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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1930
Page
1
The record lists Walter Habn auft? No. It notes R 8 Klett as managing editor and WM Habbnicht as business manager and marks the piece as entered at the Fredericksburg Texas post office as second class matter.
Citizens are reminded this election year to pay poll tax to exercise the right to vote. The notice urges timely payment so voters may cast ballots on election day and participate in the civic process.
Notice urges drivers to honk before leaving garages or alleys to alert unseen pedestrians and prevent injuries. Emphasizes life saving potential and reducing worry to drivers and victims’ families.
A public safety note warns of deaths from carbon monoxide fumes from running car engines in closed garages. The text urges people to avoid warming vehicles indoors, citing lethal gas levels and the risk of sudden unconsciousness or death.
Senator Pink L. Parrish of Lub bork rails at the new marriage law, vows to push repeal at a special session if the governor sends the measure. He calls the law American and suggests adding mandatory medical examinations for both sexes. article notes Representative Petsch's stance against repeal.
The article notes rising prison riots and surveys why they occur. It cites multiple attributed causes and highlights a prevailing view that two main factors drive the wave of disturbances.
The piece argues prisoners should be self supporting through work. It cites Fort Leavenworth with 800 employed of 3777 and Huntsville with 512 of 1115, noting wide unemployment across prisons. Editor Cowan supports the call as timely, urging a businesslike prison management to profit the state and inmates.
The Better Business Bureau warns employees and the public about deceptive stock solicitors exploiting bereaved families after a death. Insurers issue cautions as scammers press for investments promising high profits, often targeting inexperienced widows and others.
In 1929 the electric industry achieved major progress with about 97 billion kilowatt hours produced for public use, up nine billion from 1928 and 17 billion from 1927. The output matched the rest of the world combined, and 850 million new customers brought total users to nearly 25 million, including almost 20 million households. Factory power use rose 10 percent and domestic use 16 percent as 68 percent of Americans lived in electrically wired homes. Electric generation surged 626 percent since 1912 and customers 465 percent by 1927, with over 500,000 farms electrified and industrial power now largely electrical. Prices for electric power fell despite costs being well above 1913 levels.
Household power usage fell three percent last year. Plans for 1980 promise further progress and forecast that output will exceed 100 billion kilowatt hours for the first time in history.
After a day of fasting prisoners at Wynne State Prison Farm in Huntsville remain on hunger strike to protest disciplinary measures taken after an attempted break. Manager Wright stands firm as authorities search for weapons and continue preventive steps. The story mentions cheese manufacturing plans and cave cheese ideas in Texas.
In Huntsville on January 18 prisoners at the Wynne State Tubercular prison farm set a chapel fire during a hunger strike aftermath. Guards extinguished the blaze with a bucket brigade before the fire department arrived. a small 18 inch hole burned. Over two years nine arson attempts have been made by inmates to destroy farm buildings while seeking escape.
An expert from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics notes the South is increasingly adopting cheese production as an auxiliary industry. Southward growth is shown by many new factories since 1926 1928 with expectations of more by year end. A key challenge remains securing enough year round milk due to cattle ticks slow dairy development and limited processing outlets.
Clovis New Mexico January 18 two men from the Bohannan family die in a bank street shooting sparked by a long running feud with the Tate family. W Tate a Curry county auctioneer fired the fatal shots after a brawl with Louis Bohannan and a bank vault chase left Carl Bohannan dead. An inquest is planned for Sunday morning.
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