PAGE EIGHT
7 NEVILLE
IMr. I (Mud taM Sradlaale. be.
Clarice De44. wealthy (alddlo
aged widow, lives in Sydney. Asta
tralia. Her Bashaw and sueoe,
Faux and Joyce Bark, tire with
bar. Two stria, Eileen roster and
Denlsc Deecnampe, are boaee
meats. Frequent rleJtors bvelade
BUI and Brenda Wheatley. broth
er and sister; their friend Mich
ael Raw ton; Max Bant, aa eld
friend of Clarice's; and Dr. Cyril
Nugent, her phyaielan. One night,
Clarice dlea from aa everdeae af
sleeping tablets known aa Seconal.
When ber eccentric maid. Lena,
Insists that she bad ealy ana tab
let In her poaeeeeslon that Bight,
Inspector Grogaa at the police
Inveatliatea. Lena claims that
both Felix and Dr. Nugent enar
reled with Clarice that night.
Then, Joyee suffers a eollapae
when Denlae threatens te give lb
police damaging evidence against
ber. Late next afternoon, Lena
fa found subbed te death la ber
room. Within a short time Grew
gan Is there to question everyone,
lie learns that at about the lime
f the murder. Fells was playing
tennis with the Wheatleys, bat
left the court te look for lest
balls. When be returned there
was a spot of blood en bis shirt.
He says he scratched hie hand
en a rose bush, but Orogan Is
skeptical.
CHAPTER XXVUJ
GROOAN questioned Brenda
j dim
and Bill next.
"What-did you do When Mr.
Burke went searching for the
tennis balls?"
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"We stayed on the court,"
Brenda answered promptly.
"How long was he away?"
"About five mlnuea, wouldn't you
ay, BUI?"
"About that." '
"Were you together for those
flve minutes?" ,
"Tee, of course."
"What happened when Mr. Burke
came back?'
Brenda nesitated. "What fust
what I told you before."
"I'm asking you to tell me again."
"I said to him, There's some
blood on your shirt.' and he looked
at It and said that he'd scratched
his hand."
"Did he show you the scratch?"
"No. he didn't. He said, 'I dont
feel like playing any mora. I'm
going up to have a shower.' "
"How much blood was there oa
bis shirt?"
"There was only a little." '
"Did you see It, Mr. Wheatley?"
Orogan asked.
"No. ,1 did not,- tun answered.
with precision. "I was up the other
end of the court and I heard noth
ing and saw nothing."
"Did you see Mr. Burke hunting
for the balls?"
"No. I ut a cigarette while I was
waiting and I waa looking over the
water."
"Did you loin your sister and
htm when he came back?"
V "No. He went In almost at once,
Bhe and I knocked a few balls about
till we heard the row from the
house."
TUX door opened and a constable
put his bead In and spoke to
Orogan.
"The young lady's back from the
tret, sir."
Denlss appeared. Bhe stood an
Instant In the doorway and gave a
hurried glance around. Someone
must have told her what had hap-
pened, because she started to speak
at once.
"Inspector, you cant want to
question me. I wasnt even"
Orogan, Interrupting, called to
the constable behind her. "Mae. to
over U Hunt's house and bring him
hack." 'Then to Denlae; "Now what
tj that you're saytogr"
"You cant want to sniesttoa ass.
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came the eighth air carrier In
13 months to have a rate of 0.3
mills per pound of mall per mile
set for by the Civil Aeronautics
bonrd.
The new system of rates,
from airport to airport, In
volved the company's routes be
tween Chicago, Seattle and
Portland, Ore.; Fargo, N. D
and Winnipeg, Man.; and St.
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MARSOT
I ru out with the cat from seren
till now. I've odIjt lust com In."
Thank you I want theM stories
H I want them and not aa you want
them." Orcgan eald. "Sit over there,
please." .
Denlaa melted into chair. '
Then Joyce spoke up. "Well,
surely you can hear what I have la
eay next and let me to back to
my room. Dr. Nugent can tell you
that I'm 111." .
"All right." Ore? an turned to her.
Tour room'a not far from the top
of the back elalrway. What were
you doing at the tune of the mur
der?" -What wae I doing? I iu In bed
of course. I haven't been out of bed
all day. Dr. Nugent came up to see
me and said some of the o there had
gone to play tennti."
"How long wae he In your room?"
"All the lime, till we heard Noreh
cream."
GROOAN turned to Nugent
"Then you were In Miss Burlte'a
room from about 7 o'clock on?",
"That'e right."
"Was the door open or ahut?"
"Open."
"Yet you dldnt hear any aound
from Lena's room at the foot of the
back stairs?"
"None. I dont see why we should
have. Miss Burke't room Isn't dl
xectlv over Lena's. After the cook
screamed 1 went down ana louna
Lena dead."
"And you dldnt leave Miss
Burke's room at all during that
half hour or so?"
,Ng."hl.,lm':,?n,1
to the bathroom for a minute to
wasn m, (herm0meter."
-Why didn't you say so at first?"
"I'd forgotten it; it was such a
natural action."
"How long were you away?"
"That I couldn't say. Just as long
as It takes to do what I have ex-
plained to you."
Orogan turned back to Joyce.
"Could you say how long Dr. Nugent
wsa cone?'
"Oh, only a minute."
"What do you mean by that?
Did you time him?"
"No. no, of course notl I only
meant I mean anyone knows
Oh. leave me alonel I don't know,
I tell you I" Joyce's voice rose to a
scream.
Orogan's voice cut through her
hysteria,
"Stop thatl You dont know how
long he was gone. All right, that'll
do but It seemed like a minute to
you. That means It might have been
two or three or five."
There was a cause.
"May I go now?" Joyce sobbed.
"Yes, you can go." As she walked
to the door. Orogan watched ber.
As she reached It. he spoke.
"What did you try to buy Seconal
for?"
She caught at the door handle
and faced around.
"What?" she said, almost In a
whisper,
"I find out from Bates, the drus-
gist that on November the 3rd
you tried to buy Seconal."
"I eouldnt sleep!" Joyce cried,
"I Just wanted something to make
me sleep. Then was no harm in
that, was there?"
"Then why dldnt you ask your
aunt for something? You knew
she always had It."
"Because because I dldnt want
her to know what I was worried
about."
"Hm .. all right," Orogan's tone
released her.
In the doorway, she passed Hurst,
"Joyce my dear!"
Re laid a hand on her shoulder
but she went blindly on as though
aha hadn't seen him.
To be txmtinMd)
int fcnaroet m this serial are
scrlNnusi - ;
.owe. isas, anaau mm. tee, ,
Paul and Duluth, and becomes
effective March 1. 1944.
The new rate compares with
the old rate of 27 cents and 37
cents per airplane mile, and It
Is estimnted will effect a reduc
tion of $890,000 annually in the
company's revenues. ' i
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tOVE SOURS
Hollywood, Dec. IS (U.R
Red-haired Mrs. Josefina A. Kes
ler, 33, and Film Director Henry
S.' Kesley, who fell In love "at
first sight" ware separated to
day by divorce. Mrs. Hosier,
daughter of a prominent Argen
tine family, obtained the decree
after testifying that her husband
frequently got drunk and btat
her, sending her to the hospital
for treatment a total of five
times.
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NIPPONESE DEAD
LEFT UNBURIED
Killed or Wounded Sons of
Emperor Ignored by Com
radesYanks Astounded
By James Lowery
United Press Staff Correspondent
Bougainville, Dec. 13 (OB
The Japanese army, on this is
land at least, has Ignored Nip
ponese burial traditions.
Here it makes little difference
to the enemy what happens to
a soldier once be is wounded or
killed. Once a Japanese soldier
falls wounded, be is left to starve
and become a pile ol bleached
bones under the rays of a blister
ing South Pacific sun.
I had heard before that his
Imperial Majesty believes his
men are expendable. But I
never realized until today how
far this theory is extended.
Jap Area Inspected
Shortly after I landed at the
new American air strip at Tor-
okina, I was invited to accom
pany a navy doctor and marine
intelligence officer on an inspec
tion tour of a Japanese bivouac
area near the front lines. A Jeep
carried our party over amazing-
ly good Seabee-built roads for
two miles. Then we stripped to
the waist and with rnachetes
hacked our way through the
thickest Jungle imagineable.
The machete was our only
weapon. I asked the marine of
ficer If we didn't need more."
"Oh, It's not necessary," he
said. "The Japs are two or three
miles from' here. However,
there might be a few snipers
around."
. The doctor warned me to re
move my upper clothing, or
else I might return with a "hor
rible odor, I soon saw what he
meant. ,
- Hose Is GuHe
We found the Japanese camp
by following our noses. We dis
covered nine dead enemy sol
diers dead beyond recognition
except as humans, we knew they
were Japanese because we could
Identify the soggy clothing sttl
swathed around what once were
arms and legs.
Not even the doctor was able
to bear the sight of one corpse.
Turning away, he said:
"I thought I had the stomach
for such things, but that one gets
me. " .j .
The other eight corpses liter
ally were merely piles of bones.
All of them 'apparently were
victims of our artillery or booby
traps. Whatever killed them, it
was very effective. Parts of
bodies were scattered over a
wide area.
Few Captured '
In this area a Scabee, armed
only with an axe, took-a Japan
ese prisoner. The Jap was so
weak from lack of food and
water that It was Impossible for
him to offer resistance. Never
theless, the Sea bee was thor
oughly bawled out for leaving
his gun behind.
That Jap was one of a few
captured on Bougainville. Thus
far 2,082 have been killed here
Not one American on this is
land Is adverse to killing Jans,
but they all dislike burying
them. u. S. soldiers can t be
lieve they are fighting civilized.
educated men when they see the
horrible fate of the Japanese
dead and wounded.
Benito's Congrats
Telegraphed Tojo
San Francisco, Dee. 15 U.B
Benito Mussolini observed the
second anniversary of the sign
ing of the Japan-Germany-Italy
military alliance by sending a
telegram of "congratulations" to
Prime Minister Hidekl Tojo,
Tokyo radio reported today.
The broadcast said the wire
"expressed the determination of
the Italian leader to carry the
war to final victory together
with the other axis powers."
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TRIBUNE, MEDFORD.
NEW GENERATOR
ADDS TO OUTPUT
AT BONNEVILLE
Tenth and Final Unit Turns
74,000 Horsepower Into
Lines; Total 518,400 Kw.
By John W. Dunlsp
United Press Staff Correspondent
Bonneville, Ore., Dec. 15 U.R
Power-hungry war plants of the
Pacific northwest yesterday re
ceived a huge increase of elec
trical energy when the 10th and
final generating unit at Bonne
ville dam was completed, mark
ing the end of 10 years of con
struction. ,
Governors Earl Snell of Ore-
Ron and Arthur Langlie of Wash
ington headed a delegation of
officials at the afternoon cere
mony. MaJ. General David Mc
Coach, Jr., commanding officer
of the 9th Service Command,
Fort Douean, Utah gave the sig
nal to turn on the generator.
which added 74,000 horsepower
to the dam's output making a
new total of 518.000 kilowatts.
Over Million KW
Combined with Grand Coulee
dam higher up the mighty Co
lumbia river, the electrical out
put from the two powerhouses
runs well over one million kilo
watts, of which industrial users,
chiefly war plants, are taking
800,000 kilowatts.
Bonneville dam was started In
September, 1933, with the aim to
create depression time Jobs. The
coming of war turned the proj
ect into a means of supplying
electrical energy to mushroom
ing war .plants to create many
thousands more 1obs through
out the northwest. The U. S. ar
my engineers built the project.
Vast Cost
The dam consists of two carts.
the spillway dam between the
Washington shore and Bradford
Island and the powerhouse and
navigation lock between the
south side of Bradford -island
and the Oregon shore. A
Giving some idea of the mag
nitude of the $81,000,000 orolect.
the powerhouse and navigation
facilities cost $45,000,000, and
the spillway, fishways and other
features about $36,000,000. The
original cost estimate was $43,
000,000. WEIGH 12 TONS
Zurich, Dec. 15 U.R) Dip
lomatic sources claiming to
possess Inside information came
up today with a new version of
German's boasted secret weaoon
a 45-foot rocket shell welsh
ing 12 tons and effective over
20 square miles.
The shell's terrific effect re
sults from its charge of com
pressed nitric acid. Informants
said. They acknowledged, how
ever, that all but two tons of
the gross welsht of the shell
were required for the rocket
apparatus and fuel.
Thourh It has a theoretical
range of 160 miles, the shell so
far In tests has been projected
only 35 to 40 miles, Informants
said.
They reported that the Ger
mans were building catapult
powered by electricity and
ste'am along the French channel
coast with the Intention of loos
ing rockets on Britain to dis
rupt allied invasion prepara
tions. CALIFORNIA TO SCAN
FARMER DEFERMENTS
Sacramento, Dec. 15 OJ.B
Local draft boards have been
ordered to review the defer
ments of all unmarried agricul
tural workers between 18 and
25 who have been placed prev
iously in classes ?-c and 3-C,
state selective service headquar
ters announced today.
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I &y p. m- Jack Armstrong, B
B: 45 p. m Louis P. Loetanar. HBO;
Norman Naabltt, MBS; Caps, tud-
nigbt. BN. .
S.OO p. tn. Eddie Cantor. NBC:
Gabriel Beatter, UBS; Band Wagon.
BN.
:15 p. m. Oracle Fields, MBS.
S SO p. m. Mr. District AUornej
HBO: Jack Carson. CBS: Soldiers
With Wlnga, MBS; Spotlight BanK
BN.
OAS p. as. Harry WUroer, sports.
BN.
7.-00 p. pa Kay Kfser's KoUega
NBO: Momenta In Music, CBS; Johu
B. Hughes, MBS; Raymond Oram
Swing. BN.
7:16 p. m. Pulton Oursler, MBS
7:30 p. m. Looa Banger. MBS.
8 00 p. m.-r-Pred Waring. NBO; Roy
Porter, news, BN; X Lore a Mystery.
CBS: Main Una, MBS.
S:16 p. m. Fleetwood Lawton,
commentator, NBC; Lum and Abner
BN: Harry James Oich, CBS.
8:S0 p.' m. Beat toe Band, NBO;
Battle of Seiea. BN; Dr. Christian
CBS; Bulldog Drommond. MBS.
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tioa p. m. Mr. aad Mra. Nona
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MBS.
0:30 p. m Scram by Am by, NBO,
General Barrova. MBS.
9:4A p. m Fulton bevta, Jr, MBS
10.-00 p. m. Kowa. NBO.
10:44 p. m. Voice of a Nation
NBC: Bddy Howard Orcn, MBS.
11:00 p. m. Btltmora Hotel Orca.
NBO; Haus of Mnmamima. MBS.
Tharaday
g:00 n. m- Terry and Pirates, BN.
Galen Drake, CBS.
S:16 p. -ra. Dick Tracy, BN: Su
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6:30 p. m. Jack Armstrong. BN
S:4o p. m. Louis P. Lochner, NBO;
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:16 p. m. Oracle Fields. MBS.
6 :30 p. m. Bob Bums. NBO; Spot
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Hour of Song, MBS.
8:65 p. m. Harry Wlamer, sports,
BN.
7fl0 p. m. Abbott and Costallo.
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10:00 p. m. News Flaabea, 'NBOl
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1030 p. m Chats A boot Dogs,
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NBC; Buss Smith Orch.. MBS.
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