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I. C, Dionae, PrEg. qnd -Treqs.; I. E. Mcrtin, Vice-Pres'; W' T. Blccl, Secrctcy Publighed tbe lst od l5th ol esch noslh crl 508-9-10 Centrqt Building, 108 west sixth strset, Los Angel*,!4, Ccl., _Teleplme vAndike
Lumber shipnrents ol 177 rrrills reporting to the National Lumber.Trade Barometcr r.vcrc 4.5 Per cent ltclon' production f<-ir thg n'eek ended November 20, 1943. lu the same week nen or<lers of these mills u-ere 3.0 ller cent less thatt prorluction. Unfilled order files in the reltorting mills amounted to 95 per cer-rt of stocks. Ftir reltorting softu,ootl rnills, rrnfillecl orclers are ecluivalent to 3ll tlavs' production at tl're current rate,:trrr1 grttss stocks ltre equil'alent to 37 rlavs' proclnction.
For the vear to date, shipn.rents oi rcportitrg.. irlt'rrtic:tl rnills exccedecl ptocluction br' 7..5 pcr cetrt; orclers lr-r- 8.3 per cent.
Con.rparecl to tlrc itvcrage corrcsl'rott<littg rr'eeli oI l().].5-3q' production oi reporting mills u'as 32.9 per cent il-rclttcr; shipments n'ere 39.6 pcr cent grclttcr; ttud ordcrs u'crc 3S.2 l)er cen I grerrl ef
The Western Pine Association frtr the rveek crlclcd Novelnher 2O, 102 rnills reporting, gave orders as 65,399,000 feet, sl-ripnrents ()1J,781,000 feet, an<l production 77,15(t,000 feet. Orclers on hancl at the enrl of the r'r'eek totalccl 3'12,711.000 feet.
25,998,000 feet, shiprlents 21,'[95,000 {eet, and production 22,79730A feet. Orrlcrs on hitr.rd at thc end of the u'eel< totaled 147.660.000 feet.
'fhe Califr-,rnia Redn'ood Association reported production of t.nvelr,e operations Iclr the rnonth o{ October, 1943, as 37,000.000 feet, shiprnents +3,300,000 feet, ancl orders receir.ed 41.000.000 feet.
The West Coast Lunbertrtctr's Association for thc rveelc ended November 27 reporle<lot-tlcrs :ts 108,49'1,000 feet, shipnr,ents 108,848,000 fect, ancl prodttction 106,958,000 feet.
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The lumber industry need have no fear of shriuking markets either during the war or afterrvard., J. Philip Boyd, Director of the War Production Board's Lurnber and Lumber Products Division, declared in response to numerous inquiries from lumbermen.
Consurnption for civilian and military construction has decreased and this has created the rather widespreacl impression that the general over-all demand for lumber is decreasing. Quite the contrary is the case, Mr. Boycl pointed out, and the industry need not worry about overproduction now or after the war.
"Civilian consurnption of lumber in 1943 was held to half of the amount used in 1942 chielly because of thc urgent necessity for conserving supplies for war uses. This 1943 consun-rption figure, it should be rernen-rbere<I, represents permitted use, not potential demand. Wherr this dammed-up civilian demand is released after the war-, it will absorb the drop in military consumption and it would even absorb a production 5O per cent greater t{rarr we now have, if such an increase in production rvere possible.
"Today, the over-all demand for lur-nber is as great as can be met by the industry and will undoubtedly continue to be as great for the duration. Increased nrilitarv demand may be expected as nevv fighting fronts are openecl up and supply lines are extended. Consumption for boxing
In advertisements like this, we are telling businessmen, Government and industrial executives, architects and builders how Wobnanized Lumber* is saving time and money on all kinds ol construction. You'll certainly profit by the interest aroused.
Wolmanized Lumber is ordinary wood made hiqhly resistant to decay and termite attack by vacuum-pressure impregnation with Wolman Salts* preservative, the "alloying ingredient". Be prepared to push the sale of this treated lumber for postwar uses. American Lumber & Treating Company, 1648 McCormick Bldg., Chicagro4, IlI.
and crating is a case in point. Five billion board feet r.vere used in l94I: 14 billion were used in 1943 and further increases are expected in 7944. During the current year, military and permitted civilian consumption used all the timber the industry could produce and drew heavily on mill stocks and retail and wholesale yard stocks.
"Lumber is one of the most critical materials today. The industry should push production to the limit."
John E. McGovern of Los Angeles has been appointed to the position of district director for the Federal Housin.g Administration. Southern California District.
Mr. McGovern has been associated with the Federal I-Iousing Administration for the past six years, durinq rr'lrich time he has acted in the capacity ol Zone Rental Manager and Assistant Zone Commissioner with headquarters in Los Angeles.
Immediately prior to his association with the FHA, he held an executive position with the Flome Owners Loan Corporation.
Mr. McGovern has a background of over twenty yea!:s experience in real estate, mortgage loan and appraisal work and is a member of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers and the National Association of Real Estate Boards.
Chirstmas is coming again!'
And once again do we hear, The chiming bells and the dear old songs And voices athrill with cheer.
Christmas is corning again ! 'Flaunting the forces of night, Dispelling the shadows of fear, Filling our hearts with delight. Christmas is conling again ! Nothing can alter its sway t Ever this message it brings, "Night is succeeded by day." Clouds are dispersed by the sun, Stars do not fade with the years, Hope lights the pathway ahead, Smiles are more potent than.tears.
Merriam Conher.Yes, as Mrs. Merriam Conner (the blind poetess who looks at the world through the visions of an inspired mind since her earthly eyes have gone dark) so well says: "Christmas is coming again." What do you say we talk about it a little? What is Christmas, anyway? Sometimes, witnessing the inebriated antics of so great a percentage of our population at this fateful season, I can't help wondering how many of us have forgotten what the occasion is, and what it means.
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On December 25th we celebrate the birthday of a certain Jewish carpenter who lived, and worked, and taught, and laughed, and loved more than nineteen hundred years ago in that barren country that we now call "the Holy Land." What sort of a fellow was He, this young Hebrew who, by the time He was thirty-three years of age had done His great work, and gone home to His Father? Artists of the old school did the world a great disservice by picturing Him with both paint brush and $'ords as a sadlooking "Man of Sorrows," so that many people even to this day, still think of Him in that way.
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Yet every open-minded student of Biblical lore understands that H,e was indeed nothing of the kind. He was probably the most vivid, the most vital, the most magnetic, the most thrilling Man that ever walked the earth. How otherwise can you, picture strong and busy men and women dropping everything that they had, to rvalk behind this young unknown Jew from the desert country of Nazareth, and following Him even to the cross? To get a mental picture of this magnificent young Man, radiant with strength, vibrant with confidence, His. face and form as
appealing as His tremendous words were inspiring, woqld' be a wonderful Christmas present for anyone who pre: viously had failed to consider Him in this fashion. You don't think that the man who scourged the money-changeis' from the temple in such manner thqt they fed before hiri '-:"' like chaff before the wintry wind, was any pale, tired: looking, physical weakling, do you? On the contrary'HF',j was undoubtedly the most impressive and tremendou; ,,; young Man they had ever seen, with eyes that flam€d,.'., with indignation at the desecration of the temple of His '..: Father; with muscles hard as steel.
Yes, sir, it would be a swell idea for every thinHng person at this coming Christmas season, to get a cbrrected , ' ' idea of the founder of Chirstianity. Saul of Tarsus was a bloodthirsty ruffian whose business was seeking out, tora ;'i turning and destroying the followers of Jesus. He had incited the stoning of the gentle Stephen, and held the robes of those who cast the stones. One day he was. on his way to Damascus to ferret out and kill some more Christians. Saul of Tarsus was tough. The hardest, cruelest ganster you ever heard of was probably a gentle creature comlrarecl with Saul. And as he proceeded along the road to Damascus he met face tb face a young man he had never seen before. To Saul, Jesus of Nazareth was only the name of a crucified Jew whose followers he was intent on destroyinig. Yet when Saul met the resurrected Jesus face to face that day on the road to Damascus, what did he do? What did he say? Was he tough? Was he SauI the killer of Christians? No.SaulneededbutoneglanceatthatyoungManof Nazareth, and said: "What wilt Thou have me do?" That was all. But for the remainder of his long life, Saul of Tarsus was Paul the Apostle, visiting the peoples of the civilized world and preaching and proclaiming the gospel of Jesus. One moment he was face to face with that incomparable Carpenter; yet that moment changed the entire course of human history.
Picturetoyourself,friend,whatmannerofmanthatmust have been that Saul of Tarsus saw that day on the road to Damascus. Can there be an iota of doubt in your mind that He was such a Man as never before and never since has walked this earth? Can you doubt that He was wonderfut' to look upon, that He overflowed with strength and vitali- ; ty, that He fairly flamed with life, and hope, and confidence., and physical beauty and virility, in addition to His 3piritual magnetism? When we get that sort of a picture of this. Jewish Carpenter, we are started on the road to understand- r I ing what it was that happened to Saul, the killer, that da-y,,.*
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(Continued from Page 6) on the road to Damascus, and to so great a multitude of other people who saw and heard Himi; and we begin to glimpse the whyfor of His indelible impression upon billioqs of people who have come after.
More than His physicar:;";".rce must have been the flaming tight that shone frorn His countenance. A "man o'f sorrows" forsooth ! Where do we find Him, as He proceeds on His mission of preaching the philosophy of love and fellowship and understanding and forgiveness? Wherever happy peopls gathered together, there He was. At weddings, at friendly gatherings where men and women and little children were to be found. That He was a joyous companion seems undebatable. We find Him saying to His friends: "They call me a winebibber, and a man gluttonous." We find Him changing water into wine so that the wedding feast might take place as planned. We find Him doing many things a_nd going many places that indicate definitely that He was a friendly, joyful, marvelous comPanion'
If you want to read the finest history of His life, read the Book of Luke during the Christmas season. Just as Jesus met Saul and Saul-or Paul-followed Him even to martyrdom, so did Luke meet Paul and do likewise. Luke was a physician practicing his profession in Antioch., when Paul came there. And Luke stepped forth and joined Paul and became his "beloved physician" as Paul calls him in the Bible, and stayed with hirn even unto death. And when Paul died, Luke took up a search of the records, and ultimately wrote his Book of Luke, and likewise the Acts. And it is Luke alone who gives us the story of Christmas, the story of the Bethlehem Babe in the manger. No other Biblical writer tells that story. Luke likewise tells us many of the other beautiful stories of the New Testament. In Luke alone you, will read about the Thief on the Cross. the Prodigal Son, The Good Samaritan, and many others. In Luke, if you read with open eyes and mindi you can trace the story of the keenest, livest, strongest, most attractive young Man that ever lived-J.r"; ol Nazareth.
There will probably be a greater evidence of religious interest among our people this Christmas than there has been for many years past. The war has done that. Just as
we have learned that "there are no atheists in fox holes or in war planes," so we are in some fashion getting closer to the Almighty in our talking and in our thinking. With ten million of our young men baring their valiant bosoms to the trials of war, it is inevitable that there shall be a rededication to spiritual things. You can read it in all the battle dispatches. Man, facing the great beyond, turns instinctively to a higher Power for consolation, in fox holes and elsewhere. Men who never thought about Him before, turn to God, never doubting His existence. Logic has nothing to do with it. It is a natural upturning of the human heart and mind. From the hearts of millions of mothers this Christmas there will rise to the throne on high that prayerful plea: "Spare my boy."
The strongest evidence ; ;" I*ir,rr,"" of God is the terrfic necessity for His existence. What good is the mighty universe without Him? To whom can prayerful women turn, i.f He is not listening? Why should inanimate matter decide to resolve itself into billions of blazing suns and countless symmetrical planets and go rolling through space forever in perfect coordination, without a Mind to guide and direct them? Ridiculous! The fact that we shall celebrate Christmas testifies to the continued efficacy and necessity of religion, for Christmas in its true sense, is entirely a religious event. Christmas this year finds the old world enduring the greatest agony of its long existence. Never was there a time when the help of that Jewish Carpenter of Nazareth was so sorely needed.
How unfortunate it is that the cruel oppressors and tyrants who brought this bloodrbath upon the world cannot meet face to face, as did Saul of Tarsus, with that matchless Carpenter, and be prevailed upon to say, as Saul did: ,,What wilt thou. have me do?"
Major Roy D. Craft, son of Dale Craft, shingle manufacturer, Grays Harbor, Wash., has been awarded ths Legion of Merit by the United States Army. The award rvas given for his work in organizing the Kodiak Bear, Army newspaper, and for his efforts in behalf of the amphibian training force, of rvhich he was special officer. He is a former Washington and San Francisco newspaperman.
We wish you the JOY of Christmas
The spirit's sweet repose;
We wish you the PEACE of Christmas--
To mark the Old Year's close;
We wish you the HOPE of Christmas
To cheer you on your waf )
And ^ heart of FAITH and GLADNESS
.To face each coming duy.
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houses, hardrvare stores, hatcheries, feed stores, irnplcment dealers an<1 industrial prefabri'cators. The prices charged by thesc competitive outlets usually must inclutlc two profits-the pre{abricator's ancl tl-re rctail mcrchar-rt's -whi1e the dealer's price inclrrclcs only his ou'n profit.
"The active support of both cotlnty farm agcrtts atrtl agricultural engineers has bcen securerl lrv n'rost clcalers. Agricultural building experts favor the prefalrrication by dealcrs of small farm buildings bccattse it eliminates the errors and 'rule of thumb' construction methods rvhich frequently reduce the efficiency of {arm structures. Improper provision for ventilation, inadequate insulation and the improper use of materials are cited by agricultural engineers as three of tl.re main faults in farm building construction.
"Brrilding farm structures in their orvn yards has also given dealers an opportunitiv to rlemonstrate the advantages of neu' t1'pes of materials and to malie bctter rrse of tl.rose materials most readily ar.ailablc. For exlrmple, one of oru' new products, Celo-Siding, rvhich combines thc functions of extcrior finish, siding, sheathing and insulation, has been usecl cxtensilclv. When thc farrrrer sccs a nc\\' llllterial such as this in a finishecl stnrcture, he appreciate.; its aclr'antages morcr cqrricklv tharr l'herr he can only sea a sanrple of the proclrrct itself.
"The brrlk of farnr brriiding prefabricatiolr todav is beinq done bv dealers in the middle rl'cst ancl f:rr u'est. This
is probably because a considerable percentage of dealers in these turo areas entered the business during the depression years of the last decade and therefore gained much valuable experience. How'ever, there is no reason rl'hy dealers in the east au<l soutl.r shoulcl not Iincl pr-eiabricatinSl an erlr-rallv prolitable ventrlrc if they are located ir-r farr-ning communities rvhere there is a consiclcrablc demand foc small service buildings."
Designers rvho are using the timber connector method of construction rvili find extremely valuable the nerv Design Manual {or Teco Timber Connector Construction just issued by the Timber Engineering Company, of Washington. D.C., the manufacturers of Teco connectors and grooving tools.
The 40-pagc book offers con-rplete design information covering t1.re rlss of Teco connectors, iucluding data on load values, spacings, etc. The material is presented in chart form for reaclr-use of architects and engineers and includes sr.rch additional inforrnation as reconrmctrdcd cambers for st:ur(lard trusses, approximatc rveights of various timber conncctorecl roo{ trusses and a table ol clitnetrsiot.rlrl prope rties of -'\lierican starrdard-sized lttmber.
The rlat:r- prescnted is clrarvn in accorclance u'ith the recent WPB National litnergency Spcci{rcatiorrs for the Design, Fabrication, and Iirection oI Stre ss (iracie Lttnrlter anrl Its Faster-rings u'hich becarne manrlator-v ou Nor-ettrber first.
EN AND woMEN engcged in the mcnulqcture oI wood products cre perlorming one of the most vitcl qnd necesscrry tcsks in wcrr production. As the wcrr increcses in tempo qnd lorce on the Europecn crnd Pccific bcrttle lronts the demcnd lor wood grows more urgent. We sqlute the lumber, plywood and wbod products industries crnd their loycl workers.
More than 1,000 pdrsons, including Governor Arthur'B" Langlie of. Washington, participated in a program dedicating 6,532 acres owned by Aston Brothers and the Biles' Coleman Lumber Company as the "Omak Tree Farms," on November 10, at Omak, Wash,
This is a private ownership area which is associatecl with forest lands of the Colville Indian Reservation, and certain national and state forests in the Omak-Okanogan cooperative management unit of 690,000 acres.
The Tree Farm certificate was awarded to Aston Brothers and Biles-Coleman by the Western Pine Association, with Governor Langlie making the presentation during a program in the Omak \igh school auditorium. Governor Langlie also was the principal speaker, his subject being, "What Tree Farming Means to 'Washington."
Other speakers included T. S: Goodyear, State Supervisor of Forestry; J. S. Barron, chairman of the association's Forest Practice Rulgs Conmittee; R. P. Hampton, mayor of Omak; W. H. Price, president of the Omak Chamber of Commerce; and R. L. McNett, president of the Biles-Coleman Lumber Con-rpar.ry.
The program was broadcast by radio stations at Wenatchee and Seattle, and was rebroadcast also from Spokane.
The policy of the company and the Aston Brothers was stated as follows:
"\Me have decided to'rnranage these lands for continued forest crop production. To achieve this objective, rve intend to furnish adequate forest protection and to manage
this area so as to maintain a m?xirnum of heaithy growing
stock thereon. We expect to thin the stdnds to promote maximum growth; to restrict use of the lands which would endanger the timber crop production,'and to develop utilization practices which will assure full use of products thereon. The sarne restrictions and policies on grazing will be followed on this area as are practiced on federal forest areas in this vicinity."
A report on the condition of this land, as made by Stuart Moir, forester of the Western Pine Association, took note of the fact that it included no hand-planted area, and commentbd tersely but significantly: "Natural reproduction more than needed."
Suppliers who are required to keep inventory records under Limitation Order L-63 no longer need file Form WPB-825 (formerly PD-336), the War Production Board has announced.
Amendment of L-63 also provides that suppliers must keep records of total net monthly sales from stock and total inventory of supplies at the end of each month, but need not keep a separate record of each type of supplies.
Another change made by today's revision clarified the meaning of the fourth exemption from the order by sgbstituting the phrase "replacement parts specially designed to fit only one model and brand of machinery or equipment and adaptable to no other use" for the phrase "functional replacement parts for machinery and equipment."
These veteran employees of the S;e-N Fffiffiffiffi fu"&$$tu4ffiffi"ffi
join this pioneer organization in its sincere Holiday hope that all of its old friends may enjoy peace, prosperity, and a
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First published in the d.epths of the depression in L93L, it is tepeated' at the reqaest of a uery d.ear friend.
"Their cause I plead-plead it in heafi and mind: A fellow-feeling makes one wondrous kind."
Thus spoke David Garrick in his famous epilogue on leaving the stage forever.
Sflhat a delightful thought for this Christmas season comes to us in that last line.
Isn't that a text from which a million useful sermons might be written ?
Perhaps this year you CAN'T do the things you are accustomed to doing at Christmas time; suPPose economy DOES dictate restrictions on your spending and your distribution of expensive gifts; maybe your habits of lavishness at this season have got to be curtailed.
But there's one thing neither panic nor depression nor financial restriction can take away from you, and that is the opportunity, the privilege of being "\Tondrous kind."
If this depression doesn't do any other good thing, if it will restore the original idea of celebrating the Christmas season, it will have accomplished a great and good thing for the sake of mankind.
For we have turned what was originally a day of. peaceful happiness into a Pagan holiday; we have substituted gorging, sousing, and an orgy of foolish spending, for simple, kindly, and inexpensive joy.
' It apparently requires misfortune to force us back toward sanity.
\7hen I meet a man the smile on whose face advertises the peace, and happiness in his heart and the kindliness he feels for other people, I feel that I am standing in the presence of a priest in God's greatest Church-the Church of the Brotherhood of Man.
In all times and under all conditions kindliness is the world's greatest need. If kindliness were universal we would have no wars, no depressions, few jails, and no gallows. For kindliness begets mercy, charity, and nobility of character.
Let's have a KINDLY Christmas.
Let's practice the following things in preparation for the holidays: exercise our grin; lubricate our smile; mellow our laugh; soften our expression; mobilize our friendliest words; make our handshake more genuine; \WARM OUR HEARTS.
Let's celebrate by being "\WONDROUS KIND."
By W. E. Grif{ee Assistant Secretary-M andger | \flestern
Retail lumber dealers in California, like the manufacturers, now have little difficulty in finding ready customers for all the lurnber they can furnish. Some dealers enjoy a good volume of highly rated business on which they have effective priority assistance in securing needed supplies of lumber. The average dealer, however, serves a class of trade which is not highly rated by the WPB, and he now finds it impossible to keep a well balanced stock.
The pine sawmills of California last year produced about seventy thousand carloads o{ lumber or roughly thirty per cent of the production in the entire Western Pine region. This year the mills have had to contend with an average labor shortage of ten per cent or more, the situatior.r irr logging camps generally being much more acute tharr it is in mill, yard and shipping departments. The War Manpower Commission has propose'd several schemes to belp return needed labor to woods and mills, but net results have been negligible. Meat rationing, shortages of equipment and supplies and various brands of unnecessal'y government red tape also have tended to hold down production this past season. Nevertheless the mills are expected to come within less than ten per cent of last year's total production. Even this reduced output will be well above that in any prewar year.
Many in the industry formerly thought that substantia.l completion of the tremendous troop housing and war industry construction programs, which took .so much Iunrber in the fall of l94l and all through 1942, would release large amounts of lumber for ordinary civilian uses. Few anticipated that at this stage in the war, steel and aluminum would be more readily available than Idaho White Pine, Ponderosa Pine and Sugar Pine lumber, yet such actually is the case. Some lumber manufacturers now are securing power falling saws and lumber carriers on AA-3 ratings, yet cannot ship boards to old customers on a. rating lower than AA-1. For most lumber items an AA-3 rating is little better than no rating at all.
The WPB estimates that civilian lumber consuurption this year was not over half that of last year. So far as constru'ction uses ari concerned, the percentage must l>e even smaller. Purchase of boards and dimension of the Western Pines and White Fir for'construction uses is 1>ermitted only upon special release from the WPB in Washington. Still more drastic limitations upon the use of tlrese rvoods are said to be under consideration.
Much publicity has been given to the fact that this war requires tremendous amounts of munitions, equipment and supplies. The ability of American industry to produce efficiently is frequent cited as one of the main reasons why the Axis powers cannot .rvin. Yet few people realize that the bulk of these war materials not only require large amounts of lumber for their successful produ'ction, but must also be stoutly boxed or crated for shipment.
Boxing and crating uses this year will require about 14
billion feet as compared lvith only five billion feet used in 1941. Consumption during 1944 is expected to be even higher if fighting continues full blast through the year. For most of these boxes and crates the Western Pines are greatlv preferred, so are used to the extent available before other species are called upon. Since total boxing and crating requirements for the country are more than twice the total production of lumber in the Western Pine region, it is easy to see why those directing war production are releasing these soft pines for other uses only where absolutely necessary.
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"Friendship is a sheltering treer" The poet said-his words expre$l Our feelings as the old year ends. For, as we list what we possess, We find a forest, full of friends, To whom we wish-as in the pastFor friendship-that we know will last.
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still are being packed in Ponderosa Pine and Sugar Pine containers with but few restri,ctions. Box factory consumption of lumber is no longer limited to box grade, as in former years, but now includes huge footages of shop and board grades as well. OPA has recognized the necessity for this by permitting corresponding adjustments in shook prices when these higher grades are used. Without large shook production from the higher grades ,it would be quite impossible to move California's crops. Even with the expanded range of grades to draw from, it often has been very difficult to find the 600 million feet of lumber required annually for California fruit and vegetable shook.
The War Food Administration's subsistence program covering military, lend-lease'and civilian needs is expected to require 15 to 20 per cent more shipping containers next year than it has in 1943. Boxes for meat products alone will total more than 27 million. The WFA's needs will not taper off as rapidly upon the cessation of fighting as will requirements for packing munitions. There will still be armies of occupation and freed civilian populations requiring all the food we can spare.
For the last ten years before the war the Western Pine region steadily increased its percentage of the nation's softwood sales. The inherent qualities of these soft pines,
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together with the high standards to which they were manufactured, seasoned and graded, gave them first call for many exacting industrial uses. At the same time they found increasing favor for constru'ction work, where Douglas Fir and Southern Pine also were used more or less interchangeably.
When the war started, and while war industries were tooling up for maximum production, large quantities of Idaho White Pine, Ponderosa Pine and Sugar Pine were used for cantonment construction. As soon as construction began to taper off the demand for boxes and .crates increased to astronomical proportions, and the mills had even less chance than before to serve their regular customers. No other woods are more closely channeled to only the most essential uses.
While there is no immediate prospect of resuming volume shipments to dealers, it seems certain that a cbnsiderable footage should be available as soon as Germany is beaten. The mu'ch greater distance to Pbcific points would alone seem certain to force a short curtailment of shipments of munitions overseas, no matter how vigorously the war against Japan is prosecuted. Partial demobilization of the Army should also help the labor shortage which is retarding lumber production. When that time comes, the Western Pine industry will be all set to go, with no tedious conversion period to be spanned before shipments to old customers can be resumed.
After two jtears ol war we now know that victoryt f or us is certain.
We therelore look fomuard confid,ently to the time uthen we shall resurne normal business relations ,utith our cu,stomers.
Il e are gratelul lor your patience and. anderstanding throughout this rnost difficub period, and ask you to accept
To facilitate production of the light construction type of lumber now in heavy demand as a result of changing requirements of the war program, the Office of Price Administration increased maximum prices for Douglas fir dimension lumber and boards and reduced ceilings for heavy timbers, plank, and small timbers, December 1.
"These price changes could bring a slight decrease in mill realization if present production ratios of the items involved ar€ maintained," OPA said, "But it is expected thit increased production of the types of lumber for which increases are authorized, particularly dimension, will tend to preserve the prevailing level of over-all mill realization."
The price changis, which became effective December 6, are as follows:
Maximum prices of Douglas fir dimension lumber, surfaced, are increased $1.50 per 1,000 board feet.
Maximum prices of Douglas fir boards in grades No. 2 and lower are increased 5O cents per 1,000 board feet.
Maximum prices of heavy timbers in grades under "Select Structural" are reduced $1.50 per 1,000 board feet.
Maximum prices of plank and small timbers, in grades under "Select Structural" are reduced $2 per 1.000 board feet.
"There have been changes in the requirements of the war economy," OPA said, commenting on the price adjustment. "\Mhereas Government procurement programs formerly called for great quantities of heavy timbers,' plank and small timbers to be used in construction of cantonments and off-shore facilities, the emphasis has now swung over to a tremendous demand for boards and dimension lumber. Great quantities of boards and dimension lumber now are wanted for boxing and crating war goods, and for construction and repairs necessary to the upkeep of farms and essential manufacturing industries."
To enable producing mills and distribution yards, including retail yards, to switch emphasis to gutput and distribution of the lighter types of lumber, the price changes announced today were drawn. The changes, before decided upon, were discussed with both the War Production Board and OPA's Douglas Fir Industry Advisory Committee.
In another Douglas fir pricing charrge OPA announced that the premium of $3.50 per 1,000 board feet formerly allowed mills producing boards in compliance with WPB Cirucular No. 31 is no longer applicable to boards of lr/a
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(Continued from Page 22) and. ll inch thicknesses. "Footnote 14" is deleted in its entirety. The former premium on one-inch boards is worked into the board price table itself.
Two other pricing changes in connection with Douglas fir also were announced. They are as follows:
1. Beginning December 6, all Oregon Douglas fir mills with freight rates to California destinations lower tharr the rate from Portland, Ore., may use the Portland rate in computing delivered prices to California destinations. California mills were authorized to base freight on Portland in May, 1943.
2. Also beginning December 26, Douglas fir mills mav convert Government bills of lading into commercial bills of lading in a manner that will secure for the shipper the same freight rate advantage as though shipment had moved originally on a commercial bill of lading.
OPA pointed out that Douglas fir delivered prices are computed on the basis of estimated weights per 1,000 board feet of lurnber which sometimes are greater than the actual weight of a shipment. The seller thus makes a small profit on the transportation allowance figured in the delivered price.
The new method of computation permits a mill to ob' tain the same return in making sales f.o.b. mill in cases where the Governrnent desires to take advantage of the
lower land grant freight rates, as the seller would enjoy by taking unferweights in an ordinary commercial transaction on a "delivered" basis
(Foregoing price changes are made in Amendment No. 4 to Revised Maximum Price Regulation No. 26, Douglas Fir and Other West Coast Lumber), and became effective December 6, 1943)
Issuance of amended General Preference Order M-93 to place the allocation of wood pulp ott a quarterly basis beginning January l, 1944, was announced by David Graham, administrator of the order and chief of the Office of Pulp Allocation, War Production Board.
Heretofore,WPB has allocated wood pulp on a monthly basis. The changeover to quarterly allocation coincides with a revision'of the reports received from the paper industry to include an analysis of the business done by each manufacturer in certain broad classifications of end uses and end users. This analysis is expected to provide the basis of a program determination for pulp and paper for the first quarter of 1944.
Lieut. (j.S.) Ed La Franchi, IJ.S.N., recently visited his family in Oakland on a 10-day leave. He has been stationed for some time at Gulfport, Miss. Before the war he was associated for some years with Hill & Morton, Inc., Oakland.
At this time oI the yecr it is customcry io make crn itemized inventory ol the tcngible items crnd mcterials in the ycrd or on the shelves. Why then isn't it clso time to tcke stock ol the luture, by keeping qn crctucrl record ol the delerred needs oI prospects and customers in your community? Withoul qn cccumulcting btrckJog ol potenticl luture business, it would be ctnost impossible to foreccst luture expectcrncy, ptrrtibulcrly in these cbnormcrl times. By crnticipcting luture scrles, lodcry, tomorrow crnd ecrch dcry to come until lincrl Victory is won, you will be better cble to restock lhose items in urgent demcnd when mcleriqls <rre cgcin cvcilable in unlimited qnd unrestricted gucrntities,
With the pcrssing of 1943, mcrrking qnother mile post oq the roqd to 194V, mcy we express our hecrtiest wish lor c Very Merry Christmcs crnd c Happy cnd Victorious New yecr.
A uniform ceiling price on the sale of hardwood bolts.produced in Arkansas, Illinois, Mississippi, and Tennessee for use in the manufacture of slack barrel staves was announced December 2 by the Office of Price Administration.
The new price is $10.50 per cord of. I8 cubic feet, f. o. b. railroad cars or delivered to the mill by truck. If delivery is made at any other point, appropriate deductions must be made.
OPA said $10.50 per cord is approximately $1'40 more than was permitted when, in April ol 1943, the ceilings were frozen at the September-October, 1942, levels. However, since the latter period, there have been increases in labor costs and increased costs of other materials used in producing stave bolts. Had the September-October, 1942, level been continued, many producers would have ,been required to produce bolts at a loss or to discontinue operations.
Hardwood bolts are converted intb barrel staves by means of slicing with a heavy knife.
The bolts are ordinarily produced by farrners, althouglr most miils are now logging their own timber. Without a uniform ceiling, the manufacturer or buyer who had the highest price in September-October, 1942,would receive the greatest supply of bolts. Today's action brings the prices of all buying plants into line.
(Action was taken by Amendment No. 21 to Maximum Price Regulation 348-Logs and Bolts-effective Decem' ber 8, 1943,)
If a manufacturer of stock millwork using a .r.t lirt pri." in sales adds the three per cent increase authorized in ceiling prices effective October 26 he must round off his ceiling to the nearest one cent, the Office of Price Administration announced today.
When the three per cent increase was granted, OPA told manufacturers they could round off the new ceiling price to the nearest five cents.
"Since October it has been discovered that many millwork specialty items, such as frames, windows, sash and allied items, are priced at odd cents per part which, if evened off to the nearest five cents for each part and added together, in some cases *ould amount to an increase in price on the whole item of more than intended," OPA said. "In other cases, the new price of the whole item would be decreased rather than increased."
(Foregoing pricing change made in Amendment Nb. j to Revised Maximum Price Regulation No. 293-Stoch Millwork, and became effective December 4, 1943.)
I remember, I remember, the Pine trees tall and high, I used to think their slender tops were close against the sky;
It was but childish innocence, but now tis little joy, To think I'm farther off from Heaven than when I was a boy.
ANCIHER SCHUMITE PRODUCI hos 6uun developed fo, fost, efficient wdr construction- -Schumite Fireproof Roo[ Plonk. Hundreds of thousonds of feet of it dre now being instolled on wdr projects throughout the \7est. This is onother Schrmdcner contribution to the war effort another product which will bu ready fo, peace-time.
1943 has certainly been a "sweet 'n' Sour" year for Redwood manufacturers. Sour because-. it has been impossible to do a normal business with our friends. Sour because it upset almost every established procedure of our business to such an extent that we will practically have to start over anew when the Pressure is relaxed in order
ered production, but as late as May of this year it still looked like there would be enough lumber to supply war needs, keep the restricted war housing' prograrn going, and supply dealers with enough lumber to meet the real needs of farmers.
Admittedly no margin of safety for either catastrophe or unexpected increase in demand, but apparently just enough. The Truman Committee record was no more than made when first the Navy and then the Army found offshore demand (and shipping space) much greater than anticipated.
Then the lumber industry on the Pacific Coast did the impossible again. In spite of all the handicaps it met every demand. The Redwood industry, small in volume though it is in comparison to other species, can take pride in its contribution to this record.
We think it would be impossible to match this year's production volume again next year, but we do have the same high hopes as all of you that the war needs will not ,be so urgent next year. This is definitely only a hope. At the moment, the government estimate'of its requiremen.ts for Redwood tank and pipe, and also for boards and dimension, is more than double their estimate this time last year of 1943 require,ments-and we have nothing, practically speaking, to meet it with except what rve cut from day to day.
Kenneth Smitbto get back to the kind of business we have always operated. Sweet because in spite of one handicap after another that appeared unsurmountable when it arose, the Redwood industry has hung up a phenomenal record for production. In no instance that we know of has a war job been held up for lack of the promised Redwood-and no ship has sailed without the needed lumber.
The men and women who do the work deserve a large measure of credit for this. We had short crews everylvhere, and women took men's places in more than 500 jobs-but they turned out more lumber per man hour, with the result that the total production of the Redwood Area this year will top 1942-a phenomenal record, considering the fact that the lumber production over the country as a whole is down 10 per cent.
We wish we had some basis for forming a judgment as to what 1944 is likely to bring, but it is so wholly dependent upon the unknown factor of what the war requirements are going to be that we can only fall back on the sage advice of Mr. Lowell:
"Don't never prophesy-onless ye know."
At that time last year government demand for lumber was easing off and except for'boxes and crating, all signs pointed to less government requirements in 1943 than in 1942. The manpower situation pointed as definitely to low-
When the Japs struck at Pearl Harbor we had a normal situation, with an order file which was 15 per cent of. stock on hand; January 1 of this year our order file was 56 per cent of stock on hand; today it is more than 200 per cent of stock on hand, a condition that has never existed before.
These figures are eloquen,tly indicative of the extent to which the situation has been taken completely out of our hands, when it is remembered that our production, both in 1942 and 1943, exceeded that of 1941.
The Redwood industry can well be proud of its contribution to our war needs. I't can be equally proud of the extent to which it has been able to take care o\ the most urgent needs of its regular dealers, impossible as it has been to give anything resembling normal service.
Earle A. Sanborn, Barr Lumber Company, Whittier, has been appointed manager of the Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Company's office at Reedsport, Ore., succeeding Charles T. Gartin who resigned on December 15.
Earle is well known in Southern California lumber circles, and prior to joining the Barr organization, was connected with the wholesale lumber department of the E. K. Wood Lumber Company at Los Angeles for a long period.
Southern California lending institutions filed applications with the Federal Housing Administration, during Octobei for mortgage.insurance totaling over $11,000,00O to finance construction of proposed, new, family dwelling units for war workers, and to finance the purchase of, or refund mortgages of existing homes. These activities involve 1,683 residential units, district director John E. McGovern of the Southern California Federal Housing Administration announced.
Approximately $t00O,000 of this volume represents applications for insurance or mortgages under the Title VI program'for new war housing construction. The balance of approximately $2,00O,000 is represented by applications for insurance on mortgages to finance the purchase of existing homes under Title II and Title VI programs.
This volume of applications for insurance on mortgages represents the largest volume for any single month since August, 1942
During the month of October nearly one thousand new family units, financed with FHA-insured mortgage loans have been placed under construction by private builders rn Southern California localities.
In addition to these new construction and refinancing activities, under the FHA-insured loan program, a substantial volume of maintenance and repair loans have been insured under FHA Title f, Ifome Repair Plan, wherein loans up to $2,500 are eligible with terms for repayment up to thre,: years, concluded Mr. McGovern.
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aThe H-E Man is more than a trade mark character; he is a symbol with two-fold meaning. First of all, he means the people who make up our organization the H-E workers, producing Redwood for vital war uses. He is also the symbol of lumber at its very best, an expression of quality. Our people speak to you through this symbol. They have served well in the past, and will do so in the postwar future.
Ginsburg was just naturally not cut out for soldiering. Or that's the way it looked to his superior officers all through his training days. ft wasn't that he was in the least unwilling, or uncooperative. It was the opposite. Ginsburg tried. He tried hard. But he just didn't seem to sawy the mechanigs ef seldiering.
He drilled ladly, forgot frequently. He was as clumsy with a rifle as a growri man cotrld be. His marksmanship was terrible. But Ginsburg kept right on trying, and the result is that he stuck to his outfit when it was sent abroad, and into action.
Then a sudden transformation took place. Ginsburg became a bearcat, a fighting fool, a gunman extraordinary.
His fame spread. The whole regiment heard of what a fighter Ginsburg was.
And so one day an officer who had worked and worried with Ginsburg during his early training days and had given him up for hopeless, came to see Ginsburg's captain to find out what had worked these wonders in this rookie.
"I used psychology, that's all," said the Captain of Ginsburg's comp:rny. "The first time we went into action Ginsburg carried a rifle like the rest of his company, and was as clumsy and hopeless as dsual. So the next day before we started forward, I took Ginsburg into a corner, and I handed him a machine gun, and I said to him:
"'Here Ginsburg. NOW YOU'RE IN BUSINESS FOR YOURSELF.''
Noble K. Lay, sales manager, Manufacturers Co., Los Angeles, is back from a business trip to and Portland.
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The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club committee had a luncheon meeting at'the University Club, Los Angeles, on Novem,ber 30, to complete plans for the golf tournament anC Christmas party to be held at the Riviera Country Club, Santa Monica, on December 17.
The golfers rvill tee-off at 10:09 p.m. and thele will be many prizes including the George E,. Ream, Roy Stanton and California Lumber Merchant Cups.
Dinner will be served in the Club House in the evening, and those who do not play golf are invited to attend the dinner. All are invited to bring a Christmas gift which will be placed around the Christmas tree. The gifts will be presented to orphan children.
The committee includes Chairman Roy Stanton, Dee Essley, Bob Osgood, Harvey Koll, Ed Bauer, Gene DeArmond, W. B. Wickersham, Hervey Bolvles, Andy Donovan, Orrin Wright and lid Martin.
I-os Angeles, Nov. 30-In a decision affecting OPA procedure, Federal Judge Peirson M. Hall today dismissed two suits for treble damages over alleged ceiling violations'
He ruled that Office of Price Administration agents must obtain their evidence through subpena as it "has no right in either civil or criminal cases to go into a man's place of business or home and take records or eviden-ce from there without proper legal procedure."
The court also held that the OPA administrator has rt,r authority to bring treble damage suits in price ceiling cases except against bootleggers and black market operators.
One of the suits had been brought against Glick Brothers, lumber dealers, Los Angeles. The OPA admitted in court going into the Glick concern's offrce rn'ithout subpena, but claimed the company had agreed to permit examination of its records.
OPA's chief litigation attorney, H. Eugene Breitenbach, annou'nced that he intended to appeal the Glick case.
Employees of the Hohnes Eureka Lumber Company at Eureka recently conferred the third degree of Masonry on Al Quarnheim for Humboldt Lodge No. 79, F & A. M. The following, all employees o{'the company's mill and woods operations, officiated in the degree work:
Eldon Crosby, Adam Macpherson, W. J. Boyd, J. T. Friend, C. H. Rose, George Gregerson, Jim Hughes, W' H. Braghetta, Arthur Green, J. Wigton and U. E. Ken' nedy, assisted by George Allen, J. E. Kane, O. J. Soder' man and A. Davidson.
Paul McCusker, Northern California representative of Parelius Lumber Corrlpany, Portland, has moved his office to 310 Kearney Street, San Francisco, Zone 8. His telephone number is EXbrook 5075.
(Editor's Note: An officer in one of our army depots sent the following verse to a friend who sent it on to the editor of "The Houghtor-r Line," who printed it. So do we. The author is unknown. But read it. It's hot.)
As head of the division of provision for revisiott, Was a man of prompt decision, Merton Quirk. Ph. D. in calisthenics, PDQ in pathogenics, He had just the proper background for the work.
From the pastoral aroma of Aloma, Oklahorna, With a pittance of a salary in hand, His acceptance had been whetted, even aided and abetted, By emolument that netted some five gra-nd.
So with energy ecstatic this fanatic left his attic, And hastened on to \Arashington, D. C. Where with verve and vim and vigor he went huntiug for the nigger, In the woodpile of the WPB.
After months of patient process Merton's spicular proboscis, Had unearthed a reprehensible hiatus, In reply by Blaire and Blaire to the thirteentl'r cluestionuaire, In connection with their inventory status.
They had written, "Your directive when eflective was - defective, In its ultimate objective, and what's 1nore, Neolithic hieroglyphic is to us much more specific Than the drivel you keep dumping at our door."
This sacrilege discovered, Merton fainted, but recovere<l Sufficiently to write "We are convinced That sabotage is camouflaged behind perverted persiflage; Expect me on the 22nd inst."
But first he sent a checker, and then a checker's checker, Still nothing was disclosed as being wrong; So a checker's checker came to check the checker's checker,
And the process was laborious and long.
Then followed a procession of the follow-up profession, Through the records of the firm of Blaire and Blaire; From breakfast until supper some new super-follow-uppcr Tore his hair because of Merton's questionnaire.
The file is closed, completed, though our hero, undefeated, Carries on in some department as before; But victory is in sight, not because of, but in spite Of Merton's mighty efforts in the war.
Manufacturers Lumber Company, sales agents for Cornmercial Lumber Company, fnc., recently installed a planing mill at their St. Andrews yard, 610O South St. Andrervs Place, Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, Dec.3-Surveys made by the FHA throughout the nation indicate large expenditures for repair and modernization by home owners during the first tweh',: months after wartime restrictions are lifted, according to John E. McGovern, director, Southern California district FHA.
"New construction will require a reasonable time to be restored, even under the most favorable conditions," said Mr. McGovern. "The acquisition of land, manufacture of raw materials, price adjustments and general personal adjustments will be necessary and require time. A vast overnight construction revival may not be expected, but rather a revival of construction at a gradually increasing volume over a period of years.
"FIfA's surveys disclose the character of land, subdivisions, and lots available. The estimated needs for newly constructed units extend over a period of years, until a resumption of normal building activity is reached.
"House design is not expected to be revolutionized. Custom and tradition do not easily break down. The familiar cottage, the picket fence, the fireplace, are not easily replaced with some new, strange type of house.
"Price rang'e, initially, can be expected in the middle and upper-middle brackets, since that type represents the first casualty of the war. The bulk of demand in later years will be in middle and lou'er brackets."
"Shares of Happiness" in the Christmas Fellowship Fund of the East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club are selling freely as in former years. They are $1.50 each and no limit is placed on the number any firm or individual may subscribe for.
The Fund is administered by a disbursement committee, and many a story could be told of the kind deeds performed by this committee from year to year.
Checks should be sent to J. B. Wood, E. K. Wood Lurnber Co., 2111 Frederick Street, Oakland 6, Calif.
Davis Hardwood Company operates the only hardlvood plywood plant in Northern California at their hard'rvood yard, Bay and N{ason Streets, San Francisco.
The greater part of the output of Birch and Oak plywood is used in the manufacture of Douglas planes.
James Davis is manager of Davis Hardwood
Dick Mussallem, salesman for Smith Lumber Co., Sarr Francisco, has been passing out the cigars in celebration of tlre birth of a baby boy, October 15. This makes two boys and two girls in Dick's family.
P. B. (Phil) Gilbert, sales Co., North Bend, Ore., was his way back from a business Mexican points.
manager, Coos Bay Logging in San Francisco recently on trip to Mexico City and other
Washington, D. C., Dec. 2.-southern yellow pine an'l certain hardrn'oods were placed under strict allocation control today by the War Production Board. Action is taken by Conservation Order M-361 covering Southern yellorv pine, and M-364, covering the following hardwoods : Oak, ash, hickory, 1'ellow birch, hard maple, rock elm, and beech. Shingles, lath and railroad cross ties of all the species affected are exempted from the provisions of the Orders. M-361 and M-364 are designed to conserve supplies of these woods {or direct and indirect war uses to prevent their use for nonessential purposes.
Provisions of both orders are substantially the same. Prrlducers are permitted to sell only (1) to the Central Procuring Agency of the U. S. Corps of Engineers and colrtractors and others designated by it; (2) to other Feder:rl Agencies, Lend Lease, and their contractors and suppliers, and (3) upon specific authorization by WPB.
A producer, as defined in the order. means a sawmill which processes 25 per cent or more of the lumber it receives. Mills producing less than 10,000 board feet per average S-hour day during the second half of 1943, or currently producing less than this amount per day are exempted. Retail sales by yards and by mills in areas not served by retail yards are permittecl u'ithout restriction so also are sales from one producer to another.
In addition to these controls, the orders frovide .that WPB may allocate specific quantities or percetrtages of the restricted lumber to specified persons or for specified rlses, control deliveries without regard to preference ratings. clirect or prohibit production, and take Qther allocation ac' tion necessary to fill lvar and essential civilian requirements.
Total production of Southern yellow pine and the specified hardwoods is affected by the orders.
M-361 and M-364 are effective January 1,1944, but lumber in transit on that date may be delivered to its ultimate destination.
Wm. Chatham, Jr., iq charge of arrangements for the big Christmas Party of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39, announces that a big attendance is expected at this afrair, which will be'held in the Leamington Bowl, Hotel l-eamington, Oakland, on Friday evening, December 17.
Dinner will be served at 6:39.
Charles Devlin, advertising manager of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Tacoma, is chairman of the public relations committee of the Tacoma War Chest carnpaign.
He is a-ssisted by Winston McCallum of the publicity department of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association, and Lloyd Thorpe of the public relations department of Weyerhaeuser Timber Co,, Tacoma.
"May God speed the day when the horr.res and fircsides of free and liberated peoples everywherc Inav bc forever relieved from the terror of desecration by hirelings of brutal aggressors, temporarily se lf -inflate d by visions of world domination."
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From a small acorn a lllighty lumber yarcl ancl service station grew. A completc planing mil1 r,vas installed; a big battery of six dry kilns; a veneer mill ; a green bending oak unit; facilities of every modern sort for preparing their varied lumber stocks for market.
They got into the business of furnishing lumber for ships and aircraft long ago. In 1925 tvhen a fleet of Douglas planes startled the civilized rvorld by flying in a group all the way round the world, the lurnber that t'ent into those planes was furnishecl by the Western Hardrvood l-umber Company. They furnished mahogany and walnut for the propellers; oak and mahogany for the pontoons; spruce for the wings and fuselage. They have been continuously in the aircraft lumber business in a steadily increasing way ever since. Also they have been continuouslv furnishing more and more lumlter and tim,bers for ship and boat ltuilclitg. When the second World War started it found the Western Hardwood Lumber Company doing a tremendous business with the users and consumers of harclrvood and specialty soft'rvood lrrmber throughout Southern California, serving the furniture trade, the varied irrdustrial trade, the retail lumber dealer trade, and every other line of business that used hardwoods and specialty softrvoods. The yard and plant had grown to tremendous proportions. Lt
the rnanv sheds ancl giant yard were to be founcl thd congregated specialty $'oods still obtainable throughout the \\'orld.
The nerv rvar found D. J. Cahill still acting as general overseer of t1-re affairs of the company, and Frank J. Connolly, Vice President and (leneral Manager, capably handling the burdens of the cletailecl management of so largc and varied a business, as he has been doing for many years. They put their heads together, those trvo, :rnd deCided to go to war. As has already been stated, thev foresaw not only the unlimited possibilities but like.rvise the obligations rvhich this greatest of all wars was bringing like an avalanche upon the lumler inclustrv, and they rlccidecl to wait not a minute, but to preparc thentsclves for active participation in the industrial battle that rv:rs conriug.
How rvell thev dicl so is attested by the fact that todav their business is 100 per cent war, and 93 per cent of everything they sell moves on AAI ratings. They began eariy in 1940 to build a stock pile of lunrber and hardu'ood timbers based on war requirements. Today they have corrsiclerably more lumber in stock than they have ever ha<l at any previous time in their history. On their foresight and accomplishment in securing this great accun-rnlation o[
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war-needed lumber was built their ability to deliver the goods at race-horse speed, thereby earning recognition a.rrcl award for superior service and delivery.
To build this stock pile of war lumber they once agairr had to search the timber producing world. But now that world had shrunk territorially. No longer did wonder oak come from Japan, the biggest and longest hardwood timbers ever seen from the Philippines, and various other marvelotts hardwood products from the Orient. They were blockecl off. Now their experiences in World Wlr I setved them well. At that time their supply had also been cut off from the Philippines, Borneo, and Australia, compelling thenr to learn what they could about the commercial woods of the Western hemisphere. So now they, turned their eyes in that direction again. Result, by late 1940 they were receiving large shipments of hardwoods from Central ancl South America. But there comes with the introduction of new woods an unavoidable obligation; they must discover and be able to demonstrate the qualities and uses of these woods. So they went to work to analyze the physical properties of these new hardwoods, so that they could be properly classified with comparable hardwoods known to the trade. They decided that their principal war outlet would be the Army, Navy, and other government branches, and they prepared to demonstrate their new timber supply to the proper agencigs of government. Our national defense program was just beginning to gain momentum. More, and still more hardwood was needed.
About that time they decided to eliminate from their irrventories as quickly as possible all items of industrial lumber that could not be included in a war program, and to bend every effort to making their stocks on hand war stocks, with no space wasted bn other materials.
The aircraft factories of this section were already irr war production, and their ever-increasing demands for aircraft spruce and plywood made it ne.cessary for Westelrt to install a special aircraft division to handle the problems of that particular industry. And they ARE particular. This called for the training of additional spruce inspectors, the installation of new and different lighting and handling facilities for this inspection, and the installation of new
mechanical equipment. They immediately converted their battery of six dry kilns into the latest type of Moore forced draft kilns. They installed additional planing mill equipment and at the present -moment are making such additions to their planer as to double its capacity. These changes enable them to meet the most rigid requirements for aircraft lumber seasoning, and to work the close tolerances which aircraft specifications require. It is now that their twenty-five years experience with the aircraft industry and the technical experience they gained thereby, is paying direct dividends in the shape of more and better production.
Even before we got into this war, Western worked in conjunction with the Haskelite Manufacturing Company, who are the largest manufacturers of technical plywood in the world, in pioneering work in the fabrication of wood trainer planes and moulded plywood accessories for the larger metal planes. And so the Western management likes to feel that through their early missionary efforts in converting metal-minded engineers to the advantages of wood, they have helped those engineers to be better prepared when the emergency came. A year before the United States entered the war these two concerns were calling groups of engineers together, discussing gluing technique, strength properties of various woods suitable for aircraft construction, sources of supply, availa,bility of materials, and probable substitutes. In addition, they distributed to air,craft 'engineering staffs technical pamphlets of great value, as well as an engineering catalogue compiled by the research department of Haskelite.
Next to wood itself, the binding agents or adhesives are the most important factor in gluing fabricated wood parts together. Previous to the war the United States was piti fully inadequate in gluing technique, and with the exception of Tego glue film, a Phenol-Formaldehyde sheet glue used to manufacture sheet plywood, we were far behind the Germans in the development of plastic resins. Whichis why, says Glen Cahill, Vice President of 'Western, who is the active head of this division, it was March, l94l,before our glue chemists were able to obtain Army and Navy approval to manufacture liquid urea resin glues for general aircraft purposes. During this- period Western designed and fabricated hundredi of aircraft floors, bomb bay doors, and other wood assemblies for test purposes of
the aircraft industry, assuming the financial obligations itself, mostly because of lack of early appropriations for that purpose in the air.craft plants. It was largely because of these pioneering efforts that they were able later to participate so generously in the business of the wood aircraft field.
The Navy demands for additions to its fleets of small boats came upon the boat builders of Southern California like a tidal wave as the war preparations increased. Western analyzed the things it must do to help serve this rapidly grorving trade, and immediately installed air-conditioning units in a special building where green bending oak could be properly protected from the rapidly changing humidity conditions prevalent in Los Angeles. They secured the services of an expert boat builder to train the personnel of their newly formed Marine Division so that they coulcl have first-hand knowledge of the problems which the boat building trade faced in the construction of wooden fighting ' ships, on many of which the designs were new and presented difficulties that must be overcome, both in materials and workmanship.
They prepared themselves to supply as r4uch information and assistance as possible to the users of their shipbuilding materials, as, for example, on the following woods: Honduras Mahogany and Port Orford Cedar for outer and , inner planking of PT boats, aircraft crash boats, and fast utility craft of one kind and another; long lengths in vertical grain Fir for planking and decking of sub-chasers and mine-sweepers, all specially selected for the purpose; large har'dwoods from Central and South America, such as Ararcang'a, Massaranduba, Itauba, Marina, Tatjuba, piquia, Albarco, etc., as well as our native Oak, all of these for keels, horn timbers, bumper rails, stem and stern posts, ' and many other items that go into making efficient fighting vessels. Other items of special quality are: Sitka Spruce for masts and jack staffs, selected for straight grain, ancl up to forty feet long; waterproof panels for bulkheads and joiner work. All these and many other items come under the jurisdiction of Western's Marine Division. Sterling Stofle, Vice President and Sales Manager for'Western, was largely responsible for the development and successful operation of this division.
, In the spring of 1941 the U. S. Maritime Comrnission announce'd its program of building the now famous Liberty ship. This was to be a cargo ship of 10,500 tons, ancl because of the shortage of steel it was decided to build the furniture and joiner work, which is usually macle of steel, from wood. The Commission decided to ptrrchase this wooden material in fabricated form, installed in the vessel. In order to handle some of this new business a working partnership was formed betrveen Western Hardwood Lumber Company and the firm of P. J. Walker Company, the latter famous contractors and builders, Western to be procuring agent and Walker installation agent in the partnership. No more successful combination was ever formecl. The first contract given this partnership by tl-re Maritinte Comm'ission was for the joiner work, furniture, and carpenter work on 55 vessels to be constructed at the California Shipbuilding yard at Wilmington. Subsequent contracts
have been or are now being performed by similar joint venture activities, totaling 412 ships of the Liberty, Victory, and T-I Tanker type, 300 of which have already been completed. Their first ship required ninety days to outfit. But as they gained in experience and solved their nuruerous production problems they gradually reduced this installation time until they are now equipping an average of sixteen ships a month, or a little less than two days per ship.
Which goes to prove tl.rat, regardless of what skeptics may say on the subject, the days of miracles have NOI passed. The speed mentioned above is close to the miraculous.
It is interesting to know the amount of lumber that this Western-Walker partnership has used in these installations to date. The approximate figures are as follows:
Fir ....,22,200,000 feet board measure
Spruce 250,000 ,' ,' ,'
Oak, Red and White 2,100,000 ,, ,, ,'
Birch . 45,000 " ,, ,,
Ash 300,000 " ,, ',
Poplar and Gum 135.000 ,, ,' ',
Ponclerosa Pine . 1,500,000
Gum & Poplar Plywood 2,7ffi,0N
Oak Plywood ... 195,000 " ', ,'
Birch Plywood .. 120,000 ', ,, "
Fir Plywood . 930,000 ', ,, ,'
Lignum Vitae 396,000 pounds
On October 13, 1942, in recognition of an outstanding production achievement, the United States Maritime Com_ mission bestowed upon this organization the coveted Maritime "M" Pennant, and the Victory Fleet Flag. This was one of the earliest awards of that kind, and it was during this presentation ceremony that D. J. Cahill suddenly passed away. Then, on June 24, 1943, the Maritime Com_ mission awarded them an additional star for their ..M,, Flag for continued miracle-working.
President Frank J. Connolly, of Western, speaks in most glorving terms of the wonderful cooperation given them by the California Shipbuilding Corporation, as well as by the many sources of supply and sub-contractors, whose maintenance of specification demands and delivery sched_ ules has made their great su,ccess possible. And Mr. Con_ nolly says they all expect to improve even upon their present high efficiency as time goes on.
The figures on lumber consumption given above, it will be understood, are only for that stock used by the Western_ Walker operations on the larger type ships mentioned. In addition 'Western has been furnishing lumber in both soft and hardwoods for innumerable units of numerous types of the smaller craft the Government is building, all the way from the well-advertised P-T boats to the fairly large mine_sweepers. To the boat and shipbuilding industry of the California coast the name Western has.come to mean speed and quality in the supplying of special. lumber for boat building.
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ernizing already r.nentioned, the entire place is being rernodeled for greater lumber capacity, and greater efficiency. In all the sheds and throughout the two-block-long yards lumber is piled almost sky-high. A general remodeling of the sheds is taking place to allow the handling of most of their lumber in lift-truck loads, instead of the old-fashioned way. A new lift-truck is in operation today, and another is on the way. When work is completed the mill, the kilns, and the entire yard will be fully double their former highest capacity.
Fortunate is the business firm that has strong hands ready to take over when the leader is called away. It was so rvith Western. All his business life Frank J. Connolly had been learning the lumber business under N{r. Cahill. Many years ago Mr. Cahill turned the reins of active marlagement over to him. He thinks in the Cahill way and works in the Cahill groove.
So tl-re Cahill influence aud character continues uninterrupted in the management and direction of Western Hardrvoocl I-ttml>er Corlpany.
Let it be said at this time that Mr. Connolly pays his respects and speaks in the most ,complimentary terms of the cooperation and faithful service tendered the companv in its vyar effort by every part and parcel of their large organization. "They have been magnificent. Every man and woman of Western has done a fine and faithful job in devotion and performance, and the officials of the organization feel a sense of deep gratitude to them for their great $rork."
The present officers of the company are :
Frank J. Connolly, President
-f Glennon Cahill, Vice President
Sterling L. Stofle, Vice President
L. C. Spalding, Treasurer
B. W. Rvrne. Secretarv
Let it be said in closing this story that the layman has no proper conception of the ,courage involved in a business transition such as Western voluntarily made from a peacetime to a u'artime organization. They deliberately accepted the responsibility of casting precedent to the wind. to enter a field far removed from their normal business; one in which the hazards are tremendous, and they were called uPon to risk their entire resources when they entered the joiner contracts of Western-Walker. They chose the rocky road in preference to the easy one. And the knowledge that by so doing they have been able to furnish unusual service to the Nation in time of need will be no small part of their repayment.
Let us resolve this Christmastide to put forth every effort in our work to achieve final Victory, thus assuring the return of our boys by this time next year!
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When Orrie W. Hamilton started in the lumber business back in Kansas, he u,as something more than just a lumber wrestler. Yes, sir, he also rvrestled coal, and whatever else they sold in the small town lumber yard where he got his start. That rvas in 1913. FIe doesn't state what his age was at that time, but admits he was younger than he is now.
Anyrvay, he became manag.er of a branch lumber yarcl in that Kansas area, and left that job to go in the army in the first World War. He was Sergeant-Major at Camp Funston in the 154th Depot Brigade through the war.
After the war he returned to the middle west and was auditor for a line yard concern for about ayea\, after wllich he moved South and took charge of a lumber yarcl for a line yard concern at Clayton, New Mexico.
fn 7922 he came to Southern California ancl engagecl irr the operation of a plan service for retail lumber yards, ancl con'tinued in that business until 1927 when he went to San
Diego and organized the Lumbermen's Service Bureau, rvhich still continues in operation in that city under his supervision.
In 1932 he stepped out again, the ner,v Southern Cali{or- nia Retail Lumber Association taking him on in the capacity of Secretary-Manager. In Septem,ber, 1943, he moved the offices of the Association to Los Angeles, which brings us right up to date in reciting the business history of this very affable gentleman.
He is a very capable combination of lumberman, jurist, rliplomat, and enthusiastic organizer of associational activities. His record is that of a thoroughly practical, reliable, l'ronorable gentleman, and he has done a whole lot for the betterment of the retail lumber business in Southern California. l)veryone speaks well of him, and a future of continuecl valuable accomplishments stretches out before him.
Producers of larch-fir, inland red cedar, and incense cedar lumber in !2 western States'were authorized by the Office of Price Adrninistration to add $3 per 1,000 board feet to basic maximum prices of 12 specific grades of this material.
The areas affected are Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Ntrevada, Utah, \Aryoming, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, California, and Washington and Oregon east of the crest of the Casade Mountains.
At the same time, producers of western pine lumber were assured of the continuance of the $3 addition alreadv granted on the same 12 grades ou ponderosa, Idaho, sugar and lodgepole pine, white fir and spruce. The addition is no longer made conditional on the continuance of War' Production Board's limitation Order L-Dj. The addition of $3 is designed to compensate producers for higher production costs resulting from wage increases approved bv the War Labor Board.
The WPB has recently directed thc principal producers of larch-fir to ship their larch-fir'production to the agricultural areas lr,'here the lumber shortage is acute. In recognition of the need for peak production, the OI'A has allowed the $3 addition to be made at this time so that no production will be lost because of the wage increase.
The fact that the operator would be faced with the possibility of a price reduction by the possible revocation of
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'oHe was speaking to His friends of love and strength. I know He spoke of love because there was melody in His voice; and I know He spoke of strength because there were armies in His gestures. And He was tender, though even my husband could not have spoken with such authority. After that day His image visited my privacy when I would not be visited by man or wom&n; and His eyes searched my soul when my own eyes were closed. And His voice governs the stillness of my nights. I am held fast for. evermore; and there is peace in my pain, and freedom in my tears."
WPII's L-?90 rvithout accompanying decreased costs caused OPA to agree with its Western Pine Industry Advisory Committee that the necessity for a tie-in with L-290 no longer exists. OPA, therefore, has made the $3 addition no longer dependent on the actions of any outside agency.
(The action'is taken rvitl-r Amendment 9 to Maximum Price Regulation No. 94-Western Pine and Associated Species of Lumber-effective December 4, 1943.)
IIIIIUSTRV FRtlM THE H(IiIE tIF
CAMII{[| IIUATITY TUMBER
CAIJFONMA SUGAR PINE
CATIFORNIA PONDEROSA PIT{E
Mcy you hcrve c plecscrnt holidcry secson crnd Gr busy crnduselul New Year.
Our cppreciqtion to customers lor their business crnd their indulgence when due to wcr conditions we hqve been uncble to lurnish the desired volume oI Ccrmino Quclity Pine.
CAMINO, EI^DORADO COI'NTY, CAIJFORNIA
Nine points as guides to postr,r'ar national policies are cited by the National Resources Planning Board in a "Post-War Bill of Rights" for Americans:
1. The right to work, usefully and creatively through the productive years of our lives.
2. The right to lair pay, adequate to command the necessities and amenities of life in exchange for work, ideas. thrift and other socially valuable service.
3. The right to adequate food, clothing, shelter and medical care.
4. The right to security, with freedom from fear of old age, want, dependency, sickness, unemployment and accident.
5. The right to live in a system of free enterprise, free from compulsory labor, irresponsible private power, arbitrary public authority and unregulated monopolies.
6. The right to come and go, to speak or to be silent, free from the spyings of secret political police.
7. The right to equality before the law, with equal access to justice in fact.
8. The right to education, for work, for citizenship and for personal growth and happiness.
9. The right to rest, recreation and adventure; the opportunity to enjoy and take part in an advancing civilization.
Large cork oaks, surrounded by several hundred seedlings, have been found growing near Columbia, South Carolina. The world supply of raw cork, now cut off by the war, has come from the bark of a species of evergreen or "live" oak which grows thickly on about 5 million acres of mountainous forestland in Spain, Portugal, and North Africa. In ordinary times the United States imported $10,000,000 worth of cork a year. Such discoveries as the Carolina cork oaks lead forest products industry scientists to believe that the cork oak can be cultivated in the United States, as part of the industry's "tree-farming" program.
The allocation of wood pulp is placed on a quarterly basis beginning Jan. l, 1944. (General Preference Order M-93, as amended), issued Nov. 3O.
CARGO and
RAIIJ BEPNESENTING PHONE:
St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co.
Dickman Lumber Company
Hart MillCompany
Vancouver Plywood & Yeneet Co.
Opercting S. S. WHITNEY OTSON
Tacoma Harbor Lumber Co'
Peterman Manufacturing Co.
Eatonville Lumber Company
Deliance Lumber Company
fileuy @ttristmus flnu g F,UPPY
Bv R. T. Titus Director of Trode Extension West Coost Lumbermen's Association
"Your industry is the prime war 'industry in the Arsenal of Democra.y. Upon you and each of you o{ the lumber industry depends the magnitude of our military operations and thus upon you depends ihe duration of the war Keep the lumber coming in a never-ending avalanche until the weight of the weapons packed in it creates a burden too great for our.enemies to bear."
only 6O per cent of the September-October 1943 level. Unfillled orders mounted to over one billion feet while gross stocks fell below the one-half billion mark.
In February and March production rose steadily but could not overcome the loss suffered in January so that for the first quarter year production was 18 per cent below that of 1942. Releases of Douglas fir by the Administrator of L-218 to other buyers than the Central Procuring Agency were averaging only about 50 per cent of the O.P.A. purchases. Because of the growing need for certain specialized war items such as airplane lirmber,'ponton stock and the like the Western Log and Lumber Administrator of W.P.B. inaugurated the policy of selective allocation of fir logs. The purpose of this allocation was to insure maximum production of these much needed items by plants best equipped to turn them out.
R. T. TitusThus spoke Col. Fred G. Sherrill, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, as he presented the coveted Army-Navy "E" award to the first operation oI the West Coast lumber industry to be thus honored. Since this date, September 18, 1943, the ceremony has been repeated several times and the loggers and sawmlll workers of the Douglas fir region may now settle down to their jobs rvith the assurance that they are playing as vital part in the war effort as though they were carrying guns. While officials awards have been made to scattered groups only the industry as a whole realizes that the medal pinned upon the chest of a hero belongs as much to the eyes, hands and feet as to that particular part of the body upon which it is carried. In a year crowded with directives, orders and regulations intended to hasten the defeat of our enemies; and burdened with manpower shortages, spells of bad weather, and the war time duty of turning away empty handed customers of long standing because there was not enough lumber for both war and normal use, the awarding of the "E" is probably the high light of the past 12 rnonths to the lumber manufacturers of the Pacific Northwest.
At the end of the year it is customary for business to take stock for the purpose of reviewing what has taken place and for the laying of future plans. What happened to lumber manufactured during 1943 ?
Given .a- quota of nearly 9 billion feet production iu 1943 by the War Production Board the Douglas fir industry got off to a bad start in January when more than 22 per cent oI the mill capacity was down due to snow, frost, water and log shortage. Production during January was at
In April production advanced to an average of 164.5 urillion feet weekly but still the industry was unable to whittle its unfilled order file because C.P.A. allocations jumped to 480 million feet, the highest amount yet asked of the West Coast industry. Because of the tremendous need for boxing and crating and overseas shipment the Douglas fir mills were instructed by W.P.B. to increase their production of boards to 25-30 per cent of the total cut-a distressing thought to an industry which has specialized in timbers. planking and dimension. To encourage the changes in operation necessitated by this order the O.P.A. increased ceiling prices for dressed boards and the industry responded to the best of its ability.
May production topped April by 4 million feet per week and the industry was up to the 1942 rate of production but was still short of the assigned quota. C.P.A. requirementi dropped slightly to approximately one half total sales there being a noticeable decrease in the volume of heavv construction items but increased demands for boards and dimension. Releases under L-218 increased to 44 per cent of sales and sawmills were able to take somewhat better care of their old-time dealer and industrial customers although only a fraction of the proffered orders could be accepted.
A survey of rqanpower in the industry at the en<l of the first quarter revealed a shortage of about 30 per cent in logging camps and 10 per cent in sawmills. In an effort to improve the situation various Government agencies, the sawmills, local governing bodies and firms and indi:viduals not connected with the industry cooperated in a drive through publicity, radio and newspaper'advertising
to draw former loggers back to the woods. The U. S. Em- ' ployment Service reported placing 2000 new employees in logging camps in three months as a result but the turnover of old employees continued and the problem was far - from solution. Although the number of sarvmill workers was then only about 7 per cent below a full-crew standard the average production per hour was down IZf per cent due to lessened efficiency. In July the manpower situation ..-took a turn for the worse due to the Selective Service and drives for mlen for special war industries many of which ' offered higher wages than the lumber industry was per. mitted to pay.
A count of sawmills in the Douglas fir region in June showed 1,064 establishments which operated that month at 85 per cent of their normal full-time capacity-in spite of manpower shortages, "green" help, fire shutdowns, lack of equipment and tires and many other obstacles. By July releases under L-ZI8 were averaging nearly 85 million feet per week and the Administrator asked the cooperatioo of the industry in giving preferen,ce for the next 60-90 days to agricultural requirernents. C.P.A. unplaced requirements at the end of the month totaled 110 million feet of which 68 per cent was in one and two-inch items.
In August, for the first month since the "fir freeze," releases under L-218 were double C.P.A. requirements. This reflected substantial completion of the constru,ction phase .. .of the war, in the United States, and the new poli,cy of the Government to channel small lumber purchases through customary distribution outlets. C.P.A. requirements were running 6O-65 per cent to boards and dimension and there was such a shortage of dunnage that in some instances low grade clears were purchased for this purpose in order to permit sailing of sl.rips on schedule.
September showed the industry within 11 per cent of the footage for the same 9 rnonths ol I94Z and tidewater log inventories showed a net gain of about 300 million "feet since March. However, the manpower situation became mpre critical. Several mills had to lay off shifts or otherwise reduce their cut. The advance in production came to an end in October with many operations throughout the_industry losing hours, usually from shortage of logs. ' C.P.A. allocations again swung upward totaling ZZS million feet per week, only a little less than releases under
L-2L8. To make certain that all West Coast mills take a fair proportion of C.P.A. reqiurements the Administrator of L-218 announced that in the future releases would be refused in absence of information as to what portion of the applicant's production is being applied against C.P.A. allocations. He stated that mills would be asked generallv to apply at least 50 per cent of their current production to C.P.A. requiremens. Because of a growing shortage of flooring, siding, ceiling, etc. the mills were requested not to ask for the release of two-inch and thicker clears except small amounts developed through surfacing and recovered from Common.
As of November 1 total tidewater log stocks of all species in the Douglas fir region amounted to 631,2@ M feet. This is below the 679,712 M feet on hand November I last year and is not a particularly safe reserve with which to {ace a winter season during which log production irr some sections may be far below the quantitids needed to keep sawmills operating regularly.
1943 saw the establishing of ceiling prices on several West Coast species and lumber items. Maximum Price Regulation 109, issued December 7, 1942, covers aircraft lumber and lumber products. On January 5, MPR-290 was issued i:overing Sitka spruce lumber. This was followed in May by MPR-284 on Wood Preservation and Primary Forest Products; in June by Revised MPR.26 on Douglas Fir and other West Coast lumber and MPR-,CI2 on Western Red Cedar lumber. In August the O.P.A. issued MPR460 on 'Western Timber (stumpage).
Other events of importance to the lumber industry of the Pacific Northwest during 1943 included arrival of the first rafts of Alaskan spruce logs for the production of aircraft lumber by American mills; decision of the Canadian Government to perm,it exportation of a small quantity of Douglas fir logs to the United States; increased employment of women in sawmills; renegotiation of many Government contracts; and im,position of a host of new rules and regulations, many of them distasteful to operators but a,ccepted as necessary in hastening the day of victory. For the Douglas fir region, 1943 was a hard year-a War year. For the manner in which it performed under trying conditions the industry surely deserves the "E" award "for meritorious and distinguished service to the United States of America."
New Orleans, December 2, 1943-More than 125 manufacturers of Southern Pine, wholesalers and others, were present in New Orleans at a two-day lumber letting, December ! and. 2, conducted by the Central Procuring Agency.
Colonel Fred G. Sherrill, Chief of the Operations Branch of the Office of Engineers, who also directs the activities of the Central Procuring Agency, was present and at the close of the two-day letting expressed himself as being "well-pleased with the quantity of lumber being offered by the industry. While final tabulations have not been completed, it is expected that allocations of nearly 75,000,' 000 feet of lumber will have been made at the New Orleans letting."
In an effort to decentralize its activities (plans for which are expected to be announced shortly), the letting in New Orleans was broken down into four divisions and conducted as follows: Robert \r. English of the CPA office in Memphis handled the purchases for North Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Tennessee; Lt' Earl M. McGowin. USNR, New Orleans, for Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi; Lt. Wally Walker, USN, Jacksonville, Fla., for Alabama, Georgia and Florida; and J. Earl Williamson of the CPA stafi in Washington handled the transactions for Kentucky, Virginia, North and South Carolina.
The Central Procuring Agency has been confronted with a considerable shortage in its lumber requirements' At
the close of the letting Colonel Sherrill stated that "if the industry responds to our call for material as it has donb during the past two days, we can make up the existing deficiency and soon reach a current basis of procurement."
Hawk lluey, vicegerent snark for 'Arizona, reports that eleven Kittens were initated into Hoo-Hoo at the concatenation held at Clay Springs on November 2O. Hawk was confined to the hospital but directed the concatenation by using the short ritual on three members who did a fine job of twisting the tails of the new members' Following the initiation, dinner was served.
He states they are now working on the Governor Osborn concatenation to be held in Phoenix. He thinks it advisable to establish a Hoo-Hoo Club in the White Mountain district, and also advises that plans are under way to revive the Phoenix Hoo-Hoo Club.
Sing a song of wallboard, pgcket full of tacks, Make a wealth of closets, partitions, boxes, racks; Doesn't need an architect, plans or mathematics, Easy way for anyone to renovate the attic' Put it on the ceiling, put it on the wall, Nail it, paint it, easy ain't it?'Tisn't work at all.
Port Orford cedar logs, lumber and veneer were placed under complete allocation control November 30 by the War Production Board through issuance of Conservation Order M-359. Port Orford cedar is the most satisfactory species of wood for battery separators. It grows only in a narrow strip'along the coast of northern California and southern Oregon (Coos and Curry courities, Oregon; and Humboldt and Del Norte counties, California). The depletion of accessible stands and the use of Port Orford cedar for less essential products where other species may well be substituted, has resulted in serious shortages of logs and of separators for war uses.
The WPB Western Log and Lumber Administrator in Portland, Ore.. which will administer M-359, is empowered by its'provisions to allocate logs or parts of logs to specific persons; to control delivery of logs, lumber and veneer without regard for preference ratings assigned to purchase orders; and to direct or prohibit production.
The WPB directives issued to individual producers of Port Orford cedar lumber and manufacturers of separator blanks and separators in October remain in force until revoked. These directives restricted deliveries to those for military and lend-lease use. Revocation will be made as soon as the Log and Lumber Adrninistrator can assume full control.
E. B. Baldinger, Southern lumber company executive, has been appointed a nxember of OPA's Southern Pine Industry Advisory Committee, the Office of Price Administration announced.
Mr. Baldinger is owner of the Baldinger Lumber Service, at Baldinger, La.
As a member of the Southern Pine Committee ,Mr. Batdinger will represent longleaf Southern pine producers operating on the west side of the Mississippi river. He is a lumberntbn of long experience and his appointment to the committee was requested by the Southern pine industry
Although the total of. 1,964 building permits issued'in Los Angeles during November is less than the 2,159 issued during October, the estimated valuation is greater due largely to an airport hangar at Mines Field which is expected to cost over $1 million.
Total valuation of the November permits is $6,374,050 compared to $4,379,849 for October. Compared to November, t942, the past month's building permit activity is faf in excess as only 96O permits with an estimated value ' of $1,186821 were issued during the month a year ago.
Included in the permits issued the past month are hous' ing plans to accomodate a total of 167 families, 70 in single dwellings and, 97 in multiple dwellings. Average cost of the single units is $2,561 as compared to $2,928 a"'" year ago.
Var requirements are demanding a very large proportion of our production, and labor scarcity and a car shortage are causing delayed shipments. In the face of these obstacles we are striving to supply the requirements of our customers to the best of our ability. Los
Bill Jones had the speed of a cannon ball; He could loosen a brick from a three-foot wall. When he shot one across, it would hurdle by Too swiftly for even the surest eye. No man could hit him when he was right, For no eye could follow the ball's swift flight. Bill should have starred in a Big League role, But he stuck to the Minors, 'cause he lacked control.
Jack Smith had a curve like the loop-the-loop; It would start for your head-with a sudden swq)p. It would break to your knees with a zig zag wave, And the League's best batters would roar and rave At the jurnp it took and the sudden swerveShades of a boomerang-what a curve!
But Jack is still doomed to a bush-league fate; He could not get it across the plate.
Tom Brown had both the speed and the curve; A combination that would jar your nerve. When he'd steam 'em by, they'd look like peas, Then they'd take a break from your neck to your knees. From the best to the worst in the League-By Jing; He had 'em all in the phantom swing. He, too, missed the mark of the truly great, Poor Tom ! He couldn't locate the plate.
How is it with you, if I may ask?
Have you got control of your daily task? Have you got control of your appetite, Of your tongue and your temper in the bitter fight? It matters not what your daily role, The question is-Have you got control?
It matters not what you may have, my friend, When the tale is told at the game's far end. The greatest brawn and the greatest brain That the world ever saw may be yours in vain. The man with CONTROL is the man who mounts, ft's how you use what you've got that counts.
Have you got the bead? Are you aiming straight? How much of YOUR effort goes over the plate?
A dignified Briton was carrying home a pair of his wife's shoes, which had been mended- Since no boxes or wrappings are furnished in England, he carried them under his arm. As he sat down on the bus, a Cockney across the aisle stared at his burden, grinned in cheerful fashion, leaned over and half-whispered: "Not going to let 'er gad about much, eh Guvnor?r'
Time makes a lot of changes in our vlews. Take the bathtub. In 1842, the year the first one was built, the medi.: cal fraternity denounced it as dangerous to health, and said it was bound to result in a lot of new diseases if brought into general use. In 1843 the State of Virginia declared the bathtub to be a luxury and put a tax of $30 each on them. As a result of pressure from the doctors the City Council of Philadelphia discussed, but did got pass' a proposed ordinance prohibiting bathing between November I and March 15. In 1845 the City of Boston made bathing illegal except on medical advice.
S.fUrrg
The ambitious salesman must keep hammering away; but it is the trip-hammer salesman that gets the grapes.
If you must judge us, judge us for what we strive for.
If we are weak, be tolerant.
Ifwearestrong'praythatwebecomenotarrogant.
If our mistakes injure you, tell us of them, and trust in our sense of justice to make reparation.
If we cannot agree on details, such as politics or religion, then let us agree on the broader principle of human kindness; for when we put aside the accumulation of opinions that are the children of self interest, we will find a family resemblance in the faces of all men.
"That I am unable to appreciate that Platonic yearning of soul for soul, that deep calling unto deep of which I have read, is my misfortune rather than my fault. It appears to me too much like voting the Prohibition ticket, or playing poker with Confederate currency.
When I love a woman, I love her up one side and down the other. I may be an uncultured and barbaric noodle,, but I want to get hold of her and bite her neck. I want to cuddle her sunny curls on my heaving shirt-front, when I talk to her. I believe with Tennyson in the spirits rushing together at the touching of the lips, and I just crowd qp. and let 'em rush.
Some men may esteem women for their society with never a thought of sex, but that isn't love. Love, as I' understand the term, is to friendship's non-consuming'$amc what the fierce flare of the noonday sun is to the mifd radiance of the harvest moon. It is something that makee two persons of the opposite sex absolutely necessary to each other. It is a glory in which the soul is bathed;' an almost savage melody that beats within the blood. Lcive: is not altogether of the earth earthly. It is born of the: spirit, as well as the flesh; of the perfume, as well as the. beauty, of the great red rose.
J. Philip Boyd, director, Lumber and Lumber Products Division of the War Production Board, has sent the following letter to the producers and shippers of lumber and lumber products on the subject of conservation of transportation facilities:
"A report recently prepared by the Transpo.rtation Unit of this division shows that the lumber industry, by heavier loading during 1943, increased the available car supply b;r 162,000 cars. This is indeed commendable, and is indicative of the booperative spirit existing in the industry. In making that statement I am not unmindful of the operating efficiency of the railroads; the prompt turn-around of cars, notwithstanding increased distances of tlie hauls, has beer a contributing factor in enabling the industry to make the favorable showing.
"The report indicates that furthei contributions by thc lumber industry are reasonably possible. The transportation situation is such as to make increased conservation imperative. Because of this, every means should be utilized to bring about a still greater saving during 1944.
"With a national campaign to effect a 10 per cent saving in transportation now getting under way, I urge you to make a special effort to: (1) Load cars to maximugn carrying capacity; (2) unload and release cars without undue delay; and (3) avoid unnecessarily long hauls and back-hauls.
"Conscientious effort by producers and shippers of lum-
ber and lumber products, shouid result in a commendabld.l, achievement in 1944. The industry should do a 100 per' cent job with 10 per cent less cars. The obligation of the smaller producers and shippers, in the effort to increase car', supply, is just as great as that of the larger shippers. .:;
"Letfs Get MORE Transportation From Every Freiglt 1,'; Car Loaded !" ) :'.
Announced By Nelson
The policy which should be followed in all war plantstflii in regard to observance of holidays is announced by Chair-:;;i man Donald M. Nelson of the War Production Board asl''{i follows: ll.:
Full work schedules should be observed in all war plants' '.i ' with th_e single exception of the Christmas week-end. Even' ;:', on that occasion, it is requested that in mills where con; .;:,rn' tinuous operations are essential-such as blast furnaces attd '''',;. +,. open hearth furnaces producing carbon steel for instancer ;,-i, -work be cdrried on over the Christmas week-end. Be-' .1,i cause of the critical need for steel plates, plate mitts strould".'li'l'; also operate. ,,i
David Howard Dowd, son of Lee L. Dowd, president of Defiance Lumber Co., Tacoma, Wash, apprentice seaman in the United States Naval Reserve, is now attending thq U. S. Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School at Notre Damc University to study for a commission as Ensign in the' USNR.
At the recent annual meeting of the board of directors of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association held in Chicalo, over zffi Industry leaders discusseJ among themselves and with Government officials, problems affecting the Industry today-lumber production, procuremeflt and distribution; the status of wartime construction programs; price actions of the Office of Price Administration : and other current problems.
orderly disposal through accepted channels of trade, of these commodities on the basis that the Government' can realize more in dollars-and-cents return and yet ' disrupt trade as little as possible in the event a sound program is developed.
2. Analyses and studies of the postwar construction market.
3. Analysis and study of the merchandise that will be made available to the retail distributor in the postwar period and studies concerning the end product that will be offered the consumer.
4. The kind of postwar financing and credit which will be most desirable and will be needed to facilitate the overall postwar construction job.
Equally important, according to Leonard Lampert, Jr., of St. Paul, Minnesota, new president of the National Association. were discussions held at an executive meeting of the board of directors of the National Association in relation to the problems ,confronting the retail industry for the period of the duration of the war and the problems confronting the industry in the post war period.
Leoncrd Lampert, Jr."Our directors realize," states Mr. Lampert, "that the Government now controls almost every phase of the retail lumber business. Government agencies for the duration will continue to take action originating in Washington and affecting our business and these agencies look to the organized retail industry for information, assistance, and even guidance, in the writing of tllese orders. Even when the war is over, some of these controls may remain and the retail industry will be faced with many new and totally different problems. Important as are the problems of today, our directors believe that the retail industry in common wih other groups must give consideration now, and prepare now to meet the problems that we can foresee in respect to post war activities.
"Our directors feel also that the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association has become increasingly important to every individual dealer. They realize the amount of work that the National is being called upon to do and the importance of that work increases continuously. As business' men, we all agree that we should be prepared to meet nerv emergencies which will arise and to enlarge our present work with more benefit to every retail lumber yard.
"Anticipating the eventual cessation of hostilities, our directors are requesting that immediate consideration be given to such problems as the following:
l. The disposition of surplus war materials, including the eventual disposition of temporary war housing-a problem of substantial interest to the retail lumber and building material distributors who will insist upon
5. The changes, il any, that the war period will bring about in the distribution system.
6. New sources of business available to the distribu- r. l: tor of lumber and building material.
7. The manner in which dealers will merchandise their products. The type of trade promotion and extent of cooperative building industry activities that can be carr.ied on between retailers and building materials and equipment manufacturers.
8. The extent to which the retail industry can profit: ably participate in public and building industry relations programs and what vehicles the retailer will have at his disposal to inform the public of the retailer's function and the services available from him.
"These and other problems," says President Lampert, ..., "are in the minds of our directors and these and other prob. ,,. lems are ones to which our National Association activitieS ""' will be directed.
"In order that this type of work may be done for thei 11f. industry as a whole, our directors have determined that in;":." order to enlarge the present work of the Association and;;! to meet new emergencies which will confront the relqit lumber industry, that a fund of over $100,000, as a reserlel will be sought from individual retail lumbermen through/i; out the country who are faced with continuing problem$ l;;i4 and who will benefit from programs such as I have menl''--,ft tioned herein which are fundamental to the continued well';,',1.j'-i being of our industry."
Capt. J. C. Snead has returned to Walla Walla, Washi4 where he is Provost Marshal, after spending his leave wit&: his famity in Fresno, Calif. He also visited friends in.th€: San Francisco Bay area, including Wendling-Nathan Cd;'1{ with which firm he was associated for many years befole,;lijl
going into the service.
bring to our Country crnd our Allies prompt Victory trnd to the World a sctisIcrc"tory and lqsting Pecce!
JAMES
Wholesale
Ties, Poles, Piling, PlYwood' Prelabricated Wood Matericls, Lurnber
1032 Mills Buildinsr SAN F.RANCISCO 4, CAIJF.
That properly directed timely promotion witl stimulaie l woodwork sales for its important part in postwar hogq*, construction is indicated by the results of a recent surveyt conducted by Ponderosa Pine Woodwork of Chicago arnong; inquirers for Open House in 1941 (two years "So). '!1j per cent of those interviewed have already done some buil ing. D per cent were prevented from building owing- t$l restrictions. 79 per cent of those interviewed stated that:1 the ideas presented in Open House, the 32-page bookl published by Ponderosa Pine Woodwork, proved of co1. siderable help to them in their flanning; and, b-est of al!,, more than half of those who did build or remodel state'(:'; they had used Ponderosa Pine doors and w.indows. ,.' .i
From cover to cover, the "Open House" booklet is: packed full bf helpful ideas for the prospective home builder, i or remodeler. It presents wood in a new light-as a veJ--rtl satile, more economical, more satisfactory and decorativg-1i home material. Woodwork is the backbone of the home,,;' fts architectural design forms a background for furnishings.,a;-Yii and decorations. Its good taste means lasting beauty--.,,{;; ,l:i.1 and lasting value. Many new developments, such as toxirt' treatment, supplement the natural durability of wood and,1i1 lend new emphasis to its desirability. ' ,"i"{
The worthwhile hints presented in "Open HouSe" for a{l';i the rooms of the home are.proving of inestimable val.ge;''i;1i
The proper placing of windows to let in the maximutt\ oq"l health-giving sunshine and light, the placement of doorq^,f and built-in cabinets and cupboards to increase the beaut r;"li and livability of rooms and the space-saving, step-saving built-in cabinets and storage closets are presented in sim-':''r: ple, easily understandable language. "Open 11on5s" is 'l building a new reputation for wood and new sales foq i'ii:', ;woodwork dealers. ':,
But the glory of trees is more than their gifts
'Tis a beautiful wonder of life that lifts
From a wrinkled seed in an earth-bound clod, A column, an arch, in the temPle of God; A pillar of power, a dome of delight, A shrine of song and a joy of sight.
FARMER USES RUBBER STAMP . ,.
A retail lumber friend of ours tells this priceless''' story. A farmer of the smaller sort came to his yard.',' to buy the material for a farm-wagon bed. He was ., just a two-team, single-plow farmer. When he made ' his purchase the dealer handed him a ticket to sigp r for a priority for the material. The farmer turned to ' his wagon and came back with an ink pad and a rub-' ber stamp of his own signature. He said to the lum-'| ber dealer: "As poorly as I write and with help. so scarce I just had to get this here thing so I could-i save time enough to try and make a crop' what with ';, all these Government reports and papers." '.il
E'LL never know whcrt this little tyke is writing cs she sits belore the lire, but if we were writing c letter to Santa Clcus, here's whcrt we'd sdy-"Dear Scnta
-Please bring to crll our lriends in the lumber industry crnd \ their lolks in thb Armed Services, the Merriest Christmas
they ever had, qnd see to it that cll their drecms come true during 1944."
A nerv WCLA publication entitled A Decade of Progress irr Douglas Fir Forestry attempts to set forth l-roncstly just x'hat has taken place in the last decadc tlf tinrllcr crtt' ting, of llre losses and controi, of irnprovcd ctrttirlg placticeq arrd tree {arming, by privatc orvncrshill in thc iorests of \\-esterr Oregon zrr.rd \\''ashirrgton-the l)ouglas fir region. C)rr.ille R. N{iller, presitlcnt o[ thc \\Iest Coast [-unrbcrrretr's -\ssociation, itr art Associatiott rcicasc sa1's:
Running through this ver,r' hrttrtatr stor.i'. I think vou u'i1i find trnn'ristal<al>lc cvirlcrrcc of ltrttgress. 'I'he Pacifrc Northu-est is grarlrralll- lrringinu its acrrtc frtrcst fire hazarcl under colrtrol ; its rninirrg oi r,irgin timbcr is graduall-t' giving u.nv to tir-nlrcr cropping. 'fl're marvelous rcproclttc tir,e porvcr oi thc l)or-rglas hr forest is gaining rccogr.ritiotl as one of our gre:rtest assets. With nerv developrnents ir.r
crlttillg methods and tree farming, closer ir-rclustrial utilization of timber and stronger state controls over destructive practices, the Pacihc Northl'est is nroving lon,ard a practic:rl and sustainecl forest econom\r.
"An interesting {eature of this report is the progress the inclustry is making in accomplisl.rirrg through private initiative the practical forms oI conscrr.ution u'hich 1ve arc often told by national spokesrncl can bc :rttaincd only througir federal re[iulation of indrrstrl' ltnd nationalization of forest lancls. We still have :r long u'ay to go in the lracific Northr.,,est, but I believe this report makes clear that the forest industries of this tegion-u'ith tl-re help of the statesare rluictly lrrrt stc:idily progrcssing in timber grorving.
"We are anxious to have the forest situation of this region fullr. unclcrstood by thinking people. The forests are plrrt of our cornmon national heritage and their conservation is oi concern to all Americans as.rvell as to thc pcoplt-oi thc l'ucific Northtvest."
Lumber production {or the first three quarters of 1943 (Jar-ruarv through Scptcnrbcr) totaled 25,031,777,000 board feet, estimated as from 8 to l0 per cent less th:rrr tlrc anroru.rt produccd during the corrcsporrrling pcriocl in 1942, the War I'roduction lloar<l slrid Nor-enrlter 23.
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Thcsc bcautifully designed doors, for both -cxterior and interior usc are precision-madc by master craftsmcn.
.interior use precis precision-madc
Bccause thcy are manufactured of famous Douslas thcy Douglas Fir, Tru-Sized Doors arc uniform in quality, supcr-strbng, rot-
Bv rluartcrs, 1943 procluction estimates are : first cltrartcr, 7,173,703,000 board feet ; second qtrartcr, 8,777,594,m0 boarcl feet; third quartcr, 9,080,480,000 boarcl feet. On tl.re basis of thcsc ligrrres:tn<1 the se:rsonal decrease that norrttally occrlrs in the fourth quarter, it is expcctccl that output for the entire year rvill be aborrt 10 per cent belorv that for 1942, u,hich totalcd 36,401,895,000 board feet.
l)rorlrrction goals for 1943, set at tl.re lteginrring of the r,'ear at 32,000,000,0@ board feet, n-ill in all likelihoorl be met, WPll Lumber ancl Lumber Prodncts Division officials stated. Consun.rption for the vear, however, will be about four billion board fcct in excess of this figure.
Septem ber procluc tion rv :is 2,968,81 2,00O board feet, a normai seasonal declirc (4.1 per cent) irorn August. The clecreasc u.as fairly uniform throughorrt the countrl' ancl u'as rlue to the 30rlay month, the I-abor Day holiday, and the fact that in somc rcgions part-time labor is rrsecl for agricrrltural harvest u-ork in September. Breakclorvn of September prodr-rction by regions follows :
lrast: Nor:theastern, 155,071,000 board feet; Appalachi:rn, 180,880,000; North Central, 53,.155,000; South Central, 79,146,0 .n; Lake States, 73.300,000; South, 1,045,491,00O; Prairie, 7 ,713,000.
\\Icst: North Pacifrc,980,519,000 board feet; South Pacific, 233,465,000; Northern Rocky Mountain, 109,623,0C0; Sorrtl'rern Rocky Mountain, 50,149,000.
proofcd by nature and highly resistant to marring.
I Tru-Sizeil Dmrs are ready to install. No planing or sawrng rs necessary.
I Tru-Sizeil Doors arc prccision machined to exact book opcnlng.
I Tru-Sized Doors rcquirc no fitting-which means spe ed on the job. Thcse improvcd Whcelcr Osgood doors arc available first for war housing proj ccts-and limitcd quantities arc availablc for othcr cssential homc construction.Wheeler Osgood Sales Corp. Dept.5 Irrrrrrl
The most frequently asked^questions about the forests and the forest industries with their answers, tersely stated, have been compiled in a booklet, Paul Bunyan's Quiz, just published by American Forest Products Industries, Inc.
The purpose of the book is to arm those whose livelihood stems, directiy or in'directly, from the forests with correct information to meet the many inquiries born of a recrttdescence of public interest in our greatest, renewable, natural fesource.
Production of the book entailed long research. 'l'he 225 questions and answers it comprises were culled frorrr over 1,200 submitted by people in all sections of thc irr-
dustry. The final manuscript was checked and edited;l
more than half-a-hundred authorities on the various suhd:ii jects covered.
Fully illustrated, the S2-page book is sub-divided inttr; chapters covering history, loggers' lore, forest resourcqs:ir, management, and enemies; the harvest, tl,e industries, fores.&'i products manufactur€, and woods operations. It is thof"ili oughly cross-indexed to aid those seeking specific infor.:
matlon.
Ideally suited to use by teachers, the book cau also the basis of lively quiz games at social gatherings. Copi
rvill be sent to any one who works in wood, whether in ii$
production, manufacture, or sale, and to others interested ii{t ths forests, upon request to American Forest Products IJf,j
dustries, Inc., 1319 18th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C...:1j
John H. Emmert
John FI. I,-mnrcrt, chairnt:Lrr of thc lro;tr<l o[ dir-cctors oi The Pacillc l,umlrcr Lonrp:rn-r', p:rssc<1 :rlr,:r), in I_os Angcles on Noven.rber 19.
F{e n'as born in I ledgesr.ille, \\'est Virginia, 8.5 ,r.ears ago, and hacl bee' co'nectecl *'ith rhe Pacific I-u'rber conrpanv since 1905. lfe becanre :r clirector in 1909, ancl served as president from 1919 to 1930, n'hen hc became chairman of the board of clirectors, l-hicir oificc he helc1 up to the time of his death.
Mr. E,mmert is survir.ed bv tlr,o daughters, NIrs. Royail T. Bates and IIrs. Hol.ard L. Simpson, both of Detroit, \{ich.; one sistcr, \{iss }Jelen E,mmert o{ }Iaggerstorvn, Maryland, and one brother, Cl-rarles Emnrert of Kansas City, Mo.
Funeral services u'ere helcl in Detroit, Mich.. Novem_ ber 24.
John C. n'IcCabc. u,holcsalc lunrltermArr, San Frarrcisco, passed ar.l'ay in San lirancisco ol1 Novcnrber 27 alter a brief illness.
Born in San Francisco. hc spcnt all of his busincss lifc in the lumber ltusiness. He stiirtecl l-ris carccr r,vith The Pacific Lumber Cornpan' *'he' this concern operated a yarcr in San Francisco, ancl *,hcn tl-ris 1,arc1 r,vas closecl i' 1917 became associated n'ith A. F. l,fahoney in the lumber ancl shipping business. After the cleath of X{r. Mahoney in 1933 he started in the u'holesale lurnber business for him_ self.
Mr. McCabe is survived b1, his rvidow, Mrs. Gertrude C. McCabe; tr.vo sons, Sgt. John C., J.., and Sgt. William B. McCabe, U. S. Arm1.; a brother, Echvarcl F. McCabe, and two sisters, \[rs. Loretta Baldtvin, ancl l\{rs. Myrtle Cuneo. Ife was a member of Golclen Gate Corrncil No. 2507. K. of C.
The funeral services were l-relcl in San Francisco on No_ vember 30, ancl .n.erc attencled bv a large number of lumbermen.
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Lumber and Plywood
318 \X/est 9th Street
LOS ANGELES 15, CALIF.
For some time past we have been all out lor wcr. It is our sincere hope thqt it won't be too longr until we will be cble to serve you dgain as in lormer yecrrs.
Out of the intcusive conservation-utilizatiorr 1)f()gral11 carried on by The Pacific Lumber Con'rllany {or :L ttutnl>er of years, has enrergerl the discor.ery of A ne\'v plastic derived fron'r Reds'ood mill u'aste. To ttrany persolls toclltr-, the term "plastic" is still somervhat shroudecl in a m1'stif-ving array of chemical uarnes, such as vir.rvls, phenolics. ureas, phenol-frrrfural, methyl rnethacrvlate, phenol-{ormalclehycle, ancl the like. In tl.re rrairr thel are prir-rcipallv 11erived from a variett' of rliffcrcnt rau' ttraterials rvhich inclucle wood rl,aste, brine, coat tars, petrolettm gases, litnestone, cotton, oil from plarrts, sl<im nrilk, tratrtral gas, ctc. There should be, hot'er-er, tro rnvsterf in collnectiorl u'ith the u-orcl "plastics" as it descrilres a llroarl cllrss oi s,r't.ttheticallJ' prodttce<l Inaterials, jtrst :rs the u'or<l "glass" or tl-rc u'orcl "lr.ood" irlcntifics a gerrcr:rl all-irtcltrsivc ('itlcgot-r' rrnclcr u.hich srtlrstanccs arc cllrssi{iccl. ln tlre frcld r,I pl:rs tics, thcre :Irc nr()rc th:Ltr 30 tliffcrent lirld distinct grotll)s of rnateri:rls rvith unlirniterl vari:rtions cleterminetl 1lr- diffcrcnt chernical arrcl ph1'sicltl ltrollertics. NTosi lllastics ltrc moldecl ttndcr he:tt :itr<1 ltrcssttt'c; rltlters lLre cold castc, lil<c concrcte; still others arc cxtrrt<1c<l into strips, t'orls, or trrlrcs. 'l'hev car.r bc trltrrsparctrt or ol)aqt1e, rigicl or flexible, soit or brittle. Somc can lre produced in a rrrvriatl of colors. rvhile others. such as the Pherrolics of u'hich thc rren'Redr,vood Plastic cal1ed "Shellcrite" is arr inrllortant acljurrct, are black or brorvn.
This ne\y Redn'ood Thern.roplastic cn,ltorlies irt olle composite form both binder ancl filler rcquired irr the nrolding of a countless varietv of products such as scr:crv llottlc caps, electric light plugs and sockets, atttttmobilc steerirrg u'heels, storage batterv cases, roller casters for furniture, rvire cord reels, etc. Fron.r its composite form fine quality
finishecl prodrrcts of goorl tcnsile strcr.rgth artcl appearance are produccd. In cases lvhere special properties are desirerl, it can be frrrther cotnpoturclecl ut'rcler variotts fortnulations l'ith other resins or plasticizers.
Investig:ition into the various components of Redwood to determine the reason for its great abilitl' to resist rot and clecar', led to the discover-y of Rerhvood's plastic properties. In conjunctiorr u'ith thc Institutc of Paper Chemistry of '\ppleton, \Visconsin, u'i<lcl1' recognizecl for their contributions in the fields of cellulose, lignin ancl the utilization oi pulp and pa1>er procltlcts, a long term prograrn of funcliimental research atr<1 subserlttcnt technical developrnent u'as set tlp atrtl crttr<lrtctecl by The Pacific l-umber Ci,rnrp:rnv. llach ol thc inrport:Illt comi)onents of Redlvood l-cre isolatecl :rnd investigatctl. lt was thtts discovered that tlic u'atcr-solrrblc catcclrol tannin, fractiotr of the wood convertc<l throrrgh tl.rc processes of tratttre ir.rto insoluble phlol;aphenes lrecame the princillal cletnent respclnsible {or Ileclu'ood lreing cl'r:iracterized trs lt I)crmancnt \'vood.
In atten.rpting to extr-act the thermoplastic properties distributed throughorrt thc r'r'alls and cells of the wood, it was found that Reclrvoocl chips cottlcl lle reacted rvith stearn at clevatcd pressurcs. The rcsultant Piastic pulp fibre rvhich ret;rir.rs all but the gaseous decomposition products of tl.re n'oocl. ma1- be molded dircctly, in its converted form.
Based on tl-re laboratory findings a plant u'as especially clesignecl and erected by The Pacific Lumber Company at their mills in Scotia. California. Select rvaste is graded an<l fetl into a chipper from u'hence chips of uniform size and shape are pneunlaticallv transferred by air conveyor into large storage bins in the nerv Plastic plant. Automatic convef ing equipment rvithdraws chips from storage and
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transports tl'rcm to the giant stcatn digestcr l,vhere they are subjectc(1 to high pressrlrc stealr rlnder tl're crntroilecl process. After c.rr'ersion fr.rr Iterlrv..cl cl.ri1rs, the I)lastic pulp is disiratclrcrl lr-r- rre:rr-rs ,i lr "lunretric fccrlcr- thr'rrgh a dryer-con\rc,\.()r to a l-rvclrarrlic lraler. Comprcsscrl 'ba1es are then tiecl, rvcighecl ancl registercrl bcfore lreing shippccl east to the Sheller Nlanlrfacturins. Corp., at portlancl, In_ diana, whcre the miLterial is put irrto use in its rarv plastic
East lla-v lftio-Ho. clrrlr No.39 rras 10.5 p:ricl rp lrclrlbers, accorrlir-rg to ii statcnlclrt l;1. G. \\'. (Chris) Sechrist, the ef6cient secretar\-. l:rte ir-r Nor.embcr, and hc exDects this nurnlrcr to bc substantiallv increaserl l,r.tlrc.,i.l ,,f this month.
fornr ; or recluccd to plastic por,r,dcr; or frrrther cornpouncled rvith .tl.rer resiurrrs plasti'cizers. For ccrterin purposcs the pulp is usecl alorrc; Ior other applicatior-rs sl.rrerlclerl rags rrav be aclded to pr,r'ide increased impact; for still others, hardc'ing agerrts 'ra-r' be ernplo'ecl irr small quantities. I' sonre instzrnces reacti'e chemicals snclr as furfural, phenol, anilinc or a form of lignin nray likervisc be rrsed.
-\sirlc frorl tl.re grcat contribution that l.ras been maclc irr tlic rliscovery of this ,cr'r' Redwoocl plastic, this cle'elopnrent is notable from the stanclpoint of cooperative re_ searclr :rlr11 coorciir.raterl elTort jointlr- ur-rdertaken by a na_ tional researcl.r organiztLtion and a leading factor in the field of lierlrroocl lun-rltering.
R. W. (Jack) Dalton, R. W. I)alton & Co., I-os Angeles, returnecl l)ecember I fronr a trip to the Pacific Northwest. He visited the nrill of the West Coast plyv,,oo<l Co. at -\berdeen, \\'ash., n,hich he represcnts in California, and lutnber rnills in Wasl.rington ancl Oregon. He also sDcnt a ieu rl;L_v- irr Sarr Francist-o.
We wish you
and express the hope that 1944 wilt see us a long way along the road to final victory.
PLYWOOD
Vcrncouver Plywood d Veener Co.
FIR DOORS and LUMBER
909 Atlcntic Blvd.
Los Angeles 22 ANselus 2-1183
again desire to extend best ruishes t'or Cltrittmat and the
Christmas Trees
Xlost people u,ho want Christrnas trees will be able to to get them, from all present indications, the War Production Board states. They may, horvever, be more dependent on local supplies thar.r in former \iears, l'ith less choice in rnaking their selection. Christmas trees are not subject to an1' WPB procluction or distrillution controls, but shortgages of manpo\\rer ancl transportation facilities will undoubtedll. iimit the supplv. From 10,000,0O0 to 12,000,000 trees are norm:rlly cut ancl distributed annually. Estimates of the nurnbcr that rvill be han'ested commercially for this Christm:rs season varl-. ()ne nation-n'ide distributor reports that the output will be about the same as last 1'ear; other sorlrces expect large decreases in production. More trees n'ill probably be harvested and sold locally to avoid lonq haulasc.
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Conrcrd Ccrrlson
Funeral serr.ices r,vere held November 27 at Ihe Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, for Conrad Carlson, rvho passed au'av November 25 just tr,r'o n'eeks before his 10oth birthday.
One of the founders of the Srvedish Lutheran Church in Oaklancl, he retired fron.r tl.re oakland city maintenance clepartment 30 years ago, and u,as active up to the time of his passing.
He is srrrvivecl by his son, Earl A. Carlson, Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco; his daughter, Mrs. Edith Lander, Ernerald Lake, with rvhom he made his home; and three granclchildren, Miss Avis Lander, U. S. Marine Corps; Earl K. Carlson, 3rd Class P. O., U. S. Navy; and James Russcll Carlson, Pfc., U. S. Air Corps.
John \'[cYer- ]Iontgornerr', 57, tlvirr lrrother of Dorr S. Montgomerl., secretarv of the Wiscor.rsin Retail Lumberrncn's Association, passed at'af in Oakland November 14.
I'Ir. N'Iontgomer)', knol-n to his fricnds as "Monty", retircrl from tl're lunrlrcr bttsiness altotrt 10 )'ears ago. He u'as Northern California representative for Silver Falls Timber Co. for some vears and later lvas in the wholesalc and commission lumber llusiness in Berkeley, Calif.
T{e is survived ltv a son! a sister, and his brother, Don Nkrntgomery.
Mcry we qll resolve thcrt each one oI us dediccte h i s ellorts crnd energies towcrrd VICTORY crnd the return ol Pecrce, exempliIied by this doy's observcrnce.
i-ike the song of :r peacc{ul river, W C)r the {ragrance of u'il<hvoo<l flowers, Y^ lrach year at the time appointe<l S
Conre the beautifrrl Yuletide hours; W Ancl s,itl.r them the Christmas Spirit, W From regions bevond our ketr, H.
L,rrters anrl takes possessiott ffi
Of the rcstless l.rearts of tnen. S
-\ncl this is the mission of Yuletide, W This its magical art, ffi To kinclle {lames of enchantment 4s
In shrir.res of thc human heart; I
To rvaken found recollections S
O{ the clal's that are 1lo tttore ffi
-\ncl illulnine rvith thc torch of vuisclom, # 'l-l.rc pathn'ar.s tlrat lic bcforc. S ffi
-\n<i u'ith iaith in ottr tlrcattrs ttnd visions ffi
Of the years that arc to be, ffi
\\rc lingcr :ru'l.rilc u'ith thc clrilclrct.t ffi
An<l shalc in thcir Yrrlctitlc glec; I
-\nrl u'e thir-rk as \\rc scc thcrrr plaving, ffi
Tn thc firelight's rucldy glou', & Jt is ours to nrake straight thc pathrvays & Where thcir tcncler {eet must go. #
We pray that the Christmas Spirit ffi
JIav be u,ith us day by day, ffi
As u.e turn from the joys of Yuletide tffi To the heat and dust of the fra1. ; ffi
r\r'rr1 r-nay rve toil onu'arcl-onu'arc1, tB
Tou.arcl that goal of infinite worth, S 1-he shining dream of the ages, # I'eacc and Good Will on Earth. S
-A. Merriam Conner. # ffi ffi ffi
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HARDWOOD TTIMBER _ \'ENEERS
l03l South Brocdwcy, Los Angeles
PACIFIC COAST NEPBESENTATNE
Wood-Mosqic Co., Louisville, Ky.
Ichabod T, Willicms 6 Son, New York, N. Y.
Angelincr Hardwood Co- Lulkia, Texcs
Penokee Veneer Co., Mellen, Wisconsin
Fron the l)eeember I5e lrol2il, fssue
A. J. Russell, Santa Fe attended the Red Cedar 6-7 at Seattle. Wash.
Company, San Francisco, Congress on December Lumber Shingle
This issue carried an artictre and illustration of ,the Sterling Lumber Company's exhibit at the Prune and Apricot Association Exposition held at Mountain View.
John C. Light, Miami, Arizona, retail lumberman, started on a five months' automobile tour visiting friends at various places in Arizona an'd California.
Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, who are located in suite 405-6-7, Lumbermen's Building, 110 Market Street, San Francisco, moved to larger quarters in the same building, suite ffi2-3-4-5-6.
At the regular weekly luncheon of the Lumber Salesmen's Club of San Francisgo held at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, on November 26, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Charles H. Moody, president; Mel N. Salomon, vibe president, and J. E. Martin, secretarytreasurer.
. piiteen Kittens were initated at a concatenation at Oro- ' ville following the meeting of the Sacramento Valley Lum' bermen's- Club and a visit to the plant of the Hutchinson ' . Lumder Company
Salinas, pur'chased the- , Supply Co., at Pacifiq
Want to buy a suburban Los Angeles or nearby small country yard as going concern.
Addreis Box C-1007 California Lumber Merchant 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.
Lumberman with 30 years experience in retail yards wishes connection that will be permanent, as manager or assistant, preferably outside the Metropolitan area. Address Box C-1008 California Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.
Fisher Brothers Planing Mill erected a new office ing and storage shed at its plant in Stockton. A photograph of the hibit at a fair held in San Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co., yard of the Universal Lumber & Grove. Southern Lumber Company's Jose was in this number.Nervy chaps, these boys, who certainly know what it means to "go offthe deep end."
) Action! The command is "iump." Vith nothing between them and the earth but several thousand feet of air, they step into space.
) Oroppiog over enemy territory, they're exposed targets until they land. On the ground, they're subiect to attack perhaps annihilation. For they are expendable, their command's investment in disrupting the enemy behind his li.res, to divert him while mounting the main frontal attack.
) S"lo," America's paratroopers, men of stamina and guts who accept the perilous hazards of their assignments as all in t'he day's work of winning the war. Having dedicated themselves to the supreme sacrifice for their country, we on the home front owe them a supreme debt which, by our own material sacrifice, must and can be paid only through our purchase of\Var Bonds. now and for the duration!
