Too Macti Puppy,
Great Dim Sfttys Bono
Omaha (AP)? The woman talk
ing to an air lines official was
planning to aend her dog to Tokyo
by air before making the trip to
rejoin fcer husband, and she want
ed to know the cost.
The going rate, the official told
her, is $3.43 per pound. "I guess
we'll just forget about it," the
woman (aid weakly. "We have ?
Great Dane. He weighs 125
pounds."
Indonesia is the largest Moslem
country in the world in terms of
people, says the National Geo
graphic Society.
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On The House
A crying need (or an easy way
to dampproof basements hat flood
ed the markets with various mater
ials which are so good for minor
problems that they inspire their
promoter! to make fantastic
claims.
Apparently such promotion ia
more or less sound business, since
the majority of damp basements
can be remedied rather simply and
the material used will rarely be
subjected to a severe test.
However, the National Bureau
of Standards has found that the
basic ingredient of most of auch
products is Portland cement "and
few, if any, show any marked
superiority in preventing damp
ness over Portland cement."
This is shown in a report, which
Joseph H. Orendorff, director of
research for the Housing and Home
Financing agency in Washington
says "indicates to us that Portland
cement is the important ingredient
and that waterproofing admixtures
and coatings do not necessarily
improve the watcrtightness or ab
sorption characteristics of the
wall."
This brings up the interesting
performance of cement-water
paints. Just having finished diff
erent parts of a basement with diff
erent types of paint, this writer can
report on personal experience.
Having been assured by a "manu
facturer's representative that a
good grade of oil paint would suf
fice for a permanently dry 12-inch
poured concrete foundation, we
tried it. A gallon covered less than
100 square feet because of the com
paratively rough surface.
It was obvious that a sealer was
called for. Shellac was used for
the next section and the oil paint
went farther. Still, two coats of
paint, unthinned, were needed for
fair coverage and a third could
have been used to advantage. This
paint costs about $6 per gallon.
In a third section, a rubber-base
cold water paint, widely advertised
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Highway 70 ? Welt of Morehead City
Phone 6-4912 At Old Morehead Airport
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Commercial' Store Windows
Table Tops ? Mirrors
Auto Safety Glass Cut and Fitted
WE'LL DO THE JOB ? JUST CALL
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PHONE 6-4744
. Owned and Operated by Toauiy Roaaell
905 Shepard St Morehead CKy, N. C.
CONCRETE BLOCKS
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Cancrate Steps
Brain Til*
Septic Tank Lids
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Wire brush basement walls
to remove dirt and all loose par
tide* before using cement-water
paint.
Smooth surface is obtained by
second coat in broad strokes
with a whitewash or calcimine
brush.
Circular scrub brushing spreads
cement-water paint over wall
dampened by a fine fog spray.
Each coat is cured by keeping
wall damp with fog spray for 24
to 48 hours to prevent hair
cracks.
(or use with a roller, was tried.
One coat covered better than ihe
two coats of oil paint on top of
shellac.
In another place cement-wator
paint was used with highly satis
factory results.
Portland cement paint, however,
usually is available in plain white.
If you want colors you add mineral
pigments to suit. But the big ad
vantage is that it provides a cer
tain definite dampproofing quality
which ordinary paints lack. Oren
dorff's report states: "Where the
basement wall is subject to only
mild or occasional dampness, it can
often be made sufficiently dry by
scrubbing in one or two coats of
cement-water paint on the interior
face of the wall. Where the water
condition is severe, paint coats of
this type usually will noCcorreeV
the situation and it usually is ne
cessary to excavate around the
wall and apply Portland cement
parge coating, over which two coat
ings of bituminous material is
usually applied to bridge over any
hair checks."
And here is the formula of that
HHFA expert:
"Cement-water paint may be pur
chased ready-mixed or can be made
by mixing either gray or white
Portland cement with sufficient
w^ter to produce a creamy consis
tency. For coarse textured mason
ry walls, cement-water paints con
sisting of one part of fine silica
sand (passing a 20-mesh sieve) and
one part of Portland cement are
effective. They are best applied
by serubing in with a stiff bristled
brush similar to a household scrub
bing brush. They should be kept
damp for a few days to prevent
hair checking."
The American Builder, trade
publication for home builders, in an
authoritative study of paint prob
lems, recently observed that ce
ment-water paints "repel moisture
effectively." The method of. use re
commended is: (1) Vigorous wire
brushing of surfaces; (2) Filling
with a heavy paste, all large cracks;
(3) Fog spraying the surface with
a hose, allowing the water to drain
off, but not dry; (4) Applying the
first coat with circular movements
of a scrub brush, without brushing
the paint out; (5) Curing with a
?ine fog spray after the first coat
mi typrdened. keeping it damp tor
24 hours; (6) Applying a second
coat in long, horizontal strokes
with a whitewash or calcimine
brush; (7) Curing after this coat
has hardened by using a fine fog
spray and keeping the surface
damp for at least 48 hours.
If basement walls have been
painted before, all old paint must
be removed before using cement
water paints. But cement-water
paints can be paiirted over in colors
after a primer has been applied.
Britain's schools of law, called
the Inns of Court, were damaged
in the great London fire of 1666
and by bombs in world war II.
IIS THIS YOUH DREAM HOUSE?]
jO ?? ^ (A.
TIE ASBL'RY has a large utility room with three closet* and a
cabinet substitute* for a basement in this plan. It also houses the
haating and laundry equipment.
A galley-type kitchen with cabinets on opposite walls allows for
a large cross-lighted dining space in the kitchen. In addition, there
is ? double glased picture window and fireplace in the living room.
Wardrobe closets in the bedrooms, three closets In the utility
room, linen cabinet and coat closet provide for storage needs.
The first floor consists of an insulated slab on gravel fill. Ex
terior finish is asphalt ahingle, with siding and a touch of brick in
the front.
Overall dimensions are 44 feet by 27 feet 6 inches. Area is 1,392
square feet, eubage 18,358
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(These questions were select ec
from those often* asked of local
rent office. If you have a question
about the rent stabilization pro
gram, address it to: Area Rent Of
fice, 9th and Arendell, lender
Bid*., Morehead City. N. C.)
Q: We have lived in this apart
ment about two years. During this
time, with the consent of our land
lord. we have re-finished the floors,
painted the woodwork and re
papered three af the rooms, at our
own expense. Now the landlord
wants to evict us so that his daugh
ter who is to be married soon can
move in. Can he do this? We think
he should evict one of the other
tenants who hasn't spent so much
on their unit. But if he does make
us move, is there any way we can
recover from him the expense we
have been put to in fixing this
place up?
A: You have really asked sev
eral questions in one. If your land
lord is acting in good faith and
actually intends for his daughter
to move in, he can petition our
office and secure a certificate re
lating to eviction to evict you. AH
that such a certificate does is to
let him exercise whatever rights,
if any. he has to evict under the
state law. We can do nothing about
his evicting you instead of another
tenant. He has the right to select
the unit he wants. Regarding your
rehabilitating the unit and any
chance for you to recover the ex
penses for such, we are sorry to
say there here, too, we have cau
tioned tenants time and again not
to rehabilitate rental units or make
repairs unless he makes an advance
agreement with his landlord re
garding the rehabilitation and gets
it approved by the rent office. Gen
erally speaking, the legal proced
ure on this, if the unit is in need
of repair, painting or decorating,
and the landlord fails or refuses to
have the hecessary repairs made,
is for the tenant to petition our
office for a rental reduction.
Q: On the date that this area
was declared critical, I was rent
ing a five-room house under a lease
which entitled the tenant to use
the garage right behind the proper
ty. As the tenant did not own a car,
both he and I have used the garage
for storage purposes. My tenant
has now purchased a car and in
sists that I move my things out of
the garage so he can use. If I
do so, can I charge him $5.00 a
month extra for the garage, which
is the usual garage rent in this
: neighborhood? It is my belief that
because he did not use the garage
| Oh the date the area Was dentin
I critical that the garage no lougH
goes with the house. My tenant
! says that the garage went with the
house regardless of whether he had
a car or not.
A. Your tenant is correct. The
very fact, as you stated yourself,
the lease covering the unit in ques
tion, on the date the area was de
clared critical provided for a five
room house with garage in rear,
Make Do
Knotholes in wood forms for
cement work ran be quirkly
patched with a piece of sheet
metal only slightly larger than
the hole, says the American
Builder, trade publication for
home builders. Merely bend a
quarter-inch of each corner to
form prongs, place the sheet
# over the hole, hold it with a
* block of wood and tap it down
with a hammer.
Long Island Siudenl Lives
In Cemetery lor Two Years
New York (AP) A Long Island
student will live in a national ce
metery for the next two years be
cause he submitted the high bid
for rent on a house to the U. S.
Atmy engineers.
The one-family frame house and
two sheds is located on farmland
purchased by the Army as an ad
dition to the Long Island National
Cemetery. It is estimated the
graves will not reach Vincent J.
Griesels front yard until his two
years are up. He is a student at
the Long Island Agricultural Tech
nological institute.
Name oi Railroad Station
Irks Czech Communists
Vienna (AP) ? The main rail
road station in Prague is named
after President Woodrow Wilson
in honor of his work to give Czech
oslovakia her independence.
But now that the communists are
in power, the newspaper Kvety re
ports that the Prague city council
is considering renaming it. The
newspaper says a new name also
may be given to the station named
after Thomas Masaryk, founder of
the Czech republic.
Clean Paint Brushes
Paint brush dirty? Slap it back
and forth over a washboard prop
ped up in a pail of thick soapsuds.
Dip the brush down into the suds
and then rub it across the board.
Rinse in clear water; let dry, wrap;
and store until needed. #
woiXl be the final answer that "the
garage does go with the house"
and therefore, you cannot secure a
rental adjustment to cover such
garage when it would not be an ad
ditional service. The tenant is now
entitled to use of the garage, and
if you in any manner keep him
from using it, he may petition our
office for a rental reduction be
cause of a decrease in services.
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520 Front St.
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storm windows and doors at no
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MITCHELL'S
CARPENTER SHOP
Phone 6-3956 Highway 70
1 West of Morehead City, N. C.
BLACK & bECKER ELECTRO
POWER TOOLS
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PAINTERS SUPPLIES
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HARDWARE FOR BUILDING PURPOSES
Hardware & Building Supply Co.
Phone 6-3247
727 Arendell St. Morehead City, N. C.
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