Ickes Made Enemies Mainly By Supporting His Friends
Harold L Ickes left office with a record of tenure and performance and a boastful chip on his shoulder He defended friends and attacked foes while earning the nickname Honest Harold From his start as newspaperman and lawyer to secretary of the interior his career spanned vast public works programs coal oil and fishery regulation and windfalls of dam projects His sharp tongue drew rivals yet many who worked with him say he stood up for them and he played a central role in Roosevelt era policy and conservation efforts.
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Washington
Harold Leclair Ickes
Ickes
Cabinet
Interior Department
Interior
Roosevelt
Department
Public Works Administration
PWA
Honest Harold
Atlantic
Pacific
Grand Coulee
Down
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell Willkie
Wall Street
Hugh Johnson
NRA
Huey Long
Louisiana
White House
Chicago Coe Alumni Dinner in Chicago at Huyler's
Chicago area Coe college alumni plan a 6:30 p.m. dinner at Huyler's restaurant 308 South Michigan Avenue. John H. Moninger of the American Meat Institute is in charge, with Coe president Byron Hollinshead and board members John W. Miller, Herbert Stamats attending along with Dr. C Ward Macy John A. Fisher and Ruth Moon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
Chicago
Huyler’s
South Michigan Boulevard
John H. Moninger
American Meat Institute of Chicago
Coe
Byron S. Hollinshead
John W. Miller
Herbert Stamats
C. Ward Macy
Division of Social Studies
John A. Fisher
Ruth W. Moon
Greek Student To Speak At St John’s Hellenic Church
Drake University student John Economos who served with Greek guerrillas during the war will speak Sunday at 8 p.m. at St. John the Baptist Hellenic Orthodox church. His mountain village near Sparta was pillaged by Nazis and he was twice sentenced to death by the Gestapo with last-minute reprieves. Economos went to Greece in 1932 with his mother and stepfather, who had lived in Ames, and recently returned to the United States to attend college.
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John Economos
Drake University
St. John the Baptist
Hellenic Orthodox Church
Sparta
Economos
Greece
Ames
United States
Armless Hero of Iwo Will Be Wed
William G. Harrell, 23, Medal of Honor recipient and Marine platoon sergeant who lost both arms at Iwo Jima, will marry Lorena Anderson of Vallejo, Calif., at Mare Island Navy hospital chaplainry. The couple plans a wedding trip and a Texas ranch drive funded by local clubs. Harrell earned the MOH after leading an assault group and fighting to the grenade’s end.
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Mare Island
Calif
INS
William G. Harrell
Iwo Jima
Lorena Anderson
Vallejo
Mare Island Naval Hospital
St. Peter’s Chapel
Leatherneck
Harrell
Texas A. & M
Truman
28Th Marine Regiment
Iwo
Gerald Nye Seeks Return To Senate Seat
Former North Dakota Republican senator Gerald P. Nye announced on Thursday his plan to run again for the U S Senate seat he held for close to two decades before leaving office on January 3 1945.
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Gerald Nye
Senate
Washington
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Troop Arrivals From AP At Five Ports
The Associated Press reports 11 720 returning service personnel aboard 20 vessels are due Thursday at five ports across the country. West coast points receive 10 833 troops on 18 ships, New Orleans expects 886 troops, and the east coast sees a single soldier disembarking at Norfolk. Details list ships from Pearl Harbor Okinawa and Japan with Army Navy Marine contingents and varying counts.
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Associated Press
Gulf Port
New Orleans
Nor-tt
Norfolk
Elijah Kellogg
Leghorn
Florida
Panama
Los Angeles
Magoffin
Pearl Harbor
Briscoe
Okinawa
LST
LSM
San Francisco
Capital Victory
Navy
Oklahoma City
Japan
Marine Swallow
Masaila
Perdida
Army
Indiana
Seattle
Sea Owl
Korea
Executrix Appointed for Alfred C. Meakins Estate
Grace Garden appointed as executrix of the estate of Alfred C Meakins late of Linn County Iowa deceased on February 6 1946 requests all indebted persons to make payment and invites claims against the estate to be filed with the Linn County District Court Iowa via attorney Geo C Gorman.
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Insino
Coun
Alfred C. Meakins
Linn County
Iowa
Van
Former Coe Man Named Braniff Promotions Chief in Dallas
Paul D. Niles a 1935 Coe alumnus and Harvard Business School graduate has been named sales promotion manager for Braniff Airways in Dallas. He previously served as traffic executive and director of research as Braniff reorganizes its traffic department ahead of 56 passenger DC-4 aircraft joining the fleet this spring. Niles is the son in law of John S. Arendts and wife and their son John reside at 4518 Roland Dallas Texas.
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Paul D. Niles
Coe
Harvard University School of Business Administration
Braniff Airways
Dallas
Texas
Niles
Braniff
John S. Arendts
Avenue NE
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Fisheries
Johnson, Long
Mr. Smith
New York
Santa Cout
West
Anya Seton
Second Avenue
St. John’s
Hughes
Second Avenue SE
Grace
Garden
Executrix
Geo
C Gorman
Smulekoff’s
Third Ave
First St. SE
Kroehler
Smalekoff’s
Fase el Rae
Smalekoff
Davenport
Sis
Smulekoff
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