Word: lumbering
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Appointed. Ottawa's handsome Major William ("Bill") Duncan Herridge, K. C., 42, winner of the D. S. O. Military Cross, and Brigade Majorship in the War, widower of Rose Fleck Herridge, granddaughter of the late John R. Booth who was Canada's richest man (lumber); to be Canadian Minister at Washington...
Challenge. After quietly stating that no form of convict, forced or slave labor whatsoever is employed by the Soviet lumber industry, the Prime Minister challenged publishers throughout the world to send reporters to investigate, promised that they would be allowed "to go where and when they please...
Mightiest of American trees is the redwood and greatest master of these trees is Hammond and Little River Redwood Co., Ltd., formed last week in California. It was a merger of the redwood holdings of Hammond Lumber Co. with Little River Redwood Co., control going to the Hammond company. It involved some 9.000,000,000 feet of majestic redwood timber, representing a good half of all redwood trees now available for cutting...
...Hammond Lumber Co. was formed in 1901 by Andrew Benonie Hammond, who, at the age of 82, is still president of the company. He will head the new redwood company. Before entering the lumber business he contracted for a large section of Northern Pacific's construction, and Edward Henry Harriman became one of Hammond Lumber's first stockholders. Another original holder was Collis Potter Huntington. much of whose stock in the company went through his widow to the Huntington Library in San Marino. Closely held, Hammond Lumber reveals no earnings. Other than redwood, its big interest is Douglas...
...workable wood much like cedar and cypress. It has no resin or pitch, burns slowly, hence is favored by homebuilders. It is hardy, will neither rot nor warp. In addition to sales to U. S. consumers, the new company will push exports, especially to tropical countries. For, unlike most lumber, redwood is not relished by white ants...