The Daily News-Journal from Murfreesboro, Tennessee • 2

at TWO' THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1030 News 21 Banner I r-r-r a A tithed iTtry Yenln except Sunday Hurtrmboro, Tron by ths Newt. Can- PblUWf BMlejr, PnbBaher. DcSmi by carriers In tMa and ttber dtiea ot Mlddla Tenneaaea. ill'; ill i 111 Hi 6m snusrnatlona. News Berries Is seisciTtly entitled to the vm for pub-Goatioa af tJi newt dlspatchec sot tnue, Our" weight had increased, Tor the good old Junkers was incased in Ice.

Yet. it plowed had broken all altitude records! The celling seemed illimitable! We were" crossing the1 Himalayas! Wo bad crawled into 'our' polar clothes, and 'put on our oxygen' masks, for the atmosphere was so rare at our dizzy height that our lungs were almost spent. "I know tow what Wilklns went through wben he crossed the arctlo circle and what's tn store for Bvrd at the south pole." panted Bert It was painful labor to talk. 80 I kept silent. Besides, had seen, or imagined bad seen, something warming to my frozen nerves.

Down toward the south stretched baring after oue 25.000 Mies 1 Fklcs and exhibiting a typical, far- ehrlecmg, took hold of air and begtrtng the atr to break Its nerve racking secrecy. Eastern curiosity about us. we were off! Jark Stone, an airmail pilot who made good In the movies, Is In lov with fearl Dart. lUr father dUapprovei of the Bert, a Renlus for 'detail, Where Is the Lept overlooked nothtnij in preparing the Its domes, it narrow streets 'Junkers. Uo had ripped, out the ng with motley thousands, lay be- At last my enduranra snanfted liw0.

rear 'nstalied oxygen maicn, ana senas reari arouna me worm in a iteppeun. jaca louowt in his plane, the Blue Falcon. ThU ho ia forced 4o abandon In mid ocean, and continue his journey on an airliner. There he meet flcn Hill, an old friend and a former school-mat of Pearl's, Lady Melba, She goes with him to the landing field at I'riedrlchshafen, and sue-ceeds in carrying Pearl off with her. Jack follows to the taxi, but ti he rets in bo is knocked nnconnclousby an unknown aassllantl lie kotos We weie off in quest of the miss-.

"Tune up!" I told Bert. "I dont 'aaca an extra quanuty ot i SUESCSIPTION BATES Bf Curler Wtntb eo 1 Yew 100 By Mid Oatside TcaiweeM $5.00 'r 4U ubecriptrone pcyaftl in idvstace. jf TEXJCraONXS Ceil tk know where we re golngi bm we re on our wayl" Every Held officer interposed. "AH' poracnuto narcs, showed, away a wuecn 01 me cmes. complete mountam-cllmblng wrliw tnr in.i-iin -in'hin- that our motors would cool without ior eacn, including clothing ana mn an irregular group or mountains.

a record of the next developments In his loir. weather reports are against they said. hr oxyraasksandi- amoaa, separated by deep chasms. All the more reason wnv A UGUST 6 -When I opened my eyes Bert Hill was bend.ahouid go, 1 countered, stubborn! iiv. wo were loaded so heavily that have an 'air nose' and it smells wben, with aU three motors roar 4.

"rVeVd Apt to Crack!" a the I wildest and deepest of these, as we flashed past, I thought I had glimpsed a mammoth soow-shed, its sides hung with a myriad of icicles! Was it a grotesque, natural for for an bnstnete, want Mb, e-, nd Mk Ipr department party. Call S4 nly to Kho aewa, Addraw aB eetnmanlcaUoiu to de pvtmenta. ing over me, forcing a pony of brandy down my throat. "Good God, Jack 1 You were pummeled, drugged and ab-, ducted I The Queen of the Skies has left for India and your girl's on board in charge of a Mrs. Richards You've, been missing three days I stared without comprehension.

"Where am I. "In an abandoned wobdehopper's ehack Jn the forest! I've had the whole police force of Germany searching for you 1" vv." 1 groaned and fell back, dazed, feeble wretched ait heart. Pearl w-. ths tonio 1 needed to mation? Or, was It the Queen of the Skies? "Cruise back and down that val-leyl' I Indicated, as I sent out ordinary flares! Bert followed directions. I tried, without result, to get some response to urgent wireless appeals.

shot more rocketa, No response! We had entered the moiuh of the chasm, flying within a hundred feet of a long plateau. The blizzard had BOOST THE FAIR One vecV from ftoday. the "opening; of the 1930 Rutherford county fair will history; 't The fair be In Its second day and it will already be known whether. It will bo a success or a failure. said, getting to my feet myself together.

With hardly a RTOgglly. my mind still muddled, titct hnn rIM vntl lnrata me?" JU ihnc. Ihm fatal ova- hnA "By a systematic search. In the Jain, braked and in a stupor from middle of the first night of your some overpowering drug, I went cut- disaDDearance a peasant in a nearoy aoors. Bert!" I cried, pointing.

1 vlilaea reoorted a taxi wildly dash ine ract that the opcnlnii day Is less faced a large clearing, deep in the wcods. There, on firm ground, stood the Junkers! and steady, seething blaze. nw beco wries of violent "Thank God, ihla plane Is aQ squalls. And then I thought of the metal!" ui urm urea aen aiier. a.

paractiute naresl I' dropped one. It burnt for five WUUB, I all ready for India. gol" I said, decisively. I I- dropped another, and In less than an' hour we felt we minutes were on our way in earnest. For another and then the fourth, to the first time, we breathed normally than a' week off, means that everyone Interested in the success of, the fair hould begin today to boost the a'uy and make preparations to attend jcveiy'day.

ibiie to the drouth the report has made the rounds that the fair has been postponed. That is not true. The fair and I turned my attention to' the maps and charts I had obtained ing past We found the tracks in the soft earth on the edge ot the forest. The chauffeur, by the way, was not the one you hired. man was in a saloon when bis taxi was stolen.

-What became of Lady Melba Montague?" "She Joined her party after the Queen of the Skies left Pretdrlchs-hafen and you were still missing. She was damned sorry." "Who's this Mrs. Richards now tied to Pearl?" "A wise one the American consul: dug up." "And Prank Thornton?" fairly hissed the name. "On the Queen of the Skies, said Bert laconically. "I never gave that sap credit for brains.

He muist be the very devil of cunning and invention if ho; our Bilent Menace." I reflected. I stared at Bert curiously. "Do catch the familiar outlines of the airship anchored in the farthermost depths of the chasm. It could even see it sway, in the shelter where it had taken refuge! "The Queen of the Skies!" I snapped out. "Bertl Wete going to land!" "Where?" he ejaculated.

1 "On that plateau!" I yelled back. While Bert sought a landing studied the Queen of the Skies. There it swayed out of the fierce reaches of the storm above. That It had dellberat-lv armehe unrl will open strictly as scheduled and In i before leaving Calcutta. The wireless was working like a charm.

For hours and hours we retraced the Queen of the Skies' projected course, sending out ten-minute calls. Queens of the Skies Queen of the Skies I repeated again and again. "Olve us your location." The only response was from land stations. They could tell us nothing. The hop from Oennany India was.

onevenUul, but it was fUleQ with a constantly growing and gnawing suspense. We made sops at five diflerent points, restockli.t at each place. Each time we sought reliable Information about the Queen of the Skies, our wireless having died on us. The first news was meager. The great dirigible had been sighted from time to time.

It had passed over cities and towns above which we soared. Then, to avoid typhoons tn the Far East, it altered its course-for hours it had not been seen. No word of its whereabouts had flashed put of the clouds into which it had Vanished. When we reached Calcutta It had not arrived! spite of the drouth all Indications point to a very successful season. -The effJcials-oLthe organization have been working giong and hard toward After mgntran we righted our moored in this break In the mighty ship from nose to tail, dropping nosa ni tail, aronranr 1 nuiw wu was eyjaens.

msc1mmuuc. ii ru vkv wft, thorn nn my signals? Why was there no making the 1930 fair one of the best. They will: continue to work but -with-out the aid of RuUierford'countlana it in uie 11111a wo muai, imye Kpprarea -jn human HfoV a monster apparition thundering lg1Q EmR through the inky slue of that East- i.rted 8tee or the you suppose nomer 1. uare naa hired thuzs and bribed crooks to Last reports indicated that it had 1ULA L. "I Wrt'r I-m1111 tfo'ro fimntt ern developed motor trouble, flying at a "Tune told Bert.

mgnc sKy, nlent skv. uvr, itiiiiw iv n.v nsa rii nn nraiM rtmtnj peru -n Uttutsiiicj uu uu trrput hpfsht Y-V A series of electrical hut we're on ouncaVr' '7J 1930 fair 1 storms interfered with radio com the Himalayas said to the colonel Inr. sparking and steaming, we onTtaidr rt0M deTlt? tni in charge of the field. th we eatM--SS8to of pearl Dare, "tlTlih season in pulled i1! aSffi Un weaker conditions since KVndlhe shkyshtt furnace and the skys a caldron. thmM-4 m.

BkMdML tinniniv "Jen iT. thr "best ever. Let's show the world that it takes more than a drought to vtake the life out of Rutherford coun- tlans. "I think bis chief aim Is to throw a real scare Into bis daughter so that she will leave you cold," Bert ansa-ered, "Using Frank Thornton as bis aerret tool?" "Looks that wav." I shivered. "My Cod, what a ari 11 auw- tot ata.

fc trot In this heat vour enelne will ex munications. The supposition at Calcutta was that Goodmaster had turned "tall." so to speak. Or else be was helpless! What were we to do? Here was at Calcutta, "all the way from Hollywood. Where was Had the Queen of the Skies been blown into the Himalaya mountains? Had It smashed aaalnst the sides of some precipitous peak in our left wing dangerously near the "Jf a proke catch in his voice. ground.

'Brace yourself, hard We're ant pair! plode before you reach altitude and after that you'll simply freeze to death, at eighteen or Ucnty thousand feet" He was richt Calcutta was baking and totalling under a fiery sun. There was no ach Off to India! OKLAHOMA COMMENTS Use of the highway program to lieve unemployment in Tennessee and Iowa, has drawn approval from outsIJs again," I said to Bert. "We've got fas to get there but well never get ack alive unless our search is rewarded. What's the answer?" In reply, Bert headed the ship toward the mountains. the middle ot the night we took bearings, but we didn't need latitude and longitude or a compass to tell us where we were.

From the intense heat on earth we had those unconouered wilds of perpet- "Once more!" yelled, feeding the gas frantically. rTry the Lind-bcrgh stunt of a sharp, vertical turn!" Bert leaned forward, raced- along the field, gaining impetus each toot the We were half a minute Immune edge of the-solid ground. Beyond lay treacherous sand. "Now!" I yelled. to crackl" CAN BEST MAKE ITT Knowing the perils they are acinar in trying to land on an ICE-CTAD1 mountain, Bert gives WARNING! Don't fail to read tomorrow's Installment of this EAPID-FIRE Serial, "On Cupid's Wings." for the most thrilling air events ever "A man of unbridled power, such es old man Dare, stops at nothing.

My hunch is Thornton is to desper-ate financial straits. He's nothing ual snow' and 4ce miles above oea wa. sUtliiigand scorching, as if flames were wins inhaled. Th tnrtft-BrlHsfi Air Ministry The field was Backed with tur- more or less inan a ne-maie gum the Oklahoman. of 1 Oklahoma, making that subject and the zt.CZ.

k.ri arrimie glared all thpir faellltle aT'our dis- baned natives. In gaudy, picturesque Dierced through rain, sleet, snow He yanked the sticU. For a see- he'sB loVt the pesaf While B-rt keut the Junkers garb, und a spr nkUnz of Emlish- Mv fmrs Tithed. I grltt-d my In constant readiness for immediate speak im residents and tourists ell of Thorn- fUeht. I haunted the radio, literally awaiting news of the Queen of the ond wo hung, then our engines, and were.

iinally fighting a buzzard. i 'r MM-a-m--a---- 1 ed by a fall at J. C. Penny Store in Baptist church August. 17.

Brother A GREAT CALF I guest of Bynum inursaay. A cow belonging to Mr, William Frost' Mrs, George Lowe spent the latter of this town, iri February last produced part of last week with her daughter, a calf weighing 102 pounds. He ia now Mrs. George Todd of Kittrcll where she in their unemployment relief program. A vigorous road building policy in Iowa is doing something to stimulate business and doing a great deal to relieve unemployment And what Iowa, if doing reduction of Tennessee's highway construction costs the subject of its leading- editorial on August 6.

The wisdom of proceeding as rapidly with the highway program "while costs are at a minimum" wasscommented upon in the editorial which is reproduced in full below: "Figures furnished oy the highway department of Tennessee shows a ly surprising reduction in highway con Murfreesboro Saturday. Several from here attended the tall game at Greenvale Baturaay. Mr. Frank Harvey of Murfreesboro visited Mr. W.

R. Harvey Saturday afternoon. Doonell of Nashville will do the preach, ing. The public is cordially Invited. Mr.

and Mrs. R. D. Delbrldge and daughter, Fannie Love ot Gume, visited relatives here Saturday. Mr.

and Mrs. Eugene Todd visited his mashed finger which he received while fixing a pump at school. Mrs, Boh Harrell visited Mrs. Oumc Puckett one day last week. Mr.

B. Armstrong visited Leslie Armstrong Mrs. W. E. Delbrldge fs suffering severe pains in her back which was caus-.

attended the meeting at Science Hill, not Quite 6 months old, and girts four feet and a half, and is well proportioned. His owner says he is as large as tho ahould be done by all the states that ceiehrated ox Columbus was at a year and a half old. He Is not yet weaned. A revival will start at Pleasant View parents of Kittrell Friday. Miss Lizzie Wilbup spent the weekend with relatives in Murfreesbcro.

Mrs. Oscar Lowe spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs. W. E. Delbrldge and Mrs.

T. E.1 Delbrldge. Mrs. Clarence Lowe spent one day last week with Mrs. Jim Bynum.

need more road construction and that can find the money to support con- Louis Beacon," August 20, "The St. 1830: struction costs sincfl 1920. In th West tructlon. Mri Aristlppe, whos? arrival in this place has been announced, will exhibit miss Anna xwcuougn visited Mur- m. 1 trAVRehnnl Frirlaw.

On your next bnlldlng Paint Cpeciiy tnd Yale Hardware F. L. SPAIN 0 SON nis great puwers on Aucsuay i 'The pupU of Talma, he wUl, of Mrs- ob Harrell and Mrs. Clayburn luse the the laniruake of that BreatlKwd and; daughter, Virginia, visited Better be AFE than sorry YOU DON'T KEMEMBEU Accurate Quotations from Newspapers and Maga-zincs of a Centnry Ago.) man, and speak in Fnrnch. This will E- Delbrldge Friday afternoon; be a treat to all ho undersUnd that Master James Murray is taking treat- language; and.

no to them only, but ment under Dr. E. B. Allen for a badly au wno can reusn ine meioay 01 counds. and pninv th fine effect of ac-! Vir- tlon and gesture, and the wonderful rhe Clarksburg Intelligencer; ginia, July 1825:..

GROWING ROBINS modulation and compass of which a A species of Robins, which are said fine voice is capablv to crow like a domestic cock, have been seen at Taunton, N. READYVlLLE -Tennessee-district a mile of concrete paving cost $44,000 in 1920. 'in 1930 it costs only $21,700 a decrease in cost of epproximalely 55 per cent. In 1920 excavation work cost 60 cents per unit. In 1930 it costs only ,28 -cents per unit.

In 1920 drainage and grading cost $20, 000 per mile. In 1930 Jt costs only COO per mile'. "Such figures naturally prove a more economical administration in Tennessee. But "they prove far more than that. They prove a decided decline in the price of both material and labor.

They show how materially economic conditions' are helping solve the problems of highway construction; provided, of course, that the money can be found to. launch the construction enterprise. suggest the desirability of pro- ceeding as rapidly as' possible with road construction while costs are at a minimum. "Here, too, is a partial answer to the unemployment question. Certain 6tates, notably Iowa, have made highway construction the principal element "The Western Herald and Steubenvun; Mr.

and Mrs. Scott Hall of Auburn, Gazette, Ohio, August 14, 1830: I were here last Wednesday. 1 The two Indians (says the W. Re-j Mrs. Alice Hall Wright who has been serve Chronicle) who were executed, at tne oI het nlece( Mrs Bar.

Hiirnn for the murder of Wood and ir tn mr.j OR IMH HUUliiVU VV UVIUK 4U ilOdU" Bishop, suffered the sentence of the vi11f, law with any Ernest 8 vv UM" "1C "frcv guest of his grandfather, D. E. Holmes fore the Great Spirit with hatters about. returne(1 to nls home 51116. preferred Mlss Bachej Dcnnl was being shot or tomahawked, and one 1 Mrs would have been glad "to liveJM hej Holmes cf this place and 20c Bayer Aspirin I6c SEKVE i THE PUREST GRADE "A RAW MILK Safeguard Uic health of your family Inhere ti no surer way than ccr i tain the milk you put on yyour tahle is absolutely pure and fresh.

Milk" from our dairy received the' highest rating from county health author ir lies. Let our delivcrynian put i your home on his ttaily schedule -it's the economical way, jrrz-z: 11, of 50c Ipana Toothpaste WvW as vTt i 1 to Murfreesboro last Saturday. and A. t. Perry and teen.

10c PalitiQlive Soap; 3 Bars for; fiQc J. Jr.iiand Ma and Mrs. J. Ttrry in last Suhday t6 attend the of aurrti, Rts. "The Journal and Rockingham Ga-' zette," New.

Aug. 7, $1,00 Squibbs Mineral Oil iHcniy Batey. -1 1': PLEASANT VIEW Miss Lbucille Bush visited Miss Ail- een Harvey Wednesday afternoon. Miss Love Delbrldge and, lit! 50c Phillip's Milk of Magnesia S9c ROc Caldwell's Syrup of Pepsin 43 6 Hundreds 6S Bargains at tie Thomas Delbrldge, visited Mrs. Eugene Todd and Mrs.

George Lowe Tuesday afternoon. Miss Mary, Nell Wilbum isited Mrs. Polk Martin Monday afternoon. Mrs." W. Delbrldge; Miss Mary' Love When in Woodbury, STOP AT W00DDUI1Y SERVICE STATION "COMPLETE SERVICE" S.

'BEIAWDON MANAGER I Will. Appreciate Your Patronage Dclbrictge arid Mr. Willie Bush attend-i cd church at Mt. Tabor Wednesday and 1 was tfie dinner guest of Mrs. Delbrldge and George McCrary.

PHONE US FOR UELIVERY ILDJcIltJIGIItfSOa Kov in Banliriiptcy Mr. and Mrs. Maizle. Todd had as their bedtime guests Thursday night Mrs. Will Harvey and daughter, Aileen, i Missel Loucille' and Gladys Bush and JNp.

El. BUTLER, TPKStc Phone 402 Phone 740 Messrs. Willie and J. C. Bush.

Mr. Jim Mcliulght was the dmuer SI 2m.