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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1944
Page
2
Mail matter of the second class in the post office at Wakefield Michigan under the Act of Congress March 3 1870 factual notice of categorization and regulatory filing for postal classifications in line with federal statute.
W A Markland argues Gov Kelly should appoint a capable chairman to direct the Michigan Liquor Control Commission. He critiques Edmonson as lacking leadership and calls for improved public information, governance, and accountability while noting honest administration under Kelly and past concerns over stock purchases.
This column lists fallen service members and mourners in Ironwood and surrounding towns. Delicate wartime notices include S-Sgt. Jack G Allen and Pfc. James H Lindberg reported wounded or missing, Pvt. Marvin Gamache killed on Leyte, Lt Jack Secor a German prisoner of war, and Lt Warren Canfield killed in Italy. Obituaries note Matt Ulasich Sr, Otto F Peterson, and Mary Petrusha among others, with funeral and successor details.
Unseasonably mild weather and lack of snow reduce deer tracking and hunting pressure in Michigan during the 1944 season. Officials had forecast record license sales, hoping to surpass 66,169 licenses and a 227,000 sale goal from 1911, but early checks point to a smaller deer kill and fewer hunters than last year, with final counts pending next year after season checkups.
Allegan county opens its antlerless deer season on December 1 for county farmers and 300 drawn hunters. Only three of the 300 who missed buck hunting in the regular season may hunt. The bow and arrow season ended November 30 with 12 deer on November 27, eight fewer than 1943, and Fred Bear of Detroit took the heaviest bow deer a 174 pound dressed buck.
Geologists will extend their search for new iron ore deposits at the west end of the Marquette range near Lake Michigan in Marquette County. A Michigan College of Mining and Technology field party, with the geological survey division of the conservation department, reports favorable findings justifying continued exploration through 1946 under A K Snelgrove and Prof. Wyllys Seaman.
In a feature from The American Weekly carried by The Detroit Sunday Times, Dr LeMoyne y A of the Michigan State Police cautions about sensational crime coverage. The piece urges restraint and emphasizes that photographs and sensational detail do not aid justice.
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