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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1932
Page
2
The Wakefield News announces mail matter entry under federal act and lists subscription rates. Editor and Publisher H. L. Trezise oversees operations in Wakefield Michigan.
The column criticizes county spending on the infirmary, calling the institution well run but a costly “hostelry” for inmates. It also reports on Wakefield Rotary activities, a mine visit in an iron district, courteous police conduct, and iron ore shipping updates across Gogebic county towns.
A column by Walter Trumbull recounts New York characters with stories of artistic aims, money woes, and a hopeful Paris plan. It contrasts a debtor father, a spendthrift heiress, and a bank bust among anecdotes about society and culture in the Depression era.
The statement clarifies that the Hoover administration policy on furloughs excludes inmates held in federal custody. It notes that federal prisoners are not covered by the plan and outlines the scope of its applicability.
An editorial presents vast statistics showing rising bank deposits, stock ownership, gold reserves, insurance, households owning homes and appliances, and high per capita wealth. It argues the nation is financially sound with abundant capital, employment, and consumption, urging readers to ignore pessimism and maintain confidence.
A Pathfinder reflection criticizes heated support and opposition to Prohibition, noting how extreme dry and wet advocates distort reason. It cites Heywood Broun's controversial stance in Newark and argues that sane, cool judgments are needed to resolve the issue.
A summary of the Communist platform in New York State outlines demands for full unemployment insurance for all workers, state built housing at cost, free food clothing and school supplies for unemployed families, full civil rights for Black people, immediate full repayment of bank deposits, veterans bonus payments, reallocating military funds to social insurance, soldiers electing officers, and abolition of vagrancy laws and eviction of the needy. The overarching principle is redistribution from those who have to those who do not.
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