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:- YESTERDAY: Bill is in town, rave ing, hunting Martha. He’s .been at the office, then at the boarding house. He has discovered Martha was in New York with Paul. In desperation, Martha goes to Suzanne. The girl has seen Bill, tried to repair the damage her angry ‘words have done. But there is

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THE BARTENDER in Pete’s Bar . i; wy | ZF / and Grill looked up with what was ® BR p G y y . AY /4 / | : for him stark bewilderment. An ’ 4 ie 5 bi 1 / \ | = expensive gray car squealed to a 3 y / i ~\ 2 BN We { NYE stop ‘at the curb outside. In the A . : % os % NT aad AVE NN oe SN red gnd blue glare of the huge i : ; =] ST) N WB, “0. : WN 2/1 | at, i eT Sl = neon sign, the two girls who crossed . = ; FE \ en ARAN i $0 the sidewalk looked ghastly. Their ] A fees, WNL 5 AAS RX 3 lips. were bluish, their faces pale, : ? : : A X neither of them wore a hat. And

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tender put down the glass he'd been "KITTEN/ 5. [a aeons. TNR NR ANN ; polishing and reached up to turn| “Brace yourself, buddy—I used to dream about a chance like this \THE z 1 276 com ves vv ea seve Li LOPE NNN EN cof misvadismivc me EE A Or eee off the burbling radio: . when I was driving a taxi back in Detroit!” ‘ - 71 we “What can I do for you, ladies?” : : YARS AGO AH & TWO LL » r | SHS YS BOOUIFUL NUT LAZY. 1 The redhaired one—she was| FUNNY BUSINESS . : : BARNEY is ROLIND W] . lS FTUNE 6 77 | pretty even though she looked as ; ? : LIN- 4 r- Now OR | GOT" WORK if - she’d been through a steam|f AA / J “H. ENT T 4:0 mM ‘ =O 7A : [NY MOONSHINE 5.35 N Fado et = J 4 W/EoH, ND ER: . TFHANGS * g THET 4 A -TH’ Ric MS’, 4 7 B 3 7

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rar Ssked eel Ta a : s . soldier in here tonight? A tall sol- ¢ /: QO : Nb Po & dier with dark curly hair? He—he KEEPERS — . Ml WiLL BER , might have keen very tight ... Lop y : mu The bartender shook his head. S “No, ma'am. Not that I know of. We had a couple of sailors.” He called to a stout waiter at the other end of the roon?, “Louie, you! see a. soldier in here tonight? A soldier about three sheets in the wind?” ~ . “No soldiefs in here fbnight!” Louie called back. “Last night, but ~ . not tonight.” t “Thanks,” said the blond girl, curtly,. “Come on, Martha, Bill hasn't been anywhere we used to go. together, and if he hasn’t been in any of the places around here, the only thing that’s .left is t search the joints on South St.” £ The bartender wiped a sma space in front of him with sudden vigor. “Look, ladies, if I were you, I wouldn't go messing around no South St. after no soldiers this time of night.” : But the two girls paid no attention. ; At 4:30, Martha and Suzanne ~ came out of the last smoky joint|{§ 5_, on South St. And still they hadn’t| ]coes. 1941 sy nea seuvice, Wc. 7. m. REG. U. 8. PAT. OFF. 5S. found him. Suzanne said, “We've|~ : » ; been everywhere. Bill must have Perkins,” are you sure I am to meet a woman at 5 o'clock and not taken a room somewhere and gone five women ai 1 o'clock?” to sleep!”

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tha’s face, and shook her gently. fal A “Please, Martha! There's nothing 1 SEALSKIN else we can do tonight.” COATS / But in the house on Stratford : 8B’ Road, Martha couldn't sleep. She : : YOUNG tossed restlessly on the bed in the 4 Male SEALS § : KNOWN AS pretty = guest . roofn. Where was c ”» BACHELORS Bill? What was he doing now? 4 ; > SUPPLY ALMOST Almost she prayed that Suzanne \ 1] THE ENTIRE was right — that Bill was drunk|: IN FUR TRADE somewhere, sleeping it off. DEMAND FOR AOL ied i - ss . : . =» / h Jay SEAL, TN THBOUTSKIRTS OF AN EASTERN CITY LIVES THE 7 A / AGAIN THE SAME WITH THE first streak of gra Rl \ NOTED EUROPEAN SCIENTIST, DR. BASSILA. ~ 7 NIGHTMARE... THE in the dawn sky, Martha od a rd RE J ; RATS IN CAGE 23 ARE Reveille was at 5:30. They'd an- COPR. 1941 BY NEA SERVICE, INC, 7) ii ee ; D Dy Coy THE HOUSE / DOOR swer the phone at the camp now. on 1 a 3 ab AS SPREAD THE PLAGUE! 1 “Down! 19... , “I waht to talk to Private Mar- nL aa 0) FA UGH! |S MOS! +, shall,” she told the gruff male r 3% EN a— pF HORRIBLE! : voice.- “I'm sorry to call at this pr 7 ’ 4 : D hour, but it’s terribly important.”| FiLL IN THE ; “It’s very irregular,” said the BLANKS CORRECTLY, voice, uneasily. “I'll have to ask ’ 2D | GOLD

the adjutant.” : | After a while, a more authori- SILVER / tative voice said, “Hello. Lieuf, SE ) —— i ; Lh Gresham speaking. What is it?” ‘ , LL A obi) F- % ORAS LOOR “This is Mrs. Marshall,” Martha] : a . nN g— Tore Ao0NDS 1 FATS —MOST ] explained. “Mrs. William Marshall. J AND 2 Is” OF THEM DEAD OR DYING=THE RESULT I'd like to .speak to my husband, hs b AOE OF DR. BASSILAS RESEARCH EX-

Private Marshall.” She gave the \ ) ; number of his company and be- LANDS OF THE : cause she couldnt think of any-| BRITISH EMPIRE BLUE STUBS ARE FOR. THE SEATS DOWNSTAIRS n | RL weLL, BROIL ME thing else, she added the name of] LIE ON &\/&Y AND IN. THE UPPER SECTION BALCONY--- YELLOW ALWAYS KEEP NC BROWN AND the top sergeant with whose wife] CQAVZIAEA/7" AND : STUBS ARE LOGES, FIRST THREE ROWS BALCONY! [| YOUR FLASHLIGHT CALL ME A / she had become acquainted. WITHIN E\EE2% ; : POINTED DOW LAMB -CHOP “I see,” said the voice, in a tone] C4 AMAT/C ZO NUE : F 1 ch carried no understanding] ©F THE HABITABLE ig i itil : : whatever. “Wait just a .moment, JVORLDD, 126 ; LL ihn Dh NF : FIRST, AND REMEMplease.” 'Then there was another 7M. REGH, 5, PAT, OF ' Bas - || eer, HE silence. A longer silen¢e, this time. ANSWER—Goldfinch,. silvér fox, copperh®ad and platinum blond. s : 1 ty Il 18 ALWAYS RIGHT /

Martha bit her lip, and scrawled

nervously on the message pad with “Mr. Paul Elliott in New York | the little gift pencil, is calling Miss Decker, Is this Miss “Mrs. Marshall?” Decker?” , .'} ;

“Yes, yes.” ~ “Yes, yes, put him on.” :

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message.” in the cautious pfirases, about Bill. I'd like to listen”.

eg omen; Sf oe ray Sourgey Be quiet, Let's see All : " ’ Sn. ' wha is.” pad ty e 3. ; : OM . - REA TING 1 USED TO COME HERE EACH YEAR TO the ots, the “matter? Ive. hel” wire suzanne, do’ you know AFMY: Equipment - “Worse BE C5 RESO SE ll SoS RR ToS He ENE SARI BER || BRAND SR Whe Te) ve “Did you expect him to be where Martha is? | Than Wo 0 d en M a chine : 2% ao A th x ONE THING ABOOY . OF THE ORDS| | MOCHA TOO BUSY GEL AWAY | COME here?” the voice asked. - A Den hers, Maths shied FISH we. TR W : A . COLONEL NOM CARVEL AD GRACIOUS T REAL COME ID NESS BF CARRY She didn't know : what to say.| Right here on the extension, What ! i Fh NIE r-AY Ng : he By ent on rial od i is it, Paul?” | Guns’ Described. : : oi Ee 2 a) I i N\ ib A GENTLEMAN AS : : MANOR, vv note now, s is Mrs. Marshall,| “It's your precious husband!” i. i Pe Jo.¥ 1 h uel 4 Yi THE HONOR OF the commanding officer thinks it{shouted Paul. “He came near get- ua, oh : $ {U.P ~Uniteq JA } et Sonne oe best to inform you that your hus-{ting himself murdered! He barged | S'ates and Philippine Army officers ! \ band has been absent without leave.|into the hotel at 5 this morring [claimed today that u serious short- ; Jo ” ; “- , bi 3 yl pir, i we. do Jot know his Yhereabouts made the man at the desk tell him age of basic War materials has _ “A aN 7): ; 5 kal S| ¢ ‘a absenting mse without |{ my, room number. hen I opened |p / | was Wa leave is an extremely serious mat-|the door, he knocked me down!” [Aanciicapned fo. yighien the ter.” : “Oh. Paul! Paul!” z (defenses of |this important: Far “Absent without leave?” she| «The damn fool accused me of Eastern outpost. gasped. “But I thought—I thought | hiding you. Martha, do you under. | . Army officers laughed at reports he had a pass—" The telephone stand? "He thought you were here!” that conscripts and regulars in the shook in her hand. : Oh, T'll try to| “And you wante meg to stay |United States train with, woodén find him at once, I'll try to make there! Suppose I'd been’ there, machine-guns and make-believe him go back. - 1-1 had no idea—"|Paul? Just think how it woulc. tanks because of a lack of ordnance : rn i og he ‘had returned have been!” She was. sobbing, and said even these were better a i a leave t's. “It was bad enough. It took two than some equipment the Philippine es, yes, that's it. He—he was pellboys to pull him off me. They Army has for training purposes. here yesterday. I thought he'd gone| wanted to: tufn him over to the! Washington reports that :$50,000,Yack, a look for him at once. I1Tl|police.” ~ [000 in Philippine sugar-processing “Mrs, Marshall. if ‘he d " “Oh, Paul, where is he?” | tax money—authorized but not yet tun within 10 da or Te] “How should I know where he appropriated by Congresss-might be wil be ye % usband is? 1 I know is he’s probably made available for Philippine Army Il he asieg as a Ceserler, ! Skip} 4d out of , Sah Sd headeci| purchases received favorable at= ’ ~ or jail an wan 0 warn you, tention herg. : te pe wes 8 Click, The man at| He might go back to town and stag| The Philigpine Army, which totals the other id | Ri pung up. aqatihs a scene with you, since he clidn’; betweén 100,000 and 125,000 men, foal there pounding at|find you here.” The man’s crazy!” with modern equipment, according temples, (| “Paul,” she wailed. “Payl, you to U.S. Army officers, gould put up 8 x =» should have kept "him ‘there.|a first-class show against any .in DESERTER. THE word had an|Brought him home. Oh, Paul, he'slvader. But the lack of equipment is ominous ring. She remembered|absent without leave, he’s deserted /the stumbling block in all defense vaguely that-in: wartime, deserters|from the army.” \ calculations. . were shot: at ‘sunrise. “Kept him here? He was wild!| Priority in| any defense orders Her hands curled into fists. Her|My God, he blacked my eye, nearly would be given to light, artillery— fingernails bit into her soft palms.|broke my head—” , 75-MM. guns, heavy machine-guns She walked unsteadily to Suzanne’s| “We've got to find him! If he's|and ammtmition. . door. “Su! Sul” still in New York, maybe the po-|" Philippine defense is premised on Suddenly, the sharp, ring of the lice. . . stopping an enemy invasion before telephone sounded in both rooms. No." I-I'll call up a detective |it could reach #he beaches on any In Suzanne's, and in the room shejagency. I'll fly home, right away.|of the main islands. The 75's, had just left. She ran back. The|I'll cut the Conference short. I|powerful enough to disable a transringing had stopped. Suzanne must fbink he’s gone back. But the de-|port at 8000 yards, would be used ~ have answered already. She lifted tectives will pick him up if he's|against the spearhead of. any landthe receiver, certain it was the|still here. Don't go to pieces, Mar-|j party. | Lt - camp, calling back. . Perhaps Bill|tha. T'll be there ab soon as I can|’ Heavy machine-guns would be ‘had just come in! make fit. brought ‘into play should any small But it wasn't the camp. She | ; (To Be Continued) bridge - heads established or ] L Susan, ne’s voice asking, “Who, (Alt ‘ovents hme and fharsctery in iy should: the invadérs come in small

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