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PATRICK LUMBER co.
Termincrl S"!.f Bldg., Pg{lcnd 5, Oregon Teletype No. PD 54
Douglcrs FirSpruceHemlockCedcr
Ponderosa and Sugcn PineDouglcrs Fir Piling t9 lcars Continuourly Serving Rctail Yards and Railroads
Los Angeles Representcrtive EASTMAN LUMBER SALES
Petroleum Bldg., Ios Angeles 15 PRGpect 5039
While most oI our lumber is going into Govemment wcrr uses, we hcve been tcking care of our decler customers' reguirements to the best of our cbility, qnd we thank them lor their pcrtience cmd coopercrtion.

Obituaries
Mrs Ethel Shcrver Hoover
Mrs. Ethel Shaver Hoover, wife of A. L' Hoover, Los Angeles wholesale lumberman, passed away from a heart attack on October 15 in Mexico City, D. F., Mexico, where she had gone for medical consultation. Mr' Hoover accompanied her to Mexico City.
Mrs. Hoover was born in Blanchard, Nfichigan. Later the family moved to California and' resided in Fresno. Her father, Charles B. Shaver, operated the Fresno Flume & Lumber Co. at Shaver Lake for a number of years' She was a resident of Los Angeles for twenty-five years'
Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons, Ensign Robert B. Hoover. U.S.N.R., stationed at Boston, Mass', and First Lieut. Richard S. Floover, U. S. Army, stationed at Fort Bliss Texas; a daughter, Mrs Clinton L. Olson of Pasadena, whose husband is a Major in the Army, stationed at Teheran, Iran; and a sister, Mrs. Doris McDonald of Pasadena.
Funeral services were l-reld at Beverly Hills, Sunday afternoon, October 22.
Arthur lohnson
Arthur Johnson, president of the Diamond Hardwood Co., Los Angeles, passed away on O'ctober 15. He rvas 58 years of age.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Paula Johnson; a daughter, Mrs Lois Dukes; two brothers, Carl L. and Gust Johnson of Pomona; a sister, Hulda Johnson of Chicago; and his mother and four sisters in Sweden.
Funeral services were held in Inglewood on October 18.
Mcrthc L. DeArmond
Funeral services for Martha L. DeArmond, mother of Gene DeArmond, Pacific Cabinet Co., Los Angeles, were held in Los Angeles Friday afternoon, O'ctober 13.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs Blanche C. Hatten and Mrs Betty O. Ehlers; three sons, George A., R. R. and Gene DeArmond, and a granddaughter, Betty Jean DeArmond.
C. R. Buchcrncn
C. R. Buchanan, well known Oakland lumberman, passed away suddenly in Oakland, Octo,ber 12.

He was a native of Missouri, but had lived in California for many years. He was associated with the late James Tyson in the Sunset Lumber Company for several years, and organized the wholesale lumber firm of Bu'chanan & Russell in Oakland in the l9D's. He was later secretarymanager of the East Bay Lumbermen's Association; and was an executive of the Hogan,Lumber Company for some time, resigning from this position to become general manager of the Feather River Pine Mills, Inc., at Feather Falls, Calif. A few years ago he became manager of the Monarch Lumber Co., Oakland, and.held that position up to the time of his death.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs Inez P. Buchanan; a son, James M. Buchanan; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Hatch and Mrs Virginia Sammann, and three sisters.
He was a member of all Masonic bodies of Billings, Montana, and of Idaho Falls Lodge of Elks'
W. M. Thode
Walter William Thode, retail lumberman of Oroville, Calif., and former manager of the Diamond Match Company's yards at liicolaus, Maxwell, and Oroville, passed away at an Oroville hospital on September 10. He was 56 years of age.
He is survived by his widow, two sons and four brothers.
Amendment ll to RMPR 26
Washington, October 14-A temporary price adjustment, that gives Douglas fir mills special prices on orders for boards and dimension lum,ber taken by them under allocation from the Central Procuring Agency prior to September 16, 1944, was extended for thirty days by the Office of Price Administration today.
This extension, however, applies only to cargo shipments of Army and Navy orders ,covered by allocation numbers previously filed with the National OPA Office by the Central Procuring Agency.
The ceilings established under the temporary prite adjustment were originally to have expired October 16,1944. Today's action, effective October 14, 1944, sets the new date as Norember 16, 1944.
-9t J&ot B"nn Oo, Priuil"g"
to supply hcrdwoods and softwoods lor ships, boats, plcnes, trucks and lor many other uses directly connected with the wcrr. Our expcnded lacilities will enqble us to take our proper pcrrt clso in the reconstruction period when peqce comes.
