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for business in trade journals for months.
 Also there is strong evidence of lack of vision or initiative or both n making the best use of mass groduction facilities. The blame for this goes right back to high defense quarters.
 The gigantic resources of the auto industry, for example, have leen practically untouched for de- ense output. New plants have been 5rdered that will take months to 3uild, when by a coordination of he great auto factories, parts of Lanes, tanks, guns, etc, could be s5uned out in carload lots daily md assembled at central points.
 William Reuther, young official
 the United Auto Workers, long
 90 proposed such a plan for . ally output of 500 all-metal pur- lit planes of the most powerful ype in the world, and at third .ieir present cost. But the matter still being discussed"
 Other industries could be used n the same way for similar short suts on other armament needs, but hey are not. Meanwhile, defense utput drags along, and precious weeks and months fit by.
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HOROSCOPE "The stdrs incline
 but do not con1peP'
WEDNESDAY,, JANUARY

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
 Threatening signs prevail on this first day of the year The stars may incline the mind toward dread and fear, but 1941 is to make his- tory more afazing than any re- corded in the past, and there is promise of a new era most won derful for the human race.
 Heart and Home: With the new year, families will be drawn closely together as members face the command for public service. This is date for beginning unselfish plans that extend helpfulness be- yond relatives and friends. It is a time for informal rather than for mai entertainments HoSpitalities should be extended to those who need sustaining friendliness. Per- sons of all ages should resolve to serve the nation to the utmost cf their capabilities.
 Business Affairs: Manufacturing will reach speed and volume that will break all previous records. The stars seem to indicate great need of haste in all that pertains to preparedness. The retail trade will be good and there will be demand for novel forms of merchandise. Time savers and labor savers will be introduced as men and women work at high gear providing na- tional and international needs.
 National Issues: Although there should be unified aspirations in patriotic affairs, there will be con- stant criticism Of Washington policies in which well-meaning per- sons unwittingly aid subyersive agencies. The threat of imitation will be widely discussed, but the wise should forget old political prejudices. There is sign of su- preme peril which may mean &C., tual entry into defensive. warfare in which the Navy will be first en- gagged.
 International Affairs: Russia is to gain in power in this new year While the Axis will extend it's ter rible campaign, the Russian bear is to prove clever in knowing when to strike and how to make the greatest gains with least effort. No treaty or contract with Ger many will be of lasting effect. Some defection affecting Great Britain is to cause anxleJy i'll the United States.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of good fortune. Danger of arrangements from friends or relatives is fore- seen.
 Children born on this day will be serious, thoughtful and studious, but high-tempered and strongly in dividual. They must be wisely di- rected.
 Copyright, 1940)
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20 YEARS AGO 4 {Tfm q F FmprR
DECEMBER 31. l92J

 year approximately that according advices received in Juneau
 Old Man 1920 be roung farewell and Young 1921 Eks fol- lowing Thomas "at home at the Governors and reception also planned by the Masonic lodges.
 Eugene Kirk of the the U S. Cable Office signed position o be Roy Whitney
 Alaska Gastneau Mining Con- pany the a visiting friends
 visiting father the Rev F. J. Forbes in Seattle friends other Washington State towns Mrs Ethel Forbes Harding Princess Mary for the south
 F Madison the farmer with homestead Shelter Island was in the business.
 uneaus well dealer curios to leave on Mary been outside for Is
 Highest, 37
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HAPPY NEW YEAR

The customary greeting has a mocking note as the disasters of l940 carry over into 1ozI. What is there to be happy about with in Europe war n Asa and throbbingly painful worry that at hrme have only and the fear of war to look c~ ard to this year.
 The pessimst can also point to the trend toward democracy which began 200 years ago and continued until it cracked under the tensions of the World War and reached new low points with the events of 19a0 in Europe.
 Japan is initiating the worst of the West; Ger many continues to slip down the road toward com pete barbarism; Russia, having added aggression to absoutism, sits back to pick the bones of wars victims; France as free nation has disappeared in 1940; so have Denmark, Norway, Holland and Bell gum; Great Britain still maintains democratic forms and some substance but these weaken steadily as the continues and becomes in tense
 And yet is the whole picture black, except to those who believed mankind had attained high CT state of perfection than actually existed?
 Perhaps should have realized that if progress is limtless then is retrogression Hitler's Ger many is the Kaisers Germany degraded still further by the effects of long and a crushing peace. Churchilrs Britain is Lloyd Georges Britain weak ened by the effects of the World War and the strain of the post war decades
 The calamities of 1940 are not really new They merely combinations of old defects in human organization and character If Europe is a mess today, it can also be said that it has been a mess through most of recorded history The Western Hemisphere is populated by people whose ancestors thought so and left it.
 And what of this Western Hemisphere? Too much of it still lies in the shadow of poverty; but here there is light than shade There is peace on this side of the world and a greater degree of international cooperation than before.
 In the most powerful country of the New World the United States-there is not only peace but progress. We still falling short of the standards we have set put our standards are higher than ever before
 It continues to be a national sorrow even a
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CAPITAL CHAFF

After deliberating for several weeks, Wendell Willkie finally turned down a request by friends that he write an answer to Her bert Hoover's recent article in a national weekly advocating the shipment of food to Nazi-occupied Europe Senator Fred Van Nuys is a bitter Administration hater who has fought both its domestic and foreign policies, but that doesn't keep him from de-
 n1anding control of Indiana pa- tronage now that New Deal Sena- tor Sherman Minton has been de- feated. Playing closely with Van Nuys are Frank McHale and Bow
 man Elder former bosses of the Two Percent Club" Minnesota Democratic leaders, with Washing tons blessing, are seeking a coali- tion with the once powerful Farmer -Laborites to go after Gov ernor Stassen,s scalp in l942. The combined Farmer Labor Demo-
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panzer divisions, are at least ten months behind schedule. In fact, orders for them have just been placed A possible explanation for .ais delay is last-ainute changes n design resulting from combat
 parienee abroad.
 a Airplane production, which
 De- snse chies optimistically
 j would be up to around 1000
 anes per month by November,
 aallg is some 250 ships short of hat very modest mark. Moreover, , considerable part of this produc-
 $ in training planes and un-
 4noeed bombers. They are nec-
 ary, of course, but the plane -i.uation is far from an armada of 50,000 fighting ships.
 (3) A serious bottleneck in range finders and gun-sights is holding ) output Of light and heavy guns -or the Army and Navy. This situ- atlCn is expected to be eaSeQ soon, when the Eastman Kodak Con- pany gets into production on a $12,OO0,OOo order just signed for this equipment.
 Many of the causes for delay are well known, such as the resistance of certain manufacturers to &C., -ept.ng war orders, also the oppo sition to mushroonailg plants for purely emergency purposes, de- mands for tax concessions, and the constant changing of specifi- cations by the military experts.
 But there are other factors, less known but just as obstructive, in some instances far more so
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violations from various parts of the country. For instance:
 In a Southern city, craps playing colored man won a fist full of the blue stamps issued Ey Surplus Marketing Administration. He went to a grocery store ana tried to cash them in.
 In a Nebraska town, a reliefer saved up a lot of blue stamps, came to a grocer who had a whole live pig and bought the pig. Pork is one of the foods properly sold .-s .s... pIus III Nepraska, but the question troubling Washington of ficials is whether live pig is pork? They are inclined to think not.
 In San Francisco, an investiga- tor walked into grocery store which had been cited for viola tions, and posing as reliefer, he presented blue stamps and asked for tobacco, which is forbidden. The grocer pulled gun from un- der the counter and drove the in- vestigator cut of the store.
 In another West Coast city, armed bandits raided an office where blue stamps are dispensed, and stole $25O worth.
 Cases like this arc cropping up all over the country, with 150,000 to 100000 stores now participating in the stamp plan. To tighten up on investigation, a new chief of the Washington unit has been named-Frank J. Brechenser, form erly an agent of FBI.
 Copyright, 1940, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Incl
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MODERN ETIQUETTE 'y poarRrA LEE

wedding ceremony?
 groom should followed bridesmaids
 Christmas gifts that not return? A This the only consderate thing to spoon the table at beginning
 No; they should be brought in the dessert plate
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Daily lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

MISUSED: Do think he the Say TRUSTWORTHY)?" NISPRONOUNCED Secretive sekretv both Els Il E unstressed), second syllable Adhere; FER. SYNONYMS: Torment torture distress anguish three times and is yours Let us
  logical onclnsioa from given data His conclu
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Social This Evening at
 Northern Light Church

An informal social and devotional will be held tonight in the Parlors cs the Northern Light Presbyterian f'la-s.~a asp7 indivi-''tale ere invited to come and go as they please any, t4Aie a1ee, lg o'clock.
 The social will be held from 10
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NO MASS PRODUCTION

One of the big complaints Of defense chiefs is lack of machine tool facilities. Yet there are many small plants of this type around the country that have been liter ally begging for orders and not getting them. One company with l50 lathes has been advertising
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BRITISH PURCHASING MISSION

BRITISH PURCHASING MISSION
 Intentionally or otherwise, the British Purchasing Mission to the United States has established itself where it can keep an eye on the Capitol of the United States" liter ally as well as figuratively It has taken over the ninth floor of the Willard Hotel, which overlooks his- toric Pennsylvania Avenue.
 So strategically located are some of the rooms, that one might easi- ly watch what is going on in the Capitol's west wing with a good, powerful telescope, although there is no indication or reason to be- lieve that the British are doing this. Actually the British have taken extreme precautions to guara their own privacy.
 Heavy Venetian blinds cover the windows facing the nearby Nation al Press Building. As a further pro- lection, each window contains a delicate framework, electrically con- nected so that any attempt to enter would set off a large alarm bell, like the general alarm aboard ship. In addition, heavy wire screen has been set up at the end of the corridor leading to the offices.
 There is just one flaw in this otherwise perfect system of iso- lation-the stage entrance to the ballroom on the tenth floor of the Willard originates in one of the rooms of the British suite. So it is necessary for performers in the Gridiron Club to pass through to make their entrance. At such times stony faced little guard, wearing plain brass badge marked British hasing Mission, ? stands watch, so that no one peeps into the office of MT. Child or Mir. Norris or any other Commissioner.
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cratic vote this year showed a gain of 146,492 over 1888, while Stassens majority was the lowest of the state COP ticket.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

DECEMBER 31
 Fife Lindstrom Mrs. Carl Lundstrom Lee Smith Jr. Margaret J. Griffin Mrs. Mabel Schmitz Albert l.. Fisk George T. Dudley James T. Burnett Cary L. Tubbs
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TOM AND JERRY BATTER Made to order. during holiday sea- on.-Sully's Bakery. adv,
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Italians giving courses in colonial admins tration to number of visiting Nazis. Mussolini is a practical man, and knows who will rule all the colonies he wins, if any
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LOOK and LEARN ayy sy C. GORDON

l. By what other name Commandments common  most used f making bells? B. many a turkey have? gave a kind of road? What the capital of Indiana?
 ANSWERS: The Decalogue.
  $500. Loudon Macadam d756 836). 5. Indianapolis.
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Dynamite Gone From Magazines" says headline A result, no doubt of purity league tivities.
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until l1.30 o'clock, at which time a half hour devotional service will be held. After 12 o'clock midnigh ht, refreshments will be served.
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FOOD STAMP INVESTIGATION
 With the rapid extension of the food stamp plan, the Department of Agriculture is getting all sorts of reports of violations or near
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'ashingion Merry 6o-Raund

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WHY SUFFER With your feet? Phone 643. Chiropodist Dr. Stoves
 adv
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Jor Hanes riah of the treasury
 nes 600 horsepower R. A. Williams U a Nays the Congress or Amecan New address to the congress- warned shopd adopt
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.NLrfCE

AIRM- iIL ENVELOPES, snowms air route from Seat.lt to Nome. on Sale at J. B. Burford X Co adv
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Copyright, 194O)
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Kirk of the messengers at the U S. Cable Office re
 is position to be filled by Roy Whitney.
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Q Isds,s
THE STORY THUS FAR

Lynn Morrow. beautiful blonde New York
- = stranded tn Palm Beach In her
eo0eng suit with only 80 cents when her
SsoyG. Ars: Helen Warren. disappears
v10 car and trailer nom . camp where
-. BUDDY. her son. and Lynn had been
1v1nG. note from Mrs.. Warren advises
Lynn % call at her New York attorneys
cence Tor her clothes and wages. She q
rescued by Terry AcNair. whom abe met
~ Ne beach. She goes TO his home, where
he has maid provide her with some Of his
ssters evening clothes. They then 60 10 .
leach club. His sister appears and . quar-.
stranger to escape. He takes her to his
hsne where he Identifies himself n Ray
mond tWild) Austin. He accuses her Of
trying to blackman him. Greatly incensed,
Lynn nees. Stopping at q coffee shop, she
meets young artist, Rene Boucher who a
returning to New York by trailer and Of
Sers 70 take her there. She finds Rene to be
decent sort Of . fellow. Lynn tells Rene
ner story. The car breaks down. They are
9ofeed to stay at the Lowell farmhouse dur
NJ repairs. the Lovells believing them new.
Nweds. The Lovells discover they are not
married. and Insist . marriage take place.
there being no way out. Lynn and Rene
agree. They decide their marriage u to be
enc In name only. with divorce to follow.
he wedding takes place. Their car re-
paired. they 60 on. Arriving In New York.
hey 90 10 . trailer camp. Rene 10 taken
m Lynn nurses him through. Their funds
arc gone. Lynn goes to see Mr. Mortimer,
MS. Warren's attorney. who gives her q
check for 500. Lynn secures q position
with Nine. Reanoud as q dress model A
friend Of Rene's. Marty Siedenberg. art
sditor OF nationally known weekly. calls.
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CHAPTER X-Continued

Get more of the stove in, push
her around!" Marty said excitedly
as he hung over Rene's shoulder.
Tears of anger and pain came to
her eyes. Her hand did hurt badlyl
Rene was too cruel.
"Get those tearsI"
you've both gone mad!" Lynn
cried out.
''Shut up, cry some more!" Marty
snapped at her.
That was an easy order. Her hand
was blistering. The bacon grease
was congealing in an unsightly mess
on the rug. Rene sketched away for
dear life, and it was not for another
ten minutes he allowed Lynn to be-
gin to clean up the mess.
"Put something on your hand"
Rene said at last.
Put on some more coffee, girl,
well talk all this over" Marty sug-
gested with a wave of his large
hand. Meekly Lynn did as she was
ordered, as the two men talked ex-
citedly In an un-understandable Jar
gon.
Later, at the table, over coffee
cups, Marty Siedenberg tried to ex-
plain to Lynn what had happened.
eve liked Rene's stuff, but we
wanted action. Something for the
last Of the month. Something ar
resting and amusing. He couldn't
seem to get it. But this is it,"
Siedenberg turned out to be the
art editor of a nationally known
weekly with whom Rene had been
dickering for a magazine cover.
II knew he could do it, if we just
got going right. Rene, my boy!"
Marty leaned back, toasted the ex-
cited artist with his coffee cup.
Nov the first thing is for you to
get out Of this joint so you'll have
some space to work in" and Marty
peeled off some bills from the roll
m his pocket.
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AROUND
I THE HOUSE

Lemon slices cut thin and sprin-
Killed. with chopped parsley, served
alternately with plain lemon
slices, add much to the attractive
ness OF fish salad.
To make fruit waffies add
crushed pineapple, candied cher
ries and chopped candied orange
peel to your favorite fritter batter.
Metal teapOts sometimes give a
"musty" flavor to tea made in
them. To prevent this, store a
lump OF sugar in the pot. When
you're ready to use the pot rinse
it In boiling water.
To cool a pie quickly as soon as
1t comes from the oven place II
on q colander and the air can cir
culate under 1t so that 1t will cool
quickly.
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YOU can't just wear any old slip
= and expect your small-waisted
frocks to have the smooth, suaye,
round-bosomed line they should
have. Here's a design (l892-B)
especially planned to do its part
toward tigure-flattery, and to At
as only slip you make to your
measure can At. The top has
bosom gathers to give you q little
extra fullness. The waistline Is
dart-fitted SO that it melts into
your middle just beautifully.
These are simple details, very
easy to do, but they make all the
difference In the fit of your slip,
and therefore in the fit of your
frocks. There are seven easy
steps in your detailed sew chart.
Make yourself a whole wardrobe
OF slips like this, light and dark,
OF satin. lingerie crepe or taffeta.
and some batistes and linens for
your coming cottons.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1923
Is designed for sizes IA, 10, ID,
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2o; 40 and AZ. Corresponding bust
measurements 80. "a. SO. 80, 20 and
~. Size l6 (3D requires 2M yards
OF Ss-lnch material without-nap for
ouiit-up shoulders; ga yards for
strap style; ii yards OF shirred
lace. Send order to:
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CHAPTER XII

The pictures were finished, and
Marty Siedenberg charged about
Rene's big dusty studio down off
Washington Square.
Lynn had a little room with her
own bath in the building next door
to Rene's new home, and she be-
heved she was the happiest girl in
the world. AS she looked at the pic
ture she said finally: "I'm not as
lovely as that"
Marty grinned down at her. 'No,
nobody could be, but you're what
every American girl would like to
be-"
The girl in the picture, tears rur-
ming down her cheeks, nursed a
burned hand as bacon and eggs
SWAN on the floor of the trailer.
Trailer Girl" was the name Of the
picture. Rene had managed to get
IN q suggestion Of a wrecked stove,
as a vacation breakfast went down
before the crash. 1t was amusing
and pathetic and lovely. Rene had
caught Lynn's breathless beauty,
even in this domestic breakfast
crisis.
81 wonder how you'll like fame7"
Marty said suddenly to Lynn.
"Fame?"
my child, in a week after our
magazine comes out you'll have half
the guys in New York trying to
date you"
what nonsensel"
"Wait and see."
The magazine came out the last
week in May, on a Wednesday Lynn
had not realized how startled she
would be the first time she saw
those new magazines piled high, on
every newsstand, filling drug store
windows. Her first sight of them
came when she got off the Fifth
Avenue bus that morning to go to
work. A boy at the corner had
hundred of them piled, and people
were buying them as they would the
morning papers.
Lynn hurried past, her head
turned away. She was startled and
fustered Once inside the shop she
dropped into q chair in the back
room. She suddenly wanted to run
away. But how silly, she told her
self.
Half an hour later Madam came
charging in waving one of the maya
ZINES in her hang.
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BY VIRGINIA VALE

HERBERT MARSHALL'S
L 1 first talking picture was
'Ihe Letter" in which he
played Jeanne Eagel's lover,
whom she killed. Now he's
playing in it again, but this
time he's the husband of the
heroine, played by Bette Davis.
He prefers his current role.
I'D rather be a betrayed,
but live, husband, than a dead
lover!" he commented.
incidentally, two of the
most interesting photographs
that have come this way re-
Gently are of Bette Davis and
her stand-in. They're dressed alike.
posed alike. If anything, the stand
In Is little prettier than the talent
ed Bette, but she suffers sadly by
contrast. Those photographs show
the difference between an expert
and an amateur, and they're worthy
OF any girls careful study.
Twentieth Century-Fox finally got
the screen rights to the play TO
bacco Road" which has been rum
ming IN New York for years. RKO
wanted it too-it's rumored that the
price was more than $lO0, 900. Unless
all censorship bars are let down,
considerable rewriting will have to
be done.
Although the two girls have been
on the same lot for more than a
year, Dorothy Lamour and Mary
Martin didn't meet until recently,
when they were rehearsing dance
numbers with Leroy Prinz. The
Sarong Siren was brushing up on
her rhumba for "Moon Over Bur
ma" and the "My Heart Belongs to
Daddy" girl was rehearsing intri-
cate tap routines for Love Thy
Neighbour" In which she appears
with Jack Benny and Fred Allen.
ets,
According to Ray Milland, 1.-THE
greatest gift an actor can get is a
chance to play with Claudette Col
bert"
Here's the record that proves it.
One Of Milland's first pictures was
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CHAPTER XII

Nine. Reanoud took the card from
Lynn's shaking hand.
Don't tell me they're from Wild
Austinl"
Lynn's eyes answered to her.
do you know him7"
mo" Lynn answered almost
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ny HAROLD L. LuNDouIsT, d. d.
Dean Of The Moody Bible Institute
OF Chicago
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