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Making Business Survey in Southwest, Appointed Secretary-Treasurer of Forest And !(/est Coast Areas Products Rescarch Society

J. Roger White, vice president in charge of sales and advertising of The Formica Insulation Company, Cincinnati, manufacturers of laminated materials, is on a fourweeks' trip through the Southwest and Pacific Coast states for an extended study of prospective further utilization of Formica for decorative and industrial uses, particularly in the aircraft industry.

Leaving Cincinnati lune 20, he scheduled conferences in St. Louis, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle.

In addition to conference studies with users of Formica materials in diversified industrial and decorative applications, Mr. White planned to complete a current survey covering extended new utilizations by fabricators and manufacturers in aircraft, building construction, kitchen and counter top, furniture and architectural fields.

While in Los Angeles, he conferred with Glenn H. Taylor, the area's factory representative, and William F. Fahs, general manager of the California Panel & Veneer, Company, exclusive distributors for the area. He also conferred with Wayne Rawlings, Harbor Plywood Corporation of California, San Francisco, Northern California distributors.

Ocrklcnd Lumber Fire

Oakland, July 8.-Fire swept & Mfg. Company's lumber plant adjacent manufacturing plants.

through the Atkinson Mill today. It damaged several

Charles E. Van Hagan, of Madison, Wis., was recently appointed to the position of secretary-treasurer of the Forest Products Research Society by action of the Executive Board. He will succeed Thomas R. C. Wilson, who plans to complete his work with the Society in August and resume his practice as a consulting timber engineer.

Van Hagan comes to the Forest Products Research Society from the U. S. Forest Products Laboratory, where for the past 4 years he has been a technical writer and reviewer. A registered professional engineer, he is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He received a civil engineering degree at the University of Wisconsin in 1936 and later did graduate rvork in transportation at Yale University.

Before associating with the Forest Products Laboratory, he was an engineer with the contracting firm oT Engstrom & Wynn, fnc., Wheeling, West Virginia, the State Highway Commission of Wisconsin, and the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, Chicago.

Irong-Bell Mill Cuts Over cr Million Feet Dcrily

Due to a type bust The California Lumber Mer.chant in a recent issue listed the daily production of The Long-Bell Lumber Company plant at LongView, Washington, as 500,000 feet. We are advised that the average working day for this plant shows a production of approximately I,250,000 feet, with a possible maximum of 1,500,000 feet. It is not exactly rn'hat is called a "peckerwood" mill.

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Estimated Consumption o[ \(/estern Pine Lumber for Thlrd Quarter o( 1948

Portland, Ore., June 30-A report of second-quarter 1948 manufacture and shipments of \AIestern Pine region lumber and lumber products and an estimate of probable third quarter consumption lvere released today by W. E. Griffee, assistant secretary-manager of the Western Pine Association.

The report covered Idaho White Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Sugar Pine and Associated Woods. The statement in full:

"Since settlement of the coal strike early this spring the general level of business activity has climbed and held close to the highest level reached since the reconversion of industry from r,var production. In spite of mounting labor and material costs, residential construction is setting neu' records too. Industry and construction together are dernanding a record volume of lumber from the mills of the \\restern Pine region.

"After a first quarter in rvhich production was 12 per cent above that in the first quarter of 1947, the industry seemed headed for record production in the second quarter. Instead it ran into the worst spring weather for many years. Some mills were forced completely down by high u'ater and many others were a month or more late in getting their logging operations under way. As a result, the production of 1728 million feet rvas 7.5 per cent below last year's second quarter. Shipments of 1558 million feet rvere 7 per cent below the same quarter oI 1947 and'13 per cerlt belou' the shipments anticipated by the Association's estimate. Shipments for the entire first six months u'ere 1.3 per cent belorv the first half of 1947.

"Mill stocks increased 170 million feet during the quarter and now stand at about 1248 million feet, or 219 million feet more than a year ago. This stock increase was not due to a shortage of orders but rather to the fact that the u'et spring: retarded air drying and to the growing demand that mills hold stocks until they are adequately seasoned for shipment.

"With third round rvage increases pretty rvell settled for most basic industries, and some further inflation as a result, industry generally is looking forward to a high rate of operations during the next fer,v months. Politicians of both parties, with an election coming up, will try to avoid actions u'hich might bring blame to them for slowing either industry or construction. As the boom continues into the third quarter it is evident that shipments still will be limited largely by the ability of the mills to produce. Based upon all available information it now seems probable that duiing the third quarter of 1948 shipments (consumption) of lumber by the Western Pine Industry will approximate 1850 million feet, or about equal to the same 7947 period."

The Western Pine region covers the pine producing areas of the 11 western states and South Dakota.

Lumber Mill Dcrmaged

Eureka, June 30-The Phelps Brothers Lumber Mill near Bayside, between Eureka and Arcata, was damaged yesterday by a fire believed to have started beneath the mill engine.