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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-23
BUILDERS AND HOME OWNERS PAGE
Local Building And Real
Estate NeWS of the Week

si2.O OBS, $4,000; intercoastal inbound
was 5,308.5 tons, value $492 $50;
i~ntracoastal outbound was 724.4
tons, value sl4O, $4,000: i~ntracoastal
inbound was S 1883 tons, value Of
S972, l49, and i~ntracoastal outbound
was I20,l24 tons, value 81, $50, 1888.
Total increase in tonnage over
May. 1929. was ALI per cent.
A total of 173 ships used the ship
channel during the month, 173 ar
irving and 1T departing.
Cotton exports for the period
from January l to May 1, 1880,
were GAS .059 square bales as COM
pared with the came in 1929. when
760,895 square bales were shipped.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-23
WORK STARTED
ON new HOMES
Frontier Lumber Company
Furnishes Material
And Supplies

Frontier Lumber company is fur
nishine lumber and building mate
rial for a large building program
under way this week.
George Baker Of FL Jardin Is
building a four-room frame Stucco
costing s24OO. Work on the building
started Saturday. l.. z. Hartman
started construction Saturday on a
six-room brick home in Los Ebanos,
costing $500. The home Is to be
modern in every respect.
Esteban Garcia has just let the
contract for a two-story hollow tile
and brick residence, which he is
building on jefferson St., to cost
$4,000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-23

being disturbed by occupants OF
the living room.
The dining room has o recess for
a 70" buffet, and the kitchen ~
complete In every sense OF the
word, with its rear porch, dining
~alcove, and its practical and con
venient arrangement Of built-in
features. A mop closet is also to
be found at the head OF the cellar
stairs
This house can be contained on
a 50-foot lot and ~ estimated TO
cost between $1,000 and $500. ex-
elusive OF heating and plumbing. I,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-23

II. Sheppard from county tax as
SCISSORS indicate the assessment rolls
will carry slightly over four billion
dollars OF taxable propertS this year.
a slight increase over last year,
which crossed the 1000, 900 900 mark,
was forecast.
On the present 6S-cent rate this
would imply a theoretical tax COLI
lection for state purposes Of ST.
100000 next year. Each one-cent
change in the rate would make a
theoretical S400. 1000 difference In the
revenues. Collections fall below the
theoretical level. due to the cost OF
collection, to unpaid and delinquent
tax claims.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-23
What Valley Port
Nav Become

A total Of 1891 tons with
a value of S37 ,5~54.355.00. passed
through Port Houston during May,
according TO the monthly report is
sued Saturday by Col. B. G. Allin,
port director.
Imports for the month were 50.-
249.5 tons. with a value Of $685.
1900: exports were 423. 546 tons.
with a value Of S17.041 sol; coast
wise inbound was 23.l05.9 tons.
value Of SSH. 315; coastwise out
bound was 529. 507.6 tons. value
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-23
Houston Leads
In Building

DALLAS, June 23.-tP1-H~ y
maintained its building supremacy
by climbing to the top of the list
this week. with the largest total re-
ported by any city in the state.
S433, 800. This boosted It's yearly
total to sS.5O5, 1872.
Fort Worth was second. with
$40, 932, and Pampa stepped out Of
the small city ranks with a total OF
s262.0e0, attributed largely to hos
pital and gard school additions.
Other cites reporting were as fol-
Trurr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-04
II. S. GETS 3Q()-PAGE
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
Great Care in Taking Over
Property Shown by Ex-
haustive Document.

An abstract of title containing thou
sands of words describing the progress
sive ownership of 50 old Washington
| dwellings being acquired in one trans
action by the United States Govern
ment was completed this week and
placed in the hands of the Department
of Justice as a final step in the pur-
chase of the property.
This abstract, illustrating the pains
taking and comprehensive care taken by
the Government to insure clear title to
its purchases, constitutes more than 800
pages of legal-size paper, the whole
document tipping the scales at exactly
5l3 pounds.
The property described in this I'M
usual abstract is located on First, Sec
.ond, Canal, G and D streets southwest
and is part of the additional land south
of the Mall which is being purchased
by the Federal Government in connec-
ton with the great development pro-
gram for the National Capital.
Owned by One Estate.
All the So houses were owned by the
estate of Patrick Smyth, and thus,
while the abstract is broken into a
number of sections, it really consti-
tutes one document, The property was
purchased from the heirs of the for
mer owner by the Government through
the agency of Boss & Phelps
When the abstract was completed
this week by the District, Lawyers and
Washington Title Cos. and turned over
to the real estate firm for transmission
to the Department of Justice, it caused
bit of interested amazement among
members of the real estate fraternity,
since the local code of law does not
require the preparation of an abstract
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-04

in the transfer Of title among private
citizens, a certificate of title and q
deed being accepted instead. The Gov
eminent. however, requires the execu
ton of the abstract, and the 5h pound
document proved to be the result in
this case. That is what it was found
to weigh when members Of the firm of
Boss & Phelps carried it to a nearby
store just to satisfy the curiosity of
a visitor.
Story Goes Back to 1891.
The description in the abstract car
ries the ownership of the former
Sn1yth properties back to 1891, when
Daniel Carroll and Anne Carroll, of
Burlington conveyed all interest in the
property to Thomas Beall and John M
CAN'T, trustees of the United States"
in trust to convey the parcels to the
United States Commissioner.
The ownership of the property then
Is carried progressively down to the
present day. The sale of these SO
dwellings is believed to be the largest
number of private properties here trans
fered to the Government at one time in
one transaction.
Heirs of the estate of Patrick Smyth
are Mrs. Margaret Smyth, Thomas A.
and Hugh p. Smyth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-04
Brandon Famed for Gardens.

Lower Brandon House, on the James
River, in Prince George County, Va.
was built about 1880 by Nathaniel Har-
rison. In the north wing there is .
stair with so-called Chinese rail, q
feature common enough in New England
but seldom found in Virginia. The
existing porches are unfortunate restor-
atoms with jiesaw detail. Brandon's
greatest charm is in the scale and va
riety of planting in the gardens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-04

Foreign Service, and Earl w. Shinn
local attorney, are nearest completion
Both of these homes are being erected
en- Brookside drive.
Homes in the Kenwood development
are erected at the instance of the own
ers, subject to restrictions as to size
and cost and conformity with the archi-
tectural scheme of the community
Plans and specifications for the homes
are drawn up, subject to the approval
of the development company.
Streets bordering the sites of the new
homes are lined with Yoshino cherry
trees, Is feet apart, planted two years
ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-04

ton, additions and alterations. The
month fell short of the total for Sep
TENDER, 1929, by $1.24S,2a8. Building
permits last August reached valuation
of $2,350,64o.
So FAR this year the valuation Is $685.
S99,le2, as contrasted with $30.074,520
for the first nine months of 1929, or q
loss OF $3,175.328. For the year 1929
the total was $50, sos, $500 The figures
are from statement of building per-
mltS granted in September by the
Bureau of Buildings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-04
WORK ON IL HOMES
SOON TO BE STARTED
Some Recent Projects in Kenwood
Md, Development Are Already
Under Way.

Construction work on IL of the 40
let's sold recently in Kenwood, Md, has
been started or is planned, it was an
nounced this week by the Kennedy
Chamberlin Development Co., devel-
opers.
Of the projects in more advanced
stages, the houses being erected on lots
purchased by S. A. Dulany Hunter, Ii
brarian of the Georgetown School of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-04
Brown Sugar Pie.

Boil together until thick one pint of
sweet cream, two tablespoonfuls OF
flour and two cupfuls of brown sugar
Bake a crust, then pour in the mix
ture. Cover with meringue and slightly
brown in the oven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-04
BUILDING SHOWS DROP

Point of Year.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, October 4.-Building
operations in Baltimore, as indicated
by permits for construction. touched
the lowest point of the year during
September. The total valuation Of
permits granted last month was $2.005,-
952. the work including new construc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-04

In a cave in the Pantheon the guide
strikes the flap of his coat and produces
a noise equal to 12-pound lannon's
report
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-20
NAVAL AVIATION
DEATH TOLL is CUT
Fatality Rate Is Improved 100 Per
Cent in First Six Months Of
Fiscal Year.

Marked improvement in the fatality
rates in naval aviation is revealed in a
report covering the first six months OF
the current fiscal year, which is be-
lieved to show the best record ever
made by any military organization, the
Navy Department has announced.
During the six months the Navy new
approximately 81 $40 hours per fatal ac-
cident and approximately 14,340 hours
per fatality, the records show.
There is a chance that it may be
bettered during the closing six months
of the year if all possible efforts are
made by the operating personnel" 1t
was stated in the announcement.
The fatalities during the six months
were one commissioned naval aviator.
one student naval aviator, one Brazilian
officer, one Marine naval aviator, one
Marine officer passenger, one Marine
mechanic, one Marine Reserve officer,
one Marine Reserve sergeant and one
chief aviation pilot.
Not only has the fatality rate i'm
proved more than 100 per cent, the
records show. but the ratio of hours per
crash also remains low, though not
quite as favorable as during the previ-
GUS six months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-20

At France Field. the mails will be
combined and put aboard plane which
will bring mail leaving American cities
Friday night to st. Elena, Ecuador, on
Monday night; to Lima, Peru, Tuesday
night; to africa, Chile, Wednesday
night; to Santiago. Chile, Thursday
night, and over the Andes into BuenoS
Aires at 4:3o Friday afternoon.
The same schedule will be followed
on the return flight and planes of the
line will fly $4,000 miles a week, linking
81 nations by air. Last year Pam
American planes flew 2,086 900 miles,
maintaining schedule during which
99.67 per cent of all flights were COM
pleted, according to records of the Post
ONCE Department.
The National Capital will be con-
nected with the Pan-American line
through Eastern Air Transport. oper-
ating from New York to Miami. At
lanta will be a mail concentration point
on the East Coast, mail planes con-
verging there from Minneapolis, st.
Paul, Chicago, Kansas City, st. Louis,
New Orleans, Birmingham, Detroit,
Cleveland, Buffalo, Rochester, Montreal,
phia, Washington and Baltimore. From
Eastern Air Transport line to Miami.
Mail rates, per half ounce, from points
in the United States to points in South
America are listed as follows Argen-
tina, SIS cents: Uruguay, SIS cents; Chile,
so cents: Bolivia, 40 cents: Peru, 40
cents; Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela
and the British, French and Dutch
Guianas, 80 cents, and Panama, 20
cents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-20

student instruction, experimental and
test flying. private pleasure flying and
air transport operations
In scheduled air transport operations.
including the carrying of the air mails,
passengers and express on scheduled
service, there were 15,940, ISL miles
flown, with only Is fatal accidents, or
one to each / 1852, SIT miles. In 1928
for the same six months there were
6,183,838 miles flown, with seven fatal
accidents. or one for each 884, 120 miles.
In miscellaneous civil air operations,
including the hazardous student train
ing, experimental and test fight flying,
there were 1853 fatal accidents to 3d.
000, 900 miles flown, or one fatal accl-
dent to each 375, ZOO miles.
For both transport and miscellaneous
operations there was one fatal accident
to each All. 1857 miles flown during the
last six months of 1929. as against one
for each 416,837 miles flown during the
same period in 1928.
There were 924 accidents of all kinds
in civil aviation operations during the
last half Of 1929, or one for each 80,
miles.
During the last half of 1928 there
were 692 accidents of all kinds, or one
for each 78,3o8 miles of flying.
The causes Of accidents are divided
into four major siflcations--person-
mel, power plant failures, airplane fall
ures and rliscellaneous-and one minor
class devoted to undetermined and
doubtful causes.
The largest percentage of accidents
was attributed to personnel, the total
being 55.75 per cent. The next largest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-20
SEVEN-DAY AIRMAH SERVICE
TO SOUTH AMERICA PLANNED

America, the mail planes will fly over
the ocean for IL hours between am.
and 6 pm.
The first transcaribbean scheduled
mail fight will begin at am, April
n. when Pan-American amphibian
piloted by Basil Rowe and Edward
Schultz, veteran foreign airmal pilots,
and carrying a radio operator and the
mails, will take off from Havana and
head direct for Cape Gracias Dios. on
the headlands where the Nicaraguan
and Honduran boundary meets the sea,
600 miles from Cuba.
For six hours, they will fly over the
ocean, aided in their navigation by radio
contacts with Pan-American radio sta
tons. Arriving of Cape GraciaS DioS
the plane will continue south along the
coast about so miles to Tuapi lagoon,
where modern flying field has been
built and where fuel will await them
From Tuapi, the plane will head away
from the coast again on the direct line
over the ocean to France Field, Canal
Zone, where the plane is scheduled to
arrive IL hours out of Miami.
Mail from the western half of the
United States, carried over converging
mail lines to Brownsville, will be flown
from there over the Pan-American line
through Mexico and Central America to
France Field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-20
PLANE FIRE DANGER
IS ELIMINATED
New Diesel Motor Promises
Safety for Aviators, Its
Makers Claim.

DETROIT (P.-Danger of fire will
cease to be the bugbear of aviators
using the new Packard-Diesel aircraft
engine, its makers claim.
Fire that might follow crash. or
breakage of a fuel line in flight has
been prevented by elimination of the
electrical ignition system according to
construction details of the motor re-
leased today.
Marked economy in the cost of oper-
alton is another advantage Of the new
engine, its builder, Capt. L. M. Wool
son, says.
In the Diesel engine pure air is COM
pressed in the cylinders to a point that
raises its temperature 1000 degrees
F. to ignite atomized fuel OIL
Thousands of hours of ground and
flight testing" the statement said,
''have proved it is impossible to ignite
accidentally the fuel oil used in the en-
CINE. It is practically essential to
atomic this fuel into very fine spray
before it can be ignited at all, and at no
time has it been possible to start a fire
under any conditions Stimulating the re-
suit of an airplane crash or accidental
breakage of the fuel line in flight"
In fuel consumption, it is claimed, a
20 per cent reduction in weight, as
compared with a gasoline engine has
been achieved. Furnace oil is the fuel
used.
Due to the higher specific gravity OF
the oil, saving Of more than 80 per
cent by volume is effected. Cost of fuel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-20
INCREASED SAFETY
IN AVIATION seen
Commerce Chamber Official
Reports Fewer Accidents in
Air Revealed by Survey.

Increased safety in all types Of COM
mercial flying in the United States. and
especially in scheduled air transport
operations, is revealed in the semi
annual report of aircraft accidents,
made public during the past week by
Clarence NJ. Young, Assistant Secretary
of Commerce for Aeronautlcs.
The report, covering the last half of
1929, shows that the percentage OF fatal
accidents in proportion TO the number
of miles flown has decreased as COM
pared with the same period of 1928.
During the period covered by the re-
port civil aircraft in the United states
few a total of 78,940.l61 miles, an in
crease of 25. 900 900 miles over the same
period in 1928. This total includes all
operations of aircraft, among them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-20
FRENCH FIRM BACKS ]
AVIATION PROJECT
Proposes First Heavier Than Air
Sea Line to Link Toulouse
and Buenos Aires.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The first heavier -than-air line over
the Atlantic Ocean is proposed by the
French Aeropostale Co. q
Toulouse, France, win BE connected
with Bueuos Aires, Argentina, by the
service, according to plans reported to
the Department of Commerce by w. L.
Finger, Paris trade commissioner.
The route is in existence. but steam
ers which have piled between Dakar,
Africa, and Natal, Brazil will be re-
moved in favor of sea planes, which are
expected to cut travel times in half to
four days.
Inauguration of the service Elm the
near future" will give wings to the line
between the two points where Africa
and South America are closest together.
The French Aeropostale Co. is
Frances principal operator and has
carried on the South American service
with planes flying from Toulouse
through Barcelona. Tangiers and Da-
kar in the Old World and from Natal
to BuenoS Aires.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-20

Inauguration of seven-day airman
service from all parts of the United
states to Buexlos Aires over United
States domestic and foreign airmai1
lines is to take place April % and viii
be made possible M part by the worlds
longest airmail ocean crossing on regu-
lar schedule.
Every large city in the country is to
be given seven-day service, through air
mail networks which will converge at
Miami, Fla, and Brownsville, Tex. From
these points the mail win be transferred
to planes of Pan-American Always,
operating the contract foreign airman
service to Central and South America.
Mail from the eastern half of the
United States destined for South Amer
lean delivery will be flown over the new
line cutting across the heart OF the
Caribbean Sea. Except for 50-nnile
stretch along the coast of Central
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-20

is also reduced, owing to the lower
grade used and the higher efficiency Of
the Diesel principle, 1t is declared.
Absence of electrical ignition equip
ment removes a troublesome obstacle to
extensive radio use in airplanes, &C
cording to the manufacturers. A COM
plete absence of radio interference has
been noted in test flights.
Excessively high or low air tempera-
lures also do not affect the new engine,
it is claimed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-20

for beauty and for workmanship will
have passed upon the kites.
The contest will close at O'Clock,
and no kite will be judged after that
hour. Judges for beauty of design and
decoration are Burtis Baker, Felix Ma
hony and Hugo linden, all well known
artists of Washington; judges for work
manship will be F. A. Woodward of
Gordon Junior High School, w. F.
Darmady of the Bureau of Standards
and o. Scheidel of the manual train
ing department, District of Columbia
public schools; judges for performance
will be DR. H. L. Dryden of the Bureau
of Standards, Paul Edward CARRIER of
Smithsonian Institution and s. T.
Ferguson of the Weather Bureau.
Committees for the kite contest in
clude: On rules. Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes
and Paul Edward CARRIER. On judges
and awards, Miss Sibyl Baker, Miss
Maud Parker and Mrs. Giles Scott
Rafter. On field supervision, John H.
williams, E. L. Conney, H. 8. Harbour.
The receiving committee includes TO
date r. s. Williams, w. A. Roth of the
community center department, Miss
Gertrude DriScoll and Miss Helen Stohl-
man of the elementary science depart
ment, public schools, and others. Miss
Esther Scott is general chairman of all
committees for the kite contest.
Club Contest Planned.
John Sullivan, model planes pilot,
writes in to tell more about kites
1.-THE Washington Model Flying Club
with Robert Towles as president, has
challenged the Capitol Model Aero Club
to a kite contest April 81.
1.-THE contest is to be for duration
only, and the winner In 70 be present.
ed prize by the loser. This Is known
as the contest prize. MIR. Young, our
adviser. Is the one who drew UP the
plans which were o KID by both clubs
THE contest will start at IL O'CLOCK
at the Chevy Chase Flying Field, both
clubs to meet at Chevy Chase Circle
and march to the field.
1.-The Washington Model Flying Club,
which meets at the Washington Model
Aero Supply Co. every second and
fourth Saturday of the month, will
welcome any members who can build
and fly model planes, and will uphold
the standing Of the club. At present
the Washington Model Flying Club is
leading the race for the committee cup
given each year by the D. c. M. A. L.
for the club having the greatest num-
Der of points"
Plan Meet April rs.
The District Model Aircraft League
will hold a contest at the John Quincy
Adams School at $50 o'clock the morn
ing of April 26.
Here are the winners in the contest
held at Boiling Field April IL:
Glass Ace-First, John Sullivan, 8
points; second, Everett Meeks and Rob-
ert Towles, S; third, Luther Schmidt, 3
Glass A-FirSt, oliver Larson, 5.
Glass B-First, Billy Street, 8; second
Lloyd Barrett and Frank Salisbury, 5;
third, Robert Starkey, 8.
Glass C-First, Lloyd Bushing, s.; Sec
sDnd, Hugh Kabler; third Monroe Bran
denburg and Douglas Phillips, 4.
Glass D.-First, Frank Ball, jr., g.;
second, Richard Mcneil, S; third,
George Petrides, 4.
John H. williams was in charge Re-
corders and timers were z. L. Cooney,
H. S. Harbour, Kenneth Petrie.