Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 July 1940 — Page 19

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1940 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES : : PAGE 19 SERIAL STORY — FUNNY SIDE UP By Abner Dean | OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoople out OUR WAY By Williams

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OAST OF CHARACTERS AI. RW — " ANNE NORRIS—Wealthy college stu- . : ) SN h \ =n : Lal: THE FLAG 1S PASSING BY/ dent, looking for thrills, enrolls fa CAA ] oy ; \ ~y 113 7 flying course, GEORGETTE PARKER-—Anne'’s friend. Learning to fly is a serious business | with her. TONY SCOTT--College plavhoy, son of | a gangster, envies Anne's social position. | CAPT. DICK DOUGLAS—Instructor of | the student flying course at Midland University.

YESTERDAY -— Saved from death by | Dick's quick action, Anne is angered when the instructor rebukes her for carelessness. She leaves with Tony as Dick and Georgette take off. Tony begs Anne to drive to North Point tn marry him. She agrees, gets her clothes from the sorority house, leaving a note for Georgette. In a few minutes, Anne is on her way to North Point and her wedding.

CHAPTER THREE So this was what real fiying was like, Georgette thought happily as , a : she and Captain Douglas landed. | 4 7 \ IH / ARE AN = = s It was true that she had spent | PR D) TEN in . : a weeks learning any number of | ; el p= = 1 JAN DON'T things about flying, but most of] 2 OA Ry YE / i > her instruction periods had been on | , Pd a OLN ari FORGET IT, ALVIN ! 1940 8 wea service. mo. ground work. { ? hd A: fil N She had heard lectures on clouds | AD HE ICE TO. : By A Capp and cloud formations and what opr. 1940 by United Feature Syndicate, Ine. ol Se es | -_. : ’ . rON- y TY , or 5 ; - they Indicated Se to weaingp Sone “Lefty's wife is having him shadowed!” c & YES LL AN Rs E NO’ NO/-LOOK/-THAR

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fiving, and she had thought of n- | HOLD EVERYTHING ZN HW PTL cuss 73 Sorumens until she saw them In x hh MAH LAZY BONES rr ‘ 77 JZ " y ”” z= ~SAVED BY MAH SWEET, sleep el 7 tL oo £9 'NNERCENT LIL PAPPY!/

But this learning to handle the NN controls of the ship herself and | IN putting it througk various maneu- q | Ded vers was different. It was real. It was thrilling “You'll uphold the family’s flving honor,” Dick Douglas told her, “How'd vou like it?" | She grinned back at him, “You might have known I'd be crazy about it.” | “I suspected it,” Dick told her. | He frowned, and added, “Too bad vour red-headed friend quit on us.” Georgette's face clouded. “She hasn't really quit,” she protested. “Annie's quick tempered, and she’s

impulsive, but shell be cut here | a with me tomorrow.” ‘ : BUT 1 TELL YOU THAT YOU LIE ! WE NO ] NOBODY CALLS ME “Well, she'll have another chance,” QTL AWS KILLED pus ASEM OTLaW A A EE ir haire 1 ¢ “i % a - J S HOSS : the tall, fair-haired pilot sald qui : NEE MS , ; FF TH AN \ \

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AS SHE DROVE away from the a dl ie Rf airport, however, she felt a little / less sure about Anne. That com- e wx Ny N bination of quick temper and im- | wT pulsiveness was always leading Anne — 4: ; UN * #

into mistakes | H PN Driving back toward Midland il a ¥ \ \ \ i 5 3 4 University, however, she forgot| |, si : : pd EY : b NI) nf : " / ; } /\ Anne's recent behavior in the glow : . — . —_—" y | Hf 3 : 28 | oy ” py \ Pi LZ 2A : . 7

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Almost instinctively, haired girl threw open the closet door. Anne's little traveling case was missing from its accustomed place. Anne's favorite dresses were gone from their hangers. Gorgette sat down on the edge of the bed. half-stunned. Obviously, Anne was gone The scrap of notebook paper stuck in the mirror caught her eve. Quickly she unfolded it and read it. “Georgette darling—1I don't care what anvone says about Tony's Fi BO | background—we're on our way to TE hd IF I DO SAY $0 MV- pu . ; be married. Don't tell, PLEASE, | SELF, EASY, SVE DONE | RECOGNIZE MYSELF! CHER FLOPHOUSE nO YOU THAT YOU'RE TS onan ERE, ($0 LONG, ERG until J igive he Word. LoVe. i i N | | A SWELL MAKE-UP DINNER OR BREAKFAST, SO TAKING A RISK, BB BE Ion A A RE \ Lota Tay Anne.” Tt? JOR ON You a LL BE HUNGRY WHEN I yoU'LL BE WATCHED v BUTT, HAVE HIM PICK IT UP. LUCK ! Ste storey at the note Tor» mos : | sidliths) APPLY FOR THAT RESTAU- EVERY MINUTE, BY THERE'LL BE A MESSAGE . ment, thinking fast. Anne and - LH ; RANT JOB--AND, IF | GET THE WAY, HOW DO A Tony must be on their way to North 2 g | _ x \T, LEARN ALL | CAN YOU PLAN TO GET Point, the marriage mill, some three 7 7 ABOUT THIS FOREIGN MESSAGES TO ME, hours driving distance from Mid- 1 ml Ar 3 “% SPN RING EASY? land. Somehow she must get there 4 in time to stop Anne But the elopers must be half-way there by now. If she could only fly. Fly—! » > 5 AN AMAZINGLY short time later - - she stood earnestly talking with “I bagged this one while I was a guard at Ossining!” Dick Douglas issiossisniadn mm ~ —_——— a Iv iy ae he ae Saym ei THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson « = . 7 7 SRI c+ wt. RECT. 8, PAT. O , FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS —By Blosser

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good-for-nothing young A ™m Georgette interrupted him, her ¥, f IVE BEEN THINKING You BOYS W Ij : uve pe er Al % OULD Aj IL BE A PIPE DOWN ™ voice desperate ‘Dick, you must, | TEN ’ ¢ To COME IN HANDY ON OUR TRIP TO KODIAK LEISURELY TRIP- YEAH: 1 GUESS Look! THERES CAPTAIN OR: He You Anne doesn't know what she’s do POUNDER ISLAND ---= ZULA AND 1 ARE PICKING UP A --- FISHING, HUNT- WE'LL HAVE TO H A SUBMAR=---- READ A BOOK. ABOUT ing. If 1 could only talk to her, I| ISS . BOAT AT BAYS LANDNG ! LIKE TO GO? : ING AND SOME RENIG ! POP HAS WHALES, TOO ! know she'd change her mind.” | MAY WEIG - . / ™ , PICTURE TakING!| | MONEY INVESTED : “But what can 1—" | EicSim : Pr : {fH EEN GRE IN ME AND. A pave Ee (3 gn.” “Dick, you can get a plane and ONLY 3 : To WORRY? RE- i / =). A ) ) WR fiv me to North Point in time to TEN ownces! PAY. Hitt) AND. hil Zr". 72% phe 2X A CANNERY,

stop them. “She caught her breath | femeay POUNDER" ’ ¢ ATR . SONNY SR rh {ces . =) THOUGH /

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the scandal would do to Anne's AA uncle—Arnold Dwight? It would gy ne

break his heart.” That decided Dick. “All right, ATLANTIC Georgette, I'll do it," he said grimly COAST “but get this straight, I'm not do- SPECIES. : ; ing it for vour friend Anne. Frank-| \ 3 C : . . lv, I don't think she's worth fit.| T.M. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF, c < Vv \ \ x ; AH \ ~~. 1 EZ2 96% I'm doing it for you and for Arnold | cu AACA g 5 AN A iy, COPR. 1940 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. M. REG. U. 8. PAT. OFF. ~ ~~~ 7=/7 Dwight.” Sof BOOTS AND HER BUDDIE —By Martin ~ » ” Is I AT THAT VERY moment Tony's THERE 16 SOMETHING VERN LNLGLM) 7 — ea : nN ( LAL BUT YES! OTHERWISE WHY WOLD AND ANOTH! NG, 2) flashing blue roadster was Stren king | ooo NEES ABOUT THAT PLANE AND THEN LOCK THE HOOD SEN | ARS TRE CBE rE ea TT RE Broad over the highway toward North ) t= WEN O\0 THAT TOR ACT SO PE- TAN 3 : fo SER CORRECT | | Sar 2 ey, SLANE ANAY SOMEWHERE | | INTO Tri

Point. Anne huddled beside him. 0 Whe de leg a RE — {CONNEC CRN & ES 5 : ed = ' ee] | SKY TOON : - op

Her stubborn little chin was set and 2% determined, but her lovely face was| Z very pale. She glanced at Tony, He looked | pleased with himself, almost too] " BIRD ~- WINGED pleased, she thought As though BUTTERFLY, conscious of her thoughts, he took] OF PAPUA ’ one hand from the wheel and be-| > CAN FLY gan patting her arm with affec-| 3 tionate familiarity | Almost instinctively she drew a little away from him. At her sud- | den movement he slowed down the| car and looked down at her quickly. !

“You aren't afraid, are you, Sweetheart" ITH WHAT DISEASES

She shook her head. | DY A OtIae ) “You shouldn't be. You're mine, | > . FL WOOD -. . my Tn all miner mine (nicks ano MOSQUITOES : BLITZ KRIEG #4. ; ud From PR oa a. ! J = 4 WRITER, SIMMS’ COLUMN ===

He stepped on the accelerator and . a : the car leaped forward in a burst] ANSWER—Sleeping sickness, spotted fever, and malaria.

of speed. The girl hadn't better | Tio - NY hi change her mind, he thought grim- about me, you wouldn't say such al At the same time, she had begun | : N a ) fo SPORT AND THRILL=LOVING AMERICA HAS vie ™ BEEN FOLLOWING WITH BREATHLESS IN"

ly. For a moment his mind dwelt thing,” he said, his voice almost to feel uncomfortably frightened. \ on what the newspapers would say. sulky. | If only she had a little more time . \ Ry 2, i TEREST THE LIGHTNING CAREERS OF TWO This would show some of those| “But—to run away like this—" |to think! The told herself with a d 4 OF THE GREATEST YOUNG FIGHTERS OF stuck-up snobs whod treated him | “You said you would. You said|grim determination that she loved | will 4 OUR GENERATION, IN HIS OWN SECTION OF, like dirt. Once he was married to vou'd marry me today. You aren't, Tony Scott and that this runaway } a ; , j THE COUNTRY, “THE QUESTION MARK” 2 THE Anne Norris, they'd have to ac- | going to go back on your word, are marriage was a glorious and ro- A J8% . lo. 4 HAS BEEN K.O.ING ALL CONTENDERS! cept him. As far as Anne was con-|you?” mantic adventure. a — \ 30 HERE IN NEW YORK, RED SMITH HAS cerned, he'd be able to manage her| “No--" x = = : 3 ag i &, ELIMINATED ALL COMPETITION IN HIS all right. “I didn't think you would.” His! A road sign flashed by. “North J i . 4 > CLASS /!........ THE PUBLIC “Tony—" voice was warmly caressing. | Point, 3 miles.” Anne glanced at| p= Sa = DEMANDS THAT THESE TWO “What is it. Sweetheart?” 2 ¥ = | her watch, suddenly very lonely and | Ea |= El Ls ; 1 = MEET /! THE PUBLIC INSISTS “Tony, don't you think—perhaps| TONY HAD BEEN right in ap-|cold and frightened. Within the JES d & 2 : lo} ; = : 7 ® ON IT-AND-- THE PUBLIC W] we're being hasty?” She drew a pealing to Anne's stubbornness. Yes bour, she'd be Tony Scott's wifel ; {~. BE_OF ! Quick breath. “Perhaps we ought to she'd said she would marry him] {To Be Continued) wait—" that day, and ndw she meant to go wg, FUT “If gou really cared anything'through with it. All ores "are wholly “Betiionss ©