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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1949
Page
2
Holiday safety message urges slower driving and supervision to reduce the yearly Fourth of July deaths. Advice covers street manners, water safety, fireworks handling, and choosing public displays over personal explosions. Also notes economic concerns and public policy critiques from Washington and editors.
A long column recalls numerous local obituaries marriages births and moves from 1934 to 1939. It notes Pfc Lauri Hendrickson dies in an auto accident near Camp Pendleton Virginia two weddings at Pontiac Michigan and Bessemer area engagements and transfers involving families including Peterson Certano Karecki Corda Thebert and Bennetts with school board election results and plans for a county airport in Gogebic County.
The piece argues Congress and the White House clash over spending and policy, criticizing President Truman and House leadership as weak. It warns that politics overrides statesmanship in Washington during the Cold War era, with the Hoover Commission urging reform to clear the skies.
Bessemer and Bessemer Township prepare for a gala Fourth of July with events at Massie Field and a match between the Steelers and Iron Mountain under new management. Mer chants travel to Marenisco as the School Board invites bids for Massie Field lighting amid holiday visitors.
A North American brief hints unsettled weather with possible snow in one paper. A Virginia paper notes no governor has lived on the salary for years. A light item quotes Johnny the Bear with a joke about debt and peer perceptions.
The Tigers faced the Cleveland Indians Tuesday night with Pat Mullin collecting three hits for Detroit while Mickey Vernon homered and singled to power Cleveland to a win. Doc Mullin, hosting guests, kept on edge as old rivalries resurfaced in the game.
A visitor at the county jail asked an inmate burglar about the greatest danger in his work. The burglar replied that the risk is the woman mistaking him for her husband during a house break in.
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