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Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-06
DECREE GRANTED

An interlocutory divorce decree
was granted in superior court
Thursday to Mable M. Morales, who
charged Henry Morales with wilful
neglect and Wilful desertion.
Evening star., 1941-05-17
Doors and Windows
Require Checkino

Sticking doors or windows, usu-
ally require refitting or repair, and
with the arrival of warm weather
the home owner will find the ideal
Evening star., 1941-05-17

clared that when the average
monthly cost of operating and
maintenance is totaled 1t becomes
Immediately apparent that the
cheap bargain house actually
costs much more to live in than
the quality house at a somewhat
higher cost. The buyer of the
quality house not only has better,
more comfortable house, with high
er resale value, but actually pays
less per month for it.
The long-term, low-rate, month
ly amortized home mortgage has
brought about a condition in which
good home building not only is best
it is also cheapest"
Hugh L. Dryden, chief of the
mechanics and sound division of
the National Bureau of Standards,
explained that saving for the home
buyer can result from revision of
building code requirements. A model
plumbing code, recently released by
the Bureau of Standards for gen.
eral use, he pointed out, is a good
example of how a particular build
ing code requirement profitably
may be changed in form in the light
of new performance standards.
Mr.. Dryden described in detail
the work of the bureau in develop
ing performance standards applica-
BILE to materials intended for use
in low-cost construction. He also
pointed out that well-recognized
performance requirements are es-
sential to the intelligent design
of pre-fabricated housing and the
evaluation of its merit.
Evening star., 1941-05-17
Midd|e-AtIdntic Building
Increases S13,500,000

Building contracts awarded in
April in the Middle Atlantic States
increased more than $13,500,0 900 over
April. 1910. Nom residential build
ing was credited with valuation
increase of almost $4,000 900 and
residential building with nearly So
900 900 over the respective totals of
1910.
j. T. Little. the district manager
of Dodge Reports. the daily contruc-
ton news service. released this in
formation yesterday about the build
ing activities in eastern Pennsyl-
vania, southern New Jersey. Mary
land, Delaware, Virginia and the
District of Columbia. He stressed
that residential building had So
900 900 lead over non-residential
building in April.
The combined building contracts
for the SiX-State area totaled S42,-
ASS 900 in April. a notable increase
over s28,743000, last years April
record.
Residential building called for in
April contracts was valued at S23,-
$4,000, large advance over s18,-
1862, 900. the figure for the cores
ponding 1910 month.
Dodge Reports concluded the
summary of the Middle Atlantic
States with an analysis of the nom
residential building. Contracts
awarded in this classification
reached an April valuation of S18.-
213,000, compared with Sl0.38l 900,
the contract total recorded in
April. 1910.
Evening star., 1941-05-17
Twohy
Continued From Page BIZ

greSs to extend and broaden F. H.
A. loan insurance under Title I of
the National Housing Act, which
would expire June 80, will make
it increasingly possible for property
owners and operative home build
ers to undertake such conversion,
Mr.. Keegan said.
Every home owner and every
home builder" he said, has a stake
in the problem of repair and re-
modernization, as it affects both
business districts and residential
neighborhoods."
The Home Builders Institute and
the National Association of Real
Estate Boards, it was pointed out
at the conference by its officials,
strongly support passage of amend
ments to the National Housing Act
expected to raise the maximum in
surable amount for modernization
loans made under Title I, class II
from $2,500 to $1,000 and to extend
the repayment period from three to
five years. Mr.. Keegan predicted
that with the amortization period
extending to five years for Title
loans the property owner in most
cases would find that rental in
come would more than suffice to
carry his payments. Maximum
loan available for building small,
single family houses under Title I,
class 3, will be raised from $500 to
$4,000 according to pending amend
ments.
Operating Savings Seen.
Bernard L. Johnson of Chicago,
editor of the American Builder, de-
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but also to a greater demand for
economy and to the influence of
moderniStic design.
The so years can be divided
roughly into three periods, most
clearly differentiated in the case of
the higher buildings in cities. In
the beginning of that period busi-
ness buildings in cities in most cases
had no Setbacks, had fiat roofs and
cornices at the roof line. In the
intermediate period the use of set
backs led to the abandonment of the
fiat roof in many cases and the
substitution of vertical lines on the
facades and elaborated roofs. In
the last period the modernistic
buildings eliminated the cornices of
the earliest period and the wedding
cake roofs of the intermediate
period in favor of fiat roofs and
no enrichment whatever at the
roof line"
Evening star., 1941-05-17
Thoughtful Design Vital
In BuiIdino q Home

When you build a home built
it as though you were br. g an
automobile that had to do Tor the
next 20 years, w. S. Lowndes, di-
rector of the school of archkec-
ture, International Correspondence
Schools, said as he emphasized the
Importance of thoughtful design
and the value of architectural ad-
vice.
Too many persons. Mr.. Lowndes
said. add whimsical little odds and
ends, huilt-in closets and trick de-
signs that definitely detract from
the resale value of the house
Furthermore, he explained, such
touches date a house when the
major consideration should be SIM
plicity and usefulness, with much
emphasis on insulation, air-condi-
tioning, fire-proofing and quality OF
materials.
Mr.. Lowndes warns against fads
and vogues - jigsaw or postage
stamp rooms, dark stairways, un-
sheltered front entrances, too large
dining rooms and useless dust
collecting spaces.
Evening star., 1941-05-17
Trees Enhance Homes

Too much emphasis cannot be
placed upon the usefulness of plant
ing as an adjunct to the design of
the small house. Trees and shrub
berry may be used to enhance the
architectural character, it is pointed
out, and they are frequently more
effective than the decorative use of
material in providing the charm es-
sential to satisfactory home.
Evening star., 1941-05-17
time to make repairs of this nature. |

time to make repairs of this nature.
Doors and windows should also
be checked for the following faults:
Doors requiring refitting or new
hardware; advisability of replacing
wood panels with glass in doors;
defective locks, chains, or bolts, re-
quiring repair or replacement; ac-
quiring extra keys for various locks:
broken or defective window cords
and pulleys needing replacement;
replacing latches or other window
devices; cracks around window sash
and doors requiring weather strip
ping.
Evening star., 1941-05-17
Books on Pointing Useful

Free public libraries usually have
How to Do It. books of technical
information. Among these are a
large number on paint and painting.
Here may be found helpful sug-
gestionS on choice of color. surface
preparation, unusual effects and
many other interesting paint sub
jects.
Evening star., 1941-05-17
Paint Dries Darker

Paint, when seen on the finished
wall, appears much darker than
when viewed as a small chip on
color card. Allowance should be
made for this variation when choos-
ing paint color schemes.
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ments in different quarters, or to
change the effect of various rooms.
There are chests, small tables,
large tables, bookcases, corner pieces,
all at the same height. The pic
ture shows a dresser of three sepa-
rate units, with another of the small
chests used as a bedside table. The
small chests used on either side of
table would make a dresser also
but the drawer capacity of the chest
Evening star., 1941-05-17

is useful in room of small dimen-
sions. This same chest in dining
room would hold silver and linen
and the open shelves on either side,
a collection of china.
There are light, medium and dark
finishes and various surface decora-
tions in the way of drawer pulls and
base treatment. Pieces vary in price
from about $12 and the necessary
pieces for living room can be as
sembled for about 5000.
Evening star., 1941-05-17

The new sectional furniture is one
of the best selections for the young
bride who is trying to find some
thing new and different for her
home or apartment, but must plan
with the idea that she will prob
ably move several times before she
finally settles into the house of her
dreams, These separate units, all
designed to go together, may be
switched about into new arrange
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ness before. This was Ivor.
Ivor whom she had loved and
hated. Ivor who had been so in
destructibly handsome. who now
was nothing a pitiful crumpled
heap on the sand
WHATEVER Simon did, there
w was nothing that could bring
him TO life again. She knew that,
knew it with the unacceptable con-
viction of instinct Ivor Drake had
caught his leg in the aquaplane
rope, fallen out of his speedboat,
and was drowned.
Thai one gigantic terrifying
fact! After all that had happened
since she reached Bermuda after
all they had thought and planned
about him, Ivor was lying there
on the beach. drowned
Accidentally drowned
She chung to that phrase, let
ting il crowd every other thought
out of her mind. OF course it
was an accident. II had TO be an
accident
But the bathing cap. Elaine's
bathing cap. 1t must have fallen
off the rail of the mainland jetty
and drifted out with the tide.
Yes, that was it. Ivor had seen
II floating with the tide; he had
stopped the boat, tried to pick it
up; he had fallen overheard try
ing TO pick 1t up. His fingers had
closed around il.
That was the explanation. OF
course il was. What other ex-
PLANTATION could there be?
She made herself believe that.
The bathing cap was just part
of the accident
But if that were so, why had
she Kay VINEYARD, snatched it
out OF Ivor's hand, concealed it
even from Simon? II Ivor's death
had been an accident, why was
there inside her that cold feeling
Of dread
Her wet playsuit was close and
chilly around her body. She
shivered. The hollow silence of
the cove was sitting Suddenly
she could not bear watching
Simon at her hopeless task any
longer. She turned away, staring
out over the moonlit bay.
Almost Immediately she was
conscious of something moving
out in the water which stretched
toward Hurricane House. She
could see IL, a dark blur, heading
toward them, could hear the faint
ripple of a swimmer.
Someone was swimming over
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COMEHOW, in an interminable
- nightmare, the two girls start
cd to tow that limp. cold body
through the water toward the
beach
Kay's mind was numb. But
even then, IN those moments Of
horror. she was acutely conscious
Of Simons icy control II was
Simon who had ordered her 20
grip Ivor's heavy shoulder; ST.
mon who was supporting Ivor's
head with its dark. matted hair:
keeping 10 above the water in the
futile hope that there might still
be a spark Of life.
They staggered with their bur-
den almost 10 The Writer'S edge.
Suddenly they could not drag any
more. Something was jcrking
them back Kay stopped. ST.
mons voice high and sharp. rang
out.
It's his leg It's caught in
something It's
She was back in the sea again,
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far end or the nttle beacn.
The figure, slim and defined in
the bright moonlight, was clearly
a girl. A girl in white swim
ming suit. For a moment she
stood motionless. then, peering
down at the surf at her feet, she
started cautiously along the
beach toward them.
II was obvious that she had
no idea that she was not alone.
Obvious too that she was looking
for something.
AS her uncertain progress
brought her closer, Kay recog-
-fitzcdE Elaine yAnd-trfth q Sudden
tingling OF fear she saw that the
girls hair hung wet around her
head.
She was wearing no bathing
cap.
Elaine was here, looking for
something Elaines bathing cap
had been clenched in Ivor's hand.
What if Elaine was here search
ing for the cap? How possibly
could she know it was here
unless. 80?
Elaine was scarcely ten PAGES
away.
Her voice sounding faint and
dry, Kay called:
Elaine"
The girl glanced up sharply
and stopped short.
Kay"
She hurried 10 Kay. a slim,
adolescent figure in the white
swimming suit. She stared at her
then beyond her 20 Simon.
And Simon too What is IL?
What's happened ?"
Slowly Simon let her hands
drop TO her sides, slowly she
rose and, turning. stood between
Elaine and the figure which tay
on the sand.
What's happened? ?" In the
moonlight her face with its wet
tangled frame of hair was hard
and grey as stone. "Nothing's
happened, Elaine Nothing that
would interest you. It's only Ivor.
He's dead-drowned go.
The crude shock of those words
left Kay speeches.. They seemed
to have stunned Elaine Gropingly
her cold, wet hand found Kay's
arm and chung TO il. The cove
was engulfed in deep silence
Then Simon's voice, queer and
rasping, sounded once more,
Well aren't you going TO say
anything, Elaine? Aren't you
even going to pretend to be sorry
he's dead ?"
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Elaines fingers. digging into
Rays arm, were trembling. She
whispered: Don't, Simon. Please
don't
Il suppose you want me TO
spare your feelings. Spare your
great love! You were so crazy
about Ivor, weren't you? You
were marrying him simply be-
cause you adored him. 1t didn't
make the slightest difference
that he was rich. Oh, no, 1t was
to be the perfect love-match-
with Don Baird thrown in on the
side" Simon's eyes glittered
large and luminous as a cats.
Well, at least you've been fooled.
At least all you panhandling
Chilterns have been fooled.
The iron control which had
carried the girl through the hor-
ror of the first ordeal seemed 10
have completely deserted her
Her words were swallowed up
into harsh laughter which was
wrenched out OF her like a sob
Kay went 90 her, Selling her
smooth bare shoulders, shaking
hcr.
stop II, Simon. stop"
But she doesn't care" The
girl cried Historically.
Simon. .."
Leave me alone. Leave me
alone, both Of you Ivor's dead
and Elaine doesn't care"
She spun away from them,
swinging back to Ivor and drop
ping 10 her knees at his side.
TO KAY there was nothing but
her harsh, broken sobbing and
the awful, icy immobility of
Elaine. And as the serene moon
light played down on that ter
rible scene where the wrong girl
was weeping for the dead, there
sped through Kay's mind
memory Of the last time that the
four Of them had been together,
the moment when Ivor had APP
peared in her room that evening
Ivor handsome. sure OF himself
and so wildly, dangerously alive
Kay Vineyard, Simon Morley,
Elaine Chiltern. The Three
Graccs, or should it be The Three
Fates the Past, the Present,
ana the Future .-.-.
Now it was pitifully clear what
he meant Kay Winyard-the
Past Elaine Chiltern-the Flu
ture.
Simon Morley-the Present.
Still in daze Kay tried to
make her mind work. They must
do something. They must get
help, GET.
The train of thought snapped
as a sound trailed across the
water toward them. In the first
instant, Kay thought it must be
her imagination. just some mock
ing trick Of memory. But Elaine |
stiffened and turned toward the |
bay. She had heard it too, low, |
sweet voice lifting on the breeze.
Return TO Bermuda.
Return to the scene.
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ONION jumped into the boat,
- disappeared into, the cabin.
killed the motor and re-emerged.
He isn't there. Why hadn't he
switched the engine off," There
was a strange challenge in her
voice What do you know about
it? What. ?"
She broke off, her body going
stiff as stone as she stared across
the shining water of the cove.
Look She grabbed Kay's
arm convulsively, spinning her
round. Look! There. =. See ?"
She was pointing to spot in
the water close TO the speedboat,
a few feet from shore.
Look
And shatteringly Kay saw an
indeterminate patch of black and
white, half floating. half sub
merged in the silky water.
Simon had plunged into the
sea, not even waiting 10 kick off
her high-heeled shoes or TO lift
her long, trailing dress Blindly
Kay followed. The beach sheNed
steeply from the waters edge ST.
mon, wading ahead. disappeared
TO her waist Kay's own skirt,
citnEfng wet ana heavy around
her, seemed like invisible fingers
tugging her back.
At last they reached that
strange looking patch Simon
was peering down at it, her hair
falling in the water Fighting
back panic, Kay looked too
She saw the white of a coat,
the twisted travesty Of an arm
and, dimly, staring up from be-
meath the shadowy water. the
grey suggestion Of a face.
her handS, thrustlng down,
touched a cold surface There
was nothing in the world but that
frightful deafness under her fin
gers.
Then Simon's voice, remote
and unreal spoke the words that
were hammefing like PisteHs ia
her own mind
It's lvor It's Tvor Hes
dead. 2"
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kneeling at Ivor's feet. her hands
plunging into the shallow water.
Kay stared at her blindly. Then
her eyes, focusing with no con-
scious purpose, shifted to the
water between Simon and her
self. Something was there close
TO that vague, shapeless body,
something white and cleaning
Her back to Simon, she
stopped. Her fingers went down
through the water. They touched
the cold skin Of a hand, shivered
away to that other pale, shin
ing thing.
Something that was clutched in
Ivor's hand
With a little sob she wrenched
it free, pulled it up out of the
water, staring at it in the moon
light 1t was a bathing cap,
platinum silver bathing cap
With terrible clarity her
thoughts rushed back TO that mo-
ment after dinner when she had
followed Terry to the dock, She
had seen the swimming suits
hanging TO dry on the rail of the
jetty and among them, propped
on a post, had been a platinum
silver bathing cap.
FLAMES cap!
a second recollection came
tumbling after the first. Just
now when she had left the dock,
she had noticed the swimming
suits again. noticed dimly that
Eiaine's bathing cap-had gone.
Now it was here-here in Ivor's
hand
Here in his hand. And he was
dead
Obeying blind impulse she
slipped the cap down in front of
her sodden playsuit. She straight
ened, glanced over her shoulder
at the other girl Simon had
pulled something free and was
tossing it toward the beachod
speedboat
"A rope" she said breathlessly.
One Of the acquaplane ropes.
Twisted around his ankles. He
must have caught his foot in II.
fallen overheard She was back
al Kay's side The tides rising
We must get him further up the
beach
Together they dragged him to
the waters edge and beyond Ivor
Drake lay sprawlcd now across
the silver coral sand. For one
awful moment Of inactivity. they
both stood there, soaked TO the
skin. staring down at the bent
legs the hands, white and un-
human in the moonlight, and the
face with its pale lips and its
black pits of eyes
we can't be sure" Simon
whispered I'VE can't be sure
he's dead"
As If her own words steadied
her. she dropped TO Ivors side
and started with feverish energy
20 administer artificial respira-
ton
Kay stood watching That aw-
full suspension Of feeling in her
was beg inning 10 relax. Thoughts,
like little lighted matches. squirt
ed where there had been dark
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THERE was a silence that was

THERE was silence that was
much too long.
Desperately Terry said: How
did it happen? For Gods sake,
how did IT happen?"
Simon and I've found the
speedboat beached" The words
came mechanically from Kay
The engine was still running,
idling And Ivor was there in the
water. His foot was caught in
a rope from the aquaplane. We
we dragged him out" She added
He must have stopped the boat
TO get 20 the dock or something,
caught his foot in the rope. fallen
overheard and-and drowned
The boat drifted here on the
tide"
Her voice stopped and there
was silence again. Once more she
felt that unreasoning dread, Why
didn't any Of them speak? Ivor
had always been a weak swim
mer It must have happened that
way. II must have been an ac-
cident.
Why was there that awful,
tacit denial of belief? Why wad
there something even in herself
that didn't believe
FERRY, MS voice husky, said
"We've got 10 do something, got
TO get him back TO the mainland.
You girls get the speedboat ready.
I'll bring him."
Kay, Simon and Elaine ran 10
the beachcd spccdboat. The rising
tide had set II on an even keel
again. 1t was easy 10 swing IL
around.
The three girls stood knee deep
in the water, holding the boat
staring silently back along the
cove. Terry was moving toward
them, with Ivor slung like a sack
over his strong shoulders.
AS he reached them, Kay
tugged at the aquaplane board TO
make room in the stern, but
Terry snapped:
Don't touch anything. Leave
everything exactly the way it is
for the police?
The police Why should he
mention the police?
Somehow Terry propped the
body against the aquaplane board
in the stern. The four OF them
crowded amidships. Terry took
the wheel.
The engine roared and the boat
shot forward past the moored
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from the mainland;
someone was swim
ming here 10 the cove.
Every nerve in her
body was taut. She
did not call TO Simon.
She did nothing except
stand there, watching,
as the dark blur grew
carer and I n e n
emerged as a pale hui
man form adm 6
through the surf at the
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THE GREEN DIARY
Continued from Page l9)

10 the open window. Kay joined
her and once again she heard
that vague, obscurely eerie purr
of "a boat engine somewhere. ST.
mon swung round, her face queer
~ changed. That sound doesn't
come from the bay It's close
very close. And the engines
riding, There's something phony
about this.
Abruptly she hurried out of the
playhouse and started swiftly
along the edge Of the low cliffs
To the left OF the dock Feeling
dim Apprehension Kay followed.
II was a strange sensation hur-
rying down that narrow winding
path after Simon with no real
idea of where she was going or
why. The wind-stunted cedars
made weird silhouettes around
her in the moonlight The turf,
broken by Jagged pieces of coral,
was treacherous under foot.
Twice she stumbled but the,
blurred figure of the other girl
ahead lured her on like some
dark will-o-the-wisp.
Simon had stopped now. Kay
caught up with her Lying be-
meath them, cleaning white and
symmetrical, lay a tiny sandy
beach. The drone of the engine
was louder, concentrated in the
small semi-circle OF the cove. ST.
mons fingers closed over Kay's
wrist.
Ivor's boat. It's beached. See
il ?"
Kay did see it, a vague blot of
darkness at the shadowy rim of
the water.
Simon started scrambling
down the gentle slope Of the cliff
to the beach Swept up into her
mood of urgency, Kay followed.
Soon they were on the soft, dry
sand running through the moon
tight toward the sPeedbeat.
1t lay in the shallow water,
half tilted over on its keel. its bow
nosing into the sand of the beach.
The aquaplane board, like a small,
jagged mast, still thrust up from
the stern. The rhythmic chug--
ging Of the engine echoed hol-
lowly around the curved face of
the cliffs.
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I'VE Didn't See
"A Thing-Get
It," Cried Don,
n Kay Pointed
Ia "A stain on
Elaine's Torn
Evening Dress.