Tornado Hits Pipe Creek Homes In Bandera County
A Bandera County tornado struck Pipe Creek Saturday night, killing three people and injuring nine, with seven in critical condition. The four mile path damaged three homes, wrecked several outbuildings, and destroyed livestock. Felix Newcomer and Felix Clay residences were among the hardest hit.
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Twister Crushes
Pipe Creek
Bandera
Felix Newcomer
Newcomer
John Newcomer
Charles Hutcheson
George White
Pastors Attend Ninth District Lutheran Convention
Local Lutheran pastors gathered in Mason on Tuesday April 18 for the Ninth District Convention of the American Lutheran Church hosted by St. Paul Lutheran Church under Rev. M. J Schwarz. The Texas district spans Texas Louisiana and southern Alabama and Arkansas with 212 congregations 47394 members and 141 pastors. About 250 delegates and many visitors were expected to attend through April 23.
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Mason
American Lutheran Church
F. A. Bracher
Theo. Haag
Paul Leonhard
J. M. Bergner
O. Lindenberg
W. C. Poehlmann
St. Paul
Arkansas
Fredericksburg to Host New AAA Emergency Service Stations
The San Antonio Automobile League announces two progressive Fredericksburg service stations will offer AAA emergency service to tourists on U S 87 as tourist traffic is expected to rise this summer. Station operators are William Schroeder's Standard Service Co and the Doteval Motor Co. AAA backs the move to boost regional tourism and assists the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce with data and support.
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San Antonio Automobile League
American Automobile League
Fredericksburg
AAA
U. S. 87
San Francisco
San Antonio
Denver
Salt Lake City
Reno
Los Angeles
el Paso
William Schroeder
Standard Service Company
Doteval Motor Company
Edyth Krauskopf
Chamber of Commerce
S. C. Coppock
Texas
Coppock
Southwest
Europe
Frederickshuro Garden Club Flower Show at Peters Hall
The Frederickshuro Garden Club sponsors a flower show at Peters Hall on Wednesday May 10 from 3 to 9 PM. Open to members and non members, with displays of pot plants cut flowers bouquets designs baskets and unusual blooms. Ribbons awarded for top specimens and a small admission fee is charged.
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Garden Club
Peters’ Hall
Live Oak School Marks 85th Anniversary Celebration
Live Oak School in Gillespie County prepares for an 85th anniversary program on Sunday April 23 led by Ruth Kneese and trustees Emil F. Tatsch Edward Schlaudt and Alfred Kunz. Former teachers and alumni are invited to attend.
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Live Oak
Gillespie County
Ruth Kneese
Emil F. Tatsch
Edw. Schlaudt
Alfred Kunz
Five Oak
Louis Schuetze
Schuetze
Haengerbande
Julius Schlieham
Joan
Ice Cream Dealers Offer Saturday Special
Fredericksburg ice cream makers partner with Fredericksburg Dairy Products to introduce a six flavor home made ice cream. Kallenberg's Pharmacy Central Drug Store Keidels' Drug Store Bluebonnet Hut and Peters Bar will give a free pint with purchase of a pint at regular price. Local citizens urged to try the home produced product.
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Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Dairy Products Company
Leo Tomlinson
Kallenberg’s Pharmacy
Central Drug Store
Keidels’ Drug Store
Bluebonnet Hut
Peter’s
Tomlinson
Gillespie County
Mr. Tomlinson
Roosevelt seeks ten years peace pledge from Hitler Mussolini
President Roosevelt urged Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini to promise a decade of peace and to refrain from invading independent lands. He proposed forming a world council to ease armament burdens and reshape global trade to ensure access to essential raw materials and products. Britain France and other democracies hailed the move as a potential non aggression pact while Hitler and Mussolini showed mixed responses.
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Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Britain
France
Russia
Netherlands
Lithuania
Turkey
Hitler
Mussolini
Horses Run Wild Near Crabapple. One Killed
A team of horses ran wild on Ernst Grosenbacher’s Crabapple area farm while he finished sowing with a grain drill. He left the gate open and the horses bolted toward the house, wrecking a machine, trampling a tree, and killing one horse before the others fled a mile to a neighbor’s home.
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Ernst Grosenbacher
Crabapple
Grosenbacher
Gosenbacher
Conservation Program Amended Affects Acreage Payments
The Agricultural Conservation Association notices an amendment to the 1939 Conservation Program removing the 125 percent planted acreage provision when 80 percent or more of cotton wheat rice vegetables or potatoes are not planted due to flood or drought. Payments will base on allotment if normal farming occurs per 1939 General Letter No 8, boosting Gillespie County payments for growers who plant within cotton and wheat allotments.
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The
Agricultural Conservation Association
Gillespie County
Silver Wedding Anniversary of Weber Couple Celebrated
Mr and Mrs Arthur Weber observed their silver wedding anniversary at their Live Oak Community home last Sunday. While they attended Zion Church services their children prepared a festive celebration with Rev Bracher conducting services and a generous wedding feast following gifts. The Standard extends congratulations.
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Arthur Weber
Adelina Schlaudt
Live Oak
Zion's Church
Auto Drivers Test Skill in Fredericksburg Drive
Auto drivers will test their steering and braking skill Monday April 24 in Fredericksburg from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The tests, sponsored by the state traffic police, use a Steerometer and a Reactometer on a truck manned by highway patrolmen. Garrison noted the tests are for driver education and yield a quick grade, not a record entry.
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Fredericksburg
Homer Garrison, Jr
Garrison
Safety Department
Austin
Appeals Court Bans Mail Order Teeth Sales
The federal court of appeals upheld the post office department ban on selling false teeth by mail. It ordered the local district court to dissolve an injunction against Postmaster General Farley after Sylvan B. Heininger of Chicago was barred from mailing order teeth.
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Washington
Federal Court of Appeals
Post Office Department
Federal District Court
Gen. Farley
Sylvan B. Heininger
Chicago
Farmers League Meeting Set for April 23 at Courthouse
The Farmers League will hold a meeting next Sunday April 23 at 1 PM in the courthouse. Attendance is open to the public.
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Farmers League
Giants Defeat Boerne Sox 13-3
Giants overpower Boerne White Sox 13 to 3 at Boerne. Reliever Al Enderlin held the Sox to seven scattered hits while the Giants rapped 21 hits off Behr and W Bergmann. Red Schnerr homered for the third time this season as every Giant hitter reached safely. Grobe struggled on the mound with walks and errors.
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Elton Jordan
Enderlin
Boerne White Sox
Giants
Behr
W. Bergmann
Sox
Boerne
Red” Schnerr
Giant
al” Grobe
Main Grocery And Market Opens Saturday
Fredericksburg welcomes a new store the Main Grocery and Market with a grand opening on Saturday April 22. Owners Paul Nebgen and Rudolph Lange announce specials for opening day and Guenther Gold will help in the store.
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Fredericksburg
Messrs
Paul Nebgen
Rudolph Lange
Messrs Nebgen
Lange
Guenther Gold
San Jacinto Memorial to be Dedicated in 2021
Memorial at the San Jacinto Battleground will be dedicated in April 2021 with participation from patriotic societies worldwide. Spearheaded by George A. Hull Jr and Jesse H. Jones, the monument honors General Sam Houston and Texas independence, rising 567 feet and housing relics of Texas history. Continued on page 2.
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San Jacinto
George A. Hull, Jr
San Jacinto Battleground
Sam Houston
Texas
Independence
From
Mexico
Washington Monument
Yesteryear
San Jacinto Memorial
Austin
Three Year Old Drowns In Water Tank Near Fredericksburg
Lee Roy E A Mueller aged three years three months and twenty days died after falling from a ladder into a water tank on the Albert Boos farm three miles from Fredericksburg. His mother heard a noise called him, found his body, and a doctor arrived too late. He is survived by two brothers Theodore and Wilbert a sister Bessie and his maternal grandmother with one sister Rose Lee preceding him in death. Continued on page 2 col 6.
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Lee Roy E. A. Mueller
Albert Mueller
Albert Boos
Fredericksburg
LeeRoy
Lee Roy
Gillespie County
Theodore
Wilbert
Bessie
Rose Lee
Gillespie County Saengerbund 40th Anniversary Program
Under Echo Male Chorus auspices the Gillespie County Saengerbund marks its 40th anniversary with a Saturday April 29 event at Peter's Hall. A 2 PM parade through Fredericksburg Main Street precedes a 11 AM business session and an evening concert featuring massed choruses and Pehl's Old Time Orchestra for about 250 singers.
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Echo
Gillespie County
Saengerbund
Peter's Hall
Pehl
Peter’s Hall
Fredericksburg
Farm Debt Adjustment Committee Meets in Fredericksburg
A meeting of the Farm Debt Adjustment Committee of Gillespie County is set for 2 00 PM on Tuesday April 25 at the County Agent's Office in Fredericksburg. S M Crutchfield specialist in Farm Debt Adjustment will attend along with committee members Willie J erg Thomas Jung and Adolph Kneese. Farmers or ranchers in debt may discuss problems and seek assistance.
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Gillespie County
Fredericksburg
A. M. Cooper
Farm Security Administration
S. M. Crutchfield
Willie J.erg
Thomas Jung
Adolph Kneese
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Bandera County
Felix Clay
Louis Steelman
Clay House
District Lutheran Convention
Wilhelm &Ersee7
Live Oak School
Frederickshuro Garden Club
U. S
Berlin
Reichstag
Gur Congress
Alfred Neftendorf
Mrs. Weber
State Safety Patrol
City
Heinrich Sgasinge
Baethge
Home Guard
Boerne Sox
Farm Debt Adjustment Committee
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