Connecticut reporter probes federal units for public pay data
A Connecticut reporter details a determined hunt for public information on workers and salaries in federal alphabet units such as HOLC PWA and HOL. The piece recounts publishers officials and clerks resisting access, insisting data is private, while the journalist presses via written requests and interviews with agency staff to assemble a feature on the state’s public employment and pay.
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Connecticut
Washington
HOLC
Senate
Holg
FERA
Tiate
Mr. Kemper
PWA
Ellen L. Ward
Harold L. Tekes
Skidmore
Hoves
Mr. Skidmore
Connecticut reporter’s guided tour of New Deal offices leaves with little public data
A Connecticut journalist describes a fruitless quest through Washington offices, seeking FERA FWA and HOLC records. He encounters evasive staff and cites state versus federal funding practices, noting the difficulty of obtaining executive lists while hinting at broader public interest in New Deal programs.
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Mr. Hickey
Thomas Hickey
HOLG
Pete
HOLC
Kemper
W. G. Kemper
Connecticut
Bruce McClure
FERA
Frank
Westport
Tagree
Washington
New Deal Labrinth
FWA
NRA
Captains Creek Social and Mission Notes
Capta ins Creek reports a Sunday visit by Mr and Mrs Chester Baecher and daughters to Irving Wotan Frank Vachel and George Ward of Kansas City at the G F Broadhurst home. Prairie Center Missionary Society met Mrs Elroy Parker for an all day session with two quilts made for De Voe Gordon and Mrs Parker. Eighteen members and seven visitors attended the regular meeting and dinner was served. Emily Kniffin of Kansas City spent the weekend with relatives, including Mr and Mrs Ralph Votan and family of Hesper.
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Chester Baecher
Irving
Wotan
Frank
Vachel
George Ward
Kansas City
G. F Broadhurst
Prairie Center Missionary Society
Elroy Parker
de- Voe Gordon
Fliss
Emily Kniffin
Ralph Votan
Hesper
Local Residents Attend Gatherings and Home Projects
Mrs Earl White and others visited relatives over weekend while neighbors report social hosting and family events. Charley Gordon added a ten foot silo extension done by a Topeka firm. Len Weller hosted a tea with guests from DeSoto. Miss Fern and Vernay Andrew of Kansas City visited relatives. Lucille White and family noted. Ed Burn and son Floyd attended events in Kansas City and the American Royal.
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Ardson
Audrey
Thornburg
Alonzo,Ambler
Mildred Louise
Afr
Carl Kurtz
Charley
Gordon
Topeka
Len Weller
DeSoto
Claude
Delbert
Tex
Steed
Indiana
Brose Kelsey
Vernay Andrew
Kansas’ City
Aire
Thompson White
Alonzo
Ambler
Eudora
William Edelbrock
Lucille White
Philip Gabriel
Talmauist
West
Ed M Burn
Son
Floyd
Seothowee
George Breithaupt
Kansas ‘City
American Royal
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