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Evening star., 1933-07-01
CCOMPLISHED at a cost

A CCOMPLISHED at a cost con-
n sidered moderate in comparison
n with the work done, renoviz-
1 4 ing project which completely
transformed an old, dilapidated
house at 1928 De Sales street has just
been finished under the direction Of the
designer-owner Walter H. Nash.
The house in its original form lacked
individuality of style. 1t was one Of a
group built probably 80 years ago or
more and when acquired by its new
owner had gone unoccupied for more
than six years. Having undergone no
repairs during that period, it was in poor
condition-the roof leaking, plaster and
wallpaper breaking loose and plumbing
and bath room fixtures out of date and
inadequate.
Mr.. Nash estimates he has completed
the renovating and remodeling of the
house at a cost which. combined with
the original outlay for the property,
amounts to considerably less than it
would cost to erect building of similar
dimensions on the site.
Front Facade Changed.
To gain the desired individuality, the
front facade of the house was COM
pletely changed. The old three-cor-
nered bay was removed and in its place
was built fiat bay with English half
timbered treatment. The old roof was
removed and a new one, 2 feet higher,
was built, permitting additional air
space between the third floor ceiling
and roof
The entranceway was transformed to
provide feeling of hospitality upon
entering The halls were done over
with walls of knotty pine. ceiling with
Evening star., 1933-07-01
Asbestos Cement Textured.

Asbestos siding is now being
textured to resemble rough natural
brick laid In mortar. Brick faces are
slightly elevated, so that the finished
jobs said to look like real brick.
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Nelson c. HAZE, $40 New York ave-
nue., delicatessen.
L. w. High, 1904 Seventh street, ice
cream.
L. W. High, 800 Cedar street. ice
cream.
L. w. High, 1920 Eleventh street, ice
L. w. High, 1901 Nichols avenue
southeast, ice cream.
Christian F. Kleinknecht. 1918
Fourteenth street, confectioner.
Lila Costa, 1910 Twenty
street, restaurant.
Robert Smithwick, 1885 Eleventh
street, orange ice.
Good Humor Ice Cream Co., 6400
block Georgia avenue, ice cream.
Good Humor Ice Cream Co., 5311
Wisconsin avenue. ice cream.
Good Humor Ice Cream Co., 44so
Benning road northeast. ice cream.
Northeast Tire Co., I4oI Florida ave-
nue. northeast. tire and battery store.
Frank E. Swain, Eleventh and F
streets southwest, vegetable stand.
Benny Ciociolo, 1719 Twentieth
street, barber shop.
Nimetz Bros, Inc, 1900 Sixth street
southwest grocery
Jacob Harris, I'll Ninth street south
west, junk shop.
District Vacuum Cleaner g. Electric
Co.. rear 1417 Irving street, office and
shop.
Peter Chakalakis, 1888 Fifteenth
street, delicatessen.
Davis Electric Co., 9ss New York
avenue, electric store.
John Cosso, 1908 M street, barber
ship.
Woodard Il Meadows, 932 Fourth
street, lunch room.
S. Langmack, 1923 Twenty eighth
street, bakery.
Regal Shoe Co., 1888 F street, shoe
store.
Jack Freeman, 606 Ninth street.
mems furnishings.
James T. Evans, lit G street, up
holstery.
]. T. Tyner, rear 467 H street south
west, auto repair.
Elena M Mercurio, GIG H street
northeast, seafood.
Market Mems Club, Inc, 928 5th
street, club room.
Evening star., 1933-07-01
INDORSE MASONRY
OF REINFORCED BRICK
Engineers Commend Its Ability to
Support Loads and Resist
Stresses.

BY the Associated Press.
BLACKSBURG, Va, July l.
Studies Of reinforced brick masonry
conducted by the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute engineering experiment sta
tion have demonstrated, it is reported
in the current issue of Technical
Topics, v. P. I. publication, that in all
essential features this type of masonry
is practically the same as reinforced
concrete construction.
In the report Of the studies prepared
by P. S. Dear, instructor in ceramic
engineering, it is pointed out that re-
inforced brick masonry structures have
shown their ability to support loads
and resist stresses greatly in excess Of
those for which they were designed.
The studies also showed that rein-
forced brick could be constructed at
considerably less cost per square foot
than other types Of curtain walls. Re-
inforced brick masonry has been used
more extensively in India in the past
than in any other country. entire
buildings having been erected with this
type of construction
Evening star., 1933-07-01
Occupancy Permits

Permits to occupy premises issued by
the District building inspector during
the last week included the following:
Jacobson's Market, Inc, 4716 Four
teenth street, grocery store.
Barton's, Inc, 923 G street, ladies'
and mems apparel.
William E. Sewell, 1867 L street
southeast grocery store.
Hank Allen, 431 Third street south
west, snowballs.
Miss Katherine T. Doherty 815 North
Capitol street, ladies' wearing apparel.
Idilton Diener, 1924 First street,
tailor shop.
l4race P. Lowe, 1888 U street. beauty
pal lor.
district Wholesale Grocery Co.. 1882
Ed sington place northeast, warehouse.
Mayfower Club, 1928 Connecticut
avenue, club.
Edward French Hall. jr, 1211 E
st eet, grocery, beverages.
Manuel Cooperstein and Morton Him
elfarb. sol K street, grocery store.
Patrick j. Ruddy, 3148 Mount Pleas
Mt street. delicatessen.
Leon j. Goldman, 1903 Seventh
street. mems furnishings.
Richard johnson, 5l8 Four -and-a-
half street southwest. snowballs.
Louis Ginsburg, 1885 I street, lunch
eonette.
F. w. Woolworth Co., 900 Seventh
street, retail stores.
John Jackson, 2239 Georgia avenue,
billiard room.
J. Mazzucco, 1872 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast. grocery store.
John Robinson, 1874 Fifth street,
bottles.
william C.. Killingsworth, 1902
Seventh street, barber shop.
Charles H Robnistos, 1718 Florida
avenue, sandwich shop.
Clarence r. Redwine, 1889 Seventh
street. cigars.
Fred K. lavish, 925 Twelfth street
restaurant.
Richard E. Ashby, 1919 E street. res
taurant.
Cecile Jones, 1881 L street, garment
sales
Evening star., 1933-07-01
REN0V|zE DRIVE
NEARS ITS PEAK
JUsy 10 Marks Opening of Ex-
position and Display
House on Avenue.

The high point in the Renovize
Washington Campaign, sponsored by
the Washington Board of Trade. will
be reached during the next two weeks,
with the opening of renovizing ex-
position at 1435-37 K street July 10,
and public display of the renowned
house at Fourteenth street and Penn
sylvania avenue at the same time.
Plans for the exposition are going
ahead rapidly under supervision Of Ed
win H Rosengarten and Alfred L..
Stern. according to Arthur B. Heaton.
general campaign chairman.
Virtually every phase OF renov1Zing
work will be brought out at the expo
sition, where model kitchens. recrea-
ton rooms and other portions OF the
house will be on display to illustrate
the benefits of modernization work.
More than Is Washington firms are
cooperating in arranging the show.
which is expected to add stimulus to
the renovizing campaign here.
Although work on remodeling the lit
tie house on Pennsylvania avenue will
not have been completed by the time
the exposition is ready to open, it Is
planned to allow the public to view the
work as it progresses, Mr.. Heaton said
yesterday.
"The purpose Of the remodeling OF
the little house." the campaign chair
man said, rs to demonstrate what
every home owner can do to improve
his own home. The renovizing cam
paign in Washington is for the mutual
benefit of home owners and unem-
ployed. To the former it will assure
the most satisfactory prices they have
any hope of obtaining, and to the lat
ter it will be of great help in giving
temporary employment while the ma
jor undertakings are getting under
way"
Many OF the features incorporated
in a remodeling exposition in Phila-
delphia, where a highly successful
renovizing campaign was conducted,
are expected to be included in the
Washington show, the sponsors an
nounced.
Evening star., 1933-07-01
100000 PERSONS
SHARE DIVIDENDS
Building and Loan Business
Completes Distribution
of $4,000, 900.

CHICAGO, July 1.-The building and
loan business of the Nation today COM
pleted the distribution of $50, 900, 900
in semi annual dividends
Morton Bodfish, executive manager
of the United States Building and Loan
League, announced that II ,00O,0 900 men,
women and children of moderate and
humble means are participating in the
earnings of these local home financing
institutions Mr. Bodfsh was one of
the five members of the original Fed
eral Home Loan Bank Board at
Washington.
This mid-year period shows the
associations following a conservative
dividend policy. in order to increase
their contingency reserves and undl-
vided profits accounts" said Mr.. Bod
fish. Even though they are already
benefiting from slight bulge in the
real estate market, and their incomes
Evening star., 1933-07-01
Keen Oil From Cellars.

If cellar floor is below grade. it Is
not advisable to attempt to cover 1t
with oil paint. even though it appears
to be dry 1t can, however. be treated
with sodium silicate or aluminium sui
phate. These treatments. when prop
erly applied. give hard surface. bright
and uniform in appearance and easy
to keep clean.
Evening star., 1933-07-01

Cairo Beauty Shop, 1915 @ street,
beauty shop.
Mrs. Rose Gerber, 1915 Fifth street,
grocery store.
Edna NJ Eckstein, 485 Pennsylvania
avenue, restaurant
Francis Langara, 55O1 Georgia ave-
nue., grocery store.
Boland Engraving Co.. 1925 H street,
engraving and stationery store.
S. Abelman, 1400 B street northeast,
grocery store
Evening star., 1933-07-01

Washington realtor, who was granted
membership in the American Institute
of Real Estate Appraisers of the Ma
ional Association of Real Estate Boards,
according to word from the headquar-
ters Of the organization in Chicago.
Mr.. Walker has served as a real
estate appraiser for several years in
Washington and Maryland, and has
been connected with the valuation and
acquisition of lands in connection with
the Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission.
Harris g. Ewing Photo
Evening star., 1933-11-11
Unified Policy for Housing
adopted by National Group
Governing Council of so Ciuil, Social and
Business Leaders Appointed to Garry
Out Chicago Seasons Program.

CHICAGO, III, November IA uni
fed Nationwide policy on housing was
adopted at the closing session of the
two-day conference of the National As
sociation for Better Housing held at the
Union League Club here this week.
A group Of so civic, social and busi-
ness leaders was appointed as a gov
erning council, headed by ]. Soule Wa
terf1eld, vice president Of the Starrett
Building Co., acting chairman of the
conference. to carry out this plan of
unification.
Establishment of Federal Mortgage
Discount Bank to function in the field
Of long term credit as does the Federal
Reserve Bank for short-term credit was
urged in the report of the conference
Finance Committee, which was adopted
unanimously by the conference
The emphasis on planning, as shown
In the report Of the Finance Committee.
and the same element found in the
housing plan being used at Euclid,
Ohio, explained to the conference by
the mayor Of that city, were com
mended by Robert D. Kohn, chief of
the Housing Division of the Public
Evening star., 1933-11-11
THOUSANDS VISIT
SILVER STAR HOME
IN HAMPDEN LANE
Public Demonstrates Faith In
High Quality and Work
manship.
TOMORROW WILL BEGIN
LAST WEEK OF EXHIBIT
Rambling, Farmike Appearance OF
"0xfordshire House" Makes It
Unusually Attractive.

Demonstrating again the extent Of
public faith In the high standards Of
quality and workmanship represented
in Silver Star Model Homes sponsored
by The Star, thousands Of interested
visitors have viewed the "Oxfordshire
House" at TOO Hampden lane, Green
wich Forest, which tomorrow enters its
final week of exhibition.
This quaint English farm house type
of dwelling Is one In o series of model
homes displayed under auspices of this
newspaper each year for the purpose Of
encouraging home construction on q
higher plane in the greater metropoli-
tan area Of the Capital, and fostering
greater home ownership.
The method under which homes are
selected for exhibition in this series in
sures only homes Of meritorious design
and quality construction. They are
chosen by committee Of experts In all
fields of building and planning, who
constitute an impartial, highly compe-
tent group, well qualified to pass upon
the fitness Of homes for The Stars
sponsorship.
Members Of the committee make
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APARTMENT is SOLD

John Cahill Acquires 3-Story Prop
erty at 2145 P Street.
Sale of three-story apartment and
store property at 2l45 P street for the
Equitable Life Insurance Co. was an
nounced this week by ]. Leo Kolb,
realtor.
The building was purchased by John
Cahill, who traded as part payment a
house at 1921 Thirty fifth street. The
property has frontage Of Is feet and
a depth of $50 feet.
Evening star., 1933-11-11

Works Administration, who few to Chi
cago to attend the conference.
The five-point housing plan, which
the conference turned over to the
Governing Council for action, was as
follows:
/. That there be established some
agency for serving as a clearing house
of information between the several
branches of the industry.
2. That steps be taken at once to
institute a market study of the home
building field, with a view to ascer-
tanning in thorough and scientific way
the nature Of the public's wishes as to
the kind, type and location of homes
desired.
3. That a special committee be
promptly established to consider what
steps may be taken to speed up greatly
the volume Of modernization and re-
habilitation to be done during this
coming Winter. 1t is felt that this type
of activity offers possibilities of job
making that have an especial appeal at
this time.
4. That particular attention be given
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Evening star., 1933-11-11
REHABlLITATiNG SAVES
APARTMENT BUILDINGS
Winter Gives Example of Property
in Midwestern City That Owner
Allowed to Deteriorate.

"The rehabilitation of apartment
buildings will protect the investment"
says Charles A. McCaleb, writing in the
December issue of Rand McNally Bank
ers' Monthly. He cites the case of an
apartment building in a Midwestern
city which was erected In 1925. The
owner fought losing fight to overcome
topheavy financing. The building, in
spite of good location, never had a
chance to succeed.
It was neglected physically and al
lowed to deteriorate until it was vir-
tually unrentable. The owner lost con-
troll and the building passed to the
bondholders, who fortunately, placed 1t
under competent management. When
the new management took charge 81
Of the IS apartments were vacant The
existing tenancy was considerably
mixed, some good, some bad. A well
conceived and inexpensive program of
rehabilitation was Immediately insti-
tuted.
One thing after another was taken
care of as fast as income permitted.
No additional capital was necessary, the
whole program supporting itself from
the steadiiy Increasing income as one
remodeled apartment after another was
rented to desirable tenants. Within six
months the building had been entirely
reconditioned, and now has 80 per cent
occupancy.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
AIR SPACE" URGED
FOR AUTO PARKING
Herbert T. Shannon Proposes
Plan of Utilizing Area at
Tops of Buildings.

Utilization of "air space" over ex-
isting two and three story structures
in the business area for solving the
downtown parking problem Is advo-
Gated by Herbert T. Shannon, presi-
dent of Shannon & Luchs, realtors.
Declaring parking conditions in down.
town Washington present a problem
calling imperatively for permanent So
luton, Mr.. Shannon pointed to the
sharp increase in traffic accidents
within this area. During the last two
weeks of October, he said, fatalities here
totaled z.
The narrowing Of thoroughfares by
curb parking he holds accountable in
marrtng of what had promised to be
good traffic record for the year.
Closing Blocks Impractical
'The arbitrary closing of entire blocks
TO parking, as Is done In New York,
however, Is impractical, while effective
enforcement of existing parking rules
would require costly enlargement Of
the police force" Mr.. Shannon con-
tinues. "The razing of obsolete struc-
lures to provide additional parking fa-
cilities has in few instances proved
profitable. In short, none Of the means
ordinarily sought for relief In such a
situation appears to offer much promise
of success. 1t may, therefore, be well
to consider the possibilities of air rights
In this connection. In the unused space
over certain well located properties,
space for which there Is now little de-
mand above the second floor, may lie
possible solution"
Citing as example a centrally located
Gr anH@
would be possible to support a seven
isting buildings after they had been
cut down to q uniform two-St0ry
height.
Space Now Non-Productive.
The air rights for construction of
this seven-story building would be OBJ
tanned from the present owners of the
land, with, of course, the approval of any
mortgage holders, FOR given period
OF years. Inasmuch as this air space
Is now non-productive of revenue and
since under the arrangement the pres
ent property owners would remain un-
molested in their present two-story
premises while collecting rentals for the
air rights they have ceded, the pro-
posal should not appear unattractiye.
"The elevated parking station itself
would, OF course, be constructed along
lines approved by the Fine Arts Com
mission, so that there could scarcely
arise fair opposition to the project on
the part OF property owners In the
| neighboring blocks
downtown property owners are aware
tnat the commissioning of several OF
the huge Government buildings nov
nearing completion along Pennsylvanis
avenue will bring thousands of new
workers to this area. Many Of these
Federal workers are car owners anc
their arrival must intensity the park
ing problem of the section. with es.
tanllshment OF parking depots con-
veniently located hundreds of thesf
workers, representing a buying power
not to be ignored by the neighborhood
mercantile establishments, will be drawn
70 the business section during the
morning and evening hours"
Evening star., 1933-11-11
BUILDING INDEX DROPS
September Figure, 42.3, Compared
With 47.4 in August.

Real estate activity for September
was represented by an index figure Of
42.3, according to the compilation made
monthly by the National Association Of
Real Estate Boards. The compilation Is
based on deeds recorded, as shown by
official reports from so cities Number
of deeds recorded in the same month Of
1925 is taken as 100 per cent In the
calculations.
The index figure for August was 47.4,
for July, AIS.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
MARYLAND IN LEAD
Home Loan Corporation Manager
Reports National Standing.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, November 11.-Mary-
land Is leading the nation In the num-
Der of loans granted by the Home
Owners Loan Corporation in proper
ton to its population, according to
David Stiefel, Maryland manager Of
the corporation.
The Maryland rate Is one loan to
every 1866 population. Michigan Is
second with one to every 10.930.. Then
follow Kansas with one to every 1850,
Indiana with one to every 1912, Ohio
with one to every 1880, California with
one to every 1894 Of population, and
Pennsylvania with one to every 53,211.
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Mop Surfaced Linoleum.

Vanished or lacquered linoleurn elirni-
mates the necessity for scrubbine. since
such finishes may be cleaned with a
mop.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-10-18
Texas Town Nearer Is
State Capitals Than Own

Austin, Texas.-Proposed redis-
tricting of Texas has brought forth
some queer facts about the state.
Texarkana is nearer the state CAPT
tails of Is other states than it is to
Austin, capital of Texas. The Is
are: Oklahoma. Kansas, Nebraska,
Iowa. Illinois. Missouri, Arkansas,
Indiana, Kentucky. Tennessee, Mis-
sissippi. Alabama, Georgia, Louisi-
ana and Florida.
Residents of Ell Paso, Texas, are
closer to Los Angeles than they are
to Beaumont or Port Arthur, Texas.
Brownsville. Texas. Is farther from
Dalhart, Texas. than Dalhart is
from North Dakota. Dalhart is
nearer the capital Of six other
states than 1t is to its own state
capital.
Area compilations show the state.
with 262,39S square miles, to be
larger than pre~war Germany, larg-
er than France and more than
twice as large as England, Scotland
and Ireland combined.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-10-18
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
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was done, but now that it is decid-
ed not to make the curve, the best
thing for the commercial interests
and advancement of the towns
prosperity is the improvement of
our creek navigation so that daily
communication may be had with
Philadelphia and the outside
world. It was estimated that ST.
500 would complete the work, per-
haps less, but so confident were
the managers of the Philadelphia
and Smyrna Transportation Com
pany that it could be done for that
sum, that they agreed to issue one
hundred shares of their capital
stock to subscribers at the par of
S25 each for the purpose of deep
ening and widening the creek
from Rothwell's to Smyrna Land
ing. Had the money been prompt
ly subscribed at the time there IS
but little doubt that the work
would have been completed and
boats now would be arriving and
departing from Smyrna Landing
We desire to urge the Importance
of this improvement for the gem
eral interest of this whole COM
munity and are informed that if
property owners who are more
largely interested at the Landing
will subscribe literally the work
can be done and the object ac-
complished without further unnec-
essary delay. Daily communica-
ton and cheap transportation is
essential to the commercial i'm
portance and prosperity of any
town.
PERSONAL-Mrs. S. L. Boxer.
of Philadelphia, returned to that
city on Monday after a brief bust
ness visit.
John p Hudson and wife, VIM.
r. Davis and wife, John w. Rob-
erts and wife, James H. Roberts
and Miss Kate Spruance, left yes
terday for a few days visit to
Baltimore and Washington. Mr..
and Mrs. Hudson purpose extend
ing their visit to Norfolk and Pet
ersburg, Va.
T. Chalmers Umsted, whom we
stated few weeks since would
enter the Law Department OF
Pennsylvania University, has en-
gagged for a preparatory year in
the law Office of Prof. E. Coppee
Mitchell, Philadelphia, with the
practical advantages it will af-
ford, before taking a course of lee
lures and win remain with him
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-10-18

Ethel Barrymore created on the
stage. Diana Wynyard will be
lovely as the mad, mad Lady Hell
en-. She has been borrowed from
NJ. G. M. for the part.
The house that Phil Berg built
for Leila Hyams nearly finished.
The cost is estimated at close to
quarter of a million and it's the
last word in beauty and comfort.
Fiji Dorsey, the girl with the
naughty eyes and the French ac-
cent, is back in Hollywood. Fits
sudden return is to play the part
of the French actress in Marion
Davies picture, Going Holly
wood" Marion visualized Fiji and
no one else would do for the role
and so she was delighted when she
heard that the naughty little
French girl who led Will Rogers
astray in SO many films, could be
gotten for her picture.
Petite Frances Fuller has made
the grade with Paramount. Her
first picture, "One Sunday After
noon" convinced Emanuel Cohen
and the other Paramount execu-
tives that Miss Fuller should have
her option renewed. Green
Loaming," a short story by A. j.
Cronin, was purchased for her.
She viii play the role Of farm
er's wife An effort is being made
to clear the title, Women of the
Earth which would sound better
than Green Loaming."