Morning Press News 
U.S.S. HOUSTON 
23 July 1938 
N ATIONAL NEWS 
Washington: 
that 
The AAA announced today/the arrangements have been completed 
for pure ha se 'b Tr the Surplus Commodities Corporation of an 
additional 4,500,000 bushed of wheat in the form of flour. 
The new nurchases will be made to aid the movement of the huge 
wheat surplus. Distribution of the flour will be made to needy 
persons through relief agencies all over the country . 
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Dune a n. Arizona: 
Rescue workers labored ceaselessly today to break through to 
five men entombed seven hundred feet below the surface of 
the ground. The men were trapped behind 30 feet of mud and 
gravel when a timber brace gave way early yesterday. 100 
rescuers we re forced to work in 10 minute shifts on account 
of the poor ventilation and cramped quarters. In the mean- 
time, the trapped men were being furnished with food and 
air through pipe lines. It was hoped to effect a rescue in 
24 hours or less. 
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Austin. Texas: 
Thirteen candidates for the governorship of Texas rested their 
cases in the Democratic primary today, wondering just how much 
apoeal Hill Billy music and the Ten Commandments will have at 
the polls. Almost a million Texans will go to the Polls in the 
primary tomorrow. 
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One candidate, W. Lee O’Neil, made the 10 commandmants his 
platform and used a Hill Billy Band to attract crowds. 
O’Neil is a Port Worth flour dealer; his 12 opponents called 
him the 3iscuit Man. Huge crowds of hilarious voters . have 
followed O’Neil’s big show and he has sprung from a little 
noticed candidate to a serious challenger for the state seat. 
His opponents have called O'Neil an Ohio Yankee, who voted for 
Hoover the last time he voted at all. O’Neil tells the voters 
he will bring industry to Texas and give an old age pension of 
$30.00 per month to the aged. 
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Louisville. Ky.: 
Governor A.B . ’’Happy" Chandler was stricken with a. severe 
stomach ailment in the midst of his spirited campaign for the 
U.S. Senator ship. The Governor is opposing Senator Alben 
Barkley who seeks renomination with President Roosevelt's 
support. Chandler has been ordered put under a nurse’s care. 
In the meantime, Mrs. Chandler is enroute from Frankfort to 
take over her husband's campaign engagements. 
Washington: 
The Federal Power Commission announced today that . it had found 
an electric power company making a 58$ profit on its investment 
The Commission believed, that this constituted a pretuy Dig 
profit for depression times. The company involved is the 
Albany Light Company, serving the village of Albany, Illinois. 
The Commission ordered the power rates in the village _ of Albany 
to be reduced far enough to reduce the utility’s profits from 
58$ to only 6$. 
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