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PAGE SCC MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1942. HfcWWI'hg.l Chapter 44 The Plot Doesn't Jell "lirHY, Ward?" Dean Thorn ''dike asked. -Why?" "I should think you might guess. I w short in my ac count. I needed the bonds and I -delivered them late, knowing Clarke couldn't get to safe de posit DOS. "You took them back to the . efflcej' . . . twered. "That tu what made the flan to safe. I stole the bondi but did not keep them, nor attempt to use them. I simply took them back and substituted them for the ones I had sold. j "Wilt minute." Fenner Dushed away from the wall and his voice rasped like a file. "How aia you Know Delia Stewart naa the envelope? i "I saw her." 'Whit? Joyce f asped . the word. ' "I can even tall you what she oia wnen sne came out. uiarice had a front apartment After I'd ahot him I stepped to the front window. I just happened to notice ber cross the street. She went to her car, then stepped out In the street and went along to mine which I'd parked a few cars be hind, not seeing hers at the time." He glanced at Delia. That's right. isn t it?" , The girl nodded, but kept ber Bead bowed. That's what made It so hard," Allen said. "I had to save my own neck, and I didn't want to in volve her if I could heip it She bad the envelope but I tnought (he loved me enough to overlook, the things it told about me: 1 was sure she would not go o the police with it But Hardacker wnen no came it cnangea every' thing." He paused and wet his lips. The rest of it you guessed, Joyce. I had a gun on him when he opened the office door, I knew I had to kill him but I had to work myself up to It I made him it down on the leather couch while I told him what I wanted. I decided, since It could be had, I should get the envelope. That way Delia would never suspect me, because she would be sure I would never do anything like that to her. Oh, it was rotten I know, but " - He broke off. He - was still watching Joyce, his eyes hot and pleading. - Bequest For Time "TT WAS the only way," he said. ' 1 made him go to the desk end telephone her, told him what to say. He must have known what was coming. He tried to get ms gun ouu i snot mm. Through the head." Fenner am. "Yes. He fell forward, his face on ne aesx. i couldn't bring my self to touch him for minute and then I knew I'd have to because or Delia. I picked him up and carried him to the closet; then I did what you said, Joyce. I didn't dare wait there, I hid by the s'-irs. "When I heard someone coming I decided to let her go in the office and then be ready to grab her when she came out I didn't, think she d find Hardacker." He paused, continued hopelessly "Only it was Raeburn instead of Delia. When he went inside I knew I had to get out I couldn't run the risk of having to do any more killing." He took out a handkerchief and wiped his forehead. His face was aunt and heavy. Joyce looked at Tenner and the things she saw fa his face scared her. "So that's it?" he said, his Up flat against his teeth. , Murdock rose from the arm of her chair and Joyce stood up with him. Ward Allen put his handker chief away. "I've made It easier for you." ha said. "I wish you'd give me little time." "Well " Hestor stood up. "You certainly fixed things up for me." She eyed Joyce resentfully. "Be tween the two of you, you cer tainly did. . . . How much have I left Dean? Fifty thousand?" "About that" Thorndike said. "Lucky for me that I'm well stocked up with Jewelry." She adjusted the collar of her coat and started for the door. Allen had paid no attention to her; he was still watching Fen ner. Til only need, a few minutes. There are some things I'd like to say to Delia and to Dean." He Lied! ; MURDOCK went over to Fen ner. "Come on. Jack." "You never learn, do you?" the detective said, not looking at him. "It dont matter that he's a killer. huh? You can still feel sorry for nim. Jovce went over to him. "What good can it do. Jack?" She put her hand on his arm, fighting to control her voice. "He's told you the story. What difference can a few minutes make?" John Nason moved oast Hestor' and opened the door. Hesitating to see if she was coming with him, he found her watching Ward Allen, and went out v ' 1 11 tell you how much time you'll get from me," Fenner said. Until I can get downstairs and find a telephone. Nick Hardacker was a nice little guy. I only hope fou try to take a powder while m outside waiting for Bacon." Hestor save Allen a final look and went out Murdock pulled tenner s arm and tney followed her. Joyce stopped with her hand on the edge of the door. ueua started to rue. un, ward! I can't " I m sorry. Allen cut In sharply. "There's no other way." "Now, now," Thorndike said, restraining her. "You can't let it get you." Joyce went out hurriedly and closed the door. Hestor was wait ing at the stairs and Murdock and Fenner had stopped just out side the door. I m san. Fenner said. "It s no good, I tell you, letting a guy uice tnat stay around loose. - Murdock's face waa warped In thought and his eyes were brood ing. "Something's wrong," he said. "I can't figure it Was there anv blood on Hardacker's desk? You didn't" He sot that far before he noticed Joyce's face. She was close to him now, her hand on his arm. Her cheeks were chalk white and her eyes were sics with fear. "He's lying," she said, trying to fight her panic and keep her voice a whisper. "Oh, don't you see? He said he saw Delia from the win dow of Perry Clarke's apartment He couldn't Rave. That aDartment was not at the front You said so yourself i There was no leather couch in Hardacker'a office! He lied and he wanted me to know he lied!" Fenner sucked In his breath. "Hardacker wasn't carried in the closet he was dragKed!" MurdocK graBDed Joyce s shoul der and it ached long afterwards. That's what I mean. He said Hardacker's face fell on his desk but you never mentioned blood on the desk!" Te be eenUnned Russian Oil Field Defenses Crack svrS1 r,ussia ff -TAUNO- ifV T SST 1 I ROSTOV V TZSZjT Vill S ASTRAKHAN X$T HACK TUAPSE KubtflRn JSSs-V W era o so too ISO lSi!! I, makhach STATUTEMItES I K v''S Eft Red army defenses before ' the oil fields of Maikop appeared to be cracking and dispatches told of explosions Indicative of the "scorched earth" policy. Black arrows show course of Ger man drives, including one which Nasis said'led to the capture of Pyatigorsk, midway between the Black and Caspian seas. Russians were counter-attacking (white arrows), in Kotelnikovski area southwest of Stalingrad. Ft' Warren, Wyo., Aug. 1J. fSpl.) Ten soldiers from Med ford and vicinity were among the recent arrivals at the quart ermaster replacement training center here where they have started a dual training program combining military with special ist' school Instruction. The men here Include: Nelll H. Nelll, a transplanted Iowan; Orrln W. Lutterbeck from St. Marys, Ohio, who was employed by C. M. Kldd company in Med ford: Walter R. Hahn, John N. English, Lowell V. Pratt, son of Owen C. Pratt of. route 3. box 389; Philip C. Hannaford. son of Mr. and Mrs. Jsmes C. Hanna ford of box 727, Eagle Point: William C. Strahan, aon of Mr. and Mrs. Earl R. Strahan, Rogue River: Charles R. Lundy, son of Mrs. Nellie R. Wllley, route 1. box 199, Central Point; Manley J. Porter, son of Mrs. Lei a E. Porter of Chlco, Cel., whose wife lives at route 2, box 422. Grants Pass; John L. Loper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Loper, route 2. box 78, Ashland. . . This quartermaster replace ment training center Is one of the two In the United States (the other is a Camp Lee. Va.l. and transforms raw recruits into the famed "fighting quartermasters" who have made ' name for themselves on Bataan and other fronts of the world. Here at the QMRTC these 10 southern Oregon men first will receive thorough training In basic military subjects (first aid. map reading, squad drill, use of the rifle, etc.), and then will be enrolled In one of the many specialist schools here which teach . the ... quartermaster . corps functions of feeding, clothing and transporting the army. Steel-Nerved Woman Hacks Off Leg When Tangled In Machine Jacksonville. N. C, Aug. 12 VP) When Mrs. C. F. Thomp son's slacks caught In the drive shaft of the motor of her fishing boat and pulled her foot into the motor's set screw, she calm ly amputation the foot at the ankle with 4 fish knife. A strip of cloth from her blouse served as tournaquet. A nearby boat towed her craft 18 miles and coast guards men rushed her to a field hos pital. A blood transfusion was given her there and another amputation was made to correct some muscular trouble Hospital attendants said an other amputation was planned in an effort to remedy a gan grenous condition resulting from the tight tourniquet on her leg. It was there almost three hours. Her condition was termed crit ical. Mrs. Thompson, S2, earned her living as a fisherwoman. With her when her foot was caught was a 18 year-old boy whom she hired to handle the boat. When the accident happened she gave directions to the boy about handling the boat and proceeded to cut off her foot. She used a Jagged-edgcd knife with a blade about six Inches long. DEER HUNTING BANNED FOR NORTH CALIFORNIA Sacramento. Aug. 12 (if) Governor Culbert L. Olson to day signed the order closing im mediately all of the districts in Northern California which are now open to deer hunting as re quested by Western Defense Commander J. L. Dewitt. Silkworm eggs are distributed free by the government of Brazil to encourage silk cultivation. On the Radio Chains ' STATIONS! Chain affiliation and where they are on tht dish HALE (MHIII 1330, rortland. HEX (NHC-Blut) IIIM. Portland. HUA (NHC-Hlus MBS) 1510 Spokane; Kuo (NHC-mue) am Kin rranclero: KOW (NHC-Hrdl C2e. portlandi 4H (NHC-HHir) looe. Seattle; KNX, (CBS) lino Loa Anseles: It OA (NHC-Rrd) aVMl Deneer: HOIN (BH) S70. Pnrt land; KOMO (NBr-Rrd B.M Seattlei KPO (Nnc-Red) m Ran rranrieroi KSL (CBS) Ilea MltLake Cltr. ' I tin Shown Is PST Wednesday 8:00 H. lUlwnbom. KPO, KOW, KOMO; Kelson Eddy. KNX. KOIN. KSL; Flying Patrol. KEX, KOO, IUR: Sura of Today, KOW; waits Rhythm. KPO. a 30 It Happened tn the Service. KOMO. KOW; Dr. Christian. KSL; Harry W. Plannery. KNX, KOIN: Polk Music from many Lands, KJB; Passing Parade. KPO. 6:00 Shirley Temple tn Junior Mlta, KNX, KOIN; Those We Love. KPO. KOW, KOMO: Basin Stmt Chamber Muslo Society. KOO, KEX; Popular Muslo. KJR; 8 port. K8L. 8:30 Mr. District Attorney. KPO. KOMO, KOW; Ooldmin Band Con cert. KOO, KJR; Suspense, KNX, KOIN, KSL; News, KEX. 7:00 Tour Blind Date, KOO. KXX. KJR; Great Momenta In Music, KOIN. KNX. KSL: Kay Kyser's Mus ical Quia. KPO. KOW, KOMO. 7:30 Lightning Jim. KOO. KJR, KEX; 32nd Letter, KNX, KOIN; Army Recruiting, KSL. 8:00 Earl Oodwln. KOO, KEX, KJR: Amos -n' Andy, KNX, KOIN, KSL: Point Sublime, KPO. KOW, KOMO. 8:15 Olenn Miller's Orvh.. KNX, KSL. KOIN; Lum and Abner. KOO, KJR. KEX. 8:30 Dr. Christian. KNX. KOIN: Paul Martin's Orch.. KOW, KPO; Manhattan at Midnight, KOO, KJR. KEX: News. KSL. 9:00 News. KOW; News Here and Abroad. KOO; William winter, KNX News, KOIN; Down Memory Lane. KEX: Studio Party. KJR; Highlight Hour. KOMO: Light and Mellow, KPO S 30 Lyrics and Lullabies. KOO: News. KJR, KSL. KEX: Northwest Neighbors, KOIN: Tour Mayor Speaks. KOW; Lud Oluakln's Orch., KNX: Who's Who on the Home Front. KOMO: On Our Bandstand. KPO. 10:00 Reporter News, KPO. KOW. KOMO; Oarrv Moore Show. KOO. KEX; News, KNX. KON: Chamber Music Society, KJR; Masterworks of Music. KSL. 10:30 Freddy Martin's Orch.. THE WORLD AT ITS WORST y CLUYAJ WILLIAMS JsWfXl. sAf A UC Akl UftilD dMV.COi. lit MXKllrJ iC 1Dr iininiV W hfcVI. V'f, TUUf lliJi.l J VIUIU'IU 'f'- 'VLSI VMI 1teV lb Mi WMR HAUnKFPrHIFT rtllf Cf lUf fclwr-HAMD WKEf WrlH VOOR lirr HAND, WHICH WOO BE6IN 10 SDSPECf HAS ALSO 60f 6U)E ON If S-ia t. m ,.w.. h. uituan-J KOO, KJR; Harry Owens' Hawallans, KPO, KOMO; Sports. Woody Her. man's Orch., KNX, KSL: Moonlight Sonata, KOW: The World Today, KOIN: Broadway Bandwagon, KEX. 11:00 Lud Oluakln's Orch, KOIN, KSL: Organ. KPO; This Moving world. KEX: News. KOO. KNX.; Dance Orch., KOW: Folk Mualc, KJR; Evening Reveries. KOMO. Acnoaa L Chart i. Hawatlaa aala- tatlon B. Mala awan It, 41 k. a mis take II. Patarve It. Palm leaf It l!n1rtland II Biblical tawar IT. Kara II. Hurry iw. vna u rn.a It. Batwaaa If. Aooompllah IT Point at Ibu It Wrath 40. 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KNX. KQIN, KSu 7:30 p. m. Talks, KSL: Red Ryder, KOO, KJR, KEX: March of Time. Kr0. KOW, KOMO: Time Out for Melody, KNX: Leon F. Drews, KOIN. 8:00 p. m. Amos n Andy, KNX. KSL, KOIN: Fred Waring tn Pleasure Time. KPO. KOMO. KOW: Earl Ood wln, KOO. KJR. KEX. 8:15 p. m. Olenn Miller's Orch.. KNX. KOIN. KSL: Lum and Abner. KOO. KJR. KEX: News. KOMO: Moy lan Staters. KOW; On Our Band stand. KPO. 8:30 p. m Death Valley Days. KNX. KOIN: Frank Morgan. KPO. KOMO, KOW: This Nation at War, KOO: Newa, KSL; Flowers for the Living. KEX. 0:00 p. m. News Here and Abroad. KOO; United We Sing. KNX: Ald rlrh Family, KPO. KOW, KOMO: Down Memory Lane. KEX: Concert Hall, KJR: Company at Ease, KOIN; Maudle's Diary. KSL. 0:30 p. m. Moon River. KPO. KOW. KOMO: Freddy Martin's Orch. KOW; Maudle's Dlarv. KNX. KOIN: News, KJR. KSL. KEX: Words and Mualc. KOO. 10:00 p. m. America's Town Meet ing Of tbe Air. KOO, KJB, KEX: Reporter Newa. KPO, KOW. KOMO: News, KNX; Five Sur Final, KOIN: aatrworka Of Music, KSL. 10 30 p. m, S porta. Woody Her man's Orch., KNX, KSL; Organ Mu sic, KOO; Betty Martin, KPO. KOMO: Broadway Bandwagon, KEX: Moon light Sonata, KOW: Northwest Bible Institute, KJR; The World Today, KOIN. 11 "OO p. m. Harry Owens Hawall ans, KOW; This Moving World, KEX: Al Donahue's Orch, KOIN: News. KOO. KNX; Reveries. KOMO; Folk Music KJR. Savings and Loans Suffer During War Washington, Aug. 12 (IP) Insured savings and loan asso ciations In Oregon and Washing ton reported declines In home ioans made during June com pared with June 1941 it was an nounced today by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. The statement said the loans In Oregon (or June totaled $195, 400 compared with $644,173 In June of last year. War time restriction held new construction loans in Oregon to $37,700 during June In Oregon. RESULT OF CAMP E Public Relations Officer In formed by C. of C. Trade Increased 40 Per Cent. A business Increase of more than 40 per cent among Med ford merchants since the activa tion of Camp White was report ed today to the camp public re lations officer by Frank Hull, manager of the Jackson county chamber of commerce. Mr. Hull informed that officer that there had been a doubling of residential home building since last year and that there is now in preparation a plan for expanding the city school sys tem if the influx of soldiers' families make it necessary. Mr. Hull predicted continuing eco- nomie boom for the city as the camp gets into full swing. "Outside the obvious econo-vj mic advantages derived from the Camp White activities." Mr. Hull declared, "we owe the army of ficials a cultural debt. Many well Informed and interesting speakers from the camp have ad dressed our civic groups and many lasting friendships be tween camp officers and men and Medford citizens have re sulted. We look for a continu ance of this pleasant relation ship and cooperation." Gsrman Ace Killed After 51st Victory London, Aug. 12 JP) The air ministry news service said tonight Major Rudolph Pfalnz, see German fighter pilot, was killed in combat with RAF fight ers over France on July 31, the". day after the Germans an nounced he had scored his 51st success. Pfalnz was one of eleven shot down in fierce dogfights be tween more than 100 RAF and German fighters over the Somme area. The RAF lost eight spitfires. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS byJOHNHlX - - -- n an n asa OFTEN UEtiMES GVtfL 42,000 ubMa7 with a woo, tveuy 13 FECT SB t WiTtlM M HOUR. BEFORE rtE W6NT INTO THE RING TO FAf-E JAClti DEMPEV TOR. HEAWWI6MT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE. WORLD U1I-S FIRPO ARGENTINE BOXER, ATE A 510 STEAK AN A QUART OF. ICB cream fat pE&5H 6ENERAL TOM RR.Dt!lEr& AT TUB RETREAT TROfA VS. CATEAU FRANCE 19 If 0R6AN1ZEJ ORDERpV MARCH WlTtf AT07 PBUVN AMI PENNY.WHlSTuf ar mi tr rWe- -i - - a. .w-a.rafcV.-aasaiaieMiiel. INSPIRED GENERAL In August. 1914. at Le Catcau, In france'e valley of the Salle, British troops, trapped by a sudden shift of the German attackers, were forced to retreat. Weary and hungry, the men slogged through a rainstorm in disorder, their morale at low ebb. General Tom Bridges, later governor of South Australia knew the men needed only an inspiration to form an order k iy retreat Instead of a rout. He picked up a toy drum and a penny whistle at a small French KJ shop. Soon the hopeful rattle of the drum and the reedy shrill of the pipe echoed through the rain. The Tommies took heart and their faltering ranks assumed a martial appearance. 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