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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1939
Page
11
The Bessemer Herald lists Rupert W. Wrobleski and Maurice R Burt as publishers. It is published every Friday by The Herald Publishing Company in Bessemer Michigan and entered at the local post office as second class mail with terms at $2.00 per year in advance.
Congressman Frank E. Hook of Ironwood urges Milo Perkins at the federal surplus commodities corporation to test the Rochester like Stamp Plan in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. He names Baraga Dickinson Gogebic Iron Keweenaw Marquette Ontonagon counties and prefers Calumet City in Keweenaw between counties for the experiment. The plan would issue orange stamps for relief, blue stamps for surplus foods, expanding choice and reducing waste for grocers and recipients.
Michigan hotels, a $330 million state tourist sector, mark National Hotel Week June 11 to 17 after a governor proclamation. A 1928 survey shows travelers left $37 million with hostels. hotels accounted for $9.2 million of the state's tourism trade, second only to autos, with stakeholders citing economic benefits to farmers, workers, and state tax revenue.
A Michigan State College survey shows about half of spring graduates securing jobs. Veterinary science all 35 and medical biology 12 leave employed. Agriculture and home economics education report high placement, while chemical civil electrical and mechanical engineering show under 50 percent employment. Entomology and animal husbandry offer mixed results among 1988 majors.
The excerpt notes that many men were certain of employment, four-fifths of men in their specialized fields secured work, and 34 percent of women obtained employment, nearly all within their major field of study.
Bob Roy asks residents what they will enjoy about the celebration. Fireworks, boxing matches, races, and the parade are highlighted. The finance committee, optimism, and potential rain are noted, with a passing mention of the Cole Brothers circus coming to Ishpeming in July.
Monday school election results show Charles H. Lutz 602 votes and Frank B. Abelman 492 with 541 yes and 179 no on escaping the 15 mill tax limit. Ramsar fatal hit and run injures two Ramsay men. towns share farewells, graduations, and moves. Third annual Military Ball hosts 350 couples. J J Reuter and C E Richards families farewelled. pool room moved. managers named for Bessemer baseball. Also Bessemer to enforce poll tax and memorial events with town hall openings and commencement set.
Jack H notes a busy celebration from morning to night at the park while Arrow predicts a grand fireworks show. Hah compliments the town hall glow and a big dance. John N invites seeing July activities in Sessemer township along with a parade and kiddie ice cream. Gogebic range Boy Scouts hold a Camporee at Lake Gallilee in lower Michigan.
A garland of seasonal notes highlights school out curfew shifts city tax timing and the quick march to summer. Fishing swimming picnics and summer schools alternate with carnivals and circuses as late April showers pass and July fourth celebrations loom.
Mr and Mrs Peter Nespodzany celebrated their silver wedding anniversary with a reception attended by many friends. The event followed a long line of local marriages and community milestones noted in the period’s society mentions.
Virginia Minnesota, a Mesabi iron range city, twice rebuilt after major fires in 1893 and 1901. The first blazes destroyed wooden structures, while the second led officials to ban wood in business areas. The city now ranks as well built with a very low fire hazard.
Clever Americans recount how John D. Rockefeller Jr. invested 20 million in restoring Williamsburg Virginia to showcase pre Revolutionary America. Tourists frequently ask how Ford conceived the project and where the model village is. Guides note Venetian blinds cited as unauthentic by visitors. The Commentator Magazine highlights these curiosities. The Dominion of Canada remains the world’s leading palladium producer.
In the past twelve months Michigan investors increased insured savings in savings and loan associations from 31.12 percent to 54,623 accounts. On May 1 insured savings totaled 48,191,536 dollars. Each shareholder is protected up to 35.40 on holdings. During April forty two insured associations made 415 home loans totaling 1,145.00 dollars. Aggregate direct reduction loans stood at 33,800,000 dollars. Direct reduction loans decrease with each monthly payment applying to principal and interest.
Republic Steel Corp. plans to rebuild and enlarge its blast furnace at Warren Ohio to achieve a rated capacity of 1000 tons of pig iron daily. The project aims to modernize facilities and increase production significant to regional steel output.
The Glava copper mine in Varmland province will be reopened by AB Glavamalm of Stockholm. The 18th century ore contains copper with gold and silver and will be exported to Germany.
A fox in Kalamazoo County repeatedly raided the Kellogg demonstration farm near Augusta killing nearly 10 half crown chickens and injuring others. Farm superintendent C M McCrary notes the fox is highly elusive, despite dawn patrols and a new automatic carbide gas exploder device being tested to deter the raids.
In southwestern Michigan three counties Van Buren Allegan and Kent show a record surge in oil and gas well permits issued by the Department of Conservation. A new weekly peak of 50 permits was granted for the week ending May 31, surpassing the prior high of 41.
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