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As Reported in the December, I939.Issue of the California Lumber Merchanr, Esr. L922

William Larsen, manager of the East Side Lumber Co., South Gate, Calif., was held up recently and robbed of $45. The bandit came into the office, asked if he could buy a stick of lumber, then pulled a gun saying "this is a stickup."

A. C. Hansen of the S. H. Chase Lumber Co., San Jose, Calif., returned Last week from a trip to Death Valley and Boulder Dam with his family.

C. R. Taenzer, president of the American Hardwood Co., Los Anngeles, and Mrs. Johnson have announced the engagement of their daughter Sherry Taenzer to Carl Il. Johnson, Jr., of San Marino, Calif. The wedding will take place on December 29 at AII S,aints Episcopal Church, Pasadena.

A. P. Shepperson, Sr., formerly co-owner of the C & S Lumber Co., Compton, Calif., and his son, A. P. Shepperson, Jr., have opened a new retail yard in Lynwood, Calif., to be operated under the name of Apsco Lumber Co.

Francis E. Boyd, president and Arthur J. McAdams, vice president and general manager of Union Mill & Lumber Co., Santa Barbara, Calif., have announced their firm's 50th anniversary.

A. M. Batliner, Los Angeles, recently with Owens-Parks Lumber Co. for a short time, has returned to his old job as a salesman with the Long-Bell Lumber Co.

A. D. Bell, Jr., Hammond Redwood Co., San Francisco, left recently to spend several weeks in southern California, and while there will call on the trade. He will make his headquarters in Los Angeles for the trip.

The Nutter Lumber Co., Pomona, Calif., held an opening of their new yard and office recently. The opening featured a manufacturers' display of building materials and home accessories.

Warren B. Wood, president of E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, was in San Francisco last week on a business trip.

E. A. Brown, formerly in the Structur.al Department of the California Redwood Association, has been appointed Washington representative, according to,association manager S. J. Sharp.

Charles B. White of the San Francisco of, fice of White Brothers is taking the place of Walter Herkenham, manager of the firm's Oakland yard, r'r'hile the latter is spending a vacation in the mountains.

Burt Beless, formerly with the Lumber and Allied Products Institute, is now with Owens-Parks Lumber Co,, Los Angeles, as Iumber purchasing agent for Douglas fir and redwood.

Hagle-De Cou Lumber Co., Atascadero, Calif., recently modernized their office building and are now building a new 40 by 100 foot shed.

Pick Maule, Pacific Wood Products Corp., was the winner of the Earl Galbraith trophy at the golf tournament held by the Wholesale Sash & Door Association of So. Calif. at the Altadena Golf Club, Pasdena.

Don F. White of 'White Brothers, San Francisco, has returned from a business and pleasure trip to the Pacific Northwest.

Joe Rogers of the Square Deal Lumber Co., Salinas, was recently elected president of the Salinas Kiwanis Club for 1940.

J. F. Calahan, H. E. Chastian ,and Ethan Browning have established the North Sacramento Lumber & Supply Co.

E- W. Daniels has been elected president and general sales manager of Harbor Plywood Corp., Hoquiam, Wash. Huber F. \Mise rvas re-elected secretary-treasurer of the corporation.

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Fqke Grqde Mqrking Continues

Concern over the growing number of incidents involving fraudulent grade stamping has caused the Western Wood Products Association executive committee to go on record strongly endorsing the efforts of code officials and public authorities in seeking to prevent misrepresentation of lumber grades.

The National-American Wholesale Lumber Association. whose members market nearly half of all lumber sold in the U. S., has also taken active leadership in seeking remedies to prevent re' currence of the fraudulent grade stamping of lumber which led to two indictments of Long Island lumber dealers by a grand jury in September.

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John J. Mulrooney, executive vice-president of the wholesalers' association, has called upon major lumber manufacturers and rules-writing agencies to press for the grade stamping oI all grades of lumber at the mill level, including utility grades which are presently sold unstamped.

The problem of improper stamping, long troublesome to the industry as well as reputable wood products distributors, has been intensified in recent weeks, especially on the eastern sea' board where WWPA technical representatives in cooperation with American Lumber Standard Committee officials have stepped up efiorts to eliminate the activity. The situation has been made doubly difficult by the heavy influx of non-grade matked imported lumber.

W'estern Wood Products Association members have just cornpleted payment to the American Lumber Standards Committee of a special assessment to bolster the ALS 1964 grade stamp policing program. They also have committed themselves to carry an additional $21,000 assessment as the association's share of the 1965 efiorts to control fraudulent grade stamping practices providing other grading agencies contribute a comparable amount, according to Wendell B. Barnes, V/WPA executive vice president.

Fraudulent grade stamping now has reached the point where field offices of the Federal Housine Administration have been advised to be on the lookout for Jramine and board lumber stamped with improper grade marks.

An investigation is being made by the Federal mission to determine the extent of the nractice of ing grade marked lumber.

Amscqn, Inc.Moves

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Amscan, Inc,, an import firm featuring Swanboard Swedish Wall boards and kindred products, have moved to an enlarged modern suite at 8500 Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly Hills. The staff has also been increased, according to Harry Perry, general manager. "The enlargement was required," he states, "because of a 250 percent increase in business in the first 8 months oI 1964."

In addition to the executive offices, Amscan maintains warehouses in Los Angeles with up to 2 million square feet of the Swanboard products. Newest item in the Swedish Hardboard line is Birchboard, a very hard natural birch faced hardboard for doorskins and paneling.

Zivnuskq Nomed to Commitfee

Dr. John A. Zivnuska, professor of forestry at the University oi Cali{ornia, Berkeley, has been appointed to the Forestry Research Advisory Committee of the U. S. Department of Agriculture.

This l4-man committee meets annually to review the research programs of the U.S. Forest Service and to make recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture on the forestry research activities of the Department. The Forestry Research Advisory Committee, he said, includes representatives of universities engaged in forestry researeh, forest industries and land owners, and wildlife, grazing, and recreational interests.

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