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Evening star., 1934-12-15
INDUSTRY ANXIOUS
FOR NEW ACTIVITY
Big Squirt Caused by Title !
of Housing Act May Be
Enlarged.

The building industry, reassured by
the success Of the property repairing
and rehabilitation that has already
been launched under title Of the
national housing act, is looking for
ward to the active operation Of titles
II and III Of the N. H. A., which deal
with the construction Of new build
ings and the refinancing Of mortgaged
properties.
Modernization and repair, officials
estimate, are going ahead at the
present time at 100000 clip,
with one fourth of this amount being
spent for paint protection. New busi-
ness. Housing Administrator Moffett
has estimated, Is developing at the
rate of between 81, 1000 900 and $4,000
900 a day and construction materials
manufacturers, in some cases, have In
creased their business up to 500 per
cent.
Although the greatest headway Is
expected in the building Of new struc-
lures, the industry sees reconditiontng
activity becoming even more wide
spread as the owners of properties
now standing strive to hold their own
against the competition brought on by
the new construction.
Owners of mortgaged buildings are
also undertaking the "sprucing up of
their properties before applying for
refinancing under the long-term plan
of the Federal Housing Administra-
tion. OF paramount importance in
this refunding process will be the ap-
praisals set on the property. Proper
ty owners recognize that compare
lively modest sums spent for repairs
and repainting now will enhance the
worth of their properties many times
in the eyes of the F. H. A. appraisers.
Evening star., 1934-12-15
SANTA CLAUS TO TALK
Washington Realtors Will Heal
Him at Annual Yule Party.

Santa Claus is slated to make the
only formal talk when members of
the Washington Real Estate Board
hold their annual Christmas party
in the Lafayette Hotel at 1880 pm.
Wednesday.
The realtors will have q real
Christmas tree. In addition to the
luncheon. the program for the party
calls for entertainment and music.
At board headquarters 1t was an
nounced that q large number Of
reservations have been made already.
and q large attendance is anticipated.
Evening star., 1934-12-15

The rooms above are typical of
the large number Of historic resi-
dences In Alexandria which have
been reclaimed by remodeling and
modernization in the last few
years. Due to the shortage Of
residential space in the Capital
the movement to the Virginia city
has gained momentum in recent
months. In this particular home
all the charm Of the Colonial in
terror design was retained in the
renovation. The house has been
completely furnished in antiques.
Above is view through arch to
front drawing room, showing rare
Hepplewhite swell-front chest,
Chippendale and Sheraton chairs.
In the other photo Is shown one
of the original pine paneled corner
mantels in the back drawing room.
Evening star., 1934-12-15
BAL TiM0RE INITIATES
BETTER HOUSING DRIVE
Property Owners Gather at Meet
ings to Hear Plans of
Building Outlined.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, December 15.-The
Baltimore Better Housing Campaign
was ofIicially opened this week by
Mayor Jackson, who issued q procla-
matior. indorsing the movement and
calling for the support Of every prop
erty owner to aid in the movement
being conducted under the auspices
Of the Federal Housing Administra-
ton.
Mass meetings of property owners
are being held throughout the city
under the direction Of Francis King
Carey, campaign chairman.
Under the plan it is hoped to have
home owners cooperate by contract
ing Immediately for long delayed re-
pairs to their property.
The campaign is gaining such sup
port, 1t Is said, that there is q short
age of building mechanics In some
communities and quick elimination Of
building workers from the relief rolls
Is . likely prospect.
Evening star., 1934-12-15
ADDITIONAL HOME
SALES ANNOUNCED
Closing of Six Transactions in
Week Evidences Continued
Realty Activity.

The closing of six additional sales
during the week was announced to-
day by Shannon g. Luehs Co, in evil
dence of continued activity in the
Washington real estate field.
The sales are as follows:
5205 Colorado avenue northwest, a
large detached residence. purchased
by Mrs. Elinor E. Dunnigan.
2405 Eighteenth street. purchased
from James J. Britt and Clarence M.
Justice to be remodeled as store and
apartment.
Corner of Fawcett and Howard
streets, Kensington. Md, sold by Will
liam H. and Mary j. Krouse for
business property site.
1880 Beeches street, purchased by
Mrs Jennie and Miss Hazel M. Bayne
as their home.
S31 Ingraham street, sold by Mrs.
Mary O'Connell Byrne to a local in
vestor.
1918 S street, sold by Mrs. Bertha r.
Klein to local investor.
Evening star., 1934-12-15
GARDEN CLUB MEETS
Exhibit of Terraniums Is Held at
Ballston, Va, Session.

Ballston, Va, Session.
The December meeting of the
Washington Garden Club was held
at the home of Mrs. Lawrence Doug
las of Ballston, Va, this week. Men,
bers of the club exhibited terraniums
and first prize was awarded to Mrs.
Douglas, second prize to Mrs. Charles
Arth and third prize to Mrs. T. M.
Chichester.
The judges were Mrs. Thomas
Erwin Coe of Washington and Mrs.
Frank Ball Of Ballston. Open-dish
gardens were exhibited and first prize
was awarded to Mrs. McC. Baldwin
and Mrs. Ernest Baldwin received
honorable mention. The next meeting
of the club will be held January z
at the Y. w. c. A.
Evening star., 1934-12-15
PAINT REPLACEMENT
NEED IS EMPHASIZED
Writer Finds Billion Dollars
Worth Has Peeled off-3,O0O,-
900 Roofs Also Needed.

Close to q billion dollars worth Of
paint has peeled from the outside of
buildings in the United States and
has never been replaced, according
to Harwood F. Merrill, writing in
Forbes Magazine.
Three million new roofs are needed
If the elements are to be effectively
warded of. y
If the most urgent repairs were
attended to now, it would open a
market for six billion feet of lumber;
and If the new construction needed
we're undertaken at once, this would
increase the market for lumber to 81
billion feet, according to the article
Inside the homes Of the country
there Is need for millions Of modern
ranges, bathtubs, showers. central
heating plants, refrigerators, new
lighting systems, and more adequate
water heating units.
Evening star., 1934-12-15
Brick Partitions Utilized
To Make Rooms Soundpr0of

improving construction is among the
kinds of modernization work being
done with loans insured by the Fed
eral Housing Administration.
Evening star., 1934-12-15
Childs Being Modernized.

Childs Restaurant at 1923 Pennsyl-
vania avenue is undergoing q mod
ernization operation which. when
completed, will give the interior .
new Spanish atmosphere.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS

Automobile accidents eXacted heavy
toll from the state of Florida last year, 521
people paid with their lives for riding on
our streets and highways and the more for
tunate ones of the motoring public, the
lucky ones, let them pay without doing
what they could to reduce this sacrifice to
modern demands for speed in motor trans
pOrtation.
When 373 lives were lost in the Palm
Beach Hurricane, the state was grief
stricken and Immediately began to rebuild
the devasted area so that the inhabitants
would be more able to combat the fury of
the elements should another catastrophe
of this kind occur. How much has been
done by the people to combat the fury of
the speed demons and careless drivers who
menace the highways? 1t is far easier
to regulate the control of incorporated
machine than to 4erect safeguards against
tropical hurricanes, yet we are every year
losing more lives than have ever been lost
before on our highways.
During the past ten years 1926 people
We're killed by automobiles and that num-
Der is greater than the total population of
any of the following counties: Collier,
Charlotte, Flagler, Gilchrist. Gulf, Hendry,
Lafayette, Liberty, and Okeechobee.
A terrible disaster that would claim
the lives of the total population of city
like High Springs. Melbourne, Quincy,
Avon Park. Sebring. Mariana. Madison.
WiDtar park EiSSip,paaa Or aka Wolac
would plunge the people of the state into
mourning. yet in ten years time more Flor
idianS have lost their lives in automobile
accidents than the total population of any
Of these cities.
How can Florida advertise toll free
highways" when our highways exact the
heaviest toll Of all, human lives?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16
COUNTY'S BEST INTERESTS

Advertising the county's delinquent
tax list does NOT cost the county cent
| does NOT cost the taxpayer cent, does
| NOT cost the state a cent.
Delinquents pay for the advertising
it is a penalty fixed by law for their fail
ure to pay their taxes at specified time.
The same law provides the rate at
which they must pay, and county commits
sioners, in having delinquent tax list adj
vertised at that rate, are acting according
to law
1t is an easy matter, in every sphere OF
activity, to find somebody to do something
cheaper. The NRA calls the price cutter
chiseler; labor calls the man who works
at rate below wage scale scab.
During a depression, or while recover
ing from depression, the chiseler and
the scab, hungry for money, are far more
numerous than during prosperity.
The NRA is keenly aware of that fact,
and it is because of that fact that the NRA
is firm in it's determination to fight the
chiseler; labor is also aware of that fact,
and it is because of that fact that labor per-
sistently continues it's fight against the
scab.
Yes it is an easy matter to find some
body to do something cheaper, and it is
an easy matter to find somebody to work
cheaper; twin conditions that have more
to do in continuing a depression than any
thing else.
Advertising a delinquent tax list is a
duty the state and county owe to the public
generally and to the taxpayer particularly.
A community, as its financial LIES blood
is the payment of taxes, should know the
names of the realty owners who are and
who are not paying their taxes, and the
newspaper which publishes that informa-
ton should be paid at the rate provided by
law and not subjected to cutthroat COM
petition.
Finally, the Monroe county commits
sioners are familiar with the law governing
the publication of delinquent tax list, and
in awarding the contract for its publica-
ton they do so according to law and in ac-
cordance with their duty in conserving the
best interests of the county.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

II nudism ever becomes general, dig
nifty would be thrown 10 the winds. for
nothing puts US in our place or humbleS us
more than nakedneSS. Do you ever quake
when in the presence of dignitary? Some
people are overwhelmed by the prestige
that clothes and position give a man. A
psychologist suggests way to eliminate
this fear: When big man glareS at you.
and you tremble, just look at him coolly for
a moment and try to imagine him without
clothes. This will enable you to gain con-
troll of yourself, Many portly OF dapper
magnificoS would look very laughable in a
Turkish bath. Dignity is essential. but il
can't be attained without clothes
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16
Today's Horoscope

This day produces a great mind
set on high things and with
strength TO withstand opposition;
aspiring and sustained by a faith
that will lead to success. If the
Injuries of life are given they
will be we'll used. If born in
humble station, valuable life is
almost sure to result. Beware,
however, of partnerships. Special
evil aspects weaken the above
very much.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

Florida editors seem to be getting
their "P. O." degrees. Sam Harris. editor
of the Key West Sunday Star. will pass out
stamps and letters, Other Florida news
Democrats won. include Bob Holly, Sam
ford: Elmer McCreary. Gainesville: H. D.
Leavengood. ocala. and Leslie George
Perry--TimeS-U Union
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16
TO SUBSCRIBERS

If you do not receive. your
paper by 600 o'clock in the
afternoon, use your telephone
or your neighbours phone and
call 81 and a paper will be sent
to your home. A complaint
boy is on duty at this office
from 600 to tbs p. m. for the
purpose of delivering COM
plants. Help US give you 100
percent service by calling 81 if
you do not receive The Citizen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Hare JWaA 10 Years
Ago Today AZ Taken From
The Files OF The Citizen

At the meeting of the city
council last night the principal
topic of discussion was the Key
West golf course. T. J. Moreau,
supervising architect and engi-
neer of the project addressed the
meeting and told of the many
difficulties encountered in the
construction of the links here,
difficulties that are not met with
in other localities. These. he
said, accounts for the extra ex-
penditures that have been made
necessary before the course could
be brought to completion.
Pouring concrete on all the
walls of the San Carlos theater
was completed yesterday after
noon for the present. During
the day, 329 patches of the mix
ture were used, filing to the
level the first floor walls on each
side. Just as soon as the work
on concrete was stopped carpen-
tiers started to construct forms
for the second floor and as soon
as they are in place this concrete
work will begin.
Hundreds have asked why the
bathing beauty contest was not
staged by the American Legion
as proposed. The reason, says a
prominent member, was because
there was but one formal appli-
cation for entry made. Though
the local legionnaires took every
precaution to assure the complete
protection of every young woman
who would participate the inter-
est could not be sufficiently
aroused to warrant the organiZa-
ton continuing with the plans,
hence the idea was abandoned.
The U. s. S. Omaha, with Adj
miral Schofield on board in COM
mand, arrived in port yesterday
from Galveston. On entering the
harbor a salute of Is guns was
fired from the ship and response
was given by the shore station.
The ship left again at 10 o'clock
last night for Philadelphia.
DR.. Eugene G. Lowe and DIR.
William P. Kemp appeared before
the meeting of the county COM
missioners Thursday night and
asked that body to send delegates
to the annual convention of the
Atlantic Coastal Highway Asso-
citation to be held in Savannah,
Ca, April Z and 8. The commits
sioners named Otto Kirchheiner
and County Attorney VIM. H. Ma
lone to represent the county
council at its next meeting and
request that one delegate be sent
by that body.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

Don't be a chump and take Mae West
ut her word when she asks you to come up
and see her some time. She gets good mon
ey for extending the invitation to tickle the
imagination, but her contract does not call
for compliance with the request.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

Among the additions to the
aquarium at Curry's wharf yester-
day were two fine specimens of
mOonfish. While these are not
rare they are beautiful members
of the finny tribe and add greatly
to the interest of the aquarium.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16
COUGHS

Don't let them get a strangle
hold. Fight germs quickly. Greco
mulsion combines 2 major helps in
one. Powerful but harmless. Pleas
ant to take. No narcotics. Your
own druggist is authorized to re-
fund your money on the spot il
your cough or cold is not relieved
by Creomulsion. (adv.)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

Mrs. Tigers all smiles. She acts
a bit coy.
"We'll adopt him. You know that
I've yearned for a boy"
90. K.," grins her hubby. by
jimminy cripes.
III make him like us. I'll paint
j. him with stripes"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

1t is a rule with The Citizen never to
mention the name of competitors adverse
ly. If it cannot say anything good about
them, it remains inarticulate. Mature ex-
perience has taught it that this is not only
a wise but a'proper procedure.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

Editorial comment: What i:
needed in Key West is a little less
knocking of the home town and
a little more knocking on the work
benches with the implements of
industry.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16
WALKS TO DEATH

STERLING, Ill.-Mrs. Emma
DeetS of this city deliberately
walked in front of a switch en-
CINE and was instantly killed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

The special train arriving over
the East Coast yesterday after
noon brought 264 passengers. The
late train yesterday brought 1871.
About IS percent of the arrivals
left by P. and o. boat today for
Cuba. %a
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

Sam Diamond. known as Happy
Go Lucky, who is making a trip
around the world playing the banjo
and selling post cards, was an
arrival in Key West yesterday
from Havana. He will remain
here several days before leaving
for Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16
PUNCHES cops NOSE

CHICAGO, Ili.-Because she
punched the nose o. a policeman
who reprimanded her husband,
Mrs. ]. c. Browne OF this city
was fined $35.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

The agricultural department Of
the University Of Kentucky says
the outlook for tobacco growers IN
that state has improved greatly
since last year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

From all The Citizen can gather, Rep
resentative Wilcox could not have endorsed
a better man than Sam E. Harris for post
master of Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

A girl has been asleep for two years.
She doesn't know what she is missing
Times-Union. The depression, for in
stance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

Personal to Carl Hanton: Mighty fine
boost: Kun up an see me some time. -
Times Union. We were under the impress
sion that the writer of the T-U squibs was
a male.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

Theft IF an 83-cent shirt
brought a Hanford, Cal. man a
sentence Of a year in Jail.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

Bring taxes down, adapt them to the
ability Of the business and the individual to
pay-and watch recovery so into high.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

Webb A. Browne. Alaska rail
road agent at Nenana, says he has
used the same fountain. pen for
more than 40 years. s.z 49, So
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

A contemporary suggests that wom-
an shedding tears was the first practical
waterpower development
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

lS67-Henry Barnard appoint
cd first u. :. Commissioner of
Education.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

lSS9-Terrific hurricane off
Samoa wrecked three American
and three German warships.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

Our ape-like attitude with respect to
fashions might be used as a strong argu-
ment for evolution.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

A Mrs. Gumbin of Chicago applied
for divorce five days after her mar
riage. Why the delay?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

Two Key Westers bought lot togeth-
ar. They now have lot in common.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

Everything has it's utiltarian use; even
the Congressional Record.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

An optimist is a fellow who buys hair
restorer from bald-headed barber.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

Grasp opportunity as it reaches you,
for it may not pass your way again.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

A fine example of sarcasm is when OPP
posing lawyers call each other Learned
counsel"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

About the rarest bird to be seen now
is a congressman who is not seeking re-
election.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

There is no processing tax for raising
Cain.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

IS02-u. S. Military Academy
established at West Point.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

British firms have contracted
for approximately 1000 bales OF
Pacific Coast hops.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16
Today In History


697-Historic ATTACK of the
Indians on Haverhill, Mass, and
capture Of Hannah DuStoR, hero
inc of colonial New England.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-16

NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES,
FROST lands & KOHN
$50 Park Ave, New York. 35 East Wacker Drive,
CHICAGO; General Motors Bldg, DETROIT;
Walton Bldg. ATLANTA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-09

Both teams have large followings
in the east side, and a crowd Of
more than eight thousand is ex-
pected when the rivals square away.
1t will be the final clash of the sea-
son in the league, with the rivals
boasting equal records-no defeats
in five starts.
Using past season performances
as a gauge. the Spades eleven ap-
pears the more powerful of the foes.
Spades teams have won the undis-
puted city championship for The last
three consecutive years. The pres
ent squad, recognized as a powerful,
aggressive machine, still has the
services of Coach Horn. former Tech
letter-man, who coached the pre-
vious three squads to victory. Henry
Siegman. star fun back, and other
championship players also are set
to extend the title string.
The Spades have piled up an i'm
preSSive record of twenty-five wins,
four ties, and no defeats in the last
four years of league competition.
Brightwood, however, has swept
aside all opposition with ease this
season. and is favored by east side
fans TO upset the Spades for the
title. East siderS. disagree as to the
strength of the teams. but all agree
TO one thing-itll be a battle royal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-09
Prescott S. Bush
Is Nominated for
US. G.. A. Chief
Jacques to ReIinqUiSh Golf
Post in January.

o. ntff'i Prtsa
NEW YORK. NOV. g.-Prescott s.
Bush ~ Greenwich. Conn. will be
president OF the United States Golf
Association for 1888. succeeding
Herbert Jacques Of New York.
The ass0cssion's nominating COM
mittee yesterday named Bush as the
next president. which is tantamount
O. election az the annual meeting in
January
Bush has been vice-president Of
the association for the last two years
and previously served as secretary.
His nomination caused some sur
prise as ordinary precedent called
for the elevation OF John @. Jack
son % New York. who was vice
president this year. II was under
stood that Bush was named at the
behest ~ jackson because Of the
latters Law business.
Jackson continues as a vice-presi-
dent A. NJ Reid Of New York. sec
Rotary. Was slated for the second
vice-presidency. He viii be sue
ceeded as secretary BY Frank NJ.
Hardt Of Philadelphia. Harold w.
Pierce Of Boston VIII be retained as
treasurer. and Morton O. Bogue Of
New York as counsel