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F. H. A ENVISIONS o0, 000HOME PLAN Low-Cost Wood and Steel Houses Urged for “Com- pany Towns.” By the Assoclated Press. CLEVELAND, December 10.—The biggest house building project in the Nation’s history, calling for 50,000 modern wood-and-steel homes for “company towns” of the coal and steel industry, is being envisioned as a new major program for the Federal Housing Administration. Approximately $150,000,000 in con- struction would be involved, exclusive of the value of the home sites, and thousands of steel workers, carpenters and other craftsmen would be put to work in execution of the project. Executives Are Doubtful. Although leading executives of the steel and coal industries in this area express a doubtful attitude and de- cline to be quoted, it is known that representatives of steel in Washing- ton have been discussing the idea and that the Housing Administration has expressed itself as receptive to any program capable of stimulating build- ing activity. ‘The projcct, .as now discussed in Ohio steel circles, estimates the homes could be built for about $3,000 each on land alreday owned by the steel and coal companies or obtainable by them at comparatively low cost. In line with the Federal housing program, which already proposes 80 per cent loans for home construction, the company town project assumes it could obtain similar loans on a whole- sale basis. Thus, a company building a $3,000 house on a $500 lot would get $2,800 in Government money and need put up only $200 of its own funds toward the construction cost. On Government Terms, The plan contemplates selling the houses to company employes on the same terms as provided by the Gov- ernment loan, which in the case of & $3,000 item would be approximately $21 a month, spread over a period of 20 years, and including interest and taxes. In some cases the plan assumes the companies might prefer to rent instead of sell, in which case even a rental charge might amount approxi- mately to as much as the amortiza- tion charge on the loan. The houses themselves would be modern in all details and present the appearance of homelike dwellings, with wood and composition material used in a large part of their construc- tion. Their framework ,however, would include about twc tons of steel. The use of this amount of steel in 50,000 homes would aggregate 100,- 000 tons and give an important boost to the steel industry, which has been trying for several years to increase the demand for its materials in resi- dential construction. Low-Cost Homes Built. Numerous steel companies already have constructed low-cost housese of this type and have long since reached the stage of being ready to put them into quantity production, except for the lack of a suitable market. The social aspect of the plan to build or rebuild company towns with modern homes, apparently coincides nicely with the Government's own hopes of generally raising the stand- ards of living. Sociologists long have asserted that most “company houses” at present are miserable hovels, built years ago, often insanitary, frequently fire traps | and of little or no present value. This, they have held, is particularly true in some of the coal mining sectiona. BELGRADE OFFERS OLIVE BRANCH TO HUNGARY IN ROW (Continued From First Page.) on the Belgrade government, which seemed at first inclined to take mat- ters into its own hands respecting Hungary, regardless of international opinion. Prince Paul is known to have raised the English opinion of Yugoslavia enormously during his recent visit to London, but it was feared here that much of his good work had been marred by the precipitate action of home authorities in expelling Hun- garian residents from Yugoslavia at a time when the case against Hungary| for its alleged harboring of terrorists was being heard in the judicial at- mosphere of Geneva. Yugoslav authorities said that it was utterly untrue. as reported abroad, that more than 2,000,000 in Yugoslavia were ordered to swear loyalty to little King Peter as “a trial mobilization.” They said that thousands of citi- zens, such as rallway workers, civil servants, government employes and | soldiers took the oath of allegmnce‘ to the new King every day as a mat- ter of form. Yesterday, for example, 20,000 army recruits throughout Yugo- slavia took such an oath. Yugoslavia ended the mass deporta- tion of Hungarians abruptly today, apparently averting the possibility of border fighting. Unofficial reports said Yugoslavia | ‘was convinced that if the deportations were continued it would prejudice her case at Geneva. PUBLIC BUILDING INCREASE MAY BE ASKED BY ICKES (Continued From First Page.) Building, which is to be erected on the ' blocks directly south of Rawlins Square | between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, plans alreadv have been made for a second building within the area of the rectangle. This is the proposed new administration building of the Pan-Amerian Union. It will be erect- ed along Eighteenth street and Con- stitution avenue. ! The proposed Army and Navy build- ing is being considered also within | this area. The site selected for it is ' at the itnersection of New York and | Virginia avenues. Construction of | these buildings would result in razing | a number of temporary structures, little more than huge shacks, which | now spoil the appearance of the area | north of Constitution avenue and west of Eighteenth street. Some of these temporary buildings, erected during the World War, are now being de- molished on the Interior Building site. Any new recommendation for pub- lic buildings, it was said, will include estimates for the so-called Apex build- ing to complete the Pennsylvania ave- nue triangle. A request for a public works allotment for this purpose al- ready is before Secretary Ickes. The amount requested, which runs into many millions, has never been di- vulged. Federal building officials consider this building on the priority list. | mer, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, MO Lady Luck Frowns on One, Smiles on Other Left: Virgil Drew, whose forlorn appearance comes from the fact he sold a 20 per cent interest in the Silver Queen Mine for $1,000. A few days later a rich gold ledge was found in the mine and offers of more than $3,000,000 were made for it. Discovery of the gold brought a real forty-niner courage to go prospecting again. Right: Mrs. Andrew Holmes, whose husband is one of the men who bought the mine, She is shown looking over a small fortune in ore bging trucked away. INDUSTRIAL CHIEFS’ SALARIES BOOSTED SHARPLY IN YEAR| f@unued From First Page.) receive $75,620 this year as against $51,660 last year. Vice President Otto H. Watkins is getting $43,593 as com- pared to $21,156; Vice President Daniel K. Weiskopf, $47,286, against $15,640; Vice President Arthur Loasby, $32,740, against $11,073. $129,372 to Girdler. Remuneration to officials of Repub- lic Steel Corp. was the highest shown by an examination of registration forms. T. M. Girdler, president, re- ceived $117,420 in 1933, and will re- ceive $129,372 this year. B. F. Fair-| less and R. J. Wysor, vice pres\dents.’ are getting $64,692 this year, as com- pared to $58,713 in 1933. Commission members do not believe | any but the salaries of the two or| three highest paid officials need be! reported separately. Publication of minor salaries, they feel, would urve) only to create irritations within com- panies among the lesser officials and are not of particular interest to the | public. Bonuses and other gains must be | reported. Options which officers hold to buy stock of their corporation also | need be listed. Such options some- times give officers a chance for large profit not available to the ordinary stockholder, and in other cases offi- cial compensation may depend on options, bonuses or other methods of payment. Other Salaries Disclosed. Here are some other salaries dis- closed by the registrations of new securities: E. M. Allen, president of Mathieson Alkali Works, got $86,740 in both 1933 and 1934. H. Hobart Porter, president of American Water Works and Electric Co,, received a $50 raise—from $68,050 in 1933 to $68,100 in 1934. D. S. Barret, jr., and C. L. Bradley, administrative officers of Chesapeake | Corp., both received $32936 this year, | representing small increases over 1933. Officials of the Edison Electric Il- luminating Co. of Boston enjoyed no | increases. Walter C. Bayliss, president, got $32,400 in both years. Thomas K. Cummings, treasurer, and Sidney Hos- general manager, were paid $20,700, and Leavitt L. Edgar, vice president, $18,000. T. D. Crocker, vice president of Northern States Power of Minnesota, got $17,100 in 1934, against $17,060; J. J. Molyneaux, treasurer, $16,250, against $16,210; H. E. Young, vice president, $12,000, against $11,960. Robert F. Pack, president, apparently received only directors fees of $100 | in both years. Californians Salary Drops. Wiley F. Corl, vice president of San | affiliated companies. H. 5. Kittredge, Jose Water Works, California, was paid $33,266 in 1933, which dropped | Income Tax Division Table Shows Which Classes Paid During 1933, Compared With Same Groups for Fiscal Year of 1932, The following figures, announced today, show the distribution of incomes reported in 1933, as compared with 1932 figures: Up to $5.000 $5.000-$10,000 $10,000-$25,000 $25,000-$50,000 $50,000-$100.000 $100,000-8150.000 $150,000-$300,000 $300,000-$500,000 $50,000-$1.000,000 Over $1,000,000 THE TAX PAID BY THESE VARIOUS CATEGORIES FOLLOWS. Up to $5.000 . $5.000-$10.000 $10,000-$25,000 $25,000-$50,000 $50,000-$100,000 $100,000-$150,000 $150,000-$300,000 $300,000-$500,000 $500,000-$1,000,000 Over $1,000,000 AVERAGE AMOUNT PAID BY INDIVIDUALS IN EACH CATEGORY. Up to $5,000 ..... $5,000-$10,000 $10,000-$25,000 $25,000-850,000 $50.000-$100,000 $100,000-$150,000 $150,000-$300,000 $300,000-$500,000 $500,000-$1,000,000 Over $1,000,000 .. | Joseph F. McCarthy,” secretary, U. S. Cruiser Will Return Body Of Cuban Envoy, Asthma Victim| Marquesz Sterling Lauded ! by Hull and Welles as Great Statesman. Platt Abrogation and| New Trade Treaty Cul- minate Career, By the Associated Press. A United States cruiser will carry the body of Dr. Manual Marquez | | sterling, Cuban Ambassador, back to | the country he served as provislonal‘ President and diplomat. The veteran statesman-, Journulut | died at the embassy here yesterday -t the age of 62. His wife and two sisters were with him when he died, and his only son was en route from Havana by plane. The envoy died after a lingering illness, during which he refused to| leave his post. Fighting against the iliness,.asthma, he negotiated the two culminating efforts of his long ca-| reer, abrogation of the Platt amend- ment and & new reciprocal commer- cial treaty. Roosevelt Sends Regrets. Immediately upon learning of the | death of the Ambassador, born in Lima, Peru, on August 28, 1872, Presi- dent Roosevelt sent his regrets by James* C. Duin, special Assistant | Secretary of Stete, to the widow and embassy staff. Assistant Secretary of State Sum- ner Welles, with whom Marquez Ster- | ling had conferred daily for the past year, was one .of the first of Govern- ment officials and diplomats to ar- | rive at the embassy after the death became known. Secretary Hull, informed of the to $32,000 in 1934, He was paid by president, got $11,475 in 1934, against $10,923 in 1933. Ralph Rawlings, president of the Monarch Fire Insurance Co. of Cleve- land, Ohio, was paid $18,000 in both years, while F. J. Greer, vice presi- dent, advanced from $5,000 to $8,500. Joseph A. Blattery, president nr; the Philadelphia Brewing Co., Phila-| delphia, Pa., was paid $24,000 in both | years, and Martin C. Norton, vice president, was raised from $7,875 to | $10,400. Donald L. Brown, president of United Afrcraft Corp., was paid $45,- 000 in 1934. No 1933 salaries for this company were shown because it is a new concern. Eugene Wilson, vice president, got $32,400, while George 8. Wheat, vice president, and each received $22.500. 1932 . 3,420,995 237,273 77,045 17,658 1933 3,339,602 219,735 74,626 18,168 5,927 1,085 693 139 84 . 46 1932 . $42,200,000 34,371,000 49,357,000 43,052,000 46,753,000 24,508,000 31,910,000 .. 18,274,000 18,780,000 . 15,534,000 1933 $39,700,000 34,129,000 54,255,000 51,597,000 56,561,000 30,450,000 40,473,000 17,580,000 22,370,000 25,848,000 1932 $12.30 144.00 640.00 2,438.00 . 8,283.00 . 25,476.00 . 54,176.00 .134,367.00 .234,750.00 ."176,700.00 1933 $11.90 155.00 727.00 2,840.00 9,543.00 28,064.00 58,402.00 126,474.00 266,309.00 $561,013.00 DR. MARQUEZ STERLING. —Harris-Ewing Photo. "Ambassador's death late yesterday, said: “I am -deeply grieved to learn of the death this afternoon of my good | friend, the Ambassador of Cuba. “Senor Marquez Sterling was one of our most active collaborators in working out the problems which con- | front all the republics of this hemi- | sphere. I have always felt that it was | a particular privilege to work with | such an eminent representative of his | country. Worked on First Pact, “He came to the fore early in the effort to establish a government and | | was one of the Cuban commissioners in the negotiation of the first treaty in 1903 between his country and the United States. Up to this moment he has been joining with us to im- prove the relations between the two countries. “Not only a great statesman, but & most eminent authority on interna- tional law has been lost to his coun- try.” The envoy, whose father served as Minister to Peru, early identified himself with the Cuban independence movement and the cause of journal- ism, and was the founder of El Heraldo De Cuba and La Nacion—both Liberal Cuban dailies. He later became a career diplomat and served in minor | posts throughout the continent, and then as Minister to Brazil, Peru, twice Ambassador to Mexico, and twice Am- bassador to the United States. During the last Cuban revolutionary crisis he served for some months as secretary of state, and later was provisional president for a short time in the interim between the presi- dencies of Ramon Grau San Martin and the present executive, Carlos Mendieta. Marquez Sterling achieved fame in Mexico 22 years ago, when he actively intervened to prevent the assassination of Francisco I. Madero by Victoriano Huerta, when Diaz reactionary ele- ments seized the power less than three years after the overthrow cf Porfiro Diaz. Refuge for Exiles. It was Marquez Sterling who first put into practice the granting of refuge to political exiles in the lega- tion of a foreign government—a move credited with saving thousands of prominent Lanti American leaders since 1913, Marquez Sterling returned to Mex- ico as Ambassador in 1919 amid great ovations from the people there, — e gen- eharged elsewhere he same hich er al. because we sel dcllvery = fl-lnn:ue. ‘mined nnsylvania— W. A, Egg... W. A. Stove. W. A, Nut. W. A. Pea. . Buckwheat . Pocahontas Stove $10.00 Pocahontas Egg. lll.zs Coke 12,00.) All o 2na it weilit n.rnhel B. J. WERNER 1937 5th St. N.E. rush to Mojave, Calif, | chado following the latter’s continua- | tion in the Cuban presidency beyond |as one of Cuba’s leading journalists, | He was one of the Cuban delegates to NOrth 8813 Drew is shown trying to get up —A. P. Photo. but resigned two years later, after @ vitriolic attack on Gerardo Ma- his constitutional term. Refusing to live in Cuba under Machado, he came to Washington, remaining here until Machado's-over- throw, when he was named Ambas- sador. “His death is a great loss to both countries,” Welles said last night. “A gerat public servant of Cuba and an enthusiastic supporter of the pan-American cause has died. “Dr. Leo S. Rowe, director of the Pan- American Union, said. “He devoted his entire life to the service of the Cuban people and to the task of cultivating friendly relations among American nations. He was known from one end of the Continent to andther as an exponent of peace and mutual understanding. His loss is an irreparable one to his native land, as well as to the cause of pan-Amer- icanism.” Considered Leader. Manuel Marquez Sterling was ap- pointed Ambassador to Washington by Provisional President of Cuba Carlos Manuel de Cespedes to suc- ceed former President Gerardo Ma- chado’s representative, Oscar Cintas, He continued under President Carlos Mendieta. He was considered in diplomatic circles as one of the most able men in the service of the island republic. Born in 1872, Marquez Sterling after having established a reputation | entered the service of his country in 1909. He served as Minister to Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro until 1912, when he was transferred to Mexico. He resigned his post there in 1913 and, until 1929, when he was again sent to Mexico by the Machado gov- ernment, followed literary pursuits, He also fulfilled several diplomatic | missions to Latin American nations. the sixth Pan-American Conference at Havana and also served as a mem- ber of the committee named to medi- ate in the still-raging conflict between Paraguay and Bolivia in 1929. He spoke English, French, German | and Spanish with equal facility. Marquez Sterling’s efforts at medi- ation and other material on Cuban history, especially as affected by United States influence, he incorpo- rated in a book, “Las Conferencias del Shoreham,” which was published | last year in Mexico and secretly cir~ culated in Cuba. BEGGAR SHOOTS WOMAN Denied Dime, Man Wounds Housewife in Ankle. When she refused to give him a dime, Gertrude Jackson, colored, 27, told police that a young colored man last night shot her in the left ankle. She said the youth came to the door of her home, 307 New York avenue, and demanded money, which she would not give him. She was taken { Military Affairs Subcommittee which .| is inquiring into Army business deal- | C. B. Kushwa of Ohio also were in- +heartgs was not disclosed. | result of secret testimony and docu- | in the chest, John W. Stepp, 17, stu- NDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1934, HENDERSON GIVEN AWARD FOR PEACE Four Americans and Italian Novelist Also Receive Nobel Prizes. By the Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, December 10.—Four Americans and one Italian were honored here today in the 1934 Nobel Prize awards, while at Oslo, Norway, the peace prize went to Ar- thur Henderson, Great Britain's president of the world disarmament conference. The award In medicine is shared by three Americans. The fourth award to an American was for ac- complishments in chemistry. The other award goes to Luigi Pirandello, Italian novelist and playwright. Americans Present. Three of the Americans who re- celved the honors are here for the presentation. They are Drs. Oeorlel Minot and William P. Murphy of the Harvard OUniversity Medical School, and George H. Whipple of the University of Rochester, joint winners of the award in medicine. Dr. Harold Clayton Urey of Colum- bia University, whose discovery of “heavy water” won him the chemistry prize, was unable to attend the cere- mony. The four Americans receive a total of more than $80,000. Norman Angell Honored. | Dr. Christian Lange, the Nobel | prize winner for 1921, presented the 1933 peace award to Norman Angell. ! The basis of Angell's peace work, Lange explained, “is the intimate understanding of the feelings of the | world's three great nations, England, i France and the United States.” “He lived for years as a young man in California,” said Lange, “thereby gaining connection with the country | and the American public, which he ! has kept ever since.” Drs. Minot, Murphy and Whipple | won distinction for their research findings relating to the treatment of anemia, The award to Pirandello, worth approximately $41318, was ' made in recognition of his general | contribution to letters. WAR PROBERS HEAR Quartermaster Chief Appears Be- fore Lobbying Quiz—Others Also Summoned. Brig. Gen. A. E. Willlams, chief of | the Transportation Division of the Quartermaster Corps, was heard be- hind closed doors today by a House ings. H. H. Reinecke of Pennsylvania and vited to testify. Their interest in the | ‘The committee has reopened its in- vestigation of alleged lobbying irregu- larities at the War Department as a ments received from Frank E, Speich- er, representative of a leakproof au- tomobile tube firm. Evidence collected by the House group is being prepared for presenta- tion to the District grand jury at an | early date, officials hate said. As- sistant United States Attorney Allen | J. Krouse is sitting daily with the committee members in their executive hearings. — U. OF M. STUDENT SHOT WHILE CLEANING RIFLE Youth Reported in Serious Condi- tion From Wound in Chest. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md, December 10.—Suffering from a bullet wound dent at the University of Maryland, was reported in a serious condition in Casualty Hospital today. Police said the youth was wounded when a .22-caliber rifle was acci- dentally discharged while he was cleaning it in his home yesterday. He was taken to the hospital by the Bladensburg rescue squad. Meres real mowy NEW BONE CONDUCT! fadioons bas lust_ rolaned to Emergency Hospital for treatment. Real Esta No Commission Charged Perpetual Association Establish Largest in Washington Assets Over $32,500,000 Comer Iith' and E Sts. N.W. JAMES BERRY, President 6% You Can Take 12 Years to Pay Of Your Loan Without the Expense of Renewing " $1,000 for $10 Per Month Including Interest and Principal Larger or Smaller Loans at Proportionate Rates te Loans No Commission Charged 'Building Surplus $1,250,000 GEN. A. E. WILLIAMS &, EDWARD C. BALTZ, Secretary Member of Federal Home Loan Bank System The District of Columbia Building & Loan League Nobel Winner ARTHUR HENDERSON. FRANGE FORMALLY DEFAULTS ON DEBT Customary Note Sent Here. Situation Unchanged, Paris Declares. By the Astoclated Press. PARIS, December 10.—France’s fifth war debt default to the United States was approved today by the cabinet, wmth sanctioned the sending of the customary note to Washington. This, it. was undgrstood, will repeat a recognition of the obligation, but explain “the situation is unchanged"— meaning that Parliament is still against payment and that there must be a new settlement. Edouard Herriot, minister without portfolio and former premier, remained faithful to his contention that th debts should be paid and expressed’ an ardent wish for a settlement with | Washington. Louis Germain-Martin, minister of finance, and Foreign Minister Pierre Laval were appointed to draw up the note, the broad lines of which were laid down by Laval before he left for U..NAVYBUILDING PROGRAM STUDIED Japan’s Demands Lead to Advocacy of Ship Con- struction Here. By the Associated Press. Speeding up the Navy's shipbuilding .| program during the coming fiscal year 1 1s now being considered by the admin- « istration, in view of Japan's prospec- ! tive denunciation of the naval treaties within the next two weeks. Under the law, the treaties are to remain in force until December 31, 1926, but the United States could ad- vance her construction plans 50 per cent, because this country is o far below naval treaty limits. Army and Navry budget estimates have been held up for the next fiscal year, pending the outcome of the internationa! situa- tion. The regular program calls for | bullding 24 new ships in the coming fiscal 12-month, but officials are plan- ning an acceleration of this, if Japan | throws the treaty limits overboard. Chairman Vinson, Democrat, of Georgia of the House Naval Affairs Committee, has announced that if the treaty is abrogated he will insist that the 5-3 ratio with Japan be main- tained, with the United States building “five ships for every three laid down by Japan.” Under the present program, con- ceived when there were no definite indications of a treaty breakdown, the United States next year would start building two cruisers, one aircraft car- | rier, three heavy destroyers, 12 light destroyers and six submarines. But figures which naval experts were | considering today showed that: Without violating the treaty, the United States in the next fiscal year could lay down two and perhaps three cruisers, one aircraft carrier, 63 de- stroyers and 28 to 29 submarincs—-a total of 94 to 96 ships. Royal Johnson to Speak. Former Representative Royal John- son of South Dakota, World War vet- eran and ogce a member of the House Military Affairs Committee, will ad- | dress local Army Air Corps Reserve officers at a meeting in the Air Corps projection room, Munitions Building, at 8 pm. tomorrow. His subject will be “Aviation.” Capt. W. W. Andrews, operations officer at Bolling Field, will ' be in charge of the meeting. STEPPING OUT in le suggests to the discriminating this smart continental ren- dezvous. An _atmos- phere that fits the mood, finest food, choicest beverages. No cover charge at any time. 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