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without being told what you are to do or how to do it.
 Many years ago I brought a young Ere nc h m a n to America and after a few days asked h i'm W h a t i'm pressed him most. He said at once, "The way every one of every sort looks you straight in the eye" An- other incident. I hnI a~ A1eo 4;o1.
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WAGES INCREASED

Bridgeport. Conn. Oct. 15-(UP)- The Bridgeport Brass O.. today an- nounced 1t had granted wage in- crease of four cents an hour to it's $500 workers.
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soon. In some quarters it was pre- dlcted that high American and can- adlan officials would confer soon Co review mutiai defense problems.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-15

Hong Kong. China. and Burma. have been connected by an air ser- vice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-15

Cuba has been asked t0 pan nickel intlHIc mcahlnes beeaufe they threw Cuban musieians out of work.
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delegates, who were officially greet ed by Mayor Vincent A. Scully. Reading of reports O. various off !. cers and committee chairmen occu- pied the greater part os the busi- ness session during the morning. Election of officers was slated as the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-15

Twentieth of "A articles on "Our Country" written exclusively for NEA Service and The Waterbury Democrat by the nations most famous authors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-15
By JAMES TRUSLOW ADAMS Author of "March of Democracy" 'The Living Jefferson" Epic
 of America" etc.

What does America mean to me? It means everything, but above all a way of life. It means the chance to, be yourself and to make the most of yourself you are capable of
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U. S., CANADIAN
 BIG POWER TREATY

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WEST HEMISPHERE
 PACT IS SOUGHT

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GERMANY ASSIGNS
 l5O,OOO TROOPS

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BRITISH DUMP
 BOMBS ON BERLIN

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GERMANS CLAIM
 RAF RUNS AWAY

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CHAPMAN GETS
 l-9 YEAR TERM

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Evening star., 1940-04-15
Stock Averages
CO. Stock Range Since 1927:
BY VICTOR EUBANK,


NEW YORK, April 15.-Stock:
with a war rating swung upward
10 points in todays market while
many leaders elsewhere experienced
considerably rallying difficulty.
There was sizable assortment oi
new highs for the year or longer
as aircraft, steel, shipping and spe-
cialty issues got we'll out in from,
of the rest of the list.
After some hesitancy at the start
the steel group stepped out anc
We'd with aviations for popularity
The former lost portion of then
advance in the afternoon, however,
when the American Iron g. Steel
Institute placed this weeks mil
operations at 600 per cent of ca.
pacity, off 40 of a point from the
week before. Most observers had
looked for a small increase.
Spread of the European confici
strengthened the belief of markei
analysts that allied purchasing O.
military and other materials in thi,
country would Jump to large pro,
portions in the near future Busi.
ness news, on the whole, was alst
more favorable than otherwise.
Although top marks were lowered
in numerous cases at the close
prominent stocks on the forward til
were Douglas Aircraft, Lockheed
Glenn Martin, Sperry, United Air.
craft, Eastern Airlines, American
Airlines. United States Steel. Beth.
lehem, New York Shipbuuding, In.
! ternational Paper common and pre-.
ferred, Celanese. Loft, South Porti
Rico Sugar, American Hawaiian
Steamship, National Acme, MacJ
and United States Rubber.
Evening star., 1940-04-15

mediately regained, unless Britain
re-establishes Norway's freedom
completely, with military truck or
ders following. If Germany emerges
the scandinavian victor the allied
blackade will prevent shipments"
Six automobile manufacturers,
Wards reported, already have pro-
duced more of their 1910 models
than the entire 1899 run totaled,
and two others will pass last years
totals this week. The six are
Packard, Hudson, WHY'S, Pontiac,
Buick and Olds; the other two are
Nash and Studebaker.
Current output was reported to be
maintaining steady pace, with
slightly accelerated Ford plant
operations advancing last weeks
total output to 1O2,94O units, COM
pared with 101 ,655 the week before.
Increased sales encouraged by better
weather were credited with putting
the brakes to 'the slow taper (of
production which began in mid
March"
Total assemblies for 1910 to date
were estimated at 1,514,729 cars and
trucks, compared with 1889 ,046 to
the same date . year ago. Last
weeks assemblies by the three major
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Foreign Markets

LONDON. April Is tP-War successes
heiped bolster prices In the stock market
ican securities had been discounted and
mad little effect on quotations. Gilt-edged
issues gained as much as FL Favored in
tne industrial list were cement. motor
and heavy industry shares Domestic rails
improved and most commodity shares added
few pence.
PAR1S.-Bourse traders were inclined to
place q favorable emphasis on the war
news and prices Of both domestic and
american equities advanced. Industrial
ana shipping shares, however. were ir-
Evening star., 1940-04-15
New Orleans Prices.
NEW ORLEANS, April Is R.-Cotton
utures traded quietly over a narrow range
ere today. At noon prices were unchanged
} . p0intS net hiuher
Dry Goods Market

JEW YORK. April Is P.-Strength
continued in spun rayons today and dress
goods also were in better demand
Only scattered sales were reported in
the gray goods section and prices held
steady
Buyers made inquiries for silk content
weaves for underwear. while business was
small. Sales in full-fashioned silk hosiery
show improvement.
Orders on fall wooen goods continued
small despite better sentiment. Merchants
look Tor g graoual expansion within q few
weeks. Frices held STEADY. Some bust
holstery cloths.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Chicago Grain
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 15.-War new
and unfavorable domestic crop re-
ports combined to inspire new buy.
ing that lifted wheat prices about
cent today to around the peaks
scored last Tuesday, which stand a;
the markets highest level in more
than three months.
May wheat reached S109, within
about 3 cents of the highest price
quoted for any contract here in
more than two years.
Crop experts reported last weeks
freeze damaged some jointed wheat
in the Southwest and some Texas
corn.
Wheat closed Sails cents higher
than Saturday, May, sl083.-ss:
July, s1.0734-5s: Corn a.-1ls up,
May. 6Ol4-3s; July, 6ls4; oats 1s-ll
biCber
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Floor and Wall Tile
Shipments Top 1899
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
February shipments of floor and
wall tile, excluding quarry tile,
amounted to 3,658,106 square feet,
according to the reports of IS manu-
facturers. The amount was go per
cent below January's figure, 6.3 per
cent above the February 1889 level.
Evening star., 1940-04-15

Baltimore Quotations
BALTIMORE. April Is LP-Wheat No.
. red winter, garlicky. spot domestic.
1.1534.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
War in Scandinavia
Closes Outlets for
j. ). Automobiles
Barred Markets Took
$4,000, 900 Worth
During 1889
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, April 15.-An automo-
tive market that absorbed in 1899
some $40 100000 worth of the
products of United States automobile
manufacturers was impaired by the
spread Of the European war to
Scandinavia, Wards Automotive Re-
ports said today.
During 1889 Sweden was our sixth
largest automotive customer, the
trade publication said; Denmark
our sixteenth.
It noted that 1T appears unlikely
now that this market will be I'M
Evening star., 1940-04-15

sUnit Of trading 10
IN oankruptcS reorean,zeo unas
a'] or securities assumed companies
Fates OF dividend In the toegoins are annual d
1nsemsnts based the last quarterly or semi annual
included ~ "' Vi e~"a o'V'oencs are not
Accumula,ed dividends aao a fisns Also
stock ~ Iasaos IN stock Paid Cash or
Evening star., 1940-04-15

Chicago Cash Market
Cash wheat, No. 3 mixed ttoughJ, los;
No. 4 mixed ttoughl, 1.O71a No 3 yellow
lhard). 09s4. Corn No. yellow. 62a4-
6424; No. >, 62-63I2 No. . white, 10ie.
Oats. sample grade mixed. 39i a-40; No. .
white, 4494-45: No. g. 43a4 4-44ia; sample
grade white. Al 2-4". Barley mailing, 53-
"a nominal; feed, 4O-5O nominal
Winnipeg Prices.
WINNIPEG. April Is LP.-Grain range
Evening star., 1940-04-15

producers were placed at: General
Motors, 43,755; Chrysler, 24,6SO;
Ford, 22,48O.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 15.-In the
absence of leadership from overseas.
cotton futures prices backed and
filled over narrow limits in quiet
dealings today
A light trade demand was offset
by hedge and Southern selling, with
scattered liquidation appearing in
the nearby deliveries. Commission
house selling of forward months
accompanied improved weather in
the South.
Midafternoon prices were / point
lower to 2 higher; May (old), 1910;
July (old), 1912; December, 993.
Cottonseed Oil.
Beachable cottonseed oil futures fol-
lowed the lead of other markets today,
gains of to points on forenoon trade
of "A contracts. May sold at 8 So July.
500. and September 1.O4 Professionals
and commission houses led the buying abb
sorbing scaled UP resting orders from To-
calls and trade interests. Southeast and
valley crude oil was SIS cents bid. and
Texas. 55s-s4 bid. depending upon loca.
ton.
New Orleans Prices.
NEW ORLEANS, April Is P.-Cotton
futures traded quietly over a narrow range
here today At noon prices were unchanged
to 2 points net hiRher
Evening star., 1940-04-15

The Netherlands Indies is war
ylng s$renuously On prof1teering.
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Staff Treated in
Ghost Breakers !"

Electricians, property men. paint
ers and grips. employed in the pro-
duction of The Ghost Breakers"
now at the Rialto theater, thor
oughly enjoyed as rare a treat as
Hollywood has to offer when they
were called upon to judge a one
woman bathing suit contest.
The solo model was Paulette
Goddard, co-starred with Bob Hope
in this merry mystery, and the pos
SCISSOR of as perfect figure as can
be found in pictures. Hope. George
Marshall. the director, and Arthur
Hornblow, the producer, had failed
to agree on which type displayed
her charms to the best advantage,
so it was left to the staff.
Each new creation was accom-
panied with increasing applause,
which decided nothing, so that at
the end of an hour the selection
had to be put to a vote. The win
ner was one piece, low-cut, yell
low suit which Miss Goddard wears
in the picture.
Miss Goddard also appears in a
stunning negligee in the film-but
this one she selected herself to save
time, and wear and tear on the
staff.
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merely as 'CAGNEY' without a
Bill. even in tiny letters.
so I walked out and opened a
business office, and Jimmy asked
me 10 handle his affairs. Since
then I've aimed al producing and
now I'm gambling everything on
my ability 70 put it over
The first venture is City for
Conquest" novel which was
eagerly read by many a Hollywood
executive but put aside as too
much for the limitations of the
screen. Warner Brothers bought
1t for Jimmy Cagney. though. and
Bill Cagney believes that the story
has been. as the sdaptors say,
licked"
The second or perhaps third job
on the schedule lis the story Of
John Paul Jones. This will be
real Hollywood super-dooper and
the naturalization of a persistent
dream for Jimmy Cagney. Twelve
years ago, for the creation OF a
museum historical group, he posed
and fitted perfectly in uniforms
once worn by the American naval
hero.
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Congo Maisie'
AT the Temple
Ann Sothern in Tule
OF Dark Continent

Hollywood has learned how TO
make Broadway showgirl feel at
home in Africa. After all. she must
first feel at home in Hollywood.
Now they've done it with a girl
named Ann Sothern. who plays the
title role in Congo Maisie," which
starts a return showing at the
Temple theater today.
Miss Sothen, who until a few
years ago was Hsrriette Lake, Of
Broadway, now is Congo Maisie. Z"
1t is her second Interpretation of
the Maisie role. In the new film,
second Of the series, she is q
stranded showgirl in Africa. Her
leading man is John Carroll. on
his first Hollywood assignment and
back in African adventure by
proxy. He really lived there. He is
27 years old 6 feet inches tall,
has been a globe-trotter for twelve
years and Msisie herself, with all
her knowledge, would regard him
with open mind in real life.
Free. Blonde and 81" shares the
screen. Lynn Bari is featured.
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to share the glories of his triumphs.
To the supporting cast must credit for notable
performances OF Rita Johnson the feminine star it may
be said she has touched the of the ladder of
fame in her portrayal of the wife of the great inventor
One will also remember with satisfaction the perform
of Lynne Overman, Charles Coburn Gene Lockhar
Henry Travers Felix Bressart and little Gene Reynolds
Edison, The Man. is truly a great motion pic.
ture and those who wait for the good 10
along will be failing TO 'touch second II they do not
see it.
The companion picture "And One Was Beautiful" be-
longs in the top spot theaer and is too good
ducon have been booked the No. attraction the
program.
The finest feminine teamwork this reviewer has in
many day results from the performances of Jean Muir and
LARAMIE Day in picture which, though highly dramatic,
is relieved along the way with bright, airy situations.
One could not ask finer portrayas than those given
by these two women is il likely will often
. story well told is this dramatic account Of
two sisters who love the
And One Was Beautiful is head and shoulders above
the screen fare tribute to its producers, its
director, and its cast.
D0Un Riviera Way!
There lot of things / can't understand and
don't trigonometry I'm thinking of little Martin
Speman who is starring the bill at the Riviera thea
ter with Jean Parker and James Dunn, in a Monogram
picture titled, 'Son of the Navy"
Why young Spellman isn't given a real chance in the
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Auer ana Bob Burns In Atlas
the Deacon" IL so, $50, &: so. $40.
MUSIC BON--Spenoer Tracy and Rita
Johnson IN Edison. the Man"
ii:So. ASS. $40, 1905. also LARAMIE
Day and Robert Cummings In And
One Was Beautiful" las. 4:4o.
RlALTO-Bob Hope and Pauietts
Goddard in The Ghost Breakers"
1880. 2:io, 4:<5. 7.25. 10 .os: also
Richard Arlen and Andy Divine in
tn Man .n Prom ron Montreal" lao
Rlv1ERA--James Dunn and Jean
Parker IN Son Of the Navy" IL 40.
2;se $40. 7;eo, 1918; also Kane
~. ,Ins . E ,e ii:sc. i;ss. AIS
RoxY--Lsw Ayres and Lionel Barry
more In DR.. kildare's Strange
Case i2:65. 400. 7.o5. 1910: also
Charles winninger and c. Aubrey
Smith in Beyond romorrow. :
ii:so. ass. $40. s;x5.
RETURN SHOWING
bEvEkLY-Laurenoe Olivier and Joan
Fontaine In "Rebecca.: also Martha
Raye and Charlie Ruggics In the
Farmerb Daughter"
COMMUNICATIONS Cagney and Pat
o'Brien In The Fighting eeth":
also Margaret Lindsay and Wayne
Morris in Double Alibi."
KAY BTREET-Isonel Barrymore and
Lev Ayres IN Secret Of Or. XII
oarN" also Gene Autry and Smiley
Durnette In In Old Aonterey."
LAKEwOOD-Dtng Crosby and Bob
Hope In The Road 20 SINGAPORE:
elso Joe Penner In millionaire
Piayboy."
PARk-Ji mmy cagney and Pat
o'Brien in The Fighting 18th:
also John Payne in The Royal
Rodeo"
REALART-Willism Boyd and Rus
sell Hayden IN Santa Fe Marshall:
also LLOYD Nolan and Gene Rogers
In The Man Who wouldn't Talk.
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Bill Cagney, Scoring to Ride Jimmy's
Coat Tails, Seeks Career as Producer

quick he told Bill. III you're
good. then its okay anyway"
The newcomer was tested and
signed at Columbia. Frank Bor-
gage wanted him for the lead in
a Mans Castle" but others op-
posed the choice and arranged an
other test. For this one, the green
candidate was put into a bed with
beautiful actress and told not
TO move while reciting some lines
in very bored voice. A. If that
tustion-impossible today under
Hays office rule-were not suffi-
GENTLY upsetting. the bed itself
broke down several times. Bill
Cagney lost the role to an upstsrt
named Spencer Tracy,
SHOOTS WORKS
AS PRODUCER
Next he was ssigned by RkO
but remained idle until it began
to rent him to other studios. He
played leads and was doing all
right. But finally l realized that
the independents were trying to
borrow me so that they could boot
leg the Cagney name" he said.
Sometimes I was being billed
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human being, was RESPONSE
BILE for the comforts and con-
veniences which make life
worth the living, many of
which you and | take for
granted the story of
Thomas Edison.
That Edison, The Man"
will take its place among
the ''ten best pictures of the
year. is a certainty and that
II may earn for its star,
Spencer Tracy, another
Academy Award is a likely
possibility.
Here indeed is a master
piece of screen technique, a
human story told with all
the warmth and realism of
which motion pictures are
capable. And again we find
Tracy losing himself in a
Characterization so genuine
that one forgets ones sur
roundings to sly mpathize
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a newcomer in the enter
toinment field, Marjorie Az
Relic. pictured obove, sold to
have O unique singing style
and appeal. will be the feo-
tured stor on the Saturday
night dance program at the
Century ballroom. Miss Az
Relic will be making her debut
under the direction of Dole
Fitzsimmons, popular Century
and Crescent ballroom music
maestro.
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BY PAUL HARRISON

NEA Service staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD this Is TO be
a story about Bill Cagney. you
may as well know at the beginning
that the newest Of Hollywood's i'm
portant producers used to be in the
women's underwear business, or
Lingerie game"
That chapter conforms 10 the
faltering tradition that movie
makers are bunch OF former
cloak and suffers. furriers, or
psntie peddlers. Actually. though.
II has nothing TO do with his
emergence as producer Of Brother
Jimmy Cagney's pictures. Bill
Cagney belongs to what is locally
termed the new order" of film
executives. which means that he
is articulate, educated, and ex-
perienced.
His background includes a coll
lege law degree, flyer at the
atrical pressagentry, a voluntarily
terminated career as a movie ac-
tor, and several years as the bust
ness agent of his stellar relative.
He's still guiding the new but
thriving conquest of the flickers
by their ingenue sister Jean.
PITCHFORKED INTO
ACTING CAREER
During all of his eight years in
Hollywood. Bill Cagney planned
To become producer. His BUSH
ness program was delayed at the
beginning because people wanted
him to act for them. I'D never
done a lick of it, he said. and
I had less desire TO perform than
anything else.
But Jim, who's a fanatic about
physical condition, had insisted
that l get into good shape. So I
looked fairly good and was full
OF pep, and I found that nobody'd
talk to me about any job except
acting-especially since the name
was Cagney."
He talked to his brother about
1t and said he felt that it might
be an infringement on Jimmy's
prestige. Jimmy surprised him by
urging him to try. IF you're bad,
they'll catch up with you mighty
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For the second time in os
many weeks the She'll theoter
is offering its patrons q first
run picture this time, %
Leeionnoires with Robert Arm
strong (obove) and Lyle Talbot
in the male leeds. Fiji Dorsey
carries the feminine lead. The
story is q powerful tole of the
drama of war and boasts q
strong cost in support Of the
stors.
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kEx-wailace Beery and Dolores Del
Rio IN The Man From Dakota.
SHELL-Ftfi Dorsay. Robert Arm
strong and Lyle Talbot In Three
Legionaires". Roaming Cowboy
and News Is Made at Night
stNsET-wallsoe Beery and Dolores
Del Rio In The Man From Dako-
Ia, also Helen Vinson and Pstrlc
Knowles in Married And In Love q
TEMPLE - Ann Sothern and John
Carroll in COMO Maisie": also
Joan Davis and Lynn Bari in Pre-
Blond and al
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meet in years travel His curly head is decidedly normal
In size he has enough personality to make all the bankers
in America almost human . and he can act.
Unless have been holding the book upside down.
that just about everything required Of a top
flight entertainer. Your reviewer considers his pres
in cast ample justification for seeing any pic
ture In which he appears.
As for "Son of the Navy, it is nice little story, well
told by capable cast Martin plays the role of little
orphan boy who just about turns the inside out before
he finally finds real home of his
The companion picture "The Escape is dramatic
offering with gangland its locale Kane Richmond Aman
d. Duff, June Gale Edward Norris Henry Armetta and
Frank Recher carry the lead roles and just about
steals the show There plenty of action this production
and the acting is considerably above average.
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Sherman to Play
AT Sutherland's

Buzz Mykland announced TODAY
that Tiny" Sherman and his g.
piece orchestra have been engaged
to play at Sutherland's resort each
Friday and Sunday evening, begin
ming tonight.
The resort, formerly known as
Scandal park. is situated at Five
Mile lake. Considerable money has
been spent undermining the estab-
lishment and it is reported the
dance hall has been enlarged.
Tiny" Sherman needs no intro
duction TO Tacoma dance fans and
his engagement at Sutherland
will come as welcome news.
II vo,i're NOT usipc ~ calI ~ xx-,t, y,
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HOW STRONG the navy is today. and how it will
be developed and expanded with the huge sums
congress is now appropriatng to carry out the
new national defense program, are pictured in the
latest March Of Time film, The u S. NAVY
1870" Already considered the best in the world
the navy's air force is being increased to 10 600
planes and Is 900 officer pilots the March of Time
points out. One hundred thirty new fighting shin,
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II you're not using it. sell it with
Fast-Action Times Want Ad
Phone Main 1851.
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Dolrn RiUiera Way!

land of make-believe is just
another of the reasons to con-
vince me that Hollywood is
the screwiest of all spots on
the face Of the earth :. and
that, my friends. is taking in
considerably more territory
than Hitler and Mussolini will
divide, even if they win the
jack pot in the international
poker game.
Spellman was a Tacoma
visitor last summer and paid
the writer q call at the old
Tacoma Times office. A finer
little gentleman one could not
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have been built and launched during the past
seven years, and additional vessels are now under
construction. The task OF rebuilding the navy
the March Of Time film shows. rests largely on
the shoulders OF Admiral Harold r. Stark (right)
chief OF naval operations who has already put
the navy strict footing The vital issue
of The March OF Time" will be shown at the
Roxy theater Friday, June 81.
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II you're not using it, sell it with
Fast-Action Times Want Ad.
Phone Main 1851.