PAGE SIX.
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1932.
Pf Gamblers Throw
An FtiXtn r r T . A si s a h A
BYHOPSlSt Jerry Calhoun and
Vanoy Wentworth, a musical
comedy star, are held up by five
men on a Long Island road, while
Fancy is taking him to a gas sta
tion to get fuel tor hit stalled
ear. He starts to resist, in spits
of tht sight of a machine nun, but
is stopped by a bullet. Ths next
day he reoovers consciousness in
a hospital, with a temporary head
wound. Stevens, a defective, telle
him that Nancy was kidnaped
and that two mtiltonafree have
also been captured, tie Implies a
connection between the three
cases. Ncncy Wentworth is en- '
gaped to a rich man. which pro
aides an addittonil motive besides
her oton tame tor her abduction,
tnoe her fiance could pay large
ransom. Jerry, who is an air
plans pilot with war experience,
wants revenge upon the kidnapers
and hopes to rescus Sancy, lie
leaves the hospital trying to de
cide upon a plan of action.
Chapter S
' ALLIES FOR REVENGE
! JERRY Hood at the top ot the
marble steps and peered about
(or a tailcab, hoping vaguely that
on of the boya at the field would
have come for blm.
He glanced at a long black-and-nickel
roadster standing at the
curb, then stared at It more closely.
Mo, It couldn't be, he decided;
Emory Battles was In Boston.
He walked down the steps,
crossed the narrow sidewalk and,
bending low peered Into the
driver's seat. There, bis face rest-
tie excitement and, maybe, ft
yourself sbotT"
"I've got a couple ot thousand
with me and I'll draw checks until
tbe bank sends somebody to arrest
me. What's the excitement and
when do we startt Quick, now,
I'm all of a twitter!"
Tbe kldnaplngs bad taken place
on the afternoon and evening of
September 1. On the morning of
the 4tb an unusual conference
took place at tbe offices of Ham
mond, Smytbe, Whlttelsey, Van
Ashfortb and Hammond, attorneya.
Reporters who bad ferreted out
the news ot this Important meeting
thronged the reception room on the
fourteenth floor, where they
watched many noted personages en
ter the closely-guarded wicket.
Mrs, Frederick Mallory, accom
panied by Humphrey Hemming
way, was first to arrive. A few
minutes later, Wendell Hamilton,
brother ot the missing man, en
tered with Royal T. Heywood.
chairman of the hoar, of directors
or the United States Textile cor
poration, and Irving D. Welsh, well
known corporation counsel. Close
on their heels came Mrs. Colburn
Wo- worth, mother ot the mlaBing
girl, escorted by Philip Macomber,
her future son-la-law.
He read a state
ment to the re
porters, describ
ing the abduotore'
letter.
Jm
Ing upon arms outstretched over
the great slanting wheel, was Em
ory, noisily asleep. Jerry's pulses
leaped. He would rather have seen
this lanky, carefree, reckless pal
Just at that moment than any other
man in tbe United States. He
reached In and gave tbe sleeper a
slap on tbe back. Battlos straight
ened up with a start ot surprise,
For a moment he blinked, bleary
eyed, at Jerry, then smiled In a
wide, contained grin.
"Hello, kid!" he yawned. "Are
you a tree man?"
His greeting was as casual as
though it had been but a day since
be had soen bis closest friend, In
Head of nearly a year.
Tall, rather thin, with blgb fore
head, straight nose and a scholarly
mouth, one might have thought
Emory a student taking a post
graduate course In philosophy at
Harvard Instead of a restless, head
strong youth whose passion was
adventure and whose besetting vice
was wanderlust.
Aa Jerry sank Into tbe deep
cushions, hla friend slipped into
the traffic and headed the throb
bing monster toward New York.
"How did you get here?" de
manded the battered pilot "I
thought you'd aworn off New York
for ever and bad gone home to get
Into the good graces ot your stiff
Becked aunts, uncles and cousins."
"I have and did," declared Em
ory, comfortably. "But when 1
read about your little to-do out
bers in tbe country, I thought I
might be missing r bet by staying
ao far away from the excitement.
Besides, tbe atmosphere ot home
was beginning to curdle my usually
kind disposition.
"So last night I happened to read
ot your lapse from grace and knew
It was time to be easing along.
"I Jumped Into too car, left Bos
ton a few minutes after oldntght
and. beat tbe train to the Grand
Central by twenty-two minutes.
"Bright and early tbls morning
I went to your flying paddock and
found out where you were confined.
Then I popped over to the hospital."
"How are you flxod for moneyt"
Inquired Jerry succinctly.
"Filthy with it." confessed his
friend promptly. "How much do you
want?"
"How much will yon spend."
countered the other, "to have a lit-
Tbe newspaper men recalled that
tbe conference was being held in
the offices of Mr. Macomber's attor
neys. Last ot all arrived Inspector
Henry O'R. Mullanpby, of the New
York' police department
' Two hours lator a waspish little
man with berlbboned nose glasses
minced into the reception room,
clapped his hands smartly for si
lence and read a prepared state
ment to tbe attentive reporters.
"I am Instructed to Issue ths fol
lowing statement:
"Mrs. Frederick Mallory, Mr.
Wendell Hamilton and Mrs. Colburn
Wentwortb have each received In
tbls morning's mall a letter pur
porting to be from the abductors of
the two gentlemen and the lady
who are known to have disap
peared. With Mrs. Mnllory's con
sent, we have causeu her letter to
be photostated and will presently
supply each of you gentlemen
with a copy. While each of tbe
lettora varies In dotalls. one of them
will, we hope, suffice. Inspectot
Mullanpby has authorised ns tc
give you the following details ai
to the physical make-up ot the let
ters thcmselvos.
"They were written upon station
ery which may be purchased in any
atatlonery store and are enclosed
In envelopes ot similar paper. They
boar postmarks indicating they
were mailed at City Hall station.
New York City, M or shortly be
fore t p. m. yesterday. ,
"As you will present! observe,
they have been hand printed with
pen and Ink, thus making it im
possible to trace the author by em
ploying the services ot a type
writer expert or an authority upon
handwriting. It will be further
noted that the mlsslrcc were writ
ten, or dictated, by a person of ob
vious intelligence.
"In closing, I am tustructed to
say that a decision hat been mad
to fulfill. In ererr dtull, the de
mands that hart b snide. That
is all, gentlemen. Tioee who at
tended the conference hav left the
building by anothx exit, sine
they do not wish to b Inter
viewed."
(Capfie&e., sHsl tress)
The Hliort a te unusual that
resdet irt WvMd by the tu.
parlor Mtent ef the oana
Hut Jerrv ed Ru'or try te eut
wit tr-e, Vt-om-v,
STATE GRAIN RATE
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BEATTLS, Wah., July 1S.(AP)
Railroads and shippers today made a
demand at the second day's session ot
the Interstate commerce communion
hearing here foi a uniform basis for
grain rates in intra, and interstate
shipping.
A. Burton Mason, 8n Franclsro,
attorney for tie Southern pacific
railway, said the lack of a uniform
basis for rates within and between
state was one of the eerloua ot
lUblea and a basla tor difficulty In
the parlfle northwest.
He aeked the commission to take
cognisance of the Orrgon rate whlcb
h cited a "a horrible eiample,"
IN DALLAS LOSS
DALLAS, On., July 1 S ( AP )
Four flMi, two of which wet ttatM
by author ltlw. to haw bfn nt by
lnendirUtt dmtroyvd property val
ud at mora than 2000 htre vary
arly thla mornltiK.
Tha Dallas fire chkf waa conduct
ing an InvMtiRRtion of tha flrea to
day and aMlntanra of tha iut fir
marshAl wni bring aounht NtMphbora
rpportfd atom? two men In an auto
mobile near the dMlmyrr property
an hour before tha flrat alarm wai
writ in at 1:4ft a. m.
Flamea wr Hint noticed in a lara
barn owned by Oua Bowman. A cow
waa burned to death and tha barn
mid aU ooateuta ooip.tty 4uxyrxL
A houae occupied by a. Mr. Crawford
broke Into flamea about tha aame
time aa tha barn, waa a total loas and
a aecond barn In the aame black and
all lta con ton ta also were gutted by
the flamea.
For Channel improvement.
WAS HI NOTON, July 13. (AP) The
secretary of war today recommended
to congress that Multnomah channel,
formerly known as Willamette
slough, extending from the Willam
ette river at Portland to the Colum
bia river at St. Helens, Ore., be Im
proved at an estimated -cost of 20.
000, with 93,300 annual maintenance.
CACTOBLASTUS STATUE
BRISBANE. Australia (AP) Pre
mier Moore of Queensland proposes
In all seriousness to erect a statue to
"cactoblafctus." an Insect which de
stroys the cactus and prickly pear.
Cactus waa spreading over millions
of rich acres when the Insect waa
Imported. Now farmers are return
lng to lands which the plants had
made unfit for crops.
"The 'cactoblastus' Is the savior of
our state," says Moore,
Name G.O.P. Croup
To Head Campaign
CHICAGO, July 13. (AP) fifteen
menibers of the republican national
committee were named today aa an
executive committee to aid In direct
ing the campaign for the re-election
of President Hoover and Vice Presi
dent Curtis.
YOUNG GOLFERS GIVEN
SPECIAL RATE AT CLUB
To encourage Medford's young
golfers, and to enable those vaca
tioning to keep up on their game,
the directors of tbe Rogue River
Valley Golf club have established a
special rate for players between the
ages of 10 and 21 years for the sum
mer season.
The rate will be aa, plus the tax.
per, month, during the vacation pe
riod, at the Rogue River Valley
course. j
Escaped Prisoner
Wounded, Captured
WALLA WALLA, Wash., July 13
(AP) Ellis Woodard, escaped pris
oner from the Washington state
penitentiary here waa captured to
day near Cottonwood, Idaho. He
had a leg wound from a bullet fired
by Idaho ofiicein. Hunt for W. D.
Moxley. fellow fugitive, continued.
IN
REPLACE AUTO
;ti
JOHN DAY. Ore., July 18. (AP)
Awertedly because of the cost of
automobile licenses, the horse la ex
periencing . revival In thla district.
Farmers are taxing their produce to
two with horse teams, and one farm
er came here last week in a sedan
drawn by a team of horses.
TAILSPIN TOMMY Tommy Puts Two And Two Together!
By GLENN CHAFFIN
and UAL FORBES!
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By EDWIN ALGER
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