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Show P R'O VCtU T-A IDE'V E N E TfTAL Dr TU E S D A Y, J A N U A R Yl 6,-1 9 3 4 VAGE SEVEN UNKNOWN BLOND by Laura Lou BROOKMAN COfrft'Z-nt Kll HIA CtJVItf INC CHAPTER Xi QNK side of the cardboard was gray and discolored. Bannister turned It oTer and studied the photograph on the other side. It was a photograph of a man and a woman the man sitting down, the woman standing, with one hand resting on his Bhoulder. It nfust have been taken 25 or 30 years before. The woman's Iress was white, a rather elaborate elabor-ate dress with ruffled skirt reaching reach-ing to the floor and lace about the modestly cut neck. A style of dress worn. Bannister thought, In the early 1900'b. In her arm she held a bouquet of roses. She was a pretty woman, young looking. The man beside her was older. He appeared rather formidable In his black suit which must hare been the utmost in elegance for its day. His dark hair. In Bannister's judgment, was badly In need of trimming. Bannister would have dispensed with the heavy mustache, mus-tache, too. It was, beyond all doubt, a wedding wed-ding picture. No need to take in such details as the bridal bouquet or the sprig of orange blossoms pinned in the young woman's coiffure. - Yes, an old-fashioned wedding picture. A curious thing to find with the golf clubs and cocktail shaker and stack of "blues" songs in the bedroom of the dead orchestra orches-tra leader. Bannister studied the faces in the photograph. Neither, so far as he could see, resembled Tracy King. He did not know why he had put the photoglyph in his pocket except ex-cept that be wanted to study it further and Link's coming had prevented pre-vented that. He looked at the bottom, bot-tom, of the card and. .reauV'S wan n Studio." in flowing gilt Script. Below Be-low in smaller letters was the name of a town he had never heard of, located in another state. For several moments Bannister looked at the two faces. Then he gave it up. There was certainly nothing in that old photograph to give him any information about Tracy King's murder. Nothing whatever. He slipped the picture back into his pocket and thought that, as an amateur detective, he was probably the world's worst. OTILL he had the story of Mel- Y Tina Hollister's quarrel wlthj SMITH SPEAKS AT CONFERENCE PLEASANT GROVE J o seph Fielding Smith, member of the general . authorities of the L. t. S. church was the main speaker at the Timpanogos stakd J conference Saturday evening and, BOOTS AND HF.R f . ' WASHINGTON TUBBS 'better see - -- rATL IP Ht'S STILL I 7v PWV alive and J X " w WvVV: King. Apparently the police had not heard of that. Not that Bannister Ban-nister himself considered It im portanL Probably Mrs. Kennebec had exaggerated the whole thing, a women afe likely to do who have i gossip. On the other hand. Bannister reasoned, the story might have its importance. It helped to piece to gether the background of Tracy King's life during the past few days. Practical detectives, he knew, always tried to do that. They considered every detail, almost al-most as though they were Angering Anger-ing pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, then went to work, fitting the details together. Bannister felt jather proud of himself. He had something some-thing with which he could go to Captain McNeal now and say. "Here's a tip I picked up that may be worth looking into " The photograph In bis pocket, on the other hand, wasn't worth mentioning. He'd keep that to himself. Bannister was thinking of McNeal Mc-Neal and the tip he had to offer him when another thought interrupted. inter-rupted. It bad been a tip for McNeal Mc-Neal that had sent Bannister walking walk-ing down town that morning, the plaguey question whether or not to tell the detective about the glrlln the taxicab. Bannister smiled wrily. Well, she had been a slick one and he had fallen completely for her guile! lie had fallen so completely that. , looking about Tracy King's rooms an hour or so earlier, he bad actually searched for the memorandum she "had said she loBt there. What nonsense! As though he didn't know every, word she had spoken was false! "And if you'd found it.- Bannister Ban-nister berated himself, "I suppose you'd have kept It for her." Weil, there was no note there. There never had been such a note. rpHE car Jolted to a halt to let a passenger off. Bannister noticed no-ticed that they were on a street lined with low. rather dingy looking look-ing shops. In five minutes more they would reach the business district. dis-trict. The sky was getting dark now. It must be well after Ave o'clock. He glanced at his watch. Right it wa" almost 6:30. For the first time Bannister remembered that he had not eaten since morning. How long ago that seemed! . . "I'll have, to call Aunt Kate," he told himself. "Better do it first thing. I'll tell her not to expect me for dinner." Now that he had gotten into this thing he hadn't the faintest notion of stopping. He would go first to the Evening- Post office to find out what had happened in his absence. Maybe Paxton would be there. He felt the Intense necessity of "chinning "chin-ning over" the day's events. He was still behind on many of the details of Tracy King's death and wanted to ask questions. Galney or Cunningham could tell him what he wanted to know. The car turned into a wider street. Shop windows were already lighted and -made the Sky seem darker. Night had descended with the turn of that corner. This was down town Tremont a thorough fare on which ranged several small dress shops; a furniture store; a chain, grocery store with a red front and another painted green; a second-rate hotti and a huge vacant building. Ahead f brighter Sunday. He told the people to live their religion, to keep the commandments or else to get out and not profess to belong to the; church. He said that men who' violate any of the laws, are retarding re-tarding the growth of the church which should not be permitted. He especially emphasized thA keeping of the Sabbath Day holy. Other speakers were President Edmund Cragun, President M. S, Christiansen, high councilmen, James -H. Walker, James D. Thorne, A. L. Cullimore; recently RUDDIES TO Htw oo lights and larger electric eigne la dlcated more prosperous concern. Bannister rode two more blocks, then left the car. The newsboy on the . nearest corner was shouting unintelligible cries from which the word ."murder' could be distinguished. dis-tinguished. BanniBter bought a Post and walked on. The .black type across the first page of the newspaper declared, "Scurlach Denies King Murder." There was a Photograph of a man walking beside a policeman, shielding shield-ing his face so that t could not be seen. That, no doubt, was Scurlach. Scur-lach. There was a photograph or. a letter and, grouped below, were pictures of Carlotta Scurlach and Denise Lang and a larger one of Tracy King. The photographs took up a jood part of the page but at the left In two eolumn measure, Bet in large type was an account of Herman Scurlach's arrest and his denial of the crime. AT THE top of the column were the words, By J. Randolph Galney." Bannister read hastily as he walked. There was nothing that was new to him in the story except ex-cept the facts that Scurlach was a plasterer by trade, that he and Carlotta had been married for two years and that they lived at an address on Waverly Ave. In another column Bannister read, "Search Continues for Missing Miss-ing Blond." There was nothing new beneath that headline either. A description of the girl wanted in connection with the King mur der, so the account read, had been broadcast to city and county authorities au-thorities throughout nearby states. Her apprehension could be only a matter of hours now. Still there was not the slightest clew of her whereabouts. "She's a slick one." Bannister reminded himself, and thought that the hollow feeling that came over him must be due to going without his lunch. He turned into the Evening Post building. The elevator was not in sight so he climbed the stairs. Two flights. His breath was coming in deep puffs when he reached the top. After all, he certainly wasn't as young as he bad been. He pushed through the gate erected to keep bothersome visitors vis-itors from the editorial department depart-ment The place was half In darkness, dark-ness, lighted oly by two low-hung, green-shaded lamps. For a moment he thought there was no one there. Then he made out two figures a man bending over the drinking fountain In the corner and. at a desk, crouching awkwardly behind the open pages of a newspaper Galney! Bannlste'r felt a rush of jubilance as he crossed the floor. "Hi there, Gainey!" he called. "How about going out to have something to eat!' The-younge.r;m-an shifted his legs from the table to the floor, varied the angle of his felt hat "Suits me," he said without change of expression. "Where'd you want to go?" In a small restaurant two blocks away they found a table for two. Gainey, who had had little to say during the walk to the restaurant, leaned forward. - "I went out to see that Scurlach dame after you left." he confided. "Did you get a story from her?" "I'll say I did!" The reporter's face was suddenly animated. "And what a story!" (To Be Continued.) -- reurned Missionaries, Leda Hansen Han-sen from the East central states and La Veil Boren from the Calit fornia mission. A male chorus fur- nished the music at the Sunday afternoon session. President Wil-ford Wil-ford Warnick was in charge of the meetings. 0-, Professor Sauer of the B. Y. U, with his band furnished the pro gram at the Sunday evening ses-J sion. NOW , VOftkVT ' VT K.Y , voo 1 i m vc n ' - ' f GEE W12!. L XX WAS A WOMAN. COME A. MEVER HEARD U ON, P0DMEg t such a etbool ""TvLPi ' CURDLING J . . ,;Wa-l -SCREAM IM C r l rX 3 , t uv u.:i -' "i.-i- i iriinim'. INFORMATION? GU1BE ' 3 IT 13 TP "CTC r Shop and Residence UlJLOllltX. 1 F IfM tLJ Phone 1396J Plumbing Repair Work a Specialty. Dependable Service at anj time. All Work Guaranteed. .10 SWING FRAMES For Your Photos at Reduced MAIDEN'S, INC. 272 Trucking And Moving We Move Anything Anywhere Anytime 25t Went 2nd South HARDY TRANSFER - Fnon 148. tf University Pharmacy Predcriptions and Drugs. Fountain Luncheons and Party Room. J. H. Andrew, pharmacist (formerly with Schramm Jonnson Drugs). Free Delivery. Probate and Guard- J ianship Notices Consult County Clerk or the Respective Signers for Further Information. SHERIFF'S SALE , In the Fourth Judicial District Court, State of Utah, Utah County. Coun-ty. Zion's Savings Bank and Trust Company, a corporation, plaintiff, vs. Harold Adams and Olive R. Adams, his .wife; and Joseph Adams, defendants. To be sold at Sheriffs Sale on Thursday, the 18th day of January 1934, at eleven o'clock of said day at the front door of the County Court House, at the City and County Building, situate in Provo, Utah, the following described property, in Utah County, Utah, OUR BOARDING KfcEP STILL WHAT DO I CARE F OU WD AM APPOINT NAENT WlTK ANOTHER NUT,TO TALK ABOUT P"RAT -&URELS TRE P-AND , E H E3 STU HANCblNlCb VVAtTlNC "FOR VOL1, COUNTY TO SEMD WTVA NETS ANO 'A HU"R"DY-CbURDY, TO cSET YOU TWO R.Nb-TAL59 IM A CAGE yT3UREt TREASURE ami i cRCTURE f " "V I - ,006G0ViT -OO . VOVW OOKiTT tj A 0V . 6Wt DD IV. Gtt WWl ' V ' . '- - VOO VNV)t VOEFH V'AfeW. HER? 3m OOKi'T. AbW WLR I VJET-L HAVE 12 CO WELL NlTTV it fe WWW BOOT TWWV6 EH'U 'I OUTSIDE ANO PRY A BOARD .t' '' - - L y iWi HL 1 -TONDENSE....rLL HAVE KX"-"- ' 1 1 - ' V 1 ' "TO MAKE A PEW 'T? sr. ! tL' ' ' 'whka sCTviiwwec. u. . :r : BY CRANE 1 r fe) CXD f yijjjlf I H r puNV 1 & kNoW, WE'LL 1 ( NhELL, I'.V. 60fJMA LISTEN To v JIf i THERE'S 1 V BLAZESfl QB A3L To LISTEN THE THING THAT MOST PEOPLE Jj ji ,KlJ j NOT A i To ANY WORD THAT ARE CURIOUS TO KNOW.... AMD ft j flP m UL "t EVER WAS THAT IS, VHAT DOES A CATCHER - Lm fciVS they search every I A I tTTM A K V ( r ' j lM 1N THE HOUSE. CJj k SP TO BED Prices. West Center Phone 10. 49G North University Ave. to-wit: Beginning at a point 15.57 chains East and 16.74 chains South 1" 30' Fast from the Northwest coiner of Section 22, Township G South, Range 2 East of the Salt Lake Base and Meridian; and running thence South 1 30' East 8 20 chains; thence West n4.!)3 chains, to the road, thence North 1- UV West 8.26 Chains; tj 14.97 chains to the poi beginning. Area 12.35 acres Also, beginning at point 15.32 chains East anu 0.40 chains South, in the North line of the County road, from the Northwest corner of said Section 22; thence South 1" 3(f East 16.34 chains; theme East 0 25 chains; thence North 1 30' West 16.34 chains; thence West 0.25 chains to the place of beginning. It being understood un-derstood and agreed that this last tract is to be used as a right of HOUSE AS AROUNvTHE HOUSE, CAsU- LVP THE SOhAE MEN OVER 0 7 K mm Business Card THE GENERAL SHOP 159 No. Univ. Ave. Stove and furnace repairing Orates end linings furnished for ah makes. We clean cbimneys al reasonable prices. We buy, sell and exchange ue' furniture. Frrc call and delivery service We pay cash for used furniture Phie B15W. Satisfaction guaran ted Oeo. Bills, Mgr. LOST BOOK of Edgar Guest's poems Sat. night. Return to Herald. jl( BROWN silk purse in Paramount Sunday. Call the Herald. jlC WANTED MISCELLANEOUS PLAIN sewing. 640 North 2nd East. Phone 302W. jlS LIVFJ poultry. Cash, top prices paid. Phone 153J. Am. Fork. jlU USELESS horse n and cows. Pea ones if called immediately. Cal 680. Provo. Ci tl way for grantee and others. Dated at Provo, Utah, Dec. 26. i9:n. E. (3. DUHNELL. Sheriff, Utah County, Utah, By Chas. W. Mitchell, Deputy Thomas and Thomas, Attorneys for Plaintiff, Templeton Building, Salt Lake City, Utah. 1934. Publication in Provo Evening Herald Her-ald Dec. 26, 1 !.''..', Jan. 2, i, 16, Following the return of Vic torian fashions, and repeal in the United States, money was reported re-ported tigher in Paris. BY AHERN YOU COULT3 JUST WELL. VAAX THESE TANSS TELVERED 0 umf-Sput-i sPLTi-T- T- 1 GET A HUrvYR OM MY BACK , T YsA L "BE T3ECAU-3E YOU'RE fWKNG A "DRATTED "DROMEDARY CANCEL OF YE, r- EcSAD V V I ! i For WANT ADS Phone 495 Want ads will appear un i be Classified ad page if they are In the office before S a m. after which they will appear in the column "Too Iate for Classification " Want Ads will be accepted until 1 pr" m. except on Sat urday, when they will appear in Sunday's issue if phoiifd Into tha office hy 4 p. in. Rates First insertion, per line, 10 leuUj; each additloual insertion, inser-tion, per line, 5 cents; one week, per line, 30 cents; two weeks, per line, f0 cents; iiUe month, per line. W cents (Minimum charge. 25 cents.) Count five words to line. Minimum accepted, two lines. Double price will he charged charg-ed If payment is delayed or xillf-otor must call. Legal Rate 10 cents per line per lr tertlou FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS ' A Vi 1 M,nlne CAn vna Kiiuhul In. ' quire at Herald. Phone 495 jl!! j IK 'A radio in good condition. Bar- i e,:un. inq f.24 E. 4lh So. j 1 ! VV1NTEK Peannain apples. Wil-ford Wil-ford Perry. 49'i N. Mh W. j!9 AXM1NSTEB rug, good eontht nn. Keasonahle. Launing. .')7 No. University Ave. j'.i COOD hot coal $6.'2.r ton. Prompt delivery. Hill Bros. Coal Co. 904 No. 1 E. Provo. Phone 590. 1'2 ROME Beauty applets bushel or load. Potatoes. McMillen Phone 667-J. A-l lump coal. Phone 801R. 442 West 5th South . j3I IDEAL Coal Yard. Phone 4S7. lioinestic lump, $7 ; nut slack $3.50. j28 COOD Peacock Coal, $G.5() in 2-ton 2-ton lots. Edwin Mien. Phone 940-m. jig A-l QUALITY coal. Lump $0.50 per ton, up W. H. Price. Nixon ' xt, oK t. ,o,- ujJL. jui. o. x none iu jz? BOARD AND ROOM -s.-.m.' . i .wvwvwi v-ikju wictiu tiiiu nt;iiiei looms. 320 East 1st North. 14 Freckles and His Friends :: By Blosser WE'LL SOON kfMoW WHETHER ITS A PLOP, OR A SUCCESS... BOY! NWOKJT IT BE SWELL, IP WE CAN HEAR PEOPLE TALklNG.... PEOPLE WHO DIED YEARS AND YEARS AGO BUT WHnSE VO;cES STILL ARE FLOATING IN SPACE PHONE 495 TODAY NOW ON DISPLAY! The New lil.il CHEVKOLET TKL' K "New .Massiveness und Weight" HOLIDAY SPECIALS IN I SKI) C AItS 11)31 Deluxe Chevrolet Cabriolet $18f Down 1.U CHEVKOLET COACH SISo.OO Down !!!) C1IKN HOLKT COACH $75.00 Down 1930 IX) KD COUPE $90.00 Do.vn 1929 I OKI) Tl DOK $60.00 Down Many Other I set! Car Bargains to Select 1'ioin Nolan-Done, InL PHONE 1100 MOST IDEAL PROPERTY! o - Six room home built of brick and name large brick storehouse store-house cellar artesian well near paved sti'eet stores school church large 4 rods x 12 rods lot evergreen shade trees lawn cement sidewalks around house this is suitable lor garden, cow, lew poultry owned by widow desires to make quick sale - ONLY fclTM). TERMS. $lGf0 CASH DEAL. Substantial down payment considered cash deal. VUL'K OPPORTUNITY! o Corner Building Lots very at tractive. () FARM LAND BAR( JAINS o Willard L. Howards REAL ESTATE BROKER 39 Wesl nd North, P ioii, I'lah h'OR KENT FURNISHED PARTLY furn. modern home. 51. "5 Last :jrd South ji.s STRICTLY mod. apt. 3 im. Fur. Close in. Phone 1015W. j21 j STEAM heated bedi ms. Board it I desired 174 w. :.; - .n 252VV. Jl' FOB. SALE CAES t.UOD used cars. Cash talks. Daniels Auto Wreckage Phone OS. j l 1920 FORD coupe. (Jooil condition $20. Riverside Blacksmith Siup. FOR RELT- UNi-'UKNiSaiJ iaptt v fn-n - , i i "1,n ' 1,11 niod. house I c-,rarrO r1 1 F ih V. . Phone 1 084.) . TWO loi-i... m , I. v. , ' West 3rd South. 19 HAND ME THE PLIERS, FRECkLEC SAY, WHEN WE GET THIS HISTo-DETECTOR HISTo-DETECTOR WORKING, WHAT 5 THE first thing y?u'R gdins to A 1 rosy Tr ucao? i I |