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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1935)
VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON Scenes and Persons in the Current News On the Catwalk of a Monster Bridge Here are seen men working on the catwalk of the San Francisco- Oakland bay bridge extending from the San Francisco anchorage to the 1—Scene at Austin, Texas, when floods and high winds devastated the region, taking 13 lives and doing central anchorage near Yerba Buena island. The catwalk is made of four vast damage. 2—Street car burned during strike riots In Omaha, Neb, 3—Speaker Byrns giving to Mrs, John cables two and one-quarter Inches in diameter with what looks like S. Bennett, chairman of women's division of the better housing program, a spade to break ground for new homes magnified chicken wire slung between them. The cables from which the bridge will be suspended will be spun three feet above the catwalk. in Virginia and Maryland. Speed Control Device for Autos New Supreme Court Chamber Nearly Completed J. J. Huebscher of Minneapolis Is shown with his regulating rheostat mounted on the cowling of a car just inside the windshield. The position This Is the nlmost completed chamber for the United States Supreme court In the new building which the of the dial determines the maximum speed of the car. A white light on the left burns at proper speeds, and a red light at right burns when highest judicial tribunal will occupy this fall, in the new magnificent marble structure which has been the speed is excessive. built for the court. Girl for Every Gob at the San Diego Exposition Getting Ready to Fight the Italians Carrying ammunition in boxes upon their shoulders, these Ethiopian soldiers are mobilizing at Addis-Ababa, the capital, in readiness for the When the fleet came In at San Diego, Calif., after maneuvers, the sailors enjoyed themselves at the Cali expected attack on their country by the Italians. The troops of Emperor fornia Pacific International exposition, and found that the flower girls of the fair were the best of playmates. Haile Selassie are fierce fighters, but seem to have old-fashioned rifles and to lack military form. The sailors here seem to be thoroughly satisfied with the situation.