Search Details

Word: texases (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

The State tried to show that Maverick and his co-defendants conspired to spend Maverick money in 50? pieces to pay the $1.50 poll tax for an I. L. G. W. U. member so he could help elect him. (By Texas law, no one can vote without paying a poll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: Mavericks' Maury | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

While Patriarch Albert Maverick alternately glared and dozed, while the charges against Maury's co-defendants were dismissed, leaving Maury to stand alone, his trial raged in a superheated courtroom. A defense witness accused Burkett of once saying he wanted to get rid of Maury. A feminine witness for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: Mavericks' Maury | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

Sugar Bowl at New Orleans-Undefeated Tulane v. undefeated, untied Texas Agricultural & Mechanical College.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Roles for Bowls | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

This answer to a promoter's dream was fine for the rig's inventors: Carl White Jr., master salesman, and Harry H. Franks, master mechanic. Their Franks Manufacturing Co. has sold 35 truck-mounted rigs to date at $50,000 apiece. The rig eliminated the cost ($650-$2...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Derrick's End? | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

He was worried because Shell expected to have to spend a million dollars to erect permanent derricks on its 900 East Texas wells as soon as the oil stopped flowing freely and pumping became necessary, The derricks had to be there for pulling and cleaning the wells' rods and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Derrick's End? | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Next