News Flashes

Philip T. Farnsu'orth, rvho for the past several years has been advertising consultant to the California Redwood Association, San Francisco, is now in the Navy, with the rank of lieutenant, junior grade.

I. Z. Todd, of Western Door & Mrs. Todd recently returned from trip to Los Angeles.

-W. J. (Nick) Nicholson, land, recently made a trip on the Fir plywood mills.

Sash Co., Oakland, and a business and pleasure

California Plywood, Inc., Oakto the Pacific Northwest to call

G. F. (Jerry) Bonnington of Lamon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco, is back from a lo-day business trip to the northwest.

Walter Ohman, secretary to A. S. Murphy, president of The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, left April 1 to go into the Army. He expects later to enter an officers' training school.

Herbert Maibe, partner Jose, was accepted by the Construction Department, in Economy Lumber Co., San Navy for work in the Civilian March 15.

Roy Ibach, Mill Valley I-umber Co., Mill Valley, Calif.. was recently called for duty as instructor in a Naval officers' training school. with the rank of lieutenant, junior grade.

G. R. (Roy) Bleecker, Westfir Lumber was in San Francisco on a business trip March.

Co., Westfir, Ore.. the latter part of

C. E. Putman, Colonial Cedar Co., Seattle, visited Los Angeles and San Francisco on business the last week in March.

Lloyd Harris, Northern California representative of Vancouver Plywood & Veneer Co., Vancouver, Wash., visited the company's mill recently.

Douglas Freeman has resigned his position with Gorman Lumber Sales Co., Oakland to join the Army.

Francis U. Mandis, former salesman for Paramino Lumber Co., San Francisco, is now working for the Richnrond , Shipbuilding Co., Richmond, Calif.

Floyd Hallock of San Francisco last Wheeler-Hallock Co., Portland, u'as week on a business trio.

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H. B. Chadbourne, Salinas month's business and vacation Lumber Co., Salinas, is on a trip to Southern California.

Floyd Elliott, manager of the Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle turned April 6 from a week's visit they attended the rvedding of Lieut. William L. Blair, of the at Camp Hulen, Texas.

San Francisco offices of Co., and Mrs. Elliott, reto Houston, Texas, where their daughter Lucile to Coast Artillerv. stationed

Lewis A. Godard, sales manager of Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., San Francisco, is back from a business trip to Southern California. He made the trip by the air route, and attended the retailers' convention at Pasadena.

Construction rvill begin on three sardine canneries soon at Moss Landing, Calif., and two more rvill be built early in the summer, according to a statement by Carroll Sandholdt of Moss Landing Builders Supply Co., I\,Ioss Landing, who expects that local building will be active on account of the anticipated increase of nearly 200O in the population, rvhich is now 200.

More than one million feet of the lumber used in constructing the enemy alien assembly center at Tanforan Race Track, near San Bruno, Calif., r.vas supplied lt1' Carter Lumber Co.. Oakland.

Baskett, Baskett Lumber Co., Whittier, Calif., has the service. His brother, who is associated rn ith him business, will continue as manag'er. RAIL aad CARGO PORTLAND Pittock Bloc& BRoadway l2l7