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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1949

Page

8

Insurance Credit Regulation Okeh Insurance Credit Regulation

A pending bill to regulate credit insurance required by loan agencies is constitutional, the attorney general said in a Thursday opinion. Senator Keith Kelly noted the bill would certify only lawful acts and allow reasonable fees for added services, judged per transaction. The measure, sponsored by Senator Gus Strauss, seeks to outlaw excessive life health and insurance premiums charged by some lenders.

Keith Kelly Senate Committee On Banking Gus Strauss Hallettsville

Drug May Aid Alcoholics Cure

A Canadian doctor, Dr. R. Gordon Bell of Toronto, presented experiments with the Danish drug antabase on 25 to 30 chronic Canadian alcoholics in Detroit. He said the medicine can trigger an uninterrupted sobriety period essential for rehabilitation, but warned that drinking during or after treatment could cause dangerous toxic reactions and possibly be fatal.

Detroit R. Gordon Bell Toronto North Bell

Rail Worker's Wife Drowns in Bayou

Marshall April 7 Mrs Mary Norton 24 drowned Thursday in Little Cypress Bayou after falling from the river bank at Tuscumbia Bridge Irving Morton her husband a Texas and Pacific Railway worker plunged in but could not save her The river lies between Marshall and Jefferson Her body recovered about three hours later Mrs Morton stood with her husband and his parents when she suffered vertigo and toppled into the water

Marshall Mary Norton Little Cypress Bayou Tuscumbia Bridge Irving Morton Texas and Pacific Railway Jefferson Morton Joe Morton

Reds Claim Invention of Television

Tass from Moscow reports that Soviet sources credit Boris Rosing with inventing the original television apparatus and claim the USSR pioneered color television. Alexander Piltor kovs, a USSR Academy of Sciences member, cites pre revolution patenting and Soviet radio experts in color TV advances.

London Tass Moscow Alexander Piltolkors Ussr Academy of Sciences Soviet Union Boris Rosing Piltolkovs

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