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Evening star., 1937-02-19
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Association Of American Rail-
roads reported today SOL ,618 cars Of
revenue freight were loaded during
the week ending last Saturday.
This was an increase Of 1882 cars,
or 2.5 per cent, compared with the
preceding week; an increase of 0,523,
or 9.6 per cent, compared with q year
ago, and an increase Of 109, 9,94s, or 1879
per cent, compared with two years ago.
The report classified the loadings as
follows:
This wk Last wk Year ago
IMisceilaneons- 273.1S1 +7.364 r so, 1872
lot ------- 162,575 1853 +Is,497
Coal ---: 165. .166 -2.254 81. 32S
products - sO.473 1859 r 2.a7s
tricts. - 1888 + 933 + 2.4s1
Lave stock 1885 r $40 r 1896
Western dis
tricts $500 r sos : 1.457
Forest products $4,000 -+2.774 = s.S3i
Ore 11.055 -+1.6s3 y $40
Coke --- 1928 r 73 9O4
Evening star., 1937-02-19
NEW YORK BAR SILVER.

NEW YORK, February 10 UD.-Bal
silver steady and unchanged at AK
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INSURANCE STOCKS

NEW YORK, February 10 R-New
York Security Dealers Association:
Evening star., 1937-05-29
Housing to Be Major Theme
Of Architects Convention
More Than 1000 Builders and Pr0duc.
ers of Materials to Meet in
Boston June Is.

More than 1000 architects, builders,
producers Of construction materials,
educators and representatives of
allied arts will participate in the sixty
ninth convention of the American
Institute OF Architects, to be held in
Boston June l to S.
Housing will be the major theme
Of the assembly, and plans will be
made to develop a Nationwide pro-
gram to advance the construction Of
homes, now impeded by costs and
other factors, under the leadership Of
the architectural profession. The
architects, it is announced. propose to
launch studies of large-scale low-rent
housing which will clear the way for
concerted action to meet the shortage
which, it is estimated, will require
100000 dwelling units and an ex-
penditure Of sl2,OO0,ooO in the
next decade
Anticipating "a tremendous forward
movement in housing construction Of
all types" the institute will build up
a housing policy which will be carried
out through committees to be organ
lied by each Of its 68 chapters
throughout the country, and in which
the Federal Government and the con-
struction industry, as we'll as civic and
other groups will cooperate.
Second to Doctors.
Second only to the doctors. the
architects are more necessary to the
Evening star., 1937-05-29
APRIL BUILDING
SHOWS INCREASE
OVER LAST YEAR
Reports Also Reveal 4 Per
Cent Gain Over March,
Labor Bureau Says.
HOME CONSTRUCTION
GOES UP BY 65 PCT.
Non. Residential Building Is Up
% Per Cent, Alterations 40 Per
Cent Over 1885.

Building construction in major cities
of the country during April reg
istered impressive gains over last year
and was slightly in advance Of March
totals, Secretary Perkins stated to-
day in announcing the. Nationwide
survey Of building conducted by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Reports from principal urban cen.
ters showed the value of permits is.
sued for new residential construcs
ton last month was per cent great.
er than in March, Miss Perkins an.
nounced.
"An increase Of 18 per cent was
shown in the value of permits issued
for additions. alterations and repairs
to existing structures" Miss Perkins
said. These gains were partly off,
set by decline Of 8 per cent in new
non-residential construction. The ag-
gregate value Of the building permits
issued in April was per cent greater
than in the month preceding.
"All types of building construction
reflected impressive gains in compari-
son with the corresponding month Of
last year. Measured by the value Of
permits issued. an increase Of IS per
cent is indicated in new residential
construction and gain Of % per
cent in new non-residential construc-
ton. Additions, alterations and repairs
to existing structures were 40 per
cent higher than in April, 1886. The
total value of the building permits
Evening star., 1937-05-29
BUILDING PLANNED
AT FALLS CHURCH
Store and Apartment Structure
Across Street From
Bank.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DlSpatCn 10 ne StaI.
FALLS CHURCH.. Va, May %
Construction Of large commercial
building in the town of Falls Church,
which will include three stores on the
first floor and seven apartments on
the second floor, will be started in the
near future.
During the week DR.. and Mrs
Macon Ware have conveyed an un-
divided one-half interest in a lot
owned by them on the corner Of Broad
street and Lee Highway to r. E. Milor
and on this property the new building
project is to be erected. The lot is
located diagonally across the street
from the Falls Church Bank and at
the present time contains a frame
building, housing a branch drug store.
The past several days has seen the
transfer Of considerable property in
and around the town.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. v. Howe have con-
veyed house and lot to Guy N.
Church and his sister. Mrs. Maybelle
Church Mills. Three lots In Sherwood
subdivision have been sold by Mr. and
Mrs. c. K. Bergman OF Washington
to Anne Swetnam Grogan.
A lot in Mason Terrace has been
sold by Eakin Properties, Inc, to Mr.
and Mrs. Bertrand NJ Elliott and G. E.
Eakin and M. c. Buckley, trustees.
have sold lots in Greenway Downs to
Mariana lie Fevre and M. r. Trout
and to Therese M. Pierson.
Toledo Guaranty Corp. has con-
veyed house and lot in Hillwood to
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward c. Knouse, and
house and lot to Mr.. and Mrs. J. @.
Huey.
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health. safety and economic security
Of the American family than any
other group" says statement by the
Institutes Housing Committee, of
which Walter r. Mccormack of Cleve-
land is chairman.
yet we have submitted and have
allowed the public to submit to all
sorts Of abuses from commercialized
quack-plan services which, while they
may not reach large field, are def
intely destroying the confidence of the
public in the integrity Of the building
industry and in the practical value
Of architectural service"
Favoring the passage OF the
Wagner-Steagau Bill, the committee
points out that If National Housing
Authority is set up it will be possible
for the first time to have q single
point Of housing contact with the
Government. This authority, accord
ing to the committee, will enable
organized architecture to work effec-
(see ARCHITECT, Page C-3.)
Evening star., 1937-05-29
Directions Are Given
For Reaching New
Silver Star Home

The new Silver Star Home at
800 Brookside drive, Kenwood,
Md, may be reached from down.
town Washington by driving out
Wisconsin avenue short distance
past the District line to Dorset
avenue at Somerset. Then turn
left on Dorset avenue and drive
through Somerset approximately
q half mile to Brookside drive.
The home is at the corner of
Brookside drive and Dorset ave-
nue..
Kennedy -Chamberlin Develop
ment Co., developers of the beau
tiful Kenwood section. built The
Star home. It is New England
Colonial In design and contains
nine rooms and four baths. It has
been completely furnished by
Hutchison's, Inc.
Under sponsorship of The Star,
the home will be open to the
public for 80 days. Visiting hours
are from 10 am. until 8 pm.
Evening star., 1937-05-29
l2.Building Group
OfApartments Rising
At Silver Spring

SILVER SPRING, Nd, May
20 Especially An elaborate apart
ment house project. composed Of
II separate buildings and costing
approximately $250,OO0, is being
built by J. Ingram Medley and
Walter Funderburk at the corner
of Silver Spring avenue and
Schrider street.
Seven Of the buildings have
been constructed and it Is expect
ed the others will be completed by
early Fall. When the project, to
be known as Maryland Courts, is
completed, there will be 81 units
of two and three room apart
ments.
The largest building Of the
group will be built directly on
the corner Of Schrider street and
Silver Spring avenue and will be
under way within the next 10
days. This building Is to cost ap-
proximately 100000 and will be
In Colonial style Of white painted
brick with green shutters.
Evening star., 1937-05-29
HUNDREDS ENTER
BUILDING FIELD
Analysis by Lusk Warns
Home Buyers to Inquire
Into Ethics of Operator.

The great number Of persons who
have entered the residential building
business in Washington during the
last two years is shown in the cur
rent issue Of Washington Business
Review, a monthly statistical analysis
Of local real estate conditions, pub
lished by Rufus S. Lusk.
Regarding the number Of new faces
in the building business, the Review
states:
Since January, 1885, 872 different
firms and individuals have been build
ing houses and apartments; 81 new
ones started up this year, 10 within
the week. These figures refer only to
Washington. There are hundreds more
in the counties. Most Of them are
Evening star., 1937-05-29

(See SURVEY, Page C-6)
Evening star., 1937-05-29
Cupboard for Trays.

A divided tray and platter compart-
ment in kitchen cupboard solves
an awkward storage problem. Fea-
lures Of this kind may be built in
when q home Is financed under the
insured mortgage system of the Fed
eral Housing Administration.
Evening star., 1937-05-29
Mount Vernon Tract Sold.

MOUNT VERNON, Va, May 20
(SpeciaD tract Of land compris-
ing approximately 100 acres in Mount
Vernon district, adjoining the Hal
lowing Point Club property, was re-
Gently conveyed by Luther T. Bowers,
ST., to Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur G. Hale.
Evening star., 1937-05-29

(See BUILDING, Page C-4D
Evening star., 1937-05-29
FARM INCOME UP
April Figures Reported Best in
Seven Years.

The highest April farm income in
seven years was reported today by
the Bureau OF Agricultural Economics.
1t totaled $659,O000OO from market
ings and Government payments COM
pared with s7O7 10000 in March, and
with 100000 in April last year
Farm income in April, 1880. totaled
s676, 100000.
The April income from marketings
alone was s5s3, 100000, compared with
$596, 900, 900 in March, and with $685.
100000 in April year ago. The de-
cline from March to April was less
than usual; the large increase this
April compared with last was due
mainly to larger income from wheat,
cotton, potatoes and eggs.
Evening star., 1937-05-29

(See ARCHITECT, Page C-3.)
Evening star., 1937-05-29
DEADL|NE IS SET
ON0UT|NGT TICKETS
Reservations for Annual A.
fair of Real Estate Board
Close June |.

The sale OF tickets for the annual
outing of the Washington Real Estate
Board, to be held at the Congressional
Country Club Tuesday, June 8. will
be closed June /, according to report
of J. Lee Donnelly, chairman Of the
Ticket Committee, made to Morris
Cafritz, general chairman Of the
outing.
In reporting to Cafritz, Harvey L.
Jones, chairman of the Entertainment
Committee, stated that considerable
interest is being manifested in the
relay races, which will be handicapped
according to age and weight, and that
every effort is being made to bring
about proper handicaps in all the
entertainment is S. S. Spruce and
attractive features are being planned
for the amusement of the guests
during dinner.
Soft Ball Teams to Play.
Vice chairman of the Entertain
ment Committee in charge Of base
ball is Edward R. Carr. It has been
planned to have two winning teams
of the Realtors Soft Ball League put
on an exhibition. H. NJ Ritterbush
is in charge of bowling. John T.
Meany, who will supervise the golf
tournament, reported that great
many members have signifled their
intention of entering the tournament
Meany has urged all entrants to
submit their club handicaps in the
tournament, which is open to realtors
only. Horseshoe pitching and tennis
will be supervised by A. D. Crumbaugh
and Charles c. Koones. respectively,
and both Of these sports will have q
number of entrants.
Prizes to Be Offered.
Frank j. Luchs, j. Hawley Smith
and Hollis B. Fritts, acting as the
Souvenirs Committee. already have
obtained a number of prizes to be
awarded In the various competitions
as well as in general drawings.
Assisting Donnelly on the Ticket
Committee are Frank M. Doyle, vice
chairman ond tho fol1ou,jro.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-08-06
DR.. HOLMES ACCEPTS
MORGAN PRESIDENCY

BALTIMORE+(C) DIR. Dwight
Oliver Wendell Holmes, dean of
the Howard University Graduate
School, who was elected president
of Morgan college on June % by
a unanimous vote of the trustees,
has accepted. He will begin his
new duties on September 1.
A native of Lewisburg, w. Va,
DR.. Holmes received the ABB. from
Howard in 'O1, AM. in IL, and the
AM. from Columbia in rs. He has
since received the Ph.D. from Col
umbia. DR.. Holmes taught in Sum-
ner high school of st. Louis in
'O2, and in Douglass High of
Baltimore from '02 to II, went to
Miner Normal two years, then to
Howard, first as registrar for one
year, then as dean of the College
of Education.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-08-06
DEAN LANE ACCEPTS
LOUISVILLE POST

INSTITUTE, w. Va.-(C) Dean
David A. Lane, Jr., of West Vir-
ginia State college, who has held
the post for the past fifteen years,
has accepted the deanship Of the
Louisville Municipal college, sue
ceeding DR.. Rufus Clemet, who
was elected president of Atlanta
university. Dean Lane graduated
from Bowdoin college with Phi
M. A. from Harvard. He has done
Beta Kappa honors, and took the
two years of graduate work in
college administration at the Uni
versity of Chicago. He goes to
Louisville on September 1.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-08-06
You+h Help
At Teachers
Convention

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, = Close
cooperation Of the National
Youth Administration with the
P ennsylvania Association of
Teachers of Colored children was
climaxed this week as the con-
vention of the National Associa-
ton of Teachers of Colored schools
opened in the Philadelphia high
school for girls, 18th and Spring
Garden streets.
Both morning and evening sess-
ion programs were marked by
participation of the NYA choral
group directed by DR.. w. Frank
lyn HOxter.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-08-06
College Student
Succumbs

Funeral service for Miss Naomi
Harris was held Wednesday morn
ing at 1000 am, at the First
Colored Baptist Church at 5th ST..
and Jefferson, Rev. Chas Favors,
officiating. Miss Harris was a
member Of the Church and also a
member of the Order of the East
ern Star, the latter having charge
of the service at the cemterv.
Miss Harris had completed her
third year at Bishop College when
she came to Phoenix to spend her
vacation with her mother. She
was taken ill during her stay here
and slowly grew worse until the
end. Survivors are a mother and
father and other relatives and a
host of friends. Six young women
were pallbearers. East Lake
Motruary was in charge.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-08-06
EMMA WILLIAMS
LAID TO REST

The funeral of Little Emma
"Tiny" Williams was held at the
East Lake Funeral Home, Mon
day morning, 1000 am. Rev.
Chas. F'avors officiated. 'Tiny'
as she was known by her many
friends, was to be in the graduate
class of Booker T. Washington
Elementary School in 1888. She
leaves to mourn her loss a father
and mother, 8 sisters and 8
brothers and a host of friends.
A Junior Choir rendered music.
East Lake Mortuary was in
charge.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-08-06
AUSTIN NORRIS
GETS $4,000 JOB

PHILADELPHIA-(C) J. Aus
tin Norris, deputy attorney gen.
eral Of Pennsylvania, was sworn in
Friday by Judge Box to $4,000
a year job for six years as men,
Der Of the new Board of Revision
of Taxes. The board will have sew
en- members, three Democrats and
four Republicans. Norris is DEM
ocrat, having joined the party in
1888.
A native of Chambersburg, Pa,
Norris is a graduate of Lincoln
(Pa.) and of the Yale Law School.
He served eighteen months in the
World War, seven over seas as
first lieutenant of the 351st heavy
field artillary. He was admitted to
the Philadelphia bar in 1920. He
wac editor of the Philadelphia
independent for five years.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-08-06
Som Diego
To Get 1893
k. and D. inject

San Diego, Calf, was selected
for the 1888 Annual Grand Ses-
sion of the Knights and Daughters
of Tabor, California-Arizona jur1s-
diction, which recently held a sue
cessful meeting at San Francisco
Calf. Mrs. C. L. Mcmillan, c.
H. P. of the Jurisdiction, the last
of the Arizona representatives to
return to her home in Phoenix was
elated over the outcome Of the
recent grand session. Her pro
gram as usual went over big. Mrs.
Tennie J. Credible, H. P. of Fair
Ladies Tabernacle No. 6 won the
first prize, a Nesco Electric Cook
er. The second prize was won by
Mrs. Bertha Shelton, H. P. of
Phoenix Tabernacle No. 9, which
was the latest model electric fan.
The following officers are to guide
the International Order of Twelve
for the next year:
Sir w. L. Martin, G. G.. M; DIR.
C. L. Mcmillan, C. H. P: Sir W..
L. Martin, V. c.. M; DIR. Ada
Black, v. G. H. p; Sir S. M. Beane
c. G. S.; DIR. Pearl Johnson, G.
G. r.; Sir Moore, G. G.. O.; DIR.
Pearl Lowry Winters, G. P; Sir
G. S. Rodgers, c. G. T.; Sir T. B.
Norman, End. Sec.; DIR. frankie
Mack, C. Q. M; Sir Buster Brown,
c. P. p; DIR. L. V. Harris, C. I.
S.; Sir Durant, C. o. S.; c.. T.,
Tennie ]. Credible, Hattie B. Will
liams, Meriweather, and Sir Wood
yard.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-08-06
Pcst+on~ 10 Pdy
Supreme Penalty
For wrder

Ernest Patton will pay with his
life for the murder of Creacy Mae
Millard, his common-law wife at
McNary, last December. He ac-
cused her of being unfaithful. Pat
ton Immediately after committing
the crime surrendered to the au-
thorities and entered a plea of
guilty and asked for the mercy
of the court. He was given the
death sentence. August 18th was
set as the day for execution. Re-
Gently a plea was made before the
parole board at Florence in be-
half of Patton's life, in view Of
the evidence. Those interested
felt that the sentence was too Sc
we're and the parole board was
asked to commute the sentence
from death to life Imprisonment
The plea was denied after the
board had for several days taken
the matter under advisement. The
death watch, a prison regulation,
was established over Patton on
Continued on Page p
The Arizona gleam., 1937-08-06
NAMED ASST. POSTAL
SUPERINTENDENT
IN ST. LOUIS

ST. LOUIS,-Harry Basey has
ben appointed assistant superinten-
dent of sub-station G of the post
office, it was announced last week.
He will have under his supervision
fifty carriers, eleven clerks, and
eight substitutes. A mail-carrier
for twenty years. Mr.. Basey is
president of the Postal Alliance Of
the district covering Ohio, Ind
lana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wis
consin.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-08-06

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.,- Posi-
bility that officers were the lynch
erss last week of Richard Hawkins
and Ernest Ponder, Is years old
colored boys, was being "investi-
gated" by States Attorney Orion
c. Parker, Jr., who ordered COM
plete check of the caliber and
serial numbers of all police pistols
The two youths charged with
stabing Patrolman v. K. Kelly last
Sunday night, were kindnaped
from the county jail near the state
capitol, taken to the country and
shot to death.
The quartet of lynchers, with
paper bags over their heads, en-
tered police headquarters where
Harry Fairbanks, night police
sergeant, was alone, and said:
1--WE want the jail keys and we
The Arizona gleam., 1937-08-06
.@ROBE POLICE PART
IN DOUBLE FLORIDA
LYNCHlNG LAST WEEK

don't want any damn foolish
ness"
When they told him that, he
got up and gave them the keys
without offering any resistance.
Nor did he call for help when
the men made him use the keys
to open the Jail door and get other
keys which would open a series
Of doors between the Jail office
and the cell blocks where the two
youths were held
To Governor Cone, this states
Negro : batting executive, the
years fifth and sixth lynchings
were not lynchings but plain
murder" He made this state
ment from the nearby capital as
he demanded a complete in
vestigation" before the coroner's
jury decided to make no definite
findings pending a further probe.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-08-06
UlJDERT AKERS MEET
SET BACK

TAMPA, Fla.-(C) The twelfth
annual convention of the Indepen-
dent National Funeral Directors
was set back from July 11-17,
according to r. r. Reed, executive
secretary. The city officials, in
Guiding the colored and white
chambers of commerce, are CO.
operating to make the meeting a
success. Florida weather averages
71.S the year round, and is no
hotter in summer than some
points in the North says Mr.. Reed.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-08-06

LOUISVILLE, Ky.,-One man
was killed almost Instantly, two
others were seriously hurt and
three others received minor cuts
and bruises in an automobile acci-
dent that occurred shortly before
3 o'clock Tuesday morning at
Jackson and Chestnut streets.
The dead, William John Hester,
(white), 10, 424 N. 22nd street
driver of a light delivery truck
died of a crushed skull before he
could be taken to the hospital.
Seriously injurd were: Warden
Miller, GA E. hampton street, pos
sible internal injuries, cuts and
bruises, Charles Briton, GA e.
hampton street, badly cut and
bruised.
Two persons, William Guest,
Ned Wilson and Clyde Bishop,
40, 9O4 rear South Shelby street
driver of small sedan received
minor injuries.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-08-06
ONE DEAD, five
INJURED IN AUTO
CRASH TUESDAY

Corporal Heustis, head of the
police department accident squad
and Patrolman Underwood and
Stith reported that the accident
occurred when the passenger car
driven by Bishop crashed into the
side of the truck operated by Hes
ter going East on Chestnut, The
truck was overturned and Hester
was thrown to the pavement and
his head wedged beneath the body
Of the truck.
Worst Accident
The officers said that Bishop
had been driving at approximately
35 miles per hour when the acci-
dent occurred. The officers further
stated that the accident was one
of the worst" to happen here
recently. They reported that Bish-
op, although not drunk, had been
drinking and that they were un-
able to check on the condition of
the second driver who was made
the victim Of the tragedy.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-08-06

The poverty of the American
soul is best seen in those who seem
accredited to make it rich.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-08-06

Education is the ability to meet
life'S situations.
Evening star., 1937-01-03
A.A.U.W. to Entertain
Girl Scout Council

The Washington Branch, A. A. u.
W., will entertain members Of the Girl
Scout Council Of the District Of Co
lumbia and Maryland at tea tomorrow
afternoon at O'Clock. At the recep-
ton during the tea hour the receiving
line will include, besides the officers
of the Washington Branch, Miss Dor
othy Davidson, local director of the
Girl Scouts; Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes,
commissioner of the Girl Scout Coun-
Gil Of the District of Columbia; Mrs.
Louis Daschel, commissioner of the
Girl Scout Council Of Prince Georges,
Md, and Miss Angeline D. Lubke,
captain, Troop 81 of Cottage City, Md.
Following tea Miss Davidson will
give q talk on Girl Scouting and It's
Place in the Community" and a dem
onstration will be given by Troop 81
Of Cottage City, Md. Members Of the
club whose daughters are Girl Scouts
are bringing them also as guests,
dressed in their Scout uniform.
Mrs. Harvey c. Kramer, chairman
Of the Camp Committee Of the Girl
Scout Council Of the District, will be
the hostess during the tes hour.
Others assisting her will be Mrs. Ger
rift Miller, former Girl Scout com.
missioner; Mrs. A. L. Barrows, Mrs.
w. l.. Fulton. Miss Eugenia Botkin,
Mrs. Charles A. Browne. Mrs. Thomas
Shearman, Miss Emily Clark and Miss
Erma Brown.