Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1933, Page 80

PUZZLES e " A 1d young naturalists will have an easy time with this bird puzzle. GUESS THESE FOUR BIRDS —_—2— A bird forms the basis of this word diamond. fThe second line is a shoemalser's tool, the third fs omee more, the fifth is sings merrily, and the pixth is a plural of “No.” Form the diamond. s | w | A Rl i And now for some word chaims. You must fhange only one letter at a time, forming a real ew word by every move. Ohange NEST to LIMB in five moves. Change BILL to WING in four moves, AL | Take a four-letter word for a strong wind, &dd E, rearrange the letters, and form a bird. Teke a four-letter word for close, add C, re- furange the letters and forma another bird. | —5— - i il CROSS WORD PUBELE. R L T definiticns are: HORIZONML, 3. Gompany (Abbr.), 4. Part of the body. 5. Divinity. 6. Male deer. 8. Near. A0. Upon. 1. Evening. 8. Negative. ;6. Pull. -§18. Haughty. §i19. Fisherman’s snare. . Sheet of window glass, . Common exclamation. . The smallest State (Abbr.). . Therefore. . Historical period. . Pale. . New Mexico (Abbr.). Pete Wasn’t Repeated Bmall boy—Say, Pop, was these more than . ‘one Peter the Great? ® Smart father—No, my son, and that is about the only case where history didn't re-Pete itself. " THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, B: C, MAY 7, 193} e BOY and ” GIRLS PAGE Tragedy at Beaver Basin Story of Boy Flyer Who Helped Newspaper Reporter “Where's the ship?” she cried. BY W. BOYCE MORGAN. “Lindy”’ Stevenson is working at the Airport one rainy afternoon when Betty T, ting to mention that he had for low flying. This m! ht him notoriety and disgrace through of 8yd Gray, who covers the airport essenger. ition paper to the Express. ts work that evening, he “v.‘tn to and hears that the continual ® ened the Beaver Bas gering the village below it. Syd Gray is at . amd he seizes the opportunity to make unkind arks about Betty’s story and about Lindy. INSTALLMENT II. - N his way home from the airport, Lindy bought several eopies of the Express, but he was too self-con- scious to read them on the street car. He thrilled with pleasure, however, as he noticed several pas- sengers on the car, reading Betty's story with deep interest. He only hoped that nobody would recognize him from the pictures which “kidding,” in which they acoused Lindy of “shining up” to Betty Kerr so that she would give him good publicity. The fact that Betty was at least five years older than Lindy, JH BN o . YL i a%& SRERER EE& ise H ¥ ,” he answered. “I live next , and he was called out about 4 morning. Every available doctor has been for. They say five planes left the air- at dawn this morning, with the doctors “What time did the dam break?” the other man inquired. By this time Lindy was lis- with bated breath. He knew that Beaver was a huge reservoir, some 70 miles up hills, and that the village below it would deadly peril if the impounded waters it went out shortly after midnight,” man replied. “Several phone calls came througl, and said almost every- in the village had been killed or injurgd. bridge and all the roads for miles down are washed out, and the telephone A L TR s § AL came through after the first few a plane to get up there at all TR Ez i f 1 i 1 2 5 | | i ai i (1] 5 ; i | ; § i g8 g § ¢ 1 ¥ £ 5 | 8, £t U 4 Ll 3 g H ¢ £3 8 § i i i ;E[ 1y i i i i ; ] ] , and the landing field at poor one at best. The only out, the four-passenger job, piloted by Mr. Hagen himself, and been reserved for Mr. Swift, head of I Red Cross, and a representative Connaught City’s two newspapers, the and the Express. Bob Gore would remain at the airport to service any ships that came In, together with other members of the staff who had not already gone to Beaver Tant i = INDY felt a flicker of disappointment that my paper!” ‘Betty cried . *“I've been double crossed. I came RIDDLES HE riddle man hopes you won't be angry if one of the riddles you send in appcars beside some other person’s name. Often two or more readers will send in the same riddle, and in that case he credits it to the one whose Jetter arrived first. So you see, he isn't just being mean on purpose! 1. Why is there no such thing as a whole day?—Edith Lucibello. 2. In marble halls as white as milk, Lined with a skin as soft as silk, Within a crystal strong and clear A golden apple does appear. There is no door to this stronghold, Yet thieves break through and steal the gold. What is it?>—Cora E. Dorsey. 3. What starts withe T, ends with T, and is full of T?—Ruth Ann Siles. 4. What is three-sevenths chicken, two-thirds cat and one-half goat?—Jane O. Strahm. 5. Round as a well, deep as a bowl, long handle and little hole. What is it?—Geraldine Ellison. ANSWERS. - 1. Because every day begins by breaking. 2. An egg. 3. A tea-pot. 4. Chi-ca-g0. 5. A fry- ing pan. POSERS Y Dad and Mother on some of these ques- . It has been a long time since they to school, and perhaps you can answer of the posers than they can. And wouldn’t that be fun? 1. Where are the workd’s most important dia~ mond mines located? 2. What country is called “The Land of the Rising Sun?” 3. On what island does the Statue of Ljberty stand? 4. How many pounds are there im a long ton? g 5. What is an igloo? 6. In what country is the game of golf supposed to have originated? 7. After whom was the month of March named? 8. What bugle call ends the day of the soldier or sailor? ANSWERS. 1. At Kimberley, South Africa. 2. Japan. 3. On Bedloes Island in New York Harbor. 4. 2240. 5. An Eskimo jce house. 6. Scotlsnd. 7. After Mars, God of War in Roman mythol- ogy. 8. Tape. Quick on the Trigger “Well, I told the boss he thought he was & big gun,” said the ex-office boy, rather rue- fully. “What happened?” inquired his ccmpanion. “He proved it,” declared the boy. “He fired me.” Some Throw! | “Mr. Berry is recovering from injuries suff~ fered Saturday when his horse threw him 6 miles west of the Mission Valley Hunt Club.” Personally, says the Kansas City Star, we would rather walk home from a motor car ride. Ring Around the Tl;b Mother (discovering two small finger rings on the corner of the bathtub): “Mary, are these your rings here on the tub?” Mary (4 years old) : “Well, mother, I acrubbed and scrubbed, and they wouldn’t come off.” » Business After terrific struggle, the freshman finally finigshed his examination paper and then, at the end, wrote: “Dear Professor: If you sell any of my answers b:.:e funny papers, I expect you to split 50-50 with me.” ¥ ANSWERS. 1. Kingfisher, sparrow, robin and thrush. 2. The diamond is S, awl, again, swallow, Mits, nos, W. 3. NEST — lest — Mst — lisp — limp — LIMB. BILL — will — wild — wind — WING. 4. Gale, add E, form eagle, Near, add ©C, form crane. 5. Cross word ruzzle solution. Q>[I ©m