Word: calver
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...floor. One hand caught wildly at the flimsy reading stand before him. The official stenographer reporting his speech tried to catch him as he fell. A dozen Representatives leaped forward into the well, picked up his lifeless body, carried it to the lobby. House Physician Dr. George Calver worked vainly over it. Mrs. Eslick hurried down from the gallery where she had been listening to her husband's speech. Members of the Bonus Expeditionary Force gaped from the gallery in awe-stricken silence. The House adjourned after the first death on its floor in 98 years...
Speaker Garner, pointing out that Dr. George Wehnes Calver, the House physician, had said overwork hastened both Representatives' end, advised: "Ease up." Already noticeable was the "easing up" process in the House which of late has been marking time on unimportant legislation...