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Texas held its run-off primary for Democratic nomination to the Senate. U. S. Representative Tom Connally ran away from U. S. Senator Earle B. Mayfield by more than 50,000 votes. Interpretation: The Ku Klux Klan which backed the Hon. Mayfield is becoming as impotent in Texas as it is elsewhere...
...South Carolina, as in Texas a "run-off'' primary is held for the two candidates polling the highest vote in the original primary if no one candidate gets an absolute majority over all other contenders...
...Baptist last week headed Governess Miriam A. ("Ma") Ferguson of Texas back toward the cows and chickens whence she emerged two years ago to "vindicate" her impeached husband Jim. Attorney-General Dan Moody won the Democratic primary with well over 50% of the votes cast, thus precluding a "run-off" primary unless Mrs. Ferguson's husband-manager could establish his loud charges of poll frauds. In Texas, Democratic nomination equals virtual election. Under the terms of a wager* Governess Ferguson was honor-bound to resign her executive position immediately. The lone-star state, state of the Alamo...
Only four men started in the 120 yards hurdle race. B. Hurd, Jr., B. H. S., won again without any trouble, in 18 seconds, equalling his own record of last year. H. E. Field, W. H. S., and R. H. Stephenson ran a dead heat, and in the run-off Stephenson won in 18 4-5 seconds, in a very pretty race...