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“SESSION AT LONDON ON LOAN ASSURED Frank Conversations Be-| tween Germans and French Regarded Successful. (Continued From First Page.) GERMANS MAY USE SCIENCE THE SUNDAY TO FEND OFF TRADE DISASTER Future Pur_cha BY LEMUEL F. PARTON. Speclal Dispatch to The Bt NEW YORK, July 18.—A world race is on between the test tube and the ticker. Thus economists and trade spe- making the best of whatever under- standing he could get from the Ger- mans, { The result was many pleasant refer- | ences. durirg the Franco-German con- ! versations today, to co-operation ba- tween the two nations and vague men- | tions of political understanding, it was | authoritatively renorted. | There was an evident desire on both ! sides to avold any clashes in Paris over | prickly political questions, such as the { guarantee of the Polish frontlers and Austro-German political union, but the veiled references to these problems were understood by all participants, 80 the cordiality manifested was not looked upon as entirely an empty form. The political aspects to the con- ference over Germany's financial state are expected to be put aside in one ‘way or another by a formula of mutual | co-operation for the welfare of Europe, ‘which will be decided upon between the French and Germans tomorrow after- noon. This would leave the financial problem. practically in its entirety to | the London conference. i The French ministers going to Lon- | don are M. Laval, Foreign Minister Briand, Finance Minister Flandin and Andre Francois-Poncet, und°rsscretary for national economy. They prob- ! ably will depart Monday morning. Banquet for Ministers. As a climax to the Paris negotiations, the premier has planned a banquet tomorrow evening in honor of the mem- bers of the London conference now in Paris. All of them are expected to at- tend except Mr. Henderson, who will be on his way home at that time. Forelgn Minister Hymans of Belgium and Forelgn Minister Dino Grand! of Italy are expected to participate in tomorrow morning's general confer- ence and to attend the banquet. Summarizing the results of today's conference, the Havas News Agency said the events of the day were clearly favorable to the continuation of nego3) tiations. “The impression emanating from the | first meeting of the French and Ger- | man statesmen is satisfactory,” it said, “thanks to the frankness with which both sides explained their viewpoints. ! All the essential problems which in- ! terest the two nations were gone over | and solutions were suggested, not only | in the interests of France and Ger- many, but of the whole world. Attitude of America. {man_survival. clalists here interpret the issue of Ger- ‘Will the inventive and technical skill of the Germans fend off disaster in the face of tightening credit and ebbing gold reserves? Germany, hard pressed in the past, has found means of making chromium alloys serve the uses of copper; vhe has substituted various cellulcse prod- ucts for cotton; she has led the way in making gasoline out of coal slack; she has found substitutes for rubber. Hence, the threatened disturbances of world trade due to Germany's dilemma involve not cply the static factors of known raw ‘materials, but the in- tangibles of the laboratory and the extraordinary brains of the most highly trained chemists, physicists and mathe- maticians in the world. “The invention of & new process for making nitrates, when the supply to Germany was shut off during tthe war, is an illustration of the defensive re- sources of German technology,” said J. Paul Huber, vice president of the Guar- anty Trust Co., in discussing today the world trade situation as it involves Ger- many's position. “In the entire field of raw materials, any conjecture as to how Germany hopes to survive credit difficulties must take into account Ger- many’s amazing resourcefulness in mak- ing use of what she has. Particularly in metal alloys is this true.” Could Bar Luxurles. Asked about the probable effect of the crippling of German finances on American trade, Mr. Huber said: “Doubtless Germany's failure to ne- gotiate adequate finances would im- mediately bring into action the emer- gency decrees under article 48 of the German constitution and check the im- porting of virtually all luxurles into Germany. This provision was put into the constitution to make impossible the return of the Kalser, but it is quite available and may be used to prevent | the return of American citrus fruits, | apples or other luxuries. “‘Germany, naturally, will attempt to redress her trade balance by exporting | manufactured goods, and even when | the present critical situation is past it | American Exporters Deeply Concerned by sing Power of Consumers in Reich. may be expected that she will be reach- ing out aggressivel; to world mar- kets. Charges of “dumping’ always arise when a hard pi nation tries to sell energetically to keep going.” ‘The German trade outlook, it was pointed out by Mr. Huber and other trade specialists, is of pressing interest to the United States, as Uncle Sam leads 101 nations in the annual sales to Germany. World sales total about $3,- 500,000,000 per year about 80 per cent of which comprisc raw materials, in- cluding copper, cotton, rubber, textiles, lumber, timber, hides and cocoa beans. Germany returns chemicals, sclentific apparatus, instruments of precision, toys, novelties and dress good special- ties. Her totals of exports and imports are balanced around $3,500,000,000 each. While this is not an over- whelming figure in the world trade to- tal of $22,000,000,000, it is sufficient to cause international traders to keep a sharp eye on the present debt negoti- ations. Trade Balance Shrinks. American trade experts note that European bankers have given much more searching study to the basic economics of world trade than have American bankers and stress this as one reason why KEuropean financiers are now summoning all hands to the emergency of keeping the German markets open. America is particularly sensitive to world trade disturbances just now, as the latest reports of the Department of Comerce, published this week, show a shrinkage to $11,000,000 in the country’s favorable trade balance for June, as against June, 1930. June exports were $187,000,000 and imports $176,000,000. A year ago, exports were $297,701,000 and imports $250,343/000. Interests especially watchful in the effort to keep Germany on her feet are copper and cotton, but her large imports of apples and citrus fruits also are at stake. Some manufacturers have expressed alarm that Germany would start toy “dumping,” but there is said to be little ground -for this fear, as she has sent few toys to America dur- ing the last few years. Germany's chemical exports are a principal item in her trade and it may be expected that she will concentrate in this field. in which she is pre-eminent in skill and organization. (Copyright, 1931) ] American embassy with Secretary Mel- | lon, Secretary Stimson and Ambassador | Edge, in which they placed before the | American statesmen a detalled exposi- | tion of Germany's situation. | This conference completed the ex- ! changes between the representatives of U.S.TO STAND PAT STAR, WASHINGTON, D. .C.; JULY: 19, 193 1~PART ONE. x A-—-3 VINENT'S DEATH | Freee wearsoen ] |PRESIDENT'S CUP | [ Fourrica s1ome | DR, HALL APPROVES CUTS G. 0. P. VOTE Loss of Michigan House Member Reduces Ma- jority to One. ‘The death yesterday of Representative Bird J. Vincent of Saginaw, Mich., who had been ill for more than & month in the Naval Hospital in Honolulu, re- duces the Republican majority to one in the House for the new Congress, which assembles in December. This is the eighth death of a member since the congressional election, the death toll be- ing evenly divided—four Democrats and four Republicans. One Democratic va- cancy caused by the death of Repre- sentative Aswell of Louisiana, has been filled by the election of another Demo- crat, John Overton. The House membership now stands— 214 Republicans, 213 Democrats d l’ er-Laborite, with seven va cles. The Navy transport Henderson, on which Representative Vincent died. is scheduled to dock in San Francisco next Friday. Representative Vincent was 51 years of age. He was a native of the State he had represented for eight years in Congress, and he was re-elected to the Seventy-second Congress. He served in the World War and had previoysly practiced law, been assistant district | attorney, district attorney and city at- | torney before coming to Congress. He was & member of the House Committee | that handles Philippine legislation. Dur- ing the last Congress he took a particu- | lar interest in immigration, veterans | legislation and all territorial affairs. INDJAN HILLS BLOCK | TRACTOR EXPEDITION| Har Haardt Party Fails to Cross| Mountains in Machines, Despite | Alterations. By the Associated Press. SRINIGAR, Kashmir, India, July 18. —Tractors and automobiles proved use- | less today as means for negotiating the | Indian mountain passes. | The Har Haardt Central Asian Ex-| pedition, which set out from Beirut last April to demonstrate the fasibility of crossing the continent of Asia to| Peiping by motor. found it impossible according to word received here toda The expedition used caterpillar trac- | tors and automobiles, but found them | Detry | Dulu El District of Columbia—Generally fair today and tomorrow, except local thun- dershowers this afternoon, little change in temperature. Maryland—Generally fair today and tomorrow, except local thundershowers in east portion today, little change in temperature. Virginia—Local thundershowers to- day, tomorrow generally fair, not mucl change in temperature. ‘West Virginia—Generally fair today, tomorrow increasing cloudiness, slightly ‘warmer, followed by local thunders ers tomorrow ‘afternoon or night. Record for 24 Hours. ‘Temperature—Midnight, 73; 73; 4 am, 73; 6 am, 72; 8 10" a.m., 82; 12 noon, 3 4 pm, 87; 6 pm, 88; 8 p. p.m., 80. Highest, 88; lowest, 72. Tempegatture same date last year— Highest, 95; lowest, 73. Tide Tables. (Purnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey). ‘Today—Low tide, 5:19 a.m. and 5:50 p.m.; high tide, 10:59 a.m. and 11:35 p.m. ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 6:14 a.m. and 6:37 pm.; high tide, 11:52 a.m. The Sun and Moon, 3 am, a. ' pm., 86; ., 84; 10 to ‘Today—Sun rose 4:57 am.; sun sets 7:31 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises 4:57 am.; sun sets 7:30 pm. Moon rises 9:38 a.m.; sets 10:20 p.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. Rainfall. Comparative figures of the monthly | rainfall in the Capital for the first seven months against the average are shown in the following table: i Average. . 1931, January 55 January ,1.56 ins. February February .1.36 ins. Record rainfall for the first seven months was: January, 1882. 7.09 inches; February, 1884, 6.3¢ inches; March, 1891, 8.84 inch:s; April, 1889, 9:13 inches; May, 1889, 10.69 inches; June, 1900, 10.94 inches; July, 1886, 10.63 inches. Weather in Various Cities. ~Temperatur Atlar, Ballino Birm. Bism, Bosto B A hicago, 111 Cincinnati, Ohio... Chesenne. Wyo veland, Ohio. . Davenport. Towa Denver. Colo < Des Moines. Jowa Mich th, Minn Paso, Tex Galveston i pointment of committees to handle t! and Past Commodore Edmund F. Jewell, DIRECTORS NAMED Finest Regatta in History Predicted as Committees Are Named. The largest and most keenly con- tested races for the President’s Cup in the five-year history of the annual regatta, to be run off by the country’s fastest power boats on the Potomac off Potomac Park September 18 and 19, were forecast last night with the a) event. The Corinthian Yacht Club will sponsor the regatta, assisted by the Chesapeake and Potomac Power Boat Assoclation. Baltz Is Chairman, Edward C. Baltz, Washington banker and yachtsman, commodore of the power boat association, was appointed ;llrlmnn of the Regatta Committee. by J. H. Galliher, commodore of the. Corinthian Yacht Club, and L. W. Walker, commodore of the Potomac River Power Squadron. The Reception Committee, in charge of entertaining drivers and owners of boats, is headed by Mrs. Patterson, editor of the Washington Herald. Committees Named. ‘The Executive Committee is headed by Mr. Baltz, with Edson Briggs and Robert Scholz as vice chairmen. Isaac Gans 15 head of the Civic Board Com- mittee, with E. Goring Bliss and Thomas Hickman as his assistants. Stanley . Horner was appointed irman of the Trophy Committee and Theodore P. Noyes chief of the Committee on Public Relations. An Entertainment Committee, headed by Willlam C. Shelton, was appointed. His aides are Gardiner Orme and L. Gordon Leech. The Racing Committee L is headed by Commodore Charles F. Chapman, secretary of the Nation: Racing Committee, honorary chairman, chairman. TRANSPORT MEETING | Monthly | | Washington Club, at Luncheon, Entertains Guests. ‘The Washington Transportation Club held its meeting at the Raleigh Hotel ICREEN STAR RUSHES TO MRS. JOSEPH M. SCHENCK, Better known to the movie fans as Norma Talmadge, is shown on arrival in San Prancisco, having cut short her vacation in Hawalii to rush to the bed- side of her mother. She is shown on the veranda of the liner Chichibu Maru, awaiting dockage of the vessel. —A. P. Photo. TRADE DATA CHECK Selection of Prof. Bogart to Direct Commerce Report Study Favored. —l Batisfaction over the action of Robert P. Lamont, Secretary of Commerce, in request Prof. Ernest L. of the University of Illinois, as president of the American Economic Association, to appoint a committee to investigate the controversy over certain items in the annual “Balance of International Payments” was expressed yesterday by Dr. Ray O. Hall, dismissed economist :31% statisticlan who had worked on the y. Dr. Hall, whose objections to changes made in the report were answered in detail in a statement Friday by F. M. Felker, director of the Bureau of For- eign and Domestic Commerce, issued the following statement yesterday: Approves Action. T view with great satisfaction the Commerce Department’s suggestion that the questions in dispute be submitted to a committee of experts appointed by the president of the Ame: Eco- nonlmi Assoc‘m 1ation. “I further suggest that the president of the American Statistical Association, in which are the leading experts in this field in the United States, be asked to appoint a committee to partici- pate in this investigation. “In_order that a judicial decision may be reached, I therefore refrain | from discussing at this time the state- ment issued last night by the director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic | Commerce in reply to my letter to Sec- retary Lamont.” Feiker Suggested Step. The recommendation that a com- mittee selected by the Economic As- sociation president investigate and re- port on the methods employed in ar- riving at certain figures and conclu- slons in controversy between the bu- Treau chiefs and Dr. Hall was made in Mr. Feiker's answer to charges which he had set forth in an open letter to Secretary Lamont last Saturday, “I_understand there are not m: people here. Well, you must -dver:g and make it known. It pays to adver- tise, you know,” said the Queen of England during a visit to a loan exhibi-" tion of rare articles in London recently. ————————= 1 20ndon recently. DIO BRINGS POLICE RA Thursday and had as its guests A, L. Lawn, district freight claim agent, | Pennsylvania Ratlroad, Baitimore; ! Percy Reed and E. Hart of the R., F.| & P_R. R.; O. J. Dean, traflic manager, | | Susquehanna Coal Co.. Philadelphia; | Husband Caught Battering Woman Over Head With Revolver, Taken to Station. AS MAN BEATS WIFE| FILE CLERK EXAM. oy (Salaries, $1.260, $1,440) || Ass’t Statistical Clerk (Sal $1,620) | Special Coaching Cour: All subjects thoroughly cov- ered. Printed lessons and | the various powers here preliminary to | | the general conference, which will be | 4 i | held later today and each now is fully at another Franco-German session, will | 220 \8er, (00Ry & eachh oW 13, 1ty Chancellor Bruening and Forelgn Min- | 555! oart S e preplons, to attack the| ™ poreign Minister Curttus and the Ger- “No complete discussion was possible werless to negotiate the mountain | Hel today. however, and only tomorrow, ot g roads between Astor and Bunji. The | Jackion i members of the expedition had to aban- | Kansus City. Mo. ! don the tractors for ordinary ponies to | Little Rock. Atk cover the several hundred miles down | Loniilie. ks to the outskirts of Chinese Turkestan, | L. G. Carer and D. J. Hill of the Gen- | eral El'/ric Co., Bhiladelphia. | Pickt O e e DRt S OTE T | icking up a broadcast for aid, police Bates, T. M. Raney and Joseph T, Pa- | 12di0 cryiser No. 2 last night was able dian, together with the president, M. J. |to travel six blocks and arrive at 341 L. graphs given to students. No books to buy. Practical ~ problems, under supervision of experts in each mstruc- ON LOAN POLTIS Will Remain Aloof Despite No similar One of the outstanding developments of the cay was the announcement that the United States had informed France | the American Government as such could not guarantee the projected loan to| Germany. H The attitude of the Frenchman in | the street today was one of complacent welcome, the dominating _sentiment being “Let's wait and sze.” The French | people generally seemed to want to give to the Germans, whose qualities they admire, a chance to fashion a genuine entente cordiale with France, belleving this would be of mutual advantage to both countries. ! man Ambassador to Paris, Dr. Leopold von Hoesch, were the other conferees. | Secretaries Stimson and Mellon will | leave for London at 4 o'clock this aft- ernoon, it was announced early today. PROGRESS SURPRISES LONDON. Apparent Harmony at Paris Seen As Greatly Simplifying Loan Problem. LONDON, July 18 (#).—Advices from | Paris that France would attend a meet- ing of ministers of principal creditor na. tions and Germany Monday evening here tonight, had apparently cleared the | road for an international meeting of Fact Guarantee Proposal Concerns Nation. By the Associated Press. Material modification of the French plan for a loan to Germany appeared certain tonight fs transatlantic discus- sions continued to pave the way for the seven-power conference in London Monday. The French proposal that such a loan be anteed by the United where eight larger caterpillar tractors | from Peiping await them. | After their relatively easy and event- | less jourmey from Beirut to Srinigar | N5 over a beaten motor trail, the failure to | g negotiate the passes separating India from Chinese Turkestan proved a deej disappointment, especially since Haardt | por had spent three weeks here altering the | B tractors in a way he believed would fit | them to pass over the most difficult st roads. 40 BURNED AS GUSHER 7 fobile. Ala New Orleans. Yor subject. Boylan, and secretary-treasurer, H. | Maryland avenue southwest in time to| tion | August 20, Curry, was authorized to draft it- | able testimonial to A. J. Poston, who | recently retired es general agent of the Southern Pacific Co. in this city after | serving that company for a period of | ! more than 30 years and a t:rm as presi- | dent of the club. A. A. Price, Mr. Pos- | ton's successor, was elected to member- | ship. Odell S. Smith reported on the recent successful oting of the club to_Chesa- peake Beach (Seaside Park), Md., as | Buests of the Chesapeake Beach Rail-| and Washington Electric Railway. | next meeting will be Thundly.i‘ catch a man in the act of beating his| wife over the head with the butt of a revolver. The cruiser, driven by C. O. Rouse and manned by Detective Sergt. Jack | Dahlglish and G. E. Chappel, was| parked at Sixth and F streets south- west when they picked up the emer-| gency call. Arriving at the Maryland | avenue house, they caught Alphonse | Wallace, 29, colored, belaying his wife | Irene over the head. They said the| woman was not badly hurt and re- | mained at home. Wallace was arrested . and booked at fourth precinct station. fered_elsewhere. Tuition—Night, $10 $15. School every day y night. Back lessons given to those starting Monday Correspondence Cours printing) on sale Thur S10. Valuable information. Questions and answers. BOYD SCHOOL 1333 F St. (Opp. Fox) Nat. 2340 gut The people seemed to be coolly States, Great Britain and France is first importance. weighing their own statesmen as well | as the German ministers, and speculat- | ing about whether they are capable of making good at the task of putting | Europe’s house in order, and, above a'l, | of eliminating the possibility of any ! new wars. Genulne Entente Seen. French officials believed that tomor- row's Franco-German meeting will bring agreement on a joint declaration expressing a common desire for co- operation as the first step toward a genuine entente. French newspapers tonight spoke of the solemnity of the preliminary meet- ing of Premier Laval and Chancellor Bruening when the two premlers, left alone without an interpreter, man and man and eye to eye, spoke of their hopes and fears about the potential gravity of the European situation and of their desire and determination to find a solution. At the general meeting which fol- Jowed, it was learned tonight;- Premier Yaval expressed the opinion that finan- cial help to Germany would not suc- ceed in its aim unless the political mtmosphere between the two nations is cleared. “Above all” Premier Laval said, turning to Chancellor Bruening, *“We must see to it that your impressive Visit, which will go down in the his- tory of the two countries, will not be a disappointment to our peoples. On the contrary, it must prove our resolute determination to achieve permanent collaboration.” Confer With Americans. 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Problem Greatly Simplified. ‘The opinion expressed here tonight was that if the French and Germans have come anywhere near a tentative agreement the problem of Monday's meeting here is greatly simplified. It was being assumed here that the British foreign minister, Arthur Henderson, who is still at Paris, has had some hand in shaping the trend of affairs. During the day a feeling was e pressed in authoritative British quarters here that the reported terms which France would propose to the German basis for bargaining than as serious conditions. The rumored French de- mands for a customs guarantee and other drastic measures which France was said to be golng to propose, met here with unquestioned opposition, in which it was understood that Washing- ton and Rome shared. The British government's attitude was understood to be that, as is usual in business transactions, some security would have to be furnished for a long- term credit to Germany, but that there was little to be gained in demanding such securities as would either be dis- favored by the German people or tend to cause an upheaval in Germany. ‘There was wide comment that the French demands, as they were reported here, were of a nature so drastic as to defeat their own purposes. As Great Britain viewed the prob- lem, it is economic and not political, and any effort to make it an opportu- nity for political bargaining would be rescnted here. Preparations for the conference Mon- day were continued during the day. The cabinet room at the forel office was being brushed up and arranged for the gathering of the men who lead the governments of most of Europe. 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Some advices reaching governmental circles say the problem of Germany's salvation no longer centers entirely around an actual money a ce, but turns rather upon an international ac- cord which will restore confidence in German institutions. The American embassy in Berlin has reported that economic conditions already are im- g‘r;:wlnx, although they remain uncer- n. ‘This situation greatly magnifies the possibilities of the German-French dis- cussions which began today in Paris. Should an atmosphere of cordiality be developed between these neighboring countries, the details of the proposed loan might fall into comparative in- significance. With respect to the political condi- tions attached by France to her propo- sal, the American Government is say- ing nothing. It now seems possible that those conditions may not come to the point of international discussion, in view of the force of the objections made to the guarantee plan as a whole. 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The | fire was reported as starting from a | cigarette thrown on the ground | The fire spread to the oil well ;nd} consumed the rig. It still burned late | Many modern buildings are to be erected in Manila, Philippine Islands. Half square west of 16th St. Ly Will exchi quares west 16th Street. 8 1% s General’ Electric refrigerator. stories, 8 rooms. bt 5 " Drive out 16th 81" and ‘then Tight 100 feet to house. Just south of Monroe Street; busses. 6403 to 6411 ' 41 T thence east to etached. Lots Bi{tenhouse Street wnd left. | ated HOME BARGAINS DETACHED HOUSES BIG PRICE REDUCTIONS 1605 Madison St. N.W. New. beautiful detached home, 12 rooms, ew, beauf oms; &l’:;lli!h'g&mle brick llrl:e}o: : 1737 Upshur St. N.W. Reduced $2.000. 1214 Hemlock St. N.W. uilt-In garage: just east of 16th St. and Al St. and turn right on 3400 15th St. N.E. (Corner) = - - Semi-detached. beautiful new home. Just nofth of Lawrence Sizect e by 110 to alley. TRADE TERMS ACCEPTED | BUDAPEST, Hungary, July 18 (P:) —The first commercial treaty negoti- between Germany and Hungary, since the World War was concluded Details of the terms were not | available tonight. L DLl Hamilton Watch Head Dies. } JANCASTER, Pa. July 18 (P—! Charles F. Miller of this city, president | of the Hamilton Watch Co. for 21 yea! dled today in Johns Hopkins Universt Hospital, Baltimore, where he had been receiving treatment since the first of June. He was 60 years old. PHILCO RADIO None Better— Few as Good Sold on Easy Terms GIBSON’S 915.19 G St. N.W. nd_every convenience. smaller houses or business prop- rooms. double brick garage, 3 baths, asks Alaska Ave. to Hemlock Reduced $4,000. and Open and lighted. Reduced $3,000. SALESMAN ON PREMISES! RECKING P —— ———————————— Fine Residences in This 4-Block Area--- Pa. Ave., John Marshall Place and Indiana Ave. 160 Residences, Office Bldgs., Stores, Etc. For the New Municipal Center All Materials Being Carefully Dismantled and Ready for Immediate Delivery Everything for Sale at Sacrifice Prices! CARVED MARBLE MANTELS in Many Styles and Colors. Wrought Iron Fence & Gates 1,000 Feet of Plate Glass Store Fronts in All Heights and Si: New, Modern and Practical SPRINKLER SYSTEMS Complete Staircases, Baseboards and all kinds of Cabinets and Mill Work Vault Doors— Large and Small. 4-In. Cast-Iron Soil Pipe 10c Ft. Steam Radiators, 7c¢ Ft. 3rd St. NW. Drive ous Georgla Avenue to Third Street, or cars pass door. Only Detached brick. Very attractl Reduced 31! ase Olub grounds. et P isconsin Ave. and Just 5308 Illinois Ave. N. ew home on this beautiful wide avenue. 7th 8t, NE. i $8,950. Ours, a these. Drive west 1% squares. Attractive 950" Reduced o $7.950. 3500 meval Garage. Regular price, home. General Electric refrigerator. 4710 Chevy Chase Boulevard N.W. Special bargain. Only one of this side of Bradley Lane turn Regular_price, 8 rooms and bath? jot 20x110, 36! Inspect Any Time—Open Till 9 P.M. TEIN (' INGORPORATED 130 H STREET NORTHWEST oeaiaane: Hot Water, 12¢ Ft. 100 T Steam, Water, Gas an Toilets, Millions of Feet of Seasoned Lumber $12.00 & Including Flooring, Sheath- ing, Joist, Boxing. All sizes and lengths. Ft. Millions of Handmade Brick $4-50 per Thousand Heating Plants 100 complete Steam and Hot-Water Plants, suitable for 18 to 100 rooms. f Pipe, including " Gas and Drain. buildings contain lumber in ythin, PLUMBING Including Tubs, Lavatories, Sinks, with fittings Fire Escapes and Slate Roofing Thousands of Doors and Windows Including Frames All Practical Sizes ELECTRICAL Fixtures and Wiring Metal Ceiling 500 Tons of Structural Steel cinding o, 8. 16 1t lc lb- one needs to build all needed for building p verything di HARRIS WRECKING CO. Office 361 Pa. Ave. N.W. Also Wrecking 3 City Blocks—9th St., 10th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., % mr:lca"!l{uidenfid Block on 10th St., Between E and F Sts. S.W. A SALESMAN ON PREMISES Phone Nat. 9196