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Millionaire Seeks Title To Tidelands Oil Bases
Albert Cord, Los Angeles industrialist, presses to obtain patent rights to tidelands and inland oil areas using old land scrip. Courts have ruled the secretary of the interior can deny patents, but Cord and his firms plan further appeals, with Mojave Desert scrip now considered closed.
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Tidelands
Harry Wilson Sharpe Washington
L. Cord
Los Angeles
Supreme Court
Cord
Secretary of the Interior
Seal Beach
Long Beach
California
Louisiana
Newport Bay
Calif
Little Placer
Mojave Desert
Long Beach Oil Development Co
California Co
New Orleans
West Coast Development Co
Joseph Gerard
Court of ‘Appeals
Neuhoff