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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-08-27
Timely Topics

Members of a Dayton, O., fire
company have come in for quite a
bit of razzing lately, because of a
fire right under their noses which
destroyed their fire truck, 1,400 feet
of hose and two buildings adjoining
the fire house, causing a total dam
age estimated at $4,000.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-08-27

of 81 will be charged for the course.
In addition meals and lodging for
three days may be secured for
charge of SIS. Those desiring lodg-
ing should bring their own linen.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-08-27

Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva Of
the Christian Catholic Church Of
Zion, ILL.,, proved to be a poor dry
weather prophet when he told his
congregation at recent vesper SER
vice that the Lord would allow no
more rain to fall there in 1886. A
few hours later two inches of rain
fell.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-08-27

Herman Voight of Hastings, Mimi,
celebrated his Tooth birthday few
days ago, and laughed over the mis-
take of his doctor, long since dead,
who once told him he was doomed
to die of tuberculosis in short time
That was 60 years ago.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-08-27

President Tawes this week issued
a statement urging all volunteer fire.
men to attend the course and take
advantage of the valuable training
there provided. A registration fee
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-08-27

Sylvester Plumlee, a WPA worker
Of Olney, ILL.,, has just married his
10th wife at the age of GO, his bride
being Mrs. Viola Martin, 81. If his
memory serves him correctly, his
former wives first names were Ma
ry, May, Lou, Sada, Stella, Lulu,
Sarah, Laura, and Julia, the last
having divorced him only a few
weeks ago.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-08-27

"Aunt" Femme Ann Young, no
year-old Negro woman, reputed to
be the Oldest person in Tennessee,
recently went to the polls for the
first time in her life to cast her bal
lot in a primary election. She voted
Democratic.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-08-27

DIR. Frederic S. Fleming, rector
of famed Trinity church, New York,
advocates a moratorium on preach
ing for a year or two. In his an
nual report he said: "May we be de-
livered from any more preaching
campaigns, calculated to arouse a
benumbed and harassed people who
have been preached to death"
Evening star., 1936-11-28
BUILDING COST RISE
EXPECTED NEXT YEAR
Mortgage Bankers Survey Fore
casts Increase in Materials
and Labor.

It will cost more to build home
next year than it has in 1896. but
these costs today are still below
those of the boom times. according to
a survey of 26 large cities made by
Evening star., 1936-11-28

ported by Home Owners Catalog Di-
vision Of r. w. Dodge Corp. in the
Washington metropolitan area. A to-
tai Of $33,15l 900 was made in con-
tracts awarded for residential build
ing during the first 10 months Of
the current year. comparing most IA
vorably with $27.3o3, 900 In the SINH
lar period Of 1885.
Contemplated residential building
In the Middle Atlantic district, in
which Washington is located and
which Is comprised of Eastern Penn
sylvania, Delaware, Southern New
Jersey, Maryland. the District of Co
lumbia and Virginia Is reported by
the catalog division to have made a
strong advance Of 23 per cent during
the 10-month period of the current
year. The total of residential build
ing reported as contemplated DUR
ing the first 10 months Of the cur
rent year was $l67.630, 800, compar-
ing favorably with $136, 1884, 900 re-
ported as contemplated in this class Of
building In the similar period Of 1898.
A 2 per cent advance in actual con-
tracts awarded for non-residential
building Is represented in the 1884
900 total for the first 10 months Of
1896.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
Contracts

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1936-11-28
FILA. MORTGAGE
INCREASE CITED
Administrator Reports 8
Months Total of Insured
Loans at $65, 1872, ,324.

The percentage of Federal housing
insured mortgages which cover new
home construction Is constantly in
creasing, with more than half the
number at the present time devoted to
this type of mortgage. Administrator
Stewart Mcdonald has announced
that during July. August and Sep
tember new-construction mortgages
accepted for insurance jumped to
So. .46 per cent Of the total business.
During those three months new.
construction mortgages totaled $685..
392, 2,324, while the entire volume Of
business accepted amounted to 1922.
326,9l6. The District Of Columbia
leads the Nation with 9l.74 per cent
of mortgages accepted covering new
construction.
Other States which show q major
amount Of construction mort
gage insurance are: Florida, with
90.26 per cent; Texas. 62.17 per cent:
Connecticut, 80.57 per cent: Arkansas,
1906 per cent; Mississippi, 1887 per
cent; New York, 75.75 per cent; New
Mexico, 1856 per cent; North Caro-
lima, 73.45 per cent, and Wisconsin,
1905 per cent.
Figures covering ~ Of the leading
life insurance companies in the United
States show that they are investing
Evening star., 1936-11-28
Danger of Thaws Cited.

Water expands when frozen and
contracts when it thaws. as is we'll
known to most home gardeners. Since
soil is usually moist in Winter. expan-
sion and shrinkage occur whenever
freezing and thawing take place.
Freezing lifts soil and thawing lets it
drop, at the same time making it
moist and wet. The action is most
violent near the surface, since Winter
freezing is seldom very deep, so that
shallow rooted plants are often heaved
entirely out Of the ground by repeated
thaNS
Evening star., 1936-11-28
s22o, ,ooo,oo . week in urban mort

$220, ,000, 900 . week In urban mort
cages.
The largest takers Of this type of
investment are the national banks,
which are permitted by the new bank
ing act to invest in insured mort
cages comparatively freely. A survey
shows that national and State banks
together hold approximately IS per
cent. according to dollar value, of
all mortgages insured by the Federal
Housing Administration.
Only chartered institutions may
hold insured mortgages, according to
the law rs 1t now stands.
Evening star., 1936-11-28

the Mortgage Bankers Association Of
America. A poll of the organization
members in these cities reveals that
73 per cent expect higher general
building costs; II per cent anticipate
increased building material costs. and
81 per cent look for higher labor costs
In 1887.
Results Of the survey showed that
the average cost of building today is
about 1871 per cent lower than at the
all-time high. Costs are 16 per cent
lower in the Southern area. IS per
cent lower in the Middle West, IL
per cent in the Far West and Mountain
States and l2.5 per cent lower in the
East.
Evening star., 1936-11-28

3Ioll 1Aob 68CsJ
this yeas, represents 10 per cent
advance over $57,564,700 In contracts
awarded during the frst 10 months
of 1895.
These figures are given for the
Washington area, which covers the
District Of Columbia. Arlington and
Fairfax Counties in Virginia and
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties in Maryland. The total 1880
population of this area Is 672,19S
persons.
Private construction. always an i'm
port class because of Its effect on
business in general. made . IS per
cent advance during the frst 10
months of the current year, with .
total of $43,775,80o, comparing most
favorably with $32, ,296, 800 in the SINH
lar period Of 1885.
A substantial advance in residen-
tial construction of 81 per cent Is re-
Evening star., 1936-11-28

the convention the Forum points out:
THE major and prevailing opinion
revealed time and again in the leagues
committee meetings, speeches and re-
ports was that Government super.
vision and Intervention in building
and loan affairs has gone far enough,
and that any necessity for such
governmental enterprise as the F. H.
A. has passed"
Since the United States Building
and Loan Leagues l.700 convention
ers wholeheartedly Endorsed the re-
port OF its Committee on the Federal
Housing Administration, the Forum
states, league members will. If super
vision continues unabated, find them
selves committed to bucking a tide in
the affairs of the Nation obviously
stronger than the league"
Evening star., 1936-11-28
LOAN ASSOCIATION
WARNING IS GIVEN
Organizations Told of Grow
ing Demand for Lower
Housing Costs.

In the face of the growing de-
mand for lower overall costs for the
small house. consolidation into larger
units or the acceptance Of dimin-
ishing share of United States home
financing are the only alternatives
open to building and loan associations
today, according to the Architectural
Forum
Commenting upon the forty-fourth
convention of the United States Build
ing and Loan League in New York
City recently, the Forum in its Mo-
vember issue quotes from the well
applauded" speech by Chairman AL
lie S. Freed of the Committee for
Economic Recovery: Your interest
rates should be reduced, within one
half of l per cent of that of other
savings institutions. This
would bring your depositors' rate down
to 2la per cent" This remark, says
the Forum, was "the first overt ex-
preston of a minority sentiment in
this country that the building and
loaners are out of step with con-
temporary trends"
Anomalous Position Pointed Out.
Out of a total of some $4,000
100000 worth of savings in the United
States, about six billions reside in
building and loan vaults. paying from
4 to Az per cent, the Forum observes.
Hardly a penny of the remaining
$4,000, 100000 cached in savings
banks, life insurance companies and
postal savings banks yields to its in
vestor more than 2 per cent. The
time -honored explanation of this
anomalous position is that the build
ing and loaners take the biggest credit
risks on the market and serve a
group which would otherwise have
no facilities for home ownership-an
explanation that to some critics Is
not compensation enough for the
fact that building and loan rates
make home ownership expensive"
Some critics, the Forum points out,
feel that building and loan profess
sionals could-while maintaining their
per cent spread-"enforce stand
ards in housing which would make
4la per cent interest possible and
remedy these faults by initiating the
methods of their English counterparts,
particularly in the matter of branch
Offices and amalgamation into larger,
more impressive units.
Talk Held Significant.
This talk" the Forum concludes,
els important to the building and
loan fraternity if only because it is
being said, but more significantly be-
cause it is symptomatic of a general
tendency to reappraise the entire ques-
ton of home ownership and housing
In this country. What rebuttal the
building and loan fraternity will give
remains to be seen. If they give any
besides a denial it would seem that
they must either consolidate or resign
themselves in future to smaller
and smaller slice of the pie of United
States savings"
In citing other significant items of
Evening star., 1936-11-28
May Number Farm Homes.

Farm houses, like city houses, may
be systematically numbered II Con-
gress takes action on suggested legis-
lation along this line.
The Washington times., 1936-04-15
Cash Farm Income
Gains $68,0OO,OOO

Cash farm income for February
was 400 million dollars, an increase
Of SO million dollars over Febru-
airy, 1885, the Agricultural Depart
ment reported yesterday. The in
come was $16,329, 600 more than
from sale Of crops plus the $751;
671, 900 in AAA rental and benefit
payments which farmers received
in February Of last year.
The Washington times., 1936-04-15
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The Washington times., 1936-04-15
Former Ball Player
Held on Tax Charge

NEW YORK, April IA Q.N:So.
Leon De Montreville, shortstop OF
the st, Louis Cardinals back IN
1908. was under a suspended sem
tence today for operating a 500.
gallon illicit still in New York,
N. Y. De Montreville and five
others were convicted in Federal
Court of defrauding the Govern.
ment of $35, 900 in revenue taxes
through operation Of the still.
The Washington times., 1936-04-15

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-24
By ELMER c. WALZER \ limited Press Financial Editor

New York, Jan. 24-(UP)-Infl ton possibilities again gripped mar kets today as stocks moved irreg1- larIy with metal shares strong: U. s. government bonds eased; the eIol- lar broke below parity in terms of foreign exchanges; several con1mod- ities, including coffee, wool, rubber and cocoa, made new highs for the season.
 Passage by the house of the ,sol- dier bonus bill over a presidential veto brought Inomentary buying into automobile shares which are expected to benefit from spending of bnus funds, but this group slipped back later along with rails, public utilities, steels and farm equipments.
 Talk persisted of a sensational announcement soon to be forthcom- ing on silver. The most often heard rumor was that silver would be raised by the treasury to $2.l0 which is another way of saying the silver dollar would be devalued the same proportion as the gold dollar was cut in 1854. Silver metals held unchanged in New York and eased in London.
 The pound sterling rose sharply. It opened at 45 for the first time since November, 1884. Gold curren- cies followed 1t higher. Silver and Gold stocks met support as traders sought them as possible hedges against imitation.
 U. s. Smelling at 06 1-2 was up 2. American Srnelting rose nearly 8
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-24
ROSE DRESSELL
 WINS CONTEST
St. Margaret's School Girl Captures First Place in
 WATR Spelling Bee

Rose Dressell, 351 Grove street. a pupil in the seventh grade at St. Margaret's school won out over ,Amadeo Marconi of Merrinan and Dorothy Boyle, Wilby freshman, yesterday afternoon and captured first prize in the spelling match at station WATR. This is the second time this week the first honors have gone to a pupil from St. Margaret's, William Harrington having won out in Tuesdays spelling session. These matches are arranged by George Duffy, studio manager, and are given in conjunction with the Waterbury Democrat.
 The other participants in yester- dayl's match were: Samson Proco- pino, Maloney; Michael Stametes, Maloney; Mildred Stametes, Ma loney; Jack Ermida, Maloney; Eu- nice Luth, Sacred Heart; Helen Ab- benante, Maloney; Mary Knapp, Russell; Theresa Bruno, Russell; Lucy Lombardo, Merriman; William Scott, St. Francis; Thonias Doolan. St. Francis Marion Foley, St. Mar garet's; Florence OKeefe, Merri-
 man.
 With the exception of the lone l Wilby freshman, all other contest ants came from the seventh and eighth grades of schools in the city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-24
POWERHOUSE ON
 WHEELS TO RACE
Makers Believe It Can Beat Canlpbell-TO GO
 $50 Miles an Hour

Los Angeles, Jan. 24. (UP)-A stream-lined '.powerhouse" on wheels which its makers believe can travel $50 miles per hour will be Americans challenge to Sir Mal- colrn Campbelp's automobile speed record of 301 miles an hour. Built at cast of $100, 900, the snow-white Yankee Doodle" will be taken to Utah's salt beds within a few months by Lou Moore, noted speed- way driver, for a try at Campbell's mark. Harlan Fengler, it's designer, was confident test would prove 1t the fastest automobile ever built.
 Features in Racer
 Its features including double rac- ing motors powering all four whels. Heaviest power load ever mounted on wheels, 4,O00 horsepow- CT. No axles, with wheels driving direct fro f1nlotors. Perfect stream lining. Backers said the only thing that might keep the car back was rubber. They claim the car would be so fast. it woul d"burn up. the tires if opened up." Trial tests will be conducted shortly over desert straightaway near Mojave, Fengler said tas he put finishing touches on the body at his machine shou in Hollywood.
 Backed By Syndicate
 The syndicate backing the ven- ture includes Fengler, Moore and Less Goossen, former engineer for Harry Miller, famed designer of racing cars. "As soon as she's work ed in Lou will take her to Utah" !" Fengler said. Unless we're way of in figures, one crack at the record will be enough. Wen have nearly twice the power Campbell's Blue- bird had" The car is 30 feet long and a"perfect streamlining," ac- cording to its builders. The body is designed so that the impact of the air resistance will press the wheels to the ground without cut- ting down the cars speed material ly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-24
WATERBURY CAR WAS IN CRASH

New Haven, Conn, Jan. 24.-(UP) Robert H. Stevens, 28, Hacken- sack, N. r., 8 Yale medical school student, was injured seriously to- day in an automobile collision al West Haven.
 A car he was driving struck an- other operated by Charles W. Camp. bell, Waterbury. David Headley, New Haven, riding with Campbell. was thrown through the windshield and severely cut.
 Stevens was returning home from New Britain after leaving his flancee, Miss Eleanor Stonington daughter of Edgar H. L. Stoning- ton, president of the New York Cocoa Exchange. He was driving the latter's car.
 Slippery roads was believed re- sponsible for the accident.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-24

Continued from Page l) nation extraneous to the Italian Ethiopian conflict (evidently re-- ferring to Rritain) adopted meas ures of an extraordinary character without notifying the League of Na- tons and while the League council was still examining the controver- sy."
 were based on "a hypothesis which Italy must consider not only arbi- trary but completely llon.existeint." 1" It then cited Premier Benito Mus solini's speech on the day of Italy's test mobilization" in which he said Italy would do everything pos- sible to keep . colonial conflict from assuming European proportions. Note Denies Story Y
 The note then again denied that the League as Q body had adopted economic and financial measures against Italy.
 The governments of those League states which are applying the aforementioned measures against Italy, the note declared, have instead acted ip pursuit of decisions which each took indiv- idually." M
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-24
70 WPA MEN ON
 PROJECT TODAY
Sanitary Sewer Job on Snnnyside Ave. Begun
 This Morning

work on the new WPA sanitary sewer job was started this morning oa Sunnyside avenue and 1t is be- 1leved the propject will keep about 70 WPA workers busy for several weeks. A line of pipe will be laid from Riverside street to Wilson street on Sunnyside and 1t is esti- mated the job will cost about $l0,- n0O. Some of the projects in the city have been held up during the past week due to the fact 1t has been irn- possible to work under prevalent weather conditions, but this new project got underway this morning according to schedule.
 William E. Kennedy, engineer, is n charge of work on this extensive pipe line and 600 feet of sanitary sewer pipe, a new type of cast iron ~sOil' pipe, is being used on the job. Since the start of the sewer con- struction work in the city, with the exception of a few small repair jobs, the sanitary type of sewer has al- ways been used, and believed great Improvement over the old wrought iron" pipe originally installed. The new type is constructed so as to withstand any acid accumulation, a thing that was very instrumental in the rapid deterioration of the old pupil inn the seventh grade at St. pipe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-24
YOUTH WANTS TO
 HONOR COOLIDGE

Boston, Jan. 24 - (UP) - The youngest petitioner for legislation in Massachusetts, 300 year history to- day urged the committee on state ad- rninistration to approve @ resolve for erection of a memorial to the late President Calvin Coolidge. The petit tioner was Jacob Prager of Boston's west end, Q small, brown haired boy who, at l8, is an author and also di- rector of the Jacob Riis Civic league.
 The bill would authorize the state art commission ito erect within the state house or on the grounds there- of @ suitable memorial to commem- crate the services" of MT. Coolidge who was governor of Massachusetts before he became president. Prager pointed out that whereas Massachu- setts' other two presidents, John and John Quincy Adams, had been hcnored, there was no me- morial to Mir. Coolidge. Tt would not only beautify the state house grounds" the youth argued, but it would awaken in the youth of the state Q spirit to emulate MT. Cool idge."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-24
FRANK PALKA TO KNOW FATE SOON
Accused Slayer of Two Bridgeport Officers
 Nears End of Trial

Bridgeport, Conn, Jan. 24.-(UP) Counsel for Frank Palka made Q final dramatic effort today before a superior court jury to save the 23-yeAr-old aviation worker from the electric chair as the murderer of two policemen.
 The state closed its preliminary arguments after drawing a word picture of the staying of Sergt Thomas Kearney and PatrOlman Wilfred Walker after 43O radio robbery last August and pointing to pallEa as the gunman who took their lives when they hailed a sus- pect on the street for questioning
 In contrast to the soft-spokeri deliberate accusations of the state Chief Defense Counsel David Gold stein disclaimed he guilt of the former Buffalo. N. Y., youth.
 Played Up Picture
 Laying his hand on Pall1a's shoul- der, he turned to the jury and de- clared Gentlemen, this 23-year-old youth is innocent"
 "If the two officers were here, as they are in heaven today, they would call down and say We are not looking for revenge. If the boy did not know what he was doing, do not take his life'"
 Goldstein fought to save Palka from the death sentence on grounds he was intoxicated the night of the robbery, did not recall the robbery or shooting, and that the crime was not premeditated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-24
ITALIAN FORCES
 WON BIG VICTORY

Rome, Jan. 24.-(UP) The 1tal- ian forces have won a complete vic- tory in a heavy three-day battle in the Tembien region of northern Ethiopia, Marshal Pietro Badoglio, commander -in-chief, reported today in war communique No. 105. The communique said: Marshal Badog- lio telegraphs that our command re- ceived information that formidable Ethiopian forces commanded by Ras Kassa had been transferred into southern Tembien in recent days to attempt a big attack, so it was de- cided to prevent the enemy plan by attacking vigorously.
 "The action, which surprised the enemy. opened fiercely and lasted during the Fist, 22nd and 23rd, end- ing last night in complete victory for our maneuver. Particulars of the battle will be given in successive communiques. Gen. Graziani has promulgated from Neghelli an order which abolishes slavery in all forms In the entire territory of Gala Borana. One of our airplanes crash- ed during the battle which preced- cd the capture of Neghelli."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-24
ANTHONY EDEN
 WINS DEMANDS

Geneva. Jan. 24.-(UP)--Anthony Eden, British foreign secretary, and Arthur Greiser, president of the Danzig senate, reached an agreement today for settlement of Eden's charges before the league of nations council this week that the Nazi gov- ernment in the free city had passed unconstitutional decrees.
 0reiser agreed to modify the de- crees, 1t was understood, and the council was expected to approve Eden's report on the settlement this afternoon.
 Several council, members of other nations promised Eden unqualified support to bring modification of the decrees when he strongly attacked the city's Nazi government early this week.