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Evening star., 1932-12-24
OCCUPY NEW QUARTERS
]. Charles Shapiro, Inc, Move to
1903 K Street.

The building firm Of j. Charles
Shapiro. Inc. has leased and occupied
new and larger Office quarters at 1903
K street. The company during the
past year has engaged in two building
projects. one at Chevy Chase Parkway
and Jenifer street and the other at
First and Longfellow streets.
Fifteen dwellings now are under con-
struction at Eighteenth and Upshur
streets and at Second and Longfellow
streets. The firm conducts a general
realty business in addition to the con-
struction projects.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
Claim Healthiest City.

SYDNEY, Australia CP).-Residents
of Sydney claim their city is the
healthiest in the world. This year the
death rate dropped to 8.7l per 1000.
The infant mortality is ABB per 1000.
the schools is said by the municipal
doctor to be responsible largely for
keeping Sydney residents healthy.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
Will Be Self SuSta lining.

Will Be Self-Sustaining,
IF it was the intention or expecta-
ton of Congress that the Home Loan
Bank system could and would lift that
portion of the $4,000 900. 600 mortgage
debt from those homes whose owners
have mortgage obligations approac hing
the value of the property and who, on
account of unemployment and like rea-
sons, do not have the ability to repay
advances. would not Congress have di-
rectly appropriated at least two or three
billion dollars for the enterprise, rather
than lending, through the Reconstruct
tlon Finance Corporation, SIPS 600 600
to initiate the Home Loan Bank sys-
tenn" the league officials asked.
II the building of the system should
continue upon the sound lines clearly
intended by Congress when the act was
passed, ready market will be de-
Veloped for the sale Of its bonds. The
System Will be Self-Susta ining in the
same manner as the Federal Reserve
system.
If, on the other hand, it should be-
come the dumping ground for unsound
mortgages which individuals and in
stltutions may want to unload, no
market can be developed for the sale
of bonds and it can exist and grow only
by direct Government subsidy. ct
enormous and growing expense to the
taxpayers of the Nation. As repre-
sentatives Of the building and loan as
sociations of the country We are un-
aiterably opposed to such a subsidy
Can Solve Problems.
One of the two really pressing prob
lens in the home financing field, the
league officials said, is to take care Of
the individual with a short-term mort
gage which has been called and the
individual who has good real estate
security, who can repay and who merits
further funds. The Home Loan Bank
system can solve this problem effec-
lively, they declared.
The second problem is the property
owner who does not have employment
and has not been able for many months,
If not years, to pay interest, taxes and
insurance the statement continues.
Further loans will not assist this
individual and most advances made
under such conditions could never be
repaid. The Home Loan Bank system
cannot deal with this problem"
c. Clinton James of this city, chair
man of the Federal Legislative Com
mittee of the League, was a member
Of the delegation headed by Ward 3.
Whitlock, Springfield, Ill, league presi-
dent.
Evening star., 1932-12-24

part OF whichever the garage-can
be reached through its six openings.
The kitchen is provided with two
entrances, and the back entry, with
space for storage and the refrigerator,
is major convenience.
There are innumerable details OF
value to the homeowner wishing to
be truly comfortable.
One is the bay window in the dining
room and other the well placed porch
glazed-in and accessible to either din
ing or living room.
The kitchen is we'll away from the
dining room.
The roof should be wood shingle.
fiat tile or slate, laid so that a rough
effect is secured Clapboards should
be French gray. natural rough finish
Stone for the chimney should be local,
Of warm tone. and the top is Of alter
mating squares of stone and red brick.
A lot 60 by Is feet, or more, Is es-
sential.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
Elephant Won on Vote.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. CP.-Freak
election bets had their counterpart in
1892, the Chattanooga Public Library
has found. Hal Divine won an elephant
from a circus man in Chattanooga when
Grover Cleveland wen. Later Divine
was sorry he wen and the elephant was
returned to the circus.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
Counties Reduce Taxes.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE. December 24.-Three
Maryland counties have effected a re-
ductiOn in tax rates for the coming
year, with a fourth one ready to oper-
ate on the same rate as it did the cur
rent year. Those with the reductions
are Baltimore, Anne Arundel and Har-
ford Counties, while Carroll will have
the same rate as now in effect.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
REALTORS HERE PREPARE
FOR NATIONAL SESSIONS
]. F. M. Bowie Heads Convention Committee; W. C..
Miller to Be Inaugurated as
President.

planning for the annual business session OF the Ma
ona Association OF Real Estate Boards to be held here late
month"; this earnest by local realtors
who will be to hundreds of visiting delegates
j. F. M Bowie immediate past president OF the washington
board named general for the convention
by H. Clifford Bangs, head OF the local board
Appointment of members of committees to assist IN
the be held at Willard Hoe
January 26- -29, to be completed next week.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
DOLLAR VALUE AFFECTS RENTS.
Three Other Vital Factors Found That
Cause Changes.

Cause Changes.
The changing value of the dollar is
an important factor affecting rents, par
ticularly so in periods following wars.
according to survey finding reported
in the journal of the American Institute
of Real Estate Appraisers. new profess
sional division of the National ASSocia-
ton of Real Estate Boards.
The declaration is made by Delbert
S. Wenzlick, president OF Real Estate
Analysts, Inc. engaged in large-scale
collection and application of real es-
tate data in st. Louis, Chicago and
certain other cities.
He bases his conclusions on studies
of experience in St. Louis, examining
not only the long-term history Of the
rent curve. going back to 1851, but also
the long-term behavior of certain ma
jor factors which affect rent prices
and realty values.
Three Other Factors.
In addition to the question of the
value of the dollar, Mr.. WenZlick finds
that rental and property values are
affected by the following three factors:
That the marriage rate, as well as
the change in the average number OF
persons per family, must be consid-
cred. That the marriage rate, when
properly weighed, varies above and be-
loU normal to the extent of from 80
to 50 per cent That its cycles COIN
de almost exactly with cycles in con-
st-uce:on, vacancy, foreclosures, rents,
re?l estate activity and prices.
T2st new construction always is
"cl,afi1g at the Bit ready to go as
space-c b-orption, rent returns, give the
syn.
That the many factors bearing on
rel estate values, viewed over period
o. eight decades, and charted side by
side, show a very orderly behavior.
That this fact presents a challenge to
the real estate appraiser of tomorrow
as never confronted appraisers before.
While St. Louis figures are used in
the study. preliminary work in other
cities indicated that the behavior of
the factors mentioned is much the
same in those cities as it has been
found to be in st. Louis, Mr.. Wenzlick
states.
Family Is Proper Measure.
Proper measure of demand for hous-
ing accommodations is the family. not
While in 1850, 1000 persons comprised
only l78 families, the same number OF
persons today comprise 263 families
than were required by the same popu
lation 80 years ago.
Cyclic changes in the marriage rate
constitute a factor often overlooked in
estimating housing demand and sup
ply.
The marriage rate in ST. Louis has
been below normal since 1924 the
article states. AT present it stands
at about SO per cent of normal.
THE accumulated shortage below
normal since 1924 is nearly 10000
Most of these marriages are delayed be-
cause of economic conditions and will
take place at an abnormal rate with
the return of more normal employment
Doubling up accounts for perhaps as
much more potential demand as de-
layed marriages.
Economic recovery will release these
factors and the seemingly hopeless ex-
cess of quarters will be quickly absorbed.
When this occurs the present trend in
rents will reverse itself. just as it did
in 1900 and again in 1918"
Evening star., 1932-12-24


National officials of the body now are
listing subjects to be considered One
will be determination of national poll
cies on important legislative matters to
ccme before Congress and State Legis-
latures. Forty-four State Legislatures
will be in regular session during the
next year. There also will be number
of special sessions.
Discussion of the real estate business
itself will bring outlines of the type of
organization and the form Of activity
deemed best fitted to suit the needs and
demands of the current time.
w. c. Miller of this city, the presi
dent-elect of the national body, and
other officials will be inducted into
Office at the inaugural banquet to- be
held the evening of January 28 L. T.
Stevenson, retiring president will con-
duct the majority Of the sessions.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
DRAMA OFFICE RENTED
Clifford Brooke Academy Takes
Second Floor Space.

The second-f1oor quarters in the busi-
ness building on the northwest corner
OF Connecticut avenue and K street
have been leased for period of three
months by the Clifford Brooke Acad-
emy Of Stage Training in the Dramatic
Arts through the agency of the Randall
H. Hagner Co
The space leased consists of about
1900 square feet.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
$11,000,0O0 in Dividends.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, December 24.-Approx-
imately s11, 100000 in dividends will be
distributed by the building and loan
associations of Maryland for the last
half OF 1892. according to c. Philip Pitt,
secretary of the Maryland League of
Building Associations. About 5000, ,0O0,-
000 is invested in the Maryland Associ-
ations, it Tas stated.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
Building Institute to Meet.

AS many as 800 building and loan
executives of the country may come to
Washington to attend the tenth annual
Winter conference of the American
Savings, Building & Loan Institute.
an educational unit of the home f1nan-
cling industry according to Clarence T.
Rice, Kansas City, Kans., institute
president.
Evening star., 1932-12-24

~ 9TH floors of this Norman
* adaptation have been planned
with an eye to the comfort Of
a family with children.
Downstairs there is an abun-
dance of light and air and very well
planned entrances, front and rear.
Children may go about their play with
cut disturbing the bridge game in the
living room.
On the second floor, among other
features. there is a small childs room
connecting with the masters bed room
through the bath. Should the small
room be needed for a maid. the storage
space over the garage will make an
equally good child's room. Otherwise.
should it not be wanted for storage. it
has great possibilities as play room.
1t will be noted that the front hall
is the focal point of the house. any
Evening star., 1932-12-24
RADIO LIBEL IMPOSSIBLE
Australian Court Limits Actions
for Damages to SANDER.

Tor Damages to SANDER.
MELBOURNE CP.-A person cannot
be ibeled over the air in Australia, but
he can be slandered.
This is the effect of a decision by
the Victoria Full Court. dismissing an
appeal by Max Meldrum, artist. who
sued for $4,000 damages from the
Australian Broadcasting Co.
The Full Court held that it was not
possible for any one to be libeled by
wireless broadcast, and that aggrieved
persons were restricted to actions for
slander.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
PROFESSOR WON'T DO
Most College Girls Take Problems
to Their Mothers.

When it's problem of the heart, the
college girl runs to mother instead of
the psychology professor.
Slxty-six per cent of the girls inter-
viewed at Syracuse University, New
York. admitted this, according to a
study OF problems of freshman college
girls made public BY Dr. Eugene A.
Leonard Of Columbia University.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
BANDIT GETS ONLY $4OO
Denies Guilt When He Is Accused
of Taking 81 800.

AKRON CP.-Wilson Kugler, 10. of
Atlanta, listened carefully to the read
ing of a charge Of highway robbery
against him. Guilty or not guilty?"
demanded the judge. Not guilty"
said Kugler. II only got s400 in that
robbery not $1,000" He'll be back
next week for sentencing.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
NAME is TOO LONG
Indians Unable to Use Tribal Word
for Rebuilt School.

MUSKOGEE. Okla CP.-The Chero-
kee fathers who co-operated in moving
and rebuilding the Wells Hollow Rural
School so their children wouldn't have
so far to walk wanted to rename the
school with the tribal word for CO.
operation.
But the word is "dee-leestalur- dee 4"
which they decided is too much of a
mouthful. So they named it the Nor
ris-Vann School in honor of two prom
inent families.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
$1,000 Dwelling Planned.

A two-story brick dwelling is to be
erected for Miss HeSter E. J. Thomas
at 5355 Twen: n:y-ninth street, according
to plans filed with the District govern
ment by Paul ". Stone. Inc. builder.
The construction cost is estimated at
$1,000.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
Swedish Women Win.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden R).- Swed-
ish women employed in governmental
enterprises have won a battle. The
government has decreed they are to be
accorded equal rights with men in
every way in earning positions of au-
thority or prominence.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
Owning Building Section Washington and Suburbs
ADEQUATE TEST SOUGHT
FOR HOME LOAN BANKS
United States Building and Loan League Asks Con-
gress to Cooperate in Developing
System.

PLEA that the Federal Home Loan system given
II adequate length of time to demonstrate
laid before members of Congress this
United States Building and Loan League
for the league also asked the
other public officials
law. -
1.-The Home Loan Bank System permanent
system OF sound banks providing funds
munlty hOmehnance institutions
owners dole at the expense of the pokmen the
league declared. -
Evening star., 1932-12-24
Dwelling for Tennyson Street.

I. Bliss Hill, as ,wner, and the Chevy
Chase Construction Co. as builder, have
applied for permit for erection of a
two-story dwelling at 1906 Tennyson
street. The building is to be of brick,
tile and frame construction
Evening star., 1932-12-24
Garden Inside Squash.

ADRIA, Italy P)-A garden was
found inside squash grown here. The
seeds had taken root in the soft in
terror and produced small plants. with
leaves
Evening star., 1932-12-24
WOMEN QUICK IN FIRE
Five Credited With Carrying Piano.
Other Furniture Saved

Other Furniture Saved.
CENTRAL CITY, Nabr. P.-The
Central City Ladies Aid Society lives
up to its name.
1t was meeting at the home of Mrs.
Charles Mathis when some one
rushed in shouting that the house was
afire. Five ladies are credited with
carrying out a piano. They saved all
the other furniture, too, except a
dresser.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
Will Construct IA Buildings.

Plans for the construction Of IA
brick dwellings in the 1900 block of
Second street northeast have been filed
with the District building inspector by
the Harvard Development Co.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
STEALS BABY CARRIAGES
Jobless Seaman Has Odd Penchant.
Faces Prison Again,

A jobless Liverpool seaman with a
penchant for taking baby carriages is
being held in bail in New York City.
William j. Clare was arrested while
wheeling the carriage at am. He
previously was sentenced to go days on
q similar charge.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
SLAYER'S LAST PLEA
Up for Sentence in Wife's Death,
Plays woman Is Fickle."

Max Gronwald, 81. a Berlin musi-
clan. up for sentence for his wife's
Staying, was asked if he had ANYTHING
to say before sentence was pronounced
Il should like to play my trumpet for
the Jast time" he said.
The request was granted.
He played La Donna Mobile"
CWoman Is Fickle") from Verdi's
"Rigoletto"
Evening star., 1932-12-24
Dwelling to Be of Brick and Tile.

Mrs. Grace o. LoWery plans to erect
two-story brick and tile dwelling a.
1923 Thirty-fourth street, according to
specifications filed with the District by
Sears, Roebuck & Co., builders
Evening star., 1932-12-24
PAYS 1859 PENNIES
Dairyman Carries 32k Pound
Bundle to Meet Taxes

Bundle to Meet Taxes
SHELDON, N. Oak. P).-It was a
load off his mind, to say nothing of
his arm, said E. E. Good, Sheldon
dairyman. as he deposited 32l2-pound
bundle in the Ransom County court
house.
Here's my personal property tax
payment-count it." Good told Off
cials. They did-all afternoon. There
were 1859 pennies. Good said he's
been saving the coppers for three
months.
Evening star., 1932-06-19
Books ReCpiUed

MODERN BUSINESS LETTERS: For busy
people BY Cay Vernon. author Of supreme
Letter Writer" New York: George Suly
& Co.
PROPS: Tales Of the pawnshop and other
stories. By j. Bernard Lynch. author of
Trolley Tales Boston: Meador Publish
ing Co.
BLACKSTONE'S SECRETS OF MAGIC. BY
Harry Blackstone. New York: George Sully
g. Co.
Fisher. Illustrations by Albert McKibben.
Monterey, Calf: W. T. Lee Co. Inc.
THE PHANTOM PRESIDENT BY George
F. Worts. New York: Jonathan Cape &
Robert Ballot.
YOUR NEXT PRESIDENT. BY Eddie Cantor
and David Freedman. Illustrated by S. l.
Hydeman. New York: Ray Lomr & Rich
ard R. Smith Inc.
POLITICAL MOTHER GOOSE BY Paul
johnson. New York: The Non-Partisan
Press.
THE CHAMPION. BY Arthur Stanwood Pier.
author Of The Coach" etc Illustrated
by Frederic A. Anderson. Philadelphia
The Penn Publishing Co.
THE RED MEMS WONDER BOOK. BY
Howard Angus kennedy. author of The
New World Fairy Book" etc. Illustrated
by George L. Cumine. New York: E. P.
Dutton & Co.
Evening star., 1932-06-19

characters are alive. They are both believabe
and interesting The whole offers a story of
widespread adventure carried out consistently
and, at the same time, in the spirit and fair
of true dramatic action. In essence this is the
historic novel at its best In effect it Is the
adventure of youth itself.
MADAM. By Richmond Barrett, author of The
Enemy's Gates" etc. New York: Live
right Inc.
iilF had the money, could" IF had
! the wherewithal, would" Such IA
miliar preanlbies to the visions of many a
short handed dreamer Nothing like that here,
however. Bent upon pure fabrication. Rich
mond Barrett thriftily provides himself with
ample and varied resources to support his
invention First, millions Of money Second
beauteous lady, as latitudnous in outlook
and behavior as in the opulent curves of a
generous avordupois. Children of her own,
a couple, quite enough to show dangerous lines
OF descent, to furnish frequent example of
"Madam's" maternal ineptitudes. Her own
mother within the household, for clash of
arms, SO to speak. for the onset of attack
issuing. now as triumph now as defeat on
this side that OF the blood line Servants
in lines and troops boot-hckers, listeners at
keyholes. tale-bearers and eossipers. manori-
nj estate in the country. Palatial suites in
q city hosiery.
That sums, fairly well, the material with
which this young writer has burdened him.
self for the purpose of making, out of hand
something that probably exists nowhere in the
scheme Of human existence save only as dim
shadowings wholly unbridled mares Of
the night.
Yet. despite the fantastic extravaganza of
situation, character and action. the young
man has cid to an obviously original intent
OF sheer fabrication. And he has, besides,
turned out an uncommonly good piece of writ
ing, one that would have been more satisfy
ing, however. had the body of it had consis-
tent or even plausible foundation. Now should
he some day decide upon a strenuous period
OF reducing a sadly overgrown and generally
disordered imagination, why. In that case this
young man might, just possibly. turn his
good sense Of structure and his verbal capacity,
the two working together. into picture of cur
rent social life sufficiently chastened to get into
the acceptance Of the average reader of Sum-
mer fiction. Nothing short Of this will do for
you Mr Richmond Barrett author of Ma
dam"
Evening star., 1932-06-19
% IDA GILBERT MYER
Study o fEducafion Ar0und the World F'7He
Real Bernard Sha7v, and Some Of the
Late Summer NoveL.
The

point in question. Not only a good map, but
one that Is immovable well. This she has
provided. Here Is Manhattan itself. Not at
all where the average reader or traveller had
placed it. Aligned properly are Brooklyn, jersey
City, East River and the Hudson, these too,
quite strangely out Of place. A few minutes
of plain devotion to this map will set even
Methuselah on the right way to get acquainted
with the metropolis of the new world. Then,
and then only. is one able to follow the stages
by way of which this port Of the world" has
advanced from Old Manhattan at $244, from
thrifty Dutch to uncommercial Indian, to its
present imposing bulk in the accountings of
the world itself. -Four hundred years the story
goes back in picturesque incident and succinct
accounts of history itself. Honest fur traders
come into close quarters with pirates and
smugglers not honest Troubles with the
Indians take on rival grievances with stamps
and taxes. The Revolutionary War Is for quite
. spell something of . New York affair. After
1t. business boons IS it has . way Of doing.
The Erie Canal. water works. the telegraph and
cable. and always armies of immigrants. These
march here in the homespun of every day talk,
1t. March straight on past the Civil War and
Greater New York on its way. book that
IS all alive. A book that Is up and doing.
Therefore. fascinating concrete offering, "Old
New York" as new IS today. As seizable in
its every part as this Illuminating genius has
50 clearly made of a seemingly labyrinthine
maze OF structures piled sky-high upon one
another over the whole Of Manhattan and its
borders. Reading suggestions go along with the
body Of the book and planned trips invite to
a frst-hand study of the city. Splendidy
arranged ensemble of fact and story upon a
subject of vital interest.
Evening star., 1932-06-19

REMAKERS OF MANKIND. BY Carleton
Washburne, author of Better Schools"
with Myron M. Stearns). New York: The
John Day Co.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-08-29
WOMEN ADOPT
MARKET PLAN
Times Staff Photo

DR.. T. B. Symons, head of the
University of Maryland extension
service, will explain a co-opera-
tive plan of marketing to the
sellers of the Bethesda farm wo-
mems market at meeting called
by Mrs. A. D. Oursler, chairman
of the board of the old corpora
ton, tonight at the Rockville
courthouse.
The plan. worked out by d..
F.. B. Bomberger, of the Federal
Farm Board, to conform to the
best standards of cooperative
marketing, was accepted by the
original group of directors at a
meeting August Is. Mrs. Oursler
said:
Under the plan all sellers on
the market will be taken care
of, and it is hoped that there
will be no division among the
women. The charges will be
the Sar as at the old market,
although the organization and
management will be distinc-
lively different"
The meeting is to convene in
the old courtroom at 8 o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-08-29
UNITED ALIENS
URGED To END
RACKETS
eek-Americans, at Fraternity
Rally, Told Cooperation
Will Help All

BALTIMORE, Md, Aug.
29.-Greek- Americans in the
United States could and
should help each OF h e r
greatly in business, fraternal
interests and in civic enter
prises by buying, selling, and
working comparatively, accord
ing to the annual report of
Theodore c. Andronicos, Of
San Francisco, to the Order
of Ahepa, on file today.
The report, made to the con-
vention of this Greek-American
fraternity being held here, also
urges members to boycott films,
plays. theaters and books which
ridicule Greeks.
If Greeks in this country buy
and sell comparatively. they can
do much to improve their COM
mon lot and oppose racketeering,
as we'll as improve the status of
the naturalized citizen in general,
said the vice presidents report.
Officers were to be elected this
afternoon. Tomorrow afternoon,
a tea reception will be given to
the women visitors. At a parade
Wednesday afternoon, women visi-
tors will march wearing classic
costumes,