Rangers Raid Targets Five Texas Cities In Bookie Sweep
Texas Rangers carried out weekend raids in five cities Fort Worth Dallas Galveston Port Arthur Beaumont targeting horse racing information networks. Public safety director Joe Fletcher said initial findings showed at least one Beaumont site handling racing data with other locations negative. Written reports to state headquarters in Austin expected Tuesday, with cooperation from local officers under Ranger leadership.
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Alsecated
Texas Rangers
Department of Public Safety
Fort Worth
Dallee
Galveston
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Joe Fletcher
Fletcher
Department
Austin
Bob Crowder
Lubbock
M. T. Gonzaullas
Dallas
H. B. Purvis
Houston
DA Sues Bondsmen to Forfeit $2000 in Four Cases
District Attorney Bob Long filed bond forfeiture suits in 53rd District Court against four bondsmen in Travis County seeking forfeiture of $500 bonds in each case. The actions target defendants who failed to appear for July 28 burglary trial dates. A hearing is set for the October term.
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Bob Long
53Rd District
Travis County
Kenneth R. Lamkin
J. L. Reed
Joe C. Baker
M. L. Eilers
Wright Stubbs
John C. Smith
Eilers
Lillian Eilers
Willie Walton Jr
Civ
53Rd District Court
Long
Courts and notices summary from county district records
Court actions list bond forfeitures and divorces in the L3rd and 126th districts. Guardianship and administration filings appear in county court notices. Marriage licenses issued and new cars registered listed with names and vehicle makes.
Water and Sanitation Officials Plan City Meeting
About 200 water and sanitation officials will gather Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel for the sixth annual Capitol Area Water and Sanitation Association meeting to discuss financial and technical water works and sanitary sewer issues. Demonstrations in service line construction and repair follow a morning program with a noon luncheon and an evening barbecue and dance at Zilker Park.
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Stephen F. Austin
Capitol Area Water and Sanitation Association
City Water and Light Service
Third and
West Avenue
Zilker Park
San Antonio Machine and Supply Company
Dave Smallhorst
State Health Department
Austin
E. P. Bauer
Lower Colorado River Authority
Brother Marcus
Pete Norton
R. W. Smith Construction Company
Houston
Ogden Regatta Sets Houston to New Orleans cattle Run
On August 16 1849 the packet Ogden arrived at Buffalo Bayou launching the first direct regular run between Houston and New Orleans She carried 150 head of Texas cattle for the New Orleans market Captain Kelsey forecast live stock on every voyage Cattle bought in Houston for 5 to 7 dollars and sold in New Orleans for 15 to 20 dollars Houston hoped the trade would reach half a million dollars annually The Port of Houston was established June 8 1841 with wharfage rates and rules Charlies Gerlach was the first wharfmaster
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Ogden
Buffalo Bayou
Houston
New Orleans
Kelsey
Texas
Charlies Gerlach
Civil Air Patrol Plans Wednesday Meeting and Reorganization
Civil Air Patrol will hold a called meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Chamber of Commerce building. Acting squadron commander Charles Ingersoll announced the unit of about 100 members will be reorganized to use talents best. A Stearman training plane donated by the Army Air Force at Bryan is expected to arrive in about a week.
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Civil Air Patrol
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Stearman
Army Air Force
Bryan
Insurance Tax Push Seeks Tax on Texas Offshore Firm
County Tax Collector Steve Heffington said he would press to levy a $10 000 ad valorem tax on Great American Life Underwriters for 1 600 000 in stocks and bonds held with the State Treasury The company argues it is Texas chartered exempt and that Travis County should collect any tax if needed Heffington warned he may alert San Antonio's Bexar County tax office if his plan fails and cited out of state firms doing large business in Texas as a reason to tax profits.
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Steve Heffington
Great American Life
Insurance Corporation
Texas Corporation
Bexar
Heffington
Travis County
San Antonio
Bexar County
Springfield
Ohio
Texas
Dr Hepcat Performs for Kiwanis Club Event in Austin
Dr Hepcat Lavada Durst billed as Dr Hep cat gave a pianologue and sang with a male vocalist and pianist as Richard Pryor hosted a burlesque radio style program. Willard Deason chaired the program for the Austin Kiwanis Club. Rev Walter Kerr invited former Kiwanians for an intercity meeting in Kerrville where four new members Joe F Gray C Lercy Jones William Enders and Andy Jacobson were welcomed.
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Willard Deason
Austin Kiwanis Club
Richard
Cactus) Pryor
Lavada Durst
Dr. Hepcat
Pryor
Walter Kerr
First Methodist
Kerrville
Joe F. Gray
C Lercy Jones
William Enders
Andy Jacobson
Model Car Winner To Go to Detroit
Bert Ray of 1502 East 37th Street named regional winner in the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild model car contest. He will attend the Detroit guild convention August 24 to 28 where national winners are announced. Regional winners tour plants and GM proving ground and cruise Detroit to Chicago on the SS North American.
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Bert Ray
East 37Th Street
Fisher Body
Detroit
Mich
Ray
Fight University
General Motors Proving Ground
Canada
Great Lakes
Chicago
Ice Making Patent Marks First American Ice Machine
Medical experiments with malaria and yellow fever patients contributed to the development of the first American patent for an ice making machine. The milestone reflects early industrial science intersecting with public health research.
Max Snaman Rites Set Today
Funeral services for Max Snaman of 1125 West Sixth Street will be held Tuesday at 9 30 a m at the Cook Funeral home with Rabbi David Jacobson officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Snaman moved to Austin in 1900 and started the citys first ladies ready to wear store retiring in 1933. He was 76. survivors include Lena Snaman widow a daughter Joan Silberman New York a son Julian Harold Snaman Austin a sister Eva Penn Brooklyn a brother Joe Snaman Waco and two nephews Simon Cohn Austin Abe Green Lake Charles La and two nieces T R Lipson Austin and Robert Scripnofsky Topeka Kan.
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Max Snaman
West Sixth Street
Seton Hospital
Cook Funeral
David Jacobson
Oakwood Cemetery
Snaman
Austin
Lena Snaman
Francis Silberman
New York
Julian Harold Snaman
Eva Penn
Brooklyn
N. Y
Joe Snaman
Waco
Simon Cohn
Abe Green
Lake Charles
T. R. Lipson
Robert Scripnofsky
Topeka
Kan
Joan Silberman
Rabid Dog Found On Canterbury Street
A mixed breed dog in the 1500 block of Canterbury Street was found to have rabies after biting several neighborhood dogs. Five of the bitten dogs have been caught, with others still being sought by city officials. The outbreak was confirmed by the State Health Department.
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Austin
Canterbury Street
State Health Department
Klaerner Announces New Glidden Product Speed Satin
Elgin Kaerner district manager for Glidden Paint Company announced Speed Satin, a new interior paint, to dealers and guests at a banquet in the Pan American Room of the Driskill Hotel. The product is described as the most durable interior paint ever devised and more than 75 attendees were present.
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Elgin Kaerner
Glidden Paint Company
Driskill Hotel
Deaf Juvenile in Travis County Faces Preliminary Hearing
A 16-year-old deaf youth who attempted suicide using a highly caustic cleaner in the county jail last Friday will have a preliminary hearing Tuesday or Wednesday at the county juvenile home. The boy, recently from California and connected with seven Austin bureaus, is under probation supervision and was treated at Brackenridge Hospital. Judge Charles O Betts will preside.
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Travis County
Brackenridge Hospital
California
Austin
Norway Model Lets Landowners Take Family Names
In Norway a man may assume the name of the land he buys or of his wife if she is the eldest child in her family, reflecting a tradition linking surnames to land or matrilineal lineage.
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Norway
Not-So-Wild Boy Johnny Spears May Enter Deaf School
Texas not-yet wild boy Johnny Spears of Splendora may attend the Texas School for the Deaf in September if medical exams confirm deafness. Superintendent Roy Stelle said preliminaries are complete and tests will decide entry for the Sept. 6 opening.
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Texas
Johnny Spears
Splendora
Texas School For the Deaf
Roy Stelle
White Fir Lumber Description
White fir lumber is non resinous, fine textured and odorless when dry as described in the catalog.
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Rangers
Lydia F. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Moe
Ledie F. Pinkham
L3rd District Court
Gardner
State of Texas
126Th District
Johnson
Montgomery Straw
Dorothy Straw Burleson
Millicent Jane Murray
George L. Murray
Thurman
G. Randall Patrick
William Davis
Manuel Golindo
Jimmie Parks
Limberg
Tamer A. Baker
Bonnie Swann
Grady Alexander
Wanda Faye Cleanman
Robert Leonard Gustafson
Mary Wanda Taylor
Grady G. Zachary
Jo Nell Willis
Jesse J. Lentz
Doris Walden
Harvey Delmore Gustafson
Georgia Marie Sundbeck
Frank R. Rogers
Elizabeth J. Dziewas
Lee E. Brown
Erma McBride
Harlan L. McCracken
Maude L. Cuenod
M. McMaster
Mercury
C. A. Fischer
Plymouth
Redia
A. Weaver
Ford
Ww. G. Chote
West Texas Stone Company
Dodge
Clyde M. Marshall Jr
Dodge Merle
Perle Trimble
Chevrolet
Ed Downing
Luther E. Orrick
Burwell Pope
Buick
W. W. Stevens
Studebaker
Pat M. Wardell
Walter Pollan
Austin Water Department
Victor R. Schmidt Jr
F. T. Jones
Sewer Department
F. V. Sohle Jr
It. Williams
VOGUE
Sure Fashions
Vogue Magazine
T. H. Williams
Tommiebag
Avondale Chambrey
AL SL
Kiwanis Club
Klaerner
Lavaca
Wichita
Hearing
Frank Campbell
Here
Charles O. Betts
Edith Greer
Liberty
Johnny
East
Jack Spears
America
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