Celebrates 25 years in U.S. Children's Bureau. Washington, D.C., Jan. 2. Miss Katherine i.e. Katharine Lenroot, Chief of the U.S. Children's Bureau, Department of Labor, photographed today as she celebrated 25 years of service with the Bureau. She is the daughter of the late Senator Irvine L. Lenr

Children's Bureau Head celebrates 25th anniversary with Dept. of Labor. Washington, D.C., Jan. 2. Today marked 25 years of. in the Children's Bureau, U.S. Department. for Miss Katherine i.e. Katharine F. Lenroot, now Chief. Bureau. A daughter of the late Irvine L. Lenroot, former Se

To direct child delinquent's division, Washington, D.C. October 10. Appointment of Elsa C. Castendyck, of Minneapolis, Minn., as Director of the Delinquency. of the U.S. Children's Bureau was announced today by the. Bureau Chief, Katharine F. Lenroot. Miss Castendyck is a native of Peru, I

New Assistant WPA Administrator. Washington, D.C., Jan. 6. Mrs. Florence S. Kerr, recently appointed Assistant Administrator of the Works Progress Administration, assumed her duties today at WPA headquarters. She succeeds Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward who resigned to become a member of the Social Security

Named Supt. of new reformatory for women. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. Miss Helen Hironimus has been appointed by the Attorney General to Superintendent of the new Federal Institution for Women at Dallas, Texas. She is a graduate of the Washington College of Law, and since April 1, 1939 has been Assis

U.S. census expert finds out ages of persons whose births have not been registered. Washington, D.C., Nov. 27. Statistical data might be dry for most persons but Miss Mary C. Oursler, Official Custodian of Census Records, U.S. Census Bureau, finds it the spice of her job. She is an expert at discove

Appointed to Social Security board. Washington, D.C., Dec. 22. Assistant WPA Administrator Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward has been appointed a member of the Social Security Board by President Roosevelt. She will succeed Mary. W. Dewson, 12/22/38

Child labor legistlation "very necessary." Washington, D.C., May 18. Katherine i.e. Katharine Lenroot, Chief of the Children's Bureau, Department Labor, appeared before the Senate Commerce Committee today as hearing on three child labor measures opened today. Declaring that Child Labor Legislation

Describes value of subsidy for creative work. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. The value of federal "subsidy" for creative work was described to the House Patents Committee today by Mrs. Ellen S. Wooward, Assistant WPA Administrator in charge of the Government Creative Work Program. Without mentioning a re