Word: timbers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...about a mile below the President's. They were under the impression that all that country was soon to become a national preserve, so they did not bother .themselves much about legal details. As a result they found themselves last week involved in unfavorable publicity when the Madison Timber Corp., owner of the land on which they camp, accused them of being nothing better than squatters...
Governor Roosevelt was followed in the afternoon by Pennsylvania's Republican Governor Gifford Pinchot. The program committee had assigned him a safe and sane topic: "Timber Needs of the Future." This he swept aside to launch into a tirade against public utilities, his favorite political theme. He warned the Governors of the political domination of the Power Trust. He named four groups: Mellon-Morgan, Insull, North American, Harris-Forbes. These, he said, generated about 95% of U. S. electricity. He predicted their merger into one colossal combination. Excerpts from a speech which got the biggest applause...
...Harvard contingent will be Record, winner in the intercollegiate 120-yard timber topping event for the second successive time, who will pair with DeVoe, Eli captain. Watkins will handle the short dashes, and Dodge wil compete in the quarter. A dual race at New Haven some time within the next ten days between Kollmyer and Warner of the Yale squad will determine Dodge's partner in the double furlong...
Standish took first place in both timber-topping events, which were won by J. J. Hayes '34; and in the hammer throw, high jump, and discus throw, won by J. J. Healey '34. Healey broke the college record, hurling the discus 144 feet and 2 inches, but the new mark was not counted because of the high wind. G. H. Porter '34 took first place for Smith Halls in the century and furlong sprints...
Another record to fall was the mark of 14 3-5 seconds in the 120-yard low-hurdles set by E. E. Record '31 when representing Brookline High in 1928. Green, Newton High timber-topper turned in the new time of 14 2-5 seconds...