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leaves an initial deficit of new con-
struction Of about 100000 homes.
This backlog will sooner or later con-
stitute an effective, commercial de-
mand for homes, but not until pur-
chasing power increases further
through recovery.
ReplAcements Necessary.
But to the above figure must be
added deficits Of various other kinds.
Using the percentage figure taken
from the recent Real Property In
ventory made by the Federal Govern
nent, Mr. Bober found that about
$4,000 homes are 50 deteriorated
that they call for immediate re-
placement and, roughly, 4,800, 900
more are so defective as to require
radical alterations. Therefore, to the
shortage Of 100000 we must add a
deficit of 5,482, 200. making a grand
total of around 100000. But, as
Mr.. Bober esmphatically points out,
this deficit merely represents a theo-
retical need for new housing and
must not be misinterpreted as an
active commercial demand. Ne lat
ter Is q matter Of economies and
purchasing power and also Of She
extent to which the taxpayer Is will
ing to build homes through subsidy
for the lower income groups of the
population.
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CARLOADINGS SHOW
BUILDING INCREASE
Reports Of Railroads on Ship.
ments Of Materials Cited
as Evidence,

No better or more conclusive evi-
dence of the extent Of the increase
in residence construction can be
found than building material ship
ments reported by the railroads, in
the opinion of Federal Housing Ad-
ministration officials.
A chart recently released by the
Housing Administration graphically
shows the increase in carloadings of
building materials important In res
idence construction originated by as
leasing railroads of the United States,
comparing by classification of build
ing materials the shipments Of 1885
with 1884.
A breakdown into 10 commodities
OF the total classification shows an
increase in all classifcations except
cement. which is more closely identi-
fed with engineering construction
than with residential building. Ex-
Guiding cement, the increase m aggre-
gate building material shipments
amounted to 24.2 per cent.
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BUILDING FIGURES
REVEAL INCREASE
Richmond Reserve Bank Re-
ports IL Per Cent in May,
1886, Over May, 1885.

Latest reports from the Federal Re-
serye Bank of Richmond state that
building permits issued in 81 leading
cities in the fifth district In May,
1896, numbered 3,242, compared with
2.ss2 permits issued in May, 1885, an
increase of l2.1 per cent Estimated
valuation figures for all classes Of per-
mits issued last month totaled $6.-
462.l32, compared with $5,85l 1857 val
uation for permits issued in May, 1885,
an increase this year Of 10.4 per
cent
Twenty -one of the 81 cities showed
higher valuation figures for May, 1896.
than for May, 1885. In addition to
the work provided for in permits is
sued by municipal authorities. there
is greater activity in suburban con-
struction of residences than at any
other time in six or seven years.
Contracts awarded for construction
work in the fifth Reserve district in
May this year totaled $23,417, ,657, in
Guiding both rural and urban con-
struction, compared with $13,04l 900
IN contracts awarded in May, 1895.
OF the May, 1886 contracts, $9,4l9,0S7
was for residential structures, ap-
proximately 40 per cent of all contract
awards.
Total valuation of the permits issued
in May of this year compares as fol-
lows with the permits issued in May,
1895.
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900 MARYLANDERS
BORROW FOR HOMES
State Director of National Emer-
gency Council Announces
Modernizing Extent.

BALTIMORE, July 11.-Arthur e.
Hungerford, State director of the Ma
tional Emergency Council, announced
this week that more than II 900 Mary
landers had taken advantage of the
opportunity to borrow to repair or
modernize their homes. At the same
time more than 1000 had borrowed
money from the F. H. A. either to
buy or to build homes, the total for
both types of loans being nearly
$4,000, 900.
Hungerford reported the admins
tration through May 80 had insured
11.405 repair or modernization loans,
totaling $4,7o2,379, and q total Of
home purchases or building loans
amounting to $4.928,090.
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DIRECT SHORTAGE
OF HOMES REPORT
Survey Reveals Present
Need for 1900, ,0o0 Hous-
ina Units in U. S.

A direct shortage Of, roughly.
1,200, 900 housing units faces the
United States at the present time.
almost 100000 more call for outright
and approximately 4,800.-
900 more require such drastic struc-
tural changes to make them livable
that they would practically become
new homes.
These figures are . portion Of q
comprehensive study entitled "The
Housing Shortage and the Demand
for Homes" Just completed by VIII
liam G. Bober, head of the Statistical
Research Department Of the Johns
Manville Corp. This survey is
thought to be one OF the most COM
plete and authoritative yet published
on q subject which, according to the
author, has been . perennial mat
ter Of debate ever since the begin
ming OF the depression"
In Balance I'm 1925.
The statistician made use Of the
bCct &NdAlablC COLotk uCLlOu 1lS CS
gathered during the last 10 years.
1t may be assumed, he says, that
housing demand and supply were
roughly in balance at the end OF
1925, that overbuilding in relation
to effective commercial demand de-
veloped from then on, followed in its
turn after 1928 by drastic under
building In relation TO the country's
population growth. He carries his
analysis through to the beginning
of 1886.
In the last 10 years, he points out,
some 5000, 900 housing units were
built. But during that period ap-
proximately 70o,000 homes were de-
stroyed by fire and natural calamities.
such as floods, tornados and the like.
These homes had to be replaced and
constituted part Of the 5000, 900
homes built. This left only about
2.300, 900 new homes built to satisfy
an increase in the number OF families
Of approximately 3,500,000. This
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F. H. A. TO PUBLISH
MONTHLY bulletin
"Portfolio' Designed to Promote
Understanding of Insured
MORTGAGE system.

The Federal Housing Administra-
ton has joined with other financial
institutions of the Government in pub
fishing q monthly bulletin, this one
entitled Insured Mortgage Portfolio"
According to the foreword by Ad-
ministrator Mcdonald, the portfolio
makes its bow to promote better un-
derstanding of the mutual mortgage
insurance system among the Nations
lending institutions"
1t Is stated that "it will be the
function of this monthly publication
to pool that information, thereby
bringing about a clearer comprehen-
sion Of our common problems and their
practical solutions; also to bring to
lending institutions statistics and
studies relating to the insured mort
gage system and authoritative inter-
pretations of administrative regula-
tions."
Volume l, number /, dated for this
month, contains signed article by
Cowles Andrus, assistant cashier of
the Passaic National Bank & Trust
Co., at Passaic, N. j. Mr. Andrus
tells of the aid that newspaper ad-
vertising has been, "and Is still prov
ing of considerable assistance to us
In securing applications" for loans.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
BY LAWRENCE CRoLIUS.

If you happen to have a quiet little
retreat out in the country to which
YOU migrate these hot Summer days
YOU will be interested in a water sup
ply device that can be bought at an
exceedingly low cost.
Instead of having to carry water
from an adjacent well or spring, you
can install one of these compact little
machines and enjoy supply Of water
just as you would at home.
If you have a clean lake, shallow
well, a stream, spring, or deep well,
there is a pump which will mt any
and all circumstances. The unit con-
SistS of q cleverly designed pump
complete with either an electric OF
gasoline motor, depending on how lar
from civilization you have escaped.
The pump is mounted on top of a
pressure supply tank, making it pos
sible for you to draw as much as zoo
gallons an hour for shower bathing
or luxurious dish washing.
To add still another touch OF luxury
to your Summer home, If you have a
supply of electricity you can install
an instantaneous hot-water heater at
such a ridiculously low price that you
will wonder why you haven't had one
before.
The little heater fits right on the
water faucet and is connected to the
lighting circuit with an eight-foot
length of cord. When you draw water
through the device 1t is heated, and
obviously the smaller the stream Of
water that passes through the hotter
1t will be. The heater elements can
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Houses
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page.)
chased under the administrators S
mortgage insurance plan for $685. down
payment ,and monthly payments OF
s25. The available F. H. A. loan is
$4,000. and the financing cost would
be sl25.
Lots 50 by 40 Feet.
Lots upon which the houses are to
be situated are so by 140 feet in size.
The %" house is bungalow type in
cluding two bed rooms, living room,
breakfast nook. kitchen and bath.
There will be laundry space in the
basement. The e type house will
be two stories and will contain three
bedrooms.
The F. H. A. believes that the Be-
thesda project will be subject Of wide
study, and that other associations and
individuals will undertake similar de-
velopments in all parts of the country.
The Lumber Association Is making no
secret of Its undertaking and ex-
presses the hope that manufacturers Of
other building materials will conduct
similar demonstration enterprises with
a view to making t. clear to the public
that 1t is perfectly feasible to build an
excellent modern house for q small
cost.
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Home Modernization
New Type Pump Convenient to Supply Water for
Summer Retreats

be replaced for quarter of a dollar,
making it as inexpensive q device to
keep up as 1t Is to buy originally.
The use Of this heater is not limited
to seashore or mountain-cabin DWELL
ers, as it can be used in any bath
room or kitchen In your city home.
Instead of running a large water
heater all Summer. particularly if
you are spending only q few hours a
day at home, and a few days a week,
you can attach q couple of these de-
vices at strategic locations and forget
the basement equipment.
During the Summer and early Fall
We will have days that are pretty cool,
especially in the early morning when
you get up to have a bath and the
place Is freezing.
To cure this difficulty, an electric
steam radiator has been brought out
which plugs into the ordinary light
socket and heats a fair-sized space
much more economically than the
average electric heater of the radiant
glow type.
This outfit looks like an ordinary
radiator, in fact, 1t Is an ordinary
radiator with an electric heating eie-
ment in its bottom section. It has an
automatic control on it that controls
the temperature very accurately, and
also has an automatic shut-off that
insures absolute safety.
1t comes with just the right amount
of water in 1t, and all you have to
do Is plug your cord into q convenient
light socket. If you want to move 1t
around from, say the bathroom to the
nursery, you can do so without strain
ing anything, due to its efiicient little
casters, mounted on each leg
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Protection Against Beetles.

A lawn may be made immune to in
jury by Japanese beetle grubs by treat
ing it with arsenate Of lead, accord
ing to the entomology department OF
the University Of Maryland. Use Is
pounds to 1000 square feet Of lawn.
The arsenate Of lead should be mixed
with about rs times its volume OF
moist sand and broadcast evenly. This
treatment may be made at any time
hen the ground Is not frozen.
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District totals st, ,4s2 1882 s5,s51,s57
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PETUNIA SEED COSTLY
Certain Variety Worth Mani
Times Weight in Gold.

Times Weight in Gold.
With 2 ounces Of the right kim
Of petunia seed q person may bu,
o new automobile.
No, there is no catch. An ouncs
OF maximum double frhlged petunis
seed Is worth more than ten times
Is much as ar ounce Of gold, &C.
cording to flower experts of a seed
breeding institute near Detroit. Al
current quotations an ounce of gold
Is worth about $35, while the seed
available at $24 per sixteenth ounce
would bring 1894 an ounce.
The value of the seed can be better
understood, however, when one learns
that there are approximately $50, 1000
seeds in single ounce.
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Coating of Grease HELPS.

It's a good idea to coat the surface
Of all hardware-such as locks, hinges
and door handles-with vaseline before
you start to paint. All spots and
paint "over-runs" come of with ons
rubbing OF q dry cloth.
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Architects drawings

Architects drdlDingS OF
three houses lUhich tDill be
built on Cedar lane, Hunting
ton terrace, located near Be-
thesda, Nd, by the National
Lumber Manutacturers' Asso-
citation. The Federal Housing
Administration furnished the
plans and iDiH cooperate tDtth
the builders. The houses are
to sell for approximately
$500. The purpose OF the
project is to demonstrate that
lo1D-cost houses OF good mate
rial and good design can be
built In the Capital area.
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Christmas

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-19
SCHRA1MMS RETURN
 FROM TRIP SOUTH

MT. and Mrs. Charles Schramm of Douglas, recently called to Belling- ham, Washington, because of the serious illness of MT. Schramm's par ents. returned on the Victoria. They reported both parents to be well on the road to recovery.
 MT. Schramm is police officer for the City of Douglas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-19

In other words, until he proved his greatness by defeating Cavalcade, he was destined to remain just an other good racer.
 The fine field entered in the rich Santa Anita handicap is quite over shadowed by the prospect of the meeting between the two old rivals, probably because on the result hing es the answer to the question O. Discovery's greatness. A clean cut victory over Cavalcade would estab- fish that.
 Of course, all that is on the as sumption that this pair will fight it out for first and second money. And that is not at all certain despite the fact that on the basis of time trials Cavalcade and Discovery appear to be far ahead of the other horses entered
 Encore For Azucar
 Azucar will be back trying to re- peat his victory of last year. The one-time steeplechaser romped off with the big prize year ago show ing no regard whatever for the highly touted stars in the field. and it is quite possible that another fresh colt, ready and full of running on Washington's Birth day. may spoil the little party that has been set up for Cavalcade and Discovery.
 Top Row is in the field. And it was Top Row which on two occasions last year upset Discoverys apple cart. It is only fair to recall, how ever. that on both occasions Discov- cry was forced to carry back break ing loads while Top Row carried little more than a saddle cloth. An other colt that cannot be entirely overlooked is Hal Price Headley's massive Whopper which has been sensat ton this winter on Florida tracks. He should be at his peak for the Santa Anita.
 There are plenty of other good
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-19
HIGH SCHOOL
 CACERS WILL
 CLASH AGAIN
Championship of Gastineau Channel Be Decided
 Tomorrow Night

With each team having two vic- tories to it's credit, the fifth and leciding game of the Juneau-Doug- las basketball series will be played It J-His gymnasium tomorrow ev- en'ng. This final fray will decide rp3n which side of Gastineau Channel the championship will rest for the remainder of the sports year
 A short preliminary game bs- tween the Juneau reserves and D. His "third-str ng" players VIII start at o'clock
 The second game will begin promptly at 7:30 and will be over before nine o'clock so tfat tho5e fans wishing to attend the Silver Night Award at the local theatres may do so without inconven. ence.
 The Juneau School band, d rected by Byron Miller, will b. out to support the Scarlet sn1 Black The cheer leaders will also be there do- ing their part by le d Ing the stu dents in yells
 Paul Johnson and Lloyd "Hink3" Payers will referee the game.
 With such coveted trophy at stake both team will be out to win and an exciting contest VII no d u5t be played.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-19
SPORT SLANTS

To the average sports follower the interesting angle on the $l00,000 Santa Anita Handicap is the meet ing between Cavalcade and Dis covery at 5-year-olds. Even those whose knowledge of horse racing is limited to the bits gleaned from the headlines recall keen rivalry that sprang up in the 1884 Kentucky Derby when Discovery chased Caval- cade across the finish line and then went on to shadow the star of the Brookmeade Stables for the greater part of that season until Cavalcade was forced out of training by an in- jured hoof.
 Discovery, with Cavalcade on the sidelines, did very well the remain der of that year, winning among other big stakes the 5000 Narra- gansett Special.
 Wins Eight Straight
 Early in 1885 Cavalcade grabbed il4Illctu Wilcli SIOl1lQ DlOhS at tliC start of the Suburban Handicap, and was forced out of training for the entire season. Discovery, starting off with a record-breaking victory in the Brooklyn Handicap, ran up string of victories before lowing to the lightly weighted Top Row and easily earned the top honors in the handi- cap division
 Each winning effort by Discovery brought up the old question of how he might have fared with Cavalcade in competition. For some reason Alfred c. Vanderbilt's thorough bred never quite caught the fancy of the race-going crowds. Even when he turned in record breaking performances his past habit of shad- owing Cavalcade was brought up.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-19

There will be no league bowling at the Brunswick Alleys tonight. Tomorrow night California Grocery will met Columbia Lumber at 731. end the All Stars will howl against Sanitary Grocery at 8:30 o'clock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-19

Mrs. Arthur Boyer and her new baby left St. Ann's Hospital today for home.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-19

Sister Mary Agnes, well-loved teacher in the Parochial School of the Catholic Church of the Nativity in Juneau, is celebrating her birth day today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-19
ELKS TOURNEY PLAYERS BOWL
 HIGH SCORES
A W. Henning, Boyle. Kauf- man and Stewart Head
 List Last Evening

Apparently determined to re-eS- tabliSh supremacy over the women howlers, who have been stealing the honors in league bowling at the Elks Alleys the last few days, the masculine clement bowled some fan cy scores in the Grocers' League m7 tch play last night A w. Hen ming of the Amocats broke 200 twlce and headed the st of three game totals with an even 600. F. A. Boyle of the Del Monte team w S second with 593, and Bob Kauf- mann was third with 573, nosing A. w. Stewart of the Reliance team out of that position by a single point. The women players, how ever, continued to threaten male superiority. Mrs Bob Kaufmann of the Kraft team bowed a total of 512, and Mrs. H. L. Faulkner, 502.
 F. A. Boyle bowled the best in- dividual game, 220, Bob Kaufm n l was second with PIP, and A. w Henning third with 211 A. w. Stewart, Herb Redman and Mrs. Bob Kaufmann were also in tn 200 class.
 Libby, with handicap advantag of IS points per game, defeated the Amocats, Reliance won from Del Monte, and Kraft beat Pahst.
 Complete scores were:
 Libby US. ADlocdtS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-19
RHEUMATIC PAINS
 TEAR YOU DOWN

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-19
DEM0LAY BOYS
 GIVE WALL0P
 TO C0NCRETERS
Eagles Also Defeat Sabin Cagers in Game Play
 ed Last Night
RESULTS LAST NIGHT DeMolay 41, Krause 26. Eagles 55, Sabins 26.

After playing neck and neck bas- ketball for 30 minutes last night, the Krause Concreters flopped in the final fir a me and flat-footed, watched swarm of DeMolay boys rip the basket for IT points, while the big fellows gathered only four The final score was DeMolay Al, Concreters 26
 The speed of the younger and smaller victors was too much for the Krausers, although the losers led at the halfway mark Al Bloom Quist ran wild in the fourth quar- ter, and collected Is points for high scoring honors of the game. Kinky Bayers and Clint Heppenstall were second with 13 points.
 A glance at the string of goose eggs to the right of Captain Paul Browns name in the box score indi- cates to a large extent the down. fall of the Concreters.
 The boys just couldn't stand the gaff
 Eagles Fly High
 Paced by the high-scorlng Frs kine, who drifted through the oppo- sition for nine field goals, the Doug las Eagles swooped down on the hap less Sabin's squad, and flew away with the second game, 55 to 26. The lClothiers were stubborn, however and trailed only IT to Il at the half
 r Box Score
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-19
RADDE TOPS CITY BOWLING
 AT BRUNSWICK
California Grocery Defeats Alt Heidelbergs
 Last Night

Ed Radde of the Alt Heidelberg team bowled the best three-game total, 582, and the best indy dual game. 208, in the City League bowling at the Brunswick Alleys last night. Schmitz of the Cali fornia Grocery team was second in both divisions with a total of 568, and a game score of POI Califor- mia Grocery bowled two winning scores and one tie against Alt Hei- delberg.
 Complete scores were:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-19
WASH. SKATERS
 BEAT OREGON

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Feb. 19.-- Washington State defeated Oregon last night by a score of 51 to 40 in a Northern Division conference basketball game. The previous night Oregon defeated the staters by a score of 42 to 35.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-19
BETTER TIMES DRIVE

The dealers listed below cooperating with The Daily Alaska Empire and will issue votes to the candidates for the prize trips to OLD MEXICO and return every cash sale cash payment count at the rate of:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-19

%-Average-Did not bowl
 There will be no bowling at the OEik5 Alleys tongiht The following Brewers League games are sched- uled for tomorrow: Schlitz vs. East Sides, 7:30; Blue Ribbons vs. Hop Colds. 8:30; Blatz vs Rainiers, 9:30 o'clock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-19

horses worthy of backing but in the main the battle between Cavalcade and Discovery will be the magnet drawing the attention of the crowd.