Trespass Trial Narrows Land Disputes in Austin Area
Three Travis County men Ed Pierce Howard Young and Charlie Reece Jr were convicted of trespassing in a justice court siting a county road dispute on Mrs Davenport land near Lake Austin Judge Frank McBee sentenced Young and Reece to the minimum fines while Pierce defended himself and appealed his $10 fine and $50 bond Other cases were postponed or dismissed as Army induction loomed and a game violation inquiry was held with a tense court room atmosphere.
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Travis County
Justice Court
Ed Pierce
Howard Young
Charlie Reece Jr
Route 7
Young
Reece
Tom Blackwell
Pierce
Justice of the Peace
Frank McBee
McBee
County Commissioners’ Court
Westlake Drive
Davenport
Sam Allred
Alfred
St. Stephen's School
Shelton
Justice McBee
Hadacol touted as remedy for vitamin deficiencies
Carl Schaffrin of St. Charles, Missouri endorses Hadacol for deficiency symptoms including low appetite and low energy. The ad claims Hadacol provides B1 B2 Niacin and iron, improves appetite and mood, and offers a money back guarantee. Sizes and prices: $1.25 for a trial bottle and $3.50 for large or hospital size.
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Carl Schaffrin
Perry St. St. Charles
Mr. Schaffrin
Hadacol
The
LeBlanc Corporation
Ady
Mills Appointed Austex Director
Gordon E. Mills, vice president and production manager at Walker's Austex Chili, was named to the company's Board of Directors at a regular meeting, filling the vacancy created by Lucius Teeter's death. Mills, born in Maine and a Rutgers graduate, joined Austex in 1935 and has reworked formulas, added new items, and supervised a factory expansion. He directed remodeling, boosted production by 100 percent, and installed a chili powder purification process under sterilization patent rights aimed at ensuring long term powder purity.
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Gordon E. Mills
Walker
Austex Chili Oan
Mills
Lucius Teeter
Chicago
Inl
Maine
Rutgers
New Jersey
Austin
Austex
Two Bolivian Cadets Wounded in Dawn Rifle Duel
In La Paz on November 22 two Bolivian Army cadets from the Bolivian Military Academy were wounded in a dawn duel sparked by scholastic rivalry. Luis Trigo and Mario Fernandez, both last year cadets, fired at 25 paces near a frontier post. Both survived and were hospitalized under guard awaiting disciplinary action under Bolivian law.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Luis Trigo
Mario Fernandez
Building Permits Rise Across Texas Cities in October
Texas building activity jumped 45 percent from October 1949 as 58 cities issued permits totaling $56,153,580. Houston led with $12,806,081. Dallas $8,636,621. San Antonio $3,707,041. Austin $3,585,320. Corpus Christi $3,487,665. Large month to month gains were seen in Henderson and Corpus Christi, while declines appeared in Marshall and several southern cities.
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Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Henderson
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Waco
Tyler
Sherman
Temple
Marshall
Brownsville
Mission
Kingsville
Borger
Edinburg
Cleburne
Brownwood
Cuero
Childress
San Antonio
Berger
Houston
Dallas
Austin
High Court to Review $14,200 Benoit death case
The Texas Supreme Court agreed to hear the writ of error in the case of the Wilson family versus Philip Benoit owner of Benoit Motel Austin. A 1947 death from a gas explosion in a Benoit cabin prompted damages totaling 14 200 after a trial and appeals. The court left intact prior rulings denying reduction due to Wilsons intoxication.
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Capitol
Pica
Philip Benoit
Benoit
Austin
Supreme Court
Robert L. Wilson
Wilson
Jack Roberts
Roberts
Third Civil Appeals Court
City Faces Suit In Golden Death
A $75,000 claim for damages has been filed against the city over the death of Leroy Golden, a boy who suffered fatal injuries when his body touched a high voltage line near Liman Road. The claim, filed by attorney Horace Shelton for Fred and Mrs. Golden, alleges city negligence due to worn or absent insulation on a tree limb contacting the wire.
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Leroy Golden
Horace Shelton
Fred Golden
Tillery Street
Golden
Liman Road
Airport Boulevard
Origin of the horse family estimated in geological eras
Scientists estimate the horse family first appeared during the Tertiary and Quaternary periods about 55 million years ago. The finding emphasizes deep evolutionary roots in mammal history and highlights the long course of horse diversification.
Dallas Hosts Major Southwest Jewish Appeal Conference
More than 800 Jewish leaders from the Southwest gather in Dallas for the Southwest Regional Conference of the United Jewish Appeal. The gathering aims to raise 50 million dollars in 1950 to aid Jews emigrating from Eastern Europe North Africa and the Middle East with Moshe Sharett Israeli foreign minister and U S Vice President Barkley among speakers.
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Southwest
Dallas
United Jewish Appeal
Israel
Europe
North Africa
Middle East
H. J. Ettlinger
University of Texas
Austin
Moshe Sharrett
United States
Jerusalem
United Nations General Assembly
Lake Success
Sharett
New York
United Nations
Nolan Glazer
M. M. Feld
Houston
Houston Jewish Community Council
Irving L. Goldberg
Dallas Jewish Welfare Federation
Moritz Gottlieb
Allentown
Territory map stretches Alaska across nation
If Alaska were laid over the United States its length would span from Los Angeles to Savannah Georgia with the northern tip near Duluth Minnesota highlighting the vast reach of the state.
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Alaska
United States
Los Angeles
Savannah
Duluth
Minn
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Stubbs
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Stan’ Ie Pons
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Congress
Cherstman Seals
D.L. Welch & Co
West 7Th St
Jewish Appeals Group
Mountain Valley
Chene
Johns Nall L
Eres
Fountain Valley
Purina
Aifue
Pamco
White
Nia
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