J E McDonald to Retire and McKay to Seek Office
J E McDonald, Texas agriculture commissioner since 1931, will retire and not seek reelection. Walter T. McKay of Fredericksburg, long chief of plant quarantine, is mentioned as a candidate. McKay has not announced officially. The report notes McDonald’s intention to settle in the Rio Grande Valley and lists possible successors and political context.
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J E McDonald
Commissioner of Agriculture
Walter McKay
San Antonio Express
J. E. McDonald
Texas
Walter T. McKay
Fredericksburg
Department
McKay
State Agriculture Department
Austin Bureau
McDonald
Austin
Texas Agriculture
Rio Grande Valley
Agriculture
Charles S. McLellan
Eagle Lake
Peppy Blount
Big Spring
Jim Griffin
Hidalgo County
Hart T. Longino
Harlingen
Texas Federal Inspection Service
Capitol
Texas Agriculture. Com
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
Mexia
Limestone County
Prairie Hill
Ellis County
Mr. McKay
Seguin
T. J. McKay
Luling
T. J. McKays
Walter
San An
Waco
Baylor
Houston
Houston Landscape Company
Agriculture Department
George B. Terrell
Augusta Moritz
Joseph Moritz
Walter, Jr
Elaine
Caroline Ann
Dept. of Agriculture
State Department
State Agriculture Division
Texas Entymological Society
American Acceptance Association
US Dept. of Agriculture
Arthur Stehling
KNAF
Life of a Texas Ranger from the old frontier days
The article recalls Robert C. Roberts a former Texas Ranger who served 1879 to 1881 in Kerrville and Fort McKavett era. It notes Rangers' self supplied horses and pay of thirty dollars monthly and highlights Roberts fencing bandit saddles bluffing criminals and a border chase ending with an outlaw shot and capture.
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Robert C. Roberts
Gillespie County
Texas
Rangers
Roberts
San Saba
Fort McKavett
Menardville
Frontier Battalion
Dan Roberts
R. C. Roberts
New Mexico
Fort Davie
Kerrville
Dan
George
Liano County
Sam Connally Seeks Reelect as District Attorney
Sam Connally of San Saba announces his candidacy for reelection as District Attorney for the 33rd Judicial District of Texas covering San Saba Llano Mason Menard Gillespie Blanco and Burnet Counties. A Brownwood and Washington DC educated lawyer with army service and community ties, he notes a track record of handling felony crimes and juvenile delinquency. Connally, the first candidate for the 1950 election in The Harper Herald, cites fitness for the job.
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Sam Connally
San Saba
Harper Herald
Judicial District of Texas
Llano
Mason, Menard
Gillespie
Blanco
Burnet
Rosebud
Falls County
Connally
Daniel Baker College
Brownwood
George Washington University
National University
Washington, D. C
Butler reenlists at Brooke Army Medical Center
Sgt. David E. Butler, husband of Pearl Butler and son of Trene Blakley of Harper, reenlisted in the Medical Department of the Regular Army for an unspecified term this week at Brooke Army Medical Center Fort Sam Houston Texas. He is assigned to the Motor Pool after seven years eight months of prior service.
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David E. Butler
Pearl Butler
Trene Blakley
Harper
Medical Department
Regular Army
Medical Field Service School
Brooke Army Medical Center
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Chevrolet Mechanics Trained in Power Glide Transmission
About 10,000 Chevrolet dealer service department mechanics nationwide are attending a two and a half day New Product School to learn the Powerglide transmission. Instruction by factory-trained instructors covers disassembly and reassembly, power jet carburetor, hydraulic lifters, and the 105 horsepower engine, with certificates awarded on completion. Sessions run from January 3 through May at zone headquarters.
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Detroit
Chevrolet
E. L. Hariig
Chevrolet Motor Division
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Emma Filter
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Stehling's
Pama Hull
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