Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1935, Page 19

- GNEW AIR BASES ASKED AT HEARING War Department Proposes Substitute for Program of Wilcox. By the Associated Press. Through Brig. Gen. C. E. Kilbourne, assistant chief of staff, the War De- partment today proposed legislation | calling for six strategic air bases along the coasts and in Alaska. ‘The program, Kilbourne said at a hearing before the House military Committee, stresses peace time tfin- ing for defense and “I am confident that represents the aim of the Presl- dent.” ‘The bill suggested by the general would be a substitute for a measure THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Get Millions for Mine by Representative Wilcox, Democrat, of Florida, which would provide 10| $19,000,000 air bases in Alaska, the | Canal Zone, along the borders of the | Nation and in the interior. ‘The War Department plan contem- | plates setting up air depots and sta- | tions in these areas: The Atlantic Northeast—To provide for training in cold weather and fog. The Atlantic Southeast and Car- ribean areas—To permit training in long-range operations, especially those incident to reinforcing the Panama Canal. ‘The Southeastern States—To bro- vide a depot essential to the main- tenance of the General Headquarters Air Force. The Pacific Northwest—To estab- lish and maintain air communication with Alaska. Alaska—For training under condi- tions of extreme cold. ‘The Rocky Mountain region—To provide a depot for maintaining the General Headquarters Air Force and to afford opportunity for training in operations from a field in high alti- tudes. In addition, the department would establish “such intermediate stations as will, in connection with the Rocky Mountain station, provide for trans- continental movements incident to the concentration of the G. H. Q. Air Force for maneuvers.” REPORTS TO N. R. A. Prison Labor Authority Urges | Federal Aid for Industries. The creation of a million-dollar corporation to reduce the sale of| prison-made products on the open| market, but to insure adequate em- ployment of prisoners was recom- mended to N. R. A. yesterday by the| Prison Labor Authority. The report advocated Federal aid to any State for the purpose of set-| ting up prison industries, the pro-| ducts of which would be sold to tax- supported agencies or in strictly limited quantities on the open market. | To assist in preventing idleness in | prisons, it was proposed that the Federal Emergency Relief Adminis- tration co-operate with prison author- | ities in the development of “work | projects.” —_— Church Guild to Entertain. OXON HILL, Md, February 11 (Special).—A card party will be held | by the Ladies’ Guild of St. Barnabas’ Church the evening of February 16 in St. Barnabas’ Hall. There will be | prizes and refreshments. Miss Ted Middleton is in charge of arrange- ments. —_— CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. | Installation meeting, Daughters of the Nile, La Fayette Hotel, 8 p.m. Dinner dance, Beta Chi Sorority, Carlton Hotel, 7:45 p.m. Dance, North Carolina State So- ciety, Shoreham Hotel, 9 p.m. Meeting, Federal Chapter, No. 6, Daughters of American Veterans of the World War, Sailors, Soldiers and Marines’ Club, 8 p.m. TOMORROV. Dinner meeting, Washington Type- writer Dealers’ Association, Hamilton Hotel, 6 p.m. Lecture, “Christian Science: The Gospel of a Supreme Affection for Good,” James G. Rowell, C. S. B, of Kansas City, Mo., First Church of Christ, Scientist, 8 p.m.* Meeting, Ladies’ Aid Society of the Ruppert Home, 2943 Upton street, 2 pm. Lecture, “Debunking the Animal Mind,” Dr. Thomas Shepherd, before Society for Philosophical Inquiry, Na- tional Museum, 4:45 p.m. Lecture, John V. Mansen, before ‘Washington Photographic Society, 917 ‘Twenty-third street, 8 p.m. Luncheon, Women’s National Press Club, honor guest, Pearl Buck, au- thoress, Willard Hotel, 1 p.m. Lecture, “Food—The Law—And Ad- vertising,” by Hector Lazo before ‘Washington Advertising Club, National Press Club, 12:30 p.m. Dance, with card party, B'Nai Israel Sisterhood, National Press Club, 9 p.m. Dinner, Lincoln Post, No. 17, Amer- {can Legion, Shoreham Hotel, 8 p.m. Supper dance, Indiana State So- ciety, Shoreham Hotel, 9 p.m. Dinner, Conference of Birth Control, Mayflower Hotel, Breakfast, Dames of the Loyal Le- gion, Mayflower Hotel, 12:30 p.m. recently. Home Shortage By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 11.—A growing shortage of family homes, a trend to higher rents and a new flow of money into real estate investments were re- | ported tonight in the semi-annual survey of the real estate market by | the National Association of Real Es- tate Boards. The survey covered 268 cities in the United States and Canada, It showed: An actual shortage of single family houses in 53 per cent of the cities. There was no oversupply indicated in any city above 200,000 population. Apartment rents have risen in 57 per cent of the cities reporting and are up in every city of more than a half million. Rents for single family homes are up in 53 per cent of the cities and in 88 per cent of the half-million pop- ulation centers. Nevertheless, the real estate boards said house rents are still 32 per cent below the 1928 level and apartment fees still 46 per cent under 1928. “The complete dearth of the past five years” Region New England Middle Atlan! East North Cen! West North Central South Atlantic.. East South Centr: West South Central Mountain . Pacific .. Canada . United States and Canada, totals. Shown in U. S. Realty Survey Mr. and Mrs. George Holmes, who recently sold the Golden Queen Mine, formerly known as the Silver Queen, on Soledad Mountain, at Mojave, Calif., for $3,170,000. They are pictured as they visited Los Angeles and Rent Rise real estate financing has been broken, the association said, but in 52 per cent of the cities borrowers are still seeking capital. However, in 71 per cent of the largest cities capital is seeking loans, a condition that has not been noted, the report said, since June, 1929. Interest on real estate loans shows a downward tendency and the survey disclosed increasing real estate activ- ity in 68 per cent of the reporting cities. The index of real estate mar- ket activity, based on the 1926 level of deeds recorded, stood at 534 in De- cember, compared with 51.8 last No- vember, The uptrend was not so noticeable in central business property. Rents were moving higher in only 22 per cent of the cities, holding steady at last year's level in 64 per cent and lower in 14 per cent. No city above 200,000 reported higher rents for cen- tral or outlying office space. The following table, made public by the real estate association, shows the percentage of cities reporting up- ward, stationary or downward trends in money available for | December. 1933: 8ingle-Family Dwellings. Up. Stat'y. in residential rents as compared Wwith | Apartments. Up. Stat'y. Down. | 7 86 7 13 Down. 18 FIDDLING CONTEST FOOD SHOW FEATURE {Many Fiddlers Have Informed Officials They Will Compete Tonight. The hum of many fiddles will echo through Washington Auditorium to- night as a regular old-time contest is staged as a feature of the United Food Stores Exposition, which this aftérnoon will enter its final week. Fiddlers fromi many sections of the city have informed food show offi- cials of their intention to enter the competition. A prize will be awarded the winner. In addition there will be nearly a hundred other prizes award- ed during the afternoon and night. The cooking school, which the pub- lic is invited to attend, was to be re- sumed this afternoon at 3:45 o'clock. It is under supervision of experts in home economics and the culinary arts. Show officials ennounced the baby contest preliminary, for entrants from 2 to 3 years old, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30. Babies between the ages of 3 and 4 will be judged Thursday afternoon, with the finals to be held Saturday. Winners of pre- liminaries and finals will receive prizes. R e Expensive Shopping. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (#).—The pur- chase of a pair of shoestrings cost Mrs. R. D. Bailey more than $750. While selecting the shoestrings at:a store Mrs. Bailey placed her purse on the counter and some one picked it up. The purse contained a $750 diamond ring and $5 in cash. Buzzer Warns Warden. CHICAGO (/) —Hereafter prisoners in the county jail who wish to try to escape have to notify the warden. The warden arranged for this by having installed a buzzer system which rings a bell in his office whenever a door or window is unlocked. Special on Upholstering TODAY and TOMORROW Only Cogswell Chairs Upho Club Chairs Upholstered. . ........ Fireside Chairs Upholstered. ... ....... Istered...........$11.50 13.50 14.50 Have your upholstering done right and put back on its proper lines and proper shape been with us for years. workmanship you can. y our skilled mechanics who have spending money, get the best Call US Today or Tomorrow MORAL: Save Money Now Chair Caneing, Porch Rockers Splinted Clay Armstrong UPHOLSTERER 1235 10th St. N.W. MEt. 2062 “Sea Monster” Found. SEJRA, Denmark (#).—A most un- | here, a fish weighing at least 2 tons, fully 10 feet long and equally wide | with a thickness of about 2 feet. The eyes are enormous and the mouth unusually large. Danish experts be- lieve it to' be an unusual member of the sunfish species. FREE LECTURE —ON— CHRISTIAN SCIENCE —BY— James G. Rowell, C. S. B. of Kansas City, Mo. Member of the Board of Lec- tureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scien- tist, in Boston, Massachusetts. In First Church of Christ, Scientist Columbia Rd. and Euclid 8t. N.W. Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 8 P.M. Lecture radiocast over Station WOL. Under the Auspices of FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST usual “sea monster” has been beached | No Collection All Welcome SOCIETY (Continued From Second Page.) ing the Tau Phi seal. The committee in charge was Miss Helen Bragg, Miss Ellen Turner Bragg and Miss Mary Sabra Hunt. Mrs. Proctor L. Dougherty will serve a luncheon in the interest of the Girl Scouts’ camps in her home at 3713 Jenifer street in Chevy Chase, to- morrow at 12:30 o'clock. Dr. Harold C. Bryant, assistant director of the National Park Service, will speak on “Nature Study for Girl Scou plaining why we should know about our natural environment, and how we may learn to know it. Mrs. Dougherty, who is third dep- uty commissioner of the Girl Scouts of the District of Columbia, will be assisted by Mrs. Walter Rastall, Mrs. Wright Clark, Mrs. Trueman Abbe, Mrs. M. J. Della Valle and Mrs. Coch- ran Fisher. Mrs. Georgette Ross Howard, in her weekly current topic talk at Sulgrave Club tomorrow morning at 11:30 o'clock, will speak on several of the major political issues now before Con- gress—the new banking bill, the Sen- ate and the rellef bill, and a brist sketch of the governor of the Fed eral Reserve Board. “Europe Debates Three Pacts,” will be the subject of international politics under discussion at the lecture this week. And as an added feature Mrs. Howard will speak on the most promising Englisn author of the day, and comment on the sea- son’s drama. Mrs. Howard spent last week in New York and lectured before the Wom- an’s Club at Plainfield, N. J., return- ing last evening. Among the many drama devotees of the Capital City, who enjoyed the ini- tial production of the students of the Studio of Theater Arts, Sidney How- ard’s “The Silver Cord” last December, have made reservations for the forth. coming presentation of “The Circle,’ by Somerset Maughan. Mr. Pendle- ton Hogan, prominent young Wash- ington novelist, the president of Mary- land University, and Mrs. Raymond A. Pearson; the military attache of the German Embassy and Frau von Boet- ticher. Constance Connor Brown's aspiring young students will show their comedy “flair” at Wardman Park ‘Theater Tuesday and Wednesday eve- nings, February 19 and 20. Reserva- tions may be made at_ the studio, 1731 K street northwest, or reserved seats may be obtained at Mrs. Dorsey’s Concert Bureau in Droop’s. Others who plan to attend are Mrs. John S. Brooks, jr.; Mrs. Louis E. 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