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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD.- OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1942."
ur.apter 28
Bacon's Rom
A LLEN shrugged and looked it
the plein-clothes nail.
"Ready?" he asked and walked
over to the door where he turned.
"Sorry. Dean." be said. This may
ba pretty rotten for the firm but
there's not much can do about
It now. . . 'Bye. Joyce . . . And
thanks. Dee." he added, not look
ing at her. "Don't let them bully
you and don't worry." '
"Worry?" Delia stood up and
faced him "Why should I worry?
Do vou? Have you ever?"
Joyce Rasped at the outburst
Cone from the girl was the look
of pain and deiection: now rer
eyes struck sparks and her voice
was stiff with emotion.
"It's that hateful pride of
yours. You don't want help from
me or anyone else. No matter how
intolerable the situation you'll
always have that stubborn Indif
ference to protect vou. You don't
want a lawyer, you can't be
bothered to defend yourself.
You'd rather stay here than admit
you're in trouble. . . . All right
Stay here and rot a while. Maybe
it will do vou some good."
After that the silence was op
pressive. Delia continued to stare
at him. waiting for some answer,
but none came. With the first
angry flare of spirit Ward Allen
had recoiled as though someone
had struck him, then the look of
hurt was gone, leaving his face
stiff and impassive. Without a
word ne lert the room.
Delia sagged. She tried not to,
keeping her head uo defiantly.
but something had gone out of
tier
"Why did I have to do that?"
he said, hopelessly.
Bacon stood glaring at the door,
his lone face still flushed. Thorn-
dike ran his hand over his jaw
and snook his head, scowling, his
yes puzziea.
i Joyce was completely misera
ble. She did not know what to
believe. She had seen the shock
ing effect of O'Conner's announce
ment m Ward Allen's face, seen
him steel himself against the
questioning that followed Either
ward naa tnrown tne gun away
or the taxi driver had been mis
taken. But It was not this alone that
made her feel so. faint inside.
Something terrible and frighten
ing had happened to Ward and
Delia.
Cigarette Case
A CHAIR scraped anr Thorn
dike was walking round the
table.
"Now, now," he said. "Hell be
11 right and so will you. We'll
get a lawyer and have him out
before night."
He patted Delia's shoulder.
squeezing it so that she looked at
him ana tried to smile. Joyce
stood up and Thomdike started
for '.he door.
"Just a minute. Miss Stewart"
Baron was turned to the desk.
-WW you take look at this,
please?
Delia gave him . questioning
lance, and stepped up beside
nim. Joyce could see Bacon ges
ture to something flat and gleam
ing on the desk.
"Ever seen that before?"
Delia picked up the object and
Joyce saw It was a silver cig
arette case. She waited while the
Eirl turned the case over in her
and.
"I'm sorry, I haven't," she said.
She did not replace ' the case
but extended it to Bacon so that
he had to accept it Not until
then, as he took it holding two
edges between thumb and middle
finger, did Joyce realize what had
happened.
Fear struck at her and she went
cold inside. Delia was walking
towards Dean Thorndike. Bacon
put the case on the desk, his back
to the room; then Joyce knew
;i.s.
Malor General Karl Spats. U.
Heroes Congratulated
v-
theater of operations, congratulates four American airmen who!
look part in the July 4 raid on a German airfield in Holland, after I
they had received the distinguished flying cross at a U. S. army air
base In Britain. Left t nghti General Spats. Serqesnt Bennie '
B. Cunningham, Tupelo, liss.r Sergeant Robert L. Golay. Frerlonia. I
Kan.i Lieut. Randall D-rton of Long Beach. CalU., and Majpt
Charles Kecelman, El Reno. Ok la.
what she had to do and was walk
ing resolutely towards him.
"By the way. Lieutenant Are
you still holding that man Rae
burn?" "Yes," Bacon said, "but I don't
know for how long. We haven't
cracked him and his lawyer must
have influence. Some pressure
came down the line to the D.A.
from Washington. If we don't get
something soon we'll have to let
him go."
He . had turned to face her.
leaning back on the desk, his
hands braced at his sides. She
stood auite close to him, trying
to edge around nim. talking, not
knowing exactly what she said
Presently she made her smile
little more winning and ap
proached the problem directly.
"Could 1 see that case?" Per
haps i may have "
"I doubt it" Bacon said. He
was smiling too. but there was
a queer look In his gray eyes. "I
don't think you're even seen it
before."
A plain-clothes man appeared
beside ner and she realized that
Bacon had pressed the buzzer.
"You can have this now,
Wasey." he said, stepping so close
to Joyce that she had to move
back. "She can't identify it."
Joyce saw the plain-clothes
man reach for the case. When
he started out she saw he was
holding it the same way Bacon
had.
Then he was gone and she was
walking to where Thorndike and
Delia waited, drawing on ner
gloves so that they would not see
the fear in her eyes. Even in the
hall sne kept her face averted
lest it should reveal ner feelings.
Delia's fingerprints were on that
case and very soon now those
prints would be compared with
those on the glass from which
Delia had sipped her drink in
Perry Clarke's apartment
Maybe He Did
DEAN THORNDIKE handed
them Into his car and drove
slowly down Berkeley Street
easing to a stop in front of the
traffic light
"We'll go down to the office."
he said, "and I'll call Arnold
Gage. He's the best lawyer in
town for this sort of thing.
"I think Delia would rather go
home." Joyce said.
"Ye, please." Delia said. "For
a little while.''
Thorndike started to speak.
checked himself when he looked
down at the girl at his side. The
light changed and he shifted
gears, continuing straight across.
"All right I'll drop you off. You
do look done in."
She was staring straight ahead.
a look of blank despondency in
her eyes.
Why did I do that?" There was
a catch .n her voice but she
quickly controlled it. "I wanted
so to et him know it didn t mat
ter, to do something to help him.
I didn't mean to je such a nasty
nine oeast Dut
"Of course you didn't Joyce
said.
"I couldn't stand it. He lust sat
there as if nothing could possibly
matter to him any more, as if he
didn't even want us around."
He didn t expec; us. Joyce
said. "He came in prepared to put
up a good front and not let the
lieutenant rattle him. and he
didn't dare let down."
Yes." Deli said. "And how
perfectly awful it must be for
him."
Just the same, Thorndike
said, "I think he's taking the
wrong attitude. That taxi driver
could be mistaken but it does
look as though Ward was out and
around about that time. Why
shouldn't he explain his move
ments? 1 don't know. Dee, I think
he's hiding something."
There was more silence and
then Thorndike spoke again.
1 don t like to say it but
there's one thing we ought to
consider. Maybe he did kill
Clarke."
Te be contlnoed
y.:j ,
8. army air chief In the Eurooean
On the Radio Chains
TATIOMl
Chita amilatlon and when
they are on tha dial:
KALE (MHSi mo, Portland.
REX (NHCbluel IIM. Portland:
KUA OHC-Hlue SII1S) IS10
Spokane; KtlO NRC-BI) SIS.
Ran rranctaroi Km (NHC-Rrt)
820. Portland: KJR (NBC-Hluel
louo. unities a.NX (CB 1070
Lot Ancles: ROA (NBC-Red) IM
twiner: RniN (CBS) ?. Port
land: ROMO (NBC-Reel)
tattle: KPO (NBC-Red) M
Kan Franrlara: RSI (CBS) Ilea,
all Lake City.
" lime Known Is PST
Wednesday
p. m H. y. Kalter.bora, XPO,
KOW, KOMO: Nelson Eddy, KNX.
KOIN. KfiL; Plying Patrol. KEX,
KOO, KJR; SUra of Today, KOW:
Walts Rhythm, KPO.
S:30 p. m. Dr. Christian. KSL;
It Happened In the Serrlce, KOMO,
KOW: News. KOO; Harry W. Plan
nery. KNX. KOIN: Polk Muale from
Many Lands, KJR; Passing Parade,
KPO.
8:00 p. m. Shirley Temple In
Junior Mlaa. KNX. KOIN: Those We
Lore. KPO. KOW. KOMO: Basin Street
Mualc, KOO, KEX; Serenade, KJR;
Sports, KSL.
6:80 p. m. Ooldman Band Con
cert, KOO, KJR: Mr District Attor
ney. KPO. KOMO, KOW; Suspense,
KNX. KOIN; Newa, KEX; American
Melody Hour, KSL.
7:00 p. m G firry Moore Show,
KOO, KEX. KJR: Oreat Momenta In
Muale. KOIN. KSL. KNX: Kay Ky
aer'a Mualcal Quia, KPO. KOMO.
KOW.
7:30 p. m. Lightning Jim. KOO,
KJR. KEX: 3nd Letter. KNX, KOIN:
Army Recruiting. KSL.
a 00 p. m. Earl Oodwin. KOO.
KEX. KJR: Amaa n' Andy. KNX.
KOIN. KSL: Point Sublime, KPO,
KOW. KOMO.
1:16 p. m. Olenn MUler'a Oreh..
KNX. KSL, KOIN: Lum and Abner,
KOO, KEX, KJR.,
8:30 p. m. Dr. Christian, KNX,
KOIN: Paul Martin's Orch., KPO,
KOW; Manhattan at Midnight. KOO.
KJR. KEX; News. KSL.
S:0O p m Richard Hlmber'a
Orch., KOW: News Here and Abroad.
KOO: William winter. KNX: Down
Memory Lane. KEX: Studio Party.
KJR: Hlehllsrit' Hour. KOMO: Light
and Mellow. KPO: Sports. KSL.
0:30 p. m. Horace Heldt's Oreh..
KOO: Woody Herman's Orch.. KNX:
News. KSL: Nnrthwent Neighbors.
KOIrT: News HlehlUhta. KEX: Your
Mayor Speaks. KOW: Who's On the
Home Front, KOMO; Our Bandstand.
KPO.
10:00 p. m. Reporter News. KPO,
KOW. KOMO: Del Courtney's Oreh..
KOO. KEX: Newa. KNX. KOIN:
Chamber Muale, KJR; Masterworka
of Music. -KSL.
10:30 p. m. Freddy Martin's Orch..
KOO. KJR: Sports. KNX. KSL: Harry
Owen's Hawallana. KPO. KOMO:
Broadway Bandwagon. KEX: Moon
light Sonata, KOW; War Time Wo
men. KOrN.
11:00 p. m. Orgon. KPO: Lud
Oluaklnt Orch., KOIN. KSL: This
Moving World. KEX: News. KNX:
Dance Oreh.. KOW; Folk Mualc. KJR:
Newa, KNX; Evening Reveries. KOMO.
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KSL: Msurtos'a Oreh.. KPO, KOW:
Flying Patrol. KEX, KOO, KJR; stars
of Today. KOW: Thirty Seconds to
Oo. KNX:- Melody Time, KOTN:
Danea Orch., KOMO.
8:80 p. m. Masters of' Music.
KOMO. KOW: Death Valley Daya.
KSL: Clete Roberta Reports. KOO,
KEX; Harry W. Flannery, KNX.
KOIN; Folk Muale from Many Lands.
KNX: The Parade. KPO. -
8:00 p. m. Ma lor Bowes Original
Amateur Hour. KNX. KSL. KOIN:
Bob Crosby. KPO. KOK. KOMO: Sur
Lea Boulevards, KEX, KJR; Voice of
Victory, KOO.
8:80 p. m. Ravlna Park Concert.
KNX. KOIN, KSL: Fifteen Minutes
from Broadway. KOO: News, KEX:
Armchair Cruises, KJR.
7:00 p. m. How'm I Doln'?. KPO.
KOW, KOMO; Rudy Vallee Show,
KOO. KEX. KJR; First Line. KNX,
KOIN, KSL. '
7:80 p. m. Red Ryder. KOO. KJR.
KEX: March of Time. KPO. KOW.
KOMO: Time Out for Melody. KNX:
Leon F. Drews, KOIN; Musical Mem
oirs, KSL.
8:00 p. ra, Amos n Andy, KNX.
KSL. KOIN; Fred Waring. KPO.
KOMO, KOW; Ear Oodwln. KOO,
KJR. KEX.
8:1ft p. m Lum and Abner. KOO.
KJR, KEX: String Ensemble. KOMO;
Olenn Miller's Orch, KNX. KOIN.
KSL; On Our Bandstand, KPO.
8:80 p. m. Death Valley Days,
KNX. KOIN: Fanny Brlce, KPO.
KOMO, KOW; This Nation at War.
KOO: Flowers for the Living, KEX;
Buy Washington, KJR.
0:00 p. m Muelo tn the Moon
light. KPO. KOW: News Here and
Abroad. KOO; United We Sing. KNX;
Down Memory Lane, KEX: Old Tim
ers. KJR: Company at Ease, KOIN:
Romance Time, KOMO; Maudle's
Diary. KSL.
0:80 p. m. Moon River, KPO.
KOW, KOMO; Freddy Martin's Orch..
KOO, KOW; Maudle'a Diary. KNX.
KOIN: News, KJR, KSL. KEX.
10:00 p. m. America's Town
Meeting of the Air. KOO, KJR. KEX:
Reporter News. KPO. KOMO. KOW:
News. KKX; Five Star Final, KOIN;
Masterworka of Music. KSL.
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Carl Kalash's Orch.. KPO. KOMO:
Broadway Bandwagon, KEX: Moon
light Sonota. KOW: Sports. KNX:
War Time Women, KOIN.
11:00 p. m. Swing Tour Partner.
KPO. KOW: This Moving World.
KEX. KJR:: News. KNX; Dance
Orch. KOIN: Evening Reveries.
KOMO.
KLAMATH SLOT MACHINE
OPERATOR FINED $100
Klamath Falls, July 22. UP)
Lpuis Polin, whose Main
street store advertises "a little
bit of everything," had bit too
much.
Arraigned today In Justice
court of charges of operating a
slot machine, Polin pleaded
guilty, was fined $100 and
heard Justice of the Peace S.
A. Mahoney order the machine
confiscated.
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Ex-Newsman Craft Now At Kodiak
Fears Censorship Restrictions
: Will Blunt His "Nose For News"
(Editor's Note: Frustration, born of censorship restrictions, is
breaking the spirit of 1st. Lieut. Roy D. Craft, former Medford
CCC officer and Medford and San Francisco newspaper man.
In the June 0 issue of the "Kodiak Bear," army camp paper pub
lished by the men of Fort Greely, Alaska, Craft laments his in
ability to chronicle some of the big things going on in the far
north and fears his news sense is being irretrievably blunted.
His article follows:)
By 1st Lieut Roy D. Craft
War la hell on newspaper
man, even an old, broken-down
hack like us. We go on duty as,
let us say, a public relations
officerand In the course of time
we land at an outpost such as,
let us say, Utopiak.
We publish little camp pa
per named, for instance, the
Utopiak Badger.
Censor Alert
But there is a war on, and we
re in the "zone of operations"
and we have the hot breath of
the censor on our neck and we
cannot mention anything that
might give aid and comfort to
the enemy, and that includes
Just about everything that hap
pens at an army outpost.
There was a time when we
growled at doing a three-paragraph
weather rewrite for the
Monday first-edition. We take it
all back. We'd ' give our old
squa'ter rights to the third stool
from the left at Hurley's, near
Third and Market, for the priv
ilege of Just saying, "It rained
today," or "It sure was a beauti
ful sunny day." But up in this
country, weather is vital infor
mation We think we have a pretty
good little sideshow at Utopiak
and we hark back to those dear.
I dead days when Army press
agents could go to town on
every military development.
But we concentrate on such
harmless topics as who got his
corporal's stripes and which ser
geant won the company black
Jack tournament and which Joe
Doakes got fluffed off by what
tbe back home, and why can't
these gals be faithful to their
bjys in Alaska.
Many Stories
Since we've been here, we've
seen so many good stories bloom
to uiush unseen that we have
learned to walk ud to a naec 1
top head, 7 coiumn banner story
and laugh in its face, spit in its
eye, turn on our heels and walk
off with the nonchalance of a
buck, sergeant wearing his first
stripes.
We see exciting things hantwn
and early In June, let us say, we
see tremendous events take
shap.
So we go back to- our tvne-
writer and do a story on the
radishes coming up in Lieut.
Russell's garden, and what a
surprise It will be to the bovs
when they sink their teeth "in
crisp,' red radishes at the com
pany mess soon.
we are not comolalninc.
America is at war and every
step must be taken to protect
our lives, our homes and our
freedom.
But we cannot resist the ob
servation that it Is a hell of a
sensation to sit handcuffed
while a beautiful story sits on
your lap and looks up into your
eyes through long, dark lashes.
with a hurt and puzzled look.
Immune Soon
"Boy, oh boy," we say to our
selves, "If we could only file on
this we'd make Josh Eppinger,
our old city editor, regret that
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he ever submerges a great tal
ent like ours on Crape Festival
rewrites.
We are not beefing, but if this
goes on much longer we'll be so
immune to honest-to-God news
that when we get bacn to ban
Francisco we'll be able to sit
quietly in a corner at the Mark
Hopkins Peacock- Court and
watch Mayor Angelo Rossi shoot
down George Creel like a dog
in a Jealous rage over the atten
tions of Excellentissima Fields,
and never move a muscle.
"Ho, hum," we will say to
ourselves as we stifle a yawn,
"That would make quite, an
Item, wouldn't, it?'.'
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In the spring of 1942 Britain's bomber command head announced that thousand plan
raids over Germany would soon be felt and the prophecy of World war I was fulfilled.
Early in the first war the French planned several large airships to harry the German armies.
In August reconnaissance flights were made by the airship "Adjudant Vincenot." Shortly
afterward the "Fleurus I" saUed over Kons-Kartaus and dropped four 155-millimeter shells.
This was the first air raid of the war and of history.
CHIEF Lieut Gen. Dwlght D. Elsenhower, commander of ,
' V. S. operations In Europe, smokes during London conference.
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