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Wo Favor Swaya Us; No Fear Shall Awe" t-1
'.From First Statesman, March 28, 1831 - '
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
CHARLES A. SFRAGITE, Editor and Publisher '
Member of' Tb Associated Press ,
Th Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the us for publication of all
Limited Recognition i '
The ungracious and limited recognition ac
ocrded by the French national committee by the
United States and Great Britain is a product
of a stubborn pride whkh is unwilling to back
down even when it is wrong. As far back as the
seizure by the Free French of the pinpoint is-
lands off Newfoundland our department of state
' has turned up its hose at the DeGaufie com
mittee. In spite of the steady progress of the
Fighting French committee in consolidating
French territory in opposition to Vichy; and
in spite of the many evidences of French adher
ence td the committee and in spite of its suc
' cess in harmonizing its position with the French
army under GenGiraud, our state department
and the president have continued to keep it in
the doghouse,' evidently because of the idiosyn
crasies of Gen. DeGaulle. It is not possible to
apply the convenient "red" label to the De
Gaullists, because they are not expatriate rad-
teals but loyal Frenchmen, more loyal to France
than Petain and Laval with whom the depart
ment of state long continued to dicker.
The effect of the partial and stilted recog
nition given by the two western democracies
to a country long a democracy, will be to dis
hearten and discourage the French people them
selves, both within and without the French
homeland. They will see the possibility of allied
negotiation with junior Petains and Darlans in
. setting up the new French government a most
discouraging prospect "' to those who want to
clean out the appease rs of Vichy, root and
branch. I s
The French committee professed to assume
only limited authority: the sole organization of
Frenchmen independent of German domination,
with its own declared purpose of passing out of
the picture as soon as France can be freed of
the enemy and a free government restored. It
should have been so recognized, and with a s
spirit of acclaim, not so grudgingly and pain
fully as the text of the American statement
reads.
"It's getting full time a second front was op
ened on our own state department, which, as
the last issue of "Life" says, seems to operate
on the basis of "no policy" save expediency.
One Didn't Get Away
The big fish stories this year are not coming
from the trout streams or mountain lakes, but
L from Astoria. The biggest one, or rather the
biggest fish ever hauled to port there fas a
basking shark of an estimated weight of 20,000
lbs. Its liver weighed 2001 pounds, and the fish '
was 31 feet long, so long it had to be towed into I
port. According to the Astorian Budget . the
feat was a piscatorial triumph but perhaps a
financial loss.. The skipper lost his $300 net
which was ruined by the big fish; and his crew
quit because they didn't want ' to waste time
with the big fish. The liver isn't worth much,
and the carcass is good only for meal and fer
tilizer. : ' .
Another boat, the-Soupfin, had better luck. .
Here is the report of the value of its cargo: n
The Soupfin had 5000 pounds of soupfin liv
, era, 1000. pounds of blue shark livers, 7000
, pounds of fresh, 8000 pounds of frozen
and 2000 pounds of fileted carcasses. By noon
the Cypress Fish company of Flavel had bid a
total of $30,060 for the load, broken down as
follows: -.1
For the soupfin livers: $5:50 a pound or
$27,500.
v For the blueshark livers: 20 cents a pound.
or $200. . - ' ;(;; .
For the fresh carcesses: 12 cents a pound or
$840 (which' is 4 cents higher than previously'
paid for fresh carcesses). .
For the frozen carcesses: 14 cents a pound
c $1120.
For the filleted carcasses: 20 cents a pound
or $400.
While the haul of the Soupfin was much big
ger than usually nrted by fishing boats,
other very profitable trips are reported, for al
bacore as well as for soupfin shark, whose liver
is very valuable because of its content of vita
min A. Larger and better boats are being built
for fishing off the Oregon -Washington j coast.
They can range farther at sea; can bring in a
bigger haul. The prospect seems good for fur
ther expansion of Oregon's profitable fishing in
dustry. i
Long Hop
One would think the army and navy in the
south Pacific have plenty to do without having
the special charge of the person of the wife of
the president. The fact of her relationship im
poses a, responsibility for her protection and
safe conduct, which is not borne lightly by
officers and men of the armed services. Mrs.
Roosevelt's journey to New Zealand, and pre
sumably on to Australia if not to the Solomons
and New Guinea comes under the head of un
necessary travel, though it might give a buddy
In a foxhole near Salamaua a thrill to have her
show up In tin hat and slacks. H j
This trip to the land down under is just go
ing a bit too far for most Americans to stand.
There's no need of bucking up the morale of
the people of New Zealand and Australia. We'll
bet a street car token that : Gen. MacArthur
didn't invite her; -and the army and navy both
ircA -i urc'.:"
v ' - , LJT. Jrwrana " nd bies seven hun-
For hopping around, the kangaroos she will dred teet abov tte Mtte river. It looked like a
see in Australia have nothing on our Eleanor. castle romantic persona expected to sea the
rrr i . . .! Bates of th flastl i j i t . ....
; An obstetrician in Detroit is arrested on
charges of being a nazi spy. Out this way ob
stetricians are kept plenty busy at their own
trade without taking on espionage as a sideline.
. . . ' U1 diuii xo me. Ttiij famous bluff is thirtv-
Some boys in Chicago turned zoo monkeys ven hundred feet in width at lu W andriZs
out of their cage one night. Boys still make hundred feet above the Platte river
monkeys out of themselves. The Chicago boys
might well crawl In the monkey cage for a
spell.
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In the local death mystery case it seems that
fortified wine was an accessory, before the fsst.
dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this newspaper;
PEOSFECTS AT PACIFIC
Reservations for dormitory space indicate that
Pacific university will have an enrollment of about
normal size, although the student body, by reason of
loss of its men, will lose some of its balance as a
co-educational institution.
The promise of a good enrollment should quiet
the fears of those who saw a dark future for Pacific
university without some type of military training
program and contract. The indications point toward
justification of the attitude of the administration to
make its .facilities available for military use, if
' desired by the government, but to concentrate its
efforts in the field in which its faculty and facilities
were better d&igned to serve. $ 1 !
While it is too early to count success and there
is no occasion for friends of Pacific to relax in their
efforts to assist the progress of the school, the pros
pect of surviving the enrollment crisis brought on
by the war indicates the stability of the school and
its justification for sound hopes for the future.
Pacific university's stability in the present crisis
comes from its improved relations with the public
which has created confidence and good will. It has
also acquired a loyal constituency in strengthen
ing its church relationship. Soundly educational it
has returned to the emphasis of being a Christian
insUtution, which gives it a distincton from many
institutions of higher learning. Forest&rove News
Times. -
Nature's Signp osto
Old Oreron Trail Centennial Series '. I -
Nature provided enduring sign-posts along the
route of the Old Oregon Trail for the guidance of
travelers. First of these strange freaks of nature
looked, from a distance, like a mighty structure,
causing the beholders to liken It to a court house,
so It was given the name "Court nv -
by was a smaller
Rock." Prh.n
. t luuung ana peculiar
laridmark on the Trail was Chimney Rock, which
could be seen for many miles, a beacon rock and
guide for all travelers. It is located across the
Platte river from Bayard, Nebraska, it i. five
Vto .diameter ito !, rises cone
shaped for about three hundred feet, then a tall
spu rises another two hundred feet.
The children of the train exoected to v.
nf-,fUifJt nd were Qite disappointed that
rfif" St came Castle Rock, near the present
ner M on ""7 eorasKa. Tbat rock is fiften hundred
horseback. " 00
, Then appeared the famous, imposing laDdmark
known as Scott's Bluff. It was named for the trap
per named Hiram Scott who was wounded by In
diaraand who crawled for many miles to the shad-
this , ovet has taken over -
Snr,trCala0dmrk a national '
STbfr, T P"8 throuh three tunnels
Where oreou Panorama of the
stnTOundteg vaJley and hnu caa be seen. Trapper
Seott could not have chosen a more lasting and Im
posing monument had he tried, ' ,
Doll New York Gty
- One place hard hit by war is New York City.
' It is a city of many small manufacturers, es
r pecially of consumer goods; and priorities put
a crimp in their operations. No big war plants,
were located there, perhaps because of its ex
; posed situation on the seacoast. So the relief
load persisted in New York city for a long
time, and living costs continued to mount as
provisions became higher in price.
New York City actually clutches at indus
tries, the same as a small town. And the New
York Times editorializes on the report that the
city had a net of 479 manufacturing plants in
the first six months of this year. When the war
is over, and Washington returns to being a polit
ical capital instead of the business capital of
-the nation, New York may bask in prosperity
again. It remains the principal entertainment
center, though Hollywood has been' crowding
it in that category. , ,. T
Meantime it does seem odd to know of New
York in the doldrums while the remainder of
the country thrives.
OP A has put a ceiling on flooring. Must cause
quite a squeeze. But WPB will probably come
along and put a flooring under the ceiling; so
the poor lumber dealer will not know whether
his flooring is at the ceiling or his ceiling at
the flooring. Figuring it out will surely floor
him. ' - v.. . ,. : v i .' ' I; . - ' - f : j i
Editorial Comment
From Other Papers
SHIPS ;
If it had not already faded, the boast of the
Nazis that the Allies would not be able to provide
shipping for their operations would pass out com
pletely with O. K. set by the army and navy chiefs
of staff on a building program of more than 20,
000,000 tons in the United States for 1944. This
amount can be built, we will have constructed in
the United States this year more than 18,000,000
tons. The O. K. simply means that the shipbuilders
can have the materials.
It is apparent that the 'Allies have now more
shipping than when the war began. The British
then had about 20,000,000 tons, we half as much.
From this combined 30,000,000 tons the British
have lost a lot, but they are-probably I building
nearly as much as they have lost. Our losses have
been considerable, but we have built a great deal
more. At the end of July we had built nearly 19,
000,000 tons. By the end of the year we shall have
built 8,000,000 tons more.
Then we got almost all the Norwegian fleet,
which was considerable, and we got a large part
of the also considerable Dutch fleet. And this year,
by the conquest of North Africa and Sicily and
resultant clearing of the Mediterranean route we
have gained in elimination of the round-the-Cape
voyages the equivalent of 7,000,000 or 8,000,000
tons of shipping. v i-.-'l ?
By the end of 1944, unless the Nazis develop
some new and deadlier - submarine or other threat
to shipping, the Allies should have 50,000,000 tons
or so of merchant vessels, more than there were
on all the seas of the world when the war began.'
San Francisco Chronicle.
formation, which was named "Jail
""Tr1 T.
Somelhing New Has Been Added
dlayfg5 KadlS Firesrainni
KSLM SATUBDAl UM Ke.
T. 00 Newt.
. T:0S RiM-.'n' String
1:3 New. .-. .
7 :45 Mornin Moods.
S:0O Cherry City News
S:10 Eaton Boys.
S30 Tango Tim.
9.-00 Pastor's CalL
9:15 Music.
9 :30 Popular Music
10 .-00 News.
10:OJ Jack Feeney.
10 JO Geo Kru pa
ll :00 News.
11:05 Campus frcshmea. "
11J0 Hits of Yesteryear. .
13)0 OrganaUues
13:15 News.
12 JO Hillbilly Sereoada.
12 -J5 Matinee.
10 Henry King's Orchestra,
1 JO Milady's Melodies.
1 43 Harry Breuer's Novelty Orcfew
SAO Isle of Paradiso.
2:15 Sincerely Yours.
2 JO Orchestra.
2:45 Broadway Bind Wifoa.
2:00 KSLM Concert Hour.
40 Harry Hornck's Tsncos.
. ' 4:1 News. ,
! 4 JO Teaumo Tunes.'
! 9.-00 The Oleanders.
! 5:15 Lets Reminisesv
! 5 JO Violin.
SK0 Toniftirs HeadUnes.
i 6:15 War News Commentary.
r -.20 Evening Serenade.
; SO War Fronts in Review.
7 DO Weekend Jamboreo. ,
: IJO-XeystoM Karavaa . v ,
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S.1S Troubadours. -. ...
S:45 Music.
90 News. -
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9:45 Johnny Mezxner's Orchestra .
10 :00 Serenade.
10 JO News.
10:45 Ron up ths Rug. ,
KALC MBSo-aATORDAT ISM KC.
:4S At tho Console.
T0 News
7:15 Texas Rangers.
T JO Memory Timekeeper.
S:00 Havet. ot Rest.
S-30 News.
8:45 Old 3oogs.
9O0 Buyer's Parade.
9:15 Tho Woman's Side o-the News
9 JO Music.
9:45 MarkeUng. '
10. 0 News
10:15 Stars of Today.
10 JO This and Thai
11. 00 Journal Juniors. - .
11 JO Concert Gems.
13.-00 News
13:1 5 Concert.
12:45 On tho Farm Front.
t. -00 Salvation Army.
1 :15 Saratoga Handicap.
1 JO Brazilian Parade.
I AO Navy Bulletin Board.
30 I Hear America Singing.
3:15 Texas Rangers,
3 JO Hawaii Calls. ,
40 American Eagle Club.
4 JO Music
: 4:4 News.
90 Music
S JO Music '
S:45 Norman Nesbitt.
. S0 Chicago Theatrs.
70 John B. Hughes. - . ,
1:15 Movi Parade.
7 JO churchman's Saturday Night
90 Music . , . . .
90 New.
9:15 Music. - .
100 Orchestra. .
1030 New.
10:45 Music
110 Saturday Night Band Wagon
1130 Black Castle.
12:45 Music.
KKX BN S ATCRD AT 1199 K. .
90 Musical Clock.
70 Mirandy of Persimmoa Boiler
735 Music -
T JO News. ' - .
75 Andrinl Continentals.
80 Breakfast Club.
9-00 Christian Science PTogTam.
9:15 Music.
9 JO BreaUast at SardTs
19:15 National Farm and Home. ' : .
19.-48 Music,
110 Music
1130 Tommy Tucker.
130 Music
11:15 News.
1930 George Hicks Reporting.'
Marshall.
10 Saturday Cone
0 Saturday :Coneert-
19 News.
90 Horace Heidt.
30 Korn Kobbiers. - -
S 33 News.
3 JO Little Blue Playhouse.
40 Kid With A Stick.
4:15 Ambassador Hotel Orchestra."
4 :3 Enough and on Time.
5:15 Gilbert r Sullivan FestivaL
9:15 Edw. Tomlinson, Commentator
939 SpoUlght Bands. .
: 935-Sports. -70
John Vandcreook. - -
7.-15 Songs.
730 Red Ryder. - '
9 :00 Roy Porter.
9:15 Music
9JO Music
90 Cowboy Hit Review.
30 News Headlines.
.45 The PoUca Dots. "
190 Bridge to Dreamland.
10:30 The Quiet Hour. ,
110 This Moving World.
11 :15 Orchestra.
1130 War News Roundup.
KOrN CBS SATCROAY-959 K
' 80 Northwest rarm Reporter. :
9:15 Breakfast Bulletin.
930 Texas Ranjrers.
8:45 KOIN Kiock.
; 7 US New. ;..vi--.. .. .... ,
. 73 Dick Joy. New.
9. -OO Consumer New.
. 9:15 News.
9J0 Fsshions for Rations,
f 90 Theatre of Today.
- 1-30 Roman tie Cycle
100 Country Journal
1030-efs Pretend.
10:53 Melody Time
ll.-o.wi Sustain the Wings.
11 JO Tillamook Burn. .
U0 News. - , -
Next day's p retrains appear
comics page. . '
12:15 Music ' ' v
12 JO William Winter.
12:45 Music.
10 Report from London.
1 JO Calling Pan-America. ,
2 .-00 Newspaper of the Air.
2 JO Chips Davis, Commando.
: 30 News. ;
3:15 People's Platform.
3:45 News.
40 Corliss Archer. .-
430 SUto Traffic...
4:45 Air-FTo of tho Air.
.S0 Music.
5:30 Old Chlsholm TraU.
8:45 News. -
8:55 Ned Calmer
0 The Man Behind th Gun.
.S JO SPARS and WAVES.
9:45 Saturday Night Serenade.
7:15 Music
90 Music
S JO Hobby Lobby.
9:55 News.
90 Hit Parade
9:45 Don't You Beheva It. '
190 Five Star Final.
10:15 Soldiers of tho Press. .
10 JO Anita Hlis. -
11 JO Manny Strand Orchestra.
HAS News.
Midnight to a.m. Music and News.
SCW-NBC SATURDAY
Ka.
, 40 Dawn Patrol.
! 90 Everything Goes.
9 JO News Parade
.7:15 News.
7 JO Babe Ruth la
75 &am Hayes.- '
99 Organ Concert.
8.15-James Abba Covers the Hows.
9 JO Rosa Room.
S -45 Vegetables for Victory.
90 Music Room.
9:18 Consumer's Time. "
9 JO Music.
100 Unci Sam.
10 JO An Out for Victory.
10:45 Wat Telescope.
110 Stars of Tomorrow.
120 US Air Force Band.
12 JO News.
12:45-Visiting Nurse. ' :
10 Matinee in Rhythm. -
1:18 Races.
1 JO Minstrel Melodlea.
20 Not for Glory.
. 2 JO Music.
1:45 News.
30 News.
. S8-tusic. v
3 JO Art of living.
3:45 Fighting Fronts Facts.
40 For This We Fight.
4:30 Perpetual Emotion.
80 Hollywood Open House.
8:15 That They Might Live.
5:45 Louis P Lochner. ... .-
80 National Barn Dance. .
JO Can You Top ThisT
79 Million Dollar Band.
7 JO Grand Oi' opry.
9:00 News.
8:
8 JO Mr. Smith Goes to Town.
99 News.
' 95 Music.
9 :3o Adventure. Inc. : .
100 News.
" 10:15 Pasadena Auditorium Orch.
' 10:55 News.
110 Hotel BUtmore Orchestra.
1130 Music -11:45
News.
U.-OO-S suav Swing Shift. .
KOAC SATTJROAT 859 Ka.
109 News
10:18 Homemakers Hour.
110 Musie of the Masters.
130 News.
13:18 Noon Farm Hour.
1 0 Artist s - Recital.
1:19 War Commentary.
1 30 Variety Time.
39 Books and Authors.
3 J5 In Modern Mood.
3 JO Memory Book of Music
30 News
3 :1 5 Romance,
3 JO Concert Han.
; 40 Traffic Safety Quia.
4:15 The Band Stand.- ..
' 4 JO Stories tor Boys and Girls.
50 Swinging Down the Lane.
3 J9 Evening Vespers.
5:45 It's Oregon's War. -
8-15 New.
' .-SO Evening Farm Hour.
.: 730 Music
8:45 Sports. ..
90 Music.
9 JO News
9.43 -Treasury Star Parr'
KSLM SUNDAY 134 .
90 Lanrworth Foursome.: :
8:30 GospeL
90 News tn Brief.
9.-05 Music. - - " ,'
, 30 Popular Salute. ' .
100 World In Review.
10:15 Moonbeam Trio.
10:30 Hit Tunes of Tomorrow.
110 American Lutheran Cburct.
130 Sunset Trio.
13:15 News Commentary. '
13 JO Golden Melody.
19 Young People s Church.
; 139 Music ' . , "
39 Isle of Paradise.
3:15 Voice of Restoration.
3 JO Vocal Varieties.
30 Wings of Healing.
330 Four Square Church. -
4:3 Music. "
80 On Fashioned Revival Hour.
- 80 Tonight's Ueadline
8:15 Anita Boyer and Tomboyer.
JO Del Courtney Orchestra.
79 Bob Hamilton's Qu in tone.
, 739 Langworth Novelty and Salon
Group. . - ..
So Fust Presbyterian Church.
9J0 Music
90 News Summary. .
9:15 Orranalitle.
" 9 JO Back Home Hoar.
100 New.
10:15 Dream Time.
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KAlI-tSBS--tJND AT-13M e
S-oo Wesley Padlo LesfAje-
90 Central Church of Christ. .
9.-45 Little Show.
vVr .-
90 Detroit Bible Class.
9 JO News. ,
9:45 Letters to My Son.
100 News. -
10:15 Romance - of the Hl-Ways
10 JO Pucker Up .
. 10:45 News.
110 Pilgrim Hour.
120 Concert.
' 12:18 News.
12 JO-Rainbow. Rendezvous.
12:45 Music'
- 10 Lutheran Hour.
1J0 Younc People's Church.
2:00 Tempi Baptist Church.
2 JO Young People's Church.
30 Murder Clinic.
3 JO Upton Close.
3.-45 MusK.
40 Dr. Johnson.
4 JO Music . , .
4-45 News. '""
80 Mediation Board.
5:45 Gabriel Heatter.
90 Old Fashioned Revival Hour.
70 John B Hughes.
7:15 Music of the Masters.
7:45 Rocking Horse Rhythms.
8:00 Hinsca Memorial Church.
' 90 News.
: 9:15 Voice of Prophecy.
9:45 Sunday Serenade
10:00 Old rashioned Revival Hour.
110 Answering; You.
11 JO SUrs and Stripes in Britain
KEXBff SUNDAY 1199 ' K.
90 Soldiers of ProducUon.
9 JO African Trek..
. 90 The Quiet Hoar.
9 JO Stars from the Blue.
190 This is Official.
10 JO The Kidoodlers.
10:45 Farm and War Fronts.
110 Coast to Coast en a Bus.
115 Speaking of Glamour.
120 Those Good Old Days.
12:15 Hanson W. Baldwin..
12 JO Hot Copy. . ;.
. l .-OO Sunday Vespers.
130 Serenade.
15 Music.
20 Remember.
S JO Sneak Preview.
90 News.
15 -Here's so Romancet . ,
' 3 JO Music
49 Chaplain Jim. USA.
4 JO Be Alert.
80 Christian Science Program.
. 8:18 Neighbors.
9 JO Music -.-.Ivj--
85 Drew Pearsoo.
90 Oursyler Parsons St. John.
- 9:15 Music
4.-45 Jimmie Fldler.
; 79 Good WUl Hour.
80 Roy Porter.
9:15 Music
830 Quia Kids.
90 Inner Sanctum Mysteries.
930 News HeadUnes. '" ..
9.-45 For AO Humanity. -199
Uuiversity Explorer.
19:18 Organ Reveries.
10 JO The Quiet Hour.
.119 Melody.
1139 War News Roundup.
KOIN CBS STNDAT 959 9U.
80 News of the World.
9:15 Organist. .
9:45 Music -
79 Cburcb of the Air.
730 Wings Over Jordan.
80 Warren Sweeney. News.
85 West Coast Church. .
, 9 JO Invitation to Learning. ' .
90 Salt Lake Tabernacle.
9:45 Music
190 Church of the Air.
1 JO Tra ns-A U antic Call.
110 Ceiling Unlimited.
1130 World News Today.
1138 Muff et Show.
139 The Pause that Refreshes oa
the Air.
80 The Family Hoar.
3.-48 Dear John
30 Silver Theatre - ' -330
America.
40 Those We Love.
430 Question of the Week.
90 New.
' 9:15 Songs for Sunday.
SJOWm. Winter. News.
8:45 Melody Time. v
835 Ned Calmer.
. 90 Radio Readers Digest
- 9 JO Summer ' Theatre.
70 Take It or Leave It,J
730 Wm. Shirer. New.
: 7:45 Concert.
90 Crime Doctor.
935 Dick Joy. News.
9 JO Calling America.
98 We Work for WISCO.
: 9 JO Point Sublime.
100 Five Star Final.
10:15 Wartime Women.
; 1030 Air-Flo of the Air. ;
1030 Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra.
110 Henry Buss Orchestra.
11 JO Manny Strand Orchestra.
11:45 Paul Featherstone Orcnestrs.
1145 News.
Midnight to 99 a.m. Music St News
KGW NBC aCNDAY 429 BU.
40 Dawn Patrol. .
90 News '
4:15 Commando Mary.
8 JO Music
70 Bible
. 7 JO Words and Music
90 The Church tat Your Hoca
9 JO News. -
8:45 Romance Trails..
90 CommenUtor.
9-15 News. -
9J0 That They Might Live. .
10:00 Rupert Hughe.
1:1 Labor for Victory. -10
JO Dinning Sisters. ,,
; 10:45 Music . - - -
110 Chicago Round Table. '
11 30 John Charles Thomas.
139 Washington Reports on Ra
tioning 13:1$ Upton Close. Commentator
13:2 The Army Hour.
1 JO Land of the Free.
135 News.
30 Symphony Orchestra .
3 News Headlines and Highlights
3:15 Catholic Hour.
3. -4a Newsmaker.
40 Those We Love.
4 JO Band Wagon.
4 :t 5 News.
8 J One Mia's ramlly. -
9 Music
5i5 Ned Caimer
Chapter 22 Continued -She
-.shook her head but he
examined her cheek to assure
himself. Then he asked frankly,
yet commiseratingly:
' "How you get that scar. Miss
Turva?"' ,v .,.-;;:
She drew back, her face grow
ing tense. "I had a frightfull
experience. X was in a transport
- plane In New Mexico when it
crashed.' She shivered little
and then shook herself, trying to
- smile as she touched the scar.
That's how I got it and for
months the sound of planes
overhead, drove me crazy. So I
. went on a cruise and I . landed
here where we never hear a plane
. I'm alright now. She sank back
and smoked furiously for a mo
ment, r'--
"Waimaka good place to get
well in, and you make good
' friends here. This murder trouble
going to pass away. It going to
pass more quick if you help old
Komako, not keep things by
yourself. ";
-I'd help If I knew anything,"
she said quickly, but, I thought,
evasively. She was again on the
watch.
"Maybe you could tell me one
little thing, Komako began, and
I felt certain he was going to ask .
about the characters in the play,
. but he paused as we saw Herb
l looking curiously in on us from
the path. The fat man hitched
. up his shorts and strode toward
.us. " .
"Been looking for you, Turva.
Ill fix that spigot in your shower
If you want me to." : ..-: , .
Turva got up and picked up
her weaving. "All right. Herb.
I can't -do any more for Bessie
here.; These two t have already
snooped." Her tone . was hostile
again, whether for -Herb's ben
efit or not I couldn't say. r
When they had disappeared
Into Turva's house next door, I
asked; "Did you send Henry up
the trail, Komako?"
He nodded and got up. "Come,
Hasty. I saw Mrs. Josephine
swimming in pool. If she still
there we talk to her without hus
band around. . ,
As we walked toward the pool ,
I told Komako Ihardly thought
we could get anything about the
play from Josephine, as she and
Thornton had come into Budd's
house that night after Delmar
had revealed the theme which
Budd called "despicable." And so
it turned out, for we found her
sitting on the sand beside the
pool with those tawny butter
flies hovering over her, and Ko
mako questioned her.
T"I don't know or care any
' thing About their play," she said
bitterly. She was In a mood, full
of her own unhappy -thoughts,
her big. brown eyes ready to
spill tears, her till red mouth
drooping like a child's. "And
let's not talk about the murder,"
she begged. "I can't bear it! It's
spoiling my life not but what
everything was ruined before!"
Komako patted her round tan
ned shoulder, clucking as he al
ways did to children. "You too
young and pretty to have life
ruin." ' A ;...,;... .
"I wish we'd never com
here!" she cried. "An I wish he'd
never started his horrible sym
phony oh, how I hate that' sym
phony!" "You sang that andante move
ment I ventured, "as if you
loved it.
' "Oh. I know that's grand
music, and it has melody. I used
to sing in musical comedy, nd I
get carried away by melody. But
the symphony has com between
Thornton and a me it's all he
cares about!" Now ah waa. In
tears for fair.
I moved uncomfortably, but
Komako stuck. "Listen, little .
girl," he said. "Like all women, .
you think If you make him jeal
ous he love you more?"
Her dark head was buiredj.on
her knees, and she said in smo
thered voice, "Yes like a fool!
And X loathed Delmar, too."
Komako and I exchanged glan
ces over her head. He pulled at
his crisp gray curls, regarding
her speculatively. Finally he
said: "So Delmar get more and
more hard to handle. He is drunk
and want you to go Jo sampan.
So' you"
She raised her tear-stained
face. "I fought him off but
Thornton thinks I went out on
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" the sampan and killed him! I
know that's what he thinks be-
cause he won't talk to me he
can't stand the sight of me
since the murder!"
And at this crucial point, when
- he had a chance to do some real
probing, Komako completely for
got about his cop role and be
came all father. You all wrong
and mix up in head," he said
with a sterness which was tem
a pered with kindness and under
standing. "If Thornton believe
that, he would act different He
r would be terribly sorry you had
to go so far as to kill Delmar
but he would be awful proud
:you was so brave to do it"
"Do do you think so?" she
asked uncertainly, brushing the
tears away with the back of her
brown hand. "If- he only loved
me as he nsed to. I could talk to
him!" : j
"He is mad because you act
silly with Delmar," Komako
, assured her gravely. "You bad
girl to do that And he is selfish
to let you alone too much. You
try be nice to hirn forget mur
. der." :, -j .
"How can I be :nice," she burst
out fiercely, "when I'm afraid
of him?" Then: suddenly he
sprang to her feet apparently
: shocked by her own words, and
said hurridly; . "I've got to go.
Goodbye!" And she ran fleetly as
if she thought we were going to
take after her.
I said irritably: "You might
have asked her if, Thornton used
to be a banker as well as a mu
sician." - . s:
"You mean story in notebook?
Time for that after we. talk to
Mrs. Delmar." j '
"Well talk to her if Sam Ota
can keep her from escaping," I
said glumly as we set out for
the dinghy.
Chapter 23
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We found the -Rawsons de
barking from their canoe and
unloading their j paraphernalia.
Rawson, beet red from the sun
on the water in -spite of his
topee, t triumphantly held up a1
jar. In it was the smallest crab
I have ever beheld.
"Not much good for eating,"
Komako observed disparagingly.
"Is that all a crab means to
you?" Mrs. Rawson reproved
him,' then smiled forgivingly.
"But there, I shouldn't expect
anything else. Mr. Hoy t you
look rather dispirited. How
about both of you coming to our
house after dinner?"
"Yes," Rawsor seconded her,
"we could have a drop of Scotch
and some anagrams."
"Oh, KomakOj wouldn't care
for anagrams," his wife said
quickly, "But there are always
charades they're more fun,
anyway. You know, Komako?
We act out syllables of words,
and the rest
of!
you
too
guess the
good at
word."
"Maybe I not
guessing," Komako said doubt
fully. , j - - . .
"Nonsense! That's your pro-,
fession!". Rawson! laughed at his
own joke. "Gwen and I rather
enjoy putting on an act How
about it?"
"Don't expect j us tonight" 1
said with real regret for their
invitation had warmed my spir
it "The big sleuth here is hot on
the trail of the murderer."
"Really!" Mrs. j Rawson looked
at Komako respectfully. "Well,
we shouldn't want to interfere
with that!" j
"Can on m if 'you need help,"
Rawson offered cordially, and
stopped to gather! up his traps.
Yet he and his wife slept
through the ami zing events
which transpired! that night at
least, that is what they cjaimed
aiterwaras.
With nightfall
dreary per-
sist rain began to
discommode us
and Komako and I retired to the
cabin of my boat There we
awaited word from Henry, a
period of increasing suspense
which did not j keep Komako
from enjoying a! hearty dinner.
At last a canoe bumped the
side of the sampan, and Komako
was up and off to the deck with
the agility of a huge mountain
cat When he raced back down
the companion way, the dripping
Hawaiian youth followed close
behind. Henry was obviously
tired and a little abused. He had
had a hard trip and he wanted
us to know it
"I found Mrs. Delmar at the
plantation,", he I told us, "so I
didn't go to Sam Ota. She tele
phoned Wong about ' the body
and wanted to come home quick
because it was going to rain. So
I come back with them. No time
to rest or anything."
(To be continued)
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