ITUMBER TURMINAt GOMPANY I.UMBDR SAIES DIVISION

Vholesalers And Retailers

Douglas f ir and Other Sof twoods

Yaf,ds, Docls and Terminal Facilities

2OOO Evans Avenuer'San Francisco 24 VAlencia 44lOO

Genercrl Wcrinwright Wilt Speck

At Lumbermen's Meeting Mcnch 23

A dinner meeting sponsored jointly by San Francisco

Lumbermen's Club, Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39, Oakland, Peninsula Lumbermen's Club, Redwood Cit)', Calif., and the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California, will be held at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, on Tuesday evening, March 23.

General Jonathan Wainwright, U.S.A., retired, r,r'ill be the speaker of the evening. He will talk on his war experiences.

Ladies w'ill be welcomed at the meeting. An attendance of about 500 is expected.

General Wainwright is now public relations. representative for the Acme Sash Balance Company, Los Angeles.

Cords Lumber Co. Hcrs

New Phone Number

Announcement is made by Cords Lumber Co., San cisco, that they have secured four incoming trunk YUkon 6-63A6-7-8-9, in order to be able to give service to their customers.

Mills Rcrise Non-Union Wcges

Franlines, better

Announcement was made Februarv 1 bv the Redwood Operators Committee that eight st.uck Northern California mills have given their non-union employees a7f cent hourly wage increase. The AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union struck these mills January 14, 1946, demanding a union shop.

This increase was effective January 16, 1948.

Mcnrcrgingr By-Products Depcnhnent

Larry Siemers is now in charge of the By-Products Department for A. L. Hoover, Los Angeles wholesale lumberman and Southern California representative for The Pacific Lumber Company. Ths products handled by this department include Palco Wool insulation, Palco Seal and Palco Pete's Mulch, manufactured by The Pacific Lumber Company.

Mr Siemers is calling on the refrigeration trade, architects, and insulation applicators. He was formerly with Kaiser & Co. in charge of its Pittsburgh, Pa., office.

"Boy Scout" Mill Bpec'ted

To Stcnt in Mcrch

Recently back from a visit to the company's pine mill at Klamath Falls, Oregon, J. P. Wheeler, president of Wheeler Pine Co., San Francisco, expects the mill, familiarly known as the "Boy Scout" mill, will get started in March. The planing mill, which was neglected during the war years, will be rehabilitated and will be in operation in the summer. Production of the mill rvill be around 100,000 feet in eight hours.

W. J. (Joe) Crank, formerly with Big Lakes Box Co., Klamath Falls, is general superintendent at the mill.

Announces Removcrl oI Olfices

Announcement is made by Simpson Industries, sales division of Simpson Logging Co., of the removal of their offices to the Russ Building, San Francisco 4. Their nerv telephone number is YUkon 6-&50.