Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 February 1948 — Page 6

One of the great advantages of the tepee was that it didn't need a chimney and this left the friendly red skin with time and, money to chase the not so friendly. pale face—and look where it got | him.

besides turn the family into smoked pork onthe hoof. —— Page: Consider the case of the — TT II, »

yway;-a poorly designed chimney can cause.a lot of trouble...

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tC himneys Create Many Problems When Not Properly !. Use Care Repairing Plastered Ceiling—Wallboard Doe

Select Lumber Carefully, Reject Knotty Faulty, Warped Pieces; Order Screens Early

By HUBBARD COBB Your Handy Man

“If you have a home repair problem, write a letter to Mr. Cobb, care of The Indianapolis Times. If your question is of “general interest, an answer to it will appear in a forthcoming

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plaster crackiig around “the When Ceiling Goes Bad section 1s nailed up, make allow- |

chimney. This condition is often caused by the frame of the house, being connected into the chimney.' Now if there is anything that should be independent it's a chimney and a house frame be-

cause although each one does a little moving around, they sel: dom move the same way at the same time. When the frame

moves and the chimney stays put|.

you can guess what will happen to something nice and brittle like plaster. Your best bet in a case like this is to call in an architect and let him figure out some solu~ tion—if any. Another headache is caused by the common practice of plastering right over the masonry of the chimney. This is bad because if the chimney leaks the laster is going to suffer along with the

: ance to leave space between) Wallboard May Help * |pleces so that the seam can be

Our stock answer to anyone properly filled with special cement, who has a plastered ceiling pe- and reinforced with perforated

“ re tape, yond repair is “cover it with some, | good grade of wallboard.” This| A lot of ingenious methods brings up the interesting problem AUS been ted. {op litting of Just bow one goes about Bel! the ceiling but your best bet is a|

friend with time on his hands and {let ‘him give one of them, An alternative is to build a large out of 2x4 in. and use this to prop up one end while you hold and nail the other,

Shun Knotty, Faulty ; Lumber When Buying

If you want to find the nutri:

ting the wallboard to stay put, a beaver, but if you are only in-

question we are now about to terested in wood as a building can make a pretty fair set out “¥ ing. material, here are some tips on!of some 1x3-inch lumber, cor-! If the plaster is still holding things that you should look for rugated steel fasteners and some {metal angle plates. Some. firms/

clarify,

firm you don't have to remove PefOre you buy. it, but if it looks on the loose! You'll find knots in practically side—better yank it down, of a there is an electric ceiling fixture, | shut off the current, disconnect| the wires and remove the fixture) $0 you won't have to try to fit the. wallboard around it. This should be done before the plaster is removed. You'll want some sort of base

column on.The. Times. Home |

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Now for Screens | Just so there won't be any nasty cracks as to what part of the tropics we are living in, this column is intended for the sole benefit of those who face the approaching warm months without

so much as one window screen near a large community, you can 7 to protect them from our little/get your concrete delivered in a

winged friends. In other words,

if you need “screens you'd better nour,

| get going now, because what with [shontages and everyone pressed for time, It may take quite a spell before your order is filled. There are, all sorts and types screen frames on the market

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tional value of a piece of wood and which one to select depends PSY YOU to rent a portable elec-| your best bet is 'to ask a fat primarily on your cash at hand.

|If you are kind of low, then you

sell knockdown type frames | where you do the assembling and pocket the cash saving. Then again lumber yards, wood mills and other such concerns will {make you up a set at a moderate | cost. Wood frames, by the way, if { properly - cared for, will give many years of good service.

On the more expensive side,

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{on which to nail the wallboard! ‘ {and this can be arranged by nail-! paint or paper over the plaster.| ing 1x2 in. furring strips to the Then you find that during sum- ceiling. Nail these to the ceiling mer months moisture collects on! joists and space them so that the

there are metal frames on the {market — some sold in combi{nation with storm sashes. These

all lumber but if there are a lot|3f® & 8reat convenience as it re-

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saving your time. For instance, when you have a lot of sanding and resurfacing to do on one or more floors it is foolish to do the job by hand when it can be done better and in a fraction of the time with an electric “sander. ~These —can- be

ltruck—all mixed and ready to

i ‘Naturally, the concrete| {must be poured as soon as it is} | delivered.

Sawing by hand is okay for; many jobs, but if you have a! whole mess of sawing to do; it will

tric saw ‘and spend one entire] the necessary|

{day doing all fcutt {

“There are. many other: mechanical tools on the market designed to save time and labor land while they dre pretty expen-| |sive to buy outright, they can| be rented inexpensively the | ay. | Spring Thaw Releases Flood of Inquires | Last week our mailman was al- | {most completely thawed out ex-| cept for his left ear which usually ‘remains a dark blue until late in tApril. . Anyway, among the mis- | cellaneous bills and dunning, letters was ‘a note asking our

Wallocs N.Y. Vicor Called No Real Test |

special congressional election in the cluded

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Bronx Campaign Beset by Issues : Typical of Polyglot and Congested Areas

-Howard Newspa : pas [eo Isacson's: sweeping victory 1 Bronx here is no criterion of! Henry. Wallace's strength nationally, political observers here con-|

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By NEW YORK, Feb.

“Mr. Wallace couldn't have picked a better spot to back a

capitalized on “every possible eran missionaries from all parts

angle and their ‘strategy and , the world are attending the

hard work paid oft A, the pofis. second annual Student Volunteer

For cl Tow d aca the Missionary Conference in session Democratic candidate, r1in the Butler School of Religion

Propper, of being an attorney today. ; for the landlords in a district Cohference sessions today will where landlords are held in low bé. devoted to discussions of ésteem. Mr, Propper denied this, “Women in Missions,” ‘“Missions but it was too late to do him in a College Education,” “Life on

~ Casts Negative Voie

Members of Hoosier ' 83 Veterans of Foreign Wares ay refused permission for use their hall at 210 N. Dela St. to county supporters of Henry

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paint stores, hardware storeq and| ot To (5 4 Congressional District, where the eelotion took St: headquarters, Jia the op lumber yards. N Iplace, 18 a crowded apartment-| gg TTT Te voted last night to. refuse rors It's fine and dandy to mix cOD}oyge area, an extension of East S Te mee Sy a Sete for small job by Rand but lem in the southeast part of ; A Al pe you are ronx. : : . A . y walk or a foundation for a garage thong 20 per | ; Mr. Delatore said a woman it will probably pay you: to rent “ii pulation 18 Abul oll 0 n at Butler To called hum a few days ago anq cen ' asked if the meet soins king of foncpets mise: and about. 50 per cent Jewish. pe wag Bi Loa ing room coulq umadbong ogg id giving you| The Wallace’people and American | Bove t students and vet. He said he understood it was for Br a ntiat If you live in or| Labor Party bircking Mr. Isacson nty-sigh 'a union meeting and he told the

woman the place was available Vote on Question Then yesterday, Mr, said, "he and VFW me learned the room was to bey for a Wallace rally and the go érning body was called to on the question. > Willard B. Ransom, Indian. apolis attorney and an in the state organization, Indiang

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much good. . ia Miss “Missionary

Also it was charged that the Heroes” “The. Bible and Mis4 sions,” and ‘How to Educate Pemotratic ganization WAS Christians to sions.” being a little too lukewarm ou ihelnde D + the issue of Palestine partition] Speakers will ar i 3h : and support of the Jewish state Mrs. Donald McGavrgn of India; there. This caused a lot of Jew- Benjamin Allison of “the Philip18h votes to go against Mr. Prep- Pine Istends; Mis Loz, pry o per. En. rt rer Growing resentment over the, A E. Cory and Dr. Dean E.

Citizens for Wallace, said he hag {not learned of the refusal,

{He said the meeting - = {was to organize the Marion {County group of the state op. ganization. : Mr. Ransom said the group would find another place to meet,

| ‘ high cost of living had its effect, Walker of the School of rarwosi 0

too, as was indicated also in the faculty.

vote for the Republican candi-| vernon Fishback, Montpelier, date, Joseph De: Nigris, who rang executive secretary of the Stu-

fourth with less than 1500 votes. qent Volunteers, sponsoring or-|

Flyrin Set Back ‘ganization of the eonference, and Beyond all this was evidence is in charge of arrangements. He of a surprising breakdown in the is assisted by Miss Wanda Coil,

i NG & , NN aio ‘8 10 RITE Ie | Police last night used the pres. {ent “out-moded” city ordinance

He sald the mentally an that’ he refused United States wi son could come The attorney enough money k subs by | and friends to | Meanwhile, mother, Mrs.” 1906 Sugar Gro which has come tions will be ser to help pay the Collec Neighbors wl drive to finance the neighborhoc most as much that contributio up to send to tl Mr. Edwards, in Germany, Wa slain his infar charges were d

Special As: Vote Taken

A nation-wid way among me ternational TY] today to dete special - assessr cent should b total earnings. More money

functioning of the Democratic Ft. Wayne, recording secretary against bootleg cabs to "arrest

uires little or no energy to re- | : ; ¢ y . : the plaster because the masonry| sections of wallboard can be °F large loose ones in a board— ue the screen and rey on ‘he OPinion of storage closets for organization headed by Edward of the group. Wilke Peacock, of 232 W, ght the printe

{sald board will be good for just| clothin, the base t. Per- - 28th St. / pb na therators the Plaster over it nailed along all four edges a8 well your one thing kindling wood. "OM Sash oF vice versa. 88 Yen fy To er oy Pom A proposed ordinance ta tighten (WF ice. ITU off Te jas a als along the| Another thing you want tol OF dots, You ean get reg. | trol widespread. boots Ballots will room. cure, for those inter- length. Do this and you won't' yin" ror is something called | War screen doors or a combina- ganization Bad. banked on 3} po es traffic was yin oe luced at ternational I | - 1 n

ested, is to remove the plaster have any trouble with the walland set it away from the masonry by the use of furring strips.

many aig. | ton door. With this job the door

{stays put all year around — in ferent classifications of this flaw ipo summer, you put in the

first but the general result is cracks) lalong the annual growth rings. acreen Jane) and in the winter [Now if the lumber did not dry CV PU out and substityls TY the glass one so that the door {out according to Hoyle you'll get becomes a storm door |cracks running at right angles! rz

[to the annual rings and this isn't New {80 hot either. Check the ends of! Gadgets Help Save

i RUE WH EIECH TTT Order by Phone, FR-1573 FREE DELIVERY { cach board and see if it has these Time on Home Chores ; two troubles. Maybe you don't know it but

4! A board will do considerable time, even yours and mine. is get-| warping if not seasoned properly ting to be a pretty expensive £08 {and warping can be so excessive {as to make a board useless. Check {for this by holding the board lon edge and sighting along it.

MW {And sometimes you'll find a little

victory for Mr. Propper by at.’ {least 5000 votés.

ing at the insistence of The Democratic enroliment for thers on Board : the district was nroiment tor £9 | Set Edward Rouls. ; 58,000 and the American Labor = ed | The measure would make it il. Party about 17,000. How issues| The Board of Corporators of legal to pay or receive money for of particular interest to the dis- Crown Hill Cemetery has named transportation in unlicensed cabs, trict reversed the expected out- three sons to succeed their It also would penalize those whe come is reflected in the fact that fathers, : rent cars for this purpose, or dis: Mr. Propper. polled only 12,578 They are Bamuel Miller, to Pitch OF accept requests for sonally we have found that the| votes to the ALP candidate's succeed Sidney Miller; Meredith ‘20SPortation in bootleg cabs. average basement is much t00 99 go7. | Nicholson Jr. Meridith Nichol- . Ihe chief has described the damp during the summer months De Afanme i} Party son Sr. and Eil Lilly, Josiah K Present ordinance as “out-mod-for the safe storage of clothing. an ange, iversl iy son Te ANC: ¥, Josiah. RK. ed,” since a police officer must. Mildew and all that rot, you om mee, po Niarin re 8, anc Liny. > |see the transaction between pas. know. (Get it?) kh Nish Bit '| Re-elected to the. board of senger and driver. Another letter asks what we : ‘managers were Lyman 8. Ayres.| Police say they did in the case

suggest to cover a small seam ay 597 votes were cast out frst vice president; Fermor Can- of Peacock.

ishakes.. There are and the. issue ¥v

a majority vo embers. believ ng as a week esults of the b:

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board bulging. :

: last Mopday's City Council meet. Needless to say, before the

Police

|bark along the edge of a board

) tration of approxi-: , Joh llett, Bowman Flder, | : which makes it okey for doing Betwesss inoleum Boo Rg and| mately 96,000. : orders am C. rim, : Try This 2-W rough work, but spoils it for any > i Strip Of QUAM| yy wax the first test of Mr treasurer, Benjamin D. Hitz, sec- Hoosier Dead, 5 Burned 3 wd finished job, Tt round molding tacked over Wallace's vote-pulling ability and 4 vice | resident and Perry W In Gas Stove Blast ? Constipation When you buy tongued-and- this opening will keep out dust | & result definitely was an up-| P *s yn grooved lumber, check each piece and dirt and make floor sweep- 7 Lesh. ’ | FT. WAYNE, Feb. 18 (UP) = Why stds She) {to see if the tongue and grove ing a lot easier. «| Mr. Propper, who supported ~~ The corporators let contracts one man was killed and five stoma brine? Ta jare sound or whether they have Regarding a good lubricant for| President Truman's foreign and for the construction of the Crown persons badly burned in a gaso Caldwell's Senna : been broken or splintered. This modity. Now if you putter around 900r locks, we might mention domestic policies and had the Hill Community Mausoleum to jine stove explosion in the home EB sind in Syrup I often happens in handling, and|the house just for relaxation that about the best is powdered | backing of Mr. Flynn, Mrs. Elea-/the F. A. Wilhelm Construction of Robert Sunderland here last Dr. Caldwell’

nor Roosevelt and Mayor William! Co., Sanborn Electric Co., and

{While it may not be anyone's

that's one thing—but if you do|8raphite. This material will not| C ) night. distress two way {fault, there is no reason why you|rather extensive jobs to save|Set hard and sticky during cold O'Dwyer, generally was expected T. A. Woelfiing. | The dead man is John Davis, J lains two of the should have to pay for it. imoney, then ye t take ad-| Weather nor will it collect dust to win. | isti- | ingredients know ete reia a ren oo » you migh e ad Mr. Wall n tved th Construction costs were estl- 35 pt Wayne. Police said he 88 jv as is the case with ofl, “If you Gir. FaCace. Who receive) L¢ mated at $13 million. had: apparently been adjusting R | 8] 4 a 0 | don’t have any powdered graphite returns in Tampa, Fla, hailed the | ap Jus on hand, grind vp the lead .in a | election as “a real victory over ~yaacew GET $30,000 . [the stove when it exploded. . DOUBLE Joth ~Jlovisn lead pencil. AM pois, ABINGTON, Pa., Feb, 18 (UP) | JI and Mrs. Sunderland, thek SS 1, Coigwel ; VEIN : ; And-speaking of grinding; you : $ Four masked gunmen, wearing: children, Sharon, 11, and Linde. relieves con Alt od Y AY THE ALSCO MAN can regrind the surfaces of a 4 Killed, 12 Injured gloves, held up te Rydal home = and Mrs. Helen Devis, 5 : pleasantly. | (1h 1 Oe) , ground-key faucet by coating the | of Caleb F. Fox Jr, socialite|t?e vicms mother, Its religble c | %3 E Ohio MA. 8884) cylinderical plunger with Yiwc/As Roof Collapses - * banker and sportsman, last night. | ed > a 4 Sondition in St. Jo- 3 2a viii and f ; Co grinding compouna and rotating| , Tenn, Feb. They esca with an estimated seph’s Hospital. stomach, hel AAR |it in the faucet body until the | (UP)—A° new concrete roof being $30,000 in Ee | extensive damage to the home. distress: : SOFT WATER : HEN (ABINETS {metal surfaces are smooth and Poured on a He yuding | Even finicky c {collapsed ‘Tuesday, killing four pl ¢ tasting

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