NOW [J.S. SAVINGS BONDS PAY YOT] HIGHE,R INTEREST EASTE,R!

If you've always bought U.S. Savings Bonds for their rock-ribbed safety, their guaranteed return, the way they make saving easier-youtve got one more reason now!

Eaer2 Series E Unitcd Statzs Sauings Bond 2ou'ue bought since Februarl 1, Ig57 pa2s 2ou a new, higher intzrest-3r/tfto uhen held to maturit2! It reaches maturity faster-in only 8 years and I I months. And redemption yalues are higher, too, especially in the earlier years.

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The main thing about E Bonds, of course, is their cornplete safety. Principal and interest are fully guaranteed. They are loss-proofl, fire-proof, .theft-proof-because the Treasury will replace them without charge in case of mishap. Your Savings Bonds are as solid as a rock-backed by the full faith and credit of the united states.

Maybe you already know about Savings Bonds-as one of the 40 million Americans who own them today, or as one of the other millions who have used Bond savings to help pay for new homes, cars, or college educations, or to make retirdment financially easier.-If so, this is familiar territory to you-you know there's no better way to save.

But if you're new to the game, find out about Savings Bonds and what they can do for your future. Ask your banker, or check with your employer about the automatic Payroll Savings Plan that makes saving painless and easy.

Novy Lqunches Prototype Minehunfer Mode of Lqminofed Preserved Timbers

u'lriare vessels. Untreated red oak I'reartu'oocl is only abottt half as clurablc, from a clecay stancllroirrt, as rvhite oak lreartu'oocl. llou'er-er, properly pressttre-trcatetl ."r'ith prcscrvative, red oak is more resistant to clecay than untreate<l u,hitc oak, and rvill greatly increasc. if not <louble, the sultPly of ship and boat building grade t.r:rk for \1vy usc. .\r.rotl'rer innovation u'as the metho<1 of shipytirtg the Rittcrrr's Iaminatecl kcel. the liaclibone of thc shitr. It u'as seut

'Ihe laru.rching of the Nar-1''s l{HC-43. U.S.S. Bittern, this year rnarkccl a 11c\v era in n-t.rodcn ships. 'I-his prototvpc shiir is the first naval r-essel to be originally <lesignetl arrd constructecl as lr coastal minehunter, antl thc llrst ship ttr utilize preserr.ed, pressure-treated lanrirraterl arr<l soli<1 tinrbcrs througl-rorrt thc major portion of its constrrrction.

To corrnter the adlances irr mrrguctic :rrri acottstic nriues it u-:is llecessary to design a class oi urinehuntcr l'hich n'as substantially clifferent from its prcrlcccssors. L.ntil the rtse of preserr-atir-e presstrre-trcatcrl re<l <xrk lunrlrcr u'as cletailecl in the Bittcrn's specifications, ther Nar',r' harl usccl ut-ttreated n'hite r-,ali inthc cottstrttctiotr oi tt-tost,,i its rnitrc lrv rail ironr \\risconsin to Nes- York, ntthcr tharr lry u,ittcr. I:xperience has cstablished the ieasibilit-r' of rrtilizing this t1.pe of transportation for large, au'kard-shallcrl picccs in rnonths n'hen the Great I-akes arc closcrl to shippir.rg. Uniclue in ar.rother u'a1., though less aplr:trcrrt to the cye. is the actual constructiorr of the ship. This is thc first time that lrrmber n.hich has lrecn Pressure-trcatcrl tith potent preservativcs, ar-rd laurin;rterl, has lrecrr usc<l for thc hrrll metnbers.

Pressure-Treated Lumber Insures Longer Service Life

Lan-rinatctl o:Lk iran-rcs, u'hich fornr :r continuous "U" ironr deck e<lgc to <lcck crlge hrive lreetr ttsccl before. Bttt t.rtr othcr u'oorlen hull l'rus lrceu so u'ell protccted from clcclty' irrngi as thc llittcrn n,ill lre. For inthcIlitteru, extcr.rsivc rusc has lreerr r-r-r:rrle r,f prcscrvativc pressure-treated u'ood, lroth irr tlrc l:rrrinatcrl iranres ancl the plvn'oo<1. In a<lclitiotr, the exterior t.rf the un<lcru,:rter hull has bect.t cor-erecl u'ith preservative J)resstlre-treatc<l recl oak to l)r()tcct it from thc :Ltt:rck oi rlarine lrorcrs.

E,r'err- effort has lreen rrr:rcle to keep the ship as non-ntagrretic as possiblc, for olrvir.rtts reasons. Flven the huge, u-alkirr reirigerator has lreen m:rrle of preserved presstlre-treate(l lrlvu'oo11. Ir-r places n'here u'oocl could not sultstitttte for mental, n()11-rllagnetic lrronze, aluminum or st:rinless stccl u'as used.

'\11 the preservecl lrunber in the sl'rip u'ets ltrcssure-trezrtcrl by Koppers Companr', Inc. of Pittsburgh, Ira. \\rolman salts ulere rrsed for protection against decay, ancl a collperltezrrirrg chemical for marir-re borer defense in the lower hull. Irt aclclition, Penacolite resorcinal adl.rcsive, zrnother Koltpers llrocluct, rvas used exclusively inall larrrirtations of shill's timber and for other gluing purposes.

lll Southern Ccllifornicr lumber Scrles

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Veterqns Housing Progrom Snofued loans at 4l/o with money from GI military insurance trust washington, D.c.-chairman Spence (D., Ky.) of the funds secured by home mortgages' House Ba"nking committee said Oitob er 23 thai Congress r^, _ _ _r rrat -r_ r,vill have to review the entire Veterans Housing prolrurn Wood Kifchen Cobinet Group Meefs as a result.of government refusal to make advance mort- Adoption of plans for intensive promotion of factorygage commitments. The Federal National Mortgage Assn. engine-ered wood kitchen cabinets i" tgSA highlighted tlie announced October 22 it no longer will commit itself in ad- second annual convention of the National Institute"of Wood vance to purchase new home mortgages bearing the veter- Kitchen cabinets at French Lick, Ind.. oct. zo-22. Election ans Administration interest_ rate of 4%. FNMA had been of officers and directors, committee reports and assign- buying the mortgages from- lenders to supply them with ad- ments, the welcoming of new membe* and a forum ott t-h. ditional loan funds; it said it had no choice in the matter future of the industr| also were features of the meeting, atbecause it was unsound business to acquire 4r/^./o mott- tended by 90 members and guests. gaggs when the agency itself must pay almost 5/o interest Manager Fred F. Montielel reported that the institutefor its financing. spotrsordd training school tretid tasi summer at purdue UniCongress earlier this year refused to permit an increase versity graduated 38 men and four women, representing from the 4l/o intetest rate on guaranteed home loans to levels from young salesmen to lumberyard owners, in the veterans and also turned down a proposal to provide direct two-week session, first of its kind in the industry.

By CARGO from Ourl/lills or Coos Boy qnd Worehouse ond Yord ot Berth 135, Wilmington

Plywood Licks Wild Wind ond SO-Below Weother ot TV Site

The design and construction of a building strons er-rorrgh to withstand winds recorded at one-third the spee<l of souncl ancl livable in temperatures which clrop to 50 clegrees bclou' zcro creates a major building problem in anyonc's lcaguc.

A solid example of how the problerr-r r,vas lickrrl is thc nerv telcvision transmitter and tower of station \\rNIT\\I-T\/', no\: broadcasting to New England vicu,ers fronr atop IIt. \\tashington, New Harnpshire, sitc of thc civilizerl rvorld's nrost fortridable weather.

The studio, which sent out its in:rugural telccast to vieu-ers in Maine, New Hampshire, part of \rcrnront, Massachusetts, New York and Canada, was designe<l anrl constructecl by Kcller Products, Inc., r.vorking with its affrliate, Plyr,r,oocl \\ holesale Co., Inc., I{anchester, N. H.

Faced u,itl.r the problenr rif rlevising :r structure capable of resisting wind tempests clockcd as higir a,s 232 ni.p.h. at a location u'here fog, rain, slcet, sno.rv, hail anrl hurricjnes arc comrnon all u.ithin thc span of onr: summer day, Keller Products camc rlp with a builcling for u'hicl-r teceri clisasters such as "llurricanc Carol" :lre so'nruch n-ater off a duck's baclr.

The ansu'er lies in prefabricated pancl cunstruction using fir plywood "strcssccl skin" sandrvich pancls insulatecl, cushioned against maxinrum impact, and boltid to a stccl fr:u.ne anrl permanent concrete picrs. This strcssed-skin principlc of diaphragm pancl construction offers absolute assirrance of maxitnurn rcsistance to severe racking and irnpact.

To pre-test the quality of the panel dcsign, 11,pic:rl 1;:rncl u'as subjected to a bclne-crushing experimcnt. Irlacerl ir-r thc rivcr bed fifty feet beneath Manchester's Quccn City 13ridge , a 200pound cake of ice rvas then clroppccl-fronr th('- bridg;1, .striking the panel at its approximate centcr. Intnrc<liate exanrir.ratioir revcaled no damagc to the panel.

The plyrvood pancls useci in thc stnrctrrre rrrc of threc types: roof, u,all and floor panels. The urost crlnrplcx of these is the roof panel. Thc outermost laycr is faccrl r,vith heavy tar and gravel underlaid lvith five laycrs offclt for dircct exposure to the rveatl.rer. Ilelorv this is a "crrshior.r" slLr.r<hvich oanel consisting crf tr,vo "skins" ol l" cxterior fir plyrvoo<l w-ith an inner core of f" end grain balsa woocl as cxtra rcsistance against u,inc1-c1rir,'en slect lrntl hail. Thc roof par.rel proper, rvhich also forrns the interior ceilirrg, is a plywoocl sanclwich panel with ar.r inncr gri<l, core construction. Air spaccs in the core contairr fib_e_rglas insulation. ltoof panels rneasrtre 18, 4%', in length.

Wall panels, which measure 11', are iclentical in construciion with the roof panel proper, tvhereas tl're lloor panels, although similar in structtlrc, have becn specially clesigncd to hancllc'a 60-pound per s(lrlarc foot loading in arcas ',vherc heavy cquiptnent is installetl. In adclition to thesc basic plvn'oo<l parrcls,

FINISHED plvwood panel building, now TV transmiiler sludio for WMTW-W' i,""r- ,"i.it'.f {ormidable Mt. -Washingion, sile o{ civilized world's worst *r'"if,"i. g"itaing designed to stressed skii principle {or resislance lo hurricane *ind. "nd sub-z"io +".ie.ulu.e, already has weaihered gamut of nalural violence' special oncs of reinforcerl plastic to lit,rnrit rt:ceplion of nricrorvavcs frorr thc studio in l)olan<l Springs. I{e., ancl metaliacecl interior panels for irclrlc<l prott'ction lgainst fire havc also been incorporaterl into the rlesign.

All of ther panels u'cre pre fabrit:atc<l accortling to the stressedsl<in principlc using scarf-jointr:rl lcngths of cxterior fir pl1'n'ootl gh.recl ar.rd nailed to lurnber fr:unes. The cxtra-long lengtirs ot- plywood provide the pancls with a ntaximnm two-way rig- idity possible with virtually scarnless plyu-ood skin con.stru.^tion. All prefabrication was done at Keller Products in l{anchcstt,r arrd thc pancls \vcre truckecl to the erection site.

()ncc there, drrring hours when weather pennitted nornral rrorlt, the brrikling wcnt up quickly. Panels u'cre bolted directlv to the foundation and steel frame, ancl to each other throrrgir llanges. I'-rection harl just been completecl an<l ,ncn were lvo*, ing on tl.re intcrior u'hen rlcvastating "Carol" strncl< Ncu' Eng- lancl in Septcmbcr. The u'ind rcachcd :r peali of 117 tr.r.p.l.t. tluring the stonn, )'et the plvr,voorl buikling suffercrl no <lamage :rnrl its occupants reported that from their ltoint <tf protcction 1hc violcr.rce hacl colne upon thcrn likc an irllc zcphyi.

Fronk Pqrqmino

John Ferri Michqel Jqson

John Weqver

Srudy New Cqliforniq Sources for Commerciql Timberlond

The U. S. Forest Service is reaching into the laboratory ir-r its search for better rvays to grorv trees on deforested hills that could produce commercial timber in California.

Dr. George Nf. Jemison, director of the California Forest and Rar.rge Experiment Station of the Forest Serr,ice, said that the station is starting a ltew study of the basic requirements for best survival ancl gron'th of timber trees.

"California has about 4 million acres of potentially productive timberland that is poorly stocked or unstocked with trees," he said. "Getting new forests established on this land is difficult and costly because of the dry summers, dense growth of brush, and damage by rodents."

To seek basic scientific information that will help young trees grow faster and rnore vigorously, Dr. Henry Hellmers, plant physiologist at the experiment station, is being assigned to u'ork on reforestation problems at Pasadena under a cooperative ag'reement with the California Institute of Technology.

Eurekq Plons lmprovement

Eureka, Calif.-The city council has retained an architect to survey a proposed rnunicipal golf course on land offered to the city by the subdividers in an area l.here the course l'ould be surrounded by an exclusive subdivision. Mayor Srvanlund believed a golf corlrse wonld be an inducement to new companies l hich might corne here if recreation facilities rvere adecluate.