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Evening star., 1939-10-07
Statistics Show
Home Bui|dinq
Costs Down
Bank Review
Cites Charges Of
1889, 1893 and 1887

Cost Of building a standard six.
room house in Washington today u
lower than it was two years ago, ac-
cording to statistics published in tho
current Federal Home Loan Bank
Review.
The cubic foot cost for the DWELL
ing as of September was placed at
1913 cents, as compared to 24.3 cents
year ago. The total cost of the
standard dwelling at the various Pc
riOds follows: September, 1899,
$5,737; June, 1889, $5,655; March,
1889, $5.8l3; December, 1888, $5,854;
September, 1888, $5,833; September,
1887. $6,019, and September, 1886,
$5,034.
Research Division Figures.
The Review is the official organ
OF the Federal Home Loan Bank
Board. 1t publishes quarterly figures
on building costs in key cities, pre-.
pared by the boards division of re-
search and statistics.
The house on which costs are re.
ported is a detached six-room home
Of 24000 cubic feet volume. Living
room, dining room, kitchen and
lavatory on first floor; three bed.
rooms and bath on second floor.
Exterior is wide-board siding with
brick and stucco as features of de-
sign. Best quality materials and
workmanship are used throughout.
Largely Completed.
The house is not completed ready
for occupancy. 1t includes all fun
damental structural elements, an at
tached one-car garage. an unfinished
attic, fireplace, essential heating,
(See COSTS, Page BED
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Cut Fuel Bills

First step in holding fuel bills to
minimum is to prevent wastage of
fuel through overheating.
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Slight.Drop
Reported in
Building
Home Construction
For September Above
August, However

Private construction activity In
tho District during September
showed q slight decrease as COM
pared with the corresponding month
Of 1898, according to the report
made public today by Building In
spector John w. Oehmann. AL
types of building last month reached
q valuation of $1,9l7,220.
The figures represented a decrease
Of about 100000 under September
of last year, and a drop of nearly
$500 900 below the construction to-
tai for August of this year. How
ever. private building for the first
nine months of this year has q
valuation about $500, 900 above the
total for the similar period of 1888
Home Building Holds Up.
Residential construction held up
well last month as compared to the
volume of this particular type OF
activity recorded in both August
of this year and September of last
The lower total valuation last
month was due to absence of other
forms of new building as well as a
greatly reduced volume of permits
for modernization Of existing struc-
lures.
Permits for 243 one-family dwell
ings valued at $1,194, 300 were ap-
proved during September. This is
higher in both number and valuation
than the report for August showed
when 224 dwellings were included
In the list of permits. During Sep
tember last year, 248 dwellings were
approved for erection, and these
were valued at $1,405, 900. The cost
of the average home is less this
year than last, indicating trend
toward smaller houses rather than
a decrease in prices of materials and
labor.
More Apartment Units.
There was slightly more activity
In the apartment construction field
in September than in either of the
two comparable periods. Last month
permits were issued for 81 buildings,
capable of housing Isl families
which were estimated to cost $780,
600. This figure is $150,000 above
last year and about $4,000 above
August, 1899.
Valuation of additions, alterations
and repairs to existing buildings
made last month-$220, ,170-was
less than half the total for Septem-
Der, 1898, and far under the figure
for the preceding month.
New building in September by
sections of the city follows: North
west, $759, $50; Northeast, $468, 900;
Southeast, $4,000 and Southwest
$29,50O. Modernization work by Sec
tions: Northwest, $169,750; North
east, $31,410; Southeast, $16,875, and
Southwest, $2,135.
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Insurance Firm to Honor
John |. Weaver

John l.. Weaver, for years one Of
Washington's most prominent real
tors and senior member of the firm
Weaver Bros, will be guest of honor
at an informal reception Monday
given by the Boston Insurance Co.
The Weaver firm has just completed
40 years representation as the WASH
ington agent of the Boston company
More than 400 leaders of club,
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(See COSTS, Page BID
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banking and real estate life in the
Capital have been invited to the re-
ception, which will be held at 2400
Sixteenth street NV.
Mr.. Weaver is a former president
of the National Association of Real
Estate Boards. In 1915 and 1917 he
served as president Of the Washing
ton Real Estate Board.
Evening star., 1939-10-07
DV-Finish Method

The low-cost housing movement
Is giving new impetus to the dry
finish method of home construction.
In one group of Is houses recently
completed by different owners in an
Eastern subdivision, more than one
half have inside walls finished with
insulating color panels, plywood and
similar products.
Evening star., 1939-10-07
Stripping Tokes Expert

The application of color stripping
10 the body Of an automobile re-
quires such high degree of crafts
manship and muscular control that
the stripers often spend years in
the profession before becoming ex-
pert in their trade. In one auto
mobile plant, there are five stripers
who total their time at 55 years,
while a man who operates a new
model gravity feed stripping brush
estimates that he has walked 3,785
. miles on his job since 1929.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Of cotton II and when that becomes
pacessarv" 80

Of cotton If and when that becomes
necessary"
"The farm programs may have
added to Treasury deficits, but all
of you should remember that this Is
not the farmers fault or the admin
istrations fault. It is the fault Of
those who tried to destroy the pro-
grams by destroying the processing
tax.
"Since the courts decision (Su-
preme Court notification of pro-
cessing taxes the farm programs,
with the exception Of sugar, have
been financed out of general appro-
priations from the Treasury. The
processing tax on sugar, tax in
effect since 1887, has more than
paid for the sugar program. There
has been no continuing cource OF
revenue for other payments to
farmers"
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Funeral Monday
For Jesse !. Marshall

Jesse I. Marshall, SO. construction
engineer in charge Of the Social
Security and Railroad Retirement
Board Buildings, fell dead yesterday
In a construction shack near the
Social Security Board Building.
Death was attributed to a heart
attack.
Mr.. Marshall, who lived at 1918
Harvard street NV, was found on
the floor of the shack by fellow
employe. He was pronounced dead
at Casualty Hospital.
A native Of Beatrice, Nebr., Mr..
Marshall had been in Washington
six months. He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Doris Marshall, and a
daughter, Coralee Marshall. Funeral
services and burial will be Monday.
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Wallace Sees Merit
In Certificate Plan
Processing Tax
Gosh at Time Crop
Is Sold Cited as
An Advantage
1y the Associated Press.

Dy the Associated Press. .--'
OKLAHOMA CITY. Dec. Sec
retary of Agriculture Henry WAL
lace suggested today that continu-
ing source of revenue for farm ber1e-
ats might be found in a modern
version of the processing tax"
In a speech prepared for broad
cast over an N. B. G. national farm
network the cabinet member said:
Among the plans under discus
sion is the so-called certificate plan.
Under this proposal farmers would
get production certificates. Process
sors of cotton, for example, would be
required to buy these certificates IN
order to sell their goods.
THE certificates would be equal in
value to a certain number OF cents
per pound or bushel. The growers
would sell their certificates to the
professor, either directly or IN a
pool" ..
Mr. Wallace said there were "obvi-
Gus advantages to such plan.
Sees Speedier Payments.
"For one thing, it might be pos
sible for the producer to cash his
certificate at the time he sold his
crop. One of the complaints against
the present program is the length
of time the grower has to wait Tor
his check. And the certificate plan
would not require funds from the
Treasury"
every proposal should be care
f,,lly examined. But feel 1t
ia essential that the farmers should
as quickly as possible-get be-
hind some plan that Will assure
them a permanent source OF the rev.
enue they need. -,
II am hopeful the professors Will
cooperate with US. Among the pro-
cessors are many able and pro-
pressive men. If they can be per-
suaded that we are right-and l be-
lieve they can-they will go along
with us. But die hards might as
well abandon the idea that Amer
lean farmers are willing to continue
to exploit themselves, their families
and their land to grow cheap farm
products"
Asks Quota Approvals.
The Secretary urged Southern
farmers to approve the marketing
quotas for the 1910 cotton crop.
Some 2,500,000 growers will vote on
this proposal December 9. The
quotas were approved in the last
two annual elections.
Since 1882 the Triple-A cotton
programs have been the prop that
has prevented another collapse in
Cotton prices) in the South.
In voting December 9, cotton pro-
ducers should keep few essentials
in mind.
First, the world carryover Of
American cotton on August was
one of the largest ever known. Sec
ond, the world supply of all cotton
for this year is nearly 100000
bales, one of the largest on record.
Discounts War Sales.
Third, the war is not likely to
increase world consumption OF
American cotton, although better
business may increase cotton con-
sumption in the United States
Fourth, the triple-A program can
be used to increase the production
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Three Win Prizes
In Sonnet Contest

At the close of the poetry
festival" at the Arts Club last night,
prizes in a national contest for the
best sonnets, sponsored by the, Blue
Moon, local poetry publication. were
awarded by Charles Edward Russell,
author and lecturer. More than 100
poems were centered in the contest.
The winners were Miss Inez
Barclay Kirby of Bethesda, Nd,
first; Mrs. Louise Wilson Dunwell
of Washington, second, and Miss
Ellen Gay Miller of Long Meadow,
Mass, third.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Penny Carnival

The Junior Catholic Daughters OF
America will hold its annual Penny
Carnival in st. Martins Parish
Hall December 7. Miss Loretta
Shaffer is in charge.
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Benefit Supper

ANDREW CHAPEL, Va, Dec. !
(SpeciaD 1.-The Aid Society of An
drew Chapel Methodist Church will
serve a benefit supper In Andrew
Chapel School Saturday beginning
at $50 pm.
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his misery"
Barry put her down gently
where she was.
"I'll be right back, Mama" he
said softly, with Lucy. Just a
minute, Mama"
His horse was fresher than the
two with which Laredo was try
ing to- escape, and Barry over
hauled them before they had gone
mile. Laredo heard and saw
who followed; cat-quick he was
, down out of the saddle, dragging
Lucy along with him. AS his cou-
sin Tom Haveril had done in like
circumstance, so now did the La
redo Kid do, holding the half
fainting Lucy before him with
one arm, his other hand on his
gun.
II see yuh're bringin' me back
my OF red gun, Cousin Barry"
he Knocked, but Lucy saw that
for all his jeering there was a
look of fear on his face.
Barry ceme forward, walking
slowly, the old red gun in his
hand. Laredo shouted. That's
close enough, Shutdown! One
more step an"
I'm going to kill you, Laredo"
said Barry and came on.
Laredo yelled back at him,
"Yuh fool, yuh'll kill her!"
"Barry!" screamed Lucy. "Bar-
ry, save me! I don't care if I am
killed! I'd rather be dead"
It wanted something next door
to a miracle to speed that bullet
by the girl without harming her
and to bury it in Laredo's lean
body. The miracle was not forth
coming. Barry's bullet hit Lucy.
But it hit Laredo too. 1t struck
her in the tip of the shoulder and
went clean through and drilled
through Laredo's shoulder an
inch or so lower than Lucy's.
! Laredo lifted himself a fraction
of a second first, but him arm
was heavy and as he threw his
gun forward Barry was already
firing again. A long red furrow
sprang into his face as he fell
backward. Yet, dropping back, he
loosed another bullet with that
almost uncanny certainty of his.
Barry, twice hard hit, lay for
a moment unable to stir, his
brain swimming dizzily, his hand
going lax on his gun.
! He shook his head; his teeth set
hard; with a supreme effort he
sat up. He saw Laredo sitting up
as awkwardly as himself. The
gun in Barry's weakening fingers
was heavy, and his hand, grown
numb and weak, was about to
fail him altogether. Only with the
greatest difficulty, exerting his
will to the uttermost, did he lift
his gun.
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ward Barry's sister. Instructive
ly she made swift movement to-
ward it.
Why Laredo did not shoot her
is not to be known. Perhaps he
had a thought to saving ammunl-
ton; perhaps the easiest thing
was what he did. AS she stopped,
he struck her brutally with the
barrel of the gun in his hand and
little blue-eyed Lucy dropped
mercifully unconscious across the
Judges legs.
Comm along peaceful-like
now" asked the Kid of the other
Lucy, standing and grinning at
her, spinning his gun about upon
forefinger through it's trigger
guard. "Say yes in a hurry, an
won't hurt no more O. yore
frien's. Hang back like balky
mule an I'll pop another bullet
through OF lady Haveril."
Lucy tried to answer and could
not speak. His lips twitched as he
watched her.
"Yuh're my ace in the hole,
that's what" he said. "Yuh're 60
ing to be worth money to me-
Now, are yuh comin'?" He flipped
his gun over and drew fine
bead on a spot between Mrs. Ha-
veriPs eyes.
Lucy's voice came to her then
in a thin scream. With the Judge
dying on the floor, with Barry's
sister lying unconscious, a smear
of blood spreading on her face,
with Mrs. Haveril looking like
dead woman standing erect, she
knew that the Kid would well
come another killing, just to show
off before her and to convince
her that he was a man of his
word, and not squeamish about
things.
/ eyes, yes! I'm coming!" she
gasped. ooh, God help me"
''No!" said Mrs. Haleril. mo
dear. I'd rather have him kill
me-"
Laredo caught the girl by the
arm and jerked her to him.
"We're in a hurry from now
on. We've wasted enough time"
She chung to the horn of the
saddle and turned for a last look
back. Mrs. Haveril, one arm
dangling, had run outside anc
retrieved the rifle which Lare.
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do had thrown into the yard.
Laredo, too, turned and looked
back.
"She's askin' for it," he grun-
ted and jerked out his newly hol-
stored gun.
DON'T" slreamed Lucy, and
tried to come abreast of him to
strike his arm down. "For Gods
sake
He only laughed at her as he
fired: this time he shot to kill.
There was the crack of the rifle;
Lucy heard the angry hiss not a
yard from her own head; she
heard the explosion of the gun
in Laredo's hand and saw Mrs.
Haveril fall.
Those last two shots were heard
from afar, DULY muffled sounds,
by Barry Haveril riding hard to
come up with Laredo.
He began shouting as he rode
into the yard. Ice went to his
heart at the ominous hush which
was his only answer. He ran into
the house, still calling, only to
grow momentarily rigid, filled
with horror. The Judge was dead.
His sister Lucy he thought dead,
too; she lay on the floor, still un-
conscious, her face covered with
blood.
He dashed through the house,
seeking. Where was his mother?
Where was Lucy Hamilton?
The first moving thing he saw
was his mother, weakly trying to
rise from where she lay out in
the yard.
"I'm all right, Baron," she whis-
pered. Then he saw her broken
bloody arm and saw too that she
had been shot through the Shout
der.
AS he drew her into his arms
he heard her, still whispering,
say as steadily as she could: "He
hes taken your Lucy away
with him, Baron"
Laredo? When? Where, Mo-
ther?"
| She tried to point but could
only nod feebly to indicate the
direction.
"Only a minute ago. Go, Baron
Kill him, Baron. He-he is not
man-just a murder machine
God wants you to kill him,
think, my son-to put him out OF
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against her head. Barry fired
without conscious aim. The bullet
broke Laredo's gun arm before
he could pull the trigger.
Barry got to his feet, took two
or three uncertain steps toward
Lucy and pitched forward on his
face.
When he regained conscious
ness he was in bed, and there
were many anxious faces turned
toward him, his fathers, Lute's,
Ken March's-yes and here was
his sister Lucy, alive, and there
on another cot lay his mother,
white but serene. And his own
Lucy, too
And Lucy, smuggling closer, un-
derstood and nodded.
The End
knowledge and Wisdom, far from
being one,
Have oft-times no connection.
knowledge dwells
In heads replete with thoughts of
other men,
Wisdom in minds attentive to
their own.
-COWPER
Evening star., 1939-10-14
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

II the weather mans prediction
of rain tonight proves correct, look
for the field at Griffith Stadium to
be in even worse condition tomorrow
than it was for the Redskin- Giant
game two weeks ago.
For even without rain, the grid
iron was due to receive a pretty
thorough going-over from the Cav
alcade of Thrills troupe which was
to give two more exhibitions, today
and tonight, and hard. fast field
for the Redskin-Pirate game seems
out of the question.
ID. G. Pros Attack Unchanged.
footprints of gallopin', buckin
broncos and tire ruts made by skid
ding autos were expected to leave
their mark on Uncle Clark Grit
fiths usually well-manicured turf
but the pro footballers are expected
to be the biggest victims Ball park
authorities were heard to say that
they didn't realize the rodeo was to
be held on the eve of a National
Football League contest when ar
rangements for the park were made
sometime ago, or they'd never have
rented it out.
Hasty preparations were to be
made by the Redskins to recondition
the field after the last performance
tonight, but time will be short and
If it rains, little can be done.
With all but Sammy Baugh and
Red Morgan in shape, Coach Ray
Flaherty sent the Indians through
their last drill this morning, plan
Evening star., 1939-10-14
.Comiskey-Hi|| Battle
Victor Monday 10
Meet Boyd Here

Will Boyd, Jack Dempsey's prom
Using heavyweight. has been signed
to meet the winner of the Pat
Comiskey.Joe Hill eight-round event
scheduled for Monday night at Tur-
ner's Arena. Matchmaker Goldie
Ahearn announced yesterday.
Boyd has fought here twice, each
time scoring impressive knockouts.
In his first appearance he got a
sensational two-round victory over
tough Billy Nicky, and later stopped
Buck Everett in seven heats.
Comiskey. New Jersey heavyweight
and Hill will arrive today for brief
workouts before tapering off tomor-
row.
Buster Miller, golden glove cham
pion, and Moe Slanker of Baltimore
have been signed to meet in the
four round opener Monday. AL Gill
bert of Washington and Gunnar
Eng of Sweden, middleweight, will
meet in another four ur-rounder.
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Pan-American Games
To Replace 0|ympics,
Argentina Plan
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 14.-The
Argentine Olympic Committee is
contemplating the possibility of or
ganizing Pan-American athletic
meet at Buenos Airs in 1910 in the
event the European war makes it
necessary to call off the Olympic
Games in Helsinki
Invitations already have been
sent to 20 American countries. it was
disclosed today. The plan was said
to be contingent upon a reasonable
number of acceptances.
While no program for financing
the proposed games has been
evolved, the committee is consider
ing construction of facilities at San
Isidro. about Is miles north of
Buenos Aires.
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Redskins Plan No New Offense
For Bucs, Despite Prospect s
Of Muddy Grid Tomorrow
WILBUR MOORE,

ming little change in the method he
employed last Sunday. Probably all
% players who will be in uniform
will get chance to play, with
complete teams being inserted at the
start of each period and backs a
little more frequently.
Skins Rockies to Start.
Because of the fine style in which
he came through last Sunday, Jim
my German is expected to get the
quarterback job at the kickoff. with
two other rockies. Jimmy Johnston
and Wilbur Moore. being with him
in the starting backfield. Erny
Pinckert will lend the experience to
the opening quartet.
Still emphasizing the close battle
the Pirates gave the Giants last
Sunday, Flaherty continued his pre-
cautions against a letdown by the
Skins. Statistics favor the Indians
IN almost every instance. as shown
below. but they have little influence
when action begins:
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Check on Wagering
Off Courses Held
Turf's Big Need
Systematic Scheduling
Of Big Races Is Asked
Of Thoroughbred Club
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LEXINGTON, KY, Oct. 14-The
horse racing industry has become
"unwieldy" and needs "some form
of national cooperation and direc-
tion," Carleton F. Burke. former
chairman of the California Racing
Commission, told the Thoroughbred
Club of America last night.
Even possibility of Federal legis-
lation to combat "the evil of illegal
off -the-course betting" was ad-
vanced by the veteran racing official
in an address prepared for delivery
as guest of honor at the Thorough
bred Clubs eighth annual testi-
monial dinner.
Wagering Great Problem.
THE parasitic growth of illegal
betting must be extinguished before
racing is altogether secure in Amer
ica," he said. That is a problem
which neither the State nor racing
itself has been able to solve"
On the other hand, he continued
there are many matters of COM
mon interest to the turf for the
direction of which the delegated
authority of the turf itself should
suffice"
Wants Program Supervised.
He advocated national cooper
alton" in such matters as licensing
working out a climactic order fol
our principal races in order to give
purpose to them, in creating re-
quirements which would be instru.
mental in developing and maintain
ing the stamina of the breed and ir
many technical phases of the sport.
Burke was awarded q scroll anc
pin symbolical of distinguished
service to the turf.
Evening star., 1939-10-14
20 Years Aqo
In The Star

The Cincinnati base ball club
presented Manager Pat Moran
with $1,000 as a bonus for win
ming the National League PEN
nant.
A light, fast Catholic Uni
versity football team will make
its debut today against a strong
Quantico Marine team.
V. P. l.. with a husky, veteran
squad, will play Georgetown this
week end and Maryland State
next Saturday. Maryland State
will play West Virginia this Sat-
urday.
Johnny Dundee of New York
was awarded a referees decision
in a 12-round bout with Young
Kloby of Lawrence, Mass, in a
close battle in the latter's home
town.
Ted kid Lewis, former welter
king of this country, is prepar-
ing to leave for England, where
he will box Johnny Bashion,
welter champion Of Europe.