Highest Bridge Spans Colorado in Northern Arizona
Phoenix ariz replacing the ancient ferry that served northern Arizona and southern Utah since white men first crossed the Painted Desert, the Lee's Ferry bridge rises as the world’s highest auto bridge. It enables a direct Mountain states route from Canada to Mexico, linking Arizona with Utah, Bryce Canyon, Zion, Rainbow Natural Bridge, and Grand Canyon areas. The three hinged steel arch spans 800 feet total, 615 foot main span, 467 feet above the river, built with cantilever methods and granite wall supports. Construction required hauling 135 miles on a rough desert road. some sections weighed 14 tons.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Utah
Painted Desert
Lee’s Ferry
Canada
Mexico
Grand Canyon
Colorado River
Topacc
Needles
Calif
Bryce Canyon
Zion National Park
Rainbow Natural Bridge
Great Virgin Forests
Denver Bricklayer Pastor Builds Faith and Foundations
Dr. Thomas Murray of Denver blends preaching with bricklaying to fund education and community service. An Irish immigrant who studied at Princeton, he funded schooling by summer work, brought his parents here in 1911, and now completes a church community center while recounting how bricklaying supported his family of five and daily meals.
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Denver
Colo
Thomas Murray
Princeton
America
Doctor Murray
Holly Cole
Murray
Restore House Where Gen. T. J. Jackson Died
Richmond Virginia United Daughters of the Confederacy rebuilt the Guinea Street house as a shrine to General Thomas J. Jackson known as Stonewall Jackson. He was wounded at Chancellorsville during a nighttime clash when his party was mistaken for Union cavalry. Jackson ordered his staff to hold the ground as he was carried from the field.
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Richmond
Guinea
T. J
Stonewall
Money Flies Literally over London as Silver Arrives
In 1914 Croydon airdrome received 1914 tons of silver in one month aboard large Paris bound air freighters. Pilots carried revolvers, reflecting the era's tense wartime air transport.
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London
Croydon
Paris
Quarrel Over Cash Splits Cult Colony
Vancouver Island’s Aquarian Foundation, a philosophy cult with about 2000 members, faces embezzlement charges as 60-year-old leader Edward A. Wilson and secretary Robert England trade accusations over $13,000 to $2,800 in funds. Bail, bonds, and injunctions follow amid a split and new settlement on nearby Valdez Island.
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Vancouver
B. C
The
Aquarian Foundation
Vancouver Island
Cedar-by-the-Sea
Nanaimo
Edward A. Wilson
Foundation
Brother XL
Valdez Island
Mandreth Settlement
Robert England
Secret Service
England
Wilson
All Sorts of Sunlight Found to Affect Milk
Washington. Milk exposed to sunlight quickly develops a linseed oil odor and cardboard taste. The Bureau of Dairy Industry of the Department of Agriculture found light accelerates oxidation far faster than darkness. Samples kept in dark showed no off flavors after seven to nine days near freezing, while light exposed samples developed cardboard taste after twenty to forty eight hours.
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Washington
Bureau of Dairy Industry
Department of Agriculture
Dog Gets Life Pass on Street Railway in Nashville
Nashville officials grant a German police dog named Buddy a life pass on all streetcars. Buddy, trained to guide the blind, travels with Morris S. Frank, a totally blind 20-year-old who brought the dog from Switzerland. Local figures plan a Seeing Eye school to train more dogs for similar service, with a German trainer hired and a waiting list of blind applicants.
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Nashville
Tenn
Morris S. Frank
Frank
Switzerland
London Pilot Misses Unofficial Speed Record
Lieut. Darcy Greig flew at 319.57 miles per hour, the fastest yet, but not enough to surpass the official record by five miles per hour, so no record is set. This marks the highest speed achieved though remains unrecognized due to the margin requirement.
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London
England
Darcy Greig
Russians Get Along Without Much Butter
In Moscow butter is scarce and rationing has tightened. Flowers are common for gifts while butter remains the token of affection. For weeks lines of women form daily in the cold to buy their allotted share, with about a third of a pound allowed per customer in state and cooperative shops.
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Moscow
U.S
Russia
Peru
Chas. L. Gunther
Louisville
Dr Caldwell Learnings From 47 Years of Practice
A 47 year physician advocates nature based constipation treatment. He endorses Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as mild, non habit forming and effective for regular bowel emptying. No drastic purges, seek a free trial bottle via mail.
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Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell
Dept. BB
Monticello
Pinkham Medicine Booklets Distributed by Husband in Lodi
Mr Ted Hinzman distributes about 30 million Lydia E Pinkham booklets door to door in Lodi California His wife writes how reading the little books inspired her to try the Vegetable Compound and she reports feeling better Neighbors notice her improved appearance and ask what she is doing to look well.
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Pinkham Medicine Company
Ted Hinzman
Lodi
California
Lydia E. Pinkham
New Zealand Hardwoods Turned Into Newsprint at US Lab
New Zealand hardwoods have been successfully processed into newsprint at the United States forest products laboratory. The breakthrough demonstrates a viable use for imported timber in producing high quality newsprint locally.
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New Zealand
United States Forest Products Laboratory
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