-l Jlnrry Chrittma! anl J Uittoriour 1945 JAMES L. HALL

Ties, Poles, Piling, Plywood Prefcbriccrted Wood Mctericrls Lumber

1032 Mills Buildins SAN F.RANCISCO 4, CAIJF.

FinePostwarProspects Ahead For Paint Industry

Impressive postwar prospects for paint and alliecl products were predicted by Ernest W. Trigg, president of the National Paint, Varnish & Lacquer Association, in his address inaugurating the L944 "Convention-at-Home,' of the industry. He listed some of the salient postwar factors which he believes will be the basis for expansion of the paint business well beyond its present volume-which is at an all time peak.

Mr. Trigg called attention to the Honorable Mention awarded to tlle association for its war service; pointed out that the industry has no reconversion problems; that the estimate of deferred maintenance jobs amounts to thirty billion dollars; and there is a need for a million new housing units a year for ten years after the war. paint rvill be the demand in all fields of activitv.

Southern Ncrtioncrl Forests Furnish

87,245,000 Feet oI Timber

Timber cut from Southern National Forests last July, August and September totaled 92,245,000 board feet, -a 6O per cent gain in volume over the summer quarter average for the three pervious years, Joseph C. Kircher, Re_ gional Forester of the U. S. Forest Service, has announced.

Tlre stumpage value of the timber cut totaled $667,362.

Timber cut from forests in 11 Southern States during the three nronths topped by 22,Z63,06 board feet the three-year high for the comparable quarter attained in 1943 when 66,518,000 board feet were harvested. The cut for the summer quarter in l94Z reached 44,g16,Offi boarcl feet. For the same period in 1941 the cut was 4g,63g,000 board feet.

Building Permits Increcse in I.. A.

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The past is gone. Let us forget it. The future is filled with opportu, nity. Let us ernbrace it . . . in the spirit of this dary andcarry it throughout the corning yea,r.

Bringing the 11-month valuation of building permits is_ sued in Los Angeles city this year to $4g,g27,3il, as com_ pared with $25,833,742 for the like period of 1943, 2030 permits amounting to $2,865,Ogg were approved by the Department of Building and Safety last month, "..or.ling to a report from Superintendent G. E. Morris.

Single-family home construction in the city was active las_t month, 357 permits being recordecl as compared rvith only 70 in November, 1943.