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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20

the afternoon they came and
rolled me TO the operating room
and sewed me up."
Any aftermath of horror now ?
No. none! Just a grudging retro
spect with which all combat pilots
regard the past.
"Only the future counts with
u.s." said Nelson. glancing
across where, through the lat
tice windows, tiny orange
patches glowed in the enlisted
mems barracks.
The hangers were dark and
Winters virginia. snow lay over
the landing field. A flight lieuten-
ant wandered by. whistling. The
click of the billiard balls came
from the adjoining room. War and
wounds seemed far away.
Tomorrow Flight Lieut.. Des-
loges tells the story Of IL Hurri-
canes battling $50 Nazi bombers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20
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Then get pa ounces Of Pinex from
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20

eted steeply with guns open a full
octive, swirled together IN a giant
eddy (''ike whirlpoolS Of paper
and rubbish on a windy street
corner separated and formed
individual merry-go-rounds - a
mad dazzle of Kaleidoscope frag-
ments which passed in blurs and
hell-bedlam of guns and motors
while his nerves tuned TO a
Super-alertneSS and split seconds
stretched into minutes.
odd" he. unused. chow some
extraordinary emergency distOrts
the sense of time"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20
NUMBER COMES UP

He had been on his sixty-second
patrol on that October afternoon
when his number had come up"
said Nelson. The squadron had
intercepted large flotilla of
Huns" and broken them up on
the first dive atnbout 1900 feet.
Nelson related:
"We were pretty well split up,
too, 40 1 looked around and saw
terrific dogfight going on some
distance away where a neighbOr-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20
SIGNAL FOR DANCE

They made circular, corkscrew
swirls Of white smoke as they
came at you and straight, clean
tail as they went away. But when
they came close it was a signal
to go into your acrobatic dance
because there were always 10 bull
let's you couldn't see to the tracer
that you could
And sometimes you felt snap
ping jar on your overhead cowline
and you knew vaguely that a shot
had gone through your plane.
l noticed Nelson's eyes as he
talked. They were intense blue
with needle points on white light
and pronounced squirt wrinkles
underneath. l saw, too. that his
lips were abnormally thin from
habitual compression. One lost
the first motion of slim, dapper,
fashion plate maSculinity and
sensed the thin rapier-like steel
which was Sheathed in this slen-
der scabbard.
Just off the cardroom fledgling
pilots, still wingless. played bill
liardS-blliardS today bullets to-
morrow and both with the same
sang froid and impressive fatalism
that marks youth at war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20
AS ONE KILLS RATS

Did he feel any hatred of these
beetle-hack planes and their
huddled. helmeted figures half
seen through shatter-proof domes?
No. none. Just an impersonal i'm
precision of their menace and an
urge TO exterminate. as one might
chase house-rat with a broom.
Not fear so much as an emo
tional vacuity and sense of cold
purpose. And presently they went
high-tailing for home with some
of their number tangle of ground
wreckage for the salvage crews.
Most fights had been like that,
he said-no memory for the de-
tails: merely a composite blend of
recollections like a mental chop
suey. with here and there some
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20

The price tag on the used Car
you are thinking about buying
doesn't tell the whole story
these days. The low price tag
can't tell how much value you
are getting. how many miles OF
trouble fl e e pleasure are
yours. what d genuine bargain
in sound. economical transport
tation today's used Car market
makes possible. Large stocks
in dealers showrooms and
+rade-ins on new models oper-
ate to bring you better cars at
lower prices than ever before.
Verify this yourseIf-see the
cars, drive them. go over them
carefully.
It's time you stepped out in
modern car. one with +oday's
safety features. beautiful lines.
The brilliant performance you'd
like to have. the comfort Of
modern styling. You will find
many cars that meet your de-
mands-sedans, eoupes. cabri-
oIets-a+ sensible prices and
easy terms in...
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20

gives them the brilliant polish all men
and women adore!
Hurry. Act Immediately, before your
druggist or toilet goods counter limited
stock is exhausted. Get as many of these
beautifully fashioned dishes as you need.
and take them home to use todayl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-20

lucid image. like the time he re-
ceived official credit for smackins
down a Heinkel
1T was n pretty dull show"
said Nelson modestly. we were
on routine patrol when we
came on 20 bombers escorted by
a flock Of Messerschmidts. The
fighters didn't do anything about
us: just hung up there In the
blue and watched the sport. For
some unknown reason they often
did that-why, we never knew.
So we dived In formation, broke
the bombers into scattered
groups and turned TO pick our
quarries.
81 chose one that WAS scooting
away and took whacks Mt IL
from Ave different directions
until suddenly IL nosed over with
a funnel Of smoke trailing from
Its cockpit and = soft rose-glow
that turned gradually into a
furnace.
81 followed Ii down a little
way expecting to see the crew
hail out but they didn't.
guess my bursts must have
washed out the entire lot. for i
saw the ship hit In n great fiery
smear that spread across a pas
ture."
TEARS OFF ARMOR
He knew he had damaged other
and fighters, perhaps
our or five, because he could see
MS eight-gun stream Of bullets,
nearly 1900 a minute. tear OF
hunks of metal plating and form
a kind of dissOlving pattern as
though the area was melting I'M
Ter instant acid.
The force of his own guns, he
said. checked the flight of his plane
about 30 miles an hour, although
one seldom fired for more than two
seconds at time.
And sometimes he had seen,
quite clearly. a rear gunner crum-
Die and slump down like tired
hid with his gun jerking up at
IN awkward angle. Even in a
Letting flash the mind photo
,raphed such things indelibly.
But he felt no impression of
having shot a fellow creature be-
,ause the mind rejected such ideas.
You regarded Jerry-and he I'M
ioubtedly regarded you-as just a
-arGet.
So the figure that sagged in its
safety straps might as well have
been a mechanical robot. sans
blood, sans brains, sans soul. Your
)wn brain was too busy with
.nemy tracer bullets whizzing
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-18
CHAPTER XIII

AS jeff Brand rode back into the
hills his mind brooded over the sug-
gestion let fall by Ellen. He never
had liked Turley. But the fellows
animosity toward the big ranches
had shielded him from suspicion.
JEFF tried to think back to the
times when the killings were done.
He was sure that Turley had not
been with him at any of the Pc
riods when the assassinations must
have taken place. Little things be-
gan to fit together. Jack owned a
.45-70 Winchester, the weapon used
by the killer. That in itself was
nothing. Brand could name q dozen
men who had one. 1t only showed
he had the weapon handy. Turley
had a habit of occasional absence.
The boys had joshed him about it,
limiting at an unknown woman, and
he had smiled wisely, in effect plead
ing guilty to the indictment. More
over, he was a comparatively new
settler in the district. He could cas-
lily have been planted by the big out
fits as a detective.
When jeff rode up to the cabin on
Turley's claim he found two other
men there with the homesteader.
One was Dave Morgan and the 9TH
er Bill Herriott.
Whats new?" Bill asked after
the first greetings.
jeff dropped the bride reins to
the ground. "a heap of things" he
drawled. you'll be surprised. First
off, the Diamond Reverse B is quit
tin business. Sellin' out lock, stock,
and barrel"
"Who to?" Herriott inquired.
''To Tom, Dick, and Harry. The
big boss is on from Boston or some
where. He was at the Box SIS with
Terry, and he told the Careys they
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They adjourned to the porch Of the
house. Carey talked plainly, as soon
as he discovered that to do so would
not be offensive to this stranger.
Powers listened, fired more cues
tions, learned the point of view of
the small settler. 1t was not one
with which he agreed, since he had
been associated with big business all
his life. But he was a man who
faced facts. What Carey said con-
firmed the wisdom of the decision
he had made, to sell out as soon as
it could be done.
Ellen sat in silence, taking no
part in what was said. Powers
turned to her.
What do the women think about
this trouble?" he asked.
"They think it is terrible" she
said. What else can they think,
Mr.. Powers, when they see such
awful things going on? Some of
them are frightened to death for
fear their sons or their husbands
may never come back to them
alive"
Because their men are thieves?"
he went on, an edge of irony in his
dry voice.
Il suppose they are" Ellen car
ried on, impulsively. "But what of
that? The women aren't to blame.
Some of them try to hold back their
husbands and their sons, but they
can't. If they lose them, it doesn't
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my mind forty times, but none of
them seem to fit. Some of them are
guys | would trust with my life.
have a specimen of his writing in
my pocket now"
LET me see it," she suggested.
'I've seen the writing of lots of
people. When they send mail out,
you know"
He showed her the slip. Ellen
read, This is what happens to rus
tiers
Eyes. I've seen the writing. At
least I think So" She looked up at
him, the light in her eyes quick.
"I'm not sure, but"
Silently, his gaze on her, Brand
waited.
did you ever suspect that man
Turley?" she asked.
Eyes, and knew it couldn't be
Jack. He's too bitter against the
big ranches"
She added: 'I believe this is his
writing. I'm not sure, but it looks
like it."
He put the slip in his pocket, his
eyes diamond-hard and bright.
"You won't-get into trouble with
him." Ellen said, repenting of what
she had said.
He changed the subject. "About
those warriors in Denver. I don't
believe they are looking for u.s."
Il asked Mr.. Terry what he
thought" she said. He looked
straight at me, jeff, and said that if
he were a rustler he would light out
and keep going"
He'd like to throw a scare into
some of us he thinks are his enc
miles," JEFF replied derisively. ST
don't scare that easy"
I'm telling you this so that YOU
will let others know about it." FL
len told him. "Some of them NAV
feel different from you about leav-
ing"
Ellen did not know whether she
had been wise to warn him. 1t
might only make more trouble. She
wished too she had not mentioned
Turley.
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Pandora

Mrs. Mertie Reese who has been
in Waterville, Ohio, visiting DR.. and
Mrs. Waldo Suter and daughter, re-
turned home Monday.
Mr.. E. o. Edwards left Tuesday
morning for Vardamon, Miss, where
Mrs. Edwards has been for some
time. They will spend the winter
there
Miss Anna Ruth Steiner, who is
the home economics teacher in By
halia, Ohio, spent the weekend with
her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Huser of
Pittsburgh visited Mr.. and Mrs.
John Woodruff the forepart of this
week.
Miss Eva Tousley who attended
beauty school in Lima several
months returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Springer
and family of Fort Wayne visited
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Leichty and
daughters, Sunday.
Marjorie Carr and Harold Zuerch-
er entered Tiffin Business university
last week.
The P. 7. A. program was held
Wednesday evening with 1--WE the
People-Who Are the People" as the
theme.
DR.. Otto Grismore, formerly of
this place, died at his home in
Steubenville last Tuesday evening.
Funeral rites were held at Riley
Township cemetery Thursday after
noon.
Mrs. Everett Mosslander and
daughter Adell who have been visit
ing her parents in Boston, Mass,
for some time will return this week.
Adam Bixel and Noah Leichty are
building a sheep shed on the Trip
plehorn farm near Bluffton.
Mrs. Emma Morlock, of Creditor,
Ontario, Canada, visited relatives
several days. She came to attend
the funeral rites of her brother, Otto
Grismore.
Emerson Basinger and Wayne
Grismore will leave this Friday for
army service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Lehman
who live in the Amstutz apartments,
purchased the William Hickman
property where Ellis Kings are now
living.
Opening of the Lehman funeral
home in its new quarters in the
Lehman residence will be held Sat
urday and Sunday afternoon and
evening.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Z. w. Morrison anc
daughter Carol of Detroit were
Sunday callers on Mrs. Olive
Crozier.
Mrs. Adeline Snowman of Findlay
spent a few days recently with Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Fox.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Keel were
Thursday evening callers on Mrs
Margaret Bum and Ruth Williams
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Steinman and
son Larry Dean of Findlay were
Saturday evening callers on Mrs
Carl Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. C. Bunk and
family spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Bunk and
Mr.. and Mrs. Halle Castor of Find
lay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Neighs.
wander and family were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. r
Forsyth.
Mrs. William Ellenberger, Sr., and
Mr.. and Mrs. William Ellenberger
Jr., of Beaverdam spent Tuesday
evening with Mr.. and Mrs. William
Tooley and son Billy.
Mrs. 0. ]. Katzenbarger spent
Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Mar.
garet Bum and Ruth Williams.
Mrs. Olive Crozier is suffering
from rheumatism.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Biggs anC
son Vernon of Findlay; Mr.. anc
Mrs. Asa Heistand and Mr.. and Mrs
Everett Kitchen and son Larry wer,
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. ant
Mrs. Tom Fox. Afternoon callers
were Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl HeistanC
of Tiffin.
Mrs. Florence Essenger and dau
ghter Muriel of Arlington spent the
week end with Mrs. Sylvia Lane anc
daughter Martha June.
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was cutting it up into small tracts
to be offered for SALE"
Brand then spilled his next piece
of news.
''This guy from Boston had copy
of the Denver Republican with him.
There was piece in it about big
bunch of Texas warriors all gar
nished with guns ready to take off
somewheres to clean out rustlers.
Clint Ellison was seen with them"
Jeff's eyes had not lifted from Tur-
ley as he told this bit of news.
"You think they are headin' this
way?" Morgan asked.
81 wouldn't know. Do yore own
fgurin'." Brands hard, shallow eyes
still held fast to Turley. "What
would you say, Jack?"
Turley was disturbed by the stead
mess of that regard. "Why,
wouldn't know, Jeff. Chances are
there's nothing to it. 1t doesn't sound
anyways reasonable. But maybe
I'm wrong. What's your idea?"
i maven / tttdjG UP tity Gt1ti0 1OI
sure. Thought I'd wait till I heard
from you
From me?" Turley's startled
face showed more than astonish-
ment. why, how would I know"
81 expect you know lot we don't,
Jack" jeff answered, his voice om-
inously gentle. He pulled a piece of
paper from his pocket and handed it
to Herriott. "Take a look at that,
Bill, and pass it on to Dave. It was
found pinned on Black Yeager's $
coat. The gent who killed him left
sample of his handwriting. I don't
reckon you recognize it."
Herriott frowned down at the pa
per, shook his head, and passed it
to Morgan.
Morgan said, Cant prove thing
by me-" and passed the slip to Tur-
ley.
AS Turley looked at it, a gray
green pallor spread over his
swarthy face.
Ito be continuedl s.Ia
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Renaud's h,1mestead. If anybody
makes inquiries, you are hauling
supplies to the Becker coal mines.
Don't get excited. The tarps cover
the wagons and nobody will suspect
anything unusual. Wen meet to-
night at Packers Fork. The rest
of us have some cleanup jobs to
do today. We're going up the gulch.
and when we reach the prong are
cutting across the hills. If ANYBODY
sees us they have to be stopped, no
matter whether they are honest set
tiers or thieves. In case they try to
run. shoot down their horses. Be
careful not to hit them. We could
easily make a serious mistake by
getting the wrong men. We are
hunting certain individuals known to
us. 1t has to be made evident by
us that decent citizens have nothing
to fear. Is that clear?"
There was a murn1ur of assent.
He led the way through the aspen
grove and up the steep, crooked
trail beyond. 1t brought them to
a long spur, at the upper end of the
gorge, which ran out from John
sons Prong.
Here Gaines, Collins, and several
other stockmen joined the party.
The leaders consulted together.
They decided it would be better to
wait for Turley. Without him as a
guide it would be difficult to find the
hide-outs of the outlaws. If he did
not arrive in half an hour they could
start anyhow. They knew the gen.
eral region they had to comb.
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ager. We are going to cut up the
Diamond Reverse B into small
tracts and offer them for sale at at
tractive prices"
Ellen felt a glow of joy beating up
into her breast. If the Diamond Re-
verse B was broken up into smaller
units, it was because under present
conditions SO large a ranch could
not be made to pay. The No, BY
Joe and the otker big outfits would
have to follow the same course. The
bitter feeling in the country would
automatically disappear.
'sI'm so glad!" she cried.
Her eyes were on Calhoun Terry.
She was speaking to him, perhaps
asking him to forget the hot anger
with which she had turned away
from him at their last meeting. He
understood her words as an apology.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-18

AIRY farmers from milk for the first six months of 941
double
according Milk Industry Foundation January June
Is the $751;
SS20o0o00 31S8
indicate milk income will higher
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ArlnOrsville

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Klingler and
son Kent and grandsons Perry
Russell and Chas. Rex were Sunday
afternoon callers at the Chas. Mont
gomery home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl McCafferty at
tended the fair at Upper Sandusky
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Montgomery
and daughter Sue called Sunday
evening on Mrs. Eva Montgomery of
Ada.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Shelly called
Monday at the Carl McCafferty
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. E. Coldiron
spent Saturday night and Sunday
at the C. E. Klingler home.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. p. Hartman call
ed Sunday afternoon at the Cecil
Hartman home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl McCafferty and
son Donald were Kenton callers Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reed Hilty are the
parents of a daughter since last
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Hilty, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. o. Hilty and daughter at
tended a family dinner Sunday at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilford
Gratz.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Montgomery
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Emans called at the Chas. Shook
home of Ada, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Beagle and
family of Detroit, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Hall and family of Carey
spent the week end at the w. I.
Moore home.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Klingler call
ed Sunday afternoon at the c. E.
Klingler home.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Klingler called
at the w. |. Moore home Sunday
evening.
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ROckpOrt

Miss Mary Marshall left Sunday
for Bowling Green where she will
enter her senior year at the univer-
sity.
Miss Madeline Bixel of Rittman
was a week end guest of DR.. and
Mrs. NJ. r. Bixel and family of
Bluffton and Mr.. and Mrs. +. c..
Marshall.
Mesdames Walter Cupp and Har-
old Marshall attended a meeting of
the Au Revoir club held in the home
of Miss Harriet Krohn in Pandora
last Thursday.
The September birthday party for
members of Pleasant Grange was in
the form of a melon party at the
country home of Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Begg last Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Sylvester
and family of Ft. Wayne, Ind, were
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Glen
Huber and family.
Mrs. Stewart Robenalt and daugh-
ter Ruth of Ottawa were callers in
the Orlo Marshall home Monday
afternoon.
Mr.. Herbert Marshall attended
Soy Bean day at the experiment
station in Wooster last Thursday
and on Friday was joined by Edgar
and Lawrence Begg for the Hybrid
Corn demonstration.
Mrs. Fred Grismore of Ft. Myers,
Fla, who has been at the bedside of
her brother Sherm Kissebeth in
Lima for several weeks, attended in
terment services for DIR. Otto Girls
more of Steubenville in Pandora,
Thursday afternoon and was an over
night guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Orlo
Marshall.
Among those who attended the
Farm Bureau Field Day in Colum-
bus Tuesday were: Mr.. and Mrs.
d. c. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. w. Z.
Marshall, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Mar
shall and Mrs. Herbert Marshall and
sons Ralph and Kenneth.
Mrs. Stewart Berryhill will be
hostess to the Friendly Neighbors
Club for the September meeting, at
which time the new officers will be
installed and the following program
given: Old Methods of Teaching
School, Mrs. Osa Reams; New Meth
DDS of Teaching, Mrs. Marjorie
Williams; Debate-Country Schools
versus Centralized Schools, Mrs. Van
Meter and Mrs. William Stephens.
Miss Jean Marshall left Wednes-
day for Miami university at Oxford
for her senior year in Music educa-
ton.
Mrs. Herbert Marshall, Mrs. Glen
Mayberry and Mrs. w. E. Marshall
of the Profit and Pleasure Club and
Mrs. E. E. Freet and Mrs. Frank
Hall of the Friendly Neighbors club
were in Lima Saturday for the
luncheon and executive meeting of
the Allen County Federated clubs of
Farm Women of which Mrs. Herbert
Marshall is president. Plans were
made for the annual autumn meet
ing which will be completed and an
nounced later.
The women of the local M. E.
church held a party in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Bodell last Thurs
day evening. Following a social
hour the recent bride and groom
were presented lovely gift as a
memento of the occasion.