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PJGE EIGHT JIEDFOKD MXIE TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1932. & Gamblers Throw FYJtorein: jerry vanovn finds himself launchfd suddenly into adventure, when h is unable to prevent the kidnaping of Kaney WetiiuorfV Bo enliste Kit friend Bmory Battlee in a campaign to rescue her, which le complicated when the gang that captured Sancy carries out a eeriee of ah' ductione ot wealthy men in A'eto York and Chicago. A new form of ransom, "board money," is de manded of the relatives of ths kidnaped persons. In unueually shrewd letters the gang orders ths money to bo left in a rowboat off ths coast, and forbids any boat to approach ths spot. Jerry and Jtmory, both war pilot, fly over the scene and see the money taken away in a hydroplane. They start a pursuit, but are outdis tanced and forced to land becaues of gas shortage. tfewepopero an nounce a gangster. One-ehot Lueoi, among ths kidnaped men, Btevens, a government detective, oomee to see ths boys. Chapter 7 AMATEUR DETECTIVES FB mild-eyed, oldish Stevens en tered, greeting Jerry casually and offering a surprisingly muscu lar hand to Emory following the In troduction. "Just thought I'd look In," he ex plained, genially. "Got your ad dress at the Held." , The little man's Inoffensive Tolce dwindled off Into silence as he glanced admiringly around the tastefully furnished room. He looked about as little like a deteo tlve, Jerry thought, as anyone pos sibly could. "I see you're been reading the papers," he continued. Indicating the scattered heap on the floor. "This business Is getting to be a nuisance. Worst of It Is, I'm de clared In on It, now, for good. All on account of this One-shot Luccl." Emory passed him a box of cigars. He selected one, broke It In bait, remained silent for a few moments while he got his chew safely under control, then aat back la hit chair with a sigh of con tentment "Hear you've been running out of gat down Atlantlo City way," be eonflded unexpectedly. Jerry looked at him sharply, but ths calm little man waa placidly eyeing a Currier and Ives print on the opposite wall. "Uh, bub." The detective looked sautlously around the floor, under the table and Into the nearest cor ner. Then, meeting the hostile Im pact ot Hawes't eye, he sat back trying to appear unconcerned. "This gum shoe business Is a funny game," be observed, apropos of nothing. "Why!" asked Emory politely. The faded blue eyea met bis. "A feller doesn't get anywhere all by himself. He chases around to bellangoae and then finds that someone else baa copped the prise. A lot ot ambltlout young fellers start galloping oft with their tails over the dashboard going to get somewhere In a hurry. Pretty soon, though, they come back sort of tired and dlscouraged-IIke and are glad enough to get a llttlo help. He lapsed Into melancholy medi tation, gating about the room. Jerry and Emory, watching him In tently,, held tbelr peace. "Me, I alwaya have to take all the help I can get." Stevens com plalaed. "Now, In this case, tor In stance. O'courae, I got an Idea, Just the same as you fellers have, that the racketeers are stepping out high, wide and handsome. "And I figure, just like you do," be oontlnued, regarding a lithograph of the "Cutty Sark" with Interest, "that the gangsters are smart enough to cash In on airplanes as the next step up from armor-pitted limousines as a means ot getting around fast Well, what's nextf He looked at bis listeners, bis eyes mildly questioning. "You boys want to keep on playing single-handed, or could I buy a stack ot chips and alt In with you? I got an Idea I could make the game more Interesting for you. And you could pep It up a bit for me, too. WhataayT" . , Emory grinned broadly. The Queer old chap waan't such an Inno cent, blundering fool aa he had seemed. Gangsters! Airplanes, ar mored limousines, machine guns man, almost as good as another world war) And he had thought that life was getting dull! "You bet we'll team up with you," he exclaimed, glancing to the nod ding Jerry tor his assent. "My lit tle boy friend over here Is Itching to return the crack he got In the conk to the bird who presented It to him. And, If you Insist upon knowing, tt't my Idea thtt he wantt to he rescuing hero to a fair damtel In dlatrett. "Now tell us, just to assuage our curiosity, why do you think this Is an affair among professional gang sters!" The little man chewed romlna tlvely for several seconds. "Tell you," he said at last. "They CONGRESS LISTS LEGISLATION OF MAJOR IMPORT WARRINGTON. July 18. IP) Here, In brief, Is the major lestala tlon record of the congressional ses sion which ended Saturday nltht: Laws end resolutions enacted: Hoover moratorium. Reconstruction Corporation act. Glaas-Steagall banking law. Billion dollar tat act. The el 60.000.000 economy law. Tbe tl38.000.000 farm loan bank law. Norrls antl-lnlunctlon law. Tbe M, 133,000,000 relief act stole a car to go after Miss went worth, Hamilton and Mallory. Prob ably stole one In Chicago last night, too. That's natural. You wouldn't expect - them to go gallivanting around In tbelr own. But Instead of doing what you or I might do, Just picking one up off the street, they lifted It off a bird who they knew wouldn't report It to the cop pers. "The next sign Is this One-shot business. The gunning of bis two torpedoes had all the ear marka ot a hard-shooting, fast-working mob. Besides, who, outnlde of one ot the big gang-leaders, would dare to tool with a ten-minute egg like this One shot? His very name Is a dose of poison to all the little fellers In the racket. "All right, then, who kidnaped that whole outfit? Someone who wasn't afraid of One shot of course." The calm, Inoffensive little man seemed to be thinking aloud and the two men followed bis mus ings breathlessly. "It would be an other gang leader, according to my way of thinking. That makea It simpler and harder. Simpler be cause there are only three or four of those red hots In the whole coun try who are big enough and smooth enough to put over such a racket. Harder because the big league gang sters have got what the ordinary crook hasn't, a fair amount of shrewd Intelligence and a positive gift for getting away with things and covering their tracks so that tbe best you can do la to run In some little two-timer who pulled the trig ger of the chopper or tossed the pineapple. "Well, I've been following those gangsters 'till I've got broken arches and housemaid's knee, but I've never been able to put anything that would atlck on one of the big boys. It's a lousy business I'm In. I ought to buy me a little pecan grove In California and settle down." ' His slow, fretful drawl faded out. Jerry and Emory glanced at him In astonishment Before his arrival they had been moderately satisfied with their progi-ess. It needed his dispassionate aummlng-up to prove to them that In the last analysis, they knew only that tbe amphibian whose crew bad picked up ths money had been flying south when they last saw it "What can we do to help your' begged Jerry, In a dished voice. "Thought you might be able to give me a little help on the airplane end of It seeing It's more than like ly they are doing most ot their run ning around In the air," replied Ste vens casually. "I've got a fair pull with the department but I doubt If I could get them to lend a plane and a pilot even It they had one, which they haven't I've got a hunch that we're going to And those missing people have been toted away In a plane." . "Tell you what I'll do," Interrupted Emory Impulsively. "The old train ing ship that Jerry, here, has been flying hasn't enough power to pull your bat off. I happen to be a little flush with money Just now, so I'll drive over to Mlneola and see how soon I can get delivery on a brand new three or four passenger plane that'll bave speed and gas capacity enough to take us somewhere and back In a hurry. Next time we pick those crooks up we'll follow them until they land, wherever that may be." "Grand Idea," approved the de tective, "Cost a lot ot money, though. But you might get It back, at that" "I'm not worried about that part ot It The fun will be worth what It costs." , "Maybe," replied the other doubt fully. "Can't say as it looks like fun to me. More like a whole flock ot trouble. But at I Just said, you might get your money back. This morning that bunch of fancy law-' yers Is announcing a reward of 1100.000 apiece for the recovery of the three who were kidnaped the night your boy friend, here, nearly got tbe works. And another hun dred grand for anyone who causes the arrest and conviction of the leader of the mob that turned the trick." . "Tell you what let's do," Emory burst out excitedly. "Let's form a partnership, the three ot us. It we get any of the reward, we'll split It three ways. 1 "Suits me," agreed the little man, quietly. "Now If you bablet will settle down a tew minutes, I'll slip yon a tew Ideas." Tbe three drew their chairs close together and went Into a huddle. (Copyright, Dial frees) Nancy and the ether eapllves survey the place they are Imprle IsnigiHm.rran! ini inmiiini mw- ln 10 boll. Home loan bank-currency expan- aton act Bill vetoed: Democratlo tariff bin. Original darner-Wagner relief bill. Bllla paaaeji by house but not by senate: Philippine Independence. OoldaborousVi dollar stabilisation bill. Cash bonus bill. Muscle Shoals bill. Bills passed by senate but not by bouse: Hale naval construction bill. Pending legislation: World court treaty. Olaaa bank reform bill. Olaos resolution to replace prohi bition amendment. Kutne. Work on Cheehlre link of new Sluslaw highway to start short ly, according to County Judge O. P. Barnard. Empire. Empire coal mine Increas ing Ita capacity to satisfy growing bade. MEETS JULY 23 IN PIWX HALL (Br Mm. Gertrude llaak) Th Pomona Orange meets at Phoenix July 33 for an all-day meet TAILSPIN TOMMY IB eitoa south-doihd 7VP W THS SIAIl MS PROVIff OA'S WW" THAT awvoA oas a - TAWBiS S1SAC THAAt A cTfOJr Mfi! FOR JlSTAS HSKB fWAimrt "and ewfiso JTS "PUOT" TO OVASST Hrt fXVSI WS 7VaT tTVtcT Ot0 eVA? eo uas svor wow BVtACWN GifS sttisrs sxsd at ctose fiANse ffiot THS r?f MCt A0A& THS CfiCST OS TVS CXVYOV Jexj S'M ATTER POP One Way Of Impressing r toon -vV-r1AT5 j V; -PATV )uU.W. oPf N rvC "TA IJEA . I CoMt i u ! . J 7 J If -i.- - I I J -Xu ( waswt useu To I , . i 1 s . . , . . . s II 1JJ CV Wt- I RJ jyw i r . .w-, nn i 'icn vji BOUND TO WIN The Discovery! 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Thla Is the first time Phoenix Orange has entertained Pomona, ao let us have a good attendance and make this meeting one long to be remembered by them. During these times of depression and unrest, the farmer seems to be getting more than his share of the Nothing Ghost-Like ftOOM ClC VKJ& THIS FLOCK. O' ME ARE GOIM' A IUHN ftKOUNB rWie. Wolf! LOOK1. THAT HORRID MlS LOTTA VOTEft lj GOING To RUN) MOW twi VilL 86 IN THE "OCIAl. SWIM I MOVT DO SOME FOR MATOR- I OfcTEVT THAT THING TO ( 6TOPMtR-l S, VJOMAM- I burden to carry, but the result Is that he la beginning to do some good old-fashioned bard thinking. The question Is, will his thinking crys tallize Into something of permanent value to the farmers of the future? Only through organization local, county, state and national can any thing worth while ever be accom plished. No farmer can ever, single handed, cope with the producing hordes of China. New Zealand, Argentine, Ha waii, Philippines and countless other regtoni) . No farmer can ever hope to, single handed, cope with the great About This! Your Host CfT PLEASE VlTTLES ON'T GO TOO TO TAKE OLK6! ' ,T i J WM rw s nil uu i bV I - .1 I h I 1 aaoa asee 7li r HU problem of spread between the pro ducer and the consumer, wherein large part of the dollar that morally belongs to the producer, disappears Into thin air. Insofar as tbe farmer la concerned. There seems to be a number of peo ple In this fair land of ours who are out to get much more of this world's goods than they are morally entitled to. We say morally, because we know that many of those who have amassed fortunes are working entirely within their legal rights: The laws protect them, because they are made for them and by them. T LOOKS PRET-rvlHW IT 6EEM6 A F LOOK, (OH . LORpiE, LOWOie , ) VJ1LD AN' WOOLW if M SOME OF THOOE MONATHAN!) V. LORD1E ? VES t . OVER WNDER SrHT' BU5HES HAVE ) THAT'S THE BfOSLSIR, T lo I CANT 6TOP RUNNING FOR BUT CAN TRY TO OeFEAT H6.R. HAVE IT This la tte M-centennlal year ot the birth of George Washington, the first president of our country. Our thoughts go back to that strenuous time when our forefathers fought so valiantly and successfully for the rights of the masses as against the rights of the classes. That la only a little over a hundred and fifty years ago. Yet today, the question of the rights of the masses as agalnt the rights of the classes looms over us again In a dark cloud, which all but obscures Ood's blessed and Inspiring sunlight. Let every subordinate Orange have HER FROei OrFtCE, - AH,'. fjlGGS-1 1 rRE:!J a resolution or a subject for discus sion at the next Pomona meeting, the discussion of which will shd some light on the many problem confrontlng.ua. A basket dinner at noon. Lecture hour Immediately after dinner. The lecture hour Is usually open to the public. Oold Beach. Number of men em ployed In cleaning re servo Ire and dan) of Gold Beach Utilities Co. Monmouth. Front of local hard ware store repainted by Harold Cozn stock. By GLENN CUAKFW and UAL FUBBltft By C. M. PAYNE '11 I K 1 By EDWIN ALGER By SOL HESS. tSJILDER BUT PFBPI P DOryJT MEED BEID&ES NOW-A-DANS THEV eiCST SO MUCH TIMeTHEY WALK AROUSJO RIVERS . I SHOULD BE MAMUFAfTI IPlMrl 6ATWIMS -5UIT3 SOTKEYi luulu SUUIM OVER By George McManus
