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  • Sharing OCR: CURIOUS"LADY" THAT I SHOULD FIND ONE CIGARET TE BURNING IN YOUR ASH TRAY -- AND ANOTHER IN YOUR HAND BUT ANOTHER BRAND! I LIT IT AND FORGOT ABOUT IT.. EVER HEAR OF A HOST HAVING SEVERAL BRANDS OF CIGARETTES IN HIS HOME ? PERHAPS YOUR GUESTS MUST SMOKE YOUR BRAND! IT IS QUITE CLEAR THAT YOU WERE NOT ALONE! WHERE É HE ? SAYWHAT IS THIS? DO YOU THINK I'M PLAYING PEEK-A-BOO FLIPPANCY IS DECET'S WEAPON! YOU SAY YOU ARE ALONE - IN THAT CASEYOU WILL NOT OBJECT TO Y OLANCING IN YOUR CLOSET ? BIG BRAIN SILENCE! DISCOVERS CLUE ! SO WHATQUISS ? GRA or 1941W.eld neusened CURIOUS"LADY" THAT I SHOULD FIND ONE CIGARET TE BURNING IN YOUR ASH TRAY -- AND ANOTHER IN YOUR HAND BUT ANOTHER BRAND! I LIT IT AND FORGOT ABOUT IT.. EVER HEAR OF A HOST HAVING SEVERAL BRANDS OF CIGARETTES IN HIS HOME ? PERHAPS YOUR GUESTS MUST SMOKE YOUR BRAND! IT IS QUITE CLEAR THAT YOU WERE NOT ALONE! WHERE É HE ? SAYWHAT IS THIS? DO YOU THINK I'M PLAYING PEEK-A-BOO FLIPPANCY IS DECET'S WEAPON! YOU SAY YOU ARE ALONE - IN THAT CASEYOU WILL NOT OBJECT TO Y OLANCING IN YOUR CLOSET ? BIG BRAIN SILENCE! DISCOVERS CLUE ! SO WHATQUISS ? GRA or 1941Kg Ft SynateW.eld neusened

    Tue, June 24, 1941

    Secret Agent X-9

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  • Art OCR: IS THIS THE MAN YoU GRAPPLED WITH AND RESCUED THE STOLEN MILITARY PLANS FROM? HELLO YARD BIRD SMITH- GET OVER TO F.B.I. HEADQUARTERS RIGHT AWAY! wE'RE HOLDING A SPY SUSPECT FOR VOU TO IDENTIFY- HURRY ! I SWOW ! EVER' SINCE I COME TO TH DEESTRICK O COLIUMBY TH' GOV'MENT'S HAD ME HOPPIN AROUND LIKE PARCHED CORN ON A GRIDDLE I SWIPED TH' VARMINT'S WATCH 'N' CHAIN IN TH TUSSLE - UH - NOPE ! HIS PITCHER IN TH' BACK DON'T MATCH UP WIF THAT CRITTER NO HOW WAALNAOW- JES A MINIT Copr. 1941World rights reserved. 6-24 IS THIS THE MAN YoU GRAPPLED WITH AND RESCUED THE STOLEN MILITARY PLANS FROM? HELLO YARD BIRD SMITH- GET OVER TO F.B.I. HEADQUARTERS RIGHT AWAY! wE'RE HOLDING A SPY SUSPECT FOR VOU TO IDENTIFY- HURRY ! I SWOW ! EVER' SINCE I COME TO TH DEESTRICK O COLIUMBY TH' GOV'MENT'S HAD ME HOPPIN AROUND LIKE PARCHED CORN ON A GRIDDLE I SWIPED TH' VARMINT'S WATCH 'N' CHAIN IN TH TUSSLE - UH - NOPE ! HIS PITCHER IN TH' BACK DON'T MATCH UP WIF THAT CRITTER NO HOW WAALNAOW- JES A MINIT Copr. 1941King Fvatures SyndicateWorld rights reserved. 6-24

    Tue, June 24, 1941

    Barney Google And Snuffy Smith Vintage

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  • Automotive design OCR: LOOK! THAT FOOL DRVER JUST CRASHEO THROUGH TH IT'S A LONG JUMPOLD FELLOW! BUT IF YOU DON'T MAAE IT THE POLKA DOT PRATE WILL SLIP THROUGH MY FINGERS! UP! UP! WHAT TH'! GATEDESPERATE TO ESCAPE KINGTHE POLKA DOT PIRATE. AT THE WHEEL OF THE HURTLING TRUCK TAKES A RECKLESS CHANCE by K fte yadnLOOK! THAT FOOL DRVER JUST CRASHEO THROUGH TH IT'S A LONG JUMPOLD FELLOW! BUT IF YOU DON'T MAAE IT THE POLKA DOT PRATE WILL SLIP THROUGH MY FINGERS! UP! UP! WHAT TH'! GATEDESPERATE TO ESCAPE KINGTHE POLKA DOT PIRATE. AT THE WHEEL OF THE HURTLING TRUCK TAKES A RECKLESS CHANCE by K fte yadn

    Mon, June 23, 1941

    King of the Royal Mounted

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  • Illustration OCR: AH- MRS. JIGGS-I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE YOU AT HOME-THIS IS A TREAT- I WAS UP IN YOUR HUSBANDS ROOM- WEVE HADA FINE CHAT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO- AFOMCNINI: I TOLD JIGGS TO GET RID OF ALL HIS CARD TRICKS AND MAGIC ÇONTRAPTIONS AND HERE IS THAT OLD HAT HE USES FOR RABBIT TRICKS- THAT WILL BE THE END OF THAT TRICK- IT ISN'T IN THIS ROOM- SIR - I LEFT IT RIGHT ON THIS TABLE- STRANGE WHERE IT WENT- VOUR ARE YOU SURE -SIR- YOU HÁD ONE WHEN YOU CAME IN ? HAT? ???? I HAVE BEEN SHOPPING- 6.23 Cepr. 1941Inc. World rights reerved AH- MRS. JIGGS-I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE YOU AT HOME-THIS IS A TREAT- I WAS UP IN YOUR HUSBANDS ROOM- WEVE HADA FINE CHAT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO- AFOMCNINI: I TOLD JIGGS TO GET RID OF ALL HIS CARD TRICKS AND MAGIC ÇONTRAPTIONS AND HERE IS THAT OLD HAT HE USES FOR RABBIT TRICKS- THAT WILL BE THE END OF THAT TRICK- IT ISN'T IN THIS ROOM- SIR - I LEFT IT RIGHT ON THIS TABLE- STRANGE WHERE IT WENT- VOUR ARE YOU SURE -SIR- YOU HÁD ONE WHEN YOU CAME IN ? HAT? ???? I HAVE BEEN SHOPPING- 6.23 Cepr. 1941King Pestures SyndicateInc. World rights reerved

    Mon, June 23, 1941

    Bringing Up Father

    By George McManus
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  • Parallel OCR: BRICK BRADFORD-On the Throne of Titania DON'T CRY OUTYOUNG WOMAN IT MIGHT BE FATAL! By WILLIAM RITT and CLARENCE GRAY WE CANNOT DISCUSS L THAT NOW-JUST WALK QUIETLY TO THE FLYING MACHINE ! YOU - YOU SPEAK ENGLISH ! JUNE IS STARTLED TO FIND HERSELF CONFRONTED BY AN ODDLY ARMORED MAN ON A FEARFULLY GROTESQUE STEED 6-25 BRICK BRADFORD-On the Throne of Titania DON'T CRY OUTYOUNG WOMAN IT MIGHT BE FATAL! By WILLIAM RITT and CLARENCE GRAY WE CANNOT DISCUSS L THAT NOW-JUST WALK QUIETLY TO THE FLYING MACHINE ! YOU - YOU SPEAK ENGLISH ! JUNE IS STARTLED TO FIND HERSELF CONFRONTED BY AN ODDLY ARMORED MAN ON A FEARFULLY GROTESQUE STEED 6-25

    Mon, June 23, 1941

    Brick Bradford

    By William Ritt & Clarence Gray
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  • Illustration OCR: WELL! WHAT KIND OF A BUNNY ARE YOU? I'M NO BUNNY. I'M A COW. YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE YOURSELF. WHAT HAPPENED? NOW I'M AN OSTRICH. I GOT TIRED OF BEING A COW. Beginning Today THE GREAT. GRANDO MANDRAKE BELIEVES THIS CASE TO BE THE MOST UNUSUAL CRIMINAL CASE HE HAS EVER INVESTIGATED. FOLLOW IT CLOSELYAND SEE IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH HIM. The STORY BEGINS IN AN ORPHANAGEWHERE MANDRAKE IS ENTERTAINING THE CHILOREN... ALL OF THE CHILDREN ENJOY MANDRAKE'S TRICKSALL EXCEPT YOUNG DANNY WHO SITS SULLEN AND UNHAPPY .... 6-R3 Copr. 1941WELL! WHAT KIND OF A BUNNY ARE YOU? I'M NO BUNNY. I'M A COW. YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE YOURSELF. WHAT HAPPENED? NOW I'M AN OSTRICH. I GOT TIRED OF BEING A COW. Beginning Today THE GREAT. GRANDO MANDRAKE BELIEVES THIS CASE TO BE THE MOST UNUSUAL CRIMINAL CASE HE HAS EVER INVESTIGATED. FOLLOW IT CLOSELYAND SEE IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH HIM. The STORY BEGINS IN AN ORPHANAGEWHERE MANDRAKE IS ENTERTAINING THE CHILOREN... ALL OF THE CHILDREN ENJOY MANDRAKE'S TRICKSALL EXCEPT YOUNG DANNY WHO SITS SULLEN AND UNHAPPY .... 6-R3 Copr. 1941King Features Syndicate

    Mon, June 23, 1941

    Mandrake The Magician Vintage

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  • Illustration OCR: HE'S TURNING OF WE'LL TURN IN HERE AN' SNEAK UP ON FOOT THEY'VE LEFT) LET'S GET INIO THE WOODS AND WORK UP OWARDS THEM KEEP MOVING AND DON'T TRY GET OUT AND WALK DOWN THAT PATH PINKY AND THE ROAD INTO THE THE LIEUTENANT CONTINUE TO FOLLOW To MAHE A R THE CAR SHRUBBERY RHINOWHO HOLDS PAT AND MOLLY AT GUN-POINT 6-23 Capr 11Wertd ni mened HE'S TURNING OF WE'LL TURN IN HERE AN' SNEAK UP ON FOOT THEY'VE LEFT) LET'S GET INIO THE WOODS AND WORK UP OWARDS THEM KEEP MOVING AND DON'T TRY GET OUT AND WALK DOWN THAT PATH PINKY AND THE ROAD INTO THE THE LIEUTENANT CONTINUE TO FOLLOW To MAHE A R THE CAR SHRUBBERY RHINOWHO HOLDS PAT AND MOLLY AT GUN-POINT 6-23 Capr 11King Fatute SyndWertd ni mened

    Mon, June 23, 1941

    Radio Patrol

    By E. Sullivan & C. Schmidt
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  • Printmaking OCR: OOH-H SAY AH SPOTS BEFORE YOUR EYES RINGS IN YOUR BARS BURNS IN YOUR HEART ACHES IN YCUR SPINE AHBUT ILL HX YOUT Up- TLL FX you UP LET ME GIVE YOUR TONGUE A Look Go AHEAD GIVE DOCTA. NEVVA HAVE. i GOT SUCH A KILLIN"trORN ? BIFFORE- ooy-y-y.. GUH- GoOpy- Goopy- Gooby 6R3 -Cie 941Woeld nights reeved OOH-H SAY AH SPOTS BEFORE YOUR EYES RINGS IN YOUR BARS BURNS IN YOUR HEART ACHES IN YCUR SPINE AHBUT ILL HX YOUT Up- TLL FX you UP LET ME GIVE YOUR TONGUE A Look Go AHEAD GIVE DOCTA. NEVVA HAVE. i GOT SUCH A KILLIN"trORN ? BIFFORE- ooy-y-y.. GUH- GoOpy- Goopy- Gooby 6R3 -Cie 941Kine Features Sy.kateWoeld nights reeved

    Mon, June 23, 1941

    Krazy Kat

    By George Herriman
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  • Line OCR: AS A MEMBER CF THE SECRET POLICE IN THIS COUNTRYYOU ARE COOL OFFQUIss! I MISSED THE PLANE - SIMPLE? SEEMS THE LEADER WAS EVEN ONCE ACCUSED OF MISSING A BOAT PATIENCE HAS BEEN OUR WATCHWORD THESE MANY YEARS! YOU WOULD DO WELL TO-- HM'n! WHAT HAVE WE HERE ? A BURNING CIGARETTE! DO YOU SMOKE TwO AT ONCE - AND OF DIFFERENT BRANDS ? HUMOR IS A NOTORIOUS DEMOCRATIC WEAKNEES! OUR TURN TO LAUGH COMES AFTER VICTORY! I CAN HARDLY WAIT ! REQUIRED TO OBEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR SUPERIORS! THESE ARE FOR YOU TO BE ON A EUROPE -BOUND PLANE THIS MOMENT! HOLD YOUR FOOLISH TONGUE"LADY"! CH-OH! RA Cpe 1941World righta sErvol AS A MEMBER CF THE SECRET POLICE IN THIS COUNTRYYOU ARE COOL OFFQUIss! I MISSED THE PLANE - SIMPLE? SEEMS THE LEADER WAS EVEN ONCE ACCUSED OF MISSING A BOAT PATIENCE HAS BEEN OUR WATCHWORD THESE MANY YEARS! YOU WOULD DO WELL TO-- HM'n! WHAT HAVE WE HERE ? A BURNING CIGARETTE! DO YOU SMOKE TwO AT ONCE - AND OF DIFFERENT BRANDS ? HUMOR IS A NOTORIOUS DEMOCRATIC WEAKNEES! OUR TURN TO LAUGH COMES AFTER VICTORY! I CAN HARDLY WAIT ! REQUIRED TO OBEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR SUPERIORS! THESE ARE FOR YOU TO BE ON A EUROPE -BOUND PLANE THIS MOMENT! HOLD YOUR FOOLISH TONGUE"LADY"! CH-OH! RA Cpe 1941Kirg Feature SyedicteWorld righta sErvol

    Mon, June 23, 1941

    Secret Agent X-9

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  • Illustration OCR: VoU'RE WANTED ON THE "PHONEYARD BIRD LONG DISTANCE I WISHT YOU FELLARS WOULD STOP FIDDLIN ROUND AN MAKE JP YORE MINDS WHICH CAMP YE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ME IN WAAL-BUST ??? ????? BRITCHES ! IT MUS' BE HYDY PARK A-CALLIN ! HowDy DEWMISTOFER PRES-- HUH ? WHAT'S THAT AGIN ? OH - YO'RE JES' A GEN'RIL AT FORT KNOXSHOR'! VD BE PLUMB PROUD TO VISIT YE A SPELLTH' WAR DEPARTMENT'S GOT ME HAVNG-TIED UP HERE IN WASHIN'TON - VLL LET YE KNOW BIMEBY WAR DEPT. Billy 6-23 Copr. 1941Inc. World nghts rerreed. VoU'RE WANTED ON THE "PHONEYARD BIRD LONG DISTANCE I WISHT YOU FELLARS WOULD STOP FIDDLIN ROUND AN MAKE JP YORE MINDS WHICH CAMP YE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ME IN WAAL-BUST ??? ????? BRITCHES ! IT MUS' BE HYDY PARK A-CALLIN ! HowDy DEWMISTOFER PRES-- HUH ? WHAT'S THAT AGIN ? OH - YO'RE JES' A GEN'RIL AT FORT KNOXEH? - WHYSHOR'! VD BE PLUMB PROUD TO VISIT YE A SPELLCOUSIN- HOWSOMEVERTH' WAR DEPARTMENT'S GOT ME HAVNG-TIED UP HERE IN WASHIN'TON - VLL LET YE KNOW BIMEBY WAR DEPT. Billy 6-23 Copr. 1941King Features SyndicateInc. World nghts rerreed.

    Mon, June 23, 1941

    Barney Google And Snuffy Smith Vintage

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  • Style OCR: THAT WAS A SWELL JOB YOU DID IN SERGEANT PAT ofRadio PATROL "LANKY" LARIVEEA YOUNG ROOKIEHAS BEEN TAKEN IN HAND BY PAT FOR COACHING BUT LARIVEE HAS ALREADY SHOWN HMSELF TO BE A QUICK THINKER AND A FOST WORKER CAPIURING THAT CROOK THE OTHER NIGHTBUT PAST PERFORMANCES I KNOW... SAYTHAT'S A FIRE! ARE SOON FORGOTTEN by EDDIE SULLIVAN and CHARLIE SCHMIDT Hegisterrd US. Patent Office. DON'T MIND ME ! MY WIFE AND BABY ARE TRAPPED UPSTAIRS HEY. ROLL ON THE GRASS ! DON'T RUN NO LETS PULL UP THE AO CHANCE CAR UNDER A HEREWINDOW LANKY OOP! ALLAY- HOW'S YOUR FIELDING AVERAGE ? DONT DROP THIS ONE WATCH OUT! HERE'S ANOTHER ONE FROM THE HOT CORNER.. I'LL MAVE TO LET HER DOWN BY THE WRISTS LET GO ? I'LL CATCH HIM. LADYDON'T DO THAT! OKAYI'VE GOT HER! GET OUT OF THEREHOT-FOOT BEFORE ITS TOO LATE ! GUESS I' BETTER. I'M BEGINNING TO FEEL A - AND LOOKLITTLE BUTCH IS OKAYTOO OHYOU'RE HE'LL EXPECT IT ON WONDERFULA EVERY JOB SMACK! /Cepr 1941Ine Werld richta resetved. ri:22 THAT WAS A SWELL JOB YOU DID IN SERGEANT PAT ofRadio PATROL "LANKY" LARIVEEA YOUNG ROOKIEHAS BEEN TAKEN IN HAND BY PAT FOR COACHING BUT LARIVEE HAS ALREADY SHOWN HMSELF TO BE A QUICK THINKER AND A FOST WORKER CAPIURING THAT CROOK THE OTHER NIGHTBUT PAST PERFORMANCES I KNOW... SAYTHAT'S A FIRE! ARE SOON FORGOTTEN by EDDIE SULLIVAN and CHARLIE SCHMIDT Hegisterrd US. Patent Office. DON'T MIND ME ! MY WIFE AND BABY ARE TRAPPED UPSTAIRS HEY. ROLL ON THE GRASS ! DON'T RUN NO LETS PULL UP THE AO CHANCE CAR UNDER A HEREWINDOW LANKY OOP! ALLAY- HOW'S YOUR FIELDING AVERAGE ? DONT DROP THIS ONE WATCH OUT! HERE'S ANOTHER ONE FROM THE HOT CORNER.. I'LL MAVE TO LET HER DOWN BY THE WRISTS LET GO ? I'LL CATCH HIM. LADYDON'T DO THAT! OKAYI'VE GOT HER! GET OUT OF THEREHOT-FOOT BEFORE ITS TOO LATE ! GUESS I' BETTER. I'M BEGINNING TO FEEL A - AND LOOKLITTLE BUTCH IS OKAYTOO OHYOU'RE HE'LL EXPECT IT ON WONDERFULA EVERY JOB SMACK! /Cepr 1941hing l'ratures SyndeateIne Werld richta resetved. ri:22

    Sun, June 22, 1941

    Radio Patrol

    By E. Sullivan & C. Schmidt
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  • Fiction OCR: AS JIM PULLS AWAY FROM THE TRADING SCHOONER A FEW MILES OFF THORSON'S ISLANDA DRIPPING BLONDE HEAD SUDDENLY POPS OVER THE GUNWALE OF HIS BOAT--- "KITTY!" JIM GASPS"WHERE IN THUNDER ---" "I STOWED AWAY IN A LOCKER ABOARD THE SCHOONER" EXPLAINS KITTY. "I CAN'T SWIM BACK TO PUERTO RICOSO I GUESS YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE ME ABOARD---" 6-22-41. JIM BOILS OVER JUNGLE JIM YOU LITTLE THRILL- HUNTING FOOL! DON'T YOU REALIZE THAT THIS IS A LIFE AND DEATH CASEINVOLVING THE SUCCESS OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DEFENSE PLAN? NOW I HAVE YOU TO WORRY ABOUTTOO!" BY ALEX RAYMOND KITTY BURIES HER FACE IN HER HANDS. JIM ROWS FOR A WHILE IN SILENCETHEN SAYS GRUFFLY- "YOU MUST BE HUNGRY--- YOU'LL FIND SOME FOOD AND WATER BEHIND YOU. NOW LISTEN TO ME--HERE ARE MY PLANS--- Copr. 1941World rights reserved. AT DAY- BREAKA LOOKOUT W ON THORSON'S ISLAND SPOTS A SMALL BOAT FAR OUT AT SEA--AND ITS TWO OCCUPANTS BETRAY NO SIGN OF LIFE! (CONTINUED.) AS JIM PULLS AWAY FROM THE TRADING SCHOONER A FEW MILES OFF THORSON'S ISLANDA DRIPPING BLONDE HEAD SUDDENLY POPS OVER THE GUNWALE OF HIS BOAT --- " KITTY ! " JIM GASPS" WHERE IN THUNDER --- " " I STOWED AWAY IN A LOCKER ABOARD THE SCHOONER" EXPLAINS KITTY . " I CAN'T SWIM BACK TO PUERTO RICOSO I GUESS YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE ME ABOARD --- " 6-22-41 . JIM BOILS OVER JUNGLE JIM YOU LITTLE THRILL HUNTING FOOL ! DON'T YOU REALIZE THAT THIS IS A LIFE AND DEATH CASEINVOLVING THE SUCCESS OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DEFENSE PLAN ? NOW I HAVE YOU TO WORRY ABOUTTOO ! " BY ALEX RAYMOND KITTY BURIES HER FACE IN HER HANDS . JIM ROWS FOR A WHILE IN SILENCETHEN SAYS GRUFFLY " YOU MUST BE HUNGRY --- YOU'LL FIND SOME FOOD AND WATER BEHIND YOU . NOW LISTEN TO ME -- HERE ARE MY PLANS --- Copr . 1941King Features SyndicateWorld rights reserved . AT DAY BREAKA LOOKOUT W ON THORSON'S ISLAND SPOTS A SMALL BOAT FAR OUT AT SEA -- AND ITS TWO OCCUPANTS BETRAY NO SIGN OF LIFE ! ( CONTINUED . )

    Sun, June 22, 1941

    Jungle Jim Sundays

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