Weather and boxing talk mix in a rambling diary entry
A long, slangy diary fragment covers last week’s rain in New Jersey and a planned boxing match between Joe Louis and Tony Galento. It includes family notes, shop work plans, and scattered memories of Tony Galento, with digressions on a barber poet, wartime letters, and local weather damage from a hailstorm.
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Tony Galento
Newa Jerzsey
Galento
Caro Antonio
Antonio Galento
Baks
Joe
Don Tink
Gogebic County Insurance Agents Association
Who's News This Week Air Vets Soar After 30
The piece profiles aviation veterans who continued flying after injuries. Ben O. Howard lost a leg in a 1936 crash while racing, later becoming a United Airlines research pilot. Alexander P. de Seversky and Wiley Post are noted for daring feats despite impairments.
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Ben O. Howard
Alexander P. de Seversky
Wiley Post
Max Baer
Lou Nova
Ben Howard
New Mexico
Olive Howard
Howard
United Airlines
Essay Defends WPA White-Collar Relief Against Tax Burden
A young writer argues against denying white-collar relief jobs, urging continuation of WPA Artist School projects and support for artists, musicians, writers, and dancers to prevent decay of national talents amid economic slump. He defends federal programs as humane despite conservative worries.
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Frank E. Hook
Washington
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National Youth Administration
Mabel
Maggie
Mary
Congress
Jack Horner
WPA Federal Band
These Still Remain Poem of Enduring Faith and Values
A reflective verse recalls enduring joys of work, books, friends, and home. The speaker vows to proclaim faith through time, cherishing humble toil, literary calm, loyal support, and loving, understanding shelter.
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