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REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, D. C. ^ jjjSEPTEMBER 14, 1946. SOCIETY AND RADIO 0
D. C. Building Permits
Totaling $487,630
Issued in Week
The dollar volume of building
permits issued during the last week
In the District jumped to $487,630,
an increase of $136,081 over the pre
vious week, according to records of
Robert H. Davis. District building
Inspections director.
Permits of $5,000 and over were
Issued as follows:
' Morris Pollin <fc Sons. 931 Long-'
fellow street N.W., owner and build-1
er; Berla & Abel. 1636 Connecticut1
avenue N.W., architect; 11 two-!
story brick and cinder block dwell-j
ings, 3915 to 43 Clay place N.E.; to
cost $88,000.
Chevy Chase Radio & Electric Co.,
4451 Connecticut avenue N.W., own
/ er; William P. Lipscomb Co.. Inc.,
635 tYoodward Building, builder;
Louis de Ladurantave, 1809 Law
rence street NE.. architect; to erect
one 2-story masonry stores and of
fices. 4418 Connecticut avenue N.W.;
to cost $85,000.
S. P. Cohen and I. S. Burke, 1709 H
street N.W., owner; Banks & Lee,|
Inc., 824 Tower Building, builder:
Evan J. Conner, 927 Fifteenth street
N.W., architect; to erect one 2-story
concrete, stone masonry warehouse.!
2046 West Virginia avenue N.E.; to"
Cost $75,000.
Philadelphia. Baltimore, Washing-;
ton Railroad Co., Philadelphia,!
owner; Jeffress-Dyer, Inc., 1741 K
street N. W„ builder; A. R. Wilson,'
Philadelphia, architect; to erect one
1-story concrete and brick freight'
house and office, 80 I street s.e.; to
cost $65,000.
Lizzie Lon Miller. 6360 Thirty-first
place N.W., owner; Jeffress-Dyer,
1741 K street N.WT„ builder; Marion
Leljoy Bagley, Chevy Chase, Md.,
architect ; to erect one 2-storv rein
forced concrete store, 436-38 k street
N.W.; to cost $50,000.
A. J. Hoss, Woodward Building,
owner; William P. Lipscomb Co.,
Woodward .Building, builder: L. de
Ladurantayo, 1809 Lawrence street
N.E., architect to erect one 2-story
brick and tile and concrete apart
ment and stores. 3-units, 1634-38
Wisconsin avenue N.W.; to cost
$45,000.
Michael Walsh. 1211 I street N.W.,
owner; George C. Burns. 605 Long
fellow street N.W., builder and archi
tect; to erect four- 2-story brick and
cinder block dwellings. ^>27-29-35
Forty-fifth strreet N.E.; to cost
$24,000.
H. Zirkin & Sons, Inc., 821 Four-!
teenth strreet N.W.. owner; Mooney
Construction Co.. 2539 Pennsylvania
avenue N.W., builder and architect;
to install electric passenger elevator,
'See PERMITS. Page B-7.i "
Real Estate
Shop Talk
.. Marshall Crossman. 5716 North
Twentieth street, Arlington, Va„
has been appointed chief of the!
planning section of the Veterans’
a a m misirauon
constru ction.
supply and real
estate service, F.
H. Dryden, as
sistant adminis
trator of the ser
vice, announced
this week.
Mr. Crossman,
a Legiop of Mer
it winner, enter
ed the Army in
1942 as second
lieutenant and
was released
from active duty
in Mav. this
Mr. Crossman.
year, with the rank of lieutenant
colonel. He is a native of Sioux:
Falls, S. Dak.
Frank Malcolm, recently with J.
Garrett Beitzell, and formerly with
Monroe Warren, has opened his own
real estate office at 906 Eleventh
street N.W.
Robert N. Brumback, Arlington,
Va.. has been released from the
Navy in which he served as a lieu
tenant commander and has been
licensed as a real estate broker.
The Realtors Bowling League
starts its season at the Chevy
Chase Ice Palace alleys at 7 p.m.
September 24. Teams representing
18 realtor firms have signed up.
•
HOME
LOANS
For Refinancing
Purchasing
Remodeling
• Lowest Interest
Cost computed
eoch month on
unpaid balance.
jt • Easy monthly
payments that in
clude interest,
taxes and insur
! once costs.
• No commissions
| and no renewal
| fees—liberal pre
payment privi
j! leges.
| • Payments by mail
made easy.
We Specialise in
C.l. Home Loans
to Veterans
Dlttrlct 2370
first ram
(Avmcs add Loan
JSSOCMTIOD
Conveniently Located:
*10 13th St. N.W. (Bet. F & G)
(So Branch Offices)
*>
D. C. Builders Protest Wage Case 'Delay'
BANK BUILDING SOLD—The District National Bank Building,
1406 G street N.W., has been sold through Leo M. Bernstein & Co.
to the District National Corp. Formerly housing the District
National Bank, the building has been occupied by Treasury
Department offices during the last several years. The Govern
ment has just vacated the first four floors. Remodeling is
contemplated.
The Week's
Housing Picture
Applications were filed for a
total of 1.481 rental units at the'
District Housing Center during
the week ending September 6.
of which 1.373 were for apart
ments and houses and 108 were
for rooms.
In the same period, 73 apart
ments and houses were listed
for rent, plus 386 rooms.
The local FHA office approved
21 applications to construct 31 (
new apartments and houses
during the week, of which 3.2
per cent were to sell for
less than $7,500 or rent for less
than $60 a month, plus applica- j
tions to convert 10 units.
Conditions facing rental-hous- I .
ing applicants duri/ig the week J
were indicated as follows: i,
Veterans Non- : ;
and Service *
Servicemen Persons Total t
Just arrived 422 54 47ti
Separated from 1
families 300 41 341 <
Unreasonable dis- 1
tance to commute 24 2 2rt 1
Evictions .__198 67 266
Present housing
inadequate-332 61 383 1
Total —1,276 205 1,481# J
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Fire Alarm Device
Gives Quick Warning,
Is Nearly Foolproof
By Hilson Munsey
A fire that Is discovered quickly
usually means the saving of the
property. As a protection against
Are destruction it is necessary to
provide some form of signal that
operates as the result of the sud
denly increasing heat near the spot
where the fire originates.
There is a fire alarm that has
been designed expressly for that
purpose. Ic is a small, light, com
pact and sensitive thermostat that
lets in a dual capacity. It uses two
forms of detection, the rate of the
emperature rise and the fixed tem
perature principle. The rate of rise
>ccurs when the fire increases the
veiling temperature suddenly—that
3. at the rate of from 15 to 20 de
?rees Fahrenheit or more in a min
Jte. This sudden change in tem
perature heats the thermometer
ind expands the air in the air
chamber. This, in turn, expands a
(See GADGETS, Page B-2.)
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Henry Asks Early
Hearing; Board
Seeks More Data
By Robert J. Lewis
Ernest F. Henry, executive direc-'
tor of the Home Builders Associ
ation of Metropolitan Washington,,
today charged the Wage Adjust
ment Board with delaying a hearing
on a petition of 130 home builders
in the Washington area for permis
sion to increase construction wage
rates above the 1942 level.
When asked to Comment on the
charge. Arthur D. Hill, jr,, board
chairman, said the board has "fully
co-operated” with the home build
ers in the case, and that additional
information requested three weeks
ago had not yet been received.
Disclosing the contents of a tele-'
gram he sent to the board yester-J
day, Mr. Henry said that the peti
tion had been pending before thej
board "many months.”
The case, he told the board, has
"come up twice in regular order,
once in June and again im August,
but without action on your part, i
"If you have any doubts about
the merits of our application, why
don’t you give us a hearing?” he
j wired. "If you have no such doubts,
; why don t we get a decision?”
Mr. Henry said builders had been
"ready and eager ’ to appear before
1 the board "since early January of
this year” to support their request,
but that the board had "persistently
refused us a hearing.”
"You know we cannot build
houses for veterans without the,
necessary labor, and that the 1942
rates are too low to attract any
labor” in view of increases granted
to builders of commercial and
monumental structures, he said.
Mr. Henry added that unless %
decision was reached soon, builders
would be forced to violate the
Stabilization Act. under authority
of which the board is charged with
establishing wage rates in the con
struction industry.
Mr. Hill’s statement follows:
"The board has fully co-operated
with Mr. Henry and the Home j
Builders Association not only in this
case but in other cases presented to
1 the board.
"In regard to the case presently;
pending before the board, certain
information in regard to wage rates
that have been paid by the contrac
tors involved was requested of Mr.
Henry three weeks ago.
"To date this information has
not been received and the board is
unable to proceed with the process-1
ing of thus case in the absence of
the requested information.”
3,128 District Veterans
Granted Home Loans
The Washington Regional Office
of the Veterans’ Administration to-!
day reported that 3,128 home loans I
amounting to $23,952,240 have been
confirmed, approved or committed1
in the District area, of which 71 i
loans were processed during the
week ending September 6.
Previous reports have listed dollar
values only for loans on which VA
has actually made a guarantee com-1
mitment after a final closing of
loans.
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§ MONEY TO L0tll|
p 1st Dead of Trust Only p
| Minimum Intermit Rates |
I G. CALVERT BOWIE 1
Sj Sultt 404-8. Washington Bldg.. ■
i|; 16th and N. Y Ave., RE. 7121 {§
I Correspondent—The Mutual Lite ■
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formerly attached to the War Department
Headquarters Staff, Army Service Forces, is
now associated with us in our Sates Department.
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Realtors ... Builders
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PAN AMERICAN UNION ANNEX PLANNED—Architect’s sketch shows proposed annex to the Pan
American Union Building as it would appear from Constitution avenue on a site bounded by
Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets and Virginia avenue N.W., y,’here the Iwo Jima statue now
stands. 11
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Pan American Files
Application to Build
Annex in District
An application for CPA author
ization to construct a $1,031,000
annex to the Pan American Union
Building to be located on a site
bounded by Eighteenth and Nine
teenth streets and Constitution and
Virginia avenues N.W. was filed
i yesterday by Dr. L. S. Rowe, director
general of the Pan American Union,
with the local Civilian Production
Administration office.
Construction of the annex to pro
; vide additional office space on that
site had been blocked by former
Secretary of the Interior Ickes since
] 1934 owing to the effect the struc
! ture would have on the vista of the
! Interior Department Building from
I Constitution avenue. The annex
j will be of marble and will conform
| in design to the main, building be
| tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth
! streets.
Of the total cost. $650,000 has been
made * available by the Carnegie
Corp., and the remainder will come
from Pan American Union reserve
; funds. Dr. Rowe said. The State
Department has urged approval of
the long-delayed project in a letter
to the Civilian Production Adminis
tration.
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Baltimore Man Elected
Mortgage Group Head
James W. Rouse. Baltimore, has
been elected a vice president of the
Mortgage Bankers’ Association of
America for the region which in
cludes the District, Maryland and
Virginia.
Guy T. O. Hollydav, Baltimore,
who is manager of the Randall H.
Hagner branch office in that city,
is the nominee for president of the
national organization. Election will
take place at the association’s 33d
annual convention in Cincinnati
September 30 and October 1 and 2,
Energising in
Ural Estate
PAUL HANNAN
District Will Be Represented .
At Producers' Council Session
Theodore L. Medford, secretary ofi
the Washington Chapter of the Pro
ducers Council, will represent the
; local group at the fall meeting of
me producers
Council at the
Hotel Pennsyl
vania. New York
| City, September
25 and 25, Blair
Childs, newly
elected chapter
i president, said
today.
Among speak
ers will be John
D. Small, civil
ian production
a d m i nistrator,
I who is sched
! uled to report
| on the building
Mr. Child*.
| materials ana construction supply
, and demand situation.
NHA Opens Drive
For Conversions
An all-out drive to encourage
remodeling of homes and conversion
: of buildings into veterans’ dwellings
has been opened by fhe National
Housing Agency.
Today, Charles S. Ascher. regional
; expediter, said the conversion pro
' gram ‘‘offers the best way to house
veterans and their families before,
winter sets in.”
NHA officials explain that con
verted units save money and ma-;
terials and can be produced more
quickly than other dwellings, v I
The Federal . Hopsing Administra
tion is prepared to help private
lenders finance conversion of build-;
\ ings and remodeling of homes, Mr.
Ascher said. FHA conversion loans
range up to $5,000 and are for
i terns up to seven years. They can
I be repaid from rent.”
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Correspondent for
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. Mass. Ave. Extended
A planned, restricted community of
new homes that are selling fast I
A group of new brick homes in a beautiful wooded j
» subdivision. Some ready for immediate occupancy.
Living room with open fireplace, dining room, large
completely equipped kitchen and open porch on 1st
floor. 3 large bedrooms, 2 bath} and ample closet
space on 2nd floor. Full basement, gas a-c heaf.
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Other speakers will be Thomas
S. Holden, president of the F. W.
Dodge Corp., who will present an I
industry view of building materials
production problems, and Dr. Ver-1
gil D Reed, associate Birector of
research for the J. Walter Thomp
son Co., who will analyze construc
tion in relation to the general eco
nomic outlook.
At a luncheon of the local chap
ter this week. Mr. Childs appoint- ■
ed the following committee chair
men: Membership, E. M. Gardner;!
publicity, J. p. Johnson, jr.; at- j
tendance. H. W. Josephson; pro-]
gram, William G. Jones, jr.. co-op
erative relations, F. W. Youry.
First Aid 4
for Houses
By Roger C. Whitman
Cleaning Electric Waffle Iron.
Question: How xan I clean my
electric waffle iron? It is badly
burned, and the outside nickelplat
ing is very much tarnished.
Answer: For best results take the
iron to an electric appliance shop
where repairs are made. If you wish
to do your own cleaning, cover the
iron with a paste of baking soda
moistened with water, and allow to
dry. This will remove much of the
discoloration. Before using again,
however, it should be brushed with
a vegetable oil and heated, which
is the same treatment given to a
new waffle iron. This is necessary
because the baking soda, in addi
tion to taking out the discolora-1
toon, will also remove the grease
from the surface. After all this
work, the grids will discolor again
when the iron is used. Do not expect
it to stay bright and shiny. The
tarnishing on the exterior of the
• iron should come off with a good
metal polish. There are good prod
ucts on the market. If the nickel
is worn off., you may be able to have
(SeeFIRST~AID"7 PagfT b52j
Use of Brick, Concrete
In Repairs Improves
Wooden Structures
By W. Wadsworth Wood
The average suburban house Is
built of wood and there are many
small replacements which the owner
can make himself without the ex
pense of hiring a carpenter or other
mechanic. Most of them can be
made with concrete or with brick
and will outlast wooden replace
ments at a ratio of 4 to 1.
The middle-priced frame house
will have wood steps from either
the porch or entrances right down
to the ground. There will be no
platform at the bottom of the steps.
By digging out 2 inches of the sur
face and setting in a plain rectangu
lar form 4 inches high, so that it
is 2 inches above the grade, and fill
ing it with concrete, the homeowner
will have a good solid concrete slab
of any dimensions he wants. The
mix used should be one of cement,
two of sand and three of gravel or
crushed stone.
Replacing Wooden Steps.
When wooden steps deteriorate
a very simple form may be set in
place and filled with the same mix
ture. Just enough water should
be used to make the mass workable
! and the concrete should be kept
covered with wet bagging or canvas
for at least three days. There need
be no worry about frost or heavy
foundation work because the weight
j and flat bottom surface of the step*
will insure permanence. »
There are occasions when a home
owner would like an open terrace
on the side or front of the house,
but the cost of the orthodox job is
prohibitive. Excellent Jobs have
been done by amateurs who have
leveled ofT the ground, constructed
a rectangular form of the correct
size and laid brick in any pattern
so as to form a paved surface. The
, edges were formed-up by pouring
a loose mixture of cement between
i the two outside rows of brick and
! the remaining brick joints were
! filled with ordinary loose sand.
Floors for garden houses, paths and
platforms may be made in the same
| manner.
Use of Flagstone Paths.
While it does not come under the
heading of replacements, the use
| of flagstone paths or walks is in
teresting. Flagstone is very ex
pensive today, yet it makes one of
j (See WOOD, Page B-7.)
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District 0222
Qfatfflk advantage/
With the opening of the new addition to this \
beautiful residential development:
Sixteenth Street
Woods
gives you added opportunity to select that Horn*
Site you will want..
. . . part of Shepherd Park ...
Selections are being rapidly made—so don't delay. Restricted j
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venierices close by—schools, churches, stores, movies, Hot
Shoppe, etc. Come and see the attractive homes olready
under construction that will be your neighbors'.
The low prices begin at $2,750.
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