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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1937
Page
4
The Saline Observer outlines pricing for notices with six cents per line for cards of thanks and paid poetry, five cents per line for poetry, and free notices for obituaries and marriages. Entertainment notices with admission charged cost six cents per line. minimum 25 cents.
A historical critique argues that American households pay nine cents daily for electricity while prices fall for utilities yet government ownership expands. It cites TVA costs, post office deficits, and Edison quotes to claim government control is inefficient and shifts losses to taxpayers. It questions whether government power can outpace private provision in cost and reliability.
Statistics show three fourths of child motor vehicle fatalities occur as pedestrians. The piece urges drivers to treat every moment as if a child could dart into the street and to adopt utmost safety to prevent injuries. It emphasizes the right of every child to be free from accidental harm and appeals to parental responsibility.
A runaway girl is brought before Judge Hatfield and the court requires parental reform in treatment after a history of threats and abuse. The girl fled at fourteen to escape desertion and insecurity, seeking a safer life away from her family. The Cassopolis Vigilant publisher remarks on political folly and public anger over Supreme Court packing.
The Red Cross relief network proved decisive during the Ohio Mississippi Valley floods. Offices operated in 328 counties under 8 regional HQs with 146 refugee centers. 1,062,000 people received aid. A 5400 boat rescue fleet and 300 emergency hospitals supplemented by 3600 nurses aided thousands, while 56 years of disaster experience guided national coordination.
The Red Cross provided agricultural rehabilitation to 10,116 farm families after the winter floods. Aid included feed seed livestock tools and machinery totaling over 599000 dollars. They also rescued clothed fed and sheltered rural families and repaired buildings and furnished homes.
William Green of the American Federation of Labor and John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers praise Red Cross aims and purposes and urge unqualified support during its annual Roll Call for members.
A local column lists residents and visitors from Detroit Chicago Toledo and Ann Arbor visiting relatives and friends in various towns. Several engagements include Mrs. Lucetta Martin Mrs. Theodore Renau Miss Jennie Morey and others with families across Michigan and beyond. The piece notes the death of Malcolm Perkins after time with Mrs. O. C. Wheeler.
Carl Schaffer and Miss Minnie Wagner wed on Thursday night. Fred Sayler and wife travel to Jackson for Amelia Sayler’s wedding. Emanuel Paul sells a west town farm to Samuel Buehler of Jackson. Leon Tower hospitalizes after accidental hemorrhage. Davenport family visits Mooreville from Albion with son Cecil. A Miss Lulu Fairbanks school district box social in Lodi clears nearly 23 dollars. York Baptist women plan a chicken pie dinner at Harvey and Mrs. McMichael home tomorrow noon. The Michigan Elm Hoop Co. near the depot, owned by Mr. McClellan, readies to start wheels. Edith Forsythe of Kansas and Nina and Lewis Forsythe of Stony Creek visit Edgar Forsythe’s family. Mrs. Clara Taylor departs for Lapeer then Fenton ministers’ home. Locals scout over the old saloon site for a new building. work to begin soon. George Nissle, D Mandt, Charles Brenion and families attend Mrs. Springer’s surprise birthday at Manchester. Webb Blackmer and others visit A. E. Montonye’s in Mooreville.
Boy Scout patrols compete in intra troop and neighborhood contests to determine the outstanding first aid patrol of the council. Four district winners advance to council finals. Michigan finals occur early spring with Midwest finals in Chicago in March.
Farmer Harvey Allen of Taylorville displays a nine inch long egg with seven inch girth claiming the hen helped boost the season’s bumper crop. Nearby, 27 year old Filipino caretaker Pedro Salvadore was arrested with 15 to 20 bushels of marijuana on the old Ransom farm in Raisin township awaiting federal decision. The Tecumseh Herald notes a provocative world census claim about Chinese babies and Japanese actions.
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