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Evening star., 1947-05-13
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OF reader confidence and re-
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each week a larger number
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than all other Washington
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on Sunday, the big day In
Classified Advertising, double
that of its Sunday competi-
tors combined.
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conditions. Apply in person, 50la Georgia
ave. NV. IL
MEN WANTED for steady work and good
weekly earnings. $50; no experience neces-
sary; all training paid for: opportunity for
promotion plus pension system. paid . vaca.
weekday. mornings, Monday throush Fri
s.s sAk1raL sSIsfsa fsassiH s co. smpioynsSt sssss
Route 20, Cabin John: Route so. Friend
ship Heights streetcar to door. -I5
MEN. YOUNG. for clerical work; must
have high school education, good past en-;
RsEsdnsne RsidWare. ie Fair ssiars to start; prom
islnE future. Apply 1873 ilth st.. MR.
NIGHT CLERK, over s5 years old, from
10 pm. till an. Apply IN rerson LORI LQIaI
CALVERT HOTEL. College Park, Md, sot
Baltimore ave. -lo +
OFFICE ASSISTANT to general sales man,
must type and be familiar with xenera
once routine; knowledxe Of heating equip.
ment helpful: office sir conditioned. Reply
TO Box 198-E, star. lib
tion and living expenses. Box 3se-c. star
OPTICAL BEscHssAN. capable Of sd.
IAINIERs WANTED, experienced only
sss.: zs4f :lS Der ass e: s tsr
PAINTERS {e,, frst class, no drinkers
steady work RA, 6f36. -I5
be { & Capable. sHAPIRo, NC. sIl 18th s
pAnpEK HANGERS te,. good stesdv men
sic per day. l946 New Hampshire .ve
essrER HANcEKs ,er york In Arlinasor
IFlkKiNG LOT MANAGER-Excelient op-
porturity for energetic man; must be sobe.
and furnish references: night shift; replie'
confidential. Box 20z-E. star. --A
PARTs DEPT. CLERK for mechanics
service parts room: expeIIenec helpful BY
cation and experience. Boz ASK. Star
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syy. o-aay week. solsndiA woxkinG ecudt'
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Tor Al carpenters. with car or pickup:
,emodeIing ,soa sna maintenance caii after
eAhPENfEks. HR q s.' ekpssrsienesd. Il stead, work
caRfEaTERs. eeRsf snH @ :; STE steady work. top wages
Ismosns sss sa ssr e.. Pfas
caHarENTEhs 4 faCs ste.ds T. work insd. and out
not e yGu spp s.. ngs rsal Tf SIS
q AARafiEsrERs ss), ls.;el.ss men; 81 Sr..
assssrEks Sns III I oush ees md tpf trim men
jos:, Apply Il site on SARGENT rd. stySsnn sstyssn
sapsHsg aspssH E b.s sRf E!lEss reeoar ralael
per per hour. Apply N. Capitol and Tucker
+, assSs sss sas II H.
CARPENTERS, steady Job. small hous.
wood St. and Parkway. cheverly. Nd; Id
CARPET LAYER, experienced, capable snd
ssDssRsass tDD, SS vsSse safssa CO..
as eaHas issaas kspls axkTMzEs AZ; nEsrAURAsr
caEf, ia i White. % good | position in high h-elas.
aIy. Apply in person to 5sl5 oeoreia ave
best restaurants and hotels. Must have
highest references for ability. honesty,
depeudab.lity and for being hard work.
ing chef Highest wages" Excellent
9 and g I'm. rear entrance, TED LEWIS
REST. 2B6b Conn. ave. NV. lib
CIGAR CLERK, experienced preferredi ex-
cellent salary and working conditions. An.
ply EMPIRE PHAR.. 1888 Conn. ave. III
CLOTHING SALESMAN, experienced In
selling mems clothing; permanent position.
above-ayerage earnings. Apply employ
ment cfnce. RALEIGH HABERDASHER,
COOK. tfaoroushiy iai experienced. for sum
mer resort restaurant. good salary. excel
Apply 707 @ st. .i,w.. MR.. MAYER. lbs
COUNTERMAN, experienced. for building
material aoface: opportunity for ADVANCE.
nsnt. Apply EIsINdER MILL q LuMEEF
CREpfr fr xNS M OFFICE MANAGEE, 10,
long established and prominent street
mems wear speciality shop. Excellent op-
portuntty for individual with experience
or one who 10 now an assistant credit
and once manager. Must be expsrisncst
stating experience, educational dualidca.
tons, age aud salary expected. Boz 1s4.u
Desk cIxRK AND PHx operator. for nish
ave. II An. % PIN. and 100 % s::5l
b
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to assist owner; '
toned. modern. {
good salesman: t
plete charge OF s.
CO.. 301S Wilson
LIQUOR CLERK.
All LIQUOR CO,
Evening star., 1947-01-18
Foley Calls Farley
On Housing Statistics
Here Jan. II and 2S

Raymond M. Foley, national hous-
ing administrator, today called a
conference on housing statistics to
be held here January ~. and %.
Industry and Government repre-
sentatives will participate.
Mr.. Foley explained that present
information on housing is inadequate.
He said:
Through the efforts of both in
dustry and Government, much prog
ress has been made in the last 10
years in improving the amount and
quality of information on housing,
including production, inventory,
finance and other aspects.
Much remains to be done, how
ever, and the coming conference will
consolidate the gains that have been
made and will plan further ad-
vances."
Meanwhile, in a final tabulation
of priorities issued for new and per-
manent houses and apartments
under the Veterans Emergency Hous-
AlS I1OS1 dlll, t1IC 4NdtAO11dl 44OuoA&16
Agency today reported 927,621 units
were authorized throughout the
country for the period between jan
uary Is and December %, when the
priority program gave way to a per-
NIT system.
OF the total authorizations, 1913
per cent were for rental units and
82.5 per cent for sales units, with
some units reported as both rentals
and sales, and therefore appearing
in both classif1cations.
Thirty three per cent OF the total
sales authorizations were for homes
to sell for less than $500.
In the District, 2,096 applications
to build 22,157 units were approved
of which 1859 were listed as units
for sale, and II, ,460 as units for rent
with some appearing as both rentals
and sales.
Evening star., 1947-01-18
Safety From Fire Is Easy
To Build Into Wood House
By W. Wodsworth Wood

Naturally it is difficult to install
fire and draft stops after house
has been built, but an excellent sub
stitute is found in the use of fill in
sulation, which can be blown into
the wall and floor spaces and which
definitely checks the spread of fire.
Most people think of insulation in
terms of fuel savings but as a mat
ter of fact it offers tremendous
safety for the family as well.
Any one who lives in frame or
wood house, should make sure that
the open spaces of walls and floors
are either fitted with fire-stops or
fully insulated, they should make
sure that heating and electrical
equipment is in proper order; they
should make sure that either fire.
extinguishers or other means of
combating fire are on hand.
Evening star., 1947-01-18

New Fluid Prevents
Freezing on Roof;
Gus Reduces SCOT
By Hilson Munsey
By Hilson Munsey

Accumulation Of snow on the
roof of the house is dangerous, for
when a partial thaw occurs the
melting snow drops toward the gut
ter and then freezes to form an ice
block that prevents the water from
the melted snow reaching the gut
ter. The water has to go some
where, and if there is a weakness in
the shingles of the roof, that will be
the course it will take. The result
ing seepage of water ruins ceilings
and walls, necessitating expensive
repairs.
The snow must be dissolved be-
fore 1t can form such barrier and
the downspout must be clear. This
can be done by the installation OF
a special appliance that uses a
chemical preparation inclosed in
Ia porous container. The fluid
which is nonfreezing, in this con-
tainer is automatically dispensed
by wick to the critical points on
the roof. where the danger OF
blocked clearance is bad. The fluid
prevents freezing in any direction
to which it is directed.
The device is easily installed or
either slate or sf1ingle roofs with
specially designed fasteners that
(See CADETS, Page B-2D
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cost $5o9,0Uu.
A spokesman for the firm said .
start on this project will be de-
layed for some time.
Largest home building project au-
thorized included SO houses to be
built by the Cafriz Construction Co.
This weeks permit total exceeded
last weeks by $599,033.
Permits of $1,000 and over were as
follows:
The Hecht Co., Seventh and r
streets NV, owner; James l.. Par
sons, jr., 224 Homer Building, build
er; Abbott, Merkt & Co., architects;
to erect one 5-story concrete and
brick addition to warehouse, 1401
New York avenue NE, to cost
$685.. 900.
Cafritz Construction Co., 1404 K
street NV, owner and builder; lie.
roy l.. Werner, 1404 K street NV,
architect: to erect SO 2-story-and-
basement brick and cinder block
dwellings, 1900 to 1880 South Dakota
avenue NE; 1000 to 1040 Critten-
den street NE; 1903 to 1927 10th
street NE; to cost $228, 900.
E. w. Ornstein Construction Co.,
2480 10Th street NV, owner and
builder; Bernard Cowan, 2105 Tuck
ernan street NV, Hyattsville, Md,
architect; to erect Is 2-story brick
and cinder block dwellings, 2511 to
80 High street Sc; to cost $105 900.
E. M. Willis & Sons, Investment
Building, owner and builder; George
T. Santmyers, 2209 L street NV,
architect; to erect one 3-story brick
and cinder block apartment, IL
units, 1877 Forester street S.W.; to
cost $4,000.
Huffman Construction Co., Inc,
! (See PERMITS, Page Bad
Evening star., 1947-01-18

buuQ1ng tradeS-are preparing Tor
new careers requiring three to four
years service as registered appren-
tees.
Ninety-five per cent of the total
are veterans aided during their
training by subsistence allowances
under the CT Bill Of Rights.
Program Gust Under Way
Despite this sharp increase, said
Gino j. Simi, the Labor Depart
ment's District director of appren-
ticeship training, the program here
has "only just got under way"
Mr.. Simi has been in charge of
laying groundwork for the program
here since March, 1912, as area field
representative. After passage of the
District Apprenticeship Act last sum-
mer, Mr.. Simi was named District
director of apprenticeship.
Appointed by the District Com
missioners in, December, the District
Apprenticeship Council is now max
ing plans to speed up and broaden
the program in all fields, with par
ticular emphasis on the construc-
ton trades, to meet the peak de-
mands of the veterans housing
program this spring. a
Six Council Members
The siX-member council includes
three representing industry and
three representing labor who were
chosen to cover broad cross
section of the city's civic and eco
nomic interests.
Council members are Lee T. Tur-
ner, builder; James B. Luttes, bak-
cry executive, and Robert E. Phelps,
automotive machine snop official,
representing. industry; and Nat
Jackson, business representative of
the carpenters District Council
Milton r. Stevens, business repre-
sentative of the plasterers' union,
and John R. Evans, representing the
printing trades.
Advisory members are Dr. Hobart
M. Corning, superintendent of Dis
(See LEWIS, Page B-2.)
Evening star., 1947-01-18
Nv. G. Fowler Advanced

William c. Fowler, connected with
the Boss IL Phelps Mortgage Co..
for the last several years, this week
was elected secretary and a director
of the firm.
Evening star., 1947-01-18

Contrary to general belief, it is al
most impossible to burn down a
wood or frame house which has
been built properly and which is oc-
cupied.
According to best authorities, al
most 80 per cent of all fires in this
country are definitely preventable,
Is per cent were partly preventable,
and more than 40 per cent prob
ably largely prevehtable. In short,
only a fraction of the 1862 2,000, 900
which we spend year on fire loses
can be traced to purely unavoidable
causes.
To begin with, it costs about $40
extra to install fire and draft stops
in a wood house when it is under
construction. Without these small
items, fire can rage unchecked
through the walls, floors and CELL
ings of a wood house. With them,
fire is confined to a small space
and usually gives ample warning
through both smoke and odor.
Evening star., 1947-01-18
Apprenticeship Total Scars
From 79 to 387 in4Yeo
By Robert J.Lewis


January registered apprentices learning
District less
Today greatly expanded program guided by District
Apprenticeship
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96 Dwellings Here Included
In $971,234 Building Permits

Authorization So dwellings included building permits
this Robert Davis District building
Largest which permit issued fve-story
1401 Me-
Evening star., 1947-01-18
The Weeks
Housing Picture

Applications for 1,146 rental
apartments, houses and rooms were
filed during the last week at the
District Housing Center, 1400 Penn
sylvania avenue NV. and in the
same period 81 dwellings and 258
rooms were listed for rent.
Permits were issued during the
week by the local FILA office for
construction of 223 new dwellings,
bringing the total to 680 authorized
under the new permit system insti-
tuted December "a.
OF the total, 107, or 1877 per cent,
were to be 799 square feet or less
(small two-bedroom houses; ZIG,
or 31.8 per cent, were to be from
300 to 1,099 feet Qarge two bedroom
houses; 17l, or ISL per cent, were
to be from 1,10O to 1899 square feet
(small three-bedroom houses, and
1856, or 27.4 per cent, were to be
more than 1,400 square feet.
Rental housing applicants during
the week were classified as follows:
Ueteroos Nom
Evening star., 1947-01-18
First Aid
For Houses
By Roger c. Whitmon
Stained Tub.

Question: Our bathtub has resi-
due deposit of soap and securing
powder. This is not a ring" around
the tub, merely a crooked line run
ming down the center of the bottom
of the tub. I have tried securing
powders without much success. Can
you suggest anything else?
Answer: There are commercial
porcelain cleaning preparations on
sale that you could try. Or you
could soften the deposit with paste
made by mixing a scratches scour-
ing powder with kerosene. Let this
remain on the stain for while be-
afore cleaning 1t off. I have also
(See FIRST AID, Page B-3D
Evening star., 1947-01-18

(See CADETS, Page B-2D
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20

this question could be settled to-
gether with others.
1t was on Monday that Marshall
found other means for bringing
the conference to an end after an
almost fruitless month. That night
the u. S. State Department head
summoned French Foreign Min
lister Bidault to a pre-arranged
dinner meeting.
The discussion centeHed
around some U. S. proposals to
knit the French zone in Ger
many more tightly into the
Marshall Plan.
And so democratic unification
and any real solution to the Ger
man problem took setback. And
Mr.. Marshall and his Plan had
once again proved to be barrier
to the building of peace.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20

rubies are converted without
loss TO the newly valued rubles.
.. Bank deposits above 5000
rubles are devalued at rates
ranging from 3-for-2 10 l0-for-l.
depending upon the size and
nature of the accounts.
4. Money held in the form of
currency must be exchanged
for the new rubles at the rate
of 10 for 1.
S. Value of coins is not at
fscted.
THE decree revaluing Soviet
currency, issued by the Council
of Ministers of the U.S.S.R. and
the General Committee of the
Communist Parties of the Soviet
Union gives the purpose of the
move as Strengthening the
exchange rate of the rubIe as
well as the abolition of the sup
plies rationing system, and of
proceeding to expanded trade
and unified state prices"
The decree states that: "Liq.
uidation of the Aftermath Of war
and currency reform in the
U.S.S.R. are being carried out
not at the expense of the peo-
pie. The number of employed
workers and employees are not
being reduced in our country
We have not got and will not
have unemployment.
"The regulation of currency
circulation, the growth in pro-
duction of consumer goods and
the growth in the retail goods
turnover make it possible to re-
duce prices also in the future
and will lead to a new increase
in real wages and in real in
come of collective farmers
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20
ItoLy victory

italian labor claimed a victory
in the 48-hour strike in Rome
which found soldiers fighting
workers.
The Chamber of Labor in Rome
demanded an appropriation of 10
billion lire (about $4,000, 00W for
a public works program to absorb
the unemployed; Christmas
bonus of 5000 lire to all Roman
workers, and punishment of police
who opened fire on labor demon
Stration at Primaville, a suburb.
The De Gasperi government prom
ised an expanded public works
program, a Christmas bonus and
an investigation of the Primaville
incident.
Meanwhile, economic conditions
continue bad in Italy. Living costs
are 81 times above 1888 levels
with wages only 40 times greater.
There are about 100000 unem-
ployed.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20
Next round?

New and more bitter political
and economic struggles in France
were freely predicted this week,
with many of the conditions which
caused the recent strike wave still
unSolved.
French prices have risen an
estimated Is times over pre-war,
with wages tagging far behind.
Instead of defeat, French
workers won many of the points
sought in the strikes, termed as
"a showdown with the Com
munists." Further, there is grow
ing dissatisfaction even in high
government circles with the con-
ditions attached to the emergency
aid voted by the U. S. Congress.
Despite the desperate need for
help Frenchmen fear for French
sovereignty because of the harsh
conditions under which u. S. aid
is to be extended. Three most OBJ
jectionable conditions are:
/. An equivalent amount of
French francs must be deposited
IN Paris to the account of the
U. S. for every dollar of Amer
can credit granted for free use
in France;
2. All u. s. products sent for
French. use Will be controlled
by the U. s.:
.. American authorities will
control the same type of prod
ucts imported inAo France from
sources other than the u. S.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20
Trade pact

In the huge black market
wealthy Italians openly pay for
single meal several times the daily
wage of an average worker. The
emergency aid voted by the U. S.
Congress is not expected to change
the labor attitude toward the
De GaSperi government which
faces defeat in the elections March
"a, 1948.
Britain this week made a trade
agreement in Moscow involving
the shipment of a Substantial
quantity" of coarse grain from this
years harvest in return for Ger
tain goods" and ga supply of en-
cheering equipment" from Eng
land.
Harold Wilson, president of the
Board of Trade, told Commons
that he had reached agreement
in principle with the Russians on
all aspects of a trade pact in
Guiding modification of the terms
of payment of $500, 900, 900 British
wartime credit to the Soviet
Union. The Soviet grain may en-
able Britain to abandon bread ra-
tioning next year..
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20
London porIey breakdown
speeds up Marshall plan

CECRETARY of State Mar
~ shall was h ON ward
bound from London this week
with report that will please
American high financial circles
and the Russia-hate ON Capitol
Hill.
The dreary session of the for
eign ministers in drafty old Lam
caster Hall was over. And now
the. soldier heading the U. S. De-
partment was free to work out
the uni-lateral policy that had
been blue-printed long before the
London parley.
Marshalps impotence to get the
London meeting over with was
dramatized by his forcing of the
issue of Soviet reparations.
Does the Soviet delegation in
SlSt on settlement of the $40 bill
lion reparations claim before
German uniffcation can be dis
cussed, MolOtov was asked.
To MarshaIl's surprise. the
Soviet foreign ministers an
swer was mo"
OF course, the Russians were
insistent that the Potsdam prom
ises on reparations be kept-but
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20
Another Spain

The people of Western Europe,
fearful of the Marshall plan be-
cause of what American laid" has
done to Greek independence, and
determined to resist similar in
PREVENTION, may be interested in
the Kiplinger newsletter of Dec.
6 which forecast that u. S. troops
will be moved into Greece to
actively fight the guerrillas some
time next spring and that Greece
cam become another Spain.
Kiplinger asserted the guerriIIas
were presently gaining ground
while government forces were
losing, despite American help.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20
scoTTY SEE

Secretary Marshall is re-
ported 10 have said the US.
would choose DeGaulle rather
than see France 60 by default
10 the Communists.
If you'll pardon my cold. Mr..
Marshall. default is all yours.
The Army claimed ~ per
cent of Universal Military
TraineeS at Fort Knox. KY.
say il is a, fine idea.
And for those who don't say
SO there is always a spot of
KIP. with the other 20 per cent.
Fort Knox Is where all that
gold is buried. But never fear
:. The place is alive with
brass.
Hearst papers are now busy
deploring the plight of the
American Indians.
AT last Willie Hearst is fight
ing for the rights of rninoriies;
but alas-onlY with some res
ervations.
Willie is also waging a cam
paign TO keep all women out of
bars. Recently a whole page
of pictures was devoted ex-
clusiveIY TO women in drink
ing places. Only their legs were
shown.
Proving nothing except that
a Hearst photographer had a.
low view of the women.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20
What the Russian decree
on initiation really means

A RE you wondering what
N the revaluation of Soviet
currency means to the average
citizen in the US.S.R.? Here
are the essential facts:
War brought currency infla-
ton to every country involved.
Currency initiation means moNe
money in circulation. It does
not necessarily mean higher
prices. In the Soviet Union,
most consumer goods were ra-
toned and subject to price con-
troll; SO there was no "infla-
ton" in the sense in which we
eustomarily use the word.
The increased quantity of
paper money in circulation was
due to Cd curtailed production
of consumer goods necessitated
by war production, and % iSsu-
ance of phony rubles by Ger
man occupation authorities.