Texas Democratic Split in 1892 Convention Battle
The 1892 Texas Democratic fight between Governor James Stephen Hogg and George Clark split the party at a car barn convention in Houston. Delegates from Dallas and Harris fought over chair and keynoter, with clashes, police blocks, and separate conventions in Turner Hall and Turner Hall.
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Associated Press
Waldin
Dallas
Houston
Street Railway Company
Hogg
George Clark
Waco
Mike
Democratic Party
Clark
Texas
Commission
Railroad Commission
Tarrant
Harris
N. W. Finley
John L.shepherd
Camp
Jonathan Lane
LaGrange
Lane
pBoth
Finley
Hoge
eLane
Turner Hall
Thomas L. Nugent
Post
Nugent
German transport ship sinks after mine near Gothenburg
The German transport Westfalen struck a mine off Gothenburg, Sweden, and sank with the loss of more than 200 German and Norwegian sailors.
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Stockholm
Westfalen
Gothenburg
Sweden
The Voice Declares End of Film Career
Hollywood Sept. 9 UP The Voice says he is through with movies and will focus on radio He mocks the film industry claiming most people in pictures do ten The crooner vows to move to radio and criticizes Hollywood while praising the radio platform and its potential for his future earnings. He notes Hollywood is a good place to raise children but blasts his neighbors as rapid rises in fame breed untouchability.
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Clark
Oeere
Sueleauiee
Buck Walton
Turner Hall
Jack Elgin
Hollywood
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
Tommy Dorsey
Voice
Tech Artist course schedules four top artists for 1944 45
R A Mills announces four renowned performers for the Texas Technological College artist course season at Lubbock High School auditorium. Eleanor Steber opens Oct 26, Kurt Baum performs Nov 29, Mia Slavenska with eight dancers Feb 21, and Patricia Travers on Mar 26. Tickets listed with season and student prices.
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Patricia Travers
Lubbock High School
Tech
B. E. Adair Music Company
Main
Hillman accuses Dewey of deliberate double talk on policy
Sidney Hillman, CIO PAC leader, criticized Gov. Thomas E. Dewey in a New York CIO convention address. He accused Dewey of shifting positions on foreign aid and Britain and said his domestic policy record was vague and contradictory.
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Borat Springs
N. Y
Sidney Hillman
Thomas E. Dewey
CIO Political Action Committee
National Citizens Political Action Committee
New York State
CIO
Cio-Pac
New York
Warren G. Harding
Dewey
Hillman
PAC
Britain
Slaton School Remodeling Plans Drawn by Committee
Slaton officials expect cost estimates for rebuilding Slaton schools as the board’s building committee, aided by Lubbock architect M. C. Butler and members C. E. Lilley and R. M. Champion, draft remodeling proposals. Buy A War Bond TODAY.
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Slaton
School Board
M. C. Butler
Lubbock
C. E. Lilley
R. M. Champion
Tahoka airport deemed inadequate for postwar use
Airport engineer E C Metz of Civil Aeronautics authority in El Paso said Tahoka's temporary field would be useless for postwar operations beyond local flying and emergency landings. He urged groundwork now to ensure inclusion on feeder lines. The article notes balloon tires flattening to ten to twelve inches for road grip.
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Tahoka
E. C. Metz
Civil Aeronautics Authority
el Paso
Tahoe
Surplus Property Bill Amended by Senate Group
In Washington on Sept. 9 a Senate-approved amendment tightens the surplus property proposal. The change would bar government employees handling sales from the party to the purchase and extend the rule to $1-a-year men in the government.
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Washington
Senate
Hoe Coates
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