Blue Attains Goal He Set Back in 1924
Des Moines AP Lt Gov Robert D Blue's election as governor fulfills a long held aim from his early political days. The Eagle Grove native and 22 year lawyer, WWI veteran, served Wright county 1924 31 and held key Iowa House roles before becoming lieutenant governor. He and Cathlene Beale of Tama wed 1926. they have two children. Blue runs a 150 acre Eagle Grove area farm and is known for his neat dress. Emerson Evans won lieutenant governor election. a southwest Iowa farmer, he has served in the state senate since 1936 and heads Mills county GOP. He and Elsie Sharp have three children.
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Des Moines
Robert D. Blue
Eagle Grove
Wright County
Blue
Cathlene Beale
Tama
Drake University
Barbara
Donald
Kenneth A. Evans
Emerson
State Senate
Evans
Mills County
Mercersburg
Pennyslvania
University of Illinois
Elsie B. Sharp
Manchester
Robert
Rosalie
Arnold
Monona Soldier Missing in Action Since Oct 21 1944
Pvt Maurey J Englehardt of Monona has been missing in action in Germany since October 21. He entered service March 1944, trained at Camp Roberts and Fort Meade, and had been overseas a month. He has three brothers and three sisters.
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Monona
Maurey J. Englehardt
Germany
War Department
Pvt
Englehardt
Camp Roberts
Calif
Fort Meade
Gerald Englehardt
Rock Rapids
Irving
Moline
Ill
Lyle
Luana
Walter Grams
Glenn Meyer
Postville
Lance Candee
Anamosa
Pasteeth Denture Powder Advert Claim
Do PASTEETH, an improved powder to be sprinkled on upper or lower plates holds false teeth more firmly in place. No gummy taste or feeling. FASTEETH is alkaline non acid. Does not sour. Checks plate odor. Got Pasteeth at any drug store.
Eastern Iowa counties vote results across multiple races
Anamosa and surrounding counties report president, senator, governor, and congressman tallies. Dewey leads in most areas with Blue and Mitchell figures varying by county. local contests include sheriff and auditor races in Anamosa, and several state and county posts across Tama Cedar Fayette and Delaware counties.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Dewey
Roosevelt
U.S
Hickenlooper
Gillette
Blue
Mitchell
Talle
Claassen
Henry Eichorn
George F. Specht
Eichorn
Leonard Norton
Specht
Oscar Story
Toledo
Tama
Miller
Jones
Muirhead
Wieland
Unitect
Independent
Young
Tipton
Cedar County
U. S
Martin
Williams
C. R. Willey
W. W Christian
Fayette County
West
Union
Jacobson
Mullaney
Davis
Clark
Delaware
Manchester
Taile
Vinton
Benton County
Sigourney
the Ste
Keokuk County
LeCompte
Fleck
Cornell
Tremmel
Sha‘franek
James E. White
Howard W. White
Hinshaw
Lucas
Johnson County Iowa City Voting Totals Released
With all but the two largest wards reported, Johnson County shows Roosevelt 6437 and Dewey 4243 for President, Gillette 6428 and Hickenlooper 4059 for U S senator, Williams 5323 and Martin 4785 for Congress.
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Johnson County
Iowa City
Roosevelt
Dewey
U. S
Gillette
Hickenlooper
Williams
Martin
Election Returns by County and Townships Reported
Detailed vote tallies from Benton Keokuk and Buchanan counties show Roosevelt and Dewey leading in multiple districts with exact counts. Monticello and Tipton group notices announce local club meetings and Boy Scouts annual sessions with date and site details for November 1944.
Boy 11 Poses as Wealthy Midget Steals From Des Moines Church
Des Moines police allege an 11 year old boy used a phony persona to steal about 300 dollars from All Saints church on a Sunday. He traveled to Chicago by bus with a roll of bills and was found with 56.59 in his possession when arrested.
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Des Moines
Paul Castelline
Chicago
Castelline
James C. Maher
All Saints Church
Pfc Donald Primmer Reported Killed After MIA Status
Pfc Donald Primmer, 26, artilleryman once listed missing in action in France since Sept 30, is now listed as killed. He enlisted in 1940 and served overseas in Africa, Sicily and Italy. His mother, Mrs Charles Steinbeck, survives.
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Brandon
Donald Primmer
France
Pvt
Primmer
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Charles Steinbeck
Iowa Races: Hickenlooper Blue Evans Lead Slate
In Iowa the Republican slate dominates statewide offices with Bourke Hickenlooper in the Senate and Robert Blue winning the governorship. Other statewide roles list incumbents such as Wayne Ropes and Chet Akers, with party alignment noted. Congressional districts show all Republican holders across eight seats. Supreme Court nominees include Bliss Hale Miller, all marked incumbent.
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Associated Press
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Robert D. Blue
Eagle Grove
K. A. Evans
Emerson
Wayne Ropes
Onawa
Chet B. Akers
Ottumwa
J. M. Grimes
Osceola
Harry D. Linn
Des Moines
John M. Rankin
Keokuk
Carl W. Reed
Cresco
Congress
Thos. E. Martin
Iowa City
Henry O. Talle
Decorah
John W, Gwynne
Waterloo
Karl M. LeCompte
Corydon
Paul Cunningham
James I. Dolliver
Fort Dodge
Ben F. Jensen
Extra
Charles B. Hoeven
Alton
Supreme Court
William L. Bliss
Mason City
Oscar Hale
Wapello
Frederic M. Miller
Des’ Moines
History and Literature Club Opens Sixty Fifth Year
WEST UNION The History and Literature club starts its sixty fifth year Monday with a meeting at the law office of W H Antes. Rev Sterling J Baldwin will discuss Robert E B Lee in a talk to club members.
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West Union
History and Literature Club
W. H Antes
Sterling J. Baldwin
Robert EB. Lee
Wapello Sees It Symposium Shapes Club Plan
A Wapello Community club symposium on Wapello as I See It featured M. R B Field Guy Hardman the Rev R G Nye and H B Hammer. They outlined a program including a public lounge park library nurse free parking youth center housing for out of town workers a 10 to 10:30 Saturday store closing and city tree care.
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Wapello
Third Service Son To Return to U S
Dorchester Alla makee county couple Mr and Mrs Henry Teff learn their son Pvt John L Teff 21 overseas has been ordered home for permanent duty He is the surviving Teff son after Pic Robert P Teff was killed Feb 19 1944 and Pvt Donald Teff drowned Jan 2 1942 in San Francisco Bay Tipton Miss Helen Mitchell named city clerk effective Nov 15 succeeding Kathleen Boling
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Waukon
Henry Teff
Dorchester
Allamakee County
War Department
John L. Teff
United States
Teffs
Pic
Robert P. Teff
Donald Teff
San Francisco
John
Tipton
Helen Mitchell
Kathleen Boling
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Robert Blue
Iowa
Tama County
Marengo
Iown County
Nolen
Mercer
Englebert
Rat
Mom and Pop
George
Standard Service
Standard Oil Company
USA Standard
Standard Oil
Geerernerich
Nolan
Koser
Myers
White
Rate
Pechman
Hunter
Clayton County
Buchanan County
Independence
Frank Reed
Campbell
R. G. Swan, Jr
Ruffcorn
Pelley
Monticello
Boy, II
Pfc
Wards
Montgomery
Ward
Montgomery Ward
China
Oxfords
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