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! • PLUS A SWELL FUN AND MUSIC SHOW! CAROLIWA-FRI. & SAT. fldtevglftQiP.Mtf/ «ywwy WHAT IS IT -THAT FLOWS CANT BE SEEN HEARD-TOUCHED tasted or smut ? Answer Tomorrow ■v *s»1 :‘LT ---"T jV^BURTTRAM $prmJviR«,Wi CAN HUM A Tune in ONE Pitch and ( MAKE SOUNDS OF BELLS in DIFFERENT Tones atncSAMiTimef 'AT WITH 28T0ES Owned bv » HRRCELU"butch t*m Waukegan .Illinois STOPPtlO^ THOUSANDS OF CHIMNEY SWIFTS SUDDENLY PLUGGED UP 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.. g-w “Junior keeps asking my advice about getting married— ^ you’re the one who ought to be able to tell him how_t<*lj pick the right girl!’* TKis Funny Worfd jo*A McNaught Syndicate. lac.—© Colliar'a “Strike him out” WHY1 WE SAY. by STAN A COUINS atTj SIAWSON *! ii\ x HAIR OF THE DOG TH^TBITWU'/ * . - ' V _ jw This expression is currently used as a i slang description of a cure for a hang- , oxer. Its origin is traced to the ancient | superstition that a person would not be / * . " »■ . «#»_<•*•- , poisoned following a dog bite if he *■' ,fc" . * would eat a portion of burnt hair taken t from the dog that had bitten I DAILY CROSSWORD ACROSS 44. Ripped 18. Precious 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 CRYPTOQU OTE—A cryptogram quotation TXJU G U M CWMFU BL KBMRI MRI X EXWW GLJU BPU CMABP — MAFPX G U I U K. Yesterday’s Cryptoquote: WHAT EACH MAN WISHES, THAT ALSO HE TffiNKS—DEMOSTHENES. ORPHAN ANNIE— CHRISTMAS CHEER [ HE1S GOT a PawT oh, HESSORTTOF H6 OWNS A PIECE 1/ no KIDDIN'f ^B I TVlBITY-TWO DOLLARS OiD WHEN PEOPLE MAKE 1 I THERE"* BUT HOW I A TRAMP PRINTER OF PROPERTY DOWN HE SEEMS LIKE ■ 1 TWELVE CENTS. MR.CHPISTMAS'"J A LOT THEY MUST I I DOES HE MAKE / NOT JUST AN BY THE RIVER- /I QUITE A GUY- B I ft SEEMS LIKE AN r—f EXPECT TO RAY J A UJT"*IF HE'S ( ORDINARY .TRAMQ V ^^B ■ AWFUL LOT— A LOT— /■ L A TRAMP? 1 j 8-14-47 Harold gray* SMILIN’ JACK HUSH HUSH, SH-SH —'cr \iH- aa/W I ^3 TRYING TO LOCATE yDl)/ ' WHERE' MOST FORMER. SECRETIVE YOU HAP COKE IN JACK \== / ~I WAS SoSgTOTHE AAF MEN ARE-BUT ME IN SOOSEP1MPLES -GLAD you T-— /air forceASSOCIATION SAY— WHY ALL THE IT reminpep me , Followed my I - lA HEAPQUARTEBS IN HUSH-HUSH, gum-shoe of the time y •StructIONS / A~~ N WASHINGTON TO ASIC S PP.AMATICG ? /I \ THAT— t YOU ON THE "HEADS " } SOUND FANTASTIC, I SFY RING CASE, JUST / BUT WE BELIEVE \ BEFORE PEARL r* THAT THE'HEAD' V • HARBOR-, A V IS IN BUSINESS INSPECTOR—r i XL^-—— - » mis m ICOPR. 1947 BY N£A^ERVICE^IN^ 8-'3 \ir wjuee LT. M. REG. U. S. PAT. OEfJ WASH TUBBS . -r—in i i i * SURPRISE! BUSTER. f/TELL US \DUH-H-H...ONE DAV I WUZ SETTIN'0(0 AM£M* ..NAMED KRINGLE' ^ REST ON ms LAURELS ' IN HOUR \pA CURB, RESTIN' ON MV LAURELi c» MOW SO I WRITES ONE, JS ™E *iR|MGLE BABV,... HE ALSO WROTE OWN WORDS,\W‘EN I HEERD MR.PAPP SAV HE AN' MR. PAPP SEZIT U slMG,NG SOAP COMMER- BUSTER, HOW [NEEDS SOME FER A SPONSOR WID fET ORTER BE AGIN DA LAW kCIALS VOU’RE ALL TALKING ABOUT! . VOU GOT j\ A ONE-WATT BRAIN NAMED-1 SET B*CIC BUT HE'LL RISK SHOWN STARTED / IT, IFFEN HE CAN CATCH ! i WRITING / KRINGLE WID A m \^THEMy^=== SNOOT FULL!^^. -LI .1 — WV7HEN BtKSi Wfinmw sets A Cftg, IT5 RftPIO, LIKE MOST 5ETS THKUOUT THE IMP, 15 TUNEp TO THE KRIN6LE PROGRAM. ^7hILE IN THE fc CONTROL BOOTH, II MEN HRE TOO I SPELLBOUND II BY THE SHEER B HORROR OF IT B *LL TO SHUT B HIM OFF THE MR' | GASOLINE ALLEY— PRODUCED WHILE YOU WAIT fT IS, BUT I OUGHT AN’ / fP SURE LIKE TO VOU PONT NEEP |l / ARE VOU ' NO, I WORK (MISTER IS X BEST IN THE STATE THREW BACK FOUR GET SOME. ARE ANY GUIPE. JUST | f ONE OF THE , HERE. fM THE J THERE GCOP 1 f CAUGHT 19 THE SMALL ONES .FIRST, 50 VOU THE GUIPE? HIRE A BOAT AN’ f I GUESTS HERE? OFFICIAL LIAR. FISHING IN ) FIRST HOUR I WAS TOSS IN A LINE./ >y 1 THIS LAKE? /oUT THIS MORNIN’. T0^ &0 A , __ IjJ-W J p— ^ ^ ONES LATER,jg-gg yr . V DR. BOBBS I - . ■/ ,iii OH,OP COURSE-] OH,DON'T PRETEND WITH ME,<-| YOU’RE AMEAN, r"’ GO ON - U aT. Tuccc Voccre uct WHAT!? W-WHAT WINNIE JONES/1 KNOW A CHARITY NASTY PERSON RUN 0FF/9EE ochiMr-r^R, DO YOU MEAN?..*- CASE WHEN I SEE ONE-AND | ...AND I D-DON'T |F I CARE!... rfti uV^0c2xA^cURn MORRIS STREET? —-) YOU’RE ONE! W-WANT TO HAVE JUST...SEE— 1V°X.'1T:RT, n -' *' ANYTHING TO DOj IF...I...CARE... MUST BE JUST ABOUT * WITH VDUI THE MOST BEAUTIFUL L___J ESTATE-ON MORRIS - ■ STREET// M/Mk' THE GUMPS OUR CHECK BOOK KMR.GUMR THERE YOU ACCEPTED A THE TAX OFFICE IN itk wHt tuc .* ^^B IS BADLY IN NEED OFVWAS A COLLECT COLLECT CALL ?! BONDVILLE...THEY 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. Cop^TM7 by Untl#4 Tm. K«|. U. S. P*l. CXI.—All riqWM jfl/