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F H A Esgential Repair Loans Not Reduced Amounts Up to $2,500 Available

Confusion exists among some property olvners and builders as to available loans for essential repairs and maintenance to existing properties, it was stated by Wilson G. Bingham, Southern California District director, Federal Housing Administration.

Loans up to $2,500, for terms up to three years continue available under FHA insurance, Mr. Bingham said.

"The $200 limitation, which has been confusing, is not a Federal Housing Administration regulation, but rather the War Production Board, Conservation Order, L-141, amended as of Sept. 2, 1942, relative to all construction in general but not including essential repair and maintenance of existing property.

"Loans for essential repairs continue available in any amounts and can be insured by FHA up to $2,500.

"Time for repayment of borrowed funds for such purposes has likewise become somewbat confused because of Federal Reserve Board Regulation "W" which has created the impression that the l2-month limitation applies to all loans of less than $1,500. Again, this is not a FHA regulation and does not apply to loans for purposes of creating additional quarters for war workers in designated defense areas, or for loans to be used in repairs essential to continued habitation.

"fn such cases the lending institution, or the registrant builder or contractor identifies this character of repairs as being necessary by endorsing a form, and holding this form with his loan file for purposes of record, and in that event, the loan may be insured for any period up to three years if for the purpose of making repairs.

"Generally speaking, it may be said that this type of loan would apply to such repairs as roofing, termite extermination, some classes of exterior painting, sub-floor bracing to older structures, and the like.

"A recent publication from Washington FHA office has stated that 'it is the obligation of the owner to keep his home in repair; it is a part of his contribution to the war program.'

"Lending institutions generally and the FHA local ofrce are prepared for more active inquiries regarding this type of loan for home maintenance because of the recent war restrictions of new residential building, which restrictions obviously will force into more intensive use existing, wellmaintained homes.

'All FHA-insured loans are repayable in equal monthly installments throughout the loan period," Mr. Bingham concluded.

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East Bay Hoo-Hoo to See Navy Film Construction Expected to Drop Third Next Year

The next dinner meeting of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 will be held at Hotel Leamington, Oakland, on Monday evening, October 19.

Chief Quartermaster W. S. Smith will present a new picture produced by the Navy, entitled "The U. S. Navy Today." The film includes uncensored scenes of the battles of Midway and the Coral Sea.

Ed LaFranchi, program chairman, has also secured some good vaudeville acts to round out the evening's entertainment.

The cost of the dinner will be $1.55, including tax.

New Teco Movie Depicts Prefabrication Of Houses

Five prints of a highly interesting, S0Gfoot, lGmm motion picture film illustrating the quantity manufacture and erection of prefabricated wood dwelling houses now are available for loan to construction engineers and forest industry groups on request to Timber Engineering Co., Washington, D. C. Dr. J. E. Myer, Teco research engineer, "shot" the picture at the Green Lumber Co. plant, Laurel, Miss.

Old Age Complains

They call me old. They will not let me fight. They say they only want the young men now. Why? Just because my hair's a trifle white, And growing thinJike just above my brow?

They say I cannot fy, nor use a gun, Nor stand the marches or the heavy strife; They will not let me kill a single Hun t

They have condemned me to civilian life. I cannot go to war. But,list the pipes

Sounding a tocsin for "old men" like me !

They call us to defend the Stars and Stripes, To do our little bit for Victory !

With Red Cross, Bonds, and saving all I can, At least I'll stand behind some fine YOUNG man !

The volume of all building and engineering construction -exclusive of shipbuilding-scheduled for the war program in 1943 will drop by more than a third, it was estimated October 2 by WPB.

At the present rate such war construction alone will reach a total of more than $11,000,000,m0 at the end of 1942, topping the previous all-time rpcord for all types of construction established in I9/7 with a figure slightly less than $11,000,000,000

An estimate of next year's construction total was made in a telegram sent by Stacy May, Director of the Statistics Division, WPB, to the annual meeting in Colorado Springs, Colo., of the American Institute of Steel Construction.

LUMBER TRUCK OPERATORS MUST HAVE ..CERTIFICATE OF Tdl/AR NECESSITY" BY NOV. 15

A1l operators of logging and lumber industry trucks, truck-tractors, and "similar vehicles" must apply to the nearest ODT Field Office for a Certificate of War Necessity, which will be required for all vehicles after November 15. Gasoline and tires will be sold only to vehicles having a certificate. Application blanks are being sent to all owners of registered vehicles. Operators having unregistered vehicles should secure application blanks from.the nearest field office of ODT's Division of Motor Transport.

IMPORTATION OF MAHOGANY LIMITED UNDER NEvtI PLAN

A war-emergency plan under which mahogany importers can operate during the 1942-43 cutting seasons was announced jointly September D by the Board of Economic 'Warfare, the Defense Supplies Corporation, qnd WPB. It provides that mahogany logs and mahogany lumber can be imported after October 1 only under contract authorization from the Defense Supplies Corporation.

Redwood

A 35-year old Berkeley home, built entirely of Redwood, was sold recently. So impressed with finding the structure as "sound and sturdy as the day it was built," the new owner will use Redwood construction throughout two houses to be erected when priorities are lifted.

Application Blanlcs to Provide Inventory of Tires on Commercial Autos

Applications for Certificates of War Necessity under General Order ODT No. 21, effective November 15, will provide the ODT with a complete inventory of all tires now on the wheels of the country's more than 5,000,000 non-military commercial vehicles or held for the use of such vehicles.

In applying for a Certificate of War Necessity, every operator must report the number and condition of all tires in his possession by sizes or size groups including both new and used tires.

In addition, the operator must list the mileage of tires, by sizes, which were removed from service in 1941, exclusive of retreaded or recapped tires, thus giving the ODT a definite gage on normal consumption of new tires by commercial vehicles.

Any operator of a truck, bus, taxicab, jitney, ambulance, hearse or vehicle available for public rental who resides in any such county and who has not received his application blank when this announcement appears, should apply immediately to the nearest field office of the ODT's division of motor transport, stating the number of selfpowered vehicles he operates so that the proper application blank can be forwarded to him.

Proposition No. 1

C. W. Pinkerton, Lumbermen's Governmental Service Bureau, Whittier, has sent out a bulletin on Proposition No. 1, prohibiting hot cargo and secondary boycott, which will be on the California ballot at the coming election, November 3. He cites several arguments in favor of the referendum measure.

Mr. Pinkerton says: "This law was enacted by the California State Legislature at its session in 1941, and was vetoed by the Governor. It was submitted to full and open hearings and debate before it was passed over the Governor's veto by a vote of 33 to 5 in the Senate, and 54 to 26 in the Assembly. A 'yes' vote on this referendum proposal will be a vote to support your regularly elected Legislative representatives."

News Flashes

J. W. Graham, inspector for men's Association in charge of left San Francisco October 10 there on Association business.

the West Coast Lumberthe Eugene, Ore., district, after spending two weeks charge of the Pine department of San Francisco, recently made a in Northern California and South-

Fred Lamon, Lamon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco, returned October 12 f.rom visiting Pine mills in Northern California and the Klamath Falls, Ore., district.

R. J. "Rex" Williams, formerly with Eureka Sash Door & Moulding Mills, San Francisco, and now with the U. S. Engineers, is at present inspector of construction on a new Northern California airport.

D. Normen Cords. rn Wendling-Nathan Co., tour of the Pine mills ern Oregon.

Casper Russell Hexberg, son of Casper Hexberg of the Union Lumber Company, San Francisco, reported fdr duty in the Army September 26.

S. L. Stofle, Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, has returned from the Northwest.

Bowerman Lumber Co., Ltd., Glendale, has discontinued business.

C. W. Buckner, sales engineer, Harbor Plywood Corporation, Hoquiam, Wash., recently made a business trip to San Francisco.

Roy Barto, Northwest. Cadwallader-Gibson Co., Inc., is in the

Henry M. Hink, president, Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., San Francisco, returned October 8 from a business trip to Southern California.

Lumber Company, Sacraa week's business trip to

Port Orford Cedar

\(/PB Drives to Get 30,000 Typewriters For Army and Navy

San Francisco, Sept. 27.The West Coast drive for 30,000 typewriters to be channeled into Army and Navy operations gathered momentum today, as scores of firms piedged incieasing numbers of their machines for the qrgent need of the armed forces, according to Regional WPB officials.

Emphasizing the fact that machines sold to the armed services at this time will be credited to possible future requisition orders, the War Production Board declared that this u'as an opportunity for business firms to dispose of semi-idle equipment at l94t trade-in allowance prices.

"The Pacific Coast has been charged by the Army, Navy and War Production with a quota of 30,000 machines-enough to make a stack nearly five miles highand this challenge must be met as soon as possible, the Regional WPB announced.

"Typewriters are a tool of warfare, as they are vital to the fighting forces and the supply troops on the home and battle fronts. All machines are being earmarked for actual Army and Navy usage, which is extremely economical in its typewriting operations. Under actual comparisons, the armed services use one machine to every 125 men while in civilian business the average is approximately one to five employees," the WPB declared.

By checking machine usage, doubling up in office equipment and streamlining office typing facilities, many firms 'are selling more than one-fourth of their available typewriters to Uncle Sam.

Machine owners of machines of 1935 or later makes (no portables wanted) are asked to notify their registered dealers, manufacturers' representative or the War Production Board regional, state or district offices. Rall

Golf Play Otr

The play off in the first, second and third flight events, which ended in ties at the recent Wholesalers Sash and Door Industries golf tournar4ent, at the Southern California Golf Club, Monterey Park, Thursday afternoon, October 1, brought out a big gallery of golf fans.

Bob Osgood and "Spud" Jordan played off the tie in the first flight, and Bob was the winner, receiving the Hollywood Door trophy presented by the West Coast Screen Co.

The second flight, which was a three-way tie between Gene' DeArmond, Emil Swanson and Arnold Berggren, was u'on by Gene DeArmond and he was awarded the Cal-Dor trophy donated by The California Door Company.

The third flight, which also ended in a three-way tie between J. W. Mcleod, William Dbwney and Art Turner, went to J. W. Mcleod and he received the Bohnhoff Lumber Co. trophy.

Maximum Price Regulation 224- Cement

Maximum Price Regulation No.224, Cement, which supersedes M.P.R. No. 188, and the General Maximum Pricc Regulation except that Sections 1499.2 and 1499.3 of General Maximum Price Regulation shall be applicable in the manner indicated in Section 1346,105 of the regulation.

Specific prices are set for manufacturers on cement shipped outside its pormal market area on a bulk, F.O.B. mill basis. Delivered prices may be made by adding the actual freight to destination to these prices.

Maximum prices for cement sold by a manufacturer and shipped within its normal market area shall be the same as such price would have been for a delivery completed under like circumstances between March I and,15,1942.