Autho dze Fulflllment Govemment E. L. Bruce Company on the Air

Contracts For Mattress Lumber

Washington, D. C., April 19.-The Resident Committee of the Lumber Code Authority has approved a reduction of not more than $5 per thousand feet below published minimum prices on mattress lumber for government river improvement work under a specified list of contracts signed prior to November 1, 1933, and carrying options under terms of which the government may increase the contracts by 5O per cent.

This action was taken upon receipt of definite proposals from the Hardwood Manufacturers Institute, and the Southern Pine Association, and concurred in by the Western Pine Association, and the West Coast Lumbermen's Association. In carrying out the provision, the Authority's Department of Costs and Prices is requiring that specific details as to the projects involved, names of the contractors, the delivery points, and the quantities and species of mattress lumber required to complete the contracts in case the government decides to exercise its option for extensions, be filed r,vith the Authority and with each of the agencies mentioned above.

The authorization is effective for a period of 90 days, and it is understood that the total amount of mattress lumber required in case the options are exercised rvill aggregate not more than 38,0@,000 feet.

Eastern Lumbermen Confer With Roy Barto

J. Raymond Peck, Philadelphia, and Daniel Forbes, Washington, D. C., members of the Executive Committee of the Philippine Mahogany Manufacturers' Import Association, Inc., administrative agency for the Philippine Nlahogany Subdivision of the Lumber and Timber Products Industries Code, are in Los Angeles where they are conferring with Roy Barto, Chairman of the Executive Committee, on Code matters.

Back From Northwest

The E. L. Bruce Company, Memphis, Tenn., and its Terminix Licensees, is on the air over the Columbia Broadcasting System. The radio program comes on every Thursday night at 8:30 Central Standard Time; 9:30 Eastern Standard Time. (One hour later in all cities rvhere Daylight Saving Time is effective.) The program can be heard over C.B.S. stations locatecl in Atlanta, Baltimore, Birmingham, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Dallas, Jacksonville, Little Rock, Louisville, Memphis, Nashville, New York City, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, St. Louis, and Wichita. Coincident rvith the inauguration of this program, it is also announced by the E. L. Bruce Company that they were increasing their advertising along all lines, particularly in lumber trade journals.

Styled "The Terminix All-Star Program," the Bruce radio program features Clarence \Mheeler's Terminix Orchestra, the Cadet Quartet, and Doris Loraine. It is announced by Jean Paul King, and originates in the Columbia Broadcasting studio in Chicago.

E. L. Bruce Company have announced that they are particularly anxious for lumber dealers and others connectecl rvith the lumber and building industry to tune in on this program. It $ives further evidence of the ability of the lumber industry to grasp a modern means of merchandising its products, and may open up new avenues for the sale of lumber products.

Frank Park On Trip To Mexico

Frank Park, Park Lumber Co., La Mesa, Calif., left April 12 for a three weeks' trip to Mexico. He traveled down the West Coast to Mazatlan, and will then proceed to Mexico City. He will return by way of Texas. Luther Gordon is accompanying him on the trip. Frank has been brushing up on his Spanish for the past several months so as to be able to converse fluentlv with his new l\{exican acquaintances.

FRANK O'CONNOR VISITS LOS ANGELES

Frank O'Connor, Donovan Lumber Co., San Francisco, was a visitor at the company's Los Angeles office the latter part of April, and with Jack Thomas, their Los Angeles representative, spent a ferv days calling on the trade,