Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 November 1948 — Page 4

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“FIX IT YOURSELF—

Night Noises In House Often Can Be Silenced Easily

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The world is full of interestin you want to go to sleep. a small hum in the oil burner.

hum. This can often be fixed by| covering the tank with a heavy,

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g sounds and noises but some of

the most interesting are found in your own home just about the time

A loud hum in the basement is often due to nothing more than This travels along the fuel line to the storage tank which acts as a sounding board and makes it a big

ture present. Now that we have you convinced that dry air is |bad, we go on to point out what iyou can do about it. Most warm air furnaces can be

equipped with some type of de- itself in a very short time.

vice to increase the water content of the air that goes up through the heating ducts. Installing @ humidifier on this type of- plant is not very involved. Things do get complicated in in the case of a steam or hot

water system but what you can

{use here is an independent hu-| |midifier which sits somewhere in: {the house and tosses moisture into the air. careful not to, set these humidifiers too high or|

points and glass and start off 'you'll be complaining about damp air before you know it. | There are a lot of temporary {rattles it means that the sash has measures you can use to moisten done a little shrinking and is let-/up the air a little but they are ting a lot of nice cold air get in-|only temporary. One is to hang |wet bath towels over radiators.| Sometimes this can be fixed by| Another is to leave a shower

weather-stripping the window. If/running for a time.

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It's Either Too Dry Or Too Damp

For every person in this world who complains that “my house is| too damp during the winter” there] is another who shouts, “my house gets too dry during the winter.”

fascinating conversation. Excessively dry air is not good

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Nothing in this world is quite That goes for nations,

This, as you can see, makes for a goes for copper water pipes or

[tubing. Of course, copper tubing is pretty close to being a perfect

If there is too little chimney overhanging branches and tall draft the fire is going to have &iphyuildings. tough time just to keep going.

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One thing that will kill a good| AR irregular chimney draft 1s

draft is to have two heating units|one that goes great guns for one {minute and then slows down the next. This will confuse almost any furnace and maybe even you. The way to deal with this situation is to install or have installed an automatic draft regulator on! the furnace stove pipe. This little gimmick will open up when|

more frosted things will get. Considering the amount of heat wasted in some homes because

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the draft becomes too great and] allow air to enter the flue directly /from the basement rather than

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Don't let yourself or else try 0 1ay & new floor Cover conn recs I Fume fe pipe ing in the bathroom or kitchen which extends too far into the chimney flue. . Dirt or an obstruction in the flue will spoil things. So will illfitting furnace doors or chimne

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‘Furnace Woes Eased By Draft. Regulator

Coal-burning turnaces are not {born cranky. They get cranky {only after they have associated {with humans and chimneys for a (time. One thing that will make

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it. One of the minor or major | isoubles that some people have with a copper plumbing system is a blue stain that appears on white |plumbing fixtures. This stain is the result of the |corrosive action of that particular water on the copper. It means {that there is some chemical in [the water that is dissolving the copper and while the tubing will {probably outlast you, the blue |stain is often difficult to remove and people begin to lose their tempers. You can probably put an end to all this trouble by having a special water filter installed which will remove the corrosive agent from the water before it can get |at the copper. | If you happen to be the mayor {of your community you can have a municipal filtering system installed and this may even pick you up a few extra votes from housewives. ' One last item on this subject and that is that If water is pure the fact that it di8solves copper does not mean that it's bad | for you.

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Is Simple Process If you were to sit down and add up the sum total of man’s knowledge you would have to include items- of this sort which would probably set you to wondering if maybe you weren't wasting your time. You can give a glass lamp shade a frosted appearance by {coating it on the inside with | clear shellac and then sprinkling

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Ranking high among October 21, 1948, a total of the reasons thou214,616 forward-looking ‘young sands of men give for American men signed original selecting or continuenlistment contracts with the . U. S. Army. This number is ing .careers in the greater than the number of men Army are the chances who obtained jobs with any for rapid advanceother American business during ment in their chosen

the same period.

During this sixteen-month period the total of all enlistments in your U. S. Army amounted to 341,959. Of this group, 93,473 veterans returned to the Army — men who had discovered that the U.S. Army offered them more than civilian life. And in the same period 33,870 men re-enlisted to continue their satisfying, productive Army careers.

Thousands upon thousands of intelligent young men are finding worth-while, remunerative and satisfying careers in the Army. And every day more men are taking advantage of the unlimited opportunities the Army offers — opportunities that can’t be duplicated in civilian life. For instance, in the month of August, 1948, alone, 44,204 signed enlistment contracts of three years or more with the Army.

Today fifty-seven per cent of the volunteers in the Army have had previous military service — enjoyable, happy service which they want

fields. Today the Army is expanding opportunity for promotion of skilled, highly trained men.

Advancement is important; however, there are many other good, sound reasons why so many intelligent men choose to stay in the Army. Here are but a few:

v7 On the day a man enlists the Army starts a retirement-bene-fit “stake” for him which continues to grow as long as he stays. At the end of six years he has established an equity which compares with a retirement benefit of $6,250.

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to continue. : This impressive record is solid, conclusive Be vst dv . ad I : proof that the Regular U. S. Army offers the ized training in Interesting, kind of career opportunity that the young men practical fields—give technical of our nation demand —an opportunity not “know-how” you’d have to only to learn but to serve at the same time. pay for in civilian life.

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HERE'S WHAT THE NEW ARMY OFFERS YOU

Before you choose any career, compare it with a future in the Regular U. S. Army. Newer before has the Army offered such tremendous opportunities for a real career to the alert; ambitious young men of America.

On the one hand you have the chance ®» serve your country while learning a new trade or skill—to further your education in impos: tant fields. And on the other hand there ase the financial advantages, the job security, the retirement benefits, the chances for rapid promotion, the free medical and dental care that are yours in the Army.

A career in the U. S. Army is an opportunity that just can’t be beat. And it’s a Lifetime opportunity! Get the full details now at your nearest U.S. Army and U.S. Air Foroe

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