TWENTY. As reported FIVE YEARS in The California Lumber AGO Merchant July TODAY 15, 1932

Andy Donovan moved to new L. A. offices for his repre1i.11 sentation of Hobbs Wall and other products .'. Rod Hendrr"rickson, well-known Bay area lumberman, left the business :il to enter radio broadcasting, in which he does an "LJncle

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Rod" show for the kids. His "Smile Club" had a membership qf 3500 The Coast Lumber Co., Long Beach, ofiered the old lumberyard for sale.

'The King Lumber Co. and Taft Lumber Co. purchased and closed the lineyard of the Kern County Lumber Co. at Taft '. . N. E. Lentz, R. F. Hostetler and Art Kelly were the committee planning the Jtrly 20 golf tournament of the Orange County Lumbermen's Assn. at Hacienda . . Fred Aisthorpe, the Chico dealer, and Miss Mary Shearin were married July 3.

A feature article in this issue is written by Flovd A. Dernier of Dernier's Service Buieau, Los Angeles.'Its title is ,,A Revival of Home-Building Would Bring Immediate Unemploy- ment Relief" The West Coast Lumbermen's Assn. learn6d that the ICC had decided not to suspend the 60-cent rate on lumber from the Pacific Northwest [o Gulf of Mexico ports for Cuban export.

Jim Farley, assistant western salesmanager of The pacific Lumber Co., and his wife returned f.rom i7-week trio in the llawaiian Islands, during which he visited with formbr TpL Salesman trIugh AldermJn . . A, E. Ficklins, mayor of Lone Beach, returned to his office and his retail tiumbirvard therE lumbirvard therE tloo\? 3-week Northwest vacation trip . . . M. H.'M"a"n ;i I!oo\? 3-week H. th,e Union Lumber Co., Los Angeles-, spent his vacation i Mexico inspecting

CPUC Investigoting Freighr Chorges on Lumber Trucks

The Lumber Merchants Association of California, San Francisco, has been advised that the California Public Utilities Commission is investigating the freight charges being assessed on truckloads of lumber moving between California points where, after arrival of the load at the consignee's place of business, the truck operator is told to make delivery of the lumber at the iobsite located elsewhere. It seems that insufficient freight clpqgel !1ye been collected on these shipments and the CPUC is requiring the truck lines to issue undercharge freight bills igainst these consignees, the LMANC said.

"Some of you may already haye received such undercharge bills and no doubt most dealers will be affected where such diversions have been made in their shipments," a recent LMANC bulletin warned its Northern California dealer members. "If you have received such undercharges or if you believe that lumber moving by truck should have the same diversion priviliges as the rails; please advise this office as there is a possibility of proceedings beginning before the Public Utilities Commission," the bulletin concluded.

Gypsum wallboard craftsmen know the importance of Blue Diamond unifonnitg. Unifonn clwracteristics aid in the fast production of smooth, ffre resistant walls and ceilings. rUniformitg is a result of quality control.

Blue Diamond quality conbol begins with the grading of gypsum rock at the mines. It carries through every step of gypsum wallboard manufacture to the ffnal placement of dunnage to safegubrd its condition in transit.

Applicator craftsmanship and Blue Diamond uniformity ioin hands in producing smooth '. sokd fve resistant walls and ceilings.

Blokeley Phoenix Mcnoger

Phoenix, Ariz.-Larry M. Hamman, general manager of }lamman Wholesale Lumber & Supply, has named John J. Blakeley the new manager of the Hamman-McFarland Lumber Co. yard here.

Oronge Building Doubled

Orange, Calif.-Building permits issued here in May almost doubled the April valuation. The May permits of 91,2I1,969 included 122 new housing units and brought the year's total te date t4r $4,303, 185.

Somerto" Vtra n"-oaeled

Somerton, Ariz.-Eugene M. Wright, manager, has recently remodeled the office of the O'Malley-Smith Lumber Co. yard here.

(Tell them you, sau it in The Californi.a I u,mber Merchant)