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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-14

Madison avenue, New York. For a
small walk it might be simpler to
make concrete stepping stones. For
this cut out pieces of the sod of the
shape that you want to a depth OF
three inches or so below the surface.
Fill the openings with stiff mix
ture of one part portland cement,
two parts clean sand and four parts
pebbles or crushed stone. If desired
you can color the mixture with
kind of coloring that is proof against
lime and fading; get it from large
paint store or a dealer in mason
materials. AS soon as the concrete
hardens sprinkle it and keep it wet
for several days. The surfaces
should be below the level of the sod
so that a lawnmoWer can be run
over them. If you decide on stepping
stones another choice will be pieces
of slate, which can be had in
colors.
Smoking Chimney.
q. 1 live in an attic fiat and have
an oil heater. The landlord has
furnace heat and a water heating
stove, both burning coal. At times.
smoke from the heaters comes down
my stovepip2 and into my room.
Our smokepipes are not as high as
the 3-Story building next door and
nave caps on them. How can this
trouble be remedied?
A. You can stop it by making the
smokepipe higher, so that its ton
Is at least 2 feet higher than the
highest point of a peak roof next
door; 3 feet if that roof is fat.
Under present conditions. wind
blowing from that side causes ed
dies that make down-drafts in your
smokepipe.
Papering New Plaster.
O. How long should new plaster
dry out before it can be papered?
A. Damage to paper would come
from free lime in the plaster, and
as a general thing at least three
months should be allowed before
papering. Lime can be neutralized
TO permit earlier papering by wash
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-14
F. H. A. Reports Cash
Collections Steady

Cash collections at the rate of
more than S2,000,000 a year are
being made by the F. H. A. on de-
faulted modernizatiOn loan notes in
sured under Title I of the National
Housing Act, and at the same time
the credit standings of large num-
Der of borrowers are being restored,
Federal Housing Administrator Alb
ner H. Ferguson announced today.
The record of Title I collections
Is given in the forthcoming second
quarter issue of the Insured Mort
gage Portfolio, official publication
of the F. H. A.
Of more than 100000 notes
amounting to over 81 300 100000 in
sured under Title I, the F. H. A. has
paid around $4,000 claims for S32,-
900 900 on defaulted loans, less than
90 per cent of the amount of all
notes insured. Of the claims paid,
the F. H. A. has collected in cash
and credits for repossessed property
over S11 00O, 900, or one-third of the
total, after the original lending in
situations have exhausted their own
efforts to collect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-14
First Aid
For the
AHingHouse
Nv ROGER b. WHITMAN.

A friend of mine bought house.
Not long after he moved in there
was rainy spell, during which
surface water running down hill
at the back washed out his garden
and collected in a great pool IN the
street in front of his entrance. In
talking it over with him 1t came OUT
that although he had made many
visits to the house before purchas-
ing, they had all been in pleasant
weather. 1t had not occurred 10
him to learn the conditions during
heavy storms. This is point no
prospective home buyer shoulo
overlook. Conditions surrounding
a house. inside as well as out, are
more vital during bad weather thal'
when the weather is good. Leaks
do not show themselves on flne days.
although to the practiced eye the
marks left by leaks are usually
visible.
Curtaining an Arcn.
O. Three of our rooms have open
ings 9 feet high and 6 feet VICE
the woodwork being dark oak. we
have ALWAYS used straight curtains
on both sides of these openings, but
as this is an old style I thought
that you might be able to Suggest
something else. What do you think?
A. Straight curtains have the
advantage of shutting off the drafts
that might be present IN pau
weather. Interior decorating sec
lions of the large department stores
can suggest many treatments Tor
wide openings, and I think that you
will be repaid by visiting them.
Kitchen Heat.
O.I have pipeleSs furnace IN my
six-room house. but the kitchen re-
mains cold. Ceilings are 10 feet.
Could run a pipe from the furnace
to the kitchen?
A. One trouble is in the height OF
YOUR ceiling, for pipeleSs heating
/ may not be successful when the
ceilings are more than l8 inches
above the tops of the door openings.
One idea would be to put an opening
/ in the wall between the kitchen and
/ the adjoining room, just below the
/ ceiling, to admit the heated air that
| collects along the ceiling. 1t should
be quite possible to connect a heat
| ing pipe from the furnace to
register in the kitchen. Consult a
heating man.
Bat Trouble.
O. We have a lodge built of logs
! in Northern Wisconsin and bats
come in to the peak of the roof. We
have caulked holes and sprayed with
strong ammonia. but they come
back. How can they be discouraged?
A. Your first step must be to close
all the openings in the roof and the
gable ends. In doing this you must
remember that bats can get through
openings hardly an inch across.
Small openings can be closed by
driving in pieces of wood. OF course,
this will not be of much use if bats
can get in through open doors and
windows. II you find bats congre-
eating in certain places in the roof
hang bags of moth balls there, for
they dislike the odor.
Cement Walk.
O. How can I go about making a
small cement walk?
A. You can get full information
in a pamphlet issued by the Port
land Cement Association, 80 West
Grand avenue, Chicago, or at BAT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-14
New Metal. Fixtures
Are of Less Weiqht

Because of less weight and
greater maneuverability up stair
ways and through narrow doors,
formed metal fixtures are interest
ing many home owners who want
modern fixtures but hesitate in
carrying out their plans, fearful of
the difficulties of installing heavier
fixtures. This is especially true
where older homes are being mod
ernized.
Noteworthy among the formed
metal fixtures now available is one
bathtub model which features lower
sides-easier for children, older
folk, and invalids to step into and
out of. This tub can be secured
with a wide seat on the outer rim.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-14

placed on the production of homes
costing $4,000 and less"
He declared that factors which
generally affect the promotion of
wider home ownership, and upon
which builders and lenders are COL
laborating, are modernization and
repair programs, improvement in
economical equipment for the home,
and encouragement of services to
assure better design and construc-
ton,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-14

ton, and cannot always be perma-
nently closed. Each maker of WALL
board has his own system for con-
cealing them. In a finished job.
plastic paint could be tried out and
would probably work. White lead
paste thinned with powdered whit
ing is sometimes used.
X X
Note: Mr.. Whitman is sorry
he can no longer answer per-
sOnal letters. He does, however,
offer readers leaflets on a variety
of subjects. Today's leafet is
entitled Painting and Covering a
Concrete Floor. Be sure to send
a Scent stamped, self-addressed
envelope with YOUR leafiet re-
quest to Mr.. Whitman, p. o.
Box $50, Times Square Station,
New York, \. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-14
Red, White and Blue Room

An American provincial bedroom
uses patriotic colors to complement
its painted furniture group. A plaid
and a solid color chintz combine
bright pastel blue, white and cherry
red. The blue painted wall makes
an effective background for the blue
bedspread with plaid ruff1es. the
cherry red dressing table skirt and
draperies with valance and ruff1es
of the plaid. Milk glass accessories
and gilded frames on mirror and
pictures lend interesting contrast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-14

A plain, smooth-troweled concrete
porch floor will cost considerably
less than one laid In brick, tile or
stone. Such a floor is easier to clean
than one made up Of many small
parts of masonry units.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-14
Solar EcIipses Shorter

A total solar eclipse cannot last
more than seven and half minutes;
an eclipse of the moon may last well
over an hour.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-02-21
Contracting & Decorating
CONTRACTORS

KNIGHT BUILDERS SERVICE
ROefing-Painting -Termito Work
Terms - Free Estimates
547 w. Forsyth st. PhOae 5-&4S6
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DRY CLEANERS

PADDOCK CLEANERS
Quality Cleaning, Prompt Delivery
1907 Main st. PHI. 5-44I7
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CONTRACTING

WOOD HOPKINS
Contracting Company, Inc.
Hauling, Rigging, Steel Erectors
478 Jessie st. Phone 5-OS4O
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-02-21
DRESSMAKING

QUICK SERVICE SEWING SHOP
Mrs. M. Dombaugh
Alterations Room SO4
81 Laura st. Phon0 6-zSS1
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-02-21
SCHOOLS-INSTRUCTT0N

LIPSCOMB SCHOOL
Grade L through 8
Beginners Skillfully Taught
EXPERT TEACHING
27O1 OAK ST. PHI. 1-SS@
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/ A Recommended Business Directory
COLD STORAGE

MERCHANTS COLD STORAGE
COMPANY
SS8 w. Bay st. Phone 5-2166
W. (BilI) Amos, Jr., Pres.
r. L. Billy Carter. See'y
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SANITARTUM

NEWMAN'S SANITARTTM-
Special Care to Elderly PeOul.
- Diets Carefully Followed q
Trained Nurses and Orderlio.
S39 Cottage Ave. Phi. 5.Osl,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Have 2 Main Kinds

The Coast Artillery also has
units with powerful anti-aircraft
guns whose purpose is to protect
our most important centers OF
population and industry, and the
main installations and headquar-
tiers of our armies in the field
from warplanes.
Thus Coast Artillery regiments
are of two main kinds-harbor
defense and anti-aircraft. Some
times two or more regiments are
formed into a brigade under a
single commander.
In its coast defenses the Coast
Artillery employs variety OF
weapons, ranging from three-inch
guns that fire a 15-pound shell
several miles, to huge 16-inch guns
that can shoot ain arrnor-piercing
shell weighing over a ton more
than 20 miles.
In contrast to the heavy weap-
ons of harbor defense units are
the light, fast-moving guns of the
anti-aircraft units. The batteries
of anti-aircraft must detect and
hit targets that fly several hun
bred miles an hour.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Fl. Sheridan Trains
Women for War

CHICAGO. March 15.-QNS)-
Fifty women in training at Fort
Sheridan. soon will be ready to
take their places as members of
the first Illinois women's ambu-
lance corps, it was announced to-
day.
Harriet Mclaughlin. organizer
of the corps, said the women are
being trained to drive ambulances
and give first aid so that IF there
is an emergency these women will
be trained to cope with it COM
petently."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Appetite for Learning
--Termites Eat School

PEEKSKILL, N. Y, March Is
-QNS)-Peekskill High School is
waging a battle today against
termites. According to Fred de
Christopher, superintendent OF
school buildings, the termites got
into the ventilating system and
were blown along the air ducts to
all parts of the building. The
damage:
They undermined. the floors of
four class rooms, bleachers around
the swimming pool. footings of
electric motors ard the flooring of
the basement.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
$500 Grand Prize

Your baby's picture may win
as much as $500 for you, for $500
is the grand first prize in this APP
pealing contest, which also offers
other major awards totaling $500
besides paying a cash prize of s.
for EACH of the 500 pictures
printed during the contest.
This contest seeks pictures oil
all types of babies /. pretty OF
plain so long as the entries
are SNAPSHOTS and INTER
ESTING. Pictorial interest is the
thing the judges consider in Sc
lecting prize winning snapshots
Pictures are NOT returned.
Send baby's picture today! Fol-
low the daily and Sunday Times
for prize-winning pictures. A
FULL PAGE every Sunday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Young Dem Leaders
To Meet in Detroit

LANSING. March 15.-National
committeeman and state presi-
dents of the Young Democrats will
meet in Detroit at the Fort
Shelby Hotel, April 4 and s, to
elect a successor to Mrs. Verda
Barnes, national vice president,
who resigned.
Among the speakers at a ban
quet April a will be Governor Van
Wagner. Highway Commissioner
G. Donald Kennedy and Charles
w. Crane, president of the Young
Democrats of Michigan.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
North Scotland
Hardest Hit by
Tragedy War
Young Manhood Lost,
Women Now Forced
to Take Over Jobs
BY ANTHONY DILLINGHAM;
Int'i News service star Correspondent

WESTERN Isl LES. Scotland,
March 15.-This is a story of dis
aster-and of the one section OF
the British Isles which except for
"blitz bombings" as in London and
Coventry-haS suffered more trag-
ically than any other from the
war.
The northern section Of Scot
land and the adjoining islands of
Null. Lewis. Harris, Skye, South
Ulst and Isley have been harder
hit than anywhere else.
Disaster has followed disaster,
and the future for the people here
appears even more grim. Hardly
a family has not suffered at least
one casualty.
This region is the homo of the
famous 5lSt Scottish Division
which won great fame during the
last World War, and was almost
completely wiped out. This war
saw il reorganized, not quite up
TO its old strength. but in there
punching. And again most of this
division lies in Flanders Field.
The second great loss has been
by sea. The sunken liner Athena
was almost completely manned by
a West Highland crew, as was the
the lost armed cruiser Rawalpindi.
The Scotstoun was another vessel
with crew from the Highlands.
Highland men like to fight, and
seem born with a grim and bitter
determination not only to defend
Scotland and Britain TO the last,
but to be the first to volunteer.
Within one month of the outbreak
of the war. the Island of Lewis
alone contributed 1000 men to the
fighting forces.
1t is such continued military
pursuits that have brought acute
distress TO the Highlands. 1t is
possible to travel through entire
villages without once seeing an
able-bodied young man-only chill
dren and old people.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
They Detect Direction

These sound locators are huge
aids to hearing by which trained
listeners can tell the direction
from which the sound of approach.
ing airplanes is coming, so search.
lights can be pointed in that
direction.
The searchlights are placed in q
circle at a considerable distance
from gun batteries, and farther
out, and in a much wider circle
are ground observers who give ad.
vance warning of approach Of
enemy planes.
All this equipment requires the
production of considerable electric
power in the field and the use OF
complex and delicate control in.
struments by highly trained per.
sonnet. An anu-aircraft battery
of four guns may install as much
as 100 miles of telephone wire
when it occupies a position.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
He Hits Wrong Car;
IFS Traffic Officer

Patrolman Victor Cash of the
Traffic Court detail assigned to
Judge Thomas F. Maher, appeared
Saturday as complaining witness
and arresting officer against
George w. Massey, Is. of Ferndale.
Cash said his automobile had
been struck at Griswold street and
Michigan avenue by Massey's car.
Massey. was given a six-day Jail
sentence.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Enter Snapshot
Of Your Bdbyin
Times Contest
Mothers, Don't Delay!
You May Secure
a Valuable Prize

Don't think it's too late TO enter
bahy's picture in The Detroit
Times $1,000 Interesting Baby
Contest. You still have time, as
this contest has some weeks to go.
You are urged, however. to send
a snapshot of baby soon, or submit
several at the same time. You
also may send other pictures later,
there's no restriction as to the
number of baby pictures one may
submit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Probes Crash Killing z

NEWARK, Cal. March IS
(INS) - Army authorities today
investigated the crash of a mono
plane trainer in which a Moffett
Field flying cadet and his young
instructor were killed yesterday.
The airmen, Second Lieut.. Morti-
mer d. eager Jr.. IS. of Port
Arthur, Tex, and Cadet Thomas
d. Rose Jr., 81, of Fort Worth,
Tex, were practicing emergency
landings.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Rules Easy

The rules are easy to follow
Here they are:
THE Detroit Times wants pictures Of
Il interesting children. In order TO OBJ
tain them the Times will conduct an In
teresting Baby Picture Contest for 10
consecutive weeks, starting Feb. JIG, l94I,
In the daily and sunday issues.
C-Pictures Of children, five years or
= under, are eligible. snapshots are
wanted. Studio pictures tNACCEPT-
ABLE. Al pictures submitted become
Will Not be returned.
C-Ait you need TO do to enter n picture
y of n baby Is TO send his or her snap
shot picture IL The Detroit Times. Re
sure u Is not framed: There is no entry
essary to accompany with Interesting
Baby Picture Contest Entry Blank such
as appears In The Detroit Times. or with
application In similar form. The same
information contained In the coupon must
be written or typed legibly upon the back
of each picture submitted. IL IL not nee
essary To buy copy of The Detroit
Times TO compete.
"A total of So 900 in CASH PRIZES
Il will be paid In this contest. 50 will
be paid for each of 500 pictures printed.
There will be a first grand prize of $500;
second grand prize Of Si00; 30 prizes
of SO each: 80 prizes of IS each to be
awarded at the end Of the contest for the
most interesting pictures. These special
prizes do not necessarily have to be
awarded for pictures printed In the daily
or sunday Times, hut can he chosen from
among any pictures submitted in the con-
test.
S-ContestaBts may enter any number Of
- pictures.
H-PictUres must he entered with con-
" sent Of the parents or guardian of
child pictured.
An contestants agree to accept the
decisions of the judges, appointed by
The Detroit Times. as final and binding.
The pictures the judges consider the most
interesting will win the awards.
O-Mail all pictures TO the Interesting
Q Baby Contest. Detroit Times, 1870
Cass avenue, Detroit. Michigan.
0-Pictures will be published daily In the
~ daily Detroit Times and a page of
pictures each sunday in The Detroit sun
day Times during the 10 weeks of the
contest.
10-Employes Of The Detroit Times
III other Detroit newspapers or MEM
bers Of their families are NOT eligible to
compete.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
By JERRY PETIT

From the rock-ribbed coast OF
Maine to the sunny shores of Cali
fornia" may he Just a figure OF
speech 10 politicians but it's the
outline of job 10 be done for
the arTny's Coast Artillery Corps,
With its fixed and mobile guns,
The Coast Artillery Corps protects
important parts of our shores
mainly the entrances to our
largest harbors and ports-from
approach by hostile landing forces
and from bombardment by hostile
navies. Its line of defense extends
20 miles TO sea.
In this task Of coast defense
the corps acts in close cooperation
with the United States Navy
under our protective mobilization
plan
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Coast Artillery Guards
Ports 20 Miles Into Sea

(This is the fourth OF q series
of articles describing the vsri-
Gus arms and services of the
army OF the United StsteS.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16

units is the three-inch anti-aircraft
gun, which is accurate and fires a
Is pound projectile effective
against enemy planes four miles
high.
The shells have time fuses set
to burst among the planes. 1t is
not necessary to make a direct
hit to destroy it. In one minute,
a battery of four such guns can
fire LOO aimed shots.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
New Guns Rushed

Each anti-aircraft gun battery
has director, or mechanical
BRAIN" which is pointed con-
tinuously at any air target and
automatically computes the right
direction for pointing the guns
and transmits il electrically TO
dials on each gun. The gun crew
simply reads the dials and turns
other dials to point the gun rapidly
in the right direction.
A new 90 nm. anti-aircraft gun
has recently been adopted by these
units, which has a longer range
and greater effectiveness than the
3-inch weapon. These new guns
are being supplied anti-aircraft
units as rapidly as ordnance
plants can turn them out.
Searchlights of S00,000,000 can
dlepower and greater are used TO
illuminate targets at night. TO
enable the Searchlight crews to
find the targets quickly as they
approach, sound locators are used.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Must Moue Rapidly

They must also move rapidly to
reach new firing positions in pro-
tecting a moving army. Hence
regiments of anti-aireraft artillery
can travel more than 300 miles
day.
The standard weapon OF such
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-05
COAST GUARD PATROL BOAT
 MAY GO HOME
Nemaha Returns 10 Juneau
 After Taking Gasoline 10 Stranded Army Plane

erfBarring the possibility of stranded army planes, frozen fishermen and other trials of Coast Guards smans life, the patrol boat Nemaha will spend the weekend in Ketchi- kan-the crew hopes.
 The ice encrusted Coast Guard vessel tied up at the Government qbck shortly after 2 o'clock this Afternoon and will sail for Ketchi- Kan tomorrow, the fates willing. For the past three weeks the Nem- aha has been scheduled to return to it's base at the First City, but emergencies have intervened.
 After being driven back from an attempted landing at Point Retreat early last week to aid fisherman suffering from frostbite, the Nem- aha came to Juneau just long enough to be ordered to Lituya Bay Where an Army plane was forced down out of gas Saturday.
 Today the Nemaha returned with empty gasoline tanks and used oil drums, reported the airplane had been refuled successfully Sunday and managed to take off Tuesday
 So the Nemaha is going home for Iaywhile.
 ,,Maybe
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-05
GRAND PRIZES ' s. 70 T0,BE AWARDED ]
 AT CARD PARTY

Grand prizes ana dancing will mark the last of the series of five card parties sponsored by the Sons of Norway. The special event will take place in the Odd Fellows Hall tomorrow night starting at 8 o'clock and the public is cordially invited to take part. Grand prizes were donated for the occasion by Lud- wig Nelson @'
 The card parties were planned by the organization as means of aiding in raising of funds to buy training ships for the pilots at Little Norway, the Norwegian cen ter at Toronto, Canada. Besides the training ships, the fund is designed to buy planes for Norway to assist her in the war. Local money will be sent to Toronto to be added to the central fund.
 Following the card games to- morrow night, those attending will dance to music furnished by the groups orchestra, composed of Mrs. Jchn Sunderland, Mrs. Lima Hildre and Bert Alstead Refreshments will be served during the evening.