TWO
Nevs-lt.Jri ..
Mraikrr o4 Tk nHln( Prm
'iiio AltU4 I'rr-j H .elusive
y entitled to Hie tat repulillca
t'on of Kll imjwh dispatches crrulterl
to It or not othTwlMc cridltfl In
this panr ami to nil lorsl news
puBIUIUd herein. All rlalils of r.--
Rublkstlon of spiM'tnl dispatches
ereln Bra also reserved.
IIAItll'K KLI-HWOIiTH
Kdltor
Rntered an second cliiss inntl.r
May 17. I92t. nl tji pol off leu at
llosebura. Oregon, unm-r vl
Maroli 2.
of
Representee ny
cw York -'ill MnillMon Ave, t'ki-
;lsu N. MnlilKuli Ave
rrr.eH.ro-.-. 9 ; Hush HtretU-
rolt .:toM V. (.fund noulevnrd
kratllr SOS , Ktewart tri!tlrl-
,nla -411 N. Tenin ntrraji.
. S ubwrliillva Hale
PMy, Pt yenr hy mall....
Dally. C inoMtim by nmi ... ..
Daily, a niMiitli by mull...-,
pally, hy airiipr P'.'f month,
ually, by CHiTler pr yvur.. .
IT In mom encouraging to note
definite signs uf uwnkanlim In
the area served hy thn ' Pacific
highway In Oregon. Kor. yearn
there haa been talk of au assocla-
lion for U. S. 9!l Hltnllur In Urn Bed
wood i.mplro organization, Mile
Shasta-Caseude group .and oth
ers. 1 '.' t '
Hut there has been very little
done until tha pant year. There
haa been a supreme smugness In
the Pacific highway nii'ii; The
general attitude Deemed to bo that
of course; the Pacific would be
tho greatest, moat Important nnd
carry the heaviest traffic of any
Oregon route. . There could bo no
doubt, we seemed to think, thai
the hlghwny building' authorities
would give this highway the moat
attention In Die way of rebuilding
nnd iuoiIoi nUliig. Tliu niulu travel
would certainly be over tlitsjold
established and direct lloirli and
aouth route through the stale, we
assumed. .--f
.
', What really ' happened 'and la
happening, la qulto the reverse.
During, the period of .complacency,
u through highway haa been con
atructed to the cnnl of ua. An
other, through highway, : a very
scenic one, haa been completed on
the const. Improvements have
bueu made on both ends of 99
providing acceaa : to . the other
routes but little haa been done to
luiprovo the 15(1 milt section In the
center of the atate.
The traffic instead. -of conttnu
lug to use Iho old established Pa
cific highway route haa rapidly
learned of the olhera'and Is using
them.
Hut we are awakening. The very
well attended meeting of the Pa
cific Highway association Monday
Indicated an interest Hint lias not
existed heretofore. Nearly all' of
the principal Pacific highway com
munities weru represented. Thoy
Inlkeil or raising u large budget
mid there was no haggling over
pennies. Manager Ilyiieiirson ob
viously has the barking or I lie of
rlcera and the membership and
there was harmony und united de
termination Unit was pleasing to
800.
- 1'nitcd actlnii. as It aeems we
now have, will do wonders for
this areu as time goes on. We
can and will see to It that a really
good mllllary highway Is provld
uil through llio alale. MY can und
will see lo It that Iho advantages,
beautlea and Interesting places
aiolig !'. S. U!l are properly adver
tised to the peupln of the Pulled
States who. during these war
years, may be Inspired to spend
their travel money wliblu our bor
ders. rather lluin across Iho ocean.
A strong Pacific Highway associa
tion Is tile answer.
Editorials on Newt
(CoBtlnued from page i.)
rulu.
IKKK U h flialliMin.UK Hlutt
1 itieitl ;
K. A. (iolilcnuptKer. icwrMnh
til rector fr Iho tvi'i-nl icmmvc
Ijoard, nays; "Tho I'niUMl Slatrn
(icariur) '.H 9l7,TOO,vi),om p o I d
lioanl (iiltmit lio i'r rent of tln
world'" gold nppl) In nn nwl
wllli'h l of I.ITTI.K VALI K NOW
nnd whtiw vuhitt In Iho Itiiuii in
UtipiP'llctHhlc."
Why
hnit
Ih 0i future Mtluc of our
muctiNo gold bo4iiriud unprv-
ilfvtatOc? Thin tdmjdo llhiHlratlnn
ukkv10 tho AiiHwt'r:
If you v playimj Hturo ud
UllUR i-lam abrlln fur iinincy sihI
one boy (JOT AM. THK f'l.AM
HIIK1.LS, nliat would the irft of
you do?
, Ymi'd jirulmhty I a r t u 'luu
bOuivlliiUK l'Jkp for oimuf ,
(&....
Lowlands Still
Braced for Action
IUlt;ri.sr:LS. 1", (AIM
Tlie nw I'lilted Slates aiiihaiMador
to Ilclum, John (luduliy aniind
)ilf) post wUli unpi'Hcedeitlcd apeed
loday amlilKt tcnaion aeconipuny
Iiik rrent preparallons hy UdKfuni
and the pieilioviiamn for iiefenHf
ugaiiiHt Invasion.
Cudahy, former ininlali'i' lo Ire
land, WfiK ordered over the week
end, culling techiilrluiiR to the
co lorn a ntKe next to com plete
molIIIxatioii are in be maintained
"fur some time,' lien. J)enlM, de
fense mlniftter, joild In an inter
v w loday.
"Our 'liifoi roatlon - and genera)
jmpreHHioiiB made II luuteHiary,"
he said. "We must alwaya be
.-tlert."
AHked about Ibe Finnish war,
Gen. ImiilK aald It was comfortfiiK
for Belgium hiuJ almlla.r eountrlea
''(IT " ''"''"istratiMl that a amall
cnjilry' unJ a small artuy if Ue
qUidtly equipped and couiinaiiud
con hi face a much snooker enuty.
"It prove to us," he said, "that
maile no mistake In our anna
meutH and no one Is belter equip
ped than Hel i; lum aKalnst lunkh,
thanks lo our 4.7 antl-lauk kuiis."
The (riiiun version -of the
ware lit the low countries over the
possibility of a nazl Invasion to
sidestep thei French MaKlnot linn
wan hu( tfte uuxluty was "made
In Paris," to provoke .Germany j
Into an HjrKresnlve move against,
those two neutral neighbors.
A llelKlan economic deleKate.l
who Just returned from Germany,!
Is reported to have or ran Red for I
continued Imports of German coal.
tj ud smoother pussatce of Uelglau
exports to (Jeiinaiiy,
KRNR
REMAININO HOURS TODAY ( n I nrisiopner coiiioimiB in
REMA1NINQ HOURS TODAY (,M 3J MH,J()1.ri freKnimu,e wo,.
4:0l'ulton Irfwls, ir., MII8.
4 : J 6 Haven of lleat. MBS.
4:45 Tea Time Unuce.
5:iuiAI .Donnhoo'a. Oruh., MI1S.
C:3u Slums Cost You Money,
JVIHH.
5:40 Mariettas. ! r '
Bi-i-Tonlslifa Tunc ' '
4:06 Nawa, Calif. Pacific Utill- The Jackson county sheriff relayed
tin Co. I 'he information lo local officers
6:10 Niwa-Ravlaw Newa-Flaihei.'who were wulllng for Allen at HI
0:15 ThU War al Sea, .MIIS. illimson .Mill, on the flreensprlnKS
8:30 John B. Hughei, Avalon CI-'highway, when Allen appeared last
i ' gartttaa, MBS. inlght.
0:45 Dinner, Dance. . - I'ollee said Allen had rented a
7:iXh-Muiual Maestros. sh-ngun In .Meclrord and liitchliilied
I7:.1m Lone l,uuKr, MIIH. o Hip mill village. Allen allegedly
8:110 lloimince In Ithythm. MIIS.'
S:lr. Alvlno Itev'B Orcll.. MIIS. I
:"- -Interlude,
S::ir. Sneciul Kveut, M IIS.
:00 Alka Seltur Ntvya. .MBS.
11:15 (luy Lomunrdu's rch.,
M IIS.
B : rto I'll II Harris' On h.. MILS.
:4B J'ultou Lewis, Jr., MIIS. j
10:uo Sinn Off.
f i uTt;HSipV. AN. .18 : :
Jioi-TStufr ant) Nonsense.
7:30--Nwi-RavJw af tha Air.
7:40 News, Gllmore Cornar.
7:45 Hhapsoilv. In Wax.
S:(u llreakfasl Club. Mils.
S::in- Keen Kit to Music. MIIS
8:4r Medical Information llu-;
ri'iiii. Mils.
0:00 Man About Town. '
9:15 Sons of the I'loneers. MIIS.
9:30 Ma Parkins, Proctor
Gambia, MBS.
:45 f. s. Navy (land, MIIS.
ii:i)0 Vurlelli-B.
10:15 Happv (lung. MIIS.
10:30- Knoch l.lKhi'a Orch.. MIIS.
10:4$ The Family Dootor, Copco.
11 :(I0 I'ulmer lliuae Concert
Orch.. .MIIS.
11: IS Music In Mellow Mood.
Al IIS.
11:30 -School of the Air. MIIS.
11:45 Symphony.
12:01) Luncheon Ounce.
12: 15 llhythin at Iliindom
12:46 Nawi, Safeway Storei.
12:60 Newi-Revlew of tha Air.
1:00 Hennlnger'l Man On The
Street.
11.",- Hun Lee School of the Air.
MIIS.
1:30 The Quiet Hour.
H:tu At Your Commnnd.
2: 15- Johnson Kiimilv. Mils.
2::iu American Family Uoblnaon.
2:4511111 McCune's Orch.. MIIS.
:la). fhel Uyks Orch.. MIIS.
3:u--l)edford A laikevlew Com
.hlueil Choirs. MIIS.
:l: 15 American Legion News llur
ruge. MIIS.
1:00 Kullou Lewis, Jr.. MIIS..
4:15 Haven of llesl, MIIS.
4:15 Tea Time Dance.
.5:00 Null Foundation Infantile
I'aralysls l'nigrHin, MHS.
R::io- Console Skelches.
il:uo Tonight's Tune.
6:06 New, Calif. Pacific Utili
ties Co.
6:10 News-Review News FUshel.
ii: i:. son Spinners. Mils.
(1:30 -John II. Hughes. Mils.
('-: 15 Dinner Dance.
7:011 Mutual Mueatroa.
i ::-The Shadow. MIIS.
7:55 Lessons In Luck, MIIS.
S liO - Alt Hum Kej s Orch.. .MIIS
.van-Interlude.
s :ir-j iiiniiy i B oivh . MHS.
8:46 Twilight Train, Avalon CI-
oarettei, MBS.
9:00 Alka Seltier News, MSS.
9: 15 -Ken linker's Orch . MIIS.
9:30- Fredilv Dencns Orch..
MIIS.
9 15 Fulton l.i wis. Jr.. MIIS.
lo. ini Stun 1)11
"DRUNK" TOL0 TO LEAVE
.1. H. Collins, u linnlctll. arrest
ed on .i , hinge nf hclng drunk In
a public phue. was llueil $10 In
.liHIice i mil here loiliiy when h,
cniercd ii plea ol utility lit the
charge. The line was suspi-lpled
upon coinllilon thai he leate lb"
ciuinlt .
CARD OF THANKS
Our hcinlcll ihnitka lo nil who
'extended coiulortliig svuipath) and
help In our recent sorrow. For the
heauiirnl service, floral oft'cilng
and oilier kiniluci,c. we aie deep
ly grateful
; The Mtrh k Cblldirn.
Chun Cunlllcld. .
ROSEBURG NEWS
OUT OUR WAY
Medfordite Held
On Threat Charge
KI.A.MATK K.M.I.S. Ore.. Jan. 17.
was arrested by atale pollec
I"sl night on a charge of tin-oaten-
Inn lo commit a felony.
I'ollee atated that Allen was
overheard in Medfonl yesterday
tnrnatuninK to Kin ids ex-wue; uer
father, t arl .Moriian. ami Harvey
Kvana. n frleml of Mra. Allen.
ultereil a tnrent ngamsi Morgon
last Sunday after the two had had
an urguitient over the custody ol
.the Aliens' three-year-old son.
given lo Iho mother when the two
were divorced here Inst Oclober.
Ijitcr. In Klnmulh Falls, Morgan
assaulted Allen, police snld.
U. S. Export Trade
Shows Heavy Gain
WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. IAIN
rnltfMl States exKri8 flurinii
DpoBinhPf amminlri to f:tri.S.000.00U
the iu0Kt tnlii for nny month
In ni'Htiy a (tcnfle,
l.ntKP nhllimpntn of tiirpltintfft.
nptrnlfum nml in ft n In to inut
Iti Hntn at ul Frit n cp liftpeil boom
tho to'ul io nboiii 371.000,001) uliovt.
(hut of S'ovnuher tun) $!)2.0oo.ooo
above- lH'ctmbir. l;ts, the com-
HHMCff (It'pHI tniciit ifpurteil.
Alrplniie uhlpmenls (o ihe ullief
iHriunn'.l for IJU.ihiO.UOU or th
totHl exHrlA.
( 'ol ton exiMirl liicreiiBeil fioin
f:.0.2s.iu0 in Noveinbr to $4;t.
iioo.omh hi PX'ci'inlici-. Itnly, Spain
Chimi ami I tttl Ih wie the piliK'ipnl
pUITlUltUM'H.
Imports lo li tin Amoili'H a
mounie.l to $7S. lo&.iion, an IncrcuHe
of about $7.00,ouo.
Wallace Favors Federal
Control of Timber Cur
WASHINGTON, .lull. 17. (AIM
--Secretary Walt are ured today
tin- adoption of a "const riteltvii"
national lorrslry policy pniboilyln
itovcrumt'iilal rcmilallon or timber
eimlne prai'tlrt'8 on privately,
owned laud and the extension of
public ownership ami mnnapemenl
of l'on'!lH.
He told n J lnt conarcHslomil
committee oil fnredtry thai. desiite
present coiiHervatlou eft'orlH. the
I'nlted SttiteM wiih atill depletlnjr
its 'capital aiot-k of usable forest
Juki an we aie Mill depletion our
capital tock of noil remuieen,"
The essential cletneiitu of a na
tional forestry program the secre
tary of aprlctilliirv said, ore coop
eration between governmental
agent-tea ami owners of prlvale
lorent latuH am) increased pur
ebase-i of foreHt laud by the gov
ernmeiit.
Olten Files for Another
Term in Legislature
SAI.KM. Jap. 17. ( API O.
Henry Oleeii of St. Helena filed
today for the democratic nomina
tion for state representative from
Colombia county the ot he held
in lb" lw:U. lit. (3 ami 1117 itesaloim.
Oleen luoiKbt the ilemoeraitc
iniberimlotial nomination In l!:tS.
lotitntt to Ht-nvy .. liexa. Kormei
Gov. ('baric II. Martin was nee
oml to the race.
OleenV ramivalun will la based
on more money lor schools and
old ai;e pensions. The district now
I represented by J. , I'erry, I'eer
Island democrat.
Donald Gerretsen, Age 11,
Youngest Donor to Finns
The youngest local contributor
to the Ktnuish relief I unit, betiiK
collect ihI by the Uosebur News
Uevfew Is iHinatd Gerritsen, atrial
II yearn, who todav made bis casb
jilt. I humid made hit dunfitlnn
irom money he earned himself sdl-
- DOW'T LET NOTHIN' tbO
-r .-set. I weotskj MOW WE ONLY J
.LT f- v - GOT ENOUGH TO IT J
STsSr I JTA11-. ( HIM OUT OMCE, SO
-gisS- KaHWHHHK ( vou ee REAcy while J
g. nr. -m?m WTZ o o V I aO AROUND TO
s ""ss. TH' OFFICE AN' S
,ww.- p ; ' 'I .. -- AV H'
- REVIEW, R0SEBUR6, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1940.
iiiK maguzlnes. A contribution al
so waa received from Mra. l. S.
McDonald of itosebtirg. The dona
tions are being handled by the
News-Review In cooperation with
tho national organization beaded
by former i' real dent Herbert
Hoover.
County Officials Discuss
Replacement of Taxes
III:N1),. Jan. 17. AP) Judges
ami commissioners from aeven
count Jea discussed method
' yT
terday of ciiIiiIiie federal
the government.
Tbey will ask representative
of western Oregon counties to pay
half the cost of presenting legisla
tion to congress.
'hose attending the session In
cluded Morris C. Howker. Hose
burg, chairman of the commlttne
on federal contributions In lieu of
taxes; Karl II. Hay. of Gold Hill:
IT. K. Keoder. Klamath Fulls. J. It.
lleckmnn, Ijikeviow.
Diamond Lake Reports
Sftow Up to 22 Inches
Oiutiioud luke, devoid of snow ii(
the first of t he year, now has li2
Inches of snow at the south end of
the lake and 10 inches around tbe
resort at the north end, according
to a report received this morning
by telephone at the local head-
nuarters of tbe L'tnppia uationui
fores t. J he weather is clear and
cold wilh nlnht temperatures
around Iti degrees. There Is iiu
sumv at nig Camas ranger sta
tion. Theta Rho Club to Meet Alpha
Zeta Theta Rho Girls' club will
meet Thursday night at 7:30
o'clock at tbe 1. O. O. K. hall.
CREATURE WITH
HORIZONTAL
1 Mythical
creature with
snaky locks.
7 She was one
of three
sister -s.
12 Burden.
13 Grinding
tooth.
It Jar.
17 Golf device.
IS Saline
solution.
19 Fish.
20 To occupy a
place.
SI Testified.
!3 To marry.
29 Musical
note.
26 Fairy.
27 Entrance.
29 Sun god.
30 Stomach.
31 Nothing.
'33 Blow on the
head,
S3 Passage.
37 Rigid.
39 To dangle.
41 Marked with .
spots.
43 Potpourri.
Answer te
45 Mother.
46 Ream.
47 Each.
48 Musical note.
49 Policeman.
50 Idant.
52 Father.
54 Back of neck.
95 Part of mouth.
57 Operation ot
intelligence
only.
59 Mistake.
61 She was a
creature ot
terrible
or looks.
62 All who
i ji s vr FT I7 1 1 F K'K
-1 S iT"
n 4? -i nrfen
n iferi n
b7 58 tXj W 3
ly Williams
Transient Relief
Needs Increasing
Demands for transient relief by
the Hlvntlon Armv arp stfadllv In.
creasl" S
Siu":
:Sy"
t, L,rM ,hi AnL f
last night In the chumber of co n-
mereeofflcR Th nnmlior nf tmn -
fents a hied Jumped from 96 In
llirJam,ryom.,VS
i. '.
lie's Cn uln V. KlPiah I,
III';' .a0,"!,""'," anS'-hoe "were"uf !
irlbnte.) without ,harge to 481 ,r -
sons during was. that 4i)i meals
wero served by the local corps and
that rooms were supplied for 81
i persons
The Chiislmas activity include,!
.ii jtit... it ..r i i. .
uiniliuilliuil Ul IIM.tniHH IO 1"
needy families, donation of cloth-
sienta dlnneis foi Iran-jaf,alnftt Kht lunkS( am,0Eh futne
I against the heavier tanks of Van
Ilassek's heavy tank regiments. As
lor division tanks, these had been
ThiImu jh B.u -J eliminated from tbe uew siremn-
cuesaay ror nev. wooa uilP1 am! no tank companies were
: jlpiinedlately available for attach-
Fu n era I services for Rev. . N. ment to the second.
Wood, who waa pastor of the Tor-I General Brifl e-tood In tho grow
mer Methodist Episcopal church, 'l"R dawn gravely watching tho sec
Soutb, of Roseburg. were held in ond pas out to Us battle lines. A
Myrtle Creek Tuesday. Rev. H. S. force of 10.837 enlisted men and
Shangle of Walla Walla. Washing- w warrant officers, led by 546
ton, oirirlutlng. He was assisted
by Dr. Louis Mugin and Iiu v. A. J
Stunner, of Roseburg; Rev. Joseph
Knotts of Medford and Rev. J. 1.
Gray of Myrtle Creek. Kev. W. F,
FiiKiile, iiev. J. I,. Chancy "d Hev.'colu""' f ""t the pace, bis eye
W. Woodruff of Myrtle Creek were ciwht the flash of light that (urn
uIho present. Those attenilliiK from ed 11,0 "anlng night into ilr.y
Koaeburu wore Kev. and Mrs. Levi " nille" ahcail of him.
White. Mrs. Kred Soulhwl.-k. .Mra. 'sleP on her:" he barked at his
w i Aiiuir. iir r i.- Ti,nn, ,..i driver. "They'll snot us In a niln-
Mrs. A. Ilrowii.
SNAKY LOCKS
Previous Pussle
plant.
15 Records. '
20 She was
or killed by a.
trick.
21 Moisture.
22 Clamor.
24 To trifle.
26 Kind ot
rubber.
28 Related.
.10 Boundary.
32 Writing fluid.
34 Tree trunk.
36 Heavy
volume. .
looked at her 37 Storm,
turned to . 38 Typesetter'i
VERTICAL 40 To lump.
1 Volume. 42 Circle near
2 Beings. the Equator.
3 Song for two. 44 Banishes.
4 To consume. 48 Genus ot
5 Yellow resin. frogs.
6 Hodgepodge. 49 Box.
7 Cupidity.
51 Filth.
53 Land measure.
54 Wool fiber
6 Fabulous,
bird.
9 To flame.
knots.
10 More ancient. 56 Professional
it North athlete.
Africa. 58 Bone.
14 Live-forever 60 Upon.
ATTACK Oil AL1E0ICA!
StwtKil bMM of U. $. Ucfc f Oohasm
1
GENERAL ARED WHITE
WHO'S WHO AND WHAT'S
HAPPENED
GKNKRAU HAGUE, chief of
staff of the IL 8. army.
COLONEL r LAQWILL. chief of
V. s. military Intelligence.
CAPTAIN BKNNING. V, 8. Intel
ligence officer working to uncov
er Van Hasaek's spies In Washing
ton. VAN HAS8EK, military dictator
of Mexico attacks unprepared
America. Air raids are reported
from New Orleans, Galveston, Sau
Antonio and houston. Mexicans
bomb the white house and the
president la killed. Mobilization Is
in progross and general bysLeria
prevails.
CAPTAIN ROLL, commander of
outpost companies of the lltb U. S.
Infantry In Texas.
GKNKRAL BRILL, area com
mander uf tbe Ih S. army lo Texas
is ordered by General Hague to
proceed against the enemy and
make a stand In front of San An
tonio.
CHAPTER XIH
Circling to the south. Drill
found tbe due-south road to Kirk,
which waa under military traffic
control, and sped to the village.
where he found General Mole, di
vision commander. Mole was a
thin bk of military hickory now
Hearing retirement age.
General Mole received bis su
perior's battle orders with a mono
syllable of acquiescence, as if to
hoard his jaded energies, and
promptly set to work with his staff.
Tbe division staff waa familiar
with the country and made prompt
plana for organization of a clefen-
islve position. Orders were ready
1 It 1. 1.. t... If V..... ...! -I-
.,.. . , " ,, , ,
tliere UaH 110 ene,y immediately
prospect, the regiments proceed-
iu their car-
-Winery: went grimly
bo"t th iness of organlza-
r j,
I . o detense '1 heoret cally
the artlllory equipment Included
new lO'i-m Hit meter cannon, but
'' "ot ut uf
howitzers, Hiulent vintage can-
e'lu'lleU with aduptora
Z'TuX? ill
1 lr'n, ".eT-llred cllaaon, drlwS
1 1 ' -als8ons lran
uj mi., itu.nn.
As fur the new regimental anti
inechanl.ed companies with their
? " " "V" 1" 'f ",u' '
iuiikw, i ne new weHitons wero yet
weapons wero yet
to be furnished, and dependence
oincers.
As Captain Roll sprang Into his
station wagon with his lieutenants,
and sped to the head of his truck
iute and we're atill in. artillery
ruufto.
The driver put the station wa
Eon up to forty-five miles an hour
down tbo dim gray ribbon of the
road, and Bolt, oa seeing that he
was pulling well ahead ot his
trucks, ordered his driver to ease
down slightly.
A ,lurst of tlatM crashed 111 the
skies. The hark of blgh-exillosive
shell shook the glass windows of
tho station wagon.
Doll sat with hands gripping his
knees wuilo hp observed the
bursts. Luckily they wore striking
to the right and doing no damage.
Hut shortly the firing ceascdf the
air observer roared by again with
a flare, and rtlshod off to radio
correction to tho distant gunners.
Ho saw that there was the first
touch or gray in the air. dawn only
a matter of minutes. Ids jaw
snapped Bhut as he faced the
front, eyes glued to the road. A
new vengeance would leap down
i-pon his column as soon as light
cume. a vengeance he would be lit
tle able to rope with. It would te
a miracle if he reached the Nueces
with half of Ills men and trucks.
A.i the night thinned out. he
caught the distant hum of this new
I'leunce. The hoods of his caw
trucks wero stripped of cunvis,
the men would: ho able to (lent
back while in movement, but inev
itably tliere must come halts whll -broken
ducks were pushed off the
n,ad and wounded meu gathered
up.
Boll broke out the glass win
dows of his station wagon with
llio butt of his automullc. He
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thrust his head out and peered into
the sky. Planes were circling
overhead like so many mad wasps
watting the lnataut of better visibil
ity. Tliere was not long to wait.
Aa night shed its last veil, the war
falcons swooped one at a time to
pluck the little caravan to bits
with their talons of steel.
Men In the trucks opened fire
with their rifles. But the attack
lur planes flow with the speed of
tbe wind. They dashed low. pump
ing bullets from hot machine guns,
releasing their fragmentation
bombs, and In a twlukling wein
gone.- Then back they came, one
at a time at Irregular Intervals, to
piaster the road with their fu,y.
Overhead the flock was (trow
ing. Fourteen planes, be estimat
ed. Two squadrons, force enough
to tear him to pieces bit by bit un
lesB miracles of good fortune and
bad marksmanship attended liliu
along the red course to the Nuecei.
Inevitably, dropping down time aft
er time without other hindrance
than the random fire ot his riflo
men. the airmen would take heir
rvientless toll.
A truck went out, tho third one
hack from iloll. . it cracked up
across the road under Impact of a
bomb. The driver slumped dead
in his seat: Men piled out and
btgan scattering out of the si rm
r.cli stopped hie car. ran back to
snalghten out the marl.
Three plaueH .oomed doln his
column, kr.'.'ing tha load. Ho saw
tvo of his men fall. Me gni-j in
stiuctions to a sergeant and two
cei porals. They were to puss wjh!
('owi. tiie .-oliimn. Hereafter sr:i.l'
ei, trucks wero to be shoved 'o the
xh.e of th; road, t-urvivori aid
wounded distribute, to other
trucks as they paised alou. All
ere to act promptly on their owi
il. uatlvo. ,
l!olI ran 'back to Ms stail.in wa
gon, leaped In. The car was vl-
t"! Uqg Wi'.J the gtflltlo mo, i., a nf
idling motors.; :
'Get going. Jones!" he lHhnd
out at his :rlver when tho car did
not promptly get under way., '
Then he saw tmt Jones vat,
slumped ' against the liisu'umcni
hoard, au inert bulk. Ho stumble!
Into the driver's seat, saw that
Jones was dead. His eyes jerked
back lo Lieuteuaut Holt, at the
rear of the car. Why hadn't Holl
seen this and taken the wheel?
Kvery Instant of time was price
less now. Holt bad slipped to the
floor and lay in a crimson wel
ter. Iloll thrust Jones' body to one
side and set the cur in motion. A
turn of the wheel put It Into the
ditch and ho leaped out, gripped
nis lead track and flung himself
in among a Jam of riflemen. '
Nineteen men In this truck, four
wounded. A medical lieutenant.
attachod to the companies, was
coolly applying bandages. Doll
siood among his men at the rear of
tho truck, which gave him a view
of his sprawling caravan.
ilcslde the road he saw a cargo
Uuik, four soldiers stark In death
beside it. That meant the regi
ment ahead was taklns its straf
ing. Another damaged truck, two
casualties, a third truck, four men
dead. Deiin, ahead with the main
body, was tnktng a terrific beat
ing.
r shout went up from the men
In Boll's truck. A plane crashed
out of the sky and whanged Into
Iho gray- earth. It burst Instantly
Into flames. Boll's riflemen had
claimed another bird in this un
equal clash. Out the next instant
brought red retaliation. Another
truck nosed off the road In a crush
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of wounded men and dead. Boll
saw the survivors act promptly to
extricate themselves, gather up the
maimed and flag down aucceedlng
vehicles. .,
He wondered how close ha
trucks wore lo the limit of their
carrying capacity. Three trucks
out, seven more men wounded.
The more seriously wounded men
required space In which to iiu
down iu their agouy. Tbe village
of Enclnal flashed by. BoU shook
his head and swore bitterly. Kn
dual told him that he had little
more than started on his long,
desperate run. Next would coino
u'iln c-hlnh wmihl he lit
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tie more than halfway to the
He looked at his watch ond saw
the hour was short of six o'clock.
He groaned and passed a torment
ed band across his race. Misgiv
ings struck bliu or making it
through. Ills mind made a hasty
calculation. At their rate of kill,
those vultures would tear his col
umn to pieces before he could run
uiiiler the dubious cover ahead.
Ills eye chanced to notice hi"
band and he saw his fingers were
smeared red. Boll searched his
face. Illood was oozing from a
gash across bis cheek. Blood was
oozing from a gash across his
cheek. He remembered a bullet
tbat had fanned close, but he had
felt no pain. He dismissed the
injury from bis mind.
He toured an order to stop the
truck and leaped to the ground.
Tha iinu-nnndfxl niPTI with him hll
Instructed to keep up Iheir rifle
fire. Standing beside the road he
slgnulcd the halt, motioned the
command to detruck. As his eye
went back into the air. his mind
was lifted suddenly out of the
depths of black despair by a Joyous
miracle of development. Those
new planes were closing in and ho
made out by tho shape of wings
and fuselage that they wero not
an Hussek planes.
Moll's hand flashed out his field-
glasses. He glued them to the
skies. From under Iho wings of
those Inrushlng squadrons flushed
tlie glorious legend "U. S. Army."
American planes plummeted
down. Van Hassck's hornets now
were droning about ill a Lufberry
circle awaiting the developments of
attack. In a twinkling the Ameri
can hirdmen projected an auda
cious assault. Plsnes circled, dove,
rolled, darted III the throes of com
bat. A plane came whistling down.
Boll's jsw tightened as he saw the
first caualiy was an American
plane. But quickly two of Van
flassek's hlrtlmeii enmo tiimbllnir
'out of the sky.
If the Van Hassck pilots had
stalled for reinforcements, they
now decided upon preclpltuto flight
against superior number. Another
Van Hussek plane went down. In
a minute the cloud of rartlng fal
cons passed into the distance be
hind. A noon sun was burning Hie bak
ed hills and swales when lloll's
survivors rolled in on a second dl
vision outpost south or Kirk. lloll's
cheek, cuked In blood, was throb
bing with pain, his right arm hung
slirr anil useless at hla side. He
climbed rrom the truck and stolidly
checked his command as It came
through the outpost. Fortv-twii
(moaneii In the throes of wounds,
Jtweniynlue had been' left dead
along the crimson road from Lar
edo. .
Tlie outpost commander came
bullying up.
"Sorry to report in wilh my com
mand shot to pieces like this, Col
onel." Boll reported In grim de
jection. "But the only choice was
capture. Where's the hospital,
sir? My wounded must have care
at once?"
(To be continued I
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