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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1950
Page
10
Gillespie County launches a March of Dimes drive with store collection boxes, home messages, and a January 28 double header dance to raise funds for polio relief. The campaign notes polio impact locally and nationwide, urges coin deposits and ticket purchases to support long term rehabilitation and care.
A tribute to printing as a cornerstone of society observes International Printing Week from January 15 to 21 and honors Benjamin Franklin born January 17 1706. The piece extols printing’s role in education, communication, culture and democracy, noting how books, newspapers and labels shape daily life and progress.
Alfred Petsch argues Mr. Truman sought votes from the old, young, workers, farmers, and sick with promises of pensions, free education, higher wages, farm prices, and free health care. He contends these plans would inflate debt and taxes, burdening every citizen and corporations alike.
Danish exchange student Hans Henrik Sebbelov visited the 18th Annual Gillespie County Boys Livestock Show learning about American and Texas livestock production. He toured the exhibits with Arthur Leesch near Boerne and spoke with fellow Dane Christian Mathisen about farming differences, noting larger U.S. farms and advanced mechanization.
The speaker denounces the welfare state as eroding personal freedom, arguing that clothes, dresses, baby bottles, medicines, and even burial cases become taxed. Workers and taxpayers are labeled as the true victims, from cradle to grave, cast as tax slaves.
Frede ricksburg Publishing Co Inc lists Scotch tape cellophane tape and related wrapping supplies in its catalog. The item appears in the company’s product line alongside packaging materials for office and shipping use.
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