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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
IRA. SoftboII

Frankie Greenberg Berardrs home run broke up tight Water bury Companies-Plume & Atwood softball game in the IRA. league last night; the Berardi four-base bingle winning the game 7-6. Asked how he happened to perform the Dick Merriwen stunt, the popular basketball official replied: q dun no. I just closed my eyes and swang."
 Scovill ERA. won nice game from Benrus 3-1, Williams outpitch- ing Yarnall; while Mattatuck Mfg. had to score often to gain a 14-12 nod over Patent Button; getting 10 runs in three innings. LaRosa's home run and pair of singles was Mattatuck hitting feature.
 Bristol Company with f1dgety Frankie Furs hitting three times won an S-5 game from Waterbury Mig; while Lux Clock came from behind to defeat CLIP. men 6-3 in other nationed division games
 R H E Watcos 900 051 " ] Plume & Atwood 002 030 l. l Funzel and Lewis; Johnson and De- Palma. Empires: Stance and Quilter.
 R H E Lux POI 12O D. CL &P 1O2 OOO O- Korr and Ulinski; whitaker and Ban durski. Umpire; Lantz and Kenny. R H F Bristol Co. 1O1 021 3-s Waterbury Mfg. no o02 1-5 Galullo and Kismoski; severino, Car rsllo and O'Donnell. Umpires: Barope and Gerace.
 R H B Mattatuck 400 062 2-14 1S Patent Button PIP GOA 3--12 scully and Held: Maxwell and La. Rosa. Umpires: Guglielmo and Grudzien R H E Scovill 900 030 x-3 Benrus 100 900 o. Williams and Grove; Yarnall and Al. banese. Empires: Crichton and Walsh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15

from Woodrow wilson, wltile B. w. Tinker boys had no trouble de- feating East Farms 11-5. Scores: sprague 900 O1o OH 1-4 , Kingsbury 100 900 OH 0-3 3 Johnson and Nelson: Nageotte and Randall. Umpire: Gruskay.
 R H E Hendricken 031 OH o. 6 1 Hopeville 900 001 O. 3 iOLeary and Orienti; Coleman and smith, Umpire: Johnson.
 Anderson 30S 236-17 12 5 Mary Abbott 900 201- 3 6 Fraser and Dessereaux: Carrafa and Garafold. Umpire: Driscoll. Maloney 1l0 00S- 3 Wilson 020 011-4 s 3 Rosa and Cardella; Iadorolo and Ira gross. Umpire: Barone.
 R H E l Tinker 090 200-11 9 f | East Farms 013 001- $ Place and Brananno; Daniels. Frisco | (4) and Colby. Umpire: Cavanaugh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
Woter-Oak Post .SponsorinQ League

Watertown, May 1S-Water-Oak Post, No. 5l57, Veterans of Foreign Wars, is sponsoring a school ball club league for the grammar schools of Watertown and Oakville.
 A series of games will be played and the V. F. w. will award the winning, team a large trophy and will also give the team a picnic.
 A game was played Tuesday night at DeL,and Memorial Field, between Baldwin school, Watertown and South School Oakville, with Bald win School winning 13-0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
Com, o1, Road

Greenwood Lake, N. J., May l5- CUP)-Challenger Billy Conn ex- pected to resume boxing drills against sparring partners today in preparation for his title fight with Joe Louis after a brief layoff from the gymnasium in which he con- centrated on roadwork.
 Conn hit the road yesterday morning and returned to camp to loaf for the rest of the day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
Ping Pong

The Waterbury Boys Club Ping
 Pong team will play the New Ha-
 ven Boys Club Ping Pong team "wednesday night at FOO P. M. at
 Waterbury. The local boys who will play will be vinny Spagnuolo. Joe
 Ubaldi, Art Rosa, Bernie Yoyina,
 Frank Facondini, Al Daversa, Fred
 Viollette, Alex Vincitorio, and Fred Brown. These boys will also jour ney to Torrington Thursday night for a return match with the Tor ringtOn Y.M.C.A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
BAG. Drill

Another baseball practice session has been called for by the Brook lyn Athletic Club for Friday night, at 6 D, m., on the Hamilton Park diamond: with Manager Bill Magro in charge of arrangements. The B. A. c. entry is paired with the washington Hi1ls Sunday in 2. l 80 City Amateur league game at Ham iltnn Park.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15

Crosby U-"o
 Runs-White. Pickett, Boisvert, Ba- rone, Petteway. Errors-Copton. Lawlor, Petteway. Runs batted in-White 2, Ra- neri. Lawlor. Two base hits-J. Johns. Home runs-White, Stolen bases-Barone ?, Raneri. Lawlor. Pickett. Double plays --Lawlor, Barone and White. Left on bases-Crosby :, Seymour 8. Bases on balls-off: Margolis :, Baranowski 4, Am derson 1, Haversat 3. Hits off: Baranow- ski 1 in 1-S innings. off: Anderson { in 2-3 innings; off. Haversat l in 2 innings. Hit by pitcher, by Margolis (Klarades). Struck out, by Margolis G.. Anderson 3. Haversat 4. Wild pitches Margolis. Balk-Margolis. Passed balls Klarides. Losing pitcher-Baranowski. Umpre--Slattery. Time-1:46. Other Scores St. Mary's 4, Cheshire Acad. 3.
 Regional Litchfield O.
 Washington ,12, Morris O.
 Bassick 2, Stamford 0.
 Wethersfield 5, Woodrow Wilson l
 Lewis T. Hartford Trade 3.
 N L. Bulkeley 2. Stonington (tie).
 Lyman Hall 3, Shelton o.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15

very expression Gustave Flaubert, sticker for the precise word, would have used in this particular situation.
 The peculiar part of it is that, save for one page of editorial matter" the book is made up of complimentary advertisements which don't think are the Book of the Month Clubs idea of what constitutes good reading. The book which is the size of sheet of business stationery and has glossy cardboard covers with a circular celuoid loose leaf binding titled "Pars
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
Thon1aston Plans .SoffbdLL League

Thomaston, May. l5- Plans for forming town soft ball league will be made at meeting Friday night at 7:30 at the clubrooms of the Stag A. c. All interested re- quested to attend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15

New York Park Arena) )-Irving Palefsky, 147, New York, knocked out Vic Costa, 147, New York CD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15

HAVE JUST FINISHED reading of the most interesting books Come across incidentally though bit of phrasing probably would have been the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
English Fight Fans Loud American Ring Champion
High School Baseball

Yesterdays Results Crosby s; Seymour 0.
 Ansonia 1e; Wilby 2.
 Gilbert 10; Naugatuck (. Torrtngton lT; Post. College {.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15

Games Today Crosby vS Leavenworth (Muni- ciptal Stadium. Pitchers (Hansen and Leacl).
 Games Tomorrow Wilby vs Seymour Municipal Stadiunn).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15

Williams and Grove; YarnaIl and Al Empires: Crichton and Walsh.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1946-09-02

mately 2,6OO, ,OOO in the armed forces boosting the nations total em- ployed to 60,730,000.
 The latest civilian job total rep resented gain of 100000 above June and close to 100000 above a year ago.
 On the other hand, a definite trend" toward a manpower short age of the wartime type was re- ported by Robert c. Goodwin, di- rector of the United States Elm ployment Service. It probably is still considerable distance away" he told a reporter. Other agencies have forecast a serious shortage by the year-end.
 Sixty per cent of USES area off, fees over the country show em- ployment still going up, Goodwin reported. Only IT per cent show labor surp1uses. In g per cent of the areas employment is neither rising nor falling.
 The employment service has not yet generally shifted back to its wartime role of finding workers for jobs, Goodwin said, though the trend is in that direction-we will shift as rapidly as there Is need"
 The postwar target of 60 mill lion Americans at work, including the armed forces, was set by the late President Roosevelt in a 1914 campaign speech.
 At VI Day an official Govern ment forecast predicted, not too enthusiastically, that 1t might be achieved in 12 to IS months.
 But the Commerce Department stated that the current full em- ployment is due to infation and
Eastern Connecticut news., 1946-09-02

lacks the stability needed for last ing prosperity. It predicted a slump.
 Civilian Production Administra- tor John D. Small, first to forecast a labor shortage this year, chal- lenged the Commerce Departments view. Barring labor strife, he pre- dicted, the country can attain "a period of prosperity such as we have never known"
 Commerce Department officials privately gave the opinion that the census figures made conditions look better than they actually are. Sea- sonal employment in farming, va cation trade and other fields will drop off this fall, they noted, and many veterans and children will quit jobs to enter school.
 The census report showed, too, that even July's low total of unem- ployment was big increase over a year ago, when 830,000 were hunting jobs in the month before the Japanese surrendered. One out of every five job seek CTS had been looking for work as long as four months, the bureau said Last year only one in 12 was in that situation.
 There is evidence that the cur- rently unemployed are not simply changing jobs but in some cases are having real difficulty finding work" the report said.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1946-09-02
Employment in U. S. at Record High
 Of 60, ,73O, ,OOO Census Bureau Reveals

Washington, D. C.-Employment in the United States in July reached ar all-time peak, passing the 6O,- 100000 goal set by Government economists, the Census Bureau re- ported.
 Civilian employment in July, the Bureau found, was 58, ,13O,OOO, and added to this figure. were approxi-
Eastern Connecticut news., 1946-09-02

ANDREW HILDING Prominent in the Indie Party of GrOtOn is the foreman of the E. B.'s Truck Body Building Department. Turing the war Andy" acted as a supervisor of ShipbuiIding and as a Labor Relations director for the Sub Building Plant.
Evening star., 1946-04-27
| Real Estate
| Shop Talk

Joseph H. Greene, with Offices at
7l5 Florida avenue NV, was
elected president of the Washington
Real Estate Brokers Association at
a meeting this week. Guy Timer,
1926 U street NV, was chosen vice
president.
Other officers elected were
Thomas w. Parks, 207 Florida ave-
nue. NV, former president, who
became executive secretary treas
urer, and Armett G. Lindsay, John
R. Pinkett, James E. Scott and
Geneva K. Valentine, directors.
James L. Pease. Cincinnati, Ohio,
prefabricated homes manufacturer
has been named director of the
Prefabrication Production Branch
Of the National Housing Agency
Housing Administrator Wilson w
Wyatt has announced. He will as
sumo his duties May l.
Henry E. Price, executive direc-
tor and counsel of the National
Home and Property Owners Foun-
dation, today charged that "regula-
tions which make it impossible" to
operate rental property proftably
are responsible for inflated realty
values.
These regulations are not only
concerned with the control of rents
they concern OPA interference
when an owner seeks to remove an
undesirable tenant" he said.
In short, restrictions imposed
upon owners of rental property have
become SO cumbersome, more so in
some areas than another, as to make
such ownership highly undesirable.
Evening star., 1946-04-27
BY Wordsworth W. Wood

Although few people realize it,
the moment they move into a new
house they are confronted with the
problem of maintaining it against
weather, time, and changes in build
ing trends.
The paint on a new house will
not always be too good or too
heavy. The caulking around win
dow and door frames may not be
too thorough. The leaders and gut
terS may not be too well fastened
into place at the caves. Doors and
windows will not be eased against
the inevitable settlement and
shrinkage that takes place in every
new structure. Cracks in the plas-
ter work, seams in the wall paper,
drips in the faucets, and SCOT in
the Oil burner, are as inevitable as
tomorroW's sun. The unadvised
homeowner may we'll be in a panic,
but the eXpectant individual will
take these flaws in his stride. He
is aware that as each weakness
appears it must be taken care of
Immediately.
The large things which run into
real money, such as a defective or
improperly operating heating plant,
usually will be adjusted by the firm
which installed it. If the home
owner gets no satisfaction from the
local representative he will find
that compaint to the manufac-
turer will bring prompt and courte-
Gus attention. No reputable man
ufacturer wants dissatisfied users
of his equipment. so when your
home is equipped in the first place
with good material and fixtures,
you have the maintenance problem
well in hand.
Monthly inspections of the ex-
terror of the house pay large divi-
dends. If the average homeowner
would spend an hour or two every
week end, or a halliday every
month, going over the outside of
his home carefully, and looking for
the telltale indications of trouble
ahead, he would reduce his upkeep
and maintenance to a minimum.
The small split in a piece of wood
Evening star., 1946-04-27
Eight DC. Savings, Loan Groups
Among $50 Largest in Nation
Perpetual Building
Leads With Assets
OF $72,394,545

Eight of the $50 largest savings
and loan associations in the United
States are District institutions. in
cluding the largest, which, with
capital of more than S72,000,000 at
the end of l945, topped the Nations
next largest by about $22,000,00.
That was disclosed by report OF
the Federal Home Loan Bank Sys-
tenn made public by Col. Harold Lee,
governor of the system, which
showed that the 6,130 savings and
loan associations throughout the
country had increased their assets
by II per cent during last year to
a total of about $8,715, 100000.
Largest institution in the Nation
was the Perpetual Building Associa-
ton. 500 Eleventh street NV; with
assets of 1884, ,545; next largest was
the Old Colony Cooperative Bank,
Providence, R. l.. with assets of
$5o, ,769 900, and third was the Twin
City Federal Savings and Loan As
sociation, with capital of SAC, ,525 1892.
Names, assets and relative stand
ing of other District savings and
loanNnstitutions were:
First Federal Savings and Loan
Association, 610 Thirteenth street
NV, $22,257,255, 9th; American
Building Association, 300 Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc, 20,993 ,933, 31st;
National Permanent Building As
sociation, 719 Tenth street NV,
$16,705, 1877, 42nd; Washington Per-
manent Building Association, 629 F
street NV, 1869 1853, 64th: Colum.
bia Federal Savings and Loan AS
sociation, TIC Eleventh street NV
$11, ,495,007, 87th; Equitable Co.
operative Building Association, Gle
F street NV, s10,335. .174, 103rd, anc
Metropolis Building Association, POI
Pennsylvania avenue Sc, $8,675 ,219
132nd.
The $50 largest associations are
located in 81 States and the District
Ohio has the greatest number. with
27; New York is next, with 10, ano
California, third, with IA.
OF the $50 largest associations
139 are members of the Federal
Home Loan Bank System, and liz
carry insurance of their investors
accounts through the Federal Saw
ings and Loan Corp.
OF the total of 6,130 operating
savings and loan associations in the
country. 1856 associations with esti.
mated resources of s7,700, ,0O0, 900, OF
almost 80 per cent of the total assets
for all associations, are members OF
the Federal Home Loan Bank Sys-
tenn.
Evening star., 1946-04-27
Godgets
New Preparation
With Tung Oil
Protects Finish
By HiIson Munsey

The surface of furniture some
times needs protection against the
very powerful solvent effects of
alcohol. This is particularly true
of occasional tables. When a table
is marred by rings where the warm
ish or polish has been destroyed
it is usually necessary to refnish
the surface by first removing all
varnish, sandpapering and then re-
finishing. This is a tedious job
if the homeowner does the work
himself, and expensive if the work
Is done by a painter.
To avoid this, the surface should
be made impervious to the effects
Of alcohol or other solvents by
treating it before it is put into
use. This can be done with a
specially made preparation in which
tung oil is the main ingredient.
While many varnishes will with
stand alcohol to a certain extent.
-.- (See CADETS PAGE R-01
Evening star., 1946-04-27
McGrath 10 Address
Savings and Loan
League Conference

J. Howard McGrath, solicitor
general of the United States, will
be among speakers at the third
annual convention of the National
Savings and Loan League at the
Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago,
May 16, II and 18, the league an
nounced here today.
Solicitor General McGrath will be
the lone speaker on the opening
day. Next day, L. G. Hart, New
York City, president of the Pro-
ducers Council, will discuss the
building materials outlook, and Col.
Harold Lee, governor of the Federal
Home Loan Bank System, will speak
in his first public appearance since
assuming his new post. Third
speaker will be Foster Gunnison,
president of Gunnison Homes, Inc,
New Albany, Ind, a prefabricated
homes concern.
Joseph E. Merrion, Chicago, i'm
mediate past president of the Ma
tional Association of Home Build
ers, will address the convention
May 18.
Panel discussions May II will
present a prominent group of speak
ers, including William H. Husband,
general manager of the Federal
Savings and Loan Insurance Corp,
Washington; Carl H. Ellingson,
president of the First Federal Saw
ings and Loan Association, WASH
ington, and T. Bertram King and
Thomas Sweeney of the Veterans
Administration, Washington.
Evening star., 1946-04-27
First Aid

By Roger c. Whitman
Scuffed Furniture.

Question: We brought some
Swedish modern furniture from the
former tenant of our apartment.
The table tops and chair legs are
badly scuffed and worn. How can
we remove the old varnish and
apply durable finish that will
match the parts that are not scuf-
fed and do not need refnishing
The wood seems to be pine, finished
with a slightly golden varnish.
Answer: 1t would be best to re-
finish the entire piece of furniture
instead of trying to match the new
finish with parts which were not
damaged or scuffed. 1t is next to
impossible to get a finishing ma
terial that will match another make.
Remove the old varnish with a
commercial paint and varnish re-
mover, then clean off all traces of
the remover with benzine. Be care
full of fire. Refnish with a top
quality varnish. If the other
pieces of furniture do not have
a glossy finish use a semigloss or
rubbed effect varnish.
Question: I tried to remove a
spot on my floor with a solution
of vinegar, sal soda and water. This
(See FIRST AID, Page B-2)
Evening star., 1946-04-27
Suit Filed for Is Parcels
OF Land for Fort Drive

The Justice Department yesterday
filed condemnation suit in District
Court for acquisition of 25 small
parcels of land in Southeast Wash
ington, in the vicinity of Fort and
Pearson places, to be used as part
of the Fort Drive.
The parcels will be added to that
part of the Fort Drive in the So
called Battery Ricketts, section.
In another condemnation suit, the
department sought to acquire two
small pieces of ground on the north
side of Aberfoyle place NV, be-
tween Barnaby street and Western
avenue, to add to Pinehurst Park
way. The actions were taken at
request of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission.
A condemnation jury will be en-
paneled in the cases.
Evening star., 1946-04-27

Full benefits under the CT Bill of
Rights to any man joining the
Regular Army before October 6,
1916. Inquire at United States Army
Recruiting Station, 403 Tenth street
NV
Evening star., 1946-04-27
The Weeks
Housing Picture

Applications for rental Of a total
of 1885 houses and apartments
were filed in the week ended We'd
nesday with the District Housing
Center, 1400 Pennsylvania avenue
NV, and during that time 438
apartments and houses were listed
for rent.
The relatively large number of
new vacancies. which was 254 more
than last week, was attributed to
listings for Defense Homes Corp.
developments, darlington, Mclean
Gardens and Naylor Gardens, which
are now handled by the center.
In addition, 306 persons applied
for rooms and there were 480 rooms
listed.
Of tine total of 2,291 applications,
l ,961 were from servicemen and 800
from civilians.
For the week ended April 10, the
District Insuring Office of the Fed
eral Housing Administration ap-
proved priorities for the construc-
tion of 1,074 dwelling units, 28.7 per
cent of which were for houses or
apartments to sell for $500 or less,
or rent for $50 monthly or less. The
rest would sell at prices up to $4,000
or rent up to $50 a month.
Since January Is, priorities were
issued for construction in the Dis
trict area of total of 10,263 units,
of which 81 per cent were to sell
at $500 or less or rent for $50
monthly or less. The rest would
come within the $4,000 sales ceiling
or $50 top rental.
Conditions facing applicants for
rental housing at the center were
indicated as follows:
Veterans and
Servicemen Civilians Total
Separated from family 52S 55 5S3
Unreasonable distance to
commute - 30 "a
Eviction " 1872 127 3Og
Present housing
inadequate ----- 671 so ISL
Total 1861 $50 2.o9l
Evening star., 1946-04-27
Steps to Guard Quality of Homes Studied
Wyatt Expected to
Define FHA's Exuct
Role on Standards
By Robert J. Lewis

One of Housing Administrator
Wilson w. Wyatt's most worrisome
current problems in connection with
his 2,700,000-home program is the
question of what shall be done to
see that veterans buying houses in
the next two years get their moneys
worth.
How far the Government shall 20
in safeguarding the quality Of homes
in relation to price is now under
stood to be the subject of intensive
study.
Prodded by increasing pressure
from a number of quarters in be-
half Of additional protection for
veterans against disillusionment
VIXEN present home prices become
stabilized" Mr.. Wyatt is expected
soon to define exactly the role the
Federal Housing Administration will
play in the interest of purchasers.
Two Cost Standards.
A more exact definition of COM
pliance responsibilities in connec-
tion with the program as between
the FHA and the Civilian Produc-
ton Administration is also consid-
cred to be in the offing.
At present, in the opinion of some
observers, FILA is in a rather awk-
ward position in that it is charged
with the job of approving home
prices en- the basis of two contrast
ing sets of cost standards. with the
virtual certainty that, applied to the
same house, the twin yardsticks
would yield two different ceiling
prices.
The potentially embarrassing part
is that, through lack of uniformity,
one veteran might be given more
adequate price-quality protection
than another.
This situation comes about in this
way:
When FHA issues a priority for
a home, it must only determine
whether the proposed home bears
"a reasonable relationship" to the
proposed ceiling price. This per-
mits recognition of current
COSTS" which are admitted by
many builders to be high, it is
pointed out.
Firmer FHA Yardstick.
But when FILA undertakes to
insure a mortgage under the pres
ent law, it must use firmer yard
stick commonly referred to as that
of stabilized COST" or, substantial
ly, what the home will cost when
current higher costs have subsided
to reasonably stable level.
Thus, as things stand now, in
case a veteran purchases home
which is built without approval for
FILA insurance in advance Of build
ing, he receives less Government
protection on price than if his home
is FHA-inSured.
Still a third FILA yardstick would
be established under a provision of
the Patman bill, now in conference
committee, under which present
FILA insurance standards would be
so that current costs"
could be recognized in the insur-
ance of mortgages.
How nearly this yardstick would
coincide with the priority yardstick
would be determined, presumably,
by how stringent a set of standards
builders will be asked to meet in
the future when applying for pri-
critics, and on how adequate will
Evening star., 1946-04-27
Weather, Time, Building Trend
Affect Value of AVERAGE Homes

siding If promptly filled and painted
will obviate the necessity of a new
board year hence. The shingle
which is starting to curl if prompt
ly nailed down will not need re-
placement next year. The metal
work which shows signs of rust
if sanded and painted at once will
not be half rusted through by next
summer
The large wealthy corporations
take exceedingly good care or their
buildings, equipment, and fixtures.
They are efficient and businesslike.
The homeoWner with the greater
part of his life's savings in his
home will do very we'll to follow
their example.
(Released by The Bell Syndicate, Inc