02 Jun 1941
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Newspaper
Daily Court Review
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1941
Page
1
A dense wartime style ledger item lists May 1941 deed counts, totals for earlier months, and yearly mortgage etc. totals. It records monthly deed counts, mortgage totals, and building permits across 1940 1941 with scattered figures for Jan through May 1941, including weekly permit totals and year to date sums.
Building permit totals show 91 new points valued at 809150 dollars and repair work item 997 at 11560 dollars. The weekly total is 320710 dollars, with previous year to date totaling 8604234 dollars and year to date total 8624944 dollars.
A fragmented numeric record shows monthly and daily figures for 1940 and 1941 plus earlier years. The data list appears as abrupt monetary values and dates with many OCR glitches, including stray symbols and misdated entries.
Mrs H T Brooks purchased a brick veneer residence from Fred E Brown for about 6500 dollars. The deed filed with the county clerk records a cash payment of 1292 dollars. The property is lot 16 block 1 Pershing Place Addition, fronting 60 feet on Rice Boulevard and 124 feet deep between Edloe and Auden.
A list of real estate transfers dated May 1941 details transfers between individuals and firms across multiple neighborhoods. Notable names include Fred E. Brown, Jewel Clyde Alexander, Hey ward H. Herndon, Baker B. Ingram, L. C. Ingram, Metropolitan Land & Loan Co., N. Blackmon, Hiram B. Harrison, Dr. T. W. Kalb, Westmoreland Development Co., Leslie L. Connett Jr., A. E. Olson, Juan C. Hernandez, J. L. Younger Jr., Genaro Flores, and Arnold Frankovich. Transactions specify lots in Pershing Place, Montrose, West Heights, Brae Burn, Gregg's 2nd add, and Garden Acres sub, with sale prices and consideration figures noted.
A list of real estate conveyances dated May 1941 and April 1941 shows transfers involving multiple owners and subdivisions. Notable entries include endorsements for Colonial Gardens, Monticello add, Collegeview 2nd, West Houston, Sunset Terrace, and Oak Manor with monetary figures for stp and c payments, such as c 100 and stp 11.65, plus several May 29 1941 and April 24 1941 dates.
A collection of property transfers and mortgages dated May 1941 in Pasadena and nearby Houston Manor, Rushmere Gardens, and Rustic Ranch areas. Entries include grantees such as Rosa E. Kelsey, Lakin, and Hutcheson atty, with parcels, lot and block numbers, subdivision names, stps, and monetary amounts ranging from $10 to $385. These records document numerous L. and B. lot numbers, street names, and local subdivision notes.
A ledger of deeds and trust transfers shows Willie Van Ratcliffe to Jd. G. Vaughan for American National Insurance securing 6200 dollars at 5.5 percent on May 23 1941. Other transfers include L. H. Spivey to Presley Werlein Jr to secure 6000 dollars at 7 percent, and Theodore BE Joseph Jr to Lamar Cecil for Wilfred Vile securing 1200 dollars at 5 percent, all noted with property blocks and lot references in Houston area subdivisions.
A long list details numerous real estate mortgage transfers for May 1941 across Houston and surrounding suburbs, with amounts ranging from $4600 to $6700 and interest rates from 4 1 2 to 6 percent. It also catalogs numerous automobile registrations and owners in Pasadena, Tomball, LaPorte, and nearby.
A jumbled OCR of personal addresses and Ford sedan entries lists names such as H. Johnson J. Frank Pennington O G Moore and others with street addresses in Texas. Vehicle identifiers include Ford sedans and coupes with state codes and box numbers, alongside corporate entities Humble Oil & Refns Co Gulf Engineers and others.
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