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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1936
Page
2
A Texas Centennial Exposition exhibit by the Southern Pine Association features a model home designed by Goodwin and Tatum of Dallas. The 37 by 59 foot house costs 4500 to 5000 dollars and can be relocated. It includes built in storage, multiple closets, ample windows, and a 9 by 19 foot garage.
With the approach of the hot Summer months many homeowners may consider adding a shower bath home. A complete self contained shower cabinet may be set up on any floor and wall to economically solve shower bath comfort. The ready to use shower cabinet is simple to assemble and comes fully equipped in many colors and finishes.
Homes are being built without cellars due to new heating systems. Furnaces on the first floor save steps but reduce storage. Builders should include ample kitchen shelving to store provisions and equipment, treating the kitchen as a parking space for household necessities.
Hollywood Calif Two famed movie colony eateries the Brown Derby and Sardi s Restaurant modernized under the Federal Housing Administration Modernization Credit Plan each project costing about 35000 with much financed through an approved lender An adjoining building was added to the Brown Derby the main room redecorated and air conditioning installed throughout both buildings Sardi s received remodeling air conditioning and upper floors converted to storage and offices
Sydney couple Mr. and Mrs. Francis Birtles completed an eight month 7000 mile honeymoon caravan journey along Australia’s east coast northward center and desert. Their fully equipped caravan included a refrigerator wireless sink water tanks and a portable bath. They carried eight months of groceries and the bride made most cosmetics including a face cream used to polish the car.
To prevent plaster cracking and tile joint opening a steel apple must be screwed to stubs under the tub to bear weight. Resting on floor joists or a single wooden strip risks wood shrinkage widening the joint.
Tubercular tests in a preventive campaign found 450 members of the UC freshman class with tubercular tendencies in Berkeley. Only three were denied admission.
A 1919 Kipling Jungle Book edition with Jouve illustrations and a single original watercolor sold for $1,200 at a Salle Drouot auction in Paris.
Nurserymen and landscape contractors nationwide note increased landscape construction at homes since 1926. With broader outdoor living, owners plan yards to face gardens, add fences or walls, plant trees and flowers, and install pools or lawn areas. Federal Housing Administration backs insured loans for such improvements to boost property value and living space.
An era of evolving home hardware sees decorative plates and protruding hinges fall from favor while painted iron butts and period iron finishes rise. The piece urges era-accurate pairings from Old English to Dutch Colonial and mentions FHA Modernization Credit Plan funding.
Washington May 14. The Frazier Lemke farm mortgage inflation bill seeks 3 billion to refinance farm mortgages at low interest and to expand currency. It would let farmers borrow from the government at 7/1 4 percent and 4 percent on principal, using mortgages as security and issuing bonds. Inflation concerns center on currency backed by farm mortgages and potential devaluation of dollars.
The text urges ventilation over and under insulation to carry off heat from the roof underside. Without ventilation the insulation bakes and traps heat, reducing comfort in summer.
A chimney that protrudes into a room makes the space awkward and hard to furnish. In a narrow room it splits the area, while a flush or slight eight to ten inch projection creates a nicer, easier to furnish room. Shelves built against the wall can align with the chimney and shelves, keeping the facade flat and unobtrusive.
Wooden doorsills that wear down and leave a gap allowing rain and wind indoors may be replaced with new hardwood sills or cast brass saddles with metal weather stripping.
Instructions note that where leaders or downspouts end on the ground a concrete or stone block should receive the water to spread the discharge over a wide area and reduce erosion.
Advice urges wiping wood drainboards dry after use to prevent discoloration and eventual rot, preserving condition and extending their life.
The Q and A cover converting large pane windows to casement with divisions, reattaching loose roof slates after new construction, selecting a neat underground garbage container, the need for waterproof paper and flashing under brick veneer, and matching stained shingles on a roof addition.
In roofing wood shingles the article advises against placing any paper beneath the shingles and lath or sheathing. Wood sweats with changes in temperature and humidity and must breathe to avoid dampness causing rot.
Homeowners and insurers should ensure careful inspection of wiring in new and existing houses. The article outlines three wiring types knob and tube flexible cable and metal conduit with emphasis on using armored or wet safe cables, porcelain tubes for through wood, and proper insulation to minimize fire risk. It cautions that concealed wires make early faults hard to detect and stresses qualified supervision and quality materials.
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