The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-08-18
NEW HOMES AT WARS END
BY j. Il. Jones

the great number of persons both IN
and out of the armed services who
have indicated strong desire to
build new homes around hobby or
avocation.
The services have turned our
young men into nation of skilled
craftsmen and technicians. When the
war ends, they intend to use this new
found ability to create for themselves
all of the comforts they have had to
relinquisk while in camp and on the
fighting front.
Thousands of women likewise have
been agreeably surprised to find that
they have a natural mechanical bent,
which has been proved by their skill
full work in war plants making many
diversified products.
Fact finding surveys directed at
future home builders by The research
organization of Delta Manufacture
ing Company of Milwaukee, design
ers of power tools for the home work
shop, have brought out the fact that
more than two-thirds of these per-
sons will devote sizeable space to a
room where they can fabricate wood,
plastic and metals as we'll as carry
on proper maintenance and repair of
their homes.
Home owners have found that for
a fraction of their normal cost, they
can build numerous articles for the
home, ranging from storm windows,
shelves, bookcases and kitchen cabi-
nets to excellent furniture for the
entire house. With a small number
of power tools, such as a table saw,
drill press, lathe and sander, repairs
and additions to the house can be
completed economically in a profess
sional manner in fraction of the
time it would take to do the job with
hand tools.
Others state that they want to use
their home work shops to start a
small business making cabinets, nov
elites, toys, lamps and a multitude
of small articles of wood, plastic and
metal for which ready retail mar
ket exists.
These persons believe that work
shop for either a hobby or small bust
ness Establishment should grow as
the hobby or vocation develops. 1t
would not be profitable to start off
work shop or business is in the de-
velopment of abilities and addition
of equipment as time goes on or
business propsers.
Farm Land And City Property
Farm real estate values are AZ per
cent above the average rate between
1885 and 1889 The increase during
the past twelve months has been Is
per cent, according to an official
statement of the Department of Ag-
riculture The boom in farm land
values in World War / ended in a
big slump in the years of peace that
followed.
Land is the basis of wealth and
security-but it never fitted into
gambling speculations, either in farm
lands or city property. Oh, it will be
all right if you buy some acreage at
a fair price, providing you don't have
the idea that you can play the stock
market or crap game tricks with it.
''The Time For Decision"
Former Under Secretary of State
Sumner Welles' new book, 'The Time
for Decision" has just appeared. It
rationalizes past actions of TIE State
Department, including relations with
various French leaders, and gives an
authentic review of inception and
carrying out of the Good Neighbor
policy in Latin America.
Mr. Welles does not approve of a
four-power pact in connection with
international security and peace
plan feeling it would be dictatorial in
the view of the smaller countries.
London 10 Hours Away
An Army Air Transport Command
crew in a four-engined Douglas
transport plane has made the first
nonstop fight from London to
Washington in Is hours The normal
route was not followed at times on
account of conditions of the wind;
so the distance travelled was $500.
miles.
According to official information,
Army Air Forces have reduced the
number of flying accidents by 20 per
cent in the past year, and the rate
of training accidents 25.5 per cent
Fatal training accidents have declin-
ed 40 per cent.
ManpOwer
One does not need to go to big
factory, or a big anything to dis
cover shortage of manpower. It's
everywhere, from the home to the
post office, printing Office, restaurant,