The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 12, 1953, Page 8

Page 8 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, February 12, 1953 FLASH GORDON fe Frash VENTURES OO YEARS INTO THE FUTURE IN_AN EFFORT TO save | AN AMERICAN | CITY. WELL, THIS ¥ TIME- CASE REALLY WORKS. NOW. I'LL GATHER SOME CLUES — AND TRY TO SLIP BACK TO MURLIN’S LABORATORY J THROUGH THE TIME-CASE WITHOUT BEING NOTICED! BESIDES, REMEMBER WHAT HE SAID ? ANY- HIEF“WE GOT NO FACE, THE MARINES ARE ON TOP xz "WHEN 1 GOT Ovr0! Alby" CONTINUES BETTA, THE JUNGLE WITCH, “JOBS WERE HARD 'TOGET--" Gea CARSON MENKE ‘ THE NEAREST THING TO HERCULES THiS. EFFETE CIVILIZATION HAS BEEN ABLE TO ZEE BEAUTIFUL STONE ZAT I BRING ALL ZEE BODY WHO SEES HIS FACE, DIES? "BESIDES, I DION'T WANT A PLAIN.JOB. T WANTED WEALTH. 1 GUESS I WASH VERY SMABT, THEN-~% Regs / Vou'RE TEASING AS USUAL, | % MARGOT...AND YOU KNOW BALLS O' FIRE! {1S SHE HURT WAY FROM NEW YORK-- SHE--UH--MAMZELL. MAGGIE NEVER CALLS ME FROM HER i L tM STAYING DESBYS WHI ‘ AND DAD ARE AWAY. DOESNT THAT SOUND. OZARK IKE \ T_WONDER IE wwS. 1S HE WO CALL 53 EARLY- ‘2 WHERE ARE THE BOYS ? THEY CAME OVER TO - HELP ME CAR’ | (MOAN) THAT PHONE CALL } Fisy> THE WEST! TH’ \ CATS \ CATS ARE GROUNDED. MY THINGS WOLD ON, BARKY. JUST LET MY SEA GULLS FILL WN FOR ~, TWPRO WEATHER ... ALL Y Hi, carson! J! VE HEARD ABOUT THE PHANTOM. AND THE CURSE +ALL MY LIFE? IMGOING TO LOOK AT HIS FACE« THEN KILL HIM! ‘AS YOU SEE. HERE I AM, IN MY OWN PALACE, QUEEN OVER NO-: sue {5 IN ZEE FINE SHAP' NOT EVEN ONE ETLE CHEEP SITTING ITING FOR Re CALL- DEAR! IN FACT - I WAS JusT ABOUT TO CALL YOU! ~ al AND TH Wik SEE A GAME THEY a” NEVER FORGET! } aasar > Marina? \ [rsa DEAL? / Q. Is it true that fish is good brain food? A. Apparently this common though erroneous, belief was large- ly founded by the famous natura- list Alexander Agassiz. During the nineteenth century it became the fashion to ascribe certain elements found in foods as of special bene- fit to certain life processes. Ger- man scientists of the time believed that phosphorous in particular was responsible for mental develop- ment, an idea we now know is false. Since fish is particwarly rich in phosphorous, it was there- fore concluded that it was a natural brain food. , Q. Will small starfishes live in a slatwater aquarium? J. Ortman, Hollywood, Fla. A. Yes, most small starfishes are quite hardy and will live in saltwater home aquaria. _ They make good scavengers in tanks containing fish, crabs, or other marine animals, as they constant- ly roam over the bottom and sides of the tank, picking up any par- ticles of edible material. By them- selves starfishes will live well in small bowls of sea water changed once weekly. They may be fed on small pieces of cut fish, shrimp, ete., care being taken not to put in more food than can be eaten quickly, since the excess will foul the water. Starfishes cannot live in fresh water or overly diluted sea water. Q. Is the diamondback terrapin found in Florida waters? A. Although the range of the diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys centrata, which is highly esteemed as a delicacy, does not include peninsular Florida, it is replaced locally by a slightly different species, M. pileata. The Florida diamondback terrapin is said to be of inferior flavor and it is seldom, if ever, eaten localy. The diamond- back terrapins are unique in being the only terrapins that live in salt water, although they inhabit coast- al inlets and are seldom found any distance from shore. Q. Why is the ghost crab so named? A. This crab, Ocypode albicans, receives its name from its pallid whitish or yellowish-gray color, and the fact that is spends the daylight hours in its burrow, com- ing out to feed at night. Its ghost- like appearance ‘is further height- ened by its large, jet-black eyes counted on long, movable stalks. The ghost crab is one of the air- breathing land crabs and makes its burrow on sandy beaches above the high-tide mark.“ It moves over the | sand with great swiftness and is | difficult to catch. Q. Do sting rays leap from. the water? + A. No, but a number of their close relatives do. These leaping rays are the rapidly-swimming forms with long, pcinted, wing-like fins by means of which they “fly” through the water with rhythmic vertical sweeps. They include the cow-nosed ray, Rhinoptera, the | —Seetitiese nce tate | | THE CISCO KID | j NO COMIN’ FANCY- PANTS VARMINT ' AROUND MAKIN’ AT MY DAUGHTER PROMISE OF DELIGHT Chapter 31 “O®” said Joe, “is she?” He raced upstairs to Gina’s room, with Bianca at his heels, and knocked, ““Who's that?” Gina’s voice wa: high-pitched, terrified, “Who's that? Is that you, mama?” Joe pushed the door open, and Gina gave a little gasp of relief. A suitease was on the bed, and she had ye some things into it. She was wearing a satin slip, and snatched up a dressing-gown as Joe came in. “What goes on?” he said. “You're not going to stop me. I'm going! I’m not staying here. He'll come back. He’s lost all his dough, and he’s been drinking. He wants a lot, more than you or I or any of us can give him. If he doesn’t get it, he’ll kill me. He did a couple of months because _of me, before he made a jail break. He means it. You’re not going to stop me, Joe.” He said irritably, “This has gone far enough. We’ll have to take a chance on the publicity. T'm_going to call the ice.” “Police!” Gina shrieked, back- ing away in terror. “Don’t you call any cops to protect me! I don’t want them to know anything about me. They might send me back to the States.” “You mean you're wanted by the police there?” “T’m not telli ing Moe T've got some money, and I'm getting a car and I'm getting out of here rast.” “Gina, behave yourself! Look, wait until Papa and Anthea come back, so I can tell them. Then I'll take you back to London by road, tonight.” “They'll be two hours,” she said edad 1 eon jefe fae may come back. I can’ i net tn. tp; that Der es ag me ait ign i rhea or getting ou! car. ‘They will be an hour, before they come back. I must go now.” “All right,” said Joe, beaten, now. “But I’m not going in shorts. Let me change my pants at Two-Pronged Drive Underway | alon, least, she found By Mary Howard and write a <a word to Papa and “Bianca will ourself killed if you wan’ ut I've got to let them Asters: Gina Ducat <0 tears, her tt shaki gad uve Tage Joe, I’m so frightened! He'll kill me. He sua te would, years ago. ‘ight, all cut it out! Go and get arene eh be ten minutes.’ .| HE, raced, into the villa, and slong, to his room, changed ue be- fore Anthea and Mario. He paused, his lips curling wryly. “I guess is straining your cred- ulity too far, my darling. If only we can get rid of this hell-cat for a little while, darling Anthea, I’m ee you what I wanted to ask you last week. Will you marry me? It’s an awful family I’m ask- in, but will you He signed and sealed the letter, picked up his suitcase, and went through to Anthea’s room, pin- ning the note to her bedspread, and switching the light on so that it could be seen the minute she entered the room. He went on to Fes balcony, ‘and looked out. In e smooth blue sea, a good quar- ter of a mile from shore, the two small black dots were moving slowly toward the beach. He smiled. If he drove westward g the coast toward Marseilles, the chances were they could get swith amy Ieek fe could ant Gi any ‘ina to London by Monday. Bianca watched them go. Then she went es and went through all bedrooms, until the letter pinned to Anthea’s pillow. She opened it, read it, and made the vulgar little Italian gesture of scorn, biting her thumb. Then she took it be- - Lhagt her fingers and tore it into i ANTHEA swam steadily after Mario’s big shoulders and pow brown arms, toward the ach. She pulled off the tight white cap, and stood rubbing her hair and shoulders dry, and laughing up at him, for he was as tall as Joe, and her head barely came to his shoulder. They had ‘ot to know each other very well, thea and Mario, working to- gether, and had become very good friends. She picked up her watch which she had left on one of the small iron tables on the terrace. “There's plenty of time,” she said. “It’s only six-thirty. Let me get you a drink.” She went into the salon, and carried the tray out onto the ter- race. He lay back in the swing chair, looking very like a Roman Senator, with his ificent folds of is bathing “gov fo) of his bathing gown. He raised the glass solemnly, “To you and my Joe, Anthea. May you marry soon, live long, lways be happy.” Anthea said, low-voiced, “He has not asked me to marry him. Not yet, Papa Mario,” “But he will,” said Mario. “Of course but he will. I am quite sure of that. I am quite sure that he loves you very much. Joe has known many, many girls, and this I know: never has there been one who means so much as you.” “What about Gina?” “Oh, that devil-child” Mario } Sat up, and his ansive gesture ina out of ex- istence. “Men do not marry the Ginas of life. Not men. lik and | Ivor Street, or Pierre lg Mac. When their mamas are not watching. But not men like Joe. Gina, she is very pretty, very beautiful, every man’s desire . .. but no man's mate. That I know.” (Te be continued) To Increase Air Freight Load By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK #—A two-pronzed drive to pep up an already fast growing air freight business is un- der way. Ejther prong could stir up a controversy. 1..A move to cut some air cargo rates over the Atlantic will be | pushed by one, and possibly two, airlines at an international airline meeting here next Monday. The object: To sweil the volume leopard ray or spotted whip ray, Aetobatis, and the giant mantas, Manta sp. The giant manta, which reaches a breadth of over 20 feet, makes an extraordinarily loud sound as it crashes down on the sea surface after completing one of its spectacular leaps. of freight airborne across the ) ocean—just as lower-priced trans- atlantic tourist fares jumped the volume of plane passengers by 50 per cent last summer. But some airlines may not take kindly to this proposal at this time. 2. Both domestic and overseas airline salesmen are trying hard fo shake manufacturers out of their conviction that air freight is too expensive. They offer cost tables designed to show that in many cases sur- face transportation may be more expensive from factory to final designation. The overseas branch of the brotherhood cite the dock scan- dals and their revelations of loss HAVE Z DONEF 4 THE ALSO RANS in the Artman Trophy Tournament held Sunday, group outside the clubhouse near the No. 1 green. Colonel Bob Spottswood walked off with the Trophy, also took the low gross score for the Class B players. Reading from left to right, front row: Max Darnell, Joe Lopez, Jr., Jack K. Burke and Humbert Mira Rear row: Wilson Walker, Bob Spottswood, Russel Jack Hyman, V. Vinson and Bill Widemsn.—Staff Photo by Ellis Finch. through pilfering—a growing drag on business operations. Shipping and rail companies may not relish this drive and may take sieps to discount jt. Mostly, though, steamship lines don’t worry much —they know that planes can’t han- dle profitably such things as ore, coal, oil, wheat, sugar, coffee, rub- ber—where the big money is. The airlines, however, find their best bet in higher cost items— auto spare parts, electric appli- ances, drugs, textiles. One of them, nevertheless, is out to seek a rate cyt over the Atlan- tic, The argumeft; Less revenue per unit would be more than off- set by greater volume attracted by lower shipping ¢osts. The rate cut request affects only the 11 members of the Interna- tional Air Transport Association flying the North Atlantic. Two of them are American carriers-—Pan American and Trans World Air- lines. The IATA meeting Monday will be conducted by—take a deep breath—the Special Specific Com- modity Rates Board of Senior Traf- fie Officials of the North Atlantic Operators. At present IATA allows two rates: One for shipments under 100 pounds, and one for shipments of 100 pounds or more, Pan American will ask the board to permit two more “break points”—that is, weights at which rates change. The proposal would permit lower rates for shipments of 500 pounds and up, and 1,000 pounds and up. Pan Am is out for more cargo because it is expecting additional cargo space in a few months. It admits that at the board meeting it may run into opposition to the {fare cut proposal from lines ‘who won't have more space to Another line likely to u be cut is KLM Royal lines. It, too, is getting « ore cargo space this summer and 1-« plares more economical & operate, REBEL VIETMINH’S MUNITIONS PLANTS BEEN DESTROYED SAIGON, Indochina (»—Six of the main munitions plant: used by the rebel Vietminh forces were de- stroyed in a six-week campaign in the area 25 miles orth of Saigon, the French high command en- lpreee A spokesman for the general Istaff said it was one of the biggest operations undertaken by the French. Five battelions were supported by an artillery group and « naval squadron in the raid, whieh was designed to break dows | the Vietminh supply system By Jose Salinas and Rod Reed