WE ARE PROUD

oI the honor bestowed on the men and women ol our orgqnization when they received recently the Army-Ncvy Production Awcrrd lor high cchievement in the production of wqr mcterial.

And we apprecicrte the expressed desire of each employee to continue his work until his iob is completed.

For purposes of pricir-rg, California is divided into two areas, the Northern and Southern. The Northern area consists of all of California north of the southern boundaries of Inyo, Tulare, Kings and N{onterey counties. The Southern area is the part of California south of the Northern area.

For the Southern area, the price increases are effected by mark-ups which may be applied to prices in Revised Maximum Price Regulation 293-Stock Millwork, and Revised Price Schedule 44-Douglas Fir Dbors. Increases are provided for the bulk of millwork items. Some are slightly higher than 2l per cent, and some slightly lower, but the increases averag'e 2l per cent over-all

In the Northern area, an increase of 5.6 per .cent is made in ceiling prices for rvindows and sash, and window screens only. The increase is effected through an adjustment of jobbers, discounts applied to list prices in stock millwork sales.

The increase is bulked into higher prices for windows and sash, and window screens because these are the items on which jobbers have felt a price squeeze due to rising acquisition costs. On other millwork iterns in the Northern California area, ceiling prices at the jobber level remain unchanged.

(Amendment No. 4 to Maximum Price Regulation No. 525-Jobber Sales of Stock Millwork-efiective December 20, 1944\.

Ccrlls On Boct Trcde

Ray "Pinky" Nordvedt is now calling on the boat trade for the Marine Division of Western Hardwood Lumber Company, Los Angeles.

He suc.ceeds George Byrne, who formerly covered that territory and was with Western for more than 16 years, and who recently resigned to be associated with his father and brother in the new firm of B. W. Byrne & Sons, Long Beach,

Obituaries

Frcrnk L. O'Connor

Frank L. O'Connor, district sales manager for E. L. Bruce Co. in San F'rancisco and surrounding territory, died in Memphis on November 29, 1944, at the age of 55. Mr. O'Connor had been an employee of the Bruce Company for 18 years, first as travelling representative in the Southwest and Middle 'West and from 1930 to 1935 as district sales manager in the East with offices in New York City.,

At the time of his death, Mr. O'Connor's headquarters were San Francisco, but he was in Memphis on a visit to the Bruce plant. He is survived by his wife, Verna Quinn O'Connor, and a son, Major Frank Q. O'Connor of the U. S. Army Air Forces, who has just recently been reported a prisoner of war in Germany. Also surviving him are three brothers, M. E., Cago, Louis, all of whom are in the lumber business.

Robert D. Bcker

Robert D. Baker, president of Lassen Lumber & Box Co., San Francisco, passed away December 1. lle was born in lonia, Michigan, 82 years ago, and started in the lumber business in his native state. He went to Pittsburgh, Pa., where he became president of the Empire Lumber Co., and from there camb to California. He was a past president of the California White & Sugar Pine Association, and was a 32nd degree Mason and a Shriner.

Mrs. Rose Fish

Mrs. Rose Fish, wife of Frank S. Fish of the Kent Lumber Company, San Francisco, passed away in San Francisco, November 22, af.ter several months illness. Interment was at Racine. Wisconsin.

Interpretation 12 to Order L-41

Washington, D. C., De,cember 2-Interpretation 12 to Conservation Order L-41 (Construction) has been issued to clarify provisions of the order that deal with the annual cost limits under which ,construction may be performed without War Production Board permission, WPB reported today.

The interpretation points out that the exemption applies gnly to jobs having a total cost within the annual allowance granted for the various types of construction permitted under the order.

A single'job having a total cost greater than the appropriate annual allowan,ce may not be done partly in one year and partly in another year, or partly by one owner and partly by a new owner.

The interpretation points out that the annual allowance applies to all jobs done on the same building or unit in the same calendar year and a new allowance may not be computed if the building changes ownership or a difierent contractor is employed.