How Much House You Can Afford in 1939
The article states two main limits on home affordability: total cash savings and a family’s steady income, each constraining the other. Modern financing focuses on the borrower’s ability to pay monthly installments covering interest taxes insurance and principal. Renters may convert their rent into home payments, with adjustments for utilities by subtracting about 15 percent of rent as shelter cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
United States
Dining room design tips for comfortable family meals
The article argues every room matters in a home and offers a dining room check list. It covers heat, air and sunshine, privacy, access to the kitchen, ease of cleaning finishes, lighting options, electrical outlets for table use, and storage for linens china and glassware.
Insulation Improves Economy on Piping and Boiler
Insulating piping and boiler reduces fuel cost and improves heating efficiency. Materials include sheet or block insulation applied to the boiler, secured, and covered with plastic asbestos cement while hot. Pipe covers come in split lengths with canvas cemented over. Fittings may be covered to align with pipe cover. Seal cellar windows and insulated walls. use a radiator to add basement heat as needed.
Inefficient Valves Must Be Replaced For Best Heating
Free breathing valves are necessary for maximum efficiency in steam, vacuum or hot water heating plants. Replacing inefficient valves is crucial to insure best performance of a heating system. When an air valve fails to work freely the radiator will overheat or heat unevenly.
Cleaning the Smoke Pipe Before Fire Season
The article urges cleaning the metal smoke pipe each spring and inspecting for holes or cracks before reinstallation in fall. Take it down to prevent rust, store it safely, and check the underside for weak spots where failure is most likely.
Home Owners Question Box Advice on Repairs
Homeowners ask about painting calcimine ceilings redone with oil paint after cleaning and drying the plaster. Plumber tips for built in tubs, baseboard molding repairs, adding base plugs, and fixing ceiling wall cracks with settlement shrinkage.
Salt-Based Chimney Cleaning Tip with Cautions
A simple method suggests throwing several handfuls of salt onto the fire to remove superficial soot from the chimney, with zinc recommended as even better. It warns this is not a complete cleaning and a regular chimney sweep is needed yearly. It notes possible clinker removal and to inspect for loose bricks or open joints.
Valve and radiator issues hinder air venting and heating
The text explains how a clogged air valve prevents venting and a stuck float valve can stop heat. It advises quick cleaning and recommends a preparation to clear internal passages and remove grease and sediment, with heating contractors able to suggest the solution.
Insulation Emerges as Essential Home Improvement
Homeowners increasingly view insulation as vital for health comfort and cost savings. Buyers compare wool blowers cork and other materials while builders factor basic insulation costs into projects. The Federal Housing Administration credit plan supports repapering and related insulation work with funds from qualified lenders.
Trend Grows Toward Wall Ceiling Tint
The color combination trend in interior design increases demand for paired wallpapers. Manufacturers offer companion papers designed to be used together on walls and ceilings, addressing how to coordinate two complementary patterns across rooms.
Distfold News Notes and Local Events
Bert Bodnar of North Ridge bought the cottage on Gulf Road from J. Wind and will move it to a lot west of Garfield Bridge. The Brookside Alumni basketball banquet is set for Brookside school auditorium on April 12 at 6 p.m.
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Bert Bodnar
North Ridge
Gulf Rd
J. Wind
Garfield Bridge
Brookside
Birthday anniversary of Mrs L Chambers observed at Gulf Road
The birthday anniversary of Mrs L Chambers of Gulf Road was observed Saturday evening with a tureen supper in her honor. Twenty five guests attended a social evening. Attendees included Mr and Mrs J H Hasnes Mr and Mrs H C Chambers Mr and Mrs Herbert Chambers and family Mrs A C Haynes and sons Mr and Mrs Frank Chambers Mr and Mrs E Spaulding Mr and Mrs George Chambers Hervard and Neva Car.
Bulgaria Moves Troops Toward Romania Frontier
News from Bucharest says Bulgaria is dispatching another infantry regiment to the Romanian border amid reports of troop movements. Romania has recalled demobilized reserves and rumors persist that Bulgaria asked Germany about backing a claim to Dobrudja.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Bulgaria
Germany
Dobrudja
Romania
First Singapore to Sarawak air service anticipated
The first commercial air route linking Singapore and Sarawak is expected to begin soon. Noted artifacts include walking sticks of fine craftsmanship with gold and ivory inlay from the Tomb of Tutankhamun. Mentioned individuals are Henry Crozier and Mr. and Mrs. P L Chambers.
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Singapore
Sarawak
Borneo
Charles Vyner Brooke
Tutankhamun
Nck
Henry Crozier
P L. Chambers
Questions and Answers on Home Improvement
Home owners ask about insulating a garage and getting maximum value from insulation. Guidance covers ceiling walls doors and windows tightness. It explains installing a bell ringing transformer via an electrician and cautions against amateur wiring. Also includes cracks in stucco repair and porch floor paint recommendations.
radiator covers alter heat flow and room draft
A radiator cover with an opening at the bottom and a grille on the front increases convection, creating a draft that carries heat into the room. The cover reduces radiant heat but spreads warmth more evenly, despite a possible lower total heat output.
Kipton Community Church Holy Week Services Announced
Pastor Joseph H Mayer of Kipton Community Church announces Holy Week services in Kipton. Good Friday service begins at 8 PM with special music and the sermon In This Sign Conquer. Sunday School meets at 10 AM with a 10 45 AM Holy Communion and sermon Jesus Is Victor. Sunday night at 8 PM features worship and a Christian Endeavor play The Great Inheritance.
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Joseph H. Mayer
Kipton
Jesus
Victor
The
Christian Endeavor
Italian Novelist Guido da Verona Dead at 58
Italian novelist Guido da Verona, 58, a leading and prolific writer, died in Milan on April 5. He gained wide readership in Italy with numerous works and adaptations.
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Milan
Italy
Guido da Verona
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