Jester Upsets Calculations In Lubbock Primary Runoff Bid
County electors at 26 polling places set a county record with 12 717 votes in Saturdays Democratic primary. Beauford Jester beat Homer Rainey in the governor's handicap and helped George Mahon win re election by a 3239 vote edge over Hop Hals ey. Croslin led in the district attorney race while other county races headed to runoff.
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R. C. Hankins
Avalanche-Journal
Ubbock County
Beauford Jester
Homer P. Rainey
University of Texas
George Mahon
Hop Halsey
Lubbock
Syrian E. Marbut
John M. Steele
Croslin
Lloyd Croslin
Tom Gordon
Dr. Rainey
Lubbock County
Jester
Rainey
Allan Shivers
Boyce House
George H. Sheppard
Clifford E. Butler
Jesse James
Clarence Williams
Pat M. Neff, Jr
Price Daniel
R. E
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J. E. McDonald
Olin Culberson
Mac Coker
Ike Lyons
John H. Sharp
Chas. T. Rowland
Associate Justice Supreme Court
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James B. Hubbard
Jesse Owens
Tom L. Beauchamp
Judge Court of Criminal Appeals
Owens
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Johnson
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J. B. Johnson
Frank Guess
P. B. Penny
R. O. Short
Penney
Short
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E. Z. Hogan
Ben Mansker
A. A. Gartman
Boyce Wicker
Mansker
Gartman
Wicker
Chas. A. Guy
Ailroad
Corsicana
Navarro County
Homer Price Rainey
Austin
Gov
Coke R. Stevenson
John Lee Smith
Jerry Sadler
Grover Sellers
Texas Election Bureau
Ryan
Somerville
Olde Brown
Burks
Hutchinson
March
McNutt
Minton
Sadler
Sele Mills
Shivers
Walker
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Neff
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Oe Culberson
Lyons
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Hill
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James
Williams
Supreme Court
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Anerr
U. S. Senate
Texas House of Reepresentatives
Attoreney
Pat Neff, Jr
Texas Tall Tales
R. E. McDonald
George Sheppard
Associated Press
Houston
M.l.co. Andrews
Harris County Democratic Committee
Andrews
Plains Voters Pick Officers in Biannual Democratic Primary
South Plains voters turned out for the first Democratic primary to select county and precinct officials amid a fiery governor race. Results show Jester leading for governor and Allan Shivers topping for lieutenant governor, with detailed county by county tallies from Lynn, Garza, Crosby and Crosbyton areas and notes of runoff prospects.
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A. B. Slagle
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Halsey Fails to carry most of 25 Texas counties in Mahon win
Congressman George Mahon leads in 25th district returns with 40,183 to 24,065 for Hop Halsey as only Garza and Dawson counties vote Halsey. Total votes about 64,248 with many counties still to report and Mahon gains strong margins in Lubbock and Mitchell counties.
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Chas. C. Watson
Avalanche-Journal
Ongressman
George H. Mahon
House of Representatives
Texas
Mahon
Hop Halsey
Halsey
Garza
Dawson
C. L. Harris
Lubbock
Howard
Mitchell
Colorado City
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Bailey
Borden
Cochran
Crosby
Dickens
Floyd
Gaines
Haskel
Hockley
Kent
Win Bien Ee
Lamb
Martin
Yoakum
Congressmen Face Run Offs in Texas Primary
Texas primary results show several incumbents advancing to runoffs while others lead in multiple districts. Early tallies from the Texas Election Bureau list figures for districts including the Fifth in Dallas and the Twelfth, with names such as Hughes, Lanham, West, Ellis, Yeager, and Mansfield among those highlighted.
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Texas
House of Representatives
Texas Election Bureau
Sarah T. Hughes
Dallas
Frank Wilson
West
Fritz Lanham
Penn Jackson
Wingate Lucas
Milton West
John T. Ellis
William H. Yeager
Glover
Patman
Ray
Combs
Stephens
Wilson
Senate group pushes study on high officials deals
Washington July 27 War profits investigators examine a Washington influence sale to a firm that paid for help it did not receive. Mead committee sighs shield for munitions promoter son. Comptroller Warren called to public hearing to probe improper profits via GAO. Garsson says May did not profit from Cumberland Lumber deal amid Texas primary results and local races.
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D-Ny
Lindsay C. Warren
General Accounting Office
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R-Mich
Detroit
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Murray W. Garsson
Munitions Combine
May
DEAL
Chicago
Henry B. Garsson
Batavia Metal Products, Inc
Andrew J. May
House
Cumberland Lumber Co
Kentucky
Cumberland
Houston Sails Largest Cotton Cargo to Kobe
The SS Norma Lykes left Houston bound for Kobe with 30 161 bales of cotton the largest export from Houston to date. New shipment Chatilaine pins King's Jewelry. Adv.
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Houston
Norma Lykes
Kobe
Japan
King’s Jewelry
Adv
Croslin Leads For District Attorney
Lubbock attorney Lloyd Croslin led candidate Tom Gordon in incomplete four county returns for the 72nd judicial district race. With 60 percent in Crosby county and 11 of 18 boxes in Hockley, Croslin held a 10,803 to 7,094 advantage, further led 7,482 to 4,769 in Lubbock County, and will succeed Burton S. Burks.
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Lubbock
72Nd Judicial District
Tom Gordon
Crosby County
Hockley County
Croslin
Gordon
Lubbock County
Navy
Burton S. Burks
Gordon Cochran
Crosby
Hockley
Polio Victim Kilpatrick Dies at Seven in Pampa
Thomas James Kilpatrick seven year old son of Mr and Mrs E C Kilpatrick of Pampa died today from infantile paralysis.
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Pampa
Thomas James Kilpatrick
E. C. Kilpatrick
Lubbock Sets 107 Degree Heat Record on Election Day
The city reached a new high of 107 along with several other Texas locales as heat dominated the day. Qua Nah topped state readings at 108 while Wichita Falls and Dallas posted 105 and 103 respectively. Rain fell in Sabinas with hail totaling about 1.25 inches.
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Treasury Department
Budget
Treasury
Washington Bank
Senate
OPA
Paul Porter
Porter
Lubbock
Main Line
West Texas Gas Company
Quanah
Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Clarendon
Dallas
Sherman
Pampa
Gertrude Stein Dies in Paris Suburb Hospital at 72
Beloved American writer Gertrude Stein dies at the Ameri can hospital in Neuilly on the Paris outskirts at age 72. Stein, famed for terse diction and avant garde works, opened her home and heart to American soldiers during World War II and recently published Brewsie and Willie.
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Paris
The
United Press
Neuilly
Miss Stein
America
Alleghany
Bilignin
United States
Brewsie and
Willie
General Clark Named U.S. High Commissioner for Austria
President Truman designates General Mark W. Clark as United States high commissioner on the Allied Council for Austria. The council operates under the control agreement signed June 28 by the United States Great Britain Russia and France in Washington.
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Washington
Mark W. Clark
Austria
Truman
United States
Allied Council
Great Britain
Russia
France
Ward County precinct convention backs Rainey runoff opponents
In Brownwood on July 27 the Ward One precinct convention passed a resolution directing delegates to support any opponent in the runoff against Homer P. Rainey.
Weather summary for West Texas and New Mexico area
Fair conditions expected in West Texas Sunday and Monday. New Mexico sees scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms mainly in mountains, otherwise fair with highs 90 to 100. Station readings show varying temperatures from 68 to 178 in the 24 hour period ending yesterday at 6 p m with a Texas Experiment Station high of 102 and low of 68.
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Texas
New Mexico
West Lezas Gas Company
Texas Experiment Station
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