Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 24 - April
Collection: Red Cross Scrapbook 1934
Title
Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 24 - April
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 April 4th, 1934 to April 18th, 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
1934-04-04
1934-04-10
1934-04-14
1934-04-16
1934-04-18
Contributor
Red Cross volunteers
Rights
Used with permission of copyright holder. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Clippings
Identifier
RC34020
Coverage
Cowley County, Kansas
Citation
Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, “Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 24 - April,” Digital Arkansas City, accessed May 7, 2024, https://arkcity.digitalsckls.info/item/79.
Text
FOR PETTIGORD
4-4-34
L. J. Bennett Appointed Aide to Poor Commissioner
New Assistant
'FOR PETTICORD
Continued from Page 1, Col. 7
L. J. Bennett took office Wednesday as assistant county poor commissioner for Arkansas City. He will have charge of the ad-ministration of relief in this district, working under L. L. Petticord, poor commissioner, and in cooperation with the case supervisor’s office. He replaces E. E. Smith in the position.
Mr. Bennett will appoint the personnel of the local office. The new appointments probably will not be made before Friday, he said Wednesday.
A Reorganization
The change in assistant poor commissioners is part of a complete reorganization being made in the relief office. A new set of records is being installed and a more definite division of duties between the poor commissioner’s and case supervisor’s offices is being made in the hope of settling what has been the source of considerable friction in the past.
The two assistant case supervisors here, Mrs. Alice King and Miss Louise Kroenert, resigned last week, and Mrs. Leslie Roberts was appointed to fill one of the vacancies.
Two other assistant case supervisors will be employed here, according to present plans. Mrs. Jessie Miller, county case supervisor, is taking applications for the positions, for which rigid qualifications have been established by state and federal relief authorities. Women with college training are sought.
Assign Case Workers
In the working organization of the Cowley county relief program which is perfected, the county has | been definitely divided into territories, with a case worker assigned to each territory, to be completely responsible for care of families in that section, according to Mrs. Jessie Miller, county case supervisor.
Leland White is assigned to the north end of the county; Mrs. Louise Steinberg to the section in Winfield north of Ninth street;
Joyce Elwell to Winfield territory south of Ninth street.
In Arkansas City Miss Ernestine Young is in charge of the part north of Madison and west of Summit; Mrs. Clifton to that part north of the Missouri Pacific tracks and east of Summit; Mrs. Della Bullard, south of Madison and west of Summit; Mrs. Leslie Roberts to that part east of Summit and south of the Missouri
Pacific tracks. 4-10-34
Following the system outlined by state statutes and instructions from federal relief authorities, the assistant poor commissioner will handle all general administrative aspects of the relief program and will receive applications for assistance.
The assistant case supervisors will investigate the applicants, establish family budgets for both direct and work relief classes and will make any necessary changes in these quotas. They also will certify orders for federal surplus commodities.
Mr. Bennett has been serving as local administrator for the CWA and old federal relief programs. This position will not be filled as
the new federal work-relief pro-gram will be directed entirely from the county relief offices in Winfield, with the timekeepers serving as connecting links between the office and the field work.
The new program will be opened here Friday. County Commissioner W. F. Walker placed the blame for the four-day delay in starting the plan upon the unsatisfactory condition of the records in the local case workers’ office. Reports upon the condition of an applicant’s family, based upon an actual investigation, are necessary before he can be certified as eligible for participation in the work-relief program.
13 Per Cent Of Jobless Taken From the Rolls
Approximately 12 per cent of the Arkansas Cityans who have registered for work at the national reemployment office are being removed from the rolls this week in the audit being made of the office records, F. M. Edwards, manager, estimated Monday.
A total of 2,051 registrations have been received since the service was inaugurated last November.
About 200 persons, or practically
ten per cent of those who have applied, have been placed in private employment or on the Cameron bridge projects through the office.
Others, forming about three per cent of the applicants, have found outside jobs, have left the city or have died. Local industries, especially the Santa Fe and the Shell, have absorbed some of this group, and several others have found work in the new oil development at Fairfax.
Approximately 92 per cent of the ex-service men who have registered have been put to work permanently or temporarily, in some class of employment.
$292,064 Spent In Cowley Co. CWA Projects 4-18-34
A total of $292,064.37 was spent on various CWA projects in Cowley county since the CWA was inaugurated in November and up until its demise, Apr. 1, L. L. Petticord, director, said Wednesday. Of this sum, $23,-900.60 was spent on four projects in Arkansas City. These projects were: parks $4,376.95; cemeteries $4,193.85; streets $3,-941.00; flood and drainage $11,-388.80.
Spent in the county, classified as “county and townships,” $141,070.82, in the towns of Atlanta, Dexter, Cambridge, Burden, Udall and Geuda Springs $5,848.00.
Summary of the entire expenditure follows:
Truck, team and equipment payroll $40,517.85; federal projects $3,525.45; state projects $11,141.62; total CWA payroll $226,004.34; CWS payroll $3,-560.53; CWA materials $9,216-.94 and local contributions $53,-282.56. Total $292,064.37.
Marquette Net Captain Tops Scorers Two Years
Milwaukee, Apr. 16—(AP)—A six-foot, 200-pound forward, “Roaring Ray” Morstadt of Waukegan, 111., high score man on the 1934 team, has been elected captain of next year’s Marquette university basketball team.
Morstadt tallied 163 points to lead the Hilltoppers in his soph- i i(omore year and this season was * 1 * r€t‘ cill on top with 1.62 points. He F’iw/3 plays halfback on the foot-btLl team. 4-16-34
Stutz Sends Warning To Counties on Relief
4-14-34
or. 14-(AP)~
4-10-34
Topeka, Kas., Apr. 14-(ap) County commissioners and local relief administrations will be held responsible for proper handling of wage and relief problems in their communities, John G. Stutz, state director, said Saturday.
“In cases where local differences of opinion occur which cannot be adjusted immediately,” he said, “the county will be expected to take care of the relief needs on a direct relief basis. That is, federal work relief wages will not be available in counties where there are local differences of opinion on the handling of the work relief program.”
Stutz’ announcement was made after a conference with T. J. Edmonds, federal emergency relief administration supervising director. _
Original Format
Newspaper clippings on scrapbook page
Title
Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 24 - April
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 April 4th, 1934 to April 18th, 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
1934-04-04
1934-04-10
1934-04-14
1934-04-16
1934-04-18
Contributor
Red Cross volunteers
Rights
Used with permission of copyright holder. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Clippings
Identifier
RC34020
Coverage
Cowley County, Kansas
Citation
Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, “Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 24 - April,” Digital Arkansas City, accessed May 7, 2024, https://arkcity.digitalsckls.info/item/79.Text
FOR PETTIGORD
4-4-34
L. J. Bennett Appointed Aide to Poor Commissioner
New Assistant
'FOR PETTICORD
Continued from Page 1, Col. 7
L. J. Bennett took office Wednesday as assistant county poor commissioner for Arkansas City. He will have charge of the ad-ministration of relief in this district, working under L. L. Petticord, poor commissioner, and in cooperation with the case supervisor’s office. He replaces E. E. Smith in the position.
Mr. Bennett will appoint the personnel of the local office. The new appointments probably will not be made before Friday, he said Wednesday.
A Reorganization
The change in assistant poor commissioners is part of a complete reorganization being made in the relief office. A new set of records is being installed and a more definite division of duties between the poor commissioner’s and case supervisor’s offices is being made in the hope of settling what has been the source of considerable friction in the past.
The two assistant case supervisors here, Mrs. Alice King and Miss Louise Kroenert, resigned last week, and Mrs. Leslie Roberts was appointed to fill one of the vacancies.
Two other assistant case supervisors will be employed here, according to present plans. Mrs. Jessie Miller, county case supervisor, is taking applications for the positions, for which rigid qualifications have been established by state and federal relief authorities. Women with college training are sought.
Assign Case Workers
In the working organization of the Cowley county relief program which is perfected, the county has | been definitely divided into territories, with a case worker assigned to each territory, to be completely responsible for care of families in that section, according to Mrs. Jessie Miller, county case supervisor.
Leland White is assigned to the north end of the county; Mrs. Louise Steinberg to the section in Winfield north of Ninth street;
Joyce Elwell to Winfield territory south of Ninth street.
In Arkansas City Miss Ernestine Young is in charge of the part north of Madison and west of Summit; Mrs. Clifton to that part north of the Missouri Pacific tracks and east of Summit; Mrs. Della Bullard, south of Madison and west of Summit; Mrs. Leslie Roberts to that part east of Summit and south of the Missouri
Pacific tracks. 4-10-34
Following the system outlined by state statutes and instructions from federal relief authorities, the assistant poor commissioner will handle all general administrative aspects of the relief program and will receive applications for assistance.
The assistant case supervisors will investigate the applicants, establish family budgets for both direct and work relief classes and will make any necessary changes in these quotas. They also will certify orders for federal surplus commodities.
Mr. Bennett has been serving as local administrator for the CWA and old federal relief programs. This position will not be filled as
the new federal work-relief pro-gram will be directed entirely from the county relief offices in Winfield, with the timekeepers serving as connecting links between the office and the field work.
The new program will be opened here Friday. County Commissioner W. F. Walker placed the blame for the four-day delay in starting the plan upon the unsatisfactory condition of the records in the local case workers’ office. Reports upon the condition of an applicant’s family, based upon an actual investigation, are necessary before he can be certified as eligible for participation in the work-relief program.
13 Per Cent Of Jobless Taken From the Rolls
Approximately 12 per cent of the Arkansas Cityans who have registered for work at the national reemployment office are being removed from the rolls this week in the audit being made of the office records, F. M. Edwards, manager, estimated Monday.
A total of 2,051 registrations have been received since the service was inaugurated last November.
About 200 persons, or practically
ten per cent of those who have applied, have been placed in private employment or on the Cameron bridge projects through the office.
Others, forming about three per cent of the applicants, have found outside jobs, have left the city or have died. Local industries, especially the Santa Fe and the Shell, have absorbed some of this group, and several others have found work in the new oil development at Fairfax.
Approximately 92 per cent of the ex-service men who have registered have been put to work permanently or temporarily, in some class of employment.
$292,064 Spent In Cowley Co. CWA Projects 4-18-34
A total of $292,064.37 was spent on various CWA projects in Cowley county since the CWA was inaugurated in November and up until its demise, Apr. 1, L. L. Petticord, director, said Wednesday. Of this sum, $23,-900.60 was spent on four projects in Arkansas City. These projects were: parks $4,376.95; cemeteries $4,193.85; streets $3,-941.00; flood and drainage $11,-388.80.
Spent in the county, classified as “county and townships,” $141,070.82, in the towns of Atlanta, Dexter, Cambridge, Burden, Udall and Geuda Springs $5,848.00.
Summary of the entire expenditure follows:
Truck, team and equipment payroll $40,517.85; federal projects $3,525.45; state projects $11,141.62; total CWA payroll $226,004.34; CWS payroll $3,-560.53; CWA materials $9,216-.94 and local contributions $53,-282.56. Total $292,064.37.
Marquette Net Captain Tops Scorers Two Years
Milwaukee, Apr. 16—(AP)—A six-foot, 200-pound forward, “Roaring Ray” Morstadt of Waukegan, 111., high score man on the 1934 team, has been elected captain of next year’s Marquette university basketball team.
Morstadt tallied 163 points to lead the Hilltoppers in his soph- i i(omore year and this season was * 1 * r€t‘ cill on top with 1.62 points. He F’iw/3 plays halfback on the foot-btLl team. 4-16-34
Stutz Sends Warning To Counties on Relief
4-14-34
or. 14-(AP)~
4-10-34
Topeka, Kas., Apr. 14-(ap) County commissioners and local relief administrations will be held responsible for proper handling of wage and relief problems in their communities, John G. Stutz, state director, said Saturday.
“In cases where local differences of opinion occur which cannot be adjusted immediately,” he said, “the county will be expected to take care of the relief needs on a direct relief basis. That is, federal work relief wages will not be available in counties where there are local differences of opinion on the handling of the work relief program.”
Stutz’ announcement was made after a conference with T. J. Edmonds, federal emergency relief administration supervising director. _
Original Format
Newspaper clippings on scrapbook page