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Short Hcrrdwood Inspection Courses

Hardwood inspection courses, sponsored by the Pacific Coast Wholesale Hardwood Distributors Association, and conducted by the National Hardwood Lumber Association, were given in Los Angeles and San Francisco last month.

The classes were conducted by Earl S. Swartzbaugh, National Hardwood Lumber Association rules inspector, who recently completed a six months hardwood inspection course in Memphis, Tenn.

The Los Angeles class, arranged for by Hal Von Breton of the Tropical & Western Lumtrer Company, was held at the Polytechnic High School, August 2 to 13.

Don F. White, of White Brothers, San Francisco, made the arrangements for the San Francisco course, held at Mission High School, August 16 to 22. Mr. White arranged to have the course repeated for a second week so that each'firm could send two groups and avoid having too many men off at one time.

A total of 37 men from San Francisco Bay district hard*ood firms attended the course, and one from Portland, Oregon. .The class was made up as follows: Ten from E. L. Bruce Co., two from Gordon-Macbeath Hardwood Co., ten from J. E. Higgins Lumber Co., six from Strable Hardwood Co., nine from White Brothers, and one from Lumber Products, Inc., Portland, Oregon.

A certificate has been issued by the Pacific Coast Wholesale Hardwood Dis.tributors Association, showing that the students have completed the Short Inspection Course.

L. A. County's Great Industrial Growth

Industry added $5,308,000 worth of nerv production facilities to the county's manufacturing strength in July, sending the seven-month total this year to 949,074,500, Chairman Frank N. Rush of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Industrial Development committee reported today.

Fourteen new plants representing total investments of $1,470,000 were announced last month. Thirty-two others are being expanded, requiring an outlay of $3,838,000.

If ,continued at the rate of the first seven months, 1948 industrial development should build up to the sixth highest total in county history, according to Rush.

Last month's $5,308,000 total surpassed the July, 1947, mark of $4,141,000 by 28 per cent.

Rush estimated that latest developments created 1,242 jobs for manufacturing workers.

New plants organized so far this year total 105, with a value of $10,651,000. Expansions number 208, worth $38,423.5W.

Fire Dcrmages Yard

Fire recently destroyed the main warehouse and office building of Henry Hess Lumber Co., Sebastopol, Calif., rvith an estimated loss of $60,000. Roy Klinker is manager.

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