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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1945)
.fraire Six Page Four- h OR EM AR.NOL D "'"YltMnf- C SECRET OP X f HI TTTR RTOnYt Ir. Tffal puU Criritly-M to work Jmmrdlulrlr dlr tutc it nclciiliflo report of bin mx-prrimf-nt Carolyn ratla Ken J'almrr, a hoy In lure with her. to nlr RoardM, hur rifle. Kvn hflttKM u dmen auiillcnntri for police job. 'Cher la more work. ..... rPHE ofllce clock showed 9:02, but Dr. , Hale was unaware the thins existed. He was still dictat ing, walking slowly beside the windows whore he could glance out at the night. More often, though, he glanced at Carolyn Tyler; somehow her presence here was exalting. A sub tle, delicate presence. A fragrance. His thoughts snapped back again to the business at hand. He resumed dictating. . " wherefore It seemed advis able to interrupt the actual lab oratory work and make this de tailed report, lest some quirk of fate eliminate both Miss Sormi and me from this earth tonight. , We are the only two human be ings who hold this priceless se cret. Moreover, the public itself Is entitled to know what has been accomplished. As to what may be expected from this Isotope, which I have tentatively designated X-099, but which may also be known as U-23S, I will venture this much: ' "One sort of tabulate It, please, Miss Tyler-- Ore: A live-pound lump of X-99P, in only 10 to SO per cent pu'lty, would drive all of Amerind's ocean liners and naval vessels for months without refueling, if the power were prop erly harnessed. One pound of the m'bstance Is equivalent to 5,000 000 pounds of coal or 3,000,000 pounds of gasoline. Two, In ex Uh explosive power It " ; "Did you say explosive?" Caro lyn asked. Bridge Apron By MRS. ANNE CABOT , Now that one's friends can drive over lor an evening, bridge games my being resumed and the uflei'-the-gaiue snack calls fur a pretty hostess to wear a pretty apron! You'll like this appliqucd and ruffled apron done in. while Tiossliar orgmiUie or muslin or in pnlka-diilted r a y'o n luf tela. Makes a nice gift, loo. v To obtain complete culling pat tern, applique' patterns, finishing '.instructions to rthe Bridge Apinn Pattern No. 50-10) sirs small, medium and large included, semi 15 cents in COIN plus 1 cent post- U.S. Navy Air Unit HORIZONTAL 1 Depicted is insignc of Fighting Squadron , U. S. naval aviation 4 Pacific Island 10 Relative (ab.) 13 Poem 14 Mountain crests 15 Anger 10 Renovate 18 Thus 19 Jungle beasts 21 Appendages 22 Symbol for position 50 Part ot "be" 51 Hymn 52 Employ 53 Gorge 56 Scottish shccpfold 57 Lieutenants (ab.) 58 Motor part 59 Observed VKKTK'Al. 1 Kind 2 Notion 3 Pollen fertili zation process 4 Heavy rope 5 Area measure 6 Direction 7 Particle 8 Inland off thulium 23 Poker stokes 24 American humorist 23 Nights (ab.) 26 Parent 28 Sulllx 29 From 30Mudar 32 Avouch 33 Flower 34 Symbol for samarium 35 Us 37 101 (Roman) 38 Kentucky fob) 39 Against 40 Hiiwuhan birds 42 Manifest : 44 lichuld! 40 Legs (slung) 49 Fencinjt -999 I I ft k 1 B IS I 1:0 111 ii. I) H I u "rf a, !.i fK tii 1 1 ' LJ itTCV ?6 A ""jo n tZZZl $f TIT-" I IT" hT . mT I . ; i-w ins .. . it u ittt ;c H'r" V'1 57""" T8 I h-; "Yes. In explosive power, a single pound of X-999 equals ap proximately 15,000 tons of trini trotoluene, and " "Tons? Dr. Hale? Ono pound to 15,000 tons?" "Yes, Miss Tyler! It's unbe lievable but true! Ono pound to 13,000 tons of TNTI I know it staggers a person to think of it, but well, the language has no adequate words for thisl History has no precedents. With X-999 available, the human race must revls.e its entire concept of en ergy and power, as applied to daily living. That is wily I don't dare take chances oo letting this pre cious secret be lost now that Leana and I have chanced tj but I must not digress. Put down that the quantity production of X-999 in this laboratory has made pos sible the " TT was past 10 o'clock before he paused again. Carolyn sat back wearily in her chair, "I' wouldn't want to be inquisi tive," she began, laconically Dr. Robert Hale was so young look ing! "But I'm sort of curious to know how scientists get along without eating. My own lunch was 10 hours ago." He turned to her, astonishment plainly showing. "For gosh sokes, Miss Tyler! I of course! Of course! I am so sorry. Please forgive me. And please let me take you to dinner at once! My cor Is " "You aren't through the dic tating," she countered. , "I may work all night. Couldn't possibly sleep tills night in any event. Come on, let's go cat." The employer-employe attitude was, by unspoken agreement, left behind and within a quarter hour ' Enchanted Cottage' Romantic Miracle The magic that only love can accomplish is the Ihenic of "The Enchanted Cottage," starring Dorothy McCJuire, Hubert Youn-i and Herbert Marshall, showing today and Saturday at the Lib city theater'. Young, as a crippled American bomber pilot, returns home lo find his fiancee shuns him. To get away fro in everyone, he leases an ancient collage on the New England coast, where he had planned to spend his honey moon, and dcspaiingly faces u black future. But the inllueiiee ill, .'i lilinH ni:in IkI-ci imnrtvi.i' .'inrl of ii village girl whose own life has been spoiled, gradually nrings mm uacK lo normal. The flyor marries the gill. Then Ihn miracle occurs' lo each other they appear handsome. Polio Takes Sharp Drop in Oregon I'OHTLAND, Sept. 21 (UP) Poliomyelitis in Oregon has tak en a sliaip decline, the slate hoard of lieallli announced loday, with only ono new case for the week ending Sept. 15, and thai was ill Portland. There had been sewn eases reported for the week ending Sept. 8 and five cases for the week ending Sepl. 1. Five times as many cases had been report ed for the first 37 weeks of I'm against the same lime in 10-15. The grebe makes love lo lis male by presenting her with nesting material. ii ge, YOUR NAME, ADDRESS and the PATTERN NUMI1EII In Anne Cabot, l,a Grande Evening Observer, 7011 Mission street, San Francisco. Calif. Annrr lit I'rrvloiin rtutlr Uo.cru o;m1 Imci i,l, A N i jN.TiSjjN'tE. LI o.in,l; ,;.yu f a t eF.IEjx ,p ,E ;C r f Ian ,T!.l fell ALEXANDER WoVir LOUDON I.VM. oWr fPiL.O'T 1 T- ji t P. Tl I T 'R Okinawa 9 Isle 10 Brawls 1 1 Sea eagle 12 Not as much 17 Haneworl 20 Inland sections 20 1 lance step 27 K.iva 30 Inquire 31 Lock opener 36 Penetrates .17 Metal 39 Goddess of vrcetation 41 Flies 12 Eye (comb. form) 43 Huge 44 Fluid rock 45 I .cave out 47 Entreaty 111 Merganser 54 Near 55 Negative J :i i.rrh.. F Au'Al Bob Hale found himself relaxing. Carolyn saw that he was really a man who had driven himself un mercifully. She coaxed him to listen to music in the restaurant, and discuss the manner in which a dish of sea food was prepared. Once he slipped. "Next move is to get this stuff far away," he declared, unex pectedly. "I must think of some place where nobody Jives." "What stuff?" she asked. "The baked salmon?" "The X-990! Tomorrow well arrange for a truck to " "Hush!" she ordered, smiling. "Time now to rest a bit. Do you dance?" "Why uh why, yes, I used to." Somewhat astounded at him self, he danced with her twice before their hour here was done. Moreover, he liked It, "You are a remarkable girl" he said, a bit later. "Thank you!" She dimpled at him then. "But let's be going. If I must work all night, I must Outside in his 'car the talk slipped back toward business, and stayed there when they walked again down the office hall. "I suppose it will have tremen dous economic importance," Caro lyn was saying thero in the cor ridor. "Somebody will get rich. Me, I don't even try to save money any more." And she gave an im provident little gesture. Dr. Hale smiled at her. He was beginning to realize that Just being with pretty Corolyn Tyler did him a world of good. His rfing thoughts, however, were suddenly interrupted. Leana Sormi popped open his office door and came out, glaring. 'What in the world happened?" she demanded. 'Nothing, Leana. I've Just been eating and dancing. And I " She was plainly shocked. "Dancing, Robert?" said she, in credulous. "And laughter, on this night of all nights? Have you gone insane?" Then the blonde woman, im pressive In her anger and hand some in spite of it, turned to Carolyn with restrained fury. (To Bo Continued) Princess 8920 12-44 By SUE BURNETT You'll look as slim and grace ful as a reed in this charming pripeess dress that takes hand somely to a variety of fabrics. Lovely in a pin strip flannel or jewel -tone gabardines. Pattern No. BI120 is designed for sizes 12, 14, lti, 18, 20; II), 42 ami 41. Size I I, short sleeves, requires 37s yards of 30-inch or 2' yards of 54-inch fabric. For this pattern, send 20 cents, in COINS, your name, address, size desired, and the PATTERN NUMBER and Sue Burnett, La Grande Evening Observer, 70:1 Mission street, San Francisco Calif. Officiul Records Wutor Turned Off. Sept. 20i Mary Archer, 1604 Jefferson street. Wntor Turned Oni U. M. dibits, 1317 Y avenue; l!oy A. Gawith, 10(13 Twelfth stnvt; Fred Tiaehsel, 2002 Sec ond street. PARENTS' RIGHTS SALEM. Sept. 21 (UP) Par ents of children deprived of seiiool in their own districts bv in. u-t ntli of a school board, have the right to send their children to another district and to require tile school board of their own district to pay for the children's tuition and cost of transportation, Attorney General George Neuner ruU-d todav. liV.yS BlicMiMdi, Too. 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