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X4 Brookings Harbor Pilot Wooden Shelters In Basements Prove Thumd->y October 1, 1953 - ______ 1 ■ 'J ,• a ADVERTISEMENT FOR PRO POSALS TO LEASE POST- I Good Protection From Atomic Blast Washington, D.C.— A few board, ________ _____ -- . . feet of lumber may save your P6»t Office Department, Office fam ily’s life in an atbmic attack. A report just published by the of Inspector. September 29, 1953. Proposals are hereby solicited, National Lumber Manufacturers to be received of Post Association tells how simple / --- ----- y» in » s the y a office i -------------------------- — —-- - *a sss|za<7 Office Inspector Melvin N orthrip wooden shelters in the basements 1 up to of two wood frame houses sur- . Information Ready - OFFICE QUARTERS vith the simplest hand tools. m i The wooden lean-to is made of wo-by-sixes spaced five inches .»art and running at about a 45 degree angle from the w all to the ioor of the basement. The two-by- ¡ixes are covered with one-inch wards Very little floor space is •equired since ’the sh elter' needs ° be only eight feet long to ac commodate f eh four C persons. " , 7 T The -------- base ~~ On Sending . Gift« Abroad Business firms and individuals regularly send Christmas gifts to customers, friends, and relative- in foreign countries. Gifts of sma" value must comply with the regu lations of the U. S. Governmen' and the government of the coun try to which the package is sent The ° ffice of In tern ational Trade France, Fr. N orth Africa, Fr. W. Africa, Greece, Guatemala. Haiti, Ireland, Japan, Liberia, Mexico Panama. P e ru , Philippines, Portugal Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Un of South Africa, United Kingdom Usuguay, Venezuela', , Yugoslavia. Fu rth er information may be ob tained. by w riting or phoning the U. S. Department of Commerce Field Office, 520 S. W . Morrison Street, Portland 4, Oregon. Phone BRoadway, Ext. 151. furnish q u i X s ' s u b i b k f “ ¿ s '” , u ,\CdM‘a"n:*h, °™ i2 l " n . " T 5 office purposes at Brookings. Ore- 8St March ,n the Nevada deser. gon. under a lease subject to the Two *yPes of wooden shelters . provisions of the standard form o f . a lean-to and a corner roont, w r •L_tfi£_2h Her should, he approx:- hast revised its serjts of gift circu- lease used by the Post Office D e - ; constructed in the basements of ^ a te ly four feet from the base- lars in order to provide current partm ent, at a stated price per both test houses. The houses were ment wall. It is suggested that information, showing “What Can ACCREDITED TEACHER OF annum, including heat, light, pow the lean-to be built against the Be Included in a Gift Package” located about two-thirds of a mile Piano - Voice er, water, toilet facilities, plumb ing. heating, and lighting fixtures, and a mile and a half from ground wall facing the most probable .“W hat You Should Know Alxnr Pipe Organ Packaging Regulations.” "What safe* and/or vault, and all neces zero — the point directly below ■ arget area. The corner room, which affords the Recipient Must Pay ” accord- STUDIO sary furniture and equipment, for 300 foot tower from which the ex BROOKINGS, ORE. a term of five or ten years from plosion was set off. The atomic more comfort and space than the ng to the individual country of date of occupancy. blast was equal to some 15,000 lean-to, has an additional advan Fstination. Floor .space of about 1,800 tons of T N T — about 25 per cent tage in that it may be used /o r The Portland field office of the square feet is desired. leas than the A-bombs dropped ■torage purposes when there is no U. S. Department of Commerce H mile North of city center Im portant considerations are a on Hiroshima and Nagasaki dur- danger of atomic attack. Detailed instructions for the building of can_ furnish full information on c„en,ral ,oca,i°d. good ing W orld W ar II. these requirements. New bulletins daylight, and accessibility to rear Phone basement A-bomb shelters are In the house closest to ground are available for the followin, or side entrance for mails. available from the Federal Civil countries at 5 cents each: General building requirements. zero, the shelters remained v irtu Defense Administration. JUST ARRIVED - ««quipment specifications, and form ally intact despite collapse of the Argentina, Bahamas, Bermuda of proposal, together with infor first and second stories. The British Guiana and Br. W. Indie a complete line of m ation concerning the provisions NLM a report said the test indi Belgian Congo. Belgium-Luxem o £ f the , lease, may be obtained cated that under similar condi __ -- leva ........ — — v • vvsuut bourg and The Netherlands, B n iro m the Postmaster or the In - Hons persons inside the shelters beid <=»>»">- »pector whose name arid, add fess ----- ,J u------ * ' from falling .................. would be safe debris ; A , ,e e „ ..g e C ub dance was ------------ are indicated above. and flying missiles. at V F W hall last Friday eve- .Dom inican Republic, Ethiopia Diagram of the rooms offered, An im p o rtan t. factor here, a c -! ” .* '? ,a„rgeSt a t,e " d- showing inside dimensions, offsets phnijos 'were h™* MPS «loom, windows, etc., and any cording to the report^_„was the I T ° Ur chaperons. idjoining ground for light areas manner in which the first and see- i h n w W e^i ." T Pn’ driveways, or parking areas, must ond stories of the house collapsS. JOy„1 H joyed. We hope to have a crowd be submitted with the proposal. - I be lumbermens association like this next time. - roponents m y also submit pho tographs of their property and its explained that the resiliency and Reporters- N.C., J.S., J.A. integration of parts in the wood surroundings if they so desire. Take 3 Years to Pay The Post Office Department re- frame construction prevented the • rves the right reject » nil« any Ml or upper , fha approved -r-.-- to .»JXV < « • floors «J of the IIUUOU II house I from i'll proposals, to negotiate fu r th e r . crashing into the basement in V. nrnrmnA*'*„ for i_« h o t m op a sph a l t ro ofin g v it Iin h prononents better terms I compact heap of heavy rubble. A S P H A L T S H IN G L E R O O F IN G o r to endeavor either before or Debris from the wood frame .'ite r the closing date above indi- ASBESTOS S H A K E S ID IN G « Tted to secure offers np suitable house was distributed so that th" We à C O M P L E T E lin.- basement- shelters were spared R E S ID E N T IA L C O N S T R U C T IO N * roperties, in addition to those Gas A PP,iances. Wedgwood. Wedgwood, Appliances. t ibmitted in response to this the burden of a single crushing ' load. Tappan. O Keefe & M e rritt, and Commercial and Residential Painting of A ll Types- j dvertlsement Caloric ranges General Water Proponents may be required to ’Die second "wood frajne house, Show whether the property offered located more than twice the dis heaters—Serve] Refrigerators -- Coleman_f i i i nao-« ___________ - - mortgaged and—u t furnish a «-incurring agreement by th e 1 tance from ground zero, remained Tanka for rent, sale or lease. mortgagee. Detailed information upright and there was no debris Crescent C ity Phone 111 'v ili be furnished by the under ol any consequence deposited in A t Jet. Hwys 101 and 199 signed. •be basement. Here a g a in /th e Should the annual rental be lumbermen declared, the wooden specified to be $20,000 or more, shelters proved they would afford m b w \ ? h ° r h ™ . r''<iVir° d ,o sub- effective protection and permit m it with the proposal, a perform- easv rescue ance bond, a form for which w i'l J; ’ • i --------------- — - - NORINE HARVEY PACIFIC MOTORS 2602 u i i i i i i o TEEN-AGE NEWS i fishing tackle now in stock Re-Roof, Re-Shake New! WARD'S Propane Service ROY W. DIMMICK CoBtractcr Brookings, Oregon WHERE TO FIND AND BUY IT — IN CRESCENT CITY w »uppbea. .b e . mount o [| The for ,be A Business and Professional Gu.de to Friendly CRESCENT CITY Concerns who unless the inspector named ie a n -io , easiest of the ,---------~ « “ V“ U1J 1 G U I C o n c e r n s W ho construe*, is psttTnutnrt V O tl p U t r o n iZ C V iY lir h r im /» 1 k ..- . . 1 « * The “ premises • X T j i T T 1* ® but stand ready to serve proposed to be leased at about $40 M aterials for the „ 1 . . . -------- ----- 171,1 icauy- to serve vou you ir in an « t i l room are figured at about admirable way when these services are not available in your home community and repairs before the commence $95 Both may be constructed m en t of the lease term. Said bond shall be surety for the prepara tion of the premises, the delivery desired. of the premises to the Govern (Signed) Melvin Northrip, m ent. the execution of the formal - Post Office Inspector. leas-', and its recordation, all in Room 204 Post Office Building accordance with the terms of the Third and Union Streets, proposal. Seattle 11, Wash --------- •A ltern ate proposals K ith w i’li ’■’irst published Oct I. 1953 and Without safe "equipment are I ast published Oct. 29. 1953 Shanghai Cafe Crescent Chevrolet Chevrolet-Buick Sales & Service Auto Repair. Painting Radiators Repaired Phone 471 M c C lendon M cfo r Cc. , --Cfuliliac "I Front ind V St-^ets . ('R E SG FN T CITY form erly Nook Cafe SURPLUS MART O I N' EVERY DAY . V A.M. TO 2 A M. T \ pewriters. Adding Machines Complete line of W ork Clothes 1010 2nd St. Telephone 2212 We Deliver in Brookings! Gordon F. Johnson Gamble's “Store For Men” Crescent Lbr. Co. For price quotations on all Del Norte Laundry HERB N EW M A N S Building Material • Phone 1881 I R1DAY AND SATURDAY 24 HOURS Phone p 6 i —- Leave orders at the C u r Del Cleaners " 1 - ------------------— - 1 Margaret's TOMMY MOE form erly at Don’s C liff House Linen and Specialty Shop CRESCENT CITY RADIO ‘W e Sen the Beat and Service the Rest" Magnavox, RCA-Victor. PhiIco Records— A ll labels and speeds House Dresses Children s Line! Costume-Jewelry — Linens! Second St: W estern Auto Supply ! I A u,° and Home Supplies. Ap- • ; piiances Corona lo Radios. Î 1150 9:h St. Rhone 3001 ----- E Second and M arket Streets Three-Day Serv ice Office Supplies Sporting Goods Clothing and Shoes for the E ntire la n iily H ardw are ^porting G o o ’s Housewares Logger Boots Atlas Power Tools 1280 2nd St. Phone 2752 IVHl cater to Parties DAVIDSON'S - Nunn-Bush Shoes; Arrow Shirts; Genuine I.evis- Pendleton Sh’rts; Jantzen Sweaters; W hite Stag Line. s40 3rd St. « Phone 1512 151 H St. Phone 3544 Louise Dress Shop Lingeri - Dresses Coats Accessories Uniforms S&H Green Stamps Largd Sizes a Specialty 4— ..—------ --- ---------------------------- 873 Second St. Phone 3531 House of Flowers F l Or al l y Yours P.T.D. Member Buttons Buckles Hemstitching Pfaff Sewing Mach. Center W. H KLATT Repairing Phone 3/13 • Servicing , 326 I St
