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Newspaper Page TextTAGE TWELVE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1940. .By Jean Randall MSTLRDAY: Jjobel not only uiugn the houuhoid 3ldnly to Jtdalatda's absence, but WPtl money. Both Mae end Erie ar duly imprcued. Meanwhile Ned Barrow has iugraliatpd hinufty icith biwr Xbtnuthy as Breads pie r " Chapter 23 Hugh's Problem BRENDA knew iha story o: Hugh quarrel with hii wile, now. tt was a strangely dramatic In cident it incident wu strong enough word. It appeared that aoon after Linda and Hugh were married Linda's brother, asaiatant manager in a wholesale lumber company, had absconded with aome of the company' funds. It was not a large sum of money, and the court had let it be Known that the penalty meted out to the boy would not be too severe; but Jim AiccasKey naa nea m terror from any punishment. Late one night while Linda slept, Jim appeared at the studio, penniless hungry, ragged. Hugh, who was finishing some work, fed him and then talked to him. As one man to another, he appealed to him to give himself up, serve his sentence, and live down his one mistake. His employer would be glad to offer him his former place. Perhaps Jim had found the world more terrifying to a fugi tive than he had expected; per haps his brother-in-law s elo quence overpowered a never strong will. At any rate, he agreed to the plan, and, dressed in one of Hugh's suits and with money in his pockets, he had taken a train to the scene of his theft be fore Linda was awake. "I thought she would be glad! the artist said bitterly. "Fool that I was, I was patting myself on the back all the time I told her about it She'd worried, you see, about where the boy wu; how he was. She used to cry tor nours some times, wondering if he was dead I told her all that was ended now. That in a few years maybe only couple Jim would be a free man, and all the past forgotten. I told her it was the one and only way to make a man ot him. "And it was." Brenda said sturdily. "He'd have got into worse trouble, drifting around the country like that But I suppose your Linda flew into a rnge, and accused you or practically arrest ing her dear Jim yourself, and in the end she packed her bags and walked out on you." H nodded gloomily. "You talk as if you'd been there! Nothing I could say calmed her. I waa Jim'a enemy, and therefore hers. She'd die before she'd see me again. She would go to the town where Jim was serving his sentence, and wait for him; and when he rnme out they d go away together! I've Written And Written' BRENDA had given a good deal of consideration to Hugh's problem. More than that she had acted, inactivity of any kind be ing impossible to a nature like hers. She began a series of letters to the friend in New York who knew Linda. She painted a glow ing picture of Hugh as a success ful artist as a friend and neigh bor; a pathetic one of him as a deserted husband. She hinted that a great wrong had been done him by his wife; that wife whose con science apparently hurt her aince she had not used the generous sum Hugh sent her monthly. The puzrled girl in New York began to ask why Brenda was get ting so worked up over the mat ter. That stopped her in mid-air, so to speak, and she let a week ?aas before she wrote again. The riend made an entirely erroneous deduction as to the situation; and, never a reticent person, she passed tt on, with footnotes, bibliography and an introduction, to Linda her self. Then silence lor a long fort night "But I don't know what more to do, Hugh," Brenda protested one morning. "I'vo written and written. I've told you before that If you hunt up Linda you'll simply scare hor away. Short of going bark to New York to see her myself-" He gripped her arm tensely. Do that, Brend.-i! Why didn't we think of that before! Linda doesn't know you, she won't try to hide from you, you can show her my side of the story. She " "Hush!" Brenda cocked her head on one side and listened. "Oidn't you hear a noise then, Hugh?" "Confound the noise! Brenda. you'll do this for me, won't you? The expense is mine, of course " "It's behind those bushes, Hugh! Po you suppose somebody's lis tening, or is it a dog?" "Ion't you call me a dog, Bren da Burnham." said a severe voice. "Nor intimate that I'm eaves dropping, either." Miss Ormond stalked into the open. "So this is what happens when I see you dis appear around the old home so often! lirenda. Im shocked be yond nit-asure!" Brenda patted the old doorstep HALTED BY WALKOUT OF Kearney. N. J.. May 31. & A wage-inrrea strike of 6 000 'iiion workmen at the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dork com pany threatened today to halt construction of four navy war sh'ps, tmnortapt cogs in the na tional defense program. The strikers, members of Local IS, Industrial Union of Maritime and Shipworkers of on which she sat "Don't be! It's broad daylight, you know. Come and sit down and visit awhile." But Miss Ormond was impla cable. "I haven't time," she in formed them. "I'm going straight home to write Anne Burnham about this. I shall send it air mail, special delivery." The girl frowned. Aunt Anne trusted her, but at that Brenda did not want her peace of mind disturbed, h'o ttllii.g wiiat trf interpretation the Ormond would out on these innocent meetings! A sudden inspiration descended on her. "Hugh, may I tell Miss Ormond what we've been talking about? It may be she will be able to ad vjse us." The cartoonist gazed at her blankly. He had reached that state of misery where he cared little who knew his story. He nodded a morose assent So Brenda poured it all out being careful before hand to obtain a vow of silence from Miss Ormond. The writer in the girl came to the front in this recital. She told it simply, not seeking to drama tize what she considered, was al ready dramatic enough. She was gratified halfway through the story to see Miss Ormono sink down on the step beside her, lis tening absorbedly. "And Hugh is so worried about his wife that he feels he must talk about her or go mad," she fin ished. "He and I both know there must be some very simple solu tion to the problem but so far we've not been able to find it" She added artfully: "Could you think of one. Miss Ormond?" 'Plead Your Cause' THE eyes of the old teacher brightened. "And you call your selves creative artists, both of youl With not a spark of imagina tion between you! There's just one person who can persuade Linda saitus mat ner nusDano aia the right thing for her brother." "Who?" they exclaimed in one voice. "The brother himself this Jim!" And as Hugh's mouth fell slightly open with surprise and even Brenda' pretty lips parted, she smiled sourly. "You, Mr. Sal- tus well, Hugh, then! write to the brother and explain the situa tion; ask him to talk to your wife. She's in touch with him, you may be sure of that; probably goes occasionally to see him when she can get away from work! If Jim ' is still convinced that your ad vice was good and it urns good, my dear boy, make no mistake about that! then he'll be glad enough to plead your cause with Linda." She rose, brushed dried leave from her coat "Now there's to be no more of these clandestine meetings, chil dren. If you, Hugh, feel you must talk about Linda you may do one of two things: send for me. or if you feel Brenda is younger and understands vou better, ask her to meet you in my house." She stalked ahead of them and the first smile Brenda had seen on the man's face for weeks twisted hi lips now. Brenda herself had an extraordinary feeling of relief. Some instinct told her that this woman, to whom the hearts and minds of thousands of young hu man animals had been laid bare, was far better qualified to handle the present situation than she. Brenda. was. Keturning to the old Burnham home she was confronted with a problem of an entirely dillerent sort. Judge Harper was awaiting her In the living room. Alaine and Ned again? she demanded. He shook his head. I ve asked Isnbel Burke to see that we're not interrupted for the next half hour," he began. "I I have some thing rather odd to show you. my dear." "why. Judge Harper!" She looked at him In astonishment His hand was trembling, his bushy eyebrows twitched nervously. He took a letter Irom his pocket and thrust It into her hand. "Read it!" It was a pale Pink, perfumed affair, covered with spidery words in faint blue ink. Brenda had to bend close to decipher it, "My dear Judge. ' the letter be- ;an. "It is true that vou and I oth live on The Shortest Street where the old conventions ore- vail. But on the other hand I have lately been thrown so much with my young contemporaries next door that 1 nave more or less acquired the modem viewpoint And the basis of that viewpoint my dear Judge, is honesty, stark honesty. Some time aco I had a little visit with our dear Brenda and I must say her cosmopolitan, straight-forward, and above alt intensely honest attitude toward all problems of life blew away from my mind the last rose colored cobweb of maidenly reticence." "But I never saw a rose-colored cobweb!" Brenda paused to com ment in increasing bewilderment . i. and you never saw a lelter like this one either. I'll wnser." was the grim reply. "Go on. Read It" Centlnard tomarraw America (CIO), begun a peaceful picket of the plant at midnight despite the urgings of union leaders to delay action pending further negotiations John Dempscy, national vice president and president of the local, said he told his men to re consider their action because o( the navy ships under construc tion. 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WEAF NBC, WABC CBS, MBS 7 a. m. Launching of battleship Washington. WEAF NBC 7 a. m. Mrs. Roosevelt at opening world's fair fashion building. WJZ-NBC 11 a. m to 1:30 p. m.. IC4A track meet. MBS 10:30 a. m. Dedication world's fair common, Mrs. Roosevelt; 12:45, Belmont Park race: 1:30, Delaware Park race, HS745A. NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE By GLUT AS WILLIAMS PROfTTRS 5-DOURR BILL ft t66 MRS FOR W-CEMf CMRR6E. E66 MAN OW MAKF CHAN6E 60ES -fitROWiH POCWff BOCK AGAIN, BUT SflLL CWfPlfcUPMORE-frlnN 21 CDifS Iti CHH&Z Sfft MRS. 6REEH In HER SOW OVER WD 6tS fn VflRD, AMD CAU.5 CAM $H "TWO 3-DOLUR BILLS MBS. CHANGE IT. MRS. 6REEW 60E5 1b SEE 6RETN PROP0CES.IEMIH6; MRS. 6REEN 0WIN6 HER ONE POUARs MRS. WIMPLE, FROM HER BOCK POOR, CALLS friAf SHE CAN CHAN6E A 1W0 Uiil.ua.rt5 HURRIES OVER BUT FIKD5 MR4 WIMPLE HAP E0R60T TN PBVTH6 tiff fRUrf MAN AND HAS ONLY 601' A ONE lOLLAR BUI AND fwu DIMES MRS. WPrTT.WrlOM SHE OWES 25 CENTS, COMES FORWARD WTTH 4 CENTS IN CHANGE WR -THE ONE t t sr a, n Brosiff. toe HURRIES HOME AND FINDS EGG MAN 15 LETTIN6 rf 60 UNTIL NEjrfWEEX AhJD HASN'T WAITED 6-1 ARK MAKES ALERT BAY ON JOURNEY NORTH TO NEW HOI IN ALASKA Alert Bay, B. C. May 31 (Canadian Press) The sailing Sutkos from Virginia, delayed by difficulties with the courts and the 14-year-old automobile motor in their home-made "ark" were nearly nouwa to Kctchi kan today in their quest for economic independence on the Alaskan "frontier." "Skipper" Paul Satko. with his wife and seven children, hove in here late yesterday after having been unreported three days on the approximately ISO mile cruise from Nanaimo. B. C. The trip was up the compara tively sheltered passage between Vancouver Island and the main land. From this little port near the head of Vancouver Island, the amateur mariner from Rich mond will have to fgr .jjrrhj I of. open water across Queen Charlotte Sound before again reaching the more sheltered "in side passage" up the coast. Hometown Heroine Dragoon, Ariz., May 31 () Dragoon's entire population of 75 crowded into the Texas Can yon school to attend commence ment exercises for Lola Mae Crahm. She was the only graduate. It is estimated that in 50 years, sales of power will repay the federal government with i.jtnresk fnr . tSf 1Q? .000.000 spent on Boulder dam. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS by JOHN MX nbarl y Doubled V "r VU, fflefi&pH- . ITS AREA, ( -..;kv&h fkmoU'iftvnlief'cut IN ONE DAY ) r A ' ONCE ZERVD (from 57,930 , , A:'f i'- IN THE mN Jl)MPE9 FffcM w- jsmA .Slid sTokes. York, Pa., 6COR.ZV IOSB POINTS I IN ft SINGLE BASKETML SEASON TAILSPIN TOMMY The Mtnac. Ahtadl MICHIGAN'S MIRACLE Until last February, Michigan contained 57.980 square miles, ranked 22nd among the 48 states in size. Today the state covers 97,940 square miles and is eighth largest of the states. It happened when the U. S. Bureau of Census conceded that 39.960 square miles of Great Lakes water within the boundaries of the state shou Id be counted as the state's gross area, instead of being noted separately in a footnote at the bottom of the tabulation. The change resulted from a year's campaign waged almost exclusively by former Gov. Chase S. Osborne. Sunday: Racertack for Roosters. By HAL FORREST A.MOVIS CAM6BA, RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK. f FLIGHT FOUR. CLttkRlNG. I SA-A.Y...TwAT LOOKS W MOLO IT, SPARKS.' 3 OHS UOUP (ptr "uuncu'T OF FLIGHT 5, CONTAINED A PICTURE OF A CALLING FLIGHT ; LIKE TOMMY LAMMiN&l MO B.ADIO CONTACT.'! , TVn i )wl OicImt A MODEL PLANE. ..TOMMY IS CONVINCED THAT THE I TEN FROM OMAHA.... J OUT IN THE WASH J- TOMMY S FLVINO . LATEIV ( TT 'M.T'( MODEL HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE CRASH I TO -Nt SyV OF PLIGHT FOUR. SECRET ORDERS? s I fwOlK MtT NOVv s L 1 TUNE HIM IN, , 1 r VVX V, t Y cpadws J I r I 1 ' f OR. FLIGHT I SO LONG, TAILSPIN.' TOO BAD YOU'Re) XX djf. V KftK5""' U S FOUR. IS . i " - CAREER Hassan's Warnlngl - " '""in aLtLH X THE DOCfo I COLO 3 IS TERRIBie I I BUT, M. HA5SETT, THIsA I I X fSOHT TAKE NO CHANCES.' BEEN NERE? 1 f NO,JUT, THINGS! ANYTHIN' W COLO rSN'T 6AD THE I'LL WXY ALL THE HOSPITAL - 1 rVHAT'D HE I I A LITTL6 J i KIN FOLLOW A COLD- DOCTOR KNOWS HIS 1 BILLS.' BOYS, VHSOT 1 3AV? 15 IT I - COLD J I VOUGHTA GIT LITTL6 I BUSlNcSS-ANO HAPPYS I A AWFUL RESPONSlBIUTV 1 ) liPl yHA PPY TO THE HOSPITAL . TeMPEOATU 'c VRESTlNON YOUl BEN WEBSTER'S THE NEBBS Thar's Gold In Them Pillil By SOL HESS Pot purposes of lo-sl toremmrnt. tnsland and Wlrs sr diridrd primarily Into SJ admlnlstratlw euuntlra. LOOK iVT THE PILL. BUSINESS COMinG IW VMO THERE IS MO LIMIT TO THE POSSlMUTlES. AND TO Think. Everything himGES On This COV E-SlCK. SQUIRREL .FAOEO-OUT EMfiERT p I ( n hi i i RT" ) rDlk.!Pn 111 I HAU THAT OUT rVlTU HIM I TOLD HIM THAT VslHIL 1 HOPED HE LWED FOREVER IT WAS DAMoER- OUS TO THE BUSINESS, OP VWHiCH Hi5 WJICP AjrxjlD LlAvP A UA.L C 1MTFCF.ST IP AMYTU1MG WOULD HAPPEN! -O HIM .) AND THAT HE .SHOULD TEACH M j ShOW TO MAKE J ( : k-;J I 5POK.E TO SOPhiE ABOUT THE PiLL rt. i ex unu xe. owu rwfe. iu&tt WAS EXCELLENT AND THAT MH.nECB HAD AN OCCASIONAL fa COO IDEA, BUT I should teach her instead Op vOu. Wt UO MANJUACTURINS VOU V Wt UO IMS MAJSJUACTURINS VOU yV I 4 J