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Evening star., 1940-11-09
Permanent Defense
Housing Is Advocated

Defense housing should be OF
permanent, not temporary construc-
ton; it should be concentrated in
the low-priced field, and Government
should make every effort to aid and
stimulate private building before
starting direct operations itself. Such
are some of the major conclusions
in special research report, "Hous-
ing for Defense" which Is being
published today by the Goth Century
Fund.
The report was prepared under the
supervision of the funds Committee
on Housing, whose chairman is DR..
Henry E. Hoagland. professor Of
business finance at Ohio State Uni
versity, formerly director OF the
Home Owners Loan Corp. and a
former member Of the Federal Home
Loan Bank Board.
Emphasizing the necessity for i'm
mediate action, the research report
shows that during the World War
housing shortages caused an annual
labor turnover of 500 to 1000 per
cent in some shipyards; caused so
per cent of women workers sought
by Labor Department placement
service to refuse jobs in war in
dustries, and threatened to reduce
the output of a major munitions
plant by as much as one-third.
AS a first step toward avoiding
such dangers today the committee
urges that the Government promptly
formulate a national housing policy
and make its provisions clearly and
widely known"
Evening star., 1940-11-09

stery gives cheerful color to the room
as do the old samplers and mats
on the wall and the hooked rugs
on the floor.
The dining room is also paneled,
but this is painted pale apple green.
Yellow cushions seat the chairs and
yellow chintz curtains patterned with
hollyhocks in soft mulberry and rose
enhance the sunny quality of the
room. In the living room turquoise
rug harmonizes beautifully with the
ivCry-painted walls. the coral and
green-blue upholstery and window
hangings.
Evening star., 1940-11-09

mode for peasant decoration is
painted in the gayest tints. White
panels on its various surfaces are
bordered with sage green. The legs
are lacquer red. Large flower de-
signs adorn the top, the front and
end panels of the chest, while the
inside of the cover has the most
imposing design of all, a large heart
motif done in dashing shades of red
and centered in surrounding design
of yellow and black.
Evening star., 1940-11-09
Striking CoIors Add
Zest to Apartment

Claret and blue assist In giving
zest to a modern apartment. Be-
cause the long and narrow living
room is without architectural inter-
est. paint is depended on to add
individuality.
A sort of combination desk and
cabinet extends part way across the
room to divide the room into two
groupings. The walls in the larger
part of the room are painted Off
white; those in the smaller section
are gray-blue. The furniture is
lacquered gray to match the carpet.
The curtains and couch are claret
colored and harmonizing blue fab
ric covers the chairs. Two Lau-
rencin paintings hanging above the
bed set the note for the color scheme
of the bedroom. The off-white fur
niture compliments the gray carpet
and gray-pink bedspread.
Evening star., 1940-11-09
EorIy American House
Finished in Tradition

An early American house in New
Jersey is finished in the traditional
spirit characteristic of the architec-
ture. There is a huge entrance hall
with great brick fireplace. Here are
window curtains of cherry-red rough
silk and walls finished in waxed
pine. Pine paneling comes into use
again in the library, where American
maple and Norwegian peasant
furniture mingle. Cherry-red uphol-
Evening star., 1940-11-09
gray is on the upgrade in platinum,
pewter, dove, French and moonstone.

gray is on the upgrade in platinum,
pewter, dove, French and moonstone.
Few of us will, of course, paint an
entire room plum or Kelly green, but
any of these lovely pastels would
particularly when applied in &C
cordance with the rules of paint
styling-form an exquisite back
ground for the new furniture-oako or
otherwise And even the deep tones
may be brought into play in paint
styled room to coat an alcove, or
one or two of the four walls, to add
interest to an otherwise prosaic
room. How much deep color is used
in a room depends much on how
well-lighted the room is-just as the
color of paint selected depends much
upon the type of room to be painted,
the color of the furniture and furni-
ture upholstery.
Evening star., 1940-11-09
By THE OLD CABINETMAKER.


Rosewood, the glorious wood Of
the ages! 1t belongs to the genus
Dalbergia. 1t was named rosewood
because of its resemblance to the
odor of the rose when the wood is
cut Rosewood grows in East india
and along the coast of Brazil. The
East India rosewood is a marvel
Gus cabinet wood 1t has been used
for ages by the natives and more
recently by the master cabinet
makers and designers.
Rosewood grows in a variety of
colors and shades, ranging from rich
purple, reds. yellow and streaks of
black. 1t is hard, strong wood,
which usually is sliced into veneers.
The furniture manufacturer has
difficult time often in matching rose
wood veneers.
The Brazilian rosewood is very
hard and strong and in color does
not vary much from the East In
dia wood. There is an oil present
in rosewood which causes the fur
niture finisher much trouble and he
must use the utmost care lest the
finish crack and craze. But furni-
ture manufacturers today can over
come this difficulty. Forty years
ago rosewood pianos were very pop
ular. Bedroom and dining suites
and occasional pieces were made
of rosewood The change in furni-
ture styles and the limited supply
of rosewood caused it to lose popu-
larity. Today, but very few COM
plete suites are made of rosewood,
but it is used quite extensively for
inlays, cross bandings, and lovely
combinations with other woods. 1t
is a decorative wood and beautiful,
especially in our modern designs.
Evening star., 1940-11-09
STANDARD Lot so Feet

The standard lot width for small
detached houses in subdivisions hav-
ing public sewer facilities is now
almost universally so feet, the F. H.
AS land planning division reports.
Evening star., 1940-11-09
Butcher Shop Shows

Butcher shops in the desert town
of Nancy in French West Africa
are employing male singers and
female musicians for. might club
shows to attract customers.
Evening star., 1940-07-07
j CAPT. JOHN D. lflBoDEN, ,cSA. {

JINFT. JVItN q. .tTTOOUEN, SVJ.H.'
ACCORDING TO HISTORIAN RShENRI. !
CApL RabOOskS DEFENSE Of MS BATTERY /
WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN SAllM6 THE BATTLE
FOR THE CONFEDERATE FORCES.
he LATER bEChrt6 A GENERAL.
AND IN NAV. 1861, NE DEFEATED THE
SUPERIOR FORCES OF GEN. FRANZ
S,E6sl, Eu2neR PRUSSiAN OFFICER,
WhiUs1 COZ. .RR rfCORralcK SANS WAS
CONSIDERED Tho most EDUCATED
OFFICER N THE UNION SERVICE
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Woman on Trial
As Spy Admits
Nozi Leonings
By the Associated Press.


LONDON, July Louisa Ingram,
42-year-old German wife of a Royal
Air Force sergeant, pleaded innocent
today to charges of spying for Ger
many, but told the court she would
like to see Germany win the war.
William Swift, an employe in the
Portsmouth naval dockyard, and
Archibald Watts, district leader of
the Fascist British Union, who were
accused with Mrs. Ingram of fifth
column" activities to stir up dis
satisfaction as we'll as gain infor-
nation for the German high COM
mand, also pleaded innocent.
Replying to the prosecutors ques-
ton, Il take it you are anxious for
Germany to be successful in the
WARP" Mrs. Ingram, a domestic
servant in the home of a naval
officer, replied:
II would not like to see anything
happen to England
Would you like Germany to be
victorious?" the prosecutor con-
tinued.
Yes" she replied.
Adolf Hitler ''has done much for
Germany" she said.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
BY ROBERT BRUSKIN.

Armored vehicles reported landed
in Rumania by Russian planes may
have been light machine-gun car
riers or small tanks which needed
reassembling, Air Corps and tank
technicians said today.
No similar experiments have been
conducted here, although American
mining and petroleum engineers
pioneered in carrying heavy and
bulky equipment by air freight to
isolated sections. Light artillery has
been transported across the Panama
isthmuS, but tanks have been too
heavy and cumbersome.
Experts were inclined to believe
the Russians may have developed a
5-ton, or smaller, tank which could
be taken apart quickly and reas-
sembled. Small cars. lightly ar
mored, and equipped with two or
more machine guns, could have been
transported more easily since they
would be of less weight and bulk.
Plans Held Impractical.
Plans for Christie tank, which
could be attached to the under
carriage of a bomber and used in
place of the landing gear. were pre-
sented to the War Department sew
eral weeks ago. but officers said they
were impractical.
The belief here was that the Rus
sian vehicles were carried inside the
airplane, capable of being lowered
to the ground. Heavy freight has
been transported by air, including
dlssembled trucks, bridges and
Evening star., 1940-07-01
BuIIitt Soonto Renew
French Government
Contact, Says Hull
All Americas Expected
To Be Represented
At Havana Session

Secretary of State Hull said to-
day that he understood William c.
Bullitt, American Ambassador to
France, either already had or soon
would resume contact with the
French government.
Mr.. Bullitt, who remained at the
American Embassy in Paris when
German forces occupied the city,
has been out of touch with the
French government since it went
from Paris to Tours and then to
Bordeaux
Mr.. Hull said the Ambassador was
expected to rejoin the government
to which he is accredited at Cler-
mont-Ferrand, where the temporary
French capital has been moved from
Bordeaux.
Mr.. Hull told his press conference
he hoped to attend the emergency
conference of the Ministers of For
eign Affairs of the American re-
publics to open in Havana July 20.
He added that he believed all the
American nations would have i'm
portant representation at Havana,
in view of widespread interest taken
by the governments in preparation
for the conference.
His comment followed reports
from Buenos Aires that the foreign
ministers of Argentina. Brazil, Chile
and Uruguay would not attend the
conference in person.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Mrs. Emma Seuffer|e
Dies al Home Here

Mrs. Emma Helmuth Seufferle, IS,
a lifelong resident of the District
and a member of an old Washing
ton family. died yesterday at her
home. 2700 Connecticut avenue
NV, after a short illness.
She was the widow of William
L. Seufferle, owner of the old Jack
son Grocery Co., located in the 600
block of Pennsylvania avenue NV.
at the beginning of the century
Her mother, Matilda B. Brent, also
was a native of Washington.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs
William M. Escavaille, wife of the
president of the Atlas Publishing
Co. of Washington, and Mrs. Leo C.
May, wife of the vice president of
May Hardware Co.; a sister. Mrs
Annie M. Cridler, also of Washing
ton, and three grandsons.
Funeral services will be held at
the home at l pm. tomorrow.
Burial will be'in Rock Creek Gene
terry. DR.. Charles T. Warner of ST..
Adams parish will ofilciate.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
British Occupation Of Syria
Reported Fought by Turkey

ANKARA. July [P.-Great Brit
ain has sounded out Turkey and Iraq
on possible British occupation of
Syria, but Turkey has turned a deaf
ear, informed political circles re-
ported yesterday.
Under this plan, it was said. a
large part of Syria. which is a
French-mandated territory, would
be united with Iraq after British
occupation, and Turkey would re-
ceive part of the Mosul oil district
and the Aleppo region.
Turkey, however. was said to have
expressed interest only in defending
her own frontiers, and it was learned
authoritatively she considers even
the Balkan Entente to be dead as
result of the new situation in
Europe.
1t was said Britain desired to oc-
cupy Syria to forestall German and
Italian occupation.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Film Salaries Head 1893 List;
Mayors $688,369 Is Top
Montgomery Acacia President,
Is Lone Representative of Capital

Fairbanks, jr.. Sl94270; Victor Nc
Laglen, SPAS, ,082; Bette Davis, SAB
458: Enrol Flynn. s18l,333, and Pat
O'Brien, $140,333.
Business Salaries Modest.
Business salaries were more mod
est, although businessmen usually
have dividend and other forms Of
income not shown in today's tabu-
lation. For instance, Edward R.
Stettinius, jr., another volunteer
magnate on the National Defense
Commission. was paid s97,908 by
United States Steel Corp, whose
chairmanship he resigned for Gov
ernment work
In 1888, big STEEL also paid My
ron c. Taylor now Mr.. Roosevelt's
representative at the Vatican) S101,-
575; w. A. Irwin $4,000 and E. M.
Vorhees s104483.
Other large corporations and their
top employees in 1888 shown by
today's supplemental list included:
Coca-Cola Co., R. w. Woodruff,
S163,050; international Harvester
Co, Sydney G. McAllister, s83, 1868;
Campbell Soup Co., Arthur C. Dor
rance. s90,875; Allied Chemical and
Dye Corp, H. F. Atherton, S125 900;
American Can Co., Henry w. Phelps,
s151 800; Great Atlantic and Pacific
Tea Co., o. c. Adams, C. A. Brooks,
w M Byrnes, R. B. Smith, $780,
900 each; Metropolitan Life In
surance Co., Leroy A. Lincoln, s125,-
600; National Distillers Products
Corp, Seton Porter, $179,500; Rem
ington- Rand, Inc, James H. Rand,
jr.. $120,152 Standard Brands, Inc,
Joseph Wiltshire, Sill. 1.450; United
States Rubber Products, Inc, F. B.
Davis. jr., $l50,000, and Planters
Nut and Chocolate Co., A. Obici
$121 800.
Violinist Jascha Heifetz and Con-
ductor Leopold Stokowski were the
only musicians listed either time,
and then only for their work in
films. Mr.. Heifetz got 100000 for
picture in which he starred, and
Mr.. Stokowski received $4,000 for
helping with the music for Walt
Disneys animated cartoons.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Cab Driver Is Forced
To Go 10 Richmond,
Robbed by Two. Men
Vehicle Recovered After
He Leaps From 1t to
Escape Passengers

William E. Bell, IS, driver for the
Diamond Cab Co., today was back
home at 2l28 First street NV, and
broke after a ride to Richmond, Va,
at the point of pistol and knife
welded by two drunken passengers
he picked up at Seventeenth street
and New York avenue NV. Satur-
day night.
Except for a fe1 skinned places
on his legs and arms, the result of
a flying leap to freedom after he
involuntarily reached his passengers
goal, he was none the worse for his
experience, But he was poorer man.
The thing hate worst about it
all" he said, "is that the fares I
might have picked up over the week
end would have been enodgh for a
Fourth of July trip. Now I guess
there won't be any"
The two coatless fares he picked
up in Washington asked to be taken
to Fort Myer. he told Richmond
police, but there they changed their
minds. They told him to drive on
toward Richmond and the older man
drew a pistol and the younger
knife.
In Richmond the cab approached
the first precinct station and SER
geant appeared.
Look, there's policeman" Mr..
Bell shouted. The man with the
gun looked around and Mr.. Bell
seized the opportunity to unlatch
the door and dive out. The cab
was going about 25 miles an hour
and he slid along the pavement
for some distance, but was not
seriously injured.
While he was telling the sergeant
his story call came in to the sta
ton that a car had plunged into
the canal. Police pulled Mr.. Bells
cab out short time later. 1t was
little damaged.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Tau Phi Sorority Picks
Troy for Convention

Troy, N, Y, was selected by Tau
Phi National Sorority as its con-
vention site next year as the Or
ganization ended it's three-day con-
vention yesterday at the Wardman
Park Hotel.
Miss Ruth Layfield, selected as
Miss Tau Phi" for this year as
well as national president, presided
for the first time at the closing busi-
ness session, at which reports were
made by the IA chapters represented
at the convention.
Miss Alva Trotter of Troy, retiring
president, entertained the more than
100 members and delegates attend
ing the convention at noon break
fast on the Washington Hotel roof
closing the conclave.
Evening star., 1940-07-01

minor disturbance is centered this
morning over extreme Western Oklahoma,
Clayton, N. Mex, 1009.5 milibars (29.S1
the Northeastern States, Caribou, Maine,
10051 millibars f295S inchesl. High
pressure prevails over most other Sec
OAK. 1025.1 millibars (30.27 inches);
Humboldt. New, 1923 millibars (30.16
tnches): Chattanooga. Tenn. 10.20.7 mil
!ibars (30.14 incheS) Showers have oc-
CURED in the Middle Atlantic and North
Atlantic States, upper Ohio Valley, the
Southern Lake region, the West Gulf
Rocky Mountain region. There has been
.. further fall in temperature in the Mid
die Atlantic and North Atlantic States and
the Southern Lake region, while the wealth
ar has become slightly warmer from New
Mexico and Southern Colorado eastward
to Georgia and the Southern Appalachian
region. The temperature is now below
normal almost generally east of the Tooth
meridian
Evening star., 1940-07-01

time. Little Diomede is only 2 miles
long but rises steeply to a height of
1000 feet. Big Diomede is far
larger, higher and sleeper. Nor
mally only few Eskimos live on Big
Diomede. Little Diomede, however,
has more than 100 Eskimo inhab-
ltants, who live in a village on the
rocky slope above narrow, boulder
streWn beach. In summer most of
these Eskimos come over to Nome
for seasonal employment.
Fairbanks Citizens Feel Insecure.
The people of Fairbanks, who con-
slider themselves as the most immi-
nently affected by possible develop
ments in the Bering Strait area, are
seriously concerned over the military
implications of the Diomede de-
velopment. Capt. Austin E. Lathrop,
Fairbanks citizen, said unsettled
world conditions had resulted in a
serious decrease in building in Fair
banks.
I'VE have no protection and feel
that we are in an exceedingly pre-
carious situation should the United
States and Alaska become involved
in war;" he said. eve feel that we
might be the first to feel the brunt
of an attack"
Efforts are being made to build up
an Alaskan National Guard. This
has been exceedingly difficult, how
ever, because of the seasonal work.
ing conditions which keep many of
the men of military age on the move
and because of the scattering of the
population of $4,000 people over a
large area. There is a newly estab-
lished Reserve Officers Training
Corps unit in the University of
Alaska, at Fairbanks, and fecom-
mendations have been made that
tie size of the unit be increased and
that the university be made into
something like Virginia Military
Institute of Alaska"
Alaskan Delegate Anthony j.
Dimond, appearing before a House
Committee recently in Washington,
expressed the feeling of Fairbanks
leaders when he said:
I'VE in Alaska know that the
Russians have done more flying all
over Siberia under all sorts of con-
ditions than we have ever done
anywhere in the United States, and
we fly from Is to so times as much
in Alaska as people in the United
States do, in proportion to the pop
ulation. There is a distinct posi-
bility that an air attack against us
would come through the low Yukon
Valley" I.
I'm the third article OF this
series, present and proposed
Army and Nary defense con-
struction in Alaska ,lill be dis
cussed.)
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Chilean Communist Asks
Neutrality Toward U. S.

BY the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO, Chile, July 1.-Carlos
Contreras Labarca. secretary gen.
eral of the Chilean Communist
party, told members in speech yes
terday that Chile should adopt alb
solute neutrality toward the United
States as well as toward Germany
and Britain.
He said the objective Of the in
ter-American conference scheduled
for July 20, in Havana, was "prepa-
ration of rearguard backed by
Latin American resources" for the
possibility of United States entry
into the European war-"toWard
which that country is moving
rapidly"
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Cannot Allow Foes
To Occupy Syria,
Britain Declares
Statement Comes After
French Notice Thot
HostiIities Are Over
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 1.-The Foreign
Office news department, clarifying
the British attitude on Syria fol-
lowing French Gen. Mittelhauser' S
cessation of hostilities, said today
Britain could not allow Syria or
the Lebanon to be occupied by any
hostile power"
A statement said the British gov
ernment assumed that the action of
Gen. Mittelhauser, commander of
the French forces in the Near East,
did not mean that if Germany or
Italy sought to occupy Syria or
Lebanon, which France has held
under mandate, the French forces
would not oppose them.
Will Not Allow Occupation.
The statement follows:
His majesty's government in the
United Kingdom understand that
Gen. Mittelhauser, the commander
in chief of the French forces in the
Levant. has stated that hostilities
have ceased in Syria
His majesty's government as
sumo that this does not mean that
if Germany or italy sought to oc-
cupy Syria or the Lebanon anG
were to try to do SO in the face OF
British command of the sea, no at
tempt would be made by the French
forces to oppose them.
In order, however, to set at rest
doubts which may be felt in any
quarter, his majesty's government
declare they could not allow Syria
or the Lebanon to be occupied by
any hostile power or to be used as
base for attacks upon those coun-
tries in the Middle East which they
are pledged to defend, or to become
the scene of such disorder as to con-
stitute danger to those countries.
Ready to Take Action.
"They therefore hold themselves
free to take whatever measures they
may in such circumstances con-
slider necessary in their own inter
ests. Any action which they may
hereafter be obliged to take in full.
fillment of this declaration will bt
entirely without prejudice to the fu.
ture status of the territories now
under French mandate"
The Middle East countries which
Britain is pledged to defend are
Turkey, Egypt, Palestine, Trans.
| Jordan and IraO.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Transporting Tanks by Plane
Impractical, U.S.. Experts Say
Inclined to Think Russio Shipped
Only Small Craft by Air

dredges, by loading it through the
top.
The Soviet Air Corps has long
experimental in large types of
planes and may have developed one
capable of carrying even larger
tanks than considered practical
here. The Germans are believed to
have developed 30-ton tank which
could be quickly taken apart for
loading into a transport plane.
Specially Designed Tanks.
Air corps officials pointed out that
specially designed small tanks prob
ably could be loaded through the
bomb bay of large military plane,
but any effort to suspend them be-
tween the wheels would lower the
planes center of gravity and offer
considerable air resistance
Army tanks average from 9 to Is
tons. but the Marine Corps has a
few of tons. ALL however. are un-
suitable for loading beneath or into
transports or bombers.
The United States Army estab-
lished an international record last
August by carrying slightly more
than l5la tons up to 5000 feet at
Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, in a
Bis, four-engine Boeing plane. 1t
is the only plane of its type in Army
possession. The Flying Fortress,
Bit, established another interna-
tional record by carrying 1l,023
pounds to an altitude of 34,025 feet.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Marriage Licenses Increase

ROCKVILLE, Md, July l (Spe-
ciaD One hundred and thirteen
marriage licenses were issued in the
Office of the clerk of Circuit Court
during June, according to Robert
A. Hughes, license clerk. The total
was nearly double the monthly
average for the first five months of
the current year.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
U. S. S. O'Brien Arrives
At Santos, BroziI
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SANTOS, Brazil. July 1.-The
United States destroyer OBrien ar
rived here last night from Rio
Grande do Sui. She is expected to
leave Wednesday for Belem.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Weather Report
Furnished BY the


of ColbiaFair tonight
mostly northwest.
fair continued tonight
fair and continued cool tonight
light southwest portion
West Vrgina-Generaly fair continued tonight
tomorrow, light showers portion
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Bake Sale

The Bykota Society of the Falls
Church (Va) Presbyterian Church
will hold bake sale from II am. to
2 pm. tomorrow at Wares Drug
Store, Lee highway and Broad street
in Falls Church.
Evening star., 1940-07-01

The custom of English parents
selling their children to the Irish
for slaves was prohibited by King
Canute about 1O17.