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Evening star., 1941-08-17
Atlantic City's IS
Lifeguards Watch
False Teeth, Too
Lost Ivories Often
Bite Bothers; Flirting
Strictly Banned

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Aug. 49,
The big and brawny hfeguard,
perched on the beach amid thous-
ands of pretty girls, isn't always
busy warding off flirtations.
He's busy warding off poodle dogs,
babies and bathrobes; snatching
bathers out of the briny deep, and
guarding false teeth.
Watching false teeth is one of his
biggest jobs. Bathers are warned
against wearing their store molars
in the ocean. Many a man has lost
his teeth that way.
Bathers often lose their falsies
when a breaker knocks them out.
That creates a public hazard. Many
bather has been bitten by some
one elses uppers. During any sum-
mer, doctors at the seven hospital
tents on Atlantic City's beach treat
dozens of gashes on feet of vacation
ers who have stepped on fugitive
teeth.
Bitten by Own.
Early this season one man was Bit
ten on the foot by his own synthetic
ivories while searching for them on
the ocean floor.
About three times a year, people
hit by strong breakers discover up
pers and or lowers caught in their
throats.
For those reasons the lifeguards,
who fatty refuse custody of the
many babies, dogs and garments
women ask them to watch, gladly
will accept guardianship of your
false teeth. They'll also take care of
eyeglasses. The theory is that it
wouldn't be nice for people to bury
these articles in the sand, as they
frequently do their small change.
It's great disappointment to
some of the visiting girls, but At
lantic City's chosen lifesavers will
not f1irt. There are stern orders
against it, for one thing. And for
another, most of the men have wives
and children at home
Some of the guards are bald, too
and few somewhat paunchy. Good
looks won't get you anywhere in this
business. To get on the force and
stay on 1t you have to demonstrate
over and over again that you can
swim 200 yards in stormy sea with
a clumsy thing called can buoy
tucked under one arm Eleven men
out of every twelve who think they
can do it fail in their attempts.
Other Jobs in Winter.
There are IS lifeguards on At
lantic City's beach. Half of them
have held their posts more than 10
years. Most of the guards are car
penters, bricklayers, paperhangers or
painters during the winter. A few
have similar jobs on Florida beaches
in winter.
For more than 80 years Atlantic
Citys lifeguard system thrived
strictly on the basis of romance and
civic duty. From the beginning. it
was so romantic the guards didn't
want any pay from the city and
eventually 1t became such great fun
that it was too good to last.
Self-aDpOinted lifepuardS dressed
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Apartment to Show
Life in the 1866

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 16.-Ont
apartment in the lower New Or
leans Pontalba Building, at 523 st.
Ann street, will be refurnished in
the fashion of the 1850s when
Baroness Pontalba constructed the
buildings on Jackson Square, and
will be open for inspection of tour
lists and all who are interested in
the old Quarter, according to the
director of the Louisiana State
Museum which is located in the
Cabildo.
The museum controls the rental
of the lower Pontalba buildings
and uses the funds for the de-
velopment of the museum generally.
The living room, bedrooms,
kitchen, slave quarters, will be re-
stored and furnished with furniture
in Use during Baroness Pontalba S
lifetime Later, it Is intended that
one ground floor of the Pontalba
Building shall be fitted as a Mis-
sissippl River" museum, with models
of early Indian canoes, pirogues.
f1atboats and river steamers. and
relics of river steamers and boats
which once piled the great river.
Evening star., 1941-08-17
81 Children Entered
In Contest for Best
Backyard Play Area
Prizes Are Offered
In Competition to
Promote Traffic Sofety

Sixty-seven contestants had signed
up for the backyard playground con-
test when entries closed last night,
according to Harry C. English, as
Sistant director of the District Of
Columbia Recreation Department.
Several more entries are expected
by the time official count is made
tomorrow, Mr.. English added.
Judges will meet Friday and elm
nations will take place during the
next two weeks.
Sponsored by the Department of
Vehicles and Traffic, the Recreation
Department and the Junior Board
OF Commerce in cooperation with
the District Of Columbia Work Prof.
ects Administration, the contest is
intended to reduce the child traffic
toll by encouraging provision of safe
play places for children.
Essential to Safety.
There can be no doubt" said
M. o. Eldridge, assistant director
of vehicles and traffic, that the
backyard Fairgrounds contest has a
tremendous effect on child safety"
The Midwestern city which started
the contest cut its traffic toll 40
per cent in the first year, he re-
ported. Construction of play places
at home, he declared, is IAN essen
tial part of the fight against child
traffic accidents"
Judges in the contest include Mrs
P. c. Elicit, president of the Dis
trict Parent Teacher Association
Herman v. Schneider, of the Com
missioners' traffic advisory council
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, presi'
dent of the District Board of Edu
cation; Charles Lutz, supervisor O.
recreation for the District w. P. A.
Howard De Franceaux and Jane
A. Wiley of the Junior Board o.
Commerce: Mrs. Cora Wells Thorpe
TO the Women's safety division of tht
American Automobile Association
Thomas J. Anderson and JOSEPH
/ Cole of the Community Center anC
Fairgrounds Department. and Ber.
Evening star., 1941-08-17
New Cotton Plant

Surabaya, Java. is to have a new
plant producing 5000, 900 yards of
cotton goods a year.
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Smokes Old Cigars

ROSCOE, N. Y, Aug. Is tP.-
Alfred Dreher celebrated his 2lst
birthday anniversary by smoking
two cigars as old as he was.
A tobacconist gave his father the
cigars more than 20 years ago with
the jesting suggestion that they
be kept as presents until Alfred
then months old, reached his ma
turity.
Evening star., 1941-08-17
The Travellers Notebook
The Forthcoming Inter-Americon Travel Congress
Plans to Facilitate Good Neighbor Tourism;;
. Longer Hours for National Shrines

prestige and influence could give
weight to the campaign.
Even should the Government
have to bear the added cost" wrote
Gov. Miles, "it would be insignif1-
cant compared with the tremendous
support it would give our national
morale"
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Windmill Becomes SowmiII

An old windmill within five miles
Of the center of London has been
converted into a sawmill.
Evening star., 1941-08-17
nard Macdonald of the District
w. P. A. Writers Project.
Prizes Are Offered.

W. <. n WIlISIS FIOJSCL.
Prizes Are Offered.
Washington I. Cleveland, manager
of the District of Columbia Motor
Club of the A. A A, and Miss Mary
Mason, radio commentator, may be
added to the list of Judges.
Prizes, identical for white and
colored, have been furnished by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce and
the Women's safety division. For
the best playground made with pur-
chased equipment badminton set,
pup tent and sand box will be
awarded. For best playground Of
homemade materials, sliding
board, seesaw anG roller skates will
be given.
Fairgrounds contributing most to
the safety of their neighborhoods
will be awarded lawn swings by the
women's safety division.
Evening star., 1941-08-16
D. {. Building Permits
OF S658,75O Value
Issued in Week
School for District to Cost
$4,000 Is Largest Single
Project on List

New construction valued at $685.
$50 was authorized here last week
under permits approved by the Dis
trict building inspectors office.
The District government itself
launched the costliest of the weeks
projects when it obtained permission
to go ahead with new elementary
school, yet unnamed, to be erected
in the 5000 block of Alabama avenue
Sc at a cost of $4,000.
At the same time the municipal
government was granted permits to
proceed with work on the Kramer
Junior High School. 1901 @ street
Sc, and to build a two-story addi-
ton to the Syphax School, 1920 Half
street S.W. The estimated cost of
these projects was not disclosed.
In the private building field, Ray
mond C. Wire was given a permit
to erect IA two-story fats of four
units each in the 800 block of Nine
teenth street NE, at a cost of
$4,000.
The Cafritz Construction Co. was
authorized to erect a two-story
apartment building of 33 units at
tSee BUILDING PERMITS, Pg. B-2)
Evening star., 1941-08-16
PHorities to Bring Changes
In Private Home Building
Increase in Construction Is Predicted, but
With Requirements of Materials

Priorities control of building ma
terials will bring numerous changes
in private non-defense construction,
but far from cessation of home
building" the Architectural Forum
believes in predicting what is likely
is a considerable increase"
While shortages of some materials
are to be expected with defense con-
struction alone already at the rate
of s25o,O0O,0O a month. which is
more than half the 1939-40 average
for civilian construction of all types,
the magazine explains, expansion
of national income from defense
activity has increased civilian de-
uands which will be met with new
materials, new methods and new
approaches to design.
Priority controls should not cut
deeply into the home building situa-
ton, since few essential materials
are likely to become involved" il
is pointed out. Indications are that
whatever restrictions are imposed
will be based on a policy of con-
servation that should effectively pre-
vent absolute shortages from de-
Evening star., 1941-08-16
Silver Star Home in Kenwood
ToBegin Third Week on Display
5000 Persons Already Have Seen
Brick Colonial Dwelling; Open Till 9 PM

the entrance, is marked by big bay
window. The kitchen is gas equipped
with steel-back sink, metal cabinets,
room for a breakfast nook, and ex-
tends to buffers pantry.
The upstairs has a master bed
room 20 by u feet. A bathroom
with shower stall is entered from q
hallway leading from the master
bedroom to a smaller room that may
be used either as nursery or sew
ing room There are two other bed
rooms, both convenient to bath.
Plenty of Closets Upstairs.
The upstairs contains plenty OF
closets. all of them cedar finished
The attic, full-sized and reached by
stairway, could easily be converted
into a gameroom.
The basement is featured by q
recreation room of painted knotty
pine with a fireplace and asphalt
tile floor. There is also a maid S
room with lavatory and shower
laundry room and a double garage
accessible from the recreation room.
+ The Kenwood house has slate
roof. is air. conditioned. mas clear
white oak floors and is otherwise
well constructed. 1t was Endorsed by
the Silver Star Homes Committee
before being opened as an exhibit
home.
Evening star., 1941-08-16
Building Men
ToStudy Use
Of Substitutes
Committee Being
Formed to Work With
u. 5. and Industry

Warned by the Government OF
IAN immediate challenge to adjust
itself to emergency conditions" the
Nations building industry is about
to undertake an exhaustive study
of substitute materials.
Federal analysts, writing in the
August issue of the Home Loan
Bank Board Review, say that with
the demand for new homes steadily
rising and restrictions on some
building materials already in effect,
the building industry faces an i'm
mediate challenge to adjust itself to
emergency conditions if the high
volume of home construction is TO
be maintained The adoption of
simple designs, new types of ma
terials and new building methods.
as well as further concentration on
low-priced houses, is required"
Coincident with the warning, a
committee being organized under
leadership of the Home Builders
Institute of America, an affiliate Of
the National Association of Real
Estate Boards, will review the whole
situation with respect to home-
building materials and their rela-
ton to general defense needs.
To elaborate With Government.
The committee will discuss with
Government officials the types Of
materials and equipment for which
substitutes can be encouraged and
developed, and then will collaborate
with manufacturers This group is
expected to become the machinery
through which home builders may
intelligently and voluntarily CO.
operate in the development of sub
stitutes where they prove possible.
Discussing the effects of the de-
fense program on prospects for resi-
Dental construction, the Home Loan
Bank Review says:
The job before all elements of
the building industry is stupendous
and will require a great deal of
planning and cooperation, in addi-
ton to radical changes in local
building codes, labor practices and
(See SUBSTITUTES, Page B-5)
Evening star., 1941-08-16

veloping, and that voluntary CO.
operation will be tried out before
mandatory controls are imposed.
Materials interchangeable.
House construction. for a num-
ber of reasons, is likely to be less
drastically affected by defense short
ages than other building types.
Houses can be, and are, built from
a wide variety of materials. few of
which are likely to prove scarce.
Most of these materials can be
used Interchangeable" the Forum
explains. Wood can be replaced by
brick, brick by wood, or both by con-
crete or other materials if the need
becomes apparent. Variety of de-
sign, construction and finishing
methods is already great; adaptation
to such shortages as do occur need
not involve experiment or substitu-
(See HOME BUILDING, Page B-3)
Evening star., 1941-08-16

The current Silver Star Home, g
Colonial dwelling at TIA Norway
drive, Kenwood, Nd, that has al
ready been inspected by $500 to
5000 persons, will enter the third
week of its exhibition period to-
morrow.
The home is open to the public
daily from 10 m to 9 pm. 1t is best
reached by automobile by driving
out Wisconsin avenue to Dorset
drive, left to Kennedy drive and left
again one block The display will
continue through August "a.
This house, the seventh in the
l941 series of Silver Star Homes, is
gracefully constructed of old brick
and is the product of the Kennedy
Chamberlin Development Co. 1t was
designed by A. H. Sonnemann, and
has been furnished by Woodward &
Lothrop.
Seated on a large tree-dotted lot.
the home contains nine rooms and
three and half baths. The lot con-
sists of 1880 square feet, and the
cubic content of the house is $4,000
feet.
First-FlOor Plan.
The first-foor plan includes a
spacious living room to the right of
a center entrance hall. Especially
bright, the living room opens onto a
screened porch that overlooks the
back. Another door from the living
room leads to a library, with lava
tory attached.
The dining room, to the left Of
Evening star., 1941-08-16
Defense Housing
Attains Magnitude
Without Precedent
More Than 90, 900 Homes
Already Completed or
Under Construction

Emergency public construction of
defense homes, under the direction
of the Federal works administra-
tor has grown into a housing pro-
gram national in scope and without
precedent in magnitude.
More than 10000 homes are COM
pleted, under construction or about
to go into construction in 249 To-
calities in Al States. the District
of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto
Rico and the Panama Canal Zone.
Never before has the building of
so many homes been undertaken, in
a single program, in so short a time.
In cost, too. new records are being
set. The average cost per home,
limited by statute, has been kept
under $4,000 The speed with which
construction is proceeding is indi-
Gated by the fact that during July
an average of 256 dwelling units
were built per day This was l6
more houses day than in June.
Defense homes dot the country
from the Canadian border to the
Rio Grande. Comparable to the
(See HOUSING, Page BAD
Evening star., 1941-08-16

(See SUBSTITUTES, Page B-5)
Evening star., 1941-08-16
Home Bui|dinq
Hits Fastest Rate
Since 1929
Pace Nearly Third
Above First Half
OfLust Year

American home-building for the
first half of this year went forward
at an astonishing rate-eXceeding
activity for a similar period in 1910
by nearly a third and surprising
all other siX-month construction
cycles since the palmy portion of
1929.
Looking back from June to jan
uary, Secretary of Labor Perkins
found that $4,000 new dwelling
units had been provided in the nom
farm areas, with the permit valua-
ton placed at approximately ST.
116O00,000
breakdown revealed that 80 per
cent of the dwellings were one-fam-
lily affairs, 6 per cent tWo-famlly
structures and the remaining II per
cent apartment houses.
Largest percentage gains were
shown in the smallest sized cities and
the rural nonfarm area, while the
lesser gains were made in cities with
populations of more than half a
million. The nonfarm area includes
all incorporated places and all un-
incorporated places except farms.
81 Per Cent Over 1910 Period.
Specifically, the increase over a
corresponding time for 1910 was 81
per cent. During the first six
months of last year. 7S per cent of
the new dwelling total consisted of
one-family dwellings, per cent two
family homes and IS per cent apart
ments.
Miss Perkins explained that 53671
units, or II per cent of the nom
farm total. were financed with public
funds during the first half of the
current year. OF this total, she said,
1882 units we're designated for the
use of families of defense workers
and of officers and enlisted men.
The total of all new defense housing
units in the United States paid for
with public funds now stands at
63,767. The remaining 1859 pub
licly-financed projects during the
first half of l941 were in nondefense
U. S. H. A. projects.
1t was pointed out that all city
size groups, and the rural nonfarm
area as we'll, experienced increases
in the number of new dwelling units
constructed.
Cities Under 100000 Lead.
The sIIryev diSn1ospd that ah0Ilt
80 per cent of all privately-flnanced
dwelling units during the first half
of 1941 were in cities of 100000 pop
ulation or over; 40 per cent in urban
places of less than 100000 and %
per cent in rural nonfarm areas.
Illustrating how defense housing
needs have radically altered the dis
tribution of public projects, the,
Secretary called attention to the fact
that during the current period. "a
per cent of the publicly financed
units were in cities of more than
100000 "a per cent in smaller urban
places, and 80 per cent in rural
nonfarm areas
Except for the Mountain States,
where the level remained approx
mately the same, all sections Of the
country showed greater residential
construction activity during the first
half of the year than during the
same period of 1910. These increases
ranged from per cent gain in the
West, South and Central States to
Evening star., 1941-08-16

CSee HOUSING, Page B-40
Evening star., 1941-08-16

an SO per cent increase in New Eng
land.
AS for the permit valuation. Miss
Perkins said the figure of S1,116,-
100000 was 35 per cent above the
1927 100000 estimate for the first
half of 1Q40
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-05
W.R.C. to Entertain
District Officers

At the meeting OF Carpenter
Women's Relief Corps Friday after.
noon, plans were made to entertain
district officers May and to aid a
needy family with the gift OF So.
Mrs. Delbert Coli presided. 1t was
decided to attend in a body the
Gallon Markham funeral this after
noon.
Mrs. John Slater, patriotic IN
structor, reported that she had
purchased five new flags for the
color bearers and patriotic in
structor. The Corps decided to at
tend the Free Methodist Church,
Sunday, and present the church
with a large flag. Mrs. Slater was
appointed kitchen chairman and
Mrs. Bert gillette. dining room
chairman for the district meeting
May 8. The Corps Willie two quilts
Apr 25 at the hall
For the program, poems were
read by several members. The
dining tables were tastefully decor.
ated for Easter. Mrs. Slater was
chairman.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-05
Fine Points in Bridge
By SHEPARD BARCLAY

after a bit Of study He could
count FIVE tricks IN clubs. that
first one IN diamonds. and decided
10 seek three IN hearts by dness-
ing the 10 at once. IN the hope ~
finding both Q and J with West
When tNat failed. East returned
the diamond to the West
switched 10 his spade 10 East 5
K. and the diamond WIS won by
the Q West followed with the dla-
mond K. setting the contract. and
the spade A set II another
After the dehacle South tuld
North that II he had rebid the
clubs. thereby showing two i've
card suits. South would have sup
ported the clubs TO four where
upon North would have gone to-
5-Clubs Al that contract two
spade tricks could be lost. but no
more. whereas South had no
chance to make bis No Trump
game as the cards lay From the
bidding, he thought North had
only a four-card club SUIT. with
Eve hearts. SO reckoned that the
No Trump venture should be tn
better try.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-05

with Mr.. and Mrs. George Gold.
smith and family. ..
Mrs. Phillip Stigman. Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Stigman. Ida. and IrY-
ing Knapp. Monroe. we're Sunday
dinner guests OF Mr.. aud Mrs. Don.
aid McCrone and son, Forsyth.
Ben sherman, Detroit spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Sherman.
Sunday afternoon guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Aus
tin and family and father. Ben
Austin were Mr.. and Mrs. James
Miller. Monroe, Mr.. and Mrs. Law
renee Drew and family and Mr.. and
Mrs Clarence Strickland and fam
lily. Milan.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Haddon. De-
troit. were Saturday evening visit
tors OF Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Curry.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Rattray en-.
tertained Mr. and Mrs T. j. Phil
lips and daughter, Marilyn, for
Sunday dinner.
Mrs, Tracy Conroy, Mrs. Richard
Russell and son, Pennington. we're
Sunday dinner and afternoon
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Gan
ong. David Kirby, Dearborn, was
an afternoon guest.
Leonard Faust, York, was a Sun.
day dinner guest OF his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Faust. In,
the afternoon, Leonard and his
parents motored to Superior Town.
ship and visited Mrs. Chester Mar.
tin.
Fred Beverage. Whitaker. Dud.
ley Helfridge and Donald Stuart
attended the Field Trials at White.
house, Ohio. Sunday.
Miss Flora Mae Goldsmith has
been staying in Milan while at
tending the Milan High School.
She is now staying at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Goldsmith.
Lewis Faust, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Faust, Saline, spent the
week end with his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Faust.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Avery AMI
family and mother, Mrs. Ida Avery,
and daughter Eleanor were Ann
Arbor visitors Saturday evening.
Mrs. Floyd Malone and daughter
Caroline, Ypsilanti, were Monday
dinner guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Shi-.
ley Hannah.
Mrs. Frank Riggs visited Mrs.
Georgia McCracken and Mrs. Ger
aid Prince and daughters. Carol ami
Connie, Wayne. Monday afternoon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-05
Knights of PythiaS
Entertain Their Sons

Queen City Lodge number 49,
knights Of Pythias, entertained
their sons With banquet With
talks by Rev Raymon Bair and
Rev. George E. Moore, and With
motion pictures, at Patterson
banquet Friday evening in h. P.
Hall.
Pythian Sisters served the deli.
cious dinner TO 50 men and boys
James Hart. POSTMASTER intro
duced Rev. Bair who gave a splen-
did talk on the subject. Duty Of
Fathers TO Sons Rev. Moore also
talked regarding fathers and sons.
The remainder OF the time was
spent viewing motion pictures
shown by Theodore Ziefle, chancel-
Tor commander Of Ann Ar5or Lodge.
The pictures included Ypsilanti's
Fourth OF July parade. the Mich
igan Central Railroad wreck. Pyth-
ian Shrine at Eagle Harbor, Macki-
nae Island, Michigan football game,
an entertaining comedy and beauh-
tul colored views OF the Detroit ZOO.
II was announced that Queen
City Lodge will omit their regular
meeting here Monday night on &C
count OF their visit 10 Milan Lodge.
when they will eXemplify the Les
son OF Friendship. Meeting will be
preceded by a dinner al $50.
Past Chancellors Club will have
Ann Arbor Past Chancellors Club
as guests at their cooperative sup
per and meeting Apr. Q. Linley
Wiseley will be the candidate Tor
initiation 10 be in charge OF Earl
Snyder aud Forrest Tefft.