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Evening star., 1935-12-07
COLONY OF STEEL
HOUSES STARTED
Two More Near Completion
in Bethesda-Layouts
Are Different.

What promises to becorne q colony
Of steel-frame houses is well under
way IN Bethesda.
Last Spring the Berger Manufactur-
ing Co., Canton, Ohio, q Republic
Steel Corp. subsidiary, made its bow
to the housing world with steel
frame house, adapted to the use of the
traditional building materials.
Inspected by thousands. the houses
were sold before they were completed
Two more Berger houses are now
nearing completion in the same block
on Roosevelt avenue. They are also
being built by Carr Bros, Washington
contractors, who put up the FIRST two
homes, and we're sold from the blue
prints to Robert ]. Fletcher and Harold
w. Phillips.
In both size and layout the second
houses differ decidedly from the FIRST
two, demonstrating the fiexibility OF
the Berloy system.
Laundry Unit Added.
In the second houses a laundry unit
has been added and the third bed room
and storage room Of the second floor
eliminated. One Of the houses has nc
entrance hall and fireplace. The
other has q hall connecting the main
entrance to the living room, kitchen
and stair but no fireplace. The flat
roofs on the garage and laundry are
finished TO be used as sun decks.
Erection of the houses has beer
simplified by eliminating the founda.
ton anchor sections. Slots in the
frames themselves permit SUFFICIENT
leeway in bolting the frames to the
foundations and to each other without
great attention to accuracy in setting
the bolts.
Change Made in Bolting.
In the first houses the floor girders
were fastened to the foundation and
the wall frames to the girders. Under
the new construction the frames are
bolted directly to the foundations and
the girders bolted TO the flames, In
creasing somewhat the rigidity of the
structure.
In the first houses the steel window
frames were welded TO the wall frames
making these wall frames rather
dificult to handle. Under the new
method, the steel inside trim Is welded
to the wall frames and the steel sash
bolted into place by means Of prefixed
holes.
The houses, including the land, were
sold for $1,000 and $3.50. The differ
ence is accounted for by the fireplace
installed in one of the houses.
Evening star., 1935-12-07
Bedtime Stories
Just in Time.

that that fsh had fallen from the
sky, for he had not seen Rattles. Now
ne had come back, half hoping that
another fish might fall from the sky.
His keen ears heard the noise that
Rattles made fiuttering about with
that clanl< Reddy turned that way.
and when he saw what had happened
he grinned.
We'll, I never" said Reddy to him
self. ut is my old friend Rattles the
Kingfisher, and he's in a peck of
trouble. It Is the first time I have
had 3 real chance to catch Rattles.
He'll make me good meal, and Just
now need good meal"
So Reddy started toward Rattles.
and Just then Rattles saw him. II
Rattles had been frightened before.
he was doubly frightened now. He
just had to escape from that clam
or he wouldn't be able to escape from
Reddy Fox. With q last desperate
shake Of his head he fortunately hit
that clam against q tree and knocked
that clam OF. You see, the latter
NA'sN AAA4A4 O0AAy W bkIS UP Ok his Dill.
If he had had more Of the bin to
hold onto Rattles would not have
been so lucky. The instant that clam
was knocked on Rattles took to his
wings, and at the same instant Reddy
Fox Sprang.
Reddy sprang just the fraction Of
second too late. He missed Rattles,
but he Just missed him and that was
all. Up into o tree flew Rattles, and
then when he could get his breath
how he did scold in that harsh,
rafting voice Of hisl
Reddy Fox looked up at him and
grinned. Your good luck was my
bad luck, Rattles," said he. 'I thought
I had you that time. But tell me,
what under the sun were you doing
with that clamI Or was the clam
doing something to you?"
Rattles made no reply, but flew
away to nurse his injured feelings
where there was no one to see him.
Reddy walked over to the clam lying
on the ground. He picked it up. IT
wonder" said he to himself, "just how
it is that Jerry Muskrat manages to
open one of these things"
Copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1935-12-07

see, he was very, very hungry, and,
although he had never eaten a clam,
he had seen Jerry MuSkrat eat many
Of them, and he knew that 1t would
be good eating. So at last he had
taken a chance, expecting to drive
his bill into the opening of that shell
and get the clam therein. But that
shell had closed just as the tip of
Rattles' bill had entered, and there
he was held by the tip of his bill.
Frightened? Did you ask II Rattles
was frightened? He was so frightened
that he really didn't know what he
was doing. He beat frantically with
his wings. He splashed the water
and made a great commotion. Fortu-
nately, the clam was not too big. In
the struggle Rattles pulled the clam
out on the shore. The clam still held
on. Rattles shook his head, or tried
to, with all his might. He couldn't
shake that clam of. He tried to fly
up to a perch in a tree, but that
clam pulled his head down so that
he couldn't do much in the way of
flying. and he was soon back on the
ground, struggling.
Now, it happened that Reddy Fox
was not far away. Perhaps you re-
member how Rattles had dropped a
fine trout while flying over the Green
Forest and it had fallen right in front
Of Reddy. 1t had seemed to the latter
Evening star., 1935-12-07
NATION WIDE ETHICS
CODE HELD NEEDED
Establishment Is Within Power
of Real Estate Boards, Pre-
views Head Saws,

A code Of ethics. as binding on the
real estate broker in Maine as on the
broker in the so1thmost corner OF
California, is the instrument which
will lift the real estate business to q
level which will win the respect and
the confidence Of the public and at
the same time attract the best brains
in the country to this field of enter.
prise, according TO c. T. s. Keep,
president Of Previews, Inc.
Mr.. Keep believes that this is within
the possibilities of the National AsSo-
citation Of Real Estate Boards which
has member boards in every leading
city Of the country, with the possible
exception Of Manhattan.
Every person in the market knows
where he does not want to live but
what he wants TO know is where he
should live, and 1t is the job Of the
real estate broker, the man who is
supposed to know everything about
property that is In the market for
sale or rent.
Evening star., 1935-12-07
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Just in time. and not too late
Be thankful II that be your fate
Old Mother Nature.

H ATTLEs THE KNGFIsHER
was in trouble. He was in
very great trouble. Not only
\ y was he in great trouble, but
he was badly scared. A strange thing
had happened to Rattles the King
fisher. He had been caught. He had
been caught by some one whom he
had expected to catch. He had been
caught by some one that he hadn't
dreamed could catch anybody. He
had been caught by one who. to all
appearances, was harmless. He had
been caught by clam. Yes, sir.
Rattles the Kingnsher had been
caught by a clam.
RattIes had seen that clam, which,
properly speaking, is a fresh-water
mussel, a member Of the clam family,
lying In very shallow water, with its
shell 3 little way open. He had
watched and watched, hoping that
that shell would open wider, for he
very much wanted that clam. You
Evening star., 1935-12-07

be 8 years old and seeing the
United States for the first time, and
If he tDds learning any English.
AN, merits" replied the young
Latin American. why don't you
be yourself"
NIGHT IN.
THIS true story Is about q book
worm" who got locked into the
Congressional Library at night aftel
the lights had been switched on, re-
sulting in terror. screams and eventual
rescue by a much-surprised watchman
An expert genealogist gained admit
tance to one Of the special stacks and
became completely absorbed in search
ing for certain ancestral line, hoping
to trace it back to Adam or his near
relatives.
Closing time came, the lights in the
main reference room we're turned OF
and soon the whole building was in
darkness. The lady in the book stacks
had her own special light, so was un-
aware all the others had been dimmed.
Suddenly discovering her predica-
ment the ancestor hunter groped her
way back to the reference room,
screamed for help, arousing the night
watchman In another part of the
building. who finally located the pris-
oner and escorted her to the great out
doors. unharmed but still greatly
frightened.
X
NO GRAVY.
p REPRESENTATIVE VIRGINIA z,
JENCKES Of Indiana and William
Tyler Page, clerk Of the House and
widely known as the author of the
American Creed" narrowly escaped
q gravy bath the other day in Cap
itol cafeteria.
In this particular eating place there
are no tables. Guests sit on stationary
stools around q U-shaped bench, and
rub elbows with each spoonful of soup
Evening star., 1935-12-07

During the rush hour there is hardly
room for any one to sit.
Anyhow, Mrs. Jenckes and Page were
seated at the northeast corner of the
U-shaped bench, discussing politics,
the weather and whatnot, totally OBJ
livious of a careless waiter who, in the
rush, became a little more careless
than usual and showed a fresh pork
sandwich covered with gravy in front
Of a customer. The plate, with its
sandwich and gravy, started to slide.
The waiter grabbed for it, but it was
too late.
The sandwich and part Of the gravy
dropped into the customers lap. He
jumped of the stool. So did Mrs.
Jenckes and Page, seated nearby. For
tunately, however, Mrs. Jenckes dis
covered that the grease had escaped
her dress, and about the same time
Page found out that his immaculate
eut-away coat also was untainted with
pork gravy.
Evening star., 1935-12-07
HOME SHOWS ADD
. TO BUILDING URGE
Interest Growing in National
. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Event Opens ian. a.

Judging from inquiries and appli-
cations from many sections OF the
country, municipal interest is incfeas-
ing in the national home shows to be
held this Winter and next Spring by
local real estate boards and other civic
organizations, and municipal govern
ments, cooperating with the Manu-
facturers' Housing Display Council.
The first show, as has been an
nounced, will open in Baltimore, Nd,
on January and continue for one
week. This show, as are all others
for which dates have been set and
those which will be arranged for later,
are being operated under the organi-
cations mentioned and are furnished
with special display equipment by
the Federal Housing Administra-
tion. This will include ultra modern
talking towers, which viii feature
photographs or models of houses that
can be built under the Federal Hous-
ing insured mortgage plan, and space
will be available where plans and
specifications of these houses can be
distributed. They also include cleo
trical transcription records which will
broadcast information on the various
provisions of the national housing
act, as well as talks on modern build
ing materials and housing equipment.
Displays to Be Educational
The Federal Housing information
booth will be devoted to Illuminated
educational displays covering the
modernization features and insured
mortgage provisions of the national
housing act.
The four shows for which dates
have been set are: The one in Bal
timore, January to II; Houston,
Tex, January IL to 18; Fort Worth,
Tex, January Is to February 2, and
Miami, Fla, January rs to February i.
In every instance the shows are being
sponsored by the Real Estate Board
of the city in question, along lines
developed by the National Association
Of Real Estate Boards.
The action of the Federal Housing
Administration In supplying educa-
tional exhibits for these. shows is in
AAAAC WAbAA q AOAA6 -OobtSOAAoAIOA 6OfC11l-
mental policy, except that the condi-
tions are somewhat changed. Ordi-
narily the Government provides edu-
cational exhibits for world fairs and
expoSitions, to which the people must
travel if they wish to see them. Under
the new set-up the exhibits are made
available to responsible local groups,
for hometown showings, the expense,
OF course, being borne by the local
groups.
Standard Products Used.
While national home shows are
local undertakings, the displays are
those of nationally advertised ma
terials, supplies and appliances which
go toward making an attractive home
and equipping it with those furnish
1ngs which give it not only COM
and convenience but also luxury.
One of the outstanding features of
the shows will be the construction
of q full-sized model home, plans
being drawn by local architects and
approved by the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration.
Evening star., 1935-12-07
Washington Wayside
Random Observations of Interesting
Events and Things.

a man very often and what made it
the more interesting was the wooden
cage carried by the owner against the
time when the duck should get tired.
The man and the dog were very
poised about the whole thing; totally
oblivious of the attention they were
receiving. The duck, padding along
in pair Of soft black shoes, took it
more consciously. An occasional
mischievous wink at his admiring
audience told them that he, too, recog-
nized the drollery of 1t all.
y 4 y
LADY'S BARGAIN.
THEY do make these Christmas goods
displays attractive; too attrative,
one young lady shopper has decided.
Times, she figured the other day,
are still pretty hard. She decided to
reduce the number Of her Christmas
gifts to one-male. On the way to
select it she saw a counter displaying
wrapping paper, ribbons, seals, etc. It
was too much. She stopped and
bought enough to wrap dozen gifts,
maybe more.
But it won't do the other 11-or
more-persons any good.
Evening star., 1935-12-07
Roofs Need Examination.

Roofs suffer during the Winter from
the action Of snow and frost, so make
yours as tight as possible before it
has to withstand their attacks. Ex-
anime the roof carefully and replace
any broken or cracked states or tiles
or shingles you may find. If your
roof Is covered with paper or felt
shingles in long strips, fasten down
with a little roofing cement any gaps
that may have appeared.
Evening star., 1935-12-07
YERMAcuIAR

VERNACULAR.
A iUoDrdn tDho has been studying
Spanish put her proficiency to the
test the other day in the lobby of
hotel here when she iDGs intro
dHced to the small son of q Latin
American ENJOY, rounding out his
first meek in the United States.
She addressed the youncster In
her best tert book phrases, asking,
among other things, hotD it felt TO
Evening star., 1935-12-07

4(NOAAAA6 A4OhCt bA4C
a former Polly Brooks Moth
n ing if not original when it
comes to naming race horses.
Some time ago, Mrs. Howe sought
to convince her husband that she
ought to own a racing stable. The
husband, a Wall Street man. finally
agreed, but stipulated the stable should
consist of just one horse. So she pur-
chased colt at Saratoga for $2,500
and, to josh her husband, named him
Only One.
In the last year, Only One has de-
veloped into one of the country's best
stake horses. In about 30 starts, he
was out Of the money less than half a
dozen times and earned upward Of
$4,000, while competing with Dis
covery, King Saxon and other cham
pions.. There were few, if any, better
in Maryland this Fall.
AS a result of all this, Mrs. Howe's
husband decided to let her buy another
horse.
She named the second colt Twice.
VARIETY!
Maybe business is getting tough,
or else the fortune Yelling places
around town are going in for pa
riety. We SdW one place the other
day Uhich advertised card reading,
crystal gazing, pdlnststs, trance me-
diuMs and pSychics. 1t has Gltpays
been our impression that each pds
more or less Of specialization
hotDever, the public has its vdgGr-
les OF taste, and this professional
soothsdyer tDGs taking no chances
OF losing business.
Evening star., 1935-12-07
NEXT?

NEXT?
A FORMER Washington society
" girl-Mrs. Deering Howe, the
y former Polly Brooks-is noth-
a inp If not original when il
Imperial Valley press., 1935-11-28

Congdon and Battles, Yakima,
washington, won grand champion
Angus female at the American
Royal in Kansas City.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-11-28
PIONEERS IN
ALASKA SET
FOR HOLIDAY

PALMER, Alaska, Nov. %. UP)-
The new pioneers of the Matanuska
valley prepared to celebrate Thanks
giving with their family tables in
comfortable homes well-stocked with
generous portions of goose and
chicken.
House warnings at many homes
will feature the celebration of ITO
families from farming communities
in Wisconsin, Michigan and Mime
sofa, who came here seven months
ago TO make their homes in the
wilderness.
Thanksgiving programs were
planned at the community build
ing at Palmer and Matanuska val
ley schools.
Several families found their COM
missary allowances, reduced from
$65 to $50 month, already ex-
hauSted. A SIS extra Thanksgiving
allowance was voted by the Alaska
rural rehabilitation administra-
tion.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-11-28
GAR. Blue bird
Marries at UniQue
Military Wedding

DANBURY, Conn.,, Nov. %. U,P)-
Kneeling beneath the flags of the
nation and the Grand Army of the
Republic, 1.-The bluebird of the c. A.
r." Wednesday became 'the Colon
els Lady" at an unusual military
wedding at st. James Episcopal
church.
The bride was Mrs Ella C. Bond,
Oshkosh, Wis, 58-year-old widow,
and the bridegroom, Col Ira R.
Wildman, 85, civil war drummer boy,
whose romance budded at the ma
tional encampment of the G.. A r.
at Grand Rapids, Mich, last Sep
tember.
Col. Wildman wore his full dress
army uniform, white. felt hat,
braided with gold, and rose in his
button hole. Beside him stood five
old army mates, similarly attired.
Mrs Bond, attended by five brides
maids, all officers or past officers
of the Womens relief corps and 9TH
er auXiliaries, wore a blue and sill
yer gown, a blue coat with fox COL
lar, a blue hat and carried pink roses.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-11-28

these places was being conducted
absolutely without disturbance.
He expressed belief that through
the Nuremberg laws, new tension
perhaps would be avoided. Should
tension arise, however, then further
legal measures might become neces-
sary, he said.
Regarding the question of Boil
shevism, the fuehrer stated that
Germany was the bulk which pro-
tected the west from the spread
of bolshevism from Soviet Russia.
I'm the United States, which geo.
graphically is far removed from
Soviet Russia" he observed, this
may not be clearly understood ev-
erywhere"
However, he continued, it would
be clear to everyone who consid-
red Germany's situation-a coun-
try separated from Russia by only
a short plane flight or short
train ride.
Germany he emphatically de-
clared, will continue TO fight
Communism with whatever Weap-
ons Communism itself elects"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-11-28
SHIP FORCED !
DOWN DURING
BIG BLIZZARD
CONTINUED From Page n

His story of the planes mishap
follows.
After bucking heavy snow and
rain storms, the wind died down.
We ran into fog and sleet formed
on Our wings and we were losing
altitude. Then sleet formed on the
propellers, when it became SO heavy
that the centrifugal force would
throw it off one blade the vibra-
tions became so bad that the en-
CINE was endangered until the
sleet from the other blade was
throwns off also. The wings from
the leading edge TO the trailing
edge became SO coated with ice.
they lost their lifting capacity and
we were forced to land in the
water.
1--WE sent out SOS calls which
brought us the sealing schooner
"Sea Lion" a Hudson Bay COM
pany boat, especially built for COM
batting the icy waters of Hudson
Bay. We were mighty glad to get
into the cabin and get a warm
meal-the second one since leaving
New York.
Though delayed somewhat by
this mishap we will renew our en-
ergies towards reaching Our goal.
Were down about II hours but all
escaped unharmed. This looks like
Providence is on Our side. We are
continuing by plane to Cape
Churchill. From there we will
have the most difficult part of our
airplane flight to Victoria land,
distance of $50 miles and across
an uninhabited inhospitable coun-
try without any landmarks, dotted
with innumerable nameless lakes.
It will be instrument flying all the
way until we reach Coronation
Gulf"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-11-28
Roosevelt Asked
By Film Stars to
Pardon Actor

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. %. WP)-
President Roosevelt was asked We'd
nesday, in petition signed by Jack
Oakie, Hoot Gibson and other film
stars, to intercede in behalf of Dun
can Renaldo, young actor who will
be deported to Roumania when freed
from federal prison in January.
Strapping, six foot Renaldo soar
ed to stardom when featured with
Edwina Booth in Trader Horn, "
which indirectly ruined both their
careers.
Renaldo was sent to Mcneil Is
land for forging an affidavit to a
passport prior to sailing for Africa
where the picture was filmed.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-11-28
POLICE RENEW
SEARCH FOR
MISSING GIRL

TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Nov. %. W.P)
Douglas Van Vlack, confessed
slayer of Fontaine Cooper, state
traffic officer, was arraigned here
before probate judge Guy L. Kin
ney Wednesday on first degree mur-
der charges.
Search for Mildred Hook, %, Ia
coma, Van Vlack's divorced wife and
his companion when he shot down
Cooper and wounded Deputy Sher-
iff Henry G. Givens, was to be re-
newed with redoubled intensity
Sheriff E. F. Prater said
The hunt for the Tacoma girl,
Prater said, will be one "of assist
ance to the girl and her parents in
Tacoma. She is charged with no
crime. We intend to leave no stone
unturned in case she is out there in
the sagebrush in distress"
Prater's determination to renew
the hunt was made after Joseph
Hook, Tacoma, father of the girl,
telephoned from the Washington
city and pleaded for continued eff
forts to find her. Hook, afraid that
his daughter-in light clothing un-
suited to exposure on the desolate
sweep of sagebrush country-might
have fallen victim to cold in an iso-
lated spot, pleaded with Prater to
remobilize his Searchers and press
the hunt.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-11-28
MADE
IN STAFF OF
RELIEF SETUP

Recent changes in the personnel
of this State Relief Administration
district were announced Wednes-
day by Homer Miller, Imperial
county director.
John G. Henderson recently was
appointed assistant field represen-
tative in San Bernardino, Orange,
Riverside, San Diego and Imperial
counties. He will be assistant to
Charles I. Schottland, assistant ad-
miniStrator at San Francisco He
will take the place of Clayton E.
Triggs, director of the western area
of Los Angeles county.
Miss Helen Cox was appointed
social service field supervisor for
the five counties. She formerly
was case supervisor for Orange
county.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-11-28
New Suits Aimed
At Utility Bill

WILMINGTON, Del, Nov %. U.P)
Eight new law suits attacking the
constitutionality of the public util-
ity holding company bill were filed
Wednesday in United States Dis
trict Court.
The actions brought to II the
number of suits filed here contest
ing the law. The plaintiffs are Z:
Stone and Webster, Inc; Engineers
Public Service Company; Stone and
Webster Utilities Corporation; East
ern Texas Electric Company; Ell
Paso Electric Company; American
Gas and Power Company; Louis
vile Gas and Electric Company and
The Standard Power and Light
Corporation.