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Evening star., 1947-03-26
Mrs. Rose Howard Rites
ARRANGED for TODAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Rose
May Howard, a Washington resident
more than SO years, who died in a
hospital at Orlando, Fla. Saturday
after a brief illness, were to be held
at 2 pm. today.
The services were to be held at
Hysongs funeral home, 1900 N
street N. w., followed by burial in
Rock Creek Cemetery. The Rev
Frederick Brown Harris, pastor OF
Foundry Methodist Church, was to
ofhciate.
Mrs. Howard was the widow of
Bloomfield H. Howard, for many
years prominent in business, church
and Masonic activities here and in
Cocoa, Fla. Her residence here was
at Tilden Gardens, 5000 Tilden street
NV. She had a winter home in
Cocoa.
She was a member of the Twen-
tieth Century Club; the Mother S
Memory Club, the Abracadabra Lit
erary Club; a past matron of the
Esther Chapter of the Eastern Star,
and an associate member of the Dis
Itrict Livingston Manor Chapter of
the Daughters of the American Rev.
olution. She attended Foundry
Methodist Church.
She is survived by a son, Harold
B. Howard, of Wilmington, Del.
Evening star., 1947-03-26
Hugh w. Fisher Gets
Navy Civilian Medal

Hugh w. Fisher, 1901 Kalmia road
NV, has been awarded a. Civilian
Service Medal for his % years Of
service as an employe at the Naval
Training Center at Great Lakes, Ill.
The award was made by Commo odore
Herbert J.. Grassie, commander Of
the base.
The citation said the award was
to express the appreciation of the
naval service for Mr. Fishers
valued contribution to its mission
and welfare" He retired as chief
clerk of the training station several
years ago and now is employed in
the advertising department Of The
Star.
Evening star., 1947-03-26
Mrs. J. 6. Mckay Dies;
Wife of D. G. Physician

Mrs. Mabel Rakestraw Mckay,
wife of Dr.. James G. Mckay, Dis
trict physician. died yesterday at her
home, 2O09 Columbia road NV. She
had been i'll for many years.
Mrs. Mckay, native of Kennett
Square, Pa, came here in 1903 with
her husband from the Philippines,
where he had been stationed in the
Army Medical Corps. She was a
member of the Society of Friends
and for many years was a sponsor
of the Philadelphia Symphony Or
chestra. She and DR.. Mckay ira
veled extensively abroad.
Her husband is the only survivor.
Funeral arrangements will be
handled by Gawler's funeral direc-
tors, 1855 Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Burial will be in Arlington Gene
terry.
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Rites Planned Tomorrow
For William J. FORSYTH

Solemn high mass for William j
Forsyth, "a, city post Office clerk
who died Monday at his home, 1902
Belmont road NV, will be held at
9 am. tomorrow in Saint Pauls
Church, Fifteenth and V streets
NV. Burial will be in Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
Mr.. Forsyth was the son of the
late James H. Forsyth, former
District surveyor. and the grandson
of the late William j. Forsyth, the
first District surveyor.
Mr.. Forsyth was a graduate OF
Georgetown Preparatory School and
Georgetown University. Before
World War I he was associated with
the District surveyors Office. He
left there when America entered the
war and worked as an Army civilian
employe After the war, he entered
the Post Once Department.
He was a member of the Third
Order of Dominicans, the Knights
of Columbus, and the Georgetown
University Alumni Association. His
wife, Mrs. Anna Nally Forsyth, died
last year. There are no immediate
survivors.
Evening star., 1947-03-26
HOUSING
Continued From First Page y

Owners Foundation. Mr.. Deckman
said it was organized two years ago
ito protect property rights in this
country"
Which do you put first, human
rights or property rights?" Senator
Tobey interjected.
Mr.. Deckman replied that "if you
destroy property rights, you destroy
human rights"
At another point, the witness was
asked by Senator Fulbright, Demo-
crat. of Arkansas, as to who builds
public housing. Mr.. Deckman re-
piled that private builders do the
work. on straight contract or cost
plus mostly cost-plus."
Declaring the construction costs of
public housing here were unneces-
sarily high owing to high architect S
fees" and higher wage scale than
prevails for private home building
Mr.. Deckman contended that public
housing rentals were higher on an
average than for privately -owned
dwellings.
Mr.. Deckman said that a Census
Bureau report of May, 1916, reported
a median rent of $27.88 for each pri-
vate housing unit throughout the
United States, with the median rural
rent at $3.50 per month and the
urban rent at $3025. ~
In contrast, he said, the average
economic rent for public housing
presented not long ago to the Senate
Banking and Currency Committee
was 1861 or go per cent higher
than the median rent of private en-
terprise'
Assailing public housing as IAN
experiment in State socialism which
already has been demonstrated to be
a failure" Mr.. Deckman charged
that the Taft -Ellender Wagner bill
was primarily public housing bill"
which would authorize expenditure
of $7,000,000,0O0. He said that 80
per cent of the amount would be
used for public housing.
He said passage of the measure
would further confuse the housing
construction program of private en-
terprise," which he said now was
attempting Ito get out from under
the clammy hands of Government
bureaucratic control"
"It is the confirmed opinion of
members of the foundation" he said,
that private enterprise should be
and allowed to build
housing for any bracket it feels
there is a demand. If high-priced
homes are built, equal units of hous-
ing will be vacated as the former
owners or tenants move into new
housing"
Evening star., 1947-03-26

On the witness stand yesterday.
the girl denied she had drink, and
said she did not touch liquor. She
said her companion was the only
one drinking
Mr. EStlmann said he turns minors
away every day and sometimes their
escorts threaten him. He gets
frightened at times, he said, but re-
fuses to break the ABC regulations.
On one occasion he said a Navy
captain came into the cocktail
lounge with a very young woman,
and when Mr.. Estlmann refused to
serve her, the captain said it was
his wife.
Even So" Mr.. Estlmann told him.
"she looked too young"
Il keep her looking young" the
officer replied.
The captain told him, the head
waiter said, that if Mr.. Estlmann
were not so old, he would wipe the
floor up with me-"
Evening star., 1947-03-26
Leonard Grover, Retired
Actor, Is Dead at 80
By the Associoied Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 26.-Leonard
Grover, 88, retired actor and play
mate of Tad Lincoln, President Lin
coins son, died Monday.
Mr.. Grover, born in Baltimore
April %, 1858, was the author of
several vaudeville sketches, includ-
ing THE Star Spangled Banner"
THE Old Sea Dog" and "Cockeyed
Hogan" in which he appeared
throughout the country. He retired
about 20 years ago.
Evening star., 1947-03-26
Father of Carter Borron
Dies in Georgia Home

David j. Barron, father of Carter
T. Barron, Washington theater man,
died yesterday at his home in
Clarksville, Ga.
Carter Barron, a spokesman in his
Office here said, few to Clarksville
from Homestead, Fla, where he had
been vacationing. He is division
manager of Loews Eastern division
theaters.
Besides his son Carter, Mr.. Barron
is survived by five other sons and a
daughter,
Evening star., 1947-03-26
w. S. Smith, Editor, Dies

NEW YORK, Mar. 26 (P.-Wiley
S. Smith, SO, a veteran editor with
the Hearst newspaper organization,
was found dead last night in his
hotel room. A medical examiners
report attributed death to a heart
attack
Evening star., 1947-03-26

Christ Child Society and was active
in the Free French movement during
World War II.
She is survived by a son, DR.
Michel M. Healy. on duty with the
Army Medical Corr ps at Walter Reed
Hospital, and a brother, Pierre
Maurin of Paris.
Requiem mass will be said at 10
am. tomorrow at the Church of the
Blessed Sacrament. Western avenue
near Chevy Chase circle. Burial will
be. in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1947-03-26

3 8 3 4 Legation
street NV, after
an illness of sew
eral months.
Mrs. Healy, a
native of Bor-
deaux, FIR a nee,
and DR.. Healy
W e r e married
during w or | d
War I while he
was stationed in
France as a
lieutenant in the
Coast Artillery
in the AEF.
She was a
sc @l
Evening star., 1947-03-26
Reds Open Reich Zone
To u. 5. Press Tour
BY the Associated Press

BERLIN, Mar. 26. - Russian
authorities agreed yesterday to re-
open their zone of Germany to
American newspaper correspondents
for one-week conducted tour, but
they banned the correspondent Of
the Chicago Tribune as a repre-
sentative of newspaper which has
been unfriendly to the Soviet
Union
The Russians also disapproved the
correspondents request to visit four
cities, Swinemuende, Peenemuende.
Rostock and Oranienburg.
The American Correspondents
Association of Berlin dispatched to
Marshal VASTLY D. Sokolovsky, chief
of the Soviet military administration
in Germany, a protest against the
banning of the Tribunes CORE
spondent, Hal Foust. and an urgent
request" that the deleted cities be
reinstated to the itinerary.
The Russians accepted II of u
correspondents proposed for the
tour, which is scheduled to start
March 81 and conclude April S. 1t
will be the first such trip into the
zone since September, 1916, although,
the Russians several weeks ago per-
mitted correspondents of western
nations to visit the Leipzig Fair.
The II correspondents approved
were: Richard Kasischke, Associated
Press; Robert Haeger, United Press:
George Herald. International News
Service: Joseph Evans, Wall Street
Journal; Lyford Moore, Reuters;
Delbert Clark, New York Times;
John Elliott, New York Herald
Tribune; Thomas Hawkins, World
Report; Joseph Fleming, Stars and
Stripes; John Brewer, Los Angeles
News. and John Christie, McGraw
Hill publications.
Evening star., 1947-03-26
Mrs. 7. H. HeaIy Dies;
Widow Of 6. u. Dean

Mrs. Elisabeth Maurin Healy, so,
widow of Dr.. Thomas H. Healy,
former dean of Georgetown Univer-
sity's School of Foreign Service,
died yesterday at her home,
Evening star., 1947-03-26
Gruner
Continued From First Page

man of Lancaster, Pa, and others
appealed to President Truman to in
tervene in his case, but the White
House refused and the State De-
partment said the reason was that
Gruner was not an American citizen.
He was wounded during the at
tack on the Ramat Gan station, in
which two police officers were killed
by band which carried off two
dozen automatic pistols.
II am prepared to die" Gruner
said after he was sentenced and
Irgun Zvai Leumi declared he would
be eulogized as a martyr for the
Jewish cause.
Revenge Promised.
Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech
Jones declared last February that
Irgun would turn Palestine into a
blood bath if Gruner's execution
were carried out and Irgun promised
publicly that his death would be
avenged.
Several other members of under
ground organizations are under
death sentence in Palestine, also,
and some sources previously said
they believed the outcome of the
Gruner case would determine the
fate of all.
y A government source, meanwhile,
said Britain's two top men in Pales-
tine had informed the cabinet that
the imposition of limited martial
law in the Holy Land had failed to
stop organized violence by the Jew
ish underground.
The ofticials-Lt. Gen. Sir Alan
Cunningham, Palestine high COM
mission, and 1t. Gen. G. H. A. Mac
Millan-arrived here Monday to re-
port to the government on the Sc
curity situation.
Sister Seeks Permission
To Present New Appeal.
JERUSALEM, Mar. 26 R.-At-
torney Max Seligman of Tel Ayiv
said Yesterday Mrs. Helen Friedman.
Evening star., 1947-03-26

WILLIAMS, HARRY. Departed this life
Monday. March "a, 1947, at his residence,
6325 North Fairfax dr., Arlington, Va,
after a long illness, HARRY WILLIAMS.
He leaves to mourn loving SON, Mr..
Harry S. williams. jr.. and host of other
relatives and friends. Relatives and
friends may call at the John T. Rhines 81
Co. Funeral Home, -3rd and Eye sts. s.w.,
on Wednesday. March 26,. after 4 pm.
Funeral Thursday. March 81, at l: 80 pm. -,
from the Second Baptist Church. Falls
Church, Va, Rev W. E. Costner officiat-
ing. Interment church cemetery.
WILLIAMS. PERCY. On Saturday,
March 90. 1a47. PERCY WILLIAMS CT SOS
1th st s.w.. beloved husband Of Willie Ann
William. brother of Dave williams. After
Il noon wednesday. March 20. relatives
and friends are invited to call at the Car
yer Memorial Funeral Home, 90 st.
NV. until pm Thursday. March 81.
Funeral and interment Friday in Weldon,
N. c. 90
IS. 1947. at his residence: 3323 Car
penter st Sc, EMIT C, WITT. beloved
husband of Leila Land Witt, father Of
Mai. Emit c. Witt. jr,. and brother of
Leroy c.. John A. Witt, Mrs. Louise Nc
Daniel, Mrs, Marguerfte Statz Mrs. Cath
crime Whitten and Mrs. James Kisler.
Friends MAY call at the Lee Funeral
Home, 4th st. and Mass. ave. ne. where
services viii be held on Saturday, March
go. az II am. Interment Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery. 2S
Evening star., 1947-03-26

In Chicago, j. 10y Maloney, man
aging editor of the Chicago Tribune,
commenting on exclusion of Mr.
Foust, said: apparently Russia's S
brand of freedom of the press ex-
tends only to apologists for Russia -
Evening star., 1947-03-26
DrathH

MANN, JOHN PHILLIP. On Tuesday.
MaTrn Mars s5' lg45 at sipley h Hospi5ai JOHN
Arlington. Va, beloved husband Of Lessie
Mrs. Harriet G. Mosspurgh. Also surviv
ing, are seven grandchildren; Remains
resting at his late residence. where funeral
services will be held on Thursday, March
q, at 2 pm. Interment Columbia Gardens
Cemetery.
McC0NyILLE, JEROME < On Tues
GoNvILLE Of 215 Hawaii ave, ne. hus:
band of Gladys E. ;McConyilie, son Of
Mrs. Mary E. Mainz and b K Mccon-
Vile Services at the S. H.. Hines Co.
Funeral Home, 29O1 14th st. NV. on
Friday. March 2S, at II noon. Inter
ment Arlington National Cemetery. 81
McDEkMOTT, THOMAS A. On Mon
day. March "a, 1917: at Walter Reed Gen
beloved husband of Jane E. McDermott,
stepfather of Earl. Walter and Eugene
Davis. Friends may call at the Lee Fu-
neral Home, 4th st. and Mass. ave; ne,
where services will be held ION Friday,
March IS, at 9 pm Interment Arlington
National Cemetery. 81
Evening star., 1947-03-26

4 11EOIUfS n. To I1It
Members of the Fellowship
Degree of Columbia Lodge
No. 1875, Loyal Order o1
Moose: You are hereby noti-
fed of the death of Fellow
THOMAS A. McDERMOTT
You are requested to attend
the services at the Lee Fu-
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DpathH

ma2ah Pc yoLL 81 ss4 MARIE u 5seksSnv On fs
P6 Po vod sad mrs ne'GDed De1oths P9Rs #asR
She also is survived by five grandchildren:
Services at, at the s; H; Hines Co; Funeral
Marsh O lon ant ai hS hhssrmsnt sa Msaas Msast
Olivet Cemetery. 27
DOUGLAS, ALICE M On Tuesday, March
pital. ALICE NJ. DOUGLAS, beloved sister Of
asfaap HoIr Douglas ns aan5 q La apa
of ALICE, Virginia, John. Reginald. Roland
and Vernon Jackson. Also. surviving are
either :, relatives and many friends es After
invited to call at the MCGUIRE Funeral
Home, 1920 9th, st. NV. where services
Sill be conducted I by the Rey J csmpbsll
Interment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. ~
DUcHEsNEAU. MARCEL. Suddenly. on
G s4s e SfhffRsE RsEbsna Of
Audrey Wolford Duchesneau Of 1916 A st.
Military, services will be held. Arrange,
ments by the Sergent Son Funeral
DUNNE, MARY KELLEY. On Monday,
aroys aago ls MARa Y hsT hSRf bNNa Nss
Gaithers6urg, Md. Funeral services Thurs
day, March e. At St Roses Catholie ic
will be said at am. for the repose Of
her soul. Interment church cemetery.
(Binghamton, N. Y, papers please copyD
EDGAR. EMMA ALICE. On Tuesday.
March 25. 1947, at the Methodist Home,
EMMA ALICE EDGAR. beloved wife of the
late James Alexander Edgar, mother of
William A. Edgar OF New York and the
late James Alexander Edgar, jr; sister of
Arthur L. Hitchcock Funeral from 49Ol
Conn. ave. NV. on Thursday, March 81, at
IL am. 1nterment Congressional Gene
terry.
FENWICK, CHARLES H. On Tuesday,
Bethesda, Md CHARLES H. FENWICK Of
1247 Wylie st. ne. beloved husband of
Ernette E. Fenwick and father of Charles
PurneH Fenwick. Funeral from the above
residence on Thursday, March 81. at 9:3O
am. REQUIEM mass at Holy Redeemer
Church at 10 m. Relatives and friends
invited. Interment Arlington National
Cemetery. Arrangements by w. Ernest
Evening star., 1947-03-26

neral Home; 4th st; and Mass ave. ne,
'' "' L. eia E. HAGEN. i Secretary. i II
MCKAY, MABEL R.. On Tuesday, March
ng4 MAss e. ssT s MeKa oos Wife " br
call at Gawlers Chapel, 1855 Pa. ave
NV, where services will be held on Friday,
March 2S, at l pm. 1nterment Arlington
National Cemetery. 81
MLBURN. JOSEPH w. On Tuesday,
JOSEPH "; MILBURN Of $74i Mckinley
brother OF Mary E. MilbuEp Of this city.
John R. Milburn of Cleveland, Ohio, and
Services ie at at the D s. H. Hines CO. funeral
Home, 29O1 14th st. NV. ON Thursday.
March q, at ) pm: interment Rock
MILLS. PFC: HARVEY M; JR. S SUDDEN @
Lee on 1a pe HARVEY MsVfs n h Mill MILLS ' J
ll3 1aGs South Fenwick st; Ar!ington' Va, be
mains resting at the Ives Funeral Home.
2s47 Wilson blvd, Arlington, Va. until
Fort Myer Chapel, where funeral @ i services es
National Cemetery. 81
NAGLE. JOHN WARREN. On Tuesday,
SoHN WaRREN gf NAR hasSsnd of hs
Nagle and brother of Jean B. Narle and
Allan G. Nagle. all of Rochester, N. Y
Friends may call at Gawlers Chapel, 1850
Pa. ave. NV. Notice of services later.
day, March %, 1947, WILLIAM JOSEPH
NEALE, beloved husband of the late Melita
Gardiner Neale and father of Mrs. Ber-
dence. 41O5 3sth st. NV, on Thursday.
March 81, at $3.50 am; thence to st.
AIMS Church. where mass will be offered
at 10 am. Relatives and friends invited
Interment st. Ignatius Cemetery, Chapel
Point, Md. 20
Evening star., 1947-03-26

ROSA H. Oficers and mem
bers of Prince Hall Chapter,
No. 5. o. E. S., are requested
to attend the funeral of Sister
ROSA H. WICKS, on Thurs
day, March 81. 1947, at .
pm. from the Twelfth Street
Christian Church, 1912 18th st.
BLANCHE B. TRICE, w. M.
CLIFFORD Q. SMITH, W. P.
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RICHARDS, 1T. LENA N. on

March "a. 1947. at Walter Reef
8 General Hospital, 1t. LENA N
5 neral services and interment a
Wayland, N. Y. Services b,
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~ WHY, CHaREES. The ST. Benedlct
JskA the. Moor Holy Name Society
NSS&M will conduct services for our
eX&M late brother CHARLES FEN
= XRSNl WICK, at his late home, 1247
4 W@ Wylie st. ne, March 26, l947,
Ky at s pm. All Holy Name men
are requested to. be present
CHARLES J. QUANDER, President.
cRNEST L. BROWN Secretary
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Sister Seeks Permission
To Present New AppeoI.

JERUSALEM, Mar. 26 R.-At-
torney Max Seligman of Tel Ayiy
said yesterday Mrs. Helen Friedman,
Evening star., 1947-03-26
1n Mpntnrtattt
BRADFORD, FLORENCE.

BRADFORD, FLORENCE. In loving re-
membrance of my dear mother. FLORENCE
BRADFORD, who departed this life seven
teen years ago today March 20, 1880.
What happy hours we once enjoyed
When we were all together,
Evening star., 1947-03-26

March 25, 1947, LEMUEL M GRANIGAN
beloved husband of the late Estelle Grant
gan, uncle Of Mrs Ida Ashby of Arlington,
Va. Mr.. Granigan will rest at his late
residence, 4016 North II tn St, Arlington
Va, where services will be held on Friday,
March 2S, at pm. Grareside services
and lnterment Chestnut Grove Cemetery
Herndon, Va. Arrangements by Matters
Funeral Hcme. 81
Evening star., 1947-03-26

FORSYTH, WILLIAM ]. Suddenly. on
Monday. March "a. 1947. at his residence
1902 Belmont rd; NV. WILLIAM j.
FORSYTH, the beloved husband of the
late Anna Nally Forsyth Prayers at
the above residence on Thursday. March
a., at $50 a m. Mass at ST. Paul S
Catholic Church, 18th and v sts NV
at am. 1nterment Mount olivet Gene
tery. Services nv Chambers
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-05-01

livery is by no means assured.
Neither will Norwegian produce
ton Of cement roofing tile, roof
ing paper, or roofing stone be suf-
ficient to meet all building needs.
Norwegian firms can produce the
needed radiators if present tin
shortages can be met, but normal
linoleum imports of 100000 square
meters yearly are far above what
may be procured abroad at pre-
sent
The large Drammen plant which
normally produces most Nor
wegian window-glass will close
for three months this summer for
furnace repairs. This will neces-
state placing orders abroad for
window glass as well as mirrors.
In all, the situation is not dis
couraging, concludes Section Chief
Seip. 1--WE hope to be able to build
as many homes this year as we
did in 1916. Last year, $500
apartments were constructed in
districts south of Nord irons,
while an additional $4,000 then
under construction will be COM
pleted this spring. In the Fin
mark section, north of the Attic
Circle, 500 permanent and 100
semi-permanent apartments were
completed by the end of 1916,
while an additional 500 of the
former will soon be ready for oc-
cupancy.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-05-01

revealed the frail fuselage of the
Spirit of st. Louis"
Very soon, millions of thrilled
people were repeating the salient
facts of Charles Augustus Lind
bergh's solo flight across the At
lantic. He was the first to make
it alone and he did it in SO hours,
20 minutes. He won $25, 900 prize
while his rivals waited in New
York for better weather.
Much has happened in the air
since then to obscure the import
ance of Lindberghs flight. Today
commercial airliners regular y
make the same trip in IL hours.
But it is doubtful whether any he
70 since then has captured the i'm
agination of the world by single
act the way the slim, tall Lone
Eagle did it 20 years ago.
Historians agree the sensation
Lindbergh made resulted from a
combination of the daring act it.
self and the mood of the tWenties,
time of many heroes of varying
talents and virtues.
1t was a time in the country of
a soaring big bull market, jazz,
raccoon coats, the Charleston and
prohibition.
There were flagpole sitters,
marathon dancers, cross-country
walking races, channel swimmers,
the Sacco- Vanzetti executions and
college bohemians.
It was the time of the great
champions Babe Ruth hit go
home runs that year. Gene Tun-
ney, Red Grange, Bobby Jones, and
Tommy Hitchcock ruled their re-
spective roosts.
Against this backdrop of the
roaring twenties, an unknown mail
pilot and son of a Congressman
was to evoke the biggest roar.
Charles A. Lindbergh was %
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Notwithstanding
Goals Announced

New York, N. Y.-During
recent press interview. Section
Chief Owe Seip of the Norwegian
H Gus ng Directorate predicted
that attainment of 1947 building
goals will depend largely on deliv-
cry of certain needed foreign
items. Regarding timber, Seip
anticipated a winter fall of 6 mill
lion cubic meters az million
more than last year, to be divided
equally between the saw mills and
the wood products industries. Of
the former, 20Gt will be set aside
to season for 1948 building, 15et
will be used for construction in
Nazi-leveled Finmark province.
while most of the remainder will
be channeled in to the housing
program.
Domestic cement production will
be 100000 tons (25,000 tons above
last year, and should meet all
home needs. Brick supplies, which
up to now have come mainly from
Norwegian kilns, are already short
in light of the unprecedented need
for this product. Norwegian pro-
ducers turned out 100 million
bricks in the top year 1889, and
80 million last year. Last years
output is expected to be increased
only slightly as the industry is
not modernized and weather condi-
lions will have much to do with
ultimate production. Six million
bricks recently purchased in Bel
GUM will lead to additional pur-
chases abroad only if the product
can match the Norwegian product
in size and quality.
Structural steel is another short
item which can not be met
through domestic production. De-
liveries from Belgium have been
delayed. and it is feared that
/ shortages of facing and reinforce
ment steel will be most serious.
Plumbing and fixtures are on
order in Czechoslovakia, England,
and Finland, but the date of de-