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Evening star., 1946-10-05
EoIlciliaiors 10 Meet
hH!oie No!Ikerson
Strike Threat Today

Hope persisted today Of ayerting
3 strike Of about 5000 service eEn-
ployes Ia ~ Warrington hotels as
representative of workers, hotels
and the United States Cancellation
Service prepared to resume confer
ences Iater today SITTER rocessing ct
$3.50 o'clock this morning.
After earlier neetines with Clyde
". Mills, Federal conciliator, repre-
sentattves of the tour union locals
involved and the hotels were called
Into joint session At midnight III the
further effort to iron out their dif-
ferences. These discussions were TO
be resumed ut the session this after
noon, Mr.. Mills said. Workers are
demanding wAge increases and other
beneflts to renew the contract which
expired September 20.
While participants were silent as
TO what progress YVES made, the Fed
Heral Cancellation said the fact that
conferences are continuing d .
hopeful sign.
Representatives Of the unions,
who asked Cancellation service in-
tervention In the case, have agreed
to withhold strike action Is long as
negotiations continue. Their spokes-
man, Samuel Levine, attorney, reit-
Grated previous assurances that
there viii be no strike ''as long as
there seems to be . possibility Of
settlement"
Attorney Joseph g. McGarrathy
represents the hotels, all members.
of the Hotel Association Of WASH
ington.a
The union locals involved are No
80. Hotel Service Workers; local
7S1, Walters and Mattresses; local
200, Hotel and Restaurant Employees,
and No. rs, Bartenders. AL are
afnliates Of the Hotel and Restau-
rant Employees international Union
and Bartenders' International ALL
ance Of the AFL.
Evening star., 1946-10-05
81. Ann S Infant Home
lis Moved 10 New Site;
Capacity Increased

st. AIMS Infant Asylum, q Com
munity Chest Federation agency,
moved its location today, from 2300
K street NV. to the former st.
Roses School, 2200 California street
NV.
The move from the K street loca-
ton, where the home has been To-
Gated for sc years, was necessary
because of the prohibitive cost OF
extensive repairs required by the
District building inspector for con-
tinued occupancy of the building
Sister Angela, president and treas
urer. said.
Forty-f1ve infants were to be driv-
en- by the Ladies of Charity in pri-
vate automobiles to the new address
this afternoon. Older children viii
move to the new home Monday
when they return from st. AIMS
summer home in Berwyn. Md.
The move to the new location
means better facilities for children
and mothers. The California stree
building was remodeled and redec.
GRATED during the summer to accom-
modate lQ1 children and 80 moth
ers, considerably larger capacit!
than the old location.
This institution, st. Vincent's TO
older girls and st. Joseph's Hom'
and School for Boys, all operates
under the supervision of Catholi'
| Charities, q Community Chest Rex
Feather Agency, are filed to ca
lpacity, according to Miss Florenc'
Murray, assistant director Of Cath
/ Ole Charities.
Another group Of volunteer solici
tors for the forthcoming Communit,
Chest Federation campaign fol
ii, 200, 600 received instructions OF
setting up campaign groups withir
the cllices of specialized tndustria
companies yesterday when Q groul
lot businessmen met for q Dutch
treat luncheon at the Willard
Hotel.
Herbert 4. willett. jr, Chest Fed.
|eration director, and Daniel w. Bell
chairman of the campaign, spoke
The meeting was called by Maj. Gen
David McCoach, chairman Of ths
industrial area campaignerS.
Evening star., 1946-10-05
Detroit Woman Slain
In Apartment Basement
" Mo Assoe;o,ed Press

DETROIT, Oct. 5.-The body Of q
4l-year-old woman, the forehead
crushed, was found today in the
laundry room of an apartment
building, police reported. Police said
he had been struck repeatedly with
q club and sharp instrument.
B Homicide squad investigators
identified her as Mrs. Josephine
Tracy Rose, tenant. They said the
identification was made by her son
q student at the University OF
Michigan.
Besides the body police found
key TO the apartment Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leo Kretmer. At first police
had believed the victim to be Mrs
Kretzner, whose apartment showed
no evidence Of having been slept in
Mrs. Kretmer was out Of the build
ing when the body was found by an
other woman tenant.
b Mrs. Kretzner returned to the
building after police had started q
search for her husband, who. they
were informed, worked nights and
had not returned.
Evening star., 1946-10-05
Representative O'Brien
Recovering From Injuries
BY The Asseeiaisd Press

Representative O'Brien, Democrat
of Michigan was reported resting
comfortably today In the Memorial
Hospital, Cumberland, Md, despite
cuts and bruises he suffered yester-
day when his automobile overturned
near Warfordsburg, Pa.
Mr.. O,Brien, 46, who represents q
Detroit district, said on admittancs
to the hospital that his automobile
was forced OF the road by another
car and careened into q ditch.
He was taken to Hancock, Md, by
a passing motorist and then trans
ferred to an ambulance which took
him to the Cumberland hospital.
Evening star., 1946-10-05
Architects Given 60
On Neyius Tract Site
For VA Hospital

Architects for the Veterans Ad-
nlinistration's proposal $4,000, 900
hospital for Washington had vir-
tually q clear track today to 60
ahead with plans for the structure,
following Fine Arts Commission ap-
proval OF the controversial 25-acre
Nevins tract In Arlington as the site
for the building.
According to q commission an
nouncement yesterday, the archi-
tects, Louis Justement, Of Washing
ton, and the New York firm Of York
4 Sawyer, designers Of the huge
Commerce Department Building
here, are to prepare several studies
for the hospital and bring them
back for further consideration by
the commission.
Formal Step Awaited.
Approval OF the site by the COM
mission had the effect Of making its
use for the hospital virtually a GER
tainty. The Federal Board Of Hos
pitalization, which already has ap-
proved the location tentatively, has
only to issue formal approval to set
the stage for purchase of the land
and construction Of the 750-bed
hospital.
It was indicated by the Arts Com
mission and officials of the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission that they expect the archi-
tects to plan for low building
which would not rise above the
Lincoln Memorial as seen from the
Capitol and the Mall area. It was
also indicated that both commissions
would attempt to encourage design
which would deprive the memorial
of as little as possible of its dark
green background Of the wooded
ridge on the Virginia side Of the
Potomac. /
While the Fine Arts Commission
said 1t had suggested no maximum
height for the building, 1t was indi-
Gated the structure would be low,
probably not more than 110 feet.
The commissions approval came
after several hours of discussion in
which Veterans Administration Of
ficials, the architects, planning Of
ficials and representatives Of the
Army Engineers took part.
Yesterday was the first fall meet
ing of the Fine Arts commission,
which functions as a watchdog over
the identification of the National
Capital It's members considered a
number Of other projects beside the
VA hospital.
GPO Plans Approved
It approved latest plans for a new
General Accounting Once Building
st Fifth and q streets NV. sub
mitted by commissioner Of public
buildings w. E. Reynolds. Congress
cancelled construction Of the new
ofiice at its last session because of
the general housing shortage, but
plans now may go forward.
The arts group also made sugges-
tions concerning the proposed new
anacostia branch library and num-
ber Of District public school build
tngs; models for the Iowa State
Centennial Coin and the Booker T..
Washington Memorial Coin, both
authorized by Congress: the design
for q pedestal for a statue of Nathan
Male to be erected on the grounds of
the Justice Department; memorial
fiagpole to be placed on the grounds
of the American Pharmaceutical
Association Building, and latest
plans for the redecoration Of the
Senate and House chambers.
It also approved several art objects
proposed for purchase by the Freer
Gallery OF Art.
Evening star., 1946-10-05
AnoIers Cutch Bourbon

CASPER, Wyo. IN. - Ralph
schnauss and Dave Davidson re-
turned from q recent fishing cx-
pedition with catch Of a. bottles
| Of bourbon whiskey bearing labels
.Bottled In the Spring Of 1919.
They found the bottles buried ~
sand along the North Platte River.
Evening star., 1946-10-05
Golf Outing Thursday

The Reciprocity Club announced
today that its golf outing and night
meeting originally set for next Fri
day has been moved up to Thursday
Golf will get underway at II an.
and the evening gathering at Z pm,
ali at the Congressional Club.
Evening star., 1946-10-05
IPTA Sponsors Supper

The Clarksburg fMdJ Parent
Teacher association viii sponsor =
turkey supper beginning 1t s pm.
saturday On the grUinds o1 the
school
Evening star., 1946-10-05
Weather Report

District OF Columbia Sunny this
afternoon with highest temperature
about 80 degrees. Clear, tonight
with lowest temperature about 81
degrees. Tomorrow fair and, con-
tinued warm.
Virginia Fair IN the interior
partly cloudy near the coast and
continued mild tonight and to-
morrow.
Maryland-Fair and continued
mild tonight and tomorrow.
Wind velocity, 8 miles per hour;
| direction, north-northeast.
River Report.
(From United States kngineers.)
Potomac and shenandoah Riysrs clear 81
Harpers Ferry.
se Tennerafupa an6 HnriAaty
Evening star., 1946-10-05
River Heport
Tenpefatufe and HumiAity.
Readings ct Washingtun National Airp,

Record TenDsfaturss This Year.
Highest, 96, ON July 90.
Lowest, IL. on January 70.
Tide Tables.
tfurniahed hy ynitea states Coast N
Evening star., 1946-10-05

The answer Is Eyes" to question /.
Section is OF the trafiic and m0tor
vehicle regulations states, in part,
that vehicles shall bel parked 1par-
allel with the edge Of the ToadWay
! : = and With the ctlrb-sfde wheels
|of the vehicle within 8 inches of the
edge of the roadway
Evening star., 1946-10-05
TIE ssn and lassn.

IRE Sun ana Aoen.
Rises. Sets.
Sun, today --4 sos SAB
Sun, Tomorrow 6:19 6:43
Moon, today --- $50 pm. 12:0e an.
Automobile lights must. be turned on
one-han hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1946-10-05

This street Is not crowded now
hut 1t was. when owner OF Car '.B'
decided he would do the best he
could with parking space that VA
too small
1. Was this illegal parking?
z. or, was 1t legal but inconstder-
ate Of Car "A" and @C"?
3. or, was 1t legal but Q menace
to approaching trafilc?
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10
Wade

The Baptist congregation heard
two sermons by their pastor, the
Rev. w. c. Wyatt of Biloxi. Sun
day. He will reach a Mothers
Day sermon Sunday morning on
"A Great Mother.
The congregation at Caswell
springs heard the Rev. d. I. Ridg-
way of the Conference Board OF
christian Education in Jackson at
the II o'clock service Sunday.
rhe Rev. Ridgway conducted a
sunday school institute in the
ifternoon.
A large delegation from Cas-
veil Springs attended the quar-
terly conference at Big Point
Sunday night and heard a sermon
by the Rev. J. l.. Neil, district SUI
perintendent.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Graham and
Mrs. Henrietta Mobiles of Biloxi
we're dinner guests of MI. and
Mrs. r. c. Faggard Sunday and
visited other relatives during the
day.
David Vaughan spent last week
with his brothers and sister, Mrs.
Walter Jones, at Kreole last week.
Mesdames Susie Carter and
Queenie Cumbest and G.. c. Car
ter We're business visitors to Hat
tiesburg last Thursday.
The Rev. w. c. Wyatt, r. C.
Faggard and Leonard Waltman
and Misses Lucille Kennedy and
Orlean Waltman attended a Sum
day school conference at Eastside
Sunday afternoon.
Friends and relatives of little
Bill Bush were sorry to hear of
his death. The child was the son
of MI. and Mrs. Bill Bush of
Pascagoula. Mrs. Bush is the
former Bessie Hester. Sympathy
is extended to the bereaved FAM
lily.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Cook are re-
ceiving congratulations on the
arrival of a daughter, Shirley Re-
becca, at the jackson County hos
pital April %.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10
Mrs. Guy v. Ros
Hostess To 500 Club
Thursday Afternoon

Mrs. Guy ". Ros was hostess
Thursday afternoon of last week
to the 500 club at her home on
Morgan Avenue. The living room
was pfettily decorated with bowls
of pastel shade sweet peas. The
high score prize was won by Mrs.
J. II. Mallon, low score went to
Mrs B. H. Pickett, and Mrs.
John Smith won the cut prize.
Ice cream and Lady Baltimore
cake was served. Those who en-
joyed this party we're: Mesdames
p. w. Cox, Sr., Moss Blanchard,
Irene Westbrook, j. Fl. Mallon,
B. H. Pickett, Lonnie Watts, Sr.,
John Smith and Frank Moore.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10


Loves Old Sweet Song" and
Matthewson's Air; he was ac-
companied by his instructor. the
Rev. Daniel Harris, O.S.B., as
sistant head of the music depart
ment at st. Bernard. The recital
took place at eight o'clock in the
evening.
Geerken, a graduate Of Notre
Dame High School in Biloxi, Mis-
sissippi, is a member of the minor
seminary; holds prominent POI
sitions in the Altar Boys So
ciety and Catholic Students Mis-
sion Crusade, and is Wardrobe
Manager of the Dramatic Club.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10
Michuel Geerken In
Violin Debut AT St.
Bernurd's College

Michael Geerken, son of Mr..
and Mrs. j. F. Geerken, of Pas
cagoula, Mississippi. made his
violin debut in a spring recital
held at st. Bernard, Ala. Junior
College, May "a. The college
freshman, having begun his stud
les in violin only last October,
received high plaudits on his
rapid musical progress.
His solos were the Malloy
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10
TOMMY MoRRIs ENLrsrs

From the Pascagoula recruit
ing sub-station comes the an.
nouncement of the enlistment in
the Medical Corps of the army Of
Tommy Morris. Rt. |, box 100
Wynne, Arkansas. son of Mrs.
June Morris, 1903 18th street,
Pascagouia.
Mr.. Morris is a graduate of the
Parkir High school at Wynne,
class Of '43. He has enlisted
for a period Of three years aud
was sent to Camp Shelby May 3.
B~ritain's income from foreign
investments in 1888. the last NOR
NAL year" was 100000, 900.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10
BAPTIST SPRING REVIVAL

The Escatawpa Baptist church
will conduct a spring revival
beginning May rs and running
through June 2, the Rev. d. M.
Campbell, pastor, announced. The
Rev. c. S. Thomas. pastor of the
Daniel Baptist church in Jackson
will be evangelist.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10

The Swiss Flag is one of the
Oldest in Europe, and was used as
early as 1885,
Evening star., 1946-05-11

Continued on Page b., Col. 81
Evening star., 1946-05-11
Wyatt, Bradley 10 Talk
On Veterans Housinu

Housing Administrator Wilson
w. Wyatt, Veterans Administrator
Omar N. Bradley and other officials
will address a Town Meeting on
Housing for Veterans" at a luncheon
at noon next Saturday in the Hotel
Statler.
Announcing the speakers, the
Combined Veterans Committee on
Housing for Veterans, which is
sponsoring the sessions, said Mr..
Wyatt's speech will be carried to
the Nation on a, network broadcast.
Other speakers will be Maj. Gen.
Graves B. Erskine, Maj. Gen. U. S.
Grant, Sd; Brig. Gen. Gordon R.
Young, District engineer commits
sioner and chairman of the District
Veterans Emergency Housing Com
mittee; Oscar Chapman, Assistant
Secretary of the Interior, and Boris
Shishkin, American Federation of
Labor economist.
In a second part of the program
to follow the luncheon, panel dis
,cussions will be held on Building
of Homes" purchasing of Existing
Homes" and Temporary Housing
and Rentals"
Evening star., 1946-05-11
DC. Building Permit.
Show Sharp Decline
During Past Week

Building permits issued during
the last week by the District Build.
ing Inspection Department totalec
$485 1853, drop of $873,78 from the
previous weeks total.
Included wefe projects for con.
struction of So dwelling units. Per-
mits for projects to cost $1,000 OF
more went to:
Dan Pollin, 931 Longfellow street
NV, owner and builder; Berla and
Abel, 1886 Connecticut avenue NV.
architect; II 3-story brick and
cinder block dwellings, 4001-3-5-9-
11-4013-17-19-21-25-27 E street Sc;
to cost $4,000
Thompson's Dairy, 2012 Eleventh
street NV, owner; William P. Lips
comb Co., Woodward Building
builder; William D. Mccormick, 12l-
127 South Negley avenue, Pittsburgh
architect; one 4-story steel, concrete
commercial dairy, 2O04-08 Eleventh
street NV; to cost $4,000.
Syndicated Construction Corp. 100
Southern avenue Sc, owner and
builder; Charles E. Campbell, same
address, architect, to erect IL 2-story
brick and cinder block dwellings, 724
to 756 Upsal street Sc; to cost
$4,000.
Dan Pollin, 931 Longfellow street
NV, owner and> builder; Berla and
Abel, 1886 Connecticut avenue NV,
architect; 8 two-story brick and Gin
der block dwellings; 4O16-18-2O-24-
1928, 4032-34 E street Sc; to cost
$4,000.
Louis Richman, 931 Longfellow
street NV, owner and builder;
Berla & Abel, 1886 Connecticut ave-
lGosatisa..ol 8 o 6sei- q :
Evening star., 1946-05-11

Plenty Of Outlets
Provided in Electric
Strip for Boseboords
By HiIson Munsev

Most houses today have an in
adequate number OF electrical out
lets, with floor lamps now used in
preference to ceiling lights and
kitchens almost completely electri-
fled. Consequently the floor is fire.
quently draped with electric cords
that are danger in many ways.
This condition can be rectified
with the installation of a Dashboard
strip that provides outlets every
few inches. Made of metal, these
strips can be placed in various posi-
tions. A shallow Dashboard can be
used and the strip placed on top
and then regular quarter round
molding as finish for the base
board. 1t can also be placed in the
center Of the Dashboard by using two
narrow pieces of board and then
the quarter round on top. It can
be inset in the plaster wall or placed
on the chair rail.
Special sections are made fol
corners so that cabinets or counters
can be equipped. These strips are
so constructed that there is q con-
tinuous flow of current; each section
does not need a separate connec.
ton with the supply lines.
Ceiling Ventilation.
Unless the kitchen is supplied
with some method of drawing OF
the fumes of cooking and the grease
that always accompanies it the
entire, house will probably be fillet
with the odor. The appropriate
place for the exit of fumes is in tht
ceiling because the heat from the
|. (See GODGETS, Page B-30
Evening star., 1946-05-11
Value of District Construction
Doubles Total for 1045 Period

The dollar volume Of District
building operations, comprising new
construction and repairs, has shown
an almost steady upswing in the
first four months of this year, on
the basis of building permits
granted records of the. District
building inspections department dis
closed today. a
On the same basis, construction
projected for the first four months
Of This year is more than double
that for the similar four month
period last year. For the first four
months this year, the total stood at
$13 sos, ,069, in contrast to $6,636, ,686
for the similar period in 1945.
Permits granted last month, total
ing $4,731 POT, were almost twice the
Evening star., 1946-05-11
HomeoWner Advised
To Confine Self 10
Minimum Additions
By WADSWORTH w. WOOD

BY WADSWORTH w. WOOD.
The present conditions surrounds
ing building materials and the
skilled labor field have made it irn-
perative that the average home.
builder confine himself to a mini
mum house. Terraces, breeze-ways,
outdoor dining areas, tool houses,
guest cottages and other refine
ments, must-for the greater num-
ber-be left for future construction,
when the building situation eases.
However, there are homeowners
who are finding it possible to finish
small additions to their homes by
using local labor of more-or-less
skilled kind, and used material or
readily obtainable new material
such as cement block, brick wall
board and some of the varieties of
plywood. Unfinished attics and
basement recreation rooms are areas
that appeal to the man with an
urge to do something himself to-
ward finishing his home.
There is a certain procedure to be
followed by any amateur mechanic
or builder who has decided to EN-.
bark on home improvement pro-
gram. He should tackle the simplest
of jobs.
When one or two minor operations
have been completed he will be
ready to 60 on to larger projects.
The procedure that must be followed
is: First, lay out the job to be done
SO that the material will be at hand,
and, second, do not attempt any
thing that involves skill beyond
ability.
In other words, If a man has de.
cided to build a small terrace on
one side OF his house, he must be
capable of leveling of the ground,
setting up the plain rectangular
forms in level shape, estimating the
Number of brick needed to pave the
surface of the terrace or the amount
of concrete he has to order if it is to
be concrete surfaced.
II the homeowner wants to erect
pergola or a trellis, he should
lay out the job in rough drawing
form, drive stakes at the locations
OF the posts or columns, measure for
strips and boards, and comb the
market for the required material.
Local labor should be lured to dig
the postholes.
Released BY the Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1946-05-11
Aid
ForHouses
By Roger O. Whitman

Two Rooms in Basement for Rent
Question We have built two
rooms in our basement to rent
out. What can be done to cement
floors, without making a wooden
floor? I intend to have linoleum
IN kitchen and bathroom and rug
in living room. What else could be
done to keep floors warm and dry?
1t will not be hot-water heated. The
basement doesn't seem damp, al
though people say it will be damp.
Answer do not consider a
basement suitable for living quar-
ters. No matter what you may do
to keep the place dry, there is
always the possibility OF dampness
developing. Moreover, there will be
little if any sunshine or fresh air
A basement may be all right for a
rumpus room for grownups, to be
used occasionally. but not for living
and sleeping rooms. Asphalt tile
laid by flooring contractor, would
be more suitable than linoleum.
Leather Repairs.
Question-There is a small teal
in the seat of my leather arm.
chair. would like to repair il
myself. Can you tell me how to dc
it?
Answer-For an almost invisible
repair a piece of soft leather OF
stout fabric should be cemented in
place on the underside of the torn
spot, the edges being carefully at
tached. But I do not think you
would be able to do this. The next
best thing is to get a small piece
Of matching leather and cement II
over the tear. Use a nitro-cellulose
cement.
Filling Cellar Floor Cracks.
Question-There are couple Of
cracks in my cellar floor that ]
want to fill myself. What mixture
should I use?
Answer-Widen and deepen thu
cracks with a hammer and colo
chisel, keeping the sides of the
groove straight. Brush out al
(See FIRST AID, Page B-3.)
Evening star., 1946-05-11

thorization of all non-housine prof.
ects to cost over 100000.
Edward M. Synan, manager O,
CPAs District Construction Office
yesterday attended conference OF
CPA district Office managers 70,
Region 2, comprising the District
and five States, called by Regiona,
Director Ralph A. Parker at his
Office in the Empire State Building
New York City.
The real estate firm of George
H. Williams Co. has opened ar
Office at 92l Twelfth street NV.
its seventh in the District area
it announced today.
A total Of 139 builders composins
the directorate of the National AS.
sociation of Home Builders will NEE,
here in a four-day session begin.
ming Monday, it announced, to dis.
cuss material shortages.
The announcement said Housin,
Administrator Wilson w. Wyatt
Civilian Production Administrato,
John D. Small, OPA Administrator
Paul Porter and other officials viii
meet with the group.
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