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High Eatly Strength PORTTAND GEMENT

Guqrqnteed to meet or exceed requirements ol American Society tor Testing Matericls Specificctions lor High Ecrrly Strength Portlcrnd Cement, as well as Federal Specilicctions lor Cement, Portlcnd, High-Ecrly-Strength, No. E-SS-C-201c.

HIGH DARI.Y STRDIIGTII

(28 dcry concrele strengths in 24 hours.)

SUTPHATE RDSISTAIIT

(Result ol compound composition ond usuclly lound only in specicl cements desigmed tor this purpose.)'

IIIIIIMUM DXPAI|SI(II| and G0lfTRACTI0tl

(Extremely severe <ruto-clcrve tesl results consistently indiccrte prccticcrlly no expcnsion or contrcction, thus elimincting one ol mosl dillicult problems in use ol c high ecrrly strenglh cement.)

PAGruII il MOISTURE. PROOT GRDEII PAPER SAGI

(Users' cssurcrnce ol lresh stock, unilormity ond proper results lor concrete.)

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Title Vl of NHA Extended

President Truman has signed the bill extending Titlc VI of the National Housing Act through April 30, 1948, and providing for a $400,C,00,000 increase in insurartce authorization, it rvas announced today by John E. NIcGovern, Los Angeles, director, Southern California District, Federal Housing Administration.

All applications for insurance under Title VI rvhich u'ere received on or before March 31, 1948, rvill be processed as heretofore on the basis of necessary current cost. Applications for insurance under Section 603 of Title VI, received on or after April 1, 1948, will be processed on the biisis of value as found by FHA. The nerv amendments clo not affect processing procedure under Section 608, NIr. NIcGovern stated.

Since March i, 1948, commitments rvere releasecl only upon authorrzalion from \\rashington. As of April 2, FHA has been authorized to release to the lending institutions all Title VI commitments rvhich had been prepared up to and including Nlarcl-r 26, but rvhich were held awaiting the Washington authorization. Subsequent commitments are subject to the same release conditions, he said.

Beginning as of April l, 1948, all applications, including both Title II and Title VI will be processed in the order of their receipt.

Section 603 of Title VI, and Section 203 of Title II of the National Housing Act provide for the insurance of loans covering properties of from one- to four-family units on a single parcel of land. Section'608 provides for insurance of loans involving rental housing projects of eight or more drveiling units.

New Mcrncger

John M. Garoutte, veteran production man of many Henry J. Kaiser enterprises, has been named Works Manager of the Permanente Cement Company's plant at Permanente, Calif. Howard Church rvill succeed him as Works Manager of the Permanente Metals Corporation's plant at Baton Rouge, La.

Ocrkland Ycrrd To Be Moved Mcy I

The yard of Smith Lumber Company, Oakland, will be moved about May 1 to Baldrvin Street, near Hagenberger Road, Oakland. The nerv site is on property owned by the company.