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MEDFORD MSIU TRIBUNE, ilEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST "IS, 1932.
Gamblers Throw
bf Eusiact L. Adatnu
erhOPSIS: Besieged by M,
oun gang, Limpv Aehteood, uir.'t
Bmory haltlea and the men Ah
vood ha abducted delend Aih'
iaood'e Uland houee. Jerry Cal
houn ie racing bu airplane after
the membcrt of the gana who
have captured hie oile, alno kid
naped by Aehwood. A. detective.
Steven, is VAth htm.
CLapter SI
SHOOT AT HER PROPELLER"
THE other three separated, two
of them dodging behind one
tree after another until they had
worked their way as close to the
bouse as they dared. The fifth,
pulled a handkerchief out of bis
pocket and advanced boldly, war
ing the white bit of clotb.
"Far enough, Mueller," called
Athwood as the gangster reached
easy hailing distance.
"Come out on the porch, Mmpy,"
yelled the lone man. "I want to
talk to yon."
"You hardly Inspire me with
confidence," retorted the other,
"while you have a white flag In
one band and a gun In the other."
Mueller placed his automatic
upon the ground at bli feet. Ash
wood limped out on the porch. Un
der bis straightforward gaze, the
man "with the flag ot truce shifted
about uneasily,
"LImpy," he said at last, "we
"We'll diva straight aorosa her top wing," shouted Jerry. "Shoot at hsr
propeller." . ,
don't want to bump you off, but
wa want two-thirds ot all Uie jack
you got In the - house. We'll take
your word (or how much you got,"
"Aren't you flattering!" mocked
' the slender, white-haired man from
his exposed position on the porch.
"Mueller, aren't you the man
who persuaded the others to Join
liuccl's mob?"
"What if I am?"
"Nothing ot Importance," replied
Ashwood evenly, 'except that I'm
going to write your name on a
bullet"
"What about the Jack? Are you
going to kick In? It you don't,
we'll charge the house and take It
II."
"Charge It you like," retorted
the cripple Indifferently. "I'd ad
vise you, Mueller, to remain be
hind a tree."
A sudden flush suffused the gang
ster's face. So quickly that the
ye could scarcel) follow his move
ments, he dropped , the flag and
scooped up the automatic
Emory, crouched behind his
table, felt his own gun kick back
in his hand. He saw Mueller stand
upright, rigid, a look ot astonish
ment replacing the rage on his fea
tures. Standing ajill as a statue,
the man dropped the gun, coughed
and suddenly pitched forward, lull
length upon the eawgrasa.
A gust ot machine-gun bullets
rattled against the side ot the
house and knocked long splinters
from the porch rail. Ashwood
turned, calm and unhurried, and
strolled back Into the living room,
where he took his place beside
Emory.
"Much obliged, old thing," he said
quietly. Then, turning toward the
others, "They'll be coming, now.
Don't let one of them slip past the
house. We can't have an attack
from the rear."
"How long now, Jerry?" asked
the detective.
"Tea or fifteen minutes, at least
If that bird could get another fifty
revolutions a mlnuro out ot his
engine we'd never catch him!"
"I'll be wanting to poke this gun
out of the window."
Jerry showed him a sliding panel
, A new weekly publication entitled,
"The Wlllpen Pinea Mirror." ha made
it appearance In Jackaon county,
and la unique In the lax-t that It la
written, arranged and published en
tirely by very young feminine Jour
nalists. This news sheet originates
at the Girl Scout camp, now In ses
sion on the Applegete, and la a new.
but highly entertaining feature of
the camp program.
Publication Is made on Saturday
night and distribution to the ramp
made on Sunday morning, and start
ing each week with a new "staff" to
guide Its destinies,'
Call Lottie Howard, Rep. Investors
Syndicate, 1338-u
la the son-sbatterable glass wind
shield and warned him against fir
ing through the shimmering are
ot the propeller.. Then both lapsed
into silence, their eyes fixed upon
the Irregular blur ot blackness
which was slowly resolving Itself
into the distinguishable outline ot
the amphibian.
All sense of forward motion was
long since gone. Droning steadily
through the night skies with the
utter blackness of the water erer
beneath them both men In the
cabin felt as though they bad been
Hying for hours without getting
anywhere. There were no Islands
directly below by which tbey might
gauge speed or distance. The dark
mass of the coast line rolled past
their right wing like a treadmill.
A sudden stream ot. spitting fire
shot from the rear ot the amphib
ian's fuselage. Jerry's heart
thumped. Action at last! He
watched the flickering spot of crim
son carefully, holding steadily to
his course. Time euough to dodge
the machine-gun when be could see
Us tracer bullets. The detective slid
open the glass panel. The cabin
was Instantly filled with a tornado
of solse and wind. He Inserted a
clip of cartridges Into the breach
of bis gun.
''Going to be a mite awkward,"
he shouted peevishly, "to stop them
without making them fall."
Jerry watched a luminous streak
ot ruler-etralgbt smoke draw a line
from the gangster's flashing gun
to a point scarcely six Inches from
the monoplane's left wing tip. The
gunner was getting the range. The
sulphurous stream veered, disap
pearing within the trailing edge ot
the wing. Jerry pulled hard back
on the stick. The ship zoomed ver
tically for a hundred foot, leaving
the smoking line of bullets far be
low. He straightened out, watch
ing the tracer carefully. Up, up, It
came. He swung to the right then
plunged downward. During the
maneuver he had gained percep
tibly upon the fleeing amphibian.
Stevens, his gun ready, paid no
attention to the other's Ore, nor to
the violent motions ot the plane.
He waited patiently for an oppor
tunity to shoot without endanger
ing the girl or causing a fatal
crash,
The smoking line had been com
ing from a point just behind the
pilot's cockpit In the bow of the
other plane. Nancy was probably
confined In the main cabin within
the fabric-covered fuselage, to tbe
rear of the cockpit Jerry could
now see every detail of the ship.
The tracer bullets were almost con
stant He avoided them auto
matically. "What ahall I aim at?" Inquired
the puziled detective. "No use kill
ing the girl ao's you- can rescue
her."
"Walt," snapped the pilot aa he
polled back Into a loom. Full two
hundred feet above the amphibian
be levelled out and held her to her
course above and slightly behind
the lower Jhlp.
"I'm going down," he shouted.
"We'll dive straight across her top
wing. Shoot at her propeller."
Stevens nodded silently and
pushed the muzile ot his gun
through the panel. Jerry threw his
weight on the stick and the plan
dropped from under the two men
as she hurled downward Ilka t
falling projectile.
(Copyright. DM Prut)
At tht two planaa draw danoar
oualy near each othtr, tomorrow,
Jtrry waits for tho oraah
PENDLETON, Ore,, Aug. 17. (AP)
A man believed to be Fred Steel,
shwp herder of Enterprise, was found
dead In a patch of weed near the
Pendleton Gun club today, The top
ot his head had been blown away by
a shot. A high-powered rifle wei
clapped In his hands.
The man, about AO years old. Is be
lieved to have been dead since last
night.
. Peed grinding Si 60 per ton. Cjulck
eervict. Aiao low naming rate.
P. E. SAMSON CO.
Phone 833. 330 N. Rlreralde
Fender and body repairing. Prices
. i , i
right, Brill Sheet Metal Woita,
Lucie Bruch,' Internationally known
vlollnlat and grand niece ot the fa
mous Max Bruch, German composer,
will entertain In connection with the
lectures In this city of Dr. Stanford
Kinsley Cls.un.eh, who will open bis
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Sunday evening.
The violin recital, beginning st 7:46
o'clock, will precede the lecture,
which Is scheduled for 8:15. The pro
gram will be repeated Monday and
Tuesday, five lectures being Included
In the series.
Miss Bruch has been an Important
figure on the opera stage of the
United States and Europe for the
past 16 years, beginning her musical
career at the age of 10.
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voted to health education and the
science of health. He la known as
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scientist, educator and psychologist.
He has an honorary degree of doctor
of philosophy and has spent years In
dietetic work. He la also a director
of the American Health foundation.
He has spent years teaching In the
United States, Canada and New Zea
land and has also studied the habits
of natives of the South Sea Islands.
Japan Sets nlwount.
TOKYO, Aug. 17. 1AP) The Bank
of Japan reduced Its discount rate
today from g.ll to 4.38 per cent.
Phone 643. We u baul away your
refuse. City Sanitary Service.
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SALEM, Aug. 18. (JPi Nine more
station agencies will be closed by the
Southern Pacific during the next two
months, the railroad firm notified the
public utilities commission today.
Lack of business sufficient to retain
TO OFFENJO VOU.VOU
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these agencies, wss given ss the res
son. The sgencies to be closed on Au
gust 81 are Monmouth, Lafayette.
Dayton, Yoncalla, Brownsville, West
Seto snd Philomath. On September
15 the station at Sutherlln will be
closed and on September 30 the one
at Halsey will close.
FOOD SALE The English Luther
an Ladles' Aid will hold a food ss'.e
Saturday, August 30. st S o'clock, st
the Economy Meat Market
Real Estate or Insurance Leave It
to Jones. Phone 798.
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Municipal Water
SALEM, Aug. 18. (JPi Plans for
the orgsnlrstlon of a municipal own
ership league at Hillsboro was given
a the reason for the withdrawal of
complaints by citizens of that city
against the Oregon-Washington Water
3ervlce corporation and the Portland
Oeneral Electric company. The pub
lic utilities commission today was
notified of the withdrawal of tho
complaints on rates and charges of
these firms filed sometime ago.
By CILENN L'UAKFLN
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