Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1936, Page 22

C-2 » s REA REALTORS SET UP HOME SHOW UNIT Will Seek to Prevent Con- flict, Promote Exhibits’ Value, Rose Says. PFormation of a National Home | Show Committee created to act as a clearing house for home shows in cities over the country, co-ordinate their dates, aid the individual local show to attain maximum public use- fulness, and guard the home show idea against exploitation by irrespon- sible promoters, is announced by the National Association of Real Estate Boards through its president, Walter W. Rose. Orlando, Fla. Maurice Dunn, Louisville, Ky., is ehariman of the new National Home Show Committee of the association. The committee will work with the local member boards of the associa- tion, principal sponsors of home; shows, more than 30 of which have been given in the past year. Members of Committee. In addition to Chairman Dunn, manager of the Louisville Home Show, | and former executive secretary of the | Louisville Real Estate Board, mem- bers of the committee include, Ward C. Clifford, Katsas City. Mo., | manager of the Kansas City Home | Show, former president of the Real | Estate Board of Kansas City, Mo., and former chairman of the National As- sociations’ Committee on Real Estate Advertising; J. Frank Cantwell, Indianapolis, manager of the Indian- apolis Home Complete Exposition; John A. Servas, Chicago, manager of the Chicago Home Show and former director of the Home Show Advisory Bureau of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, which co- operated in the organization and| presentation of a number of the principal national home shows during | the last yvear. including those in Balti- | more, Philadelphia, Houston, the the Miami show, Fort Worth, Chicago and Buffalo: John J. Roache, Mil- waukee, manager of the Milwaukee Home Show and executive secretary | of the Milwaukee Real Estate Board; | Charles J. Prost, Detroit, manager of | the Detroit show, and John J. Behle, | Cincinnati, manager of the Cincin- | nati Home Show. | To Review Organization. The committee is now considering a | plan to review the organization and set-up of home shows, upon request, | as proposed for any city, and approve | sound and constructive undertakings. | The work of the committee will | center on helping the home show attain maximum interest and value for the family considering the buying or building of a home, Co-ordination of dates of the princi- | pal home shows over the country, so0 far as this is possible. would greatly aid exhibitors who want to make displays in a number of cities and would make feasible the prepara- tion of individual exhibits scaled to such use. HECHT CO. TO BUILD $1,000,000 WAREHOUSE Structure to Be Built Partially of Glass Bricks, Will Have 10 Acres of Floor Space. Application was filed yesterday with the building inspector's office by the | Hecht Co. for a permit to erect a | $1,000.000 warehouse, to be built | partially of glass bricks. Work will be started shortly on the huge struc- ture, to be located at New York ave- nue and Fenwick street mortheast. The warehouse will be used also for delivery, and will be the largest building of the kind south of New York. It will be the first warehouse | in the country to be constructed of | glass brick. The new building will be six stories high, 350 feet long and 250 feet wide. There will be a total of 10 acres of floor space. - Color Distinguishes Hallway. | The brilliant use of color distin- | guishes the directoire hallway in a prominent Chicago home. The walls are marbleized yellow-pink and ac- cented by an emerald green dado. Trim | and cornice are in mauve and gold. The ceiling is gold leaf and the floor black terrazo. Loans (Continued Prom First Page.) of the homes financed by this group | of local lending institutions are not even counted in the standard statistics | on construction because of their loca- | tion in the smaller towns or because they are built by the small type of contractor who puts up only three or | four houses a year, even in times of | normal business. Increasing in Demand. Meanwhile, the associations’ loans | are increasing in demand in the larger | centers and by the larger contracting establishments. The local nature of their operations makes it possible for their advances to be consummated without delay or red tape, and the home buyer or builder of today finds | this readiness with which a loan can | be granted one of the most encourag- | ing indications that normal times are returning. It has its influence in con- firming his impression that now is the time to buy or build.” The breakdown of May lending ac- | tivities by savings, building and loan | associations, according to purposes for which loans were granted, is given by the United States League as follows: Estimated May Loans Made by All Associa- tions in_the United Purpose of Loans States. New construction ____ $27.812,000 Repair and modern- 9,045,000 31,652,000 26,641,000 Other purposes ... 11,148,000 Total - 106,208,000 ; ¥ W NTERPRISE RoOTING Co. 21 i Avt = g POTOMAC L EBTATB, AT NOST N . Residence at 4108 Seventeenth street, purchased by Mr. and Mrs, Irving Herman through the Brasure Co. The house was built by Dallas D. Ball. New dwelling at 4437 Yuma street, Grasslands, which was purchased recently by Mr. and Meadowbrook, Inc., owners and Mrs. Gordon S. Wegenast from builders. —Star Staff Photo. AIR CONDITIONING “CABINET” READY Requires No Special Installation. Connects With Light Switch. A 1936 model unit air conditioner which will cool, dehumidify, ventilate and filter the air in an average slxod‘ | room without requiring any special’ houses to be done in this manner will installation, such as plumbing or elctrical work, is announced by the | tution interested in the mortzage field General Electric Co. d In its solid wood cabinet, this unit harmonizes with any decorative scheme. The walnut casing is modern in design, but so conservative that it will not conflict with conventional styles of furnishings. Instead of utilizing one large re- frigeration machine to do the cool- ing. which might result in objec- tionable noise in a quiet bedroom, the air conditioner is equipped with the | smaller, hermitically sealed units which are extremely quiet in operation. These units are started automatically one after the other so as to avoid an | | | overload on circuit. the ordinary lighting The system makes it pos- | sible to plug the machine in any light | | socket without special wiring of any | sort, BUNGALOW 5 Large Rooms on a large lot $4,950 Reconditioned throughout, in- cluding new stove and linoleum. Gorage. 3629 37th St. N.E. 1 Block from car line. out R. I. Ave. N.E. to 37th St., right 1 dlock to House. Open Daily, 10 to 9 Harry Wardman, Ine. 1512 K DI. 3830 IMAGINE THIS!! 1/2-ACRE LOT (100x210 f1.) FOR $1,200 Over 300 wooded acres of suburban beauty await you here! Ever-changing, tree-clad hills—winding roads that lead through vistas of enchantment—come out now and select yaur home site in— BRADLEY HILLS GROVE Fashionable Northwest Country Club Section With Protective Restrictions Larger Sites Available We offer @ complete erchitectural, building end finencing service. rive Out Over the Week Ené—To reac Bredied " bolciara” wome Wisconsie Ave s rORMIEY 19 Sraverty: R. BATES 1108 16th Wis, 5053-J PLAN SMALL HOMES Seattle Architects Prepare Sketch- es for $5,000 Buildings. | Brecial Dispatch to The Star SEATTLE, Wash., July 4 —Eighteen architects in this city make up the membership of the Seattle Society of Architects, under the chairmanship of Andrew Willatsen. The members of ;lhu bureau are preparing skclches| from which prospective builders may make selections. The cost of the not exceed $5.000. A financial insti- is advertising the work of this group. Appearance and Protection. Historically, paint has two func- | tions—one protection and the other appearance. Which was the first thought in its development is un- known, but the famed use of war paint | | seems to point to the prior claim of appearance. Again For 89,750 Detached Brick Home ONLY ONE LEFT, 5405 NORTH CAPITOL ST. Out New Hamp. ,lqre, toflx;nulv-‘ \.'rm Anmt‘:o o ‘orms Norin Coptior % | Arrsaved Tarouen house. F. H A Open Daily to 9 P.M. E. M. AIKEN 800 H St. NW.—NA. 7232 H%ll. lo? Ll FIRS’ WEEK L] A 3-bedroom. 2- bath home with 2 open fireplaces. recrestion 5 furred walls, slate roof ~ with ' rock wool i det, Washington’s mest exquisite matural WARREN Nat. 9453 ; i —&tar Staff Photo. REPAIR WORK ITEM IN BUILDING BOOM Modernization Also Becoming In- creasingly Important Factor, Report Shows. Home repairs and modernization, neglected during the depression, are becoming increasingly important fac- tors in the revival of private building operations throughout the country, a survey among distributors of building supplies in 42 States indicated today. An average of 72 per cent of total sales of materials for private building duning the first quarter of this year was for repairs and modernization, as against 28 per cent for new construc- tion, according to reports by distribu- tors in 300 cities and towns to the manufacturers of building products. who conducted the survey. Kanrsas distributors reported the highest proportion of sales, an aver- age of 90 per cent for residential construction, while cealers reported the highest propor- tion, 66 per cent for non-residential construction. The most optimistic predictions for the immediate future of private build- ing operations came from Alabama. | Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee, where dealers predicted an average in- crease of 29 per cent in total sales of building materials in 1936 over 1935 While dealers in some individual com- munities predicted either no change or |a falling off in private building ac- tivity, there was no State in which the distributors as a whole did not an-| ticipate some improvement. Colonial Paint Styles. In early Colonial houses white paint was the only color used for woodwork, except for the real mahogany used in handrails and, occasionally, stair bal- usters. The stair was always espe- cially beautiful in its mahogany and white paint. The floors of wide boards were painted red or squash color. North Dakota | . C., SATURDAY HOME FINANGING REGORD IS BROKE F. H. A. Commitments for 6 Months Exceeds Last Year’s Total. Record-breaking figures in home financing by private capital under the insured mortgage system were an- nounced today by Stewart McDonald, Pederal housing administrator. Commitments to insure home mort- gages made by the Federal Housing Administration during the first half of 1936 exceeded the entire total of 1935. From Janaury 1 up to and in- cluding June 30. 1936, the dollar vol- ume was $175,543,754, as compared with $168,854,582 for all of 1935. The Housihg Administration makes such commitments when it accepts mort- gages for insurance. The statement further reveals that mortgage commitments outstripped those of any other month since the passage of the national housing act. ‘The previous record was $35,339,760 in May 1936. June commitments amounted to $48250,655, & gain of $12,850,895 over May. Up to and including June 30, the total volume of private capital repre- $344,422486 for 85593 mortgages. represented in commitments amount to $344,422,436 for 85,593 mortgages. Rejections amounted to $95,793,831, while the balance of mortgages in process including conditional sommit- ments, amounted to $54,959,791. Large scale operations which are not included in the total 6f home mortgages accepted for insurance, showed g similar gain during the first half of 1936. Mortgage commitments on these projects amounted to $20.- 482,158 on January 1, 1936, while on June 30 they totaled $43,308,558. Modernization and repair notes, | insured by the Housing Administration and distinguished from the mortgage totals, amounted in June to $13,098,- 392. The grand total since inaugura- tion of this part of the program is 1,086,423 notes for $395,882,637. As of June 30 the nd total of | all reached $934.367,153, all private | capital. The Federal Housing Admin- istration lends no money. 1 KENNEL AIR CONDITIONED | “Canine Comfort” Aim of Order Job in Minnesota. Cooling and treating the air in a| dog kennel is one of the latest jobs the fast-growing air-conditioning in- | dustry has been called upon to do, according to & report from Minne- apolis. H. K. Johnson of the Gar Wood Industries branch in the Minnesota | city, recently forwarded an order for an air conditioning plant to his home office which bore the following label: “To be used to produce canine com- fort.” The plant was purchased by | a large dog breeder. Several months ago an air condi- | tioning plant was installed in a dog and cat hospital in Niagara Falls, INY | | Paint Reduces Condensation. Metal pipes carrying cold water in | rooms that are warm, often show | beads of water upon the surface. due to condensation of the moisture in the | air. The collected drops of water may | fall upon valuable objects in a room | {and damage them. If such pipes are | coated with three or four coats of | paint, condensation can be reduced |to a marked extent. An Outstanding New Group of Detached BRICK In a Northwest Location That 4811 WESTWAY DRIVE hese amazing new are of all brick h furred walls. ROOM 1S itg’-l Easy e 555 rooms ile bath. FULL ATTIC WITH AIRWAY and a licht. heery dininz room. =k A am ) Built by Frank Drive out Ma: $5,950 HOMES Is Rapidly Increasing in Value (Just Off Western Ave.) The kifchen is entirelv eauipped with sas ai pliances and_there are Torms i buiit b Lots are front and 80 eet. . Entire house it screened. ~weather- strioped. insulated with L and has a SLATE roof and & beautiful vorch. water furnace. 50 feet J. Wagner & Co. Ave. to Westmoreland Circle, right on Western Ave, 3 blocks to LEROY PLACE, left on Leroy Place one block, turn right to Westway Drive and homes. SUNDAY! OPEN DAILY AND GOSS REALTY CO. J. S. EATON—Sales 1405 EYE ST. N.W. NAT. 1353 (ONDITIONING your new home BE SURE YOUR CONDITIONING SYSHM Brings in.frosh sir o Adds humidity Cleans the air o Circvlates the air - Gives sun-like redient hoat o Worms every roem evenly o Supplies year ‘round demestic het water. You'll buy a better house if you know more about conditioning. Experts know air condition. ing should be done separately from heating. Air conditioning should operate continuously— regardless of the thermostat. If you know the facts you’ll insist on having a reliable controlled radiator heat source for every room. That’s why you will in. sist on having this better con. ditioning for your new home. v AMERICAN' RADIATOR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS #IND OUT WHAT YOU SHOULD ASK POR IN CONDITIONING i s e s e e s Ve LS SRS D S l AMERCAN RADIATOR COMBANY Divirien of AMSIES RAMATIS 8. ' Dept. A, 4th and Channing Sts. N. Mandly sond et « mewhoses ond | went 8o baew I S e NAME e s et JULY: REAL ESTATE. Home Modernization New Kitchen Conveniences May Be Obtained as| Unit or Added BY LAWRENCE CROLIUS. . The kitchens in new houses are nearly all things of beauty and the last word in convenience these days. If you happen to be like so many of us who enjoy cryising about to look at new houses, owing gfull well that you will have to retgrn to your old diggings and like them for an indefi- nite time to coms, it is probably a great letdown when you have to troop out into your old kitchen. You can do & wonderful making yourself happy again if you go ahead and fix up the old place with & new stove, either gas or elec- tric, & shiny new sink complete with either monel metal or porcelain drain boards, and a mechanical refrigerator if you haven't already bought one. For those of you who want to put in the last word in new kitchen equip- ment, don't miss seeing the new unit kitchens which have recently been an- nounced. They are gorgeous things and would make the kitchens of many houses by far the best-looking rooms in the structures, They are styled in the modern manner and may be in- stalled as a package device or pur- chased on the piece-by-piece plan. Including an electric range, electric dishwasher, kitchen cabinets and elec- tric refrigerator in the line, these kitchen units are the perfect answer to a héusewife's prayer for work-sav- ing equipment. Due to their unit construction, which ‘enables the va- rious pieces to be arranged in any desired way, you are sure of getting the maximum amount of efficiency from the layout which can be ar- ranged in your particular ktichen. The kitchen units are of all-steel construction, with not a single piece of wood used anywhere, and the cabi- nets feature movable shelves which aren’t often seen in that type of con- struction. The fact that the various items are really integral units make it extremely easy to install them, and also makes it possible to put the various pieces when and where you want to. Of course they have built-in light- ing equipment which will prove to be a boon to kitchen enthusiasts on dark, rainy days when you can't see the cook book, and the cheery illum- ination brightens up the whole place. The various work surfaces, as they call the drain boards and other con- venient places, are all of black porc lain on steel so that they are resilient. In other words, they can't be cracked | by the blow of dropping something pretty heavy on them, and are nice and light so that they can be installed | with a minimum of labor. The dish washer which is being used in these units is of & new-type front- loading design. It has a capacity peonici i o e B ]t 5314 Broad Branch Rd. Chevy Chase, D. C. Most Desirable Established Section of Chevy Chase 4 BEDROOMS—2 BATHS New brick house room 21 feet I fireplace. beautiful dining reom open- I8 onto screened morch. Rock wnol insulation " oil burner. screened and weaher-stripped e of the best buill and most reasonably priced houses on the market todav Turm east off of Commecticut Ave at Mulitary Rd.. 3 squares to Broad Brar.ch Rd., right to house. Open Daily and Sunday Until 9 P.M. large living containing ong. with log-burning Price George W. Youns $11,850 Bunder Marlow-Beech Corp. 907 15th St. MEt. 1170 Piece by Piece. large enough to handle a 50-piece service, s0 that you can throw prac- tically everything from a Sunday din- ner, or a party, right into this efficient little outfit and without further ado everything is washed for you. If you can’t afford & maid or cook around your house this outfit will practically take her place. Garage doors are nearly always difficult things to operate, particu- larly when you are in any kind of a Job o‘.hurry. On rainy nights they invar- iably get stuck and you have to half them open. overhead door which is a cinch to operate. It has a pair of curved tracks on which the hinged door pan- of so-called floating rollers. ating chains connected to the top of you would ordinarily have to do your- self. The accurate locating of the guide rails assures free operation and a tight fit when the door is closed. In case you want to get really fancy you can have a locking switch device put outside on a post or a wall, and by simply inserting the key which you carry with you at all times, and not garage doors are opened automati- cally. There is some sort of an elec- door mechanism and the manufactur- ers say it will take about 200 openings and closings to run up & bill of one cent. keep valuable heat in your garage this winter due to its rapid rate of opera- tion, and just think how comfortable | you can be when you don't have to get | out of the car and plow through a lot | of snow. Snow is the least of our worries these davs, s0o possibly it will save you from getting all overheated struggling with the hot sunshine, Door Should Be Protected. A front door that is unprotected is often the cause of an unwelcome bath to waiting guests. Whenever possi- a hood over it. | kitchen, drown yourself before you can tug| For sufferers of this sort there is an els slide up guided by a large number | Two | large springs which pull on the oper- | the door panel do the tugging which | bothering to get out of the car, your | tric operating device installed on the | This electric opener will help you to | the old door out in ble, a front door should have at least | LAUNDRIES IMPROVED Gay, Colorful Rooms Now Place| Near Kitchen. Gay, colorful home laundries modernly equipped that s housewib scarcely needs to roll up her sleeve are becoming more and more the gen eral thing. In addition, so much attention ) being given to attractive design an: decoration that they are no longe relegated to the basement. Instea: they are being placed directly off the where they furnish idea working space and give the housewif opportunity to supervise kitchen opera tions while she is in the laundry, a vice versa. JUST GD!PI.ETED New Marietta Park 5710 3rd Place N.W.| NEW INCOME- PRODUCING HOMES | $11,500 up | See these unique new homes that will pay for themselves by eonver- sion to two-family use. All-brick. semi-detached, 4 bed rooms, 2| baths, some with bed room and bath en Ist floor. The finest of architectural features. One block from car line and 22-acre Ft. Slo- cum Park. Near stores, schools and big Van Buren St. recreation | Open Today and Daily Drive out s 't Maars 2 blocks tn § new oroup Realty Co., Inc. 1420 K St. NW. Dlst. 1311 A REAL BARGAI 3572 11th St. N.W. Seven Rooms, Bath and Garage In new-house condition, new heating plant and a remodeled kitchen, including new sink, stove, cabinets and linoleum OPEN DAILY, 10 to 9 HARRY WARDMAN, Inc. Di. 3830 WOODWARD & LOTHROP 10™ 11" P avp G STREETS Prove DIsmicr §300 This Man Can Bring the Comfort of the North Woods to Your Home —uwith this inexpensive, easy - to - install material, developed to make homes cooler in Summer. Imagine your home in the North Woods this Summer—nestled in the deep shade— sheltered from the downbeat of the sun. How gratefully you would step into its in- viting coolness. How you would enjoy the full nights of restful sleep at those times when you are accustomed to toss and turn in a heat-retaining bedroom. Johns-Manville Rock Wool . Insulation can transform your hame into a cool, com- fortable place in which to live, quickly-with- out disturbance. And this same insulation that protects your home from the Summer heat, protects your home from Winter winds and saves you fuel bills. Telephone Dlstrict 5300 for an Estimate—=Convenient Terms May Be Arranged Johns-Manville Rock Wool Insulation Installed by Woodward & Lothrop Homr IMPROVEMENT DIVISION OFFICE, SEVENTH FLOOR,