Building permits total 44965 in La Porte last month
City records show seven permits issued totaling 44965 with two thirds by J E Cook for a 30000 shop on Spencer highway near the Southern Pacific crossing. Other permits include Moore and Moore for a Pal's Drag store addition and a frame residence on South Fifth, plus small projects at South Third and South First.
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la Porte
J. E. Cook
Spencer Highway
Southern Pacific
Moore
Pal
South Fifth
Sharp
South Third
Tom Ogburn
South First
BE. T. Henry
R. R. Gissler
West Main
McCarthys Settle Tax Evasion Suit
Galveston April 6 UP Glenn McCarthy and Faustine McCarthy settled a 200000 dollar tax suit with the government for 88882.38 after transferring assets to a corporation in 1947. The case, in federal tax court two years, cited a 200000 tax liability but ended with partial payments of 35433.379 and 83449.01 for the couple. The Josie Inc case settled for 140305.38 and a Lichtenstein Department Store suit was expected to settle.
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Galveston
Glenn McCarthy
Faustine
McCarthy
R.A. Josie, Inc
Josie Corporation
Lichtenstein
Corpus Christi
Morris L. Lichtenstein
Selma L. Levy
Annie Lichtenstein
Albert W. Lichtenstein
Try And See Is Only Way To Beat Cancer Says Rous
Dr Peyot Rous emeritus Rockefeller Institute told the eighth annual cancer symposium at M D Anderson that victory over cancer will come through the try and see method. He urged greater knowledge exchange between researchers and clinicians and warned against a laboratory clinic gap. He noted cancer is not contagious and hereditary in only a few extreme types.
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Houston
Peytot Rous
Rockefeller Institute
New York
Burtner
M. D. Anderson Hospital
Tumor Institute
University of Texas
Rous
Tornado Rips Riley Area Causing Farm Damage in Kansas
A Wichita, Kansas area tornado struck near Riley Monday night, damaging two cattle sheds, a chicken brooder, a hog house, two corn cribs and a farm home. No injuries were reported as hail and rain accompanied the brief funnel, sighted near Milford, with a warning extending across Kansas, Missouri, and Iowa.
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Riley
Kan
Sylvester Farm
Kansas City Weather Bureau
Milford
Wallace Hayes
Sylvester
Dale Sylvester
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Missouri
Towa
Fort Riley
Ottumwa
Solution Seen To Farm Surpluses
A top Agriculture Department official said the United States may outgrow farm surpluses in four years as 25 million extra acres under cultivation exceed what Americans need. Assistant Secretary J Earl Coke noted population rising by three million annually, requiring seven million more acres per year. He called today’s excess a temporary result of wartime expansion.
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Dallas
Agriculture Department
United States
J. Earl Coke
Texas Cotton Ginners Association
Coke
Wichita Falls Election Promises City Vote On Fluoridation
Wichita Falls Texas voters head to polls to pick a new mayor and three aldermen while a referendum on ending water fluoridation draws sharp interest. Mayor candidate lineup includes R P Wills Lloyd Thomas K C Stell and Ervin L Wahl with incumbent Kindel Patik not seeking re election. The fluoridation debate has stirred controversy since its 1951 start. The National Grange dates to 1867 and founder Oliver Hudson Kelley.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Kindel Patik
R.P. Wills
Lloyd Thomas
K. C. Stell
Ervin L. Wahl
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Baytown
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W. A. Stone
Delmont Hotel
P.M
Tri- City
Minnesota
Texas
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National Grange
Oliver Hudson Kelly
Cinlige Daew
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