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...construction and pulp mills. But the biggest operations are in the Pacific Northwest, where the idea first took root. There the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., Potlatch Forests, J. Neils Lumber, Crown Zellerbach, Long-Bell Rayonier, and other large companies have nearly 8,000,000 acres of tall Douglas fir, cedar, hemlock, spruce and pine spreading across four states...
...much in an organized way until 1941, when dwindling U.S. lumber reserves, new wood-using industries, and the increased needs of World War II gave the idea a boost. For a starter, Weyerhaeuser planted the first 120,000 acres of logged-over ground near Montesano, Wash, with Douglas fir seedlings, and sat back to watch them grow to logging size in 80 to 100 years...
...wife arrived on the Ellipse south of the White House. The Marine Band and a red-robed choir were raising the strains of the Hallelujah Chorus for a gathering crowd as the President made his way to a stage near the national Christmas tree, a 67-ft. balsam fir. Dwight Eisenhower removed his overcoat, stood bareheaded in the night air and gave his Christmas greetings to the world...
...founder of Boeing Airplane Co. (TIME, July 19), who retired in 1934 to devote all his time to his lumber business, has just closed one of the Northwest's biggest timber deals. For $13 million, Boeing has sold his 23,000-acre tract (1 billion bd. ft.) of fir along the Oregon coast to Georgia-Pacific Plywood...
Cover-Up. Paper-thin. 3/4-in.-wide strips of wood with adhesive backing for finishing off edges of plywood and other woods were introduced by Seattle's Puget Modern, Inc. Called "Wood Tape.'' the wood strips come in fir, mahogany, birch, walnut and oak, are applied by thumb pressure. Price...