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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-14
Pension Advocated

He defended Mrs. Ferguson's par
don record. lauded the work of the
highway department during her ad-
m~inistration, advocated old age PEN
sions and an elective highway COM
mission and denounced the propos-
ed highway bond issue. saying h2
was for bringing the government
closer TO the people"
Sterling at Amarillo explained
his plan for building a state high
way system by ear Of bonds fl
nanced with a gasoline tax rather
than a tax OF property. saying the
present method OF financing high
way building was inequitable and
unfair. He said that under his
plan the state would obtain an ade-
quate system. ID would be paid for
by the people who used the high
ways. and the counties would be
relieved Of the burden of road taxes.
Sterling Replies
He advocated improvement Of
the school system, shortening of
} ours for labor and Improvement
Of state institutions. and replied 10
a number Of charges made by Fer
guson.
He says he kept me out Of the
p~enitentiary,' Sterling said. IF he
did. he violated the law and Is un-
fit TO be even proxy governor. But
/ say the story is false"
Governor Dan Moody continued
to attract attention with his de-
nunciation OF "Fergusonism." The
governor spoke at Honey Grove
and Greenville and attacked the
records OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ferguson
as administrators. Plans were laid
for a gigantic rally at Dallas next
week at which Governor Moody
would appear.
The candidates for the democratic
nomination for attorney general,
James v. Alfred and r. L. Bobbitt.
flung more and bigger challenges
to each other. Alfred spoke at San
Augustine. Jasper and Orange;
Bobbitt at Whitesboro. Pilot Point,
Aubrey. Argyle and Roanoke, con-
Guiding with a radio address at Fort
Worth.
Offers To Resign
In a statement. Bobbitt said he
would resign as attorney general if
charges that he had been guilty Of
unethical conduct in MANAGEMENT
OF an oil company suit were sub
stantiated. He further proposed
that If the charges we're proven
10 be false Alfred should make pub
Continued on Page TWO
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RIVER FORECAST
There will be nc material change
In the river during the next few
daTs-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-14

yI7ITH the white wing season open
NV a dearth in the mighty fish Stor-
" les which have been going the
rounds Of the Valley has ensued.
Animated Annie says she simply
cannot find a good story or white
wing shooting. simply because she
cannot find a hunter who has gone
cut who has not got the limit
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-14

TOME day Valley land along the
y main highways will be sold by
tie front foot instead of by the
acre. And We do not believe we
IRE overly foolish in saying that:
Tor will we charge any land man
suytlling for the idea If he wants
Mas a selling point
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-14

rROM all We a gather Browns
vile will get It's new poStoffice
at an early date. The speed
with which the survey IS being OBJ
tanned speaks for Brownsville'S get
ting her new letter home before
some other cities in Texas. which
have been awarded federal buildings.
That is another good reason for
keeping at home a man Of the in
fluence Of r. B. Creager at Wash
ington.
The Washington times., 1930-11-22

Visitors to Tilden Gardens, re-
Gently completed K. B. War
rem cooperative apartment de-
velopment located on Connecticut
Avenue, between Sedgwick and
Tilden Streets, find many out
standing features that compel
their attention.
The club building with its at
tractive dining room and spacious
lounge, offers deluxe accommoda-
tionS to residL ats of the building
and coupled with the garage space
provided in the basement of each
unit affords every desired home
need.
The new building and its at
tractive landscaping are a har-
monious component of the entire
project, which consists of five
acres of land. one and one half
Of which is occupied by the six
buildings comprising the group.
The remaining land has been de-
The Washington times., 1930-11-22
g FORT S[OCUM
HOMES OPEN

The formal opening Of nine re-
Gently completed sen1i-detached
homes in the growing Fort Slocunl
section was announced yesterday
by H. G. Smithy Company.
Located in the 800 block Of
Longfellow st. N. w. and $500
blocks of Third and Fourth StS.
N. W., these attractive new homes
face on the 120-foot boulevard
near Fort Slocum Park. which
provides every home owner with a
recreational center almost at sncir
front door.
Built of brick with slate man.
sards, each home contains six or
seven large rooms, two and three
porches, built-in garage, fireplaces
and large. room bath rooms. The
ultra-modern kitchens are equipped
with practically every labor-savlng
device known to the modern
housewife and an electric re-
frigerator.
The development is reached by
driving out Georgia Avenue to
Longfellow Street, then east to
the nronertY.
The Washington times., 1930-11-22
Building Permits

Building permits issued for the
past week amounted toN $92,5l1
and we're issued as follows:
Malcom 8. McCombe, $50, 900
to erect one three-story brick and
stucco dwelling at $50 Woodland
Drive N. w. Lot, So; square,
1920.
Max Sugar, $4,000 to erect one
two-story brick dwelling at 3433
Oliver st. N w. Lot, 9-8; square,
1000.
Azel M. Shippard, $500 to
erect one two-story brick dwelling
at 5408 Thirty-first St. N. W.
Lot, 4; square. 1924.
Chester Curtis, $4,000 to erect
one one-story frame dwelling at
1882 Lane Pl. N. E. Lot, 1915;
square, 5099
Clarence r. Boss, $1,000 to
erect one one-story brick and con-
crete garage at SIT Rock Greek
Church Road. Lot, S.; square,
1894.
Terminal Refrigerating and
Warehousing Company. $500 to
erect steel smoke stack on struc-
ture on Eleventh and Twelfth,
between e and F StS. N. W.
The Washington times., 1930-11-22
BUILDING.
LOWERED

Savings Of from 10 to 80 per
cent in the cost of various items
of house remodelling and modern
izing are represented in current
prices. as compared with costs a
year ago, according to the latest
findings in the general survey of
commodity prices now being made
by the Marine Midland group OF
l8 New York State banks.
With all estimates inc. uding la
Dor. the greatest reductions ap-
pear to have occurred in painting
and papering. The survey reveals
that living room today can be
redecorated for $85, as compared
with $125 last year. which repre-
sents a drop of 80 per cent. A
steam-heating plant. including new
boiler. radiators and fittings. at
$375. shows a decline of SIS from
the 1929 cost of $3.50. A complete
bathroom, including new wash
stand. bathtub, lavatory, tile floor,
painting and electric fixtures,
shows a drop from $500 to $780,.
0AAA1AAdA SGFA4ISS- dCC 1Ou1lO OuC-
side the house. Painting the out
side with two coats, now costs
5000, as against $270 a year ago;
a driveway 100 feet long, feet
wide, concrete 4 inches deep.
$125 as against $155; a two-car
garage, with novelty siding and
wood shingles, including paint
ing, costs 1927 as against 1859
A sun-porch, 8 feet by ID feet.
including foundation, painting.
lighting, a n d heating. can be
added to the house for $6l5, a
saving of $85 on the cost in 1929.
A previous report of the Marine
Midland survey revealed that the
complete cost, exclusive of land.
of building a Six-room fran e
house had dropped 13 per cent
this year. The purpose of the
survey is to help stimulate trade
by revealing to the public the
economies available at present
commodity prices.
The Washington times., 1930-11-22
THIS TYPICAL

Cooperative Apartment Home, with its
spacious, ideally arranged rooms (see
hall, foyer, living room, sun room, din
ing room, kitchen, three bedrooms, two
baths, and ample closet space. It may
be purchased by a reasonable initial
deposit and monthly payments of
S111.00 plus maintenance charge-sub
stantially LESS than the RENT for
comparable apartment elsewhere.
The Washington times., 1930-11-22
Cork Tile for Floor
Comes in IL COLOrs

How often you have admired
the beauty of tiled floors and
wished for them in your own
home They make such colorful
sanitary floors. But on the other
hand, you probably concluded
that that kind of floor would be
to noisy for you. Modern shoes
with their high unresisting wood
en- heels, so much small sized
furniture that may be moved
about the room, and active kid
dies with their many tops, all
contribute their share of noise
in the house.
Cork tiling is not to be thought
of as a dull dun colored material.
It may be had in IL rich colorS,
suitable for the floor of any room
where springy, elastic noiseless
floor is desired.
The Washington times., 1930-11-22
Sale of Oil StOUes
Neurs 1000, 900 Mark

Oil-burning stoves for cooking
purposes are one of the three most
popular types with American
families. More than 100000 oil
burning stoves were sold in this
country last year, bringing the
total in use at the end of 1929 to
6,500.O00. Gas stoves lead with
100000 in use and wood and
coal stoves come next, with 7.70O,-
600. Electricity is fourth. wIth
875. 900. stoves of this type used in
American homes.
Your telephone will place you In
Immediate touch with the people Rd-
vertising their services to vOu In the
BUSIN ESS SERVICE DIRECTORY Of
tOSay's Classified Ads.
The Washington times., 1930-11-22
DEEDS FOR OCT
SHOW GAIN IN
BUSINESS
Realty Board Secretary OF.
fers Solution for the Unem.
ployed Problem. ;

Business is getting better In
the real estate field and accord.
ing to a letter sent out yester.
day by John A. Petty, executive
secretary of the Washington Real
Estate Board, to Real Estate orc.
kers and salesmen. 1t would get
batter more quickly II the att
tude of mind Of the people of
washington were changed.
Index Figure
The national index figure for
real estate activity during Octo-
Der as published by the National
Association Of Real Estate Boards
showed an increase of 10 and, &C,
cording to Petty, the increase for
Washington was 81 per cen t..
almost three times better than
the national figure. These fig.
ures. based on deeds recorded.
shows Washington to be In an
excellent condition compared to
other cities in the United States
and it should not be underSold.
In approaching q solution to the
unemployment problem, Petty
stated. 1t would be. well If the
interested individuals and or.
ganizetionS were careful of their
viewpoint.
Remedy Suggested
To do this, he points out, the
dissemination Of the following
creed supplemented by similar
constructive thought would be a
practical and helpful contribu-
ton:
More suggestions about employ,
lnent.
Less reference to unempoly-
ment.
More reports of progress.
Less reference to depression.
More efforts to create jobs.
Less tendency to curtail jobs.
More helpful advice to job
seekers.
Less emphasis on hopelessness
Of situation.
More positive advice to invest
savings.
Less cautious suggestions with
out definite information.
More actual knowledge OF
Washington's favorable position.
Less spreading Of hysterical
hear-Say.
More faith in Gods love and
protection.
Less fear of conditions which
he never imposes. .,
The Washington times., 1930-11-22
POSTAL BRANCH
OPENS MONDAY.

The Georgia Avenue branch of
the Hechinger Company, 1925
Georgia Avenue, will be formal
ly open for public inspection Mon
day, at IL noon according to an
announcement made yesterday by
officials of the organization. Ad-
joining the new structure is the
Brightwood Postoffice which also
will be open for inspection Mon
day. evening from 7:3O to 10.
Containing approximately 5000
square feet Of space the first
floor Of the Post Office structure
viii be used as distribution
and work room while the second
floor has been designed as rec.
feation room for the mail car.
rierS.
The Washington times., 1930-11-22
TiLden Gardens Offers
Many ConUenienceS

veloped as one Of the most beau
,tiful handicapped gardens and
grounds in this section OF the
country.
The center gardens with per-
COLA of giant hewn Girnbers, re-
flecting pool and rainbow tiled
fountain, colorful flower beds,
gravel walks and stone benches,
are the pivotal point in the land
scaping plan. Three terraced ap.
proaches radiate from them, af-
fording access from any of the
three streets completely surround
ing the property.
Exhibit homes in each building
have been furnished by w. B.
Moses & Sons, and are open for
inspection daily until 9 p. m.
The Washington times., 1930-11-22
Records In Brooklyn
Show Borough Has
264,OOO Buildings

According to figures released
by the Department of Taxes
and Assessments, Brooklyn is
one of the largest develop
ments In the country. 1t has
more than 264,000 buildings of
all types. These figures in
clude 94.913 one-family dwell
ings, 63,8O3 apartment houses
without elevators. $50 hotels
and elevator apartments, 1874
warehouses, loft buildings and
department stores. 174 Of
flee buildings, 1888 factories.
6.154 stables and garages, 206
theaters and 9,427 special
structures.
The Washington times., 1930-11-22
Winter Tests ShOU
WindOU Frames Up

The average home builder or
buyer doesn't think much about
the quality of the window frames
in his new home. so long as they
operate easily as he goes from
room to room trying them out.
But the first tryout doesn't tell
the whole story. Those same win
dow frames have to be tried out
winter and summer. through
storm and sunshine, before you
can know if they are weather.
tight.
The Washington times., 1930-11-22
PERMITS SHOW
DECREASE IN
OCTOBER
5. W. Straus company's Sur.
vey Of 5s9 Leading Cities
Finds Slump Is 10 Per Cent

Building conditions throughout
the United States fell off in Octo.
Der, according to reports of build.
ings permits issued in $50 leading
cities and towns made, public yes.
terday by S. w. Stralls 81 Co.
October permits totaled only
$153,055, 1872, as compared with
$169,375,999 In September. loss
OF 10 per cent. where an increase
OF 5 per cent is expected nor
n1ally. During October. 1929. build.
Ing permits totaled $3.50, $3.50, ,960 in
October. 1929, 90 per cent more
than in the past month,
Increase In Dwellings
A report for the same period by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics
showed an increase of / per
cent In the estimated cost of resi-
DENTAL building. There was, how
eveE decrease of 27.5 per cent
IN the estimated cost of non-resi-
Dental building and of 14.6 per
cent Id the estimated cost of all
building.
Permits were issued for 12,O46
new dwellings, an increase Of 1875
per cent over September.
The Straus report stated that
some reductions in building
wages were being reported, but
on the whole rates are fairly
steady. Highway construction
has started to taper off and put
many men in this line out of
steady employment.
Material Prices Stable
A Slight improvement in con-
struction employment was report.
ed in st. Louis.
Few changes in the more i'm.
portant building material prices
were recorded. although common
brick was reduced from so cents
to $4 per thousand in Dallas,
New Orleans, st. Louis and Los
Angeles In Kansas City the
price was raised so cents per
Thousand.
The Washington times., 1930-11-22
Old ESTATE IN
ROCK. CREEK
PARK SOLD
WaverIy Taylor. Purchases
Property From Clyde Asher;
is Homes Now Planned

The sale of Rock Greek Terrace,
highly restricted residential prop
erty overlooking Rock Creek Park
and fronting on Linnean Avenue,
was announced yesterday by.
Waverly Taylor. Inc. who pur-
chased the property from Clyde
B. Asher, president of the Co
lil1nbia Country Club. through the
firm Of McKeever & GoSs.
Plans for the development o.
the project. which will cost ar
proximately three-quarters of q
million dollars, are under way,
and it is announced from the Of
flee of Waverly Taylor, that the
property lends itself to the crea-
ton of t6 estates in keeping with
the many homes Immediately sur
rounding the. project,
Pierce First Owner
The property is rich in histor-
icaf lore, being part Of the origi-
nal holdings of Isaac Pierce; the
builder of, Pierce's Mill. founded
in 1890, and now a part of Rock
Greek Park. The estate was
granted to him directly by Lord
Baltimore.
On the west the property faces
the grounds and homes of Clyde
B. Asher and United States park
property; on the north and Cast
it adjoins and overlooks a recent
extension of Rock Creek Park.
while the estate of Major Henry
Parsons Irwin adjoins it on the
south. Across the Soapstone Val
ley extension of Rock Creek Park
is the estate of Col. Arthur 4.
O'Brien, which borders the park
on the east. as does Rock Greek
Terrace on the west.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
British Rail Strike
Looms in Pay Slash

LONDON. Nov. IA CUS).-A
national railroad strike was threat
ened In Great Britain last night
following yesterdays statement by
railway chiefs that wages of rail.
road workers must be reduced
$1.40 weekly. The reason given
is that the companies cannot con-
tinue the present expenditure on
labor.
Labor leaders suggest that the
railways should reduce their CAPT
tai as other industries have done
during the trade depression. They
have promised the railroad mag
mates an early reply to the EN-.
ployers' offer.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
HOOVER s CHILD.
PARLEY NEARS

A revealing picture Of the life
Of American children at home,
at school, at play, in health and
IN illness will be drawn by the
l,200 experts who will participate
In the White House Conference
on Child Health and Protection
when the four-day meeting is
opened November 10,
A brief outline of II reports
was made public late yesterday
by Secretary of the Interior Ray
Lyman Wilbur.
100000 Children Working,
The reports say there are 4s..
100000 children in the United
States under 18 years of age.
OF these, 4,0OO,O 900 are already
working, 28,000, 900 are attending
school and 100000 are In in.
stitutions. More than 10000, 900
under the age of 13 belong to
church.
More than 100000 of this juve-
nile population find their way
into the courts for one reason or
another each year. Special classes
are needed in schools to allow
1,500,0 900 especially gifted pupils
to progress as rapidly as they
should. Another 100000 are men.
tally retarded.
The reports indicate that no
less than 100000 children are
under-nourished, while from g.
100000 to 5,000,0 900 others are
handicapped in one way or an
other.
Accidents Kill $4,000
The child 10 to IA years old
has less probability of dying than
persons of any other age, though
more of them are killed by acct
dents. More than $4,000 children
are killed accidentally each year,
and since 1900 the rate has been
rapidly increasing.
Among the delegates to the con-
ference will be such outstanding
negro educators as DR.. Mordecai
johnson president, and DR.. Al
gernon 3. jackson and DR.. Aletha
n. Washington, professors at How
ard University: Mary Mcleod
Bethune, of Florida, DR.. Robert H.
Motion, of Tuskegee, and Forester
B. Washington, of the Urban
League.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
Wheat to Be Speaker
At WOn1GHa's Bar Fete

Justice Alfred A. Wheat, of the
District Supreme Court, will be
among the speakers at the an,
nual banquet of the Women's Bar
Association of the District Of
Columbia, which is to be held
Tuesday, December 2. in .he May
flower Hotel.
Among other speakers viii DC
Miss Grace Abbott, chief Of the
Children's bureau, Department Of
Labor, and David A. Lawrence,
president of the United States
Daily. Miss Margaret Lambie
will be toastmistress, while Miss
Mary Connolly. president Of the
association. will preside.
Miss Nell Inglass is chairman
of the committee in charge.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
PLANS
1921 DINNER

The Society of Mayflower De
scendants of the District will
stage q dinner at the Raleigh
Hotel next Friday night that
viii be a reproduction Of the
Thanksgiving repast in Novem.
Der. 1921, on the bleak shores OF
Plymouth Bay.
A full-blooded Indian girl will
be the guest of honor. She is
Evelyn Pierce, q graduate Of the
Carlisle Indian School.
Officers of the society are:
Major j. Altheus Johnson and
Leon C. Hills, governors; Edwin
Clay Blanchard, captain; Rev.
John Thomas Huddle, elder: Mrs.
Bertha M. Robertson, secretary;
Frederick w. Newcombe, trea-
surer: Mrs. Catherine e. Brum.
baugh, historian, and DR.. Charles
Henry Stokes, surgeon.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
+ FUND FOR DAM
S15,000,000

Congress will be asked to ap.
propriate $15.O0O,OOO to carry for.
ward work on the Boulder Dam
project, Secretary Of the Interior
wilbur announced yesterday.
DIR. Elwood Mead, commissioner
of reclamation In direct charge OF
the mammoth irrigation. flood
control and power project on the
Colorado, appeared before the
House Appropriations Committee
yesterday. describing the Govern.
ment's program for Boulder Dam.
During the coming year about
1000 men will be employed In the
work. There are now $50 men on
the Job, DR.. Mead said.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
Phi Beta KGppGs
Plan Club at GNU.

A Phi Beta Kappa Club, under
the leadership of Provost William
A. Wilbur. is in the process Of
being formed at George Wash
ington University. it was an
nounced by Professor Ralph
Foster, secretary of the commit.
tee to begin organization.
The club is to include in its
membership all holders of the
key of the honorary scholastic
fraternity now represented on the
university staff or student body.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
WILSON AIDE TRIES TO DIE

BUFFALO, N. Y. Nov. IA
Q.N.S0 Edward N. Warner, 65,
who was chief supervisor of Fed
eral grain supplies on the mari.
time staff during the Wilson adj
ministration was treated yesterday
for razor wounds. Police said he
attempted to commit suicide but
would recover.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
WINS NOBEL PRIZE

STOCKHOLM, Nov. IA uN.S).
The Nobel prize for physics has
been awarded to Sir Chandrase-
khara Venkata Raman, professor
Of physics at the University Of
Calcutta, according to an an
nouncement here. The chemistry
prize was awarded to Prof. Hans
Fischer, of Munich.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
THE WEATHER
FoRECAsT TILL 8 z. NJ. sATURDAY

FORECAST TILL 3 r. NJ. SATURDAY
For the District of Columbia. mostly
cloudy. with mild temperature tonight
and Saturday, followed by occasional
rain Saturday niEht or Sunday; light
northeast and east winds,
For Maryland. mostly cloudy with
mild temperature tonight and Satur-
day; possibly rain Saturday afternoon
in extreme west portion; gentle winds,
mostly northeast and east.
For virginia, cloudy with mid tenn
perature tonight and saturday; pLoo.
ably occasional rain Saturday IN west
portion: moderate north. shifting TO
northeast or east Winds
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
Yesterday To-day. :.
D. In......... 81 4 a. m......... 90
D. m.... 81 s a. m....... So
Midnight ,..... 81 Noon .......,.. -
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL
Accumulated excess Of temperature
since January 1. 1880. SIS. .
Deficiency Of temperature since NO
tlon since January l.. 1890 1888.
Deficiency of precipitation since No
vember 1. 1880. rs,
TIDE TABLES
Today--High tides. 2:Os a. m. and
1850 p. M. low tides, s:oS q. m. ana
9:27 p. m.
Tomorrow--High tides. 3:ts q. m.
and 1854 .. M; low tides, 1905 q. m.
and 1885, p. m.
SUN AND MOON
The sun rose today 6:39 a. M and
sets 4;49 p. m.
The sun rises Saturday 6:S9 a. m.
and sets 40 p. m.
The moon rises today 1901 a. m,
and sets 1859 p. m.
The moon rises Saturday 1:15 a. M.
and sets 2t25 y. m.
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
Wise Child To
Open Dec. 29

David Belasco will bring his
comedy hit, "It'S a Wise Child" !"
to the National Theater for an
engagement of one week only,
beginning Monday night, Decem-
ber 20, with matineeS Wednesday
and Saturday.
The comedy deals with a Ger.
tain minor misadventure which
thereafter grows like a whirlpool
until it involves every member Of
the cast and threatens disruption
for an entire family and the close
associates Of its members. It is
a play Of American life and rep.
resents deity and truly a Situa.
ton any family might face-pro'
vided one member had the imagi.
nation and courage to say seven
words soberly in an endeavor to
escape from an undesirable Situa.
ton.
The cast includes Minor Wat
son, Sidney Toler, Harlan Briggs
Mildred Mccoy, Leila Bennett
Porter Hall, Josephine Striker
George Walcott, Helen Lowell and
Olga Kralow.