The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 10, 1952, Page 8

Page 8 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Monday, November 10, 1952 FLASH GORDON 2 Yi HE'S TURNING \ RUNS Ns, TOO THE DECEPTOR ON us! cate! MANDRAME THE MAGICIAN STRAIGHT, GUARDS, AND- THE BHANTICM “TWP THERE HE GOES % WHAT'RE | XCU TRYIN’ T’ USELIKE CLUBS! p+, LUCKY THEM | [ MUST BE THE FIRST > TOWARD Ti ST—-SAll Wo Ga svocr) | TIME THEY'VE WAD | |. LZ” CHARGING | Oven thet el SS THE WHOLE CHIP BUZZING. ABOUT ME. CAN'T BE HELPED. {'VE OT TOSTAYON WATCH+*FOR THE Jam NOADMEN PIRATES! "AULA MADE A CRACK THAT FOR ME T/WIN j BALONEY, | SEA. } ? Q. Is the toadfish poisonous? A. No. The true toadfish (Op- sanus) of the Florida coast is not poisonous, although it-has an ag- gressive disposition and can in- flict an unpleasant :bite With its blunt, molarlike teeth. It is also worthless as ° food. “Sometimes confused with the poisonous- spined scorpionfish (Scorpaena), the bottom-living toadfish may be distinguished by its smoother body and flattened head. Some have hollow venomous spines on to be dangerously poisonous, but none of these occur locally, being found in more tropical seas. Salt Lake? is devoid of any fish life what- as salty as the sea. In fact, the (Artemidae) that show a truly amazing tolerence to: practically any condition of saltiness. The it from freezing over, although floating ice from incoming lake in wintertime. Q. Why are. battleships called dreadnoughts? dreadnought was applied to Brit- ish naval vessels during the reign part of the sixteenth century), the launching of the first _ battle- ship, the H.M.S. “Dreadnaught” the name to the entire class of ships which combined large ton- nage with heavy armamen. and relatively high speed. Q. Do fishes ever change sex? A. Yes, this occasionally does happen. Perhaps the best known regular occurrence is in a small freshwater fish; the Mexican sword- tail, Xiphiophorus helleri. This is one of the live-Learing fishes relat- ed to the guppy, though much lar- ger. The females of the swordtail outnumber the males in abundance, and often a female, after bearing several litters of young, will grad- ually transform into a male. The name “swordtail” is derived from a soft sword-like appendage attach- ed to the tail of the male, .and ser- ves to distinguish the sexes at once. Q. What was the cause of the mullet ‘dying at Ft. Lauderdale on Oct. 6? A. This . incident, : which was somewhat. similar to ‘the sudden fish mortality obseryed in the-Mia- mi River some months ago, appar- toadfishes (Thalassophyrne) do} | the gill covers and are reported | Q. Do any fish live in Great | A. No. Great Salt. Lake in Utah ever, since it is nearly six times| only animal life found in the} lake consists of tiny brine shrimp | saltiness of the leke also prevents | streams: sometimes enters the) | A.-This name, sometimes spell- | ed “dreadnaught”, ‘ means “‘to | fear nothing” and ‘stems from the | early days of the British Navy | when the first warships were con- | sidered as all-supreme. Although | of Queen Elizabeth (the latter | by the British Navy in 1906 gave: By JOHN-RQEBURT Chapter 20 T= broken piano arrangements were subtle pushes feeling out Were casual as he watched balancing on one leg .with her with reedlike rigidity, as if a string were running from the top of her head to the floor. Soon the sudden stretches and acrobatics were over, and the| dance mood changed. The piano stopped, and a finger drum start- ed up an African piece. The danc- ers began sensual, undulating movements. His eyes fixed on her, deep in the group, but moving in a grace- ful solo designed o for -him. She was brilliantly white’in her black leotard. As the tempo grew, the tum-tums beating from the. finger drum pierced his defenses. His eyes warmed until they were swimming in a haze. Not long after, she came out of a dressing room, and crossed the barren loft floor to Devereaux’s bench. The detective. climbed up on his feet precariously. Some- thing had gone wrong with his machinery. “I. promised myself once that "d watch you dance,” he said: “Was it all too incomprehensi- ble?” She smiled. “Over my head, the ‘modern ” Devereaux confessed. “Got a bang out of it, though.” He took her arm, “You'll have to Xplain it to me sometime. I was raised_on a simple diet of Radio City Roxettes and Pat. Rodney. Senior.” They turned off Fifty-ninth Street. Abreast of his Buick, Dev- ereaux. motioned to a large il- luminated sign that a> .unced: HAMBURGER HEAVEN ‘ She shook her head. 1 hun- gry enough, than And 1 fs -an’t] Si eat between me’ “Then: get in. We'll pur’ oitie- + Where ard talk.” A half hour ned passed, and Devereaux talked like a man na [perversely probed. We had the.odd his defenses. Devereaux’s ve _ f ie, i of maruer ac | wage fusinse here with the middle hollowed out, yet standing ; ee Hs ut all there is,” the “That's ‘al | Qetective said finally. “It’s a'mur- is, “Is—he involved?” ~" “Phillips?” Devereaux nodded gravely. kaw Ger case, and @ complicated one.” A gong cla . hi a row i its bottom chugged: by. ‘Her eyes e followed its course until her head canes a pa cure and .she was lool at Devereaux’s pro- twisted ‘a file. He ightiy to meet her eyes. “He's been a wild man,” she faid, “And T can see why he would m be, 4 & igthing new? In his attitude iB sDists evateph thaough wie er Ly i “He's surly. I catch him eu at ™e as if—" She stopped with her face knotting, her thoughts push-. ing. n ‘As if?” Devereaux: prompted, “As if I intrud bi if he Sh Fa «| glare me “As if he’d begun to repent purchase,” Devereaux said oat She nodded and looked earnest- ly into the » detective'’s . face. ae my part in ali you've told ‘You're ‘justi an }.eutout t on’ ow.” i faintly. “T got amore than iba ained for when L took you on that first evening. ¢ 3 “Lippy Latimer,” she said, as if turning’ the: name in, her. mind. Be) does be look rae , “Heavy ‘se becty. in* ‘ace. ilk neckties, Left side of his £ silk neckties, pace ie Date paralyz.d. Talking comes Her head was ni with his descrip’ Gen. Gavin New 7th Army Head NAPLES, Italy ( — Maj. Gen. James M. Gavin, chief of staff of Adm. Robert B. Carney’s Southern European NATO command, will leave in December to become com- manding general of the U. S. Ar- my’s Seventh Corps at Stuttgart, Germany. Adm. Carney’s headquarters an; nounced today that Gen. Gavin’s place as chief of staff will be taken by a Korean veteran, Maj. Gen. Clovis Byers. Byers, like Gavin, is a parachute officer. Both have commanded the 82nd Airborne Division. Byers led the U. S. Army’s Fifth Corps in Korea and more’ recently commanded the 16th Corps in Ja- pan. In the latter part of World BE. Seaseseses gs en ae geege! seen — es. He visited. There was un- pleasantness, words.” aoe ecg be hppit fo. I just caught a glimpse of him when he came in, and aj later when he left.” weg “They're all in it, whatever it up to their teeth,” Devereaux said grimly. “And there’s mis- trust, no love lost anywhere. There’s a killer loose somewhere, and whatever it is that binds them together must be bigger than life, and igger than death.” Her face brooded for a moment, then’ fixed on Devereaux with a look of implicit belief and faith, “No bouquets, please,” Dev- ereaux said. He laughed shortly, “The fact is, I know zero sub- tracted from nothing. I haven't the slightest notion of where to go. from here. Any next move I make is strictly out of confusion.” A SILENCE fell, and Devereaux settled back in his seat, con- tentedly aware of her nearness, And soon, when the last echo of talk had died, he crooked his arm and she crept into its shelter. She rubbed. her cheek against his shoulder, and he bent to kiss her on_the mouth. She met his lips eagerly, and murder and pursuit was suddenly light-years ave, A gong sounded somewhere on the river, and they parted as if responding to a signal. They sat ‘up, watching the life on the river, “You're different,” she said, and sher eyes. were sparkling. “Different than what?” “Different than ‘before.” She sighed. i | thought you'd never me again. Devereaux smiled a wan smile. “Had Ve finally, I guess, The stru; was too uneven..A man begin with a handicap.” jicap?” “His being a man.” " she said, with the wis- dom of thousands of years of ‘mothers of men. Sia AG TIAIRISMESINIE LIL EISISMESITIAIR IT IE Ie] Mis FOC AX MIE MBAILIAIE! 5. Spring flower 6, Peaceful 1. Guided 8. Soup 9. Part played? 00+ S70? THE \ : Feu nis _ |ently resulted from a sudden lower- | War 11 he was chief of ‘Staff of the Mos ede Seaanget ? 4 _ YOURSELF! oe. § ing of the oxygen content of the/y. s, Eighth Army. 2 24. Japanese sash water. Water samples taken at the} Gen, Gavin, often regarded as y 25. Deserve time were analyzed at the Univer- | one of the Army’s most promising G F 4) 28. — forth ean sity of Miami Marine Laboratory | young commanders, leaves his Y Senall tumor ae and found to have an oxygen con-|NATO post after 17 — aE 31: But on tent of only 29 percent saturation, |Germany he will suce: flaj. } By Fred Lasswell whereas from 80 to 100 percent is | Gen. Withers Burress, who will re- letter normal. The direct cause of the turn to the United States as com- drop in oxygen pie ogre ny of the First Corps Area. known, though it mi, ave been ee enmaped Ld . due to the introduction of some | SOCKS THE SARGE wal wi a eaten chemical into the water. The pos-| FRANKLIN, Ind, #® — Judson 7 . Merchandise sibility that it might have been due | Hendricks did what. a lot of newly oo to sewage, dredging, or insect discharged soldiers have dreamed 7 & | . Where the MW NEW-BORNED , <5 sprays seems unlikely because |of—he socked his former topkick BABY BOY-- \S \, : - ! “ ARS these same conditions prevailed on the jaw. : rae * before the death of the fish. Sgt. Jack B. Meyer of Camp —--— Atterbury thereupon filed assault The piranha, a. fish ee jaue ey! barr ag Perea way the Amazon basin, is small but | 20-year-old ex-soldier § ; so numerous and ferocious that a | Ala. Judge Oral Barnett of John.) 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