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Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 10

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Oakland Tribunei
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Oakland, California
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10
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A 10 OalUnd Tribune, Monday, Feb. 16, 1959 Simon's to Expand Into Entire Block secreted find our happiness, or not at slL" Wordiwordi SjMOM HWvvAM'ti). Ji I I I arrhouie leinf developed in what was once the ban-merit of the old Coldrn West Hotel at Kiglith and franklin It was in this building that The Tribune was published for many years The hotel was razed in 1957 and parking area built over the basement. Merchandise will move by conveyor through tunnel to storage and tales areas tn the buildings fronting on Broadway. HOTEL DOOMED The last step will be to raze the three-story Merntt Hotel building at Ninth and Franklin to make room for additional parking The expansion program is adding 42,000 square feet of sales, office nd warehouse space and additional parking area for a total of 2,000 cart daily, Simon said.

The development is adding to the revitahzation of lower Broadway, once the city's com BROADWAY CHANGING Sketch shows how the Simon three-story building betwean it and the existing store. Hardware Co. store wiH look when expanded the full built la 1891. will be remodeled inside and out The work length of Broadway between Eighth and Ninth Streets. is part of a $1,000,000 expansion program leading to use New building Is planned for Ninth St corner Oeto.

The of full dry block by the firm. Contracts hve brcrt awarded for work on the final itacn of Simon Hardware Company' 1.000,000 expansion programs it announced today by Aaron Simon, vu-e prcsidrnt of tht 58-rr old Oakland firm. Whrn completed the firm will utilize the entire city blo txHimied by Broadway, Eighth, Ninth and Franklin itreets, with i full block of tbre frontage on Broadway. An old buildinf on the corner of Ninth and Broadway atrcrts will be razed and replaced by a modern two-story atrurture. One of Oakland! early-day banks, the Union Saving! Bank, was first established there in 1869.

OLD LANDMARK A three-story landmark next door, built for the old Oakland Examiner in 1891 and in later years occupied by the Pix Hotel, will be completely remodeled. Both buildings will be joined to the present store at basement, main and second floor levels. An underground receiving Secondary Picket Ban Urged proposed building program Includes new structures between Fourth end Fifth streets. 2M EMPLOYEES Simon's has 20 departments and 200 employees. Recreation rights of freedom of both persons and property Halfpenny said.

"It Is time the government punished hoodlums in both business and unions to end secondary picketing as a racket where no one labor dispute exists. Small busmen is harassed all over the Nation by racketeers and hoodlums be- mercial heart. A new Hall of CHICAGO. Feb. 18 iff) A Chicago lawyer today called on the Federal Government to end secondary picketing.

He called such picketing a racket. Secondary, picketing is the picketing of plants or manufacturing concerns which supply parts or materials to a struck plant which is being picketed. The lawyer, Harold T. Half-Denny, addressed the 35th an- Justice is being built a block away. Across the street from the Hall a new motel is in operation.

And Alameda County'i facilities for employees will be provided on the third floor of the building to be remodeled The third generation of the founding family now operates the store with Stanley D. Simon serving as chairman of the board, Bertram E. Simon, president, and Aaron B. Simon, first vice president Perry Hammett is controller and operations manager. Plans were developed by Lcause of the failure of Govern nual convention of ment and Congress to act." (017 ajss --mm-7mir tm i issi J.

Y. Long Co. engineers. Con Third Union May Strike Newspaper SAN JOSE, Teb. 18-Ufi-The San Jose Mercury and News, closed down by a walk out of two mechanical unions, today faced the possibility that a third union would strike.

Local 231 of the International Typographical Union Sunday turned down the publisher's latest contract offer, 128-8. Local President James McLaughlin said strike sanction had been asked of international headquarters "lor the third time. They didn't give us any answer the other two times wt asked for strike permission." The papers failed to get out their combined Sunday edition. The stereotypers and pressmen's unions wilked out when half the run was completed and teamsters refused to cross picket lines to distribute the papers. American Newspaper Guild members and printers completed the shift but the Guild later voted 128-1 to respect the picket lines.

The printers refused to cross picket lines at the 4 p.m. Sunday showup "for fear of bodily injury" although their union instructed them to go to work. struction contracts were award tiona Standard Parts Association, an organization of auto accessory end parts manufacturers. "The government has failed in tU basic job the maintenance of law and order, and providing business the necessary protection to enjoy its Iring your jewelry and watch repair to C. II.

LEE tw tptdtliu 2210 Sfcattact feffcaWy I. ed to A. S. Holmes and Son, of Oakland. Financing was arranged by attorney Leo B.

Helzel through N. Jackson, First of California Mortgage Sen Rafael, and L. G. Pen-in of Perrin-Eissler 8c San Francisco, Simon announced. The entire expansion pro tz if 1 Ki gram is scheduled for completion by Oct 1.

Sums (Ml Free Lecture at U.C. BERKELEY, Feb. 15-A free YOU CAN SLEEP BETTER if your mattress is comfortable Have your mattress RENOVATED at MULKEY'S, then you will rest better, and sleep much better. ORTHOPEDIC WORK FEATURED You geta re-manufactured job when your mattress is renovated at public lecture on "The Angry Generation: Patterns of Re volt in American Writing" will be delivered at 12:15 p.m. tomorrow in the University of California's Dwindle HalL The speaker will be Daniel Aaron, professor of English and political science st Smith Col Sti Ur ha.

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Simon, rice president (from left), review plans for expanding store operations oyer full dry block. For One Day Service Ring 4-8543 607 E. 12rh 6th Ave. Ut Our Easy Credit. Terms 1 finRn'S WHAT vv -mm- -m mm- mw mm mm mm mm IVILi.

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Round-trip excursion fare to Hawaii is as little as $23 down. No wonder more people travel trie Pacific by Pan Am than any other way air or, sea! 1U. D. I. M.

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