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EL RENO (OKLA.) DAILY TRIBUNE
JAN ESA PIPPIN
WEDNESDAY, JULY
• SERIAL STORY
MURDER IN CONVOY
BY A. W. O'BRIEN
COPYRIGHT. 1941.
NEA SERVICE. INC.
Wiener Roast, Hav Ride
Are Enjoyed
2sF-
m
YFSTEKDAY: Lieutenant Rol-
1 I ns, aboard troopship T 9, thinks
Xr • a . , • •, • ,, . ! I ns, aboard tnmp-hip T 9, thinks
Varied Activities Enjoyed pkasantly of the attractive nurse
During Week 1 he met (icUing on the boat. Rol-
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i
by TRIBUNE correspondent
CALUMET, July 9 A delightful
occasion was enjoyed Sunday eve-
ning in Leo Murphy’s canyon when
Carol June Chambers, daugh-
ter? of Mr and Mrs William
Chambers, was hostess at a
wisher roast and hayrack ride ;
CJuest.s included Mr and Mrs I
Gl<ai Bright. Barb ra Coil Mary
Buflcck, Ella Louise I.aughlin.
George Htonry McCann. Donald
Murphy, Billy J Combs. Wilbur
Mijer, Gene Miller Jolm Wesley
Pavy and H. C. McCann
Mr. and- Mrs. Clifford Palmer
and son, John Olen. of Oklahoma
City spent Thursday and Friday
in the home of Mrs. Palmer’s!
parents, Mr and Mr J N Bales.
Mrs. Gordon Nell and daughter,
Gall, of Borger. Tex Is a puest
this week in the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs D H.
Jackson
Mr and Mrs. Tom Cullen and I
?cns. Jerry, Joe and Charles of
Kansas City, Mo. arrived 'lues-
day to visit Mr and Mrs J. Z.
Brooks. Mr. Cullen departed Erl- [
day. but Mrs. Cullen and child-
ren remained for a longer visit
Nadine Wynne of Port Worth,
Tex., arrived this week to visit1
her unle and aunt. Mr and Mrs.!
Leo Manny and dan ’liters, Illa-
dene and Jerrellene
Mr. and Mrs. C. M Hopkins, |
accompanied by their daughters,
Miss Celeltn Hopkins or Enid,
who hud been their guest Friday,
and Mrs. David Anknc. and child-
ren. spent Saturday In 1 er<
llns is called to the office of Col-
onel Stephenson, offirir in com-
I HUH Nt CORRESPONDENT 1 maud of troops, and striet orders
YUKON, July 9.—Mr. and Mrs. for conduct of sentries are issued
Claude Alexander, Mr and *-■— *-■*— ^ - ... .
i|M
"Were off!” yelled the lieutenant. Suddenly, the whistle on ”T 9”,
! saw her evidently mak
fort to dash for her b<
She was peering intent
j a pair of powerful bit
\ the battle cruiser from
j light flashes were comini
Rollins stopped directly
------------ UUUUVUIJ , VY1UOWC Uli J. V _
I was beginning to think it would I began emitting a series of long and \ and was abou''
never happen to us.” j short blasts—it was the lifeboat ni'nder that, the alarm
Tees smiled. ”Oh, I thought we’d' alarm signal!
sail all right, but who would have
thought it would be like this . .
He made a sweeping gesture. “I
Mrs
R. A. Myers, son, Ralph, jr., and j
daughter, Merrilee, Mr. ajid Mrs
W. D Ha^t, daughter Marilyn, and j
niece, Miss Colleen Mahoney ol i
Bartlesville, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. I
Clapper, Mr and Mrs. M A. Brat- J
tin, sons, Bruce and Max, Mr. and |
Mrs. Homer McAninch, daughter, I
Nancy, Mr. and Mrs Robert Krou I
til, Rowdy Sanger, Mr. and Mrs. I
Charles Pribyl and daughter, Sarah | hasp of
Ann, enjoyed a picnic supper ip
Sprlnglake park at Oklahoma City
Friday evening.
Mrs. Harold Bucholz was hostess
to the auxiliary bridge club last
Thursday afternoon with two
tables of dessert-bridge.
to him. Later that n.'glit he sees
u light on "A” deck. He moves
cautiously to the spot, sees a
shadowy form. I)iawing his re-
volver, he barks an order: “Halt!
Lift your hands—high!”
* * *
ing when she lowered
„ . _ , gave him a plainly sta
Tees and Rodins standing “Pjthen wheeled and dlsapp
near the pitching bow, looked at
( one another startled, then laugh- j Lieutenant Gregory F
! expected to slip out in the darkness! ed outright: | Puzzled as he stood at 1
with everything very hush-hush. | the lifeboat drill they warn-1 W‘ly '^ binoculars? Wh
instead, the bands are playing, the ed us about!” yelled Tees as “
But, most puzzling of
TRYING TO REMEMBER
CHAPTER III
Lieutenant Rollins heard a little
surprise, but the shadow
boys are yelling and singing their
heads off. Just look over there!”
“T 9” was in the channel now.
The men could see a long stretch | caught his eye
! of shore line thronged with people.! waik.
started on the double for his boat
station. Rollins was right behind
him, but something on ”A” deck! had he met the girl b
He slowed to a encounters aboard ship. !
somewhere interesting ai
iii:
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mm
W:
In the games, favors were
awarded Mrs A. E Ware and Mrs.
Jesse Wiser.
Others playing were Mrs. Charles
Waters, Mrs C E. Hungerford,
Mrs Rundell Mason and Mrs. Wil-
burn Ferrel.
Mrs. Ferrel will be hostess to the
club In two weeks.
Mr and Mrs. E. E Utiles and I * ”
, alter hours,
stopped with arms raising slowly.
"Please don’t shoot,” came a voice
unmistakably feminine, ”1 promise
not to move an inch.”
A horrible sensation of having spa
made a fool of himself swept over i,
the officer. As he rose, rather Ho stinTd uneasily, looked to- to lbe barbor- As the liner moved
v:.i the sleeping Captain Tees ns i through the "Gate”—an open-
’ i • I : I .. . I it 1 • . I itlfl in IliO Odliln nnllitm thnl mil In.l
i iazny.
At three o’clock in the afternoon wlthln a short time ..T 9.. was
the troopships began to move out to | |n „ ht of ths anU.submarine de-
VPll I
j fen.se stretched across the entrance
Automobiles dotted the crowds.! Tliere was the nurse—the same
Flags, handkerchiefs and hands were | one he had encountered last night hnpmtant occasion. Bui
waving. Hundreds of horns could | on the deck. The lieutenant’s eye- when?
be heard through the din. Over-i brows knitted into a frown as he (To Be Continu
head. R. C. A. F. flying boats circled j — -—-------
shamefacedly, from his awkward • —*.........-..... . .. ,, , -
position on the stall he dreaded i! deliberating whether to wake him jine 111 lbe cab,e nettin8 that pulled
to see the girl’s face -could it be and tli-’:cus's the matter He decided I aslde like a fence Pate—a sailor on
to see the girl’s face
17 HE nurse?
I It was.
"Sony to frighten you. Sister,"
I he apologized, "but it’s very late
| and . . .”
| "That’s all right," she replied
j curtly. "I realize fully that it is
but I Just couldn't
parents, Mr and Mrs. F L>. Boles.
In Notasulga, Ala
Saturday guests of Mr and Mrs
Charles Waters were Mr Waters'
1 sister, Mrs. Linton Humphrey, and
family of Red Rock.
! Mr
ing a cigaret
it rather awkwardly, but . . . Rol-
lins shook his head. He had made
a fool of himself once tonight. His
imagination was playing tricks on
him.
But when he finally did drift off
j liesh air would help. You may re-, 1 ' was a tossing, restless
port me and ...” jsle’p filled with odd dreams of a
not to Aft: i all, those light flashes!the lau,,ch patrolling lue defense
veil maybe she had tried smok-1 y®hed. Give it to cm. boys!
She had confessed to
son, Jimmy, returned Sunday from . D“* ‘ Jast c'ouU
r. two-week visit with Mr. Boles' s pe*J and thought a lew breaths of
* * *
The wind was beginning to howl
off the endless ocean wastes. Sharp!
flecks of snow bit into reddened
cheeks and men dashed away to
reappear with overcoats. Already i
a gray drabness was melting out
the Nova Scotian coastline and the
rolling swell was becoming more i
* •* r '"nvi wmi uuu uirumt) ui « j
bt mtiful girl dies: ?d in white and Pronounced. Half-hearted jokes
about seasickness began to circu-
late.
Ahead, the panorama was spell-
binding. In a wide semi-circle were!
British and Canadian men-of-war!
I
. Y J
they visited relative
Miss Nancy Sue Williams of |
New York City. N Y has arrived j
to spend the summer with her ]
grandmother. Mrs. Leslie Thomp
son, and othpr relatives. I
Ernest Stas, who is stationed
at Camp Berkeley, near Abilene.:
Tex., arrived last week for u 10-
day' furlough with his mother. |
Mrs. H Stas, and other relatives j
arid friends
Mr and Mrs Hot) Johnson and |
daughter, Kay, ol FI Reno were i. what doer the prefix "pseudo"
6Cnday visitors In the home of, mean?
Johnson’s parents, Mr and I 2. What color is a roan horse?
If starlet Jane Frazee lilts lend-
ing rule in new film "Hellza-
fxippin" u? well as she (ills
that crazy quilt bathing suit,
she'll do all right in pictures.
, I to sleep.
port me and
Rollins felt his face reddening.
"Oil now. just a minute . . jjc c"living n lighted caudle. He was
made a feeble attempt at showing,tryinf: t0 reach llpr to extinguish
his good-natured side1. Tin not' ,lu‘Jil ht’ but 'sha<Jow.s came between
,,,, . _ | trying to get any charming person ,beni-
,,,,, ./ If*. ? a"rt ««ch as yourself report ’d 1 was He awoke unrefreshrd to find the ZT‘ T,
nierely trying to track down some- throbbing noise Increasingly evident , _ ... .. . ‘ i
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The nurse seemed to freeze. steam was fully, up and smoke freighters |
| "Oh that." she gave a short, rolled from the two funnels. There T„ , . , I
forced laugh. "I guess It was I. was the unmistakable atmosphere 1 1 ter °f the seml-circle
I tried stealing a puff of a cigaret,! ol last-minute preparations, and aPPeared an ominous-shaped bnt-
and mother. Mrs J. Kendall, Mr ! but even lbflt is evidently enough the captain’s bridge was a hive of tle cruiser. Elartlng light flashes^
and Mrs. Albert Short and ’ Mrs' j |° briut; ■vo,u felloWh flawing up aetivity. ! snapped out orders to the approach-
M A Godfrey, all ot Crescent. | llPv.arni Thousands of soldiers were jam- 'n« troopships. They were already
visited Thursday afternoon with
Mrs. Roy’s aunt, Mrs. M. A Pais-
ley. and cousin, Mrs J C. Barn-
hill.
Sunday guests ot Mr and Mrs. I
A E. Ware were Mrs. W. L. Wells'
• LOOK AND LEARN
Ml-
rivers are
Mrs. George Hurst Mi Hurst, j 3. What four srea,
wjio has been ill with severe ar- there in Afrlra?
llrltls the past sevi ial months, | 4 what Is the purpose of each
l6f able to 1,6 nl hts work ["?aln i of the three pedals on a piano?
w in wiji iv mei j
Hf Is rural mull carrier on mote i c ,
3!oiit of Cninmni W 1 wo |,!n"s of "'«• Whelan of
i | constitution became presidents of
:Romney Lookebaugh of Enid the United States?
Mis Godfrey will remain for nn “ohms wa: neHlcd but la swal- Irill, Uirboard side which faced Yig-zagging sharply as they turned
extended visit with her daughter.! 'owed hta pride. Tak ng her by the ;lrt,al W;ltn. lendlnt, down l0 ponderously, yet without.' seeming
jMrs A E Ware, and Mr Ware. he guided her to the nearest the ea A( r,int?rvnls effort, into formation.
i “r , an‘> Mls HaroW Bucholz door, opened it and waved her in- rpr.,,htprs wf,,, straminf by< Evl. - -
daughter Donna Rae, spent | side She paused under a dull red den(lv „ hl|,„, m„cantile convoy
he week-end In Garber with rein- corridor light and looked at him ln;wps leavlng for some 0V(,rseas dp3.|
■ fives. I some surprise. tlnnlFi
Alan Norwood went to Hot! "Now what," she asked coldly?
Springs, Ark., Friday to accom-1 "Now have
puny Mrs Norwood and mother, smiled, pushing
Ml’S A F Dobrv hnnm Sn>,rlo„ age
She hesitated a split second, then
. took one. He snapped his lighter. co,,ning tower brld«es- Tbpv nloved i
and Mrs James Whelan, ac- taking advantage of the raised flnnft1 will:oUt 1,1 about
llil’fl Ivil Ml’ nor) If I .
J. P. MORGAN BOUGHT
HIS STRAW HATS IN JANUARY
J. P. Morgan was asked about his :
profitable investment ... he answered
bought a straw hat in January.”
We have a carload of deep mine McAlt
lump coal. It costs as much as any coal t
ped frtjm a McAlester mine and will
weather slack for 2 years.
We recommend that you lay in your
ter’s supply.
We Deliver This
Coal for
$8.50,
WILLIAMS’ GIN
& FEED MILLS
Telephone %(>
El Reno
A F Dobry, home Sunday
night They had spent the past
three weeks there.
Mr.
a cigaret!” Rollins About 11 °’cl(,,'k there was niore
forward a pack- as Ihw larcp sub-(
marine:; slid by at awash, their
! commanders standing on the open
coinpnDied by Mi and Mrs
El
12 knots,
, lasing anvamag; ot tne raised fianft’ ............ ........”
Hugh to examine her features. Yes. sha oll,‘ a bjbl bum coming from the
,1 -r ... ui w'n°' spent Frlciay ; was definitely pretty In a culture?' n’ ' !
i 11 .mi wi.h Mi and Mrs. Paul1 sort of way. A few minutes before noon the
who has been the "in t of Buddy
Thompson son of Mr and Mrs
M E Thompson, the past two
weeks returned to he home Wed-
nesday
Mr and Mrs Clarence Wllker-
son accompanied by Mr and Mrs
Newton Butler ol Oklahoma City,
who were enroute i Pnmpa Tex .
were Thursday evening mi<“h ot
Mr and Mr Ernest Lilly end
sons Mr Lilly is a brother of
Mrs Butler
.Mrs. Max Morrison and r on,
Ifirry K of Cnrmi III. are the
g(lests this week of Mi Morris-
Answers
1 False; pretended
2 He has a mottled coat; bay,
chestnut, red, or brown, with gray
or white thickly inter: persed,
3- The Nile. 4,00(1 mile ; Congo
2.900 miles; Niger. 2 900 miles
Zambezi I linn mile:
•I To sustain tin notes to in-
ciiiise the volume; ami t„ nducc
the volume
5. George Washington and James
Madison.
Btorniaut.
Mr and Mrs
She coughed abruptly. "Good *aM of tl,f‘ merchantmen went
H J KIntz, son, heavens," she exclaimed lookin' at an Insignificant but sea-ioughen
., , | iivta vi lla, ^>|
truin' Ti!!11 '"v !,:"o Cla,)p<‘r( sPel't | the cigaret, "either the brand is ,r Uawler. Althouah painted over,
1 ' uik ay at their j awfuj or j’m CBtching cold Oocl 'h' letters on the bow of the
lodge n Medicine Park. Mr and j „teht.” trawler were visible to the troops.
V M Compton Mr and Mrs i , .
I Later, lying In his bunk and "Ahoy, Loch Lomond!" somebody
gratefully sipping the Scotch and tonred and the troops burst into
Mi
11 H Clapper. Mr. and Mis. W KnuP1
""d. toiiKSh*’ilwkS' wnt Ihw ’"lor ^Je1 wnU,r hls fi,,oring 'ooinmnlp had the i ,y Scottish tune A window
week-end | ^or bbn’ Bolllns was lettlri1 his , pencil on the tr.iwler's bridge and
mind drift throuuh the happi r e ruddy fac" appeared, lips j.laln-
NKVEK SIIAVM)
SOUTHAMPTON. I- •, 'land
(U Pi
Mi and Mrs c M Kop* and
miii.s, George and Clifford, of Chi- 1
‘'ago, III, and Mrs Jenny Kops
ol Salhia. Kan., spent Sunday
night and Moudav wltli Mis C 1
M Kops' mother. Mrs. Ed Smith, 1
and Mr. smith.
Mi s Grace Knox spent Friday
j r | u .............
Draper She also will visit rel-j A man who never .In.veil or wore with her brother-in-law' uncl "sister
•Jive: in Hinton | a necktie Is ilea I He was William Mr. and Mrs John Collins, and
’Pfidiv guests in the home ol Bunougli Hill 97, Britain', oldest attended a family pirnic Friday
Mr and Mrs C H Bn ht south-1 timMonecr
ufcat ot tQwn, were Mr oral Mr
ijoyd Bright. Jr ot Kama.- City. I
, Mr and Mrs Lloyd Hi t lit
U., Mr '.and Mr: Wayne Fees
ciildren, Donald anil Palsv Hutli
the happier e
Mile of ihe uncomfortable meeting !<• moving in accompaniment to the
Suddenly he sat Ixdt upright. troops’ singing.
* * At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the
it hadn’t clicked in his befuddled troopships big an to move, starting
mind ut the moment but .subcon- fI0n. the farthest inland dock The
sciotisly it had icrisli red in the: bands of all units appeared on deck,
flume of his lighter he had seen Tliere wasn’t ’a man below. The
what an uncommonly large tip ol air was crisp and clear and bright
cigaret she had wetted. And that sunshine ba .ked the dramatic scene
cough—Ilk? a person puffing at l>. r] Tecs and Rolljns clappid one an-
AND NO MORE ENGINE!
other on Hie back emhusiasticully. I
fildrcn Donald m !’
apd Miss Ilu Pearl Bright
or ei
J^tnn, Sirs Robert Nnrd and!
dAuphterS Jeanette and Roberta
Mr and Mi" IInn Bright and
ffnilly, Mr and Mis Olcn Blight
jMiss Pauline Miller ol El Rene,
sAent the week end with hei
Mr and Mrs fl,n Millet ;
ne
pirent
•
• VISITORS I NCR I \sl
•CHEYENNE, Wvo <UP An IH
plrcent increase in Hie iiumbet i
(i| visitors, lo Yellowstone park has
b|en reported by Oem ,■ o |
Fjuuser, executive secret an ol the |
sftnc department of coinnieree and j
liJriiHtry. Housci mu till' gain
1 indicates th?t tourists travel!
tlJroiiBhout Wvomini i lielter till-
¥ -1
'
ALL MEATS ARE
1. ThuliumItl.v C ooled.
2. Cut kilo Steaks, ( Imps
Roast, till w or Hamtiurgrr
S. Cut anil wrapped
[irkMi? lo suit i acli f;tmi
|>’» needs.
I Wrapped with special mol*
tuie-proof puper.
I. Then Qu ck E rimen.
into
Eagle Market
“El Reno’s Downtown Cold
Slurnge lateker Store"
219 South Htrklord
Ruthless Death-Test proves this New oil good for more
than Twice the mileage averaged by 5 other big brands
In fiery Death Valley the dry heat lilts*
extremes. And there’s where 6 identical
everyday cars, using fi different big-name
oils, were hurried out on purpose to give
you fair anil square mileage comparisons
on greut new
CONOCO N//> MOTOR OIL
Now making Sales Records right Here
Denth-Test cars —new—aume make,
name model - were taken apart for the
Referee, to check uniformity; then were
broken-in alike. Kuch got one 5-quart fill
of some one big brand—bought retail by
Referee. Ho kept engines under lock—
no oil could be added. Cars held the same
57-mile speed, over the same desert, get-
ting the same handling (by alternating
the drivers). And there wasn’t any end
till there wasn't nny luhricnt .on,.. till en-
gine ufter engine became a hunk of junk.
Conoco Nth oil kept on 5,6HJ miles
longer than any other oil in the Death-
Test ... Certified. And nil five competing
Deat h-Tested oils didn’t average half t lie
mileage of Conoco Nth oil. Certified.
inhibitor, the man-made new economy
nid in patented Conoco NH> motor oil.
No, you’ll never Death -Test your«,wn
t onoco Nth ml. You II still .sensihly drain
and refill as recommended. Rut known 4
how Conoco N*/i outmilenged the other
Death-Tested oils, you can reasonably
believe that every look at the oil-level
won’t mean adding a quart. Keep count
of your saving after changing to Conoco
N»/i today at Your Mileage Merchant’s
Conoco station. Continental Gil Com-
pany Pioneers in Hetterinti America’s oil
with Synthetics
AND CONOCO N/d OH
OIL-PLATES YOUR ENGINE
Man Made new Life-Giver does it
Tho koynofo of today It work. And whore you find work, you
find a welcome for ice-cold Coca-Cola. In office*, factories and
workshop* the pause that rofroshot with Ice-cold Coca-Cola
I* a little mlnuto that's long enough for a big rest.., contrib-
uting to nioro work and better work,
Now think a moment of Vaccination—
putting protective substance on guard to
keep a trouble from starting. And the
trouble aiming to start on motor oils
lurks in every engine’s normal firing.
Filth forms that, i an spoil one drop; then
two drops "catch it”—(hen four—then
NIXTRRN,,. faster, faster, FASTER.
As llle whole fill weakens, the oil-level
ranks too fast... hut not when the atari,
of this oil-fouling trouble is inhibited—
held buck—by life-giving Thiutkenr.
Iaing the keystone of Conoco sucecm.
OIL-PLATtNO comes from another gron
Conoco synthetic... man made under th<
famed Germ Processed oil patent. Mag
net -like action lsindsiMi I’Latini; Ui inuai
parts. It can t nil quickly drain down—
not while you’re using Conoco N'/i oil
.So (IIL-PI.AT1NI; is on guurd against weal
in advance!...anil helps mileage, as it die
in Death Valley. An 01 l-platku engine it
one more economy you get from a cluing*
lo populur priced new Conoco N*/t oil
CERTIFIED
and related work were thoroughly am
fairly eonihicti t|. |'',tigiiie I lest ruction oc
turn’d mi each enseat the mileage staled
Ccniulllna (nslnm,, who ilurlnu Iho Atclomk yooi
frotoMur ol Aulomullvo tnsloMilng, r„irtu« U'llVWII*
BOTTLED UNDEH AUTHORITY Ol THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
R» vn COCA ( Of,A MOTTHNf,’ COMPANY
You Taste Its Quality
N
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