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FIRST DECADE OP THE PENTAGON—The Pentagon, headquarters of the Department of Defense,
the world’s largest office building is now in its tenth year. Construction was begun in September, 1941.
The building covers 34 acres. It has five floors, a mezzanine, a basement, and a sub-basement. The Na
tional Capitol would fit into any one of its wedge-shaped sections. Framework of the Pentagon is steel
reinforced concrete. Outside exposed walls are or monolithic architectural concrete. The mile-around
perimeter wall is faced with limestone. It was ready for occupancy in October, 1942.
The corridors of the Pentagon are 17ft miles long. The Department of Defense telephone system,
operating 89,000 telephones and staffed with 200 persons, is the largest branch exchange in the world.
A. system of this size normally would provide service for a city of more than 200,000 residents. The
building has complete banking service, medical and dental clinics, post offices, barber shop, uniform and
tailoring shop, shoe shine and repair shop, jewelry store, railway and airline ticket service, dry cleaning
and laundry shop, florist, bakery, cafeteria and dining rooms, a department store, drug store and a book
store. Daytime population of the. Pentagon now exceeds 30,800. Peak daytime strength during World War
II was 27,000 m April 1945.
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Herbert Bonner
Releasesfindings
On Surplus Sales
Individuals Buy 5 V 2 Mil
lion Dollars Worth of
Property
Congressman Herbert C. Bonner has
released a report through his sub
committee revealing a chain of events
which enabled certain individuals to
obtain property purchased by the
Government for nearly 5% million
dollars. These individuals paid ap
proximately $35,000 as the cost of
this property to a school.
Clayton C< Harrah, an aircraft parts
dealer, and Howard L. Pemberton,
formerly a test pilot, along with three J
other individuals started acquiring!
Government surplus property in De
cember, 1946. This property was ac
quired in the (name of the Bunker
Hilt School, which was an existing
high school in Indiana. None of this
property was ever delivered to the
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to the Bunker Hill Naval Air Sta
tion.
The Air Station was leased from
the Navy for a dollar a year plus
maintenance by the Town of Bunker
Hill, Indiana. The towm had sub
leased the Air Station to a private
corporation which was farming the
land and renting the buildings thereon
for storage. The proposed school used
this facility as their base of opera
tions, though no lease was ever ob
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THPBSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1951
1 In March, 1947, the Bunker Hill
School of Aeronautics was incorporat
ed as a non-profit school. Surplus
property continued to pour into the
base until August, 1947. No classes
were ever taught by the aeronautical
school. Though the school was in
tended to have facilities for 300 stu
dents, only around 30 evej expressed
any interest in enrolling, and none
were actually enrolled for future
classes. There was little evidence of
a bona fide attempt on the part of
the incorporators of the school to
acquire desks, blackboards, and other
necessary equipment for instruction.
At the insistence of the Navy De
partment in the latter part of 1947,
the school was evicted from the Air
Station because terms for leasing
could not be agreed upon. In trying
to move, the proposed school had
difficulty in finding a new location.
This resulted in the property being
stored in numerous places.
Starting in March, 1960, the in
corporators of this school started to
sell the property acquired. In one
case 26 Lycoming Aircraft Engines
which had cost 10 dollars each were
sold for $3,750. Though other receipts
were not this sensational, much pro
perty was sold, and the total receipts
have amounted to $27,000. There are
still vast quantities of surplus proper
ty in the possession of these indi
viduals.
Congressman Bonner stated that the
evidence in the possession of the sub
committee will be turned over to the
Department of Justice. He said at
least the investigation has opened
I the way for the United States Govern
ment to attempt to reclaim the pro
perty in the possession of the indi
viduals or to obtain damages from
them.
It was further stated by Mr. Bonner
thft not only was this situation made
possible by the action of the incor
porators, but that several State and
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least careless, if not negligent, in
carrying out their responsibilities un
der the surplus property program for
education and health. He warned
that States must cooperate with the
Federal Government in every way to
insure that State Aid Programs are
not misused.
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Private Douglas P. Riddick of Eden
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Third Armored Cavalry Regiment at
Fort Meade, Md., for one day for
his outstanding soldierly appearance
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