Leroy Hittle's collection of papers, circa 1947-1956.

Wallgren, Monrad C. (Monrad Charles), 1891-1961

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Governor of Washington, government official, and friend of Harry S. Truman. From the description of Papers, 1929-1959 [microform]. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70958968 ...

Wilson, Turman, 1926-1953

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Hittle, Leroy, 1913-1993.

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Leroy M. Hittle was born on June 10, 1912. He became an Associated Press correspondent that lived and worked in Olympia, WA. He became the head of the AP's Olympia Bureau about 1946. He served in that capacity for about 21 years. Governor Dan Evans appointed Hittle to the State Liquor Board in 1967 and Hittle continued to serve under two succesive administrations. He retired as chairman of the Liquor Contorl Board in 1982. In 1993 he suffered a stroke while at his winter home in Palm Desert, CA....

Washington (State). Governor (1945-1949 : Wallgren)

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Mon Wallgren was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1891. In 1894 his family moved to Texas, then to Washington in 1901. Wallgren attended public school and business school in Everett and graduated from the Washington State School of Optometry in 1914. In 1917 he enlisted in the Coast Artillery in which he attained the rank of second lieutenant. Following his war service he returned to Everett where he began a jewelry and optical business. In 1932 Wallgren was elected to Congress where on...

Washington (State). Governor (1949-1957 : Langlie)

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Arthur B. Langlie was defeated for reelection in 1944 by a mere 28,000 votes, but in the 1949 election he reversed the verdict by about the same margin and reassumed the governorship. Many of the problems of Langlie's second term stemmed from the post-World War II adjustment period and national issues which had an important impact on the state. Washington served as a major staging area for the Korean War, civil defense became important in view of the "Cold War" and in the same vein,...

Washington (State). Governor (1941-1945 : Langlie)

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Arthur B. Langlie was born in Lanesboro, Minn., in 1900. When he was nine his family moved to Bremerton, Wash., where he attended public school. He went on to attend the University of Washington and graduated from its law school in 1926. After a period of practising law, in 1935 Langlie entered politics and was elected to the Seattle City Council. In 1938 he was elected mayor of Seattle and was reelected in 1940, serving until his election as governor. In the election of 1940 Langli...

Wilson, Utah, 1930-1953

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Langlie, Arthur B. (Arthur Bernard), 1900-1966

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Lawyer, Republican politician, and business executive of Seattle who served one term as mayor of Seattle and three as governor of Washington. Arthur Langlie served as mayor of Seattle from 1938 to 1940, and led the effort to rehabilitate Seattle after the Great Depression. He was the Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1940, and won, thanks largely to a deeply divided Democratic party. During his time as governor, he was involved in the proposed Columbia Valley Administr...