TWIN HARBORS I.UMBER GOMPANY

Fred Christie and Mrs. Christie of Wolf Creek Timber Co., Willits, Calif., manufacturers of redwood and fir lumber, recently visited their Southern California representative, Pacific Fir Sales, Pasadena. While in Southern California they attended the Santa Anita races as guests of the Turf Club.

Earl F. Wood, wholesale lumber dealer, Los Angeles, left March 1 to ,call on Northern California and Southern Oregon pine mills.

Cecil Dillon, who was with El Rey Products Co., Los Angeles, for 18 years is now with Fisk & Mason, Pasadena, as salesman handling composition roofing and shingles.

Tim Wood, vica president, Pacific Western Lumber Co. of California, opened an office for the company at 820 G. Street, Arcata, January 1. Judd Brown is his assistant. The telephone number is Arcata 1060, and Teletype is Arcata 51.

Howard C. Wilkins, experien,ced lumber salesman, is now with the J. W-. Back Lumber Co., Los Angeles, as salesman in the Santa Barbara and Bakersfield areas, and the western part of Los Angeles County. Mr. Wilkins' experience includes 15 years with Hammond Lumber Company, and 14 years with Western Hardwood Lumber Co.

Art Penberthy, turned last week reka districts.

Tacoma Lumber Sales, Los Angeles, refrom visiting mills in the Arcata and Eu-

NDA Orgrnizing Two Scprretc Plywood Advirory Committco

The government's National Defensc Agency, recognizing the importance of the Douglas fir plywood industry to the nation's defense production effort, is rtrganizing t\\'o separate plywood advis<lry committces.

In an announcement fronr Washingtttn, l). C., Nl)A said the present broadly-inclttsive plyw<xrd and vcneer advisory group will be broken up into a softrvootl plywood a<lt'isory committee and hardwood plywoo<l committee. The m<tve is expected to facilitate matters affecting defense production of fir plywood-biggest single segmcnt of the nation's scattered plywood industry. Fir plywood trtanufactttrers accottnt for 95 per cent of the softwood plywood and trvo thirds of the nation's total plywood production.

The announcement from NDA, which follou'ed :t meeting of the plywood advisory committee called at Washington, D.C., disclosed that plans are undcr way for a progrant of access roads to open up additional stumPagc in the trational forests.

The meeting brought out that although pro<luctiorr of fir plywood has doublcd since 1945, rnilitary reqttiretrtents are taking a big share of present output and rvill take nrore as the defense effort picks up speed.

Presiding at the rneeting was Harold Ii. Holman, acting director of NI)A's forest products division. Fir plyrvoocl manufacturers present included Gus. N. Arneson, general manager, Springfield I'lywoc-rd Corp,, Springfield, Ore.; E. W. Daniels, director of sales, Harbor Plywood Corp., Aberdeen, Wash.; Fay L. Foval, manager, factory sales, The Long-Bell Lumber Company, Longview, Wash., and Thomas B. Malarkey, president, M and M Wood \\rorking Company, Portland, Ore.

Chcrnge ol Ncmre

North Plywood Inc.. 410 Terry Avenue, Seattle 9, changed its name on January I, 1951, to North-Robbins Plyvvood Inc. Mr. Rob'bins has been general manager and co-otvner for several years.

North-Robbins Plywood Inc. has opened a new \\'arehouse in Salinas, Calif., under the management of Arthur Neher, who is well experienced in wholesaling brrilding materials in California.

Cut Ordercd in Auto Steel And Dwcble Goode on April I

Washingdon, March 7-The government today ordercd a 0 per cent cutback in the use of steel for automobiles and consumer durable grxrds, effective April l.

The National Production Authority applies the order to passengcr cars, about 1.50 items of furniture, utensils and cutlcry, household appliances including radio and TV sets, jcwelry, ffames, carneras, bicycles, and clothes hangers.

It requires nranufactttrcrs of these goods to cut their use of steel in April, May and June 20 per cent below their average quarterly use in the first half of 1950.

At the same time the Nl'A raised from 20 to 25 per cent the across-the-board cut in the ttse of copper for all ttondcfcnse production. This is effective April l.

The 35 per cent across-tlre-board. cttt in the use of alutrtirrurn, norv in effect for lltarch, will remain through the second <1uarter.

Retail Ceiling Price Regulction No. 7

Itetail ceiling price regulation No. 7 issued Febtuaty 27 c()vcrs all of thc items cttmnrrlnly sold iu men's and rvomen's apparel and shoc st()res, most of the itcms carried in floor covering st()res. and urore than 75o/o of the volume handled by department stores. The order establishes February 24,1951, as a base date or a. list date for the determination of invoice prices, offering prices, and percentage rnargins. It actually provides no immediate roll back in margins to pre-Korean levels, although the OPS indicates that certain provisions of the regulation rvill permit them to reduce margins in those cases where the records show that current mark-ups exceed those charged in the year ending June 30, 1950.

Itetail lumber dealers handle only a ferv of the items covered by this order.

W. S. Westover, of Olympia, Wash., vice president, Donover I-umber Co., Los Angeles, and Mrs. Westover, are spending. several weeks in Los Angeles as guests of W. E. Calhoun, manager of Donover Lumber Co.

Henry Meek, warehouseman, at Irving ing, Inc., Los Angeles, has been called U. S. Army. Jack Carroll is taking his