PAGE 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
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f. 6UYAfj
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ACCONPlBrlMEhTTOR THE
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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
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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 )
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SET VO' CAP n rfi ELSE A
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THET-H-HE IS IN LOVE OF
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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
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ARE YOU P OU TAKE. A LOOK!
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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
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SO OOTl DONT WANT YOU M
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