Iowa Delegation Signals Truman Support At GOP Convention
Report notes banners and a simple convention headquarters for the Republican gathering in which the Iowa delegation appears aligned with Truman. It mentions minimal hotel grandeur, badges for Justice William Douglas, and locals noting Democrats as better spenders. Charles Sullivan, now with Otis Elevator in Philadelphia, recalls Cherokee ball days with Guy Gillette. Hens are bred for stronger eggshells. The text also recounts a historical debate in 1899 over corpuscle versus electron, crediting G Johnston Stoney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
Supreme Court
William Douglas
Iowa
Charles Sullivan
Philadelphia
Otis Elevator Company
Guy Gillette
Iowa Delegation Attends Formal Democratic Gathering in Philadelphia
Iowa representatives attended a formal pre convention party at the Bellevue-Stratford hosted for the Democratic National Convention. Attendees included G. G. Bert Jeck of Atlantic and Mrs. Florence Lynch of LeMars along with state chairman Jake More and several delegates. Iowa leaders renewed ties with former Agriculture Secretary Clinton Anderson and Attorney General Tom Clark at the event.
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Iowa
Bellevue-Stratford
Swanky
G. G
Bert” Jeck
Atlantic
Noah
Florence Lynch
LeMars
Jake More
Stella Laffan
Waukon
James D. France
Tipton
Mary Jane Freeman
Des Moines
Gertrude DeiWitt
Agriculture
Clinton Anderson
Tom Clark
Iowa Delegation at Convention Delibes Platform Drafting
Mrs. Lynch led the 18 member resolutions committee drafting the platform for approval by the full body. Des Moines visitors Paul Martin J M Clarke and Pete Hanson represented small business interests. Loveland remained detained in Washington due to his wife’s operation. Brannan Lowe Culbreth and others joined a special radio network show.
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Paul Martin
J. M. Clarke
Des Moines
Pete Hanson
Manning
Loveland
al Loveland
Washington
Charles Brannan
Fuegians and their tribes described in early ethnography
The text identifies four Fuegian tribes Yahgan Alacaloof Ona and Haush with Yahgan and Alacaloof as canoe people and Ona Haush as forest dwellers. It notes the Ona as living in stone age fashion and reports Red Cross nutrition lectures and food demonstrations reaching over 800000 people last year.
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Fuegian Archipelago
Tierra del Fuego
Red Cross
Community sale and livestock auctions listed for Iowa towns
Weekly livestock sales occur at multiple venues including Whittaker sale barn and Kalona sales barn with schedules for Columbus Junction Ollie Sigourney and other towns. A July 26 public auction offers a 290 acre Riverside area farm at 1 30 p m as part of the Athbert Navy Estate proceedings.
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Whittaker
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Kalona
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Hi Dollar Sales Company
Sigourney
Riverside
Athbert Navy Estate
Beavers Detected Living Waterways Vegitarian Habit
Beavers spend most of their lives in water and do not eat fish. They are strict vegetarians, relying on plants for food and shelter in aquatic habitats.
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G. Johnston Stoney
Harry Ae
Finance GO
the Journal
U.S
Canberra
Myron Melvin Cowen
Australia
Robert Butler
Cuba
International
Oliver
Loveless Implement Store
Journal
Fred W. Bell
Feed Service Headquarters
Rock Island Depot
Herb
Professional Directory
Louis J. K
Jeffrey Bldg
Theodore B. Bailes
Morrison Building
S. W. Livingston
Robert Day Amtporneys
W. Main
George F. Morrison
G. Gifford Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Paul V. Shearer
Court House
Kent Molasses
Town State College
Raymond Bell
Stanley Mouser
Wellman
Wendell L. Shaffer
Hotel Washington
Optometrists
Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
P. L. Etter
F. G. Livesay
D. C
Spinal Distortion
Iowa Avenue
Ana Ee
N. Ave. B
W. R. Hayman
DLS
Unter A
Mt. Pleasant, Ta
Taha
Sentinel Radio Sale & Service
South Ave
D. W.L
Little
Jone
Washington Dairy
Ivar
Tait Radio & Appliances
N. Jews Ph
Reister Hatchery
Reister Bros. Hatchery
Loos
Compus Contractors
Washington Concrete Co
St. and
Rock Island
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