I**.H0il08 n01il.**l

* of Lumbermen ln Armed Sorees a

Here will be listeil, lrom issue to issue, names ol men lrom the lumber in' ilustry who haoe entereil uar serai,ce, in any branch ol the armed forces. Pleaie send, in the nam.es ol any lumberman you know ol tha ue can list here.

John McBride, Davis Lumber Davis, Calif. . Marine Corps

Jim Berry, Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lumber Division, San Francisco . Marine Corps

John W. Gamerston, Gamerston & Green Lumber Co., San Francisco ......Army

Frank Oliver, Allen & Dettmann, San Francisco

J. Wendell Paquette, Allen & Dettmann, SanFrancisco... ... Marine

Pearl W. Brakel, White Brothers, San Francisco .....Coast

Wegtern Retailers Hold \|Var Conference

Fred Epperson, Epperson & Sons, Inc., Port Angeles, Wash., was elected president of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association at the Association's War Conference held at Portland, Oregon, January 15-16. The following were elected vice-presidents: H. L. Austin, Tri-State Lumber Co., Pocatello, Idaho; T. E. Drennan, Home Lumber & Fuel Co., Reno, Ner'.; Paul Van Petten, Van Petten Lumber Co., Ontario, Ore.; V. W. Gardner, Pool-Gardner Lumber Co., Hillsboro, Ore.; E. H. Polwarth, Independent Lumber & Fuel Service, Spokane, Wash.; F. M. Young, Young's Lumber Co., Yakima, Wash.; James Baker, Baker Lumber Co., Kelso, Wash.

Army Corps

Frank C. Kendall, Potlach Yards, Inc., Spokane, Wash', was elected national director, and W. C. Bell continues as managing director and treasurer.

R. F. (Bob) Fleming, Hallinan Mackin Co., San Francisco .. .....Army

D. R. Smith, Hallinan Mackin Co., San Francisco....Army

Ed Heiberger, Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., San Francisco

Stanley M. Long, MacDonald & Harriirgton, San Francisco .. .Army Air

Earl Doty In War Job

Guard Army Corps

The new executive committee consists of Ed L. Rowles, McGoldrick Lumber Co., Spokane, 'Wash., chairman; Tom Gamble, Boise Payette Lumber Co., Boise, Idaho, and T. B. Brusegaard, Lakeside-Western Lumber Co., Mt. Vernon, Wash.

Mayor Earl Riley, of Portland, extended greetings to the lumbermen at the opening of the Friday morning session. President W. H. Hermsen acknowledged the Mayor's welcome, and then make his report to the membership. Cecil Cavanaugh, Cavanaugh Lumber Co., Tacoma, Wash., presided at the luncheon on Friday, and the speaker was Harry P. Cain, mayor of Tacoma.

Earl J. Doty, who for the past several years has been associated with Atkinson-Stutz Co., San Francisco, is norv in the lumber department of Bethlehem Alameda Shipyard, Inc., Alameda, Calif.

Wlb Denies Rehearing

San Francisco, Feb. 17.-A decision granting wage increases to major lumber industry employes of Southern California will not be reconsidered by the West Coast lumber commission of the War Labor Board, it was indicated today as the commission denied a rehearing petition.

The new hearing on the matter was requested by the Merchants and Manufacturers Association of Los Angeles.

Panel discussions were held at the Friday afternoon and Saturday sessions with Managing Director W. C. Bell acting as moderator. At the closing meeting on Saturday afternoon the speakers were Charles Hines, president of the Edward Hines Lumber Co., Chicago, Ill., and Wes W. Anderson, Anderson Lumber Co., Ogden, IJtah, president of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association.

Will Manage Sawmill

Bob Paul, formerly assistant manager of the Jennings Lumber Company at Safiord, Ariz., has taken over the management of the company's sawmill and timber operations at Heber. The mill was recently purchased by the Jennings Lumber Company from Crandall & Wahl.

cmd Uncle Scnn comes first. It must continue to hove the right-ol-wcry for wor needs.

We cne supplying mqteriqls for mcrry wor projects but wcnnt to serve the retoil trode too. II materiqls cre cn'ailable, we will get them.

For 60 yecrs we hove been serving the Soulhern Cclilomio lumber trqde.