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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-24
By David G. Boreuther

Easements today are more Of q
national architectural contro-
versy than shutters on the vim
dow, frozen lace--or what kind
Of gingerbread do you prefer?
The South. in general. is due
for shock In this controversy
and, so are many other parts OF
the country where Easements
are rated as excess baggage.
You can save money. all right.
by eliminating a basement when
building a small house. But is it
q pennywise saving? A basement
usually is the cheapest part Of a
house to build. Now that base
ments can be kept dry and
healthful. q man building q
permanent home without a base
ment runs q big risk OF short
changing himself.
You may dispute this. but keep
your guard up for the rebuttal.
The endorsement school Of
architects contends that you can
save about $1,000 by eliminating
the cellar when building an aver
age-size house.
The probasement boys say you
can have all the space provided
by a dry and finished basement
at a fraction of the cost per
square foot of construction above
ground.
The construction Of watertight
easements Is no trick nowadays.
And the waterproofing of exist
ing Easements Is almost as easy
with modern materials and
methods. Watertight easements
have been built below sea level
In thousands Of places and In
existing easements waterproof
ers have stopped inflows Of water
at the rate Of many gallons per
minute.
One of the major points in
this controversy seems to be
the need for a basement. One
expert says people who moved
into basementless ranch-type
houses "have found the walls
shrinking rapidly inwards." He
was referring to the need for
storage space. "How can q man
corral a steamer trunk, work
tools, storm windows and screens
into q closet-size utility room
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-24
Multi B 18th Facilities
In Homes Increase

At least ne-quarter of the new
homes now going UP are being
equipped with multi-bath facili-
ties. 3 minimum Of one complete
bathroom and ! powder room in
addition. the Plumbing and
Heating Industries Bureau re-
ports.
From 1949 to 1852 there was
an increase of IS per cent in the
number Of multi bath homes
built. This reflects q determi-
nation Of building contractors to
satisfy o pronounced demand on
the part of prospective buyers
for more adequate sanitary IA
cilities In the home. the bureau
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-24
Wont q House With q Basement?

mer days and found the place
damp and cool and musty?
The only way ID beat this. We
have found. is to pump the
moisture out Of the air. You can
do this with an electric dehumdi-
fier. These machines work on
1.-THE refrigerator principle. a fan
keeps the air circulating around
q condenser coil which, instead
lof freezing. drips the condensa-
ton into a pan. In al hours.
one Of these machines can re-
move as much as Il quarts of
water from the air.
But before you buy one, try
1t for comparative silence. A
good one should not be noisy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-24


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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-12

The president OF q left-wing
electrical workers union local
charged the General Electric Co..
yesterday in Federal Court with
indirectly abridging his consti-
tutional rights.
In a suit for $4,000 and an
injunction. John w. Nelson, top
officer Of Local sos. United Elec-
trical Radio and Machine Work.
ers Of America (UE) complained
General Electric had imposed an
illegal condition of employment.
An employe of GEES Erie (Pa.)
plant. Mr.. Nelson was suspend
ed after refusing to answer
questions put by Senator Nc
Carthy, Republican, Of Wiscon-
sin. last November.
His suit stated he refused to
disclose his political beliefs.
bashing his refusal on the first
and fifth amendments. At the
same time. Mr.. Nelson asserted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-12
Family Life Discussion
Slated Before PTAs

A discussion on family life will
be sponsored by the Van Ness
and Giddings-Lenox PTA's and
the Southeast Neighborhood
Nursery Department at 10 am.
tomorrow in Giddings School,
Fourth and q streets Sc.
Speakers will include Mrs. j,
Warren Hastings, president OF
the United Council Of Church
Women; Dr.. John r. Pate, di-
rector of the Southwest Health
Center; George Butler. OF the
Washington Urban League, and
Donald Gray, of the Public Wei
fare Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-12
$4,000 UE Leaders Suit
Charges GE Abridges Rights

he told Mr.. Mccarthy he was "a
loyal American citizen. who has
never engaged in Illegal activ-
ities."
The electrical workers local
president said that. shortly
thereafter. GE violated an exist
ing contract by instituting a
new and sweeping condition of
employment"
The suit states the condition
enables the company to suspend
or discharge without notice those
employees who exercise privileges
and immunities under the first
and fifth amendments. or, those
who refuse to respond fully to
inquiries of any congressional
committee to the satisfaction Of
the committee or General Elec-
trio.
Mr.. Nelson asserts he was un-
Justly suspended and has since
received notice he will be fired
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-12
Building Permit Fee
For Porches Raised

The Commissioners today in
creased the fee for applications
to put up porches and other nom
conforming additions to buildings
in the District.
For larger buildings. the fee
was raised from $25 to $40, and
for private dwellings. it was
raised from $40 to $40.
The increases go into effect on
April /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-12

unless he abandons his constitu-
tional privilege.
His suit asks that his discharge
be prevented, his suspension
lifted and GEES condition Of en-
ployment be nullified In behalf
of himself and many others"
similarly situated at GEES Lynn
(Mass.) and Schenectady plants.
The suit was filed in the U. S.
District Court for the District OF
Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-12
Kiwonis Dinner-D Dance

The Silver Spring Kiwanis
Club will hold a dinner dance
at Z pm. tomorrow at the Wood
mont Country Club in Silver
Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-12

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-12

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25

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The Nome nugget., 1954-06-04
AerOnautics Board States Completion Of 2nd Div. Fields

Herman Porter, new head of the Territorial Department of Aviation, accompanied by How ard Peck and Bill Munz, new Second Division representative on the Aeronautical Board, returned from a survey of fields and air strips in this area.
 Porter reports that survey was made of the strip to be built at Wales and that they looked over the location for the one at Selawik
 The work on these fields is to be put out on bid in the near future, he stated, after they are discussed for approval at the July meeting of the Alaska Aero nautical and Communications Commission meeting.
 A crew is scheduled to leave for Gambell about June 20, headed by Harvey Turner, where the pcs field will be completed on arrival of the balance of the steel mating scheduled to arrive there about the first of July. The field should be completed by Sept. 1.
 Other activity in airfield work includes the completion of the pcs field at Lost River by the ARC; grading of Atlas and Dahl Creek strips, and minor mainten- ance at Film and Koyuk.
 Herman Porter, who replaced Tony Schwamm as head of the department recently, is a gradu- ate of the University of Alaska and he has been with the depart ment for the past four years. He leaves today for Bethel and Hooper Bay.
The Nome nugget., 1954-06-04
Eisenhower's Housing. Program Ready For Senate-HOuse Conferences

WASHINGTON, President Eisenhower's housing program, fresh from overwhelming victory in the Senate, was ready today for a Senate-House conference in which public housing was the chief point of dispute.
 The Senators late yesterday shouted approval of the overall housing legislation providing lib- eralized governmental cred it for home buyers, a stepped-up slum clearance program and new safeguards aimed at preventing any future abuses of government aided housing.
 By a 66-16 count-the only roll call vote on the complex measure they also endorsed Eisenhower s controversial request for author ity to build 35,OO0 new public housing units year over the next four years.
The Nome nugget., 1954-06-04
Vietn1inh Score Bloody Victories In Red River Delta

HANOI, Indochina, R - Con- munist-led Vietminh rebels scored two bloody successes in the Hanoi delta Thursday. One posed a new threat to the vital French life line between Haiphong and Hanoi. The other turned a Roman Cath ollie seminary into battle-ground where hundreds died in hand to- hand combat.
 Wave after wave of Vietminh troops crushed the stubborn de- fense of the 50 Vietnamese man. ming the garrison at Cho Moi, 24 miles southeast of Hanoi and only g miles south of the Haiphong- Hanoi road.
 Seventy-five miles southeast of Hanoi, 5000 Vietminh smashed their way through the village of Ouanphunvha against 1000 Viet- namese and a handful of volun- teer Catholic militiamen who made a seven-hour stand in the seminary.
 It was "truly a battle between the Communists and Catholics a religious war;" a French Army spokesman said.
 These two fights were the bit terest battles and the greatest successes by the Vietminh in the actual delta area in recent months.
The Nome nugget., 1954-06-04
Heintzleman Plugs For Health Improvements

KODIAK, R- Gov. Heintzle- man says there is urgent need of public health improvement in Alaska.
 Stressing the point in an ad- dress here Wednesday night, the governor said tuberculosis is 10 times more prevalent in the ter ritory than in the States.
 He said "earnest efforts" have been made to remedy the situa- tion, and added money recently has been appropriated to put back into service "health boats" that once visited coastal towns.
 Discussing statehood, in his first visit to Kodiak, Heintzleman said the proposal to leave "unpopu- lated fringes" out of the proposed state still would leave 85 per cent of the Alaskan population intact.
The Nome nugget., 1954-06-04
Semi-Public Debate Slated Tuesday On Deadlocked
 IndOchina Peace Proposals

GENEVA, R nm The Indochina peace conference made another effort today to break it's dead lock on the issue of how a pro- posed Indochina cease-fire should be supervised.
 The nine party barley went into it's 18th secret session, the last one planned before long weekend recess, to be followed by semi public debate next Tuesday.
 High-level military representa- tives of the two Indochina com mands also met in secret this af- ternoon on the problem of defin- ing assembly zones for the re- grouping of the rival armies after the cease-fire.
The Nome nugget., 1954-06-04
BIG cHEEsEs TO ALASKA

SEATTLE, R-A couple of big wheels boarded ship in Seattle for Alaska yesterday :. but they were only cheeses.
 Two 1-ton wheels of American cheddar cheese, reputedly the big gest such shipment ever to go north, were hoisted aboard the S.S. Denali.
 According to the cheese's man. ufacturer, Kraft Foods Co.,, each wheel required 22,000 pounds of milk from 1,144 cows grazing on 1928 acres of 88 farms.
The Nome nugget., 1954-06-04

 Convention May Delay Statehood

WASHINGTON, LR - Delegate Bartlett said today a proposal for a constitutional convention and referendum on statehood in Alas ka would bring statehood no earlier and might even delay it.
 The suggestion was made yes terday by Chairman Miller R- Neb) of the House Interior Con- mittee and Territorial Sen. Paul Robinson of Anchorage.
 Bartlett agreed that a conven- ton should be called to draft an Alaskan constitution lat the ear Hest possible moment" whether or not Congress approved state hood at this session.
 But, he declared the present statehood bill doesn't have to be held up for that purpose"
 Referring to Miller's statement that ''it is apparent the military will continue to oppose giving up control over certain areas" of Al aska, Bartlett said he still had had no word from the Department of Defense that it is insisting upon partitioning of Alaska for mili- tary reasons as Miller suggested.
 "On the contrary, every advice I have received is to the con- trary," he said.
 During a recent visit of a pro- statehood Alaska delegation, Bart lett recalled mo less an authority than Undersecretary of Interior Tudor with Gov. Heintzleman present said he didn't know what considerations prompted the par tition plan. The delegation was not enlightened by Gov. Heintzle- man who proposed it."
 The Delegate said that while Alaskans now oppose the proposal to give statehood only to the pop ulated areas of the territory, If there are good reasons for such a plan, all Alaskans will consider them carefully-but we haven't gotten them yet"
The Nome nugget., 1954-06-04
STONE WALL vs. TRUCKS

CHIPPENHAM, England, R - Bert Lewis, 66, starts rebuilding his garden wall today - for the 2Oth time.
 For 40 years he has lived at the foot of hill.
 Yesterday a truck came down the hill and plunged through the wall-just as 19 other trucks and cars have done before.
The Nome nugget., 1954-06-04
DIAMOND WORTH s2so.ooo

JOHANNESBURG, South Af- rica, R-The mine which pro- duced the famous Cullinan dia- mond, largest ever found, has come up with a blue-white stone weighing 42612 carats.
 Trade sources said the new find was of ''good quality'' and esti- mated it's value Friday as 100000 pounds ($28O,OOO.
The Nome nugget., 1954-06-04
Nonites Enjoy Free Ride on
 Pan Am DC-6B


 by Pan American World Airways direct to Nome from Seattle ar rived here this afternoon at about 2::3O.
 A courtesy flight was ar ranged by agent Jim Walsh so that Nomeites may see the ad- vantages of flying in the pressur- ized ship.
 Among those on the flight this afternoon were: MT. and Mrs. Angell, Mayor Steve Andersen, Al Branson, Bill Barber, Margaret Heller, Major Swisher, Major Morgan, MT. and Mrs. Boyer, MT. and Mrs. Boyd Harwood, Helen Russell, May Bale, Paul Mande- vile, Grant Jackson, Geo. Co., shaw, Richard Benson, Clinton Gray, MT. and Mrs. Carl Glavino- vich, Clyde Kammerer, Norman Asbridge, Fred Cavota, Rose Sil- verman, Robert Lewis, Alex Me Innes, Grant Nelson, Les Bronson;
 Judge and Mrs. Walter Hodge, Nels Swanberg ST., Nels Swan berg IT,, Angelo Buffas, Bob Can non, MT. and Mrs. Ben Young, Howard Green. Ellen MulVihill. Virginia Brown, H. Cherry, Rita Harper, Barbara Martin, Betty Doyle, Carrie McLain, A. Polet, Omie Mccarthy, Ben Mozee, l.. Williams, R. Baldwin;
 Ann Jenks, John White, Mrs. Godsbe, Mrs. Straub, John Cooley, Helen FagerstrOm, l.. Dunbar, Joe Firenzi, MT. and Mrs. J. von der Heydt, Albin Poison, Charles D. Jones, Elizabeth Edward, Mrs. Jack Reed, and John Aleobena.
 John White, well known to Nomeites since Pan American has been serving Nome, will make the flight, and Ralph Savory, senior pilot, also well known to flying Nome will be pilot for the occa- sion.
 Departing for Seattle today are: MT. and Mrs. Andrew Nerland, Shirley Haley, Paul Want, Alice Sanders, Larry Calvin and fam fly, Dorothy Russell, Mary Ander- sen and daughter, and a US. Mar shall's party, R. Kaufman, John White, R. Simpson and Leroy Hartje.
 Arriving today were: Lillian Angerman, l.. Verando, Geo. Hel- lerich, LeRoy Hartje, Glenn Car rington, Chris Roust, Mrs. G. Jackson and child, MT. and Mrs. Harry Gabrielson, Paul Rasmus, Mrs. Christie Waldhelm, Ellen Waldhelm, also Messrs. Charles, Sharp, Colmen, Bailey, Eager strom, Fink, Garner, and Cody.
The Nome nugget., 1954-06-04
Court Says General Property Tax
 Was Valid l949-52; Territory to
 Collect $l,OOO,OOO in Back Taxes

ONGAO" uG I0ITILOIy or Al aska will file some lawsuits" to collect approximately $1,000,000 in property taxes owed for years from 1949 through 1852 under the general property tax whose valid ity was upheld last week by the Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, Atty. Gen. J. Gerald Williams said here.
 The tax, though the act impos- ing it was repealed by the 1853 legislature, was in full force and effect for four years, Williams said. Many taxpayers ignored it, possibly on the same grounds of supposed invalidity which caused Luther c. Hess of Fairbanks and the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. to challenge it in the courts.
 Now that the circuit court has upheld a district court decision by Judge George w. Folta declar- ing the general property tax act valid and legal, the territory will go after taxpayers who refused or failed to pay the 10-mill levy it imposed for each of the four years it was in effect, the attorney gen. eral said.
 Not just the tax itself, but inter est and penalties imposed by law for late payment, will be collected.
 The practical effect of the gen. eral property tax act as it was passed by the 1949 legislature was to impose the territorial 1O-mill levy only on property lying out side of cities or other taxing enti- ties such as school districts or public utility districts.
 About $5OO,OOO in property taxes was paid to the territory from 1949 through 1852, much of it under protest. Williams estimated that $1,000,000 more which is ow- ing was not paid. He said he is going after it vigorously.
 Last week Tax Commissioner Karl Dewey said he would await instructions from the attorney general before proceeding to col lect the delinquent property tax.
 The general property tax was one of three parts of a territorial tax program advocated for many years by former Gov. Ernest Gruening. The other components of this so-called "basic tax pro- gram" were the territorial income tax and the business license tax. The property tax was the only one of the three to be repealed by the Republican-controlle 1853 legis- lature, the vote being exactly along party lines in the House, though some Democrats voted for repeal in the Senate and some Republicans against.
The Nome nugget., 1954-06-04

TOKYO, REFive crew mem bers of a Japanese freighter which passed within 1,20O miles of the US. hydrogen bomb tests in the Pacific were reported suf- fering from radiation sickness to- day.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-10-22

years Of rapid development, principally
because of the geographical location. the
editor asks, "What does this mean in terms
of our economic wel-being?"
More and more Virginia Is becoming
a government State From a purely
economic standpoint, government is sterile,
1t creates nothing that can be packaged,
sold, bartered or exchanged. 1t exists by
taking wealth from the people; it leaves no
created wealth behind when it goes
while if may not be pleasant to con-
template, it is nevertheless essential that
government has not only been the most
dominant factor in Virgnia's growth for
the past quarter century, but is today the
largest business by far in the Common
wealth."
The NeWs-Leader editorial poses d con
diton which could affect Virginia's econo-
my greatly should this income from gov
Other sources of income should be sought
with renewed determination. possibly more
manufacturing and more efficient market
ing program for agricultural products.
Virginia apples, peanuts, potatoes, truck,
poultry, are agricultural products which
might be advertised and merchandised
more extensively in the larger markets
Proximity Of the larger city markets in
the East is distinct advantage to Buy
Virginia Products campaign.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-10-22
Virginia S Economy

COME astonishing facts on Vpginias
= economy are being published daily in the
Richmond News-Leader in series of five
editorials. Only two editorials have APP
peared so far, the second of which points
out that Virginia is becoming a govern
ment state and the dangers of such a
development. We are looking forward to
the subsequent editorials with interest and
suggest that our readers give each
thoughtful reading.
We quote in part:
"Of total income received by Nrgnians
last year, only 5 per cent was produced on
Virginia farms Manufacturing plants paid
out three and one-half times as much in
wages and salaries as the total farm in
come; and government paid out four and
one-half times as much in payroll and
other income payments
''Not only is government the most i'm
portant source of income in this State, but
Virginia is more dependent uron govern
ment payrolls and other payments than
any other State in the nation"
Tracing the economic growth of Vir-
ginia since the 1920s when Virginia did
little more than hold her own" through
the depression years of the 30's period in
which She "outpaced not only the United
States as a whole but dynamic sister states
in the Southeast as WE'LL" into the War