Word: deforestation
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...Harris of the Senators (Washington, D. C., American League baseball team) handed a ball to the President, who pegged it, short and sure, to Walter Johnson. Thirty-two thousand fans applauded. The Washington season opened. Score: Washington 10, New York 1. ¶The President appeared and spoke through the DeForest Phono-film (see "SCIENCE). ¶Accompanied by Editor Col. George Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge went to a musical review at Poli...
Among those who have accepted are: Thomas W. Lamont '92, George W. Wickersham, Dr. George E. Brewer '85, Henry W. Taft, Dr. Charles H. Herty, Robert W. DeForest, Newcomb Carlton '17, H. Bayard Swope, John H. Finley, Arthur M. Howe, Kent Cooper, and Sidney E. Mezes...
...telephone and telegraph wires, thus enabling it to control by tolls any radio inventions requiring the use of long-distance wires as connecting links, such as the multi-plex telephone and telegraph carrier systems. Also in 1917, before the radio fad had developed, it purchased from Lee DeForest, leading radio inventor, the patent rights of his audion vacuum tube, which is basic to all amplifying systems...
...Haven, Conn., January 22, Joseph Swan Platt won the DeForest Senior Speaking Prize here tonight on the subject "The Stranger Within Our Gates". President Angell, who was head judge, awarded other Townsend premiums to the other five speakers...
...this is the case of Luis Angel Firpo from Argentina. Firpo recently discharged his excellent American trainer Jimmy DeForest, presumably because the latter's salary cut into the Argentinian's profits. In DeForest's stead Firpo engaged Senor Horatio Lavalle of Argentina, who serves without pay. The press remarked that Firpo was " hard to beat at figures." Firpo has fought a number of low caliber performers, thereby gaining certain gate receipts. The press remarked that Firpo was " fond of his purse" and dubbed him " Business-Man Firpo." This criticism is evidently aimed at the young Argentinian...