Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1933, Page 16

RENOVIZERS PLAN $5,000,000 OUTLAY Expenditures to Be Made in Six Months for Labor and Materials. Expenditures Teaching $5,000,000 for fabor and materials by local property owners during the next six months, is the goal set by a committee of business and civic leaders now actively spon- soring the Renovize Washington Cam- paign, the Home Modernizing Commit- tee, Bureau of Standards, points out. The drive includes & plan for com- pletely modernizing and equipping a dilapidated house over 60 years of age. Practically every bullding trade will be utilized in the public demonstration of home remodeling in connection with the day-to-day modernizing of this old structure, with local housing experts in attendance to answer home owners’ questions. The house is now on & park- ing lot at Fourteenth street and Penn- sylvania avenue. In order to make provisions for im- mediate financing, leading financial institutions are represented on the local committee and the District Bankers’ Association has made available a special credit pool to further facilitate the making of needed loans to home owners. According to current reports received by the home modernizing committee of the Bureau of Standards, this local campaign represents another link in a national chain of similar organized property improvement drives conducted in cities throughout the country to stimulate local employment and busi- mess and stabilize home values. Of these campaigns, the most out- standing to date, is the Renovize Phila- | delphia Campaign, of which the local organization estimates that $14.000,000 of the total expenditure by property owners of $21,000,000 will go directly to labor and furnish approximately one month’s work for 138,000 men. A community, by making carefully planned repairs in acc ce with good designs, raises its real estate val- ues, and advances the common wealth through such improvements, the bureau says. Of importance is the circumstance that banks in many cities have an- nounced their willingness to lend liber- ally to finance improvements. Bankers generally know that a few hundred dol- lars spent in modcrnizing a house materially adds to che value of the property. The marketability of the property is increased and the whole tone of the neighborhood raised. The banker knows that his security is greater when improvements are made. ‘The Advisory Home Modernizing Com- mittee of the Bureau of Standards is composed of 17 housing experts, serving in a voluntary capacity, through the division of building and housing. De- tails of plans used in successful home modernizing and community improve- ment campaigns in various cities, in- cluding reports on expenditures, an operating manual outlining local cam- paign organization, and information of interest to individual home owners may be secured from the committee on re- quest. FARM INSULATION MATERIALS STUDIED Report on Uses Just Completed by National Wood Utilization Committee. Insulation materials, one of Amer- fca’s important contributions to comfort and economy, and their application on the farm is the subject of & report just completed by the National Committee on Wood Utilization of the Department ©of Commerce. Under the chairmanship of Wallace Ashby, chief of the Divisi of Struc- tures, Bureau of Agricultural Engineer- ing, United States Department of Agri- culture, & body of leading engineers and specialists representing the American Soclety of Agricultural Engineers and other groups interested in farm hous- ing problems has made a thorough study of the best and most economical methods of insulating ferm dwellings and animal shelters. All types of insulation materials are treated in this report and special at- tention has been given to the different climatic conditions found in various parts of the country. The committee has drawn on both laboratory data and practical experience and has prepared the report in non-technical language in order to make the information of the greatest possible value to the layman. HOME WORKSHOPS RETURN TO VOGUE Wood Utilization Committee Finds Profitable Industry Being Developed. A new and profitable industry is in the process of development in America, according to Axel H. Oxholm, director of the National Committee on Wood Utilization of the ent of Com- merce. The factories are the American home workshops, neglected in the pest, but now coming into thelr own, he says. making of articles for everydsy use, Oxholm points out. They do not come into competition with mass production articles because they cater to the indi- vdusal needs of the customers. The National Committee on Wood Utilization has published a booklet en- titled “You Can Mske It for Profit, In which about 100 detailed designs and specifications are given of articles that can be made in_the home workshop. “You Can Make It for Camp and Cot- tage,” another of this series, gives simi- lar plans for camp equipment, and an- other of the serles deals with simple household items. In all of these booklets garden furni- ture and accessories are given special attention. PLAN BROADCAST ZLand Grant Colleges to Be on Air Again May 17. ‘The pext radio program by the Asso- cistion of Land Grant Colleges and Universities, in_co-operation with the United Btates Department of Agricul- ture, the United States Army Band and the National Broadcasting Co, will be presented on May 17. Speakers st that time will be Mrs. Henry C. Foster, farm woman of Cen- terville, R. I.; Mrs. C. P. Brookes of the University of Vermont, and Miss Madge J. Reese of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture. ‘The broadcast, which is given every month, is presented from 12:30 to 1:30 PR Synthetie Resin Workable. -x collar of caping luster, It cup. finishes to a permanent 4s avallable in many color effects. ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ;C., Before and After Remodeling roof line. foundation line and porches residence shown below. | gracefully sloping roof lines. Here's what a few alterations can do (0 an unattractive house. A changed helped to transform the old-fashioned home pictured in the upper photograph into the trim, attractive and up-to-date Note the decorative effect of the shutters and the SKYSCRAPER HELD GO OUTOF DATF May Never Be Built After Present Era, New Yorker Tells Architects. ‘The skyscraper era is closing and the tall buildings of today may be the curi- osities of the future, according to Wil- i liam Orr Ludlow of New York, chairman of the Committee on Industrial Rela- tions of the American Institute of Architects. “It is probable,” says Mr. Ludlow in a report to the institute, “that skyscrap- ers will not be built again for many a long day—perhaps never.” The exodus from the cities of America already has begun, Mr. Ludlow finds, and the congestion, of which the sky- scraper is a product, is slowly yielding. The five-day week, he adds, is virtually an accomplished fact and the four-day | week is just around the corner, “for we | shall keep on inventing ingenious ma- | chinery to replace hand work.” Architects must prepare for great He recommends that the “costly, hap- hazard fashion” of former days be dis- regarded and that future works be planned with careful study and compre- | nensive scheming for the greatest eco- nomic use and development. “We shall see a great change in our | buildings as soon as money begins to | circulate again,” Mr. Ludlow continues, | “and this change will not be only in | style but in kind. | “Breaking away from the traditional | the change in style and the increase | in leisure time will make a demand for | the kind of building that leisure time | will need. | “The kind of building that will be required first will certainly not be the | skyscraper or the factory; dwellings and | institutional buildings, schools, hospi- | tals, churches, and similar non-commer- | cial buildings will probably lead the | way “There will be, however, a new fac- tor in the situation that will mean great building along another line. ‘This is | the shorter hours of labor and longer { hours of leisure. Whether the outcome |1s a five-day or a four-day week, the average man and woman will have an unprecedented amount of leisure time that will be filled with recreation and amusement. “Already the sutomobile has nearly revolutionized our manner of living, and 1t is going to be the means of mak- | ing the greatest use of out-of-doors and the buildings that go with it.” ‘The time is not far away, Mr. Ludlow declares, when the heart of our great American cities will be abandoned as places for residence, amusement and | shipping. He believes they will be given Glstrbution of reighi: and. passengers, ution i by rail, bus and airplane. | | PLAN TAX RESEARCH Report to Congress. An Interstate Commission on Con- flicting Taxation organized following the Interstate Legislative Assembly which met here last February to, con- sider double taxation problems is plan- ning a program of research with a view to recommending definite pi ls to Congress and the State mm::ru. State Senator Seabury C. Mastick of New York, who also is chairman of the New York Commission on Revision of Tax Laws, is chairman of the newly created commission. The other mem- bers are Willlam B, Belknap of Ken- tucky, R. Beverley Herbert of South Carolina, Anns Wilmarth Ickes of Ili- nols, State Semator Lee Knows of Colorado, State Senator Earl R. Lewis of Ohio, State Senator Henry Parkman, jr., of Massachusetts, State Senator Alvin Rels of Wisconsin, Harry B.| Riley of California, Estes Snedecor of Oregon, Philip Sterling of Pennsyl- vania, State Senator Henry W. Toll of Colorado and_State Senator George ‘Woodward of Pennsylvania. ADOPT BARTER SYSTEM |Farmers Exchange Produce for Plumbing in Homes. By utilizing the ancient system of operating to bring the benefits of run- ning water to farm homes, says the Plumbing and Heating Industries Bu- reau. County agents are credited witn the promotion of this idea of trading plumbers’ time and materials for farm products. Farmers have an excess of produce which they can not sell profitably at prevailing prices and plumbers having an excess of time and materials, the ides has much to recommend it, particularly since more than 60 per cent of the nation's farms still lack the convenience of running water. Water Cleans Flue Gas. A “new Legislative Committes to Mbmitl barter, farmers and plumbers are co- | passes es- and other undesirable matter, STRKING CHANG N OVE SN Conveniences More Than Large Number of Rooms Now. ‘The most striking difference between the house built from 15 to 20 years ago and the house of today is in the ratio of rooms to conveniences, says the Plumbing and Heating Industries Bureau. The object of the home owner a decade or two ago was to have as many rooms a&s possible. Conveniences were not considered so essential Today the ideal is the utmost in con- veniences, with only the number of rooms necessary for the size of the family. The house with more rooms than conveniences today may be pur- chased at a price which will make modernization profitable for the pur- | chaser. Example Is Cited. This was illustrated recently in the rejuvenation of a 23-year-old house in Evanston, a suburb of Chicago. The house_had five bed rooms on the sec- bullding activity, Mr. Ludlow asserts, | 020 ficor. but anly two beth rooms. tub with modern These conveniences were inadequate for the new owner's family of three grown daughters and one son. Under the direction of an experl- enced plumbing contractor and a skill- ful architect, one of the bed rooms was transformed into a combination | bath room and dressing room for the two grown daughters whose bed rooms a%jom the modernized room on either side. ‘The fixtures in the master bath room, forms of architecture will bring about |some of which were as old as the built today. A Really Complete New Home The only home remain- ing unsold in group re- cently completed. First floor consists of reception hall, large Nving room, ing room, library eor sun roem, Masterpiece kitchen with electric re- frigeration and dinette. Secon has Exhibit Home—2442 3%th St. N.W. Buile by B. H. GRUVER INVESTMENT BLDG. Nnj 17137 ARTICULAR and dis- criminating persons in modern living and this in a guarded and protected locality will find much to interest them in our homes .«.CHEVY CHASE. .. (west of Con- necticut Ave.) ... Here also you can see several other very different new homes including a very new version of a very Modern Studio Living Room Type . . . Prices from $10,750 to $14,500 . . . Re- member you are invited to look here without annoyance. DON'T REGRET — INVESTIGATE To inspect—Drive straight out Con- necticut Ave. to sign), left two squares to homes. Vital ov FAMILIES BORRO T0IMPROVE HOMES 18,150 Apply for and Get, Help, According to Na- tional Survey. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, May 13.—Familles mak- ing wise expenditures to keep up tne| value of their homes this Spring al- | ready number 18,150, according to Morton Bodfish, executive manager of the United States Building and Loan League, in announcing the results of the league's national survey of modern- ization and repair loans to home- owners. Punds advanced for this purpose since the first of the year by building and loan associations total about | $15,500,000, according to the leagues | estimates, and at least half of this| volume of lending has been made pos- sible by the local associations’ access tBo mk(;ney from the Federal Home Loan | anks. Given Free Advice. Of the building and loan associations reporting to the United States League, 65 per cent have made some loans for repovation of homes in their localities. e two associations with the highest score in this activity, each having made loans to 40 home-owners, are located in cities of 300,000 and 20,000 popula- tion respectively. The home-owners they served have borrowed between $860 and $1,000 each to make the im- provements. In neither of these localities, accord- ing to Mr. Bodfish, is there a civic- sponsored campaign in progress to en- courage residential improvement. There is, however, an apparent awak- lening to the fact that reconditioning |is needed and that prices are at bar- | gain levels. Building and loan offi-| |cials in the localities stand ready at| !all times to counsel families as to the | practical merits of the repairs and re- | modeling that they plan to undertake. These associations are advertising that financing is available for such un- | dertakings and thus encouraging the | activity. Several of the cities in whicn | {8 number of loans have been made are | in the midst of city-wide modernizing campaigns, it was pointed out. Campaigns Beginning. Inflationary moves now under way strengthen the indications that this is |but a beginning of more modernizing | of homes in the months to come,” said Mr. Bodfish. “The sensible home- | owner realizes that a reconditioning or | odernizing iob contracted for at a |low cost in May or June 1933, will | probably look like a bargain six or| eight months from now. Besides this | natural tendency to strike while tne |iron is hot there are many reports o | | cities which are just beginning their | | campaigns to get the home-owners to modernize. | “The provision of more space seems to be the determining reason why fam- ilies are borrowing money to recondi- tion their homes this season. One as- sociation reports that $700 was loaned to a family which wanted to build an additional room and a complete bath room onto the four-room cottage they now have. This is significant because it shows that the owners of the home which is really small, are in the mar- ket for modernizing today, as well as the owners of big homes of the type constantly being improved by expendi- tures.” | | | house, were replaced with new colored | equipment, up-to-the-minute in style | and design. The fixtures chosen con- | sist of a lavatory with two metal legs, | a one-plece water closet and a bath | lines harmonizing | perfectly with the planes and panels | of the other two fixtures. | Tile Also Selected. A wainscoting of light-blue asbestos | tile was selected as a background for | the darker blue of the fixtures. | Thus the new owner finds himself in | possession of a house which, from the | point of view of appearance and con- | | venience, compares favorably with any | | house of similar architectural design | Located in beautiful Glover Park adjoining Mass. Ave. Heights . . . and only 5 minutes from Dupont Circle. Drive out Mass. Ave. to Wisconsin Ave., south to Calvert St., west (right) to 39th, one-half square south to exhibit home. Open daily and Sunday until 9 P.M. terested in ultra Leland St. (our SHOE STORE OCCUPIES REMODELED PREMISES 1113 F Street Leased From Olivia D. Becker, Owner, for Period of 10 Years. After extensive remodeling, the Wise Shoe Co., recently occupled premises at 1113 F street, leased from Olivia D. Becker, owner, for a period of 10 years. The alterations included the installa- tlon of a modern store front and show windows, copied from the design of the firm's headquarters store in New York. A total of more than $10,000 is under- stood to have been spent in making necessary changes. Leasing of the property was handled through the office of Carl G. Rosinski, | realtor. HOME OWNING IS TOPIC Willlam C. Miller, president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, will discuss “Home Ownership” over Station WMAL Monday night at 8 o'clock. Mr. Miller, who is & member of the realtor firm of W. C. & A. N. Miller, will speak during the weekly radio forum of the Washington Chamber of Commerce. SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1933. | | builders. INTRODUCING A ] WILLI During SATURDA Federal Watfle Iron, THIS these prizes displayed, WILLIAMS ;0 MA HEATING WIN A *295-0° AMS OIL-O-MATIC FREE Introductory eampaign ENDING » JUNE 3rd, fifty-six prizes will be given away FREE by the Oil-O-Matic Depart- ment of Barber & Ross, Inc. liams 0il-O-Matic (completely A new $295 Wil- Siainless « . .8 $10.75 Coffee Vaculator Eleotrie Fruit Juicer an $8.95 Combination Sandwich Toas Electric and IS NOT A CON- TEST. Simply come to our Oil-O-Matic De- on the 3rd floor, where together will find The Williams OIL - O-MATIC Treasure Chest, from which each person can draw ONE TICKET FREE. There are but 1,008 tickets IN ALL 0il-O-Matic Department—3rd Fleer Home on Aspen Street REAL ESTATE. 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