Word: plantes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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President Little can lay no claim of merit in anything connected with Michigan's Athletic Plant. One man at Michigan has eaten, breathed, lived and slept Michigan's Athletic Plant for more than a quarter of a century-Fielding H. Yost. To Yost is all credit due. Michigan's Athletic Plant is a living memorial to the athletic and business genius of Fielding H. Yost-long before Little graduated from Harvard College Fielding H. Yost was dreaming, planning and working out Michigan University's present Athletic Plant. It is not finished yet, but every...
...Ambassador to Turkey; Adolph S. Ochs, publisher of the New York Times and President John N. Willys, of Willys Overland Co., Toledo, Ohio. At Maywood, near Los Angeles, with the help of the Messrs. Morgenthau and Ochs, President Willys dedicated his company's new $1,500,000 assembly plant. On the day before the ceremonies, the plant had turned out 60 small, agile Whippets. It will soon go into Willys-Knight production, plant was designed for quick deliveries west of the Rockies and for the Asiatic trade Said Mr. Willys: "Last year we shipped 40,000 cars...
...Willys-Knight plant in Los Angeles is significant of the Oriental demand for U. S. automobiles; significant, also, as a reminder that Los Angeles, world cinema capital, boasts many an industry not connected with the pictures. Goodyear, Goodrich and Firestone plants have made Los Angeles a tire centre second only to Akron, Ohio. About 125 big companies have built factories in Los Angeles within the past five years, including...
They will start work in Cuba where the greatest number and variety of tropical plants from all over the world may be seen growing together in profusion. Microscopic films showing plant tissues, and films taken in other parts of America will also be made to round out the present production making it as complete as possible. Films will be taken wherever material may be found to illustrate the thesis...
...scope of the films is to cover as nearly as possible the complete range of plant evolution from fundamental to highly developed forms. Plants that are adapted to special as well as normal environment, will be photographed. For instance, the botanical cast will include such participants as the palm with the biggest leaf in the world, and the sensitive tree which throws off a fluid when prodded. One of the main purposes underlying the scenarios is to demonstrate how plants are made to serve economic uses...