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Askov American., 1943-01-07
Ration Calendar

JANUARY 4-Second coffee ration
coupon-No. % in the War Ration
Book No. 1-went into effect.
JANUARY 15-Deadline for apply
ing for War Ration Book No. fo1
persons who for one reason or an
other do not have one now.
JANUARY 15-Deadline for inspec-
ton of truck tires. This is essen
tial portion of mileage rationing
program and must be observed.
JANUARY 20-Second period fuel
oil stamps expire. Third period
stamps, however, have been in
effect since December %, so fuel
oil users still in possession of Sec
ond period stamps may obtain oil
on both period stamps through this
date.
JANUARY 31-Temporary gas per-
mits for trucks expire. Truck op-
orators by this date must have re-
ceived certificates of war necessity
JANUARY 31-Stamp No. 10 in War
Ration Book No. 1, good for three
pounds of sugar, expires.
JANUARY 31-Deadline for inspec-
ton of passenger car tires. Motor
lists must have this inspection COM
pleted by this date.
FEBRUARY STAMP No. II in War
Ration Book No. /, necessary for
sugar.. becomes effective.
EEPPIIAPV 1-TvneUritar rati0ninp q
starts.
Askov American., 1943-01-07
International News Review

he has withdrawn from Wash
ingtcn a military mission which
had been stationed there for many
months in order to facilitate the
sending of sufficient arms and
munitions to China.
In Burma, Thailand, and way
down in the Dutch East Mindless the
japanese occupation forces remain
quiet but have recently been stirred
up bit by some sporadic British
and American bombing attacks which
by many were thought to be the be-
ginning of real offensive against
the enemy in Asiatic countries which
he had taken.
Farther South.
And, judging from dispatches, the
japanese certainly are not very active.
in the Southwest Pacific. On Guadal--
canal and other Solomon Islands
American forces have more or less
paralyzed them, and have cut them
off from all possibilities of receiving
reinforcements and supplies from
home.
Likewise, on the island of New
Guinea: Here Japanese resistance
seems to have ceased completely as
the result of joint American and Aus
tralian operations.
And the sum total of all observa-
tions made on fronts where the Jap
anese have been active is that right
now they are inert; they have not
yet been definitely beaten, but they
find it exceedingly difficult to make
any move.
Nazi Disappointments.
In Russia, Japan's Nazi allies are
going from bad to worse all the time
The mighty Soviet offensives are
gradually closing in on the enemy
and are chasing him away from posi-
tions which he had thought safe
enough for wintering.
After months of inceSsant fight
ing, the Russians have, practically
speaking, lifted the siege Of Sta
CONTINUED on Page 81
Askov American., 1943-01-07
Dell Grove Farmer
Succu1nbs Tuesday

John A. Ahl, 80 years of age, died
Unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon at
about 4:3O o'clock at his home near
Grindstone Lake in Dell Grove town.
ship.
A native of Sweden, he was mar
ried in Stockholm to Augusta Hult-
quist. They came to Dell Grove
about AZ years ago. Mrs. Ahl died
the past year and since that time Mr..
Ahl had been residing alone on the
farm.
Surviving is a son in Chicago.
Askov American., 1943-01-07
Government Feed
Wheat At AskOv

The Pine county AAA committee
announces that government feed
wheat is now available at Askov and
will be sold there every Thursday
between the hours of 9 a. m. and
p. m.
Four wheat bins have been erected
here and some wheat already is stored
in them. Three carloads have been
ordered to date.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-10-14
Japanese Restrict
Letter Writing to
u. S. Prisoners
By Courier CORRESPONDENT

OPHEIM-A letter returned by the
censor, which Mrs. Dorcas Pagan OF
! Opheim had addressed to her son
Dale Pagan, a prisoner of the JAP
anese since the fall of Corregidor,
reveals that further restrictions on
correspondence have been imposed
by the Japanese
Mrs. Pagan has asked that the
rules be given publicity SO that other
prisoners will not be disappointed by
non-receipt of letters:
The letter returned to her had the
following statement accompanying
it:
This communication is returned
since the Japanese government has
refused delivery of any mail to
American prisoners of wal and civil
ian internees held by Japan unless
it complies with all of the follow
ing conditions:
Il. Letters must be less than 25
words in length.
%. Letters must be typewriter or
legibly block printed.
IS. Subject matter must be strict
ly personal: no military or political
matters or opinions may be included.
a. The name of the internment
camp must appear in the forward
ing address.
These conditions have been i'm
posed by the Japanese government
and not by the United States gov
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BEAVERTON
BY Mrs. ]. w. Barnard

Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman Grimsley
and daughter Eva spent Tuesday
night at Lloyd Barnards.
B. j. Menge and H. K. Brooke
attended the sale south of HinSdale
Wednesday.
Henry Hanebuth from Tacoma,
Wash, visited at the George Accola
home and called here at the store
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Barnard and
j. T. Barnard had dinner at Don
McNamara's Sunday. The occasion
was Sallie Ida'S birthday.
Mrs. william Moir of washington
was a guest at the George Accola
home Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. swan Swanson of
Malta visited their daughter and
son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Lucian
Reynolds, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Barnold and
family made a trip to Sun Prairie
Sunday.
The McNamaraS and Barnards
called at the Lucian Reynolds
home Sunday to e the new baby
Gerald Lucian.
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WHATELY
BY Lillian NJ. Jensen

Mr.. and Mrs. Burton Davenport
were visitors at the Ross Dorr home
Sunday evening.
Mrs. Oral McCleery and Mrs. Ar
chic G.. Bruce attended the shower
Tuesday night given for Miss Melita
O'Mara at the George Haynes home
in Glasgow.
Donna Jean Jensen celebrated her
twelfth birthday with a party Fri
day evening. Guests were Grace
Dorr, Donald Malunat, Dorothy and
Jack Demko. Miss Ruth Robertson
and Lillian Jensen also were guests.
Bonnie Lynn Dorr is spending the
week at the Charles Wilson home in
Glasgow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Hake were
visitors at the w. A. Hasbrouck
home in Nashua Friday evening.
Leroy Hasbrouck returned home with
them to spend the week end.
Laurence Had, Dorothy Ann Wal
ker and Ruth Malunat have all
been i'll with the measles.
Lewis Benson left Friday to visit
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Benson, of EmmonS, MINI.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Demko en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Wat
son at dinner Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Hake enter
tanned Capt. Matthew Harrison and
Mrs. Harrison at luncheon Sunday
at their home.
A group of friends spent Sunday
with Bonnie Lynn Dorr. They were
Charlotte Olson, Patricia Baker.
Doris Moon, Margaret Kerwin,
YVOnne Barker. Richard Estrum.
Willard Purkett and Toby Miller.
Fairy Baker of Hinsdale was an
overnight visitor at the George
Demko home Saturday.
o. r. McCleery and Charles
Walker brought their cattle home
from summer pasture Friday.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-10-14
NASHUA
BY Mrs. George Fishes

Miss Anne Priest, who has bee
employed at Fort Peck for the pas
year and a half, resigned and lef
Saturday morning. She will visit il
Spokane, her aunt, Mrs. Nina Lee
at Freewater, Ore, and in Portland
She will seek employment later OIL
the west coast.
The Lutheran Ladies Aid me
Wednesday afternoon. The hostesse,
were Mrs. Frank Emerson, Mrs
Theodor Aaberg and Mrs. A. Ulve.
stad. Mrs. John Rave was actinl
president. Reports of the distric'
convention we're given by the dele.
gates, Mrs. Otto Lundin and Mrs
John Rave. Mrs. George Fisher
gave a brief talk on Cradle Enroll.
ment." A buffet luncheon was served
Mrs. Ross Steiner of Oakland
Calf, came Friday morning to visit
her parents, MI. and Mrs. D.. B
Mckee. She had been visiting hel
husband before he was sent over
seas.
Dannie and Dick spent the week
Demko homes.
Janice and Donald Built of Glas-
gov are visiting at the Oscar ia
cobson home during the absence of
their mother, Mrs. Leonard Built,
who is visiting at Rothsay, MINI.
Miss Christine Erickson, CONNER
cial teacher at Wolf Point, spent the
week end with Mrs. Harriet N. Car
yer. Mrs. Emma Barkhoff, Glasgow
teacher, was also a week end guest
of Mrs. Carver. Mrs. Barkhoff will
be remembered as Miss Emma Van
Dusen when she was a member of
the Nashua faculty five years ago.
Group l of the Lutheran Aid will
meet Wednesday, Oct. 20, at the
church with Mrs. A. Ulvestad as
hostess. Groun 2 will meet the same
day with Mrs. Charles Kegel.
Surgical dressing classes have been
resumed. Everyone is urged to as
sist with this worthy cause. Social
h~oSteSSes Thursday were Mrs. w. j.
Wittmayer and Mrs. H. j. Geer.
Mrs. George Stewart. who had
been visiting her Son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Orris Skol-
rud, at Everett, Wash, returned
home Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodor Aaberg
have as their guests their daughters,
Marvin Milsten and Mrs. Or
vile Stomsvik of Seattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Hill spent sew
eral days in Billings on business.
Mrs. Ellen Hensrud, teacher of the
eighth grade, accompanied her pu-
pills on a picnic Friday evening.
This class has organized a Citizen
ship club and this was the first
get-together.
Freshmen of Nashua high school
initiated at formal ceremonies
and appeared in various
costumes as ordered by sophomores.
In the evening all classes we're en-
tertained at a dancing party at the
gym.
Mrs. William Pool and sons Dom
aid and Bobby of Kent, Wash, ar
rived Saturday at Glasgow and Wis
tied until Monday at the G. E. Boil
and Paul Magruder homes.
They came to Nashua and are Wis
ting her mother, Mrs. Carl Bollin-
ger, and sister Betty Ann. They
came from Kent to visit with Mrs.
Pools brother, Private Leonard Boil
who was here on furlough
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-10-14
TAMPICO
BY Agnes MOlvig

Mrs. Lee Ellefson and son Pau
spent a few days in Glasgow visit
ing her sisters.
Edward Dahl is now working fol
Ben BoreSon.
Mrs. N. C. Nelson and Morris ano
Lorraine were supper guests Sunday
at the Elias Stensland home.
Ernest, Dick and liver Martin
helped Jack Martin in Glasgow
Sunday move some tanks.
Sigfrid MattSon of Glasgow was
a business caller at the c. j. MAIL
erud home Monday.
Oscar Luck repaired chimneyS at
the Molvig home Thursday.
Hans Opsahl, oscar Luck and
Nels Snortheim finished remodel
ling Ole Enkerud's house. The En-
kerud family is moving into the
new house this week.
Norris Braaten visited Sever En-
kerud Saturday.
Mrs. Marie Motzkau and son
Richard were callers at the Emanuel
DeMessemaker home Friday eve
ming.
Several of the farmers have been
helping each other the past week in
getting their potatoes dugS
Mr.. and Mrs. James Montfort and
son visited at the liver Martin home
Monday evening.
Jean Espil of Nashua was a caller
in Tampico Thursday and purchas-
ed some sheep.
Charles Conatser shipped three
carloads of sheep for the east last
week.
Remember the Farmers Union
meeting Saturday, Oct. l6, at 8 at
the hall. Election of officers.
Celtic Burrus Of Glasgow spent
Saturday night and Sunday visiting
her sister, Mrs. Ernest Martin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Norell and
daughter Ruby visited at the E. 1.
Porter home Sunday afternoon.
George Kolstad and Leonard Eft
chart are up and around after hav-
ing the measles.
TampicO School News
In art class we finished painting
autumn leaves and also did some
Indian art work Friday.
Louise Ekola and Sherron Porter
have been absent from school sew
eral days because of illness.
The Tampico school observed Co
lumbuS day by having a short pro-
gram Tuesday.
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FRAZER
by Mrs. J. w. Calfee

Mrs. Joe Otremba entertained
Monday afternoon in honor of hel
mother, Mrs. Joe Groundhofer, anc
sister Lee of st. Cloud, Minn.A lunch
was served.
Services were be held at the NJ. L
Eliason hall Sunday evening at 8
Everybody is welcome.
Dorothy Calfee, Peggy O'Brien and
B. A. Hovey were business callers in
Wolf Point Monday morning.
Ards and Harley Eliason, Thelma
Long, Dexter Holtberg and Murl
Martin attended the special Luth-
err league meeting at Glasgow Mon
day evening. A. L. Taylor and Rich
ard Olfert drove their cars.
Mrs. A. L. Taylor returned home
Tuesday morning from a visit with
her aged mother and other rela-
tiyes at Essig, Mimi.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. j. johnson re-
turned home Tuesday morning from
Bonneville, Wis, where they had
been called by the serious illness OF
Mr.. Johnson's mother, who died
while they were there. They also
went to Plymouth, Ind, for a short
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mother before returning to Frazer.
Mrs. r. Dahlman of Havre ar
rived Wednesday to visit relatives.
Her mother, Mrs. Hannah Holtberg,
returned with her Tuesday morning
to spend the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Otremba re-
turned Wednesday from a visit at
st. Cloud. MINI. Mrs. Otremba's
mother, Mrs. Joe Grandmother, and
sister Lee of st. Cloud accompanied
them here for a visit.
Mrs. Della Bruner, high school
teacher, spent the week end in Wolf
Point.
Miss Helen Otremba of Glasgow
from Thursday until Friday
at the Joe Otremba home. Lee
Grandmother of st. Cloud. Mimi, ac-
companied- her back to Glasgow for
a couple Of days visit.
Mrs. George Looking and grand
son Edward WEIGH visited in Glas-
gov and Wolf Point Saturday.
Little Larry Hovey, who had the
measles. caught cold and ear trouble
and il was necessary to take him
to a doctor in Wolf Point. who adj
gised putting him in the Trinity hos
oital there for several days. !
Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Lien returned
Thursday from Minnesota. They also
their daughter, Mrs. Clifford
Guam, at Sioux Falls, S. D.. ]
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Otremba and
Mrs. Joe Grandmother visited in
Glasgow Saturday.
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from Camp Polk, La. He left We'd
necday evening. Mr.. and Mrs. G.. E
RoIlinger, Gordon Francis and David
of GLASGOW were guests here Tues
day evening.
Mrs. Ralph Taylor and Donna Mat
and DeWane of Glasgow spent the
week end at the Ole Brenden home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lewellen of
Harlem came last week to visit their
grandchildren, the T. l.. FoutS chill
dren. and Mr.. Fouts, who is a pa
lent at the DeaconesS hospital. Mr..
Fouts' brother and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Fouts of Turner, were also
guests at the Fouts home and left
the last part of the week.
Mrs. Ed Olson and her son Cliff
ford of Val Marie, Sask., came
Monday to visit her brother, Leon
ard Hensrud. Mrs. Olson left Tues
day morning for Rochester, Mimi,
to visit her mother, who is i'll there.
Mr. Hensrud, who had been in Ro-
chester to visit his mother, returned
home Friday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Peterson and
daughter Jeanne of Primghar,
Iowa. came Friday for a visit with
friends and also to attend to bust
ness affairs. They were accompanied
by Mr.. Peterson's father, w. A. F..
Peterson of Red Wing, Mimi, who
has visited here many times. MI.
and Mrs. C. H. Brocksmith of Glas-
cow entertained them and Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Lee at a picnic at the
Fort Peck recreation center Sunday.
Mrs. Rose Brocksmith and Norman
Brocksmith of Glasgow also were
guests. Monday the Petersons drove
to Malta to visit and Mr.. and Mrs.
Peterson and w. A. returned re-
to Glasgow to visit at the
Brocksmith home. They were guests
at the Alfred Lee home while here
and will leave Saturday for their
homes.
Staff Serg. Henry Gossler, who is
stationed somewhere in Africa,
to his cousins, MI. and Mrs.
Joe Laumeyer, that he has COM
pleted so flying missions.
S. F. Guttu of Seattle came Tues
day morning to visit his son, Fred
Guttu, and his daughter. Mrs. Lewis
Armstrong, at Glasgow.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-10-14
GENEVIEVE
BY Isabel Swalheim

The Genevieve community club
will meet at Mrs. T. A. ThompSon'S
north of HinSdale. Oct. 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Bomsta
and daughter visited at Stiley's
Thursday.
NJ. B. Hickok brought a large load
of fence posts from the Little Rock
les Friday.
Sam Allie has been freighting
wheat for John Olson this week.
Mrs. Maurice Arnold and son
visited friends in Glasgow We'd
nesday.
Philip Grady and Yves Jensen
have been riding horses and brand
ing colts this week with headquar-
tiers at Charles Rogers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Shotnakoff
and children. J%acqueline Williams
and Helene Swalheim were Sunday
dinner guests at the Ole Swalheim
ranch.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-10-14
N. E. Baynham Is
Stationed Here
In Customs Post

N. E. CNick) Baynham, deputy
United States customs collector, is
now making his home in Glasgow
in charge of this customs district
following his transfer from Westby.
He has been with the customs SER
vice at Westby and Raymond for
the past ten years. Baynham is well
known in Glasgow. He is a brother
of w. A. Baynham, assistant chief
of police. He also served on the
Glasgow police force from 1918 to
1917. From here he went to Helena
and was a deputy in the office of
the United States marshal for sew
.eral years.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-10-14
THOENY
Mrs. ]. NJ. Thoeny

Mrs. Hilda Hunter took her daugh-
tiers Joy and Ramona to Hinsdale
Wednesday morning to enroll in
school. Mrs. Hunter returned Fri
day.
Al Simonsen was a callor We'd
nesday. He also went to the Frank
Bronx ranch.
Charles Jarrett and Fritz Morten-
son came from Opheim Thursday
and called on j. M. Thoeny.
Yves Jensen visited relatives here
Friday. He was leaving for Butte
Sunday to take army exams
Charlie Rogers and daughter Dor
othea visited at the Stuber home
Saturday. He had a load of feed
ground there.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F.. Simmons were
Opheim callers Saturday. They also
called at Thoeny. They were stay
ing on their ranch while Lew
Baalke was on his vacation.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-10-14
Wolf Point Lariat
S~uspends; Editor
Enters Service

Announcement was made this
week in the Wolf Point Lariat by
publisher Larry Bowler that the
Lariat will suspend publication until
victory" The publisher will leave
some time this month to enter the
armed forces. The Lariat. he adds,
for many months has been seriously
handicapped by the shortage of la
Dor, reaching now an acute stage.
After victory, however, the Lariat
will resume publication" the pub
Usher says in a statement to his
subscribers.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-10-14
Opheim Sergeant
Completes Course

CHANUTE FIELD, ul.-Serg. John
r. Baldwin. son of Mrs. BERTHE E
Baldwin of Opheim, has been grad
uated from this school of the air
forces technical training command.
While attending school he received
instruction in the radiosonde course
and in various technical operations
vital to maintenance of the coun-
try's fighting planes.
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CARLSON IN WASHINGTON

c. I. Carlson, former Glasgow
Kiltie band director, is now in Sc
lab, Wash, he writes The Courier.
He adds that he is now working only
half days as high school does not
open there until Oct. 25. He is
spending his spare time picking
apples in Washington orchards.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-10-14
Beet Shipments
Are Heavy Boil!
Tampico, Paisley

TAMPICO-Tampico has shipped
% carloads and Paisley 40 carloads
of beets. Beet harvest is reported
half over, with good harvest wealth
er. Many small growers have fin
ished harvest and the larger fields
are half completed.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-10-14
RepoSSeSSion Of
Six Hogs Asked
In Court Action

The repossessIon or six Chester
White hogs, three sows and three
young pigs, which he alleges are his
property, is asked by Chester Gla-
zier in a district court action filed
this week against Henry Bellon.
Their value is set at $3.50. The action
also asks for $500 damages. Glazier
states in his complaint that Bellon
seized the pigs last Sept. IL and has
refused to return them.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-10-14
IN NAVY SCHOOL

FARRAGUT, Idaho-Recently en-
rolled in an intensive course of
study in the electricians school at
this second largest naval training
station is Dale Emanuel Nakken, son
of Mrs. Hazel Nakken of Glasgow.
He may qualify for a petty officer
rating upon successful completion of
the course.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-10-14
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our heartfelt
appreciation and thanks to the
many friends and neighbors- for
their kindness and expressions of
sympathy following the death of the
late Carl Swanson.
Mrs. Elizabeth Swanson
Anna and Carl Gibson
Josie and Gust Peterson
Victor, Magnus and Fred
SwenSon
1tp Howard and Carl SwenSon
Any farmer or his wife can win
a Farmers Day prize.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-10-14
BEER PARLOR SOLD

NASHUA-The beer parlor known
as "Sig's Place." was sold last week
to Mr.. Kaufman, who has operated
the place since the former owner, S.
Skugrud, left last october to go to
Oakland, Calf.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-10-14
Overweight Oil
Undermines Your Car
Why Lightest grades of oil are made safe for you
by changing to Winter ~0IL-PLATING

Any oil that has been doing its best in your car for a while
back, will be badly overweight this Winter. Everything ever
said about not being caught with overweight oil goes double
today on account of rationing. Your battery has been under
charged, because your car now runs fewer miles per start.
Your gasoline has been wasted by the drag of overweight
oil. Your engine has been abused because it hasn't been
warm steadily enough for ideal fabrication. Your car could
approach the end of its rope with any overweight oil apt
to become j~eny-lke. Before Winter causes that, go light.
Whatever you do, change oil for ~lghtness. At the same
time though, you can make the whole big change to an
on-PLATED engine, by getting popular-priced Conoco Nth
motor oil-just as light as needed. OFFICIATING is applied to
inner engine surfaces as closely as chrome plating on your
bumpers. The "magnetlike' properties of a Conoco Nth
synthetic are the basis of oI-PLATING. No plating would
all drain down to the crankcase fast. 1t can long remain at
its topmost point to safeguard the very first starting stroke.
And right after that, even the lightest Conoco Nth oil assures
an extremely strong normal type of fluid oil film. Oil film
and oI-PLATING are both present to rebuff wear, and that's
how your engine can go through a long Winter and a
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-10-14

long War always using it's
highest possible Nth oil econom-
ically. Change at Your Mileage
Merchants Conoco station to-
day. Continental Oil Company