THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

Named General Manager Union Lumber Co. NHA Administrator Visitg California

Ray Shannon, production superintendent of Union Lumber Company, has been appointed general manager of the company at Fort Bragg, succeeding the late E. I.. Green.

L. E. Grimes has been appointed production superintendent.

Mr. Shannon has been with the Union Lumber Company for many years and is well equipped for his new positi,on by his experience. He spent several year,s at Fort Bragg gaining knowledge of manufacturing and then was transferred to the sales department. He was on the road for a number of years in various territories, and was manager of the Los Angeles office for some time before he was made production superintendent at Fort Bragg.

..DOC'' SNEAD HAS IMPORTANT POSITION

Lieut. J. C. Snead, former member of the sales department of Wendling-Nathan Company, San Francisco, is stationed at Walla Walla, Wash., where he is Provost Marshal.

John B. Blandford, Jr., National Housing Administrator, visited the Pacific Coast last week to review housing conditions. He examined war housing conditions in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego.

His itinerary took him to Los Angeles on Thursday and Friday, February ll-12; San Diego on Saturday, February 13; and San Francisco, Monday, Februray 15. While in San Francisco, he conferred with realtors, builders and war industry heads.

During January, Mr. Weston said, a very substantial amount of public and private housing approved throughout the nation has been for construction in California, Arizona and Nevada.

coNsrRUcTIoN EQUTPMENT

OPA says all operating and maintenance service charges made by persons renting construction equipment, such as supplying operating crew, fuel, lubrication and maintenance, must be submitted to the OPA for approval. Under no circumstances, OPA states, can a dealer or contractor charge more than the rental for the bare machine, plus transportation charges provided for in Maximum Price Regulation 134, unless such additional service charges have been approved by OPA.

Hal Morgan In Marine Corps

Hal Morgan of Cooper Lumber Company, Portland, has been commissioned a Captain in the U. S. Marine Corps.