Wounded bank robber Clem Parker and his girl Bonnie Dawson want no part of Tarp Anders' brash gang of thieves, but Wyatt isn't sure whether to believe Bonnie's story that the Anders gang plans to rob the Union Bank without Parker.
The residents of Hooterville flock to nearby Bleedswell for jobs at the new defense plant. To keep people from leaving Hooterville reopens its old airplane factory to fulfill its contract with the Army--signed during WWI.
The Taylors open a café in Wichita but word that he is a cousin of criminal Mannon Clements causes strife for them and Earp who wants a peaceful town. When Taylor kills a man who threaten him, Earp has to prove Wichita has changed.
Mayor Hoover declines to run for mayor, so Judge Tobin with Earp's support asks Jim Kelley to run against Slip Madigan. The key issue in the election is the retention of Earp as marshal. Earp decides to resign to ensure Kelley's election.
Earp takes an interest in Mamie Perkins but there is something amiss in the relationship even though his friends hope they marry. Earp learns she loves another man who needs Earp's protection from Fog MacMurray's gang of cattle rustlers.
