New Deal Letters Reveal Absurd Pensions and Odd Tales
A Washington trip yields excerpts from New Deal agency letters full of baffling requests and strange confessions. Messages touch on sick pay for large families, missing soldiers listed as deceased, marriage certificates with many children, and disputes over money or benefits, all delivered in a mix of humor and despair. The tone lampoons bureaucratic red tape while exposing personal woes from many households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas
Council Approves Community Field Project Amid Budget Concerns
The council approved several new projects including grading at Guiteras field for 20063.25 and sewer extensions on Ferry road and Sunnyside avenue. Public discussions featured Elmer Mapes and Edward Fitzgerald advocating the field as a lasting monument, while others warned on cost and funding from PWA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PWA
Elmer 5S. Mapes
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Colt Memorial High School
James F. Duffy
Frank L. Doran
George W. Boutilier
R. S
Fitzgerald
Duffy
Guiteras
Sewer Commission
Ferry Road
Bristol
State Armory
Font of Church Street
Sunnyside Avenue
Thames Street
Constitution
Hope Streets
New Haven Railroad Company
Cottage
Charles
Richmond
Burton Street
Uwope
Ward Streets
Washington Street
Court Street
Hope
High Streets
Robmne Csage
LEN
Franklin
Washington Streets
Church Street
High Street
Della Morte Brothers
Salvatore Della Morte
Abuks
Anthony J. Ferrara
Joseph Pacheco
Lincoln Avenue
Matthew J Capone, Jr
William L. Rego
Whitliam P. McLaughlin
James Holmes
Me Rego
Mason J Young
War Department
Bristol Harbor
United States
Jesse H. Metcalf
Peter G. Gerry
John W. Church
State Board ‘of Public Roads
Chestnut Street
Colt Drive
Hope Street
Romance and Laughs Return in Old Man Rhythm Screen
Friday and Saturday feature Old Man Rhythm with Buddy Rogers and Barbara Kent among a cast highlighting Grace Bradley Betty Grable and John Arledge. Sunday brings Bull Powell in Escapade and Luise Rainer in Overnight amid hype over a new screen star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Buddy Rogers
George Barbier
Barbara Kent
Grace Bradley
Betty Grable
Eric Blore
Erik Rhodes
John Arledge
Johnny Mercer
Donald Meek
Dave Chasen
Bull Powell
William Powell
Luise Rainer
Billy Powell
Murder on a Honeymoon and Other Crime Club Farces
A light mystery lineup stars Frank Morgan Virginia Bruce Reginald Owen and Mady Christians. Snoopy Hildegarde Withers Iowa schoolmarm detective and Inspector Piper join the spoofed crime tales by Edna May Oliver and James Gleason in Murder on a Honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Morgan
Virginia Bruce
Reginald Owen
Mady Christians
Snoopy Hildegarde Withers
Iowa
Inspector Piper
Penguin Pool
Crime Club
Edna May Oliver
James Gleason
Roberta shines with Dunne Astaire Rogers in Paris tale
Irene Dunne teams with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the RKO musical Roberta based on a Broadway hit. Jerome Kern supplies original and new songs while a fashion show finale frames a romantic Paris setting with Dunne and Randolph Scott leading a witty love triangle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta
RKO Radio
Irene Dunne
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Broadway
Paris
Jerome Kern
Kern
Miss Dunne
Astaire
Miss Rogers
Miss Dunhe
Randolph Scott
Helen Westley
Victor Varcom
Claire Dodd
Luis Albermi
Ferdinand Munier
America
Also Mentioned on This Page
NEW Deal Letters
Obstafsia
Miety Ucsch
Pia
NM BC CR
Dela Morte
Della Morte
Louis Sorrell
Bristol Casino
Dimond Avenue
M. L. Spooner
Public Aid Department
Charles E. Burns
John L. Rego
Charles M. Connery
William P Paine
William H Angeine
Salvation Army
Domenic
Attruia
Bradford Street
Narragansett Electric Company
Manel H. Dennis
Emma Sousa Arruda
Walter S. Fish
Silverbrook Creamery
Phillips
Prunes
Milk Whitehouse
IONA
A&p Food
Jars
Chuck
Frankforts
Fall River
Wonder
McWhirr’s
McWhirr
James B. Lee
Larney
Bisbane
Olympian
Andy D’ambrosia
Defiance
Marty Biancuzzo
Dick Matt
Frankie Sousa
Chap Oliver
Honey” Menard
Foxy” Marshall
Biancuzzo
Oscar Herzig
D’ambrosio
L. Mansi
Oliver
Quartaro
Tony” Perry
Ambrosia
Mott
Marshall
Lerzig
Sousa
Menard
Fon Cimapein
Terry
Jel Piano
Olympians
Veloca
Caruso
Cardoza
Anne
Almon
Tupaj
E. A. Skinner
Hope St
Bristol, AL
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!