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Evening star., 1950-09-09

in privately owned projects. almost
100000 units being authorized
from January through June, 1850,
compared with about $4,000 in the
corresponding months last year.
Publicly owned rental-type hous-
ing, at 1900 units, was off by two
thirds, mainly because of the vir-
tual cessation of public housing
starts in New York City.
The volume of rental-typc units
| (public and private) increased
substantially in a number Of large
cities. New York City, however,
showed a decline-the drop in
public housing volume was greater
than the sharp gain in private
rental housing. Other large cities
showing decreases below the total
for the first half of 1949 were San
Francisco, Detroit, Seattle, and
Washington.
The valuation of new non
residential building in cities dur
ing January to June. 1850, was
over $1.3 billion, a 10 per cent in
crease above the figure for the
same period in 1949. Major de-
clines in the construction of pub
lie buildings were Offset by in
creaseS in authorizations for COM
mercial and community struc-
lures.
Other Structures.
Public building valuations were
down SO per cent from last years
high volume. The 1949 figure in
cluded contract awards for two
major projects: % $24 million for
construction of United Nations
Headquarters in New York City
and CD $22 million for construc-
ton of the Federal General Ac-
counting Office Building in Wasn-
ington. Commercial building val
uations this year ($474 million)
were % per cent above last years
first six-month total. Commu-
nifty building Hospitals, churches,
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Construction Valued at 5 Billion
Reported for 6-Month Period

Building in United States cities
during the first six months of
this year was valued at more
than S. billion-a Jump of % per
cent over that of the correspond
ing period last year.
Building valuations in each
month from March to June, 1850,
surpassed the all-time monthly
high point reached in June, 1949,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported this week. May, 1850,
valuations stood at more than a
billion dollars, the highest point
for the half-year period.
New housing accounted for SO
per cent of the dollar volume of
all urban building construction
authorized in the first six months
of this year. Permit valuations of
new homebuilding totaled over
$31 billion, 70 per cent above the
amounts reported in the CORE
spending months of 1949.
Approximately $450,000 city
dwelling units were authorized by
building permits in the first half
of the year-62 per cent above
the number authorized in the
same months Of 1949. An i'm
portant factor in the expansion
of house construction in 1850 was
the increased number of permit
authorizations for single-family
homes.
The number of single-family
homes authorized for construc-
ton in cities was 81 per cent
higher this year than last year
when first half year periods are
compared. All sections of the Ma
ton shared in this increased VOL
ume,a BIS said. Three-fourths Of
the total dwelling units au-
thorized this year were single
family homes, compared with the
two-thirds authorized in the first
six months of 1949.
Urban rental type housing
(unitS in two more family
structures) continue to rise also,
showing a Is per cent gain this
year over the first six months OF
1S49. The entire increase occurred
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ations this year over the same
six-month period in 1949.
The East North Central region
led all others in city building with
valuations totaling over $1.1 bill
lion; the Middle Atlantic region
followed with 1923 million. How
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and schools) was up IA per cent,
at $542 million. Industrial con-
struction held steady at $1o8 mil
lion with little change from the
first half of last year. tf
All regions of the Nation scored
increases in urban building valu-
Evening star., 1950-10-03
Southwest Unit Votes
Civil Defense Buckinq

The Southwest Citizens Asso-
citation last night voted to CO.
operate to the fullest extent pos
sible with the Commissioners
civil defense plan.
Leaders Of the association urged
members to duplicate the groups
fine record of public service in the
last war as volunteer policemen
and air raid wardens. The asso-
citation also indorsed the plan OF
the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations for the establishment of
q citizens advisory council.
Evening star., 1950-10-03
Peterson Outlines
Objections 10 Park al
Georgetown Library

A library should have sort OF
no-man's land around it. to in
sure quietness for readers, Harry
N. Peterson. District librarian, told
the Progressive Citizens Associa-
tion of Georgetown last night.
A pet project of the association
lis the conversion of a steep
brambly slope behind the George
town library into a park. But
this dream Is not yet even ap-
preaching realization, and Mr..
Peterson told why.
He said the library, while will
ing to cede whatever rights it has
IN the land back of the building
to the District. is not willing to
administer and maintain the park.
Nor will it give free access to the
land behind the building to a
park agency like the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission through its frontage on r
street. The park groups. he said,
have insisted that without access
to the land from r street, they
cannot undertake the policing of
the wooded slope.
The Georgetowners, determined
to succeed, hope for eventual
Eagreement between the library and
the park commission.
The association elected officers
for the coming year. They are
GroSvenor Chapman, president,
Raymond E. Wilmotte. Miss Anne
w. Perrin, Sturgis Warner, vice
presidents: Miss Ann Keliher and
Mrs. Elizabeth Draper. secretaries;
Miss Edna Ladson, treasurer;
Alexander B. Hawes and Mrs. Jean
M. Frear. delegates to the Fedora
tion of Citizens Association, and
Miss Eta L. Taggart. honorary
president.
Evening star., 1950-10-03
Deaths Reported

tBy the D C. Bureau of Vital Statistics }
Arthur Nichols 81, Chevy Chase. Md.
Thomas scanlon. 7s, 4O6 4th st, ne.
william King, rs. 1929 B st. Sc.
Joseph Hunt, "A, 1927 18th st. NV
Michael Dwyer, II, 2503 18th st. NV.
James Babcock, 20, 1919 Downing st. ne.
Arthur Mankin, SO. 3s09 7th st. NV.
Harold Nixon, A, Brookmont, Md.
Jennie Hooks, Al. 316 Farragut st. NV.
Ethel Shulman, 81, Arlington. Va.
Beatrice Ballard, 81, 2o04 Pomeroy
Wynona Fitzgerald, A., 55ss st. Sc.
Alice Chenellie. 26. 2605 Eye st. NV.
Infant Eliron Heron, $3.50 Hayes st. ne,
George Allen. 70, zoos Savannah st. s.e.
Thomas Cassaday, rs, 211S 18th st. Sc.
Allen Curry, 5s. 3411 Brothers pl. Sc.
Rose Thompson, So. 1900 Alabama
Herman si Drill, 81, se7 srd Sc. NJ.
Elizabeth Ingledew, 43, 3l77 18th st. NV.
irving London, AZ, 1929 Montana ave. e.
Richard Roster. 81, $3.50 wisconsin
Eli,sh Alien: len. SO, 111s 4th st. NV.
Georsia Holland. 81. 1917 Riggs st. NV
waiter Dorsey. SO. 1887 Swami st. NV.
Henry Hemsiey. "a. LaPlata, Nd Nd.
Willie Jackson. SO, sOS end st. s.w
Frederick Harris, 5S III r st. NV.
susie Lee. 55, 1915 sth st NV
Alice Chinn, 40. 29lS Stanton I'd. sc.
Lee Hill, 40, 529 56th st. ne,
Jonah Crosson. 80, 429 3rd st. sv
Cecil Norman. "a. Arlington, Va,
gilbert Cubbase. 20, 733 oath st. NV,
Joseph Hutchinson. 25. ia T st. s.w.
Ernest Martinez. "a, Sells. Ariz.
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Management Group To Hold Discussion

The Society for the Advance
'ment of Management will hold a
round table discussion on Govern
ment information work at 8
O'Clock tonight in the meeting
room OF the Federal Personnel
Council, 1926 K street NV.
The subject will be recently
proposed Civil Service Commits
sion job descriptions for positions
in Government information Of
fees. William S. Fradkin, of the
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Births Reported

tBy the D. C. Bureau OF Vital Statistic,
Wallace and Peggy Garner.
Richard and Marjorie Holbruner,
Patrick and Celeste Kearins.
Wesley and Shirley Krebeck
Garry and Dorothy McAullife
William and Janice Mccormick.
Doneld and Patricia Moore.
Paul and Catherine Pfeine.
Edward and Mary Schirmer.
Alexander and Delories Terusiak,
Iush and Mary Underwood.
Lyle and Shirley Vogts
Johnnie and Arts Dennis.
Arlington and jamie Kerrick.
Roland and Lorice Parson,
Samuel and Ethel Tyree.
Frank and Ruth Collins
Warrenton and Alice London.
GIRLS.
Jewel and virginia Browdef.
Simon and Celia Burnstein.
Andrew and Charlotte Egnot.
Vernon and lesson Haugland.
Harry and Mary Kiegley.
Clayton ana Mary Lloyd.
Warren and Betty Long.
Jack and Marjorie Nerenbers.
William and Catherine Pollacco.
Howard and Blanche Porter.
Raymond and Ruth Renaud.
Emerson and Edna Rice.
James and Hattie Stone.
John and Bette Williams.
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commission. will be the principal
speaker. He will answer questions
following his talk.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-03-22

LOUISVILLE, KY. (ANP)-
Opportunity to buy restricted
property in Louisville may be
opened up as a result of two
events here last week.
The Federal Housing admins
tration gave an opinion that it
would insure loans on property
now operated under restrictive
covenants, and owners Of GER
tain restricted lots in Louisville
filed suit in Jefferson Circuit
court asking the court to kill the
deed restrictions on their proper
ty.
The first break came when the
FILA insured a loan to Jerome
Hodgens, 20, Negro postal clerk,
who already has moved into a
home covered by a restricted deed.
The lot was sold by the Coopera-
tive Realty company which con-
trolls 80 covenanted lots. The
loan was made by the Greater
Louisville First Federal Savings
and Loan association. +.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-03-22
Wins Nod to Form
Savings, Loan
Association

CHICAGO CAMP Permission
has been granted IS business,
professional and civic individuals
to organize a new federal savings
and loan association in Chicago,
according to an announcement
made here Tuesday by Loring B.
Moore, Chicago attorney. The
right to organize was granted by
the Home Loan Bank board in
Washington.
Organizers of the new associa-
ton aside from Mr.. Moore are
Drs. Theodore K. Lawless, Taft
Continued on Page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-03-22
Republican
Headquarters
Dedication

Everything is in readiness for
the dedication of the West Side
Republican headquarters at Ger
mantown and Krug Streets,
March %, at 8 pm. Principal
speaker will be Don Ebright, can
didate for governor in the May
primary. Other speakers will be
Mayor Louis Lohrey, Paul Sch
enck, Rev. George Lucas, Attor-
ney Gilbert Walters, Fred Bow
ers, Mrs. Lucy Dixon and Mrs.
Francis Burbridge.
The musical portion of the pro-
gram will be furnished by the 35-
piece choir of the American
Woodsmen.
Republicans Of long standing
in the community who will receive
citation are: Attorney Gilbert
Walters, Garfield Jones, McKin-
ley Hawkins, Mrs. Ester Nelson,
Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, Mrs. Nj
ma Gould, Mrs. Stella Williams,
Mrs. Mae Moody and Mrs. Clara
Avery. The Committee on Citat-
ions includes: Mrs. Lucy Dixon,
chairman; Mrs. Katherine John
son and Mrs. Francis Burbridge.
It is expected that many pro-
minent Dayton Republicans will be
on hand. All candidates will be
introduced.
Responsible for the plans are
the following; E. R. Marchant,
general chairman ofthe Dedication
Committees Mrs. Herbert Thomp-
son, chairman, Refreshment Com
mittees; Mrs. Heard, chairman,
Hostess Committee; Mrs. Bur-
bridge, chairman, Program Com
mittee; and Mrs. Anderson, chair
man of the Decorating Commit
tee.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-03-22

WASHINGTON CAMP The
six Washington swimming pools
which created SO much Juror in
the Nations Capitol last summer
will be opened in the spring on
q non-segregated basis, according
to an announcement made last
Thursday by the Secretary of the
Interior Oscar Chapman. ;.
Until last spring the Banneck-
er and Francis pools were used by
Negroes while the Takoma, East
Potomac, Mckinley and Anacostia
were additionally white pools in
spite of the Interiors depart
ment's long announced policy Of
non segregation.
When Negro swimmers realized
the departments policy regarding
the Washington pools they began
I'd use Anacostia and Mckinley
pools last summer. 1t was then
thet trouble broke out which
caused the closing of the pools for
the remainder of the season.
The fight last year was chiefly
between the Interior department
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-03-22
Citizens Contribute to
Junnes Green und

Here is the latest list Of con-
tributors to the James Green
Find: George Larkins, Glenn
jackson, Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Nickerson, Richard Stevenson,
Mrs. Leslie Trotter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Earnest Mrs. Garlin
Daniel, Mrs. Charles Bufford, Mrs.
Elsie Alexander, Mrs. Lee Dennie,
Mrs. Pearl Kilgore, Mr.. and Mrs.
Homer Dowle, the Davis Food
Market, Villa Smith and several
anonymous employees at Wright
Patterson.
The fund is growing slowly, but
it is growing. Thus far two mer-
chants have contributed : the
Davis Food Mart and Aliens De-
partment Store. Aliens was one of
the first and most generous con-
tributors. The Fund received a IS
contribution from this west side
establishment. You know we are
going to urge west siders to pat
ronize businessmen like Mr.. Davis
and MI. Krumholtz (of Allen's).
We would like to receive con-
tributions to this worthwhile cause
from more individuals, merchants,
sororities and fr~aternities a n d
other groups. James Green is
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-03-22

The final chapter was written
into the records of the Peterson
murder case when John E. Peter
son, 36, formerly of 315 Wash
ington street was sentenced to
life in prison for the brutal STAY
ing of Essie Lee Thorp, 24-year-
old mother, Of Al S. Kilmer st.
on the night of January 10.
Peterson was found guilty of
first degree murder by a three
panel Court comprised of Com
mon Pleas Judges, Robert U.
Martin, Don R. Thomas and HUI
bar A. Berry, in a record break
ing deliberation of more than Is
hourse before reaching a verdict.
Peterson dressed in the usual
Gray truosers, black and green
pea jacket, made his usual trip
to the court room under the pro-
lection of a guard and sat in sill
ence while awaiting the entry of
the judges. The prisoner was ask
ed if he had anything to say be-
fore sentence was pronounced, to
which Peterson answered mo-,
and thenthe Judge slowly said cit
is the duty of this Court to SEN
tence you to life in the Ohio State
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-03-22

a%nxiously awaiting the generosity
and good will in men and women
of Dayon to express themselves.
He is awaiting for what will pro-
baby be one of the biggest"
moments in his Ia years on earth.
James Green has not had many
"big" moments. He was not born
into wealth, not even into middle
class security, such as it is. He
was born in impoverished straits.
His folks are the simple, unadorn-
ed, honest type, creatures of the
earth, in the final analysis, the
real Americans.
But James Green not only came
into this world poor, he came into
it a paralytic. His 14-years have
been spent in a wheel-chair. He
likes television, but his people
cannot afford a set. The Daily
EXPRESS is raising the necessary
funds to fulfill James wish.
Surely this is not asking too
much, is he? Will you let this
helpless boy down on this small
request? We know you will not,
that you will send in a contribu-
ton today. Add your name to
those above and those that have
already been printed.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-03-22
Peterson Given. Life
In Prison

penitentiary and you will be trans
ported to the penal institution
within the next five day..
Peterson was saved from death
in the electric chair only after
the Court extended mercy after
finding him guilty, as charged. Ac-
cording to the records, Peterson
killed his former girl friend be-
cause he said "she did him wrong"
and was defended by Robert A.
Schroeder and Anthony McCar-
thy who contended that Peterson
was under the influence of alco-
hol at the time of the crime and
did not know what he was doing.
Assistant Prosecutors, Lloyd
O'Hara and Judge William A.
Wolf, asked for the full penalty
by death in the electric chair for
the fatal slashing of Essie Thorp,
contending that he lied on the
stand when he said he "blanked
out" after his girl friend called
him a bad name, and that he lied
throughout the entire trial about
his movements on the day of the
killing.
According to the Court, Peter
son will be eligible for parole in
twenty years.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-03-22
Washington Pools to Open on
Non Segregated Basis in Spring

and the District Recreation board.
The local board was interested in
taking over the operation Of the
pools but only on a segregated
basis. After the former refused
to come to terms with the Re-
creation board, the latter agreed
to accept control of the pools
providing Mckinley and Banneck-
er could be operated as interracial
pools and the others as before on
a segregated basis.
After the Interior had turned
thumbs down on the final PROPOSE
ton, nothing further was heard
from the swimming pools until
Secretary Chapman made this an
nouncement last week.
He said he hopes and believes
that there will be no repetition Of
the racial troubles this year.
There are hiding rocks and
treacherous shoal that a Christian
has to wade out to meet before
he or she is worthy to enjoy the
"Mercy Seat.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-03-22
Louisville Negroes May Buy
Restricted Property

The realty firm plans to build
home for Negroes on all it's lots.
The suit being filed was
brought by a group of white prop
erty owners against a group of
Negro veterans who want to pur-
chase their property. Attorneys
for the whites are working with
out fee, and the NAACP is pay
ing court costs. If the suit turns
out right Negroes will be able to
buy the property, and the restrict
ions will be ignored.
In the past no loans e made
to Negroes in the purchase of
such property. The property in
volved is in the Westover subdivi-
sion which is surrounded by Ne
gro communities.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-03-22

1t is sad, but the facts daily
face us that, too many think only
of their own, and leave the poor
and the needy with burdens too
heavy to be borne.
Evening star., 1950-12-24
Federal Aid Cut
For Sod Growers

The Virginia Production and
Marketing Administra ton Com
mittee will not allow assistance
next year to farmers who use the
Government assistance for grow
ing grass that will be sold as sod.
The committee said some farm
ers during the last few years have
been selling sod to real estate and
landscaping firms to provide quick
grass covers in new developments.
The committee said this prac-
tice tends to defeat the purpose
of the Agricultural Conservation
program, and therefore no assist
ance will be given where it will
go into the growing of grass to be
sold as sod.
This does not mean. however.
the committee said, that farmers
who sold sod during this or
previous years will be ineligible
for assistan nee next year.
1t means that a farmer who
receives assistance in 1851 and
later that year sells sod from his
fields will be asked to refund to
the Government the amount of
assistance provided.
The sale of sod from farms in
the Washington area has become
a lucrative business. Prices paid
by landscape firms range as high
as $500 an acre for good grass
sod
Evening star., 1950-12-24
By Henry Mitchell

Gardeners in cold climates re-
sign themselves to indoor pursuits
when winter sets in but in favored
regions like the District, gardens
can be beautiful the year around.
Many things bloom in gardens
here in December and January.
Flowers, being unexpected, are
more welcome and command more
attention than spring flowers.
First among late fall and winter
blooms are the camellias. The
northern out-of-door range for
them is roughly on a line from
Dallas to Memphis, Birmingham,
Atlanta and Norfolk. In sheltered
places. they grow as far north as
New Jersey. In Washington, they
may be risky but this is not to be
held too strongly against them.
In case a severe winter carries
them off, the same weather will
kill many a harder" plant. Ex-
cept for trees, individual plants
rarely last a full generation.
Camellias are worth trying, ex-
cept for those who insist on abb
solute hardness in shrubs. Camel
liza sasanqua, c. saluenensis and
C. cuspidata varieties are prob
ably the best. Hybrids of c.
saluenensis have come through
zero temperature unharmed.
Some of the saluenensis have
the advantage of shedding their
| faded flowers. In one Cleveland
street garden, camellias are a
| feature, although they are COM
paratively new and have not yet
been tested by zero weather.
Choose For Timely Blooms.
If japonicas are attempted, a
better choice is an early blooming
one such as Daikagura. 1t blooms
before winter freezes and kills
the buds. 1t has bloomed as early
as July but should be in blossom
around Thanksgiving and still in
good shape at Christmas. Other
early camellias worthy of trial are
Donkelarii-a deep red and white
variegated type; Debutante, a
pink and Lady Claire, also pink
A favorite among the sasanqus
varieties is Dawn, a single white
resembling the Cherokee rose
with crimped petals edges in pink
| Cleopatra, a clear pink; Hinode-
Gumo, a hite-edged red ano
others are worthy of a place in
the choicest garden. They bloom
from October to December. They
do not last we'll on being cut, but
in the roofless, inclosed court of
the Botanic Gardens here, they
bloom well.
Camellias need three-inch
mulch OF cotton hulls, leaves O.
similar material. They grow in
full or partial shade but do not
thrive in dense shade. In Portu-
gal camellias are planted in the
full sun, with stone paving
around them. This performs the
function of a mulch. A camellia
planted beside a paved walk often
flowers more freely than one toe
Evening star., 1950-12-24

There is no finer place to spend
Christmas than in the country
On The 40 Acres tomorrow, we
will celebrate the holiday in the
old-fashioned way. There will be
a log fire. burning, a home grown
tree in the corner and plenty Of
home made plum pudding, fruit
cake and cookies.
Throughout the week We have
been gathering greens--cedar pine
and holly. The cutting of the
tree came and this year for the
first time, John, our youngest
took an active part in It's selec-
ton.
He went with me, carrying his
small ak, back into the fields
where we looked for the bushiest
cedar we could find. 1t was his
privilege to make the first cut
and although I had to finish, he
Evening star., 1950-12-24
Cine Club Starts
Member Drive

A drive for new members by the
Washington Society of Amateur
Cinematographers has been an
nounced by Raymond Gregg, club
membership chairman. Each
member who brings in five new
members during the 1950-51 yeal
will receive a copy of the book
"28 Basic Points on How to Make
Better Movies" published by
Home Movie magazine.
Those members bringing ir
three new members will be award
ed two pamphlets on movie pho
Biography, $50 Ideas for Vacation
Films" and $50 Ideas for Filming
Children.
Membership application cards
may be obtained from Harrison
Houghton, 4101 Oglethorpe street
Hyattsville, Md, telephone Union
1888,