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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1937
Page
38
The article argues for low ceilings to reduce construction and operating costs while maintaining comfort. It discusses how compact rooms fit modern design trends, heating efficiency, and insulation enabling comfortable temperatures with lower ceiling heights.
The dining room should be on the south east corner to share morning light for breakfast and luncheon with dinner often eaten under artificial light, so a western location is unnecessary and best reserved for another room that needs it.
Old shingle roofs that spring leaks may have their lives prolonged by slipping small weather resisting metal sheets under the worn shingles. The metal sheets can be painted to match the roof color and will be hardly noticeable.
Carrara Italy the largest man made explosion in history rocked the famous marble quarries as one million tons of pure white material were blasted free. authorities evaluated the blast site and reported debris scattered over several acres with workers evacuated for safety.
Marble was released in an enormous block by 200 tons of electrically fired dynamite. Two hundred skilled workmen labored for one year in cutting deep ridges around the marble mountain to prevent crumbling. The mass forms a triangle 330 feet by 280 feet by 280 feet.
The article explains careful color planning for one room apartments to create a bright harmonious and artistic atmosphere. It cites a butter yellow wall color with an off white yellowish ceiling, matching Venetian blinds, and a yellow wing chair, contrasted by reddish purple and eggplant upholstery. chintz patterns in rose blue and green provide contrast to mahogany furniture and a dark rug. It notes FHA insured modernization credit may fund painting and decorating but excludes furniture curtains and rugs.
In a terse exchange a man asks to marry a daughter and inquires about drinking. A reply suggests addressing another matter first, leaving the exact context and persons unspecified in the surviving text.
Old houses with sprawling porches lose sunlight and charm. Tear down or rebuild porches for better light and a Georgian look. Remove Turkish towers and odd 80s windows to simplify the facade and improve sale value.
Washington D C More than half of non farm families in the United States live in rented quarters. Many are in old one and two family houses with poor condition, while several million in large cities occupy multi family dwellings. There is demand for low and moderate rentals and for modern one family houses for rental. Private capital has been slow to enter these fields during the current recovery. Immediate need for prudent investments in low and medium priced rental housing.
In Seini Transylvania two engineers fueling locomotives stopped at a junction and sampled local wine. They fell asleep in a nearby saloon while passengers waited, delaying the trains for a drink.
A milk cabinet with an inner and outer door prevents freezing in cold weather and lets the housewife reach a bottle without going outside.
An attractive dining area shows a floor painted close to black deep blue. Chairs are upholstered in blue leather and the same shade frames windows doors base boards and cornice trim.
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