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DENTON, TEXAS, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 25, 1938
VOL. XXXVII
NO. 295
Associated Press Leased Wire
SIX PAGES
FLOOD SITUATION IMPROVES
ODANIE GETS
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS, GROWS
261 MAJORITY IN
O’DANIEL HOLDS
WORSE ALONG COLORADO RIVER
DENTON COUNTY
IN STATE VOTE
Gossett Holds
»
Lead for Congress
recinct boxes
iy.
Returns from Drop came to Den-
totals in the
The unofficial
ed.
/
Dallas Man Is
Farmer 15,
Renfro 26,
Clarence
Precinct Sessions
(By Associated Pres®
last week of
of Oommons began
dipio-
the pariiamentary
hronicle were:
Leutenant Govervor-George
fired farmer.
regular function Hut n is certain
Agricultural Commissioners—Al-
the candidates in the state and
Loss of its westernmost territory bleton, all of Haskell
sell. Mrs. J. H Russell. Fred H. Mi-
nor,
Raliroad Comm
oner — Jerry
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, July 25
Third. Term and
said an attempt .had been made on
the life of Major General Blanton
ties, 4 complete. Blackburn 11.711;
Winship. Governor of Puerto Rico, 1 Patman 30,295.
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"I expect him to try." Vandenberg Barnes. 842.
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Rioting broke out
$en
"2
■
Illes
below the partially
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Victim of Hunting
Accident in County
Runoff Due in
State Senate Race
ROUND
ABOUT
TOWN
Allred Strong
For O Daniel Now
reviewing box
Wichita Wet
By Small Vote
Denton County voters’ pref-
erence for mountain music in
Saturday’s first primary elec-
tion was by 261-vote majori-
ty, complete unofficial returns
Commissioner land Office—Lar-
ry Mills, 1,636; William H McDon-
ald. 2,231: Morris Browning, 432;
Defends Fixing
Rates for Power
the totals, though la some Instances
errors were caught .
completed Fort Phantom Hill dam
11 miles northeast of Abilene were
Funeral services for John S. Wan-
kan, 81. of Dexter. who died in a
Runoffs To Be Held
In Several State
Contests.
Runoff for Assessor
And in Two
Precincts.
SAN SABA, July 25.—(AP)—The Southwest Texas
flood situation was greatly improved at noon today despite
heavy rains over the stricken area last night.
Reports of the downpours, which —■—— ' -....... .
Among those attending the fun-
eral. which included all his chil-
dren and their families, were Mr
1.000;
Lane
*
s
a lard group, and It may require a
day or so before it assumes its
537; ODanlel 448,267; Renfro 7,-
014; Self 1,205: Thompson 173517.
Lieut. Governor—Brooks 330388;
Davisson 70,786; Mead 41,899, Nel-
Smoke pouring from her blaz-
ing hold, the British freighter
Arlen is shown above in Valen-
cia harbor, afire after a direct
hit by Spanish Rebel flyers
Families Warned
To Move at Dam
ABILENE, July 25.(»—Fam-
proaches to Wright’s bridge over a
creek four miles north of Llano
were washed out. Since Saturday this
had been the only route open to
this litttle sheep capital
Today a single telephone circuit
was San Saba's outside communi-
through Kiukiang, key Yasgtze Riv- day that President Roosevelt would
er port 115 miles east of Hankow, seek a third term
rade. The radio account said troops
and police were getting the crowd
under control
The governor was in a reviewing
stand, accompanied by Senator Pe-
dro Juan Serralles and other offi-
cials and army officers
of himself anywhere He to a pop-
ular. well-liked genteman and he
knows his politics
Lead Passes 26,000
As Count Nears
Completion.
Receives 448,267 in
Totals Before Noon
Woodui 265,785; Yarbrough 171,382.
Comptroller- Biffle 93,529; Shep-
pard 516,362; Terrell 133,492
Railroad Commissioner-Christie
21,583; Morris 59,215; Sadler 1M.-
671, Stuart MAU: Terrell 223,914;
Spanish Fight
On Three Fronts:
Japan Drives On
Unofficlal Tabutatiom
Totals of the unofficial
Sadler. 1,453; Robert A. Stuart. 1.-
729: Frank Morris. 413: O. C Chris-
tie. 306; John Wood, 847; C. V. Ter-
reU. 1,700. .
Other Races
District totals in congressional
boat in wmhich she was riding with warned to evacuate this morning by
two others capsteed. the -contractor's foreman.
20 injured
PONCE, Puerto Rico July 25.—
(—At least 30 persons were in-
jured. some seriously. today in an
exchange of shots which followed
an unsuccessful attempt on the life
of Major General Blanton Winship,
governor of Puerto Rico.
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all marooned persons had been res-
cued Twenty-three were taken from
roof-tops and trees yesterday.
An early estimate of damage plac-
ed it at $2,000,000. ' .
The death list remained at two.
The Red Cross reported no missing
residents.
The San Saba water works con-
tinued out' of commission, but the
highway department employee haul-
ed in fresh supplies from wells and
cisterns.
The Red Cross set-up a soup kitch-
en and the 300 homeless here were
housed In churches, the courthouse
and a large warehouse.
The flood area covered a strip
about 100 miles long and 50 miles
wide.
Casualties of the flood were Mr
and Mrs M E. Hensley, who resided
near Menard. They were drowned
Friday night as they attempted to
wade to safety. Two sons saved
themselves by clinging to trees.
Red Cross headquarters announ-
ced all of 33 persons mafooned
by flood waters yesterday had been
rescued.
British Vessel Bombed
in Spain
Boyd. W E Durbin. Mrs W E Ddr-
bin. J. W Gray. Mrs J. W Oray.
A. O. Koenig. Mrs A. O. Koenig.
T B Davis. Lloyd Davis, Gerald
Stockard. Miss Eith L. Clark Mrs.
J. R. Swenson. Dr. B B Harris, W
E Loveless. El P Cox, Mrs. ESI
P Cox, Mrs. F. V. Garrison. W E
Mann. O. L. Fowler, R T May and
Judge Gambill
ADD PRECINCT conventions ______
Ward 4 elected delegates to the
county convention as follows: C C.
Yancey. J S Stover. Geo M Hop-
kins. Brent C. Jackson. A. C. Mc-
Ginnis. N B. Baker Joe L. Akins.
W E Adkins. Joe Skiles. W. J Me-
Connell. T. J. Fouts, Jack Johnson.
while he was attending a celebra-
tion at Ponce Shots could be heard
over the radio.
Governor Winship was in Ponce
for the celebration of the 40th an-
niversary of the landing of Amer-
ican troops in the Spanish-American
war. ’
Large crowds had been drawn
to Ponce for the occasion. The Unit-
ed States Navy’s plane carrier En-
terprise. the destroyer Shaw. Army
and Marine units were taking part
in the festivities
MAJORITY FOR
GIRL DROWNS WHEN ROWBOAT
CAPSIZES
WEIMAR, July »—(—Elizabeth
Krupela, 17. drowned in Wk k Lake
near here, yesterday when the row
Fall." said Holford Russell, who re-
turned Saturday from Eastern mar-
kets where he has been for the past
three weeks buying Fall and Win-
ter merchandise for the H M Rus-
sell Sons & Co stor. "Buyers from
every section of the United States
were In New York and judging from
what each one said. merchants are
looking forward to a resumption of
good business this Fall."
from the 32 pr
declared Monda;
Dr Frank L. Wear, president of
Trinity University, Waxahachie, has
accepted membership for religion
and welfare recovery educational
division. announces Gould Wickey.
national chairman of the division,
at headquarters of the organization
The distinguished Texas educator
has as fellow members numerous
other college and university heads
% throughout the country.
• Dr Wear is well known in Den-
ton. as he was pastor of the Cen-
tral Presbyterian Church here for
several years.
Wood 175-363.
Land Qommasioner — Browning
French frontier, heavy, almost con-
tinuous insurgent artillery barrages
DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
las az-supported Sudeten Ger-
mans* without upsetting the un-
steady peace of Central Europe
A sudden, swift insurgent ofTen-
-T-
But it is good for me to* draw
near to God: I have put my trust
to the Lord God, that I may declare
toll thy works—Psalms 73:38.
a Trust God where you cannot
trace Him—Macduff.
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More Heavy Rainfall Along Watershed; Fear
Colorado Overflow To Be As Damaging As
In 1936. -
Colorado Flood
Damage Heavy
SAN ANTONIO, July 38 —(P—A
flood on the Colorado River, as
great or greater than that of 1936,
which did millions of dollars dam-
age. was reported today by J. H
Jarboe, U 8 meteorologias here.
With the river at Austin already
10.2 feet above flood stage, the crest
is expected to reach the state cap-
ital late today or tomorrow, and
will be about a foot higher than
Um 312 feet recorded in the pre-
vious nood.
The river la in flood all the way
to Marble Falls, where the stage is
36 feet, 42 feet above flood level
watching a parade
Governor Winship was fired on as
he stood in the reviewing stand
with other executives of the island
McCraw Sends
Winner Message
AUSTIN, July 25.—(P»-Attor-
ney General William McCraw tel-
egraphed W Lev O'Daniel today he
hoped ODantel would not disap-
point the people of Texas
McCraw, who finished third in
the governor's race wrich O'Daniel
won, seemed in good spirits as he
joked with newspapermen and oth-
er visitors
"I got a smashing nomination to
go Into the private practice of law."
he said smtitngly.
The attorney general said ODan-
iels promise to work for pensions
of 830 a month for everyone over
86 years of age and has platform
plank for more factories “got him
a lot of votes "
"However,” he continued. "I don’t
want to be put in the position of
offering any alibis or excuses."
noon. He had not been told of his
fafenntdeatt Texas, wankan was
born Sept 13, 1857 His late wife
was Miss Nora B Miller, whom he
married in Marysville April 9. 1890.
Nine children, a sister and grand-
of 330 against 175.
All county contests were settled
except for run-off for tax assessor -
collector. Precinct 1 commissioner.
WICHITA FALLS, July (»
—Wichita County's first local op-
tion election in five years left the
county wet by a narrow margin.
Complete returns of Saturday's
election showed 5.352 votes against
prohibition to 5.139 votes for pro-
hibttion.
Mrs Fred H Minor. B W
children survive The children are
Governor Winship was not in-
BOGOTA. oofombta, July 25.—
Doctors today fixed at 50 the prob
able toll of bras token by a stunt-
ing military plane which plowed
into the center of a crowd of 50,000
and burned during a military re-
view Sunday
At least 34 persons were killed
outright, Including the pilot. Eight
women and 13 men were among the
identified vietims
Saturday's election brought about
several upsets in political dope, one
of them being in the Governor's
race, where W Lee O'Daniel lias
won over eleven candidates with a
clean majority. Most people believed
that he would win, and a good
many here even went so far before
the election to state that there
. would be no runoff To some it
, seemed rather incredible that any
man could win over the eleven
• candidates, several of them being
state and national figures But that's
what did happen and Mr O’Daniel
will go into the Governor's office
wilh the biggest backing of any first
governor in the history of the State.
Other candidates brought about
some upsets, but they will need
to be ironed out in the runorr. Aug-
ust 37
Denton County will see only two
reset for office. Tax Anamas COllec-
tor and Oommissionet of Precinct
< 1. as the other offices were definate-
• ly decided in Saturday's election.
The sunny-Shadyside club met in
for all other candidates Runner-
up in Denton County was Ernest
O Thompson, trailing far behind
the Irish flour salesman with 1.298
votes, while Wm McCraw was third
with 1.007 and Tom Hunter fourth
with 900 votes Also running were
Would
Extend
Helping Hand
■ ■ By Associated Prem ---—
lirruN. Ga.—J: S. Harris,
Tifton merchant, Jikes to ex-
tend a helping hand—even to a
burglar.
After his home, was broken
Into two week-ends to succes-
sion, the following ad appeared
in the local paper:
“If the party or parties who
broke into my home on two,
successive Saturday nights and
did not find what they are
looking for will see me at my
store on Main Street, I will try
to accommodate them by giv-
ing them what they are looking
for."
Mrs. A. J. Barnett, Mr. and
the three were en route to Krum to
visit relatives. Age and shock are
thought to have contributed to •
heart attack which resulted in the
death of the elder Wankan The
younger Wankan. most seriously in-
jured of the three, developed pneu-
monia and is in a serious condition
Ed Gossett held his lead for Con-
gress from the 13th District in re-
turns received Monday morning
from Wichita Falls, his home, which
accounted for 59.289 votes in the
district. Only a few precincts were
reported missing in these figures.
W D McFarlane of Graham, in-
cumbent. received 36,199 votes and
Gossett 28,813, which gives the lat-
ter a lead of 3,614 votes.
K. C. Spell received 3,509 votes
and C. L. Somerville 768.
On the basis of these figures, a
runoff election between Gossett and
McFarlane will be necessary to de-
termine the nomination. Gossett
lacking 1,663 votes of receiving a
majority. ——s—.——
of the First Methodist Church here
Burial was in the Dexter cemetery.
Wankan was a victim of an auto-
mobile accident on North Elma
Street last Thursday, in which his
son, Joe Wankan received serious
injuries and Mrs Joe Wankan also
___ ___________ __ __._____ siding below the partially compiet-
district races come back on speak- ed Fort Phantom HUI Dam, 13 miles
ing tours Ripsaw Woods, original 1 northeast of Abilene, were wanyd
O-Daniel supporter, has been sug- I to evacuate as waters from Etai
grated as the president of the or- l Creek threatened the project.
ganization. Roundabout is for him ' arTweeaode O<NMnFa Hensley, who
' elected Ripw is a retred rail- | ed today. The body of his wife had
' road man and is able to take care not been recovered They were the
only vetims of the floods so far.
committee of the American Bar
Association reported today.
Characterizing crime as one
of America "major problems,"
the committee made public a
preliminary report on its ex-
tensive studies but did not rec-
ommend any specific steps to
prevent a further spread of law
violation.
Turning to statistics the com-
mittee fixed the cost of crime
in this country at 815.000.000,000
annually and warned that "each
year It shows an increase."
son and Rev Wesley V. Aite, pastor governors race gave W Lee ODan-
. . ---- iel 3,684 votes as against 3.433 cast
E C. Garrison, Mrs. C. C. Yancey.
Mrs. J. S. Storer. Dr. F. E Piner.
Mrs. Pearl McCracken, W 8 MI-
INDIANAPOLIS, July 25.
One out of every 37 persons in
the United States, a land in
which 200,000 citizens will com-
mit murder before they die, is
a criminal, the law enforcement
__ Superintendent Of Instruction-
one James 161,856; LeMay 210,600;
er Woods 396,466.
KUs
E M Fite. 51-year-old Dallas
man who came to this county Sat-
urday fora week-end of falling and
hunting, was instantly killed Sat-
urday afternoon by an accidental
discharge of his shotgun that struck
Chinas provisional capital Chinese
declared Japanese had failed to
lake Kiukiang by direct naval ac-
tion and were depending on air at-
tacks,to silence Its defense guns.
Joe Skiles was named Denton
County local representative Satur-
day. In the special election held at ___-__
the same time as the first' primary, streets were choked
by a wide majority over his oppo-
_ . Comptroller-J. H Biffle.
Predicts Defeat George H.sheppard, 3,306;
Terreli, 1,497.
received injuries. Wankan was vis- -------------- -------
iting in the home of his son, and Karl Crowley with 160 votes. P D.
local hospital Sunday at 4 a. m,
were held Sunday at 5 p m. in ton that ngorning. last to be report-
Dexter. conducted by Rev. Mr Wil- ed. The unofficial tt== in =e
O. L. Fowler, manager of the
_ Denton Chamber of Commerce and
Preident of the Texas Ohamber of
Commerce, in a talk before the
Southwestern Chamber of Com-
merce School in Dallas, said:
"Communities endowed with phy-
steal, geographical and climatic ad-
% vantages which serve to attract in-
dustry and commerce to them need
rely upon few bonusing or induce-
merit devices.’' Fowler said. "Ac-
V cessibility of markets, availability of
raw materials, abundance of labor
and the presence of other special
factors essential to development of
specific industries are sufficiently
Important in themcelves to attract
Andustries.
"The managers of progressive,
growing concerns are continually
alert to the problem of locating their
plants at points where the best
balance between all elements of pro-
• duction, distribution and cost ma*'
be obtained. When they are aware
• of such a location they require
neither a special invitation nor any
bonus from the community to es-
tablish a plant at that point."
—=
One Out of Every
37 in U. S. Held
To Be Criminal
(35—A radio announcement today races. compiled earlier, follow:
—-------- .----------1 District 1 IU counties. 1 9 coun-
■ zeguiewamnuonday morga- Atageof ahout‘s2teet was expected.
al Austin, about a foot higher than sive in Southwest Spain pinched off
— ------, 3,125 square miles of important and
H O Timmins of the San Saba
chapter of the Red Cross learned
by telephone that 30 to 40 families
were marooned 18 miles southeast of
San Saba on the Colorado, but that
they were to no immediate danger.
San Saba Isolated
San Saba was completely isolat-
, ed this mornig when the ap-
John S. Wankan,
Injured in Crash,
Dies in Denton
government He remained in the
stand and the parade continued
Several suspects were held Oth-
ers escaped but detectives said they
knew who the rioters were
Senator P J Seralles, who was
standing In the reviewing box near
Governor Winship, was struck in
the arm and slightly injured.
Thousands had paraded past and
the crowds were orderty until shots
crackled over the musk of the Na-
tional Guard as it marched by the
on government lines apparently.
heralded a major drive on Catalo-
nia WASHINGTON, July 35.— ())—
Japan’s air, land and naval forces ! Senator Vandenberg. Republican.___________
combined in a drive to break Michigan, expressed the opinion to- Bascom Giles. 1,426.
McConnell. Mrs John Shrader.
John Underwood. J. L. Yarbrough.
Lee Preston, J. L. Wright, Dr Ruby
C Smith. Mis. Geo. M. Hopkins.
Miss Nettie Egan, Mrs Robert Den-
ton, S M Canafax. Delegates were
instructed to vote as a unit in the
county convention.
Skiles Leads in
Special Election
apparently was the governments -----------------
K tonsuranat Vanderburf; Sees
enaaxarrn rgarded “ Roo»evel t for
On the third Spanish front, in
the far north within earshot of the
brought the precipitation in some
sections to more than 14 inches
since last Tuesday, alarmed the
countryside early in the day, but.
after brief rises, streams either be-
came stattonary or began to recede.
Briefly, the situation was:
SAN SABA—The San Saba Riv-
er was at a standstill after a brief
rise resulting from five inches of
rain last night. A large part of the
town, however, remained under wat-
er It was feared the town would
be without electric power and
A runoff wm in prospeot between
Grady Woodruff. Incumbent, and R
C Lanning, candidates for the
state senate, as a result of the votes
received Saturday Incomplete fig-
ures from over the district show
Woodruff leading with 9,580 votes
and Lanning second with 8.139 Eu-
gene Miller received 5,240 votes ana
Bettie Oofteld 4991
James A Ferguson seven. S. T.
Brogdon five. Thomas Self four,
Marvin McCoy one and Joseph
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. July 35-
(P-TVA Director David K Lalien-
thal testified today that demand
for quick acuon" justified nixing
of "yardstick" power rates in Sep-
. tember, 1933, When the Tennessee
’ Valley authority's program was
underway. .
Appearing for the third day be-
fore a congressional mvestigation
commiste, Lilienthal denied he act-
ed without responsibility and with-
omit advising his colleagues.
Dr. Arthur al. Morgan, deposed
chairman of the agency, charged
last week that LIlbentha fixed and
announced the rate schedules with
out his consent or knowledge on
• "guess wort" basis
nent. M A. Cannon, unofTocial tab-
ulations of slightly over 5,000 votes
showed.
The reports from 33 city and
county voting prectnets gave Skiles
4080 votes and Cannon 1.135.
The nine other precincts had mot
reported their vote on the special
election up to early Monday after-
noon.
The special electton for Denton
County was called by Governor
James V Allred when he accepted
the resignation of Bullock Hyder
early this year.
50 Dead From
Plane Accident
the 1936 stage ------------ _ ----
ss auL - a AEE I Memaus. w.sdz,ergngsn
has 33 important towns and a pop- Leon Pearey, Mrs Madge Arbuckle, vidson, 2,421; TomSmiey: 1.433.
ulation of more than 400,000 ’ Misses Velma and Joyce Nell Ham- ■ Judge Court of Criminal Appeals
Loss of its westernmost territory bleton, all of Haskell. -Charles A. Pippen, 2,952; Harry
N. Greves. 1.110: James A. Steph-:
ens. 1.405
Simple Funeral
SAN FRANCISCO'—Influen-
tial in life. Chin Lain. 69-year-
old merchant, wm unable to
persuade friends to heed his
dying request.
He asked for a simple Amer-
ican funeral so the money saved
could be donated to China’s
war chart
Chinatown gave him a Chi-
nese service with Buddhist
mourners, 50 automobiles and
one band larger than the fu-
neral procession of his wife
three months ago. Hers had
been regarded as one of the
most lavish in the history of
the Chinese colony.
lights as the Colorado River rose
within three feet of the transmis-
sion lines 10 miles east of San Saba
MENARD—The San Saba River
receded to its banks and all flood
danger was believed past. Streets
of the downtown area, which wm
flooded late Saturday, were being
cleaned by workmen. Il was estimat-
ed the damage would not go much
over 510.000 The few remaining
refugees were being cared for in the
high school building A few resi-
dences were washed off their blocks.
BRADY—Brady Creek, which di-
vides the town and nows into the
San Saba, was back in its chan-
nel A large part of the town was
inundated Saturday night when the
normally small stream swept over
a protecting levee.
LLANO-Six and half inches of
rain last night sent the Llano River
up 13 feet, but at noon the stream
was receding More damage to high-
ways was reported. ____" —--1
Worse Along Colorado
Tile situation along the Colo-
rado Raver, of which the San Saba
is a tributary, was growing worse
this afternoon.
J. H Jarboe, United States me-
teorologist stationed at San An-,
tonio. said a flood as great, or
greater, as that of 1936. which did
millions of dollars damage, wm in
PWIN'the River at Austin already
10 2 feel above flood stage, the crest
was expected to reach the state I
capital late today or early tomorrow.
said, ’but I do not expect him to
succeed."
The statement wm contained in
a letter which the senator wrote to
a Michigan constituent and which
wm made public by a friend here.
It came in the midst at specula-
tion over third term possibilities
Governor Frank Murphy of Mich-
igan declared in a speech at Trav-
erse City, Mich., yesterday that “we
may have to draft the president for
four more years of leadership
John D M Hamilton. Republican
national chairman, asserted last
week that WPA Admintstrator Hop-
kins actually had launched a third-
term movement when he told re-
porters 90 per cent of those on re-
lief were ofr the president.
Hopkins remark has attracted
the attention of the senate cam-
paign expenditures committee.
tonight and Tuesday Gente to
moderate winds on the const, most-
ly woutherly.
WEST TRXAS: Fartty eloudy to
cloudy probably showers in north
portion tonight and Tueaday.
OKLAHOMA: Mostly eloudy,
probably local showers tenight an
Fuesdav; slightty cooler in north
portion Tuesday
ler. C. A Bridges. W. M Bridges.
Miss Lou Owsley, Henry Owsley,...
Mrs A. C McGinnis, Mrs. W. J. Jured. ..
--- The firing occurred, during a pa-
King, who failed to get a vote. =================
Also available Monday was the w w w w
Lewisville box vote in the Precinct I Demneratc Hnk
3 constable's race, which showed D. •EIOCIaLS I10Iu
in the Denton Hospital, though he H Street, incumbent, received 289
was reported improved Monday at I votes against 130 for John Conway.
— - - - - - - ' re-electing Street by the total count
Democrats held their annual pre- the night side of his face and head.
1 Orpine* 4 constni. - cinct conventions m Denton satur- 1 , ____________ . .
-mfas-nssemmi Erasszseemma-sasmomnmn-omsum
ative nositiong of anv candidates in deiegates to the county convention, war rwiino --.01 a Hl24 2ir0 Attorney —enerait alvert (4,-0*
auve positions of any candidates in, be held next Saturday after- through a barb wire Goodrich 40.424; Mann 251,366;
noon fence toward some trees when the — - ----— - ----
In Ward 1 the uninstructed dele- gun discharged it was believed Fife i
gate* named to go to the county assquirrel and was trying to ap-
onventon ar. 0 j camn j n 1 proach close enough for a shot at
. W U» Mv 2.2222 =2
A-fDOBbtns KI and MT F 1?' T, ^EOBto omuteted to coronens
presbyterian Church and was a re- -50′10: Pierce Lkewise unnstructed will go the maestandaretnmned.nxerdict.o 1 100,636; dies 196 359; McDonald
Frraoyterten -nureh and was a re Ar60ks423 MoMLd. smit:,5305 delegates from Ward 3: Mrs Bess depthahromisunshot wound, received 346,440; Mus 95,215.
GH 1M? mitn, 936 MeCunay. L A McDonald. Joe throughaccidient. . .... Treasurep—sarnes 114,146: Por-
GAHorNeisonodnoRaiph Yar- Mitchel, X J Perick, Mrs R J hody.was taken to Daitas for stet 119,485: Lockhart 493949
arotuornEoecenerala AiPn aYer: Turrentine, John Alexander. B W bryini.Monday., .d. '
brough, 1.605, Gerald Mann, 3,64, MeKenii, nr e n Mq Un w He is survived by his wife; c-a
Lewis Goodrich, 83. Robert W Cal- Menie PrC “ udAMn" son, Willie Fite: two daughters. I
vert. TH; Walter Woodul. 1526 MrsMoore. George Collins and Mrs R .
Associate Justice_supreme_Court Walter: ome sister. Mrs. JohnLkes;
Monroe and Dr WC Kimbrough and four srandehildten. —
In Ward 3 delegates, uninstruct- _ . ,----
AUSTIN, July 25.-()-Gover-
nor James V Allred today urged
his friends throughout the state to
work at the county Democratic con-
ventions Saturday for selection of
state convention delegates friendly
to W. Lee O’Daniel
still in high good humor as a
consequence of the outcome of the
governor’s race, Allred called
ODantels triumph in that contest
"a victory unparalleled not only In
the history of Texas, but of the na-
tion?”
"I have today wired Mr. ODan-
lel my sincere and hearty congtat-
ulations," the governor said. "U is
his personal victory and due to his
effort* alone.
"Unquestionably Mr O’Daniel has
a big job ahead He cannot carry on
his program without the whole-
hearted cooperation of all the peo-
ple and all other public officials. I
.hop* he gets it; and personally and
orficlally I shall be glad to assist
him in any possible manner.
W. Lee ODantel to a fine, clean
Christian gentleman. He has a fine
family; and Mrs. ODantel is a love-
ly lady."
J L (Banks) Noel, post master
of Pilot Point was in Denton Mon-
day on business, but he took a little
time out to talk politics. "Every-
thing is going pretty good up our
way," he said, and when quail
huntsig was mentioned. he forgot
his politics to say that they were
. going to have some good hunting
" this year.
while the
with crowds
Service Always
TOPEKA. Kan —Archie Con-
ley. pestered with mice, ap-
peared at the public library He
asked for, and received, the li-
brary eat and her six kittens
to aid in routing the rodents. ‘
Fred E. Wankan. former Texas
lawyer and newspaperman of
Gainesville, now owner of the Dai-
ly Post-Athenian of Athens. Tenn,
is here at the bedside of Joe Wan-
kan who was seriously injured in
an automobie accident last week.
"Ah, dear me. things aren’t what
4 they used to be, sighed Grannie,
’ discussing the younger generation
{ "Why, about the only time a
) modern mother puts her foot down
is when the light ttifns green.
"Prom every indication I found
“ in Chicago and New York, I believe
that business will be good this cation connection. . ,
----- . _ Slate officers said they believed
District 3 (11 counties) 11 coun-
ties 7 complete: Dies 39,138; Hen-
dricks 11,539.
District 3 (8 counties) 8 counties,
3 complete: Beckworth 9,908; Gen-
try 7,319; Grant 5.403; Russell 4,-
106; Sanden 7.765.
District 5 (Dallas County) Jackson
11,277; Love 3.861; Sumners 21232.
District 8 (8 counties) 7 coun-
ties, 3 complete: Cook 4530; John-
son 19,880; Kirby 8,923.
District 7 (U countes) 11 coun-
ties,! complete: Howe 5,795; Patton
39.447.
District 13 (6 counties) 4 coun-
ties 1 complete: Amos 7.963; Barnes
1,056; Connolly 1.138; Harrison 1.-
837; Lanham 17, 333; McBroom
SET; Wheeler 1,031.
District 14 (19 counties) 16 coun-
tree 19 complete: Bird 4429: Garrett
11,179; 36.136.
District 18 (38 counties) 36 coun-
ties 10 complete: Cade 8,834; Jones
33.015.
District 30 < Bexar County) Ku-
day 222171 Maverick 31.793.
District totals in civil appellate
races:
Datrict 1 20 counties) 18 coun-
ties 6 complete: Dibrell 30.099; Mon-
With 53.053; Sundermeyer 8.625.
District 3 (13 counties' 11 coun-
ties 3 complete: Rowland 17,784;
Speer 33.014.
District 5 (6 counties) 8 coun-
ties 4 complete: Bond 38570; Field
35538
District T (46 counties 18 coun-
Ues 8 complete: Bonner 11.708;
Jackson 30567.
District 9 (15 counties) 15 coun-
Ues 7 complete: Adams 28.847;
(See MAJoRrTY FOR. Page 3)
Treasurer—Charley Lockhart, 3 -
856; Lewis Foster, 1.304; K B.
EAST TEXAS: Mesly cloudy,
probably showers in north portion
Complete Unofficial
Returns Fail to
Alter Races.
Most Contests in /—
County Determined
State Superintendent — L A.
Woods. 3.060; & R. LeMay. 2329;
W K James. 1,306.
Commissioner Agriculture — Oso.
H Allen. 1,841: J. K McDonald. 3,-
337: Leonard Westfall, 733.
Justice Court of Appeals—John
Speer, 5,336; Charles T Rowland.
832.
Congress—W. D. McFarlane, 3,-
016: Ed Gossett 3239: C. L Som-
erville, 71: K C Spell. 360.
State Senator Eugene Miller, 1-
773: Bettis Coffield, 841; Grady
Woodruff. 3533; R. C. Lanning. 1.-
414._____
Flotorial Representative — Shag
Ploore, 1,140; M S Tidwell, SU'
V. K Goodman. 934: W. N. Corry.
1,673; Tucker Boaz. 657.
Spanish insurgent offensives ._____
carved Spain Into three war fronts | the son here and Fred E and Rufus
today while. Japan intensified her Lee Wankan of Athens, Tenn.; Mrs.
campaign in China and terrorists Martha Tuttle and Henry E Wan-
spilled more blood in the feud be- kan of Kilgore. Mrs Leia Steed of
tween Jewsand Arabs in Palestine. Gainesville Mrs. Lae Steed at
But in London, where the House Morton Mrs Jewell Frederick of
of oommons began the last week of Krumnd Mrs. Edna Deckard of
the paritamentary session, dipio- Dexter. The sister is Mrs. N A.
mats searched fee a compromise to Cestteberret Ada. •k________________
■ - ■ ■ “ Wankan was a member of the Davisson Jr, 794; Cote Stevenson,
len 160,043; McDonald 444.431;
= westm 129243--------2
. - wuu . ueucgnuce, uuluuusuruc- _ . SupremeCourt—Crita387.116;Da-
led.winlbe; 0. Knight J.H.Rus- Shots Fired at vidson 281340; Smiey 168,225.
1 ' ”--““* Criminal Appeals (unexpired
Puerto Rico Head term-Gravesz.12: Pippen 192,-
w<, Stepnen -44904.
DALLAS, July 25.—(AR)
—W. Lee O’Daniel’s majori-
ty over a field of 11 othercan-
didates in the gubernatorial
contest gained Monday as
latest returns were tabulated
by the Texas Election Bureau.
Returns tabulated at 11 a. m.
Monday gave the Fort Worth can-
didate a majority of 26.250 votes
over all his opponents, with 870,084
votes accounted for at that hour.
L. A. Woods apparently was re-
nominated as state superintendent.
Geo H Shepard as comptroller.
Charles Lockhart as treasurer. J.
E McDonald as agriculture com-
missioner, Runoffs were m prospect
between Brooks and Stevenson for
lieutenant governor. Mann and
Woodul for attorney general. Sade
ler and Terrel for railroad com-
missioner. Critz and Davidson for
Supreme Court of Appeals term.
Slate Returns
Figures compiled at 11 a. m. show
the following results:
Governor—Brogden 1593: Crow-
ley 13,883; Farmer 3341; Ferguson
3332; Hunter 90.759: King 840; Mc-
Coy 3546; McCtew 123,072; Miller
■ A
County Omioes ,
Local Representative- M A. Can-
non. 1,535; Joe Skiles. 5300
County Judge—T. B Davis, 2,-
834; George P. Ebert 4.079
District Clerk—A T Wooldridge.
3.136; Mrs. Imogene Brooks, 4.707
County Clerk—R. T. May, 2,672;
Mrs Oberia Edwards. 4253.
Tas Assessor-Collector — W T
Bailey. 3.473; Charlie Mercer, 1448;
R. T. Haynie. 3.148
County Treasurer—D. S. Donald.
3334: Miss Myrtle Harrell. 4n1.
County Chairman—W. L McCor-
mick. 3.191; W K Mann. 2,966.
County Commissioner, Pci No. 1
—w. A Kelly. 901: A. E Hollins-
worth. 683; Hub Clark. 843.
County Commissioner. Pct 2-
Paul Allen. 3M; C. w. Ore. 454.
Constable Pet 3—D H. Street.
930: John Onnaway. 175
Constable, Prt. 4 Harve Wilson.
186; HC Eliott, 168; w. W. Wal-
lace, 118
Constable, Pct 8-1 J. Kemp.
306. Walter C, Wison, 868.
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