Simplified WPA Wage Schedule Raises in South and Falls in North
Col. F P Harrington announces 60 new wage schedules for WPA workers effective Sept 1 raising average national pay from about 53 to 55.50 a month while enrollment will drop from 3.194 million to about 1.9 million. Unskilled southern wages rise markedly, northern metro areas see smaller gains. Atlanta unskilled 40.30 to 50.70, skilled 72.80 to 79.30.
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Washington
WPA
Col
F P. C. Harrington
Harrington
Atlanta
Lorena Hamilton Faces Kidnap Plot at Phantom River
Lorena Hamilton, visiting her uncle in Arizona, is seized by three men at a riverbank after a railroad station meeting with Shot Rogers. Bound and taunted, she escapes by leaping from the cliff edge as her captors push toward Ghost River country, in a cliffhanger of desert peril.
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Lorena Hamilton
Arizona
Shot Rogers
Lorena
Gringo
Phantom Ranch
George Brazee
Brazee
Rogers
Don Luis Escobar
Rip
Lorcan
el Gato
Paradise Peak
Crown Mountain
Ghost River
Singing at Corinth West Sunday Aug 27 Promises Strong Attendance
Price M. Bryant, chairman, invites the public to an all day singing at Corinth West on Sunday August 27. He says they expect as good singing as usual and urges those who have not attended to join with those who have.
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Price M. Bryant
Corinth
West
Fire Claims Four In Baltimore Row House Tragedy
A blaze in southeast Baltimore killed two girls and their father Bert Parnaby about 48 and left the mother critically injured. Daughters Ethel 16 and Peggy 8 also died in the fire.
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Baltimore
Bert Parnaby
Ethel
Peggy
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promises Malaria Relief
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a tasteless malaria remedy. It claims to combat malaria in the blood, relieve chills and fever, and improve well being quickly. The ad notes quinidine and iron, and urges purchase at drugstores with a large size for value.
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Grove
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