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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-21
Hints From 300 Women
Used in California House

Three hundred women designed
a house which was recently built
in California by publishers Of q
magazine.
Involving such a wide cross Sec
ton of opinion, Federal Housing Ad-
ministration officials thought the
reactions of the 300 designers toward
certain features would be of gen.
eral interest to other prospective
home owners.
Among some of the opinions ex-
pressed during the novel experiment
were:
reviving my friends when they arrive
wheeling at my door,
Il want easy access to the gar
denny husband hasn't been in
ours for two years"
Il want an ironing board placed
so it can be used from both sides
both of my daughters are left
handed; they'll miss that good ex-
cuse in our new house"
mo steps up and down between
rooms. My mother-in-law came to
spend the week end, slipped on the
step in the dining room and stayed
seven weeks"
Most of them wanted patio, at
tached garage, separate dining
room, covered entrance, front hall
way, powder room, plenty of closets
two bathrooms, package delivery
door, extra bedroom, first-foor
laundry, extra electric outlets.
They didn't want steep drive
way, unwieldly garage doors
changes in level dark entrance hall,
corner windows, round windows
rooms as traffic lanes. insufncient
wall space, telephone in dark cor
ner, drafts, noisy plumbing, panel
ing on four walls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-21
Venetian Blind Tapes
Follow Color Scheme

The color scheme of Venetian
blinds may be changed to fit any
new interior decoration plan the
home owner may devise. Repaint-
ing or repapering room, with new
colors being used. no longer means
the Venetian blinds must be re-
placed or even reprinted. Here is
the secret:
New tapes of various colors are
being manufactured which may be
gummed to the old ones. A color
change may be effected easily and
quickly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-21
Real Estate Tax
Seen as Bar
To Building
Decentralization
In Cities Forced,
Dr.. Husband Saws

A real estate tax burden. pressed
relentlessly on home owners by au-
thorities without regard for true
property values, literally is forcing
those owners and new home seekers
from scores of American cities into
surrounding suburbs, it was charged
today.
Whether the blame lies on present
officials or on existing laws. the
net result is the same. DR.. William
H. Husband, member of the Federal
Home Loan Bank Board, declared.
In either case, these taxes are
discouraging new construction and
often making 1t impossible within
city limits; are destroying the value
of existing properties and are speed
ing unwarranted decentralization"
DR.. Husband said.
He pointed to survey In one
Northeastern city. where the ratio
of tax assessments to actual sales
prices on houses is $50 per cent
within the city limits and LOG per
cent just outside its borders, with
an effective tax rate within the city
of s62, as compared to s26 in the
surrounding suburbs.
He cited other cities of approx
mately 100000 population, where
only one or two new homes were
built all last year.
Adjustment Effort Failed.
And he gave a specific example
of a single property in a New jersey
city, valued at $4,000 by the boards
H. o. L. c. appraisers, on which
the H. o. L. C. sought vainly to get
an adjustment from an assessed
valuation of $4,000.
The trend to decentralization
of some American cities is a natural
one" said DR.. Husband. But in
others, 1t literally is being forced
by high tax rates, resulting in vir-
tual condemnation of neighborhoods
fully as attractive as many suburbs
from standpoint of living and
(See TAX Page R-2(
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-21

usually expected, in the volume of
applications for mortgage insurance
covering new homes. Furthermore
he said, the slight decline from
spring figures in the volume of
homes started is being reversed now
that summer vacations and holidays
are past.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-21
Walls Pointed Olive Green

delightfully."- sunny by huge floor
length windows has paneled walls
painted a soft olive green. This
green is picked up from an antique
French painted medallion set into
the wall. The rug, an Oriental an
tique, combines beige with soft
browns. Valances and straight-hung
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-21
How to Select Trees

Features which should be consid-
cred in selecting trees for landscap-
ing are: Rate of growth, hardness,
length of life, straightness of trunk,
color of bark, symmetry, autumn
colors, comparative freedom from
disease or insect pests, general
shape, flowers and Towering habits,
fruit, shape and color of leaf
Nogales international., 1940-03-16
Some Questions For Mr.. McCaugh

REV. w. R. McGaugh quoted in Thursdays
AN Herald as making the following statement:
"Open gambling in community is in direct
violation of the law and breaks down respect for
the law"
True, Mr.. McGaugh it is in direct violation of the
law and so is any other kind of gambling such as
church raffles lotteries bridge parties gambling in
clubs, gambling behind closed doors, etc. THE LAW
DOES NOT EXEMPT ANY KIND OF GAMBLING.
Mr.. McGaugh, don't you know that anti ti-gambling
laws prevailed last year. the year before the year be-
fore that and the year before that when the fiesta
was financed by gambling Don't you also know that
anti-gambling laws were in effect when gambling ran
wide open here while Andy Bettwy mayor? Why
didn't you take action in those days. particularly the
time when Andy was mayor? YOU COULD HAVE
STOPPED IT THEN.
Don't bet too much against the possibility of Roose
welt being drafted for third term at Chicago Yes
would break long established precedent but there
world of late We do not believe President should
seek or serve third term but we shall not be SUR
prised to see that happen (Coconino Sun)
Nogales international., 1940-03-16
SEEN and HEARD
THE MAIN DRAG

Dapper Charley Bauer delivering
speeches at meetings Of the fiesta
committee. Ia
Nogales international., 1940-03-16

John Jund going to choir prac-
tice.
Nogales international., 1940-03-16

women have been invading the bar
ber shops because there seemed to
be no place left for men to go -
alone, but, the Nogales business and
professional men solve this prob
lem when they join the Mavericks
as wives are not allowed at these
picnic grounds.
And what a barbecue it was, with
good beans perfectly cooked, and all
the trimmings that go to make a
barbecue the best place to eat in
the world.
We are certainly grateful to 1.-THE
Mavericks" but because their indi-
vidual identities were kept so well
hidden, all we can say is THANK
YOU to them and we hope they win
hear us say it."
Sincerely,
r. 81. BIBOLET
Nogales international., 1940-03-16
Law West OF The Pecos

THIS week La Fiesta Mexicana an event which
promised to grow into a force that would rebuild
Nogales, was killed by small group of clergymen
who suddenly became over-zealous on the matter of
law enforcement focusing on gambling. These peo-
pie are unwilling to take into consideration the fact
that Arizona was founded the common law of per-
sonal hberty-do whatever you wish as long as your
actions do not njre others -and that the majority
of the people raised in the West still firm uphold
ers of the old common law.
This country has laws and laws, and laws. Okla
hoa has piece Of foolish legislation to the effect
that when two trains meet at crossing, neither shall
go forward until the other has proceeded This law it
enforced would naturally stop train traffic in short
while But for the common good, it isn't enforced
and busy lawmakers can't seem to find time to repeal
it because all their time is taken up making new, wise
laws.
Another eastern state has law to the effect that
man cannot kiss his wife on Sunday, and no has
vet heard of this law being enforced any
son why it should be. prominent national magazine
recenty ran series of several hundred illustrations
showing the height of assininity to which lawmakers
can reach Arzonans in general resent anything which
nterferes with their pleasure and the welfare Of the
public and while we haven't got around to repealne
all the laws which should be taken off the books Ger
tanv we don't see any reason to enforce piece O.
LEGISLATION which is harmful to the progress Of thC
state.
| Undoubtedly, the only way the law against gam
bling ever got the statute books Was either because
the legislators wanted to keep up appearances or be-
cause they got in poker game with bunch Of card
sharks and on the morning after let haste get the bet
ter of their soundest Judgment
Almost as common as necktie parties in the days of
the old West were the tar and feather festivities gen
To Page F1ve)
Nogales international., 1940-03-16
Fiesta Dies
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merce, secretary; Louis Escalada,
treasurer. These, with Mayor Louis
Hudgin, r. T. Frazier, chairman of
the Santa Cruz County Board of
Supervisors; James Kerson, part
owner of the Cavern Cafe; and
Craig Pottinger, publisher of the
Nogales International, were named
as members of the executive COM
mittee.
The next day-Wednesday after
noon-the committee met with the
Nogales international., 1940-03-16
2m1f1lfR|EBox Fl
Nogales, Ariz.,
March 1st, 1910.

March 1St, 1910.
Mr.. r. T. Frazier,
Long Horn,
Ancient and Honorable
Order of Mavericks,
Corral Number One,
Nogales, Arizona.
Dear r. t.:
Mrs. j. M. Keith, Secretary of
the Arizona Cattle Growers AsSo-
citation writes me as follows:
will you please express our great
appreciation to the Mavericks for
the splendid way in which they en-
tertained the cattlemen who were
at Nogales for our 36th annual con-
vention?
That was one of the incest han
died barbecues I have ever seen and
the beef and beans were delicious.
It was certainly great kindness
for the business men of Nogales
to think of us, for that barbecue
rounded out a perfect convention
from every standpoint"
In the Weekly News Letter pub
lished by the Association, the follow
ing also appears:
"At noon on Tuesday, ''The Nav
ericks" gave a barbecue in honor of
the visiting stockmen at their picnic
grounds on the Jim Harrison ranch
north and east of Nogales. "The
Mavericks are bunch of Nogales
business and professional men who
80 out to this retreat once a month
for a rest from the weary care OF
the world
We have always felt badly since
Nogales international., 1940-03-16
Political
Announcements
For Senator

1 hereby announce myself as
a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for State Senator,
subject to the decision of the
voters at the Democratic pri-
marieS in September.
JAMES A. HARRISON
Nogales international., 1940-03-16
Nogales Suffers Great Loss
By Death OF Annual Fiesta

THE damage that handful OF persons can 90 TO a
community in keeping tourists away was never bet
ter demonstrated than on Wednesday OF this week
when protestant ministers took step that meant the
death knel Of La Fiesta Mexlcana Tor severaI years
Nogales' biggest annual event and THE ONLY AN
NUAL COMMUNITY CELEBRATION ON "A
LARGE SCALE EVER HELD IN THIS CITY.
Refusal of the pastors and particularly their ring
leader Rev w. R. McGaugh, to allow four days OF
gambling to finance the 1910 celebration led to the
death of the fiesta at 4:42 pm Thursday Principal
credit f it can be called cred for the passing OF the
fiesta rests on the shoulders of Rev. McGaugh VINO
acted as spokesman for the group (McGaugh, Rev: g.
Frank Swan and Rev. Charles E. Howe) at meeting
"Wednesday with a committee of businessmen formed
Tuesday night to handle the 1910 fiesta.
In his antagonism toward fiesta gambling it is our
opinion that Rev McGaugh is inconsistent for the fol-
lowing reasons
Rev. McGaugh lived here when Andy Bettwy
was mayor. He knew that while BettWy was the
city's chief executive gambling ran wide open,
day and night month after month"; IN flagrant
violation of the law Did he lift hand to stop
that gambling? HE DID NOT.
Gambling ran during the first annual 1886 IL
esta McGAUGH DIDN'T STOP II.
Gambling ran during the second annual 1881
fiesta. McGAUGH DIDN'T STOP 1T.
Gambling ran during the 1898 fiesta. Nc
GAUGH DIDN'T STOP IT:
Gambling ran during the 1889 hesta NC
GAUGH DIDN'T STOP 1T.
Gambling was just illegal during the wide
open days of the Bettwy administration, and the
= fiesta days of 1885, 37, '38 and '39, as it would
have been had it been allowed this year.
GAMBLING IS JUST AS ILLEGAL IN A
BRIDGE GAME, A BINGO GAME, A CHURCH
RATTLE, A LOTTERY, IN A CLUB, AND BE-
HIND ANY CLOSED DOORS, AS GAMBLING
AT A FIESTA.
It seems unfair to us that group OF ministers car
halt an annual celebration here when there is no IN
reference with such celebrations in other towns.
In the above paragraph We have reference to Tue
son, Phoenix, and Prescott.
Gambling prevailed at two places In Tucson durn{
the annual rodeo last month and we are informed !
is yearly feature at the annual events in Phoenl
and Prescott We are also informed that it runs W1d
open ALL THE TIME in at least three Arizona towns
The ministers in those towns apparently are pub
ic-sprited and broadninded and do not care to take
steps that they feel might hurt their communities
might kill their annual fiestas.
THE ATTITUDE OF THE MINISTER'S, PAR
TICULARLY REV. McGAUGH, HAS HURT NO
GALES IMMENSELY. It has halted the coming her
of thousands of tourists and other VISITORS therefore
it has hurt Nogales business for those visitors eac
year during the fiesta spent thousands OF dollars
Nogales.
With fortyfive percent increase in tourists In AT
Zona this winter there was more OF reason tnan eve
before why the fiesta should have been kept alive TN
year Tourists as rule go where there IS some enter
tanment THEY DO NOT LINGER LONG In
TOWN THAT IS TOO STRAIGHT LACED.
Attitude of the clergy in advocating too strlnger
Nogales international., 1940-03-16
For Supervisor

hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the Democratic
nomination for County Super
visor in District No. 3, subject to
the decision of the voters at the
Democratic primaries September
10.
JEFF PARKER
Nogales international., 1940-03-16

enforcement of the prohibition laws brought about
peal few years ago.
Attitude of such preachers as the McGaugh type in
advocating too stringent enforcement of the gambling
laws is going to do than anything else toward
lifting the bans on gambling and throwing the state
wide open at the election this fall
Nogales international., 1940-03-16
JEFF PARKER

Revs. McGaugh, Swan and Charles
E. Howe, at the city council cham
bers and after learning that at least
one, and maybe two of the trio,
could not be budged in their attitude
against gambling, the following mo-
tion.. made by Craig Pottinger. was
passed: a
THE MOTION
"That La Fiesta Mexicana, born
April Is, 1886, be declared Offici-
ally dead at 4:42 PM, March IL,
1910, because of the attitude of
the NOgales Ministerial Associa-
tion and particularly that Of Rev.
w. r.. McGaugh."
The motion was seconded by
Committeeman Louis Escalada and
carried. Thus La Fiesta Mexicana,
a. big annual event that we all look
ed forward to, an event that at
tracted thousands here and adver-
tised Nogales extensively, passed
out of existence.
Nogales international., 1940-03-16

Group Of school children debating
whether La Fiesta Mexicana should
be kept alive and those in favor Of
the celebration far in the majority.
Evening star., 1940-05-10
This Changing World
u. S. Wotches Jopon and Mexico as Nozis
Blost Way Into Low Countries
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

The White Department are busy building fences
developments
boEnsfr &c.. u..uou.u....
the Netherlands Belgium to what viii happen
their colonial possessions being
careiully scrutinized by administration ofncials
Berlin has informed Hague that the
OF their countries Ito foresta germany
enlr1 VIII lose their colonial possessions.
aosnas welfare Que great extent to the wealth
Belgian Congo The Dutch by Japan and the
frequently have spoken OF the Belgian
epacemen OF the colonies they lost after
Totaliaran Coalition Seen.
me given Holland possessions
public opinion soften United states was hound to
at news OF tne invasion Of the low countries.
It said IN responsible quarters that the power of
s 70 prevent Japan from making Indies
struggle. N " . " ~ S'"
Information reached quarters in Washington some time ago
mere is definite understanding between oatarian
about the division the
ing the power Of the western democracies ~
Aecoone reports which considered reliable Japan was prom
East Indies ndoChna In order tn nrexsr @ f
between h and the r. the Eastern China
Mussons reward while dominate Europe and
'e gonuonng influence over the other states
The plan at first fantastic but there are strong
believe that the agreement which b
Soc sanee nedieows as Russia Japan Germany
v,, n. O 8 Fleet on Guard at
WIN Britain and France deadly struggle and GERMANY
tn oerest war in her long history can be
Sne wants In the Southern - ~ 'o'0o "1A"'
M order issued the fleet was given
n week when every indication attack against Ho
II is hoped that this desired effect in ToEio
.d NOBODY knows what Toxic when
iesr tne intervention Of only States
There also are increasing the trouble which has
1he Geran ha m co o the last few months
hemisphere. ~ "'i anywhere else on This
Reich feels that its chances obtaining decisive victory
help to the shape war materials per
out things Across th s @ becomes worried Strengthening
vne no rande the for the
necessarily will be kept in this country because of
Evening star., 1940-05-10
Purse Snotcher's Head Drum
For Woman Tom-T ON PIover

A tom tom player In a ladies
Oriental band beat a tattoo last
night on the head Of colored purse
snatcher who fed with 40 cents as
If for his life.
Mrs. Helen Luckett. 81, of 1910
Orren street NE. and Miss Grace
Andrews Of 200 Massachusetts, ave.
nue. NV. were going home after
participating in a concert by the
Ladies Oriental Shrine of North
America.
The two women were carving
their tom toms and drum sticks
at Eleventh street and Florida ave-
nue. NV, when the thief seized
Mrs. Luckett's purse. containing 40
cents.
Mrs. Luckett held to the purse and
was jerked from her feet. She fell
to the pavement. Meanwhile. Miss
Andrews, q stenographer in the War
Department, unlimbered her drum
sticks.
She beat at her friends assail-
ant until he fed and then chased
him several blocks. Miss Andrews
expressed indignation today at the
reluctance Of passing motorists and
pedestrians to join in the chase. The
thief escaped.
Evening star., 1940-05-10
Immediote Needs

open For the defense of the hemisphere
ana l0OOOO would
of regular troops trained need
appropriation of $74oO0000 for initial
100000 for material appropriations should made
tomorrow is estimated to accuulate
the reserve material And the
hano may be judged by the fact that would take
step a
a mllion-man continuously field
1t may seem amst to talk strong need for
strengthened national defense
could still depend the British French Army to
enoy world dominance while
expect an allied defeat it also incredibly begin
tRelased by the North Newspaper Alliance. Inc,
Evening star., 1940-05-10

A purse containing a similar
amount Of change was stolen last
night from Miss Margaret McTwip-
gan, 10, of 45l8 Fifth street NV.
while she was in st. Gabriel's
Church, at Grant Circle.
Catching up the purse from the
seat in front Of Miss McTwiggan, a
young man dashed from the church
and fed north on Seventh street
NV.
Elizabeth Lindsey, colored, clerk
In an ice cream store at 1913 Yer
mont avenue NV. was held up at
the point Of knife last night and
robbed of 81. The man took the
money from the cash register and
fled.
Evening star., 1940-05-10
on the charge of employer domi-

on the charge Of employer domi-
nance"
The labor board. of course, can
in its petition for review, denounce
the courts decision and comment
as broadly in reply, but it is rather
unusual to find a public statement
ever issued to the newspapers by
any administrative commission in
Washington calling Federal judges
"unjudicial' or "intemperate" in
their opinions. Perhaps the nearest
to precedent was when Secretary
Wallace political officer of the
Government-but who was criticized
for failing to give a fair hearing in
a quasi-judicial proceeding, came
Evening star., 1940-05-10

u1OltlOIlS Oh Qc-
mocracy in ac-
tion, 81 n c e
Runnymede. In
permitting Par
lament to casti-
gate to its hearts
content the gov
ernment's bungle
in Norway, and
then giving Mr..
Chamberlain q
vote OF conn.
dence-that is a
demonstration Of
the Anglo-Saxon
wav nf life.
Evening star., 1940-05-10

Navy dncul credit Army
hairraisng Critical supplies which
manufacture lacking in departments
example the Of which ought
obu the
September Last September the Army possessed total
fixed or about many as the English defend
then the magnificent
ona has been ordered which the Army officers frankly
would make it just possible defend New York City
In truth at the beginning the the United
largely mythical organization it consists
composed Regular National troops
Actually there only Regular Army National
oops
which the skeleton one
corps Despite the excellence the
and the dobe devotion Of their work the Army simply
ready to take the field except unequipped body.
The fault tearing the War Depr
mnt to pieces and partly appropang which puts the
Army professional at the amateurs
the White House and the Congress Nor has the
improved yet by the appropriations
Immediate Needs
AS passed by the House the Army
eas SoOOO OF prov1dng the ordinary necessities
Evening star., 1940-05-10
The Capitol Parade
Stote Of U. S. Defense Called Shoeka1:
vitoI Supplies Reported Locking

by JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KNTNER.
1t clearly possible that within comparatively
rest OF the world will be dominated BY ruthless dynaay sxpand
the most wfuly beginning
American national defense
action results
is downright shocking
The leading ofcials publicly
that our Navy hardly than
Evening star., 1940-05-10

CRUCIAL supplies as anti-aircraft guns,
machine guns and other artillery,
tanks and air warning apparatus.
And 1t does not include a penny for
reserve material, which is almost as
important to an army taking the
field as initial equipment.
An army of 462 900 men is ad-
mittedly ridiculously inadequate to
defend this hemisphere from the
possible attack to which our naval
deficiencies NAV some day Law l1s
Evening star., 1940-05-10

out in public criticism of Chief
Justice Hughes.
The New Deal commissions pro-
test that they are quasi-judicial.
but they will be considered to have
departed from the usual amenities,
not merely when they argue their
cases in the press outside of their
own formal opinions, but when
they engage in verbal characterize
tons Of the Federal judges.
Reproduction Rights Reserved.)
Evening star., 1940-05-10
Labor Board
Rap at Court
Decision Hit
Aseney's Attitude
On Rulings Of
Justices Cited
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

The members of the United States
Court of Appeals throughout the
country must understand hereafter
that they should not reverse the
rulings Of the National Labor Rela-
tions Board-at least the board has
started an unprecedented campaign
OF lecturing the courts which is
certainly new way to tell the Fed
eral judiciary how to behave.
If private litigant issued a state
ment denouncing the decision of
Evening star., 1940-05-10

President has q
third-term NOM
ination in his
gr sp, tina t
doubt was re-
moved by the
sweeping victory
Of the third
termers over the
Garner slate of
delegates In the
California pri-
mary.
There never
was any SUBJ
stance to the
Garner Presi.
a . - \ SA1 49,
Evening star., 1940-05-10

T. IL z " i I Z u J y
Court of Ap-
peals. it would
probably create
a sensation and
everybody would
be inqui r n g
" h e t er the
company's coun-
sci was in his
right mind.
T he L a b o r
Board statement
says.
"The language
Of the majority
opinion (of the