Filing Time is Over State Candidates Listed
The race for Iowa offices heats up as about 360 candidates file for June primaries. A long list covers United States Senator, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Secretary of Agriculture, Attorney General, Commerce Commissioner, and Superintendent of Public Instruction, with Republicans and Democrats naming multiple contenders. Notable note: David K. Brown, former newspaperman and ex-state superintendent of printing, failed to file after not obtaining sufficient petition signatures, citing delays from promised supporters.
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Iowa
United States
G. Scott Davies
Des Moines
James I. Dolliver
Fort Dodge
Mark G. Thornburg
Emmetsburg
George A. Wilson
Clyde L. Herring
Ernest J. Seeman
Waterloo
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Earl G. Miller
A. E. Augustine
Oskaloosa
Nelson G. Kraschel
Harlan
Robert D. Blue
Hagle Grove
John R. Irwin
Keokuk
Hugh W. Lundy
Albia
DeVere Watson
Council Bluffs
Howard C. Baldwin
Cascade
Lester S. Gillette
Fostoria
Walter H. Beam
Martensdale
Marie M. Christiansen
John R. Ford
Carlisle
John Olson
Calamus
H. L. Peyton
Logan
Wayne M. Ropes
Onawa
Cole van Gordon
Mary K. Fagan
Casey
Alice Rasmussen McGrath
Sioux City
C. B. Akers
Ottumwa
W. M. Shaw
John H. Palmer
Waukon
W. G. C. Bagley
Mason City
John H. Cruickshank
Walter Arant
Paul P. Zerfass
Algona
David A. Dancer
Lamont
Harry D. Linn
Arthur J. Secor
Keosauqua
M. L. Bowman
Frank M. Murray
Buffalo Center
Ralph L. Powers
John M. Rankin Keokuk
Ronald L. Ryan
Joseph N. Wagner
Commerce
Roy E. Burns
Creston
Fred C. Eslick
Robert E. Fearing
Cedar Falls
Barr Keshlear
Shenandoah
David B. Long
George Lundy
B. M. Richardson
M, O
Co1way
Atlantic
Sidney H. Johnson
Granger
David K. Brown
Harlan Newapsperman
Brown
Men 44 to 65 Register Under Selective Service
One hundred twenty six men aged 44 to 65 registered Monday at Elgin under the Selective Service Act. B. J. Baumgartner oversaw the process with helpers Elmer T. Nelson H. B. Greenley and Rev. Paul F. Zosehke. Registration took about ten minutes per person and kept volunteers busy all day.
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Elgin
J. Baumgartner
Elmer T. Nelson
H. B. Greenley
Paul F. Zosehke
Oelwein Editor R V Lucas Dies at 86
R V Lucas 86 editor and postmaster who ran the Oelwein Register and served as Bedford postmaster from 1915 to 1919 died in Oelwein Sunday after a cerebral hemorrhage. Born 1876 in Pittsburgh he worked at Phoenix Earlville Free Press Shenandoah World Mason City Times Bedford Times-Republican and Oelwein Iowan. Survived by widow, son James of Bedford, and daughters Lucille Hottenroth of Cleveland and Mrs George Hess.
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R. V Lucas
Oelwein Register
Iowa
Oelwein
Lucas
The
Phoenix
Earlville
Bedford Free Press
Shenandoah World
Mason City Times
Bedford
Times-Republican
Oelwein Iowan
Pittsburgh
Penn
James
Lucille Hottenroth
Cleveland
Ohio
George O. Hess
Dry April Defies Old Saying Despite Easter Sprinkle
Weather notes mark April 1942 as dry overall despite Easter Sunday showers. F C Muehlethaler logged a fourth inch on April 26 after earlier pre Easter rains of three fourths inch on March 15 and repeated one fourth inch spikes on March 20 and 26. The month ended without sustained wet weather despite some showers.
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F. C. Muehlethaler
Pleasant Valley Democrats Hold Preliminary Caucus
Pleasant Valley Democrats held a caucus at the Elgin town hall last Thursday evening to size up the local political situation and prepare to make nominations. A committeeman and committee woman were nominated. They are W. C. Follett and Mrs. Walter Kohls.
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Pleasant Valley Democrats
Elgin Town Hall
W. C. Follett
Walter Kohls
Rochester Hospital Sees Surge of Relief Seekers
In Rochester Minnesota the vicinity has had more than its quota seeking relief from physical ailment this past week. Patients listed include Bess Stohr Bob Falk Mrs. Homer Dill and Harold Bennett.
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Rochester
Minn
Bess Stohr
Bob Falk
Homer Dill
Harold Bennett
Canning Meetings Draw Crowds in Fayette County
Demonstrations led by Meta Masters H D A and Stella Hackett attract about 75 women in six of twenty townships as Fayette County mobilizes for National Defense via better fed households. Next sessions run May 5 West Union May 6 Elgin May 7 Clermont with more townships to follow.
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Meta Masters
Stella Hackett
Fayette County
Dain National Defense
Randalia
Arlington
Wadena
West Union High School
Elgin High School
Clermont High School
Seventh and Eighth Grades Write Exams Here Tomorrow
Seventh and eighth grade pupils from Fayette and Clayton counties will take their final exams at Elgin school on Friday May 1 under Supt C J Robinson. The county superintendents list 20 Clayton pupils and 14 from Fayette with names including Quinton Olson Billy Dennler Kathleen Yearous and Louis Halverson among others.
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Fayette
Clayton Counties
Elgin School
Supt. C. J. Robinson
Clayton County
Payette County
Fayette County
John Hofer
Louis Halverson
Ruth Boyer
Bessie Hop
Gerald Gehring
Anna Mae Hop
Margie Dennler
Anna Bane
Ith
Kathleen Yearous
Lowell Strong
Roselia Strong
Bennie Hofer
Reynold Shaffer
Darryl Kuhnes
Mrs Tinker Quits Local News Editing Echo
Lois Tinker resigns as local editor of the Echo due to workload. The position is passed to the regular staff, with a plea for readers to contribute local items to prevent gaps. Notes urge readers to sign and send in news when traveling or hosting guests.
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Lois Tinker
The
Echo
Pollock Transfers from Great Lakes to Mare Island
Alexander Pollock received a 4 to 8 hour leave from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station near Chicago. He visited his parents over the weekend and learned of a transfer to Mare Island California. He left Monday morning to prepare for the trip.
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Alexander Pollock
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Chicago
Wm. Pollock
Thos
Pollock
John Christen
Rationing Supplies Saturday for Fayette County educators
Local sugar rationing supervisors including town and rural school staff are summoned to West Union on Saturday at 8 30 p m to receive supplies and instructions. Two rationing boards operate in Fayette county with West Union as the headquarters. Do not feed horses a full ration on Sundays and holidays. on workless days reduce horse rations by one third to one half to prevent azoturia or Monday morning disease.
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West Union
Fayette County
Oelwein
Water main trench cave-in endangers workers at hotel corner
George Bayle street commissioner and John Sutter plumber were wiring a spur to the water main near the hotel corner last Thursday afternoon when the side of the ditch collapsed, burying Bayle up to the armpits though Sutter escaped. Boyle narrowly avoided a crushing chunk of black-top and required days off after rescue.
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George Bayle
John Sutter
Sutter
Boyle
Plan Eastern Trip A. M. Weibel Vacation Drive
A. M. Weibel plans to depart Friday for Chicago and then on Saturday travel with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Weibel for a twelve day vacation. The itinerary includes a two day stay in Washington, D C, a tour through the Virginia mountains, and several days at Fort Monmouth New Jersey with Harold Weibel.
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A. M. Weibel
Chicago
Wm. Weibel
Washington, D. C
Virginias
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Harold Weibel
Snake Survives Twice Said To Have Been Killed
Fred Burrow spotted a snake on April 16 while heading to the field and believed it dead after striking it with a hammer. Days later Mrs. Burrow found the same snake about 90 rods away and finished it off.
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Fred Burrow
Local draft: 26 Fayete county men inducted at Des Moines
Twenty six young men from Fayete county left Tuesday morning for induction at Fort Des Moines. Among them were Leon G. Holzer Willis 5 Lyon Sam J Frieden Elgin John J Kennedy and James L Thomas Wadena.
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Leon G. Holzer
Willis 5
Lyon
Sam J. Frieden
Elgin
John J. Kennedy
James L. Thomas
Wadena
Fayete County
Fort Des Moines
Sugar Rationing Act drives over quota in Alyria township
Arthur Herrling, Wadena Illyria township chairman, told J F Miller county chair Monday that their district oversubscribed its quota by at least 2000 dollars in the War Bond drive. The Alyria township area around Wadena with 377 residents is largely rural with some extra farming land.
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Arthur Herrling
Wadena
Illyria
J. F. Miller
Alyria
Elgin schools closed for sugar rationing book registrations
Supt. C. J. Robinson announces Elgin schools will be closed all day Monday May 4 to register consumers for sugar rationing. Registration runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with subsequent sessions 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the 5th to 7th. only one registrar will be available then. Eligible residents include Elgin Independent district and rural districts 8 1 and 7. others register in their district or at designated schools if closed. Each registrant should provide household member details including height weight eye and hair color age and total pounds of sugar owned. fines up to 10 000 and 10 years imprisonment possible for violations.
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Supt
C. J. Robinson
Elgin
Reistering
Elgin Independent
Pleasant Valley
Co. Supt
D. R. Roberts
Wadena
Clermont
Republican Women to Meet May 9th
The Republican Women's club of Fayette County will hold its annual meeting Saturday May 9. If weather allows, a noon picnic in the 4-H building. otherwise dinner and meeting in the Legion dining room. Officers to be elected, constitution ratified, and discussion on joining state organization with a 10 cent extra fee. Coffee provided. members to bring dishes and food.
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Republican Women's Club of
Fayette County
Legion
Frances M. Channer
Oclwein
Wisconsin Degree Team Confers Third Degree at Iowa Meeting
Samuel Mosby R F Strauch and A P Lehman traveled to Strawberry Point last Thursday for a joint meeting of the Trowel and NE Iowa Masonic groups. A Prairie du Chien team conferred the third degree on a candidate using their own ritual, distinct from the Iowa ritual. A total of 293 Masons from 40 lodges attended.
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Samuel Mosby
R. F. Strauch
A. P. Lehman
Strawberry Point
Trowel
N. E. Iowa
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Iowa
Lights Move Into Benson House as Johnsons Depart
Mr and Mrs Lyle Light rent the Benson residence and will move in once the Harry Johnson family relocates to the Dummermuth house which they recently purchased. The Lights previously lived above Kohler general store. A Nashua freight depot, built in 1868, is slated for demolition soon after decades of rail traffic.
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Lyle Light
Benson
Harry Johnson
Dummermuth House
Lights
Kohler General Store
Nashua
Red Crown Open Bowling Carnival Prize Awarded
A. F. Bensinger presents a $250 check to James F. Monroe for outstanding performance in the expert class of the national Red Crown Open Play Bowling Carnival. Monroe, an office boy at Western Electric Co., submitted entries from Mt. Vernon, Ill., where he worked until recently.
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A. F. Bensinger
James F. Monroe
Monroe
Western Electric Co
Mt. Vernon, Jrl
Progress Club Meeting Notes For Elgin Prosperity
The Elgin Progress Club held its final meeting of the year on Monday evening April 27 with Mrs Gus Krueger as hostess. Fourteen members attended. Mrs Harry Johnson presented a program on The Fascinating Story of Glassware and Mrs Gus Krueger read Gerard Carrver, a Quiz Kids participant. Plans were made for a spring picnic on May 11 at the Elkander fair grounds.
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Elgin
Local correspondents urged for district items
Rural readers are advised to contact their local correspondent in Taal county for district news. The message notes correspondents manage their own districts and direct submissions will appear in general personal items.
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Taal
Bohy
Myron Houg Graduates at Chanute Field
Pvt. Myron E. Houg, son of Eling Houg of Elgin, graduates from Chanute Field branch of the U S Army Air Corps Technical Schools. He received initial flying training at Clermont airport as part of his service education.
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Pvt
Myron E. Houg
Eling Houg
Elgin
Chanute Field
U.S. Army Air Corps Technical Schools
Clermont
Cow owner recalls progressive calf births at College Springs
C. H. Wall of College Springs recounts buying four cows from a neighbor three years ago. The herd produced a calf in the first year, twins in the second, and this year three calves, according to his tale.
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Howen
C. H. Wall
College Springs
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Democrats
Rochester Hospital
Oas
Gorry
Washington
Jamaica
Theological Seminary
Andover
Fuele
Dirigib
Hinderiburade
WY Ser
F.D.2
Quinton Olson
Glen, Dennler
Dale Klingman
Shirley Glass
Kenneth Fascher
Dan Buller
Ruth
Butikofer
Hua Dennler
Estine Friederich
Leo’ 'Friederich
Bertha Puifer
Robert Moore
Tih
Billy Dennler
Donna Gilbertson
Glen Reierson
Avis Mark
Alice Cummings
Eileen Frieden
Jane Torkelson
Sylvan Torkelson
Calif
Illyria Township
Wisconsin
Son
Progress Club
Myron Houg
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