Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1933, Page 15

WASHINGTON, D, C, REALTORS WILL CONSIDER PROBLEMS FACING OWNERS National Business Session Here Will Take Up Financ- ing, Slum Clearance and Taxation in Discussions, the real estate operator will National Association of Real session here next week. l MPORTANT matters concerning the property owners as well as be considered by members of the Estate Boards in annual business Plans for the convention, now being completed, indicate that among principal topics will be proposed action on real estate finance, slum clearance, taxation and means of widening the field of home ownership. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, who served as chairman of the Planning Committee of the President’s Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership, will address the body on home ownership. 500 Realtors Expected. Between 400 and 500 realtors from ‘various sections of the country are ex- pected to atterid sessions of the con- vention, which will extend from Tues- day through next Saturday morning. Members of the Washington Real Estate Board, who will be hosts to the visiting realtors, have completed the general outlines of entertainment pro- grams alnnfled for the delegates. Dr. Wilbur will speak on a phase of American life now being watched close- by leaders in economic and social thought, because of the importance at- tached to expected developments in the future in the home building and home ownership field. Dr. Wilbur has been associated inti- mately with the recent work of the Federal Government aimed at widening ‘home ownership and strengthening its stability and also has been in touch with non-governmental agencies active in the same flelds. Also, he has been head of Better Homes in America since he entered the President’s cabinet. Jesse Jones May Speak. Jesse Jones, Houston, Tex., a member of the board of directors of the Re- construction Finance Corporation, has been invited to address the convention and has written board officials that he expects to be able to attend. In this connection realtor officials call atten- tion to the importance to real estate of the loan policies of the Finance Cor- poration. ‘The position of the National Asso- ciation of Real Estate Boards to Fed- | ings. eral housing loans will be brought be- fore the convention in a report at one of the general sessions by Edward A. ‘MacDougall of New York City, chair- man of the housing committee of the national body. Mr. MacDougall's committee has been instructed by the directors of the asso- ciation to bring in recommendations as to constructive action, legislative or otherwise, that should be taken at this time to aid housing and slum rehabili- tation through the property owners of the affected district or community. A central renting service as conducted by a real estate board and the possi- bilities for real estate in a community opened through such a service will be outlined before the general sessions of the convention by Fortney H. Stark, executive secretary of the Milwaukee Real Estate Board. ‘Will Report on Progress. In addition to the presentation of tentative proposals for a national tax program for real estate, legislative prox;'e:é made during the year will reported. Henry G. Zander, sr., Chicago, chair- man of the association’s Committee on Federal Legislation and Taxation, will report for that committee at the gen- eral sessions. Legislative matters with which the association has been actively concerned include the home loan bank act and amendment of the Federal revenue act. Mr. Zander, in addition to his years of consecutive service on the association’s Committee on Federal Legislation, has been appointed chairman of the board of the Home Loan Bank of Evans- ton, Il Robert L. McKallip, Pittsburgh, chairman of the association’s Commit- tee on State and Local Taxation, will report for that committee at the gen- eral sessions of the Washington meet- ing. X , Property owners’ divisions, as or- ue?i! to co-operate with real estate g:rds. their work, their accomplish- ments and their future, will be dis- cussed in a report to be made to the general sessions by Dr. A. Ross of Kansas City, chairman of the na- tional property owners’ division for 1933. Dr. Hill, former president of the University of Missouri, is chairman of the property owners’ division of the Kansas City, Mo.,, Real Estate Board. Bowie Gegeral Chairman. J. P. M. Bowie, former the Washington Real m, is general chairman of the local commit- tee named by H. Clifford Bangs, presi- dent, to outline entertainment events. ‘The first event will be an informal recption next Wednesday evening at 8:30, to_be held in the cabinet room of the Willard Hotel, the convention uarters. P for next Thursday calls for a visit to the White House at 12:30 pm., where President Hoover will the delegates. The group is to assemble at the executive offices. There is to be a bridge luncheon for wives of realtors at 1:30 Thursday in the cabinet room of the Willard, a_reception for national association ‘Builrt by Dum‘ga;:, é;ilt Rigl; Let your rent money buy a home for you! EXHIBIT HOME 5416 Kansas Ave. N.W." High elevation on a boulevard— Built-in _garages—6 rooms . with . 2 colored-tile baths and showers— paved street and alley—recreation room and Dunigan dinette and screened-in sleeping porches. In- cluded are G-E Electric Hot-Point Range—G-E Electric _Refrigerator with Monitor Top—G-E Electric Water Heater—G-E Electric Vanti- lators—G-E Electric Clocks. TERMS LIKE RE On a Beautiful Boulevard Open Every Day Till 9 P.M. D. J. Dunigan, Inc. Tower Building NAtional 1265 Hill | ment. U. S. LETS $11,705,122 BUILDING CONTRACTS Last Month’s Figure About $200,- 000 Less Than Awards of December. The Federal Government, through its various agencies, awarded contracts during the last month for construction of buildings having costs totaling $11,705,122, about $200,000 less than the value of contracts awarded in De- cember, 1931. The total was«about $5,000,000 less fl;;n the contract total for November, 1932. There was & decrease of 19.5 per cent ldn the expenditures for total building operations in 348 cities of the United States having a population of 25,000 or more during December, as compared with the November volume, according to the United States Bureau of Labor statistics. The total for these cities at $30,600,000. Comparing December with November, there was a decrease of 30.5 per cent in the number and of 25.9 per cent in the estimated cost of new residential build- . New non-residential buildings decreased 40.7 per cent in number and 20.7 per cent in estimated total cost. There was a decrease of 29.6 per cent in the number of additions, alterations and repairs, and a decrease of 8.1 per cent in the indicated expenditures for such work. FEARS HOUSE SHORTAGE Director of Survey in Gulf States Urges R. F. C. Expansion. Business revival will bring changes showing an actual shortage of low cost housing, according to M. H. Furbringer, Memphis, Tenn., a director of the American Instituate of Architects, in :et?m for 1933 for the Guilf States lon. He urges that Congress immediately take steps to enlarge the scope of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation so that construction funds may be avail- iring assist- e | 8ble to communities requi ance. Architects in Tennessee, Mississippt, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas, Mr. Furbringer said, are co-operating in a determined effort to assist in a revival of business for the building trades. Stress is being placed on the advan- tages to property owners to proceed now with remodeling and moderniza- tion work. officers and delegates at the National Museum at 3 pm. and a dance in the small ball room of the Willard at 10 pm. ‘Wives to Make Tour. Friday afternoon the program calls for a sightseeing tour for wives of real- tors and a tea at the home of Mrs. Charles H. Tompkins, the party to assemble in the palm room of the hotel at 2 pm. An “inaugural banquet” is to be held Willard ball room, the dinner to be followed by dancing and entertain- ‘The t will mark the in- auguration of W. as president of the national associa- tion for 1933. Next Saturday afternoon there will their wives to Mount Vernon and other historic points of interest, and also a golf tournament for realtors at the Congressional Country Club. 4611 Asbury Place N.W. Just off Massachusetts Ave. in American University Park. New, all brick detached home contain- ing 7 rooms, 2 baths, garage, large lot. The best buy we have offered in many years. Open Saturday and Sunday until 9 P.M. Floyd E. Davis Company 733 12th St. N.W. Nat'l 0353 34 Woodbine St. Chevy Chase, Md. $13,250 This new stone and masonry home reduced $2,750. Large rooms, large lot. If you want real 1933 value, inspect this home. To reach drive out Conn Ave. to Woodvine, right one’ block Louis F. Peak North 0167 during the past month was estimated |- at 7 o'clock Friday evening in the | building C. Miller of this city | 000. be a sightseeing tour for delegates and | ing [7 ZONE CHANGES WILL BE PROPOSED Conversion of Perry Belmont Home Into Apartments Among Permits Sought. Seventeen proposals for the change of zoning classifications of properties in the District will be laid before the Zoning Commissiop, February 1, at the first public hearing of the year, to be held in the board room of the Dis- trict Building. Eleven of the proposals are for the chan of the permitted use of - m!ud;lrgm ns!dg:ethl to com: rnrp One of the petitions calls for a change from residential C area to sec- ond commercial D area the classifica- tion of lot 9, square 2566, located on the east side of Ontario road, north of Kalorama road. Want Apartment Permit. Another petition filed with the com- mission asks a change in the classifi- tation of the property on New Hamp- shire avenue, Eighteenth and R streets, improved by the residence of Perry Bel t, from residential B-restricted ares to residential C area, which would permit conversion of the building into an apartment structure. A number of lots located between Albemarle and Davenport streets, west of the C area district on Connecticut avenue, are involved in a petition pro- posing & change in classification from residential 40-foot A-restricted area to residential 60-foot A area. The commission, at the opening of the hearing, will consider s proposal for changing the classification of prop- erty located on the northeast corner of Twenty-fifth and K streets from resi- dential to first commercial. Other Petitions Offered. Other petitions to be argued before the commission are listed as follows: Change from first commercial to sec- ond commercial, the property at 1926- 1928 L street; change from residential 90-foot D area to first commercial 110- foot D area, property located west of Eighteenth street and north of G street; change from first to second commercial classification, property 1413 P street. Change from residential B area to first commercial C area, property at 616 Tenth street southwest; change from residential to first commercial, property at 1 C street southeast; change from residential A-restricted area to first commercial C area, rear portion of lots at the southeast corner of Third street and North Dakota avenue. Change from residential 40-foot A- restricted area to first commercial 60- foot C area, rear parts of lots located between Jenifer street and Military road, east of Wisconsin avenue; change from residential A-restricted area to first commercial C area, property on east side of Thirty-second street and south of Rock Creek Ford road. Change from residential to first com- mercial area, property on north side of T street, between Second and Third streets northeast; change from first commercial 60-foot C area to industrial 90-foot D area, property at 928 Rhode Island avenue northeast: change from first commercial 40-foot D area to first commercial 60-foot D area, the west side of Twenty-fourt between CI n y on street, ing and Douglas streets Change from residential A area to first commercial C area, property at 5000-5002 Sheriff road northeast; from residential A to first com- m 1 C area, to extend the first com- mercial zone 100 feet from the new building line on the south side of Good Hope road, west of Twenty-fifth street southeast. E. G. WARTHER PLANS T0 BUILD BRICK HOMES Edmund G. Warther as builder and owner has n;:pue«; to the 'Dutg:t inspector for permit for the erection of a two-story brick dwell- ing at 3337 Tennyson street. The construction cost is estimated at $10,- Mr. Warther also has revealed plans for the erection of & two-story brick dwelling at 3339 Tennyson street, hav- a lon cost of $10,000. estrict unity Mass. Ave. Extended DETACHED HOMES 7 and 8 Rooms Step-Down Living Room Recreation Room Gorgeous De Luxe Kitchen 2 Colored Tile Baths Concealed Radiators Large Landscaped Lots Separate Garage $11,950 ue ————————————————————— 46th AND DAVENPORT —_— FDIVIDUALLY DESIGNED, with separate garage. these early Eng- lish and Colonial homes are set bac! on deep lots, attractively landscaped. ‘Well planned inter] beautifully decorated; 7 and 8 sD roo: paved. Drive out Massachusetts Avenue to 46th Street, north to property At Today’s Low Cost A Restricted Community All-Stone Home Nearing Completion—Open for Inspection Drive out Connecticut Ave. to ASpen St. (one block north oILeI:."M Stih turn west, l=ft, 1% bdiocks to property. WITK SUNDAY NORNING EDITION hfi gnmting %faf’ : SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1933, Residence at 26 Woodside Parkway, Wynnewood Park, Md. (upper), which has been purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred L. Taylor, from W. Edgar Howser, builder, through the agency of Thcmas E. Jarrell. The house contains six main rooms and two baths and has a two-car garage. The new dwelling at 3244 Patterson street, Chevy Chase, D. C. (lower), has been purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Hulbirt from R. C. Satterfield, through the agency of Boss & Phelps. and two baths and has a two-car garage. The house contains six main_rocms —Star Staff Photos. SHOE FIRM GETS LEASE Boyce & Lewis Acquires Seventh Street Site for Expansion. Boyce & Lewis, operators of a shoe concern located here for the last five years at 439 Seventh street, have leased the business premises at 441 Scventh street for a period of years for expan- sion of their business quarters, it was announced today. The firm has planned extensive re- modeling and refinishing operations for the new unit, which will double the space of the home of the company. The front of both the new and old quarters are to be remodeled, including installation of new show windows. Leasing of the premises at 441 Sev- enth street gives a total frontage of 30 feet to the quarters, which have a depth of about 75 feet. The cost of the remodeling work is estimated to run between $4,000 and $5,000. 441 Decatur St. N.W. Former Star Model Home for $3,000 less than cost. Convenient to schools, busses, etc. Completely renovated. Vacant. Open Sunday from 1 p.m. till dark or phone Ge. 1446 OUTSTANDING OFFERINGS $8,750 You never saw as much house at the price. Brand new, fully de- tached, slate roof, absolutely mod- ern brick; model kitchen. 4811 47th 8t. NW. Bet. Ellicott & Davenport Sts. $9,950 Reconditioned. Very with trees—four bedrooms, 1l baths, convenient Jlocation, (fwo- car garage. Small cash and 865 per month to responsible pur- chaser. 417 Whittier St. N.W. $11,250 All brick, six rooms and two baths; slate rcdf, nice lot, high elevation. This house just Tepossessed; just one year old. Wonderful oppor- tunity for some family. 5532 30th Place (% square east Nebraska Ave. —at top of the hill) $11,450 This home will help to pay for itself. Complete 5 rooms and bath home on first floor; second floor can be rented as complete 2- room, kitchenette and bath apart- ment; 3-car garage, large recrea- tion room: corner lot. 720 Whittier St. N.W. $11,500 Just completed—owner unable to occupy and snxicus to sell. All brick construction with slate roof. Beautifully bullt and finished; recreation room; nice back yard with ,shade trees. Convenient terms or owner might accept trade for smaller property. $13,950 Builders from Richmond, Va. have just completed exceptional colonial home, using actual repro- large lot 3315 Quesada St. N.W. J. Wesley Buchanan, Inc. 1427 Eye St. NW. ME. 1143 Bridge Corporation Formed. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, January 21.— The George Washington-Wakefield Memorial Bridge, Inc., Mercantile Trust Building, Baltimore, has been incorporated to construct a bridge across the Potomac River, connecting Maryland and Vir- ginia. The capital stock consists of 100 shares common stock, no par value. Hugh H. Young, John N. Mackall and Bennett Crain, all of Baltimore, are the incorporators. NEW HOMES Just East of 16th St. 8 Rooms 2 Modern Baths ony $9,150 at Only This Home Is Its Own Salesman It has everything vou ever wished for in & home. ~Large recreation room. & besutiful kitchen ~with breakfast nook. electric refrigeration and many other features seldom..i! ever. found in homes at & mich higher price. See the Automatic Coal Heat Works with ease—gives comfort— saves 40% of your fuel bill. House, metal weather-stripped. Sample Open to 9 P.M. 1319 Rittenhouse . St. N.W. Out Ga. Ave. to Rittenhouse— est 2 Blocks (A REAL HOME AT SMALL PRICE) Deal With Confidence WAPLE & JAMES, INC. 1226 14th St. NW. Dist. 3346 SBE0INPERNTS SSUED N WEEK Four Homes Planned - in Northwest - Section, Oeh- mann Report Shows. Private itions for the District of %hfi‘m » total es- timated construction were a) 1 o Building J ohn W. Oehmann. Projects approved included the fol- W. C. & A. N. Miller, owners and builders; G. E. MacNeil, architect; to erect one 3-story brick and frame dwell- , 3011 Forty-sixth street; to cost $9,- W. C. & A. N. Miller, owners and builders; G. E. MacNeil, architect; to erect one 3-story brick dwélling, 4912 Quebec street; to cost $9,400. M. 1. Blerman, owner; Lorenzo 8. ‘Winslow, architect; Lewis Engineering & Construction Co., builders; to erect one 2-i brick and frame dwelling, 1N ibert E. Wriahi, owner and wilder . owner an 3 ‘William Harris, designer; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 4626 Forty- seventh street; to cost $5,000. J. C. Dunn, ownet; Sears, Roebuck & Co., builders; to remodel 35 Observatory circle; to cost $4,000. L. P. Rawley, owner and builder; Maurice S. May, architect; to erect one 1-story brick addition, make repairs and alterations, 219 Seventh street south- west; to cost $1,800. Frank Nichter, owner and builder; H. W. Grimes, designer; to make repairs, :}%J’nmh street southeast; to cost Willis Fowler, owner; James H. Grant, architect; Skinker & Garrett, builders; to make repairs, 441 Seventh street; to cost $1,000. George E. Frazier, owner and builder; to make repairs, 1327 Mapleview avenue southeast; to cost $750. OPENS REALTY OFFICE Joseph F. Horning Establishes Quarters in Tower Building. Joseph F. Horning, active in real estate transactions here during the past }:yun‘hnmbmhedhhmme manager for Cyrusg, Simmons Co. and the J. B. Shapiro Co. and in 1929 formed the Horning Realty Co., later becoming a partner in firm of Beitzell & Horning, in association with J. Garrett Beitzell. Mr. Horning is s member of the Washington Board of Trade and a di- rector_of the District Title Insurance Co. He now will operate under the name of Horning Realty Co. 3 EXTRAORDINARY BUYS | 5110 13th St. N.W. $10,500 Detached home, perfect con- dition, on_lot 120 ft. deep, with garage. Seven rooms, including den or bed room and lavatory on first floor, 3 bed rooms and bath on second floor. Must be seen to be appreciated. Open Sunda; all day y. 5523 st St. N.W. $9,500 New detached Brick Colonial, Marietta Park. Seven rooms, including recreation room; 2 baths; modern kitchen; electric refrigeration; celotexed attic; deep lot’; garage. A marvelous value. 4633 Asbury Pl. N.W. $9,500 Near American University. From_ Massachusetts Ave. and 46th St. drive north to Brandy- wine St.,, east to Asbury Pl, north to house. New detached Colonial ; copper gutters, spout- ing; club room; 2 baths; 2 fire- places; breakfast alcove; elec- tric refrigeration; front and side porches; garage. OPEN SATURDAY PM. & ALL DAY SUNDAY BOSS & PHELPS o Street Chevy Chase, Md. An Extreme Value A quarter of an acre lot with many large trees, ultra-select neighborhood. 6 rooms, slate roof, copper downspouting, electric refrigeration, screened throughout, step-down living room. We be- lieve that like value cannot be duplicated anywhere. BUILT BY SIMPSON & PEAK Price, $11,950 To inspect, drive out Conn. Ave. to Ozford Street, turn right three blocks to the house WILLIAM H. SAUNDERS CO., INC. 1519 K St. N.W. District 1016 AT AUCTION Wednesday, January 25th At 445 PM: _This desirable, brick and stucco home containing eight rooms, every convenience, including an oil- burner, 2-car garage; on tion of Chevy Chase, D. a large lot in the best sec- C,, will be sold at auction under a foreclosure of the first trust. Unlike the usual auction sale where the terms are all cash, the party secured has authorized the trustees to sell on a cash payment of $1,500, taking back the balance of the purchase price in one mort- gage payable one per cent monthly, including in- terest at six MEANS NO fier cent, running until paid. THIS ENEWAL EXPENSE. 3358 TENNYSON ST. N.W. OPEN FOR INSPECTION Saturday, 3to 6 P. M. Sunday, 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. To inspect: Drive mortheast on Western Ave. from Chevy Chase Circle, iz blocks to Tennyson St., then east two'Moors to property. Suburbs_ s HOME IMPROVEMENT PLAN week observance this and improvement enjoment of their dwellings. creasing scale of the advantages of the proj Louisville, chairman of the WOOLWORTH CO. PLANS NEW STORE BUILDING Three-Story Structure to Be Erected on Seventh Street at Estimated Cost of $60,000. Plans for the construction of a three- story store building for F. W. Wool- worth Co., owners, at 900 Seventh street, have been flled with the- Dis- trict government by Baer & Scholz, builders. ‘The cost of the construction work is estimated in the application for build- ing permit at $60,000. The new build- ing is to be of brick, steel and concrete construction. Bethesda Firm Incorporates. BALTIMORE, January 21.—The Met- ropolitan Properties Co., Inc., Bethesda, Md., has been incorporated to deal in| real estate. The capital stock con- sists of 1,000 shares, no value. George A. Sacks of Chevy Cl , Md. 8. Walter Bogley of Bethesda, Md. and W. Paul Stallsmith of Kensing ton, Md., are the in rato | Buy Aow in FOXALL @ Higher prices are on the way. No longer is there intelligent ex- cuse for DELAY. Your family deserves a home of its OWN . . . you know that economies can be effected by the purchase of the RIGHT one in the RIGHT place at the RIGHT time. FOXALL is the place and the time is NOW, before real estate vaiues once more follow the general procession UP- ‘WARD. ® Visit our Model Home at 4447 Volta Place, three short blocks south of Reservoir Road, and see what FOXALL really offers. Open to 9.30 p. m. g WAVERLY TAYLOR, Sc 1522 K Street ~ Nat'l 1040 the maximum 1427 Eye St. Bungalow SUNDAY! Drive out vodayt INVESTMENT BLDG. skill and craftmanshi ick he HELD BETTER AT PRESENT Householders Are Told That Financing Is More Available and Many New De- vices Are Ready. week brought a declaration from the United States Building and Loan League that homeowners this year are in a better position to procgeed with remodeling’ rojects which, will increase the value ani ancing for this type of work is becoming available on an in- and many devices for home improvement were de- velog%i during the past two years, householders are told. ere is nothing in sight to hold back a widespread improve- ment of the homes of the country, if the owners are made aware am, it is declared by Gustave Flexner, rift Week Committee of the league. “Homeowners are in a position to undertake the remodeling of their homes for comfort's sake this year, be~ cause financing is becoming available for such repairs on an ever-inc: scale” he said in a public statement, ~There is the distinct advantage of being able to get these repairs at lower costs than have been possible for many years, and the advantage of accessibility to the newer comfort devices.” Among the new devices cited by the league spokesman were insulation ma=~ terials, air-cooling plants, improved roofing materials, new ventilation fa- cilities and various architectural in- genuities by which existing homes may be transformed into “models” of con- venience and comfort. “In addition to all of these factors is the fundamental humanitarian prine ciple that such modernization projects will provide employment for hundreds of thousands of men in the building trades, and in the manufacture of the modernization materials. “In other words, such work means providing comforts for others as well as ]Tal;xlng the homes of the country more vable. “Local institutions which are or soon will be members of the regional home (Continued on Second Page.) Spacious Detached Home Only $7,950 6621 2nd St. N.W. (Takoma Park, D. C.) Modern, two-story, 7 rooms, sun_room. huge enclosed sleeping porch, _aitic, front Dorch, high elevation, good outlook, large ge y two' squares from 14th street car line extended, stores and schools. To reach: Out Ga. Ave. to Piney Branch Rd. to Van Burem, east under railroad vieduct fo 2nd St., left half square. Maximum Value Minimum Price 714 Roxboro Place Only $5,500 Semi-detached, _all-brick, six Tooms, large concrete front porch, hardwood rs, weatherstrips, bullt-in garage. stores and car lr (To reach: Drive out Ga. Ave. to Rittenhouse, turn right fo §th 1 morth one’square to Rozboro ) . Both homes open today and all day Sunday Realty Associates, Inc. 1427 Eye St. Nat. 1438 6413 Western Ave. N.W. a1 a well-built k garage. Ave. to Circle, turn right en Western Ave. to 6413. turday and Sunday and Every Week Day, 2 to 9. Realty Associates, Inc. NA. 1438 A DELIGHTFU L BUNGALOW - AND AN OUTSTANDING VALUE AT $7,950 ON EASY TERMS 4108 4th Street N.W. open all day Sunday Snlhbmenhmlly well-planned and constructed detached We consider this 3 real bargain. Fine kilchen and pantry on first floor and bath on second floor; large lot and gu- FreuningerT Soms NAtional 3040 Membders of the Washington Real Estate Board