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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-06-08
TALK "a. ss TOWN
By LYNNETTE PENN

This week
derway Wheels the basis of modern civilization really
nroved their worth as they bore the ovees in the NAM
moth parade on last SATURDAY, afternoon Among the
MA MAY ~ CHARLETA WHITLEY JUNE ROX-
BOROUGH EsTELLE Butler and md, MILDRED
HYDER who were On ef Nn 0a wnrn was
MAMIE DIGGS of the Metropolitan
Funeral Association On Friday %5eky n
and Sunday the saga of Detroit A~sASA-1sA--Aa-
SONG OF OUR CITY presented at the Olympia
The voices of the DuPre' Choir marvellous they
filled the vast auditorium in the sequence devoted TO the
the heartiest applause LILLIAN WILLIAMS cavorted
gay did her ithesome associates in the ballet scenes
Saw few familiar faces at the Tribute to the Automo
tive Pioneers where CARLOTTA FRANZEL and JAMES
MELTON guest stars Among them were L. c.
Blount 'OId Cow Douvenour and wife Francis Korne-
gay and Ferdinand Penn Twas another pageant de-
pcng the than fifty of auomotive progress
which Detroit has known.
ALSO HEARD faint echoes of something which
sounded like Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old
Gang of Mine" and from of the friends of the
lovely brdestobe who have chosen June their nupta
{. :. LESSEE DAVIS and ROBERT DANIELS JUNE Ia
=. ROBERTA HILL and ROGER WALDEN JUNE %
:. ALLIE HARRIS and ALLEN HOLLAND =. JUNE %
-. GWEN HARMLESS and Cessna HOGUE. Others
whose dates in the offng MARY MORROW and
THOMAS H MERRIWETHER and ELOISE Memoir
RlS and DON WILSON Many friends are feteing the
lovely girls
NEWS HAS COME that the hubby and wife teams Of
Motortown have new addition in CLAUDE and VIVIAN
COOPER pharmacists IVAN IS completing her
course at the Detroit Institute Of Technology this term
Graduation exercises will be held Monday at the Rack
ham Building Other outstanding two-somes who in
the same field ULYSSES and CECIL BOYKIN, of the
Detroit Trbine MILLREDGE and DORIS MOORE
medcs :. CHARLESTON and SUE HAWKINS and LYNN
and MURIEL McCORKLE teachers GLADYS and
|CLEM MILLS interests in productions SULEE and
ARTHUR STIMSoN and CHARLES and MAMIE DIGGs
. morticians THELMA and CONTELLA HOLLIS
business SIDNEY and GLADYS BARTHWELL phar-
Imacists and LORETTA and JULIAN TERHUNE
business partners when Loretta isn't teaching in the
Lincoln School
TRAVEL TALK reveals that MRS. ROY PERRY Of
Windsor wife of DR.. Perry dentist guest of 1t Gov
and Mrs Matthews of Ontario in Toronto last week
Twas lovely reception which given in connection
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-06-08

cluded Open House at University of Toronto and beau
tful formal dance
OTHER TRAVELLERS were MRS MARIAN WHIT
TAKER who attended the regional meeting of the Pos
tai Alliance in Toledo. Ohio delegate RS JOSE
PHINE WALKER who left last week to visit relatives
in Chicago :. MRS BEULAH T. WHITLEY =. who will
address the regional open meeting of the Phi Delta Kappa
National Teachers sorority in Chicago next Sunday
MRS. BESSIE GREENE TERRY of Tennessee Avenue who
has recently returned from Lexington Kentucky Other
members of her family who accompanied her were her
sisters Mrs Laura King Mrs. Eula Knighton. Geneva
McNeal Milton Haley. her brothers, Messy and Perry
Madison. and her daughter. Perralene The occasion
Of sadness they attended the last rites for Mrs
Terry's brother, Joseph Greene
VISITORS coming way were feted Mrs. Matte
Shannon and Mrs c. Holland of Vinewood entertained
their sister Mrs Alice Parks of Montgomery Ala
bama at informal party on last Monday night
I'm to greet the guest Mrs F. Andrews Mrs Elizabeth
COLLINS Mrs. Arts Sheppard, Mrs. Bessie Wallace Mrs,
Alice Ewing, Mrs. Katherine Pitts Mrs Ollie Cotton,
Violete Sewel. and Mrs. Susan White Assisting the
hostesses their lovely daughters Mrs Ethel Hall
Porter, Misses Malinda and Marjorie Shannon. and w
Cotton Joseph Bailey and Joseph Shannon Also feted
were Mr.. and Mrs. r. b. Brown of Sherman Texas
They are the guests of their daughter and son-n-law
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Guess Other children of the
Continued from Page g.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-15
First Aid
ForHouses
By Roger c. Whitman
Removing Wallpaper From
WaIlboard.

G. Would steaming the paper off
wallboard harm the Withdrawing?
We have scraped and peeled one
room before .papering and it was
such slow job. We would like to
steam the other rooms if possible.
A. If only enough steaming is
done to loosen the paper, no harm
will be done to the wallboard.
Ceiling Stained by Fuel Oil.
@. There is large grease spot on
my plastered ceiling, caused by the
spilling of fuel oil in the attic room
overhead. How can this spot be
covered before painting, so that the
grease will not soak through?
A. If the stain is from clean kero-
sene, the discoloration may disap-
pear in a few weeks time. But if a
heavier oil made the strain. the
plaster should be cut out and the
damaged area replastered. Be sure
the trouble overhead has been taken
care of before you have the place re-
plastered. New plaster must have
time to dry out before it can be
painted with oil paint. Casein paint,
or water emulsion paint can be
used soon afterward, however.
Chrome Furniture Marks Linoleum.
@. I find my chrome kitchen fur
(See FIRST AID. Page BID
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Veterans 10 Attend
Housing Bill Meeting

Five veterans organizations will
have special representatives at a
public meeting to be held at 8:l5
pm. Monday in the Interior Depart
ment auditorium at which promi-
nent advocates of passage of the
Wagner Ellender Taft general hous-
ing bill will explain it's provisions.
The bill has passed the Senate
and is now pending in the House
The meeting is being sponsored
by the Citizens Council for Com
munity Planning.
Additional speakers were an
nounced as follows: Chairman
Spence of the House Banking and
Currency Committee, and Repre-
sentative Kefauver, Democrat, of
Tennessee. Others to speak will in
clude Senator Taft, Republican, of
Ohio; Senator Ellender, Democrat,
of Louisiana; Representative Wood
house, Democrat, of Connecticut;
Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant III, chairman
of the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission; Housing Ad-
ministrator Wilson W. Wyatt and
Herbert J. jacob, commander of the
District Department, American Le-
gion.
Leon Keyserling, general counsel
for the National Housing Agency,
will introduce the speakers.
Mrs. William Wells, executive
vice president Of the. council, said
314 members of the House had re-
ceived invitations delivered by
hand and that Cabinet members
and other civic and Government
officials had been invited.
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Real Estate Boards
Bay Ridge Outing 10
Draw 400 TUESDAY,

More than 400 persons are ex-
pected. to attend the ninth annual
stag outing of the Washington Real
Estate Boar dat Bay Ridge, Md.
Tuesday, Thomas w. Sandoz, Pro-
gram Committee chairman, said to-
day.
The party will leave the board
Offices, 1417 K street NV, at 1890
pm, headed by police escort
which will accompany the motor
cade to the District line at Central
avenue, where it will be met by a
Maryland State police escort.
Dinner will be served at 6:15 pm.
at Bay Ridge Beach and later a
special entertainment program I'M
der direction of Leon Brusiloff will
be provided.
Outdoor games, races, horseshoe
pitching, softball and other events
have been arranged. Prizes have
been donated by American Disin-
fectant Co., B. A. Coe &, Co., Colo
NAL Fuel Co., Eastern Building &
Loan Association, w. H. Hesslck &
Sons, Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.
Of Richmond, James T. Lewis, Met
ropolitan Petroleum Co., Mlleham
g. King, National Capital Bank.
National Liberty Insurance Co..
Washington Evening Star, Milton
H. Schlosser, Washington Post,
Washington Times Western
DISCRIMINATING Co. and Woodhouse
Stationery Co.
Each guest will receive a souvenir
through the District, Lawyers and
Washington Title Insurance Cos.
A group of tpecial guests has been
invited to the outing.
Meanwhile Charles J. Rush, exec
utive secretary of the board, said
a Convention Committee chairman
will be appointed at the June "a
board meeting. He will make pre-
lilninary plans for attendance of
local members at the 39th annual
convention of the national associa-
ton in Atlantic City November
ILLS,
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D. C.. Rent Control Chief Calls
Eviction Situation 'Serious'
By Robert }. Lewis

The rising number of eviction
proceedings growing out of the de-
sire OF owners and purchasers of
dwellings to obtain possession for
their own occupancy, or to remodel
alter or demolish the buildings, has
created "a serious situation" in the
District area.
That is the view of Robert F
Cogswell, District Rent Control Ad-
ministrator, who said today that the
situation has become particularly
difficult for families with children.
Unless new building is provided,
the problem posed by actions for
possession may reach very serious
proportions" Mr.. Cogswell said.
Notices Increase.
Comparative figures provided by
Mr.. Cogswell show that notices re-
questing tenants to quit premises
which have been filed so far this
year exceed the totals for each OF
the first and second six-month
periods last year.
In the five-month and 12-day
period from January l to June IL
this year, 1852 families were mott
fled to vacate in the District alone
For the first six months of last
year, 1,277 families were notified
and for the second six months, LAS
families.
Other than for nonpayment OF
rent, violating an obligation of ten
ancy or committing a nuisance, it
was explained that the District rent
control law permits eviction proceed
ings to be started in the Landlord
and Tenant court in cases in which
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Continued on Page B-3, Column 81
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Godgets
Screens of Plastic
Resist Rust and
Protect Window Stills
By HiIson Munsey

There will be many cases at this
time OF the year where window
screens will have to be repaired and
the screening in them replaced. To
do this, it is now possible to obtain
screening made of the same tinted
plastic filament that is used in up
holstery and footwear.
There are many advantages to
plastic screening. 1t will not rust
or corrode and it is stronger than
metallic screening of the same
weave. 1t also lets in more light
and while it will outlast metallic
screening it costs about the same.
Its noncorrosive quality does away
with the danger of green stains or
rusty streaks on the woodwork and
walls. 1t is impervious to the eff
fects OF acids and alkalies as well
as heat, moisture and salt air. Tint
ing in the plastic will not fade
and there is no need for vanishing
or painting. The screening can be
cleaned very easily and quickly with
a garden hose.
The screening will resist denting,
bullying and punctures. 1t is very
resilient and will spring back fiat
when anything presses against it.
At present it is sold only in a green
tint but in the near future it will
be possible to obtain other shades.
Water Putty.
A plastic material made from
wood that has the same consistency
as flour before it is mixed with
water will be found to be a useful
thing to keep on hand at all times
for the many small repair jobs al
ways occurring 1t is very simple
to mix. All that is needed is to
add sufficient water to form putty.
1t can be used to repair wood,
plaster, cement, tile. stone or fiber
board. If color is necessary it can
be added to the powder before mix
ing with water. When the putty
is dry it can be sawed, chiseled,
nailed, polished or nodded. If used
on the outside of the house, little
varnish or shellac added will make
it waterproof. After the putty has
dried on repair job it should be
sandpapered smooth. It takes paint
as well as any other form of wood.
1t can be used to set loose handles
and to fill up screw holes which
have become too large for the screw.
DOT Interior Paint.
Since the war the insecticide
DOT has come into general use.
1t is now incorporated in paint to
be used for interior decorating.
This is water paint which en-
bodies the principles of both oil and
water paint. The application of a
single coat will cover the surface
to be painted and this includes wall
paper, plaster, cement, wallboard,
brick, wood and metal. There is
no odor to the paint and it dries
within an hour. 1t is made in 10
different colors which are non
fading. Finger marks and dirt can
be removed by washing after the
paint has had 80 days to thor
oughly dry out. 1t is easy to mix.
The linseed oil is in the paint
and all that is required is the addi-
ton of water at the rate of three
quarts to five pounds of the powder.
The manufacturers directions for
mixing should be followed carefully.
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Cd the owner seeks possession of
the property for his "own personal
use ana occupancy; co. the prop
erty is sold for the personal use aid
occupancy of another, and 90 wher
the District issues permit to alter,
remodel Or demolish dwelling. i.
Charles j. Rush. secretary of the
Washington Real Estate Board, said
today the increasing number of
eviction proceedings is an outgrowth
Of the return of servicemen and
other District residents who owned
their own homes and who wished
to regain possession.
There's only one answer" he
said. - "A bigger production OF
homes"
Would Lift OPA Controls.
He added he thought strikes and
OPA controls had delayed construc-
ton and said there's only one way
to get more production: Take OF
OPA controls"
The increasing seriousness OF ev!c-
ton as a cause of homelessness is
further indicated by figures re-
leased by the District War Housing
Center indicating that the totals
for the surrounding counties also
are increasing.
| District area applicants for rental
housing in the week ending June
IL who assigned impending eviction
as the, reason for their need of &
home totaled 1850 which 26l were
servicemen and veterans. The tota
was So more than for the previou:
week and IS more than for thu
same week a month ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-15
Compartment Bath
Aids Large Family
By w. Wodsworth Wood

Things have moved rapidly ahead
in the development of modern bath
rooms. Probably the greatest in
novation of all is the new two, three
or four-passenger bathroom. BY
clever experimentation, or divid-
ing of the space formerly devoted to
the average bathroom, it is now
possible and practical to give each
of the fixtures its own small room
and have them used with complete
privacy. What this means to the
family with children all getting
ready for school at the same time
that the adults are preparing for
the days work, can we'll be imagined.
1t is equally as convenient and
modern touch for the elaborate
home.
There was a time when there was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-15
Week. Construction
Permits Of S353,193
REGISTER Increase

Building permits for an estimated
1888, 1893 in construction and repairs
were issued last week by Robert H.
Davis, director Of the District
Building Inspections Department
an increase over the previous week
of S236,648
Largest job authorized was for a
refectory building to be constructed
by the Mount Vernon Seminary at
2l00 Foxhall road NV. Skinker g.
Garrett, 1719 street NV, is build
er and Wesley Sherwood Bessell,
1911 Connecticut avenue NV, is
architect. The building will have
two stories and be built of concrete
and steel.
Other Permits.
Other permits of $4,000 and more
follow:
Charles H. Tompkins, 907 Six
tenth street NV, owner and
builder; to erect one 2-story con-
crete addition to parking garage,
1888 street NV, to cost $4,000.
Cafritz Construction Co., 1404 K
street NV, owner and builder; LIE
Roy L. Werner, l404 K street NV.
architect; to erect one 2-story con-
crete and brick warehouse, 2235
Twenty-fifth place NE, to cost
$45 900.
Samuel r. Jenner, 1725 West Vir-
ginia avenue NE, owner; Banks &
Lee, Inc, Tower Building, builder;
Harry Barrett, 1909 Fourteenth
street NV, architect; one 1-story
cinder block store, 1887 Mount Oil
vet road NE, to cost $1,000.
Potomac Electric Power Co., Tenth
and E streets NV, owner, builder
and architect; to construct brick
chimney, Benning road and Anacos-
tia River NE. to cost $4,000.
Otis Martin, 414 Emerson street
NV. owner; Paul P. Stone, 5000
Connecticut avenue NV, builder:
Continued on Page B-3, Column g
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The Weeks
Housing Picture

Applications for 2,l44 rental
houses and apartments, 1877 more
than in the previous week, were
filed with the District War Housing
Center during the week ending June
IL.
In addition, 222 persons applied
for rooms; making a total of 1856
applicants for all types of dwelling
units during the week.
To fill the need, only 103 apart
ments were listed, in addition to 70l
rooms.
For the week ending June 7, a
total of 106 companies and indi-
viduas were authorized by the Fed
eral Housing Administrations Dis
trict Office to go ahead with con-
struction of 1,l9l new apartments
and houses. OF those, 1872 per cent
were to sell for less than $500 OF
rent for less than $50.
Since January Is, a total of 1,168
applications to build 15,400 units
were approved, of which 30.2 per
CenL were 10 Sell LOT less tIlaH S1,oVU
or rent for less than $50.
In the Nation as a whole, 219,970
builders have been authorized since
January Is, to construct 548,47l
units of which SIG per cent we're to
sell for less than $500 or rent for
less than $50 a month.
Conditions facing applicants for
rental housing during the week
were indicated as follows:
Veterans and Nom
Servicemen Veterans Total
Just arrived ----- 542 90 Gil
Separated from
families ,----- 500 63 672
Unreasonable dis
lance to COM
mute AZ A.
Eviction - 361 1I5 316
Present housing
inadequate 555 los ego
Total =-..---=2 .01O $3.50 1855
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Rufus S. Lusk, secretary of the To-
cal association.
The Executive Council Of the
Washington Realtors Committee Of
the National Association Of Real
Estate Boards will meet June 20 and
81 at The Statler Hotel here.
Up for discussion will be Presi-
dent Truman's plan to make the
National Housing Agency perma-
nent agency, the Wagner-Ellender-
Taft bill and the removal OF real
estate statesmen from unemployment
compensation, an announcement
said.
Lewis T. Breuninger, Calvin K.
Snyder and Herbert U. Nelson,
Washington, are council members.
Miss Elizabeth B. Wight, who has
been principal assistant to John A.
Petty, secretary of the District Real
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-15
CPA Is Urged to Halt
Dissipation of Lumber

Fraser Gardner, chairman of the
Expediting Subcommittee of the
District Combined Veterans Com
mittee for Housing, today urged the
Civilian Production Administration
to prevent lumber from being dis
sipated into nonessential uses
He cited as an example that dog
houses, complete with fioors," are
being offered on the local market.
These dog houses, he said, are made
OF hard-to-get fir lumber.
ut is shocking to know that while
many veterans must rely on tenn
porary houses because they cannot
get lumber, that same lumber is
going into permanent dog houses
at fancy prices" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-15
Permanent MIA Seen
As Danger to HOUSING

Creation of a permanent National
Housing Agency would endanger the
veterans housing program, Doug
las Whitlock, general counsel for
the Producers Council, the national
organization of manufacturers of
building materials and equipment,
said today.
1T is well-established fact" he
said, that Government officials who
developed the plan ARE primarily
interested in socializing and con-
trolling the construction industry
and in substituting public housing
for privately built dwellings"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-15
Real Estate Shop Talk

T. r. INLAY, president Of the
Washington Building Owners and
Managers Association, will attend
the thirty seventh annual corven-
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(See WOOD, Page B-2.J
200 81 Loan Guarantees
SOUGHT Here Weekly

Morgan B. Callahan, loan guaran-
tee officer of the Veterans Admin
STATIONS Washington regional Of
fee, said today an average of 200
veterans in the District area apply
weekly for guarantees on CT loans.
More than IS per cent of the
applications are for home loans, and
the rest for business loans, he said.
No farm loans have been made To-
cally under the bill.
Up to June Z, a total of 1873
loans for $11,664, 56859 had been
guaranteed, of which 1857 loans
amounting to s11,129,4 7959 were for
homes, and 231 amounting to $685.
089 were for business.
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Estate Commission since it was set
up in 1887, resigned this week. Her
engagement to marry DR.. Arthur
Osternlan, Wheeling, w. Va, re-
Gently was announced.
Miss Wight, on ending her service,
received a purse from members of
the commission and staff, and a scroll
from the commission in the form of
a resolution praising her services in
connection with administration OF
the Real Estate Brokers License law.
Mrs Dorothy Gale Hartwell. for
10 years with Jack Hayes, Inc, has
resigned as vice president of the
firm.
Members of the Washington
Housing Association expect to tour
public and private housing develop
ments in the District area starting
at 2 pm. today. to compare public
housing with that produced by pri-
vate builders, it was announced.
This week the Civilian Production
Administration, ONCE of Price Ad-
ministration and National Housing
Agency jointly announced steps to
increase production of nails.
OPA granted a $10-a-ton price
increase. CPA set up specific pro-
duction goals for all nail manufac-
(See SHOP TALK, Page B-2J
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tlOu VI Tile ma.
tional Building
o " n ers a n d
Managers AS
ISOLATION at the
S t a t Ter Hotel,
Cleveland, Ohio,
starting Mon
day.
Others to at
t e n d t r O m
Washington are
T. H. Evans of
Weaver Bres.;
A. K. Payne,
manager of the
S h O r e h a m
Pui1dinp an
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-22
BLAST AT JET
 PLANT KILLS s,
 INJURIES SCORE
Navy Takes Charge of Azusa Shop Following
 Mysterious Explosion

AzUSA, Calf, Rug. 22.-Eight persons were dead and 20 injured today after a fire and explosion yesterday wrecked the Aero-Jet En- gineering Corp, makers of jet assisted take-off units for Navy fighter and bomber planes.
 Cause of the fire, which appar- ently licked it's way into vol atile fluids mixing plant, remained undisclosed as Navy authorities took charge of the plant. The blast which blew some of the volunteer fire fighters 60 feet, pounded holes in buildings 80 feet away, destroy ed the plants fire engine and equipment, and was heard at the Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, % miles distant.
 T answered the fire alarm as a volunteer and arrived near the mix ing station in time to see it dis appear right before my eyes in a cloud of smoke and flame" said Donald Anderson.
 The dead were all local residents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-22
TR0LLER STRIKE
 AT SITkA COULD
 SPREAD TO HERE

CIO trollers tied up their boats at Sitka this morning in a strike that threatens to spread throughout Alaska to force an increase in the price of fish.
 A reliable source hints that sim liar action will be taken in Jul neau and in other ports.
 John Wiese, Alaska Representa- tive of the Industrial Fishermen and Allied Workers of America stated this afternoon that he had received no word of the strike, but "the trollers are certainly dissatis- fled with prices. not only here but all along the coast"
 The trollers contend that high CT operating costs make fishing unprofitable at current price levels Sitka trollers say they won't put out to sea again until prize increases are granted.