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Evening star., 1940-09-15
HOUSES UkFURNIsHED.

HAVING BEEN ORDERED FROM WASH
inston, must rent my new semi-detached
house. bedrooms and bath. never occu-
pied S55 per Call at 516 26th rd -,
Aurora Hills, Va. minutes from Bureau
Aurora Hills ONCE. 23rd and Arlington
Ridge rd Phone Jackson III
TO RESPONSIBLE PERsON-MY o-BED-
room home at 1854 Rittenhouse ST. NV,
conv. to stores: schools and transp. To
inspect, call BUCK HANCOCK National
1851. for appointment House will be
open Sunday.
2oon OTIS CT Mt, PAINIER MD
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l219 OWEN PL. N Err. AND B. BRICK
garage: good condition: rent. S55; available
Oct. Atlantic nTOo
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HOUSES UNFURNIsHED.

WOODRIDGE-NEW 5-ROOM DETACHED
brick, never occupied. ar-conditioned. full
basement nice lot; in strictly white, quiet
neIshborhood; $50 mo. 2729 2Sth St ne.
Call Atlantic Ops
gar. So u rms and b. 5l95 Cond I'd
or 1913 Jenifer. $50; 49, 9TH. y rms -
b. SS5. BEHREND, 1871 F lS'
your home (no CASH. BEHREND, 1877
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$500 9th ST. N.W-6 LARGE ROOMS. Ia
baths fireplace. hardwood floors, garage;
schools: reas. RA. 1890
5-ROOM BUNGALOW. CHEVY CHASE.
Md, near Wis. ave. and Bradley lane-Ou
burner. screenedin porch, garage lavatory
per month To inspect call EN-. 14sS.
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726 SOMERSET PL. NV.
8 rooms. bath. hot-water heat. ga
rage; ssWl,astashes SSv YoSy brick , heuse $3.50
1o24 Vermont, Ave. NV. DI. Sal.
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WOODRIDGE-BUNG 3 RMS,
kitchenette and bath. 90S Rhode Island
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422 9th ST. NV ROOMS. KIT AND
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3l75 MISSIONER DRIVE Sc. (oFF 3lst
only $50; q rms " baths. recreation rm,
garage; large porch: oil burner and modern
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S6O-NEw HOUSE, 1920 GOOD HOPE
rd. s.e.-6 rooms and bath; ami.
air-condltioning oil burner To inspect. call
at ZOO Good Hope rd.. or phone
AMER. SECURITY e. TRUST CO.
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2 NEW, MODERN, GROOM AND BATH
houses; air conditioned. automatic heat,
full easements. large wooded lots: mod
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3724 CHESAPEAKE ST. NV.
8 rooms and bath. oil heat. 2-car ga
rage S75.
THOS. ]. FISHER & CO., INC.
REALTORS,
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1884 ?Sth ST NV. NEAR WARDMAN
Park Hotel-l0 r, 3 b.. oil heat. garage
Republic 1850. Eve. and Sun. Atlantic 210@.
262l 3lst PL. NE ROOMS, BATH.
h.-w.h., garage. House open all day Sun
ME {pn5
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J. NEW DUPLEX APART.

BEAUTIFUL. NEW DUPLEX APART
ments in modern architecture. Live in
one and enjoy the income from the other.
Each unit consists OF living room. bed
rooms. dlnette. completely equipped kitch-
en- with bullt-in cabinets. screened porches,
yard Venetian blinds. painted walls. etc.
Price. $40 800; hrst trust, 81 900 at A..
equity cash. No trades Call or writa
HARRY S. WEIGH. JR. Investment Build
ing Phone DI SOFA.
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CHEVY CHASE, D, C,-6 ROOMS. DE-
tached, oil heat, screened porch, double
Farase: near schools and bus b412 <1st
st. NV. Ssb.
Evening star., 1940-02-06

Lovely chiffons and medium
service weight, ideal for busi-
ness, school and general street
wear. Lisle reinforced feet.
Shades include Sunsan, Holi-
day, Blithe. Harmony and Rev.
erie. Sizes 81 to 1Ola.
Evening star., 1940-02-06

Beautiful rayon crepes and
satins with q very expensive
look. Many with luxurious cot
ton lace trimming. Pajamas
are two-piece styles. Gowns are
sleeveless or cap sleeve types.
Sizes IS, 16, II.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
S. l>'>'A NEWS-SPonsored By The Wilmington Furniture Co.
Third Grades At Bradley Creek
Studying Japanese And Eskimos

so many interesting things about
the country in which he used to
live that we felt as if we had been
there too. Jean Rowe, Grade 3.
Our girls had a basketball team,
but we didn't play any other school.
The captains were Betty Lou Tay'
lor, Lean Lomax and Eloise Nor
ton. Miss Davis was our coach
Dean Lomax, Grade 7.
We Ann was a little girl. She
liked to play in the snow. She help
ed her brother make a snow man. 1t
was very funny. He had a long
nose Grade /.
Dorothy and her mother had an
airplane trip. Dorothy W a S very
happy to ride up. up, up. Grade 1.
I think that of all the vegetables
I like tomatoes best. I like them
best made into a salad. I think to-
matoes made into sandwiches are
very good too. I like tomatoes any
way they are fixed. Carolyn Miss,
room.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
Carolina Beach

The blue jay is one of the most
beautiful birds. The bird has a
crested head, and blue and white
dress with black bars. He builds
his nest high in a tree to be safe
from enemies that do not climb or
fly high. Lois Enid SLY, Grade 8.
Working below the surface of the
e is not so simple as it m a y
sound. The farther down the diver
goes, the more water he has piled
on top Of him. Compressed air is
pumped into his suit to keep him
from being crushed to death. The
divers best friend is his tender, the
man above the surface who looks
after his wants and commands.
The mar in a deep sea divers
suit is a modern knight in armor.
He battles not against cold steel,
but cold water, in fuild darkness
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24

The third grades have b e e n
studying about Japan. We learned
that Japanese look different from
Americans. We made a Japanese
house of cardboard. We all brought
a spool and put branches with
eolored paper on them for the
cherry trees. We also made black
hair on little dolls and made them
look like Japanese. We learned that
the japanese children have their
birthdays on the same day. T h e
girls have their birthdays in March
and the boys in May. The girls have
the feast of dolls and the boys a
feast of flags. Robert McCarl.
Mr.. Roland came to the fifth
grade and talked to us a b o u t
Louisiana. He also put on a German
officers coat and hat. He sang us
songs in French and German. We
enjoyed it and hope he will come
back again. Florence Holloman,
Grade 5.
One Friday We took a trip several
thousand miles away to a very cold
country. Mr.. Plumer, who is a real
Eskimo, spoke in chapel. He told us
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
ESSAYS WRITTEN
AT WINTER PARK

The polar bear all snowy white,
which Eskimos always fight. They
can hardly tell him from the snow,
nor which way he's about to go. So
when they see something moye-off
goes their harpoons with a zoom.-
Julian Lanier, Grade 3.
I am an Eskimo dog. People dc
not pet me, because 1 am part
wolf. Eskimos harness me to
sledes and I carry them over the
3.
I am a reindeer. I o f t e n have
trouble getting food. I dig through
the deep snow to get moss for food.
I furnish meat, milk, skin for
clothing. Mary Porter, Grade 8.
I am a musk OK. I am a thick,
furred animal with horns across
my forehead. 1 travel in herds OF
o " LIZ. WlOLl Oil SllCllS app OaSilCG
we form a circle. Females and
babies go to the center and males te
the outside. facing the enemy. -
Lois Goodrum, Grade 3.
In Eskimo land the moss grow!
under the snow. Children gather i
and roll it many times between
their hands into a long wick. Thu
wick is used for the Eskimos sea
oil lamps. Virginia Venter, Grad
3.
One day it began to snow. Sine
everyone was so excited, our teach
er let us cut some snowflakes.
She told US that there were no
two alike, but that all had si1
sides. Carolyn Craig, Grade Z.
Don Balthazar Carlos was paint
ed by V~elasquez. He was a Spanish
artist. Don Carlos was King Philips
son. Don Carlos is sitting on a ia.
little pony. The pony has a will
look, but he is too fat to run. Dol
Carlos is dressed in a fine suit ane
a lovely hat. The artist made {
beautiful background for this pic
ture. we car see gray clouds, low
green hills, and snow-capped noun
tains. Valasquez gave this portrait
to King Philip as a present. Many
people go to Spain to see it. Julia
Marie Smith.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
school News Editor Finds
! Readers Really Like 1t
WRICHTSBORO
POEMS

A bird singing in a tree
He is singing for you and me.
There are many who are sad.
But the bird makes them glad.
Anthony Mills, 3rd grade,
lie is very black, you knew
He looks at me in such a way
That l get scared and run away
And still he does not go.
Joyce Jordan, Bird grade.
I love the snow
You always know
When I bring out my sleigh
1 go to play.
Billy Heath, 3rd grade.
"My I speak
AS [ cross this lovely creek"
Said the little bird as he flew by,
To the blue sky on high.
February is here
With its weather so clear
And it's sunshine
I like it so fine.
Little Birdie, don't. fly SO high
l am afraid you might die"
Said the little boy
AS the little bird flew by.
Dorothy Mae Robbins, 3rd grade.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
HOOPER STUDENT
WRITES OF TEXAS

Texas was woned by Spain in the
year 1920. In that year Moses Aus
tin formed a plan. He went to Tex
as with one servant and a negro
slave and asked if he could bring his
family and three hundred other fam
lilies there. He was told that he
could, but he died before he could
do so.
Stephen F. Austin took his ia
theirs place and settled nearly a
thousand families in the territory.
The first settlers had many hard
ships. The first few years they suf-
fered from the Indians. Then
droughts and floods ruined their
crops. Sometimes they had nothing
to eat, but lean deer and mustang
horses.
Mexico gained it's independence
from Spain in 1921 and gave 1000
acres of land to each family. In
1885 President Santa Anna over-
threw the Mexican government and
made himself dictator. The Texans
declared that they wanted no die
tator, SO they drove all Santa Annals
troops from the state. But the next
year Santa Anna brought his Mexi-
ear soldiers back.
The Alamo was a ruined chapel
of ON old Craricb ah11rnh y1hioh tho
Texans made into a fort. The Tex
ans fought until the very last man
was killed. Three weeks after the
fall of the Alamo, another part of
Santa Annals army captured and
put to death nearly 400 men who
had just come from the United
States to aid the Texans. Santa
Anna fought against General Sam
Houston in the battle of San ia
cinto and lost his whole force. Six
hundred Mexicans were killed and
the rest captured. Santa Anna him
self was captured. He made an
agreement with Houston to order his
main army back to Mexico and to
give up Texas, letting it be free
from Mexico.
President Tyler offered to take
Texas into the Union, and make it
a part of the United States. AS most
of the Texans had gone to that
country from the U. S., they want.
ed to be taken in again. 1t took
soma time To carry out the plan.
However, Texas became a member
of the Union in 1S45.-Jackie Cooley,
Grade <
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24

fathoms down; the very air he
breathes being supplied by men.
For each ten feet he descends ar
added 4 IL pounds of pressure per
square inch is added. He m u S t
descend slowly, not understanding
the rate at which the pumps can
supply the correct air pressure. -
John Penny, Grade G..
The robins colors are pretty. His
back is brown, his head is black,
and his brest is red. A robin is
about the size of my hand. He
makes his nest in an oak tree.
Sometimes he makes his nest in a
cherry tree. His nest is made of
grass, mud and sticks. Mrs. Robin
lays two to five eggs. She some.
times sits on the eggs for a week.
The eggs are greenish-blue. The
robin eats many bugs and worms.
He sings a shrill song. ARLENE
BlOhm, Grade a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
ESSAYS WRITTEN
AT FOREST HILLS

I read in my Weekly Reader a
little riddle and it said, "I am lit
tie. I COM on plants after the flow.
ers are gone. Sometimes I sleep all
winter. In the spring I begin to
grow. I become a plant just like the
n upon which I grew. What am
l?-Clofton Dixon, Grade 2.
Mother goes to the market. She
buys vegetables. She buys grape
fru1t and oranges. Where do the
markets get the vegetables? Where
do they get the ( 'lits The vege-
tables come from big gardens in the
south. Marianne Snakenburg,
Grade 2.
In my Weekly Reader I read
about Bob. He had a sled. He play,
ed with the sled. Bob played in
safe places. Anne Hall, grade 2
I read about the new train. The
people sleep, read and talk. T h G
trains runs over 100 miles an hour.
1t is the one that goes to Miami
The people like warm and sunny
days. The train is shining. o n e
train goes from New York to Miami
in rs hours. Catherine Post, Grade
2.
I read a story in my Weekly
Reader about trains. A shining new
train hurries away from New York
on its way south. The engine pulls
seven cars. There are many bis
chairs in the cars, 60 people car
ride in each car. The people look
out of the windows, they read. talk
and sleep. They go into one car tc
eat and into another to sleep.-Mi
Ram Bowen, Grade 2.
Mother goes to the market. She
buys vegetables for dinner. I &c
with her. She buys me candy. She
buys grapefruit and oranges. The
vegetables come from big gardens
in the south. Trucks a d trains
take the oranges to towns and
| cities. The men sell them to our
mothers. Esther Pearl Batson,
Grade 2.
Mother buys fruits and .vege.
tables from the market. We like
fruits and vegetables. Men ship
different kinds of vegetables from
all parts of the world. Do you like
fruits and vegetables 1 like them.
Won chn1111 ont thnpo oxynru dow
Lonnie Jones, Grade 2.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
Hemenway

Oliver Perry was courageous and
bold, he went to sea as I was told,
He had a very small fleet, but gave
the British a terrible defeat.
When his ship was disabled, no
one knew because there were nc
cables. He rowed away to a tiny
ship, with the dispatches at his hip.
And today we remember his name,
I guess it's in the hall of fame. And
one of his sayings that linger
through the hours, I'VE have met
the enemy and he is ours"
Mary. Strange, grade 7.
Gn order to get these long, nara
tive poems in it is necessary to print
them as prose. Printed by line would
leave so little space for other poems
and news. They are really fine,
however. - ED .
We had no large navy, only a
handful of ships, so we were very
careful of any dangerous slips. We
frightened all the enemy with a few
winning fights, to show all the
enemy we wanted more sights. All
of these battles, as we are often told,
show that we were brave as we
were bold.
One day the Constitution" and
the British "Guerriere" came as
close to each other as we or they
would dare. The sides of "Old Iron
Sides yer and seemed so bare.
That the bullets of the British left
it hardly SCARED. When the Guer-
riere was beaten and left a total
wreck, Captain Flacres and COM
panions left the British deck.
AS they climbed into our ship,
Hall went to the British captains
aid. To him he was so very kind,
as Flares later said. But this was
only one ship that in our harbor
lay, for many another British ship
because our small navy's prey.
Connie Herbert, grade Z.
The Sistine Madonna was drawn
by Raphael, an Italian artist in the
18th century. In the picture the
Madonna is holding the baby Jesus
in her arms. The Madonna is drap-
ped in rose in the upper part of her
dress and the lower part is a dark
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
HARNETT PUPILS
WRITING RHYMES

Robert Fulton was born in Penn
sylvania. The steam engine had al
ready been invented in England.
Fulton thought that if steam would
run factories it would run a boat.
During a trip to England he studied
the steam engine, but he didn't
nave enough money to try the ex-
pertinent SO he went to Robert Liv-
lngston who lent him the money.
Several times it failed. Then Fulton
bought n of the newest and best
engines and put it in the Clermont.
1t worked at the speed of five miles
an hour. Some people called it Full
tons Folly" Some people thought
the world was coming to an end.
But we thank Robert Fulton to.
day for his invention. If he could
see some of u ocean liners today
he would realize what a good thing
ne has done for his country.
John L.. Millinor, grade 5,
m day I caught the c~hickenpox.
I felt very bad. I couldn't even sit
up in bed and play.
L had to stay in bed all day and
the next and next. 1t seemed to me
L would never get out to play.
But next week I was very glad
as glad as I could be, for now 7
can play with little Lad out under
the apple tree.
Fay Nichols.
l woke up one morning and I
was very sad. I went and aske ]
mother just what I had. I looked
in the morror and what did I see?
There were big red humps all over
me.
h Those big red bumps looked like
measles, only they were not gray,
but you know what? l. had the
measles-and l simply wished they'd
go away.
Esther Mae Turner, grade S.
One day I had some bumps on my
face. Somebody told me it was tie
mumps. But when we went to the
table and sat at my place., I could
MT eat a thing for the bumps.
Every time I would try to eat
some candy. I would feel like l We 5
going to faint, but I sure didn't
feel like a dandy, but my jaws felt
like they were in a bucket of paint.
But soon I got better, and my
jaws were not sore, and I could go
to Sc the fellows, but I didn't want
to get the mumps any more.
Emory Holden.
Next week. Virginia Corbett will
rhyme about her chicken pox in
this clever and original series.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24

The people worked together. They
usually had three fields. The crops
in the fields were changed each year
and the shares of each farmer yer
strips Of land scattered in each
field. Most of the farmers were
serfs. The serfs worked half of the
time on the lords land and half on
their land.
John Walker, grade 6.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
Sunset Park

We have been studying about
Franz Joseph Haydn in music. HI
wrote many songs. We have beer
singing some of them, including
ooh, Worship the King" and 'The
Pleasures of the Country" Haydn
wrote much music for the sympho
NY. Nellie Simmons, Grade 6.
We had q marionette show or
Robin Hood at our school recently
good. He had nine marionettes or
the stage at n time. The school
got half the money. We all liked it
Robin Hood reached down and pick
ed up a bow and hot an arrow The
man finally let us look behind the
stage and we saw him set the stage
and arrange characters in their
places. Billy Bloodworth, Grade
6.
Pupils of our school took part in
a quiz on school behavior during
a recent chapel program. Questions
were presented by the captains OF
the traffic boys and girls: Dickie
Andrews and Betty Jean Duff. Here
are the questions and answers:
1. When should we enter the
building? We should enter the build
ing when the bell rings, when it
rains, or when it is very cold.
2. What should we remember
when we enter the building? We
should remember to take off our
hats (if boys); stop talking and
playing. and keep to the right so
we won't bump into anyone.
3. What three wheeled objects
should. we not play around at
school? We should not play around
the bus. the cars, or the bicycles.
4. What did we vote we wanted in
front of our building? We voted
f grass. Can we walk on it and
have it too? No, we can't walk on it
and have it.
S. What protects our grass from
cars? Rocks protect the grass from
cars
6. Does it need protection from
anything else? Yes, it needs protec-
ton from boys and girls, too.
7.Why isn't, it wise to walk on the
rocks? We might get hurt, misplace
the rocks, or mash the grass.
s.. What is on the ward to be
used in Improvements? Gravel and
clay are to used for improvements.
What should they not be used for?
They should not be used for throw
ing or to play with.
9. Who has special duties to help
us to remember to be good citizens?
Traffic boys and girls help us to
be good citizens.
10. How can we help the traffic
boys and girls? We can help them
by understanding what they are
doing and by working with them in
stead of against them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
Delgado

The Crusades were started by
people who wanted to go to the Holy
Land. They also wanted adventure
and had a desire to see the world.
The barbarous Turks captured the
Holy Land and the Pope called on
the mobiles and knights to win it
back. They wore red crosses on their
chests, ships, sails, spears and
shields. That was the show that
they were going to free the Holy
Land. There were eight crusades.
Finally Palestine was restored to
the Christians by the Crusaders.
Joseph Watson, grade 6.
There was only one church in the
Middle Ages. Everyone was required
to attend it. If anyone refused, they
were sometimes punished with death.
The church raised money by owning
land and getting taxes on it. Anoth-
err was the people had to pay axe
to support the government. Inc Oh
ficers of the church were the Pope,
archbishop, bishops and priests.
Margaret King, grade =.
Tn the Middle Ages, when a mar
was accused of murder, or some
Iother crime, he could clear himself
by getting a few neighbors to swear
to what he said. Another way was
nv carving a hot iron or sticking
his hands into a kettle of boiling
wafer. 1t was believed that God
would protect him from burning II
he was innocent. which, Oh course
was not fair. Another way was ny
battle which was fought with SWORDS
~, +ba acc,,ser and the one hat was
accused.
Jack Potter, grade 3.
In the Middle Ages the lords a
manors. The part of the manor IN
which there was a church and n
manor house was called the domain.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24

If you ever sailed into New York
harbor on a transatlantic ocean
liner, you may have noticed that its
engine changed it's beat and then
stopped altogether. The ship was
pausing to pick up the pilot. No
matter who the captain is, he al
ways turns the ship over to a pilot
to bring it into the harbor. Watch
the sailor throw a rope to one of
the pilots. Now comes a great sport
for the man. He must climb the
rope ladder as the ship rides the
waves. He will do good if he gets
gets aboard without a ducking.
Billy Reynolds.
Working below the sea is not as
simple as it sounds. To keep the
men. from being crushed by the
load of water upon him compress
ed air is pumped into his diving
suit. Many times a diver will be
pushed into his helmet by the pres
sure of the water. He cannot 30
down too fast or come to the sur
face too fast. Hence he must des-
cend slowly. not outdistancing the
rate at which the pump can supply
the proper air pressure, otherwise
he may suffer great pain, bleeding
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24

rose st. Sixtus is on one side of the
picture with his tiara. st. Barbara
is on the other side. Two little visit
full cherbus are looking in the win
dow while the artist is painting the
picture.
Gloria Nichols, grade 7.
The first surgar was made in In
dia about the first century A. D. The
United States uses more sugar than
any other country, it averages about
100 pounds per person. The first
sugar was made of sugar cane, but
in 1747 a German scientist extract.
ed sugar from beets. Fifty years
later the worlds first sugar factory
was started by Franz Carl Achard.
Napoleon fought sugar cane with
sugar beets and gave bonuses to
French farmers who raised beets;
he started schools which trained
men to raise beets. other countries
soon followed Frances lead and by
the end of the 10Th century sugar
cane was conquered. Norwood
Smith.
At least 10000 variations to *.
isting manuscripts of the New Test
ameat of the Bible can be found.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
WEEKLY QUIZ


Auofey OVERLY, Cornelius Har-
r rE''' Wrote the Quiz for the week:
D., are questions to addle adults.
But try them:
T. New York is the largest city
n the world.
w.. Mahogan wood comes from the
Mahogany tree.
T. woodrow Wilson was the twen-
VLourth president.
H. madison was called Father of
ne Constitutions"
mo, george Washington's home was
41'ed to Monticello.
psl- aS"ers: l, False. 2. True. 8.
-"se' 4. True. 5. False.