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GARAGE FOR RENT-Lease or
Sale, Call Mt. Signal Store, Mt.
Signal, Calf. If
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Or cEogged drain pipes
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MISS COMPTON DIVORCED
FROM BOWLING IN MONTH
Decree Awarded Actress in Mexico
Four Days After Application
Is Filed in Court.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, April "A Cuerna-
vaca divorce court has called the cur
tain down in short order upon the
month-old romance of Betty Compton,
beautiful stage star, and Edward Duryea
Bowling, employed as a motion picture
dialogue director.
The divorce was granted March 81
by Judge Manuel Carpio Of the. MoreloS
State Court, it has been revealed. The
Dowlings were married in New York
on February 10 and became estranged
within q few days after they left for
Havana on q honeymoon trip.
Four days elapsed between filing Of
the application and the granting Of the
divorce, Miss Compton in that time
complying with Morelos' state laws re-
curing establishment of residence in
the state by remaining In Cuernavaca
for day or two. &.
The actress charged Bowling with
cruelty, personal violence and refusal
to provide maintenance. The divorce
was said to have been handled by mu-
tual consent through lawyers authorized
by each party.
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Son Refuses to Quit
Prison and Mother
Drinks OisOnDOse
Man Demands Full Par
don on Charge He
Killed Sweetheart.
BY the Associated Press.


CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 2.-Disap-
pointed because her eldest son, Ermil,
81, declined to leave Mansfield Reforma-
tory when his parole on b granddaughter
sentence became effective today, Mrs.
Anna Belanescu, as, drank poison to-
night and was reported in very serious"
condition.
Offcers were told by her two other
children that she threatened to end her
life If "Ermil didn't get pardon"
Ermil was sentenced three years ago
to to 20 years for the killing OF his
sweetheart, Dorothy Kirk, 81. He main
tains she ended her own life. The State
charged he induced her to swallow q
Glove potion" which resulted in her
death.
At Mansfield today Belanescu reiter-
ated his stand that he would not leave
the reformatory until he Is granted a
pardon fully generating him.
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gresS for its extravagance and calls on
the people to cooperate with him and
with one another to urge Congress not
to expend 80 much money. With his
record there is no excuse for his state
ment.
"It is an attack upon Congress that Is
unwarranted by the facts that ought to
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CONGRESS ATTACK
IS LAID TO HOOVER
Mcclellan Says Presidents
8 Federal Tax Statement
Is Not Justified.
Nv the Associated Press.

by Ghs ABSoclAteo EIesss
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 2.-Senator
Mcclellan, Democrat, Tennessee, yester-
day called President Hoover'S statement
that there will be no Federal tax in
crease II Congress adheres to admins
tration policies IAN unwarranted attack
upon Congress" In a statement issued
here, the Senator said:
In view of Mr. Hoover's recommen-
dations as to expenditures for the pres
ent year in the last Congress, and in
view of the action Of Congress thereon,
it is absolutely amazing that even Mr..
Hoover would be inept enough, unmind-
full of the proprieties enough, so unfa-
miliar with the facts, as to father an
attack Of that kind on Congress"
THE facts are" the Senator stated,
that at the last session Congress ac-
tually appropriated for the present year
$27, 7S5, 701 OF less than the President
and his so-called budget system actually
recommended the Congress to appro-
PIRATE.
THE President denounces the Con-
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FOLDERS ARE FOOLED

Telephone Company Puts On oper-
ator to Intercept April 1 Calls.
CHICAGO, April 2 G40.-The April 1
Joke, 1t seems, was on the jokers.
The telephone company put on q
special operator to intercept calls for
the Zoo and the dog pound. which Is
the reason most attempts failed TO have
persons call for Mr.. Bear" or Mr..
Kerr"
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have been in the Presidents possession,
If they were not"
Senator Mcclellan called the Presi-
dents statement "a very strongly i'm
piled insinuation that Congress is con-
trolled by group and sectional inter-
ests''
II resent this implication" he said
"It is an unfair and unjust insinua-
ton"
The Washington times., 1931-05-25
WORLD AGENCY
To FIGHT DOPE
IS FAVORED
Proposals to Enlarge Powers
OF Opium Board Are to Be
Discussed at Geneva Meet

GENEVA. May IS US0 With
the modern fashion running to
relationships and consultations
the movement here to set up a
central agency to dictate the
worlds fight against dope is
gaining strength.
Proposals will be advanced be.
fore the League of Nations mar
cotics conference. starting here
May 81, to enlarge the powers
of the present central opium
board to make it the spearhead
of the international anti-drug
crusade.
Created in 1925
The central board was created
by the Geneva opium convention
of 1925, which the United States,
charging the league with protect
ing dope interests, refused to
sign. The board has eight mem
berS, one of whom is an American
serving in a private capacity.
When the 1925 conference fell
under the control of the European
drug cartel, the board was
stripped of authority which would
have made it a powerful weapon
against illicit traffic. It's duties
are chiefly to collect statistics.
Now, however, comes the scheme
to give the board authority to
compel countries to revise their
estimated annual needs Of drugs
to prevent piling up of huge stocks
for the Illicit trade.
Regulate Orders
With such power the board
would be able to regulate orders
and to force factories to produce
no greater quantity of dope than
is needed for medicine and science
in any one year. Manufacturers
could not fill an order for drugs
without the boards approval.
The scheme is regarded as the
first step toward ultimate govern.
ment monopoly of drug manu-
facture.
The Washington times., 1931-05-25
MISS COOKE RESIGNS

LEESBURG. Va, May 25.-The
resignation of Miss Harriet T.
Cooke as home demonstration
agent in Loudoun has been an
nounced. Miss Penelope Nor
gan, of Charlotte county, has
been named to succeed Miss
Cooke.
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BIDS ASKED ON NEW HOME
OF L. S. SUPREME COURT
Work to Get Under Way Soon on $780,
900 Project, While Early Start on Two
Other Big Federal Jobs Is Slated.

just advertised
X Capitol for construction of
| J Supreme small will
the site immense
what will be of the outstanding monumental
The site the north of the Library
from Capitol street Maryland
First to Second streets.
Measured in the project expenditure
with housing could call court now being
quar- in The
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priations are provided by Congress.
All the administrative quarters, hospital
facilities and laboratories, however. are
TO be provided for in the main section
to be erected first, and the later addl-
lions are TO provide quarters only for
more beds.
Tract Already Purchased.
The development is to be erected on
a tract OF more than 200 acres pur-
chased about two years ago by the Dis
trict. The tract includes an area
known as the former farm of Mrs. Mar
garet r. Shannon and a part of the
LLOYD farm. 1t is located on the De-
tense Highway at Randle Station of the
Washington Baltimore Anna polls cleo
trio line 1t is about two miles south
of the Glenn Dale Station on the Penn
Sylvania Railroad.
plan has been drawn also for de-
velopment of the land about the main
hospital building. This building is to
be erected overlooking quadrangle.
at the west end OF which would be
erected the nurses home and at the
east end a dcrmitory building for men
employed at the institution.
The old Randle residence on the
property is to be used temporarily as a
staff house and later Is TO be recon-
structed as a home for the superin-
tendent of the hospital. Cottages are
10 be erected, according to the general
plan, for members of the medical staff.
S625,OOO Appropriated.
Congress has made an appropria ton
OF S625, 900 for the project about
100000 has been allocated to the con-
Struction CT the buildings for the hos
pital. the nurses home and the super
intendent's residence; 100000 for fur
nishings and equipment and the re-
mainder for the land
A grove of white oak trees is to be
incorporated into a plan for a rock
garden in the landScaping plan. Hang
ing from enc of the seedlings is a sign
bearing the latin inscription: Pro Bono
Publico," meaning For the Good OF
the Public" This was placed there
when the grove was used AS a meeting
place for a church gathering Rustic
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Realty Association
Seeks Oldest Home
In u. S. for Shrine
Would Dedicate Ii to
Ideals Founded on
Ownership.

Where Is the oldest home In the
United States? Is 1t hidden in the
streets of some great city that has
grown up around it, or is it standing
in some quaint country town with old
trees shading its doorway?
Is it the old Fairbanks home at DIED.
ham, Mass. variously reported as the
oldest and the second oldest residence
still standing on this continent? Is ii
the home of Paul Revere, is it the
quaint shingled house of John and
Priscilla Alden. or is 1t home never
known of before?
The National Association Of Real ES-
tate Boards wants to locate the oldest
home, and start movement to preserve
it as a shrine dedicated to the ideals
that are founded on home ownership
Herbert U. Nelson, executive secretary OF
the association, says:
American battle sites are marked be-
cause CT their significance in American
life. The birthplaces of American heroes
are preserved to remind the public what
these men did for our country.
The desire for home ownership had an
equal part in making America great.
The longing for bit of land drove men
and women through the Western wilder
ness. The wish to keep their homes has
made men work on our farms, and IN
our factories. and in our Offices as they
never would have worked otherwise
"Unselfshness, thrift, ambition. love
and progress have played their parts in
American life because somebody wanted
a home.
II would like to see shrine made of
the oldest American home. Its very age
would be bound to make it appealing 1t
would do more to sell home owning
than the words of the best salesman.
would like to see children make pilgrim
ages to it and there be imbued with the
wish for their own hearths that will
follow them throughout their lives"
The old Fairbanks home was built in
1886. 1t was occupied by lineal descend
ants of the family until 1908. The house
Is built entirely of lumber and plaster,
except for the chimneys. door steps,
etc. and the old oak framing has
achieved a rich chocolate brown. 1t is
believed the timbers were originally ship
timbers
The Real Estate Association asks that
any one knowing of house as old as or
older than the Fairbanks structure send
a. description of it to the association
Offices. SO East Van Buren, street, Chi
cago, where every effort to locate the
most ancient residence will be made.
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Children's Sanatorium to Fill Long-Felt Need
Will Go Up on Large
Tract In Prince
Georges Co..
WORK WILL START
WITHIN 3 MONTHS
Accommodations for $50 Tu-
berculosis Patients to
Be Provided.

NEW construction operation, de-
n signed to provide aid in bounti-
"A full measure for suffering chill
4 dren and, at the same time,
add a new group OF buildings
of a character in keeping with the de-
velopment of a more beautiful Greater
Washington, is TO be started by the
District government before the end OF
the year.
The project is the Children's Tuber-
culoSiS Sanatorium and a companion
group of smaller buildings to be erected
on a large tract at Randle Station, in
Prince Georges County. plans for which
now are being completed by the office
of Municipal Architect A. L. Harris.
1t is expected construction will be
started In December.
When the roject is completed. there
will be facilities for the treatment of
a maximum of $50 children who are
suffering from various stages of tuber-
culosis, with adequate housing for the
nurses. technicians, superintendent,
resident physician, and the necessary
domestic workers.
Needed for Long Time.
Such a sanatorium modern in equip
ment and commodious in housing ia
cilities, removed from congested city
conditions, has been held to be sorely
needed for some time, the District now
having no building OF this character
where all needed facilities are COM
bined.
The development may take on a
much larger importance in future years.
since interested District officials and
members of Congress already have in
mind the building of new tubercu-
losis hospital for adult patients. in the
same suburban tract. to replace the
present adult institution at Fourteenth
and Upshur streets.
The Upshur street hospital when
built years ago was in what was a
suburban section, but since then has
become congested. 1t now is made
ouate in size and the overflow of pa
tientS is cared for at Gallinger Hos
pital.
There is ample space in the site Of
the chldren's sanatorium for the
building of larger new adult hospital
welfare of the District among others.
has recommended that a new aduls
tuberculosis hospital be erected there.
Homelike Aspect Sought.
A Colonial architectural motif has
been selected for the buildings and
plans show an effort to produce a
homelike aspect in even the large main
building, which will provide all the
hospital quarters designed for the care
and treatment of the juvenile tuber-
cular patients.
From the architectural point of view,
however there Is even more of an in
teresting study in the design of the
nurses home, which appears devoid of
an institutional feeling and which. in
fact, Is a near likeness of the historic
Brice house at Annapolis.
The Brice House was erected in
1740 by Thomas Jennings and is re-
garded by some as one of the most dig
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nified houses in Maryland, and a
worthy expression OF the English re-
Nuisance style of architecture in the
colonies
In the design of the nurses home
the entrance Of the Brice house has
been supplanted by a practical copy
over, home built by William Byrd. Cd
near the James River, in Charles City
County, Va, about 1880.
It is planned to use handmade brick
in the construction of the house, ac-
cording to the plans. in order to lend
a more authentic Colonial character
to the building. The brick is to be
laid in Flemish bond style. which was
common in Colonial structures.
There will be three windows on
either side OF the entrance in the main
facade of the nurses home differing
somewhat from the fenestration of the
Brice house. The house will have an
overall width OF 1872 feet. including
portion being 81 feet wide. The nurses
home will provide quarters for a staff
of 40 nurses and technicianS.
The nurses building will contain a
large living room, entrance hall. re-
ception room and kitchen. with the
residence quarters Subdivided among
the various grades Of the staff.
Space Being AlIocated.
The planning of the interior quar-
tiers Of the main sanatorium building
is being given detailed study to as
sure proper division Of space among the
various needs for specialized treatment
and disqualification of the patients
The plan generally is to segregate the
various types of patients so that the
most serious cases will be cared for on
the top floor and the least serious or
convalescent children in the first floor
rooms
With the advice OF numerous con-
sultantS, including physicians and spe-
cialiSts, both in and out OF the District
service, the municipal architectural
staff is allocating space for various ia
cilitieS, including private rooms. cub
icleS, laboratories for the most modern
types of specialized treatment. an OPP
Grating room, kitchens dining rooms
and all the necessary quarters that
make modern hospital.
The main building is to be erected
in sections. the central unit first. ex-
tensions TO be made later as the need
arises for more room and as aDDrO-
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Will Be Ready in Three Years.
The contract for the erection of the
court building. which will be awarded
to the lowest bidder when estimates are
opened by Mr.. Lynn october 81, will
specify completion of the structure
within three years of the date of award.
The plans call for a flve-story central
building. with two three-story wings.
the whole occupying an area Of 100000
square feet, with 10000 square feet adj
ditional devoted to terraces and drive
ways.
Two other important projects in the
Capitol area also are on the road to an
early start. They are the proposed
annex to the Library Of Congress, a
condemnation valuation award for the
site of which was made Wednesday.
and the construction of new wing on
First street connecting the two existing
wings of the Senate Office Building
Bids for the latter project will be
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This survey Is prepared by the mort
gage and finance and brokers divisions
of the real estate association. whose
members find these data immensely valu-
able in their work Of arranging realty
loans.
More Companies Report.
Twenty three more companies re-
ported this year than last. All but a
few lend on all usual types of properties,
which include detached single family
homes, duplex homes. two apartments,
larger apartments, combination apart
mentS and store buildings, office build
ings and farms.
OF the 1871 companies reporting 1l8
will use their funoS for loans on single
family homes. The next most popular
investment is the duplex, or two-family
dwelling Ninety-two of the companies
place loans on this kind of structure.
Seventy-nine of the companies take
mentS, 65 handle combination apart
ments and stores: 81 advance funds for
commercial buildings, and 50 take farm
loans.
Ten of the companies loan on
churches. one of these companies lists
sums up to 100000 being available for
church building financing; 10 loan on
and plantations: two take lodges; one
takes country clubs; one takes unim-
proved city property, and one takes real
estate bonds when guaranteed by a
surety company.
Some limit loans on certain types OF
property to 40 per cent, two limit GER
tain types to 80 per cent. but Is give
so per cent, and two loan 6623 per cent.
Two lend 66 per cent on larger" apart
ment buildings.
Loans Vary From $4,000 Up.
The amounts loaned vary from $4,000,
accepted by one company on single
family detached houses, to the million
dollar figure on Office buildings listed
by one company. Ten thousand dollars
for efamily detached homes is
listed most often as the maximum ad-
vanced for this class of property. Sew
homes, one company lends $4,000 on
single-famiiy homes. and one company
will loan $95 500 on one-famlly Struc-
lures.
One company has 100000 loans for
commercial buildings, another will lend
100000; one company will lend $780,
900 on a large apartment building, and
another has 100000 loans for this pur-
pose. Several companies state that
there is no limit to the amount they
will lend on any usual type of property.
The length of the loans varies from
one year, under which one company
operates. to 16 years, given by one COM
pany. Five-year loans are listed by the
greatest number of the companies, 70
of them extending credit for that time.
Thirty-four give 10 years; three give
IL years and three give Is years.
Reporting on whether they use their
own or independent appraisers, which
might mean realtor-appraisers, there
appear to be more companies that state
they use outside talent than so stated
last year. Some of the companies use
only their own appraisers.
Most of the companies allow prepay
ment privileges under specified condi-
tiOnS.
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POLICY ON REALTY LOANS
is REPORTED UNCHANGED
National Association Says Survey Indicates Insurance
Companies Still Have Faith in Real Estate
Investments.

outline the real estate loan policies Of 1871
companies just completed by the National Assoc
Real Estate Boards indicates the continuing favor with
which companies regard realty investment 1t was
ported today.
has the policies Of these companies
interest
continue SO cent of the value
of almost any type of property including farms and the table OF
totals than appeared
IN the association states.
half million dollars
apartment buildings and company will
finance Office buildings to million dollars"
indicate millions OF dollars
II be placed we'll selected real estate.
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benches were employed for the services
conducted there by minister.
Plans for the hospital and the COM
panion buildings are being completed
by l.. p Johnston under the supervision
of Municipal Architect Harris.
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Maj. Tryggve Gran is to make tests
with a motor cycle on the Joseerdala
Glacier. West Norway, with a view of
using the machine In his next trip to
the South Polar Plateau, says dis
patch from Copenhagen.
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opened at the Office of the architect Of
the Capitol next Wednesday.
In the meantime consistent progress
is manifest in the general development
Continued on Second Page
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-03
5 half PINT
SUSPECTS HELD
BY DRY RAIDERS
Alleged BootIeggers Are
Punched by Federal
Authorities.

Five more alleged half pint
bootleggers have been bound over to
the federal grand jury under tbs
minimum bond Of $500, by Howard
S. Young, United States commits
sioner.
They were arrested in series Of
raids by prohibition agents out Of
the office of Charles Britt, deputy
administrator for the southern dis
trict of Indiana.
A sixth offender, Delbert john
son of Covington, was arrested for
operating a twenty-five gallon still
and placed under a $4,000 bond.
st didn't have time to diStill good
drink" johnson told the agents.
The alleged half pinters" arrested
are: Ralph Smith and his Son-in-
law, William T. Powell, 1920 North
Alabama street, charged with hav-
ing a half gallon of whisky and
twenty-four quarts of beer; Walter
Eeiois, 522 West Maryland street, al
legged to have sold a half pint to a
government investigator; Mrs. Ella
Sturges, 731 Cleveland street,
mother of three small children,
charged with having small guam
tity of whisky and home brew beer,
and Elmer Smith, Negro, 62S West
Vermont street, charged with SELL
ing a pint of "moonshine" to an
informer agent and then helped him
drink half of it.