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Evening star., 1947-11-09

OF operation during and since the
close of hostilities in World War II.
Many of the works to be shown are
Of interest to stamp collectors.
The stamp stock of L. Bamberger
& Co., Newark, N. j., department
store will be sold at auction by j.
and H. Stolow, New York, beginning
November IT. 1t is estimated that
the value of the entire accumula-
ton is $250,o00.
Haiti has released six new stamps
in homage to Jean Jacques Des-
salines, leader of the Haitian in
dependence movement in 1903 and
Emperor thereafter until his as
sassination in 1906. The denomina-
tions are: 3, S, 10 and Csc, regular
postage and zoe airmail.
The new health stamps of New
Zealand show a reproduction of a
photograph of the statue of Eros on
the Shaftesbury Memorial in Lon
don-a landmark of Piccadilly Circle
latham Stamp and Coin Co.,
Springfield, Mass, has put on the
market ten philatelic jigsaw puz-
zles representing an equal number
of attraction postage stamps in full
color. The specimens included are:
3m, Sudan airmail; I'D Gilbert and
Ellice Islands; 80r, Ukraine: &c,
Dominican Republic, postal and tel
eSraphic anniversary; &c, Ecuador,
U. S. Constitution; SC, China, map;
1c, Nyassa Co., giraffe; Id, Barbados,
Olive Blossom, 1905; sd, Greece, air
mail, plane over map.
The Collectors Club of Washing
ton will meet at 1912 Ninth street,
NV, Tuesday evening at 8, and the
Washington Philatelic Society at
the Sheraton Hotel, Fifteenth and
L streets, NV, Wednesday at 8.
Evening star., 1947-11-09

AS released to the press last week,
the composition shows map of the
State with the park outlined and
a white heron standing guard.
After two more issues, the quar-
terly Stamp Specialist will under
20 a change of formal, so that spe-
cific monographs may be published
separately.
The 50-cent airmail stamp Of 1881
has been withdrawn from the Phil
atelic Agency list.
collectors OF the stamps Of Siam
Burma and French Indo-China will
be interested In an exhibition Of
rare and beautiful works of art
from those countries which is an
nounced by the Baltimore Museum
of Art from December 3 to jan
uary II. 1t. Col. Alexander Girls
void of the Army Air Forces gath
cred the material to be displayed
The show will be opened by Prince
WanWaidiakorn Worawarn, Siamese
Ambassador to the United States.
There is an old saying to tn e
effect that "a wise Frenchman
never writes a letter and never de-
stroys one" but Ludwig Fischer, q
former sergeant in the Nazi SIS
elite Guard, recently was ac-
quilted by war crimes court at
Dauchau when his sweetheart pro-
duced letters postmarked in vari-
GUS cities of Germany, Austria and
Czechoslovakis, proving by their
dates that he was not on duty at
the Buchenwald camp at the time
he was accused of numbering sew
eral inmates there.
Evening star., 1947-11-09
For Western Fans
HILL OF THE HAWK

x14LL oT A4Ac 44IAsA
BY Scott O'Dell. THE Bobbs-
Merrill Co., $3J
Essentially another Western novel,
yet the book has been written with
sensitivity to the undercurrent and
clash of two widely varied cultures,
that of the early United States and
that of the Spanish Mexican.
1t is expected that the American
hero will win the wild-eyed Spanish
girl as the two peoples clash over
California, and the action rushes
through numerous complications of
plot, the Americans finally occupy
ing the disputed territory.
Room is found, however, for oc-
casional good characterizations and
scenes against the perpetual back
ground of cultural antagonism. Mr..
ODell has created some interesting,
light reading. &C. B.
Evening star., 1947-11-09
By John CIoeett Proctor

John H. Tucker was one of the
city'S earliest letter carriers, and
it is said that during the admin
lstrations OF Presidents Jackson,
Van Buren and William Henry Har-
rison he was selected from among
the employees of the Post Office
Department as special messenger to
convey the Presidents messages to
| New York by stage, to be delivered
to the postmaster in that city for
publication. In the early days of
the Washington City Post Office he
was for many years one Of the
penny posts, or mail carriers
In the same block in 1881 to 1884
lived Ann Tor Nancy Tucker Du-
vail, an aunt to John H. Tucker
and Samuel Crown and grand
mother to the late Andrew Brown
Duvall.
Pioneer Washingtonians.
| An article which appeared in The
Star of August a.. 1908, refers to
this particular block and says in
part:
I'm 1929 John H. Tucker. who.
through his long connection with
the City Post ONCE as penny
post or letter carrier, had become
generally known, bought in lot l
and improved the property, making
his home here many years. In 1881
Samuel Crown and j. L. Peabody
owned in the square, as did Francis
B. Lord in 1888 and M. o. Buck
and N. Tastet in the '40s. The
latter, long clerk in the sixth
auditors Office. had his home in a
three-story brick residence at the
corner of Tenth and B streets, and
next lived John Mcpherson.
At 1910 B street resided J. Thomas
West, who afterward built 21S
Twelfth street. Sarah E. Lycett,
widow of William Lycett, lived next
door, while Frank M. Heaton, said
to be related to the Edsons, lived
on the southeast corner OF Eleventh
street. The Veihmeyer house had
the number 1903 and the Willis
dwelling was nearer Fourteenth
street.
Some of the residents of Virginia
avenue ST years ago, or moro, in
cluded James Webster at 917; next
door the Cornwalls; at 931. William
Mcqueen; 935. Walter Carter, who
kept a stand for years in the Gen.
ter Market; 935 was the Goldsmith
house, where Zachariah Goldsmith
and his wife, Anna (Blackistone)
Goldsmith reared a family Of four
children. James S.. Nellie, Gertrude
and William H. Nellie married DR..
r. A. Witch, Gertrude married DR..
e. Y. Davidson. James S. Gold
smith and William H. Goldsmith
were employed for many years In
the United States National Museum.
On the south side Of the avenue,
at the southwest corner Of Eleventh
street, is the large brick residence
built some years ago by Capt. E. S.
Randall, the well-known steamboat
man, who years ago owned and
operated River View, to which his
steamers, Samuel j. Pentz and
Harry Randall, took large crowds
of excursionists during the sum-
mer months. This dwelling is now
owned and occupied by DR.. A. J..
Olmstead.
Little Mount Vernon"
Within a door or two Of this
property, at 1102, is a frame build
ing, locally known as the Little
Mount Vernon" because of its wide
ship lap and very ornate doors, and
other material salvaged from the
refuse of the home of the first
President when being repaired.
Some years ago the writer had
an interview with Mrs Annie NJ.
Evening star., 1947-11-09

Washington is not what i
used to be. at least not wha
- 1t was prior to the '80s
when some OF the fines
pioneer families Of the city resided
in this area.
Take. for instance, B street (noV
Independence avenue) from Seventh
to Fourteenth street. At 804 once
was the home of DR.. Harrison G
Dyer, a widely known entomologist
who also was once in the public eye
because he dug tunnels in his back
yard and elsewhere, purely fol
recreation purposes. At 814 resided
r. A. Golden and on the southeast
corner of B and Ninth lived Arseniu!
I. Harvey. founder and president o.
the Harvey, Clarke g. Given Goa
Co., one of the earliest coal COM
panies of the city, with wharves al
the foot of Thirteenth street, anc
their principal place Of business al
one time at Maryland avenue ano
rteen-and-a-H Half, now Linwooc
place, where they also sold groceries
Henry A. Clarke Of the firm livec
on B street near Thirteenth, while
John T. Given, the other member
Of the company, lived uptown.
Early Residents.
James s. Harvey, the father oi
Arsenius !. Harvey, was also resi-
dent of South Washington, and fol
years was a wholesale merchant or
the river front before his death in
1857. He was born in Prince Georges
County, Md, on February !, 1895
and married in 1917 Catherine
Clarke, who was born in 1898 and
died on THE Island" in 1863. OF
their eight children Arsenius is said
to have been the only one who lived
to maturity, and he was born IN
Georgetown in 1919 and died at his
B street home February IA, 1891.
At the southwest corner of Inde-
pendence avenue and Tenth street
resided James ]. Cooper, for many
years trainmaster for the PennSyl-
vania Railroad. At 906 was the
home and Office of DR.. Louis j
Brothers, in an oldfashioned dwell
ing that stood back of the street
w. A. B. Church, the lumber dealer
took I'D his residence nearby. at 912
Harrison G. Crook. the physician
lived at 920 until he died.
Rev. Stephen Brown, in the early
's0s, lived at 928 B street, and his
son, Stephen c. Brown, for many
wears registrar of the Smithsonian
Institution, resided next door, ano
even at an earlier date Jane Polkin-
horn, widow of Richard D. Polkin-
horn, had her home at 942. In the
rear of this old house once stood
an improvised private school taught
by Miss Mary Hatch. which was at
tended by the children Of the elite
living In the neighborhood. The
Ahern and O'Laughlin families at
one time resided on the southeast
corner and here John Callar
OLaughlin, the writer, lived when
attending the Jefferson School. The
Dunkum family were more recent
residents here.
Where houses 1904 to 1908 nov
stand were once two light bricl
houses, which probably stood there
until about so years ago, One OF
these was built as early as 1929 by
John H. Tucker, and the othel
soon afterward by Samuel Crown
the writer's wife's grandfather, ane
here the writer's father-in-law
Charles E. Crown, was born in 1886
Samuel Crown was at one timt
an employe of the City Post Office
and was on duty the night of De
cember Is, 1886, when the OLE
Blodgett Building was destroyed by
fire, and it was he who gave thu
alarm and assisted in saving much
valuable property.
Evening star., 1947-11-09

SHAK SPEARE ARRANGED
FOR MODERN READING, edited
by Frank w. Cady and Van H. Cart
nell. Illustrations by Rockwell
Kent. doubleday; So Shortened
versions of the plays with@outlines
Of the plots supplied.
Evening star., 1947-11-09

From November % to December IA
the National Gallery of Art will ex-
hibit portrait paintings and draw
ings by official Navy combat artists,
executed in the principal theaters
Evening star., 1947-11-09
LET THE TIGER DIE

LET THE TIGER DIE
BY Manning Coles. doubleday
& Co.; ST.
Tommy Hambledon. our favorite
secret agent. Is in again. This time
he is vacationing in Sweden when
his curiosity is piqued by the un-
usual interest three Middle Euro
peans show in one German. The
German is killed. parcel OF secret
papers falls into Hambledon's hands
and his only clue lies in the dying
mans whisper: Santa Brigita."
From then on he is pursued and
pursuer-his most persistent fol-
lower being a villain named We'll
ensky. Tommy finds himself afloat
on the Baltic Sea, steals" his own
passport, impersonates a German
nobleman, gets himself tossed in a
Spanish jail-or, in other words,
behaves in the Hambledon tradi-
ton.
There's a suggestion that .Hanble-
don, abetted by a wonderful English
pdlI udIIlcO cUl lSdIl d11O So1iiPSCA4'
has foiled World War III. There
is also this sign-of-the-times note:
Welensky is a Communist.
IN A LONELY PLACE
by Dorothy B. Hughes. fDueH,
Sloan & Pearce; $500
Death waits in the fog for nice
girls unfortunate enough to wait for
bus or walk their dogs when the
stranger sallies forth. This Is the
case history of that stranger, for
Mrs. Hughes is interested in stark
terror-not mystery.
What drove Dix Steele to seek the
company of a detective, even If
Brub was service buddy? What
connection did thegdeath of a Red
Cross girl in England have with
the strangers activities in Los An
geles? What happened to the man
whose apartment Dix occupied and
whose car he drove? These are the
questions Mrs. Hughes answers as
she probes the killers mind in this
expertly contrived psychological
thriller.
Evening star., 1947-11-09

80 the old-timer, Southwest
Washington is not what 1t
used to be, at least not what
- it was prior to the '80s,
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DEATH WILL FIND ME

BY Helen Steers. (Dodd, Mead
& Co.; $780,
If John and Sally hadn't gone
to Boston. if Sally hadn't started
reminiscing about her college days,
and If John and his partner hadn't
gotten little drunk-those are the
Evening star., 1947-11-22

(See WOOD, Page B-2.)
Evening star., 1947-11-22
Home Godgets-
New Closet
Provides More
Storage Space
By HiIson Munsey

Every one, at one time or another,
has found himself in need of addi-
tional closet space. While the lack
of such space will cause one to
become vexed, even more irritating
is the inability to locate an article
that has become concealed in a hid
den corner or dark recess OF a closet.
A manufacturer has developed a
revolutionary door closet idea that
is practical and will increase both
closet space and convenience in 10
eating garments and accessories. 1t
brings dark corners into the light,
with greater shelf and hanging
space.
This new closet door is 6 feet wide,
6 feet, s inches high and 3 feet
deep, with a full length mirror
measuring 512 by 112 feet. All the
rods, pulls and hinges are made of
chrome. The entire door revolves on
a ball-bearing swivel with weight
capacity of :. one ton. Either end of
the closet may be swung into the
room and its contents brought with
in easy reach by simply revolving
the entire door. At the touch of a
finger, the entire hanger rod is
brought outside in full view for
quick easy selection of garments.
Behind the mirror door is spacious
closet for linens, bedding, towels
or accessories. Actually it is two
closets in one.
This versatile door closet can be
easily installed in new and old
homes alike. In new homes, with
the same overall dimensions and
same overall cost of an ordinary
closet, more usable space and more
service will result. In old homes,
this modernization can be made
with little disturbance or incon-
venience. 1t is easy to replace an
old-fashioned closet by just widen
ing the existing closet door to 6
feet, using the present studs for the
new header and the same castings
for the outside trim.
(Released by Consolidated News
Features, IncD
Evening star., 1947-11-22
Suggestions Offered
In Maintaining Care
Of Stucco Houses
By w. Wordsworth Wood

Stucco houses derive the name
from the fact that they are covered
with that material, but there are
any number of different frames or
backing to which the stucco may be
applied.
Many houses are made of cement
or cinder block, and then succeed
Brick houses and tile-walled houses
are covered with stucco, and ordi
nary wood-frame houses use it as
an exterior finish. In every case
however, the important thing is to
keep the covering solid and free
from cracks.
Once the weather gets behind the
finish, progressive defect sets up
which soon has large areas loosened.
The best manner in which to
treat a stucco house, is to watch for
cracks in the finish. When these
first appear they are easy to take
care of. The correct procedure is
to brush out all dust, and then wet
both sides and the back of the
crack until it is we'll soaked. Next
a paste should be made of pre-
pared cement patching material,
and forced into the crack and trow-
eled off.
At times stucoo wall will develop
(See WOOD, Page BID
Evening star., 1947-11-22
Attic to Cellar
Give Your Books
A Chance to Show
Their CoIors
By Betty 1rexIer
By Betty Trexler

Books are written to educate us,
amuse us, excite us, or relax us after
a hard day. They brighten our lives
but they can also brighten our
home.
Nothing gives a more honey touch
to the living room, for instance, than
a colorful array Of books on attrac-
tive shelves.
Not that we're suggesting you go
out and buy books by the dozens
if you don't intend to read them.
Books are meant to be read. But II
you have a good library of books
you might as well provide a decent
place to put them and add to the
attractiveness Of your home at the
same time.
Focal Point Of Room.
A good-looking bookcase can be
made the focal point of your living
room. All it needs is a good picture
above it-or several, If you choose
plus your favorite small antique
objects, or brass candelbra, plants
colorful plates etc., on the top shelf
If you don't have enough books
to fill the shelves, it doesn't mat
ter. The bare spaces can be used as
a place for a small radio or some
decorative objects, such as small
pitchers or vases.
A bookcase could cover an entire
wall, from floor to ceiling, or be only
two-shelf affair a few feet high.
The size and shape doesn't matter,
so long as they eft" the room.
Shelves might be painted soft
blue to match your walls. Or per-
(See TREX,ER. Page BEL
Evening star., 1947-11-22
By Roger c. Whitmon

Question: We have a large house
with a concrete porch across the
front and partly around the sides.
There is strong odor in the front
rooms In damp weather. We have
plenty of ventilation. Six windows
and a screen door. There is hole
through the porch floor, and hole
on the opposite side through the
foundation.
A wooden beam on the foundation
is rotted in some places. If this is
the cause of the odor, could this
beam be sprayed with something?
The front of the porch cannot be
ventilated due to a large terrace in
front of it.
Answer: The rotted beam should
be replaced with sound lumber; very
possibly the odor may emanate from
this decayed wood. There should be
more ventilation under the porch,
which 7 believe could be managed
Evening star., 1947-11-22
Permits of $4,000 and over were

Permits OF $lU,UUU ana over were
as follows:
Terrace Corp. owner; Jonathan Wood
ner Co, builder; Kirkhuff and Bagley,
architects; to erect one 2-and-3story brick
and dcinder -bi9ek apartment - A =. uInni,tsi
3341, 43. 45, AZ. 49; 81, 9 53 Twenty-third
Terrace Corp, La Sale Building: owner;
Jonathan Woodner Co, 1882 H street
NV, builder; Kirkhuft & Bagley, archi-
tects; to erect one 2-and-3 story brick.
and-cinder. block apartment. 10 units;
1921, 23, 25, 81. 30, 81, 33 Twenty-third
Terrace Corp, owner; Jonathan Wood
ner Co, builder; Kirkhuff g. Bagley, archi-
block apartment, is units; 1871 to 73 and
1916 Congress Street Sc: to cost S54. 600.
Dunbar House. Inc, 20l5 Fifteenth
street NV, owner: Harvey Warwick
(Haughton Elevator Coz, builder and
architect: to install three electric passen.
Evening star., 1947-11-22


Future of Housing" His sharply ex-'
pressed contention was that the pro-
posed aft-Ellender- Wagner bill will
fall short of meeting the housing
need, and that it should be broad
ened.
It Is safe to say, on the basis OF
close observation of the convention
session and discussions with rep
resentative number Of public hous-
ing officials there, that the bulk OF
the organization wants to have the
Government make public housing
available to a much bigger slice OF
the population than at present
would be eligible.
Middle Income" Idea.
That this slice would include many
so-called middle income families"
no one would seriously deny, but a
majority of the organization SHES
away from using the words middle
income" because of the 1nflamma-
tory effect it would have on the
Nations builders and presumably, on
Congress.
Most of the housing officials pre-
sent were executives OF public hous-
ing authorities and thereby persons
having a professional interest IN ex-
tension of public housing. To this
extent their impartiality on this
issue Is diluted. But, on the other
hand, there is scarcely anyone who
could deny that it is this group,
more than any other, which daily
comes into contact with the need OF
housing by those who do not have 1t
or who cannot afford 1t.
The area into which this group
would like the Government to move
is the so-called mo mans land
formalized in the Taft-Ellender-
Wagner bill and now existing as a
result of Public Housing Administra-
ton policy.
Provision In Bill.
This T-E-W bill provision requires
that the maximum income limits
for admission to public housing
must be set 20 per cent below the
income level at which families OF
various sizes can afford decent,
safe and sanitary" homes made
available by private enterprise.
Part of the public housing Off
Gals concern over the limits set
under the new bill arises from the
fact that incomes have risen over
the period of years since the public
(See LEWIS, Page B-2D
Evening star., 1947-11-22
Two Rental HOUSING
Apartment Projects
Approved by Fla
projects of modern design.

Two new rental housing projects
to provide PIG new apartments for
veterans have been approved for
FILA mortgage insurance. James A.
Hewitt, director of the District Of
flee of the Federal Housing Admin
istration, said today.
They are as follows:
Bethesda Gardens Apartments to
be built at Bethesda by Charles F.
Miller, financed by the Moss-Rouse
Co. OF Baltimore with mortgage Of
$967 500, and consisting of three
story structures containing 126 units.
Elmar Gardens to be built at
Edmondston road and Hamilton
street, Hyattsville, by Frank Mar
(See FHA, Page B-2)
Evening star., 1947-11-22
First Aid to AiIing Houses

in some way by good building con-
tractor. The holes that you speak
of evidently are not large enough
to allow for a good current OF air
under the porch.
1t may be possible that cat or
other animal has found its way into
the space and died there. If that is
the case, the odor from the animal
eventually will disappear The pos
sibility of leakage in the area of
the rotted beam should be looked
into.
Finish For Insulating Board.
Question: I would like paint for
old-type, rough insulation board
walls. Would resin-base, water
emulsion paint be suitable or is an
oil paint better? Will the nail heads
show through?
Answer: You can paint the board
with either material that you men
(See FIRST AID, Page BED
Evening star., 1947-11-22
Farley Raises Issues Involved
In Public Housing ReopproisoI
By Robert J. Lewis
Real Estate Editor Of The Star

brought of the questions involved
in Nations public efforts
Charles Abrams
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80 Apartment Units Included
In $637, ,345 Building Permits

by
Robert previous
of $633395.
otang s273ooo firm for the consuc-
of
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District Rental
Housing Picture

Applications for rental housing
during the last week totaled $50, Of
which SOL were for dwellings and
78 were for rooms.
In the same period, SO dwellings
were listed for rent, most of which
were furnished apartments In pri-
vate homes, plus 1873 rooms.
Applicants were classified as
follows:
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(See PERMITS, Page b.
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(See FIRST AID, Page Bed
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(See TREXLER, Page BED
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-07-24
North Beaver
Creek News

Rev. Herbert Caldwell filled
his regular appointment at the
Baptist church, Sunday night.
Mr.. Roy Phillips and children
visited Mrs. Phillips who has
been i'll in the hospital for sever
al weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose Miller
and children spent Sunday with
Mrs. Miller's mother, Mrs. Ellen
Mcneil.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cord Severt and
children spent Sunday with Mrs
Severt's parents.
John E. Gilley, of Whitnel
spent Sunday night with his son
w. N. Gilley.
Mrs. Dollie Sheets, who has
been in i'll health for severa
months, is now able to be GU
again.