The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-06-09
ON .Tld1B WASHINGTON.
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By JACK sTINNETT

By JACK SILNN144
 CHlCAI1O- Delegates Jo the Re- puplican national convention here June 26 .(and the Democratic con- yenuon winch foIIows Ill July are going to ind Chicago d ullLerent host ouCy Unan Ill previous cohVeh- JIon years, put the change will De so sllght mat no one who has slept in a Ioxhole in Italy or fought the lungIes of New Guinea would notice It. ,z-------.--.s.-s
 The Office of Defense Transport ation and the railroads both assure lne that deelgaCes, alternates ana convention officials won't nave any trouble getting transportation
 Persons Wno have. ridden rall- roads, especially in the south, mld- dIe west and west, may look on thar assurance with some doubt What is meant is that they will get tickets. some kInd of sleeping ac- commodations and all occasIona4 meal.
 once arrived, the order oi the day is patience about getting taXls. l nave heard estimates of a 10 to 50 per cent cut in taXis here. 1 can on " report that they are scarce ln spite of group-riding. The drivers are cagey too. They stay out ot zones where they are likely to pick up fares to spots from which they
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 Chicago has always been one ot the great hotel cities in the coun- try and even when the largest con Yentions were in town there was no real dearth of beds. Hotel of- ficials assure me that such will con tinue to be the case and that no one will have to lseep in the streets. .saeeL4s eq} uI de9Ls ol eAeq lIEA euo either hotel accommodations or serV- ice will be up to pre-war standards. Persons who had double rooms and suites in former years will have to take in roommates this season. The manpoWer shortage has made serV- ice one of the biggest hotel head aches but 1 haven't found in Chica- go or elsewhere that it's any vital matter to complain about.
 Those who woo the cup that cheers better bring their corn drip pings with them. OVer-the-bar beV- erages still seem plentiful and ex- cept at the clip joints are as req sonable as in your own home town, but bottled goods are another mat ter. According to reports, the black marketeers have cornered the bot tied goods, with prices ranging from S6 a fifth for the cheaper" brands to S17 a fifth for what you are used to
 AS for the business, the real bus mess of the convention-nominat- ing candidates for President and Vice President, the facilities are ex- actly what the used to be. The only problem will be to try to find a Some-body-for- President headquar- ters to hang around.
 Voice From Des Moines
 In Des Moines, Iowa there's a say Ing: II yOu HdAL IO AAAu D
 crat, go to Dubuque" Some of that. of course, is mere facetiousness. The Democrats in 1888 were able to muster 413,7SS votes to the Repub- licans' 410,983 to put the present Sen. Guy M. Gillette in office.
 That year, too. they had two of the states nine congressman. In 194O, there was no senatorial race and although the state went Repub- lican, two Democraatic congressman held on. In 1942, Sen. George A. Wilson scored 41O,0O0 votes to his Democratic opponents 295,OOO.
 That year also, the Republican congressman all won by majorities of from 15,OOO to 25,OOO. There wasn't a race in any district that was close The Republicans claim this trend has continued unabated. There is no reason to disbelieve them, according to the most impar- tial observers here. Iowa looks not only solidly Republican but solidly for Thomas B. Dewey for President.
 Willis York. hulking Madrid, Iowa. mannfaet1rsE wh0 is chair