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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWELVE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 1940. Oh cy jjeLvel YESTERDAY: Sue's horn it not the tame alter Allen't wife, shallow, selfish Patty, comet to lfv in it. Patty itartt agitatino for a move to a largt home. Chapter 10 Skier Venus Wife T 'HERE'S your money. Your share of the sale of your fa ther's house," Patsy said Im patiently. "I suppose you know Allen invested that money for your- . "Yes, I believe so." "Well! Sue, for heaven's sake wake up and try to realize the situation. Allen's a family man now. His first duly is to me, not to you. If you are going on living with us A cold hand closed on Sue's heart, that heart which had eemed to its owner to have been bruised into insensibility long be fore this. It was no longer Sue nd Allen Davenport; it was Mr. and Mrs. Allen Davenport, with a luperfluous unmarried sister on their handsl She said chokingly: "But I'm notl I'm moving at once, Patsy. I'll take an apart ment somewhere furnish it" "And bring down Allen's wrath on my headl I'm married to him, Sue, whether you like it or not, whether you like me or not. Do you want to make trouble be tween us the very first thing?" "It needn't make trouble," she said miserably. "I can explain to Allen that it's crowded here that I need more room that Maggie wants to leave it'll all be quite simple, Patsy, truly it will!" The older girl shrugged and walked away. She disdained to give further warning, she seemed to imply. If Sue loved her brother then of course she wanted him to be happy; and bringing about a difference of opinion with his wife was the surest way of troubling him. Sue was mindful of this when she broached the subject of a change that evening. For a won der the three Davenports were (lone, Marie's party keeping her sisters at home, Bob out of town for the weekend. Allen, finishing his paper, laid it down with a smile of pleasure. "Nice being by ourselves like this, isn't it? My wife and my sis ter! We're getting to be a real family, Sue!B It was not an auspicious begin ning for what she had to say but such ns It was, the girl seized it eagerly. "PerhaDS one too manv for this small apartment, though, Buddy! I've been thinking. You know when we moved here, we regard ed it as more or less temporary. How how would it be if I if 1 took a little place of my own? With Maggie, I mean," she added hurriedly, seeing Allen's quick frown. "Not even you could worry about me if I had Maggie." He rose from his chair and stood before the Are, staring down at her sharply. "What's all this, Sue? Do you mind so much the change of room? It's really a pleasanter one than your old one; you've always aid so. Is it too small for you? You're not such, a large person that-" "The room is well enough." She spoke with unusual shortness. "It's well, Allen, it's the whole arrangement. Think," she went on reasonably. "We're just this one place to sit in, to entertain our friends. If people drop in to see me, you and Patsy are at a loss. If you want your friends for bridge, say, I must" "My friends and your friends! Sue, you must be crazy! Since when have we made a difference between them? We both know the same people. We've managed all right up to now. Why -" "But, Allen, it isn't the same! You were a bachelor, you went out even more than 1 did. Now . . . you and Patsy will be enter taining, having her friends as well as . . . yours and mine. It's her home, too, you know. We must both remember that." In Earnest THE man glanced perplexedly from one girl to the other. Patsy sat relaxed In a blue velvet chair, a faintly indolent smile on her lips. Sue, scarlet-cheeked and breathing little rapidly, was bolt upright in her favorite corner of the couch. "Pats, what do you think about all this?" he appealed to his wife. "I think we should take a house," she replied promptly. "It's n o n s e n s e t h r e e people all jammed up in a small place like this. Sue is talking sense. There's a f perfectly dandy place on Ash and " "The stucco house I know. But that's out, Pnts dear. I told you so when you first spoke of it. It's too far from the office, the rent's too high, it would cost a lot to furnish it, I'm sorry, dar ling, but 1 can't afford it just now. I explained all that to you when before we were married." "I know," she murmured. "I do understand, truly, Allen. But . . . after all, if Sue is to make her home Vith us, it's only fair that she share expenses, isn't it? She CONVENTION SHE Chicago, Jan. 13. (U.R) The fifth national convention of the Townsend old age pension or ganization will be held in St. Louis June 30 to July 4, Dr. Francis E. Townsend announced today after conferring with IS field workers. Baxter T. Rankine. director of organization for the Town send group, reported to the meeting that 600,000 new mem bers had been enrolled since the last national convention ati BY LOUISE PLATT HAUCK has a car, and we don't. She has an. income which she practically never touches. If we divided the rent and the heat all our living expenses, lover, we could manage nicely. Sue's willing, aren't you. Sue?" He shook his head. "Divide three ways, you mean? Even then I couldn't swing it; couldn't af ford a car. You know how things at the office are, Pats: that to meet competition with the Kansas City Arms we're working at an actual loss, in money at least. We're building up a reputation which will make us i Arm to be reck oned with when the tide turns. Luckily for us all, we each have a small but adequate income. I've been living on that. Sue's is big enough to run to the little car." "But. Allen!" It was Sue her. self who broke in eagerly. "I'm just realizing! It's because you have supported us both that I was able to buy the car. I honestly didn't know that before. I simply took it for granted that there was enough money for us both, and let it go at that. It's you who should have the carl" "Now listen, Sis," he said firm ly. "The arrangement has not been as onesided as you think. You've paid your share of ex penses right along. As a matter of fact, I couldn't have kept up this apartment just at first if I hadn't deducted your share from your quarterly check. The last year or so I've been able to swing it alone. i snouidn t have dared ask Patsy to marry me, if I hadn't; knowing that a girl as pretty and attrac tive as you will in the nature of things marry soon and leave us. But until that time" his face grew troubled "can't you stick ft, Sis? I I don't want you to leave your brother's roof until you go to your husband's. Pats, tell her she's not to think of leaving us! Why, gosh!" he ex claimed. "I look forward all day to coming home to my two girls at night! I'm going to hate the fel low who takes my little sister away!" He was so genu nelv in earnest. his voice was so full of distress that Sue could onlv let the sub ject drop. She stole a glance at her sister-in-law and found that in scrutable person staring into the nre, ner up caught beneath hf whlte teeth. Like a Cat I'M GOING OUT," Sue Daven- Dort declared one afternoon in late February. "Rain or no rain, I've got to get some fresh air. I've been cooDed un here lone enougn. &ne wore a thin red rubber cape over her tweed suit, her small-brimmed hat was water-proof. Patsy looked up lazily. "And I was just thanking my lucky stars I didn't have to trudge down to the office! I hate wet weather. Driving, Sue?" "Walking. I noed n good tramp." She resisted all Impulse to close the door violently behind her. The living-room was stuffy since Patsy objected to the hour's air ing Maggie had been In the habit of giving it after breakfast. It smelled faintly of food, of stale perfume and cigarette smoke. Patsy had become a chain-smoker since she had no working hours, lighting one from another, and being none too careful about where she flung the ashes. Her sister-in-law's capacity for Immobility had surprised the ac tive Sue. At first she had thought Patsy resting from her long years of secretarial work. But January went by, February was ready to merge Into March, and still Al len's wife spent most of her time curled into a deep chair or on the couch, not reading, not sleeping; just smoking and relaxing utter ly, like a pretty Persian cat. There were times when Sue forgot she was there; when Bar bara Webb dropped in, and after a polite exchange of greeting with Allen's wife, sl.e and Sue were off in a gale of lively chatter. Bob Trenton, at first acutely conscious of that languid silent figure, him self learned to ignore, if not to forget it. Pats woke up only when Allen came home, or her sisters dropped in. Then she came to life with a rush of animation, a spar kle of talk which never ceased to astonish her small sister-in-law, "I can't stand it any longer I can't," muttered Sue today, as her face wet with the drizzling rain and her lungs welcoming the clean air. she walked briskly along. "Allen thinks she is like that all day; that I'm lucky to have such a charming companion from morning till night. And if he knew that she spends the whole time smoking and brooding in that chair or whatever she is doing when she narrows her eyes like that he'd say that at least she doesn't interfere with mv own life. But I have no life, that's the truth of the matter. I don't like to ask people in for the evening because I know It's the only time Allen has with Pats. And I'm tired, tired; of movies, and parties anything to get away!" "Hey, slow up, you' small tor nado!" a cheerful voice bade her. "Where's the fire this dampish day?" ConUnued tomorrow Indianapolis last June. Townsend, founder and presi dent of the organization, and L. W. Joffery, vice-president, will leave Chicago in a few days to consult with house und senate leaders Interested in the new Townsend pension bill to be introduced In congress next week. STATE HOSPITAL HAS 440 INMATE EXCESS SalTn, Ore., Jan. 13. (U.R The state hosnltal here enntnin ed 440 patients more than ca paclty today, with the popula tlon reaching a rrconl of 27ns Dr. J. C. Evans. simerintonHnnt asserted the overcrowding makes It Impossible for the staff to segregate cases properly. On the RADIO CHAINS STATIONS Where to Find Them oi: the Dial: KEX. Portland, 1I8S; KFI. SIV. Lot Angeles; KOA, 1470. Spokane; KGO, 790, San rranrlsro; KUW 630, Portland; KJII. 070, Seattle: KNX. I03O, Los Ancelea; KOA, 830 Denver; KOIN. 840, Portland: HOMO. 036. Seattle; KPO, 630. Kan Franrlwo; KSL, 1180, Salt Lake Sunday :0O Hour, KPO, KOW, KFI; KFI: Festival of Music. KOO. KJR, KEX; Adventures of Ellc-ry Queen, KOIN, KNX, KSL. 6:00 Manhattan Merry-Oo-Round. KPO. KOW, KFI; Sunday Evening Hour. KNX, KSL. KOIN: Note Book. I KOO. 6:30 Organist, KOO, KJR: Fam ily of Familiar Music, KPO, KOW. KFI. 7 :00 Comment tor. KOW; Play house, KNX, KSL, KOIN; Sleep Ser en.'.de, KPO; Hour ot Charm, KOO, KEX, KJR, KFI. 7:30 Carnival, KPO, KFI, KOW; Musical Mosaics, KOO, KJR. 8:00 Messner's Orch.. KOO; Hob by lobby, KOIN, KNX; Nlht Edi tor, KPO, KOW. KFI. News. KEX. KSL. 8:30 Sweet and Low, KOO. KJR; Jack Benny, KPO. KOW, KFI; Morch of California. KNX. :0O Wlnchell, KPO, KFI. KOW: PAYING ATTENTION OJlLlArJi MOTHER AS HIM 10 SKIP UP STAIRS AND LOOK ID HER. POCKET BOOK , HER BROWr) WE, NOT HER BLUE ONE Realizes he has Lost His PLACE IN BOOK AHP LOOKS rfUR AS MOTHER 60ES ON THAT THE POCKETBOOK V5 IN RifcHT BUREAU WJXWtR At THE SACK TAILSPIN TOMMY The Firing BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Proposition? THE NEBBS An Honorable Man &MBER.T HAS AGREED TO A LEGAL FtvRTNER 5wiP ASREE. NEMT AfsJO RUDY" WAS BROUGHT HIM TO OUDSE NIBUCX'S OFFICE. TD DRAW UP TME PAPERS I 6E NJ ,m4 l n Mi r- 1 ., ! 1 T4 Hot O Pal t Ben Bernla. KNX. KOIN: Mr. Dis trict Attorney, KOO. KJB. KEX. 0:80 Van's Orcb, KNX, KOIN; Martin's Orch., KOO, KEX; I Wnt a Dlvnrco. KPO, KFI. KOW; News. KJR. 10:00 Martin's Music, KOO. KJR. KEX; News Reporter, KPO, KFI, KOW; Paul Sullivan. KNX; Dance Orch., KOIN. 10:30 Tucker's Orch., KOIN; Noble's Orcb.. KOO. 1 1 :00 News, KOO: Nottingham's Orch.. KPO. KOW, KHI; News, KNX: Roes and Yeo, KSL. KOIN. Monday 8:00 Party, KPO, KFI, KOW; Sketch. KJR. KEX: Sunset Shadows. KOO. S :30 Kelwy's Orch., KOO, KJR; Voice. KPO, KFI, KOW. 6:00 Civic Orch.. KOO, KEX; Radio Theater, KSL. KNX. KOIN: Quiz Program, KPO, KOW, KFI. 6:30 News and Views. KOMO; Templeton Time. KPO. KOW, KFI. 7:00 Little or Hollywood. KOO. KJR, KEX: Lombaroo's Orch., KSL: KNX. KOIN; Hour. KPO, KOW. KFI. 7:30 Blondle, KNX. KSL. KOIN: Kaye's Orch., KPO, KFI, KOW; Forum, KOO, KJR, KEX. 8:00 Amos and Andy, KNX. KOIN, KSL; Fred Waring. KPO. KOW, KFI; Afoha Land, KOO. 8:161 Love a Mystery, KPO, KFI, KOW; Lum and Abner, KNX, KSL, KOIN: Doe's Music, KGO; Court ney's Orch.. KEX. 8:30 Le Baron's Orch., KFI, KOW. KPO; Breese's Orch., KEX; Bug Band. KOO; Model Minstrels, KNX, M REPLY" TO SHEW IS HE LISTENING, SftYS'sURE'AWD 6ET0 TO HIS FEET" ASSURES HER THAT OF COURSE HE HAS BEfrJ US-TEMInS HE KNOWS JUST WHAT SHE WANT'S, AMD SETS OFF TWIN To BALANCE 800K ON HEAD Squadl is? r) ttReNSkS 7 AjT3 WELL, TAILS Plt. REftPY.- A'M.. . SEE, 6QAH0MA f VOU MAV STEP VOO CERTAIHlV T "'"'oki WALTER9, IT'S U OUTSIDE, I LOOK ( FIDDLESTICKS)) GOOD TO... J CLARISSA I PROSPEROUS, ' -l. -S VOO, TOO, -S GRANDMA- f V CALVlM -AWAIT -l V sTl 1 MY FURTHER fSTrJ f T yIUDSe NIBLICK. SINCE MR. f NE&B FEELS TW AT TMERF NO HONORABLE AGP.EEMEMT BETWEEU MEM VvYTWOUT WRITTEN 1 VPROOF OF IT, GIVE. HIM WHAT - E - WANTS KSL, KOIN. 8:00 Tune-up Time, KNX, KSL, KOIN; True or False. KOO, KEX. KJR; Sherlock Holmes, KPO, KFI. KOW. 0:30 Hawthorne House, KPO, KOW, KFI; Hawkln's Orch.. KOO; Mitchell Ayrea' Orch.. KNX; News. KJR. 10:00 News Reporter. KPO, KFI. KOW; Heldt's Orch., -KOO, KJR; News, KSL, KNX. KOIN. 10:30 Foster's Orch, KOO. KJR, KFI, KEX; Music by Woodbury, KPO, KOW; Van's Orch., KOIN, KSL. KNX. 11:00 Ravazza'a Orch.. KPO, KFI; This Moving World. KEX, KJR; Or ganist, KOIN, KSL: News, KOO, KNX, KOW. Radio Highlights By Associated Press (Pacific Standard Time) New York, Jan. 13. P) Six network commentators, with Kate Smith as hostess, will be heard In a special Tuesday eve ning CBS broadcast in behalf of the fight against infantile paralysis. On the program, "Familiar Voices," will be H. V. Kalten born, Elmer Davis, Raymond Gram Swing, Edwin C. Hill, Ted Husing and Bob Trout, all CBS broadcasters except Swing, who is on MBS. By GLUYA3 WILLIAMS l-IS TRIES TO BM.AHCE BOOK 6 TlN6ER , AS MOTHER CONTINUES THERE'S A CARD lH IT WITH AUNr SUE'S ADDRESS W TrtATS WHAT SHE WAKKB HIM "To BRW6 AFTER INTERMINABLE SEARCH UPSTAIRS BRIN6S DOWN HER. BLUE 'PoCKET0OOO (HHpa-M ty Th IMlSvnd,. uc, . Inr OUDSE.I PUT CAKJ MV MONEY IM ML TUIS TWIKIG VAJHlCM IM ITSEUF PROVES MY CONFIDENCE. IN - M. EMBERT - HIS REMARKS UNFOUNDED UNFAIR John T. Adams, chairman of the board of the Transcontinen tal broadcasting system, says in a statement on the postponed opening of the network sched uled for February 1, that nego tiations to that end are still in progress. He says definite infor mation on the chain's future status should be avalaible with in a few days. Sunday brings, Europe, NBC 5 a. m., WABC-CBS 6 a. rr.., 4, STRANGE For further proof address PT ON A 10-Mll-fc PIA6RAM k 10,000 FEETHIRE AIR A Csayr. I HI by t'nlted Ttm lrncte. Iw. y ' " ! 'a I nav ih, u. a. ru. on. aji mbu nwrrw WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT William Howard Taft four the supreme court, because he twice offered him the coveted civil governor. However, in June, 1921. President Harding no Edward D. White as chief justice. Taft took office in July and served until February, 19 to resign. Strange as it seems, Taft died on March 8 the 89 lice Oliver Wendell Holmes just five hours after death took court. Associate Justice Edward T. Sanford. Monday: Duck's Dilemma. YES, FIDDLESTICKS! VOU HEARD ME, BEN WEBSTER, 'CAUSE I AIM'T ONE TO SPLIT HAIRS ON ANVTHIN1 . VOU GE.NTLEMEJ CAME MERE TO HAVE OWAW A PACTMEKSUIP. FROM YOUR REGARD FOR EACH OTHER lTmNK THINK OU SHOULD ARE HAVE ONE ANJD JsVaa&Lat 5:55, 8 p. m. WEAF-NBC 12:30; WJZ-NBC 2:15, 4:15, 7; MBS 4:45. WEAF-NBC, 4:30 p. m.. Round-table, "Is Our War News Accurate?" Monday expectations: WEAF MBS, 11 a. m. Rep. Wright Pat man on "Legislation Affecting Distribution." Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads la 1:30 p m. AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX the author. Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. TJ. S. Pat Off. Vih Zee times put aside his chief per believed his duty lay elsewh position, but Taft decided to I'VE COME To NOW, BUY ANY SPARE ( JUST A LOTS YOUVE V MINUTE... GOT TO SELL , r IN HAPPY V V VALLEY, YOUNG JfS 1 WONT TAKE SIDES IN THIS ME ARGUMENT BUT 1 HAVE ALWAYS FOUND NEBB HONORABLE TO SUCH A. DEGREE j I 1HAT -IH5K& IS ALWAYS LOTS, OF ROOM IM HIS -U r-N- BOOK Decline To Finance Births Hood River, Jan. 13. (P) "Blessed events" among relief clients failed to receive the blessing of the Hood River pub lic welfare commission today. The commission, declining to fi nance birth from relief funds, deplored a tendency among young couples to "ignore their obligations" and charge blessed events to the commission. Die Mall Tribune want ads. .S. Chief Justice fini'W, iT)M& REFUSER MaNVDU Mondays cartoon) sonal ambition, appointment ta ere. In 1902 President Roosevelt remain as the Philippines' first minated him to succeed the lata 30, when ill health forced him th birthday anniversary of Jus a third member of the high By HAL FORRES" By EDWIN ALGER By 80L HF WILL. 5AV 1 POCkET- 1: