Feds Buy Land In Ottawa Forest Draw Fire In Iron County
Iron County taxpayers assn led by Victor D. Laing accuses the federal government of draining tax rolls by purchasing hundreds of acres for the Ottawa National Forest. They claim $1,126,000 in tax losses from 1931–1936, raise burdens on homeowners, and urge remedial federal and congressional action. Forest official Floyd T. Roberts counters delinquencies and notes that 25 percent of logging revenue goes to the county. land could stay tax delinquent otherwise.
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Tron River
Iron County
Ottawa National Forest
Victor D. Laing
Iron County Taxpayer's Association
Laing
Forest Service
Bates, Iron River
Stambaugh
State of
Michigan
Basswood
Congress
Iron River
Floyd T. Roberts
Iron River District
Roberts
Clare Hendee
Ottawa Forest
This Deer Hunter Wants License 13
A Lansing report notes the deer hunting season is months away but the conservation department has received many requests for low number tags. Most numbers 1 through 20 are claimed by special request, including number 13 assigned to C Hay of Charlotte and number 18 requested by Miss Marian J Weyant of Lansing, who has hunted since age thirteen and turns eighteen this year.
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Lansing
Department of Conservation
C. ‘Hay
Charlotte
Marian J. Weyant
Miss Weyant
Ford in U P Marquette for Birthday Visit
Marquette welcomed Henry Ford and Mrs. Ford as they arrived July 29 aboard a Ford Motor ore freighter and proceeded to the Harop Mountain club for a summer stay north of the city. Ford noted his seventy third birthday on arrival.
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Marquette
Henry Ford
Mrs. Ford
Ford Motor Company
Harop Mountain Club
Ford
Sailor Writes Dear to His Girl in Slow Pace
A sailor answers a friend about his slow handwriting saying she cannot read quickly. The exchange highlights a humorous, light moment between two sailors reflecting on correspondence with a loved one.
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Sailor
Writers Project Head Accepts New Position
Tron Mountain John W Wickstrom of Norway resigns as supervisor of federal writers in WPA district six effective August 1 to return to the U S internal revenue service. He oversaw 20 professional writers for the state edition of the American Guide. J A Marshall of Iron Mountain will supervise district six until a successor is appointed.
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Tron Mountain
John W. Wickstrom
Norway
WPA
U. S. Internal Revenue Service
Martin A. Holland
Wickstrom
Holland
J. A. Marshall
Iron Mountain
WPA employs 13 534 in Upper Peninsula district
At the end of July 13 534 persons were employed by the Works Progress Administration in the sixth WPA district covering 11 counties of the Upper Peninsula. Martin A. Holland, district director, stated.
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Iron Mountain
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Upper Peninsula
Martin A. Holland
Texas Centennial Exposition Powers City of 100000 This Summer
Enough electric power to light a city of 100000 will be used daily this summer at the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas.
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Dallas
Michigan rural safety program copied by almost twenty states
Detroit Michigan state police Lieut. Caeser J Scavarda says rural safety work statewide in Michigan funded by WPA and backed by Michigan Safety League and American Automobile Association has drawn interest from about 20 states. NYA youths collect traffic data in 300 towns.
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Detroit
Michigan
Lieut
Caeser J. Scavarda
Michigan State Police
Scavarda
Bessemer
Chicago Conference of State Motor Vehicle Administrators
WPA
National Youth Administration
Works Progress Administration
State Police
Michigan Safety League
American Automobile Association
State Highway Department
Secretary of State
State Department of Public Education
Pierson
Inaugurate Dill Man as President at Michigan Tech
The 50th anniversary reunion at Michigan College of Mining and Technology culminated with Grover C. Dillman’s inauguration as president. Gov. Fitzgerald welcomed, an honorary engineering degree awarded to Dillman and N. S. Osborne, and a campus celebration with 1,500 attendees followed. Michigan Tech, founded 1836, now offers engineering and science degrees with plans for forestry studies next month. Enrollment stands at 525, campus comprises nine buildings valued at about one million dollars.
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Houghton
Finis
Michigan College of Mining and Technology
Grover C. Dillman
Michigan Highway
Grand Rapids
Fitzgerald
Michigan Tech
N. S. Osborne
Tee
U. S. Bureau of Standards
Michigan Mining School
STOP OPERATIONS AT ROPES MINE IN ISHPEMING
Ishpeming Operations halted at the Ropes mine of the Ishpeming Gold Mining company with no definite resumption date. Water kept out and machinery maintained. United States officers are categorized as line or staff, including doctors, dentists, supply officers, naval constructors, chaplains, and civil engineers.
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Ishpeming
Ishpeming Gold Mining Company
The
United States
Delegates to County Conventions Election Rules and Process
Delegates to the county convention are elected per ward precinct or district as allowed by county party calls. The number is indicated by blank lines on official primary ballots under Delegates to County Conventions. Election inspectors certify the elected delegates to the County Clerk who mails notice to each person and informs party chairpersons. Delegates are not named on ballots unless added by slips or written names. If two or more candidates tie for delegates, the County Canvassers appoint a bar to determine the vote winner before the County Clerk.
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Spring County
Ourty
Board of County Canvassera
Ballot Instructions Separate Party Ballots for Voting
The elector must state the party when requesting a ballot and mark a cross to the left of the chosen candidate. Voters may cast a vote for only one candidate. After preparation the ballot is folded with the inspector's initials visible on the outside below the perforated corner.
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U.S
IRON
Forest Ranger
U. P
Writers Project
Palmer William Byrd
U. S
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Cleveland
Exposition Horticultural Gardens
Harry L. Pierson
East Lansing
NYA
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Indiana
Chicago
National Safety Council
RCA Corporation of
Camden
N. J
Atlantic Seaboard
Inaugurate
Dillman
City OF
Alfred O. Johnson
Sellar Street
Finnish Workers Assn. Bidz
South Moore St
3Rd Ward
Michigan House
Sophie Street
Constantine Guglielmetti
Longrear Street
Old Yale
Old County Road
Congressional
Board of Inspectors of Election
Leo F. Mueller
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