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Evening star., 1940-04-06
Architects Provided
Models Of Kitchens
In New Service
Cardboard Miniatures
Give Home Planners
Preview of Room

A new kitchen planning service
for architects is reported in re-
search bulletin on building mate
rials and appliances edited by the
structural service department of the
American Institute of Architects
from data provided by the Pro-
ducers' Council.
The service furnishes architects
with miniature kitchens made from
cardboard cutOutS and equipped
with most kitchen accessories, ac-
cording to the bulletin. The models
enable prospective home builders to
visualize in three dimensions ex-
actly how their kitchen will appear
before they have spent cent. Con-
structed on scale equal to / inch
per foot, each model contains a
stove, icebox, sink and cupboard,
along with other fittings.
One-Coat Plaster Paint.
The development of a paint that
can be applied directly to plaster
in one coat without priming or seal
ing is also reported. With the ex-
eeption of neutralizing the alkalinity
of fresh plaster, the paint takes the
place of all first coats. This excep-
tion is effectively overcome by a
zinc sulphate wash costing about
IL cents gallon as compared to the
$3.50 a gallon which is the aver
age cost Of sizers and SealerS. A
further advantage is the fact that
the wash can be easily applied with
a whitewash brush.
The cost of an interior paint
Job over plaster is heavily augment
ed by the need for purely prepara-
tory steps, such as sealing, prim-
ing and undertaking" the bulletin
continues. This is due to the de-
structive action of lime on paint in
gradients, the frequent presence Of
flash cracks and fire cracks, the
usual existence of areas known as
hot spots or soft spots, and the
need for multiple coating to secure
proper opacity.
preliminary measures, dictated
by caution, consume not merely cost
of material and labor, but cause
delays that may be a significant
cost factor. All these elements are
attributable chiefly to the readiness
with which plaster absorbs ordinary
oil paint. These cost factors are all
done away with when the new paint
Is used.
Available in ANY Color.
"The property of the paint which
enables it to bond to a porous sur
face with minimum Absorption
makes single-application painting
possible and desirable Available in
any color as we'll as white, it gives a
highly satisfactory finished effect in
q single coat, over plaster, with no
more preparation than a zinc sulI
phate wash where plaster is newly
applied. For most situations, such
as schools, Office buildings, stores,
apartments and many houses, this
treatment fulfills the architects re-
quirements.
"Its resistance to absorption makes
the new paint useful as decorative
medium for tile or wallboard. Not
more than two coats are ever re-
quired for an entirely satisfactory
finish. One coat is usually sufficient.
For highly absorbent boards, used
in recreation rooms or partitions,
the maximum need is two coats,
with the first Sanded."
Evening star., 1940-04-06
Bedroom CoIors

A bedroom basing It's color scheme
on a ceiling painted mimosa yellow,
has walls Of cream yellow, q carpet
Of soft blue-green, and curtains Of
yellow fabric under cream net. The
quilted bedspread is also yellow and
the accessories about the room are
almond green. Sip covers for the
chairs are Of chintz figured with
green, yellow and cream.
Evening star., 1940-04-06

you raise or admire unusual species Of flowers make
arrangements Of them that will like
blooms that the perfectly
conner especially selected to show them the
blossom that
place
the portrait at the height
give the necessary lighting You will pride
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Evening star., 1940-04-06

Engineering firms In England are
employing women on night-shift
work.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
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Mxa1mIHAksM

Your GIANT, ever faced with city-wide
reputation for the lowest in food prices still
makes no compromise with quality in order
to maintain this honor. AS with every other
item of food coming into Your GIANT-its
Fruits and Vegetables must always be worthy
of your purchase.
True, we never cease striving to save you
money-but it must be on "the cream of the
crop" and never on "the run of the mine "
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Horses Aid Mechunized
Units in Muneuvers

BY the Associated freSS.
CAMP BEAUREGARD, La, Aug.
15.-Horses and machines both will
play important parts in Uncle Sans
Southern troop maneuvers here this
week end.
Most of the talk nowadays CEN
ters about mechanized cavalry, the
so-called Panzer divisions Of big
tanks, armored cars and speedy
motorcycles, and the horse is being
overlooked.
But the 10000 troops here for the
imaginary war between the "Reds"
and the Blues" have their mecha-
nized units and their horses, too.
Neither is distinct but supplement
each other.
One instance of how "gas bug
gies" and horses work together is
seen in the use of trucks to trans
port horses and drivers while the
roads are good.
When rough terrain halts the ma
chimes the horses and riders 30 into
action.
Evening star., 1940-08-16

required registration and to the fact
that failure to register will result
in fine, or imprisonment, or both" 4"
are to be put up in post Offices
and other public places throughout
the Nation next week, it was said.
Each of these posters has explana-
tory matter in Italian, Spanish,
French. German, Norwegian, Swed-
ish, Russian, Yiddish, Slovak, Czech,
Polish and Hungarian.
AS was pointed out by Lemuel B
Schofeld. special assistant to the
Attorney General, in charge of the
immigration and Naturalization
Service, in a national radio ad-
dress last night. registration is abb
solutely free. Asserting that there
have been reports of persons at
tempting to take advantage of aliens
by pretending that for fee they can
fix things 10 avoid registration
or to eliminate some of the ques-
tions. Mr.. Schofleld warned aliens
to beware of such registration
racketeers."
Col. F. C. Harrington, commits
sioner of the Work Projects Ad-
ministration, announced today that
the w. P. A. would aid in making
generally known" the requirements
of the registration law Teachers
of w. P. A. adult education classes
will assist aliens in filling out the
forms, he said. Col. Harrington
added that while there are, of
course, no aliens on w. P. A rolls.
the nature Of certain of our COM
munity service projects is such that
we reach great many nom
citizens"
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Huge Rubber Slabs Hasten
Plane Building Process
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 16.-Good-
year Tire e. Rubber Co. reports big
rubber slabs it has manufactured
for the Douglas Aircraft Co.'S blank
ing presses, which stamp out air
plane parts from sheet metal, are
the largest pieces of rubber ever
designed for commercial application.
The rubber compound slabs
more than 13 feet long and about
feet wide and II inches thick
weigh about 1000 pounds apiece.
They are used as a base Tor stamp
ing operations and help shape the
parts at the same time the die
stamps them.
Another advantage claimed was
elimination of burrs and sharp edges
so that the parts do not have to
60 through another process. Good
year said the slabs have been in
stalled on three Douglas presses and
are being licensed by Douglas to
other airplane companies.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Aliens
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ice rolls, and that no new outside
workers will be required.
This same procedure is to be fol-
lowed in all larger cities. Post Office
Department officials said The total
number of persons required for the
registration is not known, since ar
rangements are being made by the
local post Offices.
Here and elsewhere, special pro-
vision will be made for aliens con-
fined. to their homes or hospitals
and other institutions because of
sickness or inflrmity.
Registration workers will call on
these people, where notice is given"
said Mr.. Burke. I'VE all want to
make this as convenient and simple
as possible.
IF there were room we would
establish separate, private rooms in
all branches for this registration.
Unfortunately, this is not possible
except at the main Office The main
Office and three branches are to be
open from 9 am. to 8 pm, while the
remaining branches will be open
from 9 am. to pm
Branches to be open until 8 pm.
are Benjamin Franklin, Thirteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV; Bethesda. Wisconsin avenue
and Montgomery lane, and Park
road, 1413 Park road NV.
Regular Hour Branches.
Those in which registration will
be conducted in regular hours, 9
I'm. to pm, are Anacostia, 1920
Good Hope road Sc; Apex. 8l3
Market space NV; Benning, SIG
Minnesota avenue NE; Brightwood,
1921 Georgia avenue NV; Brook
land, 1909 Twelfth street NE;
Chevy Chase, 500 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV; Columbia Road, It'll Co.
lumbia road NV; Connecticut Ave-
nue., 1920 Connecticut avenue NV;
Friendship, 4441 Wisconsin avenue
NV; Georgetown, 1915 Thirty-first
street NV; Mid-City, 1408 Four
teenth street NV; Northeast, 10l6
H street NE. Takoma Park, 30l
Cedar street NV; U Street, 1438 U
street NV. and Woodbridge, 2211
Rhode Island avenue NE.
I'm anything Of this sort there
usually are lot of people who
postpone action until the last few
days. asserted Mr.. Burke. ut
should be remembered, however
that the December 26 deadline
comes along with the Christmas
holiday rush and all our Offices will
be crowded for many days before
Christmas. We have hopes that the
bulk of the registration will be over
by December l."
Post Office Department officials
said that more than 5000, 900 regis
tration forms have been or will be
mailed in the next few days to the
some $500 local post offices where
registration is to be done. These
include all first and second class
post Offices and other post offices
situated in county seats that might
not have these classifications.
Have Done Similar Work.
1t was pointed out that post Of
fees have performed comparable
special services for other Govern
ment agencies in recent years. They
registered 3O,0O0.OO0 persons under
the Social Security Act, for example.
They aided in registration of the
unemployed of the Nation.
Posters calling attention to the
Evening star., 1940-08-16
S 10000 Damages Sought
Of Ice Rink Operator

A $4,000 damage suit, charging
that she was injured at an ice skat-
ing rink where the operator per-
mitted the ice to be in a danger
GUS condition" was filed at District
Court yesterday by Mrs. Mary D.
Plaskitt. Belle Haven, Alexandra,
Va
Mrs. Plaskitt, declaring that she
fell and broke her leg. filed the
claim against the S. G. Leoffler
Operating Co., ice rink proprietor.
The plaintiff told the court that
she fell when her skate caught in
~" shaped groove in the ice. She
said the injury permanently i'm
paired her ability to walk.
Her husband, James NJ Plaskitt.
also asked 5000 from the firm for
medical expenses.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
National Guard Starts
Wedding Out Unfit;
Many Due 10 Go
Regular Army May Fill
Vacancies, Thus Easing
World War Hump
BY the Associated Press.


OGDENSBURG, N. Y, Aug 10
A thorough overhauling of COM
mand personnel of National Guard
forces is in progress preliminary
to expected induction into Federal
service and expert opinion within
the Guard itself will not be sur
prised at a 80 per cent mortality
rate.
Acting with drastic speed. spe-
cial Army nine-man Medical Board,
including only one National Guard
member, is summoning all commits
stoned officers of the New York Or
ganiZation, now undergoing three
week training here, for> special
examination.
First results of examinations. the
honorable discharge of IA officers,
came yesterday almost at the same
time as the House of Representa-
tives passed a bill permitting the
President to call out the Guard
and sent it back to the Senate for
concurrence in House amendments.
Nation Wide Action Expected.
Staff officers at 1st Army maneu-
vers here say similar action is ex-
pected throughout the Nation. In
announcing identity of the first
group of officers to be released for
physical disability, New York Adjt.
Gen. Ames T. Brown explained the
checkup had been requested by Maj.
Gen. John F. Williams of the Ma
tional Guard Bureau in Washington.
The first New York Guard cas-
ualties include majority of majors
and colonies. These higher ranking
leaders were examined first and the
Medical Board now is specializing
on captains and lieutenants. Those
released left the maneuvers imme-
diately.
The situation is reminiscent of
the early days of American par
ticipation in the World War. Cas-
ualties in excess of 20 per cent in
command personnel were not un-
usual.
Regular Army May Fill Posts.
There was much speculation to-
day among the 10000 troops en-
camped here for the mock battle
of the St. Lawrence as to how the
vacancies will be filled.
Replacement of the discharged
Guard officers by Regular Army
men, once the Guard is called into
service, is considered a reasonable
solution.
Since World War days regulars
have complained of promotion
"humph" created by many capable
low-ranking commissioned men, un-
able to achieve advancement be-
cause of operation of the economic
law of supply and demand.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Guard
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obtaining Senate concurrence. With
the Senate in recess for the week
end, however, action was delayed.
One amendment approved author
lied the honorable discharge OF
Guardsmen under 1s as soon as they
are called to active duty.
Army officials said the men ccv-
cred by the legisla ton were: 227 .00O
national guardsmen; 10000 reserve
officers; $4,000 enlisted reserves; 3,70C
retired officers and 1000 retired en-
listed men.
While the House disposed of the
Guard bill, the Senate yesterday
continued its debate or the Burke
WadsWorth conscription bill. After
the session Senator Burke, Democrat
of Nebraska. said he was not willing
to accept the amendment of Senator
Maloney, Democrat, Of Connecticut,
who proposes to defer the draft until
January /. Senator Burke said the
country could not afford even that
delay.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Wallace Surrenders
Post in Cabinet 10
Make Campaign
Very Attractive
Position Reported
Offered to Johnson

Further shifts among President
Roosevelts advisers were under way
today following the resignation of
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and
the report that former Assistant
Secretary OF War Louis Johnson had
been offered "a very attractive posi-
ton
Secretary Wallace handed III his
resignation yesterday, getting ready
to campaign as Mr.. Roosevelts run
ming mate. No formal announce
ment of the resignation has been
made. but on leaving tine White
House after lunching with the Presi-
dent, Mr.. Wallace said:
Il left little letter on the Presi-
dents desk. I suppose he will make
1t public in due course"
It was understood Mr.. Wallaces
resignation would become effective
a the convenience of the President.
He plans to leave Washington Au-
gust 27 in time to make his accept
ance speech of the nomination for
Vice President two days later at
DCS I4OhlCS, 1oW 1l1S NO"l1s
Successor Discussed.
Mr. Wallace said he discussed with
the President the choice of his sue
cessor, but did not indicate deci-
sion has been made. His resignation
leaves two prospective cabinet va
cancies-the other being that of
Postmaster General Farley, who is
leaving to enter private business.
Mr.. johnson told reporters after
visit to the President yesterday
that he had been offered an attrac-
tive position, but he declined to re-
veal what it was. He said he would
give an answer in "a week or So"
Mr.. johnson resigned as Assistant
Secretary of War after the appoint
ment of Henry L. Stimson, Repub-
lican, as Secretary. His departure
cleared the way for the appointment
of Judge Robert P. Patterson-choice
of Mr.. Stimson-as Assistant Secre-
tary.
Denies Report.
Mr.. johnson denied reports from
Reading, Pa, that the post offered
him would be that of national de-
fense co-ordinator. That report
came from State Comdr. Edward R.
Stirling of the Pennsylvania Amer
lean Legion. Comdr Stirling told
a convention at Reading that Mr..
Johnson could not keep a speaking
engagement because he has just
been appointed co-ordinator of ma
tional defense in the United States" "
Mr. johnson later said he had not
told Comdr. Stirling anything about
prospective job.
"All I did" he said, was send a
wire to Comdr. Stirling regretting
my inability to fill speaking en-
gagement and sending good wishes
to the convention. I did not discuss
any appointment. I have not been
appointed co-ordinator of national
defense, nor has any such offer been
made to me. I am making this
statement now to correct the state
ment reported from Reading"
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Destroyers
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also hold a line of strategically
placed islands running north and
south from the American Virgin
Islands to Trinidad and forming
practically an eastern wall between
the Atlantic Ocean and the Carib-
bean.
In this group are the French
islands of Martinique and Quad
elupe. which are subject to Amer
lean occupation under the terms of
the Act of Havana in case any Eu-
ropean country besides France
should seem to threaten them.
The Navy Department plans to
send to Martinique shortly an officer
who would be attached to the
American Consulate in Port of
France, the Martinique capital.
The Consulate was reopened there
q few weeks ago.
The Bahama Islands, whose new
governor is the Duke of Windsor,
former King of England, lie to the
north of the West Indies and are out
of the sphere of islands which are
of primary Importance in the de-
fenSe of the Panama Canal.
Besides the use to which it could
put it's own West Indies islands, the
United States already has two naval
bases in the West Indies-at Guam
tanamo Bay, in Southeastern Cuba,
and Samano. in Northeastern DOM
inican Republic This cOuntry'S in
sular holdings in the West Indies
group include Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands, as we'll as six tiny
Islands in the Southwestern Carlb-
bean close to the Canal.
The British continental holdings
IN the general Panama Canal area
are British Honduras and British
Guiana.
Lee Urges Destroyer Transfer.
Reports of the negotiations have
been discussed widely during the
last two days. Yesterday, Senator
Lee, Democrat. of Oklahoma told
the Senate that transfer of over-age
vessels ought to be made in the in
terest of this country's defenses
Immediate Need Emphasized.
Senator Lee, who visited the
White House during the day, later
told reporters that there was no
intention of seeking repeal OF
statutes which some opponents
claimed would bar the ship deal.
The debate would be intermin-
able" he said, "and England needs
help now, not later
Senator Lees belief as expressed
IN the Senate, was that once the
chief of naval operations certified
that the destroyers were not needed
for national defense, the way was
legally clear.
With approximately 200 destroyers
now in service and many more
which could be brought up to serv-
ice requirements, some legislators
thought it not impossible to obtain
such a certification from Admiral
Harold r. Stark, chief Of naval
operations.
Countering this, Senator Vanden-
berg, Republican, of Michigan
quoted to the Senate testimony OF
Lewis compton, ASSISTANT OeCIetdIy
Of the Navy, before the Senate
Naval Committee in June in which
Mr.. Compton said he and Admiral
Stark were against disposing OF any
destroyers.
Senator Lees answer to this was
that the statement expressed only
Mr.. Compton's personal opinion and
did not necessarily reflect Navy De-
partment views.
One Senator who asked to remain
anonymous said that in his opinion
. trade of destroyers for naval bases
would eliminate many of the legal
questions involved.
Opponents haye contended that
any such move would be an act OF
var.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Boys Body Recovered

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Aug. 16
R.-The body Of Tommy Hart. 12-
year-old Williamsport. Pa, news
boy who disappeared off the steamer
Yorktown in mid Chesapeake Bay
last week end, was found on the
beach late yesterday. Authorities
NOTED the family and John Hart,
Tommy's father, left Williamsport
Immediately en- route here.
Evening star., 1940-08-16


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Evening star., 1940-01-13

. cepted as one of our main sources
of sweetness and light.
Maybe they are, as Mr.. Dresser
says, baloney. But what of it? So
are mems clubs, for that matter.
But why scorn baloney, which is
a spicy and palatable dish with
many of the needed vitamins in it
to keep us going. whether you con-
slider it as soul-satisfer or a body
builder?
OF the evolution of the womens
clubs, from the little groups that
gather to read each others papers
that they dug out of the encyclo-
pedia to the powerful Federation of
Women's Clubs and of the work
they have done, it is needless to
speak. Their deeds speak for them.
They have been behind every move
ment for better government, better
schools, better housing, better care
of the children and the old. They
have not only cleaned up their own
back yards, but also have made the
whole country garden-conscious, SO
it blossoms like the rose. Millions
of women banded together have
done what no one woman could do
in making our country better place
in which to live.
If this is baloney, pass the dish.
Let's have more of it. But if the
woman's club had performed no
public service it would be a thou
sand times justified by what it has
done for the individual woman. For
it has been the escape valve that
has saved many discouraged and
desperate woman from madness or
suicide,
Evening star., 1940-01-13
2~~%%t %t
4*~ y

In addition to spinach, codliver oil
and seat-kickers in the movies, this
department is allergic to such de-
scriptive titles as "effervesceht," :"
"vivacious" and enthusiastic" {.
However, these are the adjectives
which automatically come to mind
in describing Helen Engleking, styl-
ist and fashion co-ordinator for
Frank R. Jelleff.
For five years the attractive blue
eyed blond has held her present
position, which requires the patience
of Job and the originality of big
time press agent. In fact, the pro-
verbal paperhanger wouldn't even
have a look-in when it comes to
being busy, for Miss Engleking
counts among her duties such tasks
as assembling accessories for the
store windows, producing and COM
mentating at fashion shows, con-
sulting with customers, running a
bridal clinic, holding meetings with
the salesgirls and generally as
sembling merchandise from every
part of the store. :. . "And STILL" she
grins, "every girl thinks that this
is the whipped cream-the fluff of
a department store"
In order to be successful stylist
a sense of good taste is far more
important than any fashion train
ing, although the latter is always
helpful. A stylist's requirements, as
Miss Engleking puts it, are com
mon sense, good taste and a mass
of miscellaneous misinformation. ."
However, she does not lack train
ing. which has proved helpful to her
in bringing clothes to life, making
them interesting by means of little
known and extraordinary facts.
For four years this dynamic person
studied anthropology at the Univer-
sity of Texas and twas there that
she learned to connect the culture
of man with his present ideas about
clothes. "For instance" she
| says, "did you know that the
reason so many debutante dresses
have wide blue girdles is because in
the South Sea Islands a certain
tribes maidens Of 'debutante' ase
Evening star., 1940-01-13
By BARBARA BELL.

This is one of those simple in
spired styles that larger women are
always looking for. 1t is perfectly
designed to minimize weight and
add height 1t is soft and simple,
and beautifully distinguished. Yet
1853 achieves its effect with a
minimum of detailing-clusters of
shirring on the sleeves and the bod
ice, three rows of shirring at the
waistline on each side, which can
be adjusted to exactly the slimness
you want by means of the side belts,
buckled in the back.
You can make the slenderizing,
narrow, deep V of the neckline
plain or finish it with narrow roll
collar in white or pastel contrast.
The front panel of the skirt is cut
to high point in the front, to
belittle your midriff. Flat crepe,
sheers and small figured prints are
pretty for this.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1858
Is designed for sizes So, SO. 40, ~, A,