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Evening star., 1947-03-18
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Evening star., 1947-10-08
By Cospor Names

Mrs. Richard r. Bassett doesn't
count sheep when she can't fall
asleep at night. She counts the SO
houses she has lived in during hel
lifetime.
Mrs. Bassett, wife Of a real es-
tate, dealer, lives at 2023 North Glebe
road, Arlington.
In years of moving hither and
yon, Mrs. Bassett has developed
philosophy about houses.
"You can't always find the house
you want at first, so don't worry,
she says.
Houses are like everything else
Sometimes you are lucky and get
just the thing that may suit you
for the rest of your life.
Changing Doesn't Hurt.
"But most likely you will think
the grass is just little greener on
the other side of the street, or on
the other side of town. At any rate
changing around won't hurt you, Sc
long as you want to make change
Houses are like people. None OF
them is perfect, and you have to
know them well before you're sure
you like them"
Moving around is an education In
itself, says Mrs. Bassett. "No house
should dominate you," she main
tains. Besides, the more you move
the more you learn about arranging
furniture, and interior decorating
You become more pliable, and adjust
easier to different conditions"
Suppose you buy a home and
find out you don't like it?
IF you don't like it, sell it and
Evening star., 1947-10-08

get another" says Mrs. BasSett.
The kaleidoscope shifting of
homes In Mrs. Bassett's youth was
dictated mainly by business reasons
Of her father, q manufacturer, she
says. After her marriage, she and
Mr.. Bassett changed around mainly
owing to travels from one city to
another or because they found
houses they liked better than the
ones they owned or rented. Since
the Bassetts have been married,
they have owned about half the
houses they have lived in.
AS q child, Mrs. Bassett resided
in q small frame cottage in Mem
phis, Tenn, where she was born.
House With Mysterious Attic.
my father had taken my mother
there as q BRIDE" she said. "The
five-room house seemed large
enough then. But as the children
came, my father added rooms for
them. We ended up with 10 chill
dren and nine rooms"
The family lived there the first
IL years of Mrs. Bassett's life. Then
they moved to a two-story house in
the same city. The house pro-
vided fun and fear for the children.
I'VE were afraid there some
times at night as we had to pass a
mysterious attic near dark hall
way on the way to bed" she ex-
planned. Gossip said people who
lived there before us believed in
ghosts, and the house had the
reputation of being haunted when
we moved in"
After living in houses in Callao
and Macon, Mo-, for short periods,
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matter of fences. It seems that
fences, for some unknown reason,
break down. And when this hap
pens you may suddenly find your
self open to invasion.
We awoke one morning to find
fine, fat steer peacefully eating
the grass around our front yard.
It seemed shame, what with meat
prices being in the upper income
brackets, to part company with SO
delightful an animal. But neigh
borly duty urged us to look for
that impossible" break in the fence.
We found it all right. Some helpful
soul had cut the wire, and there
was about 20 feet that had to be
replaced.
Cobwebs Sparkle With Dew.
Discouraged, you think! Not on
your life. We still wouldn't trade
our farm for the best home that
can be offered in the city.
The fields of a morning, when
cobwebs sparkle with dew, give a
lift to the spirit. There is some
thing about the way the hills and
woodlands roll away to meet the
sky that makes you better able to
take the events OF the day.
And in the evening, the noises
of the fields and the woods give you
that degree of well-being that comes
from the knowledge that here is one
piece of earth that belongs to you.
Some day, too, that well will flow
and the pipes will run steaming hot
water. And some day those weeds
will yield to bluegrass and we will
not feel so ashamed of our fields
where they meet those of our neigh
bors.
But best of all, we will have the
fruit from our own trees and the
produce from our own garden, and
we will draw on our own pastures
for most of our meat supply.
No, it will never be the Simple
life," but a richer one, perhaps
since we are shaping It for our
| selves.
Evening star., 1947-10-08
House Shouldn't Dominate Says Veteran of SO Residences

the family moved into a large, two
story home at Coffman, Mo. The
house here had French doors open
ing onto a large porch" 1t was
also memorable to Mrs. Bassett be-
cause her brother Keith locked
me in so I couldn't attend dance
That was enough to make any house
memorable to girl in her teens.
Came Here In 1917.
Mrs. Bassett came to Washing
ton in 1917 and worked at the Ma
val Observatory. Here she met hel
husband, then assistant to the Of
ficer in charge Of the Eyes for the
Navy" program in World War I. Mr.
Bassett served as liaison between
his superior officer and the ther
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
"The first home we bought after
we were married was known as the
little tin house because of the meta
covering its frame structure" Mrs
Bassett said. TT was at Is South
Cedar street, Arlington. We hao
moved in there expecting to stay
only until we built house on a
lot In Lee Heights. But the own
ers of this house said they were
going to sell it, and we decided to
buy" The Bassetts lived there 1e
months.
Another period followed with the
Bassett family moving to different
homes in Virginia at brief intervals
In 1888 they returned to Airing
ton, buying an English Colonial
home on what is now Twenty first
street, Cherrydale. Here Mrs. Bas-
sett took q picture Of the house
Evening star., 1947-10-08

when she moved in, and also one
when it was restored.
The Star that year ran a contest
for pictures showing houses before
and after they were improved, and
Mrs. Bassett won one of the prizes.
Short Stay in Richmond.
The next move was to Richmond,
Va, where Mr.. Bassett had accept
ed a position. The stay here was
short and tragic; their Oldest son,
Richard Keith, was killed in an
auto accident six months later
Shortly afterward, they returned
to Northern Virginia.
Another period Of frequent
changes Of address followed. Just
before Christmas Day, 1899, Mrs,
Bassett moved into q rambling
white brick home at 1910 North
Harrison street, Tara, Arlington
Here she expected to stay.
But in the fall Of 1943 the Bas-
sett fanily's present home became
available. The lure Of its II large
rooms, large porch and 8 acres of
ground, with high shade trees, was
too much to resist. The family
moved once again. This time, Mrs.
Bassett says "for good"
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go. But the means Of getting elec-
trio current from pole outside to
this heater has thus far eluded us.
We were assured by one firm that
the necessary. wire would be in our
hands certainly within a week. "
That week became three, and finally
in desperation we tried another
electrical firm.
"Oh, yes" we were told, "the type
wire you want is available and we
can have it to you in a few days"
Fondly Recall Hot Water.
We are still waiting. We have be-
come hardened to cold showers
(when there is any water in the
weld, and hot water seems some
thing that we might have known in
the dim, distant past.
Then, there is the simple little
Evening star., 1947-10-08

automatic washing machine when
the blow fell.
I returned from the Office one day
to be met at the front gate by my
youngest daughter. I could see that
she was bursting with news, but I
wasn't prepared for the shock that
came.
Daddy" she said, Gran. Aunt
Mayme and Bill are here for the
week end, and something happened
to the pump this afternoon, and
there Is no water"
She was right, and our worst fears
were confirmed later that night by
a local well expert. you haven't
got enough water in that well to
wet cat" he said. you might as
well get used to using less water
Evening star., 1947-10-08

or else you'll have to drill about 30
feet deeper"
That news caused q mental shock.
The only thing we could think OF
for the rest Of the evening was
go feet at S. a foot"
Dream "Out the Window"
Our dream of an automatic washer
went out of the window, and our
guests to the hotel. 1--WE like you. y
they said in parting, ''but, after all,
we expected a bath, even if in cold
water"
That last remark was a slurring
reference to another problem that
has dogged us since we moved to
the country. We have no hot water.
It is true that we have a fancy
electric hot-water heater connected
up In the basement and all ready to
Evening star., 1947-10-08
By james BirchfieId

My wife and and three young
children have recently taken to the
simple life''-a name that has been
given (why, I'll never know to ex-
istence on a farm. } Our farm-if
40 acres, more or less, can rightly
be considered one-lies in the south
ern section of Loudoun County, Va,
where 1t has been seriously and con-
scientiously neglected for number
Of years.
We became farmers almost by ac-
cident. We had been looking for
more than three years for q place
in the country-just enough 80 the
children could have their animals
and we could have a garden. We
hadn't bargained for 40 acres.
The house is what caught us. 1t
sets back 900 feet from the Lees
burg pike on knoll and is shaded
by giant naples that would take a
lifetime to grow. There are enough
bedrooms for all of us and at one
end Of the pine-paneled living room
Is q fireplace that will take 5-foot
logs.
We found that we had bought the
house before we realized the impact
of the 40 acres that went with it..
That sent us scurrying of to the
county agriculture agent. who, with
the help Of the children, helped con-
vince us that a farm is not a bad
thing after all.
County Agent Encouraging.
"WeU make farmers out OF you
vet" the county agent told us. "You
have good land and in time you'll
have a fine place. There is no rea-
son why you can't build it up-just
take it slow and easy"
From our porch each morning we
can look out across the fields of my
neighbor's farm and realize, with
some pride, that we. too, will have
a harvest this fall, even though we
have been farmers now for little
more than a month.
Instead of the rich pastures and
the majestic corn, we will produce
some Of the finest golden rod, this
ties and other assorted weeds in
Northern Virginia. In fact, 1t Is al
most staggering to behold natures
work when it comes to the produc-
ton Of weeds.
Honeysuckle Big Crop.
We are particularly proud Of our
honeysuckle, which is spreading in
matted tangles through the wood
lot, and of our luxuriant growth of
sumac, primarily desirable as fall
house decorations.
And when we look at the pines
that are gradually creeping in over
the back fields, we feel something of
the elation that the late President
Roosevelt must have known when
he designated his occupation as
tree grower"
There are other aspects, also, to
the simple life" Most farms come
equipped with wells, and wells
usually need pumps If water is to
flow with any degree Of certainty
into the farmhouse.
We have learned with sadness
that has turned into a certain stole
acceptance Of fate that wells go
dry and pumps break. Further
more, there seems to be some dia-
bolical hand guiding the affairs of
pumps and wells that times their
periods of rest-taking with the pc
RODS Of greatest stress on the farm.
Then the Blow Fell.
Being no novices to the eccentrici-
ties of pumps and wells, we checked
carefully when we bought the farm
and were assured that a new jet
pump brought an abundance of
water from an 80-foot drilled shaft.
This gave us warm, secure feeling,
and we were about to purchase an
Evening star., 1947-10-08
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER g.. 1917.

sired. This product is less than six
feet high, and its base and top are
just under two feet in diameter.
It must be connected to a water
supply and drain as well as to an
electrical outlet.
Evening star., 1947-10-08

cooled and de-humidified air flowing
out of lowers at the top.
Inside the flaring top is con-
ventional indirected lighting fioures-
cent bulb for which a germicidal
bulb can be substituted when de-
Evening star., 1947-10-08
Air Conditioner Doubles
As GermiciduI Lump

A three-way unit is now on the
market which serves as a light, an
air-conditioner and q germicidal
lamp. The base of the unit houses
the conditioning equipment, the
Evening star., 1947-10-08
Wax May Be Sprayed

A spray wax used for wartime air.
line maintenance may be success
fully applied to walls, floors, or any
fiat surface that requires protection.
Evening star., 1947-05-18
Russia Believes u. 5.
Is Dangling Dollars
Before Many Nations
BY the As.oeiatsd Press

MOSCOW, May i7.-The Soviet
press and radio have gone into high
gear against what is viewed here
as a growing United States CAM
paign against Communism.
Repeatedly, editorials and broad
casts stress the Russian argument
that the Communist and capitalist
systems can live side by side In one
world. Prime Minister Stain voiced
that viewpoint In his recent inter-
view with Republican Leader Harold
z. Stassen, and the press now is
using it diligently.
The Russians are sensitive to
President Truman's program OF aid
in the form of dollars for Greece
and Turkey. They appear also to
be convinced that the United States
Is dangling dollars before the gov
ernments of France, Italy and Iran,
to mention few
The Moscow radio today carried
q report that the Netherlands was
in bad financial shape and was
weighting the possibilities of an
American 1oan.,
Sees Welcome to Applications.
It seems to be the opinion here
that the United States will well
come all such applications and in
making loans will stipulate provisos
beneficial" as the Russians put 1t,
to the United States and aimed
against the Soviet Union.
The Russians seem to feel that
Britain is pretty much in the
clutches of United States lenders,
but they appear to have hope for
a change in the United Kingdom.
1t is no secret here that Russia
would like to aid Britain in her
difficulties If it were at all possible.
If the Soviet Unions grain crop
is as good as it now promises to be,
the world may see a big Russian
effort to sell or trade grain in con-
siderable quantity to Britain. The
same would hold true for timber
and other products. Britain, of
course, would be required to recipro-
cate. The chances for British
Russian trade and cooperation have
not appeared better for a long time.
May Sell Grain to France.
Russia has helped France in the
past by selling her some grain, and
II the harvest warrants she may try
to do it again.
The USSR definitely is interested
in developing more trade with
Scandinavia. The Russians are con-
vinced the Swedes believe that an
economic crisis is coming for the
United States.
The Russians also would like to
see more business deals and closer
relationship between themselves and
Latin American countries, which
they believe are being penetrated
deeply by the dollar.
Evening star., 1947-05-18
Driver Of Car Which Hurt s
Gets 80 Days, $3.50 Fine

The driver of a car which injured
six persons April 10 when it
careened over a streetcar loading
platform in Georgetown yesterday
Twas sentenced to 80 days in jail
and fined $3.50 on a charge OF, driy-
ling while drunk.
Stanley H. Davis, 81, of the 3400
block of @ street NV, who pleaded
|guilty in Municipal Court last
Tuesday, faces an additional 80 days
should he fail to pay the fine.
The Davis car passed over load
ling platform in the 31o0 block Of M
street, then crashed into the front
|of a liquor store in the same block.
The injured, including seventh
person struck as the car swerved
|onto the sidewalk, were released
latter treatment at Georgetown and
Emergency Hospitals.
Evening star., 1947-05-18
Police Nay Eseof Buses
HAULING Conyicis 10 LoIion

Buses carrying convicted crimi-
mails from the District Jsil To the
District Reformatory at Lorton, VA,
are expected to have police escorts
ID the near future, Donald CIemmer,
|director of the Department Of Cor
rections, announced yesterday.
He has asked the District police
ito provide an escort 1fro1n the jail
Ito the Virginia end of the Highway
Bridge and Col. C. w. Woodson, il.
superintendent Of Virginia State
Police. has been asked to provide
AN escort from there to the re-
formatory.
Mr.. Clemmer said the buses often
carried tough character. and he
does not want to run the risk Of q
mass escape. The buses now carry
two attendants in addition to an
armed guard who sits In q steel
protected cage in the bus.
Evening star., 1947-05-18
Bunneker PTA to Meet

The Parent-Teacher Association
| of Banneker Junior High School will
meet at pm. Tuesday In the school,
Euclid street between Georgia and
Sherman avenues,
Evening star., 1947-05-18
Life Insurance Agents
Go on Strike Here for.
II Per Cent Increase

A hundred life insurance agents in
the District and $50 in Maryland
and Virginia are out on strike
against the Peoples Life Insurance
Co. for higher wages and improved
working conditions, their union
president said last night.
George L. Russ, head of the In
dustrial and Ordinary Insurance
Agents Council (AFL), said the
strike began Friday at noon, after
the company refused to submit their
quarrel to arbitration after the ne
gotiations had stalemated.
Beside ten employees in the Alex
andria Office of the insurance firm
there are agents ON strike in Bal
timore, Annapolis. Chestertown, and
Salisbury, Md, and at Tappahan-
mock, Fredericksburg. Richmond
Norfolk, and Portsmouth, Va, Mr.
Russ said.
He said the question of wages was
the chief point at issue. The agents
are demanding increases in their
commissions which would raise their
pay about L. per cent. The COM
pany has agreed that the cost of
living has gone up, but refused to
make any substantial wage offer,
insisting that the individual en-
ploye should raise his own wages
by increased production, Mr.. Russ
said.
Negotiations on the new contract
have been in progress for several
months, during which the agents
worked under contract signed be-
tween the company and the union
in 1914. 1t has been held in force
on day-to-day basis.
The dispute has been put In the
hands of Labor Department Con-
ciliator James J. O'Byrne. He has
not yet set meeting between the
two sides.
Evening star., 1947-05-18

Cocoa derives from an Aztec word,
Cacahoatl.
Evening star., 1947-05-18
Hibernicn Auxiliary
PIuns Monument Rites

Is ceremony will BE held at the
monument of the Nuns Of the Battle
field Ut Rhode Island avenue and IA
street NV. by the Ladies' Auxiliary,
Ancient Order Of Hibernians, ct
$50 pm. next Sunday. The .monu-
ment was erected BY the auxiliary.
Mrs. Anna M. Carey, national
president. Of Trenton, N. y, and Mrs
Nae Carolan, national vice presi-
dent, of Hartford, Conn, will place
d wreath fof the national organiza-
tion, and Miss Mary e. Cleary. presi-
dent of the District board of the or
sganfEation and Miss Lillian Fay,
board member, viii place wreath
for the District members.
Earlier In the day, these officers
viii place wreaths on the tomb OF
the Unknown Soldier
The national officers will be enter
tanned at q dinner Sunday evening.
Evening star., 1947-05-18
Moscow Commentator
Takes Britons to Task

LONDON, May II. P-A Mos
COW radio commentator took some
members of the British parliament
to task tonight for building up what
he termed the impression that
prospects for international coop
Grafton are hopeless"
Commentator Yermashev recalled
Prime Minister Stalin's recent talk
with Harold E. Stassen, former
Governor of Minnesota, and de-
clared that Mr.. Stain made it per-
fectly clear the Soviet Union re-
mains, as before, a consistent be-
lever in international cooperation.
He criticized those members OF
parliament who during debate on
foreign affairs attributed to Russia
unwillingness to reach agreements
This same viewpoint, Mr.. Yer
Evening star., 1947-05-18

mashev said, was expressed by
United States Secretary of State
Marshall in his report on the recent
four power foreign ministers con-
ference.
mot one word was said about the
unco- o-operativeness of the British
and especially the American dele
cations. the latter Of which plainly
attempted to force its views on
Others" MIR. Yermasflev complained.
Evening star., 1947-05-18

The scientific name for tooth de.
cay is dental carries
Evening star., 1947-05-18
Allies Conlpro onlise
On How 10 Treat Hess
~ me Associated Press


BERLIN, May III The Allied Co
ordtnating Committee has conapro-
missed on the treatment which Ru-
doIph Hess and six other Maxi war
criminals sentenced by the Nuern-
berg international military tribunal
should receive IN prison, Allied ofii-
.ciaIs said today.
Differences among the four powers
have delayed the transfer Of Hess
and the six other top Nazi leaders
from Nuremberg jail to Spandau
prison in Berlin. The prison, rebuilt
SO that it would be escape -proof,
has been ready for months.
The French and the Russians
have insisted that the seven should
be held In 24-hour-a-day solitary
confinement. The Anglo-American
view was that this was extra pun
ishment beyond that the military
tribunal meant by confinement.
Official sources said that the COM
promise, approaching more closely
the Anglo American attitude. was
that the prisoners should be kept In
isolated cells but exercise, work and
attend religious services together
Conservation would be permitted
only when authorized.
SpaHdau Prison with q capacity
for almost 600 prisoners was vacated
to make room for only seven. For
the moment, informants said, there
is no prospect OF additional prisons.
The scientific name for tooth de-
Evening star., 1947-05-18
FOUND

BOSTON BULL TERRIER, male. vicinity
Of Hampshire Knolls. Nd. Owner please
call SH. S296
GOLD WATCH, lady's. in Nayior Gar
dens. Cali AT. Sis.
SNAIL CHANGE PURSE CONTAINING cur
rency and key. Box 3l6-E Star.
Evening star., 1947-05-18
FHA Appoints Mr.. Massey

NEW YORK, May II tP.-The
Federal Housing Administration to-
day announced the appointment of
Maurice r. Massey of Washington
and Philadelphia as Federal Housing
Administration zone commissioner
of Zone / comprising the 10 North
eastern States.
Evening star., 1947-05-18
Justice Post Will Meet

Department OF Justice Post No. II,
American Legion, viii meet at sis
pm. Monday at the American Le-
gion Home, 2437 Fifteenth street
INV. Delegates to the District con-
vention July "a will be elected.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-04-22
Head pin Views

perch of the City Produce team in
the final standings.
The top team carried five play
ers worthy of mention; the stand
out performer, however, through
his memorable team play on Tad's
Cafe, was Morrie Yamaguchi. Next
to Urakawa's, Yamaguchi's series
were always the result of top per-
formances. Roy Fujiwara, consider
ed the most accurate performer in
retrieving spares, was the mainstay
of Star Food Products. However,
his split shots results into strikes
was one of the mysteries of the
league.
Grown Furniture's sudden surge
into second position in the final
standings was due to the all-around
play of its coordinated performers;
its outstanding player holding
down the anchor spot was Tom
Namba. His ever present high games
pulled many near defeats into vic
tories.
The second team, termed the
most rugged to choose due to many
eligible players who could qualify.
has a collective team average of
l67. From our point of view, 1t
could give creditable account OF
itself if it were ever matched in a
so-Shaw-bull series with the first
team.
Each member just missed by q
few scant votes of landing on the
first team. There is always the
next season, however. and from
their standing it shouldn't require
but the minimum of effort to hor
on the bandwagon.
In rounding out the summary Of
all-stars. we would like to give a
special mention to a star perform
er, Tom Osawa, who, but for his
unfortunate departure from the
league during the middle of the
season, would have been a cinch
placement on the all-star first team