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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1950

Page

10

Banks Estate Hearing Delay Sought by Moody

Former Governor Dan Moody asked the Third Court of Civil Appeals to delay the Banks estate case hearing for up to a month. He cited associate counsel David Tinsinger’s absence due to a United States Tax Court matter in Dallas. The suit involves land in Travis and Bastrop Counties and disputes over a life estate and whether portions are community property.

Dan Moody Third Court of Civil Appeals Banks Vs. Banks Moody L. C. Banks David Tisinger United States Tax Court Dallas Dorothy Banks Travis Bastrop Banks Travis County District Court

River Source Mapped to Minnesota

The St. Lawrence River system is described as originating in Minnesota before flowing toward the Atlantic Ocean. This summary notes the geographic claim from the source text.

Long ST. Lawrence St. Lawrence River Atlantic Ocean Minnesota

Shivers Accepts Tidland Plans Conference Bid

Governor Allan Shivers will attend a Galveston meeting on March 16 to organize a more active defense of Texas tidelands. Attorney General Price Daniel will speak at the event joined by about 200 coastal county city court and harbor officials and leaders.

Allan Shivers Galveston Herbert Y. Cartwright Jr Texas Tidelands Price Daniel United States Shivers

Borger Texas Born in 1926 Oil Boom Promoters Named Town

On March 8 Borger sprang from oil rush days in 1926 as Ace Borger and John Miller promoted land sales. City lots auctioned, $100000 in real estate traded by night. Rail arrivals and a population surge followed, later settling from 35000 to 17500 with Buenavista nearby hosting rubber and carbon black plants.

Borger Dixon Creek Ace Borger John Miller Ranger Smackover Ark Buenavista

Rover Whizzer gas turbine car claims gearless engine

The Rover Company of Birmingham announces a gas turbine auto called the Whizzer that runs on kerosene and delivers 100 horsepower. Developed in secrecy over seven years by eighteen workers, it fits standard car chassis and aims for clutchless, gearless operation with no cooling system and easier starts in Arctic weather.

Birmingham Eng INS Rover Rover Company

Patent Office Signs Number 2,500,000

The U S Patent Office signed patent number 2 500 000 to Francis M Lambert of Narberth Pa for a quick acting mechanism for latching doors. The first patent 1 000 000 went to Samuel Hopkins of Vermont in 1790 for a method of making potash.

George Washington Samuel Hopkins Vermont John A. Marrall Francis M. Lambert Narberth

TWO MORE RAIL LINES DISCONTINUED IN TEXAS

The Railroad Commission on Tuesday issued two orders to end short line passenger service. Fort Worth and Denver City will halt mixed train service between Childress and Pampa, and Texas and New Orleans Railway will end daily trains Houston to Kenedy.

Capitol Railroad Commission Texas Olin Culberson Fort Worth Denver City Childress Pampa Texas and Yoakum Commission

Russian Bound Gear Impounded for Russia

Ten cases of optical flight recording equipment bound for Russia were impounded by order of Federal Judge William F. Smith. The equipment valued at 14 980 dollars was directed to the Navy for use at the Naval Air Development Center in Johnsville Pennsylvania. The Antory Trading Corporation of New York a Soviet government agency had bought the material from Hathaway Instrument Company of Denver for shipment to Murmansk or Odessa. The seizure occurred in Jersey City under a presidential proclamation banning war implements to Communist countries.

Newark N. J Russia William F. Smith Smith Navy Naval Air Development Center Johnsville Antory Trading Corporation of New York Hathaway Instrument Company Denver Murmansk Odessa Jersey City

Fighters Against Inhumanity cites 96000 deaths in Soviet camps

Berlin dispatch reports the anti Communist German group saying 96000 Germans died in Soviet concentration camps in Eastern Germany since 1945. They claim 185000 imprisoned, 37000 deported, and 37500 released, with four Americans among those held.

Berlin INS Fighters Against Germany Otto von Koekeritz Charles Nobies Soviet Union

Texan Killed in Blast On Gas Pipeline Job

Kermit Texas March 1 Joseph L Cardin 52 of Kermit was killed when a dynamite blast injured him while working on a pipeline crew for FE Paso Natures Gas Company southwest of Jal New Mexico authorities said the accident occurred Monday at the job site.

Kermit Joseph L. Cardin FE Paso Natures Gas Company Jal, N

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