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A new portable electric saw, designed and developed by The American Floor Surfacing Machine Co., Toledo, Ohio, is announced by this pioneer producer of electrically powered machines for floor finishing and maintenance.

Among its features is an elevdting mechanism, emp,loy- ing a 2O degree Acme triple thread icrew for faster, accu_ rate, positive adjustment of depth of cut. There are ground aluminum bronze threads on the elevator screw. The g inch blade will make a Z% inch straight cut, and will saw 2 inch plank with a 45 degree angle cut.

Designed for one-hand operation, the saw has a plastic auxiliary handle that can be used on vertical cuts and to pull the saw through at the end of the cut. It is equipped with a telescoping guard which can be easily ,"tri.i"a and locked out of the way. The tool has a small blower which blows dust awav.

Construction Stcrted On Second Unit Ol lohns-Mcrnville Research Center

New York, Ian. 16.-Construction of the second and main unit of the Johns-Manville,s Research Center near Bound Brook, N. J., has been started, it was announced today by Dr. C. F. Rassweiler, vice president for Research and Development.

The first unit, comprising a product development lab_ oratory and 10 experimental factories in one building SZ2 feet long and 135 feet wide and a water filtrbtion and iraste processing building is nearing completion and will be i" "r:il the early part of. 1947. It w;s started in Septem_ ber, 1945.

The second unit consists of a three-story research build_ ing, 350 feet long and, 67 feet wide and a mechanical and service building 288 by 100 feet. The contract for construc_ tion of this unit has been awarded the Turner Construc_ tion Company of New York, who also built th"

The Johns-Manville Research Center was the first pro_ ject announced in a $50,000,0@ company-wide e*pansion program which is expected to provide 25 per ""rrt *or" jobs than were available in Johns-Manville,s pre_w ar year of greatest employment, Dr. Rassweiler said.

lesumes Shipping Operctions Between pccific Coqst Ports And East Cocst oI So. America

Pope & Talbot, fnc., pioneer 'West Coast shipping firm, announced it was resuming liner operations between pacific coast Ports and the East coast of South America with the re-establishment of its Pacific Argentine Brazil Line (west Indies Service) early in February. This direct service via Panama and Puerto Rico to the important ports of the East Coast of South America marks the resumption of a l61ear freight and passenger service pioneered by pope & Talbot immediately following World War I, which was necessarily terminated prior to World War II.

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