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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1932
Page
2
The Wakefield News shows the newspaper’s editorial team and mailing details. Editor and publisher H. L. Trezise is listed, with usual class and mail information for Wakefield Michigan, under federal act dates.
Letters from 1932 Ironwood Globe reveal a clash over using the Ironwood Municipal Band for a Knights of Kaleva event with Gov. Wilber Brucker in August. City Commission split 3 to 2, Wick and Schneider voting no, citing political nature, while critics say the fair benefits from the band and the county’s show window of agricultural growth. The piece questions municipal economy versus political privilege.
North of Gogebie station in Marenisco township and into Ontonagon county lies one of the last great virgin stands in northern Michigan. More than a Timber billion feet of logs will be cut over the next twenty years threatening county wealth. Towers and camps have been built, axe and saw sound in many places, while waste remains where timber has been cut. Local lumberman L. E. Redmond warned that selective cutting could sustain timber long term, but taxes, government inaction, and politics may allow wholesale destruction, changing the landscape forever. State fire towers help locate fires as the forest service works to prevent blazes.
The Lansing State Journal notes editorials from Grand Rapids praising George W. Welsh for his leadership and candidacy for Michigan governor, highlighting tax relief and care for the needy as part of his qualities. It contrasts local opinion with broader wet dry debates and cites AFL guidance to focus on districts rather than party platforms.
The alert reporter, over twenty years younger than the subject, tours a fire tower and praises the work while criticizing the exposed 85 foot ladder and lack of safety guards. He notes visitors climb 90 feet for views and urges immediate safety improvements to protect workers.
In Grand Rapids Herald a cautious note warns that failure to back George Welsh could jeopardize local campaign momentum. The piece analyzes political alignments and the potential impact on ongoing candidacy.
A magician’s setup uses a bent match and a small bottle with a coin balanced on the match. By carefully breaking the match and applying water to cause the ends to bend and release support, the coin slides off and into the bottle. Copyright Will L. Linghorst.
A skeptical view of a disrupted congressional session with proposals for tax and economy measures defeated or weakened. Critics blame loud quack radicalism for stoking instability while prudent leaders urged patience and fiscal restraint. Economic malaise deepens as business slows and unemployment rises.
Mr McFadden of Pennsylvania urged a probe into the Treasury and Federal Reserve, backed by Speaker Garner who feared loss of confidence in the finances. GOP leaders rejected the plan, saying no investigation. The measure was referred to the judiciary committee by a 50 to 25 vote, with partisanship highlighted as Bingham campaigns for reelection.
Senator Borah pressed for inflation to lift prices and the Senate approved the Glass bill by 53 to 18, authorizing about 1 billion dollars in government bond backed money at 3 percent or less. It attaches to the home loan bank plan pushed by the President to save homes by discounting mortgages, with four regional banks and a 125 million dollar Treasury initial capital.
During late session weariness the Connecticut senator urged repeal of the 18th amendment and rapid change to the Volstead act to legalize beer. He aimed to corner dry Democrats by exposing their wet plank. The beer rider was attached to the home loan bank bill, withdrawn when Borah proposed a currency expansion swap, then restored when Borah’s plan faltered.
Critics in the session pressed for its end, more vocal than some leading senators, and when the goal was reached a national sigh of relief rang out.
A look at unsolicited gifts received by President Hoover includes a portrait of the Netherlands’ first minister in the U.S. and Michigan’s Cherry Queen’s annual cherry pie. Pelham D. Glassford opts to take his $8,000 police chief salary over $4,312 retired general pay under new economy rules. Senator Tydings of Maryland, famed bachelor, plans to remain unmarried due to his stance on prohibition repeal.
Publishers and individuals funded full page ads across newspapers to oppose prohibition. Chicago outlets during two conventions ran large ads aimed at influencing delegates, while a noted cartoonist placed similar ads in Washington papers. Wets appear wealthier, spending freely despite hard times, as big-city papers already attack prohibition and seek reader attention.
The President backed quick approval by both houses of a 100000 loan to the Veterans Administration to reimburse “bonus marchers” in the District for rail fare home and 75 cents daily for a week. The move aimed to restrain desertions as thousands of veterans remained, with California insurgents led by Roy Robertson camping on the lawn of the Pathinder.
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