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Pqul Hollenbeck Morks Cqlendqr

During September, Paul R. Hollenbeck of the Lumber Service Co., Burbank, Calif., is with a large line-yard lumber operator in the midwest on a consulting basis. Next month, he will conduct a dealer clinic in Lansing, Mich., Oct. 5-6; another in Des Nloines, Iowa, Oct. 15-16, and trvo clinics in Milwaukee, Wis., the following week. For tl-re balance of October and all of November, the popular author of the dealer's "Market Analizer" will be giving 12 of his cost-of-doing-business clinics in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma under auspices of the Southwestern Lumbermen's Association, Kansas City.

Looking into next year, Hollenbeck is already scheduled to make two convention speeches for the Northwestern association during the first part of 1957.

lorge Corgo Reqches Son Diego

San Diego, Calif.-The freighter President Taft reached here August 2I with the largest load of Japanese lumber ever imported here, 100,00C board feet.

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Western Pine Production Up; Expected Drop in Shipments

The report of the second quarter, 1956, production'and shipments of Western Pine region lumber products, and estimate of probable third quarter, 1956, shipments, .was released by W. E. Griffee, assistant secretary-manager of the Western Pine Association. The report said production of lumber during the second quarter hit a new high. Shipments of 2273 nillion feet lagged a little behind the cut and also were oft I.8/o from the record second quarter of 1955.

Although the demand for softwood lumber still is closely related to the volume of residential building, the Western Pine industry's shipments so far this year have held up better than has the construction of homes. The value of residential construction put in place the first five months was down 7/o and, for May down l2Vo from last year. For the first six months the Western Pine region's shipments were down only 1.3/o, evidently because of heavy industrial demand and increased home modernizing.

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"The Federal Resbrve System has begun to loosen up on the credit squeeze which is blamed for much of the reduction in home building. How soon the change in policy may increase the rate of housing starts is problematical but it can hardly have much effect before early fall. Meanwhile the Department of Commerce has reduced its forecast of housing starts this year to 1,150,000 new private homes. This compares with a 1.2 million forecast made last November and 1,310,000 actual housing starts in 1955," the report said.

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Texqs Forest lqnd Increqsed

East Texas has almost one million acres llrore forest land than it had in 1935 because so much land once cleared has reverted to forest, according to a recently completed survey of the state's forest resources, the U. S. I)epartment of Agriculture announced. Forests cover 11,655,800 acres of a total land area of 19,038,700 acres in the commercial timber beit of east Texas. The most heavily timbered portion is the southeast. The volume of all merchantable trees totals 7 billion cubic feet. Over half of this is softrvoods, mainl.v southern yellorv pines with some cypress and red cedar.

Plqn R"eunion of NHLA Grqduqtes

One of the important affairs schedule<l for the Natl. Hardrvood Lumber Association's 59th annuerl convention, and the lirst of its kind, r,vill be a reunion and luncheon for all of the graduates of the association's Inspection Training School. The reunion is appropriately planned to mark the retirement of School Director L. C. Nicely, l.ho rvill be the honored guest of the group at the luncheon October i8 at 1 :0O p.m. in the Hilton hotel, Chiczrgo. The gracluates nou, nnmber over 700.