Building Authority Urges Now To Build Homes Nationwide
The Building Authority promoting home investment notes rising building costs but argues mortgage reforms and new homes offer value. E H Batchelder Jr of Transvalite cites a nationwide survey showing 1926 price baselines and modern improvements like heating, insulation, and better plumbing in today’s houses. It highlights supply demand as a motivator, with 1920s average new homes around 700000.
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E. H. Batchelder, Jr
Trnsvalite Company
Economic Outlook on Housing and Bank System Benefits
A 1930s housing report notes 1933 34 dwelling starts around 70 000 with 1935 36 still short of needs causing vacancies below two percent and rising rents. It urges timely building, cites skilled labor plentiful, material costs likely higher, and advocates for direct reduction loans via savings and loan associations and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board administered system.
North Carolina Banks Join Federal Home Loan Bank Network
One hundred nine North Carolina thrift and home finance institutions joined the Federal Home Loan Bank of Winston-Salem. The group now holds about 132 million in assets, with 92 state charted savings, 14 federal savings and loan associations, and three life insurance firms. The system supports long-term home loans through district bank advances and mortgage collateral.
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Washington, D. C
North Carolina
Federal Home Loan Bank of
Savings, Building and Loan Associations
Federal Savings and Loan Associations
Savings, Building and Loan Association
James G. K. McClure, Jr
Asheville
J. F. Stevens
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Reserve Bank
Preston Delano
Federal Home Loan Bank System
Savings and Loan Association
Home Loan Bank
Ickes To Speak To Realtors At Annual Meeting
Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes will address the National Association of Real Estate Boards at its Pittsburgh convention on October 22. His talk on housing and federal roles will be broadcast nationally on NBC Blue Network from 10 to 10 30 P M Eastern Time. Association President Paul E B Stark of Madison, Wisconsin will introduce him.
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Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
United States Housing Authority
Wagner-Steagall
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
NBC
Blue
Paul EB. Stark
Madison
Wisconsin
Association
Mr. Ickes
Davidson Prepares To Hold Homecoming Day On November 6
Davidson College will host Homecoming Day on November 6 with a luncheon for six hundred alumni and wives. Charlotte speakers Dr. Julian Miller and Mr. David Owens will address attendees before the Davidson versus University of North Carolina football game at Richardson Field.
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Davidson
Davidson College
North Carolina
Julian Miller
David Owens
Charlotte
Chambers Building
Richardson Field
Chapel Hill
Miss Harriet Elliott to Attend AAUW Board Meeting
Greensboro report notes Miss Harriet Elliott dean of women at Woman's College will join the National Board of the American Association of University Women in Washington on Thursday October 28. She serves on the board and chairs the association's legislature committee.
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Greensboro
Miss Harriet Elliott
Woman's College
American Association of University Women In
Washington
Miss Elliott
Association
Home Of The Month Plan To Be Reviewed In Pittsburgh
The Home of the Month for October selected by the National Association of Real Estate Boards is showcased in McCall’s. It features traditional transitional and modern styles on one floor plan with front yard changes and garden-facing living rooms. The Pittsburgh convention will host talks by McCall’s editor James Harold Hawkins and Elizabeth Gordon, with realtors from seven states attending and specialized groups and excursions planned for attendees.
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Land Developers and Home Builders Division
National Association of Real Estate Boards
McCall's Magazine
Pittsburgh
James Harold Hawkins
McCall's
Elizabeth Gordon
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
George Washington
Tennessee Association of Real Estate Boards
Jacksonville
Florida Association of Set
St. Augustine
Real Estate Boards
Paul E. Stark
Madison
Wisconsin
Cotton Prices Fairly Steady Mentioned in Extension Notice
Time extended for cotton growers to file sale receipts with county farm agents for cotton sold this harvest. Receipts for sales before October 15 must be filed by October 30 to qualify for AAA price adjustment payments, per E. Y. Floyd of State College. Receipts for sales after October 15 are due within 15 days of sale.
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AAA
E. Y. Floyd
State College
Convicts Harvest Corn In Flooded Areas Of State
Seven hundred Caledonia prison farm convicts work at top speed to harvest about 40 000 bushels of corn threatened by rising Roanoke River waters. R G Johnson penal division director reports the effort began Friday as he heads to Caledon to supervise operations. Dr R V Yokely local physician plans to attend the American Congress of Anesthetists meeting in Chicago and study anesthesia techniques.
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Raleigh
Caledonia
Roanoke River
R. G. Johnson
Joh
Caledon
Chicago
Thomasville
R. V. Yokely
American Congress of Anesthetists
Congress
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Bronxville, N. Y
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Ickes
J. F. Brownlow
Knoxville
H. Capp Ogburn
Winston- Salem
North Carolina Association of Real Estate Boards
J. H. Wells
Jackson
Mississippi Realty Association
Alexander Foreman
Mobile
Alabama Real Estate Association
Wmcc
Gilbert
Savannah
Georgia Real Estate Association
Stephen McCready
Ocala
Florida Association of Real Estate Boards
Sam R. Zimmerman
Greenville
Greenville Real Estate Board
Walter Shelly
Jacksonville Real Estate Board
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