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...daughters, Marjorie, 3 mo., and Catherine, 2. At the top of a precipitous hill the motor coughed; Mr. & Mrs. Tarpley got out to fix it. As they walked to the front of the auto, its emergency brake slipped; it started backward toward the edge of a 200-ft. canyon. Mr. & Mrs. Tarpley held on hard, were dragged to the canyon, were forced to let go, saw the car careen and spin downward, killing Marjorie Tarpley, only bruising Catherine...
Rather proud of himself, Secretary Wilbur proceeded to Las Vegas, N. M. where he joined Carl Raymond Gray, Union Pacific System's president and then on to Hoover Dam. There he exploded the first charge of dynamite in Black Canyon's wall for the 4,000 ft. diversion tunnels which will carry the Colorado River around the dam site during construction...
...heat in the canyon was intense. It had already killed one workman. Secretary Wilbur, the sweat running into his eyes, felt dizzy. Last week his department ordered physical examination for all Hoover Dam workers to determine if they were fit to stand the blazing canyon temperature (100° plus) at dam site. Much of the labor has been recruited from nearby camps of unemployed men whose physical condition has been lowered by scant rations...
...Diametrically opposite in viewpoint is the opinion, "House sees Democratic sweep in 1932." The whole situation is, as a matter of fact, utterly simple. The Republican prosperity bubble, thoroughly exploded, has undoubtedly proved the downfall of the party in power. The Democrats, headed by Roosevelt, will bridge the arid canyon with a wet plank; Prosperity is bound to return; the farmers are to receive their aid; freer trade will, however, be advocated; Americans will live happily ever after, after. The same tone of reasoning is in the opposing propaganda, which, however, reaches the same results by the high rather than...
...went out of fresh meat and I tracked a bear up the canyon and dropped him on a high ledge. On the way up I found the balloon...