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The Nome nugget., 1942-02-06
High Japanese Claims Listed
 As Propaganda

Undated, Feb. 6 (AP) - Tokyo headquarters issued a high-sounding claim that Japanese naval planes "vir tually annihilated "the en- tire Dutch Indies fleet with two new cruisers sunk and a third heavily damaged, in an attack in the Java Sea south of Macassar
 Strait. In addition, a U, s. cruiser of the 7,000-ton AIarblehead type was list ed as badly damaged, and another 5,000-ton S h i D sunk. The Java Sea lies be- tween BOrneo island and Java, headquarters of Wa vel s united nations con- n2snd of the southwest Pac fife.
 Obviously a propaganda effort, the Tokyo commun- ique made no attempt to re canciIe it's claim that three criusers made up the "en- tire' Dutch Indies fleet, with the known fact that a large part of the Nether- lands European fleet of considerably greater stren- gth, was in far Pacific Wa ters before Germany invad ed Holland.
The Nome nugget., 1942-02-06
FOOD POISONING IS TRACED TO CADMIUM PLATED UTENSILS

Because of outbreaks of food poisoning the Federal Security Agency has advised manufactur- CTS against using cadmium, a sub stitute for aluminium. in plating cooking utensils and refrigerator containers, according to a release from the offiffice of Paul V. Me Mutt received by the Territorial Department of Health.
 An investigation of outbreaks made by the Food and Drug Ad ministration and the United Stat es Public Health Service. found they were due to cadmium which they said contained a poisonous substance causing severe illness when taken in food, even in small amounts
 Five outbreaks, involving at least 50 persons, were traced to the consumption of frozen foods which had either been chilled in refrlgerators equipped with cad mium plated ice trays or served in cadmium-plated containers. Symptoms of poisoning include acute gastritis, nausea. cramps. vomiting, diarrhea and weakness. Illness may occur within 10 min utes after eating or drinking the contaminated food. Foods contain ing acid are particularly apt to be affected.
 None of the recently reported cases resulting from the consump tion of cadmium with foods has been fatal though chronic poison ing, with severe damage to vital organs will result from repeated exposure, the report states.
 It is probable that the plating industry will cease using cad mium for food-container purpos- es, according to MT. McNutt. At the same time the OPM has stated it would not release cad miun for this use.
The Nome nugget., 1942-02-06
Japs Hesitate Attack On Singapore
Axis Armies In Africa Push
 40 Miles Beyond Bengasi

Cairo Feb (AP)-Advance units of Gen. Rommes African army are believed to have carried their ad vance to within 50 miles of Tobruk continuing the Axis counter offensive which covered 18O miles eastward since the capture of Bengas This is the general in- depreciation of RAF communique, reporting that British bombers have been active both east and west of the town of Tmim itself on the eastern end of the Creanaican bulges, 50 miles west of Tobruk an 40 miles from the Libyan-Egyptan frontier.
The Nome nugget., 1942-02-06
President kalinin of Russia Declares
 All Lost Territory Soon Be Regained

Moscow, Feb (AP) -- President Kalinin in a mes sage to the Soviet people, proclaimed the hour is near when all the occupied republics of Russia will return to the family of the Soviet Union and is closer and closer each day He said the Red Army is approaching the borders of White Russia Lava Estonia and Lith uania His message spread across the main pages of newspapers and said although the Germans are fighting for every inch of ground, the Russians have driven the invaders far back 175 miles in some places
The Nome nugget., 1942-02-06
Motor Nehcile
 Use Tax Stamps

Federal motor vehicle use tax stamps now are on sale at post offices and internal revenue offic- es throughout Washington, ac- cording 10 Internal Revenue Col lector Clark Squire in Tacoma.
 Sale of these new stamps was started officially January Is in accordance with instructions from Washington, D. C.
 To conform with state regula- tions, the stamp should be plac ed in the lower right hand cor ner of the windshield, to the left of the state safety inspection sticker.
 This new tax, provided in the l94l Revenue Act, becomes eff fective February first.
 In a prepared statement, Inter nal Revenue Commissioner Guy T. Helvering pointed out that the term motor vehicle means all of those used chiefly for high way transportation, including automobiles, trucks and motor cycles. and that the term "use' means operation on public high ways.
 The first stamp to be purchas ed by owners of motor vehicles will cover the period from Feb ruary l to June 30, 1922, and will cost but $2.09 because of the fact that only a fractional part of the fiscal year is involved,' said the statement. However, during the month of June, 1922, owners of motor vehicles must purchase stamps valued at $5 to evidence the payment of the tax for the entire fiscal year beginning July l, l942, and ending June 30, l943. Stamps of appropriate demonina- tions have been provided 10 eVi- dence the payment of the "use' tax on vehicles purchased and first put into use on the highways during months subsequent to February, 1922.
 Commissioner Helvering stat ed that the use" tax effects more individuals than all other class es of Federal taxes combined. The payment of this tax will give to each motor vehicle own CT a consciousness that he is con tributing to the defense of his country in a time of emergency. The display of these stamps on automobiles, trucks, etc.. will be evidence that the owners have met this tax obligation.
 Every owner of a motor Ve- hicle which is used upon the high ways should call at his local post office or at the office of the In ternal Revenue Collector and se- cure a $209 use" tax stamp and afftX it to his vehicle. The var ious post offices will sell the stamps oyer the counter for
The Nome nugget., 1942-02-06

cash only and no mail order business with respect thereto will be conducted by the post office. Collectors of Internal Rev enue are authorized to accept cash post office money orders and certified checks in payment for the use tax stamps"
The Nome nugget., 1942-02-06
U. 5. Artillery Smash Jap Gun Placements Pata,l

Washington. Feb 6 IAP)- Japanese gun emalaae- ments on tho s0uthessde n shore of Maeila Bav. an- parentlY desianed t2 d. tack Correqidor fortress were destroyed by artiL- iery fire from the Ameri- can Notifications. The War Department aleo reported that nine Japanese trans ports are debarhine tao7ee at ports n Lingaven Gulf approximately 125 miles north of Manila Bay 10 re inforce the large @enemy concentrations already on Batan Peninsula and other parts of the island of Lu- zon. Batan, the aepartmen said, was relatively quiet during the past "A hours. with decreasing enemy bombing attacks.
The Nome nugget., 1942-02-06

Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Dry Wall Products
Come in Big Rolls Of
Flexible Sheeting
Material Is Duruble
Plastic Composition
Easy to Install
By LAWRENCE CROLIUs.

Do you know what dry wall con-
struction is? It's the latest thing
In low-cost building methods, and
If you haven't seen much of 1t used
in residential construction in the
past you will probably see plenty
of it in the future, because it is
not only inexpensive to install, but
it will stand up just as well as its
fashioned predecessors.
At least, that is what they tell
us. OF course, there is nothing so
very new about this idea, because
we have all seen samples of it In a
crude form in the interior finish Of
camps or summer cottages where
sheets of plywood or composition
board have been nailed up all
around. -. -.-..
AS you can tell by the name, NO
water is used in this form of con-
struction. Hence the time and ex-
pense involved in putting up ordi-
nary plaster walls is done away
with. Instead, large sheets OF wal
surface are put in place right over
the base wall material, and little
or no work Is required to make II
q finished job.
The type Of wall surfacing ma
terial which can be installed may
vary from relatively small panels
separated by decorative holdings to
large sheets, one or more of which
will cover the whole side of a
room. The surface of these sheets
(see CROLIUs, Page B-3D
Evening star., 1942-02-21
300 Plan to Attend
Realtors Dinner-Dunce

Approximately 300 reservations
have been made for the realtors
ninth annual dinner dance. which
will be held in the main ballroom
of the Mayf1ower Hotel on Satur-
day, March 7, according to a report
by Nathan Poole, chairman of the
ticket committee, made to the gen.
eral chairman, Charles H. Hillegeist
Under direction of Samuel S
Spruce, assisted by Edward r. Carr
many novel features of entertain
ment are being arranged.
Due to the popularity OF this an
nual function and the demand for
tickets it has been necessary to
limit the attendance to 400 persons
Dinner will be served at 7:30.
Those assisting Mr.. Hillegeist are
John r. Neale, N. C. Hines, Howard
D. Sullivan, P. j. Ganzert, Joseph
F. Swain, Frank M. Doyle, Nathan
Poole, j. Lee Donnelly, Harvey l.
Jones, Samuel S. Spruce, j. Hawley
Smith, William E. Shannon, I'd, and
Charles l.. Keller.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Smith ReoIty Firm
Moves to II Street

The real estate firm of E. Quincy
Smith, Inc, Of which Arthur C..
Houghton is president, announced
today the removal of its Office from
909 Fifteenth street NV, to 1418 H
street NV.
The corporation recently sold the
Insurance Building, where its Offices
were located, for the Penn Mutual
Life Insurance Co. The British
Purchasing Commission has leased
the building from the new owners.
The Smith firm is the Washington
mortgage loan correspondent for the
Penn Co.
w. B. Houghton, secretary of the
Smith Corp, has been called to
active duty with the Naval Reserve
The vice president of the firm is
is, B. MAYNARD.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Frances Powell Hill
Buys Realty Firm

Frances Powell Hill, realtor, has
Just purchased the business and
good will Of the Drummond Realty
Co., 1900 Dumbarton avenue NV.
Miss Hill will open a Georgetown
branch on March / under the man
agement of Mrs. Emma Moore Scott.
Mrs. Scott has been associated
with Miss Hill in her office at 1914
Connecticut avenue NV. for sew
eral years and will continue to sell
Virginia, Maryland and other Dis
trict properties, while specializing
in the much sought-after George
town homes and estates.
Mrs. Roxana B. Doran, now as
sociated with the Drummond Realty
Co., will transfer to Miss Hills Of
fee and continue to serve her
clientele.
Mrs. Helen H. McKenna has re-
Gently joined the sales force Of Miss
Hills main office and will specialize
in the better -class residences Of the
city and the large country estates.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Insu|ations Enable
Use Of Scarce Metals
In Home Fittings
Practice Allows
Smaller Heating Plants,
Architects Report

Ways to use minimum quantities
of scarce materials in home equip
ment are reported In the current
bulletin of the Producers Council,
edited by the department Of tech
nical services of the American In
stitute of Architects. Saving Of
metals in privately financed defense
houses and fuel economies are en-
phasized.
Smaller heating plants, made pos
sible by insulation in ceilings and
walls, would in the 600, 900 defense
houses contemplated for construc-
ton in 1912 save 160, ,252, 800 pounds
of cast iron and steel for the more
urgent needs Of the defense program
and at the same time make an i'm
portant contribution to the fuel
conservation program, 1t is declared.
The metal savings would represent,
on the average, 225 per cent of the
amount of iron and steel that would
be necessary for heating plants If
the houses were uninsulated.
In typical house studied, full
thick mineral wool insulation in
ceilings and walls would permit a
reduction of 734 pounds in the
amount of cast iron required for
the boiler and radiators, represent
ing at current prices a reduction Of
$139 in the cost of the initial in
stallation. In this particular in
stance the saving in weight would
be 23.7 per cent Average weight
savings in all types of heating
systems in the proportions found by
a survey made by the F. H. A. would
amount to 267 pounds.
Basis of Estimate.
Basis of the estimate was the
case analysis of 12,144 representa-
tive houses built in 1910 which were
surveyed last year by the F. H. A.
1t was found that 1,181,857 pounds
of iron and steel were being used
in each 1000 houses for the heating
systems alone. Provided there is
(See METALS Page R-3)
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Three Real Estate Men
Receive Brokers' Permits

During the past week the District
Real Estate Commission issued IL
censes as real estate brokers to H.
P. Martin, 764s Old Georgetown
road, Bethesda; Thomas E. Hamp-
ton, >7255 Wisconsin avenue, Be-
thesda, and Warren Browning
Tower Building.
Licenses as real estate statesmen
we're issued to Harry D. Fraleigh
1928 Connecticut avenue NV; Will
liam j. B. Trittipoe, 1910 Vermont
avenue NV; A. Irving Miller, 101;
Fifteenth street NV: John C.
Mason, Ills U street NV: George
w. Good, 1905 H street NV; Rus
sell B. Dix, 927 Fifteenth stree,
NV, and Cecil II. Blackwell, 1906
K street NV.
Applications for real estate bro
kers' licenses were received from
Earl T. Wright. 4700 Glenbrook
Parkway, Bethesda: s. Lee Harrison
& Co., 927 New York avenue NV;
Roger D. Washburn, 927 New York
avenue NV; Jerome Rosen, 1006
K street NV, and Albert Sussman
Tower Building.
Applications for real estate sales
mems licenses were received from
Walter A. Dunnigan, 729 Fifteenth
street NV; Lucien C. Fiorenza
1924 Vermont avenue NV; Mrs. r.
Lucas Fitzgerald. 171s Ninth street
NV, and Stanislaus K. Burch, l7l9
X street NV.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
The Home Clinic
Household Handy Man Comes
Into His Own in Wartime

make it possible to keep a protec-
tive coating on most of your equip
ment.
Now don't get into the "hoarder"
class with this. No matter how
much stock you lay in, undoubtedly
something will happen for which
1t will be impossible to get parts
to repair. 1t has been said that
house will not fall down just
because 1t is unpainted-and the
above two gallons of paint will not
help much toward painting the
house. It's the big things like that
that we can give up and do with
out-but the little things that de-
stroy our efficiency day by day that
we will give up only after struggle
So We will patch the screens and
paint their frames to keep them
ION the job" We will prevent rust
and corrosion on the shovels and
rakes which cannot be replaced and
mend their handles and keep them
painted so that they will last twice
as long. We will watch the wear
and tear on lamp cords and keep
them protected with tar tape SO
that they viii not wear through
causing a short circuit and use up
our supply Of fuses. We will treat
our rubber garden hose as though
it were q string. Of pearls. keeping
it. mended and protected from al
types of abuse, carefully draining
it and hanging it SO that it does
not bend too sharply or crack. We
will mend cracks in cement and
plaster before they get out Of hand
clean cutters and downspouts to
keep them from rusting and clog
ging, take care Of roofs and FASH
ings to prevent damage from leaks
Most of these tasks are within the
ability Of the average person with
no more effort or instruction needed
than it takes to pass Red Gross
Aid course-and next after that IN
importance to the average family.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
War Expected to Bring
New Era in PLANNING.

That the line of demarcation be-
tween city and country would grad
ually disappear after the war as q
result of the great advances in air
plane development was the thought
carried back to their homes this
week by delegates to the American
Savings and Loan Institute Mid
winter Conference in st. Paul. The
speaker at the conference banquet,
Dean Arthur M. Weimer Of Indiana
University's School of Business,
pointed out that committing 200,
800 and 400 miles to work could be-
come q common occurrence in the
postwar world, because of the great
opportunity the war Is af1ording the
air travel industry. He visualized
slums cleared away to make landing
fields for planes and . wide variety
of new opportunities for city and
regional planning, as this new era
develops.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Patriotic Flower Ided

Patriotic to the window sills Is
the house parading red geraniums
in blue painted pots on q white
shelf below the window ledge.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
| Garden Tools
| Deserve Extra
IAttention Now

1t Is almost gardening time again
and time to check over the tools
and put them in condition. Give
them @ little extra attention this
year because they are going to be
hard to replace.
Soak the shovels and rakes in
kerosene and then polish them with
steel wool to remove the rust Paint
the handles and I'LL the cracks with
rubber cement or similar glue to
keep them solid and keep the mois-
ture out. e..
Paint the paintable portions of
your wheelbarrow, your watering can
and other items. A distinctive color
will identify them and also prevent
rusting.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Realtors Ask
StreamIining Of
War Housing
Urge Direction
Be Established
Under One Head

Declaring that the entire national
defense housing effort is being seri-
ously handicapped by multiplicity
of Federal housing agencies. stand
ards and procedures, President
Roosevelt today was urged tc
streamline housing by centralizine
power in a single office in q COM
munication from the National AS
sociation of Real Estate Boards.
The production of housing during
the war should be established under
one head, similar to that directing
production of war materials through
the War Production Board the as
sociation said.
It was also stated that every
possible means, including liberal
izing amendments to the National
Housing Act, should be used to
enlist the resources of private enter
prise to produce all housing which
can reasonably be expected to be
permanent in character and to find
appropriate local use after the war
viii Remove Confusion.
That part of war housing built
with public funds should be tenn
porary in character with minimum
facilities essential to a healthful
life for war workers, the communi-
cation added. Such housing should
be built on the basis that it shall
be removed or disposed Of in &C
cordance with the wishes of the local
community as soon after the wal
as possible.
The letter, signed by Herbert q
Nelson, association secretary, ended
Eve who are concerned with
housing and with the home building
industry throughout the Nation
respectfully suggest that If execu-
tive action along this line is taken
1t will remove much existing con-
fusion and doubt in various defense
areas for the home building in
dustry and among the public OFF,
cials themselves. We believe, more
over, that it will be effective in
accelerating the production OF
needed war housing and at the
same time save materials and
money"
The program was indorsed by
both the Committee on Housing
and Blighted Areas and the Home
Builders Emergency Committee of
the National Association.
Should Be Streafnlined.
At one point the realtors letter
to the President stated:
"We find that there is confusion
In every community as to what it
should do to meet requirements set
up for private housing under F. H. A.
and also for public housing. We are
convinced that the entire national
defense housing effort should be
streamlined during the period of the
war as has been the case in connec-
tion with production of war ma
terials through the War Production
Board"
There are some 10 Federal agen-
cies in addition to Offices of the
Army and Navy concerned in a
direct way with war housing pro-
duction, the association pointed out.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
By MARGARET NOVEL;.

Every nome owner IN washington
has a real project laid out for him
in keeping a roof over the head of
his family for the duration. There
are likely to be all sorts OF difncul-
ties and hurdles to be overcome. We
all understand that there are many
important materials needed to keep
body, soul and roof together that
will be impossible to procure-and
1t Is up to us to do the next best
thing. Your house or mine is not
as important as the next battleship
or bomber-and we can see 1t 60 to
wrack and ruin-if that Is what 1t
takes-but with the efforts Of the
whole family turned toward its pres
ervation and repair 1t may be whee-
died into doing a passable job until
that happy day arrives when vital
improvements can be procured
again.
There are 50 many patching and
repairing jobs that any man or
woman can do. There are q like
number Of protective jobs that any
child can do which will keep pres
ent equipment in functioning con-
dition for years. Since the odd
job man or the local carpenter who
has been coming to you regularly
for years Is probably now working
for the Government, you will have
to do these things yourself. Pro-
vide the tools and the materials
and set aside q certain amount Of
time each month to keep things
in order.
Along with the air raid shelter,
the emergency food shelf and the
first aid kit, you would be smart
to rig up shelf or two in the
basement with the necessary mate
rials to keep your house in order.
This should include the necessities
for repair and maintenance with
this solemn promise painted on the
door: I'VE will not throw anything
away until 1t has been proved
worthless beyond q doubt"
Your list should include: A box
Of assorted screws and bolts, . col
lection Of nails from tacks to 10
pennies, q good wood glue, q good
rubber cement. a can Of putty and
. can Of plastic wood, and q roll
Of wire II you can get it. Then add
to that q box Of washers for fau-
Gets, q box of fuses. . roll of tar
tape and . roll of wire screen for
the repair and replacement Of door
and window screens. A couple Of
gallons Of paint, some trpentine
and nnseed oil tucked away will
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Improving White Woodwork

A room with blue-painted walls
may have white woodwork made
more interesting by adding q very
small quantity Of Indian red and of
black paint then mixing thoroughly.
II the room Is on the north side
Of the house and therefore cold
looking at times, Q deep cherry red
carpet will add warmth to the
room. White draperies and valances
bound with cherry red bias tape
are effective in such q room. An
other gay touch may be added by
painting the inside of the corner
cabinet cherry red to match and
putting milk white glass on the
shelves.