Governor Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts officially launches Paul Bunyan woodchopping contest in Massachusetts on Washington's birthday under the sponsorship of Granges and Farm Bureaus in the New England states, New York and Pennsylvania, in cooperation with the War Production Board (WPB) Northeast Lumber Production Campaign. Governor Saltonstall is here shown pulling over a tree he has chopped on his Dover, Massachusetts farm. Farm woodchopping champions of eight Northeast states will be honored in Washington on basis of their individual log production, February 22 to April 1, to provide lumber for war needs. Sourced from the Library of Congress.