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Evening star., 1947-02-01
By W. Wodsworth Wood

There are two sources OF light for
the home. One is natural light, the
other artificial light. The latter is
more important because the aver
age home is used for family activi-
ties to greater degree after dark
than during daylight hours.
House lighting has developed con-
siderably during the past decade,
and the net results are remarkable.
Probably the most interesting fact
is that it is just as chesn n hove
good lighting effects as bad ones.
Every one is keenly aware Cl l--~ -
preston received when entering a
room which is lighted; either it is
pleasing and restful, or glaring and
annoying. The cost of the pleasant
lighting is no more and probably
less than the annoying light.
There are basic rules for good
lighting. The first Is that. under nc
circumstances should an exposed
bulb be in sight. 1T is mot only s1f,-
slightly, but 1t is also bad for the
eyes. Ten-cent stores offer variety
Evening star., 1947-02-01

(See LEWIS, Page BID
Evening star., 1947-02-01
First Aid
For Houses
By ROGER c. Whitmon
Painting LinoIeum.

Question: The linoleum on my
small bathroom floor is not worn,
but it is an unattractive color and
I'm tired of it. Could I paint 1t
myself?
Answer: You can paint it with q
good floor paint or floor enamel. 1t
would be more practical to stipple
it in two colors, as this would not
show footprints and soiling as much
as a solid color First, wash the floor
well, but without flooding, rinse and
wipe dry. After several hours for
complete drying, wipe with turpen-
tine to make sure you have removed
all wax and grease spots. Then ap-
ply your background color and let
it dry hard. For the mottled effect,
(See FIRST AID, Page B-3)
Evening star., 1947-02-01
Real Estate
Shop Talk

President Charles H. Hillegeist
says plans for the 18th annua!
Washington Real Estate Board din
ner and dance-set for February
l3 in the Mayfower Hotel ball
room-are well under way. Ticket
sales indicate 500 will attend.
A committee headed by Howard
E. Thompson is handling general
arrangements. Tickets are being
distributed by j. McKenney Berry
jr., j. C. Weldon and Stanley Pear
son. j. Lee Donnelly, A. S. Gardi-
ner, jr., and John r Neale are
planning the entertainment.
Valentine Day decorations are be-
ing planned by r. J. Donohoe. head
of the Dinner Committee; H. W.
Morgan, jr., and Lee Baxter. Guests
will receive souvenirs of the dinner
X x X
The Home Builders Association OF
Metropolitan Washington plans a
local Home Show" this fall. The
show is planned because Of many
requests for an exhibit of latest
designs, the HBAMW says.
x X x
A Photographic contest to point
up slum conditions in the Capital
and the need for more housing is
scheduled by the Citizens Council
for Community Planning to start
February and continue through
March 81. Prizes will total $3.50
Call Michigan 6328 for more in
formation.
Mrs. Thomas H. Creighton, jr., Is
now with the Kennedy Chamberlain
Development Co. as a sales repre-.
sentative.
The National Association of Real
Estate Boards and the American
Institute of Architects are at odds
over Federal subsidies for slum
clearance. The Ala wants Uncle
Sam to help. The NAREB wants to
handle it without Federal aid and
at the local and State level.
Unless 100000 young men start
building trades apprenticeships in
the next few months, a shortage of
skilled labor will delay several bill
lion dollars worth of construction
this year. American Institute of
President James r. Ed
jr, said today
X X 4
If the country does what Philip
B. Fleming, temporary controls ad-
ministration, wants-build million
housing units a year for the next
20 years-three-fifths of all present
housing will have to be junked,
President-elect Morgan L.. Fitch of
the National Association of Real
Estate Boards claimed during the
week. A million new units and rent
decontrol would do the trick, he
said.
X X X X
On Friday the Structural Clay
Products institute joined the chorus
demanding the end of rent ceilings
Roy A. Shipley, its president, said
rental housing for veterans will moi
be built until decontrol takes place
(See SHOP TALK, Page BID
Evening star., 1947-02-01
Week S Permits
To Build Rise
To S325,8O0
$4,000 Increase
Over Previous 7 Days
Is Reported for D. G.

Building permits granted during
t:le week by Robert H. Davis, Dis
trtc. buildings inspection director,
totaled 1925, 300, or $67 ,030 more than
the week before.
Permits of $1,000 and over were
as follows:
Robert I. Silverman, zoos K street
NV, owner and builder; Edmund
W. Dreyfuss, 1919 Fifteenth street
NV, architect; to erect four two
story brick, cinder block apartments,
4 units each, 1200-04-08-12 Savan-
nah street Sc. Qots A to At, square
.7e46), to cost $4,000.
Earl and Fannie P. Carson, 1882
I street NV, owner; William P.
Lipscomb Co., Inc, Woodward
Building, builder; Louis de Ladur-
antaye, architect; to make altera-
tions to hotel, new stair, baths, 1882
street NV. Qot IS, square 250), to
cost $4,000.
Lank Woodwork Co., Inc, 81 K
street Sc, owner; builder not Sc
lected; Otto Vogt, architect to erect
OIlc OIiC~otOly otCC1 SAiloC1 bioSh,
brick lumber storage shed, 60 L
street Sc. dot 3, squarwe N. 699)
? to cost $4,000.
Lewis j. Furr, 8003 Eastern ave-
nue, Silver Spring, Md, owner;
Standard Construction Co., 1910
Vermont avenue NV, builder;
e Corning & Moore, 1726 M street
: NV, architect; to erect one two
story brick and cinder block dwell
ing, 1920 Iris street NV. dot 40,
square 2738), to cost $25,000.
Felix Marchegiani, 1918 Randolph
street NE, owner and builder;
George T. Santmyers, 2209 L street
NV, architect; to erect three two
story brick and cinder block dwell
Evening star., 1947-02-01
Ample Supply
OF Lumber in
u. 5. Reported
Association Cites
Rapid Upswing Of
Production in 1916

The back of the lumber shortage
has been broken, thanks to a rapid
upswing of production in 1916, the
National Lumber Manufacturers
Association said here this week. /
Apparently month ahead of the
Government in its statistics, the as
sociation estimated last years lum-
ber output at more than 32,O00,0 ,000,-
900 board feet. This is 4,500, ,00o, 600
board feet more than 1945.
The Civilian Production Admins
tration reported earlier this week
that November lumber production
again exceeded 5000 100000 board
feet. The agency said production
for the first II months last year was
81 ,889 400 900 feet. Thus, it appears
the association estimates for the en-
tire year are conservative.
Hardwood Flooring Scarce.
SIN general" the association de-
clared, ''the lumber shortage is now
ended. Construction lumber is in
ample supply"
The report noted that certain
special lumber products. like hard
wood flooring, are still scarce in
some areas. Production of flooring
however, will soon be up to demand,
it added.
"The only real problem about lum-
ber not solved completely is distri-
button. This is rapidly adjusting
ITSELF" the report stated. .
New Growth Equals Drain.
The association claimed that last
years lumber output was four times
the amount needed for the veterans
housing program.
1t also was claimed that recent
figures show annual drain on the
Nations forest reserves is now ap-
proximately equalley by new growth
On the other hand, Secretary or
Agriculture Anderson recently told
the Senate Agriculture Committee
that the Nation should double the
present rate of growth of saw tim
ber if the country is to provide ade-
quately for timber resources in the
future.
Another significant development
this week was the CPA announce
ment of a general relaxation OF con-
trolls over softwood plywood.
Evening star., 1947-02-01

On Friday the Structural Clay
Products institute joined the chorus
demanding the end of rent ceilings.
Roy A. Shipley, it's president, said
rental housing for veterans will not
be built until decontrol takes place.
(See SHOP TALK, Page BED
Evening star., 1947-02-01
Good Lighting in Homes
Is Cheap and Worthwhile

Of shades and shields, so there is no
excuse for the unshaded bulb.
The central ceiling light which
flooded the room with high-powered
incandescence has no place in mod
ern home lighting. 1t was not only
raw and binding but cast shadows
behind every object it crossed. It's
place has been taken by well-placed
lamps and indirect lighting points,
which diffuse soft but ample illumi-
nation.
The living 1oom' is probably the
most important point in the house
at which to start correcting your
lighting effects. The procedure con-
sists merely of moving one or more
portable lamps, on stands or tables,
around the room until the best
effect is obtained. There will be
pieces of furniture, objects of art
or pictures which you will want to
high light or draw attention to.
There will be easy chairs which
rry@ON n q \
Evening star., 1947-02-01

(See FIRST AID, Page B-30
Evening star., 1947-02-01
Urbun Construction
Reaches $4,338,O00, 900

The Bureau of Labor Statistics re-
ports s4,338 100000 worth of urban
construction was undertaken in the
frst months of 1896 The figure for
the first Ii months of 1945 was
S1,728 900 900. -
Residential building went from
SSH, 100000 to s2,257, 100000 for the
period used while nonresldentlal
building rose from $696, ,O00, 900 tt
s1,37O 900 900 and additions, altera'
tions and repairs climbed from
S461 900 900 to Sill 100000.
Evening star., 1947-02-01
Agency Approves Loans
For .0O2 Home Units

The Federal Housing Administra-
tons District Office made loans on
AZ applications totaling 1902 units
during the week ending January "a.
This brought total loans since
December % to 191 for 2,072 units in
the Washington area. E
The frontiersman., 1947-10-01
HOlER TO HAVE
 SEAPLANE LANDING

It is reported that Homer is soon to have 8 seaplane landing erect ed.
 The artifical lake to be made for the first class water landing will be adjacent to the pres cnt airport SC that the tuo airports can be hand led through one source of operation.
 IA.nphibian and pom toon planes will be able to land on the proposed mile and a half long taxi way.
The frontiersman., 1947-10-01
FISHERY HERRING
 TODAY IN ANCHORAGE.

George O. Black, Fishery Management Agent of the Fish and 7Iildlife Service has announced that a Fishery Hearing will be held in Anchor- age tomorrow, October 2nd. The meeting is sch eduled for lO:OO 4. N. in the lounge room of the U. so.
 l-r. Seton Thompson Chief, Division of Alaska Fis hries will conduct the hearing and ltr. Black will also participate at the hearing.
The frontiersman., 1947-10-01

4 4 been asked to map a vo1- untary plan for bucking the high cost of living nor spreading throughout the United States.
 The price of butter recently rose to 31.O5 in some stores in New York and 90 to 96f in other stores throughout that city.
 The price of eggs is rising right along vi tn the increasing cost of butter and meat is also on the list of sky rock citing price increases.
 It has been quoted by a leading reprcsentat- i've that the only means by which these price in- creases can be stopped: is by a buyers strike. (cont. page 8)
The frontiersman., 1947-10-01
Repres esent2 2tives Tn Seldovia On BuSine SS.

Business.
 Jack B. Gucker, rep resentative of Arnor and Co.,, 5 & v, Sun5hire Dis cults and Schenley Corp oration is in tom this week on q business trip. This is l.r. Guckeris first trip to this local itT.
 Clark Andresen, rep resentative of the Huntn- nand Itotte Co.,. is in tom alec on cuStro cc for his company. i.r. Ardresen has been here twice all ready this year. He makes his headquarters in anchorage.
 COLD STORAGE SOON
 FOR KODIAK
 Kodiak will, by next sumner, have a cold stor- age plant of 5000 pound capacity.
 This plant uill be under the direction of 'Tallace George, long time cold storage operator of the Juneau Cold Storage Plant at June au.
 It is planned to lease the neu upper dock end for a fish shed, with additional boat facilit- ies to be built on the shore. ..
Evening star., 1947-12-01
Export Restriction
On Soffwood in '4S
Relaxed by Cdnada
BY NE Assoeiofsd Press

OTTAWA, Dec. 1.-Relaxing Of
export restrictions on Eastern Cana.
dian timber to allow the free sale
OF 100000, 900 feet of softwood on
the world market in 1913 was an
nounced last night by Canadian
Reconstruction Minister G. D. Howe.
While the free export quota total
remains the same as for 1947, the
shippers will not be obliged to sell
any Of that amount to the United
Kingdom, Mr.. Howe said. This year,
the bulk OF the 290,000,000 feet
quota was earmarked for Britain.
Department oficials explained
the move would result in higher
prices being available for producers
Of Ontario, Quebec and the Mari
times, the provinces affected. The
chief potential market is the United
States, where prices are consider
ably higher than In Britain.
| Overall Quota May Rise.
Along with the loosening of the
export control, Mr.. Howe said that
as soon as reports of Eastern soft
wood production for 1948 were
available, consideration would be
given to increasing the overall free
export quota"
For 1948 also, the Government
will continue its policy of granting
export credits" on the basis Of
shipments made to the domestic
markets. Under this arrangement,
shipper selling a quantity Of
lumber in Canada gets the right to
export certain percentage Of that
footage. In the East, the percent
age averages about so per cent.
Mr.. Howe said the change in
export policy was made because
Britain's dollar shortage had caused
delay in receiving orders from that
country for softwood.
He said 1t was hoped that under
the new arrangement exporters
would try to obtain payment in
United States dollars, thus helping
the campaign to bolster Canada S
dollar position.
Softwood Controls Remain.
On the question of continued re-
strictions and controls on softwood
lumber and lumber products, Mr..
Howe said these were still neces-
sary to ensure enough for domestic
needs.
"The timber controller is con-
tinually studying the complexities
involved in our lumber industry"
he said, land only recently it was
found possible to increase export
quotas on certain grades of soft
woods in Western Canada. Further
relaxations to existing export quotas
must be considered from the stand
point of domestic requirements"
Saudi Arabia Is about q quarter
the size OF continental United States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-06

Jack into production before real contribution is squeezed out of hem
 B. the terms of the shutdown agreement the distiller5 were sup .osed to turn their savings over to the Commodity Credit Corpora
 ion. But what actually has teen -ollccted, according to Agriculture Department officials. can be mea-
 ured by the pocketful.
 Meanwhile, the Bureau of Inter nal Revenue has worked cut some revealing statistics showing that the whiskey boys actually doubled 1roduction while they haggled and stalled over the whiskey holiday First word of a shutdown came in September, and the production )f beverage alcohol promptly shot up 8,000,OO0 gallons over the pre- .ious two months. Measured in grain. the consumption jumped a full million bushels.
 But the producers managed to stall off the final shutdown until October 25 During that short month. the distilleries hummed as never before. It is now revealed that more wheat went into whiskey during the first 9 days of October than the combined total for July and August-or more than 7.200'0oo bushelsl In fairness to the dis tina,s. it should be pciat7d out that a normal increase ta pro5Gc- ten is the rule during the autumn months-but not the frantic double time that preceded the shutdown. (coPYRIcIfT, I947, BELL sYNDIcArr, ."1'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-06
ALAsKA's AIRPORT PROBLEMS

The Juneau Chamber of Commerce received this week through Senator Harry p Cain cf Washington Q copy of letter 10 Senator Cain from the Civil Aeronaucs Commission which bears significant news for eyery community ii Alaska with relation to plans for airport improvement by municipalities with Fed cral aid
 The letter signed by T P Wright CAA Ad- inistratcr buntly states that sponsors for airport projects in Alaska legally accept Federal aid due 10 the lack of delegation of such authority by the Territorial Government"
 In other words even if the Federal government is willing to contribute szeabe funds in aid enable the City Of Juneau to build administration building at the Juneau airport it cannot do because the Territorial Legislature has failed to adopt legislation authorizing the municipalities to participate in such programs.
 This could have been avoided had certain mem bers of the last legislature passed Senate Bill No AS by Senators Ed Coffey of Anchorage and William Munz of Nome. There nothing basically wrong with the bill and the Senate passed it by vote of Is to l.
 At the time the bill arrived in the House, Bob Atwood Anchorage Times editor, arrived from An chorage and voiced objections to the bill to the resentatves from his town. At the time were unable find out what he specifically objected to, but Rep Steve McCutcheon and others got busy and succeeded in holding the measure up and eventually killing it in conference committee.
 The legislation also failed to receive the support of the Governor and this was a serious handicap.
 However, there is nothing that can be done about that at this stage What ba done is to revive the bill for the next legislative session and perhaps try find out what Atwood objected to and correct that phase. As remember, the Juneau represen- tatiyes had no objection to the bil-the opposition was from the Third Division strangely enough from
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-06
The Risks of Inaction
lCincinnati Ennnircrl

Cincinnati Enquirer
 Reviewing the economic problem of Western Europe on the basis of his first-hand observation Eugene Meyer Publisher of the Washington Post had some very coeen things to say Washington audi ence the other day He expressed the strong convc- ton that the British and French peoples are aware of the gravity of their crisis, that they willing to work as hard as necessary that they are not ex- pecting American aid as Q dole.
 Apart from losses and dsorganization MT Meyer finds the chief cause of Elwope's current troubles the bad of this last year Those disasters of nature have forced European countries to spend more for imports of foods and therefore much less for industrial materials and for new machinery and equipment for undermining their in dustry. In addition crop shortages have kept the workers of France Britain, Germany and some other countries such low calorc diets that they actually cannot do the full days work they did in prewar days
 On this basis and in view of the chaos which would result in Western Europe from winter of starvation and freezing Mir Meyer urges not merely long range assistance under the Marshall Plan, but sop-gap aid as soon possible.
 Frankly admitting We cannot be certain this will turn the tide against Communism in Europe Mir Meyer contends should pose the question in nega- tive terms. If We do not enable the Western Euro peans to escape wholesale starvation and freezing he asserts. then the worst will happen And it will be for keeps
 'If we don't save them" he adds we will lose all We fought for in a very important area of the world And wa will not have another chance. We now have chance to take calculated step, calcu- lated risk knowing that We may either succeed or fail but also knowing that we do not take the step We fail beyond any doubt
 That is a negative argument. to be sure But it Is compelling one. In a few soundy reasoned sen tences Mir Never has made persuasive answer to the notion that money used to aid Europe is money poured down a rat-hole-the defeatsm which is, in reality the new mask of isoattoniSm
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-06
Freighted with Good-Win
New Ynrk Tlmesl


 IL started from Los Angeles on Friday night, Nov as single train of twelve easily pulled by one locomotive At Oakland it picked up seven more cars It left Reno on Sunday with g, ogden Cn Monday with 31. Kearney Neb cn Wednesday with 50, Coun- cil Bluffs on Friday with 62 It got too big and had to visit too cities to remain one train, and being added rapidly yesterday that count ing difficult But the twelve cars had grown to than 200, approaching this city on both banks of the Hudson It is New Works turn to add to these gifts of the American people for hungry Europes Christmas, In this port the Friendship Food Train ends is dramatic land journey.
 This is a small paIf of the harvest of our broad land fruits of California, grain of the Middle West milk of Wisconsin, dried pease and beans something perhaps directly indirectly from all the States We this city do part by gifts of food money which may be sent or taken to any school police station firehouse Todav's parade and ceremonies at City Hall will the heart like a rehearsal Tor Christmas Friendship Train carries burden of politics. It is a message from people with some thing to spare to people with less than enough
 Friendship Train is expression of America. just is Freedom Train: the is a reaffirmation of basic faith the other is that faith in simple human action These are stern days which We will need strength and courage to get safely through But the pioneer could labor and endure also gave freely Of his substance when his neighbor in trouble; that was and is, America, too.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-06
CAN BUSINESS CONTROL
 INIT

Federal Reserve Board insiders report that more and more of the country's big business leaders are coming to the view that voluntary controls on prices wifi not work, and that Congress eventually will have 10 enact the Presidents 10- point program of compulsory con- tols on prices, credits, allocations, etc, if the war on imitation is to be won.
 Typical example of the netfee- tiveness of voluntary controls-ol self-policing by industry-is thi wild competitive war that ha' broken out in the mail-order in- dustry since the expiration oi regulation W. under which th( government required a one-thiro down payment and a year to pay for goods purchased on the install ment plan
 When Regulation w eXpirec November l, Sears, Roebuck off cia!s in a sincere desire to holc the line against imitation, decide to keep the Governments credit restrictions voluntarily in effect b. requiring down payment of 9 percent on most of it's merchandise only percent lower than the compulsory down payment under Regulation w.
 However this plan had 10 be scrapped For Montgomery Ward the leading competitor of Sears Roc5uck. announced 1t would re- quire down payment of only 1C percent Rather than lose a lot oi business to its No competitor Sears also was forced to scale it. down payment to 10 percent or most merchandise.
 Meantime, many other install ment firms are requiring no dowr payment at all It was such easy credit" buying that led to the last depres sion, and that is why more and more Of the nations busines: leaders reluctantly are cominG around to the view that the onl!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-06
Daily lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MIsUSED: ABLUTION merely meaning affectation laughter is washing a religious rite
 OFTEN AISPRONOUNCED: A as in HER.
 OFTEN NIISSPELIED: Fellow; two IS~ Felon one L.
 SYNONYMS: horizontal, flat, smooth, even
 word three times and is yours Let US increase vocabulary Todas incapable of being corrected not reomable "A fool dangerous and af-Colton
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-06
70 YEARS AGO fHE TIT EMPIRE
DECEMBER 6. 1927


 Election of Alaska by the people of the territory aeked in number introduced in the House of Rep by Delegate Sutherland The first popular election uoud be held first Monday in November l93o
 months St Lawrence lsiho avated collected between two and three of ethnooca anthropogca specimens for the Alaska School Mines otto w. GeS was r while the port Ketchkan where he enend Christmas with his brother Joseph Geist
 The pasboa T-20 Buster owned by A. Waara of ~ was found Funter Bay with hole in that the was lost inc boat was louo R Pekovich md Carey Tubbs of Funter Bay
 1onr M Morrison of underwent opera for the reoval of his appendix Hospital this confined his home for the past week much improved and expected to return within few days
 With Indian residents of Douglas evening in the Government charge of the teaching which had started reading and writing