Wakefield News masthead and publication details
The Wakefield News under H. L. Tresise, editor and publisher, is entered as second class mail matter in the Wakefield post office under the 1870 act.
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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1942
Page
2
Public optimism contrasts with long war ahead in 1942 analysis
A wartime briefing notes widespread belief of victory within six months amid optimism and propaganda. It warns the war will extend 18 to 24 months, with production slow in some regions, Axis losses mounting, and calls for sustained homefront effort and all-out production to endure a drawn-out conflict.
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Pield Marshall Goering
Goering
Michigan
Health and Hygiene Tobacco and The Heart
Medical efforts to quantify tobacco's impact on the heart and metabolism. University of Pennsylvania studies show nicotine alters heart action at one fourth the dose needed to prove damage, with smokers showing about 15 percent higher heart rate and 9 percent higher metabolic rate. Effects vary by age, health, and smoking history, with notable differences between confirmed smokers and abstainers. Women in the study showed greater physiological responses.
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University of Pennsylvania
The Liquor Problem first in a series on alcoholism
The Michigan Liquor Control Commission opens a series analyzing alcoholism as a public health issue. The article cites research gaps, notes two percent of drinkers show allergy or instability, and discusses social costs, recidivism, and potential treatment. It surveys jail, relief, and hospital data and previews upcoming topics and expert speakers.
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Michigan Liquor Control Commission
New Hampshire
Floch
Labine
Detroit
O. R. Yoder
Ypsilanti State Hospital
Lansing
Mich
Tobacco use linked to stress and age effects
Studies show higher breathing rate changes and tobacco use rise with nervous tension. The American public’s smoking persists across ages, with some old individuals tolerating brief pipe use while youths should avoid the habit to preserve health and efficiency during emergencies.
Enemies and uniforms spur a wartime mindset, editorials urge action
A column urges forging personal feuds with Germany and Japan to motivate wartime effort. It echoes Sky Marshall up at St Johns on federal uniforms and federal reach, then endorses Elton R. Eaton of Plymouth as a strong Republican senator candidate to back war measures and oppose New Deal objections.
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Jim Hilton
Ionia
Sky Marshall
St. Johns
Mr. Marshall
Marshall
Cassopolis
Michigan
Senator Brown
George Averill
Birmingham
Henry George
Floyd J. Miller
Royal Oak Tribune
Senate
Elton R. Eaton
Plymouth
Delay Millage Election After General School Vote
The school board, reduced to three members, postponed plans for an election on a 15 mill tax increase until after the general school election on Monday July 13. Burns, district attorney, stated all district voters can participate. Also noted were summer pay for Verne Gone and garden prize funds, and resignations of two teachers. Population of school-age children declined from 1,400 in 1941 to 1,356 this year.
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Board of Education
Burns
Verne Gone
Supt
Thomas
Phyllis Plichta
Eleanor Ricks
Miss Plichta
Elkhart Ind
Miss Ricks
Eastern Star Lodge Organizes Saturday
An Eastern Star lodge organizes with ceremonies at the Masonic lodge. The initial 3:00 PM meeting will set officers, start a candidates class, and continue ritual instruction. A dinner at Lake View Inn precedes the evening program, with plans to entertain more than 60 guests. The new lodge includes members from Ironwood, Bessemer, and other areas.
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Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Lodge
Lake View Inn
Ironwood
Bessemer
Oscar Hill Local Farmer Dies After Illness
Oscar Hill, 35, a local farmer, died Friday morning at Grand View hospital after a yearlong illness that worsened Thursday. Born in Finland on September 13, 1886, he immigrated with his parents to Wakefield at age four. Surviving are his mother Minnie Hill, brothers Tolvo and Matt, along with sisters in law Mrs Makela Sr and Mrs Elias Kivi. Funeral services were held Monday at the Finnish Ev. Lutheran church with burial in Lakeview Cemetery.
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Oscar Hill
Grand View
Finland
Wakefield
Thomaston Road
Minnie Hill
Tolvo
Matt
John Makela
Comet
Elias Kivi
Montreal
Wis
Ev. Lutheran
Lakeview Cemetery
Personal note on camp end and Michigan plan
The item notes the close of the camp and states that Saneee Ss ae plans to attend the University of Michigan next year.
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Saneee
University of Michigan
Captain Fred Sutter Leaves Wakefield for New York Mine
Captain Fred Sutter, engineer and mining captain at the Wakefield mine for 13 years, left with his family Thursday for DeGrasse New York to take a similar post with the Nana Iron Ore interests. He was active in local church work and Sunday School administration while in Wakefield. Mrs Sutter aided the Ladies Aid and PTA. Ben Erickson, former Wakefield resident, also moved to New York to work as master mechanic at the Hanna Ore property.
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Fred Sutter
Wakefield Mine
DeGrasse, N. Y
Nana
Sutter
Wico-Plymouth Club
Ladies Aid
PTA Association
Hanna Ore Company
New York
Wakefield
Ben Erickson
Erickson
Appointment for examination of all claims against deceased
At a session of said Court held at the Probate Office in Bessemer on June 10, 1842 the time and place are fixed for the examination and adjustment of all claims and demands against the said deceased. The examination will occur on August 26, 1942 at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
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Bessemer
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