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ems, even baths, has been growing.
Despite the fact that 1t Is pri-
marily a workroom, there Is no rea-
son why a kitchen should not be
as attractively decorated as any
other room. The same thought ap-
plies to bedrooms and baths.
Probably one Of the reasons for
the new trend to paneled walls in
kitchens and bathrooms may be
traced to the great improvement
in wood finishes recently. New, in
expensive, 'sealer" type preparations
for surfacing wood produce life
time washable, scrubbable surface.
Also this finish eliminates the un-
slightly plaster crack and reduces
the periodic expense of repapering
and repainting,
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be soldered at the joints because
there must not be even the smallest
space for the termite to squeeze
through.
There is a steel shield that elimi-
mates the need for soldering by the
use of slip joint between the
lengths of shielding. Over this the
sill is laid or the cement placed for
the houses that are constructed of
brick. This shield is galvanized to
prevent rusting and to add to its
life. With this shield and the treat
ment of the ground around the
foundations there is no chance for
the termite to get in its destructive
work.
Water Boiler Controller.
The hot-Water boiler can be
controlled from the kitchen or any
other room simply by installing a
switch that is connected to the
control of the gas supply of the
hot-Water boiler.
This switch has a red signal light
that tells the housewife that the
gas is on under the boiler. When
the switch is thrown off, the light
goes out and the gas is reduced to
pilot light. In case the house
Evening star., 1941-09-13
New Cover Moy Save
Soto From Junk Pile

This is year to be patriotic and
saving all in one breath by making
over and making do. Look well at
the chair or sofa you had planned
to discard. Is 1t really useless2 Pos
sibly it is not worth an investment
in remaking and reupholstering but
done over by you with only the cost
Of materials 1t may serve for several
years.
Often the item that gets your
thought and attention and then your
effort becomes an object from which
you never wish to part. Think about
fabrics, filters and furniture before
you discard them. They may be
scarce in the next few years, and it
Evening star., 1941-09-13

Termites Domuge
Home Before Owner
Knows of Invasion
BY HILSON MUNSEY.

One of the most destructive
things that attacks and undermines
a frame building is the termite.
Unfortunately, the destructive work
frequently is done before the home
owner is aware it has even started.
The sills and framework of the
house are riddled without any visible
signs appearing on the surface.
Then an expensive repair job must
be done.
Generally speaking, the destruc-
ton of frame buildings by the
termite is due to poor construction.
Many of these frame buildings are
still in excellent condition after
years of use because the construc-
ton was sound and it was the nature
of the building to become more or
less immune from termite attack.
Unfortunately, that does not ap-
ply to all buildings and the un-
capped cement block, that was so
generally used and still is used
for foundations, bears more than
its share of chances offered the
termite for operating unobserved.
These cement blocks make perfect
passageway for the termite to run
its mud tunnel inside the block and
so into the wooden sills of the
house unobserved.
How to Prevent Invasion.
This can be prevented to a large
extent, If the hollow parts in the
lowest block layer are filled in with
a good cement mixture and the
top layer of blocks capped with
solid slabs of cement.
Cement, however, is not an in
fallible preventive because in max
ing of cement, water, which is not
compreSsible, must be used. When
this water evaporates, tiny spaces
are left in the cement block and
through them the termite can work
his way and his destruction.
Termites do not conf1ne their at
tention to the cellulose contents of
wood. They are equally fond of
paper and rags and will work their
way through such varied substances
as rubber, leather, fabric and even
lead and poor grades of cement.
The only safe way to prevent
ternite destruction is to keep them
out of the house altogether.
In new house this is compara-
lively simple and inexpensive,
especially when the benefits are con-
sidered, but in house already built
1t is rather costly necessity.
Poison and Shields Advocated.
In the first place, the ground
around the foundation can be
poisoned. AS a needed precaution,
a shield over the top of the founda-
ton and under the wooden sills
is necessary. These shields are
made of metal and may extend
over the foundation on both sides
or only on the side that is likely
to be attacked by the termite.
These shields are turned down
toward the ground. This is done
because the termites build their
mud runways always upward. They
won't turn corners, so when they
meet the doWn-turned shield they
become discouraged and move to
some other place that offers a
better feeding ground.
The shields may be made of COP
per or steel. The copper ones must
Evening star., 1941-09-13
Wood PoneIing Gaining
Favor for More Rooms

The increasingly popular wood
paneling has become well estab-
nshed as interior decoration for
recreation and game rooms, libraries
and dining rooms.
If it heightens the style and adds
to the appeal of these rooms, home
builders have been asking them
selves, why not other rooms? There
is no logical, negative answer TO
that question and during the last
two years use of this permanent
interior finish in bedrooms, kitch-
Evening star., 1941-09-13

wife forgets, an automatic control
shuts of the gas and the light. The
use of this control does away with
running down to the cellar to turn
on the gas when hot water Is needed
and the return journey when that
need has ended.
This attachment requires no at
tention, oiling or adjustment. The
thermostatic control, however, can
be set for any desired amount Of
water.
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is wonderful to behold the things
that can emerge from a dye bath
or the basement workshop that had
previously seemed gone beyond re-
call"
Evening star., 1941-09-13
Point Secluded Surfuces

Secluded surfaces, such as the
underside Of porches. should be
treated with one coat of . high
quality exterior paint to prevent
deterioration from dampness.
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Police Raid Carnival
And Arrest Six on
Gambling Charges
Action Follows Complaint
Of Seat Pleasant
Fire Department

Prince Georges County police to-
day are holding six persons or
charges of violating county anti
gaming laws, following a raid last
night on travelling carnival al
Seat Pleasant, Md.
Sergt. Elon Turner, of the county
force, and squad of officers made
the raid after complaints had been
made to Seat Pleasant officials
The gambling was said to involve
card games and wheel devices.
Previously, the Seat Pleasant Vol
unteer Fire Department and Com
munity Welfare Association, Inc.
had asked the county commissioners
to authorize an investigation of the
disposition of profits from the carni-
val. The carnival is advertised as
being staged for the benefit of the
Women's Community Welfare Club
of Seat Pleasant.
The county commissioners issued
a permit for operation of the carni-
val over the protest of the fire de-
partment earlier this week Clar-
ence Mace, fire department presi-
dent, said the Women's Welfare
Club was in no way connected with
the fire department organization,
despite the similarity of the last part
of the name.
Mrs Estelle Grant, president Of
the sponsoring organization-which
takes no part in the operation Of
the carnival-could not be reached
for comment today.
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0'Conor Declares People
Will Do Utmost for Defense

By the Associated Press.
Gov. O'Conor keynoted Mary
lands Memorial Day services by de-
claring at Taneytown that I'VE will
assume every burden, every RESPONSE
bility that American defense entails
and we shall not be deferred until
once again the beacon of American
democracy shines undimmed and
unthreatened before all the world"
Pledging ones self to the goal of
thorough and immediate prepared
ness" he said, lis the most crafty
ing tribute our dead could exact
from US"
Speaking at the Civil War battle
field of Antietam. Representative
Van Zandt, Republican, of Pennsyl-
vania declared that if the United
States ever needed unity 1T is at
this critical period in world history"
The same gathering was told by
James B. Fitzgerald, Chevy Chase,
past national vice commander of the
American Legion, that I'VE must
sacrifice personal self1shness for our
country or we will sacrifice our
country for personal Selfishness.
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Bandits Rob Two Men,;
One Victim Badly Hurt

Two men were held up and
robbed early today and one of them
was seriously injured, according to
reports to police.
Ross L. Spencer, 46, of 513 Third
street NV. was in Mount Alto
Hospital with head injuries suf-
fered when ne was beaten and
robbed of his wallet, containing
about $50, by four or five men on
Fifth street near H NV.
William T. Ogle, 20, Berwyn, Md,
q streetcar motorman, told police
he was held up by an armed COL
ored man who boarded his car at
Third and East Capitol streets
about 100 am. The man took his
fare box, containing more than
SIS worth of tokens and tickets, and
fed on foot, he reported.
Safecrackers took S83291 and
checks totaling S116 last night after
drilling open a safe in a Safeway
grocery store at It'll Columbia
road NV.
j. P. Herndon, 41O0 Fifth street
NV, manager of the store, reported
to police that the thieves entered by
saving iron bars off rear door.
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GaIIaudet 10 Graduate
y Students SATURDAY.

Twenty-nine students will be grad
uated at pm. Saturday at closing
exercises of Gallaudet College In the
college chapel. DR.. Rufus w. Weaver
will deliver the address to the grad
yates.
The class consists of % deaf mem
bers and seven hearing students in
the normal school,
Honorary degrees will be awarded
to Daniel T. Cloud, managing officer
of the Illinois School for the Deaf
the Rev. Herbert c. Merrill, Episco-
pal missionary to the deaf in New
York State, and Daniel Picard OF
Birmingham. Ala, deaf chemist
The last two are graduates OF
Gallaudet.
The senior prom will be held al
$50 o'clock tonight In the GYM
nasium, and at S pm. tomorrow DR.
Seth r. Brooks of the Universalist
National Memorial Church will
preach the baccalaureate sermon
Glass day exercises will be held at
3 pm. Friday.
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Confederate Heroes
Will Be Honored al
Arlington Tomorrow
Representative Doxey
To Speak; Marine
Bond Will Play

Tribute to the valor of men ano
women of the Confederacy both
during the War Between the States
and during the reconstruction period
will be paid tomorrow at Confed-
crate Memorial Day exercises in
Arlington National Cemetery by
Representative Doxey, Democrat, OF
Mississippi.
Senator Bilbo, Democrat. of Mis-
sissippi originally was scheduled to
have spoken at the exercises. spon-
sored by Camp Ill. United Confed-
crate Veterans; the Sons and
Daughters of the Confederscy and
the Confederate Southern Memorial
Association of the Children of the
Confederacy. In Senator Bilbo' s
absence Mr.. Doxey will read his
speech.
The address, which will be broad
cast over the Columbia Broadcasting
System at AIS pm. tomorrow, will
be heard locally on Station WJSv.
One Veteran to Attend.
Maj. w. F. Van Swaringen will
preside over the exercises. which
will be held in the Confederate
section of the cemetery. Attending
will be representative of the Amer
lean Legion, Spanish War Veterans.
National Guard and the Boy Scouts.
The Cross of Military Service,
given annually by the United Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy to a Con-
federate veterans descendant who
served in the World War, will be
presented this year by Mrs. Charles
Edward Boiling, president, to Capt.
James W. Follen.
The only Confederate veteran liv-
ing in the District able to attend
will be DR.. Peter Pierre Smith, 1880
Sixteenth street NV.
Wreaths to Be Placed.
DR.. John E. Briggs, pastor of the
Fifth Baptist Church, will pro-
nounce the invocation. A poem will
be recited by Mrs. Francis Phillips
Hoffheins and the Americans Greed
recited by its author, William Tyler
Page.
The United States Marine Band
will play. Wreaths will be placed
on both the Confederate Memorial
Monument and the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier.
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have gone out, soldiers have come
in. 1t. Col. r. M. McCutchen ar
rived this week with part of the 5th
Regiment of Engineers from Fort
Belvoir, whose task it will be to get
the training ground ready for the
first troops when they are sent there
for maneuvers June 9.
The speed with which the en-
gineers have taken over was noted
particularly by G. L. Broadus, one
OF the most prosperous farmers of
the area. Preparing to move, he cut
his barley and raked it into little
piles to dry. One day he drove to
town, remarking to himself as he
left that he would hurry back and
finish up his harvesting. But when
he returned, after rushing through
his business chores, he found his
hay field full of soldiers and trucks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-31
Continued Goodness
Is Predicted for
Next Five Days
Occasional Ruin to Give
Further Relief From
Recent Drought

Continued cool weather with &C.
casional rain for the next five days,
giving added relief from the recent
heat wave and drought, was the
Weather Bureaus prediction today.
Today's prospects we're cloudiness
extending through the night, with
maximum temperature of about
76 degrees and a low of co. Showers
are likely tomorrow.
Yesterdays high was 81, reached
at $50 pm. 1t was coolest at noon,
with the thermometer falling to so
degrees.
A mass of cold air moving south
across the upper Ohio Valley WAS
responsible for the change in
weather, the bureau reported.
Meanwhile it was reported today
that the heat wave of the last week
caused the death of a coast artil-
leryman at Fort Eustis, Va.
The victim was Pvt. Thomas r.
Heatherton, a. He succumbed to
heat prostration Wednesday within
an hour of being stricken. He was
indicted into the service March 81
in New York.
In Richmond the Federal Reserve
Bank, in its monthly review of BUSH
ness conditions in the fifth district.
reported that, although rain was
badly needed in some parts, pros
poets for agriculture both as to pro-
duction and cash receipts are good
at present"
Earlier in the week Agriculture
Commissioner l.. M. Walker, IT,. said
that unless rain fell generally within
a week Virginia's farmers would face
a plight as bad or worse than in the
devastating drought of 1890.
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$50 Nurses to Attend
Moss Tomorrow

About $50 Catholic nurses in thu
Archdiocese of Washington will at
tend communion mass at am. to-
morrow at st. Matthews Cathedral
After mass, breakfast will be held
at the Mayfower Hotel at Oils am
The Right Rev. Msgr. Edward L.
Buckley, P. A., will celebrate the
mass. Student nurses from Wash
ington hospitals will act as ushers.
The Very Rev. Ignatius Smith,
o. p, will address the breakfast
group and Miss Marcella Fay, edu-
cational director of the Instructive
Visiting Nurse Society, will act as
toastmistress. Mrs. Mary Alice
Seibert Is chairman of arrange
ments.
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Maj. Charles Melvin Neff,
Retired Officer, Dies

Maj. Charles Melvin Neff, U. S. A.,
retired, ST, of 1872 Kearney street
NE, attorney with the Justice De-
partment, died today at Garfield
Hospital.
A native of Rochester, N. Y, Maj.
Neff graduated from Columbia Uni
versity Law School and later was
professor of law at the University
of Montana.
He moved to Washington during
the World War when he entered
the Judge Advocate Generals ONCE
with the rank of captain. He retired
from the Army with the rank of
major in the Reserve Corps.
Maj. Neff was a member Of the
Roman Law Society of Catholic Uni
versity.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Louise De Frees Neff; a son, Edwin
Neff, both Of Washington; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Michael Lee of Chicago,
and sister, Miss Edna Neff. Stirling,
I'll. Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-31
District Escapes
As Nishaps Kill
'159 in Nation
Holiday Accidents
Injure Several in
D. c. Area, However

Washington and nearby Maryland
and Virginia escaped without Me.
mortal Day traffic fatality while l59
lives were lost throughout the Ma
ton, ITO of them in traffic accidents.
Gordon D. Drummer, rs, of 1419 E
street Sc. was the most seriously
injured of several persons treated at
hospitals here. He lost control of
his car early today while driving
through the Soldiers Home grounds
and struck a tree. He was taken
to Casualty Hospital with a head
injury, possibly a fractured skull,
fractured jaw and a compound
fracture of the right knee. His con-
dition was reported critical.
Marshall Zoellner, 20, Greenbelt,
Md, a member of the Naval Re-
serve, was injured in head-on COL
lision on the Berwyn- Greenbelt
road early today and taken to Cas-
ualty Hospital, where he was re-
ported suffering from a head injury,
possibly a fractured skull. The
driver of the other machine was not
seriously injured, according to re-
ports to Greenbelt police.
James Perry, 81, colored, 5000 Lee
street NE, injured in an accident
on highway No. mile south of
Alexandria. Va, was treated in
Alexandria Hospital and later re-
moved to Freedmen's Hospital. He
was suffering from a head injury
but his condition was not believed
serious. Two passengers in the car
with him escaped with minor cuts
/. Fl Deaths In California.
California, with 81 deaths, report
ed the greatest number of traffic
casualties, according to an Associ-
ated Press compilation. Indiana's 10
was the only other report in double
figures In addition to the traff1c
losses. drowning claimed 26 lives and
5 persons died in train accidents.
10 deaths, this category including a
man killed by mine car in Nevada,
a fash flood death in New Mexico,
and other deaths in plane crashes,
accidental shootings and suicides.
-Four men died in one wreck in
Connecticut. Their automobile hit
a tree on highway paralleling the
Housatonic River at Seymour.
Three children were killed at
Waynesburg, Pa. when truck
plunged down a 30-foot enbank-
ment.
Six Youths Die in Crash.
Six young people we're burned to
death last night when the sutomo-
bile in which they were riding burst
into flames following a three-car
collision near Kalamazoo, Mich.
The victims were Wells Wood, 18,
driver of the car; Dallas Holdbrook,
II; Charles Williams, II: Frances
Milan. Is. and Mary Jane Babillo,
Is, all of Kalamazoo, and Falcia
Guidice, Is, Of Jackson, Mich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-31
BY PAT JONES.

Residents of the area in Caroline
County, Va, taken over as an Army
training ground, found their great
est inconvenience in many in
stances, they say. in the inability
of the Federal Government to de-
eide definitely what acreage ii
wanted.
They discovered Uncle Sam a
fast-moving individual once he
made up his mind, but there were
hectic weeks of uncertainty in
which the Virginians, vast ma
jority of whom are going to new
homes for the first time in their
lives. were unable to learn def
nitely whether they were in the way
or not.
1t had been rumored for months
that the Government had set its
eyes on that rural section of the
Old Dominion because of its scant
population and its lack of industry,
but even the most accurate of re-
ports in many cases sounded like
gossip.
Blacksmith Exasperated.
County Agricultural Agent C. B..
Lanford, to whom the worried land
owners f1ocked, could offer no help.
He, too, got conflicting reports.
L. L. Kay, colored blacksmith,
was driven to evaporation. He had
n fnnnn hn Inctrnl oy-fi
larly to take along with him in case
he had to move. Twice he was told
he would have to vacate and, in
each instance, the information was
contradicted. Then an appraiser ap-
peared and the blacksmith figured
his case had been settled.
Il got a garden fence I want to
move" he explained to the ap-
praiser. How about my taking the
staples loose and Just leaving the
fence standing until I'm ready to
leave"
You better roll it up now" ad-
vised the appraiser. You got to
go at once to make way for the
first soldiers coming in"
So Kay coiled his wire and
opened his garden to dogs and
chickens. A few days later the
blacksmith was set up at home
again, with the fence back around
the garden. The Government, he
was informed, had changed its
mind.
Uproots His Garden.
Eventually War Department rep
resentatives came back to see Kay.
They said their information was
final, that the Government wanted
his place. 1t took a lot of talking
to convince him and it was only
at the last minute that he again
took down his wire.
Meanwhile other inconvenience
had been happening to Kay. He
rented piece of property in
Spottsylvania County as many
times as he took down his fence
before the deal was consummated.
In his experiences of this sort
Kay was more fortunate than his
neighbor, Isiah Chambers, colored,
who moved to a new home, moved
back into his old home, then moved
to the new home again before his
case finally was settled.
But Kay foxed the situation with
his butter beans. They had just
been planted when he first was in
formed he would have to vacate. He
took in the effect of the news at
once and rushed to his garden to
scratch up the beans before they
sprouted. That was one thing that
didn't go back, for the blacksmith
made up his mind that he pre-
ferred a late crop to seed growing
in Government soil. ..
One of the first real evidences
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Gen. Marshall to Address
William and Mury Class

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, May 81
R.-Gen. George c. Marshall,
Army chief of staff, will make the
commencement address at the Col
lege of William and Mary on
June 9.
Honorary degrees will be con-
ferred on Gen. Marshall and sew
eral others.
The Alumni Association will hold
It's annual meeting at 1890 am. on
June Z. An hour later, portrait
of Senator Glass will be presented
to the college from the New York
State Bankers Association. Ber-
nard M. Baruch will make the
presentation with President John
Stewart Bryan delivering the &C
ceptance speech.
There are 221 applicants for
degrees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-31
Home Defense Broadcast

The first of series of Home De-
Tense programs by the Vetrans of
Foreign Wars. Department of Vir-
ginia, will be presented at $50
o'clock tonight over Station WWDC.
The speakers will be Representatives
Dworshank Of Idaho and Priest of
Tennessee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-31
In May, Beware OF:

HI WAY DcWdfC W.
1. Careless walking at night.
Six Of the eight persons killed
in traffic during May, 1910.
were struck after dark.
2. Crossing a street at a point
other than a crosswalk. Two
pedestrians met death by this
action in May last wear.
The six other traffic victims
were injured while either cross
ing a street against a proper
signal. attempting to jump onto
a moving vehicle, attempting to
stop stampeding horses stand
ing in a button safety zone.
crossing at an uncontrolled In
tersection or riding in an auto
mobile.
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Flower Arrangement Lecture

A lecture on flower arrangement
will be given by Mrs. Mathilde
Kolb Bartlett at meeting of the
Silver Spring Garden Club this
afternoon at the home of Mrs
Armand Lavaute, 1908 Greenock
road, Silver Spring.
The London post office used 1885,
900 pencils in the last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-31

An acre Of soil on typical Amer
lean farm land contains an esd
mated II tons Of weed seed.