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How Lrumber Lrooks

Lumber production during the week ended August l, 7942, was 5 per cent less than the previous week, shipments were .3 per cent less, new business 5 per cent greater, according to reports to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association from regional associations covering the operations of representative hardwood and softwood mills. Shipments were 14 per cent above production; new orders 18 per cent above production. Compared with the corresponding week ol 1941, production was 8 per cent less, shipments 5 per cent less, and new business 3 per cent less. The industry stood at 127 per cent of the average of production in the corresponding week of 1935-39 and 150 per cent of average 1935-39 shipments in the same week.

During the week 441 mills produced 258,359,000 feet of hardwoods and softwoods combined, shipped D3,258,0N feet, and booked orders of 305,859,000 feet.

Hardwood Used for Army Trucks

The U. S. Army recently placed orders f.or 2,750 track bodies in Northern California. San Francisco firms which supplied various selected items of hardwoods and softwoods for use in construction of these included White Brothetp, Forsyth Hardwood Co., Higgins Lumber Co., and Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co.

This is part of a 600,000 truck program for which contracts have been let throughout the country. The truck bodies take from 600 to 1,000 feet of hardwoods, according to size.

Lumber orders for the week reported by 357 softwood mills totaled D2,024,W feet, shipments were n8,748,N0 feet, and production was 246,621,000 feet. 96 hardwood mills for the week gave orders as 13,835,000 feet, shipments 14,510,000 feet, and production 11,738,000 feet.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended August 1, 82 mills reporting, gave orders as 78,724,0ffi feet, shipments 85,230,000 feet, and production 89,562,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled,437,?-68.,ffi f.eet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended August 1, 104 mills reporting, gave orders as D,756,ffi0 feet, shipments 33,940,000 feet, and production 26,93O,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 159,468,000 feet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended August I reported orders as 171,542,W feet, shipments 150,420,000 feet, and production 124,347,W f.eet.

Franlc W. Blanchard

Frank W. Blanchard,74, former lumberman, passed away at his home in Oakland, July 30.

He has been in the insurance business for the past 20 years in Oakland, and was in the retail lumber business in Woodland, Calif., lor 20 years before going to Oakland. He was a native of Sears Point. Maine.