anaheim-gazette 1945-09-20

SKIPPER, NOW THAT YOUVE REACHED THE TOP OF THAT CIRCULAR WALL, WHAT DO YOU SEE? CONFUSION. MY BOY. AND MORE CONFUSION! OUR F.B.I. FRIENDS ARE ALSO PUZZLED... DO YOU BELIEVE FOREIGN AGENTS ARE INVOLVED? PUFF..PUFF, MAYBE THEY THOUGHT THE BRIEF CASE CONTAINED JEWELS! COULD BE! WE HAVEN'T MADE MUCH PROGRESS IN RUNNING DOWN THE GUY WHO KILLED THE MESSENGER AND STOLE THE BRIEF CASE! PUFF...PUFF, MAYBE THEY THOUGHT THE BRIEF CASE CONTAINED JEWELS! COULD BE! WE HAVEN'T MADE MUCH PROGRESS IN RUNNING DOWN THE GUY WHO KILLED THE MESSENGER AND STOLE THE BRIEF CASE! EVEN THOUGH DOWNS PROGRESS HAS BEEN SLOW, IT HAS NOT BEEN SO WITH TWO LIPS AND THE STEAM... SQUID REFUSED TO RETURN GOVERNMENT BRIEF CASE AND WAS SHOT BY TWO LIPS WHEN HE ATTACKED AND ALMOST STRANGLED THE STEAM. SO YOU TRIED TO KILL ME, EH! ASSIGNING HIMSELF TO GET RID OF SQUID'S BODY THE STEAM ORDERS TWO LIPS TO RETURN THE BRIEF CASE. JUST ONE PEEP INSIDE AND I'LL BE SATISFIED! NO..No..I DON'T WANT ANY PART OF THIS! AS BAD AS I AM, I'M STILL AN AMERICAN! ASSIGNING HIMSELF TO GET RID OF SQUID'S BOOK. THE STEM ORDERS TWO LIPS TO RETURN THE BRIEF CASE. JUST ONE PEEP INSIDE AND I'LL BE SATISFIED! NO...I DON'T WANT ANY PART OF THIS! AS BAD AS I AM, I'M STILL AN AMERICAN! BEROH 9.23-45 F.B.I. FRIENDS ARE PUZZLED... DO YOU EVE FOREIGN AGENTS ARE INVOLVED? NO... WHOEVER KILLED THE MESSENGER AND HAS THE BRIEF CASE DID IT FOR MATERIAL GAIN! PROGRESS IN JY WHO KILLED STOLE THE BRIEF CASE! STATE DEPARTMENT PAPERS STOLEN--RUBBER HEEL ONLY CLUE----AW NUTS! PROGRESS IN YOU WHO KILLED STOLE THE BRIEF CASE! STATE DEPARTMENT PAPERS STOLEN--RUBBER HEEL ONLY CLUE----AW NUTS! EGYPTIANS MUMMIFIED THEIR DEAD, BUT I, THE STEM, CEMENTIFY THEM AND THEY TOO LAST FOR AGES! HOPE TOMORROW ANSWERS TODAY'S SWEET DREAMS, PROBLEMS... GOOD NIGHT, SKIPPER! Trapped by her war criminal husband, Saber Von Tigron, and slugged into unconsciousness, Cairo is revived by an unexpected downpour... STEVE - LISTEN! IT TOOK A CANDLESTICK OVER MY HEAD TO SET ME STRAIGHT! SABER NEVER LOVED ME! HE TOOK AN AMERICAN WIFE FOR ONE PURPOSE ONLY... TO PROTECT HIS MONEY HERE! ...FEEL AS THOUGH I'VE BEEN HIT BY AN ATOMIC BOMB! STEVE RACY! YOU TOO... HOPE TOMORROW ANSWERS TODAY'S PROBLEMS... GOOD NIGHT SKIPPER! SWEET DREAMS CARROT TOP! [Released by The Ball Syndicate Inc.] Trade Mark Reg. U. B Pat. Office HE'S DEAD... BUT HOW—? THEN THAT'S WHAT SABER MEANT WHEN HE SAID SIGMUND WOULD NEVER WORRY HIM AGAIN! I'M STILL GROGGY, CAIRO! I HEAR BELLS THAT'S A POLICE SIREN! SABER MUST HAVE CALLED THEM! HE WANTS US FOUND HERE WITH SIGMUND'S BODY... TO GIVE HIM AND HIS MURDEROUS MARINA TIME TO ESCAPE! A CLUE IN HAND IS WORTH TWO TICKETS TO TABASCO. LET'S GO! OHHH! STEVE RACY! YOU, TOO... FEEL AS THOUGH I'VE BEEN HIT BY AN ATOMIC BOMB! STEVE--LISTEN! IT TOOK A CANDLESTICK OVER MY HEAD TO SET ME STRAIGHT! SABER NEVER LOVED ME! HE TOOK AN AMERICAN WIFE FOR ONE PURPOSE ONLY---TO PROTECT HIS MONEY HERE! THAT MEXICAN GAL DROPED IT WHEN SHE CAME RUNNIN' OUT BEFORE! STEVE! I SAW A STATUETTE LIKE THIS ONCE IN TABASCO! IT'S AN ANCIENT LOCAL GOD...QUETZAL--QUETZALCOUTZ! THE SPANISH CONQUEROR, CORTEZ, WAS GIVEN ONE... UNLESS HE BOUGHT NAMED MARINA! SABER MUST HAVE THOUGHT IT CLEVER TO GIVE ONE OF THESE TO HIS MODERN MARINA! HE MAY ALSO HAVE GIVEN US A CLUE TO HIS HIDING PLACE! HE'S DEAD... BUT HOW—? THEN THAT'S WHAT SABER MEANT WHEN HE SAID SIGMUND WOULD NEVER WORRY HIM AGAIN! SABER ONCE LET IT SLIP THAT HIS REAL FORTUNE IS HIDDEN IN MEXICO! IF WE ONLY KNEW WHERE YOU DESERVE A PADDLING FOR LAPPING UP HIS PHONEY ANTI-NAZI LINE, BUT WHAT'S THAT PORTER SWEEPING UP? THAT MEXICAN GAL DROPPED IT WHEN SHE CAME RUNNIN' OUT BEFORE!