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LOS ANGELES,

How Lrumber Lrooks

Amendment To Freeze Order

Announcement was made on May 8 unfreezing the following items in Limitation Order L-IZI

3-inch and thicker-All items below No. 1 Common.

Dimension-All items below No. 2 Common or less than 10 feet in length in other grades.

Boards-All items below No. 1 Common.

Drop Siding-All items except D No. 105 and No. 106.

Flooring-All items except No. 1 Common. This means all grades D and Better floorings now unfrozen.

The only grades in Redwood frozen as of May 8 are: All Structural Grades 3x4 and larger, 10 feet and longer; No. 2 Common 2x4 to 2x14, 6 feet and longer, and No. 2 Common 1x4 and wider, 6 feet and longer. All other items in Redwood are under no limitation.

Washington, May 27-President Roosevelt approved today legislation increasing from $300,m0,000 to 9800,000,000 the amount of loans the Federal Housing Authority may insure for the construction of housing for defense workers.

Lumber production during the week ended May 16, 1942, was .5 per cent less than the previous week, shipments were 2 per cent less, new business 1O per cent greater, according to reports to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association from regional associations covering the operations of representative hardwood and softwood mills.

During the week ended May 16, 459 mills produced 248,673,WO feet of softwoods and hardwoods combined, shipped n7362,W feet, and booked orders of 307,569,000 feet.

Lumber orders reported for the week by 368 softwood mills totaled D6,042,W feet, shipments were n2,277000 feet, and production was 236,X)6,000 feet. 106 hardwood mills for the week gave orders as lL,5Z7,W feet, shipments 15,085,000 feet, and production 11,767,W f.eet.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended May 16,90 mills reporting, gave orders as 83,722,W feet, shipments 76,777,m0 feet, and production 70,ffi,ffi feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled ,1@{,915,000 feet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended May 16 reported orders as 176,476,O0O feet, shipments 151,322W feet, and production 133,418,000 feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended May 16, 101 mills reporting, gave orders as 25,646,000 feet, shipments 32,410,0m feet, and production 26,014,00O feet.

Lumber deliveries by water to California ports for April totaled 34,729,2Q0 feet, according to reports of eight companies to the Pacific Coast Lumber Carriers' Association, San Francisco. Deliveries to the various ports were as follows:

Feet

San Francisco . 1,7I6,W0

Los Angeles .. .. ...3I,561,2N

San Diego ..... 1,452,0ffi

Total .....34,7n,2@

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