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James L. Madden Named To Head Forestry Industry Group

Washington, D.C.-A New Englancl pulp ancl paper company executive, James L. Madden, of Boston, is the newly elected pr:esident of American Forest Products Industries, Inc. Mr. Madden is president of the Hollingsworth & Whitnel' Co., with mills in Maine and Alabama.

Mr. Madden succeeds N. F. McGowin, of the W. T. Smitli Lumber Co., of Chapman, Ala., as president of the forest industry educational and informational organization. Mr. McGowin remains as a member of the board of trustees.

Cther officers of the organization were re-elected for the coming year. They include: Williarn B. Greeley, of Seattle, chairman of the board; Walter J. Damtoft, Champion Paper &

Fibre Co., Canton, N. C., and Clyde Martin, Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., Tacoma, Wash., vice-presidents and P. H. Glatfelter, P. H. Glatfelter Co., Spring Grove Pa., treasurer.

Arnerican l-orest Products Industries is national coorclinator of the Keep America Green forest fire prevention program and the Arnerican Tree Farm Systern, now underway in mosr states.

The new AFPI officers were named at the annual r-r.reeting of the board of trustees held in Washington, D. C., Nov. 2. 'I'hc forest industry organization headed by Mr. Madden is rrow beginning its eleventh year.

Capt. Tom Jacobsen, Jr., of the Marine Air Corps, attended the November 19 meeting of Hoo-Hoo Club at the Claren-ron: Hotel, Rerkeley. He is stationed temporarily at the Alameda Naval Air Base.

Title lX--National Housing Act

John tr. NIcGovern, district director of the Federal Housing Administration, Los Angeles, announcecl today that Title IX of the National Housing Act is now effective and can be placed in operation.

Nfortgages insured under the new Title IX mnsi cover property located in an area previously cleclared by the President to be a critical defense housing area, an<l the total number of housing units insured rnay not exceed the number programmed by the Housing and Horne Finance Adrninistrator.

Title IX consists of two sections, known as Section 903, which provides for insurance of mortgages covering one and two-family dwelling units, ancl Section 908, which provides for insurance of multifamily housing, McGovern said.

\{ortgage applications for both sections of Title 1X will be processed under substantially the same proceclure as loan applications uncler Sections 203 and 207 ancl the maximum mortgage amounts rvill be based upon the FHA's estimate of value.

llcGovern called special attention to the fact that rental units under Section 903 as well as multi-family housing under 908, require the mortgagor to certify that he will not, in selecting tenants, discriminate against any family by reason of the fact that there are children in the farnily. There is the further requirement under Section 908 for a certification to be executed by the mortgagor as to the actual cosi of the physical improvements. Authority to insure under Title IX expires on June 30, 1953, N{cGovern said.

Congrctulcrtions

Nlr. and Mrs. James L. Hall, Jr. are receiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter, Susan Barbara Hall, in San Francisco, November 10. They already ha.rre a son aged four.

Mr. Hall is associated in the r,vholesale lumber business lvith his father, James L. Hall Sr., in San Francisco.

There M.y Be Gold In "Them Thar Brancher"

United States Plywood Corporation recently purchased the veneer from one, l}ft-foot American Walnut log for roughlr $8.500.

Towering more than ten floors in height, the tree was sai<l to be "the finest American Walnut ever grown." The trunl<, which weighed approximately 11,000 pounds, r.neasttred 36inches in diameter. Seventeen thousand square feet of clear. figured Walnut veneer, costing almost one dollar per pouncl, was cut from the single log.

Chester B. Stem, owner and veneer cutter of the prize Arnerican Walnut, said the tree was grown on a farm "in the famed area of Kentucky called the 'Blue Grass'." The farm, he said,

Francis L. Heron Enters \Tholesale

Lumber Business in San Francisco

Francis L. Heron, rvho has been sales manager for the past five years for Western Pine Supply Co., Emeryville, Calif., has opened a 'rvholesale lumber office in Room 846 Monadncck Builcling, San Francisco 5, operating under the name of Heron L,trmber Company, Inc.

Mr. Heron has had a thorough training in thr: sales encl of the lumber business. He rr'as rvitl' Standard Lumber Co., Los Angeles u,holesale concern, ior seven years before going 'rvith \\restern Pine Suppl_v Co. In addition to this he had experience in san'mills in the manufacture of lumber.

lleron l-umber Company .n.ill conduct a gerieral rvho,esale lumber business. and rvill spectalize in tl-re sale of Ponderosa and Sugar pine lumber, and as rvell 'n'ill handle White fir and Douglas fir.

Mr. Heron is a past presiclent of the San Francisco Lumbermen's Club, and is a member of the San Frar,cisco Elks Lodge.

The teiephone number of Heror.r Lumber Con.rpany is YUkon 2-0848.

Earle E. Bowe, Santa Clara, Calif. rvholesalt' Iumber clealer, recently returned from a brrsirress trip to Medford, Oregon. He attended the annual meeting of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association in San Francisco. November 10 to 15.

Philip J. McCoy, president, \\restern Pine Supply Co., Emeryville, Caiif., and his family are on a trip to Spokane, Washington, rvhere they u;ill attend a familv reunion.

Carl Crow, proprietor of Cror'v's Weekly- Letter, Crow's Lumber Digest, and other lumber publications, was a recent visitor to San Francisco. While there he attended the annual meeting of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, held at the St. Francis Hotel. November l0 to 15.

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Before selling the thin veneers to United States Plywood, N{r. Stem insisted on knowing what was to be done with the beautifully patterned wood sheets. He consented to sell only after receiving the company's assurance the veneers would be rusetl as wall paneling for the Mellon National Bank in Pittslnrrgh, (Garrison and Abramovitz, N. Y. C. Architects).

After being shipped to one of United States Plywood Corporation's mills, where the veneers were matchecl and arrangerl rrct:orcling to blueprint specifications, thev were made into )\irrch architectural grade core plywood by specialists.

Thc historic panels are now at the Plywoocl coupany's nrill arvaiting shipment to cabinet makers in New York, thence to Pittsbrrrgh for final ir.rstallation.

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Tighe \7oods Protests Housing Situation

Washington, D. C., Nov. 18-Bitter protest was madc today by Rent Stabilizer Tighe E. Woods when he appeared on a Columbia Broadclsting System television show, against being "the last one tr be consulted." as he put it, about critical housing rulings recently made.

He angrily protested that 'r government defense housing committee had designated certain areas for critical defense housing, and said the action w'as "bureaucracy at its worst." Woods said he does not believe in public housing except for people who cannot help themselves, and expressed the opinion that the government "is already too deep in the real estate business and I think they should start getting c)ut. "

He singled out for bitter attack a of Defense Mobilization. rvhich areas throughout the countrv as problems.

Opens Retail Yard in Fresno

committee in the Officir has designated certairr having critical housing

The A & M Lumber Co. has opened a retail lumber antl building materials business at 4731 Olive Ave., Fresno. A new and modern warehouse and store building has been constructed and the company will carry lumber and a complete line of building materials. A. T. Mathews is owner of the business and J. C. Adams is yard manager.

Mr. Mathews also heads the Mathews Lumber Company. Iumber manufacturers, which occupies a l5-acre Jract at the same address.

Inyokern--Ridgecrest--China Lake Critical Defense Housing Area

John E. McGovern, district director, for the Federal Housing Administration, Los Angeles, announces that, Inyokern-Ridgecrest-China Lake, California area and vicinity, have been declared a Critical Defense Housing Area, under the Defense Housing Program for relaxation of Credit Restrictions.

This housing is for in-migrant employees or peisonnel of Defense Establishments, at Naval Ordnance Test Station.

The.program consists of a total of 350 units, of which 250 are for rent at monthly rental limits of $b0 for I bedroom units, 975 for 2 bedroom units and $90 for 3 or more bedroom units, and 100 for sale at sale price limits of $9,000 for 2 bedroonr units and $10.000 for 3 or more bedrooms.

NIr. tr{cGovern states that application blanks t<r qualify for the Defense Housing Quota, may be securecl from the Federal Housing Administration offices at ll2 West 9th Street, I-os Angeles 15, Calif.

Completed applications for the construction of these units shall be filed with the Federal Housing ,r\dministration at their Los Angeles Ofifice, 112 West 9th Street, Los Angeles 15, and rvill be received for fifteen (15) business days, beginning Xtlonday, November l9th, and running through Deccmber lOth.

Scn ]ocquin Hoo-Hoo Club Hcd Outing to Bakerslield

Attendance at the Bakersfield meeting of San Joacluin IIoo-Hoo Club No. 31 rvas 40, and the meeting and the food put on by the Pyrenees llestaurar,t lvere both enjoyed. The fact that the cntertainment was unusually good made it a big evening. Five children, the Esseret Family, rangir-rg in age from three to 13 put on an exceptional musical entertainment. The girl of 13 played an accordion; an 11 year old girl played a bass viol; a nine year old girl played an electric guitar, and the seven year old boy played a trumpet. The little girl of three sang and dance.d.