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tWO THE CUSHING DAILY CITIZEN, CUSHING, OKLAHOMA MONDAY, JULY 9, 190 IN THE AIR ON THE SEA WITH THE ARMY Pvt. Willie L. Davenport PVT. Willie L. Davenport, age 22, is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. John Davenport, southwest of the city. He was liberated from a German Prisoner of War camp April 2, 1945 and was treated hospital overseas for malnutritions before being sent home. He recently spent a furlough here visiting his parents and family and has returned to the Army's Ashburn General Hospital at McKinney, Texas. Eefore being taken prisoner December 21.

1944. Pvt. Davenport was a member of the 423rd Infantry division and served in England, France. Belgium and Germany. He wears the Purple Heart Medal and two battle stars.

He was suffering from shrapnel wounds in the back when he was taken prisoner. He was imprisoned at Stalag 9-B. Bad Orb. Pvt. Davenport went overseas Octaber, 1944 and has served a little more than two years with the Army, Prior to Entering the Armv.

Pvt. Davenport with his father was engaged in farming. The former Cushing farmer two sisters and one brother living in Oklahoma brothers and one sister andesite at Cushing. CHARLES R. Ashmore, who lives at 602 West Charleston Avenue.

Vale. enrolled this week in A. M. College of Texas. College Station under the Army's Specialized Training Reserve Program.

The Yale student enrolled this week and won the scholarship in a nationwide qualifying test in April. The course the students will pursue are regular college studies selected to best fit them for Army assignments. Sunnyside News Mr. George Deal made a business trip to Tulsa Sunday. Mrs.

Jack Harmon son Jerry of Cushing spent and. Friday night with her husband's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Harmon. Mrs.

S. B. Miller of Wellington, Kansas is here spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. Jim Williams and family. Mr.

Walter Skinner and other farmers cut oats this week. Mrs. John Watkins purchased a new 7 qt. pressure cooker last week. Mr.

and Mrs. C. L. Parmer of Hillside district visited Mr. and Mrs.

George Deal and family Monday evening. Troy J. Hermanstorfer and a friend called afternoon at the Fred Funnell home to visit Graham S. Wilson AMM who was visiting there and tok him to the bus station later. Troy Hermanstorfer is a nephew of Mr Mrs.

Fred Funnell and is here on furlough visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hermanstorfer of Happy Valley district.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Funnell of Ripley were Sunday afternoon visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Funnell.

Among those who have canned a number of qts. of different things last week were Mrs. George Deal, Mrs. John Watkins and Mrs. Fred Funnell.

Mrs. Bessie King has been helping Mrs. Jay Smith at the dairy this week. Mrs. Margaret Sohn of Council Valley distr' spent Saturday night with Mrs.

Bessie King. Mrs. Jim Williams spent Monday with Mrs. John Smith of Cushing. Mr.

and Mrs. Jim Williams were Sunday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rogers. Mrs.

Walter Skinner and Alice, spent Wednesday evenin with Mrs. Fred Funnell. NIUGO, July 5. -(UP)Funeral arrangements will be announced today for B. D.

Jordan, 67, pioneer Hugo attorney and banker, who died unexpectedly yesterday after a heart attack. He was one of the organizers of the Citizens State Bank of Hugo, a developer of the Arcadia oil pool in northeastern Oklahoma, practiced law, was superintendent of Hugo schools for several years and was associated with his son in the Jordan bus lines. He also served as Choctaw county attorney. Survivors include the widow and three sons. Washingion Column BY PETER EDSUNN NEA Washington Correspondent D.

outline of some of the steps that may taken by the United Nations to knock out the German has just been put into the record of West Virginia Kilgore's Military Affairs Subcommittee by Foreign Economics Administrator Leo T. Crowley. The report consists of a detailed FEA analysis on how the German General Staff went about planning World War 11. and its revelations therefore provide an excellent object lesson of what must be done to keep history from repeating. There are apparently some U.

S. Army General Staff officers who regard the German General Staff as a somewhat overrated organization, and they view with skepticism the idea that the German General Staff is big super-secret society like the Black of 2, Japan. Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery have both sounded off emphatically on Dragon, the need for abolishing the German General Staff, WASHINGTON, General Staff Senator Harley Edson Edson however. and that makes this world Public Enemy Number One worth careful scrutiny. THE German General Staff was officially abolished by the Treaty of Versailles after World War I.

just as its abolition has been now decreed by, the Roosevelt-Churchill-Stalin declaration of Yalta. According to the Crowley report, the German General Staff evaded its first death sentence by merely moving into a national archives building write a history of the war." First the German General Staff went underground. It moved innocently into the Institute of Technology at Berlin- This was a famous school with good engineering and economies faculties. There was a deliberate plan to bring industry and government closer and it went so far as the arrangement of actual marriages between Some U. S.

families of economists German believe that industrialists the and German the General Junkers Staff classen went so far as to plan German inflation to deliberately bankrupt the country, end reparations payment, and get cheap control of German industry and commerce. THE world depression of 1929 may have changed the German General Staff plan somewhat, but did not block it. The barter system of foreign trade was devised to export products the Germans did not need for war and to build up gold reserves and stockpiles of materials they did need. By 1933 the economics section of the German General Staff wast able to come out in the open from the underground as the War Eco-! nomics Staff. Five years later the Wehrmacht's Oberkommando-the top, joint chiefs of staff of the Army, Navy and Airforces came into being, with graduates of the Institute of Technology holding important positions in all key government agencies.

All the general staff then needed to achieve its obiectives was Hitler. Victor Murdock, Editor-Owner Of Wichita Eagle Dies At 74 P) -Victor Murdock. 74. editor WICHITA, July -00 of the Wichita Eagle, and former Republican Representative to Congress died here late last night. He had been ill for more than a year.

Forn. Burlingham, Murdock "came to Wichita in 1872 where his father, Col. Marshall M. Murdock, founded the Wichita Eagle. Murdock was a newspaper man in his youth working, for his father and later on the Interocean in Chicago.

He returned to Wichita and became managing editor of the Eagle when he was 23. A Republican, Murdock was elected to Congress in 1903 and served in the House of Representatives for 12 vears. He was defeated by Cha: Curtis. later vice-president, when he ran for the Senate. Murdock was one of the founders of the progressive "Bull Moose" party, which at one time nominated Theodore Roosevelt for president.

Trade Commission He was appointed to the Federal Trade Commission in 1917 by President Woodrow Wilson and resigned in 1924 to become editor-in-chief of the Eagle. Murdock traveled extensively and during the World War I made a trip to Europe where he wrote articles for Colliers. He was author of several books. He was a noted lecturer and eppeared in 1,800 cities during the 12 years he was a chautauqua weaker. He is survived by two daughters.

Mrs. Harvey Delano of San Francisco, and Mrs. Howerd T. Fleeson. Wichita, and a brother, Marcellus M.

Murdock, publisher of the Eagle. A sister. Pearl Murdock. died recently in Los Angeles, Calif. Murdock guided the destiny of the Wichita Fagle through the long struggle out of which emerged political self -consciousness for Kansas.

Hard-Worker It way a life-time job. "When I die." Victor Murdock ence remarked to a fellow newspaper man, "I don't want any glowing tributes put on tombstone. I just it to say 'he 159S a hard worker'." Indefatigable, even in his later years when he could look back on a career of notable service to his city, his state, his nation. he not only was editor chief cf the Eagle, but one of its best reporters and feature writers, too. Ever on the alert for the unusual and the interesting, found them in the commonplace matters of unsuspected interest and had the skill to convey that interest to others, He wrote daily stories of conversations with Wichita people.

Rich Anecdotes Rich anecdotes sprang up a- bout him. "How do you do, Sir!" he is related to have exclaimed to President Poincare once after sweeping past two guards inside the private office of the French president. "I'm from Wichita, Kansas." he continued, "and my name is Murdock." breathed President Poincare. "Kansas wheat!" Wheat was needed to win the World War, and Murdock was member of the Federal Trade Commission, to which he was aprointed September 6, 1917. He disliked talking about himself, A brilliant biographer trav- TRIPS AID BOTH CUBS AND SENATORS By Carl Lundquist United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, July 9--(UP)The Cubs and' Senators aren't encouraging wartime travel, but it was hard to deny today that it has done wonders for both teams.

Homeward bound after brilliant road trips, both clubs now are in the thick of the pennant fights. the Cubs in first place in the National and the Senators in second in the American. When they took off on extended road junkets late in June. Chicago was in fifth and Washington in sixth. The Cubs, with 10 straight victories, have made 1 up a five and a half game deficit, passing the Giants, Pirates, Cardinals and finally the leading Dodgers.

They have won 13 out of 16 games for the best road trip showing of any major league team this year, even though it was only a shade better than the spurt of the Senators. Washington, which 16 out of 23 games on its trip, suffered a little loss of lustre by losing its two final games in St. Louis Saturday and Sunday, the defeats ending a six-game winning streak. Finish Stands The Cubs finished their road stand with 12 to 6 and 9 to 2 victories over the Phillies Powerful, plentiful hitting, the trade mark of their winning drive. gave them: both victories.

Phil Cavaretta. the team's leading hitter, paced the 14-hit first game attack with a triple, a double two singles while Stan Hack and Don Johnson made three hits each in the 16-hit second game. Ray Prim, in a relief role, and Hany Wyse, who went the route in the second for his third victory on the trip, were, the winners. Harry Lowery a first game Cub homer. The Browns topped Washington, 5 to 1, as Nelson ed a seven-game losing streak with a six-hit job in a contest cut to seven innings by rain.

Three runs in the second, followed by George McQuinn's homer in the third. spelled defeat for Marino Pieretti. The second game was called off. The Cards dropped the Dodgers to second place in the National. with a pair of 6 to 4 wins.

Chortling Charley Barrett, who has become a typical "gas-house" Cardinal since moving over from the Braves, laughed at the Dodgers in opener as he sent them out of the lead they had held for 24 days. Ken Burkhardt survived Dixie Walker's four homer in the first inning of the second game and went on to win his ninth game. Barrett's victory was his 10th this and eighth since joining Cards. George season, Kurowski paced the Cards in the final game with an inside-the- park homer and a triple. Split With Reds The Giants split with the Reds at New York when Bill Voiselle broke his losing complex in the nightcap and went the route for the first time since May 20 to shut out a team he had failed to beat in four previous starts, 5 to 0.

Phil Weintraub's three-run homer helped him win. Bucky Walters, also a pitching disapI pointment this season, won the opener for the Reds. 5 to 2. Tommy Holmes of the Braves ran his batting streak to 37 games and team mate Charley Workman tied for the league lead with his 15th homer as Boston split with the visiting Pirates. Pittsburgh took the opener, with El1sworth (Babe) Dahlgren's threerun homer the big blow.

The Braves made it easy for Jim Tobin to win 13 to 1 five-hitter, getting 14 hits in the second. Holmes got a homer in this game, his 14th. Tigers Increase Lead The Tigers increased their lead to four and a haif games in American by splitting with the Yankees at Detroit. New York hooked a nemesis, Paul (Dizzy) Trout, 8 to 6, in the opener for their first victory over him since Aug. 23, 1943.

Hank Greenberg's Tigers a week ago, and a two-run third homer since rejoining the round-tripped by Eddie Mayo in the ninth still weren't enough. Alton Benton beat the Yankees, 3 to 2, in the second game for his seventh win against one defeat and his second since returning after being out with a broken ankle. Red Sox Rookie Dave (Boo) Ferriss won his 14th game and fifth shutout at Cleveland, 6 to 0, but the Indians won the second game, 4 to 2. Ferriss started his own winning rally with a two-run triple in the second. He gave up seven hits on the mound to top Steve Gromek, ace of the Indian staff.

Jeff Heath led a 10-hit attack with three hits as rookie Pete Center won the second. The White Sox topped Philadelphia twice, 5 to 4 and 3 to 2, at Chicago. Chicago won the opener despite six errors and a tworun homer by Dick Siebert, but Orval Grove got perfect support in winning his ninth game in the afterpiece. Yesterday's star-Bill Voiselle of the Giants, who ended his long pitching slump with a shutout over the Reds. A team he never before had beaten.

A Detroit restaurant man, plagued by the rapid turnover of dishwashers solved his problem by giving each dishwasher a package of cigarettes a day. He hasn't lost an employee since. Why The Fuss About Italian War Prisoners? That Is What Women War Workers Who Fell In Love With Italians Want To Know FORTLAND, July 9- (UP) -Two pretty Seattle war workers, Mrs. Lenore Hodgson. 26, and Mrs.

Fae Burns, 19, were indignant today at federal intervention in their romance with two escaped Italian war prisoners. They said they intended to marry the Italians after divorcing their husbands who are now fighting 'or the United States. "Why all the fuss?" the women demanded haughtily after they were arraigned here on charges of helping three prisoners flee om an Italian service unit at a Seattle war plant. They said they innocent. "America, isn't at war with Mrs.

Burns. "We do women anything wrong." The and three Italians were arrested near Ontario, Ore. The four lovers were riding in one Tony seat. and the third Italian. Madelina, 30, was in a seat by himself.

"He just tagged along for the ide." said Mrs. "He was like a little puppy the trip. The five were on their way to Poise, Idaho, to find work and try to adjust their new lives. Mrs. Hodsson said she intended to nairy Vincent Ciaizzo, 26, and Mrs.

Burns said she was filing quit for divorce to marry Nicola "ambicchia. 22. The women said they had intended to return to Seattle to complete their divorce proceedings. The women met the Italians when a group of supervised war riseners were put to work at the Seattle plant where they were moloyed. The women said they did not.

consider their lovers prisoners of war "because they were free to come and go just as American soldiers were." They set out from Seattle, the women said. because the Italians vere afraid they would be transferred to a camp at Ogden, Utah The women said all the Italians at the plant were allowed to atend dances and had dates with American girls. The women said they felt the government should have given the Italians their liberty long ago. "They hadn't fought the Americans. anyway," said Mra.

Burns. "It's just because they wanted to keep them over here, working for 80 cents a day. That isn't fair." The women said they had been afraid that they would have trouble Boise when the men were asked for social security cards. They said they once tried to get the men to turn back but had language difficulties and love riumphed. "The call was too they said.

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and Mrs. G. we. Raysdon and son, Gary, of Tulsa, Mrs. Virginia Winters and children of Oklahoma City called on Mr.

and Mrs. R. L. Henry Tuesday en route to visit the P. L.

Martins over the 4th. On the 4th Mr. and Mrs. R. L.

Henry also spent the day at the Martins. Jack Willet who is attending naval school at Norman was home last week end. He is having trouble with his eye and is in navy hospital for treatment. Mrs. Bonnie Neal gave a farewell party at her home Monday night for Bill Davis.

He will leave soon with his parents for Colorado. Mrs. Maggie Rice and Mrs. Ada Bell Neil of Shawnee visited here a few days last week. Mr.

and Mrs. Bob Chesney and Carol Joe returned home Sunday nights from Johnson western and sons Oklahoma. spent the week end with Mrs. Myrtle Farmer. Mr.

and Mrs. Tom McGough and grandsons, Bill and Russell MeGough, arrived Monday mornitig from Monticello, for a visit. Sunday visitors at the home of Mrs. Walter Arthurs were Mr. and Mrs.

John Arthurs, Bone Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Oather and Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Mel Price and Betty and Gene Smith.

Mrs. Ruby Gearhart and children lot Stillwater accompanied Mrs. Jane Gearhart home last Friday and stayed till Monday morning. Mrs. Walter Utter of Bristow spent several days visiting Mrs.

J. Carlile and Miss Mollie Utter. Rev. and Mrs. Johnny Murrell went to Oklahoma City Tuesday and brought their daughter home from the hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Schlegel moved into the E. 1 L. Sherrod property Monday.

It has been remodeled and redecorated. was received by Mrs. R. L. Henry Tuesday evening of the dren, said "if we ever get out of this mess, we'll marry the Italians in the United States.

"Of course. we don't want to loose our Amerlan citizenship," they said. The women were sent back to Seattle and the Italians were turned over to military authorities. death of Mrs. Kitty Lea Taylor, at her daughter, Mrs.

Lawrence Swim home in Tulsa. Funeral will be Saturday at 2:30 in the Vincent Funeral home Stillwater. Internment will be in the Stillwater cemetery. Mrs. Taylor lived southwest of town several years ago and was a frequent visitor in her late sisterin-law, Mrs.

Etta home. Funeral services were held Monday at 2:30 in the Methodist church for Mrs. Mary Jane Cruse, age 70, who died at her daughter, Mrs. Fleet Mercer's home in Stilwater. She leaves 2 daughters, Mrs.

Mildred Mercer, Stillwater, Mrs. Mary Fulton, Perkins, 5 sons, Paul of San Francisco, Rex, of Redland, John and Fred of Perkins and Garvin, somewhere in the Pacific. Mrs. Sam Mann has been having an aunt visiting her the past week. Rev.

and Mrs. Charlie Thompson received word last Tuesday that her brother, Lloyd Rush and wife had lost their little six week old baby girl at their home in El Reno. The Rushes had spent the week end here with relatives and the baby became sick early Monday morning from which it never covered. Mrs. Jessie Case left last week for an extended visit with her daughter, Genevieve and family in Louisiana.

Divorces Granted In District Court In motion day Saturday in district court, the following divorce decrees were granted: Julia Tucker from Robert Tucker, Negroes; Henry H. Sine, from Cornelia Sine. A divorce decree was granted Saturday morning for Leaetta M. Hammock, plaintiff, from Melvin Hammock in motion day proceedings of district court, with Judge Henry W. Hoel presiding.

The petition was filed Friday by Swank and Swank, attorneys, with suit brought on grounds of extreme cruelty. Descending always have the right of an airport. planes, The theory is that those on the ground can never know how important it is for a plane to effect a speedy landing. WE FLEW, GUNS This in true story of the men who fly the ing passengers and cargo over the high Himalayas between India and China. Pilots call it the toughest airline route in the world.

UNSUSPECTED TREASURE XIX THE day after we wired Bond I met Tony Mercede in Kunming. He was upset at the thought of our leaving so soon. "Hell," said, "I'm only going to be here another month. My contract was up a long time ago, but I agreed to stay on until summerHe broke off abruptly and snapped his fingers. "Listen: how about another hunting trip before you go? I'll get hold of Vince in Calcutta tomorrow or the next day and make the arrangements, and we can spend a few days up in Tongsawa.

Maybe we'll get us a leopard or a tiger or something. And you and Gingiss can hang around Calcutta for a week or two after that, and by then I'll be ready to go back to the States with you." I agreed for both Gingiss and myself. Three days later Tony hopped out of an Army transport at Dinjan and announced that everything was set. Elephants and guides and all the paraphernalia for the safari would be ready for us at the Maharajah's lodge within two days. As a vacation and a complete change from flying transports over the Hump, that hunting expedition turned out to be just the thing.

We even found something to take the place of oxygen. (The only pity was that it had to be The Great White Trader's favorite brand of Scotch.) But as a gamebagging proposition, the trip was pretty much a bust. It was until the last day, that is. TONY was on the leading elechant. Gingiss rode the second OUT OUR WAY BY J.

R. WILLIAMS THAT PAPER? WHY, THERE'S NO CRACKS IN THAT BASI PUT THAT IN KET. IF YOU EXPECT TO BE PAID FER THERE TO KEEP' DIGGIN' WEEDS, YOU GOTTA EXPECT THE WEEDS FROM YOUR CUSTOMERS'LL HAVE BRAINS SPILLIN' OUT ENOUGH NOT TO BE SHORTCHANGED THROUGH THE BY A LITTLE CRACKS! AMACHOOR! sites sten A A on J.R.WILLIAMS 7-7 IN I THE WORRY WART COPR. T. M.

1945 REG. BY U. S. NEA PAT. SERVICE, OFF.

INC. 10 Dead, 45 Wounded In Lattaquia Revolt LEYROUTH, July (UP) Autcrities announced today that 10 persons were- killed and 45 wounded late yesterday at Lattaquia when French troops fired 10 heavy mortar bombs on the town and the fire was returner British troops restored order, officials said. The casualties included three French killed and eight wounded. It was the bloodlest of a number of clashes since British intervention checked strife which carried the Levant to the brink of war. The Lattaquia shooting was said to started after a small riot in which four French soldders were stabbed.

Civilians we angered by an accident in which a French automobile ran over a child. The shooting started about 5:30 p. m. and went on until 8 p. m.

when British troops toon over strategic points. Rainbow in Moonlight EMBLEM, -(UP)-- The song "I'm Beginning to See Light" took on a new meaning for Adam Preis, young Emblem farmer, recently. Preis saw a rainbow at night- 10:30 to be exact. The observer was attending a War Bond rally when he glanced out of a window just ter a shower and saw the 1 rainbow. Other persons at the rally verified the story and explained that there was an abundance of bright moonlight at the time the rainbow was seen.

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Cargill who recently moved to Cushing were honored with a handkerchief shower at the Oak Grove auditorium last week. Mr. Vassar led a moving picture "Our Neighbor Down the Road" pertaining to the Panama Highway. The honorees received many nice gifts and cookies and ice drinks were served at an enjoyable social hour. Mr.

and Mrs. Orieon Cargill and children have purchased and moved to the old Cargill home. Mr Mrs. Vinson and Miss Benie Powell from Corsicana, Texas, who is here visiting the Vinsons. were dinner guests of Mr.

and Mrs. Ripley Cook and family of Drumright in honor of Lt. Roland Cook who has recently returned from Germany after nine months in a German prison camp. Other Mr. and Mrs.

Nolan guests, were, children of near Tulsa. Mrs. John Crane and son Johnny are visiting this week in Wichita, Kans. They returned with Mr. Crane last Sunday.

He is em(ployed in the B-29 factory there. Thursday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Vinson were Mr. and Mrs.

Joe Green from near Stroud. Geo. Iven was a delegate to the State Lions Club at Chickasha last Monday and Tuesday. Miss Roberta and Mildred Dudley, daughters of Seaman and Nathan Cargill and Mr. and Mrs.

John Dudley all of this community are having an extensive vacation at Joplin, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Cargill and small son of are here on their vacation visiting their many friends and relatives. Mr.

Tom Johnson who is employed at Levelland. Texas spent the week of the 4th here with his family. Mrs. Robert Dudley, Mr. and Mrs.

John Dudley and sons and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Blair and daughters spent the 4th with Mrs. Nathan Cargill and daughter Nadine. Miss Frankie White left recently for a vacation at different points including Ponca City.

Mrs. Eph Thomas who is here spent a few hours the 4th with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vinson. Mrs.

Thomas and son Everette Lane Thomas are caring for Mr. Thomas. who ill at his home in Drumright." 16-Year Old Girl Stabs Father: Is Released To Home (UP) -Police today were uncertain as to what will be done about a 16-year-old girl who told them she stabbed her father with a butcher knife yesterday to save her mother from a beating. Louise Krogstad was questioned by juvenile officers and released to return to her home after she reported she had stabbed her father, Roy Krogstad, 45, when she intervened during a avarrel between her parents. Krogstad was taken to.

a hospital a knife wound in the neck. Doctors said his condition was not serious. eled half across the continent once to interview Murdock and learn something of his life. He and Murdock spent enjoyable hours together, but the writer returned from his assignment, virtually empty-handed. CITY DRUG STORE and I followed up the rear as we moved slowly along the jungle trail.

We were passing through a kind of glen formed by lumpy, mosscovered rocks and overhanging trees that sprang up and behind them, when I heard the "soft crackling of twigs underfoot of a habitant of the jungle. It seemed to come from very near the trail and a little off to the left. I decided to investigate. Without making the mistake Gingiss had made when he spotted his overage tiger, I said absolutely nothing, and simply swung my feet out of the chair and slid off the elephant's back. I landed upright in the tall grass with surprisingly little noise and took about two short steps forward.

Crouching low in that position for at least three or four minutes, I decided it must have been my imagination and was just about to throw the rifle over my shoulder when my Number One Boy to my left let out a scream, I flinched and pulled my gun around at the same time- -just to see the boy's spear flash through the air toward a point a little above and in back of me. I shot a glance toward the low branches of the heavy jungle oak, and there she was-130 pounds of leopard, claws unsheathed and ready to springless than six feet away with nothing between us but the clearest kind of space- when I fired. She was in the air when the bullet struck; I could see it jerk her head back. Almost at the same time there was a sharp crack from Tony's gun. He had crept behind me.

And then the huge beast crashed at my feetlifeless. (INGISS, Tony and I were examining the leopard when, I heard, directly behind me, a mewling sound like that of a small kit- Jet nau a a growl. I grabbed my gun, cocking it at the same time, ready for action. The native boys had an ready raised their spears, poised for the kill-but nothing happened. We waited that way for fully a couple of minutes when the sound was repeated.

This time it was louder and I could tell came from an animal; however, I forged steadily forward under the thick vinelike growth for about five or six yards, hall on my stomach, half on my hands and knees. I was about to give it up as a false alarm when I no ticed just ahead of me a cavelike opening. I pushed aside the branches and foliage and there in a pocket of a huge gray rock sprawled three baby leopards, sound asleep. They were within six feet 01 where I stood, and my first feeling was one of bitter disappointment: I didn't have my camera. I was cursing softly to myself when I realized I was out hunting leopards -that's why I wa here and practically within my very grasp were three of the finest prizes a man could possibly find; evidently the cubs of the mother I had just killed in self-defense.

e. HAD my rifle in my hand but, knowing I wouldn't need it for these kittens, I laid it down and signaled for Gingiss and Tony to come near. I figured we would each of us creep up very quietly and grab one of them. The native boys knew something was up by this time and they circled back to see what it was. Just as they a rived I sprang into the cave and caught one of the cubs in my hands.

The other two let out yips and tried to scramble out of reach, but Gingiss and Tony hay followed my example, and in a matter of a few seconds we were standing in a group, panting and laughing, each of us with a startled and shivering baby leopay in our arms. (To Be Continued) OUR BOARDING HOUSE. with MAJOR HOOPLE THE INDOOR PATROLS- NO, MARTHA, LET IT RIDE! REPORT YOU INVESTED HIS CRIME CONTRAPTION $500 IN MY HUSBAND'S SOUNDS LIKE ICE SKATES LATEST BOOBY TRAP A FOR GIRAFFES, BUT HE'D DO YOU WANT ME TO WAVE THE WAND OVER THE RETRIEVE IT I CALENDAR, ANYWAY AND PATE BUYING TO SEE DOUBLE ANYBODY CONJURE UP A BIRTHDAY ORDERS, BESIDES, I OWE HIM OF WHISTLE STEAM! A BONUS FOR MARRYING SUCH A GRAND COOK! POP iS MORE DIPLOMATIC THAN OPTIMISTIC REG. PAT. OFF.

1-9 COPR. 1946 BY HEA SERVICE, INC. M. 6. V-.