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Event:  WPA Provides Work Relief
Category:  Economy/Employment
Brief Description:  The Works Progress Administration (WPA) work relief began in 1934. President Roosevelt allotted $9 million in WPA funds for St. Louis City, where unemployment rates were estimated to exceed 30%.
Year:  1934
Decade:  1930 - 1939
Beginning Date:    1934
Ending Date:    1934

 

 

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