Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



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LONG-KNIGHT 



LUMBER COMPANY 



WALNUT- HARDWOODS 



CYPRESS 



Manufacturers and Wholesalers 



Indianapolis, Indiana 



fusilage construction. It is unfortunately true in this 

 as in other Mnes, that under stress, specifications have 

 been written by men not familiar with trade practice 

 and manufacturing limitations. It is doubly unfortunate 

 in this case that, while the manufacture of panels seems to 

 the unknowing as innocent of all possibility of embarrass- 

 ing problems, it is in reality one of the most exacting 

 of industrial practices. It has more innocent looking 

 pitfalls than almost any other line. Specifications to 

 be usable in quantity production by the manufacturers 

 of airplane panels or the veneers from which they are 

 made, must recognize these difficulties and properly 

 provide for them. Trouble in the inspection end is, of 

 course, closely linked with specifications and would come 

 largely through men who do not know panels and are 

 r.ot qualified to make a practicable application of speci- 

 fications in their inspection. 



Summarized, the situation shows that glues suitable 

 for propellers and for panels has been made available 

 and the supply is being enlarged, thanks to the great 

 work of the Laboratory; veneer and panel makers are 

 consecrated in personal effort and plant production to 

 the natior:.! cause; their high motives are more or less 

 nullified by uncertainty as to what may be required, 

 this preventing their really speeding up on airplane work, 

 and by great difficulty in making practice conform to 

 conditions laid down. TTiey are still struggling and are 

 even organized especially for the effort, and now their 

 unspoken demand is that as Americans their specialized 



All ThrM of U> Will Be Benefited i( 



knowledge as well cis their specialized plants be given 

 the opportunity for the maximum of usefulness in helping 

 bring about our boasted prospective mastery of the air. 



Compliance With Marking Instructions Will 



Bring Quicker Settlement From 



the Government 



HARDWOOD RECORD has received the following letter rela- 

 tive to the necessity for proper marking of all goods forvirardcd 

 on governrnrnt order. The letter herewith gives exact instructions 

 as to the proper method to purxue: 



I — Your careful attention is invited to the urgent need of com- 

 pliance with Signal Corps marking and shipping instructions. 



2 — In order to furnish necessary information to forces in France 

 furnish in every case a certified copy of form "B" covering each 

 package, with certificate of inspection attached and three addi- 

 tional copies of form "B," all to be forwarded to Expediting Sec- 

 tion No. 42, Equipment Division, Signal Corps. A supply of form 

 "B" may be obtained from Inspection Section No. 60, Equipment 

 Division, Signal Corps. 



3 — Failure to furnish this evidence of contents will result in 

 serious delay in auditing bills for paymnet. 



By direction of the Chief Signal Officer of the Army. 



(Signed) E. A. COLEMAN, 



Captain Signal Corps, Disbursing Officer. 



Panel Situation in England 



News, in speaking of the plywood situa- 

 there continues a steady demand for this 

 wood, as a considerable portion of the trade is devoted to gov- 

 ernment needs. Only a very small proportion is nowadays util- 

 ized for other purposes. The rapid increase in the demand for 

 plywood for aircraft work is doubtless responsible for so much 

 of the wood being required by the government. This demand 

 You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 



The London Timbe 

 lion in England, says 



