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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1939
Page
7
Texas fire losses in the first ten months rise over 1938 prompting stricter prevention. Austin fire chief Marvin Hall cites 38 deaths in October and lists ten practical rules from child safety to electrical work to curb blazes. Continued on Page 2, Sec. 2.
H G Lucas of Brownwood Texas estimates 70 000 pounds of pecans will be harvested from a 375 acre orchard producing about 100 000 pounds in a normal year. Frost this year reduced output. Plans are under way for an advertising campaign to promote Texas pecans to Eastern and Northern markets.
Lucky Boy I, predecessor of the current grand champion, won grand championship at the American Royal Show in Kansas City last year. The calf, born May 25 1938 from E M and Elgin Eckerthera, is being fed in Mason County for the Mason County Stock Show February 7 8 and the San Angelo Fat Stock Show and Rodeo March 1 4.
Texas hunters get venison prep guidance from the Game Department with several regional recipes. The Fernandez family method roasts a grooved leg with ham, bacon, orange juice and spices to keep it moist. Tucker advises hot-frying steaks briefly, while Skell recommends wine-basted roast with bay leaves and cloves for tenderness.
Eldorado Texas chosen for first woolen mill in West Texas reports the San Angelo Times. Machinery to card spin and weave will produce 100 percent virgin wool blankets high grade woolen suiting yard batting and camp and army textiles at the new plant.
The notice urges readers to renew subscriptions to the Standard or Wochenblatt while bargain renewal rates remain in effect.
Report shows alcohol and speed accounted for 39.26 percent of Texas highway deaths in the first nine months of 1939 with 431 of 1908 total deaths attributed to these factors. Pedestrian deaths numbered 142 with causes including traffic confusion and inattention.
Editor notes this is the third in a series explaining the amendments to the Social Security Act. It details the new benefit formula for old age insurance, with 40 percent on the first $50 of average wage and 10 percent on the next $200, plus increases for each year over $200. It also notes added survivor and dependent benefits.
The Agricultural Advisory Council told in a Bureau of Agricultural Economics report that wartime Europe reduces U S farm exports mainly through delayed imports and tighter controls. Prices and incomes are expected to rise modestly due to wartime demand and higher domestic purchasing power.
The text explains survivor benefits for a worker’s dependents including a widow at age 65 or with minor children, and for the worker’s parents if there is no widow or child. It notes benefits to children and mentions upcoming examples of monthly benefits next week.
A National Consumer Tax Commission survey estimates Gillespie County families pay 27 378 annually in hidden taxes through food purchases. The study highlights unseen levies in butter bread bacon and coffee and notes the tax burden falls hardest on lower income households.
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