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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1936
Page
20
Air conditioning has become one of America’s fastest growing industries and a key factor in health and comfort in homes and offices. Dealers report 65 percent of new or replaced heating systems include cooling, with both winter and summer needs addressed by central or room units and automatic controls.
The article traces heating from open fireplaces to iron stoves to hot air furnaces and steam systems. It notes how climate control expanded from heating to cooling, with air conditioning now central. It explains heating and air quality functions in winter and the year round importance.
A large capacity attic ventilating fan provides summer cooling when used at night with open windows and ample indoor air circulation. The system draws cool night air through rooms and vents it outside via attic louvers, aided by awnings or outside painted blinds. A basement fresh air intake can feed cool air to living spaces by drawing basement air upward when needed. The fan should run only briefly to avoid wasting cool air.
Burglars in East Hampton Conn ignored a warning sign reading dont blow off the door it is unlocked and used a hammer and chisel to pry open the inner compartment of a drug company safe but found nothing of value.
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