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Show FHATqUesLOver 238 Housing UhitsiirCBrovo for Re-Sdle A total ofi 238 housing units In Utah county, buillu durins the war emergency, have been taken over by the Federal Housing Att-thorlty,5 Att-thorlty,5 according to Leland Man nil S. SMIUW- Vfwtn anil assistant, respectively, in the property management department of the state -FHA. Tbe two men were to Provo Monday looking over the properties nd making plans to put them In shape for sale. . . . . ..- - The units are: 12 homes in what Is known as-the Gene Clark di vision, eart of Ninth East and north of Third Worth; 140 homes . J .a . a in vae oroossiae pars xuvision tn Springville; 13 duplex buildings for a total of 28 units In the Taylor-Wheeler or University Gardens division in the extreme northeast corner of Provo, and 29 homes in the -West Park addition, north of West Drive below Sev enteenth west In each ef the affected divisions, di-visions, there are hornet still occupied by th? original owners own-ers who have not defaulted on . their purchase. These owners will continue to occupy their homes under . their original terms of purchase. The units were- taken over by the FHA, "who Insured tbe mortgage mort-gage in eacb case. They were turned back by the holders of the mortgages when they proved unsalable or when purchasers de faulted on their payments. War bousing in Provo was built en private money, with the FHA Insuring the mortgage and- inspecting in-specting the houses, and with repayment re-payment on the FHA plan. They were never FHA homes" in the accepted sense that FHA advanced the money. Only on these units that FHA has now taken over will the government agency hold title, conduct sales and have complete control. Mr. Mays and RTr. Young said Monday that sale prices on the homes now held by their agency will be governed by advice received re-ceived from five prominent real estate agencies and the banks of Provo. FHA officials have previously pre-viously emphasized they will not We Solicit Your Patronage on a Cash and Carry Basis All Services PROVO CITY LAUNDRY 470 SO. UNIVERSITY dump the homes on the Utah county real , estate market at lower prices man now prevail, and Mr. Mays and Mr, Young re iterated this Monday. Where they need It, the homes will be landscaped, land-scaped, which in general means proper grading and the planting of a lawn, tney said, it house tn terlors need renovating to make them salable, this will be done. they stated. Some of this work has already begun in a few of the homes. f Sale prices will then be set In view of the condition of the home at tbe time it is offered of-fered for sale, end In relation to the prevailing real estate ' market, the officials declared. The officials said the FHA will not sell a home for less than five per cent' down. The usual terms are 10 per cent, but where credit standing and circumstances warrant war-rant it, five percent will be accepted, ac-cepted, they said. On single homes purchasers will be given title to their homes with a mort gage against the unpaid balance after 19 per cent of the principal is paid. On the duplex buildings, zo per cent must be paid before title may be acquired. Up to that point, purchasers will pay on a contract, with the FHA holding title. Where streets peed to be put in for FHA held homes, the agency will ask the city' to create special improvement districts and con struct them in the usual manner, with the FHA paying the assess ment on the homes it holds. Duplex units j will be rented, until they can be sold, under FHA supervision, the officials said. The single homes are being held off the rental market for two reasons, Mr. Young said. First, the FHA in tends to sell homes and is not in tbe renting business, and second. local real estate men and land lords asked the FHA not to put them on the local rental marker. Real estate firms and landlords asserted there are plenty of hous ing units for rent without the government owned homes, Mr Young stated. The FHA intends to ret half a dosen units in shape for sale in each division as soon as possible, tbe officials said. They will then keep about this many ahead of sale demands. Questioned concerning the Gene Clark division, where consider able trouble was encountered from lack of drainage, Mr. Young said he felt proper grading would eliminate all or most of the trouble. Slopes running toward the houses instead of away from them caused water to pool and stand around foundations, he said If grading does not correct . the trouble, the government will have to take steps that will, he stated SPECIAL TURKEY DINNER (Our Turkeys Are Really Roasted) at the WAGON WHEEL CAFE 1V2 Mile South of Springville WEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY City Briefs Gordon Nielsen of Leamington, was a visitor In Provo today. . L. L. King of St George, spent today in Provo on business. Mr. and Mrs. James IL Bullock of Montrose, ! Colo., formerly of i Provo, are visjtjng here for a few days with friends. . - Norman K. iLarsen of Learning ton, Utah, spent today with Provo mends. Kenneth B. Judd has been released re-leased from the air corps and Is home with bis parents. Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Judd. As a private first class, Kenneth served with the Eighth air force in England, be ing overseas since February. He was assigned to the headquarters. His wife, the fomer Beth Chris tensen of Richfield is here with him. Captain Ross Dlx is home on terminal leave visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Dix, prior to obtaining his release from the army. He returned re cently from Berlin. Captain Dix wears the bronze star for combat action. He participated in five major campaigns, serving in England, Eng-land, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Luxemborg. m Grant R. Taylor, with his wife and baby daughter, has just returned re-turned from port Angeles, Wash., and is visiting with his parents. Mr. and Mrs, Golden Taylor of Provo. He served as a machin ist's mate first class in the coast guard and has just obtained a discharge. Mr, Taylor was in the coast guard three and a half years, most of it in the south Pacific, and won four battle stars. He plans to attend the Utah State Agricultural college. 1 1 ii i i Lt. -Commander 'Carlton F, Culmsee, who has been serving as recognition officer at the navy pre-flight school. St. Mary's col lege, Calif., accompanied by his wife, Edna Ball Culmsee, and son Ralph, is visiting in Provo for a few days. They-are at the home of Lt. Commander Culmee's mother, Mrs. L. A. Culmsee, and are en route to Logan, to make their home. Mr. Culmsee has just been released from the navy service, after three years, and has accepted accept-ed the position of dean of the school of arts and sciences at the U S A C. He was formerly at B Y U.. as director of the ex tension division. Before going to st. Mary s. he served at Dallas, Texas; Memphis, Tenn., and was on special duty in California fori a time. SSgL Shirley L. Eklns of the 143th army army air base. Great Falls, Mont., received his honorable honor-able discharge from the service Nov. 16. and has arrived home He is a son of tbe late Mr. and Mrs. Reed R. Ekins of Pleasant View, and has rounded out three years and four months in the ser vice. Shirley has been studying radio operation and mechanics at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and before that, was at radar mechanic mechan-ic schools in Boco Raton, Fla., and San Antonio, Texas, and at the Bendix plant in Baltimore, Aid. Wanted: Pasture and stable or shed feed, during winter months, for saddle horse. Call 143. adv. Statistics BORN Girl, to Sam C. and Vivian Tucker Pyne, this morning. Boy, to Richard and Wanda Cummings Hammond, Monday night. Both Utah Valley hospital. The eastern side of the Teton mountain range of Wyoming rises almost vertically 7,000 feet from a comparatively fiat vauey floor. Men A Man TASTES The &sfe - - - ; r - 1 i lo$6 &r 2 Btckfag Things - H i Apcrfmsnt House Owners, to Pay Tax Under Protest Members of the Provo Apart ment House Owners association passed a resolution Monday night pledging each member tor pay his 1945 taxes under, protest., The move was taken at a meeting meet-ing of the association in the south court room of the city and county building, over which S. I. Levin, president, was ; chairman.; Mem bers said, the move was taken in view of the recent 10 per cent valuation increase on real estate taken by the state tax commission. commis-sion. The group also is working on plans for a public mass meeting of all taxpayers in Utah county. at which they hope to form a delegation which will investigate 1946 budgets now being drawn by the various taxing units of the county. They also decided to seek Congressman J. Will Robinson's aid in getting the assistance of the FHA for a survey of the Provo housing situation,- with the pur pose of attempting to get OPA restrictions abolished. Denzll A. Brown, local realtor, was tbe speaker, claiming that while only one fourth of all national na-tional income is from real estate, yet real estate carries three-fourths three-fourths of the tax burden. Former FBI Agent Jaycee Speaker Phil Christenson, until recently with the FBI, now a practicing attorney in Provo, will speak at the junior chamber of commerce membership meeting Wednesday at Keeieys cafe at a p. m. According to Clyde James, program pro-gram chairman, Mr. Christenson has been with the FBI for the past five and a half years, traveling travel-ing throughout most of the United States doing investigation work. A Thanksgiving program has been arranged. One of the highlights high-lights will be the awarding of the Thanksgiving turkey. The pro gram will be under the direction of Bob Wolsey, chairman, and John Moore, director in charge. Hedquist Attends Bankers Parley TUCSON. Ariz. Ten members of the executive council of the Independent Bankers Association, including Alex Hedquist, president presi-dent of the Famers and Merchants Bank, Provo, today had finished a two-day conference here. The association represents independent in-dependent banks in the Twelfth federal reserve district Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Ne-vada, Utah and California. Mr. Hedquist, who is a director In the association, lead in many of the discussions which studied national legislative problems confronting con-fronting independent bankers. The group met at the Arizona Inn. Discharged Vet, : Sworn In As Office Deputy Following more than . three years overseas naval service, Paul Demos. 23. took the oath of office as a Utah county deputy sheriff Monday, his main duties win ne the off ice clerical work and he succeeds Mrs. Olive Reeve, who isj leaving to make her home In California. Cal-ifornia. Mr. Demos, spent 24 months aboard rocket gunboat and 14 months on a submarine in the south Pacific With his wife, the former Bernice Soulier, he will make his home , in Provo. Higher Minimum Yages Favored Minimum wages' in Provo for minors and women for 48-hours work, has been recommended at 17 per week In the retail trades, it was announced today by the Utah industrial commission. The recommendation was made by a wage board set up by the commission to investigate prevailing pre-vailing pay scales for women and minors in Utah's industry. According Ac-cording to E. M. Royle, chairman of the commission, it is an attempt to set "minimum wages adequate to supply the necessary cost of proper living." Logan, Murray and Tooele, the other second class cities in Utah, have a similar wage scale as Provo, Pro-vo, being recommended at $17 per week. The recommendations will be considered by the Utah industrial commission before the end of the month and the commission's recommendations wOl come up for a public hearing Jan. 14, Mr. Royle said. Approximately 29,350 Wyoming men were inducted into the armed arm-ed forces during World War II. City Within Its Budget, Report Shows Provo city should close 1945; weu within its estimated budget of $408,859. Total expenditures for the first 10 months, excluding the water department were $302,306, according to a report submitted today by Iva Benson, city auditor. Total expenditures for October amounted to $25,735.37, the re port showed. Total revenue for. the. first" 10 months was' $131,120.80. During October $12,849.18 accrued to the city treasury. ' The water work? department spent $62,190.99 in the first 10 months of the year. October ex penditures were $4,511.04 plus $244-30 tor construction fund expense. ex-pense. The budget in the water department was set at $74,000, leaving a balance of $11,908 to finish out tbe year. A break down of the first 10 months, with the last figure rep resenting expenditures during October, follows: Contingent fund, $25,295.51, $2,869.93; public affairs and finance, fin-ance, $43,475.24. $1,486.35; auditor's audi-tor's office, $5,079.97, $509.40; public safety fund, $102,450.13, $10,354.68; streets and sidewalks, $43,198.83, $4,943.82: irrigation fund, $13,773.75, $683.07; parks and public property, $44,027.61, $3,305.53; sewers and drains, $7.-803.95, $7.-803.95, $343.90; library fund. $10,582.97, $916.48; public building and memorial fund, $4,618.28, $322.21. Total expenditures first 10 month, $302,306.24. 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