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During the past year some very famous pigeon stories have caught the fancy of the American public' and some of them have been endlessly told' Here is one that has merit:

An old and dignified guest of one of the most popular Washington hotels approached the desk clerk and complainedlhat something would have to-be done about his ioo-. There was a perfectly terrible odor in the room' he said, that was getting worse all the time' The clerk was

New Commercial Stqndard For Pine Stock Doors

Acccptance try lr majoritr- of matlttiacturers, clistribtrtors atrri 11sers oi lr Reconrnrcnded cornmercial Standard has lteerr receir-ecl hv the I)ivision of 'l'r:icle Standarcls of the U. S. I)epartnrcnt oI Commerce' horrified.

J. W. N[ccliel' t.rf the Dir-ision of Tratle Statlcl:ttcls annorlnces estaltlishmcr.rt o{ con.ilrrercial Starrdard cs120-44, covering Stanclard Stock l2onclcrosa I'inc I)oors. The nerr, standard is effective for neu' production Irorn Septernber 15.1944.

"An odor in one of our best corner rooms !" he exclaimed' "How can that be? Are You sure?"

The old gentleman said he was sure; he was double sure, as a matter of fact.

The clerk said: "You mean that you've opened all the windows and the odor still remains?"

"What?" cried the old gentleman, in high temper' "Open the windows AND LET ALL MY PIGEONS OUT!"

WPB Reports Lumber Stocks

Lumber stocks at sawmills and concentration yards totaled .1,118,01J3,000 boarrl feet at the end of tl-re second quarter, 1944, the lou,est figure since Decemllet, 1941, the War Production lloard reported August 24.

The second-quarter figure shou's a seven per cent decline fronr tlte 4,426,017,000 board feet recorcled at the end of the first cluarter.

These stock figures include all lumber on hand at mills and concentration yards, both unsold and sold and au'aiting shipment. They also include railroad cross ties except those in yarcls dealing exclusivelv in ties.

Nerv knowledge, born of seientific research? has developed new and improved lumber products along rvith new uses and applications, to meet the grim needs of u-ar.

Such knowledge will not be forgotten ryith Victory. fnstead, it will live and expand to be the guiding light for a nerv era of peacetime building and even today is writing a bright l"rg, new page in lumber's postwar book. Thus Fordyce and Crossett produce for lvar today; plan and prepare for the better tomorrows to come. Their own research Iaboratories are now tuned to the nation's wartime needs. By the same token they are acquiring a wealth of new knorvledge which will be faith. fully reflected in the postwar Fordyce and Crossett products to come.