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, 1949-05-04
NuvY's Rocket Truvels
Thrice Foster Thun
Sound In Test

Streaking through the air
from the White Sands proving
grounds the Navy's Viking
rocket reached a height of 81
and a half miles over New
Mexico. This is said to be com
parable to the German four
teen ton w in size, and at
tanned a speed of $3.50 miles
an hour, three and a half
times the speed of sound.
The Army's WAC Corporal
had reached a height of ESQ
miles and the German w
went up to ia; however, Ma
val officers said that altitude
was not the primary objective
Of the test but rather to test
plans and firing control sys-
, 1949-05-04
BIGGEST PLANE CROSSES
ATLANTIC; r r 81

Tht greatest plane load of
people successfully crossed the
North Atlantic yesterday on a
United States Globemaster,
C74. The craft carried rs pas
sengers and a crew of IL. The
passengers are requirements
for the airmen now stationed
in England.
The route taken by the big
craft was by way of Bermuda
and the Azores.
, 1949-05-04
U. S. FIRST LINE OF
DEFENSE IN EUROPE
BRADLEY SAYS

General Omar Bradley Chief
of Staff of the United States
Army told Congress yesterday
that our first line of defense is
in Europe. If western Europe
Is given time to recover and
rearm it can stop any attack
by Russia, he said.
General Bradley called on
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee to endorse the
North Atlantic Pact. He did
not stop at endorsing the ALI
ance but said he is strong for
the Administration policy of
military aid. Many of the al
lance powers are so located
that any aggression by a for
eign power would mean con-
quest of their land. l assure
you that our frontiers of col
lective defense lies in parallel
with theirs-in the heart of
Europe, he said.
General Claire Chennault
also appeared before the Con-
gress to urge enough aid be
given the Nationalist Govern
ment of China thus enabling
them to hold a beachhead for
resurgence. Holding the UNI
conquered part of China
would cost as much as the Der
lin airlift is now costing, he
said.
, 1949-05-04
Trumun Agrees To
Release General
Lucius D. Clay n

President Truman has
agreed finally to release Gen
eral Lucius D. Clay, military
governor for the United States
in Berlin. This will make way
for a civil high commissioner
to take over the job.
General Clay was praised by
the President for executing
what he called one of the
toughest assignments in his
tory.
, 1949-05-04
Personnel Director
Reccomends PoY Pldn
For V. I. Employees

Personnel Director Ullmont
James recommended on April
70, a pay plan for the employ
ees of the Classified Service
under the Personnel Merit sys
tenn Law for employees in the
Virgin Islands. The recommen
dalton was approved by Gov
ernor HASTE who forwarded
it with his approval to the Mu-
nicipal Councils Of st. Thomas
and St. John and St. Croix.
Under the Merit System
Law the "plan" shall become
effective on July l, 1949, pro-
vided that it does not become
effective in a Municipality if
within thirty days after SUBJ
mission the Municipal Council
of that Municipality shall, by
resolution, disapprove it.
Copies of the plan have been
sent to the press. The general
rules and regulations states:
"All persons in the classified
service who are receiving less
than the minimum rate for the
class of positions to which their
positions have been allocated on
the effective date of the pay plan
shall be increased to the minimum
rate of the salary range.
Employees whose salaries are in
excess of the maximum rate as
signed the class in which their
positions are allocated may there
Continued on page 4
, 1949-05-04
U. S. ~DESTROYERS
TO VISIT ST. THOMAS

The Commandant of the
Tenth Naval District has adj
vised Governor HASTE that a
proposed reserve training
cruise of four destroyers of
Destroyer Squadron Is will
arrive in st. Thomas on May
20 from New Orleans and
leave May %.
Captain ]. L. Woodbury., u
SIN, is Commanding Officer of
the Squadron. There will be
so officers and approximately
1000 enlisted men on these
ships.
tenn.
, 1949-05-04

inc could not operate on dir
ect current and the only place
available was the Moravian
Schoolhouse.
Evening star., 1949-08-06
Producers Council Finds Peak
In Construction Costs Passed

The peak in construction costs
in the Nation has been passed and,
barring any new inflationary
forces. gradual improvement in
price-quality relationships should
take place, a survey of the Pro-
ducers' Council declared today.
The study was prepared by Miles
L. Colean, economic consultant for
the councils Construction Indus
try Information Committee.
Mr.. Colean stressed. however,
that chances of any real drop in
construction costs were limited by
a number of factors.
Four Factors Listed.
He listed:
/. Wage rates are not expected
to drop and, in fact, may not have
yet reached their peak.
2. Transportation costs are a
rigid element in the total cost
picture He estimated railway
freight rates had risen 43 per cent
since 1899 and are likely to in
crease further.
3. Building material prices may
sag, but they are not likely to fall
sharply or far in the near future.
4. The Government renewed
policy of easy credit" for dwelling
construction is an element of
strong support for construction
cost.
The economist observed:
"Since, 1889, the last year un-
affected by unusual demands for
war materials, the construction in
dustry has been subjected to the
Evening star., 1949-08-06
D. {. Building Permits
Include 100000
For Film Exchange

A 5000. 900 film exchange build
ing for Twentieth Century Fox
Corp. at Ais Third street NV.
was the largest single permit au-
thorization issued the past week
by the Central Permit Bureau in
the District Building.
1t brought permit valuations for
the period to $685. .240.
Permits issued included the fol-
lowing.
Potomac Enterprises. Inc, owner,
Third and Florida avenue and N
streets NE; Jefress-Dyer, Inc,
builder, 908 Twentieth street NV;
A. r. Clas. architect, 235 Shore
ham Building: to erect one two
story brick and cinder- block addi-
ton to printing Office. 301 N street
NE. to cost 100000.
Albar Oldsmobile, Inc. owner,
1880 Fourteenth street NV;
Hubscher. Dieterich & Coleman,
Inc. builder. l45 Kennedy street
NV: A. R. Clas. architect. Shore
ham Building: to erect one two
story concrete. steel and masonry
addition to auto sales service build
ing, 1880 Fourteenth street NV,
to cost $25.000.
j. w. Wall & Son. owner. 1926
S,fntr,er road & F.. John R. Whit.
man, builder, 6731 Allentown road;
H. A. Allen. architect, 104 Sixth
street S.W.;; to erect one one-story
6See PERMITS, Page BID
Evening star., 1949-08-06

most violent increases in demand
in it's history. 1t was not to be
expected that such increases could
be accomplished without serious
effect on construction costs.
Costs Held In Line.
Under the resulting inflation-
ary impact, however. construction
costs have held we'll in line with
the general rise in prices. More
over. the increases from prewar
level to the postwar peak in con-
struction cost was proportionately
lower than the more abrupt
increase resulting from World
War l."
He noted that wholesale build
ing material prices registered q
peak in September of last year
and have declined slightly but
fairly steadily since that date.
Most of the construction cost in
dexes indicated that high point
was reached in October and that
levelling or slight decline followed.
he said.
Reports have been obtained OF
lower labor costs in terms of con-
tinuance of overtime and bonus
payments to workmen, although
the trend in wage rates is still
| upward" he wrote.
+ He added that with the appear
ance of a more selective demand.
some of the less experienced firms
have been forced out of the
market, while older firms find both
labor and materials easier to OBJ
tain.
Evening star., 1949-08-06
Home Repair Queries
Answered by Expert

Answer: Try to provide more
under the house, and
in addition. If you can manage to
crawl underneath, you could
sprinkle the ground with chloride
of lime. Cover your face with a
gas mask while working to protect
yourself from inhaling the stuff
If the space is too cramped for
you to work in there, the only
alternative would be to locate
someone with an agricultural
spraying machine. to shoot the
powder into the space through an
opening. This would be rather a
large project, unless you know
farmer who has such machine
Gray Finish for Dinnerroom Set
Question: Will you please tel,
me how l can finish a dining-room
set in the new gray finish that is
(See FIRST AID. Page B-2.)
Evening star., 1949-08-06
Rely on AssembIy-Line System
And Mass Output to Set Prices

also house built-in dressers. The
gas, hot air burner and hot-water
heater are located on the attic
level, and are so situated that
space remains for two future bed
rooms.
Mr.. Geeraert estimates the
sales price around $1,000. Then
he adds what other builders agree
on: only by mass production
can we afford to sell this type
of house at that figure
Another outstanding example of
the assembly line theory is West
Lawn, a project of Mace Proper
ties fronting on Lee boulevard
just outside the Falls Church
limits in Virginia. All bungalows,
the units are two and three bed
rooms, the former selling for just
under $4,000 and the latter,
slightly under $4,000.
100 Sold First Week.
AS an interesting commentary
on the demand for this type of
house IN the metropolitan area.
Lester Sorensen. vice president of
the concern. recalls that the first
week they opened two sample
homes, 100 were sold. Plans calls
for a total of ABOUT $50 units.
For the distatf side of the fam
lily, West Lawn offers garbage dis
posal units. laundry tub in a util-
ity room. and a spacious kitchen,
considering the area of the larger
house is but 910 square feet.
Mr.. Sorensen lists some of the
techniqueS for holding down
building costs, such as "a cutting
of all lumber to standard size on
the site, (2) prefabrication of
plumbing. 90 precutting of trim
at the Mace warehouse and "a
special crews Of workmen for lay
(See I,ANRNRNE Paoe R.2)
Evening star., 1949-08-06
By Malcolm Lomborne, Jr.

Prospective home owners seek
ing two and three bedroom homes
of the under $4,000 variety
will find their needs being met by
an increasing number of Wash
ington area builders.
Builders, in turn, are relying on
assembly, operations and mass
production to enable them to set
price tags under the long sought
$4,000 figure.
And they are offering such
things as rooms large enough for
twin beds and expansible attics
that later can be partitioned to
make two more bedrooms.
One developer, with an eye on
the housewife. provides each house
with a Bendix washer, while an
other offers electric garbage dis
posal units, eliminating garbage
collections.
Viers Mill Project.
One of the areas most unusual
group of homes is offered by
Twinbrook, Inc, on Viersr Mill
road in the corporate limits of
Rockville. The corporation. COM
posed of Joseph Geeraert, Donald
Gingery, Wesley I. Sauter and
Roland E. Simons, contemplate
an eventual 500 homes in the de-
velopment. 4
Mr.. Geeraert, who designed the
five types of houses, believes the
future homeowner is looking for
Cd 'livability," (2) low price and
90 something out Of the ord1-
nary" He feels the house, shown
in the layout on this page Center
picture) has all three points.
AS for point 3, an inspection
disclosed such out the ordinary
features-at least for a house un-
der S10,OO0-as large picture WIN
dow in the living room and a
complete automatic washer IN
the kitchen. The living room is
separated from the kitchen di-
nette by a ceiling high brick fire.
place and a movable book case OF
lined oak finish which. on the re-
verse side, serves as shelf and
storage space for the kitchen.
Closet Space Provided.
Sliding doors, running from the
! ceiling to the floor in the two
bedrooms provide an extraordi-
nary amount of closet space and
Evening star., 1949-08-06
Easy Method Outlined
To Build inexpensive
Garden Tool Shelter
By w. Wordsworth Wood

The man who takes care of his
own grounds invariably has q
great longing for a small, COM
pact shelter of some kind, where
he can house the wheelbarrow,
the hose, the watering can. garden
tools. pots. bulbs. and the hundred
other items of use which he finds
essential to gardening.
If it can be just large enough
to have a workbench and one
comfortable old chair. he will be
delighted. If he can build it him
self for next to no cost. his cup
of happiness will probably be
filled.
The small tool-house illustrated
has been built many times in
Evening star., 1949-08-06

(See LAMBORNE, Page BID
Evening star., 1949-08-06

(See PERMITS, Page BID
Evening star., 1949-08-06
First Aid to Houses.
Rx Roaer C. Whitman

Question: Would you please give
your opinion on painting over
wallpaper with an oil base paint?
Will this make the paper hard to
remove later on? The paper is
now in good condition but faded.
Answer: 1t certainly will make
the paper harder to remove, for
you will have to break through
the hard surface of the paint in
order to soak through the paper
to loosen the wallpaper paste. 1t
can be done. however. by first
going over the walls with coarse
sandpaper wrapped around a
block of wood. There are good
commercial products on general
sale for speeding up the removal
of wallpaper.
The following method is recon-
mended by the National Paint.
Varnish & Lacquer Association:
ITO remove several coats of wall
paper which have been painted,
before repainting plastered WALL
apply mixture of trisodium
phosphate solution thickened with
paperhanger's paste. When the
mixture has reacted. the paper can
be easily removed with hot water.
A steamer, such as frequently used
in the removal of wallpaper. is
also helpful" This method might
be easier than sanding before
soaking the paper. ! .s.- ) 3.
Musty Smell Under House.
Question: Part Of my basement
isn't dug out. There is about two
feet of clearance in this part, with
practically no air circulation.
There is a bad musty smell from
this part of the basement. espe-
cially in damp weather. and I was
wondering if there were anything
I could use to eliminate this bad
odOr
Evening star., 1949-08-06
| District Rental
Housing Picture

In the last week. 387 housing
applications were filed with the
District Housing Center. Of the
total. 382 were for dwellings and
five for rooms.
During the same period, Sc
dwellings were listed for rent,
while so rooms were listed.
OF the total applications, 2S9
were new and 98 were reappli-
cations. Forty-five persons listed
themselves as new arrivals in
Washington. ..-
Evening star., 1949-08-06

varying dimensions, and offers
practically everything that the
owner gardener might require. It
is 8 feet square; 7 feet high at
the front and S feet high at the
rear wall. There is a door in the
front wall and one small, hinged
window in either of the side walls
The frame of the house is built
of 2 by As spaced in the walls as
(See WOOD. Page B-2D
Evening star., 1949-08-06
Arlington Firm Reports
$500, 900 in Home SoIes

Arlington Realty Co. reported
, today it's July sales of homes in
: this area exceeded $500,000.
Sales Manager Henry A. Flor
ance said it was the best month
for the firm since April, 1948.
Evening star., 1949-09-25
Boy Killer, Ia, Back in Prison
After Muffing Chance at Parole

faced. bespectacled boy to the
prison yesterday. The parole un-
der which young Melton was
transferred from the prison to
Boys Town near Omaha has been
revoked.
This is because Jimmy ran
away from the community where
so many boys have learned to
make good after a bad beginning
ran away and hit a man on
the head with a pipe in an at
tempted robbery in Council Bluffs,
Iowa. The blow wasn't hard
enough and the intended victim
quickly oVerpoWered the boy.
Melton shot his sister, Phyllis.
Is, to death in their home at Las
Animas. Colo, in December. 1947.
He was convicted and given a
sentence of IL years to life i'm
prisonment.
But he never spent any time
behind prison walls. Warden Roy
Best said he was convinced Jimmy
was good boy at heart and took
him into his home. He lived there
and went to school at Canon City
until his transfer to Boys Town.
Evening star., 1949-09-25
ey the Associoted Press

CANON CITY, Colo, Sept. "a
Jimmy Melton, killer at IL two
years ago, again is Colorado
prison convict No. 24939.
He muffed a chance to get an
other start and now is back in
the State penitentiary as its
youngest inmate. He Is assigned
to cell-block No.. 7 and works in
the rug factory.
A guard returned the solemn
Evening star., 1949-09-25

SOIllClCllCC VI
the District, it
was announced
yesterday.
A conference
member since
its organization
10 ye ars ago,
she succeeds DR..
Karl H. Wood,
w a S h i n G t on
oral S u rg e on.
The conference
is composed Of
five represent
a Jiv eS e a c h
Evening star., 1949-09-25

GOLDEN WEDDING-Mr. and
Mrs. John B. Alsop, of River
dale road, East Riverdale, Md,
celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary recently
with a reception at their
home. Mr.. Alsop, a farmer, is
employed at the Union
Market, Fifth street and Flor
ida avenue NE. They have
one child and two grandchil-
dren. Harris g. Ewing Photo.
Evening star., 1949-09-25
Miss Beattie Elected Head
OF Inter-ProfessionaI Unit

Miss Edith M. Beattie, executive
secretary of the Graduate Nurses
Association. has been elected presi-
dent of the Inter-Professional
Evening star., 1949-09-25
Livestock Diseases Studied

livestock DISeUS6S SIUUISO
A conference on rinderpest Gn-
fectiouS disease of livestock has
been held at Bangkok, Thailand,
with delegates from several Asian
countries agreeing on closer CO.
operation to fight the disease.
Evening star., 1949-09-25


trict Medical Society. Dental So
ciety, Hospital Council of the Ma
tional Capital Area, District Phar-
maceutical Association and the
District Nurses Association.
Other officers are Irving Tenny-
son, Pharmaceutical Association,
vice president, and Walter Hol-
land. Dental Society, secretary
treasurer.
Miss Beattie announced that the
group will meet bimonthly to study
Washington health and profess
sional problems. A smaller board
of control will meet each month,
she added.
Evening star., 1949-09-25

Direct telephone service be-
tween Karachi, Pakistan, and
London, and through London to
the rest of the world, soon will be
| in effect.
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Karl Curewitz. The pastor, Rev.
James Smith gave a brief talk at
the close. The committee was
composed of Mrs. Ella Gallo
way, Mrs. Bertha Floyd, Miss
Mildred Tyler, Mrs. Annie Hern-.
don, Mrs. Mary Williams, James
Bigham, first captain, first cap
tain, and Miss Mabel Diggs, di-
rectress. The musical was part
of the effort of Mass. Sarnaritans
to raise their quota of $500 for
the National scholarship fund OF
a half million dollars.
The Young Adult Group of the
Church of St. Augustine and St.
Martin, Boston, announce a Tai
ent Show, May 10, l949. Prizes
will be awarded to contestants.
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CITY NEWS

Please be a friend indeed to a
poor child in need. Your pres
ence and aid are solicited at a
Musical Tea in aid Of the jenkins
Orphanage Institute, Charles
ton. S. c.. at 55S Mass ave. Bos-
ton, Sunday afternoon, Mar. ~,
from 3 to pm. A fine array Of
Musical and Literary Talent will
be presented. Refreshments will
be served. Subscriptions: Cash,
Commodities, Clothing. Rev. d
J. Jenkins, FOUNDER; Rev. Paul
J. Daniels, (President); DR.. r. A.
Simmons, (Board member. 222
Northampton st., Boston, Mass.
Tel. KE 6-9723. P. S. - Please
bring what you can. We win call
for bundles if requested.
A conference of Protestant
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leaders OF Eastern Massachusetts,
for discussion Of the Christian
approach TO world problems will
be held Saturday afternoon, Mar.
10 at the Boston YMCA, Hunt
ington ave.
On Sunday evening, Mar. 20,
the Baha'is Of Boston will cele-
brate the Baha'i New Year;
which begins on Mar. 81, with
a social evening to be held at 2O5
Commonwealth ave, at clock.
Friends and well wishers of
Mrs. Marion Owens and Mrs.
Thelma Holmes are casting jeal-
Gus eyes upon their recently
found apartment which is owned
by John B. Samuda, SO conven-
iently arranged and beautifully
decorated, it is Mr.. Samuda's idea
of comfortable accommodation
for his tenants.
The new officers of Theta
Alpha Chapter, Zeta Phi Beta
sorority are Doris Warner, pres;
Adele Evans, yice-pres.; Cath
crime Headley, rec. Sec; Betty
Knight, cor. sec; Juanita viii
liamS, treas; Odessa Hinkson,
dean of PLEDGES; TheIma Mos
hey, reporter; Mary Holman,
parliamentarian; Mary Spratley,
chaplain. They were installed
at Concord Bapt. Church, Sun
day, Feb. II, following a stirring
sermon by the pastor, Rev. A.
]. Spratley, on Queen Esther"
in observance of Finer Wom-
anhood Week.
Shakespeare makes his debut
on Long Playing records when
Columbia issues, "Othello" with
Paul Robson as part Of its LIP
list for March. This set con-
tains virtually the complete
drama with the original long
run Broadway cast, headed by
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en- in memory Of father by the
family of Mr.. Thomas C. Ridley.
A Week of Prayer will be held
commencing Mar. %. The fol-
lowing week, Apr. A, Rev. Rob
ert ]. boxes of Patterson, N. j.
will conduct the services with the
Jubilee Chorus, Bergman Sis
tiers as singers. The Senior Basket
Ball team was nosed out of the
running for State Championship
by losing to the Ruggles st. Bap-
fist by ga to 46. Johnny Collins
and his boys have made a very
fine showing the whole season
and. are to be commended. The
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was luncheon committee chair
man.
The Resthaven League cor
daily invites you and your
friends TO its Tenth Anniversary
Appreciation Day, Sunday, April
3, at $3.50 PM, Peoples Baptist
Church, Rev. Richard M. Owens,
pastor, 1874 Camden St, Roxbury.
Speaker: Julius A. Thomas, di-
rector Dept. Industrial Relations,
National Urban League, New
York. Patrons subscription, fifty
cents.
Mrs. Elizabeth West, beauti-
clan, 600 Columbus ave, was
called to New York City recent
ly by the death of her sister,
Mrs. Efie Williams. Mrs. West
was accompanied by her brother
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel Keel and their two sons.
The educational committee of
the Independent Order Of Good
SamaTitans and daughters Of
Samaritans gave a musical at
Gloucester Memorial Presbyter-
an Church last Sunday after
noon. The program included an
adddess by Miss Wilhelmina
Crosson; vocal solos by Joseph
Stansil, Mrs. May Thompson, and
Miss Jacqueline Smith; piano Sc
lections, Miss Sarah Stansil and
Miss Kate Chaplin; clarinet solo,
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Intermediates on the other hand
won their game from the Haver-
hill team by 20 to 10, which left
them still eligible for another
game. Davie johnson, operated
on the day before the game for
throat ailment, would not let
his team mates down, but showed
up and played in the last qquar-
to replace Hornsby who had
played nice game. By F. D. Glib
son, manager. The funeral of
Mrs. Daisy B. Harris of 649
Broadway, W as held from the
church Monday afternoon, Rev.
Lawson officiating.
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HIS COMPANY has mailed to 1854
stockholders and $500 employees
adetailed report of its operations
for the year 1913. The expense of