YES SIR!

Let's conclude the Sth Wcrr Locn Drive with the conviction thcrt one phcrse ol the war is crbout ended.

Remember, the most you ccn give is the least you c(In do.

ATKIIf SON.ST VTZ GO TUPA NY

WHAT GRAND t o B

Hqs been done by United Stqtes glider troops cnd grliders, both in the Normcndy invcsion and in Burma!

We crre proud to stqte thcrt our principcrl wcrr elfort is

Effects of Lumber Shortage on Furniture Production

(Continued from Page 2O) ser-cral otl.rcrs. It is tough {or orrr inspectors to grade antl sort thesc u'oocls, and thcr.rcfer tti thcsc shipments as "Cafeteria Cars," or "I)ul<c's Mixtttres." opinion is that evert itlter the n'ar in littrope ends' thcre rvill still be a grcat shortage of luurlrer, and even after thc gre:rt clen-ratr<l irotn u'ar agcncics cucls, it r-ill talic rnany months to catch tll), as bitls:rrc cttrlltr- all over the tlnitecl States ancl postn';rr replenishrnr:nt u-il1 be a big job. T understancl that thc retail furnitrrre lstore inleutories are in just about thc sat'rle sirape as ()t1r r-err- tliin stocks of lumber.

It has been absolrrtcly esscntial iu procuring iunrltcr to have establishecl courrcctirins alnong the slrn'n.ril1 oPerators, anil, of collrse, friencls c()unt stronglr-in this as in al1 lrrrsiness dealings. Woe lrc to the r-arcl opcrlLtor n'ho has ltccrr tough in his rlcalings u.ith thc rnills! Those rr'l.ro have plavecl ball according to the "(iolrlcrr I{trlc" are rrou' irt the best situation 1o scrvc the furnittrrc tracle, as u-cll as all others.

Ruving of lurnlrcr for thc furrritttrc tnattttiactttt'errs has reclrrired a lot o{ consistent eliort, trilts to n.rillli, arlrl persuasion.

Irr lining up srrpplics of harrlu'oo<l u-c at-e rirrht up agair-rst active Ggr.errrnlcnt competitiorr, as thc \11-1- (ioorclirrating Urrit, hardu'ood purchasingl' tLgcncy ior Artt-rv att<1 Navr- rerluirements, t.n:tintait.ts offices irr Nfernphi:s, Tetru., arrcl other cities in thc harcll'rlocl prodtrcillg centers, :rr"r11 has tnen out in all clirections placing allocatiotls n-ith thc rnill.'q. n'hich means that this ittmber is rlir-ertccl Au'ar- frotrl <listrilluting; vards and furniture plants.

Irr conclusion, I ltt.n glaci personlLllv to see llricc cotrtrols on lumber, even thortgh l'e har-e hacl ottr trottllles u'ith control agencies, u'hich is to lre exllecterl, considering the magrritrrde of the jolr. Furnituie costs u-ottlcl certair.r'11- lle prohiltitive $,ithout this control, zrncl after all, \-e knoN that inflation is an insiduotts clisease n'hich l'e lvatlt to steer itu'av f r<trtt.

Housing

Revised regulations or1 l)r()pcrtv it'uprrlvctttcttt loatrs ittsured u,ith FHA is anuorttrccrl bv thc Ilottsirre .\drllilristr:ttiorr, efft'ctire Jrrly l.

Will Manage The Home Builders Store

Italph D. l-bright of Long Beach r,r'ill assnme the rnanagement of The l{onre Builders Store at Carlsbad on July 15, and u'ill beconre a part o\\'ner in the business. Ife has been u.ith the Patten-IJlinn Lumber Company since 1929, u,her-r l're came \rest from Omaha, 'tr,here he had been operating a sash ancl docir factory, and \\'as manager of tl.reir Long Beach yzrrcl for eight years.

Nlr. Ebright is succeecling Ilobert W. Baircl, n'idely knou'n retail lunrlrerman, n-ho is retiring from actir.e participation in the business. XIr. Baird came t() Southern' Californi:r lrom Nlontana in 79)6, after har-ing been in the lumber business there for fifteen years. He and N{rs. Baird u'ill spend six u'eeks to trr,o nronths at I-a Cienega in the San ]Jernarclino Nlountains for a rest and vacation, and he sals that he has rro ltarticular plarrs to mention at the nloment.

Mcny Uses Ior Airplcne Crates on Bcttlelronts

On battlefronts good use is beir.rg nrade o{ crates in u'hich certain airplanes arrive. For instance. crates for I'-40 Fighters are huge aftairs, as nruch as 35 feet long, l0 feet high anrl more than five feet .n.icle.

These immense crates, according to reports received irom overseas by The Mengel Companl'of Lorrisville, Ky., u'hich makes the crates for Curtiss-\\iright, Ireclnentlr- provide field of;fices. Otl-rers are usc<l for tool she<l:i. Occasionallr', solre are used for r-ness halls for rrnits out in thc open fielcls. In X4[alta, these cr:rtcs pror.iclecl lir-irrv quarters for l;colrle bombecl out of their homcs.

A Nice Boost

\\ihen you rvrite such fine editorials (in fact thel' are all fine) as appears in the June 15 issue, n'hv clon't vou hale a lot of reprints run off so that thel' can be distributed more ltroacllr-? Fine as your paper is, it rezrches onl1' a lirnited nnmber of people-those principally in the lum,licr ltusiness. Your u.ritings are too good to be confined to that comparatir.elv sn-rall section of the citizenrl. <if California ancl of the Nation for that matter. This "We Stan<l At Arrnagecldon" is a nrasterpiece.

Charles G. Bird, Stockton, Calif.