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MONEY SHORTAGE
FELT BY REALTORS
National Association Survey
Shows Transfers Hampered
by Conditions.
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tistica proof, that a turn to better
situation Is under way.
Selling prices reflect general business
abnormality and are lower than they
were year ago in IS per cent of the
cities reporting. While 81 per cent CT
the cities report market activity ap-
proximately the same as year ago, ST
per cent report a less active market
IL per cent a more active situation.
In recording a Nationwide downward
movement in rents which has accom-
panied general cost reductions. some
reporting cities indicate that the bottom
seems to have been reached.
Apartment rents, however, are the
only group showing any indication to-
ward rising rates. Business property
rents show the most pronounced effect
of present uncertainties. Office building
space is indicated as being in a some
what more stabilized condition both in
regard to rent levels and occupancy than
is apartment space. Both show greater
present StabiliZation than does business
space.
Central business districts are more
generally stable than are outlying sub
Centers in regard to rents for business
space and to an even greater degree IN
regard to Office rents. The larger cities
as a group show this differentiation
most strongly.
Cities of under 100000 population
show a much larger degree Of Stabll-
ization in the matter Of rents for
structures of every type than do cities
above this population line.
Business Property Normal.
Contraction Of general business ac-
tivity is reflected in the fact that despite
the practical cessation of building dur
ing the past year SO per cent of the
cities state that they have a normal
supply Of business property, SO per cent
OF them that they have an oversupply.
In apartment structures "a per cent
report a normal supply, % an over
supply and l3 per cent an actual short
age.
In regard to the present need of resi-
Dental construction the cities comment
as follows:
Many residential units are now houS-
ing :Wo or more families, who, when
linleS get better will unquestiOnably
reed accommodations of their own"
Families. running into the thousands,
have doubled up. Under normal condl-
tions We could just about supply the
demand" -" In this area we would un-
doubtedly have no vacant home units
II it were not necessary for families to
double up due to reduced income" II
our steel plants should begin operations
at a normal CT near-normal stage there
would probably be a shortage of single
family homes here"
A count by the Kansas City Post
ONCE through its carriers, made as Of
January l Of the present year, found
in that city 5,O59 such excess families.
1t discovered that of all occupied single
family homes in the city 6.2 per cent
are now housing enc or more excess
families. If all these were to move at
the same time into individual quarters
the percentage Of vacancy would be
decidedly below normal.
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Mortgage Bankers Association ol


L. T. Stevenson, Pittsburgh, president
of the national body of realtors, states
that many leaders from architectura4'
financial, civic and other fields inter
ested in the subject of home ownership
are preparing to come to Washington 10
urge enactment of the legislation. ,
He declared today: The proposed
Federal home loan banks, II estao-
lished, would DO mere than any measure
yet advanced to give employment TO the
masses and thus revive business pros
perity, because it will restore, lmmedi-
ately, the practically non-eXistent resi-
dence construction market.
Herbert U. Nelson. executive secre-
tary of the real estate association, gave
Senator Watson yesterday the report
on a countrywide survey made 80 days
ago in 318 cities on the overbuildlng
question which he declared revealed
need for the new banks.
He said that the survey shows, con-
trary to public opinion. "a normal
supply of homes in key cities through
out the country which all economists,
bankers and business men know means
new structures will be required" and
that, direct testimony from these cities
shows construction money is not avail
able
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REALTORS SUPPORT
HOME LOAN BANKS
Officers Come Here to Aid at
Hearings on Bill for
Federal System.

A group of officers and directors OF
the National Association Of Real Estate
Boards assembled here this week in
temporary national headquarters from
which they sent out a call for witnesses
to testify before congressional commit
tees in support Of the measures propos-
ing creation of system of Federal
home loan banks.
Bills introduced in the House and
Senate. following a suggestion made by
President Hoover, provide for the estab-
lishment of II banks located at points
throughout the country for discounting
first mortgages on urban residences.
Government funds would be employed
in part for setting up such banks, but
provision is made for retirement Of the
Government S financial interest in them,
it is pointed out.
At hearings held before committee
headed by Senator Watson Of Indiana,
who introduced the measure in the
Senate, there was wide difference OF
opinion over the provisions and prob
able effect of the proposed banking
system. Testimony is to be resumed
February IS before the Watson Com
mittee.
Opposition to the proposed home
banking plan was registered at an early
hearing by representative of the
Evening star., 1932-02-06

The new idea in kitchen
ped with the LARGER SIZE
electric refrigeration, inlaid
linoleum and built-in ironing
boards and broom closets.
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Trenholm Opens Offices.

Maddox Trenholm, who has been as
scciated in real estate business here
since 1908, has leased quarters in the
Woodward Building, where he will en-
gage in general brokerage business
under his own name. He became asso-
ciated in 1908 with the firm of Maury
& Kolb. which was the predecessor Of
Story & Co.
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Guy " Lucas, owner; A. S. j. Atkin-
son, architect; l.. " McKenSey, builder;
to erect one 1-story brick, concrete and
frame office and private garage, 22l H
street northeast, to cost 81 500.
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Stone to Build House.

Paul T. Stone, Inc. plans construc-
ton Of a two-story brick, stone and
frame dwelling at 44l4 Twentyninth
street An application for permit filed
with the District government lists the
construction cost at $4,000.
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architect; T. F. Collier, builder; to erect
one 2-story brick and tile dwelling
addition, 1925 Garfield street, to cost
$1,250.
Edward Spaulding, owner; r. c.
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Archer, jr., architect; P. S. Dove,
builder; to erect one 2-story brick
addition, 1643 Thirty-fourth street. to
cost $1,500.
The Washington times., 1932-06-09
mailman
ON WARPATH

They'll have to wrap Chief
White Feather, the hardened In
dian wrestler, in strait-jacket If
the local citizenry don't want
mayhem committed at the Clark
Griffith Stadium tonight. The
Indian is to battle Jim Cor
rigan, and a blood-curdling scrap
Is in the offing.
White Feather admits he treats
his opponents roughly, yet can't
understand what causes local fans
to have contempt for him. The
Indian endeavors to give a salts
factory performance, but the Gus
toners don't care for his wild
Western style.
The Indians feelings were ruff
fled last Thursday night when
the fans rode" him for the way
he was handling Corrigan. Their
tussle resulted in draw. Pro-
moter Joe Turner lost no time in
rematching them, and really ex-
poets their meeting to be the SEN
sation of tonight's program.
Fred Grobmier, who collides
with Marshall Blackstone in one
of the feature contests, lost none
Of his prestige or popularity as
the result of his defeat at the
hands of Jimmy Londos. Grob-
mier gave Londos a close call and
local fans still have faith in the
lanky Iowa grappler. Grobmier
has a vast following here and his
supporters were saddened by his
loss to Londos.
The other feature will involve
"Pinky" Gardner, light heavy.
weight champion, and Steve
Beamis, one of the better light
heavies. They will duel to a fin
ish and the fans are promised a
lively bout. Jack O'Dell tackles
John Maxos and Jim Mcnamara
collides with Jack zarnas in the
first engagement at $50 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1932-06-09
Pickups and
Putouts

Time passes on. .13 years
ago, Jack Flavin was the dash
ing freshman halfback who
tWinkled for the Georgetown
University eleven. last night,
he was on hand for the bonus
marchers' benefit fights at the
Clark Griffith Stadium :.
parental interceSsiOn failed to
induce Roland r. Mackenzie to
enter the Middle Atlantic
amateur golf championships in
progress at the Columbia
Country Club. Mrs. Miriam
Shipley, wife of Burton Ship
ley, Maryland U. athletic coach,
competed in the Herald Trophy
golf tournament. "a stubborn
cold has kept Jack Hurley,
dean of local fishermen. from
the waters. Leo Callaghan
enjoys his fish but never
throws out a line. Clint
Tucker sleeps peacefully. he's
been fishing on the bay with
success. Win Johnson never
goes to a tennis tournament
without his pipe.
The Washington times., 1932-06-09

For instance, chicago ScrlpeS
never know what lineup Manager
Lou Fonseca plans using, while
the line-ups usually sent into
action comprise players who ca
vorted at other positions before
they joined the Sox.
Yesterday FonSeca made an
other change. sending the youth
full Billy Sullivan to third base
and shifting Carey Selph. sup
posed regular third baseman to
second-a position practically new
to him.
The Sox batting order is an
other thing that is uncertain at
all times. Such swatSmen as
Fothergill and Kress are now
planted in the lower end Of the
order while Funk, Sullivan, Hod.
app and Selph make up the top
end.
It's all a mixed up affair, but
Fonseca is out to find a winning
combination, it seems, and yester-
day he found one as his team
won, 3 to 2, as mentioned above.
Berry Comes Through
Charlie Berry, Fonseca's new
catcher, delivered the hit which
defeated the Griffs. Berry came
up with the bases full in the
ninth. two out and three runs
needed to win the old ball game.
He delivered in the Frank
Merriwell style-by socking a
triple to the deepest corner in
right center, cleaning the bases
and sending the 5000 or more
faithfL. Sox fans home, and
happy tina their team had finally
won a game, and how.
Berry's sock was not off Bobby
Burke, who started for the Griffs
and 'ho hurled great game for
eight innings. It was off Lefty
Lloyd Brown, Bobby's rescue man,
but Bobb. was charged with the
loss because he put those three
men on b-ses before his exit.
A rookie-Pete Daglia-re.
ceived credit for the Sox triumph.
He entered the fray in the ninth
after Ted Lyons, Chisox starter,
Lad 2cn withdrawn for a pinch.
hitter in the eighth. Ted, by the
way, did not do such a bad job
himself, as he limited the Grlffs
to seven hits-three of which
were collected in the sixth for the
only two runs counted off his Of
ferings.
In It's sixth, Rice walked with
one out, and three successive sin
giles by West, Reynolds and Judge,
scored three markers.
SOx'S Rally
The Sox' ninth went like this:
Blue first up, flied to West. Ho-
dapp shot a grounder back Of Sec
ond which Myer handled nicely,
but Immediately followed with a
bad throw to Judge. Selph hoisted
to West, but Fothergill singled to
left sending Hodapp to second.
Here, Burke came quite worried
and pitched two wide ones to
Kress. Johnson then became wor-
ried and figured that Burke had
The Washington times., 1932-06-09

Formerly a slugging standout
with the Detroit Wolves, the big
fellow was acquired by the Pilots
only after much dickering.
Suttles, considered the Babe"
Ruth of the major colored wheel,
is a first baseman by trade,
stands six feet and two inches
and weighs 202 pounds. He is to
bow in locally Sunday when the
Pilots play the Philadelphia Hill
dales at Griffith Stadium at
2:30 p. m.
The latest Pilot wields a 40
ounce bat that is 81 inches long
and swings from the handle.
Six other players signed by the
rejuvenated Pilots yesterday were:
Dewey Creacy, third base, and
Ted Trent, pitcher, Detroit
Wolves; Bill Evans, outfield,
"Bozo" Eggleston. catcher, and
Leroy Matlock. pitcher, Home
stead Grays, and Jake Dunn.
shortstop, Los Angeles Royals.
The Pilots defeated the Black
Sox, 7 to 4, in Baltimore last
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Of 75
EXPECTED TO
COMPETE:
By GEORGE A. SIMPSON

BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON
Entries for the third annua
women's public parks golf cham
pionship close tomorrow at p
m, it was announced today BY
Harry Graham, manager at Rock
Creek Park.
Graham looks for a field ol
over rs women golfers, there
being more than so already en-
tered.
The qualifying round of Il
holes will be held Monday al
Rock Greek Park with the low
16 scorers to be paired for match
play rounds. The first round
matches must be completed BY
June 18 and the finals not later
than June "a.
All Players Eligible
Evelyn CLAWS was the winner
the first year, 1880. with Miss
Virginia Williams coping the
prize last year.
The championship is open to
any woman or girl playing the
public parks courses, regardless
If the entrant is a member OF
one of the local clubs.
Some of those enlisted for the
championship are Mrs. H. J Zun-
cell, Mrs. c. E. Gibson, Mrs. c.
V. Frinke. Mrs T. P Hayden,
Miss j. M. Cook, Mrs. A, H. Per
ley. Mrs. D. M. Slater, Mrs. Eliza
beth Caviness, Mrs. Nick Altrock,
Mrs. Mae Hill, Miss Kay Eager,
Mrs. j. M. Jester, Mrs. Elizabeth
Williamson, Mrs. Wilda Martin,
Arlen W. f, Mrs. r.. E. Viewer,
Mrs. G. D. Younger, Mrs.
Frank English. Mrs. C. A. White,
Mrs. Robert Mars. Mrs. Marion
Paddock. Miss Flo Smith, Mrs.
Berten Stern, Evelyn CLAWS,
Miss H. Marie O'Daniels, Mrs. w.
B. Rice, Mrs. George w. Curtis,
Miss Elizabeth Knight, Mrs.
Charles F. Thompson and Mrs.
Morris E. Irwin.
Entered Again
oAdO4Cy H. Leu OuEEOWS,
John J. Connolly, Harlan Will
and Bobby Burton have enrolled
for the annual mems public parks
championship, June %. at East
Potomac Park. q They represented
washington in the national pub
lie links championship last year
with Burrows being the individual
champion.
This city will send but one dele
gate to the 1882 national tourney
a. the Shawnee golf course, Louis
vile, KY, July 1923. Entries for
the mems championship are to
close June 13 at 6 p. M, with AL
Farr. manager. at East Potomac
Park, or Harry Graham, at Rock
Greek Park.
The Washington times., 1932-06-09
R { D s WANTED
BILL TERRY

Cincinnati players say that they
had hopes early in the race that
Bill Terry would be wearing the
uniform of the Rhinelanders. In
fact, Owner Sidney We'll made no
bones about the fact that he
wanted Terry to team up with
Hafey, Herman, Lombardi and the
other big shots on the Red roster.
The Ohio club owner had been
in consultation with the owner Of
the Giants several times, and they
almost reached terms at one
point, but as soon as John Nc.
Graw talked things over with
Terry, the Red owner saw that
it was futile to try and wean him
away from the Polo Grounds.
SEEK JUNIOR GAMES
Congress juniors want games.
Call Lincoln 8185.
The Washington times., 1932-06-09
WHEELERS GATHER

WTE6IEnO UH TIEn
The Wheeler Club gathers to-
night at 7::30 o'clock at the club
house. Yesterday the club de-
feated the Northeast Bricklayers,
8 to 2.
The Washington times., 1932-06-09

had enough. Enter Mr.. Brown.
Kress was finally walked by Lefty
Lloyd, bringing Berry to the
plate. His triple ended things as
told above, and it couldn't have
been worse. But these kind OF
gaines are lost every now and
then. Let's hope the next one
never arrives,
The Washington times., 1932-06-09
PAIR DEADLOCK
FOR GOLF CUP

Mrs. L. o. Camero~ Chevy
Chase Club, and Mrs. Jerome
Meyer, Woodmont Club, tied with
low nets of 76 for the annual
Herald Cup in the golf tournament
held over the Woodmont course.
Mrs. Cameron scored SO, low
gross in the field of 81 women
competitors, and a handicap Of IL
strokes gave her rs. Mrs. Meyer
was among the last players to fin
ish and registered 81, one of the
best scores she has ever made. A
handicap of IS strokes left her
with rs. The two we're playing
off their tie this morning.
Mrs. j. Marvin Haynes, Of Co
lumbia, won low gross honors
with 80, as Mrs. Cameron decided
in favor of her low net. The
major prize is determined on low
net scoring. Cards of Mrs.
cameron and Mrs. Meyer and
other leading scorers follow:
Mrs. L. O. Cameron
n,,+
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out 4 IS 5 7-45
In 4 5 4 5-4S-SS-12-76
Mrs Jerome Meyer
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&TwO out when winning run scored.
3Ran for FOnseCa in eighth.
2Batted for Lyons in eighth.
1Batted for Funk in eighth.
WASHINGTON. OOO 0 o 2 0 0 o.
Runs batted in-ReynOIds, Judge.
Berry (3), TwO-base hits-West. kresS.
Three-base hit-Berry. Sacrifice hit
Lyons. Stolen base-ReynoIds. Bases
on balIs-Off Lyons, 2: off Burke, 3;
off Brown, /. Struck Out-By Burke,
j; by Lyons, 1. Double plays-SpenCer
to Myer; Blue to Berry: Kress to Blue.
Hits-Off Lyons, in s.; off Burke. 4
Losing pitcher - Burke. Attendance -
$500. Umpires-Ormsby and Dineen.
Time of game-1:46.
Don't look for For Rent" signs
consult the vacancies advertised
daily in the Rental Columns of the
Classified Section.
The Washington times., 1932-06-09
Argyle Netmen
Battle L1keDieU

Argyle, leading the Suburban
Tennis League, faces Lakeview
on its home curtis in the feature
match Saturday. Manor travels
to Wesley Heights and Edgemoor
tangles with Standards on the
latters home ground. Standing:
The Washington times., 1932-06-09

night. Home runs by Dunn,
shortstop, and Creasey, third base
man, were responsible for the
Pilots victory.
The Washington times., 1932-06-09
Six Foot, Two, 2O2-P Founder
Joins Washington Pilots

Announcement that George (MuleO suttles, Of the
picturesque coored in baseball today had been
signed by the Washington Pilots for EastWest League
netitinn made today
The Washington times., 1932-06-09
Lew Fonseca Continually
Changing Lineup
BY GARRETT WATERS
Times Staff Corrsenondent

CHICAGO ILL.,, June 9.-The White sox who win ball
games then such yesterdays against the Grffs
they nosed out by virtue of inning rally to g.
are makeshft collection of performers these days.
The Washington times., 1932-06-09
ORIOLES BOOKING

The Washington Orioles are
after insect games. Call Manager
RIP" Mills at Atlantic 5759-W.
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~HE deep detection of this downward cycle
III is remembered for two sinister events.
One was the famous American Railway
Union strike in Chicago. which Eugene Debs
81 managed. He had seen it start with misgivings
and the affair ended in disaster.
The other dark event was one that did not
actually happen; the memory is of the narrow
escape This was the thin margin by which the
United States avoided going off the gold stand
ard in 1895 1t was only two weeks away.
The Federal financial crisis had resulted in
directly from Europeans selling in 1894 the
American stocks they had bought cheaply in
the crash of 1898. This began draining the
country Of gold. and by early 1895 the Grover
Cleveland administration had to induce J. p.
Morgan to buy United States bonds with i'm
ported gold. The country had second tight
squeeze little later but was saved that time
by the onrush of returning prosperity.
The turn for the better in this country came
in 1896 imperceptbly, as always.
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~HE causes of depression are usually pretty
III clear. but the causes of business revival
~ are always obscured in the gloom of de-
preston. When business gets under way the
improvement can be noticed. but the economists
seem still at the precise happenings
which turn bad business into good. They are
often at q loss to know just why business does
not keep on getting worse until finally there
is no business at all. Sometimes it looks II
it might-but it never does.
It was not ballyhoo that brought the depres-
sion of the y0s to an end. There was plenty
of cheer Leading in 1893, there were cam
paigns of optimism the next year, and by 95
there were newspapers that blamed politicians
for purposely discouraging business men. and
tried to prove that prosperity was at hand.
One of the causes of the revival in the late
1905 undoubtedly a series of events in a
distant quarter of the globe. events that took
place quietly at first, then commanded the at
tention of the world. without the world
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Rs&Rs%
BY JOHN ". LOVE.

~HE last decade of the century is some
(U times called the Gay Nneties, but only
its beginning and its end were gay. It
ought really to be known as the Somber
Nneties or the Drab Nineties for much of
what was happening in those times was like
what has been happening in the early 1905.
But the way the gloom of the '90s finally
yielded to the dawn at the end of the century
Is worth studying even today to see if we can
get any suggestions toward the way out of to-
days troubles.
The panic Of 1893 had been brought on much
as the panic Of 1873 had by overSpeculation in
railroad stocks and a sudden suspicion that
everything was not well with them. Just when
everybody was telling everybody else that bust
ness was sound in every particular it began
to crack
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~HE presence of gold had been known in
vi remote times but in 1886 the mother
reef was found in Witwatersrand, few
miles from Johannesburg on the veldt Of the
B0er Republic BY 1890 the region was produc-
ing eight million dollars worth of gold year.
and by 1895, IS million
Equally important with the discoveries of
gold in South Africa and elsewhere was the
invention Of the cyanide process for the extrac-
ton Of the metal from the ore. Two
Scotsmen in South Africa, Macarthur and For
rest, were responsible for a scheme that en-
abled miners to double their production from
the same mine, and even to work over again
the old tailings
Nor was South Africa the only spectac-
Gulch, near Cripple Creek, Colo, in $780, by
Bob Womack. who died poor A prospector who
followed him. w. S. Stratton, accumulated 500
900 600
BY the time the depression was deeply set
tied over the Eastern parts of the United
States the gold production in Cripple Greek was
running into the millions The rough house
life Of the frontier of earlier days was repro
duced. Colorado's production of gold and that
OF the United States, was swelling just when
the country and the world needed gold the
worst way
In 1895 the worlds gold production was
reaching figures that cheered every financial
center and men concluded that revival could
not be long delayed. The prices Of the great
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~NOTHER circumstance which made Re-
VI publican victory possible in 1896 was the
~ remarkable wheat market of the Fall of
that year. In August the price of the great
staple was still lingering near its low of the
Responding to reports Of a poor crop in India, it
started upward. By election week it was "a
cents a bushel
Large agricultural SURPRISES in the 1905 were
the real instruments by which the United
States Government was abe to preserve the
gold standard in this country. BY heavy ship
ments OF the staples to Europe this country
obtained the favorable excess of international
credits which effectually stopped the drain of
gold.
Golden grain from the West, real gold from
the West and Africa, together brought prosperity
back to America