Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 12 - January
Collection: Red Cross Scrapbook 1934
Title
Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 12 - January
Subject
Great Depression, 1929-1939
American Red Cross
Food relief--Kansas
Unemployment
Description
A page from the 1934 scrapbook of newspaper clippings from the Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, dated from January 11th, 1934 to January 25th, 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
1934-01-11
1934-01-12
1934-01-15
1934-01-16
1934-01-17
1934-01-18
1934-01-19
1934-01-25
Contributor
Red Cross volunteers
Rights
Used with permission of copyright holder. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Clippings
Identifier
RC34011
Coverage
Cowley County, Kansas
Citation
Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, “Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 12 - January,” Digital Arkansas City, accessed December 3, 2024, https://arkcity.digitalsckls.info/item/71.
Text
Ask Approval 1-15-34
Application for approval of six CWA and N&S projects was sent in to state headquarters from the county CWA offices Monday. The total cost of the projects is $27,749. The projects have previously been approved but are being filled out on new forms, additions being made in some cases.
The women’s sewing and garment making and bedside nursing project report is: total cost, $7,-972. The CWA fund is $6,720; cost of materials, $900; county poor fund, $90; for supervision $200 for rentals and utilities, $62.
The total cost of the national re-employment service in Cowley county is estimated at $1,435. From the CWA fund a sum of $1,230 is supplied; costs of materials is $35 telephone, $20; transportation, $150. Four clerks, two field assistants and two office managers are on the payroll in this project.
The engineering projects of preparing plans for county and township road improvement and CWA projects is being conducted at a total estimated cost of $5,-851. Funds from the CWA is $5,061; from local cash appropriations, $790.
The estimated cost of the rural sanitation project, supervised by Dr. F. A. Kelley, county health officer, is $3,661. From the federal emergency relief administration fund $2,661 is secured and $1,000 is received from local cash appropriation.
The community sanitation project, supervised by Earle G. Brown, M. D., Kansas State Board of Health supervisor, draws $206 from the CWA fund for the salary of A. B. Harris, county supervisor.
The cost of the CWA administration in Cowley county is estimated at $8,624; $5,124 from the CWA fund and $3,500 from local appropriations.
These costs are estimated to Feb. 15, the date set for completion of the projects.
Urge Cities to Work
For CWA Extension
City officials were called upon to urge speedy adoption of the proposed new civil works appropriation by communicating with President Roosevelt, congressmen and Harry L. Hopkins, relief administrator, in a letter received Tuesday from John G. Sturtz, executive secretary of the Kansas League of Municipalities.
Mr. Sturtz, who is also civil works administrator for Kansas, said that unless the new appropriations were made within a few weeks it would be necessary to start demobilizing the CWA workers in the state. 1-16-34
Sewing Rooms 1-17-34
Mrs. Louise Steinberg, in charge of the CWS sewing room projects reports that up to Jan. 15, 1,170 yards of material has been cut by the Arkansas City unit; 306 gar- ments finished, 128 garments de- livered by order from the case supervisor of Arkansas City. In Winfield 546 yards have been cut, 230 garments finished, 103 gar- ments delivered to the county-farm, and 99 delivered on orders from the case supervisor. Eight women are employed in the Win- field rooms and 10 in Arkansas City. One bedside nurse is working in Winfield.
In the Arkansas City rooms an effort is being made to get a range of sizes in shirts, layettes, dresses, etc. to anticipate needs. The great amount of yardage cut into is accounted for by the fact that many garments are cut ahead, ready to be sewed, Mrs. Steinberg says.
Mrs. Steinberg, who also has charge of the transient registration in Winfield, reports that one transient has been put to work on tentatively approved projects. He has been chopping wood and is helping with the commodity ticket distribution.
250 Demand Resignation
Two hundred and fifty persons signed the petition circulated by unemployed at the meeting held in Winfield Tuesday night. The petition demands the resignation of Ed Hepler as re-employment chairman, Miss Anita Hepler, as-
sistant, and Miss Martha Brady, county case worker.
Transient Relief 1-18-34
The transient relief project of the CWA in Cowley county which has been sent to Topeka for approval from local offices, is estimated to cost $3,230 of which $2,880 is from the CWA fund, $100 for truck and rent and $250 for supervision. The work coming under this project is the clearing of ground, trees and stumps at the county poor farm, using the wood for distribution for direct relief. The project also includes assistance to the poor commissioner, providing for two bookkeepers, two clerks, two stenographers and two assistants.
The rural emergency education project, also submitted for approval, has an estimated cost of $1,-
365 of which $810 is from the CWA fund and $535 from the local fund.
Unemployed Increase The unemployed registration figures in Cowley county increased to 3,976 this week, with 2,090 registered in Winfield and 1,8 8 6 in Arkansas City, according to figures supplied at the reemploy-ment office. ~1-19-34
Unemployed Pay Visit To the County Board
—1-15-34
A delegation of about 100 unemployed attended the weekly meeting of the board of county commissioners in Winfield Monday morning, demanding liberalization of rules on CWA projects so they could be put to work. They also criticized Ed Hepler, chairman of the county reemployment committee, and Miss Martha Brady, county social worker, saying that they had been taken off work when it was rotated a month or so ago, and charging that it was difficult to obtain direct relief through the county.
The meeting occupied all morning. The unemployed are to have a meeting tonight in the Old Christian church to hear a report from the committee that went to Winfield.
The CWA administration protest meeting being sponsored tonight by a group of the city’s unemployed will be held in the old Christian church building in the lOO block on North First street instead of in the city court room as was announced Thursday by the committee.
1-12-33
FOUR EX-SERVICE men were given temporary civil works jobs Thursday to replace regular employes who are ill. They probably will be employed for a week. Veterans are given the first chance to fill any vacancies on the CWA payroll.
1-11-34
THE PETITIONS demanding the removal from office of Ed Hepler, chairman of the county reemployment committee; Miss Anita Hepler, manager of the Winfield reemployment office; and Miss Martha Brady, county case supervisor, have been sent to Harry Hopkins, federal relief administrator, in Washington. The
petitions were circulated by organizations of CWA workers and unemployed in Arkansas City and Winfield. The number of signatures obtained was not known here Thursday, although a heavy response was claimed. 1-25-34
Original Format
Newspaper clippings on scrapbook page
Title
Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 12 - January
Subject
Great Depression, 1929-1939
American Red Cross
Food relief--Kansas
Unemployment
Description
A page from the 1934 scrapbook of newspaper clippings from the Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, dated from January 11th, 1934 to January 25th, 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
1934-01-11
1934-01-12
1934-01-15
1934-01-16
1934-01-17
1934-01-18
1934-01-19
1934-01-25
Contributor
Red Cross volunteers
Rights
Used with permission of copyright holder. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Clippings
Identifier
RC34011
Coverage
Cowley County, Kansas
Citation
Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, “Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 12 - January,” Digital Arkansas City, accessed December 3, 2024, https://arkcity.digitalsckls.info/item/71.Text
Ask Approval 1-15-34
Application for approval of six CWA and N&S projects was sent in to state headquarters from the county CWA offices Monday. The total cost of the projects is $27,749. The projects have previously been approved but are being filled out on new forms, additions being made in some cases.
The women’s sewing and garment making and bedside nursing project report is: total cost, $7,-972. The CWA fund is $6,720; cost of materials, $900; county poor fund, $90; for supervision $200 for rentals and utilities, $62.
The total cost of the national re-employment service in Cowley county is estimated at $1,435. From the CWA fund a sum of $1,230 is supplied; costs of materials is $35 telephone, $20; transportation, $150. Four clerks, two field assistants and two office managers are on the payroll in this project.
The engineering projects of preparing plans for county and township road improvement and CWA projects is being conducted at a total estimated cost of $5,-851. Funds from the CWA is $5,061; from local cash appropriations, $790.
The estimated cost of the rural sanitation project, supervised by Dr. F. A. Kelley, county health officer, is $3,661. From the federal emergency relief administration fund $2,661 is secured and $1,000 is received from local cash appropriation.
The community sanitation project, supervised by Earle G. Brown, M. D., Kansas State Board of Health supervisor, draws $206 from the CWA fund for the salary of A. B. Harris, county supervisor.
The cost of the CWA administration in Cowley county is estimated at $8,624; $5,124 from the CWA fund and $3,500 from local appropriations.
These costs are estimated to Feb. 15, the date set for completion of the projects.
Urge Cities to Work
For CWA Extension
City officials were called upon to urge speedy adoption of the proposed new civil works appropriation by communicating with President Roosevelt, congressmen and Harry L. Hopkins, relief administrator, in a letter received Tuesday from John G. Sturtz, executive secretary of the Kansas League of Municipalities.
Mr. Sturtz, who is also civil works administrator for Kansas, said that unless the new appropriations were made within a few weeks it would be necessary to start demobilizing the CWA workers in the state. 1-16-34
Sewing Rooms 1-17-34
Mrs. Louise Steinberg, in charge of the CWS sewing room projects reports that up to Jan. 15, 1,170 yards of material has been cut by the Arkansas City unit; 306 gar- ments finished, 128 garments de- livered by order from the case supervisor of Arkansas City. In Winfield 546 yards have been cut, 230 garments finished, 103 gar- ments delivered to the county-farm, and 99 delivered on orders from the case supervisor. Eight women are employed in the Win- field rooms and 10 in Arkansas City. One bedside nurse is working in Winfield.
In the Arkansas City rooms an effort is being made to get a range of sizes in shirts, layettes, dresses, etc. to anticipate needs. The great amount of yardage cut into is accounted for by the fact that many garments are cut ahead, ready to be sewed, Mrs. Steinberg says.
Mrs. Steinberg, who also has charge of the transient registration in Winfield, reports that one transient has been put to work on tentatively approved projects. He has been chopping wood and is helping with the commodity ticket distribution.
250 Demand Resignation
Two hundred and fifty persons signed the petition circulated by unemployed at the meeting held in Winfield Tuesday night. The petition demands the resignation of Ed Hepler as re-employment chairman, Miss Anita Hepler, as-
sistant, and Miss Martha Brady, county case worker.
Transient Relief 1-18-34
The transient relief project of the CWA in Cowley county which has been sent to Topeka for approval from local offices, is estimated to cost $3,230 of which $2,880 is from the CWA fund, $100 for truck and rent and $250 for supervision. The work coming under this project is the clearing of ground, trees and stumps at the county poor farm, using the wood for distribution for direct relief. The project also includes assistance to the poor commissioner, providing for two bookkeepers, two clerks, two stenographers and two assistants.
The rural emergency education project, also submitted for approval, has an estimated cost of $1,-
365 of which $810 is from the CWA fund and $535 from the local fund.
Unemployed Increase The unemployed registration figures in Cowley county increased to 3,976 this week, with 2,090 registered in Winfield and 1,8 8 6 in Arkansas City, according to figures supplied at the reemploy-ment office. ~1-19-34
Unemployed Pay Visit To the County Board
—1-15-34
A delegation of about 100 unemployed attended the weekly meeting of the board of county commissioners in Winfield Monday morning, demanding liberalization of rules on CWA projects so they could be put to work. They also criticized Ed Hepler, chairman of the county reemployment committee, and Miss Martha Brady, county social worker, saying that they had been taken off work when it was rotated a month or so ago, and charging that it was difficult to obtain direct relief through the county.
The meeting occupied all morning. The unemployed are to have a meeting tonight in the Old Christian church to hear a report from the committee that went to Winfield.
The CWA administration protest meeting being sponsored tonight by a group of the city’s unemployed will be held in the old Christian church building in the lOO block on North First street instead of in the city court room as was announced Thursday by the committee.
1-12-33
FOUR EX-SERVICE men were given temporary civil works jobs Thursday to replace regular employes who are ill. They probably will be employed for a week. Veterans are given the first chance to fill any vacancies on the CWA payroll.
1-11-34
THE PETITIONS demanding the removal from office of Ed Hepler, chairman of the county reemployment committee; Miss Anita Hepler, manager of the Winfield reemployment office; and Miss Martha Brady, county case supervisor, have been sent to Harry Hopkins, federal relief administrator, in Washington. The
petitions were circulated by organizations of CWA workers and unemployed in Arkansas City and Winfield. The number of signatures obtained was not known here Thursday, although a heavy response was claimed. 1-25-34
Original Format
Newspaper clippings on scrapbook page