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e..s..,,, CATHOLIC CHURCH
 Church of the Nativity of the

Church of the Nativity of the
 Biessed " M.. Juneau Fnth and Gold Streets REV. sMM ,tGv LevAssEUR. s.J.
 Pastor Sunday within the Octave of
 Christmas Sunday, Masses: ~ 6:0o a.m.-Holy Mass. 800 a.m~THoly Mass and In- struction.
 10:00 a.m.-Sunday School. i. ,1D:30, a.m.-High Mass and Ser n0r1.. g
 7..3Np.m.-Rosary and Benediction of. the Most Blessed Sacrament. 800 a.m.-Holy Mass daily.
 Days of Special Devotion Tuesday, Dec. 31-Feast of Saint Sylvester, day. of special devo-
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HALL GOES SOUTH

o. I. Hall Superintendent of the seims, Drake and Puget Sound Company at Sitka, with his family, is aboard the North Sea for Se- attle. Later he will go to Dutch Harbor for the company. J. B French succeeds Hall at Sitkar
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ATTENTION COASTERS AND
 AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS

Coasting is absolutely prohibited except on Gold and Ninth streets. Red lights have been installed in those areas. Drivers are cautioned to use the utmost care in crossing both streets.
 DAN RALSTON, , Ch;af If Dalico
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sITKA FIRE ALARM

Stika has a new fire alarm sys- tenn with IS boxes installed and in conjunction with the telephone company and fire department.
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BETHEL MISSION ASSEMBLY OF GOD

RALPH E. BAKER
 Pastor Sunday services: l0:OO a.m.-ClasSeS for all. HOO am. - Morning Worship 7:45 p.m-Evangelistic Service. Monday, 7:45 pm. Christmas program; also numbers by orches- tra under leadership of Daniel Mic odemus.
 Friday, 7:45 p.m.-Glad Tidings Band of Young People. You are welcome to these serv- ices.
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LOSl. AND FOUND

LOST-Brown purse between Fosbee and Spickett Apartments. Con- tains personal articles and name engraved fountain pen. Return to Empire Office. Reward, s,
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SEvENTH-DAY ADVENTIST H 7 CHURCH

Corner Second and Main Streets PASTOR M L. MILES, Minister
 (Note--The services of tn his church are held on Saturday, the seventh day of the week0
 Saturday, 1000 lam.-Sabbath- school with Bible classes for all ages.
 Saturday, 11:00 a.m-Sabbatn worship. Sermon by the pastor or Bible study and reading by local elder.
 Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.--Mid-weeK Prayer Meeting and Bible Study Dorcas Society meets every second and fourth Wednesday afternoons.
 All are welcome to all the sery- ices of this church.
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CHURCH NOTICE Aux Bay Bible Study League

PASTOR M. L. MILES, Minister
 Meets at the home of William Walker every Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Highway residents are invited.
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Divine Leadership.

DiVine LeadeTsIHp. --17
 Tuesday. TOO pm.-Choir prac- tice..
 Wednesday, 700 p.m,-VespeT Service
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT room house, fur nished, Duo Therm heat. Inquire 5ll Fifth and Kennedy. Phone Green 325. s, M amsn4is.
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WANTED

WANTED TO RENT-4 or 5-room furnished house by responsible party. Must be reasonable. Good location. Write xxx, Empire Of- flee. a .5. DEPENDABLE woman wants house and chambermaid work. Call mornings, Douglas Az. LADY wants work by hour or day. Phone Blue 510.
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FIVE-ROOM furnished house with oil heat. Inquire at The Snappe Shoppe- sf ,,s..s,s,,ss 'h..Mr
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NICELY furnished apartment for couple-oil heat. $50 per month
 1o9 First St, w, Phone Black 4l3.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-11
BUCKS CHIEF
COMING, FRIDAY

Fourth quarter sales Of Buick
motor cars viii shatter all records
and bring the volume for the year,
1899. to more than $4,000 units.
the best annual total In more than
10 years. 1t was announced in Port
land today by w. y. Hufstader.
general sales manager. Hufstader
and A. II. Belize. director OF mer-
ehandising for Buick will be In
Tacoma Friday In company with
+. s. Steenstrup. Pacific regional
manager. r. A. Mueller. president
Of Mueller-Hsrkins, Buick distribu-
tors for the Tacoma zone. IL In
Portland to meet them and VIII
bring them here.
A Good Year
This division OF General Motors
corporation ends the year with re-
tail deliveries running 40 per cent
over last year 10 meet a winter
season demand substantially ex-
ceeding anything previously ex-
perienced.' Hufstader said. SALES
during the second 10 days of De-
cember were s.385 units.@ he said.
compared with s.065 last year and
with 9.270 in the corresponding
period Of November"
Based on preliminary reports Of
the final December period. fourth
quarter Buick sales arc placed At
s3.03s units compared with 30 sO3
in the last 1888 quarter for a gain
Of 23,433 units or 393 per cent.
This Is an all time high for this
season, the executive stated. and
likewise " the best quarter Of the
year just ending. Substantially en-
ceeding the volume registered dur
ing the spring season.
1910 Promising
Total Buick sales In the domes-
tic market during 1883 wsre placed
al 224.oii against iss.5ss In 1888.
representing gain Of 55.022 units
or 5z4 per cent This manufac-
turer enters the new year with
untitled retail orders on hand APP
proxirnately double those Of a
year ago.
Hufstacer said that Buick enters
the new year with an organization
wide campaign designed 10 mini
mlze seasonal influence on salss
and maintain both sales and manu.
featuring operations above the
usual winter rate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-11
Dozen Mexico Way!

Dozen Mexico Way.
There to be rush of local automobile dealers for
the sunshine of Old Mexico with senoras and taaes
not to mention its bull fights
esdsu Of Ss sn M oaq nnoy s,aSsss
distributors. who is in Ensenada Baja California.
which just another way Of saving that part of Old
Mexico which lies south Of the California border.
Andy is enjoying his vacation and the sunshine!
So much for the champion" ;. now for the
ed visit below the border. They viii drive to Los
Angeles. from which point they will take the for
Mexico City They expect to return some time around
Last year the Walkers went down under for look at
the South Seas New Zealand and Australia this year,
Mexico gets the call.
All Aboard!
Americas only woman president of a railroad, Mrs.
Ira Gardner Dnger, IS, of Cassvine NO..
son for her executive duties interfering with her
Mrs. Dingler was elected president of the Cassyle
and Exeter Railway to succeed her husband who died
The railroad, which is the shortest standard gauge
road in the world is As miles long and boasts one loco
motive and one day coach not streamined!
Out At Last!
An Imperial Always flying boat forced down 10 months
river in the Belgian Congo resumed its flight after
village had been built road Constructed through 1000
river bed to make possible take-off.
Lucky Guy!
The chances 100000 to 1 against Ben Dick of
Gladstone, Oregon, getting the same license number
He sent for his 1910 plates without any special
request for the same number he had last year and
when his new plates arrived, the numbers (2l497s)
were the same his 1889 plates
Bearing DoWn!
The state patrols campaign against auto drivers without
their 1910 plates bringing large numbers of regis
traons daily License Director Dave s. Con reported last
night
To date approximately 49,, 900 motorists have
bought their licenses compared to 274645 sold
at the same date year ago. For time this winter
the number under the 1889 mark Last year
total of $4,000 licenses sold, indicating only
slightly more than half the in the state today
have their 1910 plates.
The patrols drive in many cities is bringing hundreds of
motorists into court where they paying fines for their
failure to have the licenses which went sale December l.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-11
Shell To Report
On Ski Weather

AS a special service to ski en-
thusiasts. Shell oil Company. Inc,
through the courtesy of the United
States Soil Conservation Service In
cooperation with weather bureaus,
National Forest Service. National
Park Service and others. will put
out special weather report on
skiing conditions In various winter
sports areas throughout the Pacific
coast, according to a statement by
NJ. X. Lakin, local manager for the
company here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-11
TTLT BATTERED

Pat o'Brien prizes the battered
felt hat be wore in his first stage
appearance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-11

Joan Crawford recently resumed
piano lessons for the first time
since her school daya.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-11

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hattie
per-
the
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Evening star., 1940-06-08
Star Home
Continued From First Page.)

cred linen of heavenly" blue
shade. Hooked rugs, scatter size, are
used on the floor and these repeat
the flower motif in small patterns.
The summer draperies are plain
butter yellow sateen, pinch-pleated
and finished at the edge with deep
blue and white fringed banding.
There is plenty of wall space, due to
excellent planning of the windows
end doors so that there is room for
chairs with lamp tables on either
eide of the fireplace, sofa group
with end tables and lamps at the
foot of the stairs and desk with an
other large chair and stand lamp.
The full-size windows in this house
are larger than usual and the small
ones on either side of the fireplace
ere high enough so a small table
may be placed in front of them.
Best Of all, from the housekeeping
angle. they have those miraculous
sash that may be removed readily,
cleaned on both sides and replaced.
Plan Adds to Roominess.
The dining room accommodates
4 family size buffet, serving chest
and Welsh dresser, as we'll as table
and six chairs. Though the room
Is not small it is carefully planned
for window and door openings to
give this bit of elbow room which
makes a house so much more val
liable.
The kitchen is in two tones OF
soft gray with a high gloss enamel
that will make scrubbing easy.
The floor is a deep blue marbleized
linoleum and the counter tops are
red. Red touches appear in
Evening star., 1940-06-08

so that the ping pong table may
still hold sway with the furnace in
one corner and the laundry tub and
electric outlet way of in the further
corner. There is light and electric
outlet where you want it; there are
all the good fundamental useful
things. with no stage play. This
house is carefully thought out from
a standpoint of living, housekeeping
and bringing up children. The backs
OF the houses in this whole area
open onto natural park with lovely
trees. There are no fences or lot
divisions. 1t is the most perfect sit
uation for happy living, and as the
community develops, it will be in
teresting to see how it is used.
Evening star., 1940-06-08

drawer pulls and in the dotted
Swiss curtains at the window. There
is good working light recessed into
the ceiling just above the sink, as
we'll as adequate base outlets for
electrical equipment which will de-
light the owner Another point
worth noticing is that window
screens are nicely made with brass
pulls and each one carefully num-
bered for storage. Also screen doors
have neat brass door handles with
latch built in and copper screen
panels which may be removed for
glass panels to make storm doors
in the fall.
Upstairs Is Efficient.
Upstairs every bit of space is
carefully worked out for efficiency
and good housekeeping. The bed
room at the landing over the garage
is large and most attractive. with
a delightful French paper on the
walls, three-way ventilation, a
nice closet papered to match the
WYNN pAAA SEuSS loi SllCSUo Ol ul d W
ers. a dresser group and big deep
chair with room left over to move
around in. This would be an ideal
guest room. The little bedroom
with its blue wallpaper and old
fashioned spool bed would be a
charming childs room. The braid
ed rug, patchwork bedspread and
a cricket chair are in keeping with
the quaint chest of drawers and
accessories and details in Colonial
design.
The master bedroom and bath are
at the front of the house. The
walls are in soft chalk pink shade,
with delicate white pattern. There
is plenty of space for twin beds
with a night table between. The
beds are distinctive in design, with
Evening star., 1940-06-08

house are exceptionally fine. 1t is
unusual to find so much attention
paid to detail and so fine an under
standing of the needs of good Amer
ican living as this moderate priced
house offers.
There are no ostentatious frills in
this house. No imposing recreation
room-but fine basement with eX-
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Lighting Dark Stoirs

Dark stairs can be improved by
placing windows at the bottom, side.
or top of stairways If the construc-
ton of the building permits. VIM
dows may be installed with funds
obtained from qualified lending in
stitutions under the Modernization
Credit Plan of the Federal Housing
Administration.
Evening star., 1940-06-08

f1uted legs and delicate turning sell
dom seen in maple. The dressing
table and mirror also are most un-
usual and the drawer pulls on all
pieces are carved to look like pine
apples. The bath, with inclosed
shower, has tile floor and side walls.
The large bath has a tub and most
attractive soft blue tiling on the
walls with a smaller pattern set
IN the floor. The bathroom fixtures
and the hardware throughout the
Evening star., 1940-06-08
CoIors and Weioht

Painting objects in certain colors
gives them the appearance of altered
weight. Red and orange, for instance.
give the illusion of heaviness. while
yellow and blue lend the appearance
of lighter weight. And. of course, the
same object appears larger when
painted white than when 1t il
painted black.
Evening star., 1940-06-08

cellent daylight provided by merely
painting white the inside of galvan-
lied iron semi-circular window re-
cesses so that they reflect light into
the room. If the family wants a
game room, they may have all the
fun of building tiff not. the area
is neatly and compactly arranged
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Newspupermen Go
To Fair as Guests

A group of Washington news
papermen, all members of the Ma
tional Press Club, left for New York
by special train today for a two
day visit to the Worlds Fair as
guests of the chairman, Harvey D.
Gibson.
approximately so members of the
club were on the trip, headed by the
president, Dick Wilson. Entertain
ment plans for the visitors are in
charge of Leo Casey, chief of the
fairs public relations office
Evening star., 1940-06-08
HOME PLAN OF THE Week.-Mrs. was designed for The

HOME PLAN OF THE Week.-Mrs. designed for The
Star by Maurice May Washington architect member of
the Washington Metropolitan Section Maryland Society
OF Architects another in the series of home plans
design the walls would be of red Colonial brick
cnder block full basement would include knoty
reation laundry and boiler with furnace
for either air conditioning howater heating
first floor would be of white oak in random widths and
Features of the first floor include sunroom and breakfast
ROOM The house, Mr.. May be built for $14 5OO
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-19

floating through nothingness.
Suddenly there was light, ana
pain again-excruciating pain as
my body was dragged over some-
thing hard.
Careful" said a voice. Hes
been hurt"
My God!" cried another. Look!
Hes tied. He's been murdered"
I was lying in the bottom of a
boat. My eyes opened to stare in
the face of man bending over
me. His mouth dropped open, as
though he were as startled as l to
find that 1 still was alive.
Hi, Gorgeous" he exclaimed.
This isn't any corpse. This is the
guy who disappeared from the
clubhouse last night. Let's get the
ropes off him."
1t was the newspaper reporter,
but I was not as surprised to see
him as his companion, a girl. She
bent over me, her brown eyes soft
with compassion. you're hurt"
she repeated. Wen get you to a
doctor quickly"
The reporter turned me Ter on
my good shoulder, luckily, and
with knife he cut the bonds that
held my wr;s+s. The g rubbed
them between her hands as he cut
my feet apart.
He'll need a. drink of water,
Gorgeous" said the reporter, turn
ing to his motor to start it again.
There's . bottle Il the bow. We've
got to get back upstream"
upstream? Why not put to the
clubtouse?"
The police. He's not going to
fall into their hands if I can
help it"
"But-"
"And we're not taking him to
any doctor, either. We're taking
him to your house,"
(To Be Continued)
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n ShS t'ANN~-
it was screened partially by the
green leaves of the brush. The rifle
was steady, resting on the log.
The rowboat was almost full of
water by now, so that was half
submerged. I drew in all the
breath 1 could hold, and rolled
over. The boat rolled with me. l
was cut. going down. My ears felt
the conclusion of a bullet striking
the water near me, but I was not
hit.
The water was dark, muddy. A
current was sucking me down. l
held my body motionless, knowing
that the air in my lungs would
bring me to the surface eventually.
If I kept still, there was a slim
chance the rif1eman would not see
me at once.
In my weakened condition I
could not hold my breath for long.
My lungs wanted nle to let 1t 60
gave one desperate kick with my
pinioned feet. My face reached the
surface. I gasped, and was under
again. My head was pounding.
The ri6eman did not shoot.
There was a measured beat in the
water now, the exhaust of gaso-
line engine. 1 kickei again and
again, feeling my body thrash the
surface, but now my head was far
under. I had to let my breath es-
cape. l did. I lost by buoyancy. l
was going down.
The pounding of the gasoline en-
CINE stopped. All was still, dcathly
still. My eyes were open, but the
water was dark. My clothes caught
on a stick. I thought had drifted
into one of the rivers treachcrous
snags. A sinking blackness en-
quilted me. I seemed to be whirling,
whirling.
I thought. "Drownir is not so
bad" The pain was going away
! from me. l fc:t as though l were
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Middlebuz'g News
by MRS. c. II. PERRY

Nh and Mrs. ". j. Cooper, Mary
Helen and Jack, visited Mrs. ]. F
Spain Sunday afternoon.
Nj. and Mr.. Lewis Spain anc
Mrs. John Spain spent last Friday
ii Raleigh.
! MI. and Mrs. Jim Barnes, Mr.. ano
/ Mrs. Willard Morgan, Of Suffolk, va.
visited in the Turner home last Sun
day.
MIR. and Mrs. V. e. E>wles and
children, Mr. RaWleS, ST., were
pleasant visitors in the home OF MIR
and Mrs. John Turner.
Mr.. and Mrs. LinWood Snort, OF
EPSON spent the past weekend III
the Perry home.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Riggan ano
children. Of Townsville, spent sun
day afternoon with MI. and MRS. T.
NJ. Perry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Perry Wis
tod Mr. and Mrs Person Pearce, o.
TOWNSVILLE, last Friday. ,
Mr. and Mrs. r. A. Blalock, OF
Henderson, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Harris Of Townsville, visited the
pow home Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Lewis stalnback
a,d daughter, Dorothy Lee, spen'
Sunday Afternoon with Mr.. and MIS-
Charlie Stainback. :,
Mr. and Mrs. George Perry O,
t1andcrcon. visited the Perry nome
Sunday afternoon. Tact ,v..L
MisS Jessie Currin spent last week
with her parents, Mr.. and MIS- "
w. Currin.
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Aircraft Firm
ToMerge With
Atlas Company

New York, March 19.-(AP)-A
Sl65 100000 merger Of Curtiss-
Wright corporation. one OF Amer
ica's largest aircraft manufacturing
companies, and the Atlas corporation,
one of the nations principal invest
ing companies. was announced lasf
night by the arrangements Of the two
giant corporations.
Floyd B. Odium. 48-year-old IL
nancier, who built up the Atlas cor
poration in 10 depression years tt
its present S6O,OOO.OO0 market-value
status, joined in the announcement
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CHAPTER TEN

THE FIRST shot hit the boat
inst below the water line, the bull
let tanning my trouser legs. 1 lay
as low as possible. The rifieman
was aiming from under the ware.
house, which meant that he could
not see ME. prayed he would de-
eide it was Just an empty boat ne
was shooting at.
The answer to my prayer was
second bullet, splintering through
the boat Just below the gunwales-
Each shot added slightly to the
momentum of the rowboat, which
bv now was bobbing in the NAN
stream.
A soaring pain burned my leg
iust above the knee. I Stitfened IN
sudden agony.
Iwaited for another. None came.
Perhaps the ritieman was afraid
he would attract attention if he
shot again. The speedboat mad
passed out of hearing and all was
quiet.
The boat was slowly filling with
water that poured in through the
first bullet hole. 1t was the only
hole below the water line-the bull
l., after passing through it. hav-
ing lodged in one of the ribs on
the opposite side of the boat-but
water would soon be pouring
through four other holes, slightly
higher, because the boat was set
ting deeper.
The first pain in my leg was
dulling. moved just enough to get
nv knee against the hole, and
pressed. Most OF the flow of water
was shut off. I lay still, waiting.
Flies settled on the sticky flow
of blood on my forehead and was
unable to shake them off. My
shoulde, ached. The water that
soaked my clothes was cold, and
the bottom of the boat in which l
lay had hard. sharp ribs. My leg
was beginning TO ttrob.
A river boat chugged by. but
apparently at some distance. The
river was wide. l was afraid to
raise my head and call out because
I thought my eN-captor might be
stalking me along the shore.
But after a while I could stand
the suspense no longer. The boat
was filling through two bullet
holes. I knew I had to get help.
I struggled to sitting position.
The river glistened in the sun
light. l was almost II midstream,
a hundred yards of water on
either side of me. The north bank
was covered with the soft growth
of willows. The south bank was
lower, sander. and beyond it l saw
the roof Of a farmhouse.
The reason why the river was
almost deserted was evident now.
I was upstream from the city, not
downstream. The man who had
kidnapped me had padded against
the current instead of with it. l
recognized the landscape. the spire
of the crossroads church, the old
windmill on the Page place
Around the bend below and ahead
of me the Rio Vista club would
swing into sight again at the end
of its peninsula. Beyond was the
city, and the water traffic. My pur-
suer. if ne still pursued me, would
not dare follow me there.
craned my neck and searched
the north shore with my eyes Yes,
q large man vas stealing through
the willows Sunlight glinted on
the barrel of The rife he carried.
He moved downstream ahead of
me and found shelter behind the
stump of tree half covered with
bushes. He raised the rife and
waited for NE to drift opposite
him for a shot he could not miss.
The putt-putt Of another motor
boat was approaching around the
downstream bend, but it evidently
would be too late.
/ tried to see the mans face, but
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with George N. Armsby, chairman n
and Guy W. Vaughan, president Oh
Cllrtiss- Wright.
Curtiss- Wright with its predeces-
sors has been a leader in aviation
since the Wright brothers pioneer
ing days. The current market V Hna
of its Stocks approXimates Sloo'ooo,-
TT The plan of merger will be sub
n,itted within three weeks to stock
holders Of both companies for their
approval.