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Portland, Oregon, August 16-Lumber production at Douglas fir mills of western Oregon and Washington fell off sharply in July due to holiday shutdowns throughout much of the industry.

H. V. Simpson, executive vice president West Coast Lumbermen's Association, said production for the first seven months is 772 million feet larger than same period last year. Shipments through July still top last year's by 4O9 million feet. July orders held even with Juire, despite the holidays.

'West Coast lumbermen report a gradual tightening in freight car supply, Simpson said, which is becoming more severe as heavy grain shipments increase. He said shipping space is particularly short with only half the space available for lumber shippers from North Pacific to Atlantic ports.

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The weekly average of West Coast lumber productior, in July was 165,102,000 b,f. or 91.8/o of the 1946-1950 average. Orders averaged 171,839,000 b.f.; shipments 152,780,000 b.f. Weekly averages for June were: Production, 222,43I,W b.f. (123.7% of the 1946-1950 average); orders, 172,333,m b.f.; shipments fr4,496,,000 b.f.

Thirty weeks of 1951 cumulative production, 6,547,285,000 b.f.; thirty weeks of 195Q 5,775,0'26,0ffi b.f.; thirty weeks of 1949, 5,500,481,000 b.f.

Orders for thirty weeks of 1951 breakdown as follows: 'rail & truck, 4,n4,119,ffiO b.f.; domestic cargo, 1,212,437,000 b.f.; export, 374,039,0W b.f.; local 394,866,000 b.f

The industry's unfilled order file stood at 662501,000 b.f. at the end of July; gross stocks at 851,736,000 b.f

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Dean and Ernest Johnson Die in Plane Crash

Dean and Ernest Johnson, Portland, Oregon, were among the 50 people who died in the crash of a giant airliner the morning of August 24, 20 miles south of Oakland, California. Jhe Johnson brothers were among the nation's foremost lumber manufacturers, being owners and chief executives of the C. D. Johnson Lumber Corporation, of Portland. They were returning from a business trip to Chicago. They were the sons of the late C. D. Johnson, founder of the lumber company. Dean Johnson was expresident of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association.

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