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Evening star., 1951-05-19

Regiment, 1st Marine Division.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip D. Sumner,
sr. of 5305 Fisher road NV, par
ents of Corpl. Sumner, will wit
ness the ceremonies.
The 21-year-old corporal was
educated in Mexico City: st. Paul,
Mimi, and was attending the
University of Minnesota when he
was called to active duty in
March, 1948. He Is now a patient
at the Bethesda Naval Hospital,
where he is recovering from his
wounds.
Col. Murray. who will make the
presentation. participated in many
of the battles in Korea. He and
his wife and three sons reside at
5013 North Twenty-ffth road
Arlington. He is stationed at Ma
rine Corps Headquarters here.
Another Korean veteran who
will participate in the ceremonies
is Col. Paul L. Freeman, former
commanding officer, 23d Infantry
Regiment, I'd Division. Col. Free.
man commanded the 23d from
the time it arrived in Korea until
he was wounded in February. He
is now stationed in the Office o1
Information of the Army.
! In addition, a musical and en-
tertainment program has been
arranged for the annual observ-
ance, Col. Waldron E. Leonard
general chairman of the commit
tee, announced. Among the enter
tainers will be Miss Marion XII
alta, soprano, and Roy Roberts
baritone. Music will be furnished
by the Army Band, under the di-
rection of Capt. Hugh Curry.
Evening star., 1951-05-19

hopes through that contact to
enter hospital work here.
The apartment they found is
a small. furnished place.
But the stove is big enough tc
cook on" Mrs. Black said. "Anc
there'll be enough house to take
care of for a while"
She met her husband, Native
Of Oakland, Calf, while she wa;
in Oahu. Hawaii, where he worked
as assistant to the president of 8
pineapple canning firm. They
were married last December Is
Susan is Mrs. Blacks daughter by
her former marriage to John Agar
Evening star., 1951-05-19
New Tory mp Elected;
Labor Majority Cut to 3
By the Associated Press

LONDONDERRY, Northern Ire
land, May 19.-The Labor govern
ment's overall majority in the
House of Commons was reduced to
three today when the Union;st
candidate for a vacant seat here
was declared elected unopposed.
The new Tory MP. is William
Wildwood. who succeeds 1t. Col
Sir Ronald Ross, now Northern
Ireland government agent IN Lon
don.
Evening star., 1951-05-19
Dr.. Douglass to Preach

| DR.. Paul F. Douglass, president
of American University, will be
guest preacher at both the $50
and II am. services tomorrow in
Wesley Methodist Church, Con-
necticut avenue and Jocelyn street
NV.
Evening star., 1951-05-19
DR.. Tabor to Observe
Ordination Anniversary

DR.. l.. Ralph Tabor, pastor of
Luther Place Memorial Church,
Thomas Circle. will observe the
goth anniversary of his ordina-
ton tomorrow. DR.. Tabor will
preach at both the and IL am.
services on "This Holy Ministry" /"
Evening star., 1951-05-19

e e T e ulOQleS dC
I2:30 pm. to-
morrow on the
Capitol steps.
Marine Corpl.
Philip Da i'd
S u m n er, jr.,
wounded N o.
venber % in
the Chosin Res
ervoir fighting,
will receive the
medal from Col.
r ay m on d L
Murray, former
commander of
the 5th Marine
Evening star., 1951-05-19
I Am An American
Ceremony TO Include
Award Of Purple Hear

The presentation Of the Purple
Heart to a veteran of the Korean
War will be one of the highlights
of the ''I Am an American Day"
Evening star., 1951-05-04
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In Cool Airy "Kudd|e-Ups"
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Regularly 6.o5
Specially priced at

Only special purchase makes
weather eosuos
eooIness their decote
We've red white and mucoor
black in suede Sizes Az o narrow medium
woms~sS Second
Evening star., 1951-09-01
Owners to Open Season

The Building Owners and Man
ayers Association of Metropolitan
Washington will open its new sea-
son with luncheon at 1890 pm,
September 19, in the Flamingo
Room of the Ambassador Hotel.
Evening star., 1951-09-01
Home-O Owners Again
Outnumber Renters

The approach of National Home
Week, September 9-l6, emphasizes
the fact that home-o owners in the
United States now outnumber
renters.
According to the 1850 census.
the number Of home e-owners eX-
ceeded the total of renters for the
first time since 1880. In the 1850
census, 81 per cent of the occu-
pied homes were owned by their
occupants.
There is an additional emphasis
at this time. the National Asso-
citation of Home Builders,said to-
day. 1t is that Sc per cent of all
home-owners are free and clear Of
mortgages. Home values are good,
the association reports, the aver
age price in the Nation now being
around $500.
Evening star., 1951-09-01
Top Permit Of Week
S15O,OO0 for Alterations

Largest of the building permits
issued this week was one for in
terror alterations of the Times
Herald publishing plant. The
permit listed the cost at $150,000.
This and other permits for con-
Struction work above 100000,
issued during the week from the
Central Permit Bureau in the
District Building, are as follows:
Sidney Sherman. owner and builder
Graham and Hogan, architects; TO erect
five one-story brick and cinder bloch
stores, 6220-22 North Capitol street, anC
l0-12-14 Sheridan street NV; to cost
S35. 600
GruVer Cooley Construction Co. owner,
and builders George T. Santmyers, archi.
tect; to erect eight two-story brick anc
cinder block flats, 3420-22-24-26 Seventh
street S. E., and 710-12-14-16 Congres.
street Sc; two units each, to cost $685.
Mr.. and Mrs L. Weinberg, owner: build,
ing. not selected Daumit & Sargent
architect; TO erect one two story brick
and masonry DWELLING. 1446 Jonquil street
NV; to cost S12,0D0.
:. David Rubin. owner. 200 Ninth street
s.. Arlington. Va; V. F.. schwah. archi-
brick and cinder-block dwelling. 5030
Linnean avenue NV; to cost S25. 900,
Standard Construction Co, owner;
Westinghouse. Electric Corp. builder to
4301 Massachusetts avenue NV; to cost
S6S,000
Evening star., 1951-09-01
Night Course Announced
In Real Estute Law

An evening course in real estate
law will be repeated at American
University this fall by A. M
Prothro, an attorney for the Fed
eral Housing Administration, il
was announced today.
The class will meet each Mon
day from 6 to 800 pm. for IL
weeks, starting October /, ac-
cording to "Dr. Nathan A. Baily,
director of the university's Divi-
sion of Business Studies. Students
enrolled in it may earn credit to-
ward the masters or bachelor of
science degree in business admin
istration, with a specialization in
real estate. Those not seeking
degrees may register as special
students.
Evening star., 1951-09-01
Magazine to Feature
Model Home Decoration

The Hecht Co.'S plans for fur
nishing and decorating the Five
Star model home in RiverWood Es-
tates, Arlington, Va. will be fea-
tured in the october issue of Bet
ter Homes and Gardens.
Miss Virginia HusseS, interior
decorator for the Hecht Co., is
working closely with John c.
Wright, contractor in charge OF
construction. Combining SO many
features that it is called "the home
of hundred ideas" the house
will be open for public inspection
in September.
National home week in the
Washington area, September 9-16
will find some so new homes,
ringing the city.
Evening star., 1951-09-01
Jackson Reudying Apartment

Lew G. Jackson, manager of the
New Amsterdam. 2701 Fourteenth
street NV. is busy these days
getting a new apartment ready
for the Florida season, two
story British Colonial building of
masonry and sandstone at Delray
Beach. He is now on the scene
and expects the apartment. with
accommodations for 100 and its
own private beach, to open De-
Icember is.
Evening star., 1951-09-01
Many in New Homes

One out of every seven persons
living in normal housing accom-
Imodations is occupying a new
home or apartment, the National
Association of Home Builders said
today. The NAB bases its state
ment on the 1850 census. This
shows that Is per cent of the nom
farm population is living in homes
or apartments built since Janu-
tarv. l945
Evening star., 1951-09-01

with bath that is accessible to
living room and terrace porch.
The level next below contains
the entry, living room, dining
area, kitchen and terrace porch
accessible from both the living
room and from the garden. on
grade.
Studio and Suite.
The level below the living room
contains the architects studio
and provides access to storage
space beneath the terrace porch
1t also contains another bedroom
and bath. The lowest level con-
tainS the boiler room, laundry
and two storage rooms.
The house is notable for tht
texture of exterior materials. EX
terror walls are of brick, and yer.
tical board and batten conStruc'
ton. The boards and batten!
are placed so that the exposed
board is equal in width to tht
batten.
The diversified brick is laid or
it's face to show the bedding side
which has a recessed panel. Where
the wall is of brick outside, the
brick is also left exposed inside
emphasizing-as the architect put
t-"frankness of materials"
Other interior walls are OF
built-in furniture of red oak, with
blond, waxed finish, as well as
of plaster.
On the south terrace the house
has an outdoor fireplace. A single
slanting chimney contains the
hues of both indoor and outdoor
fireplaceS.
Evening star., 1951-09-01
Holly House Accepting Tenonts
|On Non-Discriminutory Busis

The automatic elevator for the
garage is something new for WASH
ington apartments. Without leav-
ing the car, the driver inserts the
key in the elevator door and drivts
in. He remains in the car to
operate the elevator and the door
opens at the floor desired. The
garage provides one stall for every
two tenants, or double the number
District regulations seek to pro-
vide in new apartment buildings.
Evening star., 1951-09-01
Time to Check Heating

Now is the time for Washing
ton home -oWners to check up on
their heating plants. The United
States Weather Bureau says a
much colder winter is in prospect,
so don't get caught mapping in
the fall. Besides, dealers say,
metal supplies are being restricted
by the demands of the defense
program and corroSion, also, waits
for no man. If the home heating
plant is given summer cleaning
and check-up, these two vital
problems may be avoided in time
Evening star., 1951-09-01

Located in a predomlnately
egro-occupied block of r street.
between Eighteenth and Nine
teenth streets NV, the 9-story
brick Holly House of 68 units, now
nearing completion. is the only
thoroughly modern apartment
building here that caters to tenants
on a discriminatory racial
basis.
Planned by Milton J. Prassas,
architect and engineer, who is
associated with Holly House Apart
ments, Inc, owners, the building
has an overall cost of $750,000 and
was financed through FILA ap-
proved loans. It contains two
floor garage with automatic ele-
vators entered from the outside
rear, sun deck and unusual dec
orative features in the lobby.
The FHA established the nom
discriminatory rental standard as
a condition of the financing. The
apartment is expected to be ready
for occupancy by october /. A
number of applications have been
received from prospective white
tenants but Mr.. PrassuS said the
big majority are from Negro fam
lilies. The sponsors of Holly House
had in mind the construction of a
first-class elevator apartment, with
all the laundry and other features
typical of the better grades of
apartments, 13 one-bedroom apart
mentS and one apartment that
is part of a physicians suite.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-18
JuNIoR pEBs MEET

The sub-iunior division of the
Key West Woman's Club, the jun
Tor Debs. met on Wednesday, June
Is, at the Woman's Club.
Plans were made for issuing in
vitations to about forty girls to
attend the next meeting, and from
these girls, twenty of the most
interested girls will be invited to
join the club.
A schedure was made out for
working on the cemetery fence.
Each girl will work three hours
week. This work win be done ear
~ in the evening, when it is
coolest.
There being no more business,
the meeting was adjourned.
Among the Key West High
teachers who will not be with us
next year is Miss Sidney Ander-
son, whose weekly radio program
has been one of our best-known
school activities.
Miss Anderson and Miss Leona
Moreland, teacher of music at
Harris School, will teach in the
American Dependents School at
Linz, Austria, in the U. S. Zone.
They have orders to proceed to
the port of embarkation, New
York, by August ! There they win
stay for a short indoctrination
course before sailing.
They have signed up for a three
year stay in Austria, with the
privilege Of leaving at the end of
one year. OF course, they are re-
CURED to learn German after they
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j exactly what the Army tells her
to dol.
Culturally Linz offers other ad-
vantages. 1t is only forty miles
from Salzburg. home of the world
famous music festivals. Young
and unknown performers are oft
en- discovered" there by the
great Of the music world. Among
those whom they are looking for
ward to seeing is Lotto Lehman.
Also, there is the skiing which
is very popular with the Ameri-
can troops, and our teachers ex-
pect to enjoy that.
The Army runs weekend ex-
cursions to Vienna, where the
American teachers enjoy officers
club privileges (as they do at Linz,
also. OF course, they have PIX
and commissary privileges in the
entire Zone. Housing is provided
SO that they viii be able to save
or spend more of their very good
salaries.
Miss Anderson says that she
feels very lucky because there
were 1000 applicants for four
teaching positions. She viii not
even have to get acquainted with
her principal He too is a former
Key West High teacher-Mr Don
Thomson, who taught here last
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arrive, but will probably be prac-
ticing it this summer.
Both teachers are looking for
ward &c the most exciting three
years Of their lives. Linz is in one
Of the most beautiful parts of
Europe. 1t is on the Danube River.
adjacent to the Russian Zone. This
will enable Miss Anderson to
study many o. the problems which
other social studies teachers have
no opportunity to study at close
range. She plans to carry her
movie camera and take pictures
for her professional use. (How-
ever, she says she intends to stay
away from those Russians and do
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-18

year, Miss Anderson will teach
problems of democracy, world
history, journalism, and American
history
Yes, you could have detected
greenish tinge in the complex
ions of teachers entertaining
Miss Andersen and Miss Silupp
at luncheon at the Sun and Sand
last Thursday. In fact, some of
the teachers were suggesting to
Mr.. O'Bryant that they all take
a long spring vacation and visit
Miss Anderson about April /.
The faculty and students will
Miss Anderson's fine
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work with our radio department.
She began the programs two years
ago and quickly built them into
a varied, interesting, and educa-
tional series of high artistic quail
ity. We wish equal success for
her in Austria.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-18

John NJ. Franklin, president of
the United States Lines, born in
Cockeyesville, Md, Sc years ago.
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are "Color-keyed" to exterior finishes.
Evening star., 1951-02-28
Hong Kong Rubber
Going TO Red China
By the A.sociotsd Press

HONG KONG, Feb. 28.-About
1000 tons of rubber and an un-
determined amount Of steel pip
ing, building materials and ma
chinery were being loaded in Hong
Kong today for shipment to Red
China.
The rubber was being loaded in
the Communist freighter Ming
Shan, which will. unload at Can
ton for shipment north by rail.
One Ming Shan officer told re-
porters the ship a few weeks age
left here with 1000 tons Of rubber
for Communist China.
Official government statistics re-
leased last week showed that Hong
Kong exported to the Chinese
Communists 23,50O tons of raw
rubber estimated worth $3.50, ,000
during December, 1850, alone.
SINGAPORE. Feb. 20 (P.-
Singapore's government today
halted re-export to Hong Kong
of all goods from hard currency
countries.
A government spokesman said
Hong Kong merchants had been
ordering such goods. imported
here for essential use," from Ma
layan points rather than direct
from the producing country.
The ban was believed a move
also to keep Hong Kong mer-
chants from forwarding the goods
on to Communist China.
Evening star., 1951-02-28
Scot Home Rule Is Called
Price for Stone Of Scone
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Feb. 28.-Scot pa
troits are demanding home rule
for the Highlands as a ransom
for the missing Coronation Stone
of Britain, self announced 60
between said today.
AS a result, Capt. H. Stuart
Wheatly Grove announced, he
has withdrawn his offer to
negotiate for return of the relic,
known also as the Stone of Scone
and Scotland's Stone of Destiny.
Capt. Wheatly Grove said
various contacts" with the parties
who snatched the stone from
Westminster Abbey early Christ
mas Day disclosed they are max
ing a political issue of it,"
He believes it "ill-conceived and
ill-timed" to bring up the home
rule question at this time. The
stone originally stood in Scot
lands Abbey of Scone and was
used in coronation ceremonies of
ancient Scottish kings.
Evening star., 1951-02-28
Norway Indicates Approval
Of u. S. Admiral FeehteIer
n <Af.tI. IN
By WilIiom H. Stonemon
Foreign Correspondent of The stor and
the Chicago Daily News


PARIS, Feb. 28.-One more
American will be given a top COM
mand post in the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization if Northern
Europeans have their way about it.
While Winston Churchill and
the British Navy League wax in
dignant over the appointment of
Admiral William M. Fechteler of
the United States Navy as su-
prer1e Allied naval commander in
the Atlantic, the Norwegians have
indicated that they would like to
see an American have command
of the Northern European region,
one of the three main areas in
the Atlantic, naval setup.
The British have a big stake In
this area, which includes Norway.
Denmark and adjacent seas, but
the Scandinavians appear to feel
that an American commander
would be the ideal man to de
liver the goods" if something hap
pened there.
They reason that Britain's prin-
cipal preoccupation would be to
defend the channel coast in case
Of conflict and that in British
eyes Scandinavia would come Sec
ond or third In line.
Evening star., 1951-02-28
Dead Mans Kidney
Is Tronsplonted
To Womon's S Body
BY the Asseeiafed Press

GLENDALE. Calf, Feb. 28.--
A 38-year- r-old Riverside woman is
fighting for life today with the
kidney of dead man functioning
normally in her body.
The kidney was transplanted
yesterday by Howard Merrill.
osteopathic surgeon, at Monte
Sano Hospital.
II think she's going to live" he
said after the three-hour opera
ton.
The kidney was that of an Al
hambra printer who died of a
stroke. His widow consented to
the removal, accomplished within
20 minutes after the death.
DR.. Merrill said he knew of only
eight previous operations of this
type. OF these, only two were
successful, he said. In the others,
the kidney failed to function.
Evening star., 1951-02-28
Red Cross 10 Get 81 Million
From Mrs. WiIks' Estate
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 28.-The
American Red Cross was be-
queathed an estimated 81 million
in the will of the late Mrs. Hetty
Sylvia and Howland Green Wilks.
This was disclosed yesterday
when the full text of the will. list
ing bequests to SO organizations
and institutions and to various in
dividuals, became available. ~.
Alexander A. McKenna, vice
president of the Chase National
Bank, which was named an exec
utor, said the residue estate was
worth an estimated $40 million.
The Red Gross was named to re-
ceive 1885 of it.
Mrs. Wilks died February S.
She was the daughter of Hetty
Green, who amassed her fortune
through shrewd investments and
frugal living.
Evening star., 1951-02-28
Mrs. Fonemeier Named
To Bethesda Church Post

Mrs. Robert A. Fangmeier. Of
1928 Deal drive Sc. has been
named minister of Christian edu-
cation at the Bethesda First Bap-
tist Church, Wilson lane and Mel
rose avenue.
Mrs. Fangmeier, a native Of
Salem, Ind, is a graduate Of In
diana University and Yale Divin-
ity School. After her ordination
as a minister on June %. 1916.
at First Christian Church, Salem,
she went to Heights Christian
Church, Cleveland, Ohio, where
she served as minister of educa-
ton until last January Is.
Evening star., 1951-02-28
British Admiral Blasts
Choice OF American
To Head Joint Fleet
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Feb. 28.-A former
boss of the Royal Navy today de-
nounced the appointment of an
American to supreme command
of the Western fleets in the North
Atlantic.
Viscount Cunningham of Hynd-
hope. Britain's First Sea Lord and
naval chief of staff in World
War II, described such a COM
mander as "a fifth wheel to the
coach"
II such an appointment had to
be made. he added, lit should be
held by a British officer" in view
of this country's greater expert
ence in anti-submarine warfare.
Viscount Cunningham set forth
his views in letter to the Times.
They were echoed by the Earl of
Cork and Orrery, former admiral
of the fleet, in a letter to the
Daily Telegraph.
Debate May Flare Again.
The Labor government has al
ready announced its approval of
the nomination of United States
Admiral William N. Fechteler to
hold the Atlantic naval command.
The news stirred up a STILL
seething uproar in the House of
Commons. The debate is expected
to flare again March 8. when the
House debates the Royal Navy
budget for 1872. .e.
Viscount Cunningham took issue
with Prime Minister Attlee's state
ment that the experience of World
War II proved the need Of su-
preme commander for Allied fleets
In the Atlantic.
He said instead of such an At
lantic command, the United States
Navy was responsible for the
Western part of the North Allan
tic, while the British Navy took
care of the Eastern sector.