Evening star., 1941-08-30
Shop Talk
News About Builders
And Real Estute
Personalities

Two important meetings will be
held here next week. which should
60 long way toward clarifying
the rather muddled home building
picture. The answer to the ques-
ton Of just what type of activity
the home builder can and will be
permitted to do in the future should
come out of the sessions.
The Home Builders Committee of
the Washington Real Estate Board,
headed by Edward r. Carr as chair
man. will meet Wednesday morning
at 10 for a discussion of priorities,
Use OF substitute materials and
means of meeting rising building
costs. Members of the committee
have examined the situation from
many angles and have carried out
a great deal of research, and their
findings should prove both interest
Ing and useful to builders.
On Thursday and Friday a COM
t1littee of the National Home Build
ers' Institute headed by John Now
bray of Baltimore will meet here
to discuss the same great problems
OF how the builder can act to over
come the difficulties brought about
by the defense program, which are
becoming larger every day to the
industry, The committee will dis
cuss their problems with Federal
officials in an effort to determine
lust where they stand. What in
formation builders have been able
to get so far amounts largely to
guesses and speculation.
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More than 200 persons turned out
Thursday afternoon for the first
annual outing of the Arlington, AL
exandria and Fairfax Real Estate
Board 1t was held at Arlington's
new park at Lubber Run. The visi-
tors feasted on real barbecued beef
and pork and shook off some of the
added poundage by participating in
program of sports.
Fred A. Smith, president of the
Washington Board of Trade and
past head of the Washington Real
Estate Board. was a guest. Edward
K. Jones, Weaver Bros, was an
other Capital realtor present. The
local Federal Housing Administra-
tion office was well represented.
Elmer Duncan of Alexandria is
head of the nearby Virginia realtor
group. Other officers include N. c.
Hines. vice president: Jack Jones,
secretary, and w. C. Clever, treas
urer.
Speaking of outings. the big picnic
Of the Washington Building Con-
gress is only two weeks off. 1t will
start at noon on Saturday, Septem-
Der l3. at the summer camp of PreSi-
dent J. Reuben Skinker on High
Island. in the Potomac just above
Little Falls. Members are urged to
buy tickets now. as Mr.. Skinker'S
camp has room for only about 200.
There will be good luncheon and
a sports program of the type usually
held at such affairs.
George " Graham is chairman of
the committee arranging the Con-
gress outing. He is being helped by
Mr.. Skinker. c. II. Pardoue, Chan
ming Walker, J. w. Stockett, jrn
and Bruce C. BranSon.
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Charlie Rush the executive sec
retary of the Washington Real Es-
tate Board, has compiled figures
which show the tremendous VOL
ume of home building here this
year. In the first seven months of
this year a total of 13061 family
dwelling units were erected in the
Washington metropolitan area, or
sufficient to house comfortably about
1000 people. Last year, considered
the biggest home building period in
the Capitals history, only 1852 units
were built in the first seven months.
The value of this years home build
ing is s47,336,0OO0, while the value
of last years is S3l $4,000 Mr..
Rush's figures include the District,
Arlington and Alexandria, in Vir-
ginia, and Prince Georges and Mont
gomery Counties in Maryland. They
do not include Fairfax County,
Va, which has been the scene
of great activity this year, and
which may properly be placed with
In the metropolitan district.
During the last week the District
Real Estate Commission issued
licenses as real estate brokers to
Consolidated Improvement Co., Inc,
pos U street NV; Louis Burman,
pos u street, NV: Louis Burman,
314 Woodward Building; C. Maui
rice Weidemeyer, GOT Fifteenth street
NV, and E. H. Irwin, 927 Fiji
teenth street NV.
Real estate Salesmens licenses
were issued to William S. Daniels,
1515 K street NV; Armand Du-
rant. 1904 Wisconsin avenue, BetheS-
da, Md: Thomas J. Hickey, 805 II
street NV; Joseph Pricci. 1915
K street NV; Frank A. Reinhart,
1912 Fifteenth street. N. w; Charles
E. Rockford, 1915 K street NV;
William H, Watts, 2001 Eleventh
street NV; HELEN Bland, 111e
Seventeenth street NV, and c.
Bushman Smith, 1912 K street
NV
Applications for real estate sales
mems licenses were received from
Frank Mailley, 1920 K street NV;
Mrs. Enola l.. Battaglia, 1l19 Sew
enteenth street NV; Jesse Loeb,
Woodward Building; Laurance
johnson, 1000 Eleventh street
NV, and Fletcher S. Morgan,
Cha ndler Building.