Local Nuptials and Industrial Updates from Early Times
28 YEARS AGO and Mrs Hy Alberthal and Mr Ad Schneider welcomed a son to the family with attendants named Max Schneider Ronald Alberthal and Bes sie Alberthal. 23 Years Ago Nagel Brothers erected a new building for their monumental works opposite the courthouse with new machinery and a crane arriving soon. Hugo A Pahl named chief mail clerk at MRT railroad division freight agent headquarters in San Antonio.
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Hy. Alberthal
Ad. Schneider
Hy. Schneider
Max Schneider
Ronald Alberthal
Bessie Alberthal
Besse Thiele
Cora Herbert
Henry Herbert
Gold
Herbert Hoffmann
New Braunfels
Flachmeier
Nagel Brothers
Court House
Hugo Allen Pahl
Wm. Pahl
MRT Railroad
San Antonio
Surplus War Materials: Education and Allocation Debate
A committee led by County Judge Hirsch and mayors from Gillespie County discusses directing surplus war materials to educational uses. They argue veterans education under GI Bill needs equipment and that schools should receive surplus supplies to avoid future price gouging and aid reconversion. The group aims to organize community efforts to guide distribution to tax supported institutions.
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Gillespie County
Hirsch
Joe Molberg
A.K. Krause
Fredericksburg
Root
Harper Schools
Army soldier Ellebracht noted for heavy combat roles
Sergeant Ellebracht, a First Cavalry member from El Paso, Texas, joined October 16, 1941 at Fort Bliss and served overseas from 1943. He fought in the Admiralties campaign last spring. Before the Army he attended Stonewall High School and helped run his father's ranch. Two brothers, Ruben and Willie, also serve in the Army.
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William C. Frey
el Paso
Texas
Ellebracht
First Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Admiralties
Stonewall High School
Ruben
Willie
August Beyer Dies in Llano County
August Beyer longtime Llano County resident died at his Valley Spring home Wednesday morning at age 75 or 76. He is buried in Llano cemetery. Survivors include his widow Bertha Pleven. Hillman Beyer. Mrs Selma Harrison. Frank Beyer, all of Llano. and a sister Mrs Sophie Gold.
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August Beyer
Llano County
Valley Spring
Llano
David Beyer
Bertha Pleven
Hillman Beyer
Selma Harrison
Frank Beyer
Sophie Gold
Mourning Thank You Cards Sold by Fredericksburg Publisher
Announcement notes mourning cards of thanks and onlay cards with envelopes available at Fredericksburg Publishing Co. Request to view samples.
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Fredericksburg Publishing Co
Very Thought Of You Shows At Palace On Sunday
A warm hearted wartime romance film feature shows Sunday at the Palace Theatre. The Very Thought Of You follows young couples coping with love and loneliness during war, highlighting hope and resilience for those apart and together. Mrs Dora Tietz and Mrs Rice visit Florida for Christmas with relatives.
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Palace Theatre
Yourtown
Dora Tietz
Robert Pice
Michigan
Florida
John Tietz
Rice
Armed Forces
PTA Meeting Highlights Spiritual Faith and School Voting
The program featured a Dramatic Club devotional and the High School Girls Glee Club carols. Rev. O Lindenberg urged strengthening religious ties and a justice-based security beyond power politics. Class voting results: second grade in primary, seventh in intermediate, ninth in high school.
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Dramatic Club
PTA
O. Lindenberg
Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
Lindenberg
God
Three U S Armies Drive Nazis and Grasp Haguenau
This week the U S 1st Army pushed Germans across the Roer as the 3rd advanced toward the Saar from the south after breaking resistance at the Sarreguemines mines. The 7th Army seized Haguenau, leaving a major Nazi base in France, while three armies pressed toward Germany and the Siegfried Line. The bomber fleet pounded Frankfurt with 6 000 tons as 3 200 warplanes attacked, and Red Army forces entered Budapest as Russians report a push toward Poland.
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U. S
Roer River
Saar
Sarregue
Haguenau
France
Germany
Siegfried Line
Frankfurt
Budapest
Poland
Ormoc
Leyte Island
Geeral Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
77Th
Army
Navy
Marine
Saipan
Japan
Llano businessman J L Hollmig visits city last week
Mr. J. L. Hollmig of Llano was a business visitor here last week. The report notes his presence and potential local contacts, typical of routine city ledger items.
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J. L. Hollmig of
Llano
How To Hold FALSE TEETH More Firmly In Place
An advertising panel promotes FASTEETH an alkaline powder to secure false teeth with less gagging taste and no souring odor. It claims to reduce slipping during eating laughing and talking and invites readers to buy at drug stores for firmer comfortable plates.
Prochnow Receives 21 Day Furlough
Sgt. Victor Prochnow returns home with brothers Otto and Henry and families of San Antonio for the occasion. He has a 21 day furlough and must report for further duty at Santa Anna California on expiration of his furlough.
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Otto
Henry
San Antonio
Sgt
Prochnow
Santa Anna
California
Mrs Margerete Schmidt Visits From Austin
Miss Margerete Schmidt traveled from Austin to spend several days with her parents Mr and Mrs Max O Schmidt last week in a brief hometown item.
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Margerete Schmidt
Austin
Max O. Schmidt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hugo A. Pahl
U. S. War Department
Bureau of Public Relations
Jere Knight
Women’s Army Corps
Legion of Merit
Eric Knight
Africa
Knight
Paris
R. B. Lord
Ove
Searfs
Coats
Deweb
Anna Gold Store
U.S
Toyko
China
Kweichow
Hsiasu
Kwangsi Province
Kweichow Province
Britain
U. S. State Department
United States
Stettinus
Russia
Greece
Churchill
House of Commons
Europe
Fredericksburg Publishing Co., Inc
Sterling Bros
Victor Prochnow
Webster’s Peerless Dictionary
Fredericksburg, ‘Texas
Wats
Handkerchiers
Saenger & Ochs
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