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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1940)
Thursday, March 21, 1940 The Capital Journal, 5alem, Oregon eleven Henry ( THANK YOU, DEAR I YOU MAY GO OUT NOW Cfpf mo, Kine Future Spirit, flit',' WmU nhit rtttrvnt Yesterday: Acirianne Wells accubcsI Klncnld or murdering Joan Kent. Newa comes tnat Lainrop nuu utn wn iw In the hospital. I Chapter 21 Twenty-two years ago Joan's fa ther, Warner Kent, an attorney, was mysteriously shot to death. I shiv ered, it was curious that the father and the daughter should both die by violence. And the story of Warner Kent's death was strange. In March, 1914, he was found with a bullet hole in his head and a revolver lying a few feet away, In his private office in Wall street. The case was officially closed as suicide but rumors per sisted. A socially prominent girl was supposed to have been closeted with him for two hours the afternoon of his death and the gossip at the time was that she was madly in love with him. All of this happened when Joan THANK YOU, DEAR--) Y0U MAY 60 j-ys ypUT NOW Q -'' By Ann Demarest -.was two or three years old. Was it coincidence, I wondered, or could her death be linked with her fa ther's? The story the papers carried of Joan's death held no surprises until I came to the bottom of the column, An arrest was to be made shortly. A woman. As far as I knew I was the only woman the sergeant suspected. He got interested in others, but he seemed always to come back to me. The account was continued to page 3. I was so excited that I kept dropping pages of the paper until I found the rest of the story. And there, much to my surprise, I found a fairly concise report of Sergeant Long's interviews with the people in the house. And more amazing- there was an old photograph of me when I won a prize for a painting at a Paris exhibition. So it took, not eight years of hard work, but a mur der to get publicity. I felt a little grim about that. A soft knock sounded at the door I and I jumped up. It took all of my t courage to cross the room and open that door after Dlrck's warning. Much to my relief it was Mary Ann Rogers. She was wrapped up in heavy blue bathrobe over her green frock with a wool scarf knotted at her throat. "I look a fright, I know," she smiled, "but it's so cold in our place. Do you mind if I come in for a little while, if you aren't going to bed, of course? It's pretty late," she added, then whirled around quickly as Richard MacDonald came up the stairway. She turned back to me with a breathless laugh. "I'll be with you in a minute." she said shrilly, "I forgot something." And then she followed Richard down the hall. I could hear the mur mur of their voices and I was pretty t curious, but when she came back in a minute or two she said nothing about it. I told her I was delighted to have company, and (hen we pull j ed our chairs up close to the fire- place. Mary Ann leaned back in the chair, stretching he- slim legs com fortably before her on the stool. She lighted a cigarette, smoking thoughtfully. It was warm and pleasant in the room and the fire was drawing beautifully. I turned out all of the lights except the small one on the wall over the fireplace. 'Nervous as a Cat' "You know," she bent forward un expectedly, her brown eyes on mine, "this is getting on my nerves. I've been sitting around all after noon and evening and I'm as ner vous as a cat, and worried, too Adrianne is in there crying all of the time." I didn't know what to say, so Just murmured something non-com' mlttal. "I can't make her stop. It isn't very cheerful," she aided, with ( short laugh. I thought of the paper. "The Ser geant isn't going to arrest her, Is By I HOLD YOUR FINGER ) I HERE SO I CAN , VTIE A KNOT-- -S 3.; but it may have been my imagina tion. What seems to be the matter with her?" I asked. Mary Ann wrinkled her forehead. 'I don't know," she said slowly, "except that she's terribly upset, I don't think the Sergeant has threat ened to arrest her. It's just that her name was in the evening pa per." She paused. I got up and went over to the table for a pack of cigarettes. "All of our names were in. I said. Mary Ann nodded slowly. "I know, but when she saw hers she was wild." I curled up In the chair again, "Well, it isn't the pleasantest thing to be mixed up in." For a moment she was silent. "She's afraid of something." she said suddenly in a taut voice. "I don't know what it is; I can't figure her out at all. 'She was upstairs with Mr. White- field last night, you know." "Yes, she finally told me. But it isn't that. At least I think it's .something else that's worrying her, She's huddled in a chair by the window and all she does is cry. She won't even talk." She shivered, "It makes me nervous. And she's as pale as a ghost." Mary Ann's face was pale and drawn and the rouge on her round cheeks stood out in two bright spots, 'I took a lease on the apartment we're in now," she said unexpected ly, "and then I found I couldn't af ford it alone when the dress shop needed me only half days. So I told Mr. Kimball and he said that a girl had been trying to get an apart ment in the house. He suggested that she share mine. It was the only way out for me, so I told him to have her come to see me. It was Adrianne. I think she knew Harry Kincaid and wanted to live here on account of him. She's been here four months now and I still don't know anything about her." Then she add ed irrelevantly. "Your friend, Mr, Kolff, Is very nice." I suppressed a smile. Dirck, gathered, had made an Impression. Before I could answer there was a terrific crash from the stairway. We Jumped to our feet. I thought the whole house had collapsed. Mary Ann gripped my hand and we stood motionless, too startled to move. "Murder!" The voice was Mrs. Evans' from somewhere in the hall. Somehow, to hear her shriek was reassuring. She was such an Idiot and spent so much time screaming that I Imagined nothing serious had happened. However, I opened the door with due caution and we peered out into the hall. Mrs. Evans, attired in a flagrant ly red and very unbecoming coolie coat, was at the top of the stair way glaring down at the very flush ed and perspiring Sergeant Long. He was limping up to the second floor swearing at the top of his lungs. It seems that he had come back from the hospital and was on his way to Joan's room to poke around a little more. At the top of the stairs he caught his heel on the brass rim of the step and fell the whole flight, I was surprised that he hadn't broken his neck, because he was a very heavy man. His ankle was wrenched badly, though, but that didn't prevent him from button holing a man who was coming up the stairway. I had to look twice and then I wouldn't have recog nized Mr. Whitefield If it hadn't! been for the heavy coat. He was the sort of man you could meet every day and never recognize, "Just a minute there." He caught Whitefield by the arm as he came up to the hall. "There's something I d like to ask you. "Why, Sergeant." the man said with mock politeness as he took off his hat, "you told me I could go out this evening." Carl Anderson Presbyterian 'B'. Circle Entertained Dallas Circle B of the Presbyte rian church met at the home of Mrs. E. B. Bossattl Monday after noon for a business meeting fol lowed by several hours of sewing and a tea hour. Floyd McCann and Miss Dorothy Top of Eugene, were guests of the group and Mrs. Howard Hall was new member. Other members present were Mrs. A. J. Cleveland, Mrs. Roy Donahue, Mrs. E. V. Dal- ton. Mrs. Walter Duff, Jr., Mrs. Paul Bollman, Mrs. E. W. Cruson, Mrs. Maurice Dalton, Mrs. W. C. Leth. Mrs. Del Reinemer, Mrs. Ora mel Shreeve, Mrs. Wayne Page, Mrs. C. E. Phelps, Mrs. V. V. Grant, Mrs. J. F. Spooner and Mrs. Bossatti. The next meeting will be held at the homo of Mrs. Cleveland. KSLM 1300 Kilocycles Frlrt ay P. M. 6:00 Tonunrn c a mines. 6:30 John B. Hushes. 6:45 PaBina the Past. 7:00 Raymond Ornm Swing. 7:15 This 1 MaKlc 7:30 Lone Ranger. 8:00 News. 8:15 March of Teens. 9:00 Newspaper of the Air. 9:15 Barbers of Beevillo, 9:30 Jim Walsh's Orch. 9:45 Fulton Lewis, Jr. 10:00 To Be Announced. 10:15 Beven Last Words. 11:00 News. 11:15 Stcrllw Youns's Orch, 11:30 Kings of Rhythm. 11:45 Midnight Melodies. KSLM 13 AO Kilocycle Saturday A. M, 6:30 Milkman's Meioaiei, 7:30 News. 8:00 Model Airplane Club. 8:15 This Wonderful World. 8:30 U. S. Army Band. 8:45 News. 9:00 Pastor's Call. 9:15 To lie Announced. 8:30 Children's Scrapbook. 10:15 News. 10:30 Women In the News. 10:45 Erwln Yeo. 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Little Orphan Annie Reg'lar Fellers BUT WHAT HARM COUIP J? IFlf ' 'I WSSFZ f TO AID 60 MUCH OUR Wf I COME? WHO COULD SUSPECT? SHE I I BUT IF K BAH! HAVE WE mtffiM WHO COULD SUSPECT f I GREAT LEADER WHOSE VERY W I WILL ENTER ALONE. UNOBSERVED- ANYTHING, NOT SPENT YEARS US? AH-AND CONSIDER. F- I LIFE IS ENDANGERED BY THIS Sg 1 SHALL MAKE SURE OF THAT- i I SHOULD S CREATING A Wm$$ KATERINA! THIS S 1 BRAT ! IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE fgf I ONCE IN THIS BACK ROOM, AXEL'S .9 GO REPUTATION AS A ffiBSffl CHANCE TO AID THH fcj B NOT WORTH ANY RISK? JK& MEN WILL TAKE HER AWAY s WRONG- K KINDLY, POOR OLD i Pfff GLORIOUS CAUSE 1 JS B AND THINK, TOO, OF OUR 1 AT NIGHT, UNSEEN- mF I I COUPLE WHO SELL j BwjSfr. B K RICH REWARD JUB OH, BOY .LOOKIT THAT SWELL KrtOiHOLE IN THE BASEBALL PARK FENCE 1 The Gumps iJi Tailspin Tommy By Hal Forrest Will the General Save Tommy ? IA.T TMfc ENTRANCE OF TMt ELVAN. WAfe I Lrr, CAPTAIN.' Tm "V I I THANK . 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M. 9 :00 Today's Programs. fl:03 The HomemakerK' Hour. 10:00 Weather Forecast. 10:01 Music, 10:15 Wonder of Vision. 10:30 Junior Matinee. 11:30 Music ot the Masters. 12:00 United Press News. 12:15 Farm Hour. 12:30 Market and Crop Reports; Wen llicr Forecast. 1 : 00 Music. 1:15 Variety. 1:45 Music. 2:00 People of Other Lat.ds. 2:15 Music. 2:45 Guard Your Health. 3:00 Music. 3:15 Facts and Affairs. 3:30 Music. 3:45 The Monitor Views the News 4:00 Symphonic Half Hour. 4:30 Stories for Boys and Girls. 5:00 Music. 5:45 Vespers. I COTTA PERFECT IT 'N soMtHow ok B1CCEA. KIO WILL QRAB IT THE SEASON OPENS ' Raom and Board 0"F COURSE, VOU REALIZE. TMI.T UJHEU THE. MOUEV COMES- UOLLIUfi IU FPQM GIL PROPERTY, MRS. PuFFLE WILL CEASE THIS POOM auu Board Business ! - kJATURALLV , I'LL BlW A Suburban estate aut erect A MAUOR VtOUSE JUST FaR THE MADAM AUD ME.' UM I UAVE 4LWAVS BEEW By Harold Gray By Gene Byrnes sons WHEN By Gus Edson c; LAUS SAV, 0fsM IF rr"f WASU'T TcVR US PAVlUiS EACH1 WEEK , VolTd BE OUT COOIUG WITH We cm mall TlSEOUS OPPOSED To Faft TAKIU3 IU By Gene Ahem IT1 WHEU - if rr COMES TO A SWELL Head, VoU SURE PULL OUT ALLTME STOPS To PLAS UP BOAUUERS V PEA HUTS'! The riot of Gold The Thinkei JlfS IDEAS LIKE THIS V. f WHAT MAKE ME THINK I'M A GENIUS OR SUMPfr r -y The Invitation Ahat Didn't Get Mailed he? The papers said it was a worn an that was suspected." It seemed to me that she started, (Continued Tomorrow)
