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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1947
Page
6
In a raging storm Barney and Harry Thorpe refuse to leave their cigar store as floodwaters surge the street. A tense confrontation over keys ends with both indoors fighting the door as water floods the street and a dramatic blackout seals the moment.
The Michigan legislature ended a 20 hour weekend session with new taxes totaling about 30 million dollars a year and a record $203.3 million budget. Gov. Sigler announced measures on cigaret and gas taxes, anti strike penalties, labor reform, and a major school appropriation while warning of a future deficit near 10 million.
City of Wakefield budget records from 1917 to 1948 list miscellaneous electric pen related expenditures and total outlays. The document outlines line items and funding priorities across years with brief annotations.
The adjutant general’s office reports a peak of 3,000 applications paid daily four months early. Nearly 60,000 bonuses have been paid to date from 395,000 received, with 162,350 claims paid so far.
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