"Dormant Scrap Drive" Launched

San Francisco, Oct. l-West Coast industry was called upon by the Conservation Division of WPB to enlist in the nation-wide "Dormant Scrap Drive" which was launched today and which will continue for 90 days.

Seventy thousand of the nation's industrial executives including 6,000 in the West, are to be visited by the district and field chiefs of the Industrial Salvage Section at least three times in this three-months period to assure their 1@ per cent cooperation in the vital "Dormant Scrap" collection program.

Scouring every corner of their plants for dormant scrap, these of Western industrial "salvage scout" recruits will make spot surveys for the disposal of such materials to the slogan:

"ff it hasn't been used for the last three months, and no one can prove'it can be used in the next three-find a use for it or scrap it."

And "IT" means the thousands of tons of dormant or obsolete equipment, tools, machines, materials and accumulated metal that are urgently needed to keep lJncle Sam's war machine rolling toward greater output of ships, tanks and guns.

While the field force of the Industrial Salvage Section has been doubled, with twelve 'Western representatives, plus four district chiefs, the "Dormant Scrap Drive,' has also enlisted several hundred volunteer salesmen and sales executives from a nation-wide roll-call of 2500 men certified as temporary field representatives for this special campaign

This combined field staff will ask Western industry executives to make an inventory of all dormant scrap materials to make a complete disposal of all these materials through regularly organized scrap dealer channels as rapidly as possible.

These salesmen have been drawn from the sales staffs of all the major steel companies, the American Steel Ware- house Association and the Associated Equipment Distributors.

Operation of this program has been organized by the Industrial Salvage Section, under Hamilton W. Wright through the regional chiefs of the WPB, and the American Industries Salvage Committee, which is headed by Robert W. Wolcott.

Executives of these organizations, heading up the salvage program in conjunction with this special dormant scrap drive, are-George Ross, secretary of the Salvage Committee of the American fron and Steel Institute, Walter S. Doxey, president, American Steel Warehouse Association, C. F. Winchester, executive secretary, Associated Equipment Distributors, and H. R. Doughty, director of Field Operations on Salvage for the National Federation of Sales Executives.

The nation's urgent war need for continuous production for open-hearth and electric furnaces and other users of scrap during the winter months of. 1943 is dependent on the collection of seven million additional tons of iron and steel scrap prepared for delivery to the mills for use during the winter months.

Accordingly, top executives of all industrial plants are being urged to:

1. fnstruct the salvage executive of their plant, together with other necessary executive officials, to inqpect aliareas of their plant to determine what salvable items falling in the above dormant scrap classification can be scrapped.

2. Mark clearly each such item for quick identification and make a list in duplicate, for their own use, in order that plant management may authorize the disposition of each itdm. Indicate approximate weight opposite every piece of dormant scrap.

3. Arrange immediately to dispose of all dormant scrap. The government's grave responsibility to supply American armed forces with ships, guns, airplanes and tankq, necessitates the adoption of this scrap program for the duration.

Awarded Maritime "lA,, Pennant and Hobbs !(/cll Lumber Co. Will Sell Labor Merit Badge

The Western Hardwood Lumber Co. and P. T. Walker Company of Los Angeles *elepwarded the Maritime M Pennant and the employes the Labor Merit Badge in appropriate ceremonies held in front of their warehouse on Terminal Island, Wilmington, on October 13, 1942.

The program started at 12 o'clock noon, and Fred C. Walker, president of the P. J. Walker Company, acted as master of ceremonies. Addresses were made by James Doolan, general manager of the California Shipbuilding Corporation, and Arthur Eldridge, general manager of the Los Angeles Harbor department.

C. W. Eliason, of the U. S. Maritime Commission, made the presentation of the "M" award and D. J. Cahill, president of the Western Hardwood Lumber Co., accepted the honor in behalf of the companies. The Merit Badge was accepted by a committee representing the employes, and all employes were given one of the official pins.

Refreshments were served to the large gathering following the program.

Preceding the awards, there was a launching of the Liberty ship, S.S. Gabriel Duval, at the adjoining California Shipbuilding plant. Mrs. Fred Clinton Walker was the 'sponsor.

The Western Hardwood Lumber Co. and P. J. Walker Company is a joint venture performing joiner contracts for the U. S. Maritime Commission. Their first contract for 55 EC-2 cargo vessels, Liberty type ship, has been completed and they are now working on the second contract for 109 vessels of the same type.

New t'Y-Yent" Louvers

Wheeler Osgood Sales Corporation of Tacoma, Wash., have developed a new type wood louver for use in the lower parts of doors or in shutters. They are said to be twice as strong as the old-style slat-type louvers, cut off light and keep out rain. In dimouts they provide.both ventilation and restriction of light. "V-Vents" are inverted "V" in shape as compared with the flat slat louver. Furnished in l/s", l/s", or l/4" in thickness, they are now available for immediate use. They are color graded under the company's color-graded system which shows the grade, style, size and surface of the product.

Output ol New Redwood Mill

Announcement is made by Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., San Francisco, that they have been appointed exclusive sales agents for the new lO-foot band Redwood sawmill of The Sage Land & Improvement Co. at Willits, Calif.

Lewis A. Godard, president of Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., who visited the mill about 10 days ago, reports that it is expected to start operation between November 15 and December 1.

New Glass Substitute

R-V-Lite, a transparent glass substitute, manufactured by the Arvey Corporation, Chicago, is recommended by the manufacturers as a window material for poultry houses, hot and cold bed frames, storm doors and windows, sun porches, basement and attic windows.

It is flexible and light in weight, easy to handle and can be cut with ordinary scissors.

Glenn B. White and Associates, Street, San Francisco, are factory material in the 11 western states.

116 New Montgomery representatives for this I

Buys Port Orford Lumber Co.

Purchase of a controlling interest in the sawmill and properties of the Port Orford Lumber Company at Port Orford, Oregon, was announced recently by Stapleton Lumber & Piling Company, San Francisco, which will handle the sales from iis office in the Mitls Building.

The sawmill has a capacity of 120,0@ feet in eight hours, and for the present will operate one shift.

Beldon Keller is manager of the mill. Gene Masters is superintendent.

Although shut down for some time the mill was in good shape and needed very little reconditioning. Operation was started on October 5. '

JOrNS GAMERSTON & GREEN

Don Goodrich, formerly with Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., San Francisco, and field man for the California Redwood Association since the first of the year, is now yard superintendent at the Oakland yard of Gamerston & Green Lumber Co.