U.S. Forest Growth Shows Gain
America’s forests are growjng
at the rate of more than thirteen
billion cubic feet of wood yearly,
their greatest recorded growth,
according to the forest reap
praisal figures just released by
the U. S. Forest Service. This is
two billion cubic feet greater than
in 1936 when the last forest ap
praisal was made.
The combined figures for saw
timber and cordwood growth in
dicate that America’s wood sup
ply is now being replaced nearly
as rapidly as it is cut for use and
destroyed by fire, insects or dis
ease. Figures for hardwood
growth show trees in this cate
gory to be growing faster than
they are logged for use or de
stroyed. However, we are still
using our larger trees, classed as
sawtimber, hardwood and soft
wood combined, fifty per cent
faster than they are being replen
ished, the survey shows.
Interpreting the figures, Colo
nel W. B. Greeley, former U. S.
Forest Service Chief and chair
man of trustees of the American
Forest Products Industries, Inc.,
pointed out that much of the im
proved growth is due to a nearly
50 per cent reduction in forest fire
losses for the period covered by
the appraisal.
“Widespread support for such
forest protection campaigns as
the Keep America Green program,
as well as decreased travel in for
ested areas during the war years,
helped reduce the number of
fires”, the Colonel stated. “With
the upswing in tourist travel, the
need for public support of forest
protection becomes even more im
portant. Aggressive vigilance is
necessary if we are to maintain
the gains made during the past
ten years. We must do still
better.”
To bring the growth of saw
timber up to use and loss figures,
as well as increase wood produc
tion all along the line, Greeley ad
vocated improved forest manage
ment as fostered by the nation
wide Tree Farms movement. “By
good forest practices, we can not
only increase the percentage of
trees of sawtimber quality,” he
stated, “we can greatly increase
the supply of wood for pulp and
paper and every other forest
product. We should bring all our
forest lands up to full production
for whatever timber crop each
area is best adapted to grow”.
The above chart shows our
standing commercial timber as
compared with annual growth and
removal. This excludes timber in
national parks and other timber
reserved from any form of har
vesting.
Urge Filing |
Applications
By Survivors
Of Veterans
Only a very few survivors of
qualified World War II veterans
jbave filed application for the so
cial security benefits provided by
the recent veteran’s amendment
to the Social Security Act. Mar
shall Barney, manager of the
Rocky Mount office of the Social
Security Administration, Post Off
ice Building, reported today in
urging the immediate filing of
such application by all survivors
who may be eligible.
“While it was not expected that
there would be any large number
of beneficiaries who might qualify
at once for the protection ex
tended by the new section of the
law, I feel confident that there
are a number of persons in the
Rocky Mount area who have not
yet been in to see us and who
should do so as soon as possible,
Mr. Barney said.
The office manager explained
that that are two groups of sur
vivors eligible to file benefit
claims at once on the accounts
of qaulified veterans who died be
tween the time of their discharge
from World War II service and
the effective date of the amend
ment.
"In the first place .there are
the families of deceased veterans
who are now receiving monthly
social security benefit or have
received lump sums,” Mr. Barney
said. "These people may file for
a recomputation of benefits, and
if it is found that they would be
entitled to a larger benefit under
the amendment than they are now
receiving or have received as the
result of social security portection
bnilt up by the deceased veteran,
they' will receive the larger bene
fit.
"The second group is composed
_,f the survivors of veterans who
left no survivors insurance in the
eld age and survivors insurance
program and survivors who have
not claimed insurance they would
have been eligible to receive. They
may file claim for benefits under
the amendment, subject to certain
qualification the veteran must
have had. Both groups have until
midnight February 10, 1947, to
come to our office and file appli
cations for monthly benefits, if
they are to be sure to receive
benefits retroactive to the month
in which the veteran died. I
strongly suggest that they take
care of this matter as soon as
possible.”
Survivors who are now receiv
ing Veterans Administration pay
ments cannot qualify for benefits
under the Social Security Act
amendment, Mr. Barney warned.
National Service Life Insurance is
not considered as such a pay
ment.
jHEAT w*tu WOOD
Buy a" TMM
SbouArtdkojJ
WOOD BURNER
★ ENJOY 24-HOUR CONTROLLED HEAT
★ BUILD BUT ONE FIRE A SEASON—
i No Fires to Build On Cold Mornings
★ REMOVE ASHES ON AVERAGE
OF ONLY 3 TIMES MONTHLY
Insist on the Downdraft ASHLEY—it's PATENTED. This thermostati- J
| cally controlled wood burning heater saves up to 50% and more on b
fuel costs, write many Ashley users. Clean, less soot and dirt. Over m
3,500 retailed in one city and trading area—truly a sensation. Now in II
our 16th year. See your local Ashley dealer today or write for his name.
ASHLEY AUTOMATIC WOOD STOVE COMPANY {
Columbia, S. C.
ROANOKE HARDWARE CO.
General requirements that a
World War II veteran must meet
m order for his survivors to
qualify for social security bene
fits under the provision of the
amendment are:
That the veteran was discharg
ed from the armed forces under
circumstances other than dishon
orable within four years and a
day after the as-yet officially un
proclaimed end of World War II;
that the veteran had at least 90
days of active duty between Sept
ember 16, 1940, and the end of the
war, or, was discharged because
of disability or injury incurred or
aggravated in service in line of
duty; and that the veteran died
within three years of the date of
his discharge.
Town Talk
Miss Alice Walker of Wash
ington, D. C., spent two weeks
vacation with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. P. Walker.
Misses Josephine Speight and
Margaret Speight of Washington
D. C. were week end guests of
their parents Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Speight.
MtCNKMff
from loss of
'^5B Here’s One Of The Best •
Home Ways To Build Up Red Blood!
You girls who suffer from simple
anemia or who lose so much during—
monthly periods that you are pale, feel^
tired, weak, “dragged out”—this may
be due to low blood-iron—
So start today—try Lydia E. Pink
ham’s TABLETS—one of the greatest
biood-iron tonics you can buy to help
build up red blood to give more
strength and energy—in such cases.
Pinkham’s Tablets help build up the
bed quality of the blood (very impor
tant) by reinforcing the haemoglobin,
of red blood colls.
Just try Pinkham’s Tablets for 30
days then see if you, too, don’t re
markably benefit. All drugstores. »
Lydia E. Pinkham’s TweitTr
100
proof
Pint $2.25
f 4
AustingiNicKoIs
6 Co. Inc.
MOOtlTN NEW ton
r,
WHAT’S YOUR insur
ance question? We want
to know it — even the
| $64 one. This Hartford
agency wants every cus
tomer to fully under
stand the protection fur
nished by each policy he
buys—what it does and #‘j
what it does not cover*
NATIONAL „
LOAN & INSURANCE CO., Inc.
12 W. Second St. Dial R-444-1
, f