Texas Gubernatorial Front Runners In Final Runoff Push
In Texas race for governor in 1938 eleven entrants face a July runoff. Leaders Bill McCraw Lee O Danial Ernest Thompson push through, while Tom Hunter eyes a late surge. Predictions hinge on O Daniel talk and potential shift to a Thompson McCraw duel. Gov Allred forecast to become federal judge, opens Sept 5. New highway chief Hickman named as successor to Phares amid tax board delays and a heavy road construction bid slate.
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Austin
Texas
Bill Mac-Craw
Lee O’daniel
Fort Worth
Ernest O. Thompson
Tom Hunter
O'Daniel
O’daniel
Thompson
Moe Craw
McCraw
James V. Allred
New South Texas
Federal District Court
Washington
Roosevelt
Wichita Falls
Allred
Tom Connally
Jimmie Allred
Automatic Tax Board
Highway Department
Reunion Poem Amid Gettysburg Veterans
A July Gettysburg reunion brings Frances M. Finch’s poem about healing between the Blue and the Gray. The piece envisions peaceful remembrance as iron fleets fade and graves unite beneath sod and dew, asking that war’s anger be banished when graves are lauded.
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Gettysburg Battlefield
Pennsylvania
Frances M. Finch
Davis Seeks Re Election as Grayson County Sheriff
In a re election plea the Grayson County official profiles his fitness and notes a record of surrounding himself with capable deputies. He recounts a Texan upbringing near Howe, names his parents J P Davis and Mamie Blackburn, and cites family pioneer roots in Grayson County.
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Texas
Howe
Grayson County
J. P. Davis
Harrison Davis
Easter Wheat
Mamie Blackburn
A. A. Blackburn
Georgia
Davises
Wheats
A Child’s Laugh and Sacred Day Imagery
A lyrical meditation contrasts holy day rituals with a child’s laughter. The piece extols a child’s joy as the purest sound, surpassing organ music and celestial echoes in stirring affection and calm, calling laughter a boundary between sorrow and grace.
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Apollo
Jim Waggoner Seeks Grayson County Representative Seat
Jim Waggoner says his experience will help him improve Grayson County as he campaigns for the state representative position. He emphasizes practical solutions, public service background, and commitment to local needs.
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Grayson County
Sheriff J Benton Davis pledges continuation of service
Judge Davis recalls lifelong county ties and farm roots in Grayson County, five terms as Sheriff, Navy veteran, married to Ethel Carroll with one son. He cites leadership roles with state and regional peace officer associations and calls for voters to support his administration for another term.
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Howe
Grayson County
Ethel Carroll
Ed Carroll
Blooming Grove
Navarro County
Texas
Central Christian Church of
Sherman
Sheriff's Association
State of
Southern
Oklahoma and
North Texas Peace Officers Association
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Quip on Suffragist Cat Reference Highlights Marital Name
A man quips that suffragist Mrs Catt bears a feline name like her president. The suffragist replies that she has been a Catt only since marriage, implying name choice reflects marital status.
Jokes and barter in a magazine letter exchange
A magazine editor received a letter with proposed jokes and the joke reply teased a purchase price of ten yards. The exchange hints at the era's humor culture and the editor weighing what to accept for compilations.
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Will
James Burr V. Allred
James Veto Allred
Robert Lee Bobbitt
State Highway Commission
Ernest Thompson
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
J. Saunders Freels
Service
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Jim Waggoner
Waggoner
House of Representatives
J. C. Wilson
McDowell Garage
J. Benton Davis
Liberal
Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
Loerie
Champion OF
Walter Woodul
Walter Woodal
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