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Evening star., 1934-05-05
Airplane's Speed Increased.

A fresh coat Of paint applied to an
old airplane increases its speed in the
air 10 miles an hour by decreasing
wind resistance, F. Handley Page, in
ternationally known aircraft manu-
facturer, said recently In London.
Evening star., 1934-05-05
REALTY BOARDS REACH
PACT ON MEMBERSHIP
National and Texas Associations
Make Reciprocal Agreement
Under New Rule.

A membership agreement has been
completed between the National As
sociation of Real Estate Boards and
the Texas Association of Real Estate
Boards under which membership in
the State association will be that OF
the national association and vice
versa.
State associations already having
similar agreements for synchronizing
membership with the National Asso-
citation are those Of Pennsylvania,
New Jersey. Florida, Colorado. Cali
fornia. BY an amendment to the
associations constitution adopted at
its last midwinter meeting, the presi-
dent Of q State association having a
reciprocal membership agreement
with the national association be-
comes. after January /. 1885. a mem
Der Of the national body's board Of
directors.
Evening star., 1934-05-05
BUILDING WASTE
HELD EXCESSIVE
Extravaganza Declared to
Surpass Any Endeavor
Excepting War.

With the exception Of war, the ex.
travagance and waste in the building
Of the average Americn city surpassed
that "in any other field of human en-
deavor." Harland Bartholomew. q
member Of the st. Louis City Plan
ming Commission, told q U. s. Cham
Der Of Commerce round table on
Progress and Problems in Regional
and City Planning" this week. The
discussion was held in connection with
the chambers annual meeting here.
Offers Four-Point Plan.
Bartholomew, using as his subject
New Interest in City Planning" Of
fered q four-point plan to build
sound" cities to the chambers civic
development department. 1t included:
Adoption of comprehensive city, county
or regional plans: revision Of zoning
ordinances; reconstruction of slum
areas, and rehabilitation Of blighted
districts.
The same round table heard Har-
rison P. Eddy of Metcalf & Eddy.
Boston, assert another substantial
public works appropriation was ad-
visable to maintain for full year the
peak employment on public works ex-
pected this Summer.
Eddy, president Of the American
Society Of Civil Engineers, said an
other 81 SOC, ,000. 900 for non-Federal
and $500, 900, 900 for Federal projects
would give direct employment to
300, 900 persons.
Changes Urged.
To improve the Pubic Works Ad-
ministration, Eddy suggested greater
decentralization of authority, q more
flexible administration of labor re-
strictions. and establishment Of a re-
volving fund to finance preliminary
engineering studieS of projects.
Frederic A. Delano. chairman of the
National Planning Board. served as
chairman Of the round table. Mem.
bers Of the Washingtn Real Estate
Board were invited to attend
Evening star., 1934-05-05
.HIS house design is a semi
bungalow type in the style Of
the New England cottage and
modified to satisfy the re-

~HIS house design is a semi
bungalow type in the style Of
the New England cottage and
i modified to satisfy the re-
quirements of a small family.
E. Philip Schreier. 1917 H street, the
architect, estimated the cost would
run between $500 and $500, ex-
elusive of lot.
The plan is arranged to provide all
the necessary accommodations and
equipment for q two-bed-room house,
but, in the event other rooms are
required. there is sufficient space in
the second story for two more room
and, If desired, second bath, although
the stairway and first floor hall are
so arranged that the secend-story
rooms have direct access to the first
story bath. This scheme would make
it possible to build a house eco
nomically with only the first story
finished, leaving the second floor until
the rooms we're needed or the owners
means permitted the additional work.
The house as shown Is built of
frame, as are most of the New Eng
land cottages, but would look equally
as well If built of brick. The roof
could be Of black slate, although, in
the interest Of economy. q carefully
selected composition roof would suf-
flee. The dining bay window is an
important feature of the exterior and
provides enough interest so that the
house aS q whole needs little more
emheI1ishment
A picket fence inclosing q front
garden again recalls the New England
cottage. The landscaping need not
be costly, since the simplest and least
expensive shrubs and perennials would
be most appropriate In this garden
and would require the least care.
The interior should be plain, with
papered or painted walls and simple
trim, either stained or painted. PAN
cling might be used over the living
room mantel, and the bookcase assem-
bly,, which gives the appearance of
a bay window, should be built Of wood.
The house contains 20,250 cubic
feet and requires lot with q mini
mum frontage of 50 feet.
Evening star., 1934-05-05
BY IRVING LASH.

III TIE CQpILQl. announcer Ubt 0p-
pear in the Real Estate Section OF
The Stdr merit Saturday.
BY IRVING LASH.
~ ELIEVED to be the oldest
- house in Georgetown, the
historically famous Dunbar
- ton House, 2715 @ street, is
best known as the refuge
sought by Dolly Madison when the
British sacked the Capital in 1914.
The Dumbarton House, at present
owned by the National Society Of the
Colonial Danes Of America, was built
in the eighteenth century by George
Beall and has been restored and fur
nished in the exact manner Of a
gentleman's home Of the Federal
period.
In 1903, the Assembly of the Colony
of Maryland granted a large tract Of
land to Ninian Beall for his military
services in defending the colony from
the Indians. He patented the tract
under the title Of the Rock Of
Dumbarton
Built On Creek Banks.
His son George was bequeathed the
land and later was granted more prop
erty as IAN addition to the Rock of
Dumbarton" He built house on the
banks Of Rock Creek, where he died
in l780. leaving his land in and
around Georgetown to his son,
Thomas Beall.
When Georgetown was laid out in
1851, by order of the Assembly Of
Maryland. part Of the land expro-
priated was from the Rock of Dunn
barton.
The beauty Of the house today Is
principally due to Joseph Nourse.
who was register of the Treasury from
1889 to 1929. Nourse made many
additions to the Dumbarton House to
enable it to hold its own in beauty
with the neighboring structures, Tudor
Place, Evermay, the old Stoddert
House and others.
After Nourse had lived on the place
for several years he sold 1t to Charles
Carroll of Baltimore, who called the
Evening star., 1934-05-05
GARDEN CAMPAIGN
Maryland y. Extension to Put on
Statewide Drive.

A Statewide campaign to en-
courage home gardens has been an
nounced by DR.. T. B. Symons. director
of the University of Maryland Ex-
tension Service. 1t will be conducted
under direction Of w. r. ballard.
Every possible assistance along the
line of home gardening will be given,
Symons stated, not only to the people
in rural districts but also to those in
urban areas who can grow some part
Of their needed food supply.
Bulletins on home gardening are
available from the Extension Service
and leaflets prepared especially for
the purpose will be distributed to all
who are interested in carefully
planned gardens
Evening star., 1934-05-05

Note: This is the eighth in a
series of articles on historic homes
in the Capital. Another tCiu ap-
pear in the Real Estate Section OF
The Stdr merit Saturday..
Evening star., 1934-05-05

mated themselves with the other fac
tors in the construction industry. nor
have they interested themselves in
the civic scheme.
1T is evident that they have sue
cumbed. in greater or less degree, to
the demand for bigger and more
cleverly designed buildings. instead
Of maintaining that sound and stable
judgment, tempered with a keen ap-
probation Of human relations, which
is the background Of the basic phi
losophy of architecture.
Evening star., 1934-05-05
Pots May Be Transformed.

Ordinary flower pots may be color
fully transformed with enamel if they
are first given two coats Of paint of
the same tint. The pots should be
washed thoroughly before the first
coat is applied. Both pot and saucer
may be finished inside and out, except
on the bottom, which should be left
porous on both sides.
Evening star., 1934-05-05
Will "Airmark" Towns.

Nevada has undertaken Q move
ment to have every town in the State
"airmarked" by painting the name
Of the community on the roof Of some
prominent building for the benefit Of
airplane pilots. In towns having air
ports q large arrow will indicate the
direction of the field.
Evening star., 1934-05-05

IAN impartial diagnosis Of the sit.
uation reveals the fact that archi.
tects as a group have enjoyed neither
that recognition Of their usefulness
nor the public confidence Ia their
work that their profession should
command. They have not co-ordi-
Evening star., 1934-01-06
AUTO TRADE GROUP
WILL ATTEND SHOW
Thirty From D. c. to Leave Tomor.
row for National Exposition
Being Held in Gotham.

More than 80 members Of the Wash
will leave at noon tomorrow aboard the
Pennsylvania Railroads Senator to at
tend the National Automobile Show
which opened in New York today and
will continue through next Saturday.
Those making up the local party, and
the concerns they represent, are:
Mitchell Herson, D. Herson and
Nathan Katz, Columbia Motor Sales;
Joseph B. Trew, Joseph R. Trew, Fred
erick Trew, Fred Schneider, w. M. De
Neane and E. NJ Wallace. the Trew
Motor Co.; L. S. Bolton, Commercial
Credit Co.; Frank G. Stewart, Standard
Automotive Supply Co.; F. L. Haller.
District Motor Co.; Louis c. Carl and
Herman F. Carl. Call Carl, Inc; D. C.
Barnhart, Warrington Motor Co.; I. S.
Peake, Cherner Motor Co.: r. E. Rut-
ledge. General Credit Corporation; F.
j. Marsden, S. w. Wellborn, T. K. Ran
dali and J. o. Bodine. H. B. Leary, jr-.
and Bros; H. E. Hyde and w. E.
OConnor. Southern Wholesalers, Inc;
Stanley H. Horner. Stanley H. Horner,
Inc; Tom Amatucci Toms Auto Ser
vice: c. A. Hoskinson, c. M. O'Brien,
William Elliott, Frank J. Loving, Frank
Carr. Richard Vaughn, Lyman Hinck-
ley. Kempton Cadillac Corporation; r.
j Murphy, manager of the Washing
ton Automotive Trade Association, and
Henry Bailey of The Evening Star.
The local association will maintain
headquarters during the show at the
Hotel Lexington, Forty eighth street
and Lexington avenue, New York.
Evening star., 1934-01-06
new CAPITAL AIRPORT
ASKED IN HOUSE BILL
McSwain Favors Commission to Sc
lect Site and Operate
Field Here.

Establishment of suitable airport
for the National Capital is proposed
in a bill introduced late yesterday by
Representative McSwain Of South
Carolina. chairman of the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee, to which it has
been referred. The Representative
says he expects to hold early hearings.
The Capital of this country where
aviation had its origin should not be
disgraced by not having a good air
port" said Mr.. McSwain. The Amer
lean who visits London, Paris or Berlin
is Inundated when he compares air
ports in those Old World capitals with
the lack of facilities in Washington"
The McSwain bill calls for the ap-
pointment of commission of three
members to be appointed by the Presi-
dent-one each from the District of
Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, who
would serve for six years without pay
They would be authorized to acquire
site. equip and operate the airport and
to employ the necessary personnel If
the commission should decide to &C
quire the Hoover Airport, the bill pro-
vides for abandonment of the old
Military road, which cuts through this
area, and for transfer of whatever
portion of the Experimental Farm of
the Department of Agriculture as might
be found necessary to make the new
airport sufficiently large.
Mr.. McSwain pointed out that the
Hoover Airport contains about 143 acres
and that some 55 acres additional would
be required. His bill directs that this
land be transferred by the Department
of Agriculture for a period of SO years.
Evening star., 1934-01-06
BIRTHDAY BALL
PLANS PROGRESS
Proceeds Will Go to EndoW-
ment Fund Of Warm Springs
Foundation.

Plans are nearing completion for the
ball to be held on the Presidents birth
day anniversary, January 80. Tor the
benefit of an endowment fund at the
Warm Springs Foundation in Georgia.
The proceeds from hundreds OF other
similar affairs to be held throughout
the country on the same day also Will
be turned over to the fund.
Mrs. John Allan Dougherty is chair
man of the local committee, which
Thursday opened headquarters in the
TRANSPORTATION Building, 1851 H street.
Patrons for the ball will be members OF
the cabinet. members of the diplomatic
CORDS, members of Congress, ranking
service officers and social and civic
leaders.
Tickets for the ball will be SIS each
and table tickets will be ST. it was an
nounced. Ray T. Baker is chairman OF
the Committee on Arrangements, and
]. F. T. OConnor of the Committee on
Tickets. Mrs. John R. Williams is
chairman of the Table Ticket Commit
tee
DR.. Hans Kinder heads the Com
mittee on Music. assisted by Mrs. Law
renee Townsend Mrs. Robert Woods
Bliss. Mrs. Tracy Dows and Mrs. Walter
Bruce Howe. The Committee on Pub
licity, of which Mrs. Eleanor Patterson
is chairman, includes Mrs. Oliver owen
Kuhn. Mrs. Eugene Maclean, Mrs
Lowell Mellett and Miss Janet Rich
ards. Brig. Gen William E Horton is
chairman of the Floor Committee.
A committee of the seasons debu-
tantes is assisting Mrs. Dougherty with
arrangements for the affair.
Evening star., 1934-01-06
DOLLAR is STRONGER
ON LONDON MARKET
Domestic Gold Price Is Held Same
Despite Slight Rally
Abroad.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Government held its domestic
gold price steady today at s3406 an
ounce.
This figure for newly mined metal
was maintained despite some strength
ening of the dollar on the London mar
ket after weakness which attended
Americas budgetary developments
earlier this week.
Sterling opened at $5.1OA to the
pound and at that level bar gold was
worth $32.38 an ounce.
Continuance of the dollars $3406
figure for the fourteenth successive
business day was not unexpected.
With the Government facing a huge
financing problem it was considered
any action tending TO cause fluctua-
ton in the Government bond market
would be avoided
Evening star., 1934-01-06
Tremor Hits Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES. January [Pl.-A
light earth tremor was felt in the Los
Angeles metropolitan area yesterday.
The disturbance was so slight that
many persons did not notice it. No
damage was reported.
Evening star., 1934-01-06
FLOOD CLEANUP
PROGRAM BEGUN
Red Cross and U. S. Funds
to Play Part in Los An.
ueIes Rehabilitation.
BY the Associated Press.


LOS ANGELES, January GA Ave
fold plan for rehabilitation Of the flood
swept areas of the metropolitan district
was under way today. The State and
county highway departments will re-
move about 100000 cubic yards OF
debris deposited on public property by
the flood which swept down Pickens
Canyon New Year day taking 80 lives.
A score of persons was still reported
missing.
The C. W. A. will provide men and
equipment to remove the debris from
private homes. some 800 Of which were
destroyed or damaged badly.
Federal funds may be made available
for loans to families having borrowing
power under a resolution proposed for
Congress
The American Red Cross will assume
the responsibility Of repairing and re-
furnishing homes Of persons who can
not obtain Federal aid and also will
be responsible for rehabilitation work
as soon as debris is removed from pri-
vate property
Meantime the coroner's ONCE had
decided, after investigation. that no
need for an official inquiry existed. No
basis was found for reports that dyna-
miting of check dams might have con-
tributed to the rampage Of waters.
Evening star., 1934-01-06
GIRL HORSE VICTIM
DIES AT HOSPITAL
Transfusions Fail to Save
Corinne Kirk, Thrown by
Thoroughbred Mount.
BY q staff Correspondent Of The Star.

SANDY SPRING, Nd, January g.
Corinne Kirk, IS years old. died In the
Montgomery County General Hospital
early today as q result Of injuries suf-
fered when she was thrown by a
Thoroughbred race horse while riding
along the Seventh Street pike at Aspen
two weeks ago.
The child, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mahlon Kirk. 4th, Of Sandy Spring, re-
ceived a fractured skull in the fall
Pneumonia which set in caused her
death, according to officials Of the local
Institution.
The Kirk girl was riding Single Fly
q thoroughbred owned by her uncle,
Francis Kirk Of Aspen, December %,
when the horse stumbled Though an
accomplished rider, she slid forward
over her mounts neck.
The horse dashed down the road for
nearly a mile before the accident.
The child's uncle, who was following
her in an automobile, conveyed her to
the county hospital Two blood trans
fusions were administered in the futile
fight to save her life, her father giving
the blood on both occasions.
The Kinks are members OF one Of
Maryland's first families.
Evening star., 1934-01-06
new P. W. A. PROJECTS
TOTAL $11,4OO,7OO
Allotments for Water Systems in
Two Virginia Towns Con-
tanned in List.

The Public Works Administration late
yesterday disclosed allotments for 81
additional non-Federal projects carry
ing funds totaling S1l ,400.700. Two
more Virginia allotments were included
in the list.
The town of Broadway, in Rocking
ham County, received a loan and grant
of S42 900 for construction of a water
works system, drilling a deep well,
pump house and pumping equipment,
elevated storage tank, distribution sys-
tenn and installation Of fire hydrants.
OF the total s33 900 represents 30
per cent of the cost of labor and
materials and the remainder is in loans
secured by bonds with pledge of rev.
enue. The project will give 40 men
employment for four months.
Amherst, Va, received a loan and
grant of S25 ,000 also for water works
system. including the construction of
an earth dam to impound 100000 gal
Ions of water derived from springs and
the installation of supplying main to
the existing distribution. Of this allot-
ment. $4,000 is a grant and the rest
a loan. The job will give 35 men en-
ployment for three months.
Evening star., 1934-01-06
VETERANS BILL OFFERED
Measure Would Create Cabinet
Post and Revise Benefits.

Representative Underwood, Demo-
crat, of Ohio, has introduced a meas
ure calling for changing the Veterans
Administration into a department of
veterans affairs with a secretary. The
bill also provides for a complete new
compensation schedule for veterans
and dependents
His schedule for service-connected
disability for veterans of all the wars
would be 81 for each per cent Of rated
disability, and for peace-time service
approximately half that rate.
Evening star., 1934-01-06
BUTTER-RUM TRADE
PARLEY DEADLOCKED
Wallace Reports to Roosevelt Ne
gotiations With Britain Have
Reached Halt.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
Negotiations with Great Britain for
an exchange of American farm products
in return for Scotch whisky imports
continued deadlocked today, and-with
a ban on the beverage a possibility
the situation was reported to President
Roosevelt by Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace.
The Secretary is trying to sell more
American hogs and butter to Great
Britain in return for whisky importa-
tions Upon leaving the White House
he told interviewers there was n,
change in the seemingly deadlocEed
situation.
The United States now has only
about 612 per cent of the hogs sold to
Great Britain. An offer by the British
to raise the American quota of hogs to
IT, per cent is understood to have been
made. but not accepted.
Wallace was accompanied to the
White House by Assistant Secretary
Tugwell and Chester C. Davis, agricul-
ture adjustment administrator.
The British negotiations bring into
full relief for the first time the de-
termination of President Roosevelt to
employ Yankee trading" in his trade
AMI tariff dealing with foreign countries.
How much. if any. Scotch whisky will
be let in pending an agreement is very
uncertain.
Evening star., 1934-01-06
AUTO-SHOW PUZZLE
BEGINS MONDAY
Contest Sponsored by Auto
motive Trade Association
Is Announced.

The automobile show puzzle contest,
again sponsored by the Washington
Automotive Trade Association and pre-
sented through the cooperation OF
The Evening and Sunday Star, will
Commerce Monday, when the first Of 81
puzzles will be published on the wom-
ans page The following puzzles will
be found daily on the woman's page,
except on Sunday, when they will ap-
pear in the automobile section.
The contest, one entirely of skill, re-
ouires the worker to find out the con-
cealed name of an automobile which
will be exhibited at the fourteenth an
nual show at the Washington Audito-
rum January 81 to February 3, ia
elusive When the last puzzle has ap-
peared and been solved it will only be
necessary to send the correct list of
answers in, accompanied with slogan
of 20 words or less on why the auto
mobile show should be held here every
year" These should be addressed to
the Washington Automotive Trade AS
sociation, Room 407, 1927 street.
Copies of The Star may be examined In
the files in the business office.
The awards for the winners will be
800 and 126 free tickets to the show.
First prize will be $50 and IL tickets;
second prize, S25 and 10 tickets; third
prize, $40 and tickets, and fourth
prize. SIS and 6 tickets. In addition
there will be 10 prizes of 81 each and
4 tickets. For honorable mention, 25
prizes will be awarded of tickets each.
In case of a tie duplicate prizes will
be given.
The puzzles are not difficult. 1t
costs nothing to compete. There is
nothing to lose except little time, and
the fun will be worth that. Those
connected with the Washington Auto
motive Trade Association and The Star
are not eligible to enter. Members OF
the Washington Automotive Trade AS
sociation will be the judges, and their
decision will be final. 1t is their plan
Of stimulating interest in the coming
show that this contest has been ar
ranged.
Evening star., 1934-01-06
Civil Service Asks
Applicants Up TO
73 Years of Age

Believe 1t or not, the Civil
Service Commission is advertis-
ing examinations for Government
employees up to 73 years Of age"
according to Chairman Cochran
of the House Committee on Ex-
penditureS. who recently took the
Civil Service Commission to task
because they set an age limit of
35 or 40 years for employment Of
Government workers.
Representative Cochran has an
official notice of the Civil Service
Commission regarding examina-
tions to be held for chief
statistican. inviting applicants up
to 73 years OF age.
Evening star., 1934-01-06
POWER CODE OF EDISON
GROUP HIT BY M'NINCH
Chairman Says Commission Will
Fight "Putting Authority In
Hands of Large Firms"

BY the Associated Press.
The electric light and power code
proposed by the Edison Electric In
stitute clearly puts the complete
domination and control of the code
authority in the hands of the large
power groups" Chairman Frank r.
McNinch of the Federal Power Com
mission said yesterday.
He said the commission will enter a
vigorous and earnest protest" against
its adoption.
The proposed survey Of power re-
sources, McNinch said, would duplicate
the national power survey now being
made by the commission. The commits
sion will request opportunity to be
heard at the hearing set for January II,
McNinch said.
Evening star., 1934-01-06
Writer Sues Scenarist.

LOS ANGELES, January [P.-Joe
Chisholm, writer. filed suit in Munic-
ipal Court yesterday to recover 81 ,037 so
he claims is due him in royalties COL
lected by Alfred A. Cohn, Hollywood
scenarist, on the books Gun Notches"
and Take the Witness" Chisholm in
his complaint asserted he wrote the
books and agreed to give Cohn one
half the profits "for services rendered."
Evening star., 1934-01-06
ARMY APPOINTMENTS
HELD UP BY SENATOR
Austin Objects to Promotion of
Fiske to Major General-Com-
mittee Hearing Promised.

BY the Associated Press.
Confirmation of all Regular Army ap-
pointmentS was held up yesterday by the
Senate Military Affairs Committee when
Senator Austin, Republican. of Yer
mont objected to promotion of Brig
Gen. Harold B. Fiske to the rank of
major general.
Chairman Sheppard said hearings on
the appointment would be conducted
just as soon as committee could be
formed to give its entire time.
All promotions will be retroactive
when approved.