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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1942.
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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."
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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
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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
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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!
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