Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 March 1939 — Page 16

By Williams I DON'T KNOW , CURLY -~ IF TH HOSS LOSES HIS FOOTIN’ HE'LL HIT WES, SO -- WAIT, WES, T'LL NUDGE HIM BACK

TO YOU -- DON'T SHOOT ME!

SERIAL STORY— With Major Hoople

MRS. DOC

By TOM HORNER

CAST OF CHARACTERS ALAN WARREN—Ambitious country doctor. EMILY WARREN—Alan’s wife. ERIC KANE—Construction engineer. DR. FARRELL—Alan’s elderly associ- © ate.

DON'T LET GO, WES--HANG ON! IF THET HITS TH’ HOSS \T MIGHT KILL HIM!

v7 YOU'RE MOVIN! INTO 7 A NEW JOINT 2 THATS SWELL! WE CHRISTENED MY BROTHER-IN-LAW'S NEW HUT WITH A KEG OF SUDs AND “TH' MOB “THAT GATHERED INCLUDED TH ROWDY CART AND SEVEN

YAS, MEN, MY NEW MANSION AT MIRAMAR PARK WILL HAVE FORTY ROOMS, BUT REMEMBER “THIS wa MY INCREASED SOCIAL PRESTIGE WILL BE FREE OF SNOBBERY AND 1 SHALL CONTINUE TO DROP IN AT THE OWLS CLUB AS HAS BEEN © MY WONT saan HARR-UMF :

WHAT ARE YA GOIN' TO DO WITH FORTY & OH, DRAT ROOMS YOUR RUBBER TUBE STIRRUP FOR FAT PEOPLE!

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Yesterday: Narrowly missing logs and floating debris, Alan and his men arrive at the dam site. They go ashore, Alan giving terse orders to work fast. There are many men injured. ]

£ ‘ CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

2. LAN was at Eric’s heels as the engineer led the way up thc _ "long steep steps from the river bank “ to the office. Acetylene lamps—a < pipe in a container that resembied : a milk can, and surmounted by a ~. polished reflector—lighted the way. ~~ “power plant went out too,” _ Burke explained as they finally reached the top. “We'll have it back in shape soon. Got the electricians on it.” “Get a flock of those torches in »- the office,” Eric ordered. “Keep them away from .the wall and the} , .ceiling. They get hot, and we don’t ~ want a fire. Get down and hurry. . them up on that power. The in- : jured men are there.” He nodded . toward the office. : A few workmen were standing . near the closed door. They stepped _ back, quickly, opening a path for Eric, Alan and the others. Inside, in the dim light, Alan saw the : ; prone forms of a dozen men. Most| | NETTIE : ’ a

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g% | LOVE THE QUIET.CALM, <& 7 UNTOUCHED BEAUTY OF THESE MOLINTAINS - HER KIND OF BEAUTY =--? -2~AND -NOWITS ALL

SPOILED BY THAT HUGE MONSTER OF A CAR!” J

“I tell you, you can’t use a vacuum on this rug—it’s too luxurious!”

HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis

(*SHE™S EVEN GLAMOROUYSER THAN IN. THE MOVIES —BOY OH BOY SF~ WHAT EYES -WHAT HAIR = WHAT — »

(“BOY OH BOY OH BOY Z-WOTTA BREAK GETTIN’ HIRED AS CHAUFFELIR 70 MARGO MARS!” BY TWISTIN' THIS MIRROR A LITTLE] CAN GET. A PERFECT VIEW”?

.. were cursing, and .in one corner a .: youngster, hardly more than a poy, . was crying softly. : “Weber, you see that every in- © jured man has antitetanus,” Farrell :. commanded, taking charge. “Grady, you and Alan examine them, while =~ I get things ready. Get some light «-in here Kane, and clear all that : Stuff off that long table. Well operate there.” tJ = » 2 N a few minutes the: engineer’s ; = 5 A 77/2 2 Alt . office took on the appearance of : ; A od Je iy a fair operating room. Instruments artlaitln HL - still covered with sterile towels - waited Alan’s gloved fingers. In gown, cap and mask, Alan stood beside the man, stretched out on the ._ table. Farrell, similarly dressed, stood opposite. The odor of chloroform hung: heavy in the air. Weber, at the patient’s head, looked up. “The patient is ready, doctor,” he said. The scalpel in Alan's hand. _. Swift, yet sure. The click of artery! clamps. “Bleeding internally,” Alan muttered.

SSSSNSNS NSS SSS.

RED RYDER GRUBSTAKED ME AN' I AIN'T GONNA SELL OUT TILL HE GITS HERE, CARR/

1 HEARD YOU SENT FOR RYDER, WAIT, LITTLE BEAVER! AN' MY BOYS ARE A-LAYIN' . PTION f= FOR HIM, ZEKE! ~e THERE! YOU'RE TRESPASSIN!

[ SORRY, FELLA! I DON'T TAKE TO | CARELESS GUN

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MILY stared with sleepless eyes oe at the ceiling, lighted faintly by the flickering gleam of the street light, shining through the .. window. If only she could stop thinking. If she could only tell Alan. -. But Alan was gone, out into the darkness of the river. He might! never come back. Perhaps, by now, | _ the launch was floating, upside down, miles downstream. -Alan in the cold water—Alan—the thought terrified her. She shut her eyes and | taried to drive it from her mind. | Alan must come back to her—he -.. must! | Eric. Poor Eric. There was little | left for him. The dam he tried so! = hard to build was a broken, Stushed

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-28 cop 1230 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. “Sec? That's hew I want my new flower stand built.”

FLAPPER FANNY

Mo00 PH. -

ISN'T IT A SHAME J HE HAS TO MISS THIS ¥ __— SWELL BEEF = STEW ?

OH, NANCY --- YoU CAN COME DOWN FOR

I KNOW SHE WAS BAD, } BUT DON'T YOU THINK

GUESS YER $8 RIGHT -~- SHE LOVES BEEF

By Sylvia

mass of wreckage. A]

She would never marry Eric. She ; = would never get a divorce. | J ; Fo es U6. Fat OB AN niente reserved - il ; i p HTT

Farrell was right. It was her job | to be interested in every patient. |! THERES AN OVER-FED FAN DANCER OUTSIDE. ) HE BORROWED SHE INSISTS SOMEONE SENT FOR HER. / YOUR FOUNTAIN

What if Alan didn’t want her? What if her threat of divorce, made z WHERE'S OLD MAN TUBBS? yall PEN. I DON'T J —pr 4 Gl NOW WHERE J

so rashly, had killed his love? A He was different now, this Alan + of hers. How aqifferent from the | boy she had met—and loved at sight | —so0 long ago. His eyes, once sparkling with merriment and mischievousness, were soften, calmer. He| _ was serious more of the time now—| ~ but at intervals his reserve broke, | especially when he teased her. | But Emily liked to have Alan seri- | ous. It reminded her always of that first night at the commencement!

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ERNIE - ND __/SAC/IL LESS

RD A THUD, AND FOUND LYING ON THE FLOOR.

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H| Al

» WHY, SEARCH ME, SONNY BOY. MAYBE SOMETHIN

PUTTIN' MUSTACHES | ON HS SU LBOARDS,

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AN" WASN'T WATCH

17488 I : ” : | 0 4 This sounds crazy,” he had said, ak 5

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| = to believe it—I love you, Emily.” | She had thought he was kidding her, handing out the usual line, and told him as much. “It sounds like

Xk WONDER WHY JUNE MAKES PERFUME MELL SO MUCH BETTER AN IT DOES WHEN mS ALL BY ITSELF!

GOOD NIGHT, FRECKLES/ YOU'D BETTER HURRY HOME SHADYSIDE IT'S TERRIBLY LATE/

“fone that down! I can’t even think with it goin’!”

“Ever try thinkin’ out loud?” : that, I know,” he had answered,

| and his eyes and face took on that | HIS CURIOUS WORLD

intently serious look she had learned |

S KE A RECKLESS E OUT AT THIS HOUR DRIVER WITH THE

OTHER MIGHT

By William Ferguson |

Z? BEFORE I TAKE A COUPLA FENDERS OFF You!

to love, “but some day youll know] i : TR 1 itl) jill | (~r 2D ; il CRAWL Ere ’ ay : eS HC), ee qi 7 Content in her. memories, Emily LL} J - or I | a | g burrowed deeper into her pillow] | i and, at last, slept.

PROCESSIONARY | LLARS ARE EXPERT I weaTHER. | ForECASTERS/ | WARNED BY SENSITIVE HAIRS ON THEIR BACKS, THEY DO NOT LEAVE THEIR NESTS WHEN STORMS ARE APPROACHING. J

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y HE boy with the crushed foot,” Alan ordered, straightening up, as two men lifted an unconscious patient from the table. “Let Grady or me take over,” Farrell urged. . ~~ He stared down at the suffering lad on the table, caught a glimpse of the white, dirt-streaked face. ' “Well, we'll have to amputate.” < ~ Alan squared his shoulders, took a deep breath. “Patient asleep?” + “He will be in a couple of min- : ~.utes.” . > Scalpel. Clamps. The swift deft * * movements of Alan's sure hand. * Sutures. Dressings. It was almost : «over. 7. It was then that Eric took his! . © eyes from the table, glanced up,!: :% and saw it. That acetylene lamp, *Z its reflector white hot, its flame : {-burning brightly, teetering on the _ i shelf above Alan’s head. Insecurely : .- placed, the wind had jarred it, . + inching it forward until now it was +." almost ready to fall.- Intent upon ~ .. the operation, no one had noticed ~ [ it. One more gust of wind would - bring it down. In the half second before the wind shook the shack again Eric could see Alan’s gown in flames,! see his hands burned, his face seared. Alan was intent upon his: work. If he shouted, Eric knew,! Alan would look up, just in time

to catch the reflector and flame! Hn In his faze. CLAW AT THE ARK

The lamp started down. Eric| OF TREES 2

; ANSWER—It is commonly supposed that cats scratch at trees to sharpen their claws, but scientists now say that it is to rid the claws

1 HATE TO BOTHER YOU, MANDY we. BUT TRERE'S A CHAP RNERE WHO's | DEMANDING THE BEST OF EVERY - THWNG , AND RE CLAMS WES NOLR BROTHER wee

AM JOSHUA B. ANDREWS es ANON 'S, BROTHER , AND 1 WANT THE FINEST SUITE OF ROOMS IN THE DOWST JLWOITH ALL TRE TRIMMINGS!

[TR MANAGER WANTS 70 SEE NOU At ONCE LAANDV 1 MEAN SR

KEERECT/ BUT | APOLOGIZE / YOU AIN'T TRIED AT ALL. YOU ARE A VERY SAD LITTLE TOMATO AND YOU NEEDS A FRIEND! SHAKE ?

MISS AUDREY--1 OWE YOU A APOLOGY. | HAD YOU FIGGERED FOR A SMART LITTLE TOMATO WHICH WOULD BE TRYIN' TO WORK AROUND ME

OF GOOD sIZE

ew ANYONE WHICH WANTED TO RUN

PAWAY WOULD HAFTA WORK AROUND

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(To Be Continued)

° (All events and characters in this story are wholly fictitious.)

{Questions and

Answers

Q—How many pupils are enrolled in Pederally aided vocational schools? A—1In 1937 there were 1,354,631, of - whom 386,302 were studying agriculture, 590,892 were in trade and industrial courses, and 377,437 were studying home economics. :

many United States sav-

of ragged, loose pieces of toenail. :

ings bonds (baby bonds) have been sold? : * A—The last report shows that, between March 1, 1935, when the issue was inaugurated, and June 30, 1938, savings bonds aggregating $1,773,100,000 maturity value were sold for cash aggregating $1,329,900,000. Q—Is helium a manufactured product? A—It is a natural element, and

occurs in the air in the proportion of ,0.000056 per cent by weight, or ] one of helium in

000 volumes of air. It also occurs in|

many minerals, in the gases of

many mineral springs and is pres-|

ent in comparatively large amounts in several of the natural gases in Canada and the United States. Helium has also been found occluded in meteoric iron, and is one of the products of the spontaneous disintegration of radioactive substances. :

Q—When was the Postal Savings System established? : A—By acty of Co. :

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