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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-22
Eileen Nicholson McCrory
Bride of Mr.. n. Nj. Thorne
Miss WyneNe Joyers We'd Last Night
Ats O'Clock to Mr.. Robert L. STANCE

The Grand Avenue Congregational Church in Milwaukee Wis.,
the the marriage Nicholson Ned
Maskrey Thorne afternoon with
the Rev Frank Sheldon ocang Mr. Arthur Arnke ogans and
rendered nuptial
church decorated with poiias
The bride the daughter of Mr. Walter McCroy Of Mil
Mr. the OF
this
Given In marriage father gown ivory
satin and carried white carnations spider hrysanthemum
Miss Avda cleveland Riggs Marhas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-22
Visit WASHINGTON

Capt. Clarence Dodge, jr., U. S. A.,
and Mrs. Dodge arrived this morn
ing from Fort Sill to spend 10 days
with Capt. Dodge's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Dodge at their home
on Kalorama road. Mrs. Dodge Is
the former Miss Lalla Harrison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-22
Spends Vacation Here

Cadet Sam Estill Whitaker, jr,
student at the Baylor Military
Academy in Chattanooga, is spend
ing the Christmas holidays with his
parents, Judge and Mrs. Sam E.
Whitaker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-22
Visits Relatives

Mrs. George Cotsikis of Atlanta
is visiting her mother and sister,
Mrs. E. Chotis and Miss Denise
Chotis for a week or 10 days. She
will return to Atlanta for Christ
mas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-22
Miss Chapline Here

Miss Barbara Chapline arrived in
Washington Friday to spend two
months vacation from wellesley Col
lege with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Ridgely Chapline.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-22
Here for HOLIDAYS

Mr.. and Mrs. c M. Ray of Hill
landale, Md, have with them for the
holidays their son-in-law and
daughter, Sergt. and Mrs. Gordon
Norton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-22
Back From Kentucky

Mr. and Mrs Edwin L. Ellis have
returned from Client, KY, where
they attended the funeral of Mr..
Ellis uncle, Gen. James Tandy Ellis.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1942-09-05

State dignitaries have been wined
and dined-at "Didee's Place
nationally known for its speciality
Baked Chicken"
For more than forty years G.. A.
Lastrapes, known to two generations
as "Didee," has maintained a cafe
on one of the main streets of the
town.
There has been times that the
street in this block has been roped
off, when some dignitary has been
dining there like the time when the
highwater brought Hon. Herbert
Hoover south on an official inspec-
ton trip.
There is hardly a state official in
Louisiana who has not had Baked
Chicken" at "Didee's Place"
The Swinging Rays" left our citi-
zens happy and inspired over what
our girls can do and journyed on to
New Orleans.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1942-09-05
On The
Agricultural Front

A few weeks ago a Negro Trainer
walked into the Hillsboro, N. C.
branch of the Durham Bany and
trust Comany, showed an old card
board box through the teller's win
dow and said dryly, Give me 1865
worth o War Bonds"
This farmer was B. c. Corbett.
owner of 10000 acre farm at Ce-
Oar Grove, N. c., and the 1866 in
the old box was raised by the farm
ers in his community during the last
three years by holding box suppers,
and selling ice cream They had
planned to buy furnishings for the
consolidated school which the county
board has promised to build. But
with wartime restrictions on con-
struction, the new school will have
to wait for the duration. So the
farmers decided to lend their money
to Uncle Sam to help speed the day
of victory.
Mr.. Corbett, who led the campaign
for raising the money, bought $1,000
worth of Liberty Bonds during the
first World War He is a neighbor-
leader in the farm program and will
speak for his group on the Blue
Networks Farm and Home Hour,
Wednesday, Sept. 2. Mr. Corbett
will tell his listeners what Negro
farmers in his community are doing
to help win the war
Two Negro 4-club members, a boy
and a girl, will also appear on the
Blue Networks Farm and Home
Hour Saturday, Sept. 5, to tell how
Negro young people on the farm are
helping to meet the Nations wartime
food needs.
Other participants on this program
which is being presented in connec-
ton with the regular monthly All
clubesries are Miss Lizzie A. Jen-
kins, Negro district agent, and Mrs.
TheIma Hewlett, Negro home de-
monstration agent of Hanover Coun-
ty, Va. The theme of the program
will be Negro Farm Families con-
tribution to Agricultures War Eff
FORT
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1942-09-05
Rays of Rhythm In
Down i'm OpelOusas

The Piney Woods School, all girl
band, ''The Swinging Rays of
Rhythm" has just been royalty en-
tertained in old Opelousas Wherev-
er these students of high school and
Junior college play the people show
er them with attention and enter
tainment because they are school
girls and represent an educational
institution.
Down in Opelousas they had the
honor of dining where the Hon. Her
bert Hoover and many Louisiana
Evening star., 1942-10-17
Deqree in Paint Chemistry

North Dakota Agricultural Col
lege, through its school of chemical
technology, is credited in a recent
news dispatch with being the only
educational institution in the United
States where degree in protective
coatirgs Is obtainable on graduation.
Evening star., 1942-10-17
Two Real Estate
| Brokers Given
ID. C.. Licenses

The Real Estate Commission OF
the District this week issued licenses
as real estate brokers to Alex K
Anderson, trading as Alex K. Ander-
son & Co., 402 Sixth street NV, and
David R. Isen, 811 Woodward Build
ing.
Licenses as real estate statesmen
were issued to Joseph j. Urciolo, 9O7
New York avenue NV; Francis
Ellsworth Turner, 1924 U street
NV; Catherine Baya Sheppard
POI Chandler Building; M. S. Meyer
hof, ITO Fourteenth street NV, and
Rachel E. Bell, 1181 New Hampshire
avenue NV.
Applications for real estate bro.
kers' license were received by the
commission from the Adams Co.
1914 H street NE; Jack j. Lieb
1914 H street NE, and Ben w
Abrams, 1914 H street NE.
The commission also received ap-
plications for business chance bro.
kers' licenses from the Adams Co.
Mr.. L1eb and Mr.. Abrams.
Evening star., 1942-10-17
Middleton Interiors
Don't Show Soil Readily

Fifteen years ago most houses
were painted on the interior SO they
would not show dirt. With the ad-
vent of modern methods of heating,
white and pastel interior finishes
became the fashion. This was rea-
sonable when our cities became
comparatively dust and smoke free.
However, there are many areas
where proximity to railroad or fac
tory, combined with humidity,
causes a smoke pail to hang low
over a district.
Decorators have done much to
create charming interiors which do
not show the soil readily. They also
have taken into consideration the
fact that middle tones of color need
not be dowdy.
A background OF soft tan-the
color OF coffee with plenty of rich
cream in it, is charming, highlighted
with bright coral color and a deep
tooacco brown rug. Here and there
touches Of clear green or lemon
yellow accent the whole thing.
Though dust will settle on this lust
as 1t would on white woodwork. it
will not show a grimy film for many
months.
Color is widely used also. Shades
OF soft blue, green or mauve make
an interesting background. Against
this pictures and mirrors in light
frames. white lamps and similar
high spots of light color make inter-
esting pattern.
In this instance all the large areas
DO not show soil and the small de-
TAILS may be quickly and easilv
| cleaned.
This idea might be used by the
War,Working housekeeper to keen
her household duties at a minimum
Evening star., 1942-10-17
Fittings Of 1-Room Flat
Give Air Of Spaciousness

Many young couples are moving
into one-room apartments for the
duration. The wife may be settling
near camp where her husband is
in service or following him to a new
community where he has war work
to do. Some of them have to
economic.
But one room can be made into a
real home with a little ingenuity.
Studio coaches set flush against the
walls and covered with gay mate
rials can double as beds or sofas.
Waist high partitions of glass
blocks can be installed to create a
snug dining nook, with the top of
the partition serving as a handy
buffet.
Mirrors make a room seem twice
Its size, and light painted walls
also add spaciousness. Another trick
to make the most of little space is to
buy unpainted end tables, bookcases
and the like which need not project
into the room and can be painted
just like the walls to melt in with
them.
Evening star., 1942-10-17
.FHAMortgages
Show Increase
Over Last Year
Insured Financing Was
Arranged on 36,607
Home Properties

Insured mortgage financing ar
rangements for 36,607 home prop
critics were made through the Federal
Housing Administration during the
first nine months of this year. Abner
H. Ferguson, commissioner, an
nounced today.
During that time mortgages cover
ing these small home properties,
amounting to $162,211,568 in prin-
cipal, were accepted for FILA in
surance, he reported This is nearly
a 10000 900 increase over the similar
period for last year, when 35,77o
home mortgages were handled.
Under wartime conditions. when
new home construction has been
sharply curtailed by material short
ages and when war housing Is neces-
sarily reserved for occupancy by
essential war workers, the main
tenance Of sound financing system
for older home properties has be-
come increasingly important, Mr..
Ferguson declared.
Buyer Is Safeguarded.
For most American families who
ind 1t necessary to move into new
quarters during wartime, homes al
ready existing represent the only
supply OF housing that will be avail
able for the duration of the war, he
pointed out. In such cases, if families
Evening star., 1942-10-17
Livingston Heads
Realty Delegation
| To Conference

The Washington delegation to the
war conference of the National AS
sociation of Real Estate Boards
which will be held in St. Louis No
vember 18 to 20, will be headed by
Claud Livingston, new president OF
the local real estate board. Plans
provide for the group to leave Wash
ington November 16.
Among those who have made res
ervations are Mr.. and Mrs. H. Cliff
ford Bangs, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul o,
Drury, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis M
Cooper, Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Gravatte.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. D. Crandall, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles j. Rush, Charles
G. Koones, L. F.. Colbert, N. G. Hines
and Waverly Taylor.
The program for this years con-
ference covers a wide range of sub
jects touching on the operation OF
the real estate business In co-opera-
ton with the Nations war effort,
Mr.. Livingston said, and every ef-
fort is being made to assist the Gov
ernment in the solution of the con-
struction and management of hous-
ing for emergency workers.
Evening star., 1942-10-17
Flowers on Table Help
Make Room Attractive

- At dinner time your dining table
i1ay be the center of the decora-
tive theme of your whole room.
. Carefully laundered linen in an in
teresting color makes a background
for flowers and candlelight.
1t has been a long time since the
dusty fern dish was the sole glorifier
of the center of the table. Since
garden clubs began spreading the
light of flower arrangement no host
ess would consider her table COM
plete without some attempt at color
and conversation piece"
If you have a garden or can get
something alive and growing for
your table you have crossed the first
hurdle. If this is merely trailing
green vines with nice leaf texture
or interesting foliage you may add a
note of color by small figures or
dainty porcelain flowers.
1t is quite possible to be so hungry
that table decorations are unimpor-
tant, and no one of us would care
to settle for perfection in flowers
and candlelight and inferior food
but there is no doubt an attractive
table Is an aid to appetite.
Evening star., 1942-10-17
Realty Board
| Plans Dinner for
| Retirinq Head

The Washington Real Estate
Board will give a dinner in honor of
Charles c. Koones, retiring presi-
dent, November in the Mayhower
Hotel. The dinner committee is
headed by Charles H. Hillegeist. En-
tertainment is being arranged by
Sam S. Spruce, J. Hawley Smith
and Edward r. Carr.
Dinner arrangements are being
made by Joseph F. Swain. Tickets
for the event are being handled by
j. Lee Donnelly, assisted by G. D.
Miller, P. S. Alverson, F. Latimer
Barkley, A. D. Crumbaugh, w
Evans Buchanan, George L. Bun
nell, George M. Carpenter, S. Dolan
Donohoe, Oliver M. Walker, Carlton
U. TreXler, James D. Franklin, L. T
Gravatte, jr.; Russell E. Pelot, Rich
ard j. Carr, E. M. Croxton, Horace
Browning, Frank Paroni, Robert T
Highfield, Wellstood White, Lansing
Walk, H. w. Talley and Lewis M
Cooper.
Evening star., 1942-10-17
BY MARGARET NOVEL;.

Economy has saturation point.
In spite Of all the savings, salvage
and priorities we have been hearing
about. there comes time when too
much economy Is bad business. We
must learn to realize just where the
one begins and the other ends.
II you have a furnace in your
house which burns coal, you may
figure you are well settled for the
winter. In spite of your efforts to
take care of this equipment, you
find that two of the CRATES have
burned out. It Is not economy to let
this go.
You must go out on a personal
search until you find two CRATES for
your furnace in spite of all the diff
ficulties. Low heat, waste of fuel
and possible destruction of the
whole base of your furnace will be
the result of false economy in this
| instance.
An economist, literally, is one pru-
dent in expenditure. But to with
hold expenditure to the extent that
all investments are jeopardized is
far from prudent.
Must Provide Wisely.
| It is wiser to invest in storm doors
to conserve the heat in your house
than to live in a cold house and
suffer illness and doctors bills.
It is smarter to spend money for
warmth producing food, wear sweat
ers and long woollies than to suffer
the mental misery caused by menus
which were planned for 20 degrees
more heat.
Each angle of wartime living takes
our best thinking and planning It
is our business to provide wisely
even though it means inconven-
ience and hard work to get what we
need.
The extra effort living takes these
days demands a different type of
food. The bowl of hot cornmeal
mush or oatmeal will furnish extra
body fuel at small cost to take the
place of the good old American
breakfast, now that bacon and eggs
are scarce and packaged cereal is
cold comfort to start the day.
Fashion is important and a great
morale builder. But style usually
follows need. This year style may
not have time to catch up so you
Evening star., 1942-10-17
The Home Clinic
There Comes q Time When
Too Much Economy Is Bod

may set a fashion by getting out
warm indoor clothes, heavier under
things and night clothes. This will
be wise economy in fuel saving,
health preservation and comfort.
Extensive remodeling jobs or re-
pair jobs are difficult to arrange. A
leaky roof or clogged cutters cause
great damage. A wise economist
starts inspection early, and gets
small repairs done to avoid a larger
outlay.
There are all sorts Of priorities
on plumbing. But leaking faucet
which demands a new washer is
easily repaired. An entirely new
fixture is hard to find but there
are still large stocks of used ma
terials available which a little at
tention will make usable.
Problems are Individual.
1t will take your own time and
effort to track these down. Success
will mean saving in water, economy
IN fuel to prevent waste of hot wa.
ter, as well as the important fact o1
having things in good order. @,
Every household has its own sci
of problems. No one is able to worl
these out to the best solution fol
all concerned as we'll as you. Th'
same set of rules do not apply tt
two families. Health, financial out
lay, protection of investment ant
morale, each have an integral par
in the war effort.
Think through your own set O.
problems! Economic wisely! d.
not squander either your own re-
courses or those needed for the wal
effort. Scrap your contemporary
notions for some of grandmother!
doWn-to-earth thinking and vol
will discover the wherewithal tt
see you through.
Evening star., 1942-10-17
War Needs Increase
i. ). Production Of
Fireproof Lumber
Greater Use of Treated
Wood in Peucetime
Building Expected

Through the impetus of the war,
the use of -proofed lumber has
increased many fold during the last
year and may be expected to play
an important part in postwar pri-
vate construction At present the
majority of the lumber output OF
this nature is being consumed for
the direct war effort.
Many of the usages come under
miI<ary secrets, but it can be said
gigantic -proofed hangers for
the expanding blimp fleet are struc-
lures of this specially prepared
lumber.
When the war is concluded it may
be expected that private dwellings
will use great quantities of the
treated wood. Indirectly, it was
said, increased use of this material
should reduce fre-hazard rates on
wooden structures.
Another point given is that the
material is termite and decay re-
sistant. This should greatly reduce
repair and upkeep costs.
j. F. Linthicum, president of the
American Lumber & Treating Co.,
has said this type of lumber has
been increased to 250,OO0,O00 board
feet annually. Utilizing former
equipment which used to provide
resistance to termites and decay, the
industry has materially assisted the
war program through fire -proofing
lumber.
AS indications of the possibilities
of construction use of this type ma
terial are the blirnp hangers
largest wood-frame buildings in the
world. They are based on the
(Seo T TINEprp Dec 0 CI
Evening star., 1942-10-17
Gain Reported
lnConstruction
Permits Here
Total Is $721,523;
Largest Project Is
For $4,000

Building permits issued this week
amounted to $721,523, as compared
with but half million dollars last
week The increase was attributed
to several large building projects just
getting under way.
Largest permit issued this week by
the District building inspector was
for $149,O00 Issued to Camalier &
Corby Construction Corp, Hibbs
Building, owner and builders, the
amount is for one three-story brick
and cinder block apartment of go
dwelling units. 1t is located at 215
to 225 Newcomb street Sc. George
T. Santmyers, 1410 H street NV,
designed the building.
Building Contracts Gain.
Meanwhile, the Dodge Statistical
Research Service reported total valu-
alton of construction contracts
awarded last month in the 81 East
ern States was $723,216,000. This Is
$2,188,OOO above the previous month
and $99,924,000, or 16 per cent,
ahead of September, 1941. For the
first three quarters of 1912 the total
valuation of contracts is IS per cent
greater than for the corresponding
period of last year.
Contracts for non residential
building during the nine months
period amounted to $2,9S9 ,l30 900, Of
which 81 ,8O9, ,934,0 900, or 60 per cent,
was in the industrial building classl-
fication. The valuation of industrial
building contracts to date this year
considerably exceeds the 1941 nine
month valuation of 81 ,682, ,166, 900 for
all types of non-residential building
combined,
Heavy Projects Increase.
Residential building contracts
awarded in the first nine months OF
this year fell IA per cent short OF the
valuation. attained during the cor
ret bonding period of 194l, while
heavy engineering projects exceeded
last years dollar volume by Al per
cent.
District building permits of $500
value and over include the follow
ing:
Bob Fink, 9O4 Tenth street NV,
owner and builder; Arthur P. Davis,
1928 Connecticut avenue NV, de-
signer; to make repairs 3800-3802-
3sO4-3S06 South Capitol street; to
cost $4,000.
District of Columbia, District
Building, owners; municipal archi-
tect, designer; to erect one l.
story temporary school, Patterson
School, Chesapeake street S.W.; to
cost S550OO.
District of Columbia. owners; mu-
nicipal architect, designer; to erect
one 1-story frame, cement, asbestos
board siding school, Van Ness
School, 300 M street Sc; to cost
$55.000.
Oscar Diskin, 6140 Utah avenue
NV, owner, builder and designer;
to erect one 2-story brick and frame
apartment a units, 1854 D street
Sc: to cost $4,000.
Winfield Preston, woodward
Building, owner and builder; J. H.
Abel, 1886 Connecticut avenue, de-
signer; to erect four 2-story brick
and tile flats a units each, Broth
ers place Sc; to cost $4,000.
Winfield Preston, Woodward
Building, owner and builder; J. H.
(See PERMITS, Page B-3)
Evening star., 1942-10-17
Avoiding Eyestroin I

Faber Birren, industrial color con-
sultant. writing in Dun's Review
tells how a worker standing at g
lathe may suffer eyestrain by trying
to discern a piece of dark metal
against an equally dark and oily
background A simple coat of paint
applied to the machine may COM
pletely remedy the difficulty by pro-
viding a color contrast which will
make the object readily discernible
and eliminate eyestrain.
Evening star., 1942-10-17

See FHA, Page B-2.)
Evening star., 1942-10-17
Building Men to Hear
Specialist Corps Officer

Brig. Gen. William o. Hotchkiss,
deputy director of the Army Special
list Corps, will be the guest speakev
November 2 at the Mayf1ower Hotel
before the Washington Building
Congress.
Head Of the Bureau of Engineer
Ing and Technical Personnel, he
will discuss THE Use of Civilian
Skills by the Army" The former
president OF Rensselaer, Polytechnic
Institute is on leave of absence to
the ASC.
Evening star., 1942-10-17

(See LUMBER, Page B-2.)
Evening star., 1942-10-17
For Safety in BIuckouts

Luminous paints are now used
not only as safety markings in and
on buildings, curbs, etc., but also
on window shades, lampposts, fire
hydrants, air-warden badges and
other official insignia and even on
the buttons of clothing or uniforms
and on trouser bottoms.
The southern news., 1942-07-04
NAACP GETS JOBS FOR
IA SKILLED WORKERS
IN AUTOCAR PLANT

BRYN MAWR. Pa. - After
more than year of effort, Negro
skilled workers an on the payroll
at the Autocar Company in Ard
more, the Brynl Mawr NAACP
reported last week. Six men are
at work on the assembly line,
four men in tF machine shop
and four working as paint spray
ers. The plant las a government
contract.
Warren F. Chew, president of
the Bryn Mawt NAACP states
that the brancl was aided by
the Presidents committee on Fair
Employment Piactice in getting
the commitment from the COM
pany to hire Negroes in skilled
apacities.
The southern news., 1942-07-04
WELDING Engineering SCHOOL Located at 46 Woodfn St.
NEAR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. HOTEL AND Y NJ c
An-Negro Shipyard
Will E1npsey 5000

CHESTER, Pa.-The Sun Ship
building Corporation announced
construction of new shipyard
here which will lbe stated by
about 5000 Negro workers.
President John G. Pew said that
at first the laborers will be un-
der the supervision of white per-
sonnel. but Negro help already
on the company's pay roll will
be trained for promotion to these
supervisory posts.
1T is our intention to make
the shipyard. designated as No. 4
of our Chester plant, an all-Negro
project" he added.
The southern news., 1942-07-04

EIGHT SOUTHERN WAR
PLANTS TO HIRE
WELDERS

F. E. P. c. announced last week
that eight southern war plants
would HIRE NEGRO MEN if they
were trained in Welding.
The Firms Are:
Bracken Loading Co., Talladega, Ala,
Vultee Aircraft Co., Nashville, Tenn,
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding
Corporation, Mobile, Ala, Honeycutt
Construction Co., Birmingham, Ala,
Bell Aircraft Co., Atlanta, Ga, Mac
Evoy Shipbuilding Corporation and
the Southeastern Shipbuilding Cor
pOration, both of Savannah, Ca, and
the Delta Shipbuilding Corporation,
New Orleans, La.
The southern news., 1942-07-04
D THOUSAND WELDERS WANTED
A Select Few Will Be Accepted At This
School for Immediate Enrolment
To Help Build Ships and Air Planes
For NATIONAL DEFENSE

Mr.. Howard Turner, General Manager of the Welding
Engineering School, announced this week that Negroes
being trained to be weders at the school in Department
No. 3 at 46 WoOdfin Street.
The southern news., 1942-07-04
Age Requirements From to
Six Weeks Traininu
FOUR THREE HOUR CLASSES DAILY
900 A. M TO 10000 P. NJ

." definitely .~n""n 1t" NATIONAL Dr'O"