anaheim-gazette 1952-07-28

Anaheim Gazette MONDAY, JULY 28, 1952 ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA YES, MADAM—WE DO GUARANTEE TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM! SHALL I EXPECT YOU AT TEN? CUT-RATE PERSONAL PROBLEM CLINIC GUARANTEED RESULTS! AND WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE TROUBLE! MY PROBLEM IS; I CAN NEVER GET A DATE! WELL--AH--UM-- DON'T GIMME THAT HOW ABOUT GUARANTEE! I'M SURE MISTER MURDOCK WILL KNOW HOW TO GET YOU BACK INTO THE 20TH CENTURY, MILLIE! I HOPE SO! ER--AHEM! HE SEEMS AWFUL BUSY! WE'VE GOTTA GET HIS ATTENTION! YOU'VE DONE FINE EARTHMAN... GO FAIR! GOOD LUCK!! LEX HOPED TO SHOW SCORCHY UP BY LEAVING HIM IN THE LUNGIAN SHIP WITHOUT A PILOT OR CHARTS! LEX CALLING LERA! CAST OFF! YOU KNOW THE ASTAR QUARANTINE LAW! THAT FOREIGN SPACE SHIP MUST BE DISINfected! SOON AS WE GIT T... ER... HE...HE MEANS HE'LL SMITH RODNEY WILBUR HERE'S SOME SUpper, CADET SOON AS WE GET T'CUBA, WE WON'T NEED YOU, SO EAT HEARTY! ER... I'M NOT HUNGRY HE...HE MEANS HE'LL SHOOT ME...WHAT'S THE USE...WHAT COULD A KID ON CRUTCHES POSSIBLY DO... ADV. OF PATSY TIME IS RUNNING SHORT FOR ME, MR. FLASS YOUR JOB WILL BE ON A PRODUCE WITHOUT FAIL BASIS! FRANKLIN, SIR. I'M NOT SOLD YET! NOT ACCUSTOMED TO DOING BUSINESS WITH A VOICE FROM THE BACK ROOM! OR. DIANA OH! SOWETHING TERRIBLE HAS HAPPENED! SUSAN IS LOST! I'll GO LOOK FOR HER! LATER... NO, MOMS... NOT A TRACE OF SUSAN. I'LL GO LOOK FOR HER! OURS LATER... THIS IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE FOUND YOUR LITTLE GIRL. SUSAN ??? SAY... THIS IS FUNNY...NOT A SOUL IN THIS WHOLE BIG HOTEL...NOT EVEN A DESK CLOCK!!! MODEST SAY... THIS IS FUNNY...NOT A SOUL IN THIS WHOLE BIG HOTEL...NOT EVEN A DESK CLERK!! HUH!!! SOMETHING MIGHTY FUNNY GOING ON HERE!!...HEY ANYBODY HOME? THE LIGHTS WERE ON AND EVERYTHING SEEMED SERene, BUT NOT A SINGLE SOUL WAS AROUND! IT WAS A CREEPY GHOST-LIKE PLACE — WELL--AH--UM-- DON'T GIMME THAT! HOW ABOUT YOUR GUARANTEE? WE'VE GOTTA GET HIS ATTENTION! LEAVE THAT TO ME, SIR OAKY! X CALLING LERA! T OFF! YOU KNOW THE CAR QUARANTINE LAW! FOREIGN SPACE SHIP MUST BE DISINFECTED! WHAT!? WHY YOU... YOU!!! LEX, YOU'VE NEVER BEEN SO STRICT! YOU'VE NEVER BEEN SO IMPOSSIBLE!! MY DESK IS TOO LOW, SO I'M SAWIN' A LITTLE OFF THE CHAIR, TO EVEN THINGS UP! NUTS! I SAWED MUCH! NOW I'LL TAKE A LITTLE OF THE DESK! LEAVE IT TO ME, OAKY--I'LL ATTRACT HIS ATTENTION! BUT, MILLIE---! ER--I BEG PARDON--- JEALOUS OF LEBA'S INTEREST IN THE CAPABLE EARTHMAN, CAPTAIN LEX OF ASTAR'S PLANETARY PATROL LEAVES SCORCHY PUZZLED AND PIOTLESS ABOARD THE CAPTURED LIMBIAN SHIP AND LERA PURIOUSLY RUNNING... Rollout Billard HE MEANS HE'LL NEY WAIT--THE WIND'S HE MEANS HE'LL NOT ME...WHAT'S THE WHAT COULD A ON CRUTCHES SIBLY DO... HEY WAIT - THE WIND'S CHANGING! WONDER IF - CHIN UP - I'M GOING TO TRY IT! DIAN AND THE "SNORKHOUSE" FOLKS ROSE IN AN ESCAPE BELL WHICH HOUSED A MOTORBOAT THEY FOUND "SNORCAR," BUT.. IT'S EMPTY, BOB! I GET IT NOW.. FRANKLIN, SIR, I NOT SOLD YET! NOT ACCUSTOMED DOING BUSINESS IN A VOICE FROM THE BACK ROOM! INSIDE YOUR SEALED INSTRUCTIONS IS ENOUGH CASH TO PUT YOU IN BUSINESS! PRIVATE DETECTIVE MIKE FLAGS IS CALLED FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MYSTERY CLIENT BEHIND THE LATTICE DOOR-- IS LATER... THIS IS THE POLICE APARTMENT, WE FOUND YOUR LITTLE GIRL. SUSAN ??? NO---- SHE SAYS HER NAME IS DIANA! HELLO, IS THIS DIANA? YES, THIS IS DIANA. YOU DON'T SOUND LIKE DIANA. ANYBODY HOME? MODEST MAIDENS Trademark Registered U.S. Patent Office ANYBODY HOME? FUNNY THING... WE HAVE A BAD AUTO ACCIDENT WITH A CAR COMING OUT OF THE DRINEWAY OF THIS HOTEL... AND I COME IN AND FIND NOT A SOUL IN THE PLACE!!! WAIT A MINUTE---I HEAR A KNOCK COMING FROM SOME PLACE!! IT WAS VERY GENTLE AND CAME FROM SOME DISTANT SPOT IN THE CAVERNOUS OLD SUMMER HOTEL---HE CAUTIOUSLY WENT IN SEARCH OF THE MYSTERIOUS TAPPING- NUTS! I SAWED OFF TOO MUCH! NOW I'LL HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE OFF THE DESK! THIS IS RIDICULOUS! NOW WHAT CAN WE DO! CUT-RATE CONSULTATION CLINIC FOR SALE OFICE FURNITURE FOR VERY SMALL BUSINESS ER--I BEG YOUR PARDON-- NO DICE, OAKY! LET ME TRY AGAIN! MISTER MURDOCK! BANG! LEX! YOU'VE NEVER STUCK BY THE RULES SO CLOSELY BEFORE!? YEAH! WE'VE GOT NO PILOT; NO MAPS OF A PLAVET I'VE NEVER SEEN...BUT WE'VE GOTTA BE QUARANTINED AND DISINFECTED! EARTHMAN, BY NOW EVEN YOU MUST KNOW THAT ALL LIMITAN SHIPS ARE INFESTED WITH FLEAS!! THE CROOKS SHIFTED TO THE SAILBOAT DICKIE, AND I HAD CHARTERED ON THAT BOAT—FAR AWAY— CRUTCHES OR NOT — I'M GOING TO BRING THESE CROOKS TO JUSTICE! WIND'S CHANGED SO WE'RE RUNNING BEFORE IT — THAT'S THE ONLY WEAPON I'VE GOT! INSIDE THE ENVELOPE, MR.FLAGG...YOU'LL FIND INSTRUCTIONS AND ...CASH! Holy Cow! DOESN'T THE MONEY SUIT YOU! THE MONEY'S FINE! GULP...BUT THESE INSTRUCTIONS...WOW! YOU DON'T SOUND LIKE DIANA. BUT I TELL YOU I AM DIANA! LISTEN, DIANA. THIS IS SHARON COOK. CAN I BORROW YOUR SPORTS BLOUSE AND SKIRT? ER---I'll ASK DIANA WHEN SHE COMES IN! MODEST MAIDENS MODEST MAIDENS Trademark Registered U.S. Patent Office JAY ALAN — All Newstories 7-26 "I'M NOT SPRINKLING STUFF ON IT TO MAKE IT GROW, I'M TRYING TO KILL IT, I'M SICK AND TIRED OF MOWING GRASS!!"