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Newspaper Page TextPAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1941. by Phoele Atwood Taylor Chapter 38) No Mora Clams! "TTUHI" Jenni said. "What a horrid manl I never did care much for men with pointed beards! Asey, wai that how the person got away from upstairi last night, when we hunted around so? Did he use that chute?" That was Rankin," Asey said. "I think he was gettin' his con version unit out of Miss Olive's blind, where he'd DUt it He needed it for Horace. Then I s'pose he stuck it back in a hurry after shootin' him. so it was there when Jennie found it When was you there, Jennie? "Just before you com back with Mrs. Clutterfleld. Rankin was in the kitchen drinking coffee." "Then you got It soon after he put it back," Asey said. "He left it there, because I think, Miss Olive, that he was sore with you, an' I think he hoped you might get involved. To pay you back for turnin' him down. What hurt that scheme was the weather. He did some fine plannin', but he couldn't account lor tnem lignu. Asey smiled. "I think you'll find he took the pincushion the time he killed Ann. He didn't want to stick it in his coat pocket where it'd make a bulge. So after he got his rain coat, after com in' downstairs, he stuck it in the pocket of that I looked, Just now, an' the raincoat pocxet s got a Dig noie. ne lor got that an so the pincushion dropped out on the floor here. An'" "An" I did pick It up," Jennie looked triumpiantly at Mrs. Doane. "Just like I saidl Only Rankin took it out of your bas ket again!" "He was most likely so anxious to get off with Judge Houghton, who sure made a nice reliable alibi," Asey said, "that he didn't discover about losin' the pincush ion right off. My I was dumbl" Solution R2M "UOW about Horace?" Cum mings asked. "Rankin must have got panicky about him. He got his forty-five an' unit, an waited for him to come back. An' got him to stroll down to the bathhouse, an' shot him. I think it was a lot later that he sneaked out the twenty two from its case an' stuck It be tide Horace. He had plenty of op portunity, with all of us, includin' him, huntln'." "Miss Olive," Mrs. Doane said, "where in the world were you last night?" "Well." Miss Olive seemed a little embarrassed, "I er " "Mrs. Clutterfleld helped me guess that one," Asey said. "To boil It down, part of the plan thought up to Impress Bram Reid with Ann s ability to handle this older role involved navin miss Olive an' Horace an' Bram Reid dine together. Then Miss Olive was to slip out, an' Ann, dressed In her clothes, was to slip back, the point bein to prove to Bram Reid that Ann was a good act ress. When Ann didn't turn up, Miss Olive an' Bram Reid got to u.Kin aooui anotner piay, an the upshot of that was that the two of 'em went to frovlncetown an' talked most of the nisht with the author. That's where Miss Olive was comln' back from when I spotted her this mornln'." It was really an amazing thing for me to do," Miss Olive's cheeks were pink. "And I never did any. thing like It before. And truly, Mrs. Doane, I'm sorry I upset you. Bram Reid said he'd call you and explain that I'd be late, but he apparently phrased it bad ly. You see, this play had to do with my line of work." "Schoolteachin'?" Jennie asked. "Er well " "She ain't schoolteacher," Asey said. "Whatl" Everyone In tha room spoke in unison. "Of course she Is, Asey!" Jennie said severely. "Everyone knows "I knew she wasn't when I seen the books in her room," Asey said. "An' when I Anally placed her rame. like It was written in them books, I found myself won derin' if maybe she hadn't killed Ann. There's a lot of difference between Miss Olive, a nice school, teacher, an' O. E. Beadle, who in vented Solution R280, that they was so busy talkin' about in Washington last week! I think Rankin honed that the O. E. Beadle angle would make people suspicious of her." "Miss Olive!" Freddy said. "Aren't you a teacher, really? What are you?" "A chemist" Miss Olive said, and bit her lip. "I never meant to deceive you, really, but you just all took it for granted that I was a schoolteacher, and well, people are more at home with schoolteachers, somehow. And So lution R280 isn't really a fair sample of my work. Mr. Mayol That was really just an acci dent!" "Uh-huh. Biggest new explo sive anyone's invented in years, an' you make it sound like some thin you tossed off in your spar time! Now" Unfinished Letter "WAIT, Mr. Mayo," Miss Ollv said. "The key. What about the key in the pincushion?" "You'll find that all up in Ran kin's papers, an' I guess it's tha part I didn't quite get from tha bank. After Willcm Allstadt died, Juanita had times when she was sort of odd. In some of the pa pers in her apartment there was a letter nobody could make much out of. Began 'Dear Sister' an' it said she was sendin' a pincushion to 'dear sister,' an' it was very important The pincushion had belonged to mother she'd mean your grandmother, Miss Olive an' it was the key to a tot. "The letter was unfinished. Maybe she forgot to finish it maybe she decided not to, maybe it was In one of the periods when she was queer. Anyway, the pin cushion got sent, an' the letter didn't. Seems, if she knew your mother's name, that she must have made some effort to find her sister. The bank'U solve the key for you, anyways, an' know where it belongs it's a vault key, an' I guess it'll probably prove who Juanita was, an' solve your claims." "D'you think," Miss Olive said, "that after Rankin got that pin cushion, perhaps he might have " "Killed you? I don't know. I'm sort of afraid he planned to," Asey said. "That's why I carted you off to Bill Porter's while I was away. I know on thing Rankin planned, though, after failin' to cut himself into the Allstadt money by gettin' either you or Ann to marry him. II wasn't ever goin' to reveal any thin' about either of you. He was goin' to leave you out in the cold an' get the money for him self. He was goin' to fake claims an' make himself the heir." It was nearly five o'clock when the Porter, which Asey had wrtnehed with difficulty from Mrs. Clutterfleld. rolled into tha driveway of his home In Well fleet. "There's Cousin Hat at the door!" Jennie said. "Oh dear, Mrs, Doane's give me back the Inn clam business she took away last evenln', an' I knew Syl'll be glad, but I feel like a criminal, leavin him with Cousin Hat so long! I oughtn't to everythin' all right. Hat?" "Well," Hat said, "Bill Porter Just phoned. He's comin' for Asey at six. Got to go right back to Washin'ton, he says. An' Syl won ders if maybe Asey could do him a favor first?" "What?" Asey asked. "Well, they phoned from th Penniwinnick Inn. an' want soma clams " No!" Asey said. But some of Mrs. Bemls'i oM boarders is havin' a reunion, an' they want chowder euess vou could deliver the clams, couldn't you, Asey?" Asey and Jennie looked at each other, and Jennie shook her head. "I wouldn't tempt fate!" she said. "Not after what I been through on this clam-deliverin' expedition!" "But it ain't tourists! It's old, old boarders " "No. Hat" Asev said "No. 1 might take a chance for tourists. dui u jennie an' i learned on thing in the last twenty-three hours, it's that clams an' Dcrennial boarders don't mix!" THE END Vanderbilt Wedding Followed by Holdup Of Reception Guests Beverly Hills, Cal., Dec. 31. Ml What does a lady of wealth do when she meets a gunman face to face at a swank wedding reception? Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vander b'lt slyly turned a ring so that her hand hid the costly setting, surrendered two diamond clips worth $3,000 and remarked: "You're a little bit late. Most of the guests have left." "Yes, I know," said the gun man. Lady Thelma Furness, Mrs. Vanderbilt's sister, gave up a NOTICE! Barkers art Still Selling ARROW SHIRTS at th Old Prices '2.00 -'2.25-12.50 Arrow Shirts increase In Price January lit Store for Man k $1,000 V for victory clip and said quietly: "You're quite foolish to do this, because the house Is full of cops." The gunman fled, without attempting to rob the eight guests who remained of the sev eral hundred who had rame to Mrs, Vanderbilt's home. The occasion was a reception for Mrs. Vanderbilt's heiress daugh ter, 17-year old Gloria, and her bridegroom, Pasquale (Pnt) Di Clcco, 32-year-old actors' agent. Portland Cemetery Bill Signed by F. R. Washington, Dec. 31. .V) Legislation authorizing the war department to establish na tional cemetery near Portland was signed yesterday by Presi dent Roosevelt. Congress Is authorlred to ap propriate funds for the site, which the war department may acquire by donation, purchase or condemnation. YOUTH RETIRES Milwaukee, Dec. 31. D Eugene Fons, 19, retired from business o he could devote more time to social activities at Marquette university. Fons, who was a newspaper carrier boy the past 10 years, paid his way through a private hiiih school and three years at Marquette, paid cash for a new automobile, bought enough clothes to last to 1944, and still has several hundred dollars In th bank. On the Radio Chains STATIONS: Cbala aMIlatlon and wben tbry are on the dial: KALE (Mrl 1330, fortland; KEX (MH-Blur) ll0, Portland: KiA (NH-Hlo MBS 151 Spokane; KCiO (MIC-Hliie) 810. San Francl.ro; KOW (NHC-Rrdl S20. Portland; KJB OHC-War) 1000. Braille: KNX O R) 1070. Loa An(rlr; KOA (NHC-Kfd) SM. Krnver; KOIN (CHN) 970, Fort land; KOMO (Mir-Brd 90 Brattle; KPO (MIC-Krd) S0. Ran Franrlaro; KSL (CBS) 1160. Salt Lake Cltv. " Time Shown Is PST " " Wednesday S 00 p. in. Adventure Stories. KOO, KJR: Big Town, KSL; Ken Stevens, KOIK; Jane Arden. KOMO; Sura of Today. KOW; Don Wlnslow of th Navy, KPO. 8:30 p. m. News of tha World, KOO, KJR, KEX: Dr. Christian, KSL: Cocktail Hour, KOW: Bill Henry, KNX: Eve of th World, KOIN: Parent-Trachrr. Aas-n, KOMO: Walta Rhythm. KPO. 6:00 p. m, Prod Allen, KSLc Fred Warlng's Orch.. KPO, KOW, KOMO: Secret City, KEX; (Scandinavian Re porter, KJR; Tonight's Best Buys, KNX. KOIN. 6:80 p. m. Penthouse Party, KOO, KJR, KEX; Conoert by Kalash. KPO; Big Town, KNX, KOIN; Highlight Hour, KOMO. 7:00 p. m. Olrnn Millar's Orch., KNX. KSL. KOIN: American Melody Hour, KOO, KEX. KJR: Kay Kysert Musical Quia, KPO, KOW, KOMO. 7:30 p. sov Nws Her and Abroad, KOO; Romano of th Raacho. KNX; Modern Muale Box, KEX; N. T. Phil harmonic Orca, KJR; Leon P. Drews, KOIN; Clark and Spraynoazl, KSL. 3:00 p. m. Qui Kids. KOO, KEX, KJR; Amos -n' Andy, KNX, KOIN. KSL; Point Subllm. KPO, KOW. KOMO. 3:t3 p. m. Lanny Row, KNX, KSL, KOIN. 8:30 p. m. Dr. Christian, KNX, KOIN; Plantation Party. KPO, KOW, KOMO; Manhattan at Midnight, KOO, KJR; News, KSL. 0:00 p. m. Tim to 6roUe, KPO, KOW, KOMO; Easy Aces, KOO. KEX. KJR: Pred Allen. KOIN, KNX; Hymn Service, KSL. 9:30 p. mv Baatn Street Chamber Musle. KOO; Mr. District Attorney, KPO. KOMO, KOW; Kws, KJR, KSL; Moonlight Sonata, KEX. 10:00 p. m. Reporter News, KPO, KOW, KOMO; Henry Bus' OTch., KOO. KEX, KJR: News. KNX, KOIN; Masterworks of Musle, KSL. 10:30 p. m. Howard Becker's Orch.. KSL; Musle for Listening. KQW; Broadway Bandwagon, KEX; BUI Clifford's Orch., KOO; Rev. Petersen, KJR; Public Affairs. KNX: Th World Today, KOIN; Christmas Fund. KOMO; Concert Hall, KPO. 11:00 p. m. Dancing with Clancy. KPO. KOW: Wilbur Hatch's Orch.. KOIN, KSL; Tbl Moving World, KJR, KEX; News, KNX, KOO; Evening Reran, KOMO. Tharaday 8:00 p. m Advnture Storla. KOO. KJR; Death Valley Dare. KSU , Jan Arden. KOMO; Adventure In Toyland. KEX; Star of Today, KOW; Ken Steven and Erwln Too, KNX; Eye of th World, KOIN; Don Wlns low of tb Navy, KPO. 8:30 p. m. Kw of th World, KOO. KEX, KJR; Duffey's Tavern, KSL: Rlcardo's Rhapaodlea, KPO, KOW, KOMO: Tonight's Best Buys. KNX; Leon F. Drew. KOIN. 6:00 p. m. Major Bow Amateur Hour, KNX. KSL, KOIN: Btng Cros by. KPO, KOW. KOMO: Cinnamon Bear, KEX; Scandinavian Reporter, KJR. 8:80 p. m. Oalllechlo's Orca., KOO, KJR, KEX; Christmas Bellrlngera, KJR. 7:00 p. m. Olenn Miller's Orch, KNX. KOIN. KSL: Cugat Rumba Re vue, KPO, KOMO, KOW; Rudy Val le PrgnL, KOO, KEX, KJR 7:30 p. m. New Her and Abroad, KOO, KEX, KJR; Who Dunnltf KNX. KOIN. KSL; Frank Fay, KPO, KOMO. KOW. I 8:00 p. m. Amos n' Andy, KNX, KSL, KOIN''. Pred Waring, KPO, KOMO. KOW; March of Time, KJR, KOO, KEX. 8:18 p. m. Lum and Abner, KOW, BYE-BYE By CLUYAS WILLIAMS f. 6UYAfj UlllUAHfS 15 HOT) IN MWrtErVi MW5 AND URerofODr&Plrci1 HI5 NEvV ACCONPlBrlMEhTTOR THE iKom, or-swirto eve-eve ACHItVK S0MlHlrJ6 BEWEM A HEARrV 6UR6LE MP A SNEEZE REW.12E5 FROM 1rl EX -TRESSlON-THPcT friftf PERFORMANCE TELL TUVf 1R)E A6A1M, t5Et1il6 OW SOMETHING J-IKE A SHOW C01LE&E CHEER IN A F0REI6N LWI6UA6E U.a--2L TlMAilY KEMEMBIR3 iflE WA' K60ES AUP3AV5 A CLEAR, AND DistWCf BVE"-8VE, IN CLUDIH6 A WAVE 6F M HfirJD , f,l5 BWK65 ToiVfr, Sa. ft StbpM OF VOCIFEROUS AP PROVAL. M OM-CHUCKING, iHAf he -Throws himself on MCWtR'5 SHOULDER AMD burst j -Tears KPO, KOMO: Lanny Boas, KNX. KOIN, KSL. 8:30 p. m. Maudle1 Diary, KNX. KOIN; Saunter of Circle X, KOO, KEX: Fanny Brio. KPO. KOMO. KOW; New. KSL; Flowra for th laving, KEX; Captain Quia. KJR. 8:00 p. m. Eaay Ace. KOO, KEX, KJR; Duffy's Tavern. KNX. KOIN; Aldrlch Family. KPO, KOMO. KOW. 9:30 p. m Musle In th Midnight, KOW; Richard Hlmbef Orch, KOO; Death Valley Days, KNX, KOIN; News, KSL, KJR; Moonlight Sonata. KEX; Regal Amblings, KPO. 10:00 p. m. America' Town Meet ing of the Air, KEX; Reporter News, KPO, KOMO. KOW; News, KNX: Maiurwork of Musle. KSL; Fir Star Final. KOW. 10:90 p. m. Ed Stoker's Muale. KOW: Reid Tanners Orch, KSL: Maaterwork of Musle, KNX; Indus try and Defens. KOMO; Concert Hall, KPO. 11:00 p. m. Etching In Bra. KPO-. This Mortal World, KEX. KJR; Harry Owens Orch, KSL, KOIN; New. KNX, KOO. Us Mall Tribune want ada. KING'S ENVELOPE IS WORTH $630 AT SALE London, Dec. 31. OP) An en velope contributed by King George VI to a stamp saj for charity brought S630 today. It was of 1939 vintage and was addressed: "His Majesty, King George Vt "c'o President Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Hyde Park, N. Y." STRANGE AS IT SEEMS ItefcT Cutting ft AN EXPERT PlVEK THOUGH totally blind He became interested 4n underwater work tArough lookiRg for, shells to make button's AND Ubfi, iNf P. ,LVA-iP.D 2 TCUCKfS WiTU SWD'OOO LOADS Ff?OA THE WABASH velvet by JOHN MX L0(?P BfeAVERBPOOK. BRITAIN'S MINISTER, OP ,UPPLV, WA5 MORE TELEPHONES THAN ANYONE EI5E.E IN ENQLANP HE EVEN HA, THEV -SCATTERED THROUGH TME MRUBSERY Or HIS ESTATE rr 1M1 fry rwH1 ttr V-wt. h. tm- Bta- V. S. fat OR AH tight gntrtaal THE MALS BELTED BEAUTV MOTH CAN rU7 BUT Tv-JE FEMALE HAVS NO WING'S lpUl5lANA STATE'S 1 ONE-FOOT UUe AND A TY-nl'LirVHAM "IIAV-P 7 IQSI-Q-S?... (2-51 DARK WATERS - Som years ago blind Brt Cutting, learned h could sail river shells to button factories, so h started collecting them, reaching Into th shallow water from his rowboat. He discov ered th best shells wr in greater depths, consulted a manufacturer of diving equipment, who sent him specifications from which his present outfit was designed. Last summer Cut- J ting was called upon to us his diving skill in salvaging a sunken truck loaded with oil drilling equipment. He first had to unload th truck under water, then attach lines by which it could be drawn up. H later salvaged another truck under similar conditions. Tomorrowi Yar 'Round Xmasl LI L ABNER Daisy Ma Wrfithes Againll By AL CAPP LETTER pun SOME BODY.' KINELY READ IT, DAISY A-PININ' FO' LI'L ABNER T DON'T HAIN T GONNA MAKE I WANT ) VO' A BRIDE.' EFV0' SOME- CAIN'T NAB HIM- X BODY SET VO' CAP n rfi ELSE A FO'SOrtEBODYrMll -ONLY ) ELSE !' xt-YA HltMl UoAs JzfuMil, (PcunAsui -o-t. cl-M. (XcTuaJZ., ou&Au&. -Jul. JUjttAJ, tit, onu -tfut flyUs wuu aiut $4. AS - . Jl Jl-B. THEM IS MIGHTY PURTY WORDS -BUT WHUT DO IT MILAN ? r r 1 NOW ) v- r ) f. 1' .v iX. - -',-.-,V ALL AH GIT OUTA IT IS THET-H-HE IS IN LOVE OF A SART1M ftAL-AW VHFN 1 ,ar. A n-MARRY tAw-XH HER:' WILLYO' STOP A WASTIN' Y0' TIME. AN' GIT OUT AN TRAP YO'SELF HUSBItf TAILSPIN TOMMY Shoot At Slghtl Bv HAL FORREST CAPTAIN T0MKINS.OUR. INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT HAS UNCOVERED A SA&OTAGE PLOT.. AIMED AT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL AUDITORIUM. .OF C0UR.SE IT MAY BE JUST A WILD R.UM0R... It SIR., I H BELIEVE IT TO BE MORE THAN A R.UMOR... J I'M SURE THAT A VJ WbKIAIN BAKUN VON HOPSIEG IS MIXED UP IN TH LT. Ml LUG AN I HAD SOM TROUBLE WITH HIM RECENTLY, AND ME DROPPED A HINT... HMM YES INTELLIGENCE REPORTS IT WAS YOU WHO SUGGESTED THE ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION.' INCIDENTALLY) I UNDERSTAND LT. MILUGAN AND LT. TIPTON FAILED TO REPORT IN AFTER, PRACTICE FLIGHT YESTERDAY YES, SIR.. BUT... YOU WILL TAKE OFF AT ONCE IN COMMAND OF B FLIGHT PATROL THE AREA SURROUNDING THE AUDITORIUM AND STOP ANY SHIP THAT TRIES TO, FLY OVER IT. EVEN IF, YOU HAVE- TO SHOOT SUCH SHIP., DOWN YES, SIR. AND TOMMY LITTLE REALIZES THAT IT IS SKEETEQ'S SuiP H6 WILL HAVE TO SHOOT DOWN THE NEBBS It's a Habit t SOL HESS I HOPE SOMEHME.,rJOW THAT FANMY S GETTING OLOEH, S WE'LL REALIZE THAT NEW VEARS EVE IS OUST ANOTMEQ EVEMlNOr OMLY OL) PLAN TO MAK NOUR-rT SELF MI5EABLfe',v1) ii l ia-3i rJVtV.WUFPFT WMel?EVE YOU DKA.Cs ARE YOU P OU TAKE. A LOOK! eOiKlO AT rrf FAtE X) WILL, RUDY . A I KAWt. - niatKTi the morrow WVTY.l HAVE. MAOS NO PLANS J 1 AM SORT OP FED UP ONI 'NEW YEARS EVE PARTIES I thought perhaps rr would BE A OELISHTFUL EXPERI' ENOE. TO 5PEND ONE QUIETLY AT HOME rxi 4 IM DRESSED 50 1 6UESS WELL, XI SO OOTl DONT WANT YOU M -51TTIN3 AROUND HERE lUKfc IT WA5 A WAE. bpu take to n'.sht life WiTH The sraceof swatchH MAN; s- vj- r,r'