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By Jack Dionne

Ag" not guarmta€d---Some I have told lot 20 years---Some lesr

Somewhat Mixed

He was a good looking, well dressed young man. Likewise, he was most awfully drunk. It was the cool of the evening, and he sat on the porch outside the dance hall, trying with the aid of the cool night air and the advice of a friend, to sober up. He decided to try walking, so he got laboriously and swayingly hesitating moments, and then to his feet, stood for a few slumped down. to declare. "The drunker I

"It's no user" he was heard sit-the longer I get."

More Than 1,500,000 FHA Loans Made FHA Loans in Southern California

Washington, Feb. Zo.-More than 1,50O,00O individual loans have been made by private lending institutions for home financing and property modernization under the federal housing administration program, according to figures made public today.

Approximately 160,000 home mortgages amounting to close to $650,000,000 have been accepted for insurance by the housing administration for financing new and existing homes.

Modernization and repair notes numbering 1,357,100 for over $516,000,00O have been insured. Under this phase of the F. H. A. program, 1,150,000 families have improved their homes. In addition, approximately 100,@0 small business concerns have been enabled to modernize their plants and equipment.

Completes Improvement Program

The Glendale Lumber Company, Glendale, Arizona, has completed an improvement program and all building materials carried at the yard are now under cover. O. P. Wheeler is manager.

A new warehouse, 28xffi feet, will be used for storing wallboard stock and also includes a carpentef shop. The old carpenter shop has been converted into a cement warehouse. A cement floored shed, 12 x 90 feet, will be used for storing lumber and other building materials.

Nearly $55,000,000

Announcement was made on February N by F. W. Marlow, director of the Federal Housing Administration for the Southern California district, embracing 12 counties, that 15,928 mortgages, with a dollar value of W6,n4,876 have been accepted for examination and valuation under Title 2 of the National Housing Act. Slightly more than 7000 cases, representing $32,558,992, cover the construction of new homes, while 8912 applications, with a dollar value of $33,735,884 are for the purchase of acquisition of existing properties, or for refinancing present encumbrances.

Approximately 13,350 mortgages, calling fior $54,877,884, have been approved to date for government-insured loans, extended to the applicants by Southern California lending institutions.

Returns From European Trip

.Max Amelang has returned from a six months' trip to Germany where he visited his mother. He statcs that the date of departure of the boat he came over on was delayed four times due to the maritime strike on the Pacific Coast' On the return trip the boat stopped at South American and Panama Canal ports. He formerly operated the Amelang Lumber Co. at La Crescenta.

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The Superior Fir Plywooil

BUILDS BUSINESS with repeat orders for enterprising dealers everywhere, BECAUSE it is a product of our own mill where c&selei oigilatt"e in selection of logs, prop€r humidity control in the dryers, highest sta;derds of gluing, superb sanding, and incomparable dealer service make it a superiot product that satisfies the buyet' vrite, phone, or wire your inquiries at our expe'c€.

Laminex Streamliner Door Ol{ers

Many Outstanding Features

Strength, light " weight, low cost and striking beauty are given by new efficiency of design in the new Laminex Streamliner door, recently added to their line by Wheeler Osgood Sales Corpo:ation, manufacturers of the famous Laminex and Woco lGpoint doors.

Like the modern trains the Streamliner door has discarded deadweight without sacrificing strength. It provides economy without reducing excellence of rvorkmanship and materials.

and Service

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Los Angeles and Oakland

Yard Stock-Oit RiS Material

Insulation Boards-\D(allboards

Presdwood-Plywood

Creosoted and Wolmanized Lumber and Timbers

Protection Against Decay and Termites

Laminet, Streaniliner Door utith one panel cut away to show the consttuction of stiles and raiJs---aith horizontal bracing bars mortiseil in,

It is lighter in weight than an ordinary flush or slab door. It provides greater ease of hanging, handling and operation. This economy of weight is due to its unique construction principle. Two (' stiles and three 4" rails, horizontally braced with twentylour fi" bars mortised into the stiles. Two Laminexbuilt panels, three-ply construction, are cemented to this rigid frame, forming a door of unusual iightness and exceptional strength as well.

The special construction of the Streamliner door and the large manufacturing facilities of Wheeler Osgood permit it to be sold at a price that gives an outstanding door value for the money. Channels from top to bottom, with screened openings, allow a constant circulation of air, guarding against the warping effects of moisture, dryness and temperature changes.

Streamliner doors are manufactured in three wood surfaces, rotary cut Douglas Fir, vertical cut Douglas Fir, and ribbon grain Philippine Mahogany. The plain panel surface ofiers endless possibilities in decoration and finish. Stained, painted or waxed treatment provides a distinctive door that harmonizes with any interior.

Streamliner doors are distributed through sash and door jobbers in Northern and Southern California, and all over the country.

New Lumber Firm

Leo Davidoff and J. W. Wrightson have opened a yard at 52ffi Vineland, North Hollywood, which they will operate as the Wrightson-Davidofi Lumber Co.

Mr. Wrightson has been operating a yard at 11609 Victory Boulevard, North Hollywood, and prior to that was with the Hammond Lumber Company for several years. Mr. Davidoff is well known in European lumber circles where he was connected with the lumber manufacturing and export business.

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