Trees Cash Crop On Many of American Farms
The article profiles the American Tree Farm System showing private woodland owners treating forests as a crop. It cites examples from Alabama Ohio Minnesota New Hampshire West Virginia Washington and highlights profits from timber fuelwood pulpwood and lumber. It notes 80 percent of owners are small woodlot owners and explains sponsorship by American Forest Products Industries.
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American Tree Farm System
Alabama
Ohio
Minnesota
New Hampshire
West Virginia
State of Washington
American Forest Products Industries
Cloverdale Redwood Co plans major northern California lumber buy
The firm to be named Cloverdale Redwood Company will absorb assets of Coastal Plywood Timber. W M Moores of Ukiah is president with a slate of officers. The $4.5 million deal covers over 800 million feet of timber, described as the largest lumber transaction in the region in 25 years. Sam C Rudolph and Abe Sugarman lead the buying firms. New forest fire detection in Louisiana uses plexiglass domed towers with TV cameras feeding a central station 50 miles away.
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Coastal Plywood & Timber Company
Cloverdale
Cloverdale Redwood Company
W M. Moores
Ukiah
James Laier
W. H. A. Smith
Norman DeLaittre
Warren Wood
Hollow Tree Lumber Company
Molallo
Oregon
T. V. Forest Rangers
Louisiana
Wood research is better living in wood
In America an army of wood experts and chemists yields new answers about trees and wood products. From pine oil to sulphite pulp by-products, ethyl alcohol and new glues, to timbers formed from small pieces, wood chemistry creates hundreds of items. Seed selection may grow faster trees. bark stripping and pulp chips expand supplies. Hedgpeth sells acres of stumps and timber holdings to Daniel Brothers Lumber in Healdsburg.
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America
Farflung
Theron L. Hedgpeth Logging Co
Daniel Brothers Lumber Co
Healdsburg
Nevada's ancient forests reshaped by Sierra uplift
Geologist Dr. Daniel Axelrod describes Nevada's 14 million year old landscape when Sierra redwoods and subtropical forests thrived. Winds brought 25 to 30 inches of rain westward to an area now desert, but the Sierra formation blocked moist air, leading to forest die off and desert formation.
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Nevada
Daniel Axelrod
University of California At Los Angeles
Axelrod
Sierra Range
Pacific Northwest
Mississippi Valley
California
Sierra Nevada
Sierra
First Arizona Senator Pays Visit to Senate
Washington dispatch says Henry F. Ashurst the first Arizona senator paid a return visit yesterday to the Senate chamber where he served 28 years. He received a standing ovation after introduction by Sen. Barry Goldwater. Ashurst sat in his old seat now filled by Sen. Carl Hayden. he served from 1912 to 1940.
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Washington
Henry F. Ashurst
Arizona
Senate
Ashurst
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Carl Hayden
Forestry Report Highlights UC Station Research 1953
The 1953 annual report of the California Forest and Range Experiment Station details long range research on California forests. Station director George M. Jemison notes priorities in forest management genetics fire economics utilization range research and forest influences amid growing population and demand for timber forage and water. It cites two shifts in wood utilization: fibreboard packaging for agricultural products and using slabs and edgings to make wood chips for pulping.
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California
California Forest and Range Experiment Station
U. S. Forest Service
George M. Jemison
Jemison
Humboldt County Timber Use Report Summary (1951)
A preliminary Humboldt County Forestry Committee report in Eureka states 1.57 billion board feet of county timber were used by the forest industry in 1951. Lumber accounted for 90 percent of the volume, veneer and plywood for 7.9 percent, with 39 percent converted to other products. Standing timber totals about 60.6 billion board feet in trees 11 inches and larger, annual growth about 410 million board feet. Forest industries make up 71 percent of local basic industry and contribute 35.9 percent of the 1952 county tax base. The study, by Dr. Henry J. Vaux and Humboldt County forester Eugene A. Halsted, will support a future forestry program.
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Humboldt County Forestry Committee
Eureka
Henry J. Vaux
University of California School of Forestry
Eugene A. Halsted
Humboldt County Forester
Humboldt County
Advances in fire control urged after California disasters
The report noted the necessity of improved fire control methods following last year’s devastating southern California wildfires, which were followed by severe flood damages, underscoring the need for progress in prevention and response.
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California
French Strafe Red Bases In Indochina
French planes bombed two rebel bases used as raid launch points for attacks on Hanoi and its lifeline to Haiphong. Infantry and tanks followed the strikes near Tu The and Pra Lan, part of a drive to clear Communist hideouts within 20 miles of Hanoi. Moderate fighting also reported near Ban Yen Nhan and Phuc Yen as French militiamen repelled several rebel assaults.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Haiphong
Tu the
Pra Lan
Ban Yen Nhan
Haophong
Phuc Yen
Danh Trhu
US Navy Seaplane Missing With 17 Men Aboard
The U S Navy PBY seaplane with 17 aboard is missing over the East China Sea south of Japan bound for Hong Kong. It last transmitted near Nagasaki at 6 55 a m and a distress call heard at 10 30 a m. Occupants include seven Navy officers two Marine officers and eight Navy enlisted seamen. Search by surface craft and air units found no trace. the aircraft could still be afloat if it landed safely.
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Tokyo
East China Sea
Japan
Hong Kong
Nagasaki
Navy
Air Force
Ceylon Offers Rice Sale to Japan amid China Trade
Tokyo reports from Foreign Office sources that Ceylon offers to sell rice it imports from Communist China to Japan. The exchange would involve Peiping sending rice to Ceylon in return for rubber. The disclosure highlights ongoing wartime era trade and diplomatic ties shaping Japanese and regional economics.
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Japan
Tokyo
Ceylon
China
Peiping
Missing Botvinnik Stuns U.S. Chess Officials
New York reports from 1940s era refer to Botvinnik, famed Russian chess master, failing to arrive as scheduled. U.S. Chess Federation president Thorald McPhillips notes Botvinnik was listed for a visiting match but communications from Moscow yielded no reply. Uncertainty surrounds his absence and condition.
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Nobeady
Botvinnik
Thorald Mc Phillips
Uls
Chess
Phillips
Moscoy
Coffee Price Drop Ordered by Government Agency
A government agency order reduced the cost of domestically produced coffee in Rio de Janeiro, setting a price around eight cents per ounce or equivalent. The measure, reported by the Rio de Janeiro news desk, took effect yesterday and targets curb inflation in the coffee market.
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Rio
Medea Brice
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