O Daniel Campaign Blends Politics With Religion in Texas
W Lee O Daniel runs for Texas governor on a platform of the Golden Rule and the Ten Commandments. His campaign blends hillbilly music radio, religious hymns, and flour sales talk, drawing massive crowds as supporters mail in 54599 letters urging his bid. He leverages his Hillbilly Boys band, promises benefits for seniors, and sustains a nationwide radio presence built over a decade.
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W. Lee O'Daniel
Jesus
O'Daniel
R. F. Shinn
O’daniel
Texas
Radioland
J. Leslie Finnell
Hillbilly Boys
Texas Rose
Leon
Patty Boy
The
Ezra
Klondike
Horace
Warner Road
Burrus Mill & Elevator Co
Hillbilly
Whitewright Ballot Shows O'Daniel Backed For Governor
Long list of votes from Whitewright precinct records waged Saturday in the Democratic primary. Key figures include W Lee O'Daniel leading with 159 votes for governor, and Gerald C. Mann receiving 180 for attorney general. The report notes extensive totals across offices from lieutenant governor to sheriff, with numerous candidates and precinct tallies.
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W. Lee O'Daniel
Ernest O. Thompson
William McCraw
Tom F. Hunter
Clarence E. Farmer
Pierce Brooks
G. H. Nelson
Coke R. Stevenson
Alton M. Mead
John Lee Smith
George A. Davisson
Gerald C. Mann
Walter Woodul
Ralph Yarborough
Robert W. Calvert
Supreme Court
Richard Critz
W. H. Davidson
Tom Smiley
Court of Criminal
F. L. Hawkins
Charles A. Pippen
Harry N. Graves
James A. Stephens
C. V. Terrell
John Wood
Frank Morris
Robert A. Stuart
O. C
early life details of Kansas figure in business and journalism
The text describes a Kansas native who completed high school and business college in Arlington Kansas. He supported himself with a paper route and a waiter job to fund business school. His first job was as a ten dollar per week stenographer for a flour mill in Anthony Kansas. The passage mentions Kansas and New Orleans and ends abruptly.
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Kansas
Business
Arlington, Kan
Anthony
Kan
New Orleans
Allred Celebrates O Daniel Victory and Party Unity
Governor James V. Allred praised W Lee O Daniel after his Texas Democratic primary win and urged county conventions to elect delegates supportive of O Daniels program. He pledged personal help and emphasized cooperation among officials, praising O Daniels character and family.
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Austin
James V. Allred
W. Lee O’daniel
Allred
O’daniel
Texas
O'Daniel
Runoff Set For Grayson County Sheriff Race
In the Grayson County sheriff runoff J B Davis faces Pleas Porter former Sherman constable. The August 27 election pits the two against each other after Floyd Everheart and John Evridge were eliminated in the first primary.
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R. van Zandt
Edwin Kidd
J. H
Jim
Waggo
Roger Q. Evans
Walter W. Talley
Joe A. Keith
W. J. Minton
Roy G. Baker
Russell W. Bryant
J. Saunders Freels Howard Lovellette
Bevis Davis
Floyd Everheart
John C. Evridge P. M
Pleas
Porte J. B
Benton
Dar
Sewell R. McKinney E. A
Miller
Eula Hunter Morton
Beulah (Pitt
Howdeshell
Earle Whiteacre
J. B. Davis
Pleas Porter
Sherman
Grayson County
John Evridge
Governor O'Daniel Predicted To Make People Proud
The speaker urged support for Mr O'Daniel describing him as a governor many will grow proud of once they know him. They called on July 11 and recalled a March 20 1937 election that narrowly defeated beer legalization by 312 votes.
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O’daniel
O'Daniel
Moll
Beers Fails To Get Cooke County OK
Gainesville election results show Cooke County voting 2,735 for beer and 3,249 against beer, a 514 vote margin in favor of maintaining the dry status. The county stayed dry after the Saturday ballot.
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Cook County
Gainesville
Cooke County
Aaa reports expenditure for year totals 328 million
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration reported that benefit payments and other expenditures for the last 12 months totaled 328,262,578 dollars. Expenses of the Washington and state offices were 20,636,470 dollars.
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AAA
Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
State
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L. A. Woods
W. E. James
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J. E. McDonald
George H. Allen
Leonard Westfall
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Fifth Supreme Judicial District
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Jeff) Gregory
Bennie
Ben) Ball
Finis Alverson
Harold Doss Walter W. Compton
Tom Brice
Ee Wee Ee
Sun
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C. H. Barrett
R. B. Caraway
R. C. Slagle Jr
Collier Yeary
Fort Worth
Burrus
Ashburn
Ashburn’s
Lee O’daniel
Luther Gordon
Quality
First National Bank
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