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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES.

ABBE AN' SLATS

CHICK GUMBO, FAMOUS MOVIE GOSSIP COLUMNIST, SITS AT HIE FAVORITE TABLE IN HOLLYWOOD'S RAM:

KENT 22? wiaTS NE DOING AT SUCH AN EXPENSIVE PLACE? |

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EVERYONE'S HERE TONIGHTBILL POWELL AND WIS BEAUTRUL WIFE. LOMBARD AND GABLE, BETTY GRABLE AND A VERY ¥ HANDSOME ESCORT-ANDI? + WHO'S THAT WITH ¢

KNOW EVERYTHING AzouT EVERYBODY IN HOLLYWOOD AND | DEFINITELY KNOW KENT 1S BROKE »~ IN FACT- HE'S ALMOST

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BE A SCOOP FOR My COLUMN ¥

THATS CHAMPAGNE T-EYRE HMM -THERE'S SOMETHING QUEER ABOUT THIS” SAY MAYBE SHE'LL Pay THE CHECK.” THAT'D

PAID THE CHECK AND LEFT WAITER A SWELL TIP. | KNOW ABOUT EVERYONE IN THIS

SERIAL STORY—

LOVE POWER

By OREN ARNOLD

YESTERDAY — Leana Sormi makes eful plans to murder Carolyn She s a radio receiving set CATTIES Tonto connects te a dynamic cap in the X-999 A small portable sending set, the ridce send the imt will set off the X-999 An « to get Carolyn e shaft Bob Hale asks her te and Carolyn have a date.

Mountain, its

will

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TENTY-TWO occasions i the time the Tyler around the ack and into the the X-0999 It 138 to 26 minutes. oniv to set for Carolyn to Then she could and be at the far side

t her concealed rewired to set off ap, was extremely "transmitter on] { rez it easily, | he rock and soil of ! no accom-| If to trust. n gave ible satis n. | uld compietely remove from | ho had so brazenly | Leana’s and Bob's|

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“punish” Rob-| her, by destroy-| h he had worked | Leana saw this} reasoning but as| means to an end.! ” = x

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s so pleased with herself pointed day of victory i accepted Robert's imtion to ride horse-| n and Carolyn Why not! It would f triumph over the cting Tyler girl! | n, L.eana spent aln C this after-| She had only the Hopi In-| to aid her, and she t any average American-| woman would have called ntial cosmetics, but she did an|

it was literally the spun gold of the] love-story heroines. She posed be-| fore mirror—undeniably she| possessed form and grace. She leaned closer—her eyes were an elluring gray-blue. Only her cheeks end lips annoved her. The cheeks | were too high, like the Indian cook's, | and the lips were definitely large] and coarse | Angrily, she knew she could do| nothing about either. She hastened | to don a most becoming riding costume

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CAROLYN experienced a moment | of panic when Leana joined them. That Leana had come at all, or that Bob had even asked her, was a distinct surprise. Of course, Carolyn had no alternative but to pretend pleasure. “How do vou DO?” Leana greeted her with astonishing heartiness. It was as if they had been old acguzintances, meeting again after months of separation. “You look so nice!” Carolyn ven1 and meant ft nearly as sweet and s you. Isn't she the loveng. Robert, dear?” dear, it developed, was n agreement. In truth he was delighted that the two girls were £0 companionable. He recalled now that they hadn't cultivated much of a friendship as yet But he berated himself for that. Since Carolyn joined the staff everyone had been so busy and dis- | tracted by various excitements. He| resolved to foster their friendship] more. And anyway, come to think

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OUR BOARDING HOUSE

STICK QROUND, PUDGE, TILL YOu { GET A GOOD VIEW OF MY FORM! THAT WAS MY TAILSPIN BALL T 2 ue EXPECTS © JUST THREW! www WHY DON'TNOU { MORE ATTENTION COME OUT TOMORROW AND WATCH \.. THAN A ME PITCH AGAINST THE EL SMUDGE DEBUTANTE CIGAR TEAM Twa MY FAST BALL

(BASHFUL GLY,

THE RUBE! HO-0-0=-HUM!

Te GETTIN' LATE, RUBE wa T GOTTA SHUFFLE LP TO MY

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: THE PLATE LIKE THEY WERE ;

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WILL HAVE 'EM LEANIN' BACK FROM j »

HAS ALMOST GABBED BUSTER BI” UNDER THE ETHER =

| YOUSE'D STAY A EAR BOY T A WAX )

FRIDAY, MAY 9, 194T By Williams

WHY = UH ~ SOMERODY MUST OF PUT IT IN MY LUNCH BOX--THERE WASN'T ANY PAPER IN iT AT

THAT OL BOY HAS WORKED HERE TWENTY YEARS-- HE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY PLANS OR. DEALIN'S WITH TH" ENEMY--ITs SOME JOKESTER

ETEP INS\DE HERE--JUST A FORMALITY--WHERE bE

ELL, YOU KNOW IN) PEACE TIME TH SHOP HUMDRISTS GREASE YOUR MACHINE HANDLES AN' PAINT YOUR, SHOES-- BUT IN WAR TIME TREY PUT PLANS IN YOUR LUNCH BOX-- THEY MAY PUT DOWN) HITLER, BUT NOT HUMORISTS !

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RED RYDER

( IF IT ANNOYS YOu, STOP IT om YOURSELF!

5-7 i-41 BY NEA SERV TM REG. U.S. PAY. OFF.

“Y don't know what can be wrong—the shells leave her 0. K.!”

THIS CURIOUS WORLD

By William Ferguson

IN ITS EARLY STAGE, IS COMPOSED LARGELY OF

CARTHAGE.

CAN YOU NAME THESE

COPR. 1941 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. \ MAJOR. LEAGUE oO SE

WAS USED AS A DISTRESS CALL. IN WIRELESS TELEGRAPH Y BEFORE

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WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 12908.

ANSWER-—1, Grove; 2, Swift; 3, Rowe; 4, Melton,

| Carolyn tried not to show that she | for 20 minutes or so—and was surwas ill at ease. “Oh, no. through college. Junior college I [called her from out frdnt. mean. But I—I had to work after went to the porch. Leana was still thatt I had to work my way on her horse. through junior college in fact. I| “Oh Miss Tyler,” Leana began, don't mean I'm ashamed of that, | “Robert asked me to bring a conbut I—I mean—" | fidential message. He wants you to It sounded so lame as to be em- meet him in the tunnel at 6 o'clock, barrassing. Why was she allowing |Please. It seemed to be important.” this woman to annoy her? But she! Carolyn was milly surprised. didn’t answer her own question; she | “At—6?” only knew that Leana Sormi had] Leana nodded. “Yes. He thought

re-awakened in her a vague but lit best to meet there while most

I did go [surprised again when Leana Sormi | She

LEAVE ME ALONE \ DECKER! TM GOING TO ’ MARRY HIM /

WHAT DO YOu SEE IN SCROOLMASTER TREVOR. ?

GO ON NN THE CABOOSE, TREVOR , AND SAY ADIOS 0 CHARLENE , BLT MAKE ITQLICK *

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ME AWAKE THAT LATE!

LANDERS, DISGUISED AS SEROR CASTRO, DISEMBARKS

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TAKE. YOUR HANDS OFF CHARLENE’

HE Seems) | & LIKE A PRETTY | WED GOOD REASON

TUEY'LL NEVER. DONT" YOU

HAVE TO pur THAT IN A PLASTER. CAsT!

NOW YOU WAIT RIGRT THERE wNOT A PEEP MND NOU = AND TAL <A CORA L MY 11 WI. Sve BE SURPRISED ww

THAT'S RIGHT. OON'T LOOW, NOW , TL 3 GWE THE WORD ww

COME QUICK. DON'T ASK ANN QUESTIONS NOW w 1 HAVE A SURPRISE FOR WoL W

positive fear. Fear of the unknown; an imperative, urgent sense of alarm.

There was nothing she could do about it. The two hours’ ride dragged like two centuries. Leana kept up her astonishing conversation. Arty, highbrow talk, not quite posey but definitely superior, drawing constantly if unlabeled contrast between her own distinguished achievements and Carolyn’s meager education and career, Bob Hale didn’t notice. He was wont to beam happily at both of

of it, Leana was a sensitive person them and to show off what his whom he was supposed to—to, uh— horse could do. He wished he had ghe frowned a bit to himself. {a lariat. He was a carefree kid at He didn’t wish even to think of play again. He saw nothing of the his deeper personal “responsibili- girls’ rather : desperate drama of ties” toward her right now; he words. For that, Carolyn was swanted only to ride for relaxation. |thankful. “1 could make thousands of men | 3ealous this afternoon,” he said. Goodness, Bob!” Carolyn was 'nervous, but pleased. ; " =»

they were back at their little vil-

= {with a certain forced merriment. ® «pr. HALE gallant,” Leana Carolyn walked straight home. It Ssupplied. “But tell me more about was after 5 o'clock, she noted. Her *vourself, Miss Tyler. Do you have mother was mixing a chocolate

WHEN THE trip was over and |

| lage stables again, they separated |

{of the village is at the dinner hour.” Leana spoke significantly. {“You understand. At

{go together, maybe!”

| | The older girl rode away. When |

| Carolyn had changed from her rid{ing clothes she started to walk {down to the trail and around the {bend that led to the Tonto Mountain ttmnel. She was curious. She looked for Bob but didn’t see him, so probably he had already gone in. From across a canyon Leana watched Carolyn depart. She noted the exact time on her wrist watch. Then she rode her horse on around Mummy Ridge out of sight. After exactly 26 minutes she \pressed a switch on the transmit{ter she had concealed. (To Be Continued)

(All events, names and characters in this story are fictitious.)

‘scientific leanings aiso? Or have the [Gare and, oddly, it didn’t interest talk with “Take the hypothetical

been trained more extensively in the

Carol fine arts?” #®he spoke loftily. She Jult sat and stared at the floor

who also loved to cook. graduate.” Schmidt appeared at the recruiting

office the next day,

the—sub- | {stance. I think I shall ride a bit! more myself. Another time we can;

WN A STATE oF W\LO EXCITEMENT

COME DOWN TO EARTH, CUTIE! AND

SPELL TOUT?

| 1 was TOLD I HAD { A'VITAMIN B COMPLEX

OF COURSE! eax KNOWS 1SRICH

IN THE VITAMIN B

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. then fill glass, stir again, and RRINK .. .

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especially delicious a tomado juice,