Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 December 1942 — Page 5
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FHA AIDS FINANCING
one-to-four family dwellings have
| sured mortgage program since Jan '1 of this year,
| announced today.
\involving 4500 family dwelling units were completed and made available
gram. During that same period, |construction was started under FHA
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PRICE CALLED IN MAIL CENSOR PROBE
plain what has been done by his
‘today. .
‘committee.
CRITICS T0 ACT | IF WPB FAILS
Expect Nelson to Prove Power to Control Arms
Production. ‘
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (U, P.).— Legislators determined to keep the nation’s economy in civilian hands indicated today they will act unless
the war production board's peace |&&
pact with the armed services. dem-
onstrates that WPB really exercises | #4
control over the output of munitions.
Some members privately expressed disappointment ‘ over ‘pro-
- visions of the agreement as they
were reported, scantily, by War ‘Production Director Donald M. ‘Nelson. Chairman Harry 8S. Truman (D. Mo.) of the senate war investigating committee, permitted this direct quotation: “I hope it means civilian control.” There was a general impression that the WPB-armed services struggle has not been settled decisively despite attempts by the disputants to create an impression that all is in harmony again. And there was general agreement that the pact was
| a compromise in which Nelson was
compelled to make greater sacri-
| fices than he intended.
He retrieved supervisory powers
over the scheduling of all munitions,
authority he transferred to the
| armed services last March but more
recently invested in Vice Chairman Charles E. Wilson of New York, for-
Co.
OF 165,000 HOMES,
Times Special WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—Approximately 165,000 privately financed
been completed under the FHA in-
Hederal Housing Commissioner Abner H. Ferguson
P:iactically all the new homes are located in the critical housing areas. Since April of this year, all struc‘tures started under the FHA pro- | gram have been exclusively for war housing purposes. In the 12 weeks ended Nov. 21, Mr. Ferguson said, approximately 39,500 on-to-four family structures,
for occupancy under the FHA pro-
inspection on 36,000 dwelling units.
Times Special
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5—Byron Price, director ‘of censorship, will appear before the senate judiciary committee next Wednesday to ex-
office in censoring mail to Alaska and Peurto Rico, Chairman Frederick VanNuys (D, Ind.) announced
A bill passed by the senate to give censorship power for censoring mail to and from U, S. possessions was recalled by the committee and will form the basis for the investigation, Senator VanNuys explained. That 400 censors were “abusing civil rights” in handling Alaskan mail at Seattle was charged before the committee by (iovernor Ernest. Gruening of Alaska earlier this week. Senator VanNuys said he understood 11,000 persons are now employed in the mail end of censorship and that Mr. Price will be asked to explain’ ‘what they all alldo,
REAL ESTATE : BOARD ELECTS 3 MEMBERS
Elected to memhkership in the Inate board at a recent meeting were H. Duff Vilm, Melvin W. Berryman and Laurence G. Warner. Mr, Vilm became a senior member and Mr. Berryman and Mr. Warner, active members. Robert E. Walker is chairman of the board’s membership conimittee and Glenn L. Holsapple heads the membership examining
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Ford. Woods Co., realtors.
VICHY RULERS
Goebbels Spouts Off—He’s Angry About French Fleet.
By UNITED PRESS The puppet Vichy. government
| political entity.”
appeared near its end today, as German Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels voiced Nazi anger over the scuttling of the French fleet in a speech reported by radio London, He said France was dead. Goebbels said it was now impossible for Germany ever to conclude a treaty with France again. He ascribed the scuttling of the fleet to “disloyalty of high French officers.” “France has had to pay .,. for her policy of wait and see,” he said. “The desertion of Darlan and the /Iscuttling of the French fleet at Toulon has eliminated France as a
Goebbels raged against allied “attempts to glorify events at Toulon.”
INCREASE SHOWN IN HOME BUYING LOANS
An increased interest on the part of the average citizen in buying residential property was indicated by the number of home purchase loans made by savings, building and loan associations in September. The $58,060,000 which the thrift and home financing institutions loaned to help people buy houses was a few thousand dollars more than the loan volume for this purpose in September, 1941, and has been surpassed in lending figures only by October of last year. War housing, representing newly constructed permanent units in war industry areas, used $12,500,060 savings and loan funds in September as it had in August. It brought the total of war housing financed by these associations for the third quarter of the year to $42,726,000.
NEARING FINISH'
Color Engineer
Carl Smedley
Carl’ Smedley, nationally recognized color engineer for the Glidden Co. will address the Painting & Decorating Contractors of America Monday afternoon at the Hotel Lincoln. His lecture will be on the increasing importance of color. Mr. Smedley believes that there should be a universally accepted means for identifying colors just as there is a scale to identify musical sounds. He will explain that there are three dimensions
W. Clements Zinck recently purchased this attractive Cape Cod style home at 5367 Kenwood ave. from J. B, Kittrell. The house has one bedroom and bath downstairs and three bedrooms and a bath upstairs. The sale was handled by William C. ‘Kassebaum of the
Wallpap
A copy of the paper in George Washington’s bedroom , . , now used to decorate halls,
Plaids. . . . Often two of the walls are done in plain paper and two in plaid.
By VIRGINIA HATFIELD
Martha Washington was once terribly upset for fear that new wallpaper she had ordered would not arrive before her distinguished visitor, Gen. Lafayette, put in his appearance. The general arrived first, as the story goes. Seeing her great agi= tation when. the paper finally did arrive, Gen. Lafayette offered to help Gen. Washington put it up. So, the two generals turned paper hangers. Yes, early American$, usually importing their papers from Europe, took great interest in their selections. They were proud of them too. Wallpapers, like furniture and clothing, take -trends. Following the first world war in the roaring '20’s, ‘bizarre wallpaper fashions with blaring color schemes became the fad. The style reputedly reflected the feeling of rejoicing after the armistice. Then came a period of reaction. Walls in neutral colors became the vogue and homes were more or less clothed in the same uniform.
New Phase in ‘Vogue
Now another phase is being entered. Although still conservative, there is a‘' definite trend toward greater individuality in selection. People are becoming more daring in selecting color and design. They want rooms to reflect their personalities. With Americans ' becoming increasingly more stay-at-home minded because of the war and gasoline rationing, the four walls of each room will take on new importance. Although the war has had some effect on the number of patterns offered by wallpaper mantufacturers, those issued are reported to be among the best.
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
The rambling ranch-type home above, located on 77th st, just
west of Spring Mill rd, is now the
home of Mr. and Mrs, Frank Little.
It was purchased from Mr. and Mrs. John J. Sommer. The sale was completed by J. J. Argus, president of the American Estates Co.
realtors.
Vertical stripes . . . a definite preference of wallpaper buyers today.
Floral designs also are popular in the bedroom .. . pastel shades are first choice.
“Definite preferences in wallpaper styles now center around the vertical stripe theme,” dealers say. Although many buyers believe that stripes are modern, they were used in the Louis XV period and also may be found in authentic reproductions of the American colonial period. The “Josephine” Popular
If a person is insthe market for wallpaper, he should ask to see books of. authentic reproductions. For example, the “Josephine” floral design is a copy of an original found in an old French collection and ‘perfectly suited for dining rooms; which now tend to be gay, colorful and usually figured.
The pattern is of a type much used about 1820-1830. The flowers are superbly drawn and in combination with the shadowy fernlike print in the background form a delightful composition. Reproductions may be bought in their original colors or colors popular today. For living rooms soft grays, blue greens and powder blues now are the most common choices in stripes, plain and semi-plain patterns. In bedrooms, done in crisp new floral and sylvan themes, colors most popular are blue, pink and peach, green and yellow. Selection of pattern and color should be made with five items in mind—furnishings, exposure of room, kind of woodwork, kind. of floor covering and window treatment. Exposure Often Slighted Although all are important, ex-
posure seems to be the one given the least thought by the average
buyer. North and east lights are considered blue and “cold” so warm-toned paper, cream, yellow, peach and yellow green should be used. South and west exposures
By ‘William Ferguson
“ALL OF THE
BOMBS DROPPED ON LONDON IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR COULD BE CARRIED IN OAL
er Is an Ancient Favorite But Still Ranks at the Top in Popularity
“The Josephine” , , . an authentic reproduction taken from an old French collection.
Airplanes for the nursery . . . another type often combined with plain walls,
produce yellow lights so grays, whites, blues and blue greens are in order, Along with the change from gaudy spray patterns to neutral papers and now to individual taste, rooms are being considered in conjunction with each other. Paper is more frequently being styled from one room to another. With this purpose in mind, wallpaper designers have produced the companion papers. At first companion papers were similar in background. Now colors are picked up and worked out in different themes in each room, giving an impression of unity.
Wide Borders Coming Back
In the past when homes were built with high-ceilinged rooms, wide borders were used with plain papers. Wide borders again are on the way “in,” but what the reaction - to their use in rooms with low ceilings will be is not yet known. The ceilings themselves are for the most part plain, with white and off-white first choices. Another mode rapidly “catching on” is that of papering two walls of a room with a figured or plaid pattern and the other two walls in plain paper. One decorator in Indianapolis reports that most persons papering today plan to do at least one room in this fashion. Wallpaper used in period rooms should be consistent with the furniture. For example, William and Mary furniture may be matched with chintz paper and Chippendale with Chinoiseries, western caricatures of Chinese designs. So, for the latest unit type furniture, vertical striped paper is considered especially good treatment.
Aid to Amusement
When America was young and travel for amusement was out of the question, amusing and imagi-
native wallpapers helped make up
for the barren and monotonous days. If it.was travel one yearned
for, one could take long journeys on his living room walls. also were wallpapers picturing historical and current events.
There
With travel again limited to bare
necessity today and four walls star-
MORTGAGES UP
‘FOR OCTOBER
| Gain Over Previous Months
Shown Despite Drop In Building Loans.
Times Special WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—Despite the lessened demand for construction loans caused by the stoppage of non-war housing, the volume of home mortgages recorded in October throughout the country was slightly higher than in August and September, : The report was made today by the federal home loan bank administration, a unit of the national housing agency. “During October non-farm mortgages of $20,000 or less recorded by all mortgages are estimated at $357,000,000, a 3 per cent rise over September but a drop of 20 per cent from October of 1941,” the report said. 14% Decline for Year
Mortgages amounting to approxi-
over the January-October period, 14 per cent less than in the same period last year. After thre months af slight gains, construction \of privately-financed urban dwelling\ units declined nearly 20 per cent from September to October, contrary to the usual seasonal trend. The number of new one and two-family houses was off only 12 per cent, whereas apartment house construction in October was about one-half that of the previous month. Only 172,827 urban dwelling units were built by private funds in the first 10 months of 1942, in comparison with 328,030 during the same period in 1941. These figures are based on building permit data from the U. S. department of labor.
RABBI TO INTERVIEW
Rabbi Samuel J. Fox of the United Hebrew congregation will interview Chaplain Jacob M. Ott, 83d infantry division at Camp Atterbury, at 10:15 a. m. tomorrow on WIRE. Chaplain Ott is a graduate of the
Hebrew Theological college in Chicago. He also will speak at a war bond rally in ‘the United Hebrew temple at 7 p. m. tomorrow.
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BUILDING COST OF HOMES RISES 5%
Times Special WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—Construction costs of a standard sixroom house increased 5 per cent from October, 1941, to October, 1942, as compared with an increase of 13 per cent in the preceding 12month period. During October this year, labor costs showed no change, while materials costs rose less than one-tenth of one per cent. Wholesale building material prices, as reported by the 'U, S.
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