Long Ballot for Primary Next Month in Grayson County
Grayson County Democratic party releases a 65-name slate for district county and precinct offices for the July 25 primary. The list includes Sam Rayburn, Olan Van Zandt, J. J. Darby, H. C. McKinney, D. F. Charted officials begin with county chairman R. M. Carter and B. W. Hampton.
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Democratic Party
Grayson County
R. M. Carter
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Fifth Civil Appeals Court
Ben F. Looney
Dallas
George M. Field
Olan R. van Zandt
Tioga
J. P. Buck
Collinsville
Charles R. Jones
W. S. Moore
Gainesville
J. A. Benton
Wylie
LeRoy M. Anderson
Denison
D. South Travis
Sherman
Bob Caraway
Howe
Roger Q. Evans
J. T
Jim) Sparks
M. B. Morgan
W. J. Minton
Jake J. Loy
W. R
Vernie) Henderson
Sinking Carrier Commander Rescues His Dog Amid Fire
Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman abandoned the Lexington in the Coral Sea to save his 10 year old cocker spaniel Admiral Wags. Amid flames and explosions he found the dog under the emergency cabin bed, a life jacket was placed and the dog was lowered to a destroyer then a cruiser before reuniting days later. Ivory, whalebone and horn are described as skin modifications.
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San Diego
Calif
Frederick C. Sherman
Lexington
Coral Sea
Admiral Wags
Sherman
Selectees Now Get Furlough After Being Inducted
General J. Watt Page announced a new induction procedure enabling a two week government funded furlough for every selectee accepted by the Army. Texas starts July 10 with groups reporting to local boards for transport to Reception Centers, smoothing departures and eliminating post induction delays and injustices. Local boards will aid transit and coordinate routes and schedules with the Army to ensure orderly departures.
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Army
War Department
Selective Service
J. Watt Page
Texas
Page
Walker family adapts to rubber shortage through walking plan
The Walker family returns to walking due to rubber shortages. Pop lists dangerous “Danger Spots” and safe “Safety Spots” along his commute to the station, tests routes, and finds a faster, safer path. He then guides his wife and children to map similar routes and diagrams.
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Walker
J. Walkers
Pop
Dobbin
Danger and Safety Spots Guide for Safer Daily Walks
The article shows danger spots numbered and safety spots lettered in a neighborhood. It compares Pop's old risky route with a new safer route that adds a minute but avoids heavy traffic and a loading area, noting lighter traffic means no police control is needed. Diagrams at the lower right offer blank spaces for families to map routes for themselves.
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Pop
Grim German execution tale circulates in whispers
The piece describes an alleged method of execution in Germany where a condemned man is blindfolded, made to stretch out his arms, and given a pound of butter in one hand and bacon in the other. Removal of the bandage supposedly causes shock and death.
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Germany
Senator Says Bears Planned Raid On Cotton Prices
Oklahoma Senator Elmer Thomas declares a bear raid depressed farm prices, cutting cotton by about 10 dollars per bale and causing roughly 100 million dollars in losses on 10 million bales stored. He cites a New York forecast service advising short October futures on May 27 as proof of manipulation and notes farmers face parity gaps and widespread price ceiling violations.
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Washington
Elmer Thomas
Dem
Oklahoma
Senate
New York City
Thomas
Eight Japanese Carriers Lost in Midway and Coral Sea
Reports from battle participants and communiqués indicate eight Japanese aircraft carriers were sunk or heavily damaged at Midway and Coral Sea, possibly over half of Japan's carrier fleet. Most losses left decks loaded with warplanes, suggesting hundreds of aircraft were destroyed or damaged. Several ships among Japan's best carriers were badly affected.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Midway
Coral Sea
Japan
Paradox of German Qualities in Nazi Theory
The quotation claims God endowed Germans with three traits honesty intelligence and Naziism but permits only two to coexist. If a German is honest and Nazi he cannot be intelligent. If intelligent and Nazi he cannot be honest. If honest and intelligent he cannot be Nazi.
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J. Benton Davis
Dorchester
Fred
Hank) Mooty
G. P. (Prentice) Gafford
Ralph Elliott
Justin A. Carlisle
H. Grady Thompson
S. W. Earnest
Paul Finch
Bells
Beulah Howdeshell
Robert Dean
George Schumacher
Ray Short
Pottsboro
Sewell R. McKinney
R. H. (Reece) Bowen
van Alstyne
J. H
Jim) Waggoner
Whitewright
J. S. Taylor
S. R
Ben) Vaughan
J. J. Darby
Southmayd
S. R. Stiles
Whitesboro
Charles C. Shannon
J. B. Westbrook
H. C. McKinney
E. W. McAden
Gordonville
R. L. Rich
Sadler
Justice of Peace
C. W. Stamps
Jess N. Wall
Lake C
Wilson
M. M. Scholl
E. A. Wright
Ed Martin
A. F. Thompson
S. F. Bowling
C. L. Simpson
Constable
Cloyd Sullivan
Finis Alverson
B. W. Hampton
General Page
Mobilgas
Mobiloil
G. C. Stateville
Arca O
Pop Walker
Travelers Insurance Company
Your
Lee
Westinghouse
Community Public Service Company
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