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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1934
Page
2
A Christmas editorial on Christian ideals and the season’s peace contrasts with a critique of illegal numbers gambling. The piece condemns gangland profits, links crime to tax-money loss, and urges a moral revival led by Galilean mercy. It cites public figures and quotes Herbert Carroll Cooley.
Michigan officials warn hunters that disease claims are overblown as they push licenses. The piece cites uniform laws proposals, praises two conservation leaders, and reports a sharp drop in rabbit numbers amid severe winter and disease speculation, with deer and furbearer losses also noted.
Governor-elect Fitzgerald says Michigan needs strict liquor control and enforcement. He compares beer gardens to old saloons, condemns minors access and lack of closing restrictions, and urges immediate, serious reform before conditions worsen.
Pay the Bonus Now. Bonus payments were promised for 1945. We have been unable to see why payment should be demanded before the due date. We believe pogcons would be a burden the United States treasury could hardly bear. If conditions were normal we would still feel the same. But conditions are far from normal. Many ex-service men are unable to meet needs.
A year after Michigan repealed liquor laws, officials note fewer traditional bootleggers but ongoing blind pig activity and rising liquor court convictions. Tax revenues exceed plans with state and federal gains totaling over 6.5 million. Police report 23,813 drunkenness arrests, driving while intoxicated up 157 percent, and a shifting public attitude toward enforcement.
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