The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 3, 1939, Page 10

PODAY 1S THE ZERO HOUR FOR THE FINAL TEST HOP OF THE THREE- POINT NEW PLANE, THE SILVER HAWK, T.R. 32, AND TOMMY IS STILL MISSING | RELUCTANTLY, BAXTOMN, LOT, THE HAWK THROUGH ITS TERMINAL VELOCITY DIVES FOR THE NAVA L ACCEPTANCE COMMITTEE GATHER.EED AT THE AIRDROME TO WITNESS THE TEST. SMITH ARE YOU READY ? ALL SET, COMMANDER ! SHE'S LOADED WITH A THOUSAND-POUND BOMB, ACCORDING TO NAVAL REQUIREMENTS . YOULL SOON SEE THAT SHE'S STRESSED TO WITHSTAND NINE G'S AND A PULL- OUT WITH THAT WEIGHT! MYSTERY URING THE PAST TWO WEEKS THE ORIENTAL PIRATES MADE NO ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO THE ISLAND, LEAVING MAURIE AND MYRA IN PEACE., AND DURING THE LULL, WE USED T™HE TIME AND SPACE TO PRESENT THE HUGE EMPIRE FLYING BOAT. BUT NOw OUR FRIENDS PREPARE FOR TROUBLE THESE RIFLES FROM THE WRECK OF THE OSPREY, WERE A GODSEND TC us! IF THCSE PIRATES RETURN THEY'LL BE IN GREATER FORCE THAN BEFORE ..SO WE MUST BE READY TO MEET THEM WITH MORE euns! j EH? OH, THANKS, ER! W TAKE HER UP TO COMMAND ELL, TWENTY-THREE A HERE'S OUR TE' PILOT NOwW! SHE’S STRESSED EVEN FAR BEYOND NINE G'S IN FACTORY PRELIMINARY TESTS, COMMANDER, BUT LET'S SEE WHAT BAXTON wilL DO WITH HER! 7’0 FEEL A LOT7 a\ SIFEL /F TOMMY |\ eee FLYING HER AND LET THIS BABY DIG IN! == / \YHAT ARE R PREPARING \| ; ? Z‘,}jq* S siE OUR FORT ) . "’ MYRA, ALL | N HAVE 7O DO IS PULL THIS MAIN CORD AND ALL THE RIFLES ARE HARGED SIMULTANEOUSLY ! 2 — BUT THIS IS NOT ALL OF OUR OEFENSE PLANS! COME, ’LL SHOW YOu!