Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 September 1940 — Page 34

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PAGE 34 iki _ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES FRIDAY, SEPT. 27, 1940 SERIAL STORY— FUNNY SIDE UP By Abner Dean | OUR BOARDING HOUSE : With Major Hoople ‘OUT OUR WAY By Williams

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YESTERDAY: Joe calms Sue Mary's ZN] + + Ch 3 ¥ . { P 2 : 4 7 fears about a strike at Smithson, urges | qi Aq ; B Ra ; | \ x x : MR.LEANDER hor to marry him, to break with the new Ny 5 \) S h , RIGHT Away/ erowd. Sue Mary asks for a little time, 2 promises to set the wedding date in a | . Week. 8ne wonaers what she can do in | _ & week. ] .

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN $ _ “SHE DID have it. I tell you I saw): * her looking it over. Saw her with] ‘my own eyes.” Kitty's | whisper was furious and] “her green eyes shot fire as she con-| ' fronted Babs. “Don't stand there . and try to tell me to be quiet. Tht | one—she's wrong. She's up to some-| thing.” Sue Mary stood quietly behind the file and listened to the whispered |- pa > a I] A © argument. It seemed to her that all! |’ = E : 5 i Hd 24 \ == she was doing lately was listening to! : 74 NH NL —— - :-other people's conversations. First at | i S 34 Ng. Names = 7% ¥ : the apartment, whenever Vera and| RA Ua WL === == i : ‘Natalie were together; then at the | Le E = ” - —

rill when Nick issued confidential(f : Tell ST | x Nadine. : /A\ = q-2 2 Hr SOE i -orders to some of the workers; and, SO EES 3 > on = corn Sin ; tnt) JR WILLIAMS here at the office, 8 i a arnt 1 | \o J 3 COPR. 1940 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. V. REC. U. 8. PAT. OFF, _ ND SHE DID = x) : NECESSITY g 9-27 : "Well, so what?” Babs said mildly. | \ A RCE : i E —By Al Capp

ova because Miss Grant was hunt- | ing for another paper and Vera hap- . pened to have it on her desk Goes t| | 11 CoP 190 by Coed Pesan Smet, To 9-1] | BE AH A XE. AH 7% © SS ME (J ~AR Io I” Pg You're one of those hysterical people “My wife is missing, but I'm willing to forget it if you are”! Z /AH YO IRRESISKABLE T' USE MAH 2 HOOMANITY /7- AN’ CHARITY / : who sees a spy under every waste- “FINDS < ENDS © CALS ZL HATES ER SED © BEGINS AT HOME” | SURE. I'M GOIN’ } OH, THANK YO/("AO basket and behind every door.” } ; ’ wv oe ER Dp ass ny ors i NT Ze ANNOYED Sie! and behind svery shen Sy Yo TH EARTHY 3 BUT AH SLIPS INTO HOOMANITY” Fe ¥, sulkily. On her HOLD EVERYTHING 3 : Co IT-UNCONSHUSLY”” 7= a

desk was the morning paper and she turned the pages over to the society a a sheet’s gossip column. Sue Mary| | “&[ Ry °° knew what she was reading. She herself had seen it while coming down on the bus that morning, and she had marked it and given it to Vera. It was one of those inconsequential bits of broth used as filler when society news was slack. “Who,” it questioned, “was the stunning ma- : ) CS x33 0] “WY Iv donna type taking Ross Clark S i Rs 7 : i Junior’s mind off the airport worries : : : i \

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salami in the hall one night; . : ; & ; OFF BLINDFOLD # champagne and a would-be poli-| ; wir? HIM CAN SEE” JF THAT WINCHESTER! tician the next.” Si / : “Do you think he has political ambitions?” Sue Mary ‘asked, surprised. “Yes. He's conceited enough to picture himself in the limelight. He was born in society, so that offers no goal. He's stupid enough - to believe a political career would add to his charm. All he needs is money, and from what he says he needs plenty. He must be in debt right up to his ears. He certainly hasn't the sense his father ; / Mba Ah : / has.” oo. YARN He x 7%, hanes : ; . 3 | B= % EATER ; “You sound as though you knew “% 0 EN oo. - : = TT = gon t him pretty well, Vera.” Sue Mary| |___ cor 1540 BY NEA Staylca ING. © WC REG. U. S. BAY. OFF. —By Bushmiller watched the other girl's face in- : TT ; 2 \ tently. “ ‘ * -Y “I've had a few dates with him Business got so good I enlarged my staff. IS ‘GOING TO. VISIT ME

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fand when youre With = guy who TODAY --- WAIT'LL YoU SEE I HEAR £# N| THE ROADSTER, NEW CAR--- THE drinks as much as he does, you can WHAT A SWELL CAR HE HE HAS ¢ [ SEDAN, OR ONE SLUGGO

learn a lot—if you're smart.” LI vs 2 : Coe Mary turned to traditional] FUNNY BUSINESS | Pl ARRIVES IN. a Ess 1 | (JowN CAR? hy GAVE ME! 4 feminine outlet for her worries that 77 IA : / ! ; al noon hour. Working with the Youth : : : ; RR 4 TY Progress group had changed her. : ! 3 “0 - Fo i None of the girls there thought : ‘ : : - J o—— much about clothes. Vera was the exception, at least as far as dressing for the office, but on the whole, the girls considered clothes unim- . portant. One concentrated on ideals. And now Sue Mary decided upon en abrupt about-face. She looked at her last pay check and decided to go shopping. : A little smile tugged at her lips. A girl who planned to get married had "a right to think about a trousseau.

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—By Crane ( FEELING X YOU BET. MAYBE YOU'VE NEVER BEEN BROKE AND ) DO YoU WANT ow) TM VICKI SHERIDAM, JUST OUT OF WELL, MISS SHERIDAN, IF YOU'RE STILL THAT

ns itl rent : BETTER, | KNOWN WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUNGRY, MISTER... THE TRUTH, OR TRUTH / THE HOME FOR CORRECTION... THE DESPERATE, I BELIEVE I HAVE A JOB FOR | fo ae pt foe E | Ky 4s : A NICE BED- y PENITENTIARY FOR DAMES, W) OTHER || YOU AT $35 A WEEK. HOW phigrty squandering her money with = : Z Pry \ : TIME STORY ? f= cn, us DOES THAT SOUND? you'D . . $903 ; i. (3 ’ « 4 % 3 : 4 Q >a an , | & : : we ay on ou Fifer than they had been in Gare : IRs % gl ; ) 2 J» 1 Was 30 DESPERATE AND HUNGRY ; il] A BE’ i all i 2 2 Z 2 7 | 7 She tried on dresses — early fall | | 5 | of ; Se . G ae ERATE AND hil " frocks—and marched out with two that were much too expensive for her budget. 3 Joe had suggested she by fon a = | heir home. But if he knew anything || & : A = 2 q 1 | \dl Y feminine psychology, he would] : 0 . : ep know just how much buying these : “clothes meant now. A new lipstick, "gay nail polish, a “fragrant, cool % toilet water, and a silly, useless ‘bracelet that jingled on her wrist at ] .. the slightest provocation. She felt | Lcopr. 1940 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. : f : | : ; |

she could handle any situation. ; " : A A °" And then she saw the paper. She “The glare of his gold teeth blinded me!” FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS —By Blosser - was on her way back to the office ie : 3 : . Fn ! sl a with Ber srs flied with bundles SO You WALK uP TO A + Ge og eur W “ON YOUR LEET HAND : when the noon edition’s front pages a GUY AND GIVE HIM A LOAOED v Fol VEO HAVE STOVE POLISH ! BUT PEOPLE stared up at her from a pile on the| TH|§ CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson CIGAR, AN' SLAP HIM ON \ EX G KNO WOULDN'T |_ You Use THAT ON WOULD NOTICE

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Trouble at the Smithson factory.| —= — a ; ; } © | RIGHT HAND ; A WHITE || . = IN A FLOUR SHIRT y / } Sev AD = WOULDNT WORK / So zi - A ==

Rioting at the south gate as the § ng shift went out. THERE ARE She bought a paper and hughes up| 3 232, :. against a building, away out of the - ry i of the hurrying noon-hour DEFINITE .. crowd, to read the story. Both labor and plant officials agreed that the trouble came as a. shock to them. Negotiations were under way and satisfactory progress | had been made so far. No one could __put the blame for the riot on any » particular group of men. Statements ! that pay was to be cut were absoi lutely false. Yet trouble there had ) :

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policeman had needed medical at- i = tention. 2 2 2 : XT . : BT. UP THERES WN Joo, ON pss, WS EER [TX 6S S had been found at Te | TES SY «FANG [ SLANE 6S AT Re - : : AROUND DRX SS eo the gate, urging the men to demand ei Ee he SHS wo their rights; warning them that . . 5 ] : 3 Rent they were being “sold down the 3 A | : X river” by labor representatives who had gone over to the management. ‘The company announced they were putting extra guards around the plant to prevent sabotage, and that work would go on as usual so that | the materials they manufactured [Pls MOSauTe would be delivered on time to the > plane factory. KILLED HIAMAN/ Sue Mary called Joe that evening. Each minute had dragged

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1d be out of work and she could a ) — ; talk to him. The bands areas re ; . : : —Bv Raeburn Van Buren : ingly and Babs ha nally i r I : ; De waned, A HEY SLEEPY J 222-ER--On SLATS-| [ A FINE ALERT BUSINESS (PP ER- WHAT ? eo THATS Fer 1 «Must have an important date,” i WAKE UP #¢ (YAWN) =~ JUST STEP IN- MAN YOU ARE, SLEEPY/// HK SURE | HAVE | | oo L es .. : she grinned. SIDE AND TAKE WHATEVER HEY #! WAKE UP + ~ . L ! KNOW TELL ME WHATS 90} Sue Mary tried to make her YOU WANT AND LEAVE THE | | EVER SEE THIS KINDA [P/E | J \ : Ch Ri = frozen lips smile back. She couldn't hars WRONG WITH MONEY ON THE COUNTER- y a . J i 8 44 A ’ LL aT ~ even feel until she knew from Joe | ¢ ie’ ApovE STATEMENT 2 : i 7 H! Z that he was all right. She stopped o 7 : 7, at a drug store on her way home | ’ , ; 28 4 : i Fi A ov Ne] YS “7 when she thought he might be at| ANSWER: If a mosquito bites you, it is the female. The males can- i = JY a5 Ii y : ) Ql) 4 7 & x Te 5) RX his room. not bite. | : / ? PE) 7 it ; PR Xan SN” “Of course, T'm all right,” he said. : ~. > She was incoherent in her anxi- 3 ety. “But those headlines... That Will there be any more trouble,/me then if there was a possibility of story about some men hurt,” she|dear? You will be careful, won'tflabor trouble at the factory. kept repeating. you? Anything can happen when| “Maybe you. had second-sight, «It’s nothing to get excited|a riot starts.” . |Sue Mary. Or would you say a— ut,” Joe told her. “I'm glad you| “You're borrowing trouble again, |pipeline? A pipeline through the worried, though. You do love me, |sweetheart.” The laughter left his|Youth Progress crowd?” don’t you?” voice then. “I thought you were : - “you w that. And you know |bortpwing it the last time we were (TO BE CONTINUED) I'll worrygabout you—always, Joe. together. Remember? You asked (All events, ajlos and characters in this

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