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Evening star., 1941-01-04
Brick Design Siding Adds
To Appearance and InsuIotes
Cost of improvement Is About S485
For Six-Room, Two-Story House

weather without danger OF being
damaged, its makers say The colors
of the brick-design siding are non
fading and do not need to be
painted.
The bricklike siding may be nailed
right over old walls. There are IA
fabricated, pre-Sealed nail holes
in each panel, through which nails
are driven This avoids any pos
Slbllity of puncturing the insulating
material in application and leaves
no openings through which mois-
ture or cold can penetrate All
corner units are reinforced with
copper wires to strengthen the con-
Struction.
If you are yearning for house
that looks like brick, and want in
Sulation at the same time, here is a
way to kill two birds with one stone
Cost, about S485 for the average g.
room, 2-story house.
Salt for Icy Sidewalks.
We have told you before of a
chemical which, sprinkled on slip
perry surfaces, meltS the ice and
makes it easy to remove. Now We
want to mention another melting
agent. so commonplace in character
that it might be overlooked: Rock
salt
Rock salt crystals are an abrasive,
as are sand, cinders, etc, but they
also are melting agents. Spread
over icy surfaces, they bore through
the surface and undercut the mass
of ice or packed snow which has
formed on steps and driveways. The
salt serves to melt the ice and the
water which results dissolves the
salt. Brine then creeps along under
the surface of the ice, pitting it so
it is easily scraped or brushed aside
Rock salt has one advantage over
cinders and sand-it need not be
removed afterWard. And. of course,
it is an economical way to treat the
icy walking surfaces around your
house.
Extending Fireplace Heat.
We all know by this time that a
fireplace is not part of the modern
Evening star., 1941-01-04

house just to fulfill its original
function of giving off heat. Most OF
us want fireplaces because we like
them We are sentimental about
cracking flames.
But did you know that there is
the possibility of fire on the
hearth actually robbing the house
of heat? If your house is not
thoroughly insulated, with doors
and windows weather. stripped, a
working fireplace can lower the
temperatures of the other rooms,
even if its own room is cheerfully
warm.
The reason for this is-to heat
ing expertS-simple. AS room air
is used by the fire. it must be re-
placed by air drawn from the out
doors. This outdoor air is lot
chillier than the furnace-heated
air inside your house. and in rooms
other than the fireplace room its
GOODNESS is not offset by the heat
from the fire.
One way of avoiding this situa-
ton is to have a fresh-air fireplace
heating unit, with a built-in heat
ing chamber which draws its air
not from the room but from out
doors. Fresh air enters the unit
through a louver behind the fire.
place. passes around and across the
heat of the fire and flows into the
room through grilles connected to
the chamber by ducts Thus, you
get your air replacement from
source behind and beyond the fire.
place-cutting down the draft from
crevices around windows and doors
and you also use the extra warmth
which otherwise would be wasted up
the chimney.
The fresh-air fireplace unit IS,
except for its air intake feature,
much the same as the recirculating
fireplace which has been popular
for some years. 1t comes complete
with ducts. grilles, mineral wool in
sulation, flue and f1ue dampers to
be built in as a permanent unit. A
good mason can install it quickly.
A circulating fireplace is nice to
have in the country, where an extra
and independent source of heat
comes in handy when there are
storms or breakdoWns in electric
power lines. This one comes in six
sizes ranging in price from about
$40 to S120. Costs of building the
chimney and installation are extra,
of course.
Evening star., 1941-01-04

general labor shortages in conStruc-
tion or manufacturing threaten us.
Building materials of all kinds are
readily available. ." There is, more
over. no likelihood of a general
shortage of funds to lend for sound
housing operations. In contrast to
the last crisis there is real momen-
tum now behind the house-building
program. Today the skill of de-
signers and the capacity of builders
are both much greater than they
were % years ago. This is especially
true in the low-priced field"
However, the research staff sharp
ly warns against undue optimism.
with all the advantages of the pres
ent situation" says the report. which
was prepared under the direction of
Miles L. Colean as head of the re-
search staff, I'VE NAV still be con-
fronted by many critical situations.
Industrial expansion has hardly be-
gun, yet the names of many of the
trouble centers OF the last war are
heard again: Newport News, Cam
den. Quincy, Bath ano the arsenal
towns.
The experience of the last war,
as we'll as these first warning signals
from the present emergency, show
clearly that the vital work of provid-
ing adequate shelter for the workers
in defense industries must parallel,
and not lag behind, the expansion
of those industries"
The report gives striking examples
of how failure to do this seriously
hampered the production of war ma
terials in 1918. The research staff
cites shipbuilding plant at Spar
rows Point, Md. which was equipped
to produce nearly two ships more a
month than it was then building. 1t
was unable to do so because of lack
of living quarters for the $500 men
needed Bridgeport, Conn, is cited
as another place where lack of liv-
ing quarters added to a critical labor
shortage" in 1918. The Labor De-
partment, in trying to place women
workers in war industries. reported
that fully so per cent refused TO
take Jobs because Of the housing
conditions in places where there
were war orders"
Summarizing the World War eX-
perience, the research report says:
mo advance effort haG been made
to estimate the housing needs of
workers in the war industries. There
was no effort to enlist the full re-
sources of the building industry
while there was still time for these
resources to count. There was much
cropping after facts anG duplication
of effort on the part of many diff
ferent Federal bodies no one of
Evening star., 1941-01-04
Immediate Action
Held Need in Defense
Housing Program
Delays and Mistakes
In World War Cited
As Foreworninq

Private industry has the capacity
to provide the major part of the
housing needs of our defense pro-
gram, but immediate action is nee
essary if we are to avoid the delays
and mistakes that seriously crippled
Americas war effort in 1918.
This finding is included in spe-
cial research report now being pre-
pared for the Housing Committee of
the goth Century Fund. The first
section of the report, reviewing our
World War experience and citing
parallel needs today, was made pub
lie yesterday by Evans Clark, execu-
tive director of the fund.
The housing crisis of the last war
may lead us to think that the Gov
ernment is the only resort in an
emergency" says the research staff.
yet careful study of that period
does not prove it. Only in a COM
partively few places did the ordi-
nary processes of supplying houses
break down sufficiently to create a
necessity for direct governmental
operation. These places were CEN
ters of high concentration of war
activities where competition for
labor and materials was intense,
where transportation was overtaxed.
and where the certainty of decline
in industrial operations after the
emergency discouraged private en-
terprise.
Mostly Private Operations.
Even in the most intense year
Of war activity. however, and after
the governmental housing agencies
had been set up over 80 per cent of
the total 100000 dwelling units
started represented private opera
tions. 1t is also possible that if the
need for housing had been clearly
revealed in advance of the crisis
there might have been less difficulty
in maintaining housing production. -
The research report finds that the
private building industry faces the
present emergency with more favor
able factors than in 1918. NO
Evening star., 1941-01-04
Fairfax County Sets
New Records in
Rea|tYActivity
1,l25 Building Permits
Isued in 1910 for
TotoI Of S3,5l0,056
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
FAIRFAX, Va, Jan. 4-More
records for real estate activity were
shattered in Fairfax County as the
curtain dropped on 1910.
Both on the basis of new conStruc-
ton work and transfers, local real
estate activity broke all records for
12-month periods.
The value of building permits for
the year was more than a million
and a half dollars ahead of 1899, and
the recordation of deeds and trusts
exceeded the total of the previous
year by an even 1900.
For the II months ended Decem-
ber 81, County Commissioner of
Revenue James U. Kincheloe re-
ported 1125 building permits were
issued by his office for a grand total
of S3.510056 in new construction and
improvements.
Comparing this record with pre-
cedlng years, the commissioner said
626 permits for $1,948,7l3 in con-
struction work were granted in 1899:
466 permits for building operations
set at 81, ,245 $40, were issued in 1888
and 404 permits for Sl,081 OPS in
new construction in 1887.
Building operations were fairly
general over the county in 1910
with the areas adjacent to the
Arlington County and Alexandria
City lines taking the greatest share.
Approximately 35 new subdivisions
were opened during the year, adding
about 1000 more lots.
July and August were the peak
months, with permits totalling
SAT- $50 listed for the former month,
and 1891 800 for the latter. January
and December stood at the low level.
From the Office of County Clerk
John M Whalen a report shows
there were 6.237 recordations during
1910 as compared with 5037 the
preceding year. The increase in
recordations between 1889 and 1910
was greater than in any previous
year.
High light of 1910 in Fairfax Coun-
ty so far as real estate was con-
cerned was the new reassessment,
the first in 10 years. A three man
Board OF Assessors revalued all
realty and Improvements for tax
purposes.
Likewise because of the rapid eX-
pansion in real estate, the Board Of
Supervisors approved the establish
ment of special department under
the commissioner of the revenue to
handle all real estate tax matters
effective the first Of the year.
Evening star., 1941-01-04
BY DOROTHY DUCAS
and ELIZABETH GORDON.

II your frame house Is no longer
new and is really in need of re-
modelling. you can satisfy your long
suppressed yen for brick by adding
a brick-deSign siding. What we mean
is an insulating material which
comes in brick-red or buff color, is
marked off in brick pattern. and
has surface that is bricklike to
the touch. 1t can transform the
appearance of your house while
adding that valuable quality. ability
to keep out winter cold and summer
heat.
The base of this product. which
comes in panels l4X43 inches, is q
well-known structural insulation
material, the surface of which is
impregnated with a high-grade as
phalt and mineral filler to keep out
moisture. Crushed brick, made of
clay chosen for its durability, is
pressed firmly into a mastic coating,
and the resulting surface is said to
be unaffected by either heat or cold.
1t may be applied either in mid
summer or in 20-degree-beloW-zero
Evening star., 1941-01-04

which had any authority to co-ordi-
nate the others. Finally, after Sc
we're crises had developed, the Gov
ernment itself financed and built
houses"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-27
Nazis Deny
Any Threat
To LaHns

Berlin, Nay 21.-lE3I->rc-
rct.,IN of State tOIuCii iiuil>
|connHnnt that tci,uan Grsld
.1dnIlIai Erich EIrdc!> state
m"nt SUNDAY implied 4 tArett
to south American countries as
We'll is the sn'ted States can
not bc understood here, an auth
urixcd tonncatator SAID today.
we certainly tr' NOT aware
that any south american C@un-
Try conducts or plans so-cd'icd
neutrality patrols or considers
tonAoNInG VA mitcri1!>, The
Spokesman sand.
"\o South American country was
meant and il Was nat necessary
for the admiral To direct any
such remarks to LATIN americas
nations.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-27

london. M, 21.-GAP'-uIgh
official quarters announced 10
daN that measures Ar" beng
taken with respect to the Prince
Iuecn, German cruiser which
va cNeort,ne the sunkcn battle
ship Bismarck.
The Prince tugCn is a 10000
ton cruiser. one Of the three ships
of The ADMIRAL iiipper class, new
c>i and strongest OF GcrmanN>
cruisers.
tShc carries eight Sinch guns,
tvrilc i.2-lnCh anti-t'rcratt guns
and twelve 81 nliliimctcr anti
aircraft guns. Her speed is 81
knots. her complement about $50
men. She was completed only a
!Ga month ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-27
STRIKES HINDER
DEFENSE EFFORT

N%aShinot0n. N3N 2I-tNF7-
The Army estimated louiN t"a'
oO23,3l6 man-daN> Of work we're
lost through strikes IN plants
handling War department orders
from January | to shop closing
time last night.
Yesterday. ii was e>tlmatcd'
o5.SOO men were idle in labor
disputes in plants handling Army
contracts.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-27
Governor
Hard To See
Many State Officials
Find Difficulty n
Making A
ments, Averill Says.
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel
BY HENRY A\ERIIL.

Raleigh, May 27.-The problem OF
seeing the governor IS becoming
d really serious n with many state
olIc'aI-, including department heads
VINO, like the Chief executive, are
elected.
Perhaps the problem should De
stated as how to see the governor,
because that's the true cruz OF the
matter.
Incidentally and before any Sug~
eeS>ion of personal plQue is made. II
Continued on Page SeEen.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-27
NtEAE EkER
FOR \oRTlI CAROLINA,
Fair and continued warm Il
night and Wednesday,

Extended weather forecast tor
the period from 80 p. m. MaN
,. To 80 y. M. MAY 81: south
Atlantic States: Temperatures
much above normal except near
normal in Florida and i'll North
Carolina on Saturday; scattered
showers in North Carolina Fri
da.i. otherwise little OF 10 rain,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-27
Request
Nj On Eve
OF Address
S5,3i9, 100000 Appro-
ursation Asked for
Planes For Army and
Navy; President To
Extcnd Radio Fireside
Chat by Is Minutes.

Washington, MAY 21.-tAP)-
n tur midst 0i preparing a mo
n.t;Yt.S "CnCn on cUN-
e|Hu.Htai ppiicN, President
H|a,.,feit asked Congress today
f,f >55.a.,l9. 600 900 i'll a%pproprla-
te.l, .of more a~irplancs.
.aa EalIy, presidential sccrc
..Ta. reporters ,lut the GhIci
.a.MOUid g<tcnQ his tIrc-Ids
r. #.at an extra 10 minutes and
think YOU a say that by
Wednesday mtinlu@ there "A be
ia longer any doubt a. t" what
taf national policy of this GOV
crnmcnt is. think I'll just
et-ld on that,
Ls..q. anuounccd that the request
....H ..r#u cA. tOHd~ tor planes was
...a. .,at to Capitol illi III It letter
A.. z.......r Il yUleu.
a... .fotaI, s.. ,9p.o0o.e90 would
i. #a. .ae Army and >o29.buo, 900
..t... #.,l.-
f+.... declined 20 estimate the
ruH1.. i plane to be ordered NItn
money OF t. -,,f whether bomb
e. ,..gJ bc emphasized.
#a. #a.Ild go INTO any dcta1l
an. tHc possible content of lHc PrcsI-
d,#...l address tonight. BE sad.
|..-..... that it had been cut and
uH.aIaEvl# and elmuatIoua and ad
d de until 1t mad reached 4
,..##. .-a-,p# =. odd not NtrN wei
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-27
FDR Asks Congress For More Planes
~I1iilnlan
Accused OF
StriIze Aid

AL Official Charges
Ct1Iy4 Go-Director Had
Part IN "StimuIating"
Strike at Vuitco Air
Graf Plant in Califor-
MIA.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-27

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-27

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Evening star., 1941-10-05
Trade Unit to Hear
Howard Speak on
Small Business

Thomas w. Howard of the Depart
ment OF Manufactures of the United
States Chamber of Commerce will
address the Industrial and CONNER
cial Interests Committee of the
Board of Trade at a luncheon at
1890 pm. Tuesday at ODonnell's
Restaurant, opening the commit
tees fall program. His subject will
be What's Going to Happen to
Small business?" Bruce R. Allen.
chairman of the committee, will pre-
side.
Five other committee meetings
are on the boards docket for this
week. The list follows:
Defense Co-ordinating Committee.
tomorrow at 11:30 am in the Board
OF Trade offices in The Star Build
Ing; Laher P. McLachlen, chairman.
Board of Directors, tomorrow at
noon in the boards Offices; Fred A.
Smith, chairman.
Group meeting of committee chair
men. under supervision of General
Chairman Frederick P. H. Siddons.
tomorrow at rs pm. at the Raleigh h
Hotel.
Architecture and Architectural
Awards Committee, Thursday at 4:3O
pm. in the boards Offices; Leon
Chatelain, jr., chairman.
Public Utilities and Transporta-
ton Committee, Friday at IL 80 pm.
at the Harrington Hotel; Henry j.
Saunders, chairman.
Evening star., 1941-10-05
Regan Rids Area Of Eyesore,
Was Made Association Head
Conduit Rd. Member
Became Leader by
Old House Removal
By CAMBRIDGE CRIST.

The wish to have an old. dilapi-
dated house on his block torn down
prompted Thomas V. Regan to join
the Conduit Road Citizens AsSocia-
ton. And success in having the
house removed catapulted him from
just a member TO president.
He bought a house on Conduit
road three years ago, on the same
block as the old house. The un-
slightly structure, which was also
an object of criticism from the as
sociation. Mr.. Regan recalled in an
interview, was particularly objec-
tionable because Stagnant water
stood in the basement and around
the grounds.
In the spring of 1910 the house
was still there. So Mr. Regan said
he decided to draw up a petition,
which he did with the help of an
attorney in the interstate C7-r-
merce Commission, where he works.
He also brought the mater 20 t4.p
attention of prominent member
of the House of Representa- lives
who lived in the neighborhood,
pointing out that the stagnant water
was not healthful. The house was
finally torn down through arrange
mentS with the Engineer Commits
sioner's Office.
Mr.. Regan said he joined the as
sociation originally to see how lis
campaign against the house was
progressing.
Fond of Bowling.
That's how I got started in civic
work." he said. After attending
meetings was interested to see that
they accomplished so much"
At present Mr. Regan is chairman
of the associations Public Utility
Committee and is delegate to the
Northwest Council of Citizens As
sociations. His term as president
has expired and he retired as dele
gate to the Federation of Citizens
Associations after last nights meet
ing.
Mr.. Regan, who was born in New
London, Conn, came here when
he was less than a year old and
has lived here ever since. He has
been with the I. c. C. since 1923
and at present is in the Bureau of
Accounts. Previously he has been
with the Civil Service Commission
the Railroad Administration and the
United States Coal Commission.
He is fond of bowling and now
pitches horseshoes every Sunday at
Potomac Heights Park Pitching
horseshoes, he observed, is not only
"a pleasant recreational activity
but good way to talk with neigh
bors and get the lowdown" on the
community.
One of the important matters in
the Conduit road area, he said, was
transportation. He said he felt
Evening star., 1941-10-05
Jaycees Hold
Meeting
Session Wednesday
High Lights Week S
Program

The annual meeting Of the Junior
Board of Commerce will high light a
heavy program Of activity scheduled
for this week by members of this
organization of young business and
professional men.
The meeting will be held on We'd
nesday at 8:l5 pm. in Heurich's
Gymnasium, with President Millard
F. West, jr., presiding Feature of
the evening will be an announce
ment of the winners of various
awards given to members who per-
formed outstanding jobs during the
last year. Fred A. Smith, president
of the Washington Board of Trade.
will award a plaque to the author
of the project deemed of greatest
value to the District.
Other meetings scheduled by the
Junior Board:
Board of directors, tomorrow at
1890 pm. at Taft House Inn,
President West presiding.
Public Health Committee. Tues
N>SE ~ NV D+AAA' az L al I1OuSC LII,
Paul Guernsey. chairman.
Public Relations Committee, Tues
day at $50 pm. in the boards
offices in The Star Building; Barry
Sullivan. chairman.
Hospitality Committee. Tuesday
at $50 pm. in boards Offices, Bulbs
Boyes, chairman.
Luncheon Program Committee,
wednesday at 1890 pm. at Taft
House Inn; James w. Jones, chair
man.
National Defense Committee.
! Wednesday at 1890 pm. at Taft
House Inn; Arthur Schroeder,
chairman.
Weekly luncheon, Thursday at
1890 pm. at the Annapolis Hotel;
Lawrence E. Gichner, former in
structor of public speaking coursn
for the Junior Board, guest speaker,
on subject, Planning Your Future. -
Bowling League, Thursday at 7:30
pm. at Petworth Alleys; James
Thomson, chairman.
Evening star., 1941-10-05

mend that the airport be placed
under Jurisdiction of the District.
Attorneys of the three airlines
operating out of the airport have
been before the Aviation Commit
tees airport subcommittee and at
a subsequent meeting the subcom-
mittee voted, 4-3, that the board
adhere to its original position plac-
ing the airport in Virginia. 10
v. Morgan is chairman of the sub
committee.
This recommendation will now go
to the full Aviation Committee,
whose chairman, William P. Mac
Cracken. jr, favors the District
jurisdiction. From the full COM
mittee will then come the recon-
mendation as to whether the board
maintains or changes its position.
Uncertainty "Intolerable."
Admitting that the present un-
certainty is 'intolerable" members
of the committee feel with the aii-
lines that something should be done
one way or the other quickly.
Until jurisdiction is finally deter
mined, it was pointed out. uncer-
tainties will exist as to who has
crime jurisdiction on the airport
tract; who receives unemployment
compensation taxes, whether tan
gible personal property and in
come are taxable by Virginia or the
District; whether aviation gas is
tax free, as in the District, or tax
able, as in Virginia.
Concessionaires at the airport
don't know from whom to get their
permits, it was stated. and Virginia
requires commercial airlines to com
ply with its licensing and permit
provisions while the District has
no such provisions.
The Board of Trade claims to
have been the first organization to
recommend the Gravelly Point site
for the airport with a resolution in
1928 and supported the site through
the 10 years that followed before
the President designated the air
port there.
Arguments by committee propon-
ents of the District Jurisdiction are
that the airlineS can operate more
economically and simply that way
and civic pride in having the
Nations finest airport within the
confines of the District. Mr.. Mac.
Cracken has also contended tha
! it would be good insurance to place
the airport in the District. so tina
If Congress failed adequately tt
provide for its operation. the Dis.
trict's interest would insure avail.
ability of sufficient funds. 1t is un.
derstood the airport administrator.
favor having it in the District.
| Say Airports Lose Money.
Opponents of District jurisdiction
on the committee contended that
airports throughout the country are
operating at deficit and this one
will be no exception. If the Dis
trict is given the airport, they ar
que, it will only be a short time
before Congress stops appropriating
funds for its maintenance and op-
Grafton and shifts it to the Local
/ budget.
Some members of the committee
while admitting practical desir.
ability of having the airport in the
District, raise the question whether
the Virginia Legislature would turr
over the territory to the District
and whether Congress can take il
away from Virginia without her con-
| sent.
The Civil Aeronautics Authority