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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-12
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smiled and went on, So today we are giving her. as birthday pres ent, her first symbol of the duties that will some day be hers"
 He motioned to a knight beside him to come forward The knight carried a white box tied with a white silk ribbon. The King took it and handed it to Princess Hil- dur. She blushed quite rosy and opened the box The people could hear her gasp, How lovely!"
 Then she lifted the gift out. It was little golden crown with flashing blue sapphires set around the top. The King took it and placed it on her yellow curls.
 Princess Hildur felt half fright ened as she looked at the people sitting on the lawn, and realized that one day they would look to her for leadership. They would ask her help when their wheat crops failed, when invaders came into the land, and when their children were i'll.
 She started to wish to herself oh, I wish but just then she heard whisper in her ear. It was the voice of the first witch, and 1t said. No, Hildur, that wish is mine. You promised it to me on your tenth birthday. And I wish to be free. shall see you tonight
 Hildur said nothing more. The party went on. But Hildur was very disturbed
 Tomorrow: The witch kills
 the crops.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-12
NOTICE

AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, showing air route from Seattle to Nome, on sale at J. B. Burford & Co. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-12
DIVORCE ASKED

Airline G. Edwards filed. action in Federal District Court here today for a divorce from Glenn A. Ed wards. Reason given for the action is incompatibility. Mrs. Edwards is asking custody of minor child.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-12

About 2.500 men are now at work on the new United States Naval Air Base at Placentia Bay New foundland The completed facili- ties at this base leased from Great Britain will cost $17,050, 100000
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-12

4-ROOM partly furnished house on
 Behrends Ave. Phone Black ell.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-12
Real Estate or Sale

FOR SALE OR RENT-R. A. John son house near Airport. Inquire Ronald Willy, Duck Creek.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-12

Tomorrow; The witch kills the crops.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-12

5-ROOM modern house overlooking Aux Bay. Full concrete basement. Write 20. Box 2313.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-12
BARNEY GOOGLE AND 'SNUFFY SMITH

Empire Classifieds Payl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-12

LATE '33 V-8 sedan in perfect shape. Bennie Mohs, Douglas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-12
Miscellaneous For Sale

G.E. washing machine, $15. Phone Green CTS.
Evening star., 1941-04-26
Killer Of kazi Air Ace
Lost Life, British Report
Ry the Associated Press.

RS the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 26.-Germany's
air ace, Maj Helmuth Wick, re-
ported shot down over the Isle OF
Wight last November %, was said
today to have fallen to the guns OF
26-year r-old Flight 1t. John Charles
Dundas, who was himself killed a
few minutes afterward.
This was the account the Air
Ministry news service gave of the
aerial combat it described as the
last chapter" of the story of the
Nazi air ace who commanded the
Richthofen squadron and was cred
tied with 56 victories over Spain
Poland and France:
1t. Dundas was in q squadron of
r. A. F. fighter planes which sighted
a large circus" of German Messer-
schmitt 109s at $4,000 feet.
The Nazis dived at them "out of
the sun"-still in formation.
In the first clash the squadron
leader heard Dundas shout into his
radio: "Whoopee, I've got 109."
The squadron leader spoke back
over the radio, but there was no
reply from 1t. Dundas and a ripped
parachute was seen dropping toward
the ground.
Announcement of Wick's death
by the Germans, together with their
published details of the action" the
news service said, confirm that
Dundas shot down Wicks Messer-
schmitt and was, in turn, shot down
by its pair ACCOMPANYING planesl -
Evening star., 1941-04-26

ly, but Nan knew he was curious.
And suspicious.
They went on then to her cabin
and entered the sitting room. Hill
dreth Walther was not there. Nan
was glad. She didn't want Hildreth
spying on her. too.
A New Mystery.
She said. "Sit down, David" She
went to her bedroom, to the trunk
in which she had found the gun.
She looked among the silken under
things-and the automatic was not
there. Startled, she looked further.
1t was not in the trunk. 1t was
gone.
Nan found herself trembling, and
fear gr1pped her and held its grip
For one brief moment she thought
she must have been mistaken, but
the next moment knew she hadn't
been. There had been a gun. Some
one had placed it in the trunk. and
some one had taken it away. Some
one had been in her stateroom dur
ing the two hours she had been at
dinner and with David Larsen.
She went out to the sitting room.
She said, David, it's gomez
He snapped to his feet and came
to her. He no longer seemed slow
moving and mild-mannered
THE gun is gomez"
"Yes. It's no longer in my trunk. "
"When did you last see it?"
when I dressed for dinner"
was that the first you saw it?"
"Yes. At the time, I was almost
certain it hadn't been there before.
1t may have been, but I think it
wasn't
Did you touch it?" David de-
manded. Pick it up?"
Eyes. I picked it up" She stared
at him more frightened than ever
by his anxiousness. Does it mat
ter?"
A Fresh Worry.
He didn't reply at once, but stared
at her. Then he nodded slowly.
LYDIA, that gun was placed there
for that purpose-for you to handle.
So it would bear your fingerprints." 4"
Nan said. But why?" even
though she knew. Whoever had
maneuvered that gun in and out of
her stateroom had wanted her fin
gerprints upon it to involve her in
some crime.
TT has all the earmarks of a
frameup," David said. Have you
Evening star., 1941-04-26
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.


Named for the Governor of the
Antilles in the 18th century, the
poinciana is tree, once seen in
bloom, is never forgotten. By many
it is known as the peacock flower
and by some the f1amboyant tree.
Either name suits it well. 1t Is one
of the most colorful and conspicuous
trees in Southern Florida and the
American tropics.
1t is rapidly growing tree, reach
ing 20 to 40 feet and accomplishing
wide-spreading picturesque top in
very short time. 1t makes an ex-
cellent shade tree.
The leaves are from one to
four feet long, with 10 to 20 pairs
of pinnae, each pima with many
oval leaflets. The flowers are from
three to four inches across and a
brilliant scarlet. The upper petal
is striped with yellow and is more
cuneate, while the obvate petals are
decidedly clawed or narrow below
When the royal poinciana is in
bloom, you can hear the steady
roar Of the wings of happy insects.
How they race back and forth,
slipping nectar, exchanging pollen
with the freshly blooming flowers!
For days and days the trees are a
glorious sight; for miles you may
see the brilliant splash of color.
The seed pods are very interesting
and some are as long as 20 inches.
The common length found is around
six inches. Each pod contains many
Evening star., 1941-04-26
Boeing Plant Plot Charged,
Suspects Ordered Seized
By TIE Associated Press.

By tie Associated Press.
SEATTLE, April 26.-Declaring
he believed enemy agents were
plotting to shut down the Boeing
Aircraft plant by force and violence,
Chief of Police William H. Sears
yesterday ordered the immediate ar
rest Of any persons suspected of
subversive activity.
In special bulletin, the chief
directed his officers to be on the
alert against persons with sub
versive intent
For several months" his order
said, Il have observed evidence of
plot by Subversive organizations to
impair the national defense pro-
duction of Seattle. The Police De-
partment has been watching de-
velopments closely and, on the basis
Of reports from experienced officers,
1t Is evident that move is gather
ing momentum to shut down the
Boeing airplane plant by force and
violence.
"If the plan should succeed, the
Todd Shipyards would then be the
target of a similar attack and
ultimately Seattle would be put out
of national defense production"
Evening star., 1941-04-26
Sterilization Fund
For China Provided
By U. 5. and Britain
Agreement Is Signed
Providing $50. .000, 900
And $5,000,000

The United States and Great
Britain were moving on parallel
lines today to assist China by stabi-
lzing Chinese currency.
Agreements providing $4,000, 900
from this country and 100000
pounds from Britain for Chinese
Stabilization funds were signed here
yesterday by T. v. Soong, represent
ing China, and Secretary of the
Treasury Morgenthau, and by Mr..
Soong and Sir Frederick Phillips,
on behalf of the British treasury.
The United States China agree
ment completed an arrangement
tentatively made last fall, but de-
layed by negotiation of technical
details. The British agreement puts
into effect an order of last Decem-
ber making 100000 pounds avail
able for Chinese currency stabiliza-
tlon, in addition to a similar fund
set up in 1899.
In a joint statement, Secretary
Morgenthau and Mr.. Soong said:
This is a friendly agreement be-
tween friendly nations that are
working together in many ways to
preserve the basic freedoms. Apart
from the obvious purpose of sta
bilizing the relationship between
the currencies concerned, it will
be an important factor in fostering
the welfare of the participating
countries"
A British Embassy statement,
describing the Anglo Chinese agree
ment as closely parallel" to the
Chinese agreement with this coun-
try, said it constitutes a further
important step in the field of
monetary cooperation between the
United Kingdom and China and
symbolizes the friendly relations
between the two countries"
The stabilization funds, to include
$40 100000 contributed by Chinese
government banks in addition to
the money from this country and
Britain, will be managed by a five
man board to include three Chinese,
an American recommended by the
Treasury here and a British ma
tional recommended by the British
treasury.
Evening star., 1941-04-26

Richard Carmody2 No, I dis
not know him. Who is hep
HE was something of a mystery.
He dealt in ornaments. He grew
rich in a nasty business. He ped
died guns and tanks and all sorts OF
war material all over the world.
The night before we sailed from
New York he was murdered"
Nan said, murdered" in frozen
voice.
He was shot twice with an au-
tomato pistol"
THE gun in my trunk was an
automatic pistol, I think. But Of
course I 10 not know about guns"
David frowned at her. His eyes
were distrustful now, and that hurt.
Nan wanted to cry out, David!
I'm not involved in a murder! I'm
not really LYDIA Moral" But she
could not.
Then David said, "Just before you
left your apartment to come to the
boat a detective called on you. He
showed you a cigarette case. You
told the detective you didn't recog-
nize it. Was that the trdth?"
Nan said, sparring for time to
think, David, how do you know"
WAS that the truth, Lyda?"
II never saw the cigarette case
in my life" Nan said. Not until
the detective showed it TO me-"
'It didn't belong to your fiance,
Eric Fabier?"
Nan said, "I don't know!" And
she wanted desperately TO say. Eric
Fabier isn't my f1ance. I'm not in
love with any one-but you, David"
But she couldn't say that. She was
promise bound to LYDIA Mora.
Continued tomorrow
Copyright. 1941, Chicago Daily News, Incl
Evening star., 1941-04-26
Rear Admiral Todd
And 10Captains Given
New Assignments
Copt. Deyo, Aide to Knox.
Transferred to Command
Destroyer Squadron II

The Navy Department today con-
tinued its command shake-up with
the reshuffling of an admiral, IL
captains, including an aide to the
Secretary of Navy, and command
ers. Todays shifts are the latest
of long series of new assign
ments given ranking officers of the
line.
Rear Admiral Forde A. Todd
president of the General Court
Martial of the Sd Naval District
New York, becomes governor of the
Philadelphia Naval Home. Seized
uled to retire May l because OF
physical disability resulting from
service, he succeeds Rear Admiral
Harris Laning, who died February
2. The governorship usually is as.
signed to a retired officer.
Capt. Deyo Given Squadron.
Capt. Morton L. Deyo, aide te
Secretary Knox, was given COM
mand of destroyer squadron II
After serving in the department al
assistant photographer, February S
1910, he was named aide to the
Navy Secretary. He is succeeded
by Capt. Frank E. Beatty.
Capt. Charles M. Yates, com
mander of the cruiser San Fran.
cisco, has been assigned to Wash
ington in the Bureau of Navigation
He is succeeded by Capt. Daniel j
Callaghan, former aide to President
Roosevelt, as was announced some
time ago.
Capt. Francis w. Rockwell COM
manding officer of the battleshir
Nevada, was assigned to the Naval
War College in Newport, r. l., as
an Instructor. He is being relieved
in his battleship command by Capt
Francis w. Scanland, at present q
student at the Naval War College.
Cruiser Commander Transferred.
Capt. Paul H. Bastedo, another
student at the college, takes duty
on the school staff. Capt. Augustine
H. Gray, commanding officer of the
cruiser New Orleans. also joins the
faculty. His relief on the cruiser
has not been designated. Another
assignment to the staff was Capt
Clarkson Joel Bright, commander
of the cruiser Richmond. He is
being replaced by Comdr. John
Herbert Brown, jr, now a student
at the school.
Capt. Lunsford L. Hunter leaves
the war college to become inspector
OF ordnance in charge of the mine
depot at Yorktown, Va. Capt. Rob-
ert Rowe Thompson is detached
from the San Diego (Calif) hospita
to instruction at the school, while
Capt. Elmer L. Woodside Joins tht
faculty on completion of his in
Struction.
Comdr. Arthur c. Miles comes here
for duty in the Bureau of Aeronau.
tics after having served at the Sar
Diego Naval Air Station. Comdr
Bertram j. Rodgers comes here
from the Newport school for assign.
ment in the officce of the chief o1
naval operations and Comdr. Rich.
ard w. Bates changes from the stu
dent class to the faculty.
Evening star., 1941-04-26

Nan hesitated, then said. Tt
think So And David jumped at
that.
You think SOP" he said, his eyes
sharp. What do you mean by
that?"
Nan put her hands to her temples
Her head throbbed with confused
thoughts. Her eyes were wide and
alarmed, her face a little pale The
white forelock was suddenly a white
| feather of fear.
Il don't know what I mean" she
said. I'm so confused. I'm scared
-" She broke off abruptly, realiz-
ing she was speaking her own
clipped English, and took up LYDIA
Mora's deliberate, formal mode. II
am all at sea. Mop"
Nan is Horrified.
There's no one else on this ship
you suspect?"
mo Who would there be?"
David said nothing to that, but
the way he looked at her told Nan
that he knew about Mark Derringer.
He let the silence lengthen and grow
static. Nan tried to gather in her
scattered thoughts. 1t was logic,
she reflected, that David Larsen
would befriend her AS an Army
Intelligence Officer he could be
trusted. And she should conf1de in
him. But there was her promise to
LYDIA Mora.
She said, Perhaps, David, this
is much ado about nothing. Mop
Il wish I could agree with that"
"You are worried? About me?"
He nodded. Then said, LYDIA,
did you ever know a man named
Richard Carmody?''
Evening star., 1941-04-26
Col. Davis Is Assigned
To Carlisle Barracks

Col. Addison D. Davis, Medical
Corps officer on duty here, will be
transferred May l to assume COM
mand at Carlisle Barracks, Pa. He
will also be commandant of the
Medical Field Service School there.
Col. Davis is on duty at the Army
Medical Center here. His new post
is one of the most important in the
Medical Service.
Another officer who is on duty in
the Office of Chief of Engineers in
Washington, Col. Stuart c. Godfrey,
will be transferred June Is for duty
with the 1st Army Corps at Column
bia, S. c. Col. Spencer B. Akin,
now in the Office of the chieft signal
officer in Washington, has been as
signed to duty with the Sd Army in
San Antonio, Tex.
Evening star., 1941-04-26
DR.. Bird to Begin
Series of Sermons

At the Church of the Pilgrims
tomorrow at II am. DR.. Andrew r.
Bird will begin a brief series Of
Sunday morning sermons entitled
"Springtime Words of God Which
Steady Our Hearts Today" The
opening theme will be Light" At
7:45 pm. he will preach on God in
Our Daily Life" During morning
worship infants and little children
are cared for in the children's
church under the SUPPLEMENTARY
of Mrs. S. M. Erickson.
The Christian Pioneers, the young
peoples society and the fellowship
group meet $50 pm. On Thurs
day evening DR.. Bird will speak on
Originality in Christian Service" :"
Evening star., 1941-04-26
Deaths Reported

Rule H. Enele.- SIS. 143n Crittenden at. NV
Sennle Dyer. S4, 903 Concord ave. NV.
mary A. Tennyson, 80, 1888 Biltmore ST
Charles E. Russell, 80, 2o11 Eye st. NV
Margaret j. Rowland, "a 1901 PARK
I'd. NV.
Hunter H. Laushton. II, Garfield Hospital
Joseph Portion, SO, 4213 18th st. NV.
grace a Brooks, 81, Walter Reed General
Laurence v. Frazier. 81. Walter Reed Gen.
Frank Frank MsMahon: "a SO. Gallingsr Hospital
5sbmes Rbnes J. TSoGglias. GGs. 5S. Providence Hospital
clarence :. Garzoni, 80, SOL New jersey
Florence L. Bond, So, 1920 Reno 3D. NV
Herbert e. Corley, 81, Gallinger Hospital
Robert e. Wayland, ~. New Hampshire
Charles L. Simmons, 1s, 372o Upton ct.
Es3s SSRsrt wcs.as cs5DsntsE s ssas 81 22s g St sw
Lille Ruth. 40, 1910 Montello ave. ne.
Edward Barnes, 81. Gallinger Hospital.
Stella Jenkins. 21, Galinger Hospital
Leon Thomas, q, GEORGETOWN Hospital,
James Nelson, 3. Children's Hospital
Infant Henry L. Brice, Providence Hos
Infant, Joseph Proctor. rreedmen's Hos.
pital.
Evening star., 1941-04-26
Columbia Heights Christian

The Rev. A. P. Wilson will preach
tomorrow morning on The Divine
Fire" and President r. B. Mont
gomery of Lynchburg College will
briefly present the claims of Chris
tian education.
On Thursday evening the elders
will discuss plans for carrying on the
evangelistic effort begun by DR..
James Grain, to the close of June.
The orchestral concert which was
to be given next Sunday evening
has had to be postponed on account
of the illness Of several of the par
ticipants. This will be given May l8.
The Capital area convention Of
the Disciples of Christ will meet at
this church May 10, 20 and 81.
Evening star., 1941-04-26
New Device UtiIizes
Any Radio Station
For Guiding Aviator
Automatic Dual Indicate
Shown in Flying
Laboratory of c. A. A.
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON,


Flight demonstrations of an auto
matte dual radio bearing indicator,
which makes a radio-range beacon
of any radio station and enables a
pilot 20 navigate with extreme ac-
curacy in any kind of weather using
any station he can tune in, are being
given here by the Civil Aeronautics
Authority in its new two-engined
flying laboratory.
The big ship now is undergoing an
1900 mile demonstration trip
around the United States to ac-
quaint airline operations executives
with the new radio device and other
new equipment.
During the local demonstration
yesterday afternoon, Reeder G.
Nichols, chief of the radio section
in the Air Carrier Division of the
C A. A., in charge of the demon
Stratlon trip, used local amateur,
police and other stations to demon
strate methods of fixing the position
of the airplane while the big ship
was on the ramp at Washington
Airport.
Home on Cooking Broadcast.
A flight demonstration followed,
during which home cookery broad
cast from Station WJSV was util-
lied, appropriately, as a "homing"
beam. WJSV and the c. A. A. sta
ton beside the Mount Vernon high
way just below Washington National
Airport at Gravelly Point then were
used as radio sources which enabled
Pilot George S. Cassidy, chief of the
Operations Section, c. A. A., and
Co-Pilot w. w. Scott, C. A. A. air
carrier inspector, to work out pre-
cision air navigation and landing
approach problems.
The device enables a pilot to fly
with absolute precision off the course
of the beaten airways, with their
radio range beacons and other aids
to air navigation, Mr.. Nichols ex-
planned. 1t not only is expected to
become standard airline equipment,
but also may play vital role in
modern warfare, he said. Using any
radio sources, the location of which
he knows, a combat pilot could reach
any chosen objective within his
flight range with great accuracy,
in any kind of weather by day or
night, it is claimed.
First Cost S13,500.
The device was developed by the
c. A. A. in cooperation with lead
ing manufacturers and, although the
installation in the big c. A. A. labo-
ratory plane cost $13,5O0, it can be
manufactured relatively cheaply on
q production basis, it was said.
In addition to its use as a labora-
tory for the testing of all kinds of
aircraft instruments and naviga-
tional equipment, the new c. A. A.
plane is being used for the periodic
flight testing of air transport pilots
by the G. A. A.
Evening star., 1941-04-26


counted the same as other days.
John Grayson 26, and Clementine N. En-
geli. %, both of olyphant, Pa; the Rev
ave- NV " fs4f snd Martha m Desb 81 YsIs
1homas nW B tff RfH W Is kfPssh Psmers Nd
Nd; the Rev. Peter P. Rakowski. '''''0''
Kne F. both Sfa1Fe OF sS 81 eS snd g. Mary
sss S 'SR9 ssB e f7q 74, Eai'a
ana IDA FToI{in, 46: 1919 18th st. NV;
James simms. I9, and Edith NJ. Mccloud.
IS. both Of Al F St. NV; the Rev. S.
oeoTse H. ENSIGN, 4si 1923 Harvard St;
Columbis I'd; NV; the Rev: e: 2. ganss
go. both Of Ills sth st. ne; the Rev.
I q T?s 500 Il s.sS. Rs pss' sa s n Fsd s Rev e.
John r. Edwards.
'ohp W,rbd y IaRD WasesSs ss 173 3 5aSS s. n.y. y and
Az AshR ReT L BsfGn Bs1f9 5 1s crais l144 18th St
EusE FL: e E:v bq5h phvd G5 a6ss erisE Montello ave
Arthur arthur G 6. Nikols. 20. sH $40 Eastern ave.
ne and Mary Z; selimon, is, ,54Oe
57th st. ne: the Rev. M. L. Gumbleton.
Clement L.. Bolton. 10, 2011 Vermont ave.
NV. and Louise Johnson, 10. 2O15 YER
mont ave. NV; the Rev. Robert An
Samuel e. Scott. 90. and Gladys Z. Gee,
20, both of Arlington. Va; the Rev.
George M. Hall, %, Boiling Field, Va and
Marjorie G. Taliaferro, Is, 105 9th st.
Sc; the Rev. r. j. Plumb.
TouEei Mollet, A.. Beverly Farm, Mass. and
Marion c. Meldrum, 43.. 1877 Massa-
chusetts ave; the Rey Pster I,sar Marshall
Evelyn Olson. 80 East Hampton, N. T.:
Judge Robert E. Mattingly.
Samuel M Smith, 20, and Annie Treichler.
50, both of Pennsylvania; the Rev
Howard Q. Anderson.
Bernard J. Dolsn. %. 636 ST. s.v., and
Mary @. Heath, 1s, Minneapolis; the Rev.
william Marin.