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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1941
by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Chaster S7 1
Dim Trail
THIS enterprise photographer
A named Ferdinand, he printed .
up a lot of the Reverend Henry
an' hi. two daughter. j
em. An' because Juanita I runnin
awad caused quite a nurry in
town, a lot of people bought 'em.
Mrs. Harris dug one out of her at
tic. She didn't know what'd be
come of Lucy an' the Reverend
Henry, but I 'pose," Asey con
cluded, "Lucy grew up an' mar
ried a Mr. Beadle."
"He was a ship chandler," Miss
Olive said, "and he died when I
was three. I was brought up by
his family. So my mother was ac
tually born here in townT I won
der if perhaps that can be why the
place has always attracted me."
"You'll find," Asrjr said, "that
your grandmother is buried in the
old cemetery. Mr. Philpott'i wife
Is buried near her, Jennie you
were pretty hot on that, you
were!"
"How does Ann come Into
this?" Mrs. Doane asked. "How
did you find out about that?"
"Juanita married the music
teacher, Marcy Joyce. They had a
son Marcy 1 got this out of Ran
kin s papers. Joyce died of pneu
monia, an' Juanita left the child
when he was a couole of years
old an' was never heard from
again. Joyce's family brought the
hnv ud. an' he married, an had a
son, who was Ann's father. She
had other brothers, Mrs. Thome
told me. but thev died. In short,
Ann's the great-granddaughter of
Juanita Upjohn.
"I'm speechless!" Cummlngs
aid. "What about this estate Miss
Olive's the heir to, Asey?"
"Wa-el, about a year an' a half
crv I went to Boston for this
cart, an' bullied some Porter
Motors directors Into gettin' the
dona from friends of theirs con'
nected with the Empire National
'bout a year an' a half ago, a
woman named Allstadt died in
Npw York. Juanita Allstadt"
"Juanita?" Freddy interrupted
excitedly. "Our Juanita, the one
who ran away with Marcy
Joyce?"
"Whoa up. She was the wife of
Willem Allstadt, who was very
rich, an a famous yachtsman, an
after he died around nineteen
twelve, she went into seclusion
an' got kind of queer. She didn't
see people, an' didn't often leave
her apartment, an' meals were left
outside her door. She had one ole
servant, an' after the servant
died, the apartment hotel folks
had an awful time even gettin
inside her place to get it cleaned
' proper. She paid for everythin'
with bills. An' when she died, it
turned out she was rollin' in
money, an' there wasn't no All
stadta left, an' there wasn't no
will, an' the Empire National was
pretty unhappy about It all. On
her marriage certificate, this Mrs.
Allstadt was Juanita Juan. An'
when that got known, hundreds
of folks named Juan appeared on
the scene, an' the bank got un
happier than ever. Finally they
hired Rankin to see if he could
track down the heirs. An'"
"I get it He found out every
thing, ' Cummings said. "Only,
bow did he plan to profit by it?''
The Plan
"MOT io fast. Remember, Doe,
1 1 you've started from Qulsset
Rankin had to work it out the
hard way. He had to go through
Mrs. All.itadt's things papers an'
all. An' finally he askea the bank
for a secretary, an' they sent him
a girl named Ann Joyce. Now,
Rankin'd found out that Juanita
Allstadt had been Juanita Juan, a
famous actress of the nineties, an'
finally he located some ole lady in
an actor's home who told him she
was sure Juan was an assumed
name. How he caught on to Ann
bein' related we ran only guess
till we've pumped him. But may
be she knew she had a great
grandmother named Juanita. an'
raid so. Anyway, Rankin looked
into the matter without tellin'
her an' found out who her great
grandmother was. There's pages
an pages of how he found out,
upstairs in his papers. Last sum
mer, Rankin asked Ann to marry
him. Get it?"
"Gorry be!" Washy said.
There's one part I knew, any
way!" "Uh-huh. An' trackln' down
Juanita Upjohn who got to be
Juanita Marcy, he got bark to the
Upjnhns, an' Miss Olive."
"How perfectly amazing!" Miss
Olive said in her quiet voice.
"D'you know, he a-ked me to
marry him, last September. And
several times this winter. And
only last week, after I came!"
Asey grinned. "I guess he knew
about you, all right! 1 s'pose. If
Ann had accepted him, your re
lationship an' your part In this
wouldn't ever have been brought
up, an if you'd accepted him,
Ann's wouldn't. He was pretty
safe there. Uh I gather you
didn't accept him?"
"I thought." Miss Olive said,
"that he was being rather absurd.
I told him so."
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"Which I don't think endeared
you to him much, ' Asey told her.
''Now, consider. Rankin I done nil
bert to. Ann,, anou. Arm
you don't. But a little while ago,
a cousin of Ann's diet, an' a
in?.VL nn l
a o the R.Verend Hen-
ry an his two aaugnters. now,
from what I picked up, I don't
think Ann was one bit dumb.
While she worked for Rankin on
this Allstadt estate, she saw pic
tures of Juanita. She knew what
Juanita looked like. An' here In
this packin' case is a picture of
her. an' the name's written on the
back. What d'you suppose hap
Dened then? Your guess is as
good as mine."
ane took u io jianum, .ui-
mlngs said. "She said, 'Here, look,
mnybe I'm related,' or words to
that effect." .
"I think so" Asey saia. i
think, too, that she'd maybe be-
?un to suspect that KanKin naa
ound out somethin' about her be
in' connected with Juanita All
stadt' estate. I think she asked
Rankin to look into it for her, an'
then when he dallied. I think
maybe she went so far as to
threaten to get a lawyer an" look
into it herself, if Rankin didn't
get busy. I think somethin' like
that was what goaded Rankin into
action. An' this play about the
middle-aged schoolteacher give
him an opportunity so golden he
couldn't let it get by."
"What d'you mean?" Miss Olivi
asked.
"Bram Reid told me this morn
In' that a day or two after the
play was brought up Ann told
him that Rankin Had given her a
sublime idea. She said it was a
great secret, but ne'd see."
"You mean that her dressing up
like me was Rankin's idea, orig
inally?" Mrss Olive said.
Asey nodded.
"Uh-huh, I think so. I'm sure of
it. He suggested she dress up like
you, an' I think planned it out
with her, an' somehow got her not
to mention his part in it. You see,
if you can get someone to keep
a plan secret, an' then you shoot
'em, the results is inclined to be
bamin'. But Ann gave a hint to
Bram Reid, an' I think she told
Horace more than Rankin thought
she would. That's why Horace got
shot"
Laundry Chute
"DOT sea here," Freddy said,
"how did he shoot Ann?
How could he have done It? Wa
were here in this room all after
noon, Mrs. Clutterfield, and Ran
kin and I! And he wasn't out oi
sight!"
" 'Marcella's Rainbow to Love,'"
Asey said, "is a half-hour pro
gram, Freddy. I got stumped by
that first, until I looked it up in
the mornin' paper today. Rankin
was upstairs durin' it, wasn't he?
Durin' that time, Ann got dressed
up as Miss Olive an' wrote her a
note. Then she showed herself to
Rankin. An' while Mareella was
goin' on down here. Rankin had a
symphony concert goin' on the
radio upstairs, an' you never
heard the shot. Then he whisked
Ann into his room Hanson, look
around that bathroom floor, up
there, don't forget after hidin'
the conversion unit of his forty
five in the Venetian blind in Mist
Olive's room."
"Why in my room?"
"I'll get to that Then Rankin
came down an' clowned around
with Miss Clutterfield, an' then
come the special broadcast every
one listened to, that Rankin knew
about an' counted on "
"Mr. Mayo," Miss Olive said,
"d'you mean that when he walked
downstairs with me, and gave me
nickels for my dime to phone
with, he had )ust shot Ann?"
"Uh-huh. Did you get the party
he told you to phone?"
"No. I didn't understand that
He said I'd had a call, but there
wasn't any such number when 1
came out of the booth, he'd gone."
"Just so. But he'd planted in
people's minds the thought that
you was alive an' well when you
come downstairs with him, an'
that he left before you come out
of the booth. The number he give
you was a fake. Anyway, every,
body gathered around for the spe
cial broadcast. An' the laundry
man come. An' lust afterward.
Rankin went out to get his rain
coat at the bathhouse. Washy
told me. An' "
"And he came back with It"
Freddy said, and then he went
off with the Judge! Now, how did
he get Ann's body downstairs?
Tell me that?"
"Laundry chute, Asey said. "1
asked Washy if there was secret
panels or passageways, last night,
an' said no. But I looked before
I went rushin' o(T this mornin'. an'
there's a laundry chute next to
Rankin's room, an' it comes out in
that narrow hall behind the phom
booth. What Rankin done was to
roll up his raincoat an' stick it
near the house say, behind
bush, or somethin' Durin' the mu
sic part of that broadcast he lust
went a few steps away, an' then
popped bark In. He was safe as he
could be. Everyone was Ustenin'."
Te as eentlnaeal
today Soviet parachutists landed
In the rear o retreating German
troops, blew up 29 bridges, killed
400 Gssman officers and men,
burned ejuantities of equipment,
then rejoined their detachments.
Trapper Uses Ssrdines
Warrensburg, Mo. (UP) At
tention trappers: Here is a new
idea for trap bait Young C. H.
Smith. Jr., saw an o'pposum
wandering around town. He
bought a ran of sardines, baited
a trap with one of the fish and
caught the animal.
CHALLENGED
Fort Rosecrans, Cal. (UP)
Pvt. R. H. Horse wai proceeding
to his barracks one night during
the challenging hours and was
stopped by the sentry. "Halt:
Who Is there:" "Private Horse."
"Advance and be mechanized.
Private Horse!"
On the Radio Chains
STATIONS:
Cbala affiliation aoi when
the? are on the dial:
KALE (MH 1130, fort land;
HEX (NHC-Blu-) II DO. Portland:
KUA (NBC-HI 110 MIIS) 1510
Rpukane; KUO (NRC-Ulae) 110,
Ran Francisco; KOW (NBC-Red)
20, Portlands KJB NBC-Bloe
1000. tattle! KNX (CBH) 1010.
Lea inlelrs; It OA (NBC-Bed) IU.
Denver; KOIN (CBH) no, Port
land; IOMII (NBC-Red) S.V)
Beattle; KPO (NBC-Bed) JM.
Ran Francisco; KSL (CBS) 11S0,
Rait Lake City,
- Time Shown Is PST "
Tuesday
1:00 p. m. Adventure Stories,
KQO. KJR: Are You a Musing Heir,
KSL: Jane Arden. KOMO; News.
KOIN; Stars of Today. KOW; Don
Wlnslow of the Nary, KPO.
6:10 p. m News of the World,
KQO, KJR, KEX; Bob Burns Show,
KSL; Horace Heldt's Treasure Chest.
KPO, KOMO, KOW; Today'e Best
Buys, KNX; Eyes of the World. KOIN.
6:00 p. m. Burns and Allen.
KPO, KOW, KOMO: Wa. the People.
KSL: Judy Splinters, KOO; Scandi
navian Reporter, KJR; Second Hus
band. KNX.
6:30 p. m. Symphony Concert.
KOO. KEX. KJR: Twelve. Crooked
Months, KNX, KOIN; Plbber MeOee,
KPO, KOMO, KOW.
7:00 p. m Bob Hope, KOW, KPO.
DIFFICULT DECISIONS
LI L ABNER Off Into the Nlghtl
THE NEBBS Mouse or Mint
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TAILSPIN TOMMY Report At Oncel ajj FORREST
MAJOR.. I HAVE JUST RECEIVED )fw -WHAT ? I I'LL ADMIT IT SOUNDSlf YES.I I SIR: J OPERATIONS REPORTS TWO I I POST ORDERS IMMEDIATELY
AN ASTOUNDING MESSAGE THAT EXCUSE I NCREDULOUS ... BUT jVSlR..' PILOTS. LIEUTENANTS TIPTON 2 RESTRICTING ALL PLANES
ONE OP OUR PILOTS INTENDS ME. SIR, SINCE THE COMMUNI-l- AND MlLUGAN, FAILED TO -r FROM FLYING OVER. THE
TO USE A DIVE B0M8ER. FROM B BUT... CATION HAS COME J RETURN WITH THEIR SHIPS yQ. INTERNATIONAL AUDITORIUM'
THIS SQUADRON TO DESTROY JVyTTT'r- FROM INTELLIGENCE. FROM PRACTICE FLICT1 H AND SEND CAPTAIN
THE INTERNATIONAL , V IT MUST HAVE SOME I T v. -rXA TOM Kl NS TO ME AT ONCE'
AUDITORIUM, ( BASIS.' CHECK WITH -- f , '-d i
plans Foa W wpe USUALLY ) , ,
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KOMO: Olcnn Miller's Orch, KSL,
KNX, KOIN.
10 p. m. Red Skelton. KPO.
KOW, KOMO: Treasury Hour. KOO,
KEX. KJR; Leon P. Drews. KOIN;
Second Husband. KSL.
6:00 p. m. Amos n Andy, KNX.
KSL. KOIN; Pred Waring. KPO.
KOW, KOMO.
6:15 p. m. Lum and Abner, KPO.
KOW, KOMO; Lanny Ross, KNX.
KSL, KOIN.
1:30 p. m. Johnny Presents, KPO.
KOMO. KOW: Information Please.
KOW. KEX, KJR: Are You a Missing
Heir, KNX, KOIN; News. KSL.
9:00 p. m. We, the People, KNX,
KOIN: Easy Aoei. KOO.. KJR, KEX;
Adventures of The Thin Man, KPO,
KOMO, KOW: Sports. KSL.
0 p. m Mai Hallett's Orch..
KOO; Battle of the Sexes. KPO,
KOMO, KOW: Bob Burns Show. KNX.
KOIN: News. KJR, KSL; Midnight
Sonata, KEX.
J0:00 p. m. Henry Busse's Orch..
KOO, KEX, KJR: Reporter News.
KPO, KOMO, KOW; Maaterworka of
Music, KSL; News. KNX: Five Star
Pinal. KOIN.
10:30 p. m. Howard Becker's
Orcb., KSL: Charles Dent's Orch..
KOW; Stanley Kenton's Orch, KOO.
KJR; Broadway Bandwagon, KEX:
Masterworka of Music, KNX; The
World Today, KOIN; Concert Hall,
KPO.
11:00 p. m. chuck Wagon Days.
KPO, KOW; This Moving World,
WONDERING WHERE YOU ARE NEEDED MOST WHEN
SOME OF THE MALE 6l)E$TS AffriE rWY SfARf A
RIOT IN THE UPPER HW1. VODR VW&fffc? REPORTS
TriAf-rHE 6UESf OF HONOR HASTAUEN T?0WM
AMP CUT HER CHIM AND IS CRYING, MD "THE COOK
SAYS YOU HAP BETTER LOOK AT THE
ICE CREAM BECAUSE IT HAS MELTED
Bwj--d by Ttit B11 tyrt !.,., Tne
KEX, KJR: Anita Carol. KSL, KOIN:
News, KNX. KOO: Reveries, KOi:0.
Wednesday
1:00 p. m Adventure Stories.
KOO, KJR: Big Town. KSL: Ken
Stevens. KOIN: Jane Arden. KOMO:
' Sura rJ Tnrti, KOW: TVwi Wlnslow I
of the Navy, KPO. i
1:30 p. m News of the World,!
I XOO, KJR, KEX; Dr. Christian, KSL;
' Cocktail Hour, KOW; BUI Henry.
KNX; Byes of the World. KOIN: Parent-Teachers
Asa n, KOMO; Walts
Rhythm, KPO.
6:00 p. m Pred Allen. KSL: Fred
Waring s Orch, KPO. KOW, KOMO:
Secret City. KEX; Scandinavian Re
porter, KJR; Tonight's Best Buys,
KNX, KOIN.
6:30 p. m. Penthouse Party, KOO,
KJR, KEX; Concert by Kalash. KPO;
Big Town. KNX. KOIN; Highlight
Hour. KOMO.
7:00 p. m. Glenn Miller's Orch,
KNX. KSL, KOIN; American Melody
Hour, KOO, KEX, KJR: Kay Kyaer's
Musical Quiz, KPO. KOW, KOMO.
1 7:30 p. m. News Here end Abroad,
KOO; Romance of the Ranches. KNX;
Modern Music Box. KEX: N. T. PhU-
1 harmonic Orch, KJR; Leon P. Drews,
KOIN; Clark and Spraynozzle, KSL.
1:00 p. m Quls Kids. KOO. KEX,
1 KJR: Amos "n- Andy, KNX, KOIN.
KSL; point sublime, KPO, KOW,
KOMO.
!:!& p. m. Lanny Ross, KNX, KSL,
KOIN.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
r
iO RATHER
ST AROUNO
HER. SHE WOULDN'T HANE TO
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.ENOUSH DISCONTENT
7
:30 p. m. Dr. Christian. KNX.
KOIN: Plantation Party. KPO. KOW.
KOMO: Manhattan at Midnight,
KOO. KJR: News, KSL.
1:00 p. m. Time to Smile, KPO.
KOW. KOMO: Easy Acea. KOO. KEX.
KJR: Pred Allen. KOIN. KNX; Hymn
Service, KSL.
9:10 p. m. Basin Street Chamber
Music, KOO; Mr. District Attorney,
KPO. KOMO. KOW; News, KJR, KSL;
Moonlight Sonata. KEX.
10.-00 p. m. Reporter News. KPO.
KO , KOMO: Henry Busae's Orch,
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS
N.V. FLORET GOT HIo
TART WHEN THg
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DOG DAYS
When white settlers came to Leaseland, present site of Fredericksburg, the warring Ind
ians proposed a truce for one day a year ao that they could bring furs to town and ex
change them for settlers' dogs. Today all breeds of dogs are entered in the auction. -
FLOWER MAN
Max Schling, who came to New York about the turn of the century and started a little
flower shop, is today one of the most honored and influential florists In America. He
teaches his profession to novices, and delivera lectures but without accepting a cent in
payment He turns all fees over to worthy student causesl
Tomorrow! Underwater Blindmanl
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KOO, KEX. KJR: News. KNX KOIN;
Maaterworka of Music, KSL.
10:30 p. m. Howard Becker's Orcb,
KSL: Muslo for Listening. KOW:
Broadway Bandwagon. KEX; Bill
Clifford's Orch, KQO: Rev. Petersen.
KJR; Public Affairs, KNX: The World
Today, KOIN: Christmas Fund.
KOMO; Concert Hall, KPO.
11 KM p. m. Dancing with Clancy.
KPO, KOW; Wilbur Hatch's Orch,
KOIN. KSL; This Moving World. KJR,
KEX; News. KNX, KOO; Evening
Reveries, KOMO.
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AWARD TO WARD
Olympia, Wash., Dec. 29.
(AP) For the "courage and re
sourcefulness he displayed" la
recapturing the national ama
teur golf championship last sum
mer, Marvin (Bud) Ward wai
presented the Spokane Athletic
Round Table'i annual award
here today by Governor Langlle.
Closing time for Classified Ads t
a. m Too Late to Classify 13:30
p. m.
by JOHN MX
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