Services Available Provide Rural Fire Protection Across Gillespie County
The city and county cooperate to offer fire protection to rural Gillespie County residents with volunteer crews and modern equipment. Call the fire department at 276 to report a fire and have a guide meet responders at the main road gate. Local Harper and Fredericksburg departments assist as needed, and an aspiration resuscitator is used for breathing difficulties and drowning cases. All services are free to the public.
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Gillespie County
Fire Department
Harper
Fredericksburg
News of Gillespie County Men and Women in Uniform
Local service members and their families are cited with furloughs, transfers, and commendations. Lt and Mrs Abbot visit Jamestown relatives. Pfc Clarence Nixon on furlough from Ft Benning. Sgt Robert Henke on leave. Cpl Howard Adams to Almogordo NM. Tech Sgt Howard Kneese reported missing and prisoner of war. Lt Theo Mund in Australia playing softball. Pvt Roland Bauer seriously wounded in Italy. Cris Brehmer meets Werner Heimann in the South Pacific. Hans Lindenberg serving in London. 2nd Lt Madeline Hovy praised by General Lee. Robert Koennecke overseas. Ernst Nagel in Army Hospital. Cpl William Schneider awarded Sicily battle star and Good Conduct. Hardy Mosel in Alaska. Chester Schmidt on 12 day Navy furlough. Francis Walch promoted to Chief Yeoman.
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Theos Mund
Australia
Theo Mund
Harry Wahrmund
Mund
California
Unioneers
Brisbane
Queensland
Roland E. Bauer
Paul Bauer
Kerrville
Italy
Bauer
North Africa
Mark Clark
Fifth Army
Ernst Nagel
Army
U. S. Army
Ft. Custer
Michigan
Cpl
William Schneider
William Schneider, Jr
England
Sicily
Cpl. Schneider
Hardy Mosel
Alaska
Port Richardson
Chester Schmidt
Chester
Navy
San Francisco
Francis Walch
Frost manifesto calls Texas towns to beautify after war
A Navarro County town urges a statewide rural beautification effort to attract new residents and industries. It argues small towns can implement landscape plans, support shops and mills, revive crafts, and welcome returning soldiers to a prosperous home. Fredericksburg’s centennial accents push for a program ready by May 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frost
Navarro County
Texas
Fredericksburg
Air travel safety noted despite war transportation burden
The article argues commercial airlines maintain strict safety standards while handling wartime travel. It contrasts air travel fatalities with home and traffic deaths in 1943, praising air safety achievements and noting that seat priorities, not safety, concern airlines.
Caution on Trash Sparks Fire Risk in Homes
The article warns that improper rubbish disposal fuels fires and endangers life and property. It emphasizes careful habits to prevent destruction of materials and potential loss of life from blazes.
New Addition Under Construction At Wool Warehouse
A new addition to Lochte Storage and Commission Company nears completion, nearly doubling wool and mohair storage. The 48 by 212 foot hollow tile, fireproof structure on the south side includes a loading chute and will position the firm as a primary government wool handler.
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Lochte Storage and Commission Company
Tire Records Still Required for Gasoline Rations
The OPA states tire inspection records must be shown to ration boards when applying for gasoline or tire rations. The tire record stays with the car and transfers if sold. Commercial vehicle tires require periodic inspections. passenger car inspections are no longer mandatory. R. L. Kott Jr visited his parents, Rudi Jr now in Houston, reports for U S Navy service Saturday.
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OPA
R. L. Kott, Jr
Rudi Jr
Houston
Gulf Oil and Refiring Company
U. S. Navy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lvericksburg Standard
Lverick, Standard
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Thur A. Krowert
Aner A. Klier
Fredersburg
Uericksburg Publishing Company
Bookkeeper
Texas Press Association
South Texas Press Association
News OF
Abbot
Lowell W. Abbott
Jamestown
Pfe
Clarence Nixon
Ft. Benning
Nixon
Robert Henke
Taff
Louis Henke
Sgt. Henke
Louisiana
Camp Breckenridge
Kentucky
Howard Adams
Werner Keidel Jr
Almogordo
New Mexico
Cpl Adams
Caribbean
U. S
Howard Kneese
Germany
Tech
Howard S. Kneese
Eighth Air Force
War Department
Silas Kneese
Howard
Arthur Holly
Here
Arthur Lorenz
New Guinea
Arthur A. Lorenz
CLM
New ‘Guinea
Lone Star
Pacific
Cris A. Brehmer
Walter Brehmer
Sgt
Werner Heimann
South Pacific
Brehmer
Herman
Joe Lynch
Atlantic
Lynch
Hans Lindenberg
Otto Lindenberg
Washington, D. C
London
Lindenberg
United States
Washington
Gillespie
Madeline L. Holly
U. S. Army Nursing Corps
William C. Lee
W. E. Beach
Hovy
Robert F. Koennecke
Eugene Koennecke
Pfc
Walch
Fredericksburg, Texas
Joe Marsh
Silas Clay
Biron Earp
Dee
Silas
Doc
The
Brewing Industry Foundation
San Antonio
Stage Line
Nimitz
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