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Evening star., 1944-07-08
Four Seek Licenses
As Reul Estate
Brokers in D. C..

During the last week the Dis
trict Real Estate Commission
received applications for IL
censes As real estate brokers
from Thomas B.. Harrington,
trading as Harrington Manage
ment Co.. 1918 Vermont avenue
NV; Rice Hooe, 222 Southern
Building; Emerson Gerald
Reinsch. 302 Bond Building, and
Mrs. Clyde G. Dunnington, 8
Hesketh street, Chevy Chase,
Md.
An application for a real
estate salesman's license was re-
ceived from Donald P. Matson,
5504 Connecticut avenue NV.
Evening star., 1944-07-08

ment announces . total Of 44O5 ,o42
In permits granted during June
Largest item was the county's share
In erection Of = new South Arlington
High School which, totaled $284, ~
Other permits covered, 10 one-family
dwellings, $66, ,450; 3 semi-detached
$500; business building, $500; 2
garages, $500; accessory building
500, and alterations and repair to
the amount Of $53,44S.
The land division of the commits
sioner of revenue Office in Fairfax
County issued II building permits in
June, with an estimated valuatio
OF 4541 ,270.
Forty permits were issued for new
buildings, with an estimated valu-
alton Of 1867 ,070, and 81 permits
were granted for improvements,
valued at $173,3 300.
County Clerk John M. Whalen re-
Evening star., 1944-07-08

adopt co-ordinated dimensions for
postwar brick and tile. Having ap-
proved modular masonry based on
the standard 4-inch module, they
thus have provided the first step
for coordination of related prod
ucts. Manufacturers of wood and
metal doors and windows are in
tensively studying sizes for CO.
ordination, and studies are under
way to develop suitable dimensions
for other building materials and
equipment"
Active work to encourage the in
dustry- wide adoption of this project
was begun five years ago, through
the joint efforts of the American
Institute of Architects and the Pro-
ducers' Council in sponsoring Amer
lean Standards Project A62, Mr..
Follin said, and the plan was singled
out for major emphasis in the
councils platform for postwar con-
struction.
Evening star., 1944-07-08
Harrington Project
Nearing Completion

With only 121 of the 3,349 apart
ments in darlington still to be COM
pleted, the huge Defense Homes
Corp. project in Arlington, which
was opened for occupancy a year
ago. assumes the aspect of small
village with definite community
life of its own.
According to George De Neale,
manager of darlington, the few re-
naming apartments will be COM
pleted within the next week or so,
and by July Is every unit in the de-
Velopment will be occupied.
A tour of the project, conducted
by Mr.. De Neale to show the Vic
tory gardens, brought the realiza-
ton that this definite community
personality is largely attributable to
Mr.. De Neale's interest in his ten
ants. He refers to them as my
kids pointing out that the Young
couples with small children are the
ones who benefit most from its ad-
Vantages. Little heed is paid to the
complaints of childless couples who
are bothered by children and their
pets.
While rules must be enforced, Mr..
De Neale said he turns his head
when baby things are being aired in
violation of the printed rules against
hanging out clothes, Dogs are per-
mltted If they do not disturb, and
there is no regulation against babies
play pens on the grounds.
Almost 300 small Victory gardens
are f1ourishing on a hillside in Fair
lington, He admitted that the soil
vas not sufficiently good to warrant
the expectations of bu.per crop.
and that it was necessary to limit
the hours during which the water
supply could be used for gardening
but the kids get fresh air and exer-
else and lots of socia bility."
There are two areas for baseball,
softball and other games, benches
for outdoor relaxation and wooded
areas set aside for picnics.
Platforms are being constructed
at bus stops so commuters won't
get wet feet in bad weather.
Mr.. De Neale and several of his
key maintenance men live at Fair
llngton, so that the tenants who are
out at work all day may obtain i'm
mediate repairs if the stove, the
lights or the icebox are out of order
when they return in the evening.
Evening star., 1944-07-08
By MARGARET NOVEL;.


Prefabrication of building ma
terials on an accepted standard of
measurement which would preclude
expensive cutting and fitting would
be an effective way of cutting build
Ing costs after the war. This eff
cheney designing must be co-ordi-
mated between architects, materials
manufacturers and builders so that
designers will know that doors, win
dows. bricks and other items Of
standard measurement will be ready
for the market when their plans are
completed This advance planning
and coordination is absolutely nee
essary to effect contemplated saw
angs in both time and money.
Architects and engineers were
urged today by the Producers Coun-
Gil to help reduce postwar building
costs by adopting dimensional CO.
ordination through modular design
Of buildings of all kinds to be built
after the war.
Writes 10000 Designers.
In letter addressed to 10000 de-
slgners, James w. Follin, the coun-
ellis managing director, stated that
architects can give valuable impetus
to the project by notifying manu-
facturers of building products that
there will be a demand for ma
terials and equipment with CO.
ordinated dimensions.
Since the cost of construction
after the war is expected to be at
least 80 per cent higher than pre-
war costs, owing to the rise in the
general level of wages and COM
modify prices, it is imperative that
the construction industry take ad-
vantage of every desirable economy
as means of counteracting the
price increases" Mr.. Follin said,
BY designing projects on the
modular basis, in accordance with
The principles of dimensional CO.
ordination, architects will save time
In layout and detailing and in their
supervision of the construction. In
addition. the system of co-ordi-
hated dimensions means better
quality in construction because less
Is left to chance when the building
products are fitted together on the
job.
Perhaps the greatest saving will
result from the fact that, when ma
terlals and equipment are made
with adequate regard for the dimen-
slons of other products with which
they must be combined in various
Evening star., 1944-07-08
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. G.
SATURDAY, JULY Q, le44
Prefobricotion of Materials
Would Cut Building Costs
Coordination Of Designing Between
Architects and Manufacturers Urqed

type of structures, there will be less
waste Of materials and less time lost
by workmen in cutting and fitting.
viii Bring Economies.
Additional economies will result
in the manufacture OF building
products, since producers of mate
rials and equipment will have fewer
sizes to manufacture and keep in
stock, and the smaller number of
sizes to be made will permit a
greater degree of mass production,
which brings a still further reduc-
ton in cost.
Manufacturers of structural clay
products already have agreed to
Evening star., 1944-07-08
F.W. Dodge President
To Address Builders
Here on July 10

Thomas S. Holden, president
OF the F. w. Dodge Co., will
speak to the Washington
Building Congress at their
luncheon meeting Monday.
Mr.. Holden served as presi-
dent of the New York Build
ing Congress from 1885 to 1910
and is a member or officer of
a number of local and national
organizations dealing with re-
gional planning, housing and
urban problems.
He Is an authority on trends
and construction prospects in
the postwar period.
Luncheon will be served at
1890 pm. in the Chinese room
at the Mayflower, and advance
reservations for members and
their guests are essential.
Evening star., 1944-07-08

surance rates generally obtained
when exterior walls are constructed
Of masonry.
Title I of the Federal Housing
Administration Act provides for
insurance of loans made for the
purpose of remodeling and mod
ernizing homes, thus enabling own
ers to obtain financial terms on
this type of project.
Evening star., 1944-07-08

ports that his ONCE admitted to
record At deeds and deeds OF trusts
in June, to set record for the year,
and bringing the total of such in
struments recorded for the first six
months Of this year to 2.498, as COM
pared with 2.507 for similar period
in lo43.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20

Further statistics reveal that this delin- quency has increased in summer months when the supervisory phase of school had been discontinued and no further super vision exi&ed-such as offered by play grounds.
 In view of this our city's playgrounds have an added importance in these times and parents shouldi take every measure to make certain that their chil- dren are given the opportunity to have full advantage of the many constructive and wholesome activities offered in these recreational centerS
 Fresh air and sunshine have always been among the best antidotes for many of the worlds evils, particularly for chil- dren with more energy than they know what to do with. Add to this, supervised direction of these energies and you have overcome great share of the danger of delinquency.
 "Kids" do not create delinquency It is reality which turks in wait for them. Give them chance this summer to en- joy the good times of their age, by send ing them to our playgrounds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
''Then If Ever -

"Then if ever come perfect days !" Occasionally come imperfect ones, such as Monday. June, however, as of 1944, has been more or less typical. There have been Sweltering days as of the middle of summer, and lovely days, slightly cool, the evenings very cool.
 June follows the usual pattern. The graduations start at moderate pace, then they come thick and fast, and this week finds them in full swing. You might say the same of weddings. One day early in June there is one wedding, a week or two later there are dozen. So it goes, the June pattern.
 One day two or three people appear disguised in dark glasses A few days later there are few recognizable folks walking the streets Again the June pat tern, which allows of wsipS of hats, flow CTS for the hair and the newest in cotton gheers
 "Then if ever come perfect days :" Rose gardens are in bloom, the rhodo- dendrons are gradually fading, and the laurel is abundant in our neighboring woods. And Victory Gardens yield their zirst bumper crop-of radishes. "Then if ever," but shall we go on?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
What About It?

A great many war production factories and plants were built on loans extended on the basis of government contracts. Within fairly recent times the companies that made those contracts have become uneasy about their position. The records for work performed in the majority of plants usually run far behind, and there is always a likelihood that some charges may be disallowed. Even the reconver- sion of long established companies is equally complicated. Their obligations to sub-contractors cannot be balanced without delay. In turn the war produc- tion contractors and subcontractorS .nec- essarily have commitments to suppliers. When you add to this the problems of workers, including men, women and boys, you find another variety of complications to face.
 Congress itself, has not solved the prob lem, because of the difficulty covering all the different angles of mainline questions, and at the same time guarding the inter- estS of both the Government and the con- tractors. Planning for reconversion, so far is confined to the Executive agencies, but there have been no charts nor blue prints from the Government showing on what basis settlements can, or will be made. The Truman Senate Committee is gathering information from the Army and Navy and something helpful from that Committee is to be expected within a few weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
IN GOOD HEATLH
(NeW York Sunl

Assuring presidency of the Ameri- can Medical Association, Dr. Her. man L. Kretschmer of Chicago took issue with those who insist that one-third of our people are poorly nourished. To support his position he demonstrated that Uncle Sam is definitely a robust fellow. The death rate. he said, now is at the lowest point in our history; there have been no major epidemics; the sulfa drugs and penicillin are con- quering venereal diseases tuber- culosis, which normally rises during wars, is at an all-time low; new medication has drastically reduced the mortality rate of pneumonia and meningitis, and. last year, B. OO0, ,00O babies were born with a new low in material and infant mortality rates. Tn previous wars. he said, diseases have killed more men than bullets, but that is not the case now. Tn spite of the shortage of doctors and nurses to meet civil- ian needs. the country Is in very good health.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 LugoI's Solution

What is the difference between Lugols solution and iodine. c. B.
 AnSwer-Lugors solution is virtual ly the same as Tincture of Iodine, except that the iodine and potas- sium iodide are dissolved in water in Lugors solution, in alcohol in Tincture of Iodine.
 Harelip
 Is harelip hereditary Fine young woman has Ben Told that If she marrieS her children will have hare lip. We'll be grateful for any light on the question. (Mrs. L. E. G.
 Answer - It is not hereditary? Harelip may occur in any family, as . congenital developmental de- feet regardless of whether 1t has occurred before in the family.
 Hobo Style
 Let me suggest that you add the desired amount of money just be- fore placing your hobo style coffee on the fire. Result, ambrosia (food), nectar (drink). or just fine coffee whichever Is the more appropriate expression. If you print this, bet hundreds of readers will write their thanks. c. E)
 Answer - Oh, well, everybody to his own taste. I'll add honey to my coffee when I can't get any white sugar, brown sugar, crude raw su- gar, rnolasSes, sorghum, maple syrup or saccharin for sweetening 1t. Brother, I'd as soon eat a gob of mashed potato as taste honey iu any way. shape or form. am us- ing extreme tolerance in mention ing it at all. Readers not familiar with coffee hobo style. as c. E. calls it, will find detailed instructions for making good coffee and informa- tion on it's value in the diet, in the red book What to Eat and Why"-copy on request if you in- cdule 25 cts. and stamped envelope bearing your dadress-hut no clip ping will suffice.
 Copyright ls44. John F. Dille Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
Atlantic Wall

We are just beginning to get some ink ling as to how far from easy were the initial landings on the Normandy coast. For the first few days everybody won dered why the Germans didn't try harder to stop us Now we have the answer they did. They just weren't good enough to halt the Juggernaut we sent across the channel, though many thousands of how much damage they accomplished.
 Perhaps a,tfet the enorty t 0f Gqr venture learning now-it has succeeded thus far will placate those hotheads who were all bothered because we didn't row or swim across the channel a year ago without the long preparation that now has made success possible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
Fairgrounds In Wartime

The announcement that Waterbury's fairgrounds will be opened Thursday, June 29, should be of utmost significance to the parents of the city'S children. The youth of the nation, in part, has been ex- posed to an atmosphere of delinquency which has caused authorities to list them among the first casualties of wartime living. The playgrounds of Waterbury and the nation should be bulwark and \ safeguard from such an atmosphere.
 Such authorities as J. Edgar Hoover, E B. I. chief and others have cited the Act that the greater share of Gelinquen- sy among the youth today is brought on AH lack q supervision of these children.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
'Peace = It's Wonderful"

We are not merely skeptical of the va- riouS organizations and their efforts now being formed for purposes of inSuring lasting peace, after this war, although there might be some skepticism in the belief we hold that none of these groups have given any promise of coming forth with concrete plan of peace-for-all-time We are however thrifty by nature and to witness the tremendous amount of ener- gy that goes into the formulation and exposition of these associations with no material, gainful results, gives us the shudderS.
 True there are other organizations whose expressed purposes run along these lines but most of these are fully aware that their task, itself, is a nebulous one and subject entirely to the forces of po- litics, the not always positive pliancy Of human nature and, acts of God. We be- Neve these groups, in their sincerity and their awareness of the odds, are more pru- dent in the expenditure If their energies and subsequently, less impetouS.
 It is the energy wasting crowd that we take issue with. They are the ones whose plan is "the only plan" and who decry our stupidity in being unable to view the simplicity of their plan for curing the worlds ills-yet who are so drugged with the sounds of their voice and the lush growth of their ego that whatever plan they might possibly dream up is drowned and smothered in an exuberant tautology in which meaningless words flow in steady stream of jabber, blabber, chatter, prattle and cackle. They conclude their diatribe- e-they have said nothing-they are exhausted but joyouS-we are ex- hausted and reaching for aspirin.
 Yet there is freedom of speech and we must respect its tenets-we cannot forbid such verbiage. But it does seem that science could devise some kind of "sub- stance and energy meter" as basis for law of expenditure which in turn could be applied so as to make it illegal to go beyond certain point in the diffuse ora tory presented by so many colleagues of such groups. Such machine would nec- essarily need be of sturdy construction lest the energetic verboSity of these ad- vocates strip its gears. This might be somewhat unethical and circumlocutiouS method of encroaching upon freedom of speech but it does have it's points.
 Perhaps better method-one in which freedom of speech might remain unviolat- ed-would be to wire the loquacious ener- gy of some of these ould-be-crusaders to a giant dynamo which in turn would supply the power to turn the countless wheels of our local industries thus aid- ing materially the prosecution of this war and certainly contributing more con cretely to a peace of some kind. We feel that members of the armed forces now engaging the enemy would incline more toward the latter suggestion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
Selected Poem
RURAL CHURCHYARD

RURAL CHURCHYARD
 (Carl John Bostelmann in the New York Times) Cloistered and isolate an old seclusion Broods on these unployed acres where no sound Disturbs the rural peace to bring intrusion Within this churchyard. Here is holy ground Here is the native heath forever hallowed By wordleSs reverence and versant grace, Forever home to local folk who followed Their simple pathway to this final place Through sunlit days and starry nights, together The earth and sky observe this private corner Where summers flower and snowflakes feather Arrive in season to be transient mourner The straight white steeple in the village waits To toll each passing knell of elegy: But here the lowly stone articultaes The sum of life in mute soliloquy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20

his household was that when he had three apples to divide among his three small boys. he always found that each boy wanted two apples.
 If people would only experiment 8 little they would soon discover that life is never happy when 1t turns in and is always happy when it turns out. A self-centered life is a source of misery to anyone un- fortunate enough to cultivate it. Self in an imperious and jealous deity whose hunger for adulation increases the more we feed it. We prostrate ourselves before the srhines of our own selfish desires today, and we find ourselves tram pied to the earth by the vicious feet of those same desires tomorrow.
 Jesus pointed to the corrective and cure when He said, "Whoso- ever will lose his life shall find 1t. The way to get happiness is to toss the desire for happiness over our shoulder and forget about t. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
Views Of The Press
BOY! CHERRIES ARE RIPE!
(Hartford Courant)

Cherries are ripening, and even now birds of discerning appetite are trying them out as supplementary diet. From northern Michigan's commercial cherry-growers comes word that the biggest crop of cher ries, more than siXty-flve million pounds, is now ripe enough for the nimble fingers of the pickers to transfer them from tree to basket. Locally, to judge from casual ob- servation, cherry trees have come through the winter with much bet- ter luck than in the previous year.
 To jaded palates this news may bring only tepid satisfaction be- cause there will be no shortage of maraschinos to nibble after hnish- ing Manhattan. To others, of healthier appetites, 1t may conjure rosy dreams of cherry pie. Can you bake cherry pie? It is indeed an art. But even though you may not know the difference between q gean, mazzard or bigarreau, a duke or morello, If you have the light touch for flaky crust and a feeling for the cherry, you will do all right.
 Incidentally, there is one way to eat cherries that surpasses all oth- CTS. The first requisite to complete enjoyment is, alas, that you be less than fourteen years of age. Stealth is the sauce that savors the fruit and the added barrier of the neigh bor's fence lends sweetness. Then there is the appetizing "shinnying" up the tree, with furtive glances oyer-shoulder, followed by the quick grab and the getaway.
 Thereafter, when one has sum- ciently recovered from the excite ment, when the slightly squashed cherries are removed from a some- what damp pocket and eaten, they have fragrance that is indescrib- able. At least, that's the way we re- member.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-20
THE ROCKWELL IDEA
(Hartford Courant)

American industry has now come forward with a plan for husbanding some of its profits in order to pro- vide unemployment wages for vet erans and displaced war workers, Known as the Rockwell Plan after it's sponsor, Colonel Willard F. Rockwell, Detroit industrialist this project, If enacted into law would permit manufacturers to re- tain from profits remaining after payment of taxes, interest and diW- dends, but before renegotiation, 8 stipulated percentage of earnings to be earmarked for wages.
 According to the provisions of this plan, the employer would be per- mitted to withhold an amount equivalent to one weeks average wage for each month an employee has worked in a war plant. The es- tablished maximum to be withheld would be twenty-four weeks wages per employee. These funds would thereafter be distributed as soon as contract terminations and reconver- sions result in widespread unem- ployment. The machinery for this plan would be administered by the Social Security Board. And all un- paid balances out of such reserves, that might remain two years after final settlement of claims arising out of terminated contracts, would be returned to the government in the form of windfall taxes.
 Although many State unemploy- ment funds today appear to be in excellent condition, the demands to be made upon them in the postwar period, particularly in such States as Michigan and Connecticut, will be unprecedented. Any plan that can now be formulated in order to absorb some of the shock during re- conversion will aid in keeping such State funds in a solvent condition. The Rockwell Plan would, more over, exercise a curb on the use of renegotiation as a punitive or po- litical weapon.
 Actually, this plan would merely put into practical effect what far sighted manufacturers have been saying right along: that to milk the small employer of all his present profits by means of renegotiation will make it difficult, if not impos- sible, for him to play constructive role in providing jobs for returning service men.
 The Rockwell Plan is soon to be considered by the Senate Finance Committee. It is to be hoped that some such idea will be adopted in the near future. The time for erect ing bulwarks againct unemployment is now, and not six months from today.