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wide trends. The demand for
investment funds in our ex-
panding economy has outrun
the supply of new savings avail
able for investment. so interest
rates on virtually all types Of
investments have risen.
AS q result. the "a per cent
Interest rate for CT loans.
which may not be increased
under existing law. acts as .
deterrent to CT loan invest
ment.
The recent regulations linz
iting the discounts which may
be paid by builders to lenders
on CT home loans have not
been in operation long enough
to determine the effect on the
available supply Of funds for
CT loans. but they are bound
to have a further restrictive In
fiuence.
When the CT home loan pro-
gram began in l045. 1t was q
bold experiment. In Washing
ton, as in other parts Of the
Nation. veterans were stream-
ing home from separation
camps to find q housing Short
age blocking their immediate
prospects Of owning homes for
their families.
Many Were in EOS
Most of these ex-servicemen
were in their 20s and hadn't
been able TO accumulate enough
savings to make the down pay
lments normally required for
home purchase. But backed by
the Government guarantee,
lenders could afford TO make
loans with little or no down
payments.
Here and there "GI villages"
Of low-cost, two-bedroom homes
began sprouting in hitherto
sparsely settled outlying areas.
The average mortgage was
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our figures show that it has
guaranteed nearly one billion
dollars in real estate values "a
date. Since l045 through the
latest reporting date. VA has
guaranteed $3.50 home loans
with a face value Of 1882, 346.-
4l2 in this area.
Broken down geographically
these loans were made as
follows:
Alexandria ----------- 1858
Arlington ------------ $3.50
Fairfax County ------- 20,61O
District of Columbia 1871
Montgomery County - 22.667
Prince Georges County 1926
Highlighting the sienificance
of these figures in suburban
areas is the fact that the num-
Der Of loans guaranteed by VA
in Fairfax County is more
than double the 1902 dwelling
units reported in Fairfax
County by tine 1910 census.
In the two Maryland Coun-
ties, the CT loan totals are
only slightly below the 1910
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count Of 23.255 dwelling units
in Montgomery County and
22,348 In Prince Georges
County.
OF the total loans guaranteed
by VA in this area, only 206, or
less than three-tenths Of one
per cent, have resulted in FORE
closure and claims on the
Government.
OF $1,O67,8l9 paid out in
claims, $1,O34.O87 has been re-
covered by the Government,
both in liquidation after ac-
QUESTION and in payments by
defaulting veterans. The un-
recovered balance of $33,732 is
less than the cost of three
moderately priced homes at
prevailing purchase prices.
Equally impressive Is the fact
that 1924 CT home loans In
this area have been recorded as
paid in full.
VA estimates the CT loan pro-
gram has a base Of 201.O
eligible veterans in this area,
Of which 10000 served only
during World War II. $4,000
served only during the Korean
conflict, and approximately
5000 served during both pc
RODS.
Thus with $3.50 CT home
loans made among 2O1 900 eli
! gibles, approximately Ali per
cent have exercised their CT
home rights.
Many Want to Buy
This does not mean that
Washington area veterans who
have not purchased don't want
to buy. While some have used
other types Of financing and
still others are financially un-
able or choose not to buy. the
potential CT home market in
this area remains considerable
The tight market for CT loans
| in the Washington Metropoli-
! tan Area is typical of Nation
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The price may be between ST.
900 and $4,000.
Many Have Good Income
TIE typical veteran pur-
chaser today Is not the average
veteran. His earnings place
him in the upper middle in
come bracket and frequently
he has enough savings to enter
either Government-insured or
conventional loan markets.
However. a. greater number
Of veterans are in the lower
income groups and are affected
far more by the tagging CT
loan market.
Even in 1854 through 1856
the years Of greatest recent ac-
tivity and when a volume of CT
money was available-lower
priced new homes in this area
were IN short supply. This
can be attributed to rising con-
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5000 and the interest rate was
I per cent.
BY 1850. the earning power
of veterans as a group had in
creased to q point where the
veteran purchaser could de-
mand q three-bedroom house
in more varied structural styles,
with an average price tag Of
$4,000.
Today the typical veteran in
the CT new home market Is in
his late 30s and has a family
Of three or four. Close to his
highest probable lifetime yearly
earnings, he can show a gross
family income Of about $4,000.
including, in many cases, his
wife's salary. He looks for inn
aginative design in a home with
the latest equipment and extras.
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struction and land costs which
forced builders to concentrate
on the more profitable middle
and upper price ranges.
There viii probably be no
immediate improvement in the
CT loans competitive position.
VA loan activity can be ex-
pected to hover at about its
present level or slip further.
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like to become good deco.
rators," said q spokesman for
the center, land in decorating,
as in music or sports. it takes
study and practice. We hope
to be able to provide the pro-
fessionaI coaching and direc.
ton needed to understand the
fundamentals and put them
to use"
Admission to the course 70
free, but by ticket only. In
formation on obtaining tickets
is available from the Home
Builders Association Of Metro
politan Washington.
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Builders Plan
Decor School

The National Housing Gen.
ter. 1925 L street NV. viii
hold a School Of Interior De-
sign and Furnishings" Septem-
Der 80 and October 3.
Most homemakers would
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-01

of more crises foreshadows a grav-
er need than ever in the year
ahead
In most every home in this fav-
ored land, there are serviceable
clothes and shoes which will new
er be worn again and taking up
good closet space. Slowed away in
linen closets are thousands of
worn sheets and blankets that are
being kept for no good reason.
These things can be comforts be-
yond price to those in need. These
things can, and do, save human
lives. Men and women of good will
and regardless of religious faith
will want to go through their
closets at Thanksgiving time, Gull
out the usable things they do not
need and leave them at the local
Catholic Church.
Operation Clothes Closet" !.
should remind US of the things we
have to be thankful for.
***%
This Is A Switch
Members of Americas $4,000 Boy
Scout Troops and Explorer Units
are getting pretty excited over an
impending coincidence that could
be doubtless will be of long-range
significance to every one of US.
October is Scout Geology Month,
and smack in the middle of it-from
the 18th to the 19th-comes Oil
Progress Week. By way of making
the most of this collision of acca-
sions, several thousand oil men
and geologists are joining hands in
what you might call nationwide
switch-to "do good turn" for
our two million Scouts.
A comprehensive kit on petro-
leum geology with suggested field
trips and work projects, prepared
by the American Petroleum Insti-
tute, the American Association Of
Petroleum Biologists, the Amer
lean Geological Institute and the
Boy Scouts of America headquarters
organization has been alerted on
the program and how best to assist
in the field trips, in making talks
and presenting films to the Scouts.
That this Good Turn" effort
should be of tremendous value to
the youngsters is obvious from the
fact that three-quarters of all u. S.
geologists work in the petroleum
industry. And if, as it should, this
joint program fires the enthusiasm
of enough talented Scouts it will
ease our shortage of scientists, lead
these boys into fascinating and re-
warding careers and do an immea-
surably good turn for the rest OF
us whose comfort, security and
transportation will depend on find
ing tomorrow's petroleum supplies.
Oil Progress Week of 1857 could
we'll be memorable-in insuring oil
progress for a generation to come.
The transition from Boy Scout to
oil scout could do it.
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-01
Always, E. T. D.

hello. "Pretzel' also preferred
the Stokes home during summer
storms and twice his owners To-
Gated him there when the rain and
thunder stopped
A gentleman and a tramp as far
as his food is concerned, he turns
up his nose at dog food in the
kitchen when he suspects he might
get meat loaf Or steak bones, or
other meat scraps, but he has been
known to eat chicken heads or feet
and fish heads or tails, either end
is suitable for him, outside in the
yard.
All in all, you must have guessed
he was a real member of the fam
lily. AS Karen has said so often
since Friday, "Mommy, I'm so wor-
ried about 'Pretzel; don't you think
someone will bring him home to
us soon?"
If anyone has seen him or has
any information about him, please
contact Bill Minner, 333 Weiner
Avenue, Harrington, Del. phone
8691, and make all four members
of the Minner family very happy.
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-01
BABSON DISCUSSES AUTO SALES

These longer heavier cars require
more horsepower. They burn more
gas and mOst of them have engines
which will operate efficiently only
with high-octane gas.
At a time when automobile con-
gestion may choke out the very
downtown life of our large cities,
car makers have added to the prob
lem by making cars which need
more parking space and cost more
to maintain. These giant new cars
may fulfill the desires and ambi-
tions of many people, but will be
marketable only through intensive
advertising.
Make Smaller Cars
Some United States automobile
manufacturers contend that they
cannot build a small car that will
compete successfully on a volume
basis with a good used car of
standard size. They may be correct.
But the time will come when De-
trOit must face facts. The auto
mobile has contributed much to
our American way of life. 1t has
led to the development of the sub
urbs. 1t has provided and it now
provides employment for large
numbers of our people, directly or
indirectly. Ours is a wheeled econ
omy in the best sense Of that term.
A good deal of our prosperity
today stems from our success in
having mass-produced the auto
mobile and having made it readily
available to vast numbers of our
people. However, that prosperity
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-01
TN TIE AIR FORCE"
hy EIoIne townsend Dickarson

most successful obstetrician in To-
peka. It's a rare evening when we
spend the whole evening with Bill
in attendance. When Jane and Liz
get together it usually takes quite
while to get down to the news of
the day. The two of them have ten
children and it takes quite a while
to cover all of their latest esca-
pades. James eldest is nine and
Liz's is twelve=five cherubs eachi
Forgot to mention the dinner will
be Mexican. Remember my first
one? Have gotten used to foreign
food since we moved on Mayo and
we're all looking forward to our
evening together.
Just yesterday in the mail we
received a nice letter from Flossie
and Bernard Clements. Hayes and
Bernard lived together when they
We're small. Not literally. They
lived across Clarke Avenue from
each other and according to all re-
| ports were inseparable. When
Hayes and were married and lived
our first three months of married
life off the University of Delaware
campus, Flossie and Bernard were
also living in Newark and we had
many good times together. Their
letter brought the news that they
are taking business-pleasure trip
to the west coast next month and
coming back east they might get a
chance to drop off here. By that
time we're expecting to be in our
new home and we're hoping they
will be our first McAlister Avenue
guests. About the 18th or 18th
they should arrive and I'll write
you about their visit
We've had our first snow already.
Yesterday morning all the roof
tops were covered. l lust freeze
in the winter time, but yet | never
seem to get enough snow. Always
hope for real big one, but only
can remember one in my thirty
one years and that was when I
was about nine years old. We have
some lovely pictures of it in our
family album. OF course, we've
been in snow over our heads in
the Sierra Mountains in Califor-
mia, but its fun TO watch the storm,
huddled in front of a fireplace and
with lots of food in the kitchen just
in case you're snow bound I'm al
ways afraid I'll get my wish and
have a big snow, and have Hayes
R. o. Ming (remain over night)
at another base.
Until next week.
! Always, E. T. d.
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-01
Washington Letter = By Robert Nelson Taylor

production teams, yet General
Cook advises that industry lay
offs may reach the 100000 figure
And he warns that, Sudden brakes
cannot be put on this great and
complicated industry with the ex-
pectation of rapid acceleration
when the trouble has passed. Once
slowed, it will take an awful lot
of time before we can pick up
speed again"
If those beeps of Sputnik mean
anything, they warn US not to
abandon weapons we can build and
know how to use for new ones we
hope to master.
PRACTICAL THANKSGIVING
On the anniversary of the tragic
Hungarian uprising. Catholic Re
lief Services-NCWC announced
that Operation Clothes-Closet," the
ninth annual Catholic Bishops
Thanksgiving Clothing Appeal-to
be conducted in the 1920 par
ishes throughout the notion from
November Gath to 3Oth-must equal
the record breaking collection of
last year Msgr Edward E. Swans
from, executive director, reported
that the vast CRS warehouses are
now bare-stripped of the 16,592,-
833 pounds of clothing, shoes and
blankets valued at $23,603, ,666)
contributed a year ago.
On December 10, the first ship
ment of the collection, 1925, 900
worth went to Austria to clothe the
ragged freedom fighters and other
refugees that were streaming out
of Budapest by the thousands. And
on September fifth, the last of these
garments and shoes and blankets
1868, 1877 worth-was dispatched to
Poland. This clothing, together
with $4,000 worth of medical sup
plies flown in earlier to Polish Car
dinal Stefan Wyszyski, constituted
the first relief shipment to this
unhappy country since 1850. In all,
a total of 152,558 bales, boxes and
bags of clothing and shoes was
shipped to "a countries around the
globe. As III the past, shipments
| lOI Tie OIlGnI W0lS pIOCSoSO0 al
the depots of the Society of st.
Vincent de Paul of Seattle, San
Francisco and Los Angeles, while
| transatlantic shipments were
readied at the Catholic Relief Ser
vices -NCWC depot in New York.
Msgr. Swanstrom called on Am
ericans of all faiths to help their
Catholic friends help those in des-
perate need throughout the world.
He recalled the suddenness with
which the Hungarian revolt burst
into flame and the tremendous ref
ugee problem mushroomed = and
| the fact that no one knows what
may happen, or when, in the many
trouble spots over the globe With
or without emergencies, there is
misery enough to require all we
can give, he said, and the likelihood
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-01

Babson Park, Mass, Oct 81 The
automobile business has had a
rather poor spring and summer.
However, / look for a good fourth
quarter saleswise. Also, l predict
that total domestic production for
1857 will top 5000 units. 1t may
be as high as 100000, or $3.50
above last year. However, that
would still be 229o below the peak
year of 1866.
Cause OF The Dip
Many competent observers feel
that last years downturn in auto
sales and this years only moder-
ate recovery indicate that we made
too many cars in 1855. In that year
we produced nearly 100000 units.
These people feel that the i'll
dustry must now undergo a fur
ther period of adjustment while the
nation "digests" the over produc-
ton of 1855. I think there is some
truth in such reasoning. However,
there are additional factors in
volved in the dip in auto sales.
The current rolling readjustment
in general business must also be
taken into account as an adverse
sales factor. There are increasing
indications that the dip also re-
fleets some sales resistance on the
part of people who just do not like
the tide after last years poor sales
showing, car makers concentrated
on extreme-styling eye appeal.
They came out with cars longer
than necessary loaded them with
gadgets designed to catch the eye.
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-01

could be seriously threatened if
we continue to misuse the auto
mobile. The car of tomorrow will
be smaller, more functiOnally styl-
ed. though still beautiful. 1t will
be cheaper to buy, to operate and
to maintain. And it will be safer
to use.
More Foreign Cars Coming To o. S.
While going all out for size and
flashy styling, Detroit is not en-
tirely blind to the fact that there
is a market for small cars here.
Only one major domestic producer
does not have a foreign subsidi-
ary making small, economical
foreign cars for export to the U. s.
Small car demand has been doubl-
ing each year for some time now.
If this trend continues, and pre-
dict it will, u s. car makers may
be forced to revise their thinking
on car size.
Perhaps the European cars now
being imported are too small to
attract wide market support in
the U. S. However, their reception
has been encouraging. IL proves
that many motorists are not fully
satisfied with what Detroit is now
turning out. Somewhere between
these monsters of the road and the
toy cars Of Europe lies the answer
to our real needs. Within the next
years I look for standard Ameri-
can cars of smaller, though ade-
quate. size at much less cost. l
predict also that improvements in
engine design will permit great
savings in gas consumption.
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-01

says the Cbilean-born wife of form
er State Department official.
protocol is rather elastic here
as compared with the restricted
social customs of other capital
cities, like Buenos Aires, London, or
Rome.
'Any person, even a newcomer,
who has money and the ability to
entertain can make the grade. In
other places, before you make the
grade, such attributes as family
background, talent and education
are considered. Washington is diff
erent in this respect even from
New York, Boston. San Francisco
and Pittsburgh"
Mrs. Burke, a talented hostess
and musician, who was educated
in France and speaks French and
her native Sr4nish fiuently, has
lived in inc capital % years. She
has been active in promoting good
feeling and knowledge among wo-
mems organizations of North and
South America and is now serving
her third term as president of Pan
Liaison Committee of Wo-
mems Organizations. This is her first
job as a social secretary.
"A first precept of the social
secretary is to keep the ambassa-
dorial family informed Of the diplo-
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-01
Please Bring Back
Our Puppy To Us

The saucy little sausage hound
of North Weiner Avenue, Harring-
ton, is missing. On Friday after
noon he mysteriously disappeared,
leaving two little girls very an
happy by his absence. Actually, he
is a miniature brown dachshund
named "Pretzel'', owned by Karen
Minner, age AZ, and shared by
Angela Minner, age 9 months.
He has been quite familiar
sight in the neighborhood and he
is very friendly. You only have to
think that you would like to pet
him and he's right in your lap,
twisting and turning to receive
your loving on his head or between
his front paws, and begging when
you stop for a second. Every day
found him making his rounds to
call on his friends. Mr.. Bill Stokes,
at the end Of the street, was used
to seeing "PretzeP' coming down
plowed furrow in his field to say
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-01
AIR POWER IN ECLIPSE


The beegs of Russia's Sputnik
may be sounding the doom of the
free worlds defense. The near
panic in officialdOm, resulting
from the successful launching of
the earth satellite just on the heels
of the Reds announcement of an
operational ICBM and reports of
successful Soviet testing of nu-
clear WarheadS for the ICBM, is
focusing attention on missiles and
spectacular space adventures to
the virtual exclusion of other pro-
grams essential to military sur
vival.
AS long ago as June 20, months
before the spectacular Russian
distraction, Air Force officials call
ed top aircraft industry executives
to Washington and told them that
expenditures were outrunning the
available supply of money, reports
Orval r. Cook, president of the Air
craft Industries Association in the
official publication, Planes. Con-
tract reductions began in July and
August. But the savings were not
enough.
"a few weeks ago." writes Gen
eral Cook, "the aircraft industry
was told by the Air Force that ex-
listing contracts would be paid for
only to the extent that the Ser
vices could afford to pay-on a
monthly basis through December,
and quarterly thereafter. This
means that, regardless of cost, any
amount on any contract over the
allotted payment will have to
be financed by the companies
themselves, with reimbursement
by the Government postponed to
some undetermined time. The
Navy, of course, is also taking
steps to reduce expenditures.
The cancellations, stretch-outs
and cutbacks, the reductions in
manpower, facilities and over
head already made, warns General
Cook, are only a token of what
looms ahead. In the matter of the
new financing difficulties, he notes
that the Government does not al
low interest on borrowed funds as
cost of contract, so that the manu-
facturers must meet these costs
out of earnings which are already
hardly more than half the national
average" There is also a question
of whether the private banks have
enough money available to provide
the fiscal accommodations the Gov
ernment says it must have. What
the effect of this sharp curtail-
ment, plus the added financial bur-
den will be on aircraft, engine and
systems and components contrac-
tors, the writer admits he does not
know. But he assures us that "a
sharp rise" in the cost of every air
craft unit is inevitable
1t is a tragic thing to contem-
plate at this time the breaking up
of skilled, highly-trained aircraft
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-01
1851 Mayo
Topeka, Kansas
October 26, 1857


Dear Friends:
It's Saturday afternoon, but that
doesn't mean anything to SAC. My
husband is out at the base doing
last minute studying for the Stra-
tegic Air Commands competition
in Orlando, Florida Hayes and his
crew of three leave Monday morn
ing and their missions will prob
ably begin the following day. Don't
know how I'll stand to be away
from ali the excitement, but maybe
by telephone I'll be kept up to date
with the big affair. Guess even TV
will keep me current. teased
Hayes the other morning at break
fast and said, Call me ahead of
time when Godfrey or Garroway
plan to interview you" Hayes just
looked at me over his coffee cup,
but the children weren't so silent.
Are you going to be on TV, Dad
dy?"
There will be national coverage
of the competition and If you see
tall, six foot, handsome, naviga-
tor with new gold leaves on his
shoulder, it's Hayes! Keep your
fingers crossed for him, will you
Our children have been busy
this week. Dawn with Brownies
and ballet lessons, Lynne with
scout meetings, a scout Halloween
party and today she is guest for
luncheon and the movies at a lit
tie neighbor's birthday party.
Our party is tonight. We have
been on Mayo so long that we have
two sets of neighbors. You remem-
Der last week / told you our neigh
bors gave us the gilded, sequined
garbage can? Well, they are our
current neighbors. Tonight were
having dinner with our former
Mayo neighbors. Gene and Fred
Shirley are the host and hostess.
We have been with them all four
years, their children are our chill
dren's age. They even had a Bos-
ton Bull who looked like Sambo's
twin. They have invited Liz and
Bill Wright to come to dinner, too.
Bill is one of those real, real nice
boys. He's full of fun, always has
a clever retort to anything said
and always a good friend. Liz, you
remember, is the daughter of Walt
Disney's sound director, G. o. Sly
field. Then Jane and Bill Roy will
be there. too. When they lived on
Mayo, Bill was an o. B. doctor al
Forbes Air Force Base. He now is
a civilian and junior partner of g