Rent Bill-Measure

''l'Alro Ends Most Building Controls

, President Truman signed a modified rent-control bill on June 30. The signing of this bill also ends all 'construction controls, excepting on buildings to be used for amusement or recreational purposes.

lJnder the Rent Control provisions in this bill, all housing completed after February l, 1947, will be exempt from rent control, except where a person contracted to build a rental house for a World War II veteran and used priorities to obtain materials. Such a house will be subject to the maximum rent established when the priority was issued. even though it was completed after February 1,7947. Also 'exempt is any property that was not rented for resideqtial purposes between February l,1945 and January 31,1947. All other housing will be subject to rent'control until February 28, 1948 and will remain at the June 30, 1947 levels with the following exceptions:

The Housing Expediter may readjust the rent; the landlord and tenant may enter into a valid lease which will not expire until December 31, 1948, which may increase the rent up to l5/o; the five-man local Advisory Board, appointed by the Housing Expediter in each regional area, is given authority to adjust individual cases.

In New Locqtion

The Suburban Lumber Yard, Yucca Village, located about a mile west of town when first has moved to its nerv plant in the center of the rvhich was established, Village.

Willitr Redwood Products Company's Sawmill Now in Operation

After one year spent in construction the neiv and modern all-steel, all-electric band sawmill of the Willits Redwood Products Co. at Willits, Calif. is now operating on a oneshift basis. The mill capacity is 6O,00O feet in an S-hour shift. Logs in the pond and in cold deck make up a total of about 6,000,000 feet.

An innovation in the Redwood industry is that the shotgun feed works by ,compressed air.

With large timber reserves this company has a sustained yield operation. The yard site covers 40 acres, and it is the intention of the owners to eventually dry and refine the greater part of their cut. The planing mill in conjunction supplies surfaced lumber.

Russell Ells is president and general manager of the company. J. Harold Robinson is secretary and treasurer.

All sales are handled by Hobbs Wall Lumber Company, 405 Montgomery Street, San Francisco 4. Telephone GArfield 7752.

Ch<rnge in Our Scrn Frcrncisco

Telephone Number August l0

The telephone number of The C4lifornia Lumber Merchant's San Francisco office, 645 Leavenworth Street, will be changed August 10 to GRaystone 1-.0756.

I. E MANNN Mcncging Editor