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Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 28

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Oakland Tribunei
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Oakland, California
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ft I for the Albrechf Publishing Com Oakland Tribune, Tuesday, Aug. 14 1951 28 pany, publishers of a freight routing and rate guide, has been Campanile Posf, American; Legion lnstaIIsNew Officers HKTltTCT li ifeJ i I. i mr BUSINESS, INDUSTRY from 1' to 4 p.m. Sunday at the company's new plant at 830 Doo-little Drive, it was announced todayl The firm is manufacturing component parts of the Navy's new Lockheed P2V Neptune pa Mass Offered For Dr. River DMiukjiu wg.

past commanaer; josepn ivicjfvee, i JAIt A -Jji. trol bomber. panile Post No. 402, Amerifjh sergeant at arms, and William Chain Spends $80,000 to Modernize Oafcland Store Legion and its auxiliary wM announced' here. Lawson formerly was agent for the Southern California Freight Lines 'in the Bay Occidental Life Insurance Com-: pany of California, celebrating! its 45th birthday today, has justl passed a mark of worth of life insurance in according to W.

Wraith, Oak-lang general agent for the Sales Executives To Meet Tomorrow Members vv of the San Francisco Sales Executives Association will meet at 6:30 pjn. tomorrow at the San Francisco Engineers Club, 206, Sansome Street, it was announced today. The session will feature a panel discussion of "Training Programs That Work. Participants will include J. P.

Garling of Macy's, San Francisco; G. Cameron Hurst of the New York Life Insurance Company, and CoL William Hart of the Crown Zeller-bach Corporation. Dean Joseph M. Trickett of the school of management at Golden Gate College will An $80,000 modernization pro Seavey, historian. The auxiliary's new; leaders are Edith Spainhowerl president; Vivian Tufts, first vic-president; Gladys Lewis, seconq vice-presi-dent; Margajret HeafeyJ- secretary; I on a Harris, treasurer; Luella Dills, chaplain; Henrietta Ful-kerth, historian; Elslipore Shepherd, junior past president; Lila Bastin, sergeant-at-ai-Jns; Helen Seavey, marshal, andj Alice In-gold, executive comnitee.

gram on the downtown Oakland unit of National Dollar Stores will be completed here Saturday, officials of the 52-store chainan- installed new officers recency during joint ceremonies at tjie Berkeley Veterans Memorial Building. New officers of the post ite John Mendenhall, commander; E. B. Vaughn, first vice-con-mander; John Fitzpatrick, ond vice commander; Benfe Mendenhall, adjutant; John A. Erb, finance officer; James chaplain; George Werkley, junior i The local agency is located in thd ing1! the first six months of 1951, and 17,000 additional units were started.

Completions showed a 20 per cent boost over the same period in while starts declined 15 per cent. severe shortage of mortgage credit represents one major factor in the slackening off of de mand for existing or new homes," according to Paul editorial chairman of the committee. nounced today. Both the exterior and interior of the store, situated at 11th and act as moderator. Washington streets, has been modernized and renewed, accord Appointment of Elmer G.

Hul- ing as production manager of the Western Die Casting Company of Emeryville has been announced by A. W. Simpson III, president. Huling, who formerly was plant superintendent, succeeds E. J.

Basch, vice-president in charge of production, who has resigned. Ferro-Plastics Company, subsidiary of the Ferro Enameling Company, Oakland manufacturers of porcelain enamel products, has entry into the fiberglass field. A new $100,000 plant been purchased adjacent to the parent company's headquarters at 1127 57th Avenue, where all types of formed fiberglass products will be produced. H. F.

Mclntyre, partner in the enameling company, is' executive vice-president of i the new firm. Appointment of Ralph M. Law-son of San Leandro as district manager for Northern California Breuner't Oakland, Broay at 22nC FREE PARXMa for hour right bhin4 Braancr'a ing to Ben Sing Yuen, manager. He urged customers to visit the store during a re-opening event scheduled to begin Financial Center Building. Robert D.

Osborne of 1124 65th Avenue, assigned to the; Oakland sales and service of International Business Machines has been graduated from the IBM electric accounting machine cus4 tomer engineering school at Endii cott, N.Y., according to a company announcement Frank X. Galvin, Oakland coin dealer, will move his headquarters from the Broadway Building, 1419 Broadway, to 1415 Franklin Street tomorrow. Galvin, opera--tor -of the only downtown shop devoted exclusively to coins, will Pelbert E. Swahn, chief clerk in the Santa F.e Railway division freight office; in Oakland, has A1 requiem mass was offered today at St Elizabeth's -Church for Dr. Joseph P.

River, Oakland dentist, who died Saturday at his home, 3506 East 14th Street, After an illness of three months. I Dr. River' was the father Joseph P. River an Oakjand policeman, who was drowned in a boat accident in the Bay in 1941 with his wife, Bernyce, and another couple. Another son, Francis, lost his life in World War II while Serving with the Navy in the Pacific i A native of Hayward, Dr.

River was graduated from St. Joseph's Academy, in Oakland and the University of California Dental School. He had lived in Oakland for 27 years. i He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Frances C.

River; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth R. Marshall Oakland; three sisters, Mrs. Catherine Oullahan of Oakjand, Mrs. Josephine Brown of San Francisco, and two grandchildren.

Interment was at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. The Rosary was recited last night at the Robinson Brothers Mortuary, J1901 National Dollar Stores, founded 5 A II IS. been promoted to chief clerk in the division freight office in Jrresno, the company nas announced. Ralph C. Vaughan, rate by Joe Shoong, who is still active in management of the chain, began with a single establishment in Vallejo in 1903.

The chain now operates outlets in California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Utah, Arizona and Hawaii. clerk in San Francisco, takes place here. MS BREUE ma. 1 Building permits totaling $107, have a numismatic display in hi new location tomorrow. First of eight giant pumps, largest ever built for pipeline i 989,804 were issued in California last month, an increase of more than 15 per cent over the June according to the Daily Pacific Builder, construction in operation in the United States, was tested recently at the Oakland plant of the United Centrifugal Pump division of United Iron Works.

Always HpT water dustry newspaper. The Builder Thi Sanctuary: Old Unilisb I tUss illumimis lib ntthi(hstl With a capacity of 350,000 a day and a differential pres WPPf it I I I when you WW WW I 1 Fruitvale Avenue. Thomas C. Hunter jl I sure oi oau pounas per square inch, the pumps will be driven by a 3000-horsepower electric motor, also the largest ever built for use vita tiortQUt colon. Endowed Care for the remains of the beloved dead is assured in this shiine of incomparable splendor an institution for above ground burial by cremation inurnment which is acknowledged the on American pipelines.

Funeral services have been held for Thomas Charles Hunter, 73, retired Oakland cleaner and dyer, who died last Tuesday of a heart ailment, at a local' hospital. I Mr. Hunter, who lived at 415 Two of the 14-mch, three-stage pumps will be, located at, each of tout stations at Hamlin and Sey 44th Street, was a native of mour, Texas, and Comanche and Norman, on the Texas Pipe Largest and Most Beautiful in All A erica the Line Company and Shell Pipe Line Company lines. Officials of United "and of the two pipeline companies were on hand to witness the tests of the PHONE Hi 4-4343 for inexpensive IMMEDIATE INSTALLATION first unit. noted; however, that the, July figure was more than 25 per cent behind the volume of the same month a year Kaiser Metal Products, of Oakland has signed a contract with the Glenn L.

Martin Company to manufacture wings for the; Canberra twin'-jet light bomber, the local firm has announced. The wings will be made at Kaiser Metal's Bristol, Pa, plant During World War II, the firm then known as Kaiser Fleetwings made wing and control parts. Cargo handled by the Port of Oakland during 1950 more than doubled the amount passed over municipal piers in 1940, a statistical study prepared for the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners reveals. Inbound and outbound cargoes totaled more than 4,000,000 tons last1 year, compared with less than 2,000,000 tons in 1940. Outbound foreign shipments accounted for the largest portion of the increase, with an 818 per cent boost in shipments.

The Oakland Aircraft Division of the Kaiser Manufacturing Corporation will hold an open house for employees and their families I Beverly, N.J. He had made his home here for 38 years. He was a member of Rockridge Masonic Lodge No. 468 and the Mary E. Partridge Chapter No.

308, Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. Hunter is survived by his widow, Clara; a brother, John Hunter of Orlando, land a sister, Miss Lillian Hunter of Philadelphia. Services were held at the Albert Engle Company, under auspices of the Rockridge Masonic Lodge. A panel discussion on real Cfjapel of tfee Cfjimes; estate problems will feature a FV.Tf I meeting of the East Oakland Mart of the Oakland Real Estate Board at noon tomorrow at the Theater Club, 3227 East 14th Street.

Ray D. Nichols will act as moderator. Enjoy all the hpt, water you want, when want it with a RUUD Autiriatic Gas Water HeafV! Hot water for years and at less cost in the loncjfUn if you buy the best right NW at Breuner's! Miss Agnes Noonan Cremation service, chapel and organ $90 Endowed car niches.paid up for all time, from $30 4499 Piedmont Avenue Oakland 11 Piedmont 5-0123 Direction: LawrenctP. Mem Homebuilding costs in the Bay Mass for Miss Agnes Noonan, mmmm 20 or 824 Cleveland Avenue, area are about the same now as at the first of the year, but fewer houses are being bought, accord at years assistant law librarian the Alameda County Courthouse, was held this morning at St. Mar ing to the latest report of the Bay Area Council's Real Estate garet Mary's Church.

Research Committee. Come to Floor NOW ij Miss Noonan died Saturday fol More than 19,000 aew homes lowing a month's illness. She had were completed in the area dur retired from active librananship last April 1 She is survived by two cousins, Eloise C. and Hortense Cush- 101st Year Quality First ing of Oakland. The former is head law librarian at the court house.

Services were under tne aus pices of the East Lawn hapel, 510 East 14th Street Auto Arson Charged SAN LEANDRO, Aug 14. Louis P. Cornutt, 35, of 14jl4 41st Avenue, Oakland, charged with arson after he allegedly set fire to his car following an accident, was given a week to enter blea at his arraignment here yesterday. The world's finest piano for the home. Our under-ceiling prices are the lowest possible and can't be reduced even in this sale.

They average more than $400 per piano under the New York City prices of similar styles of other pianos, which we do not think can compare with the peerless Sohnter. SplMts Grands -v Walnut Ebony Blond TERMS 10 DOWN, 3 YEARS QN BALANCE v- I ffd lns.nl "HI I il i sin Andrew Kohler Mew advances ta styling and acoustical i 'research give this piano undisputed enhip to the popular priced field. Style ia iareorted ahogay i CovemseeaUApprovcd cei.ag price $68 sow VwJ Style ia nnpotted auaogaay "y- i- Gov-irn merit-Approved eeilinfl price 713 sow ZT Style ia imported atakfrgaay I Go venuaeat-Approved ceiling price t7 OO4; Walnut and bloed woods slightly higher. WITH THIS INFORMATION YOU CAN SELECT A PIANO INTELLIGENTLY 101 years of consistent fair-dealing and Integrity financial ana otherwise has its advantages. That record forma, the ideal background for our volume buying of quality oianos.

J'or; Instance we. can choose the make we wish to reoresent from virtually the whole And which-did we select? Being :ronicalbr.ar irrevocably auauty-mindadr we picked the makes which have taken full advantage of the sensational new knowledge disclosed by aeeastieat research since the start of the last In the last 10 Tears greater ad-, vances have been made in the science of acoustics, applied to piano. making, than in the preceding 50 thanks in large measure to the Sohmer Laboratory for Acoustical -Research. (And that is the reason why Sohmer builds the world's finest pianos for the home.) Comparatively few manufacturers in the various grades are or have been in a position to understand and Put into use the newlv developed techniques. Many others have not been equipped physically or financially to do so.

But those makers who have taken fuU advantage of the recent discoveries in acoustical research are stand-outs. They are "making the finest pianos in each grade that the world nas ever seen. ro- pre-war piano of any make has-had or mil have the benefit of the newer knowledge of acoustics. Beware of the salesman, trying to sell J-used pre-war piano, who says "They don't make 'em that good anymore!" He either doesn't know the facts or doesnt want you to know. The best pianos of today in each, reliable grade, simply outclass prewar instruments.

Even a short visit to our store will, we believe, convince the most skeptical. Come -if interested In a piano, or! come Just for fun. eencoe extra. Ymr 'i lit Vr, W.V.T ff tram -ajsT P.G. and E.

home rates are far below U.S. average! 1 The cost of living has gone up 88 since 1940, but P. G. and E. domestic rates are actually lower than 11 years ago! Nothing else you buy costirsp Art Case Minipiano, Omm eeJyxEzauisiie' welnuc.

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