New Commissions Set Pace For Salaries and Extravagance
Governor Wilber M. Brucker trims office costs as the new regime logs careful expenses. O. K. Fijetland notes shifts in payroll, travel, and stationery, with lower overall outlays and tighter accounting compared to 1932. Van Wagoner returns ten percent of his 7500 salary, highlighting ongoing scrutiny of public funds.
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Governor’s Office
van Wagoner
V. J
Lansing
Wilber M. Brucker
Detroit
R. Wayne Newton
William A. Comstock
O. K. Fijetland
Commission of
Supreme Court
Fretland
Meral
Auditor
R. van Wagoner
Gener
Labor Day boxing card features 34 amateur bouts
The American Legion plans a 34 round Labor Day boxing program at Cardinal gymnasium showcasing top regional amateurs. Notable matchups include Nels Karling versus Norlin Reykdahl and Danny Endrizzi versus Tony Marino, with three round preliminaries and county softball title action by Ironwood Hurley and Wakefield in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Committee
Cardinal Gymnasium
American Legion
Nels Karling
Wakefield
Norlin Reykdahl
Ashland
Lennie Ahnen
Ramsay
Tommy Gerris
Park Falls
Benny Dianich
Battling Juddh
Ironwood
Danny Endrizzi
Hurley
Tony Marino
Rhinelander
Chucky Dufrane
Puritan
Benny Lapsanski
Wakefield Matron Dies After Childbirth Tragedy
Mrs. Mike Krznarich, 36, died early Friday at Wakefield General Hospital from infection and shock after childbirth. The baby died hours earlier. she had fallen ill Tuesday. Doctors from Ashland consulted with local physicians, and operations were performed on Wednesday and Thursday. The family of seven children lived near the cemetery. she was born in Austria and had resided in Wakefield for 13 years. Funeral plans were not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Mike Krznarich
Wakefield General Hospital
Sunday Lake ships 70000 tons weekly record set
Sun day Lake mine shipments are projected at about 70 000 tons for the week with two shovels loading daily and boats planned for nearly daily loading next week A larger shovel borrowed from the Plymouth pit will boost daily output The season total near 215 000 tons by Thursday and Wakefield Iron aims to move 80000 tons Coke shipments tied to stockpiles and ongoing yardage removal at Plymouth pit with about 70 workers Anvil mine plans modest tonnage from stockpiles while underground operations await a tentative restart around November 1 or later in Wakefield Duluth visitors Pickands Mercer and Chinn plan remain cautious about timing
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Sunday Lake
Sunday Lake Gee
Plymouth
Coath Wakefield Iron
Pt.lymouth
Anvil
Pickands
Mercer & Ae Ww
Eighty Two Children Examined At Clinic Run By Woman's Club
Eighty two children from infancy to three years were examined at a clinic Thursday led by Dr. Rowe and organized by the Woman's club. About a quarter showed conditions needing immediate attention. all will be followed up and treated. Severe rain and forest fires west of Wakefield hindered operations.
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Ibe Seode Wanely Inoirn Poalitiethine
Northwest
Rowe
Woman’s Club
Elmer Johnson
A. M. Gilbert
Visitors and travelers visit Ironwood area towns
A flurry of regional visitors and residents returning from trips fills Ironwood and nearby towns. Nels Simonson visits Houghton and Hancock while Frank Wojciechowski returns from Chicago and Milwaukee. G. E. Cannon and Bert Smith from Iron River visit the Hanna mine offices in Michigan, and many locals plan trips to Chicago for the Century of Progress.
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Nels Simonson
Houghton
Hancock
Frank Wojciechowski
Chicago
Milwaukee
Napus
Gunnerd Eliason
Detroit
Eliason
Ellen Eliason
William Collins
Combe
Elna Ranta
Elias
Holt
Henry M
L. G. Wilson
W.S. Peters
W. J. Davies
Lash
Henry Ivies
Escanaba
G. E. Cannon
Bert Smith
Hanna
Michigan
Iron River
Robert A. Burns
Iron Mountain
State
Marinette
Wis
R. B. Wortley
Michigan Legion elects Connor Vice Commander at Grand Rapids
Robert Connor of Ironwood was unanimously chosen department vice commander of the American Legion of Michigan at the Grand Rapids convention. He was named a delegate to the national convention in Chicago in October. Resolutions urged Michigan delegates to a form a mechanism in Chicago and to enforce the Veterans Preference Act, with statutes pending on pre discharge wartime veterans from public positions without hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Connor
Ironwood
American Legion of Michigan
Grand Rapids
Chicago
Michigan
Theatre Bid Delays and Labor Changes Hit Wakefield Camp
The Wakefield theatre project delays a bid process for a new truck and equipment. Commissioner John A Kent backs dispute resolution as Mayer Cos. secures a single win on rate payment installments. The NRA backed plan affects about 100 men at Wakefield camps with eight hour shifts starting 7 am and an hourly wage rise of 12 cents.
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John A. Kent
Mayer Cos
Frenco
Theatre Tanceepee
Baie
Wakefield
Robert A. Burns
Gee Alee Seeshee Cate
Ge Nra
Cate Weeeet
Emplo
Kuivinen and Gilbert Chosen Commissioners
George Bullen elected constable for one year. William Kuivinen and John Gilbert elected city commissioners for three year terms. Voters approved no amendments to the city charter. First meeting of new commission set for September 13 to assign departments and determine Wakefield representation on the county board.
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William Kuivinen
John Gilbert
James Mezzano
Axel
George Bullen
Varleyan
Citizens Conservation Camp
Nk Mgs -Losdacs
William Bolen
Ernest E. Carr
Mose Giansanti
Wakefield
Motorcycle Crash Ends Vietta Mars Life
Vietta Mars aged 26 died after a motorcycle collision with a car owned by his sister Miss Grace Kruutari near east Pierce street last Friday evening. The rider traveling east struck the car coming from the west, was thrown onto the car, and died of head injuries before hospital arrival. Passenger Clifford Hessey in the car sustained no injuries. Mars leaves Elmer, Paul, Charlie, and two sisters, including Miss Grace Kruutari. funeral arrangements follow.
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Miss Grace
Vietta Mars
Miss Mars
Clifford Hessey
Sustai
Mara
Elmer
Paul
Charlie
Grace Kruutari
Secret of Main Street Revealed by Ashland Master Builder
An unseen architectural project by Jhich Thomas Ashland, described as the maestro of the craft, was exposed when boards shielding his work on a recent two year effort fell to the sidewalk. The reveal showed a then unseen brickwork in varying gray hues for the front of his latest Wake project.
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Jhich Thomas Ashland
Oeeres
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Child’s Clinic
Jeanne
Della Simonson
Ann Arbor
Troit
Della
Northerners College
Marquette
John Kuivinen
Kenosha
Victor Lepisto, Jr
Russell Jacobson
Savine Caryender
Duluth
Waine Nyman
Agnes Hammer
Lake Linden
Eagle Harbor
Mich
Kenneth
Antioch
Ill
Manual Training Department
al Flickinger
Plickinges
Atlee Sneilaa Ke
Business Men of
Ironwood Globe
Lillian Tanner
Florice
Eau Claire
Wakefield Schools
Europe
Joseph Muth
Jury of Progress
S. E. Olson
Gladys
Minneapolis
R. L. Prout
Kuivinen
Gilbert
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