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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TEN MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 22. 1940. By Jean Randall- YESTERDAY: Still another rttiient of Th Street ajtcj Bren ' ia'f cdrire. AfMfdle-aped Maud VanNess thinks Judge Harper Is " til lore with her but too shy to propose. Chapter IS ; Temporary Comradeship BRENDA'S eyei narrowed, all the laughter ?ne. Waa thia one o( the queer casef one read about? Maud VanNess talked and looked like a character out of an O'Neill play. All very well to dif eusa them In the abstract, these character!, read about them; an entirely different thing to be ait tine in the aame room with one, listening to her raving. Brenda rose decisively. . "I'm afraid I can't give you any advice, Miss VanNess. I've never encountered the difficulty which appears to be bothering you. And I really must go now!" Back in her own room aha ret viewed the conversation incredu ously. It simply could not be! Old maids like Maud VanNess didn't txist out of plays and books. "Aunt Anne told me I'd find The Street an Interesting place," he mused, "but she didn't warn me that it was entirely inhabited by freaks. Her conscience smote her at that last word. Isobel wasn t freak, nor Eric, nor nor Mac certainly not Hugh Saltiuj, nor kindly Adelaide nor even the foolish twins. In her preoccupation she had forgotten to close her door and now she was Interrupted By a tat en it. Mac stood in the hall, imil ing at her. "YouT This early in the after Boon?" "I. I've Just bought a car," he Informed her. "Not a lordly new one like Saltuss, but a darned good car, for all that. Will you come lor a little ride witn me ana try it out?" She hesitated. Here was a beau tiful chance to anub the man whom she had told Hush she cor' dially disliked; but her luncheon with Maud VanNess had spoiled her day, ahe was tired ol thinking, the prospect of driving through the late afternoon allured her. She caught up her hat and fol lowed him. "I didn't know you were con sidering buying a car," ahe said. "I'm a creature of impulse," he informed her gravely. "I was busy with the layout for our Complete College Outfit when suddenly the notion struck me and out I darted and picked up this little model." "I thought there waa a lot nf red tape about buying car U' censes a:id titles and things like that. ' "That can all be attended to to. morrow. The fellow that sold me the car wanted me to try it out anyway." She glanced at him sharply. Something some extra note of cheerfulness in hia voice, some fleeting air of nonchalance in his manner aroused her suspicion. "Mac!" "Golly, Brenda, don't yell at me like that! I darn near ran into that truck." "Mac, did Adelaide tell you I was having lunch with Maud VanNess?" 'One Swell Sport' HIS eyes were too Innocent, his tone too surprised. "Why on earth should she tell me that, Brenda? Did you have a nice heart-to-heart with the fair Maud?" "I believe Adelaide did," the girl said slowly, more to herself than to her companion. "I believe you made up your mind that I've been getting too large a dose of The Street of its anxieties and peculiarities. I believe you brought me out to distract me." He looked like a small boy raught with streaks of Jam on hit face. "I I but I've been needing a ear," he protested. "You can ask Isobel you can ask Eric if I haven't talked about getting one! I suppose Maud told you about the Judge?" Brenda nodded. "Yes. the poor foolish woman! I wish there waa something I could do to help her!" To her astonishment he drove the car close to the curb, stopped It and turning, took both her hands in his. "Brenda, you're one swell sport! To take it like that. I mean. Lots of girls most of them. In fact m-ould merely make fun of a poor eld maid like Maud. I apologize for anything I ever said about your writing! Anybody as sweet and understanding of human na ture aa you've proved yourself ainca you came here is certainly cut out for a firstrlass author!" She felt herself glowing with pride, partly because of Mac's praise of her, partly because he was. at last, appreciating her lit erary talent To be iure sha had not yet progressed from the sec ond square on her cardboard to the third, but she felt that Mac's encouragement would dissolve all her difficulties. She had heard a good deal of talk in tha Village about the necessity of a sympa thetic atmosphere for the artist. She had secretly believed this to be a pose. Now she wondered if there might not be some truth in it; if Mac's unconcealed amuse ment over her work. Eric's indif ference to it. The Street's disap proval, might not have exerted a stultifying effect upon her crea tive ability. For a few moments she toyed with the idea of confiding tha plot of her book to Mac, but wis dom prevailed, and she made no mention of the Masterpiece-in-the-Making awaiting her in her own room. However, she did tell Mae about Ab Abemathy. and her be lief that an injustice hau been done Alaine's persistent suitor. "The least we can do. It seemj to me," sha said earnestly, "is to give him a chance to explain. It isn't fair to Judge him by cir cumstantial evidence, Mac! "No. I suppose not." He waa frowning, not so much over Ned Barrow's supposed past as over Brenda's knowledge of it. "I hate having you pitchforked into all this!" he burst forth. Two Letters SHE laughed. "My dear Mac, do you think I'm a child! And let me tell you something Alaine isn't either a child, I mean. You and Ab have behaved very fool ishly about this whole business with Ned. Ask him about it when he comes back from California. If it's true that he's the father of that little boy, I mean," she went on despite the growing darkness of Mac's frown, "then tell Alaine the whole story. I am sure you can rely on her good Judgment in the matter." "Alaine has no Judgment," he retorted coldly. "There'a exactly where you're wrong! You and Ab have treated her as if she were a baby and naturally she resents it Any girl wouia: wnat ousiness is It or ad s to say how her towns shall be cut. or what sort of swimmini suits she shall wear? I don't wonder she threatens to elopet I would too in ner place; Her cheeks were scarlet her eyes glowing with anger. Mac leaned forward and turned on the ignition, touched the starter. "I don't think you're the prop er person to advise Alaine. She's headstrong enough as it is. I shall tell Ab " Gone was their new-formed sense of comradeship: gone Mac's admiration of her altitude toward The Street, her gratitude for his sympathy. I hey quarreled sharp ly half the way home, drove tha rest in Icy silence. At the end of a fortnlehl Bren da was bark on the first fquare of her book. To be sure she had writ ten steadily every day but the re sults had frankly disgusted her. it aid not add to ner peace of mind to realize that each evenini she read over the day's work through Mac's eyes, and found it sorely lacking in excellence. "I'm being frustrated." she told herself in surprise. "Mac is bring ing out inhibitions I did not know were possible to me!" She wondered if, such being the case, she should not leave The Shortest Street; leave the city, for that matter. Then her small chin came up and she decided defi nitely that Mac or no Mac sha would write her book right here; and that it would be a good book. loo. On the morning she crowded the wastepaper basket with type written yellow sheets and re turned to Square One. she re ceived two important letters. Now according to her own care fully formulated rules, she had no business reading those letters before noon. Grenadine had stand ing instructions to slip the mail quietly under the door and leave it Several times Brenda had proudly ignored it for an hour or two; but usually healthy curiosity and interest got the better of her, and she snatched up the mail and ripped open the envelopes before tr,e sound ot the maids heavy footsteps had died away. This morning she devoured with avidity one especial letter, bear ing a New York postmark. After she had read it twice, she rose up and. bareheaded and costless, darted out of the old Burnham house. Across the street Dorothy was sweeping Mrs. Arnold's porch. At sight of Brenda ahe dropped her nroom and made urgent detain ing gestures while she moved to ward the girl as rapidlv as her somewhat ponderous figure per muted. "Miss Brenda! Oh. Miss Bren. da!" Contlnaea Monday nun ninm mum rivi muiu mm I which say will be designed to function both on FM and stand iard broadcasting. At present I around 20 stations are operating , with a hundred or more appli cations ior licenses on me in Washington. New York, May 22. (T Frequency modulation, given1 the go-ahead for commercial t broadcasting by the federal; eommunk. . jus commission tn allotment to It of 40 ultra short, wave channels each 200 kilo cycles wide, obtained about I everything it had requested. I This Included that part of the wave spectrum below 7 meters' known as "television channel ' No. 1." which will have to be vacated by picture stations now' Using It. Frequency modulation Is now! expected to make a drive for1 attention through the sale of receivers, manuiactumi of Monster Mutt Die Tallahassee. Fla., May 12. iJ The Florida supreme court today affirmed the death sen tence of Charles Jcffrrson. self stylvd talent scout who killed a Miami school girl last fall after luring her from home on prom lse of a movie career. Polio Scar Tacoma. May 22. -T Health officers borrowed an "Iron lung" from Seattle today and took steps to prevent the possible spread of Infantile par alysis in Tacoma following the death of a 16 year-old school girl and reports four other pers ons were ill with the diease at Fierce county bosuiul. On the Radio Chains STATIONS there la Und Thru oa the Dial: fct.X. line, Portland; S.H. St. LW Angel IIUA, 1470. fepukane: tun, ID. Sao FrarM-ltro; fc.W 130. Portland: Kits. , Seattle: KNX. 1030. Lm Angeles; MM. IJ tVnter; KOIN. 4. Portland: KOMll K Brattle: KPO. 6 so. Ken rranrlarn: KM . Halt I eke. Wednesday 1:00 Star Thee Mr, KNX, KBL. KOIN: Drama. KOO, KJR, KEX: Musical Soiree. KPO. KPI. SO Shield's Revue, KOO, KEX: Hollywood Playhouse, KPO, KPI. KOW. :0C Olen Hurlburet. KOO: Kvter's Program. KPO, KOW, KPI: 8yr. phony Orch., KEX; Miller's Orch., KNX, KSL, KOIN. 8:30 Burns and Allen. KNX. KOIN, KSL; Easy Aces, KOO. KEX, KJR. 7:00 Meaaner'a Orch, KOO, KEX. KJR: 8 toe fieri Orch. KPI: Amos and Andy. Kr.Tr., KOIN. KSU Rlcardo, KPO. TIS L.nny Ross. KNX. KSL. KOIN: PubUe A(nlrs. KPO. KOW. 7:30 Drama, KOO. KEX, KJR: Plantation Party. KPO. KPI. KOW: Dr. Christian, KNX. KSL, KOIN. 8:00 Fred Allen. KPO, KOW, KPI: Ben Bernle, KNX. KSL, KOIN; Mar riage Club. KOO. 8:30 Herbeck't Orch., KOIN, KNX: Baeebtll Oame. KEX. 8:00 Paul Sullivan, KNX. KSL, KOIN: Stanford University. KPO. 8:30 Molina's Orch., KPI, Dennis' Orch, KSL. KOIN; MaJ neck's Orch, KPO. KOW. 10:00 Oluiklna Orch, KSU Re porter, KPO. KOW, KPI. 10:30 Pastor's Orchestra. KOIN: Relchmens Orch . KPO. KOW, KPI: Draper's Orch, KOO. KEX. 11:00 Arnhelma Orch., KOIN. KSL: Nottingham's Orch.. KPO: This Moving World. KEX: News, KOO, KOW. KNX. Thursday 8:00 Drama, KOO, KEX; Oood Kene of 1B40. KPO. KPI. KOW; Major Bowes, KNX. KOIN. KSL 8:30 Rudy Vsllee, KPI; Safety PI rat. KPO. 8:00 Millers Orrh.. KNX. KOIN. KSU Music Hall, KPO. KPI. KOW; Dance Orch., KOO, KEX. 8:30 Easy Acee. KOO. KEX. KJR. 7:00 Pred Waring. KPO. KOW, KPI: Amos and Andy, KNX. KSL. KOIN; Kinney's Orch, KEX. KJR. 7 :30 M u a 1 c a 1 Americana, KOO. KJR, KEX; Aik-It-Baeket. KNX, KOIN, KSL. 8:00 Strange As It Seems, KNX, KSU KOIN; Modern Strings. KOW; Judy Deane, KOO; Dress Rehearsal, KPO: News, KEX. 8:30 Symphony Hour. KPO, KOW, KPI: Answer Auction, KNX, KOIN. 8:00 Paul Sullivan, KSU KNX, KOIN. 8:301 Love a Mystery. KPO, KPI. KOW; Duffy's Orch, KOIN. KNX, KSU 10:00 Reporter, KPO, KOW, KPI. 10:30 Fields' Orch., KPO, KFI: Psstor'e Oroh.. KSL. KNX; Notting ham's Orch, KOO, KEX. 1 1 :00 Malneck's orch, KPO; This Moving World, KEX: Noble's Orch, KSL, KOIN; Ness, KOO, KOW. KNX. DEATH COMES DURING DELAY IN MARRIAGE Gardiner. Mont., May 22. P A tooth ulcer forced Mrs. Anamae Scott to postpone her wedding day for a week until next Saturday but that wai too long. John Jonee, her 24-year-old fiance, was crushed to death Sunday In a mine at Silver City, Nev., a few hours before he was to have left for Gardiner. Many to Testify Columbia, S. C, May 22. P) Twenty-five witnesses will be called to testify at the trial of Mrs. May Walker Burleson, 51-year-old artist of Galveston, Tex., who is charged with mur der in connection with tie shoot ing of the wife of U. S. army Colonel Richard C. Burleson, her former husband, recently of Fort Lewis, Wash. Leap Year Work Basin, Wyo. JP The Clyde Morris family has recorded Its fourth leap year marriage. Three daughters of the family have been married this year; their mother and father also were married in a leap year. HERO WORSHIP By GLUYAS WILLIAMS FoUOWS HK CURRENT HERO, ' BuTcH fVLER, fO FlELD WHERE 616 BfWS ARE R.rrVlN6 BAU A PUllS HIS CAP 1b ami Af WHICH BWCH WEW?5 HIS W vVMCHES H EVER MOVE KEEPS PUNCHING HISGloVElHE wav BofcH does ahd -tries To STAND IN BiTcH'S MANNES WHEH FiEU))W6 chews a 31ade of 6rbss 8e cause biKch Does when NofrilNi MUCH IS 60lNo Oh UKUAeft HEARS A SHCUf, SEBS A SfRftV riV COMING HIS WAV, AWP GET'S SEf FOR THE CATCH, BALI HlTfiriS HIM IN THE STOMACH IWt a a. Tie RYII Srnetrat. Is, THI5 frfSlKIS BI6 80VS PA UP ROARIOUSLY FUNKY, WPEClAUY BUTCH . vVANDERS OFF HOME To SEE IF ANY KIDS HIS OWN A6E AJ?E AROUND 5-23 UNDERGOES TRIAL Bridgeport, Conn., May 22. 0J.R1 A new helicopter which can flv backwards op sideways and land safely on top of a building is being demonstrated at Bridgeport. Connecticut. The Inventor is the noted air plane designer, Igor K. Sikor sky. He says the new flying machine may become a signi ficant military weapon and In peace time, a boon to commu ters. However, it still if in the, experimental stage, The craft if wingless and is powered by a four-cylinder. 75 horsepower motor. When fully developed. Sikorsky said, the ship will attain a flying speed of 150 to 200 miles an hour with two passengers. "Can't Play Seattle. Wash. U.R Retail piano dealers of Washington. Oregon and British Columbia learned durir"; their recent con vention here that only one out of five piano salesmen can play the instrument and that their sales were in reverse proportion to musical talent. MALHEUR CANDIDATES REGISTER DEAD HEAT Ontaria, Ore., May 22. Ft Malheur county apparently rec orded Its first dead-heat race at the voting polls last Friday, witn an precincis laomaiea John Molenaar of Ontario and Harry Wells of Vale each had 646 votes for democratic nom ination as county commissioner. Cot His Number Indianapolis IFP Frank S. Pittman lives ai 5671 Washing ton boulevard. His telephone number Is Brightwood 5671. His automobile license number is 5671. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS by JOHN HIX II. ifM - I 1 ' 4SVV vXZ-TT mjiw - mmm 41 iffi iSstSf tKcienT R0MAN4, BECAUSE IHCY ecutveu COULO N0T CONJhlN Poison ITS I'.' V1771CIS I rtfi-lUr ftiOOflKI ASMKf P S " THE SRhZS, fvRONB GtNERMioN ' t mism, MILL NOT COVER MGRME," ?! PKOPriecYof John NeWToN.HrWP IN 1621 FOR A HlflHWAV RoBBErV HESWOR HE DID NOT COMMIT' !N M Km HA NEVER COVERED Hl GRMEf - Monfeorrerif, Males. - X Holes in one I JlMMlE 0?75bH- , tesaqueft, wsfi., PRoV f ROM THE RKT7tB NO ins ZlhJrl CUP.it rm IMItl'iilMrttrflflrttt lar. S'Zt Tm. Em. U ft. faU. Oa41 rtanmgarni TAILSPIN TOMMY Hank Asks A Ouestionl ROBBER'S GRAVE Convicted of a highway robbery ha swore he did not commit. John Newton, a laborer, hanged in 1821 at Montgomery, Wales, asserted that grass ''for one generation at least will not cover my grave." Strange as it seems, a coffin-shaped bare spot thereafter always remained above tha spot where he was interred, lately shrinking to the form of a barren cross. Facts of this unusual case were authenticated by ih e churchwarden of Montgomery churchyard. Tomorrow: Installment Wivesl LTE'iR-f, Running out MONTHS AiriDROME. TO RtTHIlVl HIS MODfcU PLANc .DID NOT SEE TOMMY'i SMIR UNTIL IT WAS ALMOST UPON HIM, AND THtN.-TOMMY -GROUND-LOOPED By HAL FORREST X'-Vi?-6 ) I I BUT ICAN SOON1! ( TOMMY.' I I MR.OIRyiSU..rtnj UJSD To Bti Sup.t'... M 7nV OfOW HuaTTL BUIt-O ANOTHEft V V VOU'VE CiifcP ENGINEEO M. TMR6F?34 BUT WHAT v J vn-aoj I w crvv;.ro far. way:.--1 gcj rviK "e f- BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER The Birthmark . Be EDWIN ALGER THE NEBBS Romance - --- - " " By SOL HESS- A? VU KMCAA T7Vv.r COURTING I '0 YOU WERE VTlT WASNlT MA- SLY P00 KKCM' MBERX AT WWCU. GET AL0M3 lI-tff Y I M. SOME TIME. VOO N f DOMS SOME SLY 1 TOOK A WALViWITU 'OUR AGE ONE S PBOwEl lM SO IN LOVE WITH ,T-- J ?!:J7X n&VEB NOTICED SHE R COUR.TSWIP 1 SNUO j HER A COUPLE NIGUTS. TO B IN HIS WAYS -J SOPHIE. IT WILL BE i i, KJJtr v-. ,J ALWAYS HANDED ME ) ! 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