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5,000 Weld County Folk Will Be in Uniform Before ElectionGene Overstreet Is Third in National News Writing EventfAsjocJulnl Press)Hamilton, N. Y., March 23.—John t.r Malt 111, editor of the Carleton ( Coll ego “Cnrle Ionian,*' at North-[Held, Minn., is the winner of the [1343 Delta EpbIIou national col-Ingiate nesvH utory writing compett* lion.W. Emerson Reck of Colgate university; national contest director of the honorary collegiate Journal* ism fraternity, announced the winners today.Mcrtha Me Grew, University of I Louisville, was second, mid Gene D. Overitreel, University of. Colo* rado, third, .Pvt. Geno Overstreet 1b the son of Dr, and Mir. Merlo Overstreet, 1S01 Eleventh avenue, is. now stationed with the 13th armored battalion at Camp Bpwle, Tex., transferring I hero two weeks ago from Utnh university, where lie was an rngIueering Rludeul In the ASTP. Ho 1ms ben In service almost a year, having henn inducted April19. 1943. At thnL time he was asophomore* Journalism student at Colorado university. On the campus he wqb a staff members of the Silver and C?ohi and the ASUOCouncil.Nazis Occupy All Rumania, Envoys Say. fAmacUtod P«*s) * .Ankara, Mach 24.—The Rumanian legation lieu confirmed today flint Gcnuniiy !iar» occupied Ru* mania.An official brI:1 lie had only the briefest information. A strong possibility exists that the Rumanian legation in Turkey, or nt least many Rumanian officials,' will refuse to continue to function in' view of the occupation.Approximately 5,000 men and women from Weld county will be in milllary service by November 7 when the general election is lield. It Is estimated by Ann Spotner,county clerk, and election deputy clerk.Weld county's have submitted indicating well now in serviceIra SIdea. specialfor the countytwo draft boards figures to Sidca aver 4,000 men are from Weld countyT^mdrsn, March Si—Turkish 'advices -reported today, .that German reluforcehieiRs had been rushed to all points on the Rumanian . and Bulgarian coasts of the Binek Sea qdiI indicated possible beginning of full-scale, occupation' of Ail ' Rumania aa part of Hitler's preparations for a InsUHlch stand againstand’further estimates that tho total by November might be 5,000. No estimate ia available of Ihe number of \rotueu In military service.No estimates are available, either, aa to what proportion of those in nervine arc antler 21 years oE age and thus not entitled to vole.At the office of Sides on the bottom floor of the courthouse in the Ypult, uuyoue may obtain clr-culnns giving detailed Information about the state laws for'armed forces absent voting and for civilian absent voting.One important chnngo has boon inside In tho civilian absentee voting law. Civilians; voting outside the 48 elates of the United States or (lie District of Columbia do not have lo have their ballots back tn the county clerk before 15 days after elecLtou. In other words the ballots do nol have to be bank util LI Nov. 22. Thir, does not apply to primary election, however.-For the primary, thn ballot must he hack not later than Saturday, Sept. 9,Civilians within. tho United Stoics must IniYe their absentee gen end election ballots back' In the county clerk’s office not later than Thursday or Friday before tho November election.No provision Js made in the state armed forces voting law for primary hallo ling. Armed forces ballots will carry uo precinct officers. It must he back within 15 days after the election.About 40 armed forces ballot applications already have been received. Tho applications must be mailin'’by 'November -f but as the ballot must be voted on on or before election day, Nov. 7, any application made after October 21 is not likely to result In the ballot getting, outside of the U. S, to its adressee in time Ld. be voted.Because ballots of civilians and lullIt dry voters . outside of the country do hot have to bo back until Nov 22, there is-a possibility that In close contests, the contenders will not know their fate for three weeks after election la held.__i_____i__
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Greeley Daily Tribune
Greeley, Colorado, US
Fri, Mar 24, 1944
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