New Vice President

In conjunction with their plans to expand sales activities and cttstomer service, the Western Hardwood Lumber Company of Los Angeles, California, has appointed Robert M. Bodkin as vice president.

Mr. Bodkin brings to his nerv position 17 years of highly intensified experience in the lumber industry, which includes: Western sales manager for Creo-Dipt Company of North Tonawanda, New York from 1936 to l94l; general manager of the Ponderosa Pine Woodwork Association from I94l to 1947; Western manager organization from 1947 through 1949; Wood Division of E. J. Stanton & Son,

Mr. Bodkin will make his headquarters at the Los Angeles office of the Western Hardwood Lumber Company, however, it is e*pected that he will spend a considerable amount of time calling on the lumber trade throughout the country.

Marvin Smith, O'Malley-Smith Lumber Company, Yuma, Arizona, spent several days in San Diego and Mexico.

Redwood Log Trucks In Mighty Jom

As the July 15 issue of THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT goes to press, an unheard-of situation is in effect in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, California. More than 300 big logging trucks all loaded heavily with Redwood logs jarn the highways in.all directions around the state weighing stations. The drivers of the trucks, in protest against nerv rules of the Highway Patrol, got down ofi their trucks on Thursday, July 2, and left them there.

On the date mentioned the State Highway Patrol began a crackdown on logging trucks carrying more than the legal load limit. The trucks were ordered to remove excess logs before proceeding. The drivers claim the rule is too drastic, and they cannot legally loosen the binding chains on a log load while the truck is on the highway.

The trucks have been jamming the highways over the Fourth of July holiday, and are still there as this is written, July 8.

On July 7 Gov. Warren in a public announcement denounced the log truck sit-down strike as "near to sabotage of our highway enforcement program as anything could be."

Humboldt County loggers and truck operators are reported to be raising a fund to fight the new highway rules. A meeting for this purpose held in Eureka r,vas attended by 800 men.

Howard Gunton, MacDonald & Harrington, San Francisco, and family, left for Clear Lake July 4. They expect to return to San Francisco mid-July.

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Appointed Soles Agents

Porter M. Waldron and Carl Davies, Southern Lumber Company, Los Angeles, have returned from Marysville, Calif.,'and while there they made arrangements with Emory Womer and Leonard Wilkinson of the Penn Lumber Company of Marysville to handle all their lumber sales. Negotiations were made for taking the green output of several sawmills at Lake Tahoe, Upper Lake, Strawberry Valley and Truckee. At Upper Lake it is a band mill. This high altitude, soft textured Ponderosa pine will be kiln dried and manufactured at the Penn plant.

The Penn Lumber Company has made several improvements at its plant, including an extension of the ofifice building, additional green chain, etc. It has modern dry kilns with a capacity of 120,000 feet. The new planing mill will enable the company to handle a minimum of 100,000 feet in one shift. The mill is running two shifts.

L. A. Building Above'52 Mork

Building permits issued in Los Angeles in June numbered 5214, with a total valuation of $34,2&,56, according to G.E. superintendent of building, Department of Building and Safety.

This compares with 5163 permits issued in the like month a year ago with valuation of $25,414,962.

For the first six months of this year permits total 31,397 rvith value of {234,365,501 as compared with 28,944 for the corresponding 1952 period witl-r value of. $141,876,85.

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Remodeling Controctors Meet In L.A.

The Remodeling Contractors Association of Los Angeles held a dinner meeting on Julv 8 at Mike Lyman's restaurant on North Vtne Street in Hollywood. This was the first of a proposed series of educational events to be sponsored by this group, according to Fayq Langdon, its manager.

Among those participating in the program were Robert Bauer, head of the Los Angeles Better Business Bureau, Fred Thomas of the l,os Angeles FHA ofifice, Willard Evison of the Contractor's State License Board, Walter Behm of the Bank of America, Sanford Kent a well known architect, and Harold Hammerman, president of the remodelers association.

Terrible Twenty Golf Tournqmenl

The 325th Terrible Twenty golf tournament was held at the Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, Tuesday afternoon, June 9, with Harold LaVon acting as host. Twenty-six members and four guests played. John Hunter was the winner of the first prize, and the second prizb was won by Bob Osgood. Dinner was served at Harold Tally Ho Restaurant, and Most Terrible Curt McFadden presided over the business session.

The next tournament will be held at the Wilshire Country Club, Los Angeles, on Tuesday, Iulv 21.

Building Money Tightening

At a recent meeting of the Home Builders Institute, of Los Angeles, several speakers made the point that available money for construction purposes has been growing steadily tighter, and that competition for what 'cash is available is very brisk. I{ome builders are feeling the pinch.

Restricfions on Use of Whire Fir ond Other Softwood Lumber Species Removed

The Los Angeles Regional Office of the Veterans Administration on June 19 issued the following memorandum to its inspection and appraisal personnel:

To: Designated Compliance Inspectors and Fee Appraisers.

Subject: Use of Soft Woods for Framing, Sheathing, and Subfloor.

1. As relates to the above subject, Paragraph 408-4 of the Minimum Property Requirements shall be follorved. Restrictions on the use of White Fir, West Coast Hemlock and other softwood lumber species heretofore imposed by this office are now removed.

2. The species of lumber specified in the approved specifications cannot be altered rvithout a proper change order approved by this office. Horvever, it is permissible to include otherivise acceptable lumber of other species (in an amount not to exceed 5/o of the total) rvithout a change order provided the material is not used for beams, joists, or rafters.

3. Compliance inspectors shall pay particular attention to studs and other structural members and require the removal .and replacement of any members that are trvisted, warped, or contain moisture in excess of l9/c. If a question arises regarding the moisture content of lumber, inspectors are requested to arrange u,'ith the regional office personnel for the use of a moisture meter to test the lumber.

4. Paragraph 408-4 states that all species of softwood framing lumber are acceptable subject to maximum allor,vable spans for the particular species, grade, and use.."Tables of Maximum Allowable Spans" FHA 2550, Rev. March 1950 shall be consulted for data on the various species, and the maximum spans permitted.

Distribution: To all designated Compliance Inspectors and Appraisers in Southern California except San Diego and Imperial Counties; and all designated Compliance fnspectors and Appraisers in Clark and Lincoln Counties, Nevada.

Foresl Products Reseqrch Society Elects Cqrr

The Forest Products Research Society held its annual meeting at the Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tenn., June 15, 16, and 17, and was attended by 432 wood industry enthusiasts, who spent three busy days discussing and listening to speeches by experts on wood technology.

When the election of officers took place Robert D. Pauley, of Tacoma, Washington, was elected president for the ensuing year, and L. J. Carr, of Sacramento, California, was named to be elected president for 1954. The 1954 meeting will take place in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Fork Lifi For Woods Use

Fork lift trucks are a common sight in the lurnber yards of the West, but the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company, of Tacoma, Washington, is making novel use of these power lifts. The company has a tree farm in Western Washington where scientific forestry started six years ago, and here in their thinning operations they are getting out pulprvood. They use a lift truck for bringing pulpu'ood loads to the main line of haul, and loading them on trucks for outside delivery.

Nudor Mqnufqcturing Corporction Meets Deoler Demond

Nferle Spence, president. and Noah Hayman, vice president, of the Nudor Nlanufacturing Corporation of North I{ollyu'ood reported last u'eek the,y had increased their production scheduies to meet the steadilf increasing clemancl for the various l>uilcling proclttcts produced by the Southern California concern.

During the past live vears this comirany has more than doubled its l-arehouse and manufactttring facilities, completely remodeled the expanded office space and have added lrroduction and sales personnel to keel> up u'ith the local and national demand for the hardr,r'are and doors nlanufactured and distributed to dealers everywhere.

Follou'ing a disastrous fire suffered in 1950 it ltecame necessary to seek nen'horizons, lr,hich they dicl, by covering the east and middle rvest on t\\'() successful trips appointing dealers to handle the products they produce. Norv, three years later, shipments leave the North Hollyu'ood plant claily for the nriddle rvest, south and east.

Of the manv products prodrrced by this progressive conrpany three are orltstanding and are in demand for nerv construction and remodeling. Nudors Zephyr Glide ball bearing action hardu'are has many uses, including walk-in closets, rvardrobes and cabinets. Nudors Convert-A-Doclr is a space saver and adds over eight square feet to any room, or ofihce, u.hen this unit is installed. Convert-A-Door is in clemand 'rvhere s1>ace is the greatest factor and trim neat al)pearance is clesired. Nudors sliding patio glass door is adaptable for outdoor living, sleeping and playrooms;