Housing Woes Hit Defense Areas in Hard Year
In 1941 defense workers with modest salaries faced scarce housing as vacancies shrank to half a percent. Apartments filled, trailer and tourist camps emerged, and shantytowns near Ravenna vanished. Cleveland, Toledo, Akron, Youngstown and others reported tight markets with rising rents and new construction efforts to house workers for wartime plants and ordnance sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas
Ravenna
Akron
Warren
Dayton
Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland
Toledo
Canton
Columbus
Youngstown
Sandusky
Plum Brook Ordnance Plant
Norwalk
Milan
Huron
Defense
Airtemp Vapor Flame Furnaces Chosen for 300 Defense Homes
Currier Lumber Company tests EO-6 Airtemp Vapor flame furnace and standardizes on it for 300 defense worker homes. Automatic fuel fire, no coal handling, cleaner heat, lower annual fuel costs, compares favorably with coal. Demonstrations by Dine DeWees Co, Canton Ohio. seek installation in new homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Currier Lumber Company
Currier
Patrick J. Currier
Currier Company
Dine-DeWees Company
12Th St
Canton
Ohio
Adv
Federal share of tax bill climbs in 1941 42
United Press reports a study by the Federation of Tax Administrators shows growing centralization of government in the United States Canada and the United Kingdom during 1930 40. Local tax payments fell from 48 percent in 1930 to 34 percent in 1940 while federal payments rose from 35 to 38 percent. State collections also grew. For 1941 42, an estimated 54 percent or 22 billion dollars will go to the federal government with the rest split between state and local governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Federation of Tax Administrators
Federation
Insurance Firm Builds 1600 Homes In Project
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co of New York has bought a 187 acre tract in northern Alexandria Virginia for a 6.5 million cottage apartment project. The plan includes three two story fireproof groups totaling 1600 family units, with parks playgrounds and a school site. Rentals run about 15 per room monthly and 45 to 75 per unit with two year leases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
New York City
Alexandria
Proper paint treatment choices by wood type
A paint dealer or competent painter can advise on product selection since different woods require distinct treatments. White oak fillers won’t suit California redwood, and expert guidance covers this and other factors.
How To Improve The Home Varnish and paint tips for durable finishes
The article advises avoiding blistering on varnished surfaces by ensuring cleanliness dryness and absence of direct sun and heat. It recommends dark floors for strength and ease of cleaning, painting cloth shades with flat wall paint and drying fronts before backs. It also notes using a five inch flat wall brush and keeping materials away from flames while ensuring good ventilation and regulated drafts for fireplaces.
Balanced draft damper boosts stoker heating plant efficiency
By providing a balanced draft, a barometric damper will improve the efficiency of a stoker fired heating plant. Less heat will be wasted as draft stability reduces losses and helps maintain steady combustion.
Efficient chimney design for proper height and draft
The article explains that chimney height and flue area must be coordinated for efficient furnace draft. A straight square flue is most efficient, and underfluing is dangerous. Builders should specify all fuel types and favor all fuel chimneys to allow for future fuel changes.
Two Ohioans Named to Swiss Legation
The state department announced that Marshall M. Vance of Dayton, Ohio, consul at Lyon, France, is designated second secretary of legation at Bern, Switzerland, and Clark E. Husted Jr., Toledo, Ohio, vice-consul at Lyon, France, is designated third secretary of legation at Bern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
State Department
Marshall M. Vance
Dayton
Lyon
France
Berne
Switzerland
Clark E. Husted Jr
Toledo
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William Worthington
Tuscarawas St
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Edna Bolender
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Canton Sign Co
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Gibbs Ave
C. G. Baltz
Lewis James
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Anthony DeMario
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John Fire
Sherrick Rd
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
George Washburn
14Th St
Northern Modernizing Co
Jack Mosley
Smith Ave NW
Fulton Rd
Ed Ransom
George W. Ackerman
Maple Ave
Vincent Dollive
Katherine Evans
10Th St
Chester Sieber
St. Elmo
Lawrence Bros
Cummins Storage Co
Mulberry Rd
Gresser Milner
Niagara
McCurdy
Ninth St. NW
Mohler Lumber Co
North Canton
Harris
Theae Oe
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Marr
TOL W. Tus
Rael
Charles W. Barnhill
Grover Johnston
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Arsco-Phister CO
12Th St. NW
America
Furbay-Summer CO
Schroyer Ave
Pena
Block Coal & Supply
Sth
Dial
THE
Kagey Lumber Company East Canton
W. E. Gilcher Lumber CO
W. Market
Canal
Fulton
Lew
GEO
WA 1728 Ton RD. S.W
Tog
Koller
Eleanor
Koller’s
Koller Bros
E. Tusc
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Home Savings « Loan CO
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