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Will Publish Honor Roll of Retail Lumbermen's Sons and Empl oyees
The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, is cotnpiling an Honor Roll of the retail lumber employees and sons of retail lumbermen in the country's service. In their full page announcement in March 15th issue of The California Lumber Merchant they included a coupon asking for the name, rating or rank, and location of sons or employees in the service. The announcement said in part:
"We are all justly proud of the men from our industry who are serving our country. To these men we owe more than lve can ever repay.'As many of us have lost track of most of them and their whereabouts, we would all like to refresh our memories for the sake of the future as well as the past. Toward this end a Service Roll is now being com-
New Foresfi' Assignment in Indic
Walker B. Tilley, forest engineer for the Joint Committec on Forest Conservation for the West Coast Lumbermen's Association and the Pacific Northwest Loggers Association for the past three years with headquarters in Eugene, Ore., has accepted an appointment as forestry officer for the Intercontinent Corporation of New York City for service in the State of Travancore, India, according to an announcement by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association. He expects to leave for India some time in April.
Foreign Trcrde Week
Michael Harris, assistant general sales manager and director of exports for Max Factor and Companv, has been appointed Los Angeles County chairman of the 1945 Foreign Trade Week Committee by LeRoy M. Edwards, president of the Chamber of Commerce. This year's program will be part of the 19th annual celebration of National Foreign Trade Week, May 2A-26.
The part to be taken in postwar trade by the lumber, cement, asphalt, structural steel, plumbing, paint, glass ar,d other construction material industries, Mrl Harris says, will be emphasized by speakers at numerous meetings programmed for the occasion.
piled, and your help is needed. If you have a son, brother, friend or employee in the Armed Services, please fill in the coupon and mail it in today.
As is well known The Pacific Lumber Company made an appeal some time ago for the names of blood donors in the retail lumber indttstry, and published the Honor Roll of donors. In doing this they felt that two ends could be served, (1) that those who donated blood would receive proper recognition and credit, and (2) that those who had not given their blood might be motivated to do so.
The address of The Pacilic Lumber Company is 100 Bush Street, San Francisco 4.
Tighten Restrictions on Western Pine
San Francisco, March 28.-Further tightening of restrictions t'o conserve the limited supply of Western Pine lumber for military and rnost urgent civilian needs were announced today by Stewart Griswold, Regional Lumber Advisor, War Production Board.
Millwork manufacturers use of Western Pine becomes.' limited to windows, sash, window sash and door frames, window and door screens, trim and moulding and cut stock for these items. No other millwork such as kitchen and medicine cabinets,' cupboards and furniture may be made of Western Pine.
At the same time announcement was made of sirnplified procedure so that Class 2 customers may.obtain. the same second quarter allotments of Western Pine and restricted hardwoods as for the first quarter, if used for the same purposes, without applying for further authorizdtton
Get Contrqct lor 2000 Prelcbriccted Houses
Drycemble Corporation, 5335 Southern Avenue, South Gate, Calif., and Wesco Construction Co., 2006 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, have been awarded a contract for 2000 prefabricated houses. They are to be packaged for shipment to Great Britain under lend-lease. The houses are of one story construction, lvith flat roofs, to house a family of four.