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Evening star., 1949-01-02
Higher Costs Brake
Construction Boom
In Some Sections
By T. {. Apologize
Assoeiofed Press Business Write

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-Higher costs
and near record output pushed hous-
ing long way toward a buyers
market in 194S. BY the years end
conditions were spotty.
The construction boom bowled
along undiminished in some Sec
tions. In others, new homes were
priced out of reach and stood empty
unsold. Even some new apartments
lacked tenants.
Mortgage money was harder to
get. Appraisals drew careful scrutiny
Interest rates rose. Many lenders
virtually Withdrew from the "GI'
mortgage field.
Foreclosures were increasing, but
still at low levels.
Many builders worried about
prospects of Federal subsidies for
housing. Most of them swinging
their emphasis to lower-cost homes.
The Nation spent record ST.
800, 900, 900 for all types of new con-
struction in 1948.
| SSo AAVuSAhS 1APCCtCus
Oficial forecasts for the coming
year are: Less housing (S75,OOo
units) and private building; sharp
Increases in public construction.
The United States Commerce and
Labor Departments expect total ex-
penditures for new structures will
rise to $l8, ,750, 100000 But they said
physical volume would remain about
the same. appreciably below records
of the 1920s and of 1912.
Largest expansion was predicted
for private schools, churches, hos
pitals and social and recreational
buildings, and for public institu-
tional construction, hospitals and
schools.
Home building hit a fast pace in
1948. Starts on new permanent
units for sale or rent were estimated
by the Government at 925 900, a
downward revision of earlier guesses
that ranged to 100000.
In the record year 1925 some 937,-
900 units were started. Industry
analysts are quick to point out to-
days new home is far more COM
plex affair than that of 20 years ago.
Costs continued to be a prime
worry to the industry. They moved
about 10 per cent higher during the
year, repeating the 1947 rise.
There was rather general agree
ment that they had reached a pla-
teau-if not turning point. But it
was noted this could be upset if
fourth-round wage increases sent
Evening star., 1949-01-02

gains tax instead of paying much
higher income taxes.
1t was year that brought the
numbers of radio stations on the air
and radio sets in use to all-time
peaks.
The broadcasting end of the in
dustry took in more money than in
1948, but higher costs cut into profits
and more stations shared in the ad-
vertising revenue pot.
Radio manufacturers found they
had wiped out the big wartime ac-
cumulation of demand for radios
and cut back production by about
Evening star., 1949-01-02

worth of cash and merchandise on
contestants for answering questions
or identifying tunes.
There had been give-aways on the
radio for years, but in 194S they
suddenly became a craze and
brought many repercussions.
The year 1948 also brought the
capital gains deal to radio with
stars incorporating themselves as
businesses and selling to networks
for big lump sum payments to take
advantage of the Is per cent capital
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Oil Men Optimistic,
But Battle 10 Meet
Demand Is Not Over
BY the Assoeiofed Press

HOUSTON, Tex, Jan. 1.-Oil In.
dustry problems of 1949 won't have
a new look but 1948's accomplish.
ments will have eased the pressure.
A year ago the critical postwar
battle OF supply and demand
was at its peak and a severe winter
brought further complications.
Since then, crude oil production
has been increased by approxi-
mately 415,000 barrels daily and
heating fuel oil stocks have climbed
to totals which would have been
considered fantastic last January.
Optimism for the future prevails
throughout the industry but spokes.
men frankly admit their worries are
not at an end.
There is no indication of a decline
IN the unprecedented postwar de-
mand for petroleum and petroleum
products. Steel goods shortages
continue to prevent maximum ex-
ploration for new reserves.
Adverse weather or a prolonged
strike could erase much of the luster
- SAAo SPC4AAAAoLl
The Interstate Oil Compact Com
missions economic advisory COM
mlttee explains it this way:
petroleum demand is now 50
large a small percentage change
means quantity substantial
enough to affect materially the
industry's problems"
Production leads the industry's
1948 accomplishments but is fol-
lowed closely by improvements in
transportation and expansion Of
research and plant facilities.
Production at New High.
The American Petroleum Insti-
tute estimates 1948's daily crude
production will average 5,50O,000
barrels, an all-time high. The pre-
vlous record, set last year, saw a
$685. 900 average.
Crude runs to stills in early
December averaged 5,698, 900 daily,
compared with 100000 a year ear
lier.
AS the 1948-49 winter season
gained momentum, the industry had
on hand surprising record stocks Of
heating fuel oils.
Gas oil and distillate fuel stocks
on December totaled nearly ga
100000 barrels. compared with S.
100000 the same week last year.
Residual fuel oil stocks totaled
sc, 100000 barrels, compared with
SIS $50 900 last December.
Gasoline stocks, despite the
busiest, gas-hungry summer tour
ist season in years, totaled 95 .0OO,-
900 barrels, 100000 ahead of the
same 1947 period.
$4,000 Wells Drilled in 194S.
Other 1948 figures:
l. Wells drilled during the year
are estimated at $4,000, against
$1,000 in 1947.
2. Approximately 500 new fields
were brought in, including particu-
larly encouraging discoveries in the
Rocky Mountain areas of Wyoming,
Montana, Colorado and Utah, and
in central California and West
Texas.
8. Expensive tidelands operations
in the Gulf of Mexico resulted In
discovery of seven fields-four oil
Zone in late 1940, three gas-dis-
tillate, and one dry gas.
4. An estimated 10000 miles Of
pipe line construction was completed
or initiated. with an almost equal
division between natural gas and
crude and refined petroleum pro-
ducts. Thousands of additional
miles were in advanced stages Of
planning.
5. Plant expansions involved hun
dreds of millions of dollars, with
particular emphasis on research and
petro-chemical facilities.
Evening star., 1949-01-02
TeIevision 0utstrips
Rosiest Predictions
In Spectacular Year
By Woyne Oliver
Associuted Press kusinAss Writer

Asseeioted Press Business Writer
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-Television' S
growth in 194S was so rapid as to
make the forecast of even the op-
timists look bad.
A trebling of the number of sta
tions, a five-fold increase in the
number of sets in use-that was the
record for the year as the marvel
of pictures through the air really
caught hold with the American pub
lie.
Television definitely outgrew the
gadget status and emerged as a
dynamic force of yet unknown pro-
portions. It's spectacular advance
led Chairman Wayne Coy of the
Federal Communications Commits
sion to observe: "Televison is rap
idly becoming Americas national
pastime."
Other Industries Watch.
Aside from the concern television
raised among other industries as to
its ultimate effect on them, more
personal questions such as these
were posed
Will television reverse the trend
and make America a nation of stay
at-homes instead of gad-abouts?
Will it tend to tighten family ties
and halt the rise in divorce rates
or, by distracting wives from their
household chores during the day,
promote domestic riffs?
Will it cause youngsters to stay
home more, and reduce juvenile de-
linquency?
And will television, with its tre-
mendous impact, result in a better
informed, better educated American
public? Or will it keep people so
occupied looking at it that they
neglect their reading, visiting with
neighbors, and the fine art of con-
versation?
Those questions and possibilities
seemed remote at the start of l948
with only II stations on the air and
some 100000 sets in use. But they
appeared more significant one year
later with so stations on the air and
100000 sets in use, and with the
prospect of at least 100 stations and
possibly 100000 sets by the end
of 1949.
Programs Improved.
But the growth of television-the
fact that more people could see tele-
vision-was only part of the story
for 1948. Another big part was the
fact that television became much
more worth seeing.
Not only did television move from
the bar to the home, but wrestling
and boxing took back seats to dra-
matte productions, musical revues,
neWsreels, fashion shows, kiddies'
programS-and a revived vaudeville.
Even though the audience still was
small, big advertisers began to move
in with high budget programs to
stake out choice times on television
for the time when the number of
sets will run into the millions.
Another program trend was an
increase in the number of hours a
day stations had programs on the
air. The Dumont networks KEY
station. WABD in New York, started
operating from am. right through
the day and evening for five of its
seven days on the air.
Evening star., 1949-01-02
B. F. Goodrich Expands

PORT NECHES, Tex, Jan.
(SpeciaD Production of cold rub.
ber" will be increased from $4,000 tt
10000 tons year at the plant here
operated by B. F. Goodrich Chem.
ical Co. for the Government. Mos
of the increased output, said Will
liam S. Richardson, president, will
60 into tire treadS.
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Radio Industry Meets
Trials and Triumphs
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-The year
1913 was one of both trials and
triumphs for the radio industry.
1t was year of many develop
ments. but listeners probably will
remember it best as the year of the
super jackpot-of give-way pro-
grams showering perhaps $4,000, 900
Evening star., 1949-01-02

100000 sets. However, most Of
them turned to television to keep
their total business at or above 1947
levels.
Evening star., 1949-03-28
Word Game
Find 20 or more words in
ACTINOID,

meaning, "radlated. Average IS
18: limit 20 minutes.
Rules. Words must be Of four. or
more letters g Words which acquire. four
letters by the addition Of s. such as
form of a word is used. 4. Proper names
are not used. A list will be published
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1949-03-28

OF all the mountains on this
continent, the Rockies are the most
famous. They run from the Yukon
Valley of Northern Canada to the
State of New Mexico
Certain peaks in North America
are higher than any of those in the
Rockies. Mount Mckinley in Alas
ka is almost miles high and is
outside the Rocky Mountain Range.
The same is true of Mount Logan,
the tallest peak in Canada and sec
ond tallest on the continent. 1t Is
in the Saint Elias Range, near the
border of Alaska, and comes within
a few hundred feet of being as tall
as Mount Mckinley.
For the number of tall peaks,
however, the Rockies leave all other
North American mountain ranges
far behind. The State of Colorado
alone has about 1000 peaks which
are more than 2 miles above sea
level. Among those peaks, 290 are
above 10000 feet in height and as
are above $4,000 feet.
Scientists say that the Rockies
are young mountains" Perhaps a
better way to put it would be to say
that they are not as old as some
others. They really are believed to
be millions of years old, but their
age probably is only half as great as
that of the Appalachian Mountains
in eastern parts of the United
States.
The Rockies gained their name
because many parts of them have
bare rock on the surface. Most Of
the rocky parts are at upper levels.
The lower levels are covered, in large
part, with grass, shrubs and trees.
The higher a person goes up the
mountainside, the lower the trees.
At length he comes to level where
the trees are "dwarfs," having a
height of only few feet and look
ing more like shrubs than trees.
Trees fail to grow on the upper
levels Of many peaks. A person who
Evening star., 1949-03-28
Catholic Editor Predicts
U. n. Will End Ban on Spain

A Catholic author and educator
predicted yesterday the United
Nations General Assembly will give
a decisive majority vote" in New
York next month "in favor of fair
treatment for the $4,000, 900 peo-
pie of Spain"
The speaker. DR.. Joseph F.
Thorning, said he expects the U. N.
to "rescind the obsolete, discrim-
inatory 1916 resolution which rec
commended the withdrawal of
chiefs of diplomatic missions from
Madrid"
DR.. Thorning, associate editor of
the Americas and World Affairs,
spoke at the Spanish Embassy at
ceremony honoring the Very
Rev. F. x. Talbot, S. j., who has
been designated by Spain to re-
ceive its decoration known as the
Order of Isabella the Catholic.
Evening star., 1949-03-28

Heard on a radio drama: "A
nobleman of dignity and gran-doo-
err" The word used is grandeur,
imposing greatness; exalted rank. y
The word was used correctly, bns
the pronunciation has no sanction.
The ID" of grandeur should be
palatized to 81" as it is in soldier,
cordial, gradual (see paragraph 249,
page lii, pronunciation section in
the fore part of Webster's New In
ternationaD. Correct pronuncia-
ton: GRAN-jurr; or: GRAN-joor.
Heard on a sports broadcast: Hes
one of the Nations outstanding
th-uh-letes." One of the hardest
to-put-down faults is the extra and
erroneous syllable in athlete, ath-
letic and athletics. Say: ATH-leet;
ath-LET-ik; ath-LET-iks.
Heard on the Town Meeting:
"pross-ess-eez" for the word proc
esses. The erroneous "eez" in the
third syllable has no sanction what
ever. It is the result Of confusing
process with such Latin Greek words
as analysis, parenthesis, thesis, crisis.
Such words do not form the
Evening star., 1949-03-28
Iran Demands Release
OF 7 Soldiers Seized
By Reds During Clash
By the Associated Press.

TEHERAN, Iran, Mar. 28.-Iran
has demanded that Russia release
two Iranian soldiers reported
wounded and captured by Soviet
troops in frontier incident.
The report indicated increased
tension between the two countries.
Iran previously banned the Tudeh
(Communist) party.
A high military source said one
1ranian soldier was killed in the
border incident. He said the Iran
ian commander protested to Soviet
authorities and demanded return
of the prisoners. Negotiations for
their release and payment of in
demnity were reported under way
over the week end.
The scene of the incident was
identified by the military inform
ant as a border area claimed by
both Iran and Russia in the
northeast part o. the country,
adjoining the Soviet Turkman
republic. He said SO Russian
troops were involved.
(The date was not stated in
this dispatch. which passed
through Iranian censorship
A military tribunal is now try
ing IA members of the Tudeh
Party on charges of conspiring in
an attempted assassination of
Shah Reza Pahlevi. The King
suffered minor wounds in the at
tempt February 4. 4.
Informed sources reported at
Lake Success last week that Rus
sia had tentatively asked Iran to
close her consulate at Baku in
Russia and was considering clos
ing three of her own in Iran. A
delayed dispatch from Tehran
spoke of Soviet order regarding
closing of the consulates. There
was no information as to whether
the consulates actually had closed
down.
Evening star., 1949-03-28

Rubber now is Slams second
biggest dollar Garner, topped only
by rice.
Evening star., 1949-03-28
Policeman Peacemaker
Suffers Broken Nose

A traffic division policeman is
nursing a broken nose because
: his role as a peacemaker Satur-
day night was unappreciated.
Pvt. Daniel A. Hoadley, %, of
1913 Kennedy street, Hyattsville,
was on the receiving end of the
nose breaking punch when he
tried to stop a fight at q public
dance for which the National
Press Club had rented its audi
torium. His .38-caliber service re-
volved also disappeared during
the scufhe. Police said they were
told it was thrown from a win
dow, but searchers have been
unable to find it.
r. Reinforcements came to the
help of Pvt. Hoadley, who was
of duty, succeeded where the po-
nceman had failed. Three men
were later booked on assault
charges and released on $1,000
bond each, pending a hearing.
They we're John F. Lohman
10, of 3120 Charming street Me-;
Jack E E "a. of 431yish
oils ave1aue Sc, and BaNkd z
Clark. Ikof 1872 Twelfth street
NE. -
Evening star., 1949-03-28
Uncle Ruy's Corner
BY Romon Coffman

climbs that high is said to be above
the timberline."
Some peaks are so high that they
have snow on them the year around.
A person who climbs them in July
or August (as well as in other
months) may pick up snow and
make snowballs. Now and then he
may find himself in the midst of a
snowstorm, though the temperature
in the valley below may be so de-
grees above zero Fahrenheit.
South America! Many readers have
asked for special articles about our neigh
bors to the South, and Uncle Ray has pre-
pared q new leaflet, "Five South American
Republics" which he will be glad to- send
without charge. Inclose a stamped en-
velope bearing your own name and COM
plete address Send your letter to Uncle
Ray In care of The Star.
Evening star., 1949-03-28
Points for Parents BY Edy'h 7ho"o' Wallace

Babys of achievement In using his hands to accom-
plish desired end Dasty more important than IS noner
little spilled food
Evening star., 1949-03-28
Answer to 1NExPL1ABLE.
Take MyWord for 1t
By Fronk Colby

|plurals by adding -es. They simply
change is to -es. thus: analysis,
analyses; parenthesis, parentheses;
thesis, theses; crisis, crises. In the
plurals of such words the -es does
have the sound of "eez," as KRY-
seez for the plural crises.
But process does not end in is.
The plural is formed by adding an
extra -es syllable, thus: process,
proc -ess-es. And the correct pro-
Inunciation, of course, is, PROSS-
ess-ezz, the last syllable as in faces,
successes, laces, etc.
That 1t is wrong to end sentence with
a proposition is q superstition. Mr.. Colby
leaflet, CO. cites highest authority % on
proposition. For = copy, send &c in coin
and a stamped. self. addressed envel9Ie
to him, care Of The Star. p. o. Box 3d.
Station g. New York 10. N 7.
Evening star., 1949-03-28
bridge Quiz
By ChorIes H. 6oren

Sh0ttSS SStSH
@. 1-As South you hold:
AAQ864 073 oQ6 AAK75I
The bidding has proceeded:
North East South West
Pass Pass 1spade Pass
2no-trump Pass
What do you bid now?
jump 70 two no-trump is no. forcing,
thsless dss ,so15 to proceed to game Hogever an
three clubs. II partner returns to three
Q. AAs dealer you hold:
AA6 0QJ9 uAQ862 +A74
What is your opening bid?
opening bid Of one no-trump, based on
Az opening bid Of one diamond xoIIe SIs
nh .ms T .h1ud st rsspona m Rs Rins one fGE SPADE
The hand would not be strong snoush
much too good for mere one-no-trump
q. 3-As South you hold:
A72 0KJ9753 uK4 +742
The bidding has proceeded:
North East South
2no-trump Pass
What do you bid?
A.-This hand stands very good
chance Of producing i've or six tricks Tor
and ss SH s i aae nn at sae
own preference is for Ave hearts: How
suss the By situation s rs5DSndnr mss Rs haaasd s
hearts, By intending to make leap
ssZSnd As saHe so,,th On n von nsI1 hoid DIan0
AKJ964 o. oK3 +AQ7432
The bidding has proceeded:
South West North East
club Pass heart Pass
Il spade Pass 2no-trunp Pass
: 3 spades Pass 4spades Pass
/. What do you bid now?
! A. You have already done your fill
duty by this hand, and should not be
unduly influenced by the distributional al
Your hand IS Quite minimum as to hish
sseards and you may assume tnat partner
en sHs5d H. h yap msy Of ONE
has done nothing to improve your hand
Z and any slam suggestion should come
] @. 5-As South you hold:
EAJ72 274 oAJ93 %KJ85
: The bidding has proceeded:
sNorth East South
Il heart Double ?
! What do you bid? ...-
= A-This is an average hand in high
@eards GO points,, which IN CONJUNCTION
with mild trump support. for partner.
(Copyright, 1949, by Charles H. Goren)
Evening star., 1949-03-28
Germon Servants in England

HAMBURG, Germany R.-The
British military government re
ports that 2,345 German women
have gone to Britain as domestic
servants.
Evening star., 1949-03-28
Test Your Horse Sense s,Dr CIV. c'ell

Score one for each of the first five
problems. The last counts five.
l. A player who lofts his ball
would most likely be on a
Bowling alley Tennis court
Baseball diamond Gridiron
2. Which of the following is more
soluble in cold water than in hot
water?
Baking soda Sugar
Table salt Soap
8. Which of the following Is in the
rear axle of an automobile?
Distributor Diferential
Universal Generator
4. The fact that the leaves Of
plants turn toward the light, illus
trates an
Instinct Habit Reflex Tropism
5. Which of the following involves
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1949-11-12

muB ipteoer bon einem seiitigen 8las
ne, BON elmer lesten aentralen Soee
ber perItanben uno sefiibrt peroen.
8o lit oieler ~pergeiiene 5oftor"?
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lit nidt iebr ipmputbiif, uno man
miro Die BORT perfiinoete Soeologie
ni6t gan5 5u llnredt ais oiinn uno
faoenI6einig oblebnen, aber i'm 3ufe
lelblt nad grneuerung bonn Wtens
l6engeiite ber trifft iib Gaur nit Ser
Stimme Roms. IS lit fein 3ei6en
Der S6Da6e, penn sic lesten Ydpite
INNER nieoer BON allerlebten @es
iidtspuntten Der our @eltlttuation
geiproden uno gei6rieben baben.
Hom oorf uno min iid nidt in SEN
tleinen Details oerlieren, es muB Die
geiamte Weni6beit i'm Muge bebol-
ten, tbre pelentliden Inliegen. Iies
fam aud BEL ser am rS6mei5eris
l6en &atbolifentag" bonn A. Septemz
Der gebaltenen Bapitanipra6e gum
slusorud. Gie oagemeine 6eitltel.
lung, sic ser Baplt oobei auslpra6,
lit e6en ooh bon neutrality-suspicious.
Gntl6eioung fir utiere 3eit uno
lnlere 8elt:
Ser Waterialismus - 10 gana
anoers oieS i6einen mag - gebt als'
Sebrlpitem auf Sdtigfeiten uno Ieu'
Beruneen oes @eiites 5uriid. Cine gei'
lttge Strait fann aber nur our6 einc
unoere, Itdrfere iibertpunoen neroen.
llno Das ibr Sem Waterialismus ent.
gegen5lleten babt, lit euer fatboli=
ider @laube NIT an ieinem 3eid.
tl&m, lelner lteber5eugllngsfraft, ser
6iille oes gottlihen 2ebens. Cine iol-
de &raft lit tmltanoe, oen Materio.
liSmus itegreid gu iibertpinoen. 4ber
OieIe &raft 6elttt MIR Der Menl6 oes
tnneren getittgen 2ebens, Ger Weni6,
Ser ais Gbriit oenft, Der betet, Ser
gang BON @ott erfiillt it,"
2as lit oie S6eologie, sic fiir ieoe
3eit rneu" lit, neil iie BON ieoent
@in3elmeniden uno BON ieOer 3eit-
epode neu erlebt uno neu pertpirf-
lift merOen muB. Sic foroert INNER
Dieoer nelte 5ormen, in oie iie umge-
gollen tueroen muB, iolonge sic @elt
III 9emegung lit. 9ie beutige @elt
lit mebr als in friiberen 3eiten in
8ewegung, miiiien oo ni6t enoli6
altd) oie Gbrilten it'd in 8epegung
leBen?
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1949-11-12

Sitos in ieiner ltnperiobnlt6feit Der
Stride seseniiber elm Radlaiien 5eis
gen neroe," lieB itd bas 8latt aus
gelerno meloen. raber oas Itimmt
ni6t. Sn gan3 aroatien itno alle alo.
Iter gei6loiien tporoen. Die 8eod6ts
nisfird)e Ser Seiuiten in 3agreb
(agram) lit iest elm 6ilmotelter, rno
MIR Elm aapu5inerfloiter eriItiert
nod. 8eiItlide oiirfen Weiie leien,
baben ober ionIt 10 gut tpie gar feline
5itblung nit oem 8olt. Die iunge
Generation pd6lt ausidlieBli6 in
ben &eiben Ger Sungfommuniiten auf
uno erbalt cine politiide ausbiloung.
auI oieie 8eiie miro ser Moiien-
menlh fa6rt5iert, ser ittport, onB
Sito INNER redt bot"