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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-02-21
Richland News Items

% tho benefit of the Reporters large list OF
be Richand territory this paper is providing space Tor
M et ~ tonch with the correspondent when eney nave
items of interest.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-02-21

A glance at its 76 advanced features
reveals at once why Essex excerpts
no car in its challenge. For point
after point in fine car construction.
performance and detail, brings you
directly to costliest cars to find
comparison.
With above 20 miles an hour top
speed, Essex the Challenges, IN
thousands of demonstrations, is
proving the endurance and ability
to do 90 miles an hour all day long.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-02-21

ice 80 days. productions has had to be increas
Essex the Challenger sweeps aside the barriers of price
class 1t challenges the performance the style, the lux
urious roomy comfort of any at price, on the
basis that no other car gives you back SO much tor
every dollar you put in.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-02-21

It is the finest, largest, roomiest,
most brilliantly performing Essex
ever built, and the price the lowest
for which Essex ever sold but
little above the lowest priced car
on the market.
That is why the acceptance Of
Essex the Challenger is the talk
of motordom. Join the van of
100000 Super-Six owners who
are demonstrating its right and
ability to challenge the best that
motordom offers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-27
On Rowland Place.

The fifth of the 1929 series OF Star
model homes is being erected by VIII
liam d. Sterrett at 1907 Rowland place,
in Richmond Park. This Is large
three-story colonial house of combi-
nation of cut stone and whitewashed
brick facades, with large colonial COW
cred porch at one side and with large
brick ehimneys rising from either side
Of the ridge of the heavy slate roof.
While this house will not be thrown
open for public inspection until June
is, the main structural work has been
completed and work is in progress on
the inner phases OF its construction.
The slate roofing has been laid, and
with studding in place, marking the
outlines Of the rooms, the house is ready
for the fathers and then plasterers.
Plumbing and wiring of the house
also has been done and a concrete
floor has been laid In the basement
floor. Due to the rather steep slope
Of the lot to the rear, giving ground
floor aspect to the rear Of the base
ment, 1t was possible to develop an
interesting elubroom In the left rear
section Of the story. A finished oak
flooring will be laid in this room, which
viii be separated from the service fea-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-27
In Shepherd Park.

With finishing work now in progress
on the brick colonial model home being
erected by L. E. Breuninger & Sons on
Iris street near Morningside drive, In
Shepherd Park, preparations now are
being made for an early start on the
formal garden to be developed in the
rear yard of the property.
A landscape artist has laid out plans
for the garden, which will have walks
of concrete and broken flags, shrubbery
and stone benches, and allowing space
for lawn and flower plots. The en-
trance to the garden will be through
French doors leading from the dining
room onto a flagstone terrace. This
terrace will be inclosed by trellis work
of colonial design, which will add to
the privacy of the garden.
The slate roofing of the house has
been completed and plasterers are COM
pleting the white coating of the inte-
rior walls. Painting of the exterior
trimming of the house Is under way,
bringing out the future color scheme,
and when the plastering has been COM
pleted work viii be started on the
painting of the interior trim.
Grading of the front and rear yards
will be started within few days,
shaping up the setting for the house.
The dwelling will be opened for ex-
hibition June o.
The house is situated on lot having
a frontage on Iris street of 81 feet and
a depth of 1872 feet. 1t contains seven
main rooms, which will be fitted with
many modern conveniences and labor
saving devices. One of these is radio
antenna, strung above the ceiling in
the third story, which will be con-
nected with q radio set In the living
room, or den.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-27
Foxall Group House

The interesting English dwelling. one
Of a group of nine being erected by
Waverly Taylor, Inc, on rty-fourth
street, in Foxall, south of @ street
which will be the third of the series
will be opened for exhibition beginning
June 2.
This house now is just emerging
from the rough construction stage,
with the slate roofing nearly finished,
the brown coat of plaster laid on the
interior walls and all general structural
outlines completed,
Grading of the lawns in front and
rear will be started shortly, and after
the white coat plaster has been laid
on the interior walls the face brick
of the large fireplace in the living room
will be set up. Next week the covered
front porch will be started and the
flooring and other finishing operations
on the double-deck rear porches will
be under way.
The rear facade has been given I'M
usual study and will present an inter-
esting picture. Rustic English brick
of deep red colors will form a back
ground for the living porches of aided
timbers. stained, like those at the front,
in weathered brown and soft green.
Flower boxes, shutters and the garage
doors in soft sage green will lend add
ed charm to the rear facade.
Hedges will serve to designate the
property lines and the entire rear gar
den will be sodded. Garbage contain
erS, sunk below the level of the ground,
will practically eliminate this unsightly
while the rear brick garage
wall will be extended to form a screen,
behind which will be placed necessary
ash and trash containers, usually eye
sores. Removable c1-a-..;.5s trees sill be
part of the rear garden equipment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-27

room, dining room, halls and solarium
are of heavy cast bronze Of English
gothic design.
The second floor contains four bed
rooms, each having large, convenient
closet, and two ideally appointed baths,
finished in colored tile.
Servants quarters with bath and a
large cedar room are located on the
third floor
From the first main stairway landing
one enters the den. It is located over
the garage, which is attached to and Is
part of the house. The floor of the den,
as well as the floors of the entire house
is of 7s-inch oak, impregnated with
wax. The walls and ceiling Of the den
are of rough cast plaster finished In
stippled color effects. Half-exposed beams
of worm-eaten chestnut are placed In
the ceiling extending to the ridge oil
the roof On the west wall large open
fireplace, which extends the full height
of the den, Is constructed of natural
field stone. Book shelves are conven-
tently built into the wall.
Steel cross and bearing beams sup
port the entire structure. The basement
walls Of stone are Is inches thick. Stone
walls to the second floor level are Is
inches thick. All walls above the base
ment are furred to make the house UNI
usually comfortable in all seasons. The
basement contains a large hot-water
furnace and an automatic water heater.
This home was designed by Henry L..
Breuninger, with G. NJ Woodward as
associate, and was built by L. e. Breu-
ninger 81 Sons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-27
Rock Gables

Rising on large site at the corner
of Redwood terrace and East Beach
drive, overlooking the nearby wooded
stretches of Rock Creek Park, Is the
sixth and last of the series of Star
model homes. Fashioned after the So
called Cotswold manner, this large
English stone house is the largest and
most pretentiouS of the six, giving va
riety In size, style, arrangement and
treatment from the others of the series.
Rock Gables, as the house is called
by its builders, Edison w. Briggs Co.,
now shows to fine advantage the low,
broken by three large stone dormerS
at the front and large gabied wing at
the right and large wing at the right
housing three-car garage.
The slate roofing, OF rugged charac-
ter, of random widths and graded
thicknesses, will be unusually heavy,
In keeping with the rugged sturdiness
of the exterior walls.
Ornamental arched = top doorways
mark the garage entrance, the doors
of which will be of paneled chestnut.
Other features Of the exterior of the
house, as designed by James E. Cooper,
are heavy stone chimneys at either end
Of the main roof, deeply set series of
mullioned windows and the low-set en-
trance of carved limestone, with suffi-
Gent reveal" to give shadow and color
to the picture.
Lavish plans have been drawn for
large formal garden at the rear of
the house, which will connect with a
wooded section which serves as part of
the background for the house. This
work will be carried out under the
direction Of Rose Greedy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-27

Three weeks from tomorrow, May 10,
the model homes demonstration of
1929, sponsored by The Star and the
Washington Operative Builders Asso-
citation, viii be formally opened to the
public. At that time the first of the
six carefully planned dwellings of widely
varied size and design will be placed on
other five will be thrown open to the
public. The demonstration will con-
tinue through July, each house remain
ing open for month.
The six Star model homes now are
well under way, finishing work now be-
ing in progress on those which will be
ready for the exhibition next month
and the others also showing an adj
vanced stage of construction.
A new feature in the program this
year will be the publication of book
of Star model homes, now being pre-
pared under the direction of Rufus S.
Lusk, secretary of the Operative Build
erS' Association, which will include pic
lures, floor plans of the demonstration
houses and discussions of the purposes
of the demonstration, that of promot-
ing development of better homes in
keeping with the beauty of the National
Capital. The books will be distributed
to visitors at the various model houses.
Inspection Planned.
Before the demonstration is formally
opened the Star model homes committee
will make a careful inspection of each
house to pass on the finished product.
This committee consists of Monroe
Warren, president Of the Operative
Builders Association; w. j. Waller,
vice president of the District Bankers
Association; Horace Peaslee, president
of the local chapter Of the American
Institute of Architects; Ben T. Webster,
president of the Washington Real Estate
Board; Mai. Donald A. Dawson, Assist
ant Engineer Commissioner in charge
Of building and coming, and Mr.. LuSk.
The six model homes are under con-
struction in Kenwood, Md; Leland,
Md; on Forty-fourth street in Foxhall,
in Shepherd Park, on Rowland place
in Richmond Park and in Rock Greek
Park Estates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-27
Kenwood Star Home

Finishing touches now are rapidly be-
ing placed on the first of the series OF
model homes being erected on Kennedy
drive. In Kenwood, by the Kennedy
Chamberlin Development Co. Land
scaping and sodding of the wide lawns
of this house, which is suggestive of
the French provincial style, are well
under way. giving colorful background
to the structure.
Arbor vitae, jumpers, cedars, red
azalias. roses, forsythia, wygelia and
other Towering plants are being set
nicely in the grounds, and an additional
marked feature win be Towering cherry
trees of the type which has made the
Tidal Basin famous. They will be in
both the lawns and along the parkway.
An unusual feature of ultra modern
mode will be mechanical operation OF
the doors and lighting of the garage in
the basement, reached by a curved
driveway at the side of the property.
On arriving at the garage the driver
will have but to insert a key in a
switch on pole capped by an orna-
mental bird house, and the garage doors
will swing open and the lights win fash
on. After driving into the garage the
motorist then viii have but to turn
another switch In the basement and the
doors will close automatically and the
lights win be turned OF.
The walls of the rooms now are be-
ing papered in colored tones blending
with the different tones Of woodwork
In the several rooms, and work will be
started shortly on the Scraping of the
Special-type mahogany floors prepara-
tory for their final finishing.
This house win be open for exhibit
ton beginning May 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-27

by stone porch. This arrangement
Of garage and driveway location Is de-
signed as convenient access for guests
when entertainment Is in progress.
The house is approached by long,
meandering stone walk embedded in
concrete, leading to an open stone en-
trance terrace from which the large en-
trance hall is reached through stone,
arched doorway. A heavy oak door has
iron hinges and is appropriately set with
loaded glass.
Hall Extends Through.
The large hall, extending the full
depth of the house, has double level,
the rear portion being two steps lower
than the front Through heavy mir
rored door one enters direct to the ga
rage from the back of this hallway.
Located in the rear hall is large cloak
closet and first-f1oor lavatorv finished
in green tile with fixtures to match.
To the left of the hall Is the living
room, 90 feet by ID feet, which has
rough plaster walls finished in deep
cream color. This color scheme is car
ried out in all the walls on the first
floor. On the east side of the living
room is large open fireplace, with
mantel of English gothic design. The
woodwork in this room, as throughout
the house, is of natural walnut color
rubbed to a satin finish.
Adjacent to and part Of the living
room is a large glazed semi-circular
solarium, entered through broad
archway.
To the right OF the hall is a spacious
dining room having an unobstructed
view Of the large front lawn and Six
tenth street The dining room is serv-
iced from the large kitchen with its
modern conveniences through buffers
pantry and service pantry combined.
All shelves are glass incased. The serv-
ants entrance is located In the rear of
the kitchen.
Hand Wrought BaIustrade.
From the main entrance hall a wide
staircase leads to the second floor. The
balustrade of the main stairway Is of
hand-wrought iron, after the style
found in the old Spanish homes in
Cuba. The handrail is of hand-carved
walnut.
The electrical fixtures Of the living
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-27
New Home of Mrs. Kath-
crime Ferrero Near
Rock Creek Park.
OAK TREES AFFORD
PLEASANT OUTLOOK
Balustrade of Main Hallway
Is Made of Hand
Wrought Iron.

One of the interesting and attractive
new residences of Washington is that
of Mrs. Katherine Ferrero, large,
three story house in the English archi-
tectural mode and of combination OF
stone and stucco with exposed timber
work, which recently was completed at
5O18 Sixteenth street, on site having
an outlook on Rock Greek Park to the
west.
The house, which is an Illustration
of the designing of dwelling to con-
form to its setting and location, Is occu-
pied by Mrs. Ferrero and her son-in- law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Crestes
Garcia. Mr. Garcia is an attache OF the
Cuban embassy.
Set well back from the boulevard
and presenting an effective picture, 1t is
surrounded by stately oak trees on a
carefully Handicapped lot having 'front.'
age of lit feet on Sixteenth street The
foliage of nearby Rock Creek Park
adds to the background. At the south
edge of the grounds wide private
driveway of bluestone, hedged by Lom-
hardy poplars and flower beds with ap-
propriate shrubbery, leads to the large
two-car stone garage at the rear of the
house From the garage direct entrance
is made into the large main hall of the
house and the living room can be en-
tered also directly from the driveway
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-27
ARCHITECTS FAVOR RESTUDY
OFZONING PROBLEM IN D. C.
American Institute Also Urges Greater,
Expansion of Parks System in
National Capital.

penditure of $4,000, 900 for addition
park sites: development of the Wash
ington water front; and enactment c
the ShipStead-Luce measure for regula
ton of the character of buildings neal
public buildings and parks.
About year ago a move was made I
have the Zoning Commission reduce tn
maximum heights of buildings to IL
feet, but the commission rejected tn
proposal, adhering to its former rul
allowing buildings to go to 100 feet wit
setbacks above the 110-foot level, an
permitting towers and spires above &c
feet, with special approval by the com
mission.
The institute also adopted a resolu
ton recording ''its appreciation Of tn
work of the various chapters contribut
ing to the development of the Nations
Capital, especially the sustained effor
Of the Washington architects in main
tanning, in cooperation with the Dis
trict Government, weekly jury for tn
review of plans for private buildings
Continued on Fourteenth Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-27

OPEN SUNDAY AND ID A lily
FOR YOUR INSP Z c ION
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-27
Leland Dwelling

Recent rains have delayed somewhat
the finishing work on the exterior OF
the Star mooel home at 4509 Elm street,
Leland, Md, but progress has contin-
ued on interior phases Of its develop
ment, bringing out more and more the
attractive, homelike features Of this
house, the smallest and least expensive
of the series Of demonstration dwellings.
All of the interior trimming work
likely win be completed within few
days. The brickwork for the fireplace
in the living room has been completed
and the colonial mantel, which Is in
keeping with the architectural mode OF
the house, will be put in place shortly.
Next week, also, cabinets win be In
stalled In the kitchen and 1inoieum VIII
be laid. Plumbers and steamfitters have
about completed their work. The house
will be opened for inspection May 20.
The rains recently delayed the prina-
ing coat on the reclaimed brick used
in the first story of the dwelling, and
when this has been done, In the next
few days, the building win present more
OF its completed picture. with the white
walls forming background for the DARK
shutters, subdued color OF the roonng
and the setting Of trees in the rear OF
the property.
The property Is to have an informal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-27

With the National Capital as the CEN
trail theme of It's convention here this
week at the Mayfiower Hotel. the Amer
lean Institute of Architects, in adopt
ing recommendations of its board of
directors, went on record favoring a
number of projects of far-reaching
effect on both private and Government
developments In the District.
Among these were recommendations
for a restudy of coming in the National
Capital, with special attention to re-
striction of the height of buildings and
the withholding by the Zoning Commits
sion of permission for any superstruc-
lures on buildings above the present
niximum Of 100 feet with setbacks. This
resolution modified an action recon-
mended by the board of directors of the
institute urging that the present maxi
mum Of 100 feet with setbacks be re-
duced to ITO feet without the setback
provision for the upper stories.
Other recommendations urged great
expansion of the park system of the
National Capital, including Endorsement
of the Cramton measure for early ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-27
BALTIMORE BUILDING
CONTRACTS RUN HIGH
City Reports z Per Cent Increase
During March Over Pre-
vious Month.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, April 27.-New con-
struction contracted for in Baltimore
last month reached one Of the highest
March totals on record In Maryland
Work totaled $6,43s, 100, doubling March
1928. and z per cent higher than Feb
ruary, 1929.
Last months contract total included
the following: s2,6A8, 400. or Al per
cent of all construction, for residential
buildings: $2,159,900, or "a per cent,
for commercial buildings, and $685.
400, or per cent, for public works and
utilities.
The March construction record
brought the amount of new building
and engineering work started in Bal
timore since January ! up to S18,106,-
800, compared with $40 $3.50, 800, for the
corresponding period a year ago. The
increase was II per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-27
ZONING PROBLEM ARISES

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. April 27.-Restrictions
on the new type of group houses are
cited as an extremely difficult prob
satisfactory solution has vet been
offered, according to officials of the
Real Estate Board Of Baltimore.
The board is cooperating with a
commission which is drawing I'D q
new zoning ordinance to take the place
Of the present one, which was declared
unconstitutional by the Court OF Ap-
pealS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-27

lures elsewhere in the basement. Here
will be found one of the four large fire.
places which the house will have.
The clubroom, as we'll as the other
rear rooms of the dwelling, will have
view of the terraced garden in the
rear yard, which runs down to Rodman
street, and of the wooded valley below
which conencts with Klingle Valley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-27

At the Church of the TRANSPORTATION
the services tomorrow will be holy COM
munion at 1880 am: morning prayer
and sermon, IL o'clock; church school,
$50 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-27
FIRST STAR MODEL HOME
OPENING SCHEDULED MAY 19
Book Showing Pictures and Plans of Dem
onstration House Will Be Given to
Inspection Visitors

garden at the rear, with a small stream
as a feature, in addition to the shrub
berry planned for the front lawn, it is
announced by M. & r. B. Warren, the
builders.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-06-26
HarriganS States
Melon Deal Good

b. A. Harrigan, horticultural COM
missioner, today announced that he
had sent w. s. Bloomer and j. A..
Sinclair to attend the meeting in
Riverside of horticultural commits
sioners, inspectors and farm advisors
of Southerm California to discuss
the Mediterranean fruit fly situation
AS soon as the peak of..the canta-
loupe situation is reached and the
number of inspectors needed decreas-
ed, survey will be made of all
ranches in the county which have
crops which might act as host to the
dreaded pest, and a report will be
made of conditions found.
When asked concerning the melon
situation, Harrigan stated that IN
his opinion, this season will prove to
be one of the best the valley has
known for many years.
The market price for cantaloupes
runs at $l.75 per crate sold locally,
and since 81 per crate covers eXpens-
es, the margin of profit at that price
is excellent.
Rigid inspection is being main
tanned for both cantaloupes and wa
termelons so that all leaving the val
ley are of excellent quality. Old
fields of watermelons, which produce
melons of poor quality are being
condemned and none are shipped
from such fields so that valley
melons will command a premium due
to their splendid quality.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-06-26
TREASURY HEADS DISAVOW ANY
PLAN FOR SCHOOL PROPAGANDA

economic phases of prohibition and
they are available, should they be
desired.
"The federal government is not
going to supply any teachers or lee
turers for this work, but upon re-
quest from the regular constituted
school authorities the bureau viii
furnish such pamphlets and informa
tion as it has available. -
Reports that Washington schools
were to be selected for a test of the
prohibition courses suggested by the
pamphlet aroused stormeof dissent
ing comment from school officials.
Several members of the school board
protested they would never permit
prohibition or any other propaganda
to be taught in class rooms here.
Meanwhile, the prohibition bureau
was proceeding with. plans for. the
$50, 900 educational campaign author
lied by congress at the last regular
session. SIS