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S. A. Douglas Elected President Of The A. F. Bulotti 50 Years \(ith Arizona Retail Lumber Association Loop Lumber Company

S. A. Douglas, Nlulcahy Lumber Co., Tucson, rvas elected president of the Arizona Retail Lumber and Builders Supply Association at the annual convention held at Douglas on May 6, 7 and 8, 1949.

Other officers elected were : Vice presidents, James C. O'Malley, O'Malley Lumber Co., Phoenix; W. C. Ketchersid, Arizona Mining Supply Corp., Prescott, and Lervis Jennings, Jennings Lumber Co., Safford. Treasurer, Emron Wright, Valley Lumber Co., Phoenix, and SecretaryManager, Gus R. Michaels, Phoenix.

The convention was largely attended, the registration being around 300. The Gadsden Hotel was convention headquarters.

A full report of the convention rvill appear in the June I issue.

Rqte Cut Asked lor Philippine Lumber

N{anila, April 28, (AP)-Filipino lumber exporters today sought reduction of nearly 25 per cent in ocean freight rates to aid their hardwoods in meeting heavy competition on the United States market.

Industry representatives asked the Association of Steamship Lines, a federation of shippers, to lorver by $10 the present rate o{ $41.50 per thousand board feet to the Pacific Coast.

August F. Bulotti, secretary-treasurer of Loop Lumber Company, San Francisco, was the guest of honor at a dinner at Lotr's Rendezvous, San Francisco, on April D, attended by William Chatham, Sr., president of the company, and 22 employees of Loop Lumber Company, San Francisco, and Loop Lumber & Mill Co., Alameda. The occasion u'as the celebration of Mr. Bulotti's 50 years of service. His first connection with the Loop organization rvas made on April 29, 1899. He is still one of the most active executives in the lumber industrv.

C. I. Wcrren Elected President

C. J. Warren has been elected to succeed James G. McNary, retiring president of the Southwest Lumber Mills, Inc., McNary, Ariz. Mr. Warren, who has been vice president in charge of manufacturing, joined the organization in 1935.

Mr. McNary joined the hrm in 1910, when it was known as the Cady Lumber Company, and has been in charge since it was moved to McNary in 1924. He was elected chairman of the board at the annual meeting of stockholders recently.

The Southwest Lumber Mills produce more than half of the total cut in Arizona, and has operations at l\fcNary. Flagstaff, and Overgaard.