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Newspaper Page TextPAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY,. JULY 3. 1940. (casual Slauaht By VIRGINIA HANSON CT- TtSTERDAT: Julia, who Hoed . icith the Tacks while her father vat at uar, hat alwayi been in love with Jeff. Later the Tack took in orphanned Sandra, daughter of an army officer and Russian refugee. Julia hate her. Chapter Eight Number Three ' IULIA grew a Uncut cheerful as we played bridge with Adam and Gerald. Around eleven Jell came in, spoke briefly and went up to his rooms. Julia threw down , half-played hand. . "Mow l can go noma, sue said and stood up. . "Has Felicia coma back? asked Adam. ' "I haven't seen her. She must be doing the town. Then I think Julia should stav with me. I'm sure the War De partment would frown on my un- cnaperonea stale. Julia hesitated. "I'll telephone Mimi, she said and went inside. She came back presently to re port mat, aitnougn Mimi was sun out, Sandra had urged her to stay. She, Sandra, was going right to eea; ana tne cook was mere, case she needed anything. "Never mind manners," Julia observed to no one in particular. '"in stay. It must have been some hours later that I woke from a deep sleep to see juua Denaing over me. "Someone at the side window." he whispered. "What shall we O07 I listened and heard it too. A scribbling sound and then finger nails rasping on the screen. I sat up and put my feet on the floor. I had no plan. The rooms around us were unoccupied, ex cept for klicia Bridewell's, and I had not heard her come in. If I screamed probably every man in the building would come streak ing down in their pajamas and . the prowler would fade into the night, leaving us to make lame explanations. That might require living down. On the other hand, if I could quietly summon Adam The fact that I did not know the location of his rooms occurred to me before I was halfway to the corridor door. I don't know what I would have done, for at that moment I heard a most reassuring "Damn!" in a stage whisper from the window; and a second lat er "Ka,y! For heaven's sake wake Up and unlatch this screen!" For a moment I thought I was back in collect. Mv senior vear I had a room on the ground floor and its window sills were worn smooth by girls who had over stayed their Tate permission. The Voice was unauestinnahlv feminine. My mind registered that fact with relief an instant be fore I identified it "Felicia! What on earth are you doing?" I demanded. I found the button of the light (witch and clicked it, glimpsing m omrrea wnue isce at tne win dow an instant before it ducked out of sight. "Turn off that Hpht!" pleaded the voice. Let me in before some one sees me!" Alarmed, I turned It off. Julia was already at the window, un fastening the latch of the screen. It stuck a litle, but between us we managed to free it and push it outward. "Give me a hand," groaned Fe licia. "I'm so worn out and weak I couldn't climb over a pin." Felicia's New Girdle I COULD easily believe that from the dead weight she proved to be, and the way she winced when (he got her knees on the sill. Even then I could see that there was something wrong with her sil houette, outlined against the ox ford gray night She wore no hat, and her hair, usually so sculp tured, was in a state. And the arms at which we were tugging were bare to the shoulders. We dragged her in somehow and she revived enough to pull down the shade. "Now you can turn on the light," she said grimly. I found the switch again and flooded the room with liuhL . "Well!" said Julia. "You have Been on a party! Felicia blinked at us and for once made no retort She was wearing a very hand aome full-length girdle, piiik satin and lace, with a little scalloped skirt, like those you see in adver tisements. This one was whimsi cally embellished with thousands of the little burrs children call beggar lice. She was further clothed in what had once been aheer (ilk stockings but which now only partially covered scratched legs and a pair of very dirty knees. Shoes she had on also, though one of them was without a heel, so that she listed , badly to starboard. But that was 1 all. No further stitch of raiment concealed the havoc of scratches and bruises on a figure that other wise did full Justice to the girdle. Julia had collapsed on the near oat bed and was makint chokine sounds that threatened to increase . In volume. I went over to her and put my hand over her mouth1 GERMAN CASUALTIES ONLY 156,452 SAYS . NAZI WAR COMMAND Berlin. July 1 AP Th Ger man hl(h command balled th nut triumph tn Franc tontfht u U frfiNi'mllltv victory of all ttm aad attributed It not only to u ptrlur arma and fnrlislp but alao to U unity of tha who) Otrman ft lion undtr national aocUUm. It iUtad lh Quanta 1omi from ers while I reminded her not to waka up the club; but I did not dis courage her too severely, for it was the first time I could remem ber having heard Julia laugh. Nor was I feeling too sober myself. I don't know whether if was the effect of the heelless shoe or tha somewhat inappropriate frivolity of that girdle that made poor Felicia an unforgettable spectacle She did not Join in our laugh ter, but she seemed resigned to it "If you don't mind I'll sit down, she said and sank onto the nearest straight chair. There waa a faint echo of her normal dryness in her voice, but it was a weak effort I looked at her more closely and saw that she was badly frightened, that she did not yet feel safe. I got her a glass of water from my bathroom and helped her hold it while sht drained it thirstily, her teeth clat tering a little against the rim. '.Alan With A Mask' '"THANKS," she ((id. (nd winced. "No, never mind it's nothing. I'm sitting on a burr, but I'm too tired to move." I brought her my housecoat and helped her out of the girdle, which she scrutinized with anx ious care, swearing softly when she discovered a rent in the back of its diminutive skirt "I thought it caught on thai barbed wire," she said. "I took it off and carried it until I got neat the quarters. Well, why not? I can grow new skin, but this waa twenty-five dollars half price at Marshall Field's." Her lips tight ened, her eyes gleamed. "I told the thieving son of Satan if he made me strip to the skin I'd claw his eyes out He was touched by my maiden modesty let me keep the girdle on" She stopped, saw our loose jawed astonishment "Oh, yes, I'm number three. Stepped on my running board at the red light this side of the vil lage, shoved a gun in my ribs and told me to move over. Dropped me thoughtfully on the road back of the post." "What did he look like?" de manded Julia. "Little man with a mask that's all I can tell you. I didn't mind him so much, but I'm deathly afraid of snakes. Everv time I stepped on a fallen limb I thought it was one. brie shuddered and looked sick with fright "I'd have been here earlier but when I got near the post I had to look out for sentries. I'd rather not have this discussed around the bar racks. That's why I came to your window. There's a bright light out in front of the club and a sentry patrolling the back row." She rose wearily, limped toward the door. "Thanks for the first aid. I'll bring bacK your housecoat in the morning." "Isn't there anything else we can do?" "No, thanks. I've got Iodine I'll anoint the worst scratches and fall Into bed. Oh, you might over see breakfast; and don't let any one wake me before noon." It was not a night for sleeping. Perhaps an hour later possibly longer the bugler went crazy out on the parade ground. At least that was the way it sounded. The call was wild and clamorous, and it was still black night too early for reveille. My first thought when I came to, sitting up in bed, was that the end of the world had come and Gabriel was blowing his trumpet; and the answering wail of a siren sounded like the condemned souls of all the centuries. Julia stirred and crumbled In the other bed, then I heard her feet hit the floor. Whafa the matter?" I asked nervously. "What'a happened now?" "Fire," she said briefly in a sleep-husky voice. The bugle and the siren kept up their dreadful clamor, shattering the peace of the sleeping post; ana presently, as an undertone, we could hear doors slamming and voices calling excitedly back and forth from the barracks. Julia was at the window now. "It may be just a drill. I don't see anything. She padded Into the sitting room, which has windows on two sides, and I slid out of bed and joined her. "There it U over there!" she told me excitedly. There was a red glow In the sky and an occasional flame that leaped skyward. The fire truck was blasting its way down the line and silhouetted against its moving lights we could see sol diers mawing on the parade ground in front of their barracks. "What's over there?" I asked her. "The stables?" "Yes no! I think It's too far to the west. Heavens, I hope it isn't the poor horses!" She whirled, ran back Into the bedroom and turned on the light "Get aome clothes on, we'll go see " She wss already dressed and running a comb through her hair by the time I had found slacks and a shirt and a pair of low heeled shoes. "I'll be back." she said, and dashed out of the room. I could hear running footsteps and men's voices as jhe opened the door to the hall. Then 1 found I had my slacks on backward and. groaning feebly, climbed out of them again. Te be conUBaee' May 10, whan tha ttrn offnlv bepan : Killed -37,074. Wounded 111.034. 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Thia city, waterbound 24 hours without gas, lights or telephones, has overcome a food shortage and the water supply has been cleared of contamina tion. The Guadalupe, Lavaca and Colorado riven were still rising at some points but there was no great apprehension. British Sales Tax London, July 3. OP) The government introduced legisla tion tonight to levy a sales tax In Great- Britain for the first time, but left to the house of commons the fixing of the rate and the date for its start. By GLUYAS WILLIAMS BEW6 IN W6RX1K6 WMSOF FREE JiWlO? EJEHTUAU-Y 6E5 "flREU AKP 60ES to SlEEP IN H15 LAP. FflTrtER. D6ESNT DARE MOVE FOR RESf OF 1R1P W) IS VETr1 UNCWlfORfABiE 7-4 rCOUSuT VvELL, LOOKED AGES JMC 1 1 SKeeTS, if- voo see a X I uh..Sum;..i oetcha, tailspin.'X I I I OKAY. PAW.. HEH.6'S I f MODEL PLAN E HEADED I 111 YOU MEAN it'll BE. ONE OF till .... i.'- TjV . . J I PT TOWARD US. ..AND YOU 1 THEM RADIO-CONTROLLED ROBOT J V J7fVC - JVr J I . I l caw't nop it witu I V di akic; inincnuTU A I I THAT CHANCE I BULLETS.. BAIL OUT. BOW &?.. BU T . C&U LP. I'LL f I t N STfeV S Vjry to stop it first T VJ- NAZI PRISONERS Quebec, July 3. (U.B Ger man prisoners of war storm troopers, parachute troops, avia tors and submarine crews have arrived in Canada and placed in internment camps, it was dis closed today. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS 3 ft m . ' .1 ry j vfTT. i';Avz7-s X. r - only feline mmsUtitjaJcar. Hte No voice J- 3 HIGH SCHOOL INVENTOR While eminent scientists in million-dollar research laboratories struggled to develop television, a young lad worked out tha basic concept of electronic television virtually as it stands today. He was Philo T. Farnsvorth, 14, high school boy born on an Idaho farm. While only half-way through high school, he moved to Provo. Utah, entering Brighara Young univer sity and completing the amasing television system he had conceived earlier from reading popular magaiinesl Farnsworth's system was based on the belief thai flying electrons held the only aniwer to clear image reproduction. ' TOMORROW: Deep Sea Firecrackersl UP CuilDCESI.ALL" 'CEDTIM3 SOPW'e.,AND FOR AWwlL& LIKE EVEM TkERE. WAS A TERRIBLE DIFFERENCE! SUE. DONE BETTERS! REST 1 k They arrived at this St. Law rence river port on a prison ship which once waa famous in the passenger trade between Canada and England. In six hours the prisoners, who included some German aliens interned in Eng land at the outbreak of the war. were transferred from ship to trains which took them to internment camps throughout Canada. Most of the Germans had no idea of where they were when they were disembarked, a Brit ish officer said, since they had IN man 5CH00L REAPING RTftllAR MA6AZINK tiVRHtV A 9-INCtj ON "OWM" SMEW'S CAR AMP Cb&Z! oHuY W emu lsakj K ' iC-l Tb. U a oe AJ rto lefM NOT BLAMING SOPHIg T but its her paolt i ouarceleo&-.' WITH NESS -1 SEE SHE'S BRED I OtfV right por sarcasm amO y- 'i f ' l SELP-ESTEEM.ITS MOT- II j TTIher fault jt- T". . U ' -i i been told they were going on a five-hour voyage. One Way. Bayonne. N. J. cT It took an 800-mile telephone call to get G. D. Fraser back to his home in Jersey City, ix miles away. The 90-year-old man wai unable to tell Bayonne police who he was. but they found in his pocket the name of a friend in Lansing, Mich. A call to Lansing produced Frasera Jersey City address. Dae MaU Tribune wast ade. by JOHN MX OUT u.mnt By HAL FORREST By SOL HtS3 111 aim mwr e mmmt u -2