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One f)oor in place of 2 llEW -- IilPROYED CASEY IR.

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SASH AND SCREEN DOOR

Cosey Jr. Door eliminqtes the old foshioned, cumbersome two-door instollotion. These convenient, smorl oppeoring doors ore well conslructed with weolher tight, rusl-proof metol gloss sqsh qnd frome. Glozed sosh ond frome ore removoble in one unit. Sosh is mqde in lwo sections which slide up or down ond lock ot six posilions lo give ony desired venlilotion. Screen is l6-mesh golvonized.

Oppote Expanding Social Sccurity Act Expands Service to Dealers

Washington, D. C., April 26, L949.-Attacking the proposal to greatly broaden and expand the Social Security Act as "another governmental program ofiering free handouts." George W. Beardmore of Lerviston, Idaho, speaking in behalf of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, today (April 26) declared that it "dangles before the people, enticingly, a program of 'security'."

The rvitness, an Idaho lumber company official, strongly opposed the House Bill (H. R. 2893) before the House Ways and Means Committee. Beardmore is an attorney and labor relations advisor for Potlatch Forests, Inc., Lewiston, Idaho.

A second 'ivitness, representing Crossett Lumber Company, Crossett, Arkansas, and the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, was Preston B. Kavanagh, a Washington attorney.

Like Beardmore, Kavanagh attacked in particular Section 409 of H. R. 2893 saying that the efiect of this section on the Crossett Lurnber Company would be to consider some 450 loggers, truck drivers, sau'mill hands, and others rvorking for independent contractors as employees of the company.

New Shingle

The Johns-N{anville started manufacturing as Permatone White, kinds of weather.

factory at Marrero, Louisiana, has a nerv asbestor siding shingle knorvn developed to stay rvhite through all

Associated Nlolding Co., 7125 Anaheim-Telegraph Road, Los Angeles 22, reports that dealers are impressed rvith the high quality of the company's moldings. In their ner,v large u,arehouse they have put in over 100 items, and expect to keep the stock up so that dealers' orders can be filled promptly. T'ivo trucks have been added to the equipment in order to make prompt delivery.

Walter Decker, superintendent of the company's plant, states that they have the best machines that monev can buy for the manufacture of moldings, and that they have put in another new Mattison moulder recently. He also says that they have facilities unexcelled on the Pacific 'Coast for custom milling and milling in transit.

Mr. Decker has just returned from a northern trip 'lvhere he made contacts lvith two mills for several cars a month of kiln-dried Ponderosa pine. He also made a deal rvith another mill to handle a carload a day, milling in transit to an eastern destination.

The telephone number of Associated Molding Co. is ANgelus 9-8119.

Adds New Product

Wood Conversion Company has added to its list of products Nu-Wood Sta-Lite board, with a new shadow-line edge. A white, matte finish board, it goes right over framing, furring, or old plastered surfaces, and is available in standard f" lh\ckness, 4 rvide 6',7',8',9',10,' and 72' long.

Joins Hammond Sales Force

Charles G. Schober has beert transferred from Hammond I-umber Company's Redrvood Division in San-roa and Euieka, to the San Francisco sales office. Charlie rvill call on dealers north of the Tehachapi.

Mr-. Schober started in Hammond l-umller Companv's planing mill in Janr.rary, 1939. He rvas transfeired to the Samoa office in the spring of 1939. Was drafted Februarv 18,1941, as private, and held rank of captain when discharged from active service in January, 1946. He served in the U. S. Army Signal Corps in the China-Burma-India theater. He returned to Hammond at Samoa in January, 1946, and spent trvo years there as assistant to E. E. Abrahamson.

New \fall Paneling

Amerwood, nranufactured by Southrvood Co:p., Fort \\'orth, Texas, is an entirely nerv u'all paneling, of native rough lumber. In order to bring out the natttral grain of the 'ivood the soft texture is removed, and the hard convolutions remain. Color is applied from side, and the panel is then sealed and rvaxed.

The boards are 6, 8 and 10 inches in rvidth, ancl 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 feet long. They are packaged in shipment for protection, and come to the consumer in perfect shape. Amerwood is finished in four colors, natural, red, ;n'hite '' and gray. I

W. A. Upsoh, 2601 Orchard Avenue, Los Angeles 7, is \\/estern representative.

PAA Flies Plywood

In Central Americc colKRtTE BtOGtrt

Plyn'ood has become "flywood" in Central America.

A Pan American World Airrvays cargo Clipper has flon'n 55 bundles of plyrvood, rveighing 10,263 pounds, from Merida, Mexico, to San Salvador, El Salvador. Three three-ply cedar rvood, believed to be the first ever transported by air, rn'as consigned to the Bank of London and South America at San Salvador.

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The alternative to sending it bv air was to ship it by sea f:om Nlerida to Neu' Orleans. There it rvould have to be transferred to another vessel for clelivery to l)uerto Barrios, Guatemala, from rvhere it 'il'ould continue to San Salvaclor by train.

Aside from the time element-tl.re shipment by PAA took only a feu' hours, l'hereas transportation n'ould l.rave recluired many days-there was an appreciable saving in shipping costs.

N{ost of the plywoo<l is to be used in the construction of doors for the ner,v Regalado Building in San Salvador, but some is going into the making of various types of furniture.

Promotional Litercture Avcilcrble

NIarsh \\rall I'roducts, Inc., Dover, Ohio, Masonite Corporation subsidiary, has just announced that a complete line oI full-color promotional literature and neu'spaper mats is available to dealers. The nerv Marlite sales aids inclnde free newspaper mats in I,2 and 3 column sizes, a striking l2-page general catalog in full color, an envelope stuffer in full color, attractive self-mailer rvhich includes pictures of neu' Nlarlite patterns in full color.

Authorized dealers may obtain a supply of any or all from their Marsh representative or by writing to Marsh Wall Products, Inc., Dover, Ohic,.

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