anaheim-gazette 1945-12-13

WE WERE LOOKING IN THE WINDOW OF THE STABLE AND WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE WE SAW? WHAT? ZILSON'S TRUCK WHICH YOU SAID DISAPPEARED! WELL, OF ALL... ...AND THAT'S THE YARN....A YARD WIDE 'N RED...VERY RED, AIN'T IT? WHERE'S WINSLOW? HE'LL BE HERE SHORTLY! WINSLOW FINDS ZILSON'S TRUCK AND CEMENT MIXER IN STABLE BACK OF MANSION ...NOW..... ...AND THAT'S THE YARN....A YARD WIDE 'N RED....VERY RED, 'AIN'T IT? WHERE'S WINSLOW? HELL BE HERE SHORTLY! WINSLOW FINDS ZILSON'S TRUCK AND CEMENT MIXER IN STABLE BACK OF MANSION ... NOW ..... IT'S ABOUT THAT MISSING DOCTOR... I HAD A THEORY HE WAS SNATCHED TO PERFORM AN OPERATION ON SOMEONE'S FINGERS... T. G. COOKE FAMED FINGER PRINT EXPERT, SUPPORTS MY OPINION.... WE'VE GOT TO RESCUE HIM BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! TWO LIPS TOLD ME, YOU TRIED TO ESCAPE WHEN I WENT BACK TO CLOSE THE TRAP DOOR! BUT I ... MEANWHILE I'VE GOT TO CONTACT THE STEM ABOUT THOSE JEWELS! EE...OW! EE...OW! IT'S ONLY A RAT AND ME, THE REEFER, GETTING SCARED... GUESS I NEED A SHOT! STEEM ABOUT THOSE JEWELS! ITS ONLY A RAT AND ME, THE REEFER, GETTING SCARED--- GUESS I NEED A SHOT! IS TRUCK WHICH DISAPPEARED! WELL, OF ALL..... WITH IT WE FOUND THE DRIVER, TOO-- AND WHAT'S MORE, WE FOUND A CEMENT MIXER! GIVE OUT...GIVE OUT, DRIVER! ON'S TRUCK IN STABLE NOW..... INSPECTOR, LINE UP YOUR MEN! WE'VE A SUPER RAID COMING UP! SLOW DOWN, WINSLOW, OR YOU'LL STEP ON YOUR OWN FEET... Cairo Jones By Bob Oksner and Jerry Albert WE'D HAVE BEEN A PAIR OF WELL-COOKED GEESE IF HIS LANDLADY, WIISA BORGI, HADN'T HIDDEN US!... AN UNUSUAL WOMAN, THAT ONE! USED TO BE A GUERRILLA LEADER IN ITALY! I -- THE BOORR DID THOSE KILLERS TRACE ME HERE! INSPECTOR, LINE UP YOUR MEN! WE'VE A SUPER RAID COMING UP! SLOW DOWN, WINSLOW, OR YOU'LL STEP ON YOUR OWN FEET... NOW WHAT'S THE SHOOTING ABOUT? THAT LOUD SPEAKER TOLD US SOMEONE WAS SNOOPING IN THE STABLE... ILL TURN IT ON AND SEE IF THEY'RE STILL UP THERE! IT'S THE REEFER,HOSAN'S TORPEDO MAN...WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE HE WANTS? WE'D HAVE BEEN A PAIR OF WELL-COOKED GEESE IF HIS LANDLADY, LUISA BORGI, HADN'T HIDDEN US!... AN UNUSUAL WOMAN, THAT ONE! USED TO BE A GUERRILLA LEADER IN ITALY! I -- R-R-RINGGG! YOU CAN COME IN NOW! ILL KEYHOLE YOUR POW NOW FROM HERE WHILE I DRESS! I WANT TO HEAR BARNEY'S STORY! AFTER THAT WE'LL GO INTO A STRATEGY HUDDLE! APPARENTLY THAT GANG THINKS YOU KNOW MORE THAN YOU DO! BUT WHY SHOULD A GASOLINE FORMULA BE SO IMPORTANT NOW WITH THE WAR OVER? IF THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE AFTER! ... READY YET CAIRO? ONLY RAT AND THE REFER, TITING ARED... ESS I NEED A HOT! YOU SUPPOSE HE WANTS? APPARENTLY THAT GANG THINKS YOU KNOW MORE THAN YOU DO! BUT WHY SHOULD A GASOLINE FORMULA BE SO IMPORTANT NOW WITH THE WAR OVER? IF THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE AFTER!... READY YET, CAIRO? TALK ABOUT NARROW ESCAPES! WHEN I PERSVADED BARNEY SCOTT TO REVEAL WHY THAT GANG WAS AFTER HIS SCALP, I HAD NO IDEA THEY'D START WHETTING THEIR KNIVES FOR MY TOP KNOT.TOO! THE DOORBELL! DID THOSE KILLERS TRACE ME HERE? STEVE RACY! I THOUGHT-- WE'RE HERE FOR A COUNCIL OF WAR, CAIRO! I ROUNDED UP SERGEANT SCOTT AND--ER-- MRS. BROWN! AMONG FRIENDS I PREFER MY REAL NAME--LUISA BORGI! THE DOORBELL! DID THOSE KILLERS TRACE ME HERE? STEVE RACY! I THOUGHT-- WE'RE HERE FOR A COUNCIL OF WAR, CAIRO! I ROUNDED UP SERGEANT SCOTT AND--ER-- MRS. BROWN! AMONG FRIENDS I PREFER MY REAL NAME--LUISA BORGI! G-Z ASSIGNED ME TO TRACK DOWN A SECRET SUPER-GASOLINE FORMULA THAT A CERTAIN EXPERIMENTAL FACTORY IN ITALY WAS WORKING ON! BUT SOME OF OUR CLOUD-BUGGIES CAME OVER, AND WHEN I AWAKENED -- IN THE Ruins of That Factory-- WITH MEDICS SIPHONING PLASMA INTO ME... ...I WAS A TOTAL BLANK ON THE PREVIOUS THIRTY-SIX HOURS! NOW ID GOT IN -- AND WHETHER I DISCOVERED ANYTHING THERE -- I DON'T KNOW! CAIRO... SHE DOESN'T ANSWER! BOB ORKINER SHE'S GONE! YOU KNOW BULD A CAIRO... SHE DOESN'T ANSWER! BOB OKINER SHE'S GONE!