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Evening star., 1952-05-26
Virginia First With Worst Roads

The fair Commonwealth of Virginia
had best look to her laurels. She now
has a lock on the distinction of being
the State with the worst roads, position
guaranteed particularly by Fairfax
County and Falls Church. But beware
of Alaska. It is conceivable that in the
reaches of the Klondike there may be
roads in even worse condition than those
of which we Virginians are so proud.
And Alaska is about to become State.
am therefore passing along few hints
to insure that we retain our position of
negative pre-eminence.
Many of our buster roads, like Colum-
bia and Leesburg pixies, could be made
even narrower, so that it will no longer
be possible to pass an approaching car
simply by tapping your tires over the
broken edges of the road.
Don't ever provide reflector markers
on curbings, turn-offs. and other night
driving hazards. They're cheap and pro-
gressive. And paint the stop and center
lines with the same old disappearing
ink.
Be sure to keep on using that wonder
full stuff to repair roads. It disintegrates
50 completely at the first hint Of a
drizzle.
Wherever, for some sissy reason, Vir-
ginia succumbs to laying new surface,
stick to the regular half-inch topping
Quick -pulverizing) over the usual loose
dirt base. Never put down good road
to begin with. That's too economical.
Don't Just sit there. Virginia! Do
something destructive with vo,Ir pick and
shovel. I have personally found spots
where. scarcely breaking single spring,
a good driver can thread through the
pits and gullies at almost 5 miles per
hour.
In passing, let me congratulate Vir-
ginia officials on some of the clever
Evening star., 1952-05-26

covering up its own blunders in this respect. The
belated release of an Associated Press report Of
a third bloody prisoner-of-war riot on April 10,
which had been held up by Army censors with
out any apparently valid reason, does nothing
to detract from the feeling that the Army is
trying to hide more than it has d'rclosed in
this matter
Evening star., 1952-05-26
Letters to The Star .

practical. progressive and keenly in
terested In human welfare (3) Some
of them should be average, everyday
women. who have not lost the common
touch, who have had children and who
have had personal experience with lack
Of welfare. both of which furnish ex-
cellent incentives in making people want
to make the world better and eliminat-
ing the endless miseries people suffer
from unnecessarily. This type of wom-
an is more likely to be practical and
realistic in her approach to problems.
as she isn't begged down by too highly
specialized training which tends to put
people in a rut, where precedence is
followed. rather than common sense, and
each situation is not figured out for
itself.
Evening star., 1952-05-26
School Tronsfers

Is it not shocking to find the white
majority Of the Board Of Education
fighting last ditch stand to prevent
the transfer Of buildings from Division
/ (white) to Division (colored) to
relieve the scandalous overcrowding in
the colored Junior high schools?
Mrs. Phillips, who as q member of
the Board is supposed to speak for the
whole community, is quoted as saying,
plaintively, q. are we going to take
everything away from Division 1?" No,
Mrs. Phillips, that is not what we are
going to do. We are going to take away
space from children who have more than
they need and give it to children who do
not have enough, to try to deal equally
with children, regardless of their color;
just as the Constitution. the law and the
Boards policies require, Mrs. Phillips.
The fact is that the Junior high
schools Of Division (white) as of this
spring had 1900 more seats than
children; while the junior high schools
of Division tcolored had 1,100 more
children than seats. 1t is inevitable that
space will have to be transferred from
Division to Division 2.
OF course, this viii be hard on the
children displaced from the Division /
schools which will be transferred. just
as it is now hard on the children at
tending the overcr0wded schools OF
Division 2. One Of these days Mrs.
Phillips, and her colleagues Of the Board
of Education majority which refused to
transfer Eliot School, will come to the
conclusion Gas we did long ago) that the
only sensible way to use the school
facilities of the District is to fill them
with neighborhood children regardless Of
the colors of their skins or the continents
Of their ancestry.
Edward ID. HOlIandef.
Evening star., 1952-05-26
Resents SIur on Midwest

would like to enlighten Washing
tonian," whose letter appeared in The
Star On May 20. I have been North,
South, East and West and lived more
TIM 40 years in the Midwest and I
know that States did add 'r" to some
words in years gone by. But I don't
think it is customary any more, and If
some one says "War-shington." it is to
ridicule and is rather silly. Never do
they add that extra "r" in the Midwest.
It just Is not done and, furthermore.
Midwestern people are careful about
their pronunciation.
Loyal Midwesterner.
Evening star., 1952-05-26
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can set the answer to
an, any ausstions est Of fact BY writing The
NV. Washington 5. D. c., and inclosing cents
return postage or by telephoning ST 1888.
Evening star., 1952-05-26

@. Were the casualties great in the
Battle Of Gettysburg?--R. B.
A. In this battle, which was fought
July 1-3. 1868, Union losses were $4,000;
Confederate losses, 10000.
Evening star., 1952-05-26

O. When q coal mine Is exhausted Of
its coal supplies. is it filled in?-S F..
A. Ordinarily, when coal Is mined pill
lars are left to support the surface of
the earth and the space is filled in as
the coal is taken out. This makes it
possible to build structures on the sur
face.
Evening star., 1952-05-26
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. What is the cost Of executing q
criminal in the gas chamber?-E. p. A.
A. Warden Clinton Duffy Of San
Quentin stated that a gas chamber
execution costs the taxpayer $3.50.
Evening star., 1952-05-26

@. How many persons are employed
In steelmaking?-D. O. M.
A. The industry employed an average
Of about $4,000 persons in the making
and distribution of iron and steel in
1851. In that year about los million
tons of steel were produced. t
Evening star., 1952-07-26

avail. Please advise how I can
restore the color.
Answer: Evidently, the water
had penetrated into the wood
causing the fibers to become dis
colored. The only remedy is to
remove the finish down to the
bare wood using sandpaper and
then bleaching the area with a
hot saturated solution of oxalic
acid. This should be applied lib
orally and allowed to remain over
night. After. rinsing with clear
water, allow the wood to dry
thoroughly and then smooth the
surface by rubbing with a 100"
sandpaper. After wiping off the
dust, finish with the same type
Evening star., 1952-07-26
T-Shaped Floor Plan,
Glass Walls Create
House Of Many Vistas
Continued From Page BID

via OoS - A'
other bedrooms that can be trans
formed into three by closing a
folding door with which one is
equipped; plus two baths.
In designing the house and
orienting it on the lot, a major
objective was to gain a view OF
Rock Creek Park to the north, and
still obtain a south and east ex-
posure for the living areas. An
other aim was to zone the house
for living and sleeping areas, and
provide for outdoor living on two
levels. At the same time. privacy
from the street was sought for
both indoor and outdoor living.
The living areas rectangle is
II feet wide by 64 feet long. The
sleeping area is "a feet wide by AZ
feet long. The entrance gallery
is 10 feet wide by IA feet long.
Exterior materials are 1-by-4
inch tongue-and-groove vertical
redwood siding. stained; sugar
pine trim, painted white; used
brick, and glass.
The interior has double drywall
construction, mahogany paneling
and lightweight plaster ceilings.
Floors in living room and bedroom
wing are carpeted. The ground
floor and kitchen floors are COW
cred with rubber tile.
Other features:
The roof is of the built-up type,
surfaced with white marble chips.
Radiant heating is provided by
coils in the ground floor slab and
in the floor slab of the bedroom
wing. and by ceiling panels in the
living room, dining room, kitchen
and entrance gallery.
The roof of the living area is of
the single-slope type and creates
a f1ve-foot overhang to the south.
The roof of the bedroom wing is
of the butterfly type, providing a
four-foot overhang on the east,
south and west sides, shading the
interior during the summer time
and allowing the low rays of the
winter sun to help warm the
house in the cold months.
Ceilings follow the slope of the
roof.
Easement sash at floor level and
an attic fan provide natural and
forced ventilation.
The carport has outdoor storage
Evening star., 1952-07-26
Here's How to Clean Smok -Stoined Fireplace

|of floor finishing material orig
inally used.
Leveling = Concrete Floor.
QUESTION: would like to
know if it is possible to put a
concrete floor on top Of an old
concrete floor in the cellar. At
present. the old one is uneven and
there is crumbling in spots.
ANSWER: If the old floor is
not badly cracked, new concrete
topping of about two inches can
be put down after the old sur
face has been thoroughly rough
ened. cleaned and made wet. A
leaf1et giving details on this work
can be obtained from the Portland
Cement Association. SO w. Grand
avenue, Chicago, Ill.
Sticking Windows.
QUESTION: Windows that have
been weatherstripped with metal
stripping are hard to move up and
down. What could we use on
them?
ANSWER: Paraf1in rubbed on
all the surfaces of the grooves
in which the windows slide should
help. If the metal weatherstrip-
ping is the cause Of sticking, rub
some powdered graphite on all the
metal surfaces.
Felt Stains Table Top.
Question: I always keep table
pads on my dining room table
Evening star., 1952-07-26

for disposal cans and garden
equipment.
Windows of the bedroom wing
bathrooms are of the clerestory
under thereof line type. Bath
room walls are mirrored from the
countertop to the bottom of the
clerestory windows to give q sense
of greater space.
The study-recreation room has
glass on three sides, and two out
door terraces.
A deck on the second level can
be reached from the entrance
gallery and from the living room
An exterior stairway connects
the terraces and the deck.
An inside stairway leads be-
tween the study-recreation room
and the entrance gallery.
Evening star., 1952-07-26
By Roger c. Whitman

Question: Our cut-stone CHM
ney and fireplace are badly
smoked. We have tried wire
brushing but this method did not
clean up the surfaces. Can you
tell me what will?
Answer: After wetting the stone
with clear water, scrub it with
a mechanics hand soap that
comes in paste form and contains
fine sand. Thorough rinsing with
hot water should follow.
Black Stain on Oak Floor.
Question: Some water was al
lowed to remain on the red oak
floor in one of my rooms causing
the area to turn black. I tried
cleaning fluid and steelwool, also
waxing but with no success. I
also sanded the area with a fine
grade of sandpaper but to no
Evening star., 1952-07-26

The other day I noticed q green
spot on the table from the pad.
The underside has a green felt
covering. The strands Of the felt
seem to be embedded in the sur
faces of the table. Would appre-
ciate any information you can
give me.
Answer: Try washing the table
top with . thick suds of a mild
soap, then take up the soap with
clean, damp cloths and wipe dry.
If the f1bers are still embedded.
try rubbing lightly with 10000"
steel wool and thick suds Of q mild
soap. Use no more than four or
five strokes. Then wipe up the
soap and rub dry. Should this
fail, the only remedy is to refinish
completely the top with a quick
drying synthetic resin varnish
that is not affected by hot dishes,
water or alcohol. All rubbing and
wiping should be with the grain
Of the wood.
Mr.. Whitman offers readers
leaflets on a variety Of subjects
concerning home repair work. If
you would like to have his leaflet,
WA, Refinishing Hardwood Floors,
send 10 cents in coin to Roger c.
Whitman, care Of The Evening
Star. P. o. Box 80. Station G. New
York 10. N. Y.
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Features, Inc.)
Evening star., 1952-07-26

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linally used.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-18

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Evening star., 1952-01-20
kUfH ORKIN PHOTOS
(See Front Cover)

Miss Bartok is refugee from
Hungary, a former actress on the
Budapest stage, ex-wife of a Holly
wood producer, Alex Paal, and a
star in British and Italian films. This
is her first picture for Hollywood.
Much of Crimson Pirate" was
filmed aboard an actual sailing YES
sci, rigged to resemble an 18th
century frigate.
HE deck, during the shooting. was
so crowded with actors, crews, cam
eras and equipment, that there was
hardly room for Miss Bartok to
switch from wet costume to dry.
Ladies of the location unit stood
around her. shielding her with large
bath towels while she changed. 1t
was barely sufficient for privacy.
But all male eyes, we can report,
were carefully trained on distant
Vesuvius. The English are such a
proper people. LOUIS BERG
Evening star., 1952-01-20
GIRL Overheard!
(See Front Cover)

Eva Bartok' 3 walked the
plank Is times. Wet or
dry she still looks good
ALL day long they dur1ked Miss
IA Eva Bartok into the Bay of
Naples, dried her out, and then
dunked her in again. You can see
Miss Bartok on the cover after her
eighth plunge. And she's still attrac-
tive.
The dunking was all for a single
sequence in a picture called Grim
son Pirate" which Burt Lancaster
made with an English company, in
and around the Italian Isle of Ischia.
What with takes and retakes, Miss
Bartok must have been dropped
and retrieved, some 16 times -
counting the times she took the
plunge for THIS WEEKS photogra-
pher, Ruth Orkin.
Evening star., 1952-01-20

TW-1-20-S2
Evening star., 1952-11-30
Truman Sees Army-Novy Game
/ For Last Time as President

the coin for the kickoff, using a
silver dollar. Then he gave that
coin and a companion piece to
the two captains - John Gurski
of Annapolis, and Alfred E. Pau
lekas of West Point.
Miss Truman is Neutral.
Despite the fact that she is the
daughter of an old artilleryman
Daughter Margaret operated as a
neutral, waving the pennants OF
both schools.
The President and his daughter
were f1anked by the Secretary of
the Interior and Mrs. Oscar Chap
man. on one side, and Fleet Ad-
miral William D. Leahy, former
presidential Chief of Staff, on the
other. Attorney General James P
McGranery and Mrs. McGranery
were the other Cabinet representa-
tives in the immediate presidential
party.
Coming back to Philadelphia
for the first time since he spoke
here late in the campaign, Mr.
Truman was welcomed at train
side by Republican Gov. John S
Fine and Philadelphia's Mayor
Joseph S. Clark, jr., a Democrat
Evening star., 1952-11-30
New Rehabilitation Service
Offered 10 Handicapped

A new rehabilitation service fol
the community's physically hand
icapped has been made available
with the opening of the Wash
Eington Occupational Therapy
Workshop. ~
The workshop is sponsored by
the Davis Memorial Goodwill In
dustries and the Washington
Heart Association.
1t will be located at 1922 New
Hampshire avenue NV. in quar-
ters formerly occupied by Good
will Industries antique shop.
Main objective of the workshop
is to restore the patients normal
work habits, to build up work
tolerance, to develop new atti-
tudes toward disability and tc
help create Self-reliance.
Patients for the occupational
therapy program will be accepted
on referral from local physicians
Once enrolled, they will receive
both instruction and materials
with which to work free of charge
The project will be directed by
DR.. Andrew T. Prandoni of the
Washington Heart Association
and Stafford S. Fletcher of Good
will Industries.
Evening star., 1952-11-30
Chinese Red Gunners
Blast Sniper Ridge
But No Troops Attack
BY the Associated Press

SEOUL, Sunday, Nov. 30. -
Chinese Red gunners pounded the
crest of Sniper Ridge with a
furious rain of mortar and artil-
lery shells yesterday but failed
to follow up with their customary
big infantry assaults.
An 6th Army spokesman said
the Communists fred 1000 shells
mostly mortar-at the ridge top,
Pinpoint Hill on the central front
north of Kumhwa. That vas
nearly 5000 more than they threw
on Friday.
They threw in infantry only
once during the barrage.
Probing Attacks Repulsed.
Forty-man groups stabbed at
Pinpoint in three places and two
Smaller-scale probes were made
on nearby Rocky Point, all before
dawn. All were thrown nack.
United Nations artillery and
hundreds of fighter bombers
blasted Communist troops else
where along the front yesterday.
The 9th Army said the Allied
big guns were used effectively" ."
Allied planes and big guns
caught Reds in the open near
Kosong on the eastern end of the
front and killed an estimated .28
Reds.
At the far west end of the line
Allied shells found small group
of Chinese Reds unloading supply
trucks near the truce conference
site at Panmunjom and wrecked
the project.
Red Probes Dispersed.
Red probes at Heartbreak
Ridge and the Punchbowl along
the eastern front were also dis
persed, mainly by artillery.
Operating in clear, sunny
weather, Allied fighter-bombers
sWarmed over an 80-mile deep
area just back of the Red front
lines. blasting Red supply and
road targets south of Pyongyang,
the Red Korean capital, Samdok,
Yangdok and Wonsan.
The 5th Air Force reported its
stepped-up war on Communist
rolling stock cost the Reds $50
trucks destroyed in the week
ended Friday.
Sabre jets patrolling Northwest
Korea sighted Communist MICS
during the day but no contacts
were made.
Evening star., 1952-11-30
Paris okyo Service
Begun by Air France
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, Nov. 29.-SiXteen Japa-
nese businessmen and neWsmen
arrived in Paris today from Tokyo
aboard an Air France plane which
completed the first round-trir
flight of a new service linking
the French and japanese capitals
The craft. which left Paris fol-
Tokyo on November "a, made the
return trip in four hops. Its
last stop was at Beirut.
Evening star., 1952-11-30
Eisenhower
Continued From First Page.)

(COnIlIlueQ from rlTSC Fdge.)
organization of the Government, a
group interested in putting into
effect or developing governmental
reorganization recommendations
of the Hoover Commission. Mr..
Fleming is a former chairman of
the Civil Service Commission.
AS for Monday developments at
Eisenhower headquarters. there
was no indication that the selec-
ton of a Secretary of Labor and
of a Secretary of Commerce is any
nearer than it seemed earlier this
week
In making 10 major appoint
ments since November 20 for posi-
tions in the new administration,
the President-elect not only has
moved with unprecedented speed
He also has achieved a consider
able geographic distribution and
has named two women.
Senator Lodge and Gov. Adams
are from New England; Mr.. Dull
les, the intended Attorney General
Herbert Brownell, jr., Press Sec
retary James c. Hagerty. Thomas
E. Stephens, who will be special
counsel to the President. and the
designated administrative assist
ants. DR.. Gabriel Hauge and Mr.
Hughes, are from New York. Will
liam P. Rogers, who will be deputy
attorney general, now lives in Be-
thesda and has a law Office in
Washington. but comes from New
York.
Southerners already selected are
Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby of Texas.
a Democrat, who will be Federal
Security Administrator. and Maj.
Gen. Wilton B. Persons. retired, Of
Montgomery. Ala. the new special
assistant to the President.
From the Midwest come the
choices for Secretary of Defense
Charles E. Wilson, Postmaster
General Arthur E. Summerfield
and Presidential Secretary Van
denberg. all of Michigan: Georg"
Evening star., 1952-11-30

M. Humphrey of Ohio. who will be
Secretary of the Treasury. and
Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota,
named director of the Mutual
Security Agency. Far Westerners
are Gov. Douglas Mckay of Ore
gon. to be Secretary of the In
terror. Ezra Taft Benson of Utah
as Secretary of Agriculture, and
Mrs. Ivy B. Priest, also of Utah,
Jas Treasurer of the United States.
Headquarters biographical state
ments give such interesting in
formation as ages showing that
Mr.. Dulles, Mr.. Wilson and Mr.
Humphrey are the only appoint
ees over go. while Mr.. Rogers, DR.
Hauge and MI. Hughes are
the only ones under 40.
The statements have not men
toned religious affiliation. 1t is
known, however, that the new ad-
ministration leaders hope to Sc
lect members of the Catholic and
the Jewish faiths for some of
the remaining top-level positions
probably including one or the
other of the two remaining un-
designated cabinet appointees.
Tribute Paid to Austin.
Speaking for Gen. Eisenhower
and himself, Mr.. Dulles today paid
high tribute to Mr.. Austin, who
wishes to retire after six years
as principal United States dele
gate to the U. N. The statement
said:
Senator Lodge will succeed
Ambassador Austin, who has ex-
pressed his desire to retire after
six years Of dedicated service in
the course of which he has made
an historic contribution toward
realizing the hopes and aspira-
tions which the American people
and. indeed. all humanity have
placed in the United Nations.
"PreSident-e lect Eisenhower
aware as he is of the Importance
OF this post, has selected as Am
bassador Austin's successor one
whom he considers to have out
standing qualifications in the
realm of international problems
and foreign relations.
Senator Lodge, whose selection
has the hearty Endorsement of
John Foster Dulles, will in his new
post be one of the administrations S
principal advisers and representa-
tives in the formulation and con-
duct of foreign policy"
AS an original leader in the
Eisenhower-for President move
ment, Senator Lodge was the gen.
erals campaign manager at the
Chicago convention and an active
adviser during the campaign. He
now is the President-elect's laiison
representative to the State, De-
fense and other departments.
Mr.. Hughes, born in Newark,
N. j.. December 26, 1920. is a
Princeton University graduate and
attended the Columbia University
Graduate School of Political Sci
ence. From 1912 to 1916 he was
press attache to the United States
Embassy in Madrid. During the
war he was stationed at the En-
bassy by Army intelligence. He was
a European correspondent for Life
and Time and has written two
books.