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Newspaper Page TextIT'S ;f.53!.'r5'rt;'r3eEfct . f r-ics reus s , 4 Circfloti0M8ttiaii ? "Wo I From First Statesman, March 23, 1851 j - i - THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. I CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, President I ' ' Member of The Associated Press j v i The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use fori publication of all . news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper.; r,AinTineivtf . ! as a part of the fnrvoU n!lr that nearly all "social- rnitted to . iivw uuuui no uuf avuuu uiuw jaw. mioses legislation is in .a fluid jtepnadptmu permanentl7 right to vote unless e is it and the projects it controls are new. it has . rXl 6 I r 1 seemed strange even though there has. been little interest in direct amend ment of the PUD laws at this session of the legislature. It will be recalled that after the smoke of battle had cleared away two years ago, one question was left without satisfactory solution. PUDs were to be taxed but municipal power utilities retained their long-standing im niunity. This situation had some bearing, at least, upon the cities consistent opposition to PUD proposals last November. i Correcting this definite inequity is one of the purposes of legislation introduced by Sen. Ronald Jones of Marion county and Rep. Angus Gibson of Lane. But it is more comprehensive than that. Briefly, the proposal is to relieve all power utilities of property taxation and to impose instead a 12 per cent tax on gross sales of electricity to the ultimatei consumer. , Some weeks ago The Statesman vigorously criticized one pr&posial for a gross sales tax upon electric power which yould have ex empted the small users and would not have provided an offset against property taxes, the proceeds to be used for "social" purposes. But the Jones-Gibson plan is something else en tirely. ' ? Obviously it would provide for, taxation of such municipal power utilities as those at Mc Minnville, Eugene and Forest Grove and in cidentally, in Eugene the two newspapers have taken it up and made a civil war out of it. The Eugene water and power utility pays no taxes and nothing in lieu thereof. The Eugene News insists this is proper; the Register-Guard says it is not. It is patent that if municipal or PUD rates are to be accepted as a "yardstick" for private power charges, it is necessary either to tax the public agencies or"to make an allow ance for their tax-free status, which public wer advocates habitually neglect to do. There are broader purposes ones-Gibson plan. Private power companies' lants are assessed and taxed A - 4 M . A 1. Al BliCl SCnOOl districts wnere mey The Portland General Electric company's prop erty is pretty largely in Clackamas county; Portland and Marion county power users in directly pay heavy taxes to Clackamas county. Under this plan, power taxes would be distrib uted on a basis of power use, not generation. But the long-range purpose of the plan is still more comprehensive. Whatever may be the fate of "Bonneville Authority or "Bonne ville Administration'' Tegislatloh in congress, there is a distinct possibility that the federal government may soon be in position to grab up all the power facilities in the Pacific North westRegardless of the other aspects ofsuch a development just today we are not entering into the public vs. private power argument it is easy to see that it would bring about chaos in taxation matters. If the Jones-Gibson plan Is approved and if it can be made to stick no matter who owns the power, this threatened chaos will be avoided. The plan deserves serious consideration. " Jitneys The submarine menace. Hitler himself prom ised in his last speech, will shortly become more than that. It will become an actuality, not a mere threat. It will begin to typify bad and insufficient food to thousands and. millions of British housewives. It will signify undernour ished babies, ill-fed soldiers and, worst of all, too few guns, too few planes, too few tanks, toofew shells to continue the ceaseless strug- . gle with 1 Germany to which England has been I committed for these 18 months. ' Hitler and his press have, been assiduous in spreading rumors about their campaign. They I have promised that immense ' droves shoals, i as of .fishes, is a better word will lie off Scot land and Land's End, ready to pounce upon the slow, heavy freighters which bear to Eng- j land the supplies without which she must fall. I Airplanes will pick out advancing convoys as they march slowly along the shipping lanes ,far at sea. They will radio the commanders of the undersea boats. The latter will bring their craft into the courses of the ships, waylay them, and send their torpedoes crashing into their holds. The rest is familiar. - I The submarines, so the story further goes, are of a "jitney" type, made rapidly and cheap ly in German foundries far inland. , They are of small sizes, as befits their speedy construc tion, and accommodate only small crews and . an armament which is limited, but not so much so as not to be deadly in the extreme. The loss f one of them, in terms or money or lives, will not be crushing.! In support of their claims for such flotillas, the Germans last week and the week before published reports ef: sinkings wth somewhat astronomical tonnage; totals appended thereto. The reports themselves can be discounted great ly. The submarines, however, are well within the range of possibility, and the 'fact that the Royal Air Force has recently devoted unusual attention to the bases of the "invasion ports," and particularly the submarine nest of Lorient, tends to credit the existence of great submarine i forces of one size or another. . ! Whether last week's figures were correct or not is not so important in any event as whether similar figures will be 1 offered hi the weeks to come, in March and in April and May, and I will be tacitly admitted by the British rulers of the sea. Then there will be no doubt that the knife is at the I English; throat, nor any illusion that the .worst .that Hiiler .can do ' is still locked in the future. The Attack on JEng-, land will have begun, and England's spirits of the deep must come once r not at all to her final aid. And the time is drawing close, j Cancellation I . . . The time is past, even though it was not so long ago.Cwhen men were punished for the remainder of their lives for such minor offenses as theft of a loaf of bread Yet a vestige of the philosophy which so decreed still endures . . ' " . - . ... ;, I Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall how minor his permanently nis x granted a pardon. comforting that encouraged. News The News By PAUL MALLON (Distributed by production In WASHINGTON bill is creeping however in the in the counties Ui.a4aJ are eii.ua Levi. tul Mallea -.V y .-.-. . " ? situations in certain lines. Consider Dork last January 15 from the same date a year , ago. There is every prospect they will go to 40-43 cents a pound this summer and will cost as much as beef. j This, they say, j is because the corn-hog price ratio has been unfavorable for the past 14 months. When corn prices! get up to a certain poinjt, it becomes more profitable for farmers to sell the corn rather than feed it to the hogs and sell the pork. Hog production shrinks. ! The corn price has been high because the 1938 farm act fixed the loan rate at an arbitrary point. It now works out about 61 cents a bushel at coun try points. As a Result the' spring pig crop last year was 9 per cent below the previous spring; the crop last fall ras 12 per cent below the pre vious fall. j If the corn loan; rate was geared to hog piices or consumer demand the price of pork chops now would not be so high. Round steak was up 13.5 per cent this January 15, over a year ago; roasting chickens 13 per Cent; rib roast 11; sliced bacon 7.5; whole hams 7; veal cutlet 6.5; eggs 9; apple 15.5; oranges 10 per cent. On the down side in the same period were pota toes, off 13 per cjent; coffee down j 5.5; sugar 5; flour 7; white brejad 2JS. j These changes Were all due to special situations like pork. As to beef and veal, the cattle popula tion of the country was seriously depleted in the 1934 drought and, the difference has not yet been made up (say the ! government authorities). Agri , culture Secretary Wickard has been, urging cattle men to sell at high prevailing prices,; which means the price of beef is not going to be very much lower anytime sooni Cattle must be kept and bred if the cattle population is .to be restored. I Thus there seems to be an, adequate answer available for everything that has happened so! far. Very little gouging, War-profiteering, hoarding, etc., is being complained of yet. This seems -to be the stage when thj butcher Just leaves a little extra fat on, or gets his thumb caught In: the scales, or-the restaurant starts cinching on the size of portions serVed. Some tinkering in butter, pork and sugar byj speculators has been evident recently, but the flurries died. ..j . - .The only plaee where restaurant : prices have - developed symptoms of unjust expansion is in Washington. This is; known as a sucker market.' People are pouring in here in connection with; the defense boom, and the restaurant proprietors ap parently hit the mimeograph machine blindfolded, figuring anyone who can: afford to come to Wash ington must have money. Some readers and editors have inquired about my personal opinion; as to whether the president's sell-lease-lend-give-away bill should be defeated or delayed. It is the policy of this column to-tell ! what the world is doing, not what it should da.. Advice is the only commodity the value of which will I not rise in a war-torn world, j My opinion, for whatever it is woru is this: j j The bill is more ithan half what i its strongest opponents hare contended blanket legislation al most unlimited In its -vague scope. Worst of au, it fails to give the people any idea of how, little or how much it may cost them In money or lives. Yet, defeat or delay would be -a Idire mistake, ; for reasons other than j those mentioned in j the congressional debate.! -y.'' -f-; r . The course charted in blank by ithe bill Was entered upon by Mr. Roosevelt before election. It was; fixed when he transferred the destroyers. 1 That was the first overt act of war.; If his course' was wrong, !that;wasthe time, to stop ft. Instead,: both he and the course have been, oveiwheuningly approved and the coirse. expanded. - j i To stop the course how; or to hinder its success by amendments, would leave this country in a world war crisU with! a 'discredited president and a oiscredited policy. Jt would be saUcide. : j : The alternative therefore is clearly more dan gerous than the bilL TjVh&t the country must have now is success for the adopted course. It cannot afford to seek ariything flse, or use any less than its utmost energy, Wei must win. ..'.. .. Awe" Oregon constitution. Any;: man sUti penitentiary no matter I infraction of the law, loses it ine legislature completed the enactment on Monday of a bill which restores to paroled convicts their civil rights, including the skight to marry or to enter into contracts. This jauch could be done b the lawmakers. But the Reso lution which would place on the ballot a con stitutional amendment restoring the franchise to convicts upoi fina release from prison, is still in a house Committee which has been ex tremely busy wfth other matters. I f The resolution should be brought out; and assed; it may only jbe hoped that when it comes before th voters they will; hot be n so determined a "ao" mood as they were last November. This; change is in harmony with the new philosophy of; correction which recog nizes that full rehabilitation of men who have erred is possible and desirable and should be Behind KJng feature. Snrdict.. Inc.. whoia or In out strictlr DrohlblUd.1 March 3 The way the grocery up on the housewife has drawn no public pronouncements but plenty of inner atten tion from the government watchers. Food prices are not dangerously lofty yet, but some basic Items such as meats, poultry, deggs, have sneaked up tremendously, and the worst of it is they are going much higher. Careful, se lective buying (avoidance Of the highest priced meats) is about the only effective thing anyone around here can think of to do yet ;j The impression is popular that the government is causing much of the trouble with its wholesale purchases of foods for the) new army, but the government au thorities say this cannot be true. The size of the army has not yef been increased sufficiently to be a major in fluence. Rather, they say, increased income in the hands of the people as a result of the defense production program has accentuated bad market ebons. They were up 19 pern cent m . . t. loaay 8 Dig Bits IFoir Bireakiras'S: By R. J. HENDRICKS Street car line was 3-4-41 ready for the state legislature of 1889, date of convening was January 14: S . ; Some one over the telephone, last week, inquired of this writer if the statement of n friend was true; did Salem pver have street cars run by horses? - The answer, yes, by horses and mules, and that "Bert" Hoover, who became one of the great men of his time, or of any time; one of the greatest presidents of the United States, was a driver, for a brief period, of some of those horses and mules. m And that the first spike of that street railway system was driven on January 1, 1889. (This writer fears he told the in- quirer the date of the driving of the first spike was Jan. 1, 1888.) As a great many of the people of the Salem district have since come or grown up here, this Your Federal Income Tax ITEMS EXEMPT FROM TAX Certain items are specifically exempt from the income tax and need not be included in the tax payer's return of gross income. Among such items are the pro ceeds from life insurance poli cies paid by reasjon of the death of the insured. Amounts receiv ed (other than amounts paid by reason of the death of the in sured and interest payments on such amounts and other than amounts received as annuities) under' a life insurance or en dowment contract, which are less than or exactly equal to the premiums or consideration paid therefor, are exempt from fed eral income tax. ( Any excess re ceived over the consideration paid is taxable. Amounts receiv ed as an annuity under an an nuity or endowment contract shall be included in gross in come; except thajt each year the excess of the amount received over 3 per cenlj of the aggre gate premiums r consideration paid for the annuity is tax-free until the aggregate of such sums excluded from gross income for the taxable year; 1940 and prior years equals the; aggregate pre miums or consideration paid for the annuity. There are also ex empt from tax amounts received by gift, bequest devise, or in heritance; interest on obligations of the District of Columbia, any territory. State, county munici pality, or other political subdi vision of the state; interest on certain bonds 1 issued . by ..the United States government or its possessions, and federal farm loan bonds; amounts received through accident or health in surance " or unider workmen's compensation acts for personal injury or sickness, and damages received on account of such in juries or sickness. t :' .r Pensions and cionpensation re-, ceived by -veterans ; from the United States for .services in time : of war are 'exempt; and pensions , received - from -the United States by the family of a veteran for services rendered by the veteran - to time of war are -; exempt.-- . v it&i: : : There is also exemption from the federal income tax the ren tal value - of . a dwelling house and appurtenances thereof fur- ' : j pel as- part of his compensation. Other items excluded from gross ;! income tax are "alimony and an i allowance based on a separation '' agreement , , ,, 4 4- , v - - Question-How Will This Moon Affect columnist proposes to reprint most of, what appeared in this . column , February 18 and 19, 1933. Quoting: S m "'Salem's first street cars: With due apoligies for personal mention necessary by the facts involved, there will follow an article taken from the New Year edition of 1890, published Jan uary 1 of that year; its present interest heightened by the roster of names of old timers who were stockholders of the comp any that operated the first street railway lines built in the capi tal city; the wording unchanged from the original: "On October 31st last (1888) a number of promnient business men of Salem met at the par lors of the Capital National bank and talked over the idea of con structing street car lines in Sa lem. "It was . desired io have , a line completed from the South ern - Pacific passenger depot to Commercial street, past the state capitol, BY THE TIME OF THE MEETING OF THE LEGISLA TIVE ASSEMBLY on January 14th. It was thought by these business men that Salem had ar rived at that point in her growth when street car lines were a necessity in the city's progress, and the sooner they were built the better. m S S "H. W. Cottle was chosen president of the meeting, and Charles B. Moores secretary, and, after discussion, Hon. J. J. Shaw, Squire Farrar and C. B. Moores were appointed as a committee to prepare the articles of incorporation for accompany to be known as the Salem Street Railway company, with $20,000 capital stock. So much for the first meeting. "An adjourned meeting of Sa lem's business men' was held at the office of the manager of the State Insurance company on the afternoon of November 27, when the articles of incorpora tion of the Salem Street Railway company were read, corrected and approved, and Wm. N. La due, J. H. Albert, Wm. England, T. H. Hubbard, John G. Wright, H. W. Cottle and C. B. Moores. named as a committee to open books and solicit subscriptions to the capital stock of the comp any. S "On November 3d, Saturday, the articles of incorporation had been filed, and on Monday, No vember 5th, the stock books -opened. The excitement of the presidential election, which was held on Tuesday, interfered with - the i work of soliciting subscrip- . tions of stock for a couple of days, but by Thursday the -amount necessary to enable the company to organize, or r half the ! capital . stock. Was secured, and, on the afternoon of that . day, the 8th, a meeting of the v stockholders was held and the company organized by the elec- ,tion of five directors, as follows: T. H. Hubbard, J. H. Albert, C B. Moores, H. W. Cottle and' R. y.'Hendricks.' The board met ' the same evening and organized : by the election of the following ' officers: president; R. J. Hend- 1 ricks; vice president, T. H. Hub bard; secretary, C B- Moores; . treasurer, Albert. ; is "The board of directors went to work at once to lay-out the proposed i route, prepare speci- fications, and advertise for bids ' for the construction' of the road and for furnishing materials for. the same arid its equipment. -j- vv "On November 22nd, the con tract for . the construction of the Tide? the road was let to O'Connor, Barr & ,; Horrigan, they being the lowest bidders. They bound themselves to build nearly a mile and a half of track, fur nishing all materials, for $6595. The track commenced . in front of the State Insurance comp any's block on Commercial street (northwest corner Com mercial and Chemeketa) and ran on that street to the rail road track near the freight de pot (Trade street), also on Com mercial, street to 12th, and on that street to the Southern Pa cific passenger depot, with nec essary switches and a branch to the barn. The track" on Commer cial street, and on State to Lib-.-erty, is; all planked, and the remainder graveled, and steel T rails are used. "The contractors bound them selves to have the track from Commercial (and State) street to the depot completed by Jan uary 1st, and the whole line in running order before January 15th. Owing to delay in the ar rival of; their rails, the first part of i the contract will -be stretched or broken, but before January ; 15th the whole line will be in running order and in active operation." (Continued tomorrow.) Today's Garden By LTLLIE L. MADSEN MrsJ.CC. Asks for Skimmia information. Cuttings may be taken in the spring (about now) from rather mature wood. If possible start them under glass in sharp sand. Skimmia does best in a sandy or peaty soil and dislikes lime stone. A little shade is also ad visable. ? H.V.G. Wants to know when to put salt on lawn. Those j who use it put It ; on I every two weeks for a, period in the spring and again in late summer, j Use the regular "ice cream" salt and scatter it in about the thickness of hail. It does a great deal to keep the slugs down as it definitely does away with all it comes In con tact with. The originator of the idea, as far as I know, was the late W. S. Jack of Silverton.' Mr. Jack said he observed how - green the grass stayed around the coast; and was of the opinion . that the ! salt had something to do with this. It has been gener ally conceded that Mr. Jack had one of the nicest - turfs' in the valley and he used salt on his : lawn for years. Also he reported last spring u that slugs bothered him scarcely at all, . Carrying a torch, but not because of a , hapless love affair, Mayer Fiortllo LaGuardl of New York Is shown above as Jie prepared to start facially the work of tearing' down the Second avenue elevated. Ut is wearis; a torch mask sad ; carryis torch gloves. - - " r- -irn-'- if ri- if -ii ijm By FRANCIS GERARD CHAPTER 21 The trio - talked until past ' midnight and Sir Hectw agreed" with Meredith that. there was a1 . very definite "smoke ' In the air," but the "fire" . . . that they : would ; have to find out. The chief of Intelligence promised k Sir John to check up on Sieg fried Kloffer and Hailey under- took to have Levinsky tagged. It was about 12:30 a- m. when ; the three, men relaxed in that . pleasant , ' atmosphere, which comes from a consciousness of : work done. They began to talk . - generalities. - Hailey told them how the Bir- -mtngham police had : raided a house near the big reservoir and ' discovered small stores of alarm ' . clocks ; and explosives.' ; These - they had removed together with' the owner of the house who call ed himself Smith and who, un der police "persuasion, had re vealed the hiding place of a ; whole stack of IJLA. proclama k tions, manuals of instruction, etc. T think they were f going to have a crack at the reservoir," said Hailey. "But, though we got this lot and their stuff, we still don't know "how they i are .get ting it or the means of distribu tion. There must be a powerful organization ' in back of these fanatics. I doubt if well ever get on to that, in our time, at! least" ;!". . :: i ..-r'-'-- "You need another stroke of luck, Hailey," smiled Meredith. "Ah, that we do, conceded the chief I.RA. investigator. Wherein the astute Hailey was. partly wrong as was shown the next day when a lorry crashed. It was unfortunate for the lorry - driver that there should have been a police car behind him, but such things will happen even , with the best organized schemes. It was a night of driving rain as a lorry swung crazily round a corner into the outskirts of Birmingham. The driving mir ror, thrust out on its arm . to the right, was - obscured by water and only a few yards ahead was lit up by the headlights. As the lorry passed the first street lamp one could read on its sides the words: Makyn Road Trans port Company. Two men in the driver's cab peered blindly ahead, the chauf feur's eyes glassy .from lone staring at the glistening road. i ne man at nis side was hud- - died into a big overcoat, a thick muffler almost concealing his smalL dark beard. "You'd b-t-' ter slow up going through the ladlio IPirogirainnis KSLM TUESDAY 13fi kV t 630 Sunrise Salute. ! 70 News. . . T : J, - 7:45 Popular Music. 8 JO News. I 4 8:45 Tune Tabloid. ! 9 KM) Pastor's CalL i 9:15 Popular Music 9:45 Melody Mart. 10 UO The World Tnia Morn;.. . 10:15 Women In the News. " 1020 Popular Music. 10 JO Top o the Morning. 10:43 Popular Music. . 11:00 Musical Horoscope. ! 11J0 Dr. Egbert Oliver. s 11:45 Value Parade. ! 12.-00 Market Reporta. 12.-05 Ivan Ditmars at the Organ. 12:15 News. - : 12:30 Hillbilly Serenade. 12:35 Willamette Valley Opinions. 12:50 The Song Shop. 1:00 Popular Music. 1:15 Isle ol Paradise. i ' 1 JO Western Serenade. ! 1.-00 News. 2 JO Popular Music. 2:15 Salem Art Center, i 2:45 Grandma Travels. 3:00 Crossroads Troubador. 2:15 Concert Gems. 4:15 News. j 4 JO Teatime Tunes. 1 . . ' 4:45 Milady's Melody. . SiOO Popularity Row. 8:30 Dinner Hour Melodies. 8.-00 Tonight's Headlines. o:i war commentary. . 6 JO Popular Music. 8:45 Interesting .Facts. 7. -00 Popular Music. 7:10 Europe Tonieht. , 7J5 Idaho-OSC Basketball Gamer SflO News. 9:15 Popular Muaic. - 9 JO Tango Time. . 10:OO Hi t of the Day. 10:30 News. 10:45 Let's Dance. 11:15 Dream Time. KGW NBC TUESDAY 428 Ke. 4.-00 Sunrise Serenade. 4 JO Trail Blazers. 7 .DO News. 7:45 Sam Haye. 8;00 Stars of Today. 8; 15 Against the Storm. 8:45 David Htrum. 9:45 Ke and My Shadow. 10:15 Between the Bookends. 10;45 Dr. Kate. I 11 .-00 Hymns of AU Churches. 11:15 Arnold Grimm's Daughter. 11 JO Valiant Lady. t 11:45 Light of the World.! 12:00 Story ef Mary Marlia. 12:15 Ma Perkins 12 JO Pepper - Young's Family. 12:45 Vie and Sade. l.-OO Backstage Wife. -1:15 Stella Dallas. .1 . 1 JO Lorenzo Jones, v 1:45 Young Widder Brown. 2:90 Girl Alone. 1:19 Lone Journey. -1:80 The Guiding Light. ! ' . . : 1:48 Life Can Be Beautiful. 8:1 5 News. -4KW Ricardo and His VioUn. . 4:45 H. V. Kaltenborn. ; 8.15 Jack Armstrong, i 30 Horace Heidts Treasure Chest 8. -00 Hill Cadets en Parade. 8 JO Fibber McGee and Molly. 7:00 Bob Hope. . 7 JO Uncle Walter's Doghouse. 8:O0 r red Waring .Plasure Time. 8:15 Armchair Cruises. -8 JO Johnny Presents. 9. -00 Palladium Ballroom Cestra. 8 JO Battle tf the Sexes. . 10:00 News Flashes. I 18 JO Bal Tabarin Cafa Orchestra. lle-rNews. - - I - -J -11:15 St. rranefs Hotel Orchestra, BIXX NBC TUE S DAT 1188 KtC . S JO Musical Clock. 7:00 Western Agriculture. - - 7:15 Financial Service. 7 JO Breakfast Club. ' . 90 Amen Corner. f . 9 JO National Farm and Home, 10 M News. lt - i 10 JO Charmingly We Live. u 10:45 Associated Press News, .'f1 11 JO Us Army Band. . , t , . 120 Orphans of Divorce , 12:15 Amanda of Honeymoon Sill. ' ; 12 J8 John's Other Wife. ( . - 12.-45 Just Plain BUL - t ' - v l.-oo Mother Mine. -' "1:15 News. - - f . - IS Market Reports. . ' I 5 Curbstone tjute. r " . -C-130 The Quiet Hour. 1 .-00 Ireeae Wicker. '- - -" 1:15 Bud Barton, i ; t. k? 3 JO The Munros... . t , 8 :45 Wife Saver. - ' ' ';l 4:15 European News. - f v 4 .30 America Sirres.,-9.-00 Reading Is Fun.. - -' 8:45 Tom Mix. r ' 8 JO John B. Kennedy. ' 8 J5 The Inner Sanciuns. ' -' town," he urged the driver. . -r "Slow up my eye!" bellowed the driver. "IVe got to drive to schedule, 'avent I? Sides there ain't no one on our taJL" - He glanced at the misty driv ing mirror, and kept his foot on the accelerator pedal. : "What Is this place?" asked '' the man" at .his side.- "Sutton Coldfield?" "Sutton ; ColdfiekL J my eye!" scoffed the chauffeur.' "We pass ed there a long way back. This is BirminTi'm or Erdin'ton, one of the bleedin suburbs." The big lorry swayed dizzily round a corner, and a police patrol i car, parked on a side street, came to life. "All right," said one of the -police to his fellow. "Hera we go! That chap's askin for It!" The long, low car with the illuminated "Police" on its roof slid from the curb, neatly turn ed a corner onto the main road, and tore after the lorry until it was sitting almost on ' the truck's tailboard, t- ' -' ' Suddenly, ' the lorry skidded crazily with' Its brakes shriek ing. Then came a horrible; jar ring crash followed by the shrill scream " of 1 a woman.'5 It had smashed into a private car. ' ; The driver of the police car ": jammed bis' 'foot on the brakes and spun to resj, half, across, (the road, ; just clearing l:he, ,wreck As he switched off , his engine v and his companion got out of the car, they saw the lorry turn oyer, crashing upon its side. . The driver of the private car had been killed instantly. His woman companion, mercifully -unconscious, was barely alive. The lorry was lying on its. side. Neither of Its occupants t gave a sign of life until sudden 'J ly there came a crash of break ing, glass and the police patrol saw a man's groping hand ap pear.'. Lights began to go on in near by houses and, in a short while, an ambulance and wrecker car had arrived' together with a squad of local police. ' Both occupants of the 'lorry were alive, the driver " badly bruised and dazed, but the oth er seemed to have escaped with a lump on his forehead. When free from the wreckage the lat ter tried to bolt but one of the men from the police patrol caught him by the arm with, "Now then, stay where you are. Youll be wanted as a witness." (To be continued) ' ' 7:15 News. . ' - 7 JO Question Bee. SAO Grand Central Station. ; 1 8:30 Ben Bemie Musical Quia. 9.-00 Easy Aces. 9:15 Mr. Keen. Tracer. i 10:00 Sir Francis Drake Orchestra. , 1130 This Moving World. ' ' 11:15 Florentine Gardens Orchestra.' 11 :45 Portland Police Reports, 1230 War News Roundup. ' KODf CBS TUESDAY 848 KM. 830 NW Farm Reporter. 8:15 KOIN Ktock. . . 7:15 News. 8:15 Consumer News. ' 8:S9 The Goldbergs. 8:45 By Kathleen Norrls. . - 9:00 Kate Smith Speaks. 9:15 When a Girl Marries. - 9:30 Romanes of Helen Trent. ' 9:45 Our Gal Sunday. 1030 Life Can Be Beautiful. 10:15 Women In White. , ' - 10:39 Right to Happiness. ' 10:45 Mary Lee Taylor. - 1130 Big Sister. - ), 11:15 Aunt Jenny. ' ' 11 JO Fletcher Wiley. v 11:45 My Son and 1 1230 Martha Webster. 12:15 News. , 12 30 Kate Hopkins. 1 , 12:45 Woman of Courage. . 130 Portia Blake. i 1:15 Myrt and Marge. r 1 JO Hilltop House. 1 :45 Stepmother. . 2 00 American SchooL 2uT(V Hello Again. 2:45 Scattergood Balnea. .1 330 Young Dr. Malone. 1 3 JO Joyce Jordan. - r. 430 The Second Mrs. Burton. 4 15 We the Abbotts. 4 JO Second Husband. 830 Newspaper of the Air. I 8 JO First Nighter. J 5 JS Elmer Davis. News. , '" 830 The World. Today. , S: 30 Professor Quiz. 730 Glen MiUer Orchestra. I T:15 Invitation to Learning. J ' 7t5 News of the War. t 830 Amos ni Andy. 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