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Bf /e Samap

Age not guaranteed---Some I have toldfor 20 years---Some Less

Brooklyn Style

Many years ago a great crowd of people were gathered at Mitchell Field, New York, awaiting the arrival of a famous plane and its still more famous pilot.

Suddenly the shining "Spirit of St. Louis" appeared and began sailing in circles over the field.

"Look!" cried a man from Brooklyn, in huge excitement, "it's Linboig !"

A man standing next to him said: "You mean it's Lindbergh."

The first speaker took another look at the plane. He said: "Well, you may be right-but it's Linboig's plane."

Cqliforniq Might Become Hqrdwoods Producer

licsearch clesigned to tap six billion lroard-fect of hardn'oods norr. st:rnding unttsed in California. forcsts is getting urrtleru'zrv at the Liniversitv of California Forest ])roclrtcts l,aboratory at Richmond. Californiu tltrr oak, ltlack oak and Itacilic rnadrone, aiong u'ith certairr minor sltecies, are lteing tcsted for basic mechanical an<l phvsic:tl ltroperties and for their gluing, drying and nrachir.ring charltctcristics.

'fhe Laboratory's har<lu'oo<l l)r()griim rellects increasecl interest by C--alifornia timbcr lrro<luccrs as n'ell as a need for neu, sollrces of hardu'ood by the state's fttrniture makers ancl other users. saicl Fred li. l)ickinson, clirector of the 21nronth-old f:rcility at thc Richmond liielcl Station.

"California timller firms are taking a second look at the state's six lrillion board-feet of har<lu'ood resert'es," he said. "They see hardu'oocl :rs a non-prodttcing segment of their holdinSls. \\rith popul:ttion increases pushing up demand, and higher freight rates making eastern hardrvood more cxpcr.rsir-e, C.alifornia fttrnitttre makers are looking for s()llrces c'loser at hand.

"lJrrt lreiore a clemand can arise for ottr orvn hardu'oods irr[ornuLtir.rn :rs to their properties must be made availaltle. This is the kincl of information t'e hope to have for produccrs, r'nerchandisers and buyers in the next trvo years."

As the I)rogram unfolds, all divisions of the Labciratorv rvill participate, said Dickinson. Arno Schniewind, section lcacler iir timber r-r-rechanics. u'il1 cleten-nine strength propcrties; Joseph E. X'Iarian, recentlv-employed Swedish u'ood tcchnologist, u,ill test gluing properties ; Arthur B. Andersorr u'ill experiment l'ith neu' chemical processing methods, and Iiric L. El1u.ood. :Il1 i\tlstralirLn scientist. u'ill rvork on drying methods.