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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1949
Page
4
March 15 report notes ongoing record against Franklin First State Bank handles of Tons Heame in Texas insurance matters. Details are unclear due to fragmented OCR.
A brief note lists Joseph Herkus alongside Calvert Distillers Corp of New York City. The fragment references a business or legal matter without additional context or details. No dates or actions are specified in the readable text.
Farnest money dispute centers on The First State Bank of Poteet and six individuals named as defendants in a U S District Court suit. Otis Blankenburg seeks to cancel a contract to purchase property under contested 50 by 150 foot lot with alleged drilling rights. He claims the lot is only 11 feet deep and already leased to two other concerns. Blankenburg seeks return of $50 earnest money and asks for $12,960 held in escrow, plus remainder of the purchase fee.
John Nance Garner, 80, longtime public servant and former vice president, lives in Uvalde after a career that began 55 years ago when he arrived seeking TB treatment. He built banks and real estate, owns 46,000 acres, and remains a patriarch figure in town. He dislikes being labeled an elder statesman, preferring retired statesman.
Col. John Callan O Laughtin publisher of the Army and Navy Journal died last night in Washington at age 75. He formerly worked as a correspondent for the Associated Press and the Chicago Tribune and served as an assistant secretary of state during President Theodore Roosevelt's administration.
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