Devlin's Suspicious Grades Spark Locker Room Mystery
In a high school tale, Jack Devlin posts top grades in chemistry and English, prompting Lee and friend to suspect foul play after Devlin allegedly alters kick setups in a Marshall game. A late touchdown by Devlin renews doubts about Devlin's honesty and hints at a larger scheme. The narrator vows detective work, ending with a cliffhanger.
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Devlin
Lee
Jack Devlin
Jack
Porky Mears
Devin
Marshall
Osts
Tom Jinsted
Mike Melcher
Ed Rogers
Mike
Parky
Aspen
Tom Winsted
Porky
Les
J Vbe
Tee
Riddle Man prints readers’ word puzzles in paper
Riddles feature light hearted questions with contributors Dorothy Hyland Bernard Pet Gin Corinur Brucker George herler and Pan Shannon. Readers are invited to submit new verses for publication with names printed alongside.
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Dorothy Hyland
Bernard Pet
Corinur Brucker
George
Herler
Pan
Shannon
Postmark Saving Is Inexpensive but Interesting Hobby
A compact hobby note explains postmark collecting as affordable and engaging. By mounting looseleaf scrap pages with postmarks from towns and states, collectors build varied themes such as state capitals, place names, and meaning behind names, with help from postmasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Denver
Liberty
Wings for Youth by I R Hegel
Defense jobs draw in skilled young women from needle work to tooling with training. Women are employed in small castings, electrical sub assemblies, parachute packing, fabric sewing, and blueprint reading. Training courses exist through states and agencies like the Women's Bureau and NYA with pre employment programs and vocational courses across trade schools. For details contact I R Hegel via this newspaper with a stamped self addressed envelope.
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I. R. Hegel
Portland
Maine
Vultee Aircraft Company
Women’s Bureau
Department of Labor
National Youth Administration
United States Office of Education
Riddle Answers From a Weathered Page
Fragmentary puzzle notes present two riddle clues about behavior and theft, with garbled phrases and stray letters. The text implies send more riddles to a “Riddle atan” in a newspaper, referencing Rome and pastiche wordplay, but specifics are unclear.
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Rome
Unusual Road Materials From Cotton to Molasses and Glass
Roads have been built with cotton nets, molasses coatings, rubber blocks, and glass curbs. Soybean oil, farm waste blends, and calcium chloride have been tested to bind surfaces, suppress dust, and resist freezing, while insects and weather shaped adoption and failures in these experiments.
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Department of Agriculture
Imperial Institute of Sugar Technology of India
Mysore
U. S
New Jersey
England
America
Fu Hua Chen
City of
Thinois
Missouri
Printing with a Hectograph Fun and May Bring Money
Barbara Dowstain explains how to make and use a hectograph for school or club publications. The instructions cover equipment, jelly preparation with glycerin and gelatin, and steps to transfer a copy onto plain paper. The piece ends with a court scene remark about a convict asking pardon as the Governor passes.
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Barbara Dowstain
Barbara Downstain
Indianapolis
Indiana
Money Makers Of Our Readers Comic Book Repairs
Billy McMonigle, 11, repairs worn comic books for friends in Macon Georgia. He uses tape and Sentech to bind tears and reseal covers so books stay readable. He earned 25 cents first week and 45 cents second. this week he gets an extra dollar for the idea.
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Billy
Columbus Day and the unseen rewards of striving
The editor reflects on Columbus not seeking a new world but a shorter route to the East Indies. Through small aims, people may unlock vast opportunities, turning hobbies into careers, reading into new passions, and shaping better attitudes toward others. Your chance to find your own Columbus lies in improving your present position.
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Columbus
East Indies
Freshman argues over punishment for wrongdoer
A dialog opens with a freshman arguing about punishment for a deed he did not commit. The professor counters that people should not be punished for actions they did not perform.
Meat Loaf Recipe From Aunt Peggy Column
The Kitchenette by Aunt Peggy offers a meat loaf recipe using ground round steak onion crackers milk and bacon and instructs to bake two hours in a moderate oven. Lenora Belle Anson of Owosso Michigan suggested the recipe and a dollar was sent in return for publication. The column notes a dollar prize for each recipe and hints at a child’s age limit for entry.
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Peggy
Lenora Belle Anson
Route 1
Owosso
Michigan
Lenora
Columbus Puzzle Fun Shows Ships and Clues In Playful Word Game
A playful column features a word puzzle about Columbus with across and down clues including ships like Santa Maria and Nina. It weaves word diamonds and a picture anagram, then shifts to a comic strip moment about Mary in third grade and a misquoted street exchange.
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Aspen Tligh
George Willis
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Wings For Youth
Samuel Hudson
Son’ Bean
Bugs
U.S
Great Britain
Tove
the Editor
BY Calvin Fader
Claude Hopper
Romeo
Penelope
Claude
Dewald
Nou
Princess
Inquires
Nova Scotia
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Mary
Zie
Dale
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