Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 67 - December
Collection: Red Cross Scrapbook 1934
Title
Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 67 - December
Subject
American Red Cross
Great Depression, 1929-1939
Food relief--Kansas
Unemployment
Description
A page from the 1934 scrapbook of newspaper clippings from the Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, dated from December 20th, 1934 to December 31st, 1934. The scrapbooks were created by local Red Cross volunteers. Articles during the Depression years covered food and other relief efforts, and documented unemployment issues.
Creator
Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler
Source
Arkansas City Public Library, Arkansas City, Kansas
Publisher
Arkansas City Public Library, Arkansas City, Kansas
Date
1934-12-20
1934-12-31
Contributor
Red Cross Volunteers
Rights
Used with permission of copyright holder. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Clippings
Identifier
RC34062
Coverage
Cowley County, Kansas
Citation
Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, “Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 67 - December,” Digital Arkansas City, accessed April 25, 2024, https://arkcity.digitalsckls.info/item/116.
Text
Floyd Greer Becomes
Poor Commissioner
—
The resignation of L. L. Petticord as county poor commissioner was accepted Monday by the board of county commissioners, and Floyd Greer of Winfield was appointed his successor. County Commissioner W. F. Walker voted against Greer’s appointment.
No successor to Mr. Petticord as county engineer was named. Walter Guy and Blair Boyle have been prominently mentioned for the post.
County Wood Yard Is Turned Back to FERA
W. F. Walker, county commissioner, said today he had turned the county wood yard back to the federal relief case workers.
“I took over for the county the operation of the wood yard with the understanding that the county was to run it,” Commissioner Walker said. “Yesterday I found out that the case workers were interfering and setting a price for the wood different from the price the county had established. I tried to settle the matter fairly, but could get nowhere. So I stopped the wood yard, and now it’s up to the case workers to do it themselves.”
Commissioner Walker said later today that he had made an investigation of the charges for wood made by direction of the case workers, and that he had found discrimination, $1.50 a rank being charged men and $1.60 a rank being charged Women. Walker’s plan was to charge $2 a rank to everyone, to be worked out.
Committee Is Named To Fix Relief Wages
A committee consisting of Charles Gresty, C. B. Tingley, Henry P. Gott and A. S. Kininmonth was named by the county federal relief committee Thursday to make a survey and establish a wage schedule for relief workers for next year.
The federal government has abandoned its minimum wage provisions for relief workers, and wages henceforth are to be established in line with local conditions. 12-20-34
Original Format
Newspaper clippings on scrapbook paper.
Title
Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 67 - December
Subject
American Red Cross
Great Depression, 1929-1939
Food relief--Kansas
Unemployment
Description
A page from the 1934 scrapbook of newspaper clippings from the Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, dated from December 20th, 1934 to December 31st, 1934. The scrapbooks were created by local Red Cross volunteers. Articles during the Depression years covered food and other relief efforts, and documented unemployment issues.
Creator
Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler
Source
Arkansas City Public Library, Arkansas City, Kansas
Publisher
Arkansas City Public Library, Arkansas City, Kansas
Date
1934-12-20
1934-12-31
Contributor
Red Cross Volunteers
Rights
Used with permission of copyright holder. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Clippings
Identifier
RC34062
Coverage
Cowley County, Kansas
Citation
Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, “Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 67 - December,” Digital Arkansas City, accessed April 25, 2024, https://arkcity.digitalsckls.info/item/116.Text
Floyd Greer Becomes
Poor Commissioner
—
The resignation of L. L. Petticord as county poor commissioner was accepted Monday by the board of county commissioners, and Floyd Greer of Winfield was appointed his successor. County Commissioner W. F. Walker voted against Greer’s appointment.
No successor to Mr. Petticord as county engineer was named. Walter Guy and Blair Boyle have been prominently mentioned for the post.
County Wood Yard Is Turned Back to FERA
W. F. Walker, county commissioner, said today he had turned the county wood yard back to the federal relief case workers.
“I took over for the county the operation of the wood yard with the understanding that the county was to run it,” Commissioner Walker said. “Yesterday I found out that the case workers were interfering and setting a price for the wood different from the price the county had established. I tried to settle the matter fairly, but could get nowhere. So I stopped the wood yard, and now it’s up to the case workers to do it themselves.”
Commissioner Walker said later today that he had made an investigation of the charges for wood made by direction of the case workers, and that he had found discrimination, $1.50 a rank being charged men and $1.60 a rank being charged Women. Walker’s plan was to charge $2 a rank to everyone, to be worked out.
Committee Is Named To Fix Relief Wages
A committee consisting of Charles Gresty, C. B. Tingley, Henry P. Gott and A. S. Kininmonth was named by the county federal relief committee Thursday to make a survey and establish a wage schedule for relief workers for next year.
The federal government has abandoned its minimum wage provisions for relief workers, and wages henceforth are to be established in line with local conditions. 12-20-34
Original Format
Newspaper clippings on scrapbook paper.