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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 15, 1936—PART ONE. Star Building Getting “Face Lifted” | |STUDENTSTOGNE |HOUSING FIGURES. C., NOVEMBER the last four months with Govern- ment-insured mortgages were valued at approximately $88,000,000. He add- ed that figure was belleved by admin- istration officials to be about 25 or 30 per cent of total home construction ex- penditures throughout the country. Saved Trumpeter Swan. ‘The National Park Service and the The annual bazaar of the Norwegian Biological Survey of the United States | 1 adies’ Aid Soclety will be held Frie saved the trumpeter swan from ex- | tinction by establishing & refuge m\dly at 8 pm. in the Y. W. C. A, 614 Montana. | E street. Norwegian Aid Bazaar. Repairs Under Way to Prevent Further Deterloratxon of Marble in 38-Year-Old Structure. HE 38-year-old Star Building is having its face “lifted” and treated with preservative sub- stances expected to thwart the ravages of time and weather for at least 10 years. When the building was cleaned by sand blasting last Fall—the first beauty treatment the exterior had re- ceived since it was washed with soap and scrubbed in 1921—it was dis- covered that much of the Rutland Vermont marble facing was very fri- able, that is, it was easily crumbled or pulverized. The condition of the building was not regarded as hazardous, but it was decided to undertake major repairs to prevent further disintegration of this Pennsylvania avenue landmark. “Facial surgeons” from the con- tracting division of the A. C. Horn Corp., Long Island City, N. Y., have been at work on scaffolding for about four weeks, and the operation is ex- pected to continue at least another 8ix weeks. Extensive Investigation. The contract for this work was awarded only after extensive investi- gation by the building superintend- ent’s office of The Star. C. W. Welsch interviewed architects, construction experts, Bureau of Standards and ‘Weather Bureau scientists and others with special knowledge about the ef- fects of time, weather and dirt on the marble surfaces of buildings. He went to New York and learned what was being done there to preserve several famous buildings and monuments. It was concluded that authorities are agreed that there is no certain method to preserve stone, that no known method will yield permanent results and that the rate of stone deterioration varies according to dif- ferent types of building materials, climate and exposure to dirt, smoke and acid conditions. Although some authorities feel there is nothing which can be done to prevent or retard deterioration, the method being em- ployed here is regarded as an effece tive deterrent to decay. Experiments in England, dating back to 1922, and at the Bureau of Standards have shown that the chief causes of building disintegration are of chemical origin. Not sudden temperature changes, but acid pene- tration and erosion were found to be | the worst agents of damage. Acids in Rain Water. Rain water, falling through a city atmosphere filled with carbonic acid | and sulphurous gases, absorbs these | gubstances and transmits them to building stone. These acids dissolve the carbonates in stone and leave the | masonry more porous with each ap- plication. Another cause of stone failure is the crystallization of salts in marble surfaces. Absorbed moisture causes the crystals to expand and threaten to split the stone. Smoke also intro- duces damaging substances which | render marble friable. The “face-lifting” work on The Star Building involves removal of all loose mortar in masonry joints, re- | pointing of the joints with well-bal- anced, finely ground mortar, water- proofing of the backs of the roof parapet walls and repacking of open | mortar joints. The final step in the protective | process is application of chemicals to | &ll marble and granite surfaces, RABBI DEBATES TONIGHT WITH ECONOMIST HERE “Should Judaism Be the Way of | the Jew” Will Be Topic at Temple Forum. Rabbi Isaac Landman of Congre- | gation Beth Elohim, Brooklyn, will debate with Benjamin Stolberg, econ- | omist-journalist, tonight in the sec- ond meeting of the 1936-7 lecture se- | ries of the National Temple Forum of the Washington Hebrew Conm’e-‘ gation on Eighth street. Dr. Landman is the editor in chiel! of the Standard Jewish Encyclopedia and editor of The American Hebrew. | Stolberg is an extreme assimila- ticnist, opposed not merely to Judaism and Zionism, but even to rabbis. The | two will debate this topic: “Should | Judaism Be the Way of the Jew?” with Landman taking the affirmative and Stolberg the negative. The debate will start at 8:30 p.m. in the temple proper, with Rabbi | Norman Gerstenfeld, junior rabbi of the congregation, in charge of the arrangements. V The Evening Star Building. John Garrabrant, at work calking the structure. MARINE COMMANDANT HONORED ON BIRTHDAY | Maj. Gen. John Russell, Begins Last Year of Active Duty. Senior officers of the Marine Corps, on duty at headquarters at the Navy Department, yesterday congratulated Maj. Gen. John H. Russell, the com- mandant, on his 64th birthday anni- versary. the last he will spend on the active list. The Marines say Gen. Russell, who | will retire on December 1, has more service in than any other officer on | the active list, in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps. Gen. Russell has been ln the service more than 48 years. East Coast officers of the corps will give Gen. and Mrs. Russell a farewell dinner Wednesday evening at the Shoreham Hotel. FEET, LEGS HURT? FREE _FOOT TREATMENT —to all bringing lhis ad to 612 Woodward Blde. 15th and H Sts. N-W. any day this week No knife, drugs. casts or metal arch supports used. DR. J. E. MILLER District 6109 64, " Japan's —Star Staff Photos. D. W. SPRINGER HONORED Re-elected Land Grant Colleges’ Becretary-Treasurer. Durand W. Springer of 3000 Tilden street was re-elected secretary-treas- urer of the Association of Governing Boards of Land Grant Colleges at the | closing session of the organization at the University of Kentucky yester- | day, according to word received here. | Accountants. Japan Is Growing. ‘EASTERN CRUISE') - REACH NEW HIGH | Springer also is secretary of the | | American Society of Certified Public | Annual High School Review to Be Seen Here This Week. Eastern High School will pr_sent its annual Fall show this week in which sn original review, “The Eastern Cruise,” will tell in song, dance and brief skits, the story of & trans-Atlan- tic voyage. ‘The cast, including about 100 East- ern students, was selected Sfter more than two weeks of tryouts. Final re- hearsals will be held tomorrow and ‘Tuesday. ‘The first presentation will be ‘Wednesday st a matinee in the high school audjtorium. The cruise will be repeated for the public Thursday and Friday nights. The production continues a tradi- tion of many years’ standing at East- ern and parts in the presentation are among the most coveted honors at the school. The first act will be composed of two scenes with 14 numbers; the sec- ond in a single scene “before & Scot- tish castle,” with nine numbers, and the last a single scene, aboard the ship, with 18 numbers. Miss Pauline Knee, who has headed the committee in charge for a num- ber of years, again will serve as gen- eral head of the faculty group and pro- ducer of the play. The subcommittee | heads, all from the faculty, are Miss Zella Faris, production; Miss Lillian Wines, staging: Paul Gable, music; Mrs. Rosemary Elliott, publicity; Mrs. Willilam H. Rippard, costumes; Mrs. Lenore Howe, properties; Miss Judith Wood, make-up; Miss Margaret Hardy, tickets and finance; H, D. Shorts, ushers: Miss Esther Jones, candy, and A. E. Winnemore, printing. All the stage properties, scenery and costumes will be the products of East- ern students., LECTURE SERIES SET #Getting Your Eyes Open” Miss Hallam's Topie. Speaking on “The Psychology of | Disillusionment, or Getting Your | Eyes Open,” Anna Maud Hallam, lec- turer and traveler, will open a series | of nine lectures at the Masonic Tem- | ple Auditorium tonight at. 8:15 o'clock. | A graduate psychologist, Miss Hal- | lam will illustrate the factors insur- ing success, health and happiness as learned from her experiences. This is her first appearance since return- | ing from Europe. population increased by 1,000,000 in the year ended October Come Expecting to See $59,000,000 Mortgages In- sured in October—750,000 Homes Needed. BY the Associated Press. Housing officials yesterday disclosed statistics on which, they said, Stewart McDonald, the housing administrator, based his prediction to President Roosevelt this week that 1937 would bring an increase in home construc- tion. . Arthur Walsh, assistant adminis- trator, said the volume of mortgages insured by the Housing Administration hit a new high of around $59,000,000 in October. This compared with a September figure of $44,316,900 and a volume of $11,109,683 in the first month of such activity—May, 1935. New Dwelling Needs. “Economists have estimated,” Walsh said, “that there is urgent need for be- tween 750,000 and 800,000 new dwell~ ing units in the United States. “In 1934, before Federal housing mortgage insurances were available, only 30,000 dwellings were built. 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