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Word: texarkana (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1941-1941
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...Morris Sheppard's death stampeded Texas' political cattle. As Senator Sheppard's casket went quietly down Texarkana's State Line Avenue to the little cemetery last week, Red-Hunter Martin Dies, Attorney General Gerald C. Mann, a horde of shorthorns were hot after the seat. Texas' House of Representatives petitioned Governor W. Lee ("Pass-The-Biscuits-Pappy") O'Daniel to appoint himself for the 90-day interim before an election must be held. Pappy held his peace, and pondered. Morris Sheppard was buried. The little people of Texas, the Anti-Saloon League of America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Back to Texarkana | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

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