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ernments In . spirit Of informal CO.

ernments In spirit Of informal CO.
operation.
I wish time would permit q discus
sion Of what happens after conviction,
for this is another branch of law
enforcement work to which the Attor-
ney General has devoted his energies.
This work Is handled by the Bureau
Of Prisons Of the Department of
Justice, which has under its charge
the Federal penal and correctional
institutions Of various types, such as
penitentiaries, reformatories, road
camps, jails and the like. After many
years Of faithful and effective service,
Sanford Bates resigned from the posi-
ton as director Of that bureau and
undertook the work Of supervising
boys clubs throughout the country,
and thereby. indirectly to prevent
crime among those of the coming
generation. His place was taken by
his devoted friend and former COL
league. James v. Bennett, an out
standing penologist and administrator
who Is now the director of the Bureau
of Prisons.
We must bear In mind the Attorney
Generals dictum that they all come
out" That is, that sooner or later
every prisoner completes his term and
must be released. We endeavor to
make the prisoners come out, when
that time arrives, in q law-abiding
frame of mind If We can. Many of
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is turned on when the temperature
rises above a certain predetermined
point. Simultaneous with the starting
of the pump the air blower starts to
function. and pleasantly cooled air is
soon filling the establishment.
Small Blower Units.
If you would prefer to cool only GER
tain rooms, or if your home has no
ducts in it, you can put in small blow
er units which in themselves contain
small cooling coils and individual
air circulators. These are connected
to the tank and pump downstairs by
well-insulated supply and return lines
which carry the cold water up and
circulate it through the cooling coil
Thus you have sort of miniature
version of the first type of system re-
produced in each room. with the added
advantage of individual control on
each unit.
Now that We have the ice melting
tank installed down in the basement,
together with the circulating pump,
air cooling coil, washer, or unit con-
ditroners in the rooms, we can call the
ice man and have him put in couple
of tons of the important cooling ma
terials This sounds like an awfully
large amount of ice, but after all it
will last quite an amazingly long
time with intermittent operation, and
will certainly be well worth the ex-
pense when you can cope with the
really hot days of summer and not
mind the torrid conditions outside.
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such a switch in investment rather
than the using I'D of funds saved.

The total Of $525 900, 900 does not
represent the entire sum paid out by
the associations during the first half
OF this year, since there was a dis
bursement Of some 100000, 900 by
the institutions for annual property
taxes and periodic fire and storm in
surance payments. These funds had
been accumulated by home borrowers
in installments during the past year
as a preparation for the coming due
OF these obligations.
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DROP: IN OFFICE
VACANCIES NOTED
Average Occupancy of81.78
Pct. in u. S. and Canada
Revealed in Survey.

In the face of existing business
conditions Office building occupancy
has continued to hold its own, and in
fact, shows a fractional increase. This
Is revealed in the forty-second peri
odic occupancy survey of the Ma
tional Association of Building Own
ers and Managers, which has just
been published in the associations
official publication, Skyscraper Man.
agement.
Returns for the survey, taken as
OF May !, were received from 100
cities reporting "city averages" (three
or more buildings) and from 80 addi-
tional cities, a total of 1872 The
tabulation, however, embraces only
80 cities, since one report was re-
ceived too late to be included.
The average occupancy in the SO
cities reporting throughout the United
States and Canada was 8l.9l per
cent This compares with an occu-
pancy figure of 8178 per cent in
october and 1924 per cent in May
a year ago.
Fairly Accurate Cross Section.
Reports for the May l survey were
received from 2,301 buildings, with a
total rentable area of 200893, ,086
square feet, which should represent
fairly accurate cross-section view of
the general situation in the industry.
In these 2,30l buildings the total
70
feet, or 1909 per cent. This is an
improvement of 013 per cent over
October / and of 097 yer cent over
May year ago.
Among the eight regions into which
the figures have been broken down
the Southern leads the list, its oc-
cupancy ratio being 1851 per cent.
This is a fractional decline of 0.09
per cent from the october figure but
is exactly the same as that for May
of last year.
Canada is second with 1896 per
cent, also a fractional decline from
October. The Southwest region. with
85.42 per cent, shows slight i'm
provement over the last previous
study. The Middle Atlantic group,
aided materially by the Washington
ratio of almost 100 per cent, reports
an occupancy Of 1928 per cent.
Notable Improvement.
The Pacific Southwest regions av-
erage of $3.50 per cent represents the
most notable improvement of all, be-
ing an increase of 2.O8 per cent over
October l and 1872 per cent over
May year ago. The North Central
group, with 8o.40 per cent, is frac-
tionally ahead of its last previous
report. Occupancy in the Midwest
and Northern region is shown to be
s025 per cent, in the Pacific North
west 1885 per cent and in New Eng
land 1881 per cent.
With vacancies today at 1909 per
cent as against 27.57 per cent report
ed when they were at their peak it
may be assumed that 34.31 per cent
of the vacant space has been alb
sorbed during the intervening period
of slightly more than four years. In
other words vacancies have been re-
duced by more than one-third. They
are now at the lowest point since
May l, 1881, when the ratio was 1857
percent.
l.. v. Echols Of Memphis is chair
man of the associations Committee
on Renting.
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AVE you ever considered the
- idea of cooling your house
with ice? We mean actually
u L cool it the way a number of
theaters, stores and thousands of rail-
road cars are equipped to give COM
fort to their occupants. There hasn't
been very much of it done in resi-
dences because OF the popularity of
mechanical refrigeration, but if YOU
want to put in low cost arrange
ment, which also will do an excellent
job of cooling at all times, you should
look into the matter of using the
good, old-fashioned ice cake in a
new role.
Most people have the idea that when
cooling installation uses ice it is
necessary to blow the circulated air
over the ice to cool it, from whence
1t is sent up into the house This
is far from the case, nor is the air
any camper with an ice-cooling plant
than it is with refrigeration ma
chine The reason for this is the
fact that the air never touches the
ice at all, but instead is passed over
the same kind of a cooling coil or
through the same spray chamber that
is used with the mechanical type of
system
To explain this action more clearly
let's see just what is necessary for
you to install to obtain complete air
cooling in your home. If you have
hot-air furnace, or one of the warm
air conditioning plants you can use
the ducts already installed to carry
the cooled air to the various rooms.
If you haven't a central system of
ducts it will either be necessary for
you to have some put in or install
blower units, which will be described
in a minute, in the rooms you want
to cool, such as the living room, or
one or more bedrooms.
Tank in Basement.
The ice itself is placed in a tank
down in the basement. This tank
can either be made of steel like an
oil storage tank, or built up of con-
crete placed adjacent to an outside
wall. OF course, the outside surfaces
of either type of tank are covered
with a thick layer of some efficient
insulation, so that a minimum of ice
will be wasted from sitting in the
tank and idly melting
II you are able to use central
system of cooling via the furnace or
air conditioner, it will be necessary to
install large-finned cooling coil near
the blower, or in some cases a cold
water spray chamber. Both the coil
and the chamber must be large
enough to remove the entire amount
OF heat necessary to cool the house, or
chosen rooms, so don't try to econ
omlze at this point as it is the very
heart of the installation. There are
large number of cooling coils or
air washers available which will do
an excellent job and it is relatively
simple task to put them in place.
Thus we have the source of cold
water. and the means by which the
air Is cooled. All that remains is to
tie the two OF them up with piping.
1t Is obvious that there must be some
way for the cold water in the tank
to be circulated through the air
cooler, hence we install small motor
driven pump at the base of the tank
which forces cold water around the
system whenever cooling is called for.
This pump is controlled by thermo-
stat located upstairs so that the motor
Evening star., 1938-07-16
NEW SCREEN DOORS

The desire for beauty in homes con.
tinues to find new outlets of expires!
sion. One Of the more recent things
to be subjected to redesign in the in
terest OF better appearance Is the
screen door.
New doors may follow in pattern
the design of the house. They are
to be had in Regency, Georgian and
other period designs. The effect is
obtained by cutting the screen panels
in the manner of the panelirg of the
type houses on which they are used.
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$525,OOO,ODOPA|D
|NVEST0R,SAVERS
Building, Loan Associations
Disbursements Larger
Than Direct Relief.


Savings, building and loan associa-
tions paid $525 900, 900 the first half
of this year to their savers and in
vestors to help them NEST the new
rainy day and for various other
purposes for which they had saved
money.
This estimate is given by the United
States Building and Loan League, ma
tional trade organization of the thrift
and home financing institutions.
While receipts on new savings were
greater than the Withdrawals, the
associations thus played substantial
part in combating the business re-
cession for old account holders facing
curtailed incomes.
The turnover is approximately 10
per cent of the total assets of this
group of institutions and represents
one of the normal functions of the
associations longtime program Of
helping the average man take care OF
himself, according to E. C. Baltz,
Washington, president of the league.
1t is pointed out that the half billion
dollar disbursement is considerably
larger than the estimated volume of
public direct relief given during the
same period, the latter being around
$300,000,000. In this way, Mr.. Baltz
pointed out, savings habits which
make it possible for people to rely upon
their own money actually played a
larger part in keeping the wheels of
business going then the the direct re-
lief program.
Dividends paid out in cash on lump
sum accounts of investors accounted
for about s50,000,0oO of the disburse-
ment. The rest represented with
drawa6 of capital for emergency and
other purposes. These figures do not
allow for the transfer of accounts
from one savings and loan institution
to another and Mr.. BaItz comments
that probably million or more dollars
OF the disbursement really represented
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Built-in Heater.

While not an altogether timely topic
for summer discussion, the installation
of built-in bathroom heater is
timely improvement. In the cold VIM
ter mornings these newly designed in
Simultaneous heaters make rising less
arduous and do not take up space that
can be utilized for other and more
necessary purposes.
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PLANT FINISHED
Bethesda Lumber Storage Place
Built in Modern Manner.

One of the most modern business
plants IN the Washington area was re-
GENTLY completed by 1. S. Turover,
lumber dealer, in Bethesda, Md. A
huge lot in the heart of the town is
entirely covered with two-story lumber
sheds which provide storage space of
approximately 10000 square feet.
There is a large office building, two
stories, with full basement. This
structure was built in the modern
manner, and is entirely air-con-
ditioned. The interior of each room is
finished differently, and is designed
to give the prospective home builder
or contractor an actual demonstration
of materials handled by the firm. In
the recreation room, for example, five
different types of wood were used
and these were worked into nine sep
erate patterns.
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Controls Outside.

Automatic controls for heating and
cooling plants in commercial, business
buildings and apartments are being
placed outside of the building to add
to efficiency in keeping the buildings
at correct temperature by Immediately
compensating for any change in out
side temperature.
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LIGHTING AID

A room, particularly living room
or study, may be made more cheerful
and the lighting improved by the use
of glass blocks around windows.
Three rows of blocks above the win
dow and additional blocks at either
end will allow plenty of light to pen
citrate.
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New Paint Odorless.

A new paint, entirely odorless, dries
In half an hour. 1t is mixed with
water but becomes insoluble and is
washable. A synthetic resin emulsion,
1t is recommended for indoor use but
can be used outdoors successfully in
some cases.
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BUILDING MATERIAL
PRICES HELD STEADIER
Current Average Is Reported at
Level of Close of 1896, With
Index Figure at oil Pct.


Building material prices are show
ing a steadier tendency following a
dip of moderate proportions during
the closing days of May and early
June. During the week ended June IL
the average wholesale quotation of a
broad group of representative supplies
declined one-tenth Of / per cent as
contrasted with recession of eight
tenths of ! per cent in the preceding
week.
The average price of building mate
rails is currently at the level of the
close of 1885. AS on June IL the index
figure of the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics stood at 90.l per cent of its 1926
average. This figure contrasts with
the high point for recent years of 97.2
made at the close of May. 1887, and
e2,4 at the beginning of 1898.
Lumber continues to be the weak
spot in the building materials price
structure, although indications are be-
coming apparent that a turn for the
better may be near.
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NEW WASH TUB USES
1nclosed as Cabinet, It Will Give
Added Storage Space,

Stationary wash tubs can be made to
work every day in the week by the in
stallation of several handy adjuncts. -
The wash tub can be inclosed on
sides and at the bottom in a cabinet
which will afford storage space for
little-used utensils, vases and those
patent kitchen appliances that the
husband will bring home from time to
time. A plain wooden top, which can
be used for cutting, chopping and
preparing vegetables and meats, is also
a worthwhile addition.
Evening star., 1938-07-16
BY LAWRENCE CROLIUS.

7 AVE you ever considered the
. idea of cooling your house
with ice? We mean actually
Evening star., 1938-11-17
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. IT,
Useless hands which are unable to
grasp even pencil now can be re-
stored to normal by new operation
which transplants tendons from the
toes to the fingers.
The operation, reported to the
Southern Medical Association by DR..
II. VII Thatcher of Portland, Greg.
is used to re-create fingers damaged
by cuts, burns, infections or crush
ing. It has proved successful in a
wide variety of cases.
When the tendons of the fingers,
which glide in tunnels just large
enough to accommodate them" are
severed or damaged it becomes i'm
possible to move the fingers and the
tendons must be reconstructed, DR..
Thatcher said.
Before this can be done the ten
don sheath, or tunnel, must be rest
ed and an effort made to restore its
smooth gliding surface" he added.
To do this he inserts into the tunnel
a smooth and very small stainless
steel rod, bent to the normal curve
of the finger, through an incision in
the palm of the hand.
Second Operation.
This rod is left in place for three
weeks. Then in a second operation
a piece OF tendon of the proper
length Is taken from a toe or the
wrist, stitched to the end of the
finger inside, tied to the steel rod
and brought back down through the
tunnel, for stitching to the tendon
in the palm of the hand, by merely
withdrawing the rod.
Within two days the patient is able
to move the finger and usually with
in six weeks has regained complete
use of it.
A glass surgical instrument which
cools light, bends it around corners
and focuses 1t on the exact spot
where an operation is being per-
formed, was demonstrated for the
first time to members of the South
ern Association today.
The instrument is made of "or-
ganic" glass. The material is crystal
clear, almost unbreakable, can be cut
or nodded into almost any form, and
is lmperviouS to acids and most other
solvents so that 1t can be readily
sterilized.
Third Hand for Surgeon.
1t has the peculiar physical prop
erty Of edge lighting and the
clear glass instrument radiates light
only out OF the end when the other
end is attached to small electric
light blub. Thus when it is used for
the retractors which pull apart sur
gical incisions or hold the corners of
the mouth open in dental work it
shines light only into the field of
operation without causing glare on
the surgeons or dentists eyes.
1t is now being developed for bron-
choscopes, used to remove foreign
bodies in the lungs: gastroscopes,
used to explore the stomach; and
other scopes used to look into the
interior of the body. 1t is also being
used in making tongue depressors
for examining the throat and per-
forming tonsil operations. In the
latter operation it in effect gives the
surgeon third hand because it
combines a tongue depressor and
light in one hand.
Sulfanilamide, the drug which has
been found effective in treating at
least dozen different diseases, from
scarlet fever to malaria, is also USE
full in cutting down the death rate
in mothers who contract pyelitis, a
kidney disorder occurring during
pregnancy and after childbirth, DR..
j. McF. Bergland of Baltimore, Md,
told the association.
A new method of mending broken
Evening star., 1938-11-17
TronspIonted Tendons Restore
Useless Hands to Normal
New Method Of Mending Broken Bones
Demonstrated at Convention

bones which makes plaster casts
unnecessary and shortens the time
of recovery was announced by a
Clarksburg, w. Va, surgeon.
DR.. H. H. Haynes demonstrated
for the first time how the device
sets and immobilizes a broken bone
at the site Of the fracture, leaving
the other parts of the arm or-leg
free to move normally. Previously
the plaster cast method required
keeping an entire limb immobilized
until the one bone healed.
One of the big advantages in using
the bone flxator is that it enables
the patient to use his muscles and
keep them in normal working order.
A new method of healing broken
necks by boring holes in the skull
and attaching wires through them
to pull the head up was demon
strated by DR.. Ralph M. Stuck of
Denver, Colo. The device is de-
signed to pull apart the broken frag-
ments of the backbone until they
have time to heal. 1t makes the
wearing of plaster collar unneces-
sary until late in. the mending
process.
Psoriasis Treatment Suggested.
The use of crude liver extract in
the treatment of psoriasis, the stub
born skin disorder, and other skin
diseases instead of pure vitamin
preparations was advocated by DR..
w. j. Damn of Duke University, Dur
ham, N. C..
DR.. J. N. Baker, Montgomery, Ala,
was elected president of the South
ern branch Of the American Public
Health Association. Other officers
are: DR.. w. B. Grayson. Little Rock,
Ark, first vice president; v. NJ
Ehlers, Austin, Tex. second vice
Evening star., 1938-11-17

president: Donna Pearce, WaahinEi
ton, D. C., third vice president, and
Dt. P. e. Blackerby. Louisville, Kys
Secretary-treaSurer. -. Z
DR.. Vest Heads Association. Z
DR.. Walter E. Vest, HuntingtorH
w. Va, was elected president of the
Southern association, and Menphix
Tenn, was chosen as the 1899 cons
vention city. J
The convention also created new
office, that of president-elect, and
named DR.. Arthur T. Mccormack,
Louisville, KY, to that post. He
will succeed DR.. Vest as president at
the 1889 convention.
The convention also created an
Executive Committee and named as
members DR.. William Thornwall
Davis. Washington, D. c.; DR.. VIM
cent w. Archer, University Of Wiz
gina, and DR.. Alphonse Mcmahon,
St. Louis University.
Evening star., 1938-11-17
BASEMENT
EXTRA SPECIAL

We, have Just received 26 attractive
or white color. Pleated-style shades
they will make q smart table. desk.
or console lamp. EXTRA SPECIH.
PRICE. So Is EACH At TAB 18th st, NV.
Evening star., 1938-11-17

4-PC, MAPLE BEDROOM REGULARLY
S134. .oO-a very unusual style-all
fine solid maple. CLEARANCE PRICE.
S99.5O. At 1106 G st. NV.
The Washington times., 1938-11-04
CR|PPLES Dine
Handicapped Alumni
ShOW Study's Value

The value of education for the
physically handicapped was i'm
presSively demonstrated when a
group of alumni of the Weight
man-Langdon schools held their
Semi-annual meeting last night.
The alumni were boys and girls
crippled by disease, traffic acci-
dents, and congenital conditions.
OF the II at the dinner only two
were unemployed, while the rest
are either attending high schools
and business colleges, or hold jobs
in competition with physically
normal persons.
Guest of the alumni at the
dinner held at Langdon School
last night was Charles w. Pimper,
president of the Washington
Crippled Children's Society and
former chairman of the crippled
children's committee of the Ki.
wants Club.
Present also was Mrs. Beulah
Jones Drake, teacher of all the
alumni, and is at present in charge
of the crippled children's classes
at Landon School. Langdon sends
out its first eighth-grade pupils
next June.
The Washington times., 1938-11-04
BRIDE AT 12

BRIDE AT 13
Former Frances Erb, sis
ter's bridesmaid, WhO
decided to sOed Robert
Souder in same ceve-
n1Ony.-I.N.P.
The Washington times., 1938-11-04
REFUGEE
DRIVE STARTED

The Refugee Economic Corpora
ton is seeking to raise $4,000, 900
to finance resettlement of Jewish
|emigrants from Germany and
other countries in Central Amer
lea and the Argentine, according
to a prospectus filed today with
the securities and Exchange Com
mission.
Organized by prominent Jews,
among whom was the late Felix
M. Warburg, the corporation will
offer 100000 shares of stock at
$25 q share.
The Refugee Economic Corpora
ton has offices in New York City.
1t includes among its members
Harry VI. Guggenheim, Albert D.
Lasker, Charles ]. Liebman and
Paul Bearwald.
1t has purchased large farms in
Central America and the Argen-
tine for its resettlement project.
The Washington times., 1938-11-04
Nothing Wrong
I1S Lap Sitting,
Wife Asserts

CHICAGO, Nov. 4.-The
way Mrs. Alberta Gray
French looks at it, laps were
made before chairs, and
there's nothing odd about be-
ing found sitting in one, even
though the lap Is not her hus-
bands.
And so, confronted with q
picture Of her pretty self
seated on q mans lap in the
course of her court battle for
the custody Of her seven-year-
old daughter, Mrs. French
said:
What Of 1t? He was just
= friend Of the family"
Mrs. French, the daughter
Of the late Albert Lieber, In
dianapOliS brewer, also de-
Tended her right to take q few
drinks before and after din
nre. This, she said, had moth
ing to do with her fitness as
. mother.
The Washington times., 1938-11-04
FIGHT CLOSING
OF OTIS PLACE

Incensed over q proposal to
close Otis Place, west Of Warder
Street Northwest, residents Of the
Park View neighborhood have
scheduled a meeting in the Park
View School at 8 p. m. Monday
to formulate battle plans against
the action.
The residents claim carrying
out the proposal will deprive the
neighborhood of one of its main
arteries between Georgia Avenue
and the Soldiers Home. Already
petitions have been circulated and
several hundred property owners
have signed protests to be for
warded to the District CommiS-
sionerS.
A public hearing will be con-
Quoted by the Commissioner at
10 q. m. November IA in the Dis
trict Building board room.