Army seeks radio operators and parachutists in West Texas
W W McCollum at Lubbock recruiting office calls for enlistment in the U S Army signal corps for radio repairmen and radio operators. Men 18 to 45 who pass a physical, and who are in radio service or hold relevant licenses, are eligible. Parachutists must be 18 to 32, under six feet tall, with $50 extra pay monthly.
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U. S. Army
W. W. McCollum
Lubbock
Signal Corps
Radio Servicemen of America
Army
Joseph R. Peller
West Texas
Texas Congressmen Face First Democratic Primary Tests
Ten of Texas' 21 House members face opposition in the first Democratic primary. Veterans William Rayburn Sam, Hatton Sumners, Mansfield, Lanham, Johnson, and others draw challengers while Patman, Dies, Patton, Johnson, Poage, Gossett, Kleberg, West, Russell, Mahon, and Kilday have no opponents. Lyndon Johnson remains in Navy service. Eugene Worley appears on the ballot by petition.
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Austin
Texas
Congress
Wright Patman
Texarkana
Martin Dies
Orange
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Joseph Mansfield
Columbus
Hatton W. Sumners
Dallas
Frite Lanham
Fort Worth
Rayburn
George T Balch
Commerce
Rep
Sumners
Harry Hines
State Highway Commission
Summers
House Judiciary Committee
Mansfield
Rivers and Harbors Committee
James A. Clements
Johnson
Foreign Affairs Committee
W. E. Reid
Italy
Pritz Lanham
Public Buildings and Grounds Committee
B. Y Cummings
FE. Harrison
Patman
Dies
Nat Patton
Crockett
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson City
W. R. Poage
Waco
Ed Gossett
Wichita Falls
Mail Carrier marks 40 years with 73 000 miles walked
Frank A. T. Abrahamson of Amarillo celebrates four decades with the Post Office. He estimates about 73 000 miles walked on routes since starting in 40 years ago on R. F D 4 in Iowa and moving to Amarillo in 1907.
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Frank A. T. Abrahamson
Arthur Street
Post Office Department
Abrahamson
Iowa
Polk Street
Frank
Allred Speaks On Radio Through KFDA This Week
James V. Allred, candidate for U.S. Senator, may be heard at 12:30 daily this week on KFDA radio. Pensioners are urged to listen to next Saturday's broadcast. England now operates 15,000 stamp selling machines.
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James V. Allred
U.S
KFDA
England
State board of control member and district attorney oppose congressman
Robert Ewing Thomas of El Paso, serving in Congress since 1931, faces opposition from L. A. Fall, a railroad trainman. The figures named include O. C. Fisher of San Angelo and a member of the state board of control.
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Shamrock
Lynn Miller
Pampa
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Tyler
Edwin Lacy
Longview
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Gilmer
Beckworth
Albert Thomas
Houston
George H Leonberger
Charles L. South
Harry Knox
Brownwood
Uncle Sam
Allie Chalmers
Allis- Chalmers
U.S. Treasury Department
Allis-Chalmers
CCC Oeean
Baemc Caen
Ist Prize
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
U.S. Navy
Allis. Chalmers
Dept. D
Milwaukee
Wis
Forrester
Amagansett Beach
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Allred
Kirk Drug
James Ellison
Aso Sar
Femweve
Circus of Vanes
RAYON
I. W. Harper
W. Harper
Kentucky
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