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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1934
Page
11
The editorial urges Bessemer taxpayers to vote Yes in the upcoming special school election next Monday to maintain current school funding at about 21.3 mills. It argues the district already faced cuts and layoffs, and without approval schools could face five months of operation and a loss of township support for sending pupils to a full nine‑month high school.
Ishpeming Iron Ore reports conservation officers seized 50 dip nets from the Sturgeon river in Baraga county. Critics call for strict penalties and laws barring sales of large nets to noncommercial users as anglers urge reporting of violators and dynamiters.
General Johnson blasts Ford for refusing to sign a code. Bakers in New York back a boycott, while industrialists and workers criticize artificial recovery drives. Leaders warn government meddling damages mass production and risked boom busts in a fragile economy.
A Michigan State Digest view argues that persistent government spending fatigued taxpayers and deepened debt. It predicts a tapering of stimulus, a return to natural recovery, and credits Henry Ford with opposing paternalism that discouraged work.
Editors vow to back any governor who creates a Lansing office to act as Waste Basket Thrower In. The job would shred about nine-tenths of state publicity by discarding it rather than sending it to editors, reducing clutter on already crowded desks. The plan would leave print-worthy material to editors while junk falls into the waste basket.
The weekly rain brought relief for farmers and the water supply but disrupted electricity in Bessemer. Storms caused blips in power repeatedly, unlike other towns. The writer questions why service remains unreliable in Bessemer during rain.
Town urges support for a strong Bessemer baseball squad amid low attendance. Readers are urged to attend home games, value good play, and boost local pride, citing Aesop and local booster sentiment. A humorous aside questions future school election candidates and a baby’s long, ceremonial name.
The Hurley Miner report notes the First National Bank of Bessemer holds deposits over 250000 dollars. The Bessemer Herald reprints this with a local verdict that while Bessemer is not a swift town, residents generally know where the next meal is coming from and can pay for it.
John Cossatta a miner at the Yale mine was killed Wednesday afternoon when he fell seven feet from a raise to the level below. He was single. The item also notes local social and employment changes, including births, marriages, resignations, and moves of residents such as Miss Mamie Pecard, Miss Mary Blaha, Miss Annie Togher, Nick Prank, and others, plus brief notes on school staff and local events.
Dr. Herman L. Fairchild of the University of Rochester attributes the unexplained booming sound at Seneca Lake to bursting bubbles of natural gas rising from rock at the lake bottom.
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