Popeye and Bluto run competing diners. They fight over Wimpy's custom in the next-to-last of the Fleischer/Famous Studios long-running Popeye cartoons.
Between the decline in revenue from the shrinking number of theaters running full programs -- the 'selected short subjects' that accompanied features -- and the rising cost of producing cartoons, Paramount saw no reason to pay King Features a fee for each new cartoon; the backlog of Popeye cartoons was more than sufficient to satisfy demand. Nonetheless, there were contracts to fulfill, so the last few cartoons were made at a slightly shorter length than usual. That's why this one seems to end a bit abruptly.
Between the decline in revenue from the shrinking number of theaters running full programs -- the 'selected short subjects' that accompanied features -- and the rising cost of producing cartoons, Paramount saw no reason to pay King Features a fee for each new cartoon; the backlog of Popeye cartoons was more than sufficient to satisfy demand. Nonetheless, there were contracts to fulfill, so the last few cartoons were made at a slightly shorter length than usual. That's why this one seems to end a bit abruptly.