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THE GUMPS—Soup’s On SX SYDNEY SMITH tar YO UNCLE BlM, SPRING MEANS WALKING A LONELY WAY BESIDE YHE Moonuy waters of yme lagoon YO Mit_LIE, SPRING means looking AY THE STARS AMP THlNKtNG OF' ROLAND'S eyss YO TOWNSEND Zander - Spring mveanS TME LAYING OF CRAFYY PLANS FOR A VI1.LAIKJOUS , SUMMEE AnD TO THE GUMPS spring means house cleaning S' Mlda! \ vnanY too TO AIR OUT ALL THOSE BEDS UPSTAIRS -A AND TAKE. THE. CONTAINS / bOWN AND BEAT THE _x CARPETS AND CLEAN /—"77, I OUT THE ATTIC-1 WAS (A\Mj//_ viliST IN THE ATTIC AND l | NEVER SANN SUCH A / \ DIRTY PLACE IN MYj r\ 1 IFF - S' i & ANb bib YOU f |Zncci\\ { EAAPYV YWE WA'lE* \ f 7gff2 \ A IN YME PAM ONfcAR / 111 ^ TME. ICE BOX. / / S AS \ YOLbYOU J . l . ^?LEb ■fcwJTO DO ? / a&\lte\ ' IT AGAIN ™ -iff ^ I WONDER W MAT’S GrETTlNG INTO THAT WO**AM LATELY- ALWAYS MINDING OTHER PEOPLE'S AFFAIRS — ALWAYS PEEKING AROUND TO SEE WHAT'S . CiO»N<3 ON - I MOPE I NEVER CaET To BE A SNOOP— C v\\ |//£\ WMY OUST THIS N MORNING I WAS ( Looking through /Si f& \ THE KEY HOLE Vil. ( THERE She C/W® \ WAS- PEEKING \through the U7\\ key hole Oh • k\^2^ FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS—Best of Friends Must Part! , < BY BLOSSEB THERES DM5, ! WMT'LL HE MOW—HELLO,, U-> HEARS WHAT dad! ' V^appbjed/^ ®BECKLES AND GALEN GET ALL EXCITED, TELLING GALEN'S DAD ABOUT THEIR experiences .AND THEM WE MUST BE LEAVING ) AYE-AYE! I WHILE THE BOYS ARE WOW, SOW —GOTTA’ <( IT'LL BE SAYIMG GOODBYE, ILL PICK UP A LOAD OF GO AND RADIO THE F15H, AND GET INTO AUTHORITIES AT SAN PORT.. PEDRO TO EXPECT THAT SUBMARINE OF PIRATES ? BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES—Wise Guy! BT MARTIN OUR BOARDING HOUSE By AHERN n I" tv-:-nrrrm /■ OH L,* > EGAD, DUSTER, M LAD -LIST EN ARE YOU SURE WHETHER *|1 'A TO THAT ROWER /•— I WAS THEY SAID IT WAS THE MOTOR \ TOED THAT THE MOTOR OF THIS OF A BOMB' NG PLANE,OR SOME l VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FROM OF THE "BOMBS Q*—TELL sJf A BOMBING PLANE THAT VOU ONE THING TO REMEMBER L^L^ASf^ATVWARl/rt “NT EVER R\DE PA-=T A r"'V~'- FORT. OR ARSENAL. AT NIGHT IN THIS RAMBLING HOWITZER / —GREATEST COLLECTION * % Mi "6VD0V TH' 6MB". fcW ? V &\00V U 6\DtON 60ttO0N> I 'SOC, "\**V6 * 1*06* } f s ^-CYLINDER EXPLOSION THE NEWFANGLES (Mom’n Pop)—All in a Meal Time! *» BT COWAN ' VOURE GOING TO \ THEY'RE BABIES f I -JOST HAPPENED TO TU\NV0. HERE'S ^ ('YOU'LL FIND CXJT SOON ENOUGH-AND/ V FOR TUE LO\lA KA\*E, \ WOULD YOU BEUEJE TAKE CARE OF A \ FROM PooR FAMILIES, A GOVERNMENT gOOVC VT TELLS L THESE TRICK RUBBER CORKS, TO b ^ SUGAR’ WfvVE YOU BEEN W \T TAKES ALL DARLING HTTLE TOT 1 AND WE'RE GO'NG YOU EVERYTHING-AND TmS BOTTLE A > SEAL MILK BOTTLES, ARE GREAT*/r09Kr OUT BARGLAN UUNTING / TUAT OUNK-JU$T TO FOR A WEEK? GLADYS fTo BU\LD TUEM UP WARMER-JUST PLUG VT VN\ WHEN BUT, AND MEASUQ-IMG SPOONS 'r-^rn^'i L AGAVN *? FEED A BABY X THINK YOU'RE WTh GOOD FOOD- JUNIOR WAS A BA£>Y, X DON'T 1 \NHAX ARE AMD, HAVE YOU YOUR / -■>. V-V_ . Too AAARVJELOUS cvrircn) J KNOW HOW I'D HAVE MANAGED / ALL THESE FORMULA *? ^Lfvl-Jr --*tT \ r 1 L WITHOUT \T - ^ TUVNGS v • --SI- ’ *—' --VS "—<YTr fx c« WASH TUBBS—There’s Still Hope! ^ s ' », 8T CRANE M.0 e^T^tT) . V W OMMOgS ^ OF wwii ^ \l#THE miserable pros- \ , x hear WE’RE ——■ peer OE SPENDING THE \ GOING THRO THE NE1CT 3 TO 5 TEARS \ \ PANAMA CAKJAl ABOARD A WHALER. \ „__ OND WHAT A MISERABLE PROSPECT IT VS1. THE WORK VS DANGEROUS, HARP, MONOTONOUS. THE FOOD VS SICKENING. THE FORECASTLE l IS FOUL/ UNMENTVLATED, AND ALVME WVTH VERMVN._ , - — ... ^ | - - 1.1., .L-I-" ' — ^ ^ . _VL ■ " 1 ■■ .■■■■■———■■i- ■■ ■■ ■ 1 ^ MICKEY MOUSE— BY WALT DISNK1 rBUT DEAD MEN Tgu) NO TAL.ES ! SO WE’RE Y HEADED FOR A LONELY f SPOT WHERE we CAN l dispose op them v without leaving V. ANV TRACES '. I i«r - 0 ° KEEPS YOU FRESH ' M-Itt SALESMAN SAM—He Knows His Own! BY SMALL* 'oJCU-, PER <SOE>H SftKEsl I'VE DUO UP UJTiSft TUlMGS IU ^ HOUSE SOUP BUT "WlS SURE IS ft MEUJOWE. OM <*\E; CoeU_,VF ITS GOT ^ PFAkt-TlP OM \T ^ ^ ^\T'S CTUM0L E-UPS -Y uajtumble The letters. To make A/Anes GFoaTEcTs /A/ Tins €TktP — * o-—. ■ — VAWTARIS RA/ETSW SARHECROT SEtCARH ARTMU/C, lebat-tlohc \ I NKAP/sJ la sT Tumble- ups CCFFEE-MlC C, L*FP. Post;BRICKS, cutA1 Doou-S/LL, &LL&CPRQ £ COBBLESToa/ES/ : —-J Vi ^r V^) O 1903 BY MCA SERVICE. INC Rgfi u. S. PAT. OFr.t II- ■ ■ ---1 Recognize Him? i ■ ' -. HORIZONTAL 1 Italian river. 3 Name of the man. in the picture. 10 You and I. 12 Large hall used to hold school ex aminations. 14 To lift up. 15 To unclose. 17 Minute orifice in the epider mis of leaves. 19 Frozen water. 20 Remains of destroyed houses. 21 Going out of use. 22 Neuter pronoun. 24 Street. 25 Giant king of Bashan. 26 Mother. 27 Force. 29 Any tribunal. 30 To come in. 32 To arrange cloth grace fully. 34 Half (prefix). Answer to Previous Puzzle Li_ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 35 Organs of hearing. 37 Matter from a sore. 3S Cereal grass. 40 Soft food for infants. 42 Soft-bodied grublike larvae. 48 African antelope. 50 Pretense. 52 Exultant. 53 Dread. 54 Minor note. 55 To challenge. 57 Within. 59 Father. 60 As what did the man in th< picture gain fame (pi.)? VERTICAL 1 Rhlegmatic. 2 Opposite of in 3 Pillars as of ore. 4 Hour (abbr.). 5 Spike. 6 Green pigment 7 Consumes. 8 Northeast. 9 Youthful. 10 Encysted tumor of ibe skin. 11 To catch to a snare. 13 Card game. 16 Cavity. 18 Small group of stars. 20 Orders again. 23 Bakipg dishes. 26 Charts. 28 Vast treeless tract. 29 Gauze-like fabric. 31 Mooley apple. 33 Beam. 36 Fruit. 5 39 Resembling a ' wall. 41 Wing. 43 Pertaining to air. 44 Cheerfulness, j • 45 Gold Coast Negro. 46 Auditory. 47 W’igwam. 49 To doze. 51 Stir. 53 Because. 56 Average (abbr.). 6S Toward. lammsuitle HcralO Has Been the Valley’s Most Popular Daily Newspaper for More Than 40 Years Only Direct Leased Wire News Service in the Rio Grande Valley