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Iowa GOP Nominee Hoegh Faces Five Opponents
A detailed, whirlwind account outlines Attorney General Leo A. Hoegh securing the Republican nomination in Des Moines while fending off five challengers. The narrative weaves in personal anecdotes from England to Vancouver, including John Edgecombe and Prudence Coker’s romance and marriage, and touches on other political and social notes from the era.
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Des Moines
UPI
Leo A. Hoegh
Iowa
John Edgecombe
Devonshire
England
Montay
Farmer
Prudence Coker
Ation
Towans
Vancouver
B.C
Thomas FE. Martin
Guy M. Gillette
Hoegh
A. B. Chambers
W. H. Nicholas
Ernest Palmer
William S. Lynes
Iowa House
Muscatine
H. R. Gross
Henry O. Talle
Karl M. LeCompte
Paul Cunningham
James I. Dolliver
Ben F. Jengen
Charles B. Hoeven