Workers were paid 28 cents per hour. They received an additional 18 cents an hour if they brought their own mule to the construction site. The event is the predecessor to today's SandHills Stock Show and Rodeo. Baby's body is found on May 12. In large cities the jobless rate is as high as 40 percent.
Information is drawn from news accounts, archives and other historical records.
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