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9th Avenue Pier Dick lsFronchi Coliforniq Ave. qt So. 4rh Sr. Ooklond, Colif. Pocific Electric Bldg. Fresno, Colif.

TWinooks 3-9866-7 6fh & Mqin Streets, Los Angeles 14 phone 4-5234

Tefetype OA 216 TUcker 1232-1233

Buying Offlces: Eurekc, Colifornio; Eugene, Oregon

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Today's 0utstanding Gombination lloor

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'IAORE TIGHT AND AIR.

EASY WASHING.

POS|T|VE WTNDOW IOCK.

Con be opened only from within.

DOOR mode from selected Kiln-Dried lumber.

WINDOW 5ASH-rust-resislont steel.

SCREEN-AIuminum, bronze or ploslic.

Available lor Delivery Out of Stock

BEl-AlR DOOR CO.

317 Sourh Pqlm Avenue, Alhqmbro, Cqliforniq

Phone CUmberlond 3-3731

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Redwood

Soles Agenls for:

Cqrl Diebold Lumber Co., Porllond, Ore.

Diebold-Meredith lumber Co., Portlond, Ore.

Chopco Soles, Corvollis, Ore.

Permq Producls, Clevelond, Ohio

"9hqkerlown, Sidewqlls"

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Wholesole Lumber Suite 210

3757 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 5, Col. Phones-DUnkirk 2-3O8O DUnkift 3-6913 Teletype tA 488 under rvhich it rvill endure," he said.

Fullau'ay revierved the role of the permanent staff of 59 persons in association activities. The staff, he said, is "a tangible industry asset-a valuable indust:f investment. It is they who execute the program of activities rvho carry out the policies determined by the menrbership rvh<l are largely responsible, therefore, for the pultlic standing of your association."

He introduced five veterans of more than 25 years service rvith the organization-Chief inspector Vern Johnson, 30 years; Inspector Jack Stervart, 28 years; Mrs. Alene Morris, caslrier, 27 years; Albert Hermann, kiln consultant,2T years, and Inspector T. A. Sandoe, 26 years.

In an effort to help remedy a serious current railroacl car shortage, the \Mestern Pine association recommended that in-transit stoppage of lumber shipments be discontinued until February l, 1951.

The group also suggested that all railroads return to a six-day service week in the interests of speeding up car rnovements through terminals, approved a carrier program for "railroad efficiencies," and condemned any program of freight car construction by the government.

Raymond H. Berry of the Scott Lumber company, Burney, Calif., chairman of the association's traffic committee, pointed out that freight cars are in short supply throughout the entire country.

"Business has increased substantially and the supply of cars has decreased," he said. "In order to offset retirements it is necessary for the carriers to install approximately 4000 cars each month. This they have not been doing."

Berry said that there are 33.3 per cent fewer box cars in service norv than there rvere in 1930. The carrying capacity of all railroad cars has shrunk from 106 million tons to 91 million tons, or about 14 per cent, in 20 years, he said.

Hugh A. Gillis, association traffic manager, said there is a daily shortage of 22,000 boxcars in the United States. Some mills, he said, are getting only one car a u'eek u'hen they're used to getting 14.

An anticipated easing of the car situation expected u.ith increased westward shipments of Korean war material has not developed, he reported. "Most of the shipments zrre sent to ports south of the Pacific Northu'est," Gillis said. "and the cars are being sent back empty."

Appointed Northern California Distributor of Rusco \(/indows

James E. Connolly, West Coast managbr of The F. C. Russell Cn., Cleveland, Ohio, manufacturer of Rusco Steel 'Windows, announced re-. cently the appointment of Harbor I'lywood Corp. of California, whose office and warehouse are at 3095 Third Street (Third and Army), San Francisco, as Northern California distributor of the Rusco Prime Window Positive locking mechanism ot the (Vertical Slide). {ingerrip-conrrolledRusco?ti:",yll ..This durable, rust_ dow qutomqticclly locks glcas inserl in oll ventilcting or closel positions, resisting Armco metal providing prowler-proof prolection. window unit offers year_ round advantages that increase home salabiblity," said Mr. Connolly. "It has construction features that reduce installation and field costs, and it has been received with enthusiasm by many of the nation's largest builders.

"The Rusco windorv is a quality product, competitive r,vith the lowest priced window unit on the market."

Stock is available for immediate shipment from ware. h, ruse.

Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 Will Hold Meeting September l8

The next meeting of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 rvill be held at the Claremont Hotel, Berkeley, on Monday evening, September 18.

Officers for the coming year will be elected, and there *'ill be a Navy speaker who will talk on an interesting and topical Navy subject. A movie rvill also be shown, entitled "The Aircraft Carrier's Place in Today's Navv."

The group also voted to seek a meeting rvith carriers' Miss Ruth Belvin is now a member of the office stafi representatives if the railroads' efficiency program does not of I'acific Forest Products, Inc.. Oakland. She was forremedy the shortage. merly with E. K. Wood Lumber Company.

There are rew .n,:1""5ns",T:lii'" occurrence than shaking hands; and yet I do not recollect that much has been speculated on the subject.

I confess, when I consider to what unimportant futile concerns the atterition of writers and readers has been directed, f am surprised that no one has been found to handle so important a matter as this, and attempt to give the public a rational view of the doctrine and discipline of shaking hands.

I have been unable to find in the ancient writers any distinct mention of shaking hands. They followed the heaitier practice of hugging or embracing, which has not wholly disappeared among grown persons in Europe, and children in our own country, and has unquestionably the advantage on the score o,f cordiality.

When the ancients trusted the business of salutation to the hands alone, they joined but did not shake them; and although I 6nd frequently such phrases as "jungere dextras hospitio," I do not recollect to have met with that of "agitare dextras."

I am inclined to think that the practice grew up in the ages of chivalry when the cumbrous iron mail, in which the knights were encased, prevented their embracing; and when, with fingers clothed in steel, the simple touch or joining of the hands would have been but cold welcome; so that a prolonged junction was a natural resort to express cordiality; and as it would have been awkward to keep the hands employed in this position, a gentle agitation or shaking might have been naturally introduced.

How lcng the practice may have remained in this incipient stage it is impossible, in the silence of history, to say; nor is there anything in the Chronicles, in Philip de Comines, or the Byzantine historians, which enables us to trace the progress of the art into the forms in which it now exists among us.-Edward Everett.

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Where to Stcrrt World Unity

The place to start world unity is where we live, not in some far off place. When Charles F. Kettering visited his home town in Ohio; he talked with some of the townspeople about local and foreign affairs. One man was an ardent advocate of world government and world unity.

Kettering wanted to know how many churches there were in the town. There were fourteen. "Fine," said Kettering, "no,$r, let's unite them all into one great efficient church, and I'll give half a million dollars to build it a home. Get them all working in harmony."

The other man said: "That would never work; they would never agree."

Kettering said: "Well, if the churches in one town can't agree, how do you expect the whole world to agree?"

Cure for Despondency

Paul Speicher tells the following interesting story in the R & R Magazine:

"Dr. Link tells the story of the man who came to see him, so desperate he was on the verge of suicide. He couldn't sleep. He had lost his grip. Dr. Link agreed that suicide was the only way out, and suggested to the man that he run himself to death. 'It's easy,' said Dr. Link, 'After supper tonight tell the family you are going for a walk. But, don't walk-run. Run as hard as you can. You are middle-aged, probably your heart is bad, and you will drop dead. No one will know. There will be no' disgrace.'

"The man thought the suggestion was perfect, and that night he started to run himself to death. But he didn't drop dead. He just got very tired. He went home and for the first time in months he slept like a baby. The next night he tried it again, and the result was the same. A good night's sleep. By the third night he was feeling so much better he wanted to live forever."

Not So Smart

Man is not half as smart as he thinks he is, nor half as original. Thousands of years before he even thought of them, the turtle sported a streamlined body, a turret top, a retractable landing gear, and a portable house.

Brogue

An American visiting in Ireland, was expecting letters from home, so he said to the mail man:

"How many mails do you have here a day?"

"Three," said the Mick; "breakfast, dinner', and supper."

Adventure in Fcrct

Adventure? That's the life, thought I, When young and bo,ld. And so to die Or do, I sought strange scenes afar, (Ho! Samarkand! Yo! Zanzibarl)

To snare wild beasts, to scale tall peaks, Hobnob with pirates, cossacks, sheiks. But O, the long, long hours J wept, On finding one ne'er should acceptThe stuff they print in books !

J. Higdon.

Launch Nation-\(/ide Program To Promote \(/ood \(/indow Units

A nation-wide program to promote wood window units on the local dealer level is announced by the Joint Committee for Wood Window Promotion. The Committee is composed of manufacturers of standard woodwork, western pine lumber producers and more than l@ topflight woodwork jobbers.

'Ihe objective of the program is to place in the hands of tl-re lumber dealer a "package" of promotional tools lr.hich rvill enable him to do a more effective merchandising job on wood windows. The program is comprehensive, including national advertising, mats in various sizes for newspaper use by dealers, radio announcements, movie and television programs, direct mail broadsides and envelope enclosures, display materials, outdoor billboard posters ar-rd field men to work with architects, contractors, builders, and home finance agencies. The field men are Douglass Pilkington, covering the Southwest and West Coast; Ray Dahl, covering the Midwest; and Charles Emery, covering Eastern territory from Boston to Baltimore.

In announcing the program, the Joint Committee ernphasized the fact that it is not a species campaign, but features the advantages of chemically treated, weatherstripped rvood rvindow units.

The Joint Wood Windorv Promotion Program is co<r'perative, carried on and financed jointly by the \A/estern l'irc :\ssociation, Ponderosa Pine Woodu'o-k Association and n-ood'n'ork manufacturers and jobbers throughout the c()unirv. It does not take the place of any program notv being conducted by individual manufacturers.

The executive committee of the new organization consists of E. \\''. Ruddick, general manag'er of Ponderosa Pine \\rood$'ork; O. C. I-ance, secretary-manager of National \\roodn'ork I\{anufacturers Association, Inc., and S. \r. Fullarvay, secretary of the Western Pine Association.

\\'r,rl<ing u-ith the executive committee is an advisory committee consisting of Lathrop K. Leishmarr, president. Crou-r'r Citv Lumber & Mill Company, Pasadena, Califr>rnia; Paul J. Nlathen', Mather,r' Lumber Company, Oskaloosa, Iou'a; Artl.rur Clifford, A.W. Burritt Companv, Briclgeport, Connecticut : R.A. Schaub, North Indiana f-trnrl;cr & Coal Company. \\rhiting, Incliarra; W. I-. John- son, Boise-Payette Lumber Company, Boise, Idaho; \\'illiam Aldrich, Aldrich, Aldrich & Company, Billings, Montana; and W. T. Spencer, Spencer Lumber Companv. Gastonia, North Carolina.

New Plywood Plcnt crt Sonomq, Colil.

Sonoma Plywood Co. is the name of a ne.iv Douglas fir plyrvood mill at Sonoma, Calif. The plant is operated bv Ronald and Carl Carlson, and the plywood is made from veneers brought in from the West Coast Veneer Co., Crescent City, by truck. Present production is about 700,000 scluare feet per month on a 3/s", 3-ply basis.

Ronald Carlson was until recently manager of Industrial Plyu'ood Co., Willits, and botl-r brothers formerly u.orked for United States Plywood Corp. in Seattle.