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Newspaper Page TextPAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26. 1941 Kalley rlirTf Chapter 28 Tom, Belligerent "VOU told Tommy ibout you and Steve? Jeff prompted. "Ym." Carol uid. "He waa ten ribly upset. He talked like a dra matic little boy. He said he'd kill me, he said he'd kill Steve too. But he didn't mean it any more than If he were a kid speakinf some kind or piece in scnooL "Pretty progressiva school,' Jeff muttered. "I almost had to shove him out And then the next morning at re hearsal he came to me first thing. He said all the things that you d have to say when you've been drunk and acted like an idiot And he apologized all over the place. "And wished you happiness?" Carol smiled wryly. "No. He didn t go that lar. But I asxea mm not to tell anyone about Steve and me and he said he wouldn't And he kept his word too. Jeff stood up. "You damn little dope! I guess they'll have to riddle you witn Duneis oeiore you nnai ly believe that the finger's on vou. You've been so close to death three times that you could have heard it whir by if you'd lis tened, but you still think no one wants to kill you. f or uoa s saKe, what do vou think all this busi ness is about? Do you think it's a practical joke? "It wasn't Tommy,' sha said stubbornly, almost crying. "No, it wasn't Tommy. It wasn't anybody! It's all done with mirrors!" He was yelling at her, but she met his angry gaze and didn't flinch an eyelash. He turned and howled at me, "How about those phone calls7 "Amelia was home. I recognized her voice. I didn't get anyone else." "Neither did I The thing waa a fizzle except for eliminating Amelia. Ana tnat s a great striae In the right direction. I was sure that sniping out of a hotel win dow was Amelia's meat." He plopped down in a chair in dis gust. "Jeff, things are beginning to look a bit thick for Tommy. I mean besides his threatening Carol." I told him about Tommy and his message that he was not to be disturbed at the hotel. Jeff aat like a ramrod listening. "And you're sure he wasn't there?" "I know it. I let them page him all over the hotel. He wasn't in the building, there's no doubt of tnat." "I guess we'll go and have a chat with Tom Neilson." Carol sat up wtih a Jerk. "Please, please don't go to Tom my. He'd hate it if he thought you knew about him." Jeff said sarcastically, "We're not going to like it very much naving a corpse around the apart ment." She had him bv both arms. pleading with him. "Then don't tell Steve about It. Promise me that He's got enough to worry aooui ana tnis wouia upset mm so. Please, Jeff!" "I won't tell him. Stop shak- m IT The door banged open and a fair-sized mob poured in and took over. Peterson was there, and two policemen in uniform and several others whom I remembered hav ing seen at the theater the night Eve North was murdered. They began milling around, ex amining the fragments of my pic ture on the floor, digging in the wall for the buried bullet photo graphing every conceivable thing in the room. My life from this f olnt on promised to have very ittle to do with that thing called privacy. I sat close to Carol and held her hand while she answered the barrage of questions they fired at her. We all heard the pounding of ine steps in tne nail Deiore hteve Brown, breathless and white faced, burst into the room. For a moment he didn't see Carol and his eyes searched the room in terror. Then Carol ran to him. He clasped her tight In his arms and neither spoke. They stood clinging to each other and there was a long, choking aob from varoi. Jeff tapped me on the shoulder. "Come on, we've got some work to do." I looked at Steve and Carol again. He had drawn her into the corner by the kitchen and wedged her there, standing over her like a bulldog. "If he guards her this assiduously from the police," I thought "he ought to do all right by any stray murderers who happen around. I grabbed my wraps and, nodding to Jeff, fol lowed him out. The last thing I heard was Peterson s voice: "All right Mr. Brown. I want to ask you a few questions." No Alibi TpOM NEILSON glowered at us over the rim of a rve hiehhall "Who the hell cares hy I wasn't In my room? The Bristol isn't a enough to get a girl down, he was bent on being difficult Looking steadily at Tom, Jeff said: "Nobody givea a damn right now why you weren't in your room except Haila and me. But in an hour or so there will be about ten cops who are going to find out or else." "Why?" Tom was belligerent. Jeff gave it to him bluntly, "Be cause after you left word at your hotel desk that you were not to be disturbed someone took a shot at Carol from the sixth floor of the Esquador Hotel." Tom'a empty glass went down on the table with a resounding bang. "Was she . . ." Jeff said: "No. She's all right They missed her." Tom shook the Ice around In his -glass and drained it "Carol leads a charmed life. She ought to go with a circus. Poisoned, stabbed and ahot at and still in the pink of condition." He beck oned the waiter and asked for an other rye highball. "Why did you leave word that you weren't to be disturbed when you had no intention of ataying in your room?" "I had every intention of atay ing In my room. I didn't want to be disturbed because I waa going to take a nap." Jeff smiled. "You're not going to tell us that you were in your room. That you were so sound asleep you didn't hear the phone." "Oh, for God's sake! No, I didn't go to bed at all. Almost as soon as I got to my room Tony Eldridge came in. He told me that Max Shuman was sending a company of Peter and Paul to London. I atage managed the New York E reduction and he thought I'd ave a chance to get the Job again. So I went out in a hurry. I didn't stop to call the operator and tell her. Why should I? And that's all there is to it." "Where is Shuman's office?" "On Fifty-third, just east of Madison." "What time were you there?" "I got there about five. Shuman waa out. I talked to his secretary for a while and left about five- fifteen." "Five-fifteen, huh?" Jeff rooted around in the little wicker basket and found me a potato chip. "And the shot came through the win dow at exactly five-thirty." Still In Love THERE waa alarm in Tommy'i voice when he spoke again. "Look, Jeff, I know what you're thinking! Shuman's office ia only a couple of blocks from the Es quador. I could have got up there in time to lane tnat snot at Carol!" "What did you do, Tommy?" "Well, I . . ." He hesitated "Damn it! This would happen to me. Well, I got here about six thirty. On my way here I stopped at a bar on Broadway and had a couple of drinks." Jeff opened hii mouth and Tommy said angrily, "No, I can't prove I was there! 1 didn't see anyone I knew. And the place was Jammed; I don't think the bartender or anyone would remember me. What the hell are you trying to do to me, Jeff!" "Nothing. I Just wish vou had an alibi for five-thirty this after noon." Tommy Jumped to his feet un letting the glasa the waiter had placed oeiore mm. Do you mean to say I'm going to be mixed up in this thing because I was going around minding my own busi ness? What the hell. Jeff! Listen, I didn't take a shot at Carol. I didn't try to poison her and I didn't stab Eve North. I don't want to kill Carol! For God's sake, why should I?" , "You said you were going to," I said. He sat as quickly as he had risen, but much more quietly. He looked from one to the other of us and his lips were very white. He said bitterly, "So she told you about that." I rushed to Carol's defense. "No, she didn't tell us! She never breathed a word of it and wild horses probably couldn't have dragged it from her until we al ready knew. It happens that you were overheard. Bv a very help ful next door neighbor." "What did Carol say?" "Just that she saw you were falling In love with her and she waa In love with Steve Brown. So she told you and you blew up and threatened her. And you needn't bother explaining that you were drunk and in a temper and didn't mean it because she's already done that for you." "I'd rather not talk about It Let Carol do the talking." "What about you and Alice Mc Donald, Tommy?" 'There s nomine about Alice McDonald and me except that we've known each other a long time. We're good friends." "She knew about you and Carol, didn't she? And she didn't like it. It couldn't have been that she was Jealous of Carol?" one ainn i line u Decause , , . He snapped off. "It's none of voiie namn business whv she didn't ! like it. But It wasn't because sha sign oui every time I decide to "V . . inm-nl.n "YOU T S go someplace. For two hours Jeff and I had ; B,intonr You're still crazy about Carol been tearing around Times Square pnu we nao. nnauy traced jom to a bar on Forty-sixth Street. Now, as if finding him hadn't been Tom scowled down at the tahl "1 gsiess so. Yeah. I suppose I am. But I'll get over it." Ta ae nUnate' Strike Vote Ordered Baker, Aug. 28 tPi Follow ing a meeting of the Blue Moun tain council of the American Federation of Labor in Bates Saturday and Sunday every local union was Instructed to Barker's BIS Bala Sanforised WASH SLACKS $1.19 Store or Men I take strike vote at once on demands for wage Increases, vacations with pay and the union label nai nrorlurt nf the pine industry. Japan Dam finished I Tokyo. Aug. 28. iPi The largest dam In the orient, almost as large as Boulder dam, has been completed In Korra after tour years of work, the Domei agency reported today under a Keijo, Korea, dateline. Dies Neath Wheels Portland, Aug. 28. Charles Wilkinson, 49. Dallas, who fell under the wheela of a moving train from a boxcar near Tigard, died In hospital here Saturday. On the Radio Chains ITATIONSl STATIONS where to find thtm en the dish KKX, IIM. Portland! KFI. two. Lua Angeles; KUA, 1510 Spokane: KUO, ait', Saa rranelaeo; aU.W. 620, Portland; KJR. looo, Seattle: KX. HO. Urt articles; KUA. IH. Denier: KOIN. lu, Portland: KOMO. S40. Seattle; KPO, eJO, San Francisco: KM. II SO, Salt Lake. Time Shown Is PST " Tuesday (:00 p. m. Apeaking of Olamour. COW, KOMO: streamline Journal, KOO. KJR, KEX; styles In Music, KPO; Second Huanand. KNX, KOIN, Proudly We HaU, KSL. 6:30 p. m Hap Hazard Show, KPO, KOMO, KOW: Report to the Nation, KSL. KOIN, KNX. 00 p. m. A Date With Judy, KPO, KOMO, KOW; Grant Park Con cert, KOO. KEX: Olenn Miller's Orch.. KOIN. KNX, KSL; Scandinav ian Reporter, KJR. 6 30 p. ra. Grant Park Conoert, KOO, KEX; College Humor, KPO, KOW, KOMO; Juan Arrtzu. KOIN. KSL: Popular Potpourri, KJR; Cali fornia sute Fair. KNX. 7:00 p. m. Am as "n" Andy, KNX. KSL. KOIN: Fred Waring, KPO, KOW, KOMO: Bringing Up Father. KOO, KEX, KJK. 7:80 p. m. Johnny Presents, KPO. KOMO. KOW; Information. Please. KOO, KEX, KJR; Are You a Musing Heir. KNX. KOIN, KSL, a 00 p. m. We. the People, KNX. KOIN, KSL: Bay Aoes. KOO, KJR, KEX; Adventures of the Thin Man. KPO, KOMO, KOW. B.30 p. m. Conoert by Kalaah. KOO-. Battle of the Sexes. KPO. KOMO, KOW; Bob Croeby'a Orcn.. KSL: Hollywood Showcase, KNX, KOIN; Baseball Oame, KEX. :00 p. m. Paul SulllTan, KNX. KOIN; Matty Malneck's Orch.. KOO. KJR: Barrel of Fun. KPO; Faithful Strsdlrarl, KOW; Comedy, KOMO; Symphonic Serenade, KSL. :S0 p. m Bill Henry, KNX, KOIN; Kell Bondaou'e Orch., KPO, KOW, KOMO; For America We Sing. KOO; News, KJR, KSL. 10:00 p. m. Reporter News, KPO, KOMO: Bill Clifford's Orch., KOO, KJR; Bob Crosby's Orch, KNX, KSU News, KOW, KOIN. 10:80 p. m. Chudt Foster's Orch.. KOW, KOMO; Army Band, KOO. KJR; Concert Hall, KPO: Broadway Bandwagon. KEX; Masterworks of Mualc, KNX. 11:00 p. m. News. KOO: Bob Saunders' Orch, KPO. KOMO. KOW; Nightcap Tama, KSL, KOIN: This Morlng World, KEX: Fishing News, KJR; Knox Manning, KNX. Wednesday 8:00 p. rn. Trewunr Hour, KNX. KSL, KOIN; Norsemen Quartet, KOO, KJR; Aonge of Jean Handzllk, XJEX; Playground News, KOMO. 8:30 p. m. Concert Pa Tori tea, KPO, KOW, KOMO: Concert Music, KOW. 6:00 p. m. Olenn MUler'a Orch. KNX, KSL. KOIN: Authors' Play house. KOO, KEX: Kay Kyser's Mu sical Quia. KPO, KOW, KOMO; Scan dinavian News, KJR. 6:30 p. m- Ray Kinney's Orch.. KEX, KJR; Juan ArTlzu. KSL. KOIN: Itehluge In Brass, KOO; All Around Town. KNX. 7:00 p. m. Quiz Kids, KOO, KKX. KJR; Amos 'n' Andy. KNX, KOIN, KSL: M us lo for Listening, KPO. KOW. 7:30 p. m. Plantation Party. KPO. KOW, KOMO: Dr. Christian. KNX. KOIN, KSL; Manhattan at Midnight, KOO, KJR. KEX. 8:00 p. m. QulEzer Baseball With Budd Hullck. KPO, KOW. KOMO; Easy Aces. KOO, KEX, KJR; Orand Central Station. KSL, KOIN. KNX. 8:30 p. ra.-Mr. District Attorney, KPO, KOMO. KOW; Lea Brown's Orch, KOIN, KSL; Night Mualc, KJR; Baseball Oame, KEX; Dr. Pepper Parade, KNX. :00 p. mPauI Sulllran, KNX. KOIN; Fred Warlnge Orch, KPO. KOW, KOMO-, Aloha Land, KJR; Symphonic Serenade, KSL. 8:30 p. m. Matty Malneck's Orch, KOO; Fire Edwards, KPO, KOMO; News, KJR. KSL; Tango Tims, KOW; Variety Prim, KOIN. 10:00 p. m. Reporter News, KPO, KOW, KOMO; ob Crosby's Orch, SUBURBAN HEIGHTS By GLUYAS WILLIAMS . FREPTERLtV 15 IN PIS6RACE Af HOME BECAUSE ON HIS WAV TOfHE SfAtlOM fO MEET HIS WIFE'S MOIHEfc. HE FELL IN BEHIND A MAN WHO HAD HIS RADIO TUNED TO AM WiMb EKTRft !M)N6 BALL6AME, AND BEFORE FRED KNEW rf HE WAS TEKI MILE'S OUT IN THE COUNTCV AMD COMPLETELY LOST t-2j ra.itM Vr nia ati! trwHuta. TaM W1UIAI75 KKX, KOIN; Jay Burnett. KJR, KKX; Musical Baseball, KOO; Freddy Na gel's Orch, KSL. 10:30 p. m. Hemisphere ReTue, KOO, KJR: Nell Bondahu's Orch, KOW, KOMO; Re Id Tanner's Orch, KSL; Concert Hall. KPO; Muter works of Music, KNX; Eyes of the World. KOIN. 11:00 p. m Chuck Poster's Orch, KPO, KOMO. KOW; News, KOO; This Morlng World, KEX; Nightcap Tama, KSU KOIN: Ftahlng Knox Manning. KNX. Ke-wa, KJR; LIU Iceland Baa Washington, Aug. 26. President Roosevelt lifted re strictions today which had pre vented American newspaper men, photographers and radio representatives from going to Iceland. Oregon Student Kurt Redmond, Aug. 26. (IP) Le Rennolds, 21, University of Ore gon student and two companions were slightly injured in an auto mobile accident here yesterday. Turner, Aug. 26. (IP) Annual Oregon conference of the Chris tian Endeavor closed here Sunday. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS byJOHNHIX 00 mmu German Fuhret OWWS 8960 ACRES OF tAND IN COLORADO! (Near the town of kit carson) I J VUS V MAN OF fe&W 1 THE OKeR" &JtJ "THE UTN.E INLAND THAT WASN'T THERE FOR 400 y"Ar?S LOS JARDINES appeared on north pacific chart's... The onlv thing found at that POT b0 FAR IS AN aNDERjBoL MOUNTAIN... INVISIBLE FROM THE SURFACE ,7 CACTUS G ROW'S LOHQ WHITS HAlfZf IT RESEMBLED THE SACK OF AN OLD MAN'S - HEAW ,AA0SES FINKEL5TEIN ENTERED SVRAaCUSE UNIVERSITY AT THS ACtE OF 11 f , HE RECEIVED Hli BACHELORS DEGREE AT 15 1923-27... I- f. a FM. Ot. All lUM. rMMS LI'L ABNER Whut Do This Mean? HITLER'S FARM According to Mayor Mason of Kit Carson, Colo., Adolf Hitler acquired 8960 acres ol American soil from heirs In the reich, who held lien on the property at the time of the American owner's death. Located only four miles from the town, the land is now being used by local ranchers for pasturing cattle. EXISTENCE DOUBTFUL In 1529 Alvaro da Saavedra "discovered" a small Island In the North Pacific, and It was also noted In 1768 by a British captain. Three subsequent searches failed to locate tha island, and in 1933 the U. S. navy took soundings on the spot, discovered an undersea mountain whose top was 6720 feet below the surface! It is definitely known that Los Jardines does not "exist" at the present time. Tomorrowi Two-Day Fightl By AL CAPP 'lilt Oao qs-fl OAs ItM&jJ, w 'Wlrrwaelrwsi.T.iay baa. 'n irrn rrinr-n AH LEFT 'EM TH' CAR T'GO BACK HOME IN. NOW AH WILL KEEP MAH EYES OPEN FC SOME: SAM" WHICH AH KIN MAKE BIO PROFITS OFF Op in some: shrewd but TAILSPpi TOMMY An Amaslng Disclosure! By HAL FORREST I STILL THir ME'S TH ' PAIOOKA WOT OOT OS INTO THIS O AM CONE ON..,) TAILS PIN f j WAIT, SENOR.fl BEG OF YOU LET ME EXPLAIN!.. .THEN YOU7 r 1 1 1 1 i u 1 tii - r WHEN SLADE KNEW I WOULD NOT ASSENT! I TO HIS VILLAINOUS (7 PLANS. HE BROUGHT! A MAN PR.OM VERSALIA . WHO GREATLY RESEMBLES Ti I r r i , fvr nr. i r ft.i r r, r a i r-ti .. jlmuc imri(ijvncu lie THIS DUNGEON.' EVERY BAY COMES TO TAUNT ME ..TO TELL Ol- HIS EVIL PROGRESS HI ME SKEETS.'.. I'M CONVINCED f iHftr 1 H 15 MAN IS THE REAL MANUEL GOROONO.' BUT THAT DOESN'T HELP US GUYS TO GET OUT OP THIS MINE.' 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