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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20
Twofold Purpose
Features Plan
Room on Second Floor
for Subsequent
Expansion

Here's a house plan which has a
twofold purpose
You can complete the second
floor and IFS two bedrooms. as the
plans show. nr you can use the
second floor as storage space
and complete the job later. using
the first floor for your familys
living quarters.
The living room is spacious. and
there's dinette and kitchen, one
bedroom and bath, all on the first
floor.
The front veStibule OF this home
has guest closet There are
large windows in the living room
and the arch leads into spacious
hall or into q dinette with French
door. The dinette opens into the
kitchen. The kitchen sink Is under
window and there are cupboardS
over the refrigerator.
The hall connects with the stair
way that leads either 70 grade or
10 the second floor.
So II you want small house
now with room for subsequent
here's the plan for you.
OF II your present needs call for
a three-b bedroom home. the same
plan will fill the bill.
You can get four sets OF blue
prints and three sets Of specifica-
tons OF this plants number Is
7-4l-at the Times House Plan
Department. main lobby. Times
Building, for SIS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20
So Pct. Of State
Hole Loans
Repaid Gov t

In the five years since the close
Of its lending period, the Home
Owners Loan Corporation has
collected nearly IS per cent Of the
millions il loaned to distressed
Michigan families 10 help them
save their homes, il was announced
Saturday.
The Hole advanced S240.014-
129 10 refinance 81, go homes in
Michigan from June, 1888. 10 June.
1886. and since has advanced an
additional S10,626, 900 10 overcome
tax delinquencies and for other
such purposes. It's collections IN
Michigan up TO June l have
amounted TO $50, 329. 120.
To date, 7,219 Michigan home
owners have paid in S17,037 OBJ
to cancel their loans in full. the
Hole reported. Michigan HOLC
borrowers have been saved mil
lions of dollars in interest pay
ments alone-the difference be
tween the low Hole rates anC
those they paid on their mort
cages before they we're refinanced
Proud Record
1.-THE record IL a proud one
for Michigan's Hole borrow
ers." said Charles A. Jones, gen.
eral manager Of the corpora
ton. I'VE still have a huge job
ahead. We have TO collect $751;
$4,000 on our original Michigan
accounts, S17,SO7. 900 on homes
we have sold, and we still have
to sell $50 properties now on
our books and the compare
lively few properties we may
yet be forced to acquire In
Michigan. But the record In the
past gives assurance that we
don't have much to fear from
the future as far as our job Is
concerned"
Jones pointed out that Hole
borrowers weren't the only ones
to benefit from its influence.
Every home owner enjoying
lower interest rates and more
liberal terms has benefited to
some extent from the Hole"
he said. ut welded n powerful
influence on liberalizing mort
gage practices throughout the
whole country.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20
Resort Sales Up 14O
Pct. Over Year AGO

F.. f. Remington, veteran De-
troit real estate man who is cur
rently specializing in White Lake
resort property, reported Saturday
A 140 per- cent increase in resort
sales during June as compared TO
the same month year ago. Rem
ington attributed the sharp upturn
in sales 10 the increased pay
checks OF Detroit workers. Rem
ington'S White Lake property is
known as La Sale Gardens.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20
Federal Agencies
AsSaiIed by Thornton
Charges Lack Of Cooperation
With Building Industry
BY LAFE ALLEN


GOVERNMENTAL agencies including the United States Housing
VI Authority the public buildings navy
asSaed
Saturday by John G. Thornton
make available the building industry their findings building
materials and methods"
hornons declaration public report
committee technical services Of the American Institute Of Ach
Valuable Information supplied nv these the
Of the being withheld the building
Thornton said
the accomplishments OF the industry n n whole"
local architect would he discussed
Mackinac Island meeting OF Michigan Society OF Architects
August 7 10 10
IAN millions spent ny Housing
Authority the public buildings administration the
building
product and failures materials and meth
but they attempted this information
adequate scale declared the architects committee
which Thornton released
United states Housing Authority Instance
projects only negligible short definite.
technical articles what found its
expenditures.
Technical Notes
contain technical information hut is difficult
pernce projects opinions
Of Its staff.
public buildings administration built has had
maintaining buildings higher
than the housing projects The Federal Architect
published Federal Architects
cudes detailed articles methods
long distracted
Standards has
Building Materials and Structures
reports"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20
Realty
Curve Seen
Realtors H ear Speakers
Trace Local Sales,
Rental Trends

All recent studies Of local realty
trends indicate rising rentals and
sale prices for probably several
years TO come, Arthur F. Bassetts
vice president of the Detroit Trust
Company, told brokers attending
a meeting of the Detroit Real Es-
tate Board last Wednesday noon.
Bassett revealed that sale prices
on frame two-flats handled by his
organization were up approxi-
mately 6 per cent. while rentals
on this type property were up ga
per cent. Sale prices on brick two
flats are II per cent higher than a
year ago. Bassett said, and rentals
in this classification were up on
the average of 13 percent. Sale
price and rentals on singles were
up 8 TO 10 per cent over year
ago on Detroit Trust holdings.
Why the Increase"
"Why the increase 2" Bassett
asked his listeners. "As we all
know the scale of rentals, az
compared to other costs, has
been low. In 1910 maintenance
wages jumped as much as IS per
cent. Today there Isn't the desire
on part Of owners to sell their
property. Other reasons for In
creased rentals and sale prices
are low vacancy lists and In
creased building costs"
William Tanney of the First
National Bank who with Howard
Robinson. sales manager for Sel-
don and Johnson, shared the
speakers platform with Bassetts
traced realty trends within the
boulevard area.
Cited by Tanney as the most
remarkable" development in this
zone within recent years is tho
establishment of large food mar
kets within the boulevard circle. /
MANY of the large food or
ganizations went to the outlying |
districts" Tapney said. but they |
are now establishing units In the
boulevard area.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20
Dearborn Bldg.
Shows Big Gains

Dearborn building permits for
the first six months Of 194l
totaled S5722. ia. Clark NJ
Greene. commissioner of Dear
born's department of public works
announced Saturday. The total
number of permits issued amounted
to .459, Greene said
The commissioner pointed out
that shelter for 1.104 families has
been provided for by homes built in
Dearborn thus far this year, COM
pared 10 facilities for 706 families
IN the same period year ago.
This is a Sc per cent increase.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20
Snyder & Nelson
Open New Offices

The realty firm Of Snyder e.
Nelson. Inc. Saturday announced
opening Of their new offices at
7725 Second boulevard. near Pal
lister avenue. The firm was located
in the Lafayette Building for sew
eral wears.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20


cheaper 10 build than those hav-
Ing n basement:
A-Whether or not a house with
a basement will cost more than
one without a basement depends
largely upon climatic and site
conditions. The amount Of founda-
tons which are required due TO
frost conditions or by sloping
ground may be about the same for
house without a basement as for
one with basement. In this case
a basement may be constructed
economically.
Where excavating is expensive.
such as in rocky soil, Easements
add 10 construction costs. The rel
alive cost of space above ground
for heating equipment. storage,
and laundry. and that provided IN
a basement also must be con-
Sidered.
Q-Where IL the most desira-
bIe location for a bathroom light
fixture:
A-Shce direct illumination is
most needed in front of the medi-
cine cabinet mirror. il is desirable
10 have illumination on both sides
of the mirror. II only a single
bracket fixture is used. install di-
rectly over the mirror. Additional
illumination can be secured by
means of a ceiling fixture.
Q-What can I plant In shady
places where grass Is hard TO
grow:
A-English ivy. pschysandra,
lily-of-the-valley. and perlwinkle
(myrtlel will thrive under trees or
on the side Of the house receiving
little sun. Bulbs such As narCissuS
can be used in the planting for
early Spring color.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20
Market for Use

There IL q steady market for
use on Grand River, while Michi-
gan and Gratiot, because Of the
widening program, have assumed
a new character as far "a busi-
ness frontage IL concerned. On
West jefferson, Lafayette and
Fort. values are heading lower.
Business IL stable on Hastings
street, while Cass avenue, too,
seems to be stsbilizing, despite =
previous shaky period"
Robinson said the local realty
was in a healthy condition,
ready 10 absorb more purchasers.
Ralph f. Toynton of Toynton-
Brown presided at the meeting.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20
q. and A.

Q-Are basementless houses
cheaper TO build than those hav-
Ing n basement
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20
Sales

Cooperative sales by members
Of the Detroit Real Estate Board
have reached S1.004.762 with COM
missions totaling S42, 23S.54, CLAIR
ence J. Boldt. chairman of the
Brokers Division Of the Detroit
Real Estate Board, announced
Saturday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20
BoIdt Sets Record
In Small Farm Sales

Clarence J. Boldt, small farm
specialist. sold % separate parcels
in June for a total of S3S. 1876. set.
ting new monthly record for hi;
office. Boldt reported for the frs
Is days in July his sales have
amounted 10 S1S.l7S.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20
Better TO Wait

Paint may not dry properly If
applied 10 the exterior on a damp
day. Wait until surfaces are thor
oughly dry and good atmospheric
coodiiions prevail.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20
Nee Reports SelIout

Vincent r. Nee Saturday reported sellout In his
100-home development in the West Chcago-Greenhed
road district Nee starting project in Memorial
avenue, north of Capitol The first unit Of Fl
homes is under construction and open daily. They're
in the 4250 price and lots AZ feet wide Nee
also active in the Sunbeam Village development in
Patton and Pckford in the BEDFORD district.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
| Ask NE =
! AMOTHER
q. 60 90. q. g. q. g..
The Questions

l.. What American naval hero
became a rear admiral in the
Russian navy?
2. William H. McGuffey is re-
membered for his work in what
field?
8. Approximately how many In
dams live in the United States?
4. The king of what country
learned lesson in persistence by
watching spider spin web?
S. What does prestidigitator
do?
6. Who gave the long address
of the day at the dedication of the
Gettysburg battlefield on Novem-
Der 10, 1868?
z. In whose works appears the
quotation "Youth is a blunder,
manhood a struggle; old age a
regret?
8. Where is a deodar most likely
to be found?
9. Are American men and wom-
en- increasing in height and
weight?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
An Outside Entry

This last spring at st. Petersburg
we had feud golf match-Bin Dick
ey and Rice against Joe Gordon and
Twinkletoes Selkirk. Keller just
came along, playing for the exer-
else. He hadn't played much or any
golf.
He sprayed the Florida landscape.
But he asked questions and listened
to advice. At a 54O-yard hole he
was seven feet from the cup with a
drive and a number four iron. He
sank the putt.
That's an eagle" I said.
whats an eagle?" Keller asked.
He finished with three pars.
The greatest pair of hands I ever
saw in baseball belonged to Honus
Wagner, the Flying Dutchman-the
greatest infelder that ever lived.
Honus had scoops for hands. Kel-
ler's are even bigger.
where did you ever pick up a
pair of mitts like this?" I asked.
Keller could take one hand and
cover the two hands of Dempsey
and Tunney.
''Wel," he finally said, "when you
start milking Ia cows when you are
only nine years old, you've got to
have hands,"
Keller has perfect hacker
along this line. His name is Gene
SaraZen
Sow milking" Sarazen told me,
rs the greatest finger and hand de-
velopment method ever known. II
means strength, touch and skill"
Well, anyway, Keller hit 1853 and
1866 for the Yankee farm at New.
ark. He batted 1874 in his first year
as a Yankee. He also batted ABS
in his first world series. He turned
in 81 home runs last season. He is
beyond that mark already this year.
He isn't hitting with Joe DiMaggio,
but he is crowding Joe for home
runs and runs batted in.
Never mind his bait ng average.
Just take a look at the runs he has
batted in. A pretty fair ball player,
and the type any manager would
want around. Ask Joe Mccarthy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
Retrieving a Letter

What would you do if you had
mailed letter and it was a matter
of life or death that you intercept
that letter before it reaches its des-
tination? Most persons wouldn't
know. But that letter can be inter-
cepted if there is time. One simply
goes to the post Office, fills out a
certain form, pays for wire which
is sent to the post Office destination
of the letter, and in few days a
notice arrives informing you to call
at local headquarters for your letter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14

THE bard. who almost wrote "the
4 despot's heel is on thy neck
Maryland, my Maryland" evident
ly was not referring to any set OF
pitchers. For Maryland's home
run hitters on the big time have
spent most of their careers on the
sun-blistered necks of various
wrecked and battered pitching
stats.
1t was Maryland that gave the
game H0me-Run Baker. 1t was
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
A quiz with answers Offering
information on various subjects

ments made during the past CEN
fury show that American men
have steadily increased in height
and weight, while the women,
while undergoing no loss in height,
have decreased their weight
through changes in their figures.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
More about Keller

I'd like to tell you more about
Charlie (''King Kong") Keller. He
was born in Middletown, Md, Sep
TENDER IL, 1916, which means he is
still shy of 25 years. He is five
feet ten in height, weighs 1875 pounds
and every pound is either raw steel
or raWhide.
He is close to being the strongest
man in baseball, and one of the
fastest. He has the arms of a Gar
gantua and a pair of hands that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
DIFFICULT FUTURE

A thrill-less marriage cumuLdteS in an
illicit romance In sic months the fires
of LoUe hare crumbled into ashes for
one, but still burn brightly in the breast
of the other, toho insists upon at least
token-marriage. Then third figure
enters the scene and completes a netU
triangle. Miss Norris advises on the
only course open to the troubled
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
The Answers

/. John Paul Jones.
2. Education.
3. There are approximately
350,000 Indians in the United
States.
4. Scotland (Robert Bruce).
5. Performs sleight of hand
tricks.
6. Edward Everett.
7. Benjamin Disraeli (Conings-
by, Book III, Chap. -.
8. In a forest Gan East Indian
CEDAR.
9. Anthropometric measure
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14

"My marriage was orthodox, con-
ventional, dull" she writes. eve
had the expected boy and then the
expected girl, but I may say hon.
estly that in the first eight years
since I dutifully said I do I never
once experienced the thrill that
ought to be the lot of every bride,
wife, housekeeper, social favorite,
mother. My own father and moth
er were cold, quiet people who kept
me constantly busy in boarding
schools and on European trips with
school groups.
"Two years ago, when my chill
dren were seven and five, I began
to study music. One of the teach
ers at the school was vital, hand
some, eager man; American-born
but of foreign parentage. Never
having known love fell in love; but
more, I see now, with love itself
than with him. His was a violent
wooing. I was bored and unhappy,
and we became lovers. He had been
divorced; his wife, much older, with
children of an earlier marriage,
lived in another state. For perhaps
six months I lived in a fool S
| dream, then / awakened and at
tempted to end the affair. But he
was unwilling to have it at anything
but fever height.
Meanwhile an old friend, a man
who had loved me since babyhood,
though didn't know it, came into
our lives, and both my husband
and myself took great pleasure in
his constant company. Seven
months ago my husband was killed
in a motor accident, and George,
the new-old friend, asked me to
marry him. It seemed to me only
honorable to tell him of the affair
with the musician, whom I will call
Leo, especially as Leo was annoying
me by taking it for granted he and
I would be married.
Sees No Happiness With Leo.
George thinks that 1 am morally
obliged to marry Leo, even though
his feeling for me and mine for him
is the deepest our lives have ever
known. Dignifed, generous and
noble in all his ideas, affectionate
and tender and sympathizing, yet he
feels that it would clear the matter
up to have me marry Leo, even if
Immediately afterward sued for a
| divorce.
"My children actively dislike Leo
and love George. He has been
Uncle George to them, closer than
ever their father was. This dis
gushing situation has driven me out
of my senses, am thin and nervous
and cannot eat nor sleep, and I ask
your advice. Could Leo sue me, or
subject me to any publicity if
married George? Is George right
in asking me to sacrifice my own
and my children's future by mar
riage with penniless musician?
In what way could Leo give this
story to the scandal-mongers if he
liked? George is a politician with
a future before him. Would rumors
of my affair affect his career? ]
am going mad over the whole af.
fair and will await your answer with
the utmost anxiety"
No, / don't think Leo could make
much trouble, and whatever gossip
he started would presently die
away. Certainly temporary mar.
riage isn't the answer, and George
should not exact it. Your only
course is to tell Leo once and for
all that the affair is over, and hope
that George loves you enough to de.
eide, upon sober consideration, that
he wants you anyway. And this
time try to maintain a somewhat
higher standard as a wife.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14

Maryland that sent
Babe Ruth into ac-
ton. 1t was Sudlers-
vile, Md, that pre-
scented Jimmy Foxx.
And it is Middle
town, Md, that fol-
lows through with
Charles Ernest KEEL
Ter, known to his
mates as King Kong
Keller, who may be
the fourth Mary
land entry to lead
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
Hair Tonic Salesman Bald

Carl HUFFMAN, New York, who
ordered a wig of luxurious dark
brown hair in February to bolster
his personality as hair tonic sales
man, tried unsuccessfully in court
at Jamaica, Queens, to collect $3.50
from the Crown Equipment compa-
ny of New York for failing to de-
liver the toupee in time. He had to
appear before his prospective Gus
toners with a receding hair line, he
said, so the wig was of no use to
him later.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
Vehicles Taxed Century Ago

Evidently there's nothing new un-
Ter the sun! Persons who believe
that taxes on vehicles originated
after the advent of the automobile
must now consider new evidence
that such levies are much older than
the horseless carriage. According
to the Automobile Club of Southern
California tax receipt more than
100 years old was discovered recent
ly near Birdsboro, Pa, showing that
So was paid as a years license on
two-wheel carriage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14

the league IN home
runs before the season ends.
The fame of Baker, Ruth and
Foxx in order has been plastered in
printers ink all over the map. But
Keller is practicing quick starts in
the general direction of his three
famous predecessors and he de-
serves far more polite mention than
he has received to date.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
Arsenal of Democracy

the entire nation arsenal of
in struggle against the toatarian But the
federal arsenal Wateret ~ " typical OF those going
plants throughout the land This photos takes
ursen & 4
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
Hurried Business

Business dispatched is business
well done, but business hurried is
business i'll ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14

at it, and it in turn will look sourly
upon you; laugh at it and with it,
and it is jolly, kind companion.
William Makepeace Thackeray.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
Without Question

Questioning is not the mode Of
conversation among gentlemen
Samuel Johnson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14

SOuAu pam a W0tCIAClUus AS Lang.
don Smith once wrote, he is "thewed
like the aurochs bull"
Another Angle
When the Yankees won their
fourth straight pennant and their
fourth straight world series in 1889,
the season rookie Keller had bat
ted 1874 through the season and .438
in the big series, we decided during
the train celebration that followed
to leave the baleful influence of Bill
Dickey and Joe Gordon and to look
up Strong Man Keller.
Keller finally compromised on
bottle of cold milk. He admitted
milk was about the strongest drink
he had ever taken.
AS ball player at Maryland uni
versity, learned from others, KEEL
Ter had been the hardest worker on
the squad-one of those willing to
get up early to run three miles to
build up his legs, to use a rubber
ball to build up the grip in his two
hands-a fellow Ty Cobb would have
taken to his heart. He was the type
of athlete willing to sacrifice every
thing else for his profession. Al
most "the forgotten man of sport"
1 found Keller to be pleasant, in
telligent, courteous, and extremely
quiet. He doesn't believe in vast
ing words, which proves again he
is another vanishing American"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
World a Mirror

The world is a looking glass,
and gives back to every man the
reflection of his own face. Frown
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14

Coated ,Uith a
protective film,
these gun barrels
are parked in a
storage yard at
the arsenal. Guns
do not stay long
TN storage nOtU.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-17
Nadile

Continued From Page ~
Mawhinney said that La Graf
terra is q close relative of Ma
ollie and has been familiar with
the latter's whereabouts during
the years he was a fugitive.
After a weeks search in New
York, special deputy sheriff
located the witness Saturday
and seized him under an order
signed by Justice Kingsley.
Mrs. Angelina Carlucci Ross,
widow of the slain man, is al
SO expected to testify against
Nadile. She is alleged to have
paid Nadile and another man,
since executed, to STAY her mate.