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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-30

expected 70 COCa1 ABOUT 10, ana
there will be additional members
attending from the Alexandria.
Arlington-F Fairfax board and the
Montgomery County board.
Charles J. Rush, executive score
tary of the Washington board, said
many members Of his group will be
present throughout the convention
period, while others are planning TO
attend to hear special interest to
them. The Washington board has
400 members.
Ellis M. Jones, executive secre-
tary of the Montgomery County
board, said five of a total Of lie
members already have made reser-
vations and that probably an ad.
ditional five will be present for
part of the program in New York.
Institutes and societies affliated
with the national association will
hold sessions starting November ID.
Committee meetings also will begin
the first day.
Highlights of the meetings win
include panel and round-table dis
cussions by industrial realtors, ap-
praisers, urban planning groups,
board secretaries and brokers, a.
we'll as general sessions at which
prominent real estate figures and
officials will speak. .
Among speakers will be DR.. Mel
Fchior Palyis European trained econo-
mist; Mayor William ODwyer Of
New York; William Vogt, author Of
Road to Survival" and William
Craven Ellis prominent British real
estate developer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-30

The owner of a we'll constructed
house with a full basement is fire.
quently surprised to find water COW
ering a portion of the floor.
This can happen even though the
walls and floor are made of water
proof concrete. poured in place by
means of forms which were re-
moved later after the concrete had
set. 80
As "a rule there IS a Joint running
all around the basement where the
floor meets the walls and this joint
is usually caulked with q mastic
compoandds.n.@ IT.
. Due to expansion and contraction,
which affects all materials used In
a. building, the. joint may spring
open fraction Of an inch or the
-mastic used to fill the Joint may
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-30
'Pepber Tdkes Over Firm :,

Alva c Pepper has taken over
the late B. F. Holmes real estate
VIZ, which, ihi hh fdture&9ill be
known as Pepper Real Estate, ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-30
Method to Halt Water Seepuqe
In Concrete Cellar Explained

harden and lose the elasticity which
gives it value as a caulking COM
pound.
The procedure for curing this
condition is quite simple. First the
horneowner must dry up the floor
until he can see exactly where the
water seeps in.
This is easily detected by watching
the joint for a half hour during
heavy wet spells. When the point
of entry is found, the mastie! snoitfd
be dug out with a knife, the crack
dried thoroughly. and new live
mastic used to fill the joint.
It probably will, be necessary to
wait for a dry spell before thes RI
(See WOOD, Page B-2J
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-30

tsee. PERMITS. Page BID
Evening star., 1948-04-18

is trading them for cooking utensils and re-
converting them into pots and pans. Three
steel helmets make one cooking pot!
A. c. L.. Fall Rirer. Mass.
.. on THE RECORD How haze wi,e
recorders become an educational aid?
Six student veterans on the Pacific Coast
pooled their money to buy a wire recorder.
They charge fellow students SO cents to hear
the play-back of professors lectures.
.. CUzzLERS -. Coffee is Americas na-
tio''al drink. Who are the greatest tea drinkers?
Tibetans. They average 40 cups day.
H w. B., Albert Lea, Minn.
10. HALTERS i. In 1910, 81 Der cent of all
Americans tn their twenties ,cere married.
What's the percentage nosv?
63 per cent. L. M. X, Scarsdale, ~ Y.
IL. DRRR. What is the Arnuy's "Oberation
WindchiV'?
Experiments conducted to see what hap
pens to people when they are rapidly trans
ported from warm climates to extreme Arctic
cold. w c.. Biloxi. Miss
L. OUCH When should children haze
the'r first dental examinations?
Evening star., 1948-04-18
CONDUCTED '' n 1E..x

NOTE: We will pay 81 for 4 question and answer
used in this column Proof must sccopay ths snsrsr
Address: Tom Henry. THIS WEEK, 40 Lexington
Avenue New York II, N. Y Unaccepted coutribu-
tons cannot be acknowledged OF returned.
Evening star., 1948-04-18
q u,z ,rm
Questions and answers from c,-r.,, ~

I. STAMP NOTE =. What trapic erent of
World War II has been naenorialized by a
new postage stamp?
Four chaplains of Catholic, Jewish and
Protestant faiths went down with linked arms
when the Dorchester was sunk in 1913.
IN. A. T., Upper Darby, Pa.
Z. CHAMP What is the record of the
porlds milk producing CHAMPION?
An eight-year- old Holstein COW produced
an average of 10000 pounds of milk wear
over period of three years.
:. FOR SALE 80. What is the price of the
average new house these days?
$4,000. This is more than double the 1899
price. Mrs. W. p. B., Cedarto,cn. Ga.
I. DIMES :. What do the initials 81. S." on
the Roosevelt dimes, Just belo,o the F.D.R. neck
line, stand for?
Evening star., 1948-04-18

FOR John Sinnock, an engraver at the Phila-
oeiphla Mint, where all coin dies are made,
B. D., Shondon, Calit
5. STRANGE sAFARI Why are u S.
ana Australian scientists preparing for a haz-
o'dons expedition to Arnhen Land in northern
AUSTRALIA?
10 learn something about a race of wild
men, said to be living among stone-age birds,
beasts and reptiles.
Mrs. L. S. c., Jackson, Tenn
D. VAcATloNERS Americans spent
SoW,OO0,0O0 for foreign tracel last year. In
~hat countries teas most Of it sbent9
In Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean
area. j. B., Granite City, Ill.,
l. SWAPPING !. HoW are the authorities
d'sbosing Of German Army helmets?
The Ministry of Social Welfare in Berlin
Evening star., 1948-04-18

Between the ages Of two and three, ac-
cording to the American Dental Association.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
II. S. ARMS DISAPPEAR

Today the same thing is hap- pening-except that American arms now go to the Communists, not the Japs.
 Secretary Marshalls official fig ure for U. s. arms sold or surren- dered by Chiang Kai-shek's arm ies to the Communists in the last three months are
 Three complete arsenals. 14,000 tommy guns, 26,0O0 machine guns, 270,0OO rifles.
 Actually the real people of China do a great job of fighting-when they are fed. Under the war lords, however, Chinese troops are never fed, must forage and loot for them selves.
 Actually the Russians have sent nowhere near the supplies to the Communist armies that we have sent to Chiang. But Russian pro- paganda is far better. And most important of all the Chinese are fed up with high prices, no food, and blame their troubles on the Soong dynasty at the top.
 Not all the munitions in the USA could make them fight for the Generalissimo-whi is the great hurdle the charming Madame Chiang Kai-shek sought to over come.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
SEVEN SHOPPING DAYS LEFT

Somewhere in today's issue of The Daily Alaska Empire will be found advertisement stating there are only seven days left in which to do Christmas shopping Time waits for man or woman and before we know it Christmas will be here
 Local merchants are already displaying Christmas goods suitable for gifts and shoppers are reminded to do their Christmas buying now.
 Several stores will announce evening hours for shopping don't wait until the last rush hour Clerks have their shopping to do and they also make plans for the holiday season and extra hour or two in the shop will curtail all that.
 Then remember if you have cards, Christmas let ters or gifts to mail to the States your last chance is on the Princess Norah scheduled southbound Sat- urday or the Baranof southbound Sunday. Even then the mail will be late for the East or Middle States and will barely reach Seattle in time for Christmas delivery on the coast, so do your Christmas shopping now.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
WHERE CREDIT IS DUE

With somewhat more than million votes under his belt Mi Henry Wallace is already blowing Gideon trumpet for 8 Progressive Party triumph in 1852 He has long way to go, and in opinion is doing his cause more harm than good by claiming credit for putting MT Truman back in the White House and the Democrats into control of Congress Like his ungen- erous telegram "coneedng" victory to Truman in the form of a lecture on what the President must do, this distortion of the evidence only detract still more from Waace's personal reputation.
 Credit for the outcome of the election belongs elsewhere, indicated by the returns from New York Citys Eleventh Assembly District The voters of this Harlem district numbered 27,477 MT. Wallace had appealed to them and their fellow citizens of the Negro community elsewhere for support on racial grounds The results show that 61 per cent of them voted for Truman, 16S per cent for Dewey, and 126 per cent for the Progressive Party candidate Even if this cannot be taken as proof of Negro reaction elsewhere in the country, it shows that Mir Wallace failed in this effort here to splinter the Negro voters away from the regular parties In refusing to be led asray by appeals to think the Harlem voters showed sounder judgment than their woud-be leader
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
The Washington Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
Contirued from Page Che,

 been tarnished by tales of high handedness and extravagance dur ing her previous trips to the USA.
 The American public has heard, among other things, about the rudaness of her official family when entertained in the White House during the latter years of the Roosevelt regime. At that time Madame Chiangs niece, Miss Kung. objected to the sheets, pick ed up the telephone and tried to call Cordell Hull to lodge person. al complaint.
 There was also Madame Chiang's mysterious flight to Brazil toward the end of the war, allegedly to cache some jewelry; plus the lavish way she lived in New York hotels while pleading fer money for starv- ing China.
 All these have dimmed somewhat the American peoples once great enthusiasm for the Wellesley grad uate who married the President of China.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
TO 0ADvERTISE FOR CONTRACT TO BUILD WARDS COVE ROAD

It has been announced by H. A. Stoddard, Division Engineer of the Public Roads Adm .istration. and B. Frank Heintzleman, Regional Forester of the Forest Service, that the Wards Cove Section of the Tongass Highway will be adver- tised for contract late in January 1943. Plans have been in preparr ation for several months and are now advanced substantially to the contract stage.
 The work consists of relocation of the road to provide for the large scale industrial development at the proposed pulp mills. The project will be 1.6 miles in length and cost about $4oo,0o0. Funds for the work are provided from the Forest Highway appropriations.
 Another Forest Highway project consisting of a bridge over the Kenai River, together with roadway approaches with total length of II. miles, will be constructed in the Chugach Forest during the coming season. The estimated cost of the project is about S200,0Oo.
 The third project which con- pletes the program is the Juneau- Airport section of the Glacier High way. This project is now under contract to the c. F. Lytle and Green Construction Company and provides for bituminous pavement on eight miles extending north from Juneau.
 SCHWENN BICYCLES AT MAD SENS tD 13-24)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
TROUBLES IN CHINA

If Madame Chiang has had her troubles in the United States, how ever, they are nothing compared to her troubles in China. In the first place she is younger than a brilliant and important sister and brother. And in China the youngest is supposed to rank last.
 The fact that marriage to the President of China elevates the former Mayling Soong to be the first lady of the land does not at all help her position with the rest If the family In fact it rankles.
 Madame Chiang and her broth CT, T. V. Soong, are scarcely on speaking terms. Both were in Washington during one important period of the war, but scarcely exchanged a word together. Once the Chinese Ambassador had to re- main at his home to take phone call from Madame Chiang, which caused him to be late for dinner at the home of her brother. Where upon he was kept waiting a full hour and a half in an anteroom until all other guests had finished eating.
 Mayling's older sister is mar ried to Dr. H. H. Kung, former Minister of Finance, and one of the wealthiest men in China. While the Chinese have starved, he has kept his millions.
 Another sister, Madame Sun Yat- sen, is the widow of Dr. Sun Yet sen, founder of the Chinese Repub- lie. Though now considered the Martha Washington of China, it is no secret that Madame Sun is openly sympathetic to the so-called Communist armies which hel brother-in -in-law is fighting. Also nc secret is Madame Suns romance with a former American Army officer, Gerald Tannenbaum, of Baltimore.
 No love is lost between Madame Chiang and Madame Sun. The former supports her husbands right wing labor association while Madame Sun, long the champion of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
CHILDLEsS MAYLING

One tragedy of Madame Chiang's life is that she is childleSs. As long as she bears the Generalissimo no progeny, popular sentiment is with him when he goes to another wife. Madame Chiang is wife No. }, and for a time her husband went back to Wife No. 2. That was enc reason why she came to the USA during the war.
 The Chinese war lords, who fre- quently call the tunes for the Gen. eralissimo, have tolerated Mayling partly because of her friendships in Washington. As long as she delivered munitions, she stood well with them.
 But even before General Mar shall went to China as special U. S. Ambassador, we had come to re- ali2a that U. S. arms, badly need ed at the European front, were finding .l1e. way into Japanese hands.
 Many Chinese war lords, having graduated from the Japanese West Point, had much in common with the Japs, saw no percentage in fighting them. General Marshall last week revealed to friends that the Allied front against Italy was delayed six months because of the airplanes he diverted to China in wartime.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
WARlSING-TODAv ONLY

Anyone calling Eelnke's Repair Shop today only is given this warning: Frank w Heinke may make the mistake of connecting the hot water tank: to the portable radio. If this should happen all such mistakes will be gladly cor rected tomorrow. The reason being q long distance telephone call from Anacortes, Wash, this morning an nouneing the arrival of Virginia Gail Anderson, new daughter of MT. and Mrs. Virgil A. Anderson, who tipped the scales at 6 pounds, 8 ounces. Virginia Gail joins a brother, Richie, two years old. Mrs. Anderson is the former Doreen Heinke.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16

office in the Hotel D'Ilena, where, with silk American flag at his side, he asserts the authority he hoped to have with a Dewey vic- tory After Mrs. Roosevelt s vote against equal right for ille- gitimate children, the French Com munist newspaper, "LHumanite, J attacked Mrs. Roosevelt as "the weeping delegate" .. When the chief Chinese delegate to the United Nations got up to make a speech, his own delegation put on
 heir earphones and listened to the English translaticl-easier than to try to understand hie Chinese.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
DIPLOMATIC MERRY-GO-
 ROUND

Tired of Vislinsky's donstant quotation of Russian proverbs in U. N debates. Western delegates now toss back some of their own:
 The Soviet delegate will recall the old Ukranian proverb, The pot shouldn't call the kettle black !" Vishinsky's pet name for Dewey's COP delegate to the U N. is John Foster Dollars Named acting chief of the American delegation in Marshall's absence, Dulles lost no time moving into Marshall's
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
Literacy Tests
(NeW York Tinesl


 Failure to pass hteracy tests prior to the recent elections cost 483 American citizens their right to vote An analysis of the reasons for this failure de scrbed by local school authorities indicates that most of these failures due to difficulty encounterd in two of the nine questions asked in the examination
 school official describes these two questions ones that would require the average lawyer to read twice.
 Few will argue that citizens of functioning democracy should required to read and interpret the symbols of the English language. This would be true if for other than to protect the less literate citizen from the wiles of corrupt politicians who might use this ignorance to mislead the new voter. It is another matter however if these tests are found to be too complicated Wholesale failure among those who did not pass has been ascribed to this 'too difficult" theory.
 As result, local school officials planning to ask the State Department of Education to form these tests a modified scale This appears the surface a logical conclusion. Since twice many men and women failed this year in either 1947 or 1914 other election years, the Department of Educa tion might possibly have pitched the questions too high level. healthy democracy will have many of its citizens voting desire to do
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
Daily lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

Did she swim any?" Say, swimming?"
 MISPRONOUNCED: Conduit. Pronounce kon-dit O in first syllable, and only TWO sylabes OFTEN MISSPEILED: Surveillance observe the FILL (erb finish conclude discontinue termi 
 times and is yours" Let mastering word each day Toays word illustrate example
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA sg LEE

s proper social type writer? A. Authorities question a
  Probably ink preferable. O. Is customary for the bridesmaids to give wedding present
  A. this gift collective. The maid gives individual gift. o womans they walking together? A. only thing do s
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
CONDITIONS OF WHATEVER
 ALASKA PTS.

Weather conditions ana temper atures at various Alaska points, also on the Pacific Coast at 4.30 a. m. 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau, Juneau, follow:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
20 YEARS AGO FIT FIFE EMPIRE
DECEMBER Is, 1928

formerly joined the stair of Association san franclSco when of Fisheries TOT the lerrory lie of the Juneau Chanper ol anu ao established he first Lions Club Territory had been with Goldsteins Emporium.
 William Howard to with thelr ringed instruments at Liberty Theare in Douglas
 impressive ceremony held dedcatmg the Scottsh Rite Tempe members of the Eastern Star and others were present Trpp the Supreme Council Taking n the ritual were M Whittier Emil Gastonguay John H. Dunn, M S. Dobb sand Scott
 elected President o Igloo No G.
  William Stenbach Second President woland V. Winter Historian William Dean Historian An ivory gavel the gift member of Nome goo No l. the Juneau club
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16

How learn you Americans language difficult tremely like the English?" asks foreigner. Conf-
 Al dentialy we don't.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16

Chinese guerrillas and coolies, has appealed to American labor lead- CTS to support Chinas left-wing CIO.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
LOOK and LEARN &sy C. GORDON

l. Which StaJo included of the present States? g. From what is most made? 0 form gambling? f. Who the only judge of Israel?
  the originator of ANSWERS: Nebraska Montana, North Dakota, g. Wood pulp. B. Dice throwing. 4 Deborah. Sir Walter
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16

MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. ll' SECOND and FOURTH a Monday of each month x in Scottish Rite Temple ,t<~~N beginning at 7:30 D. n. .NrN WILLIS R. BOOTH V Worshipful Master. JAMEs w LEVERS. Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16

Weather: High, 37; low, 34; misting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16

William Brady and Howard to appear with ringed instruments at Liberty Theare in Douglas.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-30
$1O,492.31 Inherited by
American Legion Post in 1915

Daf.
Total receipts from all sources
for the period recorded were $34,-
O2O.7 rs, received in the following
manner: Auxiliary rent, $103;
musis box, $279.69; door, ST.
2O9.2 20; games, $1,9O8,25 and the
bar sc ,52O.62.
DISBURSEMENTS over the same
period were $23,528.44, in the
following manner: liquor 49,
46O.23; beer, $6,O25.12; payroll,
$4,48a67; furniture and fixtures,
$1,203; electric and plumbing,
$780,; office supplies and ad-
vertisin, $157.36, and miscellan-
eous, $2,5O3.46.
Total receipts------$34,02 0.75
Total disbustments- 1923, 528. A
$1O,492.31
Turned over to the finance COM
mittee for banking. 1t has been a
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-30
BY Jimmie N. Jones

When the administration of Lee
Carpenter Post 1928, American Lee
gion changed hands in 1915, a
bank balance of $1O,492.31 was
turned over to the present leader
ship under the guidance of Jim
Caldwell, Commander and his
staff.
However, today the organiza-
ton is facing many suits in the
civil courts for non-payment of
outstanding bills, causing much
concern in the membership of the
Post. Along with this vast amount
of cash on hands and placed in
the hands of the finance committee
for banking by Garfield w. Jones,
then finance officer, legally bond
ed as required by the constitution
of the American Legion and with
it a clean bill of debts all paid.
Following is a copy of the fl
nance report submitted by the
house committee ending the year
of 1914. The report is as follows:
To the Officers of Lee-Carpen-
ter Post, 1913, American Legion,
greetings: We, the members of the
House committee, composed Of
Fred Bones, chairman; j. G. Lar
kins, secretary; Frank Reeves,
John Robertson, Othe Landor,
Henry Ward, Hunter Robinson,
Mathlee Shead, Henry Williams,
Norman Rowe, and George Hob
son laison, submit the following
report of operations of the Post
Home beginning January 25, 1914
and ending September 80, 1914,
both dates inclusive. Twelve per-
sons are on the payroll, namely
2 officers, Commander and AID.
jutant; l mangerfi 2 bartenders
/ purchaser; l doorman; l custo'
dian, and A mattresses, and with
a payroll averaging 5000 weekly
Large amounts of equipment in
Guiding supplies, furniture, fix
lures, materials and other itemi
have been purchased with consid
cradle indebtness which have al
been liquidated except the Pos
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-30

pleasure to serve in this capacity
for the benefit Of the Post.
Respectfully submitted, the
House Committee.
Signed: Fred Bones, chairman.
j. G. Larkins, secretary.
Following this report, the mem
bership went on record as passing
a motion to vote out the amount
of $4,000 as a down payment on
the property now housing the
Post headquarters at 324 South
Broadway.
However, not until 1916, when
the official family had ratified off
an automobile at one of their an
nual picnics was the purchase of
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-30
the home completed.

the home completed.
Currently, more than $4,000 in
bills are facing the organization
and the membership is wondering
what became of the treasury that
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-30

is now depleted under the present
leadership. Is there any reason
why they want a change in adj
ministration?
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-30

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