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Evening star., 1932-12-31

Serves Country as Whole.
The Federal construction here,
part of the $700, ,000, 900 Govern
ment program for the country as
a whole, also is providing gradu-
ally a planned development for
the seat Of the Government.
1t is serving the country as a
whole. also, by tending to tighten
the effects of the depression and
unemployment, according to a re-
cent survey showing that approx
mately SIT out of every $40 ex-
pended for the building program
here is sent out to the States for
materials and their fabrication.
Structures to be started in the future
are those for the War and Navy De-
partments, the Naval Hospital q new
annex to the Treasury Department on
Madison place, the large annex for the
Library of Congress and the APEX"
building at the small end Of the TRAN
gle, between Sixth and Seventh streets,
Pennsylvania and Constitution avenues.
In addition to the 20 major projects
listed in the private survey, there are
other operations that saw progress dur
ing the past year. but this list includes
most Of the construction work.
Mall Activity Leads.
The greatest amount Of activity was
seen in the Mall Triangle There six
major buildings were under construc-
ton as the year closed.
The four buildings which will form
major portion of the framework for the
grand plaza opening of Fourteenth
street we're carried to an advanced stage
Of construction. These are the new
homes Of the Post Once Department at
Twelfth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue., to cost s7,685,5 the Interstate
Commerce Commission, at Twelfth
street and Constitution avenue, $4,500,-
900: the Government auditorium, on an
adjoining site to the west. $4,000. 900.
and the Labor Department, at Four
Evening star., 1932-12-31

Use Of an adding machine on the
above two tables shows some rather
surprising totals, indicating the amaz-
ing amount of money that has been ex-
pended in private construction in the
District in the last % years.
The private construction total for the
period 1919-1932 amounts to more than
half billion dollars, $3.50, 100 500.
The totals for the fiscal years 1910
1918, inclusive, provide grand total of
Sis ,231 900 for that period.
The two periods, running in all about
% years, show an expenditure of about
$648, 42l 900 for private building opera
tions in the District. That sum Of
money would build quite town all in
itself, not including the vast amount of
money expended here during the past
CONTINUED on Eighth Page.J
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COUNTY PERMITS
TOTAL $1,S5,5S
Suburban Montgomery Sec
ti0n Next to D. c. Line Leads
in 1882 Building.
BY JACK ALLEN,


ROCKVILLE, Md, December 81
Construction work for which permits
were issued in Montgomery County in
1882 totaled s1,965,538 it was disclosed
today in annual reports compiled by
Chief Building Inspector j. Fred Imirie
and Inspector Martin F. Iverson. The
total for 1881 was $2.225, 1884.
The most marked development dur
ing the year was in the suburban Sec
ton Of the county adjacent to the Dis
trict Of Columbia, where 81 1,791 ,978 was
spent for construction purposes The
total value for the northern section Of
the county was $174,560.
OF the amount expended in the
suburban area $969,653 was in the Sill
yer Spring Wheaton district, including
the towns Of Kensington and Takoma
Park, while $82l,325 was in the
Bethesda Chevy Chase district. Iver-
sons report showed work in Kensing-
ton and Takoma Park totaled Sl91 $50
and the work in the Silver SPRING
Wheaton district outside Of those two
municipalities s777,soo.
Area Shows Increase.
While operations in the county as a
whole showed a decrease during the
year, projects in the Silver Spring
Wheaton area represented an increase
Of approximately s160.000 over 1881.
All but small portion Of the amount
expended for construction work this
year was for new homes.
Communities which showed the great
est progress in home construction dur
ing the year were Kenwood, Section 4
of Chevy Chase, Meadowbrook, Brook
mont, Fairland, Highland, View Park.
Sligo Park Hills, Montgomery Hills and
North Hills.
Work on Bank Starts Soon.
The largest structure for which a
permit was issued was the new s40, 1000
building of the Citizens Bank in Ia
.koma Park. construction of which will
be started shortly, while several Sic, 900
homes erected in Kenwood topped the
residential list.
The new $4,000 fire house of the
Chevy Chase Voluntee- Fire Depart
ment Of the $l2,500 engine house at
Cabin John, for which permits were
granted in 1881. were completed and
opened during the year. The Silver
Spring Fire Department remodeled its
quarters on Georgia avenue at cost
of $4,000 during the Summer.
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WEEKS PRIVATE BUILDING
PERMITS TOTAL $4,000
Brick Dwelling Costing $40, 900
Will Be Constructed on Massa-
chusetts Avenue.

Private building projects having a
total estimated cost of s63 200 were ap-
proved during the past week by the Dis
trict government. Permits were issued
for the following:
Alanson B. Houghton. owner: Fred
erick H. Brooke. architect; Hollister &
McQuary. builders; to erect one 3-story
brick dwelling, 3001 Massachusetts, ave
nue.; to cost S49, 1000.
I. Bliss Hall, owner; M. S. May ar
chitect; Chevy Chase Construction Co.,
builders; to erect one 2-story brick, tile
and frame dwelling, 32C6 Tennyson
street; to cost $5 300.
Charles H. and Ida r. Tompkins,
owners; E. L. Bullock, jr., architect; c.
Tompkins Co., builders: to erect one
1-story brick. stone and, concrete laun-
dry and dry cleaning plant, 1925 New
York avenue northeast; to cost $4,000.
Keith Morrill,, owner and builder;
Eitchings & Co., designer; to erect one
1-story brick and glass addition to
greenhouse, 2535 Belmont road; to cost
S2,500
Doris Bakefelt, owner and builder;
Claughton West, architect; to make re-
pairs, 1921 Connecticut avenue; to cost
$1,000.
Glenn M. and Bedford Brown, own
ers designers and builders; to make re-
pairs, 1925 street; to cost 5000.
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teenth street and Constitution avenue,
$4.75o 900.
Farther to the east the steel frame
work for the new home Of the Depart
ment Of Justice was reared on the large
site between Ninth and Tenth streets,
Pennsylvania and Constitution avenues.
This structure has an authorization OF
s12oo0000.
On the site to the east where for
merly was located the old Center Market,
foundations we're prepared for the Ar
chives Building. and just as the old
year came to a close contract was let
for the construction Of the superstruc-
ture, at cost Of s5,284,00
Supreme Court Home Dedicated.
One Of the high lights of the past
year was the formal dedication Of the
magnificent new home for the United
States Supreme Court, between Mary
land avenue, East Capitol. First and
Second streets northeast, the construc-
ton of which had been well advanced
This structure of Corinthian design, exc
cuted In marble, has a cost Of SO, TAG, 900.
The year also brought virtual compile
ton of the new House Office Building,
south Of the Capitol grounds between
New Jersey avenue and South Capitol
street, costing s5,270o00.
The east wing Of the Senate Office
Building. bringing more classic columns
to the Capitol area, was nearing COM
pletion Of construction as 1882 ended
This project has a cost of about
s2,1oo 900.
Nearby the new east wing of the
Library Of Congress was being built, at
a cost of approximately s1,123 900.
To the west of the Capitol Grounds
development Of the conservatory for
the Botanic Garden, on the corner Of
Maryland avenue and First street
southwest, was in an advanced stage.
The building has a cost of $604 900.
To the north Of the Capitol construc-
ton Of the large addition to the Wash
ington City Post Office was started
Continued on Eighth Page,
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total for Alexandria to s705,2 De-
cember figures will increase somewhat

total for Alexandria to $705 ,268. De-
cember figures will increase somewhat
the total for the year.
The total for 1881 was s696,254. the
largest single project for that year be-
ing the erection of the United States
Post Ofice Building, which cost ap-
prcximately $500
Some of the increase in building and
improvement during the past year may
be traced to the movement for restora-
ton of old and historic homes in Lee,
Prince, Duke and Fairfax streets.
The busiest months for construction
for 1882 were January. when s77.997
was spent for new buildings and i'm
provements, and September, when
$48,567 was expended.
While the cost total was higher than
in 1881, the number of permits issued
will be slightly less. In 1881 the num-
Der was 519 Up to December l, 1882,
there were 4A7 permits issued and Of
this figure, IA were for new buildings
and 3G3 for improvements.
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$1,29l,0DO SPENT
|NPR|NCE GEORGES
Construction Total During
1882 Equals Volume of
Preceding Year.
BY GEORGE PORTER,
Stan CORRESPONDENT Of The Star.


UPPER MARLBORO. Md, December
31-Construction operations in Prince
Georges County during the past year
attained a cost level Of approximately
81. $50 900, about the same volume as
set during 1881. OF the total, about
5000 900 was for building in the metro
politan area.
Operative building was renewed on a
small scale and was confined to the
metropolitan area. the largest group of
new houses being erected In West
Riverside. A number Of new dwellings
were built along the Marlboro pike.
Coliseum Is Built.
The largest structure completed dur
ing the year was the 5000 900 coliseum
at the University Of Maryland. The
end Of the year also saw good progress
made by the District Of Columbia on
the erection Of the childreh's sanato-
rum at Buena Vista. This structure
hes an estims ted cost Of $685.. 900.
The first Of the giant steel towers to
be used to carry high power electric
wires was erected In the county. A
line Of these towers, from Laurel to the
District line. will carry power to the
Potomac Electric Power Co. at Wash
ington.
Club House Costs $4,000.
One Of the outstanding building
projects CT the year was the erection Of
the new Beaver Dam Country Club
house at cost Of $31 900. This build
ing replaces the old club house de-
stroyed by fire last February.
Other structures completed during
the year include a new Office building
at Marlboro and an annex to the bus
terminal at T B.
County officials said that while the
number CT buildings built during the
year showed no decline from the pre-
ceding year, their estimated cost was
considerab bly, less than in former years.
Few houses were erected at a cost of
more than $1,000, records show.
Evening star., 1932-12-31
FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION DOMINATES ACTIVITY In CAPITA
Years Largest Projects Listed
ME extent to which local building
construction contributed during
1882 to the development OF
Washington Is indicated by the

TINE extent to which local building
construction contributed during
1892 to the development OF
L Washington is indicated by the
following list Of the larger prof.
ects approved during the year by the
District building inspector, Col. John
w. Oehmann:
Three-story office building at 1921
Twenty-third street, for Niepold's, Inc,
having construction cost estimated at
approximately $50, 1000; extensive remod-
cling Of the department store building
on the northwest corner Of Seventh
Sons Co., having an estimated con-
struction cost of $4,000; lodging house
for the Gospel Mission, at $40 Fifth
street, $l25,000; three-story structure
for the District of Columbia tuberculosis
hospital development at Buena Vista,
Md. $685., 900.
Exhibition building for the Pantheon
Corporation, 800 New Jersey avenue,
$4,000; three-story addition to the
Giddings School, by the District gov
ernment, $4,000; Taft Junior High
School, three-story public school,
Eighteenth and Perry streets northeast,
$470.000.
G. U. Building Costs, $500,000.
Five-story college building for George
town University, at Thirty-seventh and
o streets, cost approximately $500,000;
two-story funeral home for the j. Will
liam Lees Sens Co., at Fourth street
and Massachusetts, avenue northeast,
$4,000: two-story store and Office build
ing for the Browrley estate, at the
southwest corner of Thirteenth and F
streets, costing $4,000; one-story in
firmary building for the District of
Columbia Training School at Laurel,
Md, costing 100000; power house for
the District of Columbia Reformatory
at Lorton. Va. costing $4,000.
Four-story business building for the
Brownley estate at 1909 F. street, $50, 900,
school for the Sisters of Holy Cross,
COL East Capitol street, $54 900; laundry
plant for the District of Columbia
tuberculosis Sanatorium, Glendale, Md,
S55,000; three-story apartment, 1918 P
street, for j. H. Curran, $4,000.
$25O,ooo Dormitory.
Harrison School, three-story struc-
ture at Thirteenth and U streets, cost
ing approximately $4,000; one-story
edifice for the headquarters of the
American Pharmaceutical Association,
Twenty-second street and Constitution
avenue, S230.000; substation building
for the Potomac Electric Power Co., at
5927 Georgia avenue, costing $25 900;
three-story dormitory building for the
Redemptorists Fathers, at 3112 Seventh
street northeast, S250,0O0.
Addition to the Crummell School,
Central avenue and Gallaudet street.
Evening star., 1932-12-31
HIGH MARK In BUILDING
AND LOAN ASSETS REACHED
Volume of New Dwellings Regarded as
Encouraging in Face of Income
and Job Situation.
BY DON S. WARREN,

n M OF the National Capital reached its most i'm
building program decidedly dominating the set
changes to Washington. ' o ~ 0
Inc local private construction industry
feauceo schedule in comparison with
years fell below
mere are encouraging factors the
dence OF the desire Of large public ownership
building and loan business important in the
1e OF nome finance registered steady remarkable
1857 with the
record Tor association assets and loans. "
Home building purchase
year at reduced levels
the race OF adverse conditions and the
-eoO-oo "A-N VAN NN0eA1'
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BUILDING FIGURES
IN ALEXANDRIA GAIN
$705,26S Spent for New Work
and Improvements Dur
ing 1882.
BY MARSHALL w. BAGGETT,
Stan Correspondent Of The Star.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. December 81
Unofficial tahulation of building activi-
ties here during the past year shows
an increase in volume over the level of
1881 Incomplete figures reveal an ex-
penditure of s7o5,268. for new build
ings and other improvements during
1882.
The construction total for the year
was considerably boosted by a single
large undertaking, as was the case in
1881.
The large project of this year was
the erection Of the new plant Of the
lin street. An incomplete figure for
this work. 1927 .078, brought the known
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s32,500; remodeling Of old Business
High School, Ninth street and Rhode
Island avenue, $4,000: Kenilworth
School, Forty-fourth and Ord streets,
s65,000; one-story plant for the Wash
ington Milk Bottle Exchange, 1900 Fen
wick street northeast, $4,000; two
story hospital for the Washington Home
for Foundlings, at Florida and Sher-
man avenues, 100000; Keane School.
Blair road and Concord avenue, sl05 900;
Hardy School, at Foxhall road and @
street, s95,000 addition to Bancroft
School, Eighteen and Newton streets,
$89, 900; and foundry for the District Of
Columbia at Lorton, Va, $4,000.
Evening star., 1932-12-31
Member Plan to Be Decided.

Real estate men located in isolated
communities where there are no real
estate boards may be admitted to men,
bership In the National Association of
Real Estate Boards. The matter will be
decided at the convention of the body
here late next month
Evening star., 1932-12-31
MYSTERY IN POTATO

A problem for chemistry students was
evolved at Taft, Calf, recently when
some one stole the cap from w. L. Alt
millers gasoline tank.
Altmiller substituted a potato for the
missing cap. The tuber shrank, dropped
into the tank and few days later was
removed petrified into a stony mass.
Evening star., 1932-12-31
EXHIBITION CONTINUES
Architecture to Remain on Display
During Part of January.

An exhibition of school and college
work in architecture, opened recently
at the National Museum under auspices
Of the Committee on Education Of the
Washington Chapter Of the American
Institute of Architects will be continued
through part of January.
Evening star., 1932-12-31
GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES 20
MAJOR PROJECTS In YEAR
Value of Structures Rising Here Esti
mated at $70,OOO,0OO, With Triangle
as Center of Operations.

TWENTY major building projects of the Federal Government In
Washington which stages Of
ton during the past have totaling approximately
$70O00y000, an unofficial survey shows
Listing OF these operations is Of emphasizing that the
major portion the scheduled development
long the subject Of has been carried actual
operation with important units accomplished
Much Of the work under will continue months and
roVd amount OF activity for 1888 Other projects
schedule deferred
for future action
The bringing to realization the objective povid
ing adequate quarters efficient operation
ment while eectng savings expenditures housing
Evening star., 1932-12-31

The past year had the lowest total
Of any Of the past IA years, but it ex-
ceeded the total for the fiscal year OF
1918; that is, the year ending June 80,
1918. Here are the totals for fiscal
years from 1910 to 1919:
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Barometers illustrating yearly totals
of the cost Of local construction opera
tions, exclusive Of Federal work. Fig
ures at the left indicate millions Of dol
lars expended (000, 900 omitted). District
government building is included In the
1882 total, under the new rule requiring
permits for this class of work.
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Construction Totals.
Totals for local construction during
the past IA years are as follows:
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The Alaskan., 1932-04-22
North Star Guards
 Are Installed

Staff Captain J. Acton install cd the North Star Guards of the Salvation Army Sunday after noon in the Army Barracks. Following a very nice program by the Guards, a banner was presented them by MT. L. Paul for friends of the Guards and MT. George V, Beck presented prizes to those who had per fected their work. Staff Captain expressed the appreciation of the Armmy to MT. Joseph Hud- son for the beautiful pulpit and leading stand made of Alaska cedarS. MT. Hudson's work in the Army has been very generous on his part. He is giving the boys manual training work and bene- fit of his knowledge and skill, all without cost to the Army or the children.
The Alaskan., 1932-04-22
The Way They Build Up Alaska
Bureau Sponsors
 Annual Contest
 Declarations

A statement from the office Of Charles w. HaWkesworth, Acting Chief of the Indian Bureau Schools informs the public that there has been some uncertain ty regarding the spring elimina- tion rhetorical contests. ASSur- ance is given by the office that these exercises are to continue throughout tlsaaehool year with a final school contest including all pupils up to and including the 7th grade.
 In the past these exercises have been of community inter est with the parents and the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood sponsoring them and in certain instances offering prizes to the winners. It is the plan to have the winner of the contest in each school partici- pate in the district contest to be held in Juneau next October at the time of the Brotherhood and c: :c+a arIoaI oonuarfinx1
 Last year only tn e Sitka school sent a contestant to yakutat to enter the contest so gold and silver medals were not presented the winners but each contestant-one from Sitka, and two from Yakutat were present. ed with the book we Are Alas kans," by Mary Lee Davis.
 The Forest Service contests are also becoming of great value and the present fine spring of- fers opportunities for field study, teachers making trips with their pupils in the fields and woods to secure specimens for the course outlined by the Forest Service.
 The request has gone forth tn a t free-hand drawings ot plants and trees be submitted with essays and the judges will consider the free-hand drawings and essays in awarding the prizes.
 The Brotherhood officers urge active interest in these matters in support of the work of the Department.
The Alaskan., 1932-04-22
Griigsby Adouts Platform, of
 ". [. Paul

Abolition of the fish traps home rule for Alaska and op- position to conservation as ap- piled to the Territory in a belief that nature and economic con- ditions present sufficient bar riers' were advocated by George Grigsby, candidate for the demo- cratic nomination as delegate ts congress, in statement made public in Juneau recently.
 Tn this statement, which he is circulating to voters throughout the Territory, Grigsby said that he considers "the future admin istration of the fisheries in Alas ka the big issue of the cam paign." He said that he is unalterably opposed to the pre- sent bureaucratic control"
 He pointed out that T am in favor of the abolition of the fish traps, and as the most effective means to this end will, if elected, work for the transfer of all fed eral control of the fisheries to the Alaska territorial legislature. I believe this will be accomplish ed with the advent of a demo- cratic administration, which now seems assured. I will do my utmost to put the bureau Of fisheries out of business in the Territory of Alaska except for the purpose of scientific re- search"
The Alaskan., 1932-04-22
Increased Postage
 Is Under Fire

Vigorous opposition to in creasing the first class postage rate from 3 to 3 cents was voiced before the Senate finance com mittee by the National Council of Business Mail Users.
 Through Richard Ii. Lee Of New York, it's general counsel, the organization attacked the increase contained in the rev. enue bill as passed by the House.
 He contended it would handi- cap business and asserted 'PoSt- al rates are not proper source for raising revenue,
 A tax on copper imports was urged by Harry S. Joseph, Salt Lake City mining engineer.
 Senator Norbeck, Republican, South Dakota, reiterated he planned to propose an amend nlent to the revenue bill to in crease the tariff on butter from IA to g cents a pound. The House rejected a similar amend nlent by Representative Chris topherson, Republican, South Dakota.
The Alaskan., 1932-04-22
Dickinson Elected
 Republican Keynoter

Senator L. J. Dickinson Of Iowa has been agreed upon by the Republican high command as temporary chairman an q keynoter of the Republican Ma. tlonal Convention.
 The convention arrangements committee, headed by Chairman Tess of the national committee will meet in Chicago to make the selection.
 Representative Bertrand H, Shell of New York, Republican leader of the House, is the gen. eral choice for permanent chair man.
The Alaskan., 1932-04-22
Former Republican Leader
 Not Interested m Politics

1T am interested, but not ac- tive, in politics, and I am not in a position to discuss political issues or candidates" was the answer of William L. Paul of Ketchikan, prominent as Re publican in many campaigns in recent years, to a query as to his present attitude on party issues and aspirants for party nomina- tions.
 MT. Paul came to Juneau from Ketchikan recently to attend to law business in the United States District Court.
 Interested in Mining
 Aside from my practice as a lawyer, my chief interest now is in the development of some min ing property" he said. Last Mo- vember while I was in Seattle, Harry Benolkin and I acquired the Dolomi gold property on the east coast of Prince of Wales Is land, about 30 miles from Ket- chikan. We put five men to work in January, have Is employees at present and expect to increase the force to 20 in the summer. We have three levels opened and about 1000 feet of tunnels. The ere runs as high as $3O a ton