Bessemer Team Wins Second Over Winegar in Baseball Tilt
Large crowd at Bessemer Athletic Park watches Matager George Mazanec’s squad dominate Winegar 7 to 4. Key moments include two three-base hits by Kiki and Chester, Larry Nelson driving in runs, and a sharp pitching duel between Erickson and Pufall. Nelson collects three of four, Stefanie and Blandt contribute multiple hits, and a crucial ninth-inning double play preserves the win.
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Matager
George Mazanec
Winegar
Bessemer Athletic Park
Chester
Choai- Maré
Stefanie
Bessemer
Witegser Bors
Kiki
Larry Nelson_ Besemer
Fichter
Omain
Wally Erickson
Pufall
Chouinard
Larry Nelson
Kiki Chester
Nelson
Butt
Longhini
Gates
Bjork
StraBic
Ericksom
Erickson
Winecar
Bessemer Bors
Secomd
WiSegar Itfielders
Larry Ne'soe
Loeghini
Chocinar
Lorchini
Om Stefanes
Isto
Chiapanzio
Gordon Erickson
Winegar Some Marser
Wilder
Allery
Elamdt
Pafali
Blandt
L. Nelsom
Joe Cloon
Wakefield
Empire
Abarpore Winegar Archambeau
Nena Wilber
Elandt
Buck
Hoffman
Rtf Chiapazio
Bessemer Kiki
Rtf Chouinard
L. Nelson
Erickkson
Electric Storm Destroys Farm Home Near Puritan
A Friday night electric storm capped a two day heat wave. Lightning hit Gustave Swanberg’s farm home near Puritan around 1 o’clock, igniting a fire that consumed the house and furniture. Mr and Mrs Swanberg and two children escaped with no possessions saved. The fire, aided by a struck radio aerial, burned rapidly. the house was partially insured. The Bessemer fire department faced a jammed access road and smoky streets as heavy rain caused basement floods across Iremweed and downtown. Basements flooded, stock and equipment stored in store cellars were ruined. The Montreal river west branch overflowed for the first time in years. Hurley residents say the river is at its highest in a decade.
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Gustave Swanberg
Puritan
Swanberg
Bessemer
Bamber
Montreal
Hurley
Large Class Receive Confirmation Sunday
The Rt. Rev. Paul Joseph Mussbaum bishop of the Marquette diocese conferred the sacrament of confirmation on about 150 children and adults at St. Sebastian church Sunday morning at the 7:38 service. An equal number of sponsors attended and a large crowd witnessed the exercises with Assisting Bishop Mussbaum joined by Rev. C. P. Cronan and Rev. C. J. Swoboda.
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Paul Joseph Mussbaum
Marquette
St. Sebastian
Mussbaum
C. P. Cronan
St. Mary's Church
Wakefield
C. J. Swoboda
Bessemer High ROTC Earns Excellent Rating
Among 41 schools in the sixth corps area, A D Johnston High School in Bessemer received an excellent ROTC rating. The program, established in 1930, reflects strong leadership and long-standing ROTC presence. A July 12 1931 letter from Sixth Corps Area HQ in Chicago confirms the commendation, conveyed by Capt G A M Atkerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Johnston High
Bessemer
Gerester
Eher
Chicago
G. A M. Atkerson
P. M
A. D. Johnston
Frank Probelski Injured in Black River Road Crash
Frank Probelski was injured days ago when the automobile he rode in overturned on Black River road. An X-ray at Grand View revealed four fractures in the right ribs. He returned home after treatment.
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Frank Probelski
Black River
Grand View
Will Play Wakefield Sunday in Northern League clash
The Northern League finds the team tied for fourth as manager Mazanec eyes Sunday's game with Wakefield. Beessemer, riding a new lineup, defeated Wakefield at the local athletic park weeks ago and expects another win. Other Sunday games: Hurley at Ironwood and Whitegar at Montreal.
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Mazanec
Wakefield
Beessemer
Loeal Athletic Park
Bessmer Fams
Hurley
Ironwood
Witegar
Montreal
Building and repairing in city active in Bessemer
Several building and repair projects are under way in Bessemer. Excavation for the high school addition is underway. The Kuivinen house was sold to Ralph Olson who will move it west to a new foundation. Dr. Kuivinen will occupy the Bayliss home vacated by Capt. Pence and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
E. J. Kuivinen
Charles Berwald
Ralph Olson
Dr. Kuivinen
Bayliss
Capt. Pence
Johnson and
Johnson and Ludsrud. Irronwood Contractors
Trinity Lutheran Church
C. R. Cobb
Olson and
Bergquist
Ironwood Contractors
Donich
Peter Carpenedo
Charles Jezek
North Bessemer School
W. W. Gray
Joseph Pecard
Clarence Otto
Mistaken For Deer Ends in Shooting Near Iron Belt
Arnold Bjork of Iron Belt was shot twice while hunting a deer with two youths, Onni Tervo and Taisto Myllykangas, southeast of Iron Belt. He is in critical condition at Grand View hospital after being hit in the chest near the heart and left arm. The youths are detained in the county jail. Bjork, a World War veteran, was carrying a deer carcass when the pair fired after mistaking motion in the bushes for an animal.
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Arnold Bjork
Iron Belt
Grand View Hospital
Bjork
Onni Tervo
Taisto Myllykangas
Tjork
Waino Kantala 47 Dies in Ironwood Car Crash
Waino Kantala 47 of Ironwood died from injuries after a collision on Colby Hill when his car struck a tree near the First and Last corner. He was taken from wreckage to Grand View hospital where he died. Born in Finland, he came to the United States 12 years ago and ran a boarding house in Ironwood. Surviving: his mother in Finland, brother Adolph of Saxon, sister Mrs Hjalmer Silvonen of Saxon. Funeral at Palace Hall Ironwood this afternoon. burial Riverside Cemetery Ironwood.
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Waino Kantala
Ironwood
Colby Hill
Kantala
Grand View Hospital
Finland
Adolph
Saxon
Hjalmer Silvonen
Palace Hall
Riverside Cemetery
Funeral Services For Mrs Corda
Funeral services for Mrs. Steve Corda, who died Tuesday evening at her home, were held Saturday morning from St. Sebastian church with Rev. C J Woboda officiating. Burial was in Hillrest cemetery. Pall bearers were August Kondzella, Bardick Pucilowski, Joseph Wozniak, Charles Babicky, John Awsciewicz and Louis Savitski.
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Steve Corda
St. Sebastian Church
C. J. Woboda
Hillrest Cemetery
August Kondzella
Bardick Pucilowski
Joseph Wozniak
Charles Babicky
John Awsciewicz
Louis Savitski
Broadcasting Michigan From WMAQ Chicago
Michigan's outdoor summer appeal will be broadcast from station WMAQ Chicago Daily News on Thursday nights June 25 July 2 and 9. Programs run 4:00 to 9:15 p m with Upper Peninsula listeners urged to tune in and invite others.
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Michigan
WMAQ
Chicago Daily News
Upper Peninsula
Local Women Held For Shoplifting In Escanaba
Mrs Grace Bell 25 and her sister in law Miss Ida Bell 20 both of Bessemer were caught shoplifting in Escanaba and sentenced by James S Doherty to five days in jail and a $50 fine each. They took four dresses two beach pajamas and other articles from Escanaba department stores. They were acquitted of a similar charge at the May term of circuit court in Bessemer.
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Grace Bell
Ida Bell
Bessemer
Escanaba
James S. Doherty
William Cox Dies of Heart Ailment in Milwaukee
William Cox 61 died Tuesday night in Milwaukee after a heart ailment. He lived in 3 Bessemer about 20 years ago and was well known to longtime residents. Born May 11, 1869 in Rockland, Michigan, he married Etta Davis of this city and is survived by his widow, five children Esther Ruth Eunice Alford and Leslie of Milwaukee, three brothers Abe Richard and Charles Cox, and two sisters E Morton of Greenland and Mrs. Emily Carpenter of Ironwood.
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Milwaukee
William Cox
Bessemer
Ruth
Eunice
Alford
Leslie
Abe
Richard
Charles Cox
E. Morton
Greenland, Mich
Emily Carpenter
Ironwood
Local residents visit kin during summer and travel home
Miss Mary Stefanic and Miss Mary Mesich return from Marquette and Milwaukee to visit parents during summer vacation. Mrs. Carlson, Mario Re, and Julia Parobek also come home from Milwaukee and Chicago respectively for visits. Families travel to Eveleth, Iron River, Iron Mountain and Duluth for weekends and short stays with relatives and friends.
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Mary Stefanic
State Teachers College
Marquette
Paul Stefanic
Mary Mesich
Milwaukee
Frank Mesich
F. H. Carlson
Mario Re
Peter Re
Julia Parobek
Chicago
Susan Parobek
Steve Fodor
Ruth
Iron River
John Tillner
Albert Tillner
Louis Colla
Iron Mountain
Joseph Zadra
Mayville
Wis
W. A. Knoll
Emil Leonard
C. F. Johnson
Alpha
Mich
Helen Busch
Paul Busch
Frank Mardelli
Joseph Mardelli
Alfred
Julius Rigotti
Howard Hoyvanen
Duluth
Suomi College
Joseph Camani
Norway
Charles Fendo
Lake Gogebic water rights row at county board meeting
Copper District Power Co seeks raise to 54 inches, proposing shore work and cost sharing to satisfy property owners and park lands. Board tabled resolution, debate over condemning rights and negotiations with lake properties continues amid pending circuit court suit.
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County Board of Supervisors
Copper District Power Co
Lake Gogebie
Court House
Judiciary Committee
Frank Milavetz
Lake Gogebic
Brandt
Hild
Kelly
Larson
Niemi
Papin
Patrick
Simonson
Voyce
Wick
Zinn
McNicholas
E. W. Massie
The
County Board
Wise
Laso
Shore Line
Gogebie County
Gogebic County
Foxx's versatile rise to the A's first baseman
Jimmy Foxx began as a third baseman, shifted to catcher, and after four seasons secured the first baseman's job with the Oakland Athletics.
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Jimmy Foxx
A’s
Elsie Forsberg Elected to Phi Epsilon Society
Elsie Forsberg a student at Northern State Teachers College is elected a member of Phi Epsilon an honorary scholastic society. Selection honors scholarship and character and requires substantial work hours with rating based on first term hours. Membership limited to about twelve percent of eligible students.
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Elsie Forsberg
Northern State Teachers College
Phi Epsilan Society
the Normal
Township Unemployed To Register Tomorrow
Bessemer Township will receive the names of all those desiring to register for unemployment tomorrow. August Liikamen will register those in the first precinct at the Ramsay Town Hall, while James Annear will receive those at Puritan in the second precinct of Bessemer Township.
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Bessemer Township
Liikamen
Ramsay Town Hall
James Annear
Puritan
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Anne
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