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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-09

Better homes and more of them,
with greater stability Of property
values, are likely to characterize
the real estate business during the
next year or two, according to DR..
William H. Husband, member Of
the Federal Home Loan bank
board.
"The volume Of residential con-
struction likely will continue to
improve, with the greatest oppor-
tunities in the low-cost category"
DIR. Husband said.
THE dependence Of real estate
upon the resurgence Of general
business activity" he added, "sug-
gests the adoption of policy
based upon prevailing market
needs and the general consolida-
ton of position.
DR.. Husband singled out three
chief problems confronting the
real estate business. They are:
1. Amount OF real estate over
hang (foreclosed properties) on
the market.
2. Failure Of private industry to
produce in terms Of market de-
mands.
3. Burdensome taxation which
endangers the investment position
Of real estate holdings.
Strong financial institutions
need TO face realistically the re-
suits of continued holding Of the
real estate overhsng in the hope
Of obtaining better prices" DR..
Husband declared. Actually, there
are many significant and funda-
mental economic factors which
initiate against marked recovery
of old properties now being held.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-09

construction program may - faced
IN TIE most economical fashion. IN
recommending such surveys the
review said.
~ should - ros>ihse = deter
nine whether construction az q
aew series 81 homes ny an operative
builder would merely sdd to the
exeezs supply II that type - units
already IN existence IN cne COM
munlty.
IN another community = might
b shown thai there II : rising
trend In vacancies IN apartment
houses making u poszsh.s for
building efforts 10 b directed
from shs apartment field 10 the
single residence field such sur
veyz a. these would eliminate the
trial and error method ~ At
tempting merely 10 estimate the
vacancy trend heretofore IN par
sicnlar community
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-09

OF the United States
Jumping all types 81 vacancies
together for analysis the Review
noted that ons outstanding fact 81
the study n that ~the nationwide
curve ef decreasing vacancies that
began ~ the high levels Of tnsa-ss
and continued veil into insa. has
ended. Further changes in vacan-
cies are controlled now largely hy
by local factors which bear directly
upon the trends within an lndiyid.
uai community
me Review suggested that lend.
Ing institutions take the leadership
In bringing about local vacancy
surveys In The various American
communities 80 that the residential
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-09
Clarence Potter
Buys Building

Announcement is made today Of
the purchase Of the three story
brick building at 18th and Faw-
cett ave. The building. formerly
occupied by Washington Wineries.
was purchased by Clarence Potter
from the Western Building and
Loan association Of Salt Lake City.
Potter already has started re-
modelling the building 70 make II
suitable for his business Of motor
cycle sales and service AT q cost
OF about $4,000. He expects 70
move 10 the new location about
June J.
Sale Of the property was handled
by G. D. Grant. realty firm In the
Puget Sound National Bank build
ing. Selling price Of the property
was not disclosed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-09

The first morning in ones own
new home. All of US whose Ill luck
it Is to be confined to old rented
dwellings have such visions. such
home-dreams. The beautiful thing
about this kind OF dream is that 1t
is so simple to realize-that lit
orally thousands of western FAM
lilies are making 1t come true this
very spring.
The Bolton" design for mod
ern western home, here illustrated,
with two floor plans, is practical
medium for realizing the dream of
new-home ownership. 1t is not just
another picture of striking and
serviceable home design. The
working plans and specifications
are available, at nominal cost,
through retail lumber dealers.
They will supply preliminary esti-
mates, on the basis of 10,070 cubic
feet for Plan A, without basement,
and $1,000 cubic feet for Plan B,
with basement. The design is
sponsored by Western II o m e s
Foundation, a nonprofit organiza-
ton of western forest products
manufacturers and retail lumber
men to give service and informa-
ton to prospective home-owners.
Desire Is Strong
There are few human forces
stronger than the desire for home
ownership" says w. C. Bell, chair
man of Western Homes Founda-
ton. And there are few things
in which the ideal and the material
are more interviewer than they are
in the home. A home, that Is, a
true home, is largely a creation of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-09

the spirit OF family life. Houses
are built. but homes are made
at home,
But the house must be built
first. Homemaking starts with
the selection OF a design. goes on
with the application for loan. the
approval Of the bank and FILA, the
letting of the contract, title insur-
ance, and finally possession -
home, sweet. home, with all the
words and music. In modern prac-
tice the procedure is simple and
II is safe, II the prospective home
owner will let himself be guided by
a progressive retail lumber dealer.
Serve Average Family
"Such designs as the Bolton
have been created. not to make
pretty magazine pictures, but as
an implement for the 5000 build
ing materials dealers of the far
western states to use in serving
the average family in the building
Of a home. The Bolton design has
met the practical test of such
service. 1t viii provide a home
of economy and efficiency. with
beauty. Inside, as the floor plan
shows, 1t Is a design for happy
family living. Outside, it Is a de-
sign TO blend beautifully with
shrubs and trees, grass and
flowers"
Retail lumber dealers will esti-
mate the Bolton and provide work.
ing plans and specifications at a
nominal sum from the National
Plan Service and Western Homes
Foundation, 1854 Stuart building.
Seattle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-09
Good Woy To Clean
A Maple Dresser

To clean dust and dirt from a
birds-eye maple dresser, wash with
thick suds Of any pure soap, follow
Immediately with clear water. and
rub dry with eheesecloth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-09
Modern Western Home Ideas
Clorified in 'Belion' DESIGN

White walls green roof and TRIM glowing in the soft light
and against the blue sky of spring morning Moving spots
of bright color-red robins the dewgeamng of
young lawn Whir of wings, and fleeing shadows in the
checkered pattern of light the lvngroom rug, formed
by the drift of sunshine through colonial windows table
set at the windows of the dining with the
coors of breakfast cloth and dishes The rousng odors of
bacon and coffee coming from the kitchen .
Evening star., 1940-11-02
.Lutherans 10 Hold
Youth Rally al
Grace Church
Union Choir Of Nearly
100 Voices to Sing
At PM. Service

A Lutheran Youth rally will be
held tomorrow at 4 pm. in Grace
Lutheran Church under the spon-
sorship Of the Potomac Federation
of Luther Leagues. The young peo-
pie of the Missouri Lutheran, United
Lutheran and Augustana Lutheran
Churches of the Washington area
have been invited. Chaplain Paul
w. Dickman of the United States
Naval Academy, will speak on EN-
joying Your Church Work" DR.. G.
E. Lenski will conduct the nturgical
service.
A feature will be choral union of
nearly 100 voices which will sing
Jesus, Priceless Treasure" and
"Now Thank We All Our God" by
Kruger. The Rev. George ]. Crew.
enow, pastor Of Faith Lutheran
Church, Arlington, Va, will direct
the group.
After the service a fellowship will
be held witt the Takoma Luther
League having charge Of the pro-
gram.
The officers of the Potomac FEEDER
alton are: president, Vincent Gin
gerich; vice president, Richard
Winkleman; secretary, Miss June
Mathes, and treasurer, Miss Esther
Wildensteiner.
Evening star., 1940-11-02
A Follower Plus Topic
0fDr. {. f. Hawthorne

DR.. C. E. Hawthorne, pastor of,
the Wallace Memorial United Pres
byterian Church, will preach tomor-,
row at II am. on "A Follower Plus"
and at 8 pm. on when Opportunity
Knocks" The junior choir will be-,
gin its sixth year by assisting at the
morning service, while a recently,
organized young peoples choir will
render its initial service in the eve.
ming service. The quartet will sing
at both services.
A movement has been inaugurated
in the New York Synod of this de-
nomination to keep numerical rec.
ord of the attendance at both morn.
ing and evening services for one
year beginning tomorrow. The Pas.
tors Aid Committee from the Inter-
mediate Christian Endeavor Society
will be in charge of this work.
The two official boards of the
church meet this week, the trus--
tees on Monday night at the home
of G.. F. Belt, 1898 Harrison street
NV, and the Session in the min
ister's study on Wednesday evening.
Evening star., 1940-11-02
HamIine Methodist
Minister 10 Preach
AT Morning Rites

ut Can Happen to You is the
subject of DR.. H. w. Burgan at
Hamline Methodist Church tomor-
row at II am.
Prof. Charles H. ONO will address
the Brotherhood Bible Glass on
"Jesus Declares His Mission" The
same subject will be used by the
teachers of the other two adult
classes, Miss Ada Williams and Mrs.
Thomas F. Law. DR.. E. H. Orr will
speak to the young adult group at
the same time. At 6 pm. the High
School League will meet. The
young people will meet at 6:45.
The official board will meet Mon
day night.
The Red Gross unit will meet
Tuesday from 1890 to o'clock.
The Womans Society of Christian
Service will meet Wednesday at
1890 am. The address will be given
by Mrs. Joy Elmer Morgan, presi-
dent of the Baltimore Conference
of Woman's Society of Christian
Service.
On Thursday night DR.. Walter C.
Lowdermilk will give an illustrated
lecture on "Our Own Country-1ts
Beauties and Land Use"
Evening star., 1940-11-02

auditorium, the various classes will
proceed to their assigned quarters
In the new building.
The Rev. WILDER H. Wilson, newly
appointed associate minister, will
preach at the junior church service
at II am. The Junior choir of "a
voices will sing. He will preach at
pm. on To-day Is Ours"
Mr.. Wilson studied at the Univer-
sity of Toledo, receiving his A. B.
degree at Asbury College, Wilmore,
Ky. and his B. D. degree at Emory
University, Ga, and became a
member of the Kentucky Conference
In 1888. He has been director of
Wesley Foundation at First Metho-
dist Church, Lexington, KY, and
served as supply for two churches
in the Atlanta district of the North
Georgia Conference while at Emory
University. He has been minister
of the Methodist Church at Owings-
vile, KY, the last two years. Mrs.
Wilson attended Mitchell College,
Statesville, N c., and subsequently
was graduated from Asbury College.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson have two chill
dren-Nancy Caroline, 5 years, and
Frank, 3 years.
An informal reception will be held
In honor of DR.. and Mrs. Rustin and
the Rev. and Mrs Wilson in the
social hall from 3 to 5 pm. Guides
will conduct tours thrOuph the edII-
cational building.
Evening star., 1940-11-02
Emory Methodist Choir
To Sing al Both Services

The sacrament of the Lords Sup
per will be administered at II am.
at Emory Methodist tomorrow. The
Rev. Horace E. Cromer will preach
on BE Still, My Soul" At 8 pm,
he will preach on The Lord Is on,
Thy Side" The choir will sing at
both services. The Young Peoples
Choir will sing Sweet Hour Of.
Prayer" at II am. 5
The Junior High, Senior High and
Young Peoples Leagues will meet
at pm.
The Official Board will meet Mon-T
day evening.
The Box Bible Glass will have a
business meeting Wednesday eve-J
ming.
The Red Gross Unit will meet
Thursday from 10 am. to 8 pm.
Emory will observe Scarritt Col
lege night on Thursday at 8 pm. Z,
The Glass of Friendship will pre-
sent D. w. Griffith's abraham Lin.
coln-From Log Cabin to White
House" and comedy shorts on No-e
vember 8 at 8 pm. !
Evening star., 1940-11-02
40 Hours Devotion
To Beoin Tomorrow

Forty Hours Devotion will be
opened at 1915 pm. mass tomorrow
at the Church of the Immaculate
Conception. 1t will be celebrated by
the Rev. Joseph E. Gedra. The boy
choristers will render Haydn's third
mass. The girls of the Immaculate
Conception Academy will lead the
procession of the Blessed Sacrament.
On Monday the mass of peace
will be said at 9 am. On Tuesday
the mass of reposition will be said
at 9 am. On Monday and Tuesday
the services will be at 7:45 pm.
and the Holy Name Society will lead
the procession Tuesday evening.
The Very Rev. Ignatius Smith will
give the first of his series of four
sermons on the Washington Catholic
Radio Hour over Station VOL from
the studio, November Z, at $3.50 pm.
His topic will be, who Knows
Christ" The music will be rendered
by the choristers.
Evening star., 1940-11-02
Rev. WiIIium A. Reese
To Continue Series

At the Metropolitan Memorial
Methodist Church the fourth in a
series of sermons on the Book of
Revelations will be delivered by the
Rev. William Andrew Reese at II
an. the subject being The Church
Against the World" The annual
Joash chest offering will be re-
ceived.
At $3.50 am. a special service Of
holy communion will be held for
those who wish the sacrament more
frequently. At 6:15 pm. the High
School League will meet.
On Monday at 8:15 pm. the Sec
ond of series of six lectures on
world affairs will be- given by DR..
Wesley M. Gewehr, professor of his
tory at the University of Maryland.
Mrs. T. Alden Bradford will be piano
soloist.
The Executive Committee of the
Woman's Society of Christian Serv-
Ice will meet at the parsonage at
1:30 pm. Monday.
The First Quarterly Conference
will be held Thursday at 8 pm.
with DR.. G. Ellis Williams, district
superintendent, presiding.
Evening star., 1940-11-02

he entered the Episcopal Theological
Seminary in Alexandria, Va, and
received the degree of bachelor OF
divinity there in 1882. He was orr
dained to the priesthood several
months later. While at the semi-,
nary, he was organist and choir
master at the Episcopal High School
in Alexandria. =
Before going to st. Augustine the
Rev. Mr.. Eyler was vicar of Christ
Church, Valdosta, Ga, and served
also at St. James Church, Quit-s
man, Ga.
The Rev. Dr. Herbert Scott Smith
retired as rector of st. Margarets-
last April after serving for Al years.
Services tomorrow will include
holy communion at 7:30 am. and
the church school devotions with
instructions at $50 am. At II am.
there will be a celebration of the
holy communion. when the new
rector will preach his first sermon
as the rector of the parish.
The special choral music will be:
Communion Service in A Flat"
Basil Harwood); the hymn tunes,
"St. Patrick's Breastplate," "St.
Anne" and Dec Gratias": offertory
anthem, "All Creatures of Our God
and King" Chapman; organ selec-
ton, Choral Prelude on st. Anne
Parry; "Symphone VI, Finale''
(Widor). The soloists are: Soprano,
Elizabeth Myers Lovejoy; contralto,
Vera Nicely Ross; tenor, DR.. George
Anderson; bass, Edgar Kidwell.
The vestry will meet Monday at.
pm: Tuesday, 10 am, the weekly
sewing and knitting by st. Mar
garet's Red Cross Unit; Wednesday,
pm, Daughters of the King at the
home of Mrs. Josephine Kelton,
1882 Kalorama road NV; Thurs
day, II am, holy communion, and
at 2:30 pm, Women's Auxiliary.
Evening star., 1940-11-02

were scarcely ever penned than, He
came unto His own, and His own
received Him not" What if we
should miss the Divine purpose in
all that is Detailing the world to-
day?
Here is a moving, human story.
Out of the little hill town of Naza-
reth, where He had been brought
up, and where He knew everybody
and everybody knew Him, Jesus had
gone forth upon His mission. He
had done wondrous works and
spoken words of wisdom, so that
His fame filled the countryside. He
was the greatest figure that ever
emerged from Nazareth, and the
townsfolk were proud of the fame
He had brought to them.
No other spot on earth was so
dear to the Carpenter as this, His
home. Every bit of furniture in the
simple household was familiar and
dear to Him. This carpenter shop
had once been a large part of His
life: He had handled every tool in it,
AS He passed through the stree.s He
could recognize His own handicraft
on all sides. The faces He met smiled
familiarly at Him; these men had
been His boyhood playmates, and
sight of them recalled many an
escapade. Memory was busy on
that visit. None of the triumphs
elsewhere, which had made His rep
utation. was so sweet as these con-
facts with the home folk.
When the Sabbath came, Jesus
went with His family to the syna-
gogue, the church of His day. We
can imagine the pride with which
Mary, seated on one of the woman's
benches, regarded her now famous
Son. Nobody in the building that
day realized the defects of the syn
agogue so completely as Jesus. Yet
He did not stay away from church
because He knew the shortcomings
of the members and of the ritual.
He went to church regularly, thus
casting His vote in favor of tan
example that shameS all our trivial
modern excuses for non attendance.
At the moment, broadly speaking,
the churches are in a state of slump,
though religious interest is greater
than ever. We are all excited over
democracy, a child of the church,
forgetting that a first token of 10y
atty to democracy is steadfast sup
nOrt Of tho church
The Prophets Platform.
No political candidate, making
speeches in his home town, ever
aroused keener interest than did
Jesus upon that historic Sabbath in
Nazareth. What would He say?
What would He do? For once the
old synagogue had a full congrega-
ton. As honored guest, Jesus was
given the Scripture roll to read. His
choice of a passage was significant.
From the Book of Isaiah He read a
messianic message which He applied
to Himself. Then, as now. the old,
old words of Scripture set forth the
latest truest message for present
times. Here is the passage: THE
Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he hath anointed me to
preach the gospel to the poor; he
hath sent me to heal the broken
hearted, to preach deliverance to the
captives, and recovering of sight to
| the blind, to set at liberty them that
Evening star., 1940-11-02
Communion Service
At St. Stephen

The II o'clock service tomorrow
at st. Stephen and the Incarnation
will be holy communion and ser.
mon, with the Rev. Paul D. Wilbur,
as preacher. The organ prelude will
be q choral on the hymn tune
Charity" by Noble, and the an
them, sung by the choir of men
and boys, will be Souls of the
Righteous" by Noble. The 8 am.
celebration of the holy communion
will be a corporate communion for
the every member canvassers and
for the Junior Delta Circle. Break
fast will be served afterward.
Evensong is at 8 pm.
At the holy communion service
on Thursday special intercessions
will be made for the sick. Tho
ves6y win meet Monday q Q pm.
Evening star., 1940-11-02
Rev. Noble {. Powell
breaches Tomorrow
Al Cathedral
Dr.. Theodore O. Wedel
To Officiute at 4 PM.
Evensonq Service

The Very Rev. Noble G. Powell,
dean Of Washington. will occupy the
pulpit tomorrow morning in WASH
ington Cathedral at the IL am.
service Of holy communion and SER
mon.
At the evensong service at pm.
the preacher is to be the Rev. DR..
Theodore o. Wedel, canon chancel-
lor and director of studies, the Col
lege of Preachers.
Following this service a recital on
the great organ will be played by
Paul Galloway, organist and choir
master. The recital will include q
prelude and chorale by j. S. Bach, a
fantasy by w. A. Mozart, prelude by
Cesar Franck, number by Franz
Liszt, "Requiescat in Pace" by Leo
Sowerby and Carlton" by Louis
Vierne.
The choir of men and boys will
sing at the II am. and 4 pm. serv-
ices.
Other services tomorrow will in
clude celebration Of the holy COM
munion at 7:30 am. and $50 am
Holy Communion is celebrated every
weekday at 7:30 am.
A conducted tour will follow the
II am. service led by Pilgrim Aides
The bishops garden will be open
from u m. to 2 pm.
Evening star., 1940-11-02

rians; j. H. Ingram, chorister; Mrs.
william G. Claspy, jr., pianist; Nor.
man Sandridge. George w. Bell, ST.,
and william M. Pierson, jr., teach
arg
Evening star., 1940-11-02

are bruised. to preach the acceptable
year of the Lord"
This was the platform Of Jesus,
a message Of liberty and justice.
We cannot get away from the truth
that Jesus consistently preached a
social gospel, to which we are slowly
catching up. 1t has been thinned
out and distorted by many high
brows; but it still remains the clear
truth. Ours is poverty-d booming
Gospel; a chain-breaking Gospel; a
health-restoring Gospel; Gospel of
hope and promise. 1t is new life for
all who accept 1t. There would be
no wrangling over social legislation;
no strife between labor and capital;
no blocking of defense preparations
by manufacturers insisting upon
profits; no fifth columns" If men
everywhere would live by the Gospel
preached by Jesus, and consummat-
ed on the cross.
Down to Date.
To-day hath this scripture been
fulfilled in your ears" quietly de-
clared Jesus, who had stood to read
the Scriptures, and then seated
Himself to speak. We would give a
great deal to have full transcript
of that sermon. We know it was
not a TRADE of scolding. for the
people wondered at the words OF
grace; or, as Weymouth translates
the phrase, "at the sweet words of
kindness which fell from His lips"
He brought eternal truth into its
contemporary setting, and did 1t
graciously. The only real function
and place of truth is in the living
present. The great teachings Of the
prophets, which Jesus made His
own, in expanded and vitalized form
are all for the here and the now
Eternal truth is for today's prac-
tice. Our gospel is not functioning
at all unless it is today lifting up
the poor, establishing justice. mend
ing broken lives, giving liberty free
scope and releasing the life of God
to men and women who walk our
common ways in this year OF the
Lord.
Like modern communities, Naza-
reth could not believe that one of
its own boys could ever become
greatly different from the others
This is a strange characteristic of
people, but true. So Nazareth re-
sented the imputation by Jesus that
it was not worthy of His mes
sage. The mob instinct grew among
them. Soon the Sabbath worship
ers formed themselves into lynch
ing party. They could not answer
the words of Jesus, but they could
destroy Him. 1t was the primitive
war instinct of the small boys 81
can lick you"
AS they hustled Jesus toward the
brink of cliff it seemed as il
they would triumph, and that the
Prophets beginning would be His
ending. But something in the ma
jestic mien of their neighbor enabled
Him to pass unharmed from them
And the message and the Messenger
rejected by Nazareth go marching
on through the ages.
The Sunday school lesson for
November Is "Jesus Declares His
Mission. Luke, iv.16-30.
Evening star., 1940-11-02
Evangelism Month
Opens at Church

November will be Evangelism
Month" at the Columbia Heights
Christian Church, with services both
morning and evening. Sermons will
be preached by the Rev. A. P. Will
son and special solos will be heard
at each service. Visitation will be
carried on. The topic for Sunday
morning will be The Feast of Bel
shazzar," and in the evening, The
Restoration Plea of the Disciples" T."
the first of series on Beliefs Of
the Disciples.
The Finance Committee will meet
Thursday evening. On Tuesday the
Executive Committee of the coun-
Gil will meet at 10:30 am.