O'Daniel's Pious Detestation Of Spoils System Vanishes
In Texas the Board of Control fired eleven employees for replacements favored by Governor O'Daniel's appointees amid questions of tacit approval. Reporters noted his reticence while warning the move may threaten civil service norms and spark calls for a classified system to protect the public service.
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O’daniel
Harry Knox
Frank Davis
Board of Control
Hall
Knox
Davis
Senate
Texas political season ripples with wit and slogans
The piece catalogs candidates’ vows and clichés as Texas politics heats up. It notes common lines such as efficiency, economy, and self made man, plus jests about poor but honest, clean campaigns, and kinship hiring. It compares past and present campaign cries and ends with a quip about a campaign sign promising thick steaks and thin pancakes.
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Columbus
Discovery
North America
W. Lee O’daniel
Pappy
Man and science leaders urged to drive production reform
A quotation from Edward G. Budd calls for a multidisciplinary team to guide manufacturing toward new paths. It emphasizes oversight of quality, improving flow, and elevating collective thinking across fields.
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Edward G. Budd
Texas Game Wardens Report 210 December Arrests
The Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission reports 210 arrests in December with 179 convictions and one appeal. Violations covered 36 laws, including javelin shooting in closed counties and deer headlights, mostly hunting code breaches. three men paid $100 fines.
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Austin
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Lone Star
Game Department
Albino Opossum Captured Near Bridgeport by Local Resident
Oscar Price reported catching a pure albino opossum northeast of Bridgeport Texas. The unique mammal’s pelt was taken to the Bridgeport office for study and potential specimen use.
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Bridgeport
Texas
Oscar Price
Index by I. F. Bogg Concludes Animal Had Pink Eyes
The report notes I. F. Bogg’s index of observations stating the animal possessed pink eyes. Several nearby details follow, implying additional related notes and context about the creature.
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I. F. Bogg
Albino Opossum Report Reaches Texas Commission
A pure albino white opossum has been reported in Texas marking the first such sighting to reach the Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission. The find highlights unusual wildlife coloration and prompts official documentation.
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Texas
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Old Three Toes Coyote Captured by Federal Trapper
Cla Parker, a federal trapper, finally outwitted the famed Mason County coyote known as Old Three Toes. The animal earned its name from a three toe print and the fact it had two toes missing from a right front foot after escaping a prior trap.
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Old Three Toes
Mason County
Cla Parker
Quail travels 15 miles after release in Texas study
A female bobwhite banded and released at the Parks Ranch in Goliad County was shot two miles southeast of Schroeder during quail season, about 15 miles from its release site. Biologists attribute the long journey to insufficient food or cover.
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State Game Department
Parks Ranch
Goliad County
Schroeder
Texas
Game Department
Head of County Judges Attacks Gov O Daniel for Lack of Vision
Shackelford County Judge Homer T. Bouldin, president of the Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association, denounces Gov Lee O Daniel in a radio address aired on fifteen stations. He accuses the Governor of shirking responsibility and failing to seek relief and unemployment remedies in Texas. He says state problems should be discussed with candor and action, not songs from an orchestra or a vocal number by Leon.
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Abilene
Shackelford
Homer T. Bouldin
Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association
Lee O’daniel
Bouldin
Texas
Leon
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Dallas News
Tom DeBerry
Hardihood
O'Daniel
Highway Department
O'Danielites
Star Credit Company
Grayson County State Bank
South Travis
Sherman, Texas
Whitewright Lumber Co
Ohio House
Federal Housing Administration
Qeange
Boyce House
Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
O’daniel Shirks
A. Y. Creager CO. M. & P. Bank Bldg
Gomer May
L. LaRoe €& Co
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