Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1932, Page 20

REAL ESTATE. LANYERSINAKRON | [ Music and Musicians SEEK REALTY BAN Would Prevent Dealers From Drawing Up Contracts and Other Legal Forms. Injunctions to ‘prevent real estate firms from drawing up contracts, mortgage sagreements, deeds of shle and the ltke are threatened in court action which has been instituted by the Akron Bar Association against Akron realty concerns, it is reported by the National Association of Real Estate Boards. The ban sougth by the bar associa- tion of that city, if enforced, would mean eventually that all real estafe men would have to m ain a law- yer in the completion of every realty transaction, it is contended by the Akron Real Estate Board. “Unauthorized” practice of law, as cited in this case, consists of preparation persons of deeds, mortg: affidavits, es T tracts for the sale and purchase of rea estate in which the real estate fi 45 not a party and which it has ro direct or primary interest,” ported. The Akron realtors, ages, leases, it is reported, are not contending to have a right to supply _their s with legal serv- ices, but are aiming the right to draw up docum essential to their own business.” hey contend that legal costs necessarily increase the cost of the transaction to the pur- chaser. ‘The National Association of Real Es- tate Boards has been sponsoring uni- versal use of standard for for real estate transactions, such forms being designed to eliminate the need of legal costs and to “insure against the omis- sion, intentional or inadvertent, of pro- visions which should have been made to keep the transaction clear,” the na- tional realtor body states. REALTY MORTGAGES VOLUME DECLINES New Low Reported in Total Dollar Value—District Figures Not Included. Total dollar volume of real estate mortgages recorded in the principal urban districts of the country in February declined to the lowest level in recent years, according to a monthly compilation of qfficial reports by Nelson, Hunt & Co. of Chicago. ‘The District of Columbia included in this survey. ‘The February below that of January. per cent less than that recorded in Februrary, 1931 Official figur metroplitan is not was 26 per cent from 37 selected areas, comprising more than half of the city population of the showed total mortgages re- February as $102,070.818, as compared with $137,895,507 in January. Thirty-four cities for which compara- tive data was available reported a total volume of $92,669,456 as against $196,- 979,511 in February, 1031 Only three reporting cities showed a gain in mortgage volume over February, 8 vear agn. These were Greenwich, Conn.; Stamford, Conn., and St Paul, Minn. Eight districts showed an in- creased volume over January. Gains were reported from Cleveland, Denver, Grand Rapids, Kansas City, Mo.: Oklahoma City, Pittsburgh, St Paul and Seattle. BALTIMORE TO BOOST REALTY COMMISSIONS Higher Rates to Be Charged Here- after, President of Board Announces. Bpecial Dispatch to T BALTIMORE, oved city on the first the balance per cent on the real estate fr $7.500 and first $5,000 ar ance has been voted by the Real Estate Board of Baltimore Announcement of the change of rate was made by Peyton B. Strobel, presi- dent of that nization, who states: “Even the new rate is below the av age for other comparable cities without taking into consideration the fact that due to the Maryland ground rent sys- tem the Baltimore broker receives from one-fourth to one-thir bout 80 per property “the | for customers and other | it is re-| ~Increase of | 3 per cent on the bal-| and about 53 |S THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, Reviews and News of Clp:tfll‘s Programs. Charlotte Kiein In Organ Recital. Friday Morning Music Club was transplanted yes- terday mornin its mu- sical salon in ker Hall to the Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, where an organ recital was given by Char- lotte Klein. Miss ganists and recognized as one of the ace orgarists of this country. was welcomed yesterday morn- ing by a large audience. The program was further en- hanced by the singing of Flora McGill Keefer, contralto, who has never found herself in better voice than when she undertook yesterday the ar- rangement of the Beethoven “In Thee Do We Trust.” Mrs. Keefer was assisted at the organ by Lewis Atwater. Miss Klein's phenomenal insight into the ways and means of her art was demonstrated not only in the execution but in the choice of her program. From the giant tonal se- Charlotte Klein. quences of the Mulet “Esquisses Byz- antine,” to the soft, melodic plaint of the Irish “Tune from County Derry” (as effective a rendition as even & Percy Grainger could have asked for), to the Dethier “Caprice,” to the ach “Fugue in G Minor” and the Dupre fugue (which the artist seems to be especially fond of), Miss Klein gave interpretation after interpreta- tion with a subtlety as well as an emotional value that places her re- cital in the top rank of the year's musical calendar. One suspects that no finer or- gan music will be heard here this season. Miss Klein combines that happy facility of warm tonal ex- pression with an apparent effort- lessness which predisposes the listen- er at once in her favor. Reminis- cences of a certain famed recital given earlier in the year, in which a prominent maestro seemed to be wrestling with his stops, reminds one that fluency in this art does not come over night. Miss Klein chose infinite variety in her various moods. The Irish “Tune” was pro- foundly stirring, so was the Russell “The Bells of St. Anne de Beau- pre. She endowed the Dethier “Caprice” with all the wealth of rhythm at her command; and if, perhaps, the Bach fugue seemed a trifle hurried it might have been only because the listener was anxious to have the work continue, and not come to a stop, as must eventually all good things. E. de S. MELCHER. 'DRAWINGS TO BE PREPARED RESTORING MILLER HOUSE Known for a century as Washing- ton’s headquarters, but now declared to have been the headquarters of the rival generals Lee and Gates, the Miller House at North White Plains will be assured preservation by unemployed architects, who will assemble structural data and record its exact dimensions in drawings to make restoration possible in case of destruction. Along with the Miller House, the dingy frame tenement in the heart of White Plains called the Jacob Purdy House, and hailed today as the actual headquarters occupied by the first Presi- dent at the time of the Battle of White | Plains, and again in 1778, may also be guaranteed against oblivion. Architectural draftsmen, under aus- pices of the Westchester County Park | Commission, which is - financing the enterprise at the suggestion of the Architects Emergency Committee for the Region of New York, will make drawings of the Miller House and of | others of historical interest in thg county, including probably the Purdy according to Julian Clarence Levi, chairman of the committee, and | a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Models similar to those -0f metropoli- tan landmarks on view at the Museum | of the City of New York may be con- a is reported by Gilmore D. Clarke, la; scape architect of the Westchester Park Commission. The Miller House, which in addition to its Revolutionary associations is the radle” of Methodism in White Plains, is at present the property of the Park Commission. Now a museum, it is Jo- cated just over the present White Plains boundary line in North Castle. The structural drawings to be made will note its characteristic weathe and unevennesses of exterior, an numerous _supplementary photographs will be taken of both interior and ex- terior, permitting exact reproduction. P Popularly accepted as “Washington's Headquarters,” and containing a ma- hogany table and two fiddle-back chairs supposedly used by the first President | during his stay there, the house is de- clared in a research narrative by William 8. Hadaway, president of the Westchester County Historical Soclety, published in the current society bulle- tin, to have never been occupied by Washington at all. Instead, he maintains, the now ob- scure Jacob Purdy House in the city itself was the general's headqyarters ins. | during both his stays in White First Showing! 2948 Northampton St. Highest Elevation in Chevy Chase, D. C 13,450 This attractive BRICK home of seven (7) rooms, two (2) beautiful baths and large attic is the pick of the Spring offerings. Appealing are such features as: All large bed rooms, sleeping porch, private porch off din- ing room and charming breakfast room or den. Built by Walls and Doucet, of first-class materials throughout, viz., all oak floors, excellent finish and decora- tions, slate roof, copper gut- ters and downspouts. To see this MARVELOUS HOME—drive out Conn. Ave. right on Nebraska and Tight o Northampton to property. Open Saturday and Sunday Realty Associates, Inc. 1427 Eye St. NAt. 1438 ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CITY With Every Gas-Convenience BALTIVORE SHOW PLANS COMPLETED Flower and Garden Exhibit to Be Held in Connection With Homes Exposition. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., April 2.—Plans for the annual Baltimore Flower and Garden Show have been completed by | the officials handling arrangements. | ‘The exhibit will be held at the Fifth | Regiment Armory from April 4 to 9 in conjunction with the Better Homes Show. T A large number of horticulturists from all parts of the East have made olans to participate in the floral display- which is being arranged by the Florist ¢ Club. Among the displays already entered in the competition is a large formal garden which with the accompanying decorations will cover a floor space of 1.600 square feet. A number of smaller | formal and informal gardens will be on view, | Some of the principal exhibits will | be entered by members of the Fed- erated Garden Clubs of Maryland. One-quarter of the floor space at the armory has been set aside for ex- | hibits in the amateur competitive classes in which the Federated Clubs exhibits will be shown. y One of the more elaborate exhibits which is being planned is the bird sanctuary to be displayed by one of the member clubs. After the show this sanctuary is to be transferred to the D. C., SATURDAY, grounds of the Budowood Sanitarium. er exhibit, dealing with the development of the , to_be shown by Charles Siegwart of Jes- sups. This display will show each stage of the plant growth from the seed to the full bloom. After the show the flowers are to be distributed to the hospitals of the city. o e, The British Union Jack, which had not flown officially over Battersea, Eng- land, town hall during the 15 years in which Soclalists ruled the borough | council, has been unfurled there again. 9 APRIL 2. 1932, APARTMENT HOUSE INVOLVED IN TRADE, Eight Buildings in Southeast Ex- changed for Property on Connecticut Avenue, Eight two-story apartment buildings in Southeast Washington have been Edgemoor. Md., Invites You to See This New Home TOI‘I‘IOI‘I’OW No. 4820 Middlesex Lane —was built and priced to exactly fit the present-day home demand. It is of classic center-hall colonial design, of brick and clapboard, with slate roof, and contains 6 excellent rooms and 2 baths: equipped with “Fluid-Heat™ oil burner and “General Electric" refrigerator. Large corner lot, with garage. Come Out Today or Sunday Go out Wisconsin Ave. to Bank of Bethesda, then follow car line one block, and turn left to house. REAL ESTATE. exchanged for the four-story business and apartment structure on the north- west corner of Connecticut avenue and R street, it was announced today by | the office of Henry K. Jawish, which handled negotiations. ‘The names of the principals in the | transaction were not made public. The properties involved in'the trade have an & te assessed valuation in | excess of $500,000. | The southeast apartment structures are located at 2 Seventeenth street, | 1705, 1711, 1717, 1723 and 1729 East | Capitol street and 1 Eighteenth street | southeast. residential units. & I gou are looking for a home igh-grade, popy 2 blocks north of Chase C room and Kitchen on one fioor. heat; slectricity was $11.800— Chase, Md. scraened throughout. Lot $1,000 cash required Open Sunday, 10 the owner authorizes me to sell it for $8. U. S. TROOPS RETURN First Contingent From Shanghal Zone Reaches San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, April 2 (#).—The Army transport Grant arrived here yes- terday with the first American troops from Shanghai since the fighting there between Chinese and Japanese forces. Capt. Herbert L. Harrles, supply offi- cer of the 3ist United States Infantry, which still is on duty in the Chinese ‘These buildings contain 128 | city, headed a group of 160 American soldiers arriving from the battle scene 6413 Maple Avenue—_CHév'y'(’:hAase, Md. AM offering this attractive 6-room bungalow at a price yo: cannot refuse, if Large attic ove: entire 70x128. O s bungalow 1 pric I The best buy in Chevy AM. to 7 PM. And Every Day Until Sold H. H. CARTER Realtors Investment Bidg. Drive out Conn. Ave. to Bradiesr Lane; Exclusive Agent NAt. 4178 west to Maple Ave.: north to house RE YOU LOOKING FOR A MODERATELY-PRICED HOME? Here’s a good measuring stick to use in checking value __’Ilese builders meet every requireme_xg, laid down at the right. 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