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Evening star., 1935-01-12
FILA. SUCCEEDING,
REPORTS INDICATE
Several Lines of Business
Stimulated, Say Invest
ment Firms Figures.

That the construction drive of the
Federal Housing Administration is
succeeding was indicated today in re-
ports compiled by the investment firm
Of Fenner & Beane, which shows
stimulation In several lines Of busi-
ness.
M. J. Alger, vice president of trafiic
of the New York Central Lines stated
in a report: Stimulation to the
building industry has shown its
strength in our November loading
figures Of building materials. Novem-
Der, 1884. showed an increase in this
classification Of AIS per cent over
November, 1888"
The Boston & Maine Railroad re-
ports visible signs of increase in its
business which must be attributed to
Federal Housing Administration ac-
tivity in the encouragement of re-
modelling and repairing of property.
They cite three typical manufacturers
dealing In building material supplies,
as showing the following increases:
No. /, 180 per cent increase: No. 2,
39.74 per cent increase; No. 8, 116.13
per cent increase.
$500, 100000 Spent.
According to conservative estimates
made January 2, 1885, by Federal
Housing Administration officials, $780,
100000 has been spent, or has been
contracted for in the period August
!, 1894, to December 81, 1884.
In this period Of time, 4,012 flnan-
cial institutions have made total of
72,658 modernization loans. Reports
from 3,798 community organizations
confirm estimates made.
Federal Housing Administrator Mof-
fett received on January l telegram
from the State director for Kansas,
informing him that Kansas property
owners have pledged modernization
work totaling l1,779,000.
Interesting reports from other Sec
tions Of the country confirm predic-
tons that property modernization and
repair Is increasing and that 1885 will
show an overwhelming volume Of work
In this category.
Many Lines Show Gains.
In Bartlesville. Okla, building per-
nnits issued in 1888 covered $4,000
OF work, while 1884 permits total
$114000 Of work. A heating and air.
conditioning engineer of Detroit re-
ports selling IA new jobs, cost rang
ing from $400 to $500 each, all
financed by modernization credit.
Wall paper and painting contracting
companies of st. Louis report active
business improvement. Phoenix, Ariz.,
has pledged 100000 of moderniza-
ton work. Banks in the clearing
house association of Montclair. N. j.,
are modernizing old properties owned
by institutions. Bangor, Me-, an
nounces modernization jobs on the
increase, and definite shortage of
workmen. In Oak Park. ILL.,, every
building tradesman is at work, S4o0,-
900 Of property modernization and re-
pair pledged.
Business increase noted by the
durable goods industry. founded large
fy upon the Governments better hous-
ing program, Is now affecting the
tonnage of common carriers. The
largest shipment of roofing ever re-
ceived on Pacific Coast, shipped via
Interocean Steamship Corp. Shipment
comprised so carloads of roofing
Evening star., 1935-01-12

number of such loans have been
made recently.
Loans in Virginia.
In Virginia 9127 of the distress
loans had been closed, representing a
total amount loaned of $29.472, ,482.
The average loan in that State has
been S3.229, it was stated. During
the week ended January 3. 1875 loans
for $353,976 were made to Virginia
home owners.
Figures for Maryland show that
12,216 loans for total of $35,414, ,2e6
had been made. The average loan
in that State was $2,899 During
the last week for which figures were
available los loans for 1927, 1868 were
closed.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
1850 HOME LOANS
MADE IN DISTRICT
$9,883,682 Is Involved in
Transactions Here Since
June, 1888.

Figures released today showed that
the Home Owners Loan Corp. has
made loans to 1880 home owners in
the District since the organization
started functioning in June, 1888
The loans aggregate $685. ,682.
The statistics of H. o. L. c., which
cover activities through January 8
reveal that the average loan to dis
tressed Washington home owners to
be the highest of any State in the
country. This average loan is $3.50.
New York State was second with an
average loan of $5,245. The average
for the country is S3,026.
Applications Await Action.
It was announced at the Offices of
the corporation that between $50 and
300 loan applications, filed before the
deadline, remain to be acted upon.
Officials of the corporation granted
81 loans in the District for a total
of s166,291 during the week ended
January g.
Although H. o. L. c. has stopped
accepting reflnancing loans, it was
pointed out that they are taking
applications for loans on recondition-
ing work for property on which a
mortgage loan has been made. A
Evening star., 1935-01-12
Many Novel Ideas Advanced
To Make Bath Room attractive

dressing room also. One of the COM
pact metal dressing tables which are
being especially made for the pur-
pose will be effective-or an old
chest Of drawers or dressing table,
thoroughly sandpapered and given
two or three coats of enamel to fit
1t into the color scheme. With mir
ror placed above it and a bench in
front, convenience is assured and, If
you want really sybaritic luxury, an
Evening star., 1935-01-12

easy chair and q long-pile rug may
be added.
When tubs and other bath room
fixtures are white the shower cur
tains, rugs and painted furniture may
be in a soft pastel hue-light tur-
quoise blue, sea green, peach, salmon
or light, clear yellow. The plaster
walls above the tile wainScoting may
be painted in an enamel which har-
monies in its glossy surface with
the sheen of the glaze on bathtub
and washstand. A touch of color in
the tiling may give the cue for the
dominant color scheme. Ceilings are
usually painted the same shade as
the walls; small rooms tend to appear
larger when the trim is painted the
same color as the walls.
Evening star., 1935-01-12

The first vessel to be built at Wool.
wich, England in 100 years has jus,
been launched.
, 1935-11-17
Odds Always Opposed
Marital Happiness

comes now a college professor who has been look
ing into the state Of holy wed1ock, and announces
that the chances are two to one against a lifelong
happy marriage for any given set Of newlyweds.
The professor-Dr. Lewis M. Terman OF Stanford
Universitys psychology department-has studied 800
marriages. OF these, he found that 100 developed in
TO the happy ever after stage. another 100 brought
definite unhappiness to one or beth parties, and the
third hundred resulted in divorces.
80 ne deduces his odds and hands out the result. for
the dlsmay and guidance Of ardent young folk who
may be contemplating matrimony.
Il IS typical Of the present age, perhaps. to believe
that there is something new in a set of figures like
these.
Whether we did it through over-much reading Of
sappy novels, through too much staring at saccharine
moving pictures. or simply through a process OF visit
ful thinking, We do seem to have persuaded ourselves
that a marriage ought to glide along with the utmost
smoothness.
If it doesn't, we pity ourselves intensely and audi
bly,; and If that gets us nowhere we decide that the
other party to the domestic equation is an impossible
person and a no-good, and we 60 hiking Off for the
nearest divorce court.
By looking on marriage through the eyes of roman
tic 16-year-olds. we leave ourselves utterly unable to
meet the inevitable establishment; and SO We roll
up one Of the most remarkable divorce records In all
history, and when some professor soberly announces
that the chances for a happy marriage are only one
IN three We are shocked and saddened.
What We need to understand is that, while these
chances may be slim, they are probably as good now
as they ever were or ever viii be. AND that no one
who deserves to be called an adult ought to let such
odds worry him.
We get out Of marriage Just about what We put
into Il. II We are men and women enough to ac-
cept the Establishments. the petty annoyances. and
the occasional quarrels IS part OF the game and rise
superior TO them, We can make a go out Of marriage
and. in the end, discover that the effort was worth
making.
The reason our divorce rate Is SO scandalously high
Is that too many PEOPLE enter into marriage in the
spirit Of spoiled children. ready TO pick up their toys
and quit at the first sign OF trouble.
SO the chances are two to one against a happy
marriage? Well, they are at least that great against
n happy outcome to any other form OF human en-
deavor. II We would simply realize that fact in adj
vance. and guide ourselves accordingly, we would get
along a great deal better.
, 1935-11-17
And Japan Goes On

While the eyes o. the world are focused on Africa,
the Japanese continue to make their customary
amount Of hay in China. The latest dispatch has 1t
that a movement to detach a vast section OF north
China from the rule OF Chang Kai-shek Is under way;
II successful. an independent" state along the lines
Of Manchoukuo would be set up on a basis Of COM
plete friendship and cooperation Sith Japan.
Mussolini strikes for a comparatively small slice of
African jungle and rugged mountains and sets all
Europe by the ears. The japanese quietly carve out
a tremendous empire in the O~rient-and nobody
seems to worry about it.
It seems obvious that the extent OF Japan's takings
will be limited only By Tokios idea Of what japan
needs. The Remembering Of China appears to be
going forward at a rate that must make MusSolini
green with envy.
, 1935-11-17

and province. He wanted to stage q great bathing
beauty contest. The lovely faces and what-not Of
the contestants would spread the fame Of Vancouver
far and wide. attract immigrants, and promote gen.
eral well-being, he argued.
And the Vancouver city fathers turned him down.
City authorities who have the good taste and the
good sense to cold -shoulder that kind OF chance at
free publicity are all too rare these days. More power
to Vancouver, which does not need . bevy Of girls
in bathing suits to announce its civic attractionsl
, 1935-11-17
Photographs

Working bees and drones are sup
posed to live from N to nine
months, while the life Of the queen
bee is rarely more than three years.
The Triumphal Arch or Titus was
built by Domitian In 81 A. D., to COM
memorate the taking Of Jerusalem
in A. d. 20.
The melting OF salt Is known In
chemistry as deliquescence - that
is. the power of any salt to absorb
water and actually go into solution.
CHIPPING of the cricket is produc-
ed by rubbing a file-like ridge of one
wing over a scraping surface Of the
other.
Brittany is supposed to have re-
ceived its name from those Britons
who were expelled from England
and took refuge in France between
the fifth and seventh centuries.
In North America alone there are
1855 ga Sunday schools with 1897
500 officers and teachers and IT,
066,06l pupils.
"A hot bath may be from 100 to i12
degrees Fahrenheit. A cold bath
should be between IS and 90 der
gree&
, 1935-11-17

and Of Hygeia. the Health Magazine
Many Of the persons you see with the pock-marked
faces had chicken pox when they were young and were
permitted to scratch the itching bisters that result
from this disease.
Scratching Of the bisters may cause infection and
form collections Of pus or matter under the skin. II
the scab over these marks comes off, little indenta-
tons in the skin remain.
If. however, the pox are permitted to dry Of their
own accord and the scabs are allowed to fall of ma
turaly. there is seldom any mark left from the disease.
Chicken pox usually affects children under u years
Of age. Few, if any. die from the disease, but there are
occasionally secondary infections which may become
serious.
The disease may begin with a slight fever, but it is
often 30 mild that the fever does not appear. The day
after the first sign Of illness, an eruption or rash ap-
pears somewhere on the body. Usually It resembles q
number Of widely scattered pimples, which develop into
blisters containing a yellowish, watery fluid. When
the first blisters begin to dry and disappear Others
may be formed.
1t is customary 10 permit other children to be around
for y days after their first exposure to the stricken
child. then to observe them from the thirteenth to the
twenty-second day after exposure, and make sure that
they are not coming down with the disease.
Chicken pox is dangerous from the sign Of the
first symptoms until the crusts and Scabs have dis
appeared from the skin.
OOHletlLneS IltIe Is Ml6nSe lJCnlnB, DuL, as Ol1IlculL
as it may be to prevent scratching. every possible means
should be taken against It, II you do not want the
child to continue with permanent indentations.
In caring for a child with chicken pox, you should
adopt the following procedure:
keep the child clean.
2-Trim its fingernails close.
3-Wash its hands frequently.
Keep the child in bed while it has fever.
5-Ask the doctor to prescribe a lotion or ointment
to stop the itching, II It is 50 severe that the child
persists IN scratching.
, 1935-11-17
So They Say

No child wants to fail. Failure
means only one thing; that someone
has Numbered; someone has failed
70 show the child off to advantage
on his own level Of ability to secceed.
DR.. F. L. Patry, New York phychia-
trist.
One glory will always remain In
the crown Of Mr.. Roosevelt; he did
do something about it Cthe depres-
sion). The value of that precedent
is inestimable. - Gen. Hugh john
son.
The masses of America will not
tolerate q return . they will not
indefinitely endure existence upon
relief. they will not be silenecd in
definitely by slogans and claptrap.
Mgr. J "A. Ryan, in Pittsburgh
address.
The statesmen today are like
chaUffcurs in high-powered cars
who know the read is slippery. while
IN 1914 they were like chauffeurs
who did not know what skidding was
Sir Arthur Willert. English news
paper correspondent
.
Every element necessary for ma
tional recovery, save one, exists.
Long range confidence in the future
IS lacking. Charles r. Hook, Mid
dletown, o., steel executive.
, 1935-11-17

later they E0und themselves pulling
up I'm front of N deserted country
school house.
But q last Thornton held ~ his
hand M q signal at q crossroads
and confidently told the driver 60
turn 90 the left.
They proceeded along the dirt
road In the direction the detective
had indicated It was DARK. now.
and their lamps cast long beams Of
light down the peaceful roadway
ahead OF them: and the glare sud
denly reminded Larry that there
was no sense In making their ar
rival too conspicuous
AT his direction. therefore. they
drove past the place where the lane
branched on. and parked their carr
out OF sight around . bend IN he
road. Then. grouped about the
leading car. Larry laid on: n plan
Of attack with the sheriff and the
Portsmouth chief.
AS q result. Tony LaRocco.
a Thornton and Doyle crept on
through the woods: and Eve min
utes later m OF the Lycomine
county deputies got one OF the cars
turned u around. and drove slowly
for the mouth Of the lane thar led
70 French Pete's place. Reaching
the fork. he turned down the lane
With his lights on. and slowly fol
lowed H. The rest Of the party
followed on foot. so yards behind
him.
The car had gone perhaps q guar.
ter OF q mile from the road when
a man suddenly appeared in the
light Of its lamps. He stood I'm the
middle OF the road. an automatic
shotgun In his hands. The deputy
slowed 70 n halt
where you goin'. buddyf" asked
the man with the gun. The deputy
put his head out OF the window
and said. i~nnocently. -why-isn't
this the road 20 Middlevillef"
The mar with the gun looked nj
him s~cornfully.
You ought TO know Il amt" he
said. ~This's private grounds
You'll have to 20 back 70 the main
road"
The deputy. instructed 90 stall
for time. began % make some pro
test. and the guard came up to
ward him. gripping his gun menac
Ingly: then. out OF the darkness
OF the woods. came q curt. "Pui
EN- up. buddy-you're covered!"
The man with the gun faltered
back a step. and into the light OF
the autos lamps came LaRocco.
Thornton and Doyle. dwelling re-
volvers Al him. He cursed softly
and hesitantly elevated his hands.
still holding the shotgun. LaRoccc
stepped forward and took Il away
from him. The man was quickly
frisked and relieved of n 81 auto
matte and a blackjack. Then me
was dumped into the rear OF the
sedan and h~andcufed with his
arms about one OF the rear window
stanchionz.
The rest OF the party came mp.
and Larry and the sheriff bred
questions at the captive. He cursed
and refused 10 answer: 90 they
left him there. with two deputies 70
guard him-and with the sedan
parked IL such q way as 20 pre-
vent any other car from passing
along the lane.
Then the officers started on down
the lane again. on foot
They're here. all right" said
Larry softly. wei Just 20 on
down and surround the place. and
then invite EN- 70 come on out BE
ready for some shooting. all OF
yOu!"
Ito BE C~ontinued)
, 1935-11-17

MihH suuueniy D@ns"
the desk with min ist Hey
4 remember. now he said. THAT
guy-listen. Larry. maybe there's n
lead In this. after all. Back about
1925 he was pulled I'm for murder
ing q village marshall who stopped
bis truck In some little town De-
tween here and Dover. And Don
Montague. OF Dover. was his law.
yer"
Doyie's face lit up with eager.
ness.
sure. 1 remember. too" he said.
He paused. frowning In his effort
TO remember.
Il GOT IT," be said at last This
fellow French Pete-his real name
was Rubidoux He used TO have q
sort Of resort on a little lake. over
in Lycomine county. before he got
into the boozerunning racket Any
how. he'd held onto H. and the
talk was that Montague made him
sign II over 70 him GO part Of biz
fee"
Where Is nr- asked Larry
quickly.
Il never knew. exactly" said
Doyle. Il BET old Tom Thornton
woulc know. though He's been IN
the force for Is years. and he never
forgot anything In his life"
He opened q door into another
room and bawled. Hey Thornton
come in here a second. will you?"
A gray-haired. mildlooking de-
tective came In and faced them In
quiringIy.
Remember that bird Rubidoux
who used to have some sort OF q
resort on a little lake over in Ly
coming?" asked Doyle
Thornton nodded
where was Il. exactiyf" asked
Larry.
Well" said Thornton. 1T used
to be the country home OF some
rich man from Dover Later II
was a sort Of country club. Then
Rubidoux got H. Anyhow. it's
tucked way of In the woods. about
two-three miles north OF the main
highway = u. 8. 100 ~ around 10
miles east OF here. OF such a
matter"
Gould you take us to 1T" asked
Larry.
Thornton pondered. then nodded.
81 think ] could" be said.
Larry got up. Then let's 60"
he said. at may be q bum steer
but it's all the steer we've got
Take me In and let me talk &C
your chief. will your"
co Larry went in to talk with the
- Portsmouth chief OF police. while
Tony LaRocco. at his instruction
hurried 70 telephone the Lycoming
county sheriff: and both Of these
officials promised full cooperation
TO the extent of their ability.
An hour later three police cars
drew 70 a halt az the concrete
bridge that marked the county line
In them were Larry Glenn. three
other federal agents. Mike Hagan
and the Portsmouth chief OF police
with half a dozen OF his best mer
all heavily armed. Beyond thu
bridge waited another car. with
the Lycoming county sheriif and
four deputies carrying riot guns
The cars stopped and Larry and
the Portsmouth chief held @ brieI
consultation with the sheriff; ther
they all started OF again
Twice they made wrong turn
ings. As Thornton said. some 81
the roads In this part OF the county
had been relocated In recent years
once they followed an execrabls
road that petered out. az last. II
somebody's farm yard and O little
, 1935-11-17
OLD COINS

OLD COINS
In every home there In IN old box OF
coins. trinkets. stamps. and souvenirs.
Many Of the coins may have q market
value. Only a few are needed to start
the possessor on the way to a valuable
collection.
profitable hobby among readers OF The
Brownsville Herald our Washington In
formation Bureau offers n practical
and authoritative handbook on rare
and valuable coins.
Historical notes on the develop
ment OF metallic money: how 70 read
collectors catalogues: how 70 distin-
guish the rare issues. Covers gold, sill
yer. and paper money.
A useful service booklet available only
through our Washington Information
Bureau. Enclose ten cents 70 cover cost,
handling. and postage.
, 1935-11-17
You're Telling Me?

I on re eIllng Me?
ITO BE OR NOT TO BE- No,
that's not Hamlet speaking, but
Herbert Hoover.
It rs difficult making up ones
mind when a presidential nomina-
ton is at stake. After al. it may
be better to be beat than to be
forgot.
We're all alike-we do not know
when to quit. But often the person
who doesn't know when to quit is
the man people take to their heart.
Who could have been beat worse
than Cox and Roosevelt in 1920?
People laughed over their ever ap-
pearinr again. But the smile has
been Of II. D.. RS face since 1882.
Perhaps Mr.. Hoover would like
an opportunity to prove that he csn
forgive the people.
But Republicans wish he would
play the Chest rather than Hamlet.
, 1935-11-17
BEGIN HERE rODAx

$3.50 AAAAA@
JEAN DUNN delays her answes
when BOBBY WALLACE asks heF
90 marry aim AZ rhe GoIdeB
Feather nlaht club n meet
SANDY aARKINs whose business
connection ts vague. sandy intro
duees Bobby and Jean 90 o MR-
and MRS LEWIS. Bobby cells
some bonds for Levris- who buys
q ear
LARRY GLENN. federal agent.
ts trailing wINGY LEWIS. bank
r0hbeK. SIC ieaFcs about the bone
transaction nnd aarations Bobby.
Larry believes the car Lewfn
bought ~ armosed Bobby under
takes co dnd nut.
Jean nErecs 20 n secret
ment with sandy. The bank OF
which her father IN presidents g.
robbed. anr larry starts y senrch
for the robbers-
Jean goes 20 see sandy who
has been iniured. he ana b
Lesvises nre staying af . earm-
housr. n soon finds hePseI1 .
prisoner The whole party leaves
the farm. They stop nc % deserted
old house ana Jean tries 60
escape. a gnnrd stops her.
Meanwhile Larry hss discovered
Jean o. with the robbers. HIs
men continue their search
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XII
WHEN Larry Glenn arrived IN
Portsmouth he went AZ once 70
police headquarters where be found
Detective Sergeant Mike Hagan
talking with a broad-shouldered
swarthy chap whom he introduced
rs Sergeant Doyle. OF the Ports
mouth force.
TELL US the story again" said
Mike.
So Larry outlined the situation
in detail. telling how the Jackson
gangsters had been traced 70 the
Engle farm. outside OF Midlothian.
and how a mysterious telephone
call had announced that they we're
going 70 French Pete's.
"Have you any kind OF a notion
where OF what French Pete's might
be-" asked Larry.
DOYLE slowly shook his head Il
wouldn't say I never heard the
name" he said. at sounds sort OF
familiar. somehow. Il. But I'll be
hanged II | can place It."
There's Just a chance" said
Larry. that we might get a lead
from Washington. Before we left
Dover 1 called the Division OF In.
vestigation and asked them 70 see
II they had anything on H. They're
70 call me here. tonight. II they
have. But it's a slim chance
awfuliy slim"
They fell silent for a time: then
the plain-clothes men who had
been sent 70 the bus station from
which the call had been made came
in 20 report that a careful check
there had failed to disclose aSy in.
formation whatever about the
fugitives.
Il didn't expect II would" said
Larrv glumly.
The desk telephone buzzer
sounded. and Doyle answered. He
held the receiver up TO Larry with
the remark. For you-Washing.
ton"
Larry took the phone and held q
monosyllabic conversation. At last
he hung up and turned 10 Doyle
and Hagan.
well. for what IT'S worth
which isn't much = here's all the
Washington files have got" he said
They've checked their list OF gang
ster aliases and they have one
French Pete listed. He was a booze
racketeer. back ia prohibition days
Used 70 run whisky from Detroit
down through the middle west
Both Portsmouth and Dover were
on his route. apparently.
But he was shot TO death bS
rival gangsters back in 1928. 81
that's that"
, 1935-11-17

Nature provides immunity TO certain diseases by
eliminating all those who contract the diseases. Now
We have a protected race rather than a resistant race.
- George Barton cutton, president, Colgate Uni
versitv.