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Show H K UMON. 1 l'lowiM-Edgi'- P Mors toViS' i I y a"-- ta- Ml i EWING CIRCLE lil lilt' Mi llol b t Ke ' pared fur Urn tuddeu Kl.icU. and could onl retreat In the lace of overwhelming forre. High rmv oftlrert worked to orgwnue an effective reslvt an e against the Invader Intelligence Officer Henning barelv escaped with his life witten a dMiainue l.iden ship explod ed In Ihv Panama (anal, trapping the '"led rP wn IUfk crelly suddenly Vastly superior to Ihe Amer-ehlc,nd equipment opposed them. Van Slat- . - pusd army uop t lor- - P- - rek'ntlesxly t was g I to S ' Mii't la ih Mcxh i, ( ll.lstrk winilil , I. nun, Ing Inn tu ri ,u i rhK'l of Uif l g wot 7i t XIX out Flagwill had sprawled hi. O.T.C. in U w ! lor '3 Boldine when he was shak- at sunrise, wakefulness by an assistant Xre-our report from the sir." Army at San Diego, ron-Janc- e reported. ;'A.r Ben-- S confirmed Paso. Van report from El north movhig are arte.'s troops Facts confirmed by ob- taken by one of our l.'f.o, si s graphs ervation planes. re-or- t and read the Flags'll sat up The with a blank expression. of events, raggenng succession of the p . li Lushing emo- ' days responsibilities had bankrupt him of dona, old j- - our t,Uone more report from the know well fleet and 'obletnij ,jbc a Is General he muttered. at his desk yet. do you drocp ygg'e jo' Ut ttWCUgL too. Tu als ' ot mu, Give q s' constpjj, il.v Toutite rder tor jupted. :bvice to his Flag-J- t t a peculiar chalky color. eyes centered on the majors irm that hung from his neck in or your TSES responded at once, 'er.mng Cal cisco, . sir, the gcncrsl hss D66n His aide for nearly an hour. him disturb let anyone to "Sts re- Benning account. Major ISP' an half Paso El Ijd in from were Vou asleep if ago. let him come in." Flagwill In- - I fos The admirals face went ashen, He swallowed several times and licked purple lips That, sir," he said in a low, tremulous voice. is a matter of decision entirely beyond u v province I can only give you the facts as tithe limitations of ymir navy Tannard nodded slowly anil resumed his pacing of the floor His head sunk again to his chest, the knuckles of his clenched hands were whitt- - as bleached bones Very well, gentlemen, I will decide, President Tannard said at last He halted and looked from one to another His face now was wrinkled and drawn until he had the aspect of a very old man "The inevitable decision," he added, and wet his lips with several nervous flicks of his tongue "You, Admiral, will be prepared to withdraw your fleet to the Atlantic to protect the countrys vital centers of population You, General, will meet the invasion as best you can at the Pacific shore, and fight a delaying action. There must be no public announcement of this decision temporarily to abandon the Pacific coast We are simply yielding to the inevitable That is all, gentlemen A momentous decision had to be made by the commander of the Fourth Army General Brunn and wetlen sling. fou didn't tell me youd been in What $ni, Flagwill accused. the bandages about? re all lie Earning smiled placidly, and said: M Cl&TE n sawbones took a Luger slug I've only my-- j e sensibitj it at El Paso. sir. t cherished, to blame for taking foolish ition of li- haices, but at least alls well that ne excluded J well, and I suppose always il better about the way I handled he cheapen i, and rn .1 hat about Boggio? Flagwill conits ' Ill 'nds interrupted. I met him, instead of atnghim at sight, I said, Bog-- i Im Major Benning, United $ Army. I understand you claim Jnsibility for bombing the White Be." Boggio snatched out his pis-r- d went into action. I aimed deliberately at his heart and tted a clean bulls-eyI didnt know Id been hit until some to i 'JJ:ly nen Chanuf e. t bedtmNext fortiblt lehrf, tes later." Igwill nodded gravely and said: M. glad you did it just that way, Jtng Hope your arm isnt in "ad a fix. fall oi jo y . lit I feelmj loesn't dual e with Kxk til it, the chwg tastes good f i a family st a iff me COStllJ T little hole, sir. El Paso treatment and anti-tetan- Id be as good as new in a time. Things seem to look black just now. Anything new It IPanima lse affirm that itll Sa year to put the Canal in lear ict3 fission n outtve.pl Jleral Hagues the ; of p Jd into the room with a sum- razer. his ashen face and distended .eloquent of some major that he did not wait to sc! lse. Ftgwill got to his feet. There ustjse blood on the moon, Ben-h- e exclaimed. Better go Walter Reed and get your arm id. then report back here to event I need you. ning passed up the hospital to h through Intelligence summa-m- d press reports. They reflect-orl- d now black as pitch with omens of mighty violence, scales aide-de-ca- ca-ip- hour later President Tannard d slowly up and down hi head sunk to his chest, hands I clenched, the tense silence of Mm broken only by the soft his feet and the noisy tick aU dock. Across the room m rov" - st0d General Hague and Hur't. the operations. w. latter, chief of President halted in front of and said m a low voice, You e of your estimate. General, a havent sufficient forces to te Pacific coast against a ma-as:o- hve, sir, Hague affirmed at Even if we . - fwraLr iWVfZpg n laid on e readv ln three hundred mcbiiization. " er letbl's et -- sa. ls itcrrT the - fv "that with I didnt turned h'T.fT hlm to Admiral "Wlththe losa navaf 1 buses on the 5 l. Pacific, r" ? fiV: I in" ! !o Oavc k t ";8V a !t BC. r - of battleship divi-iCra' are to be trn'o. r"- ' i Pres-ar- a ln , 'cr General," the Senate IT'ondition. r fror-g- effec-- ( j, p SS i 0 having an responded, it-rr- tusc. , awre shoved all our troops onto the Pacific couldnt supply them with ';on for more than two action, if that long. As I "re sirour defense plans years ef use. OU n' sir- - ct s Ur r'sking what o Id re- - Ceet on the Har: oor Pacific in a division of is n danSerous e :rnrnend abandon-beirS.C"ast3' t least 8 pTes,dert Tan- landed. thc !lrr V Very well, gentlemen, I will decide. It v m ,ite: r, 'ii li ' t s I the , i infill Will. I be so ouol in soft ' in sill s, even on !1 ouavt t ' i III n "i mi m u f ' il ng s it I itu 'l,v I. is, !'k p.Ph eep you of ifl i I iU'nd (It t j tird iifMacMve 1,( i r i MimLiiiiii s t X- -i v A ve I even In 3fUruh pattern, kn i)i 1 , In o i 111 i gales i t I3 i V v l thousands f m Pasadeii.i, and ti ,o of impending im.isi At San Fianeiseo for tin night bee.ijs,-ing 1 ait t.iuugh- - ! Jd 1 ini Sill, ,u il P i M tu 4 i i w ,11 r ni I e v I t Ill UTEK fj e " i A- - hg t- t INSTALLMI1XT FIGHTHIIN p JV.JJ.! -e 1 Hals. Parasols. Wedding Iiiiioxalimis d E:!!;'.--! U I ir. ( a i ' ni in h 1 1) f r Nu ii im , , .. A be Cltv Mas in a panic S'ea.h of people Mere pouting out cits oi all roads The Mint streams of tlu v.as being emptied mone from banks bemg b trail and truck A iicm terror ft d tin and shipped panic Kog had engulfed most of the coastline fr, re Seattle to Sai Francisco Visibility had been stripped from the sea b vast blankets of fog An oh servers Mete If the fog held out through the next few duvs, the invader would he able to put flshore In whaleboats and establish a foothold unhampered b American lighting plain's With nightf ill Mord came to San Francisco that the Font th Arms Mas retreating north from San Diego General Brunn refused to make any announcement, but the secret leaked that Ins divisions were headed into the legion of Sacramento Noms of this retreat converted panic into frenzy In the morning Hawtry took a chance against the fog fie found a hole at Medford and put down to refuel. Four hours later, Hawtry nosed about in the fleecy sky over Fort Lewis until he found a rift and dived to a landing Here on Puget Sound, some two thousand miles north of Brunns retreating divisions, was the northernmost element of his Fourth Army For defense of the Northwest were two National Guard Divisions and part of the Third Regulars Benning reported to Lieutenant Colonel Marsh, G-at Fort LeM'is headquarters, whence operations in the field were bemg directed. Marshs bloodless, drawn face reflected stunned hopelessness, his voice was a contained but colorless monotone as he sketched over the operations map with Benning. This fog has us stumped," he groaned. "We know enemy transports are not far off shore they may make a landing tonight. But they can land anywhere from Gray Harbor on down the coast into Oregon. All we can do is watch and wait, keeping our reserves massed and mobile. When they do land, all we can do is fight them in successive positions for a day or two and then pull out for the Cascades!" Astride his machine gun on the sandy beach south of Aberdeen, Private John Rand, 161st Infantry, thought he heard a rift in the monotonous splash of the incoming tide. The gun crew held its breath to strain into the washing waves. Theres men moving," someone Ke.rson.rhle Facts not nr i e.ssary to retain fm Is tliat we mav reason concerning them ISeaumarchnis. It land-houn- his general staff had been in a huddle through long hours. American bombers, attack and pursuit planes, had hammered Van Hasseks marching columns without greatly reducing their relentless northern movement. hoarsely whispered. Another complication was the Private Rand knew that friendly monstrous specter of invasion from were not allowed in front of patrols the Pacific, now looming nearer and his own His heart pounded nearer. Airplane observers, risking so hard position. he heard nothing else. themselves far out over the sea, A stab of flame leaped from the verified the actuality of it. Though muzzle of Rands gun. A succesof no declaration there had been sion of sharp flames followed as he war, yet transport and warcraft, of his cloaked in greasy smudge, swept poured the murderous mightA shrill into the machine gun night. toward the coast like some catarang out in front cry clysmic pestilence. Rand did not live to near the "We have done our best here, maddening storm that We howling, Brunn finally told his staff. out of that first bark swiftly grew have no alternative than to withof his machine gun. Shadows loomed draw northward to the vicinity of out of the fog and bore in on his Sacramento. Otherwise we will find The steel fang of a baycrew. long ourselves inevitably in a pocket from onet bit into his breast. to extricate which well be unable From a mile behind the shoreline Our withdrawal comourselves. commander of a battalion of the mences tonight. barked an order. Muzzle howitzers Benning heard the decision with flashes cut the night momentarily a gloomy tightening of the muscles to ribbons. The earth rocked from of his jaw Events of the past few the force of the explosion that sent days had dulled his sense of acute shells screaming to feeling, left him numb and dazed. the unseen shoreline. Brunns decision meant the abanFrom the sea came now the roar donment of the great Naval Operatof thunder as heavy naval guns ing Base at San Diego It meant the picked up the brawl to mock the first move of the land forces in evacpuny defiance of the howitzers The uating the Pacific coast. violence spread in length and dppth, swiftly rose in fury until it became CHAPTER XX a ceaseless roar of mighty thunder There was no such thing in this A plane from the 21st Reconnaisfoggy night as observation, no such sance Squadron had brought Benthing as gauging the tidal wave of ning from Washington two days be- invasion, or resistfore as Flagwill observer of the in- ance Only by sound could the inevitable invasion. Captain Hawtry, vader be estimated Ten thousand pilot, was on the lookout for his pas- men, the staff decided at dawn, senger. must have landed on the beach un"Hear the news, Major?" Haw- der cover of darkness Men enough try inquired. Hawtry. a lanky Virto force a human bridgehead for an ginian with clear gray eyes and the army to folloM1 under the savage relaxed features of a man who takes protection of naval guns life as it comes, added in a laconic Through the stricken, sodden day drawl: "It just come in a minute that followed. Benning remained at ago over the radio. Theyve cracked Fort Lewis while the Fourth Armys us up pretty bad off the Jersey slowly divisions Puget Sound coast with their ships. Theres hell dropped back They fought the inpopping on the Atlantic. It looks like vader from successive lines of Atlantic City was in for a shelling ridges, but the die was cast, the before the day's over. The Forty-Firs- t command given his at stared a ti the pilot withdraw merely Benning was to cover tht out of hollow eyes and said. 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A . , Ny ''Jt ' bull", .ini hi uie-usually plan the Moral color schemes for the wedding p.utv together, since the groom is responsible for the bouquets carried b the bride and her attendants Fashions m fresh flower arrangements promise brides of summer 1941 the utmost m beauty White ins combined Mith white galdioli in a bridal bouquet tied with lace will be a favorite for the earh summer wedding and orchids, lilies, roses, stock and sweet pens ln modern or bouquets will he m demand for bridal parties thioughout the summer Whether a wedding emulates one of the periods of past hetorv or anticipates next year's st les, there are enchanting headdresses and bouquets that anv bride will de light in selecting Corsages of bln s, fragrant carnations and roses Mlth rose geranium leaves as a background are quaint looking Carnations, used in modern scroll arrangements, make a bouquet that even the most bride can 1 1 , 1 grooms budget-minde- j SyUw d afford. Huge arm bouquets of fragrant stock and snapdragons ore lovely for both the bride and her attendants in a garden wedding, and these same flowers may be used to fashion crown-likbonnets. Gladioli blossoms are another favorite flower choice for outdoor weddings These flowers in white would be lovely for the bride, while deep shades of tangerine and fuchsia or the more delicate coral junk will blend beautifully with summer pase tels. tion petals I hum them with wide bums of Hath ling tulle A M,,iv-yuceuf Si nts bonnet might base th he, lit shaped tuitn outlined with tin sm ei the.il t roses Gall. Olds lalhei than Imuqiu Is of Whlti blossoms, a i e tmothei new Hole m bridal flowers Painted daisies, cornflowers, blue iris or bright pink carnations make enchanting gat lands fat the iiMenil-ant- s i t n The hi uh who wems tier gomg-aw- a fiock for the ceremony niav prelei a emsage to a hand bouquet Orchids gardenias and sweetpeas in modern si roll anangement give a luxurious note to an otheiwise simTailored coi sages, ple costume tud with bow s of green leaves, aie still another innovation foi the widdmg Since the bride's niolhi r 'ha' s the him light w ith the wedding pally her flowers are unThi flattery of deep blue pin hint ins would he lovely with any frock As eflictive as lieu loom lace is the scalloped, lace fabric used for the youthful bridal dress pictured St taut features in the gown pictured are the flattering round neck, the full puffed sleeves; the quaint, fitted bodice that buttons down the front, emphasizing a snug waistline, and the full skirt The dress has a long train, and because it is so beautifully patterned. the veil is a short one, edged with a band of the same lace as triat in the skirt The bride's bouquet is of roses and white snapi soft-tone- d hand-patterne- d YOUKK expriting a baby, make all your summer outfits with tins one easy pattern, Including adjustable dress, and collar-les- s Jacket fulled onto a shallow C V , JF - - . , , , tmm ; Fighting Hinl the most powerful of all birds, and able to lly long distances, the great skua is soldem caught, but a dead specimen has been presented to the museum at the Smithsonian Institute in Wash- lngton. 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The pale pink of the blossoms contrasts beautifully with the deep periwinkle blue of her chiffon frock White With Color Alluring Veils ts (Iti'leased by Western Newspaper Union i The National Geographic Society says the women of America wear more veils than the women of Turkey. Easy to believe if you notice the clouds of veiling pink, white, red, green, black and brown which will continue to soften the fashion .scene, right through summer The newest use for veils is to tie them about the crowns on hats and let them drip down ttie back. Big brims are really big this season. up to nine inches Usually soft, not stiff, in outline made of rippled black organza, champagne-colore- d straw, chicken wire white straw, and shirred red felt. high-explosi- Spread of Evil any that despise the whole of it, it There are many that despise is because the other half despise half the world; but if there be them. Colton. 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Very new is the color-on-col- treatment that d signers are cariy-mout in summer sheers The new she rs, especially, lend nylon themselves to this technique in that they are thin almost to the point of transparency Black over pink is a favorite combination, navy over red is effective, and orchid over pink or g light blue is lovely for evening. "VT'OU can depend on the speck) sales the merchants of our town announce in the columns of ii this paper. They mean money LI I C p O1LV.IALD saving to our readers. It always pays T to patronize the merchants who advertise. They axe not afraid of their merchandise or their prices. hi i |