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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1930
Page
4
The snippet shows weekly publication cadence and staff roles including R.S. Klett as Managing Editor RK. E. Jordan as Sports Editor Wm. Petmecky as Feature Editor and Wm. Habenicht as Business Mer. indicating a midtown era newsroom bylines and hierarchy.
Palace Movitorials announces a four leaf clover program featuring Hoot Gibson in Trigger Tricks as the week’s opener. Sally Eilers co stars in a romance set amid sheep and cattle wars with action and laughs throughout. George Bancroft headlines Ladies Love Brutes with Mary Astor in a social ambition plot and a kidnapping crisis. Roadhouse Nights stars Jimmy Durante with Helen Morgan and others in a roadhouse expose full of thrills and humor. Buddy Rogers in Safety In Numbers offers a musical coming‑of‑age comedy with Follies girls in New York plus sound shorts and cartoons each afternoon and night.
Governor Dan Moody urged funds and relief for drought stricken farmers and called on highway engineers to use local labor in road work Where possible He appealed to civic groups to buy a bale of cotton at 15 cents a pound and reported broad national and regional support including bids from a Crosby chamber and an East Texas chamber of commerce Moody argued the aim is to remove 5 000 000 bales from the market to aid farmers and ensure prices cover production costs.
Church invites friends to Sunday night worship at 8 o clock featuring a pageant titled Nason the Blind Deciple under the Missionary Society. The Little Light Bearers led by Miss Malinda Woerner start with their Mite boxes. Free will offering. Regular service 10:30 A.M. Sunday School 1:30 P.M. Everyone welcome. G Brannies, Pastor.
Fire destroyed the two story dining hall at Camp Waldemar 18 miles west of Kerrville. The origin is undetermined though linked to a kitchen store room and possibly wiring. Mrs J D Kirven of Waxahachie broke an arm escaping with other visitors. no camp girls were injured. Loss pegged at about 25000 with reconstruction planned.
Entry indicates a second class matter filed at Fredericksburg Texas Post Office, used for mail handling and processing under local postal regulations. The record notes the locality and class designation without detailing recipient or date.
The notice directs readers to send all communications to the Fredericksburg Publishing Co. For business matters use the Bookkeeper's Dept and for all other matters use the Editor's Dept.
Editorial urges school authorities to improve eye care for students as defective vision is rising. It cites research showing corrected vision boosts learning and describes classroom adaptations like movable desks, cream walls, dull chalkboard surfaces, left shoulder lighting, and targeted lighting to reduce strain. It notes smaller schools cannot afford equipment but can adjust lighting and desk placement to lessen eye strain.
Flames swept the Planters gin in Edinburg Texas destroying the frame and sheet steel building. Firemen saved part of the power plant. Owner Hubert Sharp was away when the blaze occurred overnight Monday. Loss estimated at 35000 dollars.
El Rachel, operator of a tour ist camp near Camp Lewis in the upper Rio Grande Valley, is accused of diverting 674 units of water between Jan 12 and Aug 12 and using it personally. The water reportedly belonged to G. B. Holdsworth, Geo. Orr, and others. He was bound over to the grand jury under $700 bond after a preliminary hear ing.
Mrs Ad Land underwent an operation last Wednesday and is doing well under the circumstances.
Russell C. Bullard of Grand Prairie shot and fatally wounded Carl E. Cochran after Cochran brought Bullard's wife home. Bullard said he fired after Cochran did not stop when asked during a ten mile pursuit end of motor chase. Bond set at $10,000.
Beaumont Texas August 27 Frank Duhon 28 of Graybure was killed instantly while climbing a high line pole to catch a squirrel. He touched live wires on the Beaumont Houston Highway and his body hung for an hour and a half before a work crew arrived. a companion witnessed the accident.
The Holy Ghost Church announces a Confirmation Class for youth at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday September 6 with a parallel session at 1:30 p.m. The pastor plans to limit individual instruction due to size but offers instruction in both German and English. A Junior League ice cream social and box supper is scheduled on August 30 at 7 p.m. with singing, declamations and refreshments to support the Memorial Windows fund. A church council meeting follows service next Sunday.
At Curtiss-Reynolds Airport a Navy lieutenant J P Deshazo sacrificed his life to avert disaster during a five mile speed race. Only one spectator Louis Weiner was killed with seventeen others injured. Deshazo steered his Boeing away from the stands but crashed, dying en route to a hospital. Weiner died later at a hospital after a glancing blow from the plane.
A Seguin gravel pit collapse on the Adams place killed Elmo Lee, a laborer, and badly injured foreman Erwin Adams, son of Alderman Hy Adams. A truck was buried under a top-heavy bank that caved in without warning. Adams survived with injuries and was expected to recover.
Oklahoma capitalists show interest in a Brownwood glass factory using Santa Anna Mountain sand. Dallas public utilities reports 1.4 million spent in Q1 1930 and 1.6 million in Q2 on major improvements per Public Utilities Supervisor Everman. Kirbyville opens a new airport. San Saba County turkeys represent Texas at the World Poultry show. Marshall pays for five miles of streets costing 235 thousand dollars in London.
Two goat breeds offered by J W Winkel Llano Texas. Polled Hereford Bulls aged 8 to 14 months priced 75 dollars each. Registered Angora Billies of varying ages offered at 15 dollars each. Goats ready for heavy service. Contact by writing or phone from the Llano ranch location seven miles northwest of Llano. 1949 listing.
No More Rats or mice with RAT SNAP. A guaranteed rodent killer sold by R. M Lewis and Knopp & Metz GER. 35¢ cake covers pantry kitchen or cellar. 65¢ for chicken houses. $1.25 for farm and out building storage or factory spaces.
A valve leak at the Denver Fire Clay Company gas tank sickened more than twenty people including one city fireman and ten workers. Firefighters and others were treated as a rapid discharge of chlorine gas forced evacuations. three workers, including the only female employee, were released after examination.
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