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Republicans fight for governor and lieutenant governor spots
The campaign shapes up with Beardsley seeking a third term facing Kenneth Evans Alden Doud and R J Oltman in the governor race and Leo Elthon Alden Doud and R J Oltman contending for the lieutenant governor nomination. Evans blasts Beardsley's bid while headquarters open in Des Moines. A slate for the 1948 anti-third term era echoes in comments about past GOP dynamics. Emmett Hannan named to the Iowa conservation commission to fill the term until June. Industrial safety course under way in Des Moines led by state and federal officials.
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Iowa
Williams Beardsley
Kenneth A Evans
Emer
Nicholas
Mason City
W. H. NI
Ralph Slippy
Waterloo Spayor
Beardsley
Clark McNeal
Belmond
Evans
Idsley
Robert Blue
Des Moines
Leo Elthon
Fertile
Alden ~Doud
Douds
Elthon
R. J. Oltman
Storm Lake
Ben Evans
Helen Vernon
Vernon
Pierce
Eisenhower
Taft
National Federation of Republican Women
Emmett Hannan
Council Bluffs
Iowa Conservation Commission
Emmett Ryan
Underwood
Hannan
Pottawattamie County Conservation League