anaheim-gazette 1944-09-14

DON WINSLOW MISTER WINSLOW, WHO'S THIS SAMMY FISHER 'N WHUT 'R AN...AN...? OH, I CAN'T SAY IT! ANTIQUES? THEY'RE OLD THINGS AND SAMMY IS AN OUTSTANDING EXPERT! AN... AN... ? OH, I CAN'T SAY IT! SNOOP, NO WISECRACKS! THIS IS IMPORTANT! WELL, WHAT DO YOU KNOW? DON WINSLOW! HOW ARE YOU, SAMMY FISHER? MEET SNOOP MY AIDE...I WANT YOU TO EXAMINE THESE! AND THESE SHEARS...WHY, THEY WERE SOLD BY ME ABOUT A YEAR AGO! I SOLD THEM TO A MUSICIAN WITH ONE OF THE UGLIEST FACES I EVER SAW...WORE A CAPE, SLOUCHED HAT, AND CARRIED A VIOLIN CASE! MEANWHILE WE RETURN TO WASHINGTON WELL, WINSLOW'S NOT IN WASHINGTON! I'LL CALL THE THUMB FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS! ... AND THAT, THUMB, IS WHAT I RAN INTO... WHAT'S MY NEXT MOVE? COMMAND FROM A MASSACRE IT'S TO EVIL S MEANWHILE WE RETURN TO WASHINGTON WELL, WINSLOW'S NOT IN WASHINGTON! I'LL CALL THE THUMB FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS! ... AND THAT, THUMB, IS WHAT I RAN INTO... WHAT'S MY NEXT MOVE? ES? THEY'RE OLD AND SAMMY IS AN DING EXPERT! MANY YEARS AGO HE HELPED ME ON AN IMPORTANT CASE. HE MAY KNOW HOW TO TRACE THE POULTRY SHEAR'S OWNERSHIP. OH, WE'RE HERE! HOW ARE YOU, SAMMY FISHER? MEET SNOOP MY NIDE... I WANT YOU TO EXAMINE THESE! COMMANDER, THIS BONE BOX COMES FROM A VOODOO COLONY ON THE MASSACRE RIVER IN THE CARIBBEAN... IT'S TO WARD OFF THE DUPPIES, EVIL SPIRITS OF THE DEAD! NO MATTER THAT HE CLAIMS I MARRIED HIM UNDER FALSE PRETENSES AND THAT HE SUSPECTS I WAS AN AXIS AGENT—LET HIM TRY TO PROVE IT. HE'S HEIR TO A HUGE FORTUNE… HE'S SO POSITIVE HE HAS PERFECT GROUNDS FOR AN ANNULMENT, EH? WELL... MUSICIAN EST FACES A CAPE, CARRIED IN CASE! WHO IS HE? HERE IT IS! SOLD TO ZONA LITTLEFING, CABBAGE ROW, MANOR HEIGHTS, MARYLAND. INDEED... STAY WHERE YOU ARE, TILL WINSLOW'S LOCATED! STAY WHERE YOU ARE, TILL WINSLOW'S LOCATED! THUMB CONTINUED AND STILL DOESN'T KNOW HE IS A FATHER! I THINK THE TIME FOR ENLIGHTENMENT IS NOW! THE A-35S ARE COMING IN NOW, SIR/ONE,TWO, THREE,FOUR, FIVE---? ONE IS MISSING, SIR! ACH! AMUSING → ALL THIS FUSS ABOUT POSTWAR PLANNING NOW! I LINED UP MY POSTWAR PLANS A LONG TIME AGO! AND WHEN I MARRIED THE AMERICAN, GARY HALE → IT WAS THE SMARTEST THING I EVER DID! AND I CAN TO COLLECT MY HALF OF IT! HE'S SO POSITIVE HE HAS PERFECT GROUNDS FOR AN ANNULMENT, EH? WELL... ...IF HE THINKS OUR MARRIAGE CAN BE DISSOLVED THAT EASILY, HE'S SADLY MISTAKEN! ...I EXPECT THAT MARRIAGE TO PAY DIVIDENDS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE! WHEN GARY LEARNED I WAS ON THE UNITED STATES BLACKLIST, IN A BURST OF OUTRAGED PATRIOTISM, HE RUSHED BACK TO THE STATES TO ENLIST! IN FACT, HE LEFT SO ABruptly, THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW... DOESN'T E IS A I THINK FOR ENMENT OW! THE A-350 ARE COMING IN NOW, SIR! ONE,TWO, THREE,FOUR, FIVE...? ONE IS MISSING, SIR! WHAT'S THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THE MISSING PLANE? ONE ONE EIGHT ZERO, SIR! ONE ONE EIGHT ZERO? WHY—THATS LIEUTENANT GARY HALE'S PLANE! BRUNO COLONEL WOLFTRAM PRUSSIA THE BARONESS COLONEL WOLFTRAM PRUSSIA