Former Editor Weimar Mercury Dies Last Week
Ernest Goeth 83, longtime editor of the Weimar Mercury, died at his San Antonio home last Monday. A Texas native born February 8 1862, he was a Christian Church member and a 32nd Degree Mason. Surviving are his widow Emelie and daughter Mrs. Geo Herder with other relatives. The family noted his years in journalism before later working for B C Palmer & Company.
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Ernest Goeth
Weimar Mercury
San Antonio
Goeth
High Hill
Fayette County
Christian Church
B. C. Palmer & Company
War mementoes replaced by World War II relics pledge
The American Legion and the War Department pledge to replace World War I mementoes donated by Legion posts with World War II and War I memorials. The posts require documentation of contributions to partner with the government and fulfill the obligation.
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American Legion
War Department
Attend Camp Swift Luncheon on Friday
Mrs. H. C. Fitzgerald leads Eagle County’s Swift Camp and Hospital Council group at Aplinstoon last Friday. Reports show gratitude for citizen donations from Eagle Lake, with new donors Mrs. T. P. Doole Mrs. C. E Vandiver Miss Edith Hanly and a guitar donation from Mrs. M. G. Calvert. The council still seeks items to aid veterans in rehabilitation and urges continued support.
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H. C. Fitzgerald
Swift Regional Camp and Hospital
Aplinstoon
Camp Swift
Fitzgerald
Eagle
Eagle Lake
T. P. Doole
C. E Vandiver
Edith Hanly
M. G. Calvert
Traffic conferences for Texas law enforcers drive statewide
A drive to erase motorists’ “L was robbed” feeling begins in May and June across Texas. Chief Justice James P Alexander and leaders from the Supreme Court, Attorney General and DPS will hold meetings in every region to improve efficiency and decorum in traffic courts. Sessions, including Houston on June 5, seek broad attendance by justices of the peace, district attorneys, police, sheriffs and others, with support from the American Bar Association Junior Bar Conference and the National Safety Council.
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Supreme Court
Attorney General's Department
Department of Public Safety
Texas
Texas Safety Association
Houston
127Th District Court Room
Civil Courts
Fannin and
Preston
James P. Alexander
Justices of the Peace
Junior Bar Conference
The
American Bar Associatin
National Safety Council
Texas rural education bill advances in Texas House
Texas House passed a 29 million rural school aid bill by 108 to 10 vote. It sets a 135 dollar monthly base for nine months and adds college training and experience pay. Championed by R L Proffer and Joe Humphrey, it increases pay by four to twenty dollars per month for college credit and two to twenty for each year of teaching. The measure moves to the Senate for conference committee review.
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Austin
Texas
House of Representatives
House
Senate
R. L. Proffer
Denton
Rural Aid
Joe Humphrey
Abilene
Postwar education plan for nurses at UT Galveston
Galveston May 17 two years of accredited college work will be required for entrance to the University of Texas John Sealy School of Nursing after the war. Previously high school graduates entered and earned a diploma after three years. The new regulations will grant a bachelor’s degree upon successful completion to raise standards and better serve Texas. Mrs Davis Cauthon and baby Christine are visiting in Houston. Mrs T J Roberts and son Tommie visited on Mother's Day in Ellinger.
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Galveston
Texas
University of Texas
John Sealy School of Nursing
Marjorie Bartholf
Dean Bartholf
Davis Cauthon
Christine Davis
Ethel Stubengall
Houston
T. J. Roberts
Tommie of
Ellinger
Tom Roberts
America Faces Low Sugar Stock Amid War Demands
Sugar supplies are at their lowest since 1941 as Cuban production declines. OPA director Stephens J. Tully Jr warns stocks are abnormally low, military needs are high, and shipments to battle fronts reduce available sugar. Local boards will limit canning sugar to 70 percent of last year, stressing sugar’s role in rations and food preservation.
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America
Stephens J. Tully, Jr
Houston
OPA
U. S
County’s Waste Paper Becomes Suits of Armor for Shells
Colorado residents are urged to save waste paper to manufacture 105 mm shell containers called suits of armor. If they save an average 19 pounds of newspapers wrapping paper and boxes monthly, the county could provide 59 378 suits of armor to protect shells for American advances toward Berlin and Tokyo. For each container about three pounds of waste paper are needed and materials include ammunition container board from mixed paper and old boxes and tube and can stock from various waste papers.
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Colorado County
Berlin
Tokyo
J. Wardell
American Can Company
Ammunition Container Board
Wardell
War Effort Workers From Wharton and Colorado Counties
Figures show Wharton and Colorado Counties workers contributed to defense plant construction and operation during 1942 to present. Data cover applications, referrals, hires, and placements of War Veterans and physically handicapped persons, with high employer compliance and minimal turnover reported.
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United States
Oth Wharton
Colorado
Wharton
Colorado Counties
United States Employment Service
War Manpower Commission
War Manpower Commission Stabilization Plan
Oil Wells in Texas Reflect War Strain in Production
A Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association release notes fewer flowing wells and more pumping wells as war demands rise. Texas had 40,525 flowing wells in 1941 vs 37,629 in 1944, pumping wells rising from 58,177 to 62,144, with drilling cuts by over half. An Associated Press report cites the Bureau of Mines and crude stocks at 221,019,000 barrels on May 8.
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Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Texas
Associated Press
Bureau of Mines
Montezuma Club Dance With Bill Cornelson Orchestra
A Montezuma Club committee arranged with Bill Cornelson and his orchestra to entertain with dance music at the club next week. Invitations and tickets are available from club members only. Frank B. Rowne of Houston visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Booths.
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Club
Montezuma
Bill Cornelson
Frank B. Rowne
Houston
S. C. Booths
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