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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-05
Old Custom Of Roof
Decoration Prevails

The custom Of breaking out q
flag on a building that has Just
been completed to its highest
point has an ancient origin. Black
Forest tribes hoisted q sheaf Of
grain 10 the roof Of a new house,
as fodder for the horse Of Wotan.
their god Of fire and lightning
In return, wotan was supposed to
protect the house from fire.
Western Europe then took over
the custom, carving repliess Of
grain stalks on the spires Of their
medieval churches. Another sur
vivAl Of this old eustom-othsr
than the nsg-rsising the Gus
tom Of mailing q small tree. or
bush" 10 the roof Of a new house.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-05

Pullman type kitchen and o
kitchen is urged upon prospec
1t is necessary to guard against
the fervor of planning for step
saving" which many times makes
the kitchen too small, FILA Off
Gals say. Since the kitchen must
do a double duty as q cooking
laboratory and as storage for
dishes, utensils, cleaning materials.
and other household gadgets, 1t
must provide adequate closet space
and storage facilities.
The United States bureau OF
home economics has worked out
certain fundamental principles to
be taken into consideration when
selecting kitchen equipment.
l. All cupboards should extend
to the ceiling. Otherwise the top
becomes a "catch-alI" and dust
catcher.
2. Where ceilings are high. there
should be two doors on cupboards.
The upper one should be a small
door which opens on shelves for
storing articles seldom used. A
long door is harder to open and Is
a strain on hinges and latches.
3. Wood or metal panels are
often preferable to glass in kitchen
cupboards.
4. Where swinging doors do not
conveniently fit into a space. slid
ing doors may be used.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-05
Kitchen Design Principles
And Equipment Outlined

Iedium between the too small
d-fashioned dance hall sized
i've home builders.
5. Cupboard shelves should be
placed Is to Is inches above the
work table In the combination cup
board and workable unit. This
gives room to use the table beneath
and is high enough to prevent ones
head from humping against the
edges Of the doors.
6. cupboards shelves should not
be too wide. Their use should be
50 planned that but one row Of
articles can be stored on them. thus
preventing unnecessary reaching
behind or hunting for articles.
7. Shelves should have an ad-
Unstable arrangement at the sides
10 that the distance between them
may be changed TO suit various
needs.
8. II permanent shelves are both
too wide and too far apart. an ex-
ira narrow shelf may be added TO
conserve storage space.
Q. Cupboard shelves are easiest
to clean when enameled or smooth
ly covered with oilcloth.
Before the final plans for the
kitchen are drawn the family
should decide how much Of the
equipment Ia to be built-in, how
much In to be purchased and In
stalled a. movable units. and how
much space Is to be devoted to cup
boards and cabinets.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-05
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The Potter" DESIGN of the Homes of Moderate Cost
series issued BY Western Homes Foundation ppeo temple
of touiy security e4 model Charm ond convenience
cevey combined in the boSo design The front oy be
mode especially ottroctVe with ton Sidewalks and
red roof ond TRIM we'll in the popular oreenond white
combination Two of four ovoobe floor plons usoted
No l. with basement, for home with 900 cubic feet;
Plon without basement for economy home using only
II 200 cubic feet information ond service the Potter
oy be hod through reoi lumber deoe represented in the
advertising columns of this pooe.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-05

Two or three hollow glass blocks
may make the difference between
q bright and a dark kitchen work
space-at extremely low cost.
These glass blocks may be placed
sovantageously in that narrow.
dark strip of outside wall between
the top of the workable and the
cupboard.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-05

A type q pepper which few
home gardeners grow vas awarded
: eronHe medal n t. A Ansrt-
can trials foF new vegetables. fer
iptt- Il was called ths sweet
Banana. probably because q lts
SHAPE. since Il hss mid pepper
flavor. hut ia iong yellow fruits
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-05

house. near the entrance 10 the
street. In being increasingly &C.
cepted. BY placing the living room
In the rear and the kitchen and
entryway at the front Of the house,
the working operations Of the
house are confined 10 one place and
the living quarters 70 another.
In many small homes. however,
entrance to the house IL made
through the living room. The only
passageway from the kitchen 70
the front door Ia through the living
room, % that. instead Of being q
place 10 relaxation, the living room
or At least a part Of II. becomes q
tboroughfare.
Proper planning makes II possi-
bic 70 move from one part Of the
house 70 another without passing
through the living room.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-05

A recent study Of what happens
10 ordinary whole life Insurance.
policies over the years shows that.
counting by amount Of premiums
paid. 81 per cent are matured by
death. All per cent are cashsd
In. and IL per cent are lspssd.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-05

The living habits Of the family
enter into this phase Of home plan
ming. officials OF the federal hous-
ing administration point out.
The modern practice OF placing
the kitchen in the front Of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-05

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-05
Circulation Within the House Is
Determined by Room Arrangement

Circulation passageway from place TO another in
the home difficult matter which be given due con-
sderation in the planning of house.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-05

Maintenance of happy medium between the too small
Pullman type kitchen and odfashioned dance hall sized
kitchen is urged upon prospective home builders
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-17
Axis Again
Holds Salum
Egyptian F 'FRONT.' e r
Fost, Taken Thursday
By British, Recaptur-
ed by Axis.

Berlin, May l7,-(Ap-German
and Italian troops rccaptured the
EGYPTIAN frontier post of Salum yes
lefday, informed sources reported
today.
(Thc British announced yesterday
mat imperial forces had captured
me town the day before, and m
formed quarters in London said it
was the fourth time it had changed
hands since the war in Africa be-
GAM
X forces were acknowledged to
nave lost the frontier outpost when
'he British made a fierce onslaughter
IN" day before.
n German COmmunlquc ycSter-
oay declared the British had suffer-
co severe losses IN wrestling Salum
from German forces who had held II
lor several weeks.
IN yesterdays counter attack the
Hefinans were said to have leidkeH
oalum, Fort Capuzzo and Sldi Aces.
ss well as to have taken more than
- PRISONERS.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-17
Averill Says Some
Consideration is Be-
ing Given to Plan
Proved Successful in
Georgia; Opposition
is Expected.
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY HENRY AVFRILL

Raleigh, May l7.-NObody eclN5
to have given the matter seriou,
thought, but State officials and some
legislators are giving at least casual
attention to inauguration of a sys-
TEN which would set up a Joint sec
retary' for the % separate and dis
tinct licensing boards which cover,
alphabetically, all sorts of things
from accountanCy to veterinary
medicine.
The proposal would likely meet
opposition from the % secretaries
who arc almost to a man paid for
their services and who. accordingly,
would be mono toe we'll pleased at
anything threatening their per
quisitiCS Of office.
That Il Joint ScCrctary'S' office
is feasible and can save much money
is illustrated in Georgia. where the
system has been in use for ten years
plenty long to pass judgment on
its merit, and dement's.
There the iont secretary is nam
ed by the secretary of state, but in
North Carolina tins appointment
would likely, as is almost always
donC here. be placed in the COVER
nor'S hands; but the name Of APP
pointn!Cnt is. pt course, a distinctly
minor matter,
The Joint secretary brings together
and keeps all records relating to the
boards (thcrc are Is q. them in Gcor-
Ola, could be % in North CarOlina).
The central office also handles all
applications for licenses. schedules
time and place for examinations, is
sues certificates and collects fees.
Each board retains its identity UNI
dcr the system, but the joint Secrc-
tarv takes care of all matters hand
led in North Carolina by individual
sccrctary-trcaaurcrs from their varl-
Gus residences in different parts of
the state,
The Joint sccretariat could install
a complete record Systcm-in Gcor-
eIa this lists $4,000 professional men
and Womcn in the state.
Names are listed alphabetically,
and by counties, in order to keep a
complete check of those qualified to
practice the professions. Field repre-
scntatlVes are employed to lnVeStl-
gate law violations and umethiCal or
unprofessional conduct. If sufficient
evidence Of unlawful practice is
found, the office of the Joint secre-
tary assists local authorities in pro
secution.
Here are the boards which such d
Joint Sccretary's' office could serve
in North Carolina:
A|ccountacy (four members APP
pointed by goVernor): architectural
examination and registration Give
members appointed by goNernor);
boiler rules (labOr commissioner eH-
officio and four others appointed by
goVernor); chiropody examiners
Continued on Page lnree)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-17
Joint Secretary
Plan Is ADVOCATED
British
Casualties
Announced

London, May II.-(.AfD-
German air raiders killed 6,O65
civilians in attacks on the United
Kingdom during April. the min-
istry of home security announc-
ed today.
OF the dead. 2,912 were men
and 2,1l8 women; $50 we're chill
dren under the age of l6 and
IS "~UnclaSSlfIed. In addition
to the total dead, 81 pcrSOnS
were listed missing and believed
dead.
This was an increase over the
total of 4,259 killed and 5,551
injured in March.
Including the 81 missing and
believed dead, the new list raises
Britain's air raid toll of civilians
since June, 1910. when air raids
began, to 1876 killed and H.
856 injured.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-17
French Say
u. S. Might
Have Ruled
Official French News
Agency Says British
Suggestion Last June
of British : French
Union Involved u. S.
Dominion.

Vichv, May l7-(APD The sec
ond reference 10 Frances relations
with the United States in l6 hours
appeared today in official French
news agency dispatches which SAID
this country, if it had followed a
different course last June, might
have been controlled by Washing
The agency said there was talk
of a British-AmerIcan federation
under United States leadership, and
that if France had accepted British
Prime Minister C~hurchill's proposal
for a British-Frcnch union last June
she might today be run, not from
London, but from Washington.
I'VE would end up as the citizens
of a dominion twice removed" said
the dispatch.
"The campaign Wagcd in the Unit
ed States to push the nation INTO the
War and try to save England by cx-
tending the conflict throughout the
world continues to spread" the dis
patch continued.
A government statement said cate
gOrically that the question of Ger
man occupation of Dakar, French
West Africa, was not even raised, in
the interview last weekend between
Adolf Hitler and Vice Premier Ad-
miral Jean Darlan.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-17
Soft Coal
Meet Called

New York, May l7.-(AID-Wn-
liam II. Davis, vice chairman of the
national defense mediation board,
called Il meeting for tonight If the
negotiating committees Of the south
crn soft coal operators and United
Mine Workers of America because,
he said, the board felt some uneasl-
ness" over the possibility Of another
stoppagc in the bituminous industry.
The mediation board is feeling
some uneaSiness about the situation
and it has asked the parties to meet
tonight for the purpose OF stablllzlng
the situatiOn,' Davis said.
The meeting was called for $50
D.. m. e. $. t. in Davis office. He
said it would be a closed session,
might last no longer than a half
hour and that a statement would be
ISSUED at its conclusion.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-17
Colonies
Would Be
Taken Over
United States a n d
Other American Re-
publics II a v e Com
plete Plans to Protect
Peace and Security of
Continent.

Washington, MAY l7.-(AP)-'The
dav to establish "provisional admin
1s~tratjon" oVer French colonies in the
Americas, it was learned authorita-
tVclv. the forecast "cloSe COLA
b~oratiOn' between Germany and
France should be projected into the
western hemisphere.
Any decisive action. however, will
he DELAYED, it was said, pending
Qualification of the decree of the
Nichy governments cooperation in
setting up the nazis' new order in
Europe.
The United States and the other
American nations arc fully aware Of
thc dangerous potentiallties of a nazi
toothold on this side Of the Atlantic,
authoritative sources declared. and
complete plans have been prepared
To- act whenever necessary to protect
the peace and security of the Amer
lean continent.
Niscount Halifax. the British am
hasSad0r. conferred late yesterday
with Secretary Hull on new develop
mcnts in the international situation
arising from the nazi-Vichy pact, in
Guiding mention Of the future status
ot French possessions in this hcmis-
plcrc. Informed quarters SAID, now
Ter, that the Hull-HalifaX discus
SONS rcVoIved around sWiftly-paced
developments in Syria.
Arrangements for establishing pro
visional administrations for French,
British or Dutch possessions in the
western hemisphere if their status
were threatened by developments in
the War were agreed upon at the in
1cr-Amcrican conference in Havana.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-17
French Submarines
Are Coveted Prize
Nazi Troops
Embarked

New York, May 17.-(AP)-
The British radio reported this
afternoon a Rumanian broad
cast to the effect that Germany
had begun to transport infantry
troops through the BOsporus,
bound presumably for Syria and
Iraq.
The troops are leaving Ruman-
ian Black Sea ports under a Col
Onial SchOIZ, the broadcast said.
The colonel was quoted as max
ing a ccrcmonious farewell to
Rumanian Dictator Ion Anton
eScu.
Another London broadcast
picked up here quoted a German
radio report as saying that Ger
man Officers already were lead
ing Iraq troops.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-17
MARVIN K. BLOUNT
TO BE CANDIDATE

Greenvillc, May l7.-(AP)-For
the first time in half a century, Pitt
county will have a candidate FOR
Congress in next years Democratic
primary in the person Of Marvin Is.
Blount, ~>vc of Pitt county and
prominent GrcenVille attorney and
business man.
Replying to the question as 10
whether he would seek the nomlna-
ton, Blount said he felt the congress-
man chosen next year should come
from Pitt county and that 1t was his
intention TO make the race. Off
,ial announcement Of his entry INTO
the race will be made -cHe time
late. he SAM.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-17

litical expense Of the lawmakers
they consider responsible for it.
All members of the ways and
means committee are worried, but
the Is Democrats, with the poSSi-
bic exception of Chairman Dough-
ton, are worried most, The ten Re
publicanS Will be in a position to
tell their constituents that, being
in a minority, they couldn't help
the coming tax boosts. The Dem
ocrats only excuse will have to
be that the boosts were unavoid-
able in the face Of the present ma
tional and Worldwide emergency.
OF course, they try TO assure them
selves that the average voter is
patriotic enough not to care what
Continued on Page Two,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-17

.i'' VI ~ tiiiitG N'P
the new tax bill and
its members are
strongly Of the
opinion that the
c ountry's voters
aren't going to like
the fierce increases
that it is bound to
ombody, And when
the voters don't like
A piece of legisla-
ton, they are eN-
trcncly apt to man
fest their resent
on next cleo
tinD 6av NJ tho ma
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-17
Cotton Closes
To 5 Higher

New York, May l7.-(AP)-Cot-
ton futures iluctuatcd nerVously IN
narrow ranges today.
Volume was light, however, as OPP
orators seemed inclined to await fur
'hcr developments concerning farm
loan legislation.
Futures closed > to 5 higher, mid
GIlnp SPOT IL 33n. lD 4
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-17
House Tax
Group Glum:
Committee Members
Fear Public Resent
ment Against Levies,
Stewart Says.
BY CHARLES p. STEWART

Washington, May l7,-Robcrt l.,
Doughlon. chairman of the House of
representatives ways and means
committee, keeps up his spirits rea-
sonably we'll. A majority of his fell
low-committeemcn, however, look
pretty glum. The representatives
ways and means committee has the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-17
WEATHER

FOR NORTH CAROLINA,
Cloudy. scattered showers i'm
west and central portions to-
night; Sunday partly cloudy,
preceded by showers on coast.
cooler Sunday aud il west .Nr-
t:oa tonight.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-17

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-07
STEIN, STROKER
 JOIN U. 5. ARMY

Seven young men from Water bury and the vicinity were among i6 volunteers accepted for induc- ton into the regular U. s. army at the Hartford recruiting station yes- terday.
 The men and their previous oc- cupations and assignments are as follows: Joseph Stein of Water bury, architect, assigned to the en- gineers, Fort Velvoir, Va; John R. Holmes, Waterbury, laboratory help CT: John M. Spielman, Torrirgton, carpenter: William o. Mackenzie, Torrington, inspector; and John J. Hamon, Jr., postal clerk, Lltchfield, all four to the air corps, Jefferson Barracks, Mo.
 William J. StHoker, Waterbury, photo engraver, to the signal corps Fort Monmouth, N. J.; and Edwin B. Cleary, Waterbury, postal clerk, to the medical department, Camp Lee, Va.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-07
GLASS COMP ANY, .UNION, CONVENE
Resumed on Proposed Contract; Re-
 visions Likely

Naugatuck, oct. 7.-Negotlations on the proposed contract between workers of the Naugatuck Glass CO, and the Glass company have been resumed, Edward McCreven, or ganizer for the United Mine Work CTS, said today,
 He said a conference was held yesterday in the Larkin law firm office, Waterbury, in which Win field s. Witherwax, president of the Glass company, Judge William Lar kin, the union officials, MT. Me- Creven and Caesar Guazzo, and the committee representing the work CTS, participated.
 Part of the contract was gone over at this meeting and tentative agreement on some things, includ- ing seniority rights principle, was reached, he said.
 He indicated no agreement had been reached on the closed shop clause. Some reMsions in the con- tract are planned, he said.
 The strikers met in Hibernian hall this morning and the commit tee reported on the progress yester- day. It was voted to continue strong picketing until the contract has been accepted.
 Another meeting at which 1t is hoped terms of the contract will be concluded will be he'd in the Larkin office Friday, MT. McCreven saSid,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-07

sent to the Library of Congress in Washington to be photographed and then returned to New Orleans. It follows:
 (Dated Oct. 1, 178O)
 sir:
 "Buoyed above the terror of death by the consciousness of a life devoted to honorable pursuits and stained with no action that can give me remorse, I trust the request I make to your excellency at this serious period and which is to soften my last moments will not be rejected.
 Sympathy toward a soldier will surely induce your excellency and military tribunal to adapt the mode of my death to the feelings of man of honor.
 Let me hope, sir, that If aught in my character impresses you with esteem toward me, if aught in my misfortune marks me as the victim of policy or resentment, shall ex- perience the operation of these feelings in your breast by being informed that I am not to die on a jibbet.
 1T have the honor to be, your excellency's most obedient and most humble servant.
 John Andre,
 "Adjutant General,
 British Army"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-07
PANAMA RESCINDS
 GUN CARRYING

Panama, Oct. 7- (UPO - Pan- anna has notified owners of all ships under Panama registry that the ves- sells may no longer carry guns to protect themselves from German at tacks and that the registry of those which continue being armed will be cancelled, it was disclosed today.
 The decision was reached yester- day at an extraordinary cabinet meeting at which President Arnulfo Arias presided.
 It was announced that the action was taken under the second section of article xI of the maritime neu- trality convention, adopted at the sixth Pan-American conference, on the ground that the United States and other nations which subscribe to the convention do not permit the arming of their merchantmen. and that Panama, therefore, is not tusu- fled in doing so.
 The sinking Of the American owned Panama registered Standard tanker I. C. White between the Bra zllian and African coasts precipi- tated the governments decision. t was made known. but the previous sinking between Greenland and Ice- land Of the naina-rcgistcred American steamship Pink Star sep- tember in, also md q prominent DMIk. H
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-07
TWELVE GENERALS
 HAVE BEEN SHOT

Tstanbul, Turkey, Oct. T.-(UP)- Rumanian quarters said today that 12 Rumanian generals were shot three days ago for signing c joint memorandum to Premier Gen. Ion Antonescu protesting further Ru- manian fighting in Russian terri tory.
 The sources said the generals pro- tested to Antonescu that now that Rumania had recovered Bukovina and BeSsarabia from Russia, any further fighting by the Rumanians would mean Rumania was fighting Germany's war for her.
 These sources alleged that among those recalled from duty on the Odessa front and summarily shot were Generals Leasaviei, Avuan and CosteScu.
 It was reported that In their pro- test to Antonescu the Rumanian generals said that Russia guerrilla attacks in the rear of Rumanian forces facing Odessa were taking Q heavy toll among the Rumanian troops. At the same time, the gen. erals were reported to have pointed out, Rumanians were bearing the brunt of the frontal attack on Odessa.
 The generals were reported to have informed Antonescu that there was growing resentment and dis- content among their troops, mak- ing desirable an early withdrawal of Rumanian forces from the Odessa front.