Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 14

14 OAKLAND TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 193 UNION FURNITURE COMPANY IN SHOPPING CENTER i NEW FURNITURE STORE OPENS OAKLAND hoi FIRM ILL LATELY SPARK RANGES Oakland's Newest Furniture Store, The Union Furniture Carrjes an BE DI5PUTEI MODERNIZED Abrahamson Building Was! Project of Downtown Own- erg' Drive to Dress Up I Ftfiir Popular Morlrls of Last Word in Kitrhen Stove To Bp Shown at Store Beauty, convenience and economy in operation are claimed for the i Extensive Line of SPA RK RA NGES, Made by Pioneer Oakland's Stove Manu-facturer, The Hammer-Bray Co. Spark line of fjas ranges which are manufactured by the Hammer, Bray I i Company of Oakland and will be i Modernization of the Abrahamson Building, at the southeast corner of Thirteenth and Washington Streets, within the past year, constituted one of the outstanding achievements In the program of the Downtown Property Owners' Association, it was disclosed today. The original problem facing the association was one of transforming hitherto apparently structure into one which would rank with the finest of mercantile houses in the United States. tures of the Union FuTniture Com-' pany. which opens a anew store at the Abraha -on Builoine.

southeast corner of Thirtrnh nd Washing-'ton Streets, tomorrow. -eft in rfuHSfl Qk The Spark sjoes are manufactured in four popular models. One of these is the table top gas range, which has a largt capacity but requires only a small space in Beautiful Full Porcelain SPARK RANGE $97-50 CI the kitchen. Among its featured equipme are an even-heat oven, lined wi That problem was met by ripping out the front of the building, the eornices, the ornaments, which had made it one of the buildings of which Oakland was proud in the Spanish-American War days. TILING FRONT In the place of these features the architects and builders of the association provided for beautiful American encaustic tiling, for a front spacing.

This tiling is green in color with a remarkable buff Thus the structure occupied by the Union Furniture Company is one made lovely because of the enterprise of -far-seeing individuals. CO-OPERATED IN WORK Owners of the building are Jules and Hugo Abrahamson, who have co-operated with the modernization committee of the Downtown Property Owners' Association. J. H. King supervised the transformation of the building, and E.

T. Poulkes was architect for the struc INSTALLED (With Oven Heat Control, XI 13.00) porcelain and insulated with moisture-proof reinforced insulation. This oven has the duo-control automatic heat regulator, giving it what are declared to be superior baking qualities. A six-burner porcelain cooking top is equipped with a four-burner lid-top and two-burner Speed top, with a wide utility warming space at one end which provides ample room where cooking requirements are above the ordinary. Other features of ihis model are three front giant burners for quick cooking; matched pendant door and valve handles; co'neealed bolt base band cover; automatic top lighter; utility shelf and back rail, two removable porcelain top covers.

ture. The association committee Is composed of Norman Ogilvle, chairman Greatest dollar-for-dollar valuf on trie stove market! A quality range throughout with fully insulated, porcelain-lined oven, instant automatic lighter, utility drawer, kitchen heater with kindler, two large speecLiburners, and other new features that assure greater economy and bjetter cooking. FOR OUR OPENING SALE, A PARTICULARLY LIBERAL ALLOWANCE FOR YOUR OLD STOVE Don't delay in placing your order at prices are go ing up, and price on this range may be jumped any day! Use our special sale terms NOTHING DOWN- Martin Marks, Irving Jonas an? public inspection. The firm occupies the entire five floors of the modernized structure, which has been finished in a strikin green tile design Oakland's newest large business institution, the Union Furniture Company, which i occupying the building at the southeast corner of Thirteenth and Washington Streets, (upper) opens tomorrow (or King. Completion of work on the Abrahamson Building marks but a ftep which the association Intends to.

take in their wide-spread modernization program, according to Harold D. Weber, secretary-manager of the organization. Fabrics that set a new high standard of beauty are featured at the G.E. all THE TIME YOU NEED TO PAY 13th and Washington Sts. Is Busiest Spot Traffic counts taken under the supervision of the Downtown Property Owners' Asociation, indicate that the southeast corner of Thirteenth and Washington Streets, location of the Union Furniture Company, is one of the busiest "spots" in the city.

A series of counts show that thousands of persons pass up and down Washington Street daily, searching for bargains in dependable merchandise. The Thirteenth and Washington Street loration of the Union Furniture Company was selected only after an intensive survey of the Eastbay retail business situation. This survey, coupled with the belief that business in general is improving daily, led Sol Kauffman, president of the furniture company, to choos- Oakland for the third of the firm. OF UK TYPES union Furniture Some Phone GL encourt 9800 and Reserve Your $97.50 Spark! ST art old friends of many" years' popularity appearing on colorful new modes; others In smart rough weaves, are innovations particularly suited to sunny Califprnla, where Spanish and Normandy type architecture abounds. The Union Furniture Company offers a free advisory decorative service.

More than 1,500.000 Monitor Top, General Electric regrigerators, of the types stocked by the Union Fur niture Company, are In use In the Console Model Range Featured A new Spark console model gas range, with kitchen heater and patented extension burner, will be shown at the salesrooms of the Union Furniture Company, which opens its Oakland store tomorrow at the southeast corner of Thirteenth and Washington Streets. In this stove the kitchen heater is utilized in a double capacity. First it is equipped with heavy duplex grates for coal and wood and be employed as a heating unit and a trash burner. Another feature is a gas burner which runs full length under the top of the heater, giving the range an additional 50 per cent cooking top when an emergency arises. A kindler burner at the bottom of the firebox which ignites the fire immediately, an extra large oven Corner 13th and Washington Sts.

world today, it was disclosed as details 'or the opening of Ihp com- r.nv's Oakland store were being (...., completed today. We Congratulate' Unsurpassed performance In every detail of radio receptivity, together with cabinets of refined design, are features of General Electric radios, It is claimed by executives of the Union Furniture Company, whtch Is showing this radio with other standard makes. Every General Electric radio possesses the one indispensable requirementtone, they said. Behind the radio stands the guarantee of the Union Furniture Company and the reputation of the General Electric, manufacturers of electrical appliances for forty years. Many famous General- Electric models, some of them expensive, many of them popularly priced, are Every third home in the United States where an electric refrigerator is in use has a Monitor Top, it was said.

Seventeen different models, with varvini food capacities and ice UNION FURNITURE CO and Wish Them Every Possible Success UNION FURNITURE COMPANY will feature in its new Oakland store, as it hat long featured in other stores, the world-famous SIMMONS MATTRESSES, SPRINGS and METAL BEDS i insulated wfTh' reinforced mois-I ture proof insulation, removable porcelain linings and is constructed stocked at the Union Furniture Company's new store at the southeast corner of Thirteenth and Washington Streets. Among these are the De Luxe Starting Monday for UNION Furniture OPENING SALE Rebuilt Vacuum manufacturing facilities, are made by the General Electric. There is a Monitor Top which makes as few as 3'4 pounds of ice. another which holds 12 pounds, or 104 cubes. The Monitor Top is quiet in oper- f-ilrrl-in-steel mechanism which requires no attention, not has acid-resisting porcelain lined chilling unit and interior and, in the all-steel cabinet models, has sliding shelves and is easily cleaned.

color-radio console model, which is to insure even baking at any point, and a ball-bearing "drawer broiler which is easily removed and cleaned, art other construction points. The ditcher heater console model is finished completely In porcelain, in a combination of ivory and light apple green trim. Full ivory finish may also be obtained if desired, furniture company officials said. Beautymt Mattress declared to possess every recent worthwhile engineering advance; the radio-phonograph combination model, the De Luxe console model, the automatic radio-phonograph combination table model, the all- MARSHALL FIELD CO. of Calif.

83S Market Street tin Franetaeo II wave console and numerous others. The auto radio model B-40 was termed "a highly efficient, compact auto radio, with tone control 'B' eliminator, remote control and illu Cleaners, Model 9 WITH SET OF VITACHMKNTS i i i INCLUD ED si Thompson Holmes, Ltd. announce the appointment of UNION FURNITURE CO. as Oakland distributors for MAJESTIC RADIOS The Monarch of the Air 4 minated dial" with other features. Moderate Price of Furniture Is Told The cozy home you've dreamed of, with a great chair by the fireplace and hassock for your feet, with a dining suite of noble lineage and a bedroom set as modern as tomorrow's news.

longer need be a castle in the air. The opening o( its modest prices and liberal, long payment plan, brings within the means of even today's reduced income the opportunity of buying such coveted pieces. The aim of the Union Furniture Company Is to make it easy for everyone to have a beautifully and comfortably furnished home. 85 19 Our Best Wishes to the new Union Furniture Store in OAKLAND SAN FRANCISCO BEDDING CO. 1162 Bryant St.

San Francisco The World's Most Famous Mattress ONLY $1 A WEEK 1 I For real comfort, for long service and for true value, the Beauty rest rules supreme! Built with center of hundreds of finely tempered wire coil springs that follow every turn of the body resting and supporting it. Top and bottom are layers of finest cotton, and over all the most luxurious of damasks in soft pastel shades. Enjoy better sleep with a Beautyrest. NOTHING DOWN-MAKE YOUR OWN TERMS This Smart, New, Modern Majestic Table Model 149 is Just Out. ONLY $28-50 A maivclously performing small table radio in the neVest and smartest of modern cabinets with dual ranRe switch for long wave and police calls, etc.

Stock of Bedding Is Most Complete Famous for Simmons springs, mattresses, studio couches and bedding, are among the articles Included in the $100,000 furniture stock of the Union Furniture Company, officials of the firm said today. Widely advertised, the Simmons products are know for their excellence of workmanship. Much of the Simmons stock of the Union Furniture Company will be shown on the fourth floor of the store, located at the. southeast corner of Thirteenth and Washington Streets. The Simmons studio couches will be displayed on the third floor.

Congratulations SIMMONS Slumber King Mattress An inner-spring mattress that costs no SIMMONS Deep Sleep Mattress A good Quality mattress with inner-spring, deep, toh upholstery and CA attractive coverings V.m I 0) more than a cotton mattress, yet and Success to the New Union Furniture Store in Oakland much more $22.50 A wonderful special for our Open ing Salel These fine powerful cleaners have been thoroughly rebuilt at the Eureka factory. All worn parts have been replaced They look like new and are fully guaranteed the same as new cleaners. I SE OUR- LIBERAL TERMS to take advantage of this sensational value in the Eureka model that won the grand prize at Sequi-Centennial Exposition. Don't delay only limited quantity available. Phone GL encourt 9800 Request a trial in your otvn home without charge! UNION FURNITURE COMPANY Corner 13th and Washington WE INVITE YOU TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT See and Hear the New Majesties at the Union USE OUR LIBERAL TERMS 2d0 Vermont Street SAN FRANCISCO For economy a Specialist Hoey Craft Studio Couches Mattresses 13TH and WASHINGTON STS.

Select FERGUSON'S UNPA1NTED FURNITURE UKI.ON FURNITURE COMPANY tut ip iftt ii mi (g (C (6) 17 Phone: GL encourt 9800 13TH AND WASHINGTON STS. Phone Glencourt 9800 Li Box Springs A.