything clae. At all drug stores. 104 nd 26' lars of costly dresses and coats yielded no clews. Each garment was hung neatly upon a satin-padded wooden hangar to hold the shoulders, in shape, Dawson de cided and at tho end of each rack were more hangars awaiting this I season's frocks. Mrs. Be ii tho mo at beside the . window, nervously cutting an en velope to pieces with a small gold scissors. She did not miss Daw son's approving glance at the padded hangars. I "Arnold called those my pet ex travagance," she said, nodding to- ard the closet. "The gowns? They must have cost a small fortune," Dawson agreed. "No, the hangars. 1 insisted up on them, but Arnold could never see why the ordinary wire Kind those the cleaners always send hack weren't just as good. Ho owned one of the companies that makes those the wires ones, 1 mean." The detective nodded, and went i with his search. Once he paused, as if listening. "Is this room directly over Mr. Ben dome's study?" he asked. Benthorne b widow shook her head. "I wish it were," she re plied. "I might have been able to hear last night. Mr. Benthorne's oom is above the study." Do you want to look around my husband's room?" "Not right away," Dawson said. I'll have to awaken your father now. Or would you rather? Helen Benthorne led the way. There was a queenly pride in her erect carriage, a calm defiance in her manner that easily explained Arnold Benthorne s longing have this woman for his wife, and to take any means to force her into that marriage. Helen Ben thorne was an aristocrat, Dawson knew, and her mannerisms never allowed anyono to forget It. She opened the door to the guest room gently, then threw it wide with a crush. . I My father Is gone!" Bhe ! screamed. Dawson darted into the room. f It was true. The bed was empty. the covers thrown back. The shoes were still there, neatly placed side by side, half under the bed. Dawson rushed to the head of the front riuIicukq, searched the hallway and entrance beneaLh. Krone! Krone! he shouted, and as the patrolman rushed through the half-open front door, "watch this stairway und the ball there. Stop everyone, l in coining down the hack way." www i Douglas and Ara were still at the table when Dawson pushed through the swinging door. "Any one go through here in the last minutes,?::... . , , , .Not ' a soul, Captain," Douglas answered. ' "What's the , matter now?" But Dawson hud hurried Colony Nearer Independence Goal PALMER, . Alaska, Dec. 13. (AP) Out of the frozen hopes of an unseasoned early fall snow storm, farmers in Uncle Sam's Matanuska colony announced today another step toward economic in dependence. The Matanuska Valley Farmers cooperative reported the purchase of all inventory stock in the col ony trading post and warehouse, which tog e i uts r Oo an annual gross business of $220,000. Negotiations were announced under way also for the co-op to take over all units in Palmer's civic center." The government- financed Alaska rural rehabilita tion corporation bus been the op- What " The words died in bis throat. "Were you looking for me, Cap tain Dawson?" The door of Ben thorne's private hallway to the street opened and Alston emerged from the long corridor. The de- teative stared at him, op en-mouthed. 'I awakened suddenly, with an idea, Alston explained. "I came down quietly, and 1 think I found something you'll want to see." He handed the detective a smudged, water-stained cigarette,' half burn ed and crushed. "Most interest ing," he went on slowly, his breath rasping in his throat. (To be continued) era tor Binee the colony was found ed as an economic and social ex periment with distressed farm allies from ths zmuwest :cur years ago. The latest moves louowea me co-op's assumption In July of the creamery, produce and meat de partments, and the statement ty Co-op Manager L. C. Stock that "we must completely divorce the project from government relief." "t anticipate that it will take five years more to place this pro ject on a firm foundation with the proper volume of farm produce re quired to make de farms self supporting aud on a paying ba sis," be added today. . Yet Wouldn't Ban Teachingorisms" PENDLETON, Dec. 12. (Art The Veterans of Foreign Wars be lieve in the "wJllingnessto-tight sort of Americanism but do not agree with those who would sup press the teaching of connminlBm, nnziiem or fascism In this coun Well, Well! PONTOTOC, MIsb. Mrs. Cecil McKnlKht heard a faint cry that sounded like the voice of her two and'a half-year-old son, Keith. She rushed from the house Into the yard and peered down 54 feet to the muddy bottom of an empty well. . , "Are you down there Keith?" she queried. "Yes, and I'm dirty, too," the boy answered complacently. Free Gift A Singer Electric Iron free with purchase of a Singer Electric Sewing Machine. L. K. Arthur, Manager 125 West Cass St. on. The detective humped Into Krone a second later at the door of the study. "What is , it, Cup tain?" "Alston he's disappeared!" "Hut he was upstairs, sleeping." "Yos yes I saw him not 20 minutes ago, sound asleep. But he's not thero now. Did you see him come down the stairs?" "I'd just stepped outside , with Jony for a smoke I'd have hoard him " "He left his shoes by the bed What were you doing outside?' Dawson thundered. "Search the house. Call In a couple of those men on duty in front get me a doon ' more. Where's K I y n n? Thrill your family on Christmas morning Give them these STU DEBATER KEYS'-HAPPINESS Here's an unusual way to present your family with a new car for Christmas. Give them these Studebaker Keys to Happiness encased in a handsome jewel box all ready to open the door of their own beautiful new Studebaker Champion, Commander or President. Come in now and let us help you make the arrange ments. Liberal allowance on your present car easy C.I.T. terms. STUDEBAKER CHAMPION $660 and up. dallvQrtd at th factory. South Band, Indiana try," State Junior Vice Comman der O. J. Jjhnson, Pendleton, de clared today. "The United States," the V. F. W. official said In a membership campaign statoment, "Is founded on freedom of speech, the press and religion aud to deny expres sion would be to say our American bill of rights should be repealed. Ab long ub we are tree to say, to prlut and to worship as we please our democracy will survive and we need have no fear of the crucRpots who' would yoke the man for tho grandeur of the state. " . . , of course we are opposed to those "state-ls-everythlng" phil osophies but let thorn stand out in the light of reason the sunlight of freedom ond shrink." Johnson said that the V.F.W. in a current memboi-Bhlp drive would "not welcome un-American ellgl bles but certainly will welcome those who think for themselves, whether or uot that thinking sug gests revision In methodB of gov ernment Just so it does not fet ter the right of every man and woman to be free souls within the constitution." Floor Sanding and Ref inishing CHAS. KEEVER Phone 651-J Phone 128 Temporary address R. F. D Oakland, Oregon. 79c Keepi cake and pastry fresh! Floral trim on enamel cover) Complete with tray and rack I 3-pc. Pi. rial del 98c Two 9'S-in. Pyrex Ware glass pie plates. Bske in them, then serve in the chromium frame! Mixing Bowl 1.00 3 handy colored semi-porcelain bowls, each in a different color! Use for baking I Oven-proof 1 Coffee Muker 1.98 7-cup size! Makes perfect cof fee overy time! Use It over au open flame! Heat-proof glass Aluminum Bun Warmer 1.98 For heating buns, baking pota toes, etc. Silvery satin finish! Tinned steel wire basket! Save! Electric Corn Popper 1.98 The youngsters will love thisl It pops 2 qts. of popcorn at one timet cnrome-piatea tinism with Floweri and Candles MOB Ell 1.39 White pottery oval bowl with colorful artificial flowers and two matching candlesticks! I fiMft "V each Beautifully, matched, in mirror-polished chrome finish with walnut handles! Iron has automatic heat control t Waffle Iron has heat indicator diall Automatic toaster, handles 2 slices at once! Sand wich Grill, grills sandwiches and meats, and (with grids, $1 extra) bakes waffles 1 9-cup urn-shaped aluminum percolator! Comolete with cord sets! j 7-Piece Cocktail Set 98c For years of gay parties! Choose from several sttractive decorations! Chromium topi $5 Valuel," Official Size Basketball 2.98 Special! Not split grain, but Top Grain Cowhide! Double lining strongly stitched seams I p7"w Give Mm f t -v vjj Boxing iV V' i Gloves Professional style for boys Up ' to 10. Well padded. Wi- color. LARCrER. SIZE'ULOVES ..3.29 mm si uiaoston art 1 fflTwf hop 5.98 It's all tough, split cowhide built for years of rough tra veling. See it at Wards! tTi Ball Bearing , ; Skates mi Give your children fun for years to come! Bright nickel plating rubber cushioned! Every Boy Wants An Air Riflo 0 .fyff-' 08 Single Shot King Air Rifle with walnut finished stock. . . Table Tennis 1.98 2-niekot Bot with posts, not nnd 2 balls;. Fun for nil tho family ti perfect present! Boys' Sturdy Football 89c Made of lcather-Uke Texhide. Will take a real beating! Has rubber bladder with valval ' S8gj' ' w Beginners' fiyp& i;; ': Tennis fS$tls-!. Racket Well-balanced to start the bo glnner off right. Strong, full aiie ash frame, Silk strings. MOTOR SHOP GARAGE Your Studebaker Dealer for Douglas County 443 N. Jackson St. Vernon Keel, Prop. Phone 129 w IF IT'S SHEET MUSIC RADIO TUBES RADIOS. MAYTAG WASHERS OR G. E. REFRIGERATORS SEE Fred Hargis 208 N. Main St. Roseburg A Gift Suggestion AN ELECTRIC TOASTER For the Whole Family PARSLOW Hardware Store 111 North Jackson St. Christmas Gifts LUGGAGE Valapae Suitcases $9.95 to $12.95 See Them Today WILDER'S 234 N. Jackson St. IPay fo' your fllfti In monlhlyWJ& f ' f t t Installments . . . 0i Wo dl con- Jk A M if - 5f J f m0r 1 1 vanisnt Monthly Payment Plan. XI ft M J J S " Jm " fctr I V A $10 purchow opni an eecounr. m i m m r M9 5 Urn ffit Tgm - ' J i i ri cTDir i I I ..... II clew niw II I m Sacrificing Everything Regardless of Cost FREE 9x12 Rug With Every Range or Circulator Come In and see for yourself Pacific Hide, Wool and ' Metal Co. 222 W. Oak St. Phone 348 WEBER'S Butter Crust Bread For Sale at Your Grocery Store ELECTRIC APPLIANCES Corey Coffee Brewers Manning-Bowman Waffle Makers Sandwich Grilles Sunbeam, Hotpoint and Proctor Irons WM. CALHOUN'S Radio Music Store 22S N. Jackson St. Phone 03 Whan shopping for Christ mas be sura to visit tha I. Abraham Store Where will be found the latest and best In every line. 121 North Jackson St. PETER AND POLLY IN TOYLAND Shop Roseburg First the. HOTEL SOMERTON 440 GUBT STREET 00NT0WH BETWEEN MSOH H0 I10 COKPIETEU BEfURNISMEO Splendid garago fac ilities . and, courteous service await the tired motorist. COCKTAIL LOUNGE Service Unsurpassed Give Sporting Goods Footballs, Volleyballs this Christmas See our complete stock POWELL'S Hardware Store 24S N. Jackson St. Chaptor 1 5 Now It Comes Out. i! J Hi rr wt Shop Roseburg First . Illl I .J. .-J. , . 11,1 , f .THEY WERE .StIEP vvt ""'""Vi XoiTitj VOlJ Wfl -"k L J orr yM. m n mi miwi,-' Shop Roseburg First Gifts from your Jewelers are gifts at their best. Leather Goods Bill Folds Travel Cases at Knudtson's ' JEWELERS Shop Roseburg First SPECIAL HASSOCKS 95c and up JOSSE FURNITURE CO. LET US CHECK Your Car Over for SAFE DRIVING Before you take your Christmas Vacation Trip Stephens Auto Co. 323 N. Main St. Phone 582-J Lasting Gifts MIRRORS PICTURES Either an oil painting or print. Cordon and Bishop RUBYE K. GOULD, Prop. 314 West Cass St. . SPECIAL Creamed Turkey Thursday at CARL'S Tavern Grille BOWLING KEEPS YOU FIT . . Even If you never bowled be fore, you'll find pleasure and excitement and scon de velop skill! Our comfort sble, wall equipped alleys Invite you to play tonight and often! The Roseburg Recreation Bowling Alley ELK8 BUILDING JUST ARRIVED OYENWARE $1.69 casseroles and $1.39 pie plates with chromium frames, laboratory tested for oven breakage. Must be seen to bo appreciated. GOETTEL'S Variety Store 249 N. Jackson St. MYRTLE Compaots, perfume. Jewel boxes, salad bowls, fork and spoon, fountain pen desk sets. Myrtlewood Novelty Shop S04 South Stephens St. (At the top of the dial for Christmas shoppers) tefef'tC-i'li m . u -----