R. G. ROBBINS I,UMBER GO.

Distributors ol Pacific Coast Forest Products

Amendment No. 1 to MPR No. 293---

Plywood Glider Towed Stock Millwork Across Adantic

Increases in the prices of lvooden doors and sash manufactured from lumber released under War Production Board Limitation Order L-DU were authorized by the Office of Price Administration.

The increases take the form of shortened discounts. For' stock millwork made principally of Western pine, the disiount may be shortened Ll points on all doors, open sash, screens, and frames, and, fu point on glazed sash.

Shortening of these discounts, OPA said, is the equivalent of permitting manufacturers to pass on to buyers the $3 per 1,000 board feet increase in maximum prices of Western Pine Lumber resulting from the War Labor Board approval of wage increases in the Western Pine cases.

Under the standard industry conversion ration of lumber to millwork, an increase of $2 per 1,000 board feet in the price of shop lumber is the equivalent of one point discount in selling prices, except in the case of glazed sash, where it represents I point.

The shortening of the discount by ll points on doors, open sash, screens and frames, therefore, is the equivalent of a $3 per 1,000 board feet increase in shop lumber costs, and shortening of fo point in the discount on glazed sash is also the equivalent of a $3 lumber cost rise.

By industry practice, stock millwork is customarily sold on a discount basis, and that is why the increase is granted in points, rather than in dollars-and-cents or a percentage rise. A door that has been selling at a maximum price of

Setting a world record in total distance covered, a freight-carrying glider recently crossed the Atlantic, it was announced by the Air Ministry in London, July 5.

The RAF transport command flew a fully loaded glider, towed by a twin engined Dakota transport plane (Douglas C-47) 3,5W miles in twenty-eight flying hours. The journey was made in stages and the glider brought a valuable cargo of vaccines for Russia, radio equipment and vital aircraft motor parts.

The glider, with an eighty-four foot wing span, was designed by the Waco Aircraft Company and was built of the new plywood construction by a New York piano manufacturer. It carried a freight load of one and a half tons and was equipped with rubber dinghies and flotation gear.

Entire Force Take Vacation At Same Time

The Blanchard Lum,ber Company will be closed from July 10 to July entire force are taking a two weeks' time.

of North Hollywood 24. The company's vacation at the same

$7 less a 40 per cent discount, for instance, now may be sold under a Government contract, for $7 less 381 per cent.

The increases are granted in Amendment No. 1 to Maximum Price Regulation No. 293 (Stock Millwork), and become effective July 3,1943.