TO THE DEATERS

We hcve been engaged for some time in the lcbrication oI materiqls lor crticles thcrt crre directly connected with wcr needs. lltle qre, therefore nol able to Iurnish any ol the items lor which we hcrd developed cr wide ncrket-Eubqnk Ironing Boqrds, Cc$inets, or Mcntels.

However, we qre clso plcnning lor the future, cnd when the time comea will qnnounce c new qnd more extensive line ol Eubcnk produs.ts.

?nEsEtytltG C0.. Sd[r

Amendinent to Method of Applying Property Standards to Existing Construction --' New Priority Procedurcs

W. G. Bingham, district director of Federal Housing Administration, Los Angeles, has sent the following letter to all approved lending institutions in the Southern California district: b. Change of Location on PD-105.

1. Experience reveals that some properties involving existing construction, which constitute sound mortgage security and which would have been otherwise acceptable, have been rejected because of non-compliance with FHA Property Standards.

Effective immediately, the provisions set forth in Property Standards shall not be mandatory requirements with respect to a property, the construction of which has been completed prior to the receipt by FHA of the application for insurance relating thereto. We are now authorized to process and commit for insurance mortgages secured by such properties which are considered eligible, although they do not fully conform to the provisions of Property Standards.

The physical security must reflect structural soundness, present and continuing marketability, desirable living conditions, have access from streets, a proper water supply and sewage disposal system. It is not intended to abate in any degree these requirements.

2. a. Transfer of Priorities to a Successor Owner.

New procedures are now effective for cases wherein there is proposed a Transfer of the Ownership of a War Housing Project after the issuance of a Preference Rating Order (P55 or P-55b) but prior to the completion of 'the Project; also in cases where it is desired to Change the Location ,upon which a War Housing Project, or portion thereof, is to be built, after the issuance of a Preference Rating Order in the P-55 series.

Full information and necessary forms for either of the two mentioned procedures may be obtained at FHA offices, where the Applications must be filed.

Correction

The Office of Price Administration, San Francisco, has requested that we make the first paragraph of its release, California Lumber Ruling, which appeared in the June 15 issue, read as follows:

Producers of Douglas fir, West Coast hemlock, True fir. and Inland larch lumber in California have been placed definitely under Maximum Price Regulation No. 26, and taken out of Maximum Price Regulation No. 94 (Western Pine and associated species of lumber), the Office of Price Administration announced.

Fire Damages Oregon Mill

Damage estimated at $,10,000 was caused by new Schetky-Fisher Lumber Company's plant lin, Ore., June 5.

The mill has been cutting about 40,000 feet is designed to cut eventually 125,000 feet daily.

Pine Plywood Goes To War

Postwcr consumdrs will find '?cul Bunycn's" CATIFOBNIA PINE plywood improved in euality. While Bed River's wartime production is being ccnried on night crnd dcry at full ccrpqcity many improvements in equipment crnd methods cre being mctde.

Better Product, Better Setrice for Future Mcrkets iB the Goal ol Red River Research.

*PAI'L B['NTAN'S" PRODUCTS

SoIt Ponderosq cnd Sugcrr Pine

I.IIMBER MOI'I.DING PLYWOOD \IENETIAN BIJDID SI.ATS

The RED RIYER TUMBER C0.

fire at the at Suthera day, but

Albe* Stacy Passes On

Lumber Inventory Asked bv \7PB

Albert Stacy, manager of the Bassett Lumber Company, Douglas, Arizona, passed away at the Douglas Hospital on June 10 following two major operations. He was 75 years of age.

Mr. Stacy helped to establish the Bassett Lumber Company when he went to Douglas in 1902, and for forty-one years he was an outstanding business and civic leader in that community. He served as a member of the board of school trustees for twenty-four years, and was a member of the first city council.

Born on a farm in Hennepin County, Minn., he attended the public schools in his home county and then entered the University of Minnesota from which he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1891. He later entered the lJniversity's law school and received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1893. Ife was admitted to the bar of Minnesota, also North Dakota and Arizona.

He began the practice of law in North Dakota, where he remained until 1894, when he went to Arizona, first locating in Flagstaff, and a few months later moved to Phoenix. Mr. Stacy did not take up the practice of law in Arizona but followed the work of civil engineering before going to Douglas to become a lumberman for the remainder of his life. He married Alta Ann Smith of Kenton, Ohio, in 1918.

Mr. Stacy was affiliated with various organizations in Douglas. He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, serving as president for one year and as a director for many years; Kiwanis Club; Douglas Lodge No. 19, F. and A. M.; Douglas Lodge No. 25, Knights of Pythias; and Elks Club.

Besides his widow, he is survived by two daughters, Betty Lou and Mary Ann; a sister, Mrs. Homer Derr, of Compton, Calif., and a brother, L. C. Stacy, of Oklahoma City, Okla.

Representative lumber distri,butors are being asked by the War Production Board to cooperate in making a detailed survey of lumber stocks. WPB,s lumber and. lumber products division announced at Washington. The survey, which has the support of the National Retail Lum_ ber Dealers Association, is being undertaken as a basis for stimulating production of certain classes of lumber with critically low stocks and for better utilization of less limited items.

Existing information on stocks covers only quantities, division officials stated, and a more detailed breakdown by the quantity and location of species, sizes and grades is essential in order to determine where emphasis must be placed in attempts to replenish stocks. \Mar uses, it was pointed out, demand special classes of lumber.

Distributors, representing an approximate l0 per cent sampling of the industry, are being asked to report on their stocks and it will be possible to compute the stock situation for the country on the basis of this information. The data will be compiled, evaluated and interpreted by the U. S. Forest Service in cooperation with WpB,s lumber and lumber products division. Over-all data will be reported to the industry through press channels and industry advisory committees.

Amendment No. 2to MPR No. 2g1---

Navy Oak Ship Stock

Washington, June 2l.-Producers of Select Navy Oak car stock lumber, free of heart, in thicknesses greater than four inches, may add $10 per thousand board feet to pres_ ent maximum prices of four inch thick stock for each inch of thickness beyond four inches, the Office of price Administration announced today.

.For each fraction of an inch beyond four inches, only the corresponding fractional part of $10 per thousand feet may be added.

The additions are authorized in Amendment No. 2 to Maximum Price Regulation No. 281, Navy Oak ship stock, and become effective June 28, 1943.

Specific maximum prices previously did not apply to this type of lumber when heavier than four inches in thickness.

lumber is a Critical Tlar Material

crrd Uncle Scon comes first. It must continue to hcrve the right-of-wcry lor wor needs.

We-cne supplying mqtericls for mcrry wcr projects but wcmt to serye the retail trqde too. If moteriols cre crvcrilqble, we- will get them.

For 60 yecrrs_we hqve been serving the Southem Colifomic lumber trade.

Al Kelley In Businesg lor Himself

Albert A. (Al) Kelley, well-known San Francisco lumberman, has started in the wholesale lumber business, operating under his own name, and has an office at 2E32 Windsor Drive, Alameda. The telephone number is LAkehurst 2-2754.

He was associated with the Santa Fe Lumber Company, of San Francisco, for many years, and resigned his position on May 31 to go into business for himself.

Al returned recently from a trip to the Northwest where he spent a few weeks visiting the mills to see what he could line up as a source of supply.

His many friends are wishing him the best of success.

And incidentally, Al writes, "First of all enter my subscription to The California Lumber Merchant-that's part of mv business and one of the first 'musts' on my list."

Los Angeles Visitor

Captain Ray Hill, Lawrence-Philips Lumber Company, Los Angeles, was a recent visitor at the company's office. He is in the U. S. Army Transport Service and is stationed at Fort Mason, San Francisco.

Opens Office At Eugene

West Oregon Lumber Company, Portland, has opened an office at Eugene, Ore., with Charles H. Ditewig as manager. Charlie was formerly manager of the company's Los Angeles office, and during his absence C. M. (Friday) Freeland will hold down the job in Southern California.

Curtis Offers New Kitchen Planning Book

An attractive new kitchen planning book was recently published by Curtis Companies Incorporated, Clinton, Iowa, manufacturers of Curtis Woodwork. The book is 8fixll inches in size and is well illustrated with attractive views of modern kitchens. The cover is in four colors and the inside pages are in two colors. The book is intended primarily as a "duration book" to aid dealers sell Curtis wood kitchen cabinets for home modernization and replacement.

The new Curtis book is called "You, Too, Can Plan Your Kit,chen the Curtis Way." It pictures kitchens of various basic types and explains the planning steps for acquiring a kitchen of modern beauty and utility.

"\Me realize," stated H. H. Hobart, sales manager of Curtis Companies Incorporated, "that there will be little building and modernization until the war is over. Yet, we desire to keep our dealers supplied with sales building literature and help them develop their postwar market for both home modernization and new construction and to get their share of what business is available today. We are urging our dealers to compile a postwar prospect list, and this book will ai'd materially to do that. We anticipate a big demand for kitchen cabinets and all of our stock woodwork products imrnediately after the war. It is up to all of us in the building industry to keep selling our products and our service to those we want for customers after 'V' dayJ'

Curtis will send their new kitchen planning book to those interested, upon request. Inquiries should be directed to Curtis Companies Service Bureau, Clinton, Iowa.

t. S. Hunt

Hardwoods and Softwoods

We Specialize In Essential War Materiais

'We hcrrre cr well rounded inventory of Fcctory ond Better Grcdes of Ponderosq crrd Sugcr Pine crrd SPruce. In Hcrdwoods-No. I Common and Better Grcrdes of Alder, Beech, Birch, Cedcr, Gum, Tobcrsco MchogcrnY, Mcgnolic, Mcrple, Ock cnd Wclnut.

J. S. Hunt, well known Southern Pine lumber manufacturer and president of the J. S. Hunt Lumber Company at Conroe, Texas, passed away in a Los Angeles hospital on June 19. Mr. Hunt was stricken while on a trip to California with Mrs. Hunt'to see their son, who is in the Navy.

Funeral services were held at Conroe, Texas, on June 23.