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TWOr ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1941. SERIAL STORY DRAFTED FOR LOVE BY RUTH AYERS copyhioht. i4i, , tlNJ - nea service, inc. YESTERDAY: Kenl is home "And you?" There was K'iy re for three days. . He was injured lief in Ann's question, in the explosion of a dud bomb, "Oh, me. I'm my same gor but his sight is not permanent- geous self, Annie. Reason I'm ly impaired. Doctors believe an calling up has to do with you, ojieration will restore it. He .Ann. You've got to come home talks on; still believing Ann Is, at once this very night, on the beside hlrti. He asks about April, midnight train." OUR BOARDING HOUSE VM? KILLER CODD WAS HERE YESTERDAY W ASKIN' IP I EVE'3? SEE YOU AN' WHAT YOU ' LOOK LIKE T TOLD HIM VOU WAS H&kVY SET AND VOU CAfvYE AND VJE.WT LIKE A THE fLU.' HE'S A CARD, THAT CHlMP.' A ONE NIGHT X SAW WIM, EMPTY A V S nAMrp Uivi l I !' A rriarr I calllne her the April Is furious. ANN "Cilitlerbug." REFU9ES tO RETURN CHAPTER III April managed to leave Kent nt his gate with a murmured an swer. It was an answer that siiid nothing but promised much In the manner of all sweethearts. "Hut why? There is something wrong, then!" "No, Ann, everything's ns right as right can be. Better yet, Kent Carter came home today." "Kent! You mean for good, from Fort Dodd?" "No, honev. not for good. On leave unlil Monday night. Now listen quick, Ann, because every What mattered now was that 'word I'm saying costs money, n she was tearing down the hill, was all unexpected, I mean escaping from what had been the I Kent's coming home. Naturally, With Major Hecple ESAD. THAT FAceI; AT THE WlMOOW COULD HAVE OBSERVES ME"? strangest situation She'd ever known. The wintry air smelled I good, free! Kent Cartel-, temporarily blind ; ed, had taken her for Ann, the ! sister with whom he was in ' love. Ann was away, but she'd be back tomorrow if April had to turn the world upside down to get her. She wasn t doing this for Kent lies crazy to see you. All the things she'd meant to say vanished In Ann's quick an swer. "But April, I can't come home, even to see Kent." She paustfd briefly, went on, "As a matter of fact, If Kent only knew it, he was the one who spurred me on to take this New York venture. And now I'm having my chance lit last. Tomorrow Not at all. She was doing It for i night I have an audition with VI- i Ann. 1 Glitterbug, Indeed! Kent Car ! (or would cat those words some - tlay. Then she shrugged. What ; difference did It make what he ' called her? He was nothing to her. (Jctnvla was waiting, hovering In a way that made April alert vano-the great Vlvano.' Atrll clutched the telephone stubbornly. "It doesn't matter," she walled. "You'll have to post pone It, cancel it, anything." Ann might not have heard her. She was saying-, "I've lived for this lime, worked for it. It ma be the making of my future. Yes y OH, 3CB, SPuTT-TT..-. I SAY, IP HE EVER COMES M WHILE- X ArA HERE, JUST 6W THAT X AN ALDERMAN GLUCK FROM CHICAGO.' -7. Douglas Writers Contribute To Oregon Magazine die west were stocked with blooded cattle from the Rogue, Umpqua and Willamette valleys. Eugene Wooas, a research stu dent of Portland, deals extensive ly with this subject In the April issue. Will Spend Week-End Here Mr. and Mrs. Luctan Clement, of Portland, are expected to arrive here tonight or tomorrow to spend the week-end visiting the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. McEachern. E3ET1 iM . A CHILL CHILI jb AT '.'1"tn y B. mt. orr. Largest Dredge Works Old Ghost Corhp How come you take so long, j a chance of ft lifetime, this audi tioh for Vlvahn.' Ann's voice. Yes, while April and Ami talked alike and laugh ed alike. Ann's singing voice went away ahead and lieyond April's. It was a lovely contrail to and everything must be done to keep it that way. Mother was always particular to have nothing disturb Ann be fore a recital. April knew if she told Ann now about Kent's blind ness, her sister might go all to pieces. II might even spoil the audition. So Instead, she almost bawled inlo the 'phone. "Kent loves you, Ann. He's crazy about you." "Of course he Is." Ann gave a small sigh and then with the qirn n nine l;ip ciiium.it-iir.iii ci her, asked, "lld he tell you so?" "Yes - no." April floundered "Suit! 'litif?" OctaVla's eyes land then, blessing of blessings, rolled and her voice rolled, too, Nip came bounding to bark his Uiitll she remembered Hint she j "howlo." jhad to bo on duly while her When the harking was over, so "folks" were off camping. She .was the bad minute. Ann, up- said as much to Miss April. Ipnrently being hurried away by "Just as long as you're home j someone who stood at her elbow In time for breakfast," April said, j In that hallway SIX) miles away, ' "you can go your merry wayjsnkoc In her same, lovely, genlle with iy blessing." ililt. "You send word to Kent, April, When the house was quiet ill that I'm heaibroken I can't , lilst, all Hie flippancy vanished make It. Hut don't dare lell him fl-om April, it was 9 o'clock. I about the audition. That must Within the next half hour the be kept a secret until I know It's three handsome swains who were : a success." taking her to Casa lilanca would j So that was Hint! She, April, be ringing the bell. She must , was to send word to Kent Carter 1 hiu'rv lo reach Ann by long dis-'lhat Ann was hearbroken but Miss April?" Octavla asked. "Dat train was on time cause Ah heard her tboflhf same's Usual. . Yoil meet Mister Curler okay ' dnd dive him the' message?" ' "Mister Carter Is safely at j home In the arms of Auntie," April tthswered. "And If you ' wonder why I'm late, you should J take yourself downtown to see the traffic Jam caused by the I free barbecue In the handstand square." " "frck barbecue?" Octilvlit was thrown' at Once off the scent, or ' rather ttirovvn oh it: The scent or hilrii dnd polk roasting ori a spit tle. Kndwiilg she must get Octavia dut of the house at all costs and at once, April went on. "You better Join the Jnniiioree, Octa vla. There won't be a hanibono lefl IH another hnilr. . . . ; ::. :".;--':. I !"." -. - i I Tons of Axis Propdgatida In United States Seized SAN FRANCISCO, March 27. (API Fifteen tons of Ger man, Italian, Japanese and Rus sian propaganda have been seiz ed at United States ports of en try, much of It on the Pacific coast. Postmaster General Frank C. Walker said here today. Control of the Influx of this matter is placing such a burden upon the resources of the depart ment that it has been decided to ask congress for a 25 per cent increase in the number of postal InspectorSj Walker said. Anne Applegate Kruse, of Yon calla, daughter of one of Oregon's most noted pioneers, and a writer of considerable note, has con tributed to April TUMBLEWEED, Oregon's only literary magazine, a most interesting storv, "Rose hips'a tale of southern Ore- J Km,, a, jo.au juuictii luiuaiice III ( wnicn are given the habits and customs of the Umpquas of early days. Leadihg characters are Be-ell, son of Chief Hale of the Umpquas, and Sallsta, daughter Of Chief Grav Wolf nf tho ITmu. tillas, who meet at the fishing I grounds on the Siuslaw, where ,' Be-ell has gone to "buy me kloochman" (wife). Marjorie Hunt Pettit, poet and , writer of Roseburg also contrib- utes a story, "Emmy Foregoes Death," In the same issue of the magazine. An unhappy marriage, in which there was a love that even a big truck could not crush, is the theme of the story. That western Oregon was once a great caw country is not gen-' erally known, yet there is evi-1 denee that the ranges of the mid-1 You May Find! A good non-co-op business hat sells good quality goods at reason able prices dnd gives good service. We have them right here in Doug las county. But WHO OWNS THE PROFITS? Buy Co-op and "You Own the Proftis" DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-op. Exch. Roseburg, Ongen WEEK-END SPECIAL Raspberry Ribbonette Ice Cream DOUGLAS COUNTY CREAMERY DnyUm, Nov. n town of thousands In the hevclPv of its mining operations, now numbers 300. Bui Ihe old camp is ncllvc. ns the world's lnrscst dragline dredge tenrs tip 20,000 tons of earth dully, seeking Bold. Huge WcsUniiliousu Biotors power the powerful operation. j couldn't get to 1'allonsvllle. I There were Kent's three days i against Ihe darkness! j Out of her confusion and de spair, a flash of sheer inspiration struck April. I To be continued) tance, to make the homecoming . arrangements, and then to figure some way out of tonight's dale J Willi Kent Carter to which she had committed herself. " In the dimly lighted hall where , the telephone table stood, April I looked up at the small nil por- ! ; trait of Ann. An artist who had owed Dad money for settling a ' damage suit had painted it when I the sister was 1G. Rut Ann 'hadn't changed. There were her ' eves, brown, wist till and anneal. ' Ing: there was (he -mole-brown ' hair and the quiet brow, "she , . ... I doesn't need to be beautiful." I ' ' l-AH II.l.K, Miss.. . Am-ii ,ii,i hir :il,,u,l -sin. can 1 27. - AP A Mississippi slng -and how she can sing!" I i-'opper and his wife were held I "Here rocs." April IhoUKhl. : IncimmiiiiloiitUi In Jail here to . mwi -whirled llw. linl fur lnm I '"' ns slate and federal officers : Slavery Quiz Jails 2 Sharecroppers March share- distance. "I waul to place a call to New York." Then almost before she could : take breath, someone was an ' swering lit the other end. "Hello," April said lo Ihe un ' familiar voice, "I would like lo speak lo Miss Ann llinncll." "Ann Hurnett? I'm sorry, bill I think she's Just gone mil." "I Hi, no." and April, who had forgotten about placing Ihe call in person lo Ann. fairly wailed "Please, I've got to gel her at once." "Wait a minute. Maybe I can catch her." The strange voice drilled off and even TilID miles awav, April could catch (he sounds of hurrying sleps and a . door opening. And then, unlwlievahlc bill true, a voice came through the ; wire Ihe voice thai might have j boon her own. so Idcnllent was! It. "Oh, hello," Ann was say ing. "Ann, dear, this Is April!" And I hen, because she was trembling, April cradled the telephone in Iier hand and curled up on the lounge. "Oh. April dear. What's wrong?" The quick pulse of lear traveled the miles In a split sec ond. "We're perfectly all right," April made herself say steadily. "Mother and Pad went up to the cabin to build log fires and spend a rugged week end. Oclavla has taken herself downtown and at: nny mlnnto Nip It Rciiiig to how j hello." J investigated the strange story of a .'Wyear old mother that she and her four children wim-c kept in virtual servitude lor more than a year on an Island. The case came to light last night Willi the tiling ol kidnap charges against Mr. and Mrs. Jo seph W. Walker, nilildle agcd I sharecroppers of IVarl Kiver county, Mississippi, after officers i bad rescued Mrs. Cora I.ee Da vis and three, of her children from Cow Island on the Missis- 4ilini Hvnr in TiMtiiKuvix, it. .: ftin Mississippi slate line. ' Mrs. Davis, officers said, was j in Columbia, Miss., about I!!), miles northwest of hero, recover ! Ing from the birth of her fifth child in a Memphis hospital about two weeks ago. The Davis chil dren also were In Columbia. Next Batch of Douglas Trainees to Leave April 8 Douglas county's first selective service contingent for April, eon slsting of four selectees, will leave Roseburg at 12: l"i a. m., April N, il was announced today from Salem. 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