Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 September 1940 — Page 19

oo ; ER i SSN I RSG AEM ES ASRS I RE i SLR = . : tay, 7| \WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25, 1040 — THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES — — | PAGE 19 ; : { SERIAL STORY— "FUNNY SIDE UP . By Abner Dean | OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoople = OUT OUR WAY By Williams AY * hi (7722222 bio DOWN AND LET ME HANDLE YA LOOKS LIKE ZZ EVERY HOME WHY, THEM THAT'S WHUT | Y IS Cou ld H e UNCLE A THIS ww AND QUIT CALLIN' ME 7 LITTLE LEANDER'S) OUGHT To - KINDERGARDEN 1 AN ET AMOS, { LEANDER, CALL ME ROCKY! 7 GONNA GIVE TH' {HAVE A LITTLE] LDS YON J DON a TTING f @ 3 LEANOER J «LISTEN, UNCLE BULGY, _ MAJOR THE FULL % LEANDER ww ME CUZ THEY : i Yo ; St Liao SAIDww ) ALVIN WAS TRYIN! TO TELL TREATMENT THIS J THEN THEY WITH YOU OUT | GOT A EDUCATION! | ; ur orv ME THAT YOUR NOSE GOT Amy NSIT / ji WOULDN'T J HERE “TRACTIN' fh I | THAT WAY NATCHERALLY JA why, FA THEIR "TENSHUN. 1 | i AND TSAD IT A OF ALLTHE = qo © By Marguerite Gahagan COULDNT OF www 7 we aPUTTTT fe pr. : A Arena: su ahi IT MUST'VE BEEN } “> YOUNG MAN, WiLL Ji [ 1 . 1% : ue ary sees oug KICKED BY AN YOu QUIT CALLING sy the whole sch , begins t t | J the IE ye ELK/ WHAT ME UNCLE BuLey! f change, but Sue Mary insists everything ] 4 is just the same. : | ! ’ CHAPTER FIFTEEN | \ | : SUE MARY doggedly concentrat- \ ed on her work at the office but t In her secret mind she tried to, 4 discover what goal‘ Vera was work- ; § ing towards. } Aeross from her Kitty, | too, : i watched. ; Po : A \&& J fn } Kitty | watched Vera because a J Lo NTF - ty few moments ago young Ross Clark | o SHINN SE 7. 4 Wl had come in the office. He always vj HEA, An 2 f kidded the girls, teased Miss fe Ei i) : i k= _ ; Grant and issued the briefest |pos- . NCE | & : &) yl Wo . sible orders before dashing | ou / Din: NEARS s Zz v ‘again, ard 7, SUM - aio " ( But today he had stopped at WH i A x ro Vera's desk| and the low murmur) : AY " = Co “Yt ' of their voices came to Kitty and] AREFUL or \ Ru,” Pe Mary. | Kitty sat frozen, | her| = THE BLOOD Ss s, a Ee N= ace pale except for two crimson! | BES 3 ! TT 2 spots that matched the red in| her] Fi = .M. ; OFF. ° I TRWILLIAMS, | . candy sitpea {ohiey the " A) ld PRESSURE, MAJOR = q_55 Ree AS A i we ,THE EQUALIZER vi r0-25 J 5 abs Fleming came over with/ LI'L ABNER : —By Al Capp § some pencils to sharpen. “He's in! Es : i 4 here oftener, i$n't he?” she said. | “Is| . : — \ , 1 2» She said. | “Is! FROM NOW ON-You , X F-FO’ TH’ AH KNOWS TH’ SECRET- ONE BowL O° PL ~ 77 | | AH Q 2Y OH, ro. | ¢ Bs scans 5 the sounten 1 MUST FILL. MY SHOES!-) GO DS BUT-AHLL NEVAH USE. IT— MILK EF YO’ /— CHP £8. APES AH eee ME 2 = “Well, Vera, then” p " “Hello again, Warden . . . we got homesick!” Syd Yo NO NO, THE A Ay, NEVAR.Z - PLEASE. ZZ it 7 , v J NEVAH LEAVE SRAIN-V/EARY “He comes in here because he's } IRRESISTIBLE TO A LL or G-GOLLY-AH'M BRAIN-WEARY. PZ Og x 3 he a IZ Yo’ rr UNCONSHUSLY } on that special committee named in OLD EVER | : WN AN IND ut * - AH CRAVES A STRONG, STIMOOLATIN' ZZ = rn as a FELL INTO LLESSON | the city to work on the new airport H EVERYTHING ii YOUR ER EVER DRINIKLA : < site,” Kitty said dryly. “With [the ] : EXCEPT-FOR THE { lane plant booming 24 hours a day | GOOD OF i nd air traffic doubling here| in| HUMANITY” } 1 own, the papers say the old airport | . 4 ® 13n’t big enough and theyre trying] : 4 to get a deal with the Government| I 3 on a new field. Besides Ross Clark | ¥ ! is a business man the same as his | ~~ , , Tather. Why shouldn't he come in ¥ the office?” , 8 #8 5 “NO REASON,” Babs replied calmly. “And he probably could use| { : ® some extra money. He's probably | trying to unload some of his real |

estate through this airport deal. | Anyway that's the talk about town.” | 5 “Talk about town—I'm sick of

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1t,” Kitty said, banging her hands | A fi NY Come ON,B0Y5! IF RYDER GETS dl AND THAT CHICAGO down on her typewriter. “Talk, NO, DON/ACE HANLON, Qe HIS SIGHT BACK. THIS OUNTRY LL SAW BONES, ©O/ around here—I'm sick of that, too. DE GhMAae Wie BE 100 HOT FOR LS! LETS (ell — “I'm sick af the way these gov-| RN acaD MH eT SeT HN NOW : #» ernment men keep snooping around US FOR TREATING : : }. here. This isn’t an office anymore; | Hi os oe. i it's a prison, a concentration camp. CABIN * |

Just because the legal work for a . plane and automobile factory is!|. done here, every piece of paper has |= to be checked and filed and guarded.” What she’s sick of, Sue Mary, 4 thought, is the way young Ross Clark looks at Vera. She woundered if he was trying to unload some property for an airport | site. She supposed the YP group

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“ s | £ ; would make use of such material. Ne . -. ¥ Yes, that would be right up the 2-25 “SiN -M . OFF. 7P alley—parti 1 t 2 : : Yo a 5 Hemarly Da I COPR. 1040 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. M. REG. U. 8. PAT. Oy, _ 6-25] NANCY —By Bushmiller '. present governor was a former law : BUT. MARMADUKE -- HOW TL X ? : Ty lfrewm he iia EME En BUT, IKE L SHOW OH, MOTHER-- MAY Y'SEE---I'M NEVER Ly You guys got 40 direct hits—how are we doin’? CAN YA BE UNHAPPY You “why, {| [1 Gave A New 3 REFUSED A THING!-)| [5 = Spf ! 7 WHEN YA HAVE ALL SLUGGO -- BICYCLE NATURALLY, I DON'T ime) I FEEL:

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GET A KICK OUT ¢~ bf ~ OF ANY THING -- Hy ; pi. S' AWFUL!

®» re-election. : She rubbed her forehead with an _ { inky hand and wished that some- === = ) SR 1 how. she could see clearly all the EEESe=——=— RQ ry : ramifications. All she knew was that REN > —» } she sensed danger; that much as| | ——srrwesre—a_ { she desired to, she couldn't yet SEL a Sih <3 break from Vera and Natalie and a ** { Nick. ; cg Ey ly — Tr She wanted desperately to see vo Toe mama | 000°

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WASHINGTON TUBBS |i WO DAYS HAVE PASSED SINCE VICKI SHERIDAN [ WAS PAROLED FROM THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION, | HER MONEY IS GONE

Instead, she had to go to the hall] —By Crane forv.a special meeting of the cam-| ‘4! + paign publicity committee. At that,| 3 she thought, it was better than go-| : | ing to the apartment where she »

HMM! A GORGEOUS BLONDE AND DESTIUTE?) IF SHE 19 SMART... HA! JUST THE TYPE THE CHIEF 1S LOOKING FOR!

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NIGHT, SISTER, OVER A NICKEL CUPPA COFFEE

would have to face not only Natalie! gt |_NO ; but Vera and possibly Nick as well. | = NN JOB. NO 3 ? It was going to be hard to try] 4 and assume a pose of innocence.| ) She * must pretend nothing -had changed and her enthusiasm was Ww - still high: her interest still keen. | (2 ww = : T the hall she took notes of the | meeting for the records and]

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standing. : = ‘ - | The implications made her break " : p } 5 FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS : l out into a cold sweat. She had I told him to keep that night club bouncer off the team! a 3

BUT IM WORKING To KEEP HM OUT OF OFFICE--- ALL L DO IS THINK UP WAYS TO KEEP HIM FROM BEING ELECTED J

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PLEASE LISTEN, vitoa | IM NOT DOUBLE - CROSSING messes HONEST //

- been hearing these arguments. ior weeks past, but only now did she

g comprehend them. THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson

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wrong. It was run by men who]

!. were ignorant; men who were] driven by personal greed; men who A a , “were willing to sacrifice the entire ll TT dn Fy 4 7 HIT — ly / population for personal gain. War, il WI IS if they forced the country into it, y ll | = i 7 : N Louis There was no need for national BLERIOT, defense. Use the money for welfare, : ONLY 3B VEARS » ‘The United States could take care AGO, ASTOUNDED

(wet, FRECK. WALKS up TO A VOTER, LIKE THIS, AND SAYS “Hi, PAL! MAY L DEPEND ON YOU NOT TO VOTE FOR ME 27

* AND WHAT Do You THINK THE VOTER, WOULD SAY 2

DONT EVEN | SPEAK To ME. YOURE FRECKLES’ CAMPAIGN MANAGER a AND YOU KNOW (T/

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7 of a a No for- [\ THE WORLD 8Y 4 ’ . eign ¢ ; WwW . : ’ es 86% 3 The words dinned into her ears, J a CROSSING THE : Se wee IN 2% 0s oxy ioe ad oS ., 05 the discussion became louder. ee ee ee ; ENGLISH z , : LL | : : : : : mr IPE CHANNEL. kj | 8007S AND HER BUDDIES —By Martin

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fant 8 ale With] ivi l= m= R= - oN B00TS, T NEAR! T USED TBE OF COLRGE, I STV \ 'S as ope pe I an a RX) : AIRPLANE. GOOLBNE , Bl TAN RBNDY tr HS GIRL (BUT NOW A SWE Gh SANIT Ne 1 None excep ; 8 Ye i \ : WANOY ? \S FC! VAY LT THINK HE LWKES FRIEND... BUT 8S FOR 86 | ofifials, Ang when the YP suc-| Bm A : elis ~ . AVA NOL REITER ! OW ANYTHING MORE SEROLS \S i ceeded in getting Fritz King in as | BART , -- AA 1 CAN <eLL 2 ’ CONCERNED, TO RCA WAT governor they would be doing the | 2 a “\WA 7° nation a real service because he] i would immediately introduce IN changes that could well serve as ny models for others. in A «But we have to wake the people 127 A 23 up before we can do anything,” gol a Vera said, her face alight and her INNA } : eyes searching Nick's moody face } for an answering smile. > Hd «well we will. They'll soon see A just how far money goes without A =") y man-power,” Nick said. There Ss NN 0 : 5 - ing to be trouble out at the Smith- d == ANS Rial : Ee actory. > \N X ) Qa 22h £0 : aN : LINC. T. M_REG. U. §. PAT, OFF, 9-23 = - “The union has a new contract = \ ; ABBIE AN' SLATS : : —Bv Raeburn Van Buren Ie LE ne % SE YN CTA ASTON NOW #7 [arn a manor ora Cima nor 5 N [They was RGAT IN WAS TA PAR | | 1 if the c » Zz : : ve Hu \ = de 1 think there might ‘be irounle. 7 IN MEASURING THE ) || Jy 5H0ES AND BECKY'S DRESS- | SOUND SLEEP IF THIS 1S | THE MOST PRO- | | THERE © My BEST SHOES * \ OF BROWN BRO- LOOK. Nn) 4 That outfit makes carburetors for | 2 DISTANCE OF A STARE, ( || WAS STOLEN | HAD TO BORRY ONE O' YOUR HALLUCINATIONS, | WINENT CITIZEN | | WAS UNDER THE BED-AND |) GANS WITH = !'% the Gull plane and it wouldn't be 7%, CE TE SON, EARTH) || sLATS’S SHoEs TO come HERE S22 GROGGINS ITLL GO HARD / IN CRABTREE | | BECKY'S EXPENSIVE DRESS / THE TOES WORE EB : Wf helpful with all those plane orders | POINTS 185 AAILLION = AND THEY HURT, BLARST IT// 4 WITH YOU # CORNERS -- BUT WAS IN THE CLOSET- OUT AND A ! in to have a strike at Smithson.” (MILES APART” HOW HE'S SITTIN' IN MY HOUSE | pegt 74 WE GOT A RIGHT SPOTTED DRESS # 2 = | | : 1-25 Is THIS POSSIBLE NOW-:IN HIS STOCKIN' TO POLICE PROTEC- OF THE STYLE \ SUE MARY sat her beer glass | A FEET-- WAITIN TION WHEN MY 2 POPULAR IN down on the scarred desk. Her | i FOR us TO GIT PROPERTY IS 1935 2 hand shook and some of the beer| ° - ANSWER—The earth’s orbit has a diameter of 185 million miles. | BACK STOLEN spilied. She tried to keep her voice| Scientists plot the position of a_ star, then wait six months until | , steady. Smithson was where Joe| the earth is at the opposite side of the orbit, then plot it again. | worked. Trouble at Smithson would ; i ; J - "mean trouble for Joe. “But why should there be a picket | tips them off as to what's going on. | = ’ «put Nick,” she said when she|line? Isn't negotiating done over a| “You're still learning, Sue Mary,” | could control herself. “I thought conference table?” he added. “Ana if a strike does the union and the management| “Yes, little one, but maybe the start you'll see how smart operators were friends at Smithson.” workers would get impatient with really work.” Jig “ «The management wouldn’t be if [the negotiators and| start picketing. (To Be Continued) 5 ‘ : picket line suddenly started up|That has been known to happen if | e— ; Fd 1 4 : Sarl ATR Rv i J 8 the plant” someone gets to the workers and (all, eveitls, Manes SA0 charatiom iu ius — J # : i E == : 2 iE 2 7 LEDS ~\ rT : ir he + : ee oe en gy | . - ~ $ oo | : a z 9? a : k ; Te = SWE — Sl Le sd ae 4 Y w io