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Voters Eye Truman as Rival Candidates Rise Across MidWest
Milwaukee dispatch notes shifting political winds in the Mississippi Valley as voters consider President Truman, Dewey, and Stassen. Wisconsin's LaFollette secession clash, Minnesota and Nebraska primaries test foreign policy views, and Missouri district residents weigh slating Slaughter against Walsh before August 6 primary.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Milwaukee
Wis
U.P
Mississippi Valley
Cotton
Corn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Corn Belt
Roosevelt
President Truman
Dewey
New York
Stassen
Minnesota
Bricker
Ohio
Taft
Iowa
Hugh Butler
Griswold
Butler
United States
Edward Thye
Farmer
Hendrick Shipstead
Thye
Wisconsin
Robert M. LaFollette
Progressive Party
Thomas P. Coleman
LaFollette
Riv
GOP
Joseph McCarthy
Laurence C. Eklund
Milwaukee) Journal
Eklund
Lester J. Bradshaw
Bob
Phil
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Brother Phil
Phil LaFollette
Missouri
Truman
Roger C. Slaughter
Congress
Slaughter
Jerome Walsh
Walsh
Jackson County
White House
House Rules Committee
Fdr
Duchess County
M. YW
Ham Fish
Fish