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Evening star., 1936-08-29
ISSUANCE
REvERSES TREND
Weeks Total Tops ST..
100000 for One of High
est in Year.

Reversing the usual trend for this
late in the season, building permits Is
sued in the week ended Thursday shot
above 100000 to one of the highest
totals for a weeks activity this year.
The figure is almost three times as
large as the preceding week.
The squirt was accounted for by an
extraordinary pickup in the volume Of
residential building and the construc-
ton OF IA new apartment and fiat prof.
ects. Seventy-one permits for new
dwellings were issued, totaling $685.
$50, which was within SIS, 900 of all
permits for the preceding week.
The grand total for all permits
apartments, dwellings, storehouses, ga
RACES, alterations, repairs, etc.-was ST.
101 ,222.
Apartment construction paced the
new record. the largest single permit
being for the construction of an eight
story brick and concrete apartment
building at 1914 Massachusetts avenue,
to cost $4,000. The owners are 1914
Massachusetts, Avenue Co., Inc. and
James Baird Co., Inc, are the builders.
The building was designed by J. c.
White, architect.
Another Planned.
Close behind was permit issued to
the Raymond Construction Co.. Inc,
for seven-story brick, tile and con-
crete apartment at 1725 New Hamp-
shire avenue, to cost $4,000. L. T.
Rouleau is the architect and A. J.
Howar the builder.
Heading the list of dwellings is the
new mansion of Miss Pauletta Guffey,
sister Of Senator Joseph Guffey Of
Pennsylvania. Miss Guffey, who now
resides at 2340 Kalorama road, is
having a $4,000 residence built at
1927 Benton street. 1t was designed
by Ward Brown, architect, and Davis,
Wick, Rosengarten Co., are the build
ers. Miss Guffey was granted second
permit for the construction of a $4,000
brick garden wall at her new home.
In business properties F. w. Boil
giano & Co. headed the list with q
permit for the construction of a three
story brick, stone and concrete addi-
ton to their nursery, plant and seed
store at AL New York avenue north
east. Warren Spencer is the designer
and builder of the new structure.
Other permits included SO for re-
pairs and alterations, % for new
private garages and for store and
show rooms.
List Of Larger Permits.
Permits amounting to $1,000 or
more issued last week are as follows:
Eugene Casey, Gaithersburg, Nd,
owner and builder; George T. SAINT
myers, architect; two 2-story brick
nd-cinder-block apartments, 1924
(See PERMITS, Page C-5.)
Evening star., 1936-08-29
Home Owners Give
Many Reasons Why
They Buy Property
Why do people buy homes?

Why do people buy homes?
The College Of Commerce Of
De Paul University. in Chicago,
made q survey in that city and
gave these as the reasons. They
are listed in the order Of their
Importance as determined:
Belief in home ownership.
Advantages for children.
ITO get q place Of our own"
Better neighborhood.
Greater privacy.
Save money by owning home.
To get more room.
Can do as you please.
Advantages Of suburban life.
Gives settled feeling.
Can make your own improve
ments.
Make friends among neigh
bors.
Evening star., 1936-08-29

(See CONCLAVE, Page C-2.)
Evening star., 1936-08-29

School houses Of all kinds and in
every section of the country are be-
ing rehabilitated before re-opening
after Labor day.
Life and health OF future citizens
may depend upon the proper main
tenance OF these buildings, and in
fairness to teachers and children
alike conditions in schools should be
made as favorable as possible.
In addition to general repairs, paint
ing. decorating, etc. Of school proper
ties, there are certain other items
which are important and deserve
consideration in this connection.
For instance, an extensive check
on electric wiring is advisable. Serious
accidents and fires are frequently
caused by faulty wiring. The substi-
tuition of modern wiring diminishes
fire and accident hazards and may be
the means Of reducing fire insurance
premiums.
Lighting Important.
Lighting arrangements and fixtures
may be improved to avoid eye strain.
Correct lighting conserves precious
eyesight, and improved vision may
supply some pupils with q mental
stimulus and an interest In study
previously lacking.
Modern psychologists stress the i'm
portance of color influence. Cheerful
coloring in the class rooms has q
beneficial effect. In painting walls,
soft neutral tones are to be preferred.
Proper ventilation Is of the great
Evening star., 1936-08-29
4402 Elm Street,
Chevy Chase, Md.
1918 Quesada Street NV.

Very high location in Chevy
Chase, D. c., near schools trans
portation and neighborhood
store. Beautiful lot shaded by
gigantic oak tree. Newly
papered and painted, this g.
room detached home Is q good
value at $l0,950.
Evening star., 1936-08-29
Kitchen Color Scheme.

In a kitchen which receives plenty
of sunlight, the following color
scheme is very effective: Walls
painted pale blue; ceiling. ivory:
woodwork enameled a deep cream. To
60 with this scheme, linoleum in deep
blue with a coral border and cream
trimmed in coral will add q pleasing
note
Evening star., 1936-08-29

alone must cost more than $4,000 to
be eligible. Funds are available
through private financial institutions
insured by the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration, which itself lends no
money. Repayment is made in
monthly installments up to 5-year
period.
Evening star., 1936-08-29
S|lVERSTAR HOME
ON DEXTER ROAD
OPENS TOMORROW
Public to See English Cot
tage Design in WestWood
for 80 Days.
OLD TREES RETAINED
AS LANDSCAPE MOTIF
Building Contains Eight Rooms,
Two Baths and Play Room
in Basement.

A home of typical English cottage
design will be opened to the public TO-
morrow at AIS Dexter road, West
wood, as the fourth Silver Star Home
Of 1886.
The house, selected unanimously by
the Silver Star Homes Committee, was
built by L. E. Brueninger & Sons, Inc,
well-known realtors, with Offices at
1915 X street, developers of Westwood
1t was designed by Harvey P. Baxter,
architect
Constructed of brick, it is painted q
very light cream color, just of white,
with shutters of extremely dark brown
1t is located on beautifully slopine
lot, with a 7O-foot frontage and a
depth of approximately 200 feet.
The house itself is placed about SO
feet back from the street on a gently
rising slope, reached by long, easy
steps from the sidewalk.
Roof of Blue Slate.
The off-white exterior walls are
topped by a roof of blue slate. There
is some half timber over the 'front.'
entrance door, the door itself being
trimmed in fieldstone from nearby
quarries.
On the east side of the house is a
spacious veranda, the roof of which is
supported by rough-hewn timbers. At
the rear of the house, leading from
the veranda, are flagstone steps to
delightful terrace of f1agstone in the
rear garden of the home. An attrac-
tive feature of the terrace is that 1t is
shaded by three massive and beautiful
walnut trees, which apparently were
planted near an old farm house which
originally stood on the site.
A deep rear garden. just of the liv-
ing room, has lent itself to very at
tractive treatment.
The landscaping was done by Daniel
Cox Fahey Of Riverdale, Md, who took
particular care to preserve the natural
beauty already on the site.
Upon entering the house. perhaps
the most striking feature is the treat
random-width oak held down by
wooden pegs of walnut.
Recreation Room.
The house contains eight rooms, two
baths, first-f1oor lavatory, breakfast al
cove and a large recreation room and
bath in the basement.
A spacious living room with an open
fireplace is to the right as one enters
the hall. o. the left is the dining
room At the rear of the center
entrance hall is a lavatory, while di-
rectly to the back of the hall is door
leading to a two-car garage. The
garage is entered by private drive
way at the side of the house. The
kitchen, Immediately behind the din
ing room, is attractively finished in
blue and white and has breakfast
slcove with space for four persons.
On the second floor there are four
bed rooms and two baths. The master
bed room is about 20 feet long and has
two closets arranged on opposite sides
of the front windows. This room con-
meets with bath.
In the rear of the house, overlooking
the garden, is a large bed room ar
ranged for a boys room, with built-in
shelves for books, ETC., at one end.
This bed room also connects with q
bath.
At the front of the house Is the
main bath room. finished in colored
(See STAR HOME. Page C-2.)
Evening star., 1936-08-29

(See PERMITS, Page C-5.)
Evening star., 1936-08-29

the Federal Housing Administration
makes available funds up to a $50,o0o
maximum for the modernization of
schools, colleges, institutions. indus
trial, and other buildings of this type.
Modernization comprises general
repairs and additions, decoration,
painting, installation of plumbing,
wiring, heating, and built-in equip
ment If a loan of less than $4,000
is contemplated. Where loans over
$4,000 and up to a possible maximum
of $4,000 are involved, the above
items may be included. as may also
much permanently installed equip
ment needed in schools, such as that
used in lunch rooms, class rooms, lab
oratories, Fairgrounds and gymnas-
iums, but machinery and equipment
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-01-16
Convicted by Court

By The Associated Press
 Seattle, Jan.16-A super for court jury convicted Jessie L. Jones of Seattle. of manslaughter, for the traffic death on November ninth of Eric Swedman, a former Nome pioneer.
 Police and deputy coron- CTS testified that Jones was drunk an hour after his car struck SWedman, and careened into another ma chine.
 It is believed that John and Pete SWedman, are his sons, John is a resident of Nome, and Pete arrived by airplane a few months ago from Nome.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-01-16
Moose Women To Give
 Card Party and Dance

The Lady Moose will give a card party and dance at Pioneer Hal, Saturday, Jan 18th. Cards at S:45 P. M., followed by dancing and refreshments. General ad- mission will be 75 cents. Cor White Only.)
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-01-16
News Items From
 k0tzebue

Especial Correspondence)
 Kotzebue, Jan. IA, 1886
 The Jackson Day Dinner was a huge success given at "Paul's Place" on January the eight. Those present were: Messrs. DoWd, Xav- fer, Davidovics, Lundberg, Sherman, Winney, Todhun ter, Maxwell and Briggs, and Mrs. Xavier and Mrs. Maxwell. A speech in hon or of Jackson, was given by Henry Xavier, which was enjoyed by all. After the dinner a game of cards and a nice lunch was enjoy ed by all.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-01-16
Fasts Fourteen Days En Very
 Gold Weather
Portlock Trapper, HI From Exposure, Had Harrow
 ing Experience.

Lying in a cabin for four teen days without fire and without food was the har- rowing experience of Steve Agenia, of Portlock, who was brot to Seward recent ly aboard the SS. Starr and is now at the Seward Gen. eral hospital.
 Chilled and Starved
 Chilled and starved the marooned man is suffering from the fearful effects of his exposure, his lower limbs at least temporarily useless.
 The trouble started when Agenia. on his traplina, dis covered that his dory was adrift and rashly swan out into the ice-cold water to bring the craft ashore. Ren dered helpless from expos ure, he was unable to replen iSh his fuel supply; his food gave out and he could not get out to hustle new sup plies.
 Chance Rescue
 Had it not been for the chance passing of a neigh Dor trapper he believes that he would have perish ed from hunger and cold.
 Taken to PortIock by a rescue party he was cared for there until the return of the Starr from the Vest ward.
 Educated at Sitka under the tutorship of Father Kas siVaroff, curator of the AL aska Museum. Agenia has long been a leader and spokesman for his people of English Bay and Port Ora ham.-SeWard Gateway.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-01-16

MT Olaf Lundberg, better known as King Olaf" of Candle. has been here un- der the care of Dr. Smith. MT. Lundberg is we'll now and will be ready to go home and time now. He will be greatly missed by the people here.
 | MT. Jim Sherman from keeWalik, is here also for medical attention. He ex- poets to return to KeeWalik in a few days.
 MT. Miller from Dime Ok. has been here at the govern ment hospital for some time. He is leaving for St. Joseph's hospital in Fair i banks under care of Father Menager in a few days.
 Mrs. Widner from Shung- nak, is here at the hospital with a new born baby boy. The baby's name is John Gordon Jr. Mother and son are doing fine.
 Pilot King of the Fergu son AirWays. left here yes terday with Glenn Briggs for SelaWik and mail for Shungnak. Pilot King is expected to return here to- day.
 Pilot Chet Brown of the NAT, arrived here today and took Mir. Boris Magids to Decring. MT. Magids had been here attending to business matters.
 Angeline Davidovics
 Correspondent
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-01-16
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The Washington times., 1936-02-20
Pittsburgh Livestock

PITTsB H, Feb 20 U.Ns).
Hogs: Receipts 700 including 400 directs;
only few small lots here, steady with
SeaVi iishts si15o iiso iiEht
lights. $11911.50; packing sows, $50
$50; pigs, $1O.50@1l.
Cattle-Receipts $50 including 125
directs; steady. xsteers: Good, $500
$725@S. Cows: Good, 36.25@7.25.
xBulls: Good, $6.50@7.
Calves-Receipts 225 including 200
directs; unchanged. Vealers: Good and
choice. $12013.
sheep-Receipts 900: lambs Csc higher.
Lambs go pounds DOWN.. good and
choice. S1O.25 91O.75; yearling wethers.
good and choice, Ss.7599.25; aged
wethers medium to good, S697; ewes,
good and choice, s. 595.75.
(xNot extreme limit Of Krade).
The Washington times., 1936-02-20
Cleveland Livestock

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 20 UNS.).
Hogs - Receipts, 500: market. fairly
active steady with Wednesdays close.
Cattle-Receipts, 25o; cows, active;
steers, steady.
Calves-Receipts 800; market, mostly
steady; few sales showing weakness.
Sheep - Receipts, 1900; all grades
steady with fair action.
The Washington times., 1936-02-20
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO, Feb. 20 GN.sD.-Butter-
7201 tubs; steady; old cars 2; new l.
Extras. 81; standards, 361s; extra firsts,
3613 936%; firsts, 851s @36: specials,
371a gas.
Egg-5.S64 cases; firm: old and new
cars none. Current receipts. 31A; fresh
extra firsts, less than cars. 80; car,
80; fresh firsts, less than cars, 31%
cars. S3; dirties. %; check, 25.
C h se-Twins, @15h; single
daisies. 1874 @15%; Longhorns, 15% @
1914.
Live Poultry-Steady to firm turkeys
and young toms, 20; old toms. IS; hens,
18923: I.eghorn hens, 14@19h; roosters,
II; ducks, 14Q24; geese 14@19;
chickens. IS; LeRhorn chickens. IS.
The Washington times., 1936-02-20

seaSonay adjusted 11S of
the 1927 average, against 126 in December.
Much favorable the considerable increase in
machine tool orders While foreign orders fell off, domestic
business gained enough the easonay adjusted total
the highest level since last August This is encouraging
though not conclusive.
Building activity in January subject to favorable
interpretation Permits fell off by usual seasonal
and contracts awarded declined than
weather. however had much do with this and the relatively
good showing permits suggests that the letting of
tracts and actual construction merely await favorable
working condition.
The permits (adused was the highest since Sep
tember 1881 except for December contracts were the
highest since October 1880. While still far below normal
building and construction to be in sustained upward
trend
Orders for and shipments increased and declined
While domestic consumption of copper gained tre the out
put of Secondary copper increased considerably stocks
of copper somewhat higher at the end of the month
Railway freight traffic considering the season. showed little
change 1t remains much below normal Furthermore the
that low in comparison with the indexes of indus
trial production suggests that goods had been produced
than could be shipped.
Factory employment figures for January neither very
good bad In New York State the number of factory
employees declined IA per and pay rolls 2 per cent
lower than in December This however is largely normal
seasonal Moreover the number of employees
still 6.5 per cent greater than year ago
The best showngs made in the railway equipment iron
and STEEL and shoe industries The significant declines
in cotton mills and planning mills lime and brick,
furniture and tobacco.
As might expected department sumped The
Governments adjusted index based 480 in 237 cities
declined per from December It only 79 per cent
of the for 19235 This however is cent above
year This significant index of retail trade has shown
perhaps slight upward drift but the middle of 1885
has changed little in general level Like employment and
payros, it is much below normal.
It accurately reflects conditions in different sections Dallas
and Richmond territories made strong showing. Chicago
St. Louis and Minneapolis territories relatively backward
Cleveland territory fell per cent behind year ago.
good many "chain and mail order houses did better
than the average department store.
Wholesale commodity prices averaged lower the end of
January than at the beginning and this is partly responsible
for further decline in PV line barometer. This barome
has fallen from 1915 September 1109 December
and preliminary estimate of 100 in January
The volume of goods coming market has been increasing
since September Prices however, have weakened since
November This think, indicates both that many buyers
have shown pce resistance and that many sellers find prices
rather unsatisfactory. Accordingly might expect some
further backwardness in industrial activity.
This is still below normal however, and would expect any
decline to be temporary.
The Washington times., 1936-02-20
SALES

! SALES
=. Capital Traction SIS, $500@90A.
: Capital Transit Company, 100
II, SOFA, 10@14.
+ Washington Railway and Elec-
tric preferred, 1O@11O, 1O@11O.
Riggs Bank, common, 3@260.
Riggs Bank preferred, 5@104.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 10@47,
10@47, 5@47.
The Washington times., 1936-02-20


the 1927 average, against 126 in December.
Much favorable the considerable increase in
machine tool orders While foreign orders fell off, domestic
business gained enough put the easonay adjusted at
the highest level since last August This encouraging
though conclusive.
The Washington times., 1936-02-20

In the first place. steel production fell off
very sharply to the lowest daily rate since
the upturn began last July. My adjusted in
dex is SO per cent of normal" against IA in
December.
Pig iron production also declined more than
usual, to 81 per cent of normal as compared
with 10 per cent in December. This is rela-
lively high. Perhaps the temporary scarcity
of steel scrap partly explains the situation,
but it is not favorable, and indicates no
strength in the pig iron market.
Automobile production declined, and my
The Washington times., 1936-02-20
TT ATT" The Volume of Goods Coming
III IA ~ n. To Market Increases; Prices,
AAA "A y - - However Have W. akened
By LEWIS HANEY

Professor of Economics, New York University
Ample data hand for sizing up the trend of bus
ness in January On the whole must set it down
month of recession and readjustment.
The Washington times., 1936-02-20
Washington Stocks

Title Insurance. Stocks
Columbia (.30) ............. .....
Real Estate (6) .......... 100 ..
Miscellaneous Stocks
Carpet Corp (1.60) ..........l % 26
n.rRsntb.1.1 1taRs5S9 M1nGtyR' 2tino tH .". = il
Peoples Drug Pfd (6.5O. 11S -.
Real Est N & G pf (.2o) -. Ak AZ
Security Storage (5) ....... l102 zee.
Ter Ref 4 Wh Corp (sl .... 50 ..".
Wdwd 10th pfd (O...... 11S ....
'Ex-divldend. $50 cents extra. (fFlat.)
Evening star., 1936-08-11

today Is no place for weaklings-
would go there alone, spend four or
five days or nights there under the
open sky without food or drink, per-
haps mutilate himself savagely as an
act of penitence, and eventually be-
hold q vision which would guide his
future life. The great medicine men
of Grow history also used to Isolate
themselves there for days at time in
order to receive visions which would
enable them to guide the destinies Of
their people in accordance with the
wishes Of the supernatural powers
Anybody with courage enough to 60
through with such a performance was
almost certain to get message from
on high. Hunger, thirst. loss of
blood from mutilation and the rarified
air of high places are well-known
producers of hallucinations, especially
when combined with a receptive mood
and a suggestive atmosphere. Nearly
every one who went there got what he
expected.
Experience to Remember.
The Crows no longer seek inspira-
ton on the sacred mountain. A few
years ago, however, 1t was an adven-
ture for dude ranchers" in the Big
Horn Forest to spend a night there
alone, but without slashing their
flesh or going hungry. Some of them
claim to have seen things they don't
want to talk about for the rest of
their lives. Even for the hardened
sceptic 1t would be hard to escape
from a moonlit night on the noun
tain without seeing something. One
is literally alone in the sky. Below
are black canyons 2 miles deep.
A misstep in the darkness would send
one to certain humiliation. On the
mountain itself is yawning chasm
in the rock into which one may drop
stone and never hear 1t strike the
bottom. There is a cavern opening
from the top Of the mountain and
leading, for all anybody knows, to its
utmost depths. Nobody ever has
penetrated it more than a few hun
dred feet. From the jack-pine COW
cred dark depths below, as evening
falls, rises the wild, blood -curdling
chorus of the bowling wolves. Strang-
est of all, carved by frosts and winds
on the mountain summit is the most
magnificent and realistic great stone
face in America-the benign face of
a bearded man which might have
been modelled from a likeness of
Herodotus or Aeschylus.
Now as for the significance Of the
great stone wheel. During a tour of
the country. after the meeting OF the
international Congress of Biologists
in Washington a few years ago,
group of emminent European scien-
lists was shown the phenomenon.
They knew lot about geology. but
were hazy on American anthropology.
Almost to a man. say some who ac-
Evening star., 1936-08-11

Crows from time inmemorial have
had great sun dance. 1t was usually
held In a great tepee whose poles led
in straight lines from the center to
the rim. In the center sat the "whis-
perer"-the master of ceremonies. At
the sides sat four men representing
the four winds.
Finally Ccnventionalized.
In the course Of time everything
connected with the ceremony was con-
ventionalized, as Is common in the re-
ligious ceremonial Of all peoples. What
may at first have been purely acci-
dental became a matter Of dogma.
Now proper place to worship the
sun would be the nearest one could
get to the sun For the Crows it hap
pened to be this particular mountain.
Now, before the introduction of horses
and axes, it would have been rather
difficult to have set up a tepee there.
Tremendous labor would have been
involved in carrying up the poles. 1t
would have been next to impossible
to drive stakes In the rocks. So the
sun dancers compromised by laying
out in stone the exact pattern of the
interior of such a tepee and proceeded
to carry out the ceremony under the
open sky. Even at that, says Mr..
Yellowtan, 1t must be very ancient
antedating the use of horses to drag
up poles or the possession Of axes to
sharpen the ends of stakes.
But Mr.. Yellowtail Is a very practical
man-and it is not likely that anything
he can say will stop the growth of
eerie legendry about the great stone
wheel in the surrounding countryside.
About the latest increment to the folk
lore is that on the top of a mountain
about 80 miles away there is laid down
in boulders the shape of great stone
arrow with its point directed directly
at the hub of the wheel But none
of our informants ever had seen the
arrow. or knew exactly where it was.
They had all heard about it from some
body who had seen it.
And why take the ghostliness out Of