Farmlore State Rep Candidates Civic leaders vie for Iowa House seats
George E. Farmer Cedar Rapids attorney 59 seeks his third term after serving in 1943 1945 and the soldiers vote session of 1944 He was born in Sioux Rapids Iowa March 24 1887 educated at Iowa State College and University of Michigan He is an army veteran and former assistant city attorney Knickerbocker Charles J 63 seeks Republican renomination for Linn County seats born Fairfax April 24 1883 he ran a Bel gian horse breeding business and served on Linn County draft and Iowa State Fair boards Ernest Kosek 38 Cedar Rapids investment broker navy veteran seeks first term He was educated at Washington Coe College and University of Iowa He served in the Navy and on the Cedar Rapids board of education He holds multiple civic memberships and directs a bank and fraternal groups
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George E. Farmer
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
House of Representatives
Farmer Wasorn
Sioux Rapids
Iowa State College
University of Michigan
Illinois Central Farmer Railroad
Mason City
Milwaukee
Farmer
Masonic Order
The
American Legion
Peoples Church
Charles J. Knickerbocker
Linncoun
Iowa Ao of Representatives
Knickerbocker
E. Knickerbocker
Linn County
Fairfax
Fairfax High
Iowa State Fair Board
Ernest Kosek
Iowa House of Representatives
Kosek
Washington High School
Coe College
College of Engineering
University of Iowa
Army Air Corps
Masons, Elks, Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis and Country Club
Vlasta Vondracek
Ann Jeanette
Second Street
Fred D. Everett
Rankin
Fulton Countty
Western Normal College
Bushnell
Chicago Kent College of Law
Keokuk
Lee County
Katherine Clere
Iowa Attorney General Race and Backgrounds Noted
Attorney General Rankin, appointed June 17 1940 to fill the Ever ett term, later elected in 1940 and re elected 1942 1944. Mt Ayr attorney Lawrence Weldon Laughlin seeks the nomination for attorney general after a long career in law and public service.
More candidates: Governor and county attorney in race
Page 10 notes next week features campaigns for the governor and the county attorney. The section highlights upcoming contests and key races shaping local politics.
Unopposed Iowa primary candidates listed for nomination
The list shows unopposed candidates by party for the upcoming primary across multiple statewide offices including Governor Frank Miles and several others. Names span Des Moines Dubuque Ottumwa Spirit Lake Manning Manning Lake Mills Centerville Varina and more with both Republican and Democrat entries.
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M. P. Hogan
Dubuque
C. B. Akers
Ottumwa
W. A. Yager
Spirit Lake
Ao E. Smith
Davenpo
Harry D. Linn
Des Moines
F. J. McMahon
Manning
Upton B. Kepford
Henry Decorah and Richard Bernhart Vie for State Rep Nomination
In Cedar Rapids and Cedar areas candidates Henry Taller Decorah and Richard V. Bernhart seek the Democratic nomination for State Representative. Opponents Roe W. Hobbie and William McLaughlin are also listed as potential Democratic nominees.
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Henry
Taller
Decorah
Richard V. Bernhart
Declwein
Roe W. Hobbie
Cedar
Standard Oil (Indiana) Employment and Finances Overview
The document states 36,332 people work for Standard Oil (Indiana) across company departments and subsidiaries. It notes profits and allocations from 1945, including 19.2 cents paid to employees per dollar of net assets, and outlines plans for expansion, research spending of 3.7 million dollars, and new labs near Whit ing Indiana to boost staff to about 420 scientists and 800 assistants and technicians.
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Standard Oil
Indiana
Whiting
What makes the wheels go round in modern business
The passage explains the drive to earn profits for stockholders and employees through energy-packed products, while expanding production in America. It notes benefits to customers, the growth of research labs, and property improvements in communities, aiming to treat customers as they wish to be treated.
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London
Married Women’s Association
Women of
Westminster
Rhys Williams
Edith Summerskill
Parlia
Parlia‘ment
Br. Charity Taylor
Holloway Prison
America
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Blue Lodge
Fairfax Methodist Church
Ross E
William J
Fairbanks
Alaska
R. A. Packard
Clarendon Hills
Ill
John M. Rankin
L. W. Laughlin
Lawrence Weldon Laughlin
Mt. Ayr
Ringgold County
Laughlin
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Loren H
Germany
Geraldine Peff
Grant City
Starr Coal
B.T.U
Fox
Kenwood Fuel CO
J. F. McLaughlin
Biyane
Tom Termohlen
Dows Bldg
Yyager
Yager’s
Swank Jewelry
Wembly
Yager
Leisure Coats
Dad
MY Agier
Frank Miles
Kenneth A. Evans
Emer
Sewell E. Allen
Onawa
Commerce
Isaac Snyder
Centerville
Ray Walsh
Varina
Public Instruction
Jessie M. Parker
Lake Mills
Laura M. Nanes
Congress
Nettan
Natl. Bank
Standard Oil Company
United States
Mr. & Mrs
Mid-America
Standard of Indiana
West
Texas
Gulf Coast
Colorado
Sault Ste. Marie
Kokomo
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