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Adenauer Observes
79lh Birthday on
Eve of Big Battle
Bonn, Germany 4U.R) Chan
cellor Konrad Adenauer observ
ed his 79th birthday yesterday in
good general health and looking
like a man in his mid-sixties.
There was some concern
among his followers, however,
that his battle to bring a resurg
ent West Germany into a firm
alliance with its former enemies
may affect his iron constitution.
. For the first time, the granite
faced Mgrar d old man" was show
ing some signs of strain. -
But gifts and congratulations
snowed under the concern over
his well-being.
Still Has Endurance
Adenauer still had the physi
cal endurance to sit through long
conferences and parliamentary
debates that exhausted many
younger aides. : -'
Only , once during recent
weeks has the chancellor showed
signs of weakening. He shocked
millions of German radio listen
ers Dec. 10 when he cracked
up - publicly before the micro
phone while addressing the Bun
destag (lower house) during de
bate on ratification of the Paris
arms treaties.
i conrusea ana unable to an
swer Socialist hecklers," Aden
auer left the rostrum and sank
down . exhausted, in his private
office. ' . ... .v.
Physical Checkup
V Between Christmas Eve and
New.. Year's, Adenauer rested
quietly at Phoendorf. But he
took the precaution of subject
ing himself to a careful physical
; checkup at the Bonn University
' clinic during the holidays.
v The chancellor is scheduled
to spend 12 days at his favorite
vacation hideout in the Black
Forest beginning next Saturday
He was said to have asked that
this rest period be kept as free
of work as possible. : '
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Hattiesburg, Mass. "(U.R)
When Leo Spraigs reported to
police headquarters that a friend
of his had been missing for two
days it took Sgt. Lester Black
burn less than a minute to find
him. The "missing" man was in
city jail. -
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Greater Use .of Lumber in '55
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' By JUDD GREERMAN
President,, National Lumber.
Manufacturers Association ;
Look for greater use of wood
in new. home construction next
year. -- . :, ' ?
Youll see more of it on the
outside of new homes and more
of it on the inside What's be-'
hind this trend?. Public demand.
Today's home buyers are de
manding the "beauty, warmth,
and dignity that only wood carl
offer. They want a home of func
tional, advanced design that fits
their needs and has a cheerful,
friendly and comfortable atmos
phere. More Wood Paneling
; Today's home buyers are turn
ing more to wood paneling ?
to relieve the . glare from . pic
ture windows, to lend variety
.their rooms, to cut down redec
orating costs.
They're turning more to wood
window frames to escape the
starkness of aluminum and steel,
to minimize condensation, to av
oid drafts. '
They're turning more to wood
floors to give their homes
lasting, practical beauty and the
tread-resilience missing in most
floor substitutes. wl:-;
They're turning more to wood
furniture to accent style and
durability in their home furnish
ings and" because the desire to
"touch wood" is ingrained in all
Of US. . . .' . j
They're turning more to .wood
siding and wood shingles to
give their f homes individuality
and distinction, to save on con
struction costs, to cut down their
heating and cooling expenses. -Construction
Picture Bright '
.. The demand for lumber in all
types of new construction should
continue brisk next year. But
home building is lumbers bright
test spot in the construction pic
ture. ; ,x
Recent studies indicate that
the average U. S. Dwelling unit
contains approximately 10,500
board feet of lumber. If as many'
as 1,300,000 new homes are
started next year as many
government and mivate housing
experts have . predicted-w the
lumber used in home construc
tion, alone, should total in the
neighborhood of 13,000,000,000
board feet. That's roughly. one-
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annual : production in recent
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.We expect the trend toward
greater use of wood in homes to
be given added impetus next
year by the Federal Housing ad
ministration. FHA officials have
indicated that they plan to give
greater recognition in their ap
praisals to homes of contempor
ary design and quality materials.
Wood fits . these specifications
perfectly.' ' :
; FHA's new policy will permit
builders to take full advantage
of the economy, versatility and
liveable qualities that wood im
parts to a home. j
As this is being written, furn
iture plants appear to be work
ing out of the slump that plagu
ed that industry during the early
months of 1954. From the stand
point of hardwoods sold for fur
niture manufacture and other
domestic uses, 1955 is expected
to be better than the year now
coming to a close. v ;
Hardwood flooring demand
has been high during 1954 and
should continue strong in 1955.
Total hardwood flooring produc
tion in 1954 was up about 12 per
cent over 1953. .
The new housing law will give
a boost to home repairs, 'alter
ations and additions, another im
portant lumber market. Recent
Census Bureau figures indicate
that home ' owners, alone,, are
spending about $7,200,000,000 a
year to fix up their properties.
The National Association of Real
Estate boards estimates that the
Cabinet Members See
5 As Good Year
Washington (U.R) Four mem
bers of the Eisenhower Cabinet
agreed today in their outlook for
the new. year 1955 A good
year, they said.
Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey repeated
his earlier declarations that the
IT. S.. economy is in good shape,
and said the whole free world
"has continued . to advance . to
ward our common objectives of
a neaithier and wider flow oi
trade and money."
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Head
owners and tenants - of : rental
properties, who weren't covered
by the Census Bureau survey,
are putting an additional $5,
000,000,000 into fix-up work.
That makes more than $12,-
000,000,000 a year being spent
to improve and modernize resi
dential structures or about equal
to estimated : expenditures for
new housing construction in
1954. ; , .i-K-
The do-it-yourself movement
will continue to figure promin
ently in the home, repair and
improvement picture, and lumb
erman will continue to go all
out to service this important
market. , J r
Production Down
" Lumber production for 1954
is expected to total about 36,
500,000,000' board feet seven
per cent below 1953 ' output.
Lumber consumption, which in
cludes exports and imports as
well as changes in distributors'
stocks, . is figured at approxi
mately 39,700,000,000 board feet
for 1954 three per cent be
low 1953. Exports for the year
are estimated at- 680,000,000
board feet one per cent, above
1953.
Extended strikes in the
Douglas fir region were chiefly
responsible for the decline in
lumber output during: 1954. If
similar shutdowns can be avoid
ed during 1955 and if construc
tion prospects hold up, lumber
production and consumption for
next year should at least equal
and may very well exceed
this year's figures. .
Secretary of Labor James P.
Mitchell said the iew year finds
"the economy moving briskly
upward, and the job situation
improving notably." '
For the farmer, Secretary of
Agriculture Ezra T. Benson said
1955 will be "one of continuing
high : levels of peacetime stabil
ity and prosperity."
Year of Progress
Secretary of the Interior
Douglas McKay., viewed the
coming 12 months as "a year of
the most substantial progress in
carrying out the Interior Depart
ment's primary responsibilities
for development of the nation's
mineral, water . and energy re
sources."
Humphrey said the greatest
contribution this : country can
make to better world trade is
a healthy and ' growing econ
omy at. a high level of activity
here in the United States, and
he predicted this domestic situa
tion would develop. . ? : .
; Mitchell said the "post-Korea
readjustment, "has been hurdled
successfully, and in a remark
ably short time." He said the
Labor Department is : receiving
reports of "rehiring ' and in
creased demand in such con
sumer industries as automobiles,
textiles, v television and home
laundry equipment." P
"The most encouraging devel
opment," Mitchell said, "is that
the American consumer has kept
right on making steady gains in
his standard of living." He said
takehome pay has continued to
be "extremely, high as a result
of wage increases and the tax
cut of January; 19,54."
Farm Products Demand Good ;
Benson said : the demand for
farm products will 'be "at least
as good" as 1954, and net farmer
income "should . approach the
1954 level of $12,500,000,000.
He said farmers' gross income
may decline slightly in the new
year, because of acreage restric
tions on. wheat and cotton, dui
production : costs will probably
be lower, too. !V-
"we have been in a period of
farm adjustment in the new agri
cultural program w initiated by
the administration,'' Benson
said, and we have made a good
start -toward ' developmg enee
tive methods of dealing with our
most pressing problems of sur-
plusses and .unbalanced produc
tion." '. - ----- -
He expressed confidence that
"we are on the threshold of a
Drofitable period for farmers
who seize the opportunities of a
promising today and tomorrow.
Afofive Sought in Boy's
Strangulation of Sister
GaUon. O.. (U.R) Frederick
Spears, '17, confessed slayer of
his sister, Patricia, 16, was ques
tioned further today ; by autnor-
itie in an effort . to determine
a motive in the strangulation
murder that climaxed a pillow
fieht between brother and sister.
Frpdprirfc ' broke down and
wmt whUe viewing b sister's
body in a funeral home here
yesterday and admitted the slay-
in Vnr two davs the ooy sieaa
fastly had denied any knowledge
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FOUND DEAFWidely Imown gland specialist, Dr. Paul
D.'Vella, 40, (left) was found dyiHg beside the body xt bis
patient, Mrs. Avon Bonner, 34, (right) in.her Atlanta, Ga,
home. They were discovered by , Mrs. Vella when she in
vestigated the doctor's failure to return from an early call
to Mrs.; Bonner's home. An autopsy; revealed the doctor
died of a brain hemorrhage: Mrs. Bonner's death is still
being investigated. ;
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Vage Hike Be Taken
;.: Portland 0J.R) The execu
tive board of the Northwestern
Council, AFL Lumber and Saw
mill Workers' union, has rec
ommended acceptance of a 7 Vi
cent. hourly wage .increase pro
posed by a panel which investi
gated the recent lumber strike. 4
. The policy , committe of the
CIO International Woodworkers
union earlier made v the same
recommendation. The 'pay in
crease, .which must now be ap
proved by local membership of
both lumber unions would ex
tend to April, 1956. . .
Kenneth Davis, - AFL "execu
tive secretary, said his - group
stressed the additional recom
mendation by . the governors'
seven-man panel for, a;V joint
management-labor committee to
improve the v lumber . industry's
negotiating procedures, j-.s- 'ti.
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