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A'i ;; jn advertisements should Sted immediately. The Star will not be responsible for one incorrect insertion, taken for less than basis of tfof' thanks charged for at , 25 cents per line. Count five ‘L/'words to the line. " gtar-News assumes no re Jei "In Memoriam” and resolu Tdare of $5.00 is made for pub Tonsibility £or any advertisement r- handled or inserted as directed publish or republish after -nation 1. m AIN OFFICE PHONE 2800 Ask For Ad-Taker. notice to public All advertising appearing in these tl,m8 iS for reputable and reli |lt concerns, so far as we can ■certain from a careful investiga It is our intention, however, to ee'ihat every firm that uses these ctons is required to live up tc le; obligations. Therefore, should so repiy to any advertisement on pace and services are not ren •ce-j as advertised, The Star-News -asis to know it. Tie C. S. postal regulations are er- strict in such matters as such i act would be misuse of the U. S. ail and the Star-News will see hat any attempt to defraud is inmptly, handled by the P. O. de ment, CLASSIFIED INDEX 1-Announcements. J—Automotive. 24-Auto Supplies. 3— Amusements. 4— Awnings. 6—Beauty Parlors. 8-Beer. 10— Business Service. 11— Builders. 12— Builders’ Supplies. 13— Boats. 134-Booksellers, Stationers. 14— Business Opportunities. 20—Cleaners and Dyers. 33-Coal, Wood. Fuel Oil. 33—Dairy Products. 3t—rancing. 33—Drugs. 35—Dry Cleaning, Pressing. 41— Eatables. 42— Eating Places. 48—Feeds. 50— Financial. 51— Florists. 52— For Rent. 52-A—Resorts. 5.1—For Rent Apartments. 60—For Rer.t, Rooms. 63—For Rent, Houses. J*-For Sale. 13-Hardware. "5—Household Goods, 50— Houses For Sale. 51— Help Wanted, Male. SO—Help Wanted, Female. ’■'-Insurance. ^-Instruction. 05— Lost and Found. HO—Livestock. '"-Miscellaneous. "2—Machinery. "’—Music. jjJ-Offlce Equipment. "-Office For Rent. -’-Painting, Papering. -Printing.' '-Professional. ’’-Personal. ■36—Poultry. ri~5aaio an" Repairs. jjj-Real Estate. ’’-Seeds and Plants. -Situations Wanted. “-Typewriters. l:'s7Sh„oe Repairing. •A-Sporting Goods. ■'t rage’ ,. 'Trucks and Transfers. -Wanted, CC~Lega1. -^^Announcements EN'JOy THE CONVENIENC) tri«ibeautifu! SUPERSTAR ele< Un1 aPP'lance. Irons from $1.9 c srf'T'stores> lne" 25 St liiow RECONDITIONED Rli ana L.new lori> Prices. 110 vo] W ,a.tter-v sets. Thrif-T-Sfort! Front St, --r^_Automotive ne^1! AD GOOD" FOR 50c 01 attrartiv covers- Fibre-cloth i Thriffo! Patterns. Good fi Street bt0res’ Inc'- 25 So- Fror 'ci^°^_COUPE. NEW TIRE! S35o pPaolstery. Original finisl Motor Co Howe11' 812- Howe WmedRRrPIlANR N E W L Erice ' Good condition. Do l,aWdinMTs' H-.'-rts Hnsket Co, Phone 234. Dodg?" s ESSO SERV [CENTER Srfl & 3jm°uth Sales Servit ' ——_Market. Phones 1493-91S0 co 114 v. d ^ales and Service T~t^!-2nd st- Phone 72 'atttr, “ AND YOUR OL ttirt-fiip0 JliI,or °n a stroni thi'if.-p ■<. GOODYEAR batter' Street. ‘■l0res' Inc'* 25 So. Fror \ 2_Automotive CHEVROLET SALES & SERVICE 406-408 Princess Street Rangy Chevrolet Company WESTBROOK-BROWN MOTOR Co., Inc., Home of Chrysler and Plymouth, 113 No. 2nd St.. Phone I860. 1939 STUDEBAKER 2 ■ DOOR SE dan; 1938 Nash Touring Sedan, overdrive, radio. Mechanically perfect. Peterson-Barnes Motor Co., Phone 1427. 1935 CHEVROLET 2-DOOR TOUR ing Sedan. Radio, new tires. Good condition. Reasonable. Call Capt. Bob Weeks, 345 MacMillan Bulck-Pontiac Co. 2-A Auto Supplies T ALL TYPES OF GRILLE! GUARDS to protect and beauti fy your car. Prices from 87c up. Thrif-T-Stores, Inc., 25 So. Front Street. T THIS AD GOOD FOR 50c ON any set of HASTINGS ECONOMY X Piston Rings—Ford, Chevrolet, Plymouth. Thrif-T-Stores, Inc.' 25 So. Front St. X MILEY BLACK GOLD BRAKE Lining. Ready-cut, drilled, and counter-sunk, with rivets. Popu lar cars. Low as $2.75 for four wheels. Thrif-T-Stores, Inc., 25 So .Front St. 10 Business Service WATER system REPAIRS. ALL' makes of pumps. Blake Bros. Phone 1366-J. 11 Builders ESTIMATES GLADLY GIVEN ON all building and repairing needs. G. A. Quinn, Contractor, Phone 472, Sunset Park. BUILDING MATERIAL PRICES are advancing daily. Build now and save the difference. Luther T. Rogers, General Contractor, Phone 253. 12 Builders' Supplies NEED LUMBER? IT WILL PAY you to get our prices before buy ing. Our Stock is Complete. Me Iver Bros. Lumber Co., Phone 2445, 150,000 FEET USED LUMBER—All HEART LUMBER STAR WRECKING & LUMBER CO. S. W. Corner 3rd and Kidder GENASCO SLAM TEST ROOFING Is Beautiful Durable Economical Best by Test. Hanover Iron Works 109 No. Water St. Phone 609 Everything To Build The Home E. W. Godwin's Sons Castle Hayne Road. Phone 562 | DISTRIBUTORS INSELBRIC AND I B r i x i t e Insulation. Estimates. I American Home Improvement Co 120 Market St.. Phone 1466. --- BUILDING OR REPAIRING? LET us give you an estimate on your lumber needs. Cape Fear Lumber Co., Phone 670. I CELOTEX VAPOR-SEAL SHEATH ing and Lath—both insulate and vapor-seal at one time—all in one material, applied in one labor cost. Becker’s. Phone 82. 13 Boats Boat Building—Repairs—Painting All Work Guaranteed! MARINE SERVICE INC. Phone 7771 Wrightsville, No. Car 20 Cleaners and Dyers SUITS, HATS, COATS AND LADIES’ PLAIN OQp DRESSES__ CASH AND CARRY DELIVERED WILLARD’S-EUREKA Corner 2nd and Dock Phone 25 32 Coal. Wood. Fuel Oil CAROLINA WOOD YARD. 17TH and Castle. Phone 1078. Quality wood of all kinds and coal. T. E. COOPER & CO., Inc. (Foot Parsley St.) Phone 481 Best coal and wood. Lowest prices. 35 Drugs FIGHT THAT COLD! GET A BOT tle of Prescription No. 7. For colds and coughs. Helps to clear the head; mild laxative. Price 25c. Brooklyn Pharmacy, 4th and Bladen St., Phone 1330. 42Ealing Places WE ARE NOW SERVING SHAD and shad roe. Also fried chicken, trout, barbecue and steaks. Paul’s Place, Route 40. BEST OYSTER ROAST, FISH, chicken and western steaks. Dina and Dance at Capt. Ben’s. Tele phone 5813. Mfgrs. Capt. Ben’s - Clam Chowder. ; 48 Feeds . WHEN YOU RAISE A BUNCH of fine thrifty-appearing pullets, you have a right to expect good \ ess production. Feed them Ful O-Pep Laying Mash and avoid dis appointment. J. J. Allen & Son, Phone 380. _ 55 For Beal, Apartments f FOR RENT: WRIGHTSVILLE 3 Beach, desirable furnished apart • ment year round occupancy. 1 W. M. HEWLETT, Realtor 214 Princess St. Phone 943 YOU CAN FIND JUST THE KIND of apt. you are peeking with a 1 "Wanted to Rent” Ad. Phone 2800—Cost Small. __ 5”- 60 For Rent, Rooms U TWO UNFURNISHED ROOMS, private entrance, lights and water. $2.25 week. 620 South 3rd. e 63 Room and Board ROOMS AND BOA HD—MRS. MER ritt. 20 So. 3rd Street, upstair*. Phone 1876-M. ? 65 For Bent, Houses ’. ONE 5 ROOM HOUSE FOR RENT. t J. P. Newton. Castle Hayne Road. Telephone 2006-J. AT YOUR FINGER TIPS! CLASSIFIED ADS ARE YOUR OPPORTUNITY MESSAGES FROM ALL OVER THE CITY THAT ARE BEING PRESENT ED TO YOU REGULARLY—BY CONSISTENTLY READING THE CLASSIFIED SECTION YOU LOCATE YOUR BEST CHANCES TO SAVE MONEY AND GAIN SATISFACTION. STAR-NEWS CLASSIFIED ---\ 65 For Rent, Houses 410 CHESTNUT STREET. SEVEN room house in good condition. Reasonable. Foster - Hill Realty Co., Phones 1467-1468, VERY NICE HOME IN OLEAN der. 7 rooms. Steam heat. Wil letts Realty Co., 124 Princess St., Phone 342. 70 For Sale X THIS AD GOOD FOR 75c ON any Schwarze auto horn. Single, double and triple models. From $2.91 up. Thrif-T-Stores, Inc., 25 So. Front St. 32 VOLT LIGHT PLANT. GOOD condition, with 1 1-4 H. P. motor and batteries. $65.00. P. O. Box 735, City. T AERIAL KITS, FOR HOME radios. 50 ft. aerial, lead-in wire, insulators and ground clamp. Only 50c. Thrif-T-Stores, Inc., 25 So. Front St. EXHAUST EXTENSION — DE luxe — Chrome finish with red jewel reflector, only 69c. Good rich Silvertown Stores, Phone 423. FOR SALE — RICH SOIL FOR flowers and shrubbery. C. Leeu wenburg. Phone 2546 W. T GOODYEAR TIRES AND BAT teries to fit your car. Replace the old ones now and be ready for summer. Thrif-T-Stores, Inc., 25 So. Front St. STORE AND MK’x. FIXTURES. New and rebuilt scales choppers, slieers, refrigerators, display cases. Hobart Mfg. Co-, 27 Mar ket Street. T DIXIE FLYER BICYCLES. Many models to choose from. Spring time is bicycle time. Thrif T-Stores, Inc., 2F So. Front St. Philco Refrigerators—Yes. Leonard Refrigerators—Yes. Electrolux Refrigerators—Yes. AT PENDER FURNITURE CO. Easy Terms — Yes! SPECIAL TRADE-TN PLOW SALE. Old plow and five dollars buys new plow. Limited time only. Mark’s Machinery Co. T-THIS AD GOOD FOR $1.00 ON any $10.00 purchase. Radios, tires, batteries, seat covers. Thrif-T Stores, Inc., 25 So. Front St. 1940 FRIGIDAIRE 6 Cu. Ft. Model - CAN BE BOUGHT FOR Pet _ Month Sutton-Council FURNITURE COMPANY MEN! YOU CAN DRESS WELL and save real money on your en tire clothing bill at Finklestein’s, Front and Market. _ T THIS AD GOOD FOR 75c ON a new Tillotson carburetor. Save gas and money. Thrif-T-Stores, Inc., 25 So. Front St 73 Hardware INSULATE YOUR HOME WITH Reynolds Metal Insulation. Effi cient—economical—does not ab sorb moisture—vermin proof. Easy to apply. Warm in winter—cool in summer. Let us give you esti mates. Gregg Bros. Hdwe. Phone 632. 75 Household Goods LIVING ROOM SUITES, USED. Ideal for beach use. $10.00 up. Bost Furniture Co., 29 So. Front Street. SPECIAL! 9 X 12 FELT BASE RUGS MANY GOOD (PO QC PATTERNS, only FRIDAY-SATURDAY ONLY PENDER FURNITURE CO. 28 So. Front St. Phone 2109 NEW 1940 STEWART - WARNER Electric Refrigerator on display. 30 mos. to pay. Peoples Furni ture Co. -V ) 75 Household Goods T . Use This Ad To Pay Carrying Charges On A 1940 RCA-VICTOR RADIO With it you may purchase any new radio in our stock on con venient terms at the regular cash price. It’s the best bargain of the year. No trade-in allow ance with this deal. THRIF-T-STORES, INC. 25 So. Front St. Phone 726 NEW WASHING MACHINES. RE duced prices while they last. $1.00 down, $1.00 week. Clock Free with each machine. Todd Furni ture Co., Phone 352. SEE BIG RADIO VALUES Now On Display In Our Window Prices Dropping $1.0C a Day Thrif-T-Stores, Inc., 25 So. Front St. STUDIO COUCHES $29.50 UP; OC cantonal chairs, $5.95 up. Jones Furniture Co., 18 So. Front St. LIMITED SUPPLY USED RA dios. Priced $4.95 and up. Snee den-York Co.. 119 Market St., Phone 2921. SPECIAL! 9 X 12 GUARANTEED Gold Seal Rugs $5.95. 5 patterns. Home Furniture Co. 23 Market Street. SLIGHTLY USED OIL STOVJ3S at great savings. 1-8" Burner Oil Stove, $30.00 value, $20.00. Sears, Roebuck and Co. SEE LATEST MODEL ESTATE Gas Ranges made by manufac turers of Estate Coal and Oil Stover. C. B. Wessell, 305 No. Front St. T THIS AD GOOD FOR 50c ON any SUPERSTAR electric appli ance. Irons, hot-plates, toasters, waffle irons. Thrif-T-Stores. Inc., 25 So. Front Street. 80 Houses For Sale 1916 MARKET ST., SIX ROOM home in choice section; immed iate possession. H. F. Wilder, Phone 631. 85 Help Wanted, Male MOVIE OPERATORS AND MAN agers, Wilmington District. Movie circuit work. Roshon, P. O. Box No. 1001, Memphis, Tennessee. ROUTE MANAGERS WITH CARS wanted to handle orders for fin est Cleansers, Soaps, Premium Motor Oils, Super Insecticides. . other fast consumed products in big demand by farmers, dairies, auto and truck owners. Pays you $30 to $-10 weekly at the start. Bonus Extra. Price advantage and beautiful catalog attracts large buyers. Company acknowl edged leader, expanding repidly. Write Factory representative B. G. Smith, Court Square, Sanford, N. C. to arrange interview. OPPORTUNITY FOR TWO MEN who can qualify. Age 21 to 45, Advancement according to ability shown. Good earnings. L. B, Price Mercantile Co. 2nd and Grace St. Read The Classified Ads 85 Help Wanted, Male 32.468 PRINTING AND PUBLISH ing plants in the U. S. employing 500,000 trained people. We offer training in Hand Composition, Linotype, Presswork, Monotype. Using more than $100,000 worth o£ equipment to train you in a school controlled by printers and publishers. Not operated for prof it. Write Southwest Vocational School, 3800 Clarend n Drive. Dal las, Texas, 90 Help Wanted, Female COLORED WOMAN TO STAY ON farm, cook and keep house. Health certificate. J. R. Harrell, Phone 491?. 100 Instruction COMPTOMETER, STENOTYPY and all business subjects taught. Mrs. Motte's Secretarial School, 313 Church Street. 105 Lost and Found T WILL THE 300 GOOD PAID out customers please return to 25 So. Front St. Liberal reward. Thrif-T-Stores, Inc., 25 So. Front Street. WE SPECIALIZE IN PRESCRIP tlons. Registered pharmacists do the compounding and the ingre dients used are the highest grades. Our charges are never more—and often less. Free delivery service Hall’s Drug Store, 6th and Cas tle Streets. X LOST — LOTS OF MILEAGE because of worn out spark plugs. Found—The way to save mileage. Thor long-life plugs, 25c each. Thrif-T-Stores, Inc., 25 So. Front. 110 Livestock BEAUTIFUL SADDLE HORSE for sale or will swap for good mule. Harrell’s Dairy. 111 Miscellaneous X BICYCLE ACCESSORIES Headlights, tires and tubes, fender flaps, fur tails, reflectors, grips. Thrif-T-Stores, Inc., 25 So. Front Street. X THIS AD GOOD FOR $1.00 ON any new Goodyear Tire bought during big sale. Thrit-T-Stores, Inc.,*25 So. Front St. 120 Office Equipment CHEER UP Y O U R FRIENDS vith a “Get Weil Card.” Shoe maker's. Phone 954. 135 Personal T ALL KINDS OF ACCESSO ries for your car. Come in and see our stock and low prices. Thrif-T-Stores, Inc., 25 So. Front Street. OLD MATTRESSES MADE LIKE new for $2.95. Converted into innerspring mattresses for as lit tle as $9.00. New Way Mattress Co., 902 So. Front, Phone 428. 35 Personal ? LET US CHECK YOUR BAT tery FREE. We have a new analyzer to tell you just how good your battery is. Thrif-T-Stores, Inc., 25 So. Front St. 36 Poultry 3ABY CHICKS — REDUCED prices, healthy, bloodtested day olds, two-week olds, four-week olds, ROUDABUSH'S. 139 Radio and Repairs FRENCH RADIO CO., SALES AND Service. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Complete stock ot new radios. Luke French, Phone 852. 1304 Market Street. DIXIE RADIO SERVICE. OPEN day and night. Work guaranteed. 418 So. Third St., Phone 2°48-J. SHACKELFORD'S RADIO SEHV ice. Any make, any model. 3rd and Grace, Phone 2703. tCora mereial Frigidaire Der’er). r EXPERT RADIO REPAIR Service. We call for and deliver. Let us give you an estimate on your job. Thrif-T-Stores, Inc., 25 So. Front St. 150 Real Estate OCEAN FRONT LOT, NORTHERN extension, Carolina Beach. Block 3. Very cheap. Meares Harriss, Real Estate. 222 Princess St. Phone 1129. SAI.ES-RENTALS-INVESTMENT Moore-Fonvielle Realty Co. We are equipped to serve you LIST YOUR RENTAL AND SALES With Us. A-i Service. Frank G. Harriss 120 Princess SL PROPERTY OWNERS: HAVE YOU a vacant apartment or house for rent. List with us for immediate results. Marshall Realty Company, Phone 976, 216 Princess St. 155 Seeds and Plants Rose Bushes LARGE 2-YR. OLD Sleeve-wrapped . p Bushes, each _ WHILE THEY LAST Cross Seed Co. 12 Market St.Phone 1111 FRESH SEEDS — TOMATO. PEP per. Garden Peas, Lettuce, Tur nips, etc. Cabbage Plants. Rouda bush’s, Front and Dock. SEED, FEEDS, FERTILIZERS, Spray Materials. Garden. Lawn and Farm Supplies. Cross Seed Co., 12 Market St., Phone 1111. ONION SETS. GARDEN PEAS, Tomatoes, Peppers, Lespedeza and Carpet Grass. Farn Tools and Feeds. T. W. Wood and Sons, 317 North Front St.. Phone 133. 158 Shoe Repairing FOP. SHOE REPAIRING 1NVISI ble to the eye, try our guaranteed work. Cinderella Repair Dept., Call *671 170 Wanted T 50 GOOD USED TIRES. WILL pay best prices for unbroken cas ings. Passenger car and truck sizes. Thrif-T-Stores, Inc., 25 So. Front St. — toadies xo lake Advantage ut uur Easter Permanent Specials! Aristocrat _$7.50—$10.00 Empress _ $5.00—$7.50 Lavender Oil _ $3.50—$5.00 Duart _ $3.50—$5.00 Curlwell _ $3.00—$3.50 Other Waves _ $1.50—$2.00 Open Nights by Appointment CURLY TOP BEAUTY SHOPPE Phone 646-J 121 Market St. TO TRADE 4-PC. BEDROOM suite, like new, for good 6 ft. electric refrigerator. Box REF, c-o Star-News. MIXED OAK CROSS TIES. FOR prices, specifications, write W. R. Allen, Sr., Inspector, Southeast ern Shipping Service, Foot of Castle St. FOR YOUR BOTTLED BEVER ages, ice cream, magazines, cigar ettes. newspapers, call 9135. Joe Chadwick’s Soda Shop and News, 10th and Grace. Free delivery. FOR QUICK RENTAL RESULTS. List Your Vacancies in the Want Ads. Phone 2800—Cost Small. RUGS AND UPHOLSTERY TO shampoo in your own home; also painted walls to clean. L. E. Mor ton. Mgr. Phone 1807-M. 1 WANTED! New Customers For Our 1940 RCA-VICTOR RADIOS Get the best in reception, tone, and appearance for as little as one dollar a week. This' ad worth $1.00 for every $10.00 worth of RCA Radio purchased on our Budget Plan. On a $20.00 set it is worth $2.00, on a $70.00 set it is worth $7.00, etc. THRIF-T-STORES, INC. 25 So. Front St. Phone 726 180 Legal EXECUTRIX NOTICE Having qualified as Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of Mary F. Cheek, deceased, this Is to notify all persons having c'aims against said estate to present the same to the undersigned at 312 Ann Street, Wilmington, N. C„ on or SIDE GLANCES 1 COER. 1940 8Y NEA SERVICE. INC. T. M. »EG. U. 8. EAT. OFE. 3 "12. “If we don’t win that barn dance contest tonight it won’t be because we didn’t have enough practice.” HEATING SYSTEM | CLEARWATER, Fla., Feb. 22. —</P)—G. Kelleher, managing di rector of a hotel (Clearwater Beach) here confirmed today a trade publication’s report of his heating arrangements in the re cent cold wave and added the practice will be resumed when ever needed. The trade paper said the hotel in the January freeze; . . Offered to each guest ... a bottle of rye, scotch or gin as a means of maintaining the heat to which every person in Florida is entitled .... It is understood that guests were found praying for a continuation of the arctic wave.” REPLY DELIVERED LONDON, Feb. 22.2—GP)—Britain’s reply to the United States not of Dec. 8 declaring illegal the British blockade of German exports carried on neutral ships was delivered to day, but was not made public. When the United States protest was made, British authorities countered with the comment that Britain's action had sound basis in international law. 180 Legal before the 9th day of February, 1941. or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery; all persons indebted to said estate will please make Immediate payment This 9th day of February 1940. ETHEL MAY FARR1SS, Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of Mary F- Cheek. NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA; COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER The undersigned having qualified as the executor of the estate of William C. Mebane deceased, on the 15th day of February, 1940, this is to notify all persons having cialms against said estate to present same to the undersigned at 313 Mur chison Bldg., Wilmington, N. C., be fore the 17th day of February, 1841 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make im mediate payment. This the 15th day of February, 1940. WILLIAM C. MEBANE, JR., Executor of the Estate of William C. Mebane, Deceased. CLASSIFIED DISPLAY i|H^^5REA80N8 WHY Bf you WILL LIKE B OUR SERVICE V l—No co-h go rs. 2—' v collateral. 3 — No ques* f tioniiif? of employers « r friends. 4—Immediate service. 5 — Conveniently located. 6 — All transac tions held In strictest confidence. WILMINGTON FINANCE CO. Murchison Bid* CITY HALL TO BE OP TUESDAY Public Invited To Inspect Re modeled Building From 3 To 10 O’Clock The formal opening of the remodell ed city hall will be held from 3 to 10 p. m. on Tuesday, February 27, James E. L. Wade, commissioner of public works, announced yester day. At that time, Wade said, the pub lic will be invited to inspect the building and to see the many changes and improvements. An open house will be held be tween these hours and city em ployes will be in their offices after 8 p. m. to conduct visitors around.. Wade added that this does not mean that the building is complete ly finished, although it may be by that date. The contractor has yet io give the city written notice that the contract has been fulfilled and Wade has not yet accepted the building for the city. Wade called attention particular ly to the improvements to the libr ary on the third floor, and said "I sincerely believe the public will be pleasantly surprised at the beauty of the new city hail." Three Southeastern N. C. Men Enlist In Army Here Enlistments yesterday at the Wil mington district office of the army recruiting- service included three young men from Southeastern North Carolina who were assigned to duty with infantry units in Panama, Ser geant S. W. D. Bennett, local re cruiting officer, reported. They Include: Robert B. Becton, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. P.. Becton, of route four,Clinton; Stacy L. Batchelor, 19, whose guardian ia James M, Batchelor, of route one, Richlands; and William F. King. 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. King, of 1410 Castle street. They were transferred to the army recruit training center at Fort Moultrie, S. C., for preliminary training prior to assignment to their overseas posts for three years of service. Chautemps Says France Will Not Fail Finland PARIS. Feb. 22.—UP)—France will not fail in her duty to embattled Finland, which “has astonished the world" by her resistance to Soviet Russia, Camille Chautemps, vice-pru mier of France, said tonight in a Washington day dinner speech be fore the American club. “Finland,” he said, “has proved the almost invincible force of a proud and courageous people who do not wish to die.” His audience included the Finnish minister to Paris and Czech and Pol ish representatives. BELA LAN AN_COORT REPORTER — Founded on Actual Court Records and You Can Be the Judge By L. Allen Heine --V The Strange Case of GONE AGAIN BACK AGAIN GILIGAN • IN SIX EPISODES No. 5 V- > "GONE-AGAlN..6ACK-AGAlN„Gl UGAN'i. 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