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Given the sub-floor specified, left, the other "must" for a top quality hardwood floor is to avoid flooring anonymous and

Bol Brands You Knout!

You have known Royal Oak Flooring rhrough the years. Its familiar registered trade-maik and official grade-mark are branded on each ( , no^ bundle as our pledge that we stand squarely AlllK) behind the superior quatity of every Royal 4/iX8V- Oak Flooring order shipped. 7tu-

Fordyce Luuner Company

FORDYCE, ARKANSAS

you ole looking ot offices done In...

APMI's decorative plywood is setting a new style in offices from coast to coast. This three dimension Douglas fir plywood is beautiful, practical and versatile. In natural warm wood tones, or painted in soft pastels, it is pleasing to the eye and easy on the pocketbook.

Sea Suirl comes in 4'x8' panels, 5/16" thickness (other sizes on special order). Perfect for remodeling and new construction. Exterior and interior types are sold at APMI sales warehouses exclusively. See the one nearest you, ot write for booklet.

Plywood lllills, Inc.

Generol Offlcec: Eugene, Oregon

SATES

GBOBGE O. BNAINAND

President, Addressograph-Multigraph Corporation

3'The purchase oJ l|niteil States Saoings Bonds is an expresslory' of Jaith'-in the iitrinsia soindness oJ our country, and. inilicates Joresightedness with respect to one'E own tuture needs. Since the inception 9l_ the,Paytoll Saoings Pktn by Addressograph-Illultigraph Corporation in 19'12, a lmge-percentage oJ employees lmite iontinuoi.tsly aoaileil thernseloes oJ this saJe and con' nanient method, oJ prooiiling lor later bencJits."

Every payday nearly seven million men and womenamong them a large percentage of AddressographMultigraph employees-give substantial expression of their faith in America by putting $140,000,000 into U.S. Defense Bonds.

These seven million payroll savers are not only backing up our countryos defense efiort-they are providing for their ov"n security . helping to combat inflationary pressures . . and building a reservoir of future purchasing power. How big is the reservoir? On December 31, 1951, rhe cash oalue of Series E Bonds outstanding wae #34,727,000,000-S4.8 billions more than the cash value of Series Eos outstanding in August, 1945.

Payroll savers are serious savers. Since Mayo 1951, through April, L952,8 Bonds maturing totaled $2,345,000,000. Buto only $593,000,000 of these matured bonds have been presented for payment. 75% of these matured bonds are still held by their purchasers.

As President o{ one of the first companies to ingtall the Payroll Savings Plan when it wae presented to industry in 1942, i{r. Brainard also apfreciates the benefiti that accrue to a company that has a Payroll Savings Plan with more than 60/o employee part_ici' pation. In company after company, absenteeism has lone dowrr, the accident rate hai falien ofi and prodgciion has gone up as employee participation passed the 607o mark

What is the percenta ge of your employee participa: tion? If it is less than 60/o, get in touch with the Savings Bond Divieiono U.S. TLeasury Departmento Suite 700, Washington Building, Washington, D.C. Your State Director (lieted in telephone books under otSavings Bond Divisiono' as well as o'U.S' Treasury Department") will be glad to show you how easy it ie to ieach 60%,70%, or higher through a simple personto-person canvass that puts a Payroll Savings Plan Application Blank in the handg of every employee. Phoneo wire or write today.

TheU. S. Goaernment does not pay for this aduertising.The Treasury De' partnent thanks, Jor their patriotic ilonatian, the Ailoertising Council anitr

Deoler Moves Slorcge Bins, Hikes Plywood Sqles

A year ago Owner-Manager J. E. Youns of Siewari Lumber and Hardware Co.] Seattle, Wash., moved his plywood storage bins from the ,rpper lev6l of a little rried_shed to a spof near the driveway clearly visible to ill customers.

"That's all it took," says Young, "to iump our plywood sales'about 4b per -cenf-and ihit's a conservative estimdte. The new bin location makes them easier to fill and even easier to load trucks to fill orders."

Young savs that customers usuallv stop at the'bins, look over price anh grade tags and often pick up a-couple of fanels. Y'Everybody,t' he iays, "has a irse for plywood, piovidine you remind him of ii 6y puttins it outihere he can see it."

FHA Accepls s/s" Plywood Over Rafters 24" Q.C.

On the basis of recent tests and experience data, Federal Housi4g Adminiitra. tion now accepts plywooil %"-thick as roof decking over rafters spaced 24" on centers, according to a letier from Curt Mack. assistant co'mmissioner of the FIIA underwriting office, to Douglas Fir Plywood Association. A revision of FIIA Minimum Property Requirements is planned; meanwhil6, FHA at Washingion (Underwriting Office) will advise ariy insuring office upon inquiry that s/a" plywootr over raftirs 24"'on'centers will be accepted. Plvwood roof deck thicknesses ;ow "cc"'pt"d bv FIIA are shown below in tabular form.lootlng lrlor. Roflc liln. Plywood ,r|ql*lol Spoclng Thlcknor