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4 OPXGE EIGHT1 MEDFORD' JEOL TRIBUNE, JIEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY H, 1932. Gamblers Throw by Euitcuu. L. AdewnA. fSOPSIB: Threatened by a machine gun, Jerry Calhoun en deavors to save Nancy Went wortk from vapture by five men who have held up her ear, lie 11 knocked out by a ehot that temporarily disables htm. and eomet to in a hospital to learn that Nancy hae been kidnaped. She e a popular musical corn ed etar. with a wealthy fiance who can pay large ransom, ate vene. a detective, telle Jerry that two millionaires have also been abducted, and Jerry, a filer, and hie friend Emory Battles de cide to break tip the gang and rescue Sanoy. Etlativee of the kidnaped person meet with their lawyers and a vollce inspector, to discuss letters that have been re eefved from the abductors. Re, porters are told that the letters are written by so-neone of un usual Intelligence. They cannot be traced by stationery or writ ing, and are postmarked City Ball Btatton, New York city. Chapter ON THE AIR TRAIL THERE was an Immediate scram ble (or the photographs ot the letter. Reporters (or the afternoon papers dashed madly (or tbs door, Intent upon catching their next editions. The men trom the morn. Ing daltloa were more leisurely, most of them stopping to read the letter before leaving the reception room. It was as follows: "Dkab Mas. Mallobt: , "Tour husband, who Is honoring is with a visit, has suggested that whistled under his breath and glanced at an acquaintance. "Say, Joe," he exclaimed, "do you notice that they hare demand ed SIOO.OOO apiece as a 'board bill' and make no promise to release those people when they hare picked up the moneyt" "I'll say sol" replied the other. "Looks to me as though they might collect (100,000 a month, or a week, maybe. Just so long as they can keep out of the way ot lie cops." "All I've got to say," murmured the first man, thoughtfully, "Is that It's a devil of a good story. It's a brand new racket In kidnaping." "It Is," agreed Joe. "What's more, I don't think the whole piece has broken yet My guess Is that there'll be more kidnaping to come." Shortly after eight-thirty on Thursday morning, Jerry Calhoun swung lustily on the walnut propel ler of his old biplane, skipped nimbly away trom the sudden death that lurked In the glistening aro of the whirling stick, and listened with vast satisfaction to the pulsat ing, deep-throated back ot the elghcyilnder engine. Then, clam bering Into the rear cockpit, he grinned happily at Emory, who was already strapped Into the passen ger's cockpit between the wings. 1 v-. -'Si&f?' " en list the possessions he carried with him in order that you may be assured that we are not perpetrat ing a hoax ot doubtful humor. "The following Items were In his pockets when be accepted the Invi tation to Join our little house party: 1 gold cigarette case 1 gold fountain pen 1 gold pencil 1 gold cigarette lighter, not In good order 1 gold flask, halt tilled with bath lob gin 8 guest and membership cards to .various clubs 1 certificate Steel Ltd, 100 ah. common. 1 bunch keys ' 1 cigars 1 man's handkerchief 1 lady's ditto, embroidered ' J leather pocketbook containing business cards, several miscellane ous personal cards and $182.33 In cash. . 1 check book, folding, on New Union bank. 1 photograph, presumed to be ot lira. F. Mallory. I personal letters. 1 "In order that your husband's ex istence may continue to be pleasant and that his health may continue to be excellent, we make the follow ing suggestion: "Attend a meeting with the law yers who represent our other guests. After listening patiently to their protests, Instruct them to place 1300,000 (1100,000 for each guest) In utti unmarked one hun dred dollar bills, In a black hand bag. "Instruct them, further, to have this handbag placed In a white row boat which, on next Thursday morning, at ten o'clock, must be anchored at sea exactly ten miles southeast of the Uontauk point lighthouse. Impress upon them that Do boat or ships ot any kind must remain within eight miles of the anchoud rowboat In any direction. "It ITS trap Is attempted and If these details are carried out, your husband will not suffer. It yon vade payment ot his board bill, we. will be nnable to continue to give him the full benefit of out hos pitality." There was no signature. A man trom a morning paper Suddenly Emory turned end pointed to the southeast. A Jolting, careening rush across the rutted ground, a breathtaking zoom and they were oft, climbing fast and banking over toward the east as they cleared the telephone wires at the end ot the Held. To their right, as they mounted higher and higher Into the Inverted blue bowl of the aky, lay the shimmer ing expanse of turquoise Atlantic ocean. , At last, after six disheartening days during which there had been little or nothing accomplished, thoy were on a trail which mlgttf lead them to Nancy Wentworth and to action. The passing ot time had not softened, by the sllghtost de gree, the bitter feeling of defeat caused by those tew disastrous mo ments on the Merrick road. On the contrary, Jerry's longing for a re turn action had grown with the hours. Nor hsd the knowledge that somewhere that wonderful, clear eyed girl was awaiting rescue added anything to Jerry's peace ot mind. In perlodlo moments ot reason, Jerry recognised what a qulxotlo task he had aet for himself and for the violent, adventure-loving Em ory. With the police, man-hunters by trade, bending every enesgy In hope ot finding some clue to the senders of the Insolent ransom letters, how could be and Emory expect to auo ceedT They had no access to con fidential Information, no standing as official Investigators. Just two men on their own, the one burning for revenge, the other bored with riches and the deep ruts ot conven tional living. Their chief assets were an Intense personal Interest In the chase, the ability, through their flying, to covor ground rapid ly and adequate funds. Cutting across the easterly arm ot Oreat South bay with fifteen thousand feet beneath them, they followed the tiny white thread of sand which separates Moriches and Shlnnecock hays trom the sea. Then, suddenly, Emory, who had been watching the magnificent panorama as It unrolled beneath them, turned In his seat and point ed to the southeast. (Copyright, Dial Press) A strange plane appears, temor. row, and Jerry and Emory ptay hide and seek with It In the clouda. L7TFKS, a., July 14. (API Barney Oodleakl was placed under arrest today eharged with killing three ot hi four email children laat Bight. Police aald that Oodleakl, who la 81, had twen drinking and that his wife left him yesterday. The children were: Paul. 8; Lil lian, 8, and Albert, 4. Helen, 10, saved herself by fleeing from the bouse. The Justice of the peace, James Oolden, aald Oodleakl had carried the three sleeping chltdren, one by one, to the cellar and killed them U6 U m PARADE BELFAST BELFAST, Northern Ireland, July M.J-(AP)- A hoit of 100,000 Oranff. mtn from Oreat Britain, Catud and other part of tha Brlttah amplra paraded her ye tor day in celebration of tha anniversary of tha battle of tha Boyna and proclaimM their loyalty to the king, their belief In tha BrltUh amplra and their faith tn tha Protectant church. It waa ona of tha (reateat Oranf gatherings In history. Northern Ireland Orangemen paeaed a resolution reiterating their deter mination to ream any attempt to force them Into the free state by a LOS ANGELES, July 14. (AP) David L. Hutton, husband of Almee Semple McPheraon, told the city's social service committee today two or three employee of theAngelu Temple commissary department had betrayed the temple, bringing on r tha Investigation of patty graft fcnd charity racketeering by tha com mission. . Hutton, who was elected chairman of tha board of elders ot tha temple yesterday, aald his wife promised a thorough "house clean ing." Mrs. Button la HI, having auf feied relapse when a jury awarded Myrtle St, Pierre, a Pasadena nurse, a 96000 Judgment ago lost Hutton for breach of promise. The commlslon opened the In vestigation at the request of police who said they had questioned Robert E. Fisher, 70, who had !n his pos session a letter signed by a temple official authorising him to solicit funds, food and materliUa for the temple. Police said tiey found a still In Fisher's yard. Lindbergh Nurse Will Take Rest TRENTON, N. J July 14. (AP) Betty Oow, the Lindbergh baby's nursemaid, plans to leave shortly tot Scotland for a long deferred vaca tion. Miss Oow will spend perhaps a month abroad vi<lng her mother and will return to the employ of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh. SIX MILLION FOR PORTLAND, Ore., July 14. (API More than six million dollars of fed eral money will be available for Ore gon's highway system In the fiscal year Just started. A Washington, D. O, dispatch to the Journal here tstday said this to tal comprises SS7S,000 of regular un obligated federal aid funda; 1.488, 000 forest road money In the agrl cultuarl bill, and 83.S79.O0O carried by the relief bill Just passed by the senate. BANDANAS MAKE; WAIST FOR SPORT WASHINGTON. (AP) Miss Helen Coolldge, daughter of Senator and Mrs. Marcus Coolldge of Msssachu setts, combines red and white ban danna handkerchiefs for the wslst of a smart sports dress. The la all white and the figures In tha handkerchief are effectively displayed In the long full sleeves with wlda akin fitting cuffs. Guess Census In Harbin HARBIN, Manchuria (AP) In toe absence of an accurate census, tha police estimate this city's population at 170,000 with 40.000 "white Rus sians." 30,000 citizens of the soviet union, and almost all the remainder Chinese. Dolph. 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