Michigan Area Blackout Ordered For June 25
Michigan and neighboring counties face a scheduled blackout from 9:15 to 9:55 PM as civilian defense mobilizes. Outdoor lights and signs will be extinguished. areas including Plymouth and Wakefield mines will sound two two minute blasts at 9:43 PM. Police supervise reduced traffic with marked low speed. Victory gardens urged with emphasis on crops like carrots beets and potatoes. One air service veteran received an honorable discharge after being wounded at Pearl Harbor.
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Gogebic
Upper Peninsula
Plymouth
Wakefield
Gribble Leaves for Week Visit with Brother in Ann Arbor
Jack Gribble departed Saturday morning for Ann Arbor to spend a week visiting his brother, James Gribble, with plans to tour the city and share time together.
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Jack Gribble
Ann Arbor
James
Leonard J McManman Removed From Office
Leonard J McManman was removed from the office along with other board members after impeachment proceedings in the state senate. Judge Michael E Nolan probate judge was removed and Rudolph Anderson county clerk resigned following a one man grand jury inquiry led by Judge Dehnke of Gogebic county affairs.
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Michael E. Nolan
Probate
State Senate
Rudolph Anderson
Dehnke
Gogebic
Mrs Sophia Hanson 75 Dies After Illness
Mrs Sofia Hanson 75 died at her home Wednesday morning after a short heart illness. Born in Bohus lan Sweden December 16 1867 she immigrated with husband Emily Hanson and two sons Albert and Hans to this city in 1892. Survived by two sons and three others. Funeral held at view cemetery in family lot with pallbearers Herman Johnson John Oman Charles Windberg John Eliason August Bye Henry Running.
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Sofia Hanson
Albert
Hans
Lutheran Church
Herman Johnson
John Oman
Charles Windberg
John Eliason
August Bye
Henry Running
Finnish Club Elects Reading Clab for Year
The meeting was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Gust Moabahaney. Other officers include vice president Mrs Maki secretary Mrs John Kangas. Mrs Kumpula was the reader at the recent meeting.
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Gust Moabahaney
Maki
John Kangas
John Anderson Dies at 71 From Natural Causes
John Anderson, 71, collapsed Saturday morning two blocks from his Wakefield home. Death attributed to natural causes. He lived alone on the old US 2 highway about two miles east of Wakefield. Remains were taken to Florence, Wisconsin, Monday, for interment at Commonwealth where he formerly lived.
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John Anderson
Anderson
Wakefield
Florence
Wis
Commonwealth
No Tourist Schedule for The Flambeau Train This Summer
The Flambeau resort special, operating between Chicago and Ironwood in summer, will not run this year as Sens Dee refused permission to restore vacation trains during the war.
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Flambeau
Chicago
Ironwood
Eee Cee Sens Dee
Mr and Mrs Claude Cowling Visit James Mc Graw Home
Mr and Mrs Claude Cowling of Stambaugh visited the James Mc Graw home for a social call. The two families exchanged greetings and shared news during the informal visit.
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Claude Cowling of
Stambaugh
James McGraw
Highway Chief Ziegler to Visit Gogehic County
State highway commissioner Charles M. Ziegler will make his first official visit to Gogehic county next year to confer with road commission officials and friends. Announcement came Thursday from Robert A. Burns.
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Charles M. Ziegler
Gogehic County
Road Commission
Robert A. Burns
City Budget Set At 230 129.98 By Commission
The city budget was set at 230 129.98 dollars after the commission adopted the proposed program at Wednesday evening’s meeting. Of this total 129 119.90 will be raised by taxes and 101 010.08 is expected from city services and rentals. The complete budget appears in this issue and details by department show past operation costs and next year’s proposed expenditures. A public meeting is scheduled for June 380 to hear objections before adopting the new fiscal year budget starting July 1.
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Commission
City votes to raise tax rate to two percent valuation
In a City election 293 voters backed the tax increase while 103 opposed, out of 30 g voters from a 1800 plus registration. The measure raises the tax from 15 to 20 per thousand dollars of property valuation, starting with July collection, increasing $5 per thousand.
Judge Robert R. Wright Named Probate Judge in Ironwood
Ironwood figures judge Robert R. Wright, commander of Michigan American Legion, named probate judge by Governor Harry F. Kelly to succeed M. E. Nolan who was impeached by the state senate. Wright, a University of Wisconsin Law School graduate, former Ironwood municipal court judge, and city commissioner, has led Legion affairs statewide and is nearing the end of his term as Michigan Legion head in August.
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Robert R. Wright
Ironwood
Department of Michigan, American Legion
Harry F. Kelly
M. E. Nolan
State Senate
Wright
Law School
University of Wisconsin
Legion
Michigan
Legion to Plan Annual July 4th Program
The American Legion plans a children focused July 4 celebration to be held Monday July 5 with John Lane named general chairman. He will present an entertainment program for legion members to approve at a meeting next week. Efforts aim to include service men in training from Camp Norrie in the parade. The military police battalion, formerly at Camp Bonifas near Waters Meet, has moved to Ironwood for training. About 600 to 800 soldiers will be stationed at the post during the war.
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American Legion
John Lane
Legion
Camp Norrie
Camp Bonifas
Watersmeet
Ironwood
MUCC to Lift Falls Dispute at Ionia Convention
MUCC will press Michigan Attorney General Herbert J. Rushton to reopen the Bond Falls water diversion case at its sixth annual convention in Ionia. The dispute concerns Copper District Power Co. of Ontonagon diverting Ontonagon river water, with the conservation commission and MUCC urging a final court settlement after decades of legal and political contention.
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Herbert J. Rushton
Bond Falls
State Conservation Commission
Michigan United Conservation Clubs
Ionia
Copper District Power Co
Ontonagon
Pond Falls
The
Conservation Commission
Raymond Starr
Power Company
Thomas Read
Conservation Department
Rushton
Paroey
Harry Gaines
MUCC
Gaines
Harry Jackson
Red Cross accepts Arthur Stoughton for duty
Arthur Stoughton a World War II veteran and Wakefield High School teacher has been accepted for Red Cross duty. He completed final examinations in St. Louis this week and receives orders to report to Washington DC for assignment in early July.
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Red Cross
Arthur Stoughton
Wakefield High School
St. Louis
Washington, D. C
Salary Boost Denied by City Commission
The city commission, after a four hour meeting, denied a wage increase request from salaried city employees who had formed a CIO union. The vote occurred during budgeting discussions for 1943-44, with debate over funds and millage to support sewer and water improvements on the east side.
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CIO
Finance Department
August Bye
Bye
Roy Johns
Johns
Commissioner Colberg
William Lane
Colberg
Stell Cone
Diana
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Detroit
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