Mount Whitney Lumber Co., Inc.

3O3O E. Woshington Blvd. los Angeles 23, Golif. Phone ANgelus OlTl

Weston Assigned Southlond

Portland, Ore.-Robert J. Weston of Los Angeles will represent M and M Wood Working Company in the Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico area for sales of Malarkey products, General Sales Manager Robert Kelly announced. Weston was most recently Southern California field representative for Douglas Fir Plywood Association, and prior to that manager of specialty sales for U. S. Plywood Corporation's western division.

Due to experience gained before his entry into sales work in 1947, Weston's face may seem familiar to many he meets for the first time. He was an actor in 23 legitimate stage productions in New York and in television and radio shows as well.

$2OO,OOO Fire ot Monorch Lumber

Oakland, Calif.-A 3-alarm fire, causing an estimated $200,000 damage, swept the block-long Monarch Lumber Co. here April 7. Coast Guard and Oakland fire department boats, plus 100 firemen, confined the conflagration to the west end of the yard and saved 2,000,000 board feet of lumber in a Zfu-hour battle with flames' There were 23 pieces of fire-fighting equipment on the scene, u'ith

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flames skyrocketing 100 feet in the air and smoke clouds billowing for several miles.

Major damage was to a shed in which 500,000 feet of finished lumber was stored. Jack Evertt, partner in Monarch, first reported the fire and estimated the damage with Albert Van Dusen, Monarch manager. The fire marshal said it was apparently started by itinerants who had sought shelter in the shed of the yard at the foot of Fallon street on thc Oakland estuary.

Lynch Lumber Co. Office Burns

Pacoima. Calif.-The office and salesroom of the Lynch Lumber Co., 13151 Van Nuys Blvd., were destroyed by fire April 5 but firem€n were able to save stacks of lumber in the yard. Four companies of firemen prevented the blaze from spreading to nearby stacks. The assistant fire chief said the mixture of paints and lumber created intense heatwaves that blistered the faces and hands of firemen and cracked windows within a 100-yard radius.

$100,000

Loss at Cheim Lumber Co.

A three-alarm fire April 14 leveled the Cheim Company,s old Alameda street yard and office in San Jose, with dam_ ages totaling $100,000. Cheim has recently completed a new office and yard but all its uppers, clears and plywood were still stored at the former location. Two small boys, seven years old, admitted starting the fire by playing with matches near a lumber shed. A total of $425,000 damage in the vicinity was caused, the Pacific Steel and Hardware Co. also being leveled.

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