FHA Celebrates Sixth Birthday Milestone in Housing Insurance
The Federal Housing Administration marked its sixth birthday on June 27 with about 3.5 billion dollars in insured home and property improvement financing. Administrator Stewart McDonald announced hundreds of thousands of mortgages, modernization loans, and improvements supported by over 10,000 private lenders, benefiting more than 12 million people across the United States. He noted strong activity in April and May with around 20,000 new home applications and over 100 million dollars in insured loans, and projected another 100 million in June. The FHA aims to be self supporting in the next fiscal year from insurance revenue.
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Federal Housing Administration
Stewart McDonald
McDonald
Congress
Roosevelt
Color recipes for house exteriors from New York exhibition
The text presents color ideas to enhance home appearance using exterior hue combinations. It lists five color recipes with specified roof colors, wall tones, trim shades, and doors, illustrating how palette choices can refresh homes.
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New York
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN HOME EQUIPMENT
American home builders increasingly adopt new household devices and materials to boost convenience. Innovations include self cleaning asbestos cement siding shingles, a versatile plaster base insulating barrier, a Colonial corner cabinet, combined storm sash and screen units, new concrete floor dyes, prefabricated metal interior panels, and odor preserving closet finishes.
Doors and windows need checking now
Sticking doors or windows usually require refitting or repair and with warm weather approaching homeowners should inspect for doors out of plumb, defec tive locks, defective window cords, broken latches, weather stripping needs, and potential replacement of wood panels with glass.
Height of Ceiling Important to Builders
Federal Housing Administration officials advise prospective homeowners to consider ceiling height as it affects construction costs. They note late nineteenth and early twentieth century homes favored high ceilings to stay cool, but modern architects prefer lower ceilings, since spaces more than 12 inches above a window head offer no cooling value without ventilation.
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Federal Housing Administration
Exterior Lighting Enhances Safety and Comfort
Exterior lighting on the house contributes to safety and comfort. Overhead lights by the driveway and garage doors prevent stumbles from bicycles and tools left out. A well lighted driveway also discourages prowlers and adds convenience.
Cash premiums at Missouri State Fair total 53803.25
Sedalia Mo July 4 cash premiums offered by the Missouri State Fair to be held at Sedalia for eight days August 18 25 will total 53803 25 The premium list shows 24 major departments including agriculture dairying education fine arts floriculture home economics and more The fair marking its fortieth anniversary opens and closes on Sundays last year attendance surpassed 250000 The secretary Charles W Green says copies will meet mail requests with added staff to handle Missouri exhibitors and farmers visiting relatives guests from Moline Ill stay with local hosts
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Sedalia
Missouri
Charles W Green
Green
Williams Family Hosts Guests for Fourth of July
Mr and Mrs Ed Williams with sons Glenn and Hiram Allen host Mr and Mrs Alfred Springer and daughters from East Alton Illinois. The group plans to celebrate the Fourth of July at Big Spring as guests this week.
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Ed Williams
Glenn and
Hiram Allen
Alfred Springer
East Alton
Ill
Big Spring
Waking Potatoes for Fall Planting in New Madrid
County Agent John E. Herlinger prescribes ethylene chlorhydrin to wake resting seed potatoes for fall crops. Details cover preparation, solution ratios for 2, 4, and 10 bushel quantities, eight hour soaking in cool conditions, then drying and storage. Also notes lime box to deter disease by gating cattle through dew-laden pastures.
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New Madrid
John E. Herlinger
Suggested Remedy for Foul Foot in Cattle New Madrid
July 4 report from county extension agent John Herlinger on remedies for foul foot in cattle. Treatment includes a two hour soak in warm antiseptic solutions such as five percent stock dip or one percent acetic acid, or ten percent copper sulphate for severe cases. After soaking, scrub and trim loose flesh, rinse pockets, apply a prepared dressing, and bandage. Preventive steps emphasize keeping feet properly cared for.
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New Madrid
John Herlinger
Understanding Missouri speed limits and vehicle inspection
The Missouri Motor Vehicle Law does not set a maximum highway speed. It requires drivers to travel at a speed that does not endanger others. The statement about no state requiring inspections is false. sixteen states have compulsory vehicle inspections.
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Missouri
Union
Dill Family Visit In Carbondale Area
Mr and Mrs John Dill of Carbondale Illinois visited yesterday with the former s mother Mrs A B Dill and other relatives in town.
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John Dill
Carbondale, Til
A. B. Dill
Leech Furniture CEO Trades in St. Louis Business Day
KE. C. Leech transacted business in St. Louis yesterday for the Leech Furniture Company, signaling ongoing commercial activity for the firm in the Missouri market.
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KE. C. Leech
St. Louis
Leech Furniture Company
Scott County Added to New FSA Tenant Purchase Program
Scott County is among twenty Missouri counties added to the Farm Security Administration tenant purchase program for 1940 41. The act authorizes 40 year loans at 3 percent to eligible farm tenants and laborers to buy family farms, with about 1 658 000 allocated for the 58 counties._details handled by district FSA office in the local post office building.
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Scott County
Missouri
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Farm Security Administration
District Fsa
Andrew
Berry
Callaway
Cass
Chariton
Dade
Dent
Harrison
Henry
Lewis
Lincoln
Interior decor for small homes with cheerful kitchen design
The article discusses practical yet distinctive interior decorating for small homes. It notes that lavish furnishings are unnecessary and that colors and materials should be purposeful, highlighting a kitchen with black walls and woodwork and a linoleum floor in a black and cream checkered pattern.
Mrs Hollenbeck and daughter return home from Eldon
Mrs. L. M. Hollenbeck and her daughter Ann left Eldon, Missouri, after six weeks with Mrs. W. B. Simpson who is convalescing from a major operation.
Gasoline as ballast in cars weighs about six pounds per gallon
Gasoline serves as ballast for vehicles with a typical weight of roughly six pounds for every gallon. The fact highlights how fuel mass contributes to overall vehicle weight and balance.
Gifts This Week to Sikeston Library
The Sikeston Kiwanis Club donated 25 to buy children’s books for the Sikeston library. The Preschool Unit of the Parent-Teacher Association donated a four volume set of The Mother’s Encyclopedia to aid in early reading and learning materials.
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Sikeston Library
Sikeston Kiwanis Club
The
Parent-Teacher Association
Traffic deaths in United States hit 2240 in March 1940
During March 1940, the United States recorded 2240 traffic fatalities, reflecting a high toll on roadways and indicating ongoing dangers for motorists and pedestrians nationwide.
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United States
Saving Money With Cotton Mags
An orderly closet benefits from garment covers made from cotton flour bags. Three bags yield a full size cover cut to 27 inches wide with a slashed front, placket back, and snap fasteners. Top edges slope to coat hanger shape, with a middle hook opening. Free booklet available from National Cotton Council or Textile Bags.
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National Cotton Council
Memphis
N. LaSalle St
Chicago
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Moline
Alfred Stovall
Philips
Eubanks Lumber Company
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Highway 60 East
Sikeston, Missouri
Nsparrre Abhivye
Powell’s Insurance Agency
Sikeston, MO
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