The Era -- Day By Day

[Fading Fast]

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I think the thing to do with Mungo is send him to spend all next winter in Havana so he can get it all out of his system. Maybe he and Hemingway can do the town together....

 

[ChiTownScion]

Methinks that even Baby Herman could determine what's going on...

 

[Harp]

I'm not just saying it, I had the exact same thought. Caniff has them in a haystack, it's now or never.

First panel tomorrow: The danger passes and they both look at each other relieved, but meaningfully.

Second panel: They embrace.

Third panel: (haystack is tossed around a bit, some time has clearly passed) They look a bit disheveled but content and in repose with Burma smoking a cigarette.

No words get said in any of the three panels.

That will do it and get it past the censors..

Terry's drawn short straw. Again. Burma, enigmatic this moment. Taciturn trio panel...triumphant???
Not that I'm not pulling for the kid but consistent chastity seems the norm and more temporal matters
left to the invaders, assorted brigands, vagabonds, assorted strip scum. And the Invader infantry will
be on scene soon, so Burma needs vamoose pronto, not a lay in the hay. Those guys are 11Bravo,
with one thing on their mind. Burma's gotsta run, now.

 

[LizzieMaine]

The German High Command claims Soviet resistance has collapsed before Murmansk, and that "division after division of the Red Army" is surrendering along the Baltic and Galician fronts. The International News Service reports that "mighty German forces" last night "bored into the deep Stalin Line on the banks of the Dnieper River" only 320 miles southwest of Moscow "into the ranks of a lacerated and disorganized Russian Army" along a fortified zone between Orsha and Mogliev. A communique issued by the German High Command claims that "one whole Russian Army corps was completely annihilated" inside the Nazi pincers formed in the Baltic region centering on Dvinsk, Latvia.

President Roosevelt returned yesterday to the nation's capital from an eight-day rest at his Hyde Park, N.Y. home to plunge into a thorough review of the nation's defense preparations in light of grave new threats to American security presented by the German invasion of Russia. The President met in his Oval Room study with his "war cabinet" for a review of the present European, Middle Eastern, and Japanese situation, and of the progress of the American aid-to-Britain program. The officials left the White House following the conference in "tight lipped silence."

Latin Americans are "fed up" with patronizing visits to their countries by "good neighbors" from the United States, who buy drinks at bars and pick a few trinkets to take back home, but contribute little else to international understanding. Reports coming back to the Rockefeller Committee on International Cooperation lately are filled with criticism of US "good will ambassadors," who have created an impression that they are there to enjoy "slumming parties" and little else. Actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr., who recently toured the Latin states himself, corroborated that impression, and declared that he is now working to "undo the overdose of 'good will'" to which the Latin American countries are being subjected by American tourists.

Fireman Carl Bischoff will receive a hero's funeral on Tuesday, following his death in a four-alarm fire that swept a Manhattan building last week. The 51-year-old Brooklyn resident was killed in the blaze that destroyed the building at 200 Broadway and injured thirty other persons. Fireman Bischoff perished after he was trapped on the second floor of the building by a backdraft that brought with it a wall of flame 75 feet high. Bischoff had served with Hook and Ladder Company No. 3 since 1923, and was said to be "one of the best liked men" in that company. His wife, Mrs. Catherine Bischoff of 33 Lamont Street, is reported to be "prostrated" by his death. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 10 AM at Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church in Bushwick.

(Aw, I love a happy ending.)

In Bath, Maine, 34-year-old Dr. Merrill E. Joss yesterday swore his innocence as he was led away to begin a 10 to 20 year sentence at hard labor at the State Prison in Thomaston. The baldish physician was found guilty of manslaughter in the bludgeoning death of his physician wife, Dr. Luverne Harris Joss, in the basement of their Richmond home. The prosecution alleged that Dr. Joss killed his wife so that he might be free to marry "the so-called other woman in the case," 35-year-old Mrs. Elizabeth Chapman Mayo. Dr. Joss claimed that the couple had already agreed to divorce, and that Mrs. Joss was slain by a mysterious "bearded man" who had accosted him earlier outside the home demanding narcotics. Dr. Joss faces further legal action from relatives of his late wife, seeking her share of the couple's property.

(Again? Where *does* the time go?)

(I do so love it when a pitcher "aids his own cause." 2 GAMES UP! PENNANT FEVER!)

(Those cold, dead eyes. Terrifying.)

Buster Keaton arrived in town this week to star in "The Gorilla" at the Brighton Theatre, appearing on the Brooklyn boards for the first time since he played in vaudeville here as a little boy with his parents back in 1909. The comedy favorite of silent-film days arrived as just another straphanger aboard the BMT Brighton Beach line, and when he emerged from the car, he found that not all was quite as he remembered it. No conductor yelled "all out for Brighton Beach Music Hall, biggest show in town!" because there is no longer any Brighton Beach Music Hall. The Brighton Race Track is also gone, as are all the old hotels Buster knew -- replaced by new residential buildings. But the Brighton Theatre is still much as the comic remembered it -- and he remembers it well, having played there when it was barely two weeks old. Those were the days when Buster was the acrobatic little boy being beaten up by his huge, gruff father, who flung him wildly about the stage while his mother stood by to break up the mayhem with a saxophone solo. Buster says he was last in Brooklyn back in 1919, when he and Fatty Arbuckle made a comedy short at Coney Island.

Old Timer W. D. says all this talk about blackouts is nothing new -- remembering the blackout of all the lights of Coney Island, ordered back in 1898 during the Spanish-American War.

In Atlantic City, N.J, men may now bathe shirtless, with the "relaxation" of the long-standing law requiring men to wear top-pieces while swimming. Police Chief Earle W. Butcher emphasized that the law has not been "repealed," and while police will look the other way when gents display their hairy chests in the surf, men will still be required to cover their upper halves while walking to and from the beach.

(Somewhere there's a giant-globe company that makes good money equipping the throne rooms of would-be dictators.)

(Um, is that even admissible?)

(Yeah, the Shah never was that perspicacious a fellow.)

(Next week: "The Adventures of Bill Bunyan." And it certainly looks like Kay has matters well under control, and so we can expecNOT THE HAND STUPID! THE FACE! FACE EATING DOG! FACE EATING DOG! FACE EATING DOG!)

(All the times George has had amnesia, you can understand the confusion.)

(Watch it, Red -- we Writers From The East play for keeps.)

 

[LizzieMaine]

And in the Daily News...

Aw, ain't they cute.

Only golf I've ever played involved hitting a ball between the legs of a plaster dinosaur, so I'll have to take Mr. Hill's word for it.

Imagine how much better this would be if, instead of boring old Tracy with a gun, Trigger ran into a FACE EATING DOG.

Um, a raging forest fire?

Looking forward to this bear becoming a regular.

WELL BLESS BESS! Looks like Burma will have some fun after all!

Nuts to you, Jack. You have any idea how much a good permanent costs?

Yeah, so this whole summer storyline is gonna be an excuse for cheesecake. At least show us Shadow and Lilacs with their shirts off.

Gee, in my neighborhood all the old men did was yell at us to get off their lawns.

Look Punj, best you leave philosophy to the philosphers, and just stick to giving thugs the rug.

 

[Fading Fast]

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(Aw, I love a happy ending.)...

"Attempts to contact Smith at his Ocean City, N.J. summer home were unavailing."

Possibly because Papa Smith had ripped the phone out of the wall.

...In Bath, Maine, 34-year-old Dr. Merrill E. Joss yesterday swore his innocence as he was led away to begin a 10 to 20 year sentence at hard labor at the State Prison in Thomaston. The baldish physician was found guilty of manslaughter in the bludgeoning death of his physician wife, Dr. Luverne Harris Joss, in the basement of their Richmond home. The prosecution alleged that Dr. Joss killed his wife so that he might be free to marry "the so-called other woman in the case," 35-year-old Mrs. Elizabeth Chapman Mayo. Dr. Joss claimed that the couple had already agreed to divorce, and that Mrs. Joss was slain by a mysterious "bearded man" who had accosted him earlier outside the home demanding narcotics. Dr. Joss faces further legal action from relatives of his late wife, seeking her share of the couple's property....

Nice to have the follow up. He seemed guilty as hell. Do they sentence prisoners to "hard labor" anymore or has that been done away with?

... (Again? Where *does* the time go?)...

We'll be looking for Brooklyn's best-value restaurant for Thanksgiving in no time.

...In Atlantic City, N.J, men may now bathe shirtless, with the "relaxation" of the long-standing law requiring men to wear top-pieces while swimming. Police Chief Earle W. Butcher emphasized that the law has not been "repealed," and while police will look the other way when gents display their hairy chests in the surf, men will still be required to cover their upper halves while walking to and from the beach....

Or, everyone could just go to Valley Stream State Park and not worry about clothing at all.

"Looking the other way" is the first step to changing the law as we just saw recently with marijuana.

... (Somewhere there's a giant-globe company that makes good money equipping the throne rooms of would-be dictators.)...

Good one Lizzie.

Kudos to whoever is drawing Tarzan as, in an era when many "strong" men lacked muscular definition in illustrations (think of the early Superman ones), this Tarzan looks very worked out. It's a shame these scans are so poorly done that we lose some of the text and, of course, detail in the drawings.

... (Um, is that even admissible?)...

If this strip is going to hold my interest, it's either going to have to improve its storylines or Invisible Scarlett's dress is going to have to become invisible.

... (Next week: "The Adventures of Bill Bunyan." And it certainly looks like Kay has matters well under control, and so we can expecNOT THE HAND STUPID! THE FACE! FACE EATING DOG! FACE EATING DOG! FACE EATING DOG!)...

I vote to rename the strip "Secret Agent Kay (what is her last name?)" and let Dan continue driving a cab in obscurity.

Somewhere in a nondescript, small office in an all but empty high school, a school counselor shakes his head despondently.

... Only golf I've ever played involved hitting a ball between the legs of a plaster dinosaur, so I'll have to take Mr. Hill's word for it.....

That's the only golf I've ever played too. I was pretty good at timing my shots to miss the blades of the windmill. Who says golf is hard.

... Imagine how much better this would be if, instead of boring old Tracy with a gun, Trigger ran into a FACE EATING DOG.....

See prior comment Re school counselor.

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Looking forward to this bear becoming a regular....

Seconded. He's cute as heck.

... View attachment 345240 WELL BLESS BESS! Looks like Burma will have some fun after all!... .

Note the flash of Burma's thigh above the bandage - Caniff knows what he is doing.

Hopefully, Dude's showered after Raven, for Burma's sake.

... Yeah, so this whole summer storyline is gonna be an excuse for cheesecake. At least show us Shadow and Lilacs with their shirts off.....

I'm sorry, I hadn't noticed, are you saying there are women other than Burma in comicstrip land right now?

 

[Harp]

Nice to have the follow up. He seemed guilty as hell. Do they sentence prisoners to "hard labor" anymore or has that been done away with?

Note the flash of Burma's thigh above the bandage - Caniff knows what he is doing.

Hopefully, Dude's showered after Raven, for Burma's sake.
I'm sorry, I hadn't noticed, are you saying there are women other than Burma in comicstrip land right now?

As to Maine vs Joss, while I am not conversant with the facts of this case it seems a miscarriage occurred.
First, the deliberate murder of his wife is Murder 1, not manslaughter; second, there are no mitigating
factors germane to motive, intent, malice aforethought. I can only assume that the DA had some evidentiary
concern pursuant to trial verdict and inevitable appellate recourse.
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We are in the China Burma Theatre of Operations here.

As expected, chastity ruled the moment. Our boy struck out, no roll in the hay. And I do not know
who Dude is; presumably the pilot, nor Raven, but Burma called Terry 'baby' in the second panel,
then 'honey' in the fifth box. Seems a little verbal foreplay just slipped out. The whole thing can be
boiled down to hard tack 'rithmetic: 5-2=3 The kid's hit a triple. Third base. Terry needs a bit of
a leadoff, focus, keep his eye on the ball, and steal home.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Tarzan is drawn by Mr. Burne Hogarth, who will also create a very popular series of anatomy-reference books for artists -- and all that aside from having the best of all possible names for a man who draws an adventure comic for a living. Here's a look at one of his originals:

I don't like to see Tarzan beating up lions, so hopefully they'll team up in the next strip to take down the hunters.

Kay's name is Fields, as in "Kay Fields, Secret Operative 49." That'd look pretty snazzy up there at the top of the strip.

Dude has let his hair grow since we saw him last. I bet the DL still calls him "Bald One" just for spite.

Mr. Dude Hennick, for those tuning in late, is an old college crony of Pat Ryan's who works as a freelance pilot. He has some shady connections who get him into places where he's not supposed to be, and he seems to think he can get away with just about anything anytime he wants to. Miss Raven Sherman, American heiress turned relief worker, with whom he had a passionate tryst after entering her bedroom from a window ledge one night in Hong Kong, would no doubt agree. When Hu Shee showed up at that hotel with a message from the DL, it was Dude who agreed to fly everyone into Invader territory to break the DL out of prison, after which Terry and Hu Shee became separated from the rest of the group. We haven't seen Dude since, but I assume he's not allowed the grass to grow beneath his feet.

 

[Fading Fast]

Tarzan is drawn by Mr. Burne Hogarth, who will also create a very popular series of anatomy-reference books for artists -- and all that aside from having the best of all possible names for a man who draws an adventure comic for a living. Here's a look at one of his originals:

View attachment 345263 I don't like to see Tarzan beating up lions, so hopefully they'll team up in the next strip to take down the hunters.....

His talent as an illustrator is very impressive. Separately, Tarzan is so of his time and out of step with these times, that it's hard to see how they could keep him going in present day without just making him a completely different character.

T...Kay's name is Fields, as in "Kay Fields, Secret Operative 49." That'd look pretty snazzy up there at the top of the strip.....

A letter to the Eagle recommending "Kay Fields, Secret Operative 49" to replace "Dan Dunn" (and lose Irwin, keep the face-eating dog) is in order. Kay gets so much more done with so much less fuss. Still chuckling about your "Ahhhhhhh! Ahhhhhhhhhh! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" from yesterday, that was very funny.

...Dude has let his hair grow since we saw him last. I bet the DL still calls him "Bald One" just for spite.

Mr. Dude Hennick, for those tuning in late, is an old college crony of Pat Ryan's who works as a freelance pilot. He has some shady connections who get him into places where he's not supposed to be, and he seems to think he can get away with just about anything anytime he wants to. Miss Raven Sherman, American heiress turned relief worker, with whom he had a passionate tryst after entering her bedroom from a window ledge one night in Hong Kong, would no doubt agree. When Hu Shee showed up at that hotel with a message from the DL, it was Dude who agreed to fly everyone into Invader territory to break the DL out of prison, after which Terry and Hu Shee became separated from the rest of the group. We haven't seen Dude since, but I assume he's not allowed the grass to grow beneath his feet.

Has anyone slept with the DL? I think I'd be too scared to. I thought Pat would be the one coming to the rescue (he's a flier too, right?).

 

[LizzieMaine]

Pat and the DL came very close once, when they were both held captive by a recurring warlord named Klang, but it didn't appear they actually consummated. I think the Bald One might have thought he could, but I imagine he was quickly dissuaded of the idea.

Pat knows his way around a plane, but he's nowhere as reckless about it as Dude is. That applies to other areas of his life, as well.

 

[Harp]

Has anyone slept with the DL? I think I'd be too scared to...

I would offer a conjugal conjecture were I more conversant with that particular Chinese cookie
but since I am smitten by Hu Shee, I will recuse except to say that the women of this strip are teases.

 

[LizzieMaine]

And here as a bonus is the original art for the moment when Pat and the DL got as closest as they have gotten. September 29, 1939. This was the start of the storyline where Pat and April got separated from the group and ended up being rescued by Cap'n Blaze. April, fortunately, is not in the next room just now.

Can you tell Pat's a writer?

 

[Fading Fast]

And here as a bonus is the original art for the moment when Pat and the DL got as closest as they have gotten. September 29, 1939. This was the start of the storyline where Pat and April got separated from the group and ended up being rescued by Cap'n Blaze. April, fortunately, is not in the next room just now.

View attachment 345307

Can you tell Pat's a writer?

Most of the editors I've ever worked for would have crosse out (in ugly red ink) all of Pat's lines, but yes, he could pen a bodice ripper if ever gets tired of being an adventurer.

Not knowing what came before or after, hence, taken on its own, I'd say the message in these four panels is they did it.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Those Irish. Talk talk talk.

 

[Harp]

Not knowing what came before or after, hence, taken on its own, I'd say the message in these four panels is they did it.

Having now seen further tangible tryst evidentiary proof; relative to factual analysis of known actions
having occurred locus, I support any presumed consumate; furthermore, I'd lay-pun intended-
odds that Dragon Babe screamed repeatedly through episodic multiple climax; prefacing said by deliberate
depraved heart indifference display, and, verbal acknowledgement of her exact intention to do so;
predicate Promissory Estoppel having been fully discussed and accepted as condition precedent.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Radio Moscow reported tonight that Soviet tanks are counter-attacking in the Ukrainian sector, destroying 300 Nazi tanks, capturing a dozen German long-range guns, and taking 500 German troops prisoner. A Red Army communique stated that "heavy defeat" has been inflicted upon Nazi units in a fierce night battle of tanks extending from Ostrov to Polotsk, and that German troops in the direction of Lepel have been forced onto the defensive.

German armies advancing on the entire southern front are reported to have captured the old Rumanian city of Cernauti, and to have broken thru the modern defense forts of the Stalin Line protecting the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. The breakthru is claimed in a report from the official DNB news agency, which also states that the Red Army is falling back from the Volhynia area of southern Poland.

A German war correspondent claimed today that the White Russian city of Minsk is now no more than a "shell of a city." The correspondent wrote that "we were looking forward to having a roof over our heads after nine nights, to washing ourselves and having a place to sleep, but Minsk was a heap of smoking ruins."

An actress in the Italian theatre, furious that her husband's affections had strayed, stabbed her rival today on the steps of Coney Island Magistrate's Court. 45-year-old Mrs. Grace Rocco of 8129 17th Avenue slashed 46-year-old Mrs. Josephine Ventrella with a kitchen knife after the two women testified in court concerning an assault charge against Vincent Rocco, a playwright, of 105 Avenue U, Mrs. Rocco's estranged husband. Mr. Rocco left his wife some time ago to take up residence with Mrs. Ventrella, and Mrs. Rocco had gone to that residence to plead with her husband to return home. A quarrel developed, and according to Mrs. Rocco, he struck her. Rocco denied striking his wife, and declared that he has no intention of returning to her. Magistrate Charles Solomon admonished Mrs. Rocco, asking "why do you want this man? You're an attractive woman! Don't be foolish about this matter!" "I love him, Judge," replied Mrs. Rocco. After some discussion, Magistrate Solomon dismissed the complaint and sent the parties on their way. As they were leaving the building, Mrs. Rocco produced a kitchen knife, screamed "I'll get you!" and slashed at Mrs. Ventrella. Mr. Rocco's attorney, Frank DiGiovanna of 66 Court Street saw the knife and, acting quickly, diverted the blow so that Mrs. Ventrella suffered only minor injury. Police arrested Mrs. Rocco and upon seeing her returning to the courtroom, Magistrate Solomon admonished her again. "I told you you were foolish!" thundered the Magsitrate, but Mrs. Rocco merely replied "I love him."

("I could do t'at," says Sally. "Easy money. Drivin' 'roun' in a car. How hard c'n it be?" "Ask 'at guy Weisboig," says Joe. "Well," says Sally, "I woudn' go ta Fit' Aveneh.")

A 17 year old Coney Island youth will face a ruling tomorrow on a charge that he created an obstruction on the beach by sticking a flagpole bearing an American flag into the sand. Peter Dominnani of 653 Classon Avenue was brought in on a similar charge last week, but Magistrate Nicholas Pinto dismissed the charge and directed the Parks Department not to bring in any more such cases. The youth was brought before Magistrate Charles Solomon today on the same charge, but explained that he thought he had been acquitted on the previous charge and that "it was all right to fly the American flag on the beach." Magistrate Solomon criticized Parks Department supervisor Emile Mardarin for bringing the charge, but Madarin requested that this time a clear ruling be given to settle the matter once and for all. The Magistrate agreed to review the case with a representative of the District Attorney's office before announcing a decision tomorrow.

Danger of a serious milk shortage in the city appears to have been averted today following a conference between Governor Herbert H. Lehman and representatives of 55,000 dairy farmers belonging to the Dairymen's League Cooperative Association. As a result of the meeting, it was decided that the Association will not join with the six-day-old Dairy Farmers Union strike, and the Governor then issued a statement calling on the union to follow "the regular and orderly procedure" in asking the Federal Government for a price increase.

Meanwhile, in Rutland, Vermont, police are investigating the death of a deputy sheriff who may have been thrown into the path of a truck during a scuffle with striking dairy farmers. Four men have been charged with manslaughter in the death of 44-year-old Ray Russell of Monckton, Vt.

(Boiled lobster? No thanks, I'll have the fried clams.)

Warden Leo Palmer of Elmira Reformatory is expected to succeed longtime Sing Sing Prison Warden Lewis E. Lawes when Lawes' retirement takes effect on July 16th. The famous author of "20,000 Years In Sing Sing" announced this week he will step down from the position he has held for twenty-one years.

Reader F. A. H. writes to Dr. Brady wondering if it would be appropriate for him to be present in the delivery room when his wife gives birth. "My wife thinks I should be, but I don't know." Doc declares that of course he should be there, just as every father should be -- instead of "assuming the nincompoop role assigned to him by the movies."

(It's quite a show when the star comedy team needs a comedy-relief comedy team.)

The Eagle Editorialist takes issue with those who don't understand what the war is all about. Aiding Britain in its fight against Hitler doesn't mean one must have "a sentimental love of England," any more than it means "getting into bed with Stalin." Instead, "a majority of our people believe that a victorious Germany will menace the continued peace and safety of the United States." And he adds, "if too many of us see aid to Britain merely as charity sentimentally extended to a friend and not a matter of saving our own skins, the extent of our help may diminish."

(A real estate agent with feelings? Since when did this become a fantasy comic?)

(3 games up at the All Star break! And hopefully Mr. Reiser will have now learned his lesson about watching where he's going. Hopefully. As for Medwick in Detroit, yeah, that was something -- he was driven off the field in the final game of the 1934 World Series by a barrage of garbage from the stands after he spiked the Tigers' third baseman. I bet they'll be real happy )

The Bushwicks shaved the House of David at Dexter Park yesterday, sweeping the bearded boys in a twinbill, 4-0 and 16-5, to run up a four-game winning streak. The Woodhaven squad has won 13 of its last 15 games.

Little Ben Hogan and U. S. Open champion Craig Wood are the front-runners as the nation's leading golfers convene today in Denver for the start of the Professional Golfers Association Championship Tournament. Defending champion Byron Nelson is considered a "fallen champion" due to a nagging finger injury expected to impede his play.

(That's OK, there are plenty of other flying creatures we can pick from for a costume motif. Hmm. Bats have been done. Hawks have been done. And clearly poultry is out. How about -- "The Mosquito?")

(Of course Mrs. Dardanella has a leopard-skin couch.)

(And in the unseen panel five, Mary morphs into a giant floating lollipop with SUCKER written across the wrapper.)

(And as long as we're talking about new strip titles, what's wrong with FLASHING FANGS!)

 

[Harp]

Interesting beachcomber flag issue. Here in Chicago, the police superintendent openly criticized a certain
judge who repeatedly released ninety individuals charged with murder 1 back on the street under 'electronic'
ankle bracelet surveil. Unfortunately, common sense and common/criminal law prove elusive.
As to settled law, quite often occurs in cases known as 'adversarial possession' where, for example, a well-to-do
couple puts up an A frame cottage in Lake Geneva, WI, seldom visits after the charm wears off, and a squatter
enters the picture, squatting down for years and filing claim of possession. The law steps forward, settles law
upon title, and puts the entire matter to rest. Admonition from the bench not to bring any similar cases forward,
and argument for settlement is refreshing.

 

[LizzieMaine]

And in the Daily News...

Shoot a guy and then step to a payphone to call an undertaker? Who's writing this movie, anyway?

And Jinx Falkenburg says "whew, I'm glad that's finally over with."

Hey, why not Dolph for "Mr. Rheingold?"

Bull is such an apple-polisher.

"Um, a little first aid would be nice..."

Aw, come on Gus, don't tease us. Let's have a flashback!

"A fool, but a nice fool." Yeah, you two will get along just fine.

Hey, Skeez, guess what? Next summer at this time you'll be 21. Don't make any plans.

"Light dawns over Marblehead..."

Nobody loves a critic.

 

[Harp]

I hope that Terry and Burma keep the chatter goin, never a scribble so far, but ya never knowze.

 

[Fading Fast]

...An actress in the Italian theatre, furious that her husband's affections had strayed, stabbed her rival today on the steps of Coney Island Magistrate's Court. 45-year-old Mrs. Grace Rocco of 8129 17th Avenue slashed 46-year-old Mrs. Josephine Ventrella with a kitchen knife after the two women testified in court concerning an assault charge against Vincent Rocco, a playwright, of 105 Avenue U, Mrs. Rocco's estranged husband. Mr. Rocco left his wife some time ago to take up residence with Mrs. Ventrella, and Mrs. Rocco had gone to that residence to plead with her husband to return home. A quarrel developed, and according to Mrs. Rocco, he struck her. Rocco denied striking his wife, and declared that he has no intention of returning to her. Magistrate Charles Solomon admonished Mrs. Rocco, asking "why do you want this man? You're an attractive woman! Don't be foolish about this matter!" "I love him, Judge," replied Mrs. Rocco. After some discussion, Magistrate Solomon dismissed the complaint and sent the parties on their way. As they were leaving the building, Mrs. Rocco produced a kitchen knife, screamed "I'll get you!" and slashed at Mrs. Ventrella. Mr. Rocco's attorney, Frank DiGiovanna of 66 Court Street saw the knife and, acting quickly, diverted the blow so that Mrs. Ventrella suffered only minor injury. Police arrested Mrs. Rocco and upon seeing her returning to the courtroom, Magistrate Solomon admonished her again. "I told you you were foolish!" thundered the Magsitrate, but Mrs. Rocco merely replied "I love him."...

Magistrate Charles Solomon must have an identical twin.

I expect today (or tomorrow, depending on deadlines) a full Page Four treatment of this story.

...
("I could do t'at," says Sally. "Easy money. Drivin' 'roun' in a car. How hard c'n it be?" "Ask 'at guy Weisboig," says Joe. "Well," says Sally, "I woudn' go ta Fit' Aveneh.")...

Based on casual observation only, 99% of the cab drivers in NYC, to this day, are men.

...A 17 year old Coney Island youth will face a ruling tomorrow on a charge that he created an obstruction on the beach by sticking a flagpole bearing an American flag into the sand. Peter Dominnani of 653 Classon Avenue was brought in on a similar charge last week, but Magistrate Nicholas Pinto dismissed the charge and directed the Parks Department not to bring in any more such cases. The youth was brought before Magistrate Charles Solomon today on the same charge, but explained that he thought he had been acquitted on the previous charge and that "it was all right to fly the American flag on the beach." Magistrate Solomon criticized Parks Department supervisor Emile Mardarin for bringing the charge, but Madarin requested that this time a clear ruling be given to settle the matter once and for all. The Magistrate agreed to review the case with a representative of the District Attorney's office before announcing a decision tomorrow....

See, there is a twin Solomon.

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(A real estate agent with feelings? Since when did this become a fantasy comic?)...

I have no idea why lawyers get all the horrible-people jokes when there are so many real estate agents in the world.

...[
(Of course Mrs. Dardanella has a leopard-skin couch.)...

Don't remember this type of violent crime in the old neighborhood, just sayin'.

... (And as long as we're talking about new strip titles, what's wrong with FLASHING FANGS!)

[ring, ring, ring] "Hello?" "Is this Lizzie's mom?" "Yes, what has she done now?" "Mrs. Lizzie's Mom, no, she's done nothing wrong. This is the school's counselor, I just wanted you to know the school is bringing in an expert from Bellevue to consult on your daughter's case." "Uh-huh, so what has she done?" "Again, nothing, we're just are a bit concerned about her, um, imagination regarding face-eating animals." "Oh, is that all, knock yourselves out."

... Shoot a guy and then step to a payphone to call an undertaker? Who's writing this movie, anyway?....

That is a stone-cold move. That entire story is brutal.

Tomorrow we should get full coverage of the kitchen-knife-wielding Italian actress or heads will role at Page Four.

... View attachment 345391 And Jinx Falkenburg says "whew, I'm glad that's finally over with."....

Jinx Falkenburg is one of the best IRL and comicstrip names we've had since these Day by Day's began. It's hard to be near the top of both lists, but Jinx Falkenburg is.

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Bull is such an apple-polisher.....

Dear God, can't we ever move on from all this Bill-Slagg-is-wonderful cr*p.

... "A fool, but a nice fool." Yeah, you two will get along just fine....

Ya gotta love a woman who doesn't believe blouses should have buttons.

Dude: Terry, time's tight, you just run ahead and clear the field of debris for takeoff as I settle Burma in and start the plane.
Terry: Sure Dude, thanks for rescuing us, you're my hero.
[A few minutes later as the plane begins to role down the runway.]
Terry: Dude, Dude!, Dude!, it's me, Terry, I'm still out here, Dude!
[As the plane banks over the mountains, the invaders can be seen in the distance heading toward Terry.]

... Hey, Skeez, guess what? Next summer at this time you'll be 21. Don't make any plans....

Screw it Skeezix, just rip that damn thing of Chigger's head. You'll be in the army soon enough anyway.