Embargo talk and copper mine notes in Brisbanes column
Arthur Brisbane surveys oil price cuts by Standard Oil and industry fallout under the Sherman act. He highlights Cananea Copper Mine near Douglas, Arizona, its volatile stock history, and Anaconda ownership. The piece also touches on divining rods for deposits, typhus remedies, and a Turkey beauty contest, closing with a 1941 King Features Syndicate copyright notice.
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Venezuela
Britain
Cananea
Douglas
Ariz
Anaconda Copper, Company
Turkey
King Featurea Syndicate, Inc
Getting Home HEN From Florida to Ironwood After Trip
The narrator recalls a Florida visit and the joy of returning to Ironwood after a lengthy journey spanning seven states and Cuba. They note national business gloom, highlight Dalton Georgia as a prohibition beneficiary due to jail factory work, recount Civil War history, and detail a 2035 mile return via Wisconsin with stops in Valdosta Dalton Elizabeth ton Kankakee Green Bay and plans to reach Ironwood by late April.
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Florida
Times
Ironwood
Old Town
Cuba
Lake Worth
Georgia
Dalton
States
Joseph E. Johnston
Sherman
Atlanta
General Johnston
General Johnson
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Marinette and
Menominee
Iron Mountain
Valdosta
Elizabethton
Kentucky
Kankakee
Illinois
Oconto
Wis
D. E. Sutherland
Re-registration plan debated to curb incompetent Detroit drivers
Detroit area study of 100 traffic offenders before Judge Cotter shows many with mental or physical deficits, alcoholism, or lack of insurance. State highway safety conference backs three year re-registration instead of universal re-examination, with Governor Brucker and Secretary Fitzgerald supporting the measure.
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Michigan
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Recorder’s Court
Thomas M. Cotter
East Lansing
House
Brucker
Fitzgerald
Lansing
Michigan Raids Stir Campus Friction and Proposals
The piece critiques Michigan campus raids over alcohol, noting police overreach and a legislative probe into drinking on campus. It argues authorities ignored lawful conduct, while frats faced bans, and calls for a balanced review of prohibition impact on students and civil enforcers. It then discusses An important timber tax measure by Senator Rushton proposing a harvest tax plan to convert timber land into commercial forest reserves with staged taxes, hearings, and potential local fiscal impacts.
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Michigan
Ann Arbor
Up State
Detroit
House of Representatives
House
Legislative Committee
Joe Parkers
Fraternity Brothers
Johnny Walker
University of Michigan
Enator Rushton
Upper Peninsula
The
Conservation Commission
Tax Commission
Senate Conservation Committee
Mining Journal
Michigan retrenchment program won’t cut mental hospitals
Governor Wilber M. Brucker defends a statewide economy and retrenchment plan for Michigan, insisting it will not interfere with the operation of mental hospitals and ongoing progress, with continued discussion airing on Page Hight.
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Wilber M. Brucker
Michigan
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Arthur Brisbane
Los Angeles
Standard Oil of
California
Greenway
Tucson
Wagner
Southern Pacific Railroad
Mr .Weed
Michigan School of Mines
Hotchkill
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
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