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\(/orld" Largest Sign Ma de o( Plywood Purchase John tV. FisherLumber Co.

A plyu'ood sign, thc largest sign ir-r the rn'orld, has just 'been erected in Seattle to proclaiur \Al:tshirrgton's "Welcome lIomc" to retttrne<l veteratrs from :rll over the l'acific.

Made of Douglas firI inch u'aterproof n'eldluood, the gi:rnt sign is,10 feet high:rntl 270 feet long.It has beerr built t<l lr,ithstand all n,eathqr, being ltluvered like a vette tian blind so that the s,incl rvill pass through it rather tharr blow it dorvn, and is visil>le from a distancc of frve miles. 'l'he sigrr lrears the n'orcls "Welct>me I-lonre" irr l[l ioot letters an<l also seals of the State of Washir.rgton.

Half fin:rrrced b1' $4,500 in Statc funds, the ren.rainder oi the $9,000 cost \\':ls raiserl bv a Seattle ne\\rsl)aper spot-ts editor through a bancluet for s1>ortsmen. The 6,0@ square ieet of plvrvoorl s'as supplied lrv Llrrited Sjates I'lln'oorl (-rirporation.

(iovernor N{onracl C.. Wallgren of Washirrgton is creclited with first obtaining tl-re idea oi having the huge lrill lrozrrd erected at a conspicuous sp()t ()n Puget Sottn<1 trr extend the state's greeting to G.I.'s, rnany of whom rvill 6rst set foot in the United States rvhen tl.reir transport rlocks in \A'ashington from an overseas blrse.

The project was hanclled by Western Agcncies of Seattlc irnd was rlesignecl and erected by Sunset Outdoor Advt'r' tising Agency.

Port Hueneme Surplus Mcrtericls To Be Advertised Dec. 17

On Decemlrcr 17 the first group of iterns irorrr the $39,000,000 \\'()rth of building materials, non' storecl in Nalv rvarehouses at Port Hueneme, rvill be aclvertised for sale, :rccording t() :r statement by Serge F. Ballif, assistant man;rger in charge clf surplus propertv division of the II.F.C., l,os Angeles, ])ecember 7.

The m:rterials include 20,000 kcgs of n:rils. r'aluerl :rt $100,000, and a large amount of carpenter tools; electrical concluit ; cement, 600,000 sacks; screen u'ire (galr':rnized, c()l)l)er anrl plastic), 8,000,000 square feet; rvzrter pipe, rr,alllroerr<1, builrling pal)er. asphalt roofirrg an<1 tninerlrl u'ool irrsulation.

'l'hc st:r1t'rrrerrt s:ricl lrtnrlrcr rvill prol;alrl_r' rrot lre irrclrrrlrrl. What is in the stockpile at Port lftteneme, and u.lrat rlill lrrrive ironr overseas, n'ill lre used br-the Nar'_r'in cllrrent cotrstructiorr ;rt thc fittcr ()f 1.500,000 feet a tlar'.

Thomas J. Fox ancl Cla.rl A. Laughlin havc purchased the intercsts of John W. Fisher in the John W. Fisher l-rrmber Co., Santa X'Ionica. 'l-he l,rrsilress l'ill continue t<r lrc operatecl un(ler the old name.

\[r. Fox, n'ho has lteen a junior l)tirtner, hirs lreen with lhc firm since 1936, ar.rrl NIr. Laughlin, rvho has bcen the lrrrver for many )'ear:i, has been rvith the organization since l():3. O. C. I.cighton, the creclit manager, 'nill continue irr lris positir.,rr.

N'lr. Fisher u'ill <levote all his timc to the Centurl- Iiedt'rll Savings & I-oan (.o., Santa \Irrticrt, rvhich he orgitrtizcrl in. 192-1, anrl u-hich has operated sttccessfullv since that tir.r.re.

Col. Rcy Melin on Terminql Leave

Colonel C. R. (Ray) Melin, Army Air liorce. presidertt of On'ens-Parks Lun.rlrer Co.. Los Angeles, is on ternrinal lcave, atrtl cxl)ects to be lrack on the jolt as:r civiliarr by .[anuary 1.

He has beerr on active duty about 4f yelrrs, an(l was successivell' Deputv Chief of Staff, 4th Air Force at San Francisco; commanding officer at March Field, Riverside, and I'avne Field, I,,verrett, Wash., arrcl for 18 months was comrnanding officer at I'l amilton Field, Calif. He is a command pilot, and h:ts been An':rruled the Legion of \'l erit.

Scrsh crnd Door Frrm Completes Building

Deats Sash & Door Company recently completed their building at 935 East 59th Street, Los Angeles. The building has a frontage of 180 feet ar.rcl a depth of 300 feet.

The companv specializes in full mill bicl bu:;iness, furrrishirrg millu.ork for schools, office buildings, churches, ctc. Drrring thc l'ar the'r' hanrlled a large am()ullt of business for cal.nps, cant()nments, anrl exp()rt shipments to the South I'acific.

f)eats Sash & Door Cor.npanv is rlu'ned br'-Johrr S. l)crrts and Levin S. I)eats. Ther. emplov 100 men.

Los Angeles Building Permits

Los .\ngelcs builcling permits for Novenrber tot:tlecl 3825 rvillr an estir.rrated valttatiou of $15,726,046. This courpared n'ith the ()ctober total o{ 3,712 permits, r.alued trt $11,186.t.)+.