anaheim-gazette 1944-12-21

DON WINSLON by FRANK V. MARTINEK RING, WHY DID YOU GIVE UP WITHOUT A STRUGGLE? LISTEN AND I'LL TELL YOU, DON! WHEN THE RED PALM ORDERED ME TO BURN UP THE GLOVE AND ALL OF YOU... YOU KNOW THE REST! I'M YOUR PRISONER! WILL YOU HELP US? YES! I LIVE BY MY WITS, BUT AN ARSONIST WHO BURNS INNOCENT PEOPLE...NEVER! WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? WITHOUT A STRUGGLE? ILL TELL YOU, DON! YOU KNOW THE REST! I'M YOUR PRISONER! WILL YOU HELP US? YES! I LIVE BY MY WITS, BUT AN ARSONIST WHO BURNS INNOCENT PEOPLE...NEVER! WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? MEANWHILE OF THE CHA I'VE ALTO HEA FIST--H CHA FIRST ILL WEAVE THESE FINGERS AROUND THE RING'S NECK! MEAN WHILE AT THE GLOVE. I'VE GOT A MESSAGE FOR THE GROUP--COME ALONG! FATHER, WE HAVE FAITH...WE'VE HAD ONE WAR WITH ITS DESTRUCTION AND DEATH---SAVE US FROM ANOTHER---GIVE US STRENGTH ON THIS CHRISTMAS EVE TO DO GOOD UNTO ALL OUR FELLOW MEN---AMEN. AND DEATH---SAVE US FROM ANOTHER---GIVE US STRENGTH ON THIS CHRISTMAS EVE TO DO GOOD UNTO ALL OUR FELLOW MEN----AMEN. THE RED PALM ORDERED BURN UP THE GLOVE ALL OF YOU... I WAS IN A DILEMMA! THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED INSIDE OF ME...WHEN THE MIDDLE FINGER TORMENTED ME, I KILLED HIM! MEANWHILE KNUCKLES, THE SUAVE KILLER OF THE CLENCHED FIST, IS FLYING TO AMERICA. I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO HEAD THE CLENCHED FIST HERE. I'LL CALL MISS FURY BY TARA PEWLS PLEASE CAN'T HERR DO I'M ALMOST POSITIVE THAT DR. DIMAN IS THE SAME NAZI SURGEON WHO WAS WITH GENERAL BRUNO A YEAR AGO. HMM--HE'S THE RESIDENT DOCTOR HERE. I'LL CALL WITS, BUT AN NS INNOCENT WHAT DO DO? MEANWHILE KNUCKLES, THE SUAVE KILLER OF THE CLENCHED FIST, IS FLYING TO AMERICA. IVE ALWAYS WANTED TO HEAD THE CLENCHED FIST...HERE'S MY CHANCE! IVE GOT A SSAGE FOR THE GROUP...COME ALONG! FRIENDS, TONIGHT IS CHRISTMAS EVE....TOMORROW WILL BE PEACE ON EARTH TO MEN OF GOOD WILL....LET US KNEEL AND THANK THE ALMIGHTY FOR SAVING US. MEN! AMEN! A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL Don Winslow IM ALMOST POSITIVE THAT DR. DIMAN IS THE SAME NAZI SURGEON WHO WAS WITH GENERAL BRUNO A YEAR AGO. HMM--HE'S THE RESIDENT DOCTOR HERE. ILL CALL THE DESK→ MAYBE I CAN GET SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HIM. DID YOU SAY DR. GOMEZ? DOES DR. GOMEZ HAVE A LITTLE SON? LITTLE? I YES! DR. GOMEZ IS NOW FIGURED I CAN'T UNDERSTAND THIS. WHEN GARY HALE WAS WOUNDED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, I CALLED FOR THE HOUSE DOCTOR AND DR. DIMAN CAME IN CARAMBA. ARE THE MAIN INQUISITEIVE AND THEY C' THE QUEE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL Don Winslou! I CAN'T UNDERSTAND THIS! WHEN GARY HALE WAS WOUNDED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, I CALLED FOR THE HOUSE DOCTOR AND DR. DIMAN CAME IN WHERE DID HE COME FROM AND... GREAT HEAVENS! LOOK AT THE TIME! I'VE JUST TWENTY MINUTES TO GET TO THE AIRPORT! COLONEL WOLFRAM PRUSSIA THE BARONESS COLONEL WOLFRAM PRUSSIA PLEASE — CAN'T I, HERR DOKTOR? HERR DOKTOR? I'll have to walk down all these flights of stairs—but it's better than chance being seen in the elevator with the child. His disappearance might later be questioned. CAN'T I GO WITH THAT LADY ON A PLANE, HERR DOKTOR? PLEASE--- SHUT UP AND STOP WHIMPERING, OR I'LL POUND YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL! BLASTED BRAT! HIS WHIMPERING DAYS WILL BE OVER AS SOON AS WE GET TO MY LABORATORY! STRANGE, TOO, THAT HIS LITTLE SON SHOULD CALL HIM "HERR DOKTOR" AND BE SO TERRIFIED OF HIM! THE CHILD WANTED TO STAY WITH PERHAPS, SENHORITA DRAKE, IF YOU'LL GIVE ME HIS TELEPHONE THE HOUSE DOCTOR? OH, THEN YOU MEAN DR. GOMEZ! DIMAN IS WO WAS WITH HMM—HE'S I'LL CALL STRANGE, TOO, THAT HIS LITTLE SON SHOULD CALL HIM 'HERR DOKTOR' AND BE SO TERRIFIED OF HIM! THE CHILD WANTED TO STAY WITH ME AND —— DESK CLERK, PLEASE, ERCOULD YOU TELL ME WHAT DR. DIMAN'S OFFICE HOURS ARE ? PERHAPS, SENHORITA DRAKE, IF YOU'LL GIVE ME HIS TELEPHONE NUMBER, I'LL BE ABLE TO FIND OUT! THE HOUSE DOCTOR? OH, THEN YOU MEAN DR. GOMEZ! LITTLE? IF YOU CALL SIX FEET LITTLE— YES! DR. GOMEZ HAS BUT ONE SON WHO IS NOW FIGHTING OVERSEAS WITH THE BRAZILIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE! OH! WELL, COULD YOU TELL ME IF DR. GOMEZ HAS BLACK HAIR WITH A WHITE STREAK IN —— DR. GOMEZ IS COMPLETELY BALD, SENHORITA! WHEN EVERAL R THE OR AND CAME IN CARAMBA! THESE NORTH AMERICANS ARE THE MOST INQUISITIVE PEOPLE AND THEY CAN ASK THE QUEEREST. THERE'S ANOTHER CAB WAITING AT THE SIDE DOOR — AND IT HAS AN OCCUPANT.... DIMAN THINKS I'M WAITING IN THE APARTMENT FOR HIM TO COME BACK WITH WHEN EVERAL OR THE OR AND CAME IN DID HE FROM AND... HEAVENS! AT THE I'VE JUST MINUTES TO THE PORT! CARAMBA! THESE NORTH AMERICANS ARE THE MOST INQUISITIVE PEOPLE AND THEY CAN ASK THE QUEEREST QUESTIONS. DOES SENHORITA DRAKE KNOW HER CAB IS WAITING? THERE'S ANOTHER CAB WAITING AT THE SIDE DOOR—AND IT HAS AN OCCUPANT… DIMAN THINKS I'M WAITING IN THE APARTMENT FOR HIM TO COME BACK WITH THE BABY—BUT I KNOW HE HAS NO SUCH INTENTION. WELL—I'M STILL ONE STEP AHEAD OF HIM! COLONEL WOLFRAM PRUSSIA BRUNO MISS FURY DR. DIMAN SARAF