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Estimate o[ Consumption of \(/estern Pine Lumber for Fourth Quarter ol 1944

Portland, Oregon-An estimate of the probable consumpti,on of lumber from the Western Pine region for the fourth quarter of 7944 is given in a statement issued by the Western Pine Association. The statement in full is as follows :

Preliminary figures on third quarter production and shipments by the Western Pine industrv record a perforurance better than industry leaders thought possible two months ztgo. They also exceed the estimates made at the end of the second quarter, before the armed services unexpectedly comrnandeered most of the nation's stocks of heavy truck tires.

Both production and shipments slumped alarmingly in Tuly, partly due to more vacations than it was customary to take in past years. July production was about 41 million feet below July of 1943, but August and September showed such gratifying increases that the entire third quarter's production of 1866 million feet exceeded the corresponding 1943 quarter by 37 million feet. Resourceful operators somehow managed to get in the logs in spite of the fact that August and September quotas of heavy truck tires were less than half of those for July.

Tlrird quarter shipments of. 1677 million feet were very slightly under last year but still were some 26 million feet more than were predicted three months ago. A sharp decline in the percentage of green lumber shipments rcduced total shipments somewhat but made possible a small start on the rebuilding of stocks which will be necessary before the industry can again serve its customers in a normal r,vay. Stocks rose 189 million feet during the quarter, which is a smaller than normal seasonal increase. E,ven norv. at 1095 million feet they total less than the preceding two nronths shipments.

It is expected that during the last quarter of this year the consumption (shipments). of Western Pine lumber r,r'ill continue to be limited only by the abilitv of the mills to :nade deliveries.

It seems certain that civilian demand r,vill readily absorb n,hatever amount of lumber may possibly be made available as a result of the long hoped for victory over Germany and the corresponding cutback which is expected in the ploduction of military supplies and equipment. Unless enough truck tires can be secured lvithin the next ferv rveeks, the production of lumber for even the most urgent u'ar and essential civilian uses may be endangered.

Based on general predictions and all other available information, it is expected that shipments for the fourth cluarter rvill approximate 1400 million feet or about the same as during the last quarter of 1943. Little net change ;s expected durir-rg the quarter in the '"'olume of stocks on hand.

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Nothing Too Much

"There's nothing too much for the boys to give," fThose were the words we said: Nothing too much to give or to do, When peace from the world had fled. So they offered their all when the country called, And gave till their young hearts bled; "Nothing too much," their lips replied, Though the dreams of youth lay dead.

"Nothing too much," and so they gave The joy and the gleam of life, Their strong young hands and agile feet, The love of sweetheart or wife; The peaceful home and the long, long dreams Of years that they hoped might be, A mother's arms and her tender smiles, That the world might again be free.

They carried the rvorld in their brave young hearts, With its burden o{ hate and greed, And into their untried hands we gave Its infinite pain and need.

Boys they were vvhen they marched away, But men will be coming back; For the brain and heart are seared and scarred. That follow tl-re war gods track.

Oh, they give, they give, on jungle trails And in shell torn fields of France; For the sake of a world that is to be, The dauntless hosts advance. And bitter indeed our shame will be, 'i If we fail them on this day, Forgetting the trust reposed in us, When our heroes marched away.

A. Merriam Conner.

Opens New Plywood Distributing Wcrehouse

U. S.-Mengel Plyr,voods, Inc., jointlv o.ivned bv The Nfengel Company and United States Plywood Corporation, has opened a nel\r plywood distributing warehouse at New C)rleans, La., fourth in the chain which, according to L. R. Olmsted, vice-president and general manager, will be extended to otl-rer cities.

Since the first of the year, other units have been opened at I-ouisville, Ky., Jacksonville, Fla., and Atlanta, Ga.

The Nerv Orleans lvarehouse rvill be managecl by Ted F. Mathes, a native of Neu' Orleans, for the past fifteen vears orr Ths Mgngsl Company selling staff.

Scn Diego Lumbermen's Dinner Dcnce, Nov. 18

The San Diego lumbermen's dinner dance, sponsored by the San Diego FIoo-Hoo Club, n'ill be heid in the Gold Room of the U. S. Grant Hotel, San Diego, Saturday evening, November 18. Reservations can be made with Nihl Harnilton.

fiCOIITINUOUS flowof money is thefirst requisite ff- of a continuous flow of lranpower and mat6riel lo the fighting fronts.

Monen raised in continuous War Bond sales, makes it possible to attack-to attack unceasingly until the Axis is forced into total, uncon&tional surrender!

Retailers of America, our armed forces exlrect you lo help make them the best trained best equipped