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Evening star., 1946-01-12

andria, Va. Altogether he has built
about 1000 houses.
Currently he is engaged in finish
ing about so houses in East Hills, a
colored development at East Capt.
tol street and Benning road NE.
His program for the year, exclud-
ing the East Hills houses, which will
be completed soon, includes 122
veterans preference houses, plus
54 apartment units in the East
Hills development. On the draw
ing boards, right now, he says are
plans for two-bedroon houses in the
Southeast section.
OF the years program, he expects
80 or 40 per cent to be under way
by late spring. Mr.. Carr is also
planning to build low-cost homes
later on a 600-acre tract at Fair
fax Station, Va, about Is miles
from washington.
Washington home builders are
looking forward this year with
special interest to the National As
sociation of Home Builders conven-
in Chicago from
February Is to %. Hitherto build
ing materials and equipment manu-
facturers haven't been able to show
many products developed during the
war. ......
This year, however, a big display Of
new gadgets, materials and tech
nioues is expected. What builders
believe this will add up to is plenty
of ideas about how to turn out
lower-cost homes.
Plans are afoot for Standard
Properties, Woodward Building, to
start large-seale operations in low
cost housing at its development,
East Pines, in the East Riverdale,
Md, area. During the early part OF
the war this firm built 219 units
there.
Starting this spring, according to
Clarke Daniel, a firm member, will
be a program of 165 dwellings for
sale and 40 rental apartments-au
slated for completion this year.
Mr.. Daniels brothers and partners,
Its. Cushing Daniel and Raleigh
Daniel, returned from the Navy
last month. T/Sergt. William
O'Neill, the firms general superin-
tendent, also has returned to his
job.
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Housing Re-Use Show Opens
Today Despite Wet Grounds
BoordwoIks Are Laid to Protect Visitors;
Talks Scheduled by Wyatt and BIondford

Muddy grounds won't halt cere-
monies at 2 pm. today opening the
Washington War Housing Refuse
Exposition, Federal Public Housing
Authority officials said today.
Boardwalks have been built and
gravel placed on roadways to afford
protection from the ooze. The expo
sition is at the intersection of New
Hampshire avenue extended and
University lane, two miles beyond
the District line.
What we're hoping for is a big
freeze up," one official said. FPHA
officials added, however, that despite
the muddy site, visitors who stay
on the boardwalks will be able to
visit virtually every one of the IS
buildings without getting their feet
wet.
Started Last October.
The project was started last Oc-
tober Is, and was just completed
this week. Built under direction
of FPHA, it is designed to show
how the Governments surplus tenn
porary war housing can be trans
formed into emergency homes for
distressed veterans families and,
later, into other uses.
Talks at today's formal opening
were scheduled by Wilson w. Wyatt,
former mayor of Louisville, KY, who
took over here January l as Federal
housing expediter, and John B.
Blandford, jr., administrator of the
National Housing Agency. A serv-
ice band will play.
After the opening ceremony, an
official tour of inspection of the
buildings that have been moved
here and re-erected on the site will
be held. Information about con-
struction of the buildings and other
details, FPHA said, will be given
over public address system
mounted in a jeep.
Veterans Day" Tomorrow.
A Veterans Day" is scheduled
tomorrow. when Gen. Omar N.
Bradley. veteran administrator, and
national officers of veterans organ
izations are scheduled to view the
display as special guests.
Heads of veterans organizations
invited include John Stelle, national
commander of the American Le-
gion; Joseph M. Stack, national
commander of the Veterans of For
eign Wars; Dow v. Walker of
the Disabled American Veterans:
Charles G. Bolte, chairman of the
American Veterans Committee, and
Jack Hardy of the American Vet
Grams of World War II.
Patients of veterans hospitals
were also slated to be shown around
the exposition grounds.
Monday will be Labor Day." with
representatives of organized labor
Evening star., 1946-01-12
First Aid
For the
AIing House
BY ROGER B. WHITMAN,

Question: My large picturet win
dow was not alright, so I made a
storm window for it. But on some
days water accumulates in between
those two windows as much as half
inch deep. What can I do to keep
the air between these windows dry?
drilled two small holes in the bot
tom of the outside window, but they
did not help.
Answer-The trouble may be from
leakage at the top of the storm sash.
Even a small crack would admit
enough water to accumulate between
the two windows. I suggest that you
close the crack with caulking COM
pound. 1t may be, however, that the
water comes from condensation of
the warm, damp house air that seeps
out around the edges of the picture
window. On striking the cold glass
OF the storm sash it would condense
and collect in the way you describe
The remedy in that case is to close
the cracks around the picture win
dow with caulking compound.
Creaking Floors.
Question: I bought a house about
18 years old and the floors creak. Is
there any remedy?
Answer - If occasional boards
oreak. you may be able to stop the
noise by driving long finishing nails
in pairs at opposite angles. Drive
the nail heads below the surface OF
the boards with a nailset and fill the
holes with wood putty. For best
results, locate the floor joists and
nail into them. When creaking oc-
ours on the first floor and joists in
the basement are open, you may be
able to stop it by driving thin ends
of shingles under the loosened sub
flooring. If squeaking occurs all
{see WHITMAN, Page B-3J
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groups as special guests. A special
program will be held each day
thereafter until the conclusion of
the public aspects of the demon
stration February 9.
Public Invited.
The general public is invited to
attend the opening and the special
events scheduled daily. The ex-
position will be open from 10 m. to
S pm daily.
Central part of the demonstration
will show different types of war
housing structures that already. are
being moved and reused to house
veterans in overcrowded municipal
tiles and on college campuses.
Under an appropriation of S191,-
100000 recently passed by the Con-
gress, 100000 surplus units are to be
relocated.
Buildings erected include a two
family demountable house, a port
able dwelling unit, a one-story null
tiple dwelling unit. a two-story null
tiple dwelling unit, one-story war
dormitory. a two-story war dormi-
tory, a standard trailer, an expan-
sibc trailer and an Army barracks
All buildings in the demonstra-
ton were cut into panels on their
former sites. moved by truck or
freight car and re-erected, either
in their original form or converted
into other types of buildings. In
the veterans section a one-story
war dormitory and the Army bar
racks, though in original form, have
family units demonstrating how
they are to be converted into living
accommodations for families of war
veterans on college campuses and
in cities and towns.
Completely Furnished.
The family dwelling units are
completely furnished and equipped
as they would be in occupancy by
veterans families.
The exposition Is divided into
five main groups of related build
ings. The principal section is de-
(See EXPOSITION, Page BAD
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REAL ESTATE
SHOP TALK

Edward R. c"Eddie"D Carr, new
president of the Home Builders
Association of Metropolitan WASH
ington, is a native Washingtonian
Evening star., 1946-01-12

New MetuI Lowers
Aid in AII-Yeur
Home Conditioning
By HILSON MuNSEY

The attic needs all-year ventila-
ton to prevent condensation in
winter and help draw off the warm
air from the rest of the house in
summer. This need is most appar-
ent in houses with hip roof, be-
cause this type does not provide
for any attic windows.
Proper ventilation can be sup
piled with lowers fitted on the slope
of the roof, the fanges being held
under the shingles. They are slant
ed, and inside there is a battle
plate which stops rain and snow
from penetrating into the attic
space, thus preventing the resultant
damage to the ceiling below. Open
ings in front of the lowers are
screened to keep out birds and in
Sects.
These louvers are made from 26-
gauge galvanized iron, with welded
seams and a 16-mesh fly screen.
They are given an enamel finish at
the factory before shipment. The
slant allows the rain to run off
The battle plate is deep to allow
for a dead air pocket, and it is
sloped parallel to the cover of the
louver to permit any condensation
to drain of easily. To keep rain
(See CADETS, Page BID
Evening star., 1946-01-12
Henry Sees Market
For $4,000 Dwellings
Here in Next Decade

A market for about 5000 new
dwelling units in the next 10 years
in the Washington area and "po-
tential need" for many more Is
ahead for the home building indus
try, Ernest F. Henry, executive di-
rector of the Home Builders OF
Metropolitan Washington, esti-
mated today.
Distinguishing between need"
and demand" Mr.. Henry said
Iytudies he had made indicated there
would be a market for 10000 new
dwelling units year for the next
five years, with demand tapering
off to 5000 a year for the next
succeeding five years.
AS for total housing needs, Mr..
Henry said this was difficult II
not impossible to estimate" since
it involved such unknown factors
as how many veterans would want
to establish homes, how many resi-
dents would leave Washington,
elimination of substandard homes,
and "undoubling" of families now
living two or more to home, and
other factors.
After the problem of manpower
and materials shortages is solved,
Mr.. Henry said, Washington home
builders will get into full stride. He
said he was confident that when
the shortage headache was cured,
the home building industry would
be fully able" to supply ANY num-
her" of houses for which there was
demand.
AS for the immediate future, Mr..
Henry indicated that unless ma
terials supply changes, the city will
do well to get 5000 homes in the
next year. Right now, he said, about
900 homes are under construction,
and builders are starting new con-
struction as swiftly as materials
become available.
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9|||z |H|0N| Z - I||E|||Il'a
Most Important Decision.

Most Important Decision.
street, trees and the present houses
appeal to you? Do the present oc-
cupants appear to be the kind OF
neighbors whom you would want
to live near?
7. Physical character-Is the plot
well-drained? Is there good top
soil? Is there rock excavation to
contend with? Is there heavy tim
ber to be cleared? Will your house
"fit" the property?
8. Size-Is there enough room on
which to build the house you have
in mind and still provide proper
setbacks from the property lines
Narrow plots mean lack of privacy
and the inability to add to youi
home.
The answers to these questions
should determine your interest in
any particular building site. Have
in mind the fact that the small
Objectionable feature of neigh
borhood Is an invitation to others
like 1t. The old story still holds
"You can change the house but
you can never change the neigh
borhood."
Evening star., 1946-01-12
Street Construction Boom
Seen With Home BuiIdina

Expansion of home building oper-
ations will mean a record breaking
resumption of city and suburban
street construction, Claude C. Blair,
president of the Paving Brick In
stitute, said today.
During the emergency, when
residential construction was con-
fined principally to war housing,
expenditures for the construction
of municipal pavements fell to the
lowest point in 30 years, totaling
less than $60,000,000 for the entire
country in 1943," Mr.. Blair said.
with the resumption of home
building on a broad scale, however,
the building of new streets also will
be revived, and within one or two
years should easily surpass the rec
ord Of $485 100000 set in 1927, when
home building was at its peak"
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who has been in
the real estate
business h er e
for Is years
the last 20 as a
builder.
In that time
he has helped
develop several
well-known resi-
dental sections,
among t h e m
Bdrnapy WOODS,
of which he was
the original de-
veloper;; Briar-
cliff and Yates
Gor6arac in A1aY.
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(See CADETS, Page B-3D
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-17

We can't figure out what
wrong with the girls in our plant
when there are two eligible
bachelors in the Strengthening
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-17

Supply Unit NeuS
BY Jim DurIiat

Our No. Shop team trimmed
the Metal Electric II to Il on
the opening day in the City In
dustrial Golf league. No. 2 beat
the Ottawa Park club IL to 7l2
Ray Palicki captains the No. /
team and Bill Penn does ditto
for the No. 2.
One of the best meetings we
have ever had with the man.
agement took place last Thurs
day night, 1t was strictly busi-
ness-like and on the beam.
Freddy was sick and could not
be there. This gives some of us
on the committee a good idea,
and we bet that you can't guess
it the first three times.
Ed, our chairman broke his
finger last week trying 10 lift a
cover slip.
No heel of the week this week,
so pick your own heel. There
are some likely candidates for
next week.
The new rule that Freddy
thought up was admitted to be
raw by his own boss.
Lawrence Borowiak, Dept. 13
has been there for 40 years. This
is a record and when he becomes
20 the Board of Directors may
see fit to vote him the munifi-
cent pension of SIS per month
and kick him out on the junk
heap as has been their practice.
They tell the old guys, well
done thou good and faithful
servant, get the L outta here.
Scram." It's a great future to
look forward to.
It's about time somebody
checks on McCloskey. Even the
plant foremen admit that he uses
lousy judgment in placing men
on the jobs.
When Sillier slogans are put
up around the shop, it will be
the PR men of the company who
dream them up. PR equals pub
lie relations. Wow!
Our softball team which has
been giving good account of
itself can still use some good
players. See Jim Manera. And
by the way, hows about Soms
more of you rocking chair
jockeys coming out to see the
games and give the lads little
pat on the back.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-17
Champion Unit
Sparklets

News comes TO life - James
Chick the most bumped and
humping boy in the shop has
settled down and has actually
worked a whole week on one
job.
All Champion Unit girls who
wish to play ball turn in your
names to your steward or COM
mitteeman as soon as possible.
We sometimes wonder if Mr..
Mankin is supposed to be time
study man, or a professional
snooper. You can't tell by
watching him, and we see he is
on all three shifts. Take it easy
Larry, we don't go for that stuff.
We hear through the grape
vine that the girls in depart
ment E first shift, had their pic
ture taken and it turned out
swell. Shoot, it don't take pro-
fessional photographer to make
good picture when he has girls
to photograph who can only be
found in Champion.
Rita Bakies, Dept. D End shift
was married Saturday. We are
all waiting to see if she will be
as nervous and noisy as she was
before she left to be married.
Keep a stiff upper lip Rita. R. H.
We hear that James Ubry of
Department A is up in the air
now that he flew to Detroit for
three dollars.
The House of Representatives
have all but put the OPA out of
existence. If our wage increase
is going to mean anything the
government must keep prices
down. This same thing is now
before the Senate. We are urg-
ing you to write your Congress
man now and leave him know
just how you feel on increased
prices. Your Senators are James
Hoffman and Robert Taft.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-17
Raging the

BY Elsie Jaye

May we apologize for an un.
avoidable lack of column lately
due to circumstance beyond
OUR control. Our Frien n
"Toots" has given US an idea that
may forstall further Misses"
4 News for Bob Ripley fans: Bill
Barr was seen smiling and other
day We stand surprised. The
skin of his face didn't crack ano
bleed.
Would you believe the blush
of Roy Gerding could be as REQ
as the shirt he occasionally
wears to work? l assure you il
HAS been!
1t will be many a day before
we expect to see Louis Fleisch-
man so elated as he was the day
he collected $140 plus, as back
pay. Just another good reason
for belonging to REAL union,
and supporting it. The above
mentioned Mr.. Gerding can tell
you similar tale.
Frustration can be an amusing
incident from the sidelines as
witness the look on Chet Wier-
szewSki's face the day someone
sealed the soap can he had been
borrowing" from with a pair of
screws. Len Tomaszewski (the
owner) thanks the lad who did
the job. Lien had another can,
Chet, you didn't know about.)
It's rumored Gail Powers is
staying home these days riding
the kids pony.
Vern Gilsdorf has his troubles
keeping the wheels of Dept. Is
turning productivity, what with
Clyde and Gail abSenteeing Ito
coin a world so much.
Did you know Betty Black s
middle name was Marie? 1t
still is, in fact.
Did you know that the raise
the company is offering would
come largely from the piece
workers hides if the offer on
Spec. Rates were accepted? The
committee wants the day work
ers to get raise, but they insist
that the company pay it without
taking it out of the rest of the
workers.
The piece workers voted last
Saturday to table overall time
study until September. They fear
that they are about on the verge
of getting trimmed and don't go
for it. There is need for an
overall time study, but good doc
tors don't attempt to cure their
patients by cutting their throats.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-17
Labor Fight
Faces LEGION

CHICAGO, May 13 - (LPA)
- Possibility of an open break
between the Natl Conference OF
Union Labor Legionnaires, COM
posed of labor posts in the Am
erican Legion, and the parent or
ganization was seen here this
week at the Conference prepar-
ed for its seventh annual con-
vention starting on May % at
the Hotel st. George, Brook
Ilyn, N. Y.
On several occasions the Le-
gion's top command has refused
to charter posts of AFL and
CIO veterans and the Labor Le-
gionnaires have frequently
found themselves in opposition
to such anti-labor Legion policy
as SuperSenlorlty
Another resolution is expect
ed which will call for the union
lists right to organize a labor
post in any Legion Dept, with
out opposition. Action will also
be taken on; withdrawal of rec
ognition of Franco Spain; sup.
port of the United Nations;
housing for veterans; extension
of OPA without crippling a.
mendments; abolition of the
Rankin committee; and demo-
of veterans affairs
and the armed forces.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-17
CIO Newsman Heads
Informofion Sfoff

WASHINGTON (LPA)-Her-
bert Little, veteran newspaper
man and member of the Ameri-
can Newspaper Guild-CIO will
become head of the Labor De-
partment's Information Service,
replacing Leslie Eichel who has
returned to private business, it
was learned here last week.
Little, now assistant deputy
administrator and editorial chief
of OPA, is charter member
of the Washington Newspaper
Guild-CIO which he helped or
ganize.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-17
The
.Acklinite
By Martin BdchIi

Once upon time, there livec
company informer, or stoo
pidgeon named Stooley Jake.
Jake never missed an oppor-
tunity to let the company know
what went on at union meet
ings and also always stirred up
trouble among the men.
At night Jake's conscience
troubled him so that he took
quite heavily to drinking in or
der to WOO slumber.
One night while laying in the
gutter, Jake died. His fink
soul went to the Great Beyond
for judgment. Justice was swift
and terrible.
He was sentenced to spend the
rest of his days in He'll. AS he
approached the gates of He'll, he
was stopped by the Devil. The
Devil looked him over and said,
go back to the gutter whence
you came, for even here in He'll
there is no room for so loath-
some a creature as you"
Moral: Even in hell stool
pidgeon has no rest.
One of the boys at the shop
wishes to know how lipstick
tastes at 7 o'clock in the morn
ing.
Strange as it may seem, Lefty
of the night shift is an au-
thority of electric eels.
The fisherman of the week is
Ollie Grow who caught nice
string of catfish in the Maumee
over the weekend.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-17
T oledo Stamping
Notes

Our column sounds like +;
matrimonial report this week
but all the blankets which oul
brides got seem like okay will
the cold weather hanging on
And the able clothes shoulc
make it possible for the Mrs
Newlyweds to set the table. Yol
only eat off the sink after you're
nPfried 20 years or so.
" And the birthdays! There,
Dorothy, Minnie, Cora, Julia
a lice, Rose and Mary and we
rise and sing Happy Birthday
to House."
u that cigaret holder of Mary's
ever backfires-look out.
And while some are Just mar
rying, Mary Wozniak celebrated
by becoming a grandmother.
Mary Massey looks like she's
heading for the Queen of the
bowling alley title.
Oh say can you see, the white
collar back in the brazing dept.
Add odd hobbies. Irene Skrzy-
pinski collecting rare insects. We
could inject a wisecrack about
this point but never let it be said
that Gertrude ever put the
JOURNALS mailing permit in
danger.
And while on weddings the
bells rang for Rose last Satur-
day. Felicitations kiddies. Have
a good time and don't fight.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-17
Seeing Eye-w,o Unit

show windows, we have come to
the conclusion that some one is
copying after women's under
garments more than ever. With
elastic bands, we suppose the
next thing will be ruffles on our
trousers.
We wonder if our gal, Eva,
who works in 222-2nd shift
takes vitamins or what is it that
gives her all that pep.
The next WHY'S Unit meeting
will be held June 7th, at 8 P. M,
at Scott High School. Let's all
make a date and be there.
The City Water Works Dept,
must be in the red for the
amount they charge for 5 min
utes work on a meter Staggers
the magination-$3,75; and now
they want you to give them your
meters for which most of the
citizens paid-$10. We wonder
what the next gag will be from
this two bit bunch of politicians.
Have you been out riding
through the country lately and
seen those large homes being
built for the veterans that are
going to sell for $4,000 to $15,-
900 or maybe they are going to
rent one of those 181 duplexes
that are being built in Ottawa
Hills, or an Apartment in those
that are being built on Bancroft
ST. across from Ottawa Park? 1t
seems strange those contractors
can get priorities, but COM
mon worker is out of luck.
Many commercial buildings
that are being built are costing
from $4,000 to 100000. We
would like to know how they
are getting their material. Some
day when every worker joins the
Political Action Committee, and
we can afford an investigating
to help all our members. Let's
all join and get all the good
things that are rightfully ours.
1t costs just one buck a year.
How about it?