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I Tlite Wliile Cockatoo Synopsis: James Sundeau shares a large hotel In Armene, southern France, with fl curious group of guefits and a depleted stall, lie distrusts tnc manager, Lovschlem, and Is till at case with all the others excepting an American kIi-1 named Tally. Suddenly he is awakened from a tloze by Miss Tally'8 hysterical plea to be allowed to enter nis room, i-ie cairns ner, learns she has Just escaped an ao ductor who followed her Into the ho tel. She will not permit Sundcun to give an alarm, but allows him to go lor tne Key 01 ner room, wnicu sue has left in the hotel office. Sundean bids his frightened guest to remain unaer cover uniu ne returns, Chapter 0 DRIPPING HANDS Tlie corridors were still dimly lit. I glanced over the railing Into the lounge as I went past, but It was a black well with a lightish strip along the floor from the faint light of the corridor back of me. I had no troti ble getting down the stairs, for I could follow the railing, but when I had once crossed the twilight of the faintly lighted strip In the lounge I was In complete darkness. Thus It took me some time to fumble about In the blackness for the electric light switches, and all the time the wind was rattling and shrieking In the court just outside. I couldn't find a match In my pock ets, and Although In hunting for the light switch my fingers encoun tered the keyboard. I couldn't, of UNDOWN r STORIES T1IE TRACKS By Mary Graham Bonner Rip wandered here and he wan dered there. He looked back ot clumps of bushes and he looked in marshy places where he thought jel ly Bear might have fallen. The little lantern was lighted and hanging around Rip's neck so he would be ready for darkness. "Bow-wow, oh, dear Dog mo," he said to himself, "I can't stand it if anything has happened to Jelly Bear. He Is ao dear and friendly and just the sight of that big black devoted Bear is enough to make a creature feel better "He was always so ready to help. too. And he saved the life of our dear Willy Nilly that cold winter night when Willy NlUy was ready to drop down with cold and weariness. Oh, Jelly Bear, Jelly Bear, you have no Idea how much we love ycm." Tears began to fall from Bip's eyes. He blinked them away and continued his search, barking as he ran along. And then he thought how dear and funny Jelly Bear had looked when they had the circus, and of the tricks ho hod performed. Suddenly he noticed some tracks In the muddy ground. Rip barked for oy. He had discovered a clue for the tracks were the tracks of a bear. "Jelly Bear, Jelly Bear!" shouted Rip. "Where are you?"' He listened for an answer, but all he heard was the sound of the wind whistling through the trees. "I'll just rush home and tell them so they can all have a little com fort," Rip thought, and Immediate ly acted upon his thought. Tomorrow "False Clue.'1 ' : across 1. Ronler 6. Stylo of poetry 0, Having lost brilliance 14. PuncUinlluji mark 15. Hindu quoon 10. Wear away J7. Correct: CO I loo. IS. Poultry BA troifuclf 20 liiso ant fall Of tllC "1 ype mcasuro -u. tol!eRo In Kentucky -.. il.isicncd H7. Color I'l- Historical peritui SO. Rinuioyej Portent 81. African nnlh .Ifi. Small island S. Cm vat Solution of Yesterday's Puzzl T E 15.iy.MIV A L E F liiiNiP ONTi N O V A F l Ft ai c M ANENllRAVElAL C1DE T AP EpKT 1 1 LIJD O P ED go rg Fis'ivrsE Bhol e pGAeil SEORlilLLLAGE b.A5STAL.E;Af ElAT5ousE'gvE 41. LOOK curlO'iK'y 43. AnfjIo-Sus'oQ tilavo 43. City or the cx- Knh eta exile 47. Near 48. Gcocraphlca! dictionary El. Hypothetical furco CI Oriental henst of bunion P4. direction E3. L! earls of Krai it D7. Article 03. Sharp pro jecting iiolnt CO. Egyptian rlvt-r IL Alack CI. Incline. Serpent b. Poker term 7t. rtetaln 7:i. Strong winds 75. Ourselves 7ti. Flower container 78. rtelu 50. Parent: cnlloei, 51. Siilisciiucnlh S.j. Take on c:u0 11, i:uikh Kiin KH. Killed DOWN Sun-ill led biltli ' P P " I : 3 Z 7 a i 'uii I'" " I A '3 2il 2l Z- ' lIZ nn Hill'57 ' H3 3a j?" 4o ' 'M. "si S31" p"3 szr ""F1 pi !L! W-L JESLJlTZT 8 BZ Ko M ' SjJ YM wgj 8 - . by Migrton 6. Ebethart course tell which key was 19. I don't know lust how long It was several moments, at least when I finally encountered the switch. Touching it threw the little lobby into a light that looked bright but probably wasn't. And even after that it took a moment or two to convince myself that not one of the keys hanging so trustingly on the board on the wall bore tne numrjer id. I finally snapped out the light. The switch was near the door Into the courtyard, and I glanced through the glass. The court was still black with flying shadows, but there was a light It was from tne door of my own room. The door was open. Tlie light streamed out, And at that very Instant a dark figure flashed across the light, was silhouetted for a fleeting moment against it and was gone. I caught only a glimpse of a dark figure, but I was sure it was Sue Tally's. The door of the lobby was locked but the key was in it, and I had unlocked and opened the door and was running across the courtyard. The wind took tho bream out 01 my lungs, and my heart was pounding by the time I reached the little winding stairway. One step more to the door. I could see no one against the light stream. lng from the still open door into my room. I took the step. There was something on the landing. I stumbling. I was plunging down up on It. I was confused with It ana couldn't extrldbte myself. My hands were pushing against it and I was kneeling. I brougnt my hands up and tried to see them through the dim half light. They were wet, and I could barely see that they were darkly stained. The next few moments are not very clear In my memory. I man aged to get the door open and the limp thing dragged through it and Into the corridor, and then I could see It In the light from my room. It was a man. I did not know who he was. He was dead. I knew that at once. And it was a very ugly death, for he'd been stabbed. I re member saying to myself: "Don't touch anything, this Is murder. Don't touch anything." Then I was in my room. No one was there: Sue was gone. I was pressing the bell with my thumb, I finally released the button, noted that . my thumb had stained the white button In a perfect and grue some thumb mark, and hurried to the bathroom, where I washed my hands. And then I came back to the bell and washed it too, with a cor ner of the towel, and rang again. I was still pushing the bell and wishing tlie dead man wouldn't stare so, and in the same moment cursing myself for being so shaken, when I heard the door away down at the beginning of the north cor ridor open. I stepped out into the hall, avoiding a hand which had fallen slowly outward. Lovschlem himself, fully dressed, wavered out of the gloom. Ho didn't ask me anything for a moment, He just fell on his fat knees and stared at the dead man. Then he felt for a pulse and touched his face and leaned further over to sec ig there was any breath at all in that sprawled body. I stood watching him. Finally he leaned back and faced me. And if ever a man's face showed stark livid terror it was Lovscheim's at that moment. Did you kill him?" Lovschelm nsked. "My Ood, no." He stared at me, dark eyes glit tering from the sagging livid mask that was his face. "Then what happened? He didn't kill himself." "I found him. There on the land 26. Worthy to be published 2S. To an Inner point Ship canal connecting tho Mediter ranean and ltod Sea Ono of an ancient raco 35. Force onward 117. Adjusts 3D. Metal 40. Conclude 41. Agreement 4-. Urccnland settlement 41. Prophet 4(1, Spoken 43. While matter of the brain CO. Volcano r:t. Animal food fifi. Prosperity fi!. l'0f)UCftS til. "The Gloomy Dean" Itt. Mechanical bar Ijj. After boiic ot an ode 67. nieh brown color CS. Kclh.ie.ut poem CD. Shot-makers" tOf)IP 70. J.oiv tide 711. KlonRated llshes 71. nuisccfl 77. Knack 73. Sent In church !:!, As far ns 81. Tho Indian mulberry S(t. A brother of Odin 2. Wilson's ncc- rctniy of war 3. You nnl mo 4. Uihll.-al pronoun R. Unit of work . out of date 7. At home 8. Qiioto l. Nourished 10. KuiiKi'd nionn- rr tho purpouo 12. Pa i;t. Mark of n blow ID, Country cuiKtiiPt-e-el by Caesar 21. Object of tiovoMon 21. Demolish ing. I dragged him Into the corridor and saw he was dead and rang." He looked at me dlsbcllevingly. Finally he lowered his eyes. He reached out a hand to the smal or namental hilt of the knife, drew his hand back as If It shrunk from touching the wetness abou$ it, and men stertcnea it out again. The jewels winked evilly at me. I sold: "You'd better leave it alone, hadn't you? It seems to be murder. And the police won't want tliiugs touch ed." His hand fell back, and his fnce. turned up to me, looked faintly green. "The police. But the police I am ruined. I am ruined I There's no need to call the police. I can't have gendarmes nosing about. I" He recalled that he was speaking aloud and to me and checked himself with a quick sidelong glance at me. "It's murder," I said. "You'll have to call the police."- His narrow gaze measured me, tried to plumb my own eyes. Fin ally he said: "I was thinking of the hotel. Any. thing like this is very bad for the place. Do you know the man?" "I never saw him before." "I don't know him either. I never saw him before. He certainly had no business in the hotel." (To be Continued.) RICKEY STARTS FIFTH SEASON Rickey Booster Jubilee night, cel ebrated the beginning of the fifth year of the Rickey community. A large birthday cake baked by the J. Crabb family was cut by B. B. Oerner, oldest man In the commun ity. The four candles were blown out by Mr. and Mrs. Felix LaBranch, tlie only couple in the community wno nave been married 50 years. Tlie club was led in its club sons; by Harry Martin, first vice-presi dent of the club and Hazel Sell Sheridan led the yell. During the business meeting a motion was made to charge no club dues. This will be voted on at tlie next meeting of the club which will be held the second Friday in May, due to the fact that an amendment to the con stitution will be necessary. The con stitution now reads that of 33 cents a person and not more than 75 cents a family shall be paid at the time the person becomes a member of the club. A program to which all families in the community were asked to contribute consisted of: Violin solo, Vernon Shclton; song, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," Nlta Taylor, Ed na Henscl, La June Gesner and Dorothy McElroy; reading, "Little Brown Bulbs," Virginia Carothers; reading, "An Oration," Claire Ridge way; song, "Jolly Boys," Frances Waser, Loyd Crabb, Carol Dean and Calvin Courtnler; play, "Joint Own. urs in Spain," Dorothy McElroy, La Juno Qesncr, Edna Hensel and Ha zel Magec; guitar solo, Mrs. Marvin Wells; reading, "By Heck I'm Ready for a Full Day's Work," Faith Phil lips; vocal duet, "Carolina Moon,1 Inez and Ilota Miller; play, "Non sense School," Gladys Crabb. Mar- gorette Courtnler, Hozel Dell Sher idan and Raymond Bcurd; reading, Stella' Culner; vocal solo, Donald LaBranch; piano solo, Francis Was er; reading, Virgil Haven; harmon ica solo, Willis Homer. Clinic Is Given Hayesvllle Dr. V. A. Douglas and Miss Johnston from the Salem health center were in charge of the clinic held at the Hayesvllle school Monday morning. All first and fifth grade students were examined well as several others, the first grade pupils receiving the first of the tox in anti-toxin scrum. Many of the parents visited at the school during the clinic hours. Several ot the pu pils examined were A-l perfect. HUDSON IS HACK Falls City J. H. Hudson has giv en up his wot'k with the Loncvlew Fibre company at Kelso, Wash., and accepted a position as sawyer for the Christiansen Lumber com pany at KliiKs Valley. fT!' TAILSI-1N TOMMY b, Clew, chaHta uii u Ferret TOMMY WAS AFRAID IT MIGHT BE TOO EASY! Sr? 2WM ES.0DVAt- a&i' fTjf P "TH Be rUt" SOI 'A ,SOa O XJI TD : NORTH COA6T C YARDS IS A Sf-MLL LAK- AND BuniEOMTeVS SE WP-nTnON! p H MUTT AND JEW ' JEFF MHIXK HOLLYv! INuLyHoiYONCHO, IT'VOURTURtrT " W JEFF, RUSH t)ACK TO THE STytPIO hg-- " WUMIW'Wf "--2V I OKie INDIAN r A 5Q TOfAC8TH6 CAMERA- J AND v6 UP AN INDIAN -IUL 0 'W&WWlfc'' W'l I 2?T 2? J A NSWERS TO i iQUESTIONS fl By Frederic J. Haskin What question can we answer for you? There Is no charge at all ex cept three cents In coin or stamps for return postage. Do not use post cards. Address your letter to the capital Journal Information Bur eau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Q. How fast can an ice boat go? G.M. A. An ice boat sails faster than the wind; in fact, sails out of the wind if not properly handled. Ice boats will sail over a measured dis tance at speeds from 70 to 80 miles per hour and at other times at an estimated speed of close to 100 miles and over for a short distance. Q. Is gas ever given for seasick ness? M.C. A. The public health service says that there now exists a gas which is given to persons who suffer from mal de mer (seasickness). This gas is given to persons on shipboard usually In their rooms. Q. How much legal, tax-paid li quor was produced last year? H.T. A. The bureau of internal revenue reports that in 1932 legal, tax-paid distilled spirits amounted to 6,936, 842 gallons and rectified wines and spirits to 22,425 gallons. Q. Is it true that the road to Pres ident Hoover's summer camp was constructed by United States mar ines? M.S. A. The following extract is taken from a letter of Secretary of the Navy Adams: "No work was done upon this road by the marines. At one time In the summer ot 1930 an LITTLE OKHHAN ANNIE WHILE WE HAVE PROVED, BEYOND ANY DOUBT. THAT THE HOUSE WAS DELIBERATELY SET APIRE. WE ARE CONVINCED YOU PEOPLE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO KNOWLEDGE OP OR CONNECTION VWITH THIS INCENDIARY ACTION KEG'LAR FELLERS 'nayt'sf'J. r-J ' . - ' ' ' ' I I THE GUMPS um"T vnir mm? hvud mv uoiice' I Vii a iVU .UiUIl UIQll iU lUi nvL'iin EI 1 ' I ,...o I .. .. I I - '-v I SPRING ,TRA LA- unBE VnillLL LETS STOP IN TU DINNER. TOMORROW N'MT- fA l NA-K nothju. ON ParcSm tef BarMEBiNt, I 0 FOR YOU So AHV TIMES J- I IVA .l 1 'fWhIOY YOU BUTDIDySS 6 sXnV OF- LATE - SHS Y40NDSR NHV VOU HADN'T L I V-kVA' J ill HM liNEN UP CANE AT OUR HOUE? THB I OTHER T6LL W6R YOU'RE A. VERY BUSY MAN, VL U J lf JSKSS'8 lJTETS!,S'lcTY. END BUY SH6-BOES MISS VOU WBLY- VV-V?1 ffl l ANDFORALL- 1 YCHyH BEEN QUITE THE OP SWE faRSW SO 8H6 OUST COULDN'T STAND O 0 fffll K'ikEli ANbisAAttA Vi?JZ! THE JWAT BOY VNWO USED TO CE OVER-O-' W M. MAKJNt, THE MOST VT-rfjT LINE TOUNGr MEN BORE HER SO-, rff - V "l BP engineer road regiment was em ployed for a few weeks In their an nual road-building exercise In sur facing two or three miles of this road. It cost the federal government nothing as these men would have been occupied in road construction at some other point as part of their annual training. The upkeep of the road is paid for by Madison county and the (Virginia) conservation commission." Q. Is Count von Luckner, sea de vil of the World war, married? F.C. A. Count Felix von Luckner Is married. His wife Is Ingeborg. Countess von Luckner. They have no cnuorcu. Q. Was there any opposition to an unrestricted Immigration policy pri or to the civil war? o.D. A. In the 1830 s a political move ment developed against "Increasing toreign lniiuence." it resulted in the "Native American" or "Know Nothing" movement of the 1850s. In 1845 a labor paper published at Fitchburg, Mass., protested against unrestricted Immigration and the use of immigrants as strike breakers. Q. who was the sculptor of the statute, "Tlie Divine Healer," at John Hopkins hospital? L.P.L. A. The director of the Johns Hop kins hospital in Baltimore, Md., says: "The Divine Healer" which stands in our lobby is a replica of a work by the Danish sculptor, Ber- tel Tliorvaldsen. This particular copy was made by Professor Stein, director of the Royal Academy of Arts in Copenhagen. Our statue was f THEREFORE . HERS - IS OUR COMPANY'S THANK CHECK TO YOU, I YOU- I FOR THE FULL I THANK YOU AMOUNT OF THE 1 VERY MUCH- j INSURANCE V. CARRIED ON HOUSE )lWP3 VAND CONTENTS-, ' the gift of William Wallace Spence and was unveiled in 186. it is carv. ed from a single block of white Carrara marble, leaving a figure ten and a half feet high. On Its base Is carved the following inscription: "Come unto Me all ye that are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest." Q. In medieval Europe was kneel. lng upon knee an act of worship? W.C. A. It was an act ot homage Kneeling on both knees was an act of worship. Generally speaking, the difference still exists. Q. How do alligators differ from crocodiles? H.J.S. A. True alligators differ from cro codiles hi the following respects: The feet are less webbed; the head Is shorter and flatter; the long first and fourth teeth of the under paw fit into pits In the upper jaw, and not Into notches between the teeth, and tills causes the whole head to be broader and the snout more ob tusc than in crocodiles. Q. What Is the federal tax on playing cards? P.J.B. A. There Is a tax of 10 cents on each pack of playing cards of 54 or less. The number 54 allows the In clusion of two exla cards In the pack by the manufacturer. Q. What is the origin of the word "technocracy?" R.M. A. According to Dr. Vizetelly. this word was coined by the engineer, inventor and social economist, Wm. H. Smyth of Berkeley, Cal., and used by him in the magazine Indus, trial Management, for March, 1919. Subsequently It was used by him in other magazine and newspaper ar ticles. In his book. Concerning Iras cible Strong (1926), his definition of the term is, "scientific reorganiza tion of national energy and resourc- coordinatlng industrial democ racy to effect the will of the people' MY-MY- UUST LOOK AT THAT THAT REPRESENTS MORE MONEY'N MOST FOLKS IN THIS TOWN EVER SAW- JUST WAIT'LL I SHOW THIS CHECK TO A FEW PEOPLE . AROUND HERE-' j OLD OFFICERS SHERIDAN PTA SERVE AGAIN Sheridan The April meeting of Sheridan Pa rent -Teachers associa tion was held hi the high school auditorium Monday evening with a large attendance. Mrs. Harold Hadley, hi the ab sence of Mrs. Otis J. White, chair man of the program committee, pre sided during the presentation of the program, regularly preceding the business session. The entertainment was in the nature of a radio broad cast by the seventh grade, "listened in" to by a family composed of the other eight members of the class. The play part was entirely original. Lynn Lady was the announcer for the following numbers: Song by the class, musical reading. Barbara Brandt, Lily Schatz at the piano; harmonica solo, John Merrifield; pi ano duet, Lily Schatz and Iola Haas; reading, William Kay At wood; piano solo, Lily Schatz; chorus, class. The Boy Scouts were presented by Scoutmaster Ted Hunter, who gave an outline of the scout movement. Demonstrations were then given by tenderfeet in which various knots were tied and their uses explained. Adrian Franklin was the victim for the first aid demonstration In ban daging by Eugene Ritner, Wallace Kaufman and Prances Kelly. Bobby Wells demonstrated flremanship and Adrian Gage wigwagging. Before! the business session Mrs. C. Adrian Slas played a piano solo. I Mrs. S. M. Johnson, president. presided during the business session. James Morrissey, membership chair man, reported 99 members to date. The treasurer, George Krentzer, re- ported $53.20 in the treasury. The YOU LL DO NOTHING OF THE KIND- YOU'D LOSE IT, SURE- BUY THE I V nominating committee, of which Otis J. White was chairman, report ed a renomination of the entire present set of officers of next year. The are: President, Mrs. S. M. Johnson; vice president, Otis J. White; secretary, Miss Frances Fri zell; treasurer, George Kreutzer, Action was taken whereby the as sociation will put on the dinner for tlie chamber of commerce in May. It was decided to hold the "Summer Round-up" and Mis. H. B. Skinner, Mrs. John Gutbrod, Mrs. Roy Malo, and Mrs. Walter Grace were placed on the committee. Mrs. Malo and Mrs. Homer Frick were made a com mittee to confer with Mrs. Cecil Harrison, domestic science teacher, in regard to needed dishes and linen in the home economics department. Mrs. Clifford Cooifand Mrs. Walter Grace were appointed to confer with Mrs. Alison Fry, librarian, in regard to needed magazines for the high school library. Ted Hunter, Harold Hadley and Philip Myers were ap pointed to get estimates on a pro jecting machine. Tlie seventh grade won in attend ance of parents. Summit Hill Man Is Critically 111 Turner Frank Neer was reported near death at the Willamette sani tarium Wednesday morning as tho result of complications developing from blood poisoning contracted sev eral weeks ago while working In the woods. Neer and his son Clayton were operating a drag saw when the saw blade slipped, tlie teeth pene trating his knee from which infec tion set in. He had only recently re covered from blood poisoning in his hand. Years ago Neer lost one arm In an accident, but had managed the large farm and driven liis own car regardless o fthe disability. He has been a farmer and sheep raiser of the Summit Hill district for many years. THE PAY-OFF WE HAVE ANNIE TO THANK, THAT WE'RE NOT RUINED AND THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE USED TO BUILD US A NEW HOUSE AND YES- AND IN TH' MEAN TIME . THIS CHECK IS GOIN INTO TH BANK WE'RE NO HOARDERS- FURNITURE- LONG AND SHORT OF IT VHOARDERSI J I fT- . ' i a
