Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 June 1942 — Page 17

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Serial Story Caribbean Crisis By Eaton K. Goldthwaite

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR BRILLIANT lenting for the storm, splashed the tiecks of the Blue Petrel as Bill] Talcott sat in a deck chair and told | June Paterson, for the twentieth time, that he didn't know how he had come be in Martha Swengon's cabin. She was beginning to | believe him. too. She was about od

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gpeak now when Halsey came along. | Halsey dropped into a chair and hed, bl ng out his lips in exration Swenson still sticks to same story,” he said. “Claims | didn't know Webber, didn't | know of him, had never seen him| came to her She savs that Stampf, take your; t anvhow, bald-head fright-| ned her to death. Knew her right} me, which incidentally is Swan-| zig; described her father down toj the last wrinkle and threatened to| 10 gerews to him unless she} played along. Her job was to cpm- | promise Talcott so he wouldn't dare | open his head; as if you, you poor | dumb brute, weren't sufficiently! compromised already.” Talcott squirmed. “Cut it out—| It was a fool stunt, her starting that argument with the doctor and making so much noise she brought the whole ship down on her ears.| It made me clean forget Webber's| threats i June Paterson sighed. you understand women. Which brings to my mind that despite the fact Mr. Webber hasn't been caught, I'm still unscathed. I wish I could bring myself to believe that vou were as doped as you elaim.’

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Talcott said. “Where e go when you sleep?” That's for you to find out, Mr. | Casanova!” i From the companionway Captain Pringle’s square figure loomed. A] radioeram was tucked in his huge fist. His eves twinkied pleasantly and he said, “I see everybody's on gpeaki ,¢ terms again. You'll be interestew to know, Talcott, the i

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American Indians use in hunting. It| briefly as they rested on June Pater- | AER L CANT TELL | [WE QOL DONT MIND, place on this ship I don't Know pg. .i0 here had been some kind | ‘ : ‘ | Talcott had marched at the head of | thick-lens sses d n eup starts. We'll be in at 4 o'clock. ‘thick-lensed glasses he had no ey can 1 § Hk id | FI i ; i Hii Half the | inet and, in the presence of the grimly. i Hi | | army. But here you might as well Gi | K and marched right out again. But |it, that you had been in Saint ed.” June Paterson sniffed. TALCOTT rubbed his nose. nr Talcott, had his turn and came Nine on Struthers’ report to the considerably embarrassed to dis-|geiar and the stiff a rmy officer in a His leg went up and over he went. & says he'll be on hand with a squad #1s that darned report still safely Halsey looked puzzled. “A fire?” uled thrill for the passengers of on, too. For instance, a sad-eyved,

paralyzes the game and they walk | up and finish them. Thought you'd | like to know,” and his eyes twinkled G-9 gon “Thanks. No sign of Webber?” | ANSWER—Pensacola, Fla, because it has trained so many navy fliers. Sn ——————— “None There must be some! as Sant % wou DONT ¥ bout, unless he finally did jump : : Talcott didn't notice the perfect GRATEFUL TO RIPPERS T\GWTY r So n B Tron til aboard. we'll of mysterious business in which the Neanderthal, but he did notice QOU L AM FOR — \~ ] | pversid 8 ‘ ye (dashing and mysterious William Prof. Constantine. Behind his LOOX\NG . ll | {| get him when the immigration line- | ave ee | . a H 1. tf hl M : wv a squad of four to, of all places, the | lashes! : spit storm, Ww } d * | Despite the Som, Ne aing | fire hose. He had opened the cab-| “Professor,” Talcott said, smiling] | ~ Hh record run, I believe. We're going|. | ot Deon claim to Ia 1 | to have quite a reception | squad, removed therefrom a bulky have been picked up in Martinque 2 18 4 . 6 envelope. Then the squad had by a certain smuggler named Jack- ; Li | | read your own messages. | - : : | | fH “Probably from Saint Thomas Tight-faced and marched into Cabin Son. It wouldn't be possible, would gbout some woman you left strand- withotit the envelope. | Thomas ad x5 sccure certain if 4 5 And it was much more puszling defense plans which were recently | when the cause of all the. trouble, |[evealed by the use of Formula “Sorry to disappoint you. It's from| face to face with the young captain | COmPany? “ your esteemed cousin. He SayS|in charge. The startled passengers Constantine deigned not to hear. that : wi is| : He moved, shuttlewise, to the rail. that one Jerome K. inters S| gw the supposed embezzler-mur-C- » cover that his newest and most... ination bear-hu (To Be Concluded) a : -hug dance and efficient secretary is a Nazi agent ALLEY OOP —serves him right! And Lowell of picked men to finish our unfinished business.” “which reminds me,” Halsey said. hidden?” “safe as a church. Unless a fire breaks out.” he gasped. Talcott chuckled. It was just one more unschedthe Blue Petrel as the army to over the business of landing. Other strange things were going sad-fated man who had taken over

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Sioux Indian reunion, with war cries. 2 2 2 IT DRAGGED on unbearably. There was an interruption; one of the squad superintending search of the fire hose compartment came marching up. Saluted smartly, grinned, said, “Formula Nine did it, sir. We got the goods.”

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|wife, and then the hypochondriac,| Or of their conquerors such as the | Prof. Constantine.

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The professor winked at Bill Talcott. “Style, eh?” he remarked with a grin. “Makes you feel important— You know, that man

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

JAPS CHANGE NAMES OF CAPTURED AREAS

TOKYO, June 9 (Japanese broadcast recorded by United Press in New York)—The Japanese cabinet named a special committee today to

change the names of all conquered

territories whose present names “remind somehow of enemy nations

Philippines and Lgeaspi.” If the present names are derived from native languages, however, no changes will be made.

(In connection with the elimina hE [ mi nC } of

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[ VOU'RE DOGGONE RIGHT TAM! | I'M AN AMERICAN, A BREED THAT'S NOT INTHE HABIT OF SITTING ARODWND HIGH AND DRY WHILE OTHER FOLKS DO THEIR FIGHTING FOR THEM!

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WE TAKE \TIMEL FIGGER THAT STUFF | HE'S GOT A OFFA LEGITIMATE HIM 2 SQUAWK.!

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