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Evening star., 1947-11-20
FLOORS?

(Fron1 Mrs. L. B., Washington.)
We are considering buying farm
house which Is in good, but not ele-
CANT, condition. The floors have
me stumped. The pine floors are
covered with lineoleum at present,
except for about a 2-inch border.
I know nothing about soft-wood
floors, but do not like linoleum
especially. Could the floors be sand
ed and waxed, stained and waxed, or
uhof9
Evening star., 1947-11-20
SPATTER PAINTING.

(FTOn1 v. M. H., WUSHlNgLCH.J
The following information Is
quoted from "Transformajic" (by
Du Pont). "Spattered floors may be
made by first painting the floor a
solid color then when dry, spat-
tering with one or more colors. This
is done by first filling the brush
with paint and then striking 1t
against stick held about one foot
from the floor. Large spatters are
made If the brush is full small
spatters are made by using less
paint. Shield walls with large pieces
of cardboard. Practice first on news
papers"
This valuable booklet contains
other ideas for painting floors. My
copy is dated 1945 and whether or
not they are still available, I don't
know The address is E. I. Dupont
De Nemours & Co., Wilmington SO,
Del.
From Mrs. D. E. Y, Washington
To Mrs. C. S.: am delighted that
1 can contribute some help toward
your problem, since recently during
a trip to New York I saw a friends
room which had a lovely spatter
paint job on the upper walls and
ceiling. I admired the effect so
much that her husband, who is a
painter by trade, told me how
easily such job could be done.
For your case, paint your sunroom
floor the desired color (black) with
floor enamel. AS many coats as you
please but let dry completely before
starting the spatter work.
Then, get some old boards, or any
fiat hard surface affair, one for
each color to be used in the spatter
Job. Pour out a small amount of the
colored paint floor enamel also) on
each board "a different color on each
board. Let it spread on out, then
crumple up some old newspaper
Che uses this), dab a crumpled paper
in the colored paint, then dab
gently on the floor. Go over entire
floor with this procedure or better
still, If two are working, each can
take different color and dab, alter
mating until the desired effect is
obtained. Please use a fresh piece
of crumpled paper frequently. don't
allow it to become soggy. One can
also use a new sponge for the
dabbing process Zone for each color
but newspaper is much cheaper. A
monthly ladies magazine recon-
mends the sponge for spatter work.
However, I'd try the newspaper
job on something old until I learned
the right touch. Then on to the
floor.
There is absolutely no fuss, no
muss as you can see, SO I can't
imagine your friends saying any,
thing like that, unless they aren't
familiar with spatter work. was
surprised myself as I thought such
work called for spray gun. I see
no need to cover walls or even any,
thing else as you merely dab gently
Let me know how you come out and
lots of luck.
Evening star., 1947-11-20

BY "Vi." !"
Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-06
Captains Humorous AppeIiafion Sticks To Local Bay
By Walter o. Kraft

"Mark five," shouted the sail or as the sounding lead toucha bottom in St. Paul's Harbor a l Kodiak Island, in Southwesten Alaska. The captain scanned tA
 rugged shoreline of the strane l coast from the deck of a seventy five-foot schooner as she ssila
 into the estuary. A village loon
 ed forth and gunports ven thrown open, cannons run OW to the command, "man tic guns " Two deaths among tie
 crew ill a recent battle with A. Kolosh Indians of Sitka wu fresh in the captains memory,
 The natives, who were of b Aleut race which inhabited ai region, remained hidden in a village. They observed with cat ton the unfamiliar vessel cemiH to anchor in their bay. Unknom
 to them, the ship was a British
 trader. despite her bristIiDg am ament. She was seeking the sA otter skins. These precious sklu were we'll worth the risk taEn it obtaining them fer they brought fabulous sums in ts courts of Europe.
 An armed party formed on ths deck while a boat was lowera over the side. Reminding the mate to cover his landing wia the port guns, the captain cllmt ed into the boat. Two men wel' ordered to guard the boat on tt' beach. The remainder Of tn party moved towards the villag'
 As curiosity drew the Aleut put of hiding. the British wer to find only women aL children in the village. Seekip the explanation, they were me the men were hunting on tS' mainland.
 After a few seconds of search ing his meagre Russian vocabuE ary, the captain smiled: "Bsb Bootha," he exclaimed. In Eng fish this means Womans Bay.'
 Owing to this interesting in cident of the 18th century, tn name "Womaus Bay still eS ists and on this shoreline one c the largest wartime Navy base IS permanently located.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-06
School Age Date Different

Due to a very recent change in Territorial school policies per taining to registration of Kinder- garden and First grade children, it is necessary that the children in these groups be five and six years of age respectively, on or before Nov. 1, in order to enroll for school service.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-06

Plans for @ basketball free throw tournament were amour ced thIs week by the program committee of the Community y Center.
 The tourney, open to all men and boys in the area, will be held on Saturday afternoon, Septem Der 20, weather permitting Prizes will be awarded to the en- tries who can toss the basket ball through the hoop the most times in twenty-five tries.
 The worlds record for conse- cutive free.throws is 45o.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-06
Mrs J P. Burke

The above named person may call aS CHRISTY'S Bakery te day and receive the Weeksu' Special FREE (sdv
Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-06

Edward Paluska, Social Seeur- lty representative. arrived on the Denali on business. He has also visited Anchorage and Seward.
Evening star., 1947-12-14
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz will
hand over the Navy's top job to his
successor tomorrow and step to the
sidelines
He will be an adviser to the Sec
retary of the Navy from his home
on the West Coast, while Admiral
Louis E. Denfeld becomes chief Of
naval operations.
Admiral Nimitz visited the White
) House yesterday to say good-by to
President Truman. Shaking hands
. with every one in the White House
. lobby, he displayed a silver ciga-
rette case given him by his asso-
ciates. 1t bore the names of Mr..
Truman and several other officials.
Taking over the Pacific Fleet i'm
d. mediately after the japanese attack
on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Nimitz
directed the painful building of
naval strength that smashed the
japanese dream of conquest. He
signed the surrender terms in the
name of the United States, aboard
the Battleship Missouri in Tokyo
Bay.
Born in Fredericksburg, Tex, Ad-
niral Nimitz wanted to be a SOL
dier, but, finding West Point
jammed, he went to Annapolis. He
graduated seventh in a class of ia
in 1905 and few years later started
q long career in submarines.
He never forsook his love of pig
boats" and has predicted that the
capital ship of tomorrow's navy
may be a fast submarine firing
rockets with atomic warheads from
below the surface.
The intensive use of American
submarines-with their phenome-
nal record of war success-is attrib-
uted to his knowledge and ability
with the undersea arm.
The Nimitz that his men remem-
ber, though, is the snowy haired
quiet man who seemed to spend
most of his time inspecting the for
ward fighting areas, and set up
headquarters on Guam while Jap
Evening star., 1947-12-14

everything but the moon was prom
ised, as my diplomat friends recount
it.
They feel that now, when the
North Americans could court their
southern neighbors with great re-
ward, Washington has forgotten
them. Emphasis is on the European
recovery plan and the Latins, espe-
cially those who were on the allied
side, feel forsaken.
What they really want, of course,
is an easing of their dollar short
ages through increased trade and
loans.
Information Job Poor.
One "ABC' (Argentina, Brazil,
Chile) representative hit, perhaps,
the real difficulty when he said:
What has happened to the won-
[derful wartime job of inter- Amer
lean information services? A lot of
this declining North American
prestige results simply because
Washington is no longer really tell
ing the Latins why the policy is
what it is and why, for instance,
huge loans are going to Europe while
the Latins sit up and beg-and beg"
He might well have added another
pertinent point to the state of af-
fairs in Latin America AS the
United States retreats in it's inform
alton output, Communist organiza-
tions increase the tempo of their
own information services.
That, it would seem, is something
TO think about.
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Roosevelt High Pupil
Is FinuIist in Contest

Nancy Saunders of Washington, a
student at Roosevelt High School
was one of SO finalists representing
80 States and Alaska in the Nation
wide Voice sof Democracy" contest
for five minute radio broadcasts by
high school students, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Finalists representing Maryland
and Virginia were Laura Shatte of
Hagerstown and Kenneth Whitlock
OF the Lucy Atkinson High School,
Roanoke.
Four national winners will be Sc
lected soon, one from each of four
sections of II states each, it was an
nounced.
Presentation of $500 university or
college scholarships will be made in
Washington to the four winners
early in the new year.
The contest, first of an annual
series, is sponsored by the broad
casters and radio dealers Of Amer
lea in cooperation with the United
States Junior Chamber OF Com
merce and has the Endorsement of
the United States Office of Educa-
tion, 1t was announced.
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Downey's Book Hits
Reclamation Bureau

Senator Downey, Democrat, o1
California, in a book which he pub
Ashed last week, assails the In
terror Department and in particu-
lar its Reclamation Bureau for try
ing to control" the lives, land hold
lngs and earnings of farmers in the
Central Valley of California.
His attack is based largely on "a
determined lobbying campaign" and
a flood Of publicity" which he says
the bureau launched against the
Elliott amendment to the Rivers
and Harbors Act. This amendment
would have exempted the valley ir-
rigation project from the 16O-acre
individual limitation on Federal aid
to arid lands. He contends that
the limit could not be applied to
this project, because Of underground
seepage and other factors, and that
1t would ruin rather than benefit the
small landholder.
The alleged plan to defeat the
only feasible way of irrigating the
great valley, Senator Downey
charges, brought about the resig-
nation Of Harry Bashore, chief of
the Reclamation Bureau. MIR. Ba-
shore, a capable engineer, found
himself stripped of authority, the
Senator contends.
The book, which is titled "They
Would Rule the Valley" asserts
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Poor American POLICY
Seen in Resignation
OF Panama Minister
By Not Borrows
Foreign Correspondent Of The Star and
the Chieoao poilx Nsws

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, Dec. 10.
This, the nerve center of the
United Nations, registers the shock
Of Foreign Minister Alfaro's re-
signatlon in Panama and finds,
thereby, another sign of bad Amer
ican neighbors.
Ricardo J. Alfaro, Panama's Wig
orous chief delegate at the U. N.
General Assembly, walked out of the
foreign Office because he disapproves
the extension of Panamanian air
base leases to the United States.
The huge bomber field at Rio Hato
is key issue.
What Mr.. Alfaro displays is not
SO much a show of American
bitterness as primary and intense
nationalism.
Panama Election Coming.
An election is coming up in
Panama and that little country
astride the Panama Canal seethes
again with a sense of its own i'm
portance. It is popular, now that
the war Is over, to exploit the idea
that Panama exists as a sovereign
nation independent of the North
American economy.
American payments on account of
the canal keep Panama from revert
ing to the jungle. But the upsurge
OF nationalism distorts and over
shadows the prediction atmos-
phere.
All this emphasizes the decline
in United States prestige in the
countries south of the border. 1t
is clear enough at this world listen
Ing post that American influence
is not holding its own in Latin
America.
Latin American diplomats whom
I used to see in their own countries
during the first part of the war
have clarified here some of the rea-
sons for this decline in their atti-
tude as good neighbors.
Reckless Promises Cited.
One reason lies in the wild prom
ises which Washington officials
pumped into Latin America with
reckless abandon. The war was
on; the Latins had raw materials
badly needed up north. Practically
Evening star., 1947-12-14
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c. A-s

Mrs. Anna Harrieder, says their
house isn't. She relented somewhat,
however, and the playful pals were
bunked together in the chicken
house-but only temporarily, Mrs.
Harrieder insisted.
The mother felt she has gone far
enough in taking il" Joan's pets.
There have been three cats, six
turtles, three dogs, three goldfish
and a flock of pet chickens.
Evening star., 1947-12-14

snipers remained on the island.
A crackerjack horseshoe pitcher
Admiral Nimitz would take on-and
beat-any officer or enlisted man
who challenged him.
Probably his most outstanding
characteristic as a leader, his init
mates say, was his ability to smooth
out differences among his COM
manders, to weld fighting team of
sharply different personalities.
When he came back from the
Pacific for two-year term as Chief
Of Naval Operations, he was met by
receptions and cheering crowds from
coast to coast.
The Nations acclaim embarrassed
him and he repeatedly credited the
Pacific victory to the fighting men
and the millions of war workers.
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Childhood Gum Diseases
Blamed for Loss Of Teeth
BY the Assoeioted Press

ny the Associated Press
CHICAGO.-Undetected or neg
lected childhood diseases of the
gums are major cause Of loss OF
teeth by adults, professor of dental
histopathology reports.
DR.. B. o. A. Thomas of the Uni
versity of Washington School OF
Dentistry said one man in five at
the military age level has lost
enough teeth, or is required to have
enough removed, to necessitate the
wearing of dentures.
Early elimination of abnormal
conditions in the mouths of children,
he said in an article. in the Journal
Of the American Dental Association,
would prevent a great deal" of
future gum disorders.
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Newest Auto Is Stolen,
Returned After 4OOMiIes
BY the Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS.-A discriminat-
ing burglar who took the newest
automobile in an agency showroom
apparently just wanted a Joy ride.
The Snyder Auto Co. reported that
the 1948 model was found several
days later behind it's building, un-
damaged but with 400 added miles
on the speedometer.
At the time of the theft, the bur-
glar apparently drove one new cal
out of the way and then backed II
onto the floor again after getting out
the newer arrival
Evening star., 1947-12-14

that the Reclamation Bureau has
passed wholly under the domina-
ton Of politician and propaganda
ists," emerging as "a powerful pres
sure group eager and willing to use
public funds to defeat public legisla-
ton and to build up its own empire. :"
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Bio Noise From Bio Inch

WAYNESBURG, Pa, Dec. 13.-
The eerie noises that have been
startling residents of nearby Reese's
Mills were tracked down today and
found to be originating in the big
Inch" pipeline. Investigators found
the ghostly sounds resulted from
wind moaning through check valves
in a meter station,
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Girls New Pets Make
House Bit Crowded
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

INDIANAPOLIS-Joan Harrieder
II, has a heart bigger than her
house.
Her heart is big enough to take in
a goat and a dog she met playing to-
gether on the street, but her mother,
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Juliet Acts to Divorce Romeo

In Italy, Juliet st. Amour asked
for divorce from her husband Ro-
meo because he called her vile
names" and put her out of the house
in her night clothes.
Evening star., 1947-12-20
Davenport Asks New Trial
After Assault Conviction

A third conviction yesterday was
added to the Municipal Court record
Of David Douglas Davenport, 81.
whose attorney promptly noted his
objection to the jury verdict by an
nouncing he would ask for new
trial.
In two previous convictions this
year, Defense Counsel Saul Litchen-
berg took one indecent exposure
case to the Municipal Court of Ap-
peals and filed motion for new
trial of a bootlegging charge. In
another bootlegging case, Mr.. Litch-
enberg has declared intention to file
motion to squash the arrest. Ac-
ton is pending in all cases.
Davenport, who lives in the 1900
block of Pennsylvania avenue NV,
was found guilty yesterday of an
assault charge involving a 15-year-
old Charles Town (W. Va) girl, who
said he placed hand on her shoul-
der while attempting to engage her
in conversation in Union Station.
She said she had never met the
man before.
Judge Almond w. Scott set SEN
fencing for January 8, as Daven-
port remained free under total OF
81 300 bond covering all pending
charges.
Evening star., 1947-12-20
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Evening star., 1947-12-20

doesn't "see anything wrong" with
the msnagement's project to explain
the law, but added:
Il think the information should
come from both sides. I can't agree
with all the things he (Mr. Johnson)
said"
Mr.. Jones said the union will con-
tinue its discussions of the law in
its meetings.
The before-and-after voting in the
two groups Of employees was an
nounced as follows:
Operating-Before: for, 13 per
cent; against. So; don't understand,
"a. After: for, 80; against, 56; want
more information, II.
Supervisory - Before: for, 60;
against. II; don't understand, %.
After: for. 90; against, S; want more
information, g.
American Central employs about
$500 workers.
Evening star., 1947-12-20
BroziI Makes New Houses

Plastic-covered laminated ply
wood panels, which novices may put
together for prefabricated houses in
three days, are to be manufactured
in Brazil.
Evening star., 1947-12-20
HELP DOMESTIC.

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Country position near Upperville, Va; best
salary and living conditions for trained
person only; ref. required; MRS. WINE
COOK, only thoroughly exper.. LIST elass
need apply Must have city ref. GOOD
salary. 4s39 Colo ave: NV. Il
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Evening star., 1947-12-20
Mrs. Carr Named Head
OF Grant Circle GAR

Grant Circle No. / of the Grand
Army of the Republic has elected
officers for the coming year, it was
announced today.
They are Mrs. Amy L. Carr, presi-
dent; Mrs. Luckie Morrow, senior
vice-president; Mrs. Belle Frier
junior vice-president; Mrs. Mary
Wingate, chaplain; Mrs. Lavina
Wohlfarth, patriotic instructor; Mrs.
Myrtle Burke, recording secretary;
Mrs. Mary Fortier, corresponding
secretary; Miss Emma Hayward
treasurer; Mrs. Una Dorsey, con-
ductor; Mrs. Rosalie Shelton, guard,
and Mrs. Francis Wells, musician.
Evening star., 1947-12-20
Factory Poll Shows Explanation
L Lessens Opposition to Taft Law

announced q straw vote had dis
PEELED some of the rank-and-flle
opposition to the new legislation.
After q series Of talks by Eric o.
Johnson, plant manager of the
American Central division of AVCO
Manufacturing Corp, a straw vote
showed Sc per cent of the operating
employees still opposed to the law.
Mr.. johnson said voting conducted
Immediately before each group
heard his talk indicated 63 per cent
opposition among the same workers.
Supervisory employees, he said, in
creased in sentiment favoring the
bill from 60 per cent to SO.
George Jones, local president OF
the CIO- United Auto Workers, who
helped tabulate the vote, said he
Evening star., 1947-12-20
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