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Evening star., 1933-04-01
DESIGNERS DRAFT
GEORGETOWNPLANS
Preservation of Historic Fed
eraI Motif Object of Long
Study.
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avenue from Wisconsin avenue to
Thirty-f1rst street. This proposed circle,
the report of the architects says, would
be introduced where such is shown on
the original L'Enfant plan.
Other Proposals Listed.
Other proposals include a solution of
congestion problems on the narrow
east-weSt streets, by extending r street
directly through from Reservoir road
croSS-town artery; elimination of the
traffic congestion at Massachusetts,
avenue and Q street, by making Q
street a one-way street eastward for its
entire length and making P street from
Dupont Circle west a one-way street
westward. supplemented by o street.
The plan also proposes making Dum-
barton avenue one-way east-bound
street as it now stands, with a diagonal
connection to @ street, and also
limiting the proposed new connection to
r street to east-bound traffic.
In explaining these suggestions, the
report states that Georgetown cannot
meet modern traffic requirements with
two two-way movement plus parking,
without widening streets and thereby
removing all that "is quaint and de-
sirable in Georgetown"
Other street changes are also pro-
posed, including ideas for overcoming
congestion growing out of Ambiguous
crossings of Wisconsin avenue and the
complications of street car lines"
The studies mention nothing for the
waterfront treatment in Georgetown,
and off-highway provisions for park
ing are not considered. But the report
re rntN CT, srl>4
be made by the government planning
groups. One or two studies have been
made with the idea of expanding the
capacity of M street without seriously
changing existing lines, the report
states, these being along the order of
underwriting and arcading the business
buildings, with shop fronts set back.
Evening star., 1933-04-01
REALTORS ASKING
HOME-OWNER AID
National Body Seeks Mort.
gage Problem Solution.
Many Proposals Offered.
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simplify foreclosure proceedings in the
case of income properties financed by
bond issues, without disturbing exist
ing protection to home owners and
farmers. This movement is intended to
increase protection to the home owner
and farmer entering a mortgage obli-
cation.
OF interest to real estate groups is
the statement on possible action in
regard to the Home Loan Bank Board
made recently by the new chairman
of the board, William F. Stevenson,
who stated that the board may be con-
solidated with other Federal loan agen-
cies and characterized reports that the
board might be abolished as wild
rumors." Senator Borahs proposal to
repeal the Home Loan Bank act is
now in the Senate Committee on Bank
ing and Currency.
Real estate boards are asking that
in any action which may be taken the
facilities intended for the home owner
through the creation of the Home Loan
Bank system be extended and strength
ened.
Economic shifts of Importance now
in process include a degree of reddc-
ton in interest rates in existing mort
cages through voluntary action in in
dividual cases, and change in the
general outlook in regard to leasing.
Evening star., 1933-04-01

nounced today they Will occupy new
quarters on the ground floor of the new
Southern Railway Building, at 1906 K
street, beginning Monday.
This firm. incorporated here In No
vember, 1881, is headed by A. G.
Hughes, as president; l.. P. Lilies, as
vice president, and E. H. Croxton, sec
retary and treasurer. They specialize
in home sales, although recently a rent
department, handling leases and prop
erty management, was added
Evening star., 1933-04-01
REALTY ASSOCIATES
in NEW QUARTERS
Firm Headed by A. G.. Hughes
Moves Monday to Southern
Railway Building.

Realty Associates, Inc, members Of
the Washington Real Estate Board, an
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-10
Illinois Fruit Growers
Thinning Out Orchards

Intent upon reducing wastes and
losses and producing more economi-
cally, 25 southern Illinois fruit
growers thlnned 1890 trees from
their orchards the past year, ac-
cording to reports collected by II.
S. Marsh. horticultural extension
specialist of the college Of agricul-
ture, University of Illinois. These
same growers have almost 1000
more trees labeled for removal dur
ing the coming year.
Growers throughout the state are
taking up the tree thinning and
culling campaign which the eXten-
sion service of the agricultural col
lege is conducting.
Thinning out crowded trees, even
in well cared for orchards, is held
to be particularly essential at this
time IL growers are to wage sue
cessful fight against the growing
menace of insects and diseases and
thereby reduce wastes and losses
and keep down production costs.
Even more important Is the culling
out of more than 100000 apple trees
in neglected orchards.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-10
Nicaragua Has New Rail Line to Sea

Francisco and Seattle TO tap her
markets, Nicaragua's Pacific front.
age Is a blessing. But yesterday.
when the Atlantic ports of North
America and Europe were doing the
worlds shipping, she was severely
handicapped.
Named for Indians.
"Curiously. too. her Mosquito
coast was appropriately named by
error. The appellation was not in
tended for the insect. which abounds
there, but is corruption of the
name of the 6,00O Indians, the Miss
kitos, whose descendants make up
most of the population of the re-
gion.
1.-The country's nOrthernmost Ca
rrbbean headland, Cape Gracias a
Dios, is a headline of geography.
Columbus explored the Central
American coast on his last voyage
and. cruising east from Cape Hon
duras, was compelled to take shell
ter from storm at point where
the coast abruptly turns to the
south. He named the cape Thanks
to God and took possession of the
country for Spain.
"That was In 1902. A century be-
fore the Mayflower touched at Ply
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-10
Tourist Plays Own Game
and Beats Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo.-TLe new Interna.
tional Sporting club, whose boast is
1--WE are willing to play any game"
was $4,000 poorer because 1t ac-
cepted the challenge of Jay Mer.
riwell. a tourist from Jersey City.
Merriwell proposed game of
chuckaluck. an ancient Chinese dice
game, which was popular In the
mining and lumber camps of early
American frontier days. Although
the club management had never
heard of chUckaluck 1t agreed to
abide by its boast. Rules of the
game were found by croupiers after
a feverish search of gambling liter
ature.
The game consists of foretelling
combinations of three dice inside
shaker with odds $50 to against
the player.
Merriwell guessed right three
times during the evening and de-
parted. $1,000 wealthier.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-10
Work Now Progressing on
Is Buildings in Capital.

Neutrality-suspicious. of $145,0O0.-
600 set aside by congress for public
buildings construction In all the
states this fiscal year, the sum of
$30,00O.00O will be expended with
In the confines of the National
Capital. official government figures
disclose.
At the present moment work Is
progressing on 13 buildings located
In the city of Washington. Most of
them are In the triangular develop
ment of public buildings located
within a mile of the Capitol build
ing.
One of the buildings. that for the
Department of Agriculture, will cost
the taxpayers S12.0OO,000 when
completed. The cost of four others
will exceed S10,OOO.OOO each. Three
others will set the nation back So,
100000 or more. The total cost OF
all those under construction and un.
der contract is estimated at $S0,-
0O0.00O. This figure compares with
S4.OOO.OOO. the aggregate estimated
cost of all buildings now under con
tract or under construction through
out the country, including those in
the district.
Huge Commerce Building.
A building. the largest of Its kind
I'm the world, was completed for the
Commerce department last year at
a cost of S17.OO0.OOO.
The Labor department estimate
of its 1884 needs are $13,393,OOO.
That of the Interstate Commerce
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-10
Outlet for Products From
Mountainous Interior.
(Conyrighi. ". n. W

Washlngton.-With the opening
of a 17-mile railroad between San
Jorge, on Lake Nicaragua, and San
Juan del Sur. on the Pacific ocean,
Nicaragua now has a second rail
outlet to the sea for coffee, cattle,
sugar, and other products raised In
Its mountainous interior.
"The new line pierces the Cont
mental divide at one of its lowest
points and cuts diagonally across
the route of the proposed Mica
raguan canal" says a bulletin from
the National Geographic society.
"At Its narrowest point this strip
of land between Lake Nicaragua
and the Pacific is about IA miles
wide. The railway parallels the
route of stage-coach line that In
1S49 carried hundreds of prospec-
tors to the California gold rush.
Nicaragua also has come into
world news lately with the gradual
withdrawal of forces of American
marines, who have been maintain
Ing law and order in the former rev.
Olution-torn nation.
Nicaragua Is the largest of the
Central American republics and
many acclaim It the most beautiful.
Ii has vast forests of precious
woods, untold resources of valuable
minerals and soil so fertile that 1t
has been said, IF you tickle the
ground with q hoe 1t smiles back
with yam
"After a century of almost per
petual civil war Nicaragua has set
tied down to comparative peace In
recent years and already has be-
gun to reap the dividends in amaz-
ing progress toward prosperity.
Has Lacked Atlantic Doorway.
1.-THE country has about the same
area AS New York state. but its
total population is only a little
larger than that of Pittsburgh. Pa.
1t has two mountain ridges which
nearly inclose the Great Lakes of
Central America Lakes Nicaragua
and Managua. There Is also an
other railway line connecting its
three chief citles-Managua. the
capital. Leon and Granada-with
the Pacific port of Corinto.
"A glance at Central America
map tells the story of Nicaragua's
backwardness in bygone days. Costa
Rica. to the south, and Honduras
to the north. are accessible from the
Atlantic ocean: all of Nicaragua's S
important cities are near the Pa.
cific, although they stand on the
long Atlantic watershed. At the
foot of the mountains lie her lakes.
but she presents to the Caribbean
a very unprepossessing back yard,
with the worlds worst real estate
designation. the Mosquito coast.
To-day, with Los Angeles. San
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-10
Spend Millions to Beautify Washington

commission is S9.661 900. The build
Ing being erected to handle the
work of these two groups. the lat
ter one now under attack In many
quarters as an agency of govern
ment that might well be abolished.
will cost S11,25O,O00. Its corner.
stone recently was laid. The post
Office establishment, still operating
In staunch building, is to be housed
In new building costing s10.300.-
600. The old one Is to be razed.
The centerpiece of the new gi-
gantic public works now under con
struction In the district Is the so
called triangle. literally In the heart
of the city. With this goes the col
lateral development of the Mall,
which borders the triangle on the
south. The triangle development In
cludes all the land between Penn
sylvania avenue. Third street, Mis-
souri, avenue and Fifteenth street
N. W.
The ground contains 20 acres, and
beginning with an apex where Third
street crosses Pennsylvania avenue
Ii gradually widens to 5000 feet at
Fifteenth street, 13 blocks TO the
southwark. All this development
borders Pennsylvania avenue, the
historic highway connecting the
treasury and the White House with
the Capitol.
Gazing Into Future.
Washington, as 1t will be when
the government has completed its
work, is thus described by Assist
ant Secretary of the Treasury Perry
K. Heath:
''In the years TO come the occu-
pants of the modest flivver or the
great national parades will start
from the plaza at the Capitol,
fianked as 1t will be by the Supreme
court building. the Library of Con-
gress. the enlarged senate office
building. and the house Office build
ing with Its new annex-sweep
down a new Pennsylvania avenue
past one of the most beautiful archi
tecturaI compositions TO be found
anywhere In the world, including the
massive structures that at presnt
house the archives, the Department
of Justice. the internal revenue bu
reau, the Post Office department,
the great plaza with its Department
of Commerce. Labor department and
Department of Interstate Commerce.
past the old treasury, the White
House and monument, the rehabili
tated State department, and on to
the Lincoln Memorial bridge across
the Potomac and 10 Arlington and
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-10
New Development 10 Aid to
Air Communication.

Chicago.-In a. quiet room al the
Chicago airport man sits at a
desk dialing numbers on a tele-
phone and talking into a micro
phone. BE is talking to pilots of
large passenger planes flying on
routes that extend from Chicago
city TO the sea In the east, south,
and west. By the simple expedient
of dialing number he selects the
plane TO which he wants to talk.
The two phones on his headset
bring In almost continuous reports
from pilots. flying hundreds of
miles away. by means of two re-
ceiving sets, which are attached TO
the headset, he hears all the pilots
talking at once. When he dials a
number. he increases the volume of
one pilots voice, at the same time
decreasing the others to whispers.
However, he must listen to them all
In order TO hear an emergency call.
This scene occurs daily in the
radio dispatch room of United Air
lines at the Chicago airport. The
dial by means of which the congest-
ed flow of radio conversation is
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-10

mouth Rock, the Spaniards were
established along the lake region in-
far western Nicaragua. despite IN
welcome volcanic outhursts. The
most sensational single eruption
however, occurred within century
from our day-when Cosequina blew
off its head In 1888. For days n.
black pail obscnred the sun. dust
blanketed the fields and forests.
and animals died by the thousands.
succumbing to thirst and hunger.
"At the foot of Mount Masaya is
a lake of that name. and near the
lake Is the little town of Masava
Were 1t not so remote one migh'
suspect the writer of a once popular
American song had stolen the crv
of the women fruit venders who
drone:
I have oranges. papayas. jocotes.
Melons OF water, of gold. and
zapotes.
win you buy?'
"But Nicaragua also has bananas
she exports between a million and
two million dollars worth yearly
Only one other crop nets her more.
It is coffee"
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-10
Farm Teaching in
School Is Favored
Authority Says Education
Is for Good of Masses.

From New York state College of Agri
culture.-WNU Service.
DR.. r. NJ. Steward of Cornell uni.
versity deplored the trend toward
book teaching and defended the old
principle of learning to do by do
ing" in addressing the agricultural
section Of the American Vocational
association.
i cannot become enthusiastic
about such a school problem as
pruning an apple tree without hav-
Ing an apple tree. To make the
problem difficult, vague, and indefi-
mite adds no merit to teaching; the
boy may learn about pruning with
out having an apple tree to prune,
but only with extra effort. Real
situations have more influence and
beget better type of thinking" he
says.
He upholds the teaching of voca-
tional agriculture, or special train
ing, although he agrees that educa-
tion should be designed for the good
of the masses and not for indl-
yiduals to "outstrip" their neigh
bors. However, until society takes
much different attitude on train
ing lawyers, physicians, dentists.
and other individual "outstrippers,
agriculture is not yet doing VIC
lence to that principle. A high
school course in agriculture, prop
erly organized, provides the best
means of a general education pos.
sible for many rural communities,
Agricultural training may be called
special, but the group Of agricul-
tural vocations touch life at every
point and lend themselves better
to human and social influences than
any similarly related group of vo-
cations.
Vocational education has no quar-
rel with general education; each
has too much to offer the other and
the sixteen years experience of vo-
cational training has contributed
much to the general education field,
he says.
IF we begin with the general, as
we probably do, 1t remains barren
and futile until vitalized by special
experiences. If we begin with the
special, as we probably do not, we
shall soon discover that the prin-
ciples from which fundamental val
ues Of life arise, are the same prin-
ciples that other types of special
education come to recognize. It is
then the business of vocational ed
ucation to check periodically its
fundamental purposes. points OF
views. methods, and results with
general education, of which 1t Is an
integral part. to find the common
bases of mutual help"
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-10

Capt. Ashley Mckinley has been
telling me of the downward voyage
made by the Eleanor Boiling, one
of the ships of the Byrd expedition
from New York to Little America.
Ii seems that the entire crew, with
the exception of Captain Brown
the first mate and the chief engi
neer, were strictly volunteers, all
being members of the exploring
party. One or two of them may
have had active experience in a
rowboat. but none had really done
anything to Impair his standing as
an amateur. DR.. Laurence Nj. Gould
was second mate, because of his pO-
sition as second in command to Ad-
miraI Byrd and because he was
able 10 use a sextant. When he was
not seasick, he was a very valuable
second mate.
The ship got out of New York
harbor all right. with the captain
on the bridge, the first mate at the
wheel. and the chief engineer dash
ing back and forth between the en-
gine room and the stokehold. One
of the volunteer stokers had once
had some experience with an oil
furnace In a suburban cottage, but
the other had never done more than
turn a radiator on and off. The
Eleanor Boiling burned coal. By
frenzied effort the two were able
while they lasted, to get up at least
two pounds of steam.
This had bearing on something
which happened off Atlantic City.
There a revenue cutter took the
ship for rum runner, in spite of
the BYRD Expedition" painted
plainly In various places. and sig
nailed her to stop. Captain Brown
was highly indignant and whether
he would have stopped or not Is
somewhat of a question, but some
one pulled the whistle cord, the
whistle jammed and blew for about
a minute and half, and the ship
came to rest of her own accord. All
the steam was exhausted. When the
revenue men came aboard they were
welcomed by the officers with strong
language and by the crew with load
ed cameras. They were SheeDiSb
looking lot.
Naturally, the mate couldn't
spend all his time at the wheel and
when he was relieved by the first
volunteer. strange things happened
The ship began to do sort of com
bination tango and barrel roll. Ut
tering loud supplications to all the
gods of mariners, the captain reeled
his way on deck. When be spoke
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-10
Lights of New York ~ TsvnsTzn TSwasU5n

feelingly to the helmsman, the lat
ter was both astonished and hurt
"Why, captain" he protested.
''she never was more than 6 inches.
off her course" meaning G inches
on the compass card.
Owing to few such trifing Incl
dents, the ship. which had been due
to reach Norfolk early on Tuesday.
did not arrive until Wednesday
afternoon. This was a bit alarm
ing to relatives of the crew who hach
gone there to meet her, especially
as some of the papers carried head
lines saying that the ship was over
due and probably had sunk. Bur
with the mate again at the wheel
she came into harbor nobly.
Meanwhile, the first volunteer
stokers had given their best and
their all They were tenderly laid
in bunks and Captain Mckinley and
the doctor took over the sticking
job. They stocked large part of
the way to New Zealand. They did
well and would have done better,
If the furnace doors had not formed
the habit of swinging shut just
when they wanted to throw Goa! in.
Pair by pair, the huskiesf of the
volunteers took their turn in the.
stokehold, but the steam gage re-
mained at about the same point. AT
New Zealand couple of Scandina-
Wan professionals were signed
From the time they took over, ir
was possible at all times TO blow
the whistle without stopping the
ship. They weighed about 1870
pounds each.
Entering the New Zealand har-
Dor. Captain Mckinley had been
promoted to the wheel If the ship
had been An airplane or dirigibe
he would have been an expert pilot.
AS it was, a small misunderstanding
arose between him and the captain
Port" ordered the latter. mean
ing apparently that he wanted the
wheel turned to port But Ashley
Mckinley naturally thought he was
referring to the ship The captain
was so surprised at the result OF
his command that the ship. like
cat chasing its tail, made practical
ly a complete circle TO port before,
he recovered his power of speech
But by the time the Eleanor Boiling
reached Little America every Orcn.
including the captain. first mate and
chief engineer. had obtained a loi
of experience and all were able sea
men.
G. 1888 Bell WNU sarvtS<
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-10
Agricultural Shorts

Prospects of big crops at higher
prices are Frightening business in
Argentina.
Two agricultural experts supplied
by the League of Nations will study
the agricultural reconstruction of
China.
One thousand farmers of Mitchell
county, Georgia, have expressed a
willingness to sign an agreement
not TO sell their products below cost
of production.
The census shows $4,000 turkey
growers in California, Washington,
Idaho, Nevada, Montana and Utah.
A practical farm anvil can be
made by placing a short piece of
railroad rail In a solid brace of the
saw-buck type.
If live stock be given some form
of shelter against cold winds, driv-
ing rains, etc, they will require less
feed. In every pasture there
should be a clump of trees, an old
shed or some other form of shelter.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-10
House Boat Colony
Makes Life Holiday

Monroe, La.-Life Is just one
long holiday for a hundred Red
colonists who have banded in
house boats on the Ouichita riv-
er here to sit out the depression.
They have found Utopia In al.
most the true sense. There are
fourteen boats, each comfortably
equipped with bed or two. some
chairs, a stove and a few dishes.
They spend their days fshlng.
There is no social caste, no un-
employment. There are fish
enough for all.
"They are the happiest people
in the world" declares Mrs. @.
w. Perkins. Jr., OF the Monroe
unemployment relief bureau.
after she inspected the settle
ment.
Fish are the food supply. and
fish are the basis of the system
OF barter. TREY are neighborly
folk. Visitors from town are al
ways welcome.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-10
Phone Planes by Dialing Numbers

controlled by the dispatcher is
new development, perfected by COM
munications engineers of the Unit
ed Air lines after a year of expert
menting. II has been adopted and
will be installed In the SO ground
radio stations of the air transport
system.
A typical scene found Dispatcher
Ii. p. Morgan on duty In the
dispatch room. The minute hand
of a clock above his desk reached
20 minutes after IL o'clock. Ii was
time for report from j.. Ii. Smart,
pilot of a plane eastbound from
Cleveland. Smart was reporting on
the NAT kilocycle band. so Morgan
dialed the numbers OF TO increase
the volume of that receiver. and
then the number to decrease the
volume of the other receiver. which
brings in the BAT kilocycle band.
go ahead. Smart" Morgan said.
Smart In Sc westbound, 3 east
of Helmer 3,200." the pilots voice
came in. loud and clear. Smart's
few words indicated that he was
flying plane No. Sc three miles east
of Helmer. Ind. at an altitude of
5000 feet.
90 X. Smart 3 east of Helmer
3,200" Morgan replied. Chicago
weather overcast, 1000 foot cell.
ing, visibility 3 miles. wind west
5 miles an hour: temperature So
barometer 3007."
Their conversation was over.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-02-10

the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
"The Mall, dominated by the Cap.
itol at Its head, fianked by magnifi.
cent governmental groups, cut by
three-shaded drives, with gardens,
fountains, rejecting pools, cascades
and terraces, will form a picture
that would be enshrined In the heart
of every justly proud American. the
symbol of Amerlca-the Capital of
our country"