Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1933, Page 18

ENOVIZING DRIVES BRING HUGE GAINS T | Improvement in Employment | and Business Cited by Philadelphian. Employment of thousands of building tradesmen and development of new business amounting to many millions of dollars would result from Nation-wide “renovizing” activity, according to a statement by Dr. Frank Parker, pro- fessor of finance of the Uriversity of Pennsylvania and president of the Phil- adelphia Federation of the Construc- tion Industry. This statement was con- tained in a summary of the renovize Committee on Home Modernizing of the rcmmittee on home modernizing of the | Huresu of Standards. { The fact was emphasized that ex- | penditures by property owners on minor | fepairs and improvements, stimulated | through well organized local property fmprovement campaigns, conducted on | | scale in cities and towns | would aggre- A national ‘nroughout the country, gute an astonishing tetal &esults Are Cited. 25 definite proof of the beneficial | effect of an organized community im- provAment campaign in relieving unem- zloyment and stimulating business, Dr. Parker cites the following results achieved in the recent renovize Phila- delphia campaign “Over a period of a month, $21.500.- 000 of pledges by resicence and busi- ness property owners were gathered. Of | this total figure 24,700 pledges aggre- | gating $8,018.000 came from home own- ers. Although Philadelphia property owners have until August 1, 1933, to fulfill their pledges, a comprehensive check-up shows that approximately 50 per cent of the campaign pledges have already been fulfilled.” In urging business and civic leaders | to earnestly consider the beneficial re- sults which may be secured from local | property repair and modernization cam- | paigns, Dr. Parker concluces that the noteworthy change in the attitude of business toward the future, since the inauguration of a positive and con- | structive program of economic relief at | Washington, indicates without doubt that the Nation's business mind is re- ceptive to practical ideas which will increase the tempo of business. It is reasonable to assume that or- ganized property improvement paigns conducted simultaneously hundreds of cities, under national lead- ership, could materially increase em- ! ployment and business and redistribute | millions of dollars in wages and trade, | he says. | 60 Cities Conduct Drives. | Although a co-ordinated mational | campaign on property renovation is yet | to be developed, current reports sub- mitted to the Bureau of Standards Mocernizing Committee show that about 60 cities, throughout the country, are now conducting organizing modernizing activities. Recent contracts report that the highly successful results se- | cured in campaigns conducted in one | particular city furnish impetus to sur- rounding cities and towns to develop | similar activities, and are tending to | extend the work over a large area Set..al districts are actively devel- oping State-wide organizations com- posed of business and civic leaders with the aim of urging property owners throughout the State to make needed | repairs and improvements. In order to assist local organization committees in developing property modernizing and repair campaigns, the Bureau of Stand- ards Modernizing Committee, attached to the division of building and hous- ing, has available, on request, bulletins containing summarized details of suc- cessful home improvement campaigns, an operating manual on conducting a local modernizing campaign. suggested promotion material, and information of special interest to individual home owners. CONNECTORS BIG AID IN WOOD BUILDING Years of Research Have Resulted | in Conservation of Country's Natural Rescurces. | Modern connectors for timber con- struction constitute an outstanding ex- ample of how invention can make raw materials go further and so conserve natural resources. in the opinion of Maj. W. DuB. Brookings, manager of the natural resources production de- | partment of the United States Chamber of Commerce Through years of research by the Na- tional Committee on Wood Utilization, Department of Commerce, and the for- est products laboratory of the Depart- | ment of Agriculture, a new wood con- | struction system has been introduced, whereby timber joints may be strength- ened from four to eight times, thereby decreasing the amount of material necessary to carry a given load. This is accomplished by the use of connectors in the form rings, plates or discs inserted be 1 the two wooden mem- bers to be Every p of raw materials has been forced by economic conditions to e service of his product to continued Maj. Brook- or for tim- f the out- | along these | intelligent U of com- be advanced.” FARMERS TRY TO AVOID USE OF BANKRUPTCY LAW One Out of 1,000 Resorts to Buch Method to Relieve Finan- ial Obligations rmers do mnot empe from the] sia t k commonly financial seek es- obligations ey ro says the Agricultural Economic, re- farm bankruptcies last year. mers resorted to ended June t of all occupa- professional on se for the pre- m bankrupteies but the bu- this represents t of 1,000, the vast 1g to fight endeavor That the 25 & business ceding as compared w reau points only one fa the chief motivating factor. | X cau’s figures are compiled from information collected by the At- torney General. All geographic divi- sions” except the East South Central States participated in the increase in farm bankruptcies in 1932 compared with 1931, the largest increase being in the East North Central States where the number of farm bankruptcies last year was 1,580 against 1025 in 1931. Construction Finance Studied. Dayton, Ohio, has a questionnaire out to find how many new construction Jobs would go ahead in the city if finances were available, The Dayton Real Estate Board is assisting Builders' Exchange in getung this in- | with Margaret the | | | The Duel. AISUL laughed merrily. amused “No, no, no! This won't do at all. You've got to kiss me I'm not going to do all the ki maddeningly, thrillingly wonderful ‘What the devil are you star- He was it ng at Hurning about, Raisul followed Mar garet’s incredulous hypnotized gaze, and Tithe and swift as a springing panther. leaped to his feet. Otho! “Ah!" said Otho Belleme, with a sound of unfathomable satisfaction “Raisul ben Abdallah Karim." Without taking his eyes from those of his adversary, Raisul bent sideways to the low table on which he had laid his long dagger, drew it from its sheath, and advanced, poised and crouching. With a laugh that belied the look upon his face. “Another visitor, Margaret!” he said. “Very much ‘at home’ tonight, aren't I'm afraid Ive overstayed ‘Steel or bare hands?” interrupted Otho Belleme as he drew his bayonet. “W-e-1-1" replied Raisul, circling sideways and yet advancing as he spoke. “I think we’ll give the lady a dagger: versus-bayonet exhibition, fairer perhaps, what? not_a professional bruiser.” “Right,” replied Otho Belleme, hold- ing the long thin bayonet before him like a foil. This ought to be a good fight, and looking on. But he must go warily, for he must win—for Margaret's sake, as well as for his own Here was he, Otho Belleme, in Mar- garet’s room. In a state of absolute funk and hor- ror he had slid down a few feet of rope that dangled over hundreds of feet of sheer drop—in pursuit of the devil. And he was in Margaset’s room Raisul sprang, and stabbed: Otho lunged and thrust, and his left hand seized Raisul's wrist, as Raisul skill- fully evaded the swift blade, and in turn, seized Otho's right wrist. Breast to breast. Stale-mate. Yes, ves! the dagger-hand was slowly going back, back, while the hand that held the bayonet moved not at all Suddenly Raisul threw the whole of his weight violently forward and mightily twisting his arm, sprang back- ward, releasing Otho's wrist as he did so. Round one, and honors easy. Otho sprang and drove a lightning thrust at Raisul's throat. With equal swiftness, Raisul ducked beneath the lean sharp blade and si- multaneously slashed upward with the terrible disemboweling stroke, which will lav a man open from thigh to breast-bone. Well for Otho Belleme that, heavyweight, he was one of the quick- est boxers of the day. Striking swiftly downward and side- ways with lightning speed and all his strength, his left fist Raisul's wrist with such force, that. as he whirled sideways, the knife fell from his hand, and clattered on the stone floor Disarmed, Raisul backe awa m the gleaming bayonet that in an instant would be through his throat or his heart Setting his foot upon the knife, Otho spoke. “There was a time have told vou to pick that up. “I'm ot quite th I was, but And Otho sheathed his bayonet “Put up your ficts.” he said, “and fight any way you can. I can't stab you in cold bloo Raisul backed, backed into the cor- ner, stooped and rose in one swift movement—Maragret’s pistol in his hand. and leveled. At Margaret Bang! At Otho. Click Margaret screamed. and Otho turned his head. Her hand was pressed to her breast A crashing blow in the face. as the flung pistol struck him. and his hands closed about Raisul's throat Jove! but the fellow strong agile as a cat; slippery as an eel Free again Otho drove a straight left Raisul ducked beneath it his arms about Otho’s waist Down together. A cry from Margaret “The knife, Otho! The 2 By Jove, he'd got it! fifl&s to his feet. and stabbed Otho. rising, struck with his right ‘The blow sent him staggering back- ward As he bro beside the b: ward as he riedly Again Otho side-stepped to home a Raisul heavily ag: wall With a loud cry he threw out his arms, clutched widly at the rope. and | before Otho could seize him. fell back ward the coping. turnin turning & to strike the { haunted Tocks beside the shattered bod of his victim, Jules Maligni. After a hasty instinctive glance over the balcony at the still T should said hen —and and flung aped and as Raisul Otho smashed right that drove t the low balcc e 1 [ NEW HOMES™ homes ready for I 1651 C St. N.E. Coloniel Tront Boreh. Serase 1717 C St. N.E. 1814 C St. N.E. {l ® rooms. 2 baths. porches. | Any of the above homes can be ar- 1 ranged for 2 families if desired. The sarage prices are very moderate. Terms you can aflord. WAPLE & JAMES, Inc. 6 14th St. NW. D Bit | Personally I'm albeit a | encountered | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Six-room and 2-bath house at 2908 New Mexico avenue, Wesley Heights, designed by Alfred B. Pierson, and sold recently to Mr. and Mrs. H. H. John Oehmann, Jacobs through the office of Phillips & Canby, Inc., realtors. VALIANT DUST by Percival Christopher Wren -sirsorort: Oh A Tho.” you hurt?" * "Tho darling. “Are you hit? cried Otho “No, no,” laughed Margaret shakily. “Oh, darling, I thought I was, and I'm not. I thought I was dead, and 1 did want to live long enough to see you kill him Her arms were round his neck. He was holding her tightly to him and stroking her hair. Neither ever knew how the next min- s passed, t length “Otho, it's incredible. It's too won- derful. Oh, 'Tho, why did you go and leave me? Why did you join this aw- ful Foreign Legion?” “Didn’t you know? Why, come down that rope at the cal moment. Obvious, isn't it? Again they kissed. “Oh, Margaret, I love you so utterly. Do you know I have never lain down to sleep without thinking of you—since I was a boy.” They clung together, then sprang apart as heavy blows sounded on the door Drawing the bolts, Otho saw the aged slave who had guided them to_the battlements. Seizing Otho's arm, Has- san el Miskeen dragged him across the room, and out on to the balcony. Look- ing upward, Otho saw several heads silhouetted against the sky, as their owners craned through the embrasures “Ohe, Belleme, was that Raisul?” d Le Sage . sir. He's—er—on the rocks.” Le Sage laughed grimly. “Ccme up,” he called, “I've sent the guide for you.” Moticning to Hassan to lead on, Otho kissed Margaret once again. “Wait for me, Margaret,” he said. ‘Wait for me.” Yes, she would wait for him. would wait a iifetime for him. * % x K In the absénce of the Kaid, Raisul. Mahommed Ali el Amin, and every cther leader or executive authority, the organization of the Citadel of Mekazzen went to pieces; what should have been the garrison of Moorish soldiers became an armed rabble (quick- ly disarmed): and the castle fell of itself. The loosely knit native life of the citadel swiftly disintegrated, and the work begun by the betrayal of the pass-word was completed by the ance of ordeis and instructions in the Kaid's na the Kaid's vizier, the Senor Pedro Maligni. Until the tricolor flew at the mast- head of the Sultan Tower, and Col. Le Sage was in fact governor of the castle, the orders of the vizier were accepted and obeyed, for want of better. “The longer we t of the deaths She can conceal the of the Kaid and Raisul, the longer we can use your authority as vizier,” said Le Sage. “Not that we shall need that for long, Senor Maligni.” “And the other half of the reward, promsed me after the consummation of your work here?” “It shall be paid to you ally, at Tangier, as soon as after 1 receive a letter from your daughter-in-law—in her own handwrit- from Yelverbury. The sooner she e er you will get the “Fifteen pieces “Oh. I beg yo 1 was thini Colonel?” pardon. Scnor Ma- ng of ‘30 pieces of Tomorrow, Maj. Napoleon Riccoli faces a new and terrible test. White for Cellar Steps. When cellar steps are dark and can't be easily seen, use a border of alumi- num or white paint around the edge of each step. This will help greatly to lighten the way. It is also a good idea to paint the bottom step a solid white. ' NEW GROUP person- | possible 36 BILLIONS INVESTED IN URBAN MORTGAGES Estimated $21,400,000,000 Repre- sents Indebtedness Against Single-Family Homes. Careful estimates of the volume of urban mortgages in the United States revealed that an aggregate of more than $36,000,000.000 in realty loans on city property are held by investors. | This huge total is distributed as fol- lows: | Pederal banks 2 Mutual savings “banks. ... Reserve member $2.500.000.000 K mortgage bonds. 2“: It is estimated the $21.400,000 the total is represented by mortgages on_single-family homes. | The figures are collected from re- ports filed with the controller of the currency, from Best’s Insurance Re- ports, from data compiled by the United States League of Building and Loan Associations and some studies made by the United States Department of Agri- culture. Occupancy Permits Occupying permits issued by Col. istrict building in- spector, during the last week included the foliowing H. Kontogooze, 1727 New York ave- nue. lunch-delicatessen. Frank Guy, 315 F street southwest, beverages, cigars. etc. The Electric Amplifier Co., 1233 New | avenue, office Artie A. Bell, 1126 H street northcast, | restaurant Elinor_Beauty Shop, hop. s T. Barbour, street, restaurant. John B. Carson, 521 Second street, food products. | Pink Reeves, 714 Florida avenue, res- taurant Louis Prengos, | fruit store. Louis Albert, 829 Ninth street north- east, grocery store. Heon & Mantzouris, 3509 Eleventh street, delicatessen. Alice Comerford, 2131 P street, dress- | making g Gordon Moore, 1231 Twentieth streer, paint shop. | W. L. Pelz, | radio store. Morris Kern, 2030 P street, tailor. Good Humor Ice Cream Co. Pennsylvania avenue southeast, cream S. H. Holloway, 216 L street, barber shop. Capitol Motors, Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, Ford open air dis- lay. PiS¥olt Schenick, 1200 Randolph street northeast, confectioner. Ralph F. Andrews, 5605 Georgia avenue northwest, delicatessen. L. S. Wiedman, 411 East Capitol street, bakery. Santo Pulvirenti, 429 Four and One- Half street southwest, furniture. Joseph P. Blaylock and Victor C. Meyer, 701 Webster street, confectiorer and delicatessen L. W. High, 1010 H street northeast, ice_cream. C. N. Bellinger, 1408 soft drinks. Wm. Morgan, tailor shop. | " Rainbow Auto Painting Co., | 1459 Church street, parking cars. G. U. O. of O. F. of the D. C, Inc, Ninth and T streets, temple. Bertha B. Bowe, 811 M street, sea food Mrs. Irene Arthur, street, restaurant. Leon S. Calhoun, 635 Second street southwest, smoke shop. Petero Demetro, 2034 Georgia avenue, phrenologist. Carrie A. Reid, 2112 street, emplovment agency. John R. Willard, 414 Massachusetts avenue. bakery. Katarina Koster, 2100 Rhode Island avenue northeast, bakery. Union Drug Co., Inc., 1403 New York avenue, storeroom Pearl D. Ford. 4528 Wisconsin avenue, farm products Excelsior Cleaners, 503 street, zailor shop. Epstein’s, Inc, 421 restaurant. 2131 P street, 1023 Fifteenth 1207 Seventh street, 1312 Fourteenth street, 1556 ice Ninth street, 1619 Twelfth street, 1457~ 625 Kennedy Fourteenth Kennedy Eleventh street, Corner Broad Branch Road and Oliver Street Chevy Chase New center-hall plan brick, 6 rooms, 2 baths, sun parlor, large porches, finished attic and built-in garage. pice 511,950 Open All Day Sunday Evenings Till 9 P.M. Attic Can Animals and Scenes In furnishing a nursery, adults must put themselves in a reminiscent mood to remember just what sort of decora- tions a child really likes and under- stands If you are remodeling the nursery as your project in the renovizing move- ment, keep in mind that a child’s room should be decorated in such a manner that the decorations are readily under- stood and appreciated by the small oc- cupant of the room Colors should be gay and bright not a riot of colar, but_clear, primary colors used sparingly Subtle and un- usual colors should be reserved for the adult, who appreciates more readily skillful gradations and variations of col- oring Modern painted in are -and toys and _playthings rilliant hues today OPEN TODAY 6-7-8 ROOMS SEMI-DETACHED All Brick Construction—20 Feet Wide. Built C. H. Small Construet SAMPLE HOUSE 4426 14th St. N.E. One-half block from Michigan Ave. DRIVE OUT TODAY Open & 1izh n Costs Convenient both cars, Convenient Terms 1003 K St. N.W. FREE GREATLY Every modern office convenience attends upon spacious single rooms and suites, both second and third floor locations at your disposal. Call DEcatur 1011—Rental Department CHESTNUT FARMS BUILDING schools, and churches of all denominations. Daily Until 9 P ALL-DAY 2 Ultra-Modern Baths Basement Recreation Room Many New Features by Spacious Lawns to bus and street public and parochial Convenient Terms Dist. 3625 ING PARKING REDUCED RENTALS I 26th and Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Ul From Books Intriguing to Child Than Solid Background. Be Charming With the use of insulation board. the attic can be easily and inexpensively finished for an attractive extra bed rcom. The room pictured is everything a bed room should be for the comfort and convenience of its occupant. pet gives the room an appearance of size as well as comfort. GAY COLORS, PATTERNED WALLS | URGED IN FURNISHING NURSERY Declared More these intense delft blues, vivid greens, vellows and reds are high-keyed ac- cents which do not appear to the best advantage against a baby blue or a pale pink wall, so we do not want to “turn back” too far in choosing color schemes, and arrive inadvertently at the bassifiet era. By all means, begin by putting a pattern on the wall—for ani- mals, figures, and scenes from well loved books intrigue the imagination of a child and offer far more interest than will a painted wall of solid color, despite the latter’s hygienic appeal! Children should be given pleasing backgrounds, settings in which beauty and order are stressed. An apprecia- tior. of decoration cannot begin too soon, and the memory of a bright, | cheerful play room will linger long after childish things are put aside. A [onvemence PARK TERRACE HOMES viS_APPLI aturing MODERN 3200 Block Walbridge Place N.W. On the last available bit of ground in the exclusi Mount Pleasant section at 20th Street and Park Road—only a stone’s throw from the famous “Embassy Row™ and the National Cathedral—the Harvard Terrace Development Cor a group of named for the ease be handled by efficient home A special feature of the distinctive oration offers convenience homes, hold cares will in which house appliances. 3220 sample home, Walbridge Place, is a large wood-paneled ball room in the basement, made possible by gas heating plant. effortless, with no necessity for fue or tending the furnace. an automatic will be storage, firing The basement, with its Heating this home attractive open fireplace, can be used as a den, a study, or a recreation room. In the basement also is an automatic gas water heater, which will supply hot water at any hour of the day or night without a moment's personal attention. Visit this home with its eight large rooms, two colored tile baths, two-car built-in garage and spa- cious porches. Notice that gas also will play an important part in the kitchen, where the fortunate owner will have a modern table-top-style gas range. Bed Room ADDITIONAL CHAMBER MADE AVAILABLE AT LITTLE COST. REAL ESTATE. ORFICE SPACE ABUNDANT. Philadelphia’s office ce is nearly one-third vacant, according to a sur- vey completed last month by the Building Owners’ Managers Associa- tion. The records show 3,710,962 square feet of 11473467 square feet in the central business area is on the market for rent. This is an increase of 21 per cent over the vacancies in the same area, the best business sec- tion of the city, for the corresponding period last year. 0ld Measurements Trouble. | Old land deeds covering property in the northern p of the country where | the Frenc ed in early days de- scribe arpents, which is measurement corTe- size to our acre. These 2 measurements are a source of trouble | to modern real estate men who do mot know the background of these old sec- | tions, chiefly towns and villages near | the Canadian line, and in the West. | The ball shares with the doll the dis- of highest antiquity among | tinction toys. Detached Stone- Front Home At Row-House Price 6024»)?iorth Dakota Ave. Open for Inspection Convenlent to 11th St. WAPLE & JAMES, INC. 1226 14th St. N.W. Dist. 3346 Cars. An all-over car- A Modern Home of Old-Fashioned Spaciousness Originally Priced at $28,500 *16,750 . . *750 Cash! e (No Refinancing Charges for 10 Years) 6100 Brookville Road, Cor. Oxford St. (Chevy Chase, Md.) A home of unusual distinction in an exceptionally desirable Chevy Chase location. . .8-foot center-hall plan with living room 27: 20x10 con- crete side porch; generous dining room and kitchen, first floor lavatory, five genuine bed rooms, large screened sleeping porch. and three baths (also a service stair to second floor). The attractively landscaped corner lot contains over one-quarter acre and there is a two-car garage. OPEN TODAY AND SUNDAY To get there: Drive out Comn. Ave. to Oxford St. (right in front of the Chevy Chase Club) and turn right ome block. HARVEY A. JACOB 1427 Eye St. N.W National 9257 ances/ Exhibit Home 3220 Walbridge Place Drive out this week end—Out Park Road, past 19th Street and left at Walbridge Place —or call the builders at National §949 for more information. MODERNIZE WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY Builders’ and Architects’ Division 415 TENTH ST. N.W. DISTRICT 8500