Show rzr THE GARLAND TIMES GARLAND DRIVER CAN TRANSFORM HIS UTAH —: FLIVVER Newest Models Have Built-i- n Parking Space INTO AN APARTMENT AUTOMAGICALLY By H AUTOS USEFUL THE latest trend in auto design toward a pleasure car that can be transformed presto into something else By little more than button pressing one model is converted into a truck or station another model Similarly wagon that can has a trunk compartment be made into something of a bou We look for extensions doir the trend bringing perhaps sedan combination unit and rumpus room I of the God Spoke to Me Today OD spoke to me today Through the gray mist above the hills Before the day was quite awake Through the pink splendor of the east The lilac lights across the lake spoke a voice within the wind: The little gentle winds that blow A beJ of tulips in the sun Each deepest golden heart aglow Were God’s own messengers to me — I love him so! I love him so! will be the answer t every sutolst’s prayer It la a model which folds up when the driver wishes to park it All hands alight a button Is touched and the car contracts In the manner of an accordion until it takes up little more room than an umbrella The car can then be left In hotel lobbies home or hallways phone booths anywhere change It with cock- “Have nice black lady’s suit worn three times size 52 will swap for maple sirup or maple JY 314 Mass’’ — Yankee things Magazine What would you say to taking some flapjacks used only twice? “For Sale — Thoroughbred English Bulldog Pup Price 375 Must make room for wife three children cat rabbit and 459 horse Clinton N Y Courier And you know how cramped these moderp bungalows are 3 The t Lives there an autolst who bss never longed to whip up a meal rn routeT In this model Mr Twitchell a gives the world in which the roomy limousine touch of a button transforms the rear of the car into a complete kitchenette with Icebox stove pantry shelves cabinets etc A compartment for live birds is Included in case the owner wants a fresh chicken dinner J” a “140 Base Piano Accordion Chimes Colt watch hockautomatic shotgun Elks’ ey skates button to swap for outboard motor JY 315 111” —Yankee Magazine button Try cranking the Elks’ again it may start 4 The By a few manipulations taking less than 10 seconds this model seemiis an car ngly ordinary touring Into a police car with converted all the traditional symbols and sirens The mechancial devices which accomplish this change also slap a police hat onto the driver There Is no model as satifactory as this to operators in a hurry Ye ed hears that Olsen & Johnoffers to quit son have received Buick for Hercules Powder and What the du Pont Corporation Johnosn do Olsen do when a quiet zone? they encounter excuse for Quill's Maybe Mike those fast strikes is that his brakes A cutie from Carodon’t work lina Beach won the Lion’s beauty contest and is Miss Lion of 1949 The Richard Wilkinson H Corner INEZ GERHARD first of the THE BLIZZARD waa roaring fitfully when Trapper Joe climbed over the river his cabin bank and approached across the intervening Midway clearing he stumbled over something and almost fell The something he discovered was a man almost burled by a n o w uncon Joe slept Time ently Trapper The storm diminished in passed volume died The figure near the fire stirred sat up listened to Trapper Joe's deep breathing and reached for a stick of firewood Trapper Joe returned to 'consciousness to find himself bound in his bunk He struggled at hit bonds After an Intermittently long time he freed himself chafed his wrists flexed his muscles Then he built up the fire There was a note above the manteL "Sorry old timer I’ve been dreaming of a strike like this for years Pm young and can enjoy the money There’ not enough for two I’ve tied you lightly and left enough supplies to see you Thank for through the winter the lift scious Trapper stiff rolled the and form over saw a huge pack (trapped to the man’s back He grunted picked up pack and man and carried both Into his cabin Joe examined the Trapper pack and found that It each filled five poaches with gold dust to capacity be reflected be There must of doHars "worth Joe LARRY PARKS cider and pretzels for refreshment the pedals pumping lift their voices in old favorites like "Sheik of Araby” “Whispering” and "Moonlight Bay" In"Jolson Sings Again” la cidentally reported to be even better than the film that made Parks famous and they Larry Radio’s Galen Drake has finally given in to the demands of his audience for the first listening time In his career he has given a to use hts magazine permission picture (full color at that!) with an exclusive story His multitude of fan will be happy to learn that "This Is Galen Drake” will apIssue of pear In the September Radio Mirror Magazine For the first time in his life Danny Kaye is thinking of taking a nice long rest In "The Inspector General” at Warners’ he had wrestled with professionals several sword fights and performed assorted acrobatics Columnists Howard are always reporting Spade") Duff The is engaged to somebody weirdest “engagement” was to a Jansen— Duff Eloise actress stage didn’t know her finally found the columnist had invented her that ("Sam Betty Hutton was Just recovering from one Injury — she broke a finger while rehersing a dance routine with Fred Astaire for "Let’s Dance” — when she broke a toe while playing on the beach at Malibu with her daughters Trapper solemnly eyelids Before sitting down to his feast he lifted a loose board behind the chimney and hoisted up a gallon can He opened the can and his eyes lighted at sight of the yellow gleaming particles of dust there He chuckled and replaced the can “Well” he soliloquized "the kid had a chance to play fair and didn’t take it If he'd been willin’ to split I'd have come half way It’ll take him a week to reach the post By that time I'll be safe and sound WEEK’S LAST ANSWER Joe The stared down at it Gutunconscious man’s then opened "Take it easy said pardner" "You’re coming Trapper Joe tered 1 8 around" man stared at Trapper Joe sat bolt upright "Where am I?” he demanded " your cabin but "What happened? I remember setting out for the Post It began to snow I kept falling Then I saw "But you didn’t have the strength to make it I found you almost dead lugged you back here and nursed life back into your body You’re safe and so’s your gold” "Sure Some of it spilled out You must have made a rich strike” "I did A pocket I stayed too late In order to get it all out My name’s Tim McLeary" He eyed "Kinda Trapper Joe curiously queer having this happen waking up and finding myself alive and — up and finding myself alive and — " "You’re Joe nodded Trapper wondering why I didn't leave you there to die and appropriate the dust eh? Well I considered it Then thought of what a chance I’d be taking 1 thinks: When he wakes up he’ll see I saved his life wakes up he'll see saved his life McLeary brushed a hand across his face His bps tightened "I get it You were scared to snitch the stuff You figured I'd give you half of it on account of you saved my The then 9 10 11 12 14 15 ACROSS Dull Braid ornament on dress Precious stone River (Fr) Young sheep Impede Hall! A fortified place 18 Storm-go17 (Babyl) Fireplace shelves r 19 part 1 2 DOWN River (Eur) First stomach of ruminants 5 4 At hand Exhibitions 6 A dwarf plant or person 7 Strange 8 Queer old fellows (slang) 11 Escape (alang) 12 Place where cargo la stored 13 15 18 19 8 21 22 23 24 25 27 29 (naut) Tricks Terror Melt Blue grass Ensign Billiard stroke Richly ornamental Speck Departed Wash More Infrequent 20! Owned 21 A used cry 22 25 26 Below 27 River in Chile Soak flax 29 33 life "Yon’re a cool one all right McLeary twisted his thin lips Into a grin "Mebbe It was good figurin' at that Mind If I take s sleep? I feel sorta weak” "Drink some more soup first Warm you up Inside” UTSIDE the storm best and tora at the' tiny csbin Pres in golf Kind of evergreen Transparent material 28 (naut) Forest wardens King of Bashan (Bib) 34 Cover 35 with cemer A wire measure 36 38 39 -- SALUTE TO ISTANBUL The U S sixth tssk fleet ary rived In Istanbul recently for a visit One of the ships the USS Fargo a cruiser and flagship of the group is shown firIn middle background can be seen ing a salute to Istanbul city the aircraft carrier Coral Sea ERP FUND: 575 Billions Radio Jam More The European recovery program to reliable reports According appeared set for another year The Moscow's jamming of radio prosenate by a vote of 63 to 7 voted a has tuned down the "Voice to grams 575 billion dollar appropriation to a mere whisper of of America” take care of European recovery its former self needs and pay U S occupation TrfESE REPORTS declare that costs abroad Final action came Russian interference with proafter two weeks of debate grams beamed to the Soviet has THE SENATE voted a full 12 been so effective as to cut to 10 month program with no authority per cent the American broadcasts of the spending agency to expend which now permeate the region the money in a shorter period At around Moscow the same time it approved an outTwo official American protests lay of $344000 for a congressional against jamming tactics to keep committee watchdog were made last year but in each check on foreign spending case Moscow disclaimed any knowThe upper chamber of congress ledge of such interference gave tacit approval to nationaliza The KremliA aim is obvious Rution of industries —in England that ssian leaders are making every — an down amend is by knocking fort to isolate the Soviet people ment which would have withheld from more the west completely recovery funds from any nation Reception of which in the future nationalized an broadcasts would have no place la industry This was aimed directly that objective at Great Britain The bill provided: INCOMES: hundred One and fifty million Higher Than Ever dollars for ECA loans' to Europe The status of consumer buying 740 million dollars for A billion power in the nation was good In ECA’s operations fact personal Incomes which are NINE MILLION HUNDRED the mainspring of such buying costs in Gerfor army occupation in June according to many Austria Japan and the creasedof the federal department of ports islands Ryukyu commerce billion for Greece and THE RISE helped push Incomes Turkey In its struggle with the bill the for the first six months of 1949 to a senate beat off efforts to earmark level 28 per cent higher than the 1948 500 million dollars for a loan to first half of The report estimated that the Spain and to require the ECA and flow of personal income from all the army to earmark two billion dollars for surplus U S farm prod- sources reached an annual rate of billion 2135 in dollars June The ucts commerce department’s study showed the upturn had been continuing for three months April Lost Cause through June and that the gain reAccusations celerated as it continued criminations did nothing to distort An increase in farm income was the picture — if the United States cited by the department as the was winning the cold war in the main cause of the June increase in West she was losing it in the East personal Income The United State’s “white papTHE DEPARTMENT regarded er” on what had happened in China as more magnificent however the and why charged that fact that factory payroUs were vigorously Communist victory over the Chincredited with a slight increase in ese end the disintegration of the June after having declined steadily were all since last Nationalist government September Generalissithe fault of Nationalist mo Chiang COMIC BOOKS: SAID DEAN ACHESON U S New Approach secretary of state: “Full blame for The impact of "comic the ominous result of the Chinese books” en juvenile minds and their civil war accrues to Chiang and other Nationalist leaders influence for good or evil has been a subject because of widcently they lost no battle as the result of a lack of American aid” espread controversy in these United States Some municipalities banned In obvious contrast to the firm of the more objectionable with Russia on sale policy in dealing books others contented themselves problems affecting the West said of China’s future and U S with talking but San Diego it aims In that direction: "Future pears has come up with a most on sensible U S policy must concentrate approach That southern California city has relieving China of the started what it calls a “comic book foreign yoke of Commof the month club” It’s purpose is unism” That appeared easier said than to "put the fun back into funny done however There was no pact books” from whence it has been and no arms program to warn off conspicuously absent all these and anyway the Reds the Comyears The movement was launched aftmunists were on the ground and in control er many San Diego families Even the most optimistic in Washingcame disturbed about the subject among the diplomats ton would realize that throwing the matter of many of the comic books THE out of China would be Communists project depends upon of the operation long hard fight publishers A FORMER AMBASSADOR If that can be obtained to China was publishers would submit the books Major Pat Hurley to a board of review in advance of quick to charge that the state deBooks that were paper” was publication partment's "white would be mailed nothing but an alibi for U S failure proved to club to stem the Communist tide in subscribers who would be divided China into different age groups these Age Capably Town molding Rip Poet -- 30 31 32 34 37 38 40 to Hilt N Live coal Vexed Cunning Cougar Digit Turkish title Gulf (Sib) U BULL IRKED British Resent Policy Criticism (Alaska 41 42 Amiii CHINA: ' JOHN 40 I i? Trapper Joe folded the note and put it in his shirt pocket "Time to celebrate” he aald aloud “ ’Sides I’ll be wantin’ to travel light so’s I ean reach the Indian village In three daya’ - ttme” " SSWIRDPUZUE- - - PRESENTLY the tt US By TRAPPER JOE Fiction LARRY PARKS who just finished Sings Again” at Colum bI4“ shares ' a fondness for old songs with his wife Betty Garrett They have one of the largest Collections of player piano rolls in piAmerica also a So a party at the Parks anola makes a means that everybody beeline for the rumpus room with tlir r il tkia aewaMptr) Stuff: Right Jab Often gets left Trifle Not much Swords Point Sharp Laurel Apt to stop Shopper Road Plenty green Here Mr The Accordlon-Ka- r Twitchell has something which BY la Um iprtiul ui Hi Marti ualyiU even yard is solved CROWELL (EDITOR’S NOTE: Wha plnla WtiMn rspapar Uatoa'i (Note — Order this last one early It is going to be hard to get Here by a The remarkable use of engineering skills an extension can be whisked from the back end of the car which becomes as if by sheer magic a patio with flowered walls and bird bath A palm tree can be Jiad in the deluxe modeL this Through model the problem of having an auto a beach home and a small God spoke to me today — His voice? Nay 1 could not mistake I hear him speaking clear tonight As the day dies and in the west The crimson sun sinks from my sight Uncomraded awhile I mark Now far now near the darkness grow And lo he speaketh "Child of mine When days and nights all passing go Still will I hold thee still will keep— 1 love thee so I love thee so!” NOLL nte the beach threw a awitch and Into a beach cabana tail bar 2 le GRACE PHILLIPS Mr Twitchell has other utilitarian models in mind for Detroit including the following: Fisherman’s special Here the area can be converted into a huge aquarium for live bait with a fish well for the day’s catch The car itself is aquatic and by a few wrist motions can be con verted into a motor or sailboat As an extra there is a sun lamp under which the fisherman can loll and lie to one another in comfort the emiTwitchell Elmer nent engineer is at work on a design for flivving that will give the summer auto tourist a car to be known as the cabana special You can drive it WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Congress Beats Off EBP Fund Cut Russia Winning Cold War in East Personal Incomes Rise in Nation PUZZLE NO 13 Word from London was to the effect that the British are no little perturbed at the mounting criticism in the United States of England a recovery efforts Official ErtUh sources said they believed are baaed many of the complaints on lack of knowledge of Britain’s and achievements since problems the end of World War II The British were rather percep tive in in US of the partial interpretation cause of criticism here Some formant expressed the belief much of it may stem from dislike of President Truman’s overall economic policy and added this may be the reason Britain has become the object of attack by Republican and others who seek to pile up capital in America by continuing to criticize the British |