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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08
5O=EOot Fall

Wesley o. Midder, 21, colored, of 206 Bishop street, who fell 50 feet from a roof early last night, was in flair" condition at Wa terbury hospital today. He has a fractured left elbow, fractured left leg and internal injuries.
 Midder fell while working on a radio aerial atop a house at 108 Bishop street. He lost his balance near edge of the roof and tumA bled to the ground.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08
KISSING GIVEN
 OFFICIAL RIGHT

Swampscott, Mass, June 8.-(UP) Kissing on Blaney Beach has been given the official approval of the Swampscott park commission. After rejecting the anti-kissing proposal of the Puritan Civic I'm provement association, Commission Chairman John Homan said:
 Personally, I see no harm in kiss ing, providing that the girl doesn't
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08

Representatives of the 119 em- ployes of the Noera Mfg. O., a sub- sidiary of the Chase Brass & Copper Co, who went on strike at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, were to confer at 2 o'clock this afternoon with Frederick s. Chase and other of- ficials of the parent concern in an attempt to settle wage differences
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08
Typ1oid Fever!

The first case of typhoid fever to be reported locally in months has been brought to the attention of the local health authorities. The patient is a young woman. There is no additional information avail able in indicate the source of the disease and the victim is now re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08
Full Weather Report

Boston, June S-(UP)- Weather forecast:
 Rhode Island Partly cloudy to- night and Wednesday. Not much change in temperature.
 Massa sachusetts-Partly cloudy pre- ceded by showers on Cape Cod to- night and followed by showers in northwest portion Wednesday after noon or night. Not much change in temperature.
 Cnnnecticut-Tair tonight. Wed. nesday partly cloudy followed by night. Not much change in temper
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08
Variety

Bremen answered three alarms late yesterday afternoon and last night, gyoiiing an auto fire, an ash-box i re and a blaze caused by short circuit in 8 home.
 A car owned by Creel Bros was damaged slightly when it caught fire near 1856 East Main street yesterday afternoon. The ash box
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08
KITCHENER UNIT

A meeting of Lord Kitchner post auxiliary will be held tomorrow eve- ming in the Scovill street quarters of the organization. AS business of unusual importance is slated for discussion all members are urged to attend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08

fire was in the rear of 9 Brew Ster street.
 The short circuit was in a building at 827 Watertown avenue, owned by the Colonial Trust Go. and occupied by MT. and Mrs. Charles Smale and MT. and Mrs. Delphio Sampler. The Samplers on the second floor noticed paper peeling from the walls and found that the walls were hot. They called firemen and the short cir cult was found in door r-bell wir- ing system.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08

object"
 Police Chief Watler F. Reeves reported no girls had complained to his department.
Evening star., 1937-08-28
News and Views on Real Estate

been selected by House and Garden
Magazine among 80 winners in a
Nationwide architectural contest. Re-
suits Of the competition are announced
in the September issue.
Both homes were designed by
Schreier g. Patterson, A. l. A. members,
and built by Westhaven Development
Corp. One of them is a modified
Colonial dwelling at 4614 Brookview
drive and is owned by Mr. and Mrs
Clifton A. Wishart. The second is a
house at 4607 Baltimore avenue. It is
square in plan, simple in architectural
style.
Last year the publication selected
a Westhaven home for an award.
This one Is a Georgian, at 55l2
Worthington drive, owned by Mr.. and
Mrs. Dudley Scholten. Other honors
bestowed upon the development in
clude the Washington Board of Trade
award for architectural superiority,
based on homes erected in 1895. and
the Silver Star award for merit in
building, made in June of this year.
THE firm Of Boss g. Phelps yester-
day celebrated its thirtieth ami
versary. 1t was founded in 1907 by
Harry K. Boss and H. Glenn Phelps.
both of whom are leaders in the Cap
(See NEWS AND VIEWS, Page C-6.)
Evening star., 1937-08-28
EIGHTH STAR HOME
OPEN TOMORROW
House at 107 Anne Street,
Takoma Park, Will Then
Be Closed.

The popular little house at lO7 Anne
street, Takoma Park, Md, will be
shown to the public for the last times
today and tomorrow as a Silver Star
Home 1t will be open until o'clock
tonight, and tomorrow from 10 am.
until 8 pm.
The first dwelling to be sponsored
by The Star in the Eastern district
OF Montgomery County in several
years, this Cape Cod type home has
drawn high praise from the thousands
OF people who have inspected it. 1t
is IN the lower-cost bracket, and con-
sequently would appeal to a majority
OF home-seekers of the Capital.
1t is located on an attractive and
slzeable wooded lot in the new Kill
marock section of Takoma Park. It
(See EXHIBIT HOME, Page CD
Evening star., 1937-08-28
FALKLAND ADDITION
FINANCING CLOSED
Contract for Mortgage Insurance
on 301-Unit Project Is
Completed.

Contracts for mortgage insurance
have been closed on the large-scale
housing project known as Falkland
Addition, Silver Spring, Nd, the Fed
eral Housing Administration an
nounced today.
Falkland Addition augments the
already completed Falkland Properties,
Inc, development, which is now in
operation on adjacent property To-
ed. Metal work. If exposed to salt
and the District line.
The addition will be financed under
capitalization OF 81 ,662 900, OF which
$1.225,000 will be an insured mort
gage. The development calls for the
construction Of 3Ol family dwelling
units and is being developed by the
Blair Management Corp, sponsors Of
both Falkland operations. The new
construction program will be similar
In architectural style to the completed
property. The first Falkland develop
ment, completed last Spring, provided
178 family dwelling units and was
built under an $4,000 insured mort
gage, originally financed by the r. F..
c. Mortgage Co. The Union Central
Life Insurance Co. of Cincinnati re-
Gently bought this mortgage and also
holds the mortgage on Falkland Ad-
dition
Evening star., 1937-08-28
MayfOwer Hotel
Earnings Are Put
At lO.5 Per Cent

The Mayflower Hotel showed
earnings at the rate OF 1O.5 per
cent on its $4,370,620 of out
standing first mortgage bonds in
the year ended January 81, 1887,
as compared with 1875 per cent for
the previous year. according 20
report on the property issued by
Amott, Baker & Co. of New York.
In the 1887 period gross income
was $2,194,5l6 and net profit was
$14,875, compared with s2,327,-
1913 and s61,344 in the January
81, 1885, year, the report stated.
With consummation OF q re-
organization plan early in 1895,
holders OF the old 6 per cent
mortgage bonds received $500 of
new 15-year per cent first mort
gage bonds per $1,000 of the old
bonds, plus go shares Of voting
trust capital stock aggregating
100 per cent Of the ownership.
Under the plan, 25 per cent Of
net earnings are applied annually
as a sinking fund.
Evening star., 1937-08-28
hole. LAYS DOWN
RULESFOR REPAIRS
Specifications Governing
Work on Mortgaged Homes
to Insure Quality.

To help solve the vast problem OF
keeping 100000 homes-on which 1t
holds mortgages-in good repair, the
Home Owners Loan Corp. made pub
lie today revised list Of master speci-
f1cations of construction which may
offer pattern for private industry to
follow. This list. in the form of a
conveniently sized booklet, is for the
use Of contractors employed by the
corporation, and is intended to insure
the best standards of materials and
workmanship.
Although no existing standards were
comprehensive enough to serve as a
guide in preparing the master speci-
fications, the H. o. L. c. had behind
it the experience of reconditioning
All. 900 homes at total cost of $685.
100000. This work, a necessary corol-
larry to its purpose OF saving Amer
ican homes, was carried out through
the organization of reconditioning
division, which consequently had con-
tracts with thousands Of contractors
in all parts of the country.
TT is safe to say that no other
single organization has dealt with such
a wide variety Of contractors and
builders in all parts of the country
during the past three years as has
the reconditioning DIVISION" 1t was
stated in the announcement. Con-
sequently, 1t is particularly we'll equip
ped to- take the first step toward the
coordination Of the construction in
dustry and the formulation Of stand
ards Of work.
"Because of the necessity Of adapt
ing the master specifications to all
the varying conditions met with In
reconditSoping H. o. L. G. properties,
they are applicable for general use.
Instead of laying down highly spe-
cialized definitions for q limited class
OF projects, they formulated general
rules that should be a basis for tudg-
ment on all types Of projects.
Although general in intent. the
master specifications cover the erec-
ton Of most of the structural ele-
ments Of building-chimney down.
spouts, joists, foundations-and even
deal with such specialized problems
as termite control landscape work.
terrazzo, tile and marble application.
1T Is recognized, however, that this
booklet OF specifications is only a first
Evening star., 1937-08-28
BUY HOME SITE

'" s1o11H116 tO11 OOuP VI uICNHSSB
Tract Near Sandy Point.
LEONARDTOWN, Nd, August %
Especially Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Ohm
sted OF Washington have just pur-
chased a tract OF land near Sandy
Point on the Patuxent River. They
plan to build there shortly and make
1t their permenant home.
Evening star., 1937-08-28
Directions Are Given
For Reaching Stars
New Model Home

The Silver Star Home at 1910
Lowell street. which opens to the
public tomorrow, may be reached
from downtown Washington by
driving out Massachusetts, avenue
to Cathedral avenue. Follow
Cathedral avenue through Wes-
ley Heights to the entrance OF
Spring Valley. Turn left on
Little Falls road and drive two
blocks to Lowell street. The
house is q short distance from
that intersection.
An alternate route leads out
Massachusetts, avenue to Ne
braska avenue. then left through
American University to the en-
trance of Spring Valley.
The large Colonial home will
be exhibited for 30 days under
sponsorship of The Star. 1t was
built by c. W. Williams and is
presented by Phillips & Candy,
realtors. Elmer Cappelmann de-
signed 1t. Visiting hours are
from 10 am. to 8 pm.
Evening star., 1937-08-28
DAMP CELLARS
Grading Of Surrounding Ground
Often Eases Problem.

Often Eases Problem.
Damp cellars are sometimes caused
by the fact that the surrounding
ground is fiat or slopes toward the
foundation Of the house Grading to
form smooth sharp downward slope
away from the walls is an effective
remedy in many such instances. Water
on the surface must drain away from
the cellar walls.
Evening star., 1937-08-28
I MONTHS TOTAL
|0F BUILDING mus,
19 PCT. OVER 1885
Construction for July SIumps
Is Pct. From Same Period
of a Year Ago.
RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY
PLUMMETS 80 PCT.
Washington Is Fourth of 1883
Cities in Value of Its
Operations.
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON.

While building construction through
out the Nation showed sharp decline
IN July in comparison with that
month last year, the total for seven
months of this year was 10 per cent
ahead of 1886, it was revealed today
in the regular Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics survey announced by Secretary
Perkins.
A decided dropping off in residen-
tlal construction was responsible for
the lower building figure in July. the
Labor Department survey of 1,483
cities indicated. There was a de-
crease of 3S per cent in the value of
residential buildings for which per
mlts were issued as compared with the
corresponding month of 1896. How
ever, over the same period, there we're
increases OF 20 per cent in the value of
new non-residential buildings and of
8 per cent in value of additions, alter
ations and repairs to existing struc-
lures
The decrease in aggregate value OF
all building construction, comparing
(See BUILDING, Page C-3)
Evening star., 1937-08-28

Thursday when President
Roosevelt signed the bill to license
brokers and statesmen and establish a
real estate commission. There was
little doubt that the Chief Executive
would add his signature to the meas
ure. but leaders In the Washington
Real Estate Board now a . breathing
easier since they are assured their
l2-year fight has been won.
The chief topic Of speculation now
revolves itself about the personnel of
the commission Under the law, Dis
s<rict Tax Assessor Fred D. Allen auto
matically becomes chairman. The
Commissioners are empowered to ap-
point two additional members. one a
real estate man and the other from
outside the business. Realtors are
wondering who will get the two jobs.
which are to be part-time, with .
possible maximum salary of $4,000.
The Commissioners have 80 days in
which to make the appointments and
to set up machinery to carry out the
law. which must become operative
within 80 days.
Licenses will cost brokers $50 and
statesmen $40. The responsibility for
cleaning up the real estate business is
placed In the commissions hands. It
has power to try" any broker or
salesman against whom there has been
made complaint Of fraudulent prac-
tice and to suspend or revoke licenses.
The hearings are to be public.
X X X
TWO homes in Westhaven, Md,
nearby Montgomery County resi-
Dental community, built by the de-
velopers OF Westmoreland Hills. have
Evening star., 1937-08-28

w YASH1NGTON realtors hopes
~ for regulation OF the busi-
" " ness here became a reality
ThurSdaV when President
Evening star., 1937-08-28
16-FOOt Entrance Hall.

An entrance hall 16 feet long
forms the center of the first floor
plan. To the right of the hall is the
living room which is % feet inches
long and IA feet deep. A beautiful
Colonial mantel and fireplace i'm
mediately attracts the visitors atten-
Evening star., 1937-08-28

(See BUILDING, Page C-3)
Evening star., 1937-08-28

(See SILVER STAR. Page C-20
Evening star., 1937-08-28
NINTH SILVER STAR
HOME To OPEN TO.
PUBLIC TOMORROW
White Brick Dwelling at
494O Lowell Street Co.
IoniaI in Design.
CONTAINS II ROOMS
WITH FOUR BATHS
Major Portion of New Home Has
Been Furnished in
Antiques.

A beautiful white home of Colonial
design will be opened to the public
tomorrow at 4940 Lowell street as
the ninth Silver Star home of the
year. 1t will be exhibited for 80 days
under sponsorship of The Star.
The impressive new dwelling is built
Of brick. 1t contains IL rooms, 4
baths and lavatory. Exhibition of the
house marks the opening of the new
development Kent, of which The Star
home is a part. This highly restricted
community of larger-type homes Is
situated on ground adjacent to Spring
Valley.
Built by c. w. Williams, the home
Is presented by Phillips g. Candy,
realtors. 1t was designed by Elmer
Cappelmann, who has gained wide
spread recognition in Washington for
authentic reproductions of Colonial
and early American architecture. In
keeping with its Colonial design, a
major portion of the new home has
been furnished in antiques. Both
furniture and draperies were supplied
by Mrs. Carrie jackson. Two bed
rooms on the second floor, room
on the third and the recreation room
are unfinished. However. the main
portion of the house offers inspiration
to admirers of old furniture.
Lot Is so by 143 Feet.
The house is set on lot containing
il,492 square feet. The lot is 80 feet
wide and approximately 143 feet deep
1t has been attractively handicapped
by Rock Creek Nurseries. All trees
and shrubs are arranged informally
Examination OF the house reveals
only construction of the highest type.
First-grade lumber was used through
out the structure. All outside walls
are furred and insulated with celotex.
In addition, the walls are coated with
waterproof cement. Four inches of
rock wool insulation was placed in
the roof. All sheet metal work, in
cluding cutters, downspouts and fash
ings are OF copper. Special attention
was given the detail of the front door
way, and the mantels of the living
room and library.
The house was subjected to thorough
inspection by the five housing experts
who compose the Silver Star Homes
Committee. The committee praised
highly the architectural detail, plan
ming and construction Of the home,
and tndorsed it unanimously for the
Silver Star Award for merit In build
ing. James S. Taylor of the Federal
Housing Administration IS chairman
Of the committee. Other members in
clude: Edwin H. Rosengarten, prom
inent builder, and member OF the firm
OF Davis, Wick & Rosengarten;
Thomas Sandoz, real estate broker,
who is serving for his father, Comdr.
F. L. Sandoz, president of the Wash
ington Real Estate Board; Irwin s.
Porter, prominent architect, and John
Nolen, jr, director of planning OF
the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission.
16-Foot Entrance Hall.
An entrance hall 16 feet long
forms the center of the first floor
plan. To the right of the hall is the
living room which is % feet 6 inches
long and IA feet deep. A beautiful
Colonial mantel and fireplace i'm
mediately attracts the visitors atten-
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Evening star., 1937-08-28

step toward the eventual standardiza-
tion Of practices and coordination OF
the construction industry.
."Builders Of small homes never have
had the technical proficiency granted
to those Of more ample means. II
some system can be devised by which
they get such protection, it will be a
distinct step toward better construc-
ton"
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
Tale of Girl
And Father

The story of Constance Adair
and her scapegrace father,
Terence, is told with much feel
ing by Mrs. Harry Pugh Smith,
in Peter Pans Daughter"
Lovable Irish Terence had a
way about him. A way that led
in strange places for a father Of
a beautiful, strong willed,
straightforward girl such as
Constance. For Terence had
been race horse tout. travelling
salesman, little Of this and a
little Of that.
1t wasn't, however, until
Terence trespassed beyond the
pale Of the law that it really
worried Constance. or Terence,
either. for that matter. It was
then that Constance went to
Rick Barry for help. Rick, a bit
like Terence although with a
somewhat different background,
took Constance and Terence to
his mother. His family of fine
old Virginia stock was somewhat
shocked by Terence, and the
town was somewhat shocked by
Constance
After all, Terence wasn't very
much help In meeting a stu
alton like this, and it takes all Of
the girls plucky nature to find
solution.
The author has already made
success with her books, such as
Hearts Walking" Jewels for
His Crown" so Many Worlds"
and Handmade Rainbows."
"Peter Pans Daughter" by
Mrs. Harry Pugh Smith, pub
HShed By ArcGdiG.)
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
LABOR LEADER
IN PEACE talk
AT ALL SOULS
DR.. G. B. Pierce, Pastor,
Plans Xmas Sermon

Continuing the Christmas OBJ
servance at All Souls Church
(Unitarian) >, the minister, Ulysses
G.. B. Pierce, DID,, will preach at
IL o'clock on the subject, The
Christmas Afterglow."
At the adult classes meeting in
connection with the Church
School at 10 o'clock, Leifur Mag
nusson of the International Labor
Office will continue the discus
sion Of what Labor Can Do for
Peace" and DR.. Carlton C.. Rice
of Catawba College, Salisbury, N.
c., will give a report on the Inter-
national Congress of Religious
Liberals, held in oxford, England.
last summer, which he attended.
FEATURE PICTURE
At 5 o'clock, Lewis Atwater; or.
ganist, will be assisted in a pro-
gram of Bach. Christmas music
by Charles Trowbridge Tittmann,
bass. At $50 p. m. Robert Sonen
of Meadville Theological School
will review Psychology and the
Promethean WILL" by William
Sheldon. The feature at the mo-
tion picture hour in Pierce Hall
at 7:30 will be "Stowaway."
Monday evening, L'Allegro
Club will have it's annual Christ.
mas dance in Pierce Hall. Parties
for the various departments of
the Church School are scheduled
for Tuesday. .,.
NEW YEAR WELCOME
On Friday, the annual New
Year Eve party, starting with the
motion picture, "One in a Mil
lion," at 8 o'clock and continuing
with a pageant-service welcoming
the New Year which ends at IL
o'clock, will take place. .
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
||Pu Be Sad for Nobody"
A Delightful Light Novel

Under the engaging title,
"I'll Be Sad for Nobody" lone
Griffith has penned a delight
full light novel for those who
seek romance between the gay
covers Of a book.
This story begins on a note
Of despair but, just so the reader
can start at scratch with the
heroine, the author introduces
her at her lowest moment.
Anita Wingate has just re-
ceived a short note from her
beloved Ned Blagden. The note
curtly requests that their en-
gagement be terminated.
All during the day while
Anita is working she keeps 60
ing over and over the awful por-
tent Of that cold collection Of
The Washington times., 1937-12-25

SPEAK briefly.
Carols old and new will be sung
by the Cathedral Choir Of men
and boys under the direction Of
Robert G. Barrow and will include
There Dwelt a King" by John
West; 'I Sing of a Maiden" by
Martin Shaw; "I Hear Along Our
Street." by Hugh MacKinnon;
How Far Is 1t TO Bethlehem"
by Geoffrey Shaw; I'm Excelsis
Gloria" by Leopold Stokowski,
and THE Three Kings" by Healey
William.
SILENT NIGHT"
The service will begin with the
singing Of Silent Night" by the
choristers in the crypt corridor,
before the procession marches in
to the music of 20, Come All Ye
The offertory anthem
will be Like Silver Lamps" by
3arnby, and the benediction carol
"a Bright Star Shining" by J. s.
Matthews.
The Very Rev. Noble c. Powell, ),
dean Of the cathedral and warden
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
MIDNIGHT MASS
AT MONASTERY
.SUPERBLY SUNG

The church Of the Franciscan
Monastery was filled with light
and color, q brilliant setting for
the beautiful midnight mass
which brought thousands to its
doors last night, whence many
were turned away unable to find
places.
Every cornice was etched with
candles. The altar was a glowing
focus, banked high with Christ.
mas flowers, and every stair was
crowded with worshipers who
stood because there was room
neither to sit nor to kneel.
PRIESTS PROCESSION
This Is one Of those rare build.
ings so gracious In line, so per.
feet in proportion that even with
out illumination it seems to rad1.
ate a light Of its own. The arches
mount smoothly to the dome and
in its lofty dimneSS there were
faint reflections Of brightness
below.
Through this blaze Of light and
color the priests, in their brown
monks robes covered with vest.
mentS, moved in a procession that
bore an air Of festival. This was
a mass Of joy and Of thanksgiv.
ing, a simple service for all its
splendors, medieval in its back.
ground but quite modern in some
Of its accents.
The Proper was pure Gregorian
chant. The unaccustomed inter
walls Of church modes echoed an
tiquity. But the mass was modern
the work Of the Polish master
Anthony Jawelak, full Of melody
and superbly sung by the monks
There were many fine voices
in the choir loft, disciplined tc
this unrhythmical music, which
seems so simple but is so full o1
pitfalls for the inexperienced. The
massed tone of this group was
thrilling in its power, expires
sively flexible, but about as fal
removed from the effect Of the
lay male choir as it is possible
to imagine.
PURE ROMAN ART
This was pure Roman art
though the music derived, in part
from Poland. 1t borrowed nothing
from German, French or Englisl
sources though all have borrowed
from it, or developed from the i'm
pulse it initiated. This purity o
style gave the service its quain
perfection, lent it that authenti,
aura of mystery that belongs tt
the Mass, set it apart from an!
music that may be heard today
To this was added the imposing
effect Of adult male voices ron
cerned not with cramped and tor
tured harmonies but with the FLOW
of melody.
1t was a unique experience ant
one worth renewing, the more S
since the organ, so often an ir
truSive factor in the music Q
worship, was here a soft and dis
creetly colorful background. ]
was played by a master, Jane
Dickinson.