War plants erpedited by plain concrete

Plqnt construction is often oided by buildinq floors on ground with concrete. Steel is seldom needed. The bulk of the moteriql is usuolly ovoiloble locolly, with minimum tronsportcrtion. Big floor qreqs cqn be completed ropidly ond used os c working plotform Ior other construction opercrtions.

And olter ossembly lines stqrt rolling, concrete's strength ond durcbility help mointqin the neorly-perfect floor conditions so vitol to plont efficiency.

Where o high light-rellection lqctor is desired to improve lighting conditions, o white portlcrnd cement concrete topping is eosily provided. Our technicol stof{ is reody to qssist designers ond builders on {loors qnd other construction. The informotion sheet described below moy be helplul in expediting your job ond getting mcnrimum service Irom concrete.

Prlce Regulation Governing Distribution

NLMA Annual Meetins Yard Sales of Hardwood Lumbcr Revised

Washington, D. C., December z0--A revision of OPA's price regulation governinig distribution yard sales of hardwood lumber was announced by the Office of Price Administration today.

The revision becomes effective December 26, 1944, and makes the following changes, which will affect the selling price of hardwood lumber at the distribution yard level:

1. A revision is made in the basing points and designated mill ceilings to be used by yards in 72 states-both wholesale and retail-in calculating their maximum selling prices on some hardwoods.

2. For all yards a higher price is provided for lower grade hardwood when sold in quantities of 5,00O board feet or less.

In addition to these pricing revisions, the following other changes are made:

1. Specific ceiling prices for walnut lumber are established for all distribution yards. Previously, walnut was priced separately for individual yards upon application by the yard to OPA for prices.

2. Sales of lumber to consumers under the provisions of War Production Board Order L-335 is permitted at yard prices even though the lumber is not a part of yard stock at the time the sale is made.

3. The method of computing the weights used in calculating inbound freight on shipments of lumber less than one-inch thick is clarified.

(Revised MPR No. 467-Distribution Yard Sales of Hardwood Lumber-Effective December 26, 1944.)

Lieut. Bob Bonner Home For Christmcrs

Lieut. Robert T. Bonner, who was wounded in the fight: ing a few miles outside of Rome, when he was serving with the 45th Infantry Division, was home for Christmas on a Zl-day convalescent leave from Mitchell Convalescent Hospital at Camp Lockett, Calif.

He is the son of T. A. Bonner, San Francisco lumberman, and was associated with Gamerston & Green Lumber Co., San Francisco, before he entered the service.

Chicago, December l4-George T. Gerlinger, Portland, Oregon, was re-elected president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Asso'ciation at the Association's 44th annual meeting in Chicago, December 11 to 13, and empowered to appoint, if required, an acting executive officer of the Association.

Mr. Gerlinger was also elected chairman of the board of trustees of American Forest Products Industries, Inc., whose annua.l meetings were held concurrently as were those of the Timber Engineering Company.

Six vice-presidents of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association were re-elected. They were: firsi vicepresident, L. O. Griffith; vice-president and treasurer, W. M. Ritter; and regional vice-presidents, A. J. Voye for Western Pine, Dean Johnson for West Coast Lumbermen's Association, W- B. McNeal for Southern Pine, and C. Arthur Bruce for Southern Hardwoods.

Principal industry problems considered at the meetings were a new research program, the re-establishment of domestic markets after the war, and postwar co-operation with retailers.

On the recommendation of Wilson Compton, retiring president, Harry G. Uhl was promoted from vice-president to president of the Timber Engineering Company, Richard G. Kimbell was appointed a'vice-president in addition to L. O. Taylor, and James H. Carr, Jr., was elected secretary. G. W. Dulany, Jr., was re-elected chairman of the board as was W. M. Ritter. treasurer.

Purchase Ycrd ct Gilroy

Fred Boock and Clifford Kelly have announced the sale of the Gilroy Lumber Company at Gilroy to Ed Ke4nedy and Charles R. Brundage, both of San Jose, who will take over the yard, effective January 1.

Mr. Kennedy, a former assistant rnanager of the Gilroy branch of the American Trust Company, and now associated with the main ofifice of the firm in San Jose, has resigned his position there, and will take over the active management of the yard. Mr. Brundage, his partner, is a San Jose business man.

Mr. Boock and Mr. Kelley have not disclosed their plans for the future.

The Monkey's Standpoint

Three monkeys sat in a cocoanut tree, Discussing things as they're said to be. Said one to the others, "Now listen, you two, There's a certain rutnor that can't be true, That man descends from our noble race, The very idea is a disgrace.

No monkey ever deserted his wife, Starved his babies and ruined her life. And you've never known a mother monk To leave her babies with others to bunk. Or pass them on from one to another, 'Til they scarcely know who's their mother.

And another thing you'll never see- ffere's another thing a monk won't doGo out at night and get on a stew, Or use a gun or club or knife, To take some other monkey's life. Yes, man descended, the ornery cuss, But, brother, he didn't descend from us !',

A monk build a fence 'round a cocoanut tree And let the cocoanuts go to waste, Forbidding all other monks a taste; Why, if I'd put a fence around the tree, Starvation would for.ce you to steal from me.

Good New Yeqr Suggestion

WORK a little harder.

SMILE a little oftener.

THINK a little straighter.

SERVE a little better.

CONSIDER the other fellow a little oftener.

A New Year Prcryer

"Lord, let me have the courage to ask Thee for things that f want. Deliver me from the clamping fear that makes nrren continually pray for things they think they ought to want, instead of the things they DO want. I want mor€/, brains, beauty, personal prowess, spiritual vigor. From the whole ocean of my soul and body this craving for power goes up like an exhalation."

-Dr. Frank Crane.

New Yecrs Morn

From Life's book of tears and laughter, I've gained this little bit of lore: I'd rather have a morning after, Than never have a night before.

With

Jcrmes Whitcomb

Riley,

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It hain't no use to grumble and complain, It's jest as cheap and easy to rejoice, When God sorts out the weather. and sends rainWhy-rain'" ttty choice.

Lincoln's Little loke

Asked whether Mary Todd, who became his wife, was from a good family, Lincoln responded: .,The very best. Why, ths Todds spell their name with two d's; one was enough for God."-Coronet.

Hcd To Tcrlk at Lcst

The total destruction of a great ocean liner left only two men living, both Englishmen, swimming about amidst the wreckage of the ship in the dead of night. They swam that way for several hours. Never having been formally introduced, they did not speak to one another. But finally, one of them swam toward the other and said:

"I say, old fellow, dash it all, which way is London?,'

The Source oI Good is Unlimited

A good man occupies in the world the position like that of a skilled surgeon in a modern hospital performing an operation.

Without a word he simply reaches out his hand and into it is placed the proper instrument by the trained assistant. When he has finished his work with that instrument, he holds it out and the assistant takes it away. This giving and taking away continues until the operation is finished.

What those trained assistants do to supply the surgeon, God does to those who are creative and who have real work to do. The supply of good for those who serve, is always available. Gandhi proves that. So do thousands of others. A Kettering, starting as a poor boy, has behind him all the resources of General Motors in his experimental work.

All of us who have started with nothing have reached out and had handed to us what we have needed for our work. If we had been bigger and better and wiser and done more important work, the tools and gadgets needed for that bigger work would also have been supplied us. The source of good is unlimited.-Thomas Dreier.

A "Mute [rglorious Milton"

The instructor in an army course in cryptography was recommending a certain textbook on the subject to the class. He told them the name of the book, and said he wished he could recall the name of the author. A meek little private in the rear raised his hand.

"I wrote it, Sir," he said.