Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1929, Page 18

18 CTYSPLANBAR TRAFFCHAZARD Unique Layout in Jersey Pro- vides Park for Every , Block. REAL A park in every block, not more than | 400 or 500 feet from any house, is a | Tecent innovation in street lay-out which Alexander M. Bing of New York, president of the City Housing Corpora- tion, described before the annual con- vention of the National Association of | Real Estate Boards. The new street plan is designed to solve two major problems of city and town residential sections: First, that of | ESTATE!. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, HOME BOUGHT BY FRED J. GAUNTLETT IN CHEVY CHASE D. .C., SATURDAY, TOWNE PURCHASES TILDEN APARTMENT Buys the Only Modernistic Style Residence in Development. The one and only apartment resi- ence having a modernistic style of ar- ‘hitecture and decoration in the Tilden Gardens co-operative apartment devel- opment, Connecticut avenue and Tilden i street, has been purchased by James | G. Towne, it was announced today by | M. & R. B. Warren, builders. This home, recently placed on exhibit, Sl 1 bisR 28, 1929, 1., SEEKS T0 QUIZ SABOTAGE WITNESS Evidence Produced by Ger-| many in Claims Suit Brand- ed “Probably Incredible.” By the Assoclated Pre Opportunity to examine Theodore | Wozniak, new witness, whose testimony | has been produced by Germany in the | United States $40,000,000 sabotage | claims, probably will be asked by the | American sgent before the Mixed | Claims Commission if the evidence in which he figures is admitted. | come of the claims. REAL that he did not disappear sub tly, | as the United States enarges, " Objections Are Explained . ‘The America1 agent's objections to | in circles close to the commission to ' rest on the ground that he was secret- | ly examined by German officials in | Washington while he was in custody of and living at the expense of Germany. Nothing was said of his presence at the time to the commission nor to the American officials, who had been scek- | ing him since the fire, The United States agent is said to have asked the German agent to produce Wozniak and to have received a reply that his whereabouts is not now known. Probably Incredible. “Even if the evidence now .offered | by Germany were conclusive,” it is ex- plained, “it would not affect the out- The very vividness and novelty of Woznial tory brand it as ‘probably incredible’ The cir-| cumstances under which it was ob- tained make it absolutely out of the question for the commission to treat it now as rising to the dignity of ESTATE. Jarnke, admitted head of the Germi secret service in this country, by n:: producing a card showing he was working in California about the time of the fire he is said to have helped | the evidence of Wozniak are understood | start, is held by United States to be a desperate effort by Germany to find some. benefit from an activity which she had previously not desired to bring to the commission’s attention. CHANNEL SWIM FAILS. DOVER, England, September 28 (/) | —Mrs. Jack Weldman, British swimmer who started an attempt to cross the Channel this morning, abandoned tse swim just before 11 o’elock, after belng in the water about four hours. Mrs Weidman made an unsuccessful attempt to swim the Channel from the French coast in September, 1927. Grimes to Be Teacher. The Adult Bible Class of St. Marks Episcopal Church, Third and A streer southeast, will meet tomorrow at 9:30 am. George G. Grimes of the Virginia providing safety from traffic accidents for pedestrians, and second: providing adequate and safe places for children to play. Under the new plan described by Mr. Bing. it will be possible for children to go to and from school or park with- out crossing a street and for pedestrians to walk several miles through the town without once encountering automobile traffic, he stated. Pedestrians Protected. The first application of the new plan 1s now being made in the building of a new town in New Jersey. ! “Essentially, this scheme is based on | Modern home of Spanish influence, at 16 Primrose street, C hevy Chase, Md., which has been bought by Mr. Gauntlett, the use of the super-block, which con- | manager of the Washington office of the Aluminum Company of America. The property was acquired from Rosa sists of a center core of open park land | Camp, through the office of Hedges & Middleton, Inc. It is on a lot 180x180 feet and contains 12 rooms and 3 baths. fringed by a street devoted entirely to OStar Staft Photo. foot traffic or play. This core of park is surrounded by a series of lanes or short streets devoted to and connecting at CHURCH PLANS PARADE | day at 4 pm. with a children's expre: Dr. George E. Schnabel, the pastor, | wagon and doll carriage parade. This| will use as _his morning theme “We FOR JUVENILE MEMBE evening at 7 o'clock the second annual | Rally for Christ, Childhood and the E RS <tunt night will be observed and the | Church.” At 8 p.m. a screen song serv- s i) parade prizes will be awarded. - | ice will be held and Mr. Schnabel will i _. The church school will convene to- | discuss “The Heart of the Community.” Albright Announces yorrow at 9:45 o'clock. At the gen- e ild Second Annual Stunt eral assembly of the school about 80 Program. | o'clock will be featured by the installa- | say estimators, who declare that while Albright Memorial | tion of church school officers and|it is worth $800.000. the cost to destroy Il be preceded to- | teachers. lit as waste is $1,450,000. children will be promoted to higher de-| Fully 320,000 tons of usable fuel is partments. The rally service at 11|thrown into London ash cans each year, [{37aXi7g\i7exE7aVi e ATR VY0V their outer ends with a wide highway which surrounds the whole super-block and which is devoted exclusively to ve- hicular traffic. Separate Motor Roads. “The houses are grouped around the lanes or short streets so that each house fronts on a street for wheel traffic and on the other side on a street for toot traffic. The motor highway surround- ing the whole super-block sends it tributary streets inward toward, but | not to, the park core. The pedestrian | footway Timming the park sends its tributary sidewalks out to the motor | highway. Arms of the park core and its | footways extend out to the boundaries | §= of the blocks. and are joined by a pedestrian underpass to the park and footway system of the next block. In | this manner the footways and motor- ways are quite separated “Groups of these super-blocks in their turn will center about a school and playfield as a focal point and to this school and playfield any child may | walk from his home in comfort and in | entire safety so far as the threat of | the motor car is concerned. And vet | each house has its motor street, too, and most of them have a garage bullt into Memorial Rally day at Church tomorrow S YO ST SR SO Best Quality Material Throughout C. H. Small & Co.! s for the improvement of Britain’s cotton industry are being studied by the joint committee of em- | ployers and operatives INSPECT— 4808-1812 30th St. N.W. Adjacent to and overlook- ing all of the large Estates in Forest Hills. We are of- fering the greatest home value ever presented in this location. Constructed of Brick and Stone, they contain nine rooms, three baths and many added features. Open All Day Sunday Floyd E. Davis Co. 733 12th St. N 601 NICHOL Located in this new and popular section of moderate-priced homes, so near to both graded and junior high schools that the children may come home to lunch, close to two car lines, churches, stores and over- looks_the new Fort Slocum Park Very large and level corner lot, pretty grass, eight big sunny rooms. hardwood (oak) flaors throughout. many closets, abundance of electric outlets in all rooms, four bedrooms (each separately entered from the hall), beautiful bright bath with window, built-in tub and shower, large and pretty kitchen, floored attic, affording ample storage space, decp fireplace. big outside pantry. electric refrigerator, hot- water storage heater, newest model hot-water heating plant. The garage, being built-in beneath the sun- room, leaves the big and well ventilated cellar for the extra toilet, laundry, coal bin, etc. Open 10 AM. to 9 PM. Sunday, and Every Day from 2 to 9 ive th Street to Nicholson (two blocks north of Lonsfellow) and turn le one bloeks os drive” ou et s Mt %uf Tiknt one block and see our OPEN SIGN. "HOOKER & JACOB National Press Bldg. Metropolitan 2663 America's Smartest Colony of English Group Homes ITSEVEN MINUTES FROM DUPONT circLET] . This House | Was Given The Class One Award for , [Distinguished | Architecture A Rare Distinction An Extraordinary Value = $23,500 4400 éreenmith Parkivay N unusual CORNER residence, one hundred per cent brick. Contains five master bedrooms, large studio room, morning room, dining room, living room, three tiled baths, each with shower. A quaint English picket fence surrounds the formal garden at the side of the house. Living room fireplace has an unusual English mantel, faced with Sienna marble. Other dis- tinctive features of the house are TWO-CAR FIREPROOF, FACE BRICK GARAG OIL-BURNING FURNACE; ELEC- TRIC REFRIGERATION, imported English wall papers, Sanitas on bathroom and kitchen walls. All walls are waterproof, heatproof and coldproof, by a special treatment. All windows are caulked; all screens are copper; all casement windows copper weather stripped; cach window sill stone; all rooms have high ceilings: third stories are insulated with Celotex and plastered. Over two hundred feet.of thirteen-inch brick wall surrounds the property. All joists are of Oregon fir; floors throughout the house are double; all doors are of birch, with four coats of paint and are an early American design. Windows are of plate glass, and of special design, as are the doors and window heads on the interior of the house; all trimming in house is of white pine; roof is of slate. The-house is | framed. Armstrong's inlaid linoleum on kitchen floor; all-enamel green gas range, specially desigued kitchen cabinets; Georgia pine rear porches. Other Houses Similar in Size Range in Price $17,750 to $24,500 OPEN DAILY FROM 9:30 AM. TO 8 PM. REALTORS ESTABLISHED 1907 Creators and Developers of the Village 1417 K ST. NATIONAL 9300 DRIVE OUT QUE ST. TO WISCONSIN AVE. NORTH ONE BLOCK TO RESERVOIR RD., WEST TO VIL“GE. MAKE' LEPT-HAND TURN AT 44th ST. TO GREENWICH PARKWAY. . IO | | ‘Wozniak's story, as told in Germany's | evidence, just made public, is that the munitions plant at Kingsland, N. J., in 1916, did begin at his own workbench is located in the ciub building, latest of the five separate buildings in the de- velopment to be completed, The ex- terior design of all the buildings is of orthodox English style, but one apart- | theer, but that he was merely an em-| ment was finished in a distinctly mod- | ploye and not a German agent, and ernistic style, though conservatively | rather than extravagantly. It was fur- = & nished for the exhibition by W. B. Moses & Sons. Archways between rooms, the fire- place, wall coverings, floor coverings, draperles, furniture, andirons, book- racks, and even ashtrays bore the in- fluence of the art moderne. Angles here replaced curves, color | and form show daring innovations, and there are striking contrasts and com- binations. evidence.” Theological Semii : e eologica minary will be = the an alibi for Kurt ' teacher. 2324 TRACY PLACE In Kalorama Heights <> 0/4 NEW detached residence in Washington’s most exclusive intown section. To reach— Drive out Massachusetts Ave. to 24th, turn right on 24th to Tracy PI. A SPECIALIZED SERVICE .Zun'nr:;?ra/)er_/}/ Leasing ’ " ; CARLGROSINSKI \ '7/'{0?/””//”‘:’:/,/;}( ; !l D\ational 3254 STUDENTS ENLISTED. A meeting of the teachers and offi- cers of the church school, St. Paul's| Parish, was held this week. with Royal H. Burnham, superintendent, in charge. Plans were discussed for the work of the year and arrangements compieted to have the members of the school and the primary department, together with | the pupils of the Epiphany School, | Georgetown, and St. John's Orphanage | attend St. Michael and All Angels’ | Church tomorrow morning. <> OPEN TODAY AND SUNDAY UNTIL 9 PM. N, L, Sansbury . CQMPANY INC. 1418 Eve St. N.W. Owner-Builders Natl. 5904 T 1 T T T TR Early American Home Built by Wm. P. Lipscomb Co. for the Owners of the Estates An Expression of Colonial Ideals—the Early American Home hospitable verandas, the sweeping arches, and the in- viting entrances—so accurate- ly caught and faithfully por- trayed in the stately architec~ ture of the above home. And what more desirable setting could be chosen to frame this handsome example of Early American beauty ... fronting on Rock Creek Park .+ and lend atmosphere to its Colonial lines—than the historic rolling hills of The spacious, landed es- tates of Colonial America in- spired a form of dwelling par- ticularly adapted to its setting. Today we find the Colonial style of home still chosen by those desiring a comfortable, congenial, conveniently - ar- ranged country homestead. What more fittingly meets the ideals and domestic desires of the modern country gentle- man-~and his family—than the broad, CK CREEK PAR - ESTATES - The Charm of Country Life Is Still i Retained Here While necessity has forced modern folk to concentrate their activities in cities—still they turn to the country for a place to live. Rock Creek Park Estates meets the domestic dcmands of modern Americans, providing a natural rural setting—retaining the quiet seclusion of the early Ameri- can estate—while being, at the same time easily accessible to downtown Washington. Truly a part of Rock Creek Park, you find here that remotely beautiful country atmosphere— aature claims every inch of the 100 acres—that is so neces- sary for the enjoyment of country life. Certainly, this true- to-type Early American Home is appropriately placed. Fitted Throughout in the Colonial Manner In true Early American manner has this charming Colomial Home been furnished and decorated. Every room and corridor expresses Ithe quaint charm of the Amte Bellum interior. In order that everything might be correct and complete in every detail, W. & J. Sloane—by speeial arrange- ment_with the Owners—have fitted this Early American House with per- fect examples of true period furmi- ture and ormaments—so that those interested in this cherished form of the antique may explore the house to their hearts comtent—and receive the delightful impressions that each room creates. The home will be open at 10:00 today and may be ine spected daily. Motor out Sixteenth Street or take the Sixteenth Street bus to Kalmia Road, which brings you to the entrance of the Estates. ] You Enter the Estates at Sixteenth Street and Kalmia Road EDSON W. BRIGGS COMPANY Owners 1001 Fifteenth Street at K Telephone Nat’l 5700 for an Inspection Appointment Oftice on Property _1603 Kalmia Road