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Unsigned Contract of Option to Purchase Land for the B'nai B'rith Hillel Building in Austin, Texas (open access)

Unsigned Contract of Option to Purchase Land for the B'nai B'rith Hillel Building in Austin, Texas

This unsigned contract between Mrs. Charles Stephenson, seller, and B'nai B'rith Hillel Building Fund, buyer, gives the Hillel Building Fund the option to purchase this land if Stephenson furnishes the proper documents.
Date: February 1945
Creator: B'nai B'rith Hillel Building Fund
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photostat Copy of Waiver of Deed of Trust] (open access)

[Photostat Copy of Waiver of Deed of Trust]

Photostat copy of a waiver of deed of trust in which Jeanetta W. Lyle, Grace Love, E. C. Love, John M. Lyle, Lina Lyle, Samuel P. Lyle, Bess Lyle, Gerard Lyle, Eva Lyle, Jeanetta Lye, Edward F. Lyle, and Ora Mae Lyle waive the priority of their deed of trust regarding land subject to an oil and gas lease held by the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company in Hemphill County. The deed of trust is granted by Robert Bruce Wiggins, Thomas Darrell Wiggins, Ruth Wiggins, and Sarah Wiggins.
Date: February 28, 1940
Creator: Lyle, Jeanetta W.; Love, Grace; Love, E. C.; Lyle, John M.; Lyle, Lina; Lyle, Samuel P. et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photostat Copy of Assignment And Waiver Between Southwestern Life Insurance and Jacob B. and Aganetha Wiebe] (open access)

[Photostat Copy of Assignment And Waiver Between Southwestern Life Insurance and Jacob B. and Aganetha Wiebe]

Photostat copy of an assignment and waiver which states that the Southwestern Life Insurance Company waives the priority of its mortgage granted to Jacob B. and Aganetha Wiebe for land in Ochiltree County, Texas in favor of the needs of an oil and gas lease held by the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company.
Date: February 23, 1940
Creator: Wiebe, Jacob B.; Wiebe, Aganetha & Bradford, T. L., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Harvey Staton Statement on Avenger Field Construction] (open access)

[Harvey Staton Statement on Avenger Field Construction]

Signed and notarized statement from Harvey Staton describing his work Avenger Field under contractor, Victor J. Nelson, and his work interactions with Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince.
Date: February 1943
Creator: Staton, Harvey
System: The Portal to Texas History
[War Department School Contract] (open access)

[War Department School Contract]

A contract drawn up between the United States Department of War and the Plosser-Prince Air Academy for flying training.
Date: February 26, 1943
Creator: United States Department of War
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Grand Jury Decision, January 19, 1943] (open access)

[Transcript of Grand Jury Decision, January 19, 1943]

Statement of Grand Jurors impaneled in the District Court of the United States Northern District of Texas regarding their decision on indictments against eleven defendants accused of fraudulent representation to agents of the Defense Plant Corporation. In the decision, the jurors find that the defendants did commit "unlawful conspiracy" with an outline of sixteen instances and pieces of evidence of relation to the case.
Date: February 4, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[William Hahn's Military Discharge Certificate] (open access)

[William Hahn's Military Discharge Certificate]

Certificate of William Hahn's honorable discharge from the United States Army. One side contains his vital information and military history.
Date: February 11, 1945
Creator: United States. Army.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Notice of Classification (open access)

Notice of Classification

Notice of classification postcard sent out by the Local Board in Wharton, Texas, to Ejner Larsen Wind in Danevang. The front side lists the registrant name and Ejner's classification, as well as a stamp of approval and a signature by John Norris. It ends with fine print concerning the right to appeal. On the back, there is postage information.
Date: February 20, 1943
Creator: U.S. Government Printing Office
System: The Portal to Texas History