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Evening star., 1945-09-01

A steady rise in home building
has been noted In the last few
months throughout the country, 1t
was reported today by the Labor
Department, which said the second
quarter of this year reversed the
trend of an almost constantly de-
creasing volume during the last four
years.
More than eo.40o new nonfarm
dwelling units were started during
the second quarter-more than
double the &c, 400 units begun in the
first three months Of the year.
Average value Higher.
The average valuation Of private
dwelling units started in the second
quarter was is per cent higher than
the average for January, February
and March, the department said.
The second quarter average was IA
per cent higher than in the FIRST
half OF 1914.
This increased average valuation.
the agency said, may be attributed
to the recently expanded H-2 pro-
gram Of the National Housing
Agency to relieve congestion in war
areas which permits higher cost
ceilings for construction OF indi-
vidiiAl units than are permitted for
H-1 war housing.
Private builders began to con-
struct 86 per cent OF all 77,100 new
dwelling units started during the
first half Of 1945, as compared with
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Sc. owner: Allen 6. MinnK, l4l6
r street NV. builder: D. B. Jo-
names, jr., 2041 < street NV.
architect. one 5-story and basement
warehouse at Ills v street Sc, to
cost $4,000
The Sero Construction Co., 1923
Crittenden street NV, owner and
builder; George T. Santmyers. 14l0
H street NV. architect; IS two
story brick and cinder block dwell
ings between Gas and S57 xenia
street Sc. TO cost 3l25.O00
! Frederick w. Landwehr. 1913
Franklin street NE, owner and
builder; George r. Santmyers, ar
chitect; six 2-story brick and cinder
block dwellings from 1720 to 1924
and from 1728 to 1872 Girard street
NE, to cost $50, 900.
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Near Monostry

Attractive semidetached brick, 6
large rooms, bath, oil heat; base-
ment and garage, nice lot; good
condition; must be seen to be ap-
preciated Can at once.
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Permits for Buildings
TO Cost S3O5,OOO
issued During Week

Building permits for three con-
struction projects, to cost q total Of
$305, 900, were issued this week by
the District Building Permits Sec
tion.
One was for construction of a
warehouse, another for IS dwellings
and the third for six dwellings.
They were issued as follows:
Curtis Bros, 204l Nichols avenue
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N. Cop. Near Fla. Ave.

Substantial row brick, large rooms.
2 baths, h.-w.h.; basement and
garage, 2 inclosed porches: good
spect at once.
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1000 Prioriiies Here
Are Affected by FLA
Space Requirement
Bx ROBERT Z LEWIS.

FHA relaxation this week OF the
requirement that H-2 dwelling units
built in this area must contain q
total OF 1850 square feet OF livable
floor space viii affect approximately
1000 priorities in the hands OF
builders, it was learned today.
Such housing is authorized to sell
for not more than 5000 or rent
for not more than $65 monthly, and
is now unrestricted as to occupancy.
The relaxation was obtained as a
result of efforts on the part of the
h. Program Committee of the
Home Builders Association of Metro
politan Washington and was called
"a real victory" by Ernest r. Henry,
executive director OF the association.
Valid Objection.
Builders contended the too
| stringent" requirements Of the Fed
eral Housing Administrators liv-
able-space regulation held back con-
struction, and this apparently was
recognized by FILA as . valid OBJ
lection. Commissioner Raymond
M. Foley of the FILA instructed
w. c. Cox, director of the local FHAI
Office, to inform the builders COM
mittee they could go ahead under
a new regulation.
The new requirement permits
construction of "two-bedroom homes
containing reasonably adequate
livable floor area" and was issued,
Mr.. Cox said in letter to George
C. Mcintosh, chairman of the build
ers' committee, "in line with your
assertion that the builders would
proceed if this relaxation were
granted"
The relaxation was agreed to, Mr..
Cox explained, with the recommen-
dation that houses provide for
future expansion of third bedroom
where possible"
Only Drop in Bucket.
Mr.. Henry said today that many
builders will 80 ahead now that the
requirement has been eased but that
what has been done "is only drop
in the bucket" as far as encouraging
home building here.
I'VE want the public to know that
present controls must be lifted II
they are to get housing to meet the
needs" he said. Present controls
are really prohibitions and serve
only to hamper home building"
Mr.. Henry also pointed out many
builders believe there Is danger that
the h. relaxation on the livable
floor space requirement will serve
to give them black eye" with the
public.
Public housing advocates will
come along and try to say that
builders haven't met the need when,
as matter of fact, all the insidious
controls which hamper the builder
are still in effect" he said.
Had Two Programs.
FILA had two programs of H-2
housing for local construction to
sell for no more than 5000 or rent
for no more than $65 monthly. The
first was for 1,500 units and was an
nounced last March. Five hundred
units were restricted for rental.
The second program was issued in
May and likewise was for 1,500 units,
of which 500 were restricted for
rental.
OF the total of 5000 priorities
issued, 737 were put under construc-
tion as of July 81, FILA said today,
leaving 2,263 as of that date re-
naming to be started.
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Near MINI. Ave. NE.

Semi-detached brick, 6 large rooms,
bath, automatic gas air-conditioned.
modern in every detail. About
5 years old. Priced to sell i'm
mediately.
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open Sunday and MONDAY to 5 Pm.

9oz HilIwood Ave.
Foirfax County. Va.
An imposing brick and stone home on
high elevation with soft. frontage;
90 min. to city: environment unsur-
passed; three bedrooms. masters.
and " bath; maid room, reception
room. with built-in bar: garage. oil
h. -w.h., slate roof, copper cutters, We
retian blinds: immediate possession.
$4,000
Substantial Cash
70 Reach. Dripe out Lee Blud. to S
corners tphere Htllpood Aoe. fntersects,
conttrge out HflIuood about blocks
to 902 and open sign.
ROSCOE G. BANGS
Exclusively
GIL. 8423
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T0DAY'S
BEST BUYS
Corner Brick Bungalow
Tokoma Pork

This attractive bungalow is being
less than 8 yrs. old, 5 lovely rooms
modern bath and shower-auto-
matte gas air-conditioned In
sulated weatherstripped, etc, To
be sold completely furnished. In
spect at once. II wont last
Evening star., 1945-09-01
Near Capitol

Tourist home or rooming house,
3-story brick--19 large rooms and
z baths; oil heat and basement:
$500 Fer month. completely fur
nishe6s and ready for occupancy.
Don't fail to see this outstanding
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Neor 9th 8 Pa. Ave. Sc.
warrant

Attractive row brick, 6 large rooms,
bath, automatic oil heat and ga
rage, 2 enclosed porches; convenient
to stores, schools and transporta-
ton. Priced right for quick sale.
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Newton St. NE.

2-fanily detached home with z
complete apartments of 3 rooms and
bath each, oil heat; good condition.
Priced at only S6,950, on terms.
Inspect at once
Smyrna times., 1945-06-07

City as the guest of her sister,
Miss Elizabeth Russell.
Mrs. Lee Gooden was taken to
the Kent General Hospital in Do
yer Sunday afternoon, in the
American Legion Ambulance. She
Is reported improving from pneu-
monia at this writing.
Mrs. Helen Attix and Mrs. Helen
Potter were hostesses at luncheon
and bridge for fifty guests Satur-
day afternoon at The Wayside Inn.
DR.. and Mrs. William Thompson
of Philadelphia, were guests over
the weekend of Mr.. and Mrs. J..
Wells FAIRIES.
Miss Betty Jones, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Jones, who was
graduated in music at Martha
Washington College, Fredericks-
burg, Va, on Monday, has arrived
home for the summer.
Mrs. Homer D. Hudson of
Greenville, Del, was an overnight
guest of Mrs. Howard R. Jones on
Wednesday.
Smyrna times., 1945-06-07

of Wilmington, were entertained
Sunday by DR.. and Mrs. ]. L.
Estlin.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Conner and
Miss Mable Conner of FELTON,, were
guests Sunday of DR.. and Mrs. j.
w. Clifton.
Miss Elizabeth R. Cahoon, who
for several years resided in this
town, is now student in the New
York Medical College and Hospital
for Women. At the commence
ment held recently, she received
the prize for the best paper on
Medical Jurisprudence, and at the
close of the exercises, the Profess
sor in that department, Mr.. Moss,
(noted as the attorney of the
Mazet Investigating Committee)
called Miss Cahoon to the platform
that the audience might see a
lady, who is not only a good Doc
tor, but a good lawyer. Miss Ca
hoon will graduate next year from
the college and no doubt will well
deserve her degree md" for she
has been most faithful and even
enthusiastic student.
Smyrna times., 1945-06-07
PERSONALS

Mrs. H. R. Carrow returned
home from Newark, N. j., on
Thursday, accompanied by her son,
w. ]. Carrow, who remained until
after Sunday. Mrs. Caroline j.
Williams, who had been with her
month went to Ocean Grove for
week on the way home.
Mrs. Ferguson and daughter,
Miss Margaret Ferguson, of Dover,
were guests of the family of Rev.
E. H. Hynson, Sunday and Mon
day.
Mr.. Robert A. Hance of Phila-
delphia, spent Sunday with his
daughter, Mrs. w. o. Hoffecker,
his wife, who had been here for
several weeks, returning with him
on Monday morning.
Miss Nettie Tschudy has been
visiting the Misses Alverda and
Sarah Yocum at Millville, N. 1.-THE
past week.
Mr.. Alvan Taylor of Holmes
burg, Pa, was a guest in Smyrna
the past week.
The Senior Glass of Smyrna
High School was entertained one
evening last week by Miss Bertha
Price.
Miss Marie FAIRIES of Narbeth,
Pa, visited her mother several
days last week.
Bruce Wood, of Norfolk, Va, is
visiting Smyrna friends.
A. Lee Cummins, who has been
running a grocery and provision
store for the past two years on
Main street, left on Monday to
take position as conductor on a
Pullman train to run between New
York and Pittsburg. This is con-
sidered a desirable position and he
is congratulated on the change.
His family will remain in Smyrna.
Mrs. Geo. w. Cruikshanks, of
Baltimore is visiting her sister,
Mrs. HILL at the M. E. Parsonage.
Mrs. Mariner and granddaugh-
ter Miss Katheroine Beckett, have
been visiting at Berlin, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas McCorkle
Smyrna times., 1945-06-07

they heard the nOe the Marines would surprise them with real bombs
Smyrna times., 1945-06-07
SMYRNA AND VICINITY

SMYRNA AND VICINITY
The large plate glass in the
Diamond State Shoe Store broken
by thrown stone, has been re-
placed by new one.
The basket social given at Tay-
lor's Bridge School last Thursday
evening, was decided success and
Miss Edith Swinney realized
enough money to purchase a flag
for the school.
A Sunset" gun is now fired
from Fort Delaware and a few
seconds or minute after another
boom sounds from the Fort Mott
battery, on the Jersey side. A
stranger visiting New Castle, on
hearing the second report, ex-
claimed "how many sunsets do you
have in this part of the country"
An echo meeting of the Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs held in
Georgetown, will be given at the
Twentieth Century Club room of
Smyrna on Friday, June Q, at $3.50
p. m. An interesting program has
been arranged and a full attend
ance of the members is requested
as business of Importance will be
transacted.
G. H. Mattiford, living on the
w. o. Hoffecker farm near town,
brought to the TIMES Office yes
terday box of strawberries twen-
ty in a quart, the largest yet re-
corded in this locality. They were
of the Tennessee variety.
Smyrna times., 1945-06-07
READING & WRITING
BY 6m Samva AND RMmM1Em

after the heavy losses suffered the first months of the
the Pacific, the situation seemed very dark
that for keep even one aircraft carrier
Smyrna times., 1945-06-07
FOR SALE

Green, Leafy, 1000 Kansas Sec
ond cutting alfalfa hay at $500
per ton, loaded in your vehicle at
our siding. The car is now in
transit and you should have your
order in before it arrives. We will
notify you when to come after it.
We will have to charge more for
any that we store in our ware
house. w. E. Holt, Railroad Ave-,
Dover, Tel. 5567.
Smyrna times., 1945-06-07

wok Air Group Fv during the many months it aboard the
Yorktown, the and for the carriers existence
One of the biggest air mustered less than 800
little than tenth of the Yorkowns total complement of
2,500
Carrier War; follows the Yorktown and her ships through
the victories Marcus the Gberts Kwajaen Trk, Pau up
through the battles Of tho Philippine Sea- off Span and
Ley Incidentally that very fine documentary f Fighting Lady,
although mentions the of the Yorktown said be
based largely on her exploits.
The Marine Aes the Soomon reports Lieutenant jensen dis
Smyrna times., 1945-06-07

Buy U. s. Defense BONDS and
Stamps, the I. o. u. of the Red,
White, and Bluei
Smyrna times., 1945-06-07
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
so YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
ton.
Smyrna times., 1945-06-07
NOTICE

In pursuance of an order of Elwood
Kemp. Register of Wills. in and for Kent
County. Delaware. dated May 3ist A. ID.
1915 notice is hereby given of the granting
Letters Testamentary on the estate of
Annie H. Hall on the 81 day of May A. ID.
1916. All persons having claims against
the said Annie H. Hall are required to ex-
hibit the same to such Executor within one
year after the date of the granting of such
Letters. or abide by the law in that behalf.
which provides that such claims against
the said estate not so exhibited shall be
forever barred.
WILLIAM M. HOPE,
Executor of
Annie H. Hall. deceased.
Smyrna times., 1945-06-07

ne Ihurber CarnlvaF shows two Of the
humorist's mild little men having duel.
One of them has just severed the others
head from his body, and the caption reads
"Touche!" This is one drawing for which
Thurber did not think up the idea. It came
into The New Yorker office from another
artist, and while the editors liked the
idea, the picture was too CORY. They held
conference and decided to let Thurber
redo it, because, after all, the way he
as his head cut off can lust put it on again
Smyrna times., 1945-06-07

IN operation against Japan.
Today, the picture has completely changed.
By the end of August 1914 the Navy pos
sessed roughly 100 aircraft carriers, either in
or nearing action, and some 47,276 Navy and
Marine fliers. And step by step we are regain
ing the enemy's conquests.
The magnificent story of the rebuilding of
our fleet, and in particular the exploits of one
carrier, the Yorktown, are described in Car
rier War" by 1t. Oliver Jensen, USNR.
A carrier serves her Aiers as a grand COM
Smyrna times., 1945-06-07
The Smyrna Times
Phone 6221 SMYRNA. DELAWARE
Public Library
Notes
Librarian: Miss Louise Denney
Hours: Tuesdays, $50 to 8 p. m.

Hours: Tuesdays, $50 to 8 p. m.
Friday, $50 to 8 p. m.
THE BOOK MARK
at Willow Road" Helen Douglas
Irvine.
"Red-Haired Lady," Elizabeth Cor
bett.
Non-Fiction:
"Enrico Caruso," Dorothy Caruso.
"Let's Arrange Flowers" Hazel p.
Dunlap.
Smyrna times., 1945-06-07

covered very good use for such un-war-
like objects as empty beer bottles. 1t began
when they dropped few near their COM
rades on the ground, as a rather heavy
handed joke, and discovered that falling
bottle sets up weird whine just like
projectile coming down, and sends every
one to foxholes. The stunt was at once
applied to the Japs. When they caught on
and stopped running for cover every time
they heard the noise, the Marines would sur
Evening star., 1945-08-12
. Bases for Defense

The discovery of the atomic bomb
and the perfection of rockets that
strike through the stratosphere have
altered to an extent which cannot
now be accurately measured the
usefulness of outlying bases as a
means of national defense. Never
theless, there can be no doubt that
the Presidents remarks on this
subject in his Thursday night ad-
dress were heard with satisfaction
throughout the United States.
A good many Americans were
considerably jolted when Mr.. Tru-
man, speaking at ceremonies Incl
dent to the raising of the American
flag over Berlin last month, said
that there is not one piece of ter
ritory or one thing of a monetary
nature that we want out of this
war" This was followed by a furry
of contributed explanations to the
effect that the President had not
meant what he said,, but there per-
sisted a measure of uncertainty and
a fear that he may have bargained
away our newly-won bases during
the Potsdam negotiations.
Mr.. Truman has now set the record
straight. In his latest report to the
Nation he stressed the Importance
OF keeping war away from our
homes. and, while still disclaiming
any desire for territory for the mere
Evening star., 1945-08-12
The Segregation Issue

Readers of the four articles which
The Star has printed on the Board
of Recreation's segregation rule will
be impressed by two interesting
points.
One is that the dispute is not a
racial dispute, as between white and
colored citizens. There appear to be
about as many organizations of
white as of colored membership
lined up against the segregation
rule
The other is that the basic issue
involved in this dispute and faced
by the Recreation Board is essen
TALLY legal, and it is unfair to at
tribute the boards position to racial
prejudice.
The groups opposing the boards
rule, which was adopted three to
two to implement standing
policy, contend that there is no
statutory basis for its promulgation
That is the nub of the matter as it
stands now, and arguments, pro and
con. at the hearings on Tuesday
should be directed to that point.
The Board of Recreation is an ad-
ninistrative agency with limited
policy making powers. It's respon-
sibility to Congress, as the Districts
sole legislative body, requires that
its policies conform to congressional
intent and statutes. If it has erred
in interpreting either, the anti
segregationiStS are wholly correct in
establishing the error. If they fail
to convince the board that it has
erred, they have resort to the courts.
It should be remembered that the
Board of Recreation would be as
culpable if it departed from a prac-
tice established on the basis of a
policy laid down by Congress as it
would be if it sought to establish a
new practice for which there is no
statutory authorization. AS for the
Interior Departments position, it is
sound in respect to properties over
which it has maintained unbrpken
control. But as for others which it
has already transferred to the Board
of Recreation for operation, knowing
at the time of transfer the local
practice in segregation, their with
drawal from board supervision now
would be plain reputation of an
agreement as we'll as contradictory
and injurious to the principle under
lying centralized operation of Wash
ington's recreation system-a system
which has made notable advance
ment in serving the needs of the
Washington community.
Evening star., 1945-08-12

and Garbage Cans" Barber & Ross.
Eleventh and G streets, and "Beautify
Your Soda Fountain for rs Cents a
Month" Gas Appliance Exchange.
A dispatch from San Francisco, pub
lished in The Star for August Z, 1895.
=, told of the sorrowful
Unfortunate fate of Jack Gordon,
Grondson grandson of Gen. "Chi-
nese" Gordon, the hero
and martyr Of Khartoum. This unhappy
individual, it was announced, had died
at Santa Monica of alcoholism. Born
in London in 1874, he was clerk in
the Bank Of England until intemperance
led to separation from his wife and
removal to the United States about 1883.
In partnership with another English
foreigner" he had been in the paving
business in Sioux Falls, Iowa, until the
firm failed and he was left penniless.
Wandering to California, he spent his
last days "acting as porter In
saloon" The account Of his death was
headed: END Of . Checkered Career
Evening star., 1945-08-12
No Lost Year

The Scientific Monthly for August
contains paper by Dr. A. G. Keller,
emeritus professor of the science of
society at Yale University, which
should be read by every boy who
anticipates military training in the
years Immediately following the end
of the present war. 1t also should
be read by every such boys parents,
and it likewise should be read by all
those persons who will have nothing
to do with the problem Of national,
compulsory, peacetime service" ex-
cept to pay for it.
DR.. Keller's discussion is both
scientific and philosophic He sees in
the proposed training an essence"
of civic duty which should be shared
by American youth at large, "in-
stead of being left to individual
conscience" But he denies that the
training intended will be both
narrow and harsh" On the con-
trary, it is to be "a builder and
strengthener of body, mind and
character" and therefore a privilege
to undergo. Fundamental in the
plan is the imparting of "techniques
in the use of head, hand and heart
that are applicable in social life as
a whole, not on the battlefield
alone"
Now, of course, this contradicts
the objection that the training will
tougher" or "brutalize" the boys and
young men who are to receive it..
DR.. Keller stresses the fact that the
word discipline derives from the
Latin discipline" meaning learn
ing" and insists that: "All the ap-
proaches to this national service
issue lead to education as do spokes
to hub" That affords him an
opportunity to reply to the conten-
tion that other schooling lis going
to be sacrificed" for military in
struction. It is a fallacy, he argues,
to talk about year being "lost."
Rather, "a full years work, or more,
on infant philosophy and opinion
swapping of one kind or another
of teaching to think where the wish
is father to the thought-could be
Cancelled with no loss whatever
except that of intellectual ragtag
and bobtail."
DR.. Keller not only does not con-
cede that anything vital to educa-
tion" is dropped anywhere along
the line" but he sees an advantage in
a resultant pressure to make
the remaining years amount to
more" He frankly admits: 80 long
as any study has a kind of protec-
tiye-tariff wall around it, in the
shape of a don't 't-touch-me tradition,
Evening star., 1945-08-12

sake OF territory, said that I'VE are
going to maintain the military bases
necessary for the complete protec-
ton of our interests and OF world
peace"
We may discover, ten or twenty
years hence, that a defense plan
predicated on the holding of over
seas bases is worthless. But on the
facts as we know them now bases
are necessary, and it is reassuring
to lonrn that the President is de-
termined to get them.