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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-10
REAL ESTATE
UPTURN SHOWN
IN new REPORT
Selling Prices Higher in All
Sections, Rents lSo
Rise.

Times special
CHICAGO, Feb. 10.-Decided up
turn for real estate in every section
of the country, with earning power
of existing buildings-index of real
estate health-maesurably rising is
reported in the twenty-siXth semi
annual survey of the real estate mar
ket released today. The survey.
covering 275 cities, is made by the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards from confidential reports by
its local member boards.
Dominance of the factor of favor
able mortgage supply as affecting
amount of new home building is a
notable development, the survey
finds.
People who are ready to build a
house can in many communities get
a mortgage loan at interest costs
perhaps per cent lower than last
year, and on terms that enable them
to take advantage of land prices be-
fore they rise further In these COM
munities new roofs are rising by the
fifties, even the hundreds.
Many communities still report
that only the borrower who needs
no more than a so per cent loan
finds any financing source open"
Principal Elements Listed
Wide variations in degree of real
estates recovery as between COM
munities where distressed properties
have been dumped and those where
the market has had orderly man
agement is also cited by the report.
The following are principal ele-
ments of the market as shown in the
275 cities:
/. Real estate is selling at prices
higher than a year ago in so per
cent of the cities of the country.
The rise has reached 80 per cent
of the very largest cities.
2. Turnover is more rapid than
a year ago in 81 per cent of all
cities over the 100000 population
mark, and in IS per cent of all
cities surveyed, great and small.
8. Shortage of Single-famlly
dwellings exists in two out of every
three cities reporting.
4. Rents-index of how close we
are getting to any appreciate vol
ume of new construction. are COM
ing out of the sub-cellar. For apart
ments they are up 10 per cent over
last year in approximately three
out of every four cities reporting,
and up Is per cent in one-third of
the cities.
Business Property Higher
They are rising in rs per cent of
all cities surveyed. But apartment
rates even in major cities are still
less than go per cent of the level
prevailing in 1926.
Detached houses, even more gen.
orally than apartment, show rents
risen. They went up 1919 or more
in 1870 of the cities and are up 15%
in one out of every three cities. They
are now within 209o of the 1926
level.
Central business property is leas-
ing at higher rates than a year ago
in $40 of the cities, the first time
in ten years Of these semi-annual
surveys that a majority of cities re-
port such a trend.
5. Actual interest rates at which
first mortgage loans on new mode--
ate priced hmoes are now commonly
being made range as low as SO in
144o of communities reporting. Six
months ago only go of cities re-
ported this rate as yet come into
existence.
No city of over 100000 population
whatever its geographical section,
now shows it's common rate on first
mortgage home loans as over 10
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-10
Money and Exchange
TREASURY STATEMENT
(By United Press)

10y TI6SSJ
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10-Government
expenses and receipts for the current
fiscal year to Feb. 7, as compared with a
year ago:
This Year. Last Year
Expenses $4417, 883128.05 $4184964, $40 %
Receipts. 2,193, 500, 600.28 2,l35, sos, .48
Deficit. =. 1924, 1878, 527.77 2,049 459, 351 80
Cash BAL. 1918, 912, 785.06 2,234127, Sol .36
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-10
Cotton Consumption Gains

The NeU York Cotton Exchange Service today esti-
mated December corld consumption of American cotton
at 900 bales $4,000 bales for the CORE
spending period year ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-10

f90-l75l Good and choice. 4.00n 500
Common and medium ~ 5000 400
Yearling wethers good choice 5000 $50
Medium ............x,.... 1.oo0 200
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-10
Ne7O York Stock Exchange Prices
Chicago Grain Futures

(By j, tiles E. Bennett & Coz
Evening star., 1936-11-30
FIDELITY AFFAIRS
AWAITING CLAIMS
Receiver Mails Out Second
Letter to $500 Tardy
"Members."

Final disposition Of the affairs OF
the closed Fidelity Building and Loan
Association is being delayed by about
$500 members" who have neglected
to file claims with the receiver.
James H. Nolan, receiver, has mailed
out a second letter to these members,
inclosing copies of the official claim
blank and asking that they respond,
so that work of the receiver can pro-
ceed.
No final decision has been reached,
it was learned from authoritative
quarters, as to whether the associa-
ton can be reorganized, or will have
to be liquidated. Further inquiry will
have to be made into the assets and
liabilities, it was explained, before a
decision on this important point can
be made.
The exact amount Of the shortage"
at the association has not yet been
disclosed by officials in charge, al
though it is known that careful check
has been made.
Meantime, a case Is pending in Dis
trict Court against Fred B. Rhodes,
former president of the association,
who was indicted on charges OF for
gerry and larceny. He pleaded not
guilty and now is awaiting trial.
There was no indication today as
to when people who have money in
the institution may expect to get any
of their funds.
Evening star., 1936-11-30
Microphones Aid
La,u Schools Class Work

Professors at the Georgetown Law
School now wear necklace micro
phones while lecturing.
The installation Of this novel pub
lie address system was an idea Of
Rev. Francis e. Lucey, 8. j., regent
Of the school, who Is interested In
studying its effects ON class room en-
clancy.
From the viewpoint Of professors,
and especially the "back-seat" stu
dents, he claimed, it already has
facilitated class work. Earlier expert
ments proved SO satisfactory that the
system has been installed perma-
nently In the three largest halls, in
cluding the auditorium.
It has made lecturing easier on the
strained vocal cords Of professors who
sometimes come to class after stren-
uous day Of court room arguments.
Nor will professor suffering froHp
Evening star., 1936-11-30
Run,a1,ia1 First Secretary.
Here l6 Years, Recalled
POpOuici Vas Grandson
of Gen. P0muts of
CiriL Var.

Andrei Popovici, first secretary Of
the Rumanian Legation and lecturer
at Georgetown School Of Foreign
Service, has been recalled to Rumania
after 16 years Of service in the United
States.
Popovici Is the only foreign diplo-
mat at present in Washington who
can boast that q member Of his fam.
lily has rendered other than lip service
to the United States.
His grandfather, George Pomutz,
left his native land in 1848 as an exile
and came to this country. He was a
graduate Of the famous French mill
tary academy, st. Cr. When the
Civil War broke out Pomutz, together
with Col Reid, raised the 18th Iowa
Volunteers and fought throughout the
conflict. Pomutz commanded, toward
the end Of the campaign. the first
brigade of Gen. Blair's 18th Army
Corps before Atlanta. As a reward
for his gallant service, Brig: Gen.
Pomutz was sent to st. Petersburg as
United States Consul General.
Andrei Popovici came to the United
States first as a private individual and
became eventually the editor of the
only Rumanian daily published out
side Rumania, the America, printed in
the Rumanian language in Cleveland.
Then his services were drafted by his
government and he was sent to Wash.
ington As secretary Of the Legation.
In Washington, Popovict distin-
guished himself n9c only as N able
Evening star., 1936-11-30

sore throats need to be excused. The
apparatus can be tuned 80 delicately
that the slightest whisper is carried
distinctly to students in the rear
seats. For that reason the absent
minded professor, who may mutter to
himself when q student gets his legal
cases mixed, has to exercise precau-
tions.
The microphone Is q box-shaped
affair about inches square attached
around the neck by q long cord. A
professor can walk about the plat
form and use the blackboard while
lecturing. A new and inconspicuous
type Of amplifier is attached to the
rear and side walls, and the distinct
impression Is that the voice is coming
directly from the speaker.
DR.. Lucey Is preparing to check the
marks of students to see II improve.
ment Is noticeable. now that none
has the excuse thai hs couldNt hear.
Evening star., 1936-11-30
HOLIDAY ON DEC. 26
IS HELD OPTIONAL
Merchants May Use Own Discre.
ton in Observance, Seal
Announces.

Although December 26 was made q
legal holiday for all purposes by a
joint resolution of Congress approved
last June, merchants of the city may
use their own discretion as to whether
to observe the day, according to Cor
poration Counsel Elwood H. Seal.
The question was raised by a num-
ber OF merchants because the day falls
on Saturday, usually one of their
busiest days.
The resolution grants a holiday to
all Federal and District employees with
full pay. 1t also permits banks to
close.
Seal explained the special holiday
falls in the same category as the pres
ent halliday holidays given Govern
ment workers each Saturday after
noon. Although the half-Saturday
statute affects all Government and
District departments, it does not af-
feet private employers and no penalty
Is provided to make such holidays
compulsory.
The Merchants and Manufacturers
Association announced that its mem
bers have voted to remain open for
business on the 26th.
Evening star., 1936-11-30
NOLAN ON TRIAL
IN BRIBERY CASE
Co-Defendant Enters Plea
of "NoIo Contendere" in
District Court.

William j. Nolan, automobile dealer
went to trial on q bribery charge in
District Court today after his code
fendant, Francis M. Kearney, had en-
tered a plea Of "nolo contendere, u
which neither admits nor denies the
guilt Of the defendant.
However, this plea, rarely used in
modern practice, is tantamount to a
plea of guilty, since the defendant is
subject to punishment as though con-
victed Of a crime.
The value of entering such a plea is
that the defendant subsequently can
not be held to have confessed guilt in
any civil suit that might be instituted
against him. Kearney asked Trial
Justice James M. Proctor to refer his
case to the probation officer for inves-
tigation before imposing sentence.
Nolan, who has pleaded not guilty,
is accused with Kearney of bribing two
witnesses for the plaintiff in a divorce
suit filed by Mrs. Alice M. Nolan, who
subsequently was awarded a limited
divorce from the automobile dealer.
In his statement to the jury, Assist
ant United States Attorney John w.
Fihelly said the prosecution would
show that Kearney and Nolan, or
Kearney acting at Nolan's direction,
gave $50 and two automobile tires to
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Young, colored,
SO they could leave the District for
South Carolina two days before Mrs.
Nolan's divorce suit was to be tried.
1t is alleged the Youngs had been
subpoenaed as witnesses at the time
Of this transaction.
Kearney, Fihelly said. was a busi-
ness associate of Nolan's at that time.
The first material witness called by
the prosecution was Attorney Henry
I. Quinn, who represented Mrs. Nolan
in the divorce proceedings. Quinn
testified he accompanied q deputy
marshal when Mrs. Young was served
with the subpoena. The Government
contends this also constituted service
on the husband because he actually
received the notice that the summons
had been issued.
Quinn said he expected to prove by
the Youngs that Nolan had rented an
apartment in the 1900 block Of Mas
sachusetts avenue, and had been seen
there with women other than his wife
at various times.
Evening star., 1936-11-30
JUDGES ASK FOR BRIEFS
IN FLAG SALUTE CASE
Ludke's Mandamus Plea Taken
Under Amusement After
Hearing at Marlboro.

Under Amusement After
Hearing at Marlboro.
BY Stan Correspondent of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Novern.
Der 30.-Attorneys representing both
sides In litigation seeking reinstate-
ment Of the six Ludke children in
Prince Georges County schools were
given until December IA to file briefs
after a preliminary hearing here today
Ofdcials who ordered the youngsters
expulsion for failure to salute the flag
at school exercises have been named
defendants in a petition filed in Cir
cult Court for writ Of mandamus to
return the children to school.
The three Judges Of the Seventh
Judicial Circuit conducted their hear
ing in chambers this morning before
taking the matter under advisement
pending filing Of the briefs.
Representing the children and their
father, August A. Ludke, Washington
Post Once employe, are Attorneys Ed
mund D. Campbell Of Washington and
j. F. Lillard of Hyattsville. Opposing
the mandamus petition are Ogle Mar
bury Of Laurel, counsel to the Board
Of County Commissioners, and Waldo
Burnside, counsel to the Prince
Georges Board Of Education.
Named as defendants In the peti-
ton are Nicholas Orem, superinten.
dent Of schools; william r. Jobe, prin-
cipal Of the Oxon Hill School, and
members Of the District Board of
School Trustees. /.
Evening star., 1936-11-30
COAST PROTECTION
TOPIC OF PARLEY
Shore and Beach Preserva.
ton Group to Meet Here
December ID.

Coastal protection work to save de-
sirable beaches from destruction by
erosion will be discussed at the tenth
annual meeting of the American Shore
and Beach Preservation Association
all day Monday, December IA. in the
auditorium Of the National Research
Council.
with its members engineers, public
officials and private citizens con-
fronted with beach erosion problems
in Maryland, Virginia and other
coastal States.
The program will include a review
Of the scientific advances Of the last
decade in coastal protection work and
a review Of progress in obtaining con-
gressional recognition Of beaches as
national recreational assets. it was an
nounced by J. Spencer Smith. national
president, who is chairman Of the New
Jersey State Board Of Commerce and
Navigation.
Last June Congress enacted q law
providing for Federal financial assist
ance in beach preservation work and
authorizing the Beach Erosion Board
a division Of the Corps Of Engineers OF
the Army, to make surveys and deter.
mine the extent Of Federal interest ir
the matter.
Capt. r. S. Patton, director Of the
United States Coast and Geodetit
Survey, and State Senator John A
Lesner of Virginia are members Of the
board Of directors of the association
Evening star., 1936-11-30
GEN. HOLCOMB TAKES
OFFICE TOMORROW
Officer Will Be Sworn in as Com
mandant of Marine
Corns.

Brig. Gen. Thomas Holcomb, COM
mandant of the Marine Corps School,
Quantico, will be sworn in as the new
commandant Of the Marine Corps at
II am. tomorrow in Secretary Swan
sons office.
The ceremony will be attended by
high-ranking naval and Marine Corps
officers.
Today, Maj. Gen. John H. Russell.
the retiring commandant, was show
ing his. successor over the Navy De-
partment. Gen. Holcomb was intro
duced to the various bureau chiefs as
well as to other senior officials.
In October, Secretary Swanson ap-
pointed Gen. Holcomb as q member
Of the Selection Board which con-
vened today, but due to his choice by
President Roosevelt as the next COM
mandant, he became ineligible to
serve. The vacancy On the board was
taken by Brig. Gen. Randolph O.
Berkeley. 6
Evening star., 1936-11-30
Fascist Symbol on U. S. Dimes
Is Coincidence, Treasury Says
traditional Roman Emblem Began Appearing on
Coins Three Years Before Emergence
of MussOIini in Italy.

'fasces' and symbolical of unity. where
in lies the Nations strength. Sur
rounding the faces is full-foliaged
branch Of olive, symbolical Of peace.
Ancient Rome was the birthplace
Of the fasces. A bundle of elm or
birch rods with a battle AK project
ing from the top and bound together
by a red strap was the emblem Of Of
ficial authority. Such bundles were
carried by ictors magistrates at
tendants) as a symbol Of the power
over life and limb possessed by the
kings. A victorious general, when sa-
luted "imperator" by his soldiers. had
his Fasces crowned with laurel. Under
the empire, laurel was regarded as
distinctive Of the imperial fasces.
Preceded Italian Fascists.
The political party with which the
symbol Is now identified was founded
in Milan, Italy. in March, 1918
three years after Uncle Sam began to
use the emblem on his dimes. Benito
Mussolini, then editor Of II Popolo
d'Italia, formed the first Fascio de
Combattimento among approximately
200 of his friends, and the party
adopted the faces, on q tri-colored
shield, as its official insignia. It was
not until October, 1922. that the
Fascists came into power, however,
and not until i've or six years ago
that American citizens started to no
tice that the blackshirts' insignia and
1.-The thing on the back Of Dimes" as
some letters to the Treasury describe
it, are basically the same.
Uncle Sans fasces was designed
by Adolf Weiman, eminent New York
sculptor. and approved by both the
Treasury and the Fine Arts Commis-
sion, as required by law. Even II
the design were unsatisfactory, the
Treasury explained, it could not be
changed until 1941, as the law permits
such alterations cnly at 25-year in
tervals.
AS it is, however, there Is no de-
mand for q change, the Treasury de-
clared, adding:
Among sculptors the faces 1.
widely used because of its graceful
design. And once we've explained
the true origin and significance OF
the symbol, as used on dimes, even
our most worried correspondents can't
help being relieved"
Evening star., 1936-11-30
Cuardsn,an A,uarded Medal
For Rousing Families in Fire
Sergeant Gets MeritOri.
Gus SerUice Honor of
District Militia.

Sergt. Eugene Ferdinand Wemple,
National Guardsman living at 1906
Third street, has been awarded the
meritorious service medal of the Dis
trict National Guard for his action in
arousing the occupants Of an apart
ment house at Eleventh and @ streets,
threatened by fire November Is.
In announcing the award today, Col.
John w. Oehmann, commander Of the
District National Guard, said that
Sergt. Wemple, "in heroically enter
ing" the smoking building. alarming
the residents thereof, and in person.
ally assisting from the building one
George H. Maiden, q cripple in Ill
health, saved human life and displayed
courage and those traits of character,
understanding and action which the
National Guard endeavors to so thor
oughly stress in its training. ."
The building was threatened by q
fire which destroyed gasoline sta
ton next door, Although the blaze
did not reach the apartment house;
the structure was filled with smoke
which poured through the windows.
Wemple, who manages a Sanitary
grocery in the HOO block Of @ street,
rushed to the scene and, although
Evening star., 1936-11-30

diplomat, liked by all who came In
touch with him, but also as scholar.
He obtained q. Phi. D. degree at George
town and later became lecturer at the
university's foreign service school.
Popovici, who married woman
from Denver, Colo. in 1927, has been
active in the United States not only
in the usual diplomatic way, but also
as q lecturer, trying to explain his
country's position in the European
affairs.
. Popovici Is leaving Washington on
January 1 to take up position In
the foreign omcefn Bucharest.
Evening star., 1936-11-30
Families of Sister
And Brother Become
Parents Same Day

Maybe you could call them
twin cousins"
At any rate, 1t was revealed to-
day that on November 81 baby
girls were born at almost the same
time to the families of a brother
and sister.
On the same day that Mr.. and
Mrs. William v. Simmons. 3701
Sixteenth street, became the proud
parents of a baby girl. Simmons
sister, Mrs. Olin v. Mitchell Of
Northbrook Courts, gave birth to
a daughter. Both mothers are in
Columbia Hospital.
The infants-the first in both
families-will probably spend
much of their babyhood together.
Evening star., 1936-11-30
MRS. J. H. MACKEY
DIES AT AGE OF 63
Wife of Assistant to Budget Blu.
reau Director Was Active
in Patriotic Work.

Mrs. Bessie H. Mackey, 63, wife Of
James H. Mackey, assistant to the
director Of the Budget Bureau, died
today after a short illness at her
home, 1717 Varnum street.
Mrs. Mackey had been active here
since 1904 in church and patriotic
work. She was a member of Calvary
M. e. Church and the Board of Man
ayers Of the Methodist Home for the
Aged. She was corresponding secre-
tary of the Col. John Donelson Chap
ter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution and belonged to Mount
Pleasant Union, Women's Christian
Temperance Union.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Mackey
Is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mar
garet M. Titus; a sister, Miss Helen
Harman, and q grandson.
A native of Mount Holly Springs,
Pa, she was the daughter of the late
Philip and Emma Weakley Harman.
Funeral services will be held at 10
am. Thursday at her late residence.
Burial will be at Mount Holly Springs.
Evening star., 1936-11-30
BRIDE OF WEEK
is FOUND DEAD
Mrs. Nellie Acken Believed to
Have Been Victim of Heart
Attack,

A bride Of only a week, Mrs. Nellie
Blanche Acken. 40. was found dead
today, presumably Of heart attack,
in the bath room Of the apartment
which she and her husband, T. M.
Acken. had rented Friday at 1907 D
street northeast.
After Mrs. Acken's husband, said
to be an employe of the Federal
Garage, went to work this morning,
the landlady smelled something burn
ing on the stove in the Acken apart
ment. She entered, turned of the
stove and called for Mrs. Acken. She
received no response. but found the
bath room door locked.
An insurance salesman, George
Smith, 1900 sherwood street north
east, called at that time and the land
lady asked him to break in the door.
Mrs. Acken was found lying on the
floor. A physician was summoned
and she was pronounced dead.
The couple was married in Rich
mond week ago., Mrs. Acken was a
former attendant at st. Elizabeth's
Hospital and had been a resident Of
Washington for many years.
The body was removed to the
Morgue for an autopsy.