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tends to establish in the event Of
victory.
Germany, says Wobltat, will "create
strong economic entity within the
territory under her own sovereignty
and "the closest economic cooperation
with the countries situated in north
and southeastern Europe" That
would comprise virtually the whole of
Europe.
This Europe Wobltat calls Ger.
many's sphere of interest" and says
that within this sphere of interest
Germany cannot and will not permit
interference from other large and geo.
graphically unrelated powers" refer
ring, of course, to the United States
If there is any further question that
Germany intends to own Europe body
and soul after the war, the answer is
to be found in Wobltat's assertion that
the Scandinavian countries will not
be prevented from trading with other
countries, but that under Germany's
leadership" such trading will be "stim-
ulated" and "the raising of the stand
ard of living of the people will be en-
ergetically pursued" Scandinavia thus
will have to obtain Germany's permis-
sion to trade with the outside world,
and any trading permitted will be SUI
pervised by the nazis.
Census Figures Disclose
Significant Trends in U. S.
Although the information gathered
by the United States Census is just
being assembled, sufficient figures al
ready have been compiled to disclose
some very significant trends, particu-
larly of the results that the prolonged
depression has had upon this coun-
try.
The popular conception that the
poor continue to multiply the same
during periods of hard times as they
do during periods of relative prosper
ity is being shattered by the Census.
The principal reason for the reduction
in the rate Of population increase of
16 percent from 1920 to 1880 to only
s percent from 1880 to 1910 is due
to the fact that babies are a luxury
that the poor cannot afford during
these trying economic times. Reduced
is but a relatively small
factor in the decrease in the rate of
population growth.
While the country's birth rate has
declined, it is also noticeable that the
rate of infant mortality has declined
This, experts point out, is due largely
to the fact that milk for babies con-
stitutes an important item in relief
An important trend in population
shifts is definitely established, al
though the figures have not been an
alyzed sufficiently for publication
OF the 8 percent population increase
Of the last 10 years, only AS percent
has occurred in cities of $4,000 and
,ver Thus either the rural districts
Or villages will necessarily show an
Increase of from 10 to IL percent, pos
,ibly both.
There is noted strong tendency
The people's voice., 1940-07-17

Granville Clark wealthy lawyer and backed by julius Ochs
Adler wealthy newspaper Let tell represent
atves to bill of this character that
pears careful scrutiny consideration
rights while still have Once of these
passed of the land will
The people's voice., 1940-07-17

You cannot control what you do not
own!
The people's voice., 1940-07-17

throughout the country of good-sala-
ried workers, business, and profes-
sional people of steady income to
move their homes to sections beyond
the city limits, in order to escape the
heavy city real estate taxes. The job
less, however, remain in the cities be-
cause of the better relief standards
afforded than in the rural sections.
The depression has reversed the
1920-30 trend of the farm to the city
movement. Lack of job opportunities
is responsible for return to the land
of the farm boys and girls who had
migrated to the cities. Their chances
of eating, at least, are better on the
farm City life has lost it's lure for
them; you can't enjoy city life, or
any other kind of life, on an empty
stomach.
Agriculture Far From Healthy
In 1889, the bureau of agricultural
economics estimates, 3,035,7S7 farmers
worked their farms for an absentee
landlord.
The number of tenant farmers in
the United States has been increasing
steadily during the past few decades
at rate of about 10000 each year.
The 1885 farm census shows that
there were 2,865,155 tenant farmers,
or 42.1 percent of the entire farm pop
ulation.
While the number of tenant farm
ers have been increasing steadily, an
other tendency noted is the fact that
small farms are constantly getting
smaller and large farmslarger. Near
ly half of the increase in total acre
age of recent years has been ON farms
of over 1000 acres.
Current Capital Chatter
Chief claim of republicans that Wen
dell Willkie would make a good pres
ident if elected seems to be the fact
that he was able to sell a power plant
to the T. v. A. for $9,000,000 more
than it was worth The day fol-
lowing the Mexican election, one of
the Capital newsies shouted, Extra,
Extra! Only SO persons killed in Mex
ican election" {. Once in a while
congress takes time out to discuss
such domestic problems as stream
pollution-but not often
Says an NYA release: Zone out of
every II of Americas high school
and one out of every 10 col
lege and university students (during
March, were earning federal funds |
on projects planned and supervised |
by local educational authorities"
With the Duke of Windsor "sen-
fenced" to serve as governor general |
Of the Bahamas, you can expect other |
British fifth-column suspects to be fol- |
owing in his wake :. Effort to tack |
he Geyer bill to outlaw the poll tax |
rs prerequisite to voting in federal |
elections on to the Hatch pure poll
.ics bill failed when Rep. John w.
Mccormack, presiding chairman, ruled
hat the Geyer bill was mot germane
% the issue.'
The people's voice., 1940-07-17

+"Note sur la Naturalization des
de Guerre," leaflet issued
by the office of the Controleur-Gen-
eral, April %, 1887.
**Le Populaire, February 16, 1889.
Concluded in next weeks Voice.
Evening star., 1940-12-14

A twin tablet consisting of aspirin
and soda is being manufactured for
drug counter sale.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
F. H. A. Expects Building
To Hit New Peak Here

Federal Housing Administration
insuring operations for October and
November In the District of Colum-
bia area indicate that building will
approach a new fall and winter
peak, H. 10y Anderson, district di-
rector of the F. H. A., announced
today.
During October and November of
1910 there were 731 applications for
F. H. A. insurance of mortgages
totaling $3,92l 900, compared with
639 in an amount of 1868 300 dur
ing the corresponding 1899 months
OF this number. 685 of the 1910 ap-
plications, totaling s3,632,300, COW
cred properties to be constructed
under F. H. A. inspection. This
was against 656 applications in an
amount of s3,155, 200, which COW
cred new homes in the same months
last year
Evening star., 1940-12-14
By MARGARET NOVEL;.

Decorate the house for Christ
mas, both inside and out with all
the holly, red bells. tinsel and lights
it will hold. and make this year
Christmas to remember The shops
are full of ready-made ideas, if you
haven't time to work them out for
yourself. If you prefer to be original,
materials and equipment are avail
able to work out your own ideas, and
there is still time to do something
that will be effective for the holi-
day season and transform the house
with festive color.
Consider the interior color scheme
OF your house, and plan your deco
rationS to go well with it. Though
we think there is nothing better
than deep red and green and frosty
white, If your main floor has deep
blue rust colors predominating you
may not care for the usual Christ
mas colors. Almost any color is
good these days, just so long as it is
bright and gay and adds its share
OF color to the scene.
The entrance hall with its stair
way may be one of the most attrac-
tive features of your whole house.
Bring out all the good points by your
decorative plan. The stair landing
should have green pine or hemlock
laced through the bannisters at the
floor level, with a large wreath
centered above the hall If this is
the central point of the hall, carry
all the other decorations from this
points, by the use Of green garlands
OF ground pine or ribbons, or swags
of star spangled tarlatan. Place a
low bowl of holly On the hall table
with a three-branch candieholder
with long white tapers at either side.
If this is before the hall mirror it
will be doubly effective. If you
would be very gay and think
decorations are fun, you might wind
all the white bannisters and the
hand rail of your stairs with red
cellophane ribbon. Wind them at
an angle so that it gives the effect
of candy canes.
Hallway Arrangements.
If you have hallway that is dark,
or has dark wall paper you may work
out most beautiful arrangements by
using white or Silvered trees and
boughs Very smart effects can be
done by setting up the limb of a tree,
not an evergreen, that has an in
teresting limb formation, but no
leaves This may be kalsomined
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Articles Of Plastic
Are Both Beautiful
And Useful
May Be Used for Hot
Or Cold Liquids, but
Are Still InfIummabIe
BY MARGARET NOVEL;.


The wonders worked with plastics
will never cease we hope. Each
month seems TO bring new colors,
textures and shapes. Very lovely
bowls are whipped up that are
somewhat bendable, SO that they
may be bounced on the floor with
out being hurt. Not that most Of
us care to do that, but the unbreak-
able quality is an item when one
secures vase or center table fruit
container that in beauty of color
and simplicity of form may be COM
pared to the exquisite Early Chinese
porcelains. These may be used for
hot or cold liquids, but so far are
still infammable so that their use
as candle holders or ash trays is
not advised.
Other plastics make colorful and
imperishable bathroom equipment
and up-to-date doctors and dentists
are using them because of their
ease of cleaning, light weight and
exceeding strength. This is one of
the commercial discoveries which
is a marvel of the age in which
we live
Evening star., 1940-12-14
The Home Clinic
Shops Are Full Of Reody-Mode Ideas
For Christmas Decorations

white, and fastened firmly to a
foundation. On it there can be
dozens of Christmas tree balls. all
the same size, tied with white baby
ribbon, candy canes, and in case
you are expecting youthful guests,
decorated sugar cookies. tiny silver
cornucopiaS of candy and any other
sugar plumS famous at your house.
Untying tiny cake or candy for
each visitor form your hall tree is
an idea very much in keeping with
Christmas.
Don't forget the inside of the front
door in your plan. This is a nice
place for the Christmas angel, who
might look down benignly on an
armful of trailing green branches.
The actual holder for this is wall
pocket fastened securely on the door
with the angel just above it, but
the effect is that she holds the
branches.
Place of Honor for Print.
If you have a picture or a lovely
~ hiO Va q 4RdoOllld dllO Sllllu lIllS
is the time that she should have the
place of honor above the living room
mantel or other conspicuous place
in your house. If the picture is not
large, you may increase its i'm
portance by placing it on a colorful
wall hanging. This need not be
expensive, but should be color that
goes well with the picture. A deep
turquoise blue, or coral is good, with
the edge of the hanging outlined in
deep green pine, the mantel banked
with green with tall lighted tapers
matching the wall hanging stand
ing at either side. This arrange
ment is ideal in the interior that
cannot use the usual green and red
color scheme, and may be carried
out in other details throughout the
first floor to give a beautiful effect
OF quiet dignity.
Work out a plan for your living
room so that the whole effect on
entering is one of balanced decora-
ton, not merely collection Of green
boughS. For instance, instead of
placing green pine behind the pic
lures on either side of the fireplace.
remove the pictures and hang a
lovely wreath in its place. With a
garland running from the wreaths.
tie this in with the mantel and
over mantel DECORATING so that the
whole side wall has decorative DUR.
pose related to each other. Or if
you have a large window rather
than a fireplace for main interest
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Wage Scales Rising
In Building Industry

Reports from industrial centers in
various parts of the country to the
Committee on Industrial Relations
of the American Institute of Archi-
tects indicate either actual or antici-
pated advances in the wage scales
of labor.
The rise appears to be due to
scarcity of building mechanics to
meet the emergency demands of
the national defense program, &C
cording to the chairman of the COM
mittee, Travis G. Walsh of Cleve-
land, Ohio. One important area
reports that the avowed entrance
of the c. I. o. into the local field
may be means of lowering labor
costs on buildings" Only one in
stance of jurisdictional dispute
has been reported to the committee.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Private Households
Increase 16% in
10-Year Period
Dwelling Units in U. S.
TotoIed 37,2ll,463
On Lost Census Dute

Private households in the Nation
increased during the past decade
from 29,9O4,663 to f4,772,673 or
approximately 1853 per cent, accord
ing to the Federal Home Loan Bank
Review for December, which quotes
preliminary figures of the Bureau Of
the Census.
This increase is considerable more
than the per cent gain in total
population between 1880 and 1910.
The average number of persons per
household in 1910 was 38 for the
United States as whole as COM
pared with an average of Al in
1880, the census figures show
Dwelling units in the Nation on
April l, 1910, totaled 37,2l1 ,463.
This includes both farm and nom
farm units. that is. city and country
residence units OF all types.
Good Repayment Record.
Another interesting article in the
December issue of the Review on
mortage and real estate accounts of
savings and loan associations reveals
an exceptionally fine repayment
record on mortgage loans made by
these thrifty and home financing
institutions.
Only AZ per cent of all loans
made on one-to four-family dwell
ings by savings and loan association
members of the Federal Home Loan
Bank system were delinquent for
six months or longer when a recent
comprehensive survey of their activi-
ties was made
Loans on one-to-four-f family prop
critics compromise 81 per cent of the
total number of mortgages held by
these associations More than three
fourths of the unpaid balances Of
these loans is on a direct reduction
basis with the principal being re-
duced on regular schedule each
month.
Gains of "a per cent.
The Review, in still another
article, emphasizes the important
role in the home financing business
being played by savings and loan
associations.
New loans made by associations in
October brought the total for the
first ten months up over the billion
dollar mark, a gain of "a per cent
over the same period last year.
This was the ninth year in the
109 years Of savings and loan history
that the volume of loans has ex-
ceeded this amount" said the
Review.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Central Business
District Ills Are Topic
Of Richard J. Se|tzer
Building Owners and
Managers to Hear
Talk at Meetino

"Can We Cure the Ills Of Central
Business District?" is the subject
of an address to be made by Rich
ard j. Seltzer Of Philadelphia at
the 18th annual meeting of the
Middle Atlantic Conference of
Building Owners and Managers at
the Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City
on January 13 and IA.
Mr.. Settlers broad and varied
experience in appraisals and prop
erty management has brought
sharply to his attention the fact
that steps should be taken imme-
diately to stop decentralization by
improving conditions in the central
business district. He is a director
of the Urban Land Institute and
for several months has been making
an intensive study for the institute
of decentralization in Philadelphia.
The Middle Atlantic Conference
is held in January of each year to
afford the owners and managers of
Office, loft and apartment buildings
an opportunity to discuss problems
pertinent to the renting, operation
and maintenance of their buildings.
Building managers attending this
conference come from the cities of
the Middle Atlantic area, including
Washington, Baltimore, Philadel-
phia, Wilmington, Scranton, Tren-
ton, New York and Pittsburgh.
Arthur w. Binns of Philadelphia
has been more active and has done
more good work, it is said, than any
realtor in the United States in
pointing out the defects in the
United States Housing Authority
projects and in leading the way for
private industry to take over this
work. He is chairman of the Com
mittee on Housing and Blighted
Areas of the National association of
Real Estate Boards. He will address
the Middle Atlantic Conference on
THE Rebuilding of the American
City and Its Relation to Defense
and Apartment Housing" Mr..
Settlers talk is scheduled for Mon
day morning, January 13, and Mr..
Binns' is scheduled for Tuesday
morning, January IA.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Sales
Continued From Page B-1.'

fred Pembroke Thorn. new Colonial
at 1920 HOban road NV, for Mr..
and Mrs. Benjamin F. Goodrich to
William Wentzell, 5100 Fulton street
NV: for the Dorsey estate to Della
S. Pitcher 3549 Hertford place NV:
for Arthur s. Lord to Ruth NJ
Crawford, 5261 Nebraska avenue
NV: for Stephen Colvin to Mary
A. Hartman, 536 Oneida place NV;
for Mr. and Mrs. Clifton C. Bane to
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter A. Swartz, 4
Radnor road, Bethesda: for c. A.
fudge and others to Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin j. Fahey, 510O First street
NV; for Josephine j. johnson to
Joseph F. Hile, 1923 Madison street
NV; for the Episcopal Church
Home, Inc, to Mr.. and Mrs. H. Cecil
Fitzpatrick 4l2O Forty-second street
NV, and for Thomas F. Mahan to
Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Lowe. 5000
Hampden lane in Edgemoor, Md.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Woshingtonions Buy
North Rock Estate
Special Dispatch to The Star.

WARRENTON, Va, Dec. IA
North Rock. 84-acre estate adioin-
ing Stuyvesant School, near here.
has been purchased by Mr. and
Mrs. Francis D. Thomas of Wash
1ngton.
North Rock was built in 1918 for
Mr.. and Mrs. Seymour Preston Of
Philadelphia. Mrs. D. Blackwell
Smith of Warrenton bought it from
the Prestons anG, in turn. sold it
to Mr.. and Mrs Sterling Ewald
OF New York The Ewalds sold to
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas. The sale was
handled by the real estate office OF
j. Green Carter.
The house is constructed Of field
stone and is regarded as one Of the
most attractive in this section. Mr..
Thomas. an attorney in the Cap
ital, plans to improve the property
and make it his home.
Evening star., 1940-12-14

in your room, plan a decoration
that extends across the top of the
window to wreaths placed on either
side on the wall. In each case plan
the room as a whole, and remove
enough of the usual interior &C
cessories to make space for an effec-
tive arrangement of decorations.
Evening star., 1940-12-14

The New York Post Office is the
largest in the world. 1t has the
greatest facilities and handles the
most mail.
The Omaha guide., 1940-09-07

Fifth district police recovered
her purse and found in it her let
ter addressed to Lockett. In the
missive Miss Pettigrew accused
Lockett of being the father of her
expected child. She told him that
she knew now that he no longer
wanted her since he had refused
TO see her any more.
The remains were taken to the
morgue of McHenry and Calhoun,
5047 Indiana avenue. The unhappy
girl was the sister of Miss Eva
Pettigrew, I'll Park Avenue, Will
mette, and the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Neil Pettigrew of Chat
tanooga, Tenn. The remains were
shipped to her parents. The police
were unable to locate Lockett.
Their repeated visits to his home
to find him were in vain.
The Omaha guide., 1940-09-07
MEN TAKE LIVES IN
STRANGE SUICIDE PACT

Los Angeles (ANP)-Two men,
died in a down town hotel Thurs
day in a strange suicide pact.
They were Tom Winston, Is, and
Bill White, 10. Both men commit
ted suicide at a japanese hotel.
Winston was first found in his
room by o. Okla, the proprietor,
who had begun to wonder at his
non-appearanee so late in the
day. Sprawled in a chair beside a
table, the mar had been dead for
several hours. In a glass near his
hand were the remains of a deadly
mixture of ant-paste and whiskey.
Under the glass was a note
which read: This is the death
cup. 1t is very bitter, but I drank
it. 1t is the only way out"
The Omaha guide., 1940-09-07

The body was removed, and the
excitement that had arisen in the
neighborhood from the discovery
died down until 7 o'clock that
evening when it broke out anew.
Just as the clock struck the hour,
Bill White, in the adjoinging
room, crawled out on a balcony,
and in sight of scores of passers-
by leaped four floors down to the
street. He died instantly, his body
crumpled into a grotesque bulk.
With few clues to work on, in
vestigators from the coroner's and
the district attorneys offices de-
cided that the two men must have
agreed upon a suicide pact. They
were friends and had arrived in
town but a few days previously,
registering at the hotel together.
The Omaha guide., 1940-09-07

Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Parker
1926 No. 24th have returned from
st. Louis, Mo. where they attend
ed tho Eiks Convention. Mr.. Par
ker who is employed was on his
vacation. He said he had witness
ed a greater parade in st. Louis
by the Elks. Mrs. Parker said
she also was very much impressed
with the parade and the uniforms
especially those of Memphis,
Tenn, and those of Miss Beal
Street in the parade. They said
they also impressed with the pro-
guess and beautiful homes of Ne.
groes there.
The Omaha guide., 1940-09-07
S. C. YOUTH ACHES
FOR HITLER'S SCALP

Columbia, S. C. Sept. 6 (ANP)-
George McDavid, 10, declared that
he was "as strong as any man on
earth" and The man to "get old
Hitler" last week when he applied.
here to enter the army. His appli-
cation said he wanted to join the
army because he desired to be a
soldier, to learn traeds and to
'help get old Hitler before he
gets our country"
First Sgt. Chester R. Vaughn,
recruiting officer said he had fill
ed the first quota ever assigned
here of ten Negroes for duty with
the 41st engineers at Fort Bragg,
N. C. but would sign that boy up
if he got another quota.
The Omaha guide., 1940-09-07
TRIBUNE
STRIKES
AGAIN

In its editorial columns in the
issue of Friday, August 16, the
Chicago Tribune again takes up
the cause of colored Americans on
the issue of enlisting our colored
youths in the armed forces of the
nation. The Tribune's editorial,
Negroes in The Army follows:
When the United States army
consisted of 35 regiments of COM
bat troops of those regiments
were composed of colored troops.
Today with the number of line re-
giments more than tripled, there
are still only four colored regi-
ments, two of infantry and two of
cavalry.
The Negro regiments have had
honorable combat records in all the
wars in which they have fought.
Because of limited economic OPP
portunities in civilian life they
never have trouble recruiting TO
full strength. Most of their MEM
bers are veterans of several en-
listments.
Yet in spite of their record Ne
groes are subjected to almost as
great discrimination in the army
as they are in the navy, which ac-
cepts them only as cooks and
walters. The 10th calavry is an
example. It's fighting records is
perhaps the best known of any
colored organization, dating back
to the Indian wars. Today, and for
some years past, the bulk of the
regiment has been split between
West Point and Fort Leavenworth.
It's members are employed chiefly
as grooms and horseholders for
officers and cadets.
The proportion of colored regi-
ment in the army should be re-
stored to the old ratio of about
one in nine, would mean about a
dozen regiments in place of the
present four. The army's prejudice
against colored troops is only one
of its numerous stupidities that
should be abandoned in the inter
est of sound national defense.
The Omaha guide., 1940-09-07

Washington, Sept. 5 (CNA) =
Francis E. Rivers of New York
City and Sidney r.. Redmond of
st. Louis have been appointed as
heads of the Eastern and the
Western sections, respectively, Of
the Colored Division of the Rep
r~esentative Joseph W. Martin, Jr g,
chairman of the Republican Ma
tional Committee.
Rivers, who was in charge of
the Eastern section of the colored
division during the Landon CAM
paign four years ago, is a men,
Der of the staff of Thomas E.
Dewey, District Attorney of New
York County. He is a graduate of
Yale College, and of the Harvard
Law School. He has served as an
Assemblyman of the State of New