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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1936
Page
5
Congress may probe the deaths of more than 200 hydro power tunnel workers at Gauley Bridge West Virginia. Dr L R Harless identified the illness as silicosis from quartz dust inhalation. A photo shows the group of workers, some who died after leaving the job as the disease progressed.
Mrs. Dorothy Houchten of Red Oak is appointed as the new chairman of the advisory council for the national president of the Federated Women’s Clubs, announced in Washington.
Vermont supplies over half of the marble quarried in the United States, marking the state as the leading source. The extractive industry highlights Vermont’s role in national marble production and regional geology.
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