Lin County Voters Give GOP Wide Margins in Tuesday Balloting
In Linn County both parties saw ballots lightly scratched for state office candidates. Unofficial returns show majorities around 1,500 for Republican nominees with Lt. Gov Robert D. Blue leading Democrat Richard B. Mitchell by 1,653. Multiple state offices list Republican wins with margins near 21,000 to 19,000.
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Linn County
Robert D. Blue
Eagle Grove
Richard B. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Mitchell
K. A Evans
Emerson
Oscar E. Johnson
Kanawha
Wayne M Ropes
Onawa
Gene
Byers Holds Senate Seat in Tight Linn County Race
Incumbent Republican Frank C. Byers narrowly defeated Charles W. Hobbie of Cedar Rapids by about 2,238 votes in Linn County unofficial returns. Hobbie drew CIO backing, while Byers had AFL support, with both winning endorsement from the Iowa Federated Legislative Labor Council.
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Charles W. Hobbie
Cedar Rapids
Hobbie
CIO
Political Action Committee
AFL
Byers
Iowa Federated Legislative Labor Council
The
CIO, Railroad
Hobbie Byers Senate Race Sparks AFL Union Clash
In Cedar Rapids a fight between Brotherhoods and United Mine Workers backed Hobbie while the Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor aligned with AFL opposed Byers. The PAC urged unregistered voters to register and mobilize turnout in a high stakes election. Byers, veteran pro tempore, faced Hobbie in his first bid for office. Byers had previously served Linn County in the House since 1928 and won Senate seats in 1932 1936 and 1940.
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Byers
Senate
Sen
House of Representatives
Linn County
Notice of Administrator Appointment for Orrin J Usher
James F. Usher appears as administrator of Orrin Juston Usher's Linn County Iowa estate. Creditors must settle debts immediately and file authenticated claims with the Linn County District Court Clerk by the required time. E A Johnson, attorney, attends the probate filing.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Orrin Juston Usher
James FE Usher
E. A. Johnson
Gillette Returns to Washington After Iowa Campaign
Sen. Guy M. Gillette, who voted by absentee ballot in Cherokee County ten days ago, heads back to Washington. Democratic leader Jake More says the senator and Mrs. Gillette left early Tuesday by car for the capital after more than a month in Iowa campaigning for re election.
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Des Moines
Guy M. Gillette
Cherokee County
Washington
Jake More
Democratic State Central Committee
More
Gillette
Iowa
G O P Owes Apology, ALP Says Ahead of Roosevelt Victory
The American Labor party asserted that the Republican Party and its campaign leaders owe the American people an abject apology for conduct in the campaign. The ALP forecast Roosevelt’s election and criticized Dewey and others involved.
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G.O.P
American Labor Party
New York
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Cedar Rapids Gazette Information Page Summary
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established 1883, publishes daily and Sunday from 600 3rd Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Includes wire reports from Associated Press and United Press International and subscription rates for various editions and periods.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
The
Gazette Company
3Rd Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowan
Iowa
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
Labor party leaders accuse Republicans of baseless actions
The New York county committee of the American Labor party led by Vito Marcantonio and secretary Eugene P. Connolly accuses the Republican party of injecting baseless actions into local politics, signaling a partisan clash over campaign tactics.
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New York
Campaigns Call for Unity to Heal Community Divides
A speech urges passion and prejudice be channeled into shared effort, appealing to decent men and women to erase division left in communities and bolster united campaigning across groups.
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