Federal WPA wage adjustment aids West Texas workers
Federal WPA authority approves wage scale changes to reduce pay inequality for workers in West Texas and the Panhandle. The move, urged by Congressman Marvin Jones, Mayor Ross J. Rogers, and WPA director Alston A. Meredith, will increase thousands of dollars in monthly WPA checks for local labor.
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WPA
Panhandle
Amon
Amarillo
Pan- Wpa
New Mexico
West Texas
Plains Territory
Marvin Tones
Ross J. Rogers
Alston A. Meredith
Secret engagement and a bank robbery chase unfold
Bobby Wallace and Jean Dunn plot to rehabilitate themselves as Larry Glenn, a federal agent, traces armored cars used by gangsters. In a farmhouse hideout, Sandy Lewis and the Lewis family confront danger as the Jackson gang's robbery links surface and a crucial wall message exposes the farm escape.
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Golden Feather
Sandy Harkins
Sandy
Bobby
Jean
Lewis
Larry Glenn
Wingy Lewis
Larry
Lewises
Jackson
Bobby Wallace
Mark Hopkins
Jean Dunn
Winey Lewis
Division of Investigation
APO
Brahma stamps and a late night chassis inquiry
The fragment describes a Brahma postage stamp design with multiple heads and the Hindu god on a vahana, notes 1929 French India production, then shifts to a mystery around six new passenger car chassis misdelivered and the late night search at a sales agency with an initiated invoice from MacFarlane in New York.
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Brahe
India
Wat
Ying
Vahana
Sara
Ewart
Brahma
Mahadeva
Vistina
Bobby
Jean Dunn
Mary Ann
Julius
Typists
MacFarlane
Reddy Fox's Green Forest Hunt And Lunch Surprise
Reddy Fox hunts in the Green Forest as winter bites and hunger grows. He spots a small trout and dreams of fish while Mrs Reddy rebukes his fish craving. A jumble of stories follows including Hollywood elephants and health questions from Dr Morris Fishbein.
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Reddy
Green Forest
Thunderer
Chatterer
Red Squirrel
Morris Fishbein
Unemployment and Technological Change in America
Roosevelt argued against a permanent army of unemployed, asserting capitalism can adapt. He contends technological progress lowers prices, raises demand, and creates work by freeing consumer buying power. Critics fear stagnation unless interventions are removed to allow the benefits of efficiency to flow through the economy.
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Roosevelt
America
Mr Roosevelt
Tam
McClure
Puzzle of Clues Chronicle Aged Composer Transcriber
A cryptic crossword style list merges references to a famous composer and transcriber with various clues and terms. The fragmented entries hint at biographical bits such as birth, teaching, and works, alongside scattered wordplay across history and language.
Amateur sleuths and a Detroit factory mystery
A white haired woman speaks of a word game and day lost to a dreary mood. A man pockets an invoice at a Panhard factory in Detroit, flees to a garage, and rents a roadster to chase a cross-town lead in a drive-it-yourself agency.
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Panhard
Detroit
Gara
Julius
The Unsurpassed Master of Instrumental Music
A reader quiz asks about Beethoven as the unsur passed master of instrumental music and a stamp question. The text then recaps a fable where a fox, a fish, and a trout trick a curious character named Reddy, ending with Mrs. Reddy’s practical remark that someone dropped the fish.
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Ans
Ludwig van Beethoven
United States
Reddy
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