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Evening star., 1939-07-18

miraculously. You'd come home
feeling like a million, eager to see
the old crowd again. You'd have
completely forgotten your mad" al
mother and dad. Why, even little
Butch, that terrible child next door
would look human to you.
But we can't all HE ourselves of
to the shore or the mountains ir
search of rustication, recreation ano
romance. Some of us have to stick
1t out at home. And we feel pretty
droopy about it. We sulk, we snar
at the family. and quarrel with the
gang. We even wish that schoo
were starting next week-anythine
to end this boredom.
But wait minute! Prop up thai
lower lip before you trip over it
Grin, even though it hurts-and il
will hurt. Maybe things aren't sc
bad, after all. Perhaps it's just July
and the humidity. You're in sum.
mer slump, all right. but a slumr
isn't grave. 1t isn't even a rut
You can snap out of it!
A Change
Will Help.
Probably you do need little vaca.
ton from the old crowd. Okay-i
isn't the only crowd in town, is it
And yours isn't the only town withir
travelling distance.
How about that girl from tn,
other end of the city that you me
last Christmas? If you're a boy
call her up and ask her for a date
She's probably as bored as you are
and your phone call will strike he,
as a message from Heaven. II
you're girl, arrange to meet heI
downtown for a movie, or find out
If she plays tennis. Who knows?
Maybe she has an older brother
home from college. You'll NEE;
him and dreary summer will be
magically transformed into the most
wonderful weeks of your life.
And how about your cousin Claris-
sa, who lives in Catty Corners only
20 miles away? Clarissa always i'm
pressed you as bit of a drip. but
you haven't seen her for almost a
year. Maybe by now she's developed
into a grade A glamour girl. Even
If she's only grade B. she probably
belongs to crowd of her own who
would welcome the sight of a new
face. Dig up the bus fare to Catty
Corners and drop Cousin Clarissa
a line telling her that you'd love
to spend week end with her and
the family.
Or invite Cousin Cadwalader down
to see you for few days. Maybe
some new blood-even Cadwalader S
slightly anemic variety-is all that
your own gang needs. Cadwalader
may think they are the keenest
crowd he ever fell in with. He'll
meet Sue Smith, who has seemed
to you to be getting more boring
by the minute, and 60 completely
off the deep end. Two dates and
Sue will have him squarely on the
hook. Cadwalader will love it, Sue
Evening star., 1939-07-18

convenience. A house full of doors
leaves little space for furniture and
gives one an uneasy feeling. Stock
doors may be bought in a variety
OF patterns. Thumb turns on the
second floor rooms are less expensive
than the key lock doors. The new
flush doors cost only a bit more than
the paneled doors, but are a third
lighter and more soundproof.
Though designed for modern houses
they are useful in any house, especi-
ally for bathroom and kitchen doors.
There are storm and screen doors,
with interchangeable panels. The
screened panel slips out and the glass
panel fits into place in the winter
thus saving both expense and trouble.
Closets can be cheaply and eff
ciently lined with plywood instead
of plaster, and shelves may more
easily be nailed to it. Raise the closet
floor above the Dashboard to prevent
dust blowing under the doors. If the
closet floor is pitched and has a sin
gle cleat 1t will serve as an inexpen-
sive shoerack.
Steel Cabinets
Are Good.
You may buy stock kitchen cab
inets in a variety Of designs either
Of wood or steel. They are finished
in many colors or come unpainted
If the stock cabinets do not fit and
you must build your own make the
work shelf feet high and carry the
upper tier 18 inches above it. Uni
formity in height will reduce costs
as we'll as effort. In building storage
cupboards, utilize stock doors wher-
ever possible. Remember spon-
taneous combustion is always haz-
ard which may be lessened by using
stock size screen doors for cupboards
in which cleaning fluids, oil mops
and the like are stored.
4Ou may Uuy pIcldUIlCdJeQ 0Te-
place which is recirculating and is
really efficient. This is completely
walled in to your room and draws in
cold air from the floors, sending it
out warmed at the ceiling. 1t saves
labor, heat and insures a draft.
Many inexpensive stock mantels on
the market are in excellent taste.
Sometimes it is less expensive to
have fireplace than to omit it. The
number in house often determines
its selling price.
These are few of the many things
that must be thought through in
building or remodeling a house. It is
an exciting and fascinating game
and we are all as likely to lose our
heads over it as over a new toy.
These are some of the services YOU
may purchase. There are many
others that you will love to do your
self, just so that you will have a
finger in the pie"
Evening star., 1939-07-18

DEAR MISS DIX: have been a
devoted and indulgent father. I
have worked hard to give my chill
dren comfortable home, a good
education and every advantage in
my power. AS long as they lived at
home I never asked them to con-
tribute to the upkeep of the family,
circumstances. Now they are all
grown and married, have good po-
sitions and live in the same town
with me. But they are so wrapped
up in their own good times that
they seem to have forgotten that
their father is living. They never
come to see me, not even on holi-
days, and although they all have
cars they never take me out for a
little fresh air when they know that
am in rundown condition due
to the unpleasant and hard work
l am doing. From time to time I
am laid up in bed from overwork,
then they run in for a few min
utes and tell me to rest a day and
will be able to 60 back to work the
next. My children are financially
much better off than I am. but they
never send me gift or help me in
any way. Yet I still manage to send
them expensive gifts from the little
earnings 1 save up by stinting my
self. However. they show no ap-
probation for these. How can chill
dren so neglect the father who loves
them? A FATHER.
Answer-1t certainly seems to us a
crime against Nature when children
get to be so selfish and so wrapped
up in their own affairs that they
forget the mother who bore them
and the father who slaved through
long, hard years to feed and clothe
them and keep them soft and COM
Portable.
But when we see such examples
of filial ingratitude we must, in JUS
tice, recognize that the fault lies
just as much at the parents door
as it does at the children's. For
children are what their parents
make them. Every child is born a
little savage. Its instincts are to
grab what it wants for itself and to
fight tooth and nail for what it de-
sires. No appreciation for what 9TH
ers do for it makes it grateful. We
have to be taught from our in
Evening star., 1939-07-18

eral years. Your architect can tell
you which type is best suited to your
problem. In frame or shingle
construction an insulating plaster
base with integral vapor barrier
may be used, or an insulating
sheathing on the outside, or insula-
ton between the studs in the form
of bats, quilt or foil. Masonry walls
should have two coats OF damp
proofng on the inside. then double
air space and some type OF lnsula-
ton.
On your inside walls you may save
valuable space as closets with 2
Inch partitions by turning your 2-by-
4 studs the long way. Plaster can
extend to window and door openings
to save the cost of wood trim. Col
ored plasater may be used to save
cost of further decoration.
Plywood gives a very durable and
long wearing wall which does not
mar easily. Its cost is about that
of plaster. A new method of appll-
cation uses glue instead of nails
Joints can be flush or V-grooved
Some types of wallboard have sur
faces finished ready for decorating
Others are intended to be used in
their natural state. Some provide
insulation. Joints can be flush or
featured with wood strips.
Good Materials
Are Best.
1t pays to get long-wearing paint,
enamel wallpaper and similar items
as the greatest expense in redeco-
rating is the labor charge. There
are all manner of wall paint ano
paper cleaners today and household
service men equipped to do the work
for you at nominal cost.
If you are laying concrete floor
on earth. insure dryness with a Gin
der or gravel fill. then a waterproof
membrane, for warmth, cork in
sulation above the membrane, then
inches of reinforced concrete
Flooring above unexcavated areas
or partially excavated areas requires
ventilation and special floor precau-
tions. Wood joists are cheapest but
subject to moisture. Underflooring
should be insulating. Steel joists
and precast concrete joists are avail
able wherever wood joists are not
feasible because of dampness.
Do not try to use linoleum to cover
up a poor, uneven or irregular floor
1t will show all the hills and dales'
before it has been laid a week and
will wear accordingly. Lay thir
sheet of plywood over your rough
flooring which will give you perfect
surface for the linoleum and long
wearing floor. You may purchase
patterned hardwood blocks at about
the same price as strip maple or oak
They are prewaxed and may be laid
in mastic on concrete for beautiful
floor.
Cut Down on
The Doors.
In your plan cut down the num-
Der of your doors to just enough for
Evening star., 1939-07-18

will love it, and they'll both love
you. Life will take on a new in.
terest for everybody concerned.
You Might Even
Try a Blind Date.
How long has it been since vol,
mad blind date? Why not talk
70 Marie, who has that new man
from out of town coming over twice
week? Surely he has a friend
or two. Tell Marie how things are
with you and ask her to help YOU
out. Since her date is a nice lad,
you can rely on him to bring along
another OF the same variety.
or, II you're a man, hunt up one
Oh your trends who is dating a girl
more or less stranger to YOU. Ask
MN II she has a friend. If you're
regular, if you're sincerely interested
IN meeting new girls and showing
them good time, your friends will
be glad to fix things up for you.
Remember that every crowd can
seem a little dreary if YOU see its
members too much, and other people
not enough. So spread out a bit
during the rest of the summer. Don t
drop your old friends; simply culti-
Vate new ones. Other members of
your gang will get the idea and
follow your lead. and before long
you'll be seeing plenty of fresh faces.
You'll suddenly discover that hot
weather isn't so bad, and that life
isn't entirely extinct in your town.
And you will be doing the spade
work for additional good times in
the buster social season that starts
when the leaves begin to fall.
Evening star., 1939-07-18
Stock the Larder

Remember picnic season is here, so
keep the refrigerator we'll stocked
with relishes, catsup, sandwich mix
lures, cheeses and potted meats.
Then you can whip up an outdoor
meal in a jiffy.
Evening star., 1939-07-18
BY BARBARA BELL.

Here's a smart new way to make
the bolero ensemble you've been
wanting! Design 1731-B is a style
you'll find endlessly useful for sum-
mer travelling. The frock, with puff
sleeves and a fiaring skirt, cut to a
Evening star., 1939-07-18

d
Combine practically making
dragon
centuries wled
And measuring
10 by Is IS inches
The pattern contains complete
traed directions with block
crochet hook and what material and much
To obtain this pattern,
stamps postage to the
Needlework Editor Of The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1939-07-18
Many Fine Points Should Be Remembered When House
Unnecessary Expenditure
OfBoth Time and Money
Eliminated by Planning
No Economy to Be Found in
Use of Poor Materials or
In Cheap Construction
BY MARGARET NOVEL;.

building remodeing there
will
money
overlook some of
useful
material
Evening star., 1939-07-18
Moth WARMING

Before you put on your furniture
summer slip covers see that the fur.
niture has been we'll aired and
cleaned to remove any traces OF
moths.
Evening star., 1939-06-24
Driver Who Killed Two
In Crash Gets 80 Years

A 30-year prison term for second. !.
degree murder today confronted
Charles Sumner Lee. jr., "a. colored
of the 1700 block of Willard street
NV, driver Of the liquor car which,
crashed into another automobile on
Nichols avenue Sc. last September,
killing to young persons.
Lee was sentenced yesterday in
District Court by Justice Bolitha VI
Laws. Lees companion at the time
Of the crash, Worster P. Dorsey, al
colored, was given three to five years
on q manslaughter charge.
Both defendants had asked for
mercy, their lawyer pleading that
neither had intended to commit
crime. The case was prosecuted BY
Assistant United States Attorney
Howard Boyd.
The liquor car crashed during q
chase by Government revenue
agents. Those fatally injured in the
wreck were Muriel Lanham, 2. Of
526 Ninth street Sc. and Marion
Wood, 10, of $40 Tenth street Sc
In passing sentence, Justice IArs
declared that the incident was "of,s
Of the most horrible ever seen q,
the streets of Washington" Testi-
money showed that the car in whicl,
the young persons met death biaSit
into flames after the crash and t{{ft
Lees automobile contained Is vai-
Ions OF untaxed NQuoe.
Evening star., 1939-06-24
Hobby Show Prizes
To Be Awarded Toniuht

Prize winners in the Silver Spring
(Md.) hobby show, which opened
Thursday in the Silver Spring
Armory, will be awarded at the
closing session tonight as follows:
Airplanes 16 to 10 years., first
William Draper; second, Jack Holt;
third, Frank Pohanka; 13 to Is
years.. first. Lowell Smith; second
Robert Shumaker; 90 to II years.
first. Philip Steiner; second, Arthur
Chesley.
Boat models-06 to 18 years.
first, Frank Pohanka, jr, 13 to Il
years.. first, Bradford MCGOWAN.
Match box covers-10 to II years.
first. Cameron McIntire; 13 to Is
years., first. Paul E. Mears.
Stamps-Q3 to Is years., first
Leo Flaherty; 90 to II years., first
j. D. Cans, and second, Jack Cissel
Miscellaneous-First, Edward L
Palder, chemistry; second. Paul Fox
coins: third, Eugene Clifford, pho
Biography. and fourth, Hugh H. Ross
leathercraft.
Pets-First prize to Donald Baugh-
ton and Neil Mcneil, who exhibited
a joint entry of about half a dozen
terrapin.
Honorable mention cards were
awarded in all classes.
Hopes of Jack Cissel, winner OF
second prize in the stamp class, to
carry away honors in the airplane
class were dashed the day before
the show when his dog chewed ur
his exhibit airplane.
The show will be open again to.
night at Z pm.
Evening star., 1939-06-24
BY ALFRED TOOMBS.

The world hereby receives notice
to move over and make room for
youth that will not be denied.
Gangway in a word, for the Ma
tional Youth Jobbing Association.
Any dishes that want washing,
any babies that want watching, any
rugs that want beating, or vice
versa, may look to the N. Y. j. A.,
the band of young foundlings who
were left on the worlds doorstep
by depression.
Members of the association are
young men who, unable to find any
particular thing to work at, have
decided to work at everything. No
business has a place for them, so
they are making business of their
| own. ~
The N. Y. J. A. had it's inception
in neighborhood organization
formed last fall in Takoma Park,
Nd. Five boys banded together to
form the Takoma General Jobbers.
They offered to do any kind Of odd
jobs-painting, dishwashing, furni-
ture repairing, lawn cutting.
None of the five boys had been
able to find steady jobs. Within a
few weeks after they started the
five found themselves with more
work than they could do.
They added five more boys, and
during the winter all 10 were kept
busy. They established headquar-
ters in the home of Richard Ellis,
Is, 81 Sycamore avenue, Takoma
Park, Md, where they received
telephone orders for work.
/ Ellis became the business man
ager of the group spending his
time making estimates. taking down
the work orders and making as
Evening star., 1939-06-24
700 Lutherans
End Convention
AT Maryland U.
Several to Make Tour
Of Virginia Spots;
Concert Is Given

More than TOO Luther Leaguers
of the American Lutheran Church
who have been holding their fifth
international convention at the
University of Maryland since Tues
day, today closed their final busi-
ness session.
Many of the delegates will 60
on to the New York Worlds Fair
others planned to make a tour of
historic Virginia spots. while still
others started homeward after what
was described as one of the most
successful conventions.
Last night a concert was given
by $50 youthful voices in Ritchie
Coliseum. The choir. directed by
Prof. Ellis E. Snyder Of Capitol
University, Columbus, Ohio, sang
program of sacred music.
Earlier yesterday. DR.. H. G. Byrd,
president Of the University Of Mary
land, told the delegates that There
is no type of work which means 50
much to the security of America
as that which you are doing.
There was never so much
propaganda he said, warning the
Lutherans that I'VE must accept the
responsibilities that 60 with free
dom, if We are to succeed"
In the closing sessions, John
Stegenman of Boykin, Iowa, was re-
elected president of the league.
Other officers named were the Rev.
C. A. Wiederanders, Toledo. Ohio,
first vice president; Clayton Fisher,
Ottawa Lake, Mich, second vice
president. and Miss Ruth Doer-
mann, Blue Island, ILL.,, secretary.
Evening star., 1939-06-24
-Four Police Officers
Are Reported
Quizzed byF. B. |.
Police TriuI Bourd
Moy Get Evidence on
Detective Sereeonts

There were indications at police
headquarters today that evidence
uncovered by F. B. l. agents, re-
ported to involve four detective SER
geants in alleged irregularities,
would be turned over to the Police
Trial Board
Supt. Ernest w. Brown was out
of town, but he had referred the re-
port of the G-men to Capt. Ira
Keck. acting chief of detectives, for
study.
For some time the F. B. I. agents
have been investigating asserted ac-
tivities of certain policemen.
While no ofIicial comment could
be obtained. 1t was reported authori-
tatively that the evidence thus far
disclosed did not involve offenses
serious enough to be turned over to
the district attorney for possible
prosecution, but concerned infrac-
tions Of regulations which might
bring trials before the Police Board.
One Of the suspected detective
sergeants was reported to have gone
voluntarily to F. B. I. headquarters
and submitted to questioning. He
was asked. it was learned, where he
got the wristwatch he was wearing
and replied that it was picked up
in raid on a suspected rendezvous
Of criminals. The watch had re-
manned at headquarters for some
time and no one claimed it. the Of
ficer explained. He left without the
watch.
The exact nature of the evidence
against the other three detective
sergeants was not revealed, but it
was said to be of similar nature
1t was emphasized that the F. B. 1.
had not undertaken an investigation
of the Police Department as a
whole. but only of complaints against
certain individuals which had
reached the Justice Department.
The G-men visited the home Of
one suspected detective and all four
of those involved we're questioned
at F. B. l. headquarters.
Evening star., 1939-06-24
Alexandria Host
To Y. F. ". and
Auxiliary
City Is Decorated
For Five-Doy Session
Of Organizations
By staff Correspondent of The Star.

oS a Stdh wi ACSpolOSIl VI Ac oval
ALEXANDRIA, Va. June "a
King street was gaily decorated
overhead and from lamp post to
lamp post as delegates to the State
encampment of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars and its auxiliary be-
gan registration today
The five-day encampment is the
17th annual meeting of the State
v. F. w. and the 14th for the aux
iliary.
During the five-day session 1850
delegates are expected, with visit
ors numbering nearly 5000, includ-
ing the veterans guests and friends.
There will be AZ State posts and
18 auxiliaries represented, Samuel
B. DeVaughan of the John Lyon
(AleXandria) Post, said
V. F. w. visitors were registering
at TIT King street and the George
Mason Hotel. The auxiliary dele
gates register at the Virginia Pub
lie Service Auditorium. The King
street registering place was ar
ranged at the last minute for the
benefit of union veterans who OBJ
ject to passing picket line at the
hotel. Registration will continue to-
morrow from am. to pm.
Local churches will hold special
services for the visitors tomorrow
and a meeting of the Council of
Administration is to be at pm. in
the V. F. w. Home, 319 Prince
street. A joint memorial service
with the auxiliary is to be held at
8 pm. in the George Washington
High School,
On following days al business
sessions of the mems group will be
held in Lyceum Hall and the women
will meet in the Virginia Public
Service Co. Auditorium.
A parade is planned for Monday
afternoon along King street with
trophies and cash prizes offered for
competing units. Among the speak
ers who will address business ses-
sions are Otis N. Brown of Green's
boro, N c., senior national vice
commander in chief, and James E.
Van Zandt of Altoona, Pa, national
commander in chief.
Mr.. DeVaughan of the local post,
and Mrs Thelma DeVaughan of the
local auxiliary are co-chairmen of
the encampment committees.
Evening star., 1939-06-24
Work Will Resume
On 100 Building Jobs
As Strike Is Ended
Compromise Agreement
Accepted by Carpenters
After Long Conference

With a strike of 1000 union car
penters ended by compromise
agreement, preparations were un-
der way today to resume work on
more than 100 building projects in
the Washington area.
The agreement, ending an 11-day
tie-up of virtually all major con-
struction here, was signed yester-
day at the conclusion of a confer
ence Of union representatives and
contractors which began at II am.
and lasted until nearly S pm.
The agreement continues until May
1, 1910. the present $l2-a-day wage
on work already under contract. It
provides, effective Immediately, a
wage of $12.50 on all new work.
After May l. 1910, for one year,
the scale on all work, whether un-
der contract or not, will be $l3 q
day. .4
Carpenters agreed to continue the
eight-hour day. They were asking
$13. q day for seven hour day.
Work will be resumed Monday.
The settlement ends labor difn-
culties which have beset building
work here since laborers walked out
on June S. Carpenters struck q
week later.
Earlier this week striking labor
ers agreed to arbitrate their wage
dispute and returned to work. In
stead of the present scale of 70
cents an hour they are asking 80
cents an hour for unskilled help and
IS cents an hour for semi-skilled
help. =:
The laborers' union and contrac-
tors representatives agreed on How
ard T.. Colvin, Labor Department
conciliator, to arbitrate the dispute.
Evening star., 1939-06-24
Public School Clerks
Face PayIess FurIough

Nearly 100 public school clerks to-
day were anxiously awaiting con-
gressional action on a joint resolu-
ton which will allow them to re-
ceive full pay checks this month.
Funds on hand are some $700 be-
low the pay roll obligations, it is
understood. and unless some action
is taken on the resolution before
the end of the month full checks
cannot be paid out. School officials
expressed confidence, however, that
the measure would be rushed
through in time.
The deficit. grew, they said, out
of the action of Congress in cut
ting the salary items of officers,
teachers and clerks in the expec-
fancy that the money would be
made up from Federal grants un-
der the George-Deen Act to expand
vocational education. This was i'm
possible, as school officers had
warned.
If for any reason the money is
not allowed, payless furloughs for
one or two days might be neces-
sary to, make up the loss. it was
said.
Evening star., 1939-06-24
Hill to Head Senate
telegraph Probe
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Chairman Wheeler of the Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
yesterday named Senator Hill, Dem
ocrat, of Alabama chairman of a
subcommittee to investigate the tele-
graph industry.
Other members of the committee
will be Senators Stewart, Democrat,
of Tennessee; Tobey, Republican, OF
New Hampshire, and White, Re-
publican, of Maine.
The committee was given a 5000
appropriation by the Senate to look
into the ''precarious financial and
economic state" of the telegraph in
dustry, with instructions to investi-
gate reports that telegraph COM
panies "are possibly contemplating
a merger or consolidation which
would result in the creation Of a
monopoly detrimental to the public,
the industry and labor"