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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-01
CR0CERS, T0DDS
WIN CAGE GAMES

In games of the older and en-
ployed boys basketball league,
played this week at the Y. M. c.
A., Todd F'urniture's representa-
tives edged out the Blake Electric
quintet, 1928, and the Grocerteria
five topped Pickard's team, GALS.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-01

The word "sniper'' dates back
to the Revolutionary war and
means one who shoots from cover
AS when shooting snipe.
Evening star., 1944-12-10

Wonderfully warm 1922 wool.
$50 royen and 25oo cotton re-
versibIe blonkets. Combination
eolors, joequord borders. royon
sotin binding. Rose, blue. green.
peoch. 72x84.
Evening star., 1944-12-10

Colorful ottroetiveIy striped pot
terms TO brighten your bedroom.
sevieeobIe ioequord weavs
homespun spreads in assorted col
Or stripes. 86xl05 size.
Evening star., 1944-12-10

Service for six. Dointy floral
center decoration :. plotinum
trim edges, lug soups.
Evening star., 1944-03-25
The Home Clinic

spotting at all. And in case you
don't konw what spotting is-it is
the personal attention given to
every stain and spot which may de-
nand various solvents for removal
and careful "feathering out" to pre-
vent rings, If you have ever at
tempted this at home you can't
help but know the time and pre-
cision handling it demands. The
high quality plant has wide range
Of spotting agents. employs spoilers
with high degree of skill and q
knowledge Of fabrics, dyes, and the
nature Of spots and stains. a..
Finishing Is Important.
The third factor that enters into
the service rendered is the finishing.
Texture of fabric is most important
If 1t Is a soft nappy material, no
pressure may be used. Presses with
special screen heads are used to pre-
serve the creepy effect. A smooth,
lustrous surface must be handled
with the type of equipment which
keeps the polished surface.
This plant will also remove but
tons and buckles that may not stand
Evening star., 1944-03-25
Real Estate Board
Issues Two New
Broker Licenses

The District Real Estate Com
mission this week issued licenses as
real estate brokers to Galley L
Roberts, 1905 N street NV, ane
Alfred H. Hollidge, 17l2 Twentieth
street NV, John A. Petty, commits
sion secretary, reported today.
Licenses as real estate statesmen
were issued to Valrie s. Mcdaniel
1927 I street NV; Donald M. Ken
nedy, 739 Fifteenth street NV; Ar.
thur T. Traylor, 1882 K street NV.
and Lee D. Latimer, jr, 738 Fif.
teenth street NV.
Applications for licenses as real
estate brokers were received from
the Chevy Chase Realty Co., Arlie
l.. johnson, James Johnson Hooper
A. Allan Muse, Julian H. Fincher
all of 3403 Connecticut avenue NV.
and Leigh G. Kelsey, jr., 800 Penn
sylvania avenue Sc.
Applications for licenses as real
estate statesmen were received from
Virginia N. Benoit, Woodward
Building; Clyde Edward Terms, 1905
H street NV; Elmer r. Robinson
1881 Rhode Island avenue NE;
Harry A. Young, Investment Build
ing; John j. Metivier, 945 K street
NV, and Louis Bells, 1914 Seventh
street NV.
An APPLICATION for license as a
business chance salesman was re-
ceived from Virginia N. Benoit,
Woodward Building.
Evening star., 1944-03-25

applications with FILA State and
district off1ces during February for
mortgage insurance totaling s34,-
142 300 to finance the construction
of 1887 proposed new family dwell
ing units for war workers, Mr.. Fer
guson said.
This compares with applications
of $780, 100 for 11,485 units filed
during the preceding month and
with applications Of $53,762 ,0o6 for
1887 units filed during the same
month last year.
OF last months volume, appii-
cations for mortgage insurance to
finance construction of houses for
one to four families amounted to
| $50, ,495, ,450 and involved 6,538 new
dwelling units. Applications for
mortgage insurance to finance con-
struction of large-scale rental prof.
ects amounted TO 1884, ,450 for 16
proposed projects providing 7l9 new
dwelling units.
Applications from private lend-
ing institutions for mortgage In
surance to finance the purchase Of
existing homes filed during Feb
ruary numbered 4,469 and amounted
| to S21 ,476.202. - >
Evening star., 1944-03-25
BY MARGARET NOVEL;

Spring. and a young woman's
fancy turns" to house cleaning. And
first on the list is the household COL
lection of dry cleaning. We say
first-because the dry cleaners are
begging you to send your things
early, and spread them out in small
packages rather than bundling them
all in one batch. BY so doing you
will not swamp the cleaning plant
and have to wait many an anxious
week to get things back.
There are grades of service in dry
cleaning as there are in all profess
sional services and the price is set
according to the personal attention
demanded. The cleaner who offers
his service at low price cannot
give the same quality of workman
ship as that offered at medium or
high price. He must cut corners
somewhere. and he may DO 1t In the
dry-cleaning, spotting or finishing
departments.
so Minutes to Garment.
Taking all the time of employees,
including drivers and Office workers,
it has been found that it takes ap-
proximately so minutes of work to
do a quality job on each standard
garment. The present labor cost
being between SO and so cents per
hour, the actual labor cost to do
what is called a good cleaning Job
ranges from As to so cents a gar
ment. With labor costs so per cent
OF the selling price, which is neces-
sary if the firm is to continue in
business with a small profit for ex-
pansion and improvement, this
would make a price Of 80 cents to 81
reasonable for the plain article.
Fancy garments Or household ar
ticles demanding minute care and
attention naturally would be more
One important factor in the cost
Of drycleaning is the type and con-
dition of the, solvent used. Some
are more expensive than others and
the proper distillation and filtering
equipment, necessary to keep all
solvent clean and sparkling, Is a
costly installation.
The next factor Is the amount of
spotttng done. Some plants do no
Evening star., 1944-03-25
Building Construction
Here Lags Behind
Il Leading Giles

with the declining realty build
ing market In Washington, the city
dropped down to the lower part Of
the u leading cities in building COLI
struction during January and Feb
ruary, according to ofigures released
today by the Labor Department.
The total construction value DUR
Ing the two months was 81 ,275 600,
as compared with $3.50, 900 for the
same period last year. More than
half of this amountswas in Federal
construction.
Los Angeles Again Leads.
Los Angeles again led the country
with total Of S12,941 900 worth of
construction. Other leading cities
included Detroit, New York, Chicago
Cleveland, Philadelphia, New Or
leans, Fort Worth and Houston,
Tex, as well as San Francisco,
Seattle and San Diego.
Last, month, the report stated,
construction contracts we're awarded
for II apartments, containing 100
dwelling units, to cost $500, ,250, in
the local area. However, repairs
and new building work have been
at fairly low ebb this month, with
the average weekly scale thus far
being less than 100000.
During the present off-season
building and repair time, permits
amounted to but $29,850, with the
largest being for $fl 900. j, F. and
E. j. A, Gregory, l7a0 S street NV,
were given permit to alter their
premises into seven apartments.
Leon Chatelain, jr., 1727 K street
NV. is architect for the project.
Other Permits Issued.
Other permits of $500 or more
issued this week include the fol-
lowing:
S. Kann Sons g. Co., Seventh
and Pennsylvania avenue NV,
owner; William Doolan Elevator
Service, 430 Ingraham street NV,
builder and architect; to erect
freight elevator, 3o8 Eighth street
NV; to cost $4,000.
j. A. Roberts, 532s Hayes street
NE, owner: Security Home In
provement Co., 54o3 Georgia avenue
NV, builder and architect; to
erect one 2-story frame and cinder
block foundation addition, 1929
Hayes street NE, to cost $4,000.
Washington League Ball Park,
Seventh and Florida avenue NV,
owner; George A. Fuller, Munsey
Building, builder; to repair Seventh
and Florida avenue NV; to cost
Sl,500. 4,
Maurice 7. schlein's s15 New York
avenue NV, owner; Federal Con-
struction Co., 915 New York avenue
NV, builder; R. B. Ferris, archl-
tect; to repair 1909 Euclid street
NV; to cost $500.
Anna T. Young, 2492 Alabama
avenue Sc, owner; r. Dudley.
builder; r. G. Archer, jr., 22S Florida
avenue NV, architect; to erect one
2-story frame addition, 2492 Ala
bama avenue Sc; to cost $1,000.
A. F. Jorss Iron Works, Inc, 1920
Twenty fourth street NV, owner
and builder Prescott Construction
Co.,l307 w street NV, architect;
to repair 123o-32 Phillips court n W.;
to cost $1,000. @
Gerald Friedman, 1905 Third
street NV, owner and builder;
R. G, Archer, jr., 2l5 Florida avenue
NV, architect; to inclose rear
porch, 1905 Third street NV; to
cost $500.
r. F.. Ofutt, co 215 Florida
avenue NV, owner; r. c. Archer,
jr. 215 Florida avenue NV, archi-
tect; to erect one 2-story frame ad-
(See BUILDING PERMITS, Pg. 81
Evening star., 1944-03-25

the various, processes, and resew
them when the article is finished.
They will make minor repairs, re-
move lint from seams, cuffs and
pockets, measure garments before
and after cleaning If they have a
tendency to stretch, and, all In all,
will return to you each item as
close to new condition as possible.
This type of attention is where
your money goes when you buy good
dry cleaning. This is the sort of
care that will keep your draperies
like new, return your slip covers
with all zippers working and add
many q season Of life to the fabrics
which keep your house attractive
and comfortable and which are so
difficult and expensive to replace
these days.
Evening star., 1944-03-25
Washington Realtors
Offer Plan for Sale
OF Defense HOUSING

The Realtors Washington Com
mittee this week offered to submit
to the Government program for
fdisposal of war housing projects
recently put on the market by the
Defense Homes Corp. This came
from two-day conference Of men,
bers Of the National Association of
Real Estate Boards in the May
flower Hotel during which 1t was
pointed out the Federal agency had
not received bids on properties which
approached the value of the land
and structures.
Meanwhile, spokesman for the
corporation reported all bids, except
for a few on the Meridian Hill
Apartments had been rejected as
being too low. The prospective in
vestors in the, Washington Metro
|politan area were reported to be
from out-of-town. Thus far, 1t was
said, no residents of Washington
have made offers but that several
bids have been received by the DHC
from investors In nearby cities.
National Figures on Committee.
The committee, composed of the
Nations leading figures in real
estate, reviewed the proposal of the
corporation to liquidate its holdings
and decided to work out a selling
program for the projects. The group,
in its two-day meeting, went over
the situation of the war housing
projects with George B. Williams
vice president of the. DFC, and
offered its aid in liquidating COR
poration properties.
|. Seven of the projects are located
in and around Washington, includ-
ing the darlington project in vir-
ginia with 3,442 apartments. The
seven Washington projects contain
a total of 4,910 apartment units;
l,904 dormitory and hotel units and
IL houses in Falls Church. In addi-
ton to Mclean Gardens and Fair
lington, the projects include the
Meridian Hill Hotel, NayIor Gar
dens, the Lucy Diggs and George
w. Carver Halls.
The realtor group also devoted
considerable time to the, general
problem of surplus Federal property
receiving q report on this situation
from E. L, Ostendorf of Cleveland,
Ohio, chairman of subcommittee.
Mr.. Ostendorf, it was learned. is
planning an appeal to all real estate
boards to survey their communities
to determine the best use to which
local surplus property can be put.
Blandford Joins Group.
Meeting with the committee were
a number of high Federal officials,
including John B. Blandford, jr..
administrator of the National Hous-
ing Agency; Col. John j. OBrien,
IN charge OF the War Departments
real estate Operations, and Fred
Kimmich, WPB official.
Chairman of the committee is
Boyd T. Barnard of Philadelphia
Others attending the conferences
here included Robert B. Whitaker,
Kenosha, Wis; Charles F. Curry,
Kansas City, Mo, president of the
Institute of Real Estate Manage
ment; Bethel T. Hunt, Memphis,
Tenn, president of the Society of
Industrial Realtors; j. Burrows
johnson, New Orleans, president of
the American Institute of Real
Estate Appraisers: Joseph Laronge,
Cleveland, president of the Ma
|tional Institute of Real Estate
Brokers; John c. Bowers, Chicago;
Amos Hewitt, New Haven, Conn;
Philip w. KniSkern, Philadelphia !;
alexander Summer, Teaneck, N. j.;
Arthur, Bassett, Detroit; Henry w.
Merrill, Boston; Harry A. Taylor,
East Orange, N. j., and Morgan L.
Fitch, Chicago. -.
Evening star., 1944-03-25
1858 FHA Homes,
Financed Privately,
Started in February

Under Federal Housing Adminis-
tration's plans 1858 new privately
financed dwelling units for war
workers, were started last month, as
compared with 1899 In January,
Commissioner Ahner II. Ferguson OF
the National Housing Agency re-
ported today.
Family dwelling units completed
under the program during Febru-
[ary numbered 1888. compared with
1888 in January and with $3.50 in
February, l943. Approximately IS
lper cent OF all privately-fnanced
iwar housing now being built under
local quotas established by the
MIA is covered by FILA Title vi
insurance.
Private lending institutions filed
Evening star., 1944-03-25
Many Postwar Uses Seen.
For New Plastic Resin Board

Developed to meet urgent war
emergencies by United States Rub
ber Co., a new plastic resin board,
which is being successfully used by
both the Army and Navy, will prob
ably find many postwar uses not
only in airplane manufacture, but
in many other lines, including lug
gage, wall paneling, flooring, table
tops and house furnishings.
Evening star., 1944-03-25

81. ."n7 .af3 "a S15.7ka.76
FnwApD v. MILLS. Controller.
Subscribed ard sworn to before me
this 2Jst day Of February, 1854.
(Seal) EMMA L. MacHUCIH
Notary Public.
IN and for the City and County of
San Francisco. State Of California Ny
commission expires january Is, 1e4s.
Evening star., 1944-03-25

s70o. ses. .0l ss.334.4o
c, d. MINOR, President,
B. c, LEWIS. JR., Secretary,
Subscribed and sworn to before me
tseaiJ A. c. STEVENSON. JR,,
Notary Public.
Ny Commission Expires January 9th.
Evening star., 1944-03-25

tute with Offices
in the Drury
Building, 1877 K
street NV. She
succeeds Charles
T. Stewart, who
recently joined
the Navy.
| Joining tn e
| institute in Oc-
t o b e r, M S S
Stewart became
one of the prime
movers in the
&c o m m u n ! t y
Builders Coun-
Gil, which is en-
gagged in post
Evening star., 1944-03-25

j. F. CUNNINGHAM,
Secretary and Treasurer.
W. H. THOMPSON, Assistant Secretary.
subscribed and sworn to before me
this 23rd day Of February, 1914.
(Seal) VIM. vOLTZ, Notary Public.
Queens Co. Clks. No. 2322. Reg. No.
4e-v-b. Cert. nled y; Z &c. clks. No.
Commission Expires March 80, 1945.
Evening star., 1944-03-25

An integral part of the institute
the council is offering a free plan
ming service through its suggested
Program for Making an Urban Re-
development Survey"
The council has % representatives
in the United States and Canada
and Miss Stewart reports that plan
ming committees in more than 10C
cities are utilizing the councils
service in drafting their postwar re-
development plans.
Evening star., 1944-03-25
Miss Stewart Takes
Land Institute Post

Margaret Kay Stewart, former
secretary of the Denver Real Estate
Board, has been named executive
secretary Of the Urban Land Insti-
Evening star., 1944-03-25

S24,250s35 % S14O.542.o
c. C. HANNAH, President.
EDWARD v. MILLS, Controller.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 21st day of February, 1914.
,(Seal0 EMMA L.. MacHUGE,.
Notary Public.
Notary public in and for the city and
county of San Francisco, State of Cali
fornia. My commission expires Janu-
AIRY is, 194S
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-29
4.H Club Council
Maps Camp Plans

1t was decided by the All club
council Saturday that club mem
bers who wish to do &C may attend
camp this veal" at Camp Radford
between June 26 and July /.
Club officials, and members will
have to make their own arrange
ments for transportation as it is
impossible for The council TO dc SC
this year TEic decision was reach
ed at a meeting of the council at
the court house in Fl Centro Sat
urday. The council dropped the plan
of having the summer camp at Hi
pass this year because most of the
club members expressed the Gesire
to 30 a greater distance from hcme
and into higher mountains.
Last year tie Imperial county
group went to Camp Radfcrd and
enjoyed the outing to such an ex.
tent that many &C them wished to
return there this year.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-29
FOUR FACE POLICE JUDGE
IN WEEK END HARVEST"

In police court Monday morning
four cases were heard by Judge Lee
Nuffer. Gene Heiss, 80, 1912 Ell
Centro, forfeited a SIS bail posted
On a drunk and disturbing the peace
charge. Manuel Ramirez, 20, 232
orange, Mexican, was found guilty
on a battery charge. The case was
continued until Wednesday for SEN
fencing. J. c. Arraiza, 81, Seeley
Mexican, was fined $40 on an intox-
ication charge. Felipe Agril, 20, Ell
Centro Mexican farm laborer, was
fined S25 and given 80 days sus-
pended sentence on a reckless driv-
ing charge. 1t was alleged he had
struck a parked car anc continued
without stopping.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-29
Machinists Irk
WLB Chairman
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tive that overtime be allowed pend
ing arbitration Of the dispute.
we are trying to get war pro-
duction, nothing else" Davis said
We want production the best way"
He said he thought the seizure
of Montgomery Ward was ju't'fied
but added that TIE seizure also ad-
vertised that the WLB could Re
defied successfully. On account of
this and other reasons, he said, The
country has had an outbreak Of
strikes during the past few months
Davis was accompanied here By
Lewis Gill, industry member of the
national board, who will be the first
such member TO leave Washington
to sit in with the regional board On
a case.
Provided the controversy does not
OCCUPY tco much of Davis time, he
will fly from here to Honolulu tc
consider establishing Of a regional
board there.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-29
Strikes Hold,
Spread in j. 5.

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The workers protested failure Of
the WLB to grant a wage increase.
More than 100 plants, including
the two largest saWmills in the
world, at Longview, Wash, have
been closed. The districts affected
produce more than one-third of
the nations supply OF timber.
SEE DANGER TO UNION
A wildcat strike of CIO workers
at the Chrysler Highland Park plant
ended after officials told workers
that the strike is threatening the
life of our union" The members
then votec 8 to ! to end the work
stoprage. R. J. Thomas, Interna-
tional Automobile Workers presi-
dent, told the men that all wildcat
strikes must cease. "or We face an
attack that no union can with
stand
The International officers said
they would investigate demands
that l6 men be reinstated on the
payrOllS.
More than 1000 truck drivers de-
livering goods from At bakeries
continued on strike, Fastening the
closing of some Detroit restaurants
as bread. already five days old, dis
appeared from grocery shelves.
Other developments incluc ed:
Providence. r. almost 1000
employees of the Brown & Sharpe
Manufacturing company continued
a strike in protest against the hir-
ing Of a woman TO replace a man.
Cleveland-Fourteen furnacemen
at the magnesium sand foundry Of
the aluminium company plant en-
tered the second week of a strike
which has forced $50 other CIO
workers into icleness.
Cincinns ti-More than 300 AFL
bakery truck drivers called "a "hol-
day" in protest after the regional
WIB awarded them part Of a re-
quested wage increase. AS a result
only chain stores received fresh
bread
Detroit-Golfers we're stymied
when tractor drivers On five links
quit their jobs, leaving grass and
fairways uncut. The drivers are
striking in demand Of wage increas-
eS.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-29
Stop Wallace
Democrats Eye
Farley Strategy
Ry LYLE c. WILSON

WASHINGTON, May % tUPl-
Frustrated conservative Democrats
arc turning from their futile anti
fourth term campaign 10 the prob
lem of preventing denomination of
Henry A. Wallace cf Iowa, for vice
president.
There is increasing belief among
Democrats here that President
Roosevelt will insist on Wallace's
denomination this year as he did
in a surprise maneuver in 1910.
Even some cabinet members are
known to oppose Wallace now and
the mere thought of him gives
avowed anti-RoOsevelt party men
acute melanchClia.
ANY one of 50 or so democrats
would satisfy the anti-Wallace
forces. but their weakness is that
they have not gotten tog etEer be-
hind a single individual ard force
fully presented his qualifications to
Mr.. Roosevelt Many of them would
like a stand out business man fer
Mr.. RooSevelt's running mate but
conCede that there Is hardly any
chance of that.
Primarily they want a vice preSi-
dental nominee who, If the presi-
dent did not serve out a fourth
term. would restore party control
to the Democratic organization as
it existed before 1882 when the new
deal organization was born.
If Mr.. Roosevelt insists upon
Wallace. the vice presidential nomi-
nation will arouse a bitter, if one
sidad. contest at the Democratic
national convention, perhaps even
upsetting chairman Robert f. Han
negan'S plans for a short three CT
four day meeting.
More likely. however, the anti
Wallace faction will go down fight
ing on the first ballot after warn
ing the convention - and suggest
ing to the nations voters - that
keeping wallace or the ticket will
make it doubly hard for many CT
ganization Democrats to support
the ticket this year
MI Roosevelt is believed to want
Wallace fer precisely the reason
that the conservatives do not want
him-the President evidently hopes
that Wallace can carry On in ccm-
mand of the new Geal-demCcratic
party after he steps Gown.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-29
10000 Japanese
Internees Want
Tickets Home
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cago area, the WRA said. Second
choice was Colorado with about
2500 settlers. Utah, Ohio and Mi
chigan were chosen by about 100
japanese Americans while approx
imately 1000 found homes in Idaho.
There has been generally no hos
tility or discrimination against the
evacueeS in their new communities.
the WRA said.
Despite hardships and financial
losses suffered by the evacuees, the
report said there had been an i'm
portant social compensation in that
the evacuation had tended to
break Gown the pe-War isolation
of this Oriental minority in the
United States and has brought
thousands of these people more
completely than ever into the man.
stream of American life"