| Show National Repeal Repe l. l Appears Appear's Possible Within oj 10 Weeks t J J S Sr Seen a as Likely een B Beer er Whisky Wh y Y r Lifesavers for Distressed Distressed DIstressed Dis- Dis Schools CopyrIght pY right 1933 by United Press I Whisky and beer were held ou out outto to to today dray daY day b by scattered educators tc as ns possible of schools starting the new 1 4 f lifesavers t m term next week under stringent depression depression de de- circumstances vt Among the last institutions to feel t the full brunt of economic collapse 4 United Press PreM survey today revealed a and th that hat at thea theat the toe little We red schoolhouse the dollar milion iollar doIla b city school are carrying on under rigid economy pro pro- 1 A grams ihle alternative to reduced teachers teachers' teacher salaries curtailed curricula I terms was sC seen n by some educators in ln added revenue from taxes on beer and on whisky when and if p prohibition is repealed DEER REVENUE USED In two states beer revenue already used wed for the sch schools The new dicing being Arkansas s beer bill now in effect pro pro- vides Ides that 70 per cent cent of of oi the tax receipts re re- shall go to a common school fund to aid institutions which otherwise otherwise other other- wise might be unable to reopen Oklahoma schools are being kept through through the same device Louisi Louissana's Louis Louis- open said sana's iana's i superintendent of schools many schools would be unable to remain remain re re- main open open longer than seven or eight months except for lor a tax on whisky which i is expected to enable them to torun torun torun run a full month rune term Ing Ingenuity nulty has b been n employed In some sections to kc keep p educational standards high In Michigan and Indiana In diana som some rural schools opened weeks week early so that they might close during severe winter weeks and save the expense of fuel Teachers Teachers' salaries have been cut generally from 10 to 50 per cent centA A sharp conflict developed in m Chicago Chi Chi- cago over vcr an economy program which resulted In dismissal of about 1200 teachers and the elimination of all al junior high schools Many athletic cultural and health functions were also banned ECONOMY IY IN DALLAS In In contrast Dallas opened two junior jun jun- for Jor high schools and concentrated all r. r home economics manual training and similar courses Opening of or the junior lunior jun lun highs which were cut out as as' as asan anan an anan anan an an extravagance by Chicago authorities authorities authorities ties was acclaimed as a first rank economy In Dallas Normal school terms are arc starting In New Orleans Birmingham Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa hoina City Dallas Atlanta Memphis Indianapolis Fort Wayne Kansas City Cleveland Washington D. D C c. Pittsburgh Albany N N. Y Boston San Francisco Milwaukee and most major cities clUes Smaller cities and country districts were more severely hit Special problem lem em was s presented at Los Angeles where many school buildings were destroyed destroyed de de- de- de by the earthquake last March Tents rents will be used wed in many districts t where the structures have not yet been rebuilt A bond issue is being sought to start a. a rebuilding program 1 r EVANSTON Ill m. Aug 31 The The 1 i Women's Christian Temperance union V has not retreated one step in its fight against rep repeal l of the eighteenth amendment Mrs Ella A. A Boole pres pres- t Trident ident ent of the organization said today in ina pa a statement i. i JVe We are opposed t othe repeal of E the the e eighteenth amendment and will continue to oppose every it-every it every step of r the way her statement said We realI real real- I ize that when and if repeal comes the liquor traffic will come in like a af l f- f f. hood flood We Ve know that much of the ey spent for liquor will be diverted divert- divert k ked ed tram from the necessities of life and andi i th that than t legitimate business and the homes chomes will suffer She said her statement w was issued r hi ln answer to a recent address in In which she she said Postmaster General s Farley said Mid that tha repeal was an I tant part of the national recover recovery y ackt act ack t l The nati national oval W. W C. C T T. U U. displays the tle we blue eagle at national headquarters thus h showing that we are arc doing our p part t and d supporting the government govern govern- ment in the matter of wages and hours of wrong work rk she he said However she said the organization took exceptions to toi i Postmaster i General Farleys Farley's state state- ti 4 ment |
