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The Washington times., 1930-09-20
survey Shows
| BIC DECREASE
IN BUILDING
Slump Amounts to 66 P. C.
For First Eight Months,
Chicago Specialists Find

The decline in real estate and
building activities is reflected in
q So per cent decrease in volume
Of new realty financing in the
United States during the first
eight months Of 1880, according
to statistical survey made pub
lie by Nelson, Hunt g. Co., Chi
cago, specialists in real estate and
first mortgage financing.
First mortgage real estate bond
and stock offerings to Septen1-
ber /, it was stated, aggregated
but $144,6T8,750, as compared
with a total Of $428.610.385 for
the same period year ago.
Falling Off Is Sharp
Analysis OF the figures showed
this drastic decrease was due to
a sharp falling off in the volume
of both stock and bond issues
on all classes Of properties. Bond
offerings totaled only $129,213,-
750-the smallest for this period
since 1922--a decline Of approx
mately SO per cent from last
years total. Stock financing
showed a decrease of 80 per cent
from the 1929 volume for this
period, aggregating but $15,-
ass, 900.
Statistics showing the volume
of new realty financing in the
| first eight months of 1880, as
compared to the same period a
year ago follow:
Bonds......... 312s,2Ia. 75o &35l,9ss. $50
| stocks. ....... 15.465.000 76.641,T35
Total. al.........S144.67s.T5 S42s.6f0.sss
The figures which cover realty
offerings of $4,000 and upward
in nearly 100 cities, show that
almost 50eo of the financing this
year was underwritten by New
York investment houses, who of.
fered % bond and stock issues
aggregatirig $70,268.2
Chicago Is Seventh
Chicago which has always held
second place in volume of realty
financing dropped to seventh
with the unusually small total of
| $4.990,000. Baltimore was second
with a total of $9,940.000; Boston
third with $500, 600; Seattle
fourth with $5,575.0O0. followed
by Los Angeles, st. Louis. Chicago
and Cincinnati. respectively.
Further analysis of the survey
figures showed that apartment
house financing this year was
proceeding at about the same
volume as that on store and office
buildings. commercial and indus.
trial structures, ETC., which in
1919 comprised nearly 509o of
the total amount of new issues.
The largest. volume of financing
was of miscellaneous character,
covering new real estate property
developments, investment trusts,
etc. This type of offerings aggre!
gated $49.992.500, or about 359o
Of the total volume for this year
A home In Washington is your best
investment for q selection OF de-
taehFd, semf-detached and row houses
in all sections of Washington. see the
| lIstiDgs In tOday's Classified Ads.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
$1,000 Feet of Glass
Ordered for BuiLdinO

More than $4,000 feet of plate
glass has been ordered for use
in the l8 corridors of the Mer-
ehandise Mart, Chicago, which is
said to be the most spacious
building in the world. Each cor
ridor in the 18-floor structure : is
ESQ feet long. Glass manufac.
turers estimate that they will
have 10 roll at least seven miles
Of plate to provide the big trad
ing center with material for in.
terror show windows.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20

viding for the affiliation of the
residence contractors with the
Associated General Contractors,
special attention will be given to
see that method of promotion,
quality of Workmanship, appraisal
methods and conditions In the
second-mortgage field are placed
on a sound basis. Harding said.
The present depression, he stated,
has given emphasis to the fact
that the credit system in home
building is not as soundly or.
ganized as other branches OF
credit, and this subject will be
one of the important questions to
be dealt with by the board.
Your hOme-tO-be can be located
through the Real Estate for Sale col
umnS of t0day's Classified Ads.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
Keep Garage Warm
And Start Car Easily

Much Of the patience.trying
difficulty of starting your car on
cold winter mornings can be
easily and inexpensively elimi-
mated by lining the interior of
your garage with a good insula.
ton board.
Nailed to the interior side of
studs and rafters, insulation will
retard leakage of heat through
walls and roof.
Thus. when you drive your car
into the garage at night, the
heat from your motor will ac-
tualIy be largely retained in the
garage, keeping the car warm and
making it easier to start in the
morning.
Your home Is what yOu make 1t and,
hnn "a
The Washington times., 1930-09-20

lose It, in turn, after 455 years
when the Ulrn Cathedral (528 feet
higfD on the Danbue was COM
pleted in 1890. Ulm Cathedral is
today the tallest stone building in
the Eastern hemisphere,
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
PERMITS IN j. S.
SHOW SLOWER
DECLINES
S.W.Straus & Co. Report Says
August Drop Is Is Per Cent
In 585 Leading Cities Here


Building permits for August in
the 58S leading cities and towns
IN the United States amounted to
$l6O,7oO,Sss and, according to s.
w. Straus and Company, to which
organization the reports were
made, the decline in building
operations has not yet run its full
course. The loss from the $780,
937,604 total for the preceding
month was Is per cent, as COM
pared to the 81 per cent drop
from the corresponding mcnth Of
the preceding year.
1t is to be born in mind, how
ever, that these reports cover
only such types Of construction
as those for which municipal
bnilding permits are required. The
bulk Of this work, therefore, is
represented by private buildings
IN urban Centers.
washington, with an August
permit total Of $2,396,620, stands
eleventh in the group Of 25 cities
reporting the largest volume of
permits issued for the past month.
Labor Situation
Unemployment in the building
trades for the month of August,
as reported by the American
Federation of Labor, was 80 per
cent. Although there have been
no reductions in published wage
rates, a trade journal reported
that in one city contractors are
able to employ building workers
at rates considerably below the
union scale. Reports Of increased
efficiency are widespread. This
condition is due to increasing llIl-
employment in the building trades.
Though few price changes were
reported for building materials
In the month of August the situa-
ton is not good from the stand
point Of most manufacturers.
For example 33 per cent OF the
plants reporting to the Common
Brick Manufacturers Association
are not operating. The lumber
situation continues unfavorable
due to difficulty in adjusting pro-
duction to demand; this situation
is reflected in numerous price de-
clines for this commodity.
Trend Is Down
Building as reflected by the
Straus Index of Building Permits
has been on the downward trend
since 1925. Some Of the factors
working against improvement in
this important branch of industry
have now altered in favor OF
building. Interest rates have been
declining since late 1929. Funds
formerly diverted to the stock
exchanges are now looking for
employment elsewhere. Building
costs have been reduced, and the
steady decline In building activity
has already done much to elm
mate an over supply Of certain
types of construction.
All-commodity prices and build
ing material prices are continuing
the decline begun in the latter
part of 1929. How long this de-
cline will continue is impossible
to ascertain; there are evidences,
however, that certain commodity
prices have reached resistance
levels. The declines in material
prices, and consequently in build
ing costs, should act as a Stimu-
liant to building activity.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-10-30
DORBANDT-COPE SAFE
 IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
 BUT WA|T|NG FUR GAs

ATLN B. O., Oct, 30, (P)- Pilot Frank Dorbandt and Mech anician Alonzo Cope, of the ln- ternational Airways of Alaska, who are stranded at Paddys Lake, 50 miles south of here PCT cause of shortage of gasoline, sent word that Captain Burke and his two companions had landed safely at Laird Post on October 10 and that Burke took off October II and was seen 50 miles from the take-off head ed south and going strong.
 The weather was unfavorable that day, he said. Dorbandt and Cope reached Liard Post Tues day. Gasoline is being rushed to the American fliers and it is believed they will return here as soon as weather permits.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-10-30
WASHINGTON MINE
 HAs TUNGSTEN 0RE

SPOKANE, Oct, 30, -Persis- tence of thetungsten ore has been disclosed on the property of the Tungsten Mining and Mill ing company, in Stevens County, Washington.
 The ore is said to have an average width of IS inches and hand jigging produced wolfra- mite concentrate of 74 per cent content and sheelite of 78 per cent.
 The operations have encour- aged the company to install tables, engine, crusher and rolls for a 3O-ton plant at a cost of $1O,0OO.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-10-30
BANKER BANKER A|BDyCTORS
 DELIEVED TO DE IN
 DRAGNE:T IF TIE LAN

KEWANEE, Illinois, ,oct. 30. lP Officers are believed to be closing in on the Kidnapping gang which abducted Earl Yocum, Galva, I'll, banker who, was released yesterday after he said he paid the demands of his abductors. The trio eluded capture last night when they fled from where they were reported to have received the final pay off, about half mile west of here when they were surprised by three highway policeman.
 One shot was fired at the kid- nappers who returned one shot and then fled afoot- But the trail of the three was lost.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-10-30
IMPORTANT ROAD
 SURVEY WORK IN
 DISTRICT CLOSES
MISSING LINK" AND. QUARTZ CREEK ROUTES NOW
 AWAIT BUILDERS

The survey of the so-called "mis- sing link" to connect the Seward highway at Mile IA on Kenai Lake, running along Kenai Lake and Trail Lake to the present beginn- ing of the Moose Pass highway, has been completed. Likewise the survey of the proposed Quartz Creek highway which will connect Moose Pass with Russian River is finished. When either or both of these highways is or are finally completed is now up to the gods who control the destinies of Alaska roads. "
 F. E. Swartz, survey engineer for the Bureau Of Public Roads has just come in to Seward from the
 Quartz Creek job; having com pleted the Ken2i Lake work some time ago. He goes on the SS. Yu- kol4 to Cordova where ne will make q ten-mile reconnaissance survey to pick out a possible route for a highway from Cordoya to Nelson townsite at the head of the bay northeast of Cordova This road is evidently planned for the aid of the canneries in that vicinity Fol- lowing this work he will go to Yak- utat to lay out a street about a mile and a half in extent between native village and cannery town. - #
 In speaking off the work here the stretch of new highway necessary to connect the Seward highway with the Moose Pass road will be 12 and three-tenths miles, he said. It follows the shores of the lakes and will make one of the most beautiful drives in Alaska, in his opinion
 The Quartz Creek road will take off nine miles from Moose Pass sta- tion on the Moose Pass highway at Bear Creek and will go down Bear to Quartz Creek. 1t then proceeds down Quartz Creek to Kenai Lake and along the east side of the lake to Cooper's Landing where there is a road of about six miles down Kenai River to the mouth of Rus sian River. There are great hopes that the work on this road will be started next season as 1t will open up one of the finest game countries in Alaska, adding altogether about 20 miles to the Moose Pass system. It is this road that may eventually be extended across Kenai Penin- sula to Kenai town, Cook Inlet, and open up what is considered one of the finest grazing areas of the entire Alaska coast.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-10-30
VARIOUS I5 PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL A5 CHOICE
 0F MILITARY IyNTA

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct, 30, {P,
 Getulio Vargas, leading figure in the Brazilian revolution which began October was definitely chosen for the provisional pres idency of Brazil.
 He will succeed Washington Luis, busted by movement of military and naval leaders one week ago.
 The choice was made at meeting of southern revolution ary representatives with the of ficial military iunta. Rio was quiet after the police riot last Tuesday in which over 100 cas- ualties were reported.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-10-30
ANOTHER B|G h|RsHIP CALLED FQR IN ]. 5.
 NAVY APPROPRIATION

WASHINGTON, Oct, 30, tF)- Secretary of the Navy Adams said an appropriation for cont struction of the zRS-5, the sect ond the navy's two superdirigi- bies, had been included in the navy budget to be presented to Congress in December.
 Hastings Inglass, assistant sec- retary of the navy for aeronau- tics, said the navy had asked for an appropriation of one and one-half million dollars for the construction of the ship.
 The total appropriation sought for navy aircraft, Secretary In gals said, was about S32,OOO, ,OOO.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-10-30
ALL ITALY SHAKEN
 BY TEMDLOR WITH
 T0LL MANY LIVES
BUILDINGS TUMBLE AND TELE- GRAPH LINES GO OUT OF
 COMMISSION

ANCONA, Italy, Oct, 30, R- Twenty-seven are known to be dead from a heavy earthquake which shook 13 towns and prov inces, the latter Ancona, Pesaro, and Macebata.
 Great property damage is re- ported. Five are dead here, 20 at Senigallia and two in the sur rounding district.
 Among the towns q a maged were Arezzo, Revenna, Frabriano, Fano, Magerato, Mondalfa, Mor- ozzo, Grottamare, Faenza and Barazzo.
 Communication has been res tored to the quake ridden towns today and military units are be- ing rushed into the region and will reach there today The area extends many miles along the Adriatic coast across the upper portion of the Bootleg, throug Um- brian and Picenum hills, the middle of the northern range of the Apennines, and far to the north of the disaster of last July.
 Practically the entire peninsu- la was shaken. The government immediately sent re>5f. Because ot the crippled and inadequate communication service, all re- ports are brief.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-10-30
FURNISH EMPL0vnENT BY SPEEDING WORK 0N
 BIG DAM-HOSPITALG

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct, 30, (P) State and national efforts to relieve the unemployment situa- ton brought the following de- yelopments
 Boulder Dam work will De speeded, the Veterans Bureau announced, and plans to cons truct hospitals with an expendi- J1re of S2,OOO.O0O. Additional wor- kers will be employed over the holidays and preference will be given to the needy.
 Governor Young was asked by 2 San Francisco citizens con- mfttee and the state department o1 Industrial relations to take immediate action in the unem- ployment situation.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-10-30
SEWARD ATHLETIC
 CLUB SCORES MN
 FUR LOCAL SPORTS
CITIZENS RALLY TO LA 5 T CALL AND CLOSE GYM
 CONTRACT

All difficulties thre tening prospects of local athletics this winter were overcome " Il more than 40 citizens, respond ing to the Hast call" of Seward Athletic Club officials for a final meeting to carry on or discon- tinue plans for this season, met last night in the Arcade Club Rooms, Arcade Building, and laid plans for carrying out an annual program of sport activi- ties in the local gymnasium.
 The most serious problem, that of meeting the increased rent, was settled when five minute recess was declared and Pres. Sylvia Sexton at the sug- gestion of Gus Manthey, sent for Fred c. Miller, owner of the Dreamland building, which has heretofore been occupied for gymnasium activities. This action resulted in compromise of the rental figure, MT. Miller consent ing to the acceptance Of $50 a month, the same rental as in former years, but stipulating the club must rent the building for SIX months.
 Election of officers was then bhe order of business. Wm. R.
 fPlease trrn to Page Four)
Seward daily gateway., 1930-10-30
LABOR MINISTERS ARE
 HEARD 0N BR|TA|N's
 PROBLEMS THRU KING

LONDON, Oct, 30, lP-King George read from the throne III the House of Lords his first address ever prepared by Labor ministers to deal with the prob 1ems of the British Empire.
 Tn the shadows behind the oar which seperated him from the colorful actors in the royal pageant, stood the Laborite Prime Minister Ramsay MacDon- aid who, with his colleagues, put the words of the royal pronouce- naent into the monarch's mouth.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-10-30
WILL HOLD ALASKA FUR . BEARING ANIMALS, FEW
 DAYS, IN QUARANTINE

SEATTLE, Oct., 30, (Py- All foxes from Alaska and the Paci- fife Northwest bound for Sweden will be held in quarantine at Gothenburg not longer than IA days to determine whether they are diseased.
 Seattle shipping men have been notified to this effect. To- day, 5O foxes and 300 mink will leaVe' Ior Gothenburg going to New York by rail then transfer ed to a Swedish vessel.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-10-30
HUGE BRITISH PLANE
 HAS 107-F00T SPREAD


 ROCHESTER, England, Oct. 29. -Hurling her ten tons through the air apparently without effort, the float seaplane Valetta is being given her final test flights here.
 Designers of the ship claim it is the largest of it's type in the world.
 Capable of carrying IT passen- gers at top speed of 40 miles an hour, the high wing monoplane still has several tests to make to determine her maneuverability and climbing powers, but SO far the ship has met the expectations of her designers, Short Brothers.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-10-30
CR|CsBY W|ND|NG UP ". CAMPAIGN IN BURSTS
 RED HOT 0RAT9RY
WRANGELL, Oct, 30, (P-

. WRANGELL, Oct, 30, (P-
 Grigsby, Shattuck, Sampson and Boyle spoke here last night to practically the same audience as the Republicans l eek receiving better respor
 Grigsby successfully reIuted charges against him by Wicker sham with reference to the Jones bill and he gained many adherents by his outspoken de fense and in terms of biting sar casm
 1t is the concensus of opinion among Democrats that they will swing some Republican votes and many split tickets are predicted
Seward daily gateway., 1930-10-30
GREAT RESOURCES

PARIS, oct, 29, tP-The gold reserve of the Bank of France mounted to nearly two billion dollars with indications that the yellow metal will continue to flow in for several weeks. Re- ports are current that France will use her great financial re- sources to stabalize Europe eco- nonically.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-10-30
ANOTHER ARGENTINE PUG

NEW YORK, Oct. 29. (P-Jose Lectourer, manager of Justo Saur- ez, Argentine lightweight who has become somewhat of a sensation here, says he is importing a boy who Is just as good-one Jorge Agar. 21-year-dld welter. Agar he says, has won 21 fights in South America, all by knockouts.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-10-30
ENGINES WORKING WELL

LONDON, oct. 30. (P-A page from the log Of the R-1O1 was in troduced at the governments pulp lie inquiry and it showed that the engines of the ill-fated dirigible were working smoothly nine min- utes before the ship crashed to the earth at Beauvais, France on Octo- Der 5.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-10-30
PRESIDENT U. OF CALIFORNIA

Berkeley, Oct, 30, (P-Before an assemblage of more than 10000 persons who thronged the Hearst Greek Theater. Robert c o rdon Sproul was inaugurated as the 11th president of the University of Cali fornia.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-10-30
LEAVE FOR BERLIN

CROYDEN, England, Oct 20. (P) Boyd and Connor, transatlantic aviators, left here in their plane Columbia for Berlin on a tour of Europe.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-09
Doctors Plan
 To Verify All Deaths

Paris, July UP)-Thirty-f doctors in the French chamber of deputies are preparing law for the veriication of death by medical scientific means before allowing burial. According to these doctors, there have been many cases in the past of the burial of living persons who only appeared to be dead.
 Many French doctors adhere to the theory that it is impossible to tell the difference between a dead body and that of a person in a cataleptic state for at least two days. They suggest that before the burial of any body, a poison be in jected to make sure.
 In introducing the project before the chamber, the deputies contend that one person in every 500 buried. is alive when lowered into the grave. They cited particularly the case of Abbe Provost, composer and author of "Manon Lescault," who was about to be buried when one of the burial party saw a slight muscu- lar movement.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-09
COMEDIAN DEFENDS
 PLAGIARISM ACTION
Harold Lloyd's Defense Nears End in Federal
 Court

Los Angeles, July (UP) - liar old Lloyd came into federal court today to offer arguments through his attorneys which he hoped will save him s1,o00,O0O.
 The plagiarism suit for that amount brought against the come dian, by Mrs. H. C. Witwer, widow of the humorist, was in its final stages with the presentation of ar guments by opposing counsel. Lloyd was accused of "pirating" a story of Witwer's for the scenario of his comedy. The Freshman" The actor testified the plot was at least a gen. eration old and cited Frank Merri- well and other juvenile works as evil dence.
 Lloyd climaxed his defense by calling for the second time upon one of his pictures as silent witness in his behalf. Shades were drawn in the courtroom and the film, Grand mas Boy" shown on an improvised screen. The picture was presented in support of Lloyd's contention that it's theme had even been used before by Lloyd himself.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-09
EATON OFFERS $40
 FOR STEEL STOCKS
Capitalist Answers Campbell
 Charge in Trial Today
OFFICIAL REFUSES BID
Public Proposition In Open Court Reluctantly Allowed to Stand for Time, Judge Says-Merger Hear ing Continues.

Youngstown, O., July 9 P-For reply to a charge that he was hold ing up construction of new S12,- 100000 sheet steel mill by blocking merger of the Youngstown Sheet 6 Tube Company with the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Cyrus Eaton, Cleveland capitalist offered in court today to buy 100000 shares of Youngstown Company common stock at s120 a share.
 The offer was refused by James A. Campbell, veteran chairman Of the Youngstown Company, who was OH the witness stand for cross exam : ination in the suit brought by the Eaton group of stockholders to en- join the merger.
 Wouldn't Sell at Price
 "I wouldn't want to sell at 120," said Campbell.
 Didn't you place a value on the stock of 110?" asked Crawford.
 Yes" retorted Campbell, but we should get 133."
 Judge Davis c. Jenkins, against better judgment" allowed the offer to stand temporarily in the record, although former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, chief attorney for the defense, objected to it as not pertaining to the suit. Crawford de ciared it would fit into the record later.
 The charge that Eaton was hold ing back development by merger op- position was made by Campbell from the stand yesterday.
 An amendment to the suit was filed today by the plaintiffs, Myron C. Wick, Jr., and the International Shares Corporation, the latter con- trolled by Eaton, alleging that sale and dissolution of the Youngstown Company were not authorized by the holders of shares entitling them to
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New Britain herald., 1930-07-09
INTEREST ON BANKS
 FUNDS TO BE SOUGHT
Bankruptcy 63 Years Ago Revived in Strange
 Court Case

Boston, July (UP)-An effort to collect more than s200,0O0 interest allegedly due stockholders of the First National bank of Newton, which went bankrupt in 1867, was being considered by federal authori ties today.
 The Charlestown Five Gents Saw ings bank, a stockholder in the de funct Newton institution, brought the action to collect the money from the government |. s. Commission CT Edwin C. Jenny was appointed receiver.
 According to the story presented federal officials, an attempt to con- ceal disbursing clerks S1.250,00O theft from the federal sub-treasury here 63 years ago resulted in SS71,- OPS being taken from the vaults of the Newton bank. One of the con- spirators in the theft confessed and treasury officials retained the money. Shortly thereafter the bank failed.
 After 12 years of litigation con- gress enacted a law that enabled the government to return the funds without interest.