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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-28
TODAY'S
ANNIVERSARIES
know America)

l805-John Lloyd Stephens,
noted travel writer his day. pro-
moter of Observation-Disclosures,
born Shrewsbury, N. j. Died on
Oct. IL, 1852. ,,."
l831--John w. Mackay, Cali
fornia gold miner, one of the few
popular bonanza millionaires,
born in Ireland. Died July 20,
1902.
1864-Lindley M. Garrison,
New Jersey lawyer, famed secre-
tary of war under Wilson, born
in Camden, N. J. Died Oct. 10,
1882. 'a.
1866-John Barrett, Vermont
diplomat, noted director-general
of the Pan-American Union, born
at Grafton, N. Y. Died Oct. II,
1898. -.
1866-Henry Bacon, famed
New York architect, designer of
the Lincoln Memorial, Washing
ton, born at Watsega, Ill. Died
Feb. Is. 1924.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-28
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~ NewSfearurea
II ENTUCKY was such a terror
m at the Southeastern confer
ence basketball tournament last
winter that practically everyone
at the tourney-unless a Ken
tuckian-rooted against. the Blue
Grass five.
Bob Neyland-the Tennessee
football wizard-was sitting in
the stands one night cheering
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-28
$500 Buried
Disintegrates

NEWTON, Mass.-Aldi Aldo
buried $500 in. metal container
several years ago ''in case l
wanted money in a hurry and the
banks were closed" Later Aldo
moved to Newport, r. l.. forget
ting the buried money.
Returning recently, he dug up
the oontainer, but the money
had diSintegrated into a moldy,
unacceptable mass. ...
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-28
How They Stand
BASEBALL
Key Vests Senior
Baseball League
BASEBALL GAMES
SCHEDULED
WICKERS FIELD
(Wickers Field

IWUIlIClpdI OIduIUWJ
Afternoon Games
SUNDAY
l:30--Naval Air Station VS..
Boca Chica Flyers.
3:45-Naval Air Station VS.. Red
Raiders.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-28

The locks of the Sault Ste.
Marie handle more tonnage than
the combined movement through
six major world canals includ-
ing the Panama, Suez, Man
chester, Welland, Cape Cod and
New York State.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-28
Man Dies In Fire
On NightHe Wed

Observation-Disclosures Mil
Ter, SO, was fatally burned and
his, bride of only a few hours
was overcome by smoke as
flames swept through their
three-roon apartment. Origin of
the fire Is unknown.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-28
LAUGH AWHILE!
Seclusion

IF you try to kiss me. / shall
scream!" - .
mot with all these people
about, surely?"
Lets find quieter spot,
then!"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-28

AP Newsfeotures
TORT SMITH Ark.Joke" knows the vulue of q nickel
ne also likes ice So it is sight
the moin drdg in Fort Smith oke friendly wemo
need brown and white bull terrier into drug place
his front the counter drop nickel from his mouth and
bark
Thats his way Of osknq for "on cone please"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-28

The watt" a measure of cleo
tricity, is named in honor of
James Watt, inventor of. the
steam engine.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-28

The American Plains Indian
was a stone-ageman before the
coming of the white man.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-28

1t takes 100 or more cars of
coal daily to feed the furnaces
in the power plants of a big city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-28

The first subway transport
system In the United States be-.
gan operation, in Boston in 1897.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-31
FROM NOME

Tax not included ,r;p ,o9 reduction for r0'"'
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-31
Conservatives Gain In England

LONDON (P)-Conservative and Labor party headquarters both claimed gains today in small town and village elections in England and Wales.
 Polling in approximately roc districts started Saturday and will not be concluded until "Wednesday. No general compilation of returns will be available until la,er, this week.
 Tt is expected the results will show tremendous change of pub lie opinion compared with last year." Conservative headquarters declared" Today's reports are bet ter than we anticipated or the basis of Satuday's highly satisfac- tory results.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-31
Govt. Agencies
 Keep Costs High

WASHINGTON, (P) - Senators Reed R.-KanD, and Gordon R.- OreO, complained today that gov ernment agencies are battling ev- cry attempt of Congress to whittIe { down government costs.
 The people very definitely voted for economy in government in the last election" Reed told a reporter, but we have yet to get any real help from any government department, bureau, agency or of ficial"
 Gordon is chairman of an ap- propriations subcommittee now re- viewing an 2,OO0,OOO cut made by the House in operating funds of the treasury and post office de- partments. He said:
 Apparently Congress is having organized opposition of the execu- tive departments on any and all economies"
 Reed declared Congress may be forced to take unintelligent ac- ton" on slashing government out lays unless heads of departments and agencies will advise where cuts can best be made.
 Commissioner H. R. Johnson of the treasury, customs bureau agreed to return today with plans for meeting a $3,5OO,OOO House slash in operating funds by some means other than dismissal of 1,500 border and port patrol off cerS.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-31
Navy Will Train In European Waters

WASHINGTON, (P)-The navy announced today it will send two new battleships and two new large carriers to northern European wa terS in June on the first training cruise of U. s. Navy academy midshipmen since the beginning of World War II.
 Admiral Richard L. Conolly, commander of U. s. naval forces in the eastern Atlantic and Medi- terranean, identified the battle ships as the New Jersey and Wis conSin, and the carriers as the Els
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-31
POwerbOat Races
 To Be Run In July

SEATTLE, tP)-This summers colorful Pacific international pow erboat associations annual race will be run from Bremerton to Nanaimo, B. C., probably in July.
 Nearly 70 yachtsmen from Puget Sound and British Columbia cities decided on the course here over the week end.
 More than 125 cabin cruisers completed last year. The race was inaugurated in 1928 as a capital-to- capital contest from Olympia to Juneau. In recent years it has been run from various Puget sound cit ies to one in British Columbia. The Bremerton- to-Nanaimo course is about 130 to l35 nautical miles.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-31
.Japan's House Of Peers Replaced

TOKYO, (R)-Japan's house of peers formally died tonight after a half-century of aristocratic ap- proval of Japanese imperialism.
 Adjournment of the 92nd regu- lar Diet session-last under the old 18th century constitution ended the life of the house of peers. Under the new constitution, effective May 3, it will be replaced by a house of councillors whose 300 members will be elected April 20.
 The oncepOWerful privy coun- cil, last political adjunct of the imperial court, emerged briefly from obScurity to approve and make into law reVisions in cleo ton procedures. The privy council also will be abolished by the new constitution. It formerly served as the emperor's highest political body, charged with final decisions on matters of major policy.
 Members of the house of repre- Sentatives prepared to return to their constituencies for their second election campaign in two years.
 During it's past 46-day session, the Diet spent 10 days mainly in political battles. In all, 94 bills were passed, including a budget totaling 14,5O0,00O,OOO yen.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-31
Spain To Resume Monarchy Status

MADRID, (P)-An authoritative source said today the Spanish cab inet is expected to issue a decree Tuesday declaring Spain a "tradi- tional monarchy" and, in effect, recognizing the regime of Gener- aliSSimo Francisco Franco as mere ly temporary one.
 This informant said that while the cabinet diSucusSed the decree last night it probably would not make any announcement until April l, Spain's victory day." the eighth anniversary of Franco's victory in the civil war and his assumption of full power.
 He said such a decree, when and if announced and made effective, would be the first public acknowl- edgment by the Franco regime of the temporary nature of the pres ent government"
 Many Franco supporters have long advocated such a course, which would, in effect, simply rec ognize the generalissimo as admin iStrator for the monarchy because of his victory in the civil war.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-31

. OGDEN, Utah, (H1 La Moine Wall, IS, was rehearsing for a school play with the script calling for him to be knocked out" in a fight.
 La Moine didn't get up when di- rector Gladys Sargent ended the rehearsal.
 Examination showed he had bumped his head little too hard when he fell to the floor. First aid treatment brought him around.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-31
ANAGRAMS WERE PLAYED

in very ancient times according to Encyclopaedia Britannica. The pastime was mentioned by the He brew writers, was known to the Greeks and Romans, and became so popular in France during the Middle Ages that Louis XIII ap- pointed an "anagrammatist to the king"
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-31
AN ALIBI is the most conclu-

AN ALIBI is the most conclu- sive proof of innocence that can be given, if substantiated, according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Contrary to popular usage, an ali bi is not simply an excuse, but is a claim that the suspect was so far distant at the time from the place where the crime was committed
 that he could not have been guilty.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-31

sex class kearsarge and Randolp They will be accompanied by the |destroyers Cone, Stribling, O'Ha~e and Meredith, and the Lard Man dan.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-31

OMAHA, Nebr. P(-The fam l. far reminder that your slip is showing" was something of an l. % derstatement for an office t .ployee at Union Pacific railro. headquarters here.
 Arriving for work, she disCCT- cred that in her haste she had fO~- gotten to don a skirt over her blaC < slip.
 A smock hanging on a near6y coatrack served as a tempora-y y substitute.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-31
All within easy reach by Flying Clipper

- |GwS Step aboard fast, convenient Pan American Clipper and within few enjoyable hours you're your destination Yes, travel by Flying Clipper means time gained for business pleasure
 Whats more. Clipper fares loer than before Clipper flight schedules the most frequent in Alaskas travel history.
 Next time you travel, remember it's quicker by Flying Cpperand that goes for Clipper Express too For help in arranging your Clipper trip to anywhere in the world drop in at the Pan American office.
Evening star., 1947-10-08
Author Likes Wushington's Honey Life

the libraries, she enthusiastically
states that "the service here is the
best in the world" The ordinary
public libraries. she elaborates, are
good enough, "but the topper, of
course, is the Library of Congress- -
The Partisan aspect of Washing
ton is confined to trees and ave-
nues. Miss Davis admires the width
of the streets, the broad avenues
and the abundance of trees, shrub
berry and gardens.
People Are Courteous.
The people here are more cour-
teous than in other parts of the
country, she believes. There Is not
the rush and hustle of New York,
the fiercely competitive living, with
its elbowing," she said.
Originally from Chicago, Miss
Davis became a newspaperwoman
soon after her graduation from the
University of Chicago in 1924. She
worked on a succession of papers,
including the old New York World,
which produced many famous
journalistic name. She has been
living in Washington since 1924.
As for Washington weather, Miss
Davis had this to say:
Listen, don't talk to me about
the heat in Washington. It's hot
everywhere. L had occasion this
summer to 60 to Rochester, MINI.
The humidity was as bad there as
1t was here. The newspapers there
carried banner lines that the heat
wave was broken when the ther-
mometer dropped to Q5."
Evening star., 1947-10-08
Many Due 70 Enter
Contest for Home

Officials expect competition to be
keen in the home show contest in
which the person writing the WIN
ming last line of a jingle will be
awarded an exhibition home valued
at between $4,000 and $4,000.
Already more than $4,000 per-
sons have inspected the home since
it was opened September on a
Fourteenth street site behind the
District Building.
The model home, for which Jean
Pierre Trouchaud was the resident
architect, was the first industry
engineered" home built in the Ma
ton along standardized plans de-
veloped by national groups Of build
ing material producers.
The first three lines of the Jingle
which must be completed by the
addition Of a last line follow.
Here's an industry-engineered
home you may win
"At the Washington Home Build
ers' Show.
You'll find every convenience
and comfort built in" -.
ALI entries must be in by 8 pm.
October 10. They may be deposited
in Jingle bowls" at the home show
or mailed to the Home Builders
Association Of Metropolitan Wash
ington, . spokesman said.
Evening star., 1947-10-08
By StonIey Boitz

Life in Washington Is pleasant
potpourri combining the essence OF
Paris, New York and Podunk Gen.
ter, according to Maxine Davis, ma
tionally known magazine writer who
won considerable attention with a
recent article praising Washington s
attractions as a vacation spot.
OF the three, it's the small town
aspect that has the most appeal for
her.
I'D rather live here than any
place I know" says Miss Davis
known to her neighbors and George
town tradesmen as Mrs. James M
McHugh. She lives at 1907 N street
NV, with her husband, a retired
Marine officer and former Naval
Attache in Chungking.
Essentially q Little Town.
'"This is essentially little town
and suppose that's why I like it,
she says. you can meet all your
friends at the grocery store and the
hair dresser. Here in Georgetown
you are known to all the trades
people, who have been here for q
long time. The neighborhood bak-
cry. for instance, has been owned
by one family for four generations
and the grocery for five.
washington Is cozy and honey
and q metropolis at the same time
And Sou can live in house-pro-
vided' you can find any housing at
all-with q little ground and space
around It,"
Her own house. . typical old
Evening star., 1947-10-08
$1,000 Rental Units in Sight
For D. 6. Under FILA Program

Applications for mortgage insur-
ance have been received for 664 ad-
ditional projects involving nearly
"a, 900 living units, and are under
consideration by FILA insuring off,
cials.
This is a total during this period
of 2,099 projects. containing over
1000 living units, in the various
stages from consideration for mort
gage insurance to completed projects
and does not include the thousands
Of living units produced prior to the
passing Of this legislation.
OF these projects, the following
have been processed or are being
processed by the local Office in the
District, according to James A.
Hewitt, director:
/. Five projects, containing 108
living units, have been completed.
2. Construction has been started
on "a projects, containing 3,700 liy-
ing units.
3. Commitments have been issued
for "a additional projects, consisting
of nearly $500 living units.
1. Applications have been received
and processing Is under way for 36
other projects, providing for more
than $500 living units.
This makes total Of 100 projects,
consisting Of nearly $4,000 living
units In the Jurisdiction Of the local
District omcs.
Evening star., 1947-10-08
D. {. Mortgage Total
Ahead Of Last Year

During the first seven months Of
1947, small real estate mortgage A.
nancing in Washington totaled $64,-
989 ,O00-up nearly per cent over
the same period last year and 4per
cent greater than in the first seven
months of 1945-the Home Loan
Bank Board reported today.
The figures include only mort
cages of $4,000 or less on District
properties.
Since 1899, when these compila-
tions were first made, the average
mortgage recorded has risen from
81, ,382 to $6,358. This reflects the
increase in real estate values in the
District and, for the later years,
GI home loans at 100 per cent Of
value as provided for under the law.
The table below gives total re-
cordings of Washington mortgages
in the up-to-s2o,00 900 category be-
ginning with 1899:
Evening star., 1947-10-08
BY Clyde L. Powell
Assisfant Commissioner for Rsnfol Housing
and Property Management. FederoI
Housing Administration

Assistanf Commissioner for Rsniol Housing
and Property Management. Federal
Housing Administration
With enactment by Congress of
the veterans emergency housing
legislation in the spring Of 1916,
the Federal Housing Administration,
at the direction Of the President,
intensified its efforts to have dwell
ing units constructed for rent to
veterans-such rental projects to be
produced and financed by private
capital.
Throughout the country up to
August 81, 1947, construction had
commenced on sos rental projects,
containing in excess Of 5000 living
units. Some of these units already
are. completed and occupied. The
others are in various stages OF COM
pletion and will be completed and
occupied during 1947 or early 1948.
Commitments have been issued on
$40 additional projects, containing
nearly 10000 living units, including
many projects scheduled for begin
ming OF construction in the immedf-
ate future.
Plans and specifications are now
being completed and preparations
are under way for the beginning of
construction on q large number Of
others approved for mortgage in
surance.
Evening star., 1947-10-08

that several hundred generations OF
man have laboriously and lovingly
developed.
He says, rather irritably, as does
the modern painter, that beauty and
art have no relation to each other
Modern architecture must have but
one goal-functionalism. How ]
hate that wordD
Gone are the lovely Georgian de-
tails, the Elizabethan timbers and
carvings, the graceful Gothic tracery
and the magnificent Spanish door
ways. Not even the beauty of a
fine slate or tile roof is permitted
In place of all these are walls bare
Of anything, windows that make
the dwelling look like chicken
house, or row of lighthouses, or a
ferry boat, or a garage with the
doors open.
The roof must be fiat or at a
very low pitch, preferably in only
one direction. A sun visor, care
fully calculated to shut out the rays
Of sun in summer and let them in
(See Page C-15, Column So
Evening star., 1947-10-08

Colonial-type structure, contains Is
rooms if, she says, you count the
bar and dressing rooms and so
forth. It sounds like more than it
is. All I know is, it runs up the
heating bill like mad"
''Of course" she continues, "you
don't have the shops and big stores
here such as you have in New York.
But you can find pretty much the
same quality of goods here as in
New York and you pay about So less
on everything"
Not Smart on Clothes.
"It's not a smart town as far as
women's clothes are concerned, but
that, too, is all to the good. You
don't have to go around dressed up
all the time.
Another thing, you don't need
money here to get along socially
People without money but with
something to contribute in the way
of thought or humor can generally
invite anybody to dinner with rea-
sonable expectation that the invita-
ton will be accepted. In enter
tanning, one can get by very salts
factorily without being pretentious.
In short, you can have more fun
on less money in Washington"
. Washington's cultural life, which
in some quarters is bemoaned as
sadly lacking, is not so bad that it
offsets the towns other advantages,
In the opinion Of Miss Davis.
Washington boasts fine art gal
leries, even If they lack much Of
the work Of the moderns. AZ for
Evening star., 1947-10-08
.Ex-GIs Here Borrow
100000 a Week
For Home Buying
Callahan Expects Rate
Will Double Before
End of This Year
By Morgan B. CoIIohon

Loon Guaranty Officer, Veterans
Administration, Washington Regional offie'
In every nook and Granny of the
Washington area, you'll see signs
that say in substance-"Homes fol
Sale to Veterans Only, VA Ap.
proved"
Thus far, more than 5000 Wash.
ington area ex-service men anc
women have needed such signs ano
turned their dreams into reality
with the purchase of homes under
the CT bill.
Since the inception of the CT loar
program in 1914 the veterans have
been using the GI loan guaranty in
steadily mounting numbers.
Today in the Washington area
where the first CT home loan in the
Nation was made by the First Fed
eral Savings and Loan Association
ex-servicemen are borrowing at a
rate which exceeds S., ,0000 900 a week
from banks, building and loan asso-
Citations and mortgage lending in
stitutions.
900 Loans Approved.
As of the end of August, the loan
guaranty division of the VAS Wash
ington regional office had approved
9,010 loans to District area veterans
That number of veterans has bor-
rowed $77,317,523, with the Veter-
ans Administration guaranteeing
or insuring $31,914,531 of that
amount.
There is one important and
alarming factor to be considered
when discussing the loan guaranty
program of the Veterans Admins
tration here in the Washington
area.
During the first three months OF
1946, the average loan-and that is
not the price in most cases of the
home itself-was 1888. In mid
summer of 1916, this figure jumped
to $7,742. During the first three
months of this year, the average
home loan had skyrocketed to $9,042.
Washington now leads the nation
in the average amount of GI home
loans.
In addition, the average home
loan, according to a recent survey,
requires that the borrower
in the Washington area must use
his entire $4,000 guaranty available
under the CT Bill.
Cash in Addition Needed.
In more than so per cent of the
cases, particularly where properties
sell in excess of $4,000, the veteran
needs a reasonable cash downpay-
ment in addition to the aid Of his
Government guaranty in order to
obtain CT loan.
Under provisions of the Service
mems Readjustment Act (GI> Bid
the VA may guarantee so per cent
of veterans loan, not exceeding
$4,000.
1t is the generally accepted prac-
tice among lenders that a veteran
depending entirely upon the guaran-
tee benefit must restrict his purchase
to housing at a reasonable value
not in excess of $4,000. Lending
See PAGE C10 ColIIr,r 50
Evening star., 1947-10-08

This special section con-
tains articles by many nation
ally known authorities on
home planning, building and
financing.
It also offers a number of
personal experience stories,
explanations of Government
home building and repair
services and information about
the Metropolitan area.
Issued in connection with
the forthcoming Home Show
being sponsored by the Home
Builders Association of Met
ropolitan Washington, its pur-
pose is to be of interest to the
general public, as well as to be
helpful to families planning to
buy or build q home.