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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-08
''Ho111e of Your ONn''
THE HOUSIN FORUM

Can I afford to buy a home? Is it better to rent or buy? How much can pay?
 There are two schools of thought on owning property one says: None but the wealthy can afford to own his own home" The other is expressed in the widespread Own Your Own Home" campaigns, which urge everyone to buy house.
 AS is usually the case with flat dictims and slogans, neither is wholly correct. Many who are in the very small income class cannot only afford to own their own homes but are better off financially, so- cially, and spiritually for so doing. It depends largely on the business of the bread winner, the makeup of the family, and the locale.
 If the family income is derived from a steady job that seems perm anent, if the family interests are centered in the locality, and if the neighbrohood is reasonably stable one, then the wise thing to do is to buy
 On the other hand, if the income is uncertain, the possibility of hav-
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ing to move within a short time real one; if the family interests are widespread and the family is about to disintegrate through the flight of the young from the nest; or If the neighborhood in which one lives is in the process of Aux from resi- dential into that nondescript period when business has infiltrated but has not yet taken over, then own ing home is more likely to be liability than an asset.
 And now how much should we pay? If we rent, we should not pay over 20 per cent of our income; if our family life is simple and our expenditures, other than the usual living expenses, are small, we might stretch a point and pay 25 per cent. And if we buy, we should not pay more than a sum equal to two and one-half times our annual income. On this basis under the long-term amortization plan instituted by the house can be acquired by monthly Federal Housing Administration the payments over period of years. In most cases such payments are less than the rent would be on a house of similar accommodations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-08
HOME BUYING and BUILDING
A Lot and Its Neighborhood

In another article we discussed the neighbor- hood standards which the Federal Housing Ad ministration has set for basis for the de- termination of the eligibility of properties for mutual mortgage insurance
 In addition to the characteristics of the site of house and it's neighborhood the stability of an investment in a home depends upon an appropriate relationship between the property and its environment
 property must therefore be in harmony with neghboring properties.
 While it is advantageous to a property to be distinctly at variance with the standards of a neighborhood, it must be borne in mind that mere conformity is not positive quality and that conformity to low neighborhood standards does not justify favorable consideration The following regulations are applied from the point of view of relative inappropriateness rather than conformity of a property to it's neighborhood
 l. Each property should compare favorably with other properties in the neighborhood as to physical condition, type and design.
 2. The type of the building should be in harmonious relationship with existing buildings which are permitted in the nieghborhood
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bungalow surrounded by apartment build lngs, or an apartment building in a neigh borhood of detached houses, unless the trend is definitely toward the type under consider ation, would be a questionable risk Similarly any dwelling in district zoned for other uses is likely to be a hazardous investment for dwelling purposes.
 3. The replacement cost of the building shall not greatly exceed that of other build ingS in the neighborhocd.
 Under average conditions, a $20000 house in a S5,0G0 neighborhood would be doubtful security for mortgage loan, due to the prob ability of limited market for rental or re- sale. Neither high nor low-cost residential properties arc ineligible in themselves but only in respect to their appropriateness to the neighborhood
 4. The quality of the building as to mater Als, constructor equipment, and finish shall meet the standards set by other buildings in the neighborhood
 5. The size and character of the building it's placement with refernece to lot lines and to adjoining buildings, and the relative lot coverage shall be appropriate to the general practice in the neighborhood
Evening star., 1936-06-11

dently-joined the struggle to get
through the crowd.
But the great majority sat laughing
and singing, GLORY, Glory Halleujah."
Smell Tries to Win Order.
Before long the chorus became
singsong of I'VE want Hoover; but it
soon died down for general hilarity as
though many Of the boys were in town
for Saturday night. Voices became
hoarse.
His patience seemingly tried, Smell
leaned over his rostrum to call again
order" But too good time was be-
ing had by all.
Gradually a let-down came and
some of the delegates began leaving
the auditorium. 1t was planned to re-
cess until IL am. if quiet could be re-
stored.
After more than a half hour, there
was a decided lull.
Evening star., 1936-06-11
Pomegranate Feeds Five.

Weighing Az pounds. pomegranate
was picked in the garden Of ]. P. van
der Nerve in Coligny, South Africa.
Mr.. and Mrs. van der Nerve and their
three children feasted on it, and there
was some left over. Van der Nerve
has another promengrante ripening.
1t looks like a pumpkin and is ex-
pected to attain 5 pounds.
Evening star., 1936-06-11

But by that time only 4 small per-
centage of the delegates were taking
part in the noise-making and they
evidently were figuring on staying all
night. So with the aisles still crowded
and the band drowning out his voice,
Chairman Smell finally gave it up at
1903 pm. and announced an adjourn
ment until IL am. today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
Liberal Viewpoint
BY HARRY ELMER BARNEs

Turing the World War we were made familiar
- with the hymn of hate. In due time we learned
nov Ioolsh 1t had all been. Right now our distilled
upper crust is trying to teach us new hvmn of
nate against President Roosevelt and his family
The whole matter is admirably presented bv Mar
gus W. ChlldS in his article They Hate Roosevelt"
in Harper's Magazine
MI Chllds points out that there is a virulent
hatred OF Mr. Roosevelt on the part CT certain ela
nlents ~
fermeates liz greater less degree the whole
upper strata of American society 1t has become
WIN many persons fixed idea. One encounters il
over ana over again in clubs even in purely social
CUBS IN locker and card rooms At luncheon
partes over dinner tables it is an ncessant theme
AND frequently in conversation it takes a vjru-
lent and unlawful form the expression of desires and
wishes that can be explained only, it would seem.
IN terms of abnormal psychology"
All OF which, Mr.. Chlds points out is incredible
1rcm the standpoint of any sane logic on the part
OF the class which is most critical of the President
II the ve-y wealthy in our country were guided
by Intelligent self-interest they would be all but
ecstatic IN their affection for the President
AS Mr.. Chids makes clear, in 1885 corporate
profits such as dividends, had increased by 40 per
cent, while wages had increased by only per cent
Likewise, the prices OF stocks have gone I'D from
two-fod to 10fod what they were in the spring
CT 1888
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
Times Books

TN The Devil Theory Of War; Vanguard ST. SOD,
4 Charles A. Beard studies our entrance into the
World War in the light of the Nye committee reye-
atons, and tries to figure out just why war comes
and how it can be avoided
1t IS foolish, he remarks, to suppose that men
go to war because they are somehow inherently
evil or that the sly Vaccinations of the devil push
us, unsuspecting. over the brink
So he goes over the Nye committees findings.
piece by piece, and concludes that We went to war
in 1877 principally because we had got ourselves
too deeply entangled commercially and financially
to do anything else.
We built up great wartime prosperity he
says and tied 1t to the allied cause. When 1917
came. We could have avoided war only at the price
OF stunning economic depression. Our politicians
and other leaders couldn't face ths* price. so in
we went
And for the future? Let pass rigid neutrality
and embargo laws, urges Prof Beard: let us refuse
pointbiank to trade with warning nations. and de-
vote ourselves to the cultivation of garden
In that way We may stand good chance Of
sseeping at peace. II we do as did the last
lime, he believes. shall wind up then
wound up-neck deep in the soup. tB. CD
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
Looking Eastward, Is Hint

'HE nature OF the new German army indicates
Il 1t is not primarily for use against France. but
more against eastern Europe. Nor would it seem
that she contemplates attacking Russia via the
RalCc provinces The terrain there is too marshy
her rolling forts would be at a disadvantage On
Cne oCher hand military observers here state Aus
trla Czechoslovakia and the Russian Ukraine offer
IDEAL country for motorized campaign
GlVen the above, Hitlers recent moves both din
iomauc ana military dovetail perfectly He offers
10 guarantee immunity to France and Belgium but
not to eastern Europe. He warns France to quit
medollng in affairs far removed from her own
frontiers and tells her she will be safe if she will
ne taxes steps TO make France stay put He creates
mobile army of little use against the Maginot Line
He makes bid after bid to win over England He
proposes the abolition of heavy tanks and big guns
ana tne bombing of demlitarized cities behind the
lines. ~ WIG
with Hitler able to get France Britain and the
other powers to agree to his scheme of things the
Stage would be all set for just the kind of gaopade
rection. FN0'-'o -"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11

Giles received a call to the effect
that Mrs Roosevelt was interested
in the progress of a strike in
chain of mills near Warm Springs,
Ga.
Replying to the inquiry, labor
officials informed Mrs. Roosevelt
that the strike had been over
many months. Victor in the strike
had been G. j. Galloway, owner of
the mills, a close friend of the
Roosevelts. He has been enter
tanned by them many times.
Mrs. Roosevelt conveyed her
sympathy and expressed a desire
to meet the textile workers if the
opportunity presented. She was
reminded of this when the Ma
tionals Women's Trade Union
League of America held its con-
vention in Washington.
So she invited group of South
ern delegates to be her guests at
the White House during their stay
in the Capital.
n e
Congressional BARRIERS say that
the long locks once the prerequi-
site of craftsmanship now are
completely out of style.
T. n
THOUGH Farley ana the Presi-
l. dent expect to see the aban-
donment of the two-thirds rule
at the convention, astute Charley
Nicholson, political adviser to
Roosevelt, says he is not so sure.
>. Townsend chieftains are ar
ranging a national convention in
Kansas City in July. Announced
purpose will be to decide the or
ganization's stand in the presi-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11

/. Far prouder A good horseman
or piano player or a psychologist or
biologist feels his abilities and skills
in these lines are taken for granted.
But nothing delights the horseman
like showing he can play the piano
or the pianist that he can ride a
bucking bronco or the scientist
that he can paint pictures or initiate
boot owl or do a tap dance. have
my favorite accomplishment for sur
prising friends but am not going to
reveal it until get chance to sur
prise you.
2. If it does such a man would
have been loafer anyhow. With
many men 1t acts as stimulus to
hard work and to making good on
their own account in order to avoid
the charge of ''loafing on their wife's
money"
3. The public does not know how
10 criticise intelligence tests-tlaey
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11

The only trouble with this rea-
soning is that the proper name
for the defeated faction in Cali
fornia should be the Hearst-Mer-
riam-Landon coalition. 1t is pos
sible that the Governor was led
in chains into this party strife,
but it is undeniable that he was
part of the parade. Hearst's ad-
vice in this particular instance
seems to have been very bad.
The charge against Landon
still remains that he is willing to
take from San Simeon advice
both good and bad. He could
have kept his name out of the
California squabble. Indeed, he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
Haze appearance of Tanks

THESE appear to be a development of tanks
pius new kind Of gum firing a new kind of
sneii with new kind of powder-all co-ordinated
ana operated by new kind of military formation
IL one can conceive of cavalry raised in striking
tolce 10 the nth power, mechanical and much
raster, that seems to be something like it
AN eyewitness to demonstration mt on hv
single unit of these galloping forts" at Frankfort
on-the-Maln expressed himself as aghast over its
performance. Inc unit corresponding to regiment
set out at night from Frankfort II n,rs1,ed o1root
oee-llne 1t crashed across fields roads being
purely Incidental up and down dale at 40 miles an
noul. coming TO the River Main, it paused for few
minutes while mechanical motorized bridge was
quickly thrown across. Again it moved on and again
~ crossed the stream-Just to make it hard Reach
ing It's oOJectVe 1t swung into position fired few
ROUNDS numbered and returned to base bv another
and just as difficult route And all before DAYLIGHT
llaC is only sample of what the new German
army mas up It's mailed sleeve. I witnessed the
army demonstration here Hitler's birthday
april 70 Almost everything on wheels. the newest
% everything lightning quick wcked-loo
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11

ers against typhoid, diphtheria
and smallpox.
The average planter of the
neighborhood is interested, but
skeptical. He doubts that the ex-
pertinent will pay out"
1T must pay" DR.. Eddy insists.
This isn't a home for broken
down sharecroppers. If it doesn't
pay it's own way, it's no good"
The attitude of the new CO.
operators themselves is pretty we'll
summed up by Jim Henderson,
drawl-voiced cropper.
I'VE used to work jes' as hard
a-growin' cotton for other folks"
he says. I'VE amt a-goin' to quit
now when we're dom for our
selves"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11

can only be criticised intelligently
by the psychologists who get them
up and they are criticising them un-
mercifully all the time. However.
parents and teachers are often JUS
titled in complaining at the way
some immature or pseudo psycholo-
gists interpret and use intelligence
tests. Such persons often advise
parents or young people foolishly
about vocations or personality adj
justments and bring great harm
both to these individuals and to the
cause of intelligence and personality
measurements. An intelligence test
in itself is one thing but what to do
about it depends greatly upon the
individual and in this the intel
ligence and personality of the tester
is as important as is the test and
its results.
T0morrow-Does ii take as much
energy to fail as TO succeed?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
Good Oid-FnshiOned Fight

A ND. a cold matter of fact, the California bat
n tie was hardly pitched upon the heights of
Armageddon. 1t not contest in which the
children of darkness were routed by the children of
light. On the contrary it good old-fashioned
newspaper publishers fight for life, liberty and the
pursuit Of circulation. Mr.. Chambers Los Angeles
Times out against its Hearst opposition, and
the Chandler news stories, editorials and cartoons
carried the day
But it is well to remember that, in spite of much
TO be said on the other SIDE William Randolph
Hearst is not the most reactionary force in the
newspaper business. I'll admit that it is a neck
and-neck race but when Chandler and Hearst
come whipping down the stretch a blanket could
cover them both. And wish it would.
If the California primary gives comfort to Re-
pubcans they are an inveterate group of straw
Snatchers, because its meaning seems to be that
even ALT M. Landon is considered just shade too
dangerous by large section of the party. Aside
from Mr.. Chandler, the one person who has
right tc throw his hat into the air and holler is
Herbert Clark Hoover. He is not likely to win the
nomination in spite of this victory, but his voice
may be needed when it comes to the making of a
decision
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
Wa shington Merry-Go-Round
by DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. A

VXIAsHINGTON, May IL
w Latest inside on the pending
tax bill is that the Presidents ad-
visers are split into two 'sternly
hostile groups over it.
One group, composed of Secre-
tary of the Treasury Morgenthau
and Herman Oliphant, his general
counsel, is for it. Virtually all the
others are not.
Considering that the bill origin
ated with the Administration, this
is unique and difficult situation.
Some of the insiders who are on
the outs with the bill are even
supplying brick bats with which
business is assailing it.
Their motives, however, are diff
ferent from those of business.
What they want is the bill in it's
original state-before it was gut
ted by the House Ways and Means
Committee.
THEY place responsibility for
l. the quitting at the doorstep of
Herman Oliphant. The Ways and
Means Committee, they say.
adopted his suggestions almost in
toto. In fact, he wrote the COM
mittee's report defending it.
Apparently Oliphant overlooked
loopholes in the bill which, his
critics say. will involve the gov
eminent in hopeless litigation and
prove to be tax leakages up to as
much as $300,000,0o0.
AS a substitute, critical insiders
are urging the President to junk
the present bill, but retain its
graduated corporation taxes and
add a new surtax on undivided
dividends.
The Senate Finance Committee
probably would Jump at this, If
the President said the word.
TT looks as if the Cuban gov
L eminent has defaulted per-
manently on the 100000, 900 loan
floated by the Chase National
Bank for President Machado.
When registering its outstand-
ing bond issues with the Secu-
rites and Exchange Commission
recently, Cuba failed to list this
issue. AT first this was consid-
cred an oversight.
But later Cuba filed summary
of all its indebtedness. The Chase
Bank loan again was omitted.
Apparently the present govern
ment of Cuba does not consider it
a debt.
Note-The loan was used to
construct a highway the length of
the island. Machado's son-in-
law was employed by the Chase
National Bank at the time. This
aroused much resentment in Cuba.
MRS. ROOSEVELT is the most
1v1 social-minded First Lady
ever to occupy the White House;
that is. ''social-minded" i'll her in
terest in problems of the masses.
rather than in official entertain
ing.
Many time the President has
had to call upon Marguerite Le-
Hand to act as white House host
esS because Mrs. Roosevelt was off
visiting subsistence homesteads, or
a school for the blind. or investi-
eating an unfortunate labor situa-
ton.
Some time ago textile labor cir
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11

dental race. Unofficial purpose
will be to answer the disclosures
of the congressional investigators.
:. Rex Tugwell disbanded con-
ference of resettlement advisers
the other day by saying, Il have
a more important engagement.
I've promised to take my daugh-
ter to the ZOO" When the
Washington Auditorium was con-
verified into an Office building for
part of Harry Hopkins staff, part
of the stencgraphic corps got
desks in the mems retiring room.
-. Senator Thomas of Oklahoma
walks with dignifled tread these
days in a new pair of coffee
colored sport shoes. Rosy
checked Congressman Gearhart
of California still has hopes of
slipping an excise tax into the
new revenue bill to stem the i'm
ports of japanese perilla oil, COM
peting with California linseed oil.
Jim Farley's mind is on Phila-
delphia and the Democratic ma
tional convention to such extent
that even his watch is set on
Philadelphia time - one hour
ahead of Washington's standard
time.
n
NEW DEAL scouts returning
1 Y from Iowa report that SEN
ator Dickinson, bitter AAA oppo-
nent, is facing increasingly diff
cult odds in his reelection race
for the Senate. Farmers are
reported to be opposed to him.
Copyright. 1885 by United Featur
Cx1I T,zn
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11

ahead. The next war as they will
wage it will be as different from
the World War as the World War
was different from the Civil War.
Speed is the key to the Nazi
tactics. Speed and still more
speed-mobility combined with
terrific power and surprise-on
the ground as we'll as in the air.
is what they base their hopes on.
Plus military precision tuned up
to absolute perfection.
The French have built the
now famous Maginot Line -
named for the general who de-
signed it. 1t reaches from Bel
GUM to Switzerland. Nothing
even approximating it, save the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11

could have Kept his Word to do this very thing, but
the pressure from his sponsor too great. He did
not dare fly in the face of mis- patron.
1t does not seem to that ALI M. Landon
deserves any credit if William Randolph Hearst is
thwarued in his attempts to lead the Republican
Party by forces wholly outside the wish and will of
the Kansas Governor II ST. George Stays dragons
it is not meet that some one who never gave the
Saint tumble should smble upon the dead
sters and exclaim, See what we've done!"
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by
Opposite, in the Rhineland. the Germans are going
10 lay out 1ortlhcatlons of their own The impress
sion which seems to have got abroad is that the Cor
mans intend to duplicate the Maginot conception
That is III error e
Wnle Germany plans to make her Rhineland in
Woaole understand she hopes to do so by creating
lew Glbraltar-like positions strategicaly situated
ana TO rely IN between on what have heard called
mobile forts ~ 00N
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
/GKw M1M
BY
VIM. PHILIP SIMMS
tBattins for Westbrook PegIer.l

DARIS, May 11.-As weird almost as
Wells tales of the war of the worlds
is the glimpse one catches here of the
feared collision between Germany and her
neighbors as planned by Reichswehr engi-
neers
While France and her allies base their plans on
conditions they existed at the time of the Arms-
tce in 1918 German strategiss are looking so years
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-11
FARMING THE COOPERATIVE WAY

BY JACK BRYAN
NEA Service Special Correspondent

MEMPHIS, Tenn. May 11.-Twenty-four sharecropper
families, most of whom stood destitute by an Arkan-
roadside few weeks ago. today sowing seeds of
social experiment at Delta Cooperative Farm No. 1 in
northern Mississippi.
Directing the planting is Dr. Sherwood Eddy retired
Y. M. c. A. leader and social reformer.
Dr. Eddy is accepting the South's challenge to its