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Miss Rankin to Oppose Thorkelson for Renomination

June 7, 1940
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Jacob Thorkelson, pro-Nazi Representative from Montana, will be opposed for renomination by Miss Jeanette Rankin, first woman ever elected to Congress, it was announced here today by the National Council for Prevention of War, of which Miss Rankin is legislative secretary. Miss Rankin filed for the Republican nomination in Helena, Mont., yesterday.

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