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Expqnds The Morket For Wood

Tooav, if you were to visit the lumber mills or modern wood fabricating plants you'd come away with a completely new conception of the present results and future possibilities of Engineering in Lumber.

The log, which continues to yield such items as timbers, boards and dimension, is, under the stimulus of engineering and research also delivering today more workable, more versatile materials which are serving vast new fields of use.

New ways of forming and shaping lumber, new methods of joining and bonding it, have developed wood laminated structural members, various types of plywood and many other new products for improved construction.

Pictured at the left is a giant airplane hangar in the process of erection. Its framing members, known as beam arches, are of wood laminated construction. They are engineered to meet the iob requirements. These arches are accurately fabricated in modern plants, under supervised production controls, finished and delivered to the job site ready for erection.

lfood laminated roof trusses, arches, rafters, ply-beams and other structural members are destined to serve increasingly imponant construction needs. America is already experiencing the benefits of their new values in rigidity in wind and load bearing features for civilian farm and military uses.

Lumber dealers will find expanding markets for lumber in their communities because engineering in lumber is developing new and better ways in which wood can serve in building.

sElrrNo tN toDAy'g nAlxtr -Today, more than in any other period, the home owner and farmer ,ue more fully aware of the importance of maintenance and repair. Notwithstanding the less than normal flow of lumber for civilian requirements, it is still serving these essential markets. In combination with other materials, lumber will help you serve in many ways yoru city and farm cusromers.

Rash Indeed

Seated one day in a cafe, I was feeling so bold and rash, That I ordered that dread concoction, Called (heaven protect us!) "hash"!

He Was Unchanged

The old colored couple had a letter from their boy in the Armed Service, and the father was reading it, and telling his wife what it said.

"Mose say he is O.K. but dat he cain't tell whar he is at, he said.

"Dass jes lak dat triflin' scoun'eI," said Mandy. "I knowed he go an get hisse'f lost."

Practically Nothing

It was a dark corner on a lonely back street where a heavy shadow suddenly appeared before a well dressed gentleman, and said:

"Wouldn't you please help a poor, hungry fellow who is out of work, and dead broke? I{onest, except for this forty-five you see cocked on my hand here, I haven't a thing in this world. Won't you please help me?"

Not Surprising To Her

The public was being allowed to visit the old battleship that had been retired after many battles. On the quarterdeck was a bronze tablet set in the decking. The guide pointed at it, and said to a group he was showing about:

"That is where our gallant leader fell."

"No wonder," said an old lady tourist. "I nearly tripped over it, myself."

Not A Bad Question

The little old lady went into a small restaurant where she uras accustomed to eating lunches, only to find every seat at the counter taken by soldier boys, all busily engaged in bolting food. She stood around a few minutes, and there still being no vacant seats, she remarked in a voice that could be heard all over the place:

"I wonder why these nice soldier boys don't do their eating in camp where they have plenty, and not come into town and eat up all our civilian food?"

A Swell Reason

The New York Post tells about a young man who had just been drafted and was being examined at Grand Central Palace in New York City. The psychiatrist's assistant asked the routine questions: "Do you go out with thd girls?"

The draftee shook his head and answered firmly, "No." The assistant called the psychiatrist, who repeated the question. Again the answer was "No." "Why don't you go out with the girls?" the Doctor asked. "Because," said the draftee, "my wife won't let me."

It Must Be The Licker

The horse and mule live thirty' years, And nothing know of wine or beers; The goat and sheep at twenty die, And never taste of Scotch or rye; The cow drinks water by the ton, And at eighteen is gone and done; The dog at fifteen cashes in, Without the aid of rum or gin; The cat in milk and water soaks, And then in ten short years it croaks; The modest, sober, bone-dry hen, Lays eggs for nogs, then dies at ten; All animals are strictly drn

They sinless live, and swiftly die; 'But sinful, ginful gentlemen, Survive for three score years and ten.

SEEING'S BELIEVING

Little Willie: "Pop, what is it that has twenty legs, a yaller body, and green eyes?"

Father: "I don't know, son, why?"

Little Willie: "Because there's one crawling on your neck."

NAVAL, ANYWAY

And then there was Minnie the Moron, who, when she was asked the rank of the Navy man she was running around with, said she didn't know for certain but she suspected he was a chief petting officer.