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Evening star., 1941-01-11

trend toward providing more safe
guards for home ownership. Archi-
tects and other technical experts are
being drawn into the small home
field for the first time. Progressive
lending institutions are encouraging
excellence of design and construc-
ton with more liberal loans and
terms, and keeping away from
doubtful construction. This trend
has not gone nearly far enough
but there is every evidence that
it will gain momentum in 1941.
Highest Standards Advised.
THE Federal Home Loan Bank
System and its IL regional banks
are cooperating with the American
Institute of Architects and the Pro-
ducers' Council, the national asso-
citation of materials manufacturers,
in this program. The 5000 member
institutions of the bank system are
being urged to demand the highest
possible standards for the homes
they finance and to evolve means
of registering on a merit list those
which meet all the requirements
for attractive design and dependable
construction.
If newly built homes meet higher
standards and there is a concerted
movement for the conservation and
rehabilitation of existing residential
nelghborhoodS, an increased Sc
curity in American home ownership
will be assured. In regard to the
latter program 1910 was a significant
year.
The Bank Board recently pub
lished volume entitled 'Waverly-
A Study in Neighborhood Conser-
vation.' 1t told of test program
conducted in a section of the City of
Baltimore to conserve property VAL
ues and rehabilitate declining areas.
The Waverly project was concerned
principally with single-family
homes: another project in the
Woodlawn district in Chicago is
testing the practicability of pro-
tecting and improving a district of
multi-family structures.
Public Lends Support.
Both efforts have won the sup
port of property owners and civic
associations. These groups have in
dorsed the theory that public vigi-
lance can halt structural decay and
carry out plans to overcome other
factors in obsolescence. When it
is realized that essentially sound
residential districts in every city
Evening star., 1941-01-11

change the ratio of 33 pounds of
lead to a gallon of oil, which is its
formula.
If red lead is too difficult or too
expensive for you, choose a ready
mixed rust -inhibitive primer which
is good foundation for almost all
finishing materials, particularly
enamel and aluminium. 1t dries
faster than red lead, although it does
not have as great durability under
extremes of exposure.
Treat galvanized iron with a So
luton of one-half pound of copper
sulphate to a gallon of water and
then one coat of rust-inhibltive
primer. One very important caution:
Wire-brush all rust spots clean be-
fore applying any primer.
With the primer applied, you
want to choose a good intermediate
or finish coat. Three general kinds
are suggested: A full oil-gloss paint
known as elastic steel coating" a
spar varnish with paste or powdered
aluminium, and black asphaltum,
which is full-bodied black varnish
with great resistance to acids and
alkalis. The elastic steel coating is
most economical to use, and comes
in red, brown or black. The spar
varnish with aluminium makes a
bright finish. of course, while the
black asphaltum is meant partic-
ularly for pipe lines, etc.
1t will not be much fun to do
this work on frosty day. Try to
take advantage of the sunniest
hours. Let the paint stand outdoors
awhile before you start, so it more
nearly approaches the temperature
of the air before it is spread. Thin
with turpentine only and don't add
additional driers.
And next time remember to paint
your metal work before the cold
weather sets in.
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termites, also give q true size Of
concrete wall, permit straight wall
work, tight anchorage Of studs for
finished Easements, and are less ex-
pensive than wire ties and wooden
spreaders, according to the bulletin.
Evening star., 1941-01-11

stained. SINNERS" or glossy spots,
which appear on the painted
shingles are usually caused by too
thick an application of paint. To
prevent their appearance, the paint
should be applied sparingly and
brushed out carefully.
Evening star., 1941-01-11
Low Gloss ShinqIe Paint

When painting wood shingles it is
customary to use paint with low
gloss or fiat paint which gives the
shingles the appearance of being
Evening star., 1941-11-07
Army Trains Citizens
To Report Accurately
On Troop Movements
Charts Used in CoroIino
Muneuvers to Show
Types Of Vehicles
By the Associated Press.

~ sne associated Press.
CAMDEN, S. c.. Nov. 7.-One of
the Army's greatest problems is
teaching soldiers to know what they
see. Now it has the added lob of
teaching civilians to report accu-
rately and to recognize the differ
ence between a supply truck and a
fighting vehicle.
The chances of error in differen-
mating among the great variety of
military vehicles was a studied uues-
ton before 1st Army officers today.
Meantime, the 100000 soldiers rested
after completion of the last field
exercise preliminary to the Army
general headquarters war games be-
ginning November Is
Many Reports Inaccurate.
Time after time during the four
day field exercise Army intelligence
headquarters had reports of hun
dredS of tanks" in a certain sector.
They had to be discounted, how
ever, because If all reports were
added there would have been three
VI Wv III Vic ploOlClll
instead of one. Too often, high
Army officers said. soldiers taking
only hasty glance reported truck
columns as tanks.
I'VE have to teach our observers
N be exact" one staff officer said.
You can't send important anti
tank units running over the country
side chasing what was reported as
tanks when they were only per-
Sonnel carriers with soldiers whose
steel hats appeared like treads on
q tank
For the first time In any ma
neuver, the 1st Army has organized
civilians in the Carolinas to report
the presence of tanks and other fight
Ing vehicles. They hurry 70 a tele-
Evening star., 1941-11-07

4th Army Corps maneuver area
bristled today with anti-aircraft
guns and heavy armored vehicles
in preparation for the big war games
the latter part of this month against
the lst Army. which has been ma
neuvering east Of here since early
October.
The latest units to rumble into
the sector were those from the 34th
Coast Artillery Brigade, fresh from
a maneuver with the Sd Interceptor
Command along the Carolinas coast,
under command of Gen. Claude M.
Thiele Three regiments and the
Brigade Headquarters Battery were
the first to come.
The Headquarters Battery and the
9th and 18th Coast Artillery Regi-
ments bivouaced overnight near
Albermarle, N. c.. and the Sd Regi-
ment, the 77th Coast Artillery, is
expected to arrive tonight after a
Evening star., 1941-11-07

phone and by a "bhtz CALL" that
has priority over all others, trans
NIT the information to a clearing
center
BY charts, showing the silhouette
of virtually every Army vehicle, the
civilians can be trained to recog-
nize them.
Preliminary tests of the ''blitz-
call" system have been successful,
Maj. Gen. Sanderford Jarman, in
charge of the organization, said.
Lit. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, command
ing the 1St Army, is depending on
this organization for an advantage
in meeting the armored divisions
during the Army general headquar-
terS war games.
Evening star., 1941-11-07
DENIAL S:

UGH has been written, much said,
W about feminine hygiene Too
often, however, women overlook hy-
giene in the REAL sense of the word
underarm cleanliness and sweetness.
You cannot be attractive and appealing
with underarms moist, stained and
smelly.
There is now a simple and safe way
10 prevent under-arm odor and keep
your dresses free from perspiration
stains and smell. II is Arid, a new
vanishing cream deodorant which safe
= stops perspiration from to , days.
Evening star., 1941-11-07

Arid has s outstanding advantages:
l. Does not rot dresses, does not irrits,e
skin.
2. No waiting to dry. Can be used right
after shaving.
;. Instantly checks perspiration to ;
days. Removes Odor from perspirAtion.
keeps armpits dry.
4. Arid is pure. white, greaseless, szin-
less vanishing cream.
;. Arid has been awarded the Approval
Seal of The American Institute of
Laundering for being Harmless, to fabric.
Women use more Arid than any other
deodorant. Try jar today a any drug,
department or ten cent store IOs.
SOC. and SOC size jars.
Evening star., 1941-11-07
ChiIdren's Books Shown

A collection Of new books for
children is on display at the United
States Ofiice of Education In the
new Interior Building in connection
with National Book Week, which
ends tomorrow
Evening star., 1941-11-07

The total area of Alaska Is 586, 400
square miles, twice the size of Texas
Evening star., 1941-11-07

one-day trip from Fort Bragg, N. C.
The 10lst Anti-Aircraft, a separate
battalion. will augment the troops
of the brigade by mid-November.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Both Parties Evaded
Hatch Spending Ban,
Gillette Charges
S., 600, 900 Limit Was
Far Exceeded He Says;
G. 0. P. Accused on Gifts
By the Associated Press.


A charge that both Democrats
and Republicans employed devices
to "evade and avoid" the $4,000, 900
spending limit on political cam
paigns came yesterday from Chair
man Gillette of the special Senate
committee appointed to police last
falls election.
The Iowa Senator made this COM
ment at the close of stormy COM
nlittee hearing at which Oliver A.
Quayle, general manager of the
Democratic National Committee,
testified Il made a mistake" in
earlier testimony about $500 900 in
loans to Democratic organizations
by R. j. Reynolds.
Senator Tobey, Republican, of
New Hampshire, after a running
dispute with Mr.. Quayle, had shout
ed at the Democratic leader:
I'm my judgment, sir, you are
guilty of perjury"
Mr.. G,uayle heatedly denied this,
and Senators Gillette and Hill,
Democrat. of Alabama agreed that
conflicts in his testimony did not
constitute perjury.
Quayle's Testimony.
Mr. Quayle testified three days
ago that he telephoned Mr. Rey-
nolds, member of a wealthy North
Carolina tobacco family, and ar
ranged for the loans. Mr.. Reynolds,
who recently was made treasurer of
the Democratic Committee, testified
Evening star., 1941-01-12
CIogue to Talk on Forum
Employment Security Director to Discuss
Defense Labor Supply Problems

Problems of labor supply for the
national defense program will be
discussed by Evan Clague, director
of the Bureau of Employment Sc
curity of the Social Security Board,
tomorrow night in the National
Radio Forum.
The forum, arranged by The Star
in cooperation with the National
Broadcasting Co., Is broadcast from
1890 to II pm. each Monday over
a coast to-coast network of N. B. G.
stations, including WMAL here.
Mr.. Clague's post now includes
responsibility for formulating plans
which will assure an adequate labor
supply to defense industries. Shift
ing of workers from one section of
the country to another in order to
man new defense material plants is
one of the matters coming to him
for consideration.
In his address tomorrow, Mr.
Clague is expected to urge greater
use of public employment Offices
upon employers and employees as a
means OF providing a more accurate
check on the Nations labor reser-
voir in the current emergency.
Federal Security Administrator
McNutt appointed Mr.. Clague to his
! present assignment last March.
Previously he had served for three
years as director of the boards
Bureau of Research and Statistics.
T. Mr.. Ciague has been associated
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Naval Hospital 'BIocked Out
As Part of Nationwide Test

The Naval Hospital here is en-
gagged in carrying out Navy De-
partment air raid precaution ex-
pertinent and last week underwent
a complete "blackout" as one step
in the plan that is being applied
to other naval establishments
throughout the Nation, it was
learned last night.
Officials would disclose no details,
but the nearly 200 patients at the
hospital were in darkness for some
time as the master switch at the
private power plant was opened to
black out all four buildings on the
plot at Twenty-fourth and E streets
NV.
The next step in the plan, it was
learned, will be for the patients to
be hurried on stretchers to the base
ment of the buildings where, in war
time, bomb shelters would be located.
At some naval establishments
where the experiment is being car
ried on, airplanes fly overhead to
spot leaks in the blackout, although
they were not used here. The trial
at the hospital was pronounced
success except for the glare of auto
mobile headlights passing through
the driveways.
Naval establishments in other
parts of the country also are under
Evening star., 1941-01-12

River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Har-ers Ferry.
Weather Conditions Last 81 Hours.
The severe storm over the western At
lantic Ocean has continued to increase
both In area and intensity 1t was CEN
tered. at 40 pm. about $50 miles east
of the Virginia Cspes moving north
northeastwaZd about 20 miles an hour,
with lowest pressure about 970 millibars
t2s.64 inches), and it is attended by
strong gales over a radius of nearly 800
miles from its center. Caution is advised
vessels in storm area. disturbance is
moving very rapidly east -southeastward
over the Northern Lake region, Houshton,
Mich, 1010.2 millibars so inches) and
broad trough extends thence southwost-
ward to Arizona. Phoenix, AriZ, 10l5.2
millibars t29.9S inchesl. A wedge of high
pressure extends from Northern New Ens
land southweStward to Texas and the
Western Gulf of Mexico. and pressure re-
mains high over the Plateau and Rocky
Mountain regions. Rock Springs, Wyo.;
1O31.S millibars t3O.47 inches), and
Carbondale Ill, 1O26.4 millibars C3O.31
vailed except for light rain in Arizona and
Western New Mexico and light snow in
West Virginia and the Northern Lake
region. Temperature changes have been
slight as rule, except in Minnesota apd
portions of the adjacent States where the
weather has become warmer
Evening star., 1941-01-12
added that he had no reason to try
to conceal any facts.

1
to conceal any facts.
Tobey's Charges.
How many 100000 loans did you
arrange?" Senator Tobey demanded.
II didn't raise any"
You made false testimony then"
'I did not"
"Oh yes, you did, and I'm going
to read it to you"
Senator Tobey then read long ex-
tracts of Mr.. Quayle's testimony
that he had direct telephone dis
cussion with Mr.. Reynolds about the
100000 loan to the New Jersey
Committee.
Mr.. Quayle interrupted to say that
he headed the Democratic money
raising as treasurer and that 20 men
were actually working in head
quarters.
Its ridiculous to say I did that
alone he commented.
Its the acme of evasion for YOU
to say we are not to take your tes-
timony at par and that I contacted
him when some one else did," Sem
ator Tobey said What value is
there to a mans testimony under
oath when the next day he comes
around and says T means 'we'?"
No Reason for Untruths.
Mr.. Quayle insisted there could
be no purpose for not telling the
truth about the loans.
I'm my opinion you were trying
to shield Mr.. Johnson of collusion
in this matter" Senator Tobey said
Senator Tobey fired a series of
questions about contracts for radio
broadcaStS of the President and his
supporters. dates of these. amounts
paid and when. Mr.. Quayle said he
could not answer from memory, but
promised to supply all data from
records.
Senator Gillette said Illinois
Democratic leaders had promised
to supply reports on contributions
and collections of State organiza-
tions. Mr.. Reynolds testified he
lent the Illinois State Democratic
Committee S25,00O whereas the
State committee previously had re-
ported it had collected and spent
nothing.
Ohio Republican Outlays.
Senator Gillette said the Investi-
eating Committee also lacked re-
ports from the California Demo-
cratic State Committee and Re-
publican and Democratic State
Committees of Washington State.
Senator Hill said Ohio Republi-
cans reported these outlays: Re-
publican State Central Committee,
1869, $50; Republican State Finance
Committee, S446,007; Lawyers No
Third Term Committee, $3.50;
Ohio No Third Term Committee,
S20,866; Willkie for President Small
Businessmen Club, $13,453; Will
kie for President Club of Akron.
S13,382; Associated Willkie Clubs of
America, S21 ,560 and q other Will
kie Clubs. s44,702.
That's a total of nearly 5000 900
just by Ohio State Republican
groups Senator Hill said.
He said that the Missouri State
Republican Committee reported
only S36,575 while the Missouri
State Republican Finance Commit
tee raised and spent s454,061.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Donne|| Drops Plans
To Be |naugurated in
Missouri Tomorrow
Governor-EIect to Take
Fight for Governorship
To State Supreme Court
BY the Associated Press.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Jan. II.
Gov .-elect Forrest C. Donnell cast
aside plans to be inaugurated Mon
day with a declaration he would
take his fight for the office to the
State Supreme Court.
The read-haired Webster Groves
Republican announced his decision
IL hours after a night-long session
of the Legislature tossed his appar-
ent election over Lawrence Nc
Daniel, Democrat. into contest.
In statement, Mr.. Donnell as
serted:
THE returns of the election of
November 5 as opened last night
in the presence of a majority of the
two houses of the General Assembly
of Missouri showed that the high
est number of votes for the Office
of Governor of Missouri was re-
ceived by myself, that number be-
ing 3,613 greater t>2n the number
received by my Democratic oppon-
ent,
Says Law is Clear.
Notwithstanding -" clear pro-
visions of law, the Speaker of the
House did not declare me to have
been elected
II have decided " to file in the
Supreme Court of Missouri a suit
in mandamus to require the Speaker
of the House to perform his duty.
II shall not present myself on
Monday, January 13, for inaugu-
ration as previously planned but
shall instead promptly file such
suit
Mr. Donnell's announcement came
after all-day conferences with le-
gal aides. He planned to return
to his home tonight.
Mr.. Donnell's hopes of being
seated at once exploded as dawn
broke today. The Legislature adopt
ed a resolution ordering a Demo-
ratic-controlled committee to con-
duct contest "in each of the ia
counties and the City of st. Louis.
Certificate Refused.
Earlier the tightly knit Demo
cratic majority OF both houses de-
MED him a certificate of election
with the adoption of canvassing
committee report which said it "has
found alleged mistakes in the re-
turns and has been advised of va
rious irregularities. illegal votes
alleged violations of the law
fraud and the illegal use of money
A minority report was rejected
and the joint session then adopted
a formal petition asking contest
The election investigation was
placed in charge of a committee
composed of six Democrats ane
four Republicans, the same division
Of party strength as the canvassini
committee.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Electors 10 Honor Six
WHO Voted Three
Times for a Winner
College Will Hold
QuudrenniuI Dinner
Next Sunday

Special recognition will be paid
the only six men who ever voted
three times for the successful can
didate for President in the Elec-
toral College at the quadrennial
dinner of the college at the May
flower Hotel at pm. next Sun
day.
The six to be honored are Charles
L. Culbert, Jackson, Calf; w. A.
Morris, Marietta, Ga; John A..
Logan, Elgin, H. John A. Fitz-
gerald, Boston; Oliver F. Ash, St.
Louis, and William A. Dapping,
Auburn, N. Y.
Attorney General Robert jack
son, Josephus Daniels, Ambassador
to Mexico, and Edward j. Flynn,
chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, will be principal
speakers at the affair.
Vice President-elect and Mrs.
Wallace will be among the honor
guests, who include the Secretary
of Agriculture and Mrs. Wickard,
Secretary Of Commerce and Mrs.
Jones. Secretary of Labor Perkins
and Undersecretary of State and
Mrs. Sumner Welles.
Others are Speaker Sam Rayburn
and his sister, Miss Lucinda Ray
burn; Joseph E. Davies, chairman
of the Inaugural Committee, and
Mrs. Davies; Gen. George C. Mar
shall, Army chief of staff; Mai. Gen
Thomas Holcomb, commandant of
the Marine Corps; Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, former Attorney General
Homer S. Cummings, Col. Edwin A
HalSey, secretary Of the Senate
and Mrs. Halsey; Mrs. Emma
Guffey Miller, the Most Rev. Joseph
M. Corrigan, rector of Catholic Uni
Versity, and DR.. Luther A Weigle
president of the Federal Council OF
Churches of America.
Among the Senator's who will be
present are Byrnes of South Caro-
lima, Bankhead of Alabama. Bilbo
Of Mississippi, Caraway of Arkansas
| Green of Rhode Island, Hatch OF
New Mexico and Guffey of Pennsyl-
| vania.
Members of the House who have
made reservations include Repre-
sentatives Pace of Georgia, Walter
of Pennsylvania, Barnes of Illinois
Fitzpatrick of New York. Hill ano
Smith of Washington. Sasscer OF
Maryland, O'Connor of Montana
and Weaver of North Carolina.
Irving Berlin, composer, will direct
the Navy Band during the dinner
Mrs. Berlin will accompany her hus.
band here for the dinner.
Evening star., 1941-01-12

Friday that Wayne Johnson, finance
director for the Democrats. had tele-
phoned him. Mr.. Quayle yesterday
corroborated this version
Senator Tobey charged that Mr.
Reynolds loans to Democratic State
committees in Illinois, New YORK
and New Jersey had been arranged
to keep the Democratic National
Committee from exceeding the
s3,OO0,0OO limit imposed by the
Hatch Act.
Sen. Gillette told reporters that
the committee haG assembled much
evidence, and it was apparent that
both parties far exceeded the $3,-
100000 limit not by their own ex-
penditures as a committee but by
utilization of various devices for
raising and spending money"
Accuses G. o. P.
The chairman said the "Repub-
llcans avoided the S5 900 limit on in
dividual contributions by having per-
sons of great wealth send large
sums in contributions of $4,000 OF
less to many separate committees
and State organizations.
This was done, he said, by the
"Du Points, the Pew family, the
Rockefeller family and others"
Senator Hill asked an investiga-
ton of multiple contributions by in
dividuals to Republican groups, but
Senator Gillette said there was in
sufficient time to go into all these
cases" The committee must report
to the Senate by the end of this
month.
The chairman said incomplete re-
ports of expenditures by various
political committees totaled S21,-
746,475. This, he added, did not in
clude expenses of local political
groups" or of individual candidates
for the Senate.
He said his committee would make
public later a list of these expendi-
lures.
Gillette Cites Example.
Senator Gillette cited the United
Finance Committee of metropolitan
New York as an example of how the
Republicans had avoided" the s3.-
100000 limitation. He said this New
York group reported in October it
had collected and spent $1,398,00C
"and its final report will be close
of So, 2,500O00."
There was evidence, he said, that
both major parties used State COM
mittees and organizations to collect
and spend large sums that were not
included within the 100000 limit
of the national organization.
When Mr.. Quayle returned for his
second questioning by the committee
Senator Tobey asked if he could
reconcile differences between his tes-
timony and that of Mr.. Reynolds
Mr.. Quayle said that the loans
had been arranged at very hectic
time" in the final days of the cam
paign when he was making tele-
phone calls from Democratic head
quarters all over the United States
in an effort to raise funds. He
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Fire on British Ship
Listed as Accident
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 11-Chief Fire
Marshal Thomas P. Brophy. after
lengthy inquiry today officially
listed as an accident fire which
caused s15O,000 damage to war re-
lief material aboard the British
freighter Black Heron.
He said it was definitely estab-
lished' that last nights fire was
started when welders accidentally
burned hole through a steel deck
plate, ignitlng cargo below.
Red Cross war relief supplies and
supplies from the British War Re-
lief Society were damaged but Of
flcials said it was believed some
could be salvaged.
Three airplanes lashed to the deck
were unchanged.