Lumber Allocations for Third Quarter oF 1944

Washington, June l3-Because the supply of lumber is insufficient to fill all war and civilian demands, the Requirements Committee of the War Production Board has allotted maximum quantities of lumber to clain.rant agencies and WPB industry divisions for the third quarter, 1944, u'ithin which purchase may be authorized, S. W. Anderson, chairman of the committee, announced today. This is the first time that such action has bccn taken on lumber by the Requirements Corumittee.

A total of 9,152,000,000 board feet, an amount equal to the estimated supply for the quartcr, has been allotted for the third quarter, 194.1. This amount is based on the l-umber and Lumber Products Division's study of lumber requirements and suppl1' and is, in effect, a ceiling on third quarter 1944 use.

Lumber requirements totaled 10,570,000,000 board feet. It has been necessary to reduce these requirements to bring them within the iimits of potentially available supply, and to establish an allocation flexible enough to provide for unexpected urgent militarv demands, J. Philip Boyd, director of the Lumber Division, said.

Under the prograrn, major indtrstrial consumers (users of more than 50,000 boarrl fect per quarter) rvill be permitted to receive a total of 5.219.982.000 board feet. This amount is allotted to WPB industry divisions and certain claimants for re-allottment t() their constituent industries.

The Army, Nar'1', Aircraft Ilesources Control OfEce, Maritime Comnrission, Foreign llconomic Administration and Canadian Dir.ision coliectively have been allotted 1,568,241 ,0m board fcet for rlirect military ancl export requirements.

A total of 317,568.000 boarcl feet is allotted to the National I{ousing Agency {or appror,ed n'ar housing projects.

The War Food Administration is allottecl 1.065,600,C[0 bciard feet for construction, maintenance and repair of structures on the farm exclttsir-e of du'ellings. An :rd<litional allorvance of 72,000,UJO board feet is establislied irr a separate reserve for the repair ancl t'naintenance of farnr dnellings. Similarly,156,695,000 board feet are rcservccl for other civilian construction, maintenance anrl repltir.

A total of 692,507,W board ieet is reserved for militarysp,rnsored industrial facilities, the development of petroleum re:;ources and mines, Red Cross disaster use, the maintenance of Government facilities, highways and other essential transportation facilities, utilities, essential non-military inrlustrial consumers.

A fortl'r,coming amended version of Order L-335 will esr.ablisl-r procedures for carrying out the program, WPB sa: d.

'It is recognized," Mr. Anderson said, "that the proposed amendn.rent to L-335 as a single instrument will not akrne be effective in carrying out the purposes of this progrrlm and that it rvill be necessary to supplement that order with various directions and directives. The Lumber l)ivisic'n r.r'ill be authorized to issue directives to sawmills to set asjde a specified portion of their production for direct military orders for the United States Government, including command construction, and to take such other a,ction, by directions to Order L-335 or specific directives to producers or distributors, as may be necessary to provide for the channeling of lumber to rvar and essential civilian use in a,ccordance 'rvith the approved program."

Pcrul Euphrqt in Ncvy Air Corps

Paul liuphrat, l8 yerar old son of N{aurice L. Euphrat of \\'endling-Nathan Co. San F'rancisco, 'ivho signed up some time ago in the Navy V-6 training program, is nou' at the Naval .\ir Stati<tn, Jacksonville, Fla. in training as a t:ornbat cre\\: rlr:ln in the U. S. Navy Air Corps. llis older brother, Maurice L. Euphrat, Jr., has been in th: Arlr.rr-for nrore than a year. lIe is a talented pianist anrl is a rnusical technician in charge of a Speci:rl Service rnrrsical rrnit, stationed in Nerv Ilritain irr the South Pacific.

Trcnslerred to Medlord

[,'red Anrburgev of tl.re San ].rancisco office of Itope & TrLlbot, Inc., Lumber Division, has been transferred to Medfor-d, rvhere he n'ill make his headqrrarters as lumher buyer irr the Sout herrr ( )regorr territor_r'.

New Timber Treating Plant at Eugene, Qre. Young Hero Visits Parents Air

Construction has starte<l on zt u'ootl ltlcscrr-ation plant for' J. H. Baxter & Co. of ()rcgon otr:t 2.5-:icrc sitc jr.rst outside oi liugene Ore. A featurc of thc ncu- 1tl;ttrt, n'hicl'r is cxpected to be in operation by:\ugttst 15, is that it n'ill havc the longest creosoting c1'lincler \\-est of thc Nlississippi.

Methocls of treatment l'il1 include creosotitlg o{ piling ar.r11 lurlber by botli full cell ar.rcl enrPt-r' ccll Processcs; railrriad tics r,r'ill bc treatecl u'ith a creosote-l)ctrolcttur tt-tixturc, ;rn<l ties ancl lutr.rbcr u'i1i also be tr-eatecl u'ith CZC (chrom:rted zirrc chloridc). In :lddition lrtmber u,ill bc trclrtcil r,vitl'r the .l)rotexol flameproofing proce-sses, ancl Cedar poles rvill be btrtt trcatccl.

Hanclling of lratcrials to be trcatccl n-iil be donc rvith Iocomotivc crilllcs. Lintrcatecl pilirrg storage tvill bc ttnclcr tn'o skyliucs.

'fhe full cell crcosotc trcatlxcltt gcrrcrlLllv is designed ior' rnarine construction, ;tn<l thc cntpt-r' r:cll process for inlattd or for tirnltcr ttot itr cot.ttltc,t rvith se:L \\-atcr.

Chromatecl zinc chlori<lc ttc:rtcrl ltttrtlter is particularll' n ell suited for housc constrttclion, tttinc tintllcrs, iactolv roofs, u'harf flotir s1'stcrns autl sttpct-strtlcttlrcs, lirc curtains, boarcl u.alks, staclium sc:rts, atrtl ttrittt-','othcr ttscls tlhere "clean treatr-nents" and firc rcsistatrcc lLrc rle sirablc.

NIany rnillions of feet of u'oocl llattrcpt'ooittl u'ith I'rotcxol havc been ttsed Ior constrttcti,tu ,,f ottit'c lruiltlings for thc U. S. Army ancl Navl', the I)cfense Plarrt Crtrporatiott ancl othcrs, and this plant u-ill help.to suppl-r' the grou'irrg tlcrnancl for flanrcproofed u'ood for horrsing costll' cqrtillrncnt and protcctirrg vital iactories.

'fhc ncu' plunt uill bc oi consicleraltle ltenellt to Willamcttc Vallcr- lrttnlrcr ttrlrtrttf:tctttrcrs. liugerte is an cxccllcrrt shippirrg point, irot'tr u-l.ricl-r n'raterials lnove olt cconotnical ratcs to all arcas.

A. N[. ]laxtcr is prcsiclcrrt of J. H. llaxter & Co. oi Oregon, FI. X. Raxtcr is vicc-plcsi<lcrrt, arrrl li. IJ. Los'ry is plant lnanagcr at llulJerte.

Opens Yard in Oqklcrnd

\\rest Oregon l-ttmbcr L.o. has opt'ttcrl it 1le\\'1-arcl at the foot of 16th -'\r'enuc, ()aklancl, ott tltc I:-stuarv.

It l'ill be rrseci cxclusivcly lr,r'thc lJtrrcltrt of Yards and Docl<s as their clistribrrting ,r'ar<l ir tr ctrtcrgcrrcr lrtmllcr reqnirements of thc Nar'y-.

Lierrt. ILol;crt lr. (ll(,1)) Vincent, 21 year old veteran of 50 air missions in trl,'c-r theaters of u'ar, and son of Lyle S. Vincent, manager of the San l'-rancisco office of West Oregon Lumber Co., arrived on leave frorn the u,ar front for a visit rvith his parents, J: :ne 22.

The young flier rvears the -\ir Nleclal rvith a Silver Cluster and four Oak Leaf Clusters. I-he I')uropean African theater ribbon aiong rvith tu'o clistinguishecl unit baclges also adorlrs his unifornr. In addition he has tu'o personal citatiorrs. As a naviga'ting officer on a B-21 bon'rber he has been irr crirnlrat over Africa, Germany, Austria, Jugoslavia, Grcece, l3ulgari:r, Italy and France.

Thc combat mission rvhich rvill live longest in his memor-r'accot'tlitrg to iin Army press release \\ras rt'hile he'rvas llying ovcr Gcrnrar-r headquarters in Italy. The flak lasted for 1.5 rninrrtcs, putting 120 holes in his ship and u'ottnding three of the crcrv. ()f thc 27 ships in his formation only threc returr-rc11'rvithout mishap.

Somehorv his battlc-<lanraged B-2'l reached a friendly base 600 nriles dist:rnt ancl r,r'as declared unflyable. It had hardly touched the rurrlva-v rvhen the engine coughed out. The last drop of gas had been used.

Lieutenant Vincent attetrdecl Sar.r Nlateo High School :rnd San Mateo Junior C'ollege. He entered the AAF in January ol 1942.

I{r. \rincent's olclest son, I-yle S. \rincent, Jr., enlisted in the Navl' Seabees nrore tl.ran :r year ago and after eight months' service t'as chosen for Nar-v officers' training and has been at \rillanor-a College, Viilanova, Pa., since January. His voungest son, Peter, has passed l-ris physical exanrination ancl u'ill be inducted into the Army early in Jtlr'.

OPA Industry Meeting at Los Angeles

July 5

Petcr -r\. Stone, Price lr-xcctttive, I-umlter Brancl.r, Offrce of Pricc r\<lmirristration, \\'ashington, D. C., t'ill hold an industrv meeting of thc retail lurnber clealers of Southern California at 9:30 a.nr., \\''ednesdal', Jrrly 5, 1944, in the Assernbl-v IIal1, Embassr- ;\ttditoriunr, 839 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles.