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Room-Cooling Units
Of Simple Design
Now on Market
Interest Aroused by New
Pre-Finishing Treatment
For Fir Plywood
Bv DOROTHY DITCAS AND
ELIZABETH GORDON.
The first warm spell of the season
makes us all wonder if we can afford
air-cooling in our homes or offices.
It's always the way. the air-condi
tioning makers tell us; given a taste
of 90-degree weather people begin
calling up to check on prices of
Xoom-cooling units.
The prices of free-standing room
cooling units are down a little, cost
ing about $260 in a size capable of
cooling a room 13 by 16 feet, $350
for a room 14 by 20 and $365 for a
room 15 by 22 feet, all with 8-foot
ceilings. These are installed prices
and are said to represent a drop
of about 20 to 25 per cent from four
or five years ago.
We have been looking over a new
line of packaged room-cooling units
and have to report that they are
good-looking and simple in design.
They have none of the gimcracks of
design which frequently mar the ap
pearance of the radio cabinets they
resemble. Simple walnut-grained
cabinets with side and top registers,
they are backed up to windows, con
nected to electric circuits of proper
capacity, and are ready to run.
If a unit Is properly selected for
the size of room it is to cool, a 10
degree drop between inside and
outside temperatures is possible in
almost all kinds of weather. That is
about all the cooling advisable for
persons who go in and out of houses
In summer weather. Too great a
difference encourages summer colds.
For rooms where no window is
available to place the cooling unit
against there is a water-cooled unit
■which is connected with the plumb
ing line. Its installation is a little
more of a nuisance, but it costs the
same as the largest-size air-cooled
unit and handles the same amount
of space. It has the advantage of
being exceptionally constant in its
cooling capacity, since the tempera
ture of the water which cools the
condenser is approximately the same
during the summer, while the air
used for cooling the condenser in
the air-cooled models varies writh
outside weather.
In the winter all these units can
be used to circulate and filter air.
Their operation is extremely quiet.
Pre-Finishing for Plywood.
A new pre-finishing treatment for
fir plywood is rousing interest in
the home-building field. It is a syn
thetic resin-base material designed
to go on plywood and insure the cov
ering up of grain, which hitherto
has been difficult even when the
Wood was well painted.
Of course, for some purposes, such
as walls in a basement playroom,
the busy pattern of the wood grain
ing is attractive. But there are
places—your dining room, for in
stance—where this might make you
hesitate and even decide in favor
of more expensive wood. With the
new pre-finishing material, selling
at 90 cents a quart or $3 a gallon,
there are almost no places where fir
plywood can't go.
The secret of this material's ef
fectiveness lies in its ability to
penetrate the spring and summer
growths of the wood evenly, result
ing a smooth foundation which
will “take" paints or enamels with
out the grain showing through and
eliminates the “wild" effect when
fir plywood is stained. This treat
ment goes a long way toward elimi
nating hairline checking, too.
If you want to use plywood in
formal rather than informal ways,
you should look into this new pre
finishing treatment.
Peephole Recalls Speakeasies.
Shades of the speakeasy days are
recalled by a new device for front
doors of homes. It is a door knocker i
which is also a safety device. Its 1
center is a bull's-eye of one-way
glass, making a tiny window through
which some one on the inside of the
house can see any caller without
opening the door, but the visitor out
eide cannot see in.
Ten hardware finishes—chromes,1
brasses, bronzes, nickels, dead black
and old iron on white metal—for
the rim of the bull’s-eye and the
swinging door knocker which hangs
below it make the unit applicable
to any kind of door. Its interior has
a shutter device which is operated
when you want to find out who is
knocking.
These protective door knockers
cost about $5, weigh a little less :
than 2 pounds and are adjustable
for various door thicknesses up to
and including 2p inches. The small
est sizes will serve op thin-panel
doors.
The door knockers are installed
DWELLING AT MANOR CLUB—Attractive residence of Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Covert at 156 Montpelier road, Manor Club Estates,
Md. The home was built by Manor Club Estates, Inc., and
adjoins the golf course. —Star Staff Photo.
! without screws or bolts. The back
' threads into the front part of the
knocker through a hole cut in the
I door for that purpose, that's all.
! Naturally, it is a permanent part
i of the door.
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For further information about
products described here write the
Misses Ducas and Gordon, 230
West Forty-first street. New
York City, and inclose stamped,
self-addressed envelope.
Permits
fContinued From First Page.)
possible all-time record for Wash
ington, though complete figures are
not available.
Apartment building in May was
negligible in quantity. Permits were
issued for 31 small buildings, having
a capacity of 112 families. These
apartments are valued at $243,050.
In the preceding month, erection of
63 buildings, with a capacity of 761
units and a valuation of $2,126,000,
were included among the permits.
Apartment construction in May,
1939, was slightly in excess of
$1,200,000.
The May building total brought
the valuation of private construc
tion in the District for the first five
months of 1940 to $12,342,000, which
is approximately $5,000,000 under
the figure for the corresponding
period of last year, when building
reached its highest total since the
middle 1920s.
The value of additions, alterations
and repairs to existing structures in
May totaled $307,615, a slight in
crease as compared to April.
New building in May by sections
of the city follows: Northeast, $863,
500; Southeast, $571,750; Northwest,
$558,720, and Southwest, $31,400.
Modernization work by sections;
Northeast, $55,470; Southeast, $35,
570; Northwest, $200,525, and South
west, $16,050,
$8,950
TO SETTLE AN ESTATE—MUST BE SOLD
1309 Decatur Street N.W.
SAUL'S ADDITION
Entirely detached, this five bedroom house is an
OUTSTANDING BARGAIN. Spacious porches,
fireplace, garage, automatic oil heat and a
large well landscaped lot. The location is most
convenient—just one half block from bus and
car lines, fifteen minutes from down town.
Open Sunday, 10:30 Till 6.
BOSS and PHELPS, Realtors
1417 K Street Exclusively NA. 9300
See These Sensational Home Values
SIXTEENTH STREET HEIGHTS
ANOTHER ALDON CONSTRUCTION CO. SUCCESS
1 2 Under A C^\| IX Before
I 3 Construction if Completion
★ 6 Large Rooms
★ 3 Big Bedrooms
★ Full Basement with
Lavatory
★ Lorge Porches
★ Open Fireplace
★ Automatic Oil Heat
★ Air Conditioned
★ All Brick
A Slate Roofs
A Complete Kitchen
A Spacious Lots
’8,300
Exhibit Home
1250 Van Buren St. N.W.
Open Daily to 9 P.M.
To reach: Drive out 16th St.
to Van Buren and turn right
two squares, or out Georgia
Ave. to Van Buren and left
one square.
Realtors—Selling Agents
1505 H St. N.W. NA. 2345
Trick With a Screen
During the spring and summer
when window screens and screen
doors are used privacy may be ob
tained by painting the screens with
a thin coat of white paint. In the
daytime this will prevent vision from
the outside, while those within may
still look out.
Inspect the Hardware
Locks, bolts, hinges, and window
fastenings of the home require oc
:asional inspection. Loose fixtures
should be tightened, and broken
snes should be replaced. If the hard
ware has started to rust, sandpaper
ng and refinishing will lengthen Its
ife and improve its appearance.
First Showing
Excellent Style • • . Unusual Plan
i" -.
9111 Crosby Road, Woodside, Md.
First floor contains studio living room, dining room,
bedroom, with bath, and exceptionally fine kitchen,
with breakfast nook. Second floor has 3 rooms and
bath—with a large panelled recreation room and full
bath in basement. Large lot.
Louie D. Keller, Builder
To reach—Out Georgia Ave. to Highland Drive
(9100 block), right to Crosby Hoad and house.
Open Daily
Wm. M. Throckmorton
Investment Realtor Dl.
Bldg. 6092
Kenwood
"Live Where You Walk to Play”
218 Kennedy Drive
Building materials are advancing in price, but
this beautiful Colonial home, perfect in plan,
construction and appointments, is being offered
at a price based on building costs of several
months ago. The lot is 110x129 feet and is
within a few minutes' walk to the Kenwood
Golf and Country Club, where golf, swimming
and tennis can be enjoyed.
Drive out over the week-end and absorb the
natural beauties of Kenwood. While here ask
about other homes for sale, some not so large
as the above.
HOMES AND HOMESITES FOR SALE ONLY TO APPROVED
PURCHASERS
Kennedy-Chamberlin Development Co.
Kenwood Office: Kennedy Drive and
Chamberlin Ave.—W i s c. 4425
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Directiono for Reachingt
Drive out Connecticut Avenue to Chew Chase Circle, west on
Grafton Street through Somerset to Kenwood, or out Wisconsin
Avenue to Dorset Avenue, west on Dorset Avenue, through Somer
sets to Kenwood, or out Connecticut or Wisconsin Avenue to
Kraileg Lane ant We st on Broiler Lane to Kenwood.
Residential Building
In Cities Reaches
10-Year High Point
91,543 Units, Valued
At $322,293,300, Is
January-April Total
Residential construction in cities
of 10,000 and greater population
during the first four months of this
year reached a new 10-year Janu
ary-April high in both units and
dollar value, it was estimated today
by economists of the Federal Loan
Bank Board.
There were 91,543 dwelling units
valued at $322,293,300 built or pro
jected by all types of builders in
the first third of the year, as com
pared with the previous record set
in the same period last year of
81,500 units costing $290,869,000, ac
cording to the Board's Division of
Research and Statistics which bases
its monthly study upon an analysis
of building permits reported to the
Department of Labor.
In April 29, 823 units of all types
were built. This was a rise of 18
per cent over March and 39 per cent
over April, 1939. April construction
was valued at $105,128,700, or 19
per cent more than in March and
35 per cent greater than in April,
1939.
The April and four-month in
creases were due chiefly to continu
ing expanding activity on the part
of private builders, the division's
figures showed. The value of one
and-two-family dwelling units—the
construction of which is privately
financed—was $80,469,500 in April, a
gain of 25 per cent over March
and 38 per cent over April, 1939.
This type of construction had a
value of $222,141,800 during the
first four months of this year, 14
per cent more than in the same
period a year earlier.
Light- Helpful in Closet
A light in the linen closet will do
much to lessen confusion caused by
groping for some article.
Full Program Planned
For Realtors' Outing
Unusual entertainment will ac
company the service of dinner at
the realtors’ annual outing, which
will bt held at the Manor Country
Club on Wednesday, June 12, ac
cording to Raymond M. Taylor, who
is supervising this phase of the
.party.
During the afternoon members
of the Washington Real Estate
Board, sponsor of the outing, and
their guests will participate in va
rious sports activities. Entries for
golf are being received by John H.
Davidson, chairman, and the con
tests in this field will include com
petition for the handicap, low gross
and blind bogey prizes. A number
of members and guests will enter
the baseball game, the details of
which will be handled by Jasper
D. Franklin. Among other sports
will be a variety of races and swim
ming.
The demand for reservations has
far exceeded the available accom
modations, according to William E.
Shannon, Jr., chairman of the Ticket
Committee. At a recent meeting of
the Program Committee Edward R.
Carr, general chairman, paid tribute
to the support he has received from
all chairmen and committeemen.
Leaving from the board’s office
at 12:30, the party will be accom
panied by a motorcycle escort from
the Metropolitan Police Department
and at the District line a detail of
Maryland State Police will accom
pany the party to the club.
Madison Manor
The Leading Value
In Arlington County .
*4,990 up
F. H. A. TERMS
$32.75 Mo.
5 and 6 SPACIOUS ROOMS
An advertisement is no place to be modest. MADISON MANOR
offers the greatest dollar-for-dollar value in low-eost housing la
the metropolitan area today.. Our more than 20 years’ experience
is reflected in every home we build. These statements, we eon
fidently believe, are clearly Justifled by the amazing success story
of MADISON MANOR. 7
See the «-room Homes—Living room 15.3x17, with basement door
level with rear yard.
Priced as Low as $5,690
Payments Approximately $36.00
Bo.w'ffh'°l?'r Memorial Bridge, bear right on Lee Bnulerard to Otebt
Road (traffic light), lett three blocks to furnished Exhibit home.
DRIYE OUT TODAY!
Built By
J. E. Douglass Co., Inc. '
5130 CONN. AVE.
Sal; By BRASURE
GE. 1936
Chest. 9851
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EXHIBIT HOME
Furnished by
BRINSON’S
TO REACH:
Over Memorial Bridge
and out New Lee
Boulevard *4 of a mile
beyond traffic light at
Glebe Road. Arlington
Forest is on New Lee
Boulevard.
| 4766 NEW
LEE BLVD.
I Designed, Built
1 and Sold by
I Meadowbrook
5 INC.
Monroe Warren, Pres.
11 'mTTIlWl M t T/,ere’s Extra Value in these
H T Homes for they are Extra Well
-I- JIwXIl# Built—Extra Well Planned and
Extra Well Situated in Lovely
WOODLAWN
VILLAGE
Mott Picturttque Community in Arlington Co.
M9IRE among the most attractive surroundings you
are offered a wide choice of charmingly artistic
homes of extraordinary merit at these moderate prices.
The bungalows all have five spacious rooms attractively
arranged, full tile bath with shower, completely equipped
kitchen with built-in conveniences, large closets, light,
airy basement with outside entrance, large floored attic
and covered porch. Each home is metal weather
stripped and insulated throughout and equipped with
BUY NOW!
Before Prices Advance
on Terms as Low as
$590 CASH (
Settlement
Charges
Included
Monthly
Payments
Less Than Rent
hot-woter or air-conditioned heating system
with oil burner. Extra rooms can be
built in attic and basement.
Two-Storv
\ Brick Homes
\ Three homee ef this type.
' such as the one Illustrated
> on the left, now available.
( They are of all-briek con
struction with furred walls,
| well Insnlated and metal
weather-stripped tbroush
! out. Living room with
| open fireplace, dining room
H and completely eaulpped
jf kitchen, with S large bedrooms,
Pi~ tile bath and ahower on floor
above. Basement with outside en
hance; eaulpped with hot-water heat
ing system and oil burner.
.
Come Out and See "" ••••••••••’
Our Exhibit Home
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Furnished by Hutchison
1625 N. Edison SI.
Corner ISth Root N.
Open Daily and Sunday Until 8:00 P.M.
TO REACH: Drive over Key Bridge and bear right on Lee
Highway thru Cherrydale to traffic light at N. Glebe Rd.
Turn left i blocks to lTth St. N., then right X blocks to
N. Edison St. and homes. Or cross Memorial Bridge and
bear right on Lee Blvd. to N. Glebe Rd. at traffic light,
then right Hi miles to lTth St. N. and left to homes.
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