anaheim-gazette 1951-09-24

ALFRED LET'S BLOW OURSELVES TO A GOOD FIVE-BUCK DINNER, ALFRED! MANILA INN FINE FOOD NOT A LIFE! NO DECKS TO SWAB! YOU FORGOT YOUR WALLET ON THE SHIP? SO DID!! OAKY DOAKS NOPE! GOT A PASSPORT? ALF, HERE'S A GUY WITHOUT A PASSPORT! WHY COULDN'T HE WAIT TILL MORNIN'? WHERE AM I? ON TH' BORDER O'TH' KINGDOM OF FLESCHE: SCORCHY SMITH WHILE I TRY TO ERASE YOUR BLUNDER, ENJOY MY CIGAR, COMBAD! YASAKITR DEFENSE FUMER SMOKY OH-AIEEE! MY FIRST LESSON H QUITE RE MAJOR! LAND AND BUSY... SCORCHY SMITH WHILE I TRY TO ERASE YOUR BLUNDER, ENJOY MY CIGAR, COMBADE! YASAKITR DEFENSE PUMP EMOTION OH-AIEEE! POFF DICKIE DARE IDA... THEN YOU WILL MARRY ME? HOLD IT! HERE COMES THE GANG! 'S MARVELLOUS! SOMEONE ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM!!! WHO? THE ADVENTURES OF PATSY COURSE, THERE NEVER FOUND A BODY, BUT I'M POSITIVE ROXIE DUFFY WAS PUT AWAY FOR KEEPS! THERE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN NO SLIP-UP! MASHER DON'T EVER SLIP UP! THIS HERE TELEVISION IS GREAT "MASHER" MEANWHILE... THE POOR GA GLAD YOU TOLD THE STORY-CA UNTIL WE UNRAVEN HIDDEN AN OH. DIANA! AND THEN OF COURSE, I EXPECT TO GO TO COLLEGE. I HAVEN'T QUITE DECIDED WHAT I WILL DO AFTER GRADUATING, BUT ETC-ETC- DO YOU INTEND TO GO TO COLLEGE? I'LL DAD NOULD LIKE TO GET ME A POSITION WITH HIS COMPANY AND ETC-ETC-ETC-ETC- BUT JEEPERS, THINGS MAY BE SO DIFFERENT BY THEN. SUPPOSE I SHOULD SUDDENLY GO ON THE STAGE OR ETC-ETC-ETC-ETC- OH. DIANA! —AND THEN OF COURSE, I EXPECT TO GO TO COLLEGE. I HAVEN'T QUITE DECIDED WHAT I WILL DO AFTER GRADUATING, BUT ETC—ETC— DO YOU INTEND TO GO TO COLLEGE? DAD WOULD LIKE TO GET ME A POSITION WITH HIS COMPANY AND ETC—ETC—ETC—ETC— PUT JEEPERS, THINGS MAY BE SO DIFFERENT BY THEN. SUPPOSE I SHOULD SUDDENLY GO ON THE STAGE OR ETC—ETC—ETC— GOVERNOR, THIS IS MR. PETERS! COME RIGHT IN, MR. PETERS—COME HAVE A CHAIR—and OF WHAT SERVICE CAN I BE TO YOU? GULP... GULP... MORRIS 9-22 PETER'S DIDN'T KNOW WHY...NOBODY HAD EVER AWED HIM INTO SPEECHLESSNESS BEFORE....BUT THEN HE DNEVER BEEN USHERED INTO A GOVERNOR'S OFFICE BEFORE.EITHER/HE RECOVERED HIS VOCAL FACULTIES QUICKLY! naheim Gazette MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1951 ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA ON TH' BORDER OF' TH' KINGDOM OF FLESCHE: AN' NOBODY PASSES WITHOUT A PASSPORT! OKY HAS BEEN STOPPED AT THE BORDER OF THE KINGDOM OF FLESCHE. BUT I'M THE AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE OF KING CORNY, RULER OF UNCERTAINIA! A LIKELY STORY! YE AIN't EVEN GOT A PASSPORT! MY FIRST JET LESSON HAS BEEN QUITE REVAILING, MAJOR! LET US LAND AND GET BUSY! ROGER! LOOKS LIKE A FIRE IN THAT HANGAR! A HANGAR AFIRE!? WHAT NEXT? TAKE HER DOYN, MAJOR SMITH! MY FIRST JET LESSON HAS BEEN QUITE REVGALING, MAJOR! LET US LAND AND GET BUSY... ROGER LOOKS LIKE A FIRE IN THAT HANGAR! A HANGAR AFIRE? WHAT NEXT? TAKE HER DOWN, MAJOR SMITH! AS THE TRANSFORMED ADJUTANT PURGES HIS BLUNDERING CO-CONSPIRATOR WITH FIRE, THE TURKISH AIR CHEF AND SCORCHY ARE FLYING A P-80 AND PLANNING TO PROBE THE SABOTAGE PLOT... NOW WHO WAS IT? CADET, DID YOU EVER TRY TO SLIP A WEDDING RING OVER A LIVE BEL? OKAY, SO YOU WERE IN LOVE WITH IDA BACK IN 1925... WHY DIDN'T YOU MARRY HER? THE POOR GAL! I'M GLAD YOU TOLD ME, KID! THE STORY CAN WAIT UNTIL WE UNRAVEL THE HIDDEN ANGLES! SURE... AND DON'T FORGET THEPOSSIBILITY OFFOULPLAY! PATSH EXPLAINS TO COTTON CALLAHAN, THE SPORTSWRITER, THAT LUCK FITLE IS NOT THE HEALTHY GIRL SHE APPEARS TO BE ON TV! AMNESIA, KUH? COULD HAVE BEEN AN INJURY OF SOME KIND! KESSIR! AND IT COULDVE BEENFOULPLAY DON'T FORGET! 30 MINUTES LATER... NON— YOU TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF WHILE I CATCH A BREATH... WHY? SIMPLY BECAUSE IT HAS NO USE OR VALUE TO ME WHATEVER! WHAT?... KEEPERS, THINGS ARE SO DIFFERENT EN. SUPPOSE I DID SUDDENLY ON THE STAGE -ETC-ETC- 30 MINUTES LATER... NOW—YOU TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF WHILE I CATCH A BREATH... SALE JAY ALANPURSE I HAVE GOME MONEY! WHAT DO YOU THINK I CARRY THIS PURSE FOR?! BUT SHARON, I TELL YOU I DON'T WANT IT! WHAT WILL I EVER DO WITH IT? DON'T YOU SEE, IT ETC-ETC-ETC-ETC- WHY?... SIMPLY BECAUSE IT HAS NO USE OR VALUE TO ME WHATEVER! WHAT?... MIMM-YES—AS COVERNOR OF THIS STATE I'M QUITE FAMILIAR WITH SCOTT CHENWATER AND HIS...AH...DEALS! YES!! BUT HE USUALLY STAYS IN THE BACKGROUND AND ENGINEERS THEM QUIETLY!! THIS ONE I CAN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND! IT'S A PERSONAL MATTER WITH HIM THIS TIME, GOVERNOR! YOU SEE, YEARS AGO AS A YOUNG FELLOW HE PULLED A PHONY DEAL AND WE HAD HIM RUN OUT OF OUR TOWN--PERMANENTLY WE THought!! BUT NOW HE'S COME BACK TO GET EVEN BY TRYING TO TURN OUR TOWN INTO A RESERVOIR SITE! PETERS RECITED THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE WHOLE CASE, AND WHEN IT BECAME OBVIOUS HE HAD A SYMPATHETIC EAR. HE POURED IT ON... DRAMA, PATHOS, TRAGEDY, TEARS... ALL WOVEN INTO A COLORFUL TAPESTRY OF TRUTH! ALNELSON? GOSH, HE'S DEAD FOR HUNDREPS OF YEARS! ALFRED SAYS WE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN LIVING IN THE PAST! BUT I'M THE MMBASSADOR AT-LARGE OF KING CORNY, RULER OF INCERTAINIA! A LIKELY STORY! YE AIN'T EVEN GOT A PASSPORT! LISSEN, ELMER--I BET THIS GUY IS A SPY! A SPY!! THEN WE BETTER NOT LET HIM GET AWAY! A HANGAR AFIRE?! WHAT NEXT? TAKE HER DOVIN, MAJOR SMITH! ANOTHER CALAMITY! TWO UNTRAINED JET INSTRUCTORS. NOW THIS! YOU CAN'T BLAME THIS ON SMITH, MAJOR SOGG! AND I HAVEN'T HAD A SMOKE ALL DAY! A HANGAR AFIRE!? WHAT NEXT? TAKE HER DOWN, MAJOR SMITH! ANOTHER CALAMITY! TWO UNTRAINED JET INSTRUCTORS!... NOW THIS! AND I HAVEN'T HAD A SMOKE ALL DAY! DET, DID YOU EVER TRY SLIP A WEDDING RING WER A LIVE BEL? NO- NO-NO! I JUST HAVEN'T TIME TO MARRY... I VE GOT TO ENJOY MY FLAWING YOUTH HE...LEFT...OP ALL THE RUDE THINGS... ISN'T THAT JUST LIKE A MAN? HUH? WE BEEN KIND OF ND! KESSIR! AND IT COULDVE BEEN FOUL PLAY DON'T FORGET! POSSIBLE! DO YOU EVER HEAR YOUR MOTION JACK NAMES? A NAME THAT MIGHT HAVE SET OFF A STRANGE REACTION? WELL, ONE DAM SHE BLEW KER TOP WREN I HAPPENED TO SAY THE WORD "MASHER!!" WHY?... SIMPLY BECAUSE IT HAS NO USE OR VALUE TO ME WHATEVER! WHAT?... HOW MUCH DID YOU SAY ?? Jeepers!! AT THAT PRICE I'D BE CRAZY TO REFUSE IT!!! WHY... SIMPLY BECAUSE IT HAS NO USE OR VALUE TO ME WHATEVER! WHAT?... HOW MUCH DID YOU SAY?? JEEPERS!! AT THAT PRICE I'D BE CRAZY TO REFUSE IT!!! PERSONAL MATTER WITH TIME, GOVERNOR! YOU YARS AGO, AS A YOUNG HE PULLED A PHONY AND WE HAD HIM RUN YOUR TOWN... PERMANENTLY LIGHT!! BUT NOW HE'S ACK TO GET EVEN BY TO TURN OUR TOWN RESERVOIR SITE! JAY ALAN- 'HE'S OLD FASHIONED—HE READS BOOKS.'