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Citizen N . 7 HOLD IT.6U2! IT A WAS TO SET THISE JEWELS THAT I CAME OVER HERE AM’ KNOCKED OL’ j WUR OFF HIS ,— VEH, CH1SELIN’ VvEH , BUT LOOK--JUSTICE ^ IN OM MATTERS O' >9 JUSTICE! IF KINGS DON’T STATE,THA'S WHATA WANT PRIVATE CITIZENS AS A PRIVATE \ IN ThEiR BUSINESS,they’d CITIZEN,VOU DiDN'T / BETTER NOT BE STEALIN’ BOOTS AM) HER BUDDIES Yes, Indeed! By EDGAR MARTIN TV\\S>'€> 6ETNN6 TWL VmOTV.VOO T^O CFsVi ^LOPt'.W^Kf'CWfe V\’tPsO'L\Vi't<b 6W3 VCKSfe CQVCfoOV SWEEWfcPRZTl voow .Hoonv^.'. 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LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY By Brandon Walsh IT SEZ YOU'RE TO PLAY THE PART \ OF RIP VAN WINKLES DOG 1 IN A BIG MOVIN' PITCHER! LOOK! ITSEZ,"an'THE SAID PARTY OF THE SECOND PART THATS YOU-"IS TO RECEIVE FIFTY DOLLARS A DAVl* BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS OUR BOARDING HOI SK - - - - with - - - - Major Hoople IT - I CAN'T HELP IT, MAJOR—T*I|S SLOWER OF BRICKS REMINDS MS OP THE DIZZY DOPE DRIVING I^JAllS vOlTH A BRICK—THEY ASKED HIM, vOHV WE DIDN'T USE HIS HEAD — KYUK-K jA 20 l OUT OUR WAY ( PUC.TV SIGHT, WES, AIM T IT**TH’ WAV THEY FLIT ALOIMG LIKE CLOUDS AM' bare ly touch TH’ GROUMD ? \ * \ l ¥ ^ _ /' J/ Jf WitP Sir'll. -xO>^ ;,jr « ■jjf M / //T V - /> ^ ’-'v *c> / 'i 1 . <n~~ ({2mm By WILLIAMS. HOLD EVERYTHING ’2o i ' ~7ir JRwilu»h& TOO MUCH FRlCTlOM '*«<•»'« r-.wwi i com m»lwe_* i ft J “Let’» go in—maybe we can pick up some new strategy ideasl” IT TAKES BOTH War Bond* and Taxa* U Win TUt Wrn THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William are NOW BEING DROPPED to FIGHTERS IN CONTAINERS COPIED FROMTHE DESIGN OF AMAZE SJFJFOy... AND THE CONTAINERS SPIRAL TO EARTH IN THE SAME /WANNER THAT THE A\APLE SEED WINGS ITS WAV TO EARTH IN SPRIN&. «0P*. IMS SERVICE, INC, T. M. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. ^ VSSSSLS in an adult, ip laid end TO END, WOULD REACH AM/A r/Mfs A*ov*e> ms I -20 ANSWER: A galaxy, and our Milky Way is only thf universe. SIDE GLANCES of many la By Galbraith .“We froze for a week but George was too patriotic to call the superintendent—finally I complained and the man j came up and slv-wcd me how to turn on our radiators!” FUNNY BUSINEh:-, By Hershberger STATUE Annurr to riu/tr HORIZONTAL (31 This sculpture 1,6 Pictured is studied by famous art sculpture, the 62 It is a classic of Samothrace 12 Diminutive of Abraham 13 Measure of area 14 Man's name 15 Compete 16 Title of respect IT City in Arizona 19 Winglike part 20 Distress signal 22 Behavior 23 Beverage 24 Paid notice 26 Aluminum (symbol) 27 Musical composition 30 Blackboard 34 Anger 35 Spanish title 36 Equals 39 Expend 41 Near 42 Either 43 Kind of meat 45 Diminish 4!) 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