Word: flooding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From the South last week ugly stories seeped up to Washington of peonage and brutality among workers on the Government's flood control jobs around Vicksburg on the Mississippi. President Hoover received complaints from the Vicksburg Chamber of Commerce. Major General Lytle Brown, Chief of Army Engineers, began a personal investigation on the spot. The American Federation of Labor received a formal report from two investigators...
...reported they were working on two shifts 24 hours a day. His son, Elbert Hubbard II, now head of the Roycrofters in East Aurora, N. Y., made the surprising announcement. He admitted business had not been quite up to last year's standard until a recent flood of rush orders promised continuous work for several months for the 175 Roycrofters. Socialistic, outdoor man like his father, Brother Hubbard saw the end of Depression, fell into capitalistic phrases, predicted an upturn...
...general consider that it runs counter to moral law. In this country the feeling is that a Japanese whose only defect is his willingness to work hard for little pay can be a desirable citizen. But when the Japanese attack a dismembered nation struggling with the disasters of a flood, and refuse to join wholeheartedly in the peace-efforts of the world, prejudice is bound to influence people's judgment...
...ahead of time) the 45th anniversary of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty, France's gift to the U. S., she waved her hand over a grid-glow tube which signalled an airplane, which dropped a flare, which operated a switch, which turned a new system of flood lights on the statue. Her broadcast farewell...
...anticipation of rowing conditions on the river in the late fall and early spring, two large flood-lights have been moved from Soldiers Field to the Weld boathouse. The lights, which are installed on the balcony overlooking the landing, are sufficient to illuminate the whole float. This precaution is taken to guard against the danger of boats being rammed against the float on account of the early fall darkness, as has frequently happened in former years. It is understood that crews will not row any later in the evening than formerly...