Up and Down thc State

F. A. (Pete) Toste, manager of the Southern California office of Kilpatrick & Company, Wilmington, was back at his office May 72 from a business trip which included visits to Seattle, Portland, Eirgene and other Northwest points. vvoilo vvar r.

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Leo Cheim of Cheim Lumber Co., San Jose, has two sons in the armed forces. Leo, Jr., is in the U. S. Marine Corps, serving in the South Pacific, and Bob is in the Navy Seabees in New Guinea. Mr. Cheim served in the Navy in World War I.

Lieut. William L. Frese, son of O,tto Frese, San Francisco lumberman, and stationed in Italy, recently told his father in a letter that he was enjoying a rest period on the Isle_ of Capri, having completed two-thirds of his missions.

Guy Male and George Thornton, Globe Lumber Company, Los Angeles, are back from a trip to the Northwest.

Walter Harris, Lounsberry & Harris, Los Angeles, was a recent Northwest visitor.

OPA announces discontinuance of premium ceiling pricesl,i for "noble fir aircraft" and "Douglas fir ponton" gradeg- uf''' logs. OPA said the WPB reported higher ceilings were no-ii; longer necessaiy because.sitka spruce lumber for aircrgft;r, construction, formerly in short supply, is now sufficient i6,r* .ease demands for noble fire and because "Douglas fir ponli,l ton", is adequate to meet present and anticipated demantl;'t] (Amendmenl 13 to Revised Maximum Price Regulatiorur 161), effective May 18.

Lumber Consunrer Requirements ,": Lumber users who failed to report their requirements fot.'d lumber to WPB by April 25 may receive lumber onlg.",1 through specific written WPB authorization, WPB reportsilqi Hcrrdwood Lumber ,':'T

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A. W. (Bates) Smith, manager of the Los Angeles office of MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd., spent a few days recently at the company's head offrce in San Francisco.

Carl Hornibrook, sales manager, Ewauna Box Co., Klamath Falls, Ore., and J. W. Rodgers, vice-president and sales manager, Lassen Lumber & Box Co., San Francisco, recently attended a meeting of the advisory committee of the container division of the War Production Board in Washington, D. C.

Lieutenant Brian Bonnington, pilot in the Army Air Corps, stationed at Kingman, Arizona, was home on leave recently. He is a son of G. F. (Jerry) Bonnington of Lamon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco'

Copeland Yards, fnc., Portland, Los Angeles the latter part of il ;!'.'

Aromcrtic Red Cedcrt

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The OPA makes three changes in the aromatic red cedai;; lumber regulations, the principal one being a4 increase/i$f the base price of 4/4 inches No. 1 common and better gra{g.:ri from $67 per 1,000 board feet to $82 per 1,000. ,.i1

Veneer

Maximum prices for producers of southern box car veneer are raisqd $5 per 1,000 board OPA. (Amendment 5 to MPR 176), effective

Noble Fir logrs

Restrictions on aircraft grade noble fir logs are by the WPB. (Order M-228, revoked), effective May 1& i'

K E E P on Euging Wo, &onl.t, and KEEP What Uou Eoy i:,.. s,NcE ,eosCHRlsTENsoN LUMBER CO. Evins Avcnue and Quint Strcet, San Francic€o * * Phone VAlencia 5839.' ::[l',

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Selective Service Deferments

In a memoranclrrm dated l{av 15, 19'+4 to the loggirtq and lumber inclrrstrv on the sulrjcct, "Sclective Service Deferments," J l)hilip t3o1'd, rlire ctor, Lumbcr antl I -umber Proclrrcts I)ivision, \\,-ar Pro<lr,rction Board. stlttcs :

"Revised Selective Service policics on ()cctrPational deferment indicate that tnerr 2(r 1-ears olcl and older er.rgaged in esscntial rr-ork rnar- nol' lre indefinitcly tlefcrrecl from military service. This is particularlr'trttc irr the case of nrcn 30 years of age :rnd o1<lcr.

"Merr t-rf age 2(-t lLnrl or-cr continrre to leave the lunrlrer inclustr_r,' in the belicI that etuplttvtuerrt in certain other indttstries offers bctter chances o{ lieilg clcferred. The purpose of this letter is to renrir-rd 1.orr antl, tl.rrough r'ort, tlie men in r-our emplo,r' that essential n'orkers morc than 26 years o1cl are still eligible for defernrcrrt consideration and u'e believe that a high percentagc of de{erments for key nren ilr the irr<lrrstrv mzil. sti1l lre rlcpencletl upon.

"The lumber sitrration corrtinues to be critical ; dotrbtless it l'il1 beconre irrcrcasinglv so:rs the p:rce of the n-ar accelerates. This s'cek, loggine anrl lttmbering n'ere placeci on the 'production 11r€fenc\, list' lrr- the Procltrctiorr Iixecutive Comn'rittee. Thus lurnber is ir-rcludecl ir-r the rlrgency list for first consicleration in neecls for labor. 'I'his action by representatives of the n'rajor l'ar agencics rcafhrms the War Production l3oarcl's previous statenrent that lumber is an extremelv critical item."