Cleveland Area Home to Majority of Ohio Foreign Born
WPA reports Cleveland district contains over half of Ohio’s foreign born population, with Cuyahoga County alone housing 72 000 aliens. In 1923, about 196 265 foreign born residents statewide, 165 000 eligible for citizenship, 15 000 since naturalized. The drive expands free citizenship classes across schools, churches and libraries to enroll 35 000 aliens in Ohio within a year.
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Ue MS
Cleveland
Ohio
T. Miskell
WHA
Miskell
WPA
Hay
Coopera
Immigration and Natealization Department
Hia
Cuyahoga County
Olergh
Board of Education
Apis
Summit
Mahoning
Stark
Lorain
Trumbull
Lake and Medina
Columbiana
Prottare
Ashtabula
Wayne
Ashland
Avon Anenen Notes and Church Services Summary
Avon Anenen lists Methodist and Baptist church services with pastors L K Adams and D Geren, including morning worships and study times. Pleasant Hour club hosted by Mrs Mat Casper with prizes for Mrs George Navgel and Mrs Gervis Gates, next gathering at Mrs Gates’ home. Carol Jameson convalescing at home after appendectomy at St Jo.
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Methodist Church
L. K. Adams
Epworth League
Baptist Church
D. Geren
Mat Casper
George Navgel
Gervis Gates
Gates
Carol Jameson
Avon
St. Jo
Inventory To Be Taken Of Elyria Area Manpower
The Elyria office of the United States Employment Service plans a manpower inventory in the Elyria area within weeks for war production. The survey, done with Selective Service, targets men 20 to 44 who registered Feb 16, sending questionnaires to those from 1940 and newer registrants. Each form lists 228 essential war jobs and asks about prior experience, with responses due 10 days after receipt.
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Elyria
Th. Lancashire
United States Employment Service
Employment Service
IIT
Cecx Alvise
Employment Service Office
Lancashire
Emp Ee
Draft boards preserve war production with civilian labor
A Scottish description explains that the draft boards and the United States Employment Service will cooperate to keep essential war production staffed. Men deferred for occupational reasons may be replaced by trainees or qualified workers, with shifts from less essential jobs to war industries. A widower and his 79 year old spouse were married in Dunedin New Zealand, then took an express train to their honeymoon.
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Atlex
Lancashire
Selective Service
United States Employment Service
Dunedin
New Zealand
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Cleveland Area
Avon Anenen
Ostrov’s
Tor
Elyria Area
Seph's Hospital
Archie Chester
Rocky Iver
R.A. Chester
Wilson Jameson
Maude Aare
Helen
Ted E. Seward
Fisns
C.h.merthew Co
Gabardine
Shetlands
Pia
CH. Merthe & Co
Bret
Madite
Duchess
Chaysie
Belle-Sharmeer
Sun As
Our Cinderella
Nannette
Delsey Kleenex
Delsey
Kleenby
Red Cross
Second Fleet
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