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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
BRITISH, FRENCH
ROW OVER PLANES
100 u. S.-Made Craft Held BY
French On Island OF
Martinique

WASHINGTON, July 20. -P-
Rival British and French claims to
some 100 American-made warRlanes
held by the French at the Caribbean
island of Martinique were submit
ted today to Acting Secretary of
State Sumner Welles.
Count Rene de St. Quentin, the
French ambassador, and Lord Lothi-
an, the British envoy, conferred
separately with Welles on the dis
pute.
The planes were taken to Mar
Unique from Canada by the French
aircraft carrier Bearn, following the
French armistice with Germany.
The point at issue is whether they
were included in an agreement by
which the British, after the armis-
tice, took over commitments of the
Anglo-French purchasing mission.
The French contention is under
stood to be that although the planes
were purchased jointly, they were
paid for by France and were being
delivered when the French collapse
came.
Negotiations for a ~peaceable- set
tlement, with the United States in
the role of intermediary, have been
progressing for two weeks or more.
The United States objective is to
f~orestall the possibility of a British
French naval clash. British war
ships repeatedly have blocked the
island.
The Bearn and a small French
cruiser are at Fort de France, Mar,
tinioue, and the training cruiser
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
in Wilmington. accounting for 93.!

in Wilmington, accounting Tor 93.5
per cent of the total. Brick, as the
type Of exterior material used, is
reported in SIS per cent of the
cases. The remaining one per cent
OF dwelling structures in the city
are built Of stone, stucco. or other
building materials. Although h e
greatest proportion Of dwellings in
poor repair are Of wooden construc-
ton, no conclusions about the COM
parative utility of that construc-
ton material can be drawn be-
cause Of the small number Of cases
reporting the use Of their mate
rails.
'It is questionable whether the
small number Of structures with
Easements, 6.2 per cent of the total,
can be dismissed on the grounds
that the climate of Wilmington
does not necessitate space for the
installation of furnace heating
equipment. The lack of adequate
easements undoubtedly means i'm
proper underpinning and consti-
tutes a structural problem. In con-
trast to the presence of a garage.
"As is consistent with the non
metropolitan development of t h e
city, over 70 per cent of all dwell
ing structures are one story high,
and about % per cent are one and
a half or two stories. Less than one
per cent of the city's structures
exceed two stories in height"
The survey also presents a study
of owner-occupancy, pointing out
that in terms of housing and its
related community factors, the ex-
tent of home ownership is signifi-
cant because of the higher proper
tomato occurrence, with owner te-
nure, of those elements considered
desirable.
In Wilmington, the report says
5000 or 1863 per cent of the 8,213
structures, are owner-occupied.
"When considered in terms of
dwelling units, rather than struc-
lures, the percentage is naturally
smaller, amount to 31.6 per cent
the report says. THE predomi-
nance of single family structures,
with an incidence of 8.5 per cent
of all owner-occupancies, is not sur
prising, considering the fact that
over IS per cent of all structures
in the city fall into that type.
) In Proportion
cit is interesting to note, in con.
nection with home ownership, that
with 1874 per cent of all units In
! Wilmington occupied by negroes,
34.3 per cent of all owners, or al
most the same rectal proportion
are negro; while 40.6 per cent OF
all tenants are negro, again a fail
proportion. A surprisingly S m a
difference in the proportional
amount of ownership by races II
interesting, in view of the finding:
of the 1934-36 urban surveys con
Quoted by the department OF com
merce in Ga principal C e
! throughout the nation. These sur
' veys revealed that on the whole
5 the proportion Of home ownership
:. among white families was more
!. than twice that among negroes, as
contrasted with a difference Of
only six per cent in Wilmington"
(Two more installments of thi:
story on the survey of real property
I in Wilmington will appear in thu
. Sunday Star-News in the near tut
ure. The first will deal with thu
value of property covered in thu
. survey, rentals, size of dwellings
physical equipment, race distribu
t ton. density, and vacant units. Tht
t last will deal with the survey con
| Quoted in the low income housing
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
housing standards and investment

housing standards and investment
values"
1.-THE need for new construction,
however," it says. sis apparent
from the relatively large number
of structures whose poor condi-
ton is aggravated by their age
their low value, and their lack of
necessary facilities"
A1.er making a study of the age
of the structures in the city Of VIII
mington, the report says there is
a definite correlation between the
age of structures and their con.
dition."
It points out that while less than
10 per cent Of the structures in Will
mington which were built from 1920
to 1889 were reported in poor re-
pair, 42.3 per cent of those built
prior to 1920 were in need of major
repairs or unfit for use. The pro-
portion rises to the point where
more than so per cent of the struc-
lures built before 1905, the a g
group into which more than half
of all structures in Wilmington fall,
are in poor condition categories.
Continues
"Using reports on the age of
existing structures as a basis, the
annual rate of construction has con-
tinued to decline from the peak
years of 1895-1904, which accounts
for almost one fourth of all struc-
lures in Wilmington, until the 1885,
1889 interval, when a slight rise
in construction is reported. During
the time of the survey (three
months) II structures YER under
construction. If this amount of
building is extended in similar
proportion over the next five years,
some 300 odd additional structures
will be built, a total no greater
than the amount of construction re-
ported for the last five years.
1T is interesting to note that all
of Wilmington's IS apartment hou.
ses were built before 1920, though
the use of multiple dwellings has
only become popular to any great
extent since that time. 1t is also in
teresting to find that 10 structures,
comprising 258 dwelling units,
which were built before 1859 are
still in existence in Wilmington.
1t is natural that people who own
their homes live in the better quar-
tiers in any city, but the report
points out that Though owners &C.
cupy slightly less than one third Of
all dwelling units, they account for
the largest group of occupants Of
dwellings built since 1925. These
dwellings built before 1925 show a
} rising proportion of tenant occu.
pancy as their age Increases"
The report sums up the situation
: rather neatly by saying 1.-The
amount of construction for the last
five years, during which time lend
t ing for such purposes has b e e n
greatly facilitated, is only n pei
cent greater than that reported for
t the period 1930-1934, which included
l the worst depression years. In view
of the high proportion of house:
dating back to the turn of the cen
fury, and the high incidence Of pool
repair among them, it can safel!
be said that a good part of vii
mington's present structures a
obsolete and should be replaced by
new construction"
Other physical characteristics o:
structures considered in the survey
: are exterior material, number O.
/ stories, and the presence or alb.
sence Of Easements and garages
, Mostly Wooden
, "Even more than is. true of mos
cities in this REGION" the repor
says, wooden structures prevail
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21

breasted and full dress), six sports
coasts, nine pairs of Stacks, ten
sports shirts, IA pairs of shoes, &c
pairs of socks, SO shirts, eight pairs
of pajamas, six pairs of gloves, Is
neckties, two electric razors, a set
of golf clubs and some tennis equip
ment.
To provide for immediate neces-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21

Jeanne dare is at the nearby island
of Guadalupe.
Authoritative information was
lacking whether the planes were
new Curtiss fighters or Douglas
bombers or included some of the
surplus" planes released to the
Allies by the Army before the ar
| miStice.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
BEAU BRUMMEL
PAYS MIDNIGHT CALL

CHAMPAIGN, Ill.-R-A t h e /
with a taste for fine raiment broke
into the Phi Beta Delta fraternity
house near the University of Hi
nois and carefully selected the fol
lowing:
Eight suits double and single
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21

area. Both should be interesting to
home owners, tenants, persons in
terested in organizations loan
ing money for home construction,
and persons planning to build eth
er for investment Or occupancy.) 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
SOUR GRAPES

~MIDDLETOWN, O. p Aft
a thief failed at breaking in
Harry Whiteside's garage the thi
put another paddock on it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21

sites, he also took $23 in a shar
skin wallet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Social Workers Hear
Talk on Blindness

Blindness usually is due to specific
diseases of the eye and not to gen.
eral diseases, DR.. Benjamin Rones
declared yesterday in an address at
the first of series of round table
discussion meetings under auspices
of the District Society for the Pre-
vention of Blindness, held at the
Nurses Home of the Episcopal Eye,
Ear and Throat Hospital
Examination of the eyes, however,
was described by the speaker as of
1.-The utmost Importance in the dis
covery of general diseases"
The meeting was attended by some
Is social workers invited by Mrs.
Mary Hopper Spencer, executive di-
rector of the society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Mrs. Holcomb Heads
Decorations Unit
For Relief Ball

Mrs. Thomas Holcomb, wife Of
the Major General Commandant
of the Marine Corps, is chairman of
the committee on decorations for
the Sail Loft at the Navy Yard for
the annual ball which will benefit
the funds of the Navy Relief
Society. The ball will be given
Shrove Tuesday, February 6, in the
Sail Loft and Mrs. Holcomb has
assisting her on her committee Mrs.
Henry L. Larsen, Mrs. Alexander
A. Vandergrift and Mrs. William G.
James.
1t. Comdr G. H. Williams, supply
corps, IT, S. NJ, is chairman of
supper arrangements, assisted by
Mrs. Walter E. Brown and Mrs.
Edwin G. Fullinwider. The Har
Bar is under the management of
1t. Comdr. w. r. Terrell, chairman
and the members of his committee
include Capt. r. E. Schulmann,
Comdr. r. B. Carney and 1t Comdr.
w. B McHugh, all U. S. N.
Mrs. Howard D. Bode is chairman
of the Flower Committee and has
serving with her Mrs. Edward c.
Racquet, Mrs. Charles A. Baker, Mrs.
Leland P. Lovette, Mrs. Howard M.
hammers, Mrs. Robert B. Carney
and Mrs. Joseph R. Redman.
The Costume Committee is headed
by Mrs. Robert E. Hoyt, whose
aides are Mrs. E. B. Nixon and Mrs.
John H. Towers.
Mrs. Luther Shelton, jr, is being
assisted on the Publicity Committee
by Mrs. Smith Hempstone and
Comdr. Leland P. LoVette.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26

National Student Federation, as well
as the aims and ambitions of Amer
lean youth, was given prior to Mrs.
Roosevelt's. address by Miss Mary
Jeanne Mckay, president of the
National Student Federation of
America, and Malcomb Cotton
Dobbs, executive secretary, Council
of Young Southerners.
The effect of unemployment on
the youth of today was said by Miss
Mckay to be part of the study of
the student federation and of the
American Youth Congress.
Problems, chiefly financial, facing
'would-be delegates to the forthcom-
ing congress were discussed by Mr..
Dobbs.
Asked at the conclusion of his
talk whether he had brought a bas-
ket for contribution, he replied, If
I had a hat, I'd leave it at the door. "
Miss Mckay Immediately pulled
off the smart little toque she was
wearing and with the laughing ap-
proval of those attending the lunch
con she passed it among the tables.
Approximately $50 was realized, she
reported later.
Volunteers also offered lodging in
private homes for delegates to the
Youth Congress during their stay in
Washington.
Mrs. Roosevelt reported that ap-
DealS from her tn the women of the
cabinet and Congress for lodging for
the young delegates had already
met with generous response.
Mrs. May Thompson Evans, re-
firing chairman of the council, pre-
sided and introduced the speakers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Holcombs Are Hosts
At Dinner PARTY

The Commandant of the
Marine Corps, Maj. Gen. Thomas
Hohomb and Mrs. Holcomb, were
hosts at dinner last evening en-
tertaining in honor of the Min
lister of the Dominican Republic
and Sonora de Pastoriza. Other
guests were former Secretary of
Commerce and Mrs. Daniel C.
Roper, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Dion
Williams, Capt. and Mrs. Allen
B. Read, Capt. and Mrs. Ezra
Allen, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Sim
Lee, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Clark,
Mrs. George Barnett, widow of
the wartime Major General
Commandant of the Marine
Corps, and Mr.. Charles Mason
Remey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Mrs. Birney Heads
Party Committee

Mrs. Dion S. Birney is chairman
OF the committee for the card party
to be given by the Rector's Aid So
clety Of the All Souls Memorial
Episcopal Church, at 8 o'clock, Mon
day night, February 5, in the parish
hall.
Members of the committee are
Mrs. Harrison Brand, jr.; Mrs. Har-
ry Borjes, Mrs. Fred A. Carter, Mrs
Howell French, Mrs. j. Raymond
Hoover, Mrs. William Chaplin Hunt
ingtOn, Mrs. J. r. McCarl, Mrs. C.
H. Pope, Mrs. William S. Quinter
and Mrs. Dorothy H. Smallwood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Miss Naomi Craver
Becomes Bride of
MIR. DUNCAN

The wedding of Miss Naomi Pate
Craver, daughter of Mr.. Roy G..
Craver and the late Mrs. Craver of
Alexandria, Va, and Mr.. Raymond
Edward DUNCAN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward G. DUNCAN of WASH
ington, took place at o'clock yes
terday afternoon in the Church of
the Good Shepherd. The Rev. c. S.
Abbott performed the ceremony.
Dean Bradley Thomas played the
organ music and the vocalist was
Mr.. Edgar Nelson. Flowers were
used on the altar.
Mr., Craver gave his daughter in
marriage. The bride wore Copen-
hagen blue wool dress with a short
jacket and matching hat and her
accessories were of dubonnet color.
Roses and lilies of the valley formed
Ter corsage
Miss Marie johnson of Alexan-
dria, the maid of honor, wore
roSe-color dress and Copenhagen
blue accessories with navy blue
shoes. Her corsage was of pink
roses and lilies of the valley.
Mr.. Carl R. Address, jr., of Wash
lng3on was best man.
Due to the recent death of the
brides mother there was no recep-
ton. Mr.. and Mrs. DUNCAN will
make their home at 2201 Mount
Vernon avenue in Alexandria.
The bride was graduated from
Eastern High School and attended
the Woman's College of the Uni
versity of North Carolina at Green's
boro Mr.. DUNCAN was graduated
from Eastern High School and re-
ceived his B. c. S. from Benjamin
Franklin University and his M. c. S.
from Strayer College.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Aid to Youth
In Job Crisis
Is Stressed
Southern Women
Hear Talk by
Mrs. Roosevelt

Encourage youth but do not try
to direct, Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-
welt advised older people in a lunch
con address yesterday before the
Council of Southern Women at the
National Press Building.
I'VE should give the benefit of our
experience to young people" she
said, and give them new ideas and
points of view, but should not try
to direct them"
Approval of the American Youth
Congress Citizenship Institute. to be
held at the Labor Department audi
forum from February 9 to Feb
ruary II, was expressed by Mrs.
Roosevelt, who urged cooperation
from older people in making the
attendance of different youth groups
throughout the country possible.
Sympathy for the problems of to-
days youth also was voiced by Mrs.
Roosevelt, who deplored the diff
culties of employment.
Lack of Opportunity.
although employment is back to
the peak of 1929" she said, half
OF the Nations unemployed are un-
der Is years of age. Labor employs
skilled workers and these young
people have had no opportunity for
work habits.
Il think we should help these
young people who are so coura-
geously facing their problems" she
said, expressing her belief that
youth was facing the problems of
self-support and education in in
creasing numbers.
In addition to the labor, farm,
church and college groups scheduled
to attend the Youth Congress, Mrs.
Roosevelt added, there will also be
the group of rather privileged young
people, who have never known the
necessity of how they're going to live
and get an education" These rep
resentatlveS, she explained, will
come from the Junior Leagues of
the Nation.
Il am particularly keen that these
young people should come" she con-
tinued. They should have a greater
sense of responsibility because they
have a greater opportunity for
service"
Frequently Misunderstood.
Older people, Mrs. Roosevelt eau
toned, should get over the idea that
they can generalize on the way
young people think on this or that"
subject. Young people, not realiz-
ing that what they say or do may
be dramatized and colored, are fire.
quently misunderstood, she added.
The purpose of the Forthcoming
Youth Congress was lauded by Mrs.
Roosevelt and the discussion of their
problems should be encouraged by
older people. she commended.
Il think it is a healthy sign in
democracy that young people want
to face these questions. she said.
ut is we'll to hear all these things
put in the open. They will go back
from the congress with a wider
vision and more sympathetic I'm
Outstanding"
Urging older people to attend the
sessions of the Youth Congress,
which anticipates approximately
5000 delegates, Mrs. Roosevelt said.
1T is just as important to the old
as it is to the young people"
A young peoples viewpoint of the
American Youth Congress and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Dancing Glass
To Meet Tonioht

The Friday Evening Dancing
Glass will meet again this evening
at the Willard and a number of
dinner parties will precede the
dancing. Among the hosts will be
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank j. Wideman
who will entertain in their home
on Woodley road and take their
guests later to the dance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
To Attend Dance

Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman went
to Philadelphia this morning to at
tend the Junior supper dance there
this evening at which she will have
as her guests Miss Patricia Prochnik
and Miss Joan Hull, debutantes of
the season just closing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Blackfriar Rites

The Blackfriars Guild will observe
its third communion breakfast Sum
day morning at 9 o'clock. >
Mass will be celebrated at the
Dominican House of Studies, 487
Michigan avenue NE. Breakfast
will follow at the States Restaurant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Briton Lectures TONIGHT

w. H. Auden, British poet and
playwright, will discuss MY Amer
lean Contemporaries" at $3.50 o'clock
tonight at the Bookshop, GIG Seven
tenth street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-26
Leave for Florida

Mr.. and Mrs. David Frank of
Woodley Park Towers, who were
called home on account of a death
in the family, have left again for
Miami Beach, Fla, and will be at
the Belmar Hotel.
The Omaha guide., 1940-11-16
American Pilgrimage TO
Home of Booker T.
Washington
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
INCLUDED IN SERIES

New York, Nov. 10 (ANP) -
Officials of NBC announced this
week the route of the American
Pilgrimage to be made by Ted Ma
lone, famous broadcaster to the
homes of Americas best loved men
and women of letters. The series
will include visits to the homes Of
Booker Washington at Tuske-
gee, Sunday February 2 at . p.
m EST. and to TIE home of Har-
riet Beecher Stowe whose home
was visited on Sunday, November
10. Noah Webster, Mark Twain,
William Dean Howells Edgar Al
len Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson and
Benjamin Franklin are among the
81 authors whose homes will be
visited .
The Omaha guide., 1940-11-16


ment of Colored People, NAACP.
attorneys in the case who were
invited to the conference. not only
declined to attend but urged the
Nepro representatives not to par.
ticipate in any such conference
while the case was pending before
the court, unless the city attorney
made a specific offer in writing,
preliminary to the holding of the
meeting.
Those who attended the confer
ence were: p. B. Young, president
of the Norfolk Journal and Guide;
L. F. Palmer, principal of the
Huntington High School, Newport
News, Va, Thomas IL. Henderson
a teacher at the Armstrong high
school, at Richmond, representing
the Virginia State Teachers As
isociation, and City Manager Bor-
land.
It was following this conference
that the City attorney made a
written offer to the Norfolk tea
cheers Association, to equalize the
salaries of Negro and white tea
cheers over a period of three years
On November 7, the teachers ac-
cepted the offer, which amounted
to $4,000 on condition that they
be given an increase of not less
than 100000 of the money this
year, and higher increases during
the next two years with the total
differential to be removed by Sep
TENDER 1912. They further in
sisted that the NAACP. attorneys
put the offer in such legal lung
uage as to be binding.
Last JUNE, NAACP. attorneys,
who are representing Aston. won
g victory, when the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals, revers-
ed the ruling of a lower court, and
established the principle that dis
elimination in the payment of sal
aries solely on the ground of race
or color, is unconstitutional. The
United States Supreme Court af-
firmed this decision October rs,
when it refused to review the
case. 1t was at this stage of the
case, while a hearing was pending
before the local federal court, that
a conference of representative
Negro citizens of Norfolk, was
held in the office of the City Man
ager, Charles B. Borland on Mon
day November a.
The Omaha guide., 1940-11-16

asserted she had felt heat from the
organ Tuesday night and had re-
ported it but nobody did anything
about it.
Much of the rich walnut and
mahogany woodwork of the church
was a total loss and the roof, part
Of the floor, and much of the up
stairs rooms will have to be re-
built. Most of the church records
were saved. The loss was covered
by insurance and rebuilding is to
start soon.
Olivet has the largest member
ship of any Protestant church in
America, around 10000. 1t was
built to its present size mainly
through the efforts of DR.. Will
liams. The building is so years
old and was once a station on the
Underground railroad" of pre-
Civil war days.
The Omaha guide., 1940-11-16
MRS. ROOSEVELT BE-
COMES MEMBER OF
ROSENWALD FUND
A
Presidents Wife Praises Work

Chicago, Nov. IL (ANP) -
Election of the following new
trustees of the Julius Rosenwald
Fund is announced by Edwin r.
Embrse, president of the Fund,
following the annual meeting of
the trustees held Monday, Novem-
Der IL.
James Mcdonald, Conner, bust
ness man and liberal leader of
Birmingham, Ala; Mrs. David NJ.
Levy of New York City. a daugh-
ter of the late Julius Rosnwald;
Lonard Reiser, attorney of Jh.c-
ago and Mrs. Franklin R. Roose-
welt of Washington, d. c.
Mrs. Roosevelt stated that she
excepted membership in spite of
the tremendous pressure of her
other commitments because of
the basic work the Fund is doing
in education and health, especially
for groups which do not yet have
the opportunities we crave for all
Americans"
The Omaha guide., 1940-11-16
Book Review By DIR. f
Smith AT Clair Chapel

A book review by DR.. Frank G.
Smith, will be given Tuesday we.
November Goth at 8 p. m. at the
Clair Chapel Church, 22nd and
Miami SITS, Sponsored by the Mo-
dern Priscilla Art and Study club
Literary Dept, for the benefit of
their shoe fund.
We wish to take this opporrun-
ity in thanking all of you for the
splendid cooperation you have Civ
en- us in the past.
DIR. Smith will review "How
Green Is My Valley" by Llewellyn.
Our motto Lifting AS We
Climb
For further information call
WE. O624, or WE. 1868.