Wakefield City Commission Minutes June 10 1936 Meeting
Regular meeting of Wakefield Michigan City Commission held June 10 1936 at City Hall with Mayor Cleon and Commissioners Kuivinen Bedell Colberg present. Bills approved and reports filed including water analysis and May Municipal Court costs. Building permits granted subject to engineer and fire chief. Picnic requests by St Mary's Club and Finnish American Club approved.
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Wakefield
Michigan
Cleon
Kuivinen
Bedell
Colberg
Gilbert
Eddy Park
St. Mary’s Club
Wakefield Fire Department
Department of Accounts and Finance
Aindleckalaal
Board of County Road Commissioners
Court House
City of
Bessemer
Cst
George W. Koronski
Tugwell's Waste Goes On and On
Washington reports that the District of Columbia appeals court found the presidents transfer of relief funds to Rexford Tugwell and the resettlement administration unconstitutional. Taxpayers’ money spent since 1935 totals $278 million with large administrative costs and underutilized projects. Payroll and land purchases surged while few houses were completed and many projects failed or were abandoned.
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Washington
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Tugwell
Minnesota
Payrollers Write Book Ickes Royalties Controversy
A 1935-36 article accuses Harold L. Ickes and PWA press agents of using federal payrolls to draft Back to Work with Michael Ross and others named, claiming royalties went to Ickes. Separate public notices invite bids for road equipment in Bessemer, with dates and items listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ickes
Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
PWA
Clark Foreman
Rosenwald Foundation
Michael Ross
England
America
Ross
Jonathan Latimer
K. Sewell Wingfield
Power Division
Michael Straus
David Wolfsohn
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City Commission
Cloon
Michela Company
John Ahola
P. J. Delmet
State Board of Tax Administration
Mark Roberts
Brotherton
John Kuivinen
Putnam Street
William Roberts
Construction Chicken Coop
George J. Hrbacek
Hrbacek
Joseph H. Rowell
Peters
Board of Review
William Jacobson
City OF Wakefield
Department OF Public Affairs
D. U. P. Development Bureau
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