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Show BLANTON LEADS IN DEMOCRAT PRIMARY DALLAS, Texas. July 24. Interest In the Democratic primary of last Saturday narrowed today to the question ques-tion of an opponent for Congressman Thomas L Blanton of Abllem In tlto second "run off" primary August :6 Representative Blanton has 9S89 votes, with half of the returns counted. count-ed. Former Congressman Oscar Calloway Cal-loway of Fort Worth haa 3921 votes, W. J Cunningham of Abilene, 3269, and J. B. Dlbrell. of Coleman. 1208. United States Senator Charles A. Cubberson. running third, still has a chance of retaining his seat. Earl B. Mayfleld was holding his lead of I 24,001) over James E. Ferguson, whllo the senatorial insumbent was 33,000 votes behind Mayfleld. Two of these three will enter the August "run off." Governor Pat M. Xeff with a 62.-000 62.-000 lead. In assured renomlnatlon without going into the second prl-itu prl-itu ry. Mrs Edith Wllmana. of Dallas, may be the first woman to sit in the Texas legislature. She won the Democratic nomination from John E. Davis, newspaper man. |