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MEDFORD MATT, TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26. 1940.
Gasual Slauakt
augnters-
By
VIRGINIA
HANSON
riSTERDAT: Kay CarnUh to
rUiting at an Army Port en Lake
Michigan vhera Major Adam
Drew to ftaticmtd. Taking an
aarly morning Korea-back rids
together, they dttcover the new
chaplain, robbad of everything,
hiding In poison oak.
Chapter Two
Object Or Mirth
TIE COT away with everything
"the poor devil had ear, lug'
gage there was trunkful of
uniform in the back of the car
brand new Ford he bought in
Chica-) yesterday, en route.
Adam sprinkled salt on his
grapefruit and began to eat it
wun every appearance 01 rensn.
I had finished my breakfast and
was having a second cup of cof
fee with him. Except for us and
the soldier waiter, the mess hall
was deserted.
"All but his brief ease."
He put down his spoon and
added a little more salt.
"How about a dash of vinegar
now?
"You ought to try it this way.
Good for that figure. . . . What
was I saying? '
"About the brief case."
"It was on the shelf behind the
drivers seat. When the hitch'
hiker poked the gun in his ribs
and ordered him to get out, there
on that dark aide road, the chap
lain thought of his papers his
commission, his orders and, with
considerable courage for such a
little rabbit of a man. he crabbed
the brief case and pitched it
through the open window of the
car, sending it as far on the road
as he could. He says the man with
the gun used deplorable lan
guage, but must have been afraid
to take the time to hunt lor It.
"So he made the chaplain un
dress and left him there without
a stitch In the middle of the
road?
"Correct. Nothing like lack of
ciotnes to Keep a man irom rais
ing an outcry and calling atten
tion to himself. Not that there
was any passing traffic. It's an un
frequented road back of the res
ervation. The chaplain figured out
where he was while he was
scrambling around in the dark
looking for his brief case. It had
gone over the fence. High fence,
close mesh, barbed wire on top.
He straddled it with care, deduced
that it bordered the reservation.
So, as Adam into Eden, came
Chaplain Henry to Fort Michi
gan. "Did he find the brief case?"
"Yes, fortunately. It contained
all his spare cash and his identi
fying papers. So all night long,
clutching the brief case, he
walked circles out in the bosque
beyond the target range. This is
a big reservation, you know
several hundred acres. At last he
got onto the Russian ride which
was easier underfoot; but he says
he kept stumbling against the
jumps and falling into the ditches.
Some time before dawn he sat
down to rest and dozed off. And
you and I nearly caught him
without without even the poison
oak leaf "
1 watched him heap double
ration of sugar on his oatmeal
and let the inconsistency go un
remarked. I was remembering the
smoothness with which the big
black automatic had appeared in
Adam's hand. I was remembering,
too, that he had refused to let me
ride home alone, that he had in
sisted on seeing ma to the very
door of the club before he went
off to send aid to the poor shiver
ing chspiain back there behind
his bush.
"You don't usually go around
armed," I said, wondering why I
naa not thought of it at the time
"How did you know "
Incident Number Two
"T HAPPENED once before. One
niffhf ahmit turn urika men m
taxi diivsr Lifted ud a man in
the Loop wanted to be driven to
Fort Michigan. The driver was
thoughtful enough to collect part
of the fare in advance, but when
he turned in the gate of the post
he felt a gun at the back of his
neck. Following instructions, he
drove through the post and out
past the target range not far
from where we were riding this
morning. There he stopped his
taxi, got out and stripped, also ac
cording to instruction, and stood
there in a state of nature watch
ing his clothes, money and cab
disappear into the night"
The soldier waiter brought In
a platter and set it down in front
of Adam. The ham was nearly an
inch thick and the color of a nice
ripe peach. The eggs were curled
up and brown around the edges.
There was even a sprig of pars
ley. "So the cook Is under your
spell, too," I said bitterly. "You'll
never be able to eat all that. Im
merman, bring me a plate."
Adam raised his white brows.
"Ah-ahi Remember the figure!"
"Figure yourself. You'll be an
old tubby before you're fifty."
"Not if you're around I won't."
He helped himself liberally from
the platter, looked regretfully at
the remainder. "Why don't you be
a good girl and quit interrupting
me?"
"Did thev find the villain?" I
asked dutifully.
"Not yet The taxi was discov
ered abandoned about a mile from
the post Nothing missing but
cash; and there was a regimental
insignia on the floor of the cab.
That's how we know it was some
one from the post."
The waiter managed to miss the
table completely with my plate.
I wouldn t have believed vou
could break one of those durable
articles, but it scattered in sev
eral directions.
Adam continued to eat. but he
glanced down once at the fum
ling Angers that were gathering
up the pieces and paused long
enough to say thoughtfully. "We'll
catch him now. The first episode
was ivcfji i awier quiet, i ins one
will be all over the post by noon."
A Cautious Man'
THAT mild remark proved to
be no overstatement There
may have been other topics of
conversation that morning at Fort
Michigan, but history finds them
unworthy of mention. Sentries
walked their posts with shaking
shoulders; cooks giggled into the
soup; brides hung shrieking on
the telephone or over the railing
of their back verandas. Mules
brayed; horses laughed.
And it is told that a Miss At
kins from lust outside the oust
calling on the commanding ollicer
about a matter concerning one of
his command, was grossly in
sulted.
And when I asks could I see
the chaplain" (to put the matter
in her own words), "me that's
been waitin' montha for the
fella to show ud. he busts r Isht
out laughin' in my face."
Whatever the truth of Miss At
kins' narrative (as reported by
Adam's orderly the following
day) Colonel Pennant was obvi
ously in high spirits when he
came, unannounced, into the mess
hall at noon.
The men sprang to their feet
and Mrs. Bridewell, the club
hostess, really fluttered not the
professional fuss I had seen her
put on for visitujg firemen and
their battle -axes (as ahe had
somewhat incautiously dubbed
two traveling generals and their
wives to me behind their backs)
but the involuntary response of
any conscious woman in tht
presence of an attractive male.
He must have been between
forty-five and fifty it takes years
in the service before a man wears
silver eagles on his shoulders
but he was lean and erect and
handsome, and tht wrinkles
around his alert blue eyea were
merely the heritage of laughter.
He looked too young to have a
grown daughter.
"I gave the cook the day off,"
he explained when they had him
seated at our table. 'The girls
have gone to the city to meet the
bride. Too bad they didn't go yes
terday; they co-ild have delivered
the chaplain, too. And in better
shape, I hope, than he arrived in."
Whereupon, as Miss Atkins
would have phrased it he busts
out laughing, and the rest of us
joined; not so much because the
colonel's jokes are always laughed
at, aa because we had reached
that stage where the mere men
tion of the chaplain was enough
to sot us rocking.
"Ah, but do you know the caje
with which he planned his ar
rival?" asked Felicia Bridewell
brightly. "Did you see the letter
he wrote, Colonel Pennant? The
adjutant turned it over to me. I'll
try to find it for you later. Or per
haps he would like it back. II
would make the text for a ser
mon on best-laid plans. You see,
he's not a man to go into anything
blind he takes proper precau
tions. He was troubled about hit
quarters. Being a bachelor, he
knew there was small chance ol
getting a married officer's set but
he did hope his rooms would be
as far removed as possible from
the more boisterous element in
bachelor quarters I'm going tc
put him in the guest wing, neat
you and me, Kay. He ought tc
feel right at home among us girls
Finally, he announced the time ol
his arrival in Chicago and his in
tention of buying a new Fore
sedan there to drive to Fort Mich
igan. He had calculated the num
ber of miles and the rate of sored
at which he could travel and had,
come to the conclusion that hi
would not be here in time for tht
evening meaL Was there a re
spectable place along the was
where he could stop to dine? Now
there. I submit, is a cautious man
And look what happened to himl"
Colonel Pennant mopped hii
eyes, drew down the corners ot
his mouth and tried to look so
licitous as his gaze fell on Captain
Jones, the junior medical officer,
who was seated across the tablt
from him.
"How is he, by the way?" h
asked.
Captain Jones. In a trance ol
inattention, continued to punch
holes with his finger in a piece ol
commissary bread. A repetitior
of the question failing of any re
sult, and the heap of crumbs con
tinuing to grow, Adam, who wa!
sitting next to him, prodded hire
with a long finger.
"The chaplain," he said loudly
"Colonel Pennant wants to know
how the chaplain is."
Te be contlnoee
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1202 East Main street, Mr. and
Mrs. George A. Hunt, Welling
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Warren A. Liggett. 812 South
Newtown street. The Jelineks
arrived here by motorcar last
night and left after their visits
this morning for Los Angeles
to visit relatives. They were
accompanied by their two
daughters and a friend. Miss
Dorothy Lothrop.
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Official Terms of Armistice
Revea Complete Disarma
ment Among Necessities
Berlin, June 26. OJ.PJ Ger
many will continue to occupy
a portion of the western coast
of France when the war is
over, it was disclosed last night
when terms of the armistice
agreement with France were
published by the government.
Under the provisions of the
armistice, which went Into ef
fect at 12:35 a. m. Tuesday,
when "cease fire" orders ended
German and Italian hostilities
against France, the French must
abandon all resistance every
where in possessions, colonies,
protectorates and mandates.
Map Shows Area Taken.
A map accompanied the
terms, shcAving the portion of
France to be occuoied bv Her.
man forces for the duration
of the war against England.
As its first condition, the
armistice signed in Compicgne
Forest at 8:40 p. m. Saturday
provides that:
"The French government
ceases hostilities against Ger
many in France, her posses
sions and mandates and at
sea."
The terms were Issued bv the
official DNB agency.
All French territory north
and west of a line drawn on the
map accompanying the terms
will be occupied by German
troops.
The reich will exercise "all
rights of an occupying power'
in the occupied French terri
tory and French officials there
must immediately obev Instruc
tion! from German military
commanders and "cooperate
wnn inem correctly," it was
stated.
The German eovernment in
tends to restrict its occupation
of the west coast of France to
an "absolutely necessary ex
tent after the rrssutinn nt
hostilities with England, it was
siaiea in the terms.
Must Demobilise.
The French armed I nrrpc
land, sea and air must be de
mobilized and disarmed for a
period still to be decided, ex
cept for formations necessary
to maintain domestic order, it
was stated.
The strength of these rifnu.
formations will be determined
ty uermany and Italy.
the armistice agreement nrrv
vides that France must nrpupnt
transfer abroad of valuables
and stocks from the German
occupied areas of France and
musi oe responsible for tho
protection of all notorial as
sets whose delivery to Ger
many has been specified.
If any of these materials are
prevented from falling into
Germany's hands, the French
must pay all damages, it was
stated.
The armistice terms set forth
the conditions for the cessation
of hostilities, as this cessation
was carried out Monday night
and early Tuesday. Hostilities
ceased six hours after Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler received formal
notice at 6:35 p. m Monday
that a separate French-Italian
amistice had been signed In
Rome. .
Germany then advised the
French government in Bordeaux
by radio.
A German armistice rnmmi..
sion will supervise the carry
ing out of the armistice terms,
it was specified, and correlate
Germany'! armistice with that
of Italy.
The French government will
appoint a delegation to the
German commission.
By the Associated Press
Rome. June 26 Italian oc
cupation of a small alpine area
n France already conquered by
fascist forces, use of the French
port of Jibuti in East Africa and
broad demilitarized zones to sep
arate Italians and French in
Kurope and Africa are principal
conditions imposed by the
French-Italian armistice.
The terms, announced last
night, call for demilitarization
of the coastal territory of French
Somallland and give Italy tht
right to use the French section
of the Jibuta-Addii Ababa rail
way, only rail outlet of Italian
East Africa.
For the duration of war be
tween Italy and the British em
pire, France also must demili
tarize her Mediterranean naval
bases.
No mention was made nf Kie
and Savoy in France or French
Corsica territories Italians long
nave Deen desiring.
As in the French-German
terms, tiie agreement stipulates
that the French fleet be col
lected at French ports 'and that
hostilities cease in all French
possessions and mandated terri
tories as well as in continental
France. Some units of the flee,
are to be assigned to protect
French colonial interests.
The Italians joined Germany
in assurances that the fleet
would not be used against Bri
tain and added a promise that
at conclusion of peace Italy
"does not intend to lay claim to
the French fleet."
STERLING AREA
Knapp Family Loses Nearly
Everything in Blaze J
Gold Is Lost in Ruin
from The Dalles-California high-1 The old customs bouse at
way to Medford by way of the Monterey, Cal., wai built tuv
Diamond lake cutoff and the der successive rulei of three
Rogue river valley. , I nations Spain, Mexico and the
. "...r I United States,
the letting of a contract for the!
construction of a 10x40-fciot sign
to be erected two miles south
of Weed, Cal., to call the atten
tion of tourists to the scenic
beauty of the Pacific highway
into Medford.
GUSH WITH FOES
AT SEVERAL POINTS
ALONG COASTLINE
(Continued from mi One.)
least four English and Scottish
civilians were killed and at least
five of the raiders shot down.
The attack covered a wide area
of England, Scotland and Wales.
The ministry of home se
curity announced the four deaths
and injury to 13 persons.
"No serious damage was
caused," said the home ministry.
The air ministry announced
that three planes of a "much
larger" German formation of 17
Messerschmitt fighting planes
were shot down by a British
patrol yesterday while reconnoi
tering Nazi air fields near the
French coast.
Several other Messerschmitts
were hit.
The British declared they lost
no planes.
Another unit of the Royal Air
Force made a daylight attack
yesterday on an airdrome at
Waalhaven, near Rotterdam, in
The Netherlands, and still an
other raided an airdrome at
Bomoen, near Bergen, Norway.
' SECONDS TO Nk
, PORTLAND'S CITY CENTER
Oc kum Ttitw J
Spoooua ' Ww' rtvou wife both m J
2X AMD jr
By Associated Press
While England waited for Ger
many to strike with her full
power the fate of the French
fleet, which the Bordeaux gov
ernment agreed to surrender
under the armistices with Ger
many and Italy, remained a
major subject for speculation.
Tricolor flags flapped at half
mast on French warships with
the British .in Alexandria yester
day but the French made no
move to sail back to France to
surrender.
Nor did all France's empire
kneel beside her In defeat.
From North Africa came a
declaration that crack Mor
rocan troops would defend every
inch of North African territory.
Fire destroyed the log home
and two sheds on the H. L.
Knapp homestead on the Sterl
ing road near the Sterling mine
in the Applegate district early
this morning. The family lost
practically all of its belongings.
The fire was attributed to
sparks from the chimney or to
a defective flue.
The blaze started on the roof
near the chimney. Rogue River
national forest headquarters
here Said. The fire VL-ne ronnrtori
by a forest lookout and Apple
gate District Ranger Lee Port
hastened to the scene with men
and fire-fighting equipment. The
fire-fighters were too late to
save the home and sheds but
they kept the fire from spread
ing, pumping water from a well.
So fast did the fire spread and
so excited were members of the
family that only a washing ma
chine, sack of flour and four
quarts of fruit were saved from
the house and a drag saw and
tractor from one of the sheds.
Neighbors Help
After the fire neighbors of
fered the family shelter and
other help.
Mr. Knapp, foresters said, had
two caches of gold in the house.
After the fire he found one in
the ruins, the ffnlH melter! Tho
other could not be found immed
iately.
Consumed bv the fl amps
were, among other things, a new
radio set and a hope chest one
Of the daughters had rMvivat
for Christmas. The chest con
tained numerous articles the
daughter had made tn fill it
There were six or seven child
ren in the family, forest head
quarters Said. thniiPh their
names were not obtained.
The blaze started at 6:55 a.m.,
when Mr. Knann hart a hnt
going in the kitchen range to boil
water ior washing an infected
hand Of one Of thl vnuni ehil.
dren, forest headquarters stated.
RISTS
JackSOn CountV Phamher r.f
Commerce today announced the
leasing of a piece of land north
of the junction of highways 230
and 97 for the erection of a sign
board, 1 by 40 feet. The junc
tion is where The Dalles-California
highway and the Diamond
lake cut-off highway meet.
The sign will call the atten
tion of motorists to the route
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Dr. F. J. Moffatt, Medford X
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a member of the American Col
lege of Radiology, it was learned
today.
Election to the college is made
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First Drowning
Eugene, Ore., June 16. (P)
Funeral services were being ar
ranged today for Creston Lerdy
Smith, 20, who drowned in the
coast fork of the Willamette
river six miles southeast of here
last night as he stepped into a
deep hole. The drowning fatal
ity was Lane county's first for
this season.
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