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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1941
Page
5
The Bessemer Herald announces rates for subscriptions as published annually in the Friday edition. One year costs 2.00, nine months 1.50, six months 1.00, and three months 50 cents, with the paper printed at 109 E. Mary St. in Bessemer Michigan.
Republicans and Democrats in Michigan have held spring conventions and named candidates for the April vote. Key battles loom for highway commissioner and superintendent of public instruction as Gov. Van Wagoner eyes a Democratic seat on the state administrative board. The Upper Peninsula is largely unrepresented, and cross-strait campaigning is anticipated before election day.
Gogebic county conservation committee studies selective logging bills as lawmakers from the district prepare to introduce them in Lansing. The Save the Porcupines Association drafted a bill for Congressman Hook to offer in the House to protect virgin hardwood forests while permitting selective logging.
Upper Peninsula counties and business leaders attended a Marquette defense luncheon sponsored by the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau. H. C. Timberlake of the Federal Reserve and Don Weeks of Traverse City urged rapid assembly of peninsula industrial capacity to win defense contracts, noting a $35 billion program and Michigan firms signing over a billion dollars in defense work.
The piece notes industry gearing up for defense production amid inexperience and early bugs. Officials warn against diverting peace-time output, predicting a temporary halt to new car models next year. A flood of materials is anticipated as the system stabilizes, with no severe price controls yet.
Dr. Warren E. Forsythe of the University of Michigan Health Service counters claims that American young men are inherently softer than their fathers. In Nation's Schools he argues burden of proof lies with accusers and cites evidence of improved health indicators among today’s youth.
New York reports farm cash income from milk reached 1.502 billion dollars in 1940, up 10.87 percent from 1939 and the largest since 1937. Milk, paid monthly as a cash crop, remains the mainstay of farm purchasing power, with 111 billion quarts produced. Milk sales in 136 cities showed a 1.4 percent rise over 1939.
Dr Forsythe notes 1917 18 army reductions due to tuberculosis and underweight improving pneumonia control. He cites risks to youth defense including traffic crashes diabetes and a rise in ringworm, though disqualifications would be brief. The seventh annual smelt jamboree at Escanaba will occur April 17 19 with 65 000 boys and girls enrolled.
George W. Koronski, Gogebic County Road Commission, urges Congressmen to block logging in the Porcupine area and have the Department of Agriculture purchase it as part of Ottawa National Forest. He argues selective logging costs rise short term but preserves timber for national defense, costing 5 to 10 million dollars. March 1.
H H Frailing of Iron River is the new president of the Upper Peninsula Dairy Manufacturers Association. Barry county in Michigan organized in 1839 was named for William T Barry, postmaster general in President Jacksons cabinet.
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