Marble Canyon Bridge Set for June Dedication
United Press reports the first highway bridge across Marble Canyon on the Colorado River near Lee's Ferry, 140 miles north of Flagstaff, nearing completion. The 467 foot high deck arch will link Arizona and Utah, enabling all year through travel and boosting regional tourism.
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United Press
Ariz
Great Gorge
Colorado River
Marble Canyon
Grand Canyon
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Utah
Colorado
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Lee’s Ferry Bridge
Southwest
Passenger Agent Dreads Yule Rush
Frank J. McCarthy, chief clerk of the passenger department for the Indianapolis division of the Big Four, analyzes nine years of data to predict Christmas travel. He estimates 900 added fares this year, with about 300 to Chicago on the Saturday before Christmas, prompting extra locomotives and parlor cars to handle the rush.
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Frank J. McCarthy
Indianapolis
Big Four Railroad
Kamchatka
McCarthy
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pullman Company
Girl Saved by Dog From Auto Kidnapper
A 15 year old girl in Oakland narrowly escaped a kidnapping when a placid pet dog attacked the man trying to drag Helen Ruth Moss into a car on a road near the city. The dog fought at the kidnapper’s throat until the girl freed herself and ran away.
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United Press
Oakland
Cal
Helen Ruth Moss
James
Helen
Three Belted Kingfishers Visited Grand Canyon
Three belt ed kingfishers, a species previously unknown in the Grand Canyon national park, were observed by park employees along Bright Angel creek on the north rim. The sighting suggests the birds followed the Colorado River through a semi arid region where spotting food in muddy waters would be difficult. Bright Angel creek offers clear water trout and native minnows that served as a resting place for these traveling birds.
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Grand Canyon
Science Service
Ariz
Grand Canyon National Park
Bright Angel Creek
Colorado
Frowns Meet Noted Authors in Home City
Times Special reports in New York that James Branch Cabell and Ellen Glasgow, though acclaimed nationally, face indifference in Richmond Virginia. The piece notes Cabell’s books rarely appear at local Woman's Club luncheons and Glasgow’s realism and satire are not sanctioned by Richmond neighbors.
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Times
New York
James Branch Cabell
Richmond
Woman's Club
Ellen Glasgow
Beer wins out in Reading magistrate case
A Reading husband chose beer over the wife claiming equal love for both but magistrates noted beer brings steadier comfort. He faced police court for domestic strife as he confessed preferring beer to the changing moods of his wife.
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United Press
Reading
England
Richmond Authors Highlighted by Eudora Richardson
Eudora Ramsay Richardson presents a profile of America’s outstanding literary figures as seen from Richmond. She notes Margaret Prescott Montague remains largely unknown to both Richmond readers and distant publics, underscoring the city’s unfamiliarity with her work.
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America
Eudora Ramsay Richardson
Richmond
Bookman
Margaret Prescott Montague
Fiji
Miss Richardson
Richmond Critics Clash Over Cabell and Virginia Propriety
A Richmond women's club discussion contrasts conservative Virginia society with writers like Cabell Miss Glasgow and Emily Clarke. The panel notes Cabell's Jurgen sparked debate after bans while Barren Ground and The Romantic Comedians provoked shock among locals who deem certain topics improper for polite discourse.
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Virginia
Cabell
Miss Glasgow
Miss Richardson
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Jurgen
Temporar
Richmond
Fremont youth aboard USS Maryland with Hoover tour
Edward Duffey, son of Mrs. G. W. Blauser of Fremont, is in the crew of the U S S Maryland accompanying President elect Herbert Hoover on a South American voyage. Duffey graduated Fremont high school in 1926 and enlisted in the navy that year.
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G. W. Blauser
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Herbert Hoover
Duffey
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