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...Forest fires swept by a brisk northwest wind are sweeping over the New Jersey pinelands today in areas untouched by the flaming juggernaut that raced thru tinder-dry woodlands across six Eastern states yesterday leaving behind a trail of death and destruction. Red-eyed and smoke-blackened members of the Forest Fire Service and hundreds of other workers including soldiers from Fort Dix and volunteers whose property was endangered continued the battle against the inferno. The most serious fire raged from Hanover Furnace to High Bridge in Lakehurst, but authorities say the Naval Air Station itself is not in danger....
Growing up in NJ in the '70s, these fires in the pinelands were a pretty regular occurrence.
... ("Uh, Mr. Namm, one o' t'buyers come back wit' t'is truck fulla old books -- sez he paid two cents onna dolla..." "I don't care, just stick 'em inna ad someplace. Bound to be some poor night-school moax from Bensonhoist who'll buy 'em.")...
"9 out of 10 screen stars use Lux Toilet Soap." Challenge. Maybe they say they do and maybe Lux sends them the soap for free, but I'm sure there's a much-fancier and more-expensive soap, from some Hollywood boutique or dermatologist to the stars, that the stars really use.
...(Hey Leo, stop making alibis and stick Fitzsimmons in there for a few starts. And speaking of whom, Wood finally admits Freddie doesn't like to be called "Fat." WELL IT TOOK YA LONG ENOUGH. And why no mention of Fatty Fothergill? Ask Durocher about the time when, playing short for the Yankees, he accused the Tigers of sending two men up to the plate at once and then squinted and said, 'no, that's just Fothergill.')...
Seriously. Separately, Gray has no ability to keep Punjab's scale to the others consistent from day to day or, sometimes, even from panel to panel.
I'm sending out a SOT (save our Terry) to Hu Shee (I like Lizzie's call on this one) as it's time to get rowing, the blonde-haired one is in trouble. How funny would it be if Hu Shee was all set to go, but was waiting to make her rescue of Terry more dramatic. Camera shows a shot of a reclining Hu Shee yawning in a rowboat checking her watch.
Why does Trixie morph into a forty-year-old Angela Lansbury in panel three?
Or just call the police.
I hoped that Lana would deliver the news to the boy in person but maybe she will send it "Dear John" special Dee.......
But wait, she hasn't told him yet she's leaving. This feels a bit cold and calculating for Lana. She's owes him "the conversation" before anything else.