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Frceze Order Extended to Aug. 27

Washington, August 8.-The War Production Board today extended its lreeze order on use of lumber for construction an additional 15 days to August 27 pending completion of a new order setting up a system of governmental control over softwood lumber distribution.

Amendment No. 1 to Mahogany and Phifippine Mahos anv M-lZz

Amendment No. I to General Conservation Order M-122, Mahogany and Philippine Mahogany, was issued on July 23 by Amory Houghton, Director General for Operations. The amendment permits dealers to replenish stocks of war-use.grades which have been delivered for purposes specified by the Order.

Dealers purchasing war-use grades of Mahogany and Ptrilippine Mahogany for stock replacement purposes are required to sign an endorsement stipulating that the new stocks will in turn be delivered only for purposes specified by the Order.

General Permit ODT No. 17-4

General Permit O.D.T. No. 17-4 issued on July D,lg4Z, by Joseph B. Eastman, Director of Defense Transportation, relieves motor carriers from two sections of O.D.T. No. l7-(l) special deliveries, and (2) more than one delivery from any one point of origin to any one point of destination during any calendar day.

This order specifies that motor carriers engaged in making deliveries to a vessel can make special deliveries if necessary, and can make more than one delivery a day.

This General Permit became effective August l,1942, and, shall remain in full force and efiect until further order bv the Office of Defense Transportation.

Millwork Advisory Committee

San Francisco, August 3.-Two 'Westerners have been appointed to the Millwork fndustry Advisory Committee, according to advices received today by the regional WpB from Washington.

They are: Herman E. Tenzler, president, Northwest Door Co., Tacoma; and Grant Dixon, president, Western pine Manufacturing Co., Spokane.

Retril Advisory Board Appointed

T. Spencer Shore, Chief of the Bureau of Industry Advisory Committees of the War Production Board, on recommendation of Arthur lJpson, Chief of the Lumber and Lumber Products Branch, has appointed a committee of ten retail lumber dealers, to be known as the Lumber Retail Distribution Advisory Committee, who are representative of large, small and medium sized dealers, representative also of various geographical districts, types of yards operated, and both association and non-association members.

The committee includes: John Alexander, Jr., Alexander Lumber Co., Aurora, Ill.; W. W. Anderson, Anderson Lumber Co., Ogden, Utah; Carl Blackstock, Blackstock Lumber Co., Seattle, Wash.; W. Thorton Estes, Estes Lumber Co., Birmingham, Ala.; Frank M. Ewing, Frank M. Ewing, fnc., Brentwood, Md.; S. Lamar Forrest, Forrest Lumber Co., Lamesa, Texas; Bruce A. Hill, E. M. Hill Lumber Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Ben L. Johnson, Madison Lumber Co., New Orleans, La.; Adolph Korper, Capital City Lumber Co., Hartford, Conn., and Fred C. Smith, James A. Smith Lumber Co., Osage, Iowa.

The committee was called to meet in Washington, July 31, with Mr. Upson and John M. Oliver, in charge of the Section on Distribution of the WPB, to discuss the following immediate problems:

1. Construction of Lumber Limitation Order L-lZl: a. LIse of endorsements. b. Replacement of inventory. c. Agricultural storage. d. Maintenance and repair of war plants. e. Ordinary maintenance and repair. f. P-55 and P-19 (d), Defense housing. g. P-I10, Alteration of existing housing.

2. Method of control of distribution that will: a. Direct lumber to most essential purposes. b. Maintain adequate inventories. of stockpiles in strategic locations to service war projects promptly.

3. Retail lumber yard inventories.

4. Priorities Reguation No. 10.

5. Place of retail lumber industry in the war effort.

Los Angeles Visitor

Ed Lindas, Lindas Lumber Company, Wichita, Kansas, was a recent Los Angeles visitor following a trip to the Northwest.

Balsa l(/ood Placed Under Control

Washington, August 3-Strict control on the sale and use of balsa wood, a highly important material in the manufacture of buoyant life-saving apparatus and military aircraft, was put into effect today by WPB.

A new order, M-177, freezes all consumer stocks of balsa wood amounting to more than 10O board feet, and prohibits its use except for specific types of life-saving, aircraft, and technical apparatus to be delivered to government agencies or for lendlease purposes.

Maximum Prices Southern Hardwood Lumber.

Revised Price Schedule No. 97, Southern hardwood lumber, was issued on July 22 by the Office of Price Administration.

Sections 1382.101 to 1382.112, which include Appendix A, maximum prices for Southern hardwood lumber in standard or near standard grades, became effective July 27,1942.

Section 1382.113, Appendix B, Maximum prices for Southern hardwood lumber in 'lrecurring special" grades or items, and Section 1382.114, Appendix C, maximum prises for Southern hardwood lumber in "non-recurring special" grades or items becomes eftective August 27,1942.

R. R. Henderson Candidate for Congress

R. R. (Rudie) Henderson, who is running for the Democratic and Republican nominations for Congress in the Second Congressional District at the primary election on August 25, is busy electioneering and is visiting all sections in the district.

"Rudie" is widely known in California lumber circles and is the owner of the Lone Pine Lumber & Supply Co. at Lone Pine, Calif., which he has operated for the past fifteen years. Prior to going into the lumber business he served several years editing weekly newspapers, and also put in four years as a railroad man. He is married and the father of three sons.

JACK COOPER rN THE ARMY

J. W. (Jack) Cooper, Los Angeles, Southern California representative of the Rosboro Lumber Company of Springfield, Oregon, is in the army and reported for duty at Fort MacArthur last week.

His father, W. E. Cooper, is vice-president of the Rosboro Lumber Company and Caddo River Lumber Co. of Kansas Citv. Mo.

Francis Boyd In Army

Francis Boyd, Boyd Mill & Lumber Company, Lompoc, has entered the army and left the first of the month for Columbus, Ohio, for induction into the U. S. Army Engineering Corps. He has been commissioned a Major. He served with the Engineers in the first World War.

In Air Corps

L. H. (Larry) King, King-Marshall Lumber Co., Bakersfield, recently reported at Long Beach for duty with the U. S. Army Air Corps. He has the rank of Captain.