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Newspaper Page TextPACT! ETC TIT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY. JULY 21. 1940. Gasual Slaughters By VIRGINIA HANSON Of ttSTLRDAY. Adam drop. .. at Kov'fl totth an address book a; trait's containino Che umei of Itferary and theatrical people in New fork end Hollywood and the doa-eared manuscript o a play. Then Sandra en!ri. Chapter 23 'Highborn Russian' I SMILED and Adam caught me at it. He raised his white brows. "Just Imagining you in i pow- aerea wig, i saia. "One of the things I like about you is that you understand me so thoroughly, he returned ' blandly. Sandra glanced from one to the other of us with Darned distrust. Then her small dark eyes rested on Adam in a child s frank p praisal. "Your hair looks sort of pow. dered, she said. I never saw such white hair on s young man us aistinguisnea. "Not white just tow." Adam corrected. But the most idiotic ex pression of gratification sprained his face, and there was s gleam of approval in his eyes as he handed her tenderly into a chair. "It's not every man," he began expansively, "who is lucky enough to get a word alone with bride on her wedding day "What do you mean slone?' asked coldly. "Would you like me to witnaraw? "Dear me. no. Think of the proprieties! I was speaking in a relative manner only. Relatively alone, 1 meant to say." "Then I'll relatively with draw. I stood up and strolled toward the inner bedroom, swishing my silk housecoat, making it swirl around my ankles. I had not missed the teasing note in his voice; neither had J missed his moronic response to Sandra's crude flattery. I felt unreasonably irriuiea. I gave the door a push as I passed it, but it did not entirely close. Eventually, I knew, he was going to work around to asking her questions, and I wanted to hear the answers. So, having gathered up the necessary arti cles. I settled myself near that partially open door and pro ceeded to do my nails. He was wishing her happiness and making the usual remarks about Jeff being a lucky devil. "I'm so glad you feel that way," she answered plaintively. "I'm in rather an awkward position here, as you've probably noticed. Jeff tried to get another station, but Colonel Pennant insisted on hav ing him in the regiment, so what could we do?" "I must be stupid. It seems to me an ideal arrangement you're all such friends." Her laugh was a little overdone as to bitterness. "You're not including Julia in that, are you? She'd scratch mv eyes out if she dared. She wanteH him herself, of course, and the poor boy had to make heroic ef forts to break away. He couldn't avoia oeing thrown with her a great deal when they were both ai west roint and he was so young ne didn't realize what he was letting himself in for." The point of my nail file slipped, and I had to go into the bathroom to stanch the bleeding before I could finish. So I missed some of what followed. When I came back they were talking about Ivan's play. She admitted that he had told her about it. "It was a shame the way they treated him," ahe said indignant ly. "It's not as if he was entirely unknown he had a play on Broadway last year." "Did he?" Adam sounded sur prised. "What was the name of ft?" She told him. I had never heard of it. Neither, apparently, had Adam. Devoted Servants' rTD it have good notices? How J long did it run?" "It was a wonderful play," she Said firmly. "But the critics chose to make fun of it. I suppose because he was a Russian. People In this country think Russians are all crazy. Just as thev think Swedes are funny and Italians romantic. It's a form of national conceit that is really Just ig norance." "There's something In what you say," Adam admitted. "So Ivan was Russian. You mean he was born in Russia"" "He was smuggled out of Rus sia by devoted servants when he was only a smsll child. His own people, of course, were all shot. They they were too close to the crar." "The servants brought him over here''1 "First to England. They passed him or? as their own child, who died of privations en the way. But there were people who knew other refugees, and members of the British aristocracy. Thev saw to it that he was educated at Ox ford. Then then he had to come over here." "Why?" "It was safer." She stopped, snd I could hear her draw a long breath. "You mustn't ask me any more about it. That's ail I know There were things he couldn't tell me. I know SHIRLEY TEMPLE SEES m ME Hollywood. July 10 (jT"i Shirley Temple (You remem 'of err ner, sne used to be a movie star) knows now what a bus- mans holiday is. She spent one yesterday vis- lung her Inend Dcanna Durbin i that he had powerful friends. You you haven't heard from any of them yet?" "You mean they would have read of his death in the papers?" He sounded skeptical. "No, I can't say that we have. We had a wire from his people this morning his mother and father in Brook lyn. The address was among his papers and we notified them last night. Early this morning, rather. Soon aftc- we found him. They want the body sent home." "The devoted servants," Ssn dra breathed softly. "They would have followed him to the ends of the earth" It sounded like a bad radio drama. Was it possible that San dra believed all this stuff? Didn't she know that everyone who came out of Russia during the revolution was at least a grand duke? And there was that child ish joke about Bertie Wooster that Gerald had perpetrated last night, and Ivans outrageously phony British accent He had never seen Oxford; I thought it unlikely that he had ever seen the British Isles. There was a short pause, then Adam spoke regretfully. "I had hoped you could help us. You see, it seems such a point less crime. There's no motive." "Isn't there?" My flesh crawled a little at that flat, emotionless voice. She might as well have come right out and accused Jen. Did she really be lieve he had killed Ivan? Could any woman marry a man she be lieved to be a murderer? Adam chose to ignore the im plication. "Well, you see." he said smoothly, "Tiardly anyone here so much as knew him. Colonel Pen nant says he had never seen the man; Mimi thought she might have met him once at your apart ment, but she couldn't be cer tain; Jeff says he had only the most casual acquaintance with him. Now as a rule a crime like murder cresuDDOses a strone mo tive. I wonder you ssy he had powerful friends. Had he any enemies; Spies ALL highborn Russians have enemies." she said gran diosely. "But if you mean one of tnem Killed him, thats impossi ble. They are all abroad com munist agents, spies." We have spies and communist agents in this country too, you know," Adam said dryly. "And not all in books, either. But not here, on a Middle Western army Dost." She sound ed amused. Why not? Maybe you read In the papers about a recent case that involved an enlisted man at Mitchel Field?" "No. 1. I didn't see that." There was a short oause. dur ing which she seemed to be di gesting this information, fot when she sooke again she sound ed less certain, less in command of the situation. "I I can't believe that You'rs ust trying to find an excuse. aren't you? Aren't you? Oh, 1 know how it is in the army protect the personnel at all cost Especially when it's a civilian who gets killed. All this talk ol spies! You don't believe that, do you? Do iou?" But there vi-as no question In my mind that she sounded wor ried. Adam was silent under this shrewd counterattack. Perhaps hs was remembering the talk ws had had before she came in. But he would not ask her what she meant, at whom she was hintirlg. And by marrying Jeff she had put herself in a position where she could not come out openly and accuse him. If that was what she wanted to do. And I was becom ing increasingly more certain that it was. "If you are in possession of In formation incriminating to any one, regardless of the person, it is your duty to report it." he said stiffly. Her attack had been shrewd, but she had lost ground with Adam by implying that he would evade his duty. As I may have remarked, Adam is a man of principle. 'I've told you all I can," she said, and with that equivocal re sponse put a period to the inter view, i neard her rise and take her departure. I came out of the bedroom holding my fingers apart to let the enamel dry and found Adam standing in the middle of my sit ting room staring at the floor. I asked him for a cigarette and ha placed one between my lies. struck a light and held it for me. dui an witn tne same air of ab straction. "I was going to ask you to have supper with me," he ssid abrupt ly, out i csn t now. i ve got to see to things I've decided to tske the body East" "Couldn't someone else do that"' "Yes. but I want to talk to that pair those devoted servants." hurely you don t believe that tale?" "It isn't a question of what t believe. It could be true. Sandra obviously thinks it is. And for sc:ne reason or other 1 threw an awful scare into her when I talked of spies. I want to find out why." I was silent for a moment, thinking bleakly of the da8 when he would be gone. Te bs coDtinaee land Joining in chocolate sodas. I Said Shirley: I "I didn't know It was so much fun to watch pictures be ing made. It's fun to sit behind , the camera and not have any thing to worry about." St. Louis. Mo , July SO. i V Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Menefee Yamhill. Ore., arrived here today to exhibit their bru:.;l bresttrd. brome turkeva ! i 24'!i annual convention ant exposition of the International Baby Chic sjocialiuu. On the Radio Chains STATIONS There toy rtod Tbea est the Dial: kEX. 1160, Portland; Ml. S4. vat Aniele; tut, I40. Spokane: KliO. 7 SO. (id Franrlero; W.W HO. rortland I1JR. SIO. Seattle; fcNX. lose. Lot Anielee! SvOA. 10. Ueneer: KOIN. 40, Purl land: KOMO n ftenitle; KPO, M. m FranrHro; km., MM. gilt lJe. Sunday 8 00 Summer Hour. KNX. KflL. KOIN: Manhattan MeTTy-Oo-Round. KPO. KOW. 8 JO Album of Familiar Muale. KPO, KOW; Paul Carion. KEX. 8 00 Drama. KSL, KOIN: Sym phonic Hour. KOMO: Ooodwlll Hour. KOO. KEX. KJR; Hour of Charm. KPO. KOW. Carnival. KPO. KOW; Publle Affairs. KOIN. KSU KNX. 7:00 Chaneonette. KOO; Regal Amblings. KPO; Musical Game, KNX. KOIN. 7:80 James Orrh trpn vnv- Kenny's Ores, KOO, KJR: Jurgen's urcn., aha 8:00 Bum's Oreh., KOIN: Walter Wlnchell. KPO. KOW; News, KOO. KJR. 8:J0 Millar's Oreh, KOIN: Dance Oreh., KPO, KOW; Sports Newsrael. KOO. KEX. KJR. 8:00 Night Editor. KPO. KOW; Garber-s Oreh.. KNX; Holden and Orel).. KOO. 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MEffB havu buried the hatchet AND ARE TOSSlMG COMPL1MEMT5 AT EACH OTHER. . 7M . . 1.. . T-.M , N w a r KOW. 10 SO Martin's Oreh. Buaae'e Orca- KNX. KOIN. KOO; 1 1 OO Nev. KOO. Ifottlncosin's Oreh.. KOW; Wrtint. KEX; PHspat rlck s Oreh., KOIN: News. KNX. Monday 8 00 Porecast. KSU KNX. KOIN: Quls Proerara, KPO. KOW; Oreen Hornet. KOO. KEX. KJR. :S0 Martin s Music. KOO. KJR, KEX: Oram Park Concert. KPO. KOW. 6 00 News. KEX: Hour. KPO. KOW: Rlcardo. KOO: Lombardo's Oreh . KNX. KOIN. KSU 6 :30 Burns and Allen. KPO. KOW. Blondle. KNX. KBU KOIN. 7 00 Amoa and Andy. KNX. KOIN. KSU- rred Waring, KPO, KOW; Hratherton. KOO. 7:30 Merrr-Oo-Round. KOO. KEX. KJR; Where and When. KPO, KOW; Neva. KNX. KSU KOIN. 8:00 Paaalng Parade. KOO: Oanoa Oreh., KSU KOIN; The American Challenge. KPO. 8 SO Hawthorn House, KPO, KOW; Kings Oreh., KOIN. KSU KNX: Dance Oreh.. KEX. KJR. 8:00 Little Of Hollywood. KEX; Paul Sullivan, KSU KNX. KOIN; Classics for Today, KPO, KOW. 8:30 Dance Oreh.. KOO, KEX; PTIml. KPO, KOW: News, KJR. 10:00 Jurgen's Oroh.. KNX. KSL; Reporter. KPO. KOW; Martin's Oreh, KOO. KJR. KEX. 10:30 Music by Woodbury, KPO. KOW: Duchln's Oreh.. KOO. KEX: Camera Club. KSU KNX. KOIN. 11:00 Sudy's Oreh., KPO; This Moving World, KEX. KJR; Clsrk Ross. KOIN. KSL: News, KOO. KOW. onbow so off. KV BETTER BRIN6 PASSES HAMPER, uNFORHJ- KUT INSTEAD OF PASSING NATELV BfltvS DIVERTED 8V If, FftlrlfJ! SHRIEK 1K6 TO I APSE M6, AMD WAVING STArf1 OFF THE LA.DPEK, HE'S HAMMEP A FOOf AWaV SHAKIK6 IT ROM FATHER'S HAND ARE WTOJED FlRMLV IM pochftr, father havimg 1b TtSMOOrJf 1o HELP 6EffHEM 00-f rSUleeaes er Tee Ben Smaleate. Tur"l AND. LANK , Ol KS.CTO BL Of Very Muehl aa8SBBSaaaBssssaassssaBBSSasssssssssss I 1 nt.C . l V .1 li 1 v"-iej I V r- ( -! I s 11 - 1 11 vei 1 1 j m , 1 J I A II fl W V , 1 1 - I NIGHT'S COV1IN& ON. ODiao. W6 WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE THE CITV BEFORE DABK- 5UPPOSE WE RUSTLE OUT FOB A PLACE TO SLEEP- A Y EMtVERT, ITS tsliCE W" l-'K-E IT T AFTEQ N I HAVINS VCHJ BACM vHAT I WENT THROUSH ) 1 HCAM DO YOJ LCNe- IT ' aUKEtT?vr'- T 7 k Radio Highlights By Associated Press (Time is Pacific Standard) New York, July 20. New York's television station, in op eration a little over a ycr. will shut down its public program service August I, to remain off the air probably until Octo ber 1. The two-month suspension was decided upon to make changes necessary under the federal communications com mission wave length realloca tion. The NBC transmitter has been assigned to a new chan nel No. 1 at 50 megacycles in place of its present 44-mega-cycle band which is being turn ed over to frequency modula tion. Studio and transmitter equipment also will be changed to produce 307-line images in stead of the present 441 lines to give greater picture detail. Great Britain's foreign min ister. Lord Halifax, is sched uled for a Monday broadcast at noon. From London over WJZ-NBC, CBS and MBS to talk on 'The General Situa tion," for 20 minutes. Sunday brings: Europe and Inter-American, subject to By GLUYAS WILLIAMS I S&tf OFF, SO FA1HER Cflfl FiHiSH BEFORE N16HTFAU., AND COWS, WtTH Screw driver in other 7-22 ..TO AVOID P.l 8 K OS INVOLVING F 1 " fvgqj wifcHJCA IN avWAnvrTM FOREIGN fcLLIC6NTS.. FHtSt AlflUNES ARi CONSIDERING DISCONTINUANCE OVtRSiAS FLIGHTS... RCrHT?j-H LET'S TBV TUI5 HflVCTifN OLD PFI I nw we've ci eot' IN THEM BEFORE AND WE'RE I SAVING MONEV THESE DAYSW If 50PWIE IS A SRAND f wipe .she's an ITD ME BUT, MESS, n oHOULD IT PSO HASJO TD UiE IN-LAWS f V J?gj change NBC 4. 5 a. m.. 3. 8 p. m.; CBS S a. m , 3. 4 55. and 7 p. m.. Defense of British Isles; WEAF-NBC. 11:40 a. m., MBS 3:30. Monday expectations: Europe and Inter-American, subject to change NBC 4 a. m., 9:4S a. m.; CBS 4 a. m., 2:45 p. m. NOTED DEAD ' Los Angeles, July 20. IIP) Dr. William A. Christensen, 5S. founder and president of the STRANGE AS IT SEEMS I f Newiy HATCHSP I of F fond 3,. IN MiNlrYIbRfc OflHg MELT'S mm PLAYS CUPID FOR FISH Candidate for holder of the world's oddest job Is Roy Ross of Cape Vinceni, N. Y., wha builds "honeymoon houses" for future bass familiesl Ross, government fish hatchery employe, builds stone "nests" in which the fish spawn. "We are unable te take spawn from the adult bass as is done in the case of trout." Ross says. "After they have spawned naturally the adult bass are seined out and returned to Lake Ontario." SUN AND STARS Due to the earth's annual motion around the sun. stars appear to rise four minutes earlier each day. In one year this means stars rise 368 times while the sun rises only 365 times. Monday: U. S. Possessions. L'THfc Am.ICa,N AlKLINF COMPANY TuAT rS5tW,ER, MAIL AMD CAR&O NtUTH ALITV, IN TH6SE TRYIN& TIMSSj INItlN CT IOMA1. FKANCMIS Bj l--K. I HHNSKI I. U IN I 1 L 5ER.V1CE IN THE -rr.C r-uiune.- 1 J N .tMMi )S..C8sV.l A WEARY BOy AND HIS DOG SOON WERE FAST ASLEEP, BUT HAYSTACKS, IT SEEMS, ALSO ATTRACT OTHERS NO. NOT IF TOU ansei DON'T CARE ABOUT1 WIOWn PEELINGS AMD ARE WILLING "TO TAE "THE SHORT I VOLU , END WITH A Pleasant smile. V IT J e-'.L I National Eye Dog association, through which trained dogs are provided for the blind, died last night of heart disease. A chiropractor, blind for 25 years. Dr. Christensen formed the association 11 years ago. Clearfield, Pa., July 20. i!P Rear Admiral Charles Fred erick Howell, retired, died to day at nearby Ansonville where he purchased a farm two weeks ago. He was 39. He was retired from the United States navy last July 1 after 14 years' of service. CORBIN" iEUTSNANT OF fiRTlLLZRi BATTLE OF i WASHIN6T0N HflflHTs -im- 1H& riKZlNOMPiH trCapeWncerifM BUM love 'Nsefc For FISH rr MAV SEEM A STUPENDOUS ... YES. tANTASTIC VtNTORE. PAUL. kUT YOU UAVS OVER.- A PILOT IN ai i. PLOT, HAS THE JeUT.STILL; TO C4WT -s 1 DON T I H KUUOH SHAl 1 CONTINUE fvE SOT A RSOTMPO - KAKE -KHjO. CATHER - SANTA, CLAUS IC HE vusit ME TOMORROW A KID AN' A CUR! WONDER . IF THE KID'S J P, GOT ANV DOUGH J ON HIM? ft f u soon catch smallpox to keep, Funeral services will be held in Washington, D. C, Tuesday, with burial in Arlington cemetery. New York, July 20.- Robert Dell, 73, for 20 years the Paris and Geneva, correspon dent of the nation, died today in the Hotel Brevoort after an illness of two months. During the last war he was expelled from France for writ ing articles criticizing French policy. Closing time lor Too Late to Clas sify Ads is -30 p. m. by JOHN HIX TffgUM' 1HAM PoK A5TAR ' A HARRISES 36TjMK AV'EAR, "THS'SUN ONLY 3fe5 TIMES TS.ll..raL0tt AAnhunMn 7'iO By HAL FORREST PvV Al I ueiut 1 T t .YOU Inter est me and at the YOUR. 1 SME TIMS CHOJ-LEM&i ME.' CO ON, WHO CCXJRAOS It. TELL ME ... 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