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Evening star., 1936-10-25
October Is, 1886

TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars!
The United States of America 4H%.
Interest Payable April Is and October
Is. Dated "
Bill Doody stood with the bonds in one
hand, broom in the other, blinking at the
summer sunshine that flooded the front Office
of the Beezee Coffee Company. 1t was just
after eight O'Clock; Bill had just let himself
in, and opened the windows to let the dust
out, when he saw the long yellow envelope
on the floor beside the presidents desk.
He had lifted it casually. and read the name
and address printed in the upper left-hand
corner: Samuel Foster Sink, 326 Broadway,
New York. Mr.. Sink was the presidents
brother, and virtual owner of the Beezee
Coffee Company.
The envelope Bill found on the floor was
not sealed Mildly curious, he had opened it,
and looked in. The contents were bright
green; almost the color of money, but not
quite. The Beezee Coffee Company's porter
and man-of -al-work had put down his broom,
extracted the folded papers.
Evening star., 1936-10-25

He laid the envelope on the desk, and re-
s,med work ON the files Mr.. Sam looked at
the envelope, turned it over. raised the flap
and looked at the contents. At last, he re-
marked. well. III be darned."
Honest fellow" his brother declared.
What do we pay him, Miss Schultz"
Eighteen"
Mr.. Sans eyes moistened. Eighteen" he
repeated. Eighteen dollars, and he finds
twenty-five thousand. and don't keep cent
for himself. That's noble, Nat That's the
kind Of fidelity we got to reward. Whatever
became of that assistant shipping clerk?"
''He quit two months ago." Mr.. Nat
answered.
"Good?' MIR. Sam puffed his cheeks, cleared
his throat, and cried, "Hey, your
'.Mr. Doodyw the bookkeeper prompted.
She was trembling with pride. Bill responded.
You're an honest man" )" said the virtual
owner of the Beezee Coffee Company. MY
brother and I feel that honesty should be
rewarded. Do you know about shipping?"
''Heknows about everything, Miss Schultz
ventrred. Hes always taken an interest in
the business, Mr.. Doody has,"
''OK. From now on you're assistant ship
ping clerk, at thirty dollars week.
All four were very well pleased with them
selves, which. perhaps, is the most enduring
of all pleasures. Mr.. Nat had a new assistant
shipping clerk, which, only a week ago, his
brother had insisted was needless extrava-
gance. Mr.. Sam had his twenty-five thousand
dollars. Mr.. Doody was going to have thirty,
which came nearer to his understanding.
Miss Schultz was the happiest Of the quar-
tette. A lean, tall. hard-looking woman, with
glasses that magnifed her eyes, she was actu-
ally bursting with maternal instinct. When
Bill Doody first came to the Beezee Coffee
Company. she was struck by his helplessness.
He had nice eyes - soft brown hair, and
trim though not very muscular figure, and a
smile that never came off.
The platonic bond between them was es-
tablished on Bills first day, when Miss
Schultz showed him the advantages of drop
of oil on dust-cioth After that, she showed
him the advantage of room and regular
meals in her boarding house, and Of putting
aside little money. Bill never was very con-
scious of Miss Schultz, except when she was
doing something for him, but Miss Schultz
Evening star., 1936-02-01

Director OF F. H. A. in the District,
who will be one Of the speakers at
the dinner of the Alexandria
Chamber Of Commerce February Is
IN the George Mason Hotel. Row.
land and others from his ONCE will
tell how the F. H. A. plan OF
financing can be Of advantage to
the home owner and business man
for modernization and for pur-
chase and refinancing. These talks
will be interspersed with enter
tainment by talent from Alexan-
dria. Harris & Ewing Photo.
Evening star., 1936-02-01
.SPURT IN BUILDING
MARKS END OF So
Contracts in December 36. |
Per Cent Above Novem.
ber-Year's Peak.

The year 1885 ended with q ex-
traordinary squirt in building activity,
according to the Alexander Hamilton
Institute. In every year Of the pre-
ceding decade, contracts awarded in
December showed q seasonal decline
from the November volume, with an
average decrease Of 10.7 per cent. In
December, 1885, building contracts
were 36.1 per cent higher than in No
vember and not only reached the
highest volume Of the year, but at.
tanned q new high peak for the re-
covery movement. As compared with
tho volume in December q year ago,
there was an increase OF 1925 per
cent.
The year 1885 represented the sec
ond successive year Of recovery In
the building industry. Total con-
tracts awarded showed an increase Of
63.3 per cent over the 1884 volume
and an increase Of 70.6 per cent over
the depression's low in 1882. Build
ing activity in 1885. however, failed
by a wide margin to stage full re-
covery. AS compared with the peak
in 1928, the volume in 1885 was lower
by TAO per cent. In other words,
the volume of building In 1885 rep
resented the recovery Of only 1877 per
cent of the ground lost in the five
year slump which ended with 1888.
One of the chief factors accounting
for the expansion Of building IN 1885
was the rise in rents. The index OF
rents, based on 1925 as 100. averaged
694 in 1885, as compared with 63.9
in 1884. This advance In rents was
especially effective since 1t was accom-
panied by a moderate recession IN the
cost Of building The cost index
averaged 93.S in 1885, as compared
with 95.3 in 1884. It will be seen from
the indexes, however. that despite the
rise in rents and the decline In costs,
the cost Of building was still relatively
high. This discrepancy was one OF the
chief reasons why building in 1885
was still far below the pre-depression
volume.
The rise In rents has yet shown no
indication of coming to a halt and
there is a good possibility that rents
will average higher in 1886 than in
1885. This suggests a further expan-
sion OF building this year. A real
boom, however. Is not likely to de-
velop without the stimulation OF lower
building costs. While lower food prices
should make for lower labor costs and.
in turn for lower building costs. the
recent trend Of building costs has been
upward with the index rising from 93.7
in December to $50 in January. Until
this trend is reversed, the stimulation
afforded by rising rents is likely to be
considerably modified.
Evening star., 1936-02-01

hearts. South played the ace and M.
Albarran signaled with the nine.
Declarer now ran five diamond
tricks, discarding a club and spade
from dummy. M. Albarran discarded
the deuce of spades. the three and
deuce Of hearts and the Ave of clubs,
while M. Tulumaris let 60 the four
Of clubs.
Declarer now led the nine of spades,
M. Albarran covered with the ten,
and dummy's ace won the trick, M.
Tulumaris discarding the five of
hearts. Declarer's next play was the
seven of hearts from dummy, and the
natural tendency of most players
would be to win with the jack. M.
Tulumaris, however. read his partners
play-M. Albarran had dropped the
nine of hearts on the third Iced, then
the three and then the deuce-obvi-
ously strong series of come-ons
which could mean only one thing, that
he held the ten.
M. Tulumaris reasoned that should
he play the jack of hearts he could
take three heart tricks, but then
would be forced to lead the jack of
clubs up to dummy's queen and there
by allow the declarer to make two club
tricks for his contract. Accordingly,
he ducked and M. Albarran won with
the ten. M. Albarran now cashed the
king Of spades, dropping declarer's
jack. and leaving his eight high in
that suit. NJ. Tulumaris discarded the
queen of hearts.
At this point NJ Albarran might
have continued with his good eight
Of spades, but this play might have
put Tulumaris in a pseudo-squeeze.
Rather than take any chance on his
partners going wrong Cit is a good
rule always to make things as simple
as possible for your partner) M. AL
barran simply led the club eight. The
ten was played from dummy, M Tulu-
maris played the jack and declarer
won with his ace, but was now forced
to concede the last two tricks to Tulu-
maris, thereby going down one.
lCopyrieht. 1880
The Four Aces will be pleased to answer
letters from readers il a stamped G}-cent>
SELF addressed envelope is inclosed with
each communication.
Evening star., 1936-02-01
BUSINESS PROPERTY
LEASES ANNOUNCED.
Eight Sites Contracted for Series
Of Years Through Offices Of
Shannon & Luchs.

The closing Of leases on eight pieces
Of business property was announced
today by the Shannon l. Luchs CO.
The leases are as follows:
1922 New York avenue, 5-story and
basement loft building, previously
occupied by the Washington Daily
News, leased to the United States Gov
eminent for occupancy by the Re-
settlement Administration for a term
Of one and one-half years at an un-
disclosed rental. the lease was made
for the National Savings l. Trust
Co.. trustees. The building, which
contains approximately $4,000 square
feet Of space, will Re occupied by the
Government after extensive alterations
are completed.
1206-08 New Hampshire avenue. a
2-story automobile sales room and ga
rage building, leased 10 the Potomac
Evening star., 1936-02-01
American Society Of Heating and
Venttlating Engineers, Is chairman.

American Society Of Heating and
Ventnating Engineers, Is chairman.
The definition for air conditioning
formulated by the Chicago committee,
which includes representatives of nine
technical societies and associations is
as follows: For the purpose Of
these standards. air conditioning is de-.
nned as the process by which the
temperature, moisture content, move
ment and cleanliness of the air In
1nclosed occupied spaces intended for
human occupancy are maintained
within definite required limits"
Means Temperature Control.
1t Is obvious from this definition.
the bureau points out, that air con-
ditioning means more than air cooling.
1t means, first of all. control Of
temperature.
In most parts of the United States
this means heating, because heating
Is more important than cooling during
the greater part Of the year. There
fore, the first consideration for the
homeowner who wants to have his
house air conditioned is to choose
a good heating system.
Other factors, such as cooling, con-
troll OF moisture, movement and
cleanliness, are secondary to heating
They are all elements OF a complete
air-conditioning installation, but sec
ondary to heating in importance.
Evening star., 1936-02-01
A|R-C0ND|T|0N|NG
STANDARDS LOOM
Means More Than Cooling,
Say Experts-Definitions
Being Written.

The conditioning industry Is
about to enter the second stage Of
its development, that Of standardiza- =
ton. the Plumbing and Heating In
dustries Bureau points out.
The bureau calls attention to- the
work Of various technical groups and
associations Of manufacturers in the
development Of standards for air con-
ditioning.
BY defining the scope Of air condi-
toning and prescribing the perform
ance for equipment, these standards
have the effect Of protecting the in
terests Of the public, as we'll as those
engaged In the manufacture and in
stallation Of conditioning equip
ment.
Broader Meaning Indicated.
While the public thinks Of air con-
ditioning as synonymous with cooling,
standards drawn up by groups Of en-
gineers, architects and manufacturers
indicate the broader meaning Of the
term.
Typical Of the definitions is that
drawn up by the Chicago Committee
on Atr-Conditioning Standards. Of
which John Howatt. president Of the
Evening star., 1936-02-01
Motor Sales, Inc, for . term Of three

years.
A store. leased In the Colonial VII
lage shopping center on the Wilson
Boulevard. adjoining the Colonial VIII
lage Apartments, for a possible term
of five years for use as a barber shop
and beauty parlor. This lease was
made for the owner, Garfield I. Kass.
32l0 Grace street, a warehouse
building, leased to the National Paint
l. Varnish Co., Inc, for the manu-
facture and storage of paints.
4442 Connecticut avenue, vacant
ground, leased to Evans Palmer, Inc,
as a used-car sales lot.
The Great Atlantic L Pacific Tea
Co. leased the northeast corner Of
Sligo avenue and Scllrieder street,
Silver Spring, Md, from the Central
Realty Co. Inc, which will construct
a new store.
7731 Alaska avenue. leased to ]. D.
Footer for a term of five years for
use as a delicatessen store.
1912 Fourteenth street, leased to
w. P. Sutton for the Standard In
vestment Securities Corp. for use as a
shoe repair shop.
806 Ninth street. leased to Angelo
Trois and j. Lambros for Mrs. Schloss-
burg for use as haberdashery store
Evening star., 1936-02-01
AMAZING PAINT SCHEME
Night Club Visitors Marvel at
Wall Decoration.

San Francisco night club visitors
are marveling at new type Of wall
decoration. When the lights are
turned of, the clubgoers gaze at
walls which bear scenes in glowing
colors, with depth and distance slim
ulated on a perfectly nat surface.
According to the current issue Of
Business Week, this all comes about
through the development Of -four
escent paint in which luminiscent ma
terials are combined with oils and
activated by ultraviolet light. Cooper
Hewitt arcs in the ceiling are inclosed
in deep purple glass tubes which
screen out all visible light rays, leav-
ing only ultraviolet. Two University
of California students, Robert and
Joseph Schweitzer, amateur magicians
searching for new tricks, hit upon tho
scheme.
Evening star., 1936-02-01

by Pierre Al
barran and En-
manuel Tulu-
maris. members
of the French
te "a m W h C h
played against
us in the recent
world cham
pionship match,
should S t a n d
out.
It was played
in q ru b b e r
brid G e game.
the victim being
one of N e W
Evening star., 1936-02-01
Housing Shortage Reported.

Approximately $500 new homes are
needed In the Western district of New
York State to accommodate family in
creases Of recent years. according to
the Federal Housing Administration
Evening star., 1936-02-01
- Winning Contract
Brilliant Defense.
BY THE FOUR ACES.

Michael Gob Oswald Jacob Howard schenkn worlds
'"A" ~ every n
Evening star., 1936-02-01
Clother Dryer Is Roomy.

Forty-six feet of clothes line space
Is provided BY new collapsible rust
less steel clothes dryer, though it
occupies but 24x23 inches floor space
and stands only 54 inches high.
Evening star., 1936-02-01

EINE defensive plays are so rare that
= hand productive of several should
practically rate as masterpiece. Ger
tainly the following hand, as defended
Evening star., 1936-02-01
HOW TO PLAN KITCHEN

0u1lo1uS AROUND necessary
Equipment Is Best Plan.
The ideal kitchen" is built around
Ill necessary equipment. After this
factor Is taken into consideration,
door space. windows, doors, and other
stationary features may then be plan
ned to conform most effectively with
the general layout.
This is readily done when q new
home is being planned. Even in ex-
1sting homes rearrangement or re-
grouping Of equipment will frequently
double convenience and efficiency.
Funds for kitchen building or i'm
provement are available at private
financial institutions operating under
the national housing act.
Evening star., 1936-02-01
Modern Radio.

Delhi. India. is to have a modern
broadcasting station, but it will broad
cast only four hours q day.
Evening star., 1936-10-22

ceiwd by the party and $2,39o spent
by the party on his behalf He said
he had received no personal dona-
tions.
Thomas Charles O'3rien. Union
party vice presidential nominee,
showed no personal receipts or ex-
penditures, since the national organi-
zation is financing his campaign.
The Communist party's presidential
candidate, Earl Browder. gave re-
ceipts as SLIP and expenditures as
$1,O6l, while James w. Ford. vice
presidential nominee, had no personal
receipts or expenditures.
Norman Thomas. presidential nomi-
nee of the Socialist party, listed con-
tributions totaling $5,6l4 and expen'
ditures Of $6,504. George A. Nelson
his running mate, reported donations
of 1923 and expenditures of 1863.
Contributors to the Roosevelt Agri-
cultural Committee included: Secre.
tary Wallace, $500; Mario r. Perkins
assistant to Wallace. $3.50; Chester
C. Davis, $500.
The United Mine Workers Of Amer
lea donated s35, 900 to the Progressive
National Committee, while Gov
Phillip La Toilette of Wisconsin gave
$3.50 and Thomas G. Corcoran, Wash
ington, D. c., $1,000.
Evening star., 1936-10-22
Campaign
Continued From First Page.)

of s35,754 and expenditures Of $35,557
in the nomination campaign.
While the Senate committee was
making public these figures yesterday
reports were submitted to the House
showing recent contributions OF s645.-
427 to five organizations opposing the
New Deal and $175,9l9 to two groups
supporting it.
The heaviest recent outlay reported
was S322,lll, listed by Jay Cooke,
treasurer of the Pennsylvania Repub-
lican committee and the finance COM
ynittee of the Republican national
organization. for the period Septem-
Der to October 20. Disbursements
for the year totaled $423,080.
Largest Democratic contributions
were reported by the Roosevelt Agri-
cultural Committee, which received
sl25, $50 between September and
October IS.
The Progressive National Commit
tee, supporting President Roosevelt,
set its receipts at $50,059 and ex-
penditures at $11,434 for the month
ending October 10.
Independent Coalition of American
Women, Opposing President Roosevelt
Contributions of $80,038 between
April 20 and october 19 and expendi-
lures of $72 $3.50.
Neither the Democratic nor Repub-
lican National Committees has yet
filed its statement for the last six
weeks of the campaign.
Contributions to the Iandon pre-
nomination campaign purse included
donations of s2.500 and $4,000 by Mel
son A. Rockefeller and L. S. Rockefel-
Ter. respectively. both Of New York.
George H. Sibley Of New York gave
$4,000, while ]. H. Whitney and H
P. Bingham, both of New York, con-
tributed $4,000 each.
Other Landon Donations.
Other Landon donations were: W.
R. Hearst, New York, $1,000; Marion
Davies. Santa Monica, Calf, $1,000;
Waite and Frank Phillips, Bartles-
vile. Okla. s2,500 each. and L. y
Phillips, Bartlesville. $1,000.
William Lemke. Union party presi-
dental nominee. reported $5,32l re-
Evening star., 1936-10-22
CLIPPER LOSES DAY.
CROSS|NGDATEL|NE
Arrives at Midway Yester.
day After Leaving Wake
at Sunrise Today.
BY CHARLES e. HARNER.


BY CHARLES E. HARNER.
BY the Associated Press.
MIDWAY ISLAND. october az
The China Clipper arrived at Midway
Island yesterday after taking on from
Wake Island at sunrise today.
All of which sounds crazy, ana time
is like that aboard trans-Pacific air.
liner.
= The international date line is re-
sponsible. If you cross the date line
going westward on Tuesday, II oe-
comes Wednesday If you travel east
ward, Wednesday becomes Tuesday.
We five reporters, who are returning
to New York in a preview round-trip
Observation-Disclosures passen-
ger fight, have become "tic-tocs." :"
Each passenger who never before had
crossed the famous date line eastward
was initiated at a "tic" in the Time
Out Club. Those of us completing the
New York Manila round trip conse-
uuently became "tic-tocs"-time-in.
time-out.
It's all nonsense. but, like the daily
pinochle and table tennis games
aboard. 1t serves to speed up time
Evening star., 1936-10-22
GAS PUMP BLAZE
STARTED BYCRASH
Head-on Collision Puts Two
in HospitaI-vaIve Saves
= Underground Fuel. !

A head-on automobile collision on
the Washington Baltimore Boulevard
at Berwyn, Md, last night sent two
persons to Casualty Hospital and
fired a gasoline pump when the I'M
pact swerved one car into roadsloe
service station.
Frederick H. Miller of Beltsville,
driver of one of the vehicles, was
treated for head injuries at the hos
pital where physicians reported his
condition as fair" The other victim.
Harry Gusack, SO, of 1900 F street,
riding in an auto driven by DIR.
Thomas L. Furbershaw Of 1922 Ma
comb street. left the hospital after
first aid for minor injuries.
A friction spark, generated from the
impact, exploded fuel in the pump,
but safety valve was closed to pro-
tect 500 gallons of fuel stored in an
underground tank. Fire Apparatus
from the surrounding territory
answered general alarm to ex-
tingush flames in both cars before
much damage had been caused. The
pump, at Parker's Service Station,
was demolished.
Two witnesses, Edward Harris Of
Beltsville. and Ray Winston OF
Berwyn, pulled four persons out Of the
Furbershaw car after a hole had been
cut in the vehicles top. The collision
had jammed the cars doors.
Accidents in the Capital yesterday
resulted in injuries to five persons,
two of them boys.
James E. Roberts, &c, Annapolis
Hotel, suffered brain conclusion and
other head injuries when struck by a
street car at New York avenue and
Twelfth street. He was treated at
Emergency Hospital.
Marion Snyder, 19, of 1914 Tenth
street, received a sprained back when
a car in which she was a passenger
was in collision with another ma
chine at Massachusetts, avenue and
Third street. She was taken to Cas-
ualty Hospital.
Robert Benedetto, 9, of 536 Thir-
teenth street southeast was knocked
down by a street car at Thirteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue. Po-
lice said his mother took him to be
examined by private physician.
William Richardson, 49, Of 800
Seventeenth place northeast suffered
fractures of both legs and chest in
juries in a mishap at Greenbelt, Md
Frank Tibbs, IS, colored, 1884 Provi-
dence street northeast, was treated al
Casualty for conclusion after hi,
bicycle was struck by an automobile
at Montello avenue and Morse stree
northeast.
Evening star., 1936-10-22

aboard transportations greatest speed
machine.
The China Clipper arrived yesterday
at 400 pm. U1:02 pm, Eastern
standard time), after 9 hours rs min
utes from Wake Island, l,l85 miles to
the west.
The tiny aviation and cable colonies
personnel Of 56 men, greeted us.
This Is the date of return to Midway
Of the migratory gooney birds.
Flocks of them landed simultaneously
with our clipper.
Evening star., 1936-10-22

World War nurse heroine. Prior to
the World War she was active also as
an instructor in home hygiene and
care of the sick for the Red Cross.
She is a graduate of the Hartford,
Conn, Hospital School of Nursing.
Her late brother, Louis F. Butler, was
president of the Travellers Life 1nsur-
ance Co.
Her service for the Red Cross dur
ing the World War was in France,
where she organized and superintended
q childrens hospital in Lyons. Miss
Butler resides in the Pentilly Apart
ments.
Evening star., 1936-10-22
CHURCH'S FIGHT TOLD
Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen Recounts
Struggle Since Marx.

The Catholic Church's struggle
against influences which have mil
itated against it since the time OF
Karl Marx was the subject of Msgr.
Fulton j. Sheen's talk to the Convert
League Of the Catholic Daughters OF
America at the Willard Hotel last
night.
Msgr. Sheen did not take up mod
ern trends in communism; but spoke
largely concerning the past century.
Leaflets titled Just What Is Com
munism?" by r. J. Feely. S. j.. were
distributed.
Evening star., 1936-10-22

GraySon, chalr-
man.
Miss Butler sue
ceeds Miss Clara
D. Noyes. who
died in May. Miss
Butler had been
associated with
Miss Noyes in the
nursing service
since 1919. She
was one Of the
earliest members
of the Red Cross
Nursing Service,
having enrolled
under the late
lava A no1orn
Evening star., 1936-10-22
CHILD BURNED IN CAR
Accidentally Ignites Clothing
While Playing With Matches.

Accidentally igniting her clothing
while playing with matches in parked
automobile near her home, Rosetta
Hall, 4, colored, 406 South Capitol
street, was badly burned last night.
At Providence Hospital, the girl was
said to be suffering from burns to
her side. Her condition is undeter-
mined.
Evening star., 1936-10-22
IDA F. BUTLER NAMED
RED CROSS OFFICIAL
Appointed National Director of
Nursing Service by Admiral
Cary T. Grayson.

Appointment of Miss Ida F. Butler
of Washington as national director of
Red Cross Nursing Service was an
nounced today by Admiral Cary T.
Evening star., 1936-10-22
Receive Camp Grounds.

In memory Of their son, the Earl and
Countess Of Clarendon have given the
Hertfordshire Boy Scouts camping
ground.