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PAGE SIX . MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. - OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1942. Chapter 18 No Good DUT on tht wit to Ne . .rk, O Melissa fought for and; achieved a measur or Mil-control that forbad any mora tear. Her neart waa broken: ant waa don with love -became ah had fiven Randy all the lov her ager young heart could hold and now that heart was completely empty. But ah was young, not rat twenty; and ahe waa healthy; and life was long. She would have to fill her life so with activity that he would not hav time to grieve tor her lost love. She had been terrified of New Orleans when, fresh from th quiet and remoteness of th Point, he had reached ther. But when she stepped off th train at Penn. sylvania Station and New York burst upon her. sh was appalled. Sh had a moment of wild panic In which ah wanted to turn and run back to the train and beg to be taken back to th River Queen. A friendly voice rook it her elbow and ah turned to find Todd Beasley ther. smiling, wel coming her, turning to a pleasant woman in her late thirties, smart and exDensive-looking. and say ing "Well her sh is. my dear ill.. Kfl.-I " -miH miiiuwv, hij He Melissa said in a little warm rush of delight anJ gratitude, "Oh. but how Kind of you to meet met I was frightened stiff" Ann Beaalev said frankly. "And well you might be. my lamb. This Is a wicked old city for pretty little girls like you. But don't let Its false lace scar youi nun from It and it'll tear vou to pieces: stand up and face It and dar it to do it worst and it will purr like a cream-fed kitten. It's lust a big bluff" Th taxi managed to fight its way Into th stream of north bound traffic the driver exchang ing iniulta with a truck-driver who refused to give an extra inch of room. The noise to Melissa was incredible; she listened to it, awed, and wondered that people could go about their Dullness, in different to that terrific roar made up of a thousand and on dif ferent sounds. They left Melissa at her hotel, promising to com back for her at seven and take her to din ner. And in th room assigned to her. Melissa stood very still for a moment, drawn to her full height, and bravely faced th spectre of th future. Randy was gon forever.-but life was left and youth and ambition. She'd hav to do the best sh could with those Work-Oat ON th fourth morning after her arrival in New York. Me lissa aDDeared at th studio. guided by Ann. for her first re hearsal. Her program was to con sist of thirty minutes twice a week; she was to work with a celebrated radio orchestra, with an occasional euest-star. To Melissa, ther waa nothing unusual about it, because she was too ignorant of radio to real lie that new coast-to-coast hook-ups are not usually chosen from small town singers with aa little experience as she had had. Nor could sh understand the tens little group of thirty or mors people in the small studio when she appeared for her first rehearsal. Sh waa not nervous. Sh was apathetic. Somehow she couldn't make herself feel that all this was terribly important She had a oueer. sick, lifeless sort of feel ing, as though all the brightness and eagerness had gon out of her. Ann said swiftly, lust as th or chestra leader signalled his readi ness. "Don't be scared, kiddie don't be nervous. It's only mike" "I'm not nervous." answered Melissa so quietly that Ann stared at her sharply, obviously un pleasantly startled by her quiet There wasnt time for more. Melissa stepped before the micro phone and Ann, looking fright ened and uneasy, sat down beside her husband, who waa frankly very nervous Indeed. The orchestra played th open ing bars of the selected song, and then Melissa tipped her head back a little and begin to sing. There was a tense quiet throughout the studio, and when she had nnisnea the number, everybody very carefully avoided his neighbors eyes, and the orchestra leader monped his blow a little and looked sharply at Todd Beasley. who nodded. Another song, Melissa sang again. And when she had finished. Todd said quietly, "That's enough for now. Melissa." Todd and the orchestra leader had their heads together in a close conference. It was plain the orchestra trader was arguing hot ly and vehemently, but Todd only went on shaking his head and looking a little grimmer every minute. He cam over to Ann and Me llssa after a moment and, avoid ing Ann's anxious eyes, said briskly. "Jerry has made an ex cellent suggestion. He feels that Melissa should have some work with Allan Barton- Ann 8iv a littl excited gasp 01 miens reiiei. FOUR DIE IN HAWAII CRASH OF WARPLANE Honolulu, April 7 P Army authorities announced today SHOP AT NIGHT Barker' ar open until o'clock EVERY night 73axk$a Stor for Mo I 1 I By ROBtRlTrf i,COURTIAND j An appointment was mad ana sh was taken by Todd uptown to th hug, skylighted, cluttered, looking studio where Allan Bar ton lived and worked. He was a big man, paunchy, with bright blu eyes in a round cherubie face, eyes that wer cold and blue as polished marble that children play with. When Todd had finished bis ex. nlanatioo of Melissa's presenca and th fact that within two weeks sh was to open a new ra dio program, Mian Barton turned to her sharply and barked. Scream for help. Melissa atared at him. wide- eyed. "What?" sh gasped, quit sure sh hadn't heard him cor rectly. "Scream for help, snapped Barton furiously. "But loud a if you really meant it" Aneer burned in Melissa's breast and ah tipped her head back, draw a deep breath and screamed, with all ber power, "Helpl Helpl Policel" "Ah." said Barton, pleased. "Maybe we ean do something with you alter au. Todd aaid eagerly. Then youi take her on. Barton? We've only got a couple of weeks" "We'll work," said Barton firm ly, and the look' in his eyes as they rested on Melissa was almost malevolent "Right now. I am free I can give her four houra a day if she can take X" 'She'll take it and like It, promised Todd grimly, "beginning now. i Defeat AND then began, that ery day, the most gruelling experience Melissa had even known. Barton was a martinet; some of his ideas. such aa having her scream now and then to test and strengtnen her lungs, seemed to her down right idiotic. But he yelled and swore and raged at her and often reduced her to tears and aeemed Dleased when he had and. before she could control th tears, mads her sing. Sh stuck to It gamely, day after day, going back to the hotel to tumble into bed too exhausted for anything but sleep. And then one day she overheard Barton and Toad talking. Todd said something that aha could not understand in a sooth ing ton and then Barton snarled furiously, knowing perfectly well that sh could hear every word. wetl, mayoe sne couia sing un Mississippi show boat but sh can't sing here. Beasley you're a fool. Buy ui her contract aend her back to Mississippi" Melisss pushed open th door and stood facing them, her fac quite white above the soft ruddy beauty 01 th cnerisnea iox scarf. 'He doesn t have to buy up my contract, Mr. Barton." sh said levelly. "Nor do you have to waste any more or your valuable time bullying me. 1 never wanted to sing on the radio anyway, and I'll be tickled to death to get back to Mississippi I'm leaving on the next train. And because her code forbad tear in th presence of her ene mies she turned and ran, stum bling a little, out into the hall and to the elevator Sh tabbed her thumb on the button, but befor the car answered her summons, Todd was beside her, saying noth ing, but with a hand comtorianiy under her elbow guiding her into the descending elevator. Outside, one glance at her fac told him how desperately she was fighting her tears, and he lifted his stick to signal a passing taxi. He helped her into it said to the driver. "Through the Park," and followed her Into the car. "What's wrong. Melissa?" asked Todd quietly "I heard you sing on the show boat and there was something about your voice that made me sure you'd be a sensa tion on the radio." She set her teeth hard for a moment and then she said hus kily, "I suppose it was because I was happy on the show boat I was singing right out of my heart' And now well 1 don't think I'll ever be happy again." "It was a man. of course." said Todd grimly. "It always is in cases like these. Who was it? Any chance of getting him up here? Melissa shook her head. "Ran dy'd never com to New York, and even if he would, he doesn't really lov me. 1 was a fool to think he would" "Randy?" Todd repeated. "Do you mean Ace Hendricks, the man who owned the show boat?" "Of course." said Melissa, and her voir shook a little. "Wa wer going to be married. I told you remember? And then he well, he changed his mind." -Oh, he did. did he?" said Todd, and there was a curious, almost startled look on his face. They drove for a littl in si lence, and then Todd leaned for ward and epoke to th taxi driver, giving him the nam of Melissa's hotel A little later, when Todd left her there, he said heartily. "Well keep the good old chin up. Melissa child -we'll think of something. You're open ing on that program a week from tonight, and we're going to make Allan Barton look like th fool I've often thought him." Te a swuaaea that an army bomber crashed and burned last night with a mas of at least four lives. Four bodies had been recovers! and It was feared there were additional vic tims. The crash occurred on the windward aide of Oahu island. No other details were available. TAST WORK Portland, Ore., April 7 -H The U. S. S. Annoy, a mma sweeper, was launched by ihe Commercial iron Works tivlny and only a lew nours later 80 per cent of the hull of the suc ceeding vrel wrj on trie wavs The second vesw I s hull had been built in atvtiom whuh were swung into place after! On the Radio Chains STATIONS! . Ckala affiliation an wbert they are on l he dlali KALE (MB) IS. Portland, aex nbc-biu iiso. rwtiana StUA NHT-Hlu lll ISI Spokane: K)iO (MtC-Hluet 81. Ban rranciani stow M'-Hdl (20. Portland! KJ (NBC-Blur) 100. Reattiti (NX CBX 107 Los Anerles; ROA (NBC-Hrd) SM Denver: KOIN rn S70, Port land: komo Nnr-Rra ana Sraltle: KPO (SBC-Krd) W San rranrtaro; KSL (CBS) lit Mil Lake Clly. tin Shown U WT " Tuesday B 00 p. as- Hying Patrol, KOO. BUR: Don wtnalow of th Nary, KPO; Art Tou a Missing Heir, KBL: Newa. KOIN; Musical Portrait, KOMO. 6:80 p. m. Bob Burns Show. KSL; Horace Baldt'a Treasure Cheat, KPO. KOMO, ROW; BUI Henry. KOIN; Kewe of th World. KZX. KOO. KJR; Harry W. Ptannery, KNX. IMp. m. Bums and Allen, KPO. KOW, KOMO: Second Husband. KSL. KNX; Dane Tims, KJR; What's The Answer, KOIN. 6:80 p. m. Fibber McOM and Mol ly. KPO. KOMO, KOW; Symphony Concert. KOO, KZX, KJR; Report to the Nation. KNX, KOIN. 7:00 p. m. Bob Hope, KPO. KOMO. KOW; Talk by Lord Halifax, KSL, KOIN. 1:00 p. m. Amos n Andy, KNX, KSL. KOIN: Pred Waring. KPO. KOW, KOMO; Three Ring Time. KOO, KJR; Rhythm Time, KEX. 8:15 p. m. Lum and Abner, KPO. KOW, KOMO; Ltnny Row, KNX. KSL, KOIN. 8:80 p. m . Information Please. KOO, KCX, KJR; Are Tou a Missing Heir. KNX, KOIN; Johnny Presenu, KPO, KOW, KOMO; News, KSL. 9:00 p. m- Duffy's Tavern. KNX. KOIN, KSL; News. KOO, KJR, KFX: Adventures of th Thin Man, KPO. KOW. KOMO. 9:30 p. m. Don Bestor's Orch.. KOO, KJR: Battle of the Seies. KPO KOMO, KOW; Bob Burns Show, KNX, KOIN: News, KSL, KEX. 10:00 p. m. Cugat Rumba Rerue, KOO, KEX, KJR; Reporter Newa. KPO. KOMO, KOW; Muterworks of Music, KSL; News. KNX; Plv star Pinal, KOIN. 10:80 p. m. Stan Kenton's Orch.. KSL; Al Donahue's Orch.. KOMO; Claude ThornhlU'a Orch., KOO, KJR; Broadway Bandwagon, KEX: Moon light Sonata, KOW; Concert Hall, KPO: War Tim Women, KOIN. 11:00 p. m. Swing Your Partner. KPO, KOW; This Moving World. KEX, KJR; Anita Carol and Erwln Yeo. KOIN; News, KNX. KOO; Rev erlea, KOMO. Wednesday 8:00 p. m. Ken Strvens, KOIN: Brewster Boy. KSL; Seattle P.-T.A., KOMO: Plying Patrol, KOO, KJR; Star of Today, KOW; Don Wlnslow of the Navy, KPO. 5:30 p. m Newa of the World. KEX, KOO. KJR: Harry w. Plannery, KNX; Dr. Christian. KSL; It Happen ed In the Service, KPO, KOMO, KOW; News, KOIN. 8:00 p. m. Eddie Cantor, KPO. KOW, KOMO: American Melodjr Hour, KOO, KEX, KJR; Shirley Tem ple la Junior Miss, KNX, KOIN, Sport. KSL. 8:30 p. m. Dr. Cab Calloway, KOO. KEX: Mr. District Attorney, KPO. KOMO, KOW; Ransom Sherman HAP HOPPER, Waahlngton Correspondent The Nari threw Rad MurphL) overboard, thinking h was daad, but stoLrt-heartad Murphy ajo4 riot daad, and wanaqadio clfno; to 9om wrrcKoga until picked UP B4 K4 LarefO fisherman SO THEY'VE OOT WIKlrtATE ABOARD A-S A PRISONER. MP, THAT TO THE WAR OFFICE AM' NO ONE ELSE.' LI'L ABNER Tha Wolf Pack! PORE DAISY MAE.'-AH OU6HTA be: foorious at her fo'slappin' ME BUI WHEN AH THINKS O' HOW SHE'S PROB'LY EATIN HER HEART OUT WIF REMORSE -AH FEEL'S , KINDA SORRY FO'HER.T" THE NEBBS Bus Llns GLAO NOU CAMeY LOTS 0F MARRIED rNOO VJOvfT SEE A' THIS SWOULD A PHW VJEEKS VmAYBE PAJMhrA W THAT SETTV-ES IT! EARLY DOCTOR IMEM WOULD PAV AsN VJORDS OONWKl AO.EAR UP M IN THE SUNNV 1COULD GO WITH KwhEN ANYONE TRIES TO MY WIFE'S LOST ME. OOOBLE THERE SUE USED Ylflt HOURS IP . SOUTH WOULD DO) c LEO 1 CAtT i TALK ME. INTO A VACATION , 1M ) HER VOICE -fYpOR NCTT CUR1K4S THEM ALL UP ON J yOU STOP lHERAVORLO ySETAVVAY J TOTALLY UNABLE TO GIVE. J COMPLETELY J JHAT CDMDlTlOM.'1 sH. TELEPHONE tryikiS TO J VOP SOODA RlSHT NOW J THEM ANY . C j l, Show, KNX, KOIN: News. KJR. 7:00 p. m. Olrnn Millar's Orch, KNX, KOIN, KSL; Basin Street Cbamber Mualo, KOO, KEX; Kay Kv aar'a Musical Quia, KPO, KOW. KOMO; TUB to Relax, KJR. 7:80 p. m New of the World. KSL: Jean Cavall. KOO, KJR; Faith ful Stradivari, KEX. 8 00 p. m, Quia Kids. KOO. KEX. KJR; Amos n' Andy, KNX, KEX. KJR: Point Sublime, KPO, KOW. KOMO. 8:18 p. nu Lanny Hoas, KNX, KSL, KOIN. 8:30 p. m. Dr. Christian. KNX. KOIN; Unci Walter's Dog House. KPO. KOW. KOMO: Manhattan at Mldnlcht, KOO, KJR, KEX; Ktws, KBL. 8:00 p. ra. Paul Martin's Music, KPO, KOW; Tommy Tucker's Orch.. KOO, KEX, KJR: That Brewster Boy. KNX. KOIN: Highlight Hour. KOMO; Hymn Service, KSL. 8:80 p. ra. Ce Davidson's Orch. KOO; Woody Herman'e Orcb., KOIN; Pred Warlng'a Orcb.. KPO, KOMO. KOW: News. KJR, KSL. KEX: Wil liam Winter, News. KNX; Off the Record. KOMO. 10:00 p. m. Reporter News, KPO. KOW. KOMO; Ran Wllde'a Orch. KOO. KEX: News. KNX, KOIN; Mas terworka of Mualc, KSL; Chamber Mualo Society, KJR. 10:30 p. m. Claude TbornhlU's Orch, KOO, KOMO: Howard Becker's Orch, KSL; Broadway Bandwagon. KEX; Serenade. KJR; War Time Wo men, KOIN; Concert Hall, KPO. 11:00 p. m. Organ. KPO. KOW; Wilbur Hatch'a Orch.. KOIN, KSL: This Moving World, KEX: Newa, KNX. KOO; Polk Music, KJR; Evening Rev eries, KOMO. Big Applegate Big Applegate, April 7. Spl.) Dan Cashman and Max Waugh arrived here recently from San Francisco and will spend the FAMILY TUCK-UP f HIS PRETTY WWUSY BUT KNOW THERE IS NO Use TRYING TO GO TO SLEEP UNTIL MOTHER MAS CARE FULLY TUCKED HIM UP ANP DADOV HAS CREPT IN ANt DABBED AT THE BLANKETS WITH THE VASUE IPEA HE IS BEIN4 USEFUL AND NOT UNTIL THEN CAN A BABY flHE NAZIS TO FRIGHTEN THE sroRy OFFICER WAS ANO A QUI6UN6:SO-TO PRESERVE THE T. P(?0MIE,ReP.,N4 THESE SPIES, WITH SUCH A MILITARY SECRET I'M AN AMERICAN FIRST, AW A REP MURPHY TRIED T0 REPORTER second:: HER IN , J summer with Mr. and Mrs. Otis Buck. Mlaa Clara Pay McKe baa been elected lecturer In th Upper Apple- gat (rang to succeed Mrs. John Black, woo resigned recently. Follow ing resignation of Mr. Black aa aa- alatant steward. Omar Culy baa been : elected to fulfill that duty. , rcouano Bmiin ia bdm to d aoout again, following an attack of flu and measles. Mrs. Win. Orant of Hawthorn. Cal, j la apendlng eom time ber at the I ranch borne, formerly the A. 0. Klein- ! hammer place, which Mr. and Mrs. Orant' purchased In January. Mr. Orant, aaaoclated with the Pacific Aircraft training schools In Califor nia and Dallas. Texas, will com here by plane In a few daya to Join Mrs. orant for a abort time. Exten sive Improvement ar 'nearlng com pletion on the ranch, including re modeling of the home, erection of an implement ehed. fc no construc tion, and other details. Friends here will be interested in knowing that Mlsa Helen Kubll of Medford. who bad been employed In clerical work at Camp White, re cently waa promoted and transferred to tn Albany-CorvallU cantonment. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Ammerman expected to leave this week for Se attle, Mr. Ammerman having enlis ted In the coast guard. Mrs. Marjory Biden of Prospect baa been selected to succeed Mr. Ammerman aa upper grad teacher In the Ruch school for the remainder of this term. FIRE BOMBS EXPLODE IN BELFAST THEATER Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 7. (JP) Three German type incendiary bombs explod ed harmlessly on Easter in a movie theater which Just had been emptied of a Saturday night crowd of United States and British troops, and a search dis closed, other explosives hidden like taster eggs in the builduig. Bt CLUYA3 WILLIAMS AND 6KAN0MA, WHO THINKS NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO TUCK BABIES UP EX CEPT HER, HAS COME IN ANP TUCKED! HIM UP ALU OVER A0AIN AND MOTHER HAS COME SACK TO MAKf SURE GRANPMA WON'T PUT MORE OVER nin wMmwi ink wiiniw fcrr, I ANP HAS GIVEN BLANKET A FINAL TUCK) ARRANGE MATTERS TO SUIT HIM SELF- ANO GO TO SLEEP H Didn't Talk SAW A CHANCE AMERICA WITH THAT A CABINET A DESERTER SECRET KILLEP POOR , ANP THEN 6ET ME" FS 1 1 SA -V I NATCH ERLY.5HE1.L BE COMIN' 'ROUNI'-HER EYES WET WIF TEAR5- HER THROAT CHOKirr WIF SOSS- T BEG ME T FOGIvE HER.p-O'COURSE-AH WILL FCSIVE TH' END BUT -FUST-' AM LL BC STERNA Heater Pad Output Under Restriction Washington, April l. UP) Production of electric heating pads- for home use waa cut to 50 per cent of 1940 production by the war production board to day, and the output of hospital type pads this year was ordered limited to the 1940 total. The action will restrict the output of about 30 manufact urers in the country to approxi mately 13 0,000 hospital-type STRANGE AS IT SEEMS Although nicotine? kiu OTUEtt PE5T5 PRAVlNJCl HOUSEFUK WiTH IT ONLY MAKES TMHAA WALK BACKWARDS LlMPER LONDON PBtZE fclNG WOI2E Plkr? OKI WERE Or BMJL.Y CjA-SUED WOM 19th cenfinj... i SHOE STRING SUCCESS Traveling via th Canadian National Railway irora Nova Scotia to British Columbia. Cliiiord Layt won his bt by sailing th 50.000th shoalac to a conductor. Crippled sine th ag of fir. Layt formerly had someon ti his shoelace for him. BACKWARD FLIES U. S. Department of Agriculture xprlmntrs discovered that nicotln kills aphlds. 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