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, 1934-11-16

ANN HOLSTER. lovely
n orphan. falls in love with
Tony Mickle. an irresponsible
but likeable young artist.
Sarah Kent, her girl friend,
pleads with Ann, urging her
not 70 marry Tony. Ann ~
also somewhat fascinated
with Peter Kendall, wealthy
architect. who ~ engaged 90
pretty Valeria Bennett.
On Christmas Day Ann and
Peter, both disappointed i'm
love, are married. They run
away . and thus begins
an ultra-modern love story
full or romantic adventure
". q story SO true TO every
day life that you'll come 10
know these three heroines as
though they lived in your
own neighborhood.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17

A committee Of members Of
the Women's Bar Association is
preparing to put the screws" on
District Attorney Leslie C. Gar
nett for refusing to have women
on his staff, although some Of
their sisters are condemning what
they term an inconsistent stand
on the part of the association in
regard to female appointments.
It was not revealed until late
yesterday that the meeting split
up in some confusion after the
association, having voted to work
Mr.. Garnett over to compel him
to put two women on his staff,
turned about and resolved to fight
against the appointment of
another woman to succeed Theo-
dore Cogswell.
At any rate the ladies did their
bit for Mr.. Cogswell and his ad-
herents in that group say there
is nothing inconsistent about their
stand. They simply object to an
inexperienced person from outside
the District having such an i'm
portant post. Yesterday President
Roosevelt found the women bar
rister's telegram of protest against
Mr.. CogSwell'S removal, along
with hundreds of others which
had the desired effect.
If any appointments of women
are made on Mr.. Garnett's staff,
it is said that Col. Eta L. Tag
CART, NRA, has the most powerful
endorsements and she is not a
member of the women's, bar as
sociation. Others prominently
mentioned are Miss Nita Hinman,
an associate of Bertrand Emer-
son, likewise a non-member and
Mrs. Marie Flynn Maddox, q
member.
The Dinner Committee Of the
District Bar Association will hold
its meeting again Tuesday to fix
a date for the annual banquet.
The threat against Mr.. Cogswell's
job diverted the committee Thurs
day evening and its purpose was
forgotten in the excitement Of
the moment.
A surprise is expected in the
defense of Representative Francis
The Washington times., 1934-03-17
REAL ESTATE, BUILDING NEWS
|NAK|NCMODERN
APART MENTS
AIDS RENTING

Modernizing, even of the newer
type Of apartment buildings, is
an important factor in attracting
new tenants and holding old
ones, in the experience of Boss
& Phelps, realtors.
Illustrated here is an eight
story building at 1915 Sixteenth
st. N. w., which the firm took
over to manage a year or so
ago. In September, 1882, the
building had 18 vacancies.
Though the structure was only
a little over ten years old, it was
decided to moderniZe it both in
side and out. AS a result, the
vacancies in September of this
past year were reduced to six,
with every prospect that by the
time this article appears, 1t will
be 100 per cent filled.
Has IS Units
The building has SIS units,
ranging in size from one room,
kitchen and bath. to five rooms
with two baths. It has elevator
and switchboard service, and is
equipped with electric refrigera-
ton on house current, oak floors,
dinettes, etc. It is in direct
charge of resident manager.
The original interior finish OF
the apartment walls was buff
with dark woodwork. In redec-
Grating, softer colors were used,
such as cream, pale green and in
several apartments, lavender, and
the woodwork was refinished to
harmonize.
All kitchen floors were covered
with high grade of linoleum
with felt base and brass edgings.
Where possible, the old wooden
drain board sinks were replaced
with new one-piece sinks. Table
top gas ranges we're installed.
Carpets Installed
Lobby and corridor floors were
carpeted and new furnishings
were placed in the lobby.
The exterior of the building
was sand blasted, all exterior
trim was painted silver gray, and
a canopy was placed at the front
entrance over the driveway.
The cost of redecorating indi-
vidual apartments was about $40,
or double the amount which had
been spent in the past. This was
because the change in colors
required two coats of paint on
the walls and three on the wood
work. In the future, however,
one coat will be sufficient and
costs will thus come back to
normal.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17
Lawyers Put
Force On Garnett
For Appointment

Shoemaker when he faces q
police court jury next week with
reports that Jesse C. Duke is to
appear as a member Of his coun-
sci.
The board of directors Of the
Bar Association held a meeting
in the headquarters offices in
the Second National Bank yes.
terday discussing reports Of sew
eral committees which had held
meetings during the previous two
weeks. Among the reports be.
fore the board is that Of the
committee on admissions to the
bar, a special one headed by
Stanton C. Peelle.
The "holdover" assistants Of
District Attorney Garnett have
been sitting on the uneasy seat
so long they are sufficiently &C
customed to it now to have their
little jokes about their predica'
ment.
Walter M. Shea and Irving
Goldstein, for instance, were sit.
ting in their office when an occa.
sion arose which caused Mr..
O'Shea to elaborate on the ques-
ton of his professional ambition.
He said:
"!And I don't expect to be an
assistant district attorney all
my life"
Mr.. Goldstein sagely replied:
"DOn't worry, my boy, you
won't"
Thomas ]. McFadden, one Of
the wellknown young attorneys,
is rated as a pretty fair magician
in the matter of parlor tricks as
well as legal legerdemain. It is
said that an evening spent at his
mothers home, where he lives, is
almost as good as going to a
theater.
Moreover, it is said that he re-
Gently loaned $75 to an acquaint-
ance, virtually a stranger, to aid
the latter in defraying hospital
expenses incident to the birth Of
his child. and got the money
back on the date its repayment
was promised.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17
TRADES STRIKE
DEADLOCKED

So far as the cement finishers-
carpenters tilesetters' juris-
dictional squabble at the new
bor-Interstate Commerce Build
ing is concerned, the men can go
back to work Monday, according
to William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor,
who was called in to settle the
case: but John Locher, secretary
Of the local building trades coun-
Gil, says there are other problems
to be solved.
Mr.. Green has not yet an
nounced his decision, but will do
so today. When informed of Mr..
Locher's point of view, however,
he said that he did not know any
thing about any additional griev-
ances that might be unsettled and
that his part of the affair was
simply to clear up the floor-laying
situation, over which the three
trades are battling.
Hearings were held on the mat
ter Thursday. The men have been
out since February IA. About 200
Workmen are involved,
The Washington times., 1934-03-17
New Gas Heating Plants
Offered TO Home OlUners

The Washington Gas Light
Company has placed at the dis
posal of washington home owners
corps of specially trained men
to prepare estimates for modern
automatic gas heating plants and
demonstrate clearly, without obli-
cation, the advantages of using
this type of equipment with its
low cost of operation.
The heating problem Of each
home requires individual attention
with an estimate prepared for a
set of conditions pertinent to that
property for no two homes are
identical in the matter Of location,
exposure, construction, insulation
and a host of other features which
must be given propert considera-
ton.
Gas company representatives
are equipped to compute the cost
of heating a home scientifically,
basing their figures on actual
measurement, radiation, insulation
and many other items. This esti-
mate is given to the home owner
before he buys, without obligation,
and is also based on the years of
experience of about 5000 local
owners of gas heating plants.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17
METAL MARKETS

NEW YORK. March II U.Ns.).
Copper buying abroad is in moderate
to s.125 cents a pound to SIS cents q
pound off Hamburg, Havre and Lon
don. as compared with $40 to S.25 cents
yesterday.
In the domestic market the favorable
report on stocks was offset by the threat
of the auto strike. Automobile manu-
facturers are among the largest of
consumers. The situation will probably
remain uncertain until there are more
definite developments in the auto
industry.
In the meantime copper is not selling
in large quantities. The price is un-
changed at cents a pound delivered
to the end of June. Until copper prices
move somewhat higher there 10 no
danger Of q scrap shortage az had been
anticipated.
Lead buying continued in moderate
| volume with the price unchanged al
4 cents Q pound New York and $50 cents
st. Louis.
Zinc buying was inconsiderable. Prime
Western was unchanged at 4.375 to 4.40
cents q pound East st. Louis.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17
VIRGINIA WAITS
BUILDING RISE
DURING "a

Virginia Is looking forward to
improved building conditions in
1884, according to a report by
Pendleton S. Clark, of Lynchburg,
secretary-treasurer of the Virginia
Chapter Of the American Institute
of Architects, to William T. War.
ren, Of Birmingham, Ala, director
of the institute for the South At
lantic division.
Chapter officials in North Caro-.
lima and Georgia also reported
that the outlook was better. Abb
sence of PWA funds has re-
strained progress in Alabama,
where Negro housing is a prob
lem. Mr.. Clark says:
Building construction in Vir.
ginia, both private and public, was
at a very low ebb last year. There
fore, the progress of architecture
for this period was very limited.
A Brief Spurt
In May, 1898. there was a slight
squirt in building by private in.
dlvlduals who realized that the
NRA program would unquestion.
ably raise prices. This, however,
did not carry through and at the
present time the only work of any
consequence going on in Virginia
is sponsored by the Public Works
Administration or Civil Works Ad.
ministration.
Prospects ahead for 1884 would
seem to be better. Until the
building code is approved by the
President and put into effect, it
is hardly probable that any pri.
vate building of any consequence
will begin.
The Civil Works program has
been a great success in Virginia.
This, of course. has meant rela-
lively little to the architects of the
State.
Funds Allocated
"The Public Works program to
date has hardly started although
the funds for Virginia have been
allocated. believe in time this
will be Of benefit to the architects
in the State. The historic survey
is getting under way in Virginia,
under the direction of Philip N.
Stern of Fredericksburg, president
of the Virginia chapter, and this
will employ 30 or more architects
and architectural craftsmen for
a probable period of 10 weeks.
"The Public Works program is
just getting started. AS under
stand the situation, the legal end
of the matter has held up the
whole works. If it can be pat
termed more closely on the Civil
Works program, it would con-
tribute more to bettering condi-
tionS as a whole.
"No doubt the President will en-
large the Civil Works program
and this, of course, will stimulate
conditions. It is my opinion that
as soon as the national code for
the building industry is put into
effect the more quickly building
conditions will improve and wipe
out the uncertainty that now ex-
lists.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17
SPRING BUYING
AIDS RETAIL
BUSINESS

Further pronounced gains in re-
tail trade, with totals bettering
the highs of the last three years,
continued outstanding in the busi-
ness recovery picture this week,
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc, stated in
it's weekend review.
The survey recognized the
threat in the current labor unrest
in the auto and other industries.
This, it was stated, was curtailing
previous gains in some lines, but
the belief was expressed that
"plans already formulated seem
sufficiently efficacious to permit
satisfactory arrangements to be
reached before actual breakouts
will have interfered with produc-
tion."
Spring Surge On
The surge of the spring forward
movement was found going ahead
with full force, overcoming the
hesitation in the early days Of the
week. Delayed spring goods or
ders, the review declared, are pour
ing in on wholesalers and bring
a speeding up of production in
many lines.
Federal A'unds Help
The constant flow of Federal
funds to consumers was bringing
heavy demand for merchandise
from the Middle West, Atlantic
and South Atlantic States, the re-
view stated. This was rarticu-
larly evident in consumers goods,
where production was forging
ahead despite some irregularity in
the heavy industries.
The coming of warmer weather
was hailed as stimulating factor,
and brought activity in wholesale
markets to the best level since last
August. The peak of the spring
rise was estimated at around the
first of May, and present book
lngs Of some manufacturers, it
was added, will assure full produc-
ton into the summer.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17
Wholesale Foods
Index Goes LOzDeT

Decidedly irregular trends were
noted in wholesale markets for
foodstuffs during the past week.
With IL of the 81 commodities
showing advances and ii declin-
ing, the weekly food index, COM
piled by Dun and Bradstreet, Inc. :.
registered its first decrease in 13
weeks.
The latest index dropped cent
from the previous week, standing
at $2.14 for March Is, and COM
pairing with $1.54 on the cor
responding date of last year, or
an increase of 80 per cent.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17
CLOTH EXTREMELY QUIET

NEW YORK, March II 1.-The
coarse yarn cloths market has finished
another week of dull and extremely
quiet trading with prices in the NAH
about unchanged. One of the chief
was the tight finishing situation.
There was also a story in circulation
of finishing plant which was forced
to turn down q 1.5Oo,0OO-yard run be,
cause Of lack Of capacity under the
operating schedules fixed IN accordance
with the NRA. The result, 30 far aa
the gray cloth market was epncsrnAd,
was that . g1batantaj ordee Tor AG1AH
RoodR 4A @aA 0sac@&
The Washington times., 1934-03-17
Produce Markets

plies moderate; demand light: market
steady. Illinois. boxes dozen, fancy.
Kale-suppltes very light; demand
light: market steady. Virginia. bushel
baskets fair condition, 50975c; poorer
lower.
oranges-Two Florida arrived; I
broken car on track. Florida. bushel
cording to grade and size.
Ora apefruit-No carlot arrivals:
broken cars on track. Florida, boxes,
$2.4O@2.75. according to grade and
size.
CHICAGO. March II G.N.s).-Butter
Receipts, $500 tubs; market steady.
Old cars, 2; new. S. Creamery extras,
24Ac: standards, 24hc: extra firsts.
22c; specials, 24h @25Ac.
Eggs-Receirts, 24.OOS cases: market
steady. Old cars. 81: new. 81. Ordi-
nary current receipts, 1910; fresh
cars 17Ac: fresh graded firsts. less
than cars. tic, cars 17hc; dirties. IS &c /;
checks, 14hc.
Cheese-Twins, 14h @15c: Daisies and
Longhorns, 15915A
PITTSBURGH
PITTSBURGH, March IT H.N.s.).
Poultry-Narket steady: demand good
supply good. Colored hens, 51a lbs. up,
1Sc: leghorn hens ga lbs up, lac; under,
31s lbs. under. is @17c: leghorn spring
ers, lie: colored springers. heavy, lac;
medium. lac; colored broilers, 10000;
turkey hens, 20c; roosters. S@9c; stays,
IL: ducks, 51h lbs. up, 13c; under, 10c;
geese fat, 12c; ordinary. 8; young toms.
1Sc; capons. zoe.
Butter Market steady; demand good :
supply good; 80 score. 25hc; SO score.
24Ac; SS score, 23%c; standard. 2S%c.
Eggs-Market firm tone; demand good
supply good; nearby current receipts,
tic; fresh. extra ftrsts. 17h @1So; hem
merry, white extras. 17h @1Sc; southern
Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, current
receipts, 17c. (These markets are on
truck load lnta onlYl
The Washington times., 1934-03-17

The modern automatic gas heat
ing plant is the only truly auto
matte heating unit and is the
greatest single addition to the
success of modern living. It has
eliminated one of the greatest
sources of household drudgery-
furnace care and its attendant
problems. 1t has banished heat
ing worries with homes either too
hot or too cold and has provided
regulated temperature and con-
stant fuel supply, two most valued
features that make house heating
matter of finger-tip control.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17
Banks Loans Help
Water Service Pau
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
The banks helped Federal
Water Service refund heavy ma
turtles last year, the company's
annual report discloses.
Christopher T. Chenery, presi-
dent, stated that bank loans took
care Of 1881 900 of these matur-
tiles. while another issue of
$2,500,O00 was extended for five
years. AS a result, he stated,
dividends on two subsidiaries.
Scranton-Spring Brook Water Ser.
vice and New York Water Ser.
vice will be deferred further to
pay off the loans.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17
BANK STOCKS

NEW YORK, March IT (IN.S).
Quota tons on the following securities
are obtained from the Security Dealers
Association of New York. There are
no official quotations This is q bid
and ask market and the actual sale Of
securities 10 often subject to negotia-
tions.
Noon bid ana ask prices, with FRI
days closing bid price, for the leading
bank stocks follow.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17

ber of the con-
struction divl-
sion, General
Contractors Di'
visional C cd e
Auth or l t y
which becomes
effective Mon
day.
At the same
time, Mr.. Mil
Ter will begin to
shoulder the re
sponsibility i'm
posed on him as
vice chairman
Of the Cherry
ploccon FeSti.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17
Building League
Picks NeU Orleans

Forty-second annual convention
Of the United States Building and
Loan League will be held in New
Orleans, October 24-26, it is an
nounced by the board of directors
of the organization. The league
is the national body of the 1000
million dollar thrift and home fl
nancing business embodied in
building and loan associations. CO.
operative banks, homestead asso-
Citations and savings and loan as
sociations.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17
TO REPAY 100000

The Railroad Credit Corpora
tion on April 80 will repay $7OO,-
600 to railroads which contributed
to its loan pool, F. G. Buckland,
president, announced today. The
payment will be in the form Of a
! per cent dividend and will bring
total repaymentS to IS per cent.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17
FIRST SINCE 1920

Amalgamated Leather Com
panieS, Incorporated. declared a
dividend Of so cents on the pre-
ferred stock, the first payment
since 1920 when the ST annual
rate on old 500 par preferred waa
discontinued. In March, 1888, paI
value was reduced from 500 to
$50 ,"
The Washington times., 1934-03-17
NATOMAS NET BETTER

Net profit of Natomas Company
and subsidiaries for the year
ended December 80, 1893. was
$543,57o after depreciation, de-
pletion, Federal taxes and other
charges, comparing with net
profit Of $101, ,467, including in
come tax refund Of $10,242 in
The Washington times., 1934-03-17
LIVESTOCK MARKETS
CHICAGO

CHICAGO. March II GN.s.).-HoEs-
1I1,Ooo: steady. TOP $50: bulk 81
s4.25@4.5O; light. $4.15@4.45: light
lights, $4@4.4O; packing sows, $3.50 a
3.S5: pigs $2.5O@3.5o. Holdovers.
Cattle-2oO: steady; calves. 100:
$6.5O@7.5O: common and medium, $3.50
@6.5O; yearlings, $6@7.6o; butcher cat
tie. heifers, $s@S: COWS, $2.75@4: bulls.
$2.5O@4: calves, $4@7: feeder steers.
$405.25: stockers, steers, $3@4.75:
COWS and heifers. $2.5O@4.5O.
Sheep-4,0O0; steady: medium and
choice lambs, $s.50@9.S5; culls and
common, $5.5O@7.50; yearlings, $7@9;
common and choice ewes. $S@5.5o:
feeder lambs $7@S.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17
EAST RUFFALO


EAST BUFFALO, March II (T.N.s.).
Hogs-Receipts. 500; holdovers, none.
Market, rather slow mostly steady with
Fridays average. Better lots, 10000
lbs, $4S505; 220-24O lbs, selections
quoted toward $5.25: pigs and UNDER
weights, $2.S5@4.5O.
Cattle-Receipts, IS: weeks steer and
yearling run light: quality plain; market
25@50c higher. Good steers, $6.26 @
6.S5: medium and short-feds. $5.S @6.25;
higher. Fat cows, S3.4O03.75: cutter
grades. 31.5o02.76; medium bulls, $50
$40.
Calves-Receipts. 25: vealers closing
Soc over last week. Good to choice,
$3.50; early bulk. 81; common and me-
dunn, $4.25@6.
Sheep-Receipts, so. Lambs closed 40
@50c under midweek and 15025c below
last week; supply moderate. Good to
choice woolskins, $9.6O@9.75; common
and medium, $s@9.25: shorn lambs, $S
@8.50 mostly IS at close; mixed sheep.
$4@5.25.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17
MILLER 7 AXE 8
CODE POST
MONDAY
BY DICK BAKER

william C. Miller, past presi-
dent of the National Association
of Real Estate Boards, is a men,
The Washington times., 1934-03-17
INSURANCE STATEMENTS
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
OF
The Insurance Company Of
the State of Pennsylvania

OF Philadelphia, Pa, on the 31st day
of December, 1888, as required un-
der Section SAT Of the Code Of Law
for the District Of Columbia.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17
INSURANCE STATEMENTS
PROTECT YOURSELF WITH INSURANCE
'ATEMENT OF THE CONDITI
OF the
Imperial Assurance
Company

OF New York, ~ Y, on the 31st day
of December, 1888. as required un-
der Section SAT Of the Code Of Law
& for the District of Columbia.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17

Earl W. Macintosh, of Weaver
Brothers, announces that approx
mately $4,000 square feet of space
on the fourth, sixth and seventh
floors of the Washington Building,
formerly occupied by the supervis-
ing architect of the Treasury, has
been leased for occupancy by a
branch of the Farm Loan Board.
The change was necessitated by
expansion of activities of the
board, which was formerly in the
old Southern Railway Building.
The supervising architects outfit
will occupy the Government ware
house near Ninth Street and Con-
Stitution Avenue.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17

These transfers are making oc-
cupants in private offices through
out the vicinity somewhat anxious.
and they are looking for other
quarters to use if they are forced
out.
Inquiries have been made at
the Boss & Phelps Building on K
Street since it has become known
that one Federal tenant, former
ly occupying an entire floor, has
vacated because his department
is concentrating in one of the
new Government buildings.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17

That new sales organization of
the McKeever- -Hartung alliance
has already started clicking. The
firm knocked off snappy deal
this week in one of the finest resi-
Dental sections of the city and has
more in line.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17

val to be staged here early next
month under sponsorship of the
District Commissioners.
The divisional code authority,
set up under the code Of fair
competition for the construction
industry, has completed it's lineup
and it's membership has been Of
ficially approved by the NRA. 1t
will endeavor to register every
general contractor in the country
under the recovery administration.
E. Marshall Rust and E. j.
Harding, both of this city, are
also on thS authority as members
Of Associated General Contractors.
The H. G.. Smithy Company new
offices on Fifteenth Street were
filled with flowers yesterday as the
personnel moved ior its first day
Of business.
Friends and well-wishers came
IN throughout the day to inspect
the new quarters and to congratu-
late Mr.. Smithy on the new loca-
ton.
His friends who had funds
frozen in the closed banks which
are now included in the Hamilton
system, have not forgotten the
fine public spirit he displayed in
aiding the organization of the new
bank, and the progress that insti-
tuition has made in strengthening
ats financial structure since it
opened has revealed that Mr..
Smithy possesses rare acumen as
q bank director as well as a
realtor.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17

John weaver is back from his
Florida vacation, looking very
ruddy and full Of energy.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17

The busiest man in town, with
building development plans and
finance keeping him scurrying
hither and yon, is Lew Breunin'
ger.
"COme up and see me any.
time," he tells inquiring report.
erS.
But try to find him in.
The Washington times., 1934-03-17

A surprise is expected in the
defense of Representative Francis
The Washington times., 1934-03-17

INSURANCE STATEMENTS