Dewey Holds Edge In Republican Running
Governor Thomas E. Dewey leads the Republican field for the 1948 nomination with pledged support from New York, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma, ahead of Harold Stassen and Robert Taft. Idaho delegates were instructed to vote as a unit, boosting Dewey on the first ballot.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Miami
Florida
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Philadelphia
Jority
Dewey
New Hampshire
Oklahoma
Stassen
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Douglas MacArthur
North Carolina
Louisiana
Kansas
Maine
Iowa
Michigan
Arizona
South Carolina
Virginia
Arkansas
Illinois
Idaho
Green to Head Session at Republican Convention
Gov Dwight H Green of Illinois was chosen as keynoter and temporary chairman for the June Republican national convention in Philadelphia. House Speaker Joseph W Martin Jr of Massachusetts was named permanent chairman by the arrangements committee. The picks were approved unanimously by the 32-member committee led by Walter S Hallanan.
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Philadelphia
Dwight H. Green
Illinois
Green
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Mass
Martin
Walter S. Hallanan
W. Va
Werner W. Schroeder
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Roy Dunn
Minnesota
Jessie Williamson
California
J. Russell Sprague
New York
Charles T. Howard
Massachusetts
Spud Crop About Gone
Boise Idaho exten sion economist Robert W Wilcox says the 1947 Idaho potato crop is nearly exhausted with only about 1800 cars left to ship after April 10 Idaho had moved 26000 cars to market by that date versus 35700 a year earlier The shortage helps Idaho growers fetch high prices while Maine growers rely on government purchase program
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Boise
Idaho
Robert W. Wilcox
University of Idaho
Wilcox
Maine
Skilled Labor Shortage Triggers Immigration Push
Australia faces a sharp labor shortage with the immigration department prioritizing skilled workers for quotas, radio reports say from Radio Australia.
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San Francisco
Australia
Immigration Department
Radio Australia
Pocatello High School Hosts Visiting Girls and Debating Teams
Pocatello High School welcomed more than 200 guests for an April 19 event hosted by the Home Economics Department. Guests included Miss Margaret Ritchie and Miss Lucille Magruder from the University of Idaho, plus eighth grade girls from Franklin and Irving Junior High Schools. The day featured tours of the cooking laboratory and sewing rooms, with samples of punch and cookies served by Home Ec students. Sophomores closed their debate tournament on the atomic energy UN control topic, with John Scoville and Cleo Pat Price tied for first and Eddie Van Vieck and Dale Vesser close behind. Pocatello also participated in the Idaho State Declamation and Debate Festival, earning superior ratings for four students and high marks for others under advisors Mrs. Virginia Ellege and Mr. Rowden Stolworthy.
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Mary Carolyn Weller
Pocatello High School
Margaret Ritchie
Lucille. Magruder
Home Economics
University of Idaho
Moscow
Franklin and Irving
Alice Adamson
Daphine Bonham
Franklin
Olive Sprcester
Anderson
Irving
Ruth Dana
Dorothy Mercer
United Nations
John Scoville
Cleo Pat Price
Eddie van Vieck
Dale Vesser
Kline Jones
Paula Bryan
Rowden Stolworthy
Idaho
Idaho State College
Pat McDevitt
Jim Varley
Charles McDevitt
Leo Gill
Dorothy Harper
Reid Jensen
Dorothy Finlayson
John Roberts
Duane Lloyd
Maxine Wellard
J. Hawkes
Virginia Ellege
Pocatelo
Mothers' Club in Wilson Faces Financial Trouble
The Mo thers' Club of Wilson Kansas with 14 members is short on funds. Last fall the group approved a $3 gift to each member with a new baby and five members are expecting. The treasury holds $6.56.
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Wilson, Kan
Mothers’ Club of
Wilson
Treasury
Polio Carriers Implicated By Sabin At Conference
Dr. Albert B. Sabin told about 3,000 physicians at the American College of Physicians convention that thousands appear healthy yet spread poliomyelitis. He cited Cincinnati children with summer grippe showing polio in spinal fluids without paralysis.
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Albert B. Sabin
University of Cincinnati
American College, of Physicians
Sabin
Cincinnati
Stassen Criticizes Labor Law In Taft Territory
Harold E. Stassen campaigned in Taft's home region and urged revising three provisions of the labor law. He targeted bans on union spending for shop votes and union shop rules, plus the anti-communist leader declaration. A stray line about a mosquito with 22 teeth appears in the copy.
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Middletown
ULP
Harold E. Stassen
Robert A. Taft
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