Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1935, Page 25

REAL .ESTATE. FEDERAL HOUSING ~ PROJECT IS BECUN 25 Homes Will Be Built for U. S. Employes in Braddock Heights. tures of the co-operative housing pi ect for Government employes in Brad- dock, Helghts, Alexandria, and it s expected that some of the dwellings will be completed this month, it was announced today by the Housing Com- mittee of the Department of Agricul- ture, which is sponsoring the project. Collective bargaining, landscaping, purchasing and collective social a tivities promise to be among the ad- | vantages of the residents of the sec- tion. A committee of five, including the preSent Executive Committee of | the Community Planning Association, will study the feasibility of co-oper- ative action of all sorts. Lower Monthly Payments. Membérs of this group, largely com- posed of employes of the Agriculture Department, are finding that monthly payments will run about 35 per cent | less than rentals for the same house | value. There are to be about 40 houses | built in all. The homes, situated above Jeffer- son Park, constitute a pleasant vil- | lage largely of Colonial design. Co- operative action of the group is in- suring the safest guarantee in financ- | ing, low payments, architectural in- spection, title and other matters of | vital importance. Over 25 contracts have already been signed and construction and conven- | fences are rapidly progressing. A few more very desirable lots in the project are now available, and if they are se- lected before December 15 it will mean & saving of $150 to the builder, in addition to the valueble savings of about 20 per cent which is realized in collective building, buying and the | avoidance of all selling costs. Voluntary Committee. A voluntary committee of three| members in the Department of Agri- culture is answering all questions about the project, and since the plan is in no way a sales plan, all Govern= ment employes are invited to inquire | about it from Roger Matteson, H. E. | Bradburn and Robert Bonnar, all of the Agriculture Department. It is planned that when this project has been completed other provisions | of homes and apartments will be pushed by the Housing Committee of | the Department of Agriculture in an | attempt to adequately house all em- | ployes. | Louvres Run Up Heat Bills. | Louvres at the gable ends of the house are excellent for ventilating the attic spaces and keeping the house ! cool in Summer. But when Winter comes they cost a lot in heat losses.| Cortland Place Home Sold New brick home at 2712 Cortland place, which was sold to Anna J. and Augusta E. Uhl for the builders, M. Throckmorton, realtor. The house has seven rooms and two baths. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1935, Brown Bros., by the office of William ~=Star Staff Photo. INSTALLMENT XXV. ERTWELL, unable to sit still B on the sidelines, was pacing | up and down nervously be- hind the bench. He couldn’t understand how Arnold could have let that punt hit him on the head | when he seldom if ever dropped one | in practice. If there had been a high wind it might have been different, but there was neither sun nor wind to | bother him today. Bertwell couldn‘z‘\ figure out what it was. Stage fright? | Stadium sickness? Fear? No, he| knew Arnold was too self-contained | to be bothered with such things. He let it pass. There was no use crying over spilled milk. | The team fought hard throughout | [nnd immediately called & time out to | So get a ladder—if you can’t get at |the rest of the period. Chuck himself | them from inside—and put shutters carried the ball repeatedly, hitting over them, tightly fitted. And then | through the strong Purple line and | don't forget to take them down again | swinging around the ends. Once or | next Spring. | twice he was badly jarred. A crack| DAILY SHORT STORY: OLD CLINT By Betty Gailey BOWER of steps. “Pirst rate, sts on his head added to his troubles. He found it difficult to think. Un- able to make more than two yards on two plunges, when he had the team on Coke's 19-yard line, he dropped back 10 yards and prepared to try a drop kick. Coke had been told of the trick with which Chuck had beaten Malbern talk the situation over. When play | was resumed the Coke forwards and | ends, instead of rushing in madly to | block the kick, hesitated and then came in slowly, expecting him to elther pass or run. Chuck bent over, dropped | the ball on its nose and lifted a beauti- ful drop kick cleanly over the bar. Colburn’s rooters took hope. A drop kick, even though it netted but 3 points, was something to cling to, to cheer and to stimulate faith in the team. The period ended and the team jogged to the shower room. Bertwell, usually very reserved and | fatigued and begrimed players with a towel dipped in ice water. It felt re- freshing to their wearied heads. Doc Overton moved about with Pop Buk- ley, tending the medical needs of the injured, and assistant managers ers. e & ] i : i f it il é?flEge% i " 8 ...Youcandoit... you can do it . . . You have power and speed written all over you, but you need more than that. You need cold courage . . . . . Chuck thought of the punt he had flubbed, and knew that Bowers was referring to that. “A Colburn man who falters at a time like this,” Bowers went on, louder now than before, and more vehemently, “is npothing short of a yellow dog . . . a dirty yellow dog——" Chuck, feeling positive the censure was aimed at him, sprung to his feet . . . “If it's me you're referring te, Mr. Bowers, why don't you say s0. I'm no yellow dog, and I won't take that kind of talk from you or anybody else. Every one of us is trylng our best out there. We're giving all we have. If I made a crock, that's my fault. But the team shouldn’t be blamed for it, and I'm not going to have any one call me a yellow dog for it.” “Sit down, Arnold,” said Bertwell sharply. “Bowers doesn’t mean you. And he doesn't mean the words lit- erally.” “I'm sorry,” Chuck replied apol- ogetically. lost control of myself.” “Gentlemen,” continued Bowers, after the rumpus had subsided, “all I ask is that you give me the supreme | pleasure of making this, the last foot ' ball game I shall ever behold, a vic- ; torious one for Colburn.” | The players sat there stunned. The pathetic ghost of the great “Rip” | Bowers had moved some of them to tears. Each man determined in his heart to go on that field and play the greatest game of his life, if not for Colburn, then for Bowers, so he could | | time to take her there.” vance into scoring territory. Coke, with & lead of 7 to 3 was playing care- and using Ghuck tried to build up his sequence of plays, but always something would Hoft- It was a terrific blow to the players. They had hoped for an undefeated season, and now that Coke had taken them there was not much to look forward to. When the team got to the dressing room Coach Bertwell was there. Starting with Capt. Minton, he shook hands with every player on the team, and in a way that convinced them that, even in defeat, he was with them. As soon as Chuck showered and dressed he hastened over to the en- trance of the stadium to see Nancy. The team was to leave on the 8 o'clock train, so he felt there was plenty of time. “Hello, Chuck darling,” screamed Nancy when she saw him limping to- | ward her. “What in the name of | heaven happened to you? 1Is your leg | hurt badly?” | “No, it's nothing. Just a little | sprain or a twist. How are you,| Nancy, dear? So good to see you | again.” i “I'm so sorry you lost, Chuck, I could cry. Really I could.” “Oh, you have to expect that once in a while, T = | “I think I'll be running along to | see the boys” said Barkley. “I'll meet you wherever you say, Chuck, later on, and take Nancy to the sta- tion for you.” “Thanks, Sam. I think I'l have | (To Be Continued.) MANY PROPERTIES LOST || Survey Shows 2,186,800 Taken by | |i ! Foreclosure in Six Years. Painting a picture of the depression in real estate, a statistical firm re- dignified, was a wreck. He stood out- | | side the door of the locker room as | the players filed in, Spike immediately | busied himself wiping the faces of the brought tea in paper cups to the play=- | die in peace. Bertwell didn't say a | cently released a survey which shows | Bowers. lost to their normal owners in the last “Three minutes to go,” said a voice six years through foreclosure. The { at the door. Capt. Minton said, “All | number of foreclosures in 1935 was | | right, fellows, let’s go out there and | estimated at 400,000, somewhat less | take these birds. We can do it.” than the figures for 1932 and 1933. The play during the entire third | The survey 'showed that 5.467,000 | | period centered between the two 30- | properties were in trouble during the | yard lines. Neither team could ad- depression years. | | word. He walked out of the room with | that 2,186,800 properties have been | |j §20,137,000 LOANED FOR 9334 HOMES 1935, Peak Month. least 9,994 families financed on § i | i, i g g - ] R extended by these community lending ’M*NW today is helping make Compared with two years ago, breakdown of the landing is indicative of a healthier condition. financing continues as the leading® purpose among the five segregated, new | construction and home purchase loans | are steadily increasing in importance. 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The seat was hard and the sun was hot, but he had s clear view # of the river ac- tivity. That was j ‘what he liked. That ‘was life to him. Strange that a man could be lone- “I'm sound as a dollar.” 1 dollar,” old Clint boasted, “sound as a silver dollar. Only thing is, I don't sleep right.” | *Jim did tell Dr. Ball that you've | been having mighty bad dreams.” | * % ¥ % "NOT dreams, Whit,” old Olint lowered his voice cautiously. “Visions. Things appear to me. I can pretty near read people’s minds. Second sight, almost. Would you believe that there's a conspiracy going | on right under your mnose?” ‘Whit backed away hastily and tried to say reassuringly, “Now, now, Clint, o it moc he seid mygeriously, “No, it's > g “it's others that's playing tricks. “Now, dad,” Mary would say, you know we're only thinking of what is agxee 2g4 it & i E il ] i h . § 62 EE s : E : & g I I e g? i Peng E | walked in. There was fire in his eyes. He looked like a man possessed. Be- bore the marks of lifelong suffering. He was gaunt and his eyes looked ness fell over the group as Bertwell ter of the room looking into space. out of the room with his towel and his bucket of ice water. The assist- They had never seen Bertwell look so terribly bothered. If there were going to be any fireworks, they didn't want to be around to get the sparks. |Even Pop Bukley and Doc Overton nodded understandingly to each other, and quietly left the room. “I don’t think there’s a man here who knows who this gentleman at my side is,” said Bertwell with evident emotion. “You're all too young. Twenty-five years ago his name was famous the country. Fa- mous for foot ball. For the greatest end play Colburn or any other col- lege ever saw. His name is written deeper into Colburn’s history than any other man I know of. Deeper than that of Pierce, Rankin and Marshall. This, gentlemen, is “Rip” Bowers, the greatest wingman who ever lived. 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