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• SERIAL STORY MURDER TO MUSIC s»" BY NARD JONES CAST OF CHARACTERS . MYRNA DOMBEY — heroine. Wife of the icntatioBal »win| 1 band leader. ROBERT TAIT—hero. News l«wr photographer—detective. ANNE LESTER—Mjrrna'» clos Mt friend. DANNIE FREELEY—officer a. signed to investigate , Ludden Dombtjr'i murder. • - * « ' • YeiKrdiy: Tait and Anne find Myrna in an abandoned cabin and bring her back to the city to face tho music. Tait vows to help her «ntil the end. CHAPTER XII • Almost three hours later, just as the little coupe was crossing the north, city limits, Myrna1 awakened on Anne's shoulder. The I dawn was breaking into full day J and the spirits of the trio rose with the sun. The black hours In and near that hillside shack seem ed to Tait like a bad dream. He turned to Myrna. "Feeling BifclterT" * * "( ;'"Yes . . . a little." "Anne and I have dccided you should sleep some more, though— ! in my apartment. Another 20 miAUtes and we'll be there." L But when Tait arrived at his apartment building he decidedi that caution would be the better i part of valor. Instead of parking ne^r the entrance way, he drove around to the alley. "I'm going up and have a look.f It may be ihat Dannie -Feeley'si got .suspicious and has someone ' waiting for my return. You girls lit tight here in the car. "He grinned at Myrna. "And I expect to find you here when I cet back." She managed to return a smile. "J'H be here," she said. Tait hurried up the back stair way of the apartment, slowing down only when he reached his floor. Quietly he opened the door from the back landing into the long hail. To his relief, no patrol ing stranger was in sight Never theless he went down the hallway to listen before his door. Suddenly he stopped. The door of his apartment was slightly ajar! Tentatively he pushed it open and looked inside—and was amazed to see, seated in his one ectey chair, Harris Roger*. ''Well !v he tried to keep the an ger from his voice. "You're an early — shall we say an early caller?" * , - Rogers got up, shrugging his shoulder? and .straightening his collar. "Better call me a guest, Tait. The fact is, I've been here all night." He smiled, not unpleas antly. "You see, I came last night. You hadn't arrived, and I per suaded the janitor that I was a friend of yours. I hope I didn't exaggerate, Tail" . • "It's not necessarv to exagger ate with the janitor if you've a $o bill," Tait said. - 1 MI really expected that you'd return-^-and then somehow I fell asleep in that very comfortable chair. I hope youTl forgive me. But under all the circumstances . . ..". His voice. trailed off. and he made a gesture which said that Tait would tirttiueattoriably under-1 stand. * "What can.I do for you?" Tait w&ff stil 1 standing. He was puzrled at Rogers' curious visit, was nerv ous about the two girls in the C*r. Suppose they grew disturbed at hig long absence, and walked into the apartment to investigate? "I —I don't want to rush you, Rog ers. But the fact is, I've an early appointment." Again Roger's smiled. "I won't be long. Here's the point, Tait. I've known you for quite a while, and Fyc always liked you. Some how I got the impression, down there at the Pacific Plaza last night, that you were interested in this terrible business." "Interested? How do you \ mean ?" "Well, curious, then. I can un- j derstand that. After all, you're a newspaper man by training. } You'xe been at the finish of a lot j of things like thK But this is one i that I wouldn't get worried about.: Bob." The seemingly mild suggestion stevtled Tait. "You—you're not giving mc warning, are you?" MOf course not." Harry Rogers laughed dispaingiugly. "It's just a friendly tip. And, frankly, it's for my sake as well as yours," "I see . \ ." Tait drew cigarets from his pocket and offered the ; pack to Rogers. Then, carelessly,! he closed the do<»" into the halh Turning. he said. "Now w'e*ro (jet- ! tin* somewhere. What's leally on your mind?" . t \ "Just this. As you know, I-man aged Dombey himself—as well .as The Swingateevk, I'd like to see the bandrjro om both because it" means a good srot for mfi, and be-, cause of—qf Mrs. Dombey. Poor Lud is dead. I don't know who killed him. I'd like to get my hands on him—tyit } think itV more important to keep things go ing for the gifl he loved. And I'm telling you, Tait, if thay start in vestigating all over the place there'll be a bad mess of public ity. That wouldn't be pood for either the xrirl or her business." "Her business?" "Of course you didn't know—1 but Dombey made her a partner in Swingateers. She's liable fori the debts of a corporation, and there are plenty.*. Rogers held hia palms upward. 441 tried to control Lud, but he was impossible when he was on a spending spree. Never realized that the money couldn't last forever. But with luck. Tait, L ean bring things into shape, keep Myrna from getting into a mess, and probably make her wealthy." Tait was silent a moment. Then: "I get the idea. But I don't quite see how it would help to stop in vestigating Dombey's murder. I'm afraid that Dannie Feeley couldn't see your argument." "Naturally not. The police will keep on investigating. But it's a tough case. You know that. It | may slide along for considerable; time." The photographer smiled. "In other words, yon figure that the fewer who are "interested,' as you put it a moment ago, the less chance of getting the reputation of Dombey and the band dirtied up." "That js it precisely. I thought you'd see it my way.' * ♦ * Tait. shook his head. "But I don't sec it your way, Rogers. In the first place, the most logical suspect that the policc have right no»v is Mrs. Dombey. Until they can get some leads elsewhere she's going to have a bad time. In the second place, I'm not at all cer tain that she' ^interested in the money you can make for her with Lud's reputation and his band—" "Do you know her well enoug.i to be suie of that?" Rogers want ed to know. "It occurs to me that their acquaintance before mar riage was rather short." Ignoring the remark, Tait pro ceeded: "In the thud place, Rog ers ,all I ha\c is your word that Doinbey's affairs are in a mess and that his past might not look well in print." "And you doubt my word. Is that it?" ' _ "No—not just yet, at-any rate.' ^ ou might give somo notion of what you mean and then I'll be glad to tell you whether I'm will ing to believe it." Rogers' face darkened. "All right Tait: I can tell you plenty . . The manager of The Swing ateers dropped indolently to the arm of the chair. "I think tHit when I'm finished you'll be ready to forget that Lud Dombey was killed." r (To be continued) COSTS $1.50 EXTRA TO DELIVER ONE LETTER DELAND, Fla., Oct 10. (UP). Postmaster E. L. Powe is rather proud of his postal employes who were able to deliver, within a few hours, a letter addressed as fol lows: "Mrs. Alice, "Her husband's name js Clar ence." Powe put all clerks into action, checking directories and lists for married women whose first names were. Alice and whose husbands were named Clarence. The postmaster figured, how ever, that it cost the government almost $1.50 to deliver the letter because of extra work entailed. FLORIDA TO GROW RAMIE FOR FABRIC LEESBURG, Fla., Oct. 10. (UP) The growing of ramie, a shrub like plant which yields a soft, woody fibre used in making fine fabrics, promises to b«<^mc a new indystry in Lake county. A'firm is buying peat^nd peaty muck lands which are said to be best adapted for the plant. There is always a ready mar ket for ramie ih the United States, 'experts say, but the plant has not beep grown extensively in this* 'country because extracting the fibre is expensive. New Air-Cooled i Furnaces Also Nearly Smokeless IIOT SPRINGS, Ark., Oct. 10 j (UP).—The dream of smokeless j towns seems to be nearer a real ! ity. Ray Hell, former boxer, has in 1 vented an air-cooled furnace con structed on zoning principles. It brings in air from the ton and materializes almost (jopiplete com busion. • * Joseph A. Grant, chief boiler inspector for the State of Illinois, endorsed the furnace and said that Bell's patented invention was a "golden opportunity" to make state controlled institutions smokeless. Illinois' officials have two eon tracts with Bell, whose invention has been tried in a local laundry for several weeks. ST. I OUIS FINANCES OBTAINED When Bell mentioned to a friend. Dr. J. P. Randolph, what he was working on, the physician ( became interested and studied the invention personaJly. He was con- j vinced that Bell "had something." j He interested Toip Ray, St. Louis | financier, in the project, and Ray j came here to be "sold" on 3elPs ; invention. Bell's prowes sat pugilism was I proved poor in a few years of competition and he stopped fight ing to "meddle" with machinery. Grant said he did not hesitate to state that he had brought to Hot Springs every instrument and device demanded by Illinois in connection wun imuiui icsi ihk. SURPRISE FOR INSPECTOR "I tried my best to make i tfail to function." Grant said. "When I first looked at the smokestacks over the laundry and did not see any smoke coming out, tho natur al conclusion was—no fire was in the boiler. "But I visited the engine room and found the boiler ponping, but could placc my hand on it and not be burned. "Briefly, this has been a reve lation to me. I subjected the boil- J er to every test I knew and ex perimented with some I didn't know, I am convinced that it is absolutely perfect. It certainly is a remarkable invention, and if nut into general use in any city, the smokeless town we haVe been hoping for will be a reality.'' LARGER TRANSPORT PLANES ARE PROBLEM CHICAGO, Oct. 10. (UP).— Hundreds of airports are facing a dilemma as faster and bigger planes are designed and built, ac cording to a survey of the Ameri can Municipal association. The airports, in order to keep on with the progress in aviation, are called upon to increase facili ties, particularly for the landing of big commercial planea. This will mean added airport costs, which mast of the stations are n*t in a position meet, the survey showed. Reports from 84 cities operating municipal airports revealed that.78 stood an annual operating loss amounting $1,039, 936. Only six cities showed an average operating profit of $551. i USE OF POWER UP ONE-THIRD IN FIVE YEARS * r ' U. S. Commission Makes Survey of Electro-Process Operations WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. (UP). Electro-process operation in the chemical and metal industries will require one-third more power wrthin the next five years, the federal power ' commission has estimated. It marked the western states for a large part of this increase because of the proximity of ores and the uotential availability of cheap hydroelectric power. • J In a report on "power require-1 ments in the electro-chemical, electro-metallurgical and allied industries," the commission stated that such operations consume 1", 824,000,000 'kilowatt hours an-! nually, or more than one-tenth as j much as is generated for publ'c usev It estimated consumption I wijl increase to 17,751,000,000 ki-l lowatt hours in five years. The study, was undertaken to indicate new requirements suffi ciently in advance "to permit the orderly development of powet re sources to meet the increased needs." MAGNESIUM ESTIMATE LARGEST It was estimated that power used in the aluminum industry would increase from 2,597,000, 000 to 3,800,000.000 kilowatt hours and in the. copper industry would decrease from, 2,6000,000 to 2,500,000.000. The greatest, an ticipated increases are from 30, 000.000 to 100,000,000 in mag nesium and 550,00 0,000 to 1, 100.000,000 in calcium carbide. Further development of electro process equipment as , a tool in other industries ma.v* bring: in creases in energy" requirements as great as the corresponding i\* creases in the electroprecess in dustries themselves, the commis sion said. • • Decreasing power rates may have an important bearing on the quantities of these and other ma terials produced electrically, par ticularly in regions where raw ma terials and low-cost electric power' are available,* according to 'the commission. • N< ' . "In the North Pacific coast with its larp-e and immediate possibil ities of low-cost hydroelectric energy, for example, ' there is a definite possibility of aluminum reduction from foreign ores deliv ered by cargo shipment on the Coiumbia river or on Puget Sound." the commission said. ! STEEL MI^LS MAY . USE POWER : "The availability of iron ore. of iron and'steel scran, and'of cok ing coal suitable ;for clectyic fufy nace production," and the rety lively small t local capacity now installed, indicate that, electric production of iron and steql al loys will be commercially possi ble in the near future. "Widespread deposits of man ganese,. chromium and other ores suggest the possibility of fer roralloy production. Extensive resources of phosphate rock in P.-T.A. AT FLETCHER MEETS TUESDAY EVE FLETCHER, Oct. 10. (Special) —The October meeting of the Fletcher Parent-Teacher associa tion will be held on Tuesday eve ning Oct. 11, at :30 o'clock. The meeting time has been changed from Thursday to Tuesday eve ning. After the business session there will be a "spelling match," with the teachers spelling against the parents. A great deal of in terest has been aroused since this challenge was extended by the parents to the teachers and spell ing books have been niuch in ev| J dence. A prize has been offered the grade making the best poster an nouncing the spelling match. DISTRESS SIGNAL FOR PLANES INVENTED PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 10.— (UP)—Anthony Easton, physicist of the California Institute of Technology, and Major Daniel El lis of the air corps reserve, have invented a distress signal appar atus, designed to aid in locating wrecked planes. • < . As the tail of the plane invari ably remains intact in crashes, they have designed a short wave radio device, to be placed on^ the tail of planes, and which auto matically starts sending a signal when a jolt or crash starts the mechanism functioning. The sig nals can be heard within a radius of 100 miles and can be picked up and followed by a directional finder, ' ^ nri/1 M nn I anno, rv.vu iiiiiiK* v m..vi tana are available - for the manu facture .of phosphoric acids and phosphates. More immediate proB4 pects for the development of sodium chlorate and of calcium carbide are also to be noted.v The commission cited possibili ties in the southwestern states for ferro-alloys and especially ferro manjrahese and zinc deposits in Nevada, majrnesites in California and alunites in Utah. "In the southeast, the greatly increased production of paper and pulp from enormous regional resources of timber foreshadow a future need for power in these op erations and also in the produc tion of chlorine and caustic soda for process purpose?," the report said. • ' '• It cited the possibility of dolo mite deposits in the Tenrte,ssee valley developing a local .magne sium industry when domestic de mands exceed the capacity of plants at Midland, Mich. SATURDAY Maximum temperature—73 de crees. , Minimum—32 degrees.' . \ ...Mean—52.5 degrees. I)&y's range—41 degrees. SUNDAY Maximum temperature—82 de gree.«. Minimum—45 degrees. . Mean—63.5 degrees. Day's ranire—37 degrees. Normal mean temperature for October-—56.4 degrees. No rain fall to date. Normal rainfall— 4.36 Inches. SEEK TO LINK m RIVERS Birmingham Steel District Wants Tennessee and Warrior Canal By THOMAS A. DOZIER United Press Staff Corespondent BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 10. (UP).—-The Birmingham iron and steel district today sought an out let for the products of its mines and furnaces in a waterway con necting the Warrior and Tennes see rivers. ; • . The proposed link would give this section, rich in coal and iron deposits, a direct water connec tion with the Mississippi river system and the Great Lakes. A shorter canal between . Birming ham and the Warrior river would give the entire area a navigable waterway to the Gulf of Mexico. An organization to promote the proposed canal had been formed. It includes industrial and civic leaders and members of the state's congressional delegation. Army engineers already have begun a suvvey of the route, whieh would run from the War rior at Birminghampoft to the Tennessee at Guntersville. The entire route would be 'approxi mately 130 miles in length, but only about- 300 miles of that would be an actual canal, as Lo cust Fork and Spring creeks con stitute an; almost continuous waterway between the two points. Cost of the project has been estimated at between o.uuu.uuu and $80,000,000 the latter figure to include an operating company with all .necessary barges and equipment. ■ Approximately 20 Jocks would be necessary to make the route navigable for huge barges carry ing 10 train loads of freight in one tow, which arc contemplated. Engineers are surveying the route for geological data, water resource^ and possible tonnage to be carried over the waterway. Airplane pictures are beinjr made of every foot of ground along the route. At the canal association's initial meeting here, Representative Joe Starnes, D.. Ala., predicted the waterway ,if constructed, would become the "most ; important. in land transportation link in the world." " • He said such a cah&l had "vast possibilities" from the standpoint of national defenses in war time. Consummation of plans for the vyaierway would assure Birming ham of a powerful position ,in the industrial world, Starnes declared. Speaker of the House-William R'Bankhead, Senators Lister Hill, F);, Ala., and John H. Bankhead. n.; Ala., also'spoke in favor of the, projected link. "The canal association .will or ganize meetings in towns and dis tricts wWch wtyild be affected liy the waterway to work, for its early construction. ■ . , ■. Chest Colds RELIEVE MISERY of your cold as 3 out of 5 people do—massage throat, ; chest, back with VICKS VAPORUB. ! 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