DOMESTIC court
STILL LIVE ISSUE
ime proposal for a domestic
lations court in New Hanover
f* inty today is stil la live issue.
latest developments is a
mmunication from the Wilming
c° Business and Professional
womens club to the city council.
letter thanked the council for
^*reeent action in approving the
court.
At a joint sessio nof council
and the county" commissioners, the]
latter group voted against estab
lishment of such court. Whether
any further action will be taken
toward setting up such a court this
year seemed doubtful, council
members said yesterday.
Queenly Book Collector
Queen Elizabeth was an enthusi
astic book collector. She had her
picture engraved on both covers
of all her books, and actual jewels
were used to decorate her crown
in the pictures.
COMING!
IN PERSON!
On The Stage
SCREEN STAR
BOBBY BLAKE
WHO PORTRAYED
“LITTLE
BEAVER”
IN THE
RED RYDER
PICTURES!
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PLUS A SWELL
FUN AND MUSIC SHOW!
CAROLIWA-FRI. & SAT.
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WHAT IS IT
-THAT FLOWS
CANT BE SEEN
HEARD-TOUCHED
tasted or smut
?
Answer Tomorrow
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CHIMNEYS IN WOODVILLE.N.Y - PUTTING OUT FIRES
AND MAXING A HAVOC OF 500T/
toHi. T«r by wtA strict, iwe. t. m:heo. u. «. ttT.-<*r..
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you’re the one who ought to be able to tell him how_t<*lj
pick the right girl!’*
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WHY1 WE SAY.
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slang description of a cure for a hang- ,
oxer. Its origin is traced to the ancient |
superstition that a person would not be /
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poisoned following a dog bite if he
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would eat a portion of burnt hair taken t
from the dog that had bitten I
DAILY CROSSWORD
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1. Gaming stone
cubes DOWN 19. Beam
5. Irish 1. Trim 20. Distant
playwright 2. People of 23. Largest
9. Sandarac Ireland island
tree 3. Vehicle (W. Ind.)
10. Stockings 4. Before 24. Youth
11. Steeple 5. Avoids 25. Slice
12. Higher in 6. Leaps 26. Fragment
place 7. Viper 27. Like an idiot
14. Goddess of 8. Small 28. Drinking
harvests beetle vessel
15. Half ems 11. A carbon- 89. Per. to the
16. Norse god ated drink Alps
17. Removes, IS. Shorten, as 30. Wagers
as horns a sail 32. Insects
20. Exclama- 15. Conclude 83. Shipworm
tion of
Yesterday’s Answer
35. A rounded
roof
38. Game of
cards
39. Caress .
40. Fuss
-disgust Jrt
31. Argent
(sym.)
22. Tablet
23. Yonng cow
24. Shore
recess
25. Mongrel
26. Not hot
28. Young bear
29. Jewish
month
*1. Grass cured
for fodder
82. Variable
34. Whether
35. Slope
36. To make
choice
37. Operator of
an airplane
39. Capital
(Fr.)
41. Part, but
not all
42. Paradise
43. Garden
tools
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ALSO HE TffiNKS—DEMOSTHENES.
ORPHAN ANNIE—
CHRISTMAS CHEER
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GASOLINE ALLEY—
PRODUCED WHILE YOU WAIT
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(MISTER IS X BEST IN THE STATE THREW BACK FOUR GET SOME. ARE ANY GUIPE. JUST | f ONE OF THE , HERE. fM THE
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LONG DISTANCE DO YOU THINK I'M HAVE A LIEN ON,_
ORIGINALCOST.ITSN OUR ] PHONE CALL MADE OF MONEY?! YOUR HOUSE FOR
THE EXTRAS/ WE BANK I WHILE YOU WERE WHO CALLED? BACK TAXES..
HAVE TO SETA NEW ^BALANCE' OUT... WHAT’P THEY WANT? ...
ABBIE AN’ SLATS—
BREAKING THE NEWS
rSO-IT'S YOU.' YOU 'T I-I pip " rTHE MAN SAIP fwHAT POEsTlT MEANS YOU'RE ^ ANP I'M NOBOPY. THEN I HOPE
PIPN'T CALL THAT NUMBER ) CALL TO TELL YOU- [THAT MEAN?/CHARGEP WITH MURPER PUT I'LL VO EVERY- GET ME OUT
LAST NIGHT, PIP YOU? J THE NOTHING WILL ? ANP THE ONLY EYEWIT- THING I CAN- OF HERE - BE'
IF YOU HAP I'P BE NUMBER, BE PONE* NESS SAYS YOU FI REP THE BECAUSE, HEAVEN TORE THE
BACK ON MY BOAT )( CHARLIE' s. SHOT PELlBERATELY. IT HELP ME, I LOVE MACKERELS
THIS MORNING/ J \__ J MEANS, TOO-YOU HAVE START RUNNING.
■ 1/ NO FRIENPS, CHARLIE- I T LOVE
■ ^ ' ‘ NOBOPY - BUT ME/, MACKEREL.
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OUT OUR WAY
By J. B. WILLIAMS
OUR BOARDING HOUSE
With MAJOR HOOPLB
MISTER, \ NO, PA, PONT
HOW MUCH PO THAT-THE
ARE YDU / HUMANE
GOING TO < SOCIETY
TAKE FOR \ WILL TAKE
THAT I CARE OF IT/
V HORSE? /v _
YEAH .THIS IS YELLOW m GOOD HEAVENS/ U HOW ARE YOU '
LAKE AMD THERE'S If NO SHELTER/ MOK CLIMBING, ;
, OUR HOME FOR TH& \ WHY DID X W MAJORS -2
next two Weeks, only M ever succumb M either we- il
THE CABIN SEEMS To /f TD YOOR. LEASE A PlNE j
BE SLIGHTLY CHARRED/^ INVITATION W TREE PENT- !
^ WILL SOMEBODY J# AND COME: HOUSE OR, Y I
Please call th&- jW to such an M remodel a .V I
NEXT SHOT ? —wABO)W.NABLEy| GOPHER HOLE/
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JUST WWTS
TO BUY THE
HORSE TO
PREVENT
FURTHER •
CRUELTY
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BORN THlRty VEARSTQQ SOONl'
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