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POIIDEBOSI ing produced. It comes only from South America. Mr. Williams says that Balsa wood is in such gleat demand by plane manufacturers in North America and England that at times it is shipped by airplane. He states that in building the fast Mosquito bombers they build the fuselage of wood made as a sort of a sandwich, several layers of hardwood veneers or "skins" as they call them on planes, covering a center of Balsa wood. The Balsa acts as a spacer to the hardwood "skins," and the combination has been found unusually strong and practical.

Mr. Williams says that there are now many Moore dry kilns in the South that are being used seasoning veneer made of Southern Sweet Gum for aircraft wood. They have installed veneer kilns for the Pacific Veneer Company, New Westminster, B. C., where aircraft veneers are being made for Spruce, Fir, Birch, and Mahogany veneers. They told Mr. Williams in Canada that the manufacturers of airplanes in England use a greater percentage of wood in their construction than we do in the United States or Canada.

C'oing back to the subject of Balsa wood, Mr. Williams says it is used in this country not only for aircraft, but the Navy, Coast Guard, Maritime Commission, and Army transports use it in many ways for floats and life-saving equipment.

Visits San Francisco

Harry W. Aldrich of Aldrich Lumber Co., Eugene, Ore., recently spent a few days in San Francisco, where he met his son, Ilank, who is an Ensign in the Navy.

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Increace in Rcd Cedr Shinglc Ceiling Priccr

To cover increased production costs, the Office of Price Administration announced an increase of approximately 8 per cent in ceiling prices for all grades and sizes of red cedar shingles,

At the same time, however, OPA revoked an increase of l0 per cent over the old ceilings which sellers had been permitted to charge since last September 9 on sales of 100 squares of shingles or less to any buyer who does not purchase for resale. Revoked also, was permission granted sellers last September 77 to make sales on an adjustable pricing basis pending issuance of today's price increases.

The 8 per cent increase is authorized in Amendment No. 6 to Maximum Price Regulation No. tr64 (Red Cedar Shingles), effective November l, 1943.

Section 138l.ll (a) is amended to read as follows:

(a) The maximum prices f.o.b. mill per square, green or dry, when graded in accordance with U. S. Department of Commerce, Commercial Standards C. S. 3l-38 for Red Cedar Shingles for No. I grade and in accordance with the Standards and Grading Rules of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau as revised June 1, 1939, for No. 2 and No. 3 grades, in mixed or straight load shipments, shall be:

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