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Evening star., 1939-01-14
Coal Merchandising
School to Open Here

Coal merchants, heating contrac.
tors and equipment dealers from
Washington and nearby areas will
go back to their studies when the
Anthracite Industries Merchandise
ing School opens here next Tues
day night. Similar sessions Of this
school are being held in other East
ern cities, and from other sections
the coal classrooms have a grad
uation roll Of nearly Thousand
to date.
The Washington school vii! be
conducted by the coal industry's
central promotional organization,
with headquarters in New York
City-Anthracite Industries, Inc. 1t
is being sponsored locally by the
coal division, Merchants and Man.
ufacturerS Association, of which
Samuel S. Blick is president and
Edward D. Shaw is secretary. w. P.
Loer, Washington representative,
will supervise the school with
corps of IS instructors from the
organization headed by j. Morgan
Kipe, school director, handling more
than 40 different lectures incorpo-
rated in the course.
Evening star., 1939-01-14

NV, owner; R. Stanley Brown, ar
chitect; Marthinson & Co., 1700 I
street NV, builders: to erect one
2-story brick and frame addition,
1905 Cation place NV; to cost 81 900.
H. G. Smithy, s11 Fifteenth street
NV, owner and builder; to erect
brick garage, 2721 Thirty-hrst place
NV: to cost $1,000.
Salvatore D. Gregorio, 113s Neal
street NE, owner; L. w. Giles, ar
chitect; builder not given: to con-
vert three story dwelling into store
and apartments, 1921 Fourteenth
street NV: to cost ST 900.
L. M, C. Smith, 1890 Reservoir road
NV, owner; r. Stanley Brown, ar
chitect; Marthinson g. Co., 17OO I
street NV, builders; to erect one
2-story brick and frame addition,
1901 Cation place NV; to cost 5000.
Leo A. and Carlene M. K. Schmitt,
24l7 Otis street NE, owners, de-
signers and builders; to erect one
2-story frame and stucco addition,
2417 Otis street NE; to cost $500.
United Cigar Whelan Stores Corp,
1923 F street NV. owner and build
er; to make repairs, 14O1 H street
NV: to cost $3.50.
Standard Oil Co., 261 Constitution
avenue NV, owner and designer:
George c. Martin, 6346 Thirty-first
street NV, builder; to erect one l.
story brick and concrete addition,
513 E street NV: to cost 5000.
Standard Oil Co., 261 Constitution
avenue NV, owner and designer;
George c. Martin, 6346 Thirty-first
street NV, builder; to erect one l.
story brick addition, 1150 New Jersey
avenue NV; to cost S7OO:
William and Shirley Gotkin, 1901
Sixth street NV, owners; H. w.
Gaines, designer; builder not given;
to erect one 1-story brick and Gin
der block addition, 301 and 3O3 P
street NV; to cost $3.50.
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Permits
CONTINUED From First Page.)

ing, owners and builders; Harvey P.
Baxter, architect: to erect seven q
story brick and cinder block dwell
ings. 21O1, 21O3. 21O7, 21O9, Pill, 2115
and 2117 T street Sc; to cost $780,
900.
j. Dallas Grady & Son. l1O4 Ver-
mont avenue NV, owners and
builders; j. Lee Lane, designer; to
erect three 2-story brick. and cinder
block dwellings, 4501, 45O5 and 45O9
Warren street NV; to cost $500
each.
Aldon Construction Co., 9O7 Fiji
teenth street NV, owners and
builders; Edmund w. Dreyfuss, ar
chitect; to erect three 2-story
brick and cinder block dwellings,
AL, AIS and 4419 Chesapeake
street NV: to cost $16,5OO
H. G.. Smithy, 811 Fifteenth street
NV, owner and builder; E. B.
Corning. architect; to erect one 212-
story brick and cinder block dwell
ing, 272l Thirty-f1rst place NV;
to cost $4,000
Eli Busada. 1923 Twenty-ninth
street Sc, owner and builder; ]. P.
Fitzsimmons, designer; to erect two
2-story brick and concrete block
dwellings, 310O-31O4 V place Sc; to
cost $4,000.
w. c. and A. N. Miller, 1119 Seven
teenth street, owner and builder; G.
E. MacNeil, architect; to erect one
1-story brick and tile store, 1850
Massachusetts, avenue NV; to cost
$4,000.
Washington ONE for Foundlings,
owner; Arthur B. Heaton, architect;
c. Wohlgemuth, jr., McLachlen
Building, builder; alter attic space
of center portion of building, 46lO
Forty-second street NV; to cost
$4,000.
Cafritz Construction Corp, 14O4
K street NV, owners and builders;
to make repairs, 1412 K street NV;
to cost 81 1900.
William C. and A. N. Miller, 1l19
Seventeenth street NV. owners and
builder; G. E. MacNeil, architect;
to erel one 2-story brick and tile
dwelling, SLAB Tilden street NV; to
cost $12,500.
William c. and A. N. Miller, 1119
Seventeenth street NV, owners and
builders; G. E. MacNeil, architect;
to erect one 2-story brick and tile
dwelling, $3.50 Tilden street NV; to
cost s10,5Oo.
William c. and A. N. Miller, 1119
Seventeenth street NV, owners and
builders; G. E. MacNeil, architect;
to erect one 2-story brick and tile
dwelling, 5l42 Tilden street NV; to
cost $9,5O0
S. M. Williams, Silver Spring, Md,
owner and builder; A. l.. Andersen,
designer; to erect one 2-story brick
and cinder block dwelling, GALS
Thirty-third street NV; to cost
$500.
S. M. Williams, Silver Spring, Md,
owner and builder; A. L. Andersen,
designer; to erect one 2-story brick
and cinder block dwelling, GAIT
Thirty third street NV; to cost
$500.
Aldon Construction Co., GOT Fiji
teenth street NV, owners and build
ers; George T. Santmyers, architect;
to erect one 3-story brick and cinder
block fiat 6 units, 1898 Nine
teenth street NV; to cost $1,000.
Smith and Gottlieb, 1925 Eye
street NV, owners and builders;
George T. Santmyers, architect; to
erect one 2-story brick and cinder
block fiat a units, 4O67 Grant
street NE; to cost $500.
Aldon Construction Co., 907 Fiji
teenth street NV, owners and
builders; Edmund w. Dreyfuss,
architect; to erect one 2-story brick
Evening star., 1939-01-14

and cinder block dwelling, 400
Davenport street NV; to cest
$500.
c. Y. Stephens, 1924 Half street
Sc, owner; E. w. Winstead, de-
signer; S. E.. Snyder, 1706 Twenty
fifth street Sc, builder; to erect
one 215-story concrete and cinder
block addition, 1924 Half street
Sc; to cost $4,000.
Stanley Co. of America, Inc. Earle
Bldg, owners; Folsom Construc-
ton Corp, 419 Eleventh street
NV, builders; to make repairs
1920 Fourteenth street NV; to cost
IS 1000.
Harry Tinter. GIL A street NE.
owner and builder; Edmund w.
Dreyfuss, architect; to remodel
dwelling into apartments, 1927 Six
teenth street NV: to cost $4,500.
Albert and Alexander Sterling.
owners and builders; r. c. Archer,
jr, architect; to erect two 1-story
brick stores, 1907 and 1909 North
Carolina avenue NE: to cost $4,000.
L. M. c. Smith, 1890 Reservoir road
NV, owner; R. Stanley Brown,
architect; Marthinson & Co., 100
I street NV, builders; to make
alterations 1905 Cation place NV;
to cost $4,000.
S. Kann Sons Co., owners; James
L. Parsons, jr., Homer Bldg, builder;
to make repairs 612 Thirteenth street
NV; to cost $4,000.
Salvatore D. Gregorio, 1138 Neal
street NE, owner; L. w. Giles, arch
itect; builder not given; to erect
two 1-story brick additions, 1921
Fourteenth street NV: to cost
s2,500.
L. M. G. Smith, 1880 Reservoir
road NV, owner; r. Stanley Brown,
architect; Marthinson & Co., 100
I street NV, builders; to make al
terations, 1901 Cation place NV; to
cost $4,000.
L. M. c. Smith, 1890 Reservoir road
Evening star., 1939-01-14
j. ). Home Builders
Plan More Units
At $1,000 10 $4,000
Building and Loon League
Committee Bases Study
On Bureau Figures

The home-building industry,
which has understocked its shelves
year after year In the $4,000 to "a, 900
house, seems about to take some
corrective measures In 1899.
This observation comes from the
Home-building and Homecoming
Committee of the United States
Building and Loah League, which
has been studying the Bureau of
Labor Statistics hgures on price
range of houses built since 1929,
along with the income classification
of families reported by the National
Resources Committee and the esti-
mated number of new single family
houses this year on basis of permit
data. More than a third of the
Nations families live on $3.50 to
$4,000 a year, and they can buy
homes of their own if the focus
of the building industry's attention
Is sufficiently on their problem, it is
contended by the savings and loan
group.
These conclusions are based on
the observation that families with
economic judgment do not obligate
themselves for more than two and
a half times their annual income
for house and lot, and the savings,
building and loan associations which
furnish the mortgage money do not
think they should either.
George w. West, Atlanta, Ca,
chairman of the leagues commit
tee, reports that only 296 per cent
of the one-family homes built from
1929 to 1885 cost $4,000 to $4,000, but
3737 per cent Of all the families
in the country are so situated flnan-
cially that they have to buy this
sort Of home or none. A house
Evening star., 1939-01-14

costing less than $4,000 (and sur
prisingly they constituted about II
per cent of all home building) does
not come up to their standard, ex-
cept in communities where building
costs are exceedingly low.
Now comes the estimate that 36
per cent of this years single-family
homes will be in the less than $4,000
class, probably close to 100000, and
this looks like sense to the savings
Evening star., 1939-01-14

and loan leaders. The forecast is
from the International Statistical
Bureau, Inc, which uses Department
of Labor permit. statistics.
Counting in the price Of lots
from 5000 to $1,100 for homes cost
ing upwards Of $4,000, We can judge
that families making $4,000 or more
a year would be the ones to buy
these" said Mr.. West. "Only 1895
per cent Of all families in this coun-
try make $4,000 to $1,000 a year, but
1854 per cent of the one-family
homes built since 1929 were at a cost
Of $4,000 to $500, the kind Of home
suited to those incomes. On the
basis Of building permit data Of the
United States Department of Labor
their proportion in 1899 home build
ing will be slightly above this per-
centage Of recent years."
He said that savings, building and
loan associations are particularly
anxious to give financing support to
builders who will devote their efforts
to the development of $4,000 to 81, 900
one-family homes which are durable
and well planned. These institu-
tlons make their loans on monthly
repayment basis and give the bor-
rover from 10 to is years to paw out
on the average.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Baltimore Permits
For Year IS Million
epecial Dispatch to the Star.

epecial Dispatch to the Star.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 14.-Permits
for construction work to cost $14,-
64O,038 were issued by the city dur
Ing 1898. The work included 1887
dwellings, costing $7,188,320. Total
new construction work had a valu-
alton of $12,669,8 ,879. Permits also
were issued for additions to cost
$685., 1888 and alterations costing ST.
286, 1926.
The value of work for which
permits were issued during the year
was almost 31a per cent below the
total for 1887.
Evening star., 1939-01-14

NAMED FIRM OFFICER
William B. Dortch, who re-
Gently joined the Office of Ed
ward R. Carr, local realtor and
builder, has been made vice
president of the Barnaby
Woods Development Co., pio-
neer developers Of the COM
munity in East Chevy Chase.
Mr.. Dortch entered the real
estate business in 1922 and
has had wide experience in
all its various branches. Until
a few weeks ago he was asso-
ciated with the Office Of ].
Wesley Buchanan.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Agreeable Color Scheme

Colonial yellow, topped with a
tobacco brown roof, is an agreeable
color scheme for the exterior of
small cottage. The trim and sash
also are painted Colonial yellow
and the shutters are beige.
Evening star., 1939-01-14

The Philippines government will
operate a shipping service.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-02
Make IL Interesting

IF it were not for such strange
upsets,' Blackburn said, map max
ing would be dull work. We study
the records and surveys and make
cur maps accordingly. Map makers
like the maps to be tidy with all
lines meeting properly but there
Is more interest in mapping areas
that are different from the general
run, such as Imperial county
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-02
Actors Agent Sued
For LARGE Sum

HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 2. CUP)-
Pat Di Cicco, actors agent and
former husband of the late Thelma
Todd, film star, who died mys-
teriously in 1896 OF carbon monoxide
gas, today was sued for $4,000 in
attorneys fees.
The suit was filed in behalf OF
j. Thomas Russell, assignee Of
Sophie Milne, and sensational
angles allegedly will be exposed
when Di CiCco is called for de-
position in two weeks.
The fees were alleged to cover
legal service for the past two years.
II can not mention the back
ground of the suit at the moment
other than saying I represented Di
Cicco in deal involving prominent
motion picture figures, and that I
have not been paid" Russell said.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-02

tiles, all are pictures for his cam
CT3s and copy for his column.
keck is engaged in a series of
desert films to be released as a part
Of the visual education programs
in public schools and sets of still
pho graphs dealing with various
subjects such as Imperial dam and
iesilting works, the produce in
1ustry and desert irrigation.
Just to make things interesting
he this week decided to write an
answer TO the John L. Spivak ar
ticle which appeared in Ken" a
pictorial magazine, last year.
Keck plans TO collect photo
graphs, desert oddities and material
for his article while studying the
desert.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-02
NAaps Reflect
BungIed Survey
Cameraman.C .CoIun1nisf Seeks Oddities
For Lens And Notebook on Desert;
Completes Educational Pictures

The desert will be made TO give
up its oddities or Ray Keck, pro-
fessional camera fieId and news
paper cciumnist, will have TO go
back to Hollywood with unused
films and blank notebook.
He has Travelled around the world
several times in quest Of strange
things to photograph and write
about. Now he is in Imperial Val
ley literally cOmbing the terrain
and the minds of residents for
things bit out of the ordinary.
Scenic oddities, natural wonders,
unusual habits, strange practices,
peculiar methods of meeting neces-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-02

Up the home.
Necklaces will be made from fos-
sil shells, fossilized teeth, petrified
prehistoric bones, coral and iron
wood, Wallace said.
Also on display will be a list OF
gems found in the desert, includ-
ing, rubies, jacinth, hyacinth, lapis
!azuli, carnelian, topaz, bery,,
agate, onyx, jasper, chrsophrase.
crystal. coral, sardonyx, amethyst.
ehalcedony, garnet.
Fossilized ivory, shipped to Wall
lace from Alaska where it was dug
out of deposits, will complete Wal
lace's fair booth exhibit.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-02
70 of 20 Known Elements Found
On Desert Floor Shown affair
By DixieIand Man

Gems, rocks, petrified wood and
78 of the 80 known elements have
been found on the floor of the
Colorado desert, according to Slim
Wallace of Dixieland, who will ex-
hibit the vari-colored products OF
the desert at the county fair.
Wallace, who turns dull-appear-
ing stones into fancy stone settings
for rings or for necklaces, will es-
tablish a gem-cutting shop in his
fair booth.
Petrified wood, ranging in color
from ebony black to snow white,
will be polished and made into book
ends and other ornaments to dress
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-02
MONROVIAN DROPS DEAD
AT SERVICE STATION

SANTA MARIA, March 2 (UP)-
j. w. Snyder, 43, Of Monrovia, drop
ped dead here today at a service
station where he had stopped for
gasoline.
Deputy Coroner C. p. Magner
said Snyder, who was office mana
ger OF the Day and Night Heater
company, Los Angeles, had died of
heart disease.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-02
American Students
Win SCHOLARSHIPS

NEW HAVEN, Conn, March q.
UP)-Seven American college STU
dents were announced today as
recipients of Henry Fellowships of
$500 each to continue their studies
during the next academic year at
Oxford and Cambridge universities.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-02

mittee today that the administra-
tion has neither desire nor intent
to alter the gold value Of the dollar
except under circumstances which
clearly demand such action"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-02
Morgenfhau Backs Gold Policy

WASHINGTON, March 2. CUP)-
Secretary of the Treasury Henry
Morgenthau, Jr, told the house
weights, coins and measures COM
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-02
Errors OF 1855
Still Show Up
I'm This County

Imperial county still bears the marks of bungled
land survey made in 1856 and the bungng shows plainly
on the maps made in 1882 declared o. " Blackburn who
has been making of Imperial county for years
The contractors who made the SURVEY in 1856 at the
Evening star., 1939-08-30


Must wait for occasion him
husband father at
you appreciates sleeveless
sweater for golf motoring
and ribbing is particularly attractive
The pattern
recons for sizes small medium
material and how much you will need.
To obtain this
stamps postage Neddle-
work Editor Of
Evening star., 1939-08-30

AS I have frequently remarked in
this column, being a woman is the
most complicated job on earth. be-
cause no matter what line of ac-
ton she takes she is damned If she
does and damned If she doesn't.
If, for instance, she goes to work
and earns her own living, she is ac-
cused of taking the bread and but
ter out Of mems mouths and all the
ills of the depression are laid at her
door. On the other hand, if she sits
down on the do-nothing stool, she
is lambasted for being a parasite
who is sucking the ifeblood out of
the country. So what is the poor
thing to do?
Since her critics declare that
women should not be permitted to
follow gainful occupations and yet
are reprimanded for partaking of
the fruits Of the labor of poor, hard
working men, it certainly puts
women on a hot spot and leaves one
wondering what they are expected
to do for food and clothes.
Most men settle this paradoxical
problem, so far as the domestic side
of it is concerned, by simply ignor-
ing the fact that any woman works,
except those who labor outside of
their homes and get a pay envelope
on Saturday night. Every husband
speaks of supporting his wife, and it
is assumed that she lives a life OF
inglorious ease, even If she tolls 18
hours day, with never a holiday or
a day of, not even on Sunday.
That disposes nicely of the woman
who follows the career of wife and
mother. She doesn't take any mans
job away from him. And she isn't
fattening on any unearned incre-
ment, either. But it still leaves the
woman whom some man has loaded
down with diamonds and pearls and
gilt-edge bonds to be accounted for,
Evening star., 1939-08-30
Dinner Party
Details Are
Discussed
Hostess Rarely
Enters Dining
Room First
BY EMILY POST.

Dear Mrs. Post: % When q small
dinner party is given at home, should
the host or the hostess enter the
dining room first? ca Which one
should leave the dining room first7
90 In dining room where one end
Of the table is toward the buffers
pantry and the other end toward the
hall from which the guests enter, at
which end Of the table should the
hostess be seated? OF she goes to
the far end she will have her back
to the pantry door, % When the
host carves roast is it better form
for him to remain seated or to stand?
Answer-D Although at a formal
dinner the host, of course, leads the
way with the lady of honor ION his
arm" at a small dinner the ladies
go in first and the gentlemen follow.
The hostess never goes first. except
when 1t is necessary to lead the way,
She may, however-and properly
go up to the lady Of honor Tin this
SooS AiCdilllS a olI anger VI Ille Old
est person preSent) and say, "Will
you come in to dinner?" and walk
with her as far as the entrance to
the dining room, from which she
directs her where to sit. She then
stands aside to let one or two others
go ahead of her before hurrying to
her own place where she stands until
she has told the other guests where
they are to sit. At a dinner or lunch
where there are place cards, the
hostess enters the room last Of the
ladies always, since she does not
have to direct any one. CD After
dinner the ladies all leave the dining
room first, and then the gentlemen
either follow or sit down again, after
the ladies have left the dining room.
to have their coffee and liqueurs.
CD She generally sits facing the
pantry door, for the reason you give.
However, there is no rule. "a Most
men stand because few are tall
enough to carve skillfully otherwise.
Evening star., 1939-08-30

Finding their hiding places is Of
ten the key to controlling them. To
locate them, go into the room sud-
denly at night, watch to see where
the reaches scurry.
The best all-round remedy is So
dium fiuoride powder, the same
poisonous powder useful in Destroy
ing ants. Put this around in the
evening with duster or small bel
lows-back Of shelving, drainboards,
into the hiding places. Leave it
there for 2 or 3 days. Repeat the
application after a week or two.
Pyrethrum powder used in the
same way is an alternative remedy.
But If the cockroach doesn't get a
good dose of this, he's likely to re-
vive after couple of hours. Then,
unless he's swept up and destroyed,
he'll crawl back to his hiding place
to recuperate. However, pyrethrum
powder is not poisonous to man. If
used it should be fresh and finely
ground. 1t loses its strength rather
soon. Sodium fuoride remains ef-
fective as long as it doesn't cake
over.
Kerosene-pyrethrum sprays are
effective If they hit the roach. But
since cockroaches are notably fast
on their feet. these must be sprayed
into the hiding places to do much
good.
Phosphorus pastes that may be
bought at drug stores are useful
especially in damp places. A con-
venient way to put this around is to
spread some on a piece of flexible
cardboard-roll this up with the
paste on the inside-fasten with a
string or rubber band. These may
be put about at strategic points
without soiling anything.
hour, open the door and air the
room. All the flies there will be dead
or stupefied.