Ever "ironed' ony Plywood?

Some dcy rhis unique method mqy help you solve o problem !

o At Oregon State College, Coac-h E. A. Stevens builds racing shells from /6-inch Exterior-type Douglas Fir Plywood. In order to shape the big, flat sheets into the required compound curves, he irons the plywood over the frame with an ordinary household steam iron. It takes but a few minutes to mold the plywood "skin" and have it ready for gluing and nailing to the frame. This method, Coach Stevens'own invention, enables him to build simpler, speedier, more durable shells at lower cost. All over the nation, alert craftsmen and designers are constantly discovering new ways of using and handling Douglas Fir Plywood. We try to learn of all we can because they supplement in a very practical way the very extensive researc"h program we are carrying on in our laboratory. You may never want to "iron" any plywood-yet the sum total of al.l the new information we learn about Douglas Fir Plywood tod.ay will tomortout make this modern miracle in wood more useful to youthan ever before !

Modesty

When every pool in Eden was a mirror, That unto Eve her dainty charms proclaimed, She \ rent undraped without a single fear, or Thought that she had need to be ashamed.

'Twas only when she'd eaten of the apple, That she became inclined to be a prude, And found that evermore she'd have to grapple, With the much-debated problem of the nude.

Thereafter she devoted her attention, Her time and all her money to her clothes, And that was the beginning of convention, And modesty as well, so I suppose. Reaction's come about in fashion's recent, Now the girls conceal so little from the men, It would seem that in the name of all that's decent, Someone ought to pass the apples round again.

sPorLED Hir i""rrrrt

One day the office gang on a small city newspaper had a lot of argument as to who was the rightful possessor of a fine looking turkey that some anonymous giver had left there early one morning. After much discussion the editor proclaimed his rights, and carried the turkey home as his rightful property as holder of the senior position on the paper. The others felt sort of grieved about it, until a letter came the next day, which read:

"Mr. Editor-I left you a turkey yesterday which had caused much dispute on our farm. To. settle a bet, will you please state in your next issue what disease the turkey died of?"

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.JOIN THEM ALL

An authoress of some note in her day once asked a famous editor to give his opinion on a book she had written, and which she proposed publishing. She wrote him:

"If the work is not up to the mark f beg you to tell me so as I have other irons in the fire."

The editor read just half a dozen pages of the manuscript, then rolled .it up and returned it to the lady with a note that said:

"Madame, I suggest that you put this book with your other irons."

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ALIBI NEEDED?

Smith: "They tell me they've found the bones of a prehistoric man on Bill Spivin's farm."

Jones: "Ileavens ! Hope Bill's got an alibi."

LIFE'S A FUNNY PROPOSITION AFTER ALL

Did you ever sit and ponder, sit and wonder, sit and think, why we're here and what this life is all about? It's a problem that has driven many brainy men to drink, it's the weirdest thing they've tried to figure out. About a thousand different theories the scientists can show, but never yet have found a reason why, with all we've thought, and all we've taught, why all we seem to know, is we're born and live a while, and then we die. Life's a very funny proposition after all, imagination, jealousy, hypocrisy, and gall; three meals a day, a whole lot to say, when you haven't got the coin you're always in the way. Everybody's fighting as we wend ou.r way along, every fellow claims the other fellow's in the wrong; hurried and worried until we are buried, and there's no curtain call. Life's a funny proposition, after all. When all things are coming easy, and when luck is with a man, why then life to him is sunshine everywhere; then the fates blow rather breezy, and they quite upset a plan, then he'll cry that life's a burden hard to bear. Though today may be a day of smiies, tomorrow's still in doubt, what brings me joy may bring you care and woe; we're born to die, and don't know why, and what it's all about, and the more we try to learn, the less we li<now. Life's a funny proposition, you can bet, and no one's ever solved the problem properly as yet; young for a day, then old and grey, like the rose that buds and blooms and fades and falls away. Losing health to gain our wealth, as through this dream we tour; everything is guessing, nothing's absolutely sure. Battles exciting and fates we're fighting, until the cwtains fall; life's a funny proposition, after all.-George M. Cohan.

vrRruE;":;t REwARD

Willie came home from school, crying bitterly.

"Mother," he sobbed, "I'm not going to try to be good any more.

Mother demanded to know what had happened to give him such a pessimistic view of life. So Willie said:

"fn school today I saw Teddy Smith put a bent pin on teacher's chair, and because I did not want her to sit on the pin I jerked the chair away, and teacher sat down hard on the foor. So teacher thrashed me for pulling the chair from under her, and when f got outside Teddy Smith licked me for interfering with his fun with the bent pin, and for not minding my own business. So from now on I'm not going to try to do my good deed daily."

(Continued from Page 6) affects the living of many, many millions of p€ople in every nook and corner of this land.

No effort will be rn.u".a".ur.1.r"" an" order here. rt is every man's job to study it carefully and intelligently, and decide just what it means to him, and particularly what avenues of continued business are left open to him. The writer does not believe, ofr hand, that it means total paralysis of the building business, by any means. Of course the "CAN DO's" have been slashed deeply and the "CAN'l' DO's" have been magnified. But first reading of the order leaves the impression that the lumber industry will be able to carry on in modified fashion. The lumber manufacturers will have their hands full for some time to come supplying the huge orders for Government army camps. What will happen when that heavy demand has been taken care of, is something for the future to decide. For the present the Government needs most of their product. ***

The lumber dealer is the fellow who has got to do the immediate figuring with regard to survival. The shelter industry is one of the three fundamentals of human supply. There is much to be done in keeping our people and their possessions properly and safely sheltered. Repairs he can do, and modest improvements, and he can make it his business to keep our present homes and other buildings in decent repair. During the next week or so the Government order will be thoroughly read, digested, and discussed, and it will then be time to go farther into the vital question of what the lumber industry CAN do to keep his business alive and his people emploYed.

Reprint Bulletin on Seasoned Lumber

A concise reprint of articles appearing in recent lumber magazines, illustrating the necessity of furnishing properly seasoned lumber for National Defense requirements, has been prepared by Moore Dry Kiln Co', North Portland, Oregon.

The purpose of this reprint bulletin is to show the important part modern dry kilns play in speeding war production, and to impress on the lumber, veneer, box and allied forest products industries the necessity of obtaining priorities in order to assure reasonably prompt shipment of equipment for seasoning lumber uniformly to desired moisture content.

Individuals desiring copy of this bulletin No. 342 may obtain one by writing Moore Dry Kiln Co., North Portland, Oregon.

RICHMOND TO GET 1,OOO MORE HOMES

Washington, March 30.-The National Housing Agency called on the Federal Public Housing Authority today to provide 1,000 demountable homes and dormitory accommodations for 2,000 single men at Richmond, Calif.