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Evening star., 1945-11-21
Alexandra Council S
Waiver Of Building
Code Is Revealed

Permission to construct a three
story brick building, certain fea-
lures of which violate the building
code, was granted the Henry Knox
Field Masonic Lodge by the Alex
andria City Council in executive
session three months ago, a check
Of council records revealed today.
Attached to the permit for the
$50, 600 structure, issued November 3,
is a waiver of building code pro-
visions to allow one inside stairway
and one outside fire escape in lieu
Of the two inside starways required
by the code for buildings Of similar
size. The building will be con-
structed at Mount Vernon and How
ell avenues.
The contract for the work has
been awarded to John Logan, Alex
andria builder, who is q member OF
the City Council. as well as the
Masonic Lodge.
On October 8 the council rescind-
ed its action of November, 1914, in
which the building code provisions
were waived to permit construction
OF a new wing to the Alexandria
Hospital without the fire escape IA
cilities provided in the code.
On November 6. the council passed
an amendment to its building code
against the recommendation OF
Building Inspector A. r. Lash to
permit construction Of q building by
John Mcpherson using a new type
Of steel not covered in the code. At
that time Mr. Lash pointed out that
a study Of this type of construction
was being made by the American
Institute Of Iron and Steel and tina,
he expected the completion of the
study to result In the revision OF
municipal codes. He recommended
a waiver of the code rather than it.
amendment to permit Mr.. McPher.
son to proceed with his building, bu
the council declined to take s,acf
action. 2
At that time, as on previous oc.
casions, City Attorney Joseph M
Pancoast pointed out that waivin,
a code for one individual was equiv.
alent to nullifying it and would de.
stroy its effectiveness in the even,
OF court proceedings.
Evening star., 1945-11-21
Gen. Spootz to Address
Boy Scout MEETING

Gen. Carl Soaatz, who served as
commanding general OF the Army
Air Forces in Europe and later
headed the Strategic Air Forces In
the Pacific, will address scouters
and cubbers of the Alexandria Boy
Scout District at the annual dis
trict meeting at Gadsby's Tavern
December 3.
Joseph Leverenz,, chairman Of the
Alexandra District Campang and
Activities Committee, Is In charge
OF the meeting.
The meeting will be open to all
leaders and friends Of the organic
zation.
Evening star., 1945-11-21
Myers Named Manager
OF WiIIys Motors Here

Appointment Of John =. Myers as
Washington manager Of WHY'S
Overland Motors was announced to-
day in Toledo. Ohio, BY Charles e.
Sorenson, president IL the company.
Mr.. Myers has been with the
motor concern as special represent
ative here since 194a AS manager,
he will handle domestic and foreign
government sales OF WHY'S pas
se1iger cars, commercial vehicles and
civilian jeeps.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myers live at 1900
South Thomas street, Arlington. Va.
Evening star., 1945-11-21
CoImar Manor Cafe
License Revoked
On Sanitary Charge

The Prince Georges County COM
missioners yesterday revoked the
food license of Jimmy's Grill at Col
mar Manor, operated by James T.
fS6wiias, Cheyerly. -.
The actioai was taken after County
Sanitary Ofhcer Charles Wood told
the board he had found spoiled meat
In a refrigerator at the grill.
Mr.. Wood said Kowmas had been
convicted twice in Trial Magistrate
Court of violating health depart
ment regulations. The restaurant
operator will be tried on similar
charges Monday In Hyattsville Police
Court.
Rezoning Pleas Approved.
The board also approved four re-
zoning petitions and denied one.
Those granted are:
Edna I. and Eli Busada, owners of
lots Ills, block SO, and 4-6, block 60,
Greater Capitol Heights subdivision,
Hillside, residential A to residential
B, allowing two-family houses.
Francis S. Scruggs, owner Of land
fronting along Palmer highway and
Whitfield Chapel road in Ardmore
for $50 feet, residential A to COM
mercial D..
Francisco and Pedro Condoro,
owners of land fronting along the
Marlboro pike near Capitol Heights
for $50 feet, residential A to COM
mercial D. ...s...--
S. r. Edmonds, contract purchaser
Of approximately 10 acres west of the
Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad and
about $50 feet east of the railroad on
Kenilworth avenue near Bladens-
burg, residential A to industrial E.
Petition Rejected.
A petition by r. M. Watkins, agent
for Robert j. Gill, owner, was re-
jected for the Redistribution from
residential A to G of lots Ia, block
B, and Gil, block A, College Park.
The action was taken after opposi-
ton by more than a dozen residents
Of the area. Through their attorney,
Winship Wheatley, jr., they con-
tended that rezoning of the property
would reduce the value of their
homes and would create a traffic
hazard. They also declared that
houses in the vicinity are all SINGLE
family dwellings.
The Commissioners adopted an
ordinance permitting Kurt and
Beulah Mae Blatzheim to operate an
l1-room house on Chillum road as
q private school.
The board also approved a recon-
mendation by the State Forestry De-
partment for the appointment Of
James A. Kelbaugh, Laurel, and
Stewart F.. Richards, Berwyn, as
county forest wardens.
Evening star., 1945-11-21
|Comdr. McGuire Joins
Futher in Proctice
special Dispatch b The star.

0peciaI Dispatch % The Star.
WINCHESTER. Va, Nov. 2i.-
Comdr. William p. MCGUIRE, II, hon
orahly discharged after about three
years medical service with the
Navy. has resumed practice with his
father. Or. Hunter H. McG Guire, OPP
thalmologist. Most Of his service
was In the Pacific and more recently
at the Naval Center ct Bethesda,
Nd.
Evening star., 1945-11-21
Thanksgiving Donce

Montgomery Blair High School
ct Silver Spring win hold . semi
formal Thanksgiving dance Friday
night. Members Of the football team
OF Bethesda-Che Chase High
School viii be special guests.
Evening star., 1945-11-21
.omdr. Byrd Returns
10 Editorial Position
spesisl Dispa ten Is ne ster. .

0oeeiaI Ulspoteh 70 1Ae Star. 40
WINCHESTER, Va, Nov. H.
Comdr. Harry = Byrd, jr., Who has
had four years active service ID the
Navy. received M honorable dis
charge today. 4 8 80 q 4.
ne was on duty most al the time
q the Pacific md more recsntly was
stanoned IN Waslafneton. C0mdr.
Hyrd y returning at once to his for
mar dutaes . editor and eaneral
i,nanayer q tiae pvineaseg egtsr Ivsnins
star. s.1.'''3 81 ss.is
Evening star., 1945-11-21
Quintuplets Die at Birth

MEDELLIN, Colombia, Nov. 2l.-
Quintuplets were born prematurely
today to Carmen Vallesta de Castro.
They died shortly afterward.
Evening star., 1945-11-21

CONTINUED on Page B-2, Column q
Evening star., 1945-11-21
Control Seen Unchanged.

On the other hand, suffrage
spokesman declared enphatically
that to give the District representa-
ton IN Congress would il no respect
deprive Congress Of its final control
over the National Capital.
Wilbur s. Finch, president Of the
Federation Of Citizens Associations,
who served as head OF the District
Suffrage Association and took q lead
IN the 1888 referendum, declared
that to give the District local or ma
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-18
New no Strike Plan
Seen in Union Offer
BY ESTHER VAN WAGONERs

BY ESTHER VAN WAGONERs
A now "no.strike' pattern is seen
by many in Washington in the plan
offered by the United Automobile
Workers TO the Ford Motor Com
pany. 1t makes the union respon-
sible for curbing wildcat work stop
pages.
Hopefully, the Ford formula IS
seen implementing the no-strike Or
arbitration clauses frequently writ
ten into labor-management agree
ments.
Now its the company that's de-
handing security just as back in
1871 the union asked for a Sc
curity provision"
There's a lot OF favorable talk
here about the provision in the
JAW proposal which would subject
to discharge any employees found
guilty OF instigating, formentlng
or giving leadership to an unauth'
orized stoppage of work" and would
impose a fine OF SO day as first
penalty. IS a day as a secondpar-
ticipation penalty on workers TAX
ing part in unauthorized stoppages.
Guilt would be determined by an
impartial umpire. Corollary penal.
ties are provided also for manage
ment representatives found guilty
OF fomentinE an unauthorized strike
or a lockout.
Some union men are still blink.
ing their eyes. lis extraordinary,
for the union takes management
not only into partnership but pun
ishes its own union members for
striking. (This despite the settled
labor tenet that men should not be
penalized for strikingD
The JAW plan at least poses a
realistic method OF overcoming an
responsibility which is said now
imperils labor.management rela-
tons and the public interest. or
course. the new pattern would not
work in am but an all union shop.
4 certain Michigan congressman
is doing his best to unite Gls with
their foreign-born brides on this
side OF the ocean. John LCsinsN.
OF Detroit. asked the House to pass
a bill which would cut through
lot Of red tape 10 expedite the ad-
mission TO the United States "
thousands OF alien wives and minor
children
Complaints of lack OF speed in
the immigration and naturalization
service OF the Department OF JUS
tice explains why 43 new field Of
fees are being opened including
three in -MichIgan=at- Flint. Port
Huron, and Sault Ste Marie.
Other legislation has for the mo.
ment sidetracked the st. Lawrence
waterway. Apparently. the men
in Congress think this Joint enter
prise OF the United States and
Canada has waited half century
so few more weeks will not mat.
ter much.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-18

The delay annoys the opponents
but does not worry them for they
have scurried up a lot OF bi.partl-
san support They hope it is en-
ough to complete this long-planned
project which will aud a fourth
coastline to the United States. Il
would open the midlands of the
continent to ocean shipping and
would create an annual capacity or
100000 horsepower of hydro-elec.
tricity TO be shared equally by this
country and Canada.
No action is expected by the Sen.
ate Foreign Relations Committee
before the first of the year.
Both babies and mothers have p
far better chance Of survival now
than 10 years ago, according to the
Children's Bureau. in a new COM
parative study OF the Nations birth
record from 1888 to 1913. The
infant mortality rate was reduced
in Michigan by 242 per cent. In
1888, the rate was sos deaths per
1000 live births. as compared 20
jS.3 deaths ten yGars later.
George Sadowski. Of Detroit.
warns that low wages endanger
American economy
The Detroit Democrat said that
as a result OF a report by the Office
OF War Mobilization and Recover.
sion, IT is estimated that by spring
1876 take home pay OF the average
worker will he about 10 per cent
below 1871. This means less food.
less clothing, less medical care. in
virtually every American home.
The effects Of such a sharp drop in
purchasing power will he felt by
the entire community
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-18
oPA HAS OWN TROUBLES

Muncie, Ind. UP-The Della.
ware County War Price Ration
Board had a new kind OF OPA trou-
bic with an irate landlord. the man
who rented them their building.
q. W. Storcr. owner OF the build.
ing which houses the board. was
angered by delay in payment Of
the boards rent. He turned OF
the heat-and water The checks ar
rived several weeks late and the
ri ion clerks were able to wash
their hands and keep warm again.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-18
Fine Points IN Bridqe

Vest was furious at East for
not returning a diamond. arguing
It should have been obvious that
South had no diamond tops since
he jumped into No Trump game
as soon as he heard Of Norths
protection In the salt. East insist
ed it was foolish to lead toward
that suit in dummy and help the
declarer set II up If South had
something high in it.
The argument should have been
made utterly unnecessary. When
West gained the lead with the sec
ond heart trick. he should have
cashed the diamond X. That would
have made 1t clear to East he also
had the A. After that he should
have led the third heart. When
East then gained the lead with his
club A. he would have been GER
tain to return a diamond. West
then would have taken the lead
with the A and run the rest Of his
hearts TO set the contract three,
with four tricks in hearts. two in
diamonds and one in clubs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-18

West opened the heart Q, which
East properly covered with the
X. The 7 came back and South
held up his A again, forcing the
] with his 10. West then led his
fourth-best 6 to the A.
Making the obvious effort to set
up clubs, South led his X. East
scored his A and decided to lead
through whatever spade honors
South had. AS a consequence, the
declarer ran his game. with two
tricks In spades and one in hearts,
IN addition to six clubs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-18
BLOWOUT NOT WASTED

indianapolis UP-One Indiana.
polls dog had surprise lesson in
why good pooches shouldn't chase
automobiles Yapping furlously he
had Just reached the rear tire Of
an auto when the tire blew. ex.
ploding dust in his face. The dog
retreated homeward, his tail be.
tween his legs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-18
oNE.sYLLAsLG rzsTAURANT

Warsaw, lnd-UP- Apparently
hlet mignOn has been gone too long
from the American menu When a
restaurant diner noticed il on the
menu and ordered il, the waitress
asked where he saw that Pointing
TO il. the customer replied. There
it is; it is a suFll steak" When
she returned to ask him how he
wanted il cooked she added I'm go.
ing TO have the boss take that from
the menu, can't pronounce H."
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-18
ELIMINATE ALL DOUBT

IN ANYTHING you do, II Is al
ways best TO know exactly what is
the situation with which you are
contending. It is strikingly so in
bridge, and the same applies also
to your partner. II you are able to
make crystal clear to him a piece
OF information which he otherwise
must merely infer, 1t IS well to do
so. No matter how definite you
think the logic OF the situation
will be to him, you should make il
incontrovertible If you can.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-18
RrlocArEEs GO NOME

DENVER L p Since removal
Of wartime restrictions a year AGO
more than e.oo0 laapneSe rClo.s.
tees in Colorado have returned 20
their homes on the West Coast
More than 1000 Japanese Awc.r
cans were registered m Colorado in
1915. exclusive Of additional thou.
sands living I'm War Relocation
Camps
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-18
CONVENTION SITE

Denver Up Denyers position
as the ma jor relocation city Of the
intermountain area has made DO
the 1886 convention site OF Che
Japanese American citizen s.
League. national orGanizat'01
with headquarters ion salt Lake
Cit
Evening star., 1945-12-02

and rode in triumph back to Florence, shears
in his hand, gaily clipping the field wire like
some surrealistic conqueror
Now, not only Florence but all Europe is
taking stock of its treasures and archaeological
relics. How these were protected - and
how new relics were turned up acciden-
tally-is one of the compelling sagas of
the war.
1t began in 1941. After the British had see
sawed into Libya and seesawed back again,
the Italians accused the British of wanton
destruction of art treasures in Bengasi and
Cyrene. Worried lest they may have COM
mitted some wrong Though the Italian
charges were later proved false and their
Evening star., 1945-12-02

villa where Cosimo had taken refuge. One art
lover pointed out that if this were done the
huge statue would be permanently exled to
the country - because it would be too high to
pass under the new bridge. Hastily, two Army
trucks were dispatched to the villa. Racing
against time with the bridgebuilders, soldiers
piled Cosimo on one truck and his horse on
the other and started back.
Cosimo was good traveller but his horse
was not Its spiked name kept getting tangled
in the web of field wire that was stretched
across the highway high enough for ordinary
traffic to get through but not high enough for
Cosmos proud stallion.
Finally CT climbed up on the horses neck
Evening star., 1945-12-02

BY HOWARD WHITMAN

photographs faked) the British assigned
Psychologists from the London Museum to
accompany their armed forces and protect
cultural relics.
When we entered the war, American archie
ologists headed by Prof. William B. Dins-
moor. of Columbia University petitioned
President Roosevelt for similar action Work.
American Commission for the Protection and
Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments
in War Areas" these archeologists helped
keep cultural devastation as comparatively
slight as it was.
The commission prepared 695 maps of
towns and regions in Europe, from the Darda-
nelles to Norway, pointing out those bits of
mans handiwork that ought to be saved from
the war Naturally they didn't know what
countries would be fought over, so they
mapped every bit of Europe except the neu-
trail countries and Poland
They Make Accurate Cuesses
lHE War Department simply gave them
the job and said, Sorry. we can't tell you
where to begin" But the archeologists proved
themselves good armchair strategists. They
provided relic map" of Syracuse, Sicily,
just "a hours before Sicily was invaded. Their
map of Salerno was prepared at time when
few dreamed that this seaside town was our
next target.
Last spring they were girding for the
invasion of Japan and China. BY W
Day they had prepared ITO maps Of towns
and regions in that area.
The Air Forces and all field units were
supplied with copies of these maps, which
were starred like the old tourist pamphlets
to show which relics had priority for sur
vival. One star meant save-it-if-you-can. Two
stars meant save-it-pretty-pleas And three
meant lay-that-pistol-d
In France, when the war became too swift
and furious to pause over every cottage that
might have been the birthplace of poet, the
French stepped in themselves and listed the
Is prize monuments of France and begged the
Allied supreme command to spare them.
The Allies outdid themselves to grant this
plea. Not one of the Is prize monuments was
seriously damaged by Allied action The only
Evening star., 1945-12-02

War made new ruins but it
also uncovered many old ones.
Here is the way CTS helped
preserve historic prizes -.
In FLORENCE, Italy, when Allied armies
i were plodding up the boot, local art lovers
moved the city's gigantic bronze equestrian
statue of Cosimo de- Medici to villa in the
country lest it be pulverized by gunfire. 1t
took four days, using wagons and oxen.
Last February, with Florence safely in
Allied hands, the. Army decided to rebuild
bridge between Florehce and the country
Evening star., 1945-12-02

one to suffer significantly was the Rouen
Cathedral, which the Germans violated in
1940 At the wars end, French commission
reported that of 1900 cultural monuments
in all of France 5000 suffered some degree of
damage, but not single one was damaged
beyond repair.
Italy was not as lucky as France. asked
Professor Dinsmoor what, in his opinion,
were the greatest archaeological losses of the
TW-12-2-4s
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-14
COAL men DEFY
LEWIS DEMAND

WASHINGTON, March Is R -
Bituninous coal operators plain>'
ly indicated tonight they never in.
tended to agree to John L. Lewis.
$50, 100000 royalty demand or to
elimination of the North South
wage differential.
The coal producers. whose con.
tract with Lewis United Mine
Workers expires March 81, recess.
ed the contract negotiations with
Lewis to figure out how far they
would 60 on his Is demands for 4
new contract.
The precise stand Of the opera
tors on the balance of the demands
still was a matter of speculation,
but their rejection Of the royalty
and geographical differential items
was regarded as certain after two
days of consultation.
None of the operators liked the
ten cent per ton royalty asked by
Lewis for his union, by which he
said he would establish a health
and rehabilitation service for the
economic protection Of the 400,.
900 miners.
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SALE OF REAL ESTATE

BY virtue of the power and authority
contained in a certain Deed of Trust
executed by John Crosland Company
to the undersigned Trustee, which said
Deed of Trust bears date January 30,
1912. and is duly recorded In the office
Of the Register of Deeds of New Han
over County, North Carolina. in Book
341, at page "a, default having been
made in the payment Of the note Sc
cured thereby, and the holder of the
note having requested the undersigned
to sell the lands and premises in said
Deed of Trust conveyed. as provided
in said Deed of Trust in case Of de-
fault, the undersigned will on Monday,
April 2 1945, at II o'clock M. at the
Courthouse door of the County of New
Hanover aforesaid. sell at public auc-
ton for cash. to the highest bidder.
all that certain lot or parcel of land
situate in the Township of Harnett
County of New Hanover, State of North
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Restaurants Operated
For War Workers Now
Exempted From Curfew

WASHINGTON, March 13.-tN-
Restaurants "patronized primarily
by war workers employed in
plants in the surrounding area"
now may apply for exemption
from the midnight curfew.
The War Manpower Commits.
sion, the curfew enforcing agency,
announced today that the Office
of War Mobilization and Recon-
version has authorized the grant
ing of exemptions for those eating
places. Exemption would not in
clude permission to sell intoxi-
cants.
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| NOTICE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER:

NOTICE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER:
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
BEFORE THE CLERK
IN THE MATTER OF THE ADM.
OF THE ESTATE OF E. X.
BRYAN, DECEASED
All persons are hereby notified that E.
K. Bryan, late resident of the City of
Wilmington, New Hanover County.
North Carolina, died leaving a last will
and testament appointing therein MAZE
O'Connor Bryan executrix; that said ex-
ecutrix has caused said will to be pro-
bated and has qualified as executrix.
All persons having any claims against
said estate are hereby required to file
the same, duly verified and in writing
with the undersigned executrix at No. II
South Fifth Street, Wilmington, North
Carolina, on or before one year after
this date or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of recovery. All persons indebted
to said estate are hereby notified to
make prompt payment on such indebted
ness to the undersigned.
Dated this the 18th day of March, 1945.
MAZE O'CONNOR BRYAN
Executrix of Estate of
E. K BRYAN. deceased