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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07
FSA Families Make Record
In Food Production In Ashe

fact that there were no apples
last year, the canning record is
not as high as usual. A total Of
52,128 OTIS. of fruits and vegetables
and 5,611 quarts of pork, beef and
poultry were canned by the FSA
families.
A total of ten families butchered
beeves for home use, and thirty
three and one third percent of the
families grew cane for making
molasses.
The slogan of each home super
visor, says Miss Alexander, in
working with FSA families has
always been: "Can all you cam
"Since we want the families to
not only do adequate, safe cam
ming, but to have a good product
Continued on Page ~
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07
SUGAR PRICE INCREASE
EFFECTIVE ON FEB. 10

WashingtOn-An increase of
"a little more" than a half cent
a pound in the retail price Of
sugar will go into effect Feb.
10, the OPA has announced.
AT the same time refinery
prices for cane and beet sugar
will go up a half cent a pound,
while the price for raw cane
sugar will be Increased ass of
a cent 2 pound.
Reiterating . recent state
ment by Sterilization Director
John c. Collect OPA said the
higher prices are necessary be-
cause of an increase i'm the cost
of Cuban sugar.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07
Wyrick
Gets Discharge

Sgt. Arnold Wyrick, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Lester Wyrick, of
Crumpler, received his honorable
discharge from the army at Fort
George G. Meade, Md, Jan. IA.
Sgt. Wyrick served 3 years in
the army, 2 years of which were
spent in New Guinea, the Philip
pine Islands, and Japan. He wears
the Good conduct medal, the Ash
atic-Pacific theater ribbon, the
Philippine liberation ribbon with
bronze arrowhead, and World War
II Victory ribbon.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07
Segraves Speaks
To Rotary Group

J. L. Segraves, cashier of the
First National Bank, spoke to the
Rotarians at their meeting last
Thursday night on merchants
Learning the Art of Salesmanship
All Over Again" merchants" he
said, "Have had no trouble sell
ing their goods in the past few
years. People have been willing
to buy anything. Now that bet
ter and more goods are coming
back on the markets, the compe-
tition will be greater than ever"
He was presented to the group
by the program chairman, John
F. Reeves. -
It was announced during the
meeting that the Rotaryanns
would entertain the Rotarians at
a Valentine party at the meeting
on February IA.
John Rhodes will be in charge
of the program tonight.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07
Sanitation Of
Dairy Questioned

At a meeting of school princi-
pals held on Monday, complaints
regarding the sanitation of the
milk supply of most of the
schools, Coble Diaries, was dis
cussed.
A number of principals report
ed that improperly washed and
uncapped bottles were being used.
Chocolate milk sediment was re-
ported in the bottles showing they
had not been properly cleansed.
Wade E. Eller, sanitarian, asked
that all principals have the milk
checked before it was served to
the students in the lunchrooms.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07
Bids To Be Let
For Power Lines

According to information re-
ceived here, bids are to be let this
week for the construction of SIS
miles of electric power lines for
the territory including Ashe, AL
leghany, Watauga, Caldwell and
Burke counties.
No information as to the num-
Der of miles of lines to be con-
structed in this county was re-
leased.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07
GENTRY BLEVINS
JOINS POLICE FORCE

Gentry Blevins has assumed
duties as member of the West
Jefferson Police department, fill
ing the vacancy left two weeks
ago by Cecil Kelly.
Blevins, of Helton, recently re-
ceived his honorable discharge
from the u. S. Navy.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07
Hospital Board
To Meet Saturday

1t was announced this week by
w. b. Austin, president of the
board of trustees of the Ashe
County Memorial Hospital that
there would be a meeting of the
board of trustees on Saturday
afternoon, at 8 p. m. for the pur@
pose of approving plans for the
proposed nurses home.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07

Lonely reef capped by Fl ets of which only big
enough to bear Bin ato in the Marshall islands,
will be in the spotlight Of world interests when hsory third
great atomic bomb expodes there in May Chosen by the
navy for its first test of the bombs effect vessels the
within the ato will hold 81 ships of the suicide fleet
Evening star., 1946-02-16
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and perfected until they guarantee
tremendous value for the money
and the method of applying them
properly has been worked out to
perfection.
Interior finishes are now avail
able that reduce the cost of inside
walls by 20 to 80 per cent and yet
present perfectly good looking
surface. Among the new products
are improved wallboards that will
take any kind of decorating, ply
wood finished with veneers of pre-
cious woods, insulation boards in
plank form and in squares and i'm
proved plaster that may be applied
over various types of lath. Dry
wall construction for interiors has
been developed to fine point and
saves time in building, effects econ
omy of material used and reduces
interior maintenance to a minimum.
The manufacturers of all these
new products have gone beyond the
(See YOUR HOME, Page B-2J
Evening star., 1946-02-16

finest talent the profession can pro-
duce throughout the world" to de-
sign the UNO Capital.
Eric Gugler, New York, is chair
man of the committee.
Mr.. Locraft, immediate past presi-
dent of the Washington Chapter of
the, American Institute of Archi-
tects, is AZ years old. He was gradu-
ated from Catholic University
school of architecture in 1926 and
won his Ph.D. in 1881, after having
studied three years at the Ecole des
Beaux Arts in Paris, which he at
tended after winning the Paris
Prize Scholarship awarded by the
Bsaux Arts Society of New York.
Mr.. Locraft is native of Wash
ington. The firm of which he is a
partner recently designed a group
of buildings for the Marine Corps
base at Quantico, Va, and is now
working on plans for the Boys
Catholic High School The firm de-
signed the Church of the Nativity,
Thirteenth and Peabody streets
NV.
Mr.. Locraft is secretary of the in
stitute's 46-year-old National Com
mlttee on the National Capital.
Fred A. Smith, for more than
30 years with the Floyd E. Davis Co.,
1929 K street NV, real estate deal
erS, today announced the opening
Evening star., 1946-02-16
By w. WADSWORTH WOOD.

There have been some excellent
developments made in the materials
used for both exteriors and interiors
of the small home One of the best
examples is seen in the structural
board used to sheath the frame
of the house.
Made in large rigid sheets, 1t can
be nailed in place quickly with a
minimum of fitting and cutting
and thus saves a large percentage
of the labor formerly required to
sheath a house. 1t has great in
sulating value, greater strength
than the old gue-and-groove
sheathing and uses only third of
the nails previously required. The
prospective homebuilder would do
we'll to inquire into it.
Another development is the as
bestos siding which looks for all
the world like wood but which is
Irotproof, f1reproof, nonwarping and
good for a lifetime of satisfactory
service. Shingles of various shape
and style are available in the same
material.
The treatment of wood shingles
and sidings has been improved
Evening star., 1946-02-16
Trade Head Says Wyatt Plan
Means Chaos in D. C.. BUILDING
c. F. PreIIer Coils for
Modification of Idea
Cutting Construction
BY Robert J. Lewis

Concentration of construction on
home building, as contemplated by
Wilson w. Wyatt, national housing
administrator, would create cha
otic condition of unemployment" in
District construction industry, Glen
F. Preller, president of the Washing
ton Building and Construction
Trades Council, told The Star to-
day.
Mr.. Wyatt recently recommended
drastic curtailment of industrial and
other construction, and indicated the
Government soon would issue reg
ulation channeling the bulk of con-
struction materials to the home
building industry.
Affiliated with the council are 29
construction trade unions with a
membership of approximately 10000,
and substantial number" of those
men will be thrown out of work un-
less the Wyatt proposals are modi-
fed, Mr.. Preller said.
The council president said a dele
cation was being formed to explain
to Government officials just what
the Wyatt program would mean to
many construction workers.
Washington will be hit very hard
but in many other places the effect
will be even worse" he said.
He explained that many construc-
tion workers have no opportunities
for employment in home building
and that in certain other trades
home building requires only a small
percentage of the total number OF
craftsmen.
In many cases, he said, workers
are older men who cannot adapt
themselves to new trades.
"We hope the Government will
see fit to modify the program SO
that it will not react against heavy
construction and the building OF
Office buildings and other monu-
mental type construction" he said
Mr.. Preller, So, was an electrician
18 years before being elected busi-
(See LEWIS. Page B-2D
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D. {. Building Permits
Tota|ing S4@,40O
Issued in Week

Building permits for construction
totaling $466, 400 were issued this
week by the District Government,
including one for 1857 900 for one
story brick heating plant at Blue
Plains to be built by the District.
Other permits:
w. c. and. A. N. Miller Develop
ment Co., 1880 Massachusetts, avenue
NV, owner and builder; Fred. E.
Robbins, 1880 Massachusetts, avenue
NV, architect: one 2-story brick
dwelling, 4725 Sedgwick street NV;
to cost $10,500.
Jack Coopersmith, Bond Building,
owner: Warren Spencer, 1859 JON
quill street NV, builder; Russell o.
Kluge, 3155 Tennyson street NV.
architect; one 1-story brick and
stone store; to cost 5000.
w. K. Billingsley, 452e Brandywine
street NV, owner; builder not
selected; Brandt and Waronoff, 5211
Thirteenth street NV, architect;
one 1-story masonry store, 4835 Wis
consin avenue NV; to cost $4,000.
Danial Narodick, 1109 I street
NV, owner and builder; Earl Won
Reichenbach, 1919 Good Hope road
Sc. and E. P. Money Associates,
architects; one 3-story brick and
cinder block addition to store and
office, 906 Eleventh street NV; to
cost $4,000.
C. Trumbul, jr and Lawrence
Conner, 921 Eighth street NV,
owner; builder not selected: Ross
and Walton, Baltimore, architect;
one 1-story masonry service shop,
912 Sixth street NV; to cost $4,000
Southern Venetian Blind Co., 1905
Fourteenth street NV, owner;
Standard Construction Co., 1910
Vermont avenue NV, builder;
Corning and Moore, 1921 Twentieth
street NV, architect: one 1-story
brick, cinder block and steel manu-
featuring building, 2249-55 Ninth
street NV; to cost 10000.
Danial Narodick, 11O9 I street
NV, owner and builder; Earl Won
Reichenbach, 1919 Good Hope road
Sc, architect: one 1-story brick
and cinder block store, 1900 Sheriff.
road NE: to cost $1,000.
Kilmer Bortz, 927 Fifteenth street
NV, owner: Frank S. Phillips, 927
Fifteenth street NV, builder; Gar
vey P. Baxter, 1929 M street NV,
architect; one 2-story brick dwell
ing, 1886 Watson street NV; to
cost $4,000.
C. " Stephens, 1919 Good Hope
road Sc, owner and builder; Earl
Won Reichenbach. 1919 Good Hope
road Sc. architect; one 2-story
brick and cinder block addition
1880 Half street Sc: to cost s22 900
F. H. Martell, 1929 Upshur street
NV, owner and builder; Leon
Chatelain, jr.. 1927 K street NV.
architect; one 3-story masonry ad-
dition to Office building, 1923 Twen.
tieth street NV; to cost $4,000.
Evening star., 1946-02-16
50 District Members
Ito Attend Convention
|0f Home Builders

Fifty members of the HONS
Builders Association OF Metropoh.
tan Washington 50 far have indi-
Gated they expect to attend the con-
vention-exposition Of the National
Association of Home Builders at
the Hotel Stevens, Chicago, Febru-
ary Is through %.
About 5000 representatives OF the
Nations home building industry are
expected to attend the convention.
Among speakers will be Wilson w.
Wyatt, new national housing adj
ministrator; John D. Small, civilian
production administrator, and Ray
mond M. Foley, commissioner of the
Federal Housing Administration.
Edward R. Carr, president of the
Washington association and men,
ber Of the board Of directors of the
national association, will appear on
a forum on Providing Materials
for Home Construction, along with
Commissioner Foley, Norton Long Of
the OPA and others.
Those from the Washington area
who will attend are: Robert Tif-
fey, Thornton w. Owen, J. Wesley
Buchanan, Clarke Daniel, Elmer
Cappelman, Russell T. Woodfield,
w. B. Banks, Eli Busada, Robert
Busada, Joseph Geeraert, George
Mcintosh, Robert Mcintosh, Joseph
H. Deckman, Albert Mergardt,
Edward K. Jones, Edward r. Carr.
James E. Schrider, C. w. Gosnell,
Russell Lamar, Harrison Somerville,
j. Garrett Bethel, Paul Bolton,
E. G.. Reinsch, Morris Cafritz,
Nathan Raffler, Edward C. Hol-
mead, Edward A. Hyde, Wesley I.
Sauter..
Charles I. Kaplan, j. w. Hoffman,
Martin T. Wiegand, Ellerby F. Her.
ring, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Potter,
John N. Campbell, Alden T. Olson,
Thomas Campbell, Robert Inglis.
T. Wilson Campbell, Ernest r.
Henry, C. r. Wire, Col Joseph I.
Arthur, Donal L. Chamberlin, e.
A. Pessagno, Frank Leon, Warren
Dyson, Joseph S. Devereux, Waver-
ly Taylor, c. E. Steidle and Lloyd
r. Coates.
Evening star., 1946-02-16
$4,000 Servicemen' S
Families Reported
In Public Housing

More than $4,000 veterans and
servicemen's families occupy public
housing under the management Of
the Federal Public Housing Author
ity, Philip M. Klutznick, FPHA COM
missioner, reported this week te
Wilson W. Wyatt, national hous.
ing administrator.
Occupancy estimates as of Janu-
airy 81 show that veterans and serv.
icemen or their families occupy
nearly 80 per cent of the 544,50(
occupied public dwelling units.
Total occupancy at the end oi
January included $4,000 servicemer
or their families, and 64 300 veter.
ans.
The remainder of the units were
occupied by civilians completing
war work and by former war work.
ers for whom other housing is moi
yet available. About LA, 100 veter-
ans and servicemen's families are
living in public war housing, and
about 4o,400 in public low-ren1
projects.
Those figures do not include units
that are being moved from one To-
cation to another to house veterans
As Of the beginning of February
more than rs, 300 units had been as
signed to be moved or converted.
Evening star., 1946-02-16
First Aid

By Roger c. Whitman
Treatment for Wallpaper.

Q.-Is there some way to treat
ordinary wallpaper to make it wash
able?
Ask your wallpaper dealer if
he has a clear, colorless varnlsh-llke
coating material for the protection
of papered walls. An alternative is
to coat the paper with white
dammar varnish. Neither of these
materials will stand frequent wash
ing. If the walls are subjected to
much soiling and grease, as in a
kitchen, they should be covered with
an oilcloth type of wall covering.
Oil-Stained Driveway.
Q.-There are oil stains on my
concrete driveway. Can they be
cleaned off in any way?
Add oil stains cannot be COM
pletely removed. However, much of
the discoloration can be taken out
by scrubbing with a strong, hot So
luton of washing soda or trisod-
ium phosphate, about pounds te
the gallon of water. Follow by
rinsing with clear water. Repeat
the treatment several times.
Space Underneath Door.
Q.-There is space underneath
my cellar door that lets in a great
deal of cold air. How can this space
be filled, so that the door will make
better contact and keep out th'
See ETp CIR Am Dooe ROY
Evening star., 1946-02-16
Godgets
New Dome Adds
To Efficiency Of
Oil Burners
By Hi!son Munsey

The furnace can develop a greater
amount of heat with the same con-
sumption of oil or an equal amount
of heat with considerably less oil by
installing special dome made of a
silicious materal that will conserve
the heat. This dome is built into
the furnace on a f1rebox built of
flrebricks which are put together
with high refractory cement. 1t can
be used with any style of furnace.
The dome is made in sections. For
round furnaces it is a complete
dome, while for the other shape of
furnace sections are added, so that
only the ends will be rounded. The
units are made in several standard
sizes.
With this dome it is possible to
burn oil as cheaply as coal, and
probably cheaper. Even after the
fame is shut off in the furnace the
heat held in the material of the
dome will continue to supply the
boiler for some time, thus adding
another saving feature to the in
stallation. This combustion cham
ber makes 1t possible to burn wood
with oil fuel or to burn wood alone
without the oil burner operating.
Kitchen Range Hood.
To keep kitchen walls and wood
work clean and to prevent cooking
grease from settling, a range hood
can be used. One type is made OF
the best grade of steel, rustproofed
and finished in white or ivory baked
on enamel The trim is made with
a chrome finish. Monel metal also
can be obtained. This hood is sold
with all the necessary wall brackets
and toggle bolts, SO that any one
who is handy with tools can erect
it. Under the hood there is a light
and an electric motor, which severa,
times each minute forces the odors
from the cooking and the fumes anc
grease through the chimney and out
of the room. When the grease, that
will always accumulate to certain
extent. Is deposited on the under
side of the hood, it can be wiped
of with soapy rag.
Aluminium Slat Awnings.
In the spring the need of awnings
to protect the house against the heat
(See CADETS, Page B-3)
Evening star., 1946-02-16
Delay in Return Here
Of Agencies Urged
Before Housing Group

The District Commissioners
Committee on Veterans Housing
today had before it an action pro-
gram" of the Citizens Council for
Community Planning calling on
the Government to issue an imme-
diate order to prevent the return
to Washington of dispersed bu-
reaus until the emergency is over .
The proposal was presented yes
terday by Mrs. William Wells, a
committee member and executive
secretary of the council, at an or
ganization meeting of the commit
tee in the Earle Building.
Headed by A. Julian Brylawski,
the committee was named after a
conference on veterans housing
called by the Commissioners three
weeks ago. The session yesterday
was it's first. Another meeting is
set for next Thursday.
Calls For Inventory.
The council also proposed an i'm
mediate inventory of "habitable
or convertible" dwellings now oc-
cupied by the Federal or foreign
governments, congressional appro-
priation of funds to allow the Dis
trict, to prepare sites for converted
temporary war housing, and a
house-to- house canvass to find out
how much space is available for
'houss sharing and doubling up
The council also urged issuance
of presidential order to stop the
Government from turning back
Federal Office space "to private en-
terprise for commercial use until
dwelling space now occupied by
Federal Offices is turned back for
housing use"
Other recommendations included
use of the National Capital Hous-
ing Authority ito the fullest extent
to provide low-rent units, "appro-
pirate incentives" to encourage pri-
vate building and immediate en-
actment" by Congress of legisla-
ton required to carry out the Wy
att emergency housing program.
Ceiling Proposal Put Over.
At one point the meeting was en-
livened by a proposal by Louis
Schwartz, committee member rep
resenting the American Veterans
Committee, that the group. imme-
diately indorse the emergency hous-
ing program of Wilson w. Wyatt,
national housing administrator, in
cluding sales ceilings on existing
homes.
Mr.. Brylawski pointed out that
the recommendation for price CELL
ings on existing homes was "a con-
troversial matter" and he didn't
See HOTJSING- Page B-30
Evening star., 1946-02-16
New Price Policy
Seen Speeding Up
Home BUILDING

The new wage-price policy OF
President Truman should speed up
home building greatly" Douglas
Whitlock, chairman of the Advisory
Board of the Producers Council, said
today.
Mr.. Whitlock said that under the
new price policy, OPA price in
creases can be granted to materials
manufacturers and thus this bot
tleneck can be broken promptly"
He said price increases mean a
vital first step" to get building un-
der way. Prompt action is impera-
tive" he added.
Evening star., 1946-02-16
Business Brokers Elect
McKennu as President

John J. McKenna was elected
president of the Washington Busi-
ness Brokers Association at a meet
ing this week in the Hotel Hamilton.
Other officers elected: Norman Out
cault, vice president; Miss Mamie
Owens, treasurer.
Elected directors were Edwin L.
Ellis, Robert Hollander, Myrtle A.
Weldon, Everett Thurm and Milton
Goldsmith.
Evening star., 1946-02-16

OF MS own real
estate Office at
1113 Seventeenth
street NV. Mr..
Smith is a past
president a n d
former director
of the Washing
ton Real Estate
Board, vice pres
ident of the Lin
coin National
Bank and a di-
rector of the CO.
lumbia Real Es-
tate & Title
Co
Evening star., 1946-02-16

OF AICQlJeCCS as
one of 16 archi-
tects from diff
ferent parts of
t h e U n / t e d
States to serve
on an Advisory
c o m mittee on
the United Ma
tions Capital.
The commit
tee, a statement
by the institute
said, would offer
its services lin
d e v e l opin G
means of OBJ
T. a ipin o. tho
Evening star., 1946-02-16
New Lumber PIunt Risino

The American Lumber and Treat
ing Co. is building plant at Bal
timore designed to produce 1000 900
board feet of chemically treated
lumber monthly, the Baltimore In
dustrial Bureau announced today
Evening star., 1946-02-16

history OFFICE BUILDING PLANNED Preliminary work
has begun for the construction of $225000 history office
building at the northwest of Connecticut and
street NV Jerry Maiaco builder and with offices
in the Woodward Building Mr. Maiaco said materials
available and that expects complete construction by Sep
tembe There will be approximately 121 900 feet OF
rentabe for Offices and he said The Reconstruc
ton Finance Corp will the office Harvey War
wick 1000 Cathedral NV. is architect.
Evening star., 1946-02-16

He also is Fred A. Smith.
past president of the Washington
Board of Trade and a director of
the board. Associated with Mr.
Smith in the new firm will be
j. Hawley Smith and Fred w. Smith.
More than 500 persons are ex-
pected to attend the 18th annual
dinner dance of the Washington
(See SHOP TALK Page B-20
Evening star., 1946-02-16
Real Estate
| Shop Talk

Thomas H. Locraft, partner in the
firm of Murphy & Locraft, archi-
tects, 1413 H street NV, has been
chosen by the American Institute
Evening star., 1946-02-16

(See HOUSING, Page B-3D
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(See LEWIS, Page b..
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Aluminium Sat Awnings.
In the. spring the need of awnings
to protect the house against the heat
(see CADETS, Page B-3)