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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-13

YACHT TRITON. moored IN
Garrison Bisht. 4s1zxi5 lsxe-I
mahogany furniture and trim.
three cabins. mining water.
galley. bath large lounge,
sleeps seven. 4 pleasant home
On the water for yDu Price
$500. Address James Pinder.
1877 Petr0nia S. dsc1o-tf
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-13
Fragrant SNOWFALL Shrub
Blooms Early in Summer
BY AMATEUR GARDENER

Burkwoodi or Gardenia. a real
ariStocrat for the small garden.
This is an excellent bushy com
pact shrub that only grows 10
about four feet high but spreads
10 five or six feet. 1t has semi
evergreen habit which is another
point in its favor as most OF the
other varieties viii lose their
leaves soon after frost. The
flowers on this dwarf growing
shrub are deliciously fragrant
and are waXy pink in color.
There is another interesting
SNOWFALL. II is called V. Opulus.
or high-buSh cranberry. II bears
white flowers profusely IN June
and then is covered with bright
scarlet berries. In the Fall the
leaves turn 10 crimson and
orange.
SnowballS are not particular
as 10 sod requirements although
most Of them require a place
where ~ is not too dry and all
must have good drainage.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-13

bies or talents. Unessential work
may overtax you for real work
Monday.
A CHILD born on this day
is one of those entertaining, mis-
chievous, energetic, at times pro-
voking individuals. Will respond
quickly to a little praise and
through touching its sympathetic,
generous nature. Can be success
full in advertising, stage, screen,
radio work; as an executive, or
in promoting large undertakings.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-13
NEW BOOKLET ON GOVERNMENT JOBS

UNCLE pay roll is the longest in the country number
ing million With the defense the
list rapdlyand for too More
United States civil service today than before.
without special training there be office
Jobs City mail and postal clerks intelligence and
aptitude tests, start regulars at S1,7OO
young know foreign languages who
have fund of knowledge the foreign service has jobs starting
at $500
work is big field A junior typst. a
under 60 Junior graduate
receive $3.50
You're eligible a United States civil
Job when 70 teand of the
no. type 40-page booklet, GUIDE TO
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT JOBS describes
and many positions Tells how apply. Explains
pensions regula
IS for this booklet to The Detroit Times
Home 1925 Times Detroit Mich Please be
plainly your name address and title of booklet
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-13
Muffin Variety

SERVE MUFFINS for break
fast or luncheon TO add interest
TO your menu. Mix raisins,
diced dates. dried apricots.
coarsely broken nuts meats. or
grated American cheese with a
plain batter for variety. About
one-half cup is sufficient to add
TO the dry ingredients when
using = cups OF flour.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-13
Favorite Casserole

AN OLD favorite is the
macaroni-tomato asserole.
Young and old alike fancy its
creamy goodness. To make this
one. cook L 7-ounce package Of
macaroni until tender.
Drain; arrange alternate lay
ers OF macaroni, "a green pepper,
chopped fine. onion grated, liz
cups tomato pulp and l cup
grated cheese in a creased cas-
serole.
Season each layer with salt
and pepper. Pour 1 cup milk
over all and bake in moderate
oven $3.50 degrees) for As min
utes. Yield: 4 servings.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-13
r A + 10

Cook sugar and orange Juice
together 10 2i0 degrees. or the
soft ball stage. Remove from
heat, add orange peel and nuts.
STIR until syrup begins TO look
cloudy. Before it hardens. drop
by Spoonfuls on waxed paper.
Separate into individual Kernels.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-13

THOSE WHO want some
thing a little different in a flow
ering shrub should try the
fragrant snowballs. The best
known variety is called Vibur-
mum Carlesii, also called the
May-howered scented SNOWFALL
1t blooms much earlier than the
commoner kind.
There is "A variety called
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-13
For Saturday. June II.
MARCH II TO APRIL 20

WARCH II ~ APfIL 20
Arios-Generous and inviting
for weekend activities, your
favorite sport or outdoor inter
est: for competitive games such
as sailing, racing, tennis and the
like.
APRIL Fl TO NAY 20
Taurus-You should find that
you're tops in social, entertain
ing and charitable qualities this
personal day. 1t is not so
suspicious a period for money
aking, but necessary work
should not be neglected. Spiritual
values count primarily.
MAY Fl TO JUNE 2f
G. M n Mildly favorable,
especially for essential matters
and wholesome entertainment.
Avoid extremes. Spend some time
in genuine rest and pleasant
restful diversion. Favorable pc
Rod for business and employ
ment, too.
JUNE 22 TO JULY 81
Cancer-Beneficent vibrations
for your plans and program.
Travel, competitive amusements
and sports, vacation activities,
domestic and social affairs as
well as necessary duties spon-
sored.
JULY 20 TO AUGUST %
Leo-We haven't listed today
on your lucky chart because we
want you TO take a middle course
and avoid extremes in everything.
No need to plunge headlong into
difficulties when calm reasoning
can keep you on the right track.
Be diplomatic with the opposite
sex.
AUG. 80 TO SEPT. 20
Virgo-Fewer restrictions per-
haps for you born after Septem-
Der 6 than for other Virgoans
today. but it is a period for all
for self-restraint, patience. quiet
ing relaxation and care of health.
SEPT. 81 TO OCT. 81
Libro--Conservative ideas and
sticking to the familiar or in
dulging pleasant diversions are
best bets. OF course, essential
new matters must not be neg
lected. Act calmly, wisely.
OCT. q TO NOV. 2e
!Scorpio--You can be most
helpful taking charge of social,
charitable and patriotic affairs
or at least lending your valuable
suggestions to their furtherance.
Children's interests. home and
family interests should bring
happiness.
NOV. % TO DEC. 90
Sdgittdrius - Friendly vibra-
tions hover over you folks. but
you'll need TO be on guard NOT
10 dare the reckless If you are
To attain best results from the
Denenc rays tnat exist
DEC. 90 TO JAN. 2f
Capricorn - Not so propitious
for financial returns or transac-
lions. But all right for plans
for them and for building founds-
tions for sturdy enterprises.
Sports. outdoor activities tops.
JAN. % TO FEB. go
Aqudrius-If your schedule
and duties will permit, take
things a little easy today. Even
important and difficult under
takings or work will run smoother
and more efficiently if you tackle
them confidently without worry.
FEB. Fl TO MARCH 20
Pisces-Aquarius' prescription
suits you, friend. Favorable time
for matters of a lighter vein,
socials, entertainment, music, lit
erary efforts, outdoor exercises,
health measures. developing hob
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-13
Orange Glazed WaInuts

GLAZED FRUITS and nuts
are always popular. These nuts
are favored with orange. which
makes them delightfully."- unusual.
Orange Glazed Nuts
Ia cups sugar
y cup orange juice
l teaspoon grated orange rind
y pound walnut meats.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-13
Dates Add Flavor
To Spring Salad

A COLORFUL. a ttractive
salad perks up tagging appetites
and enhances the whole appear
ance Of a dinner table. This
appealing fruit and cheese com
hination has surprise touch
that n delightful.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-13
Lid BY Frances
] iONN>SOOI - Drake

Look ia the Section Your Birthday Comes In, and Find What
Your Outlook Is, According to the Stars
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-13
Salad Surprise

odlao ourPriSe
Sliced pineapple
] pound pimientO cream cheese
= pound pitted dates, chopped
Watercress.
Arrange the slices of pineapple
on plates. Soften cream cheese
and mix thoroughly with dates.
Shape into a ball and place on
top Of pineapple. Garnish with
watercress. Top with Fruit
Salad Dressing.
Fruit Salad Dressing
"a cup pineapple juice
= cup orange juice
. = cup lime juice
4 eggs
= cup sugar
= teaspoon salt
] cup heavy cream.
Place pineapple, orange and
lime juices in the upper part Of
a double boiler and heat over
water. Separate the eggs: beat
the yolks until thick, and add
the sugar gradually. Pour a lit
tie of the hot fruit juice over the
egg yolks. blend and return 10
the double boiler. Stir and cook
until the mixture thickens. Beat
the egg whites with the salt
until thick; fold in the cooked
mixture. When ready TO serve.
fold in the cream that has been
whipped. Serve over Surprise
Salad.
Evening star., 1941-03-08

Wood cutters, designed as integral
parts of the roof line of a house,
have been used for almost 300 years
in the United States. When the
White House was remodeled, in 1927,
a section of wood cutters ITO years
old was removed and found to be
sound. There are many houses for
which wood cutters are definitely the
thing, architectually and economi-
cally.
Cutters made of Douglas fir, au-
thentic in design for Colonial resi-
denceS, also are suitable with their
straight, simple lines for modern
styles.
New England builders conceived
the idea of molding the face of the
gutter to enhance its appearance.
Wood cutters still are used as part
of cornice designs. They may be
embellished with standard, classical
holdings or other details. You can
get a wood gutter to look we'll on
any style house you are building.
But beauty is not the sole advan-
tage of a wood gutter. Ice is said to
form more slowly and melt more
quickly in wood gutter, although it
has the rigidity and strength neces-
sary to carry the weight of ice, snow
or water. 1t also is durable.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
January Home Loans
In u. 5. Set Record

For the third consecutive year
the January volume of home loans
by savings. building and loan asso-
Citations for the United States
showed a substantial gain over the
same month in the preceding year,
the United States Savings and
Loan League reported today. This
years $50 100000 of loans repre-
sented a record high for any jan
uary since the figures began to be
compiled. 1t was almost double the
volume five years ago, according to
Paul Endicott of Pomona, Calf,
president of the league, and 201
per cent greater than January, 1910.
More conspicuous than in any
January of the last decade was the
proportion of money loaned for
new home building, Mr.. Endicott
pointed out. Even in this nom
seasonal winter month construction
loans accounted for 1915 per cent
of the money disbursed, approx
mately the 35 per cent which was
allotted for this purpose by savings
and loans during the last half Of
1910. January year ago only 2911
per cent of their volume was con-
Struction lending.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Remodel Your Room
To Suit Own Tastes

If you expect to do over your own
room this spring why not use the
same method in planning its color
that you would in buying your sum-
mer wardrobe? Use color that pleases
you and makes you happy. Try a
background that sets off the color of
your hair and your eyes to best ad-
vantage and fabrics that are pleas
ant to the touch as well as the eye.
1t is amazing what a difference it
makes in your enjoyment of your
own house when there is one room
in it that is your own most pleasant
and most attractive environment in
which you feel entirely at ease.
This need not be expensive or
elaborate, but it should be your own
selection, built around the things
you enjoy most. Place here COM
Portable chair, a good reading lamp,
a small book shelf for favorites and
you will find that all the rest and
vacation you desire will come from
being happy in your own room.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Use Light Paint
To Keep House
Cool in Summer

If you want to keep your house
cool in sizzling summer weather
use a white or light colored paint
on the outside walls.
This is the conclusion reached by
the Bureau of Standards in study
of protection against summer heat
made as part of its research pro-
gram on low-cost housing construc-
ton.
Since mechanical aircooling, or
dehumidifying are too expensive to
be used in these houses, hot weather
aids must be restricted to insulating
the ceiling or roof, using adequate
shading devices for windows and
selecting paints and surface cover
ings that remain cool and reflect,
instead of absorb, the sunlight.
The Bureau of Standards study,
the results of which were announced
today. showed that panels covered
with white paints were coolest, and
those covered with lampblack the
warmest, when exposed to the sun.
Tests revealed that other colors, in
the protection against solar heat,
were intermediate between white
and black.
Any dark paint, the bureau
pointed out, will absorb almost as
much of the suns radiation as
black, and will markedly increase
the temperature. Walls covered with
light shades of paints were found
to be only slightly warmer than
those covered with white paints,
and dark colors were found to be
nearly as warm as a black surface.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Home Buyer
Has Choice OF
Loan Plans
Interest Rates Lower,
Payments Smaller
Than 10 Years Ago

Note, This is another OF d
series of articles by Mr.. LuSE on
real estate and building subjects
of interest to residents OF the
National Capital.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Silver Star Home
Exhibition 10 End Z
Tomorrow Night
Colonial Type House
Is in Spring Village
In Silver Spring

Final opportunities will be given
the public today and tomorrow to
inspect the second Silver Star Home
of the year, the attractive little
Colonialtype dwelling at 908 Spring
street, Silver Spring, Md. The ex-
hibition period will end at 9 tomor-
row night. Approximately $500 per-
sons already have visited it.
Located in the new Spring Village
development, the Star Home may
be reached from downtown Wash
ington by driving out Sixteenth
street NV. to the East-WeSt high
way. Turn right on the East-West
highway and continue three blocks
past the traffic light at Georgia
avenue and the Colesville road to
Spring Village. The house is at the
intersection of Spring street and the
Colesville road.
Claud Livingston, jr., built the
new house from plans drawn by F.
P. Nordstrom. 1t was furnished by
Hutchison's, Inc, while the draper
les were supplied by Lucille Hern-
don. The home contains six rooms
and two baths and stands on lot
55 feet wide and 100 feet deep.
Built of brick, it is painted cream
color. Walls are of solid masonry,
while the porches are concrete. A
built-in garage is another feature.
The Spring Village home bears
the Endorsement of the Silver Star
Homes Committee, group Of five
housing experts who inspected it
thoroughly before approving it for
the Star award. James S. Taylor of
the Federal Housing Administration
is chairman of the committee. Other
members are Waverly Taylor, pres
ident of the Washington Real Estate
Board; Edwin H. Rosengarten,
builder, member of the firm of
Davis, Wick e. RoSengarten; r.
win S. Porter, prominent architect,
and John Nolen, jr., of the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
BY DOROTHY DUCAS and
FIIZABETH GORDON.

So much has been written about
metal cutters for houses that it
seems time to give some attention
to wood cutters.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Wood Cutters Called Good
For Several Types of Houses
New Kind of Waterproof PIywood
And Electric Outlet Are Described

The ones we have in mind are
carefully milled of fine, close grained
wood. They should be painted when
ever the house is painted. The i'm
portant requirement to assure lon
geyity is that all joints be sealed
slightly and caulked; you must ex-
clude water from the end grain Of
the wood, where it can do damage.
Douglas fir cutters cost less than
nodded galvanized iron cutters, but
more than the cheapest type of half
round metal cutters.
Waterproof PlywoOd.
A new variation of waterproof
plywood, with only one layer, the
middle one, made of wood, put in
an appearance at just the right time
to be used by home carpenters seek
ing an extra-strong material. 1t
consists of a vulcanized fiber resin
bonded to a wood-veneer core, and,
although it is very thin and light,
it is one of the toughest materials
We have yet seen. 1t is excellent
for radiator cabinets, luggage racks,
partitions and Innings for walls of
attics. cellars or other rooms
The sample we have, although
only 5 inches long. cannot be broken
in two by the hands-not our hands,
anyway. Its surface is dull gray
sanded and very smooth, and will
take a coat of paint beautifully. 1t
also comes, we are told, with wood
veneers of 80 kinds on the surface
But the advantage of the vul-
canized surface is that it is non-
splitting, non-checking and re-
Sistant to scratches, besides being
easy to handle. It's makers say
(See DTJCAS PAGE R-AO
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Private BuiIdinq
Shows Drop in
February
Bod Weather Blamed
" As Permits TotoI
Only $2,061,545

Due principally to unfavorable
weather, private building in the
District during February dropped
far below the volume of January
and was slightly under the figure
for the corresponding month of last
year The building inspectors Office
issued permits last month which
had a total valuation of $2,061 ,545.
In January, permits valued at
S4y401, $50 were approved, while the
total valuation for February, 1910,
was 81, 2,408,665. For the first two
months of this year the private
construction valuation is about 81
$4,000 ahead of the same period
last year.
Well Under Last Year.
Residential construction last month
was we'll under totals for January
and for February of last year. There
were only 1T new one-family dwell
ing, valued at $634,740 included
among the permits last month. Last
February there were 227 one-family
dwellings valued at $1,274,700 ap-
proved, while in January of this
year one-family dwellings number
III and were valued at $685. 900.
Permits were issued last month
for 81 apartment buildings, con-
tanning 367 family dwelling units,
and valued at STOP 900. During Feb
ruary last year there were At apart
ments approved. These contained
1913 units and were valued at $751;
600, A total of 43 apartments were
included among the permits issued
in January, and these had a ca
pacity of 618 families and a valua-
ton of $2,664,00O.
Good Month for Sales.
Real estate brokerage offices in
the District and nearby sections of
Virginia and Maryland report that
February was an unusually good
month for house sales. Many of the
Offices established new monthly rec
ords for volume of business. Sales
of lower-cost homes were reported
slowing considerably from the rate
of recent months, but the market
was exceptionally good for medium
and higher priced homes.
Valuation of permits for addi-
tionS, alterations and repairs is
sued in February was S578.8O5. as
compared to S614.550 for January
and $625,7l5 for February of last
year.
New building last month, by sec
tions of the city: Northeast, S450,-
$50; Southeast, $4,000; Northwest,
s774,490, and Southwest, $4,000.
Modernization. work by sections:
Northeast, S30,835; Southeast, $780,
665; Northwest, s482 ,805, and South
west, $4,000.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
January Decreases
Force Of Upsurge in
Construction Costs
Bank Boord Reports
On Increase Percentages
In Home Building

Home construction costs con-
tinued to increase in January, but
the force of the upward surge di-
minished somewhat during the
month, economists Of the Federal
Home Loan Bank Board reported
today.
The increase from December to
January was IL per cent as COM
pared with a rise of II per cent
between November and December.
Most of the increase in January
was attributed to higher labor costs.
In the II months from January,
1910, to January, l941, the cost of
building a standard house in this
country jumped SO per cent, with
the rise in labor costs being double
that of building materials. Labor
costs increased 10.1 per cent in the
II months and materials 81 per
cent, the net change being So per
cent.
With the average month of the
1935-1939 period used as a base of
100, the boards division of research
and statistics announced the total
(see COSTS, Page BID
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Prince Georges Permits
TotoI S43o, ,140 in Month
Special Dispatch In The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star
HYATTSVILLE, Md, March g.
A new dry cleaning plant and
garage being built at Bladensburg,
Md, at a cost of $25 900 topped the
permits issued in February in the
metropolitan area of Prince Georges
County, according to Herbert Roby,
building inspector.
A total of 1872 permits was issued
for projects to cost $439,140. In
cluded we're 100 new one-family
dwellings costing $40l $50.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
By RUFUS S. LUSK.

Today's home buyer has a wider
choice of ways to finance the pur-
chase of a home than he did 10
years ago. Interest rates are lower
loans are a greater percentage OF,
appraised value and monthly pays
ments smaller. re
All plans of financing home pur~
chases are not available for all
homes and all buyers. The more
liberal plans, which extend over
a long period with low interest
rates. are usually obtainable only
for those houses which are recently
built. 90
Unless a buyer had approximately
80 per cent to 35 per cent in cash,
and even as high as 40 per cent OF
the purchase price, 1t was neces-
sary, until comparatively recently,
for him to give a second mortgage
for the difference between his cash
payment and the first mortgage on
the house. Most loans were from
so per cent to so per cent of the
appraised value. required no cur
tail. and ran generally for three
years, at which time they required
renewal. Often 20 per cent and in
certain instances as little as 10 per
cent of the cost is all the cash
needed now to acquire home with-
out giving back a second mortgage.
Plans for Borrowing.
Here are some plans for borrow
ing money on a home: -.
Straight loan-This is loan
which has a fixed period to run,
say three or five years, during which
time the borrower pays only the
interest. Many of these loans today
carry the privilege of curtailing
them when the interest is due SEMI
annually, in, say, multiples of 500.
Formerly. this was the principal
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Cuts Roots From Sewers

Tree roots in house sewers can be
removed with a root cutting knife
attached to a flexible steel shaft,
turned by an electric motor. The
knife literally cores" the pipe; the
roots are then flushed out with
water. Many plumbers have this
equipment available.
Evening star., 1941-03-08

(See COSTS, Page B-20
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Small Incomes Buy Homes

Almost three out of every five
new single family homes financed
under the F. H. A plan in 1910
were purchased by families with in
comes of less than $500.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-16
Trees That Make Gin

huge elong a tie d bud-clusters
where eventually some 80 cocoa
nuts would have grown, produc-
ing what looks like a gigantic
cigar This is the still" and an
opening is made from which a
receptacle is suspended. The
buds, so tightly imprisoned in the
hot tropic sun. Immediately drip
a sweet, sappy liquid. 1t is neces-
sary for the native 20 return to
the tree top every day and re-
move the resinous coagulations
from the still TO stimulate the
flow The average cocoanut
palm will yield gallon of sap
per day for early three
weeks.
\ When fresh. this nectar fit for
the Polynesian gods" is like a
tangy and delicious lemonade.
But the sultrv climate induces
quick fermentation. and the re-
sultant "koko" is a delightful but
brutal liquor.