The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 18, 1952, Page 6

Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, November 18, 1952 ees ane ee ee Lueemays Novemnver D. ties FLASH GORDON AT THE RISK OF CONTAMINATING OUR PEOPLE, THE WISE MEN ARE TAKING GORDON, THE BADOMETER, SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YCUR GROUP/ BUT TAKE CARE. VISIBLE, MANDRAKE LEAVING His FIOURE-IMAGG oo” INTHEJEER gn UCH EVIL HERE IN Whewr--THAT WAS A CLOSE ONE-- BUT HE SCARED OFF EASY! Q. How is ambergris produced? A. This is a solid, fatty waxlike substance that is produced at times in the intestines of the sperm whale, Physeter catodon. No other whale, so far as is known, oro- duces ambergris, which is be- lieved to be caused in some way by the horny, indigestible beaks of cuttlefish and squid on which this particular whale feeds, The beaks are often found imbedded in the ambergris, which is eventually voided by the whale, or occasional- ly taken from the intestines of captured whales. Ambergris is val- | uable because of its property of “fixing” the odors of perfumes so that the scent will linger for some time after the perfume is applied to a_ surface. Q. How can I tell when a mar- ket fish is fresh? Mrs, W. A. Thompson, Miami, Fla. A. A fresh market fish may be told by the red color of its gills, clear eyes, firm flesh, and body reasonably free from slime. As a market fish ages, the gills turn pinkish, brownish, and finally gray the eyes become cloudy and the flesh loses its elasticity, so that an indentation made by the finger will tend to remain for a time. Also, the body may tend to become slimy. Odor is a good indicator, as a fresh fish will have a faint “seashore” smell, while in a stale fish this becomes disagreeable, and finally foul. Knowing how to choose TOUGH COP) By JOHN ROEBURT __ Chapter 27 Aim turned to Devereaux. “I got reason to believe Li Latimer was’ ee orphan kid who grew up in the Ten Eyck- Bushwick Avenue neighborhood.” “You're sure?” 2 Allie patted a its pock: bet fifty of the mon Seca me I seen Lippy floats around as a kid of maybe fifteen or six- teen. He used to go by the name of Terry—for Terrence. I never knew his other name, but it wasn't Latimer.” “Go on.” “I got reason to be! the ee on for St a East New York, He used the Same lew xor! 1c of Kid Young for a while.” Devereaux nodded to himself. It checked with the lead given Solowey’s operative by the San ini de ntl Meco Two principals, Hi and Lati- mer, ig al finally a to Rod common = hood origin. — “Who asked juestions about Frankie Hughes?” “Th When Frankie pulled that stickop, val Ly @ regular platoon of cops roaming around the neighborhood asking ques- tions. Just Hike sguire here now asking questions. losed down, for three sont reser ts rosie unt ma ws: g Devereaux stared at the peal: y | hall ator. “You co’ be ing,” he said Seay ange ings not. I thought about Lati- more and Hughes together long ago.’ “Why were you trying to con- nect Hughes and Latimore at all? What id bout kay. There was an insurance dick around a few years after| tari Frankie Hughes’ trial. He asked me the same questions EN ask- ing. He gave me the idea about Latimer. i “What was, the insurance detec- 'g name was a struggle eeping his tone level. ded to himself. Jagendorf-Buloff had cut himself a piece of apple after the Se Se sees oe cows > ive a blackmail “How much did the insurance detective bet with you?” Dever- eaux inquired caustically. Allie kept silent. The answer was as obvious as Allie’s pett greeds. Buloff, too, had purch: cash tion, “What about the phot iph I showed you—the men I identified as Waste Phillips and Fred le’ tective.” His eyes glinted. tective, like you,” tively and finally, Devere: him ly. “You said ap tomorro By Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy | fncpping tor seatods Q. Is it true that it is easier A. The popular but erroneous I DON’T KNOW IF THE FEUX IS A FIX. «THEY NEVER TOLD ME — to swim in deep water than in pl ype ta Wea ell he a shallow’ water? = = THAT ON belief that deep water has a great- er tendency to “buoy up” a sur- face swimmer than does shallow water has no scientific foundation whatever, Whether a body of water, fresh or salt, is ten feet deep or a thousand feet deep, a floating person, boat, or other objects will only displace its own weight in the water, which means that it would float equally well in either case. It is true that water at great depths has a slightly greater den- sity because of the pressure, but this has no effect upon the sur- face water. Q. Is the minnow a definite species of fish? A. This term is used somewhat loosely and can be applied to practically any small species of fish, but in America the term is most correctly applied to various small members of the carp family, the Cyprinidae. In Florida and other southern states the term minnow or top minnow is given to small fishes of the Family Poe- ciliidae, which includes. the mos- quito fish (Gambusia), and the sailfin molly (Mollinesia). Q. Does the sea catfish sting with its fin spines? A. Most fishermen are aware that the common marine catfishes (belonging to the Genera Bagre and Galeichthys) are provided with heavy serrated (barbed) spines on the dorsal and pectoral fins, with which they are capable of inflict- ing painful wounds if carelessly handled. Many freshwater catfish- | es and some Pacific marine forms are provided ‘with poison glands as well, and some of these cat- e been known. to inflict * serious wounds accompanied -r and other toxic reactions. t “-~ms, so far as is known, are ? onous, though the wounds ~t may be exceed- ingly pa eaisly infected, due to the ‘on of slime and bacteria in nd. ‘Flying frogs” that like flying squirrels are fou: mouth of the Amazon Rive the National Geographic Soc... . aro gine eee = By _ 3 es Wi a young punk booting pool iv my place, CORN HUSKER THINKS EUROPE NEEDS HELP PARIS v®— World corn-husking champion Elmer Carlson left for | the United States Friday with the parting observation that the gov- | | ernments of some European coun- tries are “just plain stupid” about helping their farmers. Elmer, a strapping, 43-year-old Audubon, Towa, farmer, said Eu- ropean governments are “taking the easy way out. They put high | taxes on gasoline, automobiles and farm machinery. The results are that European farmers are years behind the times in .mechanized farming methods — they cannot afford machines and they could not afford to run them once they had them.” Elmer was brought to in mid-September by the Mi Se- curity Agency to demonstrate to farmers of France,. Holland and 's Eastern District School over in South Brooklyn. A lot of neighborhood kids aval fligh’ Schools” “Allie, laughed shortly. “I'm making like a de- Italy how to shuck corn with a| | husking hook—a hand tool used by American farmers to speed the job of ripping the dried husks from | \F ears of corn. MSA hopes to persuade European farmers to adopt the hook method, enabling them to busk more in i less time and thus cut costs. The Iowa farmer said he was astonished to find husking hooks were not used in Europe, though they’ve been a common tool in America for half a century, Subscribe to The Citizen The biggest crowd of the 1952 World Series attended the fourth | North ‘seats 43,900 people, game. The attendance was 71,787. By George McManus By Paul Robinson THE CISCO KID Why YES,t = SO, O84R 7- 6uUTr WHAT ABOUT agrig ? WHATEVER THE CRYSTAL BALL NEEDS! You'VS PRACTICALLY THERE'S PLENTY ey WHERE THIS CAME PROMISED To GO @