Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 17, 1943, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextFACE TEN1 wett MAAGOT 7 NEVILLE Ml tr DMN InWi Mtau, 1m- Clarlee Dodd, wealth? widow like this isn't of much Talus, Mr. of George Dodd. live in Sydney. Coates." Australia. Her nephew and niece. Then give me a blood test!" Felii and Joyce Burke, live with "And what do you think that's her. Two rlrU. Eileen Foster and . going to do? Denise guests. Many visitors are eon- stanlly in and out. Clarice's ee centric maid. Lena, who bitterly hates men, resents all the gwests. One night Clarice dies from an verdoee ef sleeping tablets known as Seconal but, according to Lena, she had only one tablet In her possession that night. In spec tor Groran of the polios learns that Fells recently obtain ed some Seconal tablets, but Felix says he gave them to a friend. Bob Coates. Grogan gets the alleged tablets from Coates' mother and finds they are not Seconal. Coates then says he gave his mother the wrong tablets because he dldnt want her to know he had osed the Seconal, but Grogan Is skeptical. Meanwhile, a mysterious Intruder has been In Eileen's room, and an old plrture of Clarice's wedding party has disappeared. Early that evening Lena Is stabbed to death In ber room. Felix's fingerprints are foond on her doorknob. Felix tells Grogan that, at about the time of the murder, he saw Lena's eat scratching at her door and let It In, As Denise has said she had the eat out of the house at that time, Grogan summons her. CHAPTER XXX been removed. A small table baa Atrs-W minutes nftpr Fell bcn pull'd mto lhe nilddle ' the few minutes' alter reiix Toom . electric light went out, Denise tu ash- beat down on a Utter of snapshots ered Into the room. As she sat Photographs spread out there down and faced Orogan. she JJj tose- - -" " was as self-possessed as ever. . "well, what's all this? he asked "Miss Deschamps." said the m- There were snapshots of almost spec tor, "I want you to tell me everyone who bad been at Rock exactly what you did from five mln- water In the last dozen years or so utes to seven, when you left here, of Clarice and George Dodd and his until ten to eight, when you re- squatter friends, of Felix and Joyce turned." at various ages. And there were "As I told you before. I took poor more recent pictures of B1U and Lena's eat around to Dr. Stewart. B rends and Michael and Denise the veterinary surgeon," said and Hurst and Nugent. 1 Denise. The women's pictures were In- "Where does he live?" tact, but there wasn't a man who "Only a few minutes away. Re had escaped Lena's hate, saw me at once and took the grass It wasn't at all nice what she had seed or whatever it was out of done with a pair of scissors. Bodies the cat's ear. I left there soon after had been dismembered noses had seven, but I dldnt come stralsht been sliced away from faces, cart home. When I got to the end of the hacked away from heads. Here was drive here, I didn't feel like coming Pellx rising In all his youth and In, so I walked down to the harbor vigor to serve a tennis ball, but both and est on the point. At a quarter his feet had been chopped otf. to eight, I looked at mv watch and Lena had kept her collection, and decided to come home." all the pieces, too. In a candy box. "And the cat was with yon an the Hate I Lena's hate shut up here . tone, eh?" Orogan said easily. alone with her In this room. Snip Denise flashed a quick look at snip., hack and cutl There take htm. but she dldnt hesitate for that I' , more than a second. "No. Sooty came home before 1 fROOAN started to assemble went down to the harbor. She made VJ -ohm 0f the bits, such a fuss In the basket that I let "This is the wedding group," he hermit." said at last. He remembered what "Do you mean to say you let out Eileen had told him about the a valuable eat In the street? Wasn't picture. ' that taking a big risk?" The figures were all cut out In "It's not valuable, not a pedleree silhouettes the men. of course eat, you know. It's only half Per- hacked as well. It wss like outturn slsn." together the carta of a Jigtaw ouz- "Why dldnt yon tell us earlier xle. Patiently. Orogan went on that vou let the eat come home by searching and fitting the pieces into ttself?" place. "I dldnt think to." "u this all she wanted It for?" he "It wasn't that you hoped no one said, "u s this she was after last had seen it or you?" evening In Eileen Foster's room." "No inspector. It wasn't either of Then why did she scream and those thlnn." run away and make out she'd gone "All right that's an for the m for . muk glass?" Manning moment." asked. . . L L "There was somebody else Inter. TrHEN Denise had left the room, tsted In this photo. It's my guess " Orogan . turned to Sergeant that they met by chance in the Manning. dark, both looking for It, and Lena "Did she some home with the eat. got a fright and ran out acreamtne murder Lena and go out again and told the first store that came That's the ootnt. Not that I ear for Into her head because she was feel any of their alibis. A brother and but guilty. The somebody else came alstsr swear they're together, back In the plght. But Lena got It Nugent and his little oatlent do the today" same. Rawson he mleht've sllooed The picture was taking snap In that side door without tou and Orogan oufctosether the two halves , Rath seeing him. Hurst's house- of Oeonte Dodd's figure, keeper may have seen him come In Suddenly, his fsoe lit up. He took at seven, but he could have gone up a piece and fitted it into Its out again," place. It was at this point that Bob "Look." he said. Coates msde a dramatic entrance.. Manning leaned over his shoul He burst In, clamoring to see der and stared a moment. Then hs Orrxran. gave a long, low whistle. "I tell you I took that sleenmg draught stuff. Felix tells me that (To be continued' you haven't taken mv word for It." (Tht characters in tnle serial art Orogan tilted hack his chsir. tictitknw "The word of a friend in a matter cot, iso, e? m aes , tee. QUARRY BEGAN 1758 Dorset, Vt (U.R) The first commercial murblo quarry In America was opened at the old Quarry swimming pool in 1738 by Isaac Undorhlll. In the early days stonecutters often started out in the spring with a wagon load of marble slabs which they Jap Plane Goes A U column ul smoke marts the n 1 plane, which was shot dawn while sttemptlng to attack a U. B. aircraft carrier during ths Dec. sttack on the enemy.held Marshall Islands In which la enny aircraft were donned. An American dcslnvrr rscuiiins the earner, which bagged tiw Jap, Is shown si left at ths smuke. Olll clsi U. 8. Navy photo. stun, can t 117' Orogan smiled. "If you'd been obliging enousb to take all those tablets on one night. Mr. Coates. u might have helped us. But on night over a short period there'd be no trace in lbs blood at all." "Let me make a statement, then, a sworn statement. " "You gave your statement to Ser geant Manning a few hours ago." When Coates bad gone, Grogan looked across at Manning. "Is he silly or Is ne cute? Did he think they could make a test of thai kind? Or did he know they couldn't and thought It would look well foi Burke for him to be ready to have it?" Manning pondered. "Yeah . . , Orogan shrugged. "WelL go and end Burke back In here.". rWAS late when Felix' at last left the dining room. As he went upstairs. Manning came along the kitchen pssssge to wards Orogan. "Weren't you looking for some sort of a photograph, sir? Perhaps you'd better step along to Lena's room." Orogan followed the sergeant to the little room. Lena's body had peddled from house to house, stopping off to do the required lettering. At that time family burying grounds behind the old homestead were common. Employees at the Eastern Ore gon State Ho-nl In Pendleton numlier about 130. Up in Smoke watery grave of a Japanc.s torpedo MEDFORD MAIL Liscome Bay Survivors Return ! 'rt V' lJ Jl " ' '' ly d , j 4 -..- ;.,i TjV IViS i 1i''Vi i in -fcduJj Two survivors of the U. S. S. Liscome Bsy, only wsrshtp lost in the recent Ollbert Inland invulon, sre shown on their return to Ssn Francisco. They sre Ships Clerk T. A. McCssklU, Winters, Calif., left, end Lt, CJg) L. E. DeRosa, Concord. Calif. Official U. S. Navy photo. Danish Fleet Commits Suicide V r - - Bather than submit to Nssl control. Danish s-amen scuttled their ships In the Copenhagen bsrbnr. Sinatra Classed 4-F in Draft ur ",-ii 4 'V . Y'aa'sssiiii ' l'M3&elftGBtX2iz&m, . Memo' Telephoto) Frank Sinatra, the swoon -crooner, Is shown arriving at tne rtewark, N. J., Induction Center, where ha was examined and classified 4-F in the draft. He was rejected for military service because of a punctured ear drum. ' Bingo! Jap Plane Gets Heat Treatment I ,.r v ... ., . : ' ... ' -r.Li,". y,g J.,p torped.0 P"1" 10 I" - ht of Ilame and .l. rJ?:,? ro.m t. American ireraft carrier hits ths enemy during i?irr5'o V- !l - "i"1 n-hW MsrshaU islands during Z. .hilll,? PSZa W,hoJ dow,n- Tnu P"rt'cular ship wss one of sU which attacked a carrier, but all were bagged. OHlclal u. 8 Nsvi photo." SHOWING OFF SHCW1N6 W t6V OTF U) W4l1t NiV 1RVIN6 INCONVNCINbLY 10 (V4SURE 1HEM T Mill CWlf iWPERSIAKD tf.Hf RERUV NEVEB. RiEt WIILE imV.tai'AllY WiOSVWCINCLV, -IW 10 AWR V00 tWAT HE K A fAR At A PARHN61 HiO IHROOirt If All -Mf BABY AttlE. EVERVONE, WtH WIER COn - WiON, THW HC n UKETCHEP AND uni viini SHpwn ctr .- TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. '. ' r1 t1-. v. L .las. ' ,3 Br CLUYAS WOJJAMS MItR(lE ASP POVSNT , , . OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1943 On tlie Radio Chains a T a t to n a i Chain airillatlon and when ne are oo th dial: KALK MMS) ISSS. PortlanS HtX (NBC Hlu lieu, rorllsail kua iMWMtiue a iul ism spukane; KUO (NHC-Ulur) Sla aa mnriaro; tflW (.NBH-KXIl KU. Puctland: MH (MM.-HIOCI looo. Hnitie: KNX l'B) lo; Lea Angrlea: KOA KHt'-Krdl M Ufiter; KtllN (CBS) slu. fori land; KOMO (NW-'-Hcd) M Millet KPO (NBC-Kfd) SWi San Francisco; KSL (CBS) M60 Salt Uke City. Time Shown Is PWt Friday S.O0 p. m. Terry and Pirates, Bit. Oalro Drake, CBS. S:1S p. m. Dick Tracy, BH; Super man. MB8. fi :30 p. m. Jack Armstrong, BN STRANGE AS IT SEEMS byJOHN HIX Tie kmestuf anrre M49 ITS OHM CWMSSIX e y too CiwesAf, -6VU TV TiW KrJlJeV, I i f.-f f '&MssOtA''Wa BARNEY GOOGLE and SNUFFY SMITH Neck and Neck I y BLONDIE Catechism of Matrimonyl fjT 1WC VnoNO B '.. f MAMA i.SEP) I IfBUTVAJVARetoull TMA.TS OMEOPl ilF ALWAV5 MAKE IT SOUND AS I METOREPAW . I MAKINSSOMUCM STMERRSTTMIMGS VHOH VOU'RE WORKIM6 A LOT . A . THIS CHAIR J t NOISE P01Nsrr-i AHAARRIEP HARPER THAN VOU REAU.V ARE Ll'L ABNEH Lay That Pistol Down, Abel Edited UKtW PEAiisON mo'fkppyB Pti-icxx- Y rtf .r-1 6pean' ) ( f-iocNAnAoT TJuaTymckioii ) J D-PONT eucv to' BCAJN3 VMt TALENT PO' DE- FBEE O' LI U HOME TOTHS WAY. - FTVI, YIARS AOO.r- LW & I J ) n CUT SOIf-VOU . TEOC-TiM' TH OlFFRUMT TOWE THINGS irs LOJOER BUT ITS AT LMT I HAVS ,flr ff YjSt REGRET FEEL O' One. PHlZ-X HOME J LOVES, tON- I LESS CONVENIENT.'' THE SMWItMa, 1J V IV --C--3 a eP EEK FUM AMOTCT' Ag TOrrl HAP HOPPER, Washington Corespondent Errand Boy ? " - ' pj? AL CAPt 'SO HAP HOPPER'S GOT HIS UUCIE 1 F NOTHING LIKE BEM6 60OP AT X I 1wiLL V0J Si VE TMlS TO ICuR ROCM-l I In 0 d ai ,np. mu- t rr, I CLAUDS AN APPONTMEMT WITH POOSEaV. SURE COMES , IN J ! E. MR. CLAUDE HOPPER PLEASe eVitwhSB TiSER MCTKSUE HMM- THE CX0 HANP. AT TIMES LS iaC, MADAME? - ' teUI I 6IEHW TO BEAT MCTIfiul'S S alaiaw sjsjBjSjrWr"'l o, rr ,5 rSlr PiKtJ OFFICE AT THREE SHARP. WELL VT THE HEBBS Unhappy Thought TAWCr'UTM rM IT UC'At I ALWATg UNUtK ITr I t- T- r- "f I fc.. . - -waaal i m I I w SJkinaaw. K. aW VUI sWaaT u I S:W p. m. Lonla P. Lcchnar, HBO: Capt Uldnlgbt. BN. 6:55 p. m Bill Henry. CB8. S 00 p. m Walts Time. HBO; Three Borneo. BN; Gabriel Beatw. MB3. a IS p. m. Oracle rtelda. MBS I SO p. m. Paople Aje Funny. HBO: Bpotllsht Bands. BN; That Brewater Boy. CBS; Doubla or Nothing. Hoi ' lit p. m. News. BN. I 7 00 p. m. Amos "n Andy, HBC, Durante and Moore, CBS; John Oun ther, commentator, BN. 7:tS p. m. Pulton Oursler. aTbS 740 p. m B1U Stern Sports News reel. NBC: Stage Door Canteen, CBS. Lone Ranger. MBS. B:0C p. m. Fred Waring, HBO; 1 Love a Mystery. CBS. -8:15 p. m Fleetwood LawtOB, commentator. NBC; Ths Parker Fam- itlv. BN. 8:80 p. m AH-Tlme Hit Parade I ...... . O ..... ru. piMvhmisa. CBS; Name Tnat Song, MBS. tt.rtn M .ptmv Vtm. NBO: Meet Tour Navy, BN; Kate Smith 'Hour, CBS; News, MBS. TeAim 7-o my TOUCHOOtVTi', COHYCXTgD. wrreceprEO 4 pass 4AaatX0 A HLD GOAL AUiV7H lST . MtWre akd tosegoivoacFPiAr, tb wtfreaAMAaAM5r . (LETS GO. M TMArJKS PROCESSOR i--i.-J W S0CRAI65 OOI ntuui HWfl B O a oc nevikifl -rue t"- rX I r L DISHES ' f YgTi 1 A DOG'S MIND . nxnl Baraws, MBS: Hollywood Theater, NBC. a -45 p. m. ruitoo iw-. -. - 10O0 p. m.-News, HBC; Football Forecasts, MBS. 10:20 p. m. William Winter, CBS. 10:30 p. m. Nit Club, BN. 10:45 p. m. Vole of a Hatlon nbc: cafe Orch. BK. Henry King Orcb, MBS. Urn) p. m. notei niiuno-v urea. NBC; TUS Moving World, BN. Saturday 5 oo p. m. Peluso Orch.. NBC: Buase Orch-. CBS; Cisco Kid, MBS. 5:16 p. m. Boston Symphony Orch, BK. 6:45 p. m Louis P. Lochner. HBO: Norman Heabltt, MBS. 0:00 p. ra. National Barn Dance, NBC; Dorothy Allen, songs, CBS; Theatre of the Air, MBS. S-30 p. m. Can You Top This, NBO; Spotlight Bands, BN; Beauty Talk, CBS. 6:45 p, m. Saturday serenade. CBS. 8:65 p. m. Harry Wlsmer, sports. BN. 7:00 p. m. Million Dollar Band. NBC; John Ounther. commentator, BN; John B. Hughes. MBS. Crossword Puzzle . W Peeled SB Indito tlib 17 BettM 3S PuiHed Mat 11 Pruteo 1& 15tb of Uartb 3ft Front ol vrmy J7 Vemur 38 fltudi 39 Letter B 41 Chin f te 43 Like iiex 44 Simpiei 45 Navrrc traVk 41 ODrtttinira 4S Nether regios Veer about I 6..VB Qt OOW ( Ptovm is aboofug itavr it Biotetv Itv Stray llwork IS riue of ntpect lt-Seiweea tl-mili bird n Greek itttet U -Bound ( I i 4 I Is L h la I . 9 3 " 1 wn W r ZtF ,fe L-LJ 55 bp Iltfel n " 55 hV : 1 Mr. k tawtasl rsattag bas(sU. bet. 50 FARVOUR EXPERIMENT VOUR LEARNlisIA UTuJ A U065 MIND X WORKS 7:16 p. m. Remember, BN. 7:30 p. m. Grand Ol' Opry, NBO; Bed Ryder, BN. . 7:46 p. m. Deans Diekaaon, news. CBS. sw) p. m. Trutn or uo resequences, NBC; Thaults to Yanks. CBS. g:16 p. m. Edw. Jorgenaon, com mentator, BN. 6 40 p. m -Abie s r " Leon Henderson, news, BN; Inner Sanctum. cBa; iea w. 8:46 n. m. orch.. Has. 0 00 p. m. Cowboy Hit Review. BN: Hit parade, CBS; News, MBS. 30 p. m. Curtain Call. NBO. ' 8.46 p. m. Dont You Believe Lt, CBS; Shep Flelda Orch., MBS. 10:00 p. m. News, NBC; Bridge ts Dreamland, BN. 10:16 p. m. Henry King Orch. MBS 10:30 p.m. Hotel St. Francis Orch, NBC: Bam Dance, CBS. 10:45 p. m. Qua Aruheim. MBS. 11:00 p. m. Hotel BUtmore Orch, NBOt This Moving World, BN; Band wagon, MBS. Principal industry at the Ore gon State Penitentiary is the flax plant, started in 1919. ANSWtm TO r EC VI O LIB PUZZLS DOWN 1 Heart fain SI-Epocli 5 Frigid 4 Irrecular I Wooden tboo 6 iUBrm T Spread for drrtnf Bradieatof Edge 11 Uouseboid 13 Hone j Uquot 14 Small nail 11 Piece i 30 Ooe up 33 Revealed 34 Rablo 3V-8oda drink 37 Enteruinera 38 Pnnurr tua 39 -8mell 30 Dtstanot 31 Feline 33 -Type ol DIrd 33 Indian trio tpU 34 Precioup 38 Fatal to tttt SB Indigo 40 Greet 43 Sooner than U Franeh aota Be HESS WMEM NOUCMANGE IMTO AMAlJ S, r,!t:DUI TWt FORMULA uvtwimHK.HOW WILL VTiS TtHJ 1-6EL f CO wo M Roiut1 tqp is7rpprs- jg; w aVjsiqA a c B v aTsTt A vtf 9 T CM I E T T E 15.145 C M A L A T IANb o w o l aTnTo i..2T DA RE N EO OIeTBI EaA5lEnpjN