Byers and Hobbie Compete for Iowa Senate Seats
Longtime Linn County legislator Byers has shaped Iowa law since 1928, serving as president pro tempore in 1943 and driving major acts on homestead exemptions and unemployment security. Republican opponent Hobbie, a Cedar Rapids union official, runs on a broad civil rights and labor reform agenda with veteran service and rural programs.
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Pes C. Byers
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Byers
Appointment of Executrix for Edith Welch estate in Linn County
Mary Weich executrix appointed October 25 1944 to administer the estate of Edward A Welch late of Linn County Iowa. Creditors and debtors are required to settle promptly and claims must be filed in the Linn County District Court office. FF Farmer Attorney represents the executrix in this probate matter.
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State of Iowa
Linn
Ottober
Eduara E. Welch
Linn County
Inna Ae
Mary Weich
Soldier Boxer's Path Through War Roles and Labor Ties
Hobbie, a former boxer and general’s acquaintance, served in aviation and welding training at Chanute and Mitchell fields. He later ran a welding shop, worked on farm tractors, moved to Cedar Rapids, and joined CIO union leadership. He married Wilma Keller in 1931 and has a son, Robert Dean. Tomorrow: Linn county state representatives. Muslin derives its name from Mosul.
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Cedar Rapids
Byers
Alden
Grinnell Ollege
Grinnell
College of Law
University of Iowa
Myra Lyon
Iowa City
Hobbie
Chanute Field
Bartoul
Ill
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Washington, D. C
Gen. MacArthur
Elma
Howard County
Iowa
Oliver Farm Equipment Company
Charles City
LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America
CIO
Mississippi River
Paxton, Ill
Wilma G. Keller
Veedersburg
Ind
Robert Dean
Twenty-fourth Street
Linn County
Concrete Materials To Crush Stone on Venezuela Contract
Concrete Materials and Construction, owned by S. P. Moore and H. D. Bellamy, won a contract to open stone quarries and produce crushed stone in Venezuela for dam construction near Caracas. A crushing plant has been sent, with 100 men arriving within 10 days to begin operations under K. C. Gravenhorst who will supervise the one year to 18 month project.
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Venezuela
Concrete Materials and Construction Company
S. P. Moore
H. D. Bellamy
Caracas
Cedar Rapids Company al
Ready
Bellamy
United States
Labouers
K. C. ‘Gravenhorst
Sup
Bellamys Planned Venezuela Trip This Week
Mr and Mrs Bellamy of 359 Pleasant Drive SE will depart for Venezuela this week for a stay of one month to six weeks according to a Cedar Rapids company notice and confirmation.
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Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Bellamy
Pleasant Drive
Venezuela
Army surveys G I experiences overseas
In New Delhi the army released a form for G I s to document overseas experiences. It asks for a written account and includes space for an essay. One response simply stated Yes in answer to the prompt.
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New Delhi
India
G.i.’S
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Frank C. Byers
Charles W. Hobbie
Harles W. Hobbie
State
Hampton
Hampton High
Ohio River
United States Engineers
Coast Artillery
Corregidor
Philippines
Army Air Corps
Democrat
Frank Nye
Yscolds
Ae Ave
Ides Moines
Mason City
ALL America
GAN
Montgomery Ward
Mosul
Army Air Forces
John D. Downer
Roy R. Downer
Fifteenth Street
Fifteenth Air Force
Ernest H. Beverly
Laurinburg
N. C
Downer
Italy
Army
G.I
Dr. Edwards
F. M. Edwards
DR. Edwards ‘Vaettis
Dinette
Dupont Zelon
Hartz Mountain
Stanley Hammer
Felt Weatherstrip
Brett
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