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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. Transportation
schedules were announced today
at stale headquarters where It
was reported that five men from
Jackson county, three from Jose
phine county anil Ihe four from
Douglas county will be trans
ported on the train leaving Med
ford at H:0"i p. m., April 7, and
arriving In Itoseburg shortly aft
er midnight.
Acrording to authorities, rickets
Is caused partly by Ihe smoke pall
over cities which nils out the sun's
rays. The malady cripples, In
arying degrees, ,'l children out of
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