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FACE TEN men MARGOT 7 NEVILLE Clarice Dodd. wealthy middle aged widow woo live in bydner, Australia, Keep tier bmu tilled wita gay. indolent young people. Uer aeptoew and aleee. Fells and Joyce Hume lira wila Ber. Be sides two bouse guests, EUeea teeter dad UenUe Ucacmaaias, ethers are constantly In and vvL Denlse oaa deals as en Fella and It Jealous wnen ne falls in kit with Eileen, a sweet firi emu dlOereut from the rest el In pleasure-latruig crowd. Then, on nistat. Clarice dies from an eer ' due ol sleeping tablets. It's ap parently suicide, lor Iter will and a valuable ruby oroocd labeled "For Uenlse" are found an bar dressing table. However, ner ec centric maid, Lena, insist that she bad only on sleeping tablet in her possession that night, in spector Grogan of the police In vestigates. Then Eileen and Denis learn that Joyce recently tried la buy some of the drug that killed Clarice. Denis aaes thai Information as a club aver Felix. . threatening to tell the police un less he breaks his engagement to Eileen. Meanwhile, Eileen' room has been entered twice by a mysterious intruder, and an aid photograph of Clarice's wed ding party has disappeared treat Eileen's dressing table. CHAPTER XXIV - nHEN Orogan and Manning returned to Rockwater late that afternoon, Eileen wag on the veranda. The inspector stopped tn front of Her. "Well, now. Mist Potter.' he said cheerfully, "have you any thing new to tell me? Have yon observed anything significant since I saw you last?" "You're laughing at me," Eileen reproached. "Indeed I'm not. I know you're got a sharp eye as veil as a very pretty one." Eileen smiled guardedly. She was thinking of Joyce of her at tempt to our aeconal. Orogan mustnt be told about that. How. ever, there were other things be ahould know. "As a matter of fact, 1 do nave something to tell you," she said. eh went on to describe her ex perlence with the intruder in her room the night oefore, then told of the disappearance of the pho tograph from her dressing table that morning. 1 can't help feeling," she ended, that those two intrusions into my room the on last night and the on yesterday evening were at tempts to get hold of that pho tograph." "I should say there was no doubt about that." Orogao agreed. "The intruder was Interrupted the Brat time by Lena, and the second time by you, out Anally succeeded in getting the picture this morning "But who tn the world would want It and what for?" "Can you describe ft to m tn detail?" Orogan asked. Eileen told him all she could re member about the picture who was In It, how they were trouped, what the background was "Well, that doesn't nelp at much," he said, shaking his head. But perhaps I'll get an Idea later." A FEW minute later. Pells came out onto the veranda. He dldnt alt down, just stood and looked at Kleen with a strange expression tn his eye. "Then, he said abruptly. 1 think you'd better get away (rota barm, 'Eileen. Why don't you go back home?" "What?- She was gurtiea. -wnr - should I go home?" "Because this whole bustnesa fg euch a meat. I want you out of tt. Orogan will let you go. Whoever murdered Clarice, he doesnt think tt was you." "Well. I'm not going, thank you." Eileen retorted. "I'm going to stay and see this thing through with everybody else." Felix took a few nervous paces back and forth. "You should never have come here. And 1 shouldn't have said the thing t said to you on the evening before Clarice died." ON THE HOME FRONT Medforlv&Truune News From Jackson County for Men in the Armed Services The Mali Tribune suggests you clip and mail this roundup to a relative or friend tn lervtc. Dear.. In an effort to comply with a stern warning from the post office officials to mall all Christ mns packages by tonight, the home folks have all been busy this week milking last minute purchases and tying up pack ages, Stores are crowded and tho streets are full of soldiers and civilians with their arm full of bundles. Completing the picture are the piles of Christ mas trees on .vacant lots. The annual Elks lodge Christ mas tree party was last night and a number of other lodges and clubs are having their Yule tide celebrations this week or next. Schools close Dec, 17 for Christinas vacation. Interesting seasonal greetings are beginning to arrive from the servicemen and women scat tered over the world. From Ed ward Evanson a friend received a ' V-mall Christmas drawing showing tha famous bee of the Eileen stared at him. "Too mean you wouldn't nave said that. that you loved me that you wanted to marry me?" "Yes forget tt, B vat a tata. take." "Oh, Felix, what hat happened to you? Why are you saying this?" "I can only tell you that I think you ougnt to leave. I'd rather you went away." With that, Felix turned quickly and went back Into the house. It was too much tor EUeen. after the other shocks of that day. She burled her face in her hand and wept beartbrokenly. MEANWHILE, Orogan had gone upstairs to hav a talk with Denis and found her In ner room. "About this piece of green paper Miss Deschamps," be began, taking from his pocket the same sheet ol paper be had shewn her the day before. "I told yon I dldnt know any thing about It," she said Irritably "And anynow. what has It got to do with this case?" "Rather a lot. maybe. The small piece of green paper on which was written 'For Denlse In Mrs Dodd 't handwriting, and which was found attached to her ruby brooch, was corner torn off of this larger sheet We've now discovered that this larger sheet was in tout room at sometime Would you care to make a statement about It?" "No. I would not!" Denlse flared "How dare you reep on asking me these Insinuating questions? Ill get a lawyer 1 1 wont be bullied!" "No one's trying to oully von." Orogan said soothingly. .simply want you to help me If you can It's like tnls. We found the larger piece of paper In the basement, al' crumpled up. Some one had mixed two shades of face powder on It Our chemist at headouarters has analyzed what was sticking to tt and he tells me that those two now deft add ud to the powder tn your box. a sample of which I had elver htm alone, with some other samnles Now. here's what I want to know Was there a comer torn off the paper when you mixed your pow ders?" Denlsel anger had ebbed away under his soothing tone. "I dont know." she replied. , "TyERHAP8 yon can remember r Just when you mixed the pow der?" . "I cant say for certain. It was days before Mrs Dodd died some time last week." "Where did too get the naner' "Tt was Inside mi cunbosrrt Mrs Dndd had sent me some flowers with tt wraonerl around them." "When was that'" "The day oefore I think 1 wa. eettln reedy to go out to dinner nd when T nt hack from m hsth I foimd the flower In mv room eardenlas in oreen naner. I dldnt know t th time th they were from Mrs rvwld for there wa ne note or anvthln with thorn Bur later. -he toM me Vie hd received mme from Brenrt Whratlew and had sent some of them to me be ene 1 was wolne out " "You av there wee no note with them no Ton mean th tht cor ner of the osoer with Tor nenliw' written on it had been torn off befT- the flowers rechd emt?" "Yes it hd been." Denlse answered milrklr. "Are too itre Perhaps you just fal!d n notice tt." "I ten tou there eras nnthtng en th naner nothtne at all" -Tunny tou "re so etrre when a ttrdment aeo too eontdnt remem ber erer hvtn set eyes on tt. 0"oan minmuied Denlse flushed. "That .s before yon recefled to m that rd mixed mT oowder on It" "I see. Wen now. did Mr Dodf happen to mention to Ton whom she sent to tout room with the flowers?" "No she dldnt say. "And too hare no Idea who left them there'" "None whatever." 'To be continued' fThe thane re this serial are rtlfiotul Ceor. test, br aresdu Boas, tea, Dat Seabocs with variations. This bee had Santa Clans whiskers skis on his feet and clutched two documents, -one reading "leava' and the other "rating." Evanson storekeeper second class, is In I the Aleutians. Lt. Robert Crews appeared In the news this week. Lt. Crewtl was the subject of an article from London describing a broad cast from the Red Cross Eagle club in that city in which the officer participated. Lt. Crews! is an riiiements oilicer out nasi been on several bombing flights. On the growing list of Med ford men overseas is Pvt. Mar-1 shall K. Williams, who writes that he is tn Italy with the American forces. His brothet Warren, recently went Into the I navy and last week was assigned I to sea duty. A veteran of seven sea battles, Robert Louis Walker, boat swain's mate second class on a I MEDFORD MAIL destroyer, la home to visit his parents. Walker has seen his ship torpedoed three times, has had, two landing barges shot from under him, and spent 82 hours on a rubber life raft be fore being rescued. News of an other navy veteran concerns Robert M. Hanlln, recently pro moted to a storekeeper second class.' Hanlln. assigned to a car rler, has engaged in eight major battles, holds the President s cit atlon and the Purple Heart award for wounds received -in action. ; . From what Medford men write, the Seabees training must really be rugged. Dick Baize ha written from Camp reary tna the drilling Is "awfully bard' and that "we get a whole year's military training thrown at us In six weeks." Kennein Burner land has also written from Camp Peary telling' of tha strenuous life while training ana mentions that a number of Medford men are now at Camp Peary. . Pvt. Martin BY Webb, Jr., made the highest Individual score during a recent five-da course In the ML rifle at Camp Roberta, scoring 192 out of ziu. Three other Medford men. Pvt. Roger Westerfleld, Pvt. Harmon Peters and Pvt. Charles Vayne, were also among the men firing the test course; t Word from England Is to the effect that Sgt. Carl R. Smoot of the Eight AAF. heavy bom bardment group has been award ed a Good Conduct Medal and from Bruce W.Moffatt comes word that he has neen promowu to major. Mat. Moffatt has been at Stockton, Calif., but was re cently transferred .to' the AAF and Is now at-Galveston, Tex. Paul Meyers, who was on the staff of tha Medford First Na tional bank until transfererd to Portland more than a year ago, has been commissioned a lieu tenant (Jg ' the, navy. ' Cadet Richard Wray has completed basic training at Marana field none Tnmon and has been trans ferred to Mafta, Tex.; for his ad vanced work.' v William H. Bartlett. Jr.. Is at tnrlinff . Carheale Institute of Technology, as an ASTP student and Pvt. Earl Thomas has com pleted his parachute Jump train Ina at. Ft. Bennlng,. recently malting his fifth and qualifying Jump last week. The' fifth Jump Is made at night- bod uaii ma graduated from aviation radat school Bt. Corpus. Christ), Tex., and has been assigned to the main naval air ; station there. Gall has, been, In, the navy 14 months and before going to tor nuk Christ! trained in Chicago and at the University of Hous ton. , , , j ,) Henry Lee Bray arrived nome last week bringing his bride, the former Edna Stevenson of San rrnnHirn. Rrav ill chief SOUnd and radar man on a destroyei and has Just returned from a sea duty assignment. Also home is Staff Sgt. Ape Halfhlll, who ar nvea iromureenvuie, miss., to spend several days with his par ents. - Sgt. Dan Hull arrived home Tuesday from Memphis, Tenn where he Is in the finance de tachment "at Kennedy General hospital and Is spending a to day furlough in - the city. Sgt. Lynn E. Waggener, stationed at Vancouver Barracks, returned north Sunday after a brief fur lough, here. . Home from Farra gut last week, Theodore Yorton also left Sunday to return to the station. Yorton, seaman second class, and his brother,- Bryan, are both In the navy, the latter being a pharmacist's mate serv Ing at a base hospital in the southwest Pacific war zone. Bob Bauman, aviation radio man third class, has reported to the pre-flight school at Athens, Ga., for three months instruction In advanced ground school, sub jects. Russell , Johnston has' re turned home,' having received an honorable discharge from the navy as a result of Injuries sus tained while on duty with the fleet in the Carribean sea Johnston spent eight months at sea in both the Pacific and At lantic areas and received a frao tured skull while on duty, Rhode Williams won' first place in a recent essay contest at senior high school on the sub ject, "Printing and a Free Press.' yyirntRtiawwc ;. ourr aj waixu, i th" ONE fr j L sA tyry -4 I , - ' "J I S ViohV coMTOURrr. fi2525!f!?!!3 ra-e-41 ..I ... 'itf Olr-UT gVwri im BONT MCUNI t'muCM J fieit- & M3' MET 4. 'i . !vC: ' lv r a" J I I I I sfa 0-0- :L j THE HEBBS-S-ln, I. B.U.Tlng. B? HESS HI ' V JLJt-f W w Ifmm- urra-kee II f UE TU1MKS HE CAM FIKinN I TIME IS UP1 CaJJT klr-v1 1 i-i. ,r-r- or- rvr- - sumji i.mw vs cyil opcs vc ttl sv u,r. Mc.au TORMUtA OUT DOSS HAVENT )sSBi b-J WWT TO SEE "THE PRO- UgaInLISHX Av0 . wirrEOTOM.T,riLUDj,K. hc know Mtun son tlikswm .e. a .rxineen Ira THE SAME MENTAL AIL 1 P5 FESS0RS FACE WHEKJ UF 9 1 - -.T. i" 'KSJ in STMtT FVATIN . jT) I UIM IMTO U.1M6 UWITi y-l I I fV-WI WJlft ' IXTTZ-T-ni I . . f . i i a oos i rii-iR - -, sc t r nn-rj rr j)-- .1 - : i .cj.....iinii i WJRwn ill i i i WAi. 1 iis-vie i twjiu in n i 7:. : .l22rfjfr fj?. - tr Mrr-i Ml II A PUL.I nr.sr I .a: JT fTr TmT . I I HSULT5 II 1 n -II I Iri .1.1 "I I l-A 13 aP I II I 1 " J.r.. " T.r nir ljr. ruai- rvi I I IFwen I fV iai I I V -1 II fw retaiiS J.VWr1 . U . I I. II at. a.7. Tl-all I ' ' - harTr-7?Ja ,-v-Q--'- TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. David Chlrgwln's entry won sec ond place- and honorable men tion went to Hortense Jennings. Pearl Brock, Shirley Pankey Joan Smith, Donna Dawes, Mar garet Drysdale, Gerald Pence. Harlow Carpenter, Regina Smith and Helen Rubenstein, The Southern Pacific Railway company has purchased the old Chamber of Commerce building on Main Street but ag yet the company hag no plans for. the structure. Wednesday night Herb Grey was awarded a certificate from tha national American Legion citing him. for having received honorable mention for an edi torial, "The American Legion' which , appeared in the Mail Tribune last July 25. Home folks are glad that the November Just passed was a normal month; with tempera tures somewhat wanner than usual and' but- 1.28 inches of rainfall. November of 1942 went down In history with a record rainfall of about eight Inches. Weddings of interest In the news this week were that of Miss Betty Southwlck, married Nov. 25 in Philadelphia to Capt. John J.i Dougherty of Darby, Penn. They will live at Albany the captain being with the 91st Infantry Division. Georgia Cur rier and -Frank A. Ralston of Rogue River were married in Corpus Christ!, Nov, 3 and will make . their home in Corpus Christ!, Mr. .Ralston being as signed to the naval air station there. . Frances Anne Fraedrick of Prospect has Joined the WAC and Is at Ft. Des Moines for training. Her sister, Jean,' has been a WAC for several months and Is now at Spokane. Larry Schade wag re-elected president of the Crater Lake Area Council of Boy Scouts at the annual meeting held recently- '.. - Washington. Dec. 10. (U.B Sen.' Ellison D. ' (Cotton Ed) Smith, D., S. C, oldest member of the senate in years of con tinual service 34 years told the senate today that the time for a new political party Is at hand and suggested Sen. Harry F, Byrd, D Va., as its candidate for president. Smith spoke in answer to a week-end statement by Sen. Joseph F. Guffey. D Pa., charg ing that an "unholy alliance" of southern democrats and re publicans emasculated administration-backed soldier vote leg islation. Guffey charged that ' Byrd led southern senators into the so-called "unholy alliance." Smith predicted that If the southern states - did organize their own political party "you would never have another demo cratic president I mean of a certain variety." Christmas Parcels '- ' Rushed Into Italy - Allied Headquarters Algiers, Deo. 10 (U.R) By Jeeps, trucks, truing planes and pack mule with air crews voluntarily doing double duty and with labor bat talions of former Italian prison ers aiding--more than 10,000 tons of .Christmas packages are being speeded to allied soldiers In thif theater. Postal authorities said most of the Christmas mail and packages will be delivered before Dec. 25. except in the case of soldiers re assigned in recent weeks. Four Freedoms Hit As Negative Policy NewJ York,- Dec.- 10 U.- Frederlck C. Crawford, president of the National Association ot Manufacturers, today described the four freedoms as negative and fit only for men In Jail ai d called' upon - business to take over post-war leadership He spoke before the NAM s 48th annual convention and Its second war congress to 4000 in dustrlallsts. COHON ED WOULD FORM NEW PARTY OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1943 On the Radio Chains I gtaTIONSl Cfeala afflllatlea sag where ue are on tae dial: KALE (MBS) 1X30. Fortune REX (NBC-niue) IIS. Fortlaoe. KU4 (NBC-Hi He MBS) I4IU spokanei KUO (NHL'-Ulue) Sie 4aa rrsneiseai HOW (NBS-Kedl Ste. Fortund; K4B (NBC-hluri 1000. Brattle; KNX (t'BH) lu;'j Los Angeles: KOA (NBC-Ked) M Deoters KOIN (CBS) sie, Port land: KOMO (NBC-Kea) SW Seattle! KPO (NBC-Bed) esu Sao rraiKisra; KBL (CBS) llU Salt Las City. Tlnw Shown Is PWT Friday SKM p. ra. Terry and Pirates. Bit. Oslen Orsk. CBS. CIS p. m. Dick Tracy, BN; Super man. UBS. tao p. m. 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