Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact #v14#4 [250]

(October 23, 1958)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Game Page / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Frank Huffman (signed as Frank Tytus Huffman)

Inks

Frank Huffman (signed as Frank Tytus Huffman)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hello there!

Genre

humor

Characters

Sir Flinders Blinkingheim; Farmer Jones; Mumbo Jumbo

Synopsis

Three activities. An archeologist found a stone with hieroglyphics on it. Use this piece of papyrus to help translate the message on the stone. Farmer Jones has seven cows on his field. How can he divide the field so that each cow is in a separate section? Mumbo Jumbo has a bottle with a coin sitting on a broken wooden match on the top of the bottle opening. Can you make the coin fall into the bottle without touching it? Answers upside-down on the bottom of the page.

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Let Freedom Ring / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Lloyd Ostendorf (signed)

Inks

Lloyd Ostendorf (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gosh, I hope this doesn't get us into a lot of trouble!

Genre

drama

Characters

Steven Esterhazy; Joe Esterhazy

Synopsis

Steven and Joe play baseball with the other boys and a home run breaks a window. They want to run away, but the other boys make them stay to face the music. A policeman shows up and brings them into the homeowner's house to talk things over. All of the boys take odd jobs to earn money to pay for the window. The policeman gives them a tour of the police station and as a surprise, shows them some vacant land that the city is buying to turn into a playground for the town's kids. The policeman tries to explain what it's like to be a cop in the USA, so that Joe and Steven won't distrust cops.

Indexer Notes

Prepared under the supervision of the Commission on American Citizenship, Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C.

Can a Sailboat Sail Against the Wind? (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Frank Borth (signed)

Inks

Frank Borth (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Danny; Helen; a sailor

Synopsis

A sailor explains to Danny and Helen how a sailboat can sail from one port to another, even if the wind is against it all the way. A study in aerodynamics and physics.

Chapter Four (Table of Contents: 4)

The Champ in the Circus! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Moss (credited)

Pencils

Frank Borth (signed)

Inks

Frank Borth (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ow! I'm soaking wet!

Genre

adventure; humor

Characters

Frumson (The Champ) Wooters; Col. Horatio Hornbeam; Blackie Salter; Gunboat; Mr. Slade

Synopsis

Frumson tries out for the job of elephant trainer when the real trainer is taken ill and rushed to the hospital.

Ships Through the Ages Part I (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Fran Matera (signed)

Inks

Fran Matera (signed)

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

historical

Synopsis

A look at the history of ships, starting from a caveman using a log. Goes up to the 8th century when the Vikings had the finest ships at the time. Will be continued in a future issue.

Part 2 (Table of Contents: 6)

The ♪-Book [The Note- Book] / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Sydney Walter (credited)

Pencils

Syl Sowinski (signed)

Inks

Syl Sowinski (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

So Burt is telling you boys about the history of music.

Genre

historical

Characters

Pan; Apollo; Plato; Pythagoras; Moses; King Saul; David

Synopsis

This issue looks at Greek and Hebrew music and the instruments that were used in those times.

Indexer Notes

The title uses the symbol for a music-note instead of the word, "note".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Chuck White / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Moss (credited as Max Pine)

Pencils

Frank Borth (signed)

Inks

Frank Borth (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look how the water has risen!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Chuck White; Mike Kelly; Joe Kelly; Dutch Berger; Captain Corning

Synopsis

The river is rising and Steeltown is in danger of being flooded. Dutch doesn't understand why the Army Corps. of Engineers is going north to build an earth dike, when he thinks they should be building it here where he is. The Army engineers will flood the low land before the flood crest arrives. Mike is amazed at how Capt. Corning knows how many cubic yards of earth is needed to form a dike and how much earth their equipment can move per hour. As the river starts to flood, the dike is high enough to hold back the water and they blast a hole to allow the river to flood the low lands.

Indexer Notes

Max Pine was an alias of Frank Moss, per 2006 interview with Frank Borth: "You can find out in reading your things he also uses the word Max Pine as a substitute for him because he didn't want them to think he was writing everything in the place..." http://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A40849

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

You're Important! / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Father Jack (credited)

Pencils

Lloyd Ostendorf (signed)

Inks

Lloyd Ostendorf (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Where's all that zip and drive gone?

Genre

religious

Indexer Notes

Text article with four accompanying illustrations.

[Moose Hunting] (Table of Contents: 9)

Pierre / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Genre

humor

Characters

Pierre

Synopsis

Pierre is chased by a moose and cornered, then forced to give the animal a ride in his car.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; pantomime gag-strip told in five panels.

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)