Evening Star Newspaper, December 30, 1930, Page 26

*HE LOST ALL HE INVESTED IN A DAY CLUB FOR NIGHT WATCHMEN!" MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE BY MOLLIE MERRICK. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., (N.A.N.A.) —Yesterday morning a con- ference between local politicians and movie moguls, held secretly and with none of the ceremonials sacred to the conclaves of the movie great, has res sulted, I am told, in a promise on the part of the political group to clear the city of the gangland boys who have instituted a reign of terror here for some time past. Several of the leading hotels in Holly- wood and Los Angeles have b-en hous- ing representatives of the Windy City. *The first of the guinea-hen suit lads ar- rived about eight months ago. At that time the leading Hollywood hostelry | raised its prices considerably. Out went | most of the time-honored patrons and in came the gents with shiny nails and | thick skulls. ‘While some dozen famous movieites enjoyed a snack at Henry's on the boulevard Sunday night a highway- man who stopped at the desk to pay his check thrust a gun into the cash- fer's side and made her hand over $1,000 in bills out of the register till. He sauntered out into the boulevard erowd and melted neatly away by the time she had recovered sufficiently to sound the alarm. Among the famous ring there were Victor McLaglen mn Hale, strong he-men of movie- Jand, who did not even know this all was going on, so neatly was the stick-up and getaway framed. ' Stan Laurel has a great gag in his movies. The burglar generally works right on at his elbow while Stan stancs | by, unknown, and looking weak-eyed and comic. *This happened Sunday . Stan was having a sandwich ot 20 feet away. So were Harry Myers, Brandon Hurst, Gil Pratt and Alan Foster. A lot of funny things have been writ- ten about the movie great, but one must ~hand them a compliment for their at- ] mfle lbm;.t. all bet.lem. Detpn.;d the fact t they have been represented as go- ing about armed to the teeth and with , and 50 on, they appeared non- chalantly on the boulevards and in the shopping districts all during the holi- days, carrying on as usual and appar- ently not at all fearsome of threats and December 30 current reports. Most of these people have come up| . Ages. 5. Slender nails. . Ditch. . Erudition. . Flower-bearing shrub. . Curve. . Vegetable mold. . Famous Texas mission. . Tibetan priest. Steal. . A large shore bird. . Dioceses. . Small bitter plum. . Plece of ordnance. . Upbraiding. . Window. . Roman goddess of the moon. 35. Pemale of the deer. . Wing-shaped . The gomuti palm. . Witly sayings. . Word expressive of denial. . Sandarac trees. . Opinion. . Small birds. . The curd of milk. Purposes. . Close. ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZIE to- where they are after a fierce battle with fate. Few of them fell into the| high places they now enjoy. Most of them have known what it is to have empty stomachs as well as empty pockets. You may be funny in _little ways after such experiences, but you generally show up free of a yellow streak in big ways. If yesterday morning's conference pans out well, there'll be more than song writers going East. All the heavy- tipping, overgroomed boys on the trains will not represent lost options. Many a disappointed heart will beat beneath a set of brass knuckles. ‘The chiseling, such as it has been, probably was great while it lasted. But this end of the country is run by the gelatin barons, and don't any one for- get it, and when they put their feet down and say “Must” things are apt to happen. She was about 23, slim, lovely and dressed very modishly, and she was broad-a'ing to beat the band. She tried it on a young casting director. He later characterized her thus in his written report: + ‘Girl has plenty of manner, but no- Wwhere to hang it.” (Copyright, 1930. by the North American Newspaper Alliance.) & o Trees Conserve Water. There is undoubtedly a close relation- ship between the forest cover and the underground water supply. Springs in wooded areas discharge five times more water than those in clearings. For many years it has been known from in- vestigation in some of the States along the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys that deforestation has a tendency to dry up springs and lower the average level of the water table. A study, covering 22 years in which 9,507 wells were examined in the Cen- tral States, indicated the lowering of the water table 13.8 feet for a period of 80 years or since the time the set- tlers began clearing the land. The loss of so much water is due largely to quick run-off in freshets and floods ! which may b2 caused by the absence of forests. 47. British protectorate in Africa. 50. Scaffoldings. 54. Shallow vessels. 55. Sumatran squirrel shrews. 57. A number, 58. The tenor violin, 59. Enraged. 60. Insect. 61. Stitch. 62. Enclosures. 63. Cutting tools. Down, 1. She, in French. 2. Chamber. 3. A Semite. 4. University half-year term. 5. Striped jacket. 6. Small streams. 7. Wings, in Latin. 8. Barrier. 9. Frowning. 10. Wooden hammer. 11. Vocal. 12. Highest point. 13. Adjective pronoun. 21. Intense interest. 23. Greek letter. 25. Aquatic birds. 26. Laments, 27. Lowest deck of a ship. | 28. Lasso. |29. Rows. | 30. Oil in violet root. 31. Memoranda. 32. The family name of the brothers in novels by Percival Wren. 34. Sketches. 37. Odoriferous. 38. Caucuses. Barren. 41."Ruffian. 43. Redeem. 44. Pursues, 46. Narrate. , 47. Javanese tree, |45, Strong wind. 49. Brazilian tapir. 50. Short rough branch. 51. Babylonian goddess. 52. Bite off by degrees. 53. Cliques. 56. Brazilian macaw. THE BEDTIME STORIE Billy Changes His Mind. Discretion_always has its place. And sometimes it may save vour face. ~Billy Mink. Billy Mink was feeling out of sorts. To begin with he wasn’t finding it easy to get enough to eat. It had been all right until the arrival of Little Joe Ofter. Yes, sir, it been all right up to that time. Billy had had no trouble in getting all the fish he wanted. Now it was different. Joe had made that difference. Little Joe Otter is even more of a fish eater than Billy Mink and being much bigger he requires much more at a time. Billy is a good fisherman, but Little Joe is a better one. Billy Mink can swim fast, but Little Joe can swim faster. ' The result was that Little Joe was getting the biggest and fattest fish and Billy was having hard work to get any at all. Little | EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS “If I can’t get a meal by fishing I'll have to go hunting,” said Billy as he ran along the edge of the Laughing Brook. “I wish Little Joe Otter would keep away from here. I don’t sce why he had to come back just now. Times ing of children last Summer. any of them are still living in the Smiling Pool. A dinner of young Musk- rat would taste rather good. Jerry and Mrs: Jerry are old and tough. Besides, either of them would put up a hard fight and killing one would hardly be worth the effort. But a young Musk- rat would be—different. The more I think of it the more a Muskrat dinner appeals to me. Anyway, it won't do any harm to go down there and have a look around. If Little Joe Otter hasn’t 1 wonder if | wonder where he is living. been there it may be that I some fish in the Smiling Pool So_Billy Mink headed for the Smil- ing Pool. He d_Little Joe Otter's slippery slide, but Little Joe was no- where to be seen. He reached the open water just above the Smiling Pool. There he examined the tussock on which Stumpy, the three-legged youn Muskrat, delighted to sit. His nose tel him that a Muskrat came there every day and that that Muskrat was & young one. He was big but young, and this meant that he was lacking in ex- perience. Billy's eyes brightened. “I ought not to have much trouble with this fellow,” he muttered. “T If I can find him asleep in his house so much the better. That is one advantage I have over Little Joe Otter—wherever a Muskrat can go I can follow. That is one advantage of being slim. I be- lieve I'll wait until that Muskrat comes out. If I can’t catch him here I'll follow him to his home.” So Billy Mink waited a short distance from that tussock. He didn't have to whit long. In fact it was only a few minutes before Stumpy appeared and C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1930. 4lasy o | T =SS “IF I CAN'T GET A MEAL BY FISH- ING I'LL HAVE TO GO HUNTING,” SAID BILLY MINK. climbed out on that tussock. Instantly Billy saw that one leg was missing. This would make it all the easier for him to kil! Stumpy. At least this is what Billy Mink thought. Before Billy had a chance to attack, Stumpy dived with & splash that was a signal of | alarm. He had caught the fresh odor of Mink and wisely had not waited to try to find out where that Mink was. Instantly Billy Mink leaped forward | and dived after Stumpy. He was just in time to discover which way Stumpy was going and followed swiftly. Jus as Stumpy reached the underwater en- trance to the hole in the bank, Jerry Muskrat came out. Stumpy passed him and entersd. Like a flash Jerry turned and followed. He had seen Billy Mink and he was far too wise to fight Billy in the open water. He knew that there he would be no match for quick-mov- ing Billy Mink. Up the long hall to the bed room under the roots of the Big Hickory tree that grew on the of the Smiling Pool scrambled Stumpy, with Jerry right at his heels. Once in that bed room, no one was at home. As he approached was filled by a very angry.and very tormined Muskrat with & st of strong, sharp teeth which he was snap- ping together in & most unpleasant manner. There was no room here to turn and twist as Billy loves to Right then and there he lost his petite, He changed his mind. - t | rats were no longer of interest to him. Without a word turned and left. (Covyright. 1930.) Jerry turned and with bared teeth took | parsle; his stand in the doorway. Without hes- itation Billy Mink had followed. He knew all about that home in the bank. He had visited It in the Summer when THE CHEERFUL CHERUB I never think of’ I spose fl\t?r hom.v life too. GRAY Au Revoir, %Mufl’ WILL Now S THE WORLD THE LONGEST Ski JUMP EUER MADE. HERE (o4 BuD Fisuss Yes, Sir, It Was a JOREC Very Small [N Bridge. ROUGHHOUSE, GO To THE PROFESSOR'S HOUSE AND GET FULL INSTRUCTIONS ON How To HANDLE R;’HHT HORSE « WoRi<e BY BUTTONS AND IF You RACCIDENTLY PUSH THE WRONE BUTTON, THE MACHINERY WON'T WORIC RIGHT AND T'LL WOSE A BUNCH OF MONEY HORSE DOESN'T WIN HiIS FIRST RACE. /. MECHANICAL MARK MY WORDS, LITTLE AND GOOFY'S WOMAN, GOOFY'S UNCLE EDDIE CAME FOR A TWO WEEKS' VISIT, BUT IH TELLW' You IT'LL. RUN INTD ' TWO MONTHS! GO OvER Ve SEEN GUYS LIKE HIM 1 WISH GOOFY would LET ME GIVE WM THE AR'! I BELIEVE TLL FFROR TH' LOVE O' PETE! WHY AINT You OUT LOOKIN' AND SEE IF GoOFy HAS LANDED A JoB YeT? A JOB! WHAT Do you CALL THiS? IVE HE WENT TO THE MOVIES, AN' June & CUT SHOPPING! WATCH BING, WKL WELL, 'M _GLAD WS \ggv;\' 0_\‘.’\‘1 TO SEE WM = \TLL CHEER W\M TO KNOW SOMERODY CARES Qoes WHEN WE BB - WORSE THING ABOUT LR THese SKIS IS 7 7| THEY DoN'T STOP //, GHT T WAS € ROAD LNTIL T Found THIS SMmALL BRIDGE - BUTTONS T e THIS ONE CouLD YOU HAVE GONE TO THE MOVIES THIS AFTERNOQN AGGY ? Bv GENE BYRNES Dramatic Scene. FIRST ONE THE SECOND MAKES IT TROT. THIS ONE MAKES AND THIS ONE You PusH THIS A LEFT TURN - AND A RIGHT TURN — THIS BUTTON MRKES THE HORSE BRCK HIND LEG! CHART HOME AND STUDY IT! Now, THERE ARE TWELVE HORSE « THE ON THE IT'S LEES MOVING, STARTS \T RUN FAST= sTiLL FASTER ! ‘\I ONE WHEN MAKING THIE ONE FOR P — MAKES (T STAND ON IT'S s~ NOW, TAKE THE ©'1930 my.TRIBUNE e, SURVEY OF THE PROHIBITION SITUATION —.CAN YOUSE CORRECTLY INFORM ME OF THE STATUS OF THE LIQUOR SUPPLY IN By SLHUNTLEY A Wet HE DON'T UNDERSTAND | WHAT YUH MEAN BN STATLS Gee, 1M Dizzy FROM|[ 38 STUDYING THIS OLD y CHART ¢ I SEE NOTHING BUT BU BUTTONS - BUTTONS! 1 CAN'T LooK & BUTTON IN THE FACE) ANy naReé“! ERIF ANYONE MENTIONS BUTTONS To ME ACAIN, T'LL SAY, 1S LIQUOR STILL OBTAINABLE IN THIS COUNTY T Otfice Geest Britain Righrt SN rerved. THE FELLER. WHAT DROPPE.D THE TICKETS, SAW ME PICK EM WAL, ALL T GOTTA ORATE 15 THET THEV TURNED OFF Y \