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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1944
Page
2
Offensive reports show 70,375 German captives Friday, swelling total to 752,641 since D-day. Several armies have not reported updated totals for a week, risking higher totals than listed.
Mr Edwin Hohenberger and Mrs Laura Weigand wed at home on December 19 1945 at 5 PM. Roger Klaerner underwent an appendectomy at Santa Rosa Hospital San Antonio. Mr and Mrs J W Braeutigam and Mrs Louis Klaerner visited their grandson. Techn Sgt Gilbert H Woerner 21 earned the Distinguished Flying Cross after serving as radio operator and gunner on a B 17 with the 8th Air Force. He has four Oak Leaf Clusters and Air Medal and flew over 250 hours bombing Germany. He is linked to the Seven Angels North Sea episode.
Miss Mildred Borchers of San Antonio spent several days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Borchers, during a family visit.
A surprise celebration for Walter and Mrs Brehmer marked by family friends and relatives including Mrs Oscar Brehmer Mrs Fred Hanz of San Antonio and Mrs Herbert Bindesil of Twin Sisters. After church services December 17 guests gathered at Mrs Schupps home for a turkey dinner and gift of cash from Oris Brehmer overseas in the South Pacific.
A Sunday night program highlighting the Churches of Fredericksburg featured Wm. Petmecky commentary and choir renditions. Cut outs by Werner Weber and Henry Kuenemann formed a stage backdrop as the Frederickspurg High School Band joined in. Rev. Durst gave the invocation and Rev. Lindenberg the benediction amid Sterling choir performances. The group sang Silent Night as a highlight before one of the county’s largest crowds in 14 years.
Stonewall School plans its annual Christmas program Friday December 22 at 8 30 p m with all invited. Albert Everett a Pharmacist Mate 8ral Class is home on a two day leave. Benno Eckert of San Antonio visited Stonewall for the weekend. Mrs Christain Fritz returned Thursday from a ten day trip to Austin Leander and Kyle. Cadet Nurse Lucille Klein to spend holidays with parents Erwin and wife.
The week saw B 29s strike Japanese aircraft plants and docks in Hankow while Mindoro losses rose. U S submarines sunk 33 more Japanese ships for a total of 907. Roosevelt signed a social security tax freeze for one year and outlined plans to broaden the system. The sixth war loan is projected at 19 billion dollars, up from an initial 14 billion. Mexican actress Lupe Velez died by suicide in Beverly Hills.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church for Mrs Christina Goss 87 one of the earliest Mason County residents. The late Mrs Goss daughter of the John Tschar couple was born near Live Oak Gillespie County.
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