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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 28, 1946

Page

4

Areas Voters Name Officials Heavy Voters Order Of Day

Randall Abernethy reports from the Lubbock area that railroad commissioner Beauford Jester was the people’s choice in most counties with near complete returns. Voters favored Rainey only in Dickens among counties reporting late. Incumbent Connally was never in danger in the U.S. Senate race, and county results show Jester and other candidates leading in several locales.

Randall Abernethy Beauford Jester Peeple Lubbock Homer P. Rainey University of Texas Dickens Jester Dawson Garza Lynn Hockley Cochran Olin Culberson Railroad Commission Dawson County Price Daniel Pat Neff, Jr Connally John Lee Smith Rainer Jerry Sadier Grover Sellers Rainey Smith Sadier Sellers Sadler Garza County U.S Tom Connally Hale County Floyd County

Lubbock County Casts Big Vote in Democratic Primary

In precinct 4 W J Farris trailed Perry L Cor ley in a runoff bid while Abernathy precinct reported first complete results earning a rural prize. Cor ley 971 Farris 957 Brock 777. George B Jones led John W LeMond 3 075 to 2 573 in the constable race. Negro voting swelled to about 150 with illegal lists shredded. many veterans voted without poll taxes or exemptions. police managed car parking near the courthouse as thousands watched results via loudspeaker and KFYO.

Abernathy Lubbeck County B. Lovelace Avalanche-Journal Lovelace Ceourthouse M. M. Styles F. L. Jones New Deal Roosevelt Deeper Beses Fouerth Court House Frank Jones KFYO John Lee Smith Lubbock County Beauford Jester

Military Barracks In Jerusalem Attacked

An armed group attacked Jerusalem’s military detention barracks but was repelled after exchanges with sentries. British troops and police sealed the Taibieh quarter with shoot on sight orders in a city already mourning the King David Hotel bombing that left 80 dead and 25 missing.

Jerusalem King David Hotel Immediatelix Entre Taibieh Palestine

Nine Polio Victims Under Treatment in Albuquerque

Nine infants paralyzed by poliomyelitis are under treatment in the isolation unit at Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Albuquerque New Mexico. The facility houses 14 patients and serves as the only unit of its kind in the city. The latest cases include two children brought from Belen and nearby Kirtiend Field.

Albuquerque N.M Women’s and Children’s Hospital Belen Kirtiend

Heavy Texas primary turnout as Negroes vote first time

Texas voters packed the polls with a record turnout forecast as the Democratic primary opened. Grover Sellers led early totals in Kenedy with heavy Duval County support for multiple candidates. Notable activity included liquor bans, absentee voting, and police recalls in Beaird’s district attorney race.

Victor Anders Supreme Court Kenedy King Ranch County Grover Sellers Duval County Duval Tom Connally Olin Culberson J. E. McDonald Jesse James George Sheppard John H. Sharp Shivers Boyce House Oldster Clarendon W. B. Sims Houston Athens Greenville Rainey Dallas Valley Texas Rangers Rio Grande City Pampa Matador Fredericksburg Senate Tyler Craven Beaird Marshall

San Angelo Man Charged in Las Vegas Murder Case

Frank W. Reichline, 43, of San Angelo Texas, is charged with murder by District Attorney Jose Armijo in the shooting death of Percy R. Perry 42 former Army major stationed at San Angelo. Preliminary hearing set for Monday. A coroner’s jury concluded Perry died from a gunshot wound fired by Reichline at El Porvenir lodge near Las Vegas New Mexico where Perry and Reichline allegedly registered as man and wife.

Las Vegas N. M U.P Frank W. Reichline San Angelo Tex Jose Armijo Percy R. Perry Perry Keichline Fashionable el] Porvemir Lodge Here

South Plains voters name listed officials in primaries

Terry County ballots show totals for county judge, clerk, sheriff, and school superintendant with several precincts reported incomplete. Kent, Stonewall, Dawson, Dickens and Gaines counties list district attorney, sheriff, county judge and other races with varying box completeness and one box unreported. Continuous results note that state and other races would not be tabulated tonight.

Keith Tom L. Davis Cecil Berry John Harvey L. M. Tomme Joe M. Jackson Lloyd Croslin Tom Gordon Terry County Brownfield Winston Bynum Edwards Pyeatt Winn Price Murry Burnett Gore Thompson Fulton Lucille B. Shinn Brock McNeil Wagner Stone Warren Settles Willis Kissinger Gossett Johnson Bartlett Thomas Lyon Duncan Fox Wilmeth Kent County Clairemont Fred Stockdale John H. Banks H. J. Whatley C. E. Pearson R. G. Goodall E. Z. Peek van North John M. Hall Lee Wright L. O. Mayer T. F. Bates Bill Wyatt Foster C. Howell A. C. Cargile J. B. Hilbert Mart Cave Coulter Senn Stonewall County Aspermont D. O. Hawkins MC. Meyers Frank Poore Alonzo Mayfield Glenn Corder Fred Brock Harold Kenady Lamesa Dawson County W. W. Petteway Guthrie Allen Bob Huff Vernon D. Adcock A. M. Bennett Houston Glasson Clayton Barkhurst Harold B. Merritt Olive Spikes Louie C. White J. R. Leuenberger Constable Elton Boyd W. G. Truitt H. D. Pace R. O. Wilkerson Edd Williams L. J. Dean J. C. Wristen G. C. Aten R. L. Butchee R. H. Kinnison Lewis Gillespie J. F. O'Brien J. B. Roberts J. A. Johnson J. E. Debnam Frank Delane Gervaise Medford John E. Edmonson Hugh E. Gaines Matthew H. Goodrich Dickens County Alton B. Chapman Edwin F. Boedecker John B. Stapleton Richard F. Stovall John L. Green Monroe Gage A. C. Sharp FE. H. Ousley L. J. Varnell, Jr Hubert L Gaines County Seagraves Gaines County Seminole Cc. C. Byars Ennis Ware Lawrence Rhea O. C. Heath H. S. Birdwell C. B. Estep Joyce Davis Alton Freeman Lawrence Barber Amos Harper A. E. Moore R. M. Gentry Orval R. Perry Don Elder Paul Stewart Jim McCleskey Morton Cochran County Hancock Angley Weed Pierce Gipson Knox Strickland Winder Ellis Cook Miller Hamilton Smith

Tom Sawyer Play Postponed After Ward Boyce Contracts Mumps

TRUE TO CHARACTER CHILDRESS Tex The Childress Children s Little Theater postponed its production of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer after Ward Boyce Jr who was to play the title role contracted mumps.

Childress Tex U.P Childress Children’s Little Theater Tom Sawyer Ward Boyce, Jr

Russell Trails Cook In District Contest

In the 64th district race, incumbent C. D. Russell trailed challenger Dan M. Cook 6,041 to 6,048 with Lamb County yet to report, possibly swing the outcome. Castro Hale and Swisher counties had reported complete returns.

Lamb County Plainview Herald Jennings Tom Deen Floyd County Holt Jennings Deen Holt Bailey Briscoe Castro Floyd Hale Lamb Palmer Swisher Russell Cook Plainview 64Th C. D. Russell Dan M. Cook Russell Cook Bailey

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