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Evening star., 1933-10-14
SCATTERING Explained.

The spatter floor finish, widely used
in Colonial houses. especially in New
England, is obtained by painting the
floor in a dark shade and scattering it
with contrasting color in lighter tones
Spattering is done by dipping the brush
into the lighter color and then striking
the handle of the paint brush sharply,
continuing until uniformity of spatter
is obtained.
Evening star., 1933-10-14

A. If the stains are only in the wax
finish, they can be removed by wiping
with turpenttne, cleaning the wax of
down to the bare wood. Then rewax the
bare spots. II the stains are in the
wood, remove the wax in this way and
then treat with solution of oxalic
acid. After letting stand over night,
wash all trace of the acid and rewax.
Evening star., 1933-10-14

with the remaining walls and all of the
bed rooms papered in well selected
colonial patterns The living room and
dining room floors are laid in random
width white oak. pegged
An unusual feature of the interior
finish is carried out in the kitchen
where all cabinets and cases are built
and finished in knotty pine and even
the sink drain board and back-splash
are of wood, being built of selected
maple
The exterior design is based upon the
precedent established by the best de-
signed small houses of Colonial Virginia
Evening star., 1933-10-14
Color Harmony Vital.

Harmonious color schemes enhance
the beauty of the kitchen. 1t isn't
difficult to transform dustpans and
broom handles into attractive additions
to the kitchen color scheme. Painting
the back walls of cabinets, cupboards
and shelves also produces attractive
results
Evening star., 1933-10-14

THE dwelling pictured above is the
completed home of Mr. and Mrs.
H. D. Sonnemann at 5802 Kirk
i side drive, Chevy Chase, Md,
built from house plans published
in The Star May 30 as the twelfth in
series approved for publication by a
committee of the Washington chapter
CT the American Institute of Architects.
The architects were Shreler q Pat
terson and the house was constructed
by the E. A. Pessagno Co:
The interior of the hall and some OF
the walls of the living room and din
ing room are paneled in knotty pine
Evening star., 1933-10-14
Real Estate Question Box
Answers to Queries How to Administer First Aid
to the Ailing House and Other Problems.
EDITED BY VINCENT TUTCHING.

(Note- estate the
and repair sent this department. Conducted NTH
Federal Cournment the column 0 appear each week IN the real estate
Evening star., 1933-10-14
Varnish often Needed.

1t is sometimes advisable to use a
final coat of varnish over some types OF
interior paints and always over stain
Varnish protects the finish. makes a
harder wearing surface and simplifles
cleaning
Evening star., 1933-10-14
Porch Floors Protected.

Because porch floors are subjected to
such hard wear, and are constantly
exposed to all kinds Of weather, 1t Is
advisable to recoat them every season
with porch and deck paint.
Evening star., 1933-10-14
Federal Loan.

@. There Is threat Of foreclosure
impending on our house, on which taxes
and payments are in arrears. The
house Is assessed at $25 900. Can the
Home Owners Loan Corporation assist
uS?-G. K. T.
A. The Home Owners Loan Corpora
ton Is empowered by law to give as
sistance only In cases of owner-occupied
homes Of less than $4,000 valuation.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
OCEAN TRAVEL is CUT
SHARPLY BY DEPRESSION
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Reduced passenger trafic IN the
French port of Cherbourg due to the
worldwide depression is indicated in a
report to the Commerce Department
from its vice consul there.
During the first half of 1888, the re-
port showed, q total Of 10 ,158 Passengers
to and from North and South Atlantic
ports used Cherbourg, compared with
49, 100 during the corresponding period
of last year.
Many liners which formerly used
Cherbourg as port Of call have dis
continued this practice In the current
year, the report said. During the half
year only 100 liners landed passengers
from North Atlantic ports, IS compared
with l26 in the same months Of last
year.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
HIGH RATING GIVEN
TO VIRGINIA EGGS
State Placed Fifth Among IS 9th.
ers for Quality of Shipments
to New York Market.
BY the Associated Press,


RICHMOND, Va. September 2.-The
Virginia State Poultry Federation yes
terday announced that the quality of
Virginia eggs placed fifth among eggs
from 18 States selected at random from
hundreds Of cases shipped by fedora
tion members to the New York market
The result was announced after a
survey completed by the Marketing
Committee Of the Northeastern Poultry
Producers Council
Commenting on the high rating, M.
c. Fitzpatrick, executive secretary of
the State federation and vice president
Of the council, said, TT means that in
the future Virginia eggs, which have
had little standing in the past outside
the State and even in Virginia,s own
cities. have been proved to grade and
measure up to the highest standards
set by the Federal Government"
He said the association had done
much to influence poultrymen in Vir-
ginia to follow standard methods Of
egg grading and that for years the fed
Grafton has sought recognition for the
quality Of Virginia eggs.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
OIL WORKERS JOIN
RANKS Of LABOR
Thousands Said to Be Back
ing Federation's Drive
in Oklahoma.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TULSA. Okla. September 2.-Dis-
closing that organized labor has gath
cred new disciples by thousands in re-
cent weeks, G. Ed Warren, president
of the State Federation of Labor, said
this week that oil workers from scat
tered districts in Oklahoma have asked
for organizers faster than they can be
supplied.
A similar situation exists in other
States where there are large oil opera
tions, Warren said
The disclosure from Warren came
during period of intense attention to
unioniZation of labor by oil employers,
who heretofore have operated almost
exclusively on an open shop basis In
refineries, in the oil fields and at filling
stations.
Warren said that in the last 80 days
900 oil workers have been taken into
the federation in the Greater Seminole
area and that 300 more have joined a
union at Okmulgee, Okla. Organizers
now are in the big Continental Oil Co.
refinery at Ponca City, Okla, and in
the Eason & Champhn plants and the
oil fields in the vicinity of Enid, Okla.
Calls have been received to send or
ganizers into a half dozen Oklahoma
oil fields and the first steps toward
unionization Of the refineries of the
Texas Co., the Sinclair organization
and the Midcontinent Petroleum Cor
poration in Tulsa are under way
I'VE have been too busy signing up
workers in all crafts to give the oil
workers the specific attention they
should have" Warren said, but we are
answering their calls as rapidly as we
can get around to them.
He said the State federation had IN
creased its membership by 5000 in
the last month and expects a total Of
around IS 900 new members before the
present campaign slackens.
After examining drafts Of company
unions placed in operation by the
Standard Oil Co of Ohio and the
Barnsdall Oil Corporation Warren as
serted they were not offensive to the
American Federation as temporary
protection against INSCRIPTIONS en-
ployers," but scoffed at their proving
Of permanent value to the workers.
"Oil men have worked hand in glove
with organized labor for years and we
have had little or no trouble. We do
not anticipate any trouble now. but it
is the workers right to organize. We
provide the medium"
Oil executives recently have expressed
fear that persons who do not represent
the federation might dupe workers.
Exact figures are not available, but
1t Is known that several thousand men
have been returned to work in Okla
homa, In refinery, field and filling sta
ton capacities, in the last three weeks.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
Anxious About u. 8,
REICHSBANK STATEMENT.

BERLIN, September 2 P.-The Reichs-
bank statement as of August 81 shows the
following changes in reichsmarks: Gold and
bullion increased 2O.557 900; reserve IN
foreign currencies increased 129,000; bills
Of exchange and checks increased 229,221.-
600; silver and other coins decreased 12O. =
II .SS5, 900: advances increased 90, i 10000;
Investments Increased 454,0OO; other as
sets increased 44.S5O.000; notes in circu-
Iation increased 269.763. 900; other matur-
ing obligations decreased 4.791.O00, and
other liabilities decreased 3, ,7Sl 900.
Total gold holdings, 3o7,320,OO0.
Note coverage. 1913 per cent.
Rate Of discount. per cent
Evening star., 1933-09-03
FEDERAL RESERVE
CONTINUES BUYING
Second $35, 100000 Increase in
Open Market Bond Purchases
Adds to Credit Expansion.
BY the Associated Press.


The Federal Reserve Banks again
put into effect a more aggressive open
market policy during the week ended
August 80, when an increase Of $685.
100000 was reported in purchases OF
Government bonds
This gain was the same as the week
before, which in turn followed six
weeks of regular $4,000, 900 purchases
weekly. Prior to that time Govern
ments had been absorbed by the Re-
serve banks at the rate Of more than
$40, ,OO0, 900 weekly since last May.
While no official statement has been
made by the board concerning the fu-
ture policy of the board. other than
that purchases would be made from
time to time as deemed expedient to
provide expanded credit facilities, the
procedure has been interpreted in pri-
vate financial circles as marking q
change in the policy of the central
banks toward more aggression.
This Interpretation has been accen-
tuated by utterances of Recovery Ad-
ministration heads that credit was not
flowing rapidly enough to keep pace
with rising prices, and by renewed
agitation by Senators for currency In
dation.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
CAR PLANTS TAKE
LEAD IN UPTURN
Early Depression Effects
Disappearing Quicker
Than Elsewhere.
By the Associated Press.


DETROIT September 2-As long ago
as 1929 when the first rumblings Of
economic dislocations began to be heard,
leaders Of the automobile industry said
that while, in keeping with tradition.
making of motor cars would be the first
to feel the effects Of a curtailment Of
buying power, it would also be the first
to come back"
Not few OF the tndustry's sales di-
rectors are pointing to the record Of
the current year as bearing out this
prediction of nearly four years ago.
Many of them have expressed the
opinion that, but for the banking holi-
day which early last Spring shut of
normal sources of credit and in some
cases indefinitely reduced the funds Of
potential buyers, the recovery year, "
shown a much more decided upturn IN
production and distribution by the in
dustry.
First Prediction Holds.
The early estimate of total pro-
duction for the year of 1900, 900 pas
senger cars and trucks still holds as
the prediction Of leading authorities in
the industry. The distribution, 1t has
been said, will be upward of 100000
units. But for the bank holiday, say
some of the Distribution executives, the
aggregate output might well have gone
up above the 100000 unit mark.
Regardless OF the levying Of additional
taxation against the motor vehicle, in
the form Of sales levies by a number
OF States whose legislatures sought new
sources Of revenue this year, optimism
Is the rule throughout the industry.
Production and distribution fell OF
moderately during the last few weeks,
but executives point out that consumer
demand carried on well beyond the nor
NAL period for q tapering Oh. To date
there has been not a single suggestion
OF summer shutdown'-for the TAX
ing OF inventory or for any other rea-
son.
Significant of the outlook for the
future as the directors Of sales see it,
is the speed with which the dealer or
CARNATIONS of the various volume pro-
ducing units of the industry have been
built up concurrently with the upturn
in consumer demand.
Many Dealers Added.
L. G. Peed, general sales manager of
the De Soto Motor Corporation, a unit
of the Chrysler Corporation, said his
company has added more than 900
dealers to its roles since the first Of the
year.
Policies toward dealers, along with
many others, have undergone marked
revision during the stress period since
the Fall Of 1929. Dealers are carrying
only a normal stock of cars and In no
case are they being loaded down by the
producers.
The cooperation promises to become
even closer in the application of the
fair practice codes of the producers
and dealers organizations. The codes,
say the industrys authorities, mean
the elimination Of unfair competitive
practices that may be found, but they
emphasize that not by any stretch
of the imagination do the rules mean
the elimination Of competition itself.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
Texan Slated for Presidency
OF A. B. A. at Chicago Session
Law Has Taken Leading
Part in Association
Activities.

TRANCIS MARION LAW, first
X vice president of the American
Bankers Association, who is
slated to be advanced to the
presidency during this weeks
national convention in Chicago, is
president of the First National Bank,
Houston, Tex. Born in Bryan, TEX,
in 1877. he was educated in the public
schools there, in Agricultural and Me-
chanical College and the University Of
Texas.
He was country school teacher for
a short time and then entered the First
National Bank of Bryan as a book
keeper later becoming assistant cash.
ier. He then went to the Commercial
National Bank in Beaumont as cashier.
Subsequently he became cashier CT the
First National Bank in Beaumont, vice
president of the First National Bank
in Houston and finally president Of the
latter bank, which position he now
holds.
Law is a former president of the
Texas Bankers Association. In the
American Bankers Association he was
a member of its Executive Council for
two terms, member of the Executive
Committee of the National Bank Di-
vision, and of the Administrative Com
Evening star., 1933-09-03
SALES SPURT ST|RS
HOPES IN PLUMBING
AND HEATING FIRMS
Orders Run Twenty Per Cent
Ahead of First Eight
Months of 1882.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 2-Sales of
equipment in the plumbing and heat
ing industries so far in 1888 are more
than 20 per cent ahead of the first
eight months in 1882.
This squirt, say officials of the
Plumbing and Heating Industries Bu-
reau here, has been noted principally
in sales of bathtubS, sinks. boilers,
radiators. pipe and brass goods
Modernizing projects, officials Of the
bureau declare, have been responsible
for most Of this increased business,
which began in February and has con-
tinued ever since.
Homes Are Repaired.
Reports to the bureau indicate that
much more improvement work, de-
ferred for several years, has been un-
dertaken in recent months under a
stimulus of new confidence.
Some of the increased sales, however,
are attributed to price increases. aver
aging 80 per cent for plumbing fixtures
and Is per cent for boilers and ra-
diatorS.
Despite this upturn, manufacturers
point out. plumbing and heating equip
ment still is selling for 40 per cent
under the level Of 1925 and 1926.
Heating contractors, anticipating a
busy Fall, say their calls for repairs in
recent weeks have been more numer-
GUS than at any time during the last
two years.
A brisk demand for air conditioning
equipment also is reported by the heat
ing industry.
Thousands Get Jobs.
The upturn in sales, the bureau finds,
has resulted in employment of thou
sands of additional workers in such
major manufacturing cities as Chi
cago, Pittsburgh. Louisville, Trenton,
Chattanooga, Towanda, N. Y, and
Kohler, Wis. In some plants, wage
scales have been increased 10 per cent.
To comply with provisions Of the
national recovery act, various branches
of these industries have drawn up
codes, some of which are completed and
scheduled for early hearings.
Evening star., 1933-09-03

mittee and Commerce and Marine
Commission.
Mr. Law is married and has one son.
He Is Democrat, a member of the
Baptist Church and Mason. He be-
longs to the Houston, Houston Country
and University Clubs. For 16 years he
has been a member of the board of
directors of Agricultural and Mechani-
cal College, and for the last 10 years
president of the board.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
Retail Trade Gain
Hailed as Cheering
Mark of Recovery
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, September 2-"The
most important single item in gauging
business progress during the next few
months will be the volume of retail
sales" says Henry H. Heimann. exec
utive manager of the National Asso-
ciation of Credit Men, in his monthly
business review.
For that reason it IS encouraging to
note some increase in retail sales over the
corresponding period of year ago. For
July. stores in 200 cities reporting to
the Federal Reserve showed an increase
of per cent in sales over July, 1882.
While the sales were little lower
than for June, the, decrease was less
than the usual seasonal amount. Early
reports indicate that the showing for
August will be similar"
Evening star., 1933-09-03
CHANGING DOLLAR
FEARED IN EUROPE
French Leader Warns That Sudden
Redressment May Threaten
Other Currency.
BY the Associated Press.

PARIS, September "A warning to
European countries that their economic
situation in the future is likely to be
endangered by the sudden redressment
of the dollar after its artificial fall"
was sounded by Henry Berenger, chair
man of the Foreign Affairs Committee,
writing in the Agence Economique Et
Financiere.
He said the dollar would be worth
more than II francs should the Roose-
welt code" put it there and 1t was
worth more than 18 francs today.
Its former gold coverage is not
changed and it remains the strongest
in the world in the face of all other
money" he continued. "AS for the
immense natural richness of the United
States and their potential mcompar-
able economy. they are always there.
What will the consequences of tuin
of the crank handle be for European
economy and European banks? A sud-
den repatriation of the masses and
re-appreciated dollar can cause such
Embellishments that currencies in
Europe may be, if not wrecked, at least
seriously weakened"
Evening star., 1933-09-03
HOME LOAN CHIEF
TO GIVE ADDRESS
Building and Loan League
Delegates Will Hear Chair
man Stevenson.

Chairman william r. Stevenson Of
the Federal Home Loan Bank Board
will make one of the major addresses
before the forty-frst annual conven-
ton Of the United States Building and
Loan League, which opens In Chicago
September 13. Several Washington men
are planning to attend the three-day
session.
One Of the feature sessions Of the
convention will be that on valid apprais-
ais tor today's homes. The delegates
with respect to the total home cost and
the highly important subject Of In
terest rates
Plan Special Session.
Executive officers of these home
financing institutions win have their
own special session, devoted to three
subjects, upon which much of the fu-
ture of home financing Is thought to
depend: GD Economic policy to be rec
ommended to all associations: (2) COL
lection Of payments on sound basis
from the home owner in order to keep
the savers money safe. and (3) Home
Owners Loan Corporation bonds.
Lieut. Gov. Charles w. Thompson Of
Kansas will address the open meeting
of the directors and officers Of the II
Federal Home Loan Banks, which will
be held as q part Of the convention.
This meeting will be held IN the after
noon following upon the heels Of the
address by Chairman Stevenson.
General Counsel Horace Russell of
Stevenson's board will address the con-
hA
subject Of ever widening interest, Fed
eral Savings and koan Associations" I"
Plans for the pushing of these new
associations are now In process and
Russell is expected to give some i'm
portant announcements of policy with
regard to their establishment when he
meets with the building and loan
leaders.
Supervisors to Meet.
The State supervisors. whose foster
ing eye Is over the building and loan
associations activities the year around
in the various States. will hold a spe-
cial session of their own to discuss
their immediate concerns and an at
tendance of between 30 and 40 Of
those officials from as many States IS
predicted.
The building and loan associations
full statistics for the last year will re-
ceive their first publication at the con-
vention In the report of H. F. Gel
larius of Cincinnati, secretary treasurer
Of the league for the last 81 years.
Cellarius Is one Of those who will be
especially honored at the convention as
one of the living triumvirate of the
founders of the league in 1892. His
report is being eagerly awaited by some
10000, 900 people whose savings are in
vested in the associations Throughout
the country. and likewise by about
2 zoo, 600 people whose homes are
financed by the associations.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
COUNTER MARKET VOTES
TWO-DAY DELIVERIES
ey the Associated Press.

ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. September 2-The New
York Security Dealers Association,
comprising brokers who deal in stocks
and bonds on the "over-the-counter"
market, has adopted the new two-day
delivery plan recently approved by the
New York Stock Exchange Deliveries
of securities sold on the counter mar
kst, effective next Friday, will be made
the second full business day after the
transaction. or day later than under
the present system.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
ARRIVALS INCREASE
AT BALTIMORE PORI
Total Of 262 Vessels During Angus
Is Largest for ANY Month Since
August 1880.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SUeI10K 11lopdttu 70 INe Star.
BALTIMORE, September 2.-More
vessels arrived at the Port of Baltimore
IN August than tn any month since
August, 1880. when the same number
Gocked mere. according to records of
the Maritime Exchange.
The total for the last month was
262. an increase Of II over July and
an increase Of 81 over August, 1882. the
records show. The arrivals for the first
eight months Of this year were 1,72e.
an increase Of II over the same period
Of 1882.
Thirteen countries were represented
~ ships last month. the United States
leading with 202 vessels.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
STUDEBAKER SHOWS PROFIT.

NEW YORK, September R.-
Studebaker Corporation, now IN re-
ceivership, had net profit of $187, ,492
before depreciation allowances in the
quarter ended June 80, compared with
loss of $1,917,015, after depreciation. q
year ago. Sales in this years second
quarter totaled $9,522, ,8S5 against $14.-
1880 in the corresponding 1882
period.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
COTTON EXPORTS CLIMB
FURTHER IN AUGUST
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, September a.
Secretary Emeritus Hester Of the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange says that
United States exports to foreign coun-
tries exclusive of Canada totaled 540.-
OIL during August against 484, ,264
bales in August, 1882. Great Britain
received 1o4,167 against 76,319 last
year; France, 5s,783 against 1850;
Germany, 1O1, ,131 against los, ,214, and
the rest Of Europe, rs, ,926 against 114.-
TAT; the Orient and Mexico. Isl ,004
against 107,l35.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
EXTRA DIVIDEND VOTED.

NEW YORK. September R.-
Cannon Mills Co., textile manufacturer,
has declared an extra dividend Of 10
cents and . regular quarterly disburse-
ment Of as cents. both payable Septem-
Der 30 to stock Of record September 1&.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
BOSTON MARKET GETS
BIG VOLUME OF WOOL
BY the Associated Press.

BOSTON, September 2-(United
States Department Of Agriculture. "a
large volume of wool has been sold in
the Boston market during the last week.
Trading in the latter part Of the week,
however, was on somewhat more
moderate scale than at the beginning.
Advanced asking prices on all grades Of
territory wool and on 56s and 48s, SOS
quality fleeces following moderate ad-
vances in selling prices, tended to slow
up buying in the past two days. Houses
that had marked up quotations are re-
ported to be holding very firmly to the
new asking prices.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
BANK STOCKS SLIGHTLY
LOWER DURING AUGUST
soeeiaI Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. September New
York City bank stocks settled into q
narrow trading range during August,
Holt, Rose & Troster report. Opening
August ! at 52.61, the weighted aver
age Of II leading issues reached the
the month. High for 1888. January 10.
was GALS. while 1885 low, April S,
was 1858. Bear market low, May 81,
1882, was 31.34.