Grasshopper bait program spreads across Gogebic county
Bureau of Entomology oversees a cooperative grasshopper control plan in Gogebic County Michigan. About 50 acres will receive poison bran bait with arsenite and molasses, banana and water, distributed via township supervisors after farmer orders. Mixing stations will open soon to prepare the bait as infestations are mapped and farmers cooperate.
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Tieacbu
Ris Gang
Att Tecnshipe
Gogebic
Bureau of Eptust
T.imers
Bankers Association promotes banking advertising drive
The American Bankers Association reports rapid progress in using informative newspaper ads prepared by members to bolster public confidence in banks and their service in communities. The campaign centers on teaser calls and stewardship of bankers, with emphasis on ads linking banks to local welfare and trust building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amerian Beekers Association
Br Ht Far
Michigan Probate Hearing Seeks License to Sell Estate Interest
In Bessemer Michigan in the probate court Judge Nolan presides over the estate of Tim zhy A Rell also known as Ted Keals deceased Patra Kelly has filed a petition for license to sell the estate real estate. The hearing is set for the 12th day of June at 10 o'clock in the probate office. Public notices will run weekly for three weeks prior to the hearing in the Bessemer Herald.
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Pyeaugtes Oice
Bes*y
Tas
Hen Mo E Nolan
Tradkate
Tim Zhy
Ted Keals
Patra Kelly
Mali
Bessemer HeraWi
Saij
Bessemer Township
Ramsay
Bessemer
Gogebic County
Michigan
Bank Robbery Trends Report From 1935 Period
James J. Baum of the American Bankers Association reports during six months ending February 28 1935 banks faced 159 daylight holdups and 49 night burglaries. Nonmember banks suffered higher attack rates with 51 percent of robberies. Losses dropped to 94355 from 257000 a year earlier due to time lock and other protections. Despite fewer losses, two bank employees and a bystander were killed and 82 people were wounded or arrested. The association tallied 36 forgers, 2 bandits and one burglar among 141 bank trainers noted as apprehended.
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James J. Baum
American Bankers Association Protective Department
Flo
Association
Band Of Gypsies Kept On The Move Across Regions
A traveling band of Romani performances moved through several counties and towns last week. Authorities in Iron country ordered them to relocate to avoid disruption. They sought a camp near OUdanah and faced further requests to depart from Ashland county. Later reports place them in Superior awaiting approval to establish a temporary camp.
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Northern
Rerumsia
Iron Country
Oudanah
Ashland
Werid
Superior
Hurja Bet Plans for 1936 Dem Chairman Post
Emil Hurja, longtime aide to James A. Farley, declines forecasts about succeeding Farley as Democratic National Committee chairman if he resigns in 1936. Hurja's role in campaign tracking and forecasts for congressional seats under Farley is noted, along with his past work at the Reconstruction Finance Corp and Interior Department.
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Emil Hurja
Democratic National Committee
Washington Star
Hurja
James A. Farley
Farley
Democratic National
Michigan
Alaska
Wall Street
National Party
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Interior Department
Ickes
Pennsylvania
Clean up to make Bessemer a spotless town
Civic booster plea urges residents to clean streets yards and homes. Authors call policing basements and attics burn refuse and waste paper and add paint to improve curb appeal. The push aims to make the city speak favorably of its cleanliness and become known as Spotless Town.
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Bessemer
Everstudy
Bayfield Center Seen as Berry Growth Area in Wis.
Agricultural agent B A Heath reports Bayfield County Wisconsin has strong late berry potential with 68 000 cases of strawberries and 13 000 cases of red raspberries shipped last year. He notes rail shipments to New York Kansas City and Omaha and urges cooperative local units with central agency to expand production and grading. Heath cites Wisconsin growers earning averages around 1 77 per 16 quart case with fresh demand from southern markets.
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B. A. Heath
South Shore Railway
Marquette
Bayfield County
Wisconsin
Bayfield
Mr. Heath
Lake Superior
Upper Peninsula
Bayfeld
Preifie Northwest
Miro Heath
New York
Kansas City
Omaha
Plale
School Census Taken Locally Under Act
Governor Fitzgerald signs a new act affecting school census methods in districts under 1,000 population. Boards of education will census during the last twenty days of May using prior procedures, with the act not applying to counties over 250,000. Census materials have been distributed to county commissioners and child accounting officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank D. Fitzgerald
Boards of Education
Michigan notes on loans taxes and employment offices
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation approves a 1 098 000 loan to Continental Motors in Muskegon as city county and school officials cut 100 000 in taxes to help the firm qualify. At Ann Arbor the University of Michigan will place forestry students with CCC programs this summer. Detroit faces closure of the state employment office due to a lack of appropriations with nine more offices expected to close within a week including Escanaba Bay City Jackson Kalamazoo Grand Stair?
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Muskegon
Continental Motors Corporation
Reconstruction — Finance Corporation
Continental
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
CCC
Samuel To Dana
University School of Forestry and Conservation
Forestry
Washington
Detroit
Escanaba
Bay City
Jackson
Tlauising
Kalama Bartreek
Beet workers sought as army grows for Michigan fields
Officials say only a few hundred more workers are needed to complete the army tasked with farming this year. The department notes the focus on Mexican labor and that recruiters seek trained beet workers nationwide. New Buffalo opens a state highway bureau office at Us 12 and M60 near the Indiana line with Wi Freberg in charge. A Michigan neon sign from the Century of Progress will be moved to the new building, which will operate year round.
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Peuscre
Econteses
Isabella Staav
Cs al Deres
Werner Re
Beatin
United States
Michigan
New Butalo
Chicago
Indiana State Line
Wi. Freberg
New Buffalo
Plane From Newfoundland Reaches Azores in History Note
May IV entry records a U S navy plane NO 1 flying from Newfoundland to the Azores, a noted during the May in historical accounts.
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U.S. Navy
Newfoundland
Azores
Loy
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National Bankers Association
Band of Gypsies
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