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Next time you pay a visit to a well-equipped swimming pool anywhere on the North American continent, or later on, abroad, take a good look at the springboard. You will find that in most cases it will bear on its side the well known name of the Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co., 5th and Bran. nan Streets, San Francisco. And the springboard will be the famous "Brandsten" International and Intercollegiate Official Springboard, designed by Ernst Brandsten, outstanding authority on aquatic sports, and Hugh W. Hand' ley, sales manager of Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co.

This board has been adopted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the Amateur Athletic Association o{ the United States and its affiliates, the Federation Internationale de Natation as the official International and Intercollegiate springboard.

It is officially used wherever competitive diving meets are held in the United States or abroad. It was the only springboard equipment used at the Antwerp Olympic Games, l92O; the Paris Olympic Games, 19241' the Amsterdam Olympic Games, 1928; the Los Angeles Olympic Games, 1932, and, the Berlin Olympic Games, 1936.

It is a one-piece board, 3 inches thick, 20 inches wide, and in both 14 ft. and 16 ft. lengths, made from strictly clear Douglas Fir. The grain of the board is dense and vertical, and the board is specially oil treated and tested.

In order to give the board even greater efficiency Mr. Brandsten developed the automatic adjustable fulcrunr, which was also designed by himself and Mr. Handley.

From a standing position on the springboard the individual performer can instantly adjust the fulcrum by a flip of the foot on the wheel. In this way the board can be made as rigid or limber as the height of take-off requires for the performer's particular weight and style. In this way performers of different weights suffer no disa.dvantage

The board is distributed throughout the world by Vau Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co. lVlany years of experience have gone into the selection, testing and fabricating of the wood used in the Brandsten springboard, with the result that this firm enjovs an enviable reputation that is world-wide.

Since the beginning of the war civilian orders for the springboards have been replaced almost entirely by orders for the equipment of pools for the armed forces in military and naval camps all over the United States and in many foreign countries.

This firm has always maintained heavy stocks of the upper grades of every species of lumber manufactured on the West Coast, and for many years has shipped special items of lumber to many foreign countries in both hemispheres.

At one time Scott & Van Arsdale, predecessors of the present company, owned the McCloud River Lumber Co., McCloud, Calif., manufacturers of Ponderosa and Sugar Pine. Scott & Van Arsdale, owned by Matt Harris and W. W. Van Arsdale, started in business at sth & Brannan Streets in 1886, and were succeeded by Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co., Inc., in 1906 after the San Francisco earthquake and fire.

M. A. Harris, president of the company, has been on the job constantly since 1894. Frank H. Harris, vicepresident, started with the company in 1890. Hugh W. Handley, sales manager, has been there since 1901, and W. Wallace Bovyer, general superintendent, since 1900.

This company's slogan, "Need Lumber Quick-A Carload or a Stick," is widely known, and in normal times was an accurate description of the kind of service rendered by them. They have specialized in all industrial requirements ancl have been jobbers of hard-to-get grades and sizes. Now, of course, their business is practically 100 per cent connected with war needs, and as always they have been doing a good job.

WPB Establishes Control Over \(/ood Products Machinery and Equipment

Control over the distribution and manufacture of logging, lumber, and wood products machinery and equipment is established by General Limitation Order L-311 issued August 27 by the War Production Board. Among the types of machinery covered by the order are dry kilns and redriers, machinery for logging, saw and planing mills, veneer and plywood products, wood containers, and general woodworking machinery and equipment. Full listing of machinery and equipment covered is given in Schedule A, attached to the order.

Purchase orders for machinery having a producer's list price of over $350 on October 15,1942 (designated as Class I) are restricted to those authorized by WPB. Application for authorization and preference rating is made by the purchaser on Form WPB-3131. Exempted from the authorization provision are purchase orders which are: (1) for machinery to be used directly by the Army, Navy, Maritime Commission or War Shipping Administration; (2) placed by a producer or dealer to fill authorized orders actually received, or to replace machinery delivered from inventory to filI authorized orders, or (3) included in preference ratings assigned under authorization to begin construction work (Form WPB-617, formerly PD-200.)

Purchase orders for machinery valued at $350 or less, by a producer's list price on October t5, 194?, (designated as Class II), are restricted to those with preference ratings of AA-5 or higher. Dealers' inventories of Class II machinery are limited to five of any one size or type irrespective of manufacturing make.

Effective date for restriction's on purchase orders is September 11.

Sccrcunento Hoo-Hoo Club

Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club held a dinner meeting September 9, in cooperation with Hoo-Hoo Clubs and districts throughout the country which have been requested by International Hoo-Hoo to celebrate Hoo-Hoo Day in this manner. LeRoy Miller, Burnett & Sons, Sacramento, is president of the club, and Russell Tracy, Tracy Lumber & Supply Co., Sacramento, is secretary.