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PAGE SIX afEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, BEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1932, Gamblers Throw bf Eu&tcuu. L. AdevmA 8YN0P8IB: Jerry Calhoun. Bmorv Battlaa and a detective, Slovene, art preparing for an n temtve hunt alter the kidnaper! who carried off Nancy Went' worth, a mualaal comedy atar, and vho alto have abducted a gang ater and our wealthy buaineae men. They plan to follow down the gang by airplane, aa both boya are pllota. Nancy, captured while ehe woe with Jerry, and the ether are being held while their relativea pay "board money" to eneure their aafety. The money waa collected by a hydroplane, which glvee a olui aa to the mod' ern methoda and reaourcea of the kidnapere. ifeanwhlle the cap Uvea find themeelvea tranaported by plane to eome unknown place ot tropica! heat. They eee only aervanta, and their nervea grow atratned in the euapenee and heat. One of the millionaire!, Mallory, telle Nancy he hae been In love with her for yeare and Met to klee herwhen eomeone inter-vente. Chaper I A DANGEROUS MAN ,THB whirling blur of things steadied. Nancy' eyes returned to focus. A long breath or two and ana was almost hersolt. Before her was the gangster, One ihot Luccl, balancing himself lightly noon the balls of his fast, rubbing me itnucKies of his right band and taring at her with bis brlsAL hard Uttlo eyes. His shock of black hair was slicked back against his head, (lued down with pomade. She could smell the lllao scent of It "If he tries to neck you again, I'll kill him," he declared flatly. "Lucky I happened by." He paused a mo ment In thought Then his brow cleared. "Wouldn't it be better If I eracked his neck right nowT There wouldn't be a squawk outa mm." "No, no, please!" she turned mod into a nervous laugh. "Thank you so much, Mr. Luccl, but let's not add to our troubles." Mr. Luccl looked as though be thought the trouble would be negligible, a thing io oe iorgotten in the next breath, but she hurried on. "I'm sura he won t bother me again." Mallory was strugul!n to hli feet his green eyes hot and mur derous. A bluish lump waa already becoming evident on the point of ois cum. He lurched as he turned and staggered into the bouse. "That's what too much hootch floes to a guy," Luccl observed philosophically. "It that bird waa In training, now, he cpuld muscle sua way inrougn quite a good set- to." He wiped his forehead with ' florid handkerchief of lavender silk, bordered and Initialled lu pur pie. "Gee, ain't It hot! Have you got any Idea where we are, Miss wentworth?" "Not the slightest" She drew a long breath of relief. A danger point nad been passed in safoty. "Mr, Mallory thinks we're on one ot the southernmost Islands ot the Ba hama group. Mr. Hamilton thinks we are on the Florida coast" "How long were you in that plane?" "It must have been flftoen or six teen hours. The curtains were drawn during the day time and we landed at night so we couldn't see whether we had been flying over land or water." "Fifteen hours," echoed the gang ter reflectively. "That knocks my Idea out of the picture. I figured we'd been In the air long enough to of got to California or maybe Mex ico. But I don't think they could have carried you that far from New Tort It's hot enough to be 'way down In the tropica. Well, I'll pass. fWe'll know sometime, I guess, If we don't all get bumped off down here fighting with each other. Have they said anything to you about ransom money!" I "Not a word. Nor to any ot the others, ao far aa I know. Perhaps that's one ot the things that makes the tension and the uncertainty." I "Well, it'i a swell racket what ever they're doing about collecting ;Ior us They bought this Island, and (this portable house tor 115,000, say. iThs airplane cost them fifteen twenty grand more. The clothes they bought for ua when we got down here, and the eats, drinks and furniture, say, another live grand. That's aomethlng like M0.000. God knows how much they will chisel outa us before they turn us loose. But me, I don't mind. It's worth whatever It costs. I didn't think any red hot living could teach me a good racket And this one's a wow." His calm analysis ot the situation aa a business proposition appealed to her sense of humor and quickly re stored her perspective. She had heard ot notorious One shot Luccl, aa had every other news-paper-reading Inhabitant of the United States. Tales ot his diaboli cal ferocity, his cold-blooded use of machine guns, bombs, airplanes and other frightful weapons ot modern warfare, his bruen disregard for life or man-made law, his complete domi nation ot mora than two-thirds ol the entire criminal element of the country, had been widely written up In the preis. She, In common with millions of others, had im agined One-shot Luccl to be a mod ern edition of the wild west gun man of popular fiction. Instead, ha reminded her of the prosperous fellow who owned her favorite fruit shop In New Vork. It was only the expression ot his eyes, chill as brown agate, and the hard set to his jaw that was markedly different Yet those two features slone told ber that he might bi that he was all of those things de lineated by the newspapers. His exceptional Intelligence, combined with a total lack of moral sense, made him what he Indubitably was, one of the moat dangerous men In America. "Well, what do you see!" His crisp voice, with scarcely a trace of accent, challenged her, , "Very little that I did not know." He accepted her thrust "I must find a cool spot," she said. She turned toward the door and had nearly reached the sanctuary of the darkened Interior when his voice, cool and measured, came to her. "Next time anyone starts to make love to you, Nancy, tell him that I'll toss his heart out to the sharks." She wheeled around, her courage returning, determined to fight It out then and there. He had disappeared His steps could be heard slithering through the sawgrass around the corner of the porch. Not since the spy scares during the World War had there been such a general feeling of distrust per vading the country as that which followed the bold raids of the kid napers In Chicago. Newspapers were filled with head lines reporting the latest vague pronouncements ot the police which, when analyzed, revealed that the officials knew nothing and were at their wits' end. Every airplane manufacturing plant In the United States was vis ited by police who checked the came of each recent purchaser of an amphibian or a flying boat Work of checking the resales of such craft was proceeding apace but since aviators are notably a migratory lot months would be needed to com plete the work. Attorneys representing the two Chicago millionaires took the train for New York, with a man who was reputedly the cleverest crim inal lawyer In the United States, who represented One-shot Luccl. After a very lengthy conference with the firm of Hammond, Smyth, wnlttelsey, Van Asbforth and Ham mond, the reward fund was in creased to $150,000 for each person rescued from captivity. Also 250, 000 was offered to the person or persons causing the arrest and con viction ot the leader of the kidnap ing band. An undented rumor was published in the press stating that a score of wealthy, men had underwritten a huge fund to be used in retaining the services of the two largest pri vate detective agencies In the coun try to work Independently of each other and ot the police. On Saturday, the 15th, It was an nounced that a demand bad been made upon the friends and relatives of the Chicago victims tor a "board bill" ot $100,000 each, to be placed In a rowboat anchored upon Lake Michigan exactly IS miles east of the Oreat Lakes naval training sta tion. Speclflo mention was made in the demand that watch would be sot tor aircraft or aurface vosscls. Warning was given that It a similar trap wore sot on Lake Michigan to that oft Montauk point no effort would be made to take the money and th prisoners would bear the brunt of retaliation. As before, the notes were written and onclosed In non-descrlpt stationery but were, on this occasion, mailed from a box In Chicago's populous Loop. There were no finger prints nor any other traceable -clues. At nine o'clock the following Wednesday m.r-nlng, a large cabin monoplane loomed off an uneven Hold ot stubble on the outskirts of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, an fitw southward at an amaslng speed. When It turnl out over Lake Mich igan at Waukogan, Its altitude was such as to render It almost Invisible, from the ground. Twenty-tour thousand feet abovi the vast expanse ot inland sea, three men were comfor'ably seated In Mi heated, enclosed cabin. Jerry, his gray eyes sparkling, was at the joy stick. (Copyright, DM Treat-', Jirry It grimly ttereane it chut ths kldnaptrt, this tfait, to thtlr hlddtn htadqutrtiri, Ten-o?-row, tha Strang plant spvtart aosln. LAKE RESORTS REDUCE RATES TO LOW FIGURE Wm. K Offutt, manager of the re sort at Lake o tns Wood, waa In Medford today, and announced re ductions In th prlMt ot houalng fa cilities and boats for the remainder of the season. "Fishing la at Its bat at the pres ent time," Mr. Ottutt reported, "and the mosquitoes have practically en appeared from the report." He also aid that dancing at the Unit pa TllUon was being enjoyed by the fusats, as well aa water sports. Among the Itstlnsa marts by Mr. Kfttll 1A ! nunereuj ftdwilou. were housekeeping cabins, which may now be rented for SI SO per day, or 14 a week. Rowboate are being rented to visitors for 13 per day, and motorboata for 19 a day. Ratea at Diamond Lake have also been greatly reduced. In keeping with reductions In other lines, t,ia Diamond Lake Improvement Co, under the management of Oeo. Howard, naa reduced the prices on ootttagea, kitchenettes, cabins, meals, boats, etc. from 20 to 50 per cent. The fiehlng la reported good at the lake now, the company'a accommoda tions are first class, the weather Is delightful and with the reduced rates the attendance will no doubt greatly Increase for the balance of the season. VESSELBP UP ALEXANDRIA BAY, N. July 20. OP) Two men were killed, three In jured and 11 missing Tuesday when & dynamite explosion on the drill boat "America" blew the boat to bits and shook the St, Lawrence valley for miles. Speedboats raced from this summer resort town to the scene of the ex plosion to rescue any survivors who might have been swimming or cling ing to wreckage In the St. Utwrcnce river. WASHINGTON, July, iuv (AP) President Hoover today received the resignation of General Charles McK. Saltzman, chairman of the radio commission and made known that he would accept it. In a letter to the president, Saltzman said he was forced to submit his resignation be cause of poor health and the orders of his physician. ! CITIES OF CHINA WASHINGTON, July 20. (AP) The state department has been in formed, that cholera epidemics have broken out In Tientsin, Nanking and Shanghai, China, with nearly two hundred deaths reported and more than 2000 caws. No Americana have been reported stricken. The advices were that up to June 23 there were 330 cases at Tientsin, Including at least 35 deaths, all in the native hospitals. Officials said the number of cases abroad In the native quarter would be much larger. Albany. Burned Aioany Floor Co. plant No. 1 to be reconstructed. Roseburgj Work progressing rap idly on Veterans' home. Tillamook. Work o-. paving proj ect north of city started recently. STATE SHOW GAIN ALBANY, Ore., July 30. AP) An Increase of 32 communicants of the Oregon synod of the Presbyterian church was reported by the Rev. D. A. Thompson of Portland, synodlcal executive, at the 42nd annual synod In session here Tuesday. The mem bership Is 21,686, he said. Dr. Thompson announced that the church income had fallen only 10 per cent in contributions to all channels. In spite of the fact that business has In many Instances shown a 60 per cent decrease. Ex-Insurance Head Dies. BEBNARDSVILLE, H. J., July 20. (AP) Forrest Palrchlld Dryden, for mer president of the Prudential In surance company, died today. St. Helens. Plans being considered to establish power plant here. TAILSPIN TOMMY A Break For Herb! Corvallls Charles Bwaln awarded 0778 contract for paving work on Jackaon street from Arnold way west to Slat and on a tat street north from Van Burert to Harrison. MAYBE I GETTEt? PUT A 61U6 INTO TH'S PILOT FOR LUCK! 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