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Evening star., 1935-01-19
PROPERTY REPAIRS
BOOSTED 31.3 PCT.
Results of Five Months of
Credit Program Shown
in Review.

Reporting on results OF It's nrst nVe
months of operation, the Federal
Housing Administration revealed to-
day that property repair and modern
i7ation work undertaken since the
modernization credit plan has been
in effect increased 31.3 per cent over
the corresponding period Of the pre-
viouS year.
Citing figures compiled by the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics, covering the
period from August through Decem-
ber, 1884, the Housing Administration
pointed out that building permits for
alterations, additions and repairs
totaled $52,563,l64 during those
months, as compared with $40,028, 7Ol
for the same period of 1888.
Operation of title No. l of the ma
tional housing act, providing for in
surance of loans made by private lend
ing institutions for modernization and
repair, began in August, 1884. 1t Is
pointed out, also, that the totals
compiled by the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics represent property recondition-
ing activity which entails the grant
ing of permits only, and fail to take
into account a greater proportion of
work on homes and business properties
for which building permits are not
required.
$50 Cities in Survey.
Additions, alterations and repairs
reported last month by 750 identical
cities totaled $40, ,576, against $lo,-
351,234 for December, 1888, accord
ing to the Bureau OF Labor STATISTICS.
This is a decline of S246,658, or 2.3
per cent. The decline in New York
CITY alone, however, was 81 ,30l ,999, or
44.6 per cent, sufficient to make the
difference between plus and minus Tor
the country as whole.
Six out of the nine sections OF the
country showed a gain in December
over November-New England, 80 per
cent: East North Central, 38.l per
cent; West North Central, 3l.4 per
cent; West South Central, 29.8 per
cent; Mountain States, 1872 per cent;
Pacific States, 28.4 per cent. Three
sections showed decline-Middle
Atlantic, 3O.6 per cent; South Atlantic
1877 per cent; East South Central
20.l per cent.
Striking gains for last month over
December, 1888, were reported by
cities of all classes in all sections OF
the country, Los Angeles leading with
q gain of 1882, 500, or l27 per cent.
Installations, which include built
in equipment eligible for moderniza-
tion loans. are reported by compara-
lively few cities.
Cincinnati Leads in Class.
Cincinnati led the list in this item
with a volume of $l50,075, while New
York reported only sl2o,445. Des
Moines reported $82,365, against only
SO 92O for additions, alterations and
repairs; Washington, $57,890; In
dianapolis, $37,453; Chicago, $27,685:
Denver, S25, 700; Philadelphia, SIC, $50,
and San Francisco, $l9,l77.
The 25 cities leading in volume OF
modernization work, with their totals
for December, 1888, and December
1884, are as follows:
Evening star., 1935-01-19
WANT MODIFIED RULE
Home Buyers and Home Builders
Face Loan Difficulties.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, January 19.-Home
buyers and home builders here may
not be able to obtain 80 per cent loans
under the national housing act un-
less and until the administrator can
be prevailed upon to modify his rule,
or unless lending institutions, other
than building associations, come into
the F. H. A. This statement was made
this week by C. Philip Pitt, secretary
of the Real Estate Board of Balti-
more.
So far, he said, only one building
association in Maryland can qualify to
make insured mortgages. Not even
this one can make loans on leasehold
property.
In proof of this, it is cited that ap-
proximately 80 per cent of the homes
sold here are bought with a ground
rent and not in fee simple.
Evening star., 1935-01-19
WALL REPAIRS SIMPLE
Home Greatly Improved by Use
of New Materials.

Gloomy. Clipped walls will spoil the
interior appearance Of any home. It
Is possible today very economically to
repair, replace or cover over these
old walls. adding both to the durability
and beauty Of your home. Paneling
with wallboard or plywood in the liv-
ing rooms, wainscoting in the dining
rooms, kitchen or bath room. plaster
or wallboard in the bed rooms, will
make the home look years younger.
In the attic and cellar new rooms NAV
be added by few partitions and by
applying new materials over the TN
finished or unattractive wall surfaces.
Evening star., 1935-01-19

I. Friedlander Of Houston, Tex, the
present president, will shortly an
nounce his selections for this board
Evening star., 1935-01-19
COMPETITION WIDENED
Home Mortgage Business Engag.
ing Attention of Banks.

116 1*eeO11 e1o1k o1 1o1111HS'
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, January l9.-Bank-
ing institutions, which heretofore have
been only a minor factor in the home
mortgaging business, now threaten to
become major competitors of the
building associations for such busi-
ness, according to Stuart R. Wilcox,
president of the Maryland League of
Building Associations.
Mr.. Wilcox made the statement in
connection with a resolution of the
association, urging all building asso-
Citations to apply Immediately to be-
come approved mortgages under
title No. 2 of the national housing
act.
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
SHAKE-UP FACES
COUNTY POLICE

ROCKVILLE, Md, Jan. 81.
Virtually a complete shakeup in
the personnel Of the Montgomery
county police force can be ex-
pected this week, according to re-
ports circulated throughout the
county today.
The Fusionist majority of the
board Of county commissioners ad-
nit there are men on the force
who would be hard to replace,
but feels that as many of them
were actively at work for the
Democratic organization during
the recent campaign and election,
they should be replaced by men
from their own ranks.
Although the Mont omery
County civic Federation and
other county organizations have
adopted resolutions urging the
county police force be left intact,
and placed under a civil service
rating, the board last week aban-
doned the Takoma Park police
substation, and dismissed two
sergenats and two privates and
replaced. them with Fusionist sup
porters.
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
HOMELY ITEMS
To END CASE
Of SUSPECT
BY LEIGH MATTESON

FLEMINGTON, N. j., Jan. 81
Q.N.S0 Such homely items as
a crock, a length of board, mud
dy water stains, a wood chisel
and some entries in account books
will figure hugely today, tomor-
row and Wednesday in the trial of
Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
Through the presentation and
discussion Of these items of evil
dence, the State of New Jersey
will stage a crescendo windup of
its case against the alien carpen-
ter who entered this country il.
legally more than 10 years ago,
while he was a fugitive from Ger
man justice.
Briefly, the States evidence and
the States witnesses will be util-
lied as follows:
1.-The big crock, such as is
used in the kitchen of nearly every
home, will be presented as the
receptacle where the Lindbergh
ransom money was hidden be-
meath the Hauptmann garage.
2.-ChemiStS probably will certi-
fy that the muddy water stains
never could have got on the bills
if they were merely soaked by
water leaking through the roof
into the closet where the Fisch
shoe box was said to have been
placed.
3.-The length of board to be
specially cited as evidence is now
part of the ladder used by the
"lone" kidnaper-killer-ransom col.
lector to climb into the Lind
bergh nursery on the fateful
night of March l, 1882. Wood
experts will trace the ladder
fragment directly to the attic of
Hauptmann'S home.
4.-The wood chisel is the one
found near the ladder. Experts
will assert that it is one of a
series of different sized chisels,
all of identical make, which were
later found in Hauptmann's fully
outfitted tool chest.
5.-The account book entries
to be placed in evidence are those
relating to the financial condition
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hauptmann, be-
fore and after the Lindbergh
ransom was paid on April 2,
1882. Accountants for the State
will say that those entries show
that about $51,500, went through
the combined bank and broker
age accounts of the Hauptmanns
or in other transactions or was
found in Hauptmann's possession
at the time of his arrest.
(On the date Of Hauptmann's
arrest, he and his wife had, in
separate bank accounts, about
$1,000.
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
Pro FLOOR ACE
FACES JUDGE

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-Instead
of being on the way back to Boston
with his teammates today, AL Kel.
lett, star center of the Boston
Bruins, professional basketball
club, was awaiting trial in domes-
tic relations court in the Bronx
on a. charge of abandoning his
wife and young daughter.
Kellett was in uniform ready
to play with the Bruins against
the Brooklyn Jewels in an Ameri-
can basketball league game at
Arcadia Hall, Brooklyn, last night,
when his wife appeared with a po-
liceman and warrant for his ar
rest. Kellet and the managers of
both teams pleaded with Mrs.
Kellett to defer her husbands ar
rest until after the game, but she
insisted he be locked up imme-
diately.
Kellett was compelled to get into
his street clothes and was locked
up for the night in the Ralph
Avenue police station.
Handicapped by his absence
from the lineup the Bruins lost by
a score of "a to 10.
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
Hauptmann Confident
He Will Be Freed

"They are going to try to
prove that money was ransom
money, 1 will explain it with
these papers. 1 am going over
them in my mind. 1 will tell
how this is repeat money. It
was used over and over again.
That happens in the stock mar
ket. 1t wasn't Lindbergh ran
som money. You can bet on
that"
He was asked:
Don't you think the State
proved a good case against
yOu?"
what did they prove? That
is only their side yet. Wait until
tell the truth. You know,
there were a lot Of lies told on
their side. 1 mean Sisk, most of
all. Then / mean HOchmuth.
The old man who said he saw
me in HOpewell, and he must be
crazy. He is an old man, and
/ think he is just crazy. And
that Miss Alexander, she was
lying-Or she was mistaken.
Even DIR. Condor said she was
mistaken. But that Sisk-that
man is the worst liar of all. He
lied on purpose, and he knew it.
That is why / got so mad"
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
WARES
CD On BLOCK

February 4 was announced to-
day as the date for the auction
at Henderson Castle, when the
famous art pieces, furniture, brio
a-brac and even some of the rich
gowns and other clothing of Mrs.
John B. Henderson will be sold
to the highest bidder.
When the auction is over, ad-
ministrators of the estate will
turn to the job of selling the
castle itself and when that is
done "finis" will be written on
one of Washington's great stories.
The last tenant of the castle,
the peppery widow of the Missouri
Senator who drew up the consti-
tutional amendment outlawing
slavery, died four years ago,
nearly 80, after ruling Washing
ton society for half a century.
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
CODE MEMBERS
ASK JOBS BACK

Three former members of the
Cotton Garment Code Authority
filed suit for an Injunction in
District Supreme Court today to
restrain operations of the Ma
tional Recovery Board and the
code authority because they had
not been reinstated in their
positions.
The three are w. E. Stephens
and Lee H. Jones, of ASheville,
and E. F. Joblin, of New York.
They declared they were stock
holders in a corporation which
interviewed in a court fight
against the code authority. They
and eight other members of the
code authority were dismissed
December 6 because of this inter
est but all the others were re-
instated January IL. They con-
tend their removal was illegal.
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
Governors Approve
Mortgage Change

Governors of 38 States have
signified their intention of asking
liberalization of mortgage laws
to conform with the aims of Pres
ident Roosevelt and Housing Ad-
ministrator James A. Moffett, a
checkup revealed today.
The principal change sought
would raise the percentage of the
total value of a piece of property
that may be represented by a
mortgage. The Administration,
holding that revision is necessary
to the success of the housing pro-
gram. wants the percentage set
at 80, whereas in most States
it is now go.
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
Boston Fugitive
Held in Chicago

CHICAGO, Jan. 20 GN.SD.
Six years a fugitive from a Bos-
ton prison colony, Stanley God
zick, As, today faced a return to
serve out the sentence interrupted
by his escape.
Godzick was arrested yesterday
when police became suspicious of
him. Although he gave a ficti-
tious name and address, his fin
ger-prints exposed his real iden-
tity and he admitted his flight
from Boston, saying he had Is
months to serve of a five-year
sentence for robbery.
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
RAPS
NAZ| PLOT

BERLIN, Jan. 81 Q.N.SO.
Charges and counter-chargeS were
hurled today as the Reich, flushed
with victory in the Saar, turned
its eyes toward the East and
Memel, former German territory
made part of Lithuania by the
Treaty of Versailles.
Chancellor Adolf Hitler'S decla-
ration that I'VE shall reclaim for
Germany all in the world that is
German" re-echoed as active prop
aganda was launched for a plebi-
Scite in Memel, and Lithuanian
troops were concentrated on the
border to forestall any attempted
coup by violence.
Any such plans, however, the
Nazi government emphatically de-
MED. The propaganda ministry
branded "putsch" reports as sheer
nonsense" and accused Lthuania
of throwing troops into Memel to
monopolize the territory and crush
the German population
The Lithuanian legation, how
ever, charged that the NaziS were
strengthening the Reichswehr and
the S. S. and S. A. in preparation
for some sort of decisive action,
and declared Lithuanian troop
movements were merely a precau-
tionary measure mot exceeding
normal limits of our defense pro-
gram"
Memel has been in a state of
constant ferment since the war,
and the situation has become ag-
gravated within recent weeks oW-
ing to Lithuanian military move
ments and charges of plans for an
internal Nazi coup.
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
Indiana Utility
Strike Threatens

NEW YORK. Jan. 81 GN.SD.
Unless the Public Service Com
pany of Indiana signs a contract
covering employment conditions
by tomorrow, the Brotherhood of
Utility Employees announced to-
day, a strike will be called Thurs
day at four strategic power sta
tions" on the company's lines in
the Terre Haute district. The
brotherhood said noon tomorrow
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
Crime Outbreak
Laid to Many
Conditions

NEW YORK, Jan. 81 G.NS.).
U n m p loyment, indifference,
faulty penal systems, lack of re-
ltgiouS training
These were some of the rea-
sons given today by noted at
torneys, prison officials, prose
cutorS, juriSts and civic workers
for the recent crime epidemic
which is sweeping the country.
A few Of the more pungent
comments follow:
Arthur Garfield Hays, attor-
ney:
Lack of certainty Of punish.
ment is responsible for the
crime wave."
Warden Lewis E. Lawes of
Sing Sing Prison:
Il refuse to be alarmed over
the recent outbreak. Crime
runs in cycles. The present VIC
lence is only a case Of insane
men who have been allowed at
large"
Henry Ward Beecher, presi-
dent of the Federal Bar ASSocia-
ton:
81 blame faulty legislation.
If the President called together
all the best legal brains in both
Houses for q conference with
the Attorney General we would
see some highly effective anti
crime legislation within 10
days"
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
HOUSING
PLAN HIT

Lady Walston, English housing
authority, today criticized the pro,
posal to construct one-family
homes in Washington's low-cost
housing project.
Speaking at Mrs. Roosevelt's
press conference, Lady Walston,
who is a committee member on an
outstanding London 1ow-cost nous
ing project, declared it would be
impracticable to build one-family
homes in a city as large as Wash
ington. She said:
81 really should not comment
on a city that I know nothing
Of, but I feel very strongly that
no large city should attempt to
build separate residences in low
cost housing projects.
eve in London are building
Six-stOry high flats, which will
house 900 people. 1t would cost
us too much to build One-famiIy
homes, although that would be
desirable, of course"
The London flats will rent for
81 week for each room, excluding
the kitchen and bath. They are
being financed privately, with
Government aid.
Lady Walton is here to address
the English Speaking Union today.
She is chairman of the Cambridge
(England branch of the union.
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
K|DNAP STORY
IN GERMAN

NEW YORK, Jan. 81 G.N.SJ.
When Bruno Richard Hauptmann
takes the witness stand in jlis
own defense sometime this week
he may testify in German, it was
reported here today.
Edward J. Reilly, chief defense
counsel, said before leaving New
York for Flemington for resump-
ton of the trial today that it was
entirely possible the Bronx car
penter would tell his story
through an interpreter, # the
court permits. Mr.. Reilly SAID:
"If he testifies in German he
will be able to understand ques-
tiOns more readily and will be
able to give more intelligent an
swers."
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
C. LLOYD FISHER
BY DOROTHY KILGALLEN

PENNINGTON, N. j., Jan. 81
U.N.SD .-Hauptmann is unafraid.
He expects acquittal. He thinks
the State has failed to prove he
kidnapped the Lindbergh baby. He
feels now, with the end of the
prosecutions case in sight, that
the victory is his.
Hauptmann declared in an in
terview through his counsel, C..
Lloyd Fisher:
II am anxious to take the
stand. / have listened to a lot
of lies in that courtroom; now 1
would like to do my own talking
and tell what is really the truth.
want a chance to say didn't
kill that baby"
He was asked:
do you think the jury will
believe yOu?"
"YeS."
care you worried about facing
CrOSS-examinatiOn?"
''NOt a bit. They can ask me
anything, and I will tell the
truth. am not afraid
He sat in his cell in Flemington
jail poring over deposit slips, bank
records and photostatic copies of
brokerage accounts. He said:
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
DAMAGES
BANK BUILDING

SILVER SPRING, Md, Jan. 81.
Fire, laid to a short circuit in the
wiring of the burglar alarm, at
the Silver Spring National Bank,
literally destroyed the suite of Of
fices on the second floor of the
bank building last night.
A special squad of Montgom.
cry county police guarded the
bank while the Silver Spring VOL
unteer Fire Department battled
the blaze and confined it to the
second floor. Damage to the Sec
ond floor was expected to exceed
$4,000, fire officials said today.
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
Of TRIAL
CONV|CTS FEW
|NK|LL|NGS

FLEMINGTON, Jan. 21.-Death
by violence is a commonplace
story in the yellow courtroom
where Supreme Court Justice
Trenchard sits so serenely.
Cobwebs Chamber over dusty
guns, blood-crusted daggers,
stained bludgeonS, awful knick-
knackS of crime in the attic Of
the courthouse were exhibits Of
forgotten murder trials are stored.
Rust is on these instruments Of
passion, hate and greed-and the
history Of the misery they caused
is clouded as the town talks only
of the trial of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann, charged with the
murder of Charles A. Lindbergh, jr.
Death Penalty Rare
Scanning the blurred records, it
developed that the death penalty
is rare in cases tried before the
owlish, kindly old judge who sits
in judgment on Hauptmann.
The town was betting ancient
Charlie Price was going to the
chair in 1927. Old Charlie blazed
away with a shotgun at Johnny
Masterson, who, he said, was
courting his wife.
Old Charlie had a curious ex-
planation for MasterSon's death
but it convinced the rural jury
and they set him free. He said
he was holding the head Of
Masterson's horse when his enemy
snapped the whip, and the horses
reared and galloped, knocking old
Charlie to the road.
Charlie said his itchy finger &C.
cidentally pulled the trigger, and
Masterson was shot dead through
the heart. Three months after
he beat the rap old Charlie died.
Another Killing
Then there was Benjamin j.
Rike, a dead shot with rifle. It
seems that Benny saw a man
leaving his house in the darkness.
Benny fired, and the man fell
dead. The jury okayed Rike'S
target practice, and turned him
loose.
The county records show that
in the last nine murder trials at
which Judge Trenchard presided,
only two were sent to the electric
chair by the cautious juries.
One got life, four were sentenced
to anywhere from 10 to 80 years
in prison and two were found
not guilty.
Not Child Killings
But the wise men of the town
point out that they were killings
Of adults for adults reasons-not
the murder of a little child.
Also, point out the cracker
barrel sages, the charged killers
were defended by local lawyers
who knew the mental processes
of the people on the jury.
Maybe, it was noticed outside
of here by a speck of type in The
papers when murder was judged
before in Flemington.
But today Flemington is The
scene of the trial of the century.
Townsfolks say that eliminates
any comparisons between verdictS
in old cases-and the trial of the
crime of the century.
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
Telephone Exams
Held January 30

Those intending to try for the
position Of principal telephone
engineer and allied Government
posts have but nine more days in
which to file applications with the
Civil Service Commission. The
list closes January 80.
The vacancies are with the Fed.
eral Communications Commission.
Among the more popular posts
will be that of assistant telephone
and telegraph engineer. paying
$4,000 yearly as a starting salary.
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
Firemen Save IS
Trapped in Hotel

SALEM, Mass, Jan. 81 G.N.S.>.
Trapped on the second, third and
fourth floors when fire and smoke
cut off escape by the stairways, 35
men and women guests Of the Lin
coin Hotel were rescued by fire
men over fire ladders today.
The four-story brick structure
was total loss, and damage was
estimated at $4,000.
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
MOffett Appoints
Executive Officer

Stewart Mcdonald, formerly of
st. Louis. has been appointed as
SiStant administrator of the Fed
eral Housing Administration by
James A. Moffett. FHA head, it
was learned today.
The appointee has been a spe-
cial assistant to the Administrator
since August 90, 1884, and will be
chief executive officer under Mr..
Moffett. -,
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
A CHEESY CHASE

DOVER, Ohio G.N.SD.-It won't
be so hard to find these thieves,
if the hunters use their scents.
Robbers who broke into box car
at freight station here stole,
among other things, 80 two.pound
cakes of limburger cheese.
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
HQuUtmQnn Car
Is Reported In
Pennington

COURT ROOM, FLEMING.
TON, N. j., Jan. 81 GN.SD.
Hauptmann's automobile
has been brought into Fleming
ton, according to a rumor
reaching the court room.
Attorney General David T.
Wilentz plans to ask the court
to permit the jury to view the
car.
The Washington times., 1935-01-21
FERA Grants Fund
For Illinois Relief

An allotment of $2,8OO,O38 to
finance Federal relief work in
Illinois for the second half of
January was made today by Ad.
ministrator Harry L. Hopkins.
The allotment for the first half
of the month was $6,441,915.
The Washington times., 1935-03-19
INCREASE.
WITH DEPOSITS

The Federal Reserve Boards
condition statement of weekly
reporting member banks in 81
leading cities on March 13, issued
yesterday, shows increases for
the week of $185, 100000. in net
demand deposits, 100000, 900 in
total loans and investments and
10000 in reserve balances,
and a decrease of $13,00O,0o0 in
time deposits.
Loans on securities to brokers
and dealers in New York in
creased $4,O0O,OOO at reporting
member banks in the New York
District and declined $4,000, 900
in the Boston District; loans to
brokers and dealers outside New
York city declined $4,000 900.
Holdings of acceptances and
commercial paper declined &c..
100000 in the New York Dis
trict and $11,000.00O at all re-
porting member banks; real
estate loans declined $1,000, 900,
and other loans declined $S,O00,.
900 in the San Francisco Dis.
trict and at all reporting mem.
ber banks. and increased $5,O00,.
600 in the Boston District.