Wakefield News joins ITU union label tradition in Gogebic county
The Wakefield News announces it is the first Gogebic county newspaper to publish the International Typothetae Union label. It outlines recognition negotiations, a 40hour week, paid vacations, overtime pay and a fair wage scale, noting 20 years without wage or hours disputes and a history of strong labor relations. It also highlights the Lake Superior Mine Safety Conference in Duluth, stressing mine safety importance and collective industry interest.
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The
Wakefield News
International Typothetac Union
American Federation of Labor
Gogebic County
ITU
Lake Superior
Duluth
Doctor Leman Named Supervising Principal at Oradell
Dr. Grant Leman, former Wakefield principal from 1925 to 1927, becomes supervising principal of the Oradell New Jersey school system succeeding the late R. A. Merthing. He comes from Bogota where he spent a decade as supervising principal and brings Mrs. Leman, a former college instructor active in Bogota civic groups, and their daughter.
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Grant Leman
Wakefield
Oradell, N. J
R. A. Merthing
Oradell
Leman
Bogota
Dr. Leman
Gladys Neidhold
EB. F
University of Arkansas
New York University
Montclair
N. J
Teachers College
Bergen County
Campfire Girls Association
Rain totals for June in Wakefield hit near eight inches
Nels Simonson, Wakefield's official weather recorder, reports 7.87 inches of rain in the first 27 days of June. Last year during the same period precipitation was 4.17 inches. June highs reached 93 on June 3 and a low of 37 on June 4, when a 52 degree drop occurred alongside 3.31 inches of rain.
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Wakefield
Nels Simonson
Wakefield teachers to receive $50 extra at term end
Wakefield school board adopts a plan to pay teachers an additional $50 with final checks after they complete their contracts next year. The move aims to curb turnover as war pressures lift pay elsewhere, with officials noting similar issues in other districts. The report also notes Wakefield’s Fifth War Loan drive reaching $22,000 of a $66,000 goal, needing $44,000 more before the week ends.
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Wakefield
Wakefield Board of Education
First National Bank
Northwest business leaders attend Duluth chamber dinner
Victor Lepisto, Stanley Tyack, A. L. Stannard of First National Bank, Verne Gone, Harry B. Sutter, Rotary officers, C. A. Jacobson school board president, and Mayor L. G. Wilson joined the annual chamber of commerce dinner in Duluth on Thursday. More than 850 business and professional men from the Northwest heard William L. Batt, vice chairman of the War Production Board, discuss war related economic problems.
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Victor Lepisto
Stanley Tyack
A. L. Stannard
First National Bank
Verne Gone
Harry B. Sutter
Rotary Club
C. A. Jacobson
L. G. Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
Duluth
Northwest
William L. Batt
War Production Board
Wakefield Girls Earn Kellogg Scholarships for MSU study
Ethel and Helen Jolliffe and Virginia Trebilcock, Wakefield graduates, have 12 month Kellogg Foundation scholarships at Michigan State College. Ethel to train at Lansing health lab then Detroit Women's Hospital. Helen to Sparr o Hospital at Lansing then health lab. Trebilcock to Women's Health Lab and other facilities. They must report Saturday. Also notes birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Robert Kroger in Iron River and a leave visit by Captain and Mrs Victor Lepisto and Mrs Bruno Seari with Pvt Seari stationed at Fort Leonard Wood.
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Ethel and
Helen Jolliffe
Virginia Trebilcock
Michigan State College
Wakefield
Kellogg Foundation
Battle Creek
Midh
Ethel Jolliffe
State Board of Health Laboratory
Lansing
Women’s Hospital
Detroit
Sparrow Hospital
State Health Laboratory
Miss Trebilcock
The
Health Laboratory
Michigan State
Robert Kroger
Iron River
Marie Manley withdraws from school board race
Mrs Manley filed a petition for nomination Saturday but withdrew Wednesday. She will not be a candidate for re election at the school district meeting July 10. Candidates for the three vacancies include Arthur Moran and Clarence A C Jacobso Adolph F Cloon Anselm Jarvenpaa. Polls of the election have been held. Authorization for the expenditure of funds for the year is mentioned.
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Manley
Board of Education
Mites Dorothy Hanson In Church Mission Work
Dorothy Hanson is sent to Richmond for Daily Vacation Bible School and visitation work as part of church mission duties. She recently completed her junior year at Gustaphus Adolphus College in Peter, Minnesota, and plans to return to finish her studies in November. Alvin Hanson and son David of Dayton Iowa visit Mr. Hanson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hanson.
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Dorothy Hanson
Richmond
Gustaphus Adolphus College
Peter, Minn
Alvin Hanson
David
Dayton
Iowa
Mr. Hanson
Mrs
Albert Hanson
Italian prisoner of war Carlo Russo held in Washington camp
Mrs. John Hangas of Wakefield learns her brother Carlo Russo, 23, an Italian army prisoner, is confined in a U.S. concentration camp in Washington. The Italy-origin letter, postmarked Florino, reports he was captured and shipped here, with Red Cross and War Department efforts to enable contact or a possible visit.
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John Hangas
Carlo Russo
Raffaele Russo
Wakefield
Washington
Italy
Carlo
War Department
Red Cross
Autere-Johnson Wedding Celebrated At Lutheran Church
Miss Eva Miriam Autere daughter of Rev and Mrs S V Autere married Capt Floyd Robert Johnson Calumet on Friday at First Lutheran church in a ceremony attended by a large gathering. The gowns, attendants, music, and reception followed with a brief honeymoon planned in Copper Country then home in Miami after July 19. Captain Johnson recently returned from 22 months Air Corps service in Europe and will report for reassignment July 19 at Miami base.
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Eva Miriam
S. V. Autere
Floyd Robert Johnson
Calumet
Luthera
Miss Autere
Miriam Minea
Chicago
Hazel Dickens
Wilbert Juntuila
Army Air Corps
Arthur Minea
Alfie Windberg
Richard
William Lusa
Astra Autere
Elsie Spirk
Duluth
Betty Ahola
Autere
Johnson
Copper Country
Miami
Fla
Capt. Johnson
Air Corps
Italy
Sicily
Africa
Michigan Tech
Charlies Johnson
Capt
Junttilla
England
Miami Air Base
Musical College
Sigma Alpha Iota
Wester Ripi
Joliet
Wage Demands Threaten Michigan Iron Mines
Clarence B. Randall of Inland Steel warns War Labor Board that CIO wage demands could force underground mines in the Lake Superior region to close, leaving open pits as the sole producers. He cautions of ghost towns in Cuyuna, Menominee, Vermillion, Gogebic, and Marquette ranges and urges balanced costs to prevent economic strangulation during wartime.
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Iron River
Michigan
Usa-Cio
Clarence B. Randall
Inland Steel Company
Lake Superior
War Labor Board
Randall
Mesabe
Paul Revere
Wisconsin
Minnesota
CIO
Duluth
Cuyuna
Menominee
Vermillion
Gogebol
Marquette Ranges
Mesaba
Mesaba Range
Upper Peninsula
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New Jersey
Marie Manley
Unicores
C. A. Jacobso
Adolph F. Cloon
Anselm Jarvenpaa
American Legion
I. L. Voyer
John Lane
Clarence Jacobson
Geroux Post No. 11
City of Wakefield
Hanna Iron Ore Co
Plymouth Mining Co
Sunday Lake Mining Co
Wakefield Township
Connor Lumber & Land Co
Peoples Cooperative Store
Smith Street
Pierce Street
Sunday Lake Street
E. P. Manley
C. Jacobson
I. Saari
I L. Voyer
Joseph Patyk
John Korpi
William Brennan
Ironwood
Autere-Johnson
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