Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 08, 1943, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TEN 7 NEVILLE Mr, ft oem Mln Ihmnm Im Clarice Dodd. wealthy middl eted widow who Urn la a mn eton. Backwater, aeerlookiag the harbor of 8 1 d o jr. Australia, keep her doom filled with or. Indolent fount people. Her nephew and niece. Fells and Joyce Burke, lire wltb her. Eileen Faeler and Deniar Oeeenaraps are noiue ruesu. Frequent eto llore Inclade Bill and Brenda Wheatley. Brother and water, their friend Michael Hawser, and Clarice'! phjraiclan. Or. Cyril Ne- grnt. . One nlghl. Clarice die from an oyerdoae of aleeplni tab lets. U' apparently suicide, bat her eccentric maid. Lena. Inalata that the bad only one tablet In her pouesilan that nil hu When Impector Uroian ol the polle Inrsitlgatea. variant etrcora Unee cant taeplcloa partlca Urle oa Fells. Denl and Or. Nugent. Lena claim that the beard Clarice auarrelllng with the doctor over the phone that night, and that the later taw him in hi motor boat at the Bock water dock. Nngenl denies both these statement, sarins that lna Is mentally unbalanced anil, moreover, benr erodes against him. CHAPTER XXH AT two-thirty that afternoon, Inspector Orogan and 8er- -fnM , dl(Iereni matter. , geant Manning called on Dr. nad nad no communication with Nugent at his Office. Mrs. Dodd for tome days before The office was showy and fitted UU na heard her tele M..rf,nr'irmsiitv like a clove Phoning 4 can only say she mis OnMlshedTsesksTn d the eonveraaUon and took "Dolour wife know that you t&XJJ water that night'" .ear or two older than the doctor. "Smto the panic that Jl.fi mt the Artrr.- shot Into Nugent's eyes as they tlvg''WcirTr"rinrTwar fleered towards the photograph Srfi bTol ! tatowrou?" on the desk. "No. naturally my wife moUon'Jd V& chair, and Whe?0eJr at down again at his desk. "IL hm, ' rt -Wea doctor." Orogi began. th.f,neildidnl5 irou were out It's about your movements on the ""J1'", " VL. , h- . 7" ,,..,i- . "My wife retired to her room looked poUW, - --F. a, on the US&u'SlAJS "SuVenrt nngfri pipped harder " J!?!. ThTdi en the edge of his desk and Orogan Svl Sve?off gaw the tightening of the muscles tecU,e t0 themselves on ""The Impector continued. "Your TTHS two men strolled down the boat was seen and Identified, doc- ""'. M . n. tor. Do you still maintain that you rj1. !r ? am" were at home In bed?" mM- Playing about In the moon- Nugent ook a deep breath. "No. Btht wltl ..girl while the wife'. &ltlSM&JP& "Vething ltwaseas, a very good reason." He leaned enough to understand how a chap backta his chair. You could see Uke Nugent, getting on into the him thinking nineteen to the donen 'm d h- ri was taking a lady out for a lrl "' Brend Wheatjey An TOln one harbor." like this had busted up many "I see. May I have the lady's career and so-called happy mar name, please?" rlage. "No. That 1 refuse to say.' The "What did It have to do with doctor's face was bursting with Mrs, Dodd?" Manning asked pres angry eolor. "There's a point at ently. which the police have no right to TU ten you what It had to do probe Into a citizen's private with her. She discovered what was affairs." going on and she didn't like It. She "We're a long way oft that point didn't mind what the vouna neonle doctor. I assume It was one of the young leaies at nocswaier. property and she wasn't going to "You may assume what you like, have a kid of e girl walking off X can't prevent you suggesting that, with him. That's what ihe must but I can dose my mouth." have said to Mist Whratlev when . she called her Into her room that rjROOAN said quietly, Til have night warned her off. And that's to remind you that this Is an what she had a row with Nugent taves'igaUon for murder. Your con- about on the telephone She section with Mrs. Dodd's house- threatened to tell his wife. It's as hold Is Important at the moment good a motive tor murder as most, and that's why we have to know What about a bit of lunch?" which one of them vou took out "About time too Manning said to the water the night she died." "It's setting on (or three." "Wed. you're wrong," Nugent They turned Into a small rettau , said shortly. "It wasn't anyone in rant, that household." There was a Ion pause. Orogan tfo be continued) waited patiently. The doctor gwal- (Tht characters in Ml aerial are lowed hard. nctttlmui "It was Miss Wheatley," be rt. uu. tj areadii w im. Ginger Rogers Has Date With Justice Hollywood, Dec. 8 (U.R) Ginger Rogers put a new date In her engagement book today Dec. 14, the day she ia sched uled to appear In court on charges of driving through two red traffic signals. The actress was given a cita tion after she was stopped ut Bombs to ' ; rfw- ire pictured unloading aerial '. .New Georgia Island In the Bolsmuu. Before long thr: bom1 .0 pouring down on the Japs. Gasoline In drum. Is piled on the beach. (Official Navy photo from Aome4 MAR60T brought out at last. "Ton must know Inspector that medical man can't afford breath of scan dai. People will talk about the smallest action, however innocent. "That's so. Did you pick up aftas Wheatley at the Rockwater jetty at twelve-thirty?" "Yes. -What time did you bring her back?" "Oh. not very late. We hist went for a spin, vou know, to get breath of air after a not day. Let me see. It must nave been after one , or two perhaps. A bit after two. shall we say?" "Did yon stay In the boat all the time?" "We landed for a little while at Nlelson's Park to nave a chat." "Did vou get out of your boat at Rockwater at all?" "No. 1 did not. I picked up Miss Wheatley there because, as vou know, the Wheatley house Is on the other side of the road and hasn't got a water frontage." "VOW, doctor, about this tele- ' phone conversation with Mrs Dodd late that night" "Now inspector!" Nugent was on his feet "I old you I did not speak to Mrs. Dodd that night." "You told us vou didn't go out on the harbor that night, too." got up to but Nugent was her a Hollywood Intersection by a state highway patrolman. SILVER PURCHASED Washington, Dec. 8 (U.R) The War Production Board re ported today that it has author Ized to date the purchase of ap proximately 23,000,000 ounces of treasury-held silver for use ih essential war Industries. Uae Mail mbui Want Ada Batter To;o Cm v .ar x . r , bombs from a landing boat on the 1 -w : k " f , - -r-- - MEDFORD MAIL Bay Area Heroes 'aeeand Lltnt. Kobut fl. Card rl Menle Park. Calif, received the Dlitlngalshed Flying Crow for bis service while a staff sergeant, aa tail gunner en s Flying Fortress la U m'"'-"' aver Europe. J.- "SH A Red Cross Gives Information The Central Information Bnreao for Prisoners of War na bsen main tained by ih International Red Cm t Geneva, Switzerland, alnrr the outbreak of war In IS39. Day by day Its volume of work rc greater. Most of ihe rmplove are volnntrrr worker MacArtluir Chats With Private Oenerrf T - 11 MacArthar f fj , J 1 VjJ ehatwltba )i JS VV" buckpriv. lTt f.Af; nm.wh.re . Ul ft , fiPfi. Ai tl Paclfle. 1 1 J I Stf, i MacArthar . 9$ V 1J3 n,v.r f.rS,t, i M'-'i 'XUf&S &.l Natives Girrv Woundetl Yanks High in the mountain! ol lbs lambu area ol Nea Unlnea the natlrea are preparing t carry a wounded American Midler to the next earrp on a (tretcher. The wounded rest In tiered banks, with blanket eoverlna the wall. ' DIFFICULT DECISIONS BANISHED UPSTAIRS UNTIL YDU MY Voi ARE SORRY - AND THE SOUNDS OF A VERY 600P UME C0MW6 V? TROM KLOW TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. Receive Awards . 1 Staff Bet, William R. MerrUKId el Ban Franc lace was awarded the Parple Hrart for wonnds received while serving a waist gunner en Flying Fortress which bombed enemy territory m Europe. 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