UIGTl| R Eigh Eaily Strength PORTIAND GEMENT

Gucrqnteed lo rrreet or exceed requirements ol Americcsr Society lor Testing Matericls Speciliccrtions lor High Ecrrly Strength Portlcnd Cemenl as well cs Federcl Specificctions tor Cement, Portlcnrd, High-Ecrly-Strengrth, No. E-SS-C-20 I a.

HIGH EART.T STREIIGTH

(28 dcry concrete strengths in 2{ hours.)

$UIPIIATI RESISTAIIT milnIUM DXPAIfSnt and G0tlTRACTlOIl

(Result ol compound composition cnd usuclly lound only in specicrl cemenlg desig,ned lor lhis purpose.)

(Extremely aevcre quto-clqve test resultB consistently indiccrte prccticcrlly no expcrnsion or contrcction, thus elimincrting one oI most dif{icglt problems in use ol c high ecrrly strength cement.)

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Celebrates 80th Birthday

Gifiord Pinchot, first American professional forester and first chief of the U. S. Forest Service, celebrated his 80th birthday on August ll,1945.

Graduating from Yale in 1889, he studied forestry in France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In December, 1889, he began initial systematic forest rvork in the United

Awarded Silver Star Medal

Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Caldwell, USNR, was presented with the Silver Star Medal by the Commander, First Carrier Task Force, United States Paciflc Fleet, at a ceremony held at the Naval Training Center, Miami, Fla., July 18, 1945, for service set forth in the following citation:

"For distinguishing himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving aboard an aircraft carrier on 30 October, 1944, in central Pacific waters' His professional skill in initiating the necessary emergency rneasures as a result of enemy action, and his utter disregard of his own safety, were thoroughly in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service."

Lieutenant Commander Caldwell, who is a son of R. E. Caldu'ell, Hammond Lurnber Company, San Francisco, had previously received a citation with Commendation Ribbon for service in action on October 15, 1944.

Buys Twin City Properties

The Walton Lumber Co. has purchased the Twin City Mill Co. at Centralia, Wash., which includes the mill in Centralia, 25 million board feet of timber, and most of the Twin City equipment. The Twin City Mill Co. was started in 1941, and has a daily capacity of about 35,000 board feet.

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States on the G. W. Vanderbilt estate at Biltmore, North Carolina. President l\{cKinlcy appointed him as Chief of the Division of Forestry in 1898, and he became Chie{ Forcsler of the U. S. liorest Service in 19O5, holding this position until 1910.

Mr. Pinchot served two terms as Governor o{ Pennsylvania, 1923-27 and 1931-35. He was named Professor oi Forestry at Yale in 1903 and retained this post until 1936 when he became professor emeritus. He has rvritten several books on forestry, is a founder and now a Fellow of the Society of American Foresters, and a member of the Royal English Arboricultural'Society, American Museum of Natural History, Washington Academy of Sciences, Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy o{ Political and Social Sciences.

Mr. Pinchot has honorary degrees from Yale, Princeton, Michigan Agricultural College, McGill University, Penn-

The Walton company operates a sawmill and plywood plant at Everett, Wash., and a resaw mill at Anacortes, Wash.

Pine Scrwmill Destroyed

The sawmill of the Alexander-Yawkey Lumber Co. at Prineville, Ore., was completely destroyed by fire luly 24, with an estimated loss of $125,000. Adjacent lumber piles and some buildings were saved. The mill, which had a daily capacity of 80,000 feet, will be rebuilt as soon as possible.

sylvania Military College and Temple University. He was awarded the Sir William Schlich Forestry Medal in 19'10' His home is in Milford, Pike County, Pennsylvania. At a "family meeting" celebrating the 4oth anniversary of the U. S. Forest Service last February, Mr. Pinchot said: "I have been a Governor now and then, but I am a Forester all the time."