davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1934-12-01
Showing Tops All 1894
Records Except Squirt
During August.
$1,221,O00 IS VALUE
OF new WORK IN CITY
F. H. A. Given Bulk of Credit
for Exceptional Showing, With
80 New Homes.

Unofficial figures on private build
ing construction in Washington dur
ing November reveal a more than
100 per cent increase in valuation
year, and the second largest monthly
total of 1884.
Despite the fact that experts in
the construction and real estate
businesses place several other months
ahead of November as more favor
able for building, examination of rec
ords discloses that more permits for
construction of homes were issued in
the month just ended than in any
other this year.
The approximate total valuation of
permits for all types of private build
ings. including additions, repairs ano
alterations during November was
S1.221 900. The total for the same
month of 1888 was S588,235. August
had the largest monthly total of the
year-S1 ,372,310. However, the last
figure included permits for installa-
tlon OF an eScalator in large down
town department stores, and several
large air conditioning plants. Resi-
dental building in August was far
below November.
F. H. A. GeteS Main Credit.
Chief credit for the increase in
home construction is given the Fed
eral Housing Administration. 1t is
regarded as highly significant that
F. H. AS program to revive the con-
struction industry through the mort
gage insurance provisions of title
of the housing act, was launched
November l, the approximate date
business started to improve tor home
builders.
The November figures were re.
garded as indication of the ultimate
success in Washington of this more
important phase of the housing pro-
gram-the drive to stimulate the
business of building through creation
of a huge mortgage market. BY in
suring mortgages the Government be-
lieves that tremendous amount of
building cash will be made available
for people who wish to own their
own homes.
Another reason for the increase In
building, pointed out by construction
men, is the almost perfect weather
that prevailed in the past month
Then, too, the unusually acute short
age of residential space undoubtedly
led many people to invest funds in
real estate.
80 New Homes Listed.
An unofficial count of new homes
for which permits we're issued, made
from the daily record of transactions
in the office of Building Inspector
John w. Oehmann. showed that the
figure was 80. During April, which
had been regarded as the peak month
for home construction, 78 permits
for homes were issued The Novem-
ber figure is triple that of several
months this year.
During the past week permits for
building 25 homes were granted by
Col. Oehmann's office, despite the
fact it was closed Thanksgiving day.
Modernization work in the city
during November likewise showed an
increase over 1888 figures, as well as
gain over the total for october of
this year. More interest was shown
by Capital home owners in repair and
improvement of their residences dur
ing the past four weeks than in any
time since the Housing Administra-
tion's modernization campaign got
underway in August.
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COUNTRY CLUB VILLAGE
NEWEST SUBDIVISION
Heavily Wooded Section on River
Road Being Opened Up by
the Smith Brothers.

A new subdivision-Country Club
Village-has been started by Smith
Bros. on a tract of land located in a
heavily wooded section on River road,
half mile beyond Kenwood Country
Club.
The first house in the new develop
ment was opened for the first time last
week. Thirty-two small and medium
sized houses eventually will be located
on the 10 acre tract
The builders expect that improve
ment to roads in the vicinity will add
materially to the value of the property.
Wyncoop boulevard. which runs
through the tract, will connect with
an extension of Massachusetts avenue
now under construction.
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Continued on Page 2, Column 6.
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GAINS REPORTED
|NM0DERN|zAT|ON
DR|VEF0R HOMES
Housing Agency Says Cap,
itaI Leads Country in
improvements.
100 MILLION IN REPAIRS
ALREADY STARTED
Campaign Will Be Kept Alive
During Winter and Intensified
Next Spring.

Although the program for en-
couragement of new home construc-
ton has attracted the spotlight of
attention recently, the Federal Hous-
ing Administration announced today
that its modernization drive, first
phase of its program to get started,
is gathering momentum weekly, and
has attained greatest success in
Washington.
Throughout the country the prop
erty improvement drive has been pro-
nounced by business men of the high
est rank as being eminently success
ful, though only slightly more than
three months have passed since its
inauguration. Reports from various
sections have poured into F. H. A.
headquarters here, telling of the
number of loans made, large in
creases in sales of building materials
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building a new home if the financing

building new nome II the financing
at favorable rates and reasonable
terms could be had under the ma
tional housing act. To our surprise,
268 employees out of 1000 expressed
desire to build a new home. BY
careful analysis of the 268, was per-
fectly sure we would find not less than
100 men with the permanency of en-
ployment and wages to justify the
undertaking.
"Our plant might fairly be regarded
as an average of manufacturing
plants throughout the United States.
If such result could be obtained among
the employees in our plant, multiply
such a possibility by all of the indus
tries in this country and you would
have a residential building program
over the next five years the like Of
which this country has never seen
and which would far outdistance the
housing boom now prevailing in
England"
Evening star., 1934-12-01

This is the last in a series OF
three articles written for The Star,
explaining the features OF the
National Housing Act. TodayS
article deals NTH home mortgage
financing as it is affected by the
creation OF National Mortgage
Associations.
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BUILDING TOTALS
S245,532 IN WEEK
0ehmann Says Record Is
Considerably Larger Than
1894 Average.

Total valuation of building construc-
ton in Washington during the past
week Is SPAS ,532, according to records
of Building Inspector John w. Och
mann, considerably larger than the
weekly average for 1884.
While the figure was far below last
weeks total of q half million dollars,
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Yellow Walls Cheerful.

Neysa McNein. famous illustrator
believes that, while white coated walls
reflect the most light, yellow is more
cheerful. especially for hallWays.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-07
Hereford Students Rebel at Grow
ing NationaIistic Wave

HARVERFORD, Pa-The growing
feeling of students against the creeping adj
vance of fascism and jingoism was mani
tested here recently when 80 members of
the senior class at Haverford College re-
manned seated and refused to sing "Star
Spangled Banner" in the banquet hall. More
than 800 students and a number Of faculty
members were present.
Kisses, catcalls and taunts failed to
make the militant students join in the sing
ing. William w. Comfort, president of the
College, and Dean H. Tattnall Brown re-
fused to comment, saying the incident was
of mo Importance"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-07
Open Trial of Ill Workers Prepare
ton for Thaelmann Frameup

BRESLAU.- trial opened here the
past week of Ill workers, charged WIN
preparing to commit high treason" hgh
teen are also charged with possession Oh
explosives.
This trial is being run as a prepare
ton for the frameup trial of Ernest Ihaet
mann, whose Indictment is now being pre-
pared with the aid of the most expert tOfg'
ers of Europe. :,
The Nazi police, who have charged
Thaelmann with high treason and muruel'
who charge that he tried to prepare r.
volt in 1888, lay the same charge again
these Ill.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-07
COMMISSIONERS
LETTER TO SEN.
(centinued frem Front Page)

Since the Commissioners Tango
and Spoklie are running for re-
election we can appreciate their
embarrassment and we can we'll
understand the efforts of Mr.. OIL
son to free his colleagues of all
blame and responsibility for writ
ing this Letter.
However, it is our opinion that
he is doing a bad job Of it. 1t
really does not make any differ
ence which commissioner wrote the
letter. The fact that it is signed
for the Board of County Commits
sioners makes them all three re-
sponsible. And even if it is true
that two of the commissioners did
not know of the letter they had a
splendid chance to state so when
the letter was read. They could
have denied their responsibility
and could have whitewashed them
selves before the Dagmar farmers
and before the press on Monday
afternoon.
AS it stands the entire Board Of
County Commissioners of Sheri-
dan county has documented its de-
sires for a lower wage scale and
for a "more conservative" a lower
living standard of farmers anc
workers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-07
LEGAL NOTICES
ALIAS SUMMONS

eO0N'@~AAO@NA
In the District Court of the
Fifteenth Judicial District of the
State of Montana, in and for the
County of Sheridan.
E. B. Knudtson, Plaintiff,
Versus
Nina E. Munson, also known as
Nina E. Taylor Munson; E. R.
Munson, husband of the said Nina
E. Munson; Robinson Strauss Com
pany, a corporation; ]. A. Knud-
son; and to all other persons un-
known, claiming or who might
claim any right, title, estate or IN
terest in, or lien or encumbrance
upon the real property described in
the complaint, or any thereof, adj
verse to plaintiffs ownership, or
any cloud upon plaintiffs title
thereto, whether such claim be
present or contingent, including
any claim or possible claim of
dover, incohoate or accrued,-De-
PENDANTS.
THE STATE OF MONTANA
Sends greetings to the above
named defendants and to each of
them, and to all other persons I'M
known.
You are hereby summoned to
answer the complaint in this &C
ton which is filed in the office of
the Clerk of this Court, copy of
which is herewith served upon one
of you in each County wherein any
Of you reside, and to file your
answer and serve a copy thereof
upon the plaintiffs attorney with
in twenty days after service of this
Summons, exclusive of the day OF
service; and in case of your fail
Hre to appear or answer, judgment
will be taken against you, by de-
fault, for the relief demanded il
the complaint.
This action is brought for the
purpose of quieting title to the
land situated in Sheridan County
Montana, and described as follows
Lot Twelve (12), of Section Twelve
(12), and Lots Two, Four, Five
Six and Seven (2-4-5-6-7), and tht
west half of the Northwest Quar-
ter (WANWA) of Section Thir
teen (1S), all in Township Thirty
six 1867, North, of Range Fifty
eight 1857, East of the Montana
Principal Meridian, containing
S11.66 acres, more or less, accord
ing to the Government surve,
thereof.
Witness my hand and the sea
of said Court this 22nd day O
May, A. D. 1884.
c. B. Peterson. Clerk
(Seal Of the)
District Court)
Howard M. Lewis,
PlentywoOd, Montana,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
First publication May "a, 1894.
Last publication, June ID. 1884.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-07
POSTMEN FIGHT AGAINST
-JIM-CROWISM

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 2O.-Sev-
enty substitute postal workers here from
New York to demand passage of HR $3.50,
a bill providing for immediate filling OF
postoffice vacancies, packed up and left
two hotels in which they were quartered
when four Negro members of the delega-
ton were refused admission to the same
hotels. Subjected to the same jim-crow
conditions at the Salvation Army, to which
they applied, they were finally housed by
their fellow-employees in Washington who
were in complete accord with their fight
against jim-crowing and discrimination.
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within two days.
Stenhjem pointed out that they
were getting results.
"To hell with those results, I"
somebody shouted.
Cali the results we have seen
was when we farmers came up in
an organized group" one farmer
said.
Glow much feed would you or
der" asked Olson.
"You can't order toe MUCH" was
the chairman's answer.
"My horses can hardly walk.
Give US a carload apiece" farm
ers demanded. They finally in
sisted on 20 carloads for the Dag
mar vicinity, to start with, while
Olson told them to be satisfied
with five carloads.
In the end the Commissioners
agreed to request shipment of 1OC
carloads of hay and grain for the
entire county.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-07
China Soviets Attacked by Air
planes Provided by u. S.

HONGKONG, May 31.-ChlaSrac'tfV vet
by the severest aerial bombaT0EcI oriet d
undertaken against the central f SU,l forces
China, both the Marking and Can.SSn attsa
yesterday began a terrific arm INV
simultaneously against the Red Atn SGesuts
Reports to Hongkong state thaI o 9TH tbs
the heavy concentration of airpl:a4ae soyris
First, Third and Ninth ConmGi ntorce
are putting up stubborn. reslS'4 tbe Nan.
The airplanes are supplied " os,ot GOV.
king forces chiefly by the KO Gss limited
eminent. The Morgan-conrOneaG; IIions d
Aircraft Co. has been sending ,,.,SceuEh.
dollars worth of planes to emma isoS Ia = $40
The Roosevelt government proVlteSsS at is be
100000 wheat and cotton loan 0 antii- Con-
ing used mainly for arms IN Ine '
munist drive.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-07
Na1 Decree Against Import If D..
Materials VIII Sharpen Crisis 40"

BERLIN.-Drastic measures r. emf
down payment for imports were decre NJ
yesterday by the Nazi government V IN
vain effort to stem the growing econ ~
and financial crisis. The new regulation
provide that the allotment of FOREIGN r'' ov
change to pay for imports shall NOT eT
ceed per cent of the amount spent in 1SSO
The effect of this measure will be r. ~.
tend the fascist embargo on the imuOreS
raw materials, thereby severely restrictinr
production, throwing new hundreds #
thousands out of work. VI
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-07
One Died Every 81 Hours of Hunger
In New York In 1888

NEW YORK.-A study Of ten of the
largest hospitals in the city reveals that
139 starved or died of malnutritiOn in 1888,
one every 81 hours, according to survey
made by Better Times" publication of
the Welfare Council. In all, 678 cases were
treated at the ten hospitals.
The majority of the 139 who died, the
report states, were labOrers. There were
teachers. The majority of the men were in
their fOrties and fifties, but some were not
more than 20 years old.
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COMMISSIONERS
WIRE FOR FEED
Continued from Trent Pagel

Continued frOm Trent Page)
called to order by Gonius Laursen,
Communist candidate for State
Representative, and elected spokes-
man of the demonstration.
Laursen read the resolution, ex-
planned it and then asked the COM
missioners point blank 10 endorse
it.
eve will see whether the COM
missioners are willing to endorse
i to give it weight" he said.
And the farmers certainly had
an interesting show until the COM
missioners made up their minds.
With all sorts of excuses and eva
sions they tried to squigm out of
signing it. But the chairman and
the farmers from the floor insisted
on a direct answer.
Commissioner Olson was appar-
emily trying to show what they
had done to relief the drought
situation when he announced that
they had had some correspondence
with Senator Wheeler. He wanted
it read.
Suggests Lower Wages and Lower
Standard of Living
The letter when read took the
farmers by surprise. 1t was {
document drawn up by Commits
sioner Olson but fully endorsed b!
Commissioners Tango and Spoklie
In he letter Olson first de
scribed the miserable conditions il
the county and the need for relic.
but instead of then demanding
greater appropriations and higher
ages for farmers ard workers,
feed for starving cattle, etc. Oh
son states for the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners of Sheridan
County:
81 would suggest a Road Work
Program, with a lower scale of
wages, budgeting each family to
a more conservative basis of
living. The CIV. A. and the
Emergency Relief Work Pro-
gram carried too high wages
which resulted in uneven distri-
button for the needy"
The minute this statement wa
read Olson most certainly wishe
that he had never requested reaC
ing of the letter. When he mad
the request he apparently ha
thought only of the first part {
the letter and had no idea that
would expose him and the rest {
the commissioners as the wors
wage cutters and men who ar
interested in pressing still lowe
the already miserable living stal
card of farmers and workers
Sheridan county.
The indignation Of the farmer
was unanimous, and was expresse
in no uncertain terms by a lars
number of them.
Cash Relief
The discussion then centert
around the demand for cash relic
H. o. Stenehjem, ex-banker al
clerk of the Central Relief offiC
gave his usual string of explain
tions, that they were not allow
to pay cash on projects that we
not approved. He admitted tn
the officials had never made al
effort to change this provision al
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-07
Dynamite Powder Co. Doubled Divi-
deuds In Last Six Months

WILMINGTON, Del.-DOubling their
dividends on common stock in the last six
months is the record of the Hercules Pow
der Co. of Wilmington, manufacturer OF
war materials, which has declared divi-
dend of IS cents share on it's common
stock.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-07
Two Per Cent More Money Buys 10
Per Cent Less Food

NEW YORK.-How Roosevelt's pro-
gram of starvation through rising cost of
food is working out can be seen from the
latest reports of the Great Atlantic & Pa
cific Tea Company, great grocery chain.
These reports show that while the amout
of money taken in by the company has in
creased 2 per cent over last year, the
amount of groceries which this money
bought has declined by 10 per cent.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-07
DEMONSTRATION
tues. WINS RELIEF
(COHAGaued from Front Pagel


for the farmers, the foundation of
the Nation yet you are doing
everything for the bankers 2"
I'VE wouldn't be fit to be coun-
ty commissioners if we would sign
that clause" Tango answered,
clearly admitting that person can
be fit to be county commissioner
only when he in no way will work
against the bankers.
Laugh at Olson
"Why should we sign it." says
Olson, this would probably be the
only place in the United States
where they would do a thing like
that" And the whole crowd starts
laughing, while the commissioner
has no idea what the laugh is all
about.
Tango finally stated: "We are in
favor of it, but we don't like to
sign it." He apparently had IN
derstood why the crowd was laugh
ing.
/ Grace MCGOWAN, of Raymond
then read the following resolution
i Resolution
Farmers of the Raymond
community assembled IN mass
meeting on June 3, protest en-
ergetically against discrimina-
ton in the distribution of road
work by the Unemployment of
flee and relief work by the Cen
trail Relief Committee.
1--WE find that in our cOmmm-
ity road work is given to a
large extent to some people
while other farmers and espec-
tally young people are denied
work.
"ROy Collins, for instance,
has an income of his own, yet
he is given road work amount
ing 70 several hundred dollars
per month.
when the manager of the
. unemployment office was asked
why Carmen HOvdey could not
be given a job. Oscar Collins
, answered: 'Ah, he would be
; canned anyhow" meaning, that
it was of no use giving him a
) job. Carmen HOvdey was not
, even given q chance.
eve demand immediate in
vestigatiOn and an explanation.
1--WE demand to know why es.
pecially many young people Of
the community are refused EN-
: plOyment.
: 1--WE demand that in the flu
: ture road work and also relic
} work be given to those farmers
} and young people only who ar,
i in need of it and that need
be determined by the local farm
: ers' committees. We also IN
, sist that the sons of farmers
Y the young people in general, b
8 given preference in the distribu
: ton of work and that all dis
h elimination be stopped.
4 Demand Collins Fired
VI "Since the present manage
: of the Unemployment office
r Oscar Collins. seems to make j
. principle to discriminat
:. against farmers in general an
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favsrs his friends and relatives.
we demand his immediate re-
mOval from office.

mOval from office.
Ed Hannah,
Chairman of Meeting
Grace MCGOWAN, Sec.
The charges of favoritism by the
Unemployment office were also
pressed at the meeting by the rep
resentativ of The Producers News
We demanded that the commission
ers investigate these charges and
give an explanation to this paper.
The commissioners confessed that
they did not know that it was their
duty to look after the manager of
the Unemployment office whom
they had appointed. They are not
interested in uncovering any graft.
However, forced by the insist
ence of the farmers, they finally
agreed to look into the matter, in
vestigate and issue a statement.
Collins Makes Excuses
Oscar Collins, manager Of the
Unemployment office, had ap-
peared at the meeting upon the re-
quest of the farmers and started
to defend himself.
"My brother does not get a SIS
pension neither from the govern
ment nor from any other place"
he said, stating that his brother
had not seen army service. He also
stated that he receives nothing as
keyman.
What Roy Collins receives for
harboring the road camp, the man
ager does not know. He also does
not know what income his brother
has from road work.
81 have nothing to do with the
hiring of teams or trucks" Oscar
Collins said, "and usually the man
who owns the horses decides who
is to drive them"
This ended the explanation and
defense Of Mr.. Collins and the Pro-
ducers News took opportunity to
point out that these statements did
not explain anything.
Demand Care for Sick
The farmers also demanded that
two sick farm women, who are
badly in need of operations, Mrs.
Kreiger and Mrs. Skaggs, both OF
Outlook, should be taken care OF
Immediately by the county since
the respective families are without
means to restore the health Of
these women.
They demanded further thar
stree successful operations of thu
kind that were needed in the cases
could not be performed by the 10
cal hospital, the women should b.
sent to Rochester at once.
The commissioners did not Xix,
the idea. They made excuses
Where do we get the money, the,
asked.
tissue warrants. A few week
ago you paid thousands of dollar
to the banks. All the warrants
you will ever issue are not wort
one life. We have a right to live
the farmers shouted.
"Take care of small cases nov
and YOU don't need to take care 0
big ones lates."
"a funeral costs $780,"
'Where. do they want to go!
Olson asked.
''To Rochester, and you are &c
ing to get them there before vi
= are getting through with you here
Hans Henderson stated rattle
W loudly, angered over the many e.
cuses of the commissioners.
- "This has never been so s+rons
" impressed upon u.s." A. J. 0
n son said. And the farmers though
IN that that was correct and that
w. needed something strong to I'm
press upon the commissioners whe
p thew have to do something for Il
benefit Of the impoverished farm
as ers.
The Board Of Commissioners
K naIly promised to speak to tn
n doctor and take care Of the cas-
i Of Mrs. Kreiger and Mrs. Skagl
O. Immediately.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-07
500 Tons of Hops Burned in
Czecho-SlovaJxia

PRAGUE.-Five hundred tons of hops
have been burned up in Saaz, on the orders
OF the district authorities, and preparations
are beng made for the destruction of an.
other $500 tons. Those hops were brought
by. the state for $4,000 in order to main.
tain the price structure for hops at the de-
mands and in the interest of the rich hops
growers.