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Lumber shipments of 472 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer were 3.2 per lent fslelv pro- duction for the week ended luly 24,'t943. In the same week new orders of these milis were'0.03 per cent greater than production. Unfilled order files in the reportin! mills amounted.to-lO6 per cent of stocks. For reporting soTtwood mills, unfilled orders are equivalent to 41 iays, lroduction at the cur.rent rate, and gross stocks are eqlirralent to 36 <rays' procluctlon.

For the year to date, shipments of reporting identical mills exceeded production by 10.6 per ceni; ordErs by 13.g per cent.

Compared to the average corresponding week of 1935-39 production of re^p^orting mills wis 2T.S per cent greater; shrpments rvere 29.8 per cent greater; and orders rvere 30.2 per cent greater.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended Tulv 24,97 mills reporting, gave orders as 67,981,000 teet, slip- ments 76,625,W feet, and production 88,411,000 feet. drders on hand at the end of the week totaled 423,%4.ffi0 feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended July 24,159 mills reporting, gave orders as 22,783,000 f.eet, shipments 22,492,W feet, and production Zl,9SZ,0ffi feet. Orders on hand at the end of tlie week totaled l31,42l,mo {eet.

The California Redwood Association reported production of twelve operations for the month of June, 1943,-as 38,489,O00 feet, shipments 42,624,W feet, and orders received 23863,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the month totaled 118,148,000 feet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended July 24 reported orders as lD,l46,W feet, shipments t22,46I,W feet, and production 122,465,W f.eet.

For the week ended July 31 orders were reported as 125,545,W feet, shipments I27,2&,000 feet, and production 121,034,000 feet.

!f. A. Conctans Will Manage Anglo Calilornia Lumber Co.

W. A. Constans, for the past thirteen years sales manager of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company at Klamath Falls, Ore., has been named general manager of the Anglo California Lumber Company, wholesale lumber distributors at Los Angeles, and has taken over his new duties.

He was with Weyerhaeuser for twenty-five years, and is rvidely known in Pacific Coast lumber circles.

During his residence in Klamath Falls, Mr. Constans took an active part in the civic life of the community. He lvas originator of the Quarterback Club in 1939 and served as its first president, was managing director of the Kalpine Plywood Company, past member of the board of directors of the Reames Golf and Country Club, past president of the Lions Club, past vice-president of the Boy Scout executive council. and a member of the Shrine Club.

TOMORROV/ it will be a PLYWOOD t-

World ! Designs for Post-\flar Living call lor an ever expanding use of this vital material which we ate now furnishing in vast quantities for war construction. \(/hen war orders have been filled the George E' Ream Company, having aided step by step in the development of FLY\flOOD, will continue as the Prime source of supply in the Southwest.

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