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Evening star., 1937-02-13
C0l0rfuI Front Doors Seen
Beneficial to Certain Houses
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February 13.-The
colorful. painted front doors so much
in evidence now, especially on houses
in new real estate developments in
New York's committing areas, add a
gay touch to the landscape. OF course
they are carefully harmonized with the
rest of the house facade; and they
have the advantage of looking we'll on
the Colonial style houses so much in
favor. In fact, painting the door Of
remodeled house green, terra Gotta.
red or blue helps to give it a Colonial
air.
If you paint your front door blue.
for example. have your shutters in
the same color, and, in the Summer
time, the screen frames. These color
full doors and shutters are most ef-
fective with white houses, say archi-
tects, but they can be harmonized with
other colors, too. Tan, cream, or brown
houses are accented by red or terra
Gotta doors. On white houses. any
color can be used-even brilliant yell
low was seen the other day on an
attractive suburban dwelling. Often
the colors are mixed to suggest faded
blue or green, the mellowed colors of
old Colonial houses.
The owner of house with brick
or stone front has a wide range of
colors from which to choose A cheer
full red door, enhanced by black
frame, is effective on a house with
a stone front and different shades of
Evening star., 1937-02-13
CONTINUED GAINS
IN BUILDING SEEN
Prediction of Boom Based
on Improvement in Busi-
ness Conditions.

Government experts foresee q build
ing boom. according to report issued
by the Department of Commerce, in
which they predict continued gains
in construction, particularly in home
building. The governments conclu-
sions are based on improved business
conditions and increasing demand for
structural materials.
Dealing with the lumber industry,
the government report shows for the
first half of 1886 an increased con-
sumption Of lumber of about Is per
cent over a similar period in 1885,
according to the National Lumber
Manufacturers Association, quoted in
the government report.
The first II months Of last year
showed an increase in excess of 76
per cent, over the same period in 1885,
in the consumption of building brick
and hollow building tile, according to
Structural Clay Products, Inc. Antici-
pating the building boom which the
government expects. this organization
has adopted practical program under
which, in cooperation with the U. S.
Bureau of Standards in Washington
and other government bureaus, it is
Evening star., 1937-02-13

advising not only the industry but
architects and contractors as to tests
and latest improved methods Of brick
and tile construction.
'The construction Of dwellings Is
still only 40 per cent Of normal" said
Representative Ellenbogen Of Penn
sylvania. "At the height Of its activi-
ties the construction industry gave en-
ployment directly and indirectly to
five million people. The stimulation Of
the building industry Is the most i'm
portant single step that we must take
to give employment to those still un-
employed. Last year, predicted that
q housing shortage would develop in
the United States. Today that short
age has become fact. Conservatively
estimated, we must build at least 10
million new homes In the United
States during the next 10 years. That
means one million new homes every
single year."
The Representatives suggestion Of q
million new homes year Is impos-
sible, according to the building trades.
Lie Ndtiouhl ASooCidtiou Vi ouuo1As
Trades Employers already reports a
building labor shortage throughout
the country. Duluth complained of q
bricklayer shortage. Kansas City found
scarcity Of bricklayers and iron
workers. Des Moines blamed its
shortage on the w. p. A. Seventeen
other cities complained Of scarcity in
one craft or another.
Evening star., 1937-02-13

green-ranging from light to dark
are pleasing on brick houses.
Architects and decorators have dis
covered also that painted doors
brighten the otherwise somber fronts
of city houses. On the upper East Side
of New York. long rows of brownstone
houses have been made up-to-date
with doorways painted dull green,
yellow and cobalt blue. Where stucco
has been used to cover the old fronts
of city houses, the yellow, gray or
white of the exterior finds an artistic
accent in colorful door.
Inside the house, a door painted In
color will often add touch of cheer
full decoration which gives somber
room distinction. An obtrusive door
in the basement game room is made
a decorative accent by painting it a
contrasting color, say, Chinese or
lacquer red, blue or yellow.
This vogue for individually painted
doors has even revived the old-time
colorful barn doors, or their modern
equivalent, the garage doors, thus
eliminating the usual Insignificant
effect of the detached garage. Usually
the color scheme of the house entrance
is followed.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
DOWNTOWN BUSINESS
PROPERTIES ARE SOLD
Apartment Building Also Dis
posed OF by Real Estate
Concern,

The sales of three downtown busi-
ness properties and large apartment
building at 1850 Harvard street were
consummated by Shannon & Luchs
Co., realtors, during January. In addi-
tion to these sales there were many
residential, investment properties and
lots sold.
The sales reported are as follows:
No. 727 Seventh street, business
property sold for E. r. True. jr.. to
local investor: 1750 Harvard street,
apartment building, sold to an out-of-
town investor for G. B. Bryan; 512
Twelfth street. downtown business
property, sold for j. F. w. and A. A.
Vorkeoper to local investors; lot In
Luxmanor, Md, sold to Mr.. and Mrs.
C. w. Phifer; 1405 Delafield street,
sold to E. K. Mcmahon for M. A.
Henderson, and 4808 Third street,
modern four-family fat, sold for D.
c. Sanitary improvement Co. to a
local investor.
Lot on Sixteenth street, sold to c.
M. Davis for M. z. Bowie; 28OI
Twenty-eighth street, sold for c. F.
MCGUIRE to G. w. Eager and L. c.
Bowles; five lots on D street northeast
between Nineteenth street and Twen-
tieth street, sold to Fourteenth Street
Heights Corp. for E. S. Warren 1920
Riggs place, sold for E. R. Oke to j.
M. Johnston; lot on Deane avenue
northeast, sold to M. Ring for r N
Smith, and 602-04 Flower avenue,
Takoma Park, two 1-story stores,
sold for H. C. Uphold to NJ P. and A.
N. Bougades.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
HOUSE IS COOLED
WITH WELL WATER
$40 Average Cost of System Tried
Out in Suburbs of
Chicago.

An eight-room house in Chicago and
suburbs can be cooled in the Summer
by the use Of we'll water at an average
cost Of $40, c. D. Letter of the F. E.
Myers & Bro. Co., Ashland, Ohio, said
In an address on Summer Air Condi-
tioning Using Well Water" at the
annual convention Of the Warm Air
Heating and Air Conditioning Asso-
citation.
We'll water, cooled underground by
nature without cost, is not only the
most economical cooling agent, but
actually the only one within the finan-
cial reach of the vast majority of home
owners" Mr. Letter said.
Operating costs of well-water air.
conditioning installations have been
accurately kept. For many residence
units in various localities during diff
ferent Summers, these costs have
never exceeded 20 per cent Of the cost
Of operating mechanical systems to ac-
complish the same results.
We'll water temperatures in all Sec
tions Of the United States, except the
extreme Southern and Southeastern
States. where humidity is excessive
are low enough to accomplish salts
factory Summer air conditioning.
I'm the Southwestern section, be-
cause of lack Of moisture in the air, a
very good job of cooling can be done
with well water of higher tempera-
lures.
I'm the more largely populated sec
tions of the Eastern and Central
States, where climatic conditions make
Summer air conditioning highly de-
sirable. well water temperatures. which
vary from AZ degrees to SIS degrees, are
low enough to insure complete and
highly satisfactory Summer air condi-
tioning."
Evening star., 1937-02-13
COLONIAL VILLAGE
CONTRACTS SIGNED
Third Unit to Be Built at
CIarendon-Rents 1881
a Room.

Insurance contracts were closed
yesterday by the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration on a mortgage to finance
the construction of new unit to
Colonial Village, Clarendon, Va, the
flrst large scale housing project to be
completed under terms of the insured
mortgage system. The expansion will
be known as Colonial Village Addition
and will increase the total number of
dwelling units in the project to 974.
Colonial Village Addition is the
third unit to be constructed at Claren-
don and will represent an operation
totaling $3,766,100. It will be located
on a 912-acre tract to the north of
the original development and calls for
the construction of "a buildings con-
tanning 236 apartments, totaling 1856
rooms. The buildings will be of the
two-story, semi-fireproof walkup type.
Apartments will range from three to
five rooms, with 72 per cent being
s-room units.
The New York Life Insurance Co.
has taken the mortgage amounting to
$725,0 900. The total cost of the project
is estimated at $777,500. Average rent
Of one room per month will be 1881.
Principal sponsor of Colonial Village
Is Gustave Ring, president of Colonial
Village Extension. Inc. The project is
located just across the Potomac River
within short distance of the business
center of the District of Columbia.
An increasing demand prompted the
third increase in the number of
apartments at Colonial Village. The
first development was completed in
the Fall of 1885 when 276 dwelling
units were erected. The original mort
gage was for s875,oOO with the total
cost of the project estimated at $1,128,-
600. At that time, applications for ac-
commodations were II times capacity.
Later, Colonial Village extension was
constructed and completed in the
Summer of 1886 which added an ad-
ditional 462 dwelling units to the
development. The mortgage for the
extension was for Sl,480,000 and the
total cost, S1.860,0O0.
Demand for housing accommodations
continued to be three to four times the
capacity of Colonial Village Construc-
ton on the addition is scheduled to
begin Immediately.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
Designers Put on Mettle.

The tendency to small kitchens has
put designers on their mettle to pro-
vide all the necessary space and equip
ment in the small area and in such
relationship that the work can be
performed easily and efficiently. Too
many small kitchens lack adequate
table-work space that is so essential
to the proper preparation of meal.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
TENANTS CONSIDERED
r. H. A. Insists Big Developments
Please Residents.

Planning for the continued satisfac-
tion of tenants to obtain a sustained
income for large-scale housing projects
is deemed of major importance by the
Federal Housing Administration when
considering the insurability of loan
on such a development according to
Eugene H. Klaber, assistant director CT
Large-scale Housing Division, Federal
Housing Administration.
The security of an insured mort
gage loan on such a development de-
pends upon the constant and sus-
tained income over the entire life Of
the mortgage. Mr.. Klaber says, rather
than upon the financial competency
Of an individual. Therefore "the ten
ant be pleased" requirement necessi-
tates competent planning to produce
the environment and structures that
will assure continuous income.
Evening star., 1937-02-13
Farm Wages Index High.

Farm wages averaged 103 per cent
Of their pre-war level at the beginning
of this year, compared with an index
Of "a a year earlier. the Bureau of
Agricultural Economics has reported.
The index Is now the highest since
1881,
Evening star., 1937-02-13
Native Brick Is Best.

In selecting the brick for a house.
choose a type that Is native to the
country, if possible Climatic con-
ditions affect bricks materially, and
better results will generally result by
following this practice.
The Washington times., 1937-10-23
Says Boake Garter

streets. The captions tell Of the ravages Of war
and japanese aggression.
what should we do9 I say Japan must make
as great an advance in American filmdom as
China has DONE"
Turn the pages of history, you who go to
movies, and read the newspapers and hear the
warning voices Of an Englishman and two
Americans:
From 'T7alsehood in Wartime" by Arthur Lord
Ponsonby member of Parliament and British
diplomat:
There was no richer field for propaganda
than the United States of America in the first
years Of the war. The Allied and Central Pow
ers both worked hard at competing. The Central
Powers relied too much on argument. The cruder
British methods were far more successful In.
tensive work was done by the British War Mis-
sion, comprised of 500 officials and 10000 as
sistantS.
Atrocities, Gerrnany's sole responsibility, the
criminal Kaiser. and all other fabrications started
in Great Britain, were worked up in America
with great effect.
Effective films were produced by those who
were pressing for America to come into the war.
After America entered a number of actual
war pictures (prepared at Hollywood were re-
leased. An immense army of speakers was en-
ployed and the country flooded with literature
describing the iniquities of the Hun"
Copyright Ledger Syndicate
(Mr. CGrter'S Oie1Ds are his otDn and not neceS.
SGrtly those of The TimeS)
The Washington times., 1937-10-23
FOUR FACE TRIAL
IN LOBBY CASE

Four men whose indictment
more than two years ago climaxed
months of investigation Of lobby
ing conditions at the War Depart
ment by two grand juries, House
committee and an Army court
martial, will be tried in United
States District Court before the
end of the year, it was learned
today.
They include former Brig. Gen.
Alexander E. Williams; Thomas
Jefferson Ryan, attorney and for.
mer Representative from New
York, and the Silverman brothers,
Joseph, jr., and Nathan, surplus
Army goods dealers.
The defendants are accused of
conspiracy to prevent the House
Military Affairs Committee from
questioning Frank E. Speicher,
mystery witness" Of a previous
inquiry, by hiding him in New
York city while Federal agents
were hunting him all over the
United States.
The Washington times., 1937-10-23
HIT BY TROLLEY,
D. C, man DIES

Struck by street car at Sixty
second and Dix Streets Northeast
last Tuesday. Emory Dove, IS, Of
Seat Pleasant, Md, died today in
Casualty Hospital.
An inquest will be held to de-
termine if the death is to be listed
as a traffic fatality. If it is listed
as a traffic death, this would be
the eighty-fifth this year.
John F. Mills, 80, of 80 Q st.
N. E., was seriously injured last
night when he was struck by an
automobile at North Capitol Street
and Florida Avenue. Mills was
taken to Casualty Hospital suffer.
ing a fractured skull, cuts and
bruises.
The Washington times., 1937-10-23
D. C, INCOME TAX
FOR TRADE LEVY
HELD PROBABLE
Commissioners M a y
Recommend Move

Substitution Of an income tax
for the current business privilege
tax may be recommended by the
District Commissioners today, it
was intimated by District heads,
as the special District Tax Com
mittee prepared to confer with
the the Board of Commissioners.
The committee, headed by Dis
trict Auditor Daniel J. Donovan,
called for a conference with the
Commissioners after reviewing all
possible methods of taxation to
raise revenues to meet an esti-
mated yearly deficit of $4,000, 900.
TRADE TAX SCORED
Earlier this week, the commit
tee mapped out the Districts basic
budget for the next seven years,
totaling- approximately $315,0OO,
900, and outlined series Of taxes
that might be laid before Congress
in January.
It is almost certain that the
District will ask for repeal OF the
business privilege tax on gross
receipts, which has caused a storm
of protest.
Commissioner George E. Allen
has announced himself in favor OF
a tax on income, a levy which has
been consistently supported by
Corporation Counsel Elwood H.
Seal. On the other hand, the
other two Commissioners, Melvin
C. Hazen and Dan I. Sultan, pre-
fer a sales tax, both of which 1t
is calculated will raise the neces-
sary IS, 100000 year.
BEER LEVY HINTED
The committee also considered
a sales tax on beer and increased
public utility taxes.
Riley E. Elgen, chairman Of the
Public Utilities Commission, yes
terday, however, objected to the
public utility tax increase, declar-
ing it would be passed on to the
consumer.
The Washington times., 1937-10-23
Police Hunt
Mrs. Reeves
In Capital

Police today were still search
ing for Mrs. Marguerite Murphy
Reeves, wife of p. w. Reeves. for
mer member Of the staff of High
Commissioner McNutt, Of the Phil
ippines.
Mrs. Reeves was reported miss
ing on October 8 by her husband,
following his return to washing
ton, via Shanghai, where he was a
passenger on the liner President
Hoover when it was bombed from
the air.
Reeves told police his wife re
turned to Washington from
Raleigh, N. c.. and telephoned him
from Union Station. saying she
would see him in a day or two
Since then he has heard nothing
from her, he said.
Mrs. Margaret Murphy, 1888
Irving st. N. w., mother of Mrs.
Reeves, said she has not seen her
daughter,
The Washington times., 1937-10-23
Fire Record

Twenty-four hours from 10 a. m.,
October 20, to 10 a. M. October %.
1919 a. m.-142 c st. N. E., chair.
1:1O p. m.-Front 1915 Water st. S. W.,
automobile.
1:42 p. m.-Sixty-third and Eastern
Avenue Northeast. grass.
trash.
1851 p. m.-sS2S Georgia Ave. N. W.,
short circuit.
9:1E p. m.-Howard University gym,
dead man.
1912 p. m.-Union and U Streets
Southwest, false alarm.
11:46 p. m.-Seventeenth Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, street
car.
1915 a. m.-SSOs Prospect Ave. N. W.,
automobile.
SIT a. m.-117 G st. N. W.. smoky
furnace.
S:18 a. m.-S26 Bladsnsburg Rd. N. E.
dryer.
9:O2 a. m.-Two alarms, 1928 Q ST..
N. W., trash and stairway.
The Washington times., 1937-10-23
Minimum Wage
Laws. Discussed

Problems of administration OF
minimum wage laws were ex
planned last night to representa-
tives of Is States, the District OF
Columbia and the Philippines by
Miss Maud SWEET, field director OF
woman and child labor in Wiscon-
sin, and Miss Anne Davis. of the
Illinois Department of Labor, at
a conference at the Department of
Labor Building.
Miss SWEET stressed the impor-
tar1ce of educating employers in
provisions of minimum wage laws
so they might avoid prosecution
and penalties. Miss Davis empha-
sized the need of keeping efficient
records of administration on min.
imum wage laws.
The Washington times., 1937-10-23

soir de Pauques and Musaphiki K, if you can pro-
nounce the names: about Sky Painter, Airy
Spirit, Black Caddy and Apple Jack. Baying
hounds and strings Of hunters must be the sub
ject Of your casual chatter. You will, of course,
grieve over refusals to Jump. This last theme will
be liveliest if you can remember who was trying
"to put him over the fence" beg your pardon,
take him over the jump.
When you speak of spills you will remember
they are bad or nasty, depending on your school
OF speech or self-consciouSnesS. Lght-heartedly
you will refer to faults and "dressy exhibitions"
What the last are have no idea. And Of course,
you will talk about stables. Dear Heavens how
you will talk about stables Whether you own
stable or have pungent memory of passing by
one, or if, like me- you had an ancestor who rode
a horse and helped found the Maryland Jockey
Club and thus kept his descendants in penury for
several generations to come. you will indeed talk
about stables.
The Washington times., 1937-10-23
BauOu to Address
COlOred Teachers

DR.. Frank w. Ballou, Superin-
tendent of District schools, will
head a list of prominent educa-
tors who will address the con-
ference of elementary school prob
lens being held today by colored
teachers of city and nearby States
at the, Miner Teachers College.
DR.. Robert K. Speer, profes-
sor of education at New York
University and r. G. Reynolds Of
the Lincoln School, New York
City, will also speak,
The Washington times., 1937-10-23
Legal Aid Society
Tells of Savings

Every Community Chest dollar
that goes to support the work of
the Legal Aid Society puts 81
into the pockets of needy men
and women. This was disclosed to-
day in a report submitted by the
society to Community Chest Off
cials.
Last year the society spent
$4,000 in defending the rights of
persons too poor to hire attorneys.
the report shows, and through this
service saved them from losses
amounting to $1O,955.5O. This
sum represents many small claims
mostly under $100.
The Washington times., 1937-10-23
Truck Driver Held
For Court in Death

After deliberating for four
hours, a coroner's jury yesterday
ordered Lacy E. Morlock, 20, Of
256 Fourteenth st. N. E., held for
action of Police Court under the
negligent homicide act in connec-
tion with the traffic death Of Mat
thew j. Cusick, 60-year-old WPA
worker, of 1881 Sixteenth st.
N. w., last Tuesday. Cusick was
killed when struck by a truck at
John Marshall Place and PennSyl-
Vania Avenue Northwest.
The Washington times., 1937-10-23
Mrs. Doyle Stresses
Need for Teachers

Addressing members of the
Women'S Alliance of the All Souls
Unitarian Church on the needs of
the District school system, Mrs.
Henry Grattan Doyle, president of
the Board of Education, yesterday
said at least six teachers are
needed to take care of classes for
children unable to come to school.
These children receive no instruc-
ton whatever. Other need S
stressed by the president of the
Board of Education included ex-
tension of the physical education
department and increased .voca-
tional opportunities.
The Washington times., 1937-10-23
Bad Checks Bounce
Passer Into Jail

George L. w. Murphy, AZ. Of
Waldorf, Md. was sentenced to
serve $50 days in Jail following his
conviction on eight bad check
charges. Murphy pleaded guilty
to all charges when arraigned be.
fore Judge Walter J. Casey in Po-
lice Court yesterday. According to
police the checks were passed off
to local business men.
Police produced evidence to the
effect that Murphy was paroled on
May 10, 1880, after having been
sentenced to serve three years, be-
binning March 9, 1929, for forging
a United States Treasury check.
The Washington times., 1937-10-23
BABY STANDS
At 3 MONTHS

If among the entrants for the
Olympic games 18 years from
now you should read the name
Mary Anne "Punkin" Harvey
don't be surprised.
It isn't that Mary Anne is in
training at three months. It's
just that at that age she shows
signs of a strength which is al
most phenomenal.
MOTHER BARES FEATS
Her mother, Mrs. Jean Harvey
recently moved to Washington
from Nelson County, Va. They
live at 1888 C st. S. E.
although Mary Anne is molly
three months DID," the omther
said today, "she has been pull
ing herself up on her feet now
for about three weeks.
SMALL BABY, TOO
"She does this repeatedly
while sitting on my lap. She
can walk, if assisted, and bears
her weight alone. I have not
encouraged it, but have been in
terested to see how strong
she is.
"She was a small baby when
born - five pounds and IA
ounces. She has seemed I'm.
usually strong from BIRTH"
The Washington times., 1937-10-23
By EOalw Walsh Mclean

Janet Fish, who runs Emergency Hospital
where she is superintendent Of nurses and got
together and battled for Fannies life for three
weeks. Miss Fish is a truly remarkable woman
and to her goes much Of the credit for making
Emergency the splendid institution which it is.
And she is just as kind as she is efficient.
Just after we were satisfied Fanne's life was out
of danger, Cora, her mother, arrived in town and
Janet told me she had no money and no place to
stay told her there was always spare bedroom
at Friendship" and took Cora out there.
Cora was a sweet, gray-haired little lady and
the first thing I did with her was to take her
down to my beauty parlor and have her hair
bobbed and dyed beautiful shade Of red. Then
we had permanent wave put in. Cora imme.
diately looked like a different woman-even
Fannie didn't recognize her at first-and told
her there was no reason why she could not go
out and get herself another husband. I noticed
a peculiar look came over Cora's face at the time
but thought nothing Of it.