Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1932, Page 20

REAL BSTATES THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D e ATURDAY, FE BRUARY 6, 1932. REAL ES TATE. SLUM CLEARANCE PLAN IS OFFERED Architect Proposes New Form of Managerial and Finance Corporation. A new form of managerial and al corporation, designated as a ty trust, is proposed as slum clearance prob- C. Hc New York an article in' the Archi- d Lower East Side of New known example of a Holden says: “The t is recognized e property as e to pay its own way. © been obliged to pay in_order to keep e let their prop- Collective System Urged. g that b umbered responsibil- tat t tect states serve all the public and terests concerned in these to grant to all i a the capacity of all own- the fc 1 would pro cach owne nterest in his a partici- and would his isolated lot e > in the collective njoyed by the t Every would retain right of ownership to an to the benefits which enjoying at the time { interests. Entirely New Method. ion on the basis of | propertie to its It is concern e of the whole dis 1 those s to th removed bec rtgage can tion of unfit use the con- be guaranteed guarante n of the possible the that is i t trust ELDBROOKE CHURCH PLANNING BAPTISM| Rev. Walter M. Michael to Preach on at Morning Service. I meets at e time under the direction of e Goshell League meets at 7 pm,, | 3 leading Should Go_to g People’s Society and will t Resolved, Th: nethod of d Burgess v blem.” Tt d by Ogden age and the opkins and will continue e, under the lead- | Wagner, evangelist sugh the week | , except Saturday. he official board will | | n’s organizations will meet | h noonday luneheon. The | Il be held at 11 am. | ess meeting of the | will be held | 2 W HELD TO GhAND JURY 600 block was held ge John P. on a assault st Blackthorn street, Che: C. Frost, by Juc McMal harge of nious Bond was lt | Park after e a position ance Cor- her | | | oc- Frost | Potomac | help her sect red to take Two Dwellings Projected. tw ry kb llings are to 6 y The Best Buy in PETWORTH See These Wonderful Values Sample House 437 Ingraham St. N.W. &ix and seven large, airy rooms; of all-brick ~construction; two baths: beautiful, modern kitchen with breakfast dinette: hardwood trim and floors throughout; deep lot; peved street and alley; screened, concrete front porch convenient to stores, school, churches and transportation. $8,450 v Frederick B. Mills Owner and Bullder Ga. 4946-1123 | b part of mort- Jesus in the Midst” | Semi-Detached Residence Home of George E. Downer, at 5826 Third street, purchased from the Marshall & Spignall, through the agency of L. T. Gravatte in business in Buffalo, recently came here to make Washington his | forme residence. | pes WCARTHY HEADS HASTER LLMBERS iAssociation Reports Progress | Made, Despite Lower Busi- ness of Individuals. CRASH FATAL TO WOMAN TO BE PROBED MONDAY Colored Driver Held Pending In- in Death of Mrs. Clara Washburn of Alexandria. will morning in the Clara Louise Washburn, 36 Alexandria, Va., who died at Emer- gency Hospital yesterday morning as a 1t Connecticut avenue and Q Joseph Minton, colored. 900 block of N street, driver which collided with that of hburn's husband, Lester A is being held pending the Washburn of ‘the car Mrs, W Washt inquest Besides her husband Mrs J. H. McCarthy was re-elected presi dent of the Master Plumbers’ Associa- | tion of the District at the annual meet- ing of the organization held this week at Pythian Temple. The vote Was unanimous. President McCarthy reported that | while business of individual members was lowered during the past year th association was more prosperous and d made progress in its organization Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J, F. ams, and other relatives are res of Charlottesville, Va. Other relatives are residents of this citv, Bal timore a ynchburgh, Va. Funer services a interment will be Charlottes o’clock. High_was elected first vice R. E. Anderson, second vice Prank Bentley, secreta Clarke, treasurer; W. ant at arms. In addition to members of the board of R. J. Barrett, D. H. Al- Snowden. E. J. Ewing and Jos were appointed me of the board of governors of ti ding Trades Employers’ Associa- represent the plumbing in- president A two-story brick dwelling is to be 1 at 6223 Utah avenue, accordin filed with the District by Oscar as owner, and C. R. Matheny he construction cost i d at $7.500. E oo R. Snow, McCarthy toda: tment of star tees, headed by the following Membership, Patsy Monaco ry, A R. McGonegal; Public_Utility, A Barrett; Legislative and District Wholesaler. Mr. High ard announced BOY BICYCLIST ESCAPES DEATH UNDER AUTO Three Women Injured in Coll of Taxicab, Truck and Street Car am Turner, 18 with minor injur 3 ear wheel of an automc Raymond Hudson lace ran h had been knocked from Fourteenth and B day, bile of bruises about the stom n the knees. He r being treated an taxicab passengers Te- BUILDING JUST COMPLETED For Sale or Lease 2825 14th St. N.W. about etur; f Sevi k by a truck backi way. They were Camper, 35 > Keizales, 27, and E 124 Webster a drive Store building containing 3.300 feet st nd story entire building mercantile business suitable for of sort OPEN FCR INSPECTION Sunday 2 to 7 P.M. W;Il Build Residence. brick elling 1371 Locust road by ngton Realty Co. the District govern: estimated building cos is Universal Real Estate Corp. 1329 N St. N.W. NO. 6761 = Hamilton, Scotland, is warring on an army of families who have “squatted in vacant houses and refuse to move TODAY OR ¢ New Center-Hall Corner Brick Home 9 Rooms—2 Baths 511,950 Situated on large corner lot at juncture of Kansas Ave. and Long- fellow St. . . facing triangular park and overlooking Pt. Slocum Park. Nine bright rooms, including recreation room in basement; two tiled baths, Chamberiain metal weather strips, copper screens, built-in ga- rage, cement front and side porch. big kitchen has Oxford cabinet equipment, Westinghouse refrigeration and many other features. Values like this surely can't be repeated much longer . . . and the loca- tion makes it so much more attractive 5529 Kansas Ave. N.W. Open Every Day Until 9 PM. Out 16th, 13th or Georgia Ave. to Longfellow, thence east to Kansas Ave., or take 14th St. car marked “Takoma” or “Sheridan St.” ooley Bros. " BUILDERS OF BETTER HOMES" Tower Bldg. Nat’l 9240 Mr. Downer, | be held at thel of | IAGENCY PROMOTES PROPERTY REPAIR National Subcommittee Is Outgrowth of President’s Home Conference. A national agency designed to aid in a revival o bhusiness through stimula- tion of the repair and improvement of residential, commercial, industrial and | institutional property has been estab- | lished here. | This is the subcommittee on business | co-operation in community development of the Committee on Reconditioning, Remodeling and_Modernization of the Department of Commexce, recently ap- pointed as an outgrowth of the Presi dent's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership. Feiker Reappointed. Since the general sessions of the President’s conference here early in De- cember last Secretary of Commerce La- mont has re-appointed Frederick M. Felker, director of the Bureau of For- eign and Domestic Commerce, as chair- man of this committee. | Other members are Howard H. Bede, | Chicago: George L. Bliss, New York City; Lyman J. Briggs, Washington; Joseph E. Chandler, Boston; Miss Em- ily W. Dinwiddie, Richmond; F. Stuart Fitzpatrick, Washington; H. P. Holman, Washington; Bernard L. Johnson, Chi- cago; Mrs. Willlam F. Lake, Hot Springs, Ark.; Joseph D. Leland, Bos- ton; Miss Grace Morin, Ithaca, N. Y.; R. Brognard Okle, Philadelphia; Miss Ethel B. Power, Boston; Mrs. Charles W. Sewell, Chicago; Frank 8. Slasson, Chicago; Adam Trieschmann, Chicago; C. O. Christenson, Washington. Subcommittees Named. Subcommittees were appointed hy Chairman Feiker to handle different phases of reconditioning dnd moderniz- ing. Among these are the subcommit- tee on business co-operation in_com- munity development, with F. Stuart Fitzpatrick, manager of the civic de- velopment ' department of the United man. Inquiry has disclosed that more than 50 per cent of the many important lines of materials and equipment produced for construction in 1931 were consumed by remodeling and improvement proj- ects. It is predicted that a still larger percentage of such materials will be used in this same field in 1932, The an- nual repair and replacement bill of the Buy a Home With $7,650 Sample House, 1839 Bay St. SE. Salesmen on Premises Daily Until 9 P.M. 6 rooms and bath Glassed sleeping porch Front and rear porche: Bath—colored tile and Built-in tub Built-in Wall safe Mirror door Built-in telephone closet Built-in dining set with benches Cedar-lined closet s showers BUY AT YOUR OWN TERMS Steuart Brothers, Inc. Real Estate Construction States Chamber of Commerce, as chair- ! United States aggregates hundreds of | millions of dollars. ‘The main object of the subcommittee on business co-operation is to stimulate trade promotional activity under local community organizations. sponsored by chambers of commerce or other commu- nity agencies. These efforts will be di- rected to the education of property own- ers as to the desirability of making re- pairs and improvements and to assisting local contracting and supply concerns to | improve their merchandising methods. Two J oin Goss Staff. | | Thomas 5. OBrien, for 14 years - engaged as an automobile salesman, DR. SNYDER TO PREACH SERMON BY REQUEST “Disposing of the Carcass” to Be Subject of Talk Postponed Two Weeks Ago. At St. Paul's Lutheran Church ts- morrow morning the pastor, Dr. Henry W. Snyder, will preach a request ser- mon on the subject “Disposing of the " which he was prevented by from preaching two weeks ago Young people’s night will be at the cial music, and at the Luther League | meeting at the same hour Miss Ger- ‘:mde McRae will present the evening's opic. | The program of Lenten services has been announced by the pastor as fol- | lows: Sunday mornings, a series of se: | mons on “Coming to Terms With Life' | Sunday eveninas. spiritual matters deals ing witn “Last Thin midweek serve ices, a series of talks on thé church members’ relaticnship to the church, the first of these to he presented on Ash Wednesday night on the subject, “The Church Member's Prayer for the Church.” The Women's Missionary Society will meet Tuesday evening under the lead- 5. Frank E. Cunningham. Violets were in bloom in Bohmahon, Ire in January and George W. Burch, who has been | Vesper service with a speclal talk on | €rship of M assoclated with the real estate business the topic “Sour Grape At the | for an equal period, have been added | Christian Endeavor meeting at 7 o'clock | to the staff of the realty firm of Goss |there will be guest speakers and spe- | & Co., it was anndunced today by Earl E. Goss. | 5445 30th Pl N.W. All Conveniences Between 18th. 19th, B and C Sts. S.E. Near Eastern High School G. E. electric clock Hot-water heat (overs| Hot-water storage tan| One-piece laundry tub Pancled walls Hardwood floors Hardwood trim Frigidaire Walker electric dish washer Or a modern fireplace Fluid heai—noiseless oit burner eavy tin roof 5. Extra heavy tin roof, 26 ) OPEN DAILY ed attic, splendid g Maj Reirigerator. $12,950 WM, H. SAUNDERS CO., Inc 1519 K N.W. Dist. 1015 tic 138 12th St. N.E. juries received in a traffic | is survived by two children, Lester A.| Washburn, jr, and Miss Louise Wash- | lle Sunduy afternoon at 2 | Model home at 6318 Beechwood Drive, in the Beechicood section of Chevy Chase. To reach the house, drive out Connecticut Avenue, turn west on Thornapple Street to Beechwood Drive, beauty and utility and left—south—to house. Set in the midst of natural old forest trees, on the rolling heights of Beechwood, is one of the most attractive homes offered in Washington today. G. F. Mikkelson and Son have put into it all their experience in house plan- ning and construction, and the result is a model home in every sense of g 9 y the word. The house is of brick in Colonial design and has ten rooms, including an inclosed porch, four bedrooms, a recreation room and complete servants’ quarters. Visit the home and note the care given to comfort and convenience detail thi utility combined. 419 Tenth appliances to assure convenience. Since this has been the builders’ aim, it goes without saying that is a Gas-Convenience home, with automati an automatic gas water heater and a gas refrigerator. The builder has created a home of charm, and then installed all gas s THE WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY Builders’ and Architects’ Division St. N.W. | It is a perfect example of beauty and In Addition to G. F. Mikkelson & Son the following W ash- ington Builders Also Modernize Their Homes With Gas: * can combine G. L. Bennett Bieuninger Sons, Inc. Boss & Phelps Breuninzer & Phifer Edson W. Brig Cafritz Co. & <. Inc. Construction Capital View I Co. C lasey Realty Engineering Company Columbia Construc- tion Company 115 Cooley Bre D. J. Dun Federal Henry Connor n, Inec. Constraction ( Thos. J. J. F. Fox C. H. Gaskins Wm. D. Goodman Clarence W. Gosnell B. H. Gruver Harvard Terrace De- velopment Co. Fred W. Horton Wni. A. Hill Co. H. P. Huddleson Independent ment Co. ) ischer Co. Invest- Jacobson Bros. Thos. A. Randolph L. Jennings Jameson Kennedy-Chamberlin Development Co. McKeever & Goss W. C. & A. N. Miller Frederick B. Mills C. W. Morris & Son A. T. Newhold Newhold, Canby & De Neale Henry J. Robb, Inc. Fred Shapiro Construction Co. Schneider Joseph M. Stanley Chas. L. Tankersley Waverly Taylor John B. Tiffey Triangle Realty Com- pany Waple & James Wakefield, Inc. M. & R. B. Warren C. M. Wilcox C. W. Williams Edward M. Willis P. H. Willis Realty Co. Young & Op'nheimer Earl Warren Walter Vaughan gas heat, a modern gas range, NAtional 8280 2 VPR 23 ESgEa