PACE FOUR
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY. JULY 4. 1940.
Gasual Slaughters
By VIRGINIA HANSON O
UAY: Ullci BHde
well is tht third victim of ths
robber. She crawlt in Kay'i unn
dow Mans tvtrything but her gir
die, fhoee and stockings. That
I might a firs breaks out.
Chapter Nina
The Man In The Car
rULIA wai coming out of Fe-
liciaa room when I reached the
corridor. She beckoned me and
started double timing toward the
back of tht building, talking as
she ran.
"Shows how much sense I
have," she said. "I went in to get
. the keys to her car. The minute I
turned on the light I saw that
corset and remembered." She
giggled hysterically. "She was
sound asleep and snoring through
all this. No. I didn't wake her.
What was the use?"
A red taillight was glowing
against the darkness of the long
garage behind the club. It started
to move and a small roadster
backed into view. Julia hailed it
before, I think, she realized who
the driver was.
JefTs voice answered her gruff
ly. "What are ou doing here?"
But he held open the door and
told us to get in. "You can drop
me at the troop."
He made no further comment,
and the alienee grew uncomforta
ble when he had finished shifting
gears. So I asked him where the
Are was, and he thought it was
out In the bosque near the target
range. Brush Are? He didn't
know.
His answers sounded terse and
little bored. Between us Julia
made no' sound and I could feel
my distaste for Jeff Tack grow-
big. Cold, surly ill-bred
He stepped on the gas sudden
ly and the car fairly leaped down
the row in front of the barracks.
He braked with the aame disre
gard for mechanical and human
comfort and witn a swiit move
tnent was out of the car.
' "I'll walk back, or pick up a
lift, he said aloofly. "I hope you 11
use some discretion and not get
too close to the fire.
Without further waste of words
ha was gone. Julia woke from her
trance, slid into the driver's seat
and engaged the clutch. She did
not speak until we had turned
onto the back road that led to
ward the target range, and then
she sounded slmost happy.
"You can see," she said, "how
nice he is when you get to know
him."
"What's back here?" I asked as
the car turned left beyond the
target range. Not far ahead we
could see the wild orange and red
glow of flames and a column of
black smoke ascending against
the gray night sky.
"Nothing that I know of.
There's a plank bridge over a
gulley that runs behind the ter
cet butts and beyond that a wood
ed hill that'a the edge of the res
ervation. The road ends at the
foot of the hill. When they're fir
ing you can t even come this far,
it's roped oft."
Raging Inferno
A THOUGHT struck me. "You
don't suppose it's an airplane
that crashed trying to land on the
range?"
"No pilot would be auch a fool
on a night as dark as this." But
the sounded worried. "Unless it
was a forced landing. There's a
perfectly good landing field only
a few miles from here."
- She jammed on her brakes.
The narrow dirt road was clogged
with cars. Farther ahead a fire
truck was outlined in blsck
against the red fog which was bil
lowing up out of the gulley.
We left the car at the side of
the road and stumbled through
sand and undergrowth toward the
, flames. I could see now that sol
diers were manning the truck,
working with disciplined silence
and apeed to the accompaniment
of the steady hissing of chemicala
and the ominous roar of rapa
cious, glutting Are.
My heart lurched as I saw what
the Are was feeding on a car,
nosed down and heeled over on
its side at the bottom of the gul
ley. Once a car now a raging in
ferno at the mercy of those rav
ening flames. They were com
pletely out of control, elemental,
mocking the puny human efforts
to check them.
I was standing beside Julia In
silent fascinated horror, staring,
moistening my dry lips, when the
Are veered at some momentary
whim snd I saw a dark shadow
within the car.
I must have rcreamed. for sud
denly I felt two hinds clamp onto
my shoulders and I stumbled
bsckward into someone's arms. I
twisted, saw that it was Adam,
and hid my face against his chest,
trembling so violently that I could
hardly stand.
"There's someone In thst car."
I moaned, and he did not contra
dict me.
He held me for an instant: then,
with one arm still supporting me,
led me back from the gulley, back
behind the Are truck out of s:ght
of that feeding Are.
"I'm sorry you ssw that." he
ssld in a shaken voice, while I
still clung to him. "I didn't see
you in time, or I would have
stopped you. We can't do any
thing, of course. It was already
loo late when we got here."
"But who is It? You must know
thst:"
Ho did not snswer me for a
moment, and suddenly 1 remem
Texans for Willkie
If F.D.R. Declines
Dallas. Texas, July 4 iP
A group of Roosevelt support
ers reported today they had
received state-wide response to
proposal that Democrats nom
inate Wendell Willkie at Chi
cago If the president declines
to try for a third term.
The group met yesterday and
placed Guy I. Warren of Corpus
Christ! In charge of the state
wide organization.
bered Mimi Pennant, who had
gone out alone in her car that
evening, who had not yet returned
when Julia telephoned.
Julia came stumbliog back to
us then, looking wild and dishev
eled in the strange light
"It's a coupe," she cried breath
lessly. "Minus ear is a coup.
Adam, who is it? Tell me the
truth!"
"Not Mi ml," he said, and added
reluctantly. "It's Felicia Bride
well's car. I saw the license plate.
She must have missed the bridge
in the dark, though what she was
doing way out here "
"Oh no! No, you don't under
standFelicia's home in bed." I
told him eagerly. I felt as if a
clamp had been removed from my
throat. For an instant the relief
was stupendous. Not Mimi not
Felicia. The thief. But the trem
bling seized me again nonethe
less, whatever his misdeeds, a hu
man being trapped in that blazing
hell
Julia was answering his quick
Are of questions, describing Fe
licia's arrival at the club in her
girdle, and her explanations. It
didn't sound in the least funny
now.
Ashe
A SOLDIER Came up and salut
ed. I let go Adam's arm and
stepped back, controlling myself,
while he listened to the report
The thick undergrowth in the
gulley was aflre and there was
some danger of the flames spread
ing to the wooded slope behind
the rsnge. Adsm went off to see
about it
I glanced around and aaw that
a small crowd of spectators had
gathered. Officers and men. a few
women. Colonel Pennant was
there, and Jeff Tack and Gerald
Beaufort They joined us and we
told again our story of Felicia and
the theft of her car. I ssw Cap
tain Jones, the doctor, standing at
the edge of the sulley looking
down snd shaking his head. The
ambulance was just behind the
Are truck and two Hospital Corps
men lounged against it smoking
cigarettes.
The fire began to die at last,
leaving behind it a twisted hulk
of red and black metal and the
charred remains of what had
once been a man. Adam came to
us. looking quite gray and tired
and told us we'd better go home.
"We're going to try to get the
body out. he said.
Pink dawn was streaking the
sky and the lake when Julia
dropped me at the club and went
on home. I undressed and stood
for a long time under the cold
shower, trying to shock some life
bsck into my quivering muscles.
I killed ss much time as I could
dressing, but the mess hall was
still closed when, all in clean
white, and every hair painfully
coaxed into place, I came out into
the deserted lounge. So I paced
the veranda smoking cigarettes
that made me feel no better until
I heard dishes and silver clatter
ins: inside.
The regular waiter had not
come back. The ,ame one who had
served us at dinner brought me
orange juice and black coffee
two cuds of it. Over the last cud
I asked him what had happened
to Immerman.
"Late." he said disgustedly.
"Had the afternoon and evening
off yesterday, but was supposed
to be here for breakfast. He'll
catch it." He clattered some silver
down at the head of the table.
"Mrs. Bridewell sick?"
I told him she hsd a headache
and was not to be disturbed, and
he stsrted a chatty conversation
about the fire. I could see that the
story of Felicia's mishap had
reached the barracks after all;
but Adam's entrance, looking as
stern ss I had ever seen him,
dried up the fount of small talk.
"Where's Immerman?" he uked,
and was told of Immermsn's de
fection. Then the wsiter scurried
off to the kitchen.
I seized the opportunity to tell
him about Immerman at the Post
Exchange, and he listened with a
peculiar, startled expression.
"That's very Interesting." he
ssid when I had finished. He rose,
went out into the lounge, and 1
could hear him telephoning.
He came back in presently, sat
down and salted hia grapefruit. I
made the wan gesture of passing
him the pepper, but he took it
from me and set It down without
comment.
"Immerman did not sleep In
barracks," he said when the wait
er had taken himself off again.
I didn't quite follow his
thought, but he said no more.
And presently, because my pa
tience would not let me wait un
til ha had gone through the usual
oatmeal and ham and eggs, I
asked him if the body had been
identified.
He shook his hesd. "Small hope
of that, unless there was bridge
work and we can locate the den
tist." I need not have worried about
the ham and eggs. He left his cat
meal half finished, pushed bsck
his rhair and rose.
"We're going out again and sift
the ashes for clues as soon as the
frame has cooled enough. You'd
better wake Felicia pretty soon
and tell her to get dreued. There
might be something she would
recognize cuff links, buttons, a
ring. We'll need some confirma
tion of the fact that It's the same
man who held her up last night
there's always the chance the
thief had other Ash to fry."
Te ke contlnsta
1 60 Italian Planes
I Downed by British
) Cair, July 4 The Brit-
j Ish air force shot down 80 Ital
ian planes in the near east in
June and probably 25 others, an
authoritative British source de
clared today.
British louses were not dis-
j closed, hut they were ssid to be
"exceedingly small "
Italy Is smaller than New
Jersey.
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SHE AT JEWS
Budapest, July 4. (JPi Seg
regation of Jews in special rail
way cars is one of the provi
sions of a new anti-Jewish bill
introduced in parliament today
by the Hungarian Nazi part v.
The bill is even more drastic
than Germany's Nuremberg
law. It forbids Jews to:
Drive automobiles.
Become midwives.
Hoist the Hungarian fag.
Buy anything from a peasant.
Sign any legal document.
In order to "restrict the prop
agation of Jews'' in Hungarv,
the bill also provides that only
the eldest sons and eldest
daughters of Jewish families
may marry.
RED SHINGLE DUTY
POWER IS APPROVED
Washington, July 4. lP) A
measure giving the federal gov
ernment authority to impose a
Br GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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T I y f OH, eENlgpp'
III' MAYOR TERRIBLE, i&
J I I AairteERisTJTyaV
duty on Canadian red cedar shin
glee was signed yesterday by
President Roosevelt.
The duty of not more than 25
cents a hundred square feet may
be imposed on all shingles im
ported in any calendar year In
excess of 30 per cent of the
average for the preceding three
years.
1.200 Tomatoes.
Palmetto. Fla. CPl Honrv
Glayre, research chemist here
who conducts "backyard exper
iments in chemical gardening,
boasts a tomato vine 16 feet
tall from which he has harvest
ed 1.200 tomatoes.
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'CRACKER CARGO
When in 173S.-87 Elias Haclcett Darby's Salem ship, "Grand
back, making the first
curiosity a consignment of Chinese firecrackers.
PHOTO HOBBYIST
In 20 year;. Dr. Leland Blair, historian of the Los Angeles County Amnrlcan Legloa
Council, has compiled a comnlelo record of the council's history, entirely from his hobby
collection of snapchots. He takes 1.000 pictures a year. '
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LANA CLAIMS ARTIE
Los Angeles. July 4. JP
Lana Turner. the college boys'
film sweetheart, today filed
suit for divorce from Artie
Show, swing band leader.
Nineteen-year-old Lana charg
ed the 29-year-old Shaw "has
wrongfully Inflicted upon the
defendant grievous mental suf
fering." Lana and Artie were married
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MmiKM 20 YEAR
WERE TAKEN By
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deep-water voyage by an American vessel, she
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McSURK IN f HAVENtA
THE HOSPITAL, ll SEEN .
, MISS A HIM, I
HAIR
in Las Vegas. Nev.. last Febru
ary 13, the day after their first
"date."
Mary Buys Liners.
Washington, July 4. F
The maritime commission .said
today It had sold to the navy
department the former Ameri
can mail liners President Jack
son and President Grant. The
vessels, with gross tonnage
slightly in excess of 14,000
tons, were owned by the com
mission. They and the Presi
dent McKinley and President
Jefferson, are laid up at Brem
erton. Wash.
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