Senators Ponder Truman Selection at Democratic Convention
Four former Truman allies from the Senate seek the vice presidential nod at the Philadelphia convention. Alben Barkley, Joseph O Mahoney, Millard Ty dings, and Scott Lucas each command Western, labor, or industrial support, all backing Truman since Chicago four years ago. Barkley nears 71, O Mahoney 64, with Catholic influence noted as a factor in southern states.
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Washington
Harry Truman
Senate
White House
Philadelphia
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Millard E. Tydings
Mary
Scott W. Lucas
Illinois
Truman
Chicago
Best
Missouri
Barkley
O'Mahoney
Tydings and Lucas Among Senate Veterans in Party Lineup
Democrats fear a local political liability while Tydings, a potent campaigner who survived the 1938 Roosevelt purge, remains a veteran at 58. Lucas, 54, is the quartet’s youngest and the only member not to have outranked Truman in Senate service.
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Tydings
Roosevelt
Senate
Lucas
Mr. Truman
Regents Approve Remodeling Work at University Campus
Board of regents approved eleven remodeling projects on the University of Wisconsin campus costing 103,300. A. W. Peterson said 8,200 summer students will yield over 74,000 in net receipts. Regents also granted 25,000 for extra instructors. A resolution praised the UW foundation’s gifts drive totaling 5,000,000 for research and service. gifts of 114,725 were accepted. Population growth in San Francisco and Oakland reached about 560,000 from 1940 to 1947.
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Stadison
University of Wisconsin
Board of Regents
A. W. Peterson
Regents
University of Wisconsin Foundation
Co K Recruits Grow and Camp Plans Set
Co K gains 15 recruits in ten days boosting ranks for summer encampment at Camp McCoy Wis. Two pyramidal tents rise at the fairgrounds to host an American Legion celebration with guardsmen policing and parking. Tenants of the unit transport from Camp Douglas include two 2 1/2 ton trucks and a Jeep, while 40 lockers are brought back for the medical detachment.
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Co. K
Pane Macey
Hilton
Hirschner
Leslie Schwitz
American Legion
Camp Douglas
Quartermaster Depot
Dwight Coplien
Robert Schwitz
Harding
Harold Mauermann
Pfe
Herbert Crawford
John Schwitz
128Th Infantry
Camp McCoy
Wis
C. A. Moldenhauer
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Oakland
Harvey S. Stauffacher
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Monroe
Harry Hanson
Albany
Eugene Babler
William Schneider
Styles of Tomorrow
Tadaw
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Wisconsin
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