Teachers Went Begging in Great Depression-- Part 1: Beggary

From the September 6, 2015, Chicago Tribune.  "Chicago Flashback" by Ron Grossman.

The Chicago School Board did not pay its teachers and other employees for awhile during the Great Depression.

Accompanied by a picture of Agnes Clohesy, a teachers union officer, showing the "Teacher's Calendar" in 1931.  Some teachers hadn't been paid in six months.

MAY.:  No Pay--  Surprise

JUNE:  No Pay--  Dismay

JULY:  No Pay--  Consternation

AUG::  No Pay--  Disaster

SEPT.:  No Pay--  Hopelessness

OCT.:  No Pay--  Beggary

--DaCoot