• 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.
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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.'
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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
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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. ■ . , ■.
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' Can't See ''VisuaMzed History"
U — — mm I y-rr—r- iWm ,
Threatening to withdraw his 17-year-old daughter from Balii
j raore's Western High School, E. Paul BehJes. an architect,
[ maided the deletion of "Visualized American History" from the
school's required reading list. He is pictured above with ha
daughter Ytive, examining ihe textbook which, all hough he vqty
for President Roosevelt, he condemned as "New Deal clectjoa
propaganda under the guise of American history"
QUAKER CITY SPURS
SO. AMERICAN TRADE
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 10.—
i (UP)—A campaign to develop
| the interest of Philadelphia im
I porters and exporters in Latin
American trade has been opened
| by the city's department i
wharves, docks ami ferries.
Consular representatives fffo
tral and South American nil*
have joined local business rr»
izations in aiding the depart*!
which hopes to bring a lam*
ume of new commerce to the*
of Philadelphia.
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