Nelma Citizens Fight Fire to Save Town in Wisconsin
Federal wardens ordered withdrawal but seven residents and nine conservation campers stayed to defend Nelma as flames swept the village and nearby Alvin. A water pump arrived from Crandon, firefighters and locals battled for hours, saving buildings while livestock losses mounted and nearby structures burned.
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Iron
Nelma
Little North Woods
Neima
Crandon
Brule
John Rosera
Federal Wardeans
Robert Adams
Nelman
Carl Buchanan
Henry Gibbs
Jake
Paul and Straater Spencer
Henry Peeschner
Ames
Alvin
Five
Scott Lake
Nine Mile
Virgin Lake
Ray Iverson
Three Lakes
Willis May
Forest
Florence
Gardiner Brewer
Phil Hoffman
Charles Otto
Wisconsin
Tipler
Camp Gedda Camp Peter Gedda Closes at Fort Brady
The 1934 Citizens Military Training camp at Fort Brady near 800 was officially closed last Thursday. The furnace of the Newberry Lumber and Chemical Co reopened after a five month shutdown and will operate full time. A proposal to establish an internal revenue stamp office is under consideration.
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Gedda
Peter Gedda
Citizens Military
Fort Brady
Newberry Lumber and Chemical Co
Want Stamp Office
Internal Revenue
Gogebic County Receives 562 Bushels Wheat Allotment
Under the upper peninsula wheat program Gogebic County is allotted 562 bushels for the coming year. The county averaged 64 acres and 1,036 bushels production over five years. Gogebic ranks seventh among peninsula counties. Chippewa Houghton Ontonagon Menominee Mackinac and Delta have larger allotments.
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Upper Peninsula
Gogebic
Peninsula
Chippewa
Houghton
Ontonagon
Menominee
Mackinac
Delta
Gogebic County
Ishpeming Man Takes Prison Job
Elliott Cowpland of Ishpeming is named chief clerk of the Marquette branch prison, stepping into a new prison service role.
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Ishpeming
Elliott Cowpland
Marquette ‘Branch
Cowpland Named New Warden Succeeds Bush
Warden W R Doel of Ishpeming announces the appointment of Mr Cowpland as the new warden succeeding H J Bush the longtime chief clerk who served seven years Bush resided in Ontern agon and was appointed by J P Corigan The new warden is the son of C C Cowpland a Democrat figure in the upper peninsula and a former Hercules Powder employee
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Mr. Cowpland
H. J. Bush
Bush
Onternagon
J. P. Corigan
C. C. Cowpland
Upper Peninsula
Hercules Powder Company
New State Budget Director Named After Dismissal
Governor William A. Comstock dismissed George R. Thompson as state budget director. Burnett J. Abbott, secretary of the administrative board, now holds the duties with no extra pay, and an assistant director position will be filled later. Jack LaFountain, a 24 year disbursing clerk, was fired and Franklin L. Dodge, a former federal prisoner and ex liquor investigator, will review all state vouchers.
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George R. Thompson
William A. Comstock
Burnett J. Abbott
Administrative Board
Jack LaFountain
Auditor General’s Office
Franklin L. Dodge
Atlanta
Georgia
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Marquette
H. C. Peasley
Michigan Western District
Escanaba
Sault Ste. Marie
U. P. Briefs
Ional Recovery Act
America
Chambers of Commerce
Blue Eagle
W. R. Doel
Blueberry Mine
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