Servicemen Leonard Johnson Completes Air Gunnery Course
Pvt Leonard P Johnson has graduated from the Army Air Forces flexible gunnery school at Tyndall Field Florida earning silver wings to join a bomber crew. He trained on .30 and 50 caliber guns, mastering ground ranges and aerial simulations. He is the son of Mr and Mrs E L Johnson of River Street and expects furlough home next week before further training.
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Leonard Johnson
Leonard P. Johnson
Army Air Forces
Tyndall Field
Panama City
Fla
Army Air Forces Training Command
America
E. L. Johnson
River Street
Leonard
A Letter to Those in Service December 6 1944
A Wakefield Times wartime letter from December 6 1944 speaks to servicemen on the Western Front and readers at home. It notes shared stars above Michigan and Wakefield, remarks on cold European weather near the Arctic Circle, and hopes for peace and a lasting message of goodwill. The piece reflects on home, seasons, and the Christmas season amid war, urging remembrance and safe return of the troops.
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John A. Mezzano
Luxemburg
England
France
Louisiana
London
Salisbury
Winchester
Normandy
St. Lo
Countan
Paris
Verdun
Wakefield
Earth
Europe
Michigan
Battle Line
Arctic Circle
Holland
Carpenter of Nazareth
Standard
Standard Oil
Wakefield Pharmacy
City Minutes Approved From November 1944 Sessions
Present: Mayor Wilson and Commissioners Mezzano Johns and Lusa. Absent: Commissioner Bedell. On motion of Commissioner Lusa supported by Commissioner Mezzano the minutes of the meetings held November 1 8 and 15 1944 were approved as published.
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Wilson
Mezzano
Johns
Lusa
Bedell
Commis. Johns
Decade-Old Iron Ore Movements Highlight 1931 Season
Look back text notes Lake Superior iron ore shipments for 1831 at 23 467 787 gross tons versus 46 582 952 tons in 1950, calling 1931 the district's smallest output since 1921. It also covers local civic efforts by Rotarians for Boy Scouts site, high school Navigator club support, and various local society items including sports results, deaths, a wedding, and community notices.
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Lake Superior
Rotarians
Boy Scouts of
Navigator Club
Edge of wartime policy slows state bill action
Michigan Mirror notes state legislators limited to wartime matters as action on the bill is delayed, signaling ongoing debate over how far wartime powers extend into state governance and policy decisions.
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Michigan State Farm Bureau
Powell
Michigan
Wisconsin
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Eugene Dietzgen Company
Engineering News Record
General Electric Supply Corp
C. Hansen Lumber Co
Gogebie
Kelly-How-Thomson Co
Layne-Northwest Co
M. A. Mattola
Michela Co
Peters & Hemkes
Frederick Post Co
Prentice-Hall, Inc
Public Management
Nels Simonson
Siirlings’ Mining Review
Snap-On Tools Corp
Standard Ol Co
Traverse City Iron Works
Jamey H. Trebilcock
Wakefield Township
Michigan Department of Conservation
Michigan Department of Health
State Department
Chester A. Rydesel
Standard Service
Bergland High School
Wood
Cardinals
Dagmar Saari
Muskegon
Mich
Nels Teppo, Jr
St. Mary's Church
Marcella Marie Ahnen
Margaret Ahnen
Ramsay
Harry R. Sawaski
Joe Sawaski
Wah Hong Kues
St. Marys
Orientals
Jerome Salo
Brotherton
Ruth Collins
Mabel Collins
Ada Grace Jacobson
Superior State Teachers College
Howard A. Anderson
Julie Benson
Shell Lake
R. B. Wortley
Hiawatha
Iron River
Hanna Iron Ore Company
City Commission
A. W. Colberg
James Ferrando
John Gilbert
Elmer Lausa
Joseph Brozzo
St. Marys Church
Louis Norbert
Verona
Davia V
Municipal Finance Officers’ Association
William Jacobson
Upper Peninsula
Herbert EK. Powell
Ionia
Michigan Mirror
Glass
Air Special
Color Books
Cologne
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