Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1931, Page 7

’ ! THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, HOME OWNERSHIP Hoover Arranges Conference| to Discuss All Angles of House Problem. The President’s conference on home building and home ownership, for which preparations have been in progress mcre | than a year, will be held in Washington | December 2 to 5, inclusive, it was an- nounced at the White House today. The conference will be the first of its kind on such a large sc2le ever held in United States. It wl deal with | whole question of hom~ construc- | tion and cwnership, and of the home environment. It will embrace finance, design , cquipment, city planning, | houschold management and many other | ects. About 400 persons have as- | ed in th> preparatory work and 1,000 sentative citizens of the 48 States, associated with building and housing activities, are expected to participate. The conference har been orgznized un- | der the ckairm ip of Secretary La- ment of the Doy of Commerce. 0" President | t a conference | in various parts \deriake the o ate investigaticn ide scale. of ome owner- ne, with the hops acts and a better | 18 questions involved tier organization and inf es which seri-| spread of home owner- | nd country committee comprising of 20 voluntary to make the the represent associatio: come Has Funds for Rescarch. | > been p d privatel r activit housing con o headed by | hority and ex- | s of the quy d for mont and analyzing available | in making additional uir'es. Their work i so that, on the basi who have ubjects. It, | purpose to ament in_ the the conference basis for the policy and in- organization to rd a sound es to the ve root of the family the fa tien aspects of he efficiency. social stability and the happiness of ple than the surrouncings of mes. ' | | of wl nily Urges Home Ownership. ve a larger propor- 15ing than any other | 2 ave not yet reach>d our ideal of homes for all ‘our people. It| should be possible. in cur couniry for | person of sound character and in- to provide himself wiih itable housing and pref- | n home. | 1 believe to be sound and controlling at all times, It is not necessary to point out the beneficial ef- | fect. which the well considered Nation- | wide program directed to the extension or home building and home ownership | in the immediate future would have upon current unemployment and | situation. The forthcoming | however. was initiated to 1 the question under a_long- | > plan. It will be doubly fortunate should result not only in a sounder | rmanent policy but in some cegree of | relief of current unemployment and in | tion of the industries on which | z denencls.” | Washington persons were 1 by the President as chairmen of three of the 25 committees appointed to study the many phasos of the home owning and building problem. They | are Miss Harlean James, Committee on | Organization Programs. local and na-| tional; Frederick M. Feiker. Recondi- | tioning. Remodeling and _Modernizing, d F no. Committee on ing rang: Planning Takes Daily Swim at 91 E FALLS. Mas: 100 yard Come to Kodak Headquarters For Latest Models--- Widest selection 2 ’Ynu'll always find the very latest Kodak and Brownie modelshere,and always acomplete assort= ment to choose from. Smart new picture mak- ers that mean better snapshots for you. Arnd the famed Eastman qual- ity in every camera, There's a wide choice in color and style. In prices, too — Brownies start at $2, Kodaks at $5. EASTMAN KODAK STORES, INC. 607-14th Street, N.W. Tel. District 8592 | cal demagogue” NON-SKID SOAP AND WATER WALK | DEVICE DRAW STARES AT CHICAGO ‘ PARI.EY |S [}AU.EDiZS,OOO Inventors of 22 Countries Show 32,000 Brain- Children at International Patent Exposition. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 15.—The brain- children of 25000 inventors went on exhibition vesterday in the second inter- national patent exposition. More than 32,000 innovating devices tand thingamabobs from 22 countries, running the gamut from hair-straight- ening combs to threshing machines, were on display. Attracting much attention is a water |'walking device that resembles a pai | of fishing boots hooked below a canoe. LONG IS ASSAILED N COTTON DEBATE Texas Legislator Bitterly Attacks Governor on House Floor. AUSTIN, Tex., September 15 (4)- Texas legislators rall t aitack ageintt G Louisiana todey for insisting that Texas adopt his scheme for coiten prohibition n 1932 Revresentative T. H McGregor of Austin denounced Long on the flocr of the House “as having no regard for truth” and as “unfit to hold any office of high pnblic trust.” Senator W. A. Williamson of San An- tonio in th> Scnate last night referred to the Louisiana Governor as & “politi- and accepted Long's challenge to defeat any Texas legis- lators who opposed the “no cottcn” plan for 1932 Attacks “Radio Invasion.” McGregor assailed Gov. Long for his “:adio invasion” of Texas in his zeal for pessage of the cotton prohibition oill “It is the first time in the history | that ignorance, impudence and inso- jence combined have cros line and the people of Te: sulted by political ambition and dema- goguery,” McGregor declared. Lobbying Denied. The legislator said Gov. Long was “drunk with ignorance and power when he charged the Texes Legislature was between salary paid lobbyist; and blandished with ~wine, wocmen money.” d the St COPPOOPOSSOOOSY ¢ Modernize With Muddiman! 0 i ¢ Easy Time Payments _ o ¢ MUDDIMAN ¢ ¢ 911 G St. Nat'l 0140-2622 Organized 1888 PODDOPIPIRR] C. and Attached to the heels of the boots are fins that allow the propelling action as the walker strides along. The canoe contraption keeps the walker afloat. A | tryout in the Chicago River is prom- ised during the two weeks of the ex- position. Non-skid soap—a bar of soap fastened in a sponge-purse—drew many stares | as did some easy-to-pick-up poker chips. | If you would, literally, swim like a duck. | try on a pair of the swim-mittens on display. They're webbed, for the hands and feet. |[FARM BOARD PARTISAN ‘ POLITICS ARE CHARGED | Representative Cannon of Missouri, in 2 statement issued by the Demo- cratic National Committee yesterday, charged the Farm Board with partisan | politics. He asserted the board was sending to | all Missouri newspapers on the eve of 1 special election in the seventeenth con- | gressional district “a political letter on the ‘benefits to Missouri farmers from the agricultural marketing act.”” A review of Missouri co-operatives | affiliated with the board and their ac- tivities has just been issued by the board. The publication is one of a se- ries of similar _treaticses prepared by the board covering the activities of co- | op:ratives in a number of States. Some | have been issued and others are being | prepared. ALUMNI PI:AN PICNIC The National Capital Chapter of the General Alumni Ascociation of Iowa State_College will hold its annual pic- nic Saturday aftornoon, September 26 on the lawn of the home of Dr. Ra mond A. Pearson. Maryland University president, at Hyattsville, Dr. Pearson formerly was president of Towa State. OfMicers of the chapter who_are handling arrangements are LOR: r. Agriculture Department. Offica of Information, president, and Miss Catherine Ford, United States | Naticnal Museum, secretry-treasurer. | NEW YORK in the | I \ | { | IAIMEE'S HUSBAND | By the Associated Press. palm of your hand | Its sights, lights, thrills and : events, within quick reach, ' greet you from Times Square's largest hotel=the | Taft. Modern service. Many | unique, extra features, | *m,a including free Secretarial Jfi){ Service to guests. Rooms from $2.50, with bath. HOTEL " uite D-2 for moa Nu — 7th Avenue at 50th St., #djening Resy's A BING AND BING HOTEL AR 1209-1220 G SE.NW. WEDNESDAY! 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Hutton, New York and Los| Angeles baritone. | Honeymooning after their airplane elopement to Yuma, Ariz. where they | were married Sunday, they paused ves- | terday to voice their devotion. Neither | commented upon the omission of the word “obey” from the marriage ritual ich Mrs. McPherson wrote herself. | “Aimee ccnforms exactly to my ideals of perfect womanhood,” said Hutton. | “I aim to do my best to help her in her | good work. Ready to Retadiate. | T've got a smack on the nose for | those self-appointed critics who have | delighted in malicious persecution of | Aimee by slanderous remarks in public.” | “I thought it over many times before | we took the step,” said the evangelist. | D @, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1931. WOULD OUTLAW THREATS A Federal law to use as a club upon gangsters, racketeers and other who use the mails to send threatening let- ters was urged today by Representative Cochran, Democrat, Missouri. 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When announcement of the marriage was made at the afternoon services at | Angelus Temple Sunday, I trembled with apprehension “But when the congregation—God bless ‘em—began clapping, my heart was filled with happiness. I feel we ere coing to have a wonderful future together.” It was the second time within five vears a trip into the desert had brought Mrs. McPherson-Hutton into the pub- | lic eye. Her story told in a Douglas, Ariz., hospital of having been kidnaped and taken to Mexico and then of her escape and flight across the desert sands held newspaper headlines for weeks Uses Modern Touch. Hutton explained they were preparing to hold a revival in Portland. Oreg., and did not have time to give the three- day notice of intention to marry re- quired in California. 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