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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-09-30
CHAPTER III

CHAfIEh HI
Through the open transom above
the office door came the hum of
typewriters. Mark Trent, behind
his desk, scowled in the direction of
the sound. He had paid good money
for those machines on the under
standing that they were noiseless.
Curious that he never had been an
noyed by them before. Must be
this COMPOUNDED note in his hands.
He read again:
Dear Mr.. Trent
Many times your aunt has told me OF
the Thanksgivings you spent with her at
Lookout House. Won't you dine here on
the coming holiday? My mother, sister
and brother will be with me. There
are many family treasures which you
should have. ! would like to go over
them with you, and more than all.
want to thank you for pulling me out
from under that car. really wasn't so
ungrateful as I sounded. This is late in
vitation because have been bolstering
up my courage to ask you. Please come.
branch, or however peace between ene-
mies-though I am not for moment
your enemy--is being accomplished now.
Sincerely yours,
Brooke Reyburn
Lookout House
He dropped the note and frowned
at the red carnations in a crystal
vase on his desk. He lived over the
instant he had seen girl go down
in the street, had seen a speeding
car almost upon her. How had he
managed to save her? Colorless
and dazed as she was, he had
thought her the loveliest thing he
ever had seen as she looked up at
HIM: AS for second he had stead
led her in his arms, his brain had
fought against her attraction and
the live warmth Of her body had
prompted him to growl at her. No
wonder she had been angry, and no
wonder - he admitted honestly -
Mary Amanda Dane had been taken
il by her. Well, one victim in the
family was enough. She shouldn't
hypnotic him.
He drew letter paper toward him
and picked up a pen. He'd set
tie this question Of friendship be-
tween them for good and all. Little
schemer!
Dear Miss Reyburn, he wrote.
As he hesitated as to how to word
his regrets, another picture of the
girl as she had appeared between
the hangings in Stewards Office
flashed in his mind with startling
clarity. @
He must get along with that note.
His frowning regard of the opening
door changed to welcoming smile
as head poked in.
"Come in, Jed. What's on the lit
tie mind now?"
Jed Stewart perched on 6 corner
Of the fiat desk. He pulled one Of
the red carnations from the vase
and drew the stem through the but
tonhole Of the lapel Of his checked
coat.
"I'm taking a lady to tea, need a
posey to make me look like a mil
lion, so combined utility with bust
ness and came here. Knew you al
ways had Them"
whats the business? If you've
been sent again to ask me to take
half Of that"
Hold everything; that's a IL
washed up. The matter has not been
mentioned to me since the day you
and Brooke Reyburn met in my Of
fee. I guess you killed her in
terest in you by your internal sar-
casm:
Hope you'll enjoy the house and
fortune, Miss Reyburn. Happy land
ings! Perhaps I'd better say, safe
landings seq YOU"
ooh, you think so? Read that"
Jed Stewart frowned over the note
Mark Trent tossed to him. He read
it through, reread it. Looked at
Evening star., 1937-02-27
REALTY BUYERS GAIN
Factor One of Encouraging Fea
lures of Current Market.

A steady increase in the number Of
investors seeking good real estate
properties Is one of the encouraging
features of the current market, accord
ing to leading realtors. Another help
full factor is found in the increasing
sales volume of properties by banks,
insurance companies and mortgage
institutions together with the fact
that many of their holdings have been
well modernized and thereby restored
to satisfactory investment basis.
Evening star., 1937-02-27
TakOmd Park Memorial
Planned to B. F. Gilbert
Founder of To,Un, Born 90 Years Ago;
May Be Honored With Marker
From SligO Creek.

general counsel for several years Of
the Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, chairman;
Capt. Harold W. Orcutt. a member of
the Town Council, and L. r. Grabill
Boulder From Creek.
A design for a monument, a large
boulder from the Sligo stream which
flows through this suburb, on which
would be placed bronze plate with
brief historic facts. 1t was the
natural attractivenes of the Sligo
stream, with its supply of pure water,
which comprised one of the important
reasons for selecting this locality for
q suburban community.
In 1883 there were no desirable
suburbs adjacent or even convenient
to the National Capital. In ponder
ing over the opportunities which this
condition presented, Mr.. Gilbert had
vision, which finally became sub
stantial reality in the town Of Takoma
Park, in which the residents now en-
Joy the advantages Of both rural and
urban life. In November of that year
sisting Of about 100 acres, lying on
both sides of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad tracks and on both sides Of
the dividing line between the District
Of Columbia and Montgomery County
in Maryland. The location possessed
all of the natural advantages which
the founder had in mind It was
1See MEMORIAL. Page C-4)
Evening star., 1937-02-27
Three Realty Firms
Admitted as New
Members of Board

The firms of three well known
Washington real estate men have
been admitted to membership
in the Washington Real Estate
Board through action of its Ex-
ecutive Committee, it was an
nounced today.
New members are Albert E.
Landvoigt, who recently re-
signed from the Federal Housing
Administration to enter business;
G. F. Mikkelson g. Sons. prom
inent Chevy Chase builders, and
the Harry B. Pitts Co.. builders
and brokers.
1t was also announced by the
board that Waverly Taylor has
been named chairman of the
committee which will make plans
and arrangements for Capital
realtors attending the conven-
ton of the National Association
of Real Estate Boards in Pitts
burgh. The convention, which
starts October 18, is expected to
be one of the largest ever held
by the association.
Evening star., 1937-02-27
HOME
POPULARITY SHOWN
F. H. A. Reports SO Per Cent Of
Insured Mortgages Are for
This Type House.

Ninety-three per cent Of all mort
cages insured by the Federal Housing
Administration since the beginning Of
its program have been on single-family
houses.
A study of insured mortgages also
revealed that over half. or So per
cent of these homes, are valued at
less than $4,000, and 80 per cent Of
the total are valued at less than
$4,000.
This study, according to the Fed
eral Housing Administration, shows
the popularity during the last two
years of lower priced homes. Hun
dreds of families have found moder-
ately priced dwelling accommodation
through the facilities Of the insured
mortgage program and it is to this
large portion Of our population-per-
Evening star., 1937-02-27
SILVER STAR HOME
ENTERS 3RD WEEK.;
IS SEEN BY 1000
Country Club Hills Residence
Attracts Record. Break.
ing Crowds.
EARLY AMERICAN STYLE
is LAUDED BY VISITORS
Public Will Be Able to See Airing
ton County Dwelling for Two
Weeks More.

The Silver Star Home at 3G25 Glebe
road, Country Club Hills, Va, which
has attracted record-breaking crowds
since it was opened to the public. to-
morrow will enter the third week OF
its exhibition period. 1t is estimated
that more than 1000 persons have
gone through the house in two weeks.
Many of the visitors have been open
In their praise of the white painted
stone and brick dwelling, which IS
built in early American style OF archl-
lecture. Persons from throughout the
metropolitan area f1ocked to the home
last Sunday despite unfavorable
weather, and Monday the crowd was
so dense a large part of the day that
many visitors had difficulty examin-
ing it properly.
The new home was built by Charles
B. Her from plans drawn by Seward
G. Dobbins, Capital architect. 1t is
located in one of the most desirable
residential communities in Arlington
County. high above the city, with a
sweeping view of the Potomac. 1t Is
the first house to be sponsored by The
Star in nearby Virginia in several
years. Adjacent to the Washington
Golf and Country Club. the new home
is within easy access of Washingtons
business district.
The Virginia home contains eight
rooms and two baths. The cubic
contents are $4,000 feet, and the SELL
ing price is $4,000. The lot upon
which the house is located Is a third
acre in extent and has been land
scaped by Quaint Acres Nurseries of
Silver Spring, Md. woodward &
Lothrop tastefully decorated and
furnished the entire house.
Open to the public for two weeks
more, the home may be visited from
10 am. until 9 pm. 1t may be reached
by driving over Key Bridge, thence
right on Lee Highway through Lyon
Village and Cherrydale to the traffic
light at Glebe road. Turn right on
Glebe road and proceed slightly more
than half mile to the home. It is
on the right of the road a short dis
DCyOllO GlIC w NIOll
and Country Club.
The Silver Star Homes Committee,
composed of five housing experts,
thoroughly inspected the Counry Club
Hills home and praised it highly as
an unusually livable home. The COM
mittee said it was we'll arranged and
constructed in a way superior to the
average house of the price class. The
committee is headed by James S.
Taylor Of the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration as chairman. Other
members include John Nolen. jr., di-
rector of planning of the National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion; Comdr. F. l.. Sandoz, president
of the Washington Real Estate Board;
Irwin S. Porter, prominent architect,
and Edwin H. Rosengarten, builder
and member of the firm of Davis,
Wick and Rosengarten.
Evening star., 1937-02-27
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
TAKOMA PARK, Md, February
27.-On the eve of the 96th ami
versary of the birth Of Benjamin
Franklin Gilbert, founder Of this
town, the citizens are sponsoring q
movement to erect q suitable monu-
ment to him. The founder was born
March 2. 1S41, in the village OF De
Ruyter, Madison County, N. Y.
The Takoma Park, Md, District Of
Columbia Citizens Association and
the North Takoma Improvement Club
have started plans for a memorial.
Each organization has appointed a
committee and jointly they will select
the character of the memorial and an
outstanding site in this community.
As an advance step the North Ia
koma Improvement Club at its annual
meeting a few days ago adopted a
resolution suggesting an appropriate
site. This recommendation, embodied
in the resolution, has been forwarded
to the Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission for ap-
proval. The site is on the triangular
tract bounded by Piney Branch Road,
Eastern and Takoma avenues at the
north portal of the Piney Branch
underpass on the Maryland side Of
this town.
The committee representing the
Takoma Park Citizens Association is
composed of DR.. William A. Hooker,
chairman of the Historical and Me-
mortal Committee; Mrs. William L.
White, John w. Coffman, ST.; L. r.
Grabill and President Walter Trey.
The committee appointed to repre-
sent the North Takoma Improvement
Club includes j. Bond Smith, former
corporation counsel of this town and
Evening star., 1937-02-27

sons and families Of the lower in
come groups-that the insured mort
gage system offers excellent oppor-
tunity for home ownership.
An analysis Of mortgages on single
family dwellings, classified by housing
administration property valuation,
showed that 1911 per cent were valued
at between $4,000 and $500. 1873
per cent at $4,000 to $4,000, 1873 per
cent at $1,000 to 5000 and 11.3 per
cent at $4,000 to $4,000.
An analysis Of Federal Housing Ad-
ministration insured mortgages on new
construction projects showed that 95.4
per cent called for the building OF
Evening star., 1937-02-27
NATIONS BUILDING
I'm JANUARY TOPS
FIGURE FOR 1886
Total Slightly Lower, How
ever, Than in December,
Miss Perkins Announces.
WASHINGTON FOURTH
AMONG MAJOR CITIES
Floods in Mississippi and Ohio
Valleys Cause Drop in
Permits.

Building activity throughout the
country in Japuary, though slightly
lower than in December. showed E
moderate gain over the corresponding
month of 1896, Secretary Perkins an
nounced today. following completion
of the monthly survey of the Bureau
of Labor Statistics.
The food in the Ohio and Missis-
sippi Valleys during January had a
marked effect on the building permit
figures in the afflicted areas and
tended to pull down the national to-
tails, Miss Perkins stated. This, she
explained, is Illustrated by the fact
that in the Ohio and Mississippi VAL
ley towns from Pittsburgh to Mem
(See BUILDING, Page C-3)
Evening star., 1937-02-27

(See MEMORIAL, Page CAD
Evening star., 1937-02-27
House Painting Taste.

Large frame houses in cities on or
dinary lots where there are few trees
should not be painted white. This
tends to increase their apparent size
and bulk. To make the building look
smaller, a misty neutral body tone
with a slightly lighter or darker trim
is suggested.
Evening star., 1937-02-27
REALTY FORUM TO OPEN
Joseph A. Herbert to Make Fea-
tured Talk Wednesday.

The first session of the Washington
Real Estate Boards forum will be
held in the United States Chamber
of Commerce Building Wednesday
night at 8 o'clock Joseph A. Her
bert, jr., will make the featured talk.
There will be six of the sessions,
t, be held weekly through April Z.
Speakers at other meetings will be
Morton j. Luchs, G. Calvert Bowie,
Francis A. Murray, j. Garrett Belt
zell and Edgar M. Mayne. The pro-
grams were arranged by Morris
CafritZ.
Evening star., 1937-02-27

V N1annnq ofman nromL G.

single-family dwellings, 80 per cent
for two-family dwellings, per cent
for three-family dwellings and per
cent for four-family dwellings.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-07
'WEEL NEVAIRE
GET DIVORCEv
ASSERTS LUPE

HOLLYWOOD, April 7. U.P)-
Exclaiming Il weel nevaire div
orce my husban," Lupe VeleZ, VOL
uble, sparkling eyed Mexican ac-
tresS, tonight announced an arm
istice in her domestic battle with
Johnny (Tarzan) WeiSsmuller.
Week ago Weissmuller moved his
toothbrush and pajamaS from their
Beverly Hills home to an athletic
club, and the stormy marriage of
the film couple appeared on the
rocks.
But wat of cet?" asked Miss
Velez. We have a quarrel. l say
you 20 your way and I go mine
So wat? So Johnec take a trip
Las night he come back and VIC
60 out together. Tonight VIC go
TO the boxing matches and watch
other people fight.
Il do not know wat starts these
Stupeed goSsips"
questioned about report she
split with WeisSmuller because of
romantic interest i'll Bruce Cabot,
lust divorced from Adrienne AmeS.
Miss Velez Seethed:
More stupeed gossips Johnee
and Mr. Cabot are Vairee hes'
frlen's"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-07
Prices Break on
British Exchanges

LONDON, April 7.-UP)-Com-
modify prices broke sharply on all
leading English exchanges today on
rumors that President Roosevelt
will take action to reduce prices
of staples in the United States.
Tin and lead prices on the metal
exchange slumped sharply as specu-
lators unloaded. Support on the
scale-doWn failed to stem the break.
Wheat futures AMI cotton futures
on the Liverpool exchanges reacted
sharply and lard prices also gave
ground.
Oils. mining and rubber shares met
heavy selling on the London stock
exchange as result of lower COM
modify values.
Several weeks ago most commodl-
ties reached nnW highs. ranging
back to 1926, with quotations aver
aging about 80 per cent above MD
summer quotations.
International issues on the Lon
don stock exchange met active sell
ling or possibility of reaction on
the New York market Unlteo
States Steel dropped 3-4 point ano
international nickle slumped 5-s
point.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-07
A Dirty Scheme?

"'rhe old library, constructed III
1910. would not be lost to the city
if not remodeled for library, ac-
cording TO library board members.
It could be used effectively Tor some
other municipal purpose
The above quotation is from a
front page article in tho Press oil
April g.
Does it not look like the con-
demning of the old library building
was NASTY SCHEME to Tool
the people into voting $4,000 bonds
for q new library buildingP
If the old building can be made
SAFE for others, why will II not
be SAFE for the JIBRARIANP
A bond makes a fixed tax, fixed
tax fixes" your property. Vote NO
on the bonds April goth. Six days
later is your last chance to pay
city taxes.
(adv) A. II. REHKOPF.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-07
WESTMORLAND
BY MRS. X. T.. MITCHELL

Mrs. Royden Cartwright is con-
fined to her bed with severe at
tack of flu.
Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. I. H. Gen
try, Joan and Byron Kalin and
Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. Ramsaur and
Mrs. M. F. Palmer, motored to
Murietta for the day. They report
a beautiful panorama of wild
flowers and spring scenery.
Saturday night a dessert bridge
party was held at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. K. E. Mitchell. The
occasion was also a surprise birth
day party for Mitchell. Guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. William McFadden,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Lee, Mr.. and
Mrs C. F.. Boarts, Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. H. Gentry, Mr.. and Mrs. Gif-
ford Randolph, Mrs. w. E. Gull
lett, and Mrs. Alma Miller. Prizes
were presented to c. F. Boarts
and Mrs. w. E. Gullett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aubrey Lee were
hosts at a desert barbecue supper
Sunday night. Mr.. and Mrs. K.
E. Mitchell, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
Bierke were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee.
90
A group of sponsors and adj
viSerS of the Girl Reserve group
of Westmorland, attended the an
nual Y.WC.A. Board Dinner Mon
day night. Included in the group
were: Mrs. j. G. RamSaur, Mrs.
M F.. Palmer, Mrs. Ben Bierke,
Misses Esther Irwin and Jane
Winn.
Sue and Jerry Rout are recover
ing from recent tonSilectomies.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-07
IMPERIAL
Rv JANE POOLE

Miss HeIen Joy Kinnaird of San
Diego has been visiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. j. R. Kinnaird
for the past few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. F.. T. Burt spent
the past Sunday picnicking in Bor-
ego Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P Neeland have
been in Los Angeles and San
Diego on business for the past few
days.
Mrs. A. Y. Preble, who has been
quite i'll for some time, is now suf-
ficiently recovered to be up and
around.
Miss Mildred Webb, the small
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. j..
Webb, has been confined to her
home for the past few days be-
cause of a slight cold.
Mrs. w. D. Gott and daughter,
Barbara Jane, of Brawley, spent
Sunday with Mrs. inertia G. Thomp-
son.
Miss Mary Miller, of San Diego
and formerly of Imperial, was
visiting her mother, Mrs. H. C.
Miller last Sunday.
90
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Methodist church held a meeting
Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. w. E.
EvanSton'S home.
John Lamb left Tuesday morn
ing for pleasure trip to Los An
gelcS.
Jack Murphy and Will S. Dunn
spent Sunday in Cotton attending
a district meeting Of the Ameri-
can Legion.
Miss Virginia Rae Preble is vi5-
iting in San Diego this week with
Helen Joy Kinnaird,
Miss Virginia Bowman is visit
ing few days with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Bowman of this
city,.
w. T. Evanston and Robert
Dunn spent the past Sunday III
Seeley.
The Art class of Imperial High
under the supervision of Miss Nor
ma Look, spent delightful day
at the mud-pots Saturday, where
they sketched the beautiful seen
cry to their hearts-content.
| 90
The Junior Play has now been
chosen by Mrs. Ruth Callison, and
rehearsals begin Thursday eve
ming. The name of the play is
Life Begins at Sixteen" and the
name itself imparts the whole plot
and fun which is taken up. Char
acters were chosen Tuesday ano
will be announced later.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-07

administration compromise after
the committee refused to recon-
slider its rebuff to the president
in killing the three-point pro-
grams key section providing $780,
100000 a year for the government
to buy and equip farms for re-
sale to worthy tenants.
The substitute measure would
accomplish practically the same
purpose as the scrapped sector
1t would authorize the govern
ment to lend up to $50,000,000 a
year directly to tenants for pur-
chasing land approved by the gov
eminent. The loans could be for
40 years at not more than per
cent interest.
Rep. Hampton Fulmer, D., S. c.,
one of the committee members
who voted down the original pro-
posal last week and refused to
revive it today, concurred in
Jones prediction that the COM
promise will be approved with
little controversy.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-07
Body of Airplane
Suicide is Found


HANFORD, Calf. April 7.-tUP)-
The body Of Anatol Maren, San
Franciscan who disappeared from
a United Airlincr in flight March
30 was believed the first suicide
from transport plane in Califor-
mia, was found last night north of
Devils Den in The coast range
mountains.
Eugene hllcquc, a r'sidcnl of The
area, made the discovery Two weeks
after poses and airplanes had abon-
doncd the search for The 80 year-oll
San Franciscan.
The body was lying III 4 small
depression only SEQ feet from tha
highway through The area,
Papers identified the body Is that
of Maren. Tho papers included q
naturalization certificate issued IN
Hollywood in 1894 when Maren
lived at $685. Hollywood boulevard
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-07
Auction Philosophy
BY ID. L. ZINN

Folks used to see lots of league baseball but don't
think | promising rookie than young
Frank Stinson. A boy only II years old and natural
hitter. He will go long way in baseball if he will take
care of himself and don't swell up and bust And they
tell me Frank isn't that kind of boy Here's wishing
you the best of luck Frank.
just bought my tickets the Elks Charity ball and
don't dance. But the bought EN- is know the
profits go 1907 for charity The Eks charity knows no
color or creed 1t my pleasure last year to check
'em up and found they had spent $4,000 for charity in
Ell Centro, Hotville and Imperial during the past q
years. Some record And there wasn't over one third
of that went to Elks and their families and you
heard 'em braggin about it. Charity like that is worth
while will probably get shot for telling you this I'll
be seein' you at the ball.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-07
Strolls Thru Hollywood

A little man with a strong east
side AGENT followed Director Irving
Cummings around an hour on the
"Vogues of 1888" set, but Cummings
paid no attention to him until he
was ready to use garment workers
hired as extras. Then cutters hung
back until the little fellow seized
Cummings by the lapel and said:
Mister, foist I got to esk you
for the thoity-thoid time-is this
union pic-cha?"
Burlcy Clark Gab''e has a noun
tain lion in his hair. He captured
the beaSt-a cub during a recent
hunt in Arizona. Now the studio
demands h'e get rid Of il, and no
body will take il off his hands.
Teddy Tetrick wardrobe man
who currently has charge pleads
daily 10 have his charge taken off
his hands. A circus to which Gable
offered the cat declined with Gift
sivc thanks because cougars are
too tough to tame
Studio objected because Gable
was leading the thing around on
string, and producers feared 1T
might take a swat at him and
knock off part Of his valuable pro
file.
New Yorks Fay bainter Is due
to play with Ginger Rogers in
''Vivacious Lady" RkO IS trying
to line up James Stewart for the
male lead, glne this
Walter Huston to take secondary
billing as Ginger's father.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-07
VandalS Wreck
Interior of Home

Vandals who wrecked the interior
of the Shirley Gillett home at 572
Orange avenue were sought We'd
nesday by El Centro police.
Gillett told officers that persons
unknown to him entered the house,
broke light fixtures, turned over
the stove, tore off the windows flaps
and otherwise demolished the in
terror, taking a radio valued at $40
when they left.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-07
AUTO ON TRACK
DELAYS TRAIN

YOUNGSTOWN, O., April 7.-IURJ
Ignatz Wontrepski, 43, today dis
puted the right of way with
freight train and won. Police said
Wontrepski, allegedly intoxicated,
found the gates down at down
town crossing and drove around
them On the tracks his automo-
bile stalled. The engineer managci
to stop his train, which was held
up half an hour.