Election Ballot Snapshot for Dewey Bricker Hickenlooper Ticket
The Nov 7 ballot lists Republican contenders for president vice president senator governor lieutenant governor secretary of state auditor treasurer agriculture attorney general commerce judge of supreme court and local offices. Democratic slate features Roosevelt Garner for president and various state and county roles with terms beginning Jan 2, 1945 and 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. A. Evans
Wayne M. Ropes
Akers
Easurer
Sim
Grimes
Vaenne
A.M. Grnn
Y of Agriculture
Harry D. Linn
John M. Rankin
Commerce
Carl W
Supreme Court
William L. Bliss
Oscar Hale
Frederic M. Miller
Congress
Paul Cunningham
District Court
Marion G. Kellam
J. D. Teter
Paul W. Harp
Carl R. Vorhies
J. F. Bousquet
Earl 1, Young
Paul Applegate
Lyle Christ
Bert McCoy
R. V. Mater
Board of Supervisors
A. L. Dykstra
Archie Vernon
Ralph
Lyneheuate
Uncle Sam seeks conservation aid job openings in Midwest
The U S Civil Service Commission announces meat employment opportunities in Soil Conservation at the Department of Agriculture for Iowa Minnesota Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota. Qualifications vary by grade from farm experience to 12 32 months related to soil conservation with tree planting contour cultivation mapping and sample analysis. Applications via Eighth U S Civil Service Region St Paul or Secretary Board of U S Civil Service Examiners regular post offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
U.S. Civil Service Region
Post Office & Customhouse
St. Paul
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Kuyk Becomes Ensign In Navy Reserve Ceremony
Midshipman Max S. Kuyk of Pella Iowa joined 1350 graduates named Ensigns in the United States Naval Reserve during Oct 26 ceremonies at the Cathedral of St John the Divine New York It marked the twentieth class to finish from this school and raised total NY Naval Reserve Office School graduates to over 17000 Commodore John K Richards USN former commanding officer gave the principal address and Captain Charles D Edmunds USN administered the oath
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max S. Kuyk
Ben Kuyk
Pella
Iowa
United States Naval Reserve
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
New York
Naval Reserve Office
John K. Richards
USN
Naval Reserve Officer Training Cent
Charles D. Edmunds
Midshipman's School
Farm Machinery Outlook Improves Yet Short on Supply
J B Davids of Iowa State College forecasts a brighter but still tight outlook for next year in farm machinery. Repairs will be essential to sustain 1945 food production as new equipment remains below normal. Winter shop work and farmer home repairs could ease labor bottlenecks, while local blacksmiths may deliver trailers hoists and small elevators to avert shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.B. Davids
Iowa State College
Davidson
Pella Airways Men Address Kiwanis Club Meeting
Pella Airways men spoke to the Kiwanis Club about licenses for aircraft work and engines. Hansen urged local investment in flying, noting 50,000 hours logged with few incidents, and private lessons offered with a $46 fee. New members and officers were discussed, with Richard Vos sharing Pacific War experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Hanea
Hansen
Bureau Urging Farm Folks to Go To Polls on Nov. 7
Herbert Cline head of the Marion County Farm Bureau urges a heavy vote on November 7 after noting only 62 percent turnout in 1940. He cites rural influence, non partisan Farm Bureau campaign, and the duty of citizens to vote for national defense and democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Cline
Mariona County
Stak
Cline
American Farm Bureau Federation
Allan B. Klein
Fo Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau Federation
America
Big City
Edward O’neal
O'Neal
Farm Bureau
Everone
Rarizens
Dairy Industry Feeds War Effort With Record Milk Output
Government and military needs drive dairy production to unprecedented levels. In 1941 daily milk demand reached 1.68 million gallons for lend-lease and military uses, rising to 4.919 million in 1943, with more than 210,000 farms supplying the dairy chain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Dairy Council
Library Notes: Books by Chase Boyle and Lindbergh
A library notes column reviews several works: Virginia Chase’s The American House a Maine 1909 family tale about a doctor turning hotel owner. Kay Boyle’s Avalanche a young woman’s espionage era escape. Cary Fordyce a Louise Platt Hauck romance. Helen MacInnes While Still We Live a Poland wartime thriller. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh The Steep Ascent a stream of consciousness journey from England to Italy with an impending birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Chase
Maine
Helen MacInnes
Brittany
Poland
Warsaw
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
England
Italy
Egypt
Alps
Bring the Bouquets Now
Poem from Schiller's Bulletin urging friends to offer kind words and help while alive rather than loud funerary praise after death. The speaker prefers live support over posthumous fame and wishes readers to change their behavior now.
Walsh Girls and Related Tales in a Fragmented Review
A fragmented excerpt reviews The Walsh Girls by Elizabeth Janeway and SECRET IN A SNUFFBOX by Elizabeth Emmett, noting sensitive prose and social focus on middle class life. It also mentions CHINA TRADER by Cornelia Spencer and the era of early American sailing, trade, and privateering, with Boston figures amid transatlantic commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsh Girls
Elizabeth Janeway
Helen
Lydia Walsh
Lydia
George Peterson
America
Eazabeth Emmett
Martin
Nancy Robin
Barbados
Newport
Rhode Island
Nancy
Bathsheba
Benjami Bowles
Cornelia Spencer
Easton Company
Cathay
The Story of the Americas and Related Works Summary
A catalog-like overview reviews Baldwin’s The Story of the Americas as the first continuous narrative of the Western Hemisphere, covering exploration and development from Columbus to modern times with emphasis on competing colonial powers. It also notes Arab and Zionist related works, Kossak’s Blessed Are the Merk, Miers’ Big Ben, Rose’s Big Store, and Hus’ Mother Russia with brief descriptions of their focus and themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Americas
New World
Leland Dewitt Baldwin
Western Hemisphere
North
South America
America
Southern America
North America
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomas E. Dewey
John W. Bricker
United States
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Robert D. Blue
Democrat
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry
Oscar
Genevieve F
Peter J. Kres
Surer
Statenes
Curran
Marrarredt
James M. Bell
John A. Graham
William Ro Tart Gibson
Holliday
Uncle Sam
Education Sorience
Max Kuyk
Bingley & Co
Bingley & Company
Knoxville
Pella Airways
Kiwanis Club
Red Cross
U. S
Red Cross Girls of
Detroit
Motor Corps of the
Lend-Lease
D.A
Library Notes
Kay Boyle
France
Lyons
Fenton
Bastineau
Cary Fordyce
Louise Platt Hauck
Harris Speed Gazette
Schiller’s
John van
Asia
Zofia Kossak
St. Francis of Assisi
Jean de Brienne
Francis
Big Ben
Earl Schenck Miers
Paul Robeson
Mr. Miers
Tlety
BIG Store
Donald Rose
Chuck Martin
Chuck
Mother
Russia
Maurice Hus
China
M. A. Brewer & Son
Prairie City
Sargent
Nick Jansen
Colfax Auction
Colfax Sales Company
Bell and Clippinger
First National Bank of Colfax
Earl Shields
C. R. Worhies
Republican
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