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Death oI Former Mcsonite Officicrl Wallcce

Chicago, Ill.-The funeral service for Robert G. Wallace, Sr., 61, former executive vice president and director of Masonite Corporation, wds held in Morgan Park Congregational church here, August 13. Interment was in Mt. Hope cemetery. He died at Snug Harbor Lodge which he owned and operated at Carmel-By-The-Sea, Calif.

Mr. Wallace joined Masonite Corporation in 1926 as general sales manager, resigning in December, 1945, to become vice president of Service Industries of California, San Francisco. Born in Chicago, he rvas educated in the public schools here and Winona Academy, Winona, Ind. Previous business affiliations included the F. W. Dodge Corporation and the National Fireproofing Co., Pittsburgh, of which he was vice president and sales manager immediately prior to joining Masonite.

He is survived by the widow and a son, Robert G. Wallace, Jr. Kansas City, Mo.

Col. S. Orie Johnson

Col. S. Orie Johnson, widely known timberland dealer, passed away suddenly at his home in Berkeley, August 5. He was born in Howard City, Michigan, 70 years ago.

He headed S. Orie Johnson Timberlands and Twin Pines Co., and was a director of the Union Lumber Company, and the Bank of Berkeley. He came to California in 1903 to work with his father, who was manager of the McCloud River Lumber Company, and later was with the Weed Lumber Company.

During World War I he was in charge of forestry troops with the U.S. Engineers and won the Legion of Honor and the French Croix du Merite. He retired as a colonel in 1941. He founded and administered the Tohnson award for the U. C. forestry division.

He leaves his widow, Mrs. Katharine Johnson; a son, Samuel Johnson, and two daughters, Mrs. Joseph C. Musto, and Mrs. Lewis Pinardel.

Full Authority For Los Angeles Stabiliration Office

The Los Angeles Office of Price Stabilization now enjoys full autonomy and has deputy - regional status, according to Albert J. Matthews, Director of Price Stabilization for Southern California'

"Under a new setup," Matthews declares, "the OPS office at 108 West 6th Street has full authority to make legal interpretations and price adjustments on its own responsibility.

"It will no longer be necessary for residents of eight Southern California Counties to journey to San Francisco to get rulings on Price Problems-"

The corinties referred to are, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino,. Kern, Inyo, Ventura,. Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo.

Milton L. Koll

Milton L. Koll, 56, president of A. J. Koll Planing Mill, Ltd., Los Angeles, passed away on Saturday, August 11, in a Santa Ana Hospital after a long illness.

He was a native of Los Angeles, a graduate of Stanford University, and a veteran of World War I.

Surviving are his widow, Edna; three sons, Albert, Edwin and Donald ; a daughter Mary; and two brothers, Walter Koll, secretary-treasurer of A. J. Koll Planing Mill, Ltd., and Harvey Koll, wholesale lumberman, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Wright, all of Los Angeles.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, August 13, in the Church of the Recessional, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, with the Rev. Arthur C. Dodge of St. James Episcopal Church officiating.

Luke B. Brooks

Luke B. Brooks, retired attorney and lumberman, passed away in the Queen of the Angels Hospital on August 9. Born in Grayville, Ill., he gradubted from the Chicago School of 'Law and came to Los Angeles 45 years ago. Before his retirement, he was in the wholesale lumber business in Los Angeles for many years. For several years of this time he was in partnership with his son-in-law, James S. Linderman. He was a member of Palestine Lodge No. 351, F. & A.M.

He is survived by his widow, Marian; two daughters, Mrs. James S. Linderman and Mrs. R. A. Blair, and three grandchildren.

Funeral services were held in Pierce Brothers Los Angeles Chapel on August 13.

F. W. Dodge Reports Nctional Construction Figures

New York, August 25-Construction contracts awarded in the 37 states east of the Rockies for the first seven months of 1951 set a new high for that period with a total figure of $10,187,939,000, it was stated today by F. W. Dodge Corporation, construction news and marketing specialists. This was 23 per cent greater than 1950's total, up to this year the highest seven months on record. The 1950 figure was $8 billion plus.

Meanwhile total construction awards slackened a bit in July compared with June. The July total of $1,379,830,000 rvas down 2 per cent from the previous month, and down 3 per cent from July 1950.

For the month of July, non-residential awards at $536,533,000 were 3 per cent less than June but 10 per cent more than July last year. Residential contracts at $548,144,000 were up 1 per cent over June but down 19 per cent from July 1950. Public and private works and utilities at $295,153,000 u'ere 5 per cent below June but 14 per cent above July a year ago.

Comparing the seven months of this year with last, nonresidential contracts lr'ere $4,603,178,000 or 65 per cent greater; residential awards at $3,871,871,C00 were down 2 per cent ; public and private works and utilities at $1 ,712,890.000 were up 10 per cent over 1950.