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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1932
Page
4
A brief Reader column invites signed submissions on daily questions. Writers must include name and address, which may be omitted on request, and space is limited to five hundred words per item.
Rev John E Lockyer forwards a summary of a University of Illinois conference on liquor sponsored by the YMCA and remarks by Colonel Ira L Reeves of the Crusaders. Reeves argues alcohol harms health, private liberty does not justify drinking, and sale requires control, while local option could be tried. He notes the 18th Amendment reduced manufacturing and sales to aid public safety, and acknowledges limits of any system.
Ed White notes Alaska leads in education standards with master degree and five years service for life certificates. Elementary pay averages 1515 dollars, high school 1668, and superintendents 2650, with salaries varying by region. Michigan wages lag and limited training remains common.
Neighbors organized a plowing bee for Albert Madison with help from Chris Webber Frank Chapman Johny Oman Mr Skinner with two teams Nelson Tiedeman and son George Each with a team. Chas Smith died at his parents home after months of illness Sympathy extended to the family. Delbert Fishe Norman Wilde of Ann Arbor visited Albert Madison's family. Fred Cradit of Plint visited Albert Madison Thursday.
Congressman Roy of Woodruff explains the Steagall Bill H R 11362 creating a federal guarantee fund for banks in the Federal Reserve System. The plan uses Treasury and Fed funds to back deposits, aims to deter failures, and allows removal of unsafe officers to protect depositors.
Local notes record numerous visits among Vernon Hill residents including Art Walters and daughter Pat with Carrie Perverse, the Border family with Phyllis, and others visiting relatives in Grant Lansing Mt. Pleasant and Flint. Mentions of illnesses include Kathern Horning and Phyllis Border with hard colds, pneumonia for Mrs. Leichti, and Josie Sites recovering from burns.
Rosebush residents host relatives from Walhalla and St Louis visit kin in town. Bay City hospital patient improving as others visit. Mrs Hamilton dies after Detroit hospital operation. body brought home for Vernon cemetery burial. Barn and granary burn near Allen McShea farm. insured loss about 2300. Various locals ill or traveling to Detroit and Lansing for visits and family matters.
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