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Evening star., 1951-12-08
LILLIAN N. SCHWARTZ. W. M.
GEORGE G. JAFFE. w. P
Attest: JACK POLITE, Past Patron,
Secretary

KENNY, JOSEPHINE BAKER. On Wed
nesday, December 5, 1851. at her resi-
denes; $50 3rd st. ne, JOSEPHINE
BAKER KENNY, beloved daughter of
Mrs. Mary B. Tolan and Fred Tolan, aunt
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Baker. cousin of
Carrie Wise and Earl White. niece of Mr..
and Mrs, John R. White, wife OF Lance
worth Kenny. She also leaves a host of
other relatives and friends. Friends may
call at the w. Ernest Jarvis Funeral
Church, 1882 You st. NV, after II noon
Saturday, December s. Mass will be Of
fered at the Holy Redeemer Catholic
Church. 206 New York ave. NV. Monday,
December 10. at 9 am. Interment Lin
coin Memorial Cemetery. Funeral cars
viii leave from the family residence. 524
Bird St ne. %
Evening star., 1951-12-08
IENNY. JOSEPHINE BAKER. All officer,

and members OF the James
/ Reese Europe Unit. No. 5,
y American Legion Auxiliary.
are hereby notified of the
8 death OF our member. JO-
SEPHINE BAKER KENNY,
and are requested to assemble
:. Ernest Jarvis Funeral Church.
L st u " m SUNDAY Decenhar
Evening star., 1951-12-08
MANGANARo. ANTHONY.

o HN IHUN1. OfflcerS and
members of Columbia Lodge,
No. 1913. Loyal Order OF
Moose, are hereby notified of
the death of Brother AN
THONY MANGANARO, and
are requested to attend Moose
funeral services at HySong's
Funeral Home. 1900 N st.
Evening star., 1951-12-08

ISIILh' ELHLh LLLsWUh Ih Oh InulS-
day, December q. 1851 at his home, 1922
Park rd. NV. ELMER ELLSWORTH
FISHER, beloved husband of Helen M
Fisher and father Of Allen Contee Fisher
and Mrs Helen Margaret Fiala. Remains
resting at the Bethesda Chevy Chase Fu-
neral Home of Robert A. Pumphrey, Be-
thesda, Nd Services Saturday, Decem-
Der 8, at 30 pm. at ST. Stephen and
the Incarnation Episcopal Church, 1927
Newton st. NV. Interment Oak Hill
Cemetery. s
FISHER, ROBERT F. On Thursday, De-
cember g. 1851, ROBERT F. FISHER Of
36l2 Austin st. Sc. beloved son of Urel
S. and Pearl j. Fisher, brother of Betty
Marie Fisher grandson of George and
Ruth Herbert and Ernest E. and Mar
garet Fisher. Friends may call at the
Lee Funeral Home, 4th ST. and Mass ave,
ne, until Il noon Sunday. December 9.
Services at the East Washington Heights
Baptist Church, 1882 Alabama ave. ne,
at l pm. 9
Evening star., 1951-12-08
ENRIGHT, LETITIA WHITE, The ofic,
ANNE w. HALEY. Worthy Matron.
N. ELEANOR HARE. Secretary.

FAMBROUGH, VIOLA. On Thursday De-
cember o, 1851, VIOLA FAMBROUGH of
$40 Columbia rd. NV, daughter OF Mrs
Ophelia r. and the late Rev George
Swoope. devoted wife of Roy Fambrough,
sister of Mrs. Ophelia Nelson, Thomas
Fitzgerald of Birmingham. Ala, and
Pathom SWoope of Huntsville, Ala Many
other relatives and friends also survive
After . pm. Sunday, December 8, friends
may call at her late residence. Funeral
Monday, December o. at 9 pm, from
FraZier's Funeral Home, 3S9 R. l. ave
NV. Interment Lincoln Memorial Gene
, 1951-06-21
Q. P. S. suYs ).

Initiation eats away the buy
ing power of the dollar. AL
ready initiation has cost the
American people billions of
dollars in our expenditures
for defense. Initiation destroys
the value of savings, insur-
ance, and annuities, and wipes
out the incentive for saving.
Initiation works its greatest
hardships upon those least alb
lie to meet rising prices-the
low income groups, the work
ing man with a family, and
those who must live on fixed
incomes, such as the depend
ents of men in the armed
forces, the aged, and the dis
abled. :
, 1951-06-21
NEWS

The SIS "Runa" is schedul-
ed to sail from Tampa June
18th, Baltimore June 10th and
is due at Frederiksted on or
about June 26th, accepting
freight for Venezuela, Saint
Vincent, Barbados, Grenada
and Trinidad.
Alcoa Steamship Company. Inc
Rob't L. Merwin & Co., Inc.
, 1951-06-21

close to Antigua, Barbuda, and
other islands of the Northeast
ern Leeward group on Septem
Der /. Residents of Antigua.
where highest winds were es-
tlmated at over 100 miles an
hour and hurricane force last
cd for six hours, reported it to
De the most severe hurricane
in the history of the island.
Mr.. Marx said that he had
recently visited Antigua and
had found that all concerned
in the area were extremely
thankful for the timely warn
ing, provided by the weather
bureaux of the area. It was
fortunate, Mr.. Marx added.
that this great hurricane re-
manned at sea most of its life
and did not seriously affect
other coastal areas, for it was
indeed a giant of vast poten-
tlal destruction.
Not long before this, Anti
qua had been visited by the
other hurricane to affect the
Caribbean during 1850. On
August q winds reported at
30 to 12O miles an hour passed
over the island. Roofs were
blown off several sugar ware
houses, trees were uprooted,
some power and telephone
lines were broken and about
$50 small homes were flatten-
ed by the storm.
, 1951-06-21
1850 HURRICANE SEASON
RECORD FOR ATLANTIC

PORT OF SPAIN: Eleven
storms of full hurricane force,
the largest number ever re-
ported for a season since re-
cords began, developed in the
Atlantic area during the hur-
ricane season of 1850.
This was revealed in a re-
view Of the 1850 season made
to the Eastern Caribbean Sub
Commission, now meeting at
Kent House, by Edward H.
Marx of the US. Weather Bu-
reau. Mr.. Marx is attending
the meeting as the representa-
tive of Regional Commission
" of the World Meteorologi-
cal Organization, parent body
of the Subj Commission.
Record number of incipient
storms, however,, was set in
1888, when 81 started in the
Atlantic, but only ten of these
developed into full hurricanes.
One of the II hurricanes Of
1850 developed hurricane force
twice in its course with a wave
stage between, and, Mr.. Marx
said, might be classified as two
separate hurricanes that de-
veloped at different times
from the same easterly wave,
in which case, the number of
full hurricanes would be IL
for the 1850 season.
Of these II or II storms
only two affected the Eastern
Caribbean, with the third
coming close enough to worry
the forecasters considerably.
Worst of these hurricanes
was the Great Atlantic Hurri-
cane of 1850, with winds esti-
mated by aircraft at over 1874
miles an hour and waves 100
feet high. It was located on
August 80 and lasted until
September "A. 1t passed very
Evening star., 1951-12-15
By Dovid 6. Boreuther

A damp basement can do more
harm to a house than years of
weathering or a generation of
wear and tear. 1t can cause dry
rot of vital structural members.
1t breeds mildew. 1t is destruc-
tive to valuable equipment-fur-
mace, laundry machines and other
metal work. And it depriyeS a
householder of the use of indis-
pensable storage space.
The ideal basement is warm
and dry in winter. cool and dry in
summer. That dry quality the
year round is far cheaper to OBJ
tain than paying for excessive re-
pairs and requirements.
The most economical and effec-
tive steps toward a permanently
dry basement can be taken when
a house is being built. But don't
give up hope if you're not in the
market for a new house. There
are many practicable remedies
Tor damp Easements.
The only trouble is that the
cause of one damp basement may
not be the cause of another. You
have to analyze your own problem
carefully. There is no single
cure-all. AS in the treatment of
an infection. both the symptoms
and the cause must be under
stood.
There are three major forms of
basement dampness: condensa-
ton. capillary action and out
right leakage.
Easiest to Combat.
Condensation is probably the
most common offender and usu-
ally the easiest to combat. 1t is
caused when moist warm air
touches cold surface and inyis-
BILE vapor suddenly condenses to
water. This is illustrated by that
old standby-the glass of ice wa
ter sweating in the summertime.
Warm air can hold much more
water in the form of vapor than
cold air. AS soon as you heat air.
1t becomes thirsty and drinks up
Evening star., 1951-12-15
Prevent Dompness in Basement

ing or after bathing upstairs, ven
tilation is important.
In parts of the country where
condensation is an especially
prevalent problem, basement walls
are sometimes insulated. Adding
insulation has been known to help
toward decreasing condensation
but it is not rated as cure. Base
ment walls are by nature cool.
Bucketful Per Day.
Removing the moisture from
the air is basically the most ef-
fective measure in eliminating
dampness due to condensation.
Mechanical dehumidifiers, work.
ing on the principles of a refrig-
orator. can be purchased. They
contain an evaporator coil that
is kept Just above the freezing
point. This does not cool the
basement, because the heat re-
moved from the air is blown back
into the air through the con-
denser, while the moisture is re-
moved. The moisture runs down
the coil into a drain or container.
1t isn't unusual to find a bucket
of water removed from the air
within "a hours.
Easements also can be dehu-
midifled with chemicals. Calcium
chloride is commonly used be-
cause Of its ability to absorb
moisture and its relatively low
cost-about three cents per pound
In large lots. 1t can be used only
once, though. When liquefied it
must be disposed of where it can
not injure concrete or any vege-
tation. 1t corrodes iron, so flush
1T well when emptying it down
drains.
Lithium chloride is used like
calcium chloride.
Silica gel has the advantage of
reuse. Heating the gel drives off
the water and restores the alb
sorption quality. Some mechanical
dehumidifiers employ silica gel by
discharging the heated moisture
through a vent to the outdoors.
distributed by the Associated Press.)
Evening star., 1951-12-15

NCHtildt1OH 10 UhC way w
combat condensation i'm base
ment. Insulation keeps pipes
from sweating.
wall surface above the dew point.
Then ventilation, in dry weather.
can remove the moist air.
Natural Gas An Offender
Sometimes an uninsulated wa
ter heater will provide enough
heat in the basement in summer
to prevent condensation. But it's
important to have all fuel-burn-
ing heaters vented into the Chin
ney, because of moisture added to
the air through the process of
combustion. Natural gas seems
to hold all honors in this mois-
ture-making business.
The only trouble with ventila-
ton is that it depends on outdoor
humidity. In wet weather it
doesn't help much. But normally
it is effective, because more mois-
ture is created in the average
house than outside air contains.
Clothes dryers and even laundry
hanging on lines in q basement
send all the water In the wet
wash into the air. increasing the
humidity. So during laundry op-
erations, the same as during cook
Evening star., 1951-12-15
40 Builders Sign Up
For Chicago PurIey

More than 40 Washington area
builders already have signed up
to attend the annual convention
of the National Association of
Home Builders. January 20
through "a in Chicago, James w.
Pearson, executive director of the
Washington Home Builders AS
sociation, said today.
Alvin L. Aubinoe, president of
the organization, will lead the
Washington delegation.
Speakers will include Senator
Sparkman, Democrat. of Ala
bama. and Manly Fleischmann,
administrator of the National
Production Authority.
Evening star., 1951-12-15

any moisture present, through the
process of evaporation. This can
be speeded up by keeping the air
in motion.
So heating and ventilating are
sometimes enough to overcome
condensation. The heat raises
the capacity of the air to take up
and hold water. 1t can warm the
, 1951-10-19
Announcement

DR.. Robert NJ. De Freitas.
B. a. O., D. Specialist in Eye
Examination Refraction Or
thoptics; announces that on
Tuesday. Oct. 23rd. from 10 Am.
to 5 Pm. & Wednesday. Oct. oath
from 1890 to 4:3o PM. complete
~optometric service will be Of
fered to the Municipality of
St. Croix.
Will be in Frederiksted
Municipal Hospital from 900
am. until noon Wednesday.
The latest designs in Eye
glasses prepaid or CO. D.
Christiansted, St. Croix,
, 1951-10-19

GOVERNOR -.
transportation of students, and
$4,000 for the St. Croix Mu-
scum Commission"
81 raise no question as to the
propriety of and desirability
for the additional appropria-
tions made in Amendment
Number 5, provided funds can
be found therefor without i'm
pairing their availability for
other necessary appropria-
TONS"
Il believe, however, that it
is too early in the fiscal year
for transfers to be made from
salary savings of any depart
ment to be expended for desir-
able appropriation items in
other departments. The nor
NAL and better procedure is for
such salary savings to be held
for transfer later in the fiscal
year for obligations of the de-
partments which effect the
savings and, thereafter, for
other obligations"
Amendment Number 5 pur-
ports to transfer $4,000 in
salary savings from the Depart
ments of Health, which
amount has previously been
specifically recommended to
the St. Croix Council for trans
fer to the Sanitation Service
in order to pay salaries re-
'quired in that service which
were not adequately provided
for when the Council changed
the remuneration of the I'M
classified employees and pro-
vided TO rseven insted of eight
such persons. In addition,
there is the objection pointed
out in my letter to the NUM-
cipal Committee of August Is,
1851 that savings from the
amounts appropriated for the
Department Of Health should
be retained for expenditure
for health purposes in order to
meet the letter and spirit of
the matching requirements
, 1951-10-19

under the Grant-in-Aid pro-
gram"
another objection to this
bill is the fact that the Coun-
Gil has selected three appropri-
alton items for immediate
appropriation of funds, where
as the other urgent deficiencies
mentioned in fly letter approx
ing the budget have not been
given consideration. Among
the more important needs to
be considered are additional
funds for General Contigent,
Subsistence for prisoners, con-
tribution to the Tourist De-
velopment Fund in accordance
with existing law, and repay
ment of Indebtedness as re-
CURED by ordinance"
In these circumstances, l
regret that I do not find it
possible to approve Amend
ment Number 5. I should like
to confer with the Council at
an early date in order to dis
cuss the entire budgetary
situation in the hope that we
shall arrive at a mutually
acceptable solution"
, 1951-10-19

ing readied for the session of
the Caribbean Commission a
few days later, will be appro-
priately decorated by a COM
mittee headed by Mrs. P,B. Lar
sen Supt. Of Education.
An excellent program has
been drawn up in which there
will be several vocal numbers,
and also students of the Chris
tiansted High School will par
ticipate. Thus the decision to
hold the celebration in Govern
ment House so everyone may
be seated comfortably to enjoy
it.
DR.. D. c. Canegata, Admin
istrator-designate for St Croix,
who is also chairman of the
Committee, will be master of
ceremonies.
, 1951-10-19
CHAPMAN 80.

field Of cattle production and
processing of meat for the
Puerto RIGA and United States
Continental markets"
Secretary Chapman also an
'nounced that the Board of Di-
rectors of the Corporation in
the interest of economy had
abolished the position Of vice
president of the Corporation.
, 1951-10-19

Childish tempers are sometimes the sign
ofundernourishmen or insuficie sleep.
And that's the time to serve CocomaIt.
1t builds strong young bodies, induces
Evening star., 1951-07-08

legs Take look that paper It's hers She wrote
threatening letter paper just like only last week.
Jary Jones laughed Shes sashed the kid somewhere and
sent the note using of Loyd envelopes frame him.
Mbs said slowly Of course it isn't true. wouldn't do
thing like that, Lloyd And if did, wouldn't be stupid
as to my own note paper"
"Or to my envelope, Mibs, groaned Harper.
Inspector Queen, somebody's framing = her - usp
The Inspector patted his mustace agtatedy and took
Enery aside "Son =
Lets watt Elery soohed till the Sergeant gets back
"veie? Whered he co. Ellery?"
Il sent him to apartment to get something out of
my newspaper file want to check my memory of feature
story read couple of Sundays ago, Dad If I'm right it's
going to clear this thing up"
Sergeant Vee reappeared twenty minutes later just after
Inspector Queen received reports that the nurse
Miss MGovern had yet revealed the whereabouts of
Ralph keinschmdt the other that the anght citywde
search for little Billy Harper had failed to up trace of
him.. Mrs Harper weeping again. the beautiful Miss
Jones telling MIR Harper off, and Mr. Harper glarng
the beautiful Miss Jones with homicide his boodsho eyes,
Thank you, Sergeant! Eery snached the gaudy clip
ping "Ah See this? It's the story of kidnapping in
California year ago. The child recovered when
the FBI caught the kdnaper He executed few weeks
ago. which why the story rehasfed in this Sunday
feature. Now let read you the original note sent
by the California kidnaper And Elery read e price
Father alone BY southwest La Brea and Wiltshire
Boaevards exactly I1:I5 AN. today. "
"The note" gasped Inspector Queen
Identical Dad And that tells us said Elery whirlng
who's behind the snatch of Billy Harper.
Evening star., 1951-07-08

Il take it what you have in mind munured Elery, lis
that the southwest corner of La Bea and Wiltshire Bouevards
being located in only city in the world Los Angeles
and for deposit of the said corner
being IL is this morning the whole thing impossible
(Which the kdnaper of course knows said the Inspector
so you agree, Elery, this note is phony?"
81 agree" said Enery ownng at the note that some
thing is awfuly wrong. -.
II want action!' shouted Bllys father.
YOU Mr. Harper want kick in the pants said Inspector
Queen unexpectedly He took from his pocket handful OF
large squarish white envelopes Identical with the envelope
the note came Your envelope, Mr. Harper You didn't
snatch your o,cn boy him away his did yo
Blys father sank into chair. Nibs swear to you !!
where's Billy" screamed his wife. what did you do
with my child, you you baby-snatcher"
oh come off it, Mrs H., said voice and they all looked
around to see the beautiful Miss Jones increasing her famous
Evening star., 1951-07-08

IAN adult moron, perhaps, Sergeant said Enery with
smile But bright little boy of seven may be excused for
his ignorance Mr. and Mrs Harper I'm happy to say that
your son Billy kidnapped by other than himself
This story probably gave him the dea and in his enthusiasm
he copied the California note word for word nno
Gently using sheet of your note paper Mrs Harper and one
of your envelopes Mr.. Harper Where is he? Well, my
hunch based this and that = that Billy sneaked
back into this very housep
They found young Billy holed up in the attic surrounded
by the of six cheese and jelly sandwiches two
empty milk bottles and thirteen comic books Billy SAID ne
had snatched himself cause it seemed excitin.
But Eery has always held the young to be prodigy
who just what do make his parents patch up his
personal world again There is of proving this but
it significant that Miss Jay Jones seen with Lloyd
Harper no and that Mrs Harper moved right back
across the mark The End
Evening star., 1951-07-08
RANSOM NOTE WAS ElLERY'S ONLY CLUE

But when she looked around little Billy had disappeared
At first Miss M'Govern had been annoyed thinking he
had darted back the park But when she could not find
him she became alarmed and sought policeman The police
man had no better luck Calls from the park station to Mrs
Harper apartmen and Lloyd Harpers house brought Bys
parents on the rum Each said that Billy had not come
home and they quarreed over the sad ambiguous word
With night coming on the entire park patrol alerted
Evening star., 1951-07-08

for lost boy years of age By when the last
negative report in, it dawned everyone that Bys
disappearance might have grimmer explanation, and
general alarm went out.
Lloyd Harper was wealthy man. the Harpers had been
mentioned syy in several recent colmns one
counist had referred to young Bys Friday afternoon
Communication trips across the park
1t began to add up
Inspector Queen of Headquarters entered the at
o'clock the following morning At 9O6 am the postman
on his regular rounds delivered note with Lloyd
Hapers mall at 938 Elery rang the Harper bell and
admitted by other than Sergeant Velie of the
Inspectors staff.
EIERY found his father the drawngroom The little
Inspector came to him at once.
The FBI? No, not yet son., said the Inspector. It's
kind of funny case Yes, there's been ransom note
but wait till Piggotts through with that Who?
Oh the babe who's sitting there doing burn That's Jay
JONES' the other woman Harper had date with her last
night which of he didn't keep and she sormed
first thing this morning to give him what-for.'>
Jarryl Jones beautiful and Mbs Harper at least
this morning definitely not nevertheless. Lloyd
Harper stood his wifes chair subble and
hoow-eyed with his back to his great love.
Miss MGovern talked breathiy. No. she had nothing to
hide The letter which she had posted the day before?
had been addressed her boy friend Mr. Harper will tell
you. Ralph kleinschmidt is his Ralph klenschmidt
had been the Harpers chauffeur sort of hothead yes
=. he did drink bit much at times.
Il fired him two weeks ago for drunkenness said Lloyd
Harper shortly with references He got pretty nasty
so he's getting even,' said Sergeant Vee sadly Now
you don't get mixed up this grille what's the
address you wrote your letter to this guy?"
General Delivery, main post office, whispered Miss
MGovern ''You see | don't know just where he isl!
Inspector Queen snoed this improbable piece of inor
nation and Piggott took the girl down to Headquarters
We're wasting valuable time" snared Lloyd Harper
Evening star., 1951-07-08
Editors Query: Who Kidnapped Billy Harper?

THE kdnaper of Billy Harper Eery went on mot merely
used the note in the yearod California the
model for his note but he duplicated the Los
Evening star., 1951-07-08

Angeles street corner INDICATED IN the Call-
fornia note as the place for the payment of
the Harper money. That is, the kidnaper
appointed an impossible meeting place.
why should he have done this? If the
kidnapping of Billy we're blind if, let us
say, MIR. Harper wanted to take possession
of his little boy and make it seem to every
one, especially his wife. like an outside
abduction for the usual ransom = he
would hardly have designated an impossi-
Bile place for the payment of the ransom.
$50 the naming of Los Angeles makes
utterly no sense - that is" said Ellery
softly, IF you think of the kidnaper as
someone with the capacity to realize how
impossible it is. But suppose the writer of
the Harper note didn't realize that New
York and Los Angeles are three thousand
miles apartF
why, Maestro" said Sergeant Velie,
"even moron knows that"
Evening star., 1951-07-08

nat ransom nOLe says, Inspector
''Yes, the ransom note," said Inspector
Queen, showing Ellery an envelope.
The envelope was squarish and large. OF :
heavy cream-colored crushed bond. Obvi-
ously expensive Lloyd Harper's address
was block-lettered in smeary pencil in a
style so crude as almost to defy decipher
ing. The single sheet of rag paper inside
was made to fit much smaller envelope.
The same smeary crude blockprinting
said, without salutation: The price is
so grand to get the kid back safe. Small
bills in oil-cloth bundle. Father to drive
alone by southwest corner La Brea and
Wiltshire Boulevards, exactly 1l:l5 am,
today, throw bundle to sidewalk, keep
going. Follow orders or else" There was
no signature.
at was mailed last night, and couldn't
possibly be delivered before this
mornings mail" said Inspector Queen.
Il take it what you have in mind, mu
that, the southwest corner of La Brea and v
la;no located in only one citv in the world
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-05-12
REVENUE

Federal revenues in the 1852
fiscal year, which begins July 1st,
are expected to exceed revised
treasury estimates by $2,400,000,
according to Congressional Staff
of Tax Experts. The congressional
staff based its revenue calculations
on the assumption that personal
incomes in the 1851 calendar year
would aggregate 1855, 900, 100000.