O'Daniel Maintains Lead in Texas Primary Victory
Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel appears set to win re election with about 54 percent of votes as Texas voters deliver a strong statewide result. Final tallies show O'Daniel leading Col. Ernest Thompson and other candidates, with Connally clinching the Senate seat and large totals reported by the Texas Election Bureau amid a record vote total.
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Wren
Thompson
Harry Hines
Miriam A
Ma) Ferguson
Jerry Sadler
Cyclone Davis
Uncle Sam
O’daniel
Austin
Texas
O'Daniel
Connally
Tom Connally
Senate
Texas Election Bureau
Belcher
Fisher
Condron
da Vis
Ferguson
Hines
Sadler
Mead
Somerville
Stevenson
Brooks
Copeland
Culberson
Everts
Hardin
Holt
Hood
Jones
Langford
McDonald
Mills
Patterson
Pundt
Saulsbury
Sheppard
C. E. Smith
E. T. Smith
Terrell
van Zandt
Butler
Lockhart
McKee
Instruc Pn Ablay
Woods
Corry
King
Beauchamp
Christian
Supreme Court
Alexander
Chapin
Douglas
Griffin
Humphrey
Lattimore
Sharp
Watkins
The
Election Bureau
Wells and Worley Edge for Runoff in Texas Democratic Primary
Deskins Wells leads with 16 640 votes from about 53 000 counted as Potter County returns push him toward a runoff for the congressional seat left by Marvin Jones. Gene Worley and E T Dusty Miller battle for the second spot with Worley edging Miller late in the race.
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O'Daniel
Texas
Wells
Worley
Congress
Jones
Dusty’ Miller
Marvin Jones
Amarillo
Deskins Wells
Wellington
Gene Worley
Shamrock
Texas Lewislature
E. T
Dusty) Miller
Miller
Potter County
Collingsworth
Wheeler County
Lewis Goodrich
Gray
Hutchinson
Carson
Jim Cade
Lewis Fields
Henry Bishop
Veteran Peace Officer Foster Dies at 71 in Amarillo
Robert Jackson Foster age 71 constable of Potter County District 1 died at 2 15 Sunday morning in a local hospital. He lived at 907 North Fillmore Street and burial will be here with arrangements pending. He had lived in Amarillo 30 years and served as a peace officer most of his life. Survivors include wife Emily Foster two daughters two sons nine grandchildren and three grandsons all of Amarillo. He was born near Rockdale Milam County Texas and married Emily C Ferguson in Georgetown January 5 1890.
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Robert Jackson Foster
Potter County
North
Fillmore Street
N. 8
Griggs Chapel
Foster
First Christian Church
Amarillo
Emily ©. Foster
Charles Champ
Denton
Floyd Laceky
William Foster
Afton
Lawrence Foster
Joplin
Lonnie Foster
Fowler Foster
Denver
Leon
Leonard
Homer Foster
Rockdale
Milam County
Alec Foster
Panhandle
Americas Agree On Trusteeship Over West Indies
Havana reports show representatives from 21 American republics agreeing on possible trusteeship for British and other European colonies in the West Indies to safeguard hemisphere security. The Act of Havana calls for a united hemispheric defense approach and immediate consultations if a colony faces threat.
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West Indies
Havana
Trinidad Guardian
British West Indies
Bermuda
Bahamas
Barbados
America
Nassau Tribune
Britain
United States
Canada
Associated Press
Peace Commission
U.S
Cordell Hull
Argentina
Leopoldo Melo
Miguel Campa
Capitol
Hull
Americas
Melo
Washington
Roosevelt
Buenos Aires
Wills United
Roberto M. Ortiz
United Will of the Americas
New World
Full Economic Commission
Full Commission
Britain protests oil interference in Romania
The British legation announced it protested formally to the Romanian government over interference with the Astra Romana Oil Company and seizure of British river tankers and barges. The note reserved the right to take any measures deemed necessary to deal with the situation.
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Bucharest
Astra- Romana Oil Company
Cannons Roar on Eastern Front Across Adriatic
SUSAK Yugoslavia July 28 Heavy cannonading rattled windows in this border town opposite Italian Fiume early today. Reports from across the front said British planes bombed Trieste Pola and Udine. It was also reported that two British submarines entering the upper Adriatic were sunk by an Italian warship.
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Susak
Yugoslavia
Italian Fiume
Trieste
Pola
Udine
Adriatic
Northcutt Leads in Potter County Primary Returns
Ernest O. Northcutt topped J N Riggs for county judge in the Potter County primary by 879 votes while Bill Adams was the only other winner on the ticket with 5,611 votes. Complete unofficial results show Northcutt 4511 Riggs 3632 Adams 5611. runoffs include commissioner precincts 4 and 1 among others. County officials reported slow counting at 27 precincts with results delayed into Sunday night.
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Ernest O. Northcutt
Northcutt
J. N. Riggs
Potter County
Bill Adams
Adams
Virgil Oglesby
Mark Parker
Jack Swann
Roy Walls
Parker
Swann
Walls
Dan Pavillard
George Killian
Iris Browning
Lon Sellars
Bent
Browning
Excemp
Sellars
Jim Vernon
Lewis Merritt
Lon Conners
R. A. Stone
Roy Chase
M. I. Huddleston
Jess L. Adams
W. D. Howard
Howard Trigg
Tom Seay
Hubert Cole
L., D. Heyser
Jewell Davidson
Wee Sma
W. M. Adams
Low Sellars
Morris Browning
Lewis Opposes Peacetime Conscription Plan
Washington July 28 John L. Lewis CIO opposed enactment of peacetime compulsory military training. He aligned with Senator Wheeler who predicted defeat once the public understands the plan. Wheeler cited opposition from church labor peace and farm groups and urged voluntary enlistment as alternative.
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CIO
Wheeler
Montana
Sheppard
Senate Military Committee
Congress
Senate
War Department
Vandenberg
Michigan
Thal
United States
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
British Businessmen Arrested in Japan Quiet Raid
Shanghai dispatch says 11 prominent British business men were arrested by Japanese authorities in five cities amid Germany pressure rumors. Names include C H N James and E W James. arrests occurred Saturday with no disclosed charges and censor ship blocked details.
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Shanghai
Japan
Lsted
Germany
E. W. James
Kobe
Canada
Nazis Lose Nine Planes In Air Battle
The Air Ministry said nine enemy aircraft were destroyed today while Britain lost two fighter planes.
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London
Air Ministry
Britons Smash Nazis in Major Air Battle Over England
British air forces fought a week end showdown with German bombers and fighters over southern England and Wales. The Air Ministry reported nine German and two British aircraft destroyed and detailed a long hour-long dog fight over the southeast coast. German fighters attempted bomb drops as part of a new tactic while British Spitfires intercepted from six miles up. Churchill was slated to speak in the Commons on foreign affairs amid a Romani oil dispute and Balkan war-aligned tensions shaping Axis strategies.
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Wales
Air Ministry
Messerschmitts
Reich
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Holland
Germany
Hamburg
Amsterdam
Wilhelmshaven
Bremen
Britain
Churchill
Rumania
Danube River
FDR Approves Housing Funds for Corpus Christi Project
President Roosevelt approved a $989,000 federal housing loan for Corpus Christi to support an emergency housing program for enlisted men with families and civilian employees tied to the $25 million naval air training base. The 60acre project is part of a 258 unit plan costing $2,000,000 by the Corpus Christi housing authority.
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Corpus Christi
Roosevelt
Federal Housing Authority
Naval Air Training Base
Naval Station
Corpus Christi Housing Authority
Weather outline for West Texas and New Mexico
The forecast calls for fair conditions in southeast West Texas with partly cloudy skies and showers and thunderstorms elsewhere Monday and Tuesday. Cooler air moves in north Monday night. In New Mexico partly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday, cooler in the northeast Monday, then warmer in the west Tuesday.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Hitler Holds Talks With Balkan Emissaries In Alps
In a Bavarian retreat Hitler met Slovak leaders President Piso Prime Minister Tuka and Propaganda Minister Mach to lay down rules for his new order in southeastern Europe. German reports said U boats sank five armed ships and Swansea Harbor was bombed as Britain’s defense battles continued.
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Bavarian Alps
Adolf Hitler
Europe
England
Swansea
Cornwall
Hitler
France
Fuehrer
Joseph Piso
Vojetch Tuka
Sano Mach
Rumania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Slovakia
Balkans
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Hermann Goering
National Zeitung
Romania
Brooks Culberson Prep for Runoff in Dallas
Pierce Brooks and Olin Culberson, runoff clients in the railroad commission race, prepared plans for campaigns in Dallas. Both said they would begin speaking tours around midweek. Culberson reported support from Hood, Sheppard and Copeland. Brooks pledged no mudslinging or personal attacks.
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Dallas
Pierce Brooks
Olin Culberson
Culberson
Walton B. Hood
Bailey Sheppard
John D. Copeland
Commission
Brooks
Italians Lose Four Planes Off Malta
Four Italian planes were destroyed without British losses during various engagements off Malta today, an official announcement reported from Valletta Malta.
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Valletta
Malta
DROWNS IN RIVER NEAR NEWCASTLE
Olney July 28 Frank Cheeves 66 a member of an old Young County family drowned today in the Brazos River near Newcastle while swimming.
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Olney
Frank Cheeves
Young County
Brazos River
Newcastle
Co Creator of Modern Navy Dies at 76 in Washington
Rear Admiral David Watson Taylor, naval constructor who helped shape the modern American navy, died in Washington at 76. He served as the navy's chief constructor during World War I and helped establish Carderock Maryland's testing basin bearing his name, retiring in 1923. He passed away while a patient at the naval hospital.
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Washington
David Watson Taylor
Admiral Taylor
Navy
Carderock
Naval Hospital
Three Men Die in Texas Road Crash Near Carthage
Three men were killed and six injured in an early today automobile collision on the Shreveport highway, 13 miles east of Carthage. The dead are Frankie Joe Langley 35 Coleburn Langley 37 and J C Lawrence 19, all workers at a Carthage basket factory. Four of the injured were in a Shreveport hospital but none seriously hurt.
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Carthage
Shreveport
Frankie Joe Langley
Coleburn
J. C. Lawrence
University man dies of gunshot wounds in Galveston
John Adriance IT, 35, died today from gunshot wounds at his home in Galveston. No inquest verdict has been returned. Adriance, a University of Texas attendee, was connected with a local real estate firm.
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Galveston
John Adriance
Adriance
University of Texas
Swastika Flag Found Flying Over Edinburg Post Office
A Nazi swastika painted on a large blue mark flew from the Edinburg post office before dawn. Citizens quickly removed the banner and authorities opened an investigation into the incident.
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Edinburg
Big Refrigerators on Sale in Globe News Want Ads
Merchants cut prices on gas and electric fridges with low prices and easy terms. Sample bargains include 1937 Kelvinator 5 ft Electrolux 4 ft Frigidaire Majestic models priced around $35 to $899.50. See Globe-News Want Ads for details.
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Globe-News
Benence
Hard Fought Senate Runoff Forecast Amid Panhandle Races
The race in the 31st District shows Max Boyer leading Grady Hazlewood by a narrow margin with 22,608 to 20,425 votes. Curtis Douglass trails. In Panhandle state representative contests Jack Little leads W. H. Brian in the 123rd District with 8,940 to 7,033 as other districts shift toward runoff. George Mahon dominates the 19th Congressional race.
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Max Boyer
Ochiltree County
Grady Hazlewood
Potter County
Boyer
Amarilloan
Hazlewood
Curtis Douglass
Panhandle
Jack Little
Amarillo
W. H. ‘Bill’ Brian
Sentative
Potter, Randall, Armstrong, Carson
Deaf Smith
Odham
Little
Brian
Austin
Eugene Worley
Allan Harp
Congress
A. B. Tarwater
Plainview
Luther, Gribble
Collingsworth County
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Ringer
Mr. Holder
British Association
H. C. MacNaughton
James
Tokyo
Drummond
Jonas Holder
Ring
FDR
Ennis Favors
Pampa
Floyd
Tom W. Dean
L. G. Mathews
E. E. “Red” Walker
Hall County
Paul Eubank
Motley County
Richard Craig
Roberts County
Forrest B. Mullins
Sherman County
South Plains
George Mahon
Marshall Fromby
Alvin Allison
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