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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1930
Page
2
The Superior Telegram condemns football radio announcers in three broad types: deliberate, excitable, and downright dizzy. It argues that deliberate voices stall, excitable voices overhype, and inexperienced or jokey announcers flood broadcasts with color and wit, alienating listeners even when weather is fair.
The article criticizes Dr. Clarence True Wilson and the Anti Saloon League over Farm Board loans to California grape growers to market concentrates. It argues government financing aids what it calls liquor traffic, citing prior deals protecting farmers while allowing grape juice concentrates to ferment into wine.
A passage arguing that establishing state controlled liquor stores will curb bootlegging, claiming bootlegging worse than open saloons and drawing on the Michigan State Digest as a reference point.
The piece notes both major parties tightening lines for the 1932 race. Republicans face a hard fight to hold the presidency while Democrats seek a universally acceptable candidate to unite the party. It explains that control of government helps but party unity remains uncertain.
A playful list evokes winter city life with mentions of council meetings pretzels and beer a ride in the Do X and a smear game. The speaker waxes nostalgic about old friends the football players and a season now closed while referencing a one million dollar dream and loans from Millionaire Gas.
Bill P asks if the fellows are in camp and confirms six are present. A party member replies positively. Bill boasts of shooting a deer as the scene shifts to a horseshoe parlor near Madison Square Gardens in New York.
Report notes jurymen marching and meals indicating the circuit court is in session. The brief description emphasizes active judicial activity and daily courtroom routine.
A man calls back a friend in a hotel dining room to bluff him about a loan. The friend, loud enough for all to hear, refuses the temporary loan and reminds him he still owes money from two months ago. The public joke ends with a warning not to repeat such a stunt.
An old time radio era montage describes station KCKA Ruacho and Runocke fuel ads along with teeth care by Blesson, Rubin products for cuts, fish iodine by BCMW, Fizzo by KCMG, Midget radio set notes, and a Baltimore Sun imprint.
Weare Age reports Treetter leaving mining operations for Pileys Island Park Co. of St Johns Newfoundland and a Ramsay residence destroyed by fire. Local items note new hardware store in Ewen, a rail spur project, job changes, tax notices, and probate court actions detailing estate claims due by April 5 1932. Also a joke about intelligence.
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