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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-07-17
A. w. CLARK TO VISIT
HIS BROTHER HERE

-. A. Wilbur Clark is expected to
arrive today from Washington, D.
C., to spend few days with his
brother, T. D. Clark. of this city.
Mr.. Clark was formerly connect
ed with the Scruggs Drug store
and the Clark Candy company,
Inc.,- of this city. For the past
year he has been attending Ben
jamin Franklin university and is
supervisor of caSh-posting with
the Home Owners Loan corpora
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OVERCOME BY HEAT

MONTGOMERY. Ala, July IT.
(UP)-H. R. Butler, 40, railroad
engineer, was overcome by heat
here yesterday as the thermome-
ter scared to 90 degrees. He re-
manned in a semi-conscious com
dition last night.
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ton, Washington, d. c., a position
awarded him through competitive
examination.
Evening star., 1934-12-22

the melting of one-half to one ton of
ice, or the equivalent, to remove this
heat and give us comfortable air con-
ditions.
Some Units Portable.
This rating of air conditioning
equipment In the terms of its equiva-
lent In the melting Of tons Of ice Is
the standard Of the industry and is
the basis upon which all installations
are based.
In addition to the units that are
built into the house, requiring rather
large refrigeration compressor which
must be located in some remote sound
proof spot, there are also number Of
compact self contained units. some
what smaller in capacity, but port
able so that they can be moved about
to any location requiring cooling.
These units possibly answer the prob
lem more economically than any other,
as the rooms that require air condi-
tioning are very rarely occupied all
at the same time, and with only q
small outlay the owner can have an
almost completely air-conditioned
home.
Questions concerning air condi-
tiontng, heating or UenttlGtion ioiH
gladly be ansiDered By Mr.. Tucker.
Evening star., 1934-12-22

tCOnClnueQ fTOm f1rSt FdgeJ
the months of largest increase in
amount of loans" Mr.. Friedlander
pointed out. This Is probably &C
counted for in May. both by the sea-
sonal influence of Spring in building
activities and by the fact that the
index of business activity rose some
what in May over the April level.
Since October saw no marked i'm
provement in the general business
situation over the month before, the
great increase in building and loan
advances can be accounted for only
by the extra strenuous efforts being
made at this time to get home owner
credit flowing, especially the F. H. A.
modernization campaign and the in
creasing amount of advertising for
loans being carried on by the associa-
tions themselves.
Private Capital Willing.
1.-THE willingness of private capital
to 60 into home financing, especially
that portion Of the peoples invest
ments represented by building and
loan association shares, Is demon
strated by this month-to-month ex-
pansion In the amount Of home owner
loans. That willingness must always
be aided and abetted by the inclina-
ton Of the average man to borrow
money for a home, an attitude which
is developing very gradually, but we
hope, very surely. Upon its develop
ment will depend largely the invest
ment of the available large sums Of
home mortgage money in actual loans
to home owners and home builders" /"
Evening star., 1934-12-22
HOME DESIGNING
CONTEST PLANNED
General Electric Will Offer
$4,000 in Prizes to
Architects.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 22.-Co-
operating with the Federal Housing
Administration and to stimulate in
terest in small home building, Gerard
swope. president of the General Elec-
trio Co., has announced that his COM
pany will sponsor national compe-
tition beginning January I, 1885,
among architects for designs Of small
homes that will provide the utmost
in modern convenience and INABILITY.
A total Of 81 prizes, aggregating
$21, 900, will be offered to architects
and designers. It will be possible
for one architect to win awards
amounting to $1,000. Demonstration
homes later will be constructed In
various parts of the country.
This competition will enable the
public to get a new vision of what
an inexpensive home can be like in
this new era Of our national develop
ment," Mr.. Swope said. Science
has made great strides in home elec-
trification even through the depression
years. There is no longer any need
for the homemaker to tire herself out
with household labor. Most Of 1t can
be done more simply. efficiently and
less extensively by electrical servants
Washing, ironing, sweeping, cooking
and washing the dishes can be done
electrically at little cost. Great i'm
provements have taken place in home
lighting. The toilsome, troublesome
heating problem has been solved. and
air conditioning has arrived to make
the home healthier, cleaner, more
comfortable the year around.
IAN Of the new advances in the art
Of living should be made available
to everybody, and we are confident
the architects Of the country will be
able to show in their designs just how
this Is to be done in the small homes" :"
The project has been approved by
the Federal Housing Administration
and the Bureau Of Home Economics
of the United States Department of
Agriculture, the American Institute
of Architects, and the National Asso-
citation Of Real Estate Boards will CO.
operate in its conduct. j. r. Quinlan,
General Electric Co, New York, has
been named director of the compe-
tition, with Kenneth x. Stowell, editor
of the Architectural Forum, as pro-
fessional adviser.
Evening star., 1934-12-22
new APPEAL SEEN
IN PANELED ROOMS
Beautifully Grained Wood Now
Available at Low Cost and In.
stallation Also Is inexpensive. !:

The paneled room has always stood
for dignity and beauty and recently
it has taken on new appeal to Ameri-
cans.
Originating In !"ngland In the tra-
ditional inn, it speedily spread to the
use of libraries and dens Of the United
States and then to dining rooms. To-
day it is used in virtually all rooms Of
the home.
Panels Of beautifully grained wood
are now available at reasonable cost.
and the expense of installing them IL
likewise moderate.
In the apartment house, where
every tenant demands o different
background. now washable wall papers
made from actual photographs of
paneled walls cost less than the ma
terials they simulate. Because actual
wood has been used In preparing the
paper design, door and window trim.
chair rails, wainscoting and the like
can be of real material and IL may
be finished to harmonic with the
paper. The result Is a paneled room
that can be washed from floor to cell
ing should the need arise.
Evening star., 1934-12-22

and bunting is frequently an adjunct
Of good lighting.
when permanent provision for
outlets has not been made on the
facades Of buildings and IN parapets,
cornices or ornamentation, for the
Introduction Of proper cables. garlands
and lighting sockets for seasonal dis
plays, 1t Is always possible to tempo
rarily arrange for them even though
concealment Of the sources Of support
may be dificult but not impossible.
Shop front and other window
decorations are always easy of ac-
complishment. If adequacy of outlets
has been overlooked, temporary con-
nections can be made. Candles or
other flame lights, because Of fire
hazards, should never be resorted to
even In lanterns-if they can be
avoided, as they can be wherever
electric current Is available"
Evening star., 1934-12-22
HOME LANDSCAPING
is HELD IMPORTANT
Head of Nurserymen Body Likens
It to Frame Which Enhances
Painting.

The landscaping of the home is
likened to the frame which enhances
the painted masterpiece by Lester G.
Lovett, president of the American As
sociation Of Nurserymen, who de-
scribes the treatment of exterior
grounds as the "outer badge of inner
beauty"
Attractive landscaping," says Mr..
Lovett, denotes a careful home owner
one who has the desire not only to
maintain the investment in his home,
but to increase 1t. This desire Is re-
fiected accurately in. the beauty and
orderliness of the homes surround
ings."
In planning landscape work Mr..
Lovett emphasizes the importance OF
design, takes into consideration the
lot layout, character of the home and
community setting.
Evening star., 1934-12-22
HOME OWNERS REDUCE
THEIR INDEBTEDNESS
Building and Loan Associations
Show Considerable Reductions
Have Been Made.

Indebtedness of borrowers to build
ing and loan associations has been
reduced between one-fourth and one
third in the five depression years by
the home owners repayments.
This condition was emphasized to-
day by Philip Lieber of Shreveport,
former president of the United States
Building and Loan League. Naming
the repayment of debts by the able
borrowers a prerequisite to recovery.
Mr.. Lieber said that the diminishing
assets of building and loan assocla-
tions, at a time when there was no
new construction and little real estate
activity, could only be looked upon
as a healthy sign of the shrinking
debt burden Of the home owner.
Longer-term loans, lower return on
invested capital and definite stand
ards Of home construction were
among his predictions for the devel-
opment of the home and home
finance industry.
Evening star., 1934-12-22

i-story frame dwelling, 5016 Klingle
street; to cost $4,000.
Terminal Refrigerating and Ware
housing Corp, owners and builders;
w. e. Bernd, designer; to make re-
pairs, 1110 E street; to cost $1,000.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.,
Washington Bldg, owners; Jarrett c.
White, designer; James Beard Co., $40
Eighteenth street, builders; to make
repairs, Connecticut avenue and L
street; to cost $500.
Church of GodOpen Door Church,
BOT D street, owners; H. B. Dawson,
467 L street southwest, builder; to
make repairs, 307 D street; to cost
$500.
Goodrich Co., lessee. Fourteenth
and Church streets; T. F. Collin, l109
Twentieth street, builder; to make
repairs, 1922 Fourteenth street; to
cost $500
Royal ]. Haskell, 1902 Lawrence
street northeast, owner; Edwin L.
Taylor, 3619-B Newark street, builder;
to erect brick and tile garage, l44s
Juniper street; to cost $500.
Cecil E. Coster, 1857 Van Hazen
street, owner; George T. Santmyers,
architect; Lee T. Turner, 1856 Perry
street, builder; to erect one 2-story
frame addition, 1857 Van Hazen
street; to cost S400.
Cafritz Construction Co., 1404 K
street, owners and builders; to erect
three frame garages, 140S, IL and 16
Brandywine street; to cost $500.
Mrs. Matte Ranke, 1417 Harvard
street, owner; N. Gaskill, 1417 Har-
ward street, designer and builder; to
erect one 1-story brick addition, 14l7
Harvard street; to cost $500.
william F. Meggers, 1904 Brandy
wine street, owner; J. E. Thompson,
builder; to erect porch, 1904 Brandy
wine street; to cost $500.
Henry j. Connor, Inc, 58l2
Nebraska avenue, owners and builders;
to erect frame garage, 1882 Quesada
street; to cost $500.
Mrs. Luta p. and Miss Genevieve
Hendricks, 3051 N street, owners;
Wilson F. Earman, builder; to make
repairs, 1898 Thirty-first street; to
cost $500.
GeolSc D. ru hioii, A1o' - Sc.SS
owner and builder; Marcus Hallett,
designer; to make repairs, 1409 L
street; to cost $3.50.
F. c. Davis, owner, Surety Realty
Co., Chandler Bldg, builders; to erect
frame garage, 4342 Davenport street;
to cost $3.50.
Mrs. Irene Chappelear. IT'S A street,
owner and designer; A. L. Seaton, 613
Twenty-third street, builder; to erect
porch, IT'S A street northeast; to
cost $240.
Evening star., 1934-12-22
DEPRECATED AREA
BENEFITS URGED
Proposal Involves Owners
IN Neighborhood Pooling
Improvements.
(Continued From First Page.)

passed to promote the now Of private
funds and providing Government In
surance of loans for existing housing
as well as for new projects, offers
distinct advantages under the group
organization plan. It has already
made an important step toward bring
ing order in the chaos of the mort
gage field.
what is needed is q method for
advancing credits to existing owners
Of deprecated properties, with the
proviso that these owners band to-
gether In improvement agreements to
provide for the equitable distribution
of advantages which can be offered
by governmental aid whether In the
form of insurance or Of loans from
the United States.
Benefits Cited.
"The rehabilitation of unfit COM
munities and their progressive replace
ment can be undertaken on a basis
that will not be unfairly competitive,
provided present owners and investors
agree among themselves to act
through group cooperative enterprise.
"Let us assume congested de-
preciated block with 80 per cent
vacancies. These vacancies are usually
distributed throughout the block with
the result that many of the owners
are suffering. Let the poorest houses
be selected for demolition and the
few tenants have to be temporarily
accommodated in the better houses.
by ingenuity, the vacancies can
be concentrated and a site cleared
upon which new housing can be
erected, and planned upon more de-
sirable and efficient standards. This
can be done with advantage to all,
provided each owner agrees to accept
for his property a share OF the earn
ings of the entire block which shall
be equal to the ratio which the value
of his property bears to the value OF
the whole block.
such a method of procedure would
assure the equitable distribution OF
the aid which the Government Is so
anxious to give in order to stimulate
re-employment as well as to improve
housing conditions. Instead of con-
centrating improvement in a single
subsidized housing experiment, which
would undoubtedly compete unfairly
with existing properties, the aid
should be spread among innumerable
local districts which stand so greatly
in need of improvement and rebuild
ing"
Evening star., 1934-12-22
EXTERIOR LIGHTING.
AFFECTS DESIGNS.
Architect Sees Trend to
Beautify Communities
by Night.

Public and private buildings must
have exterior as well as interior light
ing II o community Is to be beautiful
by night" D. Knickerbocker Boyd Of
the American Institute Of Architects
declares in . report on Architecture
of the Night"
"The designs Of many types Of
buildings are being greatly Influenced
by the prospect Of their being viewed
for IS to a hours daily instead Of
for only IL hours and under condi-
tions Of light and shadow which may
be far different at night than during
the day." Mr.. Boyd points out.
Architects Of important city build
ings, whether monumental, CONNER
cial or industrial, no longer can think
of them In terms and colors as af-
fected only by sunlight Such build
ings must be designed for night effects
in which the placement Of the light
sources Is an equally important con-
sideration.
4NAoAs A.8n ns@AA8 SAS".A0s
"This refers not only to so-called
flood lighting but to integral lighting
units, that is, effects which may be
obtained by placing concealed lights
within the materials or ornamentation
of the structure for their appearance
value. Added to these should be pro-
vision for exposed lighting and other
means of application for temporary
lighting effects on gala occasions,
such as the holiday season now ap-
preaching.
Architecture of the night is becom-
ing q reality in at least parts of mod
en, well Illuminated communities.
This Is not alone due to properly
lighted streets, boulevards and roads,
but to the rapidly growing tendency to
illuminate the exteriors Of buildings
and other structures, as well as foun-
tains, sculpture and landscaping.
From a practical and aesthetic
standpoint this Is bringing about a
profound change in the night aspect
Of cities and their suburbs, particu-
larly during the Yuletide season. Moth
ing can add more to the charm Of q
city and the cheer OF its citizens than
gayly illuminated buildings and color
fully lighted streets at Christmas time.
Gay Colors Add to Effect.
"Upon architects, illuminating en-
gineers and landscape architects falls
the chief responsibility In connec-
ton with all new buildings, street lay
outs, parks and grounds to provide
adequate facilities for permanent illu-
mination and for attractive Christmas
and other special lighting. In collab-
grafton with city officials, building
owners and managers and with store
keepers and householders, much car
be done to produce purposeful effects
that will be alluring through their de.
sign and colorful arrangement.
For Christmas decorations in this
climate the combination Of holly anc
other green's. and of flags, banners
Evening star., 1934-12-22
HOUSING SHORTAGE SEEN

New Yorker Declares 1000, 900
New Homes Needed in q. 8.
That the United States Is facing
. housing shortage Is the opinion of
Ray Hofford, executive vice president
Of the Real Estate Association Of the
State Of New York.
According to Government surveys,
about 2,000, 900 new houses are needed
and about 12,000,00 homes require
repairs and modernization. Local
realtors should support the Govern
ment rehabilitation movement, says
Mr. Hofford.
Evening star., 1934-12-22
Fruit Trees Add to Charm.

The transplanting of large fruit
trees Is now entirely practical, &C:
cording to the Bureau of Plant In
dustry Of the Department of Agricul-
ture, and farmers as well as urban
dwellers are taking this opportunity
to increase the value of their prop
erty. Ornamental trees are being like
wise transplanted with success.
Evening star., 1934-12-22
Record for Deeds Set.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE,
Va, December 22-A new daily record
for 1894 was set Tuesday in the num-
Der of deeds handled by the ONCE
of John A. Petty, clerk Of the courts
Of Arlington County, when 20 deeds
of trust and real estate transfers
were handled.
Evening star., 1934-12-22
Painted Fences Add to Value.

Painted board fences in many de.
signs add to the desirability and value
of real estate and they can be put up
at slight cost. White fences are espe-
cially attractive in the Spring when
the grass and other greenery make a
suitable background and the Winter
time is an especially apt time to build
them.
Evening star., 1934-12-22
100000 FOR HOUSING
Federal Program Revealed Well
Under Way in Denver.

Better Housing Campaign Commit
tee canvassers in Denver, Colo, after
contracting $1,000 home owners and
tenants, reported $500 Of them have
undertaken or will start repairs and
improvements costing approximately
100000.
Reporting these developments to
the Federal Housing Administration.
the State director for Colorado also
revealed that building tradesmen who
have been unemployed for three years
are now kept constantly busy with the
new work the campaign has developed
in Denver.
Evening star., 1934-12-22
HOUSE PLANS OFFERED
Homes Are Especially Designed
for Farm Needs.

Adopting an idea suggested by the
National Lumber Manufacturers As
sociation booklet, "The House for the
Growing Income" the United States
Department of Agriculture, in its
Farmers Bulletin called Farm House
Plans," just published, offers a choice
of 40 attractive house plans especially
designed for farm needs.
Most, Of the plans are for moderate
sized, one-story houses, many Of them
with original units Of two or three
rooms, which can be increased In
size by one or more additions as the
needs Of the family require additional
space. The great majority Of the
plans call for lumber-built structures
and, while the booklet points out that
the choice Of materials depends upon
the owners preference, comparisons
Of costs are given which indicate
frame construction as the more eco
nomic.
Evening star., 1934-12-22
Quick. Drying Liquids Found.

New liquids which are said to be
an improvement over the natural dry
ing oils used In protective coatings
have been developed through compar-
atively recent chemical research.
Known as synthetic liquids, they dry
largely by evaporation instead Of
oxidation.
Evening star., 1934-12-22
Hammer Can't Slip.

The "hand-f1t" handle Of . new
hammer is surfaced with material
said to give Q soft, non-slip, moisture
proof grip. \
Evening star., 1934-12-22
WEEKS BUILDING
TOPS LAST YEAR
WITH SO PERMITS

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1934-12-22
PRIVATE FINANCING
OF HOMES SHOWS
CONTINUED INCREASE

Continued From First Page.)
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Julia Gusgenheim, So, Baltimore, Nd
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n. W.
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pital
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R|OT|NGSWEEPS
MILL TOWN

BRIDGEPORT, Pa. Oct. 5
G.N.SO.-This little mill town,
seat of bloody industrial conflict,
was under virtual martial law to-
day.
Proclamations, signed by Sheriff
Haseltine S: Lever, were posted
throughout the community and
the surrounding area, forbidding
public assemblages on the streets
and imposing other restrictions
characteristic Of emergency mill
tary rule.
The sheriff's action was taken
in an attempt to forestall further
sanguinary battles such as the
violent outbreak Wednesday dur
ing which a youthful byStander
was shot and killed, an unidenti-
fled woman was seriously wounded
by bullets, and scores OF textile
strikers and sympathizers were in
jured by riot bludgeons and tear
gas.
Authorities hoped that the
giant wooden mill of James Lees
and Sons, sore spot Of. the strike
trouble, would remain closed.
Should the owners decide to re-
open the mill, further clashes are
almost certain to eyentuate.
Charlotte E. Carr, Pennsylvania
Secretary of Labor, visited both
the mill owners and union lead
erS