The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 5, 1952, Page 6

wage ® ins Ket wet Ciieerd ‘duesday, August 5, 1752 BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH | YE OUGHT TO SEE TH’ NEW-FANGLED CONTRAPTION SHE'S GOT, LOWEEZY-- YE MASH A LEETLE DOO-DAD, AN’ HISH!! rr WASHES YORE CLOTHES, WRENCHES AN! DRIES ‘EM AFORE YE CAN say SCAT! (es Or. By Fred Lasswell HOWDY, miss TIGER !! ; I THOUGHT ('D DRAP OVER | a can Cae AN' CHIT-CHAT A SPELL - DRAG ME OVER YONDER, SAIRY PUT ME TO BED-JARVIS- "M DIZZY- O HEAYY WE WILL AoW FM LUCY LUCY! — SEVERAL LOCAL WC THANKS. MR - GIRLS ARE ENTERED! WHY DONT YOU RUN DOWN 2— MAYBE THERE'S SOME- OH eTTA— \ | THEY'RE HAVING THE wait! = I'VE GOT A NEW STORY LEAD We'LL SPLIT IT! COME ON/—LETY LIVE A LITTLE” BEAUTY CONTEST AT THE THEATER TO THE CRAZY K RANCH. WE'RE RIDING, DIG, DIABLO! HELL'S HORSEMAN Chapter One GPRING came early to the cow ~ country that year. South of the Montana-Wyoming line, deep in the bad country men were on the move and strange whispers sneng the inhabitants of un- named settlements portended that susihing Ly in egg Names cropped up .. . of men like Black Jack Caswell and Dutch Saunders, horse thieves from the Hole-in-the-wall; Ro Rundert, the Road Runner, who dressed like a gentleman_and who, men said, was on King Ram- son's payroll to keep the man’s hard-bitten riders in line; the King” himself, who lived in baronial headquarters just four miles north of Buckner’s ie ing, where the fight had taken place. Men would talk about that fight for a long time, because there had never been its eal in the northern country. Five of Black Jack Caswell’s wolf pack down on the floor in front of Buckner’s own fireplace, while a wispy man known only as Mon- tana stood rocking against the bar, shot almost to pieces, his fire-flecked eyes on one of the lot who moved. Since the day of the fight the name had grown until ecame a legend, for men wanted to know what the rider from up north was doing down there. The answer was not known for it had been lost in the yell of old Ben Carson who carrying the victor out wrapped in a wool blanket, had squalled at a blanched face back of the bar: ll King Ram- son that a gent named Montana has just left his calling card, Buckner.” They had Shears ared into the chill of the fall evening, and it wasn’t until three weeks later that Ben put in appearance trading post in Smeller- far to the south. Black Cas- well, foaming oaths and threats, tried to find out... all during the winter. ... At about the time that real warmth came to the land below and men began their summer ac- tivities early, there was still snow upon old Horse Thief Peak’s bare shoulders, one hundred and twen- ty miles north and west of Ben Carson's trading post in Smeller- A-Mile. In the small cabin a fire was going with a faint wisp of smoke trailing toward the sky. The smoke sudden; of steam and the man inside straightened with the empty wa- ter pail in his hand. He was about twenty-five, of medium build, with shoulders that, though not too wide, were spare and wiry. It was difficult to tell much about his features, for the first glance revealed hair so long it fell almost to his shoulders, _ Montana lifted the bars of the ey pole corral, noting with satisfaction that the soreness was all gone from his arms. A month of cutting wood and clearing out buckbrush had brought bac! strength; that plus Carson’s surgery. HOLLYWOOD NOTES By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD #— Tyrone Pow- er appears to be set definitely for the leading role in “The robe.” At least that is the report from the grapevine. There was some doubt as to whether Power, once the fair - haired boy at 20th Fox, would return for the Biblical drama. He has only two more pic- tures to make there and is other- wise independent. Here’s the re- ported reason he will do “The Robe”’: Lloyd Douglas, its author, sold the rights to Producer Frank Ross but retained approval of the lead- ing player. When Douglas died, Ty Power's agents bought the casting approval from the estate. Then 20th - Fox assumed produc- tion of “The Robe.” The studio was renegotiating Power’s con- tract and dangled the film as an inducement for him to stay at the studio. It was then that his agents told the studio that Power would play the role anyway, if he wishes, because he had purchased Douglas’ right to approve the cast- img. ... What consternation for Roy Rog- ers fans! His picture, “Son of Paleface” (with Bob Hope and and Jane Russell), has received a “morally objectionable in part” rating from the Legion of Decency. The Legion’s objection: “‘Suggest- ive’ costuming, dialogue and situa- Recently I helped give a studio tour to Duncan Ikezoe, correspon- dent for the big Tokyo newspaper, Asahi. I learned some interesting things about Japanese movie hab- its. “The American stars are not so important to Japanese movie go- ers,’ Duncan remarked. “The peo- ple go to pictures more because of the directors. Such men as John Ford, William Wyler, Jules Das- turned into clouds | Post, BY WILLIAM HOPSON Montana stood against the bar shooting it out with Caswell’s Montana saddled the bay and led him toward the front of cabin. He tied on the roll and slipped the gun into its scabbard beneath the left saddle skirt. It was a long gun and a heavy one for idle work; a 40-65 repeater. Montana left the valley, ridin, through the cut on the south en and began a gradual descent into the lower country, : All that day he worked his ful in — shh ee hiner oe ies, always keeping ie imber line and ridge tops. For this was bad country now; was Caswell country. The b: country, they called it. On afternoon of the fourth day, he [poe up almost under an over- anging rimrock and saw before him Smeller-A-Mile. Monzane let his eyes play over the town. The hitch rails both at the trading post and the log saloon across from it were empty, for it was now late in the afternoon. He swung down in front of the tossed reins over the hori- zontal rail, ducked under and crossed the porch. The interior lay before his sun-dimmed eyes, low and sprawling, with goods stacked all over the place. It was from these goods that Ben Carson selected eac! ring enough stock for the pack strings of his three traders. Carson looked up, peering over the top of gold-rimmed specs that rested far down on his red beak of a nose. The paper he had been reading slowly slid to the floor and he rose, starin, Lord, son,” he got out slowly. “You're a month overdue. I thought you were dead.” Boy Suffocates In Icebox SAN JOSE, Calif. #— Jerry Barnes, 5, simply disappeared while playing hide - and - seek Sunday. So little brother Bradley, 3, called on their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Barnes, to help. After an hour’s futile search someone looked inside a home- made ice chest Barnes was airing in his back yard. There was Jerry, dead of suffo- cation. Relative Mix-Up TAZEWELL, Va. @— Son + In - law of his own son - in - law, you say? They got married here about a week ago: J. H. Hall, Mercer County, W. Va., 93, and Roxie = Rutherford, Bristol,Ve., Roxie is the step - daughter of J. H. Hall’s daughter Annie, — ae Roxie’s father, John Hall is a son-in-law of his own daughter, and alse a son-in-law of his own son-in-law. The new Mrs. Hall is now mother-in-law to her own father, and Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Bailey are each other's stepmother. Hall and Bailey are step-sons te each other, and the two wives are step-deughters to each other. | ducers have worried more about stars than directors, who are the real creators of the industry... - “South Pacific’ was back in town this week, and it is just as lusty a hit as when it played here two years ago. After seeing the The latter are few and incon | sequential. The main thing I no- ticed was that there was almost too much plot for the time allowed. | But the assets are overwhelm- | ing. There isn’t a weak son in the sin, King Vidor and John Huston are very popular in Japan. As you can see by those names, the Jap} anese like realism in their pic- It's too bad U. S. audiences are not as director - conscious as the | Japanese. If they were, we would jbe seeing better pictures. Ever since the star system started, pro- | nearest a play can come to match- | ing the scope of the movies. It is stage musical... . Also here this week is ‘The Four- poster,” for which the entire | Broadway cast was flown here. The | entire cast consists of Jessica Tan- dy and Hume Cronyn, who mak this frothy piece seem more sub- stantial) than it is. |whole score. The staging is the | the highest point reached by the |} wolf pack. “Not yet,” Thornton the | gripping his hand. “T Soni you might be.” Ben’s grip was despite his aa —- ne bie vigorous, active mi frame that looked fattish was de- ceivingly solid. He stepped back and grinned. ere has been a bit of a ruck- us,” he admitted. “Black Jack paid me a visit. He ib had the red up until I stuck a sawed- off in his belly and told him $0 get going. Wanted to know where you were. Said this country was too small to hold him and that lone po seer Montana that mn had hired to clean like iron, for eh?” Brand Thornton said slowly. went east. He's sold his ad, Brand. To some million- from back East. They're due out here any day now. Fellow named Forrest. But never mind all that. Get over there on that barrel while I get my shears and comb and razor. You look like a grizzly.” ornton told him about the old man dying. Carson shook his head. “Too bad,” he said. “He was a fine old gent.” “He deeded me the place, Thornton said, seating himself on the upturned barrel. It'll be a nice place to hide out, if I ever need it again.” “And you might be needing it again, eh, son?” Thornton nodded. The shears began to speak. ‘You never told me last fall why you wanted to kill him, son.” * tell you now, Ben. The xo oo ton. Throws Away Gun And Uses Hands To Catch Hawk AXIS, Ala. — Mrs. C. F. Chestang and her husband gave up after several fruitless attempts to shoot a swift, nervy chicken hawk that has killed more than 50 of their small chickens and 8. So Mrs. Chestang, after wait several hours for the marauder, reached out grabbed the bird. Furthermore, held on, despite fierce attempts of the 32-inch winged bird to escape. “I just waited until the ha swooped down to grab a young guinea and then I grabbed him. I was sick and tired of that pesky thing,” Mrs, Chestang said, Wrong Billfold In Battle Area WITH U. S. THIRD DIVISION, | Korea —Maj. John - | son of the Republican nominee, says his first reaction te | Korea is “It's a hole” but “I'm very happy where I am.” eryee fe shy young Elsenhows } it.” But he ed he would vote in | election,