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MEDFORD MATT. TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. THURSDAY. JUTV 5.',. 1940.
Gasual Slaughters
By VIRGINIA HANSON O
ra.STa.NDAy. Gerald ufcet
Kay end Julia to dinner "to aa t
f pot or detectmo.' They discuss
Felicia' nearly blind sir-year-old
niece who euieed her in
m June. Jokingly Gerald nominate
Felicia for suspect number one.
Chapter 27
Fringy
f Y cherce u Chaplain Henry."
Julia taid elegantly. "He's
uch a dear little dumpling, the
kind that always murders his
wife in the bathtub and buries
her in the back vard. Of course.
hes a bachelor
"Wait!" I Interrupted. "I think
you've got something there. Did
you hear Sandra say she had
known him in Texas? He's prob
ably secretly in love with her
and simply follows ner around
disposing of all his rivals the
cave-man lover, you know.
Julia Was giving me an ex
eeedingly dirty look and for i
minute I couldn't think why. un
til Gerald observed innocently:
"But wouldn't vou think It
would havo been Jeff Instead of
Ivan? Do you suppose he made
a mil take in the darn?
"Oh. Jeff's probably next on
the list." I said airily, to cover
my slip. "Maybe a long list, for
all vou know. You guys better
watch your step with bandra. I
added darkly.
Gerald appeared to shudder.
"Men are such brutes, my dear
But I'm sure I don't know why
vou re warning me. He put
hand to the back of his head and
ran a finger throush its closelv cut
sandy stubble "Look, girls I'm
thinking of letting m hair grow
or do you like it better the way
Im wearing it?
Julia put her head on one side
"A cluster of curls on top would
tuit vour heart-shaped face." she
said tudicially. On the other
hand. Geraldine. vour neck it a
little long
"Column of alabaster." he said
smirking. "Silly, isn't it? But
that's what they tell me."
"My cherce is a very phony
young man named Beaufort, I
observed sternly. "Just look at
him in that minor, sitting there
playing the fool, trying to make a
couple of unsuspecting females
tell all. Julia, don't mention vour
father'a invention you know, the
death ray. He'a probably in the
pay of some foreign power. Julia,
that young man is deep!"
Gerald leaned forward and
scrutinized his reflection anxious
ly "I'll wager you say that to all
the girls," he complained,
straightening his tie. But I had
not missed the sudden sharp look
from under those absurd eye
lashes. For an instant a breath of
fear dissipated the rosy cloud of
contentment around me.
"And when does he drift In?" I
babbled on. hoping he did not
know I had seen that sharp look.
"The day the eery day. mind
you. that the chaplain was at
tacked. And how does he account
for himself? He says, mind you.
that he's a boot salesman Now I
ask you, Julia, is that likely? Is
It plausible? Have vou seen him
tell a boot? haven't!"
"To think you've been holding
that against me!" Gerald mar
veled. 'Tomorrow aa ever was
you shall come to my humble
showroom, you shall see the
whole complicated scientific pro
cedure nay. you shall even or
der a pair for those delectable
extremitiea which I have been
unable to avoid noticing. 1. Ger
ald Beaufort in person, shall serve
you. That is a chore I never dele
gate to a subordinate. It'a alwavs
a pleasure the ladies to mea
sure "
"Ersters." breathed Julia fer
vently. Hard-Faced Man
GERALD inserted his Imaginary
monocle and blinked at her
"Have I been overlooking some
thing?" he ajked hopefully. "I al
ways thought the word was
nerts."
"No, nol You misunderstand"
me. I mean ersters. actually, in
the flesh. Don i vou see the
waiter approaching?"
"Is that all vou see?" I asked
dreamilv. "I see approaching,
from the opposite direction, a
rrim-visascrl male who eats with
his knife and sleeps in his clothes
Hold vour breath. Julia. I think
we're about to become a four
iome." It was Monday night. Field
stone Inn was not crowded. Fac
ing the door. I had noticed this
solitary diner arrive and seat
himself across .he room from us
a hard-faced but not unattrac
tive man in his late thirties, with
the eves of oni who had seen
much and never expected to be
surprised again. Those eves had
impeded me without perceptible
change, had lingered for a mo
ment on Julia's half-averted face,
and traveled on to Gerald's pro
file. Now he was coming toward
us
A hand descended on Gerald's
Ihoulder.
"Fancy meeting vou here."
drawled a husky voice, and I
thought I detected a gleam of
lazy triumph in the imperturba
ble eyes.
Gerald looked up. his face as
Diar-K as a mask.
"Frightfully sorry, old chap."
ne said Pleasantly. Never saw
vou before m mv life. Dare sav
it was a couple of other fellows."
Architects Plan j
Springfield School
Springfield. July "5. -V
Architects today wore rii-hing
plans for new $100 Poo union
high school building for Spring
field.
Voters yesterday accepted a j
bond Issue authorizing the'
building of the new structure.
It will accommodate 450 stu
dents, many of whom will be
transported from outlying dis
trlcts In the McKcnzie river
valley.
"Not with those eyelashes," the
man said with a malevolent inn.
"Come on. Fringy. give."
"Ah! These eyelashes? Now
that's where you're wrong! One
dollar a set you can have them
yourself, old fellow, and no end
of an improvement, if you don't
mind my saying so. Said to
sharpen the eyesight, too. Look
tell you what I'll do. Giva you the
address."
He whipped a tiny flat note
book and a pencil from his breast
pocket and scribbled briefly, tor
off the sheet and pressed it into
the stranger's hand.
"Just say Geraldine lent you.
No. no don't thank mel Only
too glad to spread a little beauty
in a bleak world"
The stranger glanced briefly at
the paper he held and his face
closed like a trap.
"O K, Geraldine. do as much
for you sometime. Sorry I
dropped the brick. I see now
you're not the uy. It's those eye
lashes better cut them, they'll
get you into trouble one day."
Gerald grinned. "Just what I
was telling the girls," he said
innocently. He fanned a hand
vaguely at the man, a gesture
that seemed to mean "Scram!" At
least the stranger departed. He
went back to his table, to his
waiting plate, and concentrated
on feeding but not with his knife.
As tar as I could see thereafter
his gaze did not drift our way.
"Now that. Geraldine, was
downright piggish," Julia pro
tested. "Anyone with half a wit
could see the poor fellow was
lonesome, and you sitting here
smugly with two glamour girls
You might at least have Dretend-
ed to know him."
I m surprised at vou. Julia. Mv
grandmother." he added virtu
ously, "made me promise never to
take up with strange men."
Strange? I low.-red my eyes to
my plate so that he would not
see the disbelief in them. 1 felt
a little sick.
Delicate Mission
JULIA and Gerald began to
wranffle aminhlv over th ufi-
dom of consuming the first ovs-
ters of the season in a month
without an r. but she disposed of
the whole question.
It s all right. We out the r In
the ersters. which makes it ner.
fectly safe." she pronounced, and
popped one calmly into her
mouth.
It was not until we had finished
our meal and Gerald had lavishly
ordered a Courvoisier brandy
that he returned to the subiect
of Adam's commission.
I ve alwavs wanted to do a
spot of detecting." he confessed
cneertully, swirling the amber
fluid in its tiny glass. "Kay. here
is a very discerning young per
sonvery discerning indeed Yea
i minx I mav sav that I am deep:
though not everyone, mind you
wouia nave the wit or the cour
age to probe beneath my light
and airv persiflage to the dark
ano secret recesses of the man i
mysterious mind. Adam is dis
cerning, too. He saw at once that I
was unusual." he continued mnrl.
estly. "That. I am sure, is why he
trusted me to execute this delicate
mission."
He paused Impressively.
"H'hnt delicate mission?" rle.
manded Julia impatiently. "The
trouble with you, Geraldine. vou
have Saint Vitus dance of the vo
cal chords they're always in mo
tion but they don't get vou any
where." Gerald looked at her coldly.
"Not a discerning nerxnn w h
decided He turned his shoulder
to ner and addressed me conn
fidentially. "Now vou. Kav will
comprehend at once the delicacy
of the task which has been sel
me
It was Impossible not In laneh
at the fool. Scrap Dy scrap we got
ii oui oi mm. un the way to the
train that mornine. Adam hH re
called the simple fact that the
chaplain had broker his drive
from Chicago by dinine at Field.
stone Inn: and that it was near
there he had picked up his un
pleasant passenger. There was a
remote possibilitv that someone
at the Inn might have seen the
mysterious pedestrian might
know his identity, or at least be
able to give a better description
man me rnapiain. Adam had
asked Gerald to make inquiries.
Mirn was the delicate mission.
We discussed possible nro.
eedures: but our combined Intel.
lects seemed unable to devise any
startling departures in the
realm of crime detection. Some
what ingloriously. we sought the
mistress of the establishment and
asKed ner a plain question.
"Oh. you're from Fort Michi
gan!" she said brightly, looking
us over with eves that quite ob
viously recalled the encounter be
tween Julia and Sandra the day
before The eyes lingered on Julia.
"Aren't you Colonel Pennant'i
daughter? I thought I'd seen your
picture in the paper Wasn't that
a dreadful thing that poor man
found dead on that old barge? And
they say he waa murdered!
Though I must say, I don't see
whv it couldn't hsve been an ac
cident. I always think it's danger,
ous to climb arcund on an old
wreck like that rotten timbers
are always giving way. Did you
know him?"
"Slightly." Julia admitted.
"And vou want to know about
the gert'eman whose car waa
stolen." f'he paused.
Te be centimes'
Theory and Practice.
London. July 23. i.T) Mal
colm MaiDonald, minister of
health, jpcuking at a Uinrhron
today. Mid a well balanced war
time meal would be four ounces
of bread, two-thirds of an ounce
of oatmeal, half an ounce o(
fats, five ounces of potatovs.
two ounces of green vegetables
and one-fifth of a pint of milk.
The menu of the luncheon in
cluded hors d'oeuvrcs, chicken,
sherbet and coffee.
Clufetia tunc lor loo Lett to Clas
sify Ada la 1 JO p m.
On the Radio Chains
STAIIIINS
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Ik NX. loan, im Antrim hov ue
Drntrr; KIIIN. l4tl. Port laud:
kOMO rtt snille: KPO. Ml HI
rrinrlvo; KM., ttso. lt take.
Thursday
1:00 Singing and Swinging. KOO,
KEX; Uuile Hall. KPO. KPI. KOW;
Major Bow as, KNX. KSL. KOIN.
6:00 Quartet, KOO; Miller's Orch,
KKX, K8L. KOIN: Crosby's Orch,
KPO. KOW; News. KOA. KEX.
6:30 War News. KNX, KBL. KOIN:
Buy Aces, KOO, KOA; Concert, KPO.
KOW.
7:00 Fred Waring. KPO, KIH.
KOW; Amos and Andy, KNX, KSU
KOIN: Kinney's Orch., KOO.
7:o Dowry's Orch.. KOO, KOA;
Atk-It-Buket. KNX. KSL, KOIN;
Oood News, KPO, KOW.
6:00 Strange As tt Seems, KNX.
KSL, KOIN: Aldrlch Family, KPO.
KPT, KOW: Sports. KOO.
6 :S0 Symphony Orch.. KPO, KP1.
KOW: Herbert's Orch., KSL: Answer
Auction. KNX. KOIN.
6:00 Paul Sullivan. KNX, KSL.
KOIV.
6:30 Dance Orch.. KPO, KOW;
Goodman's Orch.. KOIN.
10:00 News. KPO. KPI, KOW; Jur
sens" Orch., KNX: Kent's Orch., KSL.
10:60 Safety Pint. KPO; Otrbert
Orch., KNX, KSL. KOIN; Prlml, Jr.,
Orch., KOO. KOA.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEAGUE
111 III rmu
the newly-appointed water boy on
THE E)6 BOVS TERM WASN'T 60IN6 to run
ANV RISK OF BEIN6 ABSENT FROM DUTY
ON THE DAY Of A SCHEDULED 6AME.
7-26
Till entu eKA....
.n.ann iutoi Countess Latroff Displays Anxietyl '
I By HAL FORREST
il iti s
BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Return to Llfel
I STEADY4 NOW, V. V V j
I 50NI VOUTL B6 I . MV dco: y I I
THE NEBBS Going Bye Bye
VNUQ.T APOUT A.
VACATION! r PEO
UP CU THIS WMLET.
ID UKS. TO GET A.WA.V
TOR AWHILE
V bj' frfM o.l . , yr'fTO PL AM A VACATION! i BCE SO f'-OW NOUD HAVE J- . V 3
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1140 Owens' Orch.. KPO: This
storing World, KOA. KEX: Suite's
Orch, KSL, KOIN; News, KNX, KOO.
KOW,
Friday!"
6:00 Dante's Music. KOO. KEX:
Wills Time. KPO. KOW; Bntlllan't
Orch, KNX.
6:60 Karen's Orch.. KOO. KEX:
What's My Name. KPO. KOW: Ortnd
Central Station. KNX. KSL. KOIN.
6:00 Public Affaire, KNX. KSL.
KOIN; Variety Show. KPO, KOW;
News, KOA, KEX; Filbert Fllhar
monle, KOO.
6:30 Al Prarce, KNX. KSL. KOIN;
Quit Kids. KPO. KOW; Concert Orch..
KOO. KPI.
7:00 Fred Waring, KPO. KPI.
KOW; Amoe and Andy. KNX. KSL.
KOIN; Meetner'a Orch, KOO. KEX.
KJR,
7:30 Johnny Presents. KNX. KSL.
KOIN; Dance Orch.. KOO. KOA. KEX.
KJR; Show Boat, KPO, KPT, KOW.
8:00 Treasure Island Varieties,
KPO; Sports. KOO: Oarber't Orch..
KSL: John Clark. KNX.
8:16 Baeebtll, KOO. KOA.
8:30 Detth Vtlley Dtyt, KPO. KPI.
KOW: La Baron's Orch, KOIN.
KSL.
9:00 Big Town. KPO: Dorseya
Orch, KPI. KOW; Paul Sullivan.
K!CX. KSL, KOIN.
8:80 King's Orch.. KOIN: Wood
bury's Orch, KPO. KOW; Ravatza's
Orch.. KPI.
10:00 News. KPO, KPI. KOW;
Duchln's Orch., KOA: Jurgen's Orch..
KNX.
10:30 Sudy's Orch.. KOO. KOA;
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1 IKIA.GIKJE IT 13
HARD HAVINO NOTHIMG
.TO DO CUT AMUSE.
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Owens' Orch, KPO. KOW; Oarbers
Orch, KNX. KSL. KOIN.
U :00 Nottingham's Orch.. KPO:
Butte's Orch, KSU KOIN: Thlt Wir
ing World. KOA. KEX: Newt. KNX,
KOO. KOW.
SPUD CROP WILL
BE BIGGEST EVER
Portland, July 25. The
Oregon potato crop, barring tnc
misfortune of too early frosts,
probably will be larger than
any previous year, a market
survey showed today.
Growers in the Redmond dis
trict predicted a 1200-car out
put, compared with 641 a year
ago. In Deschutes county total
planting is less than in recent
years. Considerable gains in
acre production are expected.
Favorable conditions and
more extensive planting may
bring the Klamath basin coun
try a record harvest. More
fields have been put into pota
toes in the Portland area and
the outlook is satisfactory, both
In volume and quality. Klam
ath county now grows more po
tatoes than the entire state a
few seasons ago.
ByCLUYAS WILLIAMS
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COMIN TO! HE
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BUSY TRVIlMCa TO ESTABLISH
A frUSlNESS
V
A. FE.RMAMENT CUTURE FCCTOUj
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CJD PL
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London, July 23. (.Pi Mrs.
Tess Johnston waited happily
on a quay to greet her hus
band and son-in-law, who were
coming home on the naval
trawler Campina.
The British woman was glad
for her daughter's sake, as well
as her own, for her son-in-law
was coming home to see his
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS
SrsTT Stiff
' vwroRMomte A
HAVA5URM WrW, Arizona, I ill!
v' K CENTURIES HAVE f M h f
t!w3X FSmB CANYON iNTrie '!U ( p
v U-aTcf REMAINED . -Jf If
GORGE PEOPLE
A virtual heaven on-earth It beautiful Havasu Canyon, a fertile gash in the sun-parched
expanse of western Arisona. Here for centuries the Havasupai Indians have mad their home,
living today just as they always have. Ethnoloqists consider this the only spot in the United
Stales where native culture has remained in anything like its pristine condition.
Havasupai. translated, means "blue-green water people." and refers to the sparkling wat
ers of Havasu creek.
TOMORROW: Legal Monu mentl
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, , -ee? Tt F TOLLcT K r'JPT A
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THAT WILL MAKE
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HAVEMT HAD TIME
AM A VACATION!
wife and nine-months-old child
From the shore Mrs. Johnston
could see her husband in the
wheelhouse of the trawler. She
smiled at him and waved.
A moment later the craft hit
an enemy mine. Johnston and
his son-in-law were killed.
The trawler's loss was an
nounced yesterday.
Swastikas Unpopular.
Whittier, Cal., July 25.)
At a cost of $2,500 a Whittier
business establishment has chis
eled out from the front and
side of its building 43 large
brick swHstikas. The crosses
were regarded as Indian good-
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luck symbols when the build-
ing waa constructed 24 years '
ago.
Destroyers in Braiil.
Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil.
July 23. tP) The United
States destroyers Walke and
Wainwright arrived here today
from Rio De Janeiro, to stay
until Monday.
Weather.
Northern California: Fair to
night and Thursday, but fog in
creasing along coast; cooler cen
tral coast; moderate northwest
wind off coast.
Ota stall Tribune want ada.
by JOHN HIX
Ar P K sinister ixchAnoi ot words strwifHl
TWO PASSENGERS . MIANS -THAT OUR. pi"! ARil
NOT GO'NC, TO HAVfc A'SMOOTHIE" PLIGHT I
B EDWIN ALGER
By SOL HES"
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wju ill act like im
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