o., UP AND DOWN THE STATE O.,

Major l{omer H. Burnaby has been discharged from the army after spending over three years in the Army Air Forces, and has resumed his former position with the Sun Lumber Company of Beverly Hills. He is vice president and general manager of the company.

Paul McCusker, wholesale lumberman, San Francisco, returned July 30 from a business trip to Oregon which included visits to Marshfield and Eugene. He conferred with M. W. Parelius of Parelius Lumber Co., Portland, which concern he reDresents in Northern California.

Tom Branson, recently made a ber of sawmills.

Melrose Lumber & Supply Co., Oakland, trip to Oregon, where he called on a num-

D. H. LeBreton, who was for many years connected with the sales department of Coos Bay Lumber Co., is now with Lincoln Lumber Co., Oakland, as procurement manag'er.

Ralph E. Barto, Ralph E. Barto Lumber Co., Huntington Park, is back from a trip to Northern California and Southern Oregon, where he called on a number of pine mills.

N. B. Bowden, Pacifi,c Manufacturing Co., Santa Clara, is back from a business trip to the Pacific Northwest.

G. R. (Roy) Bleecker, manager, Westfir Lumber Co., Westfir, Ore., spent some time in San Francisco last month in connection with the sale of the Westfir properties to Edward Hines Lumber Co., Chicago.

Paul Orban. Orban Lumber the Northwest at the first of the

Albert A. Kelley, Alameda wholesale lumberman, recently spent two weeks in the Pacific Northwest calling on sawmills. He returned August 8.

Walter Koll, on a trip to A. J. Koll Planing Mill, Ltd- Los Angeles, the Northwest.

Bill Litchfield, Litchfield Lumber Company, Glendale, and Mrs. Litchfield, are spending several days in the Redwood region in Northern California.

John stopped way to

F. Hanson, Anderson-Hanson Co., Dallas, Texas, ofi in Los Angeles for a few days while on his the Northwest to call on the mills.

W. H. Montgomery, E. Mrs. Montgomery, are on west.

L. Reitz Co., Los Angeles, and a two weeks' trio to the North-

Cy Hooper, former Los Angeles lumberman, but now located in Fort Worth, Texas, was a recent Los Angeles visitor when enroute from Portland. Ore. to Fort Worth.

Lieut. Kenneth O'Neill has been given an honorable discharge from the Army Air Force, and is again associated with his father in the O'Neill Lumber Co., San Francisco. He is spending several weeks in Portland on business for the firm.

Charles P. Henry, Los Angeles wholesale lumberman, is back from a trip to the Northwest.

Judd Blanchard, Blanchard Lumber Co., Burbank, was a San Francisco visitor earlv this month.

C. M. (Friday) Los Angeles, has Portland office.

Freeland, West returned from a

Co., Pasadena, traveled to month to call on sawmills. Oregon Lumber Co., visit to the company's

A. B. Sammons, Sloan Lumber Co., Fort Worth, Texas, spent a fe'"r,' davs in Los A,ngeles while enroute to the Northrvest.

Russ McCoy, McCoy Lumber Co., Hemet, Calif., was a San Francisco visitor at the first of the month on his r,r'ay back from a business trip to Oregon.

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Civilians will be limited to approximately 30 per cent of their estimated wire screen requirements in the third quarter of this year, because of increased military demands, the Office of Civilian Requirements of the War Production Board said recently. This is a slight increase however, over the amount available in the first and second quaiters.

Military wire screen requirements for the protection of our armed forces and wounded service men in the Pacific area are so great that WPB has allotted over 120,000,000 square feet of current wire screen production (more than 7O per cent of current production) to the A.{tty, Navy and the Aircrait Resources Control Offrce of WPB.

While this leaves very little metal screen cloth available for the civilian economy, some increase in production is expected since the industry was recently placed on the National Production Urgency List-a move that should result in improving the manpower situation for the industry'

Although manufacturers are producing considerably more wire cloth than a year ago, virtually all of the increase has gone to the military, WPB said.

Despite the severe domestic curtailment and the necessity of directing the larger part of available screen cloth to the malarial areas of the South, particularly to those subjected to recurring floods, OCR has set aside a substantial portion of its supply for "essential civilian users" for health reasons. Essential users, as defined in the metal screen cloth order (L-303), include such establishments as hospitals, health centers, nurses homes and institutions for mentally and physically sick, OCR said.

To reduce fly-borne contagion, milk and food processing plants, restaurants and retail stores, where milk or food is served or sold, and the kitchens, dining rooms and sick rooms of schools, colleges, welfare establishments and similar intitutions are also given special treatment as "essential civilian users." These essential users are entitled to priorities assistance as explained in Order L-303 recently amended. Any additional information may be obtained from local WPB regional offices.

Manufactttrers of screens for doors and windows will continue to obtain metal screening required in this pro-

For continued outstanding production of redwood for war purposes during the past six months period Union Lumber Company, Fort Bragg, California, has been granted the second Army-Navy "p" aqla1d-this time a flag with a star added.

In his citation Adm. C. C. Bloch, USN (Ret.) Chairman, Navy Board for Production Awards, again emphasized the splendid achievement of the Union Lumber Company war workers in maintaining the record that won for them the coveted "E" last February.

Appointed Scrles Mcrncrger

P. J. McNie has succeeded the late W. F. Baird as sales manager of Michigan-California Lumber Co., Camino, Calif. He had been assistant to Mr. Baird for many years.

Strike qt Klamcth Fcrlls MiIl

Klamath Falls, Ore., Aug. 9.-Approximately a thousand ,employees were thrown into idleness today when CIO unionists went on strike at the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company's pine mill. Refusal of a nightwatchman to join the union touched off the strike for a union shop and a blanket wage increase of 25 cents an hour.

Terrible Twenty GoU Tourndnent

Curt McFadden, with a net score of 68, carried off the first honors at the Terrible Twenty golf tournament held at the Riviera Country Club, Santa Monica, on July 12, and was awarded a silver goblet. Frank Connolly won the second prize, a silver ash tray, with a 73 net score. Roy Pitcher and Bob Mason sponsored the tournament.

Frank Berger won the play-off carried over from the June tournament, defeating Helmar Hoel, and won a silver goblet. Helmar received a silver ash tray. Dee Essley and Bob Falconer will be in charge of the August tournament.

duction, but their allotments are much lower than a year ago, OCR said.

The small amount of screen cloth available must be carefully apportioned by wholesale and retail distributors and stores. None should be sold at this time for use in screening new porches, and full-length screens should not be provided for double-hung windows.

Robert G. Bruce

The lumber industry lost one of its leaders on July 23 with the passing at his home in Memphis, Tenn. of Robert Glenn Bruce, president of E. L. Bruce Co. Mr. Bruce had suffered a heart attack in August, 1944, and since that time had been under the constant care of ph1'sicians and able to devote only a small part of his time to business.

The son of the late Edwin Lawson Bruce, founder of E. L. Bruce Co., and E,va Glenn Bruce, Mr. Bruce was born in Kansas City, Missouri, December 11, 1885. He started his business career by working during vacations in his father's lumber yard, and on graduation from high school, 'rvent into business with his father. At the'age of 18 he was manager of the yard.

In 1910, he and his father began the manufacture of hardrvood flooring under the name of the Kansas City Hardwood Flooring Company. In 1913 this business was destroyed by fire and the father-son combination decided to rebuild in Little Rock, Arkansas, where they would be close to an adequate supply of hardwood lumber. Here they started the present E. L. Bruce Co., with Robert G. Bruce as vice-president and general manager. In 1924 he was elected president of the company.

Mr. Bruce was an unusually capable executive with wellrounded knowledge and experience in finance, production and sales. His breadth of vision led the company into expanding its operations from one plant to seven plants, in building up a national and international sales organization, and in developing new products. When war broke Mr. Bruce put his company into the ammunition box and prefabricated house business almost overnight.

Mr. Bruce was also president of the Mississippi & Skuna Valley Railroad, constructed by E. L. Bruce Co. to get timber out of the woods and to their sawmills, and was a director and on the executive committee of the l-inion Planters National Bank & Trust Co. He belonged to the Second Presbyterian Church and served on their Laymen's League. A member of the Memphis Country Club, Mr. Bruce was an enthusiastic golfer until forced to give up the game by illness.

He is survived by his wife,' mother, a daughter, two grandchildren, and two brothers, C. Arthur Bruce and Edwin L. Bruce, Jr., both vice presidents of E. L. Bruce Co.

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