Tri County Primaries List Full Tickets in Local Release
The Register publishes complete primary election tickets for Tri County with Republican and Democratic candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general, agriculture, commerce, superintendent, and U.S. Congress, plus state and county officials. Incumbents are shown, with notes that most listed Republicans seek re election and one Democratic county attorney plans retirement if a veteran runs.
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Iowa
Robert D. Blue
George
Frank
Clayton County R candidates face re election and new races
In Clayton County a list of Republican and Democratic candidates is shown with names and offices. Republicans include Representative Ernest T Smith Volga editor Merrill R. Smith Guttenberg Measurer Everet Uagensick and others with terms starting Jan 2 1947 or 1948. Democrats list C L Crider Elkader Ihler Reid L Dillon and more with similar term dates.
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J. ©. Davis
Oelwein Udjtor
Hazel Gehring
Elginerk of Court
Herbert D. Krammer
West Union Teriffs
Fred A House
Dover Township
A.J. Kutschat
West Union Ecorder
C. A. Munson
Hawkeye Manly
E S Estey
West Union
Everett G. Scott
West Non ‘Easurer
W. M
Democratic
Air
Donald H. Shaw
Oelwein
Don C Crandall
Oelwein Erk
oCuri
Viola Maurie
Joyce) Blake
West Union Reniif
Clare M
Bill) Parker
Ray H. Stoddard
R. A. Crider
Elgin
P. F. Graff
Ipervisor
Tern
Glen Minger
Ilyria
Suervisor
Illyria
the Iecumbents
E B Shaw
Seckx
Ernest T Smith
Volga
Merrill R. Smith
Guttenberg Measurer
Everet Uagensick
Marquette Eork
Court
R. M. Downing
Eskader Eriff
A. W. Mueller
Guttenberg Corder
Marjorie Downie Leath
Elkader Sunty
E. L. Gross
Strawberry Point
Robert E. Caon
McGregor Nones
E. W. Tuecke
Garnaville
Pervisor
Vera Trude
Wagner
Geo
A Behn
Cox Creek
Oscar A. Benson
Highland
Roy Wessel
Mallory
K. Roggensack
A. R. Dibhner
Sperry
Buchanan County Republicans lineup for 1947 elections
The list details Buchanan County Republican candidates and office holders including R. A. Nelson for representative, J. Ms. Gemmel as editor, and several independents like Earl E. Meggers Arlee G. W. Blank and Emery A. Hart. It notes term starts January 2, 1947 for several supervisors, plus Allen Smith Karl A. Groff Fay J. Ruffeorn and others. The treasurer post has Democrat R. L. Bordner seeking re election. Victor White is unopposed on the Democratic ticket. McDonnell, a former county sheriff, is among Democratic candidates for sheriff.
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Ile
R. A. Nelson
Independence
J. Ms. Gemmel
Earl E. Meggers
Rowleyark
Court
Arlee G. W. Blank
Cliff
Kenneth W. Miller
Emery A. Hart
M J McCardle
Corder
Ralph L Kimsall
Independence Unly
Roebert R. Melrose
John B. Krammer
W. M. Armstrong
Robert E. McGill
Washington
Twp
Sumner
J. C. Corkery
Fairbank
R. L. Bordner
Victor White
Treaso
James L. McDonnell
G Riff
Buchanan County
Pope warns peace vanishes amid world bitterness and perils
Vatican broadcasts Pope Pius XII urging Catholics to lead a world crusade against atheism and materialism as peace erodes. He cites rising international tension and political atheism in France and Mali, calls for release of wartime prisoners and resettlement of displaced persons, and warns against turning humanity into mere robots under state power.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
College of Cardinals
Communist Party
Russ Iceland Pact With Vote in Offing
The Soviet Union inked a new trade accord with Iceland to buy the equivalent of more than a pre war year’s fish catch at prices 30 to 50 percent higher than others pay. The text was signed in Moscow and not public. Icelandic business circles worry about political implications as elections approach with a strong Communist bid.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Iceland
Moscow
Communist Party
Two Lost Children Sought After Memorial Day Picnic
Bloodhounds joined 300 searchers hunting six year old Donald Baldwin and his four year old sister Claudia after they wandered from a family picnic in Yellow Pine forest near Flagstaff Arizona. The boy was found in the Coconino National Forest at dawn with exposure and dehydration but expected to recover. Claudia remained missing.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Yellow Pine
Donald Baldwin
Claudia
J. L. Baldwin
Arizona
Coconimo National Forest
Centennial Week Celebration Starts July 28 in Oelwein
Iowa's centennial observance for Oelwein will run the week of July 28. A fireworks display identical to the tri-etched show will kick off events. A multi section historical pageant parade with bands and window displays is planned along with costume and parade houses. Plans aim to host crowds with no admission charges. Roy Avery and committees push to make this the greatest local centennial celebration.
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Iowa
Oelwe
Tri-Etches
Oelwein
Roy Avery
Chamber of Commerce
Elgin Boy Is Drowned in Otter Creek
The body of Robert Benson, an eight year old Elgin youth, was found near Otter Creek after drowning yesterday afternoon. He was watching older boys swim when he went in alone. Survived by his mother, a brother Bernell, two sisters Verla and Beverly, and grandparents Mr and Mrs Ole Benson and Mr and Mrs Herve Robbins. Funeral at Methodist church and burial in Ulyria cemetery. He was born in the Ulyria community. His father Thomas Benson died seven years ago.
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Robert Benson
Otter Creek
Ruby Benson
Leland Capper
Elgin High School
Bernell
Verla
Beverly
Ole Benson
Clermont
Herve Robbins
Elgin
Methodist Church
Ulyria
Thomas Benson
Fear 35 Dead In Plane Crash Near Salerno
An army 54 transport plunged into the sea near Salerno with 39 aboard. Five known dead, 30 missing. Navy found nine parachutes. The aircraft was en route from India to the United States on the Cairo Rome leg, possibly redeploying troops. Four aboard survived. cause undetermined.
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Rome
Salerno
Naples
India
United States
Cairo
Bread Price Raise Ahead as OPA Plans Increase
An OPA official said bread prices will rise early next week with the amount undisclosed. Bakers requested a one cent per pound increase to offset higher flour costs, and the move targets the next food item to see a price hike under price controls.
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Washington
OPA
Four Iowa Coal Mines Return to Production
Iowa government administrator Lt. Comdr. Hamilton Acheson said three union mines and one non union mine were operating. Shulet at Waukee employed 175 workers producing 750 tons daily. Blackstone at Sovilia employed 88 producing 400 tons. East Madrid at Madrid employed 7 producing 32 tons. Dunwreath at Knoxville, a non union mine, employed 52 producing 1,110 tons daily and back in operation after Memorial Day flood shutdown.
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Des Moines
Hamilton Acheson
Iowa
Shulet
Waukee
Blackstone
Sovilia
East Madrid
Madrid
Dunwreath
Knoxville
Rotary Convention Draws 16 000 Fans to Atlantic City
About 16 000 Rotary supporters from several counties are expected for the 37th annual Rotary Convention in Atlantic City. The event runs through next Friday with international topics and speakers. Congressman Walter H Judd of Minnesota will open the talks as a former medical missionary to China.
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Atlantic City
N .T
Walter H Judd
Minnesota
China
Mrs. Defoe 90 Dies At McNamara Convalescent Home
Mrs Abbie Defoe aged 90 died at 12 30 today at McNamara Convalescent Home She is survived by two sons Louis Streeter Independence Leonard Streeter Worthington Minn a daughter Mrs Jenny Clark Spokane Wash a sister Mrs Jennie Price Sioux City The body is at Brant Funeral Home pending funeral at TOU Tey
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Abbie Defoe
McNamara
Louis Streeter
Independence
Leonard Streeter
Worthington
Minn
Jenny Clark
Snokane
Wash
Jennie Price
Sioux City
Brant Funeral Home
Tou Tey
Meteor Blasts Pit In Yard In Sturgis
In Sturgis South Dakota a mysterious hole appeared overnight in East V Morrill’s back yard measuring about 12 by 18 feet and 15 85 feet deep. Neighbors heard a bright flash around midnight and speculated a meteor or stray bomb. Geologists from the South Dakota School of Mines investigated to determine if a meteor left a mark.
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Sturgis
E. V. Morril
Morril
Morrill
New Mexico
J P Conolly
South Dakota School of Mines
Merrill
Morvill
Rationed meat again hinted in Washington report
Washington dispatch notes a warning that meat supplies may tighten and rationing could return, possibly not before December 1947. Production this year may fall about two billion pounds from 1944's record, with pork steadier and beef veal lamb scarcer.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Chester Bowles
Chester Davis
Truman
Famine Emergents Committee
Wisconsin Man Heads Telegraphers
George E. Leighty of Phillips Wisconsin today succeeded W C Gardner of St Louis as president of the order of railroad telegraphers Gardner resigned yesterday from the post Leighty’s election marks a leadership change in the union reflecting ongoing reorganizations within railroad communications efforts.
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Columbus, C
George E. Leighty
Phillips
Wis
W. C. Gardner
St. Louis
The
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Gardner
Measure Goes to House for Compromise
Truman’s emergency strike control bill returns to the House in amended form after Senate passage 61 to 20. The final plan authorizes the president to declare a national emergency over work stoppages in government seized plants with penalties and power to resume operations by set deadlines.
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White House
Jeanne Legette
Myrtle Bergheim
Eben Ayers
Executive
Truman
Philip Murray
CIO
William Green
AFL
Washington
House
Senate
Alben W. Bar&ley
Congress
Thomas Urges End To All Imperialism
Norman Thomas, socialist candidate in four elections, calls for a world federation free of imperialism to prevent war. Speaking at the Socialist party’s 25th annual convention in Chicago, he urges ending imperialism, rationing, price controls, disarmament, and dismantling bases, while opposing peacetime conscription.
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Chicago
Norman Thomas
World Federation of Nations
Thomas
Socialist Party
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