Word: forests
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Forest fires of immense and devastating proportions loomed as the next and perhaps greatest chapter in New England's losing battle with the elements, as authorities, including the W. P. A.'s Harry Hopkins and Ward Shepard '10, Director of the Harvard Forest, conferred yesterday in Boston on emergency measures to stop what may be a conflagration of the entire Connecticut Valley...
Even at that, Shepard, in an interview at his home in Petersham, site of the Forest and center of the carnage, expressed doubt that terrible fires could be avoided if October is a normally dry month. The extent of the havoc in this region can be judged from the fact that in the 2,300 acre Harvard reservation an estimated half to two-thirds of the old growth and much of the younger timber was felled by the wind, measuring from five to ten million board feet...
...arguments was stilled. Ellsworth Vines got an 86, had no chance of being included among the 64 low scorers who qualified for the six rounds of match-play elimination. Tyro Vines would have promptly driven back to Pasadena (or perhaps on to the national tennis matches at Forest Hills) were it not for the fact that he had taken along a young Southern California tank-town actor named Pat Abbott to keep him company on his trans continental motor trip. Pat Abbott was still in the tournament...
Growing danger that devastating forest fires will follow hard on the heels of floods and the hurricane of last week and sweep the western part of this state and other affected areas, put new fears in the hearts of disaster sufferers yesterday...
...extent of the fire hazard in the shape of fallen timber is shown by the almost total loss of the 2,300 acre Harvard forest in Petersham where between five and ten million board feet of lumber are down. In an attempt to preserve the safety of lives and property in this region by prompt emergency measures Ward Shepard '10 Director of the Harvard Forest, is in Boston today to confer with Harry Hopkins, head of the W. P. A., and state officials...