Court records list filings across multiple district courts
Bard District Court waives capital issues and bond valuations. Divorce actions appear in 126th District Court. Numerous swindling with worthless checks cases, aggravated assault and driving while license suspended noted in County Court at Law. Marriage licenses issued and dozens of new car registrations listed with buyers and brands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence D. Jones
Randal Grant Stivers Jr
Edward Lee Wiemecke
Toni Ferguson
Bill Pierce
Rufus H. Brown
L. W. Brown
Tax on Illegal Slot Machines Held Legal
A district court in Baton Rouge affirmed a 1948 Louisiana law taxing slot machines at 100 dollars per year. Judge Charles Holcombe reaffirmed dismissal of a suit by Clement J. Giamalva Arabi tavern keeper who argued illegality of the machines nullified taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Charles Holcombe
State Department of Revenue
Clement J. Giamalva
Arabi
Giamalva
Damage suits seek 170000 from Austin Baking Company
Three Winkler County residents led by County Judge J R Salmon filed separate 98th District Court damage suits against Austin Baking Company for injuries from a July 18 auto crash one mile northwest of Liberty Hill Williamson County. Slaughter seeks 60000, Salmon 60000, and Moore 50000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mth District Court
Betts
Lee “Roy Slaughter
Austin Baking Company
J. R. Salmon
Mack Moore
Cameron County Water Imrovement District No. 10
Grand Finance Company, Inc. of
Austin
Billy Ewing
George North
Allen and Wang Vs
Sonneborn Brothers
Winkler County
98Th District Court
L. R. Slaughter
Wink
Austin Company
Liberty Hill
Williamson County
Slaughter
Kermit
Salmon
Moore
Lunch Clubs Raise Social Standards
The Rev. Edmund Heinsohn addressed the Austin Lions Club stating luncheon service clubs aim to heighten social consciousness rather than primarily fund drives. He plus Kiwanis members discussed fellowship as essential, with the goal of lifting cultural social and moral standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Heinsohn
Austin Lions Club
Heinsohn
Lions Club
Kiwanis
Lee Wilborn
Lucky Golfer Sinks Fourth Hole-in-One
MEMPHIS, Oct. 27. The Wizard of Odds calls it a 10,000 to 1 shot. A Memphis golfer has already accumulated four hole in ones. Leroy Taylor got No. 4 Wednesday using a three iron on a 168 yard hole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Wizard of Odds
Leroy Taylor
City Council approves water pump upgrade and street widenings in 1950 plan
The City Council moved to boost water supply with a 16 000 gallon per minute pump at the filter plant costing 17 500 dollars and approved related street projects including widening West Seventh Street to 60 feet and a north south boulevard along Woodrow Avenue. The plan funds installation from water and light department earnings and aims to ease Crestview Addition traffic bottlenecks and provide direct city access for residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Avenue
West Seventh Street
Colorado
Guadalupe
Alliger and Sears of
Houston
Walter E. Seaholm
Joseph
Grover Avenue
City Plan Commission
Austin
Taylor Glass
California
W. S. Drake Jr
Glass
Veterans’ Organization
American Legion
Stuart MacCorkle
Guston Morgan
West Ninth
San Antonio
Ninth
Knights of Columbus
West 14Th Street
Edward Joseph
Knights of Columbus Home Association
Mayors Office
Phillippine Repubblic
Southern Union Gas Company
West 11Th Street
Evans Avenue
Asnhey Avenue
South Shird Street
Collier Street
Small Craft Finish 2 280 Mile Voyage
Two ex Navy small craft completed a 2280 mile voyage from Hawaii to Newport Beach California with eight aboard including a woman. Engine trouble fog and loss of navigational gear stretched the trip to 18 days and 19 hours. Veteran navigator Walter B Cunningham led the voyage aboard a 46 foot tug and a 50 foot launch owned by E. E. Brown and Myron E. Smith who plan to convert them to fishing vessels. Margaret Kane the native Hawaiian fiancee of Brown was the sole woman on board and kept watch even in heavy seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport Beach
Calif
Hawaii
Walter B. Cunningham
E. E. Brown
Myron E. Smith
Margaret Kane
Brown
Hero Wins His Wish Two Football Tickets
Phoenix, Oct 27. Tom Stowe, a 40 year old night watchman who shot and killed two jailbreakers at the county courthouse, will attend the November 12 University of Arizona Arizona State football game. He will sit on the 50 yard line on ASU's side. The game was a sellout. Stowe is an alumnus of Arizona State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Tom Stowe
University of Arizona-Arizona State
Tempe
Stowe
Arizona State
Seaman Indicted for Murder on Ship at Puget Sound
Federal grand jury charges Robert Gene Strong a US Navy seaman from Mt. Vernon Missouri with first degree murder for fatally stabbing a ship mate aboard the US Chilton at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on September 12 after a Navy picnic dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Robert Gene Strong
Mt. Vernon
US Chilton
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
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Courthouse Records
Bard District Court
Gardner
Capital National Bank
Leonard Daniel
126Th District Court
Roberts
Doris Wanda Sheppard Janes
Clarence Dewitt Janes
Nellie Armstrong
Eddie Armstrong
Lucy Garcia
Refugio Garcia
Pauline C. Ponfick
Sedon E. Ponfick
County Court AT Law
Thurman
Harold W. Gaukapp
J. W. Loving
Richard J. McHorn
Joe A. Stanley
Limberg
Joe F. Chovanec
Audrey Jean Pannell
James Euel Meador
Marianne Reeves
Heffington
T. R. Hartgrove
Buick
W. Voyles
Cadillac
A. Stripling
Alfred Wentland
Chevrolet
J. J. Smitherman
Irby S. Wisinell Jr
Ira W. Schwartz Jr
Frank A. Pearson
DeSoto
Albert Wuthrich
Mercury
Samuel H. Peak Jr
Howard A. Cabra
Nash
W. B. Rittenhouse
Oldsmobile
J. B. Doss
Plymouth
Nalle Plastics, Inc
Ernest A. Huebner
Ford
Shirley A. Taylor
Pontiac
R. C. McCaughan
B. A. Young
Bertram Klausner
Hudson
Edwin Bauer
CSC
Studebaker
Glen E. Lewis
Kelly Smith
R. B. Kirks
Curtis Morris
Silma M. Gilbert
W. L. Parnell
Sammie Cowan
Pere Ne
Pees
Studer
Congress
Austin, Texas
Cod
Studer’s
Texas
Stanley 8. Smith
East Avenue
16Th Street
Smith
E. G. Kingsbery
Ralph Oakley
South
Lamar
Morgan
Phillip Baker
Shoal Creek
West 12Th
Westenfield Realty Company
Nalle
West Sixth Street
Park View
Walter S. Benson Jr
Florence D. Benson
Winifred Benson
West Sixth
West Ninth Streets
Earnest Frank Wiget
Raymond D. Thorp
W. W. Blackman
Zoning Board
L. M. Randolph
Annie Mae Randolph
Chicon
Levine
Nashau Mills
S., M. and Large
Jacquard
T. Rose
Batt
Sixth St
Children’s Tobogan Knit
Eugene H. Duke
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