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.....
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.
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U.S. Navy Air Unit
HORIZONTAL
1 Depicted is
insignc of
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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
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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
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39 Against
40 Hiiwuhan
birds
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40 Legs (slung)
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"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
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Dorothy McCJuire, Hubert Youn-i
and Herbert Marshall, showing
today and Saturday at the Lib
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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
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ill, .'i lilinH ni:in IkI-ci imnrtvi.i' .'inrl
of ii village girl whose own life
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nrings mm uacK lo normal.
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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.
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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.
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sections
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30 Inquire
31 Lock opener
36 Penetrates
.17 Metal
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vrcetation
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form)
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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)
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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,
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ruU-d todav.
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TO CONDUCT SAFE: AND
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