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Growing Interest of Market
In Real Estate Stocks Shown
-J. By HENRY J. BECHTOLD
" l)PI Financial Editor ,
New York - (UPD - The list
ing on the American Stock
i Exchange Monday of the com
mon stock of
Realty Equi
ties Corp.
fur ther un
derscores the'
growing inter
est of Wall
Street and the
public for in
vestm e n t in
real estate
j , Henry Bechtold companies. -Real
estate securities have
? - only become fashionable fa
r vontes of investors in recent
; years. In the past 18 months
I ; alone scores of companies
.! . Involved in some aspect of
,- real estate have, "gone pub
. lie."
; The public offering in April
j of Realty Equities stock, how
5 ever, was the first for a real
V : estate firm which made its
jj ; reputation and money by buy
" 21ng and developing for quick
a resale a variety of properties.
Today the firm is involved in
'..'I every type of real estate
i,activity.
. ft- Behind this trend toward
i Investment in realty stock is
' the realization by the public
: that property and land invest
; ments are excellent hedges
' 'against inflation, according to
(ii-JHorris Karp, 31 year old
'.president of Realty Equities.
Karp explained that tra
; ditionally, real estate values
increase at a greater rate than
the dollar purchasing power
-during inflationary spirals.
iti He noted, for example, that
i real property has been steady-rate
of 4 per cent annually,
.or twice the rate of inflation
i in the purchasing power of
; the dollar.
,- Another positive factor, he
J stated, has been the continued
";. expansion of the American
economy and standard of liv
ing, highlighted by the con
struction boom of the 1950s
which caused burgeoning land
'. values throughout the coun
. try.
The fantastic developments
In such areas as Florida, Ari
zona, and Long Island forced
' investors as well as profes-
sional investment houses to
, take note of the profits being
made by farsighted develop-
These investors, Karp said,
were attracted especially by
the growth potential in land
' .a n d home developments,
shopping centers, office build
ings and apartment buildings.
He pointed out that syndi
cators, who were instrumen
tal in further educating broad
segments of the public to the
intricacies and the profits in
' herent in real estae invest
." ments, took careful note of
'- this post-war interest in real
estate.
A Quarter of a
Century ...
Sound! like a long time, doesn't it?
That's how long we have served this -community,
and tried to do our best, .
too. We have been happy here among
so many friends. The stay seems so
brief. We shall continue to give of
our best, always.
LITWILLER
FUNERAL HOME '
Highway 66 at Normal Ave.
Ashland Dial MU 5-4541
Only local member of Oregon &
There nothing is one of many
(ho WnM Ca.. u J
This has resulted in the
successful exchanges of syndi
cate interests for common
stock recently by Kratter
Corp., Futterman Corp. and
Tenney - Corp. These com
panies are outgrowths of nu
merous syndications formed
by the men for which the
companies were named.
Another major syndicator,
Louis Glickman, also is ex
pected soon to consolidate his
interests by exchanging them
for common stock in a newly
formed real estate corpor
ation. . 1
The real estate boom has
been quite marked in' land
development. Among the
companies which have offered
stock to the public are Gen
eral Develop ment Corp.
(A m e r i can Exchange), All
State Properties. (American),
and Arvida Corp., Major
Realty Corp., Horizons Land
Corp., Garden Land Co., Ltd.,
and Lefcourt Realty, (all over-the-counter).
In construction and invest-
Recession May
Have Caused Dip
In Birth Rate
Washington- (UPD -The 1957
59 business recession may
have caused the decline in
the explosive U.S. birth rate,
according to the Population
Reference Board, Inc.
The bureau, in an analysis
published in its periodical
"Population Bulletin," said
many Americans may have
been concerned about "the
duration and seriousness of
the business recession of 1957
59" in planning their fam
ilies. " '
It said the birth rate dur
ing, the great depression of
the 1930s was well below the
present rate, and "every mi
nor economic recession since
1946 has been followed by a
slight, temporary . decline in
the birth rate."
Below Previous Year
The Bureau said the birth
rate fell slightly for 11 con
secutive months - September
1959 to July 1960-below the
corresponding period of the
previous year. It said the birth
rate averaged 22.8 per thou
sand persons during the first
six months of 1960, a decline
from the corresponding aver
ages of 23.6 in 1959, 23.7 in
1958, and 24.2 in 1957.
Conceptions in the recession
months between May and No
vember of 1959 would have
occurred in births between
January and July of 1960
included in the period in
which the rate declined.
Mrs. Lltwiller
National Funeral Directors Ajs'n
C. M. Lltwiller
items of clothing featured
iti j i
ment there are such well
known companies as Webb &
Knapp (American), Tishman
Realty and Construction (N.Y.
Stock Exchange), and Uris
Brothers and Levitt Corp.
(both over-the-counter), all of
whose stock and-or debentures
are available to the public.
Land Dealings
These last four firms basic
ally acquire land, build on it
and then manage the property
for profit. Often they will
sell the property and lease it
back at an annual rental so
that they may again utilize
tneir capital to take on
another project.
Kratter, Futterman, Glick
man and Tenney, among oth
ers, are solely interested In
properties for investment and
yield. They - purchase build
ings or properties, develop
and manage them for income
and profit. They do not often
engage in construction.
Despite the transition of
the major syndicators to the
formation of public com
panies, Karp noted that syndi
cation still is a fast expanding
field of real estate invest
ment. ,
Annual Investment
It is estimated that $3 bil
lion is invested annually by
the public Is syndicate inter
ests. A real estate syndicate
is a group of investors who
pool their money to purchase
an income producing proper
ty. Each investor becomes a
limited partner in the syndi
cate in proportion to his in
vestment.
Karp pointed out that
Realty Equities Corp. is a,
combination of all the above
operations and activities. It
buys real estate for resale
and-or investment, constructs,
and often syndicates major
properties.
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Insured Savings and Loan Associations, like ours, are
specialists in the home loan field. These associations
make more home loans than all other firPancial institu
tions combined.
This means that you can count on expert help from us
when you need a home loan. You will
receive friendly advice and assistance
from people who know this
and who know home financing.
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FIRST FEDERAL
Savings & Loan Assn. of Medford
29 North Ivy Street Robert F. Kyle, Manager
Adoption of New
Phonic Reading
System Sought '
By LOUIS CASSELS
Washington - (UPD - T h e
methods by which reading
and writing is taught in most
U. S. public schools were crit
icized sharply today by speak
ers at the annual meeting of
the Council for Basic Educa
tion. The council is a national
organization which seeks to
strengthen the teaching of ba
sic subjects in public schools.
Charles C. Walcutt, profes
sor of English at Queens col
lege, New York, and Glenn
McCracken, reading specialist
of the New Castle, Pa., public
schools, appealed for adop
tion of an entirely new phonic
reading program in schools.
The major problem in el
ementary education today,"
Walcutt said, "is the failure
of the orthodox methods of
reading instructionrthe whole-
word or look-say' method."
Word Guessing
McCracken said that teach
ers who assure concerned par
ents that "we do teach phon
ics" often are referring to an
incidental treatment of phon
ics "along with a lot of word
guessing." John H. Treanor, principal
of Francis Parkman school
at Jamaica Plain, Mass., said
that after visiting schools in
47 states he had come to the
conclusion that "Johnny can't
write either." .
He said most of the superin
tendents of the schools he vis
ited admitted that written
composition is the weakest
subject in elementary schools.
Treanor blamed the situation
in part on ill-pjrepared teach
ers who "do not recognize
the problems of composition,
never having studied it them
selves.
In some big school systems.
he said, the fault lies with
curriculum directors who
force upon the schools "a me
lange of progressivism, life
adjustment and social promo
tion" and insist that English
composition can be taught as
a sort of sideline : to social
studies.
Hits Driving Courm -Edward
A. Tenney of Indi
ana State Teachers college
said driver training courses in
public schools have been "a
boon to business and a disas
ter to education."
"Driver education promotes
the sale of insurance and the
sale of all those things which
the auto industry produces,"
but there is no evidence that
it has reduced the accident
rate among young people and
there is "ample" evidence that
it has helped to stimulate a
car-consciousness among stu
dents which seriously dis
tracts from their studies, he
said. ,
community,
you want
The Family Council
Edttor'i Note: Tha Family Council consists of a Judgo, a psychia
trist, thrte clercyiucn, three editors and a women's editor. Each article
Is a summary of an actual case history. The Council reDoru on
problems that
been . dealt
counselors. .
Mrs. L. R
psychiatrist.
Betty needs a
Betty R.-I'm not crazy,
Mrs. L. R.-I am terribly up
set about my 17-year-old
daughter, Betty, who has be
come a serious problem. ......
Recently I discovered she
had stolen some things from
a stot-e. None of them were
things she needed. I give her
an adequate allowance for her
necessities. . Then I learned
she had had relations with
her boy friend. Now I am
scared to death, every time
she goes out of the house.
I feel that she. needs help
from a psychiatrist. I don't
know how to cope ;with her.
She says she doesn't want to
go and you can't drag a 17-year-old
old. I have threatened
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with by responsible arencles and
to bring a psychiatrist to the
house, but I'm afraid she'll
suspect who he is right away
and will run away.
" .'
Betty R.-I am not crazy and
I don't need a psychiatrist.
I certainly will run away if
my mother brings around any
strangers.
I know why I did the
things. It was spite. I am very
unhappy in school because I
am behind my age group. The
reason is that' one teacher had
it in for me when I was a kid
and kept me back. After that
everyone thought I was dumb.
Later a teacher told me that
I have' a .good IQ and should
never have been left back.
If my mother doesn't stop
pestering me about the psy
chiatrist I'm going to leave
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home anyway, I'm very un
happy here.
The Council: It is most un
fortunate that Mrs. L. R. has
used the psychiatrist as a
threat, almost as a kind of
punishment to Betty for her
misdeeds.
The girl is frightened, defi
nitely needs help and her
mother's deep concern is quite
understandable. But nobody
can be taken to a psychiatrist
against his will and a psychia
trist, in most cases, will not
visit a home to see a patient
who doesn't wish to be seen.
It may be helpful for Mis.
L. R. to go to a psychiatrist
herself and talk over the
problem to get some Insight
into ways and means of han
dling her daughter until Betty
wants to see the doctor of her
own free will.
Betty should understand
that a psychiatrist's business
is by no means confined to
"crazy" people. In fact, pati
ents ill enough to be in hos
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fraction of the average doc
tor's practice. Their patients
are individuals like hcrsclf
unhappy, confused, doing
things they don't really want
to do.
She should also understand
that a psychiatrist is not a
person who imposes judg
ments or punishments, any
more than a medical doctor
imposes judgments or penal
ties on a person who comes to
him with a physical ailment.
His sole interest is in ridding
the person of whatever "bug"
is plaguing him.
Although Betty believes she
understands her own motives,
she should try to recognize
that this is not necessarily
the case. Even if it were, it
wouldn't help her to cure her
self. For example, a person who
catches pneumonia might say,
"I got my feet wet and was
chilled in a rainstorm." That
doesn't make him well. Be
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cause of the ailment is only a
partial explanation, an ex
planation of why he may have
been susceptible to the dis
ease on that day. Many other
people got their feet wet and
were chilled by the same rain
storm, yet they did not get
pneumonia.
Why? This is a fascinating
question when it is applied to
the human mind and behavipr.
Betty can learn all about that
if she is willing to let the.doc
tor try to help her. She is now
young enough to benefit
greatly.
(Copyright 1960,
General Features Corp.)
ALGERIAN ENDS TRIP
Cairo - (UPD - Algerian Mos
lem rebel leader Ferhat
Abbas returned Tuesday niglit
from a two-week visit to Pei
ping and Moscow. Abbas at
tended the Chinese Commu
nist regime's 11th anniversary
celebrations and conferred
with high Communist leaders
in both capitals.
F Rl .-SAT.
OCTOBER