Word: governors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Nazarene preacher named S. T. Brogdon, out to be Governor of Texas, closed his campaign for the Democratic nomination last week. So did State Attorney General William McCraw of Dallas, Railroad Commissioner Ernest O. Thompson of Amarillo, Oilman Tom F. Hunter of Wichita Falls, seasoned campaigners all. And so, to the grief of all these gentlemen, did Flour Salesman Wilbert Lee O'Daniel of Fort Worth (TIME, July 25). At Kilgore, on the night before primary day, Candidate O'Daniel struck up his hillbilly band, introduced Children Pat, Molly & Mike, who sang "Please Pass the Biscuits, Pappy," declaimed...
...without the formality of a runoff. One of the minority who did not vote for Mr. O'Daniel was Mr. O'Daniel. He had not paid his $1.75 poll tax because "no sensible man" would lay out money to vote for politicians. To fulfill his campaign promises, Governor-Nominate'' O'Daniel must find $42,000,000 a year to give every Texan over 65 a $30-per-month pension, and bring tax-wary industry flocking into Texas. Said he: "I'll just take it from the folks that...
...afternoon, Democratic Speaker George Schroeder of Michigan's House of Representatives spent five sociable hours at the home of the manager of Michigan's State prison farm. Guest of honor was Convict No. 39359, State Senator Anthony J. Wilkowski. Reason: Mr. Schroeder would like to be Lieutenant Governor, needs the Polish votes controlled by Convict Wilkowski, who is serving four to five years for fraudulent vote counting...
...Mexico, handsome Governor Clyde Tingley halted a move to endow a hospital named after his late wife. Reason: the campaign headed by Mrs. Oliver Harriman to endow the Carrie Tingley Crippled Children's Hospital consisted of a lottery...
...Flying Governor George Howard Earle of Pennsylvania went up one soupy morning on a solo flight in a Waco cabin plane belonging to the State, could not find a hole to descend through, finally cracked up on the campus of a school for orphan girls. Results: 1) Colonel Camille Vinet, chief of the State's Aeronautics Bureau, grounded Student Earle for two weeks, 2) Citizen Earle promised to pay his State a $2,000 repair bill, 3) a prominent New Deal Governor very nearly made a sudden exit from the political scene...