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Vil mette Schoo is Committee on,,Unemploymient eýIn Urgent Plea to Provide, Jobs. One Tbousarid Wilmette:Citizens Need Work Now*; Employed Housebolders, Asked ,to Join 4"Man .a Block" .Move- ment by SupPlying Hours of Work for Jobless A fortunte of $14,000,000 reduced i n lessithan three years to a little rmîore tlian 1$1,500,000. A former batik president, who three years ago was the head of a succcss- fui batik, is hy a "stroke of good for- tunie" engage(l in clericalý work at $22.50 neér weeèk. A salesnîan., w ho three years ago earned several thousands of dollars per %car is now working in a factory a.t 40%cents. per hour. Big Job at Home * Why g row hysterical over 'thec starving populations of the 'Orient and at the saine time be thoroughly comnplacent co1iceriig the nisfor-. tunles .that are now throttling the Ieoî)Iein Amnerica-in our own town -)erhaps ini our own block. It is encouraging to note that a large auxuber of enifloyed bouse- hiol<Icrs ini Wilruette are .cooperating %vith the Comniiiittec on Unemiployed, anid have agreed to furnisli 350 hours of work per week, at' 50 cents per hour-but 'titat record is not what it slîould be. It. is, discouragiîng to niote that there,,had been scheduled 402 bours per ,ýN;ek and that later, several per- sous' cancelled,' and the itours Were reduced about- 15. percent-mnaking the total to date-350 hoîurgsuffi- cietit toý enable 17 men to eari! aboutý $10 per week each. Thousand Jobles Here There are now about 1,000 meni outs of work ini Wiltmette and to furnish hour, to, soiîîe unenxPloyed man, or %vonian. You caw also :render great service,. with very littie' effort, by agreeiîig to canvass your own1 block for* the.purpos e of asking your neigh- bors ýto do the samne thing. Here is the list of persons, who have' thus. far agreed. to furnish at least onehour work per.week:,' C. W. Allen, 1926 Greenwood. avenue K. C.. Long, 1931 Greenwvood avenue W. Edmonds, 1935 Greenwood avenue W. E. Hughes, 1917 Greenwood avenue Mary ýWolff, 1929 Ufrenwood 'avenue R. .1. Fjelliman, 1920 Greenwood avenue Mr. CawkwelI, 1922 Greenwood avenue, MNrs. A. Dixon, 704 Laurel avenue George Chandler,, 700 Laurel avenue George W. Green, 1706 Walnut avenue Clyde F. Brown, 1710,Walnut avenue R., W.-tcCandlish, 1700 Walnut avenue MIrs._A. Bersch, 1715 Walflut avenue Aiblin Carlin, 1713 Walnut avenue R. J. Finnegan, 1724 Elmwood avenue C. B. Meers, 1712 Elmnwood avenue T. Stopp' 1711 ElmIrwood avenue William -nMllard, 1721 Forest avenue A. Wallowitz, 1725 Forest avenue .T. M. Davis, 101-l2th street John Bleser, 535 Illinois road. .1. Hendrickson,. 468 Illinois road R. P . Kellogg, 435 Ridge road (Contiinucd ont Page 8) Legion Is Against Bonus Payment Now Wilrnette Post, No.' 46, American Le.gion, Tuesday. nigbt of this week wvent on record. as oppose& to the in- mediate payment. of the bonfus to World w~ar veterans. In taking this action the post in- structed its delegates to the Illinois state Legion convention., which con-, Stamp Sellers> Run Afoui' of Our Policeme Tbree young men wbo were selling so-called Century of Progress stamps in Wilmette without authoity from the Village or from, the World's. Fair officiais were a rrested by Sergt. Her- mnan Vance. and Officer Phil Schnei- der of the Wilmette Police depart-, ment Saturday afternoon as tbey were about to make their first deli-, very.. The three men, Ben Yost, 24 years oild, Rayr Yost, 29, and K.,M. Douglas, 24, who said they came here from California, jhad between, 25,000 and 30,000 of the stamips -printed at a small .shop at: Milwaukee avenue and Gale street, ýChicago. Tbey solicited or- ders by phonie, and' intended' to sel the stanips, which were to be placed on. letters, at one cent apiece. The Wilmiette. police confiscated the stamps when the three men were ar- rested. Another nmatiwho gave. his name as Paul Nelson and who was also in'.the stamp-selling racket, was' picked up by the Evanston police this week.ý New Trier Sum mer School Term Closes The New Trier High schoôl sum- nier. school, which ha *s been in session for the past eigbt weeks, will close Frjday of thi's wcek. Between twen- ty-five and thirtv students will: be* graduated. This was the first year .that the suinier school W'aï; conducted on.the tuitioti basis. In-.previousyears the stimtr courses were- off ered to yquîig people of the township free of charge. More than four hiundred students attended thte sumnmer. school this vear. There were twenty-five on the LACK .0OF.FUNDS, BOARD PROBLEM Tax Warrant Sales CampaiOn Fails; BÉoard toPonder Meanis of Rtaising Cash. With practically né cash on band, the Wilmette board of education' bas, decided that :the- Wilmnette public schools, tentatively sched.uled to open Mopday, September 19, must remain closed unless money is obtained with- ini the next few weeks foroperatinig eFxpenses. This announcement was made by. flenry E.* Cutier, president of the board of education, this. week. Mr. Cutier said emphatically that the board cannot hope to open 'the schools under present circumstances. Disapp@inting Respouse The house-to-bouse campaign to dispo se of scbool tax anticipation warrants last spring netted less than $30,000. Citizens, apparently failing to realize the seriousness of the situa- tion, did flot respond, and the village is now faced with the possibility of having the schools remain closed indefinitely. A meeting of the board.of educa- tion is scheduled for Tuesday, August 23, when plans. will be discussed for an intensive tax anticipation warrant selling canipaign,.which, it is boped, wilI bring results that wti make it possible for the schools' to open Sep- tenmber 19. No Funds for Fuel The board of edücation bas be en unable, to buy coal for the various scbool buildings for-the comning win- ter., be cause there is flot. sufficient cash on hand and the coal dealers feel that they cannot accept tax anticipation warrants in payment. Teachers' salaries have been cut 15 per cent and the board oif redaimn Pleate Act Today Do liot let another day pass out writiiug Charles W. Lerch, Highland avetnue, that you wil ploy, giving at least one bout weekemployment, at fifty centý with- (of'Mr. and Mr .Haig K; 1715I Greenleaf avenue, Wedii em- 1gust10. Ten other pron ýs perj at the dinner. Lay, Au. mit lead- e guests. t.an, w'u you cai te nealtn ueni- ter any àfternoon between 1 and 2 o'clock? The number is Wilmette 2402. I1932 tenm, whi pressed for fu tions, the tea( their salaries rants. last haîf of the 1931- n the. school board was inds.to meet its obliga- bers were paid haif of in tax. anticipation war- ace