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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 15, 1950

Page

2

Anti-Usury Suits Entered in San Antonio Court

Four anti usury suits filed in County Court at Law No 1 seek recovery of 1731 from Associates Investment Co and 355 from Trinity Finance Co totaling 2086 with interest. The suits allege usurious rates above the 10 percent legal max and name plaintiffs Willie Waygiczky David Sasajo Phillip Luna R L Johnson Eugene La Hull and others. Committee chairman John Goods announced more suits to follow against personal and auto finance companies and pawnbrokers urging those with excess interest to contact the committee.

San Antonio John Goods West Brown J. R. Lacké Jr George Kampmann Maury Maverick Jr Frates Seeligson Associates’ Investment_co Willie Wayigiczyk David Sasa Jo Phillip C. Luna R. L. Johnson Trinity Finance Corp Eugene la Hull

Navy Man Victor Bates Wins Bates Seat in Mass

HAVERHILL Mass February 15 P Lt Cmdr William H Bates Navy officer son of late U S Representative George J Bates wins the congressional seat after a draft by GOP leaders following his father's death in an airliner crash four months earlier. Republicans claim a wave of new faces and a 1850s style victory formula aided the sweep though Bates sat sidelined by naval legislation earlier in the campaign.

Haverhill Mass William H. Bates GOP U.S George J. Bates Washington

Edwards must pay extreme penalty for rape, Texas court says

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld Nathaniel Edwards of Houston in the May rape of a young girl, ruling the extreme penalty warranted. Edwards argued insufficient evidence, but the high court affirmed its decision.

INS Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Nathaniel Edwards Houston Gill Edwards

Price on Brides Steep Causes Labor Discontent

Lagos Times correspondent demands a voting price on brides and cites rising dowries from $56 to $542 since 1939. He links high dowries to labor unrest and urges a maximum price with penalties for parents who demand higher iffirm attitude toward sale of brides.

Lagos Digeria[uns Lagos Times Emesis

Parking Area Drained at San Antonio Livestock Exposition

Emergency crews drained and dried parking areas around stock and agricultural buildings at the coliseum after rain. The surface is caliche saturated with past rainfall, delaying hard-surfacing before the Friday opening, while the county plans handwritten surfacing contracts for 12,936 dollars and a 25 to 40 day completion window.

Coliseum Joe Ridgway Commissioners Court Intay Barrett ¢& Lively Russel White Sfill

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