Scrapbook 02 1939 May 9-December 17, 1939 - 1939

Newspaper articles on Society for Seamen’s Children activities; The sinking of the Benjamin F. Packard ship (syndicated articles). Mother Roper radio interview announcements; “Celebrating 50 Years in Sailor Welfare”; “The Strange as it Seems” syndicated cartoon strips featuring Mother Roper’s accomplishments of saving 5,500 missing sailors but having never traveled on ships. September 1939 strike; British seamen join American seamen in strike; Seamen refuse to sail without war pay; Girl Scout Mariners activities; National Maritime Union protesting “aid” by President Roosevelt; charging the Maritime Commission for ignoring union plans for relief of jobless seamen.