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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1936

Page

9

Hopkins Reveals WPA Plans To Train Jobless

WPA head Harry L Hopkins outlines a shift to reconstruction, aiming to rotate unemployed into skilled, productive work while private industry hires where possible. He cites 6.5 to 7.5 million unemployed and calls for collaboration with business to reduce relief rolls. A separate Iowa City theft ends with a thief leaving Margaret Williams’s purse for return.

Hopkins WPA Washington (Ap Harry L. Hopkins Social Security Frank Bane Social Security Board Iowa City Margaret Williams

The Annual Bazaar Ticket Tale

A narrator confesses yearly deceit in selling church bazaar tickets to fund the Ladies' Aid. He hides poor sales by claiming strong moveability, then hands over ten dollars earned after toiling. The piece ends with an ad note for exceptional new and used home furnishings in the Want Ads.

Institute For Linn Rural Teachers Will Be Held Here Friday

Linn county rural teachers will attend a one day institute at McKinley high school auditorium with sessions at 9 in the morning and 1 15 in the afternoon. Mabel Snedaker of the University of Iowa will lead reading demonstrations while Dr. H C Moeller of Iowa State Teachers College directs history method discussions. A practical drawing demonstration is included and Miss Agnes Samuelson state superintendent of public instruction is expected to speak at 3 p m.

Linn County Walter A. Shupp McKinley High School Seventh Avenue Tenth Street Mabel Snedaker University of Iowa H. C. Moeller Iowa State Teachers College Agnes Samuelson

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