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Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 40 - June

Title

Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 40 - 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 June 16th, 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

1934-06-16

Contributor

Red Cross volunteers

Rights

Used with permission of copyright holder. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.

In Copyright In Copyright

Format

application/pdf

Language

English

Type

Clippings

Identifier

RC34036

Coverage

Cowley County, Kansas



Citation
Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, “Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 40 - June,” Digital Arkansas City, accessed November 21, 2024, https://arkcity.digitalsckls.info/item/95.
Text

Pasture Crops Hard Hit by Drouth
80 and over --- Good to excellent
65 to 80 --- Poor to fair
50 to 65 --- Very poor
35 to 50 --- Severe drought
Under 35 --- Extreme drought
WHEAT
SITUATION
Cooperation Of Agencies Asked By Committee
A meeting of the county FERC committee was held in the office of County Case Supervisor Jesse Miller at Winfield Friday. At this meeting the committee passed a resolution in which the committee asked for closest cooperation between the case worker’s office and the poor commissioner’s office. Mrs. Miller and Mr. Petticord expressed the desire to co-operate fully for the good of the county in the administration of relief.
Mr, Petticord said that he wanted the committee to know that he is in a difficult position, and that he is obliged to act as an arbitrator for about five different committees.
It was decided that the county FERC committee will meet once a week for several weeks in an effort to get the program of relief operating satisfactorily in the county. The meeting was harmonious throughout.
Cour-
Are

Bright the cou-about 1-separate City, are with a -in sight.
The e-gardens way into-families organization-distribute-
as the s-are bein-
tion this
Include being gr-corn, cat cucumber-and water-
Produced again family re-ing
Vegetables not distributed during the summer will be stored for use next winter.
County Commissioner W. F. Walker, sponsor of the garden project, estimated Wednesday that the value of potatoes taken from one four-acre patch would equal all of the expense required to operate the gardens.
Rain Halts Work approximately 300 men on C relief work in Cowley ty were unable to work Sat-
-y because of rainy weather, -. Petticord, county poor com- loner, said. These men, he d, will be allowed to make this lost time during next
Petticord’s weekly report, -h was sent to the Topeka quarters Friday evening, ed that a total of 676 men 22 women worked during the - June 8 to 14 on eight proin the county. The largest -ect of the eight was bridge at several points which ended 415 men at some time during the week.
total of 11,139 hours were ed, the report showed and payroll for this, exclusive of t $325, the cost of case work-and administrative service, aggregate $4,441.75 6-16-34
As a result of the drouth, the smallest wheat y- estimated crop, present carryover and annual con-hay and pasture crops, with the result that a n-The map shows pasture conditions as of June 1.
The table shows the -particularly severe on 3en for some areas. -normal conditions.

Original Format

Newspaper clippings on scrapbook paper