Michigan War Economy and Home Front Mobilization
A 1940 wartime editorial argues Americans must accept limits on civil liberties for victory. It notes home front production, labor shifts, and the need for civilian sacrifice, comparing past mobilization to today and stressing morale as essential to national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Michigan
Germany
Walter Lippmann
England
War Department
War Industries Board
Defense Savings
Murray D.van Wagoner
State Council of Defense
State Department of Labor
State Labor Mediation Board
Mighty Atom on Coney Island Booth Recounts Powers
A columnist praises the Mighty Atom a Coney Island showman who touts an Indian remedy while delivering harsh riffs to the crowd. The piece blends entertainment notes with a public critique of wartime labor issues and efficiency anecdotes from Hollywood and New York gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coney Island
Atom’'s
Wakefield Urges Policy to Safeguard Mine Prospects and Freight Service
Residents urge policy changes to protect ore reserves and long term mine operations, while opposing additional taxes on freight and express delivery. They warn that higher fees could end door to door service and disrupt a valued local system. Wakefield citizens plan to protest at a Lansing hearing next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Lansing
Public Service Commission
City Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Service Club
Bound Over for Court in Copper Theft Case
William Carroll of Wakefield is bound over to circuit court on charges of buying stolen property. He allegedly accepted 1450 pounds of copper flashing from the NYA warehouse at the Ironwood Homesteads after months of scrap dealing and has been released on a $1000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Carroll
Wakefield
Carroll
NYA
Ironwood Homesteads
jCarroll
Gogebic County Legion Auxiliaries Meet At Legion Hall
A Gogebic County Legion Auxiliaries meeting featured a social hour with card games and musical performances by local residents. Prizes were awarded for 500 and contract games. refreshments were served. Leading roadbuilders will attend the Northern Michigan Road Builders association convention in Ironwood with Ben H. Petty as principal speaker. About 19, the June draft contingent, left for Milwaukee after a farewell dinner at the St James Hotel hosted by Ironwood post of the American Legion. Harold Connors gave the address at Hurley High School prior to departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic County
Clara Karas
Vera Babka
Chopin
Leahr
Carl Kleimola
Phyllis Plichta
Garnet Trudgeon
Russell Stilwell
Ironwood
James Gribble
Herman LeClaire
Bessemer
Leonard Peterson
Gogebiec County
Michigan Road Builders Association
Ironwood Memorial Building
Memorial Building
Ben H. Petty
Purdue University
Seave
Camp Fo
Gogeec County
Munday
Milwaukee
Prolp
St. James Hotel
Ironwood Post
America
Harold Connors
Hurley High School
Cross Word Puzzle Preview From A Historic Page
A readable OCR fragment presents a cross word puzzle with across and down clues. Several entries reference cultural terms, places, and common nouns, including Kansas city and Japanese measures, with numerous misspellings and missing letters.
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Roosevelt
Harold J. Tobin
Percy W. Bidwell
Council of ‘Foreign Relations
Madison Square Garden Dance Hall
Monte Proser
Benny Goodman
Charlie Barnet
Larry Clinton
Janet Logan
Janet
Larry Adler
Sam
Alfred Hitchcock
Hollywood
Hitch
Spy
Hogarth Club
aAne
Doz Fe
Marquette
Menominee
Geneva-Davis
Ironton
Newport-Bonnie
Plymouth
Sunday Lake
Ter
State
Gogebic Range
Secrose
Perm
Legion Auxiliaries
Ben Novak
Kansas
Ri—Jaeger Gull
CES
RC Muge
Ular
Clairol
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