Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1931, Page 20

REAL ESTATE. BONDS ARE URGED | FOR CONSTRUCTION League Cites Need for Build- ing to Speed General Business Recovery. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, BUILDING ECONOMY 1S DECLARED NEED D. C., SATURDAY, \m.s been only about $1,260,000,000, & | | decline of about 53 per cent “During the present depression_the | | incames ‘of smost” Slasscs o people mw‘ declined. Those whose incomes ‘ | been reduced cannot afford, dire or ctly, to pay as high wages to em- s of the b'mdlng industry or any Home Loan Proposal Has Stirred Public Interest, Editor Announces. DECEMBER 12, 1931. REAL ESTATE. HIGH JUMP CHAMPION TO SWITCH HUSBANDS Ethel Toronto “Trick Play” Preludes Death When John Victor Wake, 52, the professional tennis player, threw his t into the air, his last game on ground at Leeds, England, tors suspected trick playing Immediately he collaj tes later was dead from Residence Purchased McLaren Plans Divorc Man to Wed Byr Mitchell of San Francisco. octated Pross. | = NCISCO, Decem McLare: other industry as they formerly paid resident Hoover has proposed na- legisl: for the creation in ve district of a home | More Government by Tax- bonds to the ,nmmm\xnmg‘r}gfl;‘p“n:m: with which it could discount the mort- | payers Urged by Head of ncial ins Publishing Firm. > world rec mp, said to We Advertise 1247 Owen St. N.E. FOR SALE gage paper of financial institutions and thus increase the amount of rnpm\l) available at reasonable rates of imeresz‘ or home-building “I would oppose any use of Govern- ment money to help to create these home loan banks. We have already had | too much use of the taxpayers' money in such ways. In virtually every case | it has had bad res for both those | who have had to pa the taxes and those for whose supposed benefit the McLaren said sh had a di suit on file at Reho, and will go | there soon to “finish it all up.” Mitchell | who was a University of California crew star in 1926, corroborated her state- Provi for neede and fo is needed y; Samue] Ames told a More government by and for payers and less government by Nh boli-pov the “taxeaters” is what §onat, thirough b | vive and maintain pros; picetly v e 3 4 O Dunn, president_of Wherever pos 5 E Builder Publishing Corporat money has been used structior t convention of lumber @ rs | “The home loan bank plan, as I un- | ently in_Chicago this wee derstand it, however, merely contem- & g “Our homes are our most le | plates enlarging the amount of private | . var gy social asset, and the home-building in- | capital avatlable for enabling the people dustry dustry is so large nothir ide themselves with larger and tribute more to the re and thus understood, I prosperity than a gre n and that its | modernization and cial not only to | satd ‘but to the en- As means of revi President Hoover's plan | more funds Yor home bui ment, tablishing home loan disco ba ‘The two met at thl: Am.s{v-mm:n Olym- | slready bas had » beneficial effect on | DS, EATPS, WACE e, McLaren wo construction men and realtors through- | championship crew. is here | out the country, according to Joseph B. |for the 1932 Olympic games | Mason of Chicago, managing editor | Angeles. of the magazine American Bullder and | i 2 Building Age. | GUN-TOTER SENTENCED The plan, according to Mason, has | e resulted in stirring public interest in home building and reviving of enthusi- asm among builders “Although the plan gestion and re to release ing by es ROBERT W. SAVAGE 717 Union Trust Bldg. Na. f700 Gets Year and Halt for Trying to £ br on- | Residence at 111 f ma- Robert F. Jones of the Medical y from % in- | T. Newbold, through the agency of use contains 10 MaIn | mr Dunn advocated incre | rooms and three baths. The house ha ntage of 110 feet and | construction, including 1 a depth of 150 feet. | and fewer restrictions c n,,,,(.. Government Dole. — —_— s Hn).klmg labor; the adc . | tion-wide plan of finar cis of business, the | ] theg Storage MECHANlCS’ LIEN ACT |provide more'c |a* “reasonable Space Big Need HELD BUILDING AID e, W hvrv ( hlld Lives fnaustr. *r‘ri better : ma Charles V thy S1ys Conference Subjects Are Closely Related to Proposed Law Battery Corps Battery Lane which has been acquired by Park ! tates Navy from Alfred “building industry, f th Nation ndition which adversely Get Gasoline Free. New Seml Detached Brick Homes! Facing 17-Acre Gov't Park Sample Open to 9 P.M. 5724 3rd St. NW. Between Madison and Nicholson Streets 3 is only a sug- B es action by t into operation,” he statement of a definite, Dractical wey people finance homes of their oy of immense sig- nificance. It is p ly the spark needed to set long-deferred resumption of n uilding activity.” Low buildir sts, the lowest in more than a de un ‘make the pr is affecting all and the building y perhaps more than any other, enormous burd of taxation b loaded upon the backs 1 people From 1924 to ditures of increased $487,500,000 an- From 1923 to 1928 the expen- he is said a gallon of ithout pay- alias W E. Jac ing for it liam Brown, colored, was serve 360 c and an add )i d a $500 fine for xarn ng it op: William_Moore. alias Douglas Governmer especially upor alesmanship by o create desire rity of people for bet In the four i re can ] economic condi- ction work lags ry,” the council t issued by Horace 8 LARGE ROOMS 2 COMPLETE BATHS Price Low—Terms Arranged WAPLE & JAMES, Inc. 1226 14th St. N.W. North 0962 increased $: 000,000 annu- should reduce Government e esp o killed workr n the S rted at once M Expert Says Lack of Place groups to Put Things Annoy- 1pon Tesic ? 8 building some time 18 $5,000 or more in 37 States wa possible 3 S | W { 700,000,000, ry | the | ponding average sidered at the ) conditi t years the corre- y annual expenditure | ploymen P/WW/ FOR conditions ch giihjartol o mg Factor. Many of . H pr ing the Y oS- | the Pre Sor ence on on SeEreiog Se e AT Building Home Ownership are et s th e proposed Winter, or ever intended to use the weapon the subjects con: Storage spac sions 1s the he of faj such d for the c made by make place 1 | study 8 g diat this c Commerce when Secre department in 1925 i N “onference of Commission: e Laws Home Owner |a survey of 1,707 nd rural, throu acted intc problems | Nearly 60 per cent answe t th he 1d be | from both urk 1 s ern his liv- |10 “Wha e distribute the statute laws said, “the uniform act will provide a uni- vstem of law to govern the rela- tionship between owners and those en- gaged in building operations and thus facilitate building of dwellings. Dan H. Wheeler has been secretary lien afford ing Where $ return Yor d materials, buy- | mh phrase ing power can be restored and tang: and things. Next resuits obtained, all of which will tend [room or workshop,” “no privacy, poor to bring back better economic condi- |sleeping quarters, inconvenient or no |of the Commerce Department Commit. tions | bath, and no place for pets tee since its organization. Dr. John | The purpose of the committee, it |M. Gries, executive secretary of the Cites Low Cost Levels. | was stated, was to investigate the ef- | President’s housing conference, called asons, the Construction | fect of housing on family living, and |the committee together on the me- ion to the present low | jt has studied the various character- | chanics’ lien work. of construction, with the ad- |istics of housing to try to determine and private interests those which contribute most to the once with construction | development of the family members. highways, utilities, | Tt sent out an exploratory question- ( well as home | najre to famil ates which and furnishing. | resulted in informatio . the factor of |what features of houses on which certain groups are \ finding helpful and nd from them defi- | their normal development tions and assistance | It expressed the hope that the find- ings of the study may be useful to families to the importance of in family living and to the {need for planning houses which promote family development; as an {aid to house selection, to pointing out | housing to the family was said to be features to be sought and features to |almost untouched and the committee be avolded, and as & stimulus for im- ‘nwrnrnn» recommended types and | proving houses in such features as are | methods of research to learn what causing irritation and unhappiness housing conditions are doing The subject of the relationship of life. came “No pl Wwill Bu11d Four Homes Four two-story brick dwellings are to be erected at 5200 and 5206 Fourth street by the Security Building & Con- struction Corporation, as owners and | builders, according to specifications filed with the District building inspec- tor. The cost is estimated at $28,000. ment in this move- | ction League urges | sible institutional State and national for needed construc- | The present | construction costs, to a | offset the costs of immedi- | LUXURIOUS w level of large extent nanci of public construction s not only employment, but me extent relief for overburdened community chests, restoring buying ywer and encouraging private initia- A tremendous forward step can n by doing at this t con- work of all kinds which 15 Scheduled for e’\r‘nlufll execution.” LIVING— U. S. on Threshul(l Of Great New Era In Architecture| okl ' and for investment value, too! 1724 35th Street This Gas-Convenience House, priced extremely low, is at 7102 9th St. N.W., corner of 9th and [)H/!r'u The C hia. Construction Com- pmly, owners, invite you to visit it any time between 9 a.m.and 9 p.m. For Chairman of Architects Committee Urges Burial of \lmlrd Catchwords. RS | the “threshold” of a | the history of | opinion of William man of the Commit- Relations of the SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY FERED—A MODERN 2-STORY BRICK HOME— NEAR WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL—SIX GOOD ROOMS, SPACE FOR GARAGE, ATTRACTIVE LOT. HOUSE IN PERFECT CONDITION THROUGHOUT. CLOSE TO CARS AND BURLEITH BUS. IS SELDOM OF- FEATURES YOU’'LL SEE IN THIS GAS- CONVENIENCE HOME ® THE GAS REFRIGERATOR In addition to the Columbia Come struction Company, these Washe ington builders also modernize their homes with gas: This home offers some family a double value—comfort, convenience, luxury as long as they live in it, and definite re-sale value if they should ever want to sell. ent to- start the bsurd catch- e mechanizing of the “factory of school to begin “to produce our re's way G. L. Benneit Reasonable Terms L. E. Breuninger & Son Few Great Types. “The wurld has seen on five types really great merely nev four or that were com tools, which g and will | | | FIRST OFFERING! 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Because this is one of the new Gas-Convenience Homes—the kind of home that everyone will soon be demand- ing, and that therefore will always be popular. Refrigeration, house-heating, cooking, water heating will all be done automatically here, by gas. Housework will be easier, cleaner, more carefree than you have ever imagined it could be. The annoying little tasks and troubles will be done away with, and yowll have a house that “runs like clockwork”— with the clock being a set of automatic silent gas controls. Whether or not you're in the market, you ought to see this house, and see for your- self the marvelous convenience that modern gas appliances can give you. Drive out Georgia Avenue just beyond Walter Reed Hospital to Dahlia Street, turn right one block on Dahlia to 7102. Everyone is welcome. —Electrolux. Permanently si- lent. Extra Ia.rge capacity. Free labor service for a life- time. Lowest-cost domestic cold maker on the market. BRYANT GAS HEAT —Clean, quiet, automatic. Maintains exactly the tempera- ture you like, all winter long, without a moment’s work or worry on your part. ROPER GAS RANGE —Oven heat control, smokeless broiler, insulated oven, a\{to- matic lighter. Its attractive colors brighten the kitchen. AUTOMATIC WATER HEATER —Keeps a tankful of water, at the temperature you select, al- ways ready for instant use, anytime. Boss & Phelps Breuninger & Phifer Edson W. Briggs, Ine. Cafritz Construction Co. Casey Engineering Company Henry J. Connor Cooley Bros. D. J. Dunigan, Ine. Federal Construction Co. Thos. J. Fischer Co. J. F, Fox Wm. D. Goodman B. H. Gruver Harvard Terrace Development Co. Wm. A. Hill Co. Independent Investment Co, Jacobson Bros. Thos. A. Jameson Randolph L. Jennings Kennedy-Chamberlin Development Co. McKeever and Goss G. F. Mikkelson & Son W. C. & A. N, Miller Frederick B. Mills C. W. Morris & Son A. T. Newbold Newbold, Canby & DeNeal Henry J. Robb, Inc. Fred Schnider Shapiro Construction Co. Chas. L. Tankersley Waverly Taylor John B, Tiffey Triangle Realty Company Waple & James Wakefield, Inc. M. & R. B. Warren C. M. Wilcox C. W. Williams Edward M. Willis P, H. Willis Realty Co. Young & Oppenheimer Earl Warren Walter Vaughn Molye Zitmore WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY Builders and Architects’ Division 419 Tenth St. N.W. NAtional 8280