Roosevelt Letter Highlights WPA Job Stigma and War News
The writer discusses disquiet over employers’ bias against WPA workers, notes eight and a half million Americans used WPA on troubled years, and cites personal history aiding a mother and pursuing steno training. She reflects on foreign policy radio broadcasts, mentions Elliott and Franklin Jr. at sea, and praises Marshall Field’s philanthropy and rural youth guidance efforts.
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FERA
WPA
Works Progress Administration
Columbia
New York City
England
Winston Churchill
May
House of Representatives
Connally
Elliott
Franklin Jr
Two Rival Cowboys Face Off In Round Top Town
Ellen Terry eyes two men Jeff Brand the rustler and Calhoun Terry the ranch manager while Larry Richards guards a post at Round Top. Hart Turley and the Diamond Reverse B riders mingle with townsfolk as Powers questions ranch methods and Carey defends Terry's handling of stock and people.
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Ellen Terry
Jeff Brand
Calhoun Terry
Jeff
Jack Turley
Corral
Larry Richards
Larry
Lee Hart
Hank
Hart
Young Richards
Lee
Turley
Round Top
Richards
Slim
Red Triangle
Terry
Box 55
Powers
Lane Carey
Carey
Ellen
Calhoun
Republican
Crossroads
Buck River
Brand
Buck
Tetlow
Yeager
Jack
Denver
Mr. Terry
Leavy
Women in feud discuss plan to split Diamond Reverse B ranch
At a secret meeting, big ranchers plot to divide the Diamond Reverse B into small tracts amid Terry and Ellen’s tension. Ellen argues women suffer from losses while thieves among men provoke fear, as Calhoun Terry faces pressure to back the sale plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dry
Terry
Lee Hart
Texas
Ellen
Joe
Calhoun Terry
John Q. Powers
Texans arrive amid frontier rustler hunt rumors
The Denver Republic reports forty Texans, armed and led by the famed man hunter Sunday Brown, head toward the Northwest to confront rustlers. Ellison denies ties to a Wild West Show while Terry Calhoun contemplates a ranch breakup and Ellen warns Jeff Brand as tension rises at Back River.
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United States
Texas
Oklahoma
Sunday Brown
Indian Territory
Southwest
Brown
Clinton Ellison
Wyoming Stock Association
Ellison
Carey
Terry
Calhoun
Ellen
Back River
Nine trivia prompts about U S history and facts
Questions cover flag laws England born First Lady chromosphere Sun setting rights Congress ages Iceland population naval ranks captains boats libel laws legal charges Napoleon Grande Armée size Mason Dixon line existence and a temple rebuilt every twenty years.
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England
Congress of the United States
Iceland
Napoleon
Grande Armee
Russia
Boundary survey by Mason and Dixon 1763 to 1767
A quiz item notes the Mason and Dixon survey from 1763 to 1767 to resolve boundary disputes between the Lords Baltimore and the Penn family. It references the 39 43' parallel and mile stones bearing Baltimore and Penn crests. Shima Gamo shrine in Kyoto houses imperial robes with new temple robes every 20 years for the emperor's annual visit.
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Charles Mason
Jeremiah Dixon
Baltimore
Penn
Shima Gamo
Kyoto
Japan
Capitol Buildings and Notable Facts From Various Topics
A mix of statements notes Capitol offices in Washington, Mrs. John Quincy Adams born in London to an American father, and a general claim on sun gas composition. It also recalls that U S representatives must be 25, the 1938 census tally of 118 888, a vague reference to a gig and a charge, a legal note on qualified free speech about officials, and a figure of about 400 000.
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Capitol
House
Senate
Washington
John Quincy Adams
London
U. S
Iron Blacksmith Drives Impetuous Ledger in Heat of Moment
A short, vivid note describes a newly active ledger as an impetuous fellow who acts in the heat of the moment. A blacksmith is identified as performing the task, illustrating a working scene from daily life.
Wet night knock at Watts home sparks cautious visit
Jones knocks on Watts door on a very wet night. Watts invites him in but Jones fears dirty feet. The pair banter about oil and the family boy, with light domestic humor.
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Jones
Watts
Father laments losses as brother makes mistakes
A humorous exchange sees a father claim he loses money on everything his brother makes. The brother’s reply reveals the joke: he makes mistakes.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Marshall Field
Greenwich House
Lagrangeville
N. Y
Field
United States Committee For Refugee Children
Rural Youth Guidance
Institute of Rural Youth Guidance
Country Weekly
Chapter
Denver Republican
Wyoming
Tennyson
Cupples Company
ST. Louis
Blades
Emerson
THE
Nitragin Company, Inc
Booth St
Milwaukee, Wis
Seneca
King Edward
America
King Edward World
Pav
American Hotel Association
Canada
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