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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
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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. Portion of highway-to be
oiled between here and Hebo.
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