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The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13

the back. Take off loose paint with
a scraper, and after finding and clos
ing the leaks, give the bare places q
few coats to bring them to the level
Of the rest before general repainting.
Should paint be blistered, peeiing,
and cracked, it may be because Of low
quality, Of dampness in the surface
at the time of painting, or from the
application Of so many coats that the
first coat gives way under the weight.
In any Of these cases, scrape of
all Of the old paint before repainting,
or, employ a skilled worker to burn it
off with blow-torch. There are too
many chances Of fire, for burning to
be undertaken by a novice.
THREE COATS ON BARE WOOD
Starting from the bare wood, three
coats are needed for good job. Paint
for the first coat should be thinned
with one pint raw linseed oil and one
half pint turpentine to the gallon;
for the second coat with one pint of
turpentine to the gallon. Paint for
the third coat Is used as it comes.
When the first coat has hardened,
every crack and nail hole should be
filled with putty, stiff white lead
paste, or thicxened scrapings from a
paint can. Plenty of time for drying
should be allowed between coats.
For painting the outside Of the
house, get the highest quality paint
that you can find. Even at high cost
it is the cheapest in the end because
Of the long time that 1t lasts and the
greater intervals between payments
for labor, in money If the job Is done
professionally or in time and effort
II you do it yourself.
But there is more to good and
long -lasting paint job than high
quality of the paint. for If the paint is
not properly applied. there will be
no better service with high-quality
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13

paint than with low.
For one thing, the surface must be
properly prepared; it must be clean
and dry-especially dry. Painting
should not start for several days af-
ter rain, or when there Is dampness
in the air, or too early In the morning
for the dampness Of night to have
dried off.
Temperature should be not less
than SO degrees: chilled paint dries
too slowly to dry properly. A good
time for painting is a day that pro-
vides these conditions OF dry surface,
dry air, and proper temperature.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13

proximately $3,soo,ooo goes to corn.
hog contract holders. Payments to
ccrn-hog producers in the state are
now underway. Likewise receipt Of
the second 1888 wheat payment and
the first 1884 payment Is expected
soon.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13

Trains ride more smoothly in hot
| weather because Of rail expansion: 4
railway 400 miles long expands 338
yards in hot weather.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13

Brazil Is the third largest nation
in the world and Is exceeded In size
only by the Soviet Union and China.
It comprises nearly one-half Of the
area Of South America.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13

The wheel is considered the most
important of mans inventions, yet It
is the simplest. It's inventor Is un-
known, as is the date Of It's origin.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13
Estimate 33 Millions
For State Producers

North Dakota farmers will receive
81, 3,074,0 900 in the form OF wheat and
corn-hog adjustment payments for the
years 1883 and 1894, according to in
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13
GUARD HOME FROM WEATHER
WITH FRESH COAT OF PAINT
Water Will Break Down Unpro.
tected Surface Of Your
House

lNl8 - t0S SlACN Oh D series Oh
Il articles by Roger B. Whitman,
famous housing expert, on the
repair and modernization Of the
home. These articles are intend
ed Is 4 guide in connection with
the Federal Housing Administra-
tions home renovizing campaign.
BY ROGER b. WHITMAN
Written Especially for NEA Service
and The Bismarck Tribune
Most of the painting to be done
around house Is the doing over OF
old paint.
Indoors, 1t is likely to be for COW
ering soiled paint or because you are
tired Of the old color. But when the
outside Of q house needs repainting.
it IS because the old paint has given
way, has lost its surface and Is turn
ing to powder, or is cracking and peel
ing as the oil becomes hard and brit
tie.
The main purpose of the outside
paint Is to keep water from reaching
the surface beneath. for should this
happen there is likely to be splitting,
cracking. rotting and rusting. Any
paint offered for outside use is wa
terproof when fresh; the point for
home owner to consider is how long
it will stay 50.
No paint can stand weather and
the destructive effects OF sunlight
for any long period. Repainting
should not be put off until the old
paint Is 50 far gone that the surface
beneath begins to show. The time for
repainting Is while the first coat Of
the old paint still has body and is
firmly attached to the surface.
With no change In color, two new
coats should make q satisfactory job.
With the old paint further gone, what
is left Of it should come Oft, and for
. good job, starting from the bare
surface, three coats will be needed.
TWO COATS ON OLD PAINT
Some paints fail in first losing gloss
and then going powdery; becoming
chalky. as 1t IS called. When chalking
has not gone through to the surface
beneath, the old paint makes an ex-
cellent base for new. The chalkiness
is brushed or wiped off and the new
paint i applied to the firm coat that
remains.
With the new color the same as
the old, one coat, thinned with one
half pint raw linseed oil to the gallon,
may be sufficient. Two coats, the
second used rs 1t comes In the can,
certainly should be.
Blistering and peeling In the same
places time after time is q sign that
water Is getting into the surface from
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13

NEXT: Putting = new roof on the
old one.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13
A Balance Wheel For Demand

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The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-13

WHAT you hear and what you read about car
should be considered before you buy-but one ride
is worth thousand words. Test Chevrolets Knee.Acon
on bumpy road. where you for yourself what
big difference Knee.Action makes in riding comfort.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-20
A Far-Reaching Plan

The plan to spend $25,OOO,O ,OOO in creat-. ing Housatonic River parkway IS one or those visionary things that need only touch or two of the practical to put them into the field of reality. In the days of the Coolidge boom market we would never have thought of spending public funds for anything like state or national improvement like this. Certainly Connec- ticut under the republican pay-as-you-go plan could never have envisioned as tre- mendous an undertaking
 But since President Roosevelt initiated the greatest program of public expendi- lures that this country has ever wit messed many things have become possible. The idea of spending $25,000,000 to create a great parkway all along the Housatonic river is not one to cause any consterna- tion or excitement. It seems to fit ill with the scheme of things. It is one of the few great projects that have been mentioned for this state that can be sp- preciated by all of us.
 While the plans are still more or less nebulous in some parts, it is clear that the planners are working for riverside park to include both sides of the stream for cer- tain portions in this state with the hope that the section of the river in Massachu- setts may also be given consideration by authorities there. We may be wrong in lending aid to projects of this type which seem to have little or no bearing on the more pressing needs of finding jobs for idle men and women, clothing and feed ing those without means of taking care of themselves now.
 However, any plan that includes the betterment of an entire state, such as this reclamation of the Housatonic river valley would be, certainly merits approval. Incidentally it goes hand in hand with the announcement plan of the government to tackle the Connecticut river valley from the viewpoint of flood control, harnessing of water for electric power development, and the like. The Housatonic is already harnessed for electric power. The re- maining task is to beautify it for the con- mon interest and good.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-20
Restore Confidence

Once more the doctors have gathered bv the bedside, and this time their pre- scription seems to be that nature must he allowed to take it's course. Specialist Leonard P. Ayres, the Cleveland Trust Company's famous statisticlan, reports bluntly: "We have enormous shortages of goods and buildings needing to be made up, millions of idle workers eager tor jobs. and billions of unused credit seeking employment. Always heretofore that combination has produced prosperity. This time the barriers blocking the way are or our own making. They are not natural economic barriers, but artificial polltlcal ones. The question is whether we as nation have the stamina of character 10 remove them."
 Simultaneously, President Alfred r. Sloan, Jr, of General Motors, remarks that the MIRA is nothing but scheme of ..poverty for all," and that the country IS turning away from belief in reglmenta- ton to a new confidence in the old pioneer virtues: and he continues: "Men are be- coming increasingly aware that the strongest instrumentality of revival and reconstruction is the existing system of free enterprise
 These remarks by Messrs Ayres and Sloan do not stand alone. They are made against background of similar state ments by other industrialists and econom- ists in recent weeks; and they indicate pretty clearly a widespread conviction on the part of business and industry that now is the psychological moment to begin a great revival, if only people will keep their hands off the machinery.
 And right at this point we encounter an odd thing - the cross-currents set up by two opposing lacks of confidence. Busl- ness lacks confidence in the administra- tion's willingness to keep its hands off and let the profit move have a fair swing, and John Citizen has not entirely regained his confidence in those great financial powers which must stand back of any bus mess revival. Furthermore, it is this sec- ond timourousness = born of the memory of Insull and Wiggin and Mitchell andithe others = which causes the administration to do those things which undermine busl- ness's confidence.
 Need this create permanent stale mate? Not at all. The ordinary man will be perfectly willing to give business the leeway it asks once he is convinced that the game is going to be run in fair man. ner. The full restoration of his confl- dence is the important issue. Once that is done, the rest will follow in natural course.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-20
Rome Letter
By THOMAS E. MORGAN Limited Press Stan Correspondent)

Rome - (UP) -- The 40-hour week is in operation in industry Tn Italy. Women gradually are being replaced by men which coincides with Mussolinfs plan for more marriages and babies.
 "Social Justice" was the new slo- gan of Mussolini's program for his 18th year of power.
 Practical application of "SociaI Justice" takes the form in agree ments made between the Employ CTS and Employees Confederation with the sole aim of increasing employment in all branches of in- dustry, banking and insurance by means of abolition of overtime, re- striction to the 40-hour week and gradual elimination of women workers.
 Overtime
 Overtime can only be authorized on special occasions when both parties Employers and Employ ees) agree that 1t is necessary within specified reasonableness Under no condition must it become habitual. If work in any branch be developed so as to demand over time being prolonged or habitual an increase in the number of workers must be instigated instead.
 With the introduction of the 40- hour week wages based on daily, weekly, or longer period scales, will be reduced approximately to the reduced working schedule. Collec- tive wage agreements in which the number of workers determines wage scale will not be affected by the increase of workers. Insurance and banking confederation em- ployes who receive 500 lire month in officers and employees positions. and 400 lire month in subordinate positions, will be cut off the payroll. No one person can hold two jobs.
 21 Million Women
 Of 21.O0O.O00 women in Italy, of which 16.O00.000 are over ten. nearly 4,6o8, 900 are engaged in gainful occupation including the one and half million in agricul- ture.
 Tn the past decade marked in- crease of women in industry over agriculture can be observed in the comparison of statistic table. Com panies having more than 20 em- ployes must not exceed 12 per cent of their number in women in banks and other similar institutions, and 15 per cent in women in insurance; in cases where this does not exist yet, actual replacement must take place within the period specified according to individual agree ments
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-20

These are as follows:
 i. That it is economically unsound and impractical to lay down a general dictum appli- cable to all industries.
 2. That is determining each case, decision should be based on (a) whether price fixing will stimulate production, there by increasing employment; (bb whether it will operate to the advantage land protection of small enterprise.
 Blue Eagle board members reject a general rule on price fixing on the ground that con. ditions vary widely in different industries.
 In some, such as the natural resource industries, owners have complete control over production and production costs. In such industries, price fixing may be desirable and necessary public measure in order to prevent ruin ous competition.
 In other industries, such as automobiles and farm imple- menus, the uldHuIdCtuFeTS-C pelled to buy raw materials-do not have complete control over production costs.
 This factor, the MIRA rulers argue, raises different problems, and conditions which must be determined on their individual merits.
 These pros and cons are in for hot debate in the near future when congress deliberates the future fate of the MIRA. BIRDMAN
 When a friend sent Vice-Presi- dent Jack Garner a number of pheasants, Garner thought them so beautiful that instead of eat- ing them, he built pen and started raising his own flock. BURNING EARS
 If dapper Jimmy Moffett's ears are burning, it is because they are talking about him on Capi- tol Hill.
 The. Federal Housing Admin- istration must face confirmation
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-20
So They Say

Nothing like the progress and general we'll being that has resulted from capitalism can be found under any other system. -Dr Harold G. Moulton, president Brookings Institute.
 Sooner later statesmen everywhere will be literally driven back in the direction of economic sanity.
 Secretary of State Cordell Hull.
 
 All the young writers are reds or reddish What'll the readers do? Read, guess. and hardly notice it.
 Lincoln Steffens. Outlawry of war will lead to nowhere with out collective power to prosecute the outlaw. Prof Howard White of Miami University, Ohio
 
 If l have any criticism of the New Deal, it Is the apparent effort of the MIRA to compel men to be just and fair. The intent is good, but the difi , culties great. Dean Dexter S. Kimbal of Cornell University.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-20
Cultivate a Taste

There have been all sorts of efforts ot recent days to show the nation that re- peal has not been successful. We doubt if any of them will really succeed. Ger tainly conditions today are no worse than they were five years ago when the ef- fects of prohibition were becoming pretty monotonous and also expensive. Merely as a source of income liquor manufacture, sales, and importation could not be dropped readily today without considerable pro- test from majority of states and a ma jority of peoples.
 That we have not achieved the acme Of success in regulating such. manufacture, sales, and importation is quite true. That the states have yet to find the solution of their many difficulties is also true. Con- necticut is the typical example of that. Yet we have control in our midst. That is something. War is still being wagcd against the bootlegger and the ificit dis tiller. Something is needed. Perhaps 1t IS education in drinking. That's like waving a red flag in the face of bull no doubt, but we Americans should learn in time that the art of drinking is not one ae- quired by copious quantities, but rather by quality.
 To this end we might suggest in an off hand sort of way that some attention be paid to the wines of the nation. There are many, good, bad, and indifferent.
 There are some Americans who don't believe a good native wine can be pro- duced. There is nothing left to do but to provide that individual with the imported brands he fancies. No manner of educa- ton will change his mind on this subject. But the vast majority of drink CTS in the United States are ignorant of the culture of wine and it's value as an alcoholic beverage. A bit of EZRA edu- cation might suffice.
 For the cause of the imported wine we do eay this. It is exorbitantly taxed - loo much 50. Duties on the same should be lowered. We say this not as Q criti- ciem of our domestic wines, but as an aid lo the program of education which substi- .l,fes wine for other liquors. Don't mis- understand us. The latter will always nave . firm place in the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-20

o. Should son who does not have the exact name of his father use ''junior'' after his name?
 A. No.
 0. Is a naturalized American subject to deportation if he com mits a crime in this country af- ter naturalization?
 A. No.
 Q. How many policemen and other law enforcement officers are there in the United States?
 A. The 1930 census enumerat- ed: Policemen, 131,6S7; marshals, detectives, probation and truant officers and sheriffs, 41,823..
 o. What are green vegetables?
 A. The term is sometimes used to distinguish fresh vegetables from canned. Generally, however, 1t includes all varieties of herba- ceous vegetables from cabbage to dandelions, including the leafy plants, such as lettuce, cabbage, corn, parsley, beet and turnip tops, lSale, spinach, etc.
 
 o. Describe the albatross.
 A. It is one of the largest water birds in existence and has marvellous power of flight. The wings are long and narrow; the feet are fully webbed with the hind, toe parliamentary or entirely absent. the beak is heavy and powerful, strongly hooked at the end, and the nostril tubes are placed one on each side of the bill at it's base. The wing spread may be ten to twelve feet, but the weight of the birds body rarely exceeds 16 to IS pounds.
 O. What trees are generally used for telephone poles?
 A. Redwood, pine, white cedar, cypress, chestnut, or oak.
 O.. Give the name of the selec- tion, sung by Russ Columbo and Constance Cummings in Broad way Thru a Keyhole."
 A. "I Love You, Pizzicato."
 0. What organization publishes "The Forensic?
 A. It is the quarterly publica- tion of the Pi Kappa Delta fra ternity.
 O. What is lightning?
 A. The visible flash of an elec- tric discharge between two clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-20

Washington, Dec 2O.-Some of Henry Wallace's most sagacious observers secretly expect that the exemption of the little fel- lows from the restrictions of the Bankhead Act will prove a bad boomerang.
 The move has had its desired effect-namely, to induct the 6OO,0OO cotton farmers who grew two bales or less tot vote for an extension of the act. Consti- tuting two-thirds of the total number of cotton farmers, it was this group which put the vote across.
 But there is a serious hitch. It is the possibility of evasion by big plantation owners.
 The Bankhead Act, in its new form, can be made to play right into their hands. For instance, a plantation of 5000 acres may be tended by 400 share-tenants or share -croppers, each of whom can be called grower with a right to exemption under the new clause.
 Thus, by regarding his plan. tation as a group of small farms, a big planter could obtain ex- emption from the restriction measures.
 If practically practiced, this maneuver could so increase the total production as to throw con- trol plans completely out of SAFE GIFT
 The other day a tall, blonde young man walked up to one of the book stores in one of Wash ington's largest department stores and asked saleswoman:
 ''Is Esquire risque maga- zine ?''
 "Oh, mo-" she replied. Tt is a mans magazine, but by no means risque."
 Well, I'm looking for maga- zine for an old man. If you are sure 1t IS not risque I'll take q years subscription"
 I'm sure you will have no complaint against the magazine on that score"
 .All right, then please have 1t sent to Herbert Hoover, Palo Alto, California"
 And before the startled sales woman could gather her wits the unknown customer had plunked down his money and departed. PRICE CONTROL
 There has been a great deal published recently regarding MIRA price fixing, but the real truth is that the MIRA board is no nearer a decision on this trouble-laden question than 1t was the day it took office.
 But after more than two months of struggling certain basic "principles"-as the mem have been agreed upon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-20
ChuckleCorner
NosING AROUND By John Loux

The difference between a young girls very first kiss and her ling ering good night caress is usually about three fellows.
 Plus all the gals that I adore I'm always ready for one more.
 Before they cooled theaters by mechanical refrigeration, you could take your girl to a show and hold her hand. Now, by the time you've sat on your own and got them warm enough to hold hers, the hsowls over. A clever ''make-up" can cover a mighty dumb face.
 A movie hero's what Sis craves
 A guy who's rich and never she'd buy herself ten motor
 And thumb her nose at all the
 stars.
 Some girls are plenty geed when they are bad-others are not bad when they're good.
 And slight girls sometimes arc the heaviest dates.
 A fiirt ! am, a fllrt I'll stay,
 HI sqme gHi takes my heart
 away.
 Pc Aayy the Elorios of war arA nh0rt-liynG. AH sNoM hh tho enemy shoots L out of slory. lt tscomes HofY.