The California Lumber Merchant - June 1945

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Nationcl-Americcrn Annual Meeting

At the 53rd annual meeting of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association, held in New York, the directors re-elected the following officers: president, J. Lou DuPlain, Rockford, Ill.; first vice president, Titus W. Ilager, Grand Rapids, Mich.; second vice president, W. T. Turner, Spartanburg; S. C.; treasurer, William Schuette, Jr., New York; secretary, Sid L. Darling, New York.

C. J. Fisher was reappointed assistant secretary at New York, and Paul C. Stevens was reappointed Western manager at Portland.

G. F. Bonnington, I-amon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco, was one of the directors appointed to serve for a three-year term, expiring in 1948.

New Arrivcl

A son, Charles Babbit White, Jr., was born May 15 in Alameda to Lieutenant Chas. B. White and Mrs. White' This makes two boys and two girls in the family. Lieutenant White, who is in the Navy on CYE94, Lunga Point in the Far East, is a son of C. Harry White of White Brothers. hardwood dealers, San Francisco. He was the firm's purchasing agent when he entered the service several years ago.

$200,000 Fire Dcrmage at Decoto

Fire said to have been started by a welder's torch at the New Colma Mill & Lumber Co., Decoto, Calif., destroyed the planing mill and several thousand feet of lumber, damaging the office building, machine shop and box shed, June 3. Damage was estimated at $200,000.

Buys Westport Mill ProPertY

Announcement has been made that Shepard & Morse Lumber Company, of Boston, Mass., has purchased the property of the Westport Lumber Company at Westport, Ore. This mill had been scheduled to close on May 15' J. P. Cornell, Portland manager of the Boston concern, advises that the present operating stafi at Westport will continde, including Lester J. Harding as manager, and Howard T. Lydick as superintendent. Shepard & Morse have always operated their own steamships in inter-coastal business, and also operate mills at Alfred and Washburn, Maine.

L. M. Clcryberger Bcrck On lob

Lester M. Clayberger has resumed his position as advertising manager of the paints and building materials division of Parafiine Companies, Inc., San Francisco, following 28 months' service, of which he was 20 months overseas, in the Pacific area, with the Navy Seabees. He had the rank of Lieutenant Commander, and was in charge of a construction battalion.

Scrn Diego Hoo-Hoo Meeting

The San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club held a meeting at the San Diego Club, San Diego, Friday evening, June 1. George Rony was the speaker, and he gave an interesting talk on "Russia and the World Tomorrow." Orrie Hamilton, Frank Park and Ed Martin also made brief talks. Lysle Seibert lead the group in singing, and Pauline Gleason was the accompanist on the piano. The committee in charge of the arrangements included Charles Hampshire, Justin Evenson and Mearl Baker. Cliff Roberts presided.

The Test of Time

Tells the $tory

Right from the stort, Ross Cqrriers crnd Lilt Trucks eqrn for their owners-goin voluqble timespeed hondling in scores of wcrys. But the losting proof of their volue comes from veteron Ross I]eet owners such qs West Side Lumber Co., Tuolumne, Colif. For yeors this progressive mill hos relied upon Ross equipm.ent.

And now-when equipment must stcnd up os never before, Ross reliqbility is poying odded dividends to owners through extro service under todoy's trylng conditions. Include dependoble Ross equipment in your post-wor plons. lVrite Ior Bulletin LM-65 todoy.

Appointed Sales Manager

S. W-. Antoville, vice-president and director of sales for LTnited States Plywood Corporation, announces that Edr,r'arcl J. Marclney has been .appointecl sales manager of the company.

Mr. Maroney has just returned to U. S. Plywood after a leave of absence during which he served as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy, Production Division, Bureau of Aeronautics.

Prior to entering the service, Mr. Maroney was manager of U. S. Plywood's Irhiladelphia operations. He has been with the company eleven years in its sales department, and previously had been sales manager of Jarnesto'ivn Veneer & Plywood Corporation, Jamestown, N. Y.

Hcs Army and Ncvy Contrcrcts

Paramount Built-In-Fixture Company, Oakland, is employing a full force of men working a 48-hour wtek ing cabinets, shelving and fixtures for the Army and One contract is for 500 kitchens for Navy personnel itg.

Bill Nish Back With Wendlins-Nathan Co.

Major Wm. H. (Bill) Nigh, who was with the Army Air Force for more than three years, and was recently stationed at Headquarters, Western Defense Command, Presidio, San Francisco, has received a medical discharge, and is now back with his old firm, Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco.

New Yard in Pittsburg

The Diablo Lumber Company of Antioch has announced the opening of a modern building emporium at Pittsburg where they will carry all types of lumber and building materials. The company's slogan is "Everything for the Builder."

Lewis Silvera and Earl McClintock, the owners, have been residents of the district for a long period, and have been partners in business since they started the Diablo Lumber Company in Antioch six years ago. Mr. Silvera is a member of the Rotary Club of Pittsburg. Mr. McClintock spent twelve years with the Redwoord Mantifacturers Co. of Pittsburg, and prior to that was with the Hammond Lumber Company in Los Angeles for twelve years.

makNavy. Mills Stcrt June 4 hous- Thomas Sawmills, Twain Harte, June 4. Hallinan Mackin Lumber Calif., started operation Co.. San Francisco. are Charles l\llurra is general manager of the company. exclusive sales agents.

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Forests, mills, men . . . cr bcrckground oI experience in' the lumber business covering c period of 175 yecrs . since 1853 in the West. This is the Pope 6 Tclbot org(mizction thct is recdy lor the green light to supply the'home lront'with long needed lumber.

Forests oI the finest timber in the lcrnd. Modernized mills tor elficiency cnd speed. Men with long yecns ol 'knowhow'. A service-qbility thcrt is a trcrdition when it comes to delivering lumber that is properly milled, expertly hcndled, cnd conscientiously grcrded to high sicndards.

Yes, the Pope & Tqlbot orgcrnizcrlion is recdy. Ecrch depcrtnent is gecrred crnd mqrured to serve you in cr dependcble, mosl sctislcctory mqnner . . . Looking lorwcrd to the dcy when we ccrn qdd our meqsure to the continued prosperity ol our Nction-

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And so it is now as in the days when Patrick llenry rose to such sublime oratorical heights. We here in this land also cry "PeacFPeace." And while victory seems drawing rapidly nearer in the Pacific, in Europe where we recently celebrated Victory Day, there are agonizing storm clouds'

"IJncle Joe" is making the well advertised Atlantic Charter-that piece of prime publicity with no signatureslike unto a tin can that has been exposed to the mercy of a double-barreled shotgun at close range. Europe and Asia are troubled. And we, who hoped to see that theatre calm down after its years of frightfulness, are troubled in mind'

Internationalism seemed like a swell idea at long range, and a world where all men are free and can choose their own form of governrnent and their own rulers loomed large in prospect as something definitely attainable. And now look ! They snarl at each other's throats through Europe and Asia. There is more hell in the making, and we, who so sublimely decided that we must be our brother's keeper, are all tangled up in things we *cannot even understand.

We have a right to be troubled. Are we going to have to pull out after all our blood and tears and sacrifice, and leave those discontented lands to their fate, or must we post an American boy in uniform at every door over there to keep those soandsos in hand? Looks like a tough choice.

How anyone capable of eating with both hands and wearing a hat on his head, could fail to foresee just what is taking place in Europe and Asia now, passes my understanding. We'd better get a peace organization created and in operation with teeth as long and dangerous as those of a saber-toothed tiger and in a great hurry if we are to hope for peace in those lands. You fight for them, save them from a fate worse than hell, feed them, arm them and put them on their feet, and what do they do? Go looking for trouble the minute they find the oppressor's heel loosened from their throats.

The cynical Carlyle, when he remarked that thousands of people cross London Bridge every day-"mostly feqls"was talking for all times and most peoples. Surely he was describing Europe and Asia as we see them today. When the Bard of Avon wrote the words-"What fools these

mortals [9"-trg was marking up a bullseye. He didn't say which or where. He made it a general indictment to which the world hastens to plead guilty most of the time by its overt acts.

Here in this country today the people cry "Lumber! Lumber !" But there is no 'lumber. We have a tricky situation right now. The other day the government issued an order relaxing the building restrictions imposed by Order L-41. That order raises "new construction" permitted without farm certificate or priority rating from $200 per home to $1,000 per dwelling unit; from $l,O0O to $5,000 on commercial stores, shops, etc., and from $5,000 to $25,0@ on industrial buildings. It permits the expenditure of $1,000 on each dwelling unit rather than on each structure,' which means that $2,000 can be spent on a duplex, etc., up to a $5,000 limit. Also, $1,000 can be spent on a farm house. The farmer still retains the right to spend $1,000 a year on his farm buildings. Repair, maintenence, remodeling, and new construction must all come under the $1,000 per dwelling unit. New churches, schools, and hospitals are granted new construction permits up to $10,fiX).

So much for the terms of the order. This news was broadcast throughout the land by the newspapers, and created dramatic interest. The average layman read it and naturally supposed that this was a permit to build at once anything he might want or need within the limitations of the order. And, of course, it was nothing of the kind. It was simply a permit to do the amount of building stated PROVIDING THE MATERIALS COULD BE FOUND. The order was really just a building materials hunting license'

It so happened that the news release of this order came at a time when lumber was scarcer and harder to get than it has been at any time since the war started; since any time in history. Mr. John Public came a-running to get him some lumber. The lumber yards throughout this land were fooded with requests for lumber, based on the published news. And the lumber dealer in general very quickly found himself on a very hot spot. He couldn't make people understand that there was included in that new order nothing whatever to help the prospective builder find something to build with. All this, pray understand, applies only to lumber. But lumber is a scarcer article to get today than ever, and there is no immediate relief in sight.

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"They cry 'Peace-Peace' but there is no Peace."-Patrick Henry. ***

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The lumber dealer has been very, very busy trying to explain the matter of priorities to his inquisitive customers. The layman just gets confused when he is told that Order L-41 has indeed been relaxed, but that Order L-335 is absolutely unchanged. Even if lumber were availablewhich it is not-the relaxed L-41 would be of no particular benefit to the building public unless there was likewise relaxation in L-335.

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But outside of the item of lumber. the relaxed L-41 undoubtedly WILL do a whole lot of good, and that immediately. For there ARE many building materials available that are not covered by priority restrictions. Cement, plaster, paint, wallpaper, many kinds of wallboard, insulation rnaterials, many types of other-than-wooden building board, builders hardware, and many other kinds of building material are available, and most of them in generous sup- ply. So there is no doubt that there will be increased building going on now; but nothing like what would be done if they could buy lumber in general, and framing lumber in particular.

One of the large ai"triu]rt"]" lr "ort-ooa lumber said to me the other day: "I don't know what they are doing with it, but the war machine is making even stronger demands than at dny previous time, and there just isn't any lumber available for civilian use." And that covers the situation. There are those who think that the Pacific Coast ports will be entirely unable to handle the Westward moving lumber for the Pacific war, and that the government may have to release some to civilian users for that reason. It is explained that the terrific war demand for lumber right now is mostly based on the need for wharves, warehouses, barracks, and other war lumber in the Pacific area. Whatever it is, the demand for lumber for war thoroughly overwhelms the supply.

Resume: If Mr. l.n" *Or" J""," to do some .building, repairing, or remodeling, the new relaxation of Order L-41 undoubtedly makes it legal for him to do so. But the possibility must depend entirely on his ability to find available building materials.

Had a long letter from my old friend, Don Campb.il, forrrler ace lumber dealer in Kentucky and now a big shot in the lumber division of the War Production Board in Washington. Don objected in friendly fashion to my recent editorial critical of the allotment by our government of large quantities of Lend-Lease lumber to England and Europe. He defended the actions of the War Industries Board and its lumber division. I never said the WpB was in any way responsible for the diversion of our ,much needed lumber to Lend-Lease. f never had any idea that it was. Those orders came from higher up; from the same thinking reservoirs that have seemed so anxious to give away everything we have and need. I think the lumber division

of WPB is manned by mighty fine men who have done a very good job under great difficulties.

I think the hue "rra "r| tilat*-"rrt up from the lumber and building industries when the news of the first heavy gifts of lumber to England and Europe got out, has done a world of good, and perhaps done much to stop what might have. been a destructive flow of lumber in that direction. I favor giving our armed forces every foot of lumber they want that we can make. But I object to sending a single damn foot of it anywhere for anybody via the Lend-Lease route. Lend-Lease has been tremendously useful, but fearfully abused. It is time to draw a line between Lend-Lease use and abuse, and put a stop to the latter. There is a need for shelter here at home, and particularly among the little people of the land, that accounts for almost all of the Black Market activities in lumber. As between using our extra lumber for building the shelter that good Americans need, and sending it abroad for rehabilitation, I'm casting my vote for our own folks. And that is the situation in a nutshell. Whenever there is a board or a plank available that our armed forces do not need, I say give it to our needy Americans, and particularly our little folks.

And, speaking of stacil ,i"rl"a", it looks from where I'm sitting as though the market with the dusky hue has taken the ball in this country, and is running with it. There isn't anyrthing scarce that cannot be had in plenty if you know where to go look, and are willing to pay the price. Cigarettes, gasoline, meat, butter, gasoline coupons, red points-all can be bought in plenty. The sufferer and sucker in all this is the little man. The Black Marketers can't get anything from him, so he can't get anything frorn them. So he goes without. If you doubt that the Black Market has taken the country over, you must be blind.

Well, Senator WagneJ attl.r,J his new so-called social security bill into the hopper. He had to do it without White Ffouse indorsement, although he had announced Mr. Truman was all for it. I had my doubts, as I stated last issue. Mr. Truman DID come out for emergency increases in the unemployment insurance department of goverhment. f'm against that, too. This is America, and I don't like doles, especially for people who for two or three years have been drawing excessive pay in war industries. To pay a man not to work is a great strain on his character. A man who will work for say $35 a week when he can get at least $25 without work, is seldom born. The Wagner thing is senseless, impractical, and un-American. I shall discuss it next time out.

Lumber Allocctions lor Third Qucrter, 1945

Lumber allocations for the third quarter of 1945 total 8.8 billion board feet, of which 4.8 billion will go to iarge industrial users, the WPB announced. Because the eventual effects on top priority lumber requirements of the shift from a two-front to a one-front war are not yet fully known, the lumber supply situation will be reviewed in mid-July, WPB officials said. They declared lumber productioh thus far in 1945 has been ll/o under'a year ago, while military and civilian needs remain at about the 1944 level.

WF'RE PROUD OF YOT]R RESPOI\SE To The SERYICE

_OF CALIFORI\IA RETAIL LUMBER DEALBRS

To the cppecl lor nqmes oI sons cnd employees oI Cclilornic Retcil Lumber Merchcrrts, we hqve received c deluge of replies. Such c response is conclusive evidence of the lcct that we o" o,l ittdr."try will never forget whct they hcrve done lor us-ol the sccrifice they hcrve mcde thqt our trcrdiiions witl be preserved. When these men return lrom the service of our country it is our sqcred obligction to see thct they get lirst considercrtion To serve crs cr reminder, q Service Roll oI the ncrmes submitted, will soon be published crnd distributed. Anyone h<rving c son or employee in the Armed Services can still enter his ncme, rcting crnd locction up until luly lst when the Service Roll closes.

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-WHEN THEY RETURN-GIVE THEM YOUR FIRST CONSIDERATION

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The beautiful young woman lay on her death bed.

Her husband was at her side.

She was dying from some mysterious malady.

They knew that her last hour had come. She looked up

Suscrnville Mill Will Use

Paul Bunyqn Trcdemqrk

The sau,mill formerlv ou.ned b1' The Red Itir,er I-ttrnber Co. at Srrsanville, Calif., and u'hich u'as sold to the l'aul Buny:rn Lumber Co. last December, is expectecl to cut fronr 15 rnillion to 20 million feet of lun.rber this ve:rr. l'ith Ponrlerosa pine running about 90 per cent.

Kenneth R. Walker and Blair \\I:rlker are the on'ners of the Paul Bunyan I-utnber Co., n'hich u'ill use the Paul Bunyan trademark ttnrler liccnse f ronr The Recl River Lumber Co.

at her husband, bending tenderly over her, and said:

"Before I go, I must confess darling, I have been unfaithful to you."

His smile showed great understanding. He said:

"I know, sweetheart. That's why I poisoned you."

Holds Open House

'I-he Sullivan Harcll'ood Lumber L--o., Sarr Diego, recentlv built an attractive nllnpus rootn:rt thcir plant. anci an open house n'as held Fridal' evening, Jtrne 1 The room is 20 feet by 36 feet, the u'alls ar.rd ceiling are built of n'allbo:rrd, and it has a harrll'oocl floor.

About 50 from the Srrllivan H:rrtl'tr-ttod Lttmber Co. and \\restern Lumber ComPan-r',,rganizations attencled, including office employees, r'ard ancl mill superintendents, and branch yard oflice cre\\rs. A buffet supper u'as served and there \\'a" art elltertlrinmcllt.

quantities of guns, ammunition, food and medical Ir supplrcs are Your War still needed to finish the Japs.

\(/ar Production Board Sends Public on Direction 18 to Order L-335 a Hunting Expedition for Lumber

Orrio W. Hamilton, secretary-manager of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association, says that "recent press releases covering Construction Order L-41 have left the impression with the buying public that lumber is now available in increased quantities for various construction purposes, although it has not been available up to this time."

These press releases, according to Mr. Hamilton, "are very misleading and are causing much disappointment on the part of the prospective purchaser, who goes to a lumber dealer for lumber, as well as to put the lumber dealer in an undeserved position."

While it is true that the War Production Board, through L-41, has increased the ceiling for "permitted construction," lVIr. Hamilton points out that "the WPB has not, at the same time, made any provision for the distributor to secure lumber for this increased buying demand, and he is thus forced to explain priorities requirements and. defend himself, as the buyer believes a yard full of lumljer should permit him to buy what he needs."

Mr. Hamilton cites that 'ithe average retail lumber yard is unable to buy, even with rated orders, what lumber he would like to buy, and has a very small quota of so-called "free lumber" that he can sell without piiority rating, for emergency essentials. This "free lumber" quota don't begin to meet the daily calls of each lumber yard for small orders of pick-up items; so, increasing ceilings on Order L-41 is like presenting a man with a check for 91,000.00 but cautioning him that there is no money in the bank to cash it."

Wholescle Lumber Associqtion Hecrd Visits Pccilic Cocrst

Joseph L. Du Plain of the Joseph A. Du Plain Lumber Co., Rockford, Ill., and president of the National,American Wholesale Lumber Association, has been on a visit to the Pacific Coast for the past several weeks. He spent some time in San Francisco and visited a son at Palo Alto, Calif. From there he went to the Pacific Northwest, and on the way called at Marcola, Ore., to see another son lvho is employed at the mill of Fischer Lumber Company.

Washington, D. C., May D-Purchase of lumber for two or more retail distribution yards owned or controlled by one person was clarified today by the War Production Board in Direction 18 to the Lumber Control Order, L-335. The direction states that a person may pool certified orders received by his yards for purposes of extending the certifications in purchasing lumber from sawmills and other distributors. The lumber thus purchased may be delivered to one or more of the yards without regard to the quantities of lurnber in the certified orders that the individual yards contributed to the pool.

New Mill ct Roseburg

The new Seivert Iverson sawmill at Roseburg, Ore., is now operating, and has a daily capacity of 30,000 feet. Roy Beebe, veteran millwright, constructed the mill, and he will remain as superintendent.

Mill to Close

Silverton, Ore., June ,f-The Silver Falls Timber Company will .close its sawmill at Silverton in the near future after a 27-year run, M. C. Woodard, general manager, said today.

Will Rebuild Willits Mill

Fire destroyed the mill of Ed Sandberg located near Willits, California, last fall. Announcement is made that the mill will be rebuilt as soon as possible.

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q UP AND DOWN THE STATE @

Ross Blanchard, Blanchard Lumber Co., North Hollywood, and Harry Eastman, Eastman Lumber Sales, Los Angeles, left June 9 on a business trip to Portland and other points in the Northwest.

J. H. Gonyea, Tacoma on business at the end of

Shelley L. Pearne was in Los Angeles which is represented

lumberman, was in M"y.

R. G. Robbins of the R. G. Robbins Lumber Co., portland, called on Northern California mills and visited San Francisco during the last week in May.

Jas. E. (Jimmy) Atkinson, Atkinson-St:uIz Co., San Fran- i.t> Los Angeles cisco, is spending three weeks calling on Oregon mills. He ',f expects to be back June 18. ,:'

Karlen-Davis Lumber Co., Tacoma, recently on business for his firm, there by Tacoma Lumber Sales.

Jack Thomas, former Los Angeles wholesale lumberman, and now a business specialist with the Office of Price Administration, is spending about three weeks on the Pacific Coast. He is making a kiln drying survey and will visit Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland, returning to Washington, D. C., Jane 22.

F. A. (Pete) Toste, returned Tune 6 from a

L. E. Oakley,manager of the Portland office of WendlingNathan Co., San Francisco, visited the firrri's home office. last week, and also called on the Los Angeles office. He was accompanied on the trip by Mrs. Oakley.

Glen Cahill, vice president, Western Hardwood Lumber Company, Los Angeles, has returned from an eastern business trip.

Lumber Co., Santa Ana, on his way back from a Toste Lumber trip to Northern Co., Los Angeles, California mills.

Jack Ivey, Tacoma Lumber Sales, spent two weeks calling on mills in

Los Angeles, recently Northern California.

W. H. Gonyea, Clear Fir Sales Company, Eugene, Oreg'on, was in Los Angeles around the first of the month on business. He made his headquarters at the office of Tacoma Lumber Sales, which represents his firm.

Bob Raymer, assistant to L. E. Oakley, in the Portland office of Wendling-Nathan Company, San Francisco, has moved to Eugene, Ore., and will make his headquarters there in the future.

A. B. Chapman, cently transferred Angbles office.

San Pedro Lumber Company, was refrom the Wilmington ofifice to the Los

Mace Tobin, sales manag'er, Co., Dallas, Ore., was in San ness for his firm.

Willamette Valley Lumber Francisco last week on busi-

Frank Curran, Frank Curran visited San Francisco recently business trip to the Northwest.

Paul Orban, Orban Lumber Co., Pasadena, and Wilfred T. Cooper, Pasadena lumberman, are back from a three weeks' business trip to Northern California and the Pacific Northwest.

Leslie Lynch, director Co., Los Angeles, was Francisco.

Judd Blanchard, in San Francisco month.

of sales for Patten-Blinn Lumber a recent business visitor in San

Blanchard Lumber on business around Co., Burbank, the middle of was last

Harry Pulaski, Sierra Lumber Co., Pasadena, and Stuart C. Smith, wholesale lumberman, Pasadena, were recent Northern California visitors.

Hugh W. Mason, owner of Fisk & Mason, wholesale shingle dealers, South Pasadena, returned June 3 from three weeks spent in calling on shingle manufacturers in Washington and Oregon.

Lor Angeles Hoo-Hoo Golf Tournament Orban Lumber Company Has and Dinn er June 19

The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club will hold a golf tournament and dinner for lumbermen and members of the allied products industries at the Inglewood Country Club, 1640 East Manchester Blvd., Inglewood, Calif., Tuesday, June 19.

Golfers will tee off any time after 12:15 p.m. A fine bunch of prizes have been lined up for the winners in the tournament, which also include the George E. Ream, Roy Stanton and The California Lumber Merchant troohies. There will be a door prize.

Dinner will be served in the Club House at 6:30 p.m. The Club can serve only 130. The first 130 to send back reservation cards with check attached will be the lucky ones. Reservations should be mailed to Roy H. Stanton, P.O. Box 366, Vernon Station, Los Angeles 11, Calif.

The committee in charge of the arrangements includes : Roy Stanton, D. C. Essley, R. S. Osgood, George Clough, Ed Bauer, Bill Ream, Roy Pitcher, Ifarvey Koll, Orrin Wright, Huntly Wark, Earl Galbraith, Lloyd Cole and Ed Martin.

Goes to Northwest

J. H. Prentice, who was Los Angeles representative for Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills for a number of years, has gone to Bellingham, Wash., where he will be connected with the company's retail lumber department. The company has closed its Los Angeles offrce.

\(/holesale Department

Orban Lumber Company, 77 South Pasadena Avenue, Pasadena, started doing a wholesale business last fall in addition to their regular retail and industrial business.

The wholesale department is handled by Wendell M. Brown and D. C. Bradley.

Orban Lumber Company has a large and well equipped yard in Pasadena, and has dock facilities at the Long Beach yard. The Pasadena yard has a complete lumber manufacturing plant, including a large resaw. A new Ross lift truck has been added to the lumber handling equipment, which includes a Ross Carrier and an overhead crane. A large fleet of Diesel truck and trailer outfits is operated by the company, enabling them to give prompt delivery service.

This u'ell known lumber concern was established by Peter Orban, father of the present owner, Paul Orban.

Merrell-Woodson

Miss June Elizabeth Woodson

Charles Merrell, Jr., in Oakland, Miss Woodson is a daughter of fornia representative of Wheeler Mrs. Woodson.

was married to Lewis Calif., on May 26. Larue J. Woodson, CaliOsgood Company, and

Moving Mill to Wcshingilon, Ccrlifornicr

The Tahoe Sugar Ping Company is engaged in moving its sawmill from Graniteville, California, to Washington, California. Wm. Stevenson is manager.

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Americcn submcrrines hqve sunk 4,500,000 tons oI Jcrpcrnese shipping- ltlg shipsin more thcrn three years of Pccffic war. They hcrve cll but severed the lines which connect the Jcpcn empire with their stolen possessions. War . bonds purchcrsed during the 7th War Loan Drive will help to build more submqrines

One Mcrn s Fcmily

The most versatile man in all history of the theatrical profession, was undoubtedly the late lamented George M. Cohan. One day while he was rehearsing a plot, a famous English theatrical man dropped in for a visit, and Cohan showed him around.

"Who wrote this play?" asked the. visitor.

"I did" said Cohan.

"Who wrote the music?"

Cohan said: "I did."

"Who is producing it?

ttl am,tt

"Well, who is your leading man?" ttl am."

"And your leading ladY?"

"My sister."

The amused Briton asked:

"And I suppose you paint the scenery?"

"Oh no," said Cohan. "My father does that."

The Rest ol the Rocd By

If the rest of the road is half as good, ' As the half that went before, I'll swing along with a singing heart, And pray to the Lord for more.

I ease my bones at the Half-Way House, And turn my remembering gaze, From the twisting paths that my feet have sought, To the new untrodden waYs.

How long? How far? How hard? How fine?

How heavy or light the load?

ff it's half as good as the half I've known, flere's hail to the rest of the road.

Repcrtee

you like my new dress I got it for a Wife: "How do ridiculous price."

Husband: "You mean you got it for an absurd figure'

Frossie

:,,what,s Pi'T[#t11ti3"?,"., "

Tessie: "Walk by those soldiers on the corner; you'll find out."

No Gcmes

The purchasing agent didn't want to see this particular salesman, and instructed his secretary to stall him off when he called. So she said to the salesman:

"I'm gorry, but Mr. Jones can't see you'today. He has a sprained back."

"That's all right, girlie," said the salesman. "Tell him I don't want to wrestle with him; I only want to talk to him."

Virtues

Industry, economy, honesty and kindness form a quartette of virtues that never can be improved upon.-James Oliver.

A Diflicult Ingredient

The two old backwoodsmen got talking about cooking. One said:

"I got me one of them goldarned printed cookery books, but I never could use it none."

The other asked: "What was the trouble; too fancy?"

Th6 first said: "No. It was because there was one thing it called for in every recipe, that I never had none of. Every one began-'Take a clean dish'-and you know we ain't never had none of them."

lrteresting News

If you are an adult weighing about 175 pounds, this is what you probably do every 24 hours:

Your heart beats 103,689 times.

Your blood travels 168,000,000 miles.

You breathe 24,O40 times.

You eat three and one quarter pounds of food.

You drink two and nine-tenths pounds of liquids.

You perspire 1.43 pints.

You generate 45 foot tons of energy.

You move 700 major muscles.

You exercise 7,000,000 brain cells.

You speak 4,800 words.

Robert Burns Wrote:

A rnan may drink and no' be drunk, A man may fight and no'be slain, A man may kiss a bonnie lass, And ay be welcome back again.

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News of Out Friends in The Services ,'

First Lieut. Hugh I-. Wade, veteran combat motion picture cameraman and son of E. R. Wade, sales manager, Pope & Talbot, fnc., Lumber Division, Portland, Ore., has been appointed officer in charge of training at the combat' camera replacement pool of the 18th A.A.F. base unit (motion picture unit)., at Culver City, Calif.

Lieut. 'Wade, who recently returned from the South Pacific, wears the bronze star, air medal with four oak leaf clusters, distinguished unit citation with three oak leaf clusters, European theater ribbon with five bronze stars, Asiatic Pacific theater ribbon and five bronze stars, Philippine liberation ribbon and one star, American theater rib' bon, King George star of Africa, and the 1939-42 British service ribbon. He has been recommended for the distin' guished flying cross three times and once for the silver star.

He enlisted in the army signal corps on April 20, 1942, and was one of three American signal corps photographers to volunteer to cover the Dieppe raid. He made heav] bomber missio.ns with the royal air force to Belgium, Holland and France, and in September, 1942 as a member of the 9th A.A.F. combat camera unit, was attached to the British Sth army in Africa for four months to obtain films on the desert victory, then was with the American 9th air force and the South African air force.

He later flew misqions over Sousse, Sfax, Palermo, Sicily, Messina, and as far north as Naples. He participated in the battle of Pantelleria, and accompanied ground forces in the invasion of Sicily. In the South Pacific, he saw action in the Northern Solomons, Bismarck Archipelago, New Gui' nea, Mandated Islands, Dutch East Indies, and Philippines.

Lieut. Commancler Alfred D. Bell, Jt., U. S. Navy, was recently home on leave. He was general sales manager of Hammond Lumber Company, San Francisco, when he entered the service.

S/Sgt. John E. Tietjen, son of Ed Tietjen, Sudden & Christenson, Inc., was recently awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action on March 7 near Vischel, Germany. His lead tank came under machine gun fire from two enemy positions. Though exposed to fire in the turret of his tank, Sgt. Tietjen overran one machine gun position and killed the entire crew with machine gun fire. He then directed his tank on the second position, also killing the crew. His box score : 19 slain, 12 captured, 2 machine guns destroyed, and the town taken without the loss of a man.

Sgt. Tietjen is in the 38th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron'. IIe was formerly with McElroy Lumber Co., Palo Alto, Calif.

Lieutenant Kenneth O'Neill, son of W. H. O'Neill, O'Neill Lumber Co., San Francisco, who was shot down in combat on his 26th mission as a pilot in the 8th Air Force, over Germany, February 9, was liberated from a German prison camp April 20, and arrived home on leave June 1. He is married and the father of two children, and was associated with his father in business when he entered the service two and a half years ag'o.

Sgt. Al Young, who was with the 15th Air Force in Italy, spent a 3O-day furlough with his parents in Los Angeles. He reported at Santa Ana air base on May 2O for reassignment. Before going into the Service, Al was with the Ed Fountain Lumber Co., Los Angeles.

T/3 J- R. (Bob) I{encken, son of John M. Hencken, Paramino Lumber Co., San Francisco, is in the Army Medical Corps, with the First Army in Germany. He has been in the service nearly three years.

A recent letter from Lieutenant E. J. La Franchi, U. S. Navy, stationed in the Southu'est Pacific, gave the interesting information that he distributed lumber recently out of the former S. S. Anna Schafer (now operated under a different name), and got quite a thrill out of it. Lieut. La Franchi was with Flill & Morton, Inc., Oakland, up to the time he went into the service.

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Celotex Buys Gypsum Propertie3 in Southwest

One of the largest gypsum properties and plants in the Southwest, the Texas Cement Plaster Company, has been purchased by The Celotex Corporation, it is announced by Henry W. Collins, vice president in charge of merchandising for Celotex.

The Texas Cement Plaster Company was established in 1903 by S. M. Gloyd. The property consists of an extensive gypsite and gypsum deposit, and plaster board and gypsum plaster plants at Plasterco, Texas, as well as a crushing and loading plant and gypsum rock quarry at Longworth, Texas, nineteen miles from Plasterco. Headquarters for the company were at Oklahoma City.

The main plant at Plasterco, one of the most modern in the country, will provide The Celotex Corporation with needed facilities to supply the market in the Southwest.

Other Celotex plants are at Marrero, La., Metuchen, N. J., Lagro, Ind., and Port Clinton, Ohio. It has a subsidiary company in London, Etrgland, under the name, Celotex, Limited.

Fire-Secson Closure Policy Announced by Forest Service

San Francisco, May 28-The fire-season closure policy for the national forests of southern California was announced today by Regional Forester S. B. Show, chief of the California region, U. S. Forest Service, rvho sai<l, "In any but an abnormally dry year, the Angeles, Cleveland, San Bernardino and Los Padres national forests will remain open to the public until midnight of the fourth Sunday in June, starting this year. After that date, all areas of moderate or light fire hazard rvill continue to remaiu open, but higl-r-hazard areas u.'ill be closed to the public until the end of the fire season, usually about December 1.

"Nlain highways and roads passing through high-hazard areas in the national forests, together with main roads giving access to areas open to the public, will be available for travel throughout the fire season. Posted and fire-proofed camp and picnio grounds immediately adjacent to these highr,r'ays and roads will also be o1>en to the public. The boundaries of closed areas will be signed, and maps showing rvhere people may go will be published in local papers and provided free to forest users."

Peerless Built-In-Fixture Co. Busy With Work For Ncvy

Peerless Built-In-Fixture Co., Betkeley, is busy making a large amount of housing equipment, especially cabinets, for 60O prefabricated portable houses for Navy personnel, located at San Francisco, Vallejo, and Alameda County points.

"Our designs and plans are completed for going back into the cabinet business with many new items of kitchen and household fixtures, such as wardrobes, mantels, breakfast room seats and tables," said Ray B. Cox, president of this concern, recently to a representative of The California Lumber Merchant. "Reconversion, when the time comes, will be accomplished very quickly," he stated.

Ccrlilornia Governor Signs Forestry Bills

Governor Earl Warren of California has signed three forestry bills as a basis to establish its pine and redwood forests on a continuous production basis.

The new laws derive from Senate Bill 556, designed to provide for continuity and stability of policy of the State Board of Forestry and the Division of Forestry by staggering the terms of the Board members; Senate Bill 560, whi'ch is an enabling act to provide for the acquisition ot forest lands for state forests; and, Senate Bill 637, which declares the interest of the State in the manner of current forest cutting practices and sets up basic standards for handling merchantable timber.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Meeting

Lieut. Wm. D. Bowden, U. S. Navy, an Amphibious Corps veteran of six major Pacific campaigns, was the speaker at the luncheon meeting of the Los Angeles HooHoo Club at the University Club, Los Angeles, Monday, May 28. He gave an interesting talk on "Getting Men and Equipment Ashore under Fire." Jack Dionne told the gathering a few of his favorite stories.

President Roy Stanton presided, and George Clough introduced the speaker. There rvas a large attendance.

Millwork

a procedure by which a manufaccan himself determine his ceiling items not now provided with ceilrevised MPR 293, effective June 6.)

Pitcher Disappearing Doors

We hcve on hcnd Stock ol Pitcher

Discrppecring Door Frqmes crnd Hcnrgers

Detail Sbeets Sent to Lumber Trud,e on Request E. G. PITGIIER GOIUIPA]IY 608 l6th Street, Ocklqnd 12, Glencourt 3990 Fcctory 8l4l Seven Hilla Bd., Ccrstro Vcrlley, Hcyword

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750 Dwelling Units Assigned Santa Ana Locality

John E. McGovern, district director, Federal Housing Administration, Los Angeles, has announced that the National Housing Agency has assigned to the Santa Ana locality a quota of privately-financed construction of new housing under ils "H-2" program as follows:

For the purpose of this program' the Santa Ana locality is defined as all of Orange County u'ith the exception oi San Clemcnte.

550 dwelling units, with a maximum sales price of $7000 based upon a three-bedroom unit. Any other size units to have a maximum sale price in relation to the accommodations proPosed.

200 dwelling units with a maximum shelter rent of $60' 150 units of the "quota for sale" are reserved for owner' occupancy use'

Any person desiring to construct dwellings pursuant to this quota may make application, in person or by mail, to the Los Angeles FHA offlce, 112 West 9th Street, Los Angeles 15, on Form WPB 2896, requesting priority assistance io begi.t construction of a dwelling either for rental, sale, or owner-occupancy.

The Los Angeles FHA ofifice will be open on and after Jrine 7 to receive applications, either by mail or in person' io, ,-rot to exceed llo/. ol the quota' All applications will be considered in the order received from applicants until llo/o ol the quota has been filed' Any excess applications filecl over and above the quota will be returned to the applicant without Processing'

Wooden Boxes

The OPA rvill establish uniform ceiling prices trial n'oodetr lloxes antl their component parts tional basis. (Amendrnent 4 to Second Revised Price Regulation 195, effective May 31')

First of New Lumber Fleet for Postwar

The first of four Diesel ships for the coastwise Lumber trade in the postwar period was launched at Portland, Oregon, early in May when the 4000-ton motorship, Oregon Fir, slid down the ways of the Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard into the Willamette River. The others will carry the names of California Redwood, Washington Cedar and Arizona Pine.

The Commission last fall gave L. R. Hussa, president of Albina Engine & Machine Works, the contract for four of these lumber carriers, making the Albina yard the first shipyard to get into postwar ship construction.

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The new lumber carrier is 319 feet long, beam 49 feet, depth26 feet, and will draw 18 feet when loaded with 2,250,00O feet of lumber, or its equivalent in other forest products. It \\'ill have a speed of 131 knots. The sten.r is raked and the stern is cruiser-tYPe.

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News of Our Friends in the Services

First Lieutenant William L. Frese, a bombardier in the 15th Army Air Force, son of Otto W. Frese, San Francisco wholesale lumberman, is home on leave after spending 10 months in a German prison camp hospital in Vienna. IIe was shot down over Romania on his 50th mission on July 31, 1944. He rvas at that time stationed at a base in Italy.' He will report for orders at Santa Monica June 30.

Lieutenant Frese worked at Rockport Redwood Company's mill at Rockport, Calif. in his school vacations, anC expects to enroll at Stanford University when he gets out of the service.

RM 3/C H. Vernon manager of the San is home on furlough the South Pacific.

McGahey, son of Harry C. McGahey, Diego Lumber Company, San Diego, after spending the last two years in

Lieutenant (jg) William H. (Bi11) Laws, USN, son of Henry Laws of Henry Laws Co., Santa Rosa, was reported missing over Japan, March 19. Lieutenant Laws has been flying a Curtiss Helldiver from a carrier, and has seen a lot of action. lfe was associated with his father in the lumber business up to the time he entered the service.

Paul Euphrat, younger son of M. L. (Duke) Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, recently his training as combat crewman at Jacksonville, qualified for pre-flight pilot training in the Naval He is at present home .on leave.

Euphrat, completed Fla., and Air Corps.

Lieutenant Wm. H. (Bill) O'Neill, Jr., 15th Air Force, who has been stationed in Corsica, has been awarded the Air Medal and has been promoted to First Lieutenant, He is one of the four sons of W. H. O'Neill, Sr., O'Neill Lumber Co., San Francisco, in the Army Air Forces.

Pfc. Arthur Paulson, U. S. Marines, is back from overseas and is in the U. S. Naval Hospital, San l.eandro. He was wounded by a sniper when acting as a forward observer at the invasion of Leyte. He is the son of Arthur M. Paulson of Paulson Lumber Sales Co.. San Francisco.

Bruce Moorehead, son of Charles Moorehead, Moorehead Lum,ber Co., Escalon, Calif., is in the Air Transport Conrmand, stationed at Natal, Brazil.

Ensign Warren Moorehead, USN, Mr. Moorehead's other son, is now on sea duty on a recently commissioned destrover.

Paul C. Stevens, Portland, manager of the Western office of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association, reported recently that his son, Paul, 2nd Lieutenant in the U. S. Army Air Force, who was reported missing over Italy when his plane crashed, is home on leave.

Obituaries

E. C. Miller

Ernest C. NIiller, pioneer .\berrlecn, Washington, lumlternran :rnd presiclent ancl gcneral mana{rer of the Ii. C. Miller Ceclar Lumlrer Coml;anr', passed au'av May 21 in Aberdeen after a brief ilh'ress.

He rvas l>orn in Greenville, Xlichigan, llncl came to Ciray's Harbor 41 r'ears ago. l{e estal>lishecl the (irays Harbor Shingle Companv in 1912. and in 1923 added a lnmber n.rill to the plant and changed the name to the present name of the concern

Until the outbreak of l'ar he u,as associatecl in the cornpany u'ith his son-in-lan', Captain Robert W. Ir.rgran-r, now n.ith the Navy in the Pacific.

He u'as a rnember of the West Coast I-umbermen's Association, a life memlter of the N{asonic Lo<lge of Greenville, Michig'an, a member of the Abercleen Elks l-odge. ancl president of the Washir.rgton State Senior Golf Association.

He is surr.ir.e<l bv his u'iclou., ]'Irs. Sarah H. Nliller; a daughter. Mrs. Catherine Nf iller Ingr:rr.n, Aber<leen; a s()r-r, Harold -{. Nfiller, I'ortlan<i; tl-o lrrothers, Clharles M. ancl Italph Ntiller, both of Greenr.ille; a sister, Mrs. Jrrlia Snrith <if Greenville; three gr;rn<lsons, Itobert M. Ingrarn, Jr., rluartermaster in the Navr', Ernest ]'{. and James A. Ing'rarn, and three grandclzrughters.

Mrs. Nellie Ednq Montgomery

Mrs. Nellie Eclna }"lor-rtgomery, u,ife of W. F. Montgom, er1', retired Los -\ngeles lurnberman, passecl arval' on X[av 20 follou'ing a heart attack. She .n'as a n:rtive of Kalamazoo, N[ich., ancl had been a resident of Los Angeles for fort1, years. Resides her husband, she is surr-ivecl ltr. a brotl-rer.

Walter Q. Pctten

\\ralter Q. Patten, r-ice president of the Patten-Blinn Lurnber Companv, Los -,\ngeles, passed au,ay at his hor-ne in Los Angeles on Jrrne ,9. IIe u,as .57 years of age, anrl hacl been a life-long resident of l-os ,\rrgeles L-ount-t'.

Surviving are his l'idou-, NIrs. l,,Iadeline NI. I)atten; threc sons, 13ever-1r', [)uane an<'l l)ana I'atte r.r ; a lrrother, I,'re11 Patten, anrl a sister-. \[rs. XIabel l{anrlin.

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Sensitized Plywood Speeds Construction of Boeing Bombers

In its constant search for methods which r,vill put Boeing B-29 Superfortresses and other new models of airplanes into the air in the shortest possible time, Boeing Aircraft Company has put photographically sensitized plywood to work in its design and tooling program.

Both interior and exterior (waterproof) types of plywoods from one-eighth of an inch to two inches in thick-

formation photographically reproduced on plywood at Boeing points the way for improved manufacture and tooling methods for fields other than aircraft construction.

Glenn H. Jones, photo template unit chief of Boeing Aircraft Co. at Seattle, Wash., has described the process as follows:

Liquid photo emulsion is applied to the surface of the

t",;,ig lTi,I::iosrcrph ol c

ness are used for wiring boards, templates, form blocks, instruction boards, display photographs and a multitude of other uses.

Douglas fir and maple plywoods are used most commonly and these are sensitized with a liquid-type photographic emulsion directly on either the unpainted or painted surfaces of the wood. A preliminary coat of white paint improves the contrast and makes reading easier.

Plywood templates particularly are advantageous to Boeing in the production of new experimental models as they give accurate information and quickly are converted into assembly jigs by attaching maple blocks and fixtures which are used to properly locate and hold the parts.

The increasing use of plywood photo templates and in-

Much perlorqted this plywood table ig a iig or guidc lor drilling hotes in oirplcrne pdrtB dt c Boeing lircralt Conpcrny plcnt. The iig wcr urcde by photogrcphic reproduciion directly on the plywood ol the rnqtter drcwing cnd cuiling the designcted guide-holer.

plywood by using a paint spray gun, the interior of which has been chrome or silver-plated to prevent contamination from the brass parts in the gun. Actual spraying is carried on in a standard spray booth which is lo'cated in a rubylighted room.

Plywood templates are reproduced with a huge photo template camera by projecting glass plate negatives, previously made by photographing master layout drawings. The master layouts are hand-drawn on large lacquered steel sheets. When a draftsman has completed a layout it is photographed by the precision template camera at one-fifth the scale of the original drawing. A glass hegative is used so that there will be no shrinkage or distortion.

After exposure, the glass negative is processed, dried

and placed back in the camera. A projection light is moved into place and the image is projected on a sensitized sheet of plyu'ood to the exact scale of the original drarving.

On plywood display photographs, rt'here scale and extreme accuracy are not important, regular film negatives are used. Negatives as small as 4x5 inches havc been enlarged to 5x1O foot plywood photos.

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The only retail site in this territory with permits for both lumber and heavy manufacturing.

Address J. T. Mann, 45L2 W.16th Place Los Angeles 6, Calif.

WANTS RETAIL YARD SUPERINTENDE.NT

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Address Box C-1102, California Lumber Merchant. 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

POSITION OPEN

Lady typist or stenographer. Full or part time. General Office routine. Wholesale lumber-downtown San Francisco.

Address Box C-1105, California Lumber Merchant. 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

POSITION WANTED AS YARD MANAGER

Young man, thoroughly experienced and capable retail lumberman, wants position as manager of a yard. prefers anywhere in California.

Address Box C-1106, California Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

LUMBERMAN

San Diego County country lumber yard and hardware will sell some stock to man who can take charge of yard, assist with books and in the store. Earning from stock to pay for same. This is permanent. Owner wishes to semi-ietire. State age, full qualifications and minimum salary expected.

Address Box C-1107, California Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

POSITION WANTED

Manager desires change. Age 43, married, lZ years, experience as retail yard manager. Southern California location preferred. Best references.

Address Box C-1108, California Lumber Merchant. 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

CONNECTION WANTED

Experienced retail lumberman desires change. Can ,qualify any position from office sales to manager. Finest credentials.

Address Box C-1104, California Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

POSITION AS MANAGER WANTED

Manager available due to change in ownership. Whole-. sale and retail experience. Los Angeles area preferred. Successful background. Desires a connection with real future.

Address Box C-1098, California Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

POSITION WANTED

As manager of line yard in Metropolitan Los Angeles, many years experience in Southern California, know all' angles to the retail end. Good references. Salary $275.00 per month.

Address Box C-1100, California Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

INSIDE SALESMAN WANTED

Inside salesman, retail lumber and building materials. $200.00 a month to start. Should have experience in hardware, paint, etc. 44-hour week. Good future opportunity.

Address Box C-1103, California Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

WANTS POSITION

Experienced lumberman wants position as branch yard manager, or order clerk in large yard. Will go anywhere.'

Address Apartment Lt, 208 East Lomita, Glendale 5, Calif., or telephone Cltrus 29358.

FOR SALE

Small lumber yard-operating. A money maker. Live Los Angeles suburban dist. Real estate and equipment. Must liquidate.

Phone FEderal 4176, or

Address Box C-1101, California Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE

A. Yard near Los Angeles }Iarbor, $15,000. Some stock available at market.

B. Yard (closed) 10 miles from Los Angeles. Lease $225.00 a month, including residence.

C. Yard (closed) near Compton, $12,500.

D. I Acre Yard site and building (closed), San Fernando Road, $11,000.

E. One acre yard site (no buildings), Santa Barbara, $12,500.

F. l% acres or more with spur on West Olympic. No buildings.

If you want to sell your lumber yard, let us know.

Twohy Lumber Co., Lumber Yard Brokers 801 Petroleum Bldg., Los Angeles 15, Calif. Phone PRospect 8746

BUYER'S GUIDE

SAN FNAI|CISGO

LI'MEER

f,rcctq Rodwood Co.

l2{t Mar}ot Street (ll). '... '. .Ylftm ?1167

AlliEo!-Stutr Conpcuy' ll2 Mcrlei Strcci (lI). ..GArlicld 1809

Bcrg Lumber Co.

16- Cctilornic St.... .GArtield 57{8 Exbrook 2082

Butler, Sclh L,. ). 2ll Front St., (ll)..... .GArlield 0292

-. Chrieteuoa Lunbor Co. Evau Avc, cad Quiat St. (2{)..VAlencic 5832

il.mt 6 Buerell, Inc., tU Froat Strert (ll). ...Glrlield 0292

Dolbeer d Ccrsoa Lunber Co., lltr8 Merchqntg Exchcrge Bldg' (tl) DOuglas 6{{5

Oarierston d Grcca Lunber Co., 'td00 Army Street (2'l). ..ATwcter l3(Xl

llcll, Icmes L., lqt2- MiIL Bldq' (l). ' SUtter 7520

Ilcllinaa Maclia Lunber Co. ' 6bl Mcrt<et St. (5). ' .DOugIqs l9{l

Homuond Lumbcr ConPcuY, {17 Montgoncry Streit (6) .DOuglss 3388

Hobbr Wqll Lunbcr Co., rl0!i Moutgoncry St. ({) '........ .GArlield 7752

Holnes Eurelq Lunber Co., ll05 Fiaoacict Cmter Bldg. (4)....GArlield l92l

C, D. Johnson Lumber Corporction, 260 Cclilonic Stract (Il).- .GArlield 6258

Kilpctric} 6 Compqnv, Croc}rr rldc. ({)... ......YIIkon 0912

LI'MEEB

Cqnpbrll-Conro Lunber Co. (Phil Goulia), 2li Prohsrioaol Blds. (l). .....XEUos {-20U

Gcnerstoa d Grccn tr umber Co., 2001 Liviagrton St. (5). .f,El|os.{-1884

HllI d Mortou, Iac., Deuiroa Slrccl \f,lbarl (7)........ANdover 1077

Hoqm Lunbcr ConpcnY, 6d cnd Atico Streitr t{)....... .Glencourt 6861

f,cllev, Albcrl A, P. -O. Box 2{0 (Alcnedc). .Lckehurst 2-2751

LU}TBER

Cort IL Xuhl Lumber Co., O, L. Rursum, tt2 Mqrlet Sr. (ll)..YUkoa l{60

Lcnou-Bonnilgton Compcay, 16 cclilornii StrEet (ll).-.........GArlield 6tol

Pccilic Lunber Co., The lO Bush Street (tl). .....GArlield ll8l

Parelius Lumber Co. (Pcul McCucher), - 310 Kecrny Street (t). .GArlield 497

Pooe 6 Tclbot, lnc., Lumber Divigioa, 4:61 Markot Street (5). .DOuglcs 256I

Scutc Fe Lumber Co., 16 Cclilonic Streoi (ll)........'.EXbrook 2071

Schclsr Broe. Lumber d Shingle Co., I Drunn Street (ll).....'.'.........SUiter l77l

Shevlin Pine Scles Co., 1030 Moucdaock Bldg. (5). .EKbrool 7041

Suddea G Cbristensoa, Inc., 310 Scasone Street ({)... ......GArlield 28{6

Tcrler, Webgler d Johuou, Inc., I Moaigonery St, ({).. .DOuglcs 2080

Ccl W. Wctts, 975 Moncdaock Bldg. (5).'.'......YIIkoa 1590

Wendliac-Nctbcn Co., 56{ Mirket St. ({).. .......SUtter 5963

Wesl Oreson Lunber Co', l99S Evins Ave. (2,!). .. .ATwqter 5578

E. f,. Wood Lumber Co., I Drunn Street (ll). ...EXbrook 3710

Weverhceuser Sclag Co., 391 Sutter St. (8).. .......GArlield 897{

OAKLANID

I.UIfSER

E. B. Wood Lumber Co., 2ltl Frederick Streei (6).. .W,llos 2-1277

Wholescte Buildiuq Supplv, Inc', 1607 32nd Streef (8)....-......TEmplebcr 6961

Wholeacle Lunber Distributorg. Inc., 9tb Avenue Pier (6). ..TWiaocls 2515

IIARDWOODS

Strable Hardwood Compcay, Firgi and Ctcy Streets- (?)....TEmplebcr 558{

Wbite BrotheE, 500 Hish Street (l). ....ANdover 1600

LOS ANGELES

LUMBER

Pqcilic Lunber Co., The 5225 wilahirc Blvd' (36).........'..YorL

Parelius Lunber Co. (Toste Lumbcr Co.), 326 Petroleun Bldg. (15)........PRoepect

PctricL Lunber Co., Ecrlncn Lunber Sclee, 7ld W. Olynpic Blvd. (15). .PRospecl

Pcnberthv Lunber Co., 5800 Sourh Boytc Avo. (ll)......3lmball

Popc G Tclbot, Inc., Lunbcr Divisiou 7l{ W. Olynpic Blvd, (15). .PRospect

Sol Pcdro Lunber Co,, l5l8 S. Ccntrol Avc. (21)......Rlchnond

1800-l Ufilniagrton Rocd (Sca Pcdro). ........So Pedro Scbqlrr 8ros. Lubcr d Shinglc Co., ll7 \tr, grh Strcet (15)...........TRiniry Shcvlia Piac Sales Co., 33|l Pctrolaum Etdg. (15).....,..PBospect

Simprol Indutries, Inc., 1610 E. Wcshirgton Blvd. (21)..Pnospect 61g| Snitb, Stuart C. (Pqsqdenc) Pcrkwcy Bldg. (l)..SYcqnore 2-3937, ZErith 6$3 Stcalon, E, I, d Soa, 2050 E. llet Sl. (ll). ...CEnturr 82ll

Suddca d Chri.rtcuoa, Inc., 630 Bocrd ol frcde 3ldg. (U)....TRiairy 88{l

Tcconc Lunber Saleg, tilT Pctrolcun Eldg. (15)........PRospect Tqtc Lunbcr Co., 326 Petroleuu lldg. (15)........Pnospcct

Werdliag-Ncths Co,, 5225 Wilsbiro Blvd. (36)............YOrl

Wst Orcqoa funber Co., ll7 Pctroleun Bldg. (15). .Rlchnoud

W, W. Wilkiaron, 3I8 W, grh Strcct (15). .TRility Wcvcrhaeucer Sqll Co., lilg w, M. Garlcad Bldg. (r5)..Mlchigca

E. K. Wood Lunbcr Co,, l7l0 So. Alqncdc St. (5{)........IEfferron CNEOSOTED LT'MBEN_POLES

PILING-TIES

Ancrico Lubcr & Trectirg Co., ll5l So. Brocdray (15)... .... .PBosPocl Baxter, J. H. d Co., 601 \fect stb Str.cl (13). .Mchigcn Pope d Tqlbot, Iac., Lumbor Divirion, tl{ W, Otympic Blvd. (15). .Pno3pcct

TTARDWOODS

E. L. Bruce Co., 99 So Bruno Ave. (3). MArLct 1838

Dcvis Hardwood Coapcay, lai cr Masor srroei (6i..........EXbrooL 4322

Whito BrothsB,Filth cnd Brcuncn Streete (7)..

SASH_D OORS_PLY'I'IIO OD

Hcrbor Plvwood Corp, ol Cclilomic, 5{0 l0rh-sr. (3)...... .....MArLet 6705 gDitod States Plywood Corp., tlzil Atay St. ilo).

CBEOSOTED LUIIBEn-POLESPILINCFTIES

Anericsl Lunbcr 6 Trecting Co., --Tt6-N"; Mtrngonery Streel (5). Sutter 1225

Bcxter, I. H. G Co., 3$ ia6ntso-cty Street (4)'.......DOuglc 388i1

HclL Jcner L,, tOS2 lrfiui Blds. ({). .....SUttcr 7520

Pope d Tclbot, Itc., LunbEr Divieion, - ,iei Mqrker Street (5). ...DOuglcr 2!i5l Vander Lccn Piling 6 Lunber Co., Zte pGi Street- ({). ....EXbrook 1905 Wendliag-Nqthcn Co', -'s-el r'ririJr-st, ({). ...SUttor 5363

PANELS_DOONS4TSE-SCNEENS PLYlilOOD

Ccliloruic Builders SuPPlf Co., -tO Eth iverue (,!).1.1 .Hlgcte.60l6

Hogcn Lumber ComPcnY, --zic- oa eti"e Str6eb- ({) Glencourt 6861

E, C. Pitcher ConPcaY, -'eog isir sr. (12):.... ...Glcncourt 3990

9::l::... rwboars 5sr{

Weslsrn Door d Sqsh Co., Sth d Cypress Streets (7)..

E. E. Wooii Lumber Co., 2Itl Fredericl Street (6).

....BEjllog 2-ltft

HANDWOODS

Anericou Hcrdwood Co., -- t900 E: isih Street (54)... '... .Pnospect 'lil35

E. L. Bruce Co., --ssifso.-wegtern Avc. (rlrt).....TWinoclg 9128

Slanio!, E. I. d Soa' - t0ioE;i llri st'eet (ll). '. ' .Chturv 29211

W€st€n Hcrdwood Lunber Co., 2014 Ecst tsth Strcot (55).

sAsH-DOOnS-MILLWOnT-SCnEENS BLINDS-PANELS AND PLYWOOD IRONING] BOANDS

Back Pqlel ConpsaY, --3104H Eaer 31nd'strcct (ll).'..f,Dsu l%

Cclilornic Door ComPcaY, fbr - p. O. fox tZS, Vcn-oa Stctioa (ll) f,Inbcll 2lll

Colilonic PoeI & Vrlccr Co., P. O. Box 2lB6' Tcmiacl - rut; (50 ...TBiaitv oo5?

Cobb Co., T. M., -laOO CJntrql Avcnur (ll)........ADqnr llll?

Dcvi&oa Plvwood 6 Vcacer Co', 2lgS fatctirise St. (21). .........TRidtv '58l

Eubqd: 6 Son, L. H. (Ingbwood)

lgO W. neaonao 3lvd............ORogon 8'2255

Hclcy Bror. (Smtc Moaicq) - iezb trtr Sircct.............. .....ISblcv {-2268

f,ochl, Ino. W. E Sor, 852 S. Myen Srrccr (3). ' .trNgolur 8t9l

"iii"to.lf t!.1,f '3"".ttJit8i:..?1.:.r",'ur1613

Pccilic Mutucl Door Co., lSlxt E. Wcrbiagton 3lvd. (21)..PRorpoct 9523

Reqn Compcny, Geo. E., 235 S. Al-qnctc Strcet (12). ' .Mchigcr l85l

Bcnpsoa Co. (Pcrcdenc), 7{3 So. Rcyhoad Avc. (2).....'..RYcn l-6938

Sinwoa lnduitri.t, lnc., l6i0 E. \fifcrhiagtou Blvd. (21)..PBosPcct 6183

United Stctor Plvwood Corp., llxto Esr tsrh- sr. (21). .Rlchnoad 8l0l

Wst Coqrt Scrocn Co., lllls E6r 6ilrd Strcct (l). .lDcnr lll03 Westen Mitl lt Mouldirg Co., ll8l5 Pcncho f,vc. (1) '.. .f,Inbqll 29!t! E. f,. Wood Lunbcr Co', l?tO S. um.da St' (51)........fEllera

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