Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 36 - May/June
Collection: Red Cross Scrapbook 1934
Title
Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 36 - May/June
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 May 14th, 1934 to June 7th, 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
1934-05-14
Contributor
Red Cross volunteers
Rights
Used with permission of copyright holder. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Clippings
Identifier
RC34032
Coverage
Cowley County, Kansas
Citation
Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, “Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 36 - May/June,” Digital Arkansas City, accessed May 3, 2024, https://arkcity.digitalsckls.info/item/91.
Text
Will Investigate
Mrs. Jessie Miller, county case supervisor, announced Tuesday that steps are already underway to investigate some of the complaints made by the party of Arkansas City unemployed that met with the board of county commissioners here Monday. “We are just as anxious as the recipients of aid, to have everything run properly and to avoid any discriminations. We do not believe there have been many flagrant deviations from our set policy. However, if there are a few isolated cases, we are anxious to clear them up and avoid such occurrences in the future.”
Mrs. Miller sat in at the meeting Monday when Commissioner W. F. Walker, acting as spokesman for the commissioners, succeeded in sending away more than a dozen chagrined individuals in a better mood. Mrs. Miller said Mr. Walker handled the situation in a most masterful way. “He seemed to sense the situation immediately and went to work and when the gathering broke up, I am sure an entirely better feeling and a better understanding existed between all the parties to the controversy,” Mrs. Miller said.
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Helping Relief Work
Used clothing and shoes and ---er necessities collected in the recent drive conducted by Boy Scout organizations in Arkansas City and Winfield have aided materially the work of relief in the county, Mrs. Jessie Miller, case supervisor said Tuesday. Plans are now being discussed for establishing a laundry project to take care of laundering donations of clothing, in line with the shoe repair project launched a few weeks ago. Mrs. Miller said many pairs of shoes collected by the Scouts have already been repaired and passed on to the needy. Some clothing and cooking utensils have likewise been put into use. Other clothing will be repaired and laundered as rapidly as possible and made ready for use.
Mrs. Miller asked the press of the county to emphasize the gratitude of the relief organization for the clothing and shoe donations and request that any castoff clothing available in the future be donated to the relief organizations for use of the needy.
“The clothing and shoes obtained by the Boy Scouts has been one of the greatest helps to us since we started operating,” she said. “If we can just impress upon the people the value of these donations, we believe they will continue to donate to us the shoes and clothing they can spare in the future.”
Unemployed Offer a Petition; Ask Bennett Be Fired
A series of demands was made upon the board of county commissioners Monday at Winfield by a delegation of unemployed, of which G. O. Mott, 1205 South K street, Arkansas City, was spokesman.
The demands, still being discussed at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, were:
1. Work schedule for a single man, one 8-hour day a week; for a family of two or three, two 8- hour days; for a family of four
to six, three days a week; for a family of seven or more, four days.
2. That rules laid down by the federal administration be followed.
3. That all employes now doing three days’ work gratis a week be removed and their places
taken by qualified persons now employed. (This refers to -k drivers who are paid for three days a week and work an--r three.)
A more adequate system of grocery orders so it will not be necessary to stand in line so long and be re-examined as to qualifications every time.
5. A bulletin board outside the case workers’ headquarters with information for the unemployed.
6. Removal of L. J. Bennett as assistant county poor commissioner immediately; otherwise
complaint will be made to Washington.
The meeting was quietly conducted. The delegation included about ten from Arkansas City and 15 or 20 from Winfield.
The county board, together with the county attorney, poor commissioner and county case worker represented the county, and explained the financial condition of Cowley county, which already is $50,000 in the red on its relief budget.
County Sewing Room Has Had Busy Month
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The county sewing room at 110 East Adams avenue has had a busy month, according to a report by Mrs. May Frazee, who is in charge.
The women working in the sewing room have cut 647 1-2 yards of material in the last month, and have made 198 garments, including 42 shirts and 57 dresses. They have given out 393 garments, including many that had been made up in the old sewing room. These garments have been given to 106 families. They have been worked for when the family was able to do so.
There have been from six to eight women working five days a week. Pay has been partly in cash and partly in materials.
Mrs. Alice King, former Arkansas City case worker, has been appointed temporary case supervisor in Montgomery county. She takes the place of Mrs. Antoinette Denham who was recently released. Mrs. King will occupy the position until a successor to Mrs. Denham has been appointed. She is assistant case supervisor for Montgomery county. 6-7-34
Original Format
Newspapers clippings on scrapbook paper.
Title
Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 36 - May/June
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 May 14th, 1934 to June 7th, 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
1934-05-14
Contributor
Red Cross volunteers
Rights
Used with permission of copyright holder. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Clippings
Identifier
RC34032
Coverage
Cowley County, Kansas
Citation
Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, “Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 36 - May/June,” Digital Arkansas City, accessed May 3, 2024, https://arkcity.digitalsckls.info/item/91.Text
Will Investigate
Mrs. Jessie Miller, county case supervisor, announced Tuesday that steps are already underway to investigate some of the complaints made by the party of Arkansas City unemployed that met with the board of county commissioners here Monday. “We are just as anxious as the recipients of aid, to have everything run properly and to avoid any discriminations. We do not believe there have been many flagrant deviations from our set policy. However, if there are a few isolated cases, we are anxious to clear them up and avoid such occurrences in the future.”
Mrs. Miller sat in at the meeting Monday when Commissioner W. F. Walker, acting as spokesman for the commissioners, succeeded in sending away more than a dozen chagrined individuals in a better mood. Mrs. Miller said Mr. Walker handled the situation in a most masterful way. “He seemed to sense the situation immediately and went to work and when the gathering broke up, I am sure an entirely better feeling and a better understanding existed between all the parties to the controversy,” Mrs. Miller said.
---5-15-34
Helping Relief Work
Used clothing and shoes and ---er necessities collected in the recent drive conducted by Boy Scout organizations in Arkansas City and Winfield have aided materially the work of relief in the county, Mrs. Jessie Miller, case supervisor said Tuesday. Plans are now being discussed for establishing a laundry project to take care of laundering donations of clothing, in line with the shoe repair project launched a few weeks ago. Mrs. Miller said many pairs of shoes collected by the Scouts have already been repaired and passed on to the needy. Some clothing and cooking utensils have likewise been put into use. Other clothing will be repaired and laundered as rapidly as possible and made ready for use.
Mrs. Miller asked the press of the county to emphasize the gratitude of the relief organization for the clothing and shoe donations and request that any castoff clothing available in the future be donated to the relief organizations for use of the needy.
“The clothing and shoes obtained by the Boy Scouts has been one of the greatest helps to us since we started operating,” she said. “If we can just impress upon the people the value of these donations, we believe they will continue to donate to us the shoes and clothing they can spare in the future.”
Unemployed Offer a Petition; Ask Bennett Be Fired
A series of demands was made upon the board of county commissioners Monday at Winfield by a delegation of unemployed, of which G. O. Mott, 1205 South K street, Arkansas City, was spokesman.
The demands, still being discussed at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, were:
1. Work schedule for a single man, one 8-hour day a week; for a family of two or three, two 8- hour days; for a family of four
to six, three days a week; for a family of seven or more, four days.
2. That rules laid down by the federal administration be followed.
3. That all employes now doing three days’ work gratis a week be removed and their places
taken by qualified persons now employed. (This refers to -k drivers who are paid for three days a week and work an--r three.)
A more adequate system of grocery orders so it will not be necessary to stand in line so long and be re-examined as to qualifications every time.
5. A bulletin board outside the case workers’ headquarters with information for the unemployed.
6. Removal of L. J. Bennett as assistant county poor commissioner immediately; otherwise
complaint will be made to Washington.
The meeting was quietly conducted. The delegation included about ten from Arkansas City and 15 or 20 from Winfield.
The county board, together with the county attorney, poor commissioner and county case worker represented the county, and explained the financial condition of Cowley county, which already is $50,000 in the red on its relief budget.
County Sewing Room Has Had Busy Month
-----5-24-34
The county sewing room at 110 East Adams avenue has had a busy month, according to a report by Mrs. May Frazee, who is in charge.
The women working in the sewing room have cut 647 1-2 yards of material in the last month, and have made 198 garments, including 42 shirts and 57 dresses. They have given out 393 garments, including many that had been made up in the old sewing room. These garments have been given to 106 families. They have been worked for when the family was able to do so.
There have been from six to eight women working five days a week. Pay has been partly in cash and partly in materials.
Mrs. Alice King, former Arkansas City case worker, has been appointed temporary case supervisor in Montgomery county. She takes the place of Mrs. Antoinette Denham who was recently released. Mrs. King will occupy the position until a successor to Mrs. Denham has been appointed. She is assistant case supervisor for Montgomery county. 6-7-34
Original Format
Newspapers clippings on scrapbook paper.