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Kodiak mirror., 1948-01-17
Cake Sale Next Week

A baked goods sale to benefit aAe March of Dimes will be held next Saturday at the Orpheum theatre. sponsored by the Busi. ness and Professional Women 6 club. Mrs Marjorie Gunderson IS chairman of the sale, from l0 ana until everything is sold.
 Non members as well as BPW naembels are asked to contribute pastries and cakes for the sale.
Kodiak mirror., 1948-01-17

Irene Westcott left by North ern Airllnes this week for her home in Ellsworth, Maine.
Evening star., 1948-08-14
Home Godgets-
New Keyless
Electric Lock
Is Pick Proof
Bv D IA Derwin
By D. M. Derwin

A new electrical lock inaugurates
protective system guarding life
and property by prevention of en-
try. By actual tests, this electric
keyless lock has been proved to be
pick proof, jimmy proof and burg
lar proof. Armor plates protest the
keyless look against drilling.
The electric lock system is con-
troled by small cabinet which is
anywhere inside the home, office or
store. The cabinet has eight num-
oered sockets and either two or
three plugs.
One inserts the plugs into any of
the sockets and forms his own COM
binatipn. Ii is possible to change
the combination as often as one
wishes. The electrically operated
combination push-button mechan-
ism is mounted on the outside Of
the door above the lock.
1t is easy to operate. Simply open
the Weather-cap with the secret
latch, touch the combination and
the door may be opened.
artificial Spider"
Many insecticides have been de-
veloped for the control of harmful
insects. Weather such as We are
experiencing at this season brings
forth those pesky flies, moths and
mosquitoes to plague us and to
damage clothing, as in the case of
lSee CADETS. Page BED
Evening star., 1948-08-14

Among permits were the follow
ing:
Coronet Development Co., Inc, owner
and builder, S2S Tenth street NV;
George T. Santmyers, architect, 2209 L
street NV; to erect eight 2-story brick
and cinder-block dwellings, 5911-15 Third
NE. o3O4-12 Oneida place Ne; to cost
S4S,000.
Gruver & Cooley Co, owner and
builder, Investment Building. George T.
brick and cinder-block dwellings, 4012 to
40lS Blaine street NE; to cost $4,000.
Morris M. Helm, owner and builder,
4hG4 q Linnean avenue NV; n; Graham
to erect one 2-story brick and cinder-
block dwelling, 1858 Myrtle street NV:
to cost SlS,50O.
Israel Bers, owner and builder. Chevy
Chase, Nd; NJ, Graham Finlayson. archi-
tect; to erect one 2-story brick and
Evening star., 1948-08-14
More Houses Listed
For Exhibit During
National Home Week

The forthcoming exhibition CT
homes planned here by members
of the Washington Home Builders
Association during National Home
Week was augmented this week
with the listing of additional
houses, bringing the total to be
shown between September and
II co 40 homes.
Thirty-five Of the ITO builder
members of the association have
entered houses in the exhibition,
which is being observed throughout
the country to "show what the
building industry is doing"
Association officials said the ex-
llibition homes will provide a good
cross-section" of Washington area
residential building Price ranges
will ne from under $4,000 up to
$55,000.
Evening star., 1948-08-14
Building Permits Here Show
$4O9, SIG Drop in Week

Building $336863 issued during the last week
Robert Davis District inspections director This drop Of
$4O9516 from the week before.
build dwellings Northeast
Evening star., 1948-08-14
Former District Resident Plays LEnont Design New City
|FHA Will Issue
Revised Rules
Next Week

The Federal Housing Administra-
ton next week will issue new rules
and regulations governing all loan
insurance under the Republican,
sponsored housing bill signed by the
President on Tuesday.
Pending issuance of the new regu-
lations, FILA Offices throughout the
country have been instructed not to
receive applications for loan insur-
ance on new rental housing.
The District FHA this week in
formed many persons who in
|quired about loan insurance under
the new bills provisions it could not
60 ahead until the new regulations
were completed.
The housing bill passed by the
Republican Congress was patterned
after the controversial Taft-Elen-
der-Wagner housing bill but elimi-
mated that bills provisions for public
housing, urban redevelopment, farm
housing and other more liberal A.
nancing and developmental features.
FHA Commissioner Franklin D.
IGlClld1 10 odlu IdSl IllSilL tlldG lulCc
and regulations to put into effect
provisions of the new bill are ready
but are being given final review"
before issuance.
Already FILA regulations have
been issued governing so-called Title
I loan insurance for certain small
homes and for conversion and re-
pairs of existing homes. These regu-
lations went into effect Wednesday.
Amendments to the Title I pro-
gram provided in the COP bill In
creases FHA's Title I insurance au-
thorization by $35,0e0, 900, increases
the small home insurance limit
from $1,000 to $4,000, and permits
insurance of loans up to $4,000 for
conversion or remodeling of apart
ments or dwellings for two or more
families, an increase from 5000
limit
Evening star., 1948-08-14
Cement Trade May Get
rs to 30 Apprentices

Probably 25 to 80 new appren-
tices in the cement finishing trade
can be accepted under new CITY,
wide apprenticeship program, which
will adhere to standardS of the
District apprenticeship law, Gino j
SINH, District director of appren-
ticeship, said today.
The program has been approved
by the Concrete Contractors Asso-
citation, Master Builders Associa-
ton, Cement Finishers' Union No
89l and the Apprenticeship Council
Evening star., 1948-08-14
D. {. Housing Shows
Decline in Month

Fewer dwelling units were started
in Washington last month than in
July, 1947. a report by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics showed last night.
Started last month were 2,120
units. in contrast to 2,736 started In
July, 1947, according to bureau esti-
mates based on permits issued.
BIS pointed out, however, the
estimates are for the District alone
and do not include the Metropoli-
tan area, where large part Of this
areas construction Is taking place.
Throughout the country. $4,000
new houses were started last month,
the fourth straight month that hous-
ing starts exceeded the 10000 mark.
More than $4,000 units have been
started thus far this year, BIS said.
Evening star., 1948-08-14

derwood street NV; to cost $4,000:
James E. Schwab, owner, and builder,
5522 Connecticut avenue NV: Lois B.
2-story brick and cinder-b block dwelling,
3621 Appleton street NV; to cost
$4,000.
William Gordon, owner and builder,
Reichenbach, architect, 1910 Good Hope
rd. S.E.:> TO erect one 2.story brick and
cinder-block dwelling, 3552 Texas avenue
Sc; to cost $4,000.
w. c. & A. N. Miller DEVELOPMENT Co,
owner and builder. 1880 MASSACHUSETTS
avenue NV. E. R. Spano, architect; to
remodel one 2-story frame dwelling, 46ol
George ]. Gill, owner. Kennedy Warren
Apartment; builder not selected Elmer
Cappelmann, architect, 2062 Fourteenth
street, Arlington; to erect ore 1h-story
See PERMITS, Page BID
Evening star., 1948-08-14

(See CADETS, Page BID
Evening star., 1948-08-14
Aid to Houses
Expert ExpIoins
How to Finish
Logs for Goblin
By Roger c. Whitmon

Question: have a new log cabin
and am going to treat the out
side and inside with some sort
of finish. The logs themselves will
form the inside walls. Would you
suggest oil or varnish?
Answer: A good book on log
cabins has been prepared by the
editorial staff of Popular Science
Monthly. This book contains many
suggestions for the treatment of
logs. 1t is generally considered good
practice to peel off the bark, for
if left on, the wood will be damaged
by borers. To prevent the interior
1See AID TO HOUSES, Page B-31
Evening star., 1948-08-14
Expert Tells Method
For Building a Good,
Strong Work Bench
By W, Wodsworth Wood

Any one who makes a hobby out
OF making minor repairs or working
over furniture and equipment needs
a good, substantial work bench. 1t
is almost impossible to do any kind
of a decent job without firm base
to work on, and a place to keep
your tools and supplies.
The average contraption which
passes for a bench, is made of
scraps of lumber which have been
lying around the house or picked
up by chance, and then nailed to-
gether without any idea of the
strains and stresses it will be sub
. = IEnnI IINnl pana q 8 - -
Evening star., 1948-07-20
3 Held After Inquests
On Fatal Stabbing
And Traffic Death

Three men were held for grand
jury action yesterday after a coro-
ner's inquest into two fatalities.
One death occurred during fight
Friday night, and the other, in a
trafic accident.
A coroner's jury held two men
responsible for the death Of William
Askew, 20, colored, of 1713 seaton
place NV. He died Of a stab wound
after collapsing on the back porch
of a house at 1723 Corcoran street
NV.
One Of the occupants of the house,
who testified she saw a scuffie" in
the alley behind her home, was
Mrs. Peter Milo, colored, widow Of
the man shot by a "sniper" last
winter. Mr.. Milo, colored, was
killed as he waited for a bus at
Seventh and P streets NV.
Held In Mr.. Askew's death were
John Martin, al, of 1871 Corcoran
street NV. and Frank Hines 40,
both, colored, of 1888 Corcoran
street NV.
Martin, according to Pvt. Peter
M. Zazanis. admitted stabbing Mr..
Askew. The policeman testified
Martin said he did so in self
defense.
Hines, according to the police
man. denied participation in the
stabbing. but several witnesses tes-
tilted they saw Hines throw a bottle
at Askew in the fight which, It was
said, started after Askew annoyed
a girl"
Also held was Isaac s. Marshall.
10, colored, of the 900 block of Sixty
second avenue, Fairmont Heights.
Marshall, who was brought into the
inquest room at the District Morgue
on a stretcher, was charged with
being the driver of the car which on
June 7 lurched out of control on
Benhng road NE. and crashed into
a pole.
An occupant of the car, Cecil Neal,
20, colored, of the TOO block Of Six
tieth place, Fairmont Heights, was
killed.
According to Detective Sergt.
Emmett Waters of the Accident In
vestigstion Unit, Marshall admitted
driving the car at the time Of the
accident, but denied knowing the
car had been taken the day before
from James c. Mckenzie, colored, of
4l0 Eastern avenue NV. Marshall
received two fractured legs, cuts and
bruises in the crash.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Col. Beebe Asks $4,000
For Hockey Game Injury

Col. r. E. Beebe. jr, of Fort Nc
Nair, yesterday afternoon brought
suit in District Court for $4,000
damages for nose injury he says
he received last January when
struck with a hockey stick while a
spectator at hockey game at the
Uline Arena.
The suit says he was struck by
an unidentified member of the
Washington Lions Hockey Team
during fight between opposing
players.
The M. J. Uline Co. is named de-
fendants Col Beebe points out that
he is an aviator and that the nose
injury interferes with his flying at
high attitudes.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Man Held in $500 Bond
On ChiIdren's Complaints

A man charged with indecent ex-
posure on the complaints to police
Of a group of five children aged IL
to IA today is under $500 bond await
ing a Municipal Court jury trial
August 81.
Leonard ]. Ellison, At, colored, of
the 1900 block of Irving street NV,
was arraigned before Judge John P
Mcmahon. Ellison pleaded not
guilty.
The arrest was made Saturday by
Evening star., 1948-07-20

Police Pvt. Thomas Williams. who
reported he saw Ellison staggering
in an alley In the 14OO block Of r
street NV. As he was checking the
mans condition, he reported, the
children approached him and made
their complaint.
Evening star., 1948-08-19

900, WTOP-Martha Scott in
Crisis" in which q mother must
decide the fate of her infant.
$50, WOL-Clark Dennis sings
with Marion Hutton.
1o:eO, WTOP-Walter Edmonds'
Drums Along the Mohawk" dram
atized.
Evening star., 1948-08-19

HOUSE REPAIR NEEDS
18th & II Sts.. Ne. 1905 Nichols Ave- SE.
At BladensbHrp Rd. At Good Hope Rd.
5925 Go. Ave. NV. Falls Church, virpinis
At Military Rd. On Lee HOY.
Evening star., 1948-08-19
m STATIONS.

m STATIONS.
Rt.FM-93.9 Me-. Channel 730.
$50 am. to l an.
WiNX.FM-96.3 Me-, Channel 7R.
8 An. to 1:06 am.
WBUz.FM-96.7 Me-, chaanei IA.
z am. to midnisht.
WASH.FM-97.i Mt., Channel 246.
$50 to II pm.
WMDt-fM-t0t.i Mt., Channel 266.
1880 am. to 80 pm.
W6AyFM-t07.3 M., Channel III.
am. to 8 pm.
WARl l.FM-105.5 Nc. Channel 2SS.
3 to 10 pm.
Al.fM-t07.3 Me-. Channel 291.
8 am. to midnight.
Evening star., 1948-08-19

1e:eo, WOL-Jane Darwell Is the
star Of Jamie and the Promise"
story about . little boy and his pet
pig.
Television.
Sis, WNBW-A trip to the moon
through one Of the telescopes Of the
Franklin Institute Observatory in
Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1948-08-19
oINER An STATIONS.

W0NW-570 Kt-7 an. to 8 pm.
WpiK-730 ke,-e:lb am. to pm.
WARl-7so M.-e:15 am. to 8 pm.
WeAY-1,050 Ke.-o am. to $50 pm.
WBcc-t,t20 ke.-e:45 I'm. to 8 pm.
WEAM-t, 800 ke.-e:1b am. to pm.
W0oK-t,5o0 kt.-e Am. to 8 pm
Evening star., 1948-08-19
HIGH LIGHTS TONIGHT,
Radio.

800. WRC-Nelson Eddy sings
Beyond the Blue Horizon" and
Heart of My Heart; Dorothy Kir-
stems operatic selection Is "Un Bel
Di Vedremo," from Nine. Butter
fly"
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-12-11

The CtheI -, 1 read al item
in the newspaper which disturb
ed me. A man in Moscow said it
was a mOckery to call America a
land OF opportunity. To illustrate,
lie asked 6neeringly what OPP
portunities America offered to
colored people and other minor
ity groups. Americas opportun-
tiles, ne said, were limited to
the privileged few.
Such talk shows how little the
Communists really understand
this country and its psychology.
America has its faults, but it is
the greatest land Of opportunity
for all its citizens-that the
world has ever. known.
I don't have to go far, l believe,
to prove my point. My own back
ground was probably as humble
as backgrounds can be. Yet /
found many opportunities for en-
terprise. When ! grasptd them
no man trieG TO stand in my way.
And when i paid the price in
heartaches that any enterpriser
pays, America began Iavisning
rewards and recognition upon me
beyond MY dreams.
Let IAe cite Some OF these re-
wards. 1 preside over q lie in
suranc. company that has $131,-
100000 WORT OF insurance in
force, and a bank that mas
$5,000,0U0 in resources. i'm a
director Of bonding company, a
building and loan association,
and fire insurance company
-. I'm trustee Of Howard Uni
vers3ty, Vaw University, and
North Caronna Conege at Dur
ham. chairman Of the board Of
a large hospital. and have
been invited to conferences at
the White House,
That happened in America, not
on the Russian steppes. In fact,
it happened right III the Ameri-
can. Southland.
| was born one Of ia children
on Q small cotton farm in the
Eastern section OF North Caro-
lima 10 years after the Emancipa-
ton. A writer once said Of me,
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-12-11

perhaps chidingiy, that / st i
retain the WinsOme simpli> ity Df
the farm"
Probably that is true, because !
was we'll on my way to success
before I ever left the farm, at
the age Of 20. My father, Ben
pamln Spaulding It9lieved in the
Promise Of America. He kept be-
Hevlng in that Promise When
thousands Of coiored people be
came disillustoned by the rea /
ties OF Freedom. He never ~
came disillusioned, because, Un-
like so many, he had never eN-
pected something for nothing.
Father was a simple man but he
| realized that the Promise had TO
be redeemed by years Of sWea {,
thrift, and Enterprise. Every mule
we acquired became milestone.
Father had a way OF keerlng
everybody busy. On rainy day 5
he put us to work helping him
/ buId carts and mend the farm
equipment. Vi he mace us he'll
MO,her, who was the queen Of tie
home, scour our tnree-rOom Ic1
house. Each wetA Mother $50
Ell eVeTyIn 4ng-tIOuTS, walls. ski
sand. she not or = scrubbed -
lets, furniture A itl soap ana
tor Of tile table, but the legs as
MY father refused to hate any
we'll.
man. He told me it didn't make
sense. At a time when the XII
KluX Khan was riding in the
South, he practiced neighDorlT
cooperation with everybody.
ather's rewards were not all
SD. 4tual. lie lived to own a pros
porous farm with two mules ana
d horse, and TO be a leader in
lis community. His success story
is vastly more impressive than
mine could ever be, because
starting with the Emancipation
lie nad to WORK out a completely
new pattern Of existence. All |
have had to do was to rty to TO-
IL. the excellent pattern he de-
lClOped.
Too many people, believe, are
deceived by America. They
think it IS a land OF gushing
riches, and are disgruntled il they
don't get their share. America
II no such place. 1t is a land nf
challenges, an ii can be terribly
clucI TO those VINO do not enjoy
challenges. | suspect that only
pioneers and ddventurers find il
i really c0ngenial place to live.
The pioneering spirit still
reigns in America more than
many pe0pe realize. Now, instead
o. pushing back geographical
pushing back economic, scientific
frontiers, we are absorbed "a
and cultural frontiers.
UnconlciousIy, this pioneering
spirit still profoundly shapes
american belief and attitudes.
Americans have little patience
for any man who feels that his
nundlcaps excuse him from the
competition for achievement....
O. Who expects MS ''fair'' snare
as his inherent right.
But patriotic Americans will
Malmheartedly applaude any
nan, whatever his origin or color,
who breaks new ground or at
tains new heights, whether he be
be Henry Ford or Joe Louis. And
they viii resent any curbs which
would prevent any citizen from
advancing himself as far as his
talents ana ingenuity will take
nim. They want the opportunities
for pioneering in America to b.
unlimited.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-12-11

The great satisfaction in my
life is that | have spent most of
my days pioneering. | didn't wear
a coonskin cap but | was break
ing new ground when l started
selling insurance in 1899. Few
men with my particular compile
xion had ever done it successful
ly before. AS new kind Of in
sui ance agent, / tramped some
IF the same ground that Daniel
Boone once tramped, and con-
/ WINGED myself | was having a
rcugher time than he ever had,
! Indians or no Indians.
l didn't know l was going to
sell insurance when l left the
farm at 20. Ny idea was to COM
plete an Sth grade education. Our
country school didn't go that
high. So, a full-grown young man
among children, | studied my
spe ling and arithmetic, and
" ashed dishes dt $40 a month at
j Durham. n. g., motel to earn my
way.
soon after my graduation, two
men ~ my race, John Merrick
and I>r. A. M. Moore offered me
the dubious honor OF being gen
e. manager Of the Insurance
con. pdny they were trying to de-
yelop. | was als< to be sole agent,
CLERK, and janitOr. TO me it
sounded like opportunity Knock
ing, even though my pay was to
come out OF my commissions.
The motives Of Merrck and
. Moore in forming the company
were mainly humanitarian. They
wanted to end a humiliating
practice which our people had to
resort to at funerals. Someone
usually had to get up and pass
the hat-'so that we can bury
this brother" In those days the
Dig insurance companies weren't
interested in insuring us.
Dut, since their motives were
humanitarian, Merrick and Moore
didn't have time to bother with
the project much themselves.
President Merrick, dynamic,
joyful man, was a barber. And
Vice-President Moore, slow and
thoughtful, was a doctor. They
mad their own careers. The idea
was that they, being older and
wiser men, would supply the
bra4ns. | would supply the "hus-
! tie
A poiicyholder, by paying US,
say, 20 cents a week, could De
assured Of getting $4 a week il
he became sick, or his beneficiary
N Ould get a $50 lump sum Ii he
died. Such a bargain, you might
think, would go like rubbers on
a rainy day among people who
I couldn't get insurance anywhere
! else. | thought SO too. But not Tor
!Cns. HE sales resistance L met
was staggering.
For one thing, it was hard to
, persuade anyone that the com
Lany could cOnceiVbly survive.
And no one wants to sing savings
into a shaky outfit. The people
Of my race Won l was dealing
/ with had-and still have to a
lesser MISUNDERSTANDING in
ferlority compile. They were con
vInced that tie only individuals
VINO could build insurance COM
panies-or any other stable cor
! porations - were fair-sklnned
Anglo-Saxons. And they told me
so.
Worse still, most Of them were
suspicious Of ME because they
had been solicited previously only
by white insurance agents. A lew
who lrinally succumbed, ! ann
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-12-11

10 Try to outWst ne. They became
sure, took my insurance merely
Sic almost as soon as they were
eligible for sick benefits When
one woman kept getting sick |
decided to investigate She pro-
tested that she felt lawful sick. I"
[ sat down and talked quite a
while about what my company
was trying to do, and how it all
depended on both sides showing
good faith. l promise to put
through her sick claim for one
more week. From then on she
was faithful, and even steered
some business to me.
When | did gain a policyholder,
the battle was often just begun.
Many of the pee lie | was dealing
with were still 10 close to slav-
cry to compreh the RESPONSE
bilities Of freed IN. They had not
developed habits o. thrift or pru-
dence; ana still managed their
affairs like the Foolish Virgins.
When | would go around for their
weekly nickels and dimes they
would confess sheepishly that
they had spent them.
Continued next week
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-12-11

The truest and surest way in
which we can serve or fellow
men is not so much to do any
thing for them, sa to BE the
very tTuest, pure it, MODEST be-
Ing we know how.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-12-11

READ THE CHICAGO WORLD
EVERY WEEK FOR THE LAT
EST IN NEWS AND FEATURES
AND PATRONIZE OUR AD-
VERTiSEHS,
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-12-11

The most important thought
ever nd was that OF my indi-
vidual responsibility to God.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-12-11

Interest payments on the Ma
tional Debt will be about $8,435,
100000 for 1949.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-12-11

The being of grace must go
before the increase of it; for
there is no growth without life,
and no building without a
foundation.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-12-11
THE CHICAGO WORLD
SATURDAY, DECEMBER II, 1948

Ether was first used as an
anesthetic' during surgical opera
tons in 1890.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-12-11
Wnlut America Moons To Me
By CHARLES c. SPAULDLNG

r: dent North Caron Mutual life Insure nee Company
IN oemher, 1913 Issue The American Magazine
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-12-11
PROMPT CORRECTIVE ACTION NECESSARY

Such an abnornally low earn
ings level seriously threatens the
heart and core Of good telephone
service. To relieve the grip of il
flation, and protect the public's
telephone service, our prices must
advance without unnecessary de-
lay. The increase we need and
have requested is small in COM
parison with todays price levels.
Evening star., 1948-09-06

what police called q japanese
moose" They said any movement
by the victim frightened the moose
about his neck.
Police believe Mr.. Allen had been
dead II to IA hours when his unclad
body was found on his bed by an
elevator operator. They suspect
robbery was the, motive. No money
was found in Mr.. Aliens clothing.
Mr.. Alien was employed by the
National B,caoeasting Co. from
1927 to 1896 and was associated with
station WWBZ at Vineland. N. j.,
before joining the State service here
last August.
Chile has found potash deposit.
Evening star., 1948-09-06

ther, Peter. has given his approval.
In June. 1947, the father had OBJ
jected to the love affair, largely be-
cause of the difference in ages.
The father, charging disorderly
conduct against the widow. told a
magistrate that "she keeps my boy
out until 5 or am. It's not good
Evening star., 1948-09-06
Albany Police Probe
Hotel Room SIayinq.
kY the Assesiotsd Rrsss

ALBANY, N. Y, Sept. 6.-Eighteen
detectives today we're investigating
the Staying of State employe who
was found strangled in mis- hotel
room.
Theodore F. Allen. a State Com
merce Department publicity division
cm0lcye. vas found early yesterday
III his Hotel Capitol room. He had
oecn strangled with a bed. sheet in