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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MED FORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1941. by Phoebe Atwood Taylor Chapter 31 The Peeper Again FREDDY'S blithe buoyancy had completely disappeared. She hook her head alowly as the tared from Asey to Jennie. ' 'You're not joking." ahe aald at last "You seem to mean it. But look, that aunply can t be true! '. Jennie assured her that it was. "When Asey an' 1 come here with Syl's clams at six, she was in that phone booth yonder. She'd been shot" "In there? At six? Oh. there's been some frightful mix-up some where, then!' Freddy sooke with more than a trace of her mother's emphatic manner. "I was in that booth myself at least twice after Miss uiivo leu nere una ancr noon! She left around four-thirty. And now that 1 think of it, she did KO in the booth and make a phone calL But 1 was in that booth later, and besides, 1 saw Miss Olive drive away!" "Asey an' I both saw her up to the four corners," Jennie said, "but here she was in that booth when we come at six! You listen, now, an' let me tell you about things!" "Better wait, Jennie," Asey aid, "until" "I say it's high time she knew, an' I'm goin' to tell her!" Jennie Insisted. "You hush up! She went on to relate her ver sion of the story, and, after two fruitless attempts to interrupt and explain that Dr. Cummings's discovery had considerably al tered the situation, Asey gave up and let her continue, wnue sne was still wondering what the ef fect on Jennie would be when he found out that the body wasn t Miss Olives at all, uunv mines appeared in the hall door Freddy, i say Asey, I think that gnome's back again why don't Hanson a men gei onto tneir jodi "I don't even know where Han son is," Asey said, "or if his fel lows are here yet What did you find out Doc?" "You don't know where he Is! For the love of God," Cummings said vehemently, "what is the matter with yeu, Asey? This rushing around with Bill Porter's certainly done something drastic to your efficiency! Find Hanson, ana get someone to chase that fellow you ever had any Peep teg Toms here before, Freddy? T"Peeping Toms?" Freddy re peated. "You mean uh some one looking In windows? Why no!" "WeH you've apparently got one now. Where's your father, Freddy? In the kitchen? Where's your mother? Hanson's probably with them. Where are they?" "I don't know," Freddy said. 1 Just came in. I er I've been out Up to the village. I was just do ing an errand. She hesitated a moment and then rather unneces sarily amplified her statement "Just an errand for mother." Cummings, mistaking Asey's In terest in the girl's hesitation for indifference to the Peeping Tom problem, expressed himself rather forcibly on the topic of soft liv ing and Its relation to brain ac tivity. Ana Joyca HE MARCHED out, and again before Jennie could pick up ' her story, Asey tried to correct her impression of the identity of the woman who had been shot Once again, he had to give up "Never saw anything like this!' Cummings said when ne marched back a few minutes later. 'First It's you, gabbing with two women, and then it's Hanson and three troopers and this is a murder, mind you! There they are, out in that kitchen, listening to Washy Doane telling them about mutiny n the high seas sboard the schooner Snowdrop, and eating coconut cake! Well, I've got them started, I can tell you!" "Now you got all that worked out of your system," sey said, "what did you find out, Doc?" Cummings sat down in .ne of the chintz-covered chairs and lighted a cigar before replying. He was tremendously ' pleased with himself. Asey knew all the signs. ,'Tva found out," Cummings aid, " a number of interesting and Instructive things. Freddy, I'm going to describe someone, and I want you to see if you rec ognize her. You might know her, too, Jennie. You've seen her, I know. Now, the girl I'm going to describe is about Ave feet four. She weighs about a hundred and ten. She has light blonde hair, comes about to her shoulders. Her face is pointed and she has gray eyes. Who is she?" "Betsy Porter's cousin" Jennie said triumphantly. "That one from Los Angeles!" "Who ever said anything about Los Angclv?" Cummings re torted. "I didn't! Freddy, don't you know?" he repealed his de scription, and then added, Slie has a small scar aboui two inches long above her left wrist" "It sounds," Freddy said, "like Ann Joyce. She's a girl who tayed here at 'he Inn last sum mer. She'a in the regular cast of the South Pochet Barn Theater. I didn't recognize her Tilly until TOU mentioned hr lilt!, u-ar Somehow. I always thins: of Ann's U.S. SCRIBES IN BERLIN TOLD TO STAY IN HOMES Berlin, Dec. 11. (P) United States newspaper correspond ents were dismissed from the daily press conference today and Give him . . . A SWEATER $3.95 lo $12.1:0 Store for Men voice Instead of the way she looks. She has a lovely voice." "Oh, that one!" Jennie said. "If you'd only said om-lhin' about that voice of hers. I d irve remembered her, too! You an' your flve-foot-four! Think peo ple carry yardsticks artund with em?" Cummings said tartly that height and weight were usually the first details given in lnv de scription. "Well," Freddy said, "she has a lovely voice, and she's love.y looking, and I'vt always liked her. She intended to stay hert again this summer, but then she decided she'd better be nearer the Thea ter, so she's living over at Mrs. Thome's place in Pochet The Beeches. But she's here a great deal. Once or twice a day: She's a friend of the Hinghams." "And isn't she also a friend," Cummings demanded, "of Jona than Rankin?" "Oh, yes. She used to be bis secretary. In fact it was Rankin," Freddy said, "who helped her get this job at the Barn Theater when it started last year." "Hear that, Asey?" Cummings demanded. "Good! Now, Freddy, when you were in my office a few weeks ago, we spoke of Rankin, didn't we? Now, I shan't embar rass you by recalling any of the ribald detail, but without com promising yourself you cjuld as sure Asey, couldn't you, that you don't accept Rankin's invitations to the movies, or to dnaces, or the theater?" Hint From Cummings LL," Freddy's face crimson, ye "Thank you, Cummings said. "Hear that Asey? Well, bear all this in mind. You see, this Ann Joyce got a touch of laryngitis last summer, and 1 sprayed .ier throat hourly so she could go on with her part I knew who she was the minute I got that wig off." He ignored Jennie's excla mation and Freddy's bewildered murmur. "But I wanted to estab lish a few facts for you before people knew about her, and be fore their opinions might be col ored, so to speak. Now" "What are you talkin' about?" Jennie interrupted. "Ann Joyce. Now," Cummings said, "1 don't know snything about these new laissez-faire methods of detection you seem to have embraced lately, Asey, but in my feeble opinion, I think I should be inclined to toy with the thouffht of summoning Mistpr Jonathan Rankin and asking the gentleman a few questions." uoctor, i m awlully mixed upl What's Ann got to do with things?" Freddy asked. "Why, she's been killed! She's been snot! For the love of God, haven't they even got around to telling you what's happened here? Jennie uttered a shrill yelp. "Another? Somebody else been killed?" "No. no!" Cummings said. "The asme one! The woman you saw wasn't Miss Olive at all, Jennie didn't Asey tell you? The woman you found was this Ann Joyce, dressed in Miss Olive's clothes, and made ud to look like her. Good job, too. Fooled me till I started to work with a dozen lights on. Freddy, why in blazes would Ann Joyce be dressed up in Miss Olive's clothes? Can you understand the reason for that?" rreddv said unhanDilv that aha didn't understand the reason foi anything. "Mrs. Mayo'i just got through telling me a long story about Mutt Olive and you say now it isn't Miss Olive at all, it's Ann Joyce dressed up like her! I can'l imagine why. 1 suppose it musl have something to do with Horace's play. Or some othei play. Was she really dressed in Miss Olive's own clothes?" VrrA. dy asked. "Really? Miss Olivt won t like that part at all. She'! funny about her clothes." "Just What do vou mean. ftin. ny?" Asey inquired. Its hard to exDlaln" FrrtH said. "She buys quite expensive things. Nice tweeds but look this doesn't matter, does it? The point is that Ann's been killed and I think it'a horrible! Why. she was here this morning! That a wnai matters, not the clothes. "Maybe not," Asey said, "but beln' as how Ann Joyce was dressed like her, tell me about Miss Olive's clothes anyway." "Well, she buys nice things," Freddy said. "But well, they're always a lime ooway looking, somehow. You can't tell her new things from her old. I ran across a picture of her taken oh, fifteen years ago and, except that the skirts were longer, you couldn't have told her outfit from the one she wore today. But it must be something to do with a play. That must be the answer. Horace will know. "Who's this Horace?" Asey asked. "Rankin spoke of him a couple of times " "Horace is Elisss Hlngham'l husband. Mrs. Hingham's one of the backers of the South Pochet Bam Theater. She" "Horace Hingham." Cummings said thoughtfully. "Funny. I don't remember ever seeing his nam on the program." "Oh. his name Isn't Himrham ireddy said quickly. Te ba contlnard Instructed to go to their homes not their offices on grounds that axis newspapermen had been arrested in the United States in violation of Interna tional practice. GIRLS TO AID Taroma, Dec. 11. P) State headquarters of the national youth administration announci'd today the work of 2.000 girls on the state NYA proitram hereaf ter would be directed towards making Red Cross gowns, sur geons' gowns, surgical dressings and other medical equipment. Youths in Seattle shops have been put to work making stretchers. OI.ln tlm. n. ClissltlM ads m Too Lata to Claasltj U.SO p On the Radio Chains STATIONS: Cbaln amilatlon and where they are on the dial: . KALE (Mils I 1330. Portland: Kt:X (NR(.'-Hlue) 11 (HI. Portland; KOA (StM-Hlue MUM 1 .11 6. npukane; KtiO (MIC-Hlile) Slu. Kan rranrltro; KC.tV (NHC-Krd) HKI. Portland; KJR (NHC-Bllie) IOOO. Hrattlc; KNX (CHS) 11170. J .os Antrim KOA (SHC-Krd) SMI. Krnvrr; KOIN (IM 870. Port- i land: KOMO (NHCRed) 8IMI. ttrattle; KPO M1C-Krd) SSO. Kan Franclsro; KSL (CBS) 1180, halt lake dir. Time phown Is PST "Ml Thursday ft 00 p. m. Adventure Stories, KOO. KJR: rath Valley Days, KSL; Jane Arden. KOUO; Adventure 1 1 Toyland. KEX; Stars of Today. KOV. ; Ken Stevens and Erwln Yao. Kit::; Eyes of the World. KOIN; Don Win slow of the Navy, KPO. s:80 p. m. Duffy'a Tavern, KSL; News of the World. KOO. KEX. KJR; Rlcardo'a Rhapsodies, KPO, KOW. KOMO: Tonlght i Best Buys, KNX: Leon P. Drews. KOIN. 8:00 p. m. Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour, KNX. KSL. KOIN; Blng Crosby. KPO. KOMO, KOW: j unnimon Bear, iusx; Judy splint ers, KOO; Scandinavian Reporter. KJR. 8:30 p m Jo GalllochlCa Orcb., KOO, KJR, KEX. FORBIDDEN TERRITORY MOTHER EXPIAIH5 -font CERTAIN- SECRETS HAVE BEDl PUT IN STOREROOM AND HE IS NOT 16 SO IU There before chrjsiMm REPORT THEY AREMY THERE, SHE HAP THEM lA HER HAND WHEtf 6HE 601" H6TRMH AND MUST-HAVE LEfTfHfM IN STOREROOM i?-ii LI'L ABNER It's A Small World, Halnt It? HEY.' DRIVER HK ST T KILL US? 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KSL: Five Star Final, KOIN. 10:30 p. m. Ed Stoker's Music, KOW, Reld Tanners Orcb.. KSL; Masterworks of Muale. KNX; The World Today. KOIN: Industry and Defense. KOMO; Concert Kail, KPO. JUrtlOR APPEARS JOWH STAIRS PRE6EN1W 1b 5AV HE WAN15 ID PInV WlTrl H61RAlrL WILL SHE 6lTf FROM SrOREROOM TCR HIM KEEPS HI5 EYES IV AVER1TP AS MOTHER COMES UPAHDHArJDS HIM TriE Bt TROM STOREROOM M01HER 6ETS UlEM, JUK I0R CALUNS SHE LEFT THE SIOREPOOM POOP OPEN, Will SHE PLEASE 5H0T rf SOHEW0NY5KIN TRESEhTW JUNIOR bM we cm Piif ihe Train Back now, and 6tr HIM HIS AIRPLANE, PLEfl$E (attested r Tbs BU Hnmtctls. Inc.) 11:00 p. in. Etchings In Brass. KPO; This Moving World. KJR, KEX: ' Harry Owens, KSL, KOIN; News, KNX. Friday 8:00 p. m Kate Smith Hour. KSL; Adventure Storlea. KOO. KJR. ' KEX; Jan Arden. KOMO: Stan of Today, KOW; Don Wlnalow of the ! Navy. KPO. 8:80 p. m. News of the World, j KOO. KJR. KEX: Bill Henry. KEX; Cocktail Hour. KOW; Leo F. Drews. KOIN; November Overcoat!, KOMO. 8 :00 p. m. What's On Tour Mind, KNX. KOIN. KSL; Walts Time. KPO. KOMO, KOW; Cinnamon Bear. KEX; Judy Splinters, KOO; Scandinavian Reporter, KJR.'' 40 p. m. Michael and Kitty. KEX, KOO, KJR: Uncle Walter"e Dog House. KPO, KOW, KOMO; first Nlghter, XNX. KSL, KOIN. 7:00 p. m Shirley Temple Time, KSL, KNX. KOIN: Wlnga of Deatlny, KPO. KOMO. KOW; Candlelight Con certe, KEX; What's Doing In Sports. KOO. 7:30 p. m. -Al Pearoe'a Gang, KNX. KSL. KOIN; Grand Central Button, KPO. KOW, KOMO: Weekly Specta tor. KJR: Modern Music Box, KEX: Amateur Hour, KOO. 8:00 p. m Fred Waring. KPO, KOMO, KOW: Amos 'n' Andy, KNX. KSL. KOIN; Buy Washington, KJR. 8:1ft p. ra. Lanny . Rosa. KNX. KSL, KOIN; Lum aju) Abner. KPO, By GLUYAS WILLIAMS MOTHER CALLS Tb ASK HIM 1b BRIN6 HER THE BIS SCISSORS-fritY M0SY8EIN HER BED ROOM JUNIOR 60E5 0l)T Wlw AIRPLANE, MOTHER COUNT1K6 TAV5 Till CHRISTMAS WILL BE OVER, SNI IVIUlAfc KOW, KOMO; A'.ong th Sidelines. KJR. 8:30 p. m. Don't Be Personal. KOO, K.IR. KEX; Pli..:houae. KNX. KSL. KOIN. 8:00 p. m. Radio Chatter, KPO. KOW: Three Ring Tim. KOO. KJR, KEX: Kate Smith Hour. KNX. KOIN; Along the Sideline. KJR: Punch and Judy, KOMO; Bporta, KSL. 9:30 p. m. Ran WUde'a Orcb., KOO. KJR: Dark Fantasy. KPO; Moonlight Sonata, KEX; Mary Bul lock. KOW; November Overcoat ra, KOMO. a. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS l VdP CO"!? . 1 ThpV V Up tl 'ifi POWER POLE JiK tW WA'b ELECTROCUTED U i I ; V TRYING TO ROB v I' l A SRP'. NEST i '1 UJ Charleston, 5. C. 2-1 ?r.';roV STUYVESANT'S STUNT ' The original bounds of what Is now the city of Albany, extended about 3.000 leet and Stuyvesant originally called the village "Beverwyelc," or "Town of the bearers," CAPITAL PUNISHMENT While making a routine check-up after an alectrical storm, J. D. Shillito, power company engineer, found a snake hanging over the ground wira of a transformer pole. It had been electrocuted by a 2,300-volt wire while trying to get at a sparrow's nest which had been built between the transformer and the pole. Shillito believes the snaka was able to scale th pole by securing a hold on ihe nicks caused by linemen's spurs as they ascended. TOMORROW: Color of Deathl HE. IS TRYIN' T'KILL US.' THASS LF.M SCRAGG, HAH BLOOD TH HIM X rr II sj atrai aasBla 10:00 p. m Hollywood Legion Stadium Fights, KOO, KEX: Report er News. KPO, KOW. KOMO; News. KNX; Maaterworka of Music. KSL: Seattle Public Schools. KJR; FIT Star Pinal. KOIN. 10:30 p. m. Hollywood Legion StadJum Fights, KOO: Dane Orcb . KOW; Broadway Bandwagon. KEX; Northwest Bible Institute. KJR; Maaterworka of Muale, "".NX: The World Today. KOIN: B McOrew'a Orchestra, KOMO; Eight jlyaterloua Hat. KPO. 11:00 p. m Plckard Family. KPO. fT LAID X, FORT OKArfc ANU STAKING OUT THE. A TDWN WITHIN TH . CANNON BALL A Iff,. DISTANCE ry Tup NE.riY FUM 1 f D b KOW; This Moving World. KEX; Harry Owens' Orch., KSL. KOIN; News. KNX. KOO: Scandinavian Mu ale, KJR; Reveries, KOMO. REAR ADMIRAL KILLED IN ATTACK ON HAWAII Washington, Dec. 11 lPV The navy announced today that Rear Admiral Isaac Campbell Kidd was killed in action dur ing the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Sunday. byJOHNHlX OUT THE CITY rurr tup riTv V NORTH AND SOUTH OF cnsF; np U- rtAMF. PLAYED BY WI-aCONSIN TATE TEACHERS IN 1Q27... THE LAST -3 GAME'S WERE ON . CONSECUTIVE SATURDAYS By AL CAPP AH GOT TH ;tSTEERIN' WHEEL- GOO BYE. Li L ABNER.V V SOL HESS