Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 November 1940 — Page 16

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VACANCIES HERE MARK IN SURVEY

Housing Shortage Severe in Midwest; East Chicago Lowest in U. S.

than almost any other city, regardless of size, in the East North Central states to meet a housing shortage caused by national defense preparations. This city, according to a special research report on defense housing soon to be published by The Twentieth Century Fund, has 3.7 per

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cities have these percentages: Cincinnati, 5.8; Cleveland, 14; Columbus, 3.0; Chicago, 3.3; Detroit, 3.5, and Milwaukee, 3.k=per cent. The national average is 4.8 per cent. Preliniinary data from the 1940 Housing Census taken last April show that Indianapolis has 116,000 dwelling units and that 4292 of them {then were vacant. ' This is below the {generally accepted normal level of § |per cent vacancy.

5 Indiana Called ‘Critical’ : { The Fund's report showsthat most {Indiana cities are in ‘‘critical condiition”. in regards to housing. East Chicago, for instance, with a .6 per cent vacancy was the:.lowest in the nation. Other Hoosier cities and their percentages (all far below normal) are: Anderson, 3.3; Evansville, 1.9; Ft. Wayne, 2.5; Gary, 1.7; Hammond, 1.1; Muncie, 2.0; and South Bend, 2.1 per cent. The report recommends that a community needing additional housing should measure its own heeds and resourdes. It should find out approximately the number of incoming workers to be housed; their approximate income levels and family status; and how much housing and what kinds will be needed. The report then suggests this five-

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Vacanciés Centrally Listed (Already a central bureau to list all vacant rental properties has been established by the property management division of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board. The first list issued yesterday shows 167 vacant houses in all parts of the city ranging in monthly rent from about $15 to $180. This list will be dis(tributed weekly to new residents, 15 key local industries, and to the

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’ p The white frame double bungalow at 6114 Buckingham Ave. is adapted for persons interested in real estate

for speculative purposes. It was built by the Oliver H. Clark Realty Co. and was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Johnson. Each of the two floor plans are identical. - The Johnsons plan to live in one side, renting the other. Each entrance opens directly into the living room with large. picture windows. Woodwork throughout is white enamel, floors are oak. The Johnsons’ living room has a fireplace with a white mantel.

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A large archway opens into the dining room which has a door to the back hallway. From the dining room at the rear of the living room is a hallway leading to the single bedroom. In this hall is a linen closet and a telephone recess. The corner bedroom overlooks the porch which will be screened in. The bedroom has an ample closet.

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A hallway runs from the bedroom, past the bath, to the kitchen. This hallway also has a closet. The bath has a built-in tub and shower, lumeline tubular lights, and a linen closet. Sink Is Double

The kitchen cabinets both above and below the double sink are built in. There also is a broom closet. Cabinet tops and the floor are linoleum. The basement is full with a coal furnace and laundry. space. The rear hallway door opens onto a cement walk leading to the two-car garage with steel overhead doors. An unusual construction feature is the use of three-quarter inch red cedar siding.

DELINQUENCIES LOW IN PUBLIC HOUSING

Times Special WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.— Rent delinquencies in 49 public housing prejects in the USHA program have amounted to but four-tenths of 1 per cent with vacancy losses of only about nine-tenths of 1 cent over a twetyear period. Forty of the 49 projects, which were built by the PWA Housing Division and transferred to the USHA for administration in 1937,

authorities and the remaining nine are operated by housing managers

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LOGS FOR OPEN FIRE

Fuel logs, four inches in diameter, 12 inches long, made under pressure from sawmill shavings and trimmings, are now on sale in grocery stores, service stations, ice dealers, etc. They are easily started One only has to chip a few pieces off the end for kindling Two logs in a fireplace will burn for two or three hours.

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Consider Their Appearance 5 or 10 Years Hence!

Plant the better kinds in smaller sizes, rather than cheap, quick-growing kinds, and your planting will improve with age and never outgrow the house. Houses facing north, or shaded by trees, require special types of plants. Smoky sections require a special selection of plants to endure this condition,

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SHADE TREES

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zzz THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES ° Bungalow and Dutch Colonial Among City’s New Homes

(right), built for Mr. and Mrs. Henry Denk, and the bungalow at 6114 Buckingham Ave.,

Among new homes attesting to the City’s building growth are the Dutch Colonial | The Denk, not to be open, was built under the direction

Gardening—

If you must burn your leaves— be cautious. The common practice is to burn tree leaves which are diseased or have been damaged by insects. However, it is unwise to start a fire under trees because the heat scorches the bark, the function of which is to protect the cambium layer, the life of the tree. Thin-barked young trees are easily scorched even by slight heat, injuring or killing the cambium layer. This produces conditions favorable to invasion by borers. Hot air rises and while your fire may not be close to the trunk, much damage can result to overhead branches, especially when there is no breeze to divert the heat. Then, too, the bed of hot ashes is bound to damage the roots. So choose a spot away from all trees and shrubs for your fire, keeping it small at all times. = ” ”

Your vegetable garden needs: attention before forgetting it for the winter. Old rhubarb plants will relish a heavy mulch of manure. New plants can be set out at this time. Parsley and chive plants can be dug

lup and potted for winter garnish.

Feep them in a sunny window and be sure they are well watered.

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Burning of Leaves Under Trees Dangerous Practice

The husks of ornamental corn shoud be stripped back and braided while they are soft. A few ears of this colorful vegetable are most attractive when hung at the entrance of your home.

Cabbages are better stored out of doors. Place them head down in a trench and cover first with a heavy layer of leaves and then with earth. Add more earth as the temperature drops Boots, turnips and carrots can be stored in a cool basement or where the temperature can be kept down to about 40 degrees. Place them in boxes of sand. Much vegetable garden refuse can be used in the compost pile. Do not use corn stalks as they are too woody for this purpose. Burning the stalks helps to suppress corn-borers and ear-worms. Remains of squash and other vines as well as bean bushes are suitable. Dig up or plow your vegetable garden while the weather still is good. This not only improves the soil but turns up many insects which will succumb to the first frosts. Fill a few boxes with a rich garden soil mixed with sand ‘and humus and store under cover for use next spring when planting seeds in flats.

Pamphlets for Homemakers

NEW PAMPHLETS for those interested in better homes and gardens which may be borrowed from the pamphlet room in Central Library include: “SMALL GARDENS AND LANDSCAPE PLANTING,” by Helen Swift Jones (William H. Wise & Co.). Here are suggestions, pictures and drawings to guide ‘the home owner in laying out formal or informal gardens in a small place. The plans are designed to make the most of small gardens for each of the family. “THE ATTRACTIVE HOME,” by F. Edith Morton (Pennsylvania State College, hool of Agriculture, State College, Pa.). This pamphlet tells how the use of color. furniture arrangement, and treatment of walls, floors and windows may make a home pleas-

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‘UPSIDE-DOWN’ TREE PRUNING PERFECTED

By Science Service - MADISON, Wis, Nov. 1— Pruning young pines and other evergreen trees by a new “upsidedown” method originated in Russia is expected to produce logs 20 or more feet in length yielding boards without knots. In the conventional pruning method, young trees are permitted to reach a certain height with relatively little attention. Then bottom branches are cut off, leaving a bunchy little top to develop to full size as the tree grows. This, however, leaves the bases of the young branches imbedded in the heart of the tree, to become knots when the trunk is finally sawed into boards. In the Russian method, the young {ree is permitted to develop a bushy growth near the ground, until it 1s about eight years old. After this, its-.central growth axis, or leader, is prevented from producing any more branches above this ground-hugging bush, simply by pinching off all Side uidis. The leader thus grows into a-long, slender, pole-like sprout, deriving its nourishment from the bushy branches. near the ground. Oniy after it has reached a height that will yield a log 18 to 20 feet long is it permitted to branch out and form a normal top.

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STAIRS AND STEPS ARE DANGER SPOTS

y Thirty-four per cent of all fatal accidents in 1939 occurred where you think you are the safest—at home, Home accidents, which took 32 ,000 lives last year, mostly are preventable, Safety Council. Stairs and steps are the most dangerous spots, accounting for 22 per cent otf all home accidents. About 19 per cent occurs in the yard and 18 per cent in the kitchen. The living room, porch, bedroom and basement are next in order, the Council said. Broken steps leading to basements or porches should be fixed. Handrails should run the length of the stairways and if the bottom step cannot easily be seen it can be painted white. Adequate lighting is necessary rear dark stairways and exterior aoorways. Frayed electric wires and loose electric connections should be mended and sufficient electric outlets built to prevent “overloading” a circuit. . Garden and. automobile tools should be kept in racks instead of lving loose and outdoor radio antennas should be protected with lightning arrestors.

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GITY HOME BUYING GAINS 16 PER CENT

Times Special WASHINGTON, Nov. 1—Urban home financing neared the three billion dollar mark during the first nine months of 1940, exceeding the same period last year by 16 per cent. This was reported today by Federal Home Loan Bank Board Economists who said a total of 1,084,772 mortgages on non-farm property amounting to $2,988,386,000 were recorded by all types of lenders in the January to September period. This compared with 950,164 mortgages valued at $2,570,823,000 in the first nine months of 1939. The types of lenders and amount of mortgage recordings through September this year were: Number

377,640 $957,587,000 49,400 243,340,000

233,223 740,982,000 32,742 123,093,000 253,578 471,758,060 138,139 445,626,000

Geis ve...1,084,722 $2,088,386,000

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KENTUCKY HOMES, LOT, cosT $1570

Times Special NEW YORK, Nov. 1—A new low in low-cost- housing has been established with the completion of the nation’s first large-scale ‘FHAinsured operatiop in which prices are under $2000.

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Times Special WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—Production of single-family houses in the United States in 1940 will be close to the average number built annually during the 1920-29 decade and will be the highest in 12 years. Federal Housing Administrator Stewart . McDonald predicted this today and said the single-family homes this.year would total about 525,000. The number will easily exceed the 1929 figure, as well as#&il years since, he said.

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North Side Realtors’ sales reported this week pushed the year’s. transactions past the four million dollar mark point about $80,000 ahead of this time in 1939. Members sold nine houses and four lots. Houses sold were at 4145 Park Ave., by Ford V. Woods; 634 E, 59th and 6488 Park Ave., by Thomas PF. Carson; '69 N. Dearborn St. by Howard W. Fieber; 5360 Winthrop Ave., by John H. Max for Atkinson & Co., house in the 400 block of Ce=cil St., 425-27 and 429-31 W. 39th St., by Jack C. Carr. Mr. Carr also sold a lot in Elders Addition, Mr. Carson sold one in

sold one each in Arden and Brockton. M. G. Gerdenich anounced he had contracted to build two homes in Forest Manor.

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The comings and goings of a large family can easily be kept track of through use of a family bulletin board, hung in an inconspicuous spot in the entrance hall or on the back of a closet door. A piece of 'quarterboard two feet square will serve for most families, A supply of thumb tacks, a pad o { paper, and pencils should be ik on hand.

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