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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1951
Page
1
A survey shows smaller employers hire few graduates to avoid draft risk while large firms expect theCold War to continue years. Many firms prefer draft exempt hires and report higher starting salaries. The 1951 job market for college graduates is seen as very strong. One college official says most employers disregard the military situation of the graduate.
The Reader's Date Book highlights National and State Parks as ideal vacation spots May 27 to June 2 during Park and Recreation Week. It notes tens of millions visit national and state parks yearly and urges home towns to advertise local facilities. It also covers National Foot Health Week and tips for summer footwear and preventing athlete's foot with footwear choices and foot care.
The Illinois Legion plans poppy sales in Chicago and Cook County on May 25 and statewide May 26 to raise funds for sick and disabled veterans and their families. About 12 000 wounded veterans from world wars and Korea have helped craft the red memorial flowers. In Chicago crowds will be served by 15 000 volunteers at posts from dawn to dusk and 17 000 more elsewhere, with all net proceeds going to rehabilitation funds.
The report notes June draft figures at 20,000, the lowest since last fall, with the army issuing a new call of 99,090 men in June. It also projects adding more than 40,000 women by June 1952 and mentions a resumed draft period reaching about 550,000 men drafted or placed since start. The figures for April and May appear inconsistent or partial.
Western Union began its second century on April 1 after its 1851 founding as the New York and Mississippi Valley Pending Telegraph Company. The Rochester office housed a single desk and cuspider, and today the firm employs 43,000 staff moving hundreds of millions of telegrams and money orders yearly. The High Speed Fax model now enables up to 3,000 words per minute, transmitting text and images over long distances with proper circuits.
A history of Western Union’s transcontinental telegraph line linking California to the Union. It notes California’s isolation, Pony Express relays via St Joseph and Sacramento, and Lincoln’s skepticism before the wire was completed in 1861. The first telegram pledged California’s loyalty to the Union.
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