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MMillisimottimiebidniginmelmoutiammeiluailes Staasit' Aral Mill5120111111110166111111111AMISMALMEMOhkillitiMailiklailbaleilikiiiiMilalb11011111111' 15itAtalMidedilifillibilaakitill 1110161111ii THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER PAGE FOUR SATORDAY APRIL 51947 The Foremost Newspaper of The Two Carolinas SECTION THE GIMPS I --111 BY GUS EDSON' Let's Explore Your Mind Sonitysaiyings A Fascinating Pastime With ALBERT EDWARD WIGGAM Sc The Noted Author of "The Fruit of the Family Tree" THE CINEMA BY DICK PITTS BY DICK PITTS tr: :7 sCil e-'51r )''t tk el 44 4 t4- gr ----A-: 1 4p74'51 e-Aor- i -4 1 to: 4 1 71 '7 7- t-t'" '41 041 I It? 'I 15 AN INE3ORN -rwArr OF PEOPL lv MOURN LOVED ONE6 WHO HAVE P1A55E17 AWAY yEsfj NOD 1 11 ----7--- --4' 1 9A1A a' yJ'-' --z----- aorr Pr ts is 411 II'r1A' 't9" '14 -i'447 i 44 4 -1 tt-' I 0 ih A A on 15 rT AN INE3ORN 4 04414skliiince -tK i 0- 46 1 I 1 MOURN LOVED ON -0' TWArT OF PEOPLE IV 174 sv: il :4111117 1 E6 4 el A- WHO HAVE PA55ED 1 LIiihrb114 t- re AWAY NOD '4 p10407 e'l 0 0 I e-- i 7701' Nts' i it 4 i :1 i 4 i- 0 2 i-- (1 1 8t -zr----- 0 Aolook riffN e- a 1-4 Aiiiiia I cfV- N- '--4tc14' il' 401'4 BY CHESTER GOULD BY CHESTER GOMA YEAH? W51 1-1E'S BEEN GONE OVER a POURS-I4 1-M A SQUAPE SHOOTER) FELLOWS I WOULDN'T CYP YOU WHERE'S THE DOUCHP CULVA SO POOR OLP (-WONDERFUL MISTOOK 'YOU FOR NOLA 6REAT-AUNT CLOE PERFECT RESEMBLANCE EI-12 AND TO THINK GUMP MISTOOK HSIZ FOR As CHOS 1 14 iti7t (11 III GO MUCH EXCITSMENT I PIPN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU FOLKS7 vl 1 6 DICK TRACY RELA 1 BOYS! NO-NO-JUST A BAD SHOCK BUT HE'S WELL NAMED WONDERFU HE'S NOT ONLS 14 RECOVEPZING P14) SiCALLY- BUT 4150 MENTALLY-- HE'S C4LLINO FOR IOU ANOV 4 0: cACI 31111011111PINUIEMIllsuoliP ILJ WI-IAT ARE YOU HOLDIN6 A ROD ON POPP 11 7V-7 AND TO THINK DOCTOR! NO-NO-JUST HE'S NOT ONLY ANDY GUMP is ASAP SHOCKf RECoVERING 4it SO MUCH EXOTEMENT SO POOR OLD MISTOOK HEIZ IS-- BUT HE'S PH)SiCALLY- SLIT ALSO I DIDN'T HAVE A WONDERFUL MISTOOK FOR A Ci-IOST WELL NAMED MENTALLY-- HE'S I 64 ii 1 CHANCE TO EXPLAIN YOU FOR NOUR WONDERFU ALL! NO FOR TO YOU FOLKS-- 6REAT-AUNT CHLOE iiIlD 1 IOU ANDY PERFECT RESEMBLANCE s1j' (- -7 EH 4la 1 1H if' Of 7 '1 Ao -1 1 AIL 4 4 1 4 '1' 1 i 'A -t 4) 460 kl t' 11 r---- ---'1') --4'-'4- 1 1i th: itiff: ail I 4 0 1 0 a- 10' oi 1 41 0 11 1 144 Ak -2k --'1 NW' 0 41) It' el i Aritt 64 a 1 e21 60' I yo 7 0: 7 4 'lig i -7-- i iia2sk g4smot 1k DICK TRACY HE YEAH? WELL FENCED WOULDN'T HE'S BEEN DARE! GONE OVER 2 POURS-- Tuw? 50 YOU RELNO(1 I'M A OU SWOOTE R) WHAT A RE 704471 DIDN'T DrIti-1 US! BOY04S! FELLOWS I WOULDN'T YOU REACI-INCI ARE YOU YO ME SPARKLERS iiipti Eklf-----" tt OVP YOU TO YOUR HiPy HOLDING A 7- WHERE PORP ROD ON IIII THE A-7- -1-- ----7 POf22-- DOUCP) cil Oil '1------- --A'--- i wt lt-t (l ed( 11 4' (Lt -s-'-'( irf bet 11: 1 ji to 4 (2 1 )) 1 1 dopl ---t' 6" s- ---1 7 oN 1 ar 7 I frit 4 A' TL5--Tr-42 ---'47) 1 e'cp 44'0 1 'And tomorrow's Poor Pa POE5 THE KNOWLEP6E 05 HOW ID POA THINS IN5uwr ARIL 11Y119 DO rr yEs 0 ma Li PO THE KNowLno6E 05 HOW 10 PO A -M's ARIL rry2g DO rr yEs 0 ma Li ''5140LILP WOMEN HAVE AN EQUAL CHANCE wrm MEN AT ALL JOE35 IN 13115INE ANP INPUSTRY WHETHER THEY NEEP THEM OR NOT yos0 NO 0 5 RouLE WOMEN HAVE AN EQUAL CHANCE 01 1TH MN AT ALL JOE35 IN 13111NE ANP INPUSTRY WHETHER' THEY NEEP THEM OR BY CLAUDE CALLAN principles of surgery made a mess of it when put to taking out gall bladder You learn first by learning then by doing I 4 I--C41 A1 fr L1 41-''' loW141 111 11A 1 cif 1 0r 403)tfit ett Qi A n(ksitisvt(now ANi-ARD-EN BY MONTE BARRETT and RUSSELL ROSS THIS USELESS PERSON t5SLIEV ES ADVICE IS SOMETHINC THE WISE Dowr NEED lonoLs WOI4T I Answer to Question No 1 1 Such questions will always be settled not by right or wrong but by public opinion An Elmo 'iper survey showed about 1 man in 5 and 1 woman in 4 think women should have eqtal chance whether they need money or not Nearly half of both men and women think only women who need jobs st-if Id have equal chance Among the poor over one third of the men think men should hay preference Answer to Question No 2 2 No although in our civilizalion it is properly regarded as a noble sentiment But it is not inborn for anthropologists show that among primitive South Sea tribes death especiall) of an older person is considered an occasion for rejoicing because they believe the deceased has passed to a happier world Answer to Question No 3 3 No Psychologist John Horrocks taught students the ogy of dealing with young people but found this alone aid not help much in their actual dealings with youthful behavior A New York teacher cf surgery told me some of his most brilliant students in the DANA ANDREWS Does Best Work Yet THERE has been so many good things said about "The Best Years of Our Lives" which opens tomorrow at the Visulite theater there Is little to add Not only have the majority of cinema critics given it unstinted praise but also it walked away with nine Academy Awards It's the kind of picture you literally beg your friends to kind of entertainment that warms the heart exciting both tears and kind that is so human and down-to-earth that you live with the characters rather than see them on the screen You don't see it You live it It's a deeply penetrating drama of the returning a former banker a staff sergeant portrayed by Frederic March who returns to his wife and two chil- dren another is a sailor a young man who lost both his hands played by Harold Russell who returns to his family and sweetheart the third is an air force captain played by Dana Andrews who returns to a beautiful two-timing wife Their stories are skillfully intermingled and their problems acutely presented But don't get the im- pression that this is a "sermon" or a picture with a "great message" (although there is message there) simply a true-to-life drama sO expertly presented that its wonderful entertainment 'When my rich Uncle Flint passed away we relatives consoled ourselves by sayin' he was better off We doubted this but we knew we were in better shape" crOd11) rfENTisi m-lersiD --n-i6 I'LL TAKE I ckS rr's ONLN illb EYcuse NIEATNE5 lir 155 155t CONIL FIZOM 7 IT LOOI-ING A c- AP I msktAle IS ALMOST TrO imsto 5 I JUST CLEAND FOR -THA-r! OF FA TzlIPDEN- A RELIGION it I HAVE IT MRGIZEEP c70Ie At 47 UP IN HE! 1 4 Irani -I 10 4'1' i i 1 (f- ik t-14 -) wril- me! 0A---- 4 r- invar- 111::::1:::: c--i slLA-'' I 22! I 'ir -1 4 to ruttR 1 I tmgt 41 4 4 4 1v -kIiitgi 9- 11 fteiliiiiiigt 3:::: le i -1 111 41 i '0'4 NkZ' I tii 0 d4t41 ill i i I ii it: Ijill11111i I I 1111 1111ilif: iii: 11i' l1! Hi I tr4-4 11141111 a is A t- 4- A 2 22r-41--r i''''''-' 090i I II 4 'Am i Ir 2' I I 1 1 i rq 1 i k4110t li I Ar I 1:: A t1 i 41 IVIllic 'Willis BY ROBERT WALLIN et 15t we" VIANOL I ct 11 tf) tii MICKEY FINN BY LANK LEONARD -AND I WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR HIM THAT HE-AHWON'T ES ENT 1 EXACTLY! 1 KNOW YOU AgE VERY CLOSE TO HIM mKCLANCY! ZE 1 TO 0401 WELL-At-I-I KNOW ONE THING YOU MIGHT DOMRMINTMORE -AND IT WOULD BE RIGHT DOW01 HIS ALLEY! r- HMMM I UNDERSTANV MgMINIMORE -AND YOU'RE HOP1N I CAN MAKE A SLIGGES11ON? PUN F3) VI C- "I can stand a lickin' it I deserve it but it don't seem right to shame a guy old as I am by spankin him" WHY hitMINTMOREI -T-THIS SUR IS A SIJKPRIS Ad TIMM! IM GLAD YOU ic A REM EMBE ME MgC1ANCY CAME OVER TO TALK ABOUT 1 AND TO AcK FOK A I ITTLF HELP! 1710 f1711'1 eih WHY hiltMINTMOREI I'M GLAD YOU 1 MS16hi tinflicAle Inc 44 7 Ell -T-THIS SURE ISA REMEMBER In "tI: SUKPRISE 2 4: ME MRC1ANCY i -I CAME OVER 1 iz c-- 0 TO TALK ABOUT 'i AND TO 0 4 AcK FOR A A t1 4 )1'' 4 I ITTLF HELP! tL 1 TC'4' 0 LcL1 1 I min 1 II f) 111:11 4 1 1 :1 I an 04 i I '-q- 1 it dp A54 1: 7-t 4 hi' i 1 1----------------1 I 1 ') uou (r i wo---- i A4 0 1 4 I Auld lidt L--Nn I GOOCO lo65 COUP 50 401" -LiAr 3 7 2 1411A 14-44' 1 i 3 1 itcs ri -''r 2 al 0)501 )4( 1 'It 2 I 0 4111114 I tilt I 1 444 BY ROBERT QUILLEN PRIVATE IRE OF BUCK I I PRIVATE LIFE OF BUCK 1 ntestmt I reemt Nitta I 1 'C5 d'" 411 LI 0 1 I 1 1 Allilt 7' 11 (--- 4 'i tgt 10 i 1 c)0C A r11 11 il AttlX4i 1 "1 00:7 It! i' 4 i 2 1 IND 401t1 lr' f( Fil 11 I I 1 e-- 041iico otirl ft t411 1 Ito 1 1 )1 fl10at--- or 11 ir kil ilip1 I BRINGING UP FATHER 7 BY GEORGE McMANUS WHY CANTI LEAls11 To LEAVE WELL k1 Al WHY CAN'T I LEAN -ro LEAVE WELL ALONE? 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ENOUGH TH1G IS A TERP1BLE THING-WE'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER APART MENT-11- LOOKS LIVE A PARK PENCi-4 FCR i ---1MS I I re-a 144 Art 11 011 It' 4 I SAN kIS WIPE-AND EVEWT)-IING IS SETTLED -SHE HAS A LOVELY VCCE -JUST LIVE mINE -94E'S CiOiNS TO ViSIT US OFTEN AD SIN6 DUET MTH MF r--- WS WIPE EWT)-4ING 'LED -SHE TO VSIT US OFTEN AD SING DuEr MTH ME D1SPOSSEGS NOTICE CAME IN THE MAIL-MRJIGGS ITS A DDPESGED -ro YOU- r-- -ro YOU- I EXPECTED 11-4A-rTHE LANDLORD IS EvICTIN US ON i ACCOUNT OF ME w1PE'S SINGIN'- WIPE'S SING1N'- MORE CHOICE FARE Another of the finest pieces of screen entertainment released last year is "The Jolson Story" which opens tomorrow at the Car 'Mina theater In fact it it's one of the most phenomenal pictures to come out of the cinema city As the months pass and more millions of dollars are added to its gross one is inclined to wonder just why this pitcure is packing theater after theater At first I thought it was us older fuddy-duddies were being over-sentimental about the earlier days and earlier tunes But the younger cinema-goers who never had heard of Jolson before RISO are acclaiming the picture as One of the best in years It certainly isn't Jolson's life story or even a reasonable facsimile but it does tell in it general way the story of young Asa Yoelson on of Cantor Yoelson who sang his way into the hearts of millions And portraying Jolson is Larry Parks who turns in one of the finest jobs of mimicry ever seen on the screen lie is Jolson And as a sort of composite of Jolson's sweethearts is Evelyn Keyes the lovely lass I once told would never have a chance in Hollywood (So what? I'm wrong again) But the real star of the show is Al Jolson's xmice and the songs that made him famous His voice was never better And the magic of Hollywood makes that voice come from Larry Parks Columnist Sidney Skolsky engineered the Jolson deal for Columbia and officiated as producer I've been NNrong about a lot of pictures as any exhibitor and distributor will tell you at the drop Of a hat but honest I don't see how I can be wrong on this one or on "The Best Years" Both are guaranteed entertainment FOR DANNY KAYE FANS I saw screening of ''The Kid From Brooklyn" about a year ago As I remember it IA'Al pretty good entertainment You can check no by seeing it at the Imperial theater next week It'a a re-make of an old Harold Lloyd film -The Milky Way" about a milkman: circumstances lead him to believe that he is a great fighter A smart promoter takes him in hand and sets up a series of set-ups The payoff is when he gets into the ring with a guy who isn't a set-up All in all its pretty good fun especially if you're a Danny Kaye fan But at that you may be a little disappointed because only once does Kaye perform his peculiar brand of humor Virginia Mayo who does such a neat job as the two-timing wife In "The Best Years" has the feminine lead vakzc 03N 15 Kin! 1--0tr Cvni7roe Inr Vnrld 11r1 DI 'When he phoned he vvas anxious to meet Pa I knew how it would be He just wanted Pa to listen while he told how the world ought to be managed' he ed vvas I knew how ist wanted Pa told bow the managed' DAD woNr Ler ME 1-Aglitc4: AW DATE 'S OrZ CALL ANY SCWS SO I'LL USE- 1 11neElILQi ETTA ETT fvq) 61 Or' knt Feenm Svnktil Inc miff r11114 trittrvrti m-051-1GoET PI 1 yiD1111111111211111 VIE LI FOL00J THE tZoN AND nuT ksv4HAT CColeS tki 1 3 lii '111N 1 -Tt-- 1' I 41 li 9-- tOA I 7 )' 0 mitomolll 7 fvA (1:611 tex? 4: 9 it 0 1 c' il az 1 or-'l I --1 rs h1 fill 'Cc5 4 1 14 I 01 II 1 144t 4 i Ill 7-Tii-Iff: iFn IV' ig 1'4 L4----)1 1 4 06 '') ill 1 or' Wont Feenm ir1 tam Inc 'I mid r11114 mttrvrti I I 11 4 ETTA KETT i Lpur n-lis SIGN cx1 DAD WONli- Ler ME 1-1AvElltv4: til-t1 Ote FIZONI GATE SO 11-le ANN DATES OrZ CALL AN 4 1 viE pe )1 BEAm 1 CANG WILL 1 eovS SO I'LL USE- 11'11' k7" '11 HMti 4'1 '111'1'' '1' s) i TANID FNIL Ou THEQES -1 CE ill -1' crt2ATEGY'' 11 ii I 47 ill 1 1 1 1::: 1 "Tnigli mt :14) 11 WHAT CCOICS ANOTHFO "11'1'1 111q17-- co)t Id 41 I --'hrl i 1 4 It 41 "That's for coming home at twelve-thirtynow try coming in at one-thirty an' see what happens!" 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WVW 1 HOW THE GYMNASTICS BEGIN 1 il I I An ial BLIT GET 'Elvt BACK HOME ae li leek The southern premiere of "The Egg and I'' and the opening or the new Manor theater on Providence road' is set for Friday night TOWN HAS FLEA PURGE The Spanish resort town of SAn Sebastinn is trying to live down the reputation given it by Victor of being flea-Infested Visiting there once he wrote: The ties Of DDT powder Houses villas hotels taxi buses and streetcars were remorselessly purged and a special mixture was prepared for the part of famous Concha beach lying above the high-water mark DONALD DUCK BY FRANK WILLAlp BY FRANK WILIAM 4-- 5 BY WALT DISNEY reAritnt AVNIM'Al Me WORLD IFIGOIS 251 St Iftp4 15TISIKAS 711S2hNLAHCS45 MOON MULLINS PRIGI 1 I WONDER IF THAT GUY Out THEM IS TH KIDS OLD MAN WHICH 15 COMN' OVER 10 WHIP MOON BECAUSE I WHIPPED HI5 KID? I 1 0444:1 dP HEY! 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