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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1942
Page
12
A damaged roof causes leaks that corrode plaster and wallpaper, forcing costly repairs. Re-roofing with asphalt, tile, or shingles can use the existing base, insulate the house, and quickly pay for itself through reduced heating bills and fewer interior repairs. Do not delay installing a new roof when signs appear.
Funds are available for dust and Gords through FHA and HUD programs. Visit your FHA office or a participating state institution approved by the PHA to apply for homerepair loans and learn how the plan works.
A garbled column mocks wartime shortages and winter hardships. The narrator jokes about fuel orders, heating costs, and parlor chatter as houses freeze and readers cope with cold. The piece lampoons Axis threats and daily life in a domestic wartime setting.
The article warns that 4 600 tires hourly, 4 600 daily, are wasted as U S drivers burn rubber while Japan controls key crude supplies. If waste continues, only about 13 million cars could be saved by June 1943, with millions more workers in war production and strained railways, affecting transportation and scrap metal flows.
Federal Housing Administration officials urge homeowners to maintain repairs to protect health and sanitation during wartime. FHA funds assist repairs up to 250 dollars, with property-conversion loans up to 3000 dollars, repaid over seven years, aimed at preserving existing homes and aiding war workers.
Fragmentary text notes women publishing a wartime newspaper with references to editors and finances. The readable lines mention no children and a listed name, but the full context is unclear. The surviving items hint at wartime press activity involving women and local financial notes.
Ovine and paint topics feature at a Wellington event with Mr. and Mrs. Minkler and Jorley Smith as guests. A cooking and baking demonstration is planned, with Lingehalt and Lingehart paving the way. The Farm Woman's Club event occurs Thursday July 16 at 2 PM in the Herrick auditorium.
A fragment from Penfield dated Sunday July 3 reports a dirt upheaval involving home Truth and Else D Tuell tied to events on the Great Lakes. The readable text mentions Tuell and regional lakes activity with unclear context.
The Reverend J C Upderratt will in litram next week conduct the young people conference at that place and will leave here Sunday accompanied by the Rev Ted Mattingly of Elyria. Eaton church will be represented at the Hiram conference by Donald Terrell Donald Carpenter and Wickard Kennedy. Mrs J J Wargo was surprised when her son Julius phoned from Buffalo by long distance. he works on a freighter between Duluth and Buffalo. Ruth Altman and Vincent Favel of Cleveland visited Mr and Mrs Lewis Melt Sunday.
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