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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1937. WAR ON CRIME—*“Doc” Barker Trapped! B—12 1 | P e e e e P et ‘| GROWING PAINS By Phillips Reistered U. 8. Patent Office. —By REX COLLIER UP IN“TE APA — AN'AIN'T (T Am%m- T HAVE IT / Gor im /— Don'T 1ET TUAT GIRL GET AVAY WALKING INTO A G-MAN TRAP AS UE LEFT HIS GIRLS APARTMENT "DOC" BARKER. MATE A DASH FOR IREEDOM —BUT SLIPPED ON THE SLUSIV SIDEWALK ., MR. AND MRS. W ANYTHING VERY RISKY ABOUT CHANGING A SLIP 2 — AND SHE MIGHY CALL ANy DAY To SEE MY CHRISTMAS THINGS —AND F HER. PRESENT OH, | WANT To GHANGE. “THIS SLIP. | DoNT LIKE THE Color. | DONT' KNow IF | MRS. GADDER SENT IT| DARE —YET “TO ME AND SHE HASNT BEEN HERE — OH, I 5. INC., “WHAT'S THE MATTER, RYAN—DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME SAY, RIGHT ABOUT FACE?” MODERN MAIDENS *“WE SHOULDA STUCK TO BRIDGE. WHO BROUGHT IN THOSE DICE, ANYWAY? dddl JN JENEN JEENJENE Across, . Act of sending back. . Birthplace of Apollo. . Submission to command. . Dropsy. . Eve's son, . Orderly. . Digger for ore. . Corded fabrics. . Total quantity of water in the soil. . Letter. 5. Bulgarian coin. . Be very fond. . Traduce. . Greek goddess of peace. . Large ancient pistol. . Reflected sound. . Solitary. . Armadillo. . Pierce with a knife. . Sort. . Distant. . French coins. . Phoenician moon goddess. . Feminine name. . . Weapon. 5. Palm off. . Masculine name, . Eroded. . Assuredly. . Commune in the Netherlands. . Mongol invaders of medieval Europe. . Asiatic kingdom. . Angry. . Egyptian goddess of truth. . Calf’s flesh. . Peels. Answer to Yesterday's Puszle. THAT CANE - YOU'D ALMOST WHERE DID CAPTAIN CUFF Jico-LotTHERE WE NS, Lo Y WAY HIS HEAD WAS COCKED ON | THAT VACANT STORE WIN THINK SHE WAS PLANIN® CRAPTAIN CUFF, HAVIN' A LOOK MOON MULLINS. LT T T NO,MAM-I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE 1S, MAMIE. I LEFT HM AND MOON WITH LORD PLUSHBOTTOM AT THE “EL GYPOLIO” . Offensive impertinence. . Noisily expelled breath. . Played. . Recede. . Mineral used for pipes. . Unemployed. . Note of the scale. . Intelligence. . King of the West Saxons. . South American wood-sorrel. . Without discount. . Reduce in rank. . Roman magistrate. . Siberian river. . Biblical measure. WHAT L YUH MEANS YUH .AINIT GOT >NO CARTRIDGES ¢ . Variety of chalcedony. . Layer. . Equitable. . Ancient city in Syria. . Part of a circle. . Scoundrel. . Compactness. . Steals from. . Sorrell and white horses. . Contamination. . Lessened. . Storage place for autos. ian: . Thespians. . Section of a window. . Large wood. . Greek letter. . Trrigate. . Prohibit legally. . Slants. . Islands west of Ireland. . Edible Polynesian root. . Assert. . Among; poetic. . Tropical black bird. . Donkey. . Playing card. . Went before. . Behold! Like other proud insomniscs hi How grandly I shall Chopsticks Losing Popularity. ,Ll’°"’t, ‘:\e"% day: China 1s casting aside chopsticks ast night L aever for forks. The big Hongkong fac-| | slept s wink! tory which turned cut the wooden im- n AN = plements by the million has gone = bankrupt, partly because of the stead- ily falling demand, partly because the Japanese have been flooding the mar- ket with cheaper sticks. In cities the call for forks is growing, while the n ) ] | chopsticks click & last deflance districta, & ) AND HEREITIS THREE A.M. IN THE MORNING/ JUST WAIT TILL “THE HOUND SHOWS UP-I'LL WRING HIS NECK, I'LL DERN GOOD THING I PICKED UP THIS EDDIE BOWERS' HE COMES IN PUTTY A TUNE WITH IT~ GEE! YOU HADN'T OUGHT TO SAY THAT, MAMIE- IF ANYTHING SNIFF- HAPPENED TO WILLIE ---SNIFFLE-* SNIFF-- THATS RIGHT, GANG-- SNIFFLE- SNIFF - SNIFF.. WRAT'S, TH 1DEA | OF GOIN' HUNTIN WITHOUT ANY e THIS 1S TH' ARST TIME TVE BEEN ABLE SI THAT oL CODGER PICKED US UP, BINO, MY BOY! WRITIN' IN A LITTLE BOOK- BUT EDDIE — WOULD YE MIND l ' WERE COMIN' TO A HILL, TO RELAX SING \ R L\ i3 WHAT A PRIVILEGE To BE A Woman ! SHUX! GUESS | GOT Too MUCH ‘"MAGINATION - BUT TH' ONE SIDE, IT_SEEMED ALMOST J§ §AS \F HE WAS LISTENIN' TO A J H MESSAGE- BUT THAT'S SILLY, 0 COURSE - BUT IF NOTHING HAS HAPPENED TO HIM TO NIGHT, YOU CAN BET A PURTY PLENTY WILL TOMORROW/ WHAT DO I WANNA KNOW FOR? YOU ARE THE NOJSIEST PERSON I EVER MET IN MY LiFe / WAL, HITS A HEAP CHEA THIS WAY AN TH' RESULTS IS ™~ same! JUST A BIT HARDER AN' WE'LL MAKE T