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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1931
Page
3
A wide circulation notepage serves the Growing community every Thursday in Myrtle Point Oregon. It highlights local events and notices to residents and visitors alike.
The piece cites Gen. J C Smuts on a future war waged against populations with chemical and biological weapons. It warns that science could destroy mankind, with cities and lands poisoned. It advocates disarmament as the only escape and cautions against defying law for love.
The Mid Pacific Coast Empire in Oregon spans about 60 647 square miles covering the southern half of the state with immense untapped resources. It dwarfs Switzerland in size and hosts vast timber reserves and extensive mineral deposits including copper iron chrome coal cinnabar gold marble limestone granite and carbonic gas.
The text extolls a vast Pacific Northwest region rich in minerals waters and agricultural lands. It argues for self sustaining nation potential, rail access past the Cascade range, deep water harbor at Port Orford, and benefited by sound engineering and planning to develop forests mines factories and soils for local and world markets.
A court order declared Mrs. Ida B. Wood incompetent and officers seized her hotel room treasure totaling about 400000 dollars. She kept cash in old bills and stored valuables such as gowns and jewelry, saying she trusted no banks and wished to care for herself.
In Vinton Iowa a car carrying Johnon Demmel aged 29 his wife 26 and three children Donia 3 Marguerite 2 Hazel Irene 3 months was struck by a Rock Island freight train at a crossing north of town killing all five occupants.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania operations of the Altor Alden Coal company were reassured as more than 22 000 miners returned to their jobs after a pause in activity.
The piece warns that sore throats can hide diphtheria and stresses early antitoxin treatment. It notes high death rates, especially in children, and describes membranes, throat culture signs, and the danger of delays in diagnosis and care. It ends with a jab about Sandino fleeing Nicaragua to lecture in the U.S.
A speech by Chief Justice Hughes honors the American Red Cross on its May observance. He lauds the organization as a united, apolitical relief force, capable of rapid, disciplined action in war and peace, noting its role in over a thousand disasters and ongoing rehabilitation efforts.
Police in Racine Wisconsin fought a mob of about 300 Communists in Monument Square and downtown as officers tried to disperse an unlawful rally. Seven men were arrested and police used night sticks to break up the crowd amid fears of a larger demonstration against Radicals during an election rally.
Roy Toombe former president of the defunct International Life Insurance Co of St Louis must go to Leavenworth penitentiary to await the appeal of a two year sentence. He pleaded nolo contendere to using the mails in a fraud scheme in St Louis. Say you saw It in The Herald.
A collection of cooking and home care tips from 1931 covers meat shaping for large groups, ginger ale salad, cheese dreams, crangmon bread, butterscotch pie, greaseless doughnuts, and hose cleaning. It includes steps for meat mixtures with salt pork, gelatin desserts with ginger ale, and pantry shortcuts like using bacon grease for frying.
In Pittsburgh, 100 workers including 75 blind employees evacuated a five story building of the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind after a basement fire erupted. A guiding police dog led groups to safety as fire crews battled flames, with a second outbreak pressed out by chemicals. no injuries reported.
President Hoover lauded private control of broadcasting as avoiding political and social pitfalls and preserving free speech. In a Detroit meeting address from the White House cabinet room, he recalled his commerce era support for private licensing under supervision and urged industry unity.
Samuel Mather, Cleveland financier and philanthropist, died at his home after a brief illness. He served as director of United States Steel and several banks and firms, led Lakeside Hospital, and held top roles at Western Reserve University and Adelbert College. He gave more than 8 million dollars to charity and is estimated to leave at least 100 million.
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