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Hamlin F. McCormick

Hamlin F. McCormick of St. Helens, Oregon, one of the outstanding figures of the Pacific Coast lumber and shipping industries, died at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, on February 6, after a brief illness which started with an attack of influenza.

Mr. McCormick was president of the St. Helens Wood Products Company, and chairman of the board of directors of the St. Helens Pulp & Paper Co. at the time of his death. IIe was formerly manager of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. operations at St. Helens for many years.

He is survived by his widow and his brother, Charles R. McCormick, president of McCormick Supply Co. of San Francisco.

Shlp Strike Cost to Paciftc Coast

San Francisco, Feb. 4.-A daily loss ofat least 7 million dollars resulted from the maritime strike, the San Francisco Shipping Merchants' Association estimated today, or the staggering total of 686 million dollars'

The 4O,O0O strikers themselves lost more than $14,235,000 in wages at pre-strike pay rates.

Sawmill workers in the northwest likewise suffered' The West Coast Lumbermen's Association estimated the payroll loss for the first 11 weeks of the strike was $3,800,000'

lssues Revised Membership Directory

Portland, Oregon, February 2, 7937The Western Pine Association has published a revised Directory of Membership corrected .to February 1st and ieplaces the one issued last August. One hundred and forty-two member mills, which are located in eleven western states, are listed in alphabetical order by states and sho-w the location of individual plants and sales offices, annual capacity and production (by percentage)-- of Ponderosa Pine, Idaho White Pine, Sugar Pine and associated species. The standard and factory products and spe-cialties manufactured at each mill are also shown. A new classification has been added in the latest Directory to indicate those mills which furnish knotty pine paneling. The information on each mill is arranged in concise and convenient tabular form for ready reference.

Lumber buyers, distributors and salesmen will find this revised Directory a handy reference for locating sources of supply of various items of Western Pine lumber, factory products and specialties that are obtainable from Western Pine Association mills. The Directory of Membership is an 8-page folder, gr/2"xll" in size, punched for a three-ring binder, which may be easily folded for mailing or pocket use. Copies will be sent without cliarge by addressing the Western Pine Association, Yeon Building, Portland, Oregon.

Rfc Authorizes Loan

Kansas City, Jan. 28.-The reotganization management of the Pickering Lumber Company announced here today it had received a formal Reconstruction Finance Corporation resolution authorizing the $2,500,000 loan requested to carry out the reorganization Plan.

H. E. Crawford

Herbert Eugene Crawford died in San Francisco on January 26. Mr. Crawford was born in Vinton, Iowa, 60 years ago. He graduated from the lJniversity of Michigan in 1901, and was a veteran of the Spanish-American war, holding the rank of First Lieutenant in the regular army.

He was associated with The Pacific Lumber Company f.or 2l years, starting with the company at Field's Landing, Humboldt County and going later to Scotia, where he worked up to the position of vice-president and general manager. For the past several years he has been in charge of the San Francisco office of the 'Western Pine Association.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary H. Crawford, trvo sons, Herbert E., Jt., and Hugh William, and two rlaughters, Rowena and Barbara Crawford.

F. \(/. Kaenzle

Frederick W. Kienzle of Chicago, general sales manager of the Oregon-Washington Plywood Company, died of pneumonia at Portland, Oregon, Sunday, January 24, while on a business trip to the Northwest. FIe was a native of Kellogg, Iowa.

He is survived by a brother, E. H. Kienzle of Los Angeles, and a sister, Miss Emma Kienzle of Kansas City.

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