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The Washington times., 1930-12-13
j. 5. BUILDING.
DECREASES
SHOWN
Reports From 81 States for
October Show Big Decline
From Figures of Last Year

Only $253,573, 700 in new con.
struction was started in the 81
States east Of the Rocky Noun
tains during November, and &C.
cording to the F. w. Dodge Cor
poration, these same States re-
ported contracts representing
$337, ,301 400 for the month Of
october. Both figures represent
a considerable drop from the
November, 1929, total which
amounted to $391,012,5OO.
OF the November total, $101,-
100000 was for new nonresident
tial buildings; $80,781. 300 for
residential structures, and ST..
sos, 300 for public works and uttli-
ties. Total new construction con-
tracted for during the II elapsed
months Of 1880 was valued at
$4,275 ,598, 800 as compared with
SIS, ,437 1922, 400 for the correspond
ing period Of 1929.
IL Districts Lose
Reports from the 13 Dodge ter
ritories showed declines in II dis
tricts from both the preceding
month and November. 1929, the
New Orleans territory alone
showed gains over both periods.
while the Pittsburgh area showed
a gain over November, 1929, but
a loss over october this year
Awards for construction in New
England during November totaled
$22, 2,569 200, as against SIS, $780, ,OOO
in October and $24,147 900 In
November, 1929.
November contracts in the
metropolitan area OF New YORK
totaled $50, 6,702, 200 as compared
with $80,053, 300 in october and
$50, $4,000 in November last
year. Permits in upstate New
York totaled $12,556, 400 as
against $13,479, 800 in October
and $16,688,5O in November
1929.
Big Decline Seen
In the Middle Atlantic States
November contracts were valued
at $24,840, 300 as compared to
$32, ,438,oOO in October aud
| Sal, 1853 900 in November last
year. The Pittsburgh territory
recorded a gain over last Novem-
Der, $39,516,600 this year against
s26, ISL 500 last. and also over the
october total of $48,508,50o
Southern Michigan reporte d
November contracts at $3.50, 200.
as against 11,287, 100 in October
and $16,764,000 in November .
year ago.
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
Cleveland Turns
To Houses of Brick

Cleveland, Ohio, has always
been known as a frame house
city, the old residence districts.
save on Euclid Avenue, where the
early millionaires used to live.
being almost entirely Of frame
construction. This condition is
rapidly changing. ALI Of the
newer, more fashionable residence
developments are turning to brick
homes.
This is true of the Van Swear
ingen development on Shaker
Heights just as it is with the more
recent Rockefeller development
on Forest Hills.
Plan your shopping tour nova list
Of suitable Christmas gifts car be found
in tOday's Classified Ads.
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
REALTOR ANIMAL
. JUST ISSUED

New methods which adjust real
estate practice to the changes
which business generally has un-
dergone in the past year, changes
which call for resourceful adjust
ments to keep abreast Of fluctu-
ating conditions, and new and
improved standard forms which
supply the realtor and his client
clear cut and definite pictures
of their agreements and preclude
foggy misunderstanding have
been issued by the National As
sociation Of Real Estate Boards
in it's 1880 edition Of "The Annals
Of Real Estate Practice.
The 1880 edition of the annals
is a volume Of approximately 1000
pages.
The compilation includes stand
ard forms for the outline of data
for use in creating, selling or ap-
praiSing a long-term lease, a stand
ard apartment lease form, a
standard office lease form, a
standard management agreement,
a loft lease form, and standard
extension of lease form, all of
which have been approved by the
brokers and property manage
ment divisions Of the National
Association. The forms were origi.
nally issued by these two divi-
sions.s O..
Special articles on real estate
subjects and definitely informa-
tive and practical addresses given
at the associations Toronto con-
vention and the Phoenix mid.
winter meeting are included in
the book,
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
RADIOS

The gift appropriate for the
home. Newest models in all
makes, $S4.50 and up. (Com-
plete with tubes.) Liberal
trade-in. One year to pay.
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
COSTS ON LARGE
BUILDINGS
DOWN
Near Minimum of Past Decade
Due to Material Prices and
Labor Efficiency, Is Claim

Construction costs on large
buildings are only 31a per cent
above the lowest point Of the last
decade and on monumental type
buildings are / per cent below, &C
cording to an analysis made pub
lie today by Lou r. Crandall, presi
dent of the George A. Fuller Com
pany.
AS compared with the peak fig
ures for the decade, costs on all
types Of large buildings show q
decline of 10 per cent and a de
cline Of IA per cent on monu
mental types. The statement In
part follows:
Labor Efficiency Gains
"The basis for these cost fig
ures compiled since 1920 repre-
sents close to a quarter Of a
billion dollars in construction
work either completed or now
under way throughout the
United States and Canada by
the George A. Fuller Company.
"a study Of the data used in
establishing the analysis dis
closes interesting facts. Since
October, 1922, labor rates, due
in part to the five-day week,
have increased 81 per cent.
There must, therefore, be other
and radical reasons for the
downward trend of the cOnstruc-
tiOT curve. Our analysis shows
they come from two sources.
First, and most important Of
these, is the decline in buying
power Of the present market.
Companies which manufacture
materials must keep plants as
busy as possible. Therefore,
many are taking contracts for
cost, even eliminating, in many
cases, the Overheads from their
estimating sheets.
"The second principal rea-
son for the downward curve is
the increased efficiency Of man
power. In times Of depression,
the production Of the labor unit
is always high, due to the de-
sire Of every man to hold his
Job, and to the ability Of the
executive to Gull out the poor
mechanic and choose only the
best.
Turn of Tide Seen
"Thus, it is clear, present
building costs are low because
of sub-normal conditions brought
about by the business depres-
sion of the last IA months. Al
ready, there are many indica-
tiOns that the decline in costs
is nearing bottom; that orders
shortly will begin to fill fabri-
eating plants; that labor will
find jobs easier to obtain, and
that the pendulum will swing
back to normal and the curve
Of costs rebound more quickly
than it has declined. The re-
Gently announced increase of a
dollar a ton in the price of
steel may be indicative of this.
"Such a turn will, of course,
rapidly eliminate the present Op-
pOrtunity of the prospective
owner to build under conditions
most advantageous to himself" !"
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
PORTRAITS

More precious with each
passing year. Portraits to those
whom you hold most dear is
the most appreciative way CT
expressing your +rne feeling.
Speciai-three, Sx10, $S. Make
Him happy this Christmas
with one Of you.
The Washington times., 1930-12-13

Troubled Christmas shoppers will
find cOnSOlatiOn in the christmas
Gift Suggestions" feature published in
bOday's Classified Ads.
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
BUILDING
PERMITS

A permit TO erect a $27O,OOO
church edifice for the Metropoli.
tan Memorial M. E. Church at
the intersection Of New Mexico,
Nebraska and Newark Avenues
was the largest of the 407,475
building permits issued during the
past week by the District Build
ing Inspectors office.
The structure, which will be Of
modern Gothic architecture, will
be located in the American Uni
versity Park on a site facing
the American University campus.
Stoffeltt & Tillotson, of Philadel-
phia, are the engineers and con-
tractors for the new project. The
permit specifies only the church
proper, although the church has
approved plans for additional
buildings to be erected on the site
which, when completed, viii be
used as community houses.
Additional permits issued dur
ing the week are as follows:
Stockwood Investment Co., Inc,
SIS, 900 to erect one 1-story brick
store at 2616 Connecticut Ave;
lot 105; So. 1908.
Frank D. Phillips, $4,000 to
erect two 2-Story brick and frame
dwellings at 5331-18 Nevada Ave.
N. w.
Morris Yochelson, $4,000 To
erect one 2-story brick dwelling
at 2701 Good Hope Rd. S. E.; lot
214.70; SO. 5733.
Rev. P. E. Conroy, $4,000 to
erect brick chapel at Twelfth
and Lawrence SITS. N. E.; lot /;
so. 1880.
Gulf Refining Company, $4,000
to erect runway and wharf at
1924 South Capitol st.; lot 4; So
south Of 708.
A. A. Strauss, $1,000 to erect
two 1-story dwellings at 4014-16
Grant st. N. E.: lot us; 50. SOFT
M. E. & A. r. Robinson, $1,000
to erect one 2-story brick and
frame dwelling at l415 Nicholson
st. N. w.
Ella Stevens, $4,000 to erect one
1-story brick building for post
office sub-station at II Florida
Ave. N. 2.
Chesapeake & Potomac Tele
phone Company, $1,000 to make
repairs to 722 Twelfth st. N. w
w. A. Stuart, $1,000 to erect
one 2-story brick and frame dwell
ing at 4064 Forty-ninth st. N. W.;
lots 47-48; SO. 1888.
Harry Mailman, $1,000 to erect
brick gasoline station at 93t
Third st. N. W.; lots 11-12; SO
SGT.
Penn Realty Corporation, $3,50I
to erect three 1-story buildings TO
gasoline service station at 173'
r. I. Ave. ". E.; lots 12-3-17-18
50. 4134.
Penn Realty Corporation, $3,5OI
to erect two 1-story brick build
ings for gasoline service stations
at 6911 Fourth st. N. w.
District Automotive Supply Co.
Inc, $4,000 to erect brick add
ton to 210O Pennsylvania Ave
N. W.
Annie Stearman, $1,000 to erect
one l.story brick and concrett
store at 25O1 Champlain st
NV; lot 20: 50. 1854.
Helen v. Hare, $4,000 to erec'
one 1-story wood dwelling at 30l:
K st. S. E.; lots So; SO. $500.
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
SHOES

Give the kiddias rair of
these Buster Brown Shoes for
Christmas. Made TO stand the
wear and tear and so reason
ably priced, too--priced from
$3.50 to $3.e5.
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
TOYS

Did you ever see a boy that
didn't want an electric train
for Christmas? His Christ
mas will be complete with one
Of them.
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
RADIO To HEAR
HOME SONGS

All Of the songs ever written
about the home have been col.
lected by the building and loan
conference of the Southwestern
States and will be presented over
a chain of radio stations in these
States prior to the January 8,
centennial Of the building and
loan business in this country, &C
cording to the United States
Building and Loan League.
Headliner singers have been en-
gagged to present a program en-
titled "Fireside Melodies" on 13
different evenings over the fol.
lowing stations. KTHS, KLRA,
WIBW, .KFH, WDAF, KNOX,
KGBX, WDAF, WKY. KVOO,
WDSU, KWKH, WFAA, WOAI,
WPRC, WBAP, DWAH, KGKO.
CAwaakv.saa ahnnnnra U,f1I
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
Realtors to Discuss
II1UeStinO Factors

Present economic factors bear.
ing on the position Of real estate
as an investment over the coun-
try as whole will be put under
examination as the central topic
of the annual mid-winter meeting
of the National Association of
Real Estate Boards, to be held
at st. Petersburg, Fla, January
Is, 16 and II. ....
The Washington times., 1930-12-13

Des Moines, Iowa, took assessed
values in 1929, but will not take
them again until 1881, but re-
ports $1,624,148 in new buildings
added in 1880.
The Washington times., 1930-12-13

since 1915, and the city Of Athens
reports that the increase in the
bad months" between 1929 and
1880 was the first increase shown
in this city in five years.
The association purposely Sc
lected both large and small cities
in asking for these figures. New
York city shows the greatest in
crease, with more than a billion,
while Philadelphia is second. Here
are the figures:
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
RUGS

A special price for a special
gift. Take advantage Ct
these extremely low prices to
furnish your home with
hieh-grade GOLD SEAL
CONGOLEUM RUG. All sizes
and a variety of selections
patterned after world famous
rugs. sxl2 at the very spe-
cIaI price Of $40: also $1.es
Sealex inIaid, s1.16.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
SMOKER TO OPEN
FRATERNITY EVENT
Theta Epsilon Omega to Be
Eta EIpha Guests at d.
Day Convention.

Theta Epsilon Omega Fraternity will
open its annual convocation at the Cairo
Hotel with q smoker today as the guests
Of Eta Alpha Chapter Of George Wash
ington University. It will last until
wednesday.
DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of
George Washington University, and
Dean Henry Grattan Doyle of George
Washington University will be the
principal speakers at the smoker to-
night. DR.. Russell J. Janson will act
as toastmasteT. Business sessions will
begin tomorrow morning, with other
sessions scheduled for tomorrow after
noon and Tuesday morning.
DR.. Elmer Louis Kayser, secretary
Of George Washington University and
q member of the fraternity, will serve as
toastmaster at the annual convocation
banquet, which will be held at the Ma
tional Press Club tomorrow night.
Speakers will include Arch Master Sam
uel w. McGinness Of Pittsburgh, Pa,
and masters Of some Of the visiting
chapters. A quartet from New York
Alumni Chapter will sing at the ban
quet.
Following the business sessions Tues
day q sightseeing trip will be taken
through this city, Mount Vernon and
Alexandria. This trip will include din
ner at the George Mason Hotel in
Alexandria Tuesday evening. The clos
ing event will be a formal dance at
the Carlton Hotel Tuesday night.
Today registration will take place at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
Psychologist Finds
Rat-Hunting Habit
Not Unborn in Cats
They Learn by Imitation
and Meat Eating Is
Acquired Taste.

That kittens learn to hunt mice or
rats only through imitation OF older
cats with which they are raised Is the
recent discovery Of DR.. ling Yang Kuo,
Chinese psychologist, who has made a
special study of feline psychology with
reference to the animals mouse or rat
reactions. He finds that cats which
pounce on mice at sight are displaying
no inbred instinct, but are merely In
dulging In an acquired taste like that Of
a human with q fondness for golf or
for olives.
DR.. Kuo discovered that young kit
tens raised with mice or rats are per-
fectly friendly and play with their sup
poSedly hereditary enemies in complete
good feeling without any thought of
harming them.
He found that a few Of the kittens
employed in the experiments, however,
did display tendencies to attack rats Of
q different species than the ones they
were acquainted with.
He found that In the majority Of
cases, to arouse mouse hatred in the
kittens he had to let them see some
other older cat. especially II Is their
mother, chasing and hunting mice or
rats. When this happens the kittens
previously friendly to rats and mice
turned completely around ana many Of
them became vicious mousers, irnitat-
ing their grown ups"
Another test showed that even the
cats apetitpes for meat could be q mat
ter of training. Cats raised on a
strictly vegetable diet were found to
have no liking either for live or dead
mice or for any other kinds of meat
DR.. Kuo believes that kittens from
any litter can be raised into great
mouserS by aSSociating them with grown
cats that are known to be great mousers.
They will soon learn all the tricks Of
the mouse catching from their elders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
Renowned CANTOR
TO 0FF|C|ATE HERE
Joseph Rosenhatt Coming
for "Siyom Hasefer" CeIe-
bration Next Sunday.

Cantor Joseph Rosenblatt, interna-
tionally famous American-JewiSh can
tor, will officiate at "Siyom Hasefer"
celebration to be held at the Congrega-
ton Talmud Torah Bnai Israel Syna-
Toeue. Fourteenth and Emerson streets,
next Sunday evening ut o'clock.
Mr.. Rosenblatt, who Is dean OF jew
ish cantors, will be heard in a num-
Der Of religious hymns appropriate to
the occasion. This will be his first
visit to the National Capital since his
appearance at q local theater last year.
The occasion Of Cantor Rosenblatt's
visit to washington viii be the presen-
tation of a 'Sefer Torah" to the Bnai
Israel synagogue by Mr.; and MRS;
value and significance, a beautiful and
ornamental wedding canopy (chupahO /,
will be presented at the same time
by Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Within. Mr..
within Is at present the president Of
the Bnai Israel Synagogue.
Rabbi Aaron Volkman Of the Bnai
Israel will greet the distinguished
guests on behalf of the congregation
and the donors of the sacred gifts.
Harry Sherry will be active master of
ceremonies, and Harry Himmelfarb will
serve as marshal in the procession of
the Torahs.
Besides the attendance of the dis
tinguished cantor, added prestige will
be lent the affair by the presence of
Rabbi Samuel Rosenblatt of Baltimore,
son of Cantor RoSenblatt. Washington
rabbis who will participate in the cele-
bration are M. L. Hurwitz, George Sill
verstone. Jacob Dubrof, j. T. Loeb and
Solomon Metz.
Due to limited accommodations, ad-
mittance to the synagogue will be by
invitation only.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
MILITARY FUNERAL
FOR AMERICAN ACE
Body of Flyer Killed in Crash in
China on Way to Fort
Wayne, Ind.

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Wash, December 27.-The
body of Lieut.. Paul Baer, killed in q
plane crash III China December 8, left
by train today for Fort Wayne, Ind,
where a military funeral is planned by
the American Legion for the World
War ace.
Legionnaires, regular soldiers from
Fort Lawton and Air Corps Reserve Of
ficers escorted the body on horse
drawn caisson from the steamship
President Mckinley to the train.
Lieut.. Baer, who was credited with
shooting down Is enemy aircraft as q
member of the Lafayette Escadrille and
later the American Air Service in the
World War, was passenger and mail
plane pilot in China.
His ship crashed near the Whangpo
River. between Marking and Shanghai,
killing him, his Chinese co-pilot, Rus
sian woman passenger and injuring five
Chinese army officers, including Gen.
Hsung Shih Hui, commander Of the
Shanghai garrison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
JUG OF CHRISTMAS CHEER
FAILS TO MOVE JAILERS
Shoestring Fishline Brings Whisky
to Four-one Faces Charges for
Subsequent Celebration.

SPRINGFIELD, Utah (N.A.N.A).-
The Christmas spirit came to the jail
here but failed to touch the jailers.
A jug of conf1scated whisky was
placed in a cell for safe keeping. and
the boys next door thought they knew
q better place for it. Fashioning a
fishing line out of their shoestrings,
the four prisoners drew the jug over
against the iron bars, then tipped it
so the contents would run down their
chilled and parched Threats.
It was good whisky and when night
Waterman Lyman arrived q few hours
later he found one of the men in the
act Of climbing through the transom
and the jail flooded with water from .
broken pipe which had been playfully
torn down.
But, alas for Santa, one Of the
prisoners now has o temperament
home while held on q charge of
destroying public property and attempt
ing to break jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
MARYLAND Jobs
TESTS TO Be HELD
Eight Positions in State to
Be Filled by Exam
nations.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Md, December a.
Eight positions to be filled by exani-
nations between now and January 5
are announced by the Department Of
State, Employment and Registration
Examinations will be conducted in
Baltimore December 20 for steam fire.
man at the University of Maryland and
a matron at a penal institution. The
former pays $1,000 to $500 year,
and the latter $1,000 to $500 year
and maintenance.
Examinations win be held at Leon
ardtown January S for the following
positions:
Inspector, Conservation Department,
5000 a year. Incumbent must reside
in st. Georges Island district
Inspector, Conservation Department,
$500 a year. Incumbent must reside
in Wicomico River district.
: Mate, patrol boat, 5000 a year. In
cumbent must reside In Pearson district.
Other vacancies to be filled by the
department by January include those
of assistant forester, at $4,000 to $1,000
a year, and head cataloguer at the
University of Maryland, paying $4,000
to $500 q year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
VAULT SAID TO HOLD
RELIC OF CRUCIFIxION
Section of Crown Of ThornS Placed
on Head of Christ Reported
in New York.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, December GA Six
tenth century reliquary. purported
to contain q section of the crown Of
thorns which the Roman soldiers placed
on the brow of Christ before the cruel
fixion, is reposing in the vaults Of
New York pawnbroker, the Evening
Post says today.
The art dealer who placed It there
attributes its ownership to Archduke
Ludwig. brother-in-law of former En-
press 9th. The sacred relic, one of
the most interesting in the world If
genuine, Is said to have been held in
the Austrian royal family since the
sixteenth century.
The supposed portion Of the crown Of
thorns Is set in q jeweled compartment
surrounded by figures of the Virgin
Mary, st. John, and angels. The COM
partment Is lined with pearls and en-
eralds, one of 10 carats. The whole is
encaSed in o black box.
Another portion Of the thorny crown
Is supposed to exist In the collection of
holy relics in the Cathedral of Notre
Dame of Paris. Only special visitors
are allowed to view the tnorns and then
only on holy days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
Is More State
Policemen Urged
Upon Gov. Ritchie

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, December 81
Gov. Richie has been urged to re-
quest the Legislature to add as
members to the State police force.
John z. Raine, managing director
Of the Automobile Trades Associa-
ton of Maryland, said any such
legislative measure would have the
support of the organization. The
present force consists of so men.
This force is too small, Mr.. Raine
said. A force of rs or 100 men
would increase the safety on State
roads. he added.
If State departments do not pre-
sent such a measure when the
Legislature opens next month the
association win propose such q bill,
Mr. Raine said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
SECOND AND THIRD WIVES
DEFEND FIRST DIVORCE
Fortune Of Former Geo1ogist of
Stanford at Stake in Battle
Over Annulment.
By the Associated Press.

by the hSSOClaJeo fIeSS
SAN FRANCISCO, December a.
The second and third wives Of Wash
ington H. Ochsner, whose modest estate
swelled into millions after his death,
will contest the recent annulment of
his first divorce, Attorney James p.
Sweeney said here tonight.
A divorce obtained by the former
Stanford University geologist in 1909
from his first wife was annulled We'd
nesday by Superior Judge J. Emmett
Walsh Of Goldheld, New. The Ochsner
fortune, now said to be worth $9,000,-
600, was at stake in the action, Sweeney
said. He represents Mrs. Nancy Ochs-
ner Badly Of Carson City, New, the
second wife.
Sweeney said he would plan further
action as soon as he received a record
Of the proceedings.
Judge Walsh's action was taken on
the ground the decree was obtained
fraudulently because 1t was issued 10
days too soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
Arizona Governor
Believes Thompson
Not Up on News
Says Mayor Boasts of
Promoting Dam State
Is Opposing.
BY the Associated Press.


PHOENIX. Ariz. December 27.--May-
or william Hale Thompson of Chicago
has not been reading the papers, Gov.
John C.. Phillips of Arizona believes.
The mayor wrote asking the governor
TO send IS Arizona delegates to a flood
control conference in Chicago to devise
means of obtaining an appropriation
from Congress to impound waters OF
the Mississippi. The governor replied
Arizona has no money available for
this purpose.
Permit me to say" Mayor Thomp-
son said in a letter received by Gov.
Phillips here today, that as mayor of
Chicago had no appropriation to send
representatives to Washington In behalf
Of the Boulder Dam project. but IN a
special train, accompanied by ESQ Of
my friends, which cost them $35 900
which they paid themselves, we went to
help the West"
The governor said evidently the may
or had not read that Arizona planned
to spend upwards Of q half million dol
lars in an effort to halt construction
on the very dam which the mayor
said he helped to promote.