Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 November 1939 — Page 15

__ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES __ OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoople,

oa “EGAD, BUSTER, DON'T RUN UP GOSH, RUPERT, I T'LL TELL gar : AeEDe 5 se Shido GR THIS UNSEEMLY = Jl THE TEMPERATURE, Wp» I CAN'T ~~ <li 'EM BABA 5 oan oO DIESE ; : Ail Ali DELAY 1S MOST “NB MAJOR! REFEREE J FIGGER WHAT PP 15 SICK bs } Ci cis : NOXIOUS! IF BABA Jf RAFFERTY SAYS HAPPENED TO [AND ASK (F ee: : : 3 || A DOES NOT APPEAR : THE BOUNCE!’ 4 ANYBODY ¥- Ar ansas || ¢ 5 | GHORTLY, T SHALL IO MORE THE CROWD IN THE | E : TREE Ci - 5 - DEMAND THE _ MINUTES 1S SORE/ HOUSE {0 % Ye RETA 3 ) MATCH BE : ; COULD WE ILL FILL . . By JERRY BRONDFIELD 4 SIT TH any, Se FORFEITED/ FIX UPA °° N? MAYBE | | OAST OF CHARACTERS : 2) To, Ti I 3 : go SUsoTUYE JOAN JOHNSON—A mysterious coed, : ; ; 2 Slamour girl of the Tech campus. _ . KEITH RHODES—Tech’s star halfback, “headed for All-America honors. ~:~ DAN WEBBER—The blocking back who ~ glears Keith's way; a steady, industrious Student.

_ YESTERDAY: Joan, returning Kens “ear to the stadium, picks up Dan Webber. En route they meet the three ‘strangers in a blue sedan. Crowded off the rodd, Joan is terrified as Rocco Jumps from the back seat of the sedan, &n automatic in his hand.

. . CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO * DAN DOUBLED HIS fists and Wtepped out quickly. iB ~. “Never mind, the heroics, fella « + . we don’t ‘want to hurt you.”

~ *Rocco motioned with the gun. 5 Ase “any i ; iw m gs 2 i J = : ; “Okay, toots . . . quick . . . get ; < : “A pei : } \ x 2 C 10) ]

. Joan shook her head. : “I won't,” , : : } 0 Bo. 2 = FOLKS, THERE'S -- she said. 5 ; a : ; z = a - MORE COMING / | : tr © WILLIAMS

Ree glanced about him quickly. 3 3 i : z \ COPR. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE, NC. T.M. REC. U.S. Pav. OFF. {{=& r. YS A i. - 5 Y l~4& J 0_one. was in sight. “Lady, if - , : : pe : guiLre nok in that car in four sec- r I'L ABNER - on ‘m gonna put a slug right : : J j/ , through your boy friend's belly,| “I see Slug Pastromi’s gone South early this year—it says here he’s ADIE pi d TAL KNOWS TW RULES/. AT there . . . and you'll come with us opened the old Plushbilt mansion at Palm Beach.” NG Is POW BIN SECOND - TH’ GALS. COMMENCES x BUSHES ar anyway.” : ; : J RUNNIN.Z-ANY BOY ANY GAL oe . ~ “Stay where you are, Joan . . .|HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis EATIN'? RIN Forge Ih T' MARRY S$ JEST STARTED don’t believe him,” Dan said quietly. | j= rape os x ; . ng HIM! BAYS HAS TH’ PRIVILEGE O “They can't get-away with this.” | : . HIDIN’ ANYWHAR AS LONG AS YO STAYS WITHIN TH’ LIMITS ©’ DIDG-

. Rocco snarled and raised the gun L : : menacingly. “That's what they all} i 4 i PATCH TILL MIDNIGHT’. LE'S GO” say » . ;

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“Wait!” Joan screamed and jumped out of Keith's car toward the other. | ; “And maybe you'd better come along, too, young fella,” Big Ed growled from inside the sedan. Rocco sat in back with them. He kept his hand in his pocket. Big Ed faced them constantly from the front. He had a gun in his hand and the hand rested easily on top of the seat. : : “Just take it easy and you won't Aa : ; be hurt,” he said softly. “Make one : : : : . sound at a traffic light, or any- Ba V6 & where, and you'll have an accident [ : 2 2 2 x gr ™ NOW: WE'LL SEE WHO You Fire a a bad accident,” he added. 1/1 a i ww | REALLY ARE-"WEREWOLF"/ PITY ME «c- PITY

“You mean we can't even talk,” 3 Z Dan inquired steadily. al k/ 11 DONT 1200 A “Sure . . .- sure, you can talk” ys : & - : S Rocco said soothingly. “When we want you to.” L - “Wh-what- you want with us?” 3 y « Joan asked. “What's this all : 2 : i 4 & ~ QD « about?” She hung onto Dan's arm ape & i LT 2 tightly. ~ a ) ‘v4 1 oF — Hi] “Maybe you'd better keep your ; mouth shut and wait’ll we tell you,” Big Ed advised. “Meanwhile, we've got to cut through town for a few blocks. And let me remind you about making a single peep. See?” 2 : y — \ \ / A : Dan pressed her hand and she : i 2 A SA : . = Z4 x i ul 4 oe of vs, \ ; : ; p 1 , 4 :

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TH nea ery leiely sroling “I always help her a little, Major—she’s not as young as she sel to be.” ] —Bv Bushmiller i gon A Gown a | FLAPPER FANNY : By Sylvia| 'DIDN'T T TELL oboll | OH, HONEY--- Jos WELL-- ILL HAVE © : at. : car line. Once they were stopped . You TO STOP CLs od 1 WANT YoU p 5 do DO IT FAST--- 2 : 4 : # by a red light. A policeman was | {| |PutTING ON { | 70° ave. TM LATE FOR hmm, ® standing on the corner. Dan THESE SILLY NC i ir 588 < ) . . =~] thought of shouting but Rocco's : MY LODGE Wh [1 hand came out of his pocket and MEETING! ys qo al

the automatic was pushed close to Joan’s side. Dan relaxed and took Joan's hand in his. She looked up at him but his mind was churning furiously and he didn't notice. . Obviously floan was ‘being kidnaped. But Why? . . His thoughts raced from one angle to another. And then for > _ the first time it really dawned oni} 22, ; NN. |: RL Xo him that he was being kidnaped,|} a a hs NA R240 ; too. The old phrase “vietim of|f : ? Lele STR 5s aS os ; ; SSS : : Te gircumstances® popped into his hE: ASS = Sak 3 8. head and it seemed unny. : RY ] : 3 : : : ; yon

: ” 8 = ; Z i : eee : ; | WHAT'S THE IDEA SNEAKIN' UP \ I JUST DROPPED BY TO ¢ ‘vol 'S A LIE! X ISHED ' 'A LOT THEY could get for him. \ ON ME, BUS PRIDDY? GIT | AST IF YOU'D LOAN ME $5) ITS A LIE! ED THATS aay TY 6 NO.NO! ' But what about. Saturday? What 1 y OUTA MY YARD! 4 LINK, SOI KINBUY MY J LOAFER, : +) Vou ION SEE HOW PEAKED THEY ARE. 3 WON'T! HE'S about the Pitt game? He grew ) / KIDS SUMPIN TO EAT : YOU'D RATHER / | LOOK AT 'EM, LINK! LOOK! TLL CLOSE

panicky at the thought. Lord, he | Je Ee ° Zz ow oe 7 TH' SHADE had to get out of this somehow. : fg 1 7 : : - Hell, he had a football game to 3 a

play. Not just any football game.

[his was Pitt!

There was no telling how long

they would be held . . . how far they would be taken. He had to get out of ‘this somehow, but at the same time he couldn't leave Joan. He had to stay with her. What a ! He thought of Slocum. Slocum would scream and tear his hair| “Gonta be a pal of mine and gimme half? Or, as the team’s trainer, : . when Dan failed to Yeport fob prac- _ shall I take it all away from you?” : : ; —By Blossg tice. The whole squad would get ; ge ™ . FIT sees - —— : a a sizzling, vitriolic tongue-lashing| THIS CURIOUS WORLD : By William Ferguson |[ _ FRECKLES !FrECKLES / JUST Because i | WELL, HOLY SMOKE! BF 1s Twat | WELL, TM A =essee I on co-operation, and what did they A —,r——— You WON THE NATIONAL YOURE BEHIND A MY GOSH! . 2S] ANY LANGUAGE AT CAN'T LIEVE think this was, anyhow? ’ ESSAY CONTEST / BY THREE TOUCH=-| § Z| FOR AN ESSAY 22 They skirted the main business : ANYWAY, Fo THINK DOWNS, ARENT 7 : 74/74 WINNER, TO \ district and continued on crosstown You oi ! -\* rs USE 2 to one of the less traveled state

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| About 12 miles out of own Shey Hi a = an \ 1B ; stopped the car. Big Ed produce {HE | == = = 3 / a couple of biindfolds from the| | = e a ow NS A glove compartment and tossed them \ El | . back to Rocco. “Tie these on 8 45 i quick,” he ordered. | 2 : i ie J Jo Jona pi - Joan were blindfolded. He could aa / il ERIS SuSEs in Rai direction :jhey : BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES | He felt the car go up a slight ; : NE RE STAYS OP MANIMAGINE. POG", . : — — incline once, and heard the Tattle JER one. MORE | ARNORE. STICKIN HE wel MEAN Wel © TE ' OMB «= (GWT we

of loose boards as they crossed a "OFF. . MINUTE TH on A BAF DST WONOERTOL 7| : . Lh \ WONDERFUL ?.

—By Martin

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y ® os 8 FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER the : : car stopped. The bandages were| CONTINUE TO GROW taken from their eyes. Dan blinked THROUGHOUT ITS and looked around.. They were at a ‘small frame house somewhere out "in the country. It was quiet—very quiet. He could see a dirt road beyond the house but there was no

“Inside,” Big Ed ordered and they were hustled through the door and {nto-the house. - - ‘Big Ed motioned them to a sofa

and straddled a chair himself, fac- 4 Re . : . ‘ g : on X : 23 oe 2 | = a j POP//-- ] SOMETHN' HIT ME, | NO, POP= YOU'LL } | FOREVER, BECKY/ THERES NOTHING | | [ AND THAT MAN WAS DOCTOR IF HE'S #¥ou_ igs ain't got nothing 10) | ‘PRES Car is THIS, AND | ‘Legs, BeckY--FIReT Jo8 | 7 HAVE TO LIE THERE CAN DO'TO MAKE Hi WALK AGAIN. | | PETER BLACK OF KANSAS CITY. | STILL ALIVEa ee tome| EDs OR wa ; off VD HAD IN YEARS TOO- | |” WELL, DOC- QUIETLY~FOR A WHILE 2) IT'S A RARE TYPE OF NERVE INGLRY. | | HE PERFORMED MIRACLES ILL FIND HIM A Bl = gr se ye & BN Just PROVES WHAT I'VE ARE YOU GON’ T0 \! Rio THERE'S ONLY ONE SURGEON IN THE | | DURING. THE WAR IN FRANCE. \_ FOR YOU, wha 2" Joan asked.| = IT USED ALLUS CLAMED-~S | | LET Me 6IT LP IN HE'S DEAD NOW; | THINK. NO ( BECKY~or old man already knows| . aa GER SAFER TO LOAF THAN- | | THE MORNIN' 2 : a {ONE HAS HEARD OF HIM FOR" AO - Dé's.beey phoned.|: A SWER-An anemometer.. 101s used for measuring the speed | WORK . D. ~~ «But youre gonna write him a of the wind. : = mote. . . . You're gonna tell him to

),000 . . . cash .~. . and leave it OOD ew Tork ahs Questions and Answers we'll name. . . . You're ‘gonna fell Q_Does a long screw-driver exert|age or power than a small one of him you're safe now, but if that more force than a short one? otherwise similar dimensions. dough ain't picked up by our men| A—No. The force of a screw-| Q—How many trailers are regis‘py Saturday night at 6 they'll find driver depends upon its dimensions tered in the United States? floating in the river.” at right angles to its length, and| A—Including passenger car trailJoan looked in his eyes and shud- the larger the diameter of the han-|ers, the number was 1,085,422 in

id. He meant just what he said.|dle the larger the twisting force or|1938. TRE torque that a given force applied] Q—When did the undeclared war the handl ng lin China egir ps