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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1938

Page

17

Screen doors that blend with homes offer lasting, affordable cooling

Specially designed screen doors enhance exterior appearance while keeping insects out. Aluminum copper bronze and other metals allow doors to match doorways without sagging warping or discolouring with proper care. Federal Housing Administration rulings enable property improvement credit loans from banks and lenders to fund screens.

Federal Housing Administration

Roofing Shapes Modern Home Design For Better Beauty

The article explains how roof choice now complements architecture, detailing popular materials such as composition, wood shingles, slate, asbestos, and tile. It advises consulting an architect or builder for best material fit and notes financing via FHA property improvement credits.

FHA

Small Home Interiors Beautified by Paper

Interiors of small homes lend themselves to decorative schemes using war papers. Decorators can use strips of paper instead of draperies and paper walls up to the ceiling to create the illusion of greater height. FHA property improvement credit plan can fund re-papering.

FHA

Fiscal Year Closing Soon To Have Smallest Federal Deficit Since 31

Treasury officials say the current fiscal year will end with the smallest deficit since 1931, around 1.41 billion dollars excluding debt retirements, as income tax receipts push toward the predicted 1.34 billion dollar shortfall.

Washington Treasury Roosevelt Reconstruction Finance Corporation RFC

Fireplaces Add Comfort and Beauty to Homes

Fireplaces, real and appealing, symbolize home life and family warmth. Modern versions of the old hearth offer pleasure to any household, with a wide range of mantels and stock designs now available at reasonable costs for new houses or renovations.

Squadron leader breaks speed in Hawker Hurricane flight

An England based squadron leader piloted a Hawker Hurricane at 408.7 miles per hour. He covered 327 miles in exactly 48 minutes, achieving a notable speed record in the new fighter.

England

New Martin 166 Bomber Seats Four or Five Crews

The Martin 166 bomber accommodates a crew of four or five men and reaches a top speed of about 230 miles per hour at eight thousand feet.

Kosciuszko and Paine Featured on Polish Stamp Commemorating U S Constitution Anniversary

Polish stamp honors Tadeusz Kosciuszko for service in the American Revolution, highlighting his New York and Yorktown roles and Washington’s promotion. Also shown is Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense, whose words spurred revolutionary thought and became a rallying cry for independence.

Tadeusz Kosciuszko America United States Poland U. S Kosciuszko New York Yorktown Washington Congress George Washington Thomas Paine Paine

North American Birds Reach 800 Recorded Species

North America north of the Rio Grande now lists 800 distinct bird species in official records. Researchers note ongoing discoveries as habitats across the region support diverse avifauna.

North America The Rio Grande

Home Buying Not To Be Considered As Speculative

Federal Housing Administrator Stewart McDonald argues home buying should be seen as a long term investment not speculation. He notes profits from quick resale are rare and emphasizes ownership brings security pride and well being while FHA protects buyers and lenders from risky loans and shoddy construction.

Stewart McDonald Federal Federal Housing Administration FHA

Seven decorative schemes in lead for home interiors

The article notes seven leading interior decoration motifs Regency Swedish Modern Exposition Modern Colonial Victorian Eighteenth Century French and English plus options for funding through the Federal Housing Administration property improvement credit plan.

Federal Housing Administration

Yearly Pullman Patronage Surpasses Airline Traffic

Over a year the number of Pullman car patrons reached 40 million, far outstripping airline passengers reported at about 1.25 million. The comparison highlights rail travel's broad reach versus air travel in the period.

Tin Roof Painting When Peeling Is Noted

When paint peels on a tin roof the entire surface should be repainted after cleaning loose paint. Prepare with steel wool or sandpaper, then turpentine or benzine. Apply red lead in thin coats, drying a week between coats. three coats advised. New roofs should be treated or weathered two to three months before painting.

No Pony Express Pony in FHA Property Note

A fragmented note mentions loosened paint from a reaction and jokes about ponies and the Pony Express. The text also plays on FHA financed property and horses, but lacks a clear event or person to anchor a fuller report.

Pony Express

Radium-rich Stone Mountain Rock Unworth Working

Stone Mountain near Atlanta holds more than 120 million dollars in radium but the ore grade is too low to justify extraction. Experts note the potential remains but economic viability is lacking.

Stone Mountain Atlanta

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