Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-28
SHOP TALK
News About Builders
And Real Estote
Personalities
Personalities

A half dozen Washington realtors
will attend the three day conven-
ton Of the Mortgage Bankers As
lociation which will open in Chicago
next Wednesday. These are H. Cliff
ford Bangs, G. Calvert Bowie. Ar
thur c. Houghton, william l.. King,
Charles c. Koones and Oliver
walker.
The Floyd Z. Davis Co. Will move
It's ofiices soon to 1876 X street NV,
where a building is being remodeled
for them. This long established
Arm now is located a. 1913 Twelfth
street NV. It also Is reported that
Waverly Taylor. Inc. will move from
i572 K street. The location OF the
new ONCE Of this prominent home
building Arm will be announced In
the near future.
The effect OF increased Govern
nent personnel in Washington. due
to the defense program. is being felt
by real estate here. Construction Of
both new homes and apartments Is
showing I large increase over the
hrst part Of the year. Apartment
vacancies. according t. Rufus Lusk,
dropped 2 per cent II August. The
vacancy percentage or September
WAS SO and has dropped more
since that time. although the o.
tober / check has not been COM
pleted.
Joseph F. Swain Of Capital View
Realty Co. is mentioning in Can
ada. Friends have heard from him
from Montreal and Quebec. Add to
the new faces in local real estate
ofiices that OF Miss Ann Flynn. who
this week became secretary to
George J. Moss. president Of the
Moss Realty Co. She succeeds Miss
Ruth Welsh, who resigned to accept
. post In the War Department.
The new Board Of Governors OF
the Warrington Building Congress
has been invited to attend the last
luncheon meeting Of the retiring
board At the Mayfiover Hotel on
Monday. Because retiring board
chairman, Theodore Irving Coe, will
be out Of the city on that day, the
incoming chairman, Hector M. Ar
ing. will preside at the meeting and
welcome the new members.
The new Building Congress Board,
which includes its oficers and direc-
tors. is made up Of Mr.. airing, J. r.
Skinker. Col. D. H. Sawyer. Leon
Chatelain, IT,; Arthur B. Heaton,
H. A. Jones, w. A. H. Church.
Thomas L. Eagan, F. G. Addison. jr.;
Charles T. Penn. Mr.. Coe, Irwin S.
Porter. Robert w. McChesney. Clyde
H. Miller, Joe High, E. H. Rosen-
earten. z. A. Rule. A. Hamilton Will
son. A. w. Lee. John w. Hardell.
Francis p. Sullivan. Leo Hayes
Cleary. G. Louis Weller. D. M. Mar
thinson. Edward J. Harding. Charles
H. Tompkins, William r. Lamar.
Harry Blake. M c. MacKinnon.
Claude w. Owen. c. r. Preller, Gen.
Albert N. Cox, Col. John w. Och
mann. Earl Whittier Shinn and Col.
Louis H. Trip.
The first general luncheon meet
ing OF the new year will be held
Monday, October 7. in the audi
torium Of the National Press Club.
During the past week the District
Real Estate Commission issued IL
censes as real estate brokers to
Frederic G. d Zerega, so7 Fifteenth
street NV: Lamont B. Smith,
Union Trust Building: James z.
Tucker. oo7 Fifteenth street NV;
Volkman and Lane. 4617 Forty-first
street NV: Frank J. Volkman, 46l7
sorty.first street NV. and J. Lee
Lane. 46l7 Forty-hrst street NV.
Real estate salesmen's licenses
we're issued to Ira Z. Dillingham;,
llle Seventeenth street NV: w.
Evans Buchanan. 1882 X street
NV: Sol IsikofI. woodward Build
Ing: Grenville Clinton Small, ISL
x street NV; John Ray Condo.
e2S New York avenue NV. and
Philip B. Key. jr, 1913 Fifteenth
street NV.
Applications for real estate brok-
prs' licenses were received from
Frank A. Simon, AT Southern Build
ing: Eli Busada. trading as Busada
Realty Co.. 1889 PENNSYLVANIA ave-
hue Sc. and George S. White. Room
$40. 1910 Vermont avenue NV.
Applications for real estate sales
mems licenses were received from
Mrs. Willie B. Payne, Sll Florida
avenue NV. and Maurice Kohner.
1906 K street NV.