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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-17

NOTICE TO THE Stockholders OF
THE NORRIS PLAN BANK OF WASH
INGToN-This is to notify you that q
special meeting of the stockholders of the
Morris Plan Bank of Washington is called
for the Both day of September, 1887. at
IL noon. at the offices of the said bank,
140S H St. Northwest, Washington, D. c.,
for the purpose of considering an amend
mept to the Certificate of Incorporation
of the said bank for the purpose of au-
torizing the. removal of the banking quar-
tiers from the present location to 14th and
G Streets N. W. and for the purpose of
enabling the Bank to engage in general
banking business. including safe deposit
facilities WILLARD G. BARKER, Presi-
dent and Director; THOMAS C. BoU-
SHALL, Director: W. CAMERON BURTON,
Director; VIM. CLARK TAYLOR, Director.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-17

For data on Rooms Houses and APtns"ts state require
ens coupon beO and mail to Barbara HOme" Ere" Ke"t0
Service Herald Times. 1917 ST. ~ w. o" call 1" person"
HOUSE, ROOM NO OF RMS LOCATION
APARTMENT
Evening star., 1937-12-18
BY DOROTHY DUCAS and ELIZA
BETH GORDON.

by DOhOIHY DUCAS and ELIZA
BETH GORDON.
ITO CLOSE door and be able to
shut out the irritating sounds
of the outside world Is q goal
L achieved by few people, and
one toward which many OF us are
striving. That's why soundproofing
materials are among those most in
demand on the market today. But
nothing is more soundproof than its
weakest part, and in most cases the
weak sister is the door.
This need not be, for there is such
q thing as soundproof door. We
have found one which prevents the
transfer Of sound vibrations from
one side to the other almost as ef-
fectively as a properly made sound
proof wall partition. And besides its
intrinsically high sound insulation
value. the door Is equipped with a
mechanism for tight sealing at the
bottom. where sounds ordinarily are
apt to wriggle through.
If you have gone to the trouble
of soundproofing room you should
provide a door of nearly the same
insulating capacity. You will sacri-
fee nothing in appearance by doing
SO, for the door We have in mind
is as good-looking in appearance by
doing so, for the door we have in
mind is as .good-looking. as sturdily
built and as moderate in weight as
any door you could find.
1t is not much of trick, accord
ing to the manufacturers of this
sound-insulating door, to build a
soundproof door, If you forget about
such practical matters as weight,
thickness, appearance, durability and
cost. Such door would be nothing
but laboratory stunt, pure and SIM
Pile. The real job is done only if
you make a door that has all the
necessary qualities of good door
plus high sound-insulating properties.
To get this result" they say, the
laboratory and the factory have to
get together, and the cost man with a
sharp pencil has to sit in with them. !"
The door they make is the result
of such scientific knowledge, prac-
tical experience and cost informa-
ton, they declare. 1t is, essentially, a
substantial frame composed of 2l2-
inch thick veneered stiles and rails,
carrying specially designed acoustically
damped, veneered panels which are
foated in the frame through the
use of special sponge rubber insert
channels. These channels are so de-
signed that they effectively seal the
joint between the panels and the
frame. The exposed part of the sponge
rubber insert channel looks like an
ebony inlay in flush door,
The door weighs about pounds a
square foot. To the unexposed or
inside face of the panels are applied
layers of specially prepared inert
Evening star., 1937-12-18

survey was headed by Robert L. Day.
ison, director of housing research for
the John P. Pierce Foundation, as
chairman, and Peter A. Stone, chief
Of construction statistics section, w.
P. A., as director.
Other members of the General Com
mittee include: Gen. Hugh S. john
son, Mayor F. H. La Guardia of New
York, William Green, president of
the American Federation of Labor;
A. D. Lewis of the United Mine Work.
ers. Edward F. McGrady of the Radio
Corp. of America, David Sarnoff, pres
ident of r. c. A.. and Paul M. Pear
son Of the United States Housing Au-
thority.
Evening star., 1937-12-18
NORTHERN VIRGINIA
IMPROVEMENTS CITED

Joseph A. Herbert, jr., Washington
realtor, described methods Of appraisal
and valuations of properties at tho
meeting of the Observation-Disclosures
Fairfax Real Estate Board, held Tues
day night at the Washington Golf and
Country Club. 1t was the first of a
series Of monthly meetings which the
board, under the leadership of it's new
president, John F. Webster, plans to
hold.
During his talk Mr.. Herbert stated
that because of number of improve
ments made in Northern Virginia in
the past few years real estate values
in the section will continue to in
crease. He cited among the improve
ments the new sewer system installed
in Arlington County with aid of P. W..
A. funds, great highway improvements.
the $500, 900 central post Office building
erected in Arlington and the new tele-
phone exchange building.
Evening star., 1937-12-18

would have to be the lifting of half
the tax load from homes and the
cutting in two of financing charges.
Until taxes and financing costs on
homes have been halved, millions of
families will be without their
'fastighets.' their owned homes, their
security, and will be denied the
health, the joys and the satisfactions
which the ownership of a home pro-
videS
when our national leaders of
finance and government will act as
courageously as those of the countries
across the water, then the sound of
the hammer and the saw can again
become our newest industrial anthem.
AS to methods we have a wide
variety of choices. The simplest would
seem to be to take leaf from our own
history, as we'll as from the recent ex-
perience of European countries, and
restore the privileges and the safe
guards of the homestead. One way to
accomplish this would be to create
Federal homestead registration system
which would permit any citizen who
desires to own a home or cooperative
apartment to register the project he
wishes to undertake with a Federal
bureau. Such registrants would be
eligible for 80 per cent mortgage loans
repayable in 80 years at a rate of in
terest Of 3 per cent. The Government
could insure such loans if made by
private capital or could make them
available from Government sources.
If the Government acts as trustee for
all homesteads until they are paid for,
it could limit their taxes by agreement
with local governments, so that a
homestead owner would not pay more
than l per cent of the value of his
home in taxes in any one year. A plan
as simple as this would release the
long pent up forces that are struggling
for freedom to act, and, without sub
s.dy or demonstration would give us
home building activity greater than
our Nation has ever known"
Evening star., 1937-12-18
z PER CENT DIVIDEND

A semi-annuai dividend of 2 per
cent for the six-month period end
ing on December 81 was declared by
the Board Of Directors of the First
Federal Savings g. Loan Association
Of Alexandria, at their regular monthly
meeting held at the Offices of the
association, 803 King street, Tuesday,
1t was announced today by c. T.
Nicholson, vice president and execu-
tive officer. This dividend represents
an increase Of u per cent over the
dividend paid on June 80, 1887, and
Is at tire rate of per cent per year.
Beginning business just two years
ago, the association has enjoyed a
rapid and steady growth, with divi-
dend Of 1la per cent paid to share
holders of record at the end of every
six-month period since its inception.
Assets of the association have in
creased more than so per cent in
the past year of operation, With ap-
proximately a quarter of million
dollars Of assets currently.
Evening star., 1937-12-18
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material in intimate contact with the
panel itself, which mechanically
damps the vibration of the panel.
Sound, you know, does not pass
through q solid wall the way light
passes through glass. 1t sets up mi
mute vibrations in the structure as a
whole, ard the vibrations in turn i'm
part sound 70 the air on the other side
Of the wall. Therefore, If you reduce
the vibrations picked up from the
sound wave by the face of the wall
and also reduce the transfer of that
energy so it won't be strong enough
to start sound waves on the other side
you have solved the problem
There Is an automatic bottom clos
ing device on this door which COM
pletely seals the crack at the thresh-
old when the door Is shut. It releases
instantly as the door starts to open,
avoiding any drag against the floor.
It looks like narrow chromium
plated kick-plate on the stop side VI
the door.
The stiles, rails and panels can be
veneered with any kind of wood YOU
wish to match the decorations of your
room. They come all equipped with
special stops, stop adjusters. gaskets
and closing devices. All you have to
do is let the company know which
way you want the door to swing.
\ X 4
A RE the tapes on your Venetian
blinds a bit soiled? Then why
not cover them with new tape, with
out removing the old one?
You can give your windows a fresh
look by pinning over the old tapes a
decorative new one which attaches
itself right to the old tape by means
of patented clips. They can be taken
off when you want to wash the blinds.
and, indeed, can be plunged into the
suds and hung to dry like a pair of
stockings.
Available in plain colors and in fig
ured designs, you undoubtedly can
find a pattern which suits the dec
orative scheme of your room. They
completely cover the old tapes, and
hold fast, without revealing the old
tapes presence at all.
Evening star., 1937-12-18
Beautifying the Window.

A few tubes of oil paint and an ordi-
nary window shade may transfer your
bathroom window into a thing of
beauty. A design Of vermilion fish,
blue-green seaweed, blue bubbles and
natural colored coral branches, may
be repeated as many times as your
shade requires. A white or light green
shade is recommended Trace the de-
sign very lightly over carbon paper
onto the shade. Keep the paint
thmned with turpentine so that the
effect will not be heavy looking. Ver-
million or gold draperies of oiled silk
add further charm to the general
effect.
Evening star., 1937-12-18

Special frost-proof closets are avail
able for use in unheated buildings
lnasmuch as the valve for these flx-
lures is placed below the frost line,
they cannot freeze even in severe be-
low zero weather.
Evening star., 1937-12-18
Survey
Continued From First Page.)

the national income increased in that
period.
5. Since 1888 the number of fam
lilies paying $50 or more month rent
or rent equivalent has decreased, while
the number of families receiving in
comes of $4,000 or more a year has
increased, indicating, the report said,
"a positive resistance in the upper in
come groups to paying the 1929 pro-
portion of income for rent or rent
equivalent.
6. In 1887 the number of families
paying $50 or more month is ap-
proximately one-third of the number
paying $50 or more in 1880.
According to the best evidence
available" the report said, "the group
in the $4,000 and over income class
was reduced by two-thirds in 1885
compared with 1920, and is coming
back at much slower rate than is
the national income"
Low Income Study Next.
The National Housing Committee,
organized last May, is headed by Msgr.
James A. Ryan of Catholic University.
In the next few months it plans to
study the problem of how to provide
housing for families in the low-in-
come groups. The special committee
which prepared the housing market
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-06-11

and johnson went to CARRIERS ct
sheridan to attend the annual
luncheon.
home at Waller, Thursday.
Miss Ayers, who has been IN
Lodge Grass for the past two
weeks in charge of daily Bible
vacation school, returned TO hel
Dr.. w. A. Petzoldt, Mrs. Petzoldt
and Rev. and Mrs. Hubbard were
in Billings Monday. Dr.. Pet1oidt
spoke at the. Billings Rotary club
meeting on .eeThe Worlds Troubles
Mr.. and Mrs. Pitcher of Rapeue
arrived at the home Of MI. and
Mrs. ChaS. Boyd, Saturday, and
Monday they, with the Boyd fam
lily, left for points In Dakota and
Minnesota to spend q month Wis
iting relatives,
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-06-11
HISTORIC BUILDINGS AT
VIRGINIA CITY BURNED

Saturday, May 30, fire destroyed
three historic buildings between
the Masonic temple and the Eli
ling State Bank building at vir-
ginia City. The building next the
Masonic temple housed the state
liquor store, which went up in
smoke entailing a loss of $500
for stock. The fire departments
Of Alder 10 miles distant, and
Sheridan 20 miles away, aided
the department Of the ancient
capital to extinguish the flames,
The stone Masonic temple, oldest
in the state, was damaged to the
extent of 1000.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-06-11


Mrs. Brookins spent Friday IN
Sheridan.
M. and MRS. clayton moved to
Dayton, Wyo., Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Smith were
Sheridan visitors Saturday.
Ralph Wright was q business
visitor in Sheridan, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Clani1
spent the day in Sheridan, Satur-
Boyd Hopper spent last week at
the home OF Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Carr.
Geo. Chase from Sheridan is
visiting old friends in town this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Lynde were
visiting in town Monday and
Mrs. Dave and Mrs. Jim Pease
and Celia Simpson were business
visitors in Hardin, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Laymsn Waddle
and Elaine Sharp went to Cook
City, Monday, to visit relatives.
Among the visitors from Lodge
Grass creek Tuesday, were Mrs.
VIM. Miller and Mrs. Frank Goe.
Mrs. Carl Cresswell, who spent
the past week in Lodge Grass, re-
turned to her home in Sheridan,
Tuesday.
Among the folks who were in
Hardin, Friday, were Mr.. Cum
mings and Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Thomas. ~
Guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Burleson, Thursday, were Mrs.
John Stevens and Mr. and Mrs.
D. Stevens.
Mr.. and Mrs. viii Thomas and
Doris Jean Pemberton were shop
ping in Billings, Friday, and Wis
iting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Carney and
Patricia went to Broadus, Friday,
to spend the week with MT. Car
ney'S parents ~
Miss Frances Stevens is at
the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Stevens. to spend her
summer vacation. ;
Mrs. Percy Forman and child
rem were visiting Friday at the
Sheridan hospital, where Mr.. For
man is a patient.
MIR. and Mrs. Oliver Wise have
moved their household effects to
Parkman, where Mr.. Wise will be
employed indefinitely.
Bill Smith returned to his home
Friday after spending the year at
Butte. where he attended the
school of mining engineering.
F r. Forman returned Monday
from the Sheridan County Memoir
lal hospital, where he has been q
patient for the past two weeks.
Sunday dinner guests at the
home of MI. and Mrs. Clarence
Neal were Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Sharp
and MI: and Mrs. Jack Clifford
from Billings.
The members Of the Travel club,
including Mesdames Givens, Pet
zoldt, Fitzgerald, Cooley, Lyndes,
Theresa Lyndes and Misses Odds
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-06-11

Fred Bensel, ST.. returned Tues
day from washington, where h
has been visiting relatives.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-06-11

Ed Lacken Of the Sawyer Office
at Billings visited Tuesday with
the local force Of Hardin's Saw
yer store.
Evening star., 1937-09-26

the sundial. It's pretty. So is the
house. Is it yoursr'
''Only half of it," said James.
''Ohw Her face paled a little.
who l mean.
81 think you know" said James.
never having dreamed this could hap
pen. but meaning to make the most
of it. "and I'd tell you; only. you'd
be finding a company rule why you
shouldn't listen"
SILLY! 1t Uas a company rule"
"Was?" said James quickly. Have
they taken it off. then?"
mo. l changed. l took new place
last Monday"
"Nowr' said James. And didn't
know"
mo. So. l mean. l really did
come to see the dial. 1t seemed 50
strange"
How did she mean strange?
James rislked another step. "Is it
Miriam or Mary?" he said next. The
M. CT"
''Maureen - Maureen Cooper"
''Maureen." The way he said it put
a hush on the world. She drew her
breath in a quick gasp.
Il shouldn't have come" she cried.
II don't know what got into me"
you should" said James. why
shouldn't your" Fear touched him.
There isn't someone else, Maureen?"
"Yes. That is. had half promised"
"A half a promise is nothing. Who
is hep
1T doesn't matter. He's very nice.
I've known him long time. But. ."
She doubled her small fists suddenly.
do you like music?"
"Inever knew what it was till now"
said James.
Evening star., 1937-09-26
For Snopshooters

trait. 1t obviously depicts man who
lives and loves the outdoor life; likes
to rough it" and is fond of his dogs.
1t is a character study of the real
storytelling type. and that is what
you should strive for in any picture.
Informal portraits or character
studies might we'll be placed in two
classes - posed and "off guard" the
latter being taken when the subject is
not aware of the camera. Unless your
subject is a pretty good actor. or can
pose naturally. off-guard shots will
usually prove to be the most appealing.
Watch your backgrounds. A strictly
neutral background. such as the one
above, is much better than one of in
congruous objects. A bad background
can ruin an otherwise excellent human
interest picture.
The Snopskootss Asks:
Question: I have teex told that 1 s0iU
get better pictures il I use filter in
connections with a color sensitive fIns
sxch as panckyowaiic film. Viii tie
picture shoso natxyaI coIors? (R. v. s.
Answer: No. The use of filter will
simply result in certain colors photo
graphing lighter or darker A filter
may be selected that will result in the
various colors photographing rela-
lively as light and dark as they ap-.
pear to the eye; or filter may be
chosen that will result in any given
color photographing lighter or darker
than normal. so that it will stand out
from its surroundings. For example,
Evening star., 1937-09-26
Counts Only Sunny Hours
Continued from poes twelve

"And flowers and gardens and birds
- things like that?"
IAN things like that" he said, in
cluding her.
almost nobody does" Her words
were. somehow. a cry of starvation.
He knew all he needed to know of her
story in that one moment. He thought
of his mother. "And a girl has her
dreams. When you came, it wasn't
just that you were big and handsome
and clean and strong. There was some
thing gentle and sweet -"
1T was the sundial," said James
in awe. ''Maureen. Maureen. it's only
the ribbon of your hat I'm touching,
to see if you are real."
And there he stood. with the hat in
his hands; and she was a huddle of
white on the ground, hugging the
sundial post.
"Heyr' he cried out at last. After
all. hat is only straw and ribbon. And
the post was pine, with no feelings.
Ihe Ed
Evening star., 1937-09-26
September rs. 1887

n INFORMAL portraits or character
studies" are angles of amateur
photography which seem to be
neglected. Babies and children ap-
parently lead the parade of snapshots,
followed by animals and pets. land
and seascapes. buildings. boats and
various other subjects. down to the
lowly insect.
The dyed-in-the-wool camera fan
will climb a tree and perch there for
hours waiting for bird to take off or
land on her nest. He will risk life and
limb to climb rocky ledge to get an
unusual view. or he may sit on a hill
top for hours to capture striking cloud
formations.
It's the obvious. however, that we
so often completely overlook. The
chances are that right in your neigh
borhood are excellent subjects for
character pictures who would have no
objections to your swapping them in
characteristic pose.
For example. there is perhaps an
elderly gentleman in your neighbor-
hood who has retired from business
and spends his time working in his
flower garden. The chances are that
he would be ideal material for a good
character study. You'll find interest
ing characters around railroad termi-
nails, markets. river fronts, in the slum
district or - last but far from least -
on the streets you travel every day.
The picture here is a good example
of a character study. or informal por-
Evening star., 1937-09-26

Have you q "ssopshoofins" prob
ism7 The expert who conducts this
column moy bs obIs 70 hsip yov.
Write 70 This Week Mosoziss in
cure Of this nswspepss, enclosing q
sfomped, ssN-oddrssssd envelope.
Evening star., 1937-09-26
Whot Of 1t?
BY R. w. DAWSON

NEwsLINE: Trailer popularity means
realty problem Reviving the old
adage that it is cheaper to move than
to pay rent.
AND the state income takers are
liable to be sunk by the floating popu-
lation.
JHE ancient Greeks had name for
the trailer - the Colossus of Roads"
a CARS radio entertainment is some
times punctuated by discordant fiat.
Evening star., 1937-09-26
THIS WEEK

red filter might be used in connection
with panchromatic film when photo
graphing a white house outlined against
a blue sky. Then the sky would photo
graph dark, with the white house
standing out in contrast.
Evening star., 1937-12-03
An Equitable Plan.

The proposal to reduce the number
OF taxicabs operating in Washington,
heartily Endorsed by virtually all Dis
trict officials and local organizations, has
met with an objection which seems
based on misconception of the pro-
posed method or on callous indiffer-
ence to the welfare of the public as q
whole. There are nearly 5000 taxicabs
being operated in the city, and the Pub
lie Utilities Commission has asked Con-
gress for authority to reduce this num-
ber to $500.
This would be done through the in
vocation of convenience and neces-
sity" rule, widely used in other cities.
The first step under such a rule would
be to empower the commission to re-
fuse to issue licenses for any new taxi
cabs pending reduction in the existing
number. Then, under the commission s
proposal, voluntary retirement" plan
would be put into effect This means
that If any present owner voluntarily
gave up the license to his taxicab the
commission would refuse to reissue the
license until the desired reduction had
been effected, but no person now driv-
ing taxicab would be deprived of the
right to do so, except for cause. The
qualification, for cause" means that
if any taxicab owner operates his vehicle
in such a manner as to become a public
menace-by drunken driving, for in
stance-the taxicab's license will be cam
celed and not re-issued to another
person.
While this plan seems eminently fair,
and certainly could not work an injus-
tlce to any one now driving a taxicab,
the objection has been made that "one
man has as much right to use the streets
as another and that those already in
the field are motivated by purely selfish
considerations in trying to keep others
out. This objection overlooks two i'm
portant points. First, no person has
any vested right TO use the public streets
for gain. The mere fact that one man
already is operating a taxicab does not
give another man the right to do the
same If, in the judgment of the proper
public officials, he should not be per-
mitted to do So Secondly, the rights and
the interest of the entire public should
be paramount to the special interests
OF any group.
Under the present set-up, there is real
danger that the taxicab business will be-
come "self-destroying industry" There
are SO many taxicabs on the streets that
the drivers cannot earn an ADEQUATE
livelihood unless they work such long
hours that they become physically ex-
hausted and dangerous to the public.
The number of cabs has been increas-
ing rapidly each year, and if this con-
dltlon continues, the downtown streets
Will become so congested that private
vehicles will be unable to operate freely.
II these undesirable and unsafe condi-
tions are to be rectified, Congress must
give District officials the needed author
ity and this should be done without
any unnecessary delay.