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Show THE BULLETIN Election Night Crowd .in Times Square Wings of Freedom for America! At Mitchell field, located on Long Island, Neio York, are roosted tome of the most powerful fighting air planet in the world, ready to give a warm welcome to any invader. Mitchell field it one of the key military air centers of the eastern seaboard. Once the casual visitor was welcome to stroll about, but not todayl No chances are being taken with saboteurs. This series of photographs gives you a ( peek at this eagle's nett, and will be good for your morale. FIRST-AI- D n AILINGIHOUSE B, Whitman Cooling a House fat Summer. "QUESTION: Our attic floor Is In sulated. There Is four feet from the floor to the peak of the roof. Wt are told that a ventilator would let out beat built up by the sun on the roof. This sounds logical, but I should think that a ventilator at each end would be better. What do you think? Answer: Air confined In an attic la over heated by the sun beating on the root On a day I have known attic temperature to be as high as 150 degrees. Heat from air confined In an attic under a peaked roof goes through the ceilings and heats the rooms below. It will take many hours after sundown for the attic air to cool off, and during that time rooms below will still be heated. The surest way to keep a house cool In summertime Is to have plenty of attic ventilation so that air can escape as fast as It becomes heated. One excellent arrangement is a trap-doo- r high In the roof with another trap door through the attic floor below. Air in the attic and in the house will then pass out as fast as it la heated, and be replaced by air coming in through open windows downstairs. The scuttle over the roof trap can be worked by cords going downstairs through the attic floor trap. If the attic has a stair, its door should be left open for the movement of air. With this arrangement a house will cool off at sundown almost as If a rapidly as the air outdoors. roof trap cannot be provided there should be attic windows large enough to give eross ventilation. A fan made for the Job, large placed to blow outward through an opening through the roof or attic wan. Is a great advantage la speeding up circulation. With house sir permitted to escape as fast as it becomes heated, the temperature in the house will be little If any higher than the temperature of the air outdoors. Clogged Cesspools. Question: What can I do to have my cesspool cleaned from water. X have two cesspools, one leading into the other. Can I use yeast to any advantage? Should I have them This would cost cleaned out? money. Answer: Yeast will be of no use in a cesspool. A badly clogged cesspool Is best left alone and a new one built alongside of If you wish to save yourself money and further troubles, by all means install a grease-trap- . These traps are made of clay and are not very ex- J m New York's Great White Way (he scene of election night excitement as treat crowds Jammed Tlmw square to read the latest bulletins In the thrillinr presidential race .(Inset, left) Franklin Delano Roosevelt, thi first President ever elected to a third term. (Inset, right) The newly elected vice president, Henry Wallace, forme: secretary of agriculture. New Recruits for Uncle Sam's Army Above: "Flying Fortresses," tech nically Boeing 7 bombers. Below: Observation traffic control tower. The officer in charge instructs pilots by radio telephone. B-1- mmmmeggm slo-spe- ed f A raw batch of new recruits are pictured as they arrived at Fort Devens, at Ayer, Mass., ready to throuf h the routine that wlU turn them out as soldiers of the line within a few months. There arc 3,400 soldiers and 100 officers housed at present at Devens. Meanwhile more than 1,000 artisans are working-- night and day to complete the first of 27 new barracks to accommodate the 1940 batch of draftees. Each building will house 03 men. The Old Folks 'At Home' in London Christened A bombardier of the ltt ham. bardment sauadron holds a 100. pound bomb as tenderly as if it n were his child. The plane is an 7 light bombing. Sometimes a flier's life hangs by threads the shroud tines of his parachute. In this depart' ment parachutes are periodically examined, ery minutely. first-borA-1- it pensive. Silver Plate. Question: When silver plate is put away, is it better to clean it occasionally, whether it Is used or not? If the silver plate were allowed to get ss black as it will, would the heavy tarnish injure the plate? Answer: An occasional cleaning Is advisable. Do not permit the silver to get very black; it will be difficult to clean when the silver Is needed, and it may become pitted. tK itrinoA niA,1m L m I..- - I .1 -" Old Silver is best cleaned by a silcrew is in . DllVirffA wmuvr, me ' hv o huddle over ja map on which thr route of a versmith. practice flight is laid out. These boys "know their stuff." Stained Cittern Water. Question: We have Just put on a cedar shingle roof, and find that it discolors the cistern water. Can anything be put In the cistern to overcome this condition? Answer: The staining comes from the oils and coloring matter in the shingles, and nothing that can be added to the water will overcome K. Staining will continue until rains have washed the shingles clean. The length of time that this will take will, of course, depend on the dampness of the season. 1 This aged couple spend the air raids In (he de luxe shelter, constructed In the basement of their Westminster borough home la London. The bonks upon which they rest were Installed by the Westminster council which Is providing them for all private shelters, to enable the populace to obtain their proper rest and curb "air raid nerves." The U. 8. 8. Swansea, new destroyer, sliding down the ways at the Charleston, 8. C, navy yard. It was christened by Mrs. Claude Swanson, wife of the late secretary of the navy. As London's Children Arc Evacuated Speaks for Petain Gaston Hcnri-HayFrench am bassador to the U. 8.. who delivered to Secretary Cordcll Hull the reply of Marshal retain to President Roosevelt's appeal (hat the Vichy regime abstain trm coUab rating with Germany hi the war. e, British captions with these pictures describe them as "another large party of mothers and children being evacuated to the country from London.' At the left a child la a policewoman's arms shows her bewilderment at the excitement. Right: a youngster with an Identification tag around hrr neck Is being carried to a waiting bus by a policeman. Douse of Logs. Question: Would like your advice on which Is a warmer house; one made of solid logs, seven inches outthick; or a house with ship-la- p side and finished walls inside? Which Is cheaper to keep In repair? thick wall Answer: The seven-inc- h of logs will be wanner. The upkeep cost on the log cabin may be a trifle lower than the frame house. White Taint Question: Is there a pure white flat paint that will not turn yellow when used on a bathroom radiator? Answer: All white paints when subjected to heat for long periods of time will turn yellow. Some heat resisting enamels will last longer than the flat paints, but they also will change color eventually. Cloudy Plane Flnlith. Question: What can be done to remove a cloudy appearance, which has come upon the finish of our piano? Answer: Wipe the surface with a soft cloth dampened in a mixture of one tablespoonful of cider vinegar to the quart of tepid water. Then wipe dry. - it tg Inset: Lieut. -John Doerr.. one- of - htltrkrll- f,n1.T.iviini men. Ao maestro ever listened as intently for a false'gii, note as the lieutenant was listening to the roar of iha www (esvarrf- (ft caught htm. Right: An impressive view of a formation of Curtiss pursuit ships roaring through the clouds over Long Island. J.-;- .t. . - a rwi private salute ar entrance to Mitchell field, which is lifejirst insurance for Acta York- - |