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Evening star., 1940-11-02
Private Construction
Here Hits Lowest
Level in Months
Permits Issued in Week
Have TotuI Valuation
Of $337,080

Private building in the Districr
reached its lowest level in month,
during the past week as the build.
ing inspectors office approved per-
mlts having a total valuation o1
only $337,0S0. Almost all Of the new
construction was residential in type
There were a. one-family dwellings
and two small multifamily struc-
lures included among the permits.
More important permits of the
week follow:
Cooley & Gruver. Investment
Building. owners and builders; G.. T.
Santmyers, 1410 H street NV,
architect; to erect II two-story brick
and cinder block dwellings, 220l to
1928 Thirteenth street NE: to cost
$4,000.
Cooley & Gruver, Investment
Building, owners and builders; G. T.
Santmyers. 141O H street NV. arcm-
tect: to erect II tWo-story brick and
cinder block dwellings. 220O-2222
Thirteenth street NE; to cost
$4,000.
Otis Service Stations. Shoreham
Building, owners: Dana B. Johannes
jr.. 927 Fifteenth street NV, de-
signer; to erect l two-Story brick
cinder block and steel industrial
building, 1925 New York avenue
NE; to cost $4,000.
The Chevy Chase Land Co. Un-
{1r, p,1i1Ii,,o
Spencer, Inc, 1850 Jonquil street
NV, builders; Kirkhuff & Bagley
Chevy Chase, Md, designers: to
erect I one-story brick and stone
and cinder block store building, 1888
Connecticut avenue NV; to cost
S25 900.
Stanley Co. Of America, Inc, 702
Earle Building, owners; American
Furniture e. Fixture Co.. designers:
to make repairs, Earle Building; to
cost $4,000.
Colony Construction Co, 2 Buchan-
an street NE, owners and builders;
G. T. Santmyers, 14l0 H street NV.
architect; to erect 3 tWo-story
brick and cinder block dwellings,
1864 to 1872 Van Buren street NV;
to cost $4,000.
John j. Stanley, 6638 Eastern
avenue NV, owner and builder;
Elmer Cappelmann, 1147 Connecti-
cut avenue NV, designer; to erect
! two-story brick, cinder block and
frame dwelling, 1929 Macomb street
NV; to cost $1,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Emerson.
owners; Stone e. Shockey. 1920
Argyle terrace NV, builders; George
S. Brock, 6840 Wisconsin avenue
NV, designer; to erect l two-story
and basement brick and cinder block
dwelling, 4208 Argyle terrace NV;
to cost $4,000.
George F. Rosenfeld, College
Park, Md. owner and builder; Paul
H. Kea, Hyattsville, Md, designer;
to erect three 2-story masonry and
wood dwellings, 430-432-434 Thirty
fourth street NE; to cost S9,500
Cooley Bros, 8l2 Investment
Building, owners and builders; Jo-
seph H. Abel, 1927 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV, designer; to erect one &
story brick dwelling. 1920 Warren
street NV; to cost $4,000.
Alfred Stidham, 1914 MasSa-
chusetts avenue NV, owner and
builder; Louis R. Moss. 1415 I street
NV, designer; to erect one 2-story
Evening star., 1940-11-02
Block Thut Termite!

After corrective measures. have
been taken against termites, the
Federal Housing Administration
urges that frequent inspections be
made to make sure the termites are
not finding new entrance and that
old entrances have been adequately
blocked.
Evening star., 1940-11-02

free. 2. Fire-resistant, because fam.
mable roofs are the third largest
cause of residential fires. 3. Attrac-
tive. And 4, economical.
Evening star., 1940-11-02

pared by Randolph Evans. noted
small house architect. A good house
roof. he says, should be: 1. Long
lived, because such a roof Is trouble
Evening star., 1940-11-02
How to Check Roof

Here Is a roof check list for home
owners who choose new roofs, pre-
Evening star., 1940-11-02
STANDARD $4l5O

Wahngton's 1OOO1ore in
this with Quality Construction offers
Brick and Masonry Homes the lowest Through amazing
Finance Pan you get the benefit Of BOTH SMALL CASH PAY
hNT and SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENT No other development
offers such low homes Of conparabN high quality The 5Room
Standard River Terrace Home for only S45o has beautiful Living
Room With Entrance Foyer and euest Closet Real Dining Room; All
Steel Kitchen; Tile Bath in Color; Two Attractive Bedrooms and
abundance Of Closets It's Life Time Home Of Solid Brick and
Masonry Aforementioned ODD with Steel Easement Windows large
landscaped Gardens and large sodd fenced Gardens Porche
and Walks are Poured Concrete Here's
acquire Quality Home in this cis FASTEST GROWING SECTON
Thousands Of homes Giant New Apartments Huge Public Build
ngs pngng all sides You'll enjoy Whngtons low Electric
and Water and lower and Insurance;
STREET CAR SERVICE It's Easy reach River
Benning Rd from 18th and SITS 34th St. takes
exactly MINUTES.
Evening star., 1940-11-02

Right here Washington only w the u S Capitol Building
the
truly the peoples They purchased than 400 Homes
dollar value and
ton odsv
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-21
Organization of
State Contractors
Association Goal

Plans are about completed for a
statewide organization of building
contractors, George c. Pickering an
nouneed yesterday.
Pickering, president of the Build
ing Contractors association. contin-
ued, In order to further safeguard
the interests and investments of the
building public, it is necessary that
we unite the contractors throughout
the entire state in order to eliminate
the few remaining unscrupulous, or
so-called Jerry builders. Our plans
call for the introduction of state
and local legislation that will pro-
tect the building public cooperate
with and assist the legitimate con-
tractor and that will assure steady
employment TO over 100000 subcon-
tractors and employees throughout
the state.
George c. Pickering of Fullerton,
Harry H. Frank of Los Angeles, ".
H Greenup of Long Beach. and
Carl w. Spaulding. association man
agcr. Just returned from a weeks
trip throughout the state, inter-
viewing contractors. and which re-
suited in a two day convention in
Oakland.
The entire state is aroused TO the
necessity OF immediate action, stat
ii SpauldinF Every community
large and small are behind the
movement. The contractors of San
Francisco, Oakland. Sacramento,
Fresno. in fact the entire state, are
already proceeding as one unit.
we have plenty of laws nov" :"
stated Pickering. TT is only case
of some needed Qualification and the
necessary strengthening of the en-
torcement agencies of our existing
legislation that we are asking for.
Throughout the state, the build
.ng industry is busy, prices are
normal and stabilized-and all signs
point 10 an active 1910. But We con-
tractors. trustees for the building
public. have an obligation that We
intend TO fully disohargc-safety
and protection for the building pub
lie"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-21
Dos and Don'ts
OF HomebuiIdinq

Furnishing your first home?
Or perhaps you're in the throes
of ledoralng your house through
out. In either case, here are a few
dos and don'ts that may prove
time and money savers.
DO plan before you buy sim
gle thing Work out color schemes
for every room, know about how
much you can spend and make
miniature room plans, sketching in
the main pieces of furniture, so
that you can correct major mis-
takes while they are still on paper.
ROOM BUDGETING
Do be careful not to lump your
budget, overfurnishing one or two
rooms at the expense of the others
It's a good rule to allow about 40
per cent of your expenditure for
the liying-room, 25 per cent for the
dining room (le5s if it is a dinette,)
25 pei cent for the bedroom, and 10
per cent for the kitchen QhiS
assuming you'll be buying some
of the most costly electrical appli-
ances on terms)
Do decide, in family conference,
the type CT home you are happiest
in. whether you like simplicity and
informality or prefer more digni-
fled formaiity: whether YOU like
the traditional styles OF furniture.
or the more sophisticated modern
types. Once you have made this
decision. stick to it, come what
may, and be sure that everything
you buy belongs" III that pattern
BUY HIGH QUALITY
Do buy high quality furniture
1t will pay in the end If this
means you must have only two
good chairs in the living room in
stead of four inexpensive ones, so
be It. Let the dining chairs
pinci1-hit until YOU can afford more
good living room chairs. Investing
in poorly built furniture, even If it
Is much lower-priceG, Is reve, good
economy because it will have TO be
replaced years before good furni-
ture would need replacement and
quickly becomes shabby looking
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-21
Color Scheme
important in
Room RemodeIinq

Changing the color scheme OF
a room, Though draperies, floor
coverings, wall paper or upholstery
will often do more to make 1t
look entirely refurnished than
would any amount of new fur
niture, II is quite frequently the
wise solution to making the old
pieces do for economy's sake.
Here are a few of the more un-
usual color schemes noted in the
model houses about town-all of
them are refreshing and stimulat-
ing, all of them have exciting
decorative possibilities.
For an eighteenth century liv-
ing room, a wallpaper in char
treuSe, dusty blue and emerald
green, rug of warm beige;
Georgian draperies in dusty blue;
chairs, upholstered in chartreuSe
and emerald green; soft in beige
and dusty blue.
For a French Provincial living
room; walls in pinky beige, the
same tone used as ground color
Vi lllc SDld CllllII WHICH 10 pau
termed in deep pink flowers: twin
arm chairs in eggshell and bur-
gundy; arm chair in rose linen;
amber walnut broadlom.
For an eighteenth century bed
room; dubonnet broadloom; du-
bonnet and .eggslell chintz drap-
cries over peach glass curtains.
peach bedspread; peach, dubon-
net and eggshcll upholstery on
slipper chair and chalse; egg
shell walls.
Dubonnet and light blue are
still being combined to distinC-
tive effect, both in living rooms
and bedrooms. The Paris Worlds
Fair is also influencing decorat-
ing colors, the striking combina-
ton of CapuChine, or what some
designers call orange ice with per-
twinkle blue, being direct pickup
from the fair colors While combln-
stious like these may not be so
satisfactory for a larger room, they
can give small rooms Importance
which they would not have other
wise.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-21

= Building activity in the city will
be comparatively slow during the
! first two months. observers agreed.
but another spring burst of activ-
/ ity should send FL Centro'S build
ing activity INTO the 100000 brac-
| ket again
/ Building activity in 1888 Surpass-
/ ed the S45000O mark and was Just
/ slightly under. that figure in 1899
as a slump caused by outbreak of
war in Europe and a combination
of other factors, slowed the indus
try during the fall months.
Builders pointed out that there
/ is still a rather heavy housing
shortage in El Centre and also
stressed the fact that more attrac-
/ tive housing loan deals will at
tract more prospective home build
/ erS
Building industrial and CONNER
cial buildings were also expected to
swell the total 10 some extent in
1910 as business conditions in gen.
eral apparently were on the up
grade in the Imperial Valley.
Concentrated advertising cam
paignS by valley contractors and
supply houses was listed by one con-
tractor as evidence that building
activity would be equally as heavy
in 1910 as in 1899,
Pat Glasgow, spokesman for the
Sones Lumber CO.. commented:
Building in 1910 will be off
slightly during the early months
but should recover to match the
1899 total"
Hugh Latham, manager of the
Builders Supply, said:
AT least as good as last year.
There is still a demand for more
homes, loans offers are more at
tractive. 1t may even be a banner
year"
Neal Gavin, of Gavin Lumber
ana Grain was somewhat Conserv-
ative in his prediction.
I'm bit uncertain as to the
possibilities of tie industry in
1910. Business is bound to pick up
in the spring, however"
Russell Tagg, manager of Whit
ing Mead was enthusiastic
1T looks like our greatest year
in building. We're already several
thousands dollars ahead of last
year and there is good chance
we'll set a new record"
Aubrey Moody. of Pacific Sys-
tenn Homes, said.
After March l, building will
boom Just as it has in the past two
years-possibly more
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-21

This two-story and. basement frame
dwelling. valued at Si,500, was built in
Columbus. Ohio. with the aid of a
$4,000 mortgage insured by the Fed
eral Housing Administration.
The house is an example of a blend
Of pleasant design and practical ar
rangement. Privacy obtained by skill
full planning illustrates what may he
done in small-residence design. All
rooms have two exposures, giving ade
guate light and ventilation. The open
fireplace in the living room furnishes
an effective focal point for decoration,
as well as an auxiliary heating unit.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-21

PARDON APPLICATIONS
SINT TO GOVERNOR

SACRAMENTO. Jan. 20. CUP)
Pardon applications were flied with
Gov. Culbert Olson today by Luigi
Borello. who served two years in
San Quentin prison on a man
slaughter conviction in Alameda
county in 1892. and A. W Page.
who served Il months for a con-
vction in 1892 OF grand theft and
violation Of the corporate securities
act in Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-21
Oriental Rugs
Regain Widespread
Popularity

Although broadloom rugs are first
in fashions favor this season, 1t
does not follow that oriental rugs
are out" by any means. In fact,
orientals of the better types arc
being used more by decorators this
year than for the past five or six
wears. This is because Of the popu-
ianty OF tie classic eighteenth CEN
tury styles, the more formal OF
which are at their best against the
rich and luxurious background OF
fine oriental. the type of rug orig
inally used with these furnishings
when they were first designed.
Lighter Tones Used
Oriental rugs, however, are fol-
lowing the trend toward lighter
tones, and many of the loveliest
this year have very light eggshel
backgrounds. and patterns IN soft,
muted pastels.
Chinese rugs are also found in
many distinguished eighteenth CEN
tury settings. These, as a rule,
have the traditional floral motif
in the corners and an open ground
in rich blue, warm rose, henna or
gold. These rugs. too, may be had
now with eggshcll toned back
grounds. Brown. also a leading color
this fall, is another interesting 1893
background for Chinese rug de-
signs.
Copies Accurate
Amcrican-made reproductions OF
Persian rags now are produced with
wonderful artistry snd accuracy.
and fine oriental patterns can be
purchased at very moderate prices
These, too, are in perfect taste in
traditional type rooms.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-21
1q40 Building TO
Maintain Pace Set
In Past Two Years

Another good year in building"
That the prediction of Ell Centre building con-
tractors and material supply concerns Saturday
truction the city continued to ahead of the pace
during January year
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-21

For unexpected and sure-fire re-
suits turn 10 Post Press ClaSSifiedS.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
TRAINING YOUNGSTERS
TO GET A JOB

There would be lot less unemploA
ment in the United States II there "elV
more attention paid to such programs d.
that newly launched in FL Centro-to
train boys and girls of school age II.
trades and crafts before they get oul ol
school, by giving them actual experience
The boy who attends school and al the
same time serves an apprenticeship III
industry has about hundred times more
chance of getting a Job after he gets Out
of school than his fellow who has mad no
experience in any trade, craft or probes
sion.
The nations unemployment figures
bear out this statement. Unemployment
statistics reveal, Is confined almost en-
tirely to individuals without any trade
or special training. To common laborerS'
in other words. or to white collar work
ers without special training.
There is always plane in industry tor
a trained man who is able to return IN
service the value of his paycheck
One trouble is that too many fond par
ents harbor the hope their children will
enter the professions, so never give
thought to training them for the trades.
The youngsters more often than not prove
unadaptable to professional life, or cam
not OBTAIN tne IlSH ueSTee vi lidlilHe
necessary for it, and SO are left without
training or experience of any kind.
From the standpoint of dollars and
cents, the parents would do better to en-
courage their children to learn the trades
nowadays. The average white collar job
does not pay as much as the average
craftsman earns today. Many profession
al men, in fact. do not equal the earnings
of steadily employed, expert manua
workmen.
There is another value to the appren-
ticeship program, entirely aside from the
fact that it gives the boy far better
chance for employment when school Is
over 1t lies in the fact that, even though
the youngster might go on to become
professional worker in some other line,
he always has something to fall back on,
as we'll as ready-made hobby.
The royal families of Europe for gen
erations have required that their male
members, as d part of their education,
learn a craft or trade. 1t is one royal
tradition Americans might very we'll fol-
low in ordinary family life.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
THAT THIRD PARTY
(Christian Science Monitor)

John L. Lewis, head of the CIO. speaks
of forming a third political party in the
United States drawing together his labor
organization, the American Youth Con-
gresS, the American Negro Conference,
Liberal AGRICULTURAL organizations and
the Townsend old-age pension group. All
such threats have to be taken with two
grains Of salt One grain is the fact coai-
tions of diSSidentS always have hard
time getting along among themselves.
The other is that leaders of organizations
for specific purposes have difficulty de-
liverng their votes at AN election on gen
eral issues.
Making these allowances, it might seem
offhand that Mr.. Lewis would be doing
both major parties q favor if he could
draw off the farm. youth and labor radi-
Gals the Negro voters and the aged bloc
into a reservoir where their ballots would
be relatively ineffective so far as electing
i President was concerned. This might
relieve the Democratic and Republican
conventions of considerable embarrass-
ment and pressure if only they could as
sumo that the new party would draw
equally from the old ones.
This assumption, of course, cannot be
safely made, for the movement would
probably take away many more Demo-
cratic than Republican votes, and con-
sequently it may be set down chiefly as
a maneuver to attempt to force the Demo-
cratic Party to adopt a candidate and
platform acceptable to Mr.. Lewis and his
wing Of labor.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

County Recorder of Imperial Coun-
t., excepting therefrom q strip of
land 100 feet in width situated in
the South half $50 Of Tract 70,
Township Is South, Range IS East,
S.BM.. according to the United
States Government rr-SurVev of
1909 and 1906 lying equally 80 feet
ON each side of the located center
line of the Inter-C California Railway
Company'S proposed railroad from
Sandia 10 HoltVille. as surveyed and
staked On the ground in the year
1880.
Reference to said petition is here
by made for further particulars.
AND NOTICE IS HEREBY FUR
THEIR GIVEN that the hearing Of
said petition has been fixed by the
clerk of said court for Friday, the
10Th day of April. 1910, at 2 o'clock
PM. of said day at the courtroom
of said court at the Court House in
the City of FL Centro. County Of
Imperial State of California, and
all persons interested are notified
then and there to appear and show
cause, if any they have, why an
order should not be made as prayed
Dated March 26. 1910.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
Clerk
BY MAXINE CONSOLE,
A. Ill incl. Deputy Clerk.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
Willis Thorntons Editorial On:
The Dead are Not Even Counted

did give distorted view Little was
said of Finnish losses.
Now the war is over, and Mars be-
gins to total up his blood
led2ers. How many died?
Molotoff, Russian premier, now
says the Russian dead were 48,645,
with l58863 wounded. The Firms,
he says, lost 10000 killed and 25O.0OO
wounded.
Mannerheim, the Finn leader, told
different story, of 100000 Russian
dead 100000 wounded, while the
Firms were losing $4,000 dead. Swed-
iSh estimates doubled that loss for
the Firms, guessed total Russian
casualties at a half-million.
Nobody knows whose figures are
correct. BY averaging all these
claims. however. one can make q
guess that between 100000 and 200,-
600 men are dead.
When spring comes to the lake
country. when the northern tundras
bloom Shyly green again, those rows
of dead will begin their return to
the earth whence they came. Each
was a man. each a living. breathing
being, with fears and hopes like
yours and mine, all merged now in
common oblivion Throughout all
northeastern Europe are families
whose sons did not return. They
know. They remember.
But for the rest. for the govern
ments which sent them to their
deaths. for world which watched
helplessly as they died-these didn't
even bother to count them
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF HEARING

In The Superior Court of The
State of California, in and for The
County of Imperial.
PROBATE
In the Matter of the Guardianship
Estate of DAVID SINGH Dill
Ion, ESTHER SINGH DILLON,
JOE SINGH DILLON, SHAM
SINGH DILLON. HARRY SINGH
DILLON. REUBEN DOMINGUEZ
and CELIA DOMINGUEZ,
Minors.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that Sam Singh Dillon. guardian of
David Singh Dillon, Esther Singh
Dillon. Joe Singh Dillon. Sham
Singh Dillon. Harry Singh Dillon,
Reuben Dominguez and Celia Do
minguez. Minors, has filed in the
above entitled court his petition
praying for Permission to Purchase
Real Estate.
That following is a brief descrip-
ton of the particular property Re-
ferred to in the petition to Lots
Twenty-seven (20, TWenty-eight
C28), Twenty-nine i29), and Thirty
800 of the Alamo Tract in the City
of Holtville, County of Imperial,
State of California, according to
Map No. 900 on file in the office
of the County Recorder of San
Diego County, copy of said map
being on file in the office of the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
DICTATORS ON THE MOVE :
FOR A GOOD REASON

There has been a lot Of talk about the
speed with which dictators can move, in
comparison to the ponderous movements
of democracy.
1t seems to be about time to point out
that the dictators not only can move with
speed-they've got to.
Hitler, for instance. may have had
purely internal reason for launching his
offensive against the Scandinavian ma
tions-a reason that would be found no.
where but in a dictatorship. 1t is highly
possible that his people were getting rest
less in idleness, had begun to wonder
about the so-called accomplishments of
this vaunted fuehrer of theirs, who did
nothing but sit tight behind the Siegfried
line, not daring a test of strength with
the enemies he had so often taunted for
weakness.
A dictator has got TO prove continually
that he is strong else his own people will
overthrow him. To prove his strength,
he must move, and move fast. The trou-
Bile is, he cannot sit STILL when he should
That may be the trouble with Hitler
right now. He's stuck his neck under the
axe because he couldn't do anything else,
and remain fuehrer.