Party ticket splits across districts in state races
The document lists the split of nominees by party across districts for various statewide offices. Democrats and Republicans allocate specific numbers to senate, congress, governor, and other posts, with two Waterloo candidates noted as unaffiliated and running for congress in the third district.
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Secretary of State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Secretary of Agriculture
Commerce
Congress
Commerce Commissioners
Waterloo
Campaign visits highlight Lt Governor race rift and farmer survey
Republican and Democrat lieutenant governor hopefuls including Robert D. Blue John R. Irvin Hugh W. Lundy and Howard Baldwin toured Des Moines while denying campaign tours. A Wallaces Farm er Iowa Homestead poll shows 64 percent of farmers will keep corn acreage under AAA in 1942 with 18 percent choosing to stay out and 20 percent undecided. Governor Wilson learns of a banker’s tire shortage anecdote as primary talk grows around Senator Augustine and former governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Robert D. Blue
Eagle Grove
John R. Irvin
Keokuk
House of Representatives
Hugh W. Lundy
Howard Baldwin
DeVere Watson
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
AAA
Iowa
Wallaces
Comeback talk fades as Valentine unlikely in 1940 race
Augistine denies speculation of a withdrawal and centerville lawyer Valentine shows little chance of entering the field before filing. Voter interest shifts to the June 1 state primary with Des Moines city turnout lagging and observers predicting a stronger congressional contest and potential cross-ticket voting.
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Augustine
Kraschel
John K. Valentine
Centerville
Valentine
Des Moines
Clermont Local News Briefs Highlight Births and Visits
Lucille Lubke of Oelwein spent the weekend at the H. A. Lubke home. Arthur Morris and family visited Osage for the weekend. Bud Schrader of Fayette came Friday and stayed with Mrs. Mary Tatro. Clarence Tatro and family of West Union welcomed a 9 1/2 pound son, Ronald Walter, born Tuesday March 17. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Nelson vacationed in Clintonville Wisconsin with the Schroeder family and returned Sunday. Weekend guests at Willis Gress included Claude and Vino Gress of Cedar Falls, Lloyd and Beverly Gress of Waterloo, Ervie Amdahl and Raymond of West Union, and Wm. Grover and family of Elgin. Eugene Cooley of La Crosse spent Sunday with Esther Cooley. Lloyd Aanes and family visited Carolyn Erickson Sunday. Mrs. Victor Casten visited Austen Helgerson Wednesday. Arthur Helgerson also involved.
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Clermont
Lucille Lubke
Oelwein
H. A. Lubke
Arthur Morris
Osage
Bud Schrader
Fayette
Mary Tatro
Clarence Tatro
West Union
Haseen
Ronald Walter
Tatro
Baby
Martin Nelson
Clintonville
Wis
O. R. Schroeder
Willis Gress
Claude Gress
Vino
Cedar Falls
Lloyd Gress
Beverly
Dorothy
David
Austen Helgerson
Richard Banning
Roy Small
Ernest Doehle
Bismark
N. D
Irvin Small
Morris
Chicago
Fred Tann
Harlan Stee
Castalia
Tatro Farm
Fred Bigler
Floyd Bigler
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
J. A. Erickson
Cornelius Olson
Ella Nygaard
Elmer Dennier
Elkader
Dennier
Joan Karen
Ed Nelson
Francis
Postville
Anna Paulson
Oran Brandt
Ed Olson
Albert Christianson
Hudson
Lester E. Simpson
Atlantic
Europe
Mr. Simpson
Hudson Guard
Camp Livingston
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John Deere
Social News Roundup of Local Visits and Family Events
Local residents hosted and visited over the weekend with many households in Postville Castalia and surrounding towns. Names include the Helgersons Banning Small Morris Tatro Stee Bigler Erickson Olson Nygaard Simpson Goodwin Larson Vinton Burnt Kurth and others. Military service updates note Lester E Simpson sailing to Europe and Fort Leonard Wood man Harold Vinton returning soon for furlough.
Local residents visit relatives and return home
Mrs. Willis Gress joined the Lloyd Gress family for a two week visit in Waterloo Sunday evening. Mrs. Alma Ostlie and Mrs. Bertha Frisbie spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Peter Anderson. Mrs. Leona Cowles returned home Thursday after a winter in her son’s home at West Union.
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Willis Gress
Lloyd Gress
Waterloo
Alma Ostlie
Bertha Frisbie
Peter Anderson
Leona Cowles
West Union
Prank Petition Traced To 43 Year Old Adel Bid
Dallas County auditor tried to prank Adel News reporter by showing a 30 foot petition urging moving the county seat to Dallas Center. It proved historically old, dating about 43 years to a vote that kept the courthouse in Adel. Corporal Gerald Goeser from Neola Iowa arrived in Northern Ireland with troops, traveling with brothers Lieut. Tony Goeser and SFC Joe Goeser aboard ship where he lost an appendix but landed under his own power.
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Dallas
Adel
Board of Supervisors
Dallas Center
Ireland
Corp
Gerald Goeser
Neola
Iowa
Northern Ireland
America
Tony Goeser
Joe Goeser
Cornell College Graduate Writes Poem in Atlantic Monthly
Edward Weismiller, Cornell College graduate and former Rhodes scholar, is now an English instructor at Harvard University. He authored the poem The Fox in the March Atlantic Monthly, has two books of verse in preparation, and is finishing a translation of a French novel for spring publication.
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Cornell
Edward Weismiller
Cornell College
Rhodes
Harvard University
Fox
Atlantic Monthly
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Clermont Enterprise
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Iowa Press Association
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Charles City
Geo. A. Wilson
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R.V. Brandt
Louis Schutte & Son
Clermont and
Bob Goodwin
Redfield
Walter Vinton
Oscar E. Larson and Son
Donald Barnes
Grove City
Sparta
E. L. Crowe
V. Brandt
I. C. Jerdee
Dan Burke
Len Simek
W. R Blake
Louie Olson
Walter Farb
Elgin
Wm. B. Miller
Augusta
Willet
Bertram Kurth
Celia Morf
Norene Boley
Chris Overgaard
Ben Hulbert
Wayne Abel
Walter Powers
Harold Vinton
Fort Leonard Waad
Fort Des Moines
W. T. Vinton
Sharon
Evelyn
Bob Sharper
Ruth Richardson
Independence
Chris Sharper
W. BR. Blake
EB. L. Crowe
Bolson
C. M. Kneeland
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