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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MED FORD, OREGON, THURSDAY. AUGUST 1. 1940.
Casual Slauaht
By VIRClMA HANSON
. cSltHDAY. Pie tnttniew
with Jeff is unsatisfactory. Kay
decides to tell the Colonel about
seeing Sandra and Iran on tht
barot Although tt makeu JeS't
east blacktr $ht behevet It belter
to examine alt tht evidence.
Chapter 33
Convirliun of Cuill
"THAT'S Important." he
said
gravely when 1 had finished.
"You tea what it means, don't
you? That Ivan was probably
killed before the rest of you left
the beach during the time when
everyone was scattered. As I un
derstand it, the men all went off
alone first Adam, ' then Gerald
or the chaplain, and finally Jeff.
You three girls were together,
which gives you an alibi not
that anyone would seriously con
sider that one of you would have
killed Ivan
"Sandra could have killed him
before she left the barge,
pointed out.' But it was a purely
academic observation. Sandra
herself had been murdered.
"Of course there is the possi
bility which someone has sug
gested," he went on, "that Jvan
deliberately remained at the
beach to keep an appoint
ment "
"I was coming to that," 1 said
miserably. I had committed my'
self to telling him the whole
truth, but I knew that what was
coming was pure dynamite.
"There was that car "
"Can you place the time you
heard the car? he asked, uncon
sciously granting me a reprieve.
"It was soon after eleven. I
heard taps as we were driving
back out there for our swim.
He asked me to describe again
iust what we had heard and seen,
told of the arrival of the car,
the sound of a single door slam
ming, the dim sight of someone
moving on the barge, the brief
wait, then the car door again and
the repeated whine of the starter.
"And while we were dressing
Julia told me Colonel Pen
nant, I hope you won't think I'm
Just trying to make trouble. But
I said I was going to tell you ev
erything. And Julia can deny it
now all she likes. I'm positive she
told me it was Mimi's car; that
they had been having trouble
Parting it."
His eyebrows lifted, but he did
not snub me as I had been afraid
he would do. Instead, he got to
his feet and went over to the door
where he pressed an old-fashioned
bell push that I could hear
ring in the kitchen regions.
"We'll ask Mimi if she knows
anything about it." he said easily.
Cora came to the door pres
ently, and he asked her to see if
Mrs. Pennant was in her room
and if she was to ask her to come
down.
"Now about Sandra being
killed in your room " be be
gan. I told him then, reserving noth
ing, of Sandra's admission to me
that she was afraid of Jell, of the
bruise she had shown me, and of
the fact that she had shared my
room since their marriage.
By the time 1 was tluough 1
was frightened by the weight of
the case 1 had made out against
Jeff. 1 had not thoroughly com
prehended it myself until I put it
Into words. And when I went
back and told of the encounter at
Fieldstone Inn, and Sandra's p
parent conviction that Jeff had
seen her with Ivan on the barge,
and her blunt reminder of the
lime Jeff had knocked Ivan flown
I looked at Colonel Pennant
then and saw with a tick sense of
remorse what had been unwel
come suspicion on his part A1 as
now a conviction of Jeff's guilt.
Well, maybe he was guilty.
Julia might never believe it,
might never forgive me frr what
I had just done. But if he was
innocent something would
eomething must come to light to
prove it. And if ,ie was guiliv
there was no use in withholding
damning evidence.
Craven Of Me
IV JIMI came In then, looking
rather drawn and tired in
pite of the fact that she had ob
viously been asleep. She had on
a fresh frock and her hair was
neat, but her face was flushed
like a baby's w lien tt first wakes
Up. and her eyelids looked heavy
Colonel Pennant repeated to
her what 1 had said about the
car. and she sat down rather
abruptly
"Its only fair to lell you." 1
put in hastily, "that Julia dcx-sn't
remember saying any such Hung
It's possible that she merely aid
she'd been having trouDle stall
ing your car recently
No doubt it was craven of me.
but I would hae given a lr,t to
hack out of tins particular situa
tion. "Julia ought to know the sound
of my car.' M;tni s.nd with me
chanical courtoy. "And I'm sure
ahe must have said it if you think
so, Kay But I certainly did not
go back out to the beaci that
night, or any other nig it. I wou.d
have been afraid to, after the
things that have been happening
round here."
"Suppose you tell us Ju?t whit
you did after we left the beach,"
Colonel Pennant put in pleas
antly. Wally to Undergo
Plastic Surgery
New York, Aug 1. The
New York World Telriiram says
It learned from clusc friends of
the Duchess of Windsor that she
tied! reserved room at a small
private hospital herp for a plas
tic surgery operation Sept. 9.
The Duke and Duchess of
Windsor are expected here soon
en route to the duke's new post
as (overnur of the Bahama
lers
Cf-
"Well, I followed you until we
got back to the quadrangle. Then
you drove out of the post, remem
ber, to that boy scout meeting, or
whatever it waa vou had that
nighL Mrs. Bridewell wanted to
be dropped at the club, and when
1 had let her off there 1 took a
little drive for about an hour,
then went home and to bed."
"Where did you drive?" asked
her husband, and I'm afraid we
both saw the flush thst rose in i
ner cneena sua uiv irapijcu iw ;
hi iter cjc.
"Oh just around she said
with a rather pitiful attempt to I
SOUnu casual. 1 ucucve t uiuvi
down the highway as far as Field
stone Inn just ambling along,
getting the breeze, I didn t atop
anywhere."
"And you cams horns at what
time?"
"Nine, or nine-thirty. I didn't
notice exactly, but it was after
dark."
"Then you were boms when
Sandra got here?"
"Yes. 1 had gone to bed. 1
heard the car slop and someone
come in. Then presently, because,
I didn't hear any voices, went
out in the hall and calL'd down
to see who it was. Sandra an
swered and said she was a Ion a.
She thought the others had prob
ably gone on to the club, but she
had a headache so she was lust
going to read for a few minutes
and then go to bed. I went Back
in my room and went to sleep.
And that was all I knew until a
couple of hours later when they
came here after you, Dan."
"You put the car in the garage
when you came home?"
"Yes. Of course you know I
never lock it everything is to
sate here," she said with incon
scious irony. "I suppose someone
could have taken it out again. 1 I
don't sleep on that side of the
house. 1 probably wouldn't nave
heard anything."
Colonel Pennant rose.
"All right, girls. Thanks for
helping. Now I think I'll see
Julia, will one of you ask her to
step down here?"
I followed Mimi' upstairs and
took refuge in the bathroom, so
that she would be the me to de
liver the message. I waited until
I heard Julia go down, then I
went to my room and found
Mimi waiting for me there.
She Was Bad'
"IF YOU want to work, or sleep
i or anything just say so and
I'll go away," she said nervously.
"Not at all I didn't brim any
work, and I slept for an hour this
morning I'm glad you came in.
I I want to thank you for taking
it the way you did- what I said.
It's not that I'm trying to im
plicate anyone in this thing. I
feel rather unnecessary here,
especially with Adam gone. Per
hups I would do better to keep
out of It entirely."
"No, no, Kay. Don't feel that
way. You're quite right to tell
anything you know, and I'm sure
we're all very glad you're here.
I don't resent your telling about
the car. Why should I?"
"That isn't all I told I said
miserably. "I'm afraid Julia will
never forgive m. But I got into
this thing. Sandra was with me
much during the last few
days "
I needed to lustifv mvself.
Somehow I felt that I had put a
noose around Jell i neck. 1 want
ed someone to reassure ma. I was
ready to pour out the whole
thing; but before I could go on
Mimi burst into sudden, passion
ate speech.
I m clad she a deadl I don't
want to know who killed her I
dnn't care." Her cheeks wore scar
let, her eyes blazing. "You
needn't look at mo like that, Kay.
I'm not insane. And I don't cart
what you think of me. It's true
and I have to say it. I'm glad
she's dead. You didn't know her
the way I did. She was bad. Kay,
Bad through and through!"
I stared at her tn horrified si
lence. Mimi. the self-contained,
the soft spoken. She had seemed
fond of Sandra, I thought wildly.
Or had she? I began to remember
Utile things. . , .
"Mow I wish I had never seen
her!" she cried distractedly. "Kay
1 don't know what there is
about you, hut I feel I can trust
you. And if I don't tell someone
I think I'll go mad with it "
With a real effort I Interrupted
her there.
"No!" 1 told her. "You mustn't
trust me. You don't know wh.it
I've (ust done to Julia and Jeff "
She looked at me strangely for
a moment.
"But you don't know what I
have done to Julia and Jeff." she
said more quiellv. "It's all my
fault, the whole thing. 1 suppose
vou man they're in love with one
another I've tried not to know it.
I've told mvself that Jeff really
loved S.imlra, and that Julia was
lust a child, that she would out
grow him. But I've always known,
in spite of myself."
She paused, her eyes desperate
ly searching my face.
"I'm going to Ull you k..jrway."
she said at last. "I've lived with
it so long, snd there's been no
one I could talk to. I won't ark
you to keeo what 1 say confiden
tial. I'll trust you. Only only
iut let me talk to you."
She sounded terribly shaken.
I nodded. It would have taken
more resolution than I had to re
fuse to listen.
T be continued
ROSEBURG BOY KILLED
IN TRUCK COLLISION
Rosehiira:. Ore. Aug. 1. (.PI
Dillv Witcher, 17 year old Rose-
burg youth, was killed shortly
before noon today in a collision
between a logging truck, driven
by Witcher. and a U. S. army
! truck, driven by J. Berkeley.
) The accident occurred one mile
south of Suthcrlin.
1 The army truck was a part of
I the 30th Infantry unit, moving
north today on the way to Fort
j Lewis.
On the Radio Chains
TViinsi
Where ( Una tan oa the Dial:
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Denver; HOIS. Vlo, pitrtland:
kOMO rt amine: kPo. sso. aa
trnnrlvii: Kl. I Wl, fait lake
Thursday.
8 :00 Slrujinj and Hwlrwlrw. KGO,
KOA. HEX; Mualc Hall. KPO, KPI.
KOW; Major Bowes, KNX, KSU
KOIN.
t:30 Voice of Camllle. KOO; Con
cert Orch, KEX. KJR.
:00 Miller's Orch., KNX, KSL,
KolK
Crosby's Orch, KPO, KPI.
KqW
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KOA Krx KJH. Publlll Attl,
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. 30 War News. KNX. KSL, KOIN;
Par Concert. KPO. KOW.
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KOIN; Fred Waring. KPO. KPI, KOW;
Our America. KOO, KJR.
1 .30 Travelogue, KOO. KOA, KEX,
KJR; Aak-It-Baaket. KNX, KSU
KOIN; Ted Lewis, KPO, KPT, KOW.
00 Strange As It Seems. KNX.
KfiL, KOIN: Aldrleh Pamlly, KPO.
KPI, KOW; Sports, KOO; News. KEX,
KJR.
8:30 Symphony Hour, KPO, KPI,
KOW; Harbeck'a Orch., KSL; Bam
Hayea, KOO; Answer Auction, KNX.
KOIN.
00 Paul Sullivan. KNX, KSL.
KOIN; Sports. KOA.
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THE WORLD AT ITS WORST
UIILUftHS
8-
TAILSPIN TOMMY Tragic Discoveryl
UUST AS MANS rjRlMK6RLiK4 WAS HANDING
HIS PACK AO fe OF- DIAMONDS TO THE
PUOLSER. F-Oa i4r.6-KEEPlNO.THt LIGHTS
on th, clipper ship failed.' and when thi
shout oucuit was repa.irevo
MY DIAMONDS.'. ( 1 ST,Ll wAV6 THEM-)
BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Ha
HONES" TO
GOODNESS,
If
SUITCASE
GONE?
THE N EBBS Welcome, Stranger?
THAT'S THE PlLTMORE. -
ITS A CE AAJTIFUL PLACE.
vou they got a.
LANDiMG PiELD.BlU.!
3-1
I Slumber Boat, KOIN; Jones' Orch.,
KSL.
I 10:00 News. KPO, KPI. KOW;
I Young'a Orch.. KOA: Jurgen's Orch..
1 KNX: Kent's Orch.. KSL.
I 10:90 Safety First. KPO; Oarber's
, Orch,' KNX. KSL, KOIN; Prlml. Jr.,
Orch.. KOA. KEX. OJR.
I 110 Knox Manning, KNX; Owena
i Orch, KPO: Man With a Pipe, KOA,
KEX; Buisea Orch, KSL. KOIN;
News. KOO, KOW.
Friday.
BOO Dant'a Orch.. KOO. KEX,
KJR; Walts Time. KPO. KOW; Clark
Rom, KNX, KOIN; Sweet and Swing.
KSL.
6:30 Kogen'a Orch, KOO. KJR.
KEX; What's My Name. KPO, KOW:
Orand Central Station, KNX, KSL.
KOIN.
6:00 Public Afralra. KNX. KSL.
KOIN; Variety Show. KPO. KOW;
Kewa. KOA, KEX: Filbert Fllhar
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6.30 Al Pearee. KNX. KSL. KOIN;
Quiz Kids. KPO, KOW, Concert Orch,
KOO, KEX. KJR.
7:00 Fred Waring. KPO. KFI.
KOW! Amoa and Andy, KNX, KsL.
KOIN: Measner'a Orch., KJR, KEX:
Mimical Heritage, KOO.
7:30 Johnny Preaenta, KNX. KSL.
KOIN: Salute to Bvrd Expedition,
KOO, KOAx KEX; Show Boat, KPO,
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S:30 Death Valley Dan. KPO.
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KOIN.
MAKES VOU LOOK 5LI6rifLV DIM-WITTED), WHEN
PA56IN6 THE CASHIER'S DESK ON VOUR WAV OUT Of
A PAV-TriE-CASHlER RESTAURANT WHERE VOU
HAVE STEPPED IN MERELV 10 LOOK FOR A FRIEND
I Rlid by Th Bfll Siii,
Always Doetl
' SUREST THINS
YOU KNOW, KID-
MY
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FAULT, TOO- J
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Orch, KOIN; Woodourya Orch,
KOW.
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KNX: Kent I Orch., KSL.
10:30 BUtmora Boys. KEX, KOA.
KJR: Owens' Orch, KPO. KOW; Oar
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11:00 Knoa Manning. KNX. KSL,
KOIN; Nottingham's Orch, KPO;
Man With a Pipe, KOA, KEX.
FE.RED IN U S. MARKET
Olympla, Wash.. Aug. 1. fP)
In an effort to prevent prospec
tive flooding of United States
markets with Canadian apples.
Governor Martin telegraphed
President Roosevelt and other
federal officials today urging
immediate action.
There is a movement afoot in
Canada, the governor informed
the officials, to take advantage
of American markets by sending
here thousands of carloads of
Canadian apples, that have lost
their export markets due to the
war.
Use Msll Tribune want ads.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
I SHOULDA PICKED IT UP .
P
NOTHIN'S SAFE AROU, C
HERE UNLESS IT'S
NAILED DOWN.
EVER.VTHINO IS
All right again, )
JUST A SHORT
OR.CLIIT r-y
O - OO OH !fyJy
f AM RUDOLPH NEr?Bi "
(10 UKE A NICE LARGE)
CORNER BOOM WITH A
A LOTS CP FRESH )
ir u : y i M t'i ' i
London, Aug. 1. (D Britain
today ordered a blockade ex
tending from the Arctic to
northern Africa, effective at
midnight tonight, an order in
council giving effect to the pol
icy announced in commons yes
terday by Hugh Dalton, minister
of economic warfare.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS
' tfSCHAR&ES " iTsELF $i
41&RINSTHB ST1H3 WfAPoH
0? If4 VICTIM iNIHe .
fllMENTS Of fit &ACK
ja.-.-Vll'
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five Vsa lmb?
AS ThEMcXreEfilfliFUL 6IRL J
in Lnnunnuouni
A !AMt?$ PIL6RIM
"TRAVELING To MECCA &Y BoAT,
Achieve? 6MNJHootBrkuiN6 overboard!
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CRIPPLE TO CHAMPION
At eight, Yvonne Erwin of Chattanooga so badly Injured her leg by tap denclng that
doctors feared it would be disabled permanently. By rigorous exercise, at 13 h was able
to win a beauty cortest, although the youngast and smallest of 57 contestants.
SAINT OVERBOARD
Bound for Mecca, a Siamese pilgrim fell into the shark-infested Red Sea. but remained
afloat unharmed until picked up by the P. & O. liner "Strathaird." Among local Arabs,
thereafter, he was hailed as a saint.
TOMORROW: How Many Wars Has the U. S. Had?
MTEft"? ( LOOK.'.. LOUD
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aM . I MIMI r-atvew nasTttalr t
I f MISTER, YOU GOT MY
DOG
SOMETHING TO EAT AND YOU
60T ME SOMETHING TO EAT
I
YOU'RE NOT TO BLAME
VTH' LOSS OF MY SUITCASE
fORGST IT
f MR NESS OiO VOU SAY?
L -,, . JT,T Awe A I
JSVJH' LOSS OF MY SUITCASE - 11
occati SI AtrrrANV PLACE'. TweV'OTCSS
SObxEO UP TO
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In future non-British shipping
companies will have to agree
always to employ navicerts a
form of passport for ship car
goes in order to enjoy services
such as coaling, drydock and in
surance facilities at Britain's
worldwide ports.
Ships of offending lines enter
ing British ports may find diffi
culty even in getting water.
Timber Fall.r Killed
Dallas, Ore., Aug. 1. (P)
A logging camp accident at the
Welty operations near here fa
tally injured Henry Hagans, 31,
timber fallcr, yesterday.
fif? FAST3 ?
was chasm
FOR
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NOU COULO GET 1MTO
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THE
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AIN'T A SPUNKY KID.' AN' ALL 1 jfC
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KILLS 2 OFFICERS
Boise. Idano. Aug. 1. (P) .
A Negro sought for a minor
crime shot and killed U. S.
Marshal George Mcffan and his
deputy. John Glenn, and waa
himse'f badly wounded and cap
tured by a posse in the Boise)
mountains yesterday.
Use M.itl Tribune want ads.
by JOHN HIX
By HAL FORREST
Be EDWIN ALGEH
By SOL HES."
VOU MEAN rVUERE ARE V
GOlrslS TO LIE OCVsM-'J
rar ! tt t MV4 rsjf ?nraa law.
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I GREAT GUNS !...
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TmAT GUY TOOK.TWE SLEEP
OUT CP This NiGUT FOR ME
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