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Portland, Oregon, May S-Timber Engineering Company, Inc., of Washington, D. C., has opened a branch office in the Yeon Building here. Establishment of the office has been occasioned by in,creased building of war projects which has brought a growing demand from engineers and architects for technical information.

The Timber Engineering Company, a subsidiary of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, Washington, D. C., was established by the lumber industry to develop and promote improved techniques in timber construction.

The Portland office will be under the general direction of J. E. Mackie, formerly of Portland, who is now manager of the San Francisco office of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.

In direct charge of the office is Alden K. Smith, formerly assistant technical director of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. A product of Colgate and George Washington universities, Mr. Smith was born in Berkeley, California, and gained west coast business experience with Western Timber Structures, Inc., and the Timber Engineering Company of California, both of San Francisco.

. HOO-HOO ANNUAL SEPTEMBER 9-10

The 51st annual convention of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo will be held in Milwaukee, \Mis., on September 9-1O,1942. Supreme Snark Don S. Montgomery has designated the Schroeder Hotel as convention headquarters.

Construction Survey Started bv Compliance Branch of WPB

Washington, May 20-A nation-wide survey of all construction started since April 9, effective date of conservation order L-41, has been inaugurated by the compliance branch, the WPB announced today.

Home Owners Loan Corporation is lending the services of approximately 3,000 of its examiners for the detailed check of the degree of observance of the terms of the conservation order, issued last month to assure use of scarce materials only in essential building operations.

Reports of the HOLC examiners will be reviewed by the compliance branch, the appropriate action will be taken in cases of violation of priorities procgdures or the provisions of. I-41.

This operation is in addition to the compliance survey of the transactions of builders engaged in construction of privately-financed war housing projects, currently being made for WPB by some 200 inspectors loaned by the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor.

Other compliance surveys announced today by the WPB include one into operations of silverware manufacturers, who normally use ,considerable quantities of copper, and another into inventories and uses of jewel bearings. The field investigations for both will be carried out by attorneyexaminers of the Federal Trade Commission. on behalf of WPB.

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YOU N{OW TTIAT GRADING IN ANY PARTICI'I.AR GRADE OF II'MBEN CAN VARY AS MUCH AS $IO.OO A TITOUSAND FEET.

TITAT'S WHY OI'B GRADES AT TIIE PRTCE ANE YOI'B BEST BTry. PROOF? ASK OUB CUSTOMERS.

Engincering With Laminated Wood

The roof of the new recreation center at Yesler Terrace. a USHA project in Seattle, Washington, is a fine example of applied wood technology.

The long beams, 14" wide and 40P' deep, were built up with 7,800 board feet of 2"x4" and. 2"x10" seasoned dimension lumber, No. I Douglas fir and No. 1 Sitka spruce. The use of two species of wood in a single beam is new -and serves to illustrate the versatility and practicability of laminated construction.

On a weight-for-weight basis, Douglas fir and Sitka spruce have a greater tensile strength, with the grain, than structural steel. The fullest use of this strength is employed by building "laminated wood,,' or selected lumber bonded with the grain by modern construction glues, forming a uniform member of any shape or size desired.

The long laminated beams support the 67-loot ceiling; the smaller cross beams are wedge-cut solid pieces of Douglas fir. Scarfed joints, Z}-penny nails and temporary clamps were used with 27O pounds of Laucks construction glue to bond the beams. They were assembled with proper camber in five and a half days and delivered to the job site by logging truck.

Attwell Construction Company, Seattle, manufactured the beams. Mr. Attwell has been working with laminated

Appreciated Editorial

This is a personal note from one who appreciates your editorial "It's the Mode and the Manner That Counts."

My only wish is that it could be read by every producer and distributor of lumber in these United States.

The writer will probably be in the Service within a short time and, when I return, I expect to have your excellent editorial framed and placed in some place where everyone who comes by -y office door may see it.

C. H. Noble, Sterling Lumber Company, Inc., Portland, Oregon.

wood beams and arches for many years, and designed the beams for the recreation center in collaboration with C. J. Hogue, engineer for the West Coast Lumbermen's Association.

Sound as to engineering principles, architecturally attractive, these. beams had the further advantage of doing a job which would have used n,Om pounds of war metals, had it been done in steel.

S. F. Producerg' Council Club Meating

At a meeting of the San Francisco Producers, Council Club held last month in San Francisco "Lumber Goes to War" was discussed in talks by J. E. Mackie, National Lumber Manufacturers Association, San Francisco; Warren E. Hoyt, American Lumber & Treating Co., Los Angeles; and J. K. Smith, Timber Engineering Co., San Francisco. The meeting was attended by over 125 architects, engineers and suppliers.

Business Firms Combine

The San Diego Screen Co. and Plywood Structure of San Diego have combined and are operating under the name of Stewart and Bennett. The San Diego Screen Co. will continue with the same personnel and business. The firm's address is 810 West 23rd Street, National City, Calif. W. H. Stewart and M. P. Bennett are the owners.

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\(/PB Rules Manufacturers M.y Build Ftu Peeler Logs Brought Under Unlimited \flooden Grain Bins Price Schedule

Washington, May 23-Manufacturers of farm equipment were advised by the WPB today that they may produce an unlimited quantity of grain bins which are made of wood and contain no metal except for nails, strappings, and small hardware.

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In a letter to manufacturers, William R. Tracy, chief of the Farm Machinery and Equipment Branch, said that the limitations on production of grain bins imposed under General Limition Order L-26 d,o not apply to bins made of wood. Manufacturers who are able to build this type of bin, he said, are not required to include them under the production quota established by the order.

The order restricts the production of grain bins this crop year to 11 per cent of the number produced during 1940. No specifications were set forth as to whether these bins should be made of metal or wood.

Because of the growing demand for bins to take care of the large grain crop this year, Mr. Tracy advised the manufacturers that the order is not intended to restrict production of wooden bins, provided they contain only small quantitie's of necessary metal. Ilowever, he pointed out that preference ratings cannot be obtained for whatever nails, strappings or small hardware may be required. He also asked producers to refrain from building wooden bins in excess of a reasonable demand, because of the necessity of conserving all types of metals.

San Jose Lumberman and Employee Drown on Fi3hing Trip

Jacob P. Thomas, Jr., of Thomas & Mulcahy Lumber Co., San Jose, and Cyril Mancuso, truck driver for the firm, were drowned when their boat overturned while they were fishing in Stevens Creek reservoir, 15 miles west of San Jose, May 10.

Witnesses said the two men were attempting to change places at the oars when the small craft capsized. Both are survived by their widows, and Mr. Thomas also leaves two sons and a daughter.

Mr. Thomas was born in Chicago 44 years ago. He was a member of American Legion Post No. 89.

San Francisco, May l4-Because of increased demand for straight-grained Douglas fir lumber in war production, all sales of Douglas fir logs with peeler log qualifications have been brought under the provisions of price schedule 54, price administrator Leon Henderson advised the regional office today.

Hitherto, the ceiling, which set maximum prices at approximately the level of last October, had applied only to sales to manufacturers of plywood.

The schedule was originally designed to stabilize the cost of the basic raw material for plywood, which is produced by peeling fir logs that are thick, symmetrical and' straight. When peeler logs were initially placed under maximum prices last August, only a small number of peelable logs were sold for uses other than plywood.

During recent months, however, there has been a sharp expansion in production of straight-grain Douglas fir lumber for such purposes as pontoons, ship timbers and airplane stock. The most abundant source for this lumber is logs suitable for peeling. Until the new amendment was issued, mills producing straight-grain lumber were able to outbid plywood manufacturers for these logs.

Lumber to be Releaged for Designated Housing Projects

Washington, May 22-I . S. Knowlson, Director of Industry Operations announced today that clause (B) (1) (IV) of the construction lumber fueeze order L-I21 would be invoked to take care of the needs of defense housing projects, where the need for completion of such projects is determined by the War Production Board and the various housing agencies concerned.

The clause permits any producer to sell, ship, or deliver construction lumber upon the specific authorization of the Director of Industry Operations on Form PD-423. This clause was especially designed to take care of any emergency needs which, if unfulfilled, might otherwise handicap progress of the war effort through lack of adequate local distribution of the estimated tbtal lumber available in the hands of retail dealers.

ls That Somebody You?

Somebody's going to war; Somebody's heart goes with him along, Somebody prays "Oh, give him a chance, Keep him courageous, well.girded and strong."

Is that somebody you ?

Somebody's boy finds cold and wet, The fields are deep with death and mud, Somebody's boy cries-"Don't forgetIt's for freedom and YOU I'm spilling my blood."

Is that somebody you ?

Somebody's home is safe and warm, Far from the fighting and snug from the cold, Somebody now is sheltered from harm, Laying up income of silver and gold.

Is that somebody you ?

Somebody hears the call for aid, "Lend of your money for Liberty's need !"

Somebody's hand is strangly stayed; Somebody's waiting while brave men bleed.

Is that somebody you ?

Somebody leaps up, eager and true, Working and lending and giving his best, Somebody's loyalty, flaming anew, Is answering the summons, is meeting the test.

Is that somebodv vou?

Ten Years Ago Today

From June 1, 1939 lssue

Jack Dionne announced that he was of his favorite darkev stories which he Fun.

Paramount Built-in tory at 18O7 East l2th Street, Oakland. is manager. publishing a book will call "Cullud" established a facCharles G. Murra

"What the Lumber Industry Needs," an address by J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr., president, Potlatch Forests, Inc., Lewiston, fdaho, delivered before the Oil and Lumber Industries Round Table Conference at the 20th annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States at San Francisco, appeared in this issue.

C. B. Matheny purchased the interest of P. R. Duner the Duner-Matheny Sash & Door Co. in Oakland.

James J. Farley, The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, and Mrs. Farley, were on a six weeks' vacation in the Hawaiian Islands.

Captain Robert Dollar, president of the Robert Dollar Company, San Francisco lumberman and Pacific Coast shipping leader, died at his home in San Rafael, Calif., May 16, 1932, at the age of 88 years.

A. C. Bowers, Adams-Bowers Lumber Co., Anaheim, and Skidmore-Bowers Lumber Co., Downey, passed away on May 13, 1932, at the St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, Calif. He was 78 years of age.

I(/e invite lumbcr dealers to take advantage of our well assorted stocks of

E. M. Tilden, president of the Tilden Lumber Company at Berkeley and Richmond, Calif., died from a heart attack at the Oakland Emergency Hospital, on May ll, 1932. He was 65 years of age.

Price

A new price ceiling seven to eight per cent below current levels was placed on prices of Appalachian hardwood lumber, May 22.

\(/heeler Osgood Re-Opens Modernized Plywood Plant

Official opening of Wheeler Osgood's modernized and streamlined plywood plant recently completed in Tacoma, Washington, following the January fire, has just been announced by Norman O. Cruver, vice-president and general manager of the concern. "This modernized plant is a credit to its designers and builders, the staff of Wheeler Osgood Sales Corporation," Mr. Cruver said.

"Outstanding among new equipment and machinery installed in the completely modernized plant is a new giant Merritt l&opening Hot Plate Press, opening and closing at an average rate of 8 to 12 times every hour. Each time this mammoth press opens, it receives a batch of veneer and glue and at the same time ejects a full load of newly made plywood, a product made under new, modern and scientific methods.

Back of this new machine, ahead and on both sides is evidence of the installation of modernized equipment which is responsible for a complete re-alignment of production processes.

Veneer dryers have been thoroughly reconditioned while veneer patching, sorting and grading will be carried on under a new roof. This is part of a giant, new trussed roof building, constructed free of posts which otherwise would mar the splendid working space provided. A new 8-drum sander has taken its place in the finishing line beside two others, reconditioned and well able to do the finishing job needed on Douglas Fir plywood.

Last fall a new Merritt lathe was installed which now unrolls veneer into tiers of trays, carrying the long sheets of this product to the automatic clipper.

The completely modernized Wheeler Osgood plant covers an area of approximately 125,000 square feet.

Revised Directory of Western Pine Mills

Portland, Oregon, M"y l5-A revised Directory of Membership corrected to May l5th has just been published by the Western Pine Association to replace the one issued September lO, 194I. The individual listings of member mills, with a few exceptions, have been revised or corrected in accordance with the latest information reported for each operation for the current year. A few new mills are now included, making the listings complete and upto-date. A new column has been added to the directory showing the capacity of mills as estimated for one S-hour shift. Western Pine member mills, located in ten western states and British Columbia, are listed alphabetically by states. The directory shows the location of individual plants and sales offices as well as the percentage of production of Idaho White Pine, Ponderosa pine, Sugar pine and associated species. Standard and factory products and specialties, as manufactured at each mill, are also indicated in convenient tabular form. Copies of the latest Directory of Membership will be sent without charge by the Western Pine Association, 510 Yeon Building, portland, Oregon.