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Evening star., 1944-02-28
HOUSES WANTED TO RENT.

NAVAL OFFICER, wife, 12-yr.-old daugh-
Ter desire 2 or bedrm. unfurnished
land; b SP; 013o, Mr.; Parsons. 80.
PERMANENT OFFICER desires lease 8.
bedroom house beginning April or May;
NV; section; prefer vicinity Oh. Oh. Circle
VII WI oSonsider purchase option. Phone
WANTED TO RENT s-s room house I'm.
furn. baths, minimum. garage, auto.
heat: NV. section. west of Rock Creek
Park, or Arlington or Alexandria, near
Shopping and transp.; excel. refs. EN-.
UNFURNISHED HOUSE, preferably Chevy
Chase. Maryland requires 3 bedrooms, 3
baths. maids room and bath. B., Govern
ment ofncial. No children. Will execute
1-year lease May 1. Not to exceed SI75
per month. Reply Box 464 B, Star. 2s'
UNFURN. Groom house. duration lease. UP
to $135 mo-; will pay 8 mo. rent in ad-
vance: NV section, Bethesda or Silver
way 1747 2Ss
HOUSES WANTED, furnished or unfur-
n1shed, for sale or rent, close to Bucking-
ham or Clarendon. Have clients waiting.
LOIS R. Simpson, 1850 N. Irving St. CH.
Evening star., 1944-02-28

BRIAR INN, 1927 Eye st. NV.
Available at once l double, also / triple
room: we offer hotel service, with q tele-
Evening star., 1944-02-28
COAL, WOOD, FUEL OIL.

COAL. WOOD. FUEL OIL.
OAK fireplace and stove wood delivered
yPice vP EimyooS Si1s o9rd j. S. carper. Mclean
SEASONED OAK. IL and "a" lenxth. de.
livered $40 half-earload from Seabrook
WooD. green or partly Seasoned haTd. nara
wood: any length: immediate delivery a,
S1I ner cord. Phone Fairfax l59-J-I3 /
CORDWOOD, any length, seasoned, guar.
anteed to burn: s0G oak; delivered any.
where: full cord. $50. EN- 1865.
FIREPLACE WOOD AND KINDLING,
Seasoned Oak and Pine
National 1869 Evenings DU. 1850. o9'
Evening star., 1944-02-28
DOGS, PETS. ETC.

GREAT DANES. BOTH sexes. s25.
Chow. house-broken, red. fe.. q mo-. $50;
10y terrier, fe., $40; cross-breeds, S5.
Dog Hotel. 7344 Georgia Ave. ia 1921.
BOXERS,
AKC-registered pups you'll be proud to
own. Ma. 7O43, Alexandra OSO5
Evening star., 1944-02-28
FARM & GARDEN

FNkM y S3AKUEN.
GARDEN PLOWTNG-Have YOUR Victory
garden plowed nowi Immediate booking
Chestnut 9lf0 ewes. and Sunday.
FARM PERSONAL PROPERTY, includins
lawn and farm fence posts. lumber ex.
cellent Toggenburg milk goats. poultry
harness, etc. Farm sold. Call after 6 D m
weekdays. HI O4OT-J
Evening star., 1944-02-28
SITUATIONS DOMESTIC
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.

SELECT POSITIONS.
Exec. Sec, real estate expr.--- $50 wk
Stenog., legal, pat exp. -- S45 wk
Stenog., mgr, small Office $50 mo
Typists fD, $3.50 W. p. m S35-S40 wk
Bookkeepers (m. and f. S35-S45 wk
File clerk supervisor tReed - $40 wk
Information clerk, his. edu S15S mo
Telephone operators, all kinds S3Q-S35
Grocery clerks I'm. and f1 S3O-S35 wk
Maintenance men eng. and carpts S17O mo
Many new openings HOURLY VEL
COME-LARGEST agency in D. c. (NA
60SS. 2I14, 6O59).
PERSONNEL SERVICE,
Evening star., 1944-02-28

COUPLE WANTED to share 6-room bome.
WA. 144O. o uieh'
2,3 AND 4 BEDRM. HOUSES in Bethesd.
area Sl2Q to $500. WI. 1854. E. NJ
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WHITE.

For cooking and some housekeeping in
ave; no laundry, no heavy cleaning !:
pleasantly furn. private room: salary
500 per month.
TNR 1000
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COUPLE WANTED to share 6-room home
al. AZ facilities fild wife unemployed no Children
s.ss s,s AND sisa 4 BEpRM HOUSES in Bethesd.
AEExASbkiA. six Hss1 kiia'e a. ebesroom boms.
months months only, beginning March Ist: for
iaepied iinens Gopese or with infant only;
month: desirable tenants only: raferenees
PFedauea asaSts T0 insDIct sa gohIayer
siSs \: FLSkIpA ST. Arl.-e-rm. brick,
Soas peofms;, n baths, screened porch, oil
neat neat gagase: @ bus line "a blk; sIOO per
ssS PER MoSTH-a-bedroom brick bum
shlre ave. extended, completely furn., ex-
eept ei,p for linens; china and kitchen uten-
Siis H. -, Business hour bus service. Smith q
BEAUTIFUL SMALL HOME. s'e on sish sh Gdss: iosa.
Of ion Ma5c5 0edroomf no baths for the month
sandoz, Inc. pu. 1884 ~' 'an 00SSen'
6a,;In5S;s Il ROOMS. = 21s BATHS; NEAR 18th AND
udet snd batG fGGomers mi,S Owner occupies rooms
HENRY sALUs, 900 New York Ave. NV.
HOME VALUE.
tasSed Sa9S boms bKsnnedy st ayattsvile. Nd; de-
BATH eiessTIeity gas oil 'ue heat e. 2r02B@i: Bed
II. A. HUMPHREYS,
M $3.50. Realtor. sos N. Capitol
HOUSES UNFURkisHED.
NEARBY VIRGINIA, / block from Lee
nn;;-Wh.; coal; available March 1. 4I4O
2lss ID; n. Arlington.
435 18th st. s.w. or MA. 1926, weekdays.
OPEN.
INSPECT TODAY UNTIL 10 PM
17O1 HARVARD ST. NV.
81 BEAUTIFUL, NEW MODERNISTIC,
UNUSUAL HOMES
READY FOR OCCUPANCY
SHAPIRO. INC,
1341 CONN. AVE. DU 7777
$62.50-5th ST. NV.
South Mass. ave, close to St. Mary's
Church, 3-story. 8 rooms, hot-water heat
sCoaD. Owner prefers adult family. Apply
for key 800 9th NV
Evening star., 1944-02-28
NEW APARTMENTS

NORMANDY VILLAGE.
Immediate Occupancy
Rooms, Kitchen, Dinette, Bath. $3.50.
All Utilities Included
Apis May be Furn. II Desired
rake car to 18th and Penna ave Sc,
transfer to Bradbury Heights bus to end
OF line, walk l block on Bennins rd to H.
st. or drive out .Benning rd to H St. se.
Once, 5OOl H st. s.e. TR. 1894 or RA.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
HOUSES UkFURNisHED.

NEARBY VIRGINIA, / block from Lee
hwy and bus-5-room, bath bungaIow.
hh;-Wh coal; available March l. 4I4O
ROOMS, bath, h.-w.h. $1,000. Apply
435 4th st. sw. or MA. 2326 weekdays,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23

Church is beautiful new police station.
 The Nativity Store" on Manager Square announces that it engages in Manufacture of Mother-of Pearl Best Souvenir of B e h e h m. ? Mother of pearl manufacture, incl dentally, has become Bethlehems major industry Much of the pearl comes from the Red Sea.
 Radio Plays Arab Music
 Walking from Manager Square to- ward Star Street you hear a radio playing Arab music and you pass in turn, taxi ramp c'Two dollars to Jerusalem, Mister'), an ice cream and lemonade stand, and an Arabic mosque with a stately minaret.
 These are the external signs of any modern town.
 And if you shut out the modern world for little while you have simply to join the bands of modern pilgrims who are vending their way into the Church of the Nativity and down to the Grotto where the spell still holds that was woven over this sanctuary 20 centuries ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23

the power to see spirits and ever to command them. Sir Walter Scott says shat the Spaniards attributed the haggard and downcast looks o1 Philip II to the terrible visions he was able to see because he was born on Christmas.
 French peas a Il ts believe that babies born on Christmas have the gift of prophecy.
 In Silesia a baby born on Christi mas will become either a lawyer or thief.
 In Middle Europe it is said that If baby is born at sermon time Christmas Eve, someone in the house will die within the year
 English mothers used to take sick babies to the door Christmas Eve midnight. Mary was expected tc pass with the Christ Child. If the baby recovered, it was sign that it had been touched by Christ, with healing fingers, and if it died, the Christ Child had called the baby to be His playmate in heaven.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23
CAROLS WERE
 ONCE "HITS'
GAP Fea.ures)

Good King Wentecatas, 20th cen- tury patron of Bohemia and virtu- GUS churchman, would not be pleas cd to know that his fame largely rested on a Christmas carol. He probably didn't approve of carols at all
 For the word is correctly applied to lyrics written to dance tunes, and the carols We now sing stem direct ly from exuberant dancing and msrly-making in early churches at the vigils of saints day. This prac- tjce was outlawed by the Third Council of Toledo. in 589, andaagain in the 18th century at the Council Of Avignon.
 But festive merriment would not
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23
NOVEL DECORATIONS EkLIvEN APPEARANCES
 OF CHRISTMAS TREES

Before pulling out the old box of ornaments used for trimming the Christmas tree for the past several years, it is good idea to plan some other decoration which will make the tree different than it ever was before An occasional change from the old familiar design will do much to brighten up the room
 One novel arrangement is to imi- tate the snow draped trees of the forest as closely as possible. Trim the tree all in white with popcorn necklaces, tissue paper snow balls, white glass ornaments, and frosted white lights. The effectiveness of this color will be increased if green wreaths with red berries are used about the room.
 A graceful pine tree trimmed lavishly all in gold ornaments has a fine formal grandeur about it and is particularly distinguished in cer- tain rooms. In contrast to this tree trimmed entirely with red and white lights and red and white striped candy cones is very young end informal in heart.
 Little pleated paper fans made of Christmas wrapping paper help to "fill'' big tree inexpensively if glass balls and other ornaments are lack ing. It is also interesting to add local interest by hanging articles found in the vicinity, such as un- usual sea shells, or huge pine cones, or curious burrs and pods which are gilded to improve their appearance.
 Miniature trees are attractive, too, especially when they'e spangled with beads and shiny jewelry.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23

be doWned.
 In England, where carols became suddenly popular in the 14th cen- tury, they were composed by nomad bands of clergymen, called gypsy scholars who had left their churches to live by their wits. In a jargon of Latin and English called 'macaronic," they injected both wit and gusto into their verses. Peo- pie sang them to popular tunes of the day.
 A final attempt to end carol sing ing occurred in l644, when the Puri- tans banned them by an act oi Parliament. It didn't work. Carols had become ynonymou with Christmas cheer = something folks meant to hold on to.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23
By BERT H. DAVIS Central Press Correspondent

( CNtfdi FIeSS (OiI SSpOHuSHt
 LOS ANGELES Find jobs for the plane and ship builders, is a southern California verdict, "and Los Angeles will come out on top after the war"
 The job shift is not an immedi- ate problem, Los Angeles knows West coast cities are well aware of hard fighting still ahead in the Pacific, including victory in the Japanese homeland and on Chinese soil and a mop-up at pin-point islands occupied by Japan.
 Last year Los Angeles became the third most populous metropoli- ,an area of the United States, pass ing Philadelphia during the period of the eastern citys wartime boom. There are supposed to be c,500,0O civilians in the L. A. area .oday.
 So, old-timers in this city, Long Beach and San Diego say: Were strap- hangers now and we have to queue up for movie shows and res .aurant tables and We don't quite Ike it."
 Boy, the Crowds.
 It's nice to have prosperity. they ay, but: We don't any longer LOW where to go for a swim or a chic without being swarmed over y the crowds"
 A sergeant training Army Joes For tank driving is supposed to rave said:
 Look, you said you came from Los Angeles. Drive this tank like you were going down through traf- lc on Wiltshire boulevard-an you'll make out all right"
 The wave of wartime welding that has produced five customers for every lamb chop is only one more surge in southern California's development, according to the calm analysts you find in banks and tax offices.
 These have been the waves wash ing up prosperity on the golden beaches: agriculture, then petro- leun, next the fabulous movie in- dustry, the tourist crowds focking 10 a sunny playground, and until the war came, constantly increas- ing foreign trade.
 The tourists are staying home, as they should-but most GIs and Navy men from the east promptly boost southern California to the home folks, so Los Angeles only worries about having hotels. mo- tels, and eating houses ready for the postwar visitors. Shipbuilding is probably here to stay, and even the plane builders in other parts of the country con cede that the Los Angeles area made itself the capital of airplane assembly.
 The inevitable fly in the oint- ment is that L. A. analysts point out that putting planes together should not be final goal in peace time production hereabouts.
 Unless we produce in this sec ton the plywood parts, plastics, fabrics, aluminium and magnesium sheets and Ailments and electrical equipment, L. A. will not get the volume of business nor offer the employment that aircraft manu-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23

working together on aircraft as-
 sembly. The after-school employ
 ment plan kept good many youth tied in with classroom train- ing, and that is an asset for Los Angeles in view of it's interest in having well-equipped, skilled work CTS on tap.
 Even in these busy times a Los Angeles neighbor, Pasadena, pio- neers in a new kind of education for the mothers of small children.
 These women are not supposed to be handling war jobs at the fac tories, but Superintendent of Schools John A. SeXson convinced several hundred of them that they could help their children and the community by coming down to school themselves.
 A mother takes her boy or girl under five years of age to school sponsored playfeld. Quietly estab- lished on the sidelines, with score of other motHers, she takes notes on the play and the manner her child has in dealing with various situations.
 There are personal talks with the play leader and series of lec- lures on home training, to fill out this novel plan for tying in the l school with child life far below school age.
 Fashion Center, Too The sunshine in which Pasadena children revel is analysed as favor able to developing complete fash ion center in Los Angeles and Hollywood. The sunshine styles" from southern California have been popular enough to give an infant industry plenty of reason to try out other ideas in garments and fabrics. The movies are at hand to show the new slants in fashion to millions of prospective custom CTS.
 Synthetic rubber is also repre- sented here in skyscraper plants to hold and purify styrene and in the finishing process of the new material.
 Here and all through the west, the large number of government owned plants is a problem. Who gets them and when-and how quickly must the money be raised to buy out these establishments?
 Los Angeles prosperity prophets ask such questions with the reali- zation that only Congress has the answer. e
 It must still be decided at Wash ington if the government will stay in some of the newer enterprises such as magnesium, synthetic rub Der and aircraft, which have be- come so important to California's future.
 AS in other parts of the United States state and county officials are getting ready for huge public works projects as soon as mate- rials come back and numerous wartime plants cut their shifts. The state of California has voted a $10,000,000 fund from which To- cal governments can get advances for engineering plans and the pur- chase of sites for projects. With this advance aid, Gov. Earl Warren expects that quarter of a billion may be expended in pub lie works throughout the state. with Los Angeles area accounting for large bite of this.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23

i facturlnS SnOuld DrlnS us, IS ol' 1 opinion that shows stern self-stud, in this city, to supplement the en thusiasm of the typical west coas boosters.
 What the long-distance planner! are aiming for is that John Paul now a fourth-year vocational higl student at Glendale, can come out into a peace-time job in which ht will work on electric motors, ol television equipment, or auto parts using machine tools and othel equipment made in this neighbor. hood and drawing on California smelters and mills for his raw ma terial supply.
 Without putting it into so many words, southern California has z feel for economic independence Los Angeles industrialists and some groups of well-informed workers take big-5rotherly inter- est in the Il western states.
 They find those states. before Pearl Harbor. bought 10 times as many radios as they produced Their rug and carpet buying took one-seventh of the country's prod ucts in that field, but the west made almost none.
 Twice as many stoves, four times as many auto batteries, were bought in the Il big states as those states manufactured.
 When Los Angeles planners look around at the swarming crowds in overalls and slacks and at the sprawling new plants where they work, they think about those con- trasts between western buying and manufacturing get ready to go after more production oppor- tunities in postwar.
 Even with the congestion in buses, apartment houses and self service stores, this region does not have workers enough for all its jobs. The shipyard force at Cal ship in Wilmington, Cal, has dropped one-ffth from it's peak of last fall.
 Scouts Hunt for Men
 More manpower is being sought, even by scouts sent far into the east in search of it. In one recent days additions to the payroll, a shipyard company discovered 16 states represented among the first 20 men hired. On the streets and in the stores you hear more differ ent accents than either New York or Chicago will provide.
 Lockheed and other plants piece out by employing boys of 16 and IT on a four-hour shift. Arrange ments are made through the high schools and with Pasadena Junior college.
 The other half of the eight-hour shift with the same tools or at the same assembly post may be taken over by office and store people who come in for four hours of war-pro- duction overtime following the reg ular work-day.
 Morton Bach of Lockheed says, "Boy-power has been the greatest single stimulus to employment since the introduction of women in the factories. The boys provide us with some of our outstanding workers and almost no employe problems"
 In some plants mothers and their high. school-age sons have been
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23
SUPERSTITION
 AT CHRISTMAS

There is a Scottish belief that to be born on Christmas is to have
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23

Civil airways oI the U. s. now total over 35,000 miles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-23

A raccoon will not eat food until it has carefully washed the rnorsel.
Evening star., 1944-05-12
Slogans Are Sought
For Axis Air Exhibit

Washingtonians today were called
on to create slogans to dramatize
the exhibition of captured Axis air
combat equipment scheduled to open
the local Fifth War Loan campaign
June H. The winner will be award
ed $25 war bond.
John A. Reilly, chairman of the
District War Finance Committee,
who announced the contest yester-
day, pointed out that the purpose
of the air show is to depict the &C
tual combat recoyd of War Bonds in
action.
The display at the Monument
Grounds will include complete COM
bat ships, airplane parts and per-
sonal belongings of Axis pilots shot
down by Allied forces
The contest. sponsored by the Dis
trict War Finance Committee and
the Interdepartmental War Savings
Bond Committee, will close at mid
night Sunday, May 81. Entries must
be addressed to the District War
Finance Committee, Room 452,
Washington Building. In case of
duplicate entries, the first entry re-
Evening star., 1944-05-12
TheGreat GafneOfPOlitiCs
Nicholson Book Fails to Answer Question
OF Presidents Ghost Saws Columnist

rate, no one would call his very
outspoken book. 1t is little strange
that he is not more appreciative OF
Mr.. Raskob and Mr.. Shouse, as they
are the men who really rescued him
from the New York World and put
him in position to make his repu-
tation.
And perhaps it was to be expect
ed that in defending himself from
the charge of conducting a system
attic smear campaign" against
Mr.. Hoover after his election to the
presidency, Mr.. Nicholson should
indulge in lot of little sneers and
jeers at Mr.. Hoover, we'll calculat-
ed to sustain the charge. They do
not improve the book. Nor add to
his own stature.
Evening star., 1944-05-12
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. What is the proportion of ac-
ceptances in the WAVES?-T. F. E.
A. The Navy Department says
that on an average one out of 2.25
applicants for the Womens Reserve
of the Navy is accepted.
Q. Does an automobile consume
more gasoline during the first mile
1t runs?-P. F. A.
A. The engine consumes more
gasoline during the first mile or
until it warns up than it does
during any other mile at the same
speed.
Q. How fast can duck hawks fly?
Il. B.
A. Duck hawks can travel about
three times as fast as most ducks
and are the fastest flying birds
reported. One such hawk diving
On its victim flew 1865 to 180 miles
an hour when timed with a stop
watch.
@. What plant has roots as large
as a man?-M. T. A.
A. The bigroot plant. also pop-
ularly known as the manroot. This
plant grows in the dry, sandy re-
gion of Central California. It's huge
root, about the size and shape of
a man, is a storehouse for mois-
ture.
Q. Is there any scientific basis In
the belief that violent storms are
likely to occur at the equinoxes?-
M. Med.
A. The Weather Bureau says that
the notion is erroneous. 1t is un-
certain how and when the idea
started, but 1t goes back at least
to 1748.
@. What are the canonical hours?
w. r. D.
A. They are: Mathis with Iauds
prime, tierce, sext, none, vespers
and compline. These are the stated
times of the day fixed in the 9Th
century by the Christian church
for the offices of prayer and devo-
ton.
Evening star., 1944-05-12
District COP Elects
.43 Delegates Tonight

Forty-th three delegates at large will
be elected by District Republicans at
a preliminary session tonight pre-
paratory to two meetings next week
when three delegates, three alter
mates and a national committeeman
and committeewoman to the Re-
publican National Convention will
be elected.
A slate of delegates at large will
be sponsored by a Nominating Com
mittee from the 43 precinct dele
gates chosen in an election held the
past two weeks by the Republican
State Committee for the District.
A chairman and other officers will
be elected Tuesday at a meeting in
the Willard Hotel, the scene of
tonights session.
The final meeting will be held
Thursday evening at the Willard
to select the national convention
delegates.
Evening star., 1944-05-12
ceived will he acnentar3

ceived will be accepted.
Entries will be judged for origi-
nality, brevity and appropriateness
The contest is open to all except
members of the sponsoring and af-
filiated committees and their imme-
diate families.
Mr.. Reilly also announced the ap-
pointments of the following chair
men for the drive: Revert C. Nc
Cam, payroll savings; Wilmer j
Waller, banking; Edward C. Baltz,
building and loan; Charles T. Penn.
construction; William B. Rumble,
insurance; Y. E. Booker. investment
securities; John j. Payette and Car
ter t. Barron, motion pictures; Oil
yer M. Walker, real estate; James
w. S. Hardey, retail, and Marcy l..
Sperry, utilities.
Evening star., 1944-05-12
New York Board Rejects
Radio Bid for La Guurdiu
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May IA $25 900
offer by Coty, Inc, perfume manu-
facturers, for 25 weekly broadcasts
by Mayor F. H. La Guardia was re-
jected by the Board of Estimate yes
terday. with one member asserting
the board had no right ito hire out
the Mayor"
The Mayor speaks over Municipal
Evening star., 1944-05-12

G o m m | t t e e,
opens up again
the question of
who writes the
P r e S | d e n t's
S p e e C hes and
messages. This
Is not, to be sure,
a very impor-
ia n t question,
but it is inter-
esting.
The important
things, of course,
are what is in
these speeches
and messages,
and do they re-
Evening star., 1944-05-12

Station WNYC every Sunday. He
said this week he was tired" of
hearing criticism of his use of the
station and said he was considering
broadcasting from commercial
station.
Evening star., 1944-05-12
to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to
any question of fact by writing The
washington, D. C. Please incJose a.
cent stamp for return postage
Evening star., 1944-05-12
By Frank r. Kent.

In his book, "The Ghost Talks
Charles Nicholson, who for near
ly Is years was publicity direc-
tor of the Democratic National
Evening star., 1944-05-12

There is curse in your purse
and wallop in your wallet. Let
the Axis have it-through an extra
bond.