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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-09

The hockeysts beginning think Weather Man in conspiracy deciding the champion ap of the city will attempt do again this evening ddIebuy St. and Waterbury hockey clubs meet o'clock there is ice enough to hold them The final and deciding game be played the New Haven Arena Sunday o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-09
LINE FORMS AT RIGHT

Chicago.-When Packey McFar- land died leaving vacancy on the Illinois State Athletic commission, 10000 men applied for the position, which pays $4,400 a year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-09

west Side speedbcy Raymond Hiies again Yday March the feeling the West that the s despite point setback week this city, according Carrothead Gladney than willing Speedboys 1t will be close" Roous Red.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-09

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 Score at end of half: St. Francis q: sts. Peter and Paul 3. Referee -Chick Carney. Time 10 minute halves.
 Two more games will be played ct Washington park Thursday af- tcrnoon beginning ct ( o'clock. The scaadnie viii ha announced later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-09

In charge Of the league are Chairman Pierre Pronoyost. D. elsel. don. Y. Jones. c. PetitJean. Jr.. o. Wedln. R. LattiincF. F. Sheldon and v. Mmrccllus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-09

And speaking redheads Red" finally showed take beating Hoyoke which about nice that Connecticut ducked that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-09

Totals .......... 6 IS
 Score at half time: Community Club 13, Robins o. Referee: Phalen. Time: Two and two 10-minute periods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-09
One-Sided

Every one of the Community Club cagers took part in the scoring last night that so overwhelmingly de- feated the Robins, 39.l3. Red Val- lone was outstanding both offen- sively for the Clubbers. Mike Bow ems long range eye and arm were kept in check somewhat last night but he managed to toss in 6 points. The Robins failed to tally in the entire first half. The score:
 GOsaa. G,luh
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-09

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 Score at half time: Tribes 16, Hill Jrs. 12. Referee: Phaien, Time: Two 8 and two 10 minute periods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-09
BAsKETBALL RESULTS

llsy United FrensI Dartmouth 62. CnvrsiI AD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-09
This Sporting
 World
Little Of This And That
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

ROypoy Dick Meehan combines Baantnes and basketball saleana and afterdnner speaker due to
 ready wit and hunor So much so that he and Fcdhams Jim src M who paying the privilege of hearing two of the Sfttet this side of the tight little isle"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-09
q. Wellington Wimpy)


 After leading the league practi- cally all season, Stores B were knocked out of the leadership when they lost three points to the Nau- gatuck team in 8 surprising up- set last week. In the meantime, the Construction Juggernauts were top bling the Welfarers for three points to go into the lead by one point. It seems that history is to repeat itself for 1t happens practically every year that one of the teams in a last minute splurge comes through to take high honor.
 It was an unusual night for low scores. None of the teams were in Q scoring mood. Take the Linemen for instance; even with a two pin handicap, acn you imagine them only scoring 42l in one of their games with Foxy Jack Murphy's Servicemen. And Murphy can't crow either for his team wasn't too hot and they were just lucky that they caught Ed Mclean and his gang in such a slump.
 Getting back to the Stores B. Naugy match, Harold Keeler was the trump card getting a couple of bumper games. He was ably as- sisted by Frank Mcintyre who had the Indian sign on Bill Leroy. It was one fo those cases where the underdog with nothing at stake simply did everything right. got eight and nine pin filers on two pin hits while on the other hand, Stores B under the strain of trying to hold their lead by that slim margin of one point, cracked at the crucial point. For instance, in the last game Joe Blum, a veteran of many close matches, got the shakes and rolled a T7 whereas an S5 which is IS pins under his aver- age, would have given his team the game. Well "ifs" don't count so why talk about it?
 This Match May Decide the
 Championship
 What will no doubt prove to be the outstanding match of the sea- son in this league, brings together the Construction team, present leaders and Stores B. runners-up this week on alleys i3-i4. Some of the boys think 1t is manipulation which brings about the stirring fin- ishes between the leading the lead- ing teams each year but take it from one who knows. the real rca- son thet the closing of the sea- son each year find the teams sO closely punched Is due 10 the fine organization work Of Chairman Tom Flanagan and his cohorts. It is the fine balancing of the teams which hFiDRS ah0lIt an iallaFastinG race
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
British Highlights

Even in the development Of the
American system of home-mort-
gage finance there are similarities
to the British system, although
these parallels are more marked
in the case of large-scale low-rental
projects, such as those erected or
projected by the WPA. The
American mortgage-inSurance and
saVings-insurance systems repre-
sent a departure from English
finance, as does the long-term pro-
gram Of the Federal Home Loan
Bank Board. Yet it is from Eng
land and other European coun-
tries that the PWA borrows the
conception that large-scale prof.
ectS. if properly built and super
vised, can be safely amortized over
a period of so years, and from
the same source that Federal ad-
ministratorS acquire the view that
mortgage loans may be safely in
sured up to 80 per cent of the
value Of the property where homes
are built for owner occupancy.
Here are the highlights Of the
The Washington times., 1937-01-28

British system OF BODYBUILDING
subsidies, as seen in evolution
since the World War:
1919-AS an emergency meas
ure, to speed up building of all
kinds in an effort to meet an
existing deficit in housing,
necessitating immediate con-
struction Of 100000 dwellings,
the central government agreed
to make good 9 substantial
share of the loss incurred by
local governments in making
up the shortage. This policy
produced 213,821 houses, and
cost the central government ap.
proximately $33,5O0,O0O annu-
ally, or about $155 a house. The
subsidy was to be paid for so
years. A few of the houses have
been sold since, reducing the
governments liability.
1923-The conservative gov
ernment abandoned the emerg-
ency program for a policy of
subsidies, at the rate of six
pounds (about 500 a year per
house for 20 years, with fairly
easy restrictions on the size and
quality of the houses to be built,
as formerly, by local authorities.
Many local governments added
to this subsidy and passed it on
to the builders. Under this pro-
gram lump-sum grants to build
erS of as high as $500 a house
were not uncommon.
Purpose of this measure was
to stimulate private building in
the lower prices ranges, The
amount of annual subsidy was
reduced in 1927 to $40 a house.
because of decline in building
costs. This act was credited with
producing 438,047 houses at an
annual cost to the national gov.
eminent OF about $12,500,OOO,
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
Sums Fading Fast

For its fling at housing the Brit
ish treasury finds itself burdened
at present with an annual charge
of $69,000,000. But for this it can
point to more than million dwell
ings-one-eighth of England's
total supply-as the direct prod
uct Of government aid. And within
five years or less the last of her
slums will have disappeared under
the impact of the relentless re-
housing drive begun Immediately
after the armiStice.
In what way is England's ex.
perience helpful to America? For
the answer to that question it is
only necessary to examine the pro
gram and performance Of the
Washington government. Parallels
are striking:
From England came the
pattern for the garden city.
2-FTom England and Ger
many have come the idea of de-
Capitalization, with local gov
ernmentS taking the leadership
in development of housing prof.
ects, assisted by contributions
and guided by standards laid
down by the national govern
ment-the principle which is to
govern the future program Of
the Roosevelt Administration.
3-From England has come
the emphasis on public owner
ship, with the individual dwell
ings to be rented rather than
sold to their occupants, as a car
dinal principle governing the
construction and operation of
large-scale housing projects. AS
recently as January 10 Chair
man Frederick A. Delano,
cousin of President Roosevelt
and chairman of the Central
Housing Committee here pressed
this idea on a gathering of gov
ernors, legislators and housing
officials at a Mayflower Hotel
luncheon.
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
CLUBUP
FOR LEASE

Once its halls bustled with cam
paign activity, and Republican
leaders mapped out their offensive
against the Democratic Party.
But today the headquarters Of
the National Capital Republican
Club at 1900 Rhode Island Ave.
N. W., has been Shorn of it's glory
and meekly parades the sign "For
Sale or for Lease"
1t pains the local Republican
leaders to discuss the matter, but
it is not denied that the club is
in straitened financial circum-
stances.
The expense o. keeping up the
large headquarters adjacent to
Scott Circle is too much for their
reduced budget, and it will be
some time before another cam
paign brings in a flow of funds.
A local real estate agency has
been authorized to sell or lease
the premises, and one Of their first
moves was to offer it as an office
building to the Government. The
answer was brief:
eve don't want it,"
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
Grants Raised

1s24-The first Labor govern.
ment, under Premier Ramsay
Macdonald, supplemented the
act of 1923 by increasing the
subsidy to nine pounds ($45)
per year, and increasing the
period of payments from 20 to
40 years. with closer restrictions
on the houses which were eligi-
BILE for this grant, and with the
additional stipulation that, while
the municipalities or other local
authorities received this sub
sidy, the houses were not to be
sold, but rented at close to the
preWar level for workingmen's
houses.
The local authorities also
were required to put up an
amount equal to one-half that
received from the central gov
ernment. Under this policy,
519,523 houses were constructed,
chiefly by local authorities. The
national governments annual
outlay for housing subsidies was
so increased another $4,000, 900.
1930-The second Labor gov
ernment, perceiving that while
these subsidies had greatly Stin-
ulated the construction OF me-
dium and low-cost dwellings,
little progress had been made
toward clearing the SlumS, pro-
vided still higher payments on
a per-person basis for families re-
housed from the slums, whether
the dwellings to which they
were moved were built in what
were former Slum areas or not.
This measure produced a rela-
lively small number of houses
something under 1000, to date
by comparison with the gains
made previously.
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
BY CARL L. DENIES

BY CARL L. DENIES
Schubert in various melodic
moods was presented to the ca.
pacity audience at the auditorium
Of the Music Division Of the Ii
brary Of Congress by the Roth
String Quartet, assisted by Beryl
Rubinstein, pianist, and Howard
Mitchell, violoncellist.
The Roth Quartet opened the
recital with the Quartet in A
Minor, Opus 49," which contains
themes Of charming lines that are
carefully developed with the final
movement becoming somewhat
sentimental. The unity Of purpose
and the beauty Of tone Of the
Quartet made q most pleasing
reading.
Feri Roth, violin, Najos Scholz,
violoncello, and Beryl Rubinstein,
piano, raised the audience to a
high pitch of enthusiasm by their
intelligent playing of the Trio in
B Flat, Opus &c." The audience,
usually of a restrained nature,
burst forth into applause at the
end of the very first movement,
the Allegro moderate.
In the Quintet in C, Opus 1853, !"
the added violoncello gave q
heavier bass, allowing one violon'
cello more freedom in entering into
the lyric phrases. A realistic or
gan effect was often heard, espe-
cially in the second movement, the
the Adagio. In this movement, the
second violoncello had a peculiar
triplet figure played over and over.
The Scherzo movement was
notable in the odd harmonies
which were distinct forerunnerS Of
the modern style of more blatant
diSSonances. Jeno Anatal, second
violin, and Fereno Molnar, viola,
are the remaining members Of the
quartet not mentioned before.
The Roth Quartet will give the
final concert of the Gertrude
Clarke Whittall Foundation series
Friday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
The program will include, Quar-
tet, Opus TO-" (Debussy) Quartet
in A Minor, Opus A." (Schu-
MANN, and Quintet in c Minor,
Opus l." (DohnanyD.
Probably the purest bit Of mel
doy contained in Cesar Franck's
only symphony is in the Finale
movement represented by the
theme shown above. 1t is sung IN
gentlest tones of brass. The Finale
movement will be heard this after
noon at 4::39 on the program ot
the U. S. Army Band, at the Band
Auditorium, War College.
The program follows: Persian
March" Gangey); Finale" from
Symphony in D Minor" (Franck)
Moorish Serenade" (ChapD
'There's a Silver Moon on the
Golden Gate" (Meyer); "You anc
You" waltz, from the comic opera
"The Bat" (Strauss); march, "The
Soaring Eagle" (KlohD.
Winifred Cecil, popular Amer
ican soprano, will be the assisting
artist on the program of the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra Sun
day afternoon at Constitution
Hall at 4 o'clock. DR.. Hans Kind
ler, conductor, has arranged ar
operate program for the occasion
Miss Cecil, who was heard ir
Washington in the summer Of 1885
at the Water Gate series, will sins
Pace, pace, milo DID," from "Ls
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
Rents Controlled

The 1885 housing act con.
tains provisions penalizing over
crowding, and requires local au-
thorities to contribute sums
equal to as much as one-half of
the amount contributed by the
national government, in the case
of city dwellings. RENTS ARE
SUBJECT TO PUBLIC CON-
TROL. Government grants in
the case of a city dwelling
reach six pounds $500 a year
for 40 years at the top of a slid
ing scale, based on land costs
and other factors. In the case of
dwellings provided in rural
areas, principally for agricul-
tural workers, grants may run as
high as 8 pounds ($40) a year
for 40 years, conditioned on a
contribution of one pound addi-
tional by the local government
for each dwelling so constructed.
AS a final drastic remedy fol
slums, the law provides that where
owners Of property in So-callec
"redevelopment areas" which mu
nicipal authorities decide muSt
be rehabilitated in the public in
tereSt, are unable or unwilling tt
recondition and maintain build
ings in conformity with certain
fixed standards, unfit houses may
be acquired by the local authority
on payment of the site value alone
with no compensation whatever
for the improvements. This provis
ion is designed to end forever thu
evil Of profiteering landlordism II
slum areas, where for generation.
rents have been collected for what
Chairman Frederick A. Delano, o.
the Central Housing COMMITTEES
here, has characterized as rabbit
WarrenS."
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
ADVERTISER EMIT
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OF BACkACHES
This Old Treatment Often
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Many sufferers relieve nagginR bAekAehO
quickly, once they discover that the real cause
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The Washington times., 1937-01-28
Center on Sums

1933-With building costs still
declining and investments plen-
tiful and cheap, all Government
housing subsidies were aban-
doned except for the purpose
Of slum clearance. Simultane-
ously an insurance system was
introduced by which the central
and local governments jointly
guaranteed up to two-thirdS of
the amount of loans made by
British building societies on
working-claSS houses in excess
The Washington times., 1937-01-28

of 10 per cent Of the value of the
property. This policy was
adopted after the National AS
Sociation of Building Societies
had agreed to make 30-year loans
under such protection (adding
10 years to the amortization
period previously governing
home loans) at interest rates l
per cent below those prevailing
at the time, with a bottom rate
of per cent on houses built
under public supervision for
persons of the working class"
The loaning rates fixed in pur-
Suance of this agreement were
Az per cent in London and
southern counties and per cent
elsewhere.
This policy was unproductive
for two reasons
At the bottom of the scale
costs were still too high to entice
workingmen into building. At
the top of the scale builders were
kept too busy with more costly
construction for higher-income
groups to be greatly concerned
over the possibility of building
for the lower brackets.
1935-AS the elimination of
British policy as to housing
subsidies, the national govern.
ment CONSERVATIVE drove for
ward with a new program of
grants designed exclusively to
clear the last of the slums and
rehouse the remaining slum
population in subsidized low
rental dwellings under the lead
erShip of the municipalities.
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
Initiating England

Even in the field of finance a
trend is evident in the National
Governments housing agencies to
turn to the British policy Of inSur-
ing loans up to 80 per cent of the
cost of new dwellings, as a further
stimulus to home construction for
ownership occupancy. For the
family of low income, however, the
reverse is true-rental and not
ownership is to be encouraged.
So pronounced are some of the
parallels that one of Washington'S
housing authorities was led in a
more candid moment to say:
81 sometimes think we are
following England too closely in
the development of our housing
program"
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
CLINIC IS HELD
F0RCH|LDREN

SANDY SPRING, Nd, Jan. %.
The third in a series of orthopedic
clincs sponsored by the Montgom-
cry County Council of American
Legion Posts, in cooperation with
the Maryland League for Crippled
Children, is being held at the
county hospital here today.
The legion council during a
meeting two weeks ago insured a
continuance Of clincS for at least
three more years.
Crippled children are located by
legion posts and transported to the
hospital on clinic days. There they
are examined by competent sur
geons and nurses supplied by the
Crippled Children's League, and
recommendations for treatment
and special braces and appliances
are made.
More than so we're examined
during the two clinics held last
year, and arrangements have been
made to examine nearly 80 here
today,
The Washington times., 1937-01-28

supervision. These associations
are subject to rigid restrictions as
to return on their capital, and
are eligible to receive the subsidies
provided by the national housing
act as well as those paid by the
municipality or other local gov
eminent.
Along with these measures for
housing low-income groups, wheth-
er in urban or rural areas, a
broad program of zoning and
regulation Of highways through
out England was adopted in the
interest Of safety, since the re-
housing program in general has
had the effect Of moving mil
lions Of people out Of congeSted
centers into suburban or semi
suburban areas.
Ito Be Continued
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
HOUSING CHIEF
PREDICTS FHA
TO PAY WAY
International News Services

A total Of 1926, 1o2 homes and
business houses have been repaired
and moderniZed and 151,758 home
mortgages insured by the Federal
Housing Administration, Admins
traitor Stewart Mcdonald reported
to Congress today.
FHA already has turned back
500, ,000,0 900 of its original $780,
000, 900 appropriation, and eventu-
ally will become self-suStaining.
Mcdonald said. He expressed the
opinion that $75,000,000 balance
in the Treasury would not be
needed. His report said:
Gross business transacted
by the Federal Housing Admin
istratiOh tOtaled S1,35O,157, ,149
up to January /, 1887. This in.
cluded mortgages selected for
appraisal, commitments to In
sure housing projects and mod
ernizatiOn and repair notes in
sured. Approximately $40 million
dollars Of this was transacted
during 1886.
In addition, it is estimated
that the better housing campaign
sponsored by the FHA has gem
Grated over two billion dollars
worth Of moderniZat0n and re-
pair work, which does not show
in its own records"
Total administrative cost of
FILA has been $23, ,454, ,886, McDon-
aid reported.
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
Birmingham Sets Pace

Not one community, but a
score of them on the fringeS OF
a single English city. For the
city of Birmingham alone, since
the World War, has built more
houses and more garden commu-
mites for her workers than have
been built in the whole Of the
United States in the same inter
val with all of the millions spent
by the Federal Government for
this purpose, plus the millions
spent by private agencies and IN
dividuals. 1t is Birmingham's an
swer to her housing problem
$4,000 new dwellings, built N
suburban surroundings by this
city of a little less than a mil
lion population since 1919.
What Birmingham has done
other English cities have done in
greater or less degree, and with
incidental variations in treat
ment.
In a single satellite commu-
nifty 10 miles from Charing
Gross, IN LOuuOut d pOPuAdIA0LA
of 10000 is housed in the $4,000
dwellings of Becontree, the larg-
est municipal housing estate in
the world, covering four square
miles.
The garden city Of Welwyn,
near London, started by Eben-
ezer Howard and a group Of
associates in 1920. now has a
population of 10000, a third of
whom are employed in local en-.
terpriseS.
Liverpool has built dwellings
for $4,000 families.
So runs the record as the honor
roll of England'S industrial cities
is called.
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
Rigid Restrictions

To the local authorities the
power is given to delegate the re,
sponsibility Of producing and man
aging working-claSs dwellings to
new housing associations, cor.
responding in character to the for
mer public utility societies of
England and the limited-dividend
corporations of the United States,
or to housing management com.
missions, to be similarly organ
lied under public control and
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
Bv T, A. HUNTLEY

If, on a clear day, you were
to take a plane and cruise over
the city of Birmingham, Eng
land, you would see at inter
walls around it's circumference
a series of geometric ground
patterns, curiously suggestive
of the basic architectural plan
of Paris or Washington, or of
crystalline forms of snow
flakes as seen under the
microscope.
Regardless of irregularities
in their external boundaries,
you would observe in each of
these suburban satellites the
results of a conscious effort to
work out an internal SYM
metry, as if the design had
been first drawn on paper and
then given substance in
curves, culs-de-sac, and spokes
radiating from a common CEN
ter on the earth's surface, the
whole tied together to form a
unified scheme.
If you were to come closer,
you would see that the open
spaces within the circles and
half-circles, the oblongs and the
ovals, were parks or turf courts,
with houses around their edges,
and that the paper plan"
worked out on some architects
drafting board had become at
last a planned community,