Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 63, Ed. 1 Friday, December 27, 1940 Page: 4 of 6
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BROWNWOOD (Texas) BULLETIN. FRIDAY, DECEM
- .11.. I 1 ' ' .1——
OUT OUR WAY
By J. R. WILLIAMS
MAJOR HOORLE
OUR BOARDING
Indian Creek
OOMT THINK
TURNED MV BACK
TO LOOK AT TH*
DRAM/1 KT AM'
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED,
rr JUMPED A
THREAD, ER TH*
00(3 SLIPPED,
AN’ RUINTT TH'
HULL THREAD/
TO SPOIL A
JO© MOW WITH
ALL THIS FIFTH
COLUMN STUFF
COIN' AROUND/
A <3UV WRECKIN'
A JOB THESE
DOMS IS AS
BAD OFF AS A
BEARD AT TH'
BORDER/ ,
MAMS OFF TMB TRUST#
Ll€T.'*«~ GUESS X*D 4
BETTER DEVELOP AN V
.IDEA BEFORE SMS %
[ TD6SES ME FOR AJ
VfWILD ‘PfTCM'J#
member.**
The resolution wa,
committee composed
Shelton. W H Paige
Johnson and by Jam<
newly-elected preside
end Oscar Mclnnis. ■
Twenty vears
!TH ENEMY
BEN PAVIN' f
IAT LONG TO l
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armed men.
* two who hl-
store messen-
mtly had es-
inddy rour'rT
■d |ar them
i. The hunt
an automo-
of Bula speii' the holidays with
their parents here
Her Charles Noble of Brown wood
preached at the Baptist church
Sunday
Mm LM* McBride has retijmed
from a v4ah in Clovis. New Ijlexi-
Mr. - -and Mrs D. H. Bullion
v lilted 14*» L. C. Bullion m
Brown wood Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs, } Phernoy Bq-lion
of La mesa are visiting their }par-
entsibmaJf
called Into the services of the armed
forOM of our land. In consequence
thereof, it became necessary for him
to tender his resignation as presi-
dent of the Brownwood Kiwanta
dub. He is. however, retaining Ms
membership in the club under the
AXdal provisions promulgated by
Kiwanis International as regards
members in the military service
"During his administration our
dub has reached new heights of
sendee. It has been found in, the
forefront, taking its stand for the
right and making Its influence felt
in the direction of community bet-
terment. He has given much to
Kiwanis It Is with genuine regret
that we see him leave our active
ranks for a season. We rejoice.
day against L. H. Koil 6b Buck
Hubbard, telegraph operator with
whom Mias Graham. tt. was sitting
in an automobile parked downtown
suffered a gunshot wo«nd In tile eye
Physicians said nis condition was
critical Miss Graham was struck m
the head be a charge of buckshot
PORT WORTH Despite a. state
Supreme Court ruhngj that a public
official may draw hit regular pay
while serving in the irmy. a check
far M164C was returned todsv to
the state comptroller at request of
WAR WORK
Three Lose Lives
In Texas Storm
YANKEE DOODLE
By RANrf TINSLiY
/ MIS
©FTE(?MINFD Tt>
RECOVER? THE *»>
STOLEN BOMBER
UNDAMAGED,
YANK Risks ?
HIS NECK IN A
RECKLESS DIVE
FROM THE BAT'S
WING.'
CU1HE BUCK column
PILOT SCANS THE
OCEANS SURFACE
BUT SEES NO
TRACE OF TANK/
i VCN HE HIT THE
( VATER... THAT'S
, THE END OF .
1 YANKEE OOOOLE/
through the heart and killed yester-
day while he waa loo ting for wtr.r
clothes In a closet and discharged a
gun. Justice Of thg Peace Be:
Moorhead returned an inqueaj Jerk
diet of accidental deal b.
HOUSTON—Dr. At»Un E Hill
assistant public health dir ecu*, re-
ported today that infritenss case ir.
Houston have reached a mud epi-
demic stage and are ujereasing He
estimated there were 1,500 to 2 000
cases in the city.
the h<
blow was a res
>er conditions yi
a cold front m
m the Rocky n
BOOTS AND HER BUDOIES
By EDGAR
KiO\l 1.
CNKYT
L.OO VC\
for the
AUDUBON. N. J. (UP)—This
■aafl suburban borough is ready—
almost to a man—for any Interna-
tional crisis that may develop.
One hundred and fifty men and
woman have enlisted in the Audubon
Home Defense and Auxiliary Move-
ment and are receiving military,
first sid and home economics train-
ing. A squad of nearly 100 men.
rangkor in Me from 17 to ffi. drills
once a week on the high school ath-
letic field under a retired army
Killed ea Dallas Street
TM1JAB. Dae. 37 - «JF> i-Her
vision hampered by a raincoat hood
that partly covered per face, Miss
Mary M. Prestwood. 45. was killed
*C»CKA\*
4GS&M
DOVslH THE
HyOOHTfNH-
FRIENDS
FRECKLES AND HIS
By MERRILL BLOSSER
DUDE COLLEGE
irk mighty nice
Of MCXJtAU. — ^
SMALL AM 1KL ^
YEHUDI MB’ M
OMOownw
BY OREN ARNOLD
GFMAM WSSFW6ER
MULL MAVB t)
along Tbof
it he did kz
jreciato the irag
, and of course j
housing could
later and the p
r minute sden
opying. His cue,
planted his inflammable ms
well. He could hear the cot
sound of music and hgighter
as he had heard slgce
neared the place, but still
bad discovered the fife.
All at once, though, he
shout.
“Oh-O-O-O-O, HELP "
body yelled, then cents a i
shrieking*, and in t$e
glow there he could j
OKAY/
la.ho
worr A
DMNO/J
analysis
told him
ply was
satisfaction, sim-
the whole thing.
He set to
people
found
ide frame. He tried hie
nippers on that and
ie impression. But the
Ug in at once. He swgng
blade back and forth
lancing up and out tho
ten. Nothing interrupted
nardly 10 minute., the
Was sawed in two.
from the bottom wav as
eady observed whenlin-
be airplanes here, thin-
ed to the
powerful
made ht
hacksaw
’the shor
rapidly, |
window c
him. In
metal art
Further shouts came, louder and
more frantic.
A door tn an airplane hangar
popped open and somebody looked
out At once the person turned
beck inside, celled loudly, and ran
to the other hangars nearby*?and
sounded the alarm. Men came
streaming out and ran toward the
ranch house.
When he saw the last person
leave the hangars, tl ie man con-
cealed near the fence grinned in
“Perfect!" he breathed.' flhe
whole place deserted ”
He sped across the opening and
stopped at the first hangar. *Dier«,
to be doubly sure, he paused and
Just rolled slowly over the flat,
comparatively barren land. The
man sat In it quietly now, waiting
his moment. He would have to
time himself well, then act swiftly
W^UXM.,
tare which he knew ares tho ranch
bourn. In hangars to the left of
the houee he could see lights also,
and knew that the army officers
end mechanics would be there—
they even slept within a few feet
Of their planes. _
When half an hour had passed
he quietly left his car. In a small
canvas peck he carried tools—e
powerful pair of steel cutters, m
hack saw with extra blades of the
hardest methl, a short stubby
WASH TUBBS
station. Shoutings end
of Are*-misfiled by diu-
the hangar walls, told
him that .
With a i
flashlight;
exactly e
sight's ill
across f
ALLEY OOP
By V. T. BAMUN
be locked, but to his delight he
didn't have to use h is tools fserg.
One strong pull threW a lstch and
opened the tiny cabih door With
his pocket flashlight, then, he sur-
veyed the scene.
“Ah-h-h-h!” he breathed in
exultation.
There before him was precisely
what he wanted aid meant to
have.
ADMIT THAT THIS
IS AN UNLIKELY
.teasgir*5
military
MC BET- ,
IS NO
ULY/
ure. Tim
with pen
Then
took his
bomb sif
compa
heavier
and fortunes to owi u Thera wa
America's most valuable military
secret!
He was kneeling 1 o inspect the
instrument when he suddenly
heard a noise of running teet
nearby,4
“Two in each hat gar!" a voice
shouted. ill
The man croucheq, gun in?each
hand, ready to kilL\_He hardly
dured breathe while i forai fished
into the hangar and took flag ex-
tinguishers from thej walls, but 80
seconds later he knew he was
alone again. He Nholstered hi.,
ftv( resumed his task
He knew the baflib sight was
sealed in metal so that he cotlld
not feasibly see its ignar workings
now. But that did net interest
him. He wouldn't hape understood
them anyway, for *4 was nqi that
RED RYDER
By FRED
» Wt n (
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