Bessemer Light Plant Debate Boxed In 1937 Letter
Hugo L. Hill mayor outlines why 1932 diesel plant plans are now obsolete due to doubled demand and recent distribution upgrades. He compares 1932 loan and 1937 PWA grant loan totals, notes rate changes, and asserts city can meet needs with projected revenue while avoiding controversy.
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the Herald
Woul Daily Globe
Bessemer
Conditias
Brom
Pickands Mather Company
Palms
Witta
S&h
Rendorf
U. S
Irwin J. Neault
Michael E. Nolan
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hoover
Finance Corporation
Mitral Lighting Systems
Gedda
Nolan
Public Works Administration
Congress
PWA
Congressman Hook
Vandenburg and
Brown
Bessemer City
Hook
Vandenburg
Dezendorf
Lezendorf
Power Company
Deisel
Wife's Nerve and Quick Action Save Man Trapped In Snake's Lair
Raymond Cobb and his Charlotte wife survived a midnight rattlesnake nest in the North Carolina mountains after she flashed their flashlight to blind a coiled snake approaching Cobb. They had built a fire to spend the night on a ledge and believe the warmth drew the snakes from their lairs.
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Snake’s Lair
Raymond Cobb
Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina
Cobb
Superior Lake Trout Are The Fightingest
Superior lake trout are described as formidable by Kendrick Kimball in the Detroit News. He notes they rival Grand Traverse Bay and Lake Huron fish in size and fight using a trolling spoon lure. Details cover Salt Water Brown’s deep-water trolling method, gear, and catches near Munising and Grand Island, plus an unrelated note on Michigan fire marshal inspection fees totaling $20,000 yearly.
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Superior
Michigan
Kendrick Kimball
Detroit News
Grand Traverse Bay
Lake Huron
Brown
Mr. Kimball
Munising
Grand Island
Eight In Race For Governor's Award
East Lansing seniors on the Michigan State College football squad are among eight regulars nominated for the Governor of Michigan award. The secret committee will choose the most valuable player for the team, with eligibility limited to seniors. The banquet at Spartan Stadium will cap the season, drawing hundreds of high school athletes for the post-season celebration and the annual all-state team announcement.
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East Lansing
Michigan State
Governor of Michigan
Spartan
Harry Speelman
Fred Schroeder
Howard Swartz
Tom Gortat
Nelson Schrader
Norbert Miknavich
Frank Gaines
Jack Collidge
Michigan
Coal Shipping Ends at Ashland Docks in 1987 Season
The coal receiving season for 1987 at Ashland docks ended November 22 as the steamer Uhrig unloaded 4,300 tons of soft coal. Total receipts for the season were 71 bituminous cargoes and two anthracite cargoes.
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Ashland
Uhrig
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Messemmer
M. L. Dezendorfs
Gsoencil
Akerce
Commercial Lighting Power Company
Qamnanvu
Commercial Power Rates Power Company
Hugo L. Hill
Derrick Hubert
Menominee
Murphy
New
State Board of Registration For Architects
Oa Ff
City of
Albert L. Marzari
Herald Publishing Co
Bessemer, Michigan
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