Hunters Close Season With Large Deer and Turkey Kills
Texans learned of two Social Security tax types under the Act. Title 9 applies to eight or more workers with a rising rate for employers. Title 8 taxes one or more employees and employers with an equal 1 percent payroll and 1 percent employee tax. Proceeds fund unemployment and old age benefits. Also reports a strong hunting season in Gillespie County with up to 2000 deer killed, abundant turkeys and ducks due to good pasture and rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Scofield
Internal Revenue
Texas
Mr. Scofield
Scofield
Gillespie County
Birth Announcements for Klett and Stehling Families
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Robert A Klett on January date. A son was also born to Mr and Mrs Hugo Stehling. Congratulations to both families on the new arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Klett
Hugo Stehling
Civil Service Steno And Typist Exam Open to Men Only
Otis staffers of the local Civil Service Board announce a stenographer and typist examination for the civil service district. Open to men only, applications close January 21 1937 at the Fredericksburg Post Office. Eligible candidates may obtain forms from Mr Stoffers. The exam is held due to a shortage of male eligibles, offering good appointment prospects for those who qualify.
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Otis
Civil Service Board
Civil Service
Fredericksburg
Stoffers
Gillespie County Cotton Ginned 1936 Compared to 1935
Census records show 1 102 bales ginned in Gillespie county from the 1936 crop before December 13, versus 1 235 bales ginned by December 13 the 1935 crop.
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Gillespie County
Blue Norther Hits Texas Steep Cold Sweeps North Texas
The full blast of the winter blue norther swept across North Texas with Amarillo recording 13 above zero. A Weather Bureau forecaster in Amarillo predicted a southeastward cold wave to affect most of Texas, with colder temperatures and possible rain in San Antonio.
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Texas
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Miss Krauskopf
Weather Bureau
New Orleans
San Antonio
Vicinity
Trade Extension Com Most Active In CG Of C Work
Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce report shows the trade extension committee 활 boosting Christmas shopping. Santa Claus week and gift bags distributed to over 2300 children marked December activities. Two new projects proposed include street lights and a lighted athletic field. Fredericksburg Day at Alamo Downs Race Track will offer free admission with prior application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Fredericksburg
Alamo Downs
San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
Spain War Worries Escalate Across Europe
The six month Spanish conflict alarms observers as Germany and Italy back the fascist insurgents led by Franco. Madrid faces international pressure while Britain France and Soviet Russia watch closely. A misstep could widen the civil war into a general European clash.
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Europe
Germany
Madrid
Bilbao
Palos
Italy
Russia
France
Spain
Franco
Barcelona
Portugal
Koenigsberg
Court reverses Trimble murder conviction in Menard County
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reverses and remands L. E. Trimble special ranger case for murder of W. R. Tomlinson, citing improper testimony and jury instruction. Opp case also reversed previously for improper prosecutorial comment. Tomlinson, a county commissioner and sheep rancher, was slain Nov. 27, 1934 over a pasture lease dispute.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
L. E. Trimble
W. R. Tomlinson
Menard County
H. B. Opp
Tomlinson
Trimble
Gillespie County
Opp
O. S. Lattimore
Burnet
S. A. Express
We Believe county court abolition column correction
We respond to a prior column arguing for abolishing the county court for criminal and civil cases. County Attorney Stehling says the piece implied officers were burdened by excessive fines and fees. He notes few county court cases could have been tried in justices court during his term and we publish his corrections.
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Stehling
Fire destroys Mason Hospital in Mason
Mason January 4 fire razed the 11 room Mason Sanitarium with furnishings valued at about two thousand dollars. The building, timber framed and 25 years old, was valued at eight thousand with partial insurance. One patient, C. H. Reeves a 14 year old burn victim, was moved to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Mason Sanatarium
C. H. Reeves
John Tinney
P. A. Baze
Oscar Huff
San Angelo Standard
Safety Lane Tests Conducted At Fredericksburg
State safety department conducted a safety lane drill in Fredericksburg led by G. E. Schauer. Nine highway patrol officers tested brakes mufflers lights horns steering and wipers from Henke's Down Town Meat Market to a block end and later in the courthouse block despite showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Safety Department
Fredericksburg
State Highway Patrol
G. E. Schauer
Henke
Down Town
Burnet Woman Shot To Death
Mrs. Lucille Corder 28 a Burnet waitress was shot and killed by her estranged husband Lee Corder in Burnet Texas this afternoon The husband then killed himself with a pistol suicide An eye witness Mrs Kate Joy said she drove to the cafe with the couple Corder had threatened to kill his wife if she did not return to Sonora The couple had been separated eight months Mrs Corder had recently applied for divorce in the 33rd District Court at Burnet Survivors include an eight year old daughter in Johnson City a brother Ted Lesley and her mother in Sonora This report is from S A Express
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Corder
J. Some
Johnson City
Ted Lesley
Weimar
Sonora
S. A. Express
Taxpayers From England Alaska And 30 States In Gillespie County
A Gillespie County tax official notes residents in England Alaska and 30 states plus Washington D C and many Texas cities pay county taxes. New York leads out of state owners with twelve. Oklahoma California ten each. Missouri Pennsylvania Colorado and New Jersey four each. multiple states hold three or two or one taxpayers.
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England
Alaska
States
Farflung
Gillespie County
William Petmecky
Union
Washington, D. C
Texas
London
South Heights
Atlantic
New York
Oklahoma
California
Gillespie
Gilespie County
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Colorado
New Jersey
West Virginia
Oregon
Kansas
Ohio
South Dakota
Iowa
Illinois
Massachusetts
Arizona
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Arkansas
Allred Details Nine Point Legislative Program for Texas
Governor James V. Allred outlines a nine item program for the four month Texas regular session starting Tuesday. He seeks tax legislation and calls for repeal of the race track gambling law and tighter liquor enforcement. He plans to present his first recommendations January 13 and says he will resist relaxing the old age pension law while pushing safety laws for highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
James V. Allred
Allred
Gov. Allred
State Utility Commission
New County Officials Installed in Gillespie County
A special meeting on Saturday January 2 installed a largely new Gillespie County Commissioners Court with Henry Hirsch sworn in as County Judge. Precinct officials Eugen Kramer J J Roger Felix Pfiester and Alfred McDougall joined the court along with bonded incumbents County Clerk Albert Klett Sheriff Alfred Klaerner County Treasurer Lina Crenwelge County Attorney Arthur Stehling Constable Lawrence Burrer District Clerk E L Schmidt Justice Mergenthaler and Tax Assessor Col lector Wm Petmecky all sworn in after bonding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Henry Hirsch
J. B. Wieser
Eugen Kramer
Ad. Kerhard
J. J. Roger
Felix Pfiester
John Jenschke
Alfred McDougall
Charles Holy
Albert Klett
Alfred Klaerner
Lina Crenwelge
Arthur Stehling
Lawrence Burrer
E. L. Schmidt
Justice of the Peace Act, Mergenthaler
Wm. Petmecky
Gillespie County Fair Association Stockholders Meeting
The Gillespie County Fair Association will hold its annual stockholders meeting on Tuesday January 12 at 2 pm at the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County Fair Association
Chamber of Commerce
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Social Security Act
Cov
Avvaso Parson
A. B. Williamson
Mason Hospital
Bullet Thru Temple
H. L. French
Food Defense Plans Department
Stockholders Meeting
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