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Evening star., 1942-04-06
U. 5. Freighter Sunk
After U-Boats Fail
In -Four Attempts
29 Survivors Arrive
From Bermuda; Six Lost,
Including Coptoin
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, April 6-Four times
the engine room telegraph rang
full speed ahead" and four times
the ship showed its heels to menac-
ing enemy submarines.
But on the fifth try, boilers
pounding madly against head-on
seas, the freighter couldn't make it,
and the fifth submarine succeeded
where four others had failed
This was the story of the shelling
and sinking of a mediums sized
American ship March 20 in Eastern
coastal waters as told by % surviv-
ors who arrived aboard a Pam
American Clipper from Bermuda.
Six men, including the captain, were
lost, and another survivor remained
in Bermuda hospital.
One of the survivors, Eric Pear
son, 18-year old oiler, of Galveston,
Tex, said 30 men in a lifeboat spent
81 hours battling high seas before
being picked up by a neutral ship
and taken to Bermuda.
William Teffner. 27. an oiler. OF
Lansdowne, Md, declared that
some of the fellows in the boat
didn't even have their pants. They
just had life preservers and
pajamas"
The sinking was the 21st Atlantic
ship loss to be announced officially
during the week of March 29-April
S. and brought the total United Ma
tions' toll since Pearl Harbor to us.
In United States waters, the tally
stood today at 10 vessels sunk last
week, SO since Pearl Harbor: In
Canadian waters, last week, %
total; in the Caribbean, 6 last week,
% total; in South American waters,
three last week. total. .-.
OF last weeks victims. 10 were
American ships. British, Nor
wegian and the others / each Of
Latvian, Panamanian, Canadian
and Greek registry, and l vessel
identified only as Allied"
Evening star., 1942-04-06
u. 5. Bidding al vieh,
For Martinique and
Guadalupe Sugar
Purchase Would Relieve
Distress in Islands,
Ease Shortage Here

Efforts to supplement American
sugar supplies by buying the pro-
duction of the French West Indian
islands Of Martinique and Guada-
loupe were under way today.
Negotiations are being carried on
with representatives of the Vichy
Government of France for the sugar
purchase, State Department officials
said.
The purchases would serve the
double purpose of helping to relieve
economic distress in the islands and
easing thes sugar shortage here.
This country has followed policy
of limited economic assistance to
the islands In return for French
guarantees for maintenance Of their
neutrality in the war.
The two neighboring French
islands produce about 100000 tons
of sugar annually, according to
Agriculture Department estimates
At least 10000 tons of last years
production Is believed to have been
carried over. indicating that more
than 10000 tons might be available
this year.
Evening star., 1942-04-06
BY CLARK lea
Associated Press War Correspondent.


MELBOURNE April 6.-Despite
all that has been written about the
courageous defenders of Bataan Pc
ninsula, there still are many tales
Of individual hereism that never
have been told.
There is, fofr instance, the story
Of black night when Capt. Arthur
Wermuth-the American officer
whose almost legendary exploits
caused him. TO be known az "the
one-man army"-was pussyfooting
along behind the Japanese lines on
a typical scouting mission.
He suddenly bumped into about
20 shadowy figures, the first Of
whom raised a finger to his lips and
murmured a warning "S-s-s---
s-h-h!"
Capt. Wermuth, realizing he had
run into a Japanese patrol. made
a similar gesture and replied "S-s-s-
s-h-h-h-h!"
Then he drew a firing pin from
9 grenade, pressed the missile into
the hand of the Japanese, closed
the mans fingers and tiptoed away
into the darkness with another ad-
monishing "S-s-s-h-h-h"
The Japanese opened his fingers
a moment or two later, releazing
the firing mechanism, and
Cuts Down Whole Column.
Then there is the story of the
Filipino scout who fell in behind
Japanese scouting party of IL
men marching along a trail in
single file one night near Davao.
The Filipino drew out his bolo,
Topped of the head of the nearest
man and then cut the whole column
down one by one from behind.
1t was at Davao that an Amer
lean sergeant named May of the
3lst apparently the 3lst United
States Infantry made a lone stand
against Japanese warship attempt
ing to cover a landing party.
Equipped with a 50-caliber machine
gun mounted on a truck, May
moved down boatload after boatload
of Japanese as they came ashore.
The warShip finally shot the truck
from under him, but he came back
with another and went to work
again. 1t was estimated he account
ed for at least $50 Japanese. He is
understood to be still fighting some
where in the Philippines.
I have been trying to recall when
I had my biggest scare during the
campaign in Luzon. Frankly, I was
scared every time there was loud
explosion nearby-and that was
often.
Suffered Broken Hand.
I probably was lucky to get out
with nothing more serious than a
broken hand, suffered while diving
into a foxhole to escape strafing
planes, and a few small scars-the
Evening star., 1942-04-06
Russians Thrown Out of 50
Localities, Nozis Claim

BERLIN From German Broad
casts. April P).-The German
high command reported today that
that the Soviets were thrown out
Of SO localities in the central sector.
The Germans also declared sue
ceSsful night air attacks we're made
against military installations at
Moscow.
Germany also struck at Russia's
war industries behind Moscow, ac-
cording to the communique which
reported air attacks on Russian air
craft works at Rybinsk on the Volga
River 100 miles northeast of Moscow.
Ships Reported Bombed.
Hitler's high command said yes
terday that Nazi warplanes had
bombed the remnants of the Soviet
Baltic fleet" in the Russian bases of
Leningrad and Kronstadt, hitting
two battleships and two heavy
cruisers with heavy caliber ex-
plosives.
The news agency DNB. said the
four vessels were the 23,256-ton bat
tleship october Revolution, the
23,606-ton battleship Marat and the
modern heavy cruisers Maxim Cork
and Kirov.
D.NB. observed that this raid
should have sealed the fate of the
Soviet Baltic fleet"
Last September the Germans re-
ported that both the October Revolu-
ton and the Marat had been hit
then, and one authorized Berlin
spokesman said it was his under
standing that the former already
was out of the fight" In october
additional hits" were claimed on
"the already damaged" october Rev.
olution.
Army artillery was said to have
supported the Luftwaffe effectively
by shelling Russian anti-aircraft
batteries. The Germans said min
ing cruiser" also probably was
damaged.
Continuing attacks on the supply
lines leading from the United States
and Britain to the ice-free Arctic
Evening star., 1942-04-06
Battlefield Thawinq,
Nazis and Reds Jockey
For Drive Positions
Russians Claim Toll of
l02 WorpIones in Day;
Leninerod Is Roided
BY tbs Associated Press.

BY this Associated Press.
MOSCOW, April 6.-Exception-
ally heavy land and aerial ac-
ton in the jockeying of masses
of German and Russian troops
for advantage in the grand
spring campaign beat f1ercely on
the thawing Soviet battlefield
today.
The Russians claimed a total Of
i02 German planes shot down or
destroyed on the ground last Satur-
day and officially announced in a
special communique that the invad-
ers lost 10000 men and officers killed
on the central front before Moscow
between March % and April 4.
The Russians also claimed the
capture of huge quantities of war
material in that bloody area and
said 161 inhabited localities had
been retaken by their soldiers.
The Red Army organ, Red Star,
declared Russian soldiers pressing
on westward on the central front
had crossed river behind which the
Germans had established their line
Of resistance.
Germans Raid Leningrad.
German planes pounded furiously
at Leningrad Saturday night in the
first big raid reported on that key
Russian city in months, but the Mos
cow radio said anti i-aircraft batteries
and fighter planes dispersed most of
the invading craft. The Moscow
broadcast said anti-aircraft guns
brought down 13 German bombers
and Red fighters shot down five
more.
The report said some persons
were killed when the Germans jetti-
soned their bombs over living quar-
ters.
The l8 planes downed in Lenin-
grad were part of bag of 1O2 Ger
man planes the Russians said were
shot down or destroyed on the
ground along the whole front Sat-
urday while the Red Army lost only
l6 planes.
From foreign sources came indi-
cations that Germany and Russia
were lining up for the spring often
sive which the Germans are ex-
pected to launch.
Russian reports in London said
some 80 new Soviet divisions, or
about 1,350,000 men, were concen-
trated in the $50 miles of defenses
between Kharkov and Taganrog.
The Ankara radio said these men
were trained during the winter on
the banks Of the Volga
Other reports said Rumanian
troops were being massed on the
Russian frontier; fresh italian d.
visions were reported en- route to
the front along with Italian aircraft.
Evening star., 1942-04-06
Charlottesville Youth
Wins Orotory Finals
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, April 6.-James
Hageman of Charlottesville Lane
High School won first place in the
State finals of the national high
school oratorical contest, sponsored
by the American Legion.
Hageman won a cash prize of sl25
and chance at $4,000 top national
prize, which is to be awarded the
winner in the national finals at Mil
waukee on April II. He will COM
pete with the winners from three
other States in the regional contest
at Lynchburg Thursday.
Second prize Of s65 went to Miss
Margie Morris of Alexandria.
Evening star., 1942-04-06

collected one day is manufactured
into boxboard or cardboard by noon
of the following day.
1t is hoped by the sponsors of the
program that by the end of the
week Washington's students will
have reached the amazing total of
100000 pounds in their collections.
This figure is not impossible for not
much over 10000 pounds will be
required, that figure being much
under weekly totals scored IN the
past few weeks.
Evening star., 1942-04-06
Wermuth Runs Into Jap PotroI,
'SiIences' Way Out of Danger
i'l-Mon Army Returns Enemy 'S-S-S--S-H-H!
Hands Him Grenade After Pulling Firing Pin

result Of being blown OF dock at
Corregidor by shell.
During the first frantic days in
Manila after the war started there
was considerable indiscriminate
shooting In the streets. and Russell
Brines, also of the Associated Press,
and I had narrow escape when a
sentry fired a shot through the rear
door Of an automobile In which we
were riding,
Evening star., 1942-04-06
2 Million Pounds by Week End
Salvage Goal Despite Vacations
Paper Collections
For Tomorrow

The tollotDing is the schedule
for the collection OF newspapers,
cardboard and magazines in The
EDening Star-P. T. A. SalUuge-
tor-Victory program in the sec
ond district, ,Dith the fDe leaders
in the district and their poundage
Evening star., 1942-04-06
Police Freed of Overcouts

Assistant Police Supt. Harvey G.
Callahan yesterday ordered police
men into warm weather costume
The fall blouse" replaces the over
coat.
Evening star., 1942-04-06
Talk on Art Books Dotted

Miss Elizabeth Lewis will speak
on Some Books on American Art
at s o'clock tonight in the Mount
Pleasant Library.
Evening star., 1942-04-06

port of Murmansk, the Germans said
their planes had sunk a 1,2O0-ton
merchant ship and damaged five
others
Evening star., 1942-04-06

TO PLAN SERVICE MEMS HoUsNGr
tan civilian
Recreation
quarters enlisted
snwasnn
Evening star., 1942-04-06

I probably was lucky to get out
with nothing more serious than a
broken hand, suffered while diving
into a foxhole to escape strafing
planes, and a few small scars-the
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-01-30
Nosek We vSzeni.

Pravnik Jos. w. Nosek a pro-
hlizejfcf lekaT DIR. j. P. Cardiff
elewski usvedceni ma zaklade
vypovedi mladfka, ktery byl
pozdeji uznan vojenskymi leka
Fl "a dusevne zaostaleho, mu-
sci nastoupiti svGj trest, kdyz
vladnf odvolacf soud jeho "a
dost O zruseni rozsudku zam1-
tt. Byl odsouzen pro svou u
cast ma spiknutf oddaliti Wal
teru Kukavcovi nastoupenf vo-
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-01-30
Zastrelil manzeIcina milence

z Canton, ILL.,, 56lety George
H. Raner jest We vezenf okresu
Fulton ma obzalobu re zavraz-
denl 48leteho Williama H. Blu
ley-ho, ktery zemrel nasledkem
postrelen1. Raner Sc primal,
re no ~postTelil, kdyz nalezl
svou manzelku v jeho byte.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-01-30

jenske sluzby "a dplatek $35
ma diva roxy do v6zenf, pravnfk
Nosek ma tTi roxy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27
NOTICE

DISTRICT of WATERBURY, ss. PROBATE COURT, April 27th, q. D, te49, ESTATE Of 1fOMI3fI MOTT, late of the Town Of Wa- teFbuFy In said District, gdeeeased. The Administrator having exs hiblted his account with said estate to this Court for allowance, it 10 o1tpBfl1cp, That the eiFsi day Of May. A, D. ib4s ct 10jfb o'clock, in tho forenoon, standard time, ct the Probate Ofhee in Waterbury, De and the same is, assigned for q hearing on the allowance ef said account, and the Court directs the, Admiillss tFatoF, to give notice thereof, by publishing this order one time in some. newspaper having cireuias ti0H in said DistFlet, and by leaving with, or bY mAilins iii registered letters addressed Go tho office Of gOmniigal0ner pe Welfare State ofs fec BuiidlnR Hartford, Conn, and to each Of the persons Interested, and residing without tho Probate District Of Waterbury, A copy Of this order, oil ct least three days bes fore said day of hearing.
 Attesti
 JOHN J.sfIoWAHD, 4.s7sft Clerk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27
OKLAHOMA LAD
 .STANDOUT ATHLETE

Dos MoInes, Ha.. April 27-(UP)- Bill Lyda, anchor man on tho Oklahoma relay team, ranked today as tho outstanding athlete at the Drake relay carnival and meet of. ficiais deslgnated him to receive tho Major John |. Griffith plaque awarded this year for the first time.
 Lyda ran the half mile anchor ieg in i:4o.T, record time, as Oklahoma raced to a new world sprint medley relay record of 9:2s. Tn fourth place when he took the baton, Lyda ovors took his rivals and SpFintsd home ahead of the field.
 Sports writers, TAdioinen and coaches gave Lyda BA votes t0 22 for Ralph Hammond, Ohio State sprlntor and i7 for Roy Cochran, former Tndiania ace who established q new world record in tho 440syafd hurdles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27
ADDI7TONAL SPORTS :.
PRAC ICE SOF IBALL.
 CAME ON TONIGHT

A practice ealne will he played tonight Mt osSo ?. m. at tho BS. Peter and pnul 5oEtball field with tho league playerg participating. All players who Intend to play ia the league afe inyite6 to tak0 part in the practice game.
 Ti1e isagtie otiiciais for this seab0n ases President, George Daiys yiCe.prosidefit, Al Paul, treaeurek, Les. Wheeler: secretary, Fob BieWitt. Jim Cayanaugh, Vine nie Coates, Al wchIavotie and Bill pttzInaurice we're selected as eap- tAAne Of tho four teams.
 The league viii play Cfi Monday and Tuesday nightst and gnnies with outside teams will Dc played on Tiaufeday nights.
 The team captaiFs will select tho teams At Fiebtilig aster the practice game on Monday night. Players unable to attend the prae- tico can hand their names to either the league caficiaig Of captaiis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27
AUTRY AT ARENA

New Haven, April 2T-W westward IEo, to the RodecI
 Only this time you're going to got more than tho usual spills, and chllls, lanky cowboys, huckIng horses and the general atmosphere of cactus and aagebEush, for Conc Autry, who ig bringing his own Wly- ing "A" Ranch @talnped6 0 the New Haven Arena, May lS through May ie hos produced as lavish and glarnorous a production ag over graced Broadway.
 Brilliant costumes. pa9e0ntry, Inlll- slC and beautiful professional daa- ceru from Hollywood will yle with tho hard bitten. levi-clad cowboys tug lAQs ap0ttiaht,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27

beaten that double pneumonia rap help of deO of the Boxing Commission stan Tom Sweeney sports cole umnt at tho Worcester Gazette he latest join the
 GEORGE BoTHNER, GRAND old of wrestling who'll be 70 by birthday party Johannes Walt the wrestler sombees London brought here from aptured the police recently after his from
 where he had been held charge of possessing Illegally
 Those Winter books certainly genousI They're offering o Asab and to Apache The machines will probably better price than that Derby Day Patsy 0ovane Brooklyn feaher' veiH in the Canal Zone with the Army not Hawaii reported prvate Roh the Zone his Army championship tournament by Q first round knockout
 ONE HUNDRED PER CENT Jewish is Charles Murphy Bach.
 Bachman, fight manager father him the leader when district captain under Char Young Bachnan 10 getting ready for the Army Flying n the Johnston stable Scotchnan from Glasgow whose fath Joey Connolly, good baIer in Scotland 20 Lorenzo Packs former heawgh fighter from Detroit underwent
 successful operation for detached retlna at Medical Center Csnty and back writing in Harlem His latest ere Dancln has prize cOnnoAOn That b proposing Co amend the act relating Co ticket brokers they would Dc permitted Co premium 7S tickets that reurnab has been sdetracked at Albany That remarkable
 little character Bunny Davis has been discharged fro the Army because of skin disease that doesn't respond treatment Jim Kahn baseball writer for She Sum- Lieut. Kahn, SN
 EDDIE BORDEN THE FIGHT manager has arrived overseas and written Fsher him cigars Eddes address is 643 No CCS, RCAC Canadian
 the Harold Lpman of the Brooklyn Eagle football leaves to join the Army at Fort Dix Johnny Griffin former lightweight boxer operates acne torch at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Ernie King welterwght boxer sergeant at Fort Jay Pete Bernet Al Weis advance touring soldier showing Hms of odime fights Ken Oven sgnalzed his arrival Norfolk Navy Yard by challenging Fred Apcstc his pmate title from him When Murray Armstrong of the Brooklyn wed in Syracuse recently he had Jim Kennedy his West Side gallery up wedding Eddie Nader heavy. weight boxer quits the circus today to join the morale division Of the Army at Camp Upton. I.s
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27

Byron Nelson That ig why recommend the square stance, It w the natural way to stand. When moved to Ridgewood, N. Ju in l036, George JacobuE, the profess lional, pointed out that my left side was collapsing. I had fallen nto m open stance.
 Jacohus made mo go back to Q square stance. It kept me out of trouble. Since then, I have made t q closed stance but for the be- ginner the square position is most 'eliAbie.
 Toes hhould point slightly out. about two inches, On 8he longer lhots, the feet should be apart about tho width Of tho shoulders. As the shot becomes shorter, move Inc feet closer together.
 Experts may use Q closed stance Rith their woods, square with the middle irons and open with the glnOrt irons. They are able to cone erul their shots despite the varia- elcns but for the average beginner ehis ia confusing and invites trouble.
 6s natural Stand aanare,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27
Legal Notices
NOTICE

SEASTi1e TASier sff Ssff wS4 weSS4shHSsGESBGTvE ss IaS PES: EST ATE of R6pBiiT co6s, late of the tewn Of Waterbury, in said district, deceased,
 The Court of Probate for the. Dis- sGIes owsa St wfrsSTyh ss eryh hf fte sd ihc dsta e hereof for tho creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement, Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly At- tested, within said time. will De debaFFed q recovery, Ali persons cd to make immediate payment to
 JENNIE fl. COBS. e7l WAteFtoWn Ave, AdbinistfatriS. Waterbury, Conn, 4s27sst
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27
CHAMP AT CHI

Chicago, April 2T--tUP)-WoFid teavyweaght champion Joo Louis arrives here today from Camp Us ton, N, J., on c slx-day furiough to attend tlio funeral Wednesday of Jack Blackburn, his trainer and close friend.
 FtireFai plans call for burlAl of Blackburn following services ct tho Pilgrim Baptist church. Ike died last TFIday Of c heart attack when he appeared to Do recovering from pneumonia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27
nY cIEAnLEA MOLLY

NA BE CNAAbhAEB MWk&E& lUnlted YFeuS Staff CorfespOndefltD New York, April 70 S- (Jf) Livery spring when the Kentucky Derby rolls around there appears sleek ebony creature known aB the "Dafk Horse" Either Ly c fast workout CT by an ovarccnfIdent trainers tip --B0flie colt gets Q buiidup as the "one to watch" They don't win of- ten-Bold Venture was tho last In 1e36-tiit they lend . little more spice to the already dyanaa-packed derby,
 Ti,e unquestioned, No. one, dark hofse of this years 9TB,0O0 Blue grass whlfi, Is q geided son of Gues- tionAire called Sweep gwing0T, who put on Q ripsfoafifig finish iil the mile and Q sixteenth Cheasapeake Stakes ct fgavre Do Grace last Set. urday to finish fourth, and scared the breath out Of tho packers of the three. money horses.
 He didn't win, that's true. But when you consider that he came from iith place ct the head of the stretch to roar by the field and fine ish at the heels of the doughty, Little Requested, who was third brother that's the way the good ones run.
 Sweep gwinger has been 6 busy little youngster in his year and Q half on the turf. Originally he belonged to tho 0feetitree stable but was claimed for o2600 by n. D. Buhi in his third start, Tn oil, last year he raced 20 times and won three.
 Hls record was mediocre through the spring and summer but in two tries last fall ilo showed great possi- Ibilities. in tie now famous WAlden handicap, which sew Alsab and Bless | Me run tO . ding-dong fi1isn, i Sweep 1wingor Also was fast and was only three lengths back in fourth place at tho wire. In his next start he wowed . race.wise Bowie crowd by staging cyclonic rush through tho stretch to win tlle endurance handicap by c neck.
 The Buhl geldirg was sent to Flo. rlda last winter for c crack at the e20O00 TlaInlngo stakes but couldn't get close to the money. 1tS possible though that the Florida climate wasn't to his liking. There have been horses who were chaFis ptons in the north but failures ifi Florida.
 At any rate, sweep swineer's great rush ii the Chesapeake hag earned him c chance to run for the Derby roses. And if he's ever going Co amount to anything the long Derby route of c mile and oflesquafter will make or break him. Sweep ewtngOr now is 20.1 in the future book.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27
Legal Notice
' NOTICE
vor's,Iss HSsgeh Ne l. Eas1.sszE Esp..sDzrrox

NowsCm Or AppLfoATz0N
 This is lo give notice that ! Waterbury, Conn, have AIed aii enplIcatloIi dated April eist, 104s, with the Liauer Control CQniniesloii for 6 Tavern Permit for the eAle of esi Nast Main 9t., Waterbury, Conn. The business Is QWned by Steve MMtaFAExo, 0f 1aS Woleott Bt,s WRs feFhuFY Conn, and Nicola Clkaidl, oe 9s driWWa @t., WatqFbufys conn, and will DO eenduekee by Nicola ClfaAl of IS 0flg@e St. Waterbury, Conn, as permittee,
 Dated April aeFd. 1taa. fsis-~6.d
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27
DLAY GOLF w74 &S U S5~%~7< I@ASzE
Square Stance Is Most Natural for Average Golfer and
 Preferred Over Open or Closed
BY BYRON NELSON Master of the Nfagters'

Most beginners use an open stance which causes them to slice. The left foot is drawn back. Others may use e closed stone, in which Ene rinht foot is ''in the bucket"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27

"9 AI@
 The alternative, of course, Is the square stance in which both feet are on a line.
 | think the matter of stance illustrates tw o important prem ises of this re- fresher course. First, Do nat ural. Second, VIC are interested in the averAg golfer. not the expert.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27
Sweep Swinger Now TOuted As Derby Dark Horse

EnITORs NOTEs Eollowlng is tho Himal dispatch in . series high siightlng the koFcmost c0ms tenders for the egb, ,Oo0 pFige of the 0Sth Kentucky Derby on May s.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27

There are approximately e0,OO0 bowling alleys tis the United States and tho number Of bowl0rs is e6tis mated ct ie.OOO,OOO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27

S-FAMlLY HOUSE of ib rooms, all Improvements. Also 2-family house, 3 rooms, gasoline station attached. Owner leaving town. 064 Riverside St. 3-oeei.