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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18
Restrictions Demand
Delays TrumanP Plans
Bill Authorizing Assistance To Greece May
BE Taken Up By House Foreign Rela-
tons Committee Late Today

WASHINGTON, March II -RA
An effort to. satisfy Congressional
demands for some restrictions on
Greek-Turkish assistance was re-
ported today to be delaying a bill
to carry out President Trumap's
$40O, 900, 600 program.
Rep Eaton (R-NJ> told report
ers the House Foreign Affairs
committee which he heads will
meet tomorrow with the hope OF
having the bill before it. 1t would
then be introduced Immediately
and hearings would be set. They
will bring top officials before Con
gress to explain all phases of this
1ountry's move to stop Commu-
nism short of the strategic Oar
danelles.
1.-The bill is incubating in the
colossal minds of the State depart.
ment and among our people
here" Eaton said. 1.-THE hen got
off the egg owe Sunday"
There was speculation in Con :
gress that the $500, 600, 900 authori-
cation bill might include a pro :
vision giving temporary authority
to the Reconstruction Finance
corporation to lend up to $500, 00O,-
900 Immediately. The RFC would
be reimbursed from special funds
voted by Congress later.
Administration lieutenants indi
Gated that an effort is being made
in cooperation with Republican
leaders to spell out as much as
possible the terms of the financial
and limited military assistance
without tying the Presidents
hands in dealing with the Greeks
and Turks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18

weeks ago by another Negro who
was afraid the old man was trying
to work his evil spell on him.
Richardson is convinced that with
the death of the witch doctor
was ended his last chance that the
hex" could be lifted. The youth
has lost weight until he is so weak
that he spends most of his time in
bed in his parents small farm.
house.
Rabbit will fly tomorrow to Ra-
leigh, N. c.. and go from there to
Louisburg. a few miles from the
Richardson farm.
II Richardson resists his efforts,
Babbitt said, he has an ace in the
hole.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18

The demand for rest ~
found new support fro 4
Lodge (R-Mass), Wor -
eran and member OF aAC
relations committee. He Np
statement in the Congre4 "
cord that Mr.. Truman y
rageously faced the challe
Communist aggression an, se
must support him in principle
while we, your servants in Con-
gress, decide what methods should
be used"
IF the people and their con :
gress were TO repudiate the Presi-
dent" he added, ''the last hope
of ever organizing peace would
vanish"
But Lodge said Congress has
the fright and duty" to stipulate
the conditions under which it will
offer. aid to foreign countries. He
suggested these five general re :
quirements:
/. Stimulation of at-home pro :
duction in countries receiving
help.
2 American supervision or re-
lief and other distribution.
3. Denial of American goods to
countries which promote political
ideologies hateful to u.s."
q. No aid to governments that
waste their substance on compel
tive ornaments"
5. Return of the aid funds, when
the recipients are able to do SO,
either to the United States or
some international fund for future
famine relief.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18
MEN MISSING
AFTER TACA PLANE
CRASHES IN SOUTH

NEW YORK, March 17.-tP)-
The wreckage of an airliner, re-
ported missing earlier today on a
flight from Medellin, Colombia,
to San Jose, Costa R1ca, has been
located on Peak Medelin and
there is no evidence of surviv-
ors," the Coast Guard reported to-
night.
Peak Medellin was not located
definitely in the dispatch from the
Navy base, but the Coast Guard
said it assumed the scene Of the
crash was in Colombia, near the
town of Medellin.
The plane, a .two-engine Lock
heed Lodestar, had been upre-
ported since 1920 a. m. In re-
porting the plane missing, TACA
officials said they did not know
how many passengers and crew
members were aboard. y
United Press dispatches last
night said that Jesse A. Jet,
TACA Anyways vice president
stated that the pilot and co-pilot
were Americans and that six
others were aboard. the plane.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18
Election Date Set

The date for the primary
election for the selection of candi-
dates for positions on the
Wilmington city council a S set
for April 81 at a joint session OF
the Board Of Elections and the
City council yesterday.
The regular election will follow
May 6, with the city officials to
na elected on that date.
Registration f voters not al
ready properly registered Will
take place March %, April S and
April u, with April 10 reserved
as challenge day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18
And So To Bed

Despite a lack of a complete
mastery of all the intricacies
of Blackstone many a witness
often takes a b~arrister by sur
prise.
For example, take this rep
artee during yesterdays ses-
sion of superior court here:
Attorney: us your mind all
right"
Witness: 81 don't know. I
reckon it is"
Attorney: Ever have your
c head treated?"
Witness: "a time or M. ~
had it washed cut"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18
HOUSING ISSUE
RAISES DISPUTE
Local Authority Issues
Statement Following Ac-
ton By Council

The city council went on record
yesterday opposing State House
Bill 378 providing for slum clear
ance after the real estate asso-
citation appeared before the group
demanding such action.
The council adopted a motion
offered by Councilman J.. E. L.
Wade that the body wire Frank
Taylor, chairman Of the house judi
c1ary committee number one, in.
forming him of the councils stand.
1t was pointed out that City At
torney w. B. Campbell, who was
i'll and not present at yesterdays
meeting, was a proponent of the
bill having testified in its favor
last week in Raleigh.
Senator Alton A. Lennon and
Representative Robert Kermon
were present at the council ses-
sion and yer informed Of the
councils resolution which further
specified that if the bill were
adopted an amendment be made to
exempt New Hanover county from
the legislation by amendment.
Last night Harry M. Solomon,
chairman Of the housing authority
of the City of Wilmington, and H.
K. Emory, executive director Of
the authority, released the follow
ing joint statement:
In our opinion the bill recent
ly introduced in the lower house
Of the General Assembly to pro.
vide for slum clearance in North
Carolina is sound in every respect.
In opposing it the real estate men
not only raise a question as to
whether they are for or against
progress in wholesome community
planning, but also a question as to
whether they have informed them
selves On the contents of the bill.
In the first place the realtors,
it would seem, could have stopped
to reflect that no group of men
such as those making up the per-
sonnet of the board of commits
sioners of this Housing Authority
is going to advocate any radical,
sca:ter-brained proposition. We
are responsible men, equally as
interested as any other man or
group in the health of our COM
munity and in the Well-being of
the real estate market and of tax
values.
In the second place, any one
who examines the bill will realize
that it is a device to improve and
redevelop scattered slum areas
through private enterprise, not
through a housing authority or any
other public agency. This would
provide new work for real estate
men to do, and would remove iso-
lated cancerous spots from our
greatly improving tax val
ues in the process. So we have the
strange spectacle of real estate
dealers opposing their own best
Briefly, the proposed redeve..-
opment act would empower local
housing authorities in North Caro-
lima to draw up plans for the re-
development and improvement of
small Stun areas such as every
has. 1--WE have then. for ex-
right here in Wilmington
in the neighborhoods Of our high
and Our hospital.) Hav-
ing drawn up such plans, the hous-
ing authority would be required
in the act to submit them to the
council or governing body of
the city before, proceeding.
IF, and only if, the city coun-
approved the plan, the housing
fGnnfinund m Do n 1r,,,o. fol ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18
EVERYTHING HAPPENS
In GEORGIA EVEN TO
HONEST SAFE-BLOWING

ATLANTA, Ga, March IT,
R-Everything happens N the
Georgia capitol. Today it was
a safe-cracking, strictly ac-
cording to law and order, fol-
lowed by a fire that wasn't in
the IS.
40 $40, 900 of the states
,M as money had become
~ ~ clock on the vault
- surer George B.
~N fice failed to
~ che weekend.
& 1ght in honest safe
. men but they couldn't
aipulate the time-lock and
this morning they began cut
ting through the Sidewalk.
They punched a hole, then
smoke came sitting from the
vault.
That necessitated calling the
fire department and a man
in an oxygen mask crawled
through to find that safe
crackers acetylene torch had
set some papers afire. The
fire was put out and the cash
retrieved.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Godgets
Gusket for Windows
Seals Out Weather,
Cuts Fuel Bill
By HiIson Munsey

Metal window frames are rather
difficult to weather strip. To over
come this, reinforced rubber gas
ket is used to make tight, weather.
proof seal without distorting the
frame or putting any extra strain
on the window hardware. It acts
as self-adjusting cushion and is
designed for any type of metal case
ment.
This strip has a weather-resist-
ing core that is reinforced on both
sides with fabric. One side has ce-
ment built in for bonding the strip
to the metal. This cemented side
is covered with fabric to protect
it until it is installed. 1t is, re-
moved at the, time the strip is cut
and ready to place in position.
1t will make perfect seal around
the window to eliminate drafts,
keep out water, dust and noise and
add considerably to the comfort of
the room. 1t also helps to keep
down fuel bills.
Installation of this strip requires
no alterations in the window frame
nor are screws or clips necessary.
The surface to which the strip is
applied must be clean. Included
with the strip is can of cement
which is applied to the bonding
side.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
|Creedon Sees Danger
|0f Building Slump
In 5pira!inq Costs

Housing Expediter Frank r. Cree
don, reporting. on the progress Of
home building throughout the Ma
ton, warned this week there is
danger of a slump in the home build
ing industry owing to high costs.
"All through the past year build
ing costs have been rising" he said.
"The prices of new homes are high
today in relation to what the vet
Grams can afford.
"A continuance of present high
cost trends may well result in pric-
ing housing construction out of the
market"
Mr.. Creedon said, however, it was
possible that costs may have already
reached their peak and that a level
ing off may occur" Sharply rising
costs shortly after World War I
resulted in pricing construction out
of the market" he recalled.
There was sharp break In vol
ume of construction in 1920 and 1921,
and then a recovery in 1922, with
activity sustained at a high level for
years."
Mr.. Creedon said, however. that
construction costs cannot be ex-
pected for many months. If not years.
to return to the level that prevailed
in the decade before World War II.
IF restraint and. sound judgment
prevail, and rising cost trends are
reversed" he said, "it should be pos
sible to avoid repetition of the
1920-21 break"
Evening star., 1947-04-19
By Robert J. Lewis
Reel Estate Editor Of The Sfor

Dianne Gee, 3 years old, is living
with her grandparents in Lewistown,
Mont. Her father and mother are
in Washington, but they can't bring
her here because they don't have a
place to live.
Dianne's father is Nal. Gee, %,
who came back from overseas March
4. He had never seen his daughter
until last month.
Eve were warned it is hard to rent
a place in Washington If you have
children, Maj. Gee said. $50 we left
Dianne back in Montana until we
can find something.
Maj. and Mrs. Gee are among
hundreds of parents who visit the
District Veterans Housing Center
every week to try to find home or
apartment. Officials said many
complain that landlords refuse to
rent to families with children.
Calls 1t Problem No. /.
Col, Waldron E. Leonard, housing
center director. said the predicament
of homeless families with children
is "Washington's No. ! housing
problem"
IF we could convince landlords
to open apartments and houses to
children, we would be able to make
some progress" he said. ''It would
be one of the grandest things in the
world if all landlords would rent to
families with children. It is a great
tragedy that so many refuse to admit
children
Mrs. Mary E. Mahoney, supervisor
of the center, said only 10 per cent
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Housing Homeless Children Sailed No Problem CAPITAL pmi
Permit Issued
For 18th Street
$1,000, 900 Project
Lifts Week S TotuI
To 81 ,491 ,355

Building permits rose to ST .491, ,3s5
during the last week, jump of $825..
$50 over the previous week, accord-
ing to records of Robert II. Davis.
District building inspections director.
Mainly responsible for the large
total was 81 ,o0o, 900 permit for con-
struction OF the long projected six
story Park Plaza apartment project
at $500 Sixteenth street NV, at the
intersection Of Shepherd street.
Owner and builder will be Pollin
and Poretsky, 1913 K street NV.
Architect is Berla & Abel, 1886 Con-
necticut avenue NV.
To Use Radiant Heat.
The building will be of brick and
concrete construction, and will be
fireproof, the owners said.
It will occupy two-acre site. The
owners say the project will be the
first in the country of its type to
have radiant heat.
Other permits of 5000 or more
follow:
stress sss0SsgR NW dnnsrs Bros ; I9ss ssvsntsenth
dwellings, 54as T1iytiesh sTi'k stssss sna
NV. 542s. to "a Newland street NV NV.
ana ao eost sseS s1o to o6S ss Kanawha street Nw
street street NV. owners, builders and srchi-
frsm. frsIs e dvs,ns. sTses nine 2ssory brick and
NV; nv .odl d55ss .TWsnty-ninth street NV. NV.
sast ana SSoi Soi 60 30 Kanawha street NV; to
Evening, star Broadcasting Co., Trans
Lux aas Building. II Fourteenth and New York
avenue NV. owner; Charles II. Tompkins
So. Sort.s so7 sixteenth street NV. builder:
and an ,cinder block teievision trarssmitter litter
building. American University Campus.
nue.; to cost $50. 600
Norman c; Rogers. Alexandria, Va.
cSeSy oTneT cpss. and byilder; wi Marion Bagley.
2-story brick and cinder block dwellings,
s9d s9ss ooa to 80 Fulton street NV; to cost
ouackenbos Street Dwellings.
FREDERICK Landwehr. 21a5 Rhode Island
21s5 Rhode Island avenue Ne. builder
and frame q dvanei elfSs four stsTy srsk
ewnsT; es.nf6 Jamss lanes " Taylor f. illo Thir.
Reiehenbach, 1910 Good Hope road Sc,
sinder, block dwellings. 5Sas-sa Y North a4S
Capitol street: to cost $4,000.
Enrol P: Flood, 400 Eighth street Sc,
street NV. builder; Harry w Dorst,
503l First street NV, architect to erect
one 2.story brick dwelling. a916 Fort
e. w. Beck. 1882 Thirtieth Street S.E.,
owner and builder; L. W. Giles, 442S
Hunt place NE. architect: to erect two
2-story brick and cinder block dwellings,
4113-15 Stanley st. Sc; to cost $4,000.
Other Dwellings,
Gertrude j. Young, 2125 Rhode Island
avenue N. E., owner; Francis Deremer.
2126 Rhode Island avenue NE, builder
and architect; to erect one 2-story brick
(See PERMITS, Page BIZ
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Fisher Named SuIes Chief

Arthur M. Fisher has been elected
vice president and sales manager of
Tabler, Inc, 1713 M street NV, it
was announced today.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
ID, c. Veterans Housing Center Director Says
Rental Ban on Children Causes Greet Hardship

of landlords will accept families
with children, while 95 per cent of
the families needing homes have at
least one child.
"It Is really serious" she said.
Nobody wants children, it seems
We beg them to take children, but
usually without success.
Tells of Phone Pleas.
"The lady that does the telephon-
ing sometimes says to people: If you
would come down here and see these
people with children, I'm sure you
would take pity on them
GAS a result, landlords sometimes
agree to accept children. Several
times, after saying No. they have
called back and said: I've been
thinking it over and I believe I will
rent to parents, after ALL"
Mrs. Gee, who said the war had
Iseparted her and her husband for
all but 10 months of their four
years of marriage, said she thought
IL was "a shame" some owners had
banned renting to families with
children.
"It is not fair that families should
have to be separated because people
won't take children" she said. I'm
our own case, my husband never
saw our daughter until a few weeks
ago, and had to leave her after
only 80 days. We are anxious to
find a place here so that we all
can be together"
Mrs. c. L, Osborn, a former WAVE
pharmacists mate, second class, who
Is married to an Army technical
sergeant stationed at Arlington
Annex, said she and her husband
Evening star., 1947-04-19
.AH Union Aide Urges
Housing Rental Boost.

William n Cooper, Milwaukee, sec
retary-treasurer of the AFL Build
ing Service Employees International
Union, this week advocated an in
crease in housing rentals "to provide
relief to property owners in meeting
additional operating costs"
Mr.. Cooper,s position was made
known in a statement he issued In
Chicago in which he said he had
been called to Washington several
times recently ''to confer with Sena-
tors and Congressman on the rent
control controversy.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
have been trying for three week
to find place to live.
Living In Hotel Room.

to nno place to live.
Living In Hotel Room.
They are the parents of one child
Kathie, 2, and are expecting second
child in May. They are now living
in a hotel room which costs $18
a week and meals cost them IS a
day, she said.
Mrs. Osborn, who has frequently
visited the housing center to check
on vacancies, said that several
times opportunities to rent home
had been lost when the owner
learned there was child in the
family.
1--WE can pay up to 500 month,
but we just can't find any place
that will take children" she said.
II think it's terrible"
Walter Kasmala was in the Army
four and one-half years. After his
discharge, he went to work for the
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. Three
months ago he was assigned to
Washington. He is still looking for
a place to live for his family of
three, including a daughter, Carol, 3.
Nine in Two Bedrooms.
We've been turned down by quite
few landlords because we have a
child" Mrs. Kasmala said at the
housing center the other day. At
the moment, they are living with
relative in two-bedroom apart
ment which now houses nine per-
sons.
II don't understand why people
won't rent If you have children, -
(See IIEWIS Pace R-1l =
Evening star., 1947-04-19
The D. c. RentoI
Housing Picture

A total OF 851 persons this week
filed applications for houses, apart
nents and rooms at the District
Veterans Housing Center, 400
Pennsylvania avenue NV. OF the
applicants. "a wanted rooms and S17
sought dwellings.
In the same period, SO dwellings
and 139 rooms were listed for rent.
Applicants were classified as fol-
lows:
Evening star., 1947-04-19

(See LEWIS, Page B-2.)
Evening star., 1947-04-19

(See PERMITS, Page B-2J
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-06-26
State Auxiliary
Elects Officers

The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Maryland State to the Maryland
State Firemen Association, organ
lied in 1882, met in Frostburg June
1921 for its 18th annual conven-
ton. The Volunteer Firemen held
it's 55th convention at the same
time.
The officers elected for the COM
ing year are: President, Mrs. Jua-
nita lHendley, Frostburg; Sr. Vice
President, Mrs. Minnie Ogle, Eli
colt City; Jr. Vice-President, Mrs.
M a g dalene Schmidt, Capitol
Heights; Corresponding Secretary,
Mrs. Margaret Devlin, Devlin; Re-
cording Secretary, Mrs. Alice
Grimes, Hyattsville, reelected for
the fourth year; Treasurer, Mrs.
Edith Reinhardt, Lansd own e;
Chaplain, Mrs. Mildred Kottmyer,
Frederick; Vice Chaplain, Mrs.
Lille Bon,ssteel, Lake Shore; His
torian, Mrs. Mae Brake, Washing
ton Grove, reelected for the third
year; Guard, Mrs. Jane Hotchkiss,
Midland; Color Bearer, Mrs. Ruth
Quinn, Frederick, and Mrs. Sue
Hicks, Rivera Beach.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-06-26
Fire Department News.

On Monday afternoon, fire
which started in the attic of the
home of George T. Pope, Woodfield,
caused approximately $4,000 dam
age. The roof and second floor were
badly burned but practically all of
the furniture was saved by the Da-
mascus and Gaithersburg Fire De-
partments that responded to the
call. The Rockville Fire Depart
ment was called as a precaution
against sparks harming nearby
houses. The home was covered by
insurance.
George S. Huffer, 8S, formerly
Of Comus, living now with his son,
Harry Huffer, Bridge Street, suf-
fered a heart attack on Sunday
evening. The Rockville Rescue
Squad responded to that call.
The Rescue Squad was called
Saturday afternoon to Meals Cor
ner on Route 240 where Bernice
Branson, 81, Bethesda, ran off the
road, crossed over to the left side
and ran off a 6 foot bank striking
a telephone pole. She was taken to
Suburban Hospital and also
charged with reckless driving.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-06-26
Three More County Schools
Announce Graduation Awards

The 35 members of the senior
graduating class of Sherwood High
School received their diplomas on
June II in the school auditorium.
Arthur B. Joseph presented the d.
plomas to all students except one.
Noting that Brooke Johns, Chair
man of the County Commissioners
Board, was present in the audience,
he called upon him to give di-
ploma to his daughter, Martha
johns.
Speeches were given by Virginia
Leigh Ribble, valedictorian, and by
Anna Farquhar, salutatorian, on
the general topics of the place of
the high school graduate in the
world of today. Honors were con-
ferred the following Sherwood
High School graduates:
Virginia Leigh Ribble, Readers
Digest Award and the Citizenship
Medal.
Anna Farquhar, Elgar Award
given to student making highest
average in academic classes and
one who spent all four high school
years at Sherwood.
Lorraine D. Gore, Faculty Serv-
ice Award-for outstanding serv-
ice to the School.
William E. Shots, Faculty Serv-
ice Award-for outstanding serv-
ice to the School.
Charles E. Conner, Jr., Young
Mems Club Award-best all-around
boy in senior high school.
The awards were presented by
Sydney T. Lawler, principal of the
School. The Reverend Father Mi
chael ]. Egan gave the invocation
and Rev. Conrad W. Jordan deliv-
cred the benediction.
Gaithersburg High School
There were twenty-five members
in the senior graduating class of
Gaithersburg High School who re-
ceived their diplomas on June II.
The following awards were given:
William Chiswell, Citizenship
Award given by the Sons of the
American Revolution.
Roberta Mead, Citizens hip
Award given by the Sons of the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-06-26

The Emory Methodist Church
was the scene Saturday evening
for the wedding of Miss Barbara
Christine Martin, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Clifton Martin, of
Oakdale, and Frank B. Wilkinson.
Rev. Charles H. Michael officiated
at the ceremony, assisted by the
Rev. Conrad w. Jordan.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, wore a gown of white
marquisette fashioned with fitted
bodice and bishop sleeves. Her
fingertip veil fell from a coronet
of seed pearls and she carried
white roses conferred with an or
child.
Miss Vera Jordan, cousin of the
bride, was her maid of honor. Miss
Katherine Martin and Miss Joan
Martin, sisters of the bride, and
Miss Mary Katherine Carr were
the bridesmaids. Mary Lou Martin,
niece of the bride, was the flower
girl and John Gonnerman was the
ring bearer.
Mr.. Wilkinson is the son of Mrs.
Charles H. Wilkinson of Longans-
port, Indiana, and the late Mr..
Wilkinson. His brother, Charles H.
Wilkinson, Jr., was his best man
and the ushers included another
brother, William ]. Wilkinson,
David F. Martin, brother of the
bride, and Trowbridge Strong.
Following a reception at the
home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Wilkinson left for trip
to the Catskill Mountains. They
will make their home in Oakdale.