Wallace Loses Nomination Becomes Sportsmanlike Opponent
Vice President Henry A. Wallace conceded defeat Friday after losing the Roosevelt running mate nomination. He sent a gracious telegram to Senator Harry S. Truman and declared that what a man stands for matters, hoping for smooth outcomes. The paper’s Republican publisher praised Wallace’s good spirit despite not fitting Democratic leaders’ expectations.
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Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Wallace
Democratic Party
Veteran Urged Monticello People To Provide Labor
War veterans spoke at a manpower meeting in Monticello's city park last Thursday urging residents to support troops by raising and canning food at home. A paratrooper who jumped 27 times described his advance operation and hospital recoveries, stressing volunteers' role in feeding service members.
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America
Hitler’s Blood Purge the Beginning of the End
A German commentator notes a growing split across the nation as Hitler’s purge reveals weakness and prompts alarms of renewed bloodshed. It questions Col. Gen. Ludwig Beck’s involvement and foresees potential army revolt despite surface calm.
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Schickelgruber
Germany
Hitler
Adolf
Col
Ludwig Beck
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Through the Exchanges on 4-F war duties and Japan’s government
A Sac Sun column urges understanding for 4-F youths unable to join military service and explains the emotional impact on families. It cautions readers not to view those in civilian clothes as slackers and notes mothers’ quiet sorrow. A Dubuque Telegraph-Herald piece warns against reading too much into Japan’s government change, stressing army and navy influence, civilian control, and the risk of political assassination, with Groves’ observations on Manchuria, China, and Pearl Harbor.
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United States Army Air Corps
Army
Dea
Sac Sun
Dubuque
Murden
Inukai
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
Manchuria
China
Pearl Harbor
United States
Advertising War Imagery Sparks Public Comfort Debate
The Bright Future Eldora Herald Ledger notes ad campaigns keep wartime trade names before the public while stressing postwar gadgets. The Christian Science Monitor cites NYC ads showing a telephone in a parlor car as misjudged, as passengers prefer comfort, air conditioning, no smoking, and fair prices on travel. The Monitor argues the trip is an escape from daily duties. Decorah Journal references Roosevelt era remarks and political promises regarding 1946 governor terms and national nominations.
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Eldora Herald-Ledger
The
Christian Science Monitor
New York Central
NYC
German mass meetings split over Hitler dissent
The text notes thousands oppose Hitler and Nazism while Goebbels proclaims unity. It says the nation is divided and an assassination attempt on the Fuehrer makes Allied victory seem closer.
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Germany
Hitler
Goebbels
Fuehrer
Iowa Poll on 1944 election shows Dewey leads among Iowans
The Iowa Poll reports 56 percent would back Dewey against Roosevelt if the election were held today with Dewey on the Republican ticket and Roosevelt on the Democratic. Voters split 60 percent city and rural areas for Dewey, while 57 percent favor the Republicans on which party should win the fall election. The sample notes many favor no opinion on some questions.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Iowa
Dewey
Representative
Roosevelt
City Town Farm
Antique Michigan class pin found on Grundy Center lawn
Mrs Birtus Copley found a solid gold class pin on her Grundy Center lawn bearing University of Michigan and the year 1837. On the back are inscribed William Arnold and Ann Arbor. The pin is in perfect condition and its origin remains unexplained.
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Iowa
Birtus Copley
Grundy Center
University of Michigan
William Arnold
Ann Arbor
Copleys
Frank C. Kinney
Oakland
Mr. Kinney
Harry Davis
Timothy
R. O. Skellenger
Adair County
Notable Injuries And Births From Monticello Area News
The report lists injuries from a Perry to Springville incident including Time How, Ray Adams, Harry Stahler, Louis Hoag, and others. It notes heat-related collapse of Martin Burrichter, births such as Bette Brandt and James A. Bender's marriage nearby, and multiple deaths including Joseph Loetscher and J. A. Doutrick. It covers hospitalizations, local relocations, land sales, and park construction tied to fair preparations. It mentions Ku Klux Klan activity in Anamosa and various community events in July 1919.
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Ray Adams
McDonald Hospital
Harry W. Stahler
Louis Hoag
Perry
Springville
Hoag
Martin Burrichter
Monticello
Bette Brandt
Anamosa
James A. Bender
J. S. Hall
Cedar Rapids
Belle Herrick
Marshall
Harriet
Prairieburg
Bartlett
Tipton
James Laude
Castelline
I. V. d’Autremont
Alva Behrends
D’autremont
B. E. Rhinehart
Order of Knishte of Pythias
Des Moines
Ku Klux Klan
J. A. Doutrick
Pasadena
Calif
Doutrick
H. C. Wills
C. L. van Meter
Odele Taylor
Cascade
Clarence van Meter
William M. Byerly
Lenox Resident 86 Paints Entire House This Summer
John Butler, an 86 year old Lenox resident, painted his house beyond the porch plan this summer. Nearby, Ray Phelps escaped harm when his tractor overturned but was saved by neighbors who righted the machine.
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Iown
John Butler
Lenox
Ray Phelps
Near Waverly
Phelps
Brazil's Airplane Plant to Build Engines in New Factory
Brazil's National Motor plant will start production with U S made precision tools and equipment. The $9 million facility aims to be the first in the Americas to produce complete airplane engines using U S assembly line methods. Before the war Brazil bought most precision tools from England and Germany.
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Brazil
National Motor Factory
United States
England
Germany
Center Junction Community News Mixes War Talk and Local Life
Lt Richard Thompson son of Mr and Mrs Sam Thompson of Center Junction spoke at the Center Junction Men’s Community club meeting detailing his South Pacific service as a B-24 bomber pilot with the Fifth Air Corps and Jolly Rogers group and his DFC and Air Medal awards. The page notes road improvements on Main Street and a series of local visits, entertainments, detasselers starting work, community dinners, hospital updates, and residents traveling or visiting relatives in various towns.
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Joseph Loetscher
McDonald
Kenneth Hosford
Purkinsa Waugh
Sacramento
Calif
California
Jane DeShaw
Earl DeShaw
Cyrus Heisey
Monticello
Vera Sheets
Ecorse
Mich
Leonard Duckett
Howard Hicks
Richland Township
McDonald Hospital
William Jarrett
France
Claude Fothergill
Charles E. Bates
Langworthy
F. A. Hanken
Frank Locher
Folkert Hedden
Schoonover
Peter Bauman
Castle Grove
Switzerland
Leo Locher
U.S.S
Cassis
Joe Fairbanks
Castle Grove Township
Henry Ohe
Frank Hicks
New York
Olena Harms
Arthur Steiner
Center Junction
Richard Thompson
Sam Thompson
South Pacific
Thompson
Fifth Air Corps
Jolly Rogers Group
Air Corps
Denver
Colo
San Antonio
Texas
Merle Husman
Pete Paulsen
Onslow
Ora Andrews
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Roy Ralston
John
Evansville
Ind
Ralston
Catherine Thompson
McNeilly Hybrid Seed Corn Company
Ted Bulgren
Preston
Ida Miller
Maquoketa
William Bohler
Will Mead
Will Hansen
Iowa City
Ed Tomlinson
Ernie Blohm
Norman and
Norton Serbousek
Davenport
Allen
Serbousek
Mary Lewis
New Castle
F. G. Tyrrell
Boone
W. C. Tyrrell
Gladys McNeilly
Ruth
Cedar Rapids
E. F. Burr
Walker
Lewis Mead
Sumner
James Mead
Raymond Bailey
Letts
Harry Chage
Union Services Draw Large Turnout In Scotch Grove
Scotch Grove and Center Junction Presbyterian churches united on the Nelson-Eilers lawn for a Sunday morning service attended by many. A basket dinner for about 100 followed, marking the second successful joint service.
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Scotch Grove
Center Junction
Nelson-Eilers
Presbyterian
Ronald
Margie Paulsen
Margaret Eilers
Peter Puetz
Lester Dieppe
Florida
Kathleen
Ruth Paulsen
Wilton Junction
Alice Clark
Cedar Falls
Virginia Wright
Ervin Plueger
Marion
Eloise
Bertha Mae Plueger
Monticello
Harold Conley
Camp Roberts
Calif
Louise Rickels
J. M. Lange
Fred Lange
Vernon
Joyce
Herman Lange
Fay Rickels
Caroll Lightfoot
Onslow
Ida Cass
F. G. Tyrrell
Sylvia
David
Tyrrell
D. C. Balster
Marvin
Monmouth
Ruth Anne Wilcox
John Wilcox
William
Misa Lucille Balater
Dixon
Ill
Wilma Wilcox
Riverside
Ida Abb
Edwin Wilcox
Ethelwyn Wilcox
Logan
Utah
Madison
Wis
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Charles A. Doxler
Monticello, Iowa
Henry Wallace
Decorah
Guy Gillette
Bricker
Towa
Democratic
Democratic City Town Farm
Normandy
Monticello Express
Iowa Highway Commission
Main Street
Highway Commission
Bill Wessels
Harry Chase
Smith
Presbyterian Christian Service Guild
Rachel Smith
Irene Brady
Nelle Moses
Grace Tyrrell
Herman Helgens
Clifford
Louie Helgens
Harlan
John Hinrichs
J. B. Seehusen
Vera Mae Johnson
Paul Hanna
Lydia Fields
C. O. Watson
Wendell Bever
Washington, D. C
H. E. Stingley
North Dakota
George Plueger
Hans Hinrichsen
Luella Seehusen
Pat Carr
Cheyenne
Wye
Paul Darting
Frank Himebaugh
Phyllis Schneider
Donald Dreibelbis
John Seehusen
Henry Seehusen
Seehusen
Ann Taylor
Waukon
Dorothy Dreibelbis
L. A. Dreibelbis
Mary Eleanor Dreibelbis
Darlene Schone
Scotch Grove and
Pia
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