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'i Speciai frnish applied at factory penetrates deeplv, seals the wood, provides a hard, lustrous surface highly resistant to damage and wcaf.

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:) No sanding. No finishing. Ready when laid! Bradlel' "straight-Line" manufacture expcdites laving.

Affords distinct savings over regular flooring laid, sanded and finished.

Conforms strictly to Bradley standards.

FLOORMEN'S SUPPLY COMPANY

WOOD FLOONING CONTNACTONS ll7 West 6lst Street. New York 23, New York

The Bradley Lumber Compony ol Arkcnsas Wqrren, Arkqnsqs

June 14, 1944

Genllemen: From ecrly in 1942 to dqte, we have loid 5,680,000 squcre leet oI Brcdley Pre-Finished Flooring lor c totql ol 167 iobs. In eqch instqnce we lound its quclity up to highest stqndord ol mqnulqcture. Furthemore, with eoch instqllo- lion we qre more qnd more impressed with the cmozingly durcble lcclory linish wbich cbsolutely eliminctes cny necessity ol subsequent sonding cnd linishing. This lecture, plus Brodley's strcight-line mqnulqcture which ircludea precision tongue-ond-groove litting, hqs encbled us to sot new lloor lcying records.

We hecrtily recommend Brcdley Pre-Finished Hqrdwood Floodng lo genercl contrqclots and property owners qlllc qnd conglqlulqte you on producing such qn excellal qld tieely product.

Very truly yours, FLOORMEN'S SUPPLY COMPANY (eigrued) M. Milstein

Kitten Quints Born with "M" ol McCormick Line

WAC Lieutenqnt Now in London

First I-ieutenatrt Itlizalteth M. llarrington oi ti.re Women's -'\rmv Corps. darrghtcr of Glenn M. Harrington of \'IacDonlLlcl & llarrington, I-t(l., San Francisco, is no'w statiorrerl irr London, n'here she urrivecl shortll' before DDu)'. She is attached to thc First Irhoto Intelligence Detail..tith.\rtn;'Air liorce, iLnd in a fetv u,eeks u'ill have been in thc service for tu'o \rears.

Los Angeles Building Permits l-os Angelcs builcling ltcrrnits isstted ior July totale<l 3,011. n'ith a r-aiuation of $8,200,.i91). Junc pertnits totaled 2,616, rvith a v:rluation of $3,360,529.

Bulk of thc July permits is reJrrcserttecl in 1,012 neu' residences ar.r<l garages, 32 t'rcn' 1-rotcls arrcl apartn-rellts or adclitions ancl rrlterations.

West Cocrst Logs

OPA announces several changes in the West Coast logs regulation, inclurling one l'hich incorporates a li-s1 o{ scalers and graclers approved by the age11c\'. (Arnendnrent l5 to Rer.ised l\{I'R 161), effective Aug. 14.

Lumber

"Mi11ie" is a har<l-rvorktttg f{altcsc ctlt lIt thc l'ortland llome o\\-ners given preference onlv in extreme needing lumber ior repair rvork rvill be r:rtings to assist them in obtaining lttmber enlergency cases, WPB advises.

Terminal of the \fcCornrick Stc:rnrship l)ivision <-,{ Pope & Talbot, Irrc., pionecr shiltpir-rg lrrnt. -\lthottgh the cornpany of6ciirls felt that "-\l illie" anrplv earned hcr board and tluarters bl' assidttottsll- pttrstting tactics rvhich n-raclc nrousc and rat intruclers at the tcrrninal ttnhappv, someho'iv in her feline soul, she felt that some greater tnark of loyalty should be shnu-n to her firtn. Ilvcn apprcciativc purring seemecl to her to fall short of thc mark.

Theref ore, when "l'Ii1lie" rccently became the proucl mother of five kittens, each ttne of the quintuplets, as shorvn irr the pictttre, rv:rs born rvith a large Gothic "M" plainly marked on the forehcad. The "M" is identical to the letter used on the horrse flag to distinguish McCorntick ships all over the lvorld.

Of course, there are sonte skcptics rvho claim ti-rat five kittens all bearing the flag ernblctn of their owners is just one of those freaks of natttre and that no credit is duc to the mama. But "NIillie," prouclll' pacing her ceret.nonious rvay through the l\icCormick terminal follorved in single file by the five "M" kittens u'ith tails in air, calnrlr' looks any detractors in the eye anrl challenges them to do better.

Fire ct Menlo Pcrrk

I)an-rage n,as estirnated at $30,000 in a fire u'hich destrol'ed the planing rnill of George F. Cleese Lumlter & Milln'ork Co., Nfenlo Park, Calif., and damaged the adjacent Peninsula Iluilding N{aterials Co., August 3.

News Items r-,f the Nevada Lun.rber Company, Francisco recently on business for l,urnber Co., San Francisco, t'as fronr, r'acationing in Lassel.r Na- material being fire proof, and for wood sheathing, a considhas been effected. For some need of just such a produc,

R. Nf. C--ross, ()\\,ner Iteno, Ner'. n'as in Sar.r his firm.

H. F. Vinceut, vice pre-siclent and general urauager, E. K. Wood Lunrber Co.. San Francisco, has spent the past several 'rveeks at the coml>any's mill and logging operatiorls at Reedsport, Ore.

Earl Carlson. Santa Fe back at his clesk August 7 tional Park. Calif.

" We have used thousands of feet of Schumite Laminated Plank on various housing projecrs, as well as other Government projects, in lieu of wood sheathing.

$,: therefore, it is without reservation rhat we do not hestitate to recommend Schumite Laminared Plank.

" Wifh our counrry at w^r,we can foresee an even greater demand for Schumite Laminated Plank to speed up construcrion of. vital milirary a.nd housing projects requiring immediate use, as well as continued use in post-war construcrion."

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Dear God, we humbly ask that Thou will bless Each boy, each man, as outward he must go; Endow each gallant heart with health and strength' The faith he needs, the grit to meet the foe' Wherever he may be in all the world

Please comfort him, and take him by the hand And guide him thru the dangers he must face For victo,ry-and our beloved land. And for the lonely loving hearts at home

Endow on them, please God, we also pray, Ability to smile and carrY on To do without complaint their task today.

,c * *-Hilda Butler Farr.

All wars are caused by what Elbert Hubbard used to call '1the seven Hag Sisters"-fear' doubt, hate, jealousy, indifference, disdain, and disease.

General Von Moltke said: "Every war is a national calamity, whether victorious or not.l' And Benjainin Franklin, one of the world's all-time wise naen, said: "There never was a good war or a bad peace'" If you don't agree, you'll have to take it up with Ben. {<**

At the start of World War Two it was the philosophy of Germany that the quickest and surest way to win the cooperation of their smaller neighbors was to slaughter and annihilate them. They robbed without mercy, and persecuted without remorse. Now the time has come when they are searching for some philosophy that will advise them how to get their men and equipment OUT OF those same countries, without having mobs of vengeance screaming at their backs.

After listening to many political speeches of late which would teach far different things, it is still my opinion that this war is being won strictly by our gallant Army and Navy, and by the Am'erican industrialists who have overwhelmed the enemy with their production of war goods' When I write my history of this war I'm not going to waste much space on arm-chair strategists.

What this countr, "..J, ,l . ,r,u" more simple faith in God, and a little less personal egotism and vanity; a little more of the genuine humility that says "Thy will be done," and a little less prideful arrogance and self-adoration; a little less Bureaucracy, "ld *. tl U" more Democracy'

Loyal men are like great trees; so long as they live you will always know where theY stand.

Great men have no envy, no prejudices, no jealously, no vanity, no arrogance. From their true heights, they look calmly down. Their quality is self-evident and needs no army of propagandists.

Numerous times in this column I have recited the ages of most of the great men who made history. All of them were young, from Alexander the Great to Jesus' The aver' age age of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence, was 44 years.

Thebes, once great capital .of Ethiopia was called "Thebes of a thousand gates." In Italy our American troops recently marched through a town that tried to build as many towers as Thebes had gates-and nearly succeeded. The people of San Gimignano during the middle ages spent most of their time building high and ornate towers. They had eighty of them at one time. When this war came on there were just thirteen of them left and these, they say are gone now'

Another town in Italy our men swept past rings a familiar note in the mind of every American schoolboy' The town is Chiusi, but they used to call it Clusium in the old days. Remember in the famous poem about how Horatius held the bridge, the poet said that-

Lars Porsena of Clusium, By the nine gods he swore, That the great house of Tarquin Should suffer **tl.* no more.

Power is always dangerous, because man is fallible' And the more power you place in the hands of any man, and the longer you leave it there, the more plainly does his fallibility manifest itself.

The more a man ,."ri, i.rrJ*., the more he doubts' Never forget that, when judging men' Ignorance bawls' Wisdom speaks falteringly. Beware oI the man who not only knows, but who knows he knows, for verily, nine out of every ten times, he knows*little.

The gruffness of a soldier frequently covers the softest heart. One of the gruffest men in our history was General U. S. Grant. Yet Grant, finding the angel of death at his side, insisted that his body should be laid in no spot where his wife-when her turn came-could not sleep beside him'

Any postwar industrial plan that fails to seek more and more production of necessities, for more and more people, (Continrred on Page 10)

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(Continued from Page 8) at lower and lower cost-belongs in the limbo of useloss tbings.

I have no quarrel with any man for differing with me politically any more than I have for preferring blondes while I admire brunettes. Neither have I great respect for a man who is intolerant of the other fellow's political beliefs. I may not admire his judgment; but I will uphold with dl my power his right to own and exercise it.

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It was Brand Whitlock who uttered the oft-repdated ' philosophy that "when you define Liberty, you limit it; and when you limit 't, yoJ destroy it."

Election years :ue circus time for screw-balls. Just as a c,ircus parade brings the curious out to look, so does the political season bring forth elements of civilian life never aeen or heard of at any other time. The wise words of the conservative thinker will be made to mingle with the idiosyncrasies of neuropathics, the vociferousness o,f the latter seeking to drown out the logic of the former. Which is as it should be; for election year is a great American institution that distinguishes us from any other people on earth. ***

Speaking of politics, the best wise-crack of recent weeks was bandied around the rebent Democratic convention in Chicago. When the President's letter was published, faintly praising Vice President Wallace, some wag remarked: . "That letter cut Wallace's throat-below the belt." ***

Joe E. Montague, Fort Worth cattleman, recently testified before the House Banking Committee in Washington that an official of Texas OPA Cattle-Division asked him: "Do you still have male and female steers in Texas?" He said he had witnesses to the incident. He told the Committee, "OPA doesn't have anybody down there who knows anything about live stock."

Sometimes when I look at pictures of splendidly-garbed, military-looking, impressive men who appear every inch officers, I think of Eugene Baldwin's description of General Stonewall Jackson. Baldwin was editor of the Peoria (Illinois) Star in Civil War days, and was a Yankee and a friend of Lincoln. This is how he, as an eye witness, described

Jackson: "Jackson wore an old ragged suit. tie .risor o# hi. ""p rested on the bridge of his nose. He motlnted alfr old, scrawny and sorrowful horse." Such'was the appear-.. j ance of a man who has been described by unbiased mititafft history as one of the great military leaders and one of the,il greatest fighters of all time.

History says the following Civil War story is true. to:i me it is mighty good. A certain Col. Fisk, of Missouti;:ii raised a volunteer regiment, and made every man agr@', that he, the Colonel, should be allowed to do all the swear-'irii ing for the regiment. In short, swearing was forbidden. i One of Fisk's teamst€rs got tangled up with a team Qf,J' balky. mules on a muddy road, and he cu,<sed those mules something terrible. News came to the Colonel and the'i teamster was called before him. The Colonel said to him: i "Didn't you. agree to let me do all the swearing for the regr-,ii ment?" The teamster said: "Yes, Colonel, I did, but the ,'i fact is that the swearing had to be done right then or not:,.i at all and you weqen't there to tend to it, so I had to do lt'';,i

"He was the most gallant soldier, officer, and gentleman';: f have ever known, and I make no exceptions." Thus spoke Major General R. O. Barton, Cornmander of the Unitedi States Fourth Division. He was speaking of the late Geni; eral Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., who died of e'xhaustion ihli Normandy recently. What a man that younger Roosevelt'.'1 must have beent Not more than a r4onth ago I heard a ro''. turned American doughboy who served under him, telling'ii tall stories about this Roosevelt; said he was "the fightingrl; est damn officer in any trrnay.'l He was in truth a natriril..'l born soldier, lived it, loved it. His epitaph should be thosc* immortal words of Wordsworth: "This is the Happy War;"r rior; this is he that every man in arm-s should wish to be." IIe was the typical American; as much so as his father-',l;i President Teddy Roosevelt-was before him.

Direction 12 to Order L335

WPB rules that lumber required for approved privatelyi; financed housing'must be authorized by the Federal Houqr'; ing Administration before purchase orders can be certifie*; under the Lumber Control Order L-335. (Direction 12 trij Order L-335), issued lttly 28.

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