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1=0I2EIGN WOODS IMuORTED INT O
THE UNITED STATE S
(IncludinE a list of Importers and Dealers
June 1951
No. 8887
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUR E
FOREST SERVIC E
FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATOR Y
Madison 5, Wisconsi n
In Cooperation with the University of Wisconsi n
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FOREIGN WOODS IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATE S
(Including a List- of Importers and Dealers )
BY
Forest Products Laboratory,? Forest Servic e
U . S . Departnnent of Agriculture
The Forest Products Laboratory is frequently called ilpon for WO'
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tion as to the identity of various foxexgn woods used in the Unitd , Stfafe'S =Idn d
where such woods may be obtained . To answer such inquiries this compilation
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has been' prepared from informa.tiop furn .shed by dealers . The compilation i s
in two parts, , (1) a list of the woods reported, arranged by common ,or trade
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names, and (2)'a list of, the fi .rlas that handle these *oocl . Many of YiiWh"mds
imported have several common names, and in a number of cases the same name , i rs
in use for several distinctly different roods . The uee of the botanical
(Latin) name is therefore necessary in order to definitely indicate what woo d
is meant . In a few instances there is sow question concerning the correc t
botanical we .
These lints will be revised from time to
- time as new infotia'a
tion becomes available . -
IA list of "Some Reference Books on Domestic and Foreign 1"Toods U
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No . R1479) and a number of information leaflets about the
imported species are available on request from the Forest Ppg*Rqpl
Laboratory .
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Wisconsin .
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Imported Wood s
The common or trade names are given first and are followed by the
botanical name and the country of origin . The numbers listed after the name s
refer to the dealers by whom the woods are imported, together with the for m
of the material : logs, lumber, or veneer, when that information was available .
(See pages 9 to 11 . )
Agba
Gossweilerodendron balsamiferum Harms . (Vilest Africa) 11, 19, 30 .
Cariniana sp . (South America) 12 .
Albarco
Almon
Shorea eximia (Miquel) Scheffer (Philippine Islands) 29 .
Amboyna Burl Pterocarpus dalbergioides Roxb . (=P . indicus Willd .) (Eas t
Indies) 12 .
Andiroba -- see Crabwood .
Apitong Dipterocarpus grandiflorus Blanco (Philippine Islands, etc .) 18, 23 ,
29, 38 .
Araucaria, Brazilian or "Parana pine" Araucaria angustifolia (Bert . )
0 . Ktze . (Brazil) (-=A . brasiliana A . Rich .) 18, '37, 3F .
Zanthoxylum (=Fagara) (Panama) 40 .
Arcabu
Pouteria (probably P . guianensis Aubl .) (Guianas)
Asepoko
13 .
Ash, English Fraxinus excelsior L . (Europe) 12 .
Ash, Japanese ("Tamo")
Fraxinus sieboldiana Blume (Japan) 9, 37 .
Avodire Turreanthus africana Pell and T . vignei Hutch . and J . M . Dalz .
(West Africa) L, ' 1, 12, 15, 21, 24, 25, 26, 33, 35, 38, 39 ,
Ayous -- see Obeche .
Azobe -- see Ekki .
Bagtikan
Parashorea malaanonan (Blanco) Merrill (Philippine Islands) 29 .
Balsa
Ochroma lagopus Sw . (Tropical America) 1, 18, 26, 38 .
Banak
Virola spp . (Tropical America) 8, 34 .
Beech, European Fagus sylvatica L . (Europe) 9, 38 .
Beech, Japanese
Bintangoer
Fagus japonica Max . (Japan) 37 .
Calophyl]um spp . (East Indies)
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Birch, Canadian
Betula bpi). (Canada) , 38 . ,
Birch,_ Japanese
Betula spp . (Japan) 9, 37, 38 .
Blackwood, African
Dalber - ia melanox lon Guill . ahd-' Fer ! {-T
Boxwood Gossypiospermum praecox
(Tropical America),
Bubinga
Copaifera spp .
(West
(Grs ) ? . Vdilsn
Brosimum alicastrum Sw . (Tropical America) 387--
Cativo
Prioria copaifera Gris, (Teol5i6a,l .America) 8 .
Cedro, Espinoso
Crabwood
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Cedrela spp . (Tropical America) 8, -1T, 18, 24, 32, 3h, X 3'5, 36 ,
Bombacopsis-fendleri Pittier (Tropical America) 40 .
Carapa spp . (TropicalAmerica)
Cherry, Japanese (Asada)
Cortez
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Cedrela spp t (Tropical America) J, ,40 .
Cedro, Amargo
Cedro Macho
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Africa) 2!
Capomo
Cedar, Spanish
37, 38 .
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(`=Casearia praecox ( ,r• is )''
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Manilkarabidentata (A fi DC .) A . Chev . (4Iimusops_bidenta
Bulletwood
Cocobolo
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8, 32 .
Prunus spp . (Japan) 37 .
Dalbergia spp . (Tr.opic_al America) 8, 15, 18, 26 .
Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq,) Nichols "vel .aff." (Tropical Awr
oa) .
Carapa guianensis Aubl . (Tropical America) . 13 ..
Dab'ema -- see Dahoma .
Dahoma Piptadenia africana,,Hook . f . (West Africa) 2 .
Dao
Dracontomel.umdao (Blanco) Merr . and Rolfe (Philippine Islands) 4, 15, 26 .
Doussie Afzelia spp . (_Fxanc.h Vest Africa) 2 .
Ebony (kind not given) Diospxros spp .
15,
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(Ceylon) 18, (French Africa) 21 .
Ebony, East Indian Diosoyr os jntana Roxb . (Malaya) 12 .
Ebony, Gaboon Dios-evros de do Welw . (Africa) 38 .
Ebony, Macassar Diospyros nacassar A, Chev . (Indoie
Ebony, Mozambique -- see Blackwood, African .
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Ekki
Lophira alata var . procera B . Davy (West Africa) 2, 21 .
Ekops (?)
Berlinia-spp .
(West Africa) 2 .
Aucoumea klaineana Pierre (West Africa) 21, 34 .
Gaboon
Enterolobium spp . (Tropical America) 35, 38 .
Genizero
Geroenggang
Cratoxylon spp . (Indonesia, Malaya) 27 .
Goncalo alves
Grand Bassam
Astronium fraxinifolium Schott (Brazil) 3 .
Khaya ivorensis A . Chev . (West Africa) 7 .
Ocotea rodioei (Schomb,) Mez (Northern South America) 13, 34, 38 .
Greenheart
Grenadille, d'Afrique -- see Blackwood, African .
Guanacaste -- see Genizero .
Guayacan -- see Cortez .
Guijo
Shorea guiso (Blanco) Blume (Philippine Islands) 29 .
Gum, Grey
Eucalyptus punctata DC . (Australia) 18 .
Gum, Spotted
Eucalyptus maculata Hook (Australia) 38 .
Hura crepitans L . (Tropical America) 35 .
Habillo
Harewood (Greywood)
Acer pseudoplatanus L . (Europe) 26 .
Harewood Zanthoxylum spp . -- see Satinwood, West Indian .
'Ilomba
Pycnapthus kombo Warb . (West Africa) 2, 21 .
Imbuia
Ireme
Phoebe porosa
(Nees and Mart .) Mez (Brazil) 40 .
Terminalia ivorensis A . Chev . (rest Africa) 4 .
Ironbark
Eucalyptus sp . (Australia) 7 .
Ironbark, grey
Eucalyptus paniculata Sm . (Australia) 18, 29 .
Ironbark, red (broadleaved)
Ironbark, red (narrowleaved)
(Australia) 18, 29 .
Jarrah
Eucalyptus siderophloia Benth . (Australia) 18, 38 .
Eucalyptus racemosa Cav . ( E . crebra F .V .•M . )
Eucalyptus marginata Sm . (Australia) 29 .
Kabukalli Goupia glabra Aubl . (South America) 13 :
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Dryobalanops aromatica Gaertn . f . (Malaya) 27 .
Kapur
Cercidiphyllum japonicum S. and Z . '( apan) 37' .
Katsura
Icautaballi
Licania spp . (Tropical America) 13 .
Enterolobium spp . (Tropical APehca) 10, 25, A .,- -
Kelobra
Kempas Koompassia malaccensis Maing ; ex.' Benth. (Malaya-)'27 .
' Keruing
Dipterocarpus spp,
(Malaya) 27 ,
Khaya -- see Mahogany,' African .
Koa
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Acacia koa A . Gray (Hawaii) 15 ,
"Korina" Terminalia superba Engl .' and Diels .
' (c'r'est Africa) 11 ; 16., ..1.1 , '2114 "6 .
Kurokai Protium spp . (Tropical America) 13 .
Cardwellia sublimis F.v.M. (Australia) 12, 15 .
Lacewood
Lauan, red
Shorea polysperma (Bianco) Merrill (Philippine MaAl4m.! '
Pentacme contorta, Merrill and Rolfe' (Pl i:ppine Island `' 19 :' f"''41
Lauan, white
Lignumvitae
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Guaiacum spp . (Tropical America) 5, 8, 15,.8y-'22, 26 ;`
Limba (see "Korina") Termi_nalia superba Engl . and Diels .
19 : 21, 30, 35 .
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(test1lri_ca4)
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Hymehaea courbaril L. (Hymenaea davisii) (Tropical America) : 3 .
Locust
Swietenia spp . (Trop eal America) 4, 5 ;6, 8-, 9', 12, A, 15,
18, 20, 25, 26, 28, 31, 3?, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 .
Mahogany
Mahogany, African Klima. spp . (ti" est Africa) 4, 9, 10, 12, 20,&;'24,
27, 31, 33, 34, 35, 38, 39 .
Mahogany, Philippine
Maidu Burls
26;,,
4, 9, 16, .18, 23, 29, 35, 37, 38, 41 .
Pterocarpus pedatus Pierre (French Indo China) 12 .
Makore Mimusobs heckelii Hutch,. and Dalz ; (Nest Africa) 24.
Manggasinc
yellow lauan)
Islands) 4 .
Manni
chorea philippinensis Brandis (Phiiippirie
Symphonia globulifera L . f . (Tropical America_a .d West ..Africa) 13 ..
Manniballi
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Moronobea coccinea Aubl . (Northern South Ame-rim 13'.
Maple, Queensland '(also butts)
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Maria -- see Santa Mari a
Medang
Dehahasia sp . (Lauraceae) (Malaya) 27 .
Melavis
Gonystytus spp . (Malaya) 27 .
Mengkulang
Tarretia spp . (Malaya) y•,,,
Meranti ~ red or dark red
Shorea spp . (Malaya) 27 .
Meranti, white
Meranti, yellow
Intsia palembanica Baker (Malaya) 27 .
Merbau
Anisoptera spp . (Malaya) 27 .
Mersawa
Monkey Pot
Lecythis davisi.i Sandw . (British Guiana) 13 .
Mora excelsa Benth . (Tropical America) 13 .
Morabukea
Narra
Mora gonggri jpii (Kleinh .) Sandw. (The Guianas) -. 13 .
Pterocarpusindicus 'illd . and P. vidalianas Rolfe (Philippine Islands
and Netherlands East Indies) 15, 29 .
New Guineawood
Nyatoh
Shorea spp . (Malaya) 27 .
Hopea spp . (Malaya) 27 .
Merawan
Mora
Shorea spp ..
Dracontomelum mangiferum
Bl . (Malaya, East Indies) )4 , 10 ,
Palaquium spp . (Malaya) 27 .
Oak, English brown
Quercus robur L•, and Q.sessiliflora, Salisb . (England) 26 .
Oak, European (English, French, Slavonian)
flora Salisb . (Europe) 9, 15, 38 .
Oak, Japanese
Oak, Pollard
Quercus robur L . and Q . sessili -
Quercus spp . (Japan) 9, 15, 37, 38 .
Quercus robur L . (Europe) 9, 12 .
Triplochiton sclerocylon K . Schum, (Vest Africa) 15, 24, 26 .
Obeche (Ayous)
Ojoche
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Brosimum alicastrum Sw . (Tropical America) 12 .
0koume -- see Gaboon .
Orientalwood
Endiandra palmerstoni C . T . White (Australia) 4, 12, 26'. .
Padauk, African
Pterocarpus soyauxii Taub . (West Africa) 15 .
Padauk, Andaman
Pterocarpus dalbergioides (East Indi .es) 15 ; 20 ,
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Pal Dao -- see Dao
Peroba do Campos
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Paratecoma peroba (Record) Kuhim . (Brazil) 3, 15 .
Pine, Parana -- see Araucaria,
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Pochote (name also applied to Bombax Pachira, and Ceiba)
(Jacq .) Dugand (Tropical America) 35 .
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Bombacopsis quinatum
Primavera Cybistax donnell-smithii (Rose) Seibert (Tropical America) 4, 5, 8 ,
12, 15, 18, 24, 26, 31, 32, 35, 38, 39 .
Purpleheart
Peltogyne spp . (Tropical America) 12, 13 .
Rosa Morada
Lonchocarpus spp . (Tropical America- Pan-tropical) 38 .
` Rosewood, Brazilian Dalbergia nigraFr . Allem . (and other Dalbergia spp . )
(Tropical America) 3, 4, 12, -1 , 18, 20, 24, 26, 38 .
Rosewood, Indian
Calophyllum brasiliense Camb . (Tropical America) 8 .
Santa Maria
Sapele
Dalbergia spp . (India) 18, 26 .
Entandrophragma cylindricum Sprague (Vilest Africa) 4, 15, 24, 25, 26 ,
33, 35 .
Satinwood,
Indian Chloroxylon swietenia DC . (India and Ceylon) 4, . 12 ,
i5, 24East
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Satinwood, West Indian (see Harewood)
Sen
Kalopanax ricinifolium iaiq. (Japan) 9, 37 .
Endospermum malaccense Muell .-Arg . (Malaya) 27 .
Sendok-sendok
Sepetir
Sindora spp . (Malaya) 27 .
Shina, Japanese (Basswood) or Shinanoki
Silverballi
Simarupa
Sipo
Xanthoxylum spp .. (West Indies) 12, 15 .
Tilia spp . (Japan) 37 .
Ocotea spp . (Tropical America) 13 .
Simaruba amara Aubl . (Tropical America - Guianas) 13 . -
Entandrophragma utile Sprague (West Africa) 21 .
lt Sonoro" -- see Manggasinoro .
Tallowood
Tamo
Eucalyptus microcorys F.v.M. (Australia) 18 .
Fraxinus spp . (Japan) 12 .
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Tanguile
Teak
Shorea polysperma (Blanco) Merrill (Philippine Islands) 29 .
Tectona grandis L .f. (India, Burma, Thailand) 5, 7, 15, 16, 17, 1
26, 37, 38, 39 .
Thuya Burl
Tetraclinis articulata Masters (Morocco,-Algeria) 12 .
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Tigerwood
Lovoa klaineana Pierre ex Sprague (West Africa) 4, 10., 24 .
Tulipwood
Dalbergia spp . (Brazil) 12 .
Wallaba
E_erua falcata Aubl . (Guianas) 13 .
Walnut, African -- see Tigerwood .
Walnut, Brazilian
Phoebe porosa (Nees and Mart .) Mez . (Brazil) 18 .
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Walnut, English or Circassian Juglahs regia L. (Northern Hemisphere ;Btrop:e,,
Caucasia, India, China) 9, 12 .
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Walnut, Queensland -- see Orientalwood .
Wamara Swartzia7 .eiocalycina Bth . (Tropical America) 13 :
Yacal
Hopeap-i .agaya (Blanco) Vidal (Philippine Islands) 29 .
Zebrawood
Macrolob_um spp . (West Africa) 14, - 10, 15, 214 .
Zingana .(?)Brachystegia, (?)Cynometra, (?)Microberlinia (rest Africa) 21 .
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DEALERS IN FOREIGN WOODS
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Lumber .
1.
Balsa Ecuador Lumbor• -Cenp:, , 500 Fi ' h k-` * titw York
2.
Bois du Cameroun, Eseka, French Cameroun, West Africa . . Some 1Q:gs, Lrer .
3.
Corey, M . M ., 3208 Arsenal St ., St, . Louis 18, Mo . Logs, lumber .
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4. Dean Co ., 666 Lake Shore br ., Chicago 11, Ill . logs, lumber, veneer :
5.
Dieckmann, J . H., Jr ., 110 Sutter St., San Francisco 4, Calif .
lumber .
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Logs ,
6. Dixie Lumber Co ., Inc ;, 8201 Fig St ., New Orleans 9, La . Lumber .
7 . East Asiatic CO ., Inc ., 465 California St . ; San , Frame .; co it, Calif :
Lumber, teneer .
8.
Fadrique, P ., 4213 S . Robertson St ., New Orleans 15, La, Logs,,l
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9 . Fordom Forest Products Corp. : 52 Vanderbilt Ave ., New York 17, N . X,.:,
Logs, lumber, veneer, and plywood .
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10 . Foreign & IIomestic Veneers, Inc ., 108 S . 10th St .,. . Lok sh
Veneer .
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Forsyth ,Hardwood Co ., 355 Bay Shore Blvd ., San. Francisop„ .Gaiif- . -- :nTarnber .
12 . Freiberg Mahogany Co ., Findlay & McLean Ave ., Cincinnati 14, M.o .
Chiefly veneer, some logs and lumber .. .
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13 . Greenheart & Wallaba Timber Co ., Inc,, 52 Vanderbilt Ave ., New. York l7 ,
N . Y ., Logs, lumber . .
14 . Gulf Enterprises, Inc ., Napoleon Ave . (P..O.Box 52'46), New Orleans 15;
4. Lumber .
15.
Hawes & Co ., Inc ., Willard, 419 E . 48th St ., New York 17, N . Y .,. Lambe r .
16.
Holt & Bugbee Co ., 243 Medford St ., Charlestown 29, Maas . amber .
17 . Indiana M&.hogany Co ., 5Oih A'y . .•& Vetnsg B .arc ;.,' .Ti
Lumber .
City N . Y. -
18 . International Trading Corp ., 214 Second Ave . Bldg ., Seattle 4, Wash.
Lumber, some logs, little veneer .
-Imports numerous kinds of wood, not listed individually, frog A.fri,,c , r_. .,~ ,
Far East, Australia, Asia, Central and South America .
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19 . Kalt Lumber Co ., 324 E . 64th St ., New York 21, N . Y . Lumber .
20.
Keith Lumber Co ., 2350 Laflin St., Chicago 8, Ill . Lumber .
21 . Kohn Lumber, Inc ., Henri, 500 Fifth Ave ., New York 18, N . Y . Chiefl y
logs, some lumber, little veneer .
22. Lignum-Vitae Products Corp ., 96-100 Boyd Ave . Jersey City 4, N . J . Lumber ,
23. Mahogany Importing Co ., 621 S . Spring St ., Los Angeles 14, Calif . Lumber .
24 . Marshall, Ltd ., william L ., 427 E, 10th St ., New York 9, N . Y . Chiefl y
veneer, some logs and lumber .
25. Mengel Co ., 1122 Dumesnil St ., Louisville 1, Ky . Veneer .
26 . Monteath Co ., J . H ., 2500 Park Ave . at E . 135th St ., New York 51, N. Y .
Logs, lumber, veneer .
27. Morgand, J . P . L ., 11 E . 78th St ., New York 21, N. Y . Lumber .
28. Robinson Lumber Co ., 1127 Hibernia Bldg ., New Orleans, La. Lumber .
29.
Scrim Lumber Co ., 111 W. 7th St ., Los Angeles 14, Calif . Lumber .
30 . Societe Agricole et Forestiere du Mayumbe, 11 W . 42nd St ., New York 18 ,
N . Y . Lumber .
31 . Stem, Inc ., Chester B ., 716 Grant Line Rd ., New Albany, Ind . Lumber ,
veneer .
32 . Stewart Lumber Co ., Metropolitan & Woodward Aves ., Brooklyn 6, N. Y .
Lumber .
33 . Thompson Mahogany Co ., Edmund St . & Bleigh Ave ., Philadelphia 36, Pa .
Lumber, veneer .
34 . Trans-Oceanic Trading Co ., 711 United Fruit Bldg ., New Orleans 12, La .
Logs, lumber, some veneer and plywood .
35 . Van Keulen & Winchester Lumber Co., 1047 Elizabeth Ave ., Grand Rapids ,
Mich . Lumber .
36. Weis-Fricker Mahogany Co ., Box 391, Pensacola, Fla . Lumber .
37. Western Hardwood Lumber Co ., 2104 E . 15th St ., Los Angeles, Calif . Lumber . -
Also imports miscellaneous Brazilian hardwoods .
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39.
White Brothers, 2150 Oakdale Ave ., San Francisco 24, Calif ., and
500 High St ., Oakland 1, Calif . Chiefly lumber, some logsi
Williams & Sons, Ichabod T ., 220 Eleventh Ave ., New York 1; N . Ys
Logs, lumber, veneer .
40. Willis & Co ., C . F ., 136 Liberty St ., New York 6, Ns Y.
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Lumber .
41 . Wizade-McCormick Lumber Co . ) 295 Medford St ., Charlestown 29, Masao:
Lumber .
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