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AN’ SINCE NOBODY CAST NO VOTES, BOTH GOT NONE EACH, WHICH . THEY (S TIED FER MAYOR, SPEAKIN'--UH, RIDDLES BARLOW- T NOW PERNOUNCE YE OFFICIAL OAYTIME MAYOR OF HOOTIN' HOLLER-- AN' SUT TATTERSALL-- THAN YO'RE TH' NIGHT peony, MAYOR SEDGE !! (LL DO my GOODEST To MAGGIE COOK YOU A DINNER -- AND TLL BRING IT TO YOU TONIGHT ON A TRAY- SHE'S A SWELL KID! LAY OFF.” DON'T PITCH HER RELAX AND STAY HEALTHY.’ IT'S THE WELL, YOu DIDN'T Hey wHeee >) | HAVE TO CARRY YOU TAKIN' OFF IT THAT FAR — TO TELL HER, ANO TRY AND STOP ME oY abe? OKAY LOVERBOY You've SWEET-TALKED \ rf pur MY ETTA INTO PRACTICALLY ] HEART ENGAGE. CHAMP YOU'RE \\ TALKING TO — ay By Jose Salinas and Rod Reed C= ill.. _-BUT ZIP OUTHUSTLED HUA,SO ELMUHK WOUND UP IN TH MINORS J OID ZIP Git FER SIGNIN 2? " By Fred Lasswell Chapter 14 T= tension mounted, but be- fore the scene could degener- ate into a brawl the clear tones of a bugle rang out over the camp. Jane whirled and looked over her shoulder at the fiaps, then laughed. “Duty. Isn’t it my duty to go out and lead Division A to victory? Why don’t you come down to see the fun? Perhaps you should sit beside Mrs. Poppleton and tell her what a little beast I am.” “I have every intention of sit- ting beside her,” Evelyn drawled. Jane scooped her robe from the cot and went down the stairs. She took the whistle from Ken’s hand and went out in the skiff to the judge's float. As she stood before the microphone, looking at the people gathered along the shore, she tried to pick out a girl who would look part of George’s wife. But she gave that up as a bad job very quickly. “Ladies and gentlemen,” she said, smiling at one and all: “First the blue units of each Division will run through their races—tladies first, as always. Then the red units of each Division will have at one another—and last, but certainly not least, there will be a free-for- all long-distance event. The most points win, of course, and of course the decisions of our dis- tinguished judges are final.” She stepped away from the microphone and sat down beside Dr. Bruce Hall. “Nice going,” he drawled. “You sounded almost human, Incidentally, I understand Andy Bullit and you and Ken are going to have at one another.” “He’s puffy,” she said. quietly. nodding toward Andy Bullit. “I suspect he eats a great deal of food.” “I wouldn't be misled,” warned. “We'll see.” She turned to watch. Bruce Hall chuckled. “Inciden- tally, if you really want to have a look at Mrs. Poppleton, why don’t you ask me to point her he The Nice Long Vacation By William Neubauer AP Newsteatures ting on the left Moore, isn’t shi He nodded, studying he: than looking toward Les) pleton who made a rather thetic sight when compared w this, her rival for her husbanc love. “What do you think of her “I can iick her, if that is what} you are asking.” And the afternoon wore on; the girls gave way to the men and th swimmers finally gave way to the! divers. As it became evident tt} the two sides were very even) matched, excitement mounted and many a glance was directed at! the reereation director who was/5 the sole entry in tance event for Division A. Tall, athletic, sure of herself, the girl rose as the score was be-| ing anmounced over the pub! ie} address system and climbed down into the skiff. “Ten to one!” Ken howled} above the uproar as Jane's skiff} approached the float. “Glory, ru} beat you or bust.” ® But Andy Bullit would have none of that. Towering over the tall Ken, he gave the y i man} S a thump on the — Vhere’s | t your rtsmanship, = isn’t far to make her race the two us.” “Yeah, but listen—” “Some other time, fellow.” p and down in citement on the shor George played the fool? he won- dered. He rose and cheered as the two. mmers, still neck and neck, me down the home-stretch at. a2 ing less rapidly now but still steadily. Jane had no in- tention of losing. Smiling, s ooked at Andy Bullit who had run out of wind, then buried her into the water and plowed rd like a swimmer doing a ard sprint. She plowed i to defeat him with some “is to spare, ‘as a roar on the shore, he members of the Divi- m came splashing inte to hoist her onto thedp won! howled Bea . the leader of the ey No one paid any attention to Andy Bullit, that is, no one but Mrs. George Poppleton. Looking at him, she saw herself flounder- the amazingly beau- ake, and the thought few gun sounded and they both L plunged into Lake Champlain and came up easily into strokes. Before a hundred yards | "5 had been covered it became evi- dent to all who knew so’ ng}! about swimming that the two rac- ers were very evenly matched. What Jane lacked in size. in strength, she more than made up for in downright skill, and of course Andy Bullit’s powerful} arms pulled him along at a steady, } © rapid pace through the water. Evelyn Moore. aghed harshly. en everything? zn with nothing?” To Svelyn's consternation, she ned with a sob and hurried up path to the place where she Bruce, who had really expected sed her car, She had to see the girl defeated in the fi that strong opposition bring Jane to her senses. he didn’t know what to hundred yards, let our a “whoosh” | Sot think. The girl had triumphed,. of surprise, and as they swept by the float he forgot he was a judge out to you?” “[ve already spotted her, I think.” Jane pointed, “She's sit~ ‘Theaters Show Increase In Number In U.S. | More Theaters In Operation Despit’ HAL this Fourth of July afternoon, in more ways than one. (Te be continued) ‘HOLLYWOOD NOTES By BOB THOMAS | HOLLYWOOD (#— Here's ona | rising television star whose svc- is j cess hasn't gone to his head. He's By HAL BOYLE | living in a trailer and intends to NEW YORK «#—Children are su- | continue doing so. and leaned out over the water and roared: “It's a long swim, Jane; easy does it!” BOYLE pericr to grownups because they Inroads Made By He is Johnny Dugan, who ap- Television Sets By WAYNE OLIVER NEW YORK (#—Despite televis- | ton, there are more motion picture | thaters in operation now than a | year ago due to a continuing boom | in_drive-ins. The council of Motion Picture Organization says 23,196 film the- | aters were in vperation at the start | of this year—a net gain of 79 over ja year eariier. It's the highest total since the pre-depression peak of 23,344 in 1929. But, citing statistics from the Department of Commerce and from’ Film Daily’s yearbook due out later this week, COMPO dis- closes this significant fact: There was @ gain of 828 drive-ins and a | decline of 749 four-walled theaters | during this year. | A spokesman emphasized two | points, however. One, due to de- |fense restrictions on materials it has been much easier to build drive-ins than conventional the- aters. Two, most of the new four- walled theaters have larger seat- have a greater sense of wonder. | peared last week on Eddie Can- Adults are always fretting about | ter’s show and is the summer re- such dull topics as whether there | placement for the Ralph Edwards will be another world war soon/daytime TVer. Although the sing- and who will be the next Presi-|er reportedly earns $500 weekly | dent. jand up, his address remains the Such prosaic cares never dis. | Three Pines Trailer Park in North turb the curly hair of my god-child, | Hollywood. He lives there with his Nina. She is still a month away | Preity wife, their daughter, 7, son, from her fifth birthday, and her |® and cocker spaniel. world is such an exciting one I| ! dropped by the Dugans’ home- wish I could share it completely | *tead to see why he favored com- with her. j Pact and portable living. ‘io k oul | “Well, it started about three No grownup can | ogy t kmow the enchantment of a child’s | *°*"S 28%," he related. “I Sew mind, because he loses the fresh joy of discovery. A child would lervthing, be flooded all at once with all the knowledge of the uni- j verse. Grovnups have no such de. sire. Time and boredom too often {build a wall around their minds. like to know everything about ev- | out from New York to play an | engagement here. 1 had expected the wife and kids to stay in the | East, but she couldnt see it. They | flew out to join me. Then I started |playing night clubs all over the j West — Reno, Las Vegas, Phoenix, | Seattle, ete. “It was too much trouble to pack They lose the will to learn. This up a whole family every time I puzzles children. They can't un- | plaved a date out of town. So my derstand why grownups aren't as | wire suggested that we buy a eager for information as they are. | traijer, She said there was no use Nina looks like an exclamation | having a marriage unless you were point and she is a living question | together. And she’s right. When mark. Queries pour out of her/a husband and wife are a thou- ing capacities than those that have | from dawn to dusk, searching quer- been closing. He said a survey in/ ies of a little girl trying to de the St. Louis area, for instance, showed 42 houses closed and 36| cipher the magic of life What does a young lady “going new ones opened in a five-year | on five” want to know? Well, her period, but the new ones had more | mother scotch-taved a piece of pa total seats than those that closed per on the kitchen wall and scrib Drive - ins, meanwhile, have | bled down the questions Nina mushroomed from insighificant | asked numbers five or six years ago to a total, according to Film Daily, of 4,151 at the start of this year— | 18 per cent of all film theaters In the first quarter of this year 86 new drive-ins were opened, and Here are g few from a two-day total “Why is it black when the goes out? fire “How do you get hu 10 four-walled theaters. “Why does everyb Most industry officials are frank | whole world have to go t n admitting that television has and Sunday sch id a lot to do with many of the Do you love Nan theater closings and a decline in sister) even when we are ie attendance from 8 to Do snakes come in @ week at the 16-47 peak kee on d 55 million a week now ‘d Goldenson, president of Paramount Theaters, says W do people 8 definitely show attendance we ale is down more j areas than | one eise's h those withoui want us t Why de schoo in t whote sand miles apart, bound to happen.” During the past year, Johnny's star has been rising in television something is and he has abandond his gypsy ways. Although he has remained in Hollywood, he still favors the trailer life | “I'd rather live here than in an apartmen he remarked. “I like to let my have fun. You cag not let enjoy themselves without di bing someone when you live in an apartment. As for a bouse it’s hard to find that will allow children and isn't sky-high in rent renting a place rapidly effectively d because d by rapid etimes can ntrol cancer, my pocket and ¢ project needs is five oF a walk and Ning s off the fireflies er out an ex- a to know it o people and burt * I began. i down some- d pouitively. in silence. I had mg that Nina ifather was pretty & his size. to know a cloud sometime, It just ere ba the sky all . cam WM?