Opening Mutual And AAA softball tilts in league play
In opening Softball League games Mutual Lumber Company and AAA teams both won. Mutual edged Jaycee 12 10 while AAA routed Western Auto 15 4. Mutual clinched first in the regular standings and both teams advance to a playoff doubleheader tonight before next Monday's final rounds.
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the Mutual Lumber Company
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Jaycee
Sea- Aaa
Western Auto
Mutual
Landing Nuns
Huild Vain
AAA
Rit
Reed
Fivo
Victo
Special Fair Prizes for Teedlecraft Work
Prizes totaling red in the Gil Fair this year offered for teedlecraft entries. National alliance sponsorship supports awards in crochet and related crafts. Submit entries promptly to be eligible for the first prize and other awards.
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Alliancc
Insurance Payouts Reach 13 Million in Texas Life Claims
Data compiled by the Institute of Life Insurance shows Texas insurers paid 13 569 000 in the first half of the year including 1 505 847 from Southwestern Life and 62 463 in accelerated death claims. Dallas financier D F O'Donnell reported the figures to company president Alex R Frantzen via local representative.
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Texas
Bald
Southwestern Life Surance Company
Institute of Life Insurance
D. F. O'Donnell
Dallas
Thwestern
Umpany
Representa
Alex R. Frantzen
Mrs Gottfried Oehler Plans Visit to Daughter
Mrs Gottfried Oehler will visit her daughter Mrs Selma r and other relatives in three weeks.
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Gottfried Oehler
Mrs. Selmar
Giants Win In Hill Country League Contested Sunday
Giants defeated the Boerne White Sox 11 to 8 for their 13th straight Hill Country League win. D Patton led the Sox with a homer and three RBI. Grobe earned the win for the Giants while Enderlin worked 4 1 3 innings. Next Sunday they face St Gerard at Seipp Park and 3:30 PM.
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Elton Jordan
Giants
Boerne White Sox
Sox
St. Gerard
San Antonio
Seipp
D. Patton
Austin
Young Men Sought for Technical Army Work in Gillespie
Gillespie County Red Cross reports a request from William A. Miller to list local men aged 18 to 35 willing to travel, learn a trade, and enlist. Applicants must be healthy, unmarried, well reputed, 5 ft tall, 105 lbs minimum, with parental consent for ages 18-21. report to A. D. Stahl in Fredericksburg.
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The
American Red Cross
William A. Miller
U. S. Army
San Antonio
Texas
A. D. Stahl
Gold
Fredericksburg
Boerne Laborer Killed in Cave-In
Andrew Montez, 20, a Boerne laborer, died when a gravel pit cave-in crushed him west of Boerne on Saturday. He and another worker were loading a gravel truck at the time. Corporal Werner Heimann, recently promoted at Camp Wallace near Galveston, visited his parents and friends over the weekend amid ongoing draft training discussions.
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Andrew Montez
Boerne
Montez
Werner Heimann
Camp Wallace
Galveston
Who Can Feed the World War Crux Raised by Wickard
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard warns that a prolonged war could decide who feeds the world. He suggests the choice may hinge on whether democracies or dictatorships control agricultural capability and food supply.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Chiropractor Opens Office Here in Frederick
Dr H L Spitzer formerly of Stamford and Oklahoma City has opened a residential chiropractic practice at 507 West Main Street. He is a Texas Chiropractic College graduate and studied under Dr William Carver in Oklahoma City. He is joined by his wife and two sons Eudell and Billy.
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Stamford
Oklahoma City
West Main Street
Standard
Spitzer
Texas Chiropractic College
San Antonio
William Carver
Carver Chiropractic College
Fredericksburg
Eudell
Billy
Sister Ties Drawn Across Connecticut Visit
Mrs. Sele Hedderman and her two sons of Bristol Connecticut visited with her sister and family Mr and Mrs Ruben Nixon in Doss during the past week. Mrs Hedderman is the twin sister of Mrs Nixon.
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Sele Hedderman
Fredericksburg Drive In Station Advised by Proprietor Rubin Crenwelge
The notice directs readers to visit Fredericksburg Drive-In Station with Rubin Crenwelge listed as proprietor. The brief item identifies the site and ownership for the public notice.
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Fredericksburg Drive-In Station
Rubin Crenwelge
County Fair Weekend Fashion Offer
A local ad invites readers to shop for a slack suit straw hat and sport oxfords to dress for the upcoming County Fair weekend. The notice stresses in store purchases today or tomorrow for cool attire.
Giants Honored For Sportsmanship In Semi Pro Win
The Giants, crowned uncrowned Hill Country League champs after a sportsmanlike run in the Semi-Pro Congress in Waco, are saluted for their restraint after a recent defeat. The piece notes tight National and American League races, top hitters, and the Waco Dons’ Texas Semi-Pro title as context.
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Giants
Waco
Harper Defeats Kerrville 7-3 in Hill Country League
Harper extended its winning streak with a 7-3 victory over Kerrville as Omer Cottle pitched a complete game allowing 6 hits and 6 strikeouts. Kerrville’s Clark also pitched the full game, yielding 11 hits with no walks. Harper faces Stonewall at home next, then travels to Fredericksburg on August 31 to face the loop leading Giants.
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Kerrville Braves
Omer Cottle
Clark
Kerrville
Stonewall
Fredericksburg
Giants
Embalmed Wheat Echoes at Fair Jury
Judges at the Brown County Fair in New Ulm Michigan found a wheat sample had a strong odor likened to moth balls. A farmer who won last year kept the sample in moth balls for entry again this year, but it did not win.
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New Ulm
Michigan
Dove Season May Be Curtailed This Fall
Migratory Bird Act officials in Washington hint a shortened dove season is possible this fall. Will J Tucker secretary of the State Game Commission says Texas has a plentiful mourning dove supply while eastern states face declines.
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Washington
Will J. Tucker
The
State Game Commission
Tucker
Texas
England
America
Britain
Comal County Fair Dates Set for September in New Braunfels
The Comal County Fair is scheduled for September 26 to 28 in New Braunfels. A skeleton program includes carnival rides rodeo exhibits and music with a children's pet parade as the opening attraction.
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Comal County
New Braunfels
Ottmers Family Trip Includes Dallas Fort Worth Detours
Mr and Mrs Walter Ottmers and their sons Wallace and Frank Lee visited relatives in Waco and were joined by Mr and Mrs Edgar Watkins Miss Dorothy and Vernell Ottmers on a trip to Dallas Fort Worth and Mineral Wells during the week.
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Walter Ottmers
Wallace and
Frank Lee
Waco
Edgar Watkins
Dorothy
Vernell Ottmers
Dallas, Fort Worth
Mineral Wells
Local golf meet visit delights Fredericksburg crowd
The report recalls Schwanker's past wins at numerous golf meets sponsored by press association events. It expresses pleasure at the recent visit and hopes for many more meets to bring players through Fredericksburg.
USC Names Justin M. Berry New Football Coach
The University of Southern California appoints Justin M. Berry known as Sam Berry to succeed H Jones who recently died. Berry takes over the football program this week after the former coach’s passing.
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University of Southern California
Justin M
Sam” Berry
H Jones
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