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PART ONE THE DETROIT FREE PRESS 12 Decorative Use of Evergreens Well Designed In a Beautiful Tree Setting 7S- I I -Wr- ft -j I if i 54 I 11 a-ana V'' Tfyrrm mw aa 1 i JKV- v.f 1 A I i -J 1 its! 4 1 Id 1 I Appropriate evergreens 'can be used to make the home entrance more attractive. On this rather dry terrace, upright Colorado junipers are planted near the house with spreading Koster red cedars in front. Globe red cedars are on either side of the walk in front of the steps. FARM AND GARDEN Various Methods of Storing Vegetables in Whiter Outlined for gracious living. It has eight rooms with four bedrooms and two baths.

There is a side drive leading to a garage. Opened by the Maccabees. Beautifully landscaped and In an attractive setting of matured trees, this well-designed residence at 18644 Galnsboro offers opportunity BY DONALD DOUGLAS Th ir Prt Gardeocr If neither the home basement nor the garage can be adapted to storing surplus vegetables for win ter, a garden storage pit can often be used. Carrots, beets, cabbage, turnips, rutabagas, parsnips, salsify, and potatoes properly stored just before freezing weather will continue for months to have that garden fresh taste. The following metnoas or pit storage have been tried out by Ferry-Morse Seed Co.

at tneir Oakview Seed Breeding Station near Detroit and have been found to be very satisfactory. In a sloping location where drainage Is good a trench pit is practical. The trench should be dug about 12 inches deep and as long as needed for the quantity of vegetables to be stored. A layer of straw should be placed In the bottom. PROPER COVERING When the vegetables are In place, they should be covered with a layer of straw, hay, leaves or even old carpet or canvas to a depth of about six inches.

The soil should be banked over' the covering and each shovelful packed down firmly to hold the soil in place. Rounding up in the center provides for the run off of rain and melting snow. This should be sufficient covering for average cold weather. When the thermometer drops below zero, another six Inches of straw or other covering should be added. In an unusually severe winter climate, each layer of soil and Gourd Show to Open Saturday The Detroit Garden Center will open its second annual Gourd Exhibit Saturday at the White House on Belle Isle.

It will continue through Nov. 14. The hours are from 10 a. m. to 5 p.m.

on week days and from 12 noon to 5 p. m. on Sundays. According to Mrs. George I.

Bouton, director of the Garden Center, this is an amateur exhibit in which the public is invited to show specimens which they have grown. Entries should be submitted this week Friday or Saturday, she said. Before storinc window rrin for the winter, it Is well to clean them with benzine, or some similar cleaning solution. Show Home to Be Closed Temporarily Decoratiner and painting of the 1943 War Workers' Ideal Home which is being erected by the De troit Builders' Show on Evergreen just north of Fenkell will necessitate closing the home to the public temporarily starting Monday morn ing, according to Kennetn IJ. McGregor, Show secretary.

"When the home is opened In November it will be finished in every detail and will be completely furnished by the J. nuuaon McGregor stated "A feature of the Builders' Show Home again this year will be a modern kitchen which is also being planned and furnished by the Hudson Co. It has been designated as a War Workers' ideal kitchen. Built in sections, the wall cabinet and the base cabinets can be in stalled Independently. "All appliances which will be Installed in this kitchen will be available to war workers who can qualify for priorities," explained McGregor, "and this applies also to the kitchen cabinet units." After the War Workers' Ideal Home Is opened In November It will remain open for public inspec tion during regular hours from that time until the 1943 Detroit Builders' Show which is to be held in February.

50,000 Visit Federation ModelHome That over 50,000 people have visited the Federation Model Home at 9205 King Richard, come of Bedford just north of Harper, since it was opened 10 weeks ago is an indication of the widespread interest In this demonstration of what union labor and union made materials can accomplish in a low-coat house. This home, which Is completely furnished by Crowley Milners in the Swedish Modern style, is still open for public inspection, it was stated Saturday by Ed Thai, secre tary of the Building Trades Council. It is a concrete constructed house on a corner lot 36 bv 120 feet, attractively landscaped. There are five rooms and bath and oil air conditioned heating system. It was built under WPB priorities and is in the $6,000 cost group.

FPHA Tax System Liberalized Expected to Improve Relations of Public Housing with Glies and Raise Payments A liberalized and uniform system for the making of payment In lieu of taxes on public housing projects, announced by the Federal Public Housing Authority, is expected to improve the tax relations between public housing projects and loeal governments. According to FPHA it will (1) give greater certainty to contributions which may be expected li municipal budgets, (2) equalize treatment among municipalities and on public housing built under various Acts, (3) increase contributions to the increased costs of municipal services mieh as schools, health, police, fire, occasioned by the in-migration of war workers to new housing developments. LAXHAM ACT The Lanham Act, under which the major portion of war housing projects has been constructed, requires the payments in lieu of taxes of an amount substantially equal to normal taxes less an appropriate deduction where certain municipal services were not supplied. A considerable amount of war housing, however, has been constructed with funds supplied under other Acts and the new order makes the payments in lieu of taxes on projects constructed under these Aotu uniform with those made on Lanham Act projects. In addition to the war housing owned outright by the Federal Government, a number of projects for war workers has been constructed by local housing authorities with funds loaned by the Federal Government out of low-rent housing appropriations converted to war purposes.

SI BSIDI.KI) RENTS The income of the tenants generally makes it unnecessary for subsidized rents to be charged. It Is said, and on such projects FPHA has authorized local housing authorises to make payments In lieu of taxes substantially equal to normal taxes or as much thereof as the revenues of such projects will permit. Under the new policy FPHA also makes possible somewhat more liberal payments In lieu of taxes of low-rent slum clearance projects. Hereafter, local housing authorities will be authorized to make uniform payments each year out of available funds equal to an established portion of expected Income from projects for that year. INCREASED PAYMENTS Also, if economies in operation or increased rental income makes possible the reduction of the amount the Federal Government pays in subsidies to such projects, the local authorities will be per mitted to Increase their payments In lieu of taxes to local taxing bodies so that the total payments in lieu of taxes for any year will equal one-sixth of the savings.

In the past it has been somewhat difficult for taxing bodies to determine in advance how much revenue to expect from payments In lieu of taxes on public housing projects. Under the new policy they will be notified of expected payments In time to include such amounts In budgets and payments will be made at the usual time for the payment of taxes. Foley Urges Conservation of Fuel Attention of home -owners In Michigan was called Saturday by State FHA Director Raymond M. Foley to the urgent necessity for conservation of fuel because of the current difficulties In transportation. "This condition makes necessary, where possible, a conversion of heating equipment from one type of fuel to another; such adaption of furnaces now burning oil to the use of coal, the Installation of storm doors, storm windows, weatherstripping, insulation which will effect an overall saving in fuel consumption, and other mediums to that effect," he said.

Financing of these Improvements, it was stated by Foley, may be by medium of loans obtained from qualified lending institutions under Title I of the National Housing Act. These loans may be for as much as $2,500 and with as long as three years to pay. Foley also called attention to recent action of other Federal agencies in this connection. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has adopted an amendment to their regulations relating to consumer credit which permits the use of such credit for these purposes, and the War Production Board has amended Conservation Order L-41 to make available the use of building materials which are necessary for these changes and Improvements. Atkinson to Address Northuest Hrokers James E.

Atkinson, president of the Detroit Real Kstate Board, will be gueft speaker at a luncheon meeting of the United Northwestern Realty Association Thursday, at 12:15 p. m. in Fisher West Grand Boulevard at Dexter. He will speak on "News from the Realtor Committee at 1S42 Servicemen's Relief Act Broadened Wider Protection Is Given to Soldiers, Sailors and Others Affected by the Law The Soldiers' and Sailors' Relief Act has been considerably broadedned by recent amendments and now provides much wider protection than did the original Act, it was stated Saturday by James E. Atkinson, president of the Detroit Real Estate Board.

He called particular attention to the provisions (1) allowing soldiers and sailors to contract with reference to prior undertakings while in military service, (2) providing relief for those who are affected by the law without being in service, (3) applying to the cancellation of leases, and (4) clarifying the statutory limitations on redemptions. The Act now protects not only persons in military aervice but also those who have been notified to report for service, whether drafted or enlisted. It also includes accommodation makers and others, whether primarily or secondarily liable, within these who may have relief from the enforcement of an obligation because of military service. But it allows sureties, guarantors, endorsers, accommodation makers and other persons primarily or secondarily liable on the obligation of the person in the military service to waive the provisions concerning stays of enforcement under a 1 carefully specified conditions. The amend ment only applies to waivers obtained after the enactment cf the 1942 bill.

Bond, Land Buyin Momentum That the Idea of buying land and setting up a War Bond fund to finance an after-the-war home is making a strong appeal to thoughtful people is evidenced by the fact that not only many war workers but business men and executives as well have responded to the program Inaugurated by the Association for Future Security. "Peaple today are thinking In terms of the future as regards their financial planning," Guy S. Greene, president of Hannan Real Estate Exchange, stated Saturday. "They are coming to realize that the future will be decided by what they do with their money today. "It is relatively easy to pay for land under today's war-depressed prices and it is likewise relatively easy to accumulate a substantial building fund through War Bond investment.

"War dollars used In this way will set up a strong line of defense against possible future unemploy ment and also serve to build up a backlog of home construction funds for release after the war that could become a powerful factor in preventing depression." Property Managers to Hear Andrews "Activities of a Taxpayers' Association" will be the topic of Elwood Andrews, executive secretary of the Flint Taxpayers Association, at a meeting of the Management Division of the Detroit Real Estate Board Tuesday noon in the Savoyard Club. Andrews, a past president of the Michigan Real Estate Association and of the Flint Real Estate Board, has made an extensive study of taxpaye'ri problems. OCCUPY and Large Brick Bungalow Open Doily and Sunday OUTER DRIVE EAST WARREN SECTION Your Last Chance fa Euy a Ksw Hcma for ths Duration NEAR E. WARREN SUNDAY. OCTOBER 2S, Your New Home Garden VITAMIN IN KRAUT Food technologists at th State Agricultural Station announce finrilniro i- fin uii'ip studies of the vitamin content of sauerkraut which Hi una) doubt as to the value of this popu.

mr cumuuiiy as a source of the antiscorbutic vitamin. In the cast, food sneelnH.f. questioned the effect of the fermentation process on the vitamm content of kraut, but rece-t investigations made are believed to demonstrate conclusively when kraut is DroDerlv during the fermentation process it will retain about two-thirds of the vitamin content of the original cabbage. Cabbare is one th wt. wcuLer sources of vitamin a vegetables and in the form of kraut has long- had a nine.

i diet to make other foods particularly meats, more palatable and digestible. Desnite conflictine- renort. contrary, recent experiments show maw uunug acuve iermentatloa in the large vats used in the fac-tories of kraut-producing areas practiclly no loss of vitamin has been found. Some loss occurs in th kegs used in home production o( kraut, possibly because of the clo proximity to air and the fact that the carbon dioxide produced dur. ine fermentation tnnv rin.

readily from these small contalncn. In kraut ud to three month, the average loss of vitamin li very low, but durine storage it is slowly destroyed especially if the kraut is not well covered or if the hrine ln.t i. such cases, the kraut is kept in far Deuer conaiuon Dy canning. Once in uie can, very uiue, II any, vita, mln is lost. Freshly fermented kraut, If prop, erly canned, has been shown to contain about two-thirrl o.

vitamin as the origional cabbaga ohm ia uicieiure a potent source of this valuable dietary component. D.D. Two Warllousinti Proposals Made Two proposals as to war housing action seem to have greater practical possibilities Just now than st any time In the past, the National Association of Real Estate Boards pointed out in a recent communication to John B. Blandford, administrator of the National Housing Agency. With $600,000,000 for additional war housing authorized in the Lanham Bill, the Association suggests first that where Government building proves necessary, it might be in great part temporary houses built on scattered vacant lots.

It would be relatively easy to get this kind of housing under way quickly, it was pointed out, and the use of the lots could obtained substantially for the amount of the annual taxes. ITPAVSto seed lawns in the fall LAWN C'AKK lri! wllj lrrf. Ak It. Writ. O.

M. Hrntt Hum 9'M Main Murjivlllr, Ohio. Will Ycu Keep cn rent After the War Unless you are able to buy a home, or build one when war ends, you will still be paying rent with the Security and In. dependence of home ownership still only a dream. Buy a LOT cr an ACRE of LAND NOW get ready fcr ths Days of Pease! But if you GET READY during the war period for future hmve ownership by getting land to build ON, and War Bond Savings to build WITH you will be able to move into a home you own and the days of renting will be over.

Buy Enough WAR BONDS to Build a Home When War Ends! Your War Dollars will buy yon a lot or an acre (or more) at low prices today. You can pay for a piece of desirable property more easily under today's conditions than for years before. Get your future homesite NOW! Association for A Future Security 0 This Booklet Is TOrHS Free! "Future. SeenrltT" lP" booklet la Free for tlie akiru, Mall This Coupon 5 Association for Future Security, 1 1032 Buhl i Detroit, Mich. Ye.

I'rl like a enpj ef Tnr hnnkler, "Future KetlirifT" i me a ropy witbout obhratlon. Yes! of other material should be con siderably more than six Inches through and the trench more than 12 inches deep, snow is taeai Insulation material if it can be kept from melting. SURFACE TIT A surface pit can be used where ground Is level and drainage is likely to be poor. Tne vegetDies should be stacked in a heaped up row on top of the ground with a layer of straw under them, ine covering is the same as in tne trench pit. A trench line should be dug around the outside of the surface pit to provide soil for the covering and a drainage ditch for catch ing rain and melting snow, une trench line should be far enough from the pile of vegetables to give room for building the soil bank over the pile, and yet close enough to catch the water.

If too close, the soil will wash Into the trench. USE A BARREL A barrel or keg may be sunk Into the ground on its side to a depth of about 12 inches to make a barrel pit. This type is cleaner than the other two and lends added protection against changes in temperature and moisture conditions. For better drainage the front end should be an inch or so lower than the ar. The vegetables should be placed Inside and the front ones covered with a layer of straw or other insulating material.

A wood cover for closing may be made out of small pieces of board, leaving a few small cracks for ventilation. When the cover is in place, the container should be completely covered in the same way as the surface and trench pita. PREPARING VEGETABLES Vegetables to be stored should be sound preferably of medium size, freshly dug, and not washed. Tops of root vegetables should be trimmed down to less than one inch. Cabbages should have roots up, heads down.

It is often a good plan to place tne vegetables in groups of mixed assortments for convenience in re moving several kinds each time the pit is opened. Or, In the case of trench and surface pits, several small ones with an assortment in each should be Constructed instead of one large pit. Whenever only part of the vegetables are removed, It is particularly important to see that the covering is properly replaced to protect those left in the pit. YOU HAVE THE i HomcPermit Valuation Again Down Although there was a spurt In residential permit valuation in De troit toward the end of September, which raised the total for the month slightly above the August dollar value, it was per cent below the like month a year ago. Permits were issued last month for 402 single houses and 59 two-family dwellings with a combined estimated cost of $2,308,400.

In September, 1941, 626 single house and eight two-family dwelling per mits were Issued, the total valuation of which was $3,321,806. Including permitted additions and alterations to existing houses which will accommodate 41 addi tional families, a total of 561 family dwelling units will be provided upon completion of residential buildings for which permits were issued in September. For the month of September, 1941, 672 homes were provided and 544 in August, 1942. A total of 6,788 new dwelling units have been permitted since the first of the year as compared with 9,189 in the corresponding nine-month period of 1941. Construction of all types In September continued the downward trend that has marked recent months, the total valuation of $3,554,528 being 3 per cent less than the $5,380,589 in September, 1941, and 6 per cent below the preceding month.

The cumulative dollar volume for the first nine months, amounting to $45,264,452, was down 29 per cent from the $63,760,889 total for the corre sponding period of 1941. Al A Appoints Detroit Architects Several members cf the Detroit Chapter of The American Institute of Architects have been appointed to Institute committees by its board of directors, it was announced Saturday by Emil Lorch, Chapter president. Talmage Hughes was reappointed to the committee on public information and named chairman for the year 1942-43. Lorch was appointed to the committee on registration, John C. Thornton to the committee on technical services, Clair W.

Ditchy to the com mittee on by-laws, Richard P. Rase- man to the committee on foreign relations and committee on allied arts, and Branson V. Gamber to the committee on unification, committee on architectural competi tions and committee on post-war reconstruction. Mortgage Bankers to Elect Directors Directors for 1943 will be elected at the November meeting, of the Detroit Mortgage Bankers Asso ciation, it was announced Saturday by Walter Gehrke, president of tne group, who has appointed the fillowing nominating committee: Edward F. Lambrecht, Earl K.

Akey and Donal Jenkins, all former presidents of the association. Officers will be selected by the new board of directors. ELSE A REPORTS RALES Elsea Realty and Investment Co. reported Saturday the sale during the first half of October of 23 single houses and six flats involv ing a total consideration of Teckemeyer to Speak at Board Dinner Earl B. Teckemeyer, of Indianapolis, diector and sales consultant of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, will address a dinner meeting of the Detroit Real Estate Board Nov.

5 In the Detroit Leland Hotel, It was announced Saturday at the offices of the board in the Buhl Building. Teckemeyer is well known throughout the country as an 1 1 ational speaker on real i estate topics, I havine spoken Teckemeyer a of the nation's cities. He is a past president of the Indiana Real Estate Association and of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board, a lecturer on real estate at Indiana University and author of numerous real estate articles. He Is an attorney as well as a practicing real estate broker and active in civic affairs In his home city of Indianapolis. The primary occasion Is the Real Estate Board's annual meet ing, with election of directors for 1943 scheduled as the chief item of business.

James Atkinson, president, will preside, and the following committee is in charge of arrangements: Hansel D. Wilson, chairman: Fred A. Strengson, Louis A. Ewald, Lawrence C. Die- bel, E.

L. Ecclestone, William R. Lueddcrs, Ralph E. Toynton, John W. Knecht, Richard Jeffery, John C.

Staudt, Frank J. Howlett and Charles E. North. Enrollment in Building Course Open Enrollment in the University of Michigan extension courses in building Is still open, Ivan N. Cuth-bert, instructor, announced Satur dav.

In Building which Is the first semester of a year course, practi cal problems In housing developments, and the repair, maintenance and remodeling of existing housing will be taken up. Landscape work. the selection of building sites and airrerent types of architecture will be Illustrated and discussed. This class meets from 7 to 9 p. m.

Tues- aay evenings. The Thursday evening course. which also meets from 7 to 9 p. deals with estimating and construc tion, covering mill work, sheet metal work, all types of floorine, marble and tile work, painting and oecorating, ana glass and glazing, Practical estimating in these trades will be given in detail. Both classes are held in the University's section of the Rackham Memorial building, 60 Farnsworth.

Hall Will Discuss Realty Situation Willis H. Hall, of the Detroit Board of Commerce, will discuss current affairs of interest to the real estate business, at a luncheon meeting of the Brokers' Division of the Detroit Real Estate Board Wednesday in the Savoyard Club. it was announced Saturday by Ixmis A. r.vyald, program chairman. Norbert J.

Markert, chair man of the division, will preside. Bon't Buy Rent UNTIL SEEN 35 BRICK READY TO FEDERATION HOE MAPLE GROVE it Located in WEST DEARBORN )rlva out in MAPI.E CKOVP! today In Writ Pfarborn, Smith of Mlrhltan on Outer lrlv. Follow alrns at Outrr Drive and Monroa Blvd. to MrKlnlrr Ave. Oprn 9 A.

M. to 9 P. M. Fare brlrh, rove reillnca, attlri, fnll plBNtrrrd basements tile bathroom floora with shower tirdroome, taMefullr dernrated la plealnc pastel shades. Unnwnll over tub.

fan he sold to either dtfniM or non-derrnse workers. SKK BAI.KSMEN AT MUUr.LS. 1)E, iiH. VOLK a ROVSEK Builders I 1S948 W. WARREN OR.S800 iiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiM HURRY ONLY 2 LEFT Large Luxe Colonial 4405 GRAYTON Homemaking at its best Is the desire of all The Federation Home was designed for comfort and convenience and reaches a new high in iivability.

Located at 9205 HOG RICHARD Corner Bedford, N. of Harper OPEN DAILY 1 TO 10 P. M. Furnished by Crowley's FOR SALE COUNTRY HOME Constructed By Sirt Oldford, Builder a t-1 'L' In tht Northwest Section KINGSHORO ESTATES Redford Township I Tr. hnir Is h.i.tt on at.prnirr,a,1y 1 ar of land, I 1 hi f.aniMs large ntv cvii.

pi-! niht-r SIIOWV ISY AITOIXTMEN'T OM.T i Owner upird. re, rach nf our two remaining brick homes have gas alr-conditinned heat, fireplace, breakfast room, and Kiia bar. Terrare. IS-ft. master bedroom.

Ftra lavatory. Kitchen fan. Save-l'-Time. Many otlicr fine features. Sparinu dining room.

Kapp Elected Head of Detroit Architects William E. Kapp, prominent Industrial will head the l.ietroit Chapter of The American Institute of Anh.iects during the PiO'td the Chapter's annijal mfUnz last week and will nc eed Kmil Lurc ft fpK.V Of JnH V. ho 3 two ttrjrs. Street H3CI naSPER AT OUTER Cfi. p.K'it ti.