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Independent from Long Beach, California • 62

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Independenti
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Long Beach, California
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62
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Ii l-V -I1' i V. i PltZS Rubble 1- Dottered. Into Ik 1 I Costly Florida Castle Is Dam jsnd: Flood IP. a mining engineer, thinks he has found New Engw Cam. CD lands largest apple tree.

While mpst of the state with- Chfaa Mould and were exact copies of the 14th century frescoes of aTlor-entine palace; -1 i The old house, designed by Addison a white elephant in this day of compact and push-button when the liveried servants who used to run the home' would be nothr Ing but an unnecessary ex- fred in hlthree-month- drought meurin indies In diameter, 1 fanner i PALM BEACH, Fla. CD The pendulum twins of wreckins crew's Iron bell has buttered to rubble one of the lut greet symbols of Florida's era of grand living. There is no place in modern day housing for famed Playa Rienta, the 70-room Spanish castle built here in the fabulous, booming 1920s, by Mm. Tve tom down many house, but this Is the first castle Ive ever tackled," said Buck Kirkchaine, foreman of the wrecking join The huge stone and stucco mansion, with its courtyards and sprawling green lawns, eras emptied of most of Its furniture and fixtures at an auction last March. Mrs.

Dodge tried unsuccessfully to sell the home Old Yane Still tolls Weather HADLEY, CD i The Some valuable art work wenl weathervane atop the fcpfra of Hartford com-too much water. that "beavers dammed brook, converting a pasture-Into a swamp. He said, day -Z pull the. dam Apart and every night the First Oongregatlonal ChurCir-was imported from down with Playa Rienta. Palm bigs on the walls of the stat dining enfoyed Center Mee GROUNDED i Strangely out of place on.

the ground, this. 50-foot-high steeple presents a building headache at the new First Baptist Church at Salem, I1L It was decided to build the tower at ground level and hoist it atop the belfry behind it. But so far, a crane with a long enough boom to raise the structure hasnt been found, -Vi FREE lost weelc lot Join this growing list nowl ur savings and your taste buds 1 will tell you how! wise you are. MUCKS EPf ICTIYI 1 THuks, FRL. SAT, OCTMdKU OKN THURS.

IKLt WiT Olfcar Beys to 4 CLOSKD SUNPATS ME 3-6820 5032 FACULTY AVE. THEIR HOUSE TIED DOWN GUARANTEED SUPER-QUALITY EXTRA-LEAN. EXTRA-FRESH 1 1. flavor aged then freshly cut fV; Selected custom-fed beef perfectly texture tendernessl ROUND Guaranteed for I 'i 1 Tornado-Proof Idea i Used on Texas Home JUICY, TENDER -'if 1' Fresher Loaner Better Tbah-Thet Seflhe for 4fc aed 79c lb. Elsewhere! )y i i FORT WORTH CD Wil-liam And Dorojthe Hortorj are i 4 -4 1 i 9 at between $50, and $550.

if applied while the house is under construction. Hortons new home will have 4.000 square and they feel this cost, estimate should be raised to a'maximum of 700. The 'Hortons borne has a foundation of slab and beam concrete tied together. In some places the foundation readies four feet below the surface of the ground. THE BEAMS are tied to bottom plates beneath ground level by galvanised steel straps; following a "tornado proofing" -theory in constructing their jew house.

The principle of "tying the, house down from the roof to the foundation and land itself is the heart of the theory. George W. Reynolds, a meteorologist with Engineering -Research Institute of the UnU Iversity of Michigan, originally conceived it Cbst of tornado 1 proofing is rot prohibitive. Rey-'nolds For, most low or WASTE-FREE SIRLOIN TIP IMS Mill, niSH GROUND CHUCK -and medium-priced homes. Rey-j The combined tensile strength nolds said the cost is estimated! of the scraps is 1,500,000 V- V.

1 i. PSCSHWI MAXI THI BUT! GROUND BEEF GAUSAGESUPREME.1 "MASS MUI ST EUaUK" Uaa aa4 MIM laaagft far Tsar HUM i pounds. A Oversized ceiling Joists are nailed with a minimum of sev-: en nails at each point of con-j tact. Oversized. rafters were! nailedl the same way, and tied together at the top with a' "double A frame for added Strength.

Ceiling Joists and rafters, when they touch a top plate, are anchored to it with more steel straps. More straps are used on the top corners of the walls, and a 1 1 maximum number of nails is T-BONE STEAKS PORTERHOUSE STEAKS CHUCK WAGON SUGAR-CURED j- HICKORY- i i'. i SMOKED SPARE-RIBS luted throughout the house. -A heavy beam supporting a Self-Basting Wonder-Wrapped Our Famous BONELESS ROLLED AH Goaraafoed Baby Pork RIbs I to 3-Lb. Avg; large covered front porch will be tied to its concrete beam with half-inch steel rods.

The hou.te. built on a hilly slope, has 22 floor levels, and I designed in an off-T shape. (Cost is estimated in excess of $50,000. or Round ROAST Says Building Outlook Good i An. PRIME RIB ROAST Try Some WiHr Sousrfcront or Boom or Just Barbecue DoBctowl U.

S. GOVT. INSPECTED GENUINE OVEN READY 4 MILK-FED YOUNG, TENDER FRESHLY CUBED CHICAGO (TD Home building remains at a reduced level but the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago says there is little cause for pessimism. The bank's monthly review said the value construction put fo -place during first seven months of 1937 was 2 per cent more than last year. However, spending on new-residential dwellings was.

12. pier cent during the first half of the year, while commercial and farm construction was also lower than in. 1956. Offsetting these declines was the 9 per cent increase in public construction expenditures, white industrial, public and other non residential building was by a larger amount. THRILLED Copper -haired Jan Chaney, 20, says shes thrilled about getting (he starring singing and dancing role in I "Portof ino, new Broadway stage musi- cal.

Shes had several minor Hollywood roles. TENDER RIB OR KIDNEY FOR A SPECIAL '--i LEG 0 VEAL UEAL CHOPS io steaks removed Full cuts Our Own Farmer-Style Extra-Thick First-Grade Sliced Bacon Klngdn Reliable All-Meat Sliced Klngan Reliable Sandwich-Sliced Mads entirely of matches thousands of them by inmates of the France, Insane Asylum, this reproduction of the Reims Cathedral draws the attention of a group of nuns in Paris. The nuns are from another nospital and are visiting an exhibition of artistic works made by mental patients from different sections of the country. II i 1- i i I aM I V. Why Pay 1.69 lb.

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