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hlm is f1ne Tor Jaded eyes, and
10th Century-Fox sees that jaded
eyes get long look at him in The
Dark Corner" which came yesterday
to LoeW's Capitol. The screenplay
has other merits, to be sure, but
Webb is the superior of the others
who suffer the defect of being more
conventional.
1t is straight to the society of
Park avenue that Webb, Mark
Stevens, Lucille Ball and the others
lead audiences in THE Dark Corner"
That there is no society higher, or
more fashionably sordid, is evident
in the settings of the picture They
represent the best in SWank, includ-
ing wonderful private art gallery.
The things that go on there, in con-
sequence, have a dramatic impact
which would otherwise be impossible.
THE Dark Corner" says that the
best people socially are as bad as
other people morally. In saying so,
it speaks with a broad "a" and
with some classy references to the
works of the old masters.
~
THE Dark. Corner" is the story
OF mans and woman's love against
odds that are as heavy as they are
sWank to look at. The man is
Stevens, the girl, Miss Ball. He is
a private detective, come to New
York by way of San Francisco. She
is his private secretary.
There is an evil past hanging
over Stephens. 1t turns out to have
been a vicious frameup. 1t leaves
him a marked man so far as the
New York police are concerned; and
one privately bent upon revenge. !
Miss Ball knows he is a right guy, |
even though he honorably decides
to conceal what happened to him
in the West, and to conceal as we'll |
what he intends to do about it.
These are the basic threads of
the mystery of The Dark Corner
a mystery that is as cleverly woven
as it is suspenseful to watch.
In the normal course of events, /
it is unlikely that the worlds of |
Stevens and the Park avenue set
would ever come together. That is
taken care of with easy facility by
Leo Rostens original story, adapted
oy Jay Dratler and Bernard Schoen- /
field. Into the Park avenue group,
they have inserted Stevens old San
Francisco nemesis. The latter is a
ladies' man and he worms his way
into the street where he knows the
richest ladies live His main con-
nection there is the beautiful young
wife of wealthy, brittle, Jealous
Webb, New York's most successful
art dealer.
There is the triangle, composed of
males who think they have excellent
reason for killing one another.
Although it has it rough moments
The Dark Corner is
concerned with murder conducted .
with the utmost urbanity. Its peo-
pie are as we'll dressed as its settings
are princely. Their conduct, of /
course. is far from irreproachable.
but their manners are always good. !
The contrast of their deeds with
their speech. the nobility of their
social position with the ignobility of |
their intentions, provides exciting
dramatic contrast.
While the undertone of the Capt.
tolls romantic melodrama Is grim, its
overtones are highly amusing when
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An odd type the movies have come
to admire is the private citizen who
takes crime into his own hands.
beats the police to the solution, and
ends up marrying the most beautiful
girl on the premises. The fellow is
the hero of THE Walls Came Tum-
bling Down." which opened yester-
day at the Metropolitan. AS played
by Lee Bowman-a sort of Robin
Hood in syndicated columnists
wardrobe-he is reasonably interest
Ing to watch, supercilious chap
whose self-confidence is not too irk-
some and is sometimes exciting to
follow.
1t is labyrinthine plot which 10
Eisinger's novel provided for the
picture which costars Marguerite
Chapman. 1t revolves about the
location of priceless Da Vinci
masterpiece, the tumbling walls of
Jericho. An eccentric collector of
such items has buried it somewhere.
leaving as clues marked references
in two Bibles. Considering that the
Bible has been the best seller all
these centuries, he could not have
thought of trickier scheme. In
stead of 'discouraging any one from
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seeking the painting, the trick In
spires a sort of mad, mob quest for
the Bibles and the Da Vinci.
Lothar Mendes' direction of "The
Walls Came Tumbling Down" asks
quite bit of mental effort on your
part in following his melodrama
Another thing that will help you to
enjoy 1t is to understand that if
those involved sometimes look fool
ish, or foolhardy, it is only because
the stakes are high.
The most foolhardy of the charac-
ters, naturally, are those played by
Bowman and Miss Chapman. AS a
(See THRILLER, Page B-6.)
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the occasion of the pictures mood is
served by amusement. Webb gives
a masterful exhibition of the sophis-
ticated egomaniac whose waning
prowess as a male inspires him to a
higher fury in insulting those around
him. Stevens and Miss Ball, in their
turn, are highly effective as the
lovers who fence clevery with each
other at such moments as they are
not likely to have death terminate
their mutual attraction.
Director Henry Hathaway has
made an expert blending of the al
ternately suave and primitive ele-
ments of THE Dark Corner" but
also has kept the tempo of his pic
ture at the effective pitch.
Other than his principals, he has
drawn deft performances all the
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THE CAST.

a pretty one she is, too. Robert
Hutton, who seems to have been
caught by the sound track at a Pc
riod when his voice was changing,
plays the ex-platoon sergeant, and
Edward Arnold and Donald Meek
add their not inconsiderable skills
to the bolstering Of the affair.
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webb Plays Urbane Villain
In Exciting Melodrama
By Joy Cormody

inun sulpha and number of other discoveries were more
important but motion picture have grateful
the discovery Clifton Webb Webb
man from Park patan Ming with
his heart along with all those other qualities
sight of
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JAMIE GETS MARRIED" Warner
Brothers Picture with Joan Leslie and
Soeert Hutton; produced by Alex Gottlieb,
Screenplay by Agnes Christine Johnston
based on characters created by Josephine
Earle - N
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THE DARK CORNER" goth Century
Fox Picture with Lucille Ball, Clifton
Webb. Mark Stevens. produced by Fred
Kohlmar, directed by Henry Hathaway
screenplay by Jay Dratler and Bernard
Schoenfeld. based on story by Leo Ros-
ten. AT the Capitol.
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CIT VYR Co. Ave. / Colssville Pike
sA0 esAs SH. $500. Mot. | Pm.
Parking Space Available to Patrons.
Healthiully Air Conditioned.
Last Day-BUD ABBOTT. LOU COS
TELLO in LITTLE GIANT" At
80, 3:35, 5:35. 7:35. 9:40 To-
morrow-EDMUND LOWE. BRENDA
JOYCE In ENCHANTED FOREST -
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TIV0I.I l1th & Park Rd. NV.

Healthfully Air Conditioned
Last Day DANE CLARK. JANIS
PAIGE, ZACHARY SCOTT IN "HER
$40. 40. 800 $40. March Of TINE.
EDMUND LOWE. BREN-
DA JOYCE i'll ENCHANTED FOR
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Dark Thriller
Is Unreeled
At the Met

THE WALLS CAME TUMBLINc;
DOWN." Columbia picture with Lee Bow
man and Marguerite Chapman, produced by
Albert j, Cohen, directed by Lothar
Mendes. screenplay by Wilfrid r. Pettitt
based on novel by 10 Eisinger. At the
Metropolitan.
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cYNTpA AS 9th ST. NV.
WAN Sskb4 ME 29ll. Opens 1o:A5

Healthfully Air Conditioned
hai4 aHosT Pss OF HfbbEa hHSIsk vAILEa IEAsbE h
11.15, 2:10. $40. $40. JUDY GAR
LAND, GENE KELLY, L U Gil L E
BALL. RED SHELTON, ESTHER
WILLIAMS. WILLIAM POWELL IN
COLOR. Al 1910. 3:05. sos, 9 o5
Tomorrow - GEORGE RAFT, AVA
GARNER in WHISTLE STOP" WILL
LIAM POWELL, ESTHER WILLIAMS
in fHOODIJJM SAINT -
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KYNNYOV Kennedy Mr.. 4th NV.
NAssN1~A RA. $500. Mot ! PM
Parking Space Available to Patrons
Healthfuny Air Conditioned
Today Only-CONSTANCE BENNETT.
oracle FIELDS in PARIS UNDER
GROUND" At / :25, 3:25, as,
7:"5, $50. Tomorrow-TOM BRENE-
MAN. BONITA 6 r VII l. E in
"RRFAKFAST IN HOLLYWOOD -
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DYNN Pa. Ave. al 9Th Sc.
AAAsS FR $500 Not PM
Parking Space Available to Patrons.
heal;hiully Air Conditioned.
Last Day DANE CLARK, JANIS
PAIGE. ZACHARY SCOTT in HER
KIND OF MAN" At 40, $40, $40.
7:40, 9:40 March Of Time. Tomorrow,
EDMUND LOWE. BRENDA JOYCE in
ENCHANTED FOREST "
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IYpT0WN Conn. Ave. & Newark.
"a AV"N Wo. 54oo Not. Pm.
Healthfully Air Conditioned
Last Day = DANE CLARK. JANIS
PAIGE. ZACHARY SCOTT III "HER /
KIND OF MAN" At l:i0. 3:40. $40, +
T:35, $40. Tomorrow DON AAIE- (
CHE. MYRNA 10y N so GOES
MY LOVE"
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SHERIDAN Go. Av.. I'VE q shs'ideo, /,

SAAAsAADE7AN RA. 24oo. Mot l Pm.
FsaI.htully Air Conditioned.
CENT PRIcE IN spRAGoTNWYcKk,"
AT :05, 3:l5. 5:l5. 7:20, $50. To-
morrow = HENRY F o N D A, GENE
TIERNEY in RETURN OF FRANK
.IAMES'' lrPiSSuel
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ADJUSTMENTS

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(See Thrill
Evening star., 1946-03-03
Pose 4
White Bread
TurningGray

One of the mony postwar
food problems focina Seore-
tory OF Agriculture Anderson
is thot Of stretching Amer'oon
food supplies, so that more
Of them moy 90 to hungry
populations in wor- devastated
oreos, in line with President
Trumons recent statement on
food conservation. Here IS
pictured the test mode by the
experimental laboratory OF
BeItsvilIe, Nd, on the new
order to make flour of 80 per
cent extroo ton rote.
Evening star., 1946-03-03

Ming Of Latin. American rhyihms
>oon To i~ seen in NJ .C.M>
Holiday in Mexico" always Il
dependable performer.
Evening star., 1946-03-03

>tfs,fotd and Rcxrn., Reg L. s. Pat. Oh.
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"a to follow up the work started by
the Combined Committee with its
town meeting on housing held last
month at the Mayfower Hotel.
Primary aim of the Combined
Committee right now, Mr.. Gardner
says, is to lower the local dividing
line price on veterans homes from
the present $500 to $4,000.
! Wyatt Developed Formula.
The dividing line formula was de-
veloped by Housing Administrator
Wilson w. Wyatt to encourage build
ing of low-cost homes. Under the
plan, half the local areas housing
goal must be built for sale at less
than $500. This figure was arrived
at by housing officials after consul
tatlon with local builders. 1t is
among the highest in the country,
in line with the Governments rec
ignition that conditions in this area
tend to make builders costs higher.
Mr.. Wyatt has indicated, however,
that dividing line prices set for diff
ferent regions will be reviewed
periodically as the building mate
rails volume rises and makes more
construction economies possible.
Mr.. Fraser says the newest idea
that the Expediting Committee has
in its kit is a series of meetings
with members of the Senate and
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War Veterans Finding
Goal Of Dream Home
Beyond Their Means
By Wordsworth W. Wood

During the war the thought that
helped many serviceman through
endless weary hours was the dream
of a home for his family-one that
he could plan and build himself.
This house would have comfort,
convenience and plenty of room. 1t
would have ample storage space and
an air of individuality. Frequently
the veteran skipped over several
stages and saw the home completed
perhaps in winter, with snow
covered roof and lights at the win
dow. Or possibly he saw It on a
summer afternoon: A white picket
fence with climbing vines, and the
sun filtering down through tree
branches onto the white clapboard
walls.
Unfortunately for the complete
fulfillment of the veterans ideal, a
Hot has happened since he went
away. It's hard to get a house at
all today, and home Incorporating
a majority of modern conveniences
and advantages is normally beyond
| lllC dFCldSS vi lIlcdIlS.
Must Modify Ideal.
| This means that the first task of
the prospective veteran home build
er is to modify his ideal to con-
form with reality. High costs and
limited budget need not automat-
ically spell drab minimum for the
home building CT. Wise planning
will give him a well-designed, solidly
constructed unit which is suitable
for today's needs and which can be
expanded to meet the needs Of to-
morrow's growing family as addi-
tional funds become available.
Expansion can take place in two
directions-up into the unfinished
second floor, and out into additions
to the first floor. 1t is well to make
sure your house and lot allow fol
both kinds of growth.
| Here we describe the floor plan OIL
a home carefully designed for the
needs of young veterans family
The basic house contains four rooms
and bath, with basement for rec
reation, storage and utilities. Fol
initial economy, the garage, fireplace
and porch for outdoor dining can
be included as later additions. Extra
bedroom space will be available when
the second floor is finished; or first
floor wing might be added at a
later date, to provide a dining
room and additional bedroom.
The dimensions of the basic house
CA feet x % feet have been nicely
calculated to allow for an ample
(See WOOD. Page B-3)
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Mortgages in District
Continue TO Rise,
Home Bank Reports
BY Robert J. Lewis


District small-mortgage financing
continued its Upward climb in April
with total recordings of 1,488 mort
ages, amounting to $9,455, 900, the
Federal Home Loan Bank Admins
tration reported today.
The April figure stood at 2O6 per
cent over the same month last year
and was 81 per cent higher than
for March, this year. Savings and
loan associations, which had the
bulk OF the business, financed 624
mortgages, amounting to $4,514,0Oo
during April. This was ATT per cent
OF the total volume, in contrast to
80 per cent for such institutions on
a national basis. ..
Throughout the country, FHLBA
reported, recordings of non-farm
mortgages under $4,000 totaled an
estimated $685., 10000 for April, a
Is per cent rise from March, and
IS per cent above the April, 1915,
figure. A total of 219,957 mortgages
were recorded.
The countrywide figure for April
was more than double the aggregate
for April, 1941, the best post-depres-
sion year for BODYBUILDING activity,
the agency said.
Involved in the rising volume,
FHLBA pointed out, were the in
crease in. residential construction
under the veterans program, in
creased interest in building lots and
a strong demand for existing homes.
April recordings by savings and
loan associations, commercial banks
and mutual savings banks were
more than double the totals for
April, last year.
A breakdown of District record
ings follows:
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Fairfax County Reports
$76o,93o Permits Total

James U. Kincheloe, Commits
sioner of Revenue for Fairfax
County, today announced his Office
issued 238 building permits valued
at s769, 939 during May.
There were 165 permits granted
for new construction valued at $685.
125. and 70 permits for improve
ments valued at $74,814.
County Clerk Thomas P. Chap
man. jr., reported his Office re-
corded 1908 deeds and deeds of
trusts in May. bringing the total
recordings for the first five months
Of 1916 to 1888, as compared to
ISIS for the similar period last
year.
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Godgets
New-Type Door Stop
Installed on Hinges;
Replacing Canvas
By HjIson Munsey

Generally, door stops are fastened
into the Dashboard or the floor, max
ing an inconvenient obstruction al
all times. A new type of door stor
has been devised which consists Of
a notched nut that fits on top oil
the door hinge.
The hinge pin is removed ano
slipped through the hole in the
stop so that the notch of the stor
nut is downwards. Then the pin
is replaced and pressed down into
the hinge as far as it will go. One
side of the notch will rest on the
part of the hinge that is attached
to the door frame and will remain
in that position at all times. The
other side of the notch fits against
the other half of the hinge-the
part attached to the door. AS the
door closes it moves away from the
notched nut, which remains sta
tionary, but when the door is again
opened it cannot move beyond the
point when the hinge comes in
contact again with the stop-nut
notch. If the casing trim does not
offer sufficient room for the stop nut
to be attached. the trim can be
shaved down a little to give enough
room.
The stop nut is made from cold
rolled steel that has been case
tSee CADETS pace ROY
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D. T.. Permits Issued
Decrease S294,S36
From Previous Week

Building permits issued in the last
week by Robert H. Davis, director Of
the District Building Inspections
Department, totaled s116.545, drop
of 1924. 1886 from the previous week S
total of $4l1,3S1.
Permits of S. 5000 and over follow:
Max Gordon, 1923 Third street
NE, owner; builder not selected;
R. c. Archer, jr., 2l5 Florida avenue
NV, architect. One history brick
and cinder block addition to garage;
1923 Third street NE, to cost
$4,000.
Joseph Schiller, 4513 Wisconsin
avenue NV, owner; William Bar
wells, 304 Tivoli Building, builder;
w. Ellis Groben, Silver Spring, Md.
architect. One 1-story brick, con-
crete, cinder block Office and storage
building; 27ol Twenty sixth street
Ne to cost SIG, 800
Peoples Drug Stores, n P street
NE, owner Skinker g. Garrett,
l7l9 street NV, builder; James H.
Grant, architect. New show windows
and interior alterations to store, 713-
81 Fourteenth street NV, to cost
$4,000.
George w. Absher, 1901 Alabama
avenue Sc. owner and builder; Earl
Won Reichenbach, 1919 Good Hope
road Sc, architect. One 2-story
brick and cinder block dwelling; 2101
Thirty-second place Sc, to cost
$4,000.
John Heatwole, 1911 Wisconsin
avenue NV, owner; w. E. Mooney
Co, 2439 Pennsylvania avenue NV,
builder; w. j. Anderson, architect.
Alterations to cafeteria, 1918 Wis.
consln avenue NV, to cost $1,000.
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Housing Group AIIocotes
199, 200 EmerqencyU Units

The Federal Public Housing All
thority today announced that ap-
proximately 10000 temporary
emergency dwelling units for vet
Grams and servicemen have been al
located as Of May "a to 1,549 mu-
inequalities and schools.
Philip M. Klutznick, FPHA COM
missioner. said the ALLEGATIONS in
clude 1n,217 units provided by
FPHA with Federal funds. The bal
ance will be paid for by schools and
municipalities.
OF the total ALLEGATIONS, starts
have been made on 1880 units,
FPHA said, of which 1929 units
have been completed.
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Poi6il AL GA S4
fort to perform
a function it
has defined as
"eXpediting the
eXpediters."
I'VE want to
see lots of new
houses that vet
Grams can move
into real soon,"
S avs Fras e r
Gardner, chair
man of the EX-
pediting Com
mi t t e e TIL c
committee got
under Wav Nav
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First Aid
Houses
By Roger c. Whitmon
Taking Up Old Linoleum,


Question: We have linoleum on
our open back porch, that has been
exposed to all kinds of weather for
the past two years. Now we would
like to take it up so we can paint
the wood porch floor. But the limo
leum sticks like glue How can we
loosen it from the floor without in
jury to the wood? It doesn't mat.
ter about the linoleum.
Answer: For best results have q
linoleum layer do the work; for il
the linoleum is cemented on the
floor without a felt lining. there is
the risk of splintering the wooo
when the linoleum is taken up. II
you must do the work yourself, start
at one end and tear up all that can
be loosened. The cement holding
the remaining pieces can be soft
ened with plenty of hot water
which will work underneath. But
in your case the lipoleum may have
been laid with waterproof variety
OF linoleum cementS in that event
(See FIRST AID. Page R-2)
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Building Operations
Fall Off During May
But Top 1945 Mark

The value OF District building op-
erations last month fell off by $726,-
008 to s4,005,199 from April's total
of s4,731 POT. records of the District
Building Inspections Department
disclosed today.
But the May volume exceeded that
for the same month last year by So
007 ,513. Permits issued In May, 1915
totaled 1897, 686.
The report is based on District
government permits granted fol
new construction and repairs.
OF the total dollar volume last
month, $1,075,29 was for repairs
and $2,929, 300 for new building. Mu-
nicipal repairs totaled $4,000.
The months records showed per-
mits were issued for 24O family
dwellings, and Is apartment build
ings with total of 90 units, max
ing grand total of 1872 units.
Distribution of dollar volume OF
new building among sections of the
city: Northeast, 100000; South
east, $693, 900; Northwest, $1,611 900,
and Southwest, $4,000.
Distribution of new living units
Northeast. lis: Southeast, 147;
Northwest, 70; Southwest, 0.
Monthly figures on permits grant
ed for the first five months of this
year, in contrast to figures for the
same months last year, follow:
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crease interest MI. daftley.
in the foundation. His topic will be
Preserving Our American Herr
tage." Tickets may be obtained from
the board offices, 1417 K street NV.
T. r. INLAY, president of the
Building District Owners and Man.
ayers Association, announced today
that five new members have been
elected. They are: American Realty
Co., Inc; Alvin L. Aubinoe, Inc. j;
Jacobson Brothers, Schuyler, Inc. {;
and Second National Bank Building
Housing Administrator Wyatt
this week warned that the veterans
housing program may run into a
serious manpoWer bottleneck six
months from now" unless appren-
tice training is stepped up.
I'VE just can't wait until We have
a full flow of building materials
before the responsible organizatio
tackle the labor supply problem, =
he said.
Armand P. Checker and James B.
Harrison have joined Jack HAYES,
Inc, as statesmen.
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Building in Manassas Area
Reflects General Expansion
Special Dispaich 10 The S,or

MANASSAS, Va, June 8.-Build-
ing construction in the Manassas
area has expanded recently. Sew
eral new business Establishments
have been completed and others are
under way. Among those recently
finished are the Manassas Messen-
ger Building, brick structure in
Court House Square: the Birming-
ham Dairy Plant, brick pasteurizing
plant located on the Centerville
road, and the Lewis Supply Co. S
(See CONSTRUCTION. Page By
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House District Committees. We're
going to 60 after their ideas on how
to lower prices and get more homes,
and We are confident we'll get some
contructive suggestions" he said.
Arthur w. Binns, Philadelphia
president of the National Home
and Property Owners Foundation
will attend a dinner meeting at 7
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pm. next Tues
day in the Stat
Ter Hotel being
sponsored by the
w a S h i n G t o n
R e al E S t a t e
Board, S. Dolan
Donohoe. board
president, a n =
nounced today.
Representative
Hartley, Repub-
lican, Of N e W
Jersey, will adj
dress the meet
ing, which is de-
signed to in
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Real Estate Shop Talk

The District Combined Veterans
Committee for Housing, represent
ing So local veterans organizations,
is continuing an aggressive cam
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MEDICAL BUILDING ANNEX AUTHORIZED - Architects
sketch shows proposed 10story Medical
Building which has been authorized by Civilian Production
Administration The will face Nineteenth street be-
tween H. and streets NV At right is part of main medical
building 1885 street NV The will provide So
start proposed as sufficient materials in sight
to make practical to ahead official said
Marcellus Wright g. Son, Richmond, Va