X4 Brookings Harbor Pilot Wooden Shelters In Basements Prove
Thumd->y October 1, 1953
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR PRO
POSALS TO LEASE POST- I
Good Protection From Atomic Blast
Washington, D.C.— A few board,
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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
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Office Inspector Melvin N orthrip wooden shelters in the basements
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up to of two wood frame houses sur-
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Information Ready
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OFFICE QUARTERS
vith the simplest hand tools.
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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.
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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
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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
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bourg and The Netherlands, B n
iro m the Postmaster or the In - Hons persons inside the shelters
beid
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would
be safe
debris ; A , ,e e „ ..g e C ub dance was
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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 -!
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,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
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idjoining ground for light areas manner in which the first and see- i h n w
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driveways, or parking areas, must ond stories of the house collapsS. JOy„1
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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
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fha approved
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< « • floors
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house I from
i'll proposals, to negotiate fu r th e r . crashing into the basement in
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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"
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basement-
shelters
were
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* 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 --
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- - 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
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PACIFIC MOTORS
2602
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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
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proposed to be leased at about $40 M aterials for the „ 1
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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.
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•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
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Front ind V St-^ets
. ('R E SG FN T CITY
form erly Nook Cafe
SURPLUS MART
O I N' EVERY DAY
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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
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Leave orders at the
C u r Del Cleaners
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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
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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.
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Phone 1512
151 H St.
Phone 3544
Louise Dress Shop
Lingeri -
Dresses
Coats
Accessories
Uniforms
S&H Green Stamps
Largd Sizes a Specialty
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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
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Servicing
,
326 I St