North ern California Retailers to Meet at San Francisco October 16

The Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California will hold its annual convention at the Palace llotel, San Francisco, on Friday, October 16, 1942.

A breakfast meeting for the board of directors with the membership invited will be held at 8 A. M. There will be a membership meeting at 10 A. M. for the purpose of electing a new board of directors for the ensuing year, together with reports from the various Association officers.

At noon there will be a general meeting for the members, their friends, guests and ladies. F. Dean Prescott, Valley Lumber Company, Fresno, will be toastmaster, and the principal speakers will be Colonel W. B. Greeley, secretary-manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's As-

In The Service

Clifford Kofoid, Los Angeles, spent a few weeks with his folks at Caruthers prior to his reporting for service in the army at Fort MacArthur on Septemb er 24. H.is father operates the H. C. Kofoid Lumber Company yards at Caruthers and Riverdale.

sociation; Geofirey F. Morgan of the Douglas Aircraft Company, and Captain A. A. Nichoson, assistant to the vice-president of the Texas Company.

Following the adjournment of this meeting there will be a general get-together of all those present, and at 8 P. M. reservations have been made at the Bal Tavern Cafe for a special entertainment and dinner.

A large attendance is anticipated.

The- Association officers are: Ray Clotfelter, W. R. Spalding Lumber Co., Visalia, president; F. Dean Prescott, Valley Lumber Co., Fresno, vice-president; I. E. Horton, South City Lumber & Suppll Co., South San Francisco, treasurer; and Bernard B. Barber, Fresno, secretary.

New Building Code Approved

Announcement has been made by G. E. Morris, superintendent of building, that the new Los Angeles building code, which has been in preparation for more than two years and which was recently approved by the City Council, is expected to become effective January l, 1943.

Miscellaneous Construction Covercd Bv \(/PB Ordered

San Francisco, September 15Operators of industrial plants, office buildings, apartment houses, hotels and other substantial buildings were granted permission today by the War Production Board to apply for blanket authorization to cover miscellaneous construction work over a period not to exceed six months, the regional office was advised.

This makes it possible for both the operators and WPB to avoid handling numerous applications for construction jobs rvhich are necessary in larger buildings, but which, under the former plan, had to receive individual authorization when the cost for all such work reached the limits set in the stop-construction order L-41.

Under the new plan all routine indit'idual construction jobs, except those estimated to cost more than $5,000, may be included in applications for blanket authorization. In cases where authorization is granted, the applicant must file within two weeks after the expiration of each period of tlre term of the authorization a report covering the work done, its cost and the materials consumed. Form PD-200 should be used for all such applications and reports'

In making the report on the rvork done, the applicant must mark it "report on blanket construction" and include with it a letter indicating the serial number and date on which the application was approved.

The application covering miscellaneous jobs should, if possible, set forth the proposed construction work within the stated period of time in terms of jobs, dollars and quantities of material. A separate application must be submitted for each separate building or project.

Where it is impossible for the applicant to forecast the proposed jobs accurately, an application of a more general nature will be considered. However, the total cost of the proposed construction and a preliminary materials list must be included.

This plan is for blanket construction authorization only and does not alter the usrual procedure for obtaining priorities assistance. However, when such assistance is required, this must be indicated on the blanket application.

Where priorities assistance for items of a single type only is required, applications on form PD-14 will be accepted. If several different items are required, the applicant must apply on forrn PD-200.

Application Forms lssued lor Construction, Ratings

A revised project application form PD-200, which is to be used for obtaining priority assistarrce and authority to begin construction for most construction items and equipment, is now available for use, the WPB announced September 14.

This form must now be used as an application for:

Authority to begin construction pursuant to the provisions of the Stop-Construction Order L-41.

Priority assistance for any project involving new construction, reconstruction, remodeling, or conversion.

Priority assistance for equipment when construction is involved. PD-1A applications formerly submitted for such equipment will no longer be accepted. When no construction is involved, however, PD-lA's will continue to be accepted for equipment.

This revised PD-200 form does not replace PD-1O5, used for privately financed war housing', or PD-4M, used for remodeling houses in critical defense areas. Neither does it replace form PD-3A, used for projects owned by the armed services and identified as "command" construction.

PD-200 applications are available at all WPB field offices, the County War Boards of the Department of Agriculture, field offices of the Federal Housing Authority, field offices of the Army, Navy, and Maritime Commission, and many financial institutions.

Instructions as to filing the executed PD-200 forms may be obtained at all field offices of WPB.

Editorials Choice Reading Matter

Please list me as a subscriber to the Lumber Merchant once more. After all these years I could scarcely rget along without it, whether in the lumber business or not.

It is one of the few magazines that I save from year to year, and it is the only one that I read from cover to cover,

Jack Dionne's editorial columns are especially choice reading matter.

R. R. Caldwell, Barr Lumber Company, Orange, California

IIIESTERN DOOR & SASH GO.

\fPB Prohibits Production of Mctal Doors, Frames, Shutters-Flre,Hangar Doors Excepted

Production of metal doors, metal door frames and metal shutters for military or civilian use was prohibited by the WPB September 16 in Limitation Order L-142.

The new order halts all production except for fire doors meeting certain maximum specifications and for airplane hangar doors.

Manufacturers are permitted to fill orders received prior to the issuance of the L-142 order, provided that the door, frame or shutter is intended for a rated building or project already under contract, and provided that the door, frame or shutter can be completed in 45 days.

Manufacture of doors, frames or shutters on an A-10 or higher rating for repair and maintenance purposes is also permitted by the order.

Metal shutters covered by the order refer to means of closure in the side, floor, ceiling or partition of a building, shaft or tower. but not to windows or rvindow shutters, which are covered bv Order L-77.

COMPLETION OF HIGH-RATED HOUSING EXPEDITED

Installation of utility facilities using critical materials in defense-rated projects to assume completion of high-rated housing will be expedited under terms of an amendment to P-46, announced by WPB. Order P-46 covers maintenance, repair and supplies of utilities. The amendment provides that suppliers of utility services to projects rated A-5 or better, which require iron, steel or copper for their construction, will be granted the highest rating assigned to other equipment for the project which also uses iron, steel, or copper.

Wants Merchant For Both His Yards

We enclose check for $4.00 for one year for ourselves and one year for our Handy Lumber Company at Santa Fe, New Mexico. We like your snappy news and the editorials bv Mr. Dionne.

R. J. Welton, Owner-Manager, Victory Lumber Co., Chula Vista. California.

o The nails you use with Douglas Fir Plywood i'! the future may be nnliie the nails you hive regulaily called for up to now. First because war-time restrictions to save metal may have a lasting influence on nail sizes and weights. Second because the niil-holding tests now being conducted as part of the Douslas Fir Plywood Association's intensifed research oroeram-mav Drove'that under various conditions shorter or iieh.-ter nails---or nails or fasteners of difierent designs-ate m-ore efrcient tban those previously specified.

Of course the complete answer to this new nailing problemand to scores of others-has not yet been determined. But by the itme Douglas Fir Plywood is again generally available, our research men will be able to tell vou how to use it to far better advintage than ever before, Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Tacoma, Washington.