Linn County Campaign Spending Reported for 1946 Elections
Linn County Republican and Democratic central committees filed sworn campaign statements showing GOP spending of 3887.10 and receipts 4927.19 with a 1040.09 balance, while Democrats spent 1132.48 with receipts 1319.98. County attorney race dominated the spending, Crissman 210.06 and Novak 357.16, with Crissman winning 14048 to 8101. lists of candidate expenditures follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyal Meek
Republican Party
Linn County
Imogen B. Emery
Republican Central Committee
Democratic Central Committee
John E. Greenlee
Central Committee
G.O.P
William W. Crissman
Crissman
George J. Novak
Novak
Dempsy Jones
Frank Bates
Arthur Axmear
James Smith
H. R. Churchill
George C. Thomas
Frank Krejci
Robert Brosh
C. L. Beeson
Elmer M. Seevell
Otto Hanzlik
Glenn C. Church
T. F. Corbett
H. L. Cerveny
Grace Koppenhaver
Edward R. Ku
Bernard E. Greenwood
Robert L. Olson
Mary M. Goodman
Frank L. Alsup
W. L. Sam Stohl
J. W. Hammill
J. F. Bowers
Pompeii Excavations Show Olives Can Be Preserved Indefinitely
Excavations at Pompeii indicate olives can be kept fresh for a long time by proper brine storage, suggesting ancient preservation methods were effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pompeii
CIO Electrical Union Shapes New Wage Demands
The 300 member national wage scale committee of the CIO United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America met to frame wage demands for 250000 members. They planned to present briefs to General Electric Westinghouse GM and Sylvania to justify about 29 cents an hour, aiming to recover $11.72 weekly real wage loss since January 1 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Motors
Sylvania Electric Company
James J. Matles
Matiles
Matles
Heirs to Fight Ringling Awards in Florida Case
Heirs of Circus King John Ringling plan to appeal a circuit court ruling that gave Florida the estate property and millions in art. Judge W T Harrison kept Ida Ringling North and John North as executors and noted a life income for Mrs North. The dispute centers on the residuum and the distribution between trustees and Ida North and her issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota, Fla
John Ringling
Florida
W. T. Harrison
Ida Ringling North
John North
Ringing Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus
Ringling
Immediate Cut In Excise Taxes Sought in Drive
Washington AP reports a Capitol drive to enact immediate excise tax cuts slated for July 1. Lawmakers argue quick action will prevent harm to fur jewelry luggage and cosmetics businesses and spur consumer savings of about 1.5 billion annually.
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Washington
Capitol
Rep. O'Toole
D-N.y
Gearhart
R-Calif
Ways and
Woodruff
R-Mich
Truman
Knutson
R-Minn
Waga and Means Committee
Apublican
Butter Price Crash Probed as Market Manipulation
The article reports forecasts of wholesale butter prices falling over six months and quotes Harold Fox and Edward Birks predicting declines of around 24 cents. It notes a June surplus driving prices down and a government criminal action accusing the Dairymen's League Cooperative Association of illegal mass buying to fix prices in New York and nine states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Fox
Peter Fox and Sons
Edward Birks
S. S. Borden
Midwest
Birks
New York
Dairymen’s League Cooperative Association, Inc
League
Henry H. Rathbun
Sam H. Oe and McIntire Company President Dies in Ottumwa
Sam H. 40 president of Oe and McIntire Company a Cedar Rapids and Ottumwa wholesale hardware firm died of a heart attack in his Ottumwa home Friday night. He was a grandson of S. H. Harper founder of the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam H
Oe and McIntire Company
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
S. H. Harper
Des Moines Man Given 15-Year Robbery Sentence
Clyde C. Murray, 47, of Des Moines, sentenced to 15 years in state prison after pleading guilty to first degree robbery. The case involved a December 21 attempt at Ruddy Ziehwein’s gas station, where a firearm discharged, drawing in a bystander who helped thwart the robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Clyde C. Murray
Des Moines
Roy M. Hall
McMurray
Ruddy
Ziehwein
Couftte
Jacksen
Ugtil
Good 5-Cent Cigar Not Yet in Sight
New York AP reports smokers face higher prices as the traditional five-cent cigar fades from view in 1947. Industry sources cite similar costs to 1946 across grades, with inventories and scarce low-cost machinery hindering new five-cent products. Sel C. Korn of Fleming Hall Tobacco offers a counter view hoping a quality five-cent cigar arrives by year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sel C. Korn
Fleming Hall Tocco Company
Bandits Arrested After Spokane Bank Robbery Bust
In Spokane Washington two North Dakota youths Bill Watts 23 and Francis Freund 24 from Minot were arrested after robbing a St. John bank of 7200 dollars in cash and travelers checks. A cab driver tipped authorities leading to their capture hours later. The bandits produced a .45 pistol and a Japanese Luger during the holdup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
North Dakota
St. John
Bill Watts
Francis Freund
Minot
N. D
Duo Escape in Stolen Car Leads to Short Pursuit
A pair stole a car in Minot and abducted a cab driver and a laundry truck driver to roam Spokane area roads for six hours. Earl Wilkerson later picked them up in his taxi and transported them to Diamond Wash four miles east of Spokane before police captured them. The suspects carried two suitcases packed with currency and silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minot
Spokane
Earl Wilkerson
Diamand Wash
Soviet footwear production climbs 30 percent after war
Deputy Minister Dimitri Kostenko said in a Moscow broadcast that Soviet footwear output rose by thirty percent in 1946 compared to 1945 despite widespread wartime factory destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dimitri Kostenko
Moscow
Killed in Auto Crash North of Algona
John Besch, 33, West Bend, died Saturday when the car he rode in left the road and overturned into a ditch seven miles north of Algona. Passenger fate not stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
INS
John Besch
West Bend
Here
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