Long Michigan special session eyed over liquor laws
Detroit lawmakers brace for a long special session opening November 22 debating eight topics. Key fights arise over liquor sales by state or private outlets, taxation for pensions, a 25 million bond issue, school funding from liquor taxes, and financing the public trust commission. Prohibition supporters warn against private profits reviving sales pressure while Donnelly opposes state stores, arguing law cannot reform drinking habits.
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Detroit Times
Public Trust Commission
Regular
Chropractic Board of Registration
A. Picard
Liquor Control Commission
Ion Will
William M. Donnelly
Detroit
Legislative Council
Picard
Legas
Donnellys
United States
Donnelly
Willing Family Compensation Award Sustained
A full board ruling grants the Willing family 7714 weeks of compensation for the death of Matt Willing from a mine injury. The Castile Mining Co appealed. the award provides $18 for 77 weeks plus $200 toward funeral expenses.
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Matt Willing
Department of Labor and Industry
Robert A. Burns
Willing
Castile Mining Company
Wiling
1800 To Handle 1934 Rod Licenses
The Department of Conservation announced that general rod licenses for 1934 will be issued by about 1,800 license agents before January 1. Existing licenses held by nearly 300,000 Michigan residents do not expire until December 1. Under the general rod license law, residents may not fish in any manner without a 50 cent license, and ice fishing and spearing in season are not exempt.
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Department of Conservation
Michigan
Proceedings Published From Annual Board Meeting
The annual meet ing proceedings of the board of supervisors are published in full in this issue. Reports from officers and departments accompany financial statements and budgets proposed for the coming year.
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Board of Supervisors
Junior Woman's Club to Host Thanksgiving Program
The Junior Woman's Club holds its regular meeting Tuesday evening with Mrs. Elmer Lusa in charge of the program and a Thanksgiving entertainment planned. Mrs. Glenn Wooster will be hostess for the evening.
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Elmer Lusa
Glenn Wooster
Liquor control clash stirs party lines in state capitol
Debates over liquor licensing tests the unity of Republicans and the Liquor Control Commission as critics question Picard leadership. Lawmakers argue private sales could fund schools sooner, while prohibitionists push for alternative revenue. Head tax foes rally against enforcing a $2 levy and bond plans face constitutional scrutiny amid calls for funds to sustain public programs.
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Picard
Liquor Control Commission
Frank D. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
William A. Comstock
Public Trust Commission
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Supervisors Call Revisions To Obsolete Laws In UP
Upper Peninsula Supervisors Association met in Escanaba to urge repeal of obsolete statutes and revision of others to fit current conditions. Proposal shifts control of county tax commissions to county boards and argues for reducing mandatory expenditures under the 15 mill tax cap. State lawmakers urged to prune non essentials, with counties reporting steep tax cuts since 1932 and a few increases in others.
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Upper Peninsula Supervisors’ Association
Escanaba
Victor Lemmer
Lemmer
Gogebie
County Tax Commission
Board of Supervisors
Tion
Lawrence Phoenix
Grand Marais
Burt
Phoenix
Hes
Walter Henze
Dickinson County
W. F. Doyle
Peninsula
Luce
Baraga
Chippewa
Deta
Dickinson
Keweenaw
Immanuel Lutheran Church Sunday schedule and meetings
Twenty third Sunday after Trinity on November nineteenth lists Sunday school at 9 30 a m and evening worship at 8 00 a m The pastor will be in Mellen Bd There will be choir rehearsals Thursday and the Baby Ladies Aid meets Thursday afternoon in the church parlors Hostesses Mrs J Kasternak and Mrs Sofie Hanson Y W M S meets Thursday night at Rev and Mrs Byquist home with Mrs Byquist hosting A Thanksgiving program will be presented by Y W M S in church parlors Friday evening A nominal charge will be made for refreshments Public welcome.
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Immanuel Lutheran Church
Mellen
Baby Ladies’ Aid
J. Kasternak
Sofie Hanson
Byquist
Robert E. Byquist
Personal notes and moves in the community
Ray Dupont will visit a week at the home of Mr and Mrs W A James. Alma Ranta left Thursday night for Chicago where she will be employed. Mrs Thomas Wojei and son Chester went to Friday for medical treatment at the Duluth clinic. Elfett returned season, but any contributions may be left in the fire department at city hall. Gordon Seeger, education instructor in the schools last year, spent the friends in the area. He is a student at the largest Penney chain in the upper peninsula.
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Ray Dupont
W. A. James
Alma Ranta
Chicago
Thomas Wojei i
Chester
Duluth
L. G. Eeetae
Elfett
Gordon Seeger
Penney
Upper Peninsula
Christmas Seals Sale Opens Nov 30
A 1933 tuberculosis Christmas seal drive launches on Thanksgiving Day. Proceeds fund tuberculin testing for over 30,000 people and X-ray exams for 5,134 in the past two years, sustaining anti tuberculosis efforts nationwide.
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Douglas Plains
Michigan
Dr. Douglas
Firing Party Named for Color Guard Obsequies
Firing members listed include Earl Sibley Leslie Bedell color bearers Ben Novak and Ben Desonia. Pallbearers named Richard Salmela William Karling Rudolph Cloon Joseph Patyk Arthur Haapoja and William Kuivinen. Firing squad commander John Ozzello led Oscar Benson George Kuiawa John Williams Godfrey Stevenson Vincent Agriesti and Joseph Belling.
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Earl Sibley
Leslie Bedell
Ben Novak
Ben Desonia
Richard Salmela
William Karling
Rudolph Cloon
Joseph Patyk
Arthur Haapoja
William Kuivinen
John Ozzello
Oscar Benson
George Kuiawa
John Williams
Godfrey Stevenson
Vincent Agriesti
Joseph Belling
Automobile tag sale details including veteran marks and numbers
Fifty veteran prefixed V tags from V-23801 to V-23850 indicate owner service. G tags range G-9351 to G-1000 and G-51401 to G-5200. Commercial plates numbered 621501 to 621600. Tags may be bought for old or new cars at last year’s price.
Buy Tickets From Club Members of the Woman's Club
Members of the Woman's club are selling tickets for an upcoming event. Proceeds support community programs and scholarship funds. Limited seating available with contact details for reservations.
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The
Woman's Club
Sunday Lake mine resumes operations on Monday
Mining operations at the Sunday Lake mine were resumed on Monday under the present underground schedule.
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Sunday Lake
Donnelly Abbott Praise Party Record At Ironwood Dinner
Horatio J. Abbott and Joseph M. Donnelly praised Democratic stewardship of state and national affairs at a St James Hotel Ironwood dinner. About 200 attended as Donnelly defended Gov. Comstock and touted progress reducing a state deficit while Abbott highlighted farm prices and economic recovery under national policy.
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Democratic Party
Horatio J. Abbott
Internal Revenue
Democratic National Committee
Joseph M. Donnelly
St. James Hotel
Ironwood
M. E. Nolan
Do Donnelly
United States
Michigan
Iron River
Donnelly
William A. Comstock
Comstock
Donnellyne
Thomas Jefferson
Abbott
National
Upper Peninsula
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