Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 12, 1932, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX MEDFOKD MAIL TRIBUNE, lEEDFOHD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1932. . ... Gamblers Throw by Eu&Uu-i L. AcUwni- srsOPSlS: Leaving the fly ing field whert he U a pilot. 'ila at night, Jerrtf Calhoun find that hit car it out ol gat. Be ac cepts a lift trom Sanoy H'etil worth, musical comedo ttar. On the way to a gas ttation her ear it blocked by a sedan parked acrntt the rood, Five men. armed ' with automatics and a machine gun, surround their car. Jerry reachee tor the door, but a flaehliaht is turned on them and he and Nancy are ordered out. The men teise Nancy and disappear into the darkness. Jerry leaps for ward, then falls unconecioue. Be wakes up in a hospital next day, where he it told that a bullet had caused a minor but painful head wound. Btevent. a detective trom the Treasury department . asks Jerry what he can remember about the hold-up and telle him that Nancy hat been kidnaped. Chapter 2 A KIDNAPING EPIDEMIC '1 DON'T mind saying, Calhoun, ' that at first we thought you were one ot the gorillas," Slovene sold. "But we found a letter or two In your pocket and your car was up the road a couple ot miles with Its tank dry. It wasn't much trouble to check up your war record. And out where you were flying and to locate the helper who wag working with you last night So that left you whlter'n enow. "Now," he continued, hitching his chair nearer the cot, "can't you re member what kind ot a car those babies were riding In?" cantly. Jerry clenched hit flsti In stinctively. "Besides," the placid rolce added, "she's reported to be engaged to Philip Mauomber, presi dent ot the International Bank and Trust Company. He could drop a couple ot mlllllons any time and not hare to lay up a yacht. So far as that goes, the girl has made plenty of Jack the past two years. But It's Macomber they'll try to chisel." The pilot was silent, again aware ot 'la throbbing head. The Idea ot Nancy'a being engaged to a middle aged millionaire was repugnant. He had seen Macomber's picture In the newspapers. Why, with all the eligible young men there were In the world, Nancy had chosen that beetling-Jawed, cadaverous banker was more than he could fathom. And the thought that she was In the bands ot kidnapers who may have taken her away because of her beauty was even worse! The doctor winked meaningly at the detective and twitched his bead towird the door. "Well," announced the 'detective, I'll be easing along now. Got a lot of work ahead of me. Wish they'd put someone else on the case. Only reason I'm here at all Is that the chief's got a bunch some old friends ot mine are mixed up In It." "That's three prominent people kidnaped within ten hours," the detective said. "A sedan. That's all I know. Too lark," Jerry said. "See any ot the men close enough to get a description T" "No. Wish I had." "So do I," agreed the detective, his voice betraying his disappoint ment. He reached Into his pocket, carefully selectod one ot a dozen cigars, broke It In two and, stowing It In hla mouth, began to chew It with obvious contentment "Seen any morning paperst" he eked mildly. "No I Just came to a few minutes before you came In." t "Just thought you rolgAt get a kick out ot knowing what It was you muscled your way Into. Listen." He shifted his cud. "I just told you that someone kidnaped Miss Wentworth Well, that wasn't all that happened. Just after dinner time a sedan crowded Theodore P. Hamilton's ear to the curb on Eaat Fifty-sixth treat slugged his chauffeur and got away with the old boy Just as they Aid with 'he actress." "You don't mean the rich Hamil ton, president of the United States Textile corporation?" demanded ferry. Incredulous. "The same," nodded the other, looking anxiously at the floor, under the cot and Into the spotless cor ners of the room. Then, with a hardly suppressed grimace, he con tinued. "And that Isn't all, either. Frederick Mallory yon know, the millionaire stockbroker and sports man was playing golf yesterday afternoon out near Pelham, In Westchester county. On the seven teenth hole he was, near the edge of the road. Couple ot men In a big ledan stopped, watched him pull and then, seeing that nobody but the caddy was In sight grabbed blm and rushed him Into tbelr car. "So that's three prominent people kidnaped within ten hours yester day. There'll be an awful uproar bout It Jerry absorbed the news slowly. His head telt heavy and dull. "But why should they kidnap Nancy Wentworth?" he demanded. "The two millionaires will probably be stuck tor good big ransom. Bui lb Isn't a millionaire." "No, but aho's a darned attrncttvo girl," Stevens pointed out algnlfl- Ho waved hla hand and was gone. Jerry suddenly felt very tired. Two daya later Jerry Calhoun emerged from the hospital, pale and shaky. There was a grim, set ex pression on his face which trans formed the little laughing wrinkles around hla eyes Into hard, atern lines which framed, and accentu ated, the steely glint of the pupils themselves. For forty-eight hours be had tor mented himself with harassing reo ollectlons of the Ignominious and fu tile part he had taken through those brief momenta on the toadslde. His sober judgment assured blm that against Ave armed men he, single handed, could have done little to alter the sequence of ovents. Tot the entire episode was, to a soldier and a man ot action, unbelievably humiliating. He could not rid him self ot the feeling that he had ac quitted himself very badly. Even now he could not define a plan which would have prevented the kidnapers trom getting away with the girl. More than anything else, Jerry was conscious of an almost over powering desire for revenge. In affairs like this he was a firm believer of the ancient law of an eye tor an eye, a tooth for a tooth. He knew that without another meet ing with those men, the affair would rankle for a longor time than be cared to anticipate. Moreover, the girl was a captive. He could not overlook the horrible possibilities that existed In such a situation. But what could he do? He real ized that the police wore stirred Into foverlsh activity and that because ot the prominence of the victims the newspapera would harry the offi cials unmercifully. For some vague reason the government too, had be come Interested In the case, as the visit ot Stevens had borne witness. It seemed uttorly presumptuous that Jerry, alone, could accomplish a thing. It would take unlimited time and money even to join In the hunt Of time he had sufficient; ot money, next to none. (Copyrtght, Dial Prest) Jtrry finds company and money for the hunt, in th next Install mint, and tha kldnapara Band a lat tar. L WILL BE PROBED WASHINGTON, July 13. (AP) An Investigation of loans by th tt coast ruction finance corporation was ordered Monday by the arnnte, A resolution to create a aenate commute of five members to make the Inquiry was also approved. The resolution was adopted at the behext of Senator Couxens (R Mich.) Its author. He said tinder (he law details of the corporation's loans are kept CBWfc ftOfrUpfi im ft WUtfUWa should be made to determine wheth er loans had been granted "In accor dance with the law," and were "ade quately secured." Th committee to Investigate the corporation was named aa follows: Courens, chairman; Qcldsborough (R.. Md.); Walcott R.( Conn.); Olaas (D., Vs.) and Fletcher D., Fla.) JOHN OAT Ore- July 12 AP) The caah register in Roy Davenport's hardware store at Canyon City has been replaced with a pair of gold weighing scales. Davenport said virtually all miners operating In the dlHrlct are paying for their goods with gold diut. Portraits of diiuactioo. The Pass W ATJii ilPUjr, tii PORTLAND, Ore., July 12. (AP) Samuel J. Greensteln, 31, of Portland and his four-year-old son, Heubert Moretun Greensteln, were drowned In the Columbia river slough a mile from St. Helens, Sunday while the wife and mother watched helplessly. The Oreenstelns with a party in cluding nine persons all told, bad cruised down the Columbia river In Greensteln's launch, Adrlenne, and had anchored In the slough pre paratory to eating lunch. Mr. Greensteln was making fast the anchor when Keubert ran to the railing and fell Into the water. His father plunged after him. But a swift current swept them down stream and out of reach of a life line that was thrown out. Crystalglow Kodak glass supreme The Peas ley's. Op p. Holly Theater. $3 next week, was recommended to the commission by Governor Julius L. Meter today. The recommendation of the governor followed a confer ence hv held last week with repre sentative ot labor and the Ameri can Legion. The wage matter has been before the commission tor some time, wttb protests being filed against a suggested tl-AO scale. flAT.FM. .Tulv 12 (IP) A scale- of S3.00 per day for a slx-j High PoWer Wire nour aay ou emergency relief wore to be started by the state highway commission on the lower Columbia River highway In JlvJtncmah county Gives Fatal Shock DAYTON, Ore.. July 13. (AP) Ellle Dixon. 20, ot the Webfoot neighbor hood near here, was killed instantly Sunday when a pump on which he was working came In contact with a high-power electric wire. The pump in being lifted by Dixon, but grand father and four other men from a well when It touched the wire. Dorothy Lewis Of Radio Fame Dies PORTLAND, Ore., July 13. (AP) Mlaa Dorothy Lewis, 37, whose mezzo, aoprono voice was known to radio audiences along the Paclflo coast and throughout the northwest, died here Sunday at the home of her I father, H. L. Lewis. Miss Lewis, iar -the past two years, had been In Ban Francisco with the National Broad casting company, singing over KPO Paint Creek Floor Death Toll Mounts CHARLES AN, W. Va.. July 12. UP) Report were received here to day that the death toll In the Paint creek flood might number as many aa 20 persona. Rescue workers aaid as many aa 800 may be homeless. TAILSPIN TOMMY Tommy's Observations! 'CRIMIN0LO6 AND ELECTRICAL RESEARCH- KINDA HEFTY REAOlN AWT IT, PAL; ARE YOU PlAYIN' DETECTIVE AfcAIN-OR OUST EXERCISIN3 YOUR NOODLE ? 1 By OLENN CUAFFIN and HAL FOttBEST "t IT DOESN'T fteOUIFLE A XLOT OF HEAVY THOUSm 3 TO PICIC oar A FEW POINTS IN CONNECTION uith THIS SHOST SHIP TALK . W II I F? THERE. HAVE BEEN ON LVf SUCH AS FOUtt NI6HTS IN THE LAST 1 10 HAT? J, MONTH THAT THE, SOUTH J n BOUND MAIL PLANE OUT 1 ' -3fSS3F El SOLO HASN'T A 'Jj. !- CARRIED J TH' STATISTICAL KID! WHERE DOES THAT BRIMS US, WATSON? "TO DEATH CANYON. 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