Evening star., 1929-06-29
Owning Building Section for Washington and Suburbs
BETTER HOMES COMPETITION
ENDS TOMORROW MIDNIGHT
More Than 5000 Architects, Craftsmen
and Students Submit Plans to Share In
$4,000 In Prize Awards

Region 5-Albert Kahn of Detroit,
Mich, Fellow, American Institute of
Architects, chairman.
Region George Fox, chairman;
Frank B. Meade and Munroe Walker
Copper, jr., all of Cleveland and each
a member of the American Institute
of Architects.
Region George Awsumb of Mem
phis. Tenn. American Institute of
Architects, chairman.
Other Judges.
Region 8-John A. Holabird, chair
man; c.. Herrick Hammond. John w.
Root Russell S. Walcott and Edwin
H. Clark, all Of Chicago and each a
member of the American Institute of
Architects; George F. Nixon, Chicago
Real Estate Board; Thorwald Nelson.
Chicago; Samuel A. Marx of Chicago
and H W. Beardsley, representing the
Chicago Daily News.
Region 81. Baylor Pendleton. chair
man, A. I. A; Benedict Farrar, A. I. A,
and Marcel Boulicault, architect, all of
St. Louis.
Region 10-J w. Northrop, chairman;
J. S. Staub and P. B. Brisco, all Of
Houston, and each a member Of the
American Institute of Architects; Hugh
Potter, president of the Houston Real
Estate Board; F. o. Thompson of
Houston: Joseph MertZ. also of Houston,
and 10y w. Duddleston. representing
the Houston Post-Dispatch, the sponsor
ing newspaper.
Region 1l-William E. Fisher, chair
man: Frank Frewen, jr., and Merrill H.
Hoyt, all of Denver and each q men,
ber OF the American Institute of Ar
chitects; l.. F. Eppick. Denver Real
Estate Board: Allen True of Denver
and Charles E. LowneSberry. represent
ing the Denver Rocky Mountain News,
the sponsoring newspaper.
Region 12-A-JamieSon Parker, chair
man, president Oregon Chapter Ameri-
can Institute of Architects; Harold W.
Doty and Walter E. Church, both Of
Portland; Forrest P. Barrett, Portland
Real Estate Board; Donald H. Drake,
Miss Hazel Robb, both Of Portland, and
Wallace L. Wharton, representing the
Portland. Oregon Journal, the sponsor
ing newspaper.
Wilmer Heads Group.
Region 12-B-David ]. Wilmer, chair
man, a member of the American Insti-
tute of Architects; Pierpont Davis, pres
ident. South California Chapter, Ameri-
can Institute of Architects and Myron
Hunt, all of Los Angeles; Preston
Wright, Los Angeles Real Estate Board,
and K. P. Lowell, both Of Los Angeles.
It is doubtful II an equally distin-
guished group of architects was ever
before banded together in one compe-
tition. How Fundamentally the leaders
of the architectural profession are in
terested in this competition and the
desire to improve housing for families
on small incomes is evidenced by the
number of fellows of the American
Institute of Architects and BeauX Arts
architects who are serving on the
various juries Notable also is the fact
that Jameson Parker Of Portland,
Greg; Pierpont Davis OF Los Angeles
William z. Fisher of Denver, j. w.
Northrop of Houston, L. Baylor Pendle-
ton of ST. Louis, Horace w. Peaslee of
Washington and Hal F. Hentz Of At
lanta are all presidents of local chap
ters of the American Institute OF Archi-
tectS. 1t is significant that Mr.. Ham,
mond, the national president of the
American Institute of Architects. is
serving as a member of the jury of
award for region eight, Of which Chi
cago is the headquarters city.
The chairmen and two or more men,
bers of each local jury of award are
architects who have been selected for
each jury in cooperation with Henry
H. Culver, president, and Herbert u.
Nelson, executive secretary, National
Association of Real Estate Boards. In
each region the cooperating news
paper has suggested one member. An
interior decorator or home economics
expert. or both, complete each regional
jury. Raymond M Hood. chairman of
the national jury of award. has ap-
proved all those selected. as well as
those who compose the national jury Of
award.
Newspaper Sponsors.
AS pre-eminent as the architects and
the realtor-builders who are co-operat-
ing in this competition are the IS
sponsoring newspapers. The complete
list includes: For region /, Boston
(Mass) Herald Traveller; region 2, New
York Times: region 8. The Star
(Washington) region 4, Atlanta (Ga.)