State Opens Part-Time Trade Schools to Aid Unemployment
Florida plans part-time schools to speed recovery and reduce joblessness. The Department of Education, led by C C Holly, allocates 55,282.27 in combined federal and state funds for the 1936 fiscal year, widening eligibility to unemployed or legally employable youths 14 to 18 and extending beyond three-month periods.
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State Department of Education
Florida
Cc. O. Holly
Ionea
Holly
Holley
Cooperation Sought Over Belle Glade Prison Farm Management
Florida state commissioner Nathan Mayo criticized cabinet cooperation with the Belle Glade prison farm, citing idle machinery and poor crops since its creation. He noted $6,000 monthly costs, uninstalled equipment including a syrup mill and canning plant, and questioned the farm’s water sourcing and location. If unprofitable, reforms are necessary.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Nathan Mayo
Belle Glade
Fort Lauderdale
Purcha Thas Board Ce
United States
A. R. Richardson
Mayo
West Palm Beach
Lake Okeechobee
Everglades
Florida approves end of year part time school funds
State board of education approved the end of this fiscal year appropriations for part time schools in Florida upon the recommendation of W. S. Cawthon. Holley announced totals of 39546.53 from federal sources 15735.74 from state and 23810.79 from counties. Federal money comes from the George Ellzey act and the Smith-Hughes act and must be matched with state and county funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
W. S. Cawthon
Florida
Holley
Children Asked to Aid Parents in Traffic Safety
Asher Frank state safety director urged Florida children to help educate their parents about traffic dangers. He noted deaths among adults far outnumbered child fatalities last year and blamed lack of school instruction on guarding against accidents.
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Asher Frank
Florida
Frank
State social worker surveys Florida boarding homes for children
Ruth W. Atkinson, state director of child welfare, said Florida boarding homes for children are in need of cultivation. The welfare board plans minimum standards for licenses, noting many homes are substandard or a menace to health and welfare. She urged special homes for retarded or unusually intelligent children and warned against commercial boarding houses operating for income. Most homes are in Miami, Tampa and Jacksonville.
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Miami
Tampa
Jacksonville
Ruth W. Atkinson
Florida
Welfare Board
Florida Farm Colony
Important Meeting of Melon Growers Called
Watermelon growers in District 2 south of Ocala will meet at Leesburg city hall at 2 p m on Thursday March 28 to elect two advisory committeemen and two alternates. District 1 growers north of Ocala meet March 30 at Branford school house to elect two advisory committeemen and two alternates. State marketing bureau and agricultural extension service will conduct both meetings under AAA authorization.
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Ocala
Leesburg
Branford
State Marketing Bureau
Agricultural Extension Service
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Granite Monument Marks Historic Spot
In a weed-grown area near St. Joseph bay a granite monument marks where Florida's 1838 constitution was written and adopted at a convention in St. Joseph. The marker, funded by a 1921 legislature grant of $10,000, sits near the Gulf coast and is visible from state highway No. 10.
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Tallahassee
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
St. Joseph
St. Joseph’s Bay
Gulf Coast
Army Day Observance Set for April 6 in Florida
Governor Dave Sholtz proclaims Army Day in Florida for April 6. The event, endorsed by the War Department, honors the U S Army as a symbol of American spirit. Floridians urged to display flags at businesses and homes and observe the occasion appropriately.
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Florida
Dave Sholtz
Military Order of the World War
Secretary of War of the
United States
Sholtz
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