anaheim-gazette 1945-05-17

RED, GIVE US YOUR REPORT ABOUT THE FIRE! BUFRANK V. MARTINEK THE WHISP KIDNAPPED THE BLONDE HE USED A FLAME THROWER AGAINST THOSE WHO TRIED TO STOP HIM AND HE SET FIRE TO THE HOSPITAL! BIFF, HOW ABOUT THAT LICENSE NUMBER? I ALMOST FORGOT! WHAT A YARN...WHISP KILLS JOHN MAPLE AND AH TONG...KIDNAPS WITNESS FROM HOSPITAL, USING FLAME THROWER... WINSLOW BAFFLED! BIFF, HOW ABOUT THAT LICENSE NUMBER? I ALMOST FORGOT! WHAT A YARN... WHISP KILLS JOHN MAPLE AND AH TONG... KIDNAPS WITNESS FROM HOSPITAL, USING FLAME THROWER... WINSLOW BAFFLED! BAH... YOU'RE A FOOL! WINSLOW'S A FOOL! NO ONE CAN CATCH ME! WELL, BABY, THAT DRUG I GAVE YOU WILL LAST ANOTHER HOUR! S.SQUIZ APPED THE BLONDE THE THROWER AGAINST ED TO STOP HIM AND HE SET FIRE TO THE HOSPITAL! SURE GLAD YOU LET ME SPRING THE STORY! THERE WAS METHOD IN MY MADNESS... IT MAY LEAD US TO THE WHISP! MEAN WHILE THE WHISP LISTENS TO A NEWSCAST LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THAT'S THE STORY OF THE STRANGEST KIDNAPPING IN THE ANNALS OF CRIME... MISS FURY HEAVENS, MARIA, IT'S ALL IN TODAY'S PAPER ABOUT HOW GENHORITA DRAKE HAD NOT ONLY YOU DON'T SAY! KILLS JOHN KIDNAPS AL, USING MEANWHILE THE WHISP LISTENS TO A NEWSCAST LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THATS THE STORY OF THE STRANGEST KIDNAPPING IN THE ANNALS OF CRIME... WE PREDICT DON WINSLOW, CHIEF OF CRIME DESTROYERS, WILL CAPTURE THE VICIOUS AND, MAD WHISP! BLAST THAT COW! MEANWHILE RED CHECK THIS LICENSE NUMBER... MAY LEAD US TO THE WHISP! MEAVENS, MARIA, IT'S ALL IN TODAY'S PAPER ABOUT HOW SENHORITA DRAKE HAD NOT ONLY SAVED THE LITTLE BOY, BUT ALSO HELPED THE GOVERNMENT TRAP A NUMBER OF ENEMY AGENTS! YES THAT'S HER! I KNEW I'D, RECOGNIZE HER FACE AGAIN, AND SHE'S ADOPTING THE HALE KID, EH? THE PAPER STATES THAT DR. SARAF WAS THE CHILD'S FATHER... BUT I KNOW THAT'S A HOONE, MARLA ADOPTING THE LICENSE NUMBER... MAY LEAD US TO THE WHISP! THE PAPER STATES THAT DR. SARAF WAS THE CHILD'S FATHER — BUT I KNOW OTHERWISE/THAT CHILD IS THE SON OF GARY HALE AND ERICA/HALE WAS REPORTED MISSING IN ACTION SEVERAL MONTHS AGO! THAT'S A HO ONE/MARLA ADOPTING THE AND NOT. KNOWI HE'S THE SON O HER FORMER FIANCE! COLONEL WOLFRAM PRUSSIA THE GARDENESS COLONEL WOLFRAM PRUSSIA LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THEM — AREN'T THEY DARLING? THEY'RE SO CUTE AND I THINK SENHORITA DRAKE HAS GONE SHOPPING FOR STILL MORE CLOTHES FOR THE LITTLE BOY SHE'S ADOPTING! ADOPTING? BUT, DIDN'T YOU TELL ME MORE THAN A MONTH AGO, SHE HAD BEEN REFUSED? YOU DON'T SAY! IN FACT, THE FULL DETAILS CAN'T BE RELEASED UNTIL AFTER THE WAR. IT SEEMS THAT THE CHILD'S FATHER WAS ONE OF THE AGENTS, A DOCTOR DIMAN SARAF, WHO NO TRACE OF THE MOTHER COULD BE FOUND AND IT'S BELIEVED SHE DIED WHEN THE CHILD WAS BORN OR ELSE SHE WAS ALSO AN ENEMY WELL, I'M CERTAINLY GLAD TO HEAR SENHORITA DRAKE FINALLY YOU DON'T SAY! IN FACT, THE FULL DETAILS CAN'T BE RELEASED UNTIL AFTER THE WAR/IT SEEMS THAT THE CHILD'S FATHER WAS ONE OF THE AGENTS, A DOCTOR DIMAN SARAF, WHO IS NOW DEAD! NO TRACE OF THE MOTHER COULD BE FOUND AND IT'S BELIEVED SHE DID WHEN THE CHILD WAS BORN OR ELSE SHE WAS ALSO AN ENEMY AGENT AND SHE ABANDONED HIM! WELL, I'M CERTAINLY GLAD TO HEAR SENHORITA DRAKE FINALLY GOT THE LITTLE ONE! MMM! HER NAME IS MARLA DRAKE! MARLA DRAKE? SOMEHOW, THAT NAME SEEMS FAMILIAR/AH I'VE GOT IT! I REMEMBER THE BARONESS ERICA VON KAMPF ONCE TOLD ME HER HUSBAND, GARY HALE, HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ENGAGED TO AN AMERICAN HEIRESS NAMED MARLA DRAKE! THAT'S A HOT ONE! MARLA DRAKE ADOPTING THE KID HMM—I'm GOING TO SAVE THAT CLIPPING ...I'LL COME ACROSS BARONESS ERICA VON KAMPF SOMEDAY — SOMEWHERE — AND THIS CLIPPING IS THAT CHILD'S NOW CHILD IS YHALE WAS USING IN EVERAL AGO! THAT'S A HOT ONE! MARLA DRAKE ADOPTING THE KID AND NOT KNOWING HE'S THE SON OF HER FORMER FIANCE! HMM I'M GOING TO SAVE THAT CLIPPING BECAUSE I HAVE A PREMONITION THAT... I'll come across Baroness Erica Von Kampf someday somewhere and this clipping is going to cause a terrific upheaval! Ha! When the Baroness sees this! COLONEL WOLFRAM PRUSSIA BRUNO MISS FURY DR. DIMAN GARAF