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door height and the other slightly above the floor. The cross-members must be perfectly straight, and true and plumbed into perfect alignment.

A building shall be considered excessively damp if, subsequent to delivery of doors and prior to completion of painters' finish, including top and bottom edges, the relative humidity as determined by a standard hydrometer shall exceed 50/o at 7O-degree temperature.

There is no guarantee of any nature covering delaminations, telegraphing, warpage, etc., if the relative humidity at 12:00 noon according to the official records of the U.S. Government WEATHER BUREAU is less than 35/o (ap' proximately 6/o rrroisture content) for any 7-day -average durir-rg which time title had passed from the manufacturer. Official Weather Bureau records for the locality or similar locality (where there is no Weather Bureau) shall be _con- clusive. If there are no noon averages, then the closest hour to noon on the reports or records shall be used.

Neither the unloading of a shipment, prepayment of an invoice, nor payment of freight by the buyer shall be construed as a waiver of his rights to claim that the doors received were defective. Failure to pay an invoice when due shall cause the buyer to lorfeit his privilege to present a claim.

McGill Joins New Mexico Timber Co.

Nerv Mexico Timber Company has appointed George B. McGill as assistant sales manager, effective July 1. He joins the wholesale division with a wide experience in the west coast lumber industry, recently afifiliated with Western Lumber Company. Robert Gallagher, sales manager of New Mexico Timber Co-pany, said the addition of Mr. McGill to the staff is in keeping with expansion plans.

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Groding RuleChonges Approved by NOFMA

Revision of the grading rules for beech, birch and hard maple flooring were adopted at the recent semi-annual meeting of the National Oak Flooring Manufacturers' Association in Memphis, Tenn. The changes call for increasing the allon'able proportion oI 2 and 3-foot bundles from the former 25/o to 30/o in First grade flooring and from 40 to 45% in Second grade. They also provide for raising the allowed percentage ol l/a to 3-foot bundles in Third grade from 60 to 65/o. The revisions conform rvith recent changes made by the Maple Flooring Association and will be iniluded in the forthcoming nerv edition of the NOFX,IA Specification Manual, said Executive Vice-President Henry H. \Villins, and also inserted in copies of the association's-recently published grading rule booklet.

Among the changes effected last year u'ere those lou'ering the average lcngth of bundles in Clear srade oak flooring lrom 4l feet to 4r/a leet and in Select-grade from 4 feet to

3fu feet. In another amendment, the grade of quarter sarved Sap Clear was eliminated.

Ook Flooring mo^*o.t*.tr Urge More Wide-Door Boxcors

The National Oak Flooring Mannfacturers' Association has called upon America's railroads to provide more widedoor boxcars in order to accommodate the grorving use of cost-cutting mechanical loading by producers and distributors of building materials. Directors, at the recent semiannual meeting at Memphis, Tenn., adopted a resolution recommending that all future boxcar replacements and additions be of the plug-door type and that railroads continue their efforts to provide better equipment for the loading of long commodities. A plug-door boxcar has a conventional S-foot door, plus an 8-foot plug door. Such cars, the resolution asserted, offer the necessary opening and have been proved practical in operation by several railroads. They are required for effective employment of mechanical handling of rail shipments, the resolution declared.

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John A. Priest has been appointed administrative director of Simpson Redu,ood Co.. announced Thos. F. Gleed, president of Simpson Timber Co. Priest started with Simpson in the legal department in October 1945 and at the time of his recent elevation was assistanr to the chairman.

Other recent promotions announced by President Gleed include Charles E. Runacres, Jr. to secretary of Simpson Timber Co. from comptroller of Simpson Logging Co., succeeding Nf r. Priest; assistant comptroller Robert B. Hutchinson, elevated to comptroller succeeding A. R. Green, who .in'as aclvanced to treasurer; former vice-president and treasurer Joseph Ii. Mtrcklev. now-vice president-finance, and John L. Robins, named director of industrial relations succeeding Stephen J. Hall, rvho rvas elected r.ice-president-administration.

Hutchinson's father was an engineer on the Simpson railroad at Shelton more ihan 40 years and Runacres' father is a retirerl Simpson execut ive.

During 1956, there were 2,200 more highrvay traffic fatalities than in the previous year.

FHA Advisory Group Formed

The Of6ce of the Director, Federal Housing Administration, [-os Angeles, reports that an Advisory committee has been formed to discuss and make recommendations on the nerv FHA regulations, methods of procedure and other matters at th.- local office and iurisdictional area. Selected by their organizations to serve on the committee are :

Bob F. Roberts and Harry Griffith, Building Contractors Assn.; Gordon Calder, E. W. Muhsfeld, Calif. Mortgage Bankers Assn.; Robert L. Rand, Robert S. Fuller, Calif. Savings & Loan League; J. Byron Cole, Cedric Sanders, llome giitaers Institute; Joseph R. .fones, William R. Schroll, L. A. Clearing House Assn., and Fred W. Marlolr', Walter H. I eimert, Jt., L.A. Realty Board. Charles B. Shattuck, past president of the NAREB, was named chairman.

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Apple Valley, Calif.-The local News-Herald recently wrote up the Apple Valley Lumber Co. with a photo illustrating its attractive desert-type store front. The article reported:

"Seventy-five percent of Apple Valley, Calif., contractors are supplied with lumber from the Apple Valley Lumber Co. located on Highway 18 in the Village. G. A. McConnell and his wife came to Apple Valley from South Gate in 1951. They managed the lumberyard for the Tingleys, who also lived in South Gate. In October 1955, McConnell purchased the company and went into partnership r,vith N[. S. West. McConnell spent many years in the material business and acquired a vast knowledge of thlt particular type of industry. Mrs. McConnell is the bookkeeper for the present firm.

"Besides lumber, the yard also supplies hardware, paint and all types of building materials. Personal service is highlighted by the company," continued the article. "The McConnells stress courtesv and have never failed to help people who come to them for advice on building and material needs. They invite e\reryone to come in and look around and will gladly answer any cluestions people rnight have."

Weslern Pine Associqtion lssues Supplements ro Groding Rules

Stress-graded Douglas Fir and Larch lumber from the Western Pine region is now a full-fledged member of the structural lumber family. Standard grading rules of the Western Pine Association now list five stress grades in these species, giving them interchangeable status .,r'ith most stress-graded Douglas Fir, and thus solving a storing, handling and marketing problem for retail lumber dealers, said the Southern California Retail Lumber Association.

The ne."v stress grades went into effect Nfay 1, 1957, and

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