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Evening star., 1941-03-01
New Insulation
Made OF Mineral
Wool Is Described
Lomppost Cote Light
And Humidificution
System Also Listed
BY DOROTHY DUCAS and
ELIZABETH GORDON.

Perhaps it seems like rushing the
season TO dwell on problems Of
spring building, but there are so
many decisions to make about that
new house you want to start build
kag the minute the frost gets out Of
the ground that you really should
have been poging over catalogues
and plans all winter long.
OF course you want your new
home 10 be insulated. Not only Is
"a iuBulated house tighter and
easier 10 heat, but it is cheaper to
keep warm in winter and cool in
summer. SO you will be interested
in hearing OF a new insulation of
the mineral-wool variety.
This mineral wool is of dark
color and soft, fluffy texture and
comes in blankets or bats with a
moisture-resistant paper on one
side. The asphalt impregnated
paper side always must be installed
1dClIlk lllC 11CdGCO l11GCI4O4 Va VIZ
house. whether the insulation goes
in walls, attic roofs or floors, to
serve as protection against the
passage of indoor moisture vapor
through the walls.
The mineral wool itself is said to
be er-repellant. This Is impor-
tant. for when insulation abSorbs
moisture it usually loses a good deal
of its insulating value. So proud are
the makers of this special water
repellant insulation that they invite
you to make test to prove it. They
suggest you drop some of the min
eral wool in glass of water and
see how 1t floats. Even If the water
is heated to 140 degrees Fahrenheit,
which temperature an attic can
reach in summer, the material won't
absorb water and sink, they say.
This insulative wool is fire-resiSt-
ant, too, because of the raw ma
terials from which it is made. We
tried to burn some, and even though
we laid a lighted match on it and
the match burned to the end, the
wool did not ignite.
Another important feature Is the
resiliency of the fibers of the wool,
making it natural for the insulation
to hold its position in walls or CELL
ings. A special test wall panel with
insulation in it, placed on bounc-
ing machine which lifted and
dropped the panel one-quarter of
an inch 27,84O times. showed only
a negligible settling, fourteen-thou-
sandths of the original volume. Set
thing is very important, for if wool
tends to sag after it is installed 1t
leaves an uninsulated portion of
upper wall, permitting transmission
of heat
This insulating wool is a nom
conductor of electricity and may be
used around wiring without worry
ing about fire in case of short cir
cults. 1t is easily installed by tack
ing the paper f1anges to the studs,
and it is light in weight adding no
extra load to structural members.
The material costs about 5 to 9
cents a square foot, depending on
thickness desired.
Evening star., 1941-03-01
Silver Star
Continued From Page BID

crete. A built-n garage is another
feature.
The Silver Star Homes Commit
tee, which selected the Spring VII
lage residence as the second ex-
hibit home of the year, found the
house of unusually sound construc-
ton and said high-grade materials
were used throughout. The commit
tee, composed of five housing ex-
perts, is headed by James S. Taylor
Of the Federal Housing Administra-
ton. The other members are Edwin
H. Rosengarten, builder. member of
the firm of Davis, Wick & RoSen-
garten; Irwin S. Porter, prominent
architect; Waverly Taylor, preSi-
dent of the Washington Real Estate
Board, and John Nolen, jr., of the
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission.
The dwelling includes a living
room, II by 18 feet; a dining room,
10 feet 8 inches by II feet; kitchen,
8 feet inches by 10 feet 8 inches.
with screened porch opening off
the dining room.
The master bedroom, II feet by IS
feet, has a private bath. Another
bedroom measures 10 feet 8 inches
by 18 feet, and the third bedroom
is 9 feet 8 inches by 15la feet. Ample
closet space is provided in all three
bedrooms, and, in addition, there
are two linen closets.
The exposed walls of the structure
are furred, and four inches Of rock
wool were placed above the second
floor ceiling as insurance against
heat loss. Cutters, flashings, valleys
and pipes all are of copper, while
the roof is of slate.
Other features include silent light
switches, copper screens and a full
basement.
The home and the Spring Village
development are located near shop
ping areas, schools and churches
Eleven homes are being built in the
development at the present time,
and the builder is planning to erect
%. The William H. Saunders Co.
is handling sales for the develop
ment.
Evening star., 1941-03-01

ment houses, to cost more than ST.
064, 900; in the borough of Brooklyn,
for one-family dwellings, to cost
nearly $675 900, and for apartment
houses, to cost $685. 900; in the bor-
ough of Manhattan, for apartment
houses, to cost 81 ,687 900, and for an
Office building, to cost $500,000; in
the borough of Queens, for one-fam-
lily dwellings, to cost approximately
81 269 900, and for apartment houses,
to cost in excess of SN,784 900; in
Philadelphia, Pa, for stores, to cost
over $679, 200; in Chicago, Ill, for
one-famiIy dwellings, to cost almost
81 ,305, 900, and for factories, to cost
$772,000; in Peoria, Ill, for hos
pital, to cost $575,000; in Jefferson
vile, Ind, for warehouses, to cost
S708, 900; in Detroit, Mich, for one
family dwellings, to cost approxi-
mately $2,837, 900; in Cleveland, Ohio,
for apartment houses, to cost $780,
600; in Columbus, Ohio, for ware
houses, to cost S2,607 900; in San
dusky, Ohio, for TINT and DNT fac
tory, to cost over S9,3S8 600; in
Washington, D. c., for one-family
dwellings, to cost in excess of $685., :
900: for apartment houses, to cost
1854 900, and for municipal arm
ory, to cost nearly $2,526 900; in Mi
ami, Fla, for one-family dwellings,
to cost almost 1884, 900; in Baltimore,
Md, for one-family dwellings, to
cost 900; in Austin, Tex, for
State University buildings, to cost
s515. 900; in Corpus Christi, Tex. for
an extension of the bay front, to
cost $500,000; in Houston, Tex, for
one-fanily dwellings, to cost nearly
1894 600; in San Antonio, Tex, for
a warehouse, to cost over 81 ,589 600;
in Albuquerque, N. Mex, for airport
buildings, to cost 81, ,187 900; in Bur-
bank, Calf, for one-family dwell
ings, to cost nearly S646,000; in Los
Angeles, Calf, for one-family dwell
ings, to cost almost $3,549, 900, and
Evening star., 1941-03-01
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS.

Houses of glass are realities today
and, if you want to give any house
modern air. try to make the
windows seem important. One way
is to frame them in a group by
covering the wall aHd leaving the
glass exposed. A comparison of the
two sketches above shows that this
may be done even though the
windows are unevenly spaced. The
cream colored walls, glass curtains
and window shades are the same
in both and the same two-toned
green rug and the same lamp and
pictures are used. The couch and
cushions are also the same but the
covers are new.
An inexpensive chintz with gray
Evening star., 1941-03-01
Rent Rise Prompts
Building Expansion

One factor which has stimulated
building expansion has been the up
ward tendency of rents, according
to the Alexander Hamilton Institute.
No great, rise has occurred SO far,
but the movement toward a higher
level has been persistent. The Ma
tional Industrial Conference Boards
rent index rose to 86.5 in January
from 1854 in December and from the
1899 low of 849 in June of that year.
With a record number of people
now employed, with wages at high
level and with industrial activity
likely to be maintained at a high
rate due to the defense program, the
prospect is that rents will continue
to rise, the institute said.
Evening star., 1941-03-01
HoIting Mold Growth

Sometimes the painted exterior
of buildings which appear to be
stained by SCOT are really affected
with mold growth. To counteract
this growth see that no moisture is
seeping through from underneath
the paint, and, when recoating use
a paint formula of a plastic water
proof nature which contains but a
minimum of food for mold growth
If these measures do not correct
the condition, certain fungicides
NAV be added to the paint.
Evening star., 1941-03-01

Calf, for one-family dwellings, to
cost nearly $1,318,000; in Everett,
Wash, for a cantonment camp, to
cost nearly 1882 900, and in Seattle,
Wash, for one-family dwellings, to
cost almost $714,000.
Evening star., 1941-03-01

for apartment houses, to cost nearly
81 ,036,000 in Oakland, Calf, for
one-family dwellings, to cost approx
imately $504,0O0; in San Diego,
Calf, for one-family dwellings, to
cost $1,274,000; in. San Francisco,
Evening star., 1941-03-01
BUYS Riverside Property

Claude Tschiffely of Washington
has purchased the old home and
property of r. Kennedy Hanson,
located on the Potomac River near
Riverside, Md. He plans to restore
the place.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-24
MAKES REPORT ON.
RETURNS AS FILED
SEVENTY PERCENT ON Busr-
NESS AND SIXTY PERCENT
ON RESIDENCES

Gilbert Freeman. representa-
tive Of Comptroller William
Lee, today was informed by
County Tax Assessor Claude A.
Gandolfo that 40 percent of
Monroe county business opera
tors have filed personal property
returns, while about so per cent
of the residence returns have
been filed.
Freeman telephoned from Tai
lahassee for a report on assess
ment figures here, which it is UNI
derstood will be used in an adj
dress on taxes by Gov. Spessard
L. Holland tonight.
Gandolfo, who said he was
pleased by the response of Mon
roe county residents in getting
their returns to him, warned
that there will be no further ex-
tension of time beyond the pres
ent deadline, Saturday.
Gandolfo said he was instruct
ed by Freeman to explain to
those who have not filed returns
that penalties will be attached
Immediately when the deadline
is passed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-24

WOULD END ANTI
BRITISH ATTITUDE
eRy A~so~insea PRESS,

LONDON, July Foreign
Minister Anthony Eden today
called on Spanish Premier Gen.
Francisco Franco to end his anti
British attitude, or suffer a
withdrawal of Britain's economic
aid in Spain.
Speaking before the house of
commons. Eden said Franco had
failed to show good win toward
Britain in a recent address, in
which he spoke of an inevitable
Axis victory.
Without good will on the part
of Spain, Eden explained, there
can be no continuation of pres
ent British economic assistance
to the civil war torn country.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-24
FOUR DEFENDANTS
MUST LEAVE CITY.
ORDER ISSUED BY JUDGE AL
BURY PRESIDING AT
CRIMINAL COURT

Louis FrideH and Lillian Fri
dell, charged with vagrancy, and
Thelma Mackey and Willard
Cobble, charged with open use
of profane language, today were
ordered to leave Key West by
Judge William ". Albury, hold
ing criminal court in chambers.
Judge Albury instructed Sher-
Tiff Berlin Sawyer to detail a
deputy to take the four to the
bus and see that they actually
leave the city. Sentence in all
four cases viii be deferred from
day to day. giving the judge au-
thority to impose sentence if
any of the defendants ever ap-
pear here in the future.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-24
House Committee Recommends
! Approval Of Program Citing
improvements At Key West
sns Associated Press,

tAts hSNuctattu ffeaHt
WASHINGTON, July 24.-The
house appropriations committee
today recommended approval of
1921 ,428, 500 public works pro-
gram at navy yards and stations
in an $4,000, 100000 supplemental
national defense appropriation
measure.
Expenditures recommended in
the committee report include:
Key West naval station-Hous-
ing for enlisted men, laundry and
ammunition storage facilities,
1892, 900; floating crane, 100000;
35-ton locomotive crane, $50, 900,
additional facilities for Key West
naval air station, 1915, 900.
The committee also recon-
mended 100000 for construction
of two swimming pools at Guam
tanamo Bay, Cuba.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-24
Italians Hit warship

Italian bombers were declared
in Rome to have damaged a Brit
ish battleship, sinking a destroyer
and several merchant ships. and
shooting down seven Raj fight
ers In an attack on a convoy.
The Italian communique said
two British ships, one of $4,000
tons and another of 10000 were
destroyed by torpedo-carrying
planes.
London countered with the
claim that three Axis ships, to-
falling 10000 tons, were destroyed
in Mediterranean attack.
Neither Berlin nor Moscow
made any specific claims in
ground warfare during the day.
According To Plan"
The German high command, de-
scribing stubborn Russian resist
ance and difficult terrain, said
the invasion. was proceeding
slowly, but according to plan"
Moscow said heavy fighting
was continuing along the entire
frontier, with a strong German
push near Smolensk, but the de-
tenders were said to be holding
their own.
British military leaders, mean
while, intimated that the German
army may be slowing down for a
rest and a chance to replace equip
ment It was pointed out in Lon
don that the Nazi army usually
relaxes its pressure after about
two weeks of fighting in every
campaign. and it has now been
fighting steadily for more than
two weeks since the last slowup
in Russia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-24
Charles FrowiJRussell Died
Last Night From Electric
Shock AT Local Navy Yard

Naval and civil authorities to-
day launched separate investiga-
tons into the death of Charles
Frow Russell, 45-year-old civilian
electricians helper, who was
electrocuted while working on a
steel girder at the station last
night.
Lieut.. Comdr Henry L. Naff,
navy public relations officer, an
nounced an officers board of in
quiry was formed this morning to
study the accident. Russells
death was the second within the
week at the navy station, follow
ing the drowning Sunday morn
ing of Carl Minor, negro cook.
Magistrate Franklin Arenberg
meanwhile had named a coroner's
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-24
new SERIAL
BEGINS TODAY

Luella Pell, lovely wife of the
handsome Henry Pell, begins her
honeymoon with only one small
reservation. 1t is that Henry
may not have forgotten Marie
Mason, the girl from their home
town who went to New York and
made a great name on the air.
And as "Heartbreak Honey
moon, the new Associated Press
serial, opens, Henry and Luella
are themselves about to begin a
new life in New York, where
Henry has captured a good new
job.
1t was hard to avoid hearing
Marie's lovely voice, because it
was forever coming out of every
loudspeaker in the neighborhood.
1t was equally hard to avoid ask
ing Marie up for dinner-after
all she was an old friend.
But it was just as difficult for
Henry to refuse Marie's offer of
help to get him into radio, and
that was where the tangle start
ed. Marie had been in love with
Henry, once upon a time, and
Marie had the atmosphere of a
new and glamorous world about
her. Luella found the competi-
ton difficult.
What Luella did about it you
will find in 'Heartbreak Honey
moon. beginning in The Citizen
today.
Watkins E. Wright, whose
'Heartbreak Honeymoon is the
new Associated Press serial, has
been represented once before in
this list. That was with Magic
Spring, but for it MIR. Wright,
who needs two names because he
writes many novels, used the
pseudonym Allen Eppes.
Mr.. Wright was born in Vir-
ginia, and although now he lives
in New York he has spent much
time in those states, and often
uses them as settings for his
stories.
He first broke into" the writ
ing game as a high school stu
dent in Asheville N. c. That was
with a play called "Put 1t On
The Map, which was first per-
formed professionally and later
published Another play. Helen
Preferred. was done for the ra-
do. His fiction has appeared in
great many magazines, among
them the New Yorker, College
Humor and Young's.
For more than eight years he
has been unders Gcptract to two
book publishers, and has pub
ished long list of novels. of
which Hearts Haven" is one of
the most popular.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-24
Army Chief Of Staff Urges
Roosevelt Be Given Power
10 Hold Army Indefinitely.
STRANGE LOOKING
"HOG" BANANAS
ARE GROWN HERE

a twist in natures plan
ming department has given 10
Mrs. Charles Beccaise. e37
Olivia street. one of the
strangest looking hog ba-
nanas the neighbors can re-
member.
It's d triplef, all in one.
with the ends Of three ba-
nanas plainly disiingaishable.
but the top part all. growing
into single fruit.
Owners of banana plants
here say they have seen
plenty Of doubles. but never
a triple until this one.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-24
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MEN ELIGIBLE FOR
SELEcTIVE SERVICE
URGED TO REGISTER

Young men of Key West
who have reached their
iwenty-first birthdays. but
who have failed to register
for army selective service. are
making themselves liable for
serious trouble. Miss Eliza
Barrota. draft board secre-
tarY. declared today.
All men who reached the
age of I'll after Oct. l6. 1910.
were ordered TO register for
duty July /, but Miss Bar
rofa said a number of the
eligible men have been drift
ing into her office TO register
in the past few weeks.
Miss Barrota urged Key
Westers knowing of young
men who have moi register
ed to warn them that they
are liable TO prosecution and
imprisonment If thev fail 10
appear al once.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-24
ALUMINIUM DRIVE
GETS UNDERWAY
COLLECTIONS BEING MADE
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS
OF CITY

Aluminium contributions to the
nations defense this afternoon
were being picked up in trucks
all over Key West as the joint
Lions Club-state defense coun-
sill drive opened at 2 o'clock.
Boy scouts and members of
other children's groups, after a
meeting with Mrs. William r.
Warren yesterday afternoon at
La Concha park, began a house
toulouse canvass early in the
day.
One of the first contributions
was brought to The Citizen Of
flee early this morning when
Staff Sgt. George H. Nodine un-
loaded collection of aluminium
articles assembled at army bar
racks.
Mrs. Warren, chairman of the
woman's committee of the state
defense council. urged all house
wives to unearth as many old
cooking utensils and similar art
icleS as possible.
Aluminium articles will be
piled on the courthouse lawn as
the collection progresses. Twelve
trucks, each with a Lions club
member, were patrolling the city
in the afternoon, while the
county Jail work gang was help
ing in the roundup.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-24
War Secretary Offers Bitter
Criticism OF Wheeler's Move
Urging Protests On Training
my Associates Press)

WASHINGTON, July "a
Senator Burton X. Wheeler, Mon
tana isolationist, is threading
very near the line Of subversivc
activity. against the United States,
il not of treason, War Secretary
Henry r. Stimson told press con-
ference today.
Stimson said Wheeler had or
dered 100000 post cards from
the government printing office,
which he intended to send 10 men
and officers of the armed forces
asking them to protest against an
extension of training time
The war secretary declared
only a few Of the cards had been
found by the war department
The cards, StiInson charged,
bear Wheeler's frank, permitting
them to 60 through the mails
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-24

Furious aerial activity domi-
mated the European war on three
fronts yesterday as the Nazi luft-
waffle bombed Moscow for the
third time and claimed destruc-
ton of III Russian and 54 British
planes in the last "a hours,
Moscow said the German raid
was of little Importance, with
only eight or 10 bombers actually
reaching the city, but Berlin
claimed heavy damage and re-
ported vast new fires raging in the
heart of the Russian capital.
German bombers during the
night were blasting at scattered
cities on both east and west
coasts Of England, and the Royal
Air Force smashed back with its
third straight night of lombard
ment at Frankfort-on-Mai and
Cologne.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-24
No Settlement Reached As
Yet In LdbOreTs' WdkOut

have demanded--a pay boost
from 40 cents to 61k cents an
hour.
Luis Avila, president of the
white laborers' union, said yester-
day his office had not called the
strike, and he refused to attend
a meeting last night at which
members of the group agreed to
stay off the job until their pay
demands are met.
With j. r.. Davis, president of
the negro laborers, presiding at a
joint meeting, the striking work
men last night heard McAllister
plead for return to work.
After hearing both McAllister
and w. p Thurston, president of
Thurston Construction company,
the laborers voted to remain off
the job. They agreed not to
picket.
Thurston, describing the situa-
ton before leaving for the meet
ing at Lieutenant Fay's office to-
day, said it appeared the laborers
would be forced to hold a new
election before negotiations could
continue.
The strike affects the Thurston
company, Southeastern Construc-
ton company and the Mackle
company, all working on navy
projects, as well as the Paul H.
Smith Construction company,
working on a low cost housing
project.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-24
Opposes Measure By Sen-
ator Taft To Fix Service
Training AT Sixteen
Months
tRy Associates Press,

tBy Associated PressD
WASHINGTON. July 24.-Gen.
George c. Marshall army chief
Of staff. said today he would OPP
pose compromise measure pre-
senied by Senator Robert Taft
tR.-o.). which would fix selec-
tive service training at Is
months. instead of the original
year.
General Marshall declared he
would approve Taft's compromise
as having merit in times of
peace, but that under present
conditions it would be impos-
sible to determine when and
where a full strength army
would be needed.
The general has urged that
Congress declare an unlimited
national emergency, giving Presi-
dent Roosevelt power to hold the
army indefinitely.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-24
|RfPORTBbORDER CLASH BETWEEN JAPS
and RUSSIANS ON SIBERIAN FRONTIER.
Long Expected ShowdOwn
By Japan In Pacific
Appears Definitely On
On The Way
my Associated I.reaal


NEW YORK. July 24.--Japan's
long expected military show.
down in the Pacific today APP
peared definitely on the way IS
reports reached here Of border
clash between japanese and Rus
sian soldiers on The Siberian
frontier. and of fleet ccncenira-
lions off the French Indo- China
coast.
News of fighting between the
Japanese and Russians came from
Shanghai. where il had been un-
confirmed this morning. The
clash was said TO have occurred
last night at several points along
the border.
Tokyo clarnpsd an aia tight
censorship on all news emanating
from the island empire, and
Japanese military men in Shang
hal said they knew nothing Of tIle
alleged clash.
Labor party leaders at Sidney,
Australia, asked an emergency
meetins "a parlian % study
the alarming Far East situation.
Reports from French Indo-
China, meanwhile, said Japanese
forces had hoisted the rising sun
flag in northern sections of the
colony, and Japanese battleships
were said to have doomed up off
the southern coast
British reports from Shanghai
said Japanese naval units were
standing off shore near the I'M
finished French naval base at
Cam-ranh Bay, and it was freely
predicted in London the invasion
would be launched at any mo-
ment.
Paris newspapers said Vichy
had agreed to all japanese de-
mands, and stands ready to give
naval and airbases to the Tokyo
government in return for prom
Uses to maintain order in the
Far East.
Washington and London made
no official comment ON the Jap
anese moves, but It Is understood
the two capitals are ready to inn
pose stringent regulations the
moment an invasion OF French
Indo- China is launched.