State Police Identify Fifth Columnists in Michigan
Michigan State Police report 9,374 suspected saboteurs catalogued in five months as part of a national defense effort. Commissioner Oscar G. Olander says the division mentees against espionage, sabotage and plant intelligence, cooperating with FBI and military agencies, with 186 meeting places and 115 amateur radio stations enlisted for emergency comms.
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East Lansing
Michigan
Oscar G. Olander
State Trooper
National Defense Protective
Olander
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Naval and
Army Intelligence
United States Bureau of Immigration
Federal Communications Commission
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
United States Navy
State Police
Legion To Register All Service Men
American Legion plans a nationwide registration of all ex service men under its defense program. A. J. Christenson announced at the Peter Gedda post meeting. Questionnaires will be sent to posts, with registration set to begin Saturday February 15 and run one week. The effort records qualifications and availability to serve with no obligation beyond citizenship.
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The
American Legion
A. J. Christenson
Peter Gedda
Legion
National Executive Committee of
United States
American Legion Post
Bessemer
American Legion Club
Funeral Monday for Puritan Lady
Funeral services were held Monday at St Sebastian Catholic Church for Mrs Joseph Rouker 48 of Puritan location Rev C J Swoboda officiated with interment in Bessemer cemetery She died Thursday morning after a long illness Born in Austria she came to the United States in 1910 Lived in Puritan 16 years Survived by husband three sons and two daughters also sisters Mrs Mary Sankof West Allis Wis Mrs Joseph Shafer Los Angeles Mrs Chris Evanoff Thomaston and Mrs Boris Mladenoff Puritan
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St. Sebastian Catholic
Joseph Rouker
Puritan
C. J. Swoboda
Bessemer
Joseph
John
Matthew
Edward Prebish
Cicero, Ill
Charles DeFelice
Detroit
Mary Sankoff
West Allis
Wis
Joseph Shafer
Los Angeles
Calif
Chris Evanoff
Thomaston
Boris Mladenoff
Lincoln Birthday Program At Washington School
Lincoln's birthday observed at Washington school with a program led by Mrs. Mary Guyer. Readers included Willard Leeke Charlotte Hansen Betty Hendrickson Lawrence Mazzari Ruth Peterson Caroline Gedda Louis Gotta. Performances featured Audrey Rossi Carolyn Jarvis Lorraine Gondek Betty Bretall Phyllis Dent Betty Certano. A one act play The North Star offered roles for Lincoln Robert Happ Dr. Allen Lawrence Martin Charles Giles Barlow Rutledge Donald Rice Ann Rutledge Margaret Skwor Mrs. Rutledge Charlene Cebolski Mrs. Tibbs Kathleen Turner Mrs. Morgan Anne Gerovich Mrs. Watkins Betty Certano Jack Armstrong Wilbur Youngquist Armstrong's Gang Marcellino Calabro Kenneth Kuivinen David Brown Henry Takala Eugene Soffietti Anson Moore Calvin Olson.
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Lincoln
Washington School
Mary Guyer
Willard Leeke
Charlotte Hansen
Betty Hendrickson
Lawrence Mazzari
Ruth Peterson
Caroline Gedda
Louis Gotta
Audrey Rossi
Carolyn Jarvis
Lorraine Gondek
Betty Bretall
Phyllis Dent
Betty Certano
Robert McMinn
Frank Stanlake
The
North Star
Robert Happ
Allen
Lawrence Martin
Charles
Giles Barlow
Rutledge
Donald Rice
Ann Rutledge
Margery Skwor
Charleen Cebolski
Henry Takala
Eugene Soffietti
Anson Moore
Calvin Olson
U. To Have School of Public Health
Dr Henry Frieze Vaughan Detroit health commissioner will become professor of public health at the University of Michigan. He will join Dr John Sundwall and others to plan the new School of Public Health and reorganize the curriculum for the 1941 42 academic year.
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Ann Arbor
Henry Frieze Vaughan
Detroit
University of Michigan
Vaughan
John Sundwall
Division of Hygiene and Public Health
School of Public Health
State pledges study to quell hysteria and disloyal acts
A spokesman said the group would investigate all complaints to assure Michigan authorities that thorough inquiries are underway. This effort is framed as preventing hysteria and minimizing disloyal activity by demonstrating careful handling of concerns.
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Michigan
American Legion presses national defense and civilian
The American Legion has long advocated a strong national defense with a two ocean navy robust land forces and a capable air force. Now it notes government steps toward readying defenses and urges continued public support. It calls for civilian defense organization, voluntary veteran registration, and civilian readiness, with registration in Bessemer set for February 15.
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American Legion
Funeral for Martin Child’s Dolores Lee Held Monday
Dolores Lee, three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Martin, died at 3 am Friday at home after one day of illness. Born August 21 1937 in this town, she leaves parents and five siblings Katherine Lawrence Shirley Donald and Dean. Funeral Monday afternoon from Frick funeral home with burial in local cemetery officiated by Rev F E W Eastman.
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Dolores Lee
Lawrence Martin
Katherine
Lawrence
Shirley
Donald
Dean
Frick Funeral
F. E. W. Eastman
Real Estate Deals In Bessemer And Hibbing Additions
Hjalmer Turpeinen and wife transfer lot 10 block 1 West Bessemer to Waine J Helli. Alfred O Johnson and wife sell lot 20 block 2 Hibbing addition to F E W Eastman and wife. John Prucca sells part of SESW S16 T47 R46 to Andrew Rossetto and wife.
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Hjalmer Turpeinen
Waine J. Helli
West Bessemer
Bessemer
Alfred O. Johnson
F. E. W. Eastman
Hibbing
John Prucca
Andrew Rossetto
SESW
Farmers Meeting in Bessemer February 22
Gogebic county farmers plan a meeting at Bessemer city hall at 9 a m on Saturday February 22. Michigan State College soil expert E D Longnecker will discuss soil problems. Frank Semmerling of Bessemer chairs the county soil conservation committee.
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Gogebic County
Bessemer City Hall
E. D. Longnecker
Michigan State College
Frank Semmerling
Bessemer
County Soil Conservation Committee
High School Basketball Scores The Region
Ironwood 36 Bessemer 33. Hurley 30 Ashland 28. DePadua 25 Wakefield 17. Bergland 25 St Ambrose 24. Ashland 40 Wakefield 32. Junior High Roosevelt 25 Bessemer 14. Ramsay 20 Anvil 16.
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High School
Ironwood
Bessemer
Hurley
Ashland
DePadua
Wakefield
Bergland
St. Ambrose
Junior High
Roosevelt
Ramsay
Anvil
Infant Born to Fesnick and Parents
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Fesnick. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Korhonen on February 6.
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John Fesnick
John Korhonen
Births And Deaths In Gogebie County 1949 Reported
County Clerk Rudolph A. Anderson reports 604 births and 326 deaths in Gogebie county during 1949. Large figures in Bessemer township reflect Grand View hospital and county infirmary locations.
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Rudolph A. Anderson
Gogebie County
Cobmater
Bessemer Township
Grand View Hospital
E D McNeil 69 Dies on Mesaba in Virginia Minn
Emerson Duncan McNeil longtime Corning McKinney Steel general superintendent dies after long illness in Virginia Minn at 69 Born Feb 25 1871 in Fort Edward NY he spent his entire mining career with one firm joining in 1890 retired 1931 and lived on the Mesaba range Survived by wife and five children brothers and sisters Funeral services were held Feb 3 at the Masonic temple Virginia burial there Rites attended by mining men from all ranges.
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Emerson Duncan McNeil
Corrigan-McKinney Steel Company
Virginia
Minn
McNeil
Corrigan-McKinney
Lake Superior District
Ironton
Bessemer
Fort Edward
N. Y
Emerson Jr
C. L. Kimball
San Gabriel
Calif
A. Reil
Madison
Wis
Robert H. Croft
Denver
James McNeil
Salt Lake City
Howard McNeil
Chicago
E. R. Cahoon
Detroit
Jean McNeil
Masonic Temple
Bessemer Briefs Tie to Local Meetings and Death
Bessem er briefs note a county Republican convention set for Tuesday at 4 PM to elect fourteen delegates for the state meeting in Grand Rapids on Feb. 28. Funeral services were held for Andrew Johnson 71 at Frick funeral home with burial in the local cemetery. he died Feb. 3 at the county infirmary. Gogebic Mass College honors list includes Robert Allen Frances Dahl Oswald Kutta William McKie William Niemuth Earl Piper John Puro John Ryan Victor Schmidt and Robert Weiss all with B averages except Niemuth with all A's. Probate Judge M F Nolan will chair a luncheon Saturday noon in Houghton at the Upper Peninsula highway conference. William S Baird spoke to the Wakefield V PTA on democracy for children.
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Court House
Grand Rapids
Andrew Johnson
Frick Funeral Home
Johnson
Marenisco
Gogebic Mass College
Robert Allen
Frances Dahl
Oswald Kutta
William McKie
William Niemuth
Earl Piper
John Puro
John Ryan
Victor Schmidt
Robert Weiss
Niemuth
M. FE. Nolan
Houghton
County Receives 1232 U S Check From Federal Agency
Gogebic county officials received a check for 1232.84 dollars last weekend from the farm security administration of the United States department of agriculture. The payment covers services rendered by the county at the Ironwood Homesteads, a government project not taxed locally, equivalent to local taxes.
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Gogebic
Farm Securit Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
Ironwood
Dial telephone expansion underway in Bessemer
Michigan Bell announces a major upgrade program totaling more than 80000 dollars to convert local service to dial operation and extend long distance lines. Construction includes a new 4500 dollar central office, 395 poles and 642 miles of aerial cable, and extended trunks linking Ironwood and Wakefield plus mining area exchanges.
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Bessemer
D. E. Ferguson
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Bessemer Exchange
Ferguson
Ironwood
Wakefield
Western Electric Company
Bonnie
Davis Mine
Geneva Mine
Puritan
Ironton
Yale
Tronwood-Wakefield
Bessemer-Wakefield
Palms
Transfers, routes and new school mark Wakefield area notes
Wakefield post Troopers Virgil Faircloth and Arthur Long will transfer to Marquette on February 15, joining Richard Sommers from Marquette to Wakefield. A new mail route from Saxon to Little Girl's Point began Monday with contract carrier James Norton. The St Marys parochial school in Hurley cost 55000 and will be dedicated February 23 and 24. Ironwood’s winter carnival was artistically praised but financially disappointing due to a weak crowd, while WPA work began forestry truck trails in Ottawa National Forest. Carl Tauch of Marquette piloted a plane grounded at Sunday Lake for two days amid the snowstorm. he carried Stanley Eldred on a business trip, plane returning to Marquette Saturday noon.
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Virgil Faircloth
Arthur Long
Wakefield Post
Marquette
Richard Sommers
Wakefield Force
Star
Saxon
Little Girl’s Point
James Norton
St. Mary’s
Hurley
Ironwood
Ottawa National Forest
Carl Tauch
Sunday Lake
Wakefield
Stanley Eldred
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McKinney Steel Head
Bessemer Briefs
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