In grateful appreciation
for your friendship, as
shown by the fine pa
tronage you have given
us, we wish you a Merry
Christmas.
MORGAN & SON
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During the rush and drive of
business day by day,
we seldom take sufficient time to .
acknowledge the courtesies we have
enjoyed during the year just dosing.
So, we’re glad when Christmas comes
because we can say in ail sincerity
A Very Merry Christmas to all!
PAN AMERICAN
WORLD AIRWAYS
Astronomy Notes
By OLAF HALVERSON
I The “Star of the East” shone
brightly over Bethlehem almost
2,000 years ago. Shepherds watch
ing their flocks by night were di
rected by its light.
Wise men from the East beheld
its glory and they knew a King
had been born. Day after day they
journeyed on their camels over
the trackless wastes of sandy des
erts, guided by the brilliant new
star.
They were bringing with them
gifts of gold, frankincense and
myrrh. The star led them to the
King of kings, and Lord of lords.
It brought them to the source of
spiritual guidance.
Today, a star called the North
Star or Polaris, gives physical
guidance to travelers on the road
of life. At one time, the Phoeni
cians called it the “Phoenician
Star,” because they were great
mariners on the Mediterranean
Sea. It guides fleet and caravan
over wastes of sea and sand other
wise trackless and impassable.
Many people wandering aimlessly
in the forests have found their
bearings from this star.
Railroad Workers
Get W age Boosts
CHICAGO, (jP)—Wage increases
ranging from 10 Vi to 14Vi cents
an hour have been granted to
nearly 800,000 of the nation’s rail
road workers.
Eleven rail brotherhoods, rep
resenting some 750,000 non-oper
ating employes, Wednesday night
signed an agreement with the car
riers calling for a pay raise of
14Vi cents an hour and company
paid hospital and medical benefits.
A few hours later, the railroads
and the Order of Railway Conduc
tors and Brakemcn settled their
wage dispute, with between 25,000
and 27,000 operating workers get
ting a general pay hike of 10Vi
cents an hour. The pact also pro
vides an additional 31 cents a day
for conductors.
The new wage agreements, the
railroads estimated, will cost the
carriers more than $300 million a
year.
The new pay scale for the non
operating employes, retroactive to
to last Dec. 1, boosts the average
to S1.95V2 cents an hour.
Missionary Tells of
J
5-Year Ordeal*
With Chinese Reds
CLARK AIR FORCE BASE, P.I.
OP)—A five-year ordeal of “abom
inable treatment” at the hands of
the Chinese Communists, includ
ing torture, was described by Am
erican missionary Dr. Homer V.
Bradshaw Thursday.
“They handcuffed me, twisted
my wrists and forced me to do
strenuous physical exercise,” the
missionary told a press confer
ence.
Bradshaw, 54, and his wife*
about the same age, of Pittsburgh,
Pa., arrived Wednesday from
Hong Kong after five years of im
prisonment by the Chinese Reds.
Bradshaw spoke from a wheel
chair. He appeared nervous and
thin. “I lost about 43 pounds,” he
said. His wife was not present.
U.S. Air Force doctors said “she
is still uncertain of her surround
ings and there are mental impli
cations.”
They said Mrs. Bradshaw i£ suf
fering more from maluntrition
than her husband. She was kept
under house arrest while her hus
band was imprisoned.
Asked what fortified his spirit
during the ordeal, Bradshaw re
plied, “as a missionary, I was in
the hand of the Almighty.”
Air Force physicians said the
! Bradshaws probably will stay at
the base hospital for at least two
weeks before they are able to fly
home.
Watched TV As If His
Life Depended on It’—
Marriage Ends in Divorce
LOS ANGELES, (jP)—Her living
room television set couldn’t legally
be named correspondent in a di
vorce suit, but Mrs. Annette Sto
ica, 33, blamed it for the breakup
of her marriage.
She testified Wednesday in win
ning a divorce from Eli M. Stoica,
38, on cruelty grounds that he:
“Watched TV constantly. I
begged him to pay more attention
to me, but when the set was on I
was forgotten.
“He spent so much tice watch
ing that he had no time to change
his clothes. He even fell asleep
watching TV. It was as if his life
depended on it.”
Superior Judge Samuel Blake
awarded the family home, includ
ing the television set to Mrs. Sto
ica, but she doesn’t think her hus
band will miss it.
“He moved back with his par
ents,” she said, “and there’s a set
there.”
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Parkinson
send greetings from Oyster Bay,
Long Island, where they have a
new home. Parkinson is with the
Fairchild Instrument and Cam
era Co. now.
Christmas Stockings at Cavoia's
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Britain's Comet III
Forced to Return
When Engine Fails
MONTREAL, I*—1The Comet III,
Britain’s speedy experimental jet
airliner, was forced back to Mon
treal early yesterday after taking
off for London on the last leg of
a globe-circling test flight.
The plane with 14 persons
aboard, landed with one of its
four engines out after dumping
4,000 gallons of fuel to minimize
the fire hazard.
John Cunningham, chief test pi
lot for the DeHavilland Aircraft
Co. Ltd., and the plane’s captain,
said an investigation indicated the
trouble was caused by a defective
bracket in the tailpipe of one en
gine. He speculated that the 15
below-zero weather in which the
plane took off, followed by the jet
heat, might have caused the de
fect” in the bracket.
A complete check was ordered
and British air officials in London
said the plane probably would not
get home until after Christmas. A
spokesman added the damaged en
gine probably would be changed.
The Comet III is a prototype of
Deliavilland’s Comet IV, with
which Britain hopes to take a lead
in the world's aviation industry.
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"God be praised for his unspeakable Gift.”
Wish each a Blessed Christmas
and Joyous New Year
NOME LUTHERAN CHURCH
GODS GREAT GIFT
“For God so loved the world that
HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON;
That whosoever believeth in Him, should not perish,
Bur have everlasting life.”
John 3:16
GREETINGS FROM—
NOME GOSPEL HOME
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
SATURDAY, Dec. 24th. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM.
SUNDAY, Dec. 25th
10:00 a.m. CHRISTMAS SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR ALL.
11:00 a.m. “THE GLORIOUS MEANING OF CHRISTMAS.”
6:30 p.m. CHRISTMAS COLORED BIBLE SLIDES.
7:30 p.m. CHRISTMAS MUSICAL.
WEDNESDAY. 7:30 p.m. MIDWEEK WORSHIP.
SATURDAY, Dec. 31st. WATCH NIGHT SERVICE.
THE FRIENDLY CHURCH
WITH THE SINGING TOWER