The Washington times., 1935-10-12
Realty
FLASHES
BY LOU PEDLAR, JR.
Real Estate Editor
HonDnnSinnaIifiMa

IRON all indications, the dele
Il CATION Of Washington Real
tors attending the convention
of the National Association OF
Real Estate Boards at Atlantic
City will be the largest which
the local board has sent to a
national meeting in the last
four years. So far, definite
reservations have been made
for more than 20 members, and
inasmuch as the convention
doesn't start until Monday q
week the number will undoubt-
ably be greater. Guest speak.
ers who are scheduled to ad.
dress the group include Gov.
Harold G. Hoffman Of New
Jersey; DR.. Glenn Frank, presi'
dent of the University of Wis
consin: Stanley s. Houck Of the
Am erican Bar Association;
Frank Watson, executive direc.
tor Of Purdue UniverSity'S
Housing Project; Dean William
Homer Spencer, Of the Univer-
sity Of Chicago School Of Busi-
ness; and Walter s. Schmidt,
president Of the National AS
sociation of Real Estate Boards.
Convention sessions will be
held in the Haddon Hall Hotel.
Included in the local boards
delegation to the big doings are
John L. Weaver and w. c. Mil
Ter, former presidents Of the
National Association; H. Cliff
ford Bangs. ]. McKenney
Berry, ]. Wesley Buchanan.
Clarer F. Donohoe, Harold
e. D9yIe, r. G. Fristoe, L. T.
Gravatte, A. c. Houghton,
Charles c. Koones, Morton J.
Luchs. Frank j. Luchs, F. Eliot
Middleton, r. Marbury Stamp,
Waverly Taylor, William Shan
non, jr., Ben T. Webster, H. L.
Thornton, and Charles J. Rush.
DisapproOal
CONTRARY to what the
~ papers may say about the
matter, the Federal Housing
Administration hasn't given ap-
proval Of any kind to three
large housing projects which
are being contemplated locally.
In a letter from Henry E. Dear
ing, director for the District Of
Columbia, he stresses the fact
that publicity announcing FILA
approval Of the Hollywood De-
velopment, Braddock Heights
Development, and a housing
project at the District Line
near Wisconsin Avenue Is de-
cidedly premature. Nothing
has been decided as yet.
NeU Battle-Ground
0HANNoN & LUCHs who
~ do things in a big way. have
just leased a large building in
the rear Of 1341 w st. N. W.,
to Joe Turner, the boxing and
rasSlin' impresario. This. in
about 80 days, will be the new
home of legalized mayhem in
the District, inaSmuch as the
Washington Auditorium has
been taken over by the United
States ernm mt. What
hasn't? At any rate, when the
extensive alterations have been
completed, there will be a main
building IS feet by $50 feet. =.
entirely free Of any columns,
pillars, or distractions. Ticket
office, luncheonette, and so
forth will be located in the Is.
foot by 150-foot lobby. Con-
testants get dressing booths
and showers. Everybody gets
the sprinkler system.
Innocent Bystander
DUMOR hath it that William
H C. Wedding, who has charge
of Boss g. Phelps Rent De
partment, is nursing a bruised
and swollen optic because he
forgot to duck when Sam,
Kingfish Levinsky's brother.
took over the show in the ninth
round of the LevinSky-Gal-
lagher fracas at Griffith Sta
dium last Wednesday night.
sam, you may remember, did
his Ecrapping outside of the
ropes and it took good men
and true to drag him out Of
the arena. What with all the
haymakers floating around, Mr..
wedding may have been the
unlucky recipient Of an unin-
territorial poke in the eye. He's
under the doctors care at the
moment, and, whatever the
source of the misfortune, we
sincerely hope that he RECEIVERS
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