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BON N T NGTON TUMBER co.

Wbolesale Distribunr TO CALIFORNIA REIAIL YARDS

43O 40th StreetOAKTAND

(Moiling oddress' P.O. Box 3041, Ooklond, Colif.)

PHONE: Olympic 8-2881 . TWX: OA-4|O

PTYWOOD AT WORTD'S FAIR

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Another very unusual structure is the Chrysler Corporation erhibit. The roof for the main building in this display is a plywood three-dimensional shape in the form of the Chrysler trademark star. Two unusual out-.ide portions of the display are a four-storv high mock-up of an automobile engine, made of plywood, and a giant mock-up of equal size. intended to show the shape of a car of the future. The qiant car is also plywood. Plyuood volume in the Chrysler display is 150.000 square feet.

Other structures using considerable amorrrrts of ply'u ood inr.lude the Sra iss Pavilion and Sky Ride. the Formica Cor- poration house. the Hawaiian Pavilion. Gas, lnc.. the Ncw England Council building,., Sweden, Radio Corporation of American. and the Polynesian display lcaturing a number of small str-uctures. l'Iore nlvwood structures irrclude Ihe Indoncsian Puiilio,,, Kodak, First National City Ilank, Ford Pavilion. the House of Good Taste (some plywood manufacturers ar(] co-exhibitors here). National Cash llcgistcr, Scott Paper Company, I)uPont Company and the Electric Power Company.

Few of the expected 70 million visitors will bc aware of the immense amount of plyl'ood which helped build thc Ncw York F'air. But thc companies which sold carloads of the material for the manv disolavs trnd other uses aro mightv grateful lol the r-igilance o{ some alert American Plyuootl Association (DI-PA) field mt-'r'r morc than thrt'e. ycars hefore thc Fair opened.

Deoler Soles Above Averoge

Retail sales of lumber ancl buildirrg nraterials are ahead oI the gcner-al pace oI all retail sales in the Lnited States. In the first {our weeks of this year. all retail sales were up 6 percent above the same period of a year ago. but lumber alrd building materials nere up 8 percent. l{otor .r-ehicles and supplies led the advtrrrce .-up l0 perccrlt.

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Ctlssltltll tDYERTlSltlcPosition Wanted 92.00 per ling minimum $4.50. All other 93.00 per line, minimum $6.(X). Two lines of address (your address or our box number) count as one line. Clming date for copy is 20th.

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