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Evening star., 1941-02-22
Marriage License
Applications

William G. Moxley. "a. 4914 Belt rd NV,
and June E. Southcomb, 20. 41l5 Wis
conSin ave. n.W.i the Rev. Emanuael A.
Vernon H. Spencer "a. Army War College
and Alice Schwarber, 80. 4105 Wis
consin ave. NV; the Rev. Simpson B.
Harold W. Blakeley. AZ, Fort Bragg, N. c.,
snd 1n MIS- Louise Hyman Bqltman; 80;
3O2S Porter st. n w; the Rev. Robert
Irwin Paul Beard, jr.. 90. 437 18th st..
Sc, and Sylvia Hemler, 20, Gettysburg,
Raxisy. 81, both of 81 Soth St. I'm nv; :,
Frederick E Ducker, ~ Fort Eustis, Va,
.,, St NV; the Rev. J. W. Rustin.
sh5sy nx G and PaFnf Ruth a. WaSa 3ansna s sg67
ELS q Rhoads ads % e 1SI7 fE = T. hT h1Suf and
Benedict K GglDcs4d E SE9 2G M si4s Srfni 10th st.
ny. nv, and Margaret T. Johnson 26i; 2i;
Robert / johnson. "a 1901 3rd st. Sc,
shire ave. NV; the Rev. Solomon Metz.
AFnRF % e and ausfss Msfy Fl flman l1aG1 Maine 5gf
BRYANT st. ne; the Rev. Richard M.
Richard II. Lewis "a. 44g Luray pI. NV,
and Frances Elizabeth Mccormick. 20,
SAA4Na6bE LII Tie NV I4tu buSCI-
Kendall Geidon. 30. Upper Darby, Pa.
and Edith Paxson. 81. l44l Pennsyl-
ee ne and nd co6stsace s2n 6 G. Burke @ oVf Ss Vista s
ae1frs Md r fhe psfEer Rfy 81 J. 55os soGm'n s
Veteria, smith, 80. 7O2 Langston ter.
vs1ts- pw; she Rev oT d99s d99 pno,
ave- nW ma and f Louise 6 Duggfns hnoGe as 1fa iaa
New Jersey ave. NV; the Rev. J. E.
Edwin B. williams. 81. aa1 4th st. NV.
and Mozella Anna Marshall "a, Ar
lington, Va; the Rev. F. j. Jones.
Cicero J. Fruzes, "a. 1743 St NV.
snd s6s ks7 AdA j. IsRK K Bnlii a9 1897 Irwin st me-
Rober, White, q, 54i5 sherdon pl. Sc,
and Alberta Smith 10 243l Hyde I'd.
Sc; the Rev. Wiley Weestray.
ef St E o"I1 and ANN NJ wi!!amson S~anh 5si
g. RustbuTg Va; the Reey. F; l; Henry.
Samuel W Dinkins, "a. 3009 Georgia
Ss9e Aisbama ave- t-H@ Sc! : the Esv John
Norman W. Clemens, 81. and Francis L.
Harry. Is, both Of $50 V st. ne; Judge
Andrew W St John. %. Naval Research
Laboratory,, and Annabel F. HAYNES, 20,
Clarence E. Edmonson. "a sos PennsyI-
2n'z sons aHs Fed apd 9Se Ys9a Re4 e w yagshn g65
Everett Brooks. "a. Ills 7th st. ne. and
Thelma I. Harris, 81. 20 D St. Sc: the
sylvester R Brooks, 20, 4l6 NJ st. NV.
and Jessie P. Baylor. is, 311 NJ st. NV /;
the Rev. Kent Holmes.
George a; BqJTess;i p: 1880 Church st St;
End 81. n,V.i the Rev. j. L. Henry
James F. Coach, jr. "a, and Evelyn Brodie,
q. both of Arlington, Va; the Rev.
Martin E Deutsch, 80 Jessups. Md. and
Alice NJ Porter, %, Kenwood, Md
the Rev. j. g. Cole.
Upper Marlboro.
Harvey H Nicholson, 25, and Dorothy
Virda Timmons, "a, both of Washing
ton.
Stuart Phillip Russell. p. Washinston
and Nell Lucille Haynes. p, Roanoke
Va.
George Ralph Wilson, 2l. and Mildred
Louise Thompson. Is, both Of Wash
lngtOn
Glen Thomas woodruff. 21. and Edna vir-
ginia Richardson, Is, both Of Maryland
Park.
Maurice Elmer Fowler, 20. Largo, Nd, and
DoIothy May Bell. 19. OF Maryland
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Six Larceny Charges
Bring BOO Day Term

Frederick Lee Brooks, %, COL
ored, of the 17O0 block of street
NV, who several days ago was held
under bond for grand jury action
on grand larceny charges, yester-
day was sentenced to a total of 300
days in jail on larceny charges to
which he pleaded guilty in Police
Court before Judge Walter j.
Casey.
At the same time Brooks, whose
correct surname, arresting police
men said, is Lee, pleaded not guilty
and demanded jury trial on six
other larceny cases. In connection
with the later, bond was set at $500
on each of the six charges, pending
jury trial.
Policeman Jack Frost and Detec-
tive Lester Rank say they have re-
covered some $3.50 worth OF articles
stolen by Brooks and two COM
panions. The other two still are
being sought by police.
Evening star., 1941-02-22
District Leads Nation
In Per Capita Assets
OF Savings Groups
Figure Here S230.40,
With $76.14 Shown
For Entire Country

For every person listed in the
1910 census as living in the urban
areas of the country there are
S76.14 of savings, building and loan
association assets, the United States
Savings and Loan League reported
today. The District of Columbia
has a big lead over all the States
in per capita assets In the associa-
| tions.
That Washington Is building
and loan association city is illus
trated by the $23040 average per
capita assets reported. In second
place, and far back of Washing
ton, is Ohio, with a per capita
average of S179. Maryland is third
with an average of STA. 1t also
was reported that building associ-
alton assets increased in the gener-
ally def1ationary decade of the 3os
in nine States and the District.
The survey of what happened to
the home financing capital in the
various localities in the light of
population shifts in the last decade
was made by the leagues Home
Building and Home Owning Com
mittee.
Nine States Above S100.
Using the 1910 census and the
savings, building and loan statistics
as OF December 81, 1899, just before
the census started, the committee
found there are now nine States
which have more than Sl00 urban
per capita savings, building and loan
assets-the District, Ohio, Maryland,
New Jersey, Kentucky, Nebraska,
Massachusetts,, Wisconsin and North
Carolina. The survey was made
in connection with urban popula-
ton, since 1t Is estimated that be-
tween go and 95 per cent of the
savings. building and loan activity
IS in cities of $500 inhabitants or
more.
The States which gained in per
capita savings and loan investments
since similar survey was made in
1880 were. besides the District.
which went from Sl40.50 to s23O4O,
Connecticut, rising from $21.85 to
s33.40; Florida, s285O to s52!77;
Georgia, S5.75 to S2697; Idaho,
s34.54 to S6332: Minnesota, S31.35
to s54.50; New Hampshire, SAG so to
S60 "A; Rhode Island, S43.79 to SOL .68;
Tennessee, Sl732 to S26.30, and
Vermont, s34.34 to S5054.
Seven of the nine States in
which gains in urban per capita
savings and loan assets are shown
are those in which the urban popu-
lation increased more rapidly than
the rural in the decade of the 3Os,
comments F. S. Cannon, Indian
apolis, chairman Of the leagues
committee. This makes the saw
lngs and loan achievement all the
more noteworthy, since the associa-
tions had to expand more in those
particular States than elsewhere to
get net result Of greater per capita.
Rise in Urban Population.
Altogether there were 81 States
in which the urban population in
crease was greater than the rural
population between the 1880 and
1910 census, although the urban
growth was much slower during
this than in the previous decade,
for the country as a whole. Only
79 per cent more people lived in
the cities in 1910 than in 1890,
while 27.3 per cent more lived there
in 1880 than in 1920.
Analysis of the relation of saw
ingS and loan capital todaV to the
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Air-CIogged Radiators
Cause Faulty Heating

A common contributor to faulty
heating is the accumulation OF air
in radiators.
In steam-heating systems air is
normally expelled through auto
matte valves. A steam radiator that
cannot be fully heated may indicate
defective relief valve which should
be replaced.
Where hot-Water systems are
used there is usually a small hand
operated valve on each radiator
through which accumulated air is
released. 1t would be worth his
while for the home owner to open
these valves at regular intervals or
whenever a radiator does not heat
properly. Shut off the valve as soon
as water begins to appear.
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Births Reported

Hassell and Ruth Bowman boy.
James and Helen Brady, RlT4.
Isador and Sarah Bronstein. girl.
Clark and Mary Brown, boy.
Leon and Mary Bryner. girl.
Walter and jeanette Caine boy.
Theodore and Daisy Cokinos. boy.
James and Anna Conrad, boy.
James and Ruth Creel. girl.
Michel and Tinnle De Bernard boy.
Meyer and Laura Diamond, boy.
Grover and Auda Edgin. boy.
Arthur and Jeanne ESpenscheld, girl.
Allan and Janet Fay. girl.
Willie and Lottie Floyd boy.
Oliver and Edna Foster, boy.
Arnold and Mildred Graves, boy.
Byrd and Margaret Hall, girl.
Charles and Catherine Harris, Elrl.
Clarence and Martha Hester girl.
Edward and Beulah Hunter, boy.
Kenneth and Mildred Hurd, boy.
Roy and Mabel JeffrIes boy.
Max and Rose Joseph boy.
Clarke and Edith Keener boy.
Carlton and Isabelle King. girl.
Ernest and Grace Larsen. boy.
Bernard. lr and Helen Lieo, girl.
Guy and Mary Mann girl
Russell and Nerna Miles, boy.
Raymond and Gloria Moore. boy.
Henry and Mary Morris. girl
Paul and Elizabeth McGaryey, boy.
OSgOod and Eleanor Nichols, boy.
Henry and Mary Norris, boy.
Frederick and Mary Paxton. girl.
Frank and Ruth Rldeout. boy.
Karl and Mary Rodlbaugh. boy.
Anthony and Frances Rudyers, boy.
Milton and Sigrid Rysh, girl.
Hoke and Catherine Smith boy.
Clifton and Wilma Smith. boy.
William and Alice Stewart boy.
William and Catherine Strickland girl
Maurice and Ruby VIM, boy.
Edwin and Emmamay Zinn. boy.
Charles and Doris Butler. girl
Raymond and Veronica EuelI boy.
James and Josie PettuS. gir.
Henry and Christine Quinn boy.
George and Evelyn smith, boy.
William and Elsie Ward, boy.
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Back to the Land
Movement in japan

Government authorities in Toxic
have launched a large scale back
to the land" movement for relief
of unemployment. Merchants and
industrialists forced out of small or
medium sized businesses by the new
economic structure are urged to
take up farming or to work on the
land as laborers.
The new government, however,
is not limited to this class, but will
be applied to all classes affected by
the changed economic setUp. 1t
is believed that the movement will
solve the twin problems of labor
shortages in farm districts and
labor congestion among the small
and medium sized merchants and
.nduStrialistS.
Evening star., 1941-02-22
THE OLD CABINETMAKER.

Very little is really understood
about veneers. Many people believe
it is a liquid which is rubbed on
furniture. Others believe they are
a means of making a cheap piece
of furniture. The act of veneering
was used by the Egyptians. Many of
the Sarcophagi, or cofflnS of the
rulers were inlaid and veneered with
colorful woods. Many articles of
furniture the Egyptians veneered.
Fine speciments of this ancient work
have again been brought to light
through fairly recent excavations.
The process of veneering is therefore
ancient.
There are few things in the world
today more rare or priceless than
choice, beautifully figured hard
wood log from which veneers are
cut. The veneer manufacturer has
an endless task in searching the
world over for these gems. While
his judgment is nearly always good,
yet the log he finally decides upon
may be worthless. Manufacturers
must invest huge sums of money in
machinery and buildings to produce
veneers for the furniture manu-
faCturer. The price of veneers
varies with the supply of the differ
ent species and types, the color, fig
ure finishing and workable quality.
Rare species having a beautiful
figure and color demand a much
higher price than plain or a piece
with little figure. The finest burl
or crotch figure would cost twice as
much as figured long wood or stump
growth and the perfectly plain
veneers would be the very lowest
in price! A piece of furniture made
Of a beautiful burl or crotch figure
mahogany or walnut would have
the same relative values as the
veneers.
The prominent woods used today
for making veneers cover the
growth of the world. American and
English walnut, English oak. Cuban.
Amazon, Honduras and African ma
hogany, maple. aspen, satinwood,
thuya wood, rosewood elm, hare
wood, amboyna, prima vera, zebra
wood, tulipwood, holly and recently
knotty pine. The beauty of all
veneers is in the texture. color and
variation of figure These figures
are divided into four main types.
First is long wood, which is cut
from the trunk of the tree. 1t has
a variety of figures, known as broken
stripe, mottle, birds eye, tiger stripe,
f1ddleback and plum pudding. The
second is the stump growth or
stumpwood. The third is crotch
figure which comes from a fork in
the trunk. The fourth, the rareSt
Of all, is burl, the most expensive
and is cut from the abnormal growth
or the deformed growth of the tree
1t is not uncommon for one tree to
produce all four types of figure.
AS a general thing a single tree will
produce only one or two.
Veneers are produced by cutting
the logs into thin sheets of wood
The types and figures are kept
separate. These are known as face
and commercial veneers. Veneers
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Deaths Reported

Harvey O. Young II. $50 22nd ST. NV.
Louis Kavakas. 6S, SIbley Hospital
Betty S Emery, ga 1885 R St. NV
10y McAfee, 50. Walter Reed General Hos
pital
Fred williams, So. Casualty Hospital
william B. KIM, 56, 1407 Montague st
NV
Charles z. McFarlane. A, East Clifton
Terrace.
Algernon s Hollinger. AZ, Walter Reed
General Hospital.
George wilmer, 10. Emergency Hospital.
Annie L. Thomas, 81, GalIinger Hospital
Eugene S. Thomas, 56. St. Elizabeth's Hos
pital
Isaac McRae. 80. Garfield Hospital.
/ Infant Harold Colbert. Children's Hospital
Infant Williams Gallinger Hospital
Evening star., 1941-02-22

are cut in three ways, sliced, cut
on rotary lathe and plain sawed.
Logs that are sliced are first sawed
open and then placed in huge vatS
of boiling water. When soft the half
log is placed on the slicing machine,
a long stationery knife actually
shaves off in sheets, veneers, any,
where from one-100th to 1-2O0th
of an inch in thickness.
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Housing Act Change
Seen Opening New
Realty Activity
Measure Before Congress
AnoIyzed by Officials
OF National Board

The proposed new Title VI which
would be added to the National
Housing Act by bill now before
Congress, a measure applying only
to areas where defense activities
create housing need, should open
an important new field of private
activity in the provision of defense
housing, according to an analysis of
the bill made by officials of the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards.
The proposed legislation, which
would set up a fund for F. H. A.
insurance of mortgages for defense
housing, to be separate from the
insurance funds that back up Or
dinary home mortgages of F. H. A,
meets a suggestion made by the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards last August, Philip w. Knis-
kern, Philadelphia, president of the
association, points out.
Details of Plan Given.
The measure would authorize
mortgage insurance of loans to
builders up to 80 per cent of the
appraised value of the property
where the principal obligation
ranges from $4,000 on a single-fam-
lily dwelling to S10,500 on a four
family apartment building. Mort
gage insurance of this kind is now
possible only where the dwelling is
to be owner occupied. The legisla-
ton would enable the builder to
offer the structures either for rent
Or for sale.
This special mortgage insurance
IS limited to a total of s100 900, 900
The act as drawn would expire
automatically as of July l. 1912.
So far as defense housing can be
supplied through private effort,
either by means of reconditioning
existing structures or by means of
new construction for rent or sale,
rather than through direct Gov
ernment building (which has al
ready been called upon to provide
more than $4,000 units) it can be
created with closer relationship to
the normal urban development pat
tern and hence with less adverse
effect on other existing housing,
and with greater salvage value, the
association points out. And it can
employ normal construction ma
chinery.
The association strongly urges
that in F. H. A insurance existing
dwellings be continued on a parity
with new construction. 1t asks also
tcat Title I insurance of loans for
construction Of small homes be con-
tinued for another year. Unless
Congress extends the date. ordinary
F. H. A. insurance for single-family
dwellings, after next July |, will
be limited to new construction and /.
to mortgages already accepted.
Since the ability of a property to
qualify for F. H. A. insurance is,
under present conditions, an i'm
portant element of its stability, |
failure to extend the provision, off,
cials of the association point out, |
would unnecessarily and seriously |
depreciate the value of all existing !
homes. It would, by hampering the
financing of these homes, artifically |
depreciate existing home neighbor-
hoods and artifcially accelerate the |
movement of urban population to
the outskirts of existing cities. 1t |
would handicap new construction,
since for most purchases of newly |
constructed home there Is involved .
first the sale Of a previously owned
home.
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urban population is necessary to key
the program of this business for
its major effort of the 1940s, the
provision of more opportunity and
more available financing for people
who want to own homes, and the
channeling of more of the Nations S
savings capital in the home financ-
ing direction, In order that these
other two objectives may be accom-
pliShed."
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Know Your Furniture and Woods

This is another in q series OF
articles on furniture and cabinet
making appearing each Saturday
in the Real Estate Section OF
The Euening Star.
Evening star., 1941-12-11

they had met disaster in combat
with Japan's air forces has been
compared unfavorably with the
reticence of this Governments
report on the Pearl Harbor at
tack. These vessels were sunk in
full view of the Japanese forces.
There was no reason for with
holding the information. This
is different situation. The
hurried hit and run attack of the
Japanese air forces on Pearl
Harbor did not give opportunity
for them to know how much or
how little damage they were able
to do. To put the enemy now in
full command Of this informa-
ton would only be an aid to
them.
So far as the casualty lists are
concerned, the Navy handles
them as speedily as possible. The
first of kin of any men who are
lost will be notified as soon as
the Bureau of Navigation has
the names. Such information is
invariably 50 transmitted before
it is given out for publication
If 1t needed further demonstra-
ton, the value of aircraft in naval
warfare has been clearly shown
again in the war in the Pacific.
The theory that modern battle
ships are not sinkable by air at
tack apparently has been ex-
ploded. The loss Of the British
battleship Prince of Wales. has
again demonstrated the power OF
air attack, and so has the attack
on Pearl Harbor And yet as an
offensive weapon, the battleship
cannot be discarded by the Amer
lean Navy or any other. In a
naval battle at sea, with support
ing naval surface ana undersea
craft and air forces. the feet with
the strongest battleships has the
upper hand. 1t is reassuring to
hear from William Knudsen,
head of o. P M, that production
of heavy air bombers is to be
1000 a month.
This Country has been at war
only four days. 1t is wise for
the present to suspend judgment,
particularly until the real facts
are available upon which to base
a judgment Certainly it is no
time for hysterical condemnation.
Evening star., 1941-12-11
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

The official report that the
United States air force has
smashed at Japanese transports
on their way to land in the
Philippines was the first cheerful
news Of four gloomy days of war.
Otherwise the fourth day of the
war with Japan announced itself
in even worse fashion than its
predecessors: Spectacular sue
cesses Of the Japanese air force
against the Allies.
The sinking Of the best and
newest units of the British feet
in the Far East is a staggering
blow. They fought valiantly, but
went down under the attack of
the japanese planes.
In the days before planes be-
came the most important weapons
in sea or land battles naval
force going into battle had its
capital ships protected by cruis-
ers, destroyers and submarines.
Capital ships have a tremendous
fire power with their IA, Is or
Is inch guns.
In modern battles, however,
these sea fortresses must be pro-
Evening star., 1941-12-11

to come before it yesterday to
obtain from them the details OF
the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor. Secretary Knox was on
his way to the Pacific Coast ard
Admiral Stark was too busy with
important duties to appear before
the committee.
Physical Fitness Vouched For.
One witness the Naval Affairs
Committee did have before it,
the surgeon general Of the Navy,
Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntire.
Representative Vincent of Ken
lucky wanted to question him
about the physical fitness of high
ranking officers, whether they are
fit for war service. The surgeon
general told the committee that
these officers are subject to ply
sical examination. Had such ex-
animation proved them unfit for
such duty, they would not have
been in their present posts.
The American people have
great faith and pride in their
Navy, in its Air Corps and in the
Marines. If the naval forces
have met a reverse, due to a long
planned and treacherous attack
while this country and Japan
were not only still at peace but
Evening star., 1941-12-11

tected against mass attack Of
enemy planes by planes either
from q nearby base or from air
craft carriers. The British ships
did not have such protection.
They had been rushed 10 the
Pacific when 1t became obvious
that war there was inevitable
But the British carriers were kept
in the European waters to help
the feet against the Nazis.
We Can Take It.
Britain evidently counted on
American aircraft carriers to pro-
tect its feet. 1t is logical to con-
clude that some plans for joint
operations had been devised by
the British and the American
high commands whereby each
would contribute a certain type
of naval force in the vital battle
for Singapore.
The reason American carriers
were not available is a military
secret which eventually will be
explained by those who possess
the answer TO all the events
which have occurred since Sum-
day morning.
The paramount quality OF the
American people is that they can
take it" when confronted with
an adverse situation. The worse
things are the more determined
the people of this country become
to see 1t through. And there is
no question that we have many
lean months, if not years, ahead
of us.
We have underestimated the
japanese aviation. 1t is true that
they don't possess more than
5000 army planes. But these are
quite close to the scene Of opera
tions. They have their bases in
Formosa and in the seven or
eight military airdromes in Indo-
China. A number of their car
riers-they are known to possess
eight, but it is likely that two
more may have been built in the
course of the last two years
are in operation in the South
Pacific. Under these circum-
stances they appear to have the
Evening star., 1941-12-11
This Changing World
Joponese Will Have Hard Time in Islands
As Long as Gen. Macarthur Commands

advantage in the air over their
foes.
Macarthur Has Hard Road.
We must expect to see hard
hitting 1t. Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur making a splendid show
ing in the Philippines. Gen. Mac
Arthur is a real soldier who is
used to fighting against difficult
odds. He is capable Of inspiring
the men under his command to
frenzy.
So far the American Philippine
force has given an excellent &C.
count of itself and this will con-
tinue regardless of circumstances.
The Japanese will have a hard
task landing in the islands as
long as Gen. Macarthur has one
man and one gun available. But
while we must not become dis
heartened at the successes of the
Japanese, we must also not ex-
aggerate our own successes.
Gen. Macarthur has a hard
road ahead Of him. Unless the
South Pacific Fleet can be i'm
mediately reinforced-and it is
possible that we may hear some
surprising and pleasant news in
the near future-we must remem-
ber that as long as the Japanese
control the seas in that area, it
will be difficult for the garrison
in the Philippines to receive re-
Inducements or supplies. What
ever is on hand now must last for
a long time and the commanding
general of a defensive force can
not be sparing with war material.
Singapore Situation Serious.
The situation at Singapore
since we had better put all the
bad news together-is precarious