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HIGH EARI.T STRDTIGTH

(28 dcry concrete strengths in 24 hours.)

SUI.PNATD NDSFTATIT

(Result ol compound composrtron crnd usuclly tound only in speciol cements designed lor this purpose.)

DflfttltuM EXPAI|SI(II| and GOilTnACTI0If

(Extremely severe <rulo-clcrve iesl results consistently indiccte prcrcticclly no exp<rnsion or coutr<rction, thus eliminoting one ol nrost dillicult problems in use of o hrglr ecrrly strength cement.)

PACIGII Iil MOISTURE. PROOD GREII{ PAPIR SACK

(Users' ctssurcnce oI lresh stock, unilormity crnd proper results tor concrete.)

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Conference on Housing

Washington, D. C., Dec. lG-As a part of the Government's drive to get the largest possible volume of home construction under way in 1946, housing leaders representing industry and labor u'ill meet ir1 Washington on December 17 and 18.

Tl'rc two-day conference was called by Administrator John B. Rlandford, Jr., of the National Housing Agency at the request of I)irector John W. Snyder of the Office of \\/:rr Mobilization and Reconversion, as one of the steps in the OWMR's six-point program to expand production and combat inflation.

Mr. Blandford said the conference rvould be devoted ttr corrsideration of practical steps whicl-r may be taken nou' t() assrlre a maximum volume construction of housing zrt the right prices "during the critical year 1946"-lr'ith particrrlll en.rphasis on meeting the needs of retttrning veterans ';trr<l their families. The attendance will be kept to a small gr()up so as to permit concentration on concrete problems.

'llhose invited to attend include representatives of thc National Association of Home Builders, thg Construction Advisory Council, the CIO, the A.F. of L., the Producers ('ourrcil, the Associated General (-orTtractors of Amcrica, the National Association of Rcal I'lstate lloards, thc American Bankers' Association, thc National Savings :tnd I-o:rn l-eague, the Mortgage I),ankers Association of -\nreric:r, and thc Il'nited States Savings and l,o:rn l-e:rgtrc.

U. S. Plvwood Corporation Issues Fincncicl Report

United States Plywood Corporatiorr and subsidiaries rellort for six m<'rnths enrled October 31, 1945 a net profit of $863,800, eclual after preferred dividends to $1.15 per slr:rrc rrn 699,864 shares of common stock outstanding :rt ()ctolrer 31, 1945 (after the 2-for-l stock split-up) comparc<l rvith $519,300 or $1.59 per share earned on the D9,932 shares orrtstarrcline' during the corresponding six months of 1944. ()rr thc ltasis of the 699,86.1 c()mmon shares norv outstanding, tlrc pro{it {or the six months ended C)ctober 31 ,1944 n'oulcl have equalled 7.1 cents a share.

l{ct sales for the six n.ronths endecl October 31, l9-15 rvcre $1.1,581,100 cornpared u'ith $12707,1(n in the sarne ireriorl last _r'ear.

'.lhe sales for the six months crrde<l October 31, 1945 ex clude approximately $900,000 oi sales made bv nes.ly accluired subsidi:Lries rvhich arc rr()t consolidated irr the abovc nrentioned figurc\.

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A uniform bv C)PA ou re<lrrires that coincide.

MPn sg2-Gypsum Shecthing manufacturer's price of $25 N'I has been sct rvater repellent gypsum sheathing. '['hr' orrle:' <lealers must adjust their GMPR prices tcr

Door cnd Window Screens

The OPA has provided manufacturers' ceiling priccs f,rr combination storr.n and screen doors and lvindow and saslr screens u.ith l4 by 18 mesh screen wire cloth. (Anrendment 1l to Revised MPR 293, effective Dec. 10.)

erets what you can do to help put over the Victory Loanour last "all out" effort t To help bringi our battle-weary men home and give the finest medical care to our wounded heroes ! To show every one in your community that your store is baching ufr the Victory Loan!

A Yo,r" community measures your support of the Victory Loan by your Bond advertisements ! In all your advertising, include the Victory Loan "drop-ins" supplied by your newspapers. IJse the Victory Loan Insignia and your own Tiade Group Emblem in eaery adaerti.sement!

B For top Victory Bond sales on Armistice Day, the Thanksgiving season, and Pearl Harbor Day, use mats of special Bond advertisements, which you can get from your newspapers t

C Advertise, display, and put your best selling effort behind the new Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial $200 Bond!

Make every working day a Victory Bond Dayt And be sure employees buy their quota, too, through the Payroll Savings Plan ! If you do not have the Campaign Book, get in touch with your local Retail'War Finance Chairman or the head of your own Tiade Group. The Victory Loan is our final big drive-make it YOUR BEST!

BV /a& Sisun

Age not guaranteed---Some I have told for 20 ycars---Some Lcss

Still Unbroken

(I heard a small-town Southern Methodist preacher tell this story the other day, very e'ffectively, during a Methodist Conference in a Southern City.)

Two hotel bell hops were talking. One said:

Review cnd Prospects oI Lumber Industry in Bank Pcrmphlet

The Chase National Bank of Ner,v York has prepared :rnd is distributing a detailed revierv and summary of the lumber industry, its importance, its prospects, uses of its products, supply, demand, production, costs, etc. Under the caption "Lumber-An Old Industry Faces a Nerv World," the compilation which is based on official government figures, as well as on data from such authorities as Dr. Wilson Compton, has 22 pages of interesting and lvorthwhile information.

"How are pickings this week?"

The other said:

"Lousy. That bu:rch of preachers came here bringing nothing but a ten dollar bill and the Ten Commandments, and they haven't none of 'em broken ary one of 'em yet."

New Ycrd in Fillmore

J. E. Crocker has opened a lumber yard Calif. The business is operated under the Shamrock Lumber Co. He was for many years man for the T,exaco Company.

Visit Northwest at Fillmore, name of the maintenance

Leland X,Iuller and Bill Marmion of San Gabriel Lumber Co., San Gabriel, Calif., accompanied by Lieut. Jerry Muller, left November 2l on a trip to !.[orthern California and Oregon to call on sawmills.