anaheim-gazette 1945-12-06

DONALD WILSON BY FRANK V. MARTINEZ SKIPPER, THAT PUNCTURE CAME NEAR MESSING THINGS UP... WHAT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS GONE? THEN WE CAME ALONG AND FOUND THE GOON WITH HIS NECK CRACKED... YOU SURE PILE-DRIVERED HIM! FIRST YOU SEND ME FOR HELP... THEN THIS HOOD TRIES TO MESS YOU UP.... YOU KNOCK HIM OUT... NOW WHAT? THEN WE CAME ALONG AND FOUND THE GOON WITH HIS NECK CRACKED. YOU SURE PILE-DRIVERED HIM! FIRST YOU SEND ME FOR HELP... THEN THIS HOOD TRIES TO MESS YOU UP. YOU KNOCK HIM OUT. NOW WHAT? MOSAN, HALF-CASTE SNUSSBLER, WHOSE VEHicles SECRETED IN A BOWCING BALL WERE HIJACKED BY THE STEM. HE IS TALKING WITH REEFER, DOPE FIEND, AND HIS LADY FRIEND, AND SAYS REEFER, AS I TOLD YOU, EVERY MOB IN TOWN MUST BE REACHED! YOU CONTACT THE STEM, HE MIGHT KNOW THE HIJACKER...TELL HIM THE REWARD IS BIG... HE'S HANDLED OUR HOT GOODS IN THE PAST! - AND LAY OFF THE SNOW! IN THE TUNNEL WITH THE STEM DUSTY DIDN'T COME BACK! I WONDER WHY? NOW I'VE GOT TO BOLT THE TRAP DOOR! WHY CAN'T YOU... DOCTOR, I WON'T HELP YOU GET AWAY...THE STEM WILL RETURN AFTER HE BOLTS THE TRAP DOOR! LET'S GET REAL WO AHEAD! I WONDER WHY? NOW IVE GOT TO BOLT THE TRAP DOOR! CAN'T YOU..... YOU GET AWAY—THE STEM WILL RETURN AFTER HE BOLTS THE TRAP DOOR! REAL WO AHEAD! Cairo Jones by Rob Oksner and Jerry Albert WE FIND ZILSON'S SPORTING GOODS TRUCK IN THERE! THAT'S THE ONE THE INSPECTOR SAID DISAPPEARED COME ON! OPEN UP BEFORE WE BUST DOWN THE DOOR! WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO... ELP...THEN S YOU UP... W WHAT? WE FIND ZILSON'S SPORTING GOODS TRUCK IN THERE! THAT'S THE ONE THE INSPECTOR SAID DISAPPEARED INTO-THIN AIR! - AND LAY OFF THE SNOW! AS YOU WISH, HOSAN, BUT THE POPPY DUST GIVES ME STRENGTH AND INSPIRATION--REMEMBER? LET'S GET GOING/ REAL WORK LIES AHEAD! COME ON! OPEN UP BEFORE WE BUST DOWN THE DOOR! WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO... WE'LL SEE! SEARCH THE JOINT, BOYS! NUTHIN' IN THIS CLOSET! LOOKS LIKE THEY AIN'T HERE, AFTER ALL! MY BOARDERS SOMETIMES COMPLAIN BITTERLY ABOUT THE THINNESS OF THE MATTRESSS HERE! BUT A THIN MATTRESS HAS ITS USES... WITH A HUMAN BODY UNDER IT, IT DOESN'T GET SO THICK AS TO LOOK SUSPICIOUS! REAL WORK LIES AHEAD! MY BOARDERS SOMETIMES COMPLAIN BITTERLY ABOUT THE THINNESS OF THE MATTRESSES HERE! BUT A THIN MATTRESS HAS ITS USES... WITH A HUMAN BODY UNDER IT, IT DOESN'T GET SO THICK AS TO LOOK SUSPICIOUS! KNOCK! KNOCK! ONE MOMENT, PLEASE! I--I'M DRESSING! THOSE KILLERS! THEY'VE FOUND US! WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO--- SHUT UP! WHERE'S THAT SOLDIER AND THE BLONDE DAME! WE KNOW THEY CAME IN HERE! I HAVEN'T ANY IDEA WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO..... SHUT UP! WHERE'S THAT SOLDIER AND THE BLONDE DAME? WE KNOW THEY CAME IN HERE! I HAVEN'T ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT! LOOKS LIKE THEY AIN'T HERE, AFTER ALL! THEY GOTTA BE HERE! SAVO'S STILL ON WATCH DOWNSTAIRS! THEY COULDN'T've GOT AWAY! WELL, HAVE YOU SATISFIED YOURSELves THERE'S NOBODY HERE BUT ME? ... NOW... GET OUT! OKAY, LADY, WE'RE GETTIN'! YOU MAY COME OUT, MISS JONES AND MR. SCOTT! THE ENEMY HAS RETIRED-- IN CONFUSION! YOU MAY COME OUT, MISS JONES AND MR. SCOTT! THE ENEMY HAS RETIRED— IN CONFUSION!