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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1935
Page
20
A guide to prevent heat loss in homes outlines air leakage and conduction as primary causes. It recommends weather stripping, caulking, sheet metal sealing, and proper dampers in chimneys to cut fuel costs and improve comfort and health.
The article explains major heat losses from homes due to conduction through walls floors windows and roofs. It recommends insulation and weather stripping, noting windows often lose more heat than walls and suggesting double glazed sashes for fuel economy.
Modern homeowners find great convenience in installing a small telephone nook or closet. It eliminates house noises and provides a shelf for the directory and writing space along with a bench. An electric light wired to the door switch lights when the door closes.
Industry reports show October sales up versus 1933 with Delco Appliance up 6.8 percent and Crane up 213 percent. Other gains include National Gypsum 20 percent Celotex 19 percent Ruberoid 35 percent Fox Furnace 50 percent Flintkote 25 percent Masonite 25 percent Kalamazoo Stove 48 percent and Upson 10 percent.
An extra folding table in the kitchen serves as a convenient surface for holding additional dishes when entertaining many guests. A drop leaf hinges to the wall with braces to support it, folding away to save space and costing little yet offering invaluable accommodation for extra tableware and food items.
Rural campaign backed by the Federal Housing Administration drives farmers and ranchers in the mountain states and west coast to repair rebuild and modernize homes barns and equipment. Modernization credit advances averaging just over $400 enable irrigation pumping poultry houses dairy barns and new milk houses boosting earnings and meeting sanitary rules across California Colorado Oregon.
A proposal urges building a gymnasium with showers as a cost effective retreat for father and son. It argues the facility would keep the boy from mischief and provide a place for father to stay in closer touch with his son while labor is available.
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