Switchboard Operator Encounters Mystery in Swank Apartment House
David Mallory, seeking newspaper work in New York, takes a switchboard job in an upscale building run by Tim Higgins. He meets Miss Agatha Paget and Allegra Paget, and a piercing scream leads to a crime scene in the Ferriter apartment where Lyon, Everett, and Ione Ferriter reside. A dead black-bearded man is found. no weapon is discovered and police arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Mallory
New York
Timothy Higgins
David
Agatha Paget
Allegra
Higgins
Ferriter
Pagets
Lyon
Everett
Ione
Agatha
Paget
Shannon
Police
Lord Higgins
Blackbeard
Miss Agatha
Jake
Timothy
Hoyt
Leese Eddie
Eddie
Fineman
Mallory
Boone
Ferriter Flat
Miss Ferriter
Germany
Waldorf-Astoria
Irmingard von Wagenheim
State Department
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Reich
Paget family saga teased by Miss Agatha in noir scene
In a tense scene at Ferriter’s building, investigator Mallory probes a passerby’s alibi while Miss Agatha plots a radical Paget genealogy. She unveils a bold plan to publish an unvarnished family history to reveal frailties and foibles of the Pagets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grosvenor
Allegra
Grove
Bond
Dimock Seen as Possible NLRB Pick in Labor Shakeup
Marshall Dimock, long a government official, reportedly advances toward a National Labor Relations Board appointment to replace J Warren Madden. If named, he may not become chairman and would join figures like Oscar Chapman and Norman Littell in shaping postwar labor policy. In related notes, German lawyer Gerhardt Westrick’s U S whereabouts and mission stir secrecy.
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Arshall E. Dimock
National Labor Relations Board
Marshall Dimock
Labor Board
Oscar Chapman
Interior
Norman Littell
Salt Lake City
John L. Lewis
University of Chicago
Dimock
National Resources Commission
Frances Perkins
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
Department, of Justice
Labor Department
NLRB
J. Warren Madden
EW York
Gerhardt
Alois Westrick
Supreme Court
United States
Germany
Russia
California
New York
Miss Agatha Paget Hosts Canfield Night
Miss Agatha Paget sits at a smoky card table in a black silk gown. She smokes and hints at affront to etiquette as she invites David inside to discuss a defiant mood and control over the game.
Sailor Collar Frock for Junior Sizes Pattern 8738
A vintage pattern note describes Pattern No. 8738 a junior size sailor collared frock with braided trim. It recommends blue chambray white braid white linen navy braid and beige with scarlet and lists sizes 11 13 15 17 19 with fabric yardage and braid requirements. The call to action urges sending for the pattern promptly.
True Benefactor Quote Reflects on Shared Ground Care
A Swift quotation extols a true benefactor who can make two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow where only one did before. It argues such a person would serve mankind and the country more than any politicians.
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TER
Tennants
Casanova
Kenneth Grahame
Omaha
Nebraska
Sons of the Revolution
Who's
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Consolidated Features
WNU
Chapter
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Kansas City
Chile
Kent Eseceneeeae An
Curtis
Minneapolis
Eer
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Sunkist
Freit Geones Exchange
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