Battle Creek Democratic pre primary to endorse all candidates
Gogethic county delegates will go uninstructed to the pre primary convention. About 15 prominent party workers are expected to attend next week. The open policy will endorse all qualified candidates for governor and other offices, including Comstock, Lacy, and Stack, as divisions within the party aim to avert a bitter split and let the primary decide.
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Gogethic County
Democratic Party
Battle Creek
William A. Comstock
Comstock
Arthur J. Lacy
John K. Stack, Jr
United States
State Central Committee
Judge Lacy
Detroit
Keweenaw county relief workers return to duty under one-man setup
Two weeks after abandoning the old relief commission, 800 Keweenaw county welfare staff resumed work Tuesday. William R. Belley was removed as county administrator and the former commission was dissolved. Wilbur H. McNamara of Gogebic county assumes full relief control with a cooperative worker committee aiding the new setup.
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Keweenaw County Welfare Commission
William R. Belley
Odin Potter
Berry
Wilbur H. McNamara
Gogebic
Keweenaw
McNamara
County Fair Financials Set for Escanaba Week
The county fair association plans its annual fair with finances nearing completion. Dates to be set for the week before the Upper Peninsula exhibition at Escanaba, which runs the week of August 2025. Funds from the county tax paid off past indebtedness tied to fairgrounds construction.
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County Fair Association
Upper Peninsula
Escanaba
Counties Receive 13 826 83 Payment From McNitt Refund Installment
The State Highway Commission announced that 58 counties are mailed 50 percent installments totaling 1 047 521 75 in the 1934 McNitt refund program. Early payments go to counties with timely reports by June 7. others face corrections or lack of reports. The act earmarks 3 000 000 this year for township roads within county systems, rising in 1935 to 3 500 000 and 4 000 000 from 1946 onward, with all township roads absorbed by 1936.
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McNitt
Murray D. van Wagoner
Highway Department
Upper Peninsula
Licensing Demand Pressures 1931 Renewal System
The department reports issuing 2,400 motor vehicle operators licenses and 410 chauffeurs licenses daily under the May 1 1931 license law. About 700,000 licenses will expire before January 1, 1935, with renewals urged due to penalties under the financial responsibility act. Many motorists overlook reporting address changes to local police or sheriffs.
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Department of State
Start Paving Today on Wakefield Cheney Farm Route
Concrete was poured today on a three mile highway stretch from Wakefield to Cheney's farm as part of L. W. Brumm of Marquette's contract. With favorable weather the project should finish early in July using new mixers and forms.
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Wakefield
Cheney
L. W. Brumm
Marquette
Wayne attorney to speak at Republican banquet in Ironwood
Wayne county prose cuting attorney Harry S. Toy is a Republican primary candidate who will address county Republicans at a Curry hotel banquet in Ironwood Tuesday evening. Wakefield residents may arrange attendance through Robert A. Burns.
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Wayne
Harry S. Toy
Wayne County
Curry Hotel
Ironwood
Wakefield
Robert A. Burns
Tressel Not To Seek School Board Re-election
Dr H A Tressel announces he will not seek another term as president of the board of education after fifteen years on the board. His retirement aims to foster better cooperation in the district. John Ahola has petitions circulating for nomination, while Louis Moran is mentioned but has not filed petitions. Petition deadline is June 23 with at least 50 electors listed.
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Board of Education
H. A. Tressel
John Ahola
Peoples Cooperative Store Co
Louis Moran
Wakefield Township
Schol
Picnic Boost Effort Formed For Wakefield Event
John Henry Kent Richard Salmela and Y H Hanson head a Wakefield committee to recruit business leaders for a farmers and business men picnic set for June 28 at Little Girls Point Park Lake Superior. The one day gathering includes sports music and speeches with transportation provided. C E Gunderson county agent organizes the program featuring a comedy skit Johnny Johnson nail driving horseshoe contests and a tug of war with teams of farmers and business men.
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John Henry Kent
Richard Salmela
Y. H. Hanson
Wakefield
Little Girls’ Point Park
Lake Superior
C. E. Gunderson
Johnny Johnson
O K Follows Hunch At Plymouth Mine Office
Emil O K Torkko warned visitors to move a car parked near the Plymouth mine office. They complied and soon after a logging truck crashed just beyond the curb. The truck’s two occupants crawled out unharmed, while the mine superintendent faced his usual duties.
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Emil
O. K
Torkko
Plymouth
O.K
Kenneth Duncan
Route US-45 proposed through Upper Peninsula
Richard Menefee of Land O' Lakes Wisconsin writes to upper peninsula groups about extending US-45 into northern Michigan. The plan would reroute via Centralia Illinois past Champaign and Rockford to Wisconsin then through Oshkosh Monico and Eagle River to Watersmeet and onward to Bruces Crossing Rockland Houghton Hancock Lake Linden Hubbell Laurium Calumet Mohawk and Gay terminating at Gay. It would create a federal highway from the western peninsula to the Gulf of Mexico avoiding Chicago with Illinois approving through-route markings to the Kenosha county line. G E Bishop of the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau cautions about definite advantages and potential complications with existing M-45 Kingsford to Barron Mine.
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U. S
U. P
Richard Menefee
Land O’ Lakes
Wisconsin
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Mobile
Alabama
Chicago
Centralia
Ill
Champaign
Rockford
Wisconsin State Line
Oshkosh
Monico
Eagle River
Michigim
Watersmeet
Bruces Crossing
Rockland
Houghton
Hancock
Lake Linden
Hubbell
Laurium
Calumet
Mohawk
Gay
Gulf of Mexico
Hllinois
Kenosha
G. E. Bishop
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau
Marquette
Kingsford
Barron Mine
City Budget Set at 198 247 85 For 1934 35
The city budget for 1934 35 totals 198 247 85 with 139 876 73 to be raised by property tax and the rest from electric water power rentals and other receipts. Planned spending includes street resurfacing sewer and sidewalk projects and new water reservoir construction. A public meeting to approve the budget is set for June 27. A Legion dance on July 3 features Al Burtnett and ten uniformed artists.
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Light and Power Departments
Water Department
The
Wakefield News
Three Die In Car Accidents In County This Week
Three people died in county car crashes this week. Eugene Gustafson and Albert Bassie died from injuries after a Sunday collision on US-2 west of Ramsay. Paul Mars Jr. surrendered to Wakefield police Monday, charged with homicide and leaving the scene. Robert Pavlovich, six, died after being crushed when he fell from a dump truck. The crashes stemmed from a party near Bessemer. Gustafson and Bassie were returning from the party with family in the car, while Mars and companions were returning after the same event.
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Ramsay
Eugene Gustafson
Albert Bassie
Paul Mars, Jr
Wakefield
Emil Haavikko
John Bessie
Mars
Robert
Thomas Pavlovich
Steve
Marenisco Hospital
Bessemer
Gustafson
Ted Johnson
Crystal Falls
Plymouth
Only Three Counties Have Road Contracts
Iron county officials say a state highway maintenance contract has not been issued to the Iron county road commission. The state pays month to month without a formal contract, though about 50000 dollars must be spent this year to keep state highways in Iron county in shape. Crystal Falls district records show Ontonagon Gogebic and Keweenaw have received contracts. Iron Dickinson have not yet been assured agreement.
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State Department
Iron County Road Commission
Herbert Larson
State Highway Department
Crystal Falls
Ontonagon
Gogebic
Keweenaw
Iron
Dickinson
Wakefield Teacher Weds in Ironwood Ceremony
Elizabeth Adams and Ruthven B. Thompson married Monday at the Church of Transfiguration parsonage Ironwood by Rev. G G Curtis. Attendants Myrtle Ross and Mary Iavelli. best man Howard Cosler. Guests at luncheon at Stickley lodge Watersmeet include Novak Ross Iavelli Cosler O'Brien. Newlyweds plan to reside in Minneapolis after a wedding tour.
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Fred Cayia
Manistique High School
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Stannard
Association of Bankers of the
Northfield
Minn
Carleston College
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G. F. Wickes
Des Moines
Iowa
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Wickes
Presque Isle River
Wakefield Rotary Club
Rotary
L. D. Gammans
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Malay States
W. G. Collins
Fred Rogers
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Rebekah
Ringsmuth
Robert Byquist
Alfie Windberg
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John Bugni
Frances Bugni
United States Marine Corps
Parris Island
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Rita James
Martha Kuvirten
Boulder
Colo
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Edward Collins
Russel
Stuart Jacobson
Robert Duncan
Cloquet
Kennedy
Duncan
Joe Miheve
Tri Mu
Northern State Teachers College
Edwin Yrkkola
George Harvey
Mesaba Range
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Hancock Street
Laura Lake
Margaret McGraw
Kalamazoo
Western State Teachers College
Peter Hornibrook
Los Angeles
Cal
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California
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Loyola University
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Fred Stone
U. S. Prezise
Legion
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