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Evening star., 1949-09-24

| The Thaxtons have been mar
ried for 13 years and previously
owned one house in Tennessee.
Mrs. Thaxton was the member of
the family who first became in
terested in building house here
of contemporary design.
IT had been reading about more
modern houses and seeing pictures
of them" she said. land they ap-
pealed to me. Then my husband
became interested in this kind of
architecture, too. He always had
liked the low-lying type of house.
So it was a case of both of us
being agreed on what we wanted" "
First Lot Too Small.
The first lot the Thaxtons
bought turned out to be too
small for the kind Of house they
wanted to build. "The design sort
of jammed up," said Mr.. Thax-
ton.
That lot was sold and another
lot was purchased. Then the
subdivision owner refused to let
them put a contemporary house
there. Finally. they chose the
present lot, which they like best,
Evening star., 1949-09-24

house appears in the photograph
to be somewhat shorter than its
68-foot length. because of photo
graphic foreshortening, and mar
rover than its maximum 29-foot
width, because the kitchen wing
lContinued on Page BE-, Col. u
Evening star., 1949-09-24

Baker had a tough time getting a
good shot Of this house, because
of the down-hill slope of the lot
and the wooded area behind it.
Consequently he took the shot
from the side at a fairly sharp
angle. While it is a good view. the
Evening star., 1949-09-24

backward" to decontrol areas of
smaller population. 1t is, like
wise, understood the basis for de-
control will be somewhat more
lenient than in larger cities.
In smaller communities, it is
not easy to determine when the
demand for rental housing has
been reasonably met" Mr.. Woods
said at a meeting this week.
There never we're a large number
of vacancies in small towns before
the war. and there are not now
any appreciable number.
I'VE sense that many of these
communities have returned to
normal and that rents would not
rise exorbitantly should controls
be removed. ff"'
However, the lifting of con-
trolls is too serious a step to base
on instinct alone-so we have,
therefore changed our approach
for the decontrol of these smaller
communities.
Evening star., 1949-09-24
By Robert J. Lewis
Reel Estate Editor Of The Stor

Up for discussion this week
Is a recently completed archi-
tect-designed house which is
news because it is another good
example of how District area
architects are meeting the per-
ennial challenge Of clients,
land and materials.
The owners, Mr.. and Mrs.
Osceola A. Thaxton. jr.. wanted
q largely one-floor house be-
cause they didn't like the idea
of running upstairs and down.
stairs all the time. They did
mt want Cape Cod architec-
ture, or Georgian, or ranch
type or any other of the con-
ventional styles.
What they wanted was an
original house of contemporary
design within their means that
would be pleasant to live in.
So instead Of using ready-made
plans. they chose an architect
and dumped their problem in
his lap.
Two years, three lots and
three house designs later their
house is finished.
People tried to discourage
US from every angle about
building a house of contempor-
ary design" Mr.. Thaxton said.
Easiest to Live in
'Now that it is finished. I cal
BAY that it is the easiest hous
to live in that we've ever occupied
like it for its appearance, it
INABILITY, for the arrangement
and for its overall comfort.
could never be satisfied again witt
but a house of good con
temporary design and yet I woul
have been willing to have an
architectural style at ALL"
The house is located at 40
Baltimore avenue, several block
of Massachusetts, avenue, extend
ed, beyond Westmoreland Circle
In Montgomery County, Md. Dieg
ert g. Yerkes were the architects
Evening star., 1949-09-24
District Area Two-Leve| House Centers
FAMILY Livinq Section All on One Floor

after all, and a new house de.
sign was prepared.
Owing to difficulties with the
lots, previous designs had to be
discarded. The present house was
built from the third design pre-.
pared by the architects.
The Thaxtons said that finan.
cling institutions. in general, op-
posed their building a contem-
porary house. Others in the rea.
estate field, they said, also ad-
vised them to build along con.
ventional plans.
But we did get up enough
courage to go ahead" Mr.. Thax-
ton said, land we certainly are
glad we did"
Steeply Sloping Lot.
The Thaxton house has over
all dimensions Of SO by 20 feet.
It has three bedrooms. two bath
rooms, combination living and
dining room, recreation room,
kitchen with dinette space, laun-
dry, heating room and shop with
storage space.
The lot has dimensions Of LOG
by an average of 135 feet, and is
Evening star., 1949-09-24

"We are painstakingly going
over all communities in the United
States still under rent control with
1910 populations of $4,000 or less.
1--WE in Washington are making
the assumption that these COM
munities have come back to nor
NAL and that there would not be
an exorbitant rise in rents should
controls be removed" he said, un-
less certain factors were present.
He listed the factors as follows:
1. An active military installa-
ton.
q. On industrial boom resulting
in a recent and significant influx
of population.
3. An unusual population growth
(more than Is per cent? since
1910.
4. A college or university town
(See SURVEY. Page B-3J
Evening star., 1949-09-24

steeply sloping. From the street
side, the house gives the appear
ance Of having one story. From
the garden side, it is really a two
level house. as you can see by a
picture on this page.
Star. Staff Photographer Elwood
Evening star., 1949-09-24
Nationwide DecontroI SURVEY
Ordered for Smaller Cities

Housing Expediter Tighe Woods ordered wide
of all communities under $4,000 population with
decontrol those
It understood the control
, 1949-11-19
LOOK and LEARN
by A. C. Gordon

l. What two cities we're from
ancient times famous for the quail
ty of their steel weapon?
2. By what unit is the speed of
ships measured?
3. What ancient people were
noted for their Stoicism and en-
durance?
4. What was Mark Twain's real
name?
5. What is another noted por-
trait of an artists mother, besides
that of Whistler?
ANSWERS on back page)
, 1949-11-19

President Truman has placed
in our ability to assume the
responsibilities of government
led by one of our own Race,
the stark fact remains that self
government will not actually
be given to Virgin Islanders
until a Native born Virgin Is
lander of African descent is
appointed or elected Governor
The Second Stage Opens
It is because we so believe
that we on the Mainland, in
the great majority, have petit
toned the President of the
United States to give full re-
cognition to our READINESS
for self government as hereto
fore defined, and let us not at
this crucial stage in our his
tory, for the sake of expedi-
ency of otherwise, establish a
precedent which will rise up
in the future to haunt and tor
ment us. For if we now SUBJ
stitute a Virgin Islander"
meaning one who has lived in
the Virgin Islands, for a INA
TIVE, meaning one actually
born in the Virgin Islands, the
many an error of the same
example will rush into the
State" and it will be difficult
for Natives hereafter to exert
their God-givin right to come
First in the land of their birth.
To the Lord-Advocate of No
Native for Governor we say,
for one to deny his fellow
countrymen the God-given
right to govern themselves by.
a Native-born son primarily
because he cannot himself be
the ruler, is to exhibit a nau-
, 1949-11-19

seating distemper that better
fits such a one for the jungle
than the habitation of civilized
man.
We reassert that when the
chips are down, and the candi-
dates proposed are measured
head to head, JAMES A.
BOUGH will at least stand
even with the best, and that
his being he only Native son
among them should be suffi-
cient to tip the scale in his
C~OORDINATING COMMIT
TEE OF VIRGIN ISLANDS
SOCIETIES
E. Ritzberg. Chairman.
Political Action Committee
, 1949-11-19

l, the undersigned, through
this medium, makes known to
the public and all concerned
that from this date forward I
am no longer responsible for
any debts contracted for by
wife, Adrianna Noel.
Joseph Noel
Nov. ", 1949 ~
, 1949-11-19
The Division of Personnel
announces the establishment
of eligible lists for:
POLICE MATRON
GUARD
LABOR FOREMAN
LABOR FOREMAN

Applications must be post
marked not later than Deem
Der 2, 1949, and should be sub
mitted on the regular Appli-
cation Blank, which may be
obtained from the Division of
Personnel or from any other
municipal agency,
Detailed information may be
secured upon request.
l.. NJ
Director Of Personnel :.
, 1949-11-19

nativity with the great MAORI
ty of the people concerned to
the position of Chief, Execu-
tive. In keeping with this po-
Icy, President Truman set a
shining example for the rest
of the world to follow when
he appointed a Negro as Gov
ernor of the Virgin Islands.
This appointment was the oc-
caSion for great rejoicing by
Black men the world over, for
it meant that at last they were
to become the masers of heir
fown destiny.
The HASTE Administration
had its ups and downs. This
should have been expected.
People, long ruled by mem
bers of another race, and high
~ suspicious Of each other, do
not Immediately adjust them
selves to self government, a
fact well known to the Depart
ment of Interior, Washington,
D. c. Therefore, the great
amazement is not the squab-
bles that the legislature Of one
of the Islands has had with
the Governor, but that they
were able to work together and
actually achieve an important
measure Of success in terms of
the several pieces of construc-
tive legislation passed by them
and approved by him.. This
record of achievement induspu
tably demonstrates that Vir-
gin Islanders were well tutor
ed by the Danes who formerly
ruled the Islands and that they
were READY for the transit
ton.
However, as much as we ap-
preciate the great confidence
, 1949-11-19
NEWS
November Is, 1s4s

November Is, 1949
The S. S. &C. G. THULINo
northbound, is due at Frederik-
sted on or about the 7th of De-
cember, accepting freight for New
York. All documents should be
presented on December 5th, and
all shipments must be delivered
by noon of December 9Th, 1949.
The SIS "ALCOA PILGRIM is
scheduled to sail from New Or
leans November 21st, Mobile No
vember 23rd, Tampa November
26th, and is due at Frederiksted
on or about December 10th, ac-
cepting freight for St. Kits, Anti
qua and Trinidad
ALcOA STEAMSHIP CO., Inc
Rob't L. Merwin & Co.. Inc.
, 1949-11-19
PRESS RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE
Right to Self Government
FIRST STAGE ACHIEVED
FIRST STAGE

1t is now an established policy of the United States an
the United Nations to give an ever increasing measure of sci
government to all subject peoples. We understand self govern
ment mean the elevation of one identified recially and By
Evening star., 1949-09-03
Fitzpatrick Named
Deputy 10 Foley

Berchmans T. Fitzpatrick, this
week was named deputy admins
traitor of the Housing and Home
Finance Agency Raymond M.
Foley, HHFA administrator. an
nounced. The post is new po-
sition created by the Housing Act
of 1949.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick will serve as ad-
ministrator during any absence OF
Mr.. Foley or in case of a vacancy
in the office, in addition to per-
forming the duties of deputy. The
position is equal in rank to those
of the heads of the three HHFA
constituent agencies-the Federal
Housing Administrator, the Home
Loan Bank Board and the Public
Housing Administration.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick has served in
legal and administrative positions
in connection with Government
housing programs since 1888. He
has been general counsel Of the
HHFA and its predecessor. the Ma
tional Housing Agency. since 1916.
Since March. 1948, he has also
served as assistant administrator
for program operations.
Evening star., 1949-09-03
G| Home Loans Soar
Ito Near Record Here,
IVA Official Says

Morgan B. Callahan, loan guar
anty officer Of the Veterans Ad-
ministration's Washington office.
said today CT home loan applica-
tions and approvals in the Wash
ington area during August neared
the record levels of two years ago.
A total Of 761 home loan appli-
cations and 722 loan guaranty ap-
prevails were recorded for the
month ending August Is. These
were the third highest monthly
totals here since the peak Of 835
applications was received and 846
guarantees approved in June.
l947.
= The upward trend began this
spring after GI loans had reached
a low of under 800 month last
year.
The loan guaranty officer said
he expects the volume of applica-
tions to continue for at least sew
eral months on the basis OF the
number of requests for appraisals
from builders and of new housing
projects under construction and
planned in the area.
The upward trend in GI loans
here is due, he said. to the fact
that more builders are construct
ing houses priced under $4,000
and to the Government second
ary market for these loans which
has made additional funds avail
able for CT lending.
Loans approved last month
totaled $4,914,258. of which VA
guaranteed $2.318.300. The total
of loans made since September,
1914, is 16.898, amounting to
S140,508, 1874. The VA guarantee on
these stands at $59,627,569.
Evening star., 1949-09-03
Permits Issued
For r$2,402,000
Building Work
World Center Offices
To Cost $1,000,0 900;
Synagogue $3.50, 900

Building permits having a per.
NIT valuation of $2,402, 400 were
issued during the last week by the
Central Permit Bureau. Room
108, District Building.
They included one for $1,000.
900 for the World Center Build
ing, partly under way at the
southwest corner of Sixteenth
and K sts. NV. and previously
discussed in The Star, and one
for $750,000 for the construction
Of the Adas Israel Synagogue, q
photograph Of which appeared in
The Star last week.
Permits of $4,000 and over
were as follows:
World { Center Buiding: Inc: owner. Sl6
and architect, 1914 K street NV, 70
ONCE building, els Sixteenth street NV.
to cost ST. 100000.
Adas Isysel ConErssstiSn owns1 goo
builder. saS F street Nv; Frank Grad j.
Sons, architect, 1888 connecticut avenu:
partly two-story concrete block: brick.
bee Street NV, to cost $4,000. ~
Karl "; corby construction Co., Inc,
s2Se Street street NV; isn:s; 70 erect ss tvo:stors
6 46 and .Ds ads to s ongr.. ps. .
g sPs eo:t Sss9 sG sssl Fifteenth place
silver Spring, Nd; Warren shoemaker.
architect. $500 Wisconsin avenue NV; to
erect ten 2-story semidetached dwellings.
Bernard Libby, owner and builder. eos
iFsft sGssRh Mt5
1875 so REss 5ss sns street sE Z
~ morris ", Miller owner, lsle Junips,
s: johnson. architect. 1179 New Hamp-
story brick and masonry dwellings, 1921;
1928, 1925. 1929 and 1888 Kalmia road
NV; to cost $4,000; o,.r ,,.o c,u
necticut avenue NV, Jeffress-Dyer Inc.
builder. 9Os Twentieth street NV: NJ.
l. Bagley, architect. Chevy Chase. Md;
block ofice building. 1913 I street NV.
Southeast Construction Co.. owner, 1909
1905 K street NV; George T, Santmyers.
architect. 2209 street NV; to erect four
CWO-Story Drlck ana clnQer-DiOCk QWellluES'
1900 through 1908 Ft. Dupont street Sc.
"" w. C. 4 N. Miller Development Co..
owner and builder. 1880 Massacnusetts
tect, 1880 Massachusetts avenue NV;
to erect one two-story brick dwelling.
506s Sedgwick street NV, to cost S25,-
500.
Government Employees Insurance CO.,
owner, Investment Bldg; Hubscher. Diet
rick & Coleman; builder. l45 Kennedy
street NV; A. r. Clas architect. Shore
ham Bldg; to make general alterations
to ofnces. 1927 Fourteenth street NV,
to cost $4,000.
Robert E. Lancaster. owner; 1903 Oliver
street NV: Lancaster & Hendrck. builder,
443S Ellicott street NV; Charles W. Les.
sig. architect. Lewisdale. ;;,. Nd; to erect erect
Chestnut street NV, to cost $4,000;
s4io rGe Southern ruIlVs Avenue " sE; r L. Wills.
architect. Rockville, Md; to erect one l.
s625 Thirty-sixth street Sc, to cost
6. c. Emerson. owner, 1924 Van Ness
avenue NV: Joseph Hopkinson. builder.
(See PERMITS. Page B-2)
Evening star., 1949-09-03
Amateur Repairer
Can Give Furniture
New Lease on Life
By w. Wordsworth Wood

Almost all furniture, no mat
ter how cheap in the beginning
will last for a great number OF
years, if 1t receives small
amount of attention. Furniture
always gives fair warning. when
something is going wrong with it.
When a chair starts to creak
under use, it should be turned up
and inspected. In the corners OF
the seat frame there will be small
wood blocks fastened in place
with screws. These should be
frightened hard and as a rule the
creaking will cease. When rungs
are loose. they should be reglued
and made tight, because one loose
rung promptly puts all the strain
on the others and the chair will
deteriorate rapidly or collapse en-
tirely.
Rewebbing Easy.
Rewebbing is not too difficult,
for you need only turn the chair
up, seat-down, on a table. remove
the bottom covering and expose
the old webs. New webs should
be tackled in place one at a time
after they are stretched tightly.
and the ends of the webbing
should be doubled over for
strength.
A split or cracked chair-leg can
be repaired easily by applying
good glue to both pieces, setting
them together carefully so that
they match perfectly; and then
boring two holes through the
pieces and setting in small, long
brass screws,> with the heads
slightly below the surface Of the
leg. This makes a neat, strong
leg repair in any type of chair.
Old-fashioned chairs, tables,
chests and bureaus can be re-
claimed and made good-looking
and useful. A very homely old
Evening star., 1949-09-03

A hricklayer and his college stu
dent son are laying the brick and
otherwise constructing what is be-
lieved to be the first so-called "en-
gineered" brick house in the WASH
ington area.
The two are Guido Perenich and
his son, Guy, %. a veteran OF
three years in the Navy, graduate
of University of Notre Dame and
soon to enter Columbia University
Law School. They now live al
Evening star., 1949-09-03
| District Rental
| HOUSING Picture

Applications for rental housing
during the last week reached a
total of 321, of which only two
were for rooms, according to the
Veterans Housing Center, 1400
Pennsylvania avenue NV. OF the
total. 283 were new applications
and 38, reapplications.
In the same period. So dwellings,
were listed for rent, plus 81 rooms.
Evening star., 1949-09-03

2340 Fourteenth street NE. Their
new house is being built at 6209
Forest road, Cheverly. Md.
Engineering specifications for
the house were worked out by the
Structural Clay Products 1nsti-
tute. which is interested in having
families who build houses have
them built with brick.
The Institute recently issued q
booklet of house plans worked out
to eliminate Turing of walls, and
Evening star., 1949-09-03

(See HOME SHOW, Page Bed
Evening star., 1949-09-03

(See WOOD, Page B-2.)
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(See BUILDER; Page BE-,
Evening star., 1949-09-03
BrickIover Builds Own Engineered Home Here

substituting in place of Turing the
cavity wall" method of construc-
ton.
The average brick house in this
area is built of one row OF brick
with a row of cinder block back OF
it.. Furring is then constructed
back of. the row of icir1der5 block,
and plaster or plaster board is
then placed to form the room in
(See BUILDER Page BID
Evening star., 1949-09-03
j. ). Workers
Talent Test Set
For Home Show
Third Annual
Exposition Will
Begin October 8
By Robert J. Lewis

Reel Estote Editor OF The Sfor
An amateur talent contest Tor
Government employees will be held
as part Of the third annual home
w-exposition to be sponsored
this year at the National Guard
Armory by the Washington Home
Builders Association. The show
will be held between October 8
and 16, inclusive.
The contest will be under super
vision of the Federal Recreation
Committee, home show officials
. said today, and this organization
will conduct the preliminary
eliminations.
Announcement will be made
shortly in Government offices as
to how entries may be made in the
talent contest. home show ofh-
cials said.
So Acts to Be Entered.
According to present plans,
Government departments will be
permitted to enter total Of 36
acts In the Armory competition.
Winners will compete each eve
ming during the course OF the
home show until q grand flnal
winner Is chosen on october 16.
Prizes will be given to each mem
ber of competing teams.
r. I. Tompkins. a member OF
the Federal Recreation Commit
tee and a Patent Office employe,
will be in charge Of the elimina-
ton competition. home show Off
oials explained. Larry Zuch Is
chairman of the Federal Recrea-
ton Committee.
The home show this year will
include the latest developments IN
design. structure, interior decora-
ton, equipment and appliances
for homes.
40 Exhibits Planned.
A total of ITO exhibits will be
shown in the two-acre Armory.
Other features Of the exposition
will be style show held each
afternoon, and a home makers
sweepstakes" a competition
which home show officials say will
not require the purchase OF tick
ct to the show or even attendance
at the show to enter.
One attraction at the show will
be a $4,000 model railroad ex-
hibit, to be brought here after
the close of the Railroad Fair at
Chicago on October l.
Educational exhibits also will
be held by the Federal Housing
Administration, the Veterans Ad-
ministration, the Washington
Real Estate Board, Cancer Socie-
ty, Marine Corps and other Or
ganizations.
Last years show had an attend
ance of more than $4,000 persons,
while in 1947 a total of $4,000 at
tended.
Kick of Banquet Set.
Preceding the opening OF the
show, the builders organization
will hold a Kickoff" banquet at
6:15 pm, September 80. At this
meeting, William S. Banks, presi-
dent of the association, will pre-
side. Edward r. Carr will be In
charge ,of entertainment.
T. Girard Lee is chairman OF the
Home Show Committee.
Other officials include:
Honorary chairmen-Clerance
Arata, Arthur j. Bergman, Morgan
B. Callahan, Leon Chatelain, jr.,
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, Louis
Justement, Charles E. Krey, Rob-
ert H. Lacey, Edward L. McAleer,
Joseph C. McGarraghy, H. Ran
dolph Maddox, Col. Leroy S. Mann,
Edward D. Merrill, Edgar Morris.
A. G. Neal, Col. William H. Press.
Frederick P. H. Siddons, Raymond
M. Taylor, Leonard P. Walsh.
Awards Committee. Wes-
ley Buchanan, chairman; Henry
J.. Connor, Robert M. Watkins.
Entertainment Committee-Ed-
ward r. Carr, chairman; Lloyd r..
Coates, Herbert McMurray.
Executive Committee-T. Girard
1see HOME SHOW, Page B-2)
Evening star., 1949-09-03

(See PERMITS, Page B-2O
Evening star., 1949-10-18
National Art Gallery to Display
Priceless Austrian Collection

Malabar. a Navy refrigerator ship
that can keep the works stored at
a constant temperature and hu-
midity. It includes 1877 paintings
by such great masters as Rem
brandt. Rubens, Tintoretto. Titan.
Velasquez. Vermeer and Van Dyck.
Added to these are many beautiful
examples of the medieval and
renaissance decorative arts: Rock
crystal. goldsmiths' work. jewelry
statuary. carvings illuminated
manuscripts, tapestries and armor.
The famous gold salt cellar made
by Benvenuto Cellini and described
by him in his autobiography is
among the treasures.
The art objects have been arbi-
trarily valued at $4,000. but GAL
lery officials pointed out that most
are irreplaceable and hence invalu-
able. The collection, accompanied
by DR.. E. H. Bushbeck, director
of the Vienna Museum, and other
curators. will 60 from here to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in
New York. the Chicago Art Insti-
tute and the De Young Museum
in San Francisco.