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The Busy Office of a Fort Worther in 1946
A first person reminiscence of a Fort Worth office scene in 1946. The narrator, a joking self described yahoo, recalls blue sums, a switchboard, and a staff of gatekeepers while satirizing Midway grifters, a Major from the Fort Worth Exposition, and the eccentric theater crowd. The piece closes noting the largest telephone cable comprises 4 242 wires.
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Yahoo
Theatre Guild
Timothy Movs
Fort Worth
Texas
General Custer
Dallas