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tracle in the working inventory warehouse, where immediate delivery of any type or size door may be obtained. It requires the services of 60 skilled employes at the modern plant, where the present schedule calls for 15,000 doors per week. Films of the plant under production are available for showing to service, fraternal and social clubs, Mr. Fidler declared, and may be obtained for the asking.

Rqe Gets New Arlos Plywood Post

John X{. Rae has been appointed director of management services for Atlas Plywood Corporation, announced Robert A. Muller, the firm's president. Rae was formerly a sales manager on a nation-wide basis for the Mengel Company.

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Davies Door Compo ny, El Monte, Sold fo Sfoit clnd Osrling

The Davies l)oor Co., El N onte, California, was acquired last rnonth by Dick Ostling and Chas. Strait, owners and operators of the f)stling Manufacturing Company, also just east of the I-os Angeles industrial district. For the past seven years Ostling has been engaged in the manufactttre of cloors and sliding door frames for the ever-expanding Southlantl building marl<et.

Under the guiding hand of Dicl< Ostling ancl the sales direction of Chas. Strait, thc Ostling Manufacturing Company iras shown a steady growth antl continltous expansion since 1949. This progressve firm will now be :rble to produce over 2000 doors per shift ancl present plans call for additional expansion just as soon as the demand warrauts.

"The new plant, forl.nerly operated by Mr. Davies, It'ill bc known as Thc Strait l)oor Nlanufacturing Co. and rvill be operated as a separate unit," said Presitlent C. ll' Strait. The present personnel will be maintained ttncler the supervision of Roy Lanning, office manager, and Rucly' Delgado, plant superintendent, he continued. "We will also continue to procluce hardr,vood doors, as the Davies organization \\'as one of the largest manufacturers of this type of cloor in Southern California," declared Strait.

Officers of the new door company inclu<le Cl-ras. E,- Strait, president; Dick Ostling, vice-president. and Doug Fasl'rempour, secretary-treasurer. "We have a close-knit organization and our new cornpany will fit right iuto the Ostling operatiou," said Dick Ostling. "This will assure fast service to all Southern California building n-raterials dealers," he said.

The combined companies notv orvned ltutl operated by the Ostling grouP cover ()\'cr 50,000 square feet of manufacturing and l'ztrchouse facilities in modern up-to-date plants and employ over 100 Southlancl citizer.rs turning out every type of door presently userl irr the vast building program uou' ttucleru'ay itr the southern part of the state

"The excellent reputzrtiorr for qltality enjoyed by the Davies Dot.rr Company during the past fe'rv years rn'ill be maintained and improved upon," promisetl l)resident Strait.

Doors Boom Joponese PlYwood

(Continued from Page 40) causing injury to the domestic industry and that the foreign plywood r,vas being "dumped" or sold in this country at a price less than fair value.

These charges were heard befbre the United States Tariff Commissior, in \\rashington in March of 1955 and the authorities ruled that the domestic plywood industrv u'as not being harrned. Consequently, nci action to restrict the importation of plyn'oocl rvas taker.r.

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Last December it rvas offrcially found by the Treasury Department that Japanese plyu'ood is being sold at fair value and that the charges of "dumping" were groundless.

Stimulated by its success in this primary purpose. the Imported Hardrvood Plyu'ood Association is now rvorking out a program to further promote the demand for Japanese Plywood along the lines of other plyr'vood associations in America. Contact rvith the Japanese associations is maintained and problems of all types rvill be worked out so that the Americarr consrlmer of Japanese plyu'ood can contintte to have full confidence in his purchase of Japanese plyrvood from every standpoint, includirg rluality, dependability of service, and stable. orthodox market conditions and char-rnels of distribution.

In due course an advertising program tvill be instituted u'hich rvill undoubtedly increase the demand for Japanese plyn'ood at the ultimate consumer level.