Virtual dead heat Anderson Lumpkin runoff for county post
Final unofficial returns show Howard Anderson and Jim Lumpkin in a runoff for county attorney. Bob Underwood led Henry Bishop by eight votes for district attorney in Potter Randall and trailed in Armstrong. Potter totals: Underwood 3,615 Bishop 3,836. Randall 997. Armstrong 559. Other races produced runoffs or clear winners or near-wins across the county.
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Bob Underwood
Henry Bishop
Underwood
Potter County
Wood
Bishop
Potter
Randall
Armstrong
Amarillo
Percy Gibbs
Dan Pavillard Yepinet
John Winters
Joe Gray
Mark Parker
J. W. Minter
H. W. Duke
Justice of the Peace
W. W. Otkinger
H. L.gaither
J. Walker Hunter
G. H. Little
One Dies Eleven Injured in Paria Crash
In Paris July 26 J L Long a 50 year old Reno community farmer was killed when his wagon collided with Joe Sivley’s automobile driven by Fort Dawson Clarksville. Eleven others were injured including Mrs Long with a head injury and Long's son John Arthur aged 10 with an arm injury. Claborne Holt suffered internal and leg injuries requiring amputation. Seven Long children had cuts and bruises. Mrs Sivley sustained a slight injury while returning from a farmers short course with her husband and daughter Mrs Smith Sims.
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Paris
J. L. Long
Reno
Long
Silvey
College Station
Smith Sims
Dawson
Allred Leads Texas Governor Race in Early Return
Jimmy Allred, the 37 year old former sailor, led with 391 157 votes and a 28 455 margin in Texas at 4 P M, as 240 of 254 counties reported. Tom Hunter trailed with 172 355, followed by Fischer Sanderford Ferguson and Brooks. Sheppard won re nomination for Senate in a walk.
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Texas
Texas Election Bureau
Election Bureau
Tom Hunter
Allred
Hunter
F. W. Fischer
Tyler
Roy Sanderford
Jim Ferguson
Pierce Brooks
Dallas
Wichita Falls
Wood
Morris Sheppard
United States
George Sheppard
W. H. McDonald
Charley Lockhart
L. A. Woods
Gallaher Promoted to Chicago Santa Fe Office
Tom Gallaher departs Amarillo to join the Santa Fe railroad executive staff in Chicago as assistant to the vice president in charge of traffic. After 30 years with Santa Fe here, he helped expand the Panhandle route and the Las Animas Amarillo line, shaping Amarillo’s growth.
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Tom Gallaher
Amarillo
Chicago
Santa Fe Railroad
The
Santa Fe
Great Southwestern
Pecos
Belen
Panhandle
Las Animas
New Mexico
Colorado
Oklahoma Democratic Runoff Campaigns Drag On
Oklahoma City July 26 rival New Deal candidates for Senator exchange charges of improper WPA and state employee activity as the drive to Tuesday's Oklahoma Democratic runoff nears its end. WPA officials in Washington announce continued inquiry amid dismissals including Joseph R. Cannon. Lee in Tulsa hints at statements after supporters’ conference while Muskogel speech cites governor controlled inquiry before the second primary election.
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Oklahoma City
New Deal
WPA
Oklahoma
Rep
Josh Lee
F. W. Marland
Washington
Joseph R. Cannon
Texas
W.S. Key
Aubrey Williams
Khey
Lee
Tulsa
Muskoge
George McElroy
Houston Men Charged With Negligent Homicide In Corsicana Crash
Jack Broussard and R F Whitemore, both of Houston, face negligent homicide charges after Broussard's car struck a trailer on Whitemore s truck ten miles south of Corsicana, sending debris into a second truck killing C B Burnett of Dallas and J F Rogers of Ennis. Bonds set at 1000 each. Broussard s sister and his Houston relative injured. Whitemore sustained a fractured nose.
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Corsicana
Jack Broussard
R. F. Whitemore
Houston
C. B. Burnett
Dallas
J. F. Rogers
Ennis
Broussard
Whittemore
Burnett
Rogers
L. Miller
Tone Costley
Whitemore
Evacuation of Americans as Spain fights outside San Sebastian
American officials abandon the summer embassy in San Sebastian and evacuate aboard the Coast Guard cutter Cayuga as fierce fighting swirls around the city. Helsinki and Madrid reports say Finnish consul’s wife is shot, while 11 destitute American athletes reach France. Sixty Americans flee Barcelon a liner Exeter carries others to safety.
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Washington
San Sebastian
Spain
United States Coast Guard
Cayuga
Hallett Johnson
State Department
Claude G. Bowers
Puenterrabia
Johnson
Barcelona
France
Madrid
Barcelon
Exeter
Marseilles
Montpellier
Cette
May Never Solve Mystery Slaying
Belton Texas July 26 Sheriff John R. Bigham of Bell County said the investigation into a headless, handless seven year old boy found in a shallow Leon River grave may never be solved. No clothing was found and doctors estimate burial seven months ago.
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Belton
R BeLton
John R. Bigham
Bell County
Bigham
Leon River
Chicago plans big Knox celebration in Chicago Stadium
Chauncey McCormick announces plans for the largest political show in years to welcome Col. Frank Knox as Republican vice presidential nominee. Knox will deliver his acceptance speech next Thursday night beside running mate Gov. Alf Landon. The ceremony centers on Americanism constitutionalism and the flag at Chicago Stadium.
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Chicago
Frank Knox
Chauncey McCormick
Col. Knox
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Knox
Chicago Stadium
Small leads in Texas Senate race as returns come in
Unofficial Sunday night totals show Senator Clint Small of Amarillo leading Curtis Douglass of Panhandle by 1 835 votes. With 20 counties reported and 1 000 to 1 200 votes uncounted in six counties, Small’s margin should hold though Carson County favors Douglass two to one. Big gains for Small appeared in Potter Randall Moore Hemphill Lipscomb. Douglass led in Carson Hutchinson Gray Hall.
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The
Daily News
Clint Small
Amarillo
Curtis Douglass
Panhandle
Small
Palmer
Swisher
Hartley
Hemphill
Donley
Senator Small
Potter County
Douglass
Carson
Randall
Moore
Lipscomb
Hutchinson
Gray
Hall
Douglass Dallam
Sherman
Bridge Plan for Red River Interstate Between Bonham and Durant
William V. Smiley, engineer for the U S Bureau of Roads, said plans for an interstate bridge over the Red River between Bonham Texas and Durant Oklahoma would be approved once returned by the Texas Railroad Commission. The $350000 bridge plans were drawn by the Oklahoma Highway Commission and approved by Texas this week, with the contract to be let in August or September.
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Oklahoma City
William V. Smiley
United States Bureau of Roads
Red River
Bonham
Texas
Durant
Okla
Texas Railroad Commission
Oklahoma Highway Commission
Stroller Ungovers Strangled Woman in Park
A stroller in Washington Park uncovered the body of a roughly 50 year old woman with a wire tied around her throat near a park trail in Portland Oregon on July 26.
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Portland
Orc
Washington Park
Conchas Dam bids to start August first
Government to advertise bids for main units of Conchas Dam on August 1 under the $12 million flood control project. Captain Hans Kramer says construction will begin early fall 1937 with the U S Army Corps of Engineers submitting a bid. if theirs is not beaten by 25 percent, engineers win. Work includes earth dikes and plans for large south dike and spillway with completion targeted around June 30, 1939.
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Tucumcary
Conchas Dam
Hans Kramer
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Lmited
Kramer
Lightning Kills Steers at Issaés Ranch
Three valuable steers were struck and killed by lightning during a severe electrical storm on the Sam Issaés ranch, according to local reports. The incident details the loss of livestock in a single event and notes no human injuries.
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Sam Issaés Ranch
Louis Kirk Refuses To Speak In Slaying Of Wife
Louis J. Kirk, 80, was arrested after his wife Florence Kirk, 82, lay dead from a .32 caliber head wound in their Harrison Street driveway. Investigators filed murder charges. Kirk offered no statement, claiming confusion as police hunted him for hours.
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Bill Wilson
Florence Kirk
Harrison Street
Louis J. Kirk
Twenty-Sixth Avenue
Taylor Street
Bob Johnson
Russell Gifford
Kirk
Adams
Grady Hazlewood
Justice of Peace
Charlie Carder
Billy Joe
Louis
Gifford
W. D. McNeillis
Charley Christian
Twenty-first Avenue
Fillmore Street
Christian
Mrs. King
Dorothy Reed
Harrison
Four in Car Shootings Described in Graphic Testimony
Mrs Kirk is killed in a family disturbance as Kirk and Cain describe driving away with the woman and a boy. The witness accounts reveal a severed marriage, a late night hotel stay, and a police station incident before the fatal shot.
Cub Reporter Seeks Scoop After Woman Is Shot
A cub reporter describes rushing to a gasoline station crime scene for a scoop. He grapples with missing details and notes imperfect witness accounts while a bystander references a car and a shooting by a man, amid confusion and fear.
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David Rasco
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Lumpkin
U.S
George Terrell
M’donald
Sheppard
Jimmy Allred
Bowie Boothlack
Arizona
Gallaher
Tom B. Gallaher
Jimmie Allred
Bootblack
U. S
LEE and
Marland
Bowers
Clint C, Small
Red River Bridge
Louis Kirk
Hazlewood
Fourteenth Avenue
Indiana
Amarilio
Clark Cain
George King
Cain
L. J. Kirk
Cub
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