Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 01, 1938, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextPArrrc tctottt rTDFCRT) MATT, TT?TP.FXE. WDFOim OTJEHON'. TTTTTJR'nAY, DTCCTarBTCTC 1, 1038. THE ARMY POST MURDERS By Virginia Hanson The Characters Kathertne Cornlih, myself, vit- iting Elizabeth on a mid-western Army post. Elizabeth, th colonel' daugh- . Yesterday! On tht train a girl ttara at mi. She teem itrangtly familiar. Chapter Two The Mandarin Coat T HOPE you don't mind Annie," 1 Elizabeth was saying hurried ly when the kitchen door opened again. This time only the head came into the dining room, an ex pression of elaborate innocence on the aggressive face. "I suppose you'll be wanting the oar thu afternoon?" "Certainly." Elizabeth's manner was cold. "All right All right. I lust thought if you wasn't usin' It I might run into town and do me week-end marketing. . . ." The head withdrew and indis tinct mumbling could he heard. "She's so provoking about my ear," Elizabeth murmured indig nantly. "Ever since I got it shes been at me to let her drive it. She knows better than to ask Father for his, but she can't seem to real ize that I'm grown. She's been with tion, I couldn't for the life of me remember whether there had been anything strained in her words or manner. It was true that she had referred to Barney as Mr. Nelson, but that was like her. I haven't really described Eliza beth yet. She was built proudly, like the ancient goddesses, tall, and with lovely curves that she kept under rigid control. She bore herself royally, even in a rocking chair, and her fine flaxen hair was wound around her head like a coronet She had good features fine clear skin that was as innoceni of make-up as a baby's, and blue eyes that were grave and honest She wore no look of conscious beauty; and that, perhaps, is why so many who knew her looked on her and found her plain. But I can't describe her better than to say that no one ever called her Betty. Costumes "TpHERE was something else I 1 wanted to tell you," she pon dered, a thoughtful line between her brows. Tne rocker creaked. "Oh, I know. Mr. Nelson tele phoned last night he's chairman of the hop committee and said they'd decided to make it a cos tume affair. They thought being in costume might liven people up a bit." "Is there any place In the village where I can rent something?" I Elizabeth thought the Mandarin coat would be a. more modest costume. as for years, of course since Mother died just after the war and she thinks of herself as one of the family." "Can she drive?" "She says she can, but I'm sure 1 don't know when she learned, unless it was while her husband was alive. He was a sergeant in the regiment, you know killed in ac tion. Of course cars are very differ ent now, and I don't suppose she realizes that" "I never heard her so talkative before." We sat on the veranda for a while, talking lazily and listening to the drowsy hush of the after noon. "I'm afraid you'll be bored here, it's so quiet" Elizabeth said apolo getically. Although I protested the sugges tion I could not know until later how great was her understate ment. I was to be anything but bored. Announcement Party SHE rocked and smiled. 'There's polo at four. It won't be a good game, but if you like we'll drive over." "You said we're going out to dinner?" "Yes. Anne Carewe is entertain ing before the hop. Did you meet her when you were here before?" "Once. They had just come. She's the pocket-size Venus, isn't she, with the pansy eyes?" "Isn't she lovely?" Elizabeth's tribute was a shade more serene than mine. She hesitated, went on, "Men find her very attractive." "I know. I noticed that." She rocked slowly, hands calm In her lap. "I believe it Is to be an an nouncement party," she said a shade too steadily or was I imag ining things? You read that expression about your heart standing still. Mine certainly stumbled and took a long time about starting on. I don't know what I was thinking for a minute. Charlie may be careless, but I wouldn't expect him to get engaged to two girls at the same time not in a rational moment, I wouldn't. But I had not been ex actly rational since that queer ex perience on the station platform. The rocker creaked. "Yes." she said calmly. "I'm almost sure that she and Mr. Nelson arc engaged." For a minute 1 wasn't thinking nuch about anything but my re lief, so that afterward, when 1 thought back over the conversa- asked, but without much hope. 'That won't be necessary. I must have something that can be taken in to fit you. There are at least half-a-dozen costumes in the attic. We're always having them in the army costume parties. I mean. We can look now if you like." I followed her up three flights of stairs. The storage space was bare except for four or five trunks which stood in an orderly row against the wall. Elizabeth began to delve into one of these a bat tered veteran with half - legible labels from all oyer the Orient filastcred haphazard over its sur ace. It was a strange collection that she lifted out and placed on the clean sheet which she had spread on the floor a pith helmet, out moded party dresses, a handful ol old - fashioned hop cards, theii small pencils dangling, a brilliant embroidered shawl which, when 1 lifted it, ran through my fingers heavy and fluid. She delved once more and brought to the surface a suit of Chinese pajamas of a heavenly shade of peacock blue. I reached for them covetously. "I'm sure they will fit you," sht said, but with an odd note of doubl in her voice. . . . "And they're f lovely color with your red hair.' She paused and thought deeply "You know the Chinese girls realls wear them on the street, so they're not actually immodest I knowl' Her face brightened. .She dove back into the trunk, explaining as she worked. "A mandarin coat that you can wear with it, so you won't look as if you were just wearing ordinary pajamas." Finding what she sought, she held It up for my in spection a lavish garment ol heavy black silk, richly embroi dered In gold thread. "Of course it's a man's coat, but that won't mntlcr. It will look ever so much better, don't vou think so?" There Is really no explaining Elizabeth. She stepped bodily out of the nineties. And that was why that warm night I was to wear the lovely blue pajamas almost entirely concealed under the hot black folds of the mandarin coat a gorgeous, con spicuous garment whose damning, bloodstained appearance was to lead me before mornmj! perilously near to a charge of murder. (Copyright. t9S9. Virginia rtanton) Monday! An old frlrnd. , World at Crossroad Is Hull's Warning CRISTOBAL. C. Z., Dee. 1 ,VI Secretary of Stat Hull said today tht world was at a crossroads, with one course loading to rteace and the other to war and anarchy. He iMIlrd a statement of Rreetllld on his arrival here on the 8. S. Santa Clara, enroute to the ran-Amerloan confrrrnce at Lima, Peru. High Climber Dies From Fall Injuries HOKEllt'HO. Ore.. Dec. 1 -CloII Calkins, 30, high climber tor the Hnniwn-Wakt'tleld tog gins company at Camas Valley, died this aft moon irotn Injuries, suffered while engaged In topping m tree for i:" n a par tree. The top of the tree kicked bark n tf nns nil. alrlklnR Calkins with suf Itc.rnt forre to brrnk his niriy ielt and eause his tall to the ground, It wai reported. Idaho Legislature Votes Relief Coin BOISE. Idaho. Dec. 1 A1 Iilriho'a legislature appropriated sluo.OOO to provide relief for S3 .VH destitute person, raid Itself 1.000 and ad journed sine die today. With hut a few hours remaining until terms of legislators expire nt midnight tonight, five minor bills Introduced In the apeelnl session were not brought up tor vole. LITTLE PLANE SPANS CONTINENT NON STOP NKW YORK. )c. he MrM tmn-w onttiH'in il nonstop fit-; lit in mi tiOO-poumi nnrt'att'r pl.ine wns comph-trd WnlniMny mhrn Johnny Jonr. one -time vnudc-vlll 117 pm, tr.'Ml. ftMnpt'M'n the Jot'rnrv irrtu I Am-;'' In 10 hour nnd 40 mlnntm. ...-. ... Utc Mali Tribune Want Ad. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address the author. Inclosing, a stamped enveloDe for reply. Reg. XT. .8. Pat Oft tata., I I l ii i. in ! in . Vx- - t sSfW I 0wn TrontipKMan. ROM tZb iMte IN Z PftVS THROUGH ftSU&-ZER0 bUZZAKP o mi foRT PHIL KEftRNY, Wyo, FROM ANNlHlLfflON&VSloQ INDAN5... Dec. 22-Zf, ebb) mm ffrtOMPtf McKEPsN ) 6overnoti of PENNSSlVMlh- 1Vte contiNnTpl PRODUCE BROOD oflomb iVBRY Zor3 PAYS fouR MM CftUGHT - siLveRT&RpoN in 6 Worn! ( Off Neu Orleans, U, lZ""JU MtHQj3it BtMIuU. lot 'PorliiKw" PhllllpV nidi Combating almost Insurmountable hHrtshlps, John "Portugre" Phillips, Wyoming frontiersman, saved old Port Phil Kpftrncy from complete destruction by Sioux Indians tinder Chief Red Cloud during the bitter winter of 1866. One of a line of forts along the Bozeman road to the west. Fort Phil Kearny wss In command of Col. Henry B. Carrlngton. On December 21, & wood train from the fort was attacked by the Sioux and cut off Near midnight Phillips set out on Trom retreat. Brevet Lt.-Col. William Judd Petterman, with 80 men. set out to relieve the train. The 81 men walked Into an In dian trap, and to the last man they were wiped out. Col Carrlngton, real lzlng he was undermanned by the Petterman massacre, saw as his only hope reinforcements from Port Lar amie, 236 miles distant. At this poin PortU(?ee Phillips ft civilian guide, volunteered to go through the Indian lines for aid. Carrlngton 's horee. A blizzard was raging: It was 25 degrees below zero. All that night Phillips rode on. and near midnight on Christmas eve he rode into Port Laramie, frozen and exhausted. His horse dropped dead at his feet. Phillips' ride brought relief to Fort Phil Kearny by January, 1867, before the Sioux had renewed their attack, and the crisis passed. Tomorrow: The man who broke the bonk at Monte Carlo 19 timefll JOSEPHINE LEVY TO BE SILLER Q RANTS PASS, Dec. 1. (AP) A decrease in the Josephine county levy for the coming year was promised to day by the court and budget com mittee. Exact figures were not giv en while word awaited from Salem on state taxes. A reduction of state property tax and $15,000 from state sources accounted for the expected decline. The budfiet committee decided to abandon the county poor farm effec tive January 1, when a new county court takes office. Exports from the state of Georgia during the first eight months of 1038 amounted to $12,713,240 against Imports of 96.009.361. Traffic laws were In effect in Eng. lend as early as 1835. long before the invention of the automobile. Tuna Plant Odor Bothers Astoria ASTORIA. Ore., Dec. 1 (p) A method of controlling the odor from tuna fish reduction plants was sought yesterday by J. O. Convill, city manager who left for southern Cal ifornia to study deodorizing systems and municipal ordinances in cities where the industry has long been es tablished. The tuna Industry developed here two seasons ago when the first runs appeared off the Columbia river In commercial quantities. DRESS PARADE By GLUYAS WILLIAMS f 4 SfARfS DRESSIH& JOHlOR 1URHS BMX FROM 6Cf1W6 HIS 01rlEf SlbCKlKS AND FlHDS HE HAS VANI5HEP UCAfES HIM IMDER BED lOOKlHS F6R BAIL HE WOPPTP MSI NlfiHIJ ANI 8V HRN6IK6 OrifO HIM 6Ef5 HIM IM1b Sf0KlH6 AMD ifcoOSERS TTT r i 11 6Ei5 CLEflM SHlfff TW)M DRAWER AtJD SEE6 HIM DISAPPEARING W -Co HAIL to SEE IF "THE CAT HAS COME UPSTAIRS 11-30 WHEU READV 1b POfrllS SHOES ON, W6 1b SEARCH ErtTIRE UP PER FWOR BEFORE FlrJDW6 HIM Irl STOREROOM IDOKIrte AT HU SlEP F0U0WS HIM DOWriSTfllRS WITH HIS SWEA1ER. REFlECfifte fHAf ROUER SKBTE& WOUID BE HAN DY WHEN JRESSIKS JUNIORj (Copyright, 1938, b7 The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 3 MATTER Bv 0 PAYNE tr A tMrfjr! 4ft rin"XM 1M" by Th BU Bynllcalc, Inc.) t-gi TAILSPIN TOMMY Tommy Determines to Sell His Life Dearly By HAL FORRES'" OLLINQ. OIVIMG, ZOOMING, LOOPING, TOMMY RESORTS TO EVERY TRICK OF HIS FLY I MS SKILL TO ESCAPE THE HAIL OF BULLETS PROM HE. AIR PIRATE. SURGE OF RAGE .vEEPS OVER HIM AS HE REALIZES THAT THE OTHER PILOT HAS THE ADVANTAGE, WHILE he, tommy, is unarmed except for the pistol which skeeter. gave Him iJ5. 'flHEN HIS RAGE 18 JA REPLACED BY COLD FEROCITY OF PURPOSE. he would die, of that he feels sure , but he determines to take theblack pirate with him in dsath! grimly, tommy dives, them climbs. And. , THE PIRATE. I CAN AFFORD N TO PLAY AROUN' VITH HIM. . BEFORE I DUST M I M onarmed! AS TOM MYS SHIP THUNDERS OM AMPAn A IANA t INP Of vivid crimson snaps out from the pirate plane TRACER BULLETS! ftut sudoenly the mercury whips over and dives olrectly at The pirate craft. . the maneuver is obviously clear. . tommy intends to crash his ship heaolons into the other plane' D-25 BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER The Bad News I ey EDWIN ALGER WONDER WHEN DR KIUEY'S COMING BACK? ONE OF US HAS TO GO TO TOWN H SOON WITH SOME M EGSS BUT HE SAID TO WAlT- I HAf? A CAR COMIN1 'ROUND THE BEND WHY, IT'S WILFRED JIPPEM. THE LITTLE TOOTSIE-WO0TSIE! Ui OLtM Hl ntRK 1 HI, WILFRED! WHAT! YOU TWO KINDA POISON YA 1 GUYS SERVIN TODAY? I STARTED PACK1N1 YET? ipl WHAT DO V I MEAN PACK1N g YOU MEAN, THE EXTRA SHIRT I PACKING? I EACH OF YOU OWN, Y3 If M, M PACK1N1 .r CAUSE YOU BOTH 'THWrtP52 YET? IT ARE LEAVIN1 THIS rrr rnr-S DUMP TONIGHT! J y, THE NEBBS A True Nobb Bv SOI HESS IF AFTER RUDV SAVE OUT THAT W IMTERVIEW ABOUT MV BLUEBICO I DIAMOMD, 1 KNEW CROOKS WOULD Fe UOVJNJ HERE 50 1 SXWITCMEi) IT FCfl. A GLASS, AKJ EXACT . 1 a ---a "r-i a. i m t ir- ai i ir 1 i fr ALU MY UrE. 1 LIKED -rr KXvTTVI fwV VAITTR a.aii.iy -rv.tr -rrvicD FATHER. ALWAYS WAr FELLOW5 SXME IP TLXjYTJ'P0, 9?, CASI UCK HIM AT WIS Au up t 12 5-' HtAUSUN U5 TO STDRE OUR TrY Vjy;.',' II y tr .ujsrr" liwe td sp?p: tue 'SiX;1 Ta i km i.irtr t i iktto I I ' - trci ircr A.i-ir -rue rrti.ir-r V -:3 r V j II V fcLLs HIM IT'S 6LB.&5 ITO A fc - ' II V OSAPPOIKJTMENIT THAT EVTNJ m Wrt'i- ' -- . 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