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Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-06-09
Chapter 7
AMATEUR DETECTIVES

THE mild-eyed, oldish Stevens en-
Il tered, greeting Jerry causually and
offering a surprisingly muscular hand
to Emory following the introduction.
Just thot I'd look in" he explain
ed, genlally. Got your address at
the field
The little mans inoffensive voice
dwindled off into silence as he glanc-
ed admiringly aroun the tastefully
furnished room. He looked about as
little like a detective, Jerry thot, as
anyone possibly could.
II see you've been reading the pap
ers,' he continued, indicating the
scattered heap or the floor. This
business is getting to be a nuisance.
Worst OF 1t is, I'm declared in on it,
now, for good. All on account of this
One-shot Lucci."
Emory passed him a box of cigars.
He selected one, broke 1t in half. re-
manned silent for a few moments
while he got his chew safely under
control, then sat back in his chair
with a sigh of contentment.
Hear you've been running out of
gas down Atlantic City way" he con-
fided Unexpectedly.
Jerry looked at him sharply, but
the calm little man vas placidly eye
ing a Currier and Ives print on the
opposite wall.
"Uh, huh. The detective looked
cautiously around the floor, under the
table and into the nearest corner.
Then, meeting the hostile impact Of
Hawes's eye, he sat back trying to
appear unconcerned. This gum shoe
business is a funny game" he OBJ
served, apropos of nothing.
"Why?" asked Emory politely. The
faded blue eyes met his.
"A fellow doesn't get anywhere all
by himself. He chases around to hell
anyone and then finds that someone
else has copied the prize. A lot Of
ambitious young fellers start gallop-
ing off with their tail over the DASH
board going to get somewhere in a
hurry. Pretty soon. tho, they come
back sort of tired and discouraged
like and are glad enough to get a
little help.
He lapsed into melancholy medita-
ton, gazing about the room. Jerry
and Emory, watching him intently,
held their peace.
Me, / always have to take all the
help | can get" Stevens complained.
Now, in this case for instance.
Ocourse, I got an idea, just the same
as you fellers have, that the rack
eteers are stepping out high, wide
ana handsome.
And figure. just like you do" he
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or and the whistle of the wind thru
the wires and struts.
Emory NODDED briefly. his blue eyes
glittering with excitement. He focus
sed his glasses again upon the amph-
ibian, which was now dwelling out
for a landing not thirty feet from the
tossing boat.
Small as was the toy-like plane be-
meath them, Emory could see a tiny
black figure standing upon its lower
wing as its pilot steered for the row.
boat. The man leaped into the boat,
remained there a moment, then, as
the amphibian turned slowly into the
wind, he returned to the wing. Pres
entity he was seated again in the rear
cockpit.
The amphibian began to move thru
the water, leaving behind a spear
shaped wake which contrasted white
ly against the blue background of the
sea. The wake ceased abruptly. The
swift moving plane, now in its ma
tural element, banked into a wide.
swinging arc toward the southwest
and pursued a ruler-straight course
in the direction whence it had ap-
peared.
Jerry whirled his plane around and
headed after the amphibian, still
keeping within the binding rays of
the sun.
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Chapter 6
BY A

FERRY measured as best he could
- the speed of his own craft against
that of the other. 1t was quite evid-
ent that the stranger was not ex-
pecting aerial pursuit since h was
loafing along at barely three-Quarters
the rated speed of his ship. With mis-
own engine wide open, Jerry was
ably back in his seat, hoping hat the
other pilot would not see him and
leave him far behind.
The descent of the amphibian had
been noted by the observers in the
crows nest of the guarding vessels.
Jerry n Emory saw destroyers and
picket boats get under way, heading
on a forlorn chase after the two air.
planes. Jerry could imagine their rad
10 operators busily hammering at
their keys, trying to summon army
planes from Mineola and navy flying
boats from Far Rockaway to head off
the escaping criminals.
The low-lying shore of Long Island
gradually slid astern. The amphibian
was edging out to sea, taking no
chances OF being observed and re-
ported by the vigilant coast guard
~lifesaving stations which dotted the
shore line. Sandy Hook appeared Just
abreast the airplane's right wing,
followed by the Highlands, Sea Bright
49, E%A AIN - 11O .
With every mile covered Jerry's
spirits sank lower and lower. He now
glanced more often at the gasoline
gauge than at the steadily flying
amphibian. The old training ship was
not equipped for long-distance flying.
Two miles beneath him and slightly
ahead was the plane.
For a few desperate moments he
considered the possibility of diving
upon it, trying with his W expert
ness in maneuvering to force it to a
landing. But he knew that 1t would
be folly. BY the mere act of showing
his throttle forward the other pilot
could out-speed him.
Just as the irregular sky line of
Atlantic City began to loom up In the
haze of the southwest, Jerry, with
bitterness in his heart, banked over
on his right wing tip and headed in
shore. The amphibian, continuing her
straightaway course, rapidly dwind-
led to nothing in the southern sky.
Jerry cut his motor and nosed down.
Hardly enough gas to make
shore!" he shouted.
Emory NODDED silently.
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Chapter 9
A MAN

THE whirling blur Of things stead
IL led. Nancy's eyes returned to
focus. A long breath or two and she
was almost herself.
Before her was the gangster, One
shot Lucci, balancing himself lightly
upon the balls of his feet, rubbing
the knuckles of his right hand and
staring at her with his bright, hard
little eyes. His shock Of black hair
was slicked back against his head,
glued down with pomade. She could
smell the lilac scent In 1t.
"If he tries to neck you again, I'll
kill him. he declared flatly. Lucky
I happened by" He paused a NOM
emit in thot. Then his brow cleared.
Wouldn't It be better if | cracked
his neck now? There wouldn't be a
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Gamblers Throw
G1 bu EhatdcsL L. Adantd-

SYNOPSIS. Racing along In an
airplane Jerry Calhoun and his
friend, Emory Battles. search for
the kidnapers OF Nancy Went
worth ana two well-known mill
lionaires. In letters demanding
ransom the kidnapers have given
instructions TO leave the money
southeast of the Montauk point
lighthouse. No boats may remain
within eight miles of the rowboat.
But Jerry ana Emory hope 70
trick the gang by using ar air
plane for pursuit. Jerry is partic-
ularly concerned with catching the
men, because he was with Nancy
when she was abducted, and altho
he was hurt in an attempt TO help
her he feels responsible for her
capture. That the captors are of
superior intelligence is plainly
seen from the letters. No promise
has been made as to the return OF
the prisoners, but there are yelled
threats about the results If in
structions are not carried out.
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squawk outa him.
mo, no, please!' she turned a sob
into a nervous laugh. THANK you so
much. Mr.. Lucci, but let's not add
to our troubles" Mr.. Lucci looked as
tho he thot the trouble would be neg
ligible, a thing to be forgotten In the
next breath, but she hurried on. I'm
sure he won't bother me again.
Mallory was struggling to his feet.
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Chapter s
you've BEWlTCHED ME"

THE implacable glare of the after
a. noon sun hammered down upon
the low, rambling house.
The blazing light, undimmed by any
cloud, turned the white shell beach
into a dazzling incandescence which
burned its way into ones eyeballs
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like a white hot needle. The palm
trees themselves seemed to find the
oppressive heat unbearable, so dry
ana brown and weary-looking were
their rafting leaves. Their golliwog-
like clusters gave little shade and
less rest to the eye, serving only to
ac%centuate the glare OF the brassy
sky and the FURNISHED iridiscence OF
the flattened sea.
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On Tuesday morning, five days af-
ter the kidnapers had made q sue
cessful escape with the board" mon
ey, the newspapers announced a new
series of o%utrages.
Huge headlines across the front
pages proclaimed that the kidnapers
had descended upon Chicago the eve
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CHERRY SPRINGS

CONTINUED from Page q
to throw his hip out of place
Thursday while trying to catch a
horse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Brinkema
and children visited at the L. De-
Vries home near Roberts Satur-
day.
Mrs. Harry Clark and daughter
Mildred, Lee Clark and Lester
Lochridge visited at the Lorin
Lochridge home in Red Lodge Sat-
urday.
Baptist Obert was a Roberts
caller Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Olels and son
Russell visited at the Marvin Olels
home in Red Lodge Friday.
Mrs. Ed Hansen and Miss
Blanche Egan called in Roberts
Tuesday.
Misses Bertha and Dorothy Tun-
nicliff, who have been attending
high school in Roberts and Red
Lodge, returned to their home on
Elbow creek last week.
Mrs. C. A. Loyning and children
Cora, Violet and Raymond were
business callers in Red Lodge Fri
day.
Master Ernest DeVries of Rob-
erts has been visiting the past
week at the Herman DeVries home.
Lee Clark called at the Lou Tun-
nicliff home Monday afternoon.
Ned Russell made a business trip
to Roberts Thursday.
Lou and Donald Tunnicliff call
ed in the Cherry Springs vicinity
Sunday.
Russell Olels called at the "Bat"
Pagliasotti home near Roberts
Sunday.
Ned Russell took his herd of
sheep to the Langstaff ranch,
where he had them sheared.
voice, with scarcely a trace of accent,
challenged her.
Very little that I did not know"
He accepted her thrust.
II must find a cool spot" she said.
She turned toward the door and had
nearly reached the sanctuary of the
darkened interior when his voice, cool
and measured, came to her.
Next time anyone starts to make
love to you, Nancy, tell him that I'll
toss his heart out to the sharks"
She wheeled around, her courage
returning, determined to fight IL out
then and there. He had disappeared.
His steps could be heard slitherlng
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-07-27
RED CROSS SPEEDS RELIEF WORK.

Red Cross flour mled from Government wheat and cracked wheat cereal are being distributed by the American Red Cross to alleviate distress among the veterans of the bonus army encamped at the national capital, according to an announce ment made by A L. Schafer, Manager of the San Francisco Branch Office at San Francisco.
 Action of the Red Cross in distributing food in the form of flour to the bonus army was re- ported by Chairman John Barton Payne of the national organization at Washington in letter to the Central Committee of which Samuel Knight of San Francisco, is a member
 June 25 the nationwide distribution of Red Cross flour had mounted to total of 2435 206 barrels The records of 2964 chapters participating in the flour distribution show that 2,730298 families or close to twelve million people have been directly benefited by issuance of flour.
 better idea of the magnitude of the flour activity is obtained by stating the number of barrels in carloads, trainloads, MT. Schafer points out
 On the basis of 210 barrels to a carload the Red Cross chapters have ordered for distribution to needy families. 1l597 carloads of flour.
 Made up into trains these Il ,597 carloads would form l66 trains such pull the mountain divisions of the railroads, or 1l6 trains such operate over the valley plains divisions of the railroads
 MT. Schafer also advises that another 45 900 0O( bushels of wheat have been made available to thu Red Cross well 500O0O bales of cotton. Int cotton wll be converted into material for clothing
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Scenic Wonders of U. s.
(Cordova Times.9

Some of the best scenery in the world is in Alaska Mount Mckinley seen from the plains is lin class with Everest and Kunchinjunga. Nowhere are there magnificent glaciers, and nowhere except in Norway match the famous Inside Passage.
 Few American tourists have seen these glories, or are even aware of them When they think of mountain scenery, they think of the Alps. Yet the mountains of Switzerland pygmies beside the snowy cress of the Alaskan Ranges and the glaciers around Mount Blanc tiny scraps of white com pared with the blazing expanses of Alaskan ice fields
 Thousands of Americans are booking passage for Europe this year to go in search of scenic wonders and beauties their country can excel. They go because they don't know America or because going abroad is quite the thing"
 But the traveller isn't solely to blame. The Alps have been advertised the world over for generations Alaska has press agent. The Alps have been Icommercalized The Alaskan Ranges have not been brought out of the wilderness And touring America, while hundreds of thousands are doing it. has not been made the social and intellectual accomplish ment attributed to foreign travel by those who have been across and by those engaged in the profit able business of bridging the Atlantic for them.
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MORE AID FOR STATES-NONE FOR
 ALASKA.

The Department of Agriculture, through Secre- tary Arthur M. Hyde, has just announced the dis trbution of s12O0OO0OO to the States and Hawaii of Relief Funds for Federal Aid Highway construc- tion This money. which is in addition to the SIPS 900 appropriation made earlier in the year for the normal Federal Highway Aid program, can be used by the States to match Federal funds accrung from the latter source Ordinarily each State would be required to match the money put up by the Federal Government.
 Alaska does not share in either of these funds. The treatment accorded this Territory this year presents a startling contrast to that which is being given the States It is discrimination of the worst sort.
 In recent past years, the United States Forest Service and United States Bureau of Public Roads accumulated several hundred thousand dollars of surplus from the Forest Highway Fund allotments. This money was allotted to Alaska legally by the Department of Agriculture Last Spring, Congress passed item carrying some $120O0,ooo Forest Highway money Out of this, Alaska normally would have received more than $800000. But Congress on the basis of transformation and through a lack Of sympathetic interest by representatives of the De- partment of Agriculture appearing before the Com mittee Appropriations, limited expenditures in the Territory by the Bureau of Public Roads dur ing the current fiscal year to $35000o Thus it not only reduced the current allotment by almost $50O UOO, put II made t lmpOSSlDie VO any ol accumulated surplus.
 The other Federal fund the Territory received for road construction is for the Alaska Road Com mission It has been receiving around $80O000 for several years past. This year it was slashed to $494000 This reduction, added to the stricken Forest Highway surplus and the limitation of this years allotment from the source took away about s2,O00000 from Alaska that fairly ought to have been available for road work.
 defense of economy made when Alaska the victim of Federal retrenchment But the other side of the picture is turned now, and gency relief is advanced the explanation of Fed eral generosity to the States. Apparently Wash ington authorities must believe that Alaska is not visited by the depression which has practically paralyzed the entire country. The only other way in which to account for the discrimination that has been practced is that the Territory nonenty far as national politics concerned.
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the Glass repeaer. And although the new Senators and Representatives who will be elected in Novem- Der will not be seated until March 4, 1885, the vote cast in November, especially for members of Congress where the Prohibition issue is paramount, will have real bearing on the action taken by the Senate when the resolution reaches final vote.
 It provides for ratification by State conventions, prohibits saloons and pledges Federal aid to prevent shipping of liquor into dry States While the vote by which it adopted but slightly more than half of the Senate membership the majority for consideration lacked but five votes of being two thirds of the number who voted-37 to 21. When it comes up for final action, two-thirds majority of each branch of Congress is necessary for passage
 This the first vote to be taken the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment since the original prohibitory amendment was submitted Is years ago. It cannot be regarded as test of the wet and dry lineup in the Senate but is of how many of the Senators willing to put it up to the people of the country to decide the issue. Perhaps after November, many of those who think it improper to do that will have good and sufficient reason to have changed their minds
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CHAPTER 36. THREE SHOTS LEFT

Listen, you little fighting cock, Emory said, itching himself closed to the other. There's only one thing that'll keep me from kick ing off with smile on my face. "
 And that is?" invited Ashwood quietly.
 I'm so curious about you that I'm itching all over. Since we'll probably both be bumped off in the next twenty minutes, won't you tell me what turned you from q good drinking partner, as you were back in London, to a boiled egg such as you are now?"
 The cripple glanced over the ta- ble top, then turned his vivid blue eyes toward Emory.
 q owe you something," he ac- knowledged slowly, "so I suppose l may as we'll tell you. Forgive me if I spare you the details. I'm an American. Enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps in Canada. Some time before I ran across you in London l met girl who drove an ambulance for the Overseas Club. Saw quite bit of her. Asked her to marry me. Two nights after that evening of ours which ended in the fight with the military po- lice, she stole some important pa- pers from the pocket of my tun- ia
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Some days after she took the papers British push was smashed to bits by the Germans. My fault. you see. On that same day, a German Fokker crooked me over the lines. Our men hoisted the engine off my leg and took me to the hospital. But that didn't prevent them from cashiering me At the trial they blamed me for other things-things I hadn't done. I felt so low that I guess I didn't put up decent defense. Spent year in the Tower of London, expecting to be shot any day. Six months after the armistice I was pardoned. My friends had for gotten me but had remembered to drop my name from any clubs.
 T drifted about like pariah Needed excitement. Had no re- spect for justice, hence none for the law that administered it. War taught me the real value of hu- man life, which is less than noth- ing. Turned to crime for excite ment and to keep me off the ben ches on the Thames Embankment. Played the Lone Wolf racket for while. Came back to America. Saw in some of the Chicago gangs that were just beginning to lift their heads a possibility for or ganized crime that would be high ly diverting and exceedingly prof itable. I recruited my own mob who, by the way, are beginning their attack"
 He turned abruptly and fired three shots as fast as he could pull the trigger. Emory, getting into
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Another LabOr-Another Mouse.
Cincinnati Enquirer.)

He has erected a multitude of new of
 fices, and sent hither of of-
 ficers, to harass people and eat out
 their substance.
 The foregoing excerpt from the Declaration of Independence frequently is the tongues these days of those who turn to history for parallels They insist that it reveals the temper of Americans with reference to bureaus and bureaucratS
 They fail to reckon the great services being performed for the American people and American industry by the bureaucrats and Myrmdons. The more disinterested observer of the work of those governmental agents of service the his wonder grows that the country survived as long as it did without them.
 There is, for example the Department of Com merce publication dealing with Drug Arrange ment" It contains the results of thorough study of improved store arrangements Outlines the prin- ciples of operating ease efficiency and special pro- motional advantages in the drug store"
 That, ladies and gentlemen who pay income taxes, is where your money goes-to Government high priced experts to teach apthoecares how to arrange their drug stores that they may serve you more efficiently when you next feel the need of a soft drink, can of beans, pair of water wings, a tube of tooth paste, ounce of castor oil or a drop of perfume.
 The book is full of much advice, pretty pictures and interesting charts It very likely occupied the time of of for several months, and thereby helped to relieve unemploymnt at the ex- pense of the taxpayer. So everything is even on that score.
 The publication is certain to be a great help to druggists who managed to get their chains of stores into the big business class strangely enough without the advice and consent of the Department O. Commerce
 It sounds pretty important-and pretty silly
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{ action, saw two men stumble and fall.
 The battle became general, but to Emory it was a matter of him. self, alone, against half dozen. He was conscious that the fighting was sweeping toward and around the house like prairie fire. That was incidental. The only matter of importance was his own indi vidual effort to keep that little group of men from reaching the porch. The leader charged des- perately, zlgzagging as he galloped ahead of his companions. Emory wished to stand up and shoot it out with him but from the shelter of the palms the machine gun sprayed the window with bullets It was almost suicidal even to raise his head for a quick pot shot.
 A dozen more steps and that chap with the contorted face and staring eyes would be able to dodge behind the overhanging ledge of the porch. Nowl Emory's gun smacked against the palm of his hand The fellow crashed, fun against the porch.
 Emory heard Mallory cursing in monotone, on and on, endleSsly. flatly interrupted only by the heavy bark of his automatic. Ash wood was silent, his mouth set in a twisted grin, firing slowly, carefully, wasting not single shot.
 Running men were falling in the sand, some to get up and re- sume the charge, others to drag themselves away. The two ma chine-guns hammered relentleSsly. Their whining bullets irritated En- ory like persistent mosquitoes on a hot, sleepless night. It would be, he thought, those two machine guns, that would eventually turn the tide of battle against the de- lenders. Their slugs spattered