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Wednesday, September 16, 1942 Page 7 THE AUSTIN STATESMAN 'All the News That's Fit to Print Since 1871 New Store Unveils Tomorrow ft fc. I 4 1 1 rl1--T An annual ftstival of unusual values In high quality merchandise. Many of these items are limited in quantity and further production has been stopped. SAVE money by buying NOW! Come In today. 'Iff mmzm 8: I Hi 'M WS AVOID HEAT SHORTAGE THIS WINTER Buy a HOOM HE ATE It Hlgh-that, Pomhlit Powrlrf Radiating 1 i f0.fii,fc Electric tas neater Heater 4.29 Our Low SaltPrin 4.29 On Sot orOnV 1 Thit Cot pf MtteU Boxtrf KIT VL) Woolworth Store Ready For Opening a corner where Austin's traf-fk has converged for more than a the F.

W. Woolworth company will open its new "Wonder Store" Thursday morning. The store, under construction since February, will be the new location tor a store which has served Austin since 1914 at the location two blocks up Congress avenue. Ideal hatr for bathroom, loUrlom or recreation room. On largo 10,000 B.

V. radiant unit. Approved by American Gu Association. TTTrTRC Attractively finished. Chrome reflector with bins enamel grille.

Approved by Underwriters' Laboratories. 1000 -watt heating element. Big 29c Valae 9 10c Trade-in Allowance 2.00 Trade-in Allowance For Yow Preienf BaHff on Enlarged tremendously, the store has three floors with 11,000 square feet of shopping space on one large floor. Total area of the new build- i no wo IjiAt FHIESTOXB 'ROCKET' ILVTTLIIY for civilian defense for the home camping trips for the car. Buy several of these kits NOW.

Kit Includes: Mercnrochrome, waterproof 5.05 Clltn Met 7.95 for Your Prtwirf Worn-Ovt Plugt on Ftrelone'PolonIam Spark Plugs A Mck In ntt llC witkvour M9F eldplugi Cdling Price 59c In Mti Firestone 'Polonium' Spark Flngs are gnaran-' teed to start yonr motor faster and operate smoother. bandages, adhesive tape, gauze bandage and absorbent cotton. ana absorbent cotton. iV jf. with rMT ttY 39 full-died lnteiw locked pistes.

Selected eedaf separators. The Woolworth "Wonder Store" which is opening Thursday at Sixth and Congress is pictured above, while, below is shown a faded picture of the interior and staff of the old Woolworth store which opened here 28 years ago. Inset is Mrs. Gladys Gardner, floorlady, who has been with Wool-worth here 28 years. jng 5 IiOOrS 15 aquaxe icct, about two and one-half times as large as the old building up the avenue.

With 69 feet on Congress and 93 feet on West Sixth street, it has one of the Avenue's largest fronts. As customers wander through Woolworth's, they will find 13 numbered counter sections, with 979 lineal feet of counter space. Personnel has also been increased to' 60 full-time and 20 part-time employes, providing quick counter service and ever-filled counters. Three days of values are being offered through American-Statesman advertising for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, to introduce the enlarged store to Central Texas shoppers. H.

M. Totland, manager, has been manager here for 19 years, and will continue at the new location. He has been in active charge of planning the new building and store, and it has been during his management that the store has grown to 2- 3 W. iLtt MSI I MAINLY H)gMy Glazed, uv.np.-v. G.

E. Marsh and W. H. Kellogg, biologists with the state game, fish and oyster department, left T8uesday for the Rio full-Cut, Blum Dtnlm ini; OVERALLS Grande valley where they will spend the hunting season hunt ing birds in the "bring them 1.45 Reg. Price V.

tpiiWVilS III back alive" fashion. Conoclt-Sfy. Gabardine Jacket Ceiling Price fl 8.95 Fully lin4 Zipptr and button front Full patch pockets with extra slash pockets inserted In the faces. Eayon and cotton plaid lining. Choice of beige or cocoa brown.

Sises from 36 to 46. The game department is 'plated from. 1.29 vrown pottery stoneware. Tight fitting cover, rood can oven to table. completing a three-year study of the white wing dove in the vallev and hope from their A full-cut garment, dives long wear, comfort and good appearance.

Has separate pockets for watch, pencils and cigarettes. Sizes 36 to 46. findings to make laws "fair to the birds." Kellogg and Marsh and other biologists in that locality will collect bands from tit BUST MOP TOliiP BURNER 55c 1.09 Long T- Heavy. rnsV ice rsibl. traS.restettogtrlre, For the Rainy Day 'Oiitdor' Haincoats Famout 'Big Yank' Chambray Shirt R.9.

fine mop. true "wonder fatore status. Probably the most interested in the new change is Mrs. Gladys Gardner, who was employed by Woolworth 28 years ago when the firm first opened here and who has been with it ever since. She is now a floor lady.

Outstanding is the new Wool-worth luncheon department, 7 times as large as the old, with a 62-seat lunch" counter stretching over 124 feet along the south side of the store. Coupled with this is the brand-new baked goods department, offering tasty rolls and pastries freshly baked every day on the premises. New also is Woolworths phonograph record department, with all the latest hit tunes. Outside the store, on Sixth street near the corner, a bronze plaque is being placed by the Texas Historical society, in honor of O. Henry, the famous short-story writer The new store rests upon the site of the bank in which O.

Henry worked as cashier. Improvements of the new store over the old are many. A few of the more noticeable details are air conditioning the year around, modern fluorescent lighting, non-skid T.t. KaoTiifnl nrima fiber HOUSEWARES BARGAINS Mtn'i ftubbar RAINCOAT ct? 3.09 Heavv duty, extra length. Reinforced seams.

lotits' Oit-Trtoltd IKAYO.Y COAT IZ 3.19 Folds Into tin pouch that will at In purse. Made from wear, tested fabric. Guaranteed not to rip. Elbow action sleeves. Sweat-proof cigarette pocket.

Told.tO IS A1" Broom R.V. tor 0 Lev I bandies. dove banded last season. They will also make a check on the birds killed and if more young than old birds are shot then nesting in that part of the country has been successful. Mrs.

Lila A. Wassell, who resigned as librarian at the state hospital to undergo a major operation, is getting along nicely. She returned to her former home, Corsicana where she plans to live five or six months while recovering from the operation. Somebody should organize a committee and try to get all of the downtown clocks together. It certainly is confusing in the morning, especially when one is still half snoozing on the way to work, to look up and find oneself almost late to work, then by another clock almost 30 minutes early or sometimes even late.

Such rapid change in time along with a scorched tongue and a raw face from a rapid shave is just too much. Raymond Holbrook, who graduated from the University of Texas in 1936, will leave Friday for Quantico, to begin training to be a marine officer. Holbrook has been state and aviation editor far the Amarillo Glove-News for several years. Dee Smith is a newcomer to Austin, working as a carpenter on the Del Valle air base. He is glad that his wife and daughter, Margaret Fay, 6 months, are joining him here Saturday.

He is very proud of his baby who is so pretty that Bowen Bus lines in Houston photographed her as a model in an ad. He is brother of Albert Smith, 500 East 10th street, and came here from Victoria. Some of his constituents believe that Sheriff H. W. (Rip) Collins is a bureau of information.

Proof that he does more than just enforce law came after a farmer of the Oak Hill sec lerrazzo nuuio, uto.v. ntprs and chrome fixtures, A -11 Attrattlv Boikat-Waav Fibar and a rest room for the ladies. The Whether You Cam Bug NEW TIHES? 'J Aik Ut We Are Tire Informatlos Headqiarters store is equipped witn xne niuai up-to-date sanitary display cases for candv and baked goods, to insure spotless cleanliness as well as the freshness of merchandise, in actonrant menu for the Seat Covers Guaranteed tJcinlHv i tit; i ll opening days offers everything Ceiling ic. 2.69 CoPM 1.08 Coup.l I from a complete roast lumw ner to home-made butter-and-egg cake with ice cream. The opening days lay special Mien nnnn the outstanding HOUSE PAINT I Car owners engaged In many types of work can now secure tire rationing certificates.

Get the extra mile-age and extra protection of Firestone Tires. Satisfactory fit guaranteed. All seams double-stitched. Harmonizing color patterns. Save your upholstery and your clothes.

R.g. Co.ch end Sedtn Cov.rt 4.59 HOUSE PAINT oucja, ij line of women's ready-to-wear- Ut for even down to Nylon hosiery com plete with a wide variety of sum l. cninrs shades, and in I cunnwMii HOUSE PAINT WIMM WMITI C.ilmg Pric. 3.25 RETREADING AND REPAIRING Ixpwt Wwtmontlilp, fut Iwvk. tion walked into his office Tuesday to inform him he had a carrier pigeon that was lost.

Collins happened to remember that Wade George of Austin has a number of such pigeons at his place and telephoned him. Within two minutes, Collins had iound the name of the owner of the pigeon. The pigeon be cidental accessories. Listed also is an attractive line oi inianu. mu unur housewares even SAVE 23.55 a luggage department line of hon- longed to a fancier in San Antonio and George agreed to get est-to-goodness suueasea.

gtl. In I ofs Firestone 'Two-Coaf House Paints save you money, are more durable, provide greater coverage and rive maximum hiding power. the pigeon for him. at Woolworm prices. Tohn Law Swoops Down on a Lottery: On Tni8-TufctSuprme Auto Radio ao.88 Total Clllns ValM 60.43 A superb-toned 8-tube radio regularly priced at 149.95 FLUS custom-lit dash mount 1 TV VT But It a Little une oomparea 10 many I APio DirtMrH rr Tnridentallv.

it is said that manv Repia" Drying ENAMEL 59c Ceiling Price 79c tho Niraraeuan lottery has tbi. Roofing CEMENT 59 Ceiling Price 69c of the athletes who are employed Tropic Alr BuyEmlyl i HEATER Antl-Fre 9.88 m2.G5. Ijl Large copper Use Frigitone i core for extra a permanent heat. antl-freeze. in tnese aiversions, especially uie football players, are complaining that thev went into the service to ings to your car, PLUS a $2.59 corner post car antenna; installed FREE.

Includ.M Ftll liutaDollen.nil Antenna, Pill Derii Kit been getting $12,000,000 per year here, as the authorities claim, then the total of all the lottery operations must be well into the billions, and practically all of these operations are illegal, yet openly tolerated in many places. In fact, see action and not to continue their By DAMON RUNYON I note that John Law is hot after a sweepstakes operation that had headquarters in Nicaragua and has rounded up a number of persons on the west coast and elsewhere alleging that they participated in the selling of tickets and other working of the enterprise. JTows smoothly. Dries hard to rich glossy tsUt. i taT patching "dewalkr" bi' football and that some of them are Wlpntv snre over the situation.

Moreover, there is also complaint from the civilian public about the ovtent nf these activities and the the proceedings against tnose alleged to be connected with the Nicaragua affair are the first of any consequence to be instituted, though all the lotteries I speak of increasing employment of soldiers in endeavors that can scarcely be called military, though of course no rritirism can be made of the sol are common Knowledge io me people of the communities in which they operate. My readers may recau mai iui a time I was strenuously advocating a federal lottery for army and nrrvicoc and ma The take or mis oue put at $12,000,000 per year in the United States alone by the authorities and when you consider that it is a somewhat obscure proposition of limited territorial scope in the distribution of tickets, you get a faint idea of what the gross gathering of all the numerous lottery dodges in this country must be. These dodges include the sweepstakes based on the Kentucky derby and the Chicago races that I nave mentioned in this column on sev- th numbers games have noted that I have been con- cnininnclv silent on the subject re diers themselves as they must do just what they are told. It may be that the theory that these extra-curricular activities of the military are beneficial to public morale is wrong and that they may, indeed, have the reverse effect However, no one will deny that the money for the relief is absolutely necessary, which is why I think it might be a good thing to raise it through a federal lottery that would produce a hundred times more than the activities and relieve ON SALE AT FIRESTONE STORES cently. That is because I came to the conclusion that there is scant chance of congress legalizing a lottery or anything like it, though several bills to that end have been and the boleta that operate in introduced in the bouse ana sen 4A om rsvivins the tonic now only scores of cities, the many emu conducting regular drawings under in San Francisco and the soldiers and sailors of tasks that some find irksome.

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