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PAGE ETGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1942. tiYYTJTFFYTTTi BY ELEANOR ATTERBURY riSTtRDAY: Slwnm't ev., has beea pretty lopiy turvy. She teat late at she cffict, and Mr. Goodwin disapproves lalmiu Then a young man named Tons Stafford barotd in, and two min utes later ajlced her tor a date. The Mr. Goodwin htmif 1, whom Sharon vorihipe aa hie prieete eecrctary, also asks for a luncheon date. Note Sharon . ; and Mr. Goodwin are si a res I fcrurant, and Mr. Goodwin is let j ting Sharon know he is thinieina I more of her as person than as I a Mtcrttary, Chapter Three Still Another Job 'ITS charming," the murmured, carefully understating her thrilled excitement "Glad you like it I've got table marked off for us some where. Gvwiwin beckoned to a dark-skinned, bowing head waiter. "Yes, Mr. Goodwin. Right this way, please, ir." A table just for two, not too dose to the orchestra, let just far enough behind a group of palms to give a feeling of intimacy. Low uphlstered arm chain drawn close on the game aide of the low, mirror-smooth table, A waiter brough cocktails it once and a pretty Hawaiian girl in a grass skirt laid a hevy lei of white carnations around Sha ron's neck. onions t waiter had set before them. Then, abruptly: "Let's eat first and talk busi ness afterward. These prawns art excellent" They were but to Sharon they might as well have been sawdust Had he brought her here to tell her she waa fired? Too young for the job. Forebodingly, Tom Staf ford s judgment of this morning rushed back to haunt her. "Much too young to be a private secre tary. You have to be old and ex perienced." Was Mr. Goodwin about to tell her the same thing? Bravely, she kept her smiles smiling, forced back the tears that stung her eyelids. It couldn't be. it wasn't fair. She had done the work well. She knew that And she'd always do it welL If only he'd give her the chance. After a long parade of delica cies, the waiter finally brought desert and biack coffee. "How." Mr. Goodwin drew hlf chair closer. "Do you mind if I talk shop?" "No of course not she man aged quietly. Here it came. "I employed you as private sec retary because I think you have superior intelligence and real am bition plus a great capacity for loyalty." - Sharon almost dared not listen. Folding her hands, she hid them, clenched, under the table. "So far, you have done excel lently. I have been very pleased." . - V a 2tf '. ;.7 Vr.fi- 'Max-- a ) vs.. err. ;V7 fitfSh l 'St " iSl "-V? JrE-J 3rl 7 aa4. .. You mean I'm to act as spy?" "How lovely," Sharon gasped. "Nice custom," Mr. Goodwin nodded. "Ever been to the Is lands?" Sharon shook her head. She'd never even been out of the state. Dad's life insurance had provided rent and food and clothes enough to get by but there'd never been ny left over for travel, "Like to travel7" He watched her over his thin-stemmed glass. Sharon shrugged gracefully. "I've never had the chance." 1 "You will. His eyes smiled at her. "What have you dona with yourself up to now?" "Oh, nothing much. Gone to school, helped Took after my little, brother, made a few fast friends and no enemies that I know of and" meeting his eyes, "land ed a perfectly swell job. That's about all." The orchestra began a dreamy wnll.r. "Like to dance?" "I'd love to." He danced welt, smoothly, guid ing her across the crowded floor. Sharon held her breath and prayed that no perverse fate tripped her, made her spoil this fierfect pattern. She'd never real y thought much about her danc ing before. Always taken It as a matter of course and enjoyed it Now she wanted to be so very sure she danced well. His compliment when the num. ber brought the blushes surging back to her cheeks. "You dance beautifully. So few women know how to waltz nowadays." "You sound' she dared a lit tle, "as if you'd Just arrived from the ballrooms of the last century." He laughed. "Not actually, but you see I was educated abroad Never knew anything about jazz except what I read in the papers from home. And when I did re turn to this country, I was too far behind the style to catch up." That, too. accounted for his dis tinction, Sharon made mental footnote. Educated in the Old World traditions, cultures. Prague. Vienna, London all the beautiful historic spots of Europe before thrv bliirxrireed It to ru ns. "How old are you, Sharon?"he asKrd aoruptly. "Twenty almost." "Twenty." he studied her so In tently her heart raced. "And very lovely. Too young probably for the work I lad in mind for you." Sharon's h-art tripped, fell flat aesinst the bas of her thro it ' What do you mean? ' Shop Talk HE hesitated, stared i moment at the ,'empting try of fresh prawns, rratked crab, tiny pickled Ha glanced around them with I carelessness Sharon realized in stantly was assumed. "Now, I am wondering if I have the right to out greater responsibilities upon such young shoulders" "If I knew what you meant " Sharon suggested almost in whisper. "Briefly this There is a serious blockage of production in the plant as you well know. We have contracts for important defense work. We make airplane tools. Those tools are not being pro duced as rapidly as we have rea son to believe they could be. When they are shipped, they ara subject to endless and costly delays." spyi TENSE, Sharon waited for him to go on. Lighting a cigarette, he smoked quietly for a moment it may be Inefficiency. It mora probably Is sabotage." "Sabotage! Sharon scarcely breathed the word. Mr. Goodwin watched her stead ily. "I want you to help me dis cover which. Sharon's eyes flew to his. "Me?" "You're voung. You're new at your job. You're lovely to look at No one will suspect you of being interested in more than the cut of your suit or the smartness of your new hat" "You mean I'm to act as spy-" He laughed. That's rather melodramatic way of putting it I mean that you are to listen and watch and say nothing. There is somewhere in our plant, someone employed by an enemy. Maybe severnl Of one of these agents at least I believe I'm surv.." Again, Sharon waited, her heart pounding. "I have reason to believe he has been sent to us deliberately in the guise of electrical engineer to study your plant to do his best to sabotage our efforts." "You don't you can't mean Tom Staf " Instantly Goodwin laid a linger across her lips "The flrst thing you mint learn." he said rather curtly, "is never to mention names where you might be overheard." "I'm sorry.' "It will be dangerous business. It may even Involve Hiking your life. 1 don't believe it will come to that However. I want you to know what you are up against The enemy is clever, ruthless, de termined that we shall fail to keep our promises Considering that, do you still want to help? Te be eentlnee 4 U. P. INCOME UP New York, Jan. 31. (T) Union Pacific Railroad company O Don't Gamble wear "lucky" c I o t h from B A R K E R'S and jreu'r turt to win reported trnlay In a preliminary statement fur 1941 net income of J2B M?.;:!) after charges and taxes. This was equal, after pre lerrcd dividend requirements, to $11 19 a share on the com mon stock. In 1940 ret income vas $19.443 880, equal to $6 90 a common share. SOLDIER DECORATED Washington. Jan. 31 T1 Private First Class James A. Huff. Fort Lewis, was given the soldier's mortal tin) ay by the war department for hrmi.ni In re-cu-hig another enlisted man from drowning in Spanaway lake near Fort Lew is on May 6, 1941. On the Radio Chains STATIONS! Caala arriliatlea and trhere hey ara (he dial: kale imhi use, rortiaed. (t (NBC-Blue) IlkO. Portland. Kb (NBC-BIim a) MHI ISIS Spokane: KliO (NRC-Bioe) aie. I San rranelaro; HOW (MtC-Rrdl . fort una: Kill (SHC-Hlur) 1000. Seattle; KNX (CBS IOJ0 Lot Aniele; ROA (NBC-Red) SAO. Denver; "IN (CHS 70. fort land; IOMO (Nnr-Rrd) M Seattle: KPO (NBC-Red) am Ran rranrlsrol HSL (CBS) 1100. Mil Lake City. ,""" time Shown Is pgl Snnday 1 00 p. m Edgar Bergen. KPO. ROW, KOMO-. Blue Echoes, KOO. BEX: Columbia Workshop, KNX, KOIN: Ooipel Clinic, KJR; Minister ial Association, KfiL. S:30 p. m. Ployd Wright KEX: One Man's FimllT. KPO, KCIW. KOMO; Spelling Beellner, KNX; Shining Hour, KJR; Concert Minia ture. KOIK. 6:00 p m. 6tlndy Evening Hour. KNX, KSL, KOIN: Orandpappy and CIS Pals, KOO. KEX, KJR; Manhat tan Merry -Oo-Round, KPO, KOMO. KOW. 6:30 pai-- Bookman's notebook. KOO; American Album of Familiar Music, KPO, KOMO, KOW; News. KNX; Conf. of Jews and Christiana, KJR. 7 00 p m. Hour of Charm. KPO, KGW. KOMO: Goodwill Hour. KNX. KEX. KJR, KOO: Take It or Lea-e It. KNX, KSL, KOIN. T:S0 pm. Kalen Bayea Theater. KNX. KSL. KOIN: Adntura of Sherlock Holmes. KPO. iOW, KOMO S 00 p m. Crime Doctor, KNX. KOIN; Great Olldertleeve. KPO, KOW, KOMO; Inner Sanctum. KOO. KEX. KJR; News, KSL. 6:16 pm- Sunday Evening Service. KSL. 8:30 pm. Jack Benny. KOO, KEX. KJR; Dance Band. KNX. KOIN: Beau Holr Musical KOW; Highway Nlent Express, KOMO; Etchings In Brass. KPO. S OO pm. Walter Wlncnell. KPO. Kow, KOMO; Irene Rich, KOO KEX; Hollywood Playhouaa, KNX; Leon P. Drewa, KOIN; String 4nsem. ble, KSL. 6:30 pnv Stury Behind the Head llrm, KOO; Carnival, KPO, KOW, KOMO; What's It All About. KNX. KOIN; Rusa Morgan's Orch., KEX; On Temple Square, KSL. 10:00 p.m. Reporter Nevrs. KPC. KOW. KOMO; Screen Oulld Theater. KNX; Paul Barron's Orch, KOO. KEX; News, KOIN; Maaterworks of Music. KSL; National Vespers, KJR. 10:30 p.m -Tommy Doraey's Orch, KNX. Hollywood Temple Hour. KJR: Any Bon da Today, KOIN; Sabbath Reveries, KSL. 11:00 pm. This Moving Wcrld. KEX; Song of the Strings, KPO, KOW: News, KNX. Monday jOO pm. Adventure Stories. KOO. : , KJB: Stars or Today. KOW; Don . , Wlnalow of the Navy, KPO; Vo Pop. ' , KSU KOIN. 6 30 p ro. Paul Martin's Orch, KOMO: News, KOIN: Cocktail Hour. ' ' KOW: Walts Rhythm. KPO: Voices ' of Veaterdsy. KSL; News of the J World. KEX. KJR: Bill Henry. KNX. 6:00 p. m. Radio Theater, KKX i rrTM if at. rw r d Jim Mrrlatn . ; KPO. KOW. KOMO. Beret City. KOO, 1 i KEX: Victory Chorus. KJR. 1 6:30 pm. Por America We Sing. I KOO, KKX, KJR: That Brewster Boy. j KPO, KOW, KOMO. W j 7.-00 pm. Mercury Theater, KNX. 1 ' KOIN, KSL; Monday Merry-Oo-Roucd KOO. KJR, KEX; contented Hoar, KPO, KOW, KOMO. I 7:30 p. m. Cavalcade of America. I KPO, KOMO, KOW; Blond!, KNX. j KSL. KOIN; Music for Listening. ' KCO; Modern Music Box. KEX; Oreater Waahlngton Hour. KJR. 6:00 p. m. Amos n Andy. KNX. KSU Fred Waring. KPO. KOMO. KOW; Carmen Cavallaro's Orch, KOO. KJR, KEX: Pledge Week De fense Bond, KOIN. 6:15 p. m. Lanny Ross, KNX, KSL; Lum and Abner, KPO, KOMO. 8 :30 p. m. I Love a Mystery, KOO, KEX, KJR: Voice of Richard Crooks, KPO. KOW. KOMO; Oay Nineties nevue. I-NX. KSL. BLUH. 0:00 p. m. Telephone Hour, KPO, KOW, KOMO: True or False. KOO, KJR, KEX; I Was There, KNX: Necs, KOIN; tTxcuralona In Science, KSL. B .30 p. m. Hawthorn House. KPO, KOW; Hollywood Showcase. KNX, KOIN; News. KSL. KJR: Moon light Sonata. KKX; Let There Be Music. KOO. 10:00 p. m Phil Harris Orch, KOO, KEX. K.R: Reporter News, KPO. KOW, KOMO: Maaterworks of Music, KSL: News, KNX; Five Star Pinal. KOIN. 10:30 p. m Ed Stoker Music. KOW, KOMO; Hommy Dorseya Orch, KOO; Alvlno Key's Orch. KSL; Broad way Bandwagon, KEX; Tropical Moods, KJR: Maaterworks of Music. KNX: The World Today. KOIN; Con cert Hail. KPO. 11 AO p. m. Oen O rounds, KSL. KOIN; Ran Wlldt's Orch-. KPO. KOW; This Moving World, KEX. KJR; Ksws. KN. KOO. Coulee Generator Ready For Service Washington, Jan, 31. (JP) The bureau of reclamation ad vised Interior Secretary Ickes today that Grand Coulee dam's second 108,000 kilowatt hydro electric generator had been completed and was ready to make its contribution to the war effort The new generator and its twin were said to be the largest in the world. The bureau said the recently installed unit would act as a standby power install Won until facilities were com pleted for additional aluminum production in the area. ALL OYER THE PLACE By GLUYAS WILLIAMS U4 Sf5 OUT TOR BED Srfi WftvN Oil STAIRS. IMACES OftE SHOE IWvK SHOE CM StAIRS, TAVflrJ6 OVT A SHOE ArlD WHILE W6UW& THE ArJP 60ES OH UP.H0PPM6J D15CUSS1N6 WHETHER HE nPnTEK Or WHEN Ht'P OWtV 5H0t COMlNfa 011 COUU) 60 OH AH hll-W DO HIS CHORR) PiUD AM SDDiH.6 UNtER hike -tomorrow his pracTicihc, bureau ik hai. 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ROLLING LIBRARY Edmonton's library on wheela Is a rabuili streetcar. Windows were covered, the car was lined with shelves, and a heater was installed. Its book circulation is 1.800 a week each adult being allowed to take two books, and each child patron one. The portable library is necessary because Edmonton sprawls oyer much mora territory than its population requires. QUEER BIRD The gannet has two structural peculiarities of Interest. No trace of a nostril remains. Possibly because it is forced to breathe through its mouth, the tongue also has almost disappeared! TAILSPIN TOMMY Skeeta Receives A Shock! By HAL FORREST Trapped inside the confines OP CAMP MIX rvVWEN THE BIG POWDER. ' PLANT NEAR. THE POST EXPLODED, into A SHELL HOLE AS PROJECTILES WHIRLED OVER HEAD... BUT SUDDENLY HE PERCEIVED A BUILDING CLOSE BY... AND RAN TOWARJ IT LI L ABNER When Bool Meets Yokuml MEBBE THERE'S )VH OOH..AW HUH?? DID iTI I MY LEO..I..I THIN K.Vi7 m D??? 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