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...trick, he even stood upright in the cockpit, hoping the wind pressure on his body would right the plane. Finally, at 2,000 ft., with the earth rushing at him 200 ft. a second, he bailed out and descended easily while the plane hurtled into a nearby pine tree...
...Slash Pine. Dr. Charles Holmes Herty of Savannah has fostered paper making in the cut-over pine lands and swamps of the South. So-called slash pine can be harvested when five years old and economically manufactured into coarse paper (wrapping paper, newspaper). Owners of large acreage may harvest a fifth of their crop yearly, replant the cut-over area, and have a continuing cycle of growths. Main trouble of Dr. Herty's project is that papermaking mills cost millions, which are now hard to raise...
...Miles is most prominent as a critic and playwright, although he has had considerable experience as a director. He collaborated with John Colton, author of "Rain," and "Shanghai Gesture," in writing the play "9 Pine St.," and his other plays include 'Portrait of Gilbert" and "The Granite Lady...
...retreat was from a ponderous myopic sexagenarian lumberman named William Elbert Belcher. For 29 years Mr. Belcher has been modestly engaged in turning the slash pine of Bibb County, Ala. into merchantable lumber. The retreat was also from one of the most respected and uncompromising septuagenarians of the South, Federal Judge William Irwin Grubb of Birmingham, whose decisions are very rarely reversed by higher courts. Last October, the Government brought Lumberman Belcher to trial before Judge Grubb on charges of paying lower wages and working his men longer hours than NRA's lumber code allowed. Defendant Belcher readily admitted...
...November Sunday no one gave flowers. Here was a problem. . . . It was met by bringing an armful of white pine branches from the country. In each vase of soft feathery green were inserted a few branches of brilliant autumn leaves. The effect was 'different,' and caused much favorable comment. The symbolism was rather nice...